The National Register. — London, England, 1822-01-06 00:00:00

Z st-- . r • e"./ r No. 1,340.—V0L. XV.] sa opr PRICE 94a. i I ' i s i+ • i 1 • / I . / k 1 , F t 1 ,-; 1' i , $ t ) I ,_, 1 . ) k lir i . ~ •11 . it. i 4 , '.t . I s t 0 i , 1 t i 7 I 1 ] 0 5 ca 3 • 0 _ —i 2' co FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JAN. JAN. I.—At ten o'clock this morning the King received the usual congratulations from his tinily, the Ministers, and the public functionaries, on the new year. At noon the King took his seat on the throne, surrounded by the principal state dignitaries, and received the grand deputations of the two Cham bers, the General Staff, ar.d officers of the National Guard and garrison of Paris. The Monileur contains a royal ordinance, dated the 19th ult. appointing General du Coetlosquet to be Director-General of the Ministry of War, and M. de Pcrccval, a member of the Chamber of De puties, and Secretary General of the Ministry of War, to be Intendant General of the Adtninistration of War. To the details which we have already given rela tive to the coup-de-main which was projected against the castle of Saumur, a letter from Tours adds, that several subaltern officers of the Horse Chasseurs of the Arricgc corps have been arrested. More corps of Austrian troops from the kingdom of Naples passed through Rome on the 12th of De cember, without halting, on their way to the here ditary states of the Emperor. The following is an extract of a private letter from Barcelona, dated Dee, 19:—" Gerona is the theatre of an unhappy event, which might have been attended with the most serious consequences. On the 14th, 300 men, well armed, presented themselves at the gate of the town which was nearest to the prison. It was the hour of dining, and the guard, suiprised with the glass in hand, wassarmed and replaced by the troop of malcontents o occupied this station, to prevent any person from entering or quitting the town, whilst another 300 men pro cceded towards the prison, and delivered some pri soners who had been shut up as Serviles ; but the tot !mil of the guard, aware in time, barrieadoed themselves in the interior of the prison with the., gaoler, and through the windows, which were over the entrance, kept a contnu •fire of musketry upon the assailants. The no o ms ut length reached ;It the guard of the regimentof abasti, which assem bled, and the malcontents were soon after charged by this corps. Four were killed and 17 made prisoners, ef wl.ich two were shot upon the spot ; and the re maining fifteen, who are reserved for the same fate, ate put into secret confinement, in order to learn from them the authors of this outrage." NEW LAW ON THE PItESS. _ I'AHIS, JAN. 2, 6 o:ctoct: r.m. Great expectation was to-day excited by a report, which was spread in the morning, that Ministers had at last resolved to come forth from behind their veil of mystery and indecision, and to propose to the Legislature their new law for journals. It was pre sented to-day. The following is the substance of its most important provisions : Art. I.—No journals except those which at pre sent exist can henceforth appear without the autho rity cy . ' Government. Art. 2.—The offences of the journals against in dividuals will be prosecuted in the ordinary manner. Art. 3.-11) ruse Me spirit or general tendency of any jouriml or periodical writing shall be of a nature to injure the public peace, or the respect a.; to the Mignon of the state, or to the other religious recog nized in France, or the authority of the King, or the stability of constitutional institutions, the lLoyal Courts, within the range of whose jurisdiction these journals are published, shall have the power, in u solemn audience, to suspend Me said journals, or even to suppress Mein. Art. 4.—if in the interval of the Session of the Chambers grave circumstances should momentarily render insufficient the measures of guarantee and repression at present established, the cenam ship shall intmediegrty restored to activity, in virtue of a r sal ordinance, couidersig,ned by three Minister. The sth article only states that the provisions o' the former law, not repealed, shall rcjnain. The result of this abominable prijet will probably be to dissolve the Ministry who have flumes' and sent it forth. Their prejudices would nut allow them to sanction a free but responsible press; and after having declaimed against and decried the, cen sorship, what remained for them ? M. de Cares is expected. at Paris, to oppose Mi niters in the leers. The rentes are somewhat lower to-thy thau en . .eS • G`7_ . ik r t itarr4 Our Iting, tottatiution, anti itatml. SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1821. Monday. In the printed Exchange:4i*, the last price is 84f 40e. They were about 40e. higher before the close. A letter from Vienna of the 23d of December has been received in l'aris, which states that an official contradiction has been published by the Commanders of the Austrian army on the frontiers, to the aceoust of the assassination of the Grand Seignior at Con stantinople. Much anxiety was felt at Vienna res pecting the state of the neelbiatiow atCBdlßEßtrolle; • and despatches were sent off to Count Lutzow, as it was supposed, to urge hint to redouble his exer tions to procure the acquiescence of the Sultan in the conditions proposed by Russia. " Whatever the result," (says the letter), " it is quite decided that Austria will remain neuter." ODESSA, Dec. s.—We have received from a good source the following intelligence respecting the diplomatic negociationa which took place at Con stantinople during the entkof the last month, and which were opened by Coiatt de Lutzow and Lord Strangford:— " On the 211 November, Count de Lutzow had a conference with the new Beis Effendi, in the pre sence of the Minister of the Interior (Kiaja Bey), in a _house situated between Pera and Galata. The Austrian Internuncio strenuously supported the al limatunt of Russia, and endeavoured to induce the Porte to come to pacific resolutions.• The Reis Ef fendi replied, that the Porte could only consent to evacuate Moldavia and Walachia upon the following conditions, viz.—That the Co(* of France, Eng , land, and Austria, would guarantee that these prin cipalities, once evacuated, should neither be occupied by the Russians nor the Hectarists ; that the Greeks who had taken refuge in Russia should be punished in the presence of Turkish commissioners, unless Russia should give them up; that the re-establish ment of the Christian chtirches could not take place until after the restoratiun of order, and the general and vdeliksarming of all the Greeks. Count de l a titzow g expressed his astonishment that the Turkish Minister should thus have changed his lunguage, the latter attributed it to the will of the Sultan. Count de Lutsuw then asked whether the Porte was desirous of peace or aver? The Reis Eifendi declined replying, saying that his powers were not extensive enough to allow him to cater into an explanation on this point. Besides,' he added, the Sultan will act according to his own ill; and ninety millions of Mussulmen (perhaps he spoke after the Turkish estitautiun, which includes the Persians, and Morocco) with sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, will know bow to defend their rights against Christianity.' The Kiaja Bey, who was also present, used very violent lan gunge, and endeavoured to represent the Turkish rower as very formidable. On the ;Ma November, Lord Strangtimi had also a conference with the Reis Etiilntli, but which was equally fruitless. The in sults which wore uttered to his Excellency, on his return to his residence, are known. This Minister made a new elf)rt: lie drew up a note, in which he represented to the Sultan the dangers with which he is menaced, but which, ou the 9.7 th of November, had not been accepted by the Reis Effendi. Such was the position of affairs at the departure of the last courier. The falseness of the report that Lord Strungford endeavoured to heighten the fanaticism of the Turks is now manitint." SEMLIN, DEC. 13.—News from Seres of the Pith December, reaching Belgrade by an extraordinary rbUIC,,, announces that the Turks were masters fur some days of the exterior works of Cassandra, with out opposition on the part of the Greeks, who, it is pretended, drew them into a snare, in which they all perished. In the Morea the affairs of the Greeks remain in good condition. It is asserted that the fiunous Chourachid Pacha, bet- ' The - rite, the assurance that the greatest tranquillity reigns at Cyprus. It adds, that the Turks are so few, that on the slightest appearance of an Idriot corsair, they fly to the mountains. NUREMBURG, DEC. 23. — (Extract of a private letter.)—We have it from a source to be relied on, that the Austrian cabinet has now the certitude that all hope of preserving peace between the Ottoman Porte and Russia is at an end. In consequence of this, at the departure of the last courier, Vienna • Bank Stock had fallen to 622 HERMANSTADT (TRANSYLVANIA), DEC. 12.-- According to letters from Czernowitz (Bukowina) of the Bth instant, more Ottoman troop; had entered Jassy. Intelligence from Bessarabia announces that the heavy artillery of the Russian army had crossed the Dniester, and was proceeding to the Pruth. BAGDAD, SEPT. 28.—The Persians, after driving the Turks from the province of Chusistan, have taken the cities of Buganda, Kud, Samara, Lem brum, and Munielima Another army having been recruited, pitched their tents at Hclla, on the site of • the ruins of Babylon. On receiving this news, the Vizier of Bagdad marched against the Persians, at the head of inure than 20,000 men, cavalry and infantry, with a park of more than thirty pieces of cannon, to repel them ; but he has returned with the feeble remuinilt r of his soldiers, having lust his army, artillery, baggage, and even his treasures. The confusion in this city is dreadful, as we expect every moment to be sur rounded by the Persians. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25.—(Extract from a letter.)—We may judge of the progress of the Greeks from the severe measures of the Divan and , the preparations for war. It is certain that Turkey will have to defend herself against Russia, Persia, and the Greeks, who have made - great progress, and are very powerful both in number and discipline. It is expected that with the aid of Russian auxiliaries they will act on the offensive next spring. If we may judge by reports, and by the &mans of the Grand Seignor, the war will not be delayed until spring: the Russians do not care for ice and winter. The Grand Seignor has issued a second firmen, calling upon all Mussulmen to take up arms in de fence of the religion of the Prophet. He complains of the non-execution of his first order, or rather of the tardiness of the Turks in ranging themselves under his banner. He does not mention the Per sians, but speaks of the injuries of Russia, and parti cularly against the Greek nation, the spoliation of which he promises the Janissaries. He thus con cludes—" Why do you delay marching against your enemy? What fear prevents you? If, as I d o ubt not, Alla will give you the victory, you will over dow with gold, riches, and women ; and you shall erase from the earth that perfidious and impious na tion, the Greeks, who are an abomination to the Prophet. It; on the contrary, you fall in the com bat, you know the reward that dahomet has reserved for the defenders of the Aleuran, and this glorious death shall efface all the crimes of your life." _ . In consequence of this firman, the Janissaries have believed themselves authorized to commit with im- • penny every species of excess of which the suburbs of Constantinople have been the theatre. They have pillaged, burnt, and massacred, and 'have seized on a greet number of young females to be sold. It is certain that, in this general disorder, several Turk ish families l:ave been ill-treated. The Aga of the Janissaries, whom the Grand Seignor had rendered responsible fir all these tumults, has been arrested, but it appears that the fear of exciting a revolt saves him from nunislonent. FRONTIERS or MOLDAVIA, Dec. 9 —The Turks cantoned in the neighbourh.4 of the Pruth gene rally water their horses in thin river. On the Gth - tr i „ instant one of the horses having em-upel ‘7: his rider 71 s W - 1 1 irt • . id • -r• ._•,,, 7 #-.. , •,. Chourschid Puha, beaten near Thennopylie, hasinstant one or ate noises naving. escupea ins titter, / X .s•:' ... offered a considerable sum fur the ransom of his Ha. swam across the river, and gained the opposite ban -141. V.,,,,, • •C PEit rem, which fell into th e p ower o f th e Greeks at The Turks demands their horse; but seeing tha ii ,..,,- .. ' \- --,- T . Tripoliaza ; and that since the reflat' of his offas the Cossacks delayed giving it up, a party of for ' -- . • ~. by Prince Demetrius Yps . ' 0C known mounted Turks crossed the Truth in order to se ' ' 1 - _ .... what bus become of him. it. The Cossacks having keen reinf.rccd, surrouild .:.• • - ' VIENNA, DEC. 9.o.—The A erver, in- the Turks, and conveyed them to li.i.clieuen. stead et' giving direct new s fr om u ey, with Chich The Turks in Moldavia have been reinforced • 10. ' -..-e it is better provided than any other joarnal in Ea- have the Russians on the other side of the river. 4 . • , rope, contents itself t o -day w ith co pying an article Many regiments of infantry are assemoling on the' -1, ' 1 which appeared seven or eight days ago in an Italian Pruth, and a great park of artillery is expected. paper, Mitch relates to the taking , of a Neapolitan The Turks continue their ordinary spoliations in brigantine by a Greek corsair, and terminates with Moldavia; the city of Jassy has been ransacked. 'I . - f ~..,....--..4&:---, . . ... . . . g • ~. ...• .• . .. . . . anal(