The National Register. — London, England, 1822-04-07 00:00:00

- rr- !MI .-; a--- __ • • • s aitona t rot • - t • , tn.+ ; • . - r : FA 'firt ;,y Our Eting, Confititution, anti Nabni. . i i No. I,AB.—VoL. XV.] FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ...•••••• PARIS, APPIL 2.—An express was despatched this morning from the hotel of the Russian Embassy tor St. Petersburgh. On the 27th, u demiliciary visit was made in the apartment of M. Bodin, at Rennes. He was for merly a Captain of the Staff, and was absent. Two letters from Gen. Berthon were found amonr , his papers. According to the Eck) of the West, from which we take these details, one dated 1818, was written by the General to M. Bodin, who had for merly been his aide-dc-camp. The other, of 1821, relates to an account for a pamphlet, some copies of which tile latter had been commissioned to dispose of We just learned, adds the Echo, that by an order of the Minister of the Interior, sent by telegraph, Bodin has just been arrested in the family of his mother, at Pont L' Abbe, and conveyed to the prison at Quimper. It is said that just as M. Bodin was arrested he was preparing for a journey. VIENNA, MARCH 23.—A courier, who arrived unexpectedly from Constantinople the day before yesterday, has brought news from that capital of the 6th of March. The Divan has decidedly rejected Ike Russian ultimatum, and the Reis Effendi has no tified his rejection in a note to the Minister of the mediating courts, conceived in no very temperate terms. The note which our internuncio, Count Lutrow, despatched immediately after to our court, Was instantly communicated to the Russian Minis ters Golukin and Tatischeff, who immediately trans mitted it the Court of St. Petersburgh. We are im patient t 3 know it' M. de Tatischeff will prolong his !•tity in tit..? enpital 10:4"wq COMMUniCaliOn• )-Tartars despatched from C in stantinople, on the 10th of March, have brought important news to the Pasha of Belgrade, and to the Servian Prince Miksch. What I had foreseen and said in my preceding letters has been fully confirmed. —The death of Ali Paella has not only inflamed the heads of the Turkish populace, but the Divan itself p makes the general intoxication. On tile 28th of February last, the Grand Council of the Sublime Porte assembled; all the Chiefs of the Orlas, of the Janissaries, and several Ulemas had been summoned to the sitting of the Divan ; it is never done except when a declaration of war is in agitation. The as sembly unanimously decided to reject the proposals of Russia, the acceptance of which had been so warmly urged by the ministers of Austria and Great Britain. The Reis Effendi immediately announced to the European Ministers, by a note conceived in terms the most insulting to Russia, that oil its demands were rejected ; and it said that Russia had violated the treaty of Bucharest, by refusing to deliver up the traitor and rebel Suzan; and that, far from de- Jiveeng liitu up to the just vengeance of the Porte, it had received hint in the most friendly manner, and had supplied him with money for his Rtipport— that another enemy of the Porte, Alex. Ypsilanti, bad appeared in the Russian uniform, and was in fact but an agent of that Court: that the Greek churches may be one day rebuilt, but never till the rebellion of the Greeks was entirely stilled—that the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia could out be evacuated till the same epoch; and that fbr the nomination of liospodars to govern those pro vinces, the Porte was resolved never more to intrust such functions to Greeks, which is equivalent to the total annihilation of the political existence of the two proviatek. In short (adds the writer of the letter), I could not believe the testimony of my eyesight on read ing this authentic act, so contemptuous and insult ing is the style of it; and it is easy to foresee the impression which such a note must make on the Emperor Alexander, however r.:ild and pacific he suity be, • and though the Greeks for some time past have accused him of looking with indifference on their MMe and their inisfortunes.' After having pitied the Greeks, the author of the letter deplores also the fate of the European diplomatists at Constantinople, who, after tan months' constant efforts q.o.d daily hilpurs, beheld the arrogance and insolent mulacity of the batiia lima destroy the the whole pacific edifice which they had ttiken such pains to rear. A now Turkish army is assembling ia the mi. 7*. ^ _ SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1822 runs of Nyssa, and another on the frontier of Bornia. The troops in the environs of Sophia have set out for the Danube. It is expected that the lurks will shortly enter Servia. and the situation of Prinee Milose'', when hostilities break out, may become very critical. A uosorfao; MAUCH 20.—. , The news receiver! to day from Warsaw positively announce war. The Generals in Chief of the Russian armies of the west and the south had to attend a council of war at the grand head-quarters at Minsk, in which the opera tions of the campaign have probably been decided on, after despatches brotight by an extraordinary courier from St. PeterslArgii. It seems that the Russians will shortly enter Walachia and Moldavia. It is affirmed that, ino note subsequent to its ultimatum, Russia had demanded of the Porte a large sum to indemnify it for the expences caused by the great armaments which it has been compelled to make in consequence of the insurrections of' the Greeks, and sanguinary scenes at Constantinople. The same thing was done when Austria sent an army to occupy the kingdom of Naples. Atx-La-Comeetut, MARCH 31.—Private letters say, that the arrogance of the Divan was such, in its negociations with the ministers of Austria and Eng land, that the latter, who has exhausted all the resources of diplomatic skill to ensure the mainte nance of peace, was himself wearied out. The rejection of the stitimatam has given a sensible blow to the Austrian paper currency. From the 22d to the 25th of March, the great banking and commercial houses at Vienna sent nu merous expresses to their correspondents in the commercial cities of the west of Europe. On the other hand, the offee of Foreign Affairs and the upon courier to London. The silence of the Austrian OGA'rver on the cri tical state of the political afliiirs of the cast of Europe is very remarkable. People are curious to see the style of the first article which this minis terial journal (which has never been a moment favor rAble to the cause of the Greeks) will publish on this bUljeCt • IIERMANSTADT, MARCH 18. —The news from Moldavia and Walachia inspires horror. The Asiatic troops lay waste every thing with fire and sword. Even the city of Jassy was on fire in several places on the lath of March; whole streets are reduced to ashes. We tremble for Bucharest. The Kiaja Bey has published, that if he were forced to evacuate the country, be would carry all the male inhabitants into slavery, and that he would not leave a village standing. The fugitives reach our frontiers almost naked—the soldiers strip them of all their clothes. MADRID PAPERS. t MADRID, MARCH 2.8.--:This morning early, the Authorities had taken all proper precautions to pre serve order in the ceremony of drawing lists Ow the conscription), which had been announced to begin, and in fact did begin, this morning. Shortly after it commenced, some cries were heard of " Fuera ! fuera which, for a considerab:c time, were over powered by the admonitions, sometimes gentle, sometimes energetic, of a detachment of cavalry, of the regiment del l'rincipe, which was posted near the place. These cries were aficrwards repeated, with others of the same kind, in consequence of which the national militia, which occupied the en trant... s to the square of the Constitution, interfered, and arrested a countryman who distinguished him self in one of the groupes. Many of those who composed it proceeded to the Pli.zucla de la Ville to demand his liberty, which titej^ atlerwards repeated in the square of the Constitution. We 40 not know whether they attained their object. This evening there have been manifested some symptoms more or low tending tc diforder, the fects of which have ',curt repressed L! the nobl.; at- 4 titude of the local told permanent rational inii;.tia. The militia poceiving that, aft f r the operatioa the day was concluded, considerable groups assem bled in the square, and that many of the persons who composed them were armed with sticks, took those it could, and at night continued its ahrti•to prevent the interruption of the public tranquillity, the preservation of which is confided to its ;Icel. „ /: s Paul.: 9d It is now nine o'clock at night ; all symptoms of disorder have vanished, and the city is quite tran quil. PAMPLONA, MARCH 15.—For some days past we have heard of certain bands of armed parants, which have appeared in the north part of this pro ' vince. These bands, some of which consist of 499 men, scent to be rather smugglers than rebels, the' there arc some who pretend that they are entirely composed of enemies to the Constitutional System. It is known, however, that many of these parties are engaged in smuggling spices and colonial pro duce, by which they make large profits. Notwithstanding these circumstances, complete tranquillity prevails in this capital, and the autho rities do their utmost to preserve it, and prevent all fresh causes of complaint. nuncios, MARCH 17.—1 t seems incredible what is passing in the environs of city, by the existence of these wretches Caress, Hiponto, Isaac, Nicasio, and a few others as bad as them, if that is possible, and by the inefficacy of the measures adopted to pursue and exterminate them. The insecurity in which we are to go out of the gates, since the unhappy Manso was seized by these wretches, of whom nothing has since been heard, is increased by a horrible event which has just hap pened. Here follows a long account of two persons having been carried oil' by Hipulito ; as they did net return for many days, their wives went to search after them, but in vain. They have since been found in the mountains'inurclered, and it is probable Manso had the same thte. The Madrid mail was robbed on the 18th near Mendes. The soldiers who (atoned it on which the villains fired and killed one of the horses of the soldiers, and the other ran away. The banditti robbed and ill-treated the passengers. We have so frequently spoken of these abtreq, that we arc weary of repeating the same thing. Yet we cannot but lament the scandalous neglect in th• administration of justice. The capital is full of gypsies, vaoltbonds, and presidios, who were already condemned, '' and have escaped the punishMent duo to them. We shall shortly give a representation made by the Municipality of Madrid to the go verment on this important subject. • It is, in truth, disgraceful that the unfortunate traveller should be rubbed within three leagues of the capital of Spain, and still more so that these ex cesses should be repeated daily. The enemies of our liberty take advantage of ail these events to decry the Constitutional System. If the judicial power does not exercise speedy and complete justice, it will be responsible for all the disorders which its indifference must produce. . • A series of official papers relative to the slave trade, on the coast of Africa, has been printed by order of the House of Commons. It consists of three letters from Sir Charles M`Carthy, and an enclosed memorandum, dated Sierra Leone, Jan. 2.2.—These communications will be found to present melancholy evidence of the great cncrease of the execrable traffic in human beings. To so great an extent, indeed, has it been carried, that the lists of slave ships which had reached Sierra Leone, had, from their magnitude, " been deemed exagerated and inere dilate.' One ilia alone, mentioned on the autho rity of C.. 1):. Lecke, of the Myrmidon, is sufficient to slicw with what activity the trade was carried on. That (Zeta. ascertained on good authority • that the number of slave cargoes taken out of Bunny, from July, 1820, to Octoba., 1821, was nu less than 190; mid it is added, that u return from Calabar, presented an aggrcgate of 162. There has also Len printed for tile House of Com mons, the report of the House of Representatives I X the United States of America, relative to t h e 'pnutual exercise of the right of mutual search by Great Britain and America, with a view to the suppression of the slave trade. It is dated Feb. 9, 18g1. It will be recollected that in this report the necessity of a mutual right of search was admitted, and that the President was requested to enter into such arrangements as he might deem suitable and prui:er, with one or more of the maritime powers of Europe, for the etLetual abolition of the Atriara slave trade. . • s., .~ ,1