The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INT ELLIGENCE: FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur.) MANIFESTO OF THE OTTOMAN PORTE. " It is well known to almost every person, that if the Mussulmans naturally hate the infidels, the infidels on their part are the enemies of the Mussul mans ; that Russia more" especially bears a parti cular hatred to Islamism ; and. that she is the prin cipal enemy of the Sublime Porte. " For these fifty or sixty yeahpast; eager to exe cute her criminal projects .against the Mussulman nation and the Ottoman empire, Russia has con sequently taken advantage of the slightest pretexts for declaring war. The disorders committed by the Janissaaies, who, thanks be to God ! are now anni hilated, favoured the progress of the Russians. They gradually invaded our provinces; - their arrogance and their pretensions always increased, and they at last conceived they had found the means of easily carry ing into effect their plan against the Sublime Porte, by instigating the revolt of their co-religionists, the Greeks, to insurrection. •The latter, rallying in the name of their religion, revolted simultaneously.— They committed every possible aggression on the Mussulmans, and in concert with the Russians, who on theirpart attacked the Ottoman empire, they con spired the extermination of all the faithful, and the ruin of the Sublime Porte, (from which may God preserve us!) Thanks to the Divine assistance, and to the protection of our Holy Prophet, this perfidious plot was discovered a short time before it was intended to carry it into execution. The measures adopted without delay in the capital, put a stop in the begin ning to those criminal projects, the accomplishment of .vhich appeared at first so easy. Justice was done by the sword to a great number of rebels of the Morea, of Negreponte, Acarnania, Missolonghi, Athens, and other parts of the continent. The rebels of the Mores, and the islands, had the audacity at the commencement of the troubles to combat the Mnssul mans, of whom they killed a great number of them. They reduced the women and children to slavery, and under the name of the Governmen tof Greece proceeded to unheard-of excesses. " During several years, considerabl forces, both naval and military, were sent against thim ; but our land-troops, discouraged by the want if, f pay, did not display the necessary ardour. Our fleet also had no success, in consequence of the long-continued disor ganization of the arsenal. rile affair was in this way protracted. Other Europeans, beside the Russians, animated by ambition, s2cretly supplied all kinds of assistance to the rebels, as well in deed as in pro mise, and Were thus the principal cause of the pro- Longation of the troubles. At length, influenced by the Russians, England and France united with Russia, and under pretext that their commerce was suffering from the long duration of the, troubles, they induced by all sorts of artifices the Greeks to re nounce their duty as Rayas. "At different periods it was proposed to the Sublime Porte to cease interfering in the affairs of Greece by giving them an independent form of Go vernment, to establish over them a chief, as in Mol davia and Wallachia, and to grant them liberty on payment of an annual tribute. Such were nearly the vain propositions made to the Porte. As it is evi dent that this pretension of liberty tended to nothing less than (from which Heaven defend us !) to cause to fall into the hands of the infidels all the countries of Europe and Asia in which the , Greeks are mixed with the Mussulmans,—to put by degrees the Ravas in the place of the Ottomans, and the Ottomans in the place of the Rayas,—to convert, perhaps, our mosques into churches, and to make bells resound in them,—in a word, to crush rapidly and easily Islamism : neither reason, law, policy, nor religion, permitted the acceptance of such propositions. The Sublime Porte often returned, both by writing and verbally; the necessary answers in all the official forms, and according to the tenour of treaties.— Though the object of the Franks had been perceived from the beginning, and every thing announced that the sabre alone must at last reply to their proposi tions; nevertheless, that the repose of Mussulmans might nor be troubled, and on the -other hand, to gain the time necessary for warlike preparations, the Sublime Porte endeavoured to temporize, as much as possible, by satisfactory replies, and by official conferences on the subject of the dishonour and pre judice which the propositions :of the three Powers would have caused to the empire and the nation. " This is the occasion to observe, that though the demands made by the Russians at Ackerman, on the subject of indemnities, and particularly with respect to the Servians, were by sio means admissible, never theless, circumstances being pressing, it was thought proper to acquiesce, right or wrong, and by necessity, in order to seize the opportunity to conclude a treaty for the safety of the Mahometan nation. Hitherto, the greater part of the articles have obtained tbeir execution. The conferences relative to the in demnities and to Servia were also commenced, and though these two affairs were not of a nature likely to be settled with a good grace, they were, however, taken into consideration as acts of violence. " - Russia, however, did not stop here. The mili tary reforms adopted by the Sublime Porte gave her umbrage ; she perceived that this regeneration might one day bring back upon herself the evil which she had prepared for Islamism. From that moment she resolved to allow no relaxation to -Mils sulmans. Russia, England, and France agreed to gether to establish by force that liberty which we have already described above. - For a year past those three Powers have simul taneously demanded the liberty of Greece, through the medium of their Ambassadors, officially and openly, as - a plain matter of concession. To this demand the Sublime Porte could not, according to law, reason, policy, or religion, subscribe. The Mtissulman nation heard it with indignation, and it was quite impossible that it should ever be conceded. The Ottoman Government endeavoured to make them renounce their pretensions by all kinds of ar guments and replies; but its language produced no e ffect upon them. Proud of their force, they ob stinately and rigidly insisted on the acceptance of their demand, and concluded by sending their fleets intit the Mediterranean. -They openly prevented the Ott o ntan and Eyptinn squadrons, destined to punish t he re bels, from attacking the islands. These two squadrons having entered the port of Nav ar i n , were there tranquilly waiting the orders of the Subli me Porte, when the Russian, English, and French fleets, which unexpectedly entered the same port as friends, began to fire all three together, and all the world knows the catastrophe which resulted there from to the Imperial squadron. "The three Powers having thus openly broken the treaties, and declared war, the Sublime Porte was fully entitled to make reprisals, and, in the first place, to deal differently from what it did with the Ambassadors, their countrymen, and the ships which ~,,-e re here; but the Ministers of the three Courts b a -.,a n g ought to justify their Governments by de clatingJ that it was the ()ommanders of the Imperial fleet who bad given occasion to t h e battle, the Sub lime Porte, havi n g rega.rd to circumstances, still preserved silence, employi ng policy for a last effort ; at the -imp time desiring the three Ambassadors to desist, from their interference in th e dffairc of Greece: Deaf to the voice of equity, those infidels never ceased f r om .sequirin g t h at t h e i r demand, such as it was, relative to the libe:sy of Greece, should be admitted; they might even be said to have become more urgent in their demand ; !a , lly, the hostile views of the Franks against I s l a _ raisin were' openly disclosed. Nevertheless, with the design of gaining time, at least till the si,imner approached, every possible management was r . e.orted t) in the conferences and communication s with: i took . place , some weeks ago. It was notified in v mons an swers to the Ambassadors, that as soon ~s the ci te e;:s should ask pardon, their faults shoOd be wholly forgotten; that their property, their p: :sons, their estates, should be untouched; that they .vould be excused the payment of the capitation a 1 the other tributes which they owed since the lion ; that there would he no question of otli- r tri butes, but that besides, for the gratification of the three Powers, they should be exempt from tribute during one year; in a word, that all the privileges which the - quality of Rapes allowed of should be ac corded them, but that nothing beyond that limit could be conceded; - • • "In the course of the conferences; the Sublime Porte earnestly entigatedihe Ambassadors to trans mit to their Courts these amicable declarations and sincere explications, promising at the same time that the armistice demanded by them should be observed until the'reception of the answers. This request had no other effect-but to increase their pride and their pretensions. Finally, they declared that they would not consent to anything less than the according the privileges which were the subject of the conferences to the Greeks living in what was called ancient Greece,—that is to say, the Morea, Attica, and the ; Isles of the Archipelago,—and they announced their intention of departing all three together. "Affairs had arrived at this point. If now (which God forbid!), after having seen such conduct and a similar situation of things, we had found it necessary to beat a retreat and yield the point in question,— that is to say, the independence of Greece—the con tagion would soon have spread through all the Greeks established in Romelia and Anatolia, with out the possibility of a stop being put to the evil. They would then all claim the same independence, —would renounce their duties as Rayas; and tri nmphing in the course of one or two years over the generous Mussulman nation, would one day finish by suddenly giving us the law, and (Heaven avert the .misfortune.!) the evident result would be the Ea of our religion and our empire. Whilst, thanks to God ! the numerous provinces of Europe and Asia are filled with an immense Mussulman popula tion, will the Holy Book and the law permit us, for fear of war,to suffer our religion to be trodden under foot, to deliver ourselves up, that our country, our children, our goods, and our possessions, may be transferred by infidels from hand to hand ? " Although in the beginning the whole world was in the power of the infidels, nevertheless, on the pro mulgation of the true religion, God assisting the faithful, the Mussulmans, our brethren, who have appeared and disappeared since the happy time of our great Prophet up to the present day, have never in any war, owing to their sincere devotion and un shaken courage, taken into consideration the numbers of the infidels. Heartily united in defence of re ligion, how often have they put millions of infidels to the sword ! How many states and provinces have they not thus conquered, sword in hand! Wherever we unite like them, and confront the battle for the glory of God, the Most High will enlighten u.s with his inspirations, and our holy legislator n ill cover us with his tutelary shield; his absent com panions will serve us for guides ; and no doubt under their auspices we shall gain brilliant victories. " If the three Powers, seeing that we are deter mined, as in times past, to reject their vain de mends, should yield to our answers and explana tions, and desist from the Greek affair, good and well. If, on the contrary, they should persist in wishing to compel us by force to admit their de mands, even though they should—illustratin g the saying that " all infidels are but one nation' —all league against us, we will recommend ourselves to God, place ourselves under the protection of our holy Prophet, and, united in defence of religion and the empire, all the Vezirs, the Ulemas, the Ridjas, perhaps even all Mussulmun', will form only one corps. " This is not like for Mer contests, a political war fur provinces and frontiers; the object of the Infidels being to annihilate Islamiam, and to tread the Maho metan nation under foot. This war must be consi sidered purely a religious and national war. Let all the faithful, rich or poor, great or little, know that to fight is a duty with us; let them, then, refrain from thinking of their arrears, or of pay of any kind ; far from such considerations, let us sacrifice oar property and our persons,—let us execute zeal oasly the duties which the honour of Islamism im poses on us,—let us unite our efforts, and labour body and soul for the support of religion until the day of judgment. Mussulmans have no other means of working out salvation in this world and the next. We hope that the Most High will deign to con found and scatter every where the infidels, who are enemies of our religion and our empire ; and that in all times, in all places, and in all circumstances, he will grant victory and triumph to the Faithful. Our real position being thus known to all Mussulmans, can it be supposed that inasmuch as they possess faith and piety, they Will fail to recognize their duty, that they will fail to unite heart and soul for the maintenance of our holy religion and our country, as well as foe their own welfare in this world and in that which is to come ? that they will not readily perform with bravery and zeal the various services of war, and to fulfil punctually the duties which our holy law imposes onus ? Help comes from God !" (From the Moniteur of Friday, Feb. 22.) PARIS, FEB. 21.—We yesterday published, with out adding any reflections, the Manifesto of the Otto man Porte ; we have to-day to confirm a notorious fact, namely, the surprise with which this unexpected document fills every class of readers. We may judge of the astonishment with which it must have filled the diplomatic body at Pera, and particulatly the Ministers of Austria and Prussia, whose most perse vering efforts and the most earnest exhortations were contending the day before with the fatal obstinacy of the Porte. The Internuncio, who continued at that time his endeavours to influence it, was_evidently in fluenced like every body else, by the feigned assu rances which it now boasts of having lavished by de sign. We have already had occasion to observe, that the concurrence of the two Powers, strangers to the treaty, without being divided as to its principal object, had caused a happy result to be hoped for, and it is difficult to coneeive that the Porte should have suddenly declined this frank intervention, is it self so salutary. . (From the Gazette de France, dated Feb : 23.) JASSY, JAN. 28.—A proclamation received from Constantinople, which orders all subjects to take arms, has thrown the authorities of this country into evident embarrassment. The Hospodar and the Divan appear to repent of having shown themselves too well disposed towards Russia, and to intend to neglect nothing to regain the confidence of the Porte. We .are without news from the frontiers of Russia. —Augsburgh Gazette. PARIS, FM: 22.—Pnhlie attention has been greatly excited by the new face which the affairs of the East appear to assume since the letters from Constantinople of the 1 lth of January. It had been hoped, from the united efforts of the Austrian Inter nuncio and the. Prussian Minister, that the three Powers, parties to the treaty of London, would not be led to any offensive measure against the Ottoman , Porte, , The manifesto which has appeared at Constanti itople may excite fears lest these hopes should vanish. However, fresh efforts of the Austrian Cabinet, the blockade of the Dardanelles by the three European squadrons, which will probably be the consequence . of the publication of the Sultan's manifesto, ►nay lead the Divan to be sensible of the insufficiency of its efforts against the five great Powers of Europe, Austria and Prussia cordially joining the three Powers who signed the treaty. At all events, whatever resolution the Ottoman Porte may take, Europe will, nevertheless, have de rived from the wisdom of the Cabinets, the advan tage of having preserved up to this day a state of peace, which, but for their solicitude, would have been interrupted six years ago : for it will be re membered, that at that time the Constitutionnel already published a Manifesto of Russia, to announce the passage of The Prtith. Another still more valuable result' of the union of the Cabinets is, the certainty that no power will act separately, whatever maylit the events that are preparing, and that the genetid interest of" Europe alone will prevail in their future resolutions. A journal, speaking to-day of this important affair, would have France. depart from all the ideas of the balance of Europe, which it calls routines of LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 182.8. In another column will be found the Manifesto of the OTTOMAN PORTE, to which we alluded on Saturday. It is a document full of all the blind fury and importance for which the Turks are so remarkable. The tone of this Manifesto is warlike to the last degree ; but Nve still think that the SULTAN is not se rious in his intentions of proceeding to eitre mities. What can he gain by war—single handed against so powerful a confederacy? He may accuse Russia of perfidy—but that avails him nothing, and the charge comes with a bad grace from one who boasts of his own du plicity now that it is successful. His prepara tions are all very natural, whether they are for offensive or defensive operations. His situa tion is so peculiar that he must be on his guard, for as the Ambassadors of the Allied Powers are absent from Constantinople, he has no guarantee that an attack may not be made upon him in quarters, which it would be impru dent to leave without the necessary means of de fence. Every war in which the Turks are engaged is made a war of religion, and it is therefore the object of the SULTAN to inflame the enthusiasm of the Faithful by appeals to their prejudice and fanaticism. It is, however, possible, that all this din of preparation is only meant to obtain better terms by the appearance of a determination to resist by force what can be much better done by , negociation. The SULTAN must be aware if the Allies really proceed to war, that his chance of obtaining more favourable terms is out of the question. All the advantage which the SULTAN can. have gained by procrastination is more than counterbalanced by the destruction of his fleet at Navarin. Where then is the wisdom of going to war ? Peace is his best policy, and we think he must be of the same opinion, unless circumstances, with which we are at present unacquainted, induce him to act otherwise. But reasoning upon the conduct of the Turks is like making a rope of sand—useless labour. We must wait for facts. We are happy to see that ALGERNON has not disappointed the expectations which we held nut to the public, that further contributions might be expected from his able and vigorous pen. His fourth letter has appeared this morn ing, but with an inconstancy which distinguished his prototype Jumus, he has given up the Editor of the Times as a correspondent, and has inflicted the whole weight of that honour on the Hon. Member for Hertfordshire. ALGERNON should, however, recollect that his extravagant praise may not only have the melancholy effect of t tuning Mr. DuNcom BE'S head, to the great detri ment of the nation, but may set other young sena tors a tilting for a spurious notoriety, when they are informed, on such high authority, that the wisdom of our veteran statesmen, is as noth ing compared with the impetuous declamation and unsubstantiated charges of thi s sc i on ( as ALGERNON calls him) of the House of Fever sharn. With regard to the queries of ALGRRNON, re specting the late interviews of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Mr. HER RIES, with Mr. Itontscntr.D, we have reason to believe that they are, what may be elegantly termed, perfect fudge. ALGERNoN might just as well ask in the same mysterious style, has not the Duke of WEL 1.71 , 707'0N been seen on horseback several times of late, between the hours of two and five in the afternoon ? and has not Mr. ROTHSCHILD re ceived many expresses from Paris since the Ist of February ? The fact is, we suspect that our much respected cotemporary is not altogether pleased with Mr. ROTHSCHILD, for some reason or reasons un known, and we therefore find in its columns personal and illiberal comments on an individual, who may possibly possess too great importance, but who has acquired his consequence, such as it may be, in the fair and legitimate channel of commercial enterprise. We received this morning the Austrian Ob server of the 13th inst. It contains some inte resting particulars respecting the progress of affairs in Western Greece. IBRAHIM is appa rently idle ; the battle of Navarin has paralysed his exertions : VIENNA, FEB. IS. Accounts from Smyrna, of Jan. 3, are to the following effect : The French Admiral de Rigny is still at anchor at Vourla, to which place the Russian frigate Constantine, which was to have taken M. de Ribeaupierre on board in the Dardanelles, but bad missed him, returned on the 26th December. Commodore Hamilton, whose successor (Sir Thomas Staines) has arrived here, on boards the Isis fri gate, is preparing to leave the Archipelago with the Cam brian. The siege of the fort of Scio is still continued by the Greeks ; but it should seem that the besiegers do not make much progress, as we have heard no thing of their operations for a considerable time past. The Turks, on the contrary, occasionally 'send supplies both of men and provisions to the besieged, from the Asiatic coasts, and threaten to land in greater force. The Greek ships, which ought to maintain the blockade of Scio, are cruising meantime in all directions in search of booty. They lately had the boldness to attack the French brig of war Mame:tin, and two days after they plundered an English merchantman near Ipsara. The same may he said of the Greek vessels which are pretended to be ap pointed to blockade the ports of the island of Candia; nay, Admiral Sachtury, who has been sent out by the Provisional Government at Egina, under the pretext of chastising the Greek pirates, is himself com mitting acts of pillage and robbery, instead of suppressing such excesses. In Syra, one of the chief depots of plun dered goods, they are sold by the association of robbers for almost nothing, since the news of the approaching ar rival of Count Capo d'lstria has been spread in Greece, because they fear, that on his arrival, all the plundered goods will be sequestrated. Ibrahim Pacha seems to be doing nothing in the Mores. General Church, on the other hand, bas spread the insurrection in Western Greece, where several Capitani have joined him. In Candia, the efforts of the insurgents are feeble and unconnected. Against Negropont nothing has yet been undertaken be yond the preparations, but some districts of Eastern Greece, for instance, Talandi, have been again induced to revolt. In Arcadia the bands of Rimeliots and Moreots are at war with each other. Extract from the Oriental Spectator of Dec. 29 : "In consequence of the threats of the Admirals the Greeks have at length resolved to send out three Hydriot brigs to chace the pirates, to whom the Government had given licences, and who plundered all they met, and to send them back to Greek ports. These three vessels were commanded by Sachtury, who, according to the modern Greek fashion, has long been ranted Admiral. The worthy Admiral on his arrival off Cyprus gave out that he was come to put an end to piracy. When searching an lonian vessel which sailed from Cyprus, he learnt that a French merchantman, the Tyrian, had taken in a cargo at La nacha for Marseilles, and doubtless to prevent its being plundered by the pirates, whom he was to chase, he at tacked the merchantman in the night with two large boats, which cut its cables, and towed it to Cape Grego, where every thing, even the sails and tackling, were taken away, on which the worthy Admiral vanished to give a report of his operations to the respectable Senate of Hydra. Two days afterwards the Echo, French corvette, came to Lanacha, and assisted the Tyrian, which waiin the greatest distress, repaired it as well as could be done, and conveyed it to Alexandria. We have learnt that other French and English merchantmen from Beirout and Damietta have been treated by Sachtury in the same manner. Carabusa, therefore, is not the only nest of pirates. Hydra and Spezzia dispute the pre-eminence with it. Is it not at length time to destroy all the vessels of those islands? Has not sufficient patience been shown—and is it not evident that all these parodies of Greek fleets, Greek Admirals, and Greek expeditions, are brought forward merely to deceive Europe, and to conceal the real state of the case under out ward forms ? A fan, thrown in a passion at the feet of a Consul in Algiers, has thrown all France into commotion and caused the equipment of a whole squadron, whereas the incessant insults in Greece, the pillage of a countless number of French ships, have not been able to disturb the phlegm of our Statesmen. Without taking much time or consideration, almost the whole naval force of the Turks has been destroyed at Navarin, though they also possessed the rights of a belligerent power, and have never detained a single merchantman on its voyage, and the pirates of Hydra and Spezzia are not burnt, which for theSe six years past have been ruining the commerce of Europe, and bidding defiance to all nations." By the Sarah Caroline, Captain PRINCE, Charleston Papers to the 29th ult. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. On the 21st ult. one-fourth of the unfortunate town of Wilmington, North Carolina, was de stroyed by fire. The square, south of the Court and Market-house, has not a house standing between Market and Dock-streets. Whether it was the work of an incendiary, or an accident, we are unable to determine. From Savannah, under date of the 21st ult. we learn that a mutiny took place on board the ship Kingston, front Liverpool, which ar rived in that port on the 20th. Eight of the mutineers were arrested, and brought to town this morning, in the revenue cutter Crawford, Capt. PAYNE, and are. committed to prison. A letter from Vera Cruz, of the 21st of December, 1827, to a friend of the writer's in Charleston, says—" You are aware of the law that was forced from the Legislature of the State of Vera Cruz by the Vox Pop - uli in the beginning of this month, expelling the European Spaniards, and 'that we anticipated a law from the National Congress on the same subject. We this day learn it passed the Lower House but was rejected in the Senate, much to the disappointment of all this section of the 'Re public. It is said that an attempt to awe the Senate into obedience to the will of the sovereign people is on foot : several large bodies of men have assembled at Faenbaga and other villages to Mexico for that purpose, and they reported adjacent 800 men ready to - march from Onebla for the same laudable purpose. At Onebla they have committed a shameful outrage, robbing the old Spaniards to the amount of 100,000 dollars, in money and effects. The Authorities were in timidated from calling in the military force by the immense rise of the populace. . Recourse was had to the Bishop, who, in his canonicals, with all the insignia of his holy office, made his appearance and addressed the mob, and, strange as it may appear, these fanatical villains paid not the least attention to his au thority or his remonstrances, but continued their work of plunder till day-light. In their contest for booty, some few were killed and several wounded. Oascaca is still in the hands of the Military Chieftain, GARCIA, and of course under military law. Many robberies have been com mitted lately on the road, between this and Mexico. At present we are tranquil here, but business of all kinds is completely paralyzed. The: Treaty of Commerce and. Navigation be tween the United States and Sweden, concluded at Stockholm on the 4th of July last, has been ratified by the Senate, and the ratifications were exchanged at Washington, on the 18th instant, by the Secretary of State, on the part of the United States, and by Baron STA KELBERG, Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty the King of SWEDEN, on the part of his Government." We received this afternoon the 'Gazette de France, dated yesterday, by express. There has been a fall in the French Funds on Saturday, caused by the French Government being de feated in the .Chambers in the 'appointment of a President. Three per Cents. 68f, per Cents. 103 f. 95c. • A • correspondence has taken place between Admiral de RIGNY and 'some French Officers,, in the service of IBRAHIM PACHA. The Ad-, miral strongly advised them to leave the Egyptian service, to which they (through the medium of of their Commander, M. LETELLIER) replied •• I that they would, provided that, they were furnished with sufficient means. These were provided, and they accordingly retired under the protection of an Austrian vessel. • The following are extracts:— TalEscrE, FEL 12.—From Alexandria a vessel arrived to-day, and states that some days before its departure forty Egyptian ships had reached Navarin ; two large ships .of the line had anchored at Aboukir; they had no further details. Rusts, FEB. 23.—Yesterday's scrutiny for the Presi dency has shown that the majority in the Elective Cham ber belongs to the United Royalists; and that the others have no chance, except in their disunion. Three hundred and sixty-four Deputies were present yesterday at the Chamber ; they have reported five names on every bulletin, that is, 1820 suffrages, on which the liberal candidates have obtained 766 votes, the.. Royalists, 1054. The five who are named as most likely to- obtain the presidency are as follow :—M. de la Bonrdonnaye, Gautier, Royer Collard, Ravez, awl Casimer Perier. Persons well informed on the subject assert, that M. :Ribeaupierre* and Stratford Canning had quitted Corfu early in the month, without waiting for the Count Guil leminot. It was supposed that the former had betaken himself to Trieste, and the latter to. England.: We have received news from Constantinople of the 25th of January. The Hatti Sherif of the 20th of December, has been communicated in the palace of the Porte, to all the Ayans assembled, and sent to all the Pashas, which has produced the greatest conster nation at Pera, caused by the defiance it bids Russia. Rigorous measures still continue. The rich Armenian Primates, to the number of twelve, have been arrested, and the consternation of the merchants of all na tions are inexpressible. Amilst all these preparations for war the capital remains quiet. The Austria Observer states, under the date of Jassy, Feb. 4, that letters from GalliCia say, a Finnan has been published in all the fortresses on the Danube, that all Turkish soldiers, on pain of death, must avoid entering the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. LEGHORN, FEB. B.—Letters from Naples, state that Count Capo d'lstria sailed as the 23d of January, from Malta for Egina. A French Paper received this morning says, since the unfavourable news from Constantinople of the 11th, Prince METTERNICH has sent re peatedly Couriers to the above capital, in the hope to arrange the differences, but the Divan decidedly pronounced for war ; therefore all hopes of accommodation have vanished. At the moment of the departure of the last courier from Vienna, sent to the Austrian Am bassador at Paris, it was greatly feared that the Russians had passed the Pruth, without waiting the adhesion of the other Powers ; this report has caused the Austrian and other funds to fall. The Gazette of Necker announces that Russia is making immense preparations for war, and at, every point new levies are marching on the side of the eastern provinces of the Empire. According to accounts from Perpignan JEP ESTANGS is to be executod, but the time is not stated. office, which have been worn out for this century, and are incompatible with the general renewal of the political system. We here recognize the habitual wantonness of the Journal des Debats, which does not know that the business of the Cabinets has been at all times conducted by the most enlightened and able men, and which would raise this important question without suspecting its weight. The Prince de Polignac sets out for London on Sunday. There is no truth in the report on 'Change yester day, that the Russian Legation has received, the Manifesto of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, in answer to that of the Porte." • FRENCH FUNDS.--Five per Cents. 104 f. 25c. ; Three per Cents. 69f. 65e. ; Bank Stock, 1,905 ; Naples Rentes, 76f. 35c. ; Harlan Loan, 670 c. Exchange on London—One Month, 25f. 15c. ; three Months, 25f. se. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .6-134 3%% 3 per Cent. C0n5....93% S3l 3%!per Cent. Ditto Red 92U 1% 4 per Cent. New ...100% 100 1' Ditto,l1826 Bank L. Ann. l9 11-16 34 India Stock Ditto Bonds B9 8.5 pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Sruth Sea Stock Old Annuities 83% New Ditto ... Ex. Bills, XO3OO 2d. al 56 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 58 57 pm. Ditto Small ...... 2d. 50 57 pm. Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Ac.... 271, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds,s percent. k+razilian Bonds 61 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, ( pet. ct. Colombian Bonds Oitto, 1824, Danish, 3 per cent.... 61 607134 Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatimala Bonds...—. 25% .......... 33%, THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 3 Portuguese Bonds. 74 Prussian. 5 per cent..., — Ditto, New Russian, New Spanish, 1821 ................. 10% 1823 French Rentos, sp. c. —1 —e. -- Exchange —t. ---- 3 per cent —l. —c. -- Exchange —f —c. riticits OF SHAWLS THIS DAT AT ONR O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 63 62 64 Bolivar Mining Co f'7% 4% Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/, pm.) 22% 16 General Mining Association Mexican Mining Co United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 35 13% 14 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 249' Consols, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 3)4 per cent 92N. Ditto, New ( 127 9 4 per Cent. 101 q Gov. Deb. 3 per cent. - t oyal Canal Stock 41 Orand Canal Stock lO Pity Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 1 p. et -- 'KS..--DUBLIN, rni. 22.. St. Patrick In - sur. (per th.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto —ls Patristic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due, 0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Brazil 0 0 Holland U Buenos Ayres 2 Dublin U Flanders 1 U Lisbon 1 1 France U 41ottenbilrgh 0 0 Mexico 0 U Guerniey er Jersey. 1 3 Waterford ... ....... 61, czp ...4 ---. 4 &ft , - - W 4,14 4 THE ARMY. The Detachment of the 40th Regiment of Foot, stationed at Aylesbury, has received orders to march to Tring, to remain during the Assizes, about to ile held at the former place. A large Detachment of the Reserve Companies of the 84th (or York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot embarked at the Cove of Cork on the 18th inst., on board the Montreal, to join the Service Companies at Jamaica. Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.8., will hold a levee to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, at the Horse Guards ' as Military Secretary to the Com mander of the Forces. The installation of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, as Master of the Prince of WALes' Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, took ilace'on Friday last, at the Thatched House Tavern, in a grand assembly of the Lodge; to which the Grand Officers of . the year, who were not members, and a select number of noble and exalted individuals of the fraternity, had beets invited... This highly interesting and important rite was conferred by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Grand Master of the 0 er. fhe company afterwards partook of a sumii tektainment provided for the occasion, his Royal High ss the Duke of CLARENCE, in the chair; and the evening was passed with that harmony, • conviviality, and masonic feeling, which ever characterize the meetings of this venerable institution.—Besides the Royal Personages already named, there were also present the following dis tinguished members of the fraternity:—His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER ; Lord DUNnas, Deputy Grand Master ; General Sir Joint DOYLE, Bart., Past D. G. Master; Lord YARBOROUGH, CHARLES TENNYSON, Esq. ALP., C. K.: . K. TiNTE, Esq. M.P., ProvinCial Grand Masters- R. PERCIVAL; Esq., Grand Warden ; Sir Far' DERICK FOWICE, Bart., Sir W. RAWLINS, Past Grand Wardens ; W. W. PRESCOTT, Esq., G. Treasurer ; the Rev. Drs: Cs/GALAN and COLMAN, G. Chaplains; Menrittex, Esq., Messrs. WHITE and ITURPER, G. Secre-: taries; Sir GEORGE SMART, Messrs. FINLAISON, MOORE, ALDRIOOF, BURGESS, SOLOMONS, LINLEY, SAVORY, and BOTT, G. Officers. The Marquis of ANGLESEA left his residence in Old Burlington -street, about eight o'clock on Saturday morning, in his carriage and four, for his seat Bean -desirt, Staffordshire, on his way to Ireland, to enter on' his "offs • cial duties as Lord-Lieutenant of that kingdom. THE, , FUNDS-,-(THIS DAY). CITY, TrneLvx O'CLOCK. Consols, after leaving off extremely heavy at 84 4, on Saturday, fell still further after the hours of ness, and were done hi the neighbouring ' Coffee houses at 834 This morning the . first priceli4s 834 4 for this, and 83:1: 4 for,next time; ,the market has. since become extrerneidepressed, and thevice" declined to 8 24appearin g Clearly 04i : tl4. public have taken the alarm at the present ,Wailike . appearances ,in the:East, and are selling, -to which reports of several sail of the line being oidered . t6be fitted out, - tended to strepgthen this they are now 824, the price, but with a declining appearance. India Bonds, 92 3, and Exchequer Bills, 58 . 60 pm. . The Foreign Funds are in a state of inaction and:: drooping; Mexican, 6 per Cents., 334 41; bian, 244 54 ; Russian Bonds are 924 3 ; with re spect to the latter Stock the Paris Papers state, that. at the moment the last courier had arrived to the Austrian Ambassador, from Vienna, it was generally believed that the Russians had passed the Pruth without waiting foi the adhesion of the other allied Powers ; thus, then, we may be virtually said to be at war, particularly if the Manifesto said to have been issued by the Porte should prove to be genuine, of which there is still some doubts. Danish are 614; and Portuguese, 73 44. In the present aspect of affairs, the Mining specu lations are looked ,upcin -as secondary consideration ; Colombian art 154 164 per "Share; Brazilian, 3111 40 pm. ; and Anglo Mexican, •621 Three per Cent. Consols, 83 i; Ditto for the Account, 53 4 ; India Bonds, 92 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 58 CO*: Foasion.—arazilian, 614 2 ; Buenos. Ayres, 364 74 ; • Chilian, 2 2 ; Colombian, .241- . 64 Danish,- 61*; Greek, 17 4 ;1 Melican, 5 pet. Cent.,' 26 6 .; ditto, 6 per Cent., 334.44; Peruvian,22 3;. Portuguese, 73 44 ; Russian, 924.3 ; Spanish, 10 4. MiNss.--Anglo Mexican, 65 60 die.; aratilias, 3646- pm. ; Colombian, 154.164 per sharitlz tkited Mexitan, :7, 214 204 discount , • - TWO O'CLOCK - Consols, after having been 824, with very. ex- tensive transactions in the course of the day, have " improved to 831 buyers ; the parties who doubt the authenticity of the Turkish manifesto, from its language, having no date, &c., are answered by those who have faith that it having appeared in the Moniker, the official French Government paper is sufficient to stamp it with authority. On the Ist inst. howeYer,= no such document was known at Odessa. The French Funds come over 68f. 90e. THREE 0' C,L 0 CK, Consols are again looking sickly : 83k. The Odessa letters of the Ist state, that all the Officers of the Russian army were ordered to Oleic posts, and the Emperor Nicholas was expected to join the army on the, 15th inst., they were busy :baking biscuits for the army at. Odessa. LAW INTELLIGENCE. 7 -(THIS DAY 4 COURT OF CHANCERY. To-day the new Member for Weymouth made his first appearance in Court in his new character. ROSS V. ACLIONDY. This appeal was argued on Saturday; it was a tithe case. The bill was filed by the plaintiff as rector, claiming to be entitled to the tithes of lands in the county of Cumberland possessed by the de fendant. The defendant's answer contended that the tithes of these lands had belonged to a priory on the estate, distinct from the rectory, and that they had not been paid to the rector within the time of living memory. His. Honour .the Vice Chancellor considered the onus to be thrown on the defendant,' to Prove'that at the dissolution of the Priory there had been a distinct apportionment of these tithes to the monastery, and that having failed in bringing forward that proof the plaintiff was en titled to the tithes. The defendant appealed, and his Lordship confirmed the judgment of the Court be low. He did not think it necessary even to send the case to law, and therefore dismissed the appeal. IN THE MATTER OF RUSS, A LUNATIC. The matter came before the Court upon the Master's report, it having been sent to him to in quire whether it would be for the beeefit. of the lunatic that part of his estate should be sold. The Master reported that as part of the property was wanted to build a church upon, it could now be sold for much more than probably at any other time could be got for it, and that, therefore, he thought it for the benefit of the lunatic, that a sale should take place, for effecting which, it would b e necessary for the parties to apply for an Act of Parliament. The court confirmed the report directly, the parties to apply to the House of Commons, EX-MUSKETT IN THE MATTER OF TAYLOR, A BANKRUPT. Mr. ROUPEL appeared fo r M r . M us k ett , -a credi tor who had proved by his debt under the commis sion. It prayed that Mr. M's debt might be sub stituted for the debt of the petitioning creditor under the commission, which turned out not to be a debt fit to support it, and that the commission might continue to go on. The petition was presented under the late Act of Parliament, by a clause pf which the Chancellor had the power given him grant what was prayed in a proper ease. Thee as= ' signees appeared here, and did not object to what was prayed.—Order made. 4111-11 vttAL.E. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT: His HONOR disposed of a few short c+►uses which were quite uninteresting. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE XING V. THOMAS REES AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against Thomas Rees, Howel Rees, John Keymer, W. Briles, Wood, and Gilbert, for a conspiracy to defraud the cre ditors of Thomas Rees, who was a draper, carrying on business at Houndsditch, and also at Chatham, and who became a bankrupt in March, 1827. Sir JAMES SCARLETT stated the case for the pro secution, and proceeded to call witnesses, whose exa mination had not concluded when our reporter left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. HOWITT AND ANOTHER V. LYE. The Court was occupied the whole of the morn ing in the trial of this case, which was wholly desti• trite of any public interest, The Count ITOFALIA, on a special mission LUMEN, the Russian f A r( m )m bass th a e do K r i ; ng th o e f m S e r x A ic i an s ; M P in ri i n ste ce r Count Lupo's, the Neapolitan Minister ; and Monsieur ROTH, the French Charge d'Affaires , transacted official business with Earl on Saturday, at t h e Foreign Office, Downiug sl street. r Mr. HERRIES and Lord FARNBOROUGH had interviews With the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on Saturday, at the Treasury. Mr. WILMOT HORTON entertained a nume rous party to dinner yesterday, at his residence in-Rich mond Terrace. Don A. A. GALLIANO has been appointed Profess or o f t h e Spanish language to the London univiirsity. The Hon. HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL, M.P. passed throu g h Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Friday last, on his Way t o Esslington-house. Lord and Lady RAVENSWORTR and family loft Ravensworth Castle on Wednesday morning for London.—Durham Advertiser. THE KING v. B. BEAUMoNT.—On the trig. of this cause for sending a letter to Lord , WALLACX, tea& ing to a breach of the peace, the Jury, after a deliberation of four _foilo -follows ; ---" hours :—,Guilty and a half, ;b ga lit re in , the Jury verdict y h areofopin itt writing, ien,that as the letter was written under strong feelings of. irritation." - 3 Wheat, From care.; Cotk ... Dubli Dundal Galway Kilrust Limerii Sligo Waterf Youghs Foi Bourde Hambu Memel Rotten] AQG RYE', Ve Thim it bei u market Ozer to ant vet stone, prices. Inferior second Prime I Prime i I n ferio Second Coarse. Southd 2, 21 043 A boi 14 R enal am, i 3 1 Muttor Beano Pease, .—..... Flour, At. r reque Oats of 'Ut dull a and tinues. Engli! x..... ...r -~Fwh r._ forell rig' Engh scats Irish, Fore; Blue, Whit Beal En gli Irish, Id t Not►} 3tsitiel Irish iFit)Yl field, (AA dersl naafi Le'