The Sun. — London, England, 1821-09-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. N 0 R ‘v A Y. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE CLOSING 01 THE STORMING, AND THE PRO POSED REVISION OF' Lui; CONSTITUTIONAL PACT. CiIRI3TIANA, AUG. 21, 1821.—The closing of the Storthing of the kingdom of Norway having been fixed for to-day, the KING proceeded at three o'clock to the Legislative Hall, in grand '. state procession, composed of the Members of the Council of State, of the. Supreme Tribunal, of the Court, nu:nerous General and Superior Offi-. cars, and the principal Municipal Authorities. : ving seated himself on the Throne, his MA JEsTY delivered the. following speech : " The political events which we have witnessed in the course of the last year, must, Gentlemen, have convinced you of the cnisoless solicitude of Governments towards the maintenance of the artier and tranquillity of Europe. To this Norway could not remain indifferent. As far as the rights-she enjoys offered points of comparison, - the use which h:r Legislators made of tnose rights would, necessarily, furnish the subject of general observation. "'lf it be the nature of a constitutional regime to favour .the cle-;elopement of ideas, it is also the duty of enlightened men to avert the dangers of an inilituated exaltation. .The past is far ; let us profit bY it, to direkl oUrthoizglits towards a fu tar:, which -. =:eratantlit - all our solicitude. " It is only after a profound examination of my duties, and of the - trams cf the nation, that I caused to be.: laid before you e scv_r.ll propositions to make changes in the Constitutional Act. I have been solely influenced hytha desire tonmaintain anO consolidate the liberty which I acquired for the Norwegian natana, this claim to her g,ratioule being the dearest and most ..:.ivarale I can aspire to. T. htter:.-nYself that the public wall diroeted, Will know how•to appreciate my intentions; and in this view I ought to rely: upon the frank and loyal co. opetation of the National Reurtsentation.. Impress upon the - u - ntids of your fallow-cinzens that liberty is only stable in pro portion as the Government is strong ; that where the Rowers are imperfectly balanced, there exists no : guarantee t- and that a Constitutional State which would' avoid- conatnotions, the effects of which are incalculable, ought to reject all exclusive prepon nerar.:,e• over a - protesting Goverhment. " The resolution-which you have passed for the acquittance of you.: ancient debt .to Denmark, will have a favourable in fluence upon public credit. - I do not conceal from myself the difficulties which yet remain fur us to surmount. They arise partly from the stagnation of trade, the activity of which. would be or such advantage. to the industry and finances of Norway ; but my constant anxioty for your welfare shall be commensu rate with the weight el circumstances, and I hope that Provi tie:AT will bless my efforts. " Proud to rule over a nation which enjoys the noble right of publishing her. thoughts, and'foicibly proclaiming her opi nions, I shall know how to respect courageous truths, and at the same time to repress licentiousness. True literature, a most-essential part of national glory, scorns the exercise oein molt and calumny ; the author, who is truly a citizen, should be time first to acknowledge that when duties are disregarded, rights cease to exist. " I contemplate with pleasure the approach of the term in i which the zeal and wisdom of those to whom has been confided the important task of drawing up a new Code for the Kingdom. will abolish all contradiction between your ancient laws and rights which you have acquired. This incongruity especially presents itself in the question of the responsibility of my Coun cillors of State. These functionaries are exposed, in all con constitutional countries, to freedom of remark ; and they ought, at least, to have a guarantee that they shall only be judged by fixed.principles, and not by arbitrary or illusory analogies. I have in view to.regulate the constitutional attributions of each Councillor of State ; and I will cause to be presented to the next Storthing a project of law respecting their responsibility,_ which will point cut to the national representation the catent of ita prerogatives. " The .political situation of the Scandinavian Peninsula, with r' .:ad to the other s,nates Europe, leaves nothing to desire f - the continuance of our amicable relations. It is for,us to maintain these elements, which are so important to the existence. of every well-organized society. • - cc In now declaring, conformably to law, that die Session of the ordinary Storthing of, 1821 is terminatad, I renew to you, Gentlemen, the assurance of my regard and my entire Royal good-will." The President of the Storthing, M. LIBBERN AMTMAND, of the province of Sinaalehnen, in t±le name of the Assembly, replied in the follow- apeech " Situ: !—We hail with enthusiasm the day on which, for the fast time, the Storthing of Norway sees, in the midst of them, a well-beloved King. Welcome, Sire, amongst us ; deign to listen to us with the Venetian ,of a father, and be convinced that our words are. only the expression of our real sentiments. • . " This orJinary Storthing has just been closed. It is the third in order; but,' perhaps, the first in importance; for the prosperity or the misfortune of the country appeared to us to depend essentially Upon the decision of the affairs which have teen submitted to us.—Amongst these important objects, it pleased your Majesty, yourself to designate the liquidation with Trienmaik. Yes, Sire, It was - important, and doubly important, at a period like the present, when the effect-of events pr:sses heaviiy upon our dear country; and, for this reason also, it re. qui:ed the most mature deliberation on the - part of the national representation. This affair is now arranged to the satisfanetion or your Majesty a and the Stcrthing, in gratefully aeknowledg ing that the considerable reduction of the sum . priniariiv claimed )4 Denmark, is the result of the active soli etude of your Ma jesty, ventures, at the same tithe, to express the hope, founded upon our unlimited confidence in the success of your Majesty's paternal efforts, that the arrani, , ement entered into may fall, as little as possible, a charge to toe nation.' " The present Storthing has also been occupied with two other objects, equally important, perhaps, though under a till- Parent point of view—` the future rights of the Norwegian Nobility,' and the Liberty of the Press.' With regard to the former, it is impossible we have deceived ourselves in our man ner of viewing the question, and, consequently, are 'wrong in cur decisions : error is the inseparable lot of frail btimanity ; but we boldly avow that in this affair, as in all others aubmitted to its decision, i . rie national representation flatters itself that it has not deviated one step out of its line of duty, and on this point it 'recognises with your Majesty,- that when the balance of .the powers in a Constitutional Scat: is once d::stroycd, the commotions which follow arc in cu/ aulable. _ _ " In - what concerns the Liberty of the Press, the Storthing aohlitrwlAlgcl that with us this precious right of a free people 1i been greatly abused ; and it is with profound grief that the Startling ling-understood that the other European Powers should have considered the scandalous abuses of the Press which have exited in this country, as the expression of national feeling : but we console ourselves with the certainty that your Majesty will do more justice to the people of this nation, which, be it said without ostentation, have inherited from their ancestors an invincible loyalty and fidelity towards their King, and whose glory it leas been. from time immemorial, to display proofs of such a dispoSition. Yes, Sire; we behold with pride and with the most heartfeßgratitude, in the august person of your Ma jesty, the preßectorof public liberty ; and ire that of your noble son, his Royal Highnes.s the Prince Royal, who, we regret it deeply, is not present on this occasion by the side of his Pius-, trious father, we behold with the same pride; a protector not • less zealous, and our intercessor with the Throne. At die mo ment when your Majesty is about to return amidst a brother people, , we invoke; for the King and the Prince Royal of the two united Kingdoms, the protection of the Almighty. The Storthing, in recommending itself, in the name of the nation, to the high regard of your Majesty, separates with praying—' God preserve the King - and . hir & two kingdoms ' " The KING then returned to his Palace, and the Storthing immediately afterwards proceeded thither, in a body, to present to his MAJESTY their respectful homages. This day being the anniversary of the election of the KING, as successor to the Swedish Crown, all the personages composing the suite of his M A. J ESTY ; also his Excellency M. the Rigekal-hol der of Norway, and the Generals of the Camp of Etterstad, assembled in the morning to offer to the KING the homage of their dutiful senti , ments, as well as the expression of their heartfelt gratitude, through the organ of his Excellency M. the Chancellor - of the Court', Count de \V ET ERSTED E. Ills Majesty deigned to reply in the most affectionate terms, by assuring all present of his "high good will, and repealing the sentiments of regard he has so. often expressed towards the Swedish nation. • . • In the afternoon his Majesty reviewed the troops which were Assembled in the vicinity of the town. Ile was saluted on his arrival, and also on his rctarh, with the Inest enthusiastic ac clamations, from the soldiers ' and the vast multitude of inha bitants of all classes, who had repaired to the camp to witness the imposing scene. Message from the KING to the &birthing of Norway, on the 2d 'of August, 1821, relative to the changes to be made in the Constitution:— " The :12th section of the Constitution having indicided the means of a change in the stipulations of the fundamental Pact, the King is bound to discharge a constitutional duty, by calling the attention of the Storthing to questions of .the:highest inte rest, as well to promote the peaceable progress of general af fairs,-as for the maintenance of the liberties of the nation—li berties, which experience has proved, cannot exist without a change, or distinct and precise interpretation, of several articles of the Constitution. " The King will point out the evil, and in proposing the re, medy, which the several cases require, his Majesty will much More discharge his obligations to the future, than seek for him self a guarantee for the present. But, founder himself of the liberty of the Norwegian nation, - - the King will never limit either his views or his solicitude, merely to the time in which he can contribute to her happiness. Experience has proved, that a State which wishes to maintain its tranquillity and dignity, and to live under the guarantee of laws which protect indivi duals and the rights of property, can preserve neither, when its King. is not invested with power sufficiently extensive, legally to guarantee them, and without his being necessitated to have re course to force or arbitrary control. • - _ _ " The absolute Veto of the King ranks first in the series of important questions. It is indisputable, that wherever there exist a King and a Legislature, their powers must be so ba lanced, that one of these two authorities do not encroach upon the other. Where this principle is nit preserved, and it is the more disregarded when the contrary is aOznowhdged in the fun damental pact, the struggle between these two powers, which, for the interest of all, ought to march hand in hand, is, it may be said, established by right, and the result can never be fore seen. When the 'originating of laWs belongs equally to the King and the Legislature; when their reciprocal assent is ne cessary to. the.enactments of. a law, then the parties are equal, the chances are the same, and the equ;librium of rights becomes toe guarantee of liberty. • If a blind mistrust, or a false theory involve Legislative Assemblies iii opposition,- and if, with a view to establish, against the precut encroachments of the executive power, obstacles which give a preponderance to the Legislature, *tided_ upon arbitrary will, fr in a well .consti tuted §t ate. all that has not - a - counrpoise, is arbitrary ; then there exists nolonger a guarantee; the latter requires a solid and - not a fluctuating basis. • Now, all is vacillating when the Legislature can rn ake la - Ws independently of the concurrence and consent of . the King. In this ease the repetitions of the law adopted by a .I.egailature,'repetitions which take place because sanction has been refused, do not in the least destroy .what there is pernicibus in • the principle ; for it is not presumable, that when a Kin& 'rejects what, three.diftnrent Legislatures have -ct - plY:ppsed to hmi, that - rewction should not he founded-"upon considerations of such Iroporttince that, for the interest of the State, of which the King, alWays judges more impartially than the Legislature, -since he .is above all personal interests, this law was - of such a nature that it never ought to have been acloptl.- • • • " No Constitutional Sovereign willingly exercise! the right of veto in tip..face of . the national representation ; but the right ought to exist; because it is its preservingemence : and it affbrds legal means of checking a dangerous ebullition, without having recourse to force, before which law. is silent. This ebullition often orit.,inates in some local pretensions, wounded self-love, or disappointed ambition. A Representation which dreads its King, or questions his Counsel, and which, in consequence of this. dread or this mistrust, would become an exclusive Legis- lature; itself provoks tile dangers which, by a false colcula- . tion, it had in view to provide against. If the• conflict le once begun, and , if the Legislature prevail, there exists no more Monarchy ; it would reign, suported by anarchy. lf, on the contrary, the Legieature should be overcome, Liberty wituld fall with it ; for, - where is the Prince who does }rot profit of success in - policy ? " This dilemma, which cannot be disputed by the lessons of history and recent experience, is too dangerous for a rational and ealightmed nation finally to risk such chances. The King has too .much confidence in the wisdom of his Norwegian sub jects, not to suppose that they also will perceive the disastrous consequences, and that they will - be aniiiotis to give all the necessaty rectification to this part of their fundamental law.— In all difficult crisis, the King will always look to them with confidence., " In England and France, the right of dissolving the national representation belongs to the executive power, and this is espe cially necessary in these countries, where extraordinary con.: vocations do not nullify the elections, which are always made for a certain term of years, either prescribed or established by custom. The objections advanced against this eminently con= stitutional right; arisefrom an absurd alarm at words, and not from a mature reflection of the thing itself; for this posver, which is purely defenSive, may, if it be abused, be as easily turned against the party it is destined to protect. It alway* corrects the precipitation of measures ; not only on the part of the Legislature, but also on that of the 'Government ; and it is the nation, to which appeal is made, that promis:s the final judgment, either by renewing, or annulling, the preceding elections. The right of disirdseing all public functionaries, with the exception of the Judges, belongs in England, and France to the Executive Power ; and it ought to be there vested, in all Coun tries in which general affairs have a proMpt and uniform impul sion. The agents of authority are bound to support the views of the Government, for the sole reason that the Government is bound to second them, and that the responsibility of principal functionaries is, in fact, void, whenever the execution of their measures, by subordinate agents, is obstructed ..by a voluntary resistance, or even by inertness. " The power.of a legal prosecution does not remedy this convenience. There exist so many points of view in the dis charge of a public duty, which cannot be developed to judicial cognizance, wh;!st they may be entirely satisfactory to the con scienee of an einightened Sovereign, and which become truly so, and not in an illusory or unjust manner, when the Govern ment is actually invested with the said authority,. " In tracing in these general principles a return to the Nor wegian Constitution, the King discovers other specialities, which it is very requiSite should be reconciled with the principle of excluding all pretext for intrigue or loss of time, and with the exigencies of the nation and motives of economy.. Such is the King's right of nominating the President of the Storthing, and the Presidents of its two divisions. " The nomination of individuals, who are not Members of the Storthing, to the office of Secretaries. " To prescribe more precise regulations for the dispatch of business, which, by classifying the affitirs to be brought before the Storthing, will prevent loss of time, and the delay, to the end of the Session, of affairsoften of the utmost importance. " All the above enumerated. motives induced the -King to propose to the Storthing the following revision of the articles of the Constitution, thotenor of which would then be conformable to the modifications which his Majesty has here pointed out..- His Majesty hopes, that if these propositions are adopted, the national liberties.will find in nem a guarantee which they have not at this moment, though they may appear to have a better. The King has, not overlooked ail that still exists contrary to the true principles of a mixed Government, the Legislature of Nor way being composed of two homogeneous parts in its formation, and what is worse in the tinaLresult of its legislative authority . ; but his Majesty limits his views, •for the present, to what, in his conviction, is more particularly_ dangerous to the. peaceable enjoynient of the rights woneli the King has granted to the Nor wegian nation, and with regard to which no person can be so interested as himself, in maintaining their purity, and prolong, big their existence, srcT•io( 15. - During the stay of the King in Sweden, his Blajcsty will al ways have near him the Minister of State of Norway, and two Members (if the Norwegian Council, who shall succeed each other at the King's pleasure, in such a manner, however; that no Councillor shall continue in this capacity longer dual three tollnwing yrs. They shall be charged with the same duties and the same responsibility, Scc.—(Vide the Constitution.) SECTION 22. All Royal Functionaries, the Judges excepted, may, without being previously brought to trial, be dismissed by the King, after he shall have heard the opinion of his Norwegian Coun cil, with respect to the pensions to be &ranted to Functionaries so dismissed, &c.—(Vide the Corstitution.) Tile Judges can only be suspended, &c.—(Vide the Con stitution.) SECTION 68. The opening of the Storiiiingsh;ll generally take place on the fir6t work-day in the month of June,• every three years, in the capital, or some other town in the kirgdom. 5'r'.CTIoN 71. _ . Thy Members of the Storthing shall continue their functions as such, during three consecutive years, as well in the extraor diiiary as in the ordinary Storthint;s which may be held during that period, unless the King, previously to the expiration of the said term, should think proper to dissolve the Storthing, in or der that new elections may be made. Such a dissolution, how ever, not to take place in the course of the three first months of the meeting of an ordinary Storthing. As seen as the Storthing shall be organised, the King, or a person whom his Majesty may'authorise for the purpose, shall open it by a speech, informing the Assembly of the state of the kingdom, and pointing . out the objects to which his Majesty may be particularly desirous of calling the attention of the Storthinf.i. No deliberation shall take place during die. pre sence of the King. The Storthing shall select from amongst its Members, a fourth to form the Larthing ; the other three-fourths will compose the Odelsthing.' aeh of these Votes Chambers 1 shall have its particular meetings. The King will nominate for the time of the duration ot the Storthing, the Presidents , of the Storthing, the Earthing, and the .odelstliing, from amongst the members of each of these Assemblies. These Presidents will lose their right of votinain the Asseniblies dur ing the Sessions ; their substitutes will therefore be calLtl.to sit in the Storthing. The Ring 'will also appoint the Vice- Presidents, who will also lose their right of voting so long as they continue Presidents. Each Chamber shall nominate for its Secretary an invididual, nut a Member of the Storthing. SECT. 75 LITR. A. Instead of the Ist of July, the 31st - of December. (Section 79 wholly repealed.) SECTION 81. These words " except those men - do:led in the 79th Section,' shall be omitted. SECTION 82. The final letter" E" shall be rescinded. SECTION 92. (Letter " E"), or who shall have been naturalized. NEW SECTION BETWEEN THE ARTICLES 84 AND 35. The Storthing shall in preference, ocupy itself with the fol lowing affairs : " Those which the King may cause to be transmitted to the Assembly ; " Those which have been constitutionally transmitted to the Assembly by the preceding ordinary Storthing; to be decided upon ; " Those which the Storthing, in virtue of the terms of the 75th Section of the Constitution, is bound to discuss ; and " Those, 'finally, which may be essentially connected with the affairs above enumerated." In the extraordinary Storthing, only affairs which are trans mitted by the King shall be discussed. BERMUDA. The following is the Speech of his Excellency the Governor, Sir WILLIAM LUMLLY, on pro roguing the Colonial Platiattnent : Nlr. President, and Gette,`ernert of the Legislative Council.; Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen ot the House of _Assembly, I have now called-upon yOu to meet me, fora purpose whin,, for many and various reams intimately connected with the wel fare of the colony, I most deeply .deploac ; but which, owing to as strange . and unaccountable proceedings as ever took place in - a legislative body, will ginit of no alternative. • To the Legislative Council my best thanks are due, for the teadiness they have evinced to meet my proposed measures with cordiality, and to promote the best interests of the community. It has been asserted, in another place, that I have. attempted to overawe his Majesty's Council—to poison the eprings of jus. tice, and to drive from his Majesty's service men of talents and upright principles : assertions which every Member of that Council knowsa - and can declare to be, utterly false ;and the ob ject of which was evidently to injure my character, and to bring into disrepute the subsequent proceedings of that body. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of .the Douse of Assembly, I received a•Message from your House, of the 2d .of May, relative to the Powder 'Laws • together with a report of a Committee of the Hausa on the above, dated April the 13th, of this year ; .and • you have gravely called my attention to a voluminous mass of special pleading;- and have solicited my communkating with Earl Bathurst, for the information of ,his Majesty thereon; and you have done this in a very few days after having solemnly assured your Sovereign that his Majesty's representative is wholly ignorant of civil Govern ment. I shall not, therefore, condescend to enter into any detailed explanation. I cannot, however, avoid remarking, that, in all the elaborate researches and comments of your Roust: on the Powder Fund Laws, through it period of nearly :seventy years, the most im portant time of the • whole should h,lve been 'omitted, between 1767 and 1781 ; fonsix or seven years of which a civil war was raging in America, and some most extraordinary occurrences I took place here, connected with that subject—occurrences which I do not how deem it necessary to comment upon. If the. Act of 1742 was in actual operation until 1809, (which your House has, boldly but most erroneously asserted), it might fairly be asked, how it was possible that all the old M embers of the (louse, together with Chief Justice Leonard and Attorney- General Esten-should at that very period know nothing of such an Act—should not even have known awl such an Act was ever in operation, when the two last-named specifically advised the then Governor (Hodgson) to replace the Fund under the con trol of his Majesty's servants (the Governor and Council), in conformity to the 'Act of 1690, where it had been previously for many years; ;where it ever ()tight to have remained, and where it has since continued undisputed until last year, and which your House is now pleased to call " recently wresting it from its purpose.!' Your House does not yet seem to comprehend that the pro ceedings here, during the whole or any . part of the period to which it refers, can have nu control over the records and pro ceedings of the mother county, or the decisions from the Throne ; and from whicii • rarl Bathurst states what I must again repeat--" that the Act of f 742 has not been confirmed, nor that of 161)4) repealed; and that the •Act of 169(1 is still the I law of the Island for the levy of powder duty." In your last message to me, of the 3d of May, yon speak of ' extraordinary language. - To your House, indeed, this reverts, and becomes - most applicable— when, in language. truly un couth, but' not to be misunderstood, you presume to tell one gracious'SoVereign that he has selected a mall as his representa tive, whom you have been pleased to decide to be wholly unfit for such a charge. YOur opinion was never asked, nor would it in any case be called lot. Your House is both DE JURE and DE FACTO totally unequal and incompetent to such a decision. You have lavished on your Governor, the Representative of your King, the grossest reproach--the basest contumely._ You have 'brought charges against him, as absurd as they are false, mischievous and injurious (not to max.) hut to the peace and well-being of the community at large ; and you then affect astonishment that he should speak, even in general terms, of faction and a factious spirit in the colony. Blinded by error, or some snore dreadful infatuation, you have finally, in direct terms, refused to do your duty. You are proceeding at' your own peril, 'and are COLLECTIVELY and INDIVIDUALLY responsible to your God, your King- and your Country, for all the evils you may have entailed upon your Conntry. May 31, 1821. • W. L. The Colonial Parliament was then declared to be prorogued until : the sth of Ju ly next. The Turkish fleet lately seen off Samos is raid to have gone to Rhodes, to join the, squadron fitted' out by MAISOMET ALI, I'acha of Egypt. This squadron is stated to consist of 15 sail, and to be manned chiefly with European sailors ; it is commanded, by IS2rIAEL GIBRALTAR, the same. who was formerly the Paella's agent hi Sweden and Leghorn. He is said to be an able seaman, and even to have formerly served on board En glish ships. Letters from Batavia of the Bth of May were received yesterday. The expedition for Palem bang had not sailed, but the preparations ton tinned ; and as a liberal price for freight was of fered by the Government, many vessels of dif ferent nations hadlaeu offered as transports to convey the troops. The preference, however, was given to Dutch vessels. A great number of ships from different parts of the world were col lected in the harbour of Batavia, in search of freight, but which the crops of the Island of Java were not likely to supply in sufficient abun dance. The cholera morbus, which has been heretofore unknown in Java, is said in one of the letters to have appeared in Batavia, and to have been fatal to a considerable extent, both to Euro -1 peans and to the natives. Lord BEILESFORD has purchased a freehold estate in the county of Carlow,--in . Ireland, for 55,0001.; the p:es2nt annual rental amounts to 9.,50.01., paid by a solvent and respectable tenantry, but not likely to rise in value. . FlRE.—Between eleven ,and twelve on Thursday night - an alarming tire broke out in the back premises of Mr. Turner. -baker, 71, liattOn..gartlen. The engines being well supplied with water, after three hours, succeeded in subduing the tiante - s. • Considerable damage was done to the premises, and one of the firemen had a narrow escipe. Yesterday, one Thomas Tresler was commit ted. for trial, from Hatton-garden Office, charged with defrauding several persons of different sums, under the pretence of keeping a register-office for hiring servagnts, His ALIJESTY slept last night at Chapel- House, in Oxfordshire, and dine to-day at Carlton-Mouse. The contents of 'the French Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday are warlike, and it seems to be th e general opinion, not only in Germany but at Constantinople, that the present negociations be tween the PORTE and • Russia will terminate in war. The departure of Baron de STROGONOFF from Constantinople, says a letter from that capital of the 10th ultimo, far from reviving the fury of the Mussultnans, seems to have inspired them with a panic terror, and to have put an end to the atrocities, a repetition of which was dreaded. The probability ,of a war has suddenly changed, as if by enchantment, the situation of this capital, where tranquil lity appears restored. This communication is taken from a Vienna article, and the intelli gence from the Austrian capital continues to say hat before th'e arrival of the Baron DE STROGO- NOFF at Odessa, every thing, was very quiet on the Banks of the Pruth, where the Russian troops did not exceed 8,000 men, most of whom were Cossacks ; but since that :event, the state of affairs has assumed another aspect.— Orders were transmitted to the Russian army: of the West to march immediately to the frontiers, and it was expected the whole of this force, under the command of Count D.E . GENSTEIN, would take up a position on the'banks of that river, towards the end of last month, ready to advance against the enemy. On the' other hand, the Ottoman troops are concentrat ing in great force in Romania ; to which point all their troops have been ordered to march. The idea of an approaching war obtains credit at Odessa, and the arrival of the Baron de STaoGoxor•r• seems to render it more probable in the opinion of the inhabitants of that town ; this impression would be further strengthened by the unceasing departure of couriers from Odessa, to various parts of the Russian Empire. It -is again repeated, that the arrival of the Emperor ALEXANDER at the head-quarters of Count de WITTGENsTEIN, will be the signal of a ge neral attack against the Ottoman army. A Iprivate letter from Vienna, of the 2d of Sep- :ember, mentions that manuscript copies of ,he note of the Reis-Effendi, in answer to the Russian ultimatum, are circulated in that capital. In this note, the Turks declare their readiness to grant to the friendly intercession of Russia all demands which are not derogatory to the sovereignty of the SULTAN, and contrary to the independence of his Empire. They promise a general amnesty to the Greeks for a fixed time, the re-building of the Cl Iri 4 s if ; an Churches, and the restitution of the principalities of Wa lachia and Moldavia to the state fixed by exist ing treaties ;` but'in their turn they 'make counter-demands, among which is the " delivery of Prince Michael Suzzo, (formerly a Hospodar) a rebellious Turkish subject, who - has taken re fuge at Odessa, and of all the Greek refugees on the Russian territory." If this version be au thentic such a demand will raise fresh difficulties, for, in spite of the declaration of Russia that she , does not mean to oppose the punish ment of the rebels, we doubt much whether a Christian Government will consent to deliver up fugitives who have sought an asylum in its territory, to a Government so cruel and so totally regardless of all judicial forms, as that of the Ottomans. This article being refused, war will most probably follow., It is remarkable, that in no copy of the note circulated _at Vien na is any mention made of Prince YPSILANTI, who is still detained a prisoner at Pest by the Austrian Government ; from which it is inferred that the Porte takes great care to avoid all cause HEBDOMADARY. S itIMAY, September 16.—Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.-- Sun rises at 43 in. aftei 5 ; sets at 17 ifter 6.—Moon rises 50 in. after 7 evening. MONDAY 17.--Sun rises at 45 m. after 5 ; sets 15 In. after 6. - . Moonrises 31 - iii . after ff. TuEsDAY 13.—Sen rises 47 in. after 5 ; sets 13 m. after.fibi t : Moon Last Quarter at 1 b. 49 m. afternoon. WTrawr.spAT 19—Ember rises 49 m. after 5 ; sets 11 rn. after 6.—Moon rises 37 tn. after 10.—Twilight lasts Ib. 57 ta. _ _ THURSDAY 20.—Sun rises 51 m. after 5 ; sets 9 m. after 6. Moon rises 55 min. after 11. • FRIDAY 21.—St.NIatthew.—Sun rises-53m. after 5 ; sets 7 m. after G.—Moon rises after midnight. SATURDAY 22.—&m rises 55 in. after 5 ; sets 5 m. after 6. ►Moon rises 17 in. after 1 morning. PRICE OI THIS DA Y AT TN Bark Ste& shut I F STOCKS WELVE 0 - CLOCK. • 4 par Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 109 Excheq. - 3 2 pr. Cons. for Account 76ii 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Carts. 3i per Cent shut HIGH WATER AT LOUD° Zplorning, al minutes after 4. q' , l BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 1 Evel.Ting, 14 minutes after 4. rwrflp LI . 1711.2kJ N• SOLEIII QUIS DIOERB FALSUM - AUDE4T7 • - LONDON, SATURDifY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1821. of dispute with A ustria. It is said in ancti,ef article from Vienna, that the Cabinet of Peters burg has concerted all its measures with the other Courts, and th., t its declaration vf war may be daily expected to appear. It would seem that the defeat of the Turkish fleet has been of greater consequence, and more in accordance with the statements published - by the Greeks, than is represented by, some of the recent accounts from Constantinople, published in Journals which have been always hostile to the cause of the Greeks. Though this day's ar- rivals do not furnish any further particulars of that event, y,et the disasters which befel the. Turkish fleet were, according to their report, of so serious a nature, that the return of part of the beaten fleet to Constantinople, with the news, had spread dismay in , that capital. An extract of a private letter from Corfu,• dated the 18th of August, states, that the lonian Government continues to act with severity against the Greeks of the Morea, and their numerous par tisans in the lonian Islands. Twenty-eight young men, who had been wounded in the Peloponne sus, returned to-C e orfu, but wero sent back by the lonian Government, in conformity with its declaration, that whoever went to the assistance of the Greeks should no longer be received in. the lonian islands. A young man of Zante, who was at Trieste, had embarked, with fifty other lonians, to join the Grecks ; but their vessels having touched at Zante, the Governor detained them, in spite of their intreaties and the solicita tions of the whole town. The lonian Greeks are extremely dissatisfied at this system, and demand that a strict neutrality -should be observed, and no favour shewn to the Turks, to which the' lonian Government replied, that " they were at peace with Turkey, and knew nothing of a G reek Go-. vernment ; and that they had no treaty, no con vention with the Insurgents of the Peloponnesus." This is the strict languageof the rights of nations : but the Greeks of the lonian islands are ac- tuated only by the natural sentiments of compaF sion and interest for their fellow countrymen id the Alorea and the Archipelago. Thu brothers ',ALLEM ANDand Count LEFEBVRE"' DESNOVF.TT ES are reported to have arrived iri Greece with a number of French Officers. • FRENC : II FUNDS. S , 2pt. 10, Five per Cents. for the Open ing on the 223 Sept. 11. Ditto 86 f. 10 c• Bank Stock... 1550 f. c. We have subjoined the contents of the Harz burgh Mail received this day t " ALGIERS, Jt 2.—Last month a Neapoli tan frigate arrived here from Leghorn, ;s ith the: presents and money which had not been sent since the troubles broke out in Naples.— r n e revolution in Piedmont has been an advantage t' the Algerines.—The Sardinian Consul, who wep t home on leave of absence, has committed suicide a new Consul will therefore come, and with what is most important to this Government, 3 new present, as usual on the arrival of anew Consul. " ALGIERS, JULY 18.—The tranquillity of place was very near being disturbed lately, i n a very unexpected manner. Since Ifu:iSein Yacht assumed the Government be never put his foo t out of the strong Fortress of Kassban, a t which the Turkish soldiery are extremely angry, be cause they cannot gratify their great propensitY to new revolutions, and, this on account of th e difficulty of attacking the Dey by surprise in tha t well fortified Castle. Lately, however, he t° ol ‘ it into his head to take a walk to the lower too -14 for the purpose of inspecting the new fortifications which are erecting towards the sea side. UP °3 this there was immediately a great bustle in t he, Barracks, and bad not the Dey been sPe edilf informed of it and retreated with all sPee d ,, to , Kassban, the plot would . have broken out. JL soldiers are so extremely angry, because cannot kill the- Dey, and are cons-eque ad ol ly prived of the which advantages hich the T u rlo I iot" gain on the change of the •Dey. Their s itu ' t t is in fact hard, as provisions are so very de ar ► their pay is quite inadequate. A nO " The late events in Morocco have had .n fluence on Algiers. These Countries are seP lrt . e v cal by great deserts, and have no intercour‘,o s— r' each other. The news of the Greek excited. a Lion in the Levant on the contrary has ,: ot t, great sensation. The Pirate Fleet is fitt►ng but it is 01.11 uncertain whether or whe n it 1 11,0 sail. . They would like to cruize against 00.. Greeks but they are afraid that they are too strd°l;7s " ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. 02.—A f ew u on,• st 4.c ago his Majesty was pleased to view a t Cro ! the ships of the expedition of Captaind De i fro m a hausen, Nvnich have h " apPily retur. noie• 11 ' 5 voyage of discovery towards the sout h h •, s Majesty Was pleased, as - a testiinony 0' h la dit" lr ' of fa Commodore,ction,tOgiveC al a id p i t t a i l le n oßredlleirngesfilasuts.eo the r y : ro of the third class, and likewise to b estow re% on the officerS belonging to the expedition., oral " Prince Ypsihulti, Aid-de -Camp to Rajewsky, of the Cavalry, Captain in the Itc