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No. 1,3111.—V0t. XIS.] SUNDAY, JULY• 1, 1821.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

From accounts by the German mail it appears
that Jassy and Bucharest, the two capitals, are al-
ready in the hands of the Turks: and that Ypsi-
lanti, who still remained at Tergovits with 10.000
men, was about to be attacked by the united forces
of Hadschi Achmet Pacha and Jussup Pacha, of
Ibrailow. Theodore, if we may believe these state-
ments, was surprised at Pitescht by an officer of
Ypsilanti's, who conducted him as prisoner to the
head.quarters of that *hid at Tergorits. We in-
sert sumo details testatetbst the asuitime prepare-
Haas and asoospeateef the Ottoman Government y
and others deeeriptive of the %lege and horrible
atrocities committed by bosh
CoNBTANTMOPLE, MAX 23..—The Porte is in-
cessantly occupied with armmments to suppress the
insurrection in Moldavia MO Walachia; it pays
equal attention to the megirest carrying on to sup-
press theinsurrection of thathforea and Negropont,
and to destroy the Greek ship that infest the Archi-
pelago. Morali Pacha, who was for some days in
the neighbourhood of this city, is gone with 12,000
men to Rumelia.
On the 18th a second division of the fleet put to
sea; it consists of one 74, 8 frigates, and S brigs.
These and a ship of the line which sailed this morn-
ing, after taking in their ammunition, &c. at St.
Stefano and Gallipoli, sailed to the Dardar.elies.—
They are fine vessels and well. equipped, but have
not sufficient men, the rebellkam of the Greeks de-
priving the government of tke best sailors. The
Admiralty has enlisted seamen of all nations, who
receive three months' pay in advance. It is hoped
the crews may be completed in the Dardanelles.
The manner in which both parties carry on the
contest excites indignation. It is mostly unarmed
persons who are sacrificed. The Musrulaten and
the Greeks vie with each other in cruelty. In the
Morey and Negropont, they thund victims for their
fury. Patrasso and Athens have fallen a prey to
the flames. There, and in Zea, Tino, and Myconne,
the most dreadful murders were committed in cold
blood by both parties. Smyrna, too, was lately the
scene of many excesses, but the arrival of some
English and French men of war affords security to
the Franks, and will probably check the Greek pi-
sates.

PARIS, JUNE 23.—1 t appears almost certain that
the Emperor of Russia has no intention of declaring
in favour of the Greeks; and as to his illustrious
ally. the Emperor of Austria, the following Intel.
ligence will clearly show his disposition :
The Emperor of Austria on the 9th of June re-
ceived a deputation of the provincial states of Aus-
tria to congratulate him on his havinif re-established
peace snd tranquillity in Italy, on his having over-
CArown faction and restored legitimate pqw.or. In a
long answer which he returned, the following is
the- most remarkable passage:—
" Providence has permitted great evils for the
sake of teaching great lessons. At the moment
when we are occupied with the re-establishment of
tranquillity at Naples, another conspiracy, not less
crineinal, broke out in un empire immediately ad-
joining mine. The authorsof all these plots thought
themselves sure of victory; they forgot that a firm
policy can defy any danger however great or sudden.
ith the faithful and constant co-operation of my
allies, 1 will maintain peace." &c.
By the way the censors who are so ready to spill
their read ink, have spared this passage out of a
regard, no doubt, due to the true interest of legi-
timate government. The real friends of established
government must be mightily pleased at the admis-
sion of the Grand Turk among the members of the
Holy Alliance.
JUNE 26.—1 n the Deputies a discussion was
opened upon the Marine Budget, the expenses of
which were officially estimated at 53 millions francs
(2,200,0001.)
The Minister of Marine, M. Portal, made a re-
port upon the preseut condition of the French navy,
which contained some highly interesting facts.—
While the navy of the United States, observed the
Minister, consists of only 11 sail of the line and 14
frigates, demanding an expence of 16 or 18 millions
of francs, the French navy, which :omprehends 58
ships of the line and 39 frigates, ought, with its
collateral establishments, to be allowed for its main-
tenance above 80 millions. Ile added to this state-
ment of the gross amount of the navy, fur which
few, possibly, of our readers were prepared, the
following detailed observations—
That hich• before the • 'volution,

. a 74-gun ship, w! ICVOlia.._
cost about 1,200,000 francs (50,0001), could not
now be built under 1,700,005 f. upward of(70,0001.)
—That the French models retain their former ex-
ccrence;—that more than two-thirds of the offices*
and pupils of marine, whose presence ashore is not
indispensable, are actually now afloat ;—that the
French commerce and fisheries engage about 52,000
seamen; while the royal navy, which, previously to..
the month of June, 1820, had need of no more
than 6,8 12, and even at the close of the year, found
employment for only 7,713, is now, in the year
1821, manned by 10,76 k seamen ;—that the mari-
time population is on the increase ;—that in five
years the mass of workmanship bestowed upon dif-
ferent men of war has been more than equal to the
building of fourteen 76-gun ships ;—that ten sail of
the line, five frigates, and four sloops of war, have
undergone a thorough repair ;—that various im-
portant works in the dock-yards have been carrying
on with assiduity, and with as much success as the
limited funds assigned to tic maritime department
would admit of; and finally, that the Minister, in-
stead of acknowledging the expediency of any of the
proposed reductions in the budget, earnestly hopes
from the increasing prosperity of the finance, to see
the expenditure of his departnient raised to the sum
of 65,000,000 f. Several speeches followed that of
M. Portal, but none of them to be compared with
it in the extent of their information or the accu-
racy of its views. The Chamber adopted the first
article, viz. that providing for the central admini-
stration of the marine, with a small reduction of
20,000 f and adjourinal the remaining branches of
this subject.
Private letters films Paris communicate an official
answer from the Emperor of Austria to u deputation
of the provincial states, who hail ofiered their con-
gratulations on the re-establishment of peace in
Italy, wherein his Imperial Majesty is ',leased to
stigmatise the insurrection of the Greeks as the re-
sult of a coolTiracy " aol lets criminal" than that
if Naples, and promises to do as much for the re-
pose
and happiness of the Turks us lie had already
done ha those of the Italians.

The islands of Spezis, Hydra, and 'pears have
70 vessels in the Archipelago, some of which carry
from 16 to 20 guns. They alumina the merchant-
' men of all nations, and seize all Turkish property
on board, without respect to any flag. These mo-
dern bucaniers have even chased ships of war, have
taken a Turkish brig, and blown up a small vessel.
The Porte has laid an embargo on all corn ships
coming from Russian ports ; and all vessels going to
the Black Sea arc searched before they quit the har-
bour of Constantinople. This measure has been
caused by the increasing emigration of the Rl*,
and the flight of several individuals implicated in
the conspiracy of the Greeks.
The Sardinian government Las at length succeed-
ed in obtaining of the Swiss government, to prohibit
Messrs. Santa Rosa, Saint Mtirean, Irisio, and the
Prince of Cisterna, from residing in the Canton of
Geneva, or in the Pays de Vaud. This measure
will probably be extended to all the Piedmontese in
all the Cantons of Switzerland. The Prince of
Cisterna anti other chiefs of the revolution have been
condemned to death at Tulin, and hung in effigy.
Madrid papers and letters to the 15th ult. arrived.
The Spanish frigate Pionta, with nearly 3,000,000
dollars on board, and convoying 52 merchantmen,
with valuable cargoes, arrived at Cadiz on the 7th, I
in 40 days froze friavannah. Advices had been re-
ceived from Vera Cruz of the termination of the
insurrection in Mexico, by the voluntary surrender
of its 'miler Iturbide, who accepted the amnesty
that was offered. in the internal ufliiirs of Spain
little of moment has occurred. Merino still eludes
pursuit, but is said to be reduced, with his adhe-
rents, to the most destitute condition. Tice curate
of Itua, one of his friends and partizans, has been
taken prisoner by the Empecimuie. A party of free-
booters, consisting of about fifty men, supposed to
entertain similar designs with Merino, bad appe ,red
in the vicinity of Cadiz. Nothing is stated, how-
ever, that can render doubtful the tranquillity of the
kingdom.
Letters dated the 10th ult. have been received
from Corfu. By the latest accounts from Mores,
the lurks, though much straightened fur provisions,
still held possession of the principal fortresses. Mr.

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PRICE 94d.

Green, the British Consul at Paths, had visited
Zante for the purpose of placing his family out of
the reach of possible danger, but was about to re-
turn to his post, in which he appears to have con-
ducted himself tt ith such a degree of firmneas and
prudence as to entitle him to the commendations of
the British authorities in the lonian Islands, and to
the particular notice of the Ottoman government.—
The Turks are said to be collecting an army of
80,000 men at Adrianople. Great numbers of Greeks
have been put.t6 death in that city, including several
heads of families of the first consequence. These
letters enable us to (contradict the reports in the
French papers of the death of Ali Paths. He still
defended himself in a fortress of the lake of Jean-
nine, where he had collected 400 barrels of gun-
powder, with the resolution, if overpowered, of
destroying himself and all his followers. From
Constantinople little is added to our previous infor-
mation. Nothing can equal the honours and attentit a
paid to our Ambassador, Lord Strangford, when he
passed through the streets to his audiences with the
Grand Vizier and the Grand Seignor. He was
aceompanied, it is said, by Lady Strangford in male
attire, the customs of the Turks not permitting the
female costume to appear on public occasions. Be-
sides the Patriarch of Constantinople and his suc-
cessors, who fell victims to the suspicion of partici-
pating in the Greek insurrection, another prelate,
it is said, who exercised at a former period the func-
tions of head of that church, but resigned them, has
also fallen by the hand of the executioner.
Letters from Vienna of the lEth ult. communi-
cate intelligence from Bucharest of the 3d inst. with
further details of the state of the Greek insurrection
in that quarter. From a country where no gazettes
or official reports are published, all intelligence must
be received with distrust, and nu statements believed
without some internal evidence of their truth. It
seems probable, however, from these letters, that
the horrible cruelties committed by the Turks on
entering Bucharest, when all the Greeks they could
succeed in capturing were impaled alive, have
awakened a spirit in the adjoining provinces of
Bosnia and Servia, which may still find employment
fur the Turkish army in the northern provinces, and
even raise the sinking fortunes of Ypsilanti. The
Servians are said to have attacked and destroyed on
the Danube, between Porowitz and Kaldoru,
Turkish battalion of 800 men who were on their
march to join the main army. Ypsilanti, it is now
stated, has entrenched himself at Tergowischi, where
he was daily joined by large numbers of tecruits.
irritated by the barbarities and depredations of the
Turks. Near Bucharest, which is the head-quarters
of the Turkish army, a force of 22,000 men, of
whom one-half are cavalry, is encamped ; they only
awaited the arrival of Jassuf, Pucha of Hirai', from
Jamey to attack the main body of the Greeks.—
Letters received by Greek houses at Vienna reprc.
sent the state of affairs in a much favourable light
for their countrymen ; augmenting the extent of
the insurrection in that part of Turkey, and dc-
scribing the Turkish army as without discipline,
and in danger of being cut off from its resources
We believe, however, from a comparison al state-
ments, that, north of the Danube, the chancey of
war arc, in its present stage, against the Greeks,
though the imposing Turkish force employed against
them proves that their strength even there is grouts
than had been imagined.
Mertes, Juxs 6.—Yesterday the King retired
to his summer residence of Captain-in:tit:l. Ilk Ma-
jesty needs repose, hawing
conceutr..ku the greater
portion of his time, since his return, to sittings of
Council of State and public aud;citces, at whicn
he deigned to hear' the solicitations of the ineiii.t.st
amongst his subjects
The traitor Pepe, having calumniated all his
officers, by saving, and even ratisingof t., be print,
in Spain, that of i,is whole army, be only (hired 10
Look the Austrians in the flice, several o: hi. Aides-
de-Camps, or Officers of his Stud; having recently
published a collective reply to him. They state, us
a striking proof et* the bravery of this hero of the
Abruzzes, that uu heating the whistlin", of the
Austrian b ,Ils, he began lamenting that he bud Lot
the whole of his arziii,:ry Curve, to answer the
enemy's musketry, and immediately afterwards
rode off full speed 'rtuu the fwid of battle, saying,
he was going personally to intl./tin himself what had
become of the artillery.

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