The National Register.
London, England, 1821-06-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

One of our journals, after reporting the wards of
this venerable prelate, (litotes those of other pre-
lates ut the head of religious communities and me-
tropolitan chapters who have answered the appeal
of government. At their head appear Cardinal
Bourbon, Archbishop of Toledo, the Bishops of
Cuenca and Segorbs, of Jaen, of Calahorra, and
almost all the grand chapters of Spain. The cu-
rates of Biscay, and of the provinces of the north,
where the civil war was so promptly quelled, have
exerted themselves with similar zeal. The same
journal, when speaking on this subject, produces a
long enumeration of the bishops of Spain and Ame-
rica, who, on the publication of the constitution of
the Cortes in 1812, gave in their adherence to the
principles which it embodied. More than sixty
addresses and congratulations from this body were
collected and printed on the order of the Cortes of
Cadiz. This important collection of testimonies,
which it is impossible to reject, is still further tes-
tified by that of the sister of our monarch, her Royal
Highness Charlotte Joachime, now Queen of Por-
tugal She congratulated the Cortes on their work,
and finished her letter in the thllowing manner :
" I congratulate you in having published this
wise constitution. All the world applauds it and I
in particular. It will be the basis of the happiness
and independence of the nation. It shows to the
whole universe that the Spaniards are always faith-
ful and devoted to their legitimate sovereign. In
religiously observing it, we will conquer, will over-
throw the tyrant of Europe."
VITTORIA, JUNE 7.—Consternation is general
here. On the sth were executed the curate de
Salduendo, and the Counsellor Luzuriaga; and the
scaffold still remains for the execution of Don M.
Luauriaga, relative of the above.
Whatever may be said of these acts of rigour,'
dig public mind of the provinces of Biscay and Na-
varre daily becomes more decidedly hostile to the
new system. The inhabitants, who at the com-
mencement of the revolution joined their voices to
those of the innovators, in the hope of a more pros-
perous future, already feel that they are deprived
of the resources and advantages which they enjoyed
under the ancient government.
The notary Axpanena has been sentenced to six
years' hard labour.
TRIESTE, MAY 31.—The Porte has raised the
value of some denominations of its current coin 10
per cent, which had already been raised above its
nominal value. This ruinous measure, and the no
less ruinous measure of confiscations appear•d suf.-
ficient to defray the expellees of the war; but the
raising of the value of coin is only the resource of a
day, and the confiscations enrich only favourites.
Rome, JUN E 4.—A commercial letter from Na-
ples gives the following article :—" Our tranquillity
has not been interrupted. The disarming continues
to be carried on in the provinces: it will soon be
finished, at least as soon as it is possible to carry the
measure into complete effect. The members of the
Supreme Authorities are very active, and entertain
a confident expectation that they will be able totally
to extirpate the liberal principles, and to prevent
them from ever flourishing again."
There has been a strict search for prohibited books.
They are seized wherever found.
AUGSBURG, JUNE 1 1 is affirmed that an
extraordinary Council of State was held at Vienna
immediately after the arrival of a courier with des-
patches from the Austrian Legation at Constantino-
ple. Prince Metternich presided. It is added,
that on the breaking up of the Council an extraor-
dinary courier was expedited to Warsaw and St.
Petersburgh.
Private letters which have been received from the
South of Italy state, that the Government continues
to dismiss functionaries and clerks, who took part
in the revolution, and who have been denounced as
having been present at secret meetings of the Carlxi-
nari. The disarming of the inhabitants is nearly
effected. The price of corn at Naples has declined,
the northern provinces having furnished abundance
of provisions.
ODESSA, MAY 22.—The bodies of the Greek pa.
triarch, and of the four bishops executed with him
at Constantinople, had arrived there to receive the
honours of sepulture in a place not owning the do-
minion of the Turks. So anxious were the autho-
rities ut Odessa to avoid any act capable of being
construed into an interference between the Greeks
and the Turks, that a messenger was despatched to
Petersburoh, to learn if a public procession at the
funeral of the murdered prelates, which had been
solicited by the resident Greeks, could be permitted.
The remains of the army of Ypsilanti, in the fron-
tier provinces of Turkey, were understood to con-
sist of about 8,000 men, but they are represented
to be a mere rabble in point of discipline, and a
horde of banditti in their mode of conduct, plun-
derin., the churches and even their own countrymen,
for subsistence. Their movements were wholly de-
sultory, sad their march seemed directed towards
the Austrian frontier, instead of threatening the
capital of Turkey. The dreadful affair of Galatz,

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which has been before-mentioned, is confirmed by
these letters. That fortress, which is situated on
the Danube, was carried by storm by the Turks,
and every Greek within it put to the sword. From
Constantinople the advices received at Odessa ex-
tend to the 13th of May. They mention in the
most positive manner that the tranquillity of the
city was nearly restored, and business resuming its
ordinary routine. All the ambassadors of the five
great powers were employing themselves with great
energy, and in concert to procure some amelioration
of the unfortunate Greeks. Memorials and remon-
strances had been presented to the Divan, and even
threats of vengeance were not spared to induce the-
adoption of a inure moderate course of proceeding.
From this judicious and spirited conduct the best.
results were expected, but the system of severity
proceeded meantime in all its rigour. Nothing can
be more deplorable than the present state of the
Greek population, from the highest to the lowest
class: all proscribed and marked out for extermina-
tion, or compelled, by flight from the country, to
ous acts, he will cause the wives, children, parents,
and those composing this band to be sacrificed.
relinquish the means of subsistence. It is well
known that the mercantile profession is chiefly car-
ried on by the Greeks. Their commerce is now
suddenly and wholly annihilated, since not a vessel
bearing the Greek flag, or manned by a crew of that
nation, or having Greek property on board, dares
venture into a Turkish port. Our countrymen pro-
fit by this circumstance, and, as they are treated by
the Turks with a degree of respect tar surpassing
that of any other European nations, it appears pro-
bable that the mercantile operations of the Greeks
will be carried on chiefly by English capital. It is
now ascertained, that Smyrna has never been other.
wise than tranquil during the whole progress of the
insurrection. An alarm existed at one period, that
the Turks were approaching in considerable force,
in consequence of which a great part of the Greeks
quitted the place, but it proved untbundei, and no
disturbance or material interruption to business
followed it.
MAT is absolutely disgraceful that the
other powers of buiope tolerate such a barbarous
race as the Turks ; people have been shot whilst
quietly walking along the streets of Constantinople,
and no questions asked. A man only a degree or
two above a common constable is invested with the
power of hanging on suspicion ; but not a single
Turk has suffered, they were all Greeks, or more
western Europeans. In this place is an elderly man,
a Greek prince, formerly governor of Moldavia ;
the report is, that the Greek patriarch was surety to
the Grand Sekrnor for his remaining in Constanti.
nople. and that his (the patriarch's) execution took
place in consequence of the flight of this man, Mr
whom he stood pledged. The Lazaretto here is
full of fugitive Greeks.