The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-07 00:00:00

DIILADFUL EARTHQUAKE AT ALEP:O.

A letter from Constantinople, dated September S,
de4:ribes this event in the following manner:—
" Aleppo, one of the most beautiful cities of the
Ottoman Empire, has been visited by an earthquake,
resembling those which laid waste Lisbon and Cala-
bria in the last century., The first and most severe
shock occurred on the 13th of August, about ten
in the evening, and instantly buried thousands of
the inhabitants under the ruins of their elegant
mansions of stone, some of which deserve the name
of' palaces. Several other shocks succeeded, and on
the 16th shocks were still experienced, some of
which were severe. Two-thirds of the houses of
this populous city are in ruins, and along with them
all immense quantity of valuable gisals of all kinds
from Persia and India have been destroyed. Ac-
cording to the first accounts of this event, which
through alarm may have been exaggerated, the
number of the sufkrers amounts to from 25 to
30,000. Among them is one of the best men in
the city, the Imperial Consul-General, the Chevalier
Esdras Vou Piet:out): Having escaped the danger
of being buried under the ruins of his own house,
he hastened with some of his family tow:iris the
gate of the city; but as he was passing the Khan,
a new :hock occurred, and a wall red down uhich
buried him and tho.:e with him. Tartars who have
arrrived from Damastus report, that they saw the
whole population of Aleppo encamped in the,-envi-
rons. They state that several other towns in the
Pachalat of Aleppo and Tripoli, particularly An-
tioch and Laodieea. have Lea destroyed by this
earthquake. The captain of a French ship also has
reported that two rocks at the time of the earth-
qa.le had arisen from the sea in the neighbourhood
of Cyprus, which is almost wider time 641116 latitude
has Aleppo. As loon as the Arabs and the Bedouins
of the Syrian desert obtained iliformation of the ca-
lamity which had befallen A lep o, they Iripoened in
hordes to exercise their trade of plunder in that im-
mense grave. Bc.hre= Packs, however, drove them

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back, and sits') executed several .Janissaries who had
committed depredations among the dead bodies and
ruins. The great number of unburied bodies in this
extremely hot period of the year, has produced pes-
tilential efflavia, and obliged the untiirtunate inha.
bitants to eeck for refuge in sonic remote district."

FRENCH TROOPS ON THE SPANISH FRONTIER.

The following artic%: appears in the J.minal des
Debuts. •It is only worthy of notice es disclosing
the dangerous politics of the Ultra Royalist party in
France, who by acting upon Om old principle of
aristocratic arrogance and despotism, seem actually
rushing t,ll their own ruin. The argbments through.
out are so weak and fallacious, that they cannot
make the least impression on any intn of comtuott
sense ;—hut let the article spelik for itself:—
" Tue preeent Administration yis Writ since the restore-
tioa, who have ~hewn complete tlferg, and candour in their
conduct. There is, however, one of their measures, which,
without new explanation, ruigiftpresent an appearance of dissi-
mulation, namely, the eats lislinient .1 troops upon the Spanish
Fr slier, under the nanl; IT the Cordon Saai,a;)•.
" The dangers of dont•gion have ceased, but while the Cor
dun Sanitdire Wended us against the iuvasion of the yeliow
fever, another cause of inquietude has occurred. Civil war has
broken out in Spain, and daily combat, between the guerilla, of
the Government of D'Urget and the troops of the Government
of Madrid, must every hour expose the inhabitants of our frontier
to a violation of their domestic peace.
" In such a rase the rielys of individuals, and general neage,
authorize a Governmeat to cover their Itontier, by a protecting
and observing military force. No person can deny a Got ern-
went this right, because it is the means of discharging their
duty. It is a measure of order and safety which is nut subject
to ordinary political and diplomatic discussion.
" 'Eke troops which have hitherto been called the Cordon
Sanitaire, have now taken the. nanwef Corps ortlfilieetittiot.lP •
This declares with the frankness and di;nity of a great nation,
the new motive which detains them ca the booth/pr. This new
denomination has nothing. ho'stile, threeteling, nor offensive.—
The Government of Madrid has lest all its rights since it openly
protected a systim of menaces and insult against Franc.,
and partieulatly against the Royal Family. The Tiibune oldie
Corte, ine journals, and the saloons in Madrid, only present a
pruhenged echo of the vociferations of that friction, which
asoangst ourselves wink to ueurp the names konourabls, cousii-
talion.gl, liberal opposition, and whilst it cherishes plots and con-
epiracies, played off at Samar, Heliort, and Rochelle, appears
an adverse power, determined to °vertu' n by force constitutional
and legitimate order. The Government of Bladrial proclaiming
its alliance with such a party, hrs author i aed perhaps, complaint
on the part of France. It can not at least. object to measures
of order and safety, which the troubled state of Navarre and
Catalonia render indispeneible. It must acknowledge the pre•
sent disturbed etste of things, and cannot fairly say we should
remain exposed to pillage and murder, our can they require that
we open our courts to the plague.
" The trite motive of the lamentations of the Liberals of
France against the Corps of Observation, proceeds from the
fear that the presence of that corps will sustain the cuurs,:e of
the Spaniards armed against revolutionary ty. canny. AN e!l in-
structed men know that a simple corps of observation cativo
menace a country like Spain. If France had hostile views she
wonld declare her intention, and present herself without disei-
mutation. It dues not appear at all probable that interventian
is the intention of any power.
" Europe will distinguish between the Des-astaisadoes who
usurp the influence of anarchy, anal tea Cortes who made part
of the Alli:d Powers against horiaparte. European policy doe.,
not go to the extent of wishing to restore ancient absolute
Momarchy, but it remains in a state of observation round the
theatre of civil war in Spain, expecting in the struggle of
parties to find a better order of tl inns. In the hope that a ge-
nerous and patriotic, bid unfortunate nation may gain taped •
once in the art of legi.lation, and become by its own wisdom
released (ruin the yoke of revoiutiutivry theories, which the
authors as well as the framers of the Constitution ct.
leave lately arknnwledeed to be incompatible with social order.
and especially in a great monarchy composed of many provinces,
and mixed people. Dnulille.ia many Spaniards wish to reader
to their King hie true dignity, and to their country real liberty.
" If they succeed, Spain, regetiersied by her own elforis,
will falsify the revolutionary apitit, ant that contradiction will
produce mare benefit than a couuter revolution brought about
by.foreign armies."

Extract of a letter front S.int;ago de Chili, date(' (11:44,6-N\
June 7:—" The Chili in fleet, with the exception
of the Aramcano, has returned to Valp4raiSo.
Cochrane lately despatched her to run down the
coast of Mexico. The Spanislt tiigate re pii,23 is )
the hands of the Cittavaquililians, and the rettia 7r,
in those of the Peruviaas: the right to 'he latter is
to be decided by tl.e Ministers of Chili and
m Lima.; "°•N•
The coast Intern is under the severest decree
of blockade by the L'ort Government, :although but V' t.
two small schooners watch it front Atacama to Lima.
The brig Jima, with a valuable cargo, h is been sent .Ic:ra
iiita Lima by the schooner La Cruz, and coadonotal
lx.th vessel and cargo In the lira ()mitt