The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—The Greek houses at
Marseilles, says a letter from that place of the
10th January, have not received any news for
above a week, which is doubtless to be attributed
to the storms which have raged in the Mediter-
,ranean. The merchant vessel Papillon, which
left Constantinople on the 13th of December,
has arrived at Toulon, and brings the following
news :—" Every thing was preparing for war at
Constantinople ; the fortifications erecting round
the city began to assume an appearance which
made the inhabitants easy, and besides the
Turks are not accustomed to trouble themselves
about any dangers but such as are imminent, and
place a blind confidence in the protection of Ma-
homet ; so that though almost all their frontiers
are threatened or invaded, and insurrection is
daily spreading in the dominions of the Grand
Signior, they are as easy, and appear as sure of
the defeat of their enemies, as if they were still
at the height of their power. The only thing at
Constantinople which shews the fear and the
weakness of the Government, is' the excesses of
the Janissaries, which would certainly be re-
pressed if it was not felt how necessary they are.
The ceremonies usual at Constantinople are per-
formed as usual every Tuesday. The Sultan
goes to Saint Sophia with his accustomed magni-
ficence. The Janissaries surround him, and there
is nothing in their conduct which afford ground
for the reports which have circulated of his
death ; on the contrary, his life is considered at
this moment to he safer than ever. He is the
last branch of tl►e renowned blood of the Otto-
mans, which boasts of descending from Mahomet,
and his existence is bound up with so many su-
perstitions and religious notions, that the most
furious Janissaries would not dare to offer him
violence. Almost every day he reviews the nu-
merous corps which, coming from Asia and pro-
ceeding to the Danube, pass by Constantinople;
and it is aff►rmed, that at a moment when he is sen-
sible how decisive the first operations will be,
he eagerly seeks information respecting the mili-
tary operations of Buonaparte, whose talents and
character he greatly admires. They are in daily
expectation at Constantinople of seeing a firman
appear which will permit his Sublimity to satisfy
his desire to quit the Seraglio, and put himself at
the head of his troops ; for on the 13th it was
thought that an arrangement between the Porte
and Russia was impossible, and the Divan is sen-
sible how advantageous it would be to the Turk-
ish troops to have at their head a brave Prince,
the descendant of A li Saladin, and Amurat."
VIENNA, JAN. 10.—The intelligence from the
frontiers of Moldavia and Transylvania confirms
the news that the Turks are preparing to evacuate
Moldavia, in conformity with a Firman received
at Jassy on the 23d December, and published
the next day : almost the whole of the artillery
has set out to retreat as far as Braila, and the
troops are repassing the Danube. There are
now no more than ten or twelve thousand troops
in Moldavia, who are in Jassy and the environs.
The head-quarters of the Seraskier Czapan Oglon
have been transferred to Silistria. This measure

s considered as the execution of one of the de-
mands of Russia, and consequently as an ad-
ditional reason to hope that peace will be main-
tained.

ST. PETERSIITAIGH, Dcc. 28.—Winter has not
yet properly set in. On the 27th it is still
autumn, a circumstance almost unparalleled in
this climate. The communications are greatly
impeded by -this irregularity of the season. On
the 11th the Dana at IZiga, after being frozen up
for forty eight hours, was again cleared of the
ice by the heavy rains, so that boats could easily
cross over.