The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-05 00:00:00

DREADFUL EARTHQUAK V,: at ALEPPO

A letter from Constantinople, dated Sept. 3,
describes the calamitous news of an earthquake
in Aleppo in the following manner :
" Aleppo, one of the most beautiful cities of the Otteanan
Empire, has been visited by an earthquake, resembling those
which hid waste Lisbon and Calabria in the last:century. The
first and most severe shock occurred on the 13th of August,
about ten in the evening, and instantly busied thousands of
the inhabitants under the ruins of their elegant mansions of
stone, souse of which deserve the name of palaces. Several
other shocks succeeded, and even 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 ,
an immense quantity of valuable goods of all kinds from Persia
and India have been destroyed.
" According to the first accounts of this event, which
through alarm may, have been exaggerated,, the number of
the sufferers 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 on Piecotto. Having es-
caped the danger of being buried under the ruins of his
own house, ,he hastened with some of his family towards
the gate-of the City • but as lie was passing a Khan, a new
shock occurred,• and 'a
wall fell down which buried him and
those with him. Tartars who have arrived from Damascus
report that they saw the whole population of Aleppo encamped
in the' environs. They state that several other towns in the
Pachalat of Aleppo and Tripoli, particularly Antioch and
Laodicea, have been destroyed by this earthquake. The cap-
tain of a French ship also' has reported that two rocks at the
time of the earthquake had arisen from the sea in the neigh-
bourhood of Cyprus, which is almost under the same latitude
as Aleppo.
" As soon as the Arabs and the Bedouins of the Syrian de-
tart obtained information of the calamity which had befallen
Aleppo, they hastened in hordes to exercise their trade of plun-
der in that immense graVe. Behrem Paella, however, drove
them back, and also executed several Janissaries who had com-
mitted depredations among the dead bodies and ruins.
" The great number of unburied bodies in this extremely
hot period of the year, has produced pestilential effluvia, and
obliged the unfortunate inhabitants to seek for refuge in some
remote district."

• The number of houses in this city is stated At 40,000, and
the inhabitants at 200,009. .

NATURAL CURIOSITY.—Friday se'nnight, at
Newfort, county of Waterford, the seat of Enw.
TURNER, Esq. the head and branches of a moose
deer, in a state of perfect preservation, were. dis-
covered in a white marl-hole, at the depth of 15
feet from the surface. The branches measured
the extraordinary length of ten feet between the
tips. This is the second pair of branches of that
gigantic animal which have been found on the
lands of this gentleman, both of which are in
his possession.
DISCOVERY OF THE WELL IN SWAN-YARD.--
The workmen are still continuing their labours
to clear the rubbish from this Well (now clearly
proved to have been such), and covered over with
timber previously to its being covered in, and the
road 'over it being made. Yesterday they had
got to the depth of nearly 20 feet, but without
being able to discover the extent of the brick-
work of which it is formed, although they bored
to the depth of about fifteen feet deeper. In the
course of their labours they drew up a piece
of timber abont four feet in length in a completely
decayed state, and which, in the opinion of those
most competent to judge, must have lain there
nearly a hundred years,. The brickwork is about
ten feet in diameter, and so formed, as, on arriv-
ing at a certain height, (about eight feet from the
surface,)
emptyater itself into the common sewer,
into taken out is now emptied.
which to
the
w
There is, however, reason to believe the depth will
balethfoouugnhd
itt mobaye far • less than at first anticipated,
extend below the bed of the.river.

The foreign arrivals since our last are the
Pari-PaperS of Wednesday, Madrid Journals to
the. 21st ult.., Bayonne Journals to the 26th,
German Papers to the 27th, and Dutch Papers
to the 2d instant.

Our Readers will recollect that the last in.
telligenee we had from Corfu was of the 27th o
August, and that it consisted of two different re
presentations of the condition of the Greeks,—
the one, with all the appearances of a fabrication,
vaguely asserting, that " their affairs were going
on very badly," and at the same time admitting,
that the writer was really ignorant of the situa-
tions of the Greek forces, both on land and at
sea,—the other, with the strotigest marks of
authenticity, giving a circumstantial account
of the various movements of the Grecian and
Ottoman armies, and minutely describing the
series of brilliant successes with which the
heroism of the former had been crowned.
We are now informed by an article from
Trieste of the 17th ult. that letters had been
received there from Corfu, dated the 30th
of August (three days later than the former ac-
counts), which continued to confirm the news of
the Grecian victories at Argos and at Corinth.—
A letter from Constantinople itself, too, of the
6th of September, after announcing the depar-
ture of Lord STRANGFORD for Vienna 7 in order
to be present at the Conferences, and pre-
tending to state the purport of his Lordship's
last interview with the REIS EFFENDI, informs
us, that. " within the last week the Greeks who
are here have been again occupied with rumours
of victories," and that " they speak of the re-
turn of the insurgent Senate to Argos, and of the
great defeats sustained by the Turks in the
Morea," &c. It is true that the writer acknow-
ledges that little is known of these events,
and therefore that he does not seem to at-
tach much credit to them ; but it is re-
markable, that at Constantinople they have
no better foundation for believing in the
conquest of the Morea, than the first vaunt-
ings of the Porte when the news of a Turkish
corps having penetrated into the Pelojionnesus
was received by it. If the irruption of the Turks
into thS Morea had really been followed by
•consequences decisively adverse to the Greeks,
is it to be believed that the Divan would have
kept the details of the actions, and the proofs of
their authenticity, to themselves ? The silence of
the Porte, like that of the Austrian Observer, is
only to be accounted for on the hypothesis that
the Greeks have been triumphant.—The Con-
stantinople article, if it is not well informed
on the affairs of the Morea, acknowledges,
however, the fact that the Persians have
recently obtained great advantages over the
Turks at Erzerum, and that a considerable
train of artillery, with a large supply of
ammunition, had been sent off to rein-
, force the Ottomans in that quarter. SELIM

PASHA, who had been in rebellion against
the Porte, had negociated for his pardon, on
condition of joining the Turkish forces ;

but instead of executing his promise, bail
010'61
gone over to the Persians with his army
thousand men ; and by his defection had occa.
sioned the discomfiture of the Turks.—Fro9
Zante, under the date of ugust 14th, it is al-
-beardleged that a heavy cannonade bad been
ihefre,and seemingly proceeded from Navarinn•
the
fisherman reported that the firing was betwee"
Greek and Turkish fleets, in a severe battle'
fo
which terminated disadvantageously for the for
verY I
mer. But the same fisherman tells a very ►
f°l;
probable story of his having been Purstiefi Qt
several hours by some of the flying Gre,ek -51°
The cause of Greece continues to excite the
liveliest interest in Germany) where subscrir
tions for affording aid to. her struggling
tion are. still proceeding. Ama,,ast the subsc-ilve
bers are the Electress of lIEssE CAS SEL9 and t
Margravine of BAD EN. Several of the Germ
Societies have also invited the srCsse
Masonic Lodges in Russia to apply their funds

to the furtherance of the Grecian cause. ,
A letter from Constantinople, of September ";
iteo
states that the fine city of Aleppo had been v is" (
itlir d
by an earthquake, which destroyed one pi,
e houses, and thirty thousand of their ;Oa
Antioch and Laodicea are said to
ba:e
f3t.
been reduced to ruins by the same calatniti'6,
as there have been later accounts from Cu9stao •
lade
•
nople, which make no mention of this ter il-
ot
sitation, we have reason to hope that the fic-°°
of its occurrence is without foundation.
re fond
It is said that the Porte has not 01111 r lot
to send an Ambassador to treat with 11°5'13' io
that it has haughtily demanded that the 3ito
of the Ottoman Empire shall not be talo'" at
consideration at the approaching
ligentVeron COligresStep
5 ble
tlia"
to imagine
.a• more ridiculous figure
after
that of the -Emperor ALEXANDER, who .ocr
having hectored over the Turks, and 113s1
0 strE
Morning Paper
eNrvittihiaat rietsipsectable and in.
made the most formidable military
tions on the frontier, suffers himself to be bearded
by these barbarians at last, and tamell Weld
draws all his lofty demands and wen 1'r:tit:loll
.. . .
pretensions.. But there is something worse e otl
ludicrous and contemptible in the "liddct aving,
policy of the Russian, Cabinet. After .1 pro'
by their preparations and high-sebodingitioo
fessions of commiseration for the °Lim, to
of Greece, stimulated the Greeks t°
arms for the recovery of their long I°,stivi
dependence, a desperate venture in "chic"
r rot
would not have embarked bat for thei
fa""
~ of
H good 'r
fiance on the assistance and „
Russia, they have ' been deserted t f the
Christian protectors in the very raids" t °
.
storm ; and if they are not el:terrmu- ea t
se bs
tha
man it will not be the fault of —ea into
thief
whose bravadoes they have been
so much peril, and by whose pusillanirnitiabov
have been basely, not to say perfidiouslY.'
Boned. contra'
The news from Spain continues to beef'
dictory. A. strong sensation has however visit
produced 'by the apprehension thitt uelice
from a foreign force may be tbelject°lecalt the
of the decision on their reveltiti° oeor
Congress ; and the people loanifes,t,,,,st' eni
,go.
rat disposition to resist to the 11'0
the r--
invading army which may be sent luv.ed 0, for
lation of their affairs. England is reti in t"
tail
her good offices, and even for assisl t"
iing
event of a war being commenced fc'r cru
iberties of Spain.
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