The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-17 00:00:00

4C PREFECTURE OF THE POLICE:

" Paris, Sept. 13.
"Tu iiitte-ofaitiele 8-of the .hulof the 9th of June, 181'9,

the Editor.of the

ieretAnired fo publish, in his paper of

to-morrow, the speech of N. de Thin, in the afrah ortfie
journals' condemned' by' the Assize Court' of Paris, as it is sent
enclosed.

(Signed)

St` G. DELAVAtT, Prefect of Police."

The above circitlar being addressed to each of the con-
di journals, they have all inserted a detailed report of
the speech, of which the following is the substance ;
M. tie Broe reminded the Court, that the law of the 25th of
11/arch last had con Ned to it a salutary and important power—

that of trying and piinisliing infidelity, bad faith, insults, and
offences, which might be committed byjournaliits in giving an
account of its proceedings. . In the course of the long trial
which had recently taken place before them; some journals had
daily deviated in their reports from that'Striet veracity which
the law requires. But what will not the spirit of party do ?
The journaliit is the medium between justice, which proceeds
in the name of the society, and the society itself. If, then, the
journalist misrepreknts; he cheats society--ho commits a real
forgery. lie does More—he attacks justice itself, by rendering
it odious, by denouncing it as oppressive and barbafoni. The
fhtifjournals which the Court had to examine, were the Con;
atitidiciunel, the COurieriFran9ais, the Journal du Commerce,'
and the Plink. The object of these journals had been-to
Weaken the force of the charges against the prisoners, and
to disguise or entirely destroy them by imperfect or false
reports. These misrepresentations had been noticed in the
course of the trial, but it would be absurd to suppose that
in the course - of a lbng
.investigation the Court must every
morning suspend the proceedings to engage in a sort of skir-
mish with thejoUrnalis,ts. It would. be equally absurd to suppose
that; after a long trial; the Court must refer to each misreprc-
sentation,and enteriiitO a discussion with the journalists on all
their infidelities. No ► for such certainly is' not the spirit of
the law. AS little is it the manner in which the same privilege
is executed in a neighbouring nation. It is a power given to
the Court flit the Preservation of order and decorum ; and it is
to be 'exercised at the discretion, and according to the con-.
'Science of the Court. Let it not be Said that the right of every
- one to a defence is hereby infringed. That Would be an insult.
. to the Court ;' for who can better knOw than the Judges what
has passed before them, and who better appreciap the truth
Of a report ? 'M. Broc now proceeded to' review the 'different
numbers of the accused journals from the 22d of Auo-Ust to the
6th of September, and contended that they exhibited nuinerous
instances of bad faith and misrepresentutibn. The articles in.;
tended to render the trial ridiculous, which appeared before the
account of the sitting of the.pth instant, were entitkd," Affair
called the Plot of Rochelle," Affair called of la Itochelle"„
Affair called (if the Carbonari,". &e. A fit supplement to •
this plan was, in the last sitting, transforming the prisoners
into heroes and victims, the jurorS• into assassins, and the judges
into executioners. Such had been the design of the Courier,
the Journal de Commerce, and the Constitutionnelf in. their •
numbers of the 6th and 7th. Ile would not trouble and 'afflict
the Court with reading the seditious
.misrepresentations..- It
Was far frOm being his wish to' blame chat pity which a capitid
conviction always- produces in sensible. minds. But real pity
was-not so noisy. What else than lie had' described it could
have been the object of the Constitutionnel:l At the moment
, the verdict was given that paper made a cry of sorrow proceed•
from the audience, and this cry was represented as-a popular pro-
test against the decision of the jury. He then proceeded:to cen-
sure the description which the accused papers had given of the
language and gestures of the prisoners • and what they had said
respecting the c' sad and mournful silence of the audience."
The gestures and insulting expressions attributed to the pri-
soners had never occurred. One thing, however, which had
passed afforded a ground for affliction ; that was the conduct , .
of some young,Counsel, who, forgetful of the presence of the.

Court, and of the dignity "of' their 'profession, had allo4ved
themselvesto-be' so far hurried away, as. publicly to embrace
one of the condemned prisoners, or rather the hand of one
of them on his IbenCh. The Sallie .observation 'to which'
the condikt of-the was 'liable,. -chuSt• be
tended to the Courier Francais and: the Pik*. The Journal
du Commerce, too, had in its two long articleS reproduc6tl with
, additions the impostures of the same drama. The fourtfon
demted prisoners were represented -as eilm'andsertsie, while
all was sorrow around them. - Some of them were stated to
have said—" It is our destiny I wish' that the Jury may Sleep'
as soundly to-night as I shall:"' theis!pointing out to 'ptiblic
• execration the Jury as having decided:against their-owing:lice.
The learned prosecutor next reprobated the Journal du Com:
coerce for comparing the conduct of the condemned pr4oners •
with that of Socrates before: his death. He- then ,itaked—LHow
many estimable Frenchmen are deceived •by the daily false-
hoods of certain journals r• Formerly the cry was " tithes and
feudal rights ;" now they are told that they arc oppressed and.
inhierable. Wretched impostors, Who would merit only con-
. tempt, did not experience teach us that revolutions are oftener
made from pretexts-than from real causes: But justice and
truth will be avenged, and the law will not have in vain in
vested the Court With the high power for the -exercise of-which
it is responsible. Under these circumstances—
" Seeing that the journals, entitled the ConititUtionn'cl,- the
Courier Frau&tis, the Journal du Conineerce, and the:Pgote,
have reported with inaccuracy and bad faith the sittings•of the
Court of Assize in the trial of the conspiracy, adjudged by
the Decree of the -said Court,. dated the !gill of the present
month . .
" Seeing that these facts constitute crimes provided against
by article 16 of the law of the 25th of March last :
" We require that the Court, making, according
terms of the said article 16, the application of article 7, eon--
der:in the responsible editors‘of the above-mentioned journals
to the penalties inflicted by the said article."
Afterdeliberating three hours and a half,'- the Court re-'
turned to the place of sitting, and passed the follewing•De-.
cree

" The Court acting in execution• of the -decreepretiousty
nude

" After hearing the Sieur de Broe, substitute OrthiPPro-
curgr,tirltreLruarl on
Guise,hls request;
Faucillon, Legracieux, . and Cassano.
being absent from the Court, as well as their counsel,
" Having seen from number 235 to 250 of the Coniatu--
tionnel—from 255 to 274) of the Pilete—from 234 to 250, of the
Courier Francais—from. 949 to of the Journal duCom-
merce, _ _

" Considering that in the whole of the report given by each of
the four journals, the numbers of which are indicated above,
of the proceedings in the trial of the conspiracy of Rochelle,
there are inaccuracies, suppressions,- and details, offensive and
insulting to. the Court, the Jury, and the Witnesses, which
constitute the offences provided against by article 7 of the law of
the 25th of March, 1822, thus conceived—
" 4 Art. 7. Infidelity and bad faith in' the accounts Oren by
journals and periodical publications, of the sittings of the cham-
' bers courts, and tribunals, shall be punished by a fine Of from
1,000 to 6,000 francs.

"- In the case of repetition or where the report is offensive to:
either of the Chambers, or to a Peer or Deputy; or insulting to
a Court or Tribunal, or any one of the Judges, to 'jurors, or to
witnesses, the Editors of the Journal shall be besides condemned
to an imprisonment of from one month to three years.
" fa the same case the Proprietors and Editors of the ton:
demned journal' or' periodical publication may be prohibited
from reporting legislative or judicial proceedings, for a- limited
time or for ever. The violation of tnis prohibition shall be
punished by doubling the penalties in the present
" The-Court therefore condemns," &c.--flifere follows the'
sentenee as given in our paper yesterday.]:
The papers on which' the Court 'has thought fit to inflict
penalties of so Severe a nature, have intimated the intention'of
employing► every legal means :to procure a'reverSion of the set:
tence: An appeal is to be made to the Court` of Cassation
againit the preliminary decree, by which4he 'objections to 'the'
proceedings were set aside.

VIENNA' SEPT. 4:--'the Austrian Observer
of this day contains advises from Constantinople'
of a very recent date, which'.' resent much in-'
teres

" Constantinople, Aug. 19.
" Several Tartars arrived here the 11th, bringing tne news'
that Mahmoud I'acha (probably the Paella of Salonica), after
having beaten the insurgents in two rencounters, of which the
last took place near Megara, penetrated' the Isthmus, and got
possession of the town and citadel of Corinth.

7 " The 15th, a direct dispatch of Chourschid Pacha confirmed
this news, adding, that in,spite of the difficulty of the ground,.
and' the preparatiOnslor detbnee that had been announcetl,..the
Ottoman army had'advanced from Zeitun to Illegara without
meeting the least resistance. Forty-nine communes accepted the
amnesty, and' Choitrictiid Pacha, faithful to his plan of stiffing.
the insurrections-, rather than by force of arms, has no where
been obliged to use riour.,
" Seraskier (Cthourschid) has returned from Megara to
Thessaly, .abafidoning to the young and victorious Manmoud
the conduct ,of the ulterior operations in the Morea. The
latter, after the taking of Corinth, detached a corps of NW
light troops to Napoli de Romania to retake that place, or to'
raise the siege of it, for, strange as it may appear, its fate is not
ascertained.

" The same day the Porte received the. news that its great
fleet arrived before Patras ; Cara Mahmed'Pacha had taken the
command and .landed a corps of 8;000 men.
"• The Ottoman Army in the Morea is estimated at 50,1)00'
men, including the Albanian auxiliaries.
"'However difficult it is to get precise details from the Otto;
marl 'Ministers, who are themselves insufficiently informed by
defective reports, they all agree, at least; hat the most power-
ful ally of the Turkish army is the division that reigns among,
the heads of the army of the Insurgents. Each of them 'only
thinks to swell his share of the booty. This, for example, Co-'
locotroni has done, who has throvin himself into the Mann.:
tains of Maina with the military chest of the corps which he
commanded. There he negociates his submission, and wilkob-.
tam his amnesty if he knows how to manage matters.
" According to letters from Tyros and Athens, which were
totally abandoned by the Insurgents on the approach of theOt:
toman army, the Greek Government, which had fled from Co_
rinth to Argos, totally dissolved itself on the approach of the
Ottoman troops, but not without having previously had the in;
dividuals beheaded who were accused of having given up Corinth
to the Turks.

" P. S.—A letter from Corfit of the 6th of AugUst asserts,
without other details,'that Chouischid Pacha; who matches from
Corinth on 'fripolizza; has made himself master of Argos."
CORFU, AUG.. 11.—We have received certain
news of the general defeat of the Turks. It
took place at Thermopylce, rendered three .times
illustrious by:the armies of the modern Greeks.
It is the greatest battle which they have gained
since their insurrection. Chourschid Pacha had
arrived, at 'the head of an army composed of the
forces of Thessaly and Macedonia, and of all'the
reinforcements from the Danube, 'amounting to-.
get.her to about 40,000 men.
On the 20th July he came to attack the pas-
sage. Without disputing the ground with him,
the Greeks allowed bin, to advance far into-the
defile. General .Nicetas, who commanded them,.
then caused the Turks to be attacked both in
front and on their right flank, while a column
commanded by Contoyanne debouched by the
heights on the side of Molos, and, by an ani-
mated attack, broke through and divided' the
:ranks of the enemy. In spite of this Manceuvre,
which • weakened them, the Turks,• following
their first impetuosity, fought with- great fury,
which only served to render : the battle• more
•bloody, without affording them the least favour-
able chance. After a carnage of more-than' three
hours, the column entangled- in the defile surren-
dered, while the rest of the army sought its safety
in flight. Chourschid Pacha, pursued in his re-
treat,: took the road' to Pharsalia. Led • by this

-Alma- into the defiles of Trachia, nearly four I
leagues in length, he lost three-fourths of the
• remainder of his army. From the village of
Zoli to Thaurtiacos, the whole way was filled up,
with dead bodies. The Seraskier arrived at La=
rissa with only 3,000 men.
A single column of twelve or fourteen thou-,
sand men, detached from the army of Chourschid
•
before the battle, penetrated by a circuitous
-road into Lacris. But Mehemed Pacha, who,
Commanded it, 'divided it into two columns, by
_an inconceivable fault, when he. arrived at,
.Grabiai one took the road of Megaris to reach
the.-Isthmus of Corinth; the other that of Li-
. -vadia, and• passed by sea into the Peloponnesus.
We have now learnt that these two corps, after.
being harassed in their ,progress, were in the end.
. .destroyed. •
The Souliots, after. =two victories over Omar'
Pacha, continue their excursions, which they
...undertake with great.advantage from the heights
elf Kiappa, against the Albanians, commanded by
Ahis Pacha. His army, which at the' beginning
-of June, amounted to 24,000 men, is now re-
Auced to 7,000.
plague is committing terrible ravages on
the Turks at Larissa, Jannina, and Paramythia.
-The-Turkish fleet; which has arrived at Patras,
-is also a prey to this scourge, which carries off the
few sailors still belonging to the'Porte. it was
thought that this fleet was to carry a large de-
, tachment of troops, but it has scarcely enough
soldiers on board for the service 'of the ships.
ZANTF, Aug. 12.—As•soon as the Greek Go-
vernment was informed that a corps of the Turk-
. ish army had penetrated into the Peloponnesus,
• and that.the Turkish fleet was expected on its
'coasts, 'it summoned all the inhabitants to arms
by the following Proclamation
•

" The most cruel tyranny has compelled.you to have re-
course to arms to purge thelorne of your fathers from the san-
luinary monsters; who, for so long .a time, have bowed you to
.the earth with ignominy and exactions. Furious at seeing you
struggling for liberty, these monsters-resolved to annihilate you:
The sun-has never shone on a cause more just and sacred than
yours, nor on a more bloodthirsty enemy.
" Your successes have only inspired your enemy with-a more
ardent desire for vengeance; collecting all his forces both by
sea and-land, he wished to strike,a blow as unexpected as se-
vere. Now the grand contest is to begin which must bring on
. a crisis decisive of our revolution. Life and death are common
to all animals ; but freedom or a gloriousdeath is the -ornament
of men worthy of the name. Leave then, Peloponnesians, and
other Greeks, your. private Affairs, and your commercial pur-
- suits, to take np arms. Let Peloponnesus and the whole of
Greece be transformed into a camp, where the impotent fury of
your enemies shall be for ever subdued.
" You do not require to go far in search of the examples you
ought to follow—around you are the tombs of your heroic an-
cestors. Your representatives, resolved to conquer or perish,
will march at the head of the army. Let the whole nation leave
-the towns and follow their leaders to the combat, till the horrid
monster of despotism gives up his last breath beneath our re-
peated blows.

" Brave Mainots, sons of the Spartans, your steep rocks,
_your villages will no longer be the retired place where Liberty
may breathe secure. Descend with her to the cities and plains
of Greece. And you, intrepid Souliots, who have never feared
en enemy, you have yet to make one struggle, and you -will be
:for ever united with your brethren.

",Inhabitants of Hydra, of Spezia, of Psara, the vessels
which your cannon• have not yet subdued are no more invin-
cible than those you have already destroyed. You will prove
the.-eb world, that it is not masses of.wood but men .who hbtain
naval victories. -

" ATHANASE 'KANAKARE, Vice•President:'
" Argos, July 11 (23), 1822."

'ln consequence of this proclamation, between
seven and eight thousand men. of the voluntary
militia united themselves with the troops at
Patras. Four thousand Mainotes, following the
...orders of their Chief Mauromichale, arrived at
Caiamata. The other Peloponnesians having.
taken up arms, Generals Colocotroni and
Mauromichale were soon able to march at the
bead of 16,000 men towards Argos. It was in
the plains of Argo's that they met• the enemy and
defeated him.

The remains of the Turkish army went

iowards Corinth, where a corps of the enemy's
army, amounting to 6,000 men, composed of
,Turks from Patras and from Lepanto, had just
arrived. The victorious Greeks marched against
these new enemies. The second battle lasted
the 6th and 7th of August,* and was fought on
the plains of St. George, between Argos and
Corinth. Three thousand Turks perished. As

yet the number of wounded and of prisoners is,
not known ; about 2000 horses, 120 camels, and
-,.all,the :baggage and ammunition fell into the
hands,of the Greeks, and the defeated Turks
endeavoured to proceed towards Corinth, whither.
Colocotroni pursued them with .vigour.
HYDRA, JULY 31..—Six days ago the Turkish
',fleet crossed the seas on its way to Patras. .It
. consisted of 68 vessels, four of which were of the
line, and five frigates. This is the third cruise
which it has made in this neighbourhood. It is
now intended to take on board the new Capitan
Pacha, who .is far from equalling in merit his
. cruel predecessor.
A corps of the Turkish army, amounting to
.12,000 men, recently penetrated by Livadia into
the Peloponnesus, where it is now harrassed by
. the inhabitants. It entered .the Peloponnesus
~-by the Gulf of Lepanto+.
The Greeks have no longer to fear the Turkish,
:troops. The worst enemies for, them are certain
Christians, who persecute Christianity in Greece,
as much as they cherish it, in their own country ;
but it is not the British Government which carries
on this species of ,undeclared war against the.:
Greeks. Since this Government was convinced
of the pacific intentions of Russia, it has seemed
strictly to observe the neutrality which it avows.
But another .Christian,GOvernment, since it has
obtained from the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh a
promise not to make war against the Turks,
favours their operations as much as it impedes
..those of the Greeks. While England did not
oppose the blockade established by the Greeks,

* Tl,e Austrian Observer, which sives news contrary in ap-
pearance to this,:_eites•only etters of the 22d of July, or dated
:fifteen days anterior to ours.
t This is the same corps of which we announced the almost
total dissolution, in the Constitutionnel of Sept. 7th.