The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-02 00:00:00

A Letter from Constantinople of...the 27th No-
vember, one of the days on which the revolt of
the Janissaries and the massacre of the GRAND
SIGNOR were said to have occurred, takes no no-
, lice of those reported events. We must, there-
fore, presume that the rumour, though it came
through so many channels, though it was so po-
sitively asserted, and though it contained in itself
so much of probability, was unfounded. This
letter, however, has one remarkable passage,
.which is strongly confirmatory of the view we
have uniformly taken of the negociations for
averting a war, and of the anticipations which we
have formed of their result. The writer says,
"In the existing slate of irritation of the
multitude, the Porte dares not to accept the
conditions proposed by Russia, so that the hope of
peace daily diminishes." The writer also states,
that all the efforts of the English and Austrian
Ambassadors have produced no effect, and that
the situation of the EuropeOin Constantinople
had become most criticaE; The fury of the
Turks was daily wreaked upon the defenceless
Greeks, who were subjected to the greatest cruel-
-ties. Great and sanguinary events were expected,
and even the Ministers of the Christian Powers had
began to take measures for facilitating the escape
of their families, in case ,of necessity. As the
crisis approached, the fury and fanaticism of the
Turks had increased, and had risen to the
greatest height.

Baltimore and Norfolk Papers arrived this
morning to the 7th December. The following
are extracts :
" HAYANNAII, Nov. B.—The Commissioners
tent to treat with the Independents of Rio de la
Plata returned,to the Spanish capital on the Ist
September, without having accomplished their
mission.
" WASHINGTON, DEC. le—Official Letter from
Commodore SINCLAIR, Commanding Naval Offi-
eer at Norfolk, to the Secretary of the Navy
Z save the satisfaction to inform you, that the
piratical schooner Moscow, prize to the United
States ship Hornet, has this moment anchored in
this harbour, after a passage of 28 days. I here-
)vith forward you Captain HENLEY'S dispatch :
fourteen of the nineteen composing the crew of
the, Moscow are retained on board the Hornet,
the remaining five with the schooner.'
" PHILADELPHIA, DEC. l.—Captain LAMsoN,
hof the brig Belvidere, (arrived hence at Cape
oyden), in lat. 23, long. 70, discovered a wreck,
bore down to her, and found it to be a British
!%thooner from Digby, (N. S.), bound to the West
tidies with a full cargo, and had been capsized
1,4 a heavy gale when ten days out, and lost the
tom the wreck the Captain and three men, and
Iknded them on the North Caicos."
It' N:tract of a Letter from New South Wales, dated May, 13211
" We have had four Russian and two French
kips here, on a voyage of discovery. Their oh.
?et appears to have been to explore the western
lt of this country to effect settlements, but it
hoped they will not succeed, as at some future
Ne they may become troublesome."

A,GgICULTURAL DISTRESS.---A Meeting of the
Orners and Occupiers of Land in East Kent
kas held in Canterbury on Saturday last, for the
rpose of considering the general tenor of the
, port of the Select Committee in the last Par-
tlNent9 and the best means of further prose-
, . ns
Ong that most important object, the relief of
0 Agricultural Interest, in the ensuing Session.
t, yi.
ih LaDIVARD KNATCIIBULL and Mr. FIONYWOOD,
Members for the County, were present at the
14eting, which was attended by most of the
ptileipal Land-owners in the Eastern Division
A the County, and by numbers of the tenantry.
I,l3etitiou to the House of Commons, stating the
L .
v ippomtment which bad been caused by the
Ntleral tenor of the Agricultural Report, ap-
tli
4ling to the admissions contained in it of the
heiressl; of the agriculturists, alleging that that
,I,'Pess has since increased, and is now increas-.
k',l) and praying for further protection, was read
I agreed to unanimously.

" troops strictly necessary for the formation of a
" Sanitary Cordon. This Cordon will be main.
" tained in order that no security may be want-
" ing against the introduction into France of the
ic destructive scourge which ravages Spain."
The Spectateur Oriental of the 2d of December
says, that " for a whole month murders have re-
" commenced in the quarter of the Franks, not-
" withstanding the formal orders of the Grand
" Seignior. These murders, which usually fall
cc on the Greeks, are committed under the eyes
".of the Europeans, threaten their personal
" safety, frighten their families, suspend corn-
" mercial operations—violence is encouraged by
i 4 impunity—the public disorder has become
int Ole ra b 1 ."

This paragraph is extracted from an official note
addressed on the 14th of November to the PA•
CHA, and all the Turkish authorities of Smyrna,
by the European Consuls resident in that place.
It stamps with authenticity all .the reports re-
specting the barbarities exercised by the Turks
upon the Greeks, and shows that whatever acts
the Greeks may commit are acts of retaliation,
and not of wanton cruelty, like that of their op-
pressors.

In a written answer to this note lIASSAN PACIIA
informed the French Consul, that he would lay
it before the Authorities City, and that he
had no doubt that proper measures would be
taken to restore order ; but notwithstanding
these assurances the assassinations continued,
and the following stratagem was adopted to pre-
vent the escape of the victims :—A small vessel
had usurped the French flag, and received fugi,
tives on board, at an extravagant price, under a
promise of conveying them beyond the Sea-
Castle; but no sooner had the money been paid
than the Turks took them on board an Algerine
brig where they were all massacred.