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London, England, 1822-04-20 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF THE EAST.

Accounts from Odessa of 25th of March say,
that they had news from Constantinople of the
21st of this month, and that up to that time every
day had been signalized by fresh excesses against'
the Christians. The city continued. to be in a
state of extraordinary fermentation. Up to the
6th of March, on which day M. de Lutzow dis-
patched his courier to his Court, he had madese-
veral fruitleis* attempts to induce the Reis Ets
fendi to retract the famous note communicated
on the 4th of March to the Ministers of the me-
diating Poweri. The ill success of these at-
tempts has astonished nobody. There is not an
instance in the -history of the Ottoman Empire of
the Sublime Porte having retracted a resolution
taken by a great Divan, unless constrained by
force of arms. • That assembled for the re-
jection of the Russian Ultimatum proceeded,
besides, in the most solemn manner. All the
proposals of Russia were successively rejected,
and that unanimously, by all the members present,
who did not only consist' of Ministers and great
men of the empire, but, as we have said before, had
joined with them on this occasion, the Chiefs
of the Janissaries and the principal Ulemas
The Sultan', in a cabinet adjoining the Hall of
the Divan, where he was concealed behind'a
silk curtain, was present at the deliberations,
-afid 'highly approved of the result. Now, con-
sidering the well-known firmness of the Sultan's
character, it is difficult to hope any modification
of the notes that have been delivered, and there-
fore the friends of peace no longer reckon on its
preservation. They fear, on the contrary, that
at the next interchange of notes, that 'of the
,Porte will be conceived in terms still more
haughty and menacing than the last. Actording
to an qrder of the day; published in the Russian-

army on the 13th of March, not only the light
cavalry, but also the cuirassiersondall the cavalry
in general, are to be armed with Dances. The

next accounts from St-. Petersburgh were ex-
pected with the greatest impatience at Odessa ;
it is not thought, however, that hostilities can
begin before the middle of April.
NAPl.3,lll.titcit 29.—The Minister of the In-
terior has addressed to the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Naples the following Decree, dated
March 15 :-

" The King, informed that a great number of public.and.
private Masters haVe nOt 'taken care .to wat i that their scholars
frequented:the congregations', di 'afiiiito, established in the dif-
ferent communes of the kingdom;fOr 'the. _greater benefit.ofthe
studious youth; informed also that a. great number of fathers
of families, instead of obliging their children to proceed on ho-
lidays to the said congregations; are rather 'disposed tolceep
them away from these religiouS ceremonies, orders as follow:
," 1.. All public and private masters ought to second the Btu-
shops,' in what concerns frequenting the congregation di spirito.
Therefore the public masters must produce -every 'week 'ati at-
testation certified by the Bishops, that they have taken'care,
that their 'scholars were present at the Said congregations.
defaultlthey are not to receive their salaries. With regard to
private masters negligent in this particular, the. Bishops' May
shut up their schools.
" 2. Fathers neglecting to send their own. children to thesaid
congregations, his Majesty declares to be unworthy of obtain-
ing any public employment. This to be applicabie:to Tutors
and Guardians. . . .

'Children or young persons mit proved to have been pre-
sent at the said congregations, cannot aspire to any place, charge,
or other favour."

The Gazette of the TWQ Sicilies contains a
Decree, reducing the number of voters in tkie
Special and Criminal Courts, in consequence of
the difficulty of procuring a sufficient number of
voters, and that criminal justice may not be de-
layed.
F rtANKFORT, APRIL 12.—(Extract front the
" Spectateur Oriental," of the 9th Feb.)—Prioce
Ypsilanti, much discontented with the Moraites,
and their continual dissention, has left the Morea
with a corps of troops for Rornelia, whither he
marches to aid Ulysses.
After his abdication, the Chiefs of the Army
were, Colocohoni, the Bey of Magna, three Pri-
mates of the Noma, four of Hydra, and two of
Spezzia. This species of Senate has issued
orders to Ilydra and Spezzia, to arm vessels and
proceed to Missolongi.—The object of this expe-
dition is not known ; but it is supposed to be to
resist the Turks, should they attempt to pass in that
direction to the Morea. Three Pachas of Mace-
donia have orders to proceed with troops to Ro-
melia and then to the Morea, but the inhabitants
of Elib have closed the only three passages by
which they can defile. Invitations have arrived
at Tina, for Hellenists to hasten to the field of
battle, with a formal promise of pay. At Hydra
the superior class have subscribed to form a garrison
of 1,000 men ; they have also armed six vessels.
The rich inhabitants of Hydra have sent their
property to a place of safety. Four convents of
Monte Santo, situated in the plain, have been
plundered by the Turks. Those on the heights
still resist.

AUGSBURG, APRIL 7.—The Allgemeine
lung contains a private letter from Frankfort to
the following effect
"It is to-day (the Ist April) a week since we received the
positive news of the sudden turn which the negociations of
the mediating Powers with the Porte had taken • it was
brought from Vienna by an express to the house of Rothschild.
Since that time the accounts that have reached us, partly by ex-
preases partly by the ordinary post from the Danube, have be-
come daily more warlike, and hardly any body now doubts that
the breach is inevitable. On the whole thisimportant news has
made an agreeable impression here ; for, excepting that class a
persons who desire the continuance of peace for their oraii in-
terest, that is, the holders of great sums in Government paper, it
would be hard to find any body who would disapprove of such
a war as that which is on the eve of breaking out in the East
of Europe. All persons not phinged in egotism have long re.
garded with abhorrence the abominations in Turkey, and they
have never given up the confident expectation that suffering
humanity would find a suppOrter in the generous sentiments
of the Emperor Alexander. Never was a war more popular
than that which is now at hand—never was one which was
approved in such a degree by public opinion throughout all
Christian Europe. If the Powers of Christendom required an
extraordinary contribution to make ,war on the Turks, • they
would:find the purses of their subjects open, to promote the
noblest object of expelling hordes, of incorrigible Barbarians
from civilized Europe.
" If it accorded with the views of the Cabinet to invite the as.
sistance of corps of volunteers, thousands would be found -ready
in all countries to follow the holiourable call and march to the
East. These crusaders would not be excited by religious fanati-
cism; they wouldfight for the cause of the civilisation of Europe.
That those who, relying on the assurances which were given
with so much positiveness from Vienna, up to the last moment,
are now in - great apprehension, is quite natural ; but another
question that deserves to be weighed is,•whether these apprehen-
sions are well grounded? It :is true the Vienna Papeahas been eon.
stantly declining for eight days, which must naturally have pro-
duced no small effect on our market, filled as it is with paper to
excess ; but the fall of the Vienna Paper, notwithstanding tke
almost certain prospect of a war, is by.no means so considerable
as to excite any real apprehension in those who are able to keep
back their.paper. It is otherwise, no doubt, with those lobo
have been jobbing without sufficient capital. Reflecting capi-
talists are by no ineans_of opinion that a war in the East will
have any considerable effect on the AinxtriEM State Paper cur-
rency, even if Austria,should -take an active, part in it, since in
this case if could only gain and enlarge its power. Even if it
should have need of a new loans it would easily raise it without
depreciating the paper whiCh it has already in circulation.' The
Bank of Vienna., too, has, it seems, opened •to the Govern-
ment a sufficient credit, so that it would not be under the ne-
cessity of having recourse to new 'leans. The merchants and
manufacturers have particular reasons , for desiring this war ;
they hope that it will revive trade, which has been On the •de.
cline for some years past."
APRIL O. The Gazettes of Venice still
keep silence respecting the events on the
coasts of the Morea. One letter from Venice
states that. the Turkish fleet had landed 10,000
men at Modene, and then sailed back to the bar-
danelles.
4`'

VIENNA, APILIL K.

PUBLIC FUNDS.
APRIL I.—Metalliques, 74 5-16ths ; Bank shares, 664 E.
Arm 2.-51etalliques, 74 11-32 ; Bank shares, 664 7-10thS.,
APRIL 3.—Metalliques, 74 5-16ths ; Bank shares, 664 1-sth.
APRIL 4.—Metalhques, 74 6-16ths ; Bank shares, 664.

FROM TILE DANUBE, APRIL 3.—Letters from
Russia say, that the first army, assembled on the
Pruth, and ready to take the field, consists of
280,000 men, of which a large proportion is ca-
valry, and of dragoons alone 26;000. It is said
to have been shewrphy experience that this de-
scription 0f troops has always been eminently
serviceable in the wars with the Turks. The
same letters state the park of artillery to consist

of 500 pieces of cannon. At Kaluga, the great
depot of arms for South Russia, immense quan-
tities of military stores of all kinds are collected.
llarnburgh—Exchange on London, April 12, 36. 5.-36. 8.
St. Petersburgh—Exchange on London, March 26, 9. 9-16.
ArJtIL 5. The latest Mercantile Letters
from Vienna say, that the alarming reports
in consequence of the unexpected issue of the
Ikegociation still continue, and do not seem to
be officially contradicted, but that the hopes
of peace must not be considered as wholly
destroyed, and the arrival of another courier
from the Austrian Minister at Constantinople
must he waited for. At Vienna itself much
uncertainty seems to • prevail on the sub-
ject. On the other hand all the private letters
from Berlin, Poland, and Russia, for some days
past, have been almost without exception of a war-
like tenor.

FROM TILE MAINE, APRIL -3.—The fair has
opened to-day, that is to say, the shops are open
for retail .trade, for all the wholesale business is
generally over before. the retail begins. The
d Swiss, we learn, have. one a great deal of busi-
ness, especially in expensive articles, such as em-
broidered muslins, &c. Large supplies of Hun-
garian and Moravian wool have also come to
' • •
'do
for this fair. In general, however, we
• do not expect much of this fair, as the causes still
continue in full force which have had so injuri-
•ous. an effect on preceding fairs.
ST. PETERSBUIIGII, MARCH 26.—0 n Sunday
the Anniversary of his Majesty's Accessionlo the
Throne was observed in the most solemn manner.
The new Tariff, which will be printed in a
few days, is in fact only a supplement to that al-
ready in force. It is not to be in force till
May 1 (0.5.) ; and all mercantile transactions
and consignments from abroad, previous to that
date, are to be regulated according to the present
Tariff. It is now positively known, that by the
new supplement the following articles are to be
in future prohibited :—All white, green, and
black cloths, refined sugars and lumps, silk ma-
-nufactures, jewellery, and several articles of steel.
The import duty on other articles, for instance
- wines, will probably be raised 50 per cent.
Moscow, MARCH 23.—According to a letter
from Jassy, many more Greeks, Wallachians,
Moldavians, and other fugitives from Turkey,
to the number of 7,000 men, who had hitherto
remained quietly in Bessarabia, had received or-
-ders to quit that country, and to retire further
into the interior of Russia.
From Kestenoff we learn that great magazines
are forming in Bessarabia. The hopes of the
evacuation of the principalities by the Turkish
troops have wholly vanished. The heavy artil-
lery has been brought back by the Janissaries,
and the number of troops, which was greatly di-
minished a few weeks ago, daily increases. Cre-
dible travellers represent these provinces, which
only a year ago were so flourishing, as a frightful
desert; and the cruelties exercised by the Turks
on the unfortunate inhabitants, as above all de-

scription.
Fresh Divisions of our troops, in the finest
-.condition, continue to assemble on the Pruth.
LIAMBURGH, APRIL 11.—We have received the
following letter of the 26th of March from the
South Russian frontier
The whole of the second Russian army is immediately
going to assemble in a great camp near the town of Winmeza,
is Podolia. His Majesty the Emperor is expected shortly, re-
lays ofliorscs'being already prepared at all the stations for his
journey.—Of the corps of General Sabanietf, only one division
and the Cossacks remain in Bessarabia ; the other divisions of
that corps are to go to the great camp above-mentioned. A con-
siderable fleet is tting out at Nicolajew. A courier passed the
frontiers yesterday, with the news that a Congress is to be held
at Warsaw."
BERLIN, APRIL B.—Mr. Leipscher, an Aus-
trian Imperial Cabinet Messenger, has arrived
here from Vienna. The Russian Courier, Blu-
menthal, is gone express to Warsaw.
On the 15th March there was a terrible fire at
Sensburg, in the Government of Gumbinnen,
-which, in the space of a few hours, reduced to
ashes
.47 dwelling-houses (mostly of wood), 70
. barns, 27 stables, and 2 magazines.
A7VISTERDAM, APRIL 16.—We have had for
some days past the pleasure of having the Royal
Family among us. Their Majesties, with the
Princess Marianne, arrived on the 10th, in the
afternoon, and soon after their Royal Highnesses
Prince Frederic of the Netherlands, and Prince
Frederic William Louis of Prussia. On the 11th
in the morning his Majesty held a grand Levee,
which was exceedingly numerous and brilliant.
His R. H. the Prince of Orange arrived like-
wise
on the 11th, and in the evening all the
Royal Family honoured the theatre with their
presence. The Prince of Orange returned to
Soetsdyk after the play was over. Their Ma-
jesties have attended the German and French
Theatres alternately, and been everywhere re-
ceived with unbounded demonstrations of joy.
On the 13th, in the evening, a crack was
observed in the edifice of the wharf of the
East India Company, at the end of the Great
Osterburg-street, which continued to increase :
the same afternoon, at half-past four, the right
• wing of the building fell with a great noise.
—Last night, or rather at two o'clock this
morning, a part of the left wing next the
clock fell, and at five the tower, with the
clock itself. By this accident a corn-porter was
killed, who has left a widow and eight children ;
four other workmen were more or less injured.
The accident happened just when the men were
- busy in the magazine., which was full of corn.
HAGUE, APRIL 15.—Iler Royal Highness the
Princess of Orange left this city on the 13th in
the afternoon, to go in her yacht to Utrecht, and
was immediately followed by the Prince. -Their
Royal Highnesses, with the young Princes, their
• sons, arrived at Utrecht yesterday afternoon, and
proceeded thence to Soetsdyk;
HaAnr,Em, APRIL lb.—The second Russian
Army which is to encamp near Winmeza, in Po-
dolia, must be all assembled by the 13th inst.

SPAIN.
MADRID, APRIL 5.

In the sitting of the 2d instant, a second read.
ing took place of a proposition made by Senor
Velasco, for the suppression of the office of St.
Gregory VII., as containing maxims hostile to
social order. He supported his proposition by
pointing out the necessity of expunging from the
divine service all the pernicious maxims which

had been introduced intcPit by the abuse of the
authority of the Court of Rome. By those
maxims the principle had been inculcated that
the Porte was superior to all temp-oral authority ;
and that he could, as he did in the case of Henry
IV., dispense subjects from their allegiance.
These maxims; and others of the same kind, had
led to serious errors, by placing the spiritual in
opposition with the civil power. This could not
be permitted in the present age. The pi °po-
sition was ordered to be referred to the Ecclesi-
astical Committee.
In the Sitting of the 3d, the Cortes took into
consideration the report of the Committee on the
liberty of the Press. In this report the opinion
of the Committee is expressed on certain doubts
which had been expressed by the protecting
Junta of the liberty of the Press, iu a represen-
tation addressed to the Cortes. The questions
of doubt are in general of too technical a nature
to afford any interest to the English reader. The
second, which gave rise to considerable discus-
sion, was conceived in these terms Shall
authors or editors be obliged to deposit their ma-
nuscripts in the printing office, or will it be suf-
ficient that they leave a copy, signed and sealed,
in the hands of the responsible person ?—Solu-
tion (z. e. the opinion of the Committee)—They
must leave a printed copy signed and sealed."
Senor Iluilariz observed, that this mode was
very proper for single works ; but it could not
be applicable to,periodical publiCations, as they
were written by various persons; and it would
be imposSible to attach to each article the signa-
ture of the writer.

Senor Gallant) ( a Member of the Committee)
signified that the Committee were willing to adopt
this suggestion, and the article was finally adopt-
ed by the Cortes,. with the amendment proposed
by Senor Munariz.
In the course of the discussion, a Deputy sta-
ted that a calumnious article on the subject of
the national loan, libelling all the persons who
had engaged in it, had appeared in the paper
called the Imparcial. It was thought proper to
proceed against this libel ; but when the author
was called for, a person appeared and took
that character upon himself, though he was
so ignorant that he was incapable even of
reading the article. To this it was answered,
that such an attempt at imposition was of no
consequence, especially as the law could still find
a responsible person. Some debate also took
place on the next question, viz.—" Doubt 3.
Shall the plaintiffs and defendants be allowed to
challenge Judges on the ground of visible par-
tiality, or hatred, or relationship to parties within
the degrees pointed out by the common law ?
Solution :—ln such cases the plaintiff or de-
fendant may challenge, even when the challenges
without cause allowed by the law have been
made." This article was withdrawn by the
Committee, in order that the terms in which it
was expressed might be amended.

A letter from one of the Secretaries of State
was read, in which the Minister informed the
Cortes, that his Majesty had yesterday expe-
rienced an attack of the gout, which confined
him to his chamber, but that the pain was that
day mitigated.
The representation transmitted in August,lB2l,
by General Riego from Saragossa, renouncing
the pension of 80,000 reals, assigned to him by
the former Cortes, was read.
Senor Arguelles observed, that this renuncia-
tion could not be accepted, as the grant was
meant to be a testimony of national gratitude.
A resolution, conformable to the opinion ex-
pressed by Arguelles, was unanimously adopted
by the Cortes.
_ _ _

On the motion of Senor Isturiz, it was also
unanimously resolved to approve the report of
the War Committee, recommending that the
Hymn performed by the column under Riego, on
re-establishing the Constitution, should be de-
clared " the National March."

In execution of an extraordinary decree of the
Cortes, the National Medical Academy of Bar-
celona had addressed a report to the Political
Chief of Catalonia, on the nature of the epide-
mic which lately ravaged that part of the penin-
sula. The opinion of the majority was conform-
able to that of our physicians. Out of four-
teim members, eight declared the malady ex-
otic and contagious. Four gave their opinion in
favour of its being indigenous,and not contagious.
The votes of two may be regarded as null, on
account of the restrictions and uncertainty of
their opinions.

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PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS HAY AT C:ITE 0-CLOCIC.

Bank Stock Bank Long Ann. 19 11-16ths
3 per Cent. Red. 774 " 9-16ths
3 per Cent. Cons. 784 78 India Stock 2411
2
31 per Cent.
4 per Cent. 5 Old • 9.1 South Sea Stock
k New Old Annuities
5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 10'2;1 Excheq. Bills 3 6 pr.
5 per Cents. 1797

PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, APRIL 17.
Bank Stock 245 Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. 461
Gov. Deb. 31 per cent. 88 77, Ditto 6 per cent.... 714
Stock, 34 per ct. B7i 8 lii DittoStock
Gov. I)eb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock
Gov. Deb. 5 per cent 2g . Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct. -
- Stock, 5 per ccnt. ... 2:1 Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.—
Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct.
City Debentures, 5 per Do.
cent par Ballast Office Govt. Sc.:.
Lying in Hospital 4 per ct 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, April 17, 81.

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