The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, OCT. 12.—The Duke de-Laval Mont-
xnorency, Ambassador from France to the Holy
See, arrived at Rome on the 26th September.
On Wednesday next, October 16, will be cele-
brated in the royal church of St. Denis the an-
niversary service for the repose of the soul of the
Queen Marrie-Antoinette. All persons who at-
tend are expected to appear in full mourning

costume.
VjENN A, OCT. I.—As no Minister-PleniPoten-
tiary has yet arrived from Great Britain, there
hes been no preliminary conference .on the sub-
jerVs to be discussed at the approaching Congress.
—ilitherto there have been merely partial con-
ferences between the Ministers of the different
Powers. All the labours, however, and preli-
minary memorials with which the chancery was
occupied, are terminated, and it is asserted that
Count Nesselrode, to whom the result was com-
municated by Count Metternich, has submitted
an abstract of the proceedings to the Emperor of
Russia. It appears that the propositions for the
consideration of Congress will proceed from the
Cabinet of Vienna. We should never have done
if we:undertook to collect all the rumours which
are in circulation as to the object of these de-
liberations, though none but the Sovereigns and
their Ministers can know any thing about them.
—The only point on which so many opposite
opinions agree as• to ,the result of this new Euro-
pean Congress is, that it is destined to form a
remarkable epoch in the annals of Europe, and
that all which will there be discussed and arrang-
ed, will have no other.purpose than,to.strengthen
the monarchical principle in Europe, and the
holy Alliance founded on December-25,1815,
anti confirmed at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle,
fiovember 15, 1818.
The -Emperor, by an official letter dated Sept.
28, addressed to his Principal Grand Master,
the Prince of Trautmansdorff, has ordered, that
(luring his stay in Italy the Archduke Lewis shall

be Regent.
The Duke of Wellington arrived on the night
of the 429th, and occupies the apartments prepared
-for him in the hotel•of the War Minister. The
:Prince Chancellor Hardenberg arrived yesterday
afternoon. The Count de _Bernstoff, Prussian
Minister of State, had set off on the previous
evening for Verona. A great number of persons
attached to the different legations had also left
Vienna on the 18th. Prince Metternich set off
yesterday eveningat 8 o'clock, after having dined
at the Marquis of Londonderry's with the Duke
of Wellington. It is said that the Marquis will
leave this for England on the 13th. Ile is either
recalled or has solicited his recall. The Russian
Ambassador at our Court, Golowkin, will pro-
ceed to Switzerland, where 'he intends to live as
a private individual. Public report points out
'M. de Tatischeff as his successor. Most of the
foreign Ministers have already set out. As to
the Duke of 'Wellington, nothing ,positive re-
garding•the period of his departure ,is known.
It is asserted that the question of the Greek

„cause will not be agitated at the Congress; the
-tone .which the Austrian Observer has again as-
sumed respecting them seems to confirm this
-opinion.
The-two Imperial Courts agree in viewing the,
-affairs of the East in.the same manner ; but they.
-are said -to differ with respect to Spain. The
Emperor Alexander is inclined to put down the
-the revolution by force of arms-.; but the Em-
peror of Austria rests his hopes.on an internal
change, to be brought about by the Spaniards
-themselves. It is added that two other great
Powers have also their particular manner of
•,viewing the subject. All the Powers are. agreed
-to blame in a manifesto the turn which the Spanish
-revolution has taken ; but they differ on every
-thing else.
CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 10.—Since the last
• post disagreeable news for the Porte has arrived
- -from the Morea. The 'Greeks have destroyed
there more than 20,000 Turks .in partial battles
and in ambuscades. The Turks possess nothing
there but Corinth, which is destituteof -every
thing necessary for its defence ; it is therefore
probable that the garrison will soon be obliged
to surrender. Colocotroni is the Commander.
--in-Chief of the Greeks. All these particulars
arcs said to be true, though the Porte studies to
-conceal them.
At Selo several Turks have been executed
:mho persisted iii massacreing the sick Christians.
On the sth of September there were only 300
-Christians remaining out of 160,000.
The Porte -begins to feel, in a sensible man-
- ner, the inconveniences of the Greek insurrec-
tion ; there are no more rich Greeks to plunder,
,which has induced the Treasurer of the Empire
to take-a desperate measure. A Finnan has ap-
•peared, which orders every thing made of gold
-9r silver to be-deposited in the Treasury for an
.=-indemnity, which is arbitrarily fixed. Thus the
flusselmen must renounce every species of
• .Inxury, and wear the most simple dresses.-
It is easy to see the causes of this
.measure.
'No more taxes are gathered in the Morea, in the
Islands, or in a great part of Thessaly, of Alba-
nia, and of Macedonia. Thus the miseries of the
times will reach•even the Musselmen hi a short
time if the insurrection is not suppressed. The
~war against Persia also causes great expense.
Great tranquillity prevails at Constantinople,
• and there are but few persons troubled with the
plague.
Coarn, SEPT. 11.—After the departure of :the
'Turkish feet for Patras, the Porte prepared a
second expedition, which was to appear in the
.Archipelago at the time when the Greek fleet,
.pursuing that of the Turks,' should be in the,
• lonian sea. This second expedition was com-
posed of 40 transports, with three frigates, and
-one three-decker. There were on board 8,000
• troops, which, finding the Archipelago free from
• -the squadrons of Spezzia -and Hydra, were to be
- landed on the coast of Napoli de Romania, in
-order that they might join the Turkish'army,
. which had penetrated into the Morea. At the
°same time it was expected to supply Napoli de
:Romania, which, wz:solpposed to be in the hands
of the Turks„ amply %vitt)
The ,A.dmitalty ilydra.,inforinNl of all this,

Instead of sending their ships to Patras, dispatched
them against this second expedition. The Greek
fleet, on quitting Hydra, concealed its movements
between the coasts of Attica and Negropont ;
and when the Turkish squadron advanced, re-
ceived it at the Bocca-Silota, between Negro-
pont and Andros. The Turks engaged in this
channel, always stormy, and full of shoals and
rocks, lost all presence of mind at the sight of
the Greeks. In a short engagement of ship with
ship, a Turkish frigate of the first class, and se-
veral transports, were shipwrecked on the coasts
of Chimi and Cape Oro. Others were sunk or
captured.
The remainder of the Turkish squadron was
pursued into the waters of Tenedos. During•
this retreat it also lost several vessels. Of the
whole squadron only 11 or 1/ vessels, two fri-
gates, and the ship of 'the line, re-entered the
Dardanelles. More than two-thirds of the troops,
who were to carry fire and sword into the Morea,
perished by the sword or by the waves. This is
another expedition frustrated. It was part of
the general plan of attack, which Europeans had
traced out for the Turks, in order to annihilate
the Greeks. Several Slave Merchants were
found on board the captured vessels, who in-
tended to buy the inhabitants of the Morea, as
they were made prisoners, and transport them
into Asia to sell them.
The Turkish fleet left the Gulf of Patras on
Sept. 1. In the space of a mouth it had made
an attempt on Misselongo. This town is now
become the depot of arms for Western Greece.
Situated lower than the sea, against which the
new land serves as a dyke, it is inaccessible to
ships on account of the large lagunes which sepa-
rate it from the sea. The Turks attacked it
with their gun-boats and a great number of other
boats, but they were repulsed with loss. Four
other attempts were afterwards made against
Vasilade, a small island situated at the entrance
of the lagunes, and which is the first anchorage.
The batteries of Vasilade forced the Turks to
retire to Patras, after losing a great many people.
The definitive result of these engagements was
to,inake the Greeks of the Continent form an
opinion that the naval force of the enemy was
very contemptible. After this retreat, the
Turkish sailors, ascending the river Phidarids to
procure water, according to custom, were sur-
prised by an ambuscade of 350 Etolians, who
killed a great part, and took 14 large and several
small boats, which they burnt under the eyes of
the new Ca pitan Pacha, Cara Mahomed.
At length this Admiral, disgusted with these
unfortunate operations, left Patras, and directed
his course to Cape Matapan. It is not known
whether he is going to Constantinople or to some
other place.
AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 30.—The house of Jean
Van Houter, Son, and Co., of this town, has of-
fered to a commercial house at Marseilles, which
carries on a direct trade with Greece, 26,600
muskets and 7,000 cavalry sabres, manufactured
in Germany, for the price of 2,275,875 francs.—
It is doubted if this offer will be accepted, as the
exportation of arms from France is only tolerat-
ed on the frontiers of Spain.—(Le Courier Fran-
cais.)

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 24.—The day for the baptism of
the young Grand Duchess Olga Nicolajeiona is not yet fixed,
but it will certainly take place very shortly; and the regulations
for the ceremonies to be observed have been already published.
The principal persons in the capital are to repair to the Taur a
Palace at ten in the morning.; the, ladies in the Russian cos-
tume, and the gentlemen in Court dresses. In the solemn pro-
cession to the Church, the infant Princess will be carried by the
Princess Wolchonsky, at whose side the Princess Kurakin and
Labanow will walk with the cushion and cover. The sponsors
are their Majesties the Emperor Alexander, the King of Prus-
sia, and the Empress Maria. After the baptism Te Deum will
be performed, and a salute of 201 guns fired ; after which the
young Princess will be invested with the Order by the Empress
Maria. On the same day there will be a grand entertain-
in the Taura Palace, and the capital will be illuminated in the