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against the appressions of barbarous foreigners. Where is
the man who will call such a defence rebellion ? What law,
human or divine, will ever cbndemn such conduct.—( Jounzal

des Debats.)
CONSTANTINOPMg, SEPT. 25.—Another me"a;-
sure has been taken, besides the order for bringing in all the
objects of gold and silvei, which tends to
.put a lighter money
into circulation, by quintupling qie nominal value of all the
gold and silver coins. It is easy to see to what all this ivill lead.
l'he embarrassment of the Porte augments daily, and though
we enjoy at present great tranquillity, an approaching crisis is
dreaded. Two months 'have scarcely elapsed since we heard
as certain that Russia would not commence hostilities, and un-
favourable news for the Turks succeed each other with rapidity.
Since the 22d, the Porte has received official intelligence of the
recapture of the town and port of Corinth ; the citadel was then
still in the power of the Turkfi. It seems certain that the Mo-
na has become the tomb of the Musselmen. We cannot yet
accustom ourselves to suppose the insurrection will have any
important results, because the Government continues to treat it
with profound contempt. A year ago they laughed at the
Greeks ; six months back their conduct was criticised with seve-
rity; now more attention is paid to their cause.
If the events of the Morea begin to attract more attention, the
news which the Porte has received from Mesopotamia and Ar-
menia is still more afflicting for it, and has caused a great sen-
sation among the Musselmen. The news brought by the cou-
riers is, that on the 12th of September, the Turks to the num-
ber of 50,000, had beep defeated at Trebisond, and that the Per-
sians had in consequence entered the town—that all Mesopo-
tamia and the greater part of Armenia were actually in their
power, and that a Persian army was advancing in Anatolia ;
finally, that the greater part of the towns of Armenia, along the
Black Sea, had revolted. If the Porte does not quickly succeed
in making peace with Persia, the result of all these events may

be very important. •
From every part of the empire there arrives news which
announces the approaching "dissolution of this barbarous
Government. Finnan follows. finnan, and the Turks expect
assistance from foreign Governments against the Greeks and Per-
skins. Discontent is mounted to an extreme degree be-
because the weight of the taxes is borne almost whqlly by the.
Musselmen. The Greeks ,pho . were in this Capital have fled
on all sides, and on September 20, a great number of their
houses were set on fire by the Turks. To all these misfortunes
there must be added the devastation of the greater part of Syria
by earthquakes, which had not:ceased on September 5, for the
same day a new stroke threw down edifices at Aleppo which
had before resisted its effects, and only one habitable house re-
mains in that city, which has lost 20,000 inhabitants, besides
an immense number of wounded ; several rich people and the
Foreign Consuls have had houses built of wood in the gardens
to pass the winter. .Many other towns of Syria have also suf-
fered more or less from the same cause ; even at Damas, and
the island of Cyprus, slight strokes were felt. In the midst
of their disasters the Turks crowd their mosques and predict
the dissolution of their Empire.
The Sultan has just made some changes among the great
officers of State. He has appointed a new Director of the Mint;
a new Architect, and some Pachas.
The Plague is ravaging Candia; and also makes some pro-
gress in the villages in the neighbourhood of Constantinople,
along the Canal, and among the troops at Bujukdere, Pera,
and Galatea, are yet free from it.
Chourschid Paella, who has at length seen what was the re-
sult of the plans of terror, ordered by the Sultan continually,
gives orders to spare the Greeks, but it is in vain. The present
state of affairs threatens a termination to the Turkish Empire
before many years.—( Augsburg Gazette.)
ATHENS, SEPT. I.—The Greek, to the number of 3 or 400,
still keep possession of the citadel, because the Turks do not
trouble themselves to come to Athens, which will belong to
them immediately that the Peloponnesus is in their power.—
Many of the inhabitants of this town, who had fled and taken
reflige at Egina, have been forced to quit it by hunger, and
have returned here in hopes of 'finding subsistence. Sickness
prevails in the Ottoman squadron. The Philhellenian corps
has been almost totally destroyed. The few foreigners who are
now in the Morea, will leave it the moment they find an oppor-
tunity. Insubordination, disorder,. confusion, and terror, still
reign there. The Greeks say, that they expect to hear of the
result of a general battle which is to take place, and which, ac-
cording to them, will be decisive. The combined fleet of the
Greeks left Hydra' on August 22d. Their intention, which
they avow, is to see what has been the issue of the events in
the peninsa, and to attack the naval force of the Turks should
the Greeks triumph on land, land in the contrary case they will
emigrate. At all events, it is doubtful if they dare to attack
the Ottoman fleet, against which their aim would be to send
fire-ships.
Ixsrittrcx, OCT. 13.—The Emperor and Empress have
set out this morning for Verona. The Emperor Alexander has
visited almost all the public establishments. He particularly
expressed his satisfaction at the plan of the House of Correc-
tion, of which he had even the smallest details explained to
him. This morning, after witnessing a little review, he went
to see the Martinswand, a precipice where the Emperor
Maximilian had nearly perished, and at 10 o'clock left for
Verona.
AUGSBUILG, OCT. 15.—1 n consequence of the numerous
complaints that have been made, the Greek Admiralty has
greatly relaxed the rigour of its system of blockade ; it has
sent to the several commanders of the divisions of the fleet,
orders to refrain in future from, all acts of hostility towards
European vessels to whatever nation they may belong. This
measure was the more necessary, because merchant vessels had
great difficulties in entering into the Gulf of Salonichi, the na-
vigation of which has, hitherto been interrupted by a Greek
squadron cruising in it. •
FRANKFORT, OCT. 19.—Mr. Leardith, Papal Nuncio,
left Vienna on the 10th for Verona.
The great Council of Basle has rejected the Concordat, re-
lative to foreign commerce by a majority of 83 to 3 ; that of
Zurich has done the same by a majority of 134 to 42 ; however
by its decision it has charged the Government to observe with
the greatest attention the progress of this affair, and to convoke
the great Council again when circumstances require it.
The Cantons of Soleure, Argovia, Vaud and Zug, have sanc-
tioned the Concordat.
The Oriental Spectateur, under the head of Smyrna, Sept.
14, says—" A new Prince has been granted to the prayers of
the Musselmans, and salutes of artillery have announced his
birth. On the 12th, at Vienna, the Metalliques were at 85,i.—
Bank Shares 892 2 5."
HAMBURG", OCT. 17.—We have received, by way of
Odessa, news from Constantinople of the 20th September, of
the following tenor :
" Great uneasiness prevails here ; the Turks have been de-
feated by the Persians near Erzerum. The great Caravan has
been plundered by the Wechabites, who are advancing towards
Mecca, and it is believed that the Pacha of Egypt will be oblig-
ed to withdraw his troops from Candia and Cyprus, in order to
oppose them.
" The state of affairs in the Morea and in Thessaly is still
very critical. On the coast of Syria, a second earthquake. has
desolated the cities of Antioch,. Sidon, and Alexandria (Little
Alexandria, or Alexandrette, is probably meant). Lastly, the
Treasury is so exhausted, that the most rigorous decrees against
luxury have been issued by the Sultan. All silver plate must
be brought to the Mint, where the Owners receive a very low
price for it. The Mahumudies and Birdies (coin so called) are
called in, to be recoined at a depreciated standard."
PETERSBMIGH, OCT. I.—Swamis of locusts have com-
mitted great ravages during the summer in several provinces of
the Crimea.
BERLIN, OCT. 15.—The British Minister, Mr. Rose, has
returned from London.
HAMBURGII, OCT. 18.—To-day. being a holiday (the anni-
versary of the great battle of
.Leipsic) no course of Exchange
is published. Business was done—
On. London - - - 36
64.
9i 9.
Amsterdam - -
Paris - - -26 k.
ST. PETERSBURGH, OCT. 4.
Exchange on London • - 10 1-32 1-16.
Amsterdam ' - 10 1-32 1-16.
II amburgh - 9 5-32.
Paris
BRUSSELS, OCT. 22.—We learn from the frontiers of
France that the movements which have been for some time an-
nounced in the garrisons of the 16th military division have
commenced. The 34th regiment of infantry of the line, com-
posed of three battalians, which are at their full complement,
has marched from Lille and Bethune for the south of France,
other corps will follow successively.—The general opinion in
French Flanders is, that the Government is going to interfere
in the affairs of Spain.
OCTOBER 24.—The youngest son of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Orange, born on the 22d of May last, died the day
before yesterday, of the disorder with which lie had been at-
tacked. A messenger was dispatched yesterday to St. Peters-
burgh to acquaint the Empress Dowager of the young Prince's
death.
Great complaints are made in the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
burg, and in Namur, of the new French Tariff; the duties are
so high that they are generally considered as a prohibition of
the articles which were formerly sent to France. The same
complaints are made in Brabant and Flanders respecting linens ;
there is no more demand for them in France, since an exorbi-
tant import duty is laid on them.
Letters from Vienna .announce the death of Infant Prince,
Rudolph, son of the Archduke Charles.