The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-18 00:00:00

FOREEGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 14.—The German Journals, ar-
rived to-day, continue to speak of the desolation
'spread over the Peloponnesus by the invasion of
the Turkish army ; and they begin, on the faith
of letters from Vitoglia, to despair of the cause
of liberty in Greece. The Augsburgh Gazette,
which is in general so well informed, apologises
for having credited the reports of the victories
obtained by the Greeks ; and it states that the
Paella of Belgrade received on the 30th of August
three couriers, who announced the capture of Co-
rinth and Athens by the Turkish army.
We refer• our readers to the article which we
gave yesterday. It was extracted from letters
brought from Corfu and Zante, by the packet
-which the , English send between the lonian
Islands and Italy. The facts there stated were
of too recent a date to have reached Germany
before we heard of them at Paris. The German
Journals, therefore, are informed of the passage
of the Turkish corps commanded by Mehemed
Pacha, who has in fact traversed Athens and
•Corinth to penetrate into Argolis, but who,
as we stated yesterday, was defeated on the Gth
and 7th,before he had reached as far as Argos.—
ConstitutionneL)
The persons condemned for the conspiracy at
Rochelle have been removed to the prison at
P'oissy, in the department of the Seine and Oise.
Those condemned to death for the same affair
are still at the Bicetre, and continue to display
the greatest tranquillity.
M. Le Comte de Santa Rosa, a Piedmontese re-
fugee, arrived at Bourges from Alengon ou the
7th of this month.

They write from Sancerre, that the Marechal
de Logis of the gensd'armes, sent by the P):'o-
cureur du Roi, has been to several houses of that
city, and taken away several prints described as
seditious.

He went particularly to the house of M. Ri-
card, Peruquier, street des Juifs. The prints
seized were, first, a Lithographic coloured print
representing Two Wounded Grenadiers, still de-
fending their colours against a detachment of
Prussians ; second, a Caricature of a woman
contending with her Husband for a pair of
Breeches ; third, two or three Caricatures of the
English.
It appears to us that such prints cannot be
seized, even if found in the possession of print-
sellers, and the seizure will undoubtedly be
submitted to the judgment of the tribunal at
Sancerre. Its decision will inform us.—(Journal
du Cher.)
The drought has been so great in the Eastern
Pyrenees, that the rivers have hardly any water,
and the greater part of the fountains and wells
are dry. In many districts water for the cattle
and for the ordinary consumption of the inha-
bitants could only be procured from a great dis-
tance. In some places the people have been
obliged to regulate the distribution of water', as
if they were livinc, in a besieged town. The
.crops are almost destroyed; the grapes are yet
to gather; but we may conclude before-hand
that they will not yield much juice.
The Cure of Nanterre celebrated yesterday
-the first vespers of the fete of the exalting of the
Cross on Mount Valerian. The Princes and
Princesses of the Royal Family repaired there
to-day at eleven o'clock. An immense multi-
tude of the faithful, who had been attracted to
Calvary by the celebration of the holy mysteries,
received their Royal Highnesses with the most
-.lively acclamations. It was both imposing and
edifying to see the august descendants of St.
Louis, without any escort, and without any suite,
labouring up to the several stations, setting an
example of piety 'and devotion to the religious
.people who surrounded them.
The Bishop of Libistan officiated, and was
assisted by the Cure of Nanterre, and the Clergy
of St. Elizabeth. After hearing mass, their
Royal Highnesses retired at one o'clock.

On Sunday, M. Poynter, a Catholic Bishop of
London, will officiate morr.ing and evening. On
Wednesday, the Archbishop of Paris will cele-
brate at eight o'clock Common Nlass, and will
assist at the Grand Mass. The exercises will be
.erformed by the Cure of Saint Sulpice. On
Thursday, the Archbishop of Arles will officiate
-the whole day.—(Quotidienne.)
By comparing the dates of the letters from
Corfu, by Which doubt has been thrown on the
news given in the Austrian Observer, we are dis-
posed to believe that both relate to the same
events described in a different manner. The
'hope which some friends of the Greeks enter-
Aained of seeing the success of Chourschid
balanced by subsequent reverses, has therefore
no foundation. The reports all relate to the
•same period, and among these reports, we regret
-to say, that those which gave victory to the Turks
seem the most probable, while the letters which
describe the Greeks as victorious contain contra.
,dictions and involuntary avowals ; for example,
they-allow that the citadel of Corinth had been
cleared of artillery ; it might, therefore, have
been carrit;tl by a coup de main, and particularly
if the Turks had been informed of that circum-
stance. Again, it is allowed, that the Grecian
Senate saved themselves on board the vessels
which blockaded Napoli di Romania ; this place,
therefore, was never taken by the Greeks, as we
Were so positively informed. Is it possible to
believe that a single Pacha would dare to enter
the Peloponnesus by sea, after the defeat of the
Turkish army at Zeitouni, if this defeat had been
of so much importance as described ? Why
should we regard the formal assertion of Chours-
•chid, " that he marched strait from Zeitouni on
Megara," as wholly false ? Megara is situated
at the beginning of the isthmus ; there a battle
took place, of which the letters from Zante say
,nothing.
We may also add, that the news received through
-official channels agree in the most essential points
with what we have heard from Constantinople and
Vienna. The only hope permitted to humanity is,
that the remnant of the Greeks may escape from
the exterminating sword of the Musselmen. It
is said that the Porte has given on this subject
,the most positive promises to the Ambassadors of
.the Christian Powers; and that the general am-

nesty proclaimed by Chourschid Pacha is the
result of these promises..., The squadrons of the
Christian Powers cruising in :the seas of Greece,
have orders to offer an asylum to such Greeks as
do not chose to trust the amnesty.
We persist in thinking that Christian Europe
is bound to appeal solemnly to the Porte in be-
half of the Greeks, in order to procure a Chris-
tian people the enjoyment of their civil and re-
ligious rights, which no government can refuse to
its subjects without destroying the social union.
and its own claim to-obedience. If some cantons
of Greece could he placed under the administra-
tion of the archbishops and municipal councils,
as they were in part before the insurrection,—if
the Turks were excluded from these privileged
cantons as they are from Wallachia and Molda-
via,—if these arrangements were guaranteed by
all the Christian Powers, the Porte would gain
by it a certain tribute and a source of wealth.—
The Greeks would find a temporary refuge there
till the period, when better educated and organ-
ized, they were capable of enjoying a still greater
degree of liberty. Finally, there would be an
end to those horrors which not only afflict all
humane people, but serve to encourage revolu-
tionary exaltation.
The Christian Powers are not responsible, Vitt
are happy to say, for the miseries which' they
have not provoked ; they are not obliged by a
constitutional crusade to liberate a people who
would not have power sufficient to maintain their
independence ; but the Cabinets of Europe know
how to distinguish between the rash undertakings
of the hetairistes of Ypsilanti and the long existing
discontent of the Greeks, oppressed and plundered
by the Pachas, and who are not certainly revo-
lutionists ; the Cabinets see the cause of Greece,
by the termination of the insurrection of armed
bands, separated from every thing of a revolu-
tionary nature ; they may then disprove the
calumnies of the Liberaux, by procuring for the
Greeks the only improvements of which their
situation is susceptible.
To these wishes, which we share with all true
Royalists, and all the friends of Christian and
European legitimacy, we add also the desire of
seeing oGr Statesmen take into their serious con-
sideration the views which we pointed out a few
days ago, of the possibility of granting to,the
Greek Colonies certain territories in Europe,
which are useless or even disadvantageous to the
Slates to which they belong ; and which, in the
hands of an. industrious and 'commercial people,
would be transformed into beautiful countr:es,
where new Syracuses and new Marseilles would
arise. --(Journal des Debuts.)
A letter from Bayonne, of the sth of Septem-
ber, inserted in the Echo du Midi, is as follows :
" General Quesada presses Pampeluna, and another Royalist
Chief is to march on St. Sebastian with a division of 1400 men.
There is not now the least doubt as to the success of the expe-
dition of these two brave Generals ; their army is in the best
discipline ; every soldier is animated with the courage which
the holy cause for which he takes arms should inspire. A few
fugitive descamisados enter Bayonne daily. The Navarre
courier was missing last Tuesday : the Madrid one which ar-
rived brings no news as to the situation of the capital. Dis-
missals and imprisonments—such are the acts of the Constitu-
tional Ministers. The Queen is still in a state which excites
the liveliest alarms. The Junta of Biscay, which had put forth
some pretensions, has submitted itself to the Regency of the
kingdom, and a perfect harmony reigns among all the Royalists
in the Peninsula."—(lbid.)

Bayonne presents the appearance of a town in
the midst of war : two regiments of the line
marched yesterday within our walls, and the
ramparts are covered with cannon.
According to recent letters from St. Louis, that
town is surrounded by palisadoes.
Waggons laden with arms quit Toulon daily
for Perpignan.
We have satisfactory news of the state of
health at Barcelona.—(Journal de Paris.)
The Editors of the Constitutionnel, the Journal
du Commerce, the Courier Francais, and the
Pilole, have appealed against the sentence of the
Paris Court of Assize.—(ibid.)
BERLIN, SEPT. 3. We enjoy here a new spec-
tacle—the exhibition of the products of national
industry. We must not believe with some pa-
pers, patriotically mendacious, that our manufac-
tures will soon rival those of France
.and Eng-
land ; there is yet an enormous difference be-
tween them. But it is certain that our industry
has made great progress within ten years.

. •.
SEPT. Majesty gave a dinner yesterday in the new
palace at Potsdam' and arrived here to-day.—On the Ist of
September General Count Von Ziethen, Commander-in-Chief
in Silesia, and Mr. President Richter, set out from Breslaw
for Upper Silesia, to receive the Emperor of Russia, with all
proper ceremony, on the frontiers of the province, and to at-
tend on him to the Austrian frontier. His Majesty stops on
the 3d at Tarnowitz (where Count Henkel, of Donnersmark,
has already made preparations for Ins Majesty's reception).
and then proceeds by way of Gliewitz and Ratisbon to Troppau.
ST. PETERSBURGIS, AUG. 27.—The Persian Minister,
Mirza Saleb, now here, a favourite of the reigning Emperor,
had his first audience of his Majesty on the 21st of July, when
he presented a portrait of the Persian Crown Prince, hewn in
marble in the Oriental taste, and also a curious Arabian manu-
script. This Ambassador goes from St. Petersburgh to Eng-
land. He speaks French and English fluently, and has em-
ployed his time, during his short stay here, in visiting the most
interesting curiosities in the capital. He had a painter with
him, who is expressly commissioned by the Schah, his master,
to make drawings of every thing remarkable that he meets with
in his travels.

Reports proceeding from Constantinople say, that the Pacha
of Bagdad has defeated the Persians; but nobody can tell where
the battle took place.
The new Hospodar of Walachia, we learn, is !not rich, but
an honest and pretty well informed man. The nomination
of Hospodars taken from the Boyars of Walachia and Molda-
via, of which the present is the first instance, has excited some
attention here.

As our affairs with the Porte will probably be arranged at
the Congress, there is no occasion for the sending of a Turkish
Ambassador n the frontiers, to open the negociations, as foreign
Journals have stated.

Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandria is in
expectation of her accouchement, at the new imperial palace in
Jekgin is Island.

VERONA, Au G. 27.—Great preparations of all kinds are
making here for the approaching Congress. Every stranger
who desires to remain here during the Congress must prove that
he is attached to one of the Ministers, or in his office; or if he
cannot do that, he must prove that he is under the special pro-
tection of one of the Great Powers.

His Holiness the Pope has given orders to have a residence
ready for each of the three Sovereigns who are expected to visit
Rome, either during the Congress at Verona or after it has
closed. The residences are—the Venetian Palace for the Em-
peror of Austria, the Cavelli Palace for the King of Prussia,
and the Doria Palace for the Emperor of Russia.
SWITZERLAND, Auo.24.—The new Austrian decree, which
lays such heavy transit duties on goods passing through the
Austrian States, and prescribes such complicated and dangerous
formalities as almost to amount to a prohibition of the transit of
goods, has spread consternation in Lombardy and Tyrol. The
numerous remonstrances made against it have, however, caused
the time of its being put in force to be deferred from the Ist of
August till the Ist of September ; and many hope that the de-
cree will be revoked, or at least much modified. Others fear
the contrary, and this opinion is supported by the fact that
several great commission-houses at Milan are already preparing
to remove their counting-houses to Arona, at the south end of
the Lap Maggiore, in Piedniont.—lf the decree should be
carried into effect, the goods which should naturally go through

Lombardy, must be sent through Piedmont, as the expences
will be less, though the way is so much longer, and especially,
because the Sardinian Government endeavours, by every means,
to favour and facilitate the transit trade.
Exchange on London, 37 1-37 4.
ST. PETERSBU Real, A u o. 27.—Exchange on London, 101 ;
Amsterdam, ; Hamburgh, 9 11-32 ; Paris, 106.
SE MLIN, Ana.. 26.—N0 recent news from Seres and Bitoglia
has been received ; but Turkish couriers from Albania say,
that the Suliets, having been defeated in several actions by the
Pacha of Arta, had submitted to the Porte, and made a con-
vention with the Pacha. This, if true, would be a great mis-
fortune for the Greeks, as the Turks would have a large force
at liberty.—Count Buol Schauenstein, President of the German
Diet, arrived here on the 31st of August.—The Journal of
Oefen and Perth gives farther accounts of the tour of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cumberland in Hungary.