The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

MANIFESTO OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR.

The Austrian Observer of the 7th September
contains the following important document :
" To the illustrious Vizirs, the honourable Mirimiranes, the
estimable Mollas, Judges, Sub-judges, Mutesselim, Way_
voles, and Ayans, to the other Magistrates and Nobles of
the country, as well as to all the other men in authority

throughout all Anatolia, is addressed the following order

" It is evident that all the rules and political
dispositions which from ancient times have been
observed in my Sublime Empire are founded
upon the noble commandment of that pure law,
whose solidity and duration are guaranteed by
God, even until the day of the resurrection; it
is therefore that it has never been permitted at
any time, either to the Ministers of the Empire,
nor to the Functionaries of my Sublime Porte,
nor to any individual professing the Mahometan
religion, to act in contravention of their au-
thority. It is in no wise less evident that all the
Rayas (the subjects who are not Alahometans,)
who from time immemorial have, under the do-
minion and safety of my Sublime Empire, fulfilled
the conditions of their vassalage, have had their
properties and lives respected, and have them-
selves been objects of the favour and protection
of my Sublime Porte ; but when they have trans-
gressed the bounds of vassalage and the 'Milts of
obedience, recourse must be had to the punish-
ment which has become necessary, and which is
further confirmed by law.
" The Greek people have been at all times
tributary subjects of my Sublime Porte ; mercy
and clemency have been exercised towards them
in every particular; their honour, their properties,
and their lives have been defended, protected,
and secured ; they Wave never experienced any.
other treatment than favour and every sort of
kindness, even beyond that which had been pro-
mised in the treaties with the Rayas ; neverthe-
less, they have had the audacity to trample under
foot the divine mercies of which they have been
the objects, to pursue the paths of ingratitude,
and with their characteristic perfidy to maintain
a perverse and traitorous conduct, opposed at
once to their allegiance and to good faith.
" If in some places the Greeks have succeed-
ed in rising against my Sublime Government, to
which they are subjects, and which treats them
with so much lenity, my great Empire continues
(thanks be given to the Almighty !) to be the
Empire of Mahomet, and my people, the people

of Ahmed. By the grace and with the assistance

of God, the defender of our faith and of our
people, as well as by the blessings of thespi-

ritual help of our Legislator and Sublime Pro-
phet, my Sublime Porte has been informed of
the insurrection at the very moment of its break-
ing out. It has therefore, without delay, adopt-
ed proper measures, and caused at various' times
paternal exhortations and instructions to be ad-
dressed to the individuals of every rank of the
said Greek nation, as well by the proper autho-
rities appointed for that special purpose, as also
through the Patriarch. It has exhorted them to

continue in the way of fidelity and loyalty, and
within the limits of submission and obedience;
and it has also fully acquitted itself of all the
duties of mercy and clemency : on the other
hand, it has inquired into the conduct of those
who, taking a share-in the revolt, have rejected
every sentiment of repentance, -and after a pre-
vious conviction it has inflicted upon them the
necessary punishment.
" But they have not appreciated the clemency
and mercy which have been evinced towards
them, and they have not listened to the counsels
and exhortations which have been addressed to

them. Their pride and their revolt making, on
the contrary, every day further progress, my
Sublime Porte considered only of the means of
maintaining the ordei and security of the State,
and of restoring the tranquillity of its inha-
bitants. Superior orders have in consequence
been transmitted into my well-defended pro-
vinces, bearing the power, in virtue of a Sublime
Fewta, which proceeds from the brilliant law, of
punishing those Rayas in full revolt who dare to
combat against the Islamites, of seizing their
properties, and making their families captive.
" My sublime will being pronounced for the
observance of the principle, that those subjects
who conduct themselves in a peaceable and tran-
quil manner, occupying themselves with their
own affairs only, or those who having once be-
come guilty of sedition or revolt, shall have re-
turned since into the paths of submission and a
sincere repentance, shall be placed as before under
the beneficent protection and shield of my Sub-
lime Porte ; and although I do not suffer any
action opposed to ti►is will manifested upon my
part, I have learned in a positive manner that in
some places this principle has not been observed.
Violence has been employed
,against peaceable
and defenceless subjects who have taken no part
in the revolt, and some persons have had the
temerity to seize upon their property, their fa-
milies, and their churches. It requires no
further declaration to make it known that
such a conduct is conformable neither to law nor

to reason, that it is diametrically opposed to the
principles uniformly pursued .in my great empire,
and that it is, in every particular, in contradic-
tion to the Divine will, as well as to my Imperial
order. It is consequently manifest that such
conduct is dictated only by men who are incap-
able of distinguishing circumstances and relations.

" Therefore it is that I am now about to send
my particular commands, with reference to this
matter, to the three divisions of Anatolia and of

tomelia.

" My will is, then, that you Vizirs, Mirimi-
runes, Mollas, Judges, Sub-Judges, and other
authorities, should make known this manner of
viewing affairs in all places within your districts
and jurisdictions, and that you should hasten to
intimate to every person who may gave the au-
dacity to attack peaceable and innocent subjects,
who manifest no seditious intentions, and carry
about no signs of revolt, that he shall be respon.
sible to me for his conduct in that respect. You
must exert all your cares to relieve peaceable
subjects from all vexation, and take all necessary
measures that they may perfectly enjoy my high
Imperial protection, and that they who may be
guilty of such excesses shall be severely punished
on the spot.

" Let all my subjects be immediately apprised
of these commands,and when you shall be informed
that it is my supreme will that you shall take the
utmost care not to suffer, in contravention of the
sublime law and of my commands, peaceable
and innocent subjects to be exposed to injuries
and vexations, public or private, and that the
slightest negligence or omission with respect to
this particular will expose yourselves to respon-
sibility, you must act in conformity with it, you
must execute my commands and my sublime will,
evince a knowledge in necessary matters, and
sedulously avoid permitting it in ally, instance to
be violated.

" Given in the days of the middle of the month of Siskide,
.236: that is to say, in the middle of August, 1621."

HAMBURGH AND FLEMISH PAPERS.
HA NO VER, SEPT. Excellency the
Count Munster arrived here on the 7th. Imme-
diately after his Excellency's arrival Mr. Ileit-
muller set out for Calais, in order to send infor-
mation here as soon as possible of the arrival of
his Majesty.

We learn that his Majesty will visit on his
journey the towns, of Osnaburg; Heldersheirn,
and Zelle. •

FRA:NK.FORT, SEPT. 7,—There is a report here

that a new loan to a considerable amount will
shortly be negociated at -Vienna, in which the
metalliques will be received as payment at the
Exchange of 66-per cent.
WAITS W, SEPT. .-Con the 31st ult. all the
regiments of cavalry assembled near Warsaw
for the autumnal reviews, together with the ca-
valry of the Guard, were inspected by his Impe-
rial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine on
the plain of I'Vola. They took five hours to de-
file before his Imperial Highness.
The Russian Generals Rosen and Sawini have
arrived here.

ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 28.—The Gazette
of this city says—" Public Journals speak of a
plan of partition, by which an independent state
and an independent free port might be created
on the Bosphorus.
FROM THE MAINE, SEPT. 2.—The Courts of
Munich, Stutgard, and Cassel, have gone into
mournins, for three weeks for the late Queen of
England.'
We learn that Prussia has resolved to abolish
the staple at Cologne.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 15.—The Journal of Ghent
has the following article :--" If we may give

credit to a private letter from Rome of very re-
cent date, the concordat with his Holiness the
Pope is likely to be concluded much sooner
than was generally expected.
FROM THE MAINE, SEPT. 6.—Report speaks
of a communication made, it is said, by the Em-
peror Alexander, in the form of a letter to the
Great Sovereigns of Europe, in which he repeats
his assurances of -a sincere- desire to preserve
peace, as he has already shewn by diplomatic
proceedings, but represents the political reasons
which might render it expedient to follow the
public opinion of all Christian Nations, which is
no where more strongly expressed than among
the Nations whom Providence has placed under
his sceptre, and where all classes loudly de-
clared their wish to assist their oppressed fellow-
christians ; to refuse compliance with this general
wish, or to take measures opposed to it, seems
the less conformable to the wisdom of the Sove-
reigns, as religion, humanity, and morality fa-
voured their general wish ; and there were ways
of satisfying it without violating the principles
which the Sovereigns have laid down as the bases
of their political system.
We cannot pretend to express a decided opi-
nion on the existence of this or similar commu-
nications, but are inclined to think, for various
reasons, that it cannot be wholly destitute of
foundation, &c.----(Algentcine Zeitung, Sept. 11.)