The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-29 00:00:00

.FOREIGN IN'FELLIU FACE.

PARIS, DEC. 9.s.—The King transacted busi-
Le',4 yesterday with the Minister of the Interior.
The Aug burgh Gazette publishes the follow.
ing article, under the head of Herrnanstadt,
D S

" The news from Walachia and Mol-

av;a- contain only recitals of the massacres and
cruelties daily committed by the barbarian Mus-
sulrnans. • Several Turkish Generals arrived on
the Ist of December at Jassy : they come direct
from. Constantinople, and declare openly that
the Porte has rejected all the demands of Russia;
but what k almost incredible, if the ignorance
and presumption of the Turks were not well
known, is to -hear them say that • they will
take advantage of this war to reconquer the
INtorea. All the churches of the two Principa-
lities: which escaped the first devastations are
abandoned to the profanations of the Infidels.—
To irrdtate the Christians, the ferocious Janis-
saries walk through the streets_ clothed in the
sacerdotal habits, and carrying the sacred vases.
-.'The priests arid nuns are massacred, maltreated,
r sold. All the Pachas of the frontier provinCes
-73..te deposed and replaced by others, who, to
shew their devotion to Islamism, are guilty of the

most odious atrocities against the Christians."—
( Ilion/tent .)

FRENCH FUNDS.

Dec. 24, Five per Cents. B6 f. 20 c.
Bank Stock 1592 f. S 0 c.

ODESSA., Drc. 2.—We have news from Con-
:staiitinople of the 25th of November; that ca-
pital was then the theatre of frightful. events.
The Ministers of England and Austria had had
a conference with the Reis-Effendi on the 23d,
to induce him to accept the ultimatum of Russia.
The two Ministers had likewise an audience of
the . Sultan for the same object, but with-
out effect. His Highness is said to have re-
plied, that he never would renew the privi-
leges of the Greek nation, and consequently
that he never would agree to the conditions
offered by Russia. lie added, that the Greeks
had deserved the chastisement which theysuffered,
and that they could only be treated as rebels.
When the two Ministers were returning to Pera,
under an escort, they are stated to have been in.
suited by the people. Pistols were even dis-
charged into the house of Lord Strangford. It
is said that the Sultan vainly endeavoured to put
an end to these excesses, and that the Janissaries
directed the most violent threats against the Sul-
tan himself, who had promised them, on the 6th,
the pillage of •the quarter of the Franks. This
news is said to have been dispatched to Peters-
burgh by a special courier. The Russians are
already forming magazines of military stores on
thejfrontiers, and the aspect of affairs is warlike.
VIENNA, DEC. 13.—We are in the usual state
of uncertainty respecting the events of Constan-
tinople. The ordinary courier which we expect,
will only bring letters down to the 26th of No-
vember The Court has not 'received accounts
from its InternUncio. The Military Governors of
th:l frontier provinces have sent couriers to
Vienna, but they could only announce the re-
ports spread at Belgrade, respecting the as-
sassination of the Sultan. We begin to give
credit •to that terrible and decisive catastrophe.

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, DEC.
Funds have fallen at Vienna.

20.—The Public

All the commercial letters from Russia, Po-
land, and Prussia, are now warlike.
The Austrian troops continue to march into
Transylvania, and the other adjoining provinces.
The army to be assembled in the provinces bor-
dering on the Ottoman territory will amount to
about 100,000 men.
The report of the insurrection of the Janissa-
ries at Constantinople gains strength. The next
courier it is hoped, will decide this event.

Clr.m ~
DEC. 18.—According to letters from
Lower Italy, the greater part of the Austrian
troops stationed in Sicily have lately been con-
centra.ted at Palermo. It seems that the Aus-
trian Commandant mistrusts the Sicilians ; for all
the national guards, which were still embodied,
have been disbanded.
A;ZIREMRERG, DEC. 15.—(EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE
CO/{MUNICATION.)—The news whidi we receive to-day from
P-ussia is extremely interesting.
In consequence of an order issued by the Cabinet, all the for.
tresses near the frontiers of Turkey are to be placed in a re-
spectable state of defence. Engineers have already arrived at
Rriael, where they had several works begun. The old works
are repairing, and the outward fortifications will be considera-
bly increased.

Ry virtue of an order from the Emperor, Mr. Foster, Gene-
ral-in-Chief of the Engineers, is making a tour, to visit the
[Names, and to take such measures as circumstances require.
A numerous corps of troops is to assemble near Caminiec, in
.Podolea. It will have a park of above 100 pieces of artillery,
as well heavy cannon as field-pieces.
Several regiments of foot have just arrived at Choczim.—
They are to form a part of the garrison of that fortress.
It is affirmed that it is intended to open a formal loan in fa-
vour of the Greeks under a high guarantee.
NUREMBERG, DEC. 17.—We communicate the following
accounts from Constantinople, which come down to the middle
of November, and are from a Frenchman now in the city, who
is well informed. There were still very different opinions in
the Divan respecting the demands of Russia ; these opinions
are in all likelihood only politically different, for at the bottom
all the Members of the Divan are probably animated by hatred
to Russia, and would willingly reject all its demands if they
did not fear the consequences of such a step. But they are not
agreed upon the manner in which they shall proceed. Some ad-
vise concession to avoid a war; the others are for cutting through
the knot with the sword. The Grand Vizir is at the head of
the first party, and seems to be on particularly good terms
with Lord Strangford.
The Reis Effendi was likewise inclined to this party, but his
advice excited the displeasure of the Sultan, and has unexpect-
edly eauaed his dismissal from office, which was communicated
in an order addressed immediately from the Sultan to the
Grand Vizir, and was wholly unlooked for by the latter, How-

ever, there had for some time hem a misunderstanding be-
tween these two high clii;:ers. Among the Members of the
Divan, there are also some obstinate individuals who behold
with great dissatisfaction even Lord Strangford's interference
in this business, and would willingly free themselves from it'
The Chiefs of the Janissaries are the principal adversaries of the
,Europeans in ke.neral, and of.th:• Russians in particular. The
Porte never will or can consent to grant new rights in favour of
the Greeks, and if it did so, it does not appear how the Greeks
would be able to exercise these rights. A general insurrection
would rather ensue. It is now known that all hopes of seeing
a Russian Ambassador at Constantinople are in vain ; nay, a
categorical period is now spoken of, within which the Porte
must declare itself, otherwise its silence will -be considered as a
declaration of War.

The Turkish fleet is in bad condition, and will not be able to
put to sea again before the Spring ; for this reason a number of
small vessels have been fitted out, in order at least not to leave
the Greeks in entire possession of the Archipelago, as they now
are, and from. which the Turkish fleet could not expel them,
when it cruised in those seas.

Every thing relative to the war with Persia is kept quite se-
cret. It is known, however, that the Persians have been
hitherto victorious, and that the Porte has not a sufficient force
to oppose them ; it is now said, however, that great armaments
are making in Asia.

Our accounts from the Mores, up to the 14th November, say
that the hope that the Turks would not undertake any thing of
importance this winter, is fully confirmed, and the Greek
Chiefs flatter themselves that they shall be able, before the
Spring, to destroy the Turkish power in the Mores by means
of the inhabitants of Corot; Patras, and Artos. To be secure,
however, at all events, the Mainotes have requested the supreme
Senate at Calamata, and the Ecclesiastical Synod, to remove to
Napoli de Malvoisia. But this proposal has been rejected for
the present.
The forts of Passara, Chielisa, Misitra, Illalvoisia and Mains,
which had been much damaged in the late campaign, have been
entirely repaired, to secure against the future eruptions of the
Turks, the country of Sparta or the Mainotes, which is wholly
delivered.

The differences between Demetrius Ypsilanti, the Senates,
and Military Chiefs, continue. The latter are all inclined to
recognise as Archistrategos the brave conqueror of Tripolizza,
whose heroic courage is generally admired. The choice must,
however, be made in a General Assembly, which will speedily
be convoked. A strong division of the Week fleet covers the
ports that have been delivered.
Musacit, DEC. 15.—Count Arco, President of the Court of
Appeal, lately received an anonymous letter, calling upon him to
issue a new law in criminal matters, and threatening him with
the fate of Kotzebue, unless this law was promulgated by the
Ist of October (what year is not said.) The letter is dated 20th
November. In consequence of this letter an advertisement has
been inserted in the newspapers, addressed to the writer, in
which he is told that what he desires tends to a change in the
laws, which, by the Bavarian Constitution, cannot be Made ex-
cept by the King and the Chambers, and not by the President
of the Court of Appeal, as the anonymous writer erroneously
supposes. If, therefore, on reflexion, he considers his plan as
useful, he will do better to present a petition to the Chambers,
in their approaching Session, than any longer to cherish the idea
of perpetrating a crime which would be wholly useless towards
the attainment of his object, and fatal to himself.
FassexroitT, DE c. 20.—1 n the sitting of thc. Diet on the
7th, the President proposed to defer the discussion of the dif-
ferences between Prussia and Anhalt Coeth en, because a Con-
vention respecting the navigation of the Elbe had been conclud-
ed, and there was great reason to hope that these differences
would be determined amicably. The Prussian Minister being
persuaded that the difference was probably already adjusted, or
certainly was very nearly so, declined entering on the subject.
Most of the Members approved of the proposal of Austria, only
the Minister of Anhalt expressed the readiness of the Duke to
come to an amicable arrangement, as he has repeatedly proved,
but that having consented, out of regard for the Court of Aus-
tria, to adjourn the Diet till the 7th December, and, conse-
quently, the discussion of his grievances, till the 13th Decem-
bers The Minister has positive orders to refuse his assent to a
further prorogation. The Diet resolved to defer for six weeks
the decision of the affair, hoping to receive shortly the ratifica-
tion of the Convention for the navigation of the Elbe, and in
tile expectation of an amicable arrangement between the two
pal ties.

TRIESTE, Dr.c. I:l—According to the latest accounts from
Candia, the Greek Insurgents had made incredible progress,
and kept the Paella and the Turkish Authorities blockaded in
the city of Candia. They had seized on the fort of Karabusa,
one of the most important positions in the island. The Turks,
who had hitherto received assistance from a division of the Ot-
toman fleet stationed in the neighbourhood, are in the most
critical situation. The Greeks, who are animated by despair,
are five times as numerous as they, and dal!' receive reinforce-
ments by sea.

The most remarkable Ordinances of the Ecclesiastical Synod
of the Nlorea are—

" 1. One to modify the rigour of the fasts for the whole time
that the war for liberty shall continue.
" One forbidding to consider as dishonoured women who
may have been ill-treated by the barbarians during the horrors
of war, since, according to the usage of the Greek Church,
they must be looked upon as victims and martyrs for the li-
bel-Et), of the people.
" 3. An Ordinance prescribing prayers for the Greeks, who
since the beginning of the holy war have perished in all coun-
tries for this great cause.—(The same Synod enjoins all the
faithful to regard as a holy martyr the Patriarch who has been
put to death, and to condemn the new one as impious, an in-
truder, and a heretic, and not to listen to or follow in any man-
ner his pastoral instructions."

Atrossu FIG, DEC. 11.—The Austrian Observer of the 12th,
13th, 14th and has nq news whatever from Turkey.
Fnom THE MAINE, DEC. 12.—According to late accounts,
hatred to all Christians is said to have attained the highest pitch
in the Barbary States, so that the Porte, in case it should be
involved in war, may probably derive great support from them.
The invasion of the Persians is considered at Constantinople
as a diversion contrived by a great European Power to favour
the Greeks. This statement is designedly circulated to inflame
the hatred and fanaticism of the Turks.

The fortresses on the Danube are full of Asiatic troops.—
There have been mans• executions in Servia, because connec-
tions have been discovered between the Serviana and the neigh.
bouring d acedonians.

BVP.SlNG.—Yesterday, while two, children,
who had been locked in a room by their parent,
its Goodge-street, Tottenham-Court-road, were
playing together, one of them had its clothes in a
blaze, in consequence of a spark flying from the
fire ; the other, in endeavouring to assist it,
burned itself dreadfully, and was so much in-
jured that it shortly after died.

INUNDATIONS AND EFFECTS FROM

THE LATE WEATHER.

FLOODS IN WESTMINSTER .—T he neighbour-
hood of Westminster Hall, Abingdon-street, and
Milbank-street, were yesterday afternoe:, thrown
into the greatest alarm, by the unArsually high
rising of the spring tide, aided by the floods oc-
casioned by the late heavy rains. By three
o'clock the wharfs, &c. behind these streets and
fronting the River were completely overflowed ;
the greatest difficulty, in many instances, being
in the way of getting the different cattle out of
the stables. The timber, straw, &c. that were
susceptible of motion, on the approach of suffi-
cient water, began to float, and the wharfs thus
became the scenes of confusion that soon spread
terror around the neighbourhood. By four
o'clock the currents from the Thames began to
make their way into the main streets, and Mil-
bank-street in particular, as well as Vine-street,
the Horseferry-road, and other outlets from it,
were soon overflowed, so as to become impassable
except to horses, carriages, carts, &c. Many of
the old houses in this street were visited with
peculiar severity, as, instead of being approach-
able by steps ascending, they are entered by
going down one or two steps into. the parlours.
The house of Mr. Blackman, the King's Arms,
facing the large stone-yard which belonged to
the late Alderman Staines, presented an .extra-
ordinary appearance. .The street in other parts
is narrow ; but facing Mr. Blackman's house
there is a large space, which collected an im-
mense quantity of -water, and formed a sort of
lake; and when the water entered Mr. Black-
man's house, it rushed through with an im-
petuosity that no precautions could impede.
The parlours, tap-room, &c. were soon seve-
ral feet 'deep with water. The house, though
its visitation was not singular, became the
point of attraction, from its conspicuous
situation, as well as from several boats having
passed from the Horseferry-stairs, and appearing
in the streets, conveying the inhabitants to and
from their houses, and carrying those who had
no other means of passage. The extensive damage
that was here inflicted, and the obstructions
which were presented to all business, exceed de-
scription ; and as the flooding of the streets,which
already displayed so appalling an appearance,
continued till past five o'clock, the time of flood-
tide, the situation of the inhabitants was most
painful.--The impetuosityand extent of the Thames
overflowing its ordinary bounds, were, however,
still more furious up the bank, and beyond
Vauxhall-bridge. By the Millbank wharf, which
is beyond the Horseferry-stairs, whence so many
boats came to the relief of the passengers and
the inhabitants, the water rushed down into the
surrounding fields and streets, Mr. Johnson's ex-
tensive premises, the market-gardens, &c., lay-
ing the whole of them under water. But. even
this extensive scene of devastation was surpassed
by what took place between four and five o'clock,
by the breaking and overflowing of the bank
beyond Vauxhall-bridge : through this breakage
in particular, the water hurried along with
cataract fury, covering the surrounding fields,
gardens, &c. Vauxhall-road, down to the Sewers-
bridge, approaching Pimlico, was laid under
water to the depth of several feet, so that even
horses and carriages could not pass along with-
out being mare than half under water. The sur-
rounding scene, however, was the most afflicting
that was any where to be beheld : the laying under
water of the neighbourhood near the Penitentiary
was injurious enough, but the devastation and cala-
mity were most distressing that were thus conveyed
into a new but rather an extensive neighbourhood,
on the left of theVauxhall-road, consisting of small
houses, built on the ground, and many of them of
more than a sufficiently slight structure. The
ground and roads about them, and leading to
them, were filled with water to the depth of
several feet, so that boats passed along with
the greatest facility where there were not the
impediments of high fences, walls, or the like.—
Along some of the lanes and roads the water
hurried down with as much force as if it were
descending from hills ; and many of the inha-
bitants, who had already retreated from the par-
lours to the first floors with their children, move-
able furniture, &c. became apprehensive for their
personal safety. Then commenced proceedings
of the most distreSsing nature ; females, chil-
dren, &c. being carried from their dwellings in
boats or in men's arms, with as little ceremony
arid consideration AS attend the efforts at rag-
ing fires to rescue endangered lives from the
fury of an overwhelming element. Conster-
nation appeared every where. Hundreds
of families were all thus hurrying from their
homes, apparently only anxious for the pre-.
servation of existence ; and the danger in many
instances, to men who waded in the water-
so burthened, was imminent ; to such a depth
were the. places overflowed. The main road
from Vauxhall was covered with boats, and
horses being conveyed, or conveying their riders,
to places of safety.—Fortunatelj the wind was
southerly ; had it been northward, experienced
men state that the flood must have been still wore
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destructive and extensive.

WINDCOR, DEC. 27.—We now have here the
greatest Thames flood that has been since 1809,
when the great flood carried away the fifteen-
arch bridge near Eton. It is awful to see the
country from Maidenhead-bridge to Chertsey ;
on each side of the Thames all covered with wa-
ter; farmers obliged to move their cattle of
every kind from their home ; fields and meadows
covered with water over hedges and ditches ; no-
thing to be seen but the tops of the trees : the
lower part of Windsor Little Park is all covered.
—ln Eton many of the houses are flooded : in the
shops the water is up to the counters; there are
carts and boats to take the passengers to and
from the Windsor side : it is up so high at the
Swan Inn, that every horse is obliged to be re-
moved ; and in many of the cellars the water is
five feet deep ; no carriage can come by Datchet
to 'Windsor.

The tide of the Thames flowed so high on Thursday, that
many houses on the Rotherhithe side of the water have above
three feet of water in the lower part. Surrey-street and Craven-
street, in the Strand, also felt its effects, as well as many parts

of Wemminster. On Thutsday the water reached within a Loot
of the summit of the terrace fronting the new Custom-house.
The neighbourhood of St. George's-fields was yesterday even-
ing, in many parts overflowed. Most' of the kitchens in Great
Surrey-street were about a toot under water, and the lower part
of the houses in Union-street, ,Ba*ll:side, &c., were also in a
state of immersion. Bankside, particularly, from its vicinity
to the river, and the several streets adjoining, were completely
covered by the flood.
The Portsmouth mail was delayed at Kingston yesterday
morning upwards of an hour, in consequence of the waters
being out.
The northern mails have been stopped two days by the inun-
dations.

At Newport-Pagnel the coaches could not pass the bridge,
owing to the floods.
The York House mail coach- was nearly upset on Wed-
nesday night.
Poles are now affixed on the banks of low lands to indicate
the depth of water on the roads.
On Thursday there was a tremendous storm of thunder,
lightning, hail, and rain, at Oxford, which continued nearly
an hour with unabated fury. The rain literally came down in
torrents, the streets throughout the city were like rivulets,
the thunder was awfully loud, and the lightning extremely
vivid.

The flood at Frame, on Sunday morning last, occasioned by
the tremenduous storm of the preceding evening, was higher
than any that has been known in that town for nearly sixty
years. The darnage sustained amounts to several thousand
pounds.
The waters in the neighbourhood of Cambridge (says the
Cambridge Chronicle) have risen higher during the present
week than we remember to have observed for many years. The
meadows near the banks of the Cam are overflowed, and in
many places the rcr.ds have been rendered nearly impassable.—
The waters in the fens are unusually high.
At Bristol, and many other places, the heavy rains have been
accompanied with violent storms of wind, thunder, and light,
ping; unroofiing houses, blowing down stacks of chimneys,
and in some instanc!s, burying the unhappy inmates under the
ruins.

On Tuesday, says the Bristol Gazette, the. Birmingham
mail, which usuaily arrives in this city at six o'clock in
the morning, did not reach its destination until one o'clock
at noon : it was stopped at. Norton Mills, between Tewkes-
bury and Gloucester, where the water was nearly six feet deep ;
the guide of the road being lost, the horses soon got off their
legs, and the greatest danger was evident : to increase the dif-
ficulty, Shurrner's stage-waggon had also been stopped inits pro-
gress, and was rendered immoveable : one of the horses of
the latter was drowned, and another died soon after ; but by the
great exertions of the coachman and guard, the passengers and
mail horses were preserved : the former were obliged to go back
to Tewkesbury ; the parcels and luggage were left behind, and
the mail of letters conveyed at length to Gloucester, from which
it reached this city, as before stated, about noon. No other
coach reached Bristol from Birmingham during the day, arid
this morning, (Wednesday) the mail was three hours aecer its
time, being obliged to go round by Cheltenham.
In consequence of almost incessant rains, observes the Wor-
cester Journal, there has been a rapid succession of floods on the
river Severn during the last few months. Yesterday afternoon
the inundation had ettained a very unusual height, though
nearly 2 feet below the flood of 179,5. The lands on both sides
the river are flooded tu a great extent. Of course travelling has
been much impeded in various parts of the country: Yester-
day, Tuesday, the 23d inst., the coach did not arrive in this city
till 12 o'clock. This day, the waters had risen so high as to im-
pede the passage over Tewkesbury-bridge ; in consequence of
which the guard was obliged to take a boat, swim a horse by the
side of it, and thus gainiro the road which was not under water,
mounted the horse, and proceeded for this city. The barometer
stood this day (Wednesday the 2fith inst.) 28 3-10 the—a very
unusual depression. We have at length some intimation of the
approach of winter ; snow fell on some of the hills of this county
on Sunday, and this morning Fahrenheit's thermometer stood
at the freezing point.
The late incessant rains have caused a greater flow of water
throughout the low lands and valleys in our neighbourhood
than we have heard of for many years. The London-
road, near Caxton, Huntingdonshire, was on Saturday night
for some time impassable for any kind of carriage, and the
Edinburgh mail was detained full six hours, until the fall-
ing of the water enabled it to effect a passage. At the village
of Gorimanctiester, nearly every house has been filled with water
by the overflowing of the Giese, and some of the inhabitants
were compelled, after making their lower doors and windows
as close as possible, to.eject.their unwelcome visitor from their
chamber windows by buckets. At Wansford the Nene rose so
high as to inundate the yard of the Haycock-inn ; and we be-
lieve every village situated in the valleys through which the
Ouse, Nene, or Welland flows, has Experienced some inconve-
nience from the sudden rising of the water. The fens of Lin-
colnshire are for the greater part three or four feet under water.
At Spalding and its neighbourhood, the Welland rose so high
on N'V ednesday morning, that the inhabitants resident near the
river on the Deeping-roud, were called from their beds at four
o'clock, to assist in erecting a water-tight fence on the crown of
the road, to prevent the hood flowing over to the fields on the
opposite side ; numbers of horses and carts, and a very great
quantity of men, were employed on Wednesday, to check the
inundation ; and, notwithstanding their efforts, we learn that at
half-past seven on Wednesday evening; the water had increased
so much as almost to bid defiance to their attempts to arrest its
progress.—(Stainford News.)
A very heavy thunder storm was experienced on the 18th inst.
at Blandford and the neighbourhood. The tower of Wareham
Church received considerable injury by the lightning on that
day.—( Dorchester Journal)
The continued rains have considerably injured the lands in
most parts of this county: All the moors And low grounds pre-
sant vast sheets of w:Lter. The sheep in many places are suf-
fering by a disorder incidental to them in wet weather.--(Taun-
ton Courier.)

The dreadful gale of wind that blew with such awful furs,
over this town and neighbourhood on Thursday night appears
to have been general throughout the Kingdom. The effects
have been extremely destructive in many places, but the mis-
chief in this town and its vicinity has been comparatively light.
(Ibid.)