The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

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(From the Gazette de France of Saturday, March T 9.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 23.—At the beginning
of this month the news of the change in the English
"Ministry," which the Reis Effendi knew a day sooner
than M . d'Ottenfels, had seemed to inspire the Porte
with more moderate sentiments, especially as it is
stated, on good authority, that the Hospodar of
Walachia, in a letter. to his son, Who is here as a
hostage, informed him that the frontiers were covered
with Russian troops ; and this news made some im-
pression on the Grand Vizier, and even on the
Sultan. The Reis Effendi, alarmed at this state of
things, had softened s.,me measures, and ,the ratifi-
cation of the commercial treaty with Spain is owing
to this circumstance. It is certain that the news
from Greece, and the account of the first operations
of Count Capo d'lstria, have effaced this first im-
pression, and the persecution of the Armenians con-
tinues with the same rigour.
Ti Sultan seems to be prepossessed With the
idea that ConSfaiti;;;2nle will be besieged, and for this
reason locks upOn all the Christians with suspicion.
The negociations of the Ministeiz of the neutral
Po nerd, who have represented the late tnNizares as
viola!ing the existing treaties, have had no effect.
The same may be ,said of a remonstrance respecting
the soldiers whom it is intended to qtaitter in the
houses in Pera belonging to the exiles. The Reis
Effendi answered, on this occasion, that it was of
very little consequence whether those houses were
inhabited by Franks or by Turks.
A representation of the Swedish Minister, who
required, in conformity with the treaties, firmans for
the Black Sea for the ships of his nation, has also
been ineffectual.
The state of affairs' does not improve, and it is
said that the Sultan increases, by a daily dose of
opium, the irritation under which he has laboured
since the battle of Navarino.
The late meetings of the Divan were entirely oc-
cUpied in discussing measures of defence, and the
resolutions adopted chiefly concern the Hellespont,
which is to he defended by a triple line of ships.—
The ridiculous project of closing the passage by a
chain has been abandoned.
The rigorous measures respecting th e passage of
- the Bosphorus which have been employed towards
neutral flags are a little relaxed in favour of the
.A.ustrian3 but the cargoes of corn WI, ich were taken
sx weeks ago have been paid for only in part, and
that in the new coin, which is very much depre-

elated.
The following :is the list of the principal mer-
chants of the three nations who are still here
French houses—F. Bed and Co.; Gluvanv
and Co.; Gruvany, Son, and Co.; L. Castagne and
Co.; D. Gluvany and Co.; Crespin, Father and
Son, and .Co. ; Nie. Gravier and Co.; Desgras - and
Co.; Durand, Maugin, and Co,; Destrevigne and
Co.; Bruno, Martin, and Co. ; J. Alleon and Co.;
P. Cingriac and Co.; M. Artaud and Co. have ob-
tained permission to put themselves under the pro-
tection of the Minister of the Netherlands. All
;the others are under the protection of the Turkish
authorities,' as well as the English houses N. Kerr,
Reel:, and Co.; G. Sanderson and Co. ; Warell
.raid Co-. The principali of these three houses arc
still here, but those 'of the houses of IL N. Wright
and Co. and Hanson and Co. are gone. Von will
see by this list that many are. wanting: All those
-who can wind up their affairs hasten to depart. In
one of the late reviews of the new troops, the
Sultan, to. the great scandal of the Mussultrien, or-
dered the • Mufti, the Grand Vizier, and the
t_-.lerashier, to appear in military uniform, which
(wised a great sensation among the followers of
j.sjamisrr nn account of the Mufti.
(rim the (:onstitutionneL)
" The following is the force which will he col-
lected at Toulon, or in its neighbourhood, on the
4th of April next :-4.,800 infantry, 700 artillery,
4:50 hores for 'draught, 4:A! for cavalry, and 250 for
officers. By the troops returning front Cadiz, this
force will he raised to an expedition of about 11,000
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trefr,incr, uncrtainty ;. the Sultan begins to :attempt
the intention 'of implicating the Sovereign and the
nation in such a manlier, that it will not be possible.
for either to draw back if the mediation is-persisted
in, This doctrine is an ebullition of rage, hut it
mist be confessed that nothing is left to the Sultan
hut the use of the arms which he now employs—
fanaticism and despair. Will he succeed in produc-
ing much effect ?I do not believe it—for tee Turks
ore at this moment in a state of uncertainty and
languor, Which comes from their having lost their
confidence in the 'ancient institutions, without ac-
quiring any in our new Ones. It is the moment of
trisi4 which occurs in all revolutions—it is also that
of the ese atest debility, that which succeeds the
fever and precedes the return of health.
Bitherto we are quiet, but cannot hope to remain
sa long. Several French and English families are
preparing td TPITIOye to the islands of the'Archi-
pelage and to iil.4.lte.
M. Blacque, principal Deputy of-the French mer-
chants, in the absence of the French Authorities,-
Itas taken upon himself the protection of our interests,
which are in so much danger. He performs this
noble duty with a zeal and activity which increases
our indignation at. the violence which M, Castagne,
the Consular Agent, exercised towards hino,-
FIIEN.CII Fultns.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 45c. ; three
'tits. Of. 15e. Bald: Stock, 1,805, Naples Funds,
per
• 74-if.e 85,:. Royal Spanish Loan, 73f. Haytian Loau,
665 f. Ex6hange on London, one mouth, 25f. 20c. ;
three months,

MSBON PAPERS.
MAonto,..MARCII 10.—Robberies are daily mul-
tiplying in this capital. Consecrated vessels and
ornaments of the Virgin Mary, were lately abstracted
from one of our churches. The holy season of Lent
is not inaptly chosen for committing such sacrileges.
The Council of State is still engaged in discus-
sions respecting his Majest:'s approbation of the ex-
penditure incurred, during the Constitutional system,
by the different departments of the Administration;
but these discussions were, for some days, suspended
to consider our. relations with- Turkey and the Bar-
tare Regencies. It was determined to address a
Creular 0 our Diplomatic and Consular Agents in
the
.1,„„,,s artiu_Africa, and to order them not to
meddle, in the .lightest degree, in the diffetences
Powers who signed the
between the European
Treaty of the 6th of July and the, Ottoman Porte,
under the heaviesi penalties in case they should mix
themselves up with any matter not speCially and
solely relating ;to the protection of the trade of
Spanish subjects.,
No one would ever hive imagined that Spain was
creditor of Russia ; however, the latter Power has
coostitated itself a debtor to her for a sum of about
15 millions of. francs (625,000/. sterling), which
Spain will not receive; (s
France has an understand-
ing with Russia that this stir shall be paid to her
/)Y way Of set-off to what Spain is indebted - to
France. Independent of this' sum, Russia has
engaged, by this treaty, besides, to furriiih us with
- three new ships, for a simillir number of rotten ones
, that were not -seaworak-,. but
she sold us in 1819
fellstospieges-gaAasjaess.
Governor of the Philip-
pine Don Marco Ttleafort,Ae
Islands, has addressed a very satisfactory .re•
port on the state of this distant colony, and solicited
permission to return to Spain. It seems that this
prayer Will be granted, mad that he will be replaced Marshal D
in this important post by on Pascual En-
present as
who acts there at second in com-
mand.
The Ist Regiment of the Line, and the sth of
Light tufantry, who• marched from Talavera de la
Reyna to Seville. (no doubt for the Puilinse of gar-
risoning cladiz), have received order to return to
Talavera, which makes us suppose tl4t Cadiz will
Dot yetsbe evacuated, or that these two corps are
perhaps more useful elsewhere. •
We have lately mentioned the approaching dis-