The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-27 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 27, 1826.

We received yesterday afternoon the Paris Papers
of Sunday, and the Etoile of Monday morning.
The latter contains a communication from Salonica
dated the 18th ult., from which it appears, that the
GRAND SEIGNOR is not less anxious to establish
justice in his administration, than improved disci-
pline in his army. Among other Firmans which he
has issued, are two of great importance. The first
abolishes the confiscation of the property of Turks or
Greeks put to death by order of the Porte—forbids
the Mollahs and Cadis from interfering, with the suc-
cession to property in cases where the condemned
parties have heirs—allows them to interfere when the
heirs are minors, in order to protect their interests.
The second Firman strongly recommends to the
Mollabs and the Cadis the greatest exactness in the
administration of justice, to prosecute carefully false
witnesses, and to save the parties the useless expellees
which are often imposed upon them. Hitherto in
Turkey, the name of justice was a shadow : and if
the SwirAN proceed on the principle of establishing
justice on the ruins of the abuses which existed,
and affording under its protection security to pro-
perty and person, he will shortly find that the power
of his Government will rest on surer grounds than if
his measures had been confined to the destruction of
the Janissaries, and the formation of a disciplined
army. The influence of such measures on the minds
of his subjects, will do more towards the consolida-
tion of Mal Government, and the stability of the new
order of things, than all the executions which have
taken place, or the continuance of the reign of terror.
The same paper furnishes, in an article from Smyrna,
a curious piece of information. An Ordinance of the
Consul-General of Franco resident in that city, has
suppressed one of the numbers of the Oriental Spec.
tator, end suspended that Journal till it should be
confided to another Editor. The cause of this pro-
ceeding is stated vaguely—but it would seem to be in
its having attacked some points of belief, which serve
of that
France
Fren
should
influence
pos-
se
os
should
se inari
thee d the
in the Levant, that an or-
as the basis of the religion of the French people.
The objectionable article being suppressed, we have
no means of forming an opinion upon its demerits,
sbutul
it is is
boot a littlepower
of suppressing a public journal, and
transferring its Editorship to another--a power which
sscspredominant
clConsul-Generalextraordinary,.
the SULTAN himself would not have used in the face
complete establishment of justice throughout his
of the Firmans which he had recently issued forthe
dilreinions. Extracts from these papers will be found
in another column.

Bombay Papers to the Bth of April have been re-
ceived by the Lady East, but their contents, as far as
they relate to Bengal affairs, have been anticipated by

previous arrivals, and in other respects they are maid
portant. The fobovving extract from a Native News-
paper shows the friendly. •feeling entertained towards
British interests by RUNJEET SINGH of Lahore, one
of the most powerful Native Chiefs.
" AAIRITSER.—On the 26th of January, his Highness
Runjeet Singh held a Levee in the Ram Bagh, which was
attended by all li:s principal Officers and Ministers. On
this occasion, despatches were' received from his Envoys
at Ambalesh and Ludhiana, stating, that the English army
had made seven successive assaults on the Fort of Mud-
pore, and had carried it on the Bth, and had replaced Rajah
Buiwunt Singh on the Musned. The Maharaja ordered
a present to be made to the courier, and a salute to be,
fired, in honour of the victory. He then ordered the
news-writer of the Hon. Company to be sent for, and
asked him if -he had heard any thing respecting Bhurtpore ?
To this the news-writer replied, that, although he had re-
ceived some advices, yet they were likely to be less full and
authentic than those which the Maharaja would, no doubt,
have received himself, and which he would esteem it an
honour to hear. The Maharaja then stated, the news
he had received, and added, that, as he was united in
the closest bonds of amity with the English Government,
the intelligence afforded him the most lively satisfac-
tion. He had heard, he said, that there were 'mini
crores of rupees in the Treasury of Bhurtpore, and that,
by the English laws, there was nothing to oppose their
appropriation, with the exception of the trifle that might"
he reserved for the expenses of the army. In this manner
the Maharaja maintained the conversation for two flours,
expatiating, in the most animated terms, upon the poweifi
and reputation of the English. Upon being apP!'s€(l
the duration of the siege, ht expressed his astonishment
and delight, anti; addressing his nephew, he spoke triode
reduction of so formidable a fortress, in so brief a P
as little less than a miracle. He then dismissed the writer
with a present of a turban, a shawl, a piece of satin, and
of flowered muslin, and two hundred rupees—and Pet;
seated a khelat of four pieces to the Muteseddi. He
ordered letters of congratulation to be written to Sir Char
Metcalfe, and other gentlemen."

New York Papers to the 16th ult. were received in
town last night, but they contain no news of public

interest.

Frankfort Papers of the 20th • instant arrived this:
Morning, but contain accounts from Smyrna °I a
be
uati
etl A sanguinary
prior date to those already received.
is ridi-
of the Turks, but the idea •_,A,
awsasfarbeuploorutse.d to have taken place off Samos to
discomfiture
arrival o
of Lord Coc ri KANE is said to haver threatened arri
t shakena the nerves
of the Ottoman fleet which fled to Constantinople,
but other accounts say that it remained in the vicinity
of Mitylene. The plague at Constantinople had
considerably abated, and• the recruits for the new army
were pouring in from all quarters. They were chiefly
young men, of from seventeen to twenty-two Years ofrees
age, and consequently better fitted for the Sultia'
plan of establishing a new system of discipline, by
means of those who could not feel so averse to,it3 ins;
troduction, as veterans who had contracted a DO°
sw:iprejudicecetlteln::osag itlici
throughout,
ciotclutitgyf:ai:voiuoluitl4:dre ot
tofootfliitheapavoovelleidc
acyd: nec,divu practice.i:ciitoce,ridn
hTeal
himselfie;SireoVesrie:pljtjt:.;
with as much perseverance and firinticv,, a prolnr".
tude and ferocity.
A new Editor has been appointed to the. Oriental
Spectator.

FRANKFORT, SEPT• 19.

Extract from the Oriental Spectator :
SMYRNA, AUG. 18.—(After the account of the rnv7-7,„1
taken by the French Consul with respect to the Orgenw.
Spectator, it adds,)—
i:
b
" The editor is already changed, and the last niunb44
August 18th, is published under the direction of arlQ'
person.
The most ridiculous
tsrheeproertsfo,r susidomtehedamysosptoatb.:4rA
fables htiv ,Id,
sanguinary battle, it is said, has taken place off 83'"%01d
which the Turks suffered great loss in ships and rnefti,ord
the Ottoman fleet, terrified at the arrival of
Cochrane, has ,returned to Constantinople. All "%
roe
true of this is no more than that the Greeks sent uarinto
fire-ship!, which being obliged by the Turkish cannurnis.
take another direction, were burnt without doing Of the
chief. The Turkish fleet has been near Mitylene, but
causes of its retreat are not known.opla
" According to the latest accounts from Cons" ps
the plague had abated. The levies for the regular of
proceeded rapidly, and with perfect order. Came It"
new recruits daily arrive from all parts of the el"etO 2
is remarkable that they are all young men, from 7
years of age."

lILY
BAGDAD,HiI jo
The town of Iman Hussein, six l gues fra-lo t
Arabia Felix, has at length submittedeaio the 0°1..f-om afen
of Bagdad. The well-known onat officer after
many fruitless solicitations, has now obtained' Perilinjfial°olllol
depart, and is gone to Persia. During the 6iege:l-1 s of
Hussein, a considerable caravan of jevvish Pfd le
both sexes, set out on the Bth of June last from 81707 n in
about five
Hiel, the burying place of the prophet Ezekiel'
leagues from Hilla ; the following day they Werlt—fainef Al'
with by a predatory band, of the Arabian „,tir
R efei, which completely plundered them. lie
home
oo
m be
e almost
v immediately
er ta
and.d thSealrepritilf iErntai Obliged f° retil
weearens
who wee OW
A tynne to Pershh
blished in Bagdad have left that citr"
y, an" b-
ksneneantilein pursuit of the robbers, but tney could
rn

The Allgemeine Zeitung, of th:2oth instant' hig
of
Constantinople of the 25th August, it sl
also reached us this morning. Under the he.
,
ia that
the
1 /
CAPITAN PACHA has abandoned his projeet'd
pedition el-
againstiiad Samos, which,
more
it is assumed, iiii::::::grhst..
have taken
prompt i
tons, and not have waited till the arrival of part of
tM
Greek fleet which frustrated his attempt.
.2 5.
The Captain Paella seemse haveTA
grve°ll:LeicPillavi.he.'Phrelsent his expedition against Samos, which would robs
aY.,
have submitted if he had been more speedy in Ins °Pretris
tions, and not waited till Sachturi arrived with pai..-.,„
Greek fleet. After the Capitan Paella had WO" t'i:3,l
attempts of the Greek fireships on the 31st of July fin ,
of August, arid sunk two of the fireAhips with the gill'
of their own Admiral's ship, he landed part vf the al:
that he had. on board in the harbour of Sajadochiek (in ttt,,,
Gulf of Scala Nuova), sailed on the gth thrlift
Channel of Scio and anchored the same evening° A' G
ler, whither and
was followed on the fltb,- lli to
to at:o,
some more
fleet. Thence be sent four brigs to 1.3
mare of the troops, with whom the
agree, and ordered them to join the other troops at 6rsth,
sehiek. He .himself was still at .Mityleue eu the hhe
had sent by two Tartars to Constantinople. chi.
Waiting, it is said, for an answer to despatches vatic
We are without news from the Mores and the AT
Naar, on account ,of the north'anal tie
Letters from Smyrna of the 18th inst. say that 7- ''
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