The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-26 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TELE', FORTE.

(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)
NUREMBURG, SEPT. 1.1.
CONTINUATION OF 'THE REPLY or THE SUBLIME PORTE
TO BARON !i`rCGON'OFF'S NOTE OF THE 6Ttt OF JULY
(OLD STILE), .'DATED THE 26TH OF JULY, 1821.
" The Greek nation (the cause of so much disorder, confu-
sion, and dispute) perceives at the first, that it has been from
father to son subject and tributary to the Sublime Porte, which
has even to this day favoured it to a degree which is incompa-
tibliwith the condition of a subject. The Ecclesiastics parti-
Cularly, who are the heads of the nation, and the Greeks of
• Fanal, have enjoyed great privilege with 'respect to the choice of
their food, dress, and habitation. The Government has not at
any time interfered in matters concerning their religion ; it has
not restrained the free exercise of their worship, nor meddled
with their Churches ; and, moreover, when any of the churches
were consumed by fire, or had fallen into ruins, on their request
permission was given to repair or rebuild them according to the
.albwance of the Mahumetan law.

" Nevertheless, forgetful of this heavenly favour, they have
yirlled to the sazgestions of a diabolical spirit, in raising the
standard of revolution against the authority of the Sublime
P• rte, their mercifill protectress, notwithstanding the Sublime
Porte, always observant of the magnanimity and clemency
which are natural to it, preferred having recourse to measures
dictated by compassion, and hastened to despatch Bouyouroul-
dis to the patriarchate with salutary advice. These instructions
bring made known to the Ambassador, and approvedly him,
he took si copy of them. The real end which the Porte had in
view in addressing those iriatnietiozla to the Patriarch, was to
p&saade him (the Patriarch being the head of the Greek na-
tion, and having influence sufficient to induce obedience) to
circulate anathemas in every direction, exhorting to submission,
to save his own nation,, by stifling without any clamour the
germ of rebellion cherished by the deceived Ray-as, as well in
the capital as in other parts of the Empire. But, on the con-
trary, the Patriarch, the visible head of his nation, was at the
same time the secret leader in the conspiracy. The greater part
of the Reyes resident in the places where he published his ana-
themas, far from remaining faithful subjects, preceded the
other Greeks in the rebellion.

" Thus, amongst others, at Callaritha, a town in the Motea,
which is the birth-place of that Patriarch, the Rayas were the
first in the insurrection ; they killed a number of Mussulmans,
and committed numberless excesses and cruelties. The Sub-
lime Porte ascertained that the Patriarch took an active part in
tlle conspiracy, and that the insurrection-of the Rayas of Cilia-
ritha was his work, inconjunction with other instigators, at first
by writing, which fell into their hands, and afterwards by the
declarations of certain subjects of the Greek nation, who conti.
nued faithful to their duty.

" Now every Government has a right to arrest and punish,
withc'it mercy, such malefactors, in order to preserve tranquil-
lity in its dominions and amongst its people. In sedition and
rebellion especially, no distinction of religion, sect, or rank,
whether high or low, should be made ; wherefore the Sublime
Porte, immediately after having discovered the guilt of the Pa-
triarch and his partisans, deposed the former, and that his sta-
tion might not remain vacant, it appointed a successor. Having
thus deprived the Patriarch of his dignity, and reduced him to
the condition of an ordinary priest, a capital punishment was
inflicted on him without attaching any particular intent to the
time and moment of his execution. The supposition declared
by the Ambassador, that the time and place of the execution
were to be considered as a premeditated insult to religion, is
entirely gratuitous ; the Porte never had such a purpose in its
contemplation ; this construction, which is altogether a false
one, has never been put upon it by any friendly Power ; such
an idea never entered the imagination of any person in the em-
pire, or out of the empire. Finally, the Sublime Porte in this
present note declares and repeats, as it has already notified at
several times, officially and with a strict adherence to truth, both
to the Ambassador and to the Ministers of friendly Powers who
have discussed the question, that it entertained no intention of
vilifying or insulting religion.

" The treaty of Kainardje stipulates, in effect, that the Chris-
tian religion is to be protected ; but religion and guilt are very
different things. Even though the protection of the unoffend-
ing Christian subjects of the Porte had not been stipulated in
that treaty, it would have been always extended to them, in
'pursuance of the ancient prescriptions of the holy law of Alaho-
met ; the proof is, that the Greeks who have not taken part in
the revolution enjoy the most perfect tranquillity and security.

" The annals of the Ottoman empire also present other ex-
amples of patriarchs upon whom a capital punishment has been
inflicted, according to the statutes of the empire, and it would
not be necessary to seek for them in the history of other coun-
tries. • however, it will not be improper to remark, that the
Sublime Porte is not ignorant, that under the reign of Peter 1.,
Czar of Russia, the Russian Patriarch was put to death for
crimes of which he was guilty, and that even upon that occa-
sion the patriarchal dignity was totally suppressed in that em-
pire. This fact being on record in the history of Russia, it is
surprising that a minister such as the ambassador, from whom
nothing escapes,- can be ignorant of it. Such an instance being
found in the Russian empire, it is obvious that henceforward so
much clamour will not be made on that head. The assertion
that the Sublime Porte caused the churches to be demolished,
Ia totally destitute of foundation. The number ofold churches at
Constantincple, and in the Ottoman empire, not only is undi-
minished, and its particular mode of warship exercised by each
nation without molestation, but also if any church fall in ruins,
on the request of the Rayas, the Government, consulting the
Mahometan law, and acting accofcliag to the good dispositions
yid paternal intentions with which it is constantly animated to-
wards its faithful subjects, grants them permission, as is well
known, to repair or rebuild it on the same plan.
'"-.The Porte is, contrary to its inclination, obliged to have
recourse to rigorous measures to chastise and subdue the per-
verse subjects who have risen in rebellion by land and sea-
throughout the whole extent of the Ottoman Empire. But
whilst that rebellion and perverse spirit, which have already
made such progress,- continue to be propagated and augmented
from day to day, how can the Porte contemplate any relaxation
in the severity of its measures, or change in the system it is

pursuing ?
" The Sublime Porte is aware that the course marked out by
the Greeks tends to organize a general Revolution. Neverthe-
less, it has not divested itself of that compassion which it has
always entertaitted towards its subjects. It has not renounced
the measure of mildness and moderation ; finally, it has not
ceased to extend its protection to those who here not manifest-
ed evil intentions, and ithas confined itself to the punishment of
terose who have raised the standard of rebellion. It has not
said the Revolution of the Greeks being general, my conduct
should be the same towards all of them without exception.'
This, however, is certain—that if a similar event had happened
in another Empire, La. from acting with so much modera-
tion and clemency, the sword of vengeance would have fallen
upon all."
(To be continued.)

THE COLONIES.

CANADA.
[From the Quebec Gazettes to the IGth August.]

QUEBEC, AUG. 16;--The day during the greater part of
yesterday was very much obscured; a thick vapour rose to a
considerable height-aboe the horizon, through which the rays
of the sun penetrated with difficulty, and as there were no opaque
clouds above it, a glaring yet obscure light was thrown upon
every object, similar to that which may be seen by looking
through a smoked glass. In some parts of the Lower Town
about one o'clock candles were lighted for the transaction of
common business.

COLONIAL TRADE.-At a Meeting held, this day of the
Merchants and others, inhabitants of Quebec interested in the
trade and agriculture of the Canadas, to take into consideration
the present Restrictions upon the Importation into the United
Kingdom of Colonial Grain and Flour, with a view of adopting
measures for obtaining their removal—the following Resolutions
were adopted, viz :

That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that there exist
throughout the Canadas the greatest Commercial as well as
Agricultural distress.

That the slistress which prevails throughout the Canadas is
chiefly to be attributed to the Restrictions imposed on the Im-
portationinto the United Kingdom of Grain and Flout the pro-
duce of these Provinces.

That a continuance of the present Restrictions on the Impor-
tation .of Grain and Flour from the Canadas into the United
Kingdom will entail the most ruinous consequences on the
whole population of these Provinces. •

That if the present Restrictions are persevered in, the Com-
mercial intercourse between these Provinces and the United
Kingdom will be nearly ; Grain particularly wheat,
being the staple article of the Canadas, and the principal means
which the inhabitants have of paying their debts.
That unless the Grain and Flour of the Canadas are ad-
mitted into the United Kingdom for home consumption, the
Merchant who imports British Manufactures will be deprived
of the chief means of paying for them.

That it is opinion of this Meeting that it appears highly ex-
pedient that a Petition be prepared to the Imperial Parliament
exposing the grievance under which the Canadas labour, and
praying for relief.
' A draft of a Petition prepared by the Committee of Trade
was then read, the same agreed to, and a copy for each branch
of the Imperial Parliament ordered to be transcribed upon
parchment.
It was afterwards resolved,

That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is expedient to
appoint five gentlemen,wh), in conjunction with the Committee
of Trade, shall give communication of the Resolves and Peti-
tion adopted by this Meeting, to the several Seigneurs and
others interested in the different CountieS of this District, and
to recommend the adoption of like measures in the mode which
may to them respectively appear best calculated to procure a
removal of the grievance complained of.
Resolved, That the following Gentlemen be added to the
Committee of Trade; for the foregoing purpose, vii.:—Doctor
Manchet and John Neilson, Phillip Pallet, Charles Langevin,
and Frangois Quirouet, Esquires.

Resolved, That a Subscription be opened to defray the ex-
pences that may be incurred in promoting the foregoing
objects.

Resolved, That the foregoing Resolutions be inserted in the
Public Papers in both languages.
JOHN STEWART, Chairman.

Quebec, Aug. 15, 1821.
BERMUDA Drsru TEs.—The Governor ordered the old war-
dens of ..St. George's Church, to make up their accounts and
transfer them to the new wardens—allowing them two months
for the settlement of their accounts, when it is contended that
the ecclesiastical law allows them two years for that purpose.—
They treated this order with contempt; he then threatened
them in various ways, and told them they should go to " pri-
son, where no power under heaven could release them," See._
He sent his constables after them to attend his court; they re-
fused to come, and he then sent and brought them by military
force to the Church, where, with closed doors, he ordered them
to comply with his demands ; but they were stubborn, and after
much threatening on the part of the GoVernor, they were com-
mitted to jail, under a military guard.
The governor had said that tie parish Church of St. George's
had " become a den of thieves." 13oth of the Bermuda editors
have introduced their articles by saying, the Devil can quote
scripture for his purpos.i. The Bermudian compliments the
Governor by observing that, " as every good man has long
been debarred from entering its gates, the public knows well
who to place at the head of this den of thieves."
MONTREAL, AUG. 14.—As a sailor of the steam-boat Que-
bec, named Duncan Bradley, was hest Sunday assisting to cat
the anchor, on her departure from Three-Rivers, a bar near
the bow, on which he stood,
.gave way, and he fell headlong
into the river. Finding, on rising to the surface, that the pro-
gress of the boat had brought one of the wheels, with its fornii-
dable radiation of paddles, very near hint, he dived; but not
so expeditiously as to escape a slight blow on the head and a
smart one on the elbow. The injury, hoWever, not being suffi-
ciently stunning to deprive him of the power of exertion, he
again arose, was taken into a boat which Captain Hall-(with
his usual seamanlike promptitude) caused to be lowered, and
was brought on board without much hurt or fright. That he
did not experience much,of the lattere may be concluded from
the circumstance that he would not get into the boat until he
had, with true Caledonian coolness, searched for, and recovered
his hat, which he had lost in thafall. •
The upper range of the wharf, between Port and Calliere-
streets, has been, substantially repaired by the Surveyor of
Roads, and provided with a secure railing.

QUEBEC. .
PRICES CURRENT OF AUGUST 13th, 1821.
Ashes Ist sort Pearl 85s per cwt. •
Do. Ist sort Pot . - • 303 per do.
Beet' . . £2 103 per barrel.
Pork . . £3 2s 6d per do.
Flour, Superfine 22s bd do.
. .
Do. fine . 20s per do.
. .
Dried Cod Fish ',
lOs a II s 6d per cwt.
Salmon - . - £3 15s a £4 per tierce.
Oak . Is Id ais 4d per foot.
Red Pine . 6d a 7,1;t1 per do.
White do . 20 a3d per do.
Staves Pipe, V. feet by li. in. £36 a £e.7 per 1200. pcs.
-Do. Puns, 3j feet by !,,i in. £9 a £lO per do.
Deals, 12 feet II by 2i in. £6d a £7 per 100 pcs.
Government Bills, 30 days sight, 7l per cent. premium.
Merchant's Bills, 60 days sight, 5a 7. do. premium.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, AUG. I.—The arrival of strangers at
the Springs has been very considerable since our last. There
are probably, in both villages, at this time, not less than 1000,
and the number is hourly augmenting.
SALEM, N. Y. Asia. 2.—MITcHELL's CAPE.--In the
town of Canajoharie, Montgomery county, near the summit of
a precipitous rocky mountain, called " The Nose," on the south
bank of the Mohawk river, there haslately been discovered, and
partially explored, a remarkable cave.
• The whole depth of the descent was more than 500 feet, and
much of the cavern probably remains unexplored. Innumerable
stalactites are suspended from the ceilings of the rooms, and
horn the projecting rocks in the cave. The mouth of the cave
is about 40 chains south of the line of the Erie canal. _ _ _

The Savanna river rose at Augusta on the 17th ult. 18 feet
above its usual height : The crops of corn on the low grounds
have been n....arly destroyed.
The Western papers, particularly those from Ohio, Ken-
tucky and Tennessee, continue loudly to complain of their pe.w
cuniary distresses, and of their still depreciating currency. Some
of them are at last calling for a National Bankrupt Law.

BurrALO, JULY 3l.—The American Agent, Surveyors
and party employed in running the boundary line between this
country and the British possessions in Canada, under the 6th
Article of the Treaty of Ghent, arrived on Saturday last at
Black Rock, in the schooner Hannah, having completed the
surveys under that article. We learn the surveyors will be en-
gaged for several weeks in the neighbourhood of this plaCe; in
completing their maps, &c. after which a Meeting of the Board
for A final decision and report under this article, will take place

in Utica. \%'e anticipate, with much interest, the publication
of the correct and splendid charts which this survey will fur-
nish of all the navigable waters, channels and bays between St.
Regis; on the St. Lawrence and Lake Superior, embracing an
extent of more than 1000 miles, and comprehending, as we
are informed, not less than 2500 Islands, many of which con.
taro from 10,000 to 100,000 acres of land, and ark extremely
valuable.
TRADE AND THE CORN LAWS "..-N

QUEBEC, Aua. 13.—While thissubjeetisudder discussion,
it may be proper to observe that till 1806, Ireland laboured
under various restrictions with respect to the admission of grain
into Great Britain.

The grievance was severely felt in that country, and the fol-
lowing is an extract of the very liberal act of the British Par-
liament, by which it was redressed.
" An Act to permit the free Interchange of every Species of
Grain, between Great Britain and Ireland. [l6th July, 1306.]
Whereas it is expedient that the free Importation and Ex..
portation of ail Corn and Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, or Bis-
cuit, reciprocally to and from Great Britain and Ireland, should
be allowed, and that all restraints, duties, and bounties relating
thereto should cease ;' be it therefore enacted, by the King's
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by The authority of the same, That
from and after the passing of this Act, all bounties and duties
payable on the exportation and importation of corn, grain,
malt, meal, flour, or biscuit respectively, from Great Britain
to Ireland, and from Ireland to Great Britain, shall cease and
be no longer payable; and that it shall and may be lawful for any
person to carry and export out of and from any port or place in
Great Britain to any port or place in Ireland, and out of and
from any port or place in Ireland to any port or place in Great
Britain, and to import into any port or place in Great- Britain
from any port or place in Ireland, and into any port or place in
Ireland from any port or place in Great Britain, without pay-
ment of any duty whatsoever on that importation, in any British
or Irjsli ship or vessel owned and navigated according to law,;
any Olt of Cdrn or Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread or Biscuit, what-
ever the average price of Corn or Grain may be in either Coun-
try at the time of such exportation or importation, any thing in
any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force in Great Britain or
Ireland to the contrary thereofnotwithstanding.
11. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That every
Person exporting Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, or Biscuit,
from Great Britain to Ireland, or from Ireand to Great Bri-
tain, shall declare before the Collector, Comptroller, or other
Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port from whence the Ex-
portation is about to take place, that such Corn, Grain, Meal,
flour, Bread, or Biscuit, is really and truly intended to be ex-
ported to Great Britain ,sir Ireland, as the case may be; and
such E .porter shall thereupon receive a like (:locket, Certificate,
.t..,etpass, or Transire, as is given? and conformably to all the
like Regulations in force, in case of Goods sent Coastways front
one Port in Great Britain to another Port therein, or from one
Port in Ireland to another Port in Ireland respectively.
111. And be it further enacted, That no Fee, Perquisite,
Gratuity, or Reward whatsoever, shall be required, taken, or
received by any Officer of the Customs, or any Clerk or other
Person employed by him, for or on account of such Importa-
don or Exportation, or for any thing done or to be done by
him for or on account thereof, or in any way relating thereto; and
if any such Officer, Clerk, or other Person, shall require, 'take,
or receive, either directly or indirectly, any Fee, Perquisite,
Gratuity, or Reward, on account of such Importation or Ex-
portation, or for any thing done or to be done by him relating
thereto, every such Officer, Clerk, or other Person so offending,
shall, on proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Commissioners
of Customs in England or Scotland, or the Commissioners of
Customs and Port Duties in Ireland respectively, as the case
may be, be peremptorily dismissed from his Office or Employ-
ment, and be incapable of ever holding, executing, or acting in
any Office or Employment in the Service of his Majesty's Cus-
tom or Excise, or of any Revenue belonging to his Majesty, in
any part of the United kingdom."
By EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF THIS ACT TO THE
Cei.xanas, Great Britain would gain :
Ist, The certainty of an increasing supply of Bread Stuffs in
years of scarcity, independently of,Foreign Powers, with all of
whom she may again be at war, -' - 4,-j2. •
2d, A certain outlet, (equally independent 614 foreign powers)
for her Manufactures to the full amount of the Colonial Ship-
ments.

3d, She would strengthen the bond of connexion between her
and the Colonies, by increasing the interest which the latter
have in that connexion, and convince them and all the world
that her professions of a system of greater liberality as to trade,
are founded Upon principle, rather than upon a dread of the
operation of the prohibitory system, which is now so generally
adopted among European Nations.
We are happy in being able to state that two of the persons
alleged to have committed the robbery at the store of Messrs.
.'Roberts and M'Ueau, in this city, have been arrested at St.
Nicholas, and lodged in gaol. One of them we are told is a
person who w;-.s formerly under sentence of death and pardoned.
ne other is also an old offender.

HALIFAX, JULY 17.—We regret to observe that in Ber-
muda, anarchy and confusion continue to prevail, and that the
differences which for some time past have existed between the
Governor and the inhabitants of that colony, have arrived at an
extent, which renders an- amicable termination highly impro-
bable. In a general order which was recently issued by Sir Win.
Lumley, his Excellency alludes to a fracas that had taken
place between the Mayor 'of St. George and the Ordnance Store-
keeper, and terms the former Gentleman and the Editor of the
Bermudian, " two most turbulent and seditious characters."
• [From a Bermuda Paper, of July 14.]
We are informed that a petition has been forwarded to
England, by the West India Planters and Merchants, pray-
ing.that a direct trade may be allowed, in British ships, to and
from the Baltic.

By this means the Brit, sh West Indies, it is said, will obtain
their needful supplies of lumber and staves on better terms than
they have done lately ; and among other advantages, the ships
will not incur a risk of losing their sailors by desertion, which
was too often the case formerly when trading to the Amencan
ports. • Bermuda, June 9.