The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-12 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND: TURKEY;

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A letter was received yesterday from Odessa,
dated the 14th Sept., which says " Bucharest
has been burnt by the Turks." ThiS intelligence,
however, though proceeding from a most respec-
table quarter' must be received. with some doubt'
as no particulars a're related, nor any exPlana
tion giVeit why the Turks ihould burn a city of
which they-were supposed to have quiet posses-
sion. Neither has any suspicion existed that the.
Greeks in that quarter maintained any force on
foot, much less that•they were strong enough to
surprise Bucharest; not to mention that the
event,. had it occurred, would,-in all probability,'
have first 'reached this country by way ofl
Vienna; BatOn Strogoi)off had quitted Odessa,
in consequence of an order from his Court; and the
feeling in the mercantile circles was, that the Am-:
hassador was disgraced, and that war between
TurkeY and Russia not only improbable,
but -next to impossible." We quote nearly the:
expressioni of some -well-informed merchants.
The intelligence that the-freedom of the port of
. Odessa has, by a recent Imperial ukase, been
restored, is confirmed. The mode•in which the
Suspension or abolition of that priiilege was on-,
ginally declared by the Russian Government hag
:rot, we beliqe, been heretofore-fully explained..
By the ekas6 which first established the freedom
of the port of Odessa, the privilege was-limited
I° a period of 30 years. It was considered to be
'virtually- abolished by 'a recent order,- that -the
Merchants should pay up, in one month, all duties
911 goods bonded there, which payment they
were before allowed to delay till the -regitlar
deMands of commerce 'rendered it expedient to.
release the 'goods., In this Consisted the toe,
dorn of the port ;. and the terms of the last
141"..a.e. are, .sitnply that-the trade'of 'Odessa shall
be' restored to its ancient foOting:—A
from Zante of the 28th of August, vithich, was
received yesterday,CoMinunicates the most recent
information of the state 'Of affairs in. the Morea,
bunt is extremely itriperfeci. There is no- evi-.
deuce, however, that the Greeks, who were sup
posed 'to possess a great superiority in that
arter, are making any. progress. Two or three
:4rtressesfif inferior
not ventured
have fallen into• their
1
1.-%41*1.5. they haie nofventured td lay siege to
.t-atrat
and. a formidable: body
_of. Turkish
tfroops, consisting
of 8,000 Men, hadadvaneed,,as
as'ar nN, without
..enc- ountering:an enemy
in the oven field. Ali Pacha is again spoken of,
n`4 is said to have held out" in Jannina against
t 1( Turkish troops up ‘to the Middle of August.
I
learn , nothing from :Zatite ofnaval operations
w eteen the Greeks and
,tlie Tnrks.

• 7. •4•1:f. .:AND PortrruGAl,We have received
lisbotty-aprs to the 28th ult. It appears from a communica-
tion Made to- the Cortes, that in Portugal the same disastrous
"nsecludnces of revolution which have long,prevailed in Spain,
e beginning to manifest themselves. We allude to organised
bands of public robbers, who range overwhole districts, piling-.
ing'and deatroying, with all the -regularity of disciplined:plunder;
'-Excesses like these naturally spring up-Under-a Government
:ffi‘etions, Where those who exercise authority for the time being
are more intent upon the attainment of their:An ambitious
4-‘743.!MsIY kid's than upon the Prornotiiinof-the general Weal..
goluon
°tley are . . instritrig,u among tbemselyes' scrambling after
P.Portunities, caballing to secure the future, and trem-
or the'delinquencies of the past, all national interests
.I..rered.e.lleglectQ, the people run into parties, discords are engen-
ti., .
,civil feuds break out, and at last the entire. frame of
Society is shattered and disjointed. Sooner or later, t .esc are
;°!,ipeVitable results of, such revolutions
_as have taken placc
SPairl. and Portugal, 'Where
.a rebellious military makes the
....fm'each through which anarchy, in a thousand wild and fantastic
eillte;'..*-to complete the .Work of .destruction. f We see
° results
-'in Spain ; tve are beginning -to -see them in
( ttugal- A Government that stands In -need. of reform,
are far from denying -that Jfie.,G,overnments of. the
enins-orta‘u!e;e of that description y.can_obtain it beneficially
"17 °-- np
Way, and that .is, when the most powerful, the
ti?c,st. intelligent, and the mcst honest classes.of society unite
41114:epee, moral, intellectual, anti politiCal, to deviseand
eekt2 1.-4 Evening Paper.j ' *

cenrding to letteisreCeiVedat Carlton Palace,
tillKrzki is, not, it is Said,' .expected in, return
is the' lest Week in November. His IVI,YE7Y
represented to be in excellent health.
GpvcaNItIENT OFFiC'E.,---7-In pursuance of -the
Aeterininatioh icotne to by -GoVertitn-ent:of
otiredrablY reducing the. various Public- OtAges,
fo ers have been
-sent -clown.,to ti4e Custom-hoPse•
oft' the 1134kinn• up of !the- accounts..o(:.numerous-
. .•
ti;cers), Preparatory- to titeirreduction......,lt.is
eh tea that
.a•numbe-r- of . persons- .are :to be,?-dts-
tyarged) and that-the salaries of those fl ling si'
040.. inns will be materialty-TeduCed. The Excise
red el it-is :will shortly undergo A similar,
(Afetiw4 ; together with other Public. 011ices.--ff-'1
Azo Paper.).
'says....ltticle from llamburgh, dated' Sept. 29;
_Berl. It is asserted, on the-faith• Of letters from:
tt .4111, that the Court of Petersburg has caused.:
ivhc.ircui
ar to be transmitted to-the-Sovereigns, in
A dicn communication is made. of the contents,. of
sel,,e,sfatch .from the Grand-Vizier to.count NeS-
-110 '°"('; with the observation that this answer in:
waY satisfies the equitable. views of the ,Em-
-liieirPr Alexander, .and that, in consequence, his
aiestY proposes to convoke an European Con-
Di to
Consider of the affair, to which a Turkish.
plornatist will be admitted."
APriva.te Letter from St.• John's, New Bruns-
lelc, dated.sept.. 11, says—" Our weather. has
at,,ete lY and a considerable change; it -has
ocTi an autumnal temperature. During the night,
aiSlitianictilay last, we had some very vivid flashes of
li6g ,cdmpatiied with thunder and rain`;
Yegerday it blew a gale from the N. N. E.
.4t.h occasional showers. Several vessels have.
___"rpved from the West Indies during last week,
„ownic.h were. required to perform quarantine.—
wtng to the coldnesr of`the weather which has
wLl4et in we have not the saline apprehensions,
we should otherwise have .entertained for
the introduction of disease into our port. Sel-
of 'I a
II have we had so much sickness amongst us as
11.1-3te te/ and the frequent tolling of bells.inti-
mases.37,elirn.e,n”m.b.e_ r 4 who have been carried off the