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

TURKEY.

SmyrtNA, Auc. 17.—0 :sing to the cotitinued
ranquillity of this place, all the g6ods belong-
lig to the merchants, which on the first alarm

had been shipped on board the vessels in the
harbour for security, have been relanded. The
departure of Baron Strogonoff from Constanti-
nople has been known here for soar days. The

French Consul and his suite have, hi consequegce

of that event, quitted us, leaving the commer-
cial affairs of Russian subjects to the superin-
tendance ad interim of M. . David, the French
Consul-General.

CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 25.—We are in per-
fect tranquillity here, with every prospect of its
becoming permanent. Trade has resumed its
former activity, or I should rather say that there
is more business doing here than before the
recent disturbances. On the subject of peace or
war nothing certain .is known, but every one
seems assured of the continuance of' peace, and
acts on 'that suppositlon.--=An affair of the utmost
importance to the merchants here has just been
decided.. .During the late- embargo a contract
had been•entered into: by. the Turkish Govern-
ment for the purchase •of 'a great number of
cargoes of corn, which .contract was' gradually
fulfilling on their part at the time the embargo
was taken off: but the'-opening of the port
having much reduced the price of corn, the
Turkish Government manifested a disposition
not to take the corn then•remaininab of their con-
tract, amounting to the 'freight of -10 or 50 ves-
sels, chiefly consigned to English houses. This
was. resisted by the merchants, who also put in
a claim for compensation 'for loss by the deten-
tion of their vessels during the embargo. The
influence of the British Ambassador was in a
very prompt and spirited manner thrown into
the scale of the merchants, and had so much
weight with the Porte; that a conference took
.placd- between the partie-s concerned, and such
an arrangement was entered into as completely
satisfied the Merchants; though the exact nature
of it is not known. On the 15th the Porte issued
firmans-to all the PaChas and Governors of pro-
vinces, _commanding them in very strong terms
to afford protection to the Greeks and other
Christian subjects of Turkey who had conducted
themselves peaceably, and also even to those
who, having. been in actual rebellion, had re-
pented and expressed a desire to return to their
submission. Another public act of the Govern-
ment has been the proclamation of an amnesty to
the different islands, with the exception of Samos,
Ipsera, Hydra, and Spezia, which are excluded
from the benefit of it on account of their having been
the first to revolt. In those islands all the great naval
preparations against the Turks have,been orga-
nized, and the supplies raised for maintaining
that force on foot. The Patriarch of Constanti-
nople has, in the mean. time, been assisting the
Porte to the best of his power, to bring back the
Insurgent Greeks to submission. Circulars have
been issued to the Bishops and Clergy, enjoining
them to employ their exhortations and influence
to that purpose.—The much-talked-of superio-
' Tity of the Greeks by sea, if it ever existed, is
',nearly at an end. No accounts of the movements
of the Turkish fleet have been received at Con-
stantinople subsequent to its departure for
Rhodes. It is certain, however, that a junction
was effected there with 16 armed vessels belong-
ing to the Pacha of Egypt. The combined force

sailed from thence folPrevesa, where they will
unite with the squadron under the Capitan Bey,
and will probably be employed in the relief of
Patras. From all that we know of the state of
the Greek force, it can have little or no
chance in encountering such a fleet as the
Turks now possesS. A recent attempt has
been made by the Greeks on a village
near Scala Nuova. The object was to procure
a supply of grain, of which they were in great
want. They had seourod only a small portion in
their boats, and were returning a-second time to
the shore, when a body of Turkish troops, which
had been collected with great celerity on the
spot, prevented their landing, and the vessels re-
tired. It has been reported here very confidently,
that a general rendezvous of the Greek fleet is to
take place at the island of Patmos, in order to
take into consideration their relative strength
compared with the Turks, and to discuss the ex-
pediency of continuing the contest or of returning
to the different islands. Their chief encourage-

ment for still maintaining the struggle for inde-
pendence will be the knowledge of the departure
of Baron Strogonoff from Constantinople, which
will be universally interpreted into immediate
war with Russia. 'As far as the contest is
kept up on land, this is known to be the case,and
is the chief obstacle to the good to be effected by
the amnesty of the Porte, the firmans to the Pachas,
Or the exhortation) of the Patriarch. BLit if the
Greek fleet is far less. terrible to the Turks. than
before, it is become an object of the greatest
alarm to the commerce of the Archipelago, and
as its ultiniate dispersion is rendered more pro-
bable, the fears of the merchants that their vessels
will subsist chiefly by piracy are increased. The
French, as usual, on the alert in protecting
their flag, let it float over the humblest vessel
that navigates those seas. A Corsican fishing
boat, under French colours, was sent lately.
from Constantinople to Cyprus with despatches
from the Turkish Government. It was stopped
on the voyage by one of the Greek cruizers,
.which took out the despatches and let the vessel
go ; but, probably repenting their lenity, shortly
afterwards sent two armed boats in pursuit of
her. The master, apprehending that their in-
tention was to murder him and his crew, in or-
der to prevent discovery, set every sail he had, at
the risk of upsetting the vessel, and thereby made
his escape. On his arrival at Cyprus, he an-
nounced what had happened to the Captain
of a French frigate ' stationed there. That
officer immediately. caused the remainder of
the crew to be Lrought before him, examined
thern, and' took down 'their respective depositions
in writing. Having done so, he took the master
of the Corsican boat on board the frigate, and
sailed immediately for Scala Nuova, into the
midst of the Greek fleet, to demand, satisfaction.
A. Maltese vessel, bound to Alexandria, has also
been boarded by a Greek vessel,
.which took