The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LErPsrc, MAY 24.—A traveller just arrived
from Turkey has communicated the following
information respecting the commotions there :
A corps of Ypsilanti's army, under the command
of Colonel Colcotrony, has passed the Danube at
Sistow. About 10,000 Bulgarians and Servians,
who assisted the passage, joined Colcotrony's
corps. All the Bulgarians have taken up arms,
and the capital, Terhowa, the key of Mount
litmus, is in the possession of the Greeks. The
army of Epirus has advanced towards Thessaly,
and the 30,000 men whom the Sultan sent against
it, are nearly annihilated. Suli, Parga, Prevesa,
and all the strong places of Epirus, are like-
wise in the hands of the Greeks. The Pelopon-
nesus or Peninsula of the Morea is almost wholly
delivered from the power of the Turks. Patras,
Neocastron, Tripoliza, and all the fortresses of
the Morea (Mothone and Cozone excepted) have
been taken by the Greeks by storm, and with
great slaughter. Rage and disorder are carried
to the greatest height among the Turks at Con-
stantinople. The bazars and all kinds of shops
are shut. The Janizaries and Bostangistis rob
and murder all Christians who venture to show
themselves in the streets. This fate awaits not only
the Greeks, but also the English, French, Ger-
mans, and in general all who are called Franks ;
so that the whole Christian population of Con-
stantinople may be said to stand on the brink
of the grave. Letters received at Vienna from
Constantinople, dated the 25th day of April,
give a melancholy picture' of the state of
things there. Executions of the most eminent
Greeks continue with unheard-of rigour, and
only a few families have succeeded in escaping by
night. The serious nature of the Greek insur-
rection, and its having extended to the islands of
the Archipelego, has given an extraordinary ex-
citement to the fanaticism of the Turks, and the
populace commit the most horrible excesses
wherever they find unarmed Christians. Even
the Porte acts with a degree of inexorable cruelty,
of which no parallel is to be found in the Otto-
man annals for centuries past. Whole streets
have been set firs to in Pera, and men, women,
and children murdered, or devoured by the
flames. All the Christian Embassies, have forti-
fied their hotels to guard against attacks from

furious and sanguinary Turkish mobs.—( Times.)

SMYRNA, MAY 3.—We are happy to inform
you that we enjoy perfect tranquillity here. The
Turks have not committed any excesses or dis-
orders in the town. There is no doubt that many
of the rabble were desirous of avenging them-
selves on the Greeks ; but, owing to the activity
of the Governor, and the excellent Police, no out-
rage whatever has been committed. The ferment
excited in the minds of the Turks has been con-
siderably calmed since the Proclamation of the
Emperor of Russia has been published, forbid-
ding all intercourse between his subjects and the
revolted provinces. Several armed vessels from
Idra and Ipsira had been spoken with off' the
mouth of the Gulf of Smyrna ; they said they
amounted altogether to 80 sail, and meditated an
attack on the Island of Scio, where there were
only about 500 Turks, which they were de-
termined to lay under heavy contributions. It
appears these Idriots and Ipsiriots are not only
rebels against the Turkish Government, but also
plunderers of their own countrymen, having re-
fused to render account to their principals of
corn, oil, &c. sold by them in the different ports
of the Mediterranean.