The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-13 00:00:00

The following is from our Paris Corre-

St. Petersburgh Journals of the 28th October
have been received this morning. It would
appear by the " News from the Army," that the
late reports of the movements by the Turkish
Pachas in the Western Provinces had some
foundation in fact : but now all appears to be
quiet. The rumour of 200 Russians being
sacrificed by the Turks is disbelieved :
NEWS FROM THE ARMY.
ST. PSTERSBURCH, OCT. 26.
The latest accounts from the Army of Operation, dated
September 21 (October 6,) are to the following effect:—
" Our troops continue to enjoy the most perfect tran-
quillity in the same position in Romelia, with the excep-
tion of some changes of little importance, which have ap-
peared necessary to be better able to observe the Albanian
troops, which before the conclusion of the peace had ad-
vanced from Withlin to Sophia. Their commander, Mus-
tapha Pacha, of Scutari, who during the whole war had
not taken the smallest part in the hostilities against us,
and who after his arrival at Sophia had not made the
'lightest movement until the month of August, thought
proper, about the middle of September, so bring his troops
nearer to the points occupied by to, in order to have
greater facilities for their subsistence; and in consequence
he caused his vanguard, under the command of Emin
Pacha, to march to Philippopoli, while Keusse Mehemet
Pacha, who was encamped at Huskoi, between Philippo-
poli and Adrianople, seemed disposed to pass through the
town of Demotico, occupied by our troops, in order
to proceed to the village of Ouzum Kupri, which
had been assigned to him for his winter-quarters, but
which was within our line (Rayen). Perceiving by
these movements that the Turkish Commanders were
ignorant of their obligations towards our troops since the
conclusion of peace, and desirous to prevent any misun-
derstanding which might interrupt the harmony that pre-
vailed between us, the General-in-Chief immediately ac-
quainted the Paella of Scutari, as well as the other Pachas,
that not only they could not penetrate with their troops
into the circle of our positions, but that by the treaty they
were bound to remain in those which they occupied at the
receipt of the news of the conclusion of peace, conse-
quently that all the movements of the Turkish troops must
he immediately suspended, otherwise he (the Commander-
in-Chief) would be obliged to take measures to oppose it.
" As an additional precaution, Lieutenant-General Ru-
diger advanced at the same time with his corps from Adria-
nople to the village of Mustapha Paella (Djesair) and occu-
pied the right bank of the Maritza, while the brigade of Hu-
tans, under the command of Major-lien. Scheremetieff was
sent from Irepolis to Demotico. On the 26th September the
Commander-in-Chief vent to the Turkish Generals a sum-
mons to suspend- all their movements, and on the 2fith he
received an answer, stating that, according to his desire,
the Pacha of Scutari had stopped the march of his troops,
alleging, as an excuse, the difficulty of procuring provi-
sious where they remained 29t
a long time at the satne
spot. The next day (the 29th) the Turkish Plenipoten-
tiaries announced that they had received from Constanti-
nople the ratification of the peace. On the Ist October
General Rudigtr with Lis corps returned to Adrianople,
and on the 2d a great part of the troops that had been
sent to Demotico also rammed, leaving only a small gar-
rison in that place.
" As soon as information was received of the move-
ments of the Pacha, orders were sent at the beginning of
August to General Kisseleff to leave the number of troops
indispensable for the defence of Wallachia, and the fortress
of Silistria, to pass the Danube with the remainder of his
corps, to advance against Mustapha Paella, to disperse his
forces, and hinder them undertaking any thing, Being
informed of the march of the Albanians from Widdin to
guard of four hatta-
Sophia, General Kisseleff raised his van

spondent: --

" PARIS, NOV. 11.
" It id stated in private letters from Constantinople, that
notwithstanding the apparent tranquillity which is still
maintained, great numbers of families residing in the Frank
and Greek quarters, are preparing to leave the capital,
from the apprehension that in order to enable the Govern-
ment to pay the first instalments of the indemnity to Rus-
sia, it will be necessary to stop the pay of the troops,
which, in the present state of their feelings, will probably
be attended with some dreadful convulsion. The imme-
diate destination of these emigrants is said to be Odessa or
Bucharest ; but it is believed that many of them will fix
themselves permanently in Bulgaria and Romelia, and in
general in those provinces which are to be occupied by the
Russians. S o ill-disposed is the public mind towards the
Sultan, that it is confidently affirmed that any bold and
enterprising chief who should venture to raise the standard
of rebellion, might easily make his authority be acknow-
ledged, and thus produce the dismemberment of Turkey
without the interference of any Christian Power.
"It is asserted in these letters, that the three Powers
who signed the protocol of the 6th of July, 1827, are not
agreed as to the extent to be given to the new Greek
State, or upon the form of Government to be adopted.
England, it is said, is to insist on the removal
of Count Capo d'lstria from the bead of the Government,
and is supposed to be desirous that Greece should form a
federative State, from an idea that it would thus be easier
for her to establish a preponderating influence -in the
affairs of the Republic. In the mean time a number of
articles have appeared in the Paris newspapers, which ap-
pear to me to contain internal evidence of having emanated
from the Bureau of the President himself, in which it is
announced that Count Capo d'lstria has gone to Constan-
tinople, with the consent of the French and English Am-
bassadors ; that the affairs of Greece are under active dis-
cussion at Pera ; and that the idea of erecting the new
State into a Kingdom or Monarchy has been finally aban-
doned.
" An account is given in a letter from Orsova of the
25th of October, of a Russian detachment of 300 men
having been destroyed by a body of Turkish troops, be-
longing to the army of the Pacha of Scutari, ire un en-
campment at Vrazza, where the Russians had been sta-
tioned in reliance of the peace concluded by the recent
treaty. Seeing themselves attacked by a superior force the
Russians proposed to capitulate, but scat cely bad they laid
down their arms when they were massacred by the Turks
to the last man.
" Great apprehension is expressed in letters from Smyrna
lest the superior activity of the Greeks should enable
them to engage in the trade which has now been opened
to all the world, on such tams as to defy all con-
competition. Six years of piracy, it is said, have been
sufficient to form a great number of mariners ; and the
produce of so much robbery, joined to theTesources fur-
nished by France and other Powers, has enabled the Greeks
to equip six hundred vessels, which have only been wait-
ing for the first signal of peace to go to encumber all the
ports of Turkey, and, availing themselves of the protection
of Russia, to take advantage of the free nanigation of the
Black Sea. The geographical position of Greece, the
sterility of its islands, us well as of a great part of its con-
tinental territory, and above all the decided aversion of its
inhabitants to a laborious or sedentary life, will, it is ap •
prehended, excite and enable them to carry on the trade
between Europe and Turkey on terms which cannot be
maintained by European speculators.
" An extraordinary statement appeals in a letter from
Lisbon of the 24th ult. Serious suspicions, it is said, bang
over the Palace of Queluz. During the last few days the
two Princesses, sisters of Don Miguel, have been dan-
gerously indisposed. Donna Isabella Maria was seized
with violent convulsions, and one side of her body be-
came totally paralyzed, in which state she still re-
mains. Donna Maria d'Assumpcao endures the most
excruciating torture ; her skin has become black
and yellow, and little hope is entertained of her reco ve
sub-
ry.
The Lisbon Gazette is, however, quite silent on the
ject, and Don Miguel himself manifests the greatest indif-
ference for the situation of his sisters, going out to hunt
as usual while they are at the point of death ; and even
the prayers, which it is customary to offer in the
churches
and convents when any member of the Royal family is 11,
had not been ordered. It is said that Don Miguel regarids
his sisters with an evil eye, because he considers them as
a rallying point for the partizans of Donna Maria da Gloria.
" A new measure has just been announced by
the organs
of the French Ministry, the object of which is evidently in-
tended to conciliate the good will of the army. At the end
of the year an Ordormance is to be issued, placing on the
retraite, or half-pay, all Lieutenant-Generals of 68 years
years of age, Marechalls de Camp of 60, Colonels of 55,
and inferior officers of 50 ; the declared object being to
make way for numerous promotions on the let of January

next.
,4 I have just seen a statement from Brest of the presea-
nt
condition of the French navy, which contains a compar
tive view of the pay of Naval Officers in the English,
French, Dutch, and other services, a few extracts from
which may not be uninteresting. It is stated that the PaY al