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London, England, 1827-12-24 00:00:00

17011EIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS. •
(From the Gazette de France, Dec.. 20.)
TRIESTE, DEC. 10.--. A vessel, which has Waived
From the Gulf of Corinth, brings word ttst many of
the first families ofilydrahave taken refuge at Poros,
to escape the dangers of a'seditinn which has broken
out in the former island against Lord Cochrane, who
bad asked the Hydriotis for money. Some ships
have also. arrived kora Smyrna, which confirm the
news that that city was perfectly tranquil, and that
business gQt on as in time of peace.
The vaptains heard a cannonade in the direction
of Scio, and learned that the fort was still-in the
/ltras of the Turks.--Augsburgh Gazette.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6.----Onthe 2d of this month,
in the morning, an Egyptian corvette brought its
the news of the destruction of the Turkish and
Egyptian fleets in the bay of Nayarit]. Since that
time the tranquillity of the whole country has re-
mained the same as if that terrible catastrophe did
not interest it. In the afternoon of the 2d, the
Echo French corvette brought the confirmation of
the event, and orders to the Vestal frigate, stationed
in our port, to take on board the Freuchmen and
other Europeans who might think it necessary to
leave the country. Nobody has taken advantage of
this offer. Immediately after two corvettes sailed
for Syria and Cyprus, with the same orders, to take
on board the Consuls and .sulietts of the European
Powers who might desire to emigrute. Mehomet
Ali, when he learned tbut the Sultan gave orders
for the fleet to put to sea, clearly foresaw what was
going to take place. In an interview which he had
the day before the receipt of the Trews with M. Mal-
voire, he told him that it was contrary to his ad.:
vice that the Porte had taken this resolution, and
that he expected to see his army destroyed, and per-
haps to learn the death of his son, and of his son-in-
law, who commanded it. He assured him that,
entirely devoted to his master, he would execute
ell the orders which be should receive from him,
except that of violating the laws of hospitality to-
wards the Europeans, whose entire tranquillity
he would answer for with his head. The fol-
lowing day he saw only a part of his fears rea-
lised (Ibrahim was not on board, and the Ad-
miral, his son-in-law, was not killed); he imme-
diately sent for his principal officers, communicated
the disaster to them ; and added, " t had warned
the Sultan and my son of what would happen, and
that the English were not Greeks. It is not suf-
ficient to have men and ships, it is necessary like-
wise to know bow to command them and to fight.
We are not .yet able to contend with them." At
the same time perceiving some Europeans :entering
the hall, he called them to him, received them with
the same politeness as usual, sent for the commaeder
of the Vestal, and loaded him with honours and
marks of friendship, in the presence of all the.great
men, with a smiling countenance. The object of
this conduct, which was perhaps studied, was to
divert from the Europeans the anger of the Turks,
among whom there might be some fanatics, Who
might excite disorder at the first moment. He could
not have succeeded better; the opinion of the Vice;
roy has become that of every body. The great Men
and the people are only angry with the obstinacy of
the Porte, to which they ascribe this misfortune.—
Not a word, not a reproach to the Europeans, has
proceeded from any mouth. We are, if possible,
more quiet than before. May the case be the same
in the whole Empire ! The Consuls continue their
functions. In a commercial point of view the event
opens a more favourable prospect for our affairs.
It is not certain that the Pacha gives up the idea
of forming another squadron ; but he has declared,
that if the war is to continue he will not take any
active part in it. He, perhaPs, is"the only person
among the Turks who is sensible of the weakness of
the Turban against the Europeans. , will be
obliged to withdraw • hii • army, which otherwise
must perish in .a few months. The operations
which the enormous expences of the• war induced
him to make with the produce of the country, will.
cease with his wants, and it is hoped that the prices
will'henceforth feel the effects of his change of policy.
(Front the illoniteur of Friday.)
ODESSA, DEC. 3.—The communications with
Constantinople are now free.. The report of the
siege of the fort of Smyrna was a mistake, arising
from the attack on Scio.
The Ambassadors of the three Powers were still
at Constantinople on the 27th November.—Augs-
burgh Gazette.

(Frum the Journal des Debuts of Friday.)

AUGSBURGH, DEC. 17.—(8y Express.)—The
Universal Gazette of Augsburgh publishes the fol-
lowing account of the joint Note of th© three Re-
presentatives of France, England, and Russia, sent
to the Reis Effendi on the 10th November, 1827 :
" The representatives of the three Allied Courts of
France, Great Britain, and Russia, having considered the
questions which the Reis Effendi charged their interpreters
with addressing to them, have the honour to answer them
in the present Note, in the only way compatible with what
they believe to be the opinion of our Courts on such a subject.
" First question—Will we desist entirely from the Greek
question :.__The Representatives would he wanting in their
duty and trutty_if in answering this question they did not
repeat the declaration already made by them several times;
namely, that the firm resolution of their Courts is to main-
tain the Treaty concluded between them for the pacifica-
tion of Greece, and to persevere in the execution of the
measures which they have in common determined on for
that purpose.

" Second Question—Will the Ottoman Government be
indemnified for the loss of its fleet ?—A demand for in-
demnity is only admissible so far as it rests on a certain
right. But, in the present instance, it is shewn on all
hands that the aggression commenced on the part of the
squadrons of the Sublime Porte.
. .

" Third Question.—Will satisfaction he made to the
Sublime Poi 'a 7—For the last three years, in all the sepa-
rative or collective remonstrances for the purpose of suiting
their disinterested propositions to the Sublime Porte, the
Cabinets have sufficiently shown how far they were from
intending to fail in the respect it can justly claim.
" Their amicable conduct, their forbearance, and the
open declaration which the Representatives have made of
the measures which have been pointed out by the High
Powers and their Admirals, do Lot leave any cause to doubt
the reception which they would give to the demand con-
tained in the third question of the Reis Effendi.
" After thus answering the quesl-on of his Excellency,
the Representatives, anxious at the same time to spare no
pains to prove to the Sublime Porte the disinterested views
of the Powers, and to remove every interpretation which
could, after all, have only the most fatal results, have the
borour to point out to the Reis Effendi some reflections
which they hope may still not be useless to the cause of
peace.
" The three Cabinets having formed a treaty, the sole
object of which is the pacifios4on of Greece, they have
requested the Sublime Porte tow their mediation, and
to consent to an armistice.

" In mentiouing some of the bases of an agreement be-
tween it and the Greek people subjected to the horrors of
unexampled devastation, they have stipulated nothing con-
trary to its true interests ; they have only determined the
principles of a pacification which, far from tending to dis-
member the empire, would restore to it the advantages of
which it is at present deprived, and would add to it the
necessary pledge of its duration.
" In leaving to a future negotiation between the con-
tending parties the care of regulating some other poiats—
no doubt important events--they have recognised in the
Sublime Porte the right of discussing them, and the power
of deciding definitively on this negotiation.
" Such are still their sentiments. 'f he continuanee of
the stay of the Representatives at Constantinople, even
since the refusal of the Sublime Porte and the representa-
tions of his Excellency the, Reis Effendi, have rendered it
necessary that they should announce and explain to him
the measures, the execution of which by the Admirals is,
no doubt, with so many other proofs, a striking manifesta-
tion of the sentiments with which the Powers remain
'.'°:in!lited: For the sake of peace they united to re-establish
the interest of the Porte in Greece on immutable bases, and
toisPhreZulfilavneat
f at Constantinople; such is the object of their
a Treaty which they are resolved to maintain
and f.
4, The event
of Ilavarin may, at the first moment, when
the Ilew,sarrivdead.:4,'At Porte, have excited doubts as to
the pacific and deplorable views of the Powers. The
cause of this
of the pAda now better • known, and
the anxiety Admirals en *i day after the affair—an
d 1)1 oftn,tal doeuu,
anxiety VIM- • "4, Which have reacivi

the Representatives, loiter permit- any interpretations
contrary to the assurances which they have just repeated.
" Yet the attitude which the Porte has just assumed, and
the continuation of which would be incompatible with the
maintenance of a good understanding between it and the
Allied Courts, has only been calculated to inspire the Re-
presentatives with the most painful uncertainty, as to the
motive of its present intentions. Consequently, always
guided by the desire of peace, as far as depends on them—
the administration of peace being confided to them—but
also convinced of the firm determination of the Courts to
re-establish tranquillity in Greece on the sole basis on
which it can be assured, they invite his Excellency the
Reis Effendi to declare to them, without further delay;
what'are the intentions of the Sublime Porte; 'Whether it
is disposed immediately to revoke measures contrary tO
existing Treaties ; and whether, still further to prove its
pacific views, it adheres to the former propositions of the
undersigned.
(Signed) " Count GUILLEAIINOT.
" STRATFORD CANNING.
" De RIREAUPIERRE."
(From the Courrier Francais.)

VIENNA, DEC. 11.—The Austrian Observer pub-
lishes letters from Smyrna, of the 14411 and 19th of
November, according to which every thing was quiet
there but'trade was in a deplorable state. The
correspondent of the Observer complains bitterly of
Colonel Fabvier's attack on' Scio. He says it was
on October 28th that the landing took place, in
spite of the resistance of some Turkish troops, which
had been sent by the Pacha under the orders of
Sekir-Emini. On the following day the town of
Scio was carried by the Greeks, who forced the
enemy to take refugein the citadel. The pillage of
the town began immediately, and was continued, ac-
cording to the correspondent, up to the 301 h.
At . two o'clock in the afternoon Lord Cochrane
appeared in the Hellas, accompanied by the corvette
taken some time before from the Turks. He ap-
proached the castle, which fired at the frigate, but
the latter only fired two guns in return, and then
anchored in the roads. 'His Lordship then hoisted
an English ensign at the main, a French one at the
mizen, and a Russian one at the fore. At the peak,
after a short time, the Greek flag was hoisted
over the Turkish flag, and a salute of 21 guns was
fired, but for what purpose the correspondent does
not say.
On the 31st October the inhabitants of Scio first
learned that Col. Fabvier commanded the 2,000
Greeks, including 700 tacticos (regular troops),
who had taken possession of the town. The Aus-
trian Vice-Consul, whose house was threatened, de-
manded a guard, but received no answer. The pit-
laFre continued, and the Castle kept continually
firing.
On the Ist of November the Vice-Consul repeated
his demand, but the Greeks entered his house and
pillaged it. He could not find a'person among the
Sciotes who would inform the Greeks that in 1822,
at the time of the massacre, his house had been the
refuge for many hundreds of Greeks, who hatr.been
defended by the present Vice-Consul at the risk of
his life, and by sacrificing a large quantity of pro-
perty. When the pillage was over, a guard ar-
rived, and the Greek Primates declared that they
were sorry for what had happened, but that in war
such disorders could not be avoided. Col. Fabvier,
in the meantime, was threatening the house of the
English Consul, from which some musket shots had
been fired at the troops ; and at the same time he ad-
dressed a letter to the French Consul at Selo,
threatening to attack the English Consul's house, if
he did not receive satisfaction in the course of the
day for the shots from that house.
On. the 2d November the Greeks erected a battery
against the Castle, and the two ships left.
After the Greeks had prepared their batteries,
they continued their attacks on the Castle, and up
to the 11th have made about_l2o prisoners. They
begin to .be discouraged, and appear not likely to
carry the Castle by force. The same letter adds,
that Admiral.de Rigny disapproves of the attack on
Scio, and has sent the Ponione, Captain' Reverseaui
to induce Col-Fabvier to leave the island. Affairs
remained in the same state up to the 16th. The
Magicienne left Alexandria on October 22, and at
that time the events of Navarin were not known
there.

(Rona the Journal des Debats of Wednesday.)

BUCHAREST, Nov. IB.—Our situation, which
probably approaches, is not agreeable. There is
here a stagnation. in commerce, while it in some'
measure flourishes in Jassy, which is considered as
almost subject t,) Russia. If war breaks out, the
Russian troops w►ll find no obstacle till they reach
the Danube. The Porte abandons the Principalities,
and will not tight but on the right bank of the
Danube. These dispositions are fortunate for us—
they remove the theatre of war from our country ; '
but, on the other hand, they carry with them this
inconvenience, that all who are under the influenceof
the Porte, hasten to take advantage of the present
moment to annoy us. The presence, of a foreign
army is never useful ; but in connecting ourselves
even with the interests of Russia we have but a
dreary prospect. The Russian army is brave and
numerous ; but the Porte possesses also no con-
temptible means of defence. The marching of an
army of 100,000 men will not suffice to conquer it:
Privations of all sorts await the invaders ; and the
mountains and defiles, which commence at the dis-
tance of ten miles from the other side of the Danube,
offer formidable advantages to the Ottoman armies.
The sea shore is bordered with inaccessible rocks,
and opposes the greatest obstacles to operations,
and to the maintenance of a great army. Forty
thousand men will suffice to restrain the Russians,
and the Porte has already that number in Bulgaria.
'twill have 200,000 men there in the spring, and the
war will occasion the Porte little expellee. It has a
reserve of sixteen thousand regular infantry, six
thousand regular cavalry, and a park of two hundred
pieces of artillery at Constantinople. Two divisions
of infantry of 1,000 each, 1,000 horses, and 50
pieces of cannon each, are at Adrianople. A divi-
sion of regular infantry, and some thousands of irre-
gular cavalry, are cantoned at Tartakan, between Si-
listria and Rutschuc•k. It is necessary to add, the
levet:: en masse, which is not altogether despicable
among the Turks. In tine, the fall of their empire
is not so easy nor so near as some affect to believe.
As to the Principalities, we are here the depot of
the magazines of the Russians.
FRENCH FuNns.—Pants, DEC. I9.—Five per Cents.
10If. 80c. ; Three per Cents. 67f. 95c. 68f. 10c.---
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