Star.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

VIENNA, DECEMBER 17.

Accounts have been received from Constantinople
of the 25th ult. The new Grand Vizier, Abdallah
Pacha, found an opportunity, immediately after his
elevation to that dignity, to shew his zeal in the
performance of his duty.
At a fire which broke out on the 11th November
in the Jewish suburb Chupskoi, Abdallah so greatly
exerted himself in encouraging the workmen by dis-
tributing money, and by his own example, that the
fury of the flames was checked within two hours.
The Grand Vizier, however, brought on himself a
pretty serious indisposition. The command of the
troops on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, hitherto
under Abdallah, has been given to Ibrahim Pacha,
the Kiaja of Mehmed Pacha, who commands the
corps of observation at Bajukdere.

During the whole time perfect tranquillity and
order prevailed in the capital, and the environs, ex•
cept that in some quarters bands of armed thieves
committed some depredations, which were; however,
soon put a stop to by the vigilance of the Police.
The sanguinary scenes and other great disorders,
so circumstantially related in pretended letters from
Constantinople of the 10th and 11th of November,
inserted in German Journals, were therefore as un-
known in Constantinople itself as the scenes of inhn-
man cruelty and terror related in No. 297 of the
AllA,Eancine Zeit ling (3lth of October), which were said
to have taken place in August, in the Island of
Cyprus, according to a letter from Cyprus, of 15th
August, said to have been received at Trieste, by way
of Corfu. As all the accounts from Cyprus, which
come down to the 21st September, do not contain the
j slightest allusion to any such events, this account also'
turns out to be a pure fiction.)—Note of Austrian Obs.
No accounts have lately been received from Asia,'
j respecting the progress of the Persian arms. The
Commanders of the Ottoman troops about Erzerum
are, with the greater part of their forces, in that
city, which the Persians have approached without
having attempted anything serious against it. The
same is the case in the environs of Bagdad. On the
other hand, a far more dangerous enemy ; namely,
that desolating contagion, known by the name of the
cholera morbus, which has hitherto been feared only
in the countries farther to the East, has already ad-
vanced far into the Asiatic provinces of Turkey, and
occasioned such a mortality in Mardira and Urfa,
that great apprehensions began to be entertained even
at Aleppo, from the rapid progress of this new
visitation.

Acaording to accotmts from Corfu, the Turks suc-
ceeded in throwing a hundred horse-loads of provi-
-sions into Napoli di Romania, by an able manoeuvre,
by which the Gteck corps blockading that closely
pressed fortress seft deceived. .. .
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The accounts of the Turkish fleet are less favour-
able; it appears to have again suffered severely, partly
Iby the unskilfulness of its Commanders, and partly
by the boldness of the enemy. So much is certain,
that, on the 13th of November, one ship of. the line
was destroyed off Tenedos by Greek fire-ships,' and a
frigate and, some corvettes stranded in a storm on
the coast near Tchesme. The remaining vessels, more
or less damaged, have retreated into -the Dardanelles.
—The GoVernment immediately took the most active
measures to send the necessary relief to the fleet.—
'The Intendant of the Arsenal, Iladschi Said Effendi;
and the former Captain of the Port, Carciotti—an
experienced Algerine seaman, were scut, With,:.eve..ll

other Officers of the Admirakr. to the Dardanelles;
and have been followed by several vessels from thi
arsenal with naval stores.

The plague seems to be still confined to the
rons of Bujukdere, and has of late much abated.
Dac. 17.—bletalliques 931, Bank Shares 953 14.

The French Palxers.of Frida.y.4ring full confirmA;
tion of the dismissal, or resignation, of M. de Mosr
MORENCYF and the pacific decision of the French
Cabinet, as announced in the STAR of Saturday.-L:.
' The Moniteur of Friday contains a Royal Ordonnanci
announcing the resignation of the War Minister;
who, it is 'expected, will be succeeded by Viscount
CHATEAUBRIAND, the pacific Envoy to Verona; foi
France had two strings to her bow at the Ccogress--.
a Minister ready to involve his country in war at all
risks, and another a sort of go-between, who repre-
sented the more temperate part of the French Cabinet.

To shew how complete the triumph of the paciiic
party has been, it is only necessary to observe o;at
the portfolio of the advocate for war has, ad int‘!)-iy,t,
been given to M. de VILL*LE, the streauons friend
of peace. As soon as the French Cabinet had decided
on the policy to be observed towards Spain, M. de
VtrA.ELE addressed a note to the French Minister at
Madrid. This important document, though not alto-
gether unequivocal, is certainly pacific. It demands
nothing,' mentions no changes, and does not even
speak of the protection necessai y for the floral Va-
mity-of Spain ; but merely confines itself to a demand
for ameliorations necessary to guarantee the interests
of France. The people of the Peninsula are assured
that, when restored to, tranquillity, they will find in
the French Government true and sincere friends; and
as nothing but the hope of French assiaance has pert
the rebellion alive, there is no doubt that it w ill soon
be wholly suppressed.
The most equivocal part of this Note is where
France offers to the Cabinet of Madrid assistance of
all kinds, for the purpose of assuring the happiness
and increasing the prosperity of Spain. Now as the
existing Cabinet of Madrid is Constitutinnal, and the
happiness of Spain depends on the extermination e.f
the rebellion. it might be supposed that 1:1 ai.ce
offered her assistance for that purpose. Ti.is is, basa-
-1
ever, too much to expect.; but it is still more unlike?!
that the French Minister, by this offer, means it ta
refer to assistance to the Army of the Faith, whina
avowed object is to.overturn that very Gore' nmea
to whom the offer of assistance is made.
This equivocal offer of assistance to Spain, Las
been the subject of much comMent in roii,
it has been generally considei ed as refe:' ing ts, utaa
America, and that it means, iti.Spain accapts the
French Charter, France will aid Svnin to rec,nquer
a patt of America, and to place a IlounFoe cu the
throne of Mexico instead of the Emperor hionrone.
It would be useless now to inquire as to the ciut:e
which has occasioned so sudden and- so iriloortinit
change in the French Cabinet ; hut it is not a hittla
remarkable, that M. de Mos rNrortmeev should hav•!
been rewarded with Dukedom for advocating -war
at Vetona, and dismissed for vindicating the S'Arle
policy in the French Cabinet. The paciac decision
of the French Govermnent is as gratifying to the
lovers of peace, as it must be beneficial to Spain.—
The remains of insurrection, no longer fed by Franca,
will soon be extinguished. That tine coniltry r.ay
now, therefore, apply itself to the improvement of
its own internal affairs.
The official documents, which are the only article;
of interest in the French Papers of Friday, will be
found in a preceding column.
Bayonne Papers to the 23d inst. have been receive:!.
The Junta of Navarre had arrived in that city, flying
before General TORRIJOS.
The news from Catalonia confirms the success of
MINA, but the bands in his rear are still too nume-
rous, and we see that the garrisons of Cervera, Vka,
Cordova, and Manresa, are continually engaged
with them.

The report of the marriage of his MAJESTY to a
fair subject, gains more and more ground every day.
It was pretty generally, but erroneously, sup
that the Royal Marriage Act restrained the
reign, as well as the rest of the Royal Family, from
marrying a subject. his MAJESTY is, however, un-
restrained by any law from marrying whom he
chooses; but another question arises—whether he
could marry without the consent of Parliament?—
This question will be solved differently, according to
the degree of extension given to the maxim that the
Sovereign can only act by the advice of responsible
Ministers. The practice of looking abroad for wives
for our Sovereigns, though uninterrupted since tl.-!
reign of lletuty the Eighth, has little in its favotn,
while much may be said against it. " L'e marry
our kings and Queens (as Mr. Wm:mu:once rb-
served) contrary to the law of Goo and of nature."—
One of the evils attendant on these marriages ‘vit:,
foreigners is, that as all the foreign Princes are mo:c
or less despotic, their families cannot fail to be imbnLA
with the maxims received and acted on at t 11,:•.•
Courts, and as that part of our education v
receive from our mothers, has necessarily gre:a i•••
fluence on our future lives, the children of our
are exposed to the danger of receiving improper,
cause unconstitutional, lessons in their infancy. 's'.,
have no doubt that the arnourcement of a (Jeri:.
Lion from the established practice, would be li-
ceived. by the public in general with great 5:r...•
faction, it the match appeared in other reap ,t
a si:itable one; that is to say, likely to be ii..:-
ducive to the happiness of tl.e patties then:selr ,
and to the promotion of the interests of the count'''.
It has sometin,es been supposed that the propo''
elevation of the a g.iter of any subject, WOref
ahed in rank, to the Throne, would exei:e the ji..•
lousy of the lest of the Aristoc:acv, and tender
hostile to the design. lint this we take to be an
; ginsu y danger. The popularity of the act, and ;:.:1
invidious nature of any attempt to force the
either to remain Unmarried or to marry contraiy
the law of Goo and of nature.tyould ensure t`. -11.•••
cess of any proposition on the slitlect ra I'.er
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