Star.
London, England, 1814-04-16 00:00:00

CONSTA::TINOI'I MAI2H 1.

A strange event which took place here lately, and
is )et but little known, will not fail to excite atten-
tion, an! the surprise which the abuse of force
amon7 civilized nations always occasions. The mat-
ter in question is nothing less than a direct act of vi,,-
lence by which the French Ambassador, General
Andreossy, seized upon the Palace inhabited by the
Austrian Embassy, under the eyes of the Turkish
Government, and in contempt of the usagus establi-
shed by the Law of Nations.
It is well known that the Palaces of the European
Ambassadors lie in Pent, one of the suburbs of Con-
stantinople, and generally occupy a little enclosure
of their ()an. Atter the Treaty of Campo Formic),
the Austrian Embassy Sound itself in possession of
two Palaces, the old Austrian Pal.lce, and that which
had belonged to the Republic of Venice. The first
WAS far less magnificent titan the latter, btu the situa-
tion was finer. It was intended at that time to sell
the Ventth.n Palace, and enlarge and beautify the
old one, belonging to the Internuncin ; but the Inter-
nuncio, Herb.t t Von Rutzkeae who was already old
and sickly, was averse to this plan, and proposed to
sell the Austrian Palace, and to remove to the Ve-
netian. This was done, and the Austrian Palace
sold for 80,000 piastres. After the Peace at Ltme-
ville, France reclaimed the Venetian Palace, which
was given up without hesitation. The Austrian Em-
bassy being now without any house at all ; negocia-
tions were set on foot to hire cow of the three which
were now become the property of the French Go-
vernment, viz. the French, Venetian, and Dutch ; the
choice fell on the last, and the new Internuncio, Ba-
ron Sturmer, actually removed to it with all the de-
partments attached to the Embassy, who, now, for
several years rented this Palace ; at least, not long
before the breaking ont of the last war, an agreement
was made with the French Government to buy this
palace, for which it had no use ; 100,000 piastres
was the price stipulated, which however was not to
be paid till after a certain time. Meanwhile the ge-
neral war broke out, and the payment was delayed.
General Andreossy vehemently insisted on it ; but
almost all Holland having been singe taken possession
of by the French troops, and the Prince of Orange be-
ing placed at thelead of a new Government, and it
cannot be determined at this moment who is and will
remain the real owners of the Dutch Embassy at Pera,
the payment could not be made, and the French Em-
bassy was requested to await the event of the war.
—But General Andreossy took advantage of the ab-
sence of Baron Sturmer, the Austrian Internuncio,
who was in the country, and of the indolence of the
Turkish Government, hired a number of raggamuf-
tins and Janissaries, attackedahe palace and forcibly
took possession of the house and all the furniture,
even that belonging to the Internuncio. The confu-
sion, as may be supposed, was very great. The Im-
perial Internuncio immediately complaint . to the
Turkish Government, and demanded satisiaction for
this act of violence, which so much compromises the
Idignity of the Porte ; but this Government avoided
to king any decisive steps in the business.

DROITS OF Tlllt CROWN.—According to the account
ordered by the House of Commons, of the total amount
of the proceeds received from the Droits of the Crown
and Admiralty, froN: the sth of January, 1813, to
the sth of January, 1814, together with an account
of the sums paid out of the Droits during the same
periqd, it appears that the total was as follow :
• 'accepts, 4574,014. 4s. sd.--Payments, 4159,919. 121. sod.
Of this amount the proceeds from American cap-
tures aft £5.11".

FRENCH P4IPEAS.

PARIS, APRIL 11.

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His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, whose ar•
rival we have announced, will not be in Paris for some
days.
Several garrisons of, towns in Flansillks, parties'.
larly that of Lille, have sent in their adh. sion to tLe
Acts of the Senate.

Yesterday morning the different corps of the
combined armies were collected upon the Boulevard
Bourbon, and upon the interior Boulevards of tl.e
North, to Rue Royale. The troops *ere placed non%
the right of the Chaussee, where they were reviewed
by his Majesty the Emperor Alexander and his Ma.
jesty the King of Prussia, accompanied by the Graf d
Duke Constantine and Prin:e Schwartzenberg.
The greatest order every where prevailed.
The Provisional Government considering that
' is proper to ensure by all possible means to the Prenef.
people, information of the great events which have oc
curred since the 30th of last m•-,nth, and that of the
Acts of the Senate, .of the Legislative Body, and of
the Provisional Government, which have insured to
France the inestimable benefit of peace and the rrturr.
of its ancient Sovereigns, informed that some 'Admi-
nistrators, some Authorities, Civil or Military, have
taken upon themselves to detain the journals, letters
and packets which have been forW,ardA from Paris tr.
tb,e different departments, ee:rees as follows :
u The free circulation ofletters and jwirnals must
he maintained: all Magistrates add all the Adminis.
trators of the kingdom are Oarged to protect it. Every
Magistrate, every Administrator, of whatever rank he
may be, every Merni)er of an authority, civil or mlli•
tart', or any individual whatever, who should act in
the name of the Sovereign, whose forfeiture of the
Throne was solemnly pronounced on the 5d April,
Ihl4, who should prevent this circulation, shall be,
by tly:•.(act itself, dism'sr.,%l f-om his functions, ar.
Tested, brctight to trial, and prosecuted for high trea-
son."