Star.
London, England, 1823-04-03 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE. FEBRUARY 25.

Lord Strangford has had his audience of the Sultan;
and the Divan, for the payment of the troops, has'
passed over without diaturbance. Some days after
the Great Divan was held, when the Ulemas and
Chiefs of the Janissaries were present, and the pro-
posals of his Lordship were taken into consideration.
We learn, from an authentic source, that in this ex-
traordinary Assembly, atwbich the Seltanis said to
have been placed so as to hear the proceedings with-
out being seen, it was resolved to take a step towards
an agreement with'Russia; the Reis Effendi having
declared to Lord Strangford, that the Turkish Mi-
nisters were ready to renew the relations with Russia.
A formal communication has not let been made. As
soon as this is done, expresses will be dispatched to
London and Vienna.—(Private letters from Vienna
say, that an extraordinary courier from Constantino-1
ple arrived there on.the 18th, and probably brought
this communication. Expresses were immediately ,
dispatched to St. Petersburgh and Londorn)—The
Porte seems to have been led to this concession by
the events in the Peloponnesus, and is now seriously
thinking of striking some decisive blow against the
Greeks. The armaments making here with this view
are, therefore, extremely great, and have already led
to sonic exce,ses on the shores of the Channel. On'
the whole, the state or .the capital is tolerable. In the
Archipelago, the Greeks continue to capture vessels.
The Austrians Observer, of the 21st of March, co;
tains the C.'nvention between the Emperors of Russia
and Austria, and the King of Prussia, On one part,
and the King of Sardinia on the other, for, withdraw-
ing the Austrian troops from the Sardinian territory.
Vaasa, Maws 19.—Metalllques 80}; Bank Shares 871-10.
31.saeg 20.—Paletalllques 711 ; Barak Shares 870 3-10.

The Courier can discover in the pretensions put
forth 'by the French Government in the Journa3 des
Dehals nothing but what is perfectly just and rea-
sonable; and, as it is known to speak only the sen-
timents of the French Ministers, this is not surprising
—lt is just, it seems, that the BOURBONS may commit
what aggressions they please with impunity ; it is
reasonable that England, after wasting so much
blood and treasure to restore them to the Throne of
France, shall waste as much more to keep them upon
it, in spite of all the hostility which such aggressions'
may provoke; and it is above all reasonable that
England, who has remonstrated so earnestly against
their present attack on Spain, shall protect them
against the consequences of disregarding its ad-
vice—the very consequences in fact, of which our Mi-
nisters seem to haveforewarned the French Govern-
ment. Can there, in England, be two opinions as to
the modesty of such a demand ? Among those who
have English interests at heart we are sure there is not.

A Correspondent in a Morning Paper refutes the
aspersions cast upon the Spaniards by an Eveoing
contemporary, who wishes to deprive them of every
merit either of courage or patriotism in the great
struggle of the Peninsula. The writer, who dates his
letter from Liverpool and addresses it to the Editor
of the Evening Journal in question, thus lecapitulates
the exploits of the Spaniards:

" Teo tray apply to Galicia, whence Ney's army was driven
out by the sole exertions of the Spanish troops; you may inter-
rogate Catalonia, where the Spaniards alone sustained thr war
to the last-..-you may ask Navarre, the scene of Mina's exploits
—you may visit the ruins of Gerona, Saragossa, Astorga, Tar-
ragona, Tortosa, Hostalrich, and Madrid, on the ad of May,
.and Ist, 2d, and 3d December, 1808---you may ask Helen, Rio
Seco, Vigo, 71unansez, Medina, Borne; Puente San Payo,
Madelin, Almoradd, Alesoiz, the countless actions of Gue-
rillas, and individual traits of gallantry, some fortunate, many
unfortunate; but all—all honourable, which have cost the Spa:
niards more than half a million of lives, and more than a thousand
towns and villages, burnt, destroyed, or plundered, In all
these numberless instances the Spaniards fought by themselves,
always bravely, and not seldom successfully. Now, let us con-
sider the actions in which*Spanish troops have acted along with
British. Lord. Wellington retreated before 3fassena until he
was compelled to shut himself up in the lines of Torres Vedras.
Pray, was not the division of the Marquest de la Roniana of
some service to his Grace on that occasion ? Why was it that
Massena found himself obliged to give up the blockade of Torres
Vedras in spite of his 80,000 men ? &cause he was starved, or.
else Goo knows when he would b ,ve .ct t that position. But why
was he starved? Because his coMmu..itations were entirely in-'
tercepted. And who deprived him thus of every subsistent ? The
Spaniards. The ti oops of Dun Juit..n Sanchez, Abuelo, Borbon,
Palarea, Emptsin3Lci, Morino, Salazar, Mina, Chaleco, &c. &e.
" The Wooly battle vt AlNier t where the Spaniards lost two

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Ithelisped inert,` Where .Genetl/21 Ilallasitseas Aidaes
pimp killed, and the pito battalliks of the Spanish guards lost
their two Colonel's anekt 4rithebt beiti taidies, adebt
Furnish some returns not Ball** the *Nervation aboht .4 their
goorfshatine or something the." Thaitattleashf the'ttlithirseee
aid thillouse cost rhcni a good mafy lives. Freirre'S elak'SW
, *videos were always at the van guard. TM 'Ai*.
affair af &a Muds! was Mon by them alone, underlies levies
of their Allies. Mat any further facts would ive eslloN
would require an historical and tedious 'ISSS*II-.ii,_#4146-1
only the principal titles of the Bpanieris to the geigiitit loMin
nations; this respect is evinced even by theirdnendbe. :-Even
the French Ultras have never dhputed to the Finadeithitta Mitt,
of " something like " courage. It was refitted te,tbk Raglisk
Ultraism, the honour of going farther than the Parielanallitese,•l

" I conclude the culmination of your disristlng parafinlit,
by an hypothesis, which (without detracting one iota front the.
I eminent services and heroic gallantry of Lord Weliingteres
army, or of his Grace's admirable genius) appears to me. some-
what more national than yours. You say, what ;could the
Spaiards have done without Lord Wellington?' I might answer,
that the personal assistance of Lord Wellington not having
in fact begun until the retreat of Mamas in 1811, they would
have done what they did in 1808, 1809, and 1810. But I will
rather ask In my turn, without the Spaniards could Lord Wcl
lington have effected what he did?