Star.
London, England, 1824-05-07 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 26.

Counsellor Miuziacky having signified to the Porte,
and to the foreign Legations here, that he should take
upon him, on the 24th of this month, the direction of
the affairs of the Russian commerce, which had hitherto
been managed by the Imperial Austrian Internuncio,
the Russian Commercial Chancery, which had been
closed for three years, was opened on that day. The
sight of the Russian Imperial Eagle, as a presage of the
restoration of friendly relations with the Court of St.
I'etersburgh, was highly agreeable to the public.
A few daps ago the Sultan addressed an autograph
letter to the Aga of the Janissaries, with orders to give
in a report of those who were willing to take part in the
campaign against the insurgents. To-day, as the Sultan
was on his way to the Mosque of Nuri, Osmanil, the
Aga, delivered to him a declaration to the effect that all
the Janissaries, highly flattered by the co:rfidence of
'their sovereign, waited only for his orders to co-operate
in any enterprise he might think fit to employ them in.
It is determined to take a corps of 12,000 of them, to be
employed in the approaching campaign.

We learn from the Morea that the new Greek Exe-
cutive Council, which is exclusively the work of the
ilydriots and Spezziots, continued to reside at Kranidi,
a village on the east side of the Gulf of Argolis, nut-
the island of Spezzia, whither the opponents of Coloco-
troni's faction fled, after the expedition in December
last. This new Council had lately issued a decree of
accusation, in 18 articles, against three of its predeces-
sors, Pietre Mauromichali (13ey of Mania), Suter Kara-
lampi, and Andreas Metara, in which the greatest
crimes are laid to their charge ; and it has since drawn
up a formal accusation against Colocotroui. The
latter has replied by a most violent justification,
in which he speaks incidentally, and very contemptu-
ously of Mattrocordato 60 and his foreign allies," but he
regards as little as all the rest, the vain words of a body
%%filch is wholly destitute of power. It is so weak that
in one of its Proclamations (the original of which lies
before us), it complains " that it has been refused the
Arcllivei and the Seal of State, which were stolen on
the surprise of Argos, and it must therefore employ a
temporary Seal."
So long as Colocotroni's son is master of Napoli di
Romania, and a Deputy of Nikita is in possession of
Corinth, there is no prospect of a termination of this,
'state of absolute anarchy.
The circumstance which we mentioned irr our pre-
ccding report as having occurred at kite arsenal of Mis-
solonghi, is fully coflmmed, but the scene terminated
in a manner vet y humiliating to the authority of Mau-
,loooTdilto.

After the German officer vas. shot, and al/ the work.'
men in the arsenal, among whom were some skilful
mechanics and mathematicians, had fled to Zante, it
was resolved to punish the Su}iote who had committed
the murder. Seven hundred of his comrades immedi-
ately took hint under their protection. Ma.urocordato
was in the end obliged not only to give up the intention
of punishing the criminal, bet even to appease the Su-
liotes by fair words, in order to prevent a dangerous
insurrection. This affair so greatly affected Lord 11.yron,
that he passed some days in violent convulsions, which
exciied fears for his. life e.
• The details here given perfectly agree with our reports from
Corfu, Zante, An article In the .finirnrri et,•s Debtor says, that
Lord Byron had about that time made a journey to 'l'ripulitza ;
there reconciled all parties ; appeased Colocotroni ; persuaded him
to :evacuate Napoli di Romania, and effected many other great
things. " His journey," says the article, "was a ♦turf triumph for
tha Diet of Hellas." Of all this our Correspondent knew nothing.
As far as we know, Lord Byron, since his arrival at Missolonghi,
had never qnittedthat place. The latest accounts from Corfu, of the
27th March, say, that the report of the Insurgents being in posses-
sion liad died away strain. No:e If the Editor of the Atutrion• Okerrar.

We are still withuut any ofacial account of the recent
melancholy events at Accra, though there are too rrany
confirmatory statements to remove our fears as to the
truth of the disastrous intelligence already received.
The Plymouth Journal, however, contains an extract
from a letter brought by the Wanderer, which reached
that port on Tuesday, which, though of a recent date,
gives a very different version or the affair. This letter,
which is written by a Gentleman of great respectability,
the principal contractor in that quarter, is dated Siert a
Leone, March 17, 1824., and contains the following
passage :
" The Driver cattle In here late this evening from the Brazilsilt
I have not heard what news she brings. I understand front a prior
(to the Bann) which was brought in yesterday, that the:, has been
some sharp fighting at Cape Coast, with. the Ashantees, but that
they bad been beaten in two engagements, and that it was supposed
that Sir Charles would by this time he in possession of tkeir capital
(Coomassie). They are a most bloodthirsty and cruel people, and. n
complete terror to the surrounding nations."
With so slender a force as Sir CIIARLES WAIITtIY
possessed, it is highly improbable-that he would push
on to Coomassie, which is a large town, and full of
warriors, had he even defeated the Ashantees.
A letter from the Master of the Elizabeth, dated- at
sea, March 4, contains the. following confirmation of
the first accounts:.

" I sailed from Cape Coast Cattle on the 4th of February. As
you will have heard perhaps, Sir C. M'Cartby and all the white
merchant's, with the Cape Coast Castle natives, had marched into
the Bush, to fight the Ashantees, on the 21st of January. The
Ashantees came down 10,000 strong. Sir Charles, with the mer-
chants and natives, amounted in number to about 6000 men, who
were completely routed, after a hard battle, and all the merchants,
with Sir Charles, either killed or taken prisoners, or at least they
had got been heard of when I sailed, which was 14 days after the
engagement, which took place about 20 miles from Cape Coast. In-
deed many of the merchants were seen lying dead, by the natives of
Cape Coast Castle who escaped, with their beads severed front
their bodies. Their heads were no doubt sent in triumph to the
King of Ashantee."

It is stated in 4 letter from Port-au-Prince, dated
March 8, that the King of FRAvfee has offered to aban-
don all claim to the sovereignty of St. Domingo, on
condition of receiving a sum of money, and some
commercial privileges.