Star.
London, England, 1822-01-25 00:00:00

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FROM TIIE FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA. DEC. u.

On the 23d December, a Tartar brought to Jassy,
from Constantinople, a Furman, which was published
on the 24th. It ordered that all the artillery, except
two cannon, should be sent back to Braila. At the
same time the Janissaries were commanded to remain
in Moldavia alone, and net to desert, otherwise they
would be punished as runaways, and, above all, they
were to refrain from committing any excesses. This
order excited great dissatisfaction among the Janis-
saries : they openly declared that they would not let
the artillery go away, and the greatest fears were
entertained respecting the issue of this affair. The
Boyars, who have emigrated, wait with impatience
for news from Jassy of the 27th of December, which
day is fixed for the departure of the artillery.—(This
news has this moment arrived : the cannon, fifteen in
number, had been sent away, and nothing particular
had occurred.)—The excesses and extortions of the
Turks are beyond description: if complaints are
brought to the Commander at Jassy, Salish Puha,
he weeps, summonses the guilty, takes from them the
fruits of their plunder, and keeps it for himself.
In Moldavia there are not above 10,000 or 12,000
men, and these are in and about Jassy. The rest of
the Ottoman force is behind the Danube, the for-
tresses upon which, Braila, S listria, Ruschtschuks
&c. are placed in a state of defence.

The head-quarters of the Seraskier Copan ()glom I
are at Silistria. It seems, therefore, the Turks do not
Wend seriously to defend Moldavia 40 Wallachia,
which would indeed cost them very dear, if there'
should be any war, as the Russians have assembled
" main force near Tonsateu, at the mouth of the
The Turkish troops in Moldavia are only
vaticed corps, which will leave the country as

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kelt as the first gun is fired, bat will by that time
completely exhaust, and at last lay it waste. It is
even believed that the Turks, if they should retreat)
will set fire to Jassy, the bodies of which are chiefly
of wood. The !lonian troops between the Pruth
and the Dniester were obliged, some days ago, to
send all the wives of the officers sad soldiers back
Over the Dniester. Oa the other hand, troops from
the interior of Russia daily arrive in Bessenavia.—
As they cannot all pass through Cbotym, two bridges
of pontoons were laid down near Mogilew, but the
ice carried them away ; but, as the weather is still
very mild, and the drift ice has disappeared, the two
bridges have been restored. The Pruth itself is
strongly ockupied by infantry. The day before yes-
terday another detachment of 2,000 powder wag-
gons passed through Chotym, besides a large supply
of Congreve rockets. The Russian General-in-Chief,
Count Wittgenstein, had his head-quarters at Tulezin,
on the left bank of the Dniester, bolt it is positively
stated that they will be transferred in a few days to
Hischenow. In general everything seems to indi-
cate that the commencement of 'hostilities is not
far distant.

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VIENNA, JANUARYt tat
nessfurnishes us with the following addi-
tional particulararelating to the taking of Tripolizza :
" The capitulation was concluded or ratified by the
Bey,of Maine, his brothel-, Caracuculi, Colocotroni,
Anagosti, Giatraco, and Nikita. The Turks so fully
depended on is, that, in .the space of two days, seve-
ral thousands of them left the place unmolested, and
posted themselves near the Greek camp. On a sud-
den, ht6vever, it was known that Demetrius Ypsi-
lanti and General Gordon had secretly left the city ;
and from that moment the breach of the capitulation,
and all kinds of horrors were foreseen.

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• On the. folloying day, that part of the Greeks
that blockaded the city. on the road to Argos, with-
out acquainting their comrades, undertook an as-
' sault, nude themselves' masters of a gate and a tower,
and placed their colours on it, The rest of the be-
sieging troops, inspired only j the. apprehension of
losing their share of the plunder, now penetrated
into the city on all sides, and witliout opposition;
and there soon commenced, within and *without the

wall; a series of scenes unparalleled perhaps in the
annals of human wickedness and cruelty.
Mr. Gordon had arrived in the Morea with a large
sum of money. He soon perceived what he had to
espect from his new allies; but he is not the man se
easily to give up what he has once undertaken, and
o long as he entertained a faint hope, if not of doing
good yet of hindering crimes, lie held out. He ac-
cepted the place of Quarter-Master-General uuder
Demetrius Ypsilanti, who had been named Com-
mander-in-Chief by the leaders above mentioned,
though he was little versed in the art of war, and had
declared, after the taking of Malvasia, that he would
not serve any longer. The same Chiefs, meantime,
found means to take from Mr, Gordon all the money
he had brought with him. Their want of necessaries
of every kind was great. The collections made for
them in foreign parts they had indeed heard of, but
had never received anything of them ; and the little
treasury of the Pacha of Tripolizza, which has been
long exhausted, has certainly not enriched them.—
Besides Mr. Gordon, several French Officers who bad
engaged under Demetrius Ypsilanti, have withdrawn
since the murderous scenes at Tripolizza.

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