Star.
London, England, 1829-09-04 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLIC, Aoo. s.

At length the Porte finds itself compelled to adopt another sys-
tem, and to listen to the counsels of reason, which, with incredible
arrogance, it has rejected for a series of years. The advance of
General Diebitsch towards Kirk-Kilissa, where his van-guard ar-
rived en the 6th, and the landing of a Russian corps at Iniada
(Aineda), have made so great an impression on the population of the
capital, and on the Ottoman Ministry, that there was reason to fear
a dreadful crisis if the Sultan had any longer refused to accept the
proposals of the foreign Ambassadors, and to show himself ready to
concur in a general arrangement of the disputed points. The
Sultan appeared, on this occasion, to be sensible of his situation,
and has engaged to do every thing that can contribute to the resto-
ration of peace, and the satisfaction of his people. He has accepted
the Treaty of the Eth of July, 1827, 'and also the Protocol of the
22d of March, 1829—only changing the tribute,witbout any other
clauses. He has also consented to give to the Rinsian flag the free
passage of the Bosphorus, and an assurance that he will negotiate
on the basis of the Convention of Alterman. At the same time,
he has expreued a wish to have the negotiations carried
on at Constantinople itself. The presence of the Prus-
sian General, Baron Von Muffling, who arrived here ill
on the 4th, but has already had two conferences with the Reis Ef-
fendi, may probably have contributed to the favourable disposition
of the Sultan ; and will certainly promote the negotiations which
are going to be carried on. Since then the capital is mere tran-
quil ; but in the provinces, where there are Numerous adherents of
the Janissaries, a very dangerous spirit is said to exist ; and it is
feared, that if Count Diebitsch prosecutes his operations, and
appears before Constantinople, the fermentation here will be re-
newed, and the life of the Sultan might be in danger. There is
therefore no doubt that the Porte will send Commissioners to the
Russian head-quarters as soon as General Diebitsch wishes it, in
order to obtain peace, at whatever price. Should this be the case,
the persons are already fixed upon who will carry on the negotia-
tions at the Russian bead-quarters. Nothing is known of the
Turkish army ; and it appears to be no longer in existence, as the
troops which were ordered to Adrianople turned back at the dis-
tance of half a day's march from Constantinople, and have been
sent to the camp at Ejub, which is composed of about 15,000 men.
The accounts from Asia are very gloomy. The entire population
of that country refuses to march against the enemy ; and the few
recruits are brought hither on camels, bound. The Porte is there-
fore in a very bad situation, andl it cannot expect its deliverance,
except from a change of system. Peace is as good as concluded, if
foreign interests do not prevent the Porte from agreeing to the
demands of Russia.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
PARIS, Sur. 2.

The packet-boat, No. 6, is arrived at I3eurdeaux from Vera
Cruz, from which port it sailed on the 14th July. The Quaidienne
and the Journal des Debate have published the following extracts
of letters received by this channel :
••
Vaa.• Cars, Jury 14.-It would be impossible for me to
give you an idea of the stupor which reigns here, in consequence
of the dread Inspired by the expedition preparing at the Ha-
vanna. Our Authorities are in the greatest consternation, and
the General Government is in still greater alarm, as there
does not exist a single hard dollar in the Treasury ; and as nobody
win advance anything, the chiefs of the Government do not
know what to do. It is feared they will have recourse to violent
and vexatious measures, which would increase the discontent which
reigns already in every part of the Republic. The troops have
not been paid for the last four months. The anxiety of Govern.
ment is materially augmented by the consideration that Spain has
a strong party in Mexico; that this party have extended ramifica-
tions throughout the country, and that it will raise its head as
soon as it shall feel that it is supported by the army
of the expedition. We are extremely desirous of seeing an end put
to this state of anxiety in which we are. For some days past it has
been reported in our town that the Spanish expedition will operate
its landing upon our coast. We desire with all our hearts that it
may be so, for then we should be the first to be delivered from the
iron yoke that presses us down, and which we cannot bear any
longer. However it may be, we expect to see great events before
many days are past."

From the Journal des Debuts.
VERA CRUZ, JuLI 14.

If the reports spread here are to be believed, the Spanish cape.
dition is to land on the coasts. However it may be, the Government
is making every effort to cause the failure of this expedition,
which has been announced by the Spaniards with so much osten-
tation. The Spaniards rely upon a party that will throw off the
mask as soon as it can rely upon the support of the Spanish
army. But, supposing this party to exist, it can be com-
posed of but a handful of men, whose destruction is ren-
dered certain by the spirit that animates the inhabitants of
of the country in general. What is deplorable in the present cir-
cumstances is, that the troop have not been paid for three months ;
and certainly our enemies will not fail to profit by this circum-
stance—to excite discontent amongst our soldiers, and, by deceitfu
promises, to abandon the nag of liberty. However, in spite of the
poverty of the Government, the troops are extremely well die
posed, and it is to be hoped that the enemy will be repulsed, if he
dare attempt to make a landing on this point of the Republic.

The Quotidienne of this morning publishes the following private
correspondence from Sendin.The correspondence of the Quotidleane
from Semlin has been remarked from the beginning of the war as
containing in general the most accurate information to be found in
the private correspondence from the theatre of war, published in
the French papers. It is said, I do not know with how much truth,
that these Semlin articles arc furnished by the Austrian Govern.
meat.

SCHEMLIN, 15th AUGUST.

The details of an action between the Pacha of Scutari and a
portion of the army of General GUM. , which had passed to
the right bank of the Danube, have been just published
at Belgrade, with a great deal of ostentation : the action
took place on the 9th of August, and it terminated In the re-
occupation of Rocheva by the Turks. It appears that the
Pacha of Scutari has the intention of crossing the Danube st tha t
point, and of making an incursion into Little Wallachia, com-
bining his operations with the Paths of Widdin, who is in obser-
vation opposite Kalagat. It was also said at Belgrade, that General
Diebitsch had met with a check in an affair which had taken place
in the direction of Aidos, where, it is asserted, he was attacked by
the Pacha of Adrianople, who had united his troops to 15,000 men,
led by the Grand Vizier in person. It is certain that the position of
Gen. Diebitsch has become very complicated since his arrival in the
dictrict of Aidos : he has an army too weak to attempt any thing
of very great importance ; for instance, a march upon Adrianople;
for with an army of such little strength be dare not attempt to force
the passage of Strandja, or that of Karnabat. The territory which
he occupies is surrounded by all the Ottoman forces—to the south
is Hasseim Pacha; to the west and to the north, the Pasha of Adri-
anople and the Grand Vizier. It is known also that the plague,
Weed from Odeya to Sizepoli, is thinning the body of the men,
which has to come there from Sebastopol, under the orders of
General Poncet. In such circunutances. General Diebitsch can.
net advance ; and were be to find it necessary to re-pass the Kamts-
chik, his retreat would be difileuk, and could not take place with-
out great loss.

—ow—
Front the Gazette de France of Wednesday.
Front the declamations and libels, the revolution now proceeds to
facts; provokes the whole body of electors throughout the kingdom

to a general assembly ; constitutes and organizes them, by inviting
them to establish inquests, commissaries, and even meetings in
which these commissaries should give an account of their labour ;
and, finally, provides for the necessary expenses by establishing a
new tax, under the name of a voluntary subscription. Such an
enterprise is certainly contrary to our public constitution, to the
interest of the electors, and to the freedom of the elections, consi-
dered as the expression of public opinion and of national interest.
It is contrary to the Constitution ; for the Constitution acknow-
ledges in the King the power of dissolving the elective Chambers
and he could not do it were the elections to be governed by a fac-
tion. It is contrary to the laws of the realm, which prohibit any
assembly of the electors without the Kings order:
It is contrary to the interest of electors; for, in the absence of
public authority, they are subservient to all the occult intrigues Of
the party ; so that we shall be witnesses to the general extension
of these preparatory Assemblies, invented to deceive the Liberals
themselves, for the benefit of a Centrical Direction, which,
though invisible, produces the nomination of Candidate,
unknown to the fellow-citizens, but devoted to the
revolution. Is it not evident that an organization that is thus ex-
tended to the whole kingdom, that requires deliberations, Presi-
dents, Secretaries, Committees, and votes, is a real usurpation of
• public authority, legislation, and royalty, so that it becomes the
cause of numberless abuses, deceptions sad intrigues, the leaven of
civil discord? What! The Chamber of Peers is presided
by a Chancellor named by the King ; the King's choice is
necessary fur the appointment of the President of the Elective
Chamber; the King again names to the Presidency of the
Electoral Colleges, and France mast be full el Electoral Bodies,
deliberating and administering not only without the assent of the
Throne, but even against it ! No, such an usurpation cannot be
legal—it is totally destructive of the Constitution, for it establishes
sovereign assemblies governed by a faction, and will themselves
govern aU legislative power. We say that such an enterprise
is contrary to the freedom of election, considered as the expres-
sion of public opinion and national interest—for to whom is it
not manifest that the Liberals alone will be present at these
Assemblies, because they alone will have been convoked, the
Royalists believing themselves criminal towards the crown
and the laws, were they to participate in such an
usurpation. The revolutionary spirit, therefore, presides in
in these Assemblies—experience has proved that where Royalists
are wanting to restrain the Liberals, the revolutionary doctrines
are sure to prevail with all their exaggeration. It will in-
evitably happen, therefore, that these meetings will govern the
citizens when divided, and oblige them through fear of law-
suits, defamation, and persecutions of any species, to abandon their
rights, or to accept the candidates elected by the Occult Commit-
tees. It is a known fact that Committees composed of lawyers, li-
bellists, and turbulent men, have it in their power to drag before the
opinion of each locality those who contradict their views. Such is the
liberty that the Liberals reserve to France, their only design is to
organize terror itself, if Government does not prevent it.
It is necessary to know what will be the result of this attempt
in the whole kingdom.
In Paris 12,000 electors are to be assembled under the influence
of the worst men in the country.
In all the other towns or cities, the same meetings are to take
place. Amidst the vociferations of the revolutionary press, and
the tumult occasioned by the fears that the calumnies and passions
of Journalists have diffused on the appointment of the new Minis-
try ; whilst republican notions are voted to Lafayette, and letters
written in favour of Grlgoire.
We are confident that the public authority will strictly watch
such an illegal enterprise, and that all good citizens will at last see
what are t►e intentions of a faction which overthrew the Throne
in 93, tore the Charter in pieces in 1815, and wishes in 1829 to
s ee the Republic arise out of elector's! assosiations.

WAR WITH ENGLAND.
Extract from the Journal du Commerce.

The creatures of the new Administration are every where after
the research of popularity for their blob. The press is not their fa-
vourite arm to combat the too just prejudices of public opinion.; it
Is in confidential interviews and seta-ti-tetes that they endeavour to
captivate approbation. Open enemies to the general interest of
the country, they hope to rally to their cause some tacit or personal
interest, some old prejudices that they think are still alive amongst
certain classes of society. They extol to commercial men the ad.
vantages they may expect from a Ministry in harmony with the
English Government. and which may preserve from the dangers
of a collision with a Power capable of ruining our establisments

and exportations. One of our must celebrated and important ma-
nufacturers answered lately similar insinuations by the following
reflection, which he has communicated to us in writing :
" Mistress of the Commercial World, by the fortified points
which she has usurped, and on all coasts and on all seas, either by
fraud or violence, England has made the universe a colony of her
industry. There is not a single nation whom she does not
force to receive her produce, or whose industry she does
not annihilate by treaties, payment of subsidies, terror, or by
a system of smuggling, boldly and resolutely car-
ried on. But let us investigate what would become of this
prosperity in case of a serious war with France, supported by the
latter, not under the inspiration of a conqueror mare biassed by
motives of personal ambition tban the prosperity of France, but
with that energy which denotes a free people. What have we to
suffer ?—what compensations can the two nations hope for?
" In regard to Fame, at the very worst, she would be deprived
almost totally of a very weak and unprosperous share in
commerce ; she would be obliged to sell her merchantmen to
neutral Powers, to borrow their flags. Nantes, Marseilles,
Bordeaux, Le Havre, might certainly suffer from the war,
though, after all, their losses might be compensated by the ad-
vantage of commencing with the neutral States, and of pro-
secuting a system of making prizes, which, with the help of the
new inventions now in use, might prove very fatal to England
and indeed we are modest enough to mention nothing of our mili-
tary navy; which appears to be on a very respectable footing, and
capable of annoying the British navy on all seas, or at least to op-
pose it in the Mediterranean, where our forces would be concen-
trated, a circumstance which would necessitate enormous expenses
on the part of England, in order to combat such numerous fleets at
so great a distance.
" We allow also that in the supposition of war, France might
lose the colonies of Bourbon and Pondichery. but the former.
without Mauritia, is a very insignificant possession; and in regard
to Martinique and Guadeloupe, it is a well-known fact, that the
delivering our finances of such a burden would be far from being a
matter of regret.
" However, what numerous compensation for such losses, if
even they deserve the name, in the prizes made on the English
commerce, the richest of the world. Certainly all the chances
of war are in our favour, for on sea we cannot be worse and in a
more circumscribed position than at present, and on land our coast
and national guards would secure our own territory against all en-
terprise. But in fact, we should really be the 'overture, though resto-
ration of our manufactures and industry oppressed as well as those
of other countries, by the rivalry of the English; our fabrics of
cotton, wool, silk, and cloths, liberated from the state of distress
in which they now languish; the prosperity of our indigenous sugar
manufacturies,--and, finally, the neutral powers affording us ma-
terials at the same price we pay now. Let no one be frightened
by the pretended blockades of England—by her maxim that the flag
does not protect the goods, and that the sea is her sovereign do-
mains; for she would be unable to perform the execution of such
maxims without going to war with all nations, and especially with
North America—more interested, and, therefore, more ardent than
any others to repulse such haughty pretensions.
" Now let us turn to England, obliged to protect by armed
convoys, each kind of merchandise that she may import, to main-
sin her Industry, and alit's, produce of her manufactories,laboar.