Star.
London, England, 1821-12-25 00:00:00

PETERSBURGII, NOVEMBER 29.

The Emperor has not only approved of the con.
duct of the persons employed in the Embassy of
Baron de Strogonoff, but has conferred titles and
grants of land on several of them.
We are assure& that a considerable body of our
troops will proceed to Asiatic Turkey, to co-operate
with the Persians.

The whole of Macedonia is in the power of the
Greeks, who exterminate all the detached bodies of
the Turks they meet with.

The recent battle near Salonica has been fatal to
the Turks. After a total defeat, the wreck of the
army returned to the town, and the barbarians massa-
cred a great number of the inhabitants.
The English Government in the lonian Islands
continues to be extremely rigorous towards the
Greeks. In the Island of Cephalonia they have ar-
rested the Archbishop Maharius, who was devoted to
the cause of his brethren.

Brussels Papers to the 22d inst. have been received.
from which we make the following extracts:

ST. PETERSBUROH, NOVEMBER 27.

The great interests treated of in the Cabinet are
still covered with an impenetrable veil. Though we
cannot know which will be the decision of our Court
with respect to the Porte, the general opinion here is
that, under the present circumstances, war is inevi-
table. For some months past oar armies have been
in a formidable attitude, occupying a strong position
in the Pruth. They only wait for the signal to inflict
a dreadful vengeance for the unhappy fate of the
Greeks, their persecuted brethren. But the penetra-
tion of the Emperor Alexander foresees the dreadful
carnage to which the lawless partisans of Islamism
would then deliver up all the Greeks. His noble
soul, his humanity, would wish to see this sad fate
averted from them before he makes known his irre-
vocable will.

A pirate letter from the Southern Provinces of the
Empire contains the following particulars vespecting
the war, and the armed force of Russia I learn
at this moment, that the►e are such active measures
going on in the Second Army, that it may be inferred
from them that war is going to break out. Couriers'

from the Emperor are received daily : the.tone of the
Journals likewise presages an approaching rupture.
Many distinguished Officers think there will be a
*inter campaign, which they pretend will be pre-
ferable to a summer campaign in these countries, the
climate of which is very unwholesome. It will not
be uninteresting to give you a view of the military
force of the Russian Empire.
" The mass of the troops is divided into two armies
and five large corps. The first army is composed of
six divisions, the second of four, which makes in all
fifteen corps. These divisions are all composed in
the same manner, of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and
engineers, formed into brigades, &c. The total of a
corps is 60,000 or 70,000 men. Each of the two
armies has a Generalissitho. The detached corps
have Generals in Chief. All the 4 corps are distri-
buted is the following manner :—The first army ex-
tends through all the Western Provinces, and touches
on the frontiers of Poland and Austria. The second
is stationed in the Southern part of the Empire, prin-
cipally on the side of Turkey and Moldavia.
" The five detached corps are cantoned as follows:
Ist. The Regiment of the Guards, the most nu-
merous corps of all, being 80,000 strong, which is in
general at Petersburgh and Moscow and their-neigh-
bourhoods, has advanced at present towards the
western frontiers. 2d. The division of Lithuania oc-
cupies the provinces on the Baltic, and extends to the
frontiers of Prussia. 3d. The division of Finland is
stationed along the Gulf of that name, and on the
side of Sweden. 4th. The division of Georgia occu-
pies that country and the frontiers towards Persia.
sth. The division of Siberia extends through the north
of Asia. Besides this mass of troops, there are in each
Government two or three garrison battalions, accord.
ing to its extent. Let us reckon only 100 garrison
battalions, and add a company of veterans in active
service, in the chief town of each district : all these
troops destined for the service of the interior, are as
well exercised as troops of the line.
" The total mass of troops is, therefore, much above
a million, without reckoning the invalids, who do
local duty, and whose number is very considerable.
The Officers alone of all these corps would form an
army more numerous than that of some kingdoms."