Star.
London, England, 1828-02-04 00:00:00

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Lions Our naval forces, everfletgellNeed *tithe,' have
been, are not sufficient to wank every creek and isle,
and passage rush;he i atipelago. We see new.
Greek boats on onvoy, almost under the guns
of the prote4ng man of war, as the famishing wolf
,oittaAsh`ast? hill prey. even through the huntsmen's
'peaty: ;Iri IRRlantl;etleorerguascat,. that • piracy, has
necessarily been retarded by .the increasing miseries of
the Greeks, and has indeedyrekressed with those mi
series, itejsfififirp;--1 refer the often expressed
opinion of Commodore Hamilton, a Gentleman of a
cool, dispassionate mind, who has never been accused
of unjust partiality between Greek and Turk—who has
seen all the stages of this dreadful struggle, and has
visited every corner whence the voice of utter wretch-
edness and despair has arisen ; and to the very import-
ant fact, that for the first four years of the Greek revo-
lution. an act of piracy was scarcely heard of; that it is
scarcely two years since the first English vessel was
touched, and that it has been since the last 'six months
when the miseries of the Greeks have beer at their
height, that piracy has taken its wide spread and reck-
less audacity. "We must either steal or die, with our
wives and our children," said an islander to a Gentle-
man, a few days since. •' We might die, it is true; but
he would put off the evil hour, in the hopes that mean-
while something may be done for us—we were not all
thieves, as you say we now are when we could find em-
ployment for our vessels in trade, and could cultivate
our grounds with thebopes of reaping :he crop, and we
shall cease to be thieves when those blessings are restored
to us ; but we would never purchase their uncertainl
possession by submission to the Turks ; they want the
last drop of our blood
That the total suppression of piracy. even when mat
ters are settled for the Greeks, according to the liberal
views of the Allied Powers, may be accompanied with
some difficulty, is very probable. The islands and the
narrow seas of the Archipelago, favoured for such pur-
suits by local circumstances, have always been, more or
less, the scenes of piracy. Under the misrule ef•the
Turks, this species of robbery has been very frequently
carried to great excess, and latterly, admitting the worst
represunations of the case, has become general. When,
however, other means are afforded, the mass of the po-
pulation will, no doubt, of itself abandon a precarious
and:pet ilous mode of procuring existence ;but some men,
lions a spirit of discontent—others, from having found
a chum in the life of variety and adventure they have
been accustomed to lead may he loth for awhile to
return to the regular labours and duties of society. To
put down this number, which I cannot suppose will ever
be very great. is the difficulty, I admit ; but we shall
certainly have in our hands, the means of speedily over-
coming it, without recurring to general slaughter. or
any great shedding of blood. I may mention, as what
occurs to me at the moment, that we might impose on
the Greek Government to be established, the obligation
of moth% with extreme caution the papers and proceed-
ings of every vessel that puts to sea from the ports of
Greece—we might make the local authorities, or- the
head people of each island, responsible for any piracy
committed by a boat belonging to their island, or we
might even adopt for a while as ancient law. which,
"according to Plutarch, prevailed throughout Greece
during the heroic ages—the days of Theseus—that no
vessel-should sail with more than five hands on board.
There was an exception made in faLur of the ship of
Jason, which was appointed to clear the sea of pirates
and we may substitute fur the " Argeone or two gun-
brigs. Finally, t would recommend to Government, as
of consequence (in other matters as well as this of pira-
cy) to require from. the Consuls of Smyrna and Alex-
andria, and the Ambassador at Constantinople (at the
recommendation of the two first, and the nomination of
the last, all depends), great care and circumspection in
the choice of persons to fill the office of Vice Consuls,
in the different islands. The men who now hold these
situations. throughout the Levant, are, as I have said
before, a sad set of rogues. They receive a ttifitng an-
nual stipend from the Consul General, (some of. them
nothing At all) and have certain privileges, which they
have almost without exception, infamously abused, dur-
ing the present troubles, selling them to the highest
bidder—sometimes to both— to Greek and Turk. By
fixing a regular salary for these posts, (superior, co- AUGSBURG, JAMAS! 25.
Wally, to tie sum that is now doled out, though it We are able to assert, on good authority, that the
would still be a mere trifle) many a respectable man;
long-desired Treaty of Commerce between oavarsa and
would be glad to accept them, and I should think if
Wurtemberg
intelligent Englishmen were named for a few of the was signed at Munich on the 18th of this
larger islands, they might form unitedly a moral corps month. The line of Custom-houses hitherto established
of great efficacy in promoting the suppression of sob- between the two kingdoms will be closed on the Ist of
hely, and the spread of civilisation particularly if July pest, and the communications will be entirely free:
Trance and other touutika would act in the same
they will be so on the Ist of Mardh for wine, iron, corn,
manner. and cattle. All the stipulations of this commercial
The regular post from Constantinople arrived here
treaty between the two States have been regulated with
yesterday morning, having be. n much retarded by the
badness of ithe roads, and the extensive inundations, much circumspection, end on principles equally liberal
caused by the long continued rains we have had of late. 'wad equitable.
All the letters I have seen agree in stating that perfect SWITZERLAND, Jaa. 22.
tranquillity continues to reign in the capital, the de- The Committee appointed to revise the Penal Military
pasture of the Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers Code for the use of the Swiss Regiment in the service of
not having produced any effect but a little timidity on
France,
the side of the Franks who have chosen to remain. It has just terminated its labours, the result of
is also said thatcher the Ambassadors had left the city, which will be laid before the Directory, and afterwards
the Turkish Authorities named a Commissary for each communicated to the Cantons: this Code will be one
of the three nations, and assured the subjects of those of the principal subjects of the deliberations of the nest
nations, that though the protection of no other nation
Diet. It will also have to direct its attention to an itre-
would be admitted as any thing in their favour, they
protection of gularity in the 3 S
might all of them rely confidently on the d wiss Regiment in the service of
the Grand Seignior. The Commissaries appointed are Naples, where there are three companies, for which
tendered responsible for any injury that may be done there is no treaty, and the officers of which belong to
tt.e English, French, or Russians, while in Constanti- the Canton of the Grisoas, which have repeatedly re-
nople.
Here we are as peaceable as ever. The only irrira- fused to take any part in the capitulation with Naples.
tion or violence I see, and which happly is confined to STUTGARD, Lie. 26.
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words, is among the Franks, directed not against the His Roya Highness. Prince Frederick, his Majesty's
Turks, but the politics of Europe, the Government of nephew, set out this morning for St. Petersburgh, on a
their own countries, or tallier of the countries from visit to the Imperial Family and the Grand Duchess,
which they descend, the far greaser part of them hay.
Helen his sister. The Prince will return at the begin,'
ing been born and bred at Smyrna. These feelings . a,
hue occasionally found vent in rhyme (in French nu% APrsi."—FranAfirs Papa:, An. 28.
and Italian, English being little known here, except TRIESTE, JANUARY 13.
by some late settlers); and copies of the effusiln, Contrary winds.prevent the arrival of ships from the,
nt the Masa Sasurniensis have been pasted up in Frank Levant. A Russian frigate (perhaps with M. de Ribes*.
St. eel, for the edification of those who could read and. pierce en board) is said to be off the port.
• understand them. Among which " bright intelligences' FRANKFORT, JANUARY IL
• I certainly cannot count myself. There is rather more business doing in English
A fire broke out three days ago in one of the Deist;-
manufactures than for some time past. Some eon-
pal Frank Streets. A house was burned down, and
had it not been for the fire engines from the European siderable purchases have been made by Swiss houses in
Consuls, and the laudable exertion of the European particular, which, during the present season, cannot
and American seamen, a considerable part of this receive consignments directly from England. On the
wooden built town might have been destroyed. other band, the winter is not favourable for the silk
Turkish police behaved very well, maintaining perfect
trade, at least as far as the kfort
order. During the conflagration, the Pacha came into , connections of Pr
• Frank Street, to visit an English gentleman, who was extend, though the demand foe that article from the
confined to his house by indisposition. north of Europe continues to increase, so that we now
The Turks and Greeks are still fighting at Scie. I receive orders from Sweden and Norway..—/l;emeine
cannot Mice, t.in in what state the siege of the castle is
• every body shaping his news according to his wishes-1 Zeitang, Jars. 28.
the opinion, however, most prevalent- here (but that BRUSSELS, hat so. •
• night be expected) is, that the Greeks will be obligedl The Consul-General of Spain at Astute-anti informs
• to &banana the island. I the merchants, that, by a Royal Decree of the 28th of

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We have received the Paris Papers of Friday, and
the Gazette de France, dated Saturday ; the partial al-
teration in the French Ministry, which was alluded to
in the letter of Friday's date, is noticed in these papers.
It appeari certain that Count Cuasaot., who was the
only remaining Member of Monsieur Vti.t.er.e's Ad-
ministration, retires from the Department of the Marine,
over which he presided, and it is expected that Count
PORTALIS would follow his 'sample. The forper alone,
however, seems to have resigned, and a great struggle
is evidently taking place between the diffeeent parties
to procure the appointment of one of their Members to
the vacant office.
The Constitationnel states, as an accredited rumour,
that the Department of the Marine had been offered to
M. de la BOURDONNAT; who is said to have accepted it,
provided he could obtain the approbation of his friends ;
but that en assembling them to the number of nearly
40 for that purpose, he met with very ,unexpected op-
position, and was informed, that so far from cnn.
tinning their support, they would desert him entirely
if be accepted office; four or five persons had since
acceded; and it was net known whether M. de la Bourt-
DONNATZ would dispense with the vifit of his friends-
MM. Roy and Portmlas had determined to retire if be
entered the Ministry.
Strong hopes are expressed by some, and equally
strong apprehensions by others, that M. de VILLELE
would return to the head of the Ministry. Notwith-
standing his late removal from the Cabinet, he had not
yet quitted Paris, which may have given rise to the
report.

We received this matting Frankfort Papers, and
thos Algemeixa Zeitung, each to the 28th ult. also
Brussels Papers to the Sd inst. Their principal con-
tents, which we subjoin, relate rincipally to subjects of
local interest.