Star.
London, England, 1821-06-20 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 14.

The following circumstances have excited an ex-
traordinary sensation here :
" On the 29th April, the Creek merchant, Em-
manuel Danesi, vas arrested because he refused to
pay a bill of exchange for 309,000 piastres, drawn
upon him to the order of Prince Callimacchi, now
Hospodar of Wallachia, because the drawer, the
banker Sakellario, at Bucharest, had informed him
that no funds had been assigned. The Austrian In-
ternuncio took his part, because Sakellario is an Aus-
trian ; and Danesi, also, defended himself with an in-
trepidity unusual with a Greek. He was released.
He yielded, however, to the entreaties of his family,
and concealed himself; but the Reis Effendi sending
for him, the Russian Ambassador, whose banker he

is, persuaded him to leave his retreat, and pledged
his word for his life.

" On the 2d of May Danesi, *accompanied by a
Russian Dragoman, appeared before the Porte, but was
immediately seized and thrown into prison. On the
3d, Baron Strogonoff caused him to be claimed as
the Banker of the Russian Embassy ; but the Reis
Effendi announced very coolly, that Danesi was a
subject of the Porte, and Baron Strogonoff had no
right to interfere in his favour. Hereupon the Am-
bassador ordered M. Von Daschkow, who is attached
to the Embassy, to go in ceremony, accompanied by
two interpreters, four janissaries, and two servants in
state liveries, and renew the demand. He was made
to wait five hours, and then dismissed with the same
answer as the preceding d.ty. M. Von Daschkow,
who had been ordered not to return without Danesi,
sent one of his Janissaries to inform Baron Strogonoff
of the answer he had received.
ig The latter immediately came himself, with a nu-
merous suite, but received the same answer. At his
desire he was conducted, contrary to established cus-
tom, to the Grand Vizier, but still received the same
answer. He now desired to know of what Danesi
was accused ? The Grand Vizier said, they had the
most convincing proofs that he was guilty of high
treason. Baron Strogonoff observed, that this accu-
sation entirely changed the nature of the affair ; that
Danesi, being his banker, and the medium of his offi-
cial correspondence with the Morea, it threw a doubt
on the uprightness of his own sentiments, and was
therefore an insult to the Imperial Ambassador.—
This the Grand Vizier would not allow, on which
Baron Strogonoff loaded him with the harshest re-
proaches and the most serious threats. Nothing
would put the Turk out of his way. The Ambassa-
dor-then asked the release of Danesi as a personal
favour, on which he would set a particular value ;
but received the same refusal. Hereupon he pre-
sented a Memorial, addressed to the Sultan, but the
Grand Vizier refused to take it. Baron Strogonoff
then withdrew, without having succeeded in his
application.
" Oa the 4th, Mr. Von Fonton, the First Coun-
sellor of the Legation, repaired to the Porte again,
to demand the release of Danesi, and this being re-
fused, to desire that the Memorial should be pre-1
sented to the Sultan. The Reis Effendi refusing both,
Mr. Von Fonton declared he had orders to go to the
mosque, to step before the Sultan on his way thither,
and to present the Memorial to the Sultan. All the
endeavours of the Reis Effendi to divert him from his
intention, which he said was contrary to all custom,
and derogatory from the dignity of an Ambassador,
were fruitless: Mr. Von Fonton proceeded with his
suite to the neighbourhood of the mosque where the
Sultan was at prayers. When he came out, Mr.
Von Fonton held up his paper and cried aloud, in
the Turkish language, Here is a Memorial from
the Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia to
his Sublimity Sultan Nlalimoud the Second.' He
pronounced those, words twice without exciting the
attention of anybody. The third time, •the Sultan

'cast a contemptuous look at him, caused the piper
Irto be taken from him by an Officer, axed went 0n....
On the same day, a refusal, couched in very furl
terms, was given. It however hoped, that the ate,
I diition of the Russian Ambassador for Danesi, ic.
companied with such remarkable circumstances, will
I be attended with a happy result.

" Ou the 7th of this month, the Russian Mi •
(alleging the seventh and fourteenth Articles of tit
Treaty of Rudschuck-Kainnvzie) complained of the
ill-treatment suffered by the Greeks, of the is
offered to their Religion, and of the destruction,*
their Churches. He demanded that no Turkish troops
should enter the Principalities of Moldavia and Waz.
lachia, because tho e vinces were entirely tranquk
Prince Suzzo having left the Ottoman territory, aad
Ypsilanti, who had not above 400 men, having thit
himself up in a castle, where he is surrounded by**
Turkish troops. The answer of the Reis Effendi te.
specting the entrance of the Turkish troops inrotiv
Principalities, is not publicly known ; but it is bloat
that he has declared, that the rebel Ypsilanti Eta
answer with his bead for the blood spilt at Jassyani
Galatz. It was, in fact, considered as impossibletba
he should escape.

In Constantinople itself, there is great coma,
tion among the foreigners and Greeks, and equity
so among the Turks, since the arrival of a Russia
ship of war of 18 guns. Many persons attached to
the Foreign Ambassadors are making preparatioa
for their departure.
CZBRNOWICZ (IN THE BUCKOWINA), MATti
The storm of war is approaching. The desolnio
threatening the Crescent ahead,' sheds its Wood/

light over the plains of Moldavia. The Turkish rix..l
guard of about 1,000 cavalry had reached, on the
19th, Burl:It, only six leagues from Jassy, and Ind
probability the main body has already entered that
capital.

All the roads leading from that unhappy mooy
to this place, are covered with fugitives. Luta(
pillage and fanaticism excite the Asiatic hordes ts
the greatest cruelties, and nothing escapes their•
sparing scymetars. We know nothing of Ypsiltai:
most accounts say he has crossed the Danube, ad
acts offensively. The advance of the Turk, has io
tercepted all communication with Wallachia. alt
Galacz 600 Greeks fought with 9,000 Turks, f
whom 3,000 were cavalry, for nearly a whaled,.
The number of combatants, on both sides, was to
doted to one half ; at length the superior numbed
the Turks prevailed. The remaining Greeks, 93
in number, were obliged to setreat; every one wa
wounded. When there was nothing more to le
feared from this valiant little band, the Turks maw
cred, without pity, all the Christians, women al
children, in the city.

The following extract from a private letter fray
Paris presents a desponding, but we are inclined e
think rather an exaggerated, picture of the steed
affairs in Spain. That anarchy ifit vails to a coo
derable degree, in some parts, is manifest enough;
but that it is so complete in all the provinces asie
writer represents we do not believe:

" PARIS, JUNE 16.

gi Every day me receive news from Spain, anl
every day brings us frightful proofs that a revoke
tion as bloody as ours has begun. The most coaf
plete anarchy reigns in all the provinces ; and di
state of things does not affect the Government, whirl
proceeds in its ordinary course, amusing itself it
making fine laws and founding fine institutions, whiii
on all sides the principles of government are entirely
disregarded. The King remains still in the same*
terior situation.

" General Morillo has succeeded by his couragessi
firmness in procuring for himself all due homage:pi
respect. His Majesty still continues to protest hi
attachment to the Constitution, while the Insurgeo,
on the other hand, declare their knowledge of ti
Majesty's hatred to it.

,f It is probable that tke Cortes will be assemb
in an extraordinary Congress. On the2d instants

majority of the King's courtiers unceasingly besetti
Majesty from sunset t^ midnight, interceding fa
pardon for one of the (-hikers of the gward who w
condemned to death for rebellion, and was to been
cuted next morning. his Majesty remained iri&l
bly bent on the execution of the law, though bn
emotion was but too visible."

Monday the Princess AUGUSTA dined witb the DP
chess of KENT, at her residence in the King's Pallor
Kensington.
Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA rode out
open carriage and four, accompanied by the Ds
and Duchess of Cr ARENGE. Their Royal Higblos
alighted at the Nursery Grounds of Mr. 10,
Hammersmith, and viewed the extensive pls.
tion grounds.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE dinedie*
terday with the Princess AUGUSTA.
Last night the Duke and Duchess of Ctell
and the Princess AUGUSTA, honoured the .
Opera with their presence.
Yesterday her MAJESTY had a dinner party t!?!,
house in town, at which the following distingso'
persons were present:
of TA
Lord and Lady Milton, Marquis and Meeebleness oft
stock, Lord Wm. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Taylor,
Robert Wilson, Mr. Habhouse, Mr. W. 11. Whittorsd,
Ronald Ferguson, Mr. Brougham.
The Duchess Dowager of ORLEANS is to
Her Serene Highness was a Lady of exemplary
or
racter and virtues. By her death the Dal of Ina
LEANS has acquired a large accession of forzett
consequent influence; not less, if our account be tv:
than '.454Y..),(Y)0 fr. or upwards of £IOO,OOO yep.'

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THE ARMY.

Monday, the •4th Regiment marched out of the Eroyle bar-
racks, near Chichester. Their primary destination was Brighton,
but Of, hti g he.-n countermanded, they are to proceed to
Deptf,,rr a .d Woolwich. The division of the 85th, at Brighton,
will nmai' till after the Coronation, when they will be relieved

by the IMO Regiment.
Tb- 3d West York Regiment of Militia, completed, on Fri-
by, at Pontefract, their annual duty.
Tritlay, the toll-gate keeper at Countess Wear Bridge, was
elnvicted hofore the Magistrates at Exeter, and fined in a Mid-
sated penalty, for having demanded and taken toll from one of
the Yeomanry Cavalry whilst on duty.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS
WAR-01FICF, JUNE 18, 1-.21.
sr/ Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Captain Charles Paget, from
the 90th Foot, to be Cape in, vice Gamble, who exchanges.
3a Reginwnt of Foot Guards---fieutenant-Calonel William
Henry Meyrick, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain of a Com-
pany. vice Cotton, who exchanges.
6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Crawford to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Ladder, who retires.
To be Lieutenarrs—Ensign John Thomas Griffiths, by pur-
chase, vice Crawford; Ensign and Adjutant Alex. Downie

. _
(to have Ihe rank).
Rnsign—henry Foley, Gent. without purchase, vice

Griffiths. -
Ditto—Lieutenant WiUirm Pode to be Captain, by pur-
chase. vice Gore, who retires.
To be Lieutenants—Ensign Sherbrooke Lowe, without pur-
chase, vice Pode ; Lieutenant Angus Wiliam Mackay, from
half-pay 6rlt Foot, vice Frederick Hope A. Pattiton, who es-
ckangr s, receiving the difference.
To be Ensign—Gentleman Ca•lct James Paterson, from the
Boys! !Bilirary Collage. without purchase, vice Lowe.
41st Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Crawford, from half-pay Rifle
Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Jr hn Highmore Jeboult, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
47th Vitae—lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby Cotton, from the
5d Font Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Meyriek,
who exchanges.
&g Ditto —Lieutenant John Fennell, from the 55d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Robert Robison, whose appointment has
not taken place.
49th Ditto--Serjeant-Major Francis Brew to be Q,uartermaster,
vier ilarpur, deceased.
51st Ditto—lirevet Major James Campbell to he •• ajor, by pur-
chase, vice Thwastes, who retires; lieutenant John Fla-
manck to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell ; Ensign
Charles J. Rine Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Flamanck ; John Murray, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hamilton. - • . - . .

Std Ditto--Lieutenant John Jantes Snodgrass, from the half-
pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Winter-
bottom, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Eaton slonins to be Ad-
jutant. vice Winterhottom, who resigns the Adjtitantcy only.
ad Ditto—Lieutenant William Bristow, from half-pay of the
68th Font, to be Lieutenant, vice Fennell, appointed to the
48th Foot.

:Gth Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Thorp, from half pay of the
77th Foot, to be Limit: T.ant, vice Donald Mqver, who ex-
changes, receiving the • ifference.
SOth Ditto—Captain Het., v Boyd Gamble, from the 2d lJta-
gums Guards, to be Captain, vice Paget, who exchange,.
Cedasial Company attached to the Quarterolaster•Generds De-
partment at the Mauritius—. Sewed Lieutenant JohnAkxan-
der Campbell, from half-pay of th.. Bourbon Regiment, to be
fecood Lieutenant, vice Ctimplial, promoted.
HOSPITAL STA Fin •
Apothecary Peter John Macdonald, from hat .pay, to be Apo-
thecary to the Forces.

MIXOLINTIA.

The Christian names of Cornet Fead, on half pay 22d Light
Dragoons, are George Jahn Grove friends.
Ike ebrhalan names of Mr. lizet, who was appointed a Se-
cond lieutenant in the 21st Foot, on the 19th ult. are John
CaNitap

Cbirnmi.slons signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Volum Troop.of Notthighamsbire Yeomanry Cavalry.-Chas.
Chewier, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Pepper,resigned.
Watnaii Troop of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—George
Robinson, Gent. to be Second lieutenant, vice Samuel Pot-
ser, resigned; Henry Sleight, Gent. to be Cornet, vice
George Robinson, promoted.
Ceousheion io the South Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord lieutenant of Salop.
Thomas Leeks, Gent. to be Lieutenant. vice George Jeffreys,
resigned.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex.
Tobe Deputy Lieutenants—Sir Charles Richard Blunt' Ban.
Sr John Shelley, Bart. Sir George Henry Frederick Berke-
ley, K.C.B. William Coarthorp Mabbott, John Apsley Dal-
rymple, Henry Shifter, Thomas Woodward, Alexander
Doormat,. John Ring, George Parini!, John Dorrien, Robt.
Pubr, Rooen Burnett, Edward Burtendiaw Sugden, Win.
Roe, Charles Baker Joseph Baker, George Bartelot Smyth,
Edward B.igb, John Theophilus Daubuz, Richard Ironmon.
g.r, Richard Prime, John Bent, John Peter Cherry, George
Henry Malcolm Wagner, Samuel Twyford,jun. Daniel Row.
land, rands Philip Bedingfield, Ilerben Barrett Curteis,
John IL:by, and Richard Davenport, &qrs.

PLAN for Retiring on Half-pay the Brevet Field-Officers of
th► Cavalry and Infantry, with a Compensation for their
Troops or Companies; for exempting them from future lia-
bility to the Regimental Duties of Captain, and admitting
them to a footing of equality with unemployed Regimental
Find• Officers.
A rep,rt prevails of its being in contemplation to
relieve those Officers of the Army who have obtained
superior rank, from the performance of the regimen-
tal duties of Captain. The boon would be received
with gratitude—would come with peculiar grace on
the occasion of the approaching Coronation ; and, a..
a measure calculated to improve the condition of old
and deserving Officers, would be viewed with appro-
bation by the country, to which they have rendered
so much faithfu: service.

Various conjectures have been afloat, and many
opinions hazarde as to the manner in which this
can best be carried into effect ; and retiring the Of-
ficer, in question, granting them a compensation in
heu of their Troops or Companies, seems admitted as
the fairest plan that can be adopted. The following
outline will prove its feasibility, at a very inconsider-
able expense, in the infantry:
All Officers in the situation of Regimental Captain,
having the Brevet rank of LieuteniniXolonel ; and
also all those having that of Major, if they have
served on full pay twenty-one years, to receive £950,
being equal to the regulated difference between a
Lieutenancy and a Company. This money to be
raised h% the sale of the Companies, and Lieutenants
from the half-pay to succeed the purchasers. The
Brevet Officers thus retired to have nine shillings per
diem half-pay, which is no more than the half-pay of
Captain, with the two shillings they have had on ac-
count of the superior tank.
The Brevet Majors who have not completed twenty-
one years, in all ranks, on full pay, to be retired, re-
ceiving the difference between a half and full-pay
Company, viz. 1:678 15s. Their half-pay to be as
above, nine shillings per diem ; Captains from the
half-pay to succeed this class.
The Brevet Majors already on half•pay, if reduced
subsequently to the order granting two shillings per
diem on account of the superior rank, to have the
benefit of this allowance.
Brevet Officers henceforward to be considered on
a footing with Regimental Field Officers, and not to
be liable to serve in any inferior station. Those
having the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, should they
be brought on hill pay as such, to return the differ-
ence of 050, which they had received; and should
they come iu by exchange, to pay the regulated dif-

ference between a half and a full-pay Lientenant-Co-
lonelcy, viz. £19443 15s. in addition, in order that
Government may be enabled to give to the Lieute-
nant-, olonel retiring, the option of receiving these
two sums, with the half-pay of Major only: or the
latter sum alone, with the half-pay of his rank.

The Brevet Majors who have served twenty-one
years on full pay, not to be required to return the
difference on their being brought in on full pay of
their rank. In the instance of exchange, however,
the regulated difference between the half and full pay
will be required.
But the Brevet Majors who have nut completed
twenty-one years on full pay, on being brought in
effective, to return the difference they had received;
and, if they come in by exchange, to pay the regu-
lated difference between a half a full pay Majority
lin addition. _ _

The Brevet Field-Officers already on half-pay, on
being brought in effective Majors, to return, if they
received, the difference, on retiring on the half-pay
of Captain ; and, if by exchange, to pay the regu-
lated difference between the half and full pay COM.
mitsion besides. _ _

All the sums remaining over and above what the
different classes receive, to be placed at the disposal
of Government, to go towards defraying the-differ-
ence of the half-pay expenses.
The following example exhibits a scale of provi-
sion f ,r ten Brevet Officers to retire upon, supposing
the proportion to be seven of the fist class to three
of the second:

2. a. b.
Four Captains from Half pay, at "78 15s. each, is 2715 0 0
Si: Lieutenants to purchase Companies, at 1950 }57 03 0 0
heach, - - - -
Si: Lieutenants from Half-pay, at £166 15s. each, 101)0 10 0