Star.
London, England, 1826-11-06 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURGII, OcTom. IS.

In the conference of the 17th, Prince Menzikoff
hearing that war had been decided upon, and not wish-
ing that the absolute rejection of even an inadmissible
proposition should furnish to Persia any pretext what-
ever w justify its hostilities, declared to the Persian
Ministers, as he mentions in his reports, that he would
ask for new orders from his Government, and that he
would acquiesce in the desire expressed by Alaiar Khan,
to resume and continue the negotiations in a frontier
town. He even made it a point to notify, in a letter,
his consent to this mission. Meanwhile, upon the 7th,
Alaiar Khan addressed him in an off
icianote, in which,
without mentioning this measure, or the mutual assent
that had been given to it, without making any reference
to the anterior negotiations that had taken placebetween
Russia and Persia, nor to those points with respect to
which both parties were agreed, without announcing
any positive grievance, without supporting by proof the
vague accusation thrown out against the Frontier Au-
thorities of Georgia, of having shewn in the differences
respecting the existing limits between the two States, a
spirit of hostility ; without even specifying the facts
which gave rise to that reproach, he declared, that the
Schah would, in future, enter into no negotiations ex-
cept upon the basis of the treaty of Gulistan, and he
demanded, in imperious terms, that Prince Meozikoff
should inform him if that basis would be admitted by
Russia, adding, that if it was rejected, the Court of
Petersburgh could not legitimately complain of the'
ulterior determinations of Persia.

The answer of Prince Mensikoff was as simple as it
was skilfully drawn up. He reminded him that the
Emperor, at his accession to the Throne, has received a
plan of the present line of demarcation, presented on the
28th of March, 1825, in the name of Russia, and that a
counter plan bad been sent back, in the name of the
fichab. That agreeably to these documents, the dif-
ferences between the wishes respectively expressed by
the parties, with respect to the line of the frontier, were
utterly unimportant : and that the only difficulty which
had for a considerable time occupied the two cabinets,
had been removed by the consent of Persia to the ex-
change of the shores of the Lake Goktcha for the terri-
tory of Kapantchay or Tchoadoury'which consent was
announced in the following terms, in a letter from the
Sultan Naib, who negeciated for the Schell; to the Com-
mander•in-Chief, Yermoloff, via.
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" All the proposals which you have made, with res-
pect to Kapantchay and Goktcha,have been approved of,
by his Majesty, Foote-Ali•Schah, and we pledge our-
selves that he will definitively adoptthem."
Prince Meozikoff added, that he had, in consequence,
been the bearer of proposals, founded on.this solemn as-
sent—that his overtures nevertheless bad been rejected,
yet, notwithstandiag, the Court of Russia, which wished

for nothing but the of peace, and which
had not lost sight either of the interests or of the rights
of Persia, and which sought for no increase of territory,
would accept', with genuine pleasure, the offer of nego-
tiating upon the the basis of the Treaty of Gastrin; and,
in order to come to an agreement upon the line of demarc-
ations the Envoy of his Imperial Majesty renewed the
proposal of assembling the negotiators in a frontier town,
where the unexpected demands, for which his instruc-
tions had made no provision, might be discussed, and be
pledged himself, if this proposal were agreed upon, that
Russian Plenipoteitiaries, furnished with every requisite
instruction, would be sent to the appointed town; and
that, if this proposal were rejected, Persia could not pre-
tend, in taking up arms, that Russia had given it reason
for discontent or war. The Persian Ministry made no re-
ply to this Note of Prince Nlensikoffs until the 30th Aug.
at the very moment when the latter was mounting his
horse to join oar troops, and to quit a territory which
was then occupied by the enemy. In this reply the
Persia' Minister left room to expect the acceptance of
the proposal to negotiate is some frontier town, on the
line of demarcation, and said not a word of the six
Weeks' flagrant hostilities and open war of the armed
violation ut our 1101114017, of the iwrasion of our pro-
vinces beyond Elisabethpol, or of the insorrec#o* in-
vitifd in all the neighbouring countries among the Mur

sebnan subjects of the Emperor. It would be difficults
id imagine mote signal bad faith than this.

LISBON, OCTOBER 18.
The following is an extract of a Report from Major
Correa Mesquita, addressed to the Commandant of
Oporto :
" The Marquis de Chaves had received orders to pro.
ceed direct to Lisbois, to excite a revolution there. He
had a great deal of Spanish gold, and the movements.
that were noticed in his house gave rise to suspicion.—
His wife was told not to allow her husband to go out,'
even to.one of his farms, and this for the purpose of
avoiding trouble. The Marchioness gave an approving
reply ; yet, on the sth, at six o'clock in the morning, be
came forth from his house, clothed in full uniform, and
decorated with all his orders. He was accompanied
by the Abbct of St. Denis, by a Sub• Lieutenant of the 9th
Chasseurs, whom; he had kept concealed in the house
from the 27th Sept. and by six other soldiers. In a short
time the populace of the mhos bs oined him, and he then
raised a harza fer Don Miguel; whom he' proclaimed
absolute King. He then.proceeed to the guard of the
town, which was commanded by Serjt. Bernard°, crying
out to him, Serjeant, thou art an Officer, follow me, I'
offer thy troops 4,000. mantis (1001.)—Long live our
King Don Miguel—Death to Don Pedro, and the Con.
'citation r The Serjeant answered him by presenting
his bayonet ; the Marquis then retired. In the midst of
these doings, the troops coming forth from their bar-
racks, fell upon the populace. The Judge de Tura.,
himself made prisoners the Abbot of St. Denis, and
the Sacristan of the Convent, who was sounding the,
tocsin. The Insurgents had correspondents at Cove-
linhas, Capella:, Albacas, and Negueird ; but their'
defeat confused them, and the rest of the peasants.):
being assembled by the authorities, gave unequivocal
proof of their affection for the legitimate King, and for
his Institutions. On the 7th of the month, prosecutions
were commenced against the authors of this commo-
tion. The chiefs of the mob have been dragged iw
chains to Oportor except the Marquis de Chaves, who
has fled into Spain by the road of Justes."

DECREE OF THE PRINCESS REGENT.
1. 1 accept in the name of the King, the resignation
which has been tendered to me by Joseph Antonio
Guerreiro, of his Majesty's Council, of his place of Se-
eretary of State in the Department of Ecclesiastical and
Judicial Affairs, and I nominate as his successor, eel
interim, until tile arrival of M. Mello Breyner, the
Judge Gobea Durao.
2. Having given the command of the division of
Operations to the Secretary of State in the War De-
partment during his absence, his porte-feuille is con-
fided to ihe Minister of Marine.
Brigadier General Barran, the Colonel of Cavalry,
Lobo, Major of Engineers, Film, who were broken iq
1828, for their adherence to the Constitution, are re-
stored to their respective ranks.
The 9)11 October, the anniversary of the King Don
Pedao Placed among the number of grand gala days,
by deetee of the Princess Regent. The telegraphic hol•
letinof the 11th, announced the appearance in the waters
of Lisbon, and at a great distance out at sea, of a ship,
two frigates, and two brigs of war, seventeen ships and
fourteen brigs, merchantmen—none of them bearing
any flag by which their nation could be made out.
PARIS, Novssesas 5.
We learn from the Memorial Bardekis, that Dr.
Francia, who, since the first revolution in Spanish Ame-
rica, has acted as supreme Magistrate of Paraguay, has
just renounced theauthority which he exercised in favour
of Colonel Guarany ; bot on account of the absence of
that officer. the Secretary of the Government, Zapicliae,
is charged with the administration ad interim. It was
on the 2d August last that Dr. Francis gave in his re.
signation. Marshal Duke of Ragusa has arrived at Paris.
The Duke of Devonshire, the English Ambassador
Extraordinary at the Court of Russia, arrived on the
evening of the 18th, at Frankfort. Lord Morpeth,
Messrs. Townshend and Cavend sh, together with Dr.
Verety, arrived with his Excellehcy.
The Gazette of Augshargh staths, that, according to
its correspondents at Naples and Messina, me voyages
of Lord Cochrane for two months in the Mediterranean;
his frequent and mysterious landings in Celabi ia, and
numerous other points of the kingdom of the two Si-
cities, and lastly his appearance at Messina, where he-
was refused pretique, have excited a strong sensatioq.
It is certain, adds this notice, that Lord Cochrane bad
on board a number of Neapolitan and Sicilian exiles,
and that he took on board some of them at Malta ; that
be landed several times under a fictitious name; and
that be was favoured and abetted by two Foreign Coo.
suls. The Government of Naples has made represen-
tations to the English Government upon this subject,
and demanded the recall of these two foreign Consuls.
It is not, however, stated, who the Consuls were, nor
what was the nature of the assistance they gave to Lord
Cochrane.

PROM TIM ITOILE OF FRIDAY.
PARIS, Nogreaoss 2.
It was on his arrival at Twer, on the 13th of October,
that the Emperor of Russia received, by a courier' the
news of the close of the negociations at Akermann. The
Turkish Plenipotentiaries have ended, by accepting and
signing, on the 6th of October, the draft of the conven.
tioo, which was proposed to them, on the behalf of
Russia. Agreeably to the last Article of that conven-
tion, the ratifleations are to be exchanged at Akermann,
within the space of four weeks at farthest.
The reports received by the Court of Russia from
Major General Prince Meszikoff since his return to
Tiflis, contain information of high interest on the cir-
cumstances which prevailed in the Court of Teheran,
to make a sudden attack on Russia.

M. de Tatestcheff has been appointed Ambassador
Erttaordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of Russia to his Majesty the Emperor
of Austria.

The young Duke of Richelieu, heir of the name of
bim to whom Odessa owes its existence and prospasitr,
arrived at that town on the 26th, from Constantinople,
on board the English brig Mary Ann. He has just
made a tear through Italy, Greece, and Asia Mao ;
and, being at Constantisseple, be was inspired with t
desire to see the creation of his illustrious uncle. T
day after his arrival, be was received into the Qum:.
sine Fort. Oen he will remain fifteen days.