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

GERMAN PAPERS.

SMYRNA, Dee. IS.
TI e Oriental Spectator contains the following letter
from 134irout, is Syria, which, though of an old date,
is very interestiag. It adds, that it i. from a respectable
French merchant in that town, whose correspondent at
Smyrna has communicated it to the editor of the
.spectator:

BAIROUT, am. 29.
" I can give you no brilliant description rf our sits&
tiori in this country, where the turn which politica'
affairs have taken has given us the camp de grace. We
had scarcely recovered from the effects of a dreadful
famine and the plague, which compelled us to shut up
our magazines alihnq the whole summer, when a new
misfortune threatened our interests and even our lives.
The exasperation of the Nussulmans, produced by the
'resolution of the three Powers, is still kept in check 'by
the ancient esteem which they paid us, and by the re-
membrance of the, long friendship of which they were
proud; but we elitist confess, that at this moment, only
faint traces remain. and that we are now in a manner
obliged to be constantly in arms, in order to obtain
some of the advantages a hich-treaties grant us. The
indefatigable exertions of M. Guys, our Consul, who is•
highly esteemed here, will soon cease la be sufficient to
ward off the blows which ate aimed at us from all sides.
No remolstrances are attended to; our complaints on
whatever subject are disregarded, and we ham lost the'
moral inflier ce which was our sole protection here. It
is evident that this hostile attitude which the Turks have
assumed with respect to us arises from the distrust whi.h
they feel towards every European, since they fancy that
they see a general union of the Europeans against the
Pore. Our situation is so prevr ous, that we shall
. perhaps be all of us soon obliged to emigrate.
" Tne Christian i» habitants, who fear the anger rf
the Turks who may be every moment induced by events
to the commission of excesses, hare fled with their mei-
chanclise, effects, and-money into the mountains ; so that
if we a i.l) to transact any bowies, we must carry Qiv
ney seven leagues distant into the mountains, in,ortler
to purchase silks, or any other goods ; and it...is fre-
quently necessary to go armed. This emigration tends
to general ruin, and will t cease till we are* Iserftictly.
easy with respect to then issue of the negoctatmans
Constantinople.
" TheChriitianssett:ed In:e are not the only persons *ho
have fled into the mountains. Tne English Consul and
his secretary, with some persons of their nation, and
others under their protection, have also fied,lay which
the alarm has not been a little increased. The French.
notwithstanding the ill humour of the people, have,
hilt esto held out, and we remain, in some degree, the
last remnant of the European population. But as our in.
,ulatel situation is rendered, still worse by the. entire'
absence of ships of war, by the almost equally complete.
want of merchantmen, of which we have seen,enly.two.
for a very long time, and which, besides, did not escape
the plunder of the Greek pirates, we are besides, espe-,
entity in the eyes of the Turks, rather forsaken exiles.
than Greeks, who have voluntarily settled among therm
to form and to consolidate commercial relations between
France and Syria. This situation begins to be very
dangerous, and if some fortunate chance and 'bent
effectual protection does not soon give us a little more
weight in the el es of the nations, we shall probably find
it prudent to withdraw. Besides, the most alarming
reports are in circulation; the only object of them it

The Cape of Good Hope Papers are to the middle of
November. From the following extract from the Go-
vernment Gazette it appears that all fears from the irrup-
tion of the native savages irl the interior had subsided :
By advises received at the Colonial Office from the
'rooter, it appears kids ash that the Fetcani bad re-
turned to the country from a hence they came, beyond
the Orange River, as no further accounts had been re-
ceived of them from any of the tribes bordering on the
Colony.
" The Lieutenant Goeernnr arrived at Fort Beaufort
on the 6.h September, and the next day was met by
Gaika -and other Caffre Chiefs, who renewed their as
surances of attachment to the British Government, And
expressed their resolnthn to.defe id their country to the
trim at, it attacked by the Fetcani or ether tribes.
" The Lieutenant Governor has proceeded to tri:it
the franc et him from the Gtoene Berg to the Fish River
mouth. Au encamprnint is formed at Fort Beaufort."