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London, England, 1826-07-17 00:00:00

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THE GREEKS.

. the States General.
Letters from Odessa, of the Mk Jane, have trews from Cam.
the Uwe The coorage and presence of mind of the
s ;it; daaarnr to
during the revile, of the Janissides, have given the Turks a
high *aim et his character. Rellards kale been distributed to
the faithful troops. The formation of the new troops cannot meet
with any further obstaclei, anti certain Christian Power* are to
furnish Olicen to instruct them.
The Poles, and especially the Ladies, slew great seal in the
cause of the Greeks. Committee* have been formed at Warsaw,
and is the principal shies of the kingdom, and Ladies of the highest,
rank have taken upon them to collect subscriptions for the Greeks.
Our Journals contain various accounts a-damage dose by storms,
in many parts of the kingdom.

We have received Philadelphia and Baltimore Papers
to the 15th, and New York Papers to the 21st of June.
They contain some intelligence from CaractasOut it is
not of so recent a date as that received through more
direct channels. They contain an 4c ctunt of the charge
ag4inst General PAIL in consequence of which he was
suspended from the office of CirnmAnding General of
Venezuela, and ordered before the Colombian Senate to
take his trial. It appears, says one of these gapers,
that the. Colombian Government passed a law requiring

the enrolment of its military, pretty much upon the plan
of that adopted in the United Status, and, as chief of de-
partment, General nix was called upon to carry the
provisions of the Act into effect. Instead of performing
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this duty as became a man tenacious of me rights of
the citizens, he orders a detachment of regular troops to
bring to head quarters, by force, !perms subjected to
the law ; and for this violent outrage he is justly accused
before the constituted Authorities of,the country.
What steps the Colombian Government will now
adopt, in the new position in which General 'PA Z is
placed, remains to be seen.
The Mexican Government seems determined not to
make the slightest concession to Old Spain ; and its
contiguity to the United States is a strong guarantee of
its independence i in republicanism it is rivalling its
neighbour.
On the Bth of May the Senate of Mexico paned una-
nimously the following resolutions:-
1. The United Mexican States will never listen to any proposi-
tion of Spain or other Power, If it be not founded in the absolute
recognition of their independence under their present form of go.
vernment.
3. Nor will they at any time accede to any demand of indemnity,
tribute, or contribution, which the SpaniAlt Government, or any
other Power in its name, may disks for the lon a its ancient su-
premacy
over these countries.
3. The individual or individuals subject to the laws of the Meta.
can Republic, who shall propel* or promote, either by speech or
writing. publicly or secretly, within or without the Union, the pro.
position anutiened in the first Ruolution, shall be deemed guilty
of treason, and punished with dank; and eight years of imprison-
, ment shall be inflicted on him or those who shall promote what is
abjured in the second Resolution.
'The foregoing Resolutions were stmt to the Chamber of Deputies,
and confidently expected to pan that body.
A Resolution is also said to have paned both Houses of the
Mexican Congress, that.no commerce will be held with any Power
that does not recognise the independence of the country, and that
nothing will be green to Spain u all indemnification to recompense
for her acknowledgment of the ladepeodente of Meek.. rt,
The Mexican Canvass have passed a decree, alsolishiag for ever
all titles of nobility, such as Count, Warmth. &c. that all persons
shall be considered as equal by mature, whatever may be their origin.

By the Pontnna. artived in the Clyde (says the
Glasgow Cburier), we have received Jamaica papers to the Seth
May. They contain an order by the Spanish Government, pub-
lished in Cuba, directing the rigid enforcement of the laws. to put
an end to the Slave Trade. The outward packet (the Plo►er) al..
rived at Jamaica on the 22d May, and ought to leave it on the
11th June. The following are the only curiae that appear of
interest to the Enropean reader :

NASSAU, N.P. Mar 6.
" Early this morning a large ship appeared in the *fling, and
entered the harbour about seven eclock, which proved to be his
3lajesty's ship VALOROUS. Captain the Bari of Hutßingdon. from
Jamaica and Honduras, having on board the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Jamaica, Bcc. en a visit to this portion of his Diocese.
" His Lordship left the skip under a 'elute, and landed at one
o'clock at the public stairs (at which moment a salute was fired
1 from the guns of the garrison). and was received by the Members
of the Council and a 'Detachment of the 2d West India Rifillnsest,
through two lines of which he walked to a carriage prepared for
his reception, and proceeded to the President's house.
" The Lord lliabop is' accompanied by his Secretary, Hamm
[Ancona, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Parreasov."
The suppression of the Janissaries, supposing it to be
as complete as it is represented, is one of the neon important events
connected with the Ottoman Government that has occurred for
many years. This corps, which has so long ruled paramount at
Constantinople, had its origin in the youthful captives whom Awe.
SATRE I. made in a predatory irruption into the provinces of the
Danube. Though originally Europeans, they were educated in
the religion and warfare of the Turks, since called Janissaries
(leniaskeri, or new soldiers). For a long time these troops greatly
contributed to extend the conquests of the Ottoman power, and
hence they enjoyed peculiar privileges; such as the guardianship of
the &Armes person beyond the Seraglio--tlaey formed the garrison
of the regular fortresses, the keys of which could only be intrusted
to their Chiefs—they lied also continued pay, and pensions on
retirement.

The corps at length Were so despotic, that imse of the Sultana
endeavoured to debase it by permitting the lowest vagabonds to
enrol themselves among the Jaalseariei; and how well they played
their part is evident from the nonierous insurrections and burnliogs
which have taken place in Ceostendoople. For mauy years the
Sultans have been anxious to abolish the inbound, and introduce
the European discipline among the Turkish monies; a trilling cir
cumstance gave rise no it. which is thus related by Ent, in the
Survey of the Turkish Empire, published I. 171 M ;
" The Grand Vizier, Toner Pacha, in the late Russian war, had
a prisoner who was by hint' a Turk ; but, being carried early in
his youth to Moscow, he bad become a Christian, and found in a
Russian Nobleman a patron, who gave him a pod educe.
ties, and placed him in the army. tie was a Lieutenant
when he was taken prisoner, and had the reputation of being a
good dicer. The Viakr took pleasure in conversing with bim,
for he had not wholly forgotten his mother tongue. He repre-
sented the advantages of the European discipline, nee only in battle,
buts every other point of view. and particularly in securing the
army from mutiny. By his persuasion the Vizier formed a null
corps, composed of renegadoes sod a few indigent 'Parks, to whom
the prisoner taught the European exercise, which they used to per-
form before the Vizier's tent, to divert him.

“ Peace being concluded, the Vizier returned to Constanthiepie,
and conducted this corps with hint. They were left at a vilbp a few
leagues from the capital. The Sultan hearing et thou, went to see
how the infidels fought bottles, as he would have gone tea puppet
e show • but ha was so streck with the suprrierity d thelr fire,
that from that instant be rveidersi to ism the European
pope In his army, and to abolish the 'Wooed's. H. there-
fore caused the troops to be teurldel., see arm a branch of
the revenue km their naahnenenoq sad loaf declared his
intention et abeibbleg the iswiessisa d Jamissaries. This step,
la might be espeensis prodeeeit onsasiny, which was only appeued
by the Sultan's coasentbig to madam ti ent their pay during their
life-doe ; but he at as sante time ordered that Do recruits &wad
be noised Into their corps.”

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was alisditiated in the
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begun'tio auspiehludy.

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