Star.
London, England, 1821-06-25 00:00:00

FRANKFORT, JUNE Is.

An article dated frontiers of Moldavia, May 20,
in the Gazette of to-day, gives rather a more detailed
statement of the storming of Galatz by the Turks,
on the 15th of May. The number of Greeks in the
place was about 2000, above 4000 having marched
to Wallachia ; the knowledge of this induced the
Turks to attack, with 6000 men. The number of
the killed is stated at 5000 ; the Turks, after the de-
feat of the Greeks, having massacred all the inhabi-
tants, including women and children, and then set
the town on fire. By an order of the Imperial Aulic
Council, fugitives from Moldavia and Wallachia are
to be allowed to enter Transylvania, so long as there

is no Turkish army in those Provinces ; but as coon
as such an army has entered them, they are to be re-
pdkd by force, as rebels.

Thursday's Paris Papers arrived yesterday. They
are chiefly taken up with the criminal proceedings
before the Peers, and the continued debate on the
Budget in the Chamber of Deputies. Accounts from
Naples to the sth, received at Paris, contain the-pro-
visions of a Royal Decree against books. The venders,
reading-room keepers, and readers of obnoxious books,
are liable to be imprisoned ten years, as the maxi-
mum of punishment, and the books themselves are
to be publicly burnt. There is an amusing reserva-
tion by which the King of NAPLES allows favoured
persons to read these forbidden books, for the pur-
pose of refuting them, but taking care that the Pub-
lic shalrnot have a glimpse of what the refuted books
contain !

Bombay Papers, to the middle of January, contain
a list of the different troops embarked on the new
Expedition to the Persian Gulf, as follows:—I17
Officers, 1,265 European troops, 1,686 Native troops,
1,611 followers. The ships were all on the move, and
some of them were below the Middle Ground. It was
supposed they would sail for Muscat in the course of
a few days. They will proceed under the charge of
the Company's cruizer VESTAL. The news from the
Persian Gulf is far from satisfactory. Trade was
dull, and the recent disorders at Bussorah indicated
an almost total cessation of our commerce.

The following is an extract from the Batavia Cou-
rant of the 18th January :

" By accounts from Celebe'4 Island we are Informed of every
thing being tranquil in that quarter, and the Rajah of Boni had
not been at Macassar ; and it is doubtful, notwithstanding the
differences between him and the British Government, which are
not settled as yet, if he will act offensively against the Nether-
land Government, of whom he has formerly been a faithful ally.
His Majesty's corvette, the Galathea, was lost on the 25th May
last, on the Rocks of Carang Hadjee, close to Barea :—part of the
stores have been saved. An investigation is now being held of
this event."

Yesterday, Divine Service was performed by the
Rev. F. %V. BLOMBERG to the KING'S Household, at
his Palace in l'all-mall.

The Duke of YORK, the Duke of CLARENCE, atd
the Princess AUGUSTA, attended Divine Service yes-
terday, at the Chapel Royal.
Yesterday, the Duchess of CLARENCE attended
Divine Service at the Royal German Chapel, and
heard a Sermon by the Rev. Dr. KUPER.
Prince LEOPOLD, accompanied by Colonel ADDEN•
BROOKE, attended Divine Service yesterday, at St.
Philip's Chapel, Waterloo-place.
Yesterday, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Prip-
cess SOPRIA, and the Duke of YORK, visited the
Princess AUGUSTA.

The Duke of DEVONSHIRE gave a sumptuous en-
tertainment on Saturday, at Devonshire House, to a
numerous party of distinction; among whom were—

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of
Linsdown, Earl Grosvenor, Earl Fitzwilliarn, the Earl of Ross-
lyn, Lords A. Hamilton, Normanby, King, Duncannon, and.
Milton, Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Denman,
Mr. Tierney, Captain Clifford, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Baring, Mr'
Macdonald, Mr. Denison, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Abercromby,
Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Hcathcote, Mr. C. Cavendish,
Mr. H. Cavendish, &c. &c.

The streets were crowded yesterday in every direc-
tion, but particularly in the line ti om the City, with
people on their way to Westminster, to see the pre-
paration, making for the ensuing Coronation. The
flooring of the platform on which the Procession will
move from the north entrance of Westminster Hall
to the western door of the Abbey, is now completed.
It yesterday displayed a crowded promenade of all
ages and sexes, in a continued line, broken only at
Margaret-street and Tothill-street, where a passage
is left open, sufficiently wide for carriages of every
description.

Letters are stated to have been received at Vienna
from the Turkish capital, which say that the new Pa-
triarch has been strangled in his apartments by the
orders of the Sultan.

The report of the assassination of ALI PACIIA was
not credited at Vienna at the date of the last advices
from that city. At that time it was reported there
by the Greeks, that an insurrection had broken out
in Bu',gaiia, and that the insurE ants, who are headed
by a Greek Bishop, threatened so cut off the communi-
cation and the supplies of the Turkish corps that
have penetrated into Moldavia and Wallachia. The
account is probably untrue. _ _ _

The St. Petersburgh Conserrateur Impartial, of the
29th of May, contains the discourse of the Comte de
GOURIEFT, Russian Minister of Finance, addressed to
the Board of Superintendence over the several Esta-
blishments connected with the Public Credit of the
Empire. It is a long and elaborate paper, of which
the following is a brief abstract :

The rate of eichange between the paper and specie rouble has
fallen since 1815 from 418 to 375.

Since the establishment of the new system of Russian finance,
the Inscriptions in assignats, at six per cent. have risen from 82i
to 104 ; and those in specie, bearing the same interest, from
85 to 92.

The whole permanent and redeemable debt of Russia was on
the lit of January, 9,202,760 roubles metalliques; in assignats,
201,314,480; both at six per cent.—besides 13,250,000 specie
roubles at five per cent.
The debt not liable to redemption amounted to 39,812 specie
roubles ; 301,314,400 assignats at six per cent. and 13,250,000
at five per cent.
The portion of the debt redeemed at the beginning of this
year was 191,109,420 paper roubles.
The quantity of paper in circulation in 1817 was 836,000,000
roubles • of that there have been paid off upwards of 191 mil-
-1 lions. 'eke amount of new paper now in circulation is 639,460,270
roubles; the old, amounting to 644,390,560 roubles (after paying
off as above), having been called in; but above twelve millions
of the old paper appear to have been lost, and never called for,
in the course of a circulation of thirty-four years; and, on the
other hand, forged aisignats to the amount of nearly seven mil-
lions, have been passed upon the Bank, and paid.

The general view of finance exhibited by the Mi-
nister, appears to be cheering to the Russian Stock-
holder; and the conclusions of his Excellency san-
guine and confident in the same or, perhaps, even a
higher proportion.