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London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

MANIFESTO OF THE GRAND SEIGNOIL

The Austrian Observer, of the 7th September, con-
tains the following important document :

" To the Illustrious Vizir', the Honourable Mirimiranes, the
estimable Maas, Judges, Sub-judges, Mutesselim, Way-
codes, and Ayans, to the other Magistrates and Nobles of
the country, as well as to all the other men in authority
throughout all Anatolia, is addressed the following Order:

" It is evident that all the rules and political dispositions
which from ancient times have been observed in my Sublime
Empire, are founded upon the noble commandment of that pure
law, whose solidity and duration are guaranteed by COD, even
until the day of the resurrection ; it is therefore that it has never
been permitted at any time, either to the Ministers of the Em-
pire, nor to the Functionaries of my Sublime Porte, nor to any
individual professing the Mahometan Religion, to act in contra-
vention of their authority. It is in no wise less evident that all
the Rayas (the subjects who are not Mahometans), who from
time immemorial have under the dominion and the safety of my
Sublime Empire, fulfilled the conditions of their vassalage, have
had their proper::cs and lives respected, and have themselves
been objects of the favour and protection of my Sublime Porte;
but when they have transgressed the bounds of vassalage and
the limits of obedience, recourse must be had to the punish-
ment which has become necessary, and which is further am-.
firme.l by law. _ _

14 The Greek people have been at all times tributary subjects
of my Sublime Porte: mercy and clemency have been exercised
towards them in every particular : their honour, their properties,
and their lives, have been defended, protected, and secured ;
they have never experienced any other treatment than favour
and every sort of kindness, even beyond that which had been
promised in the treaties with the Ita) as ; nevertheless, they have
had the audacity to trample under foot the divine mercies of
which they have been the objects, to pursue the paths of ingrati-
tude, and with their characteristic perfidy to maintain a perverse
and traitorous-conduct, opposed at once to their allegiance and
to goed faith.

If in some places the Greeks have succeeded in rising
against my Sublime Government, to which they are subjects,
and which treats them with so much lenity, my great Empire
continues (thanks be given to the Axmicierr !) to be the Empire
of I%lahornet, and my people the people of Ahmed. the grace
and with the assistance of GOD, the defender of our faith and of
our people, as well as by the blessings of the spiritual help colour
Legislator and Sublime Prophet, my Sublime Porte has been in-
formed of the insurrection at the very moment of its breaking
out. It has, therefore, without delay, adopted proper measures,
and caused at various times paternal exhortations and instruc,
tions to be addressed to the individuals of every milk of the said
Greek nation, as well by the proper Authorities appointed for
that special purpose, as also through the Patriarch. It li.s ex-
horted them to continue in the way of fidelity and loyalty, and
within the limits of submission and obedience ; and it 11.1 i also
fully acquitted itself of alibi: duties of mercy and clemency : on
the other hand, it has inquired into the conduct of those who,
taking a share ir the revolt, have rejected every sentiment of re-
pentanie, and after a previous conviction it has inflicted upon
them the necessary punishment.
" lint they have not appredated the clemency and mercy
wisi:h have Leen evinced ix...yards them, and they have

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tened to the counsels and exhortations which have beeti addressed
to them. 'Their pride and their revolt making, on the contrary,
every day further progress, my Sublime Porte considered only
of the means of maintaining the order and security of the State,
and of restoring the tranquillity of its inhabitar.ts. Superior on*.
dens have in consequence been transmitted irto my well-defended
provinces, bearing the power, in virtue of a Sublime Fetus,
which proceeds from the brilliant law, of punishirg those Rayas
in full revolt who dare to combat against the I.lamites, of seizing
their prorerties, and making.their families captive.
" My sublime will being pronounced for the observance of the
principle, that those subjects who conduct themselves in a peace.
able and tranquil manner, occupying themselves with their own
affairs only, or those who having once become guilty of sedition
or revolt, shall have returned since into the paths of submission
and a sincere repentance, shall be placed as before under that
beneficent protection and shield of my Sublime Porte; and
although I do not suffer any action opposed to this will mania
Tested upon my part, I have learned iu a positive manner that in
some places this principle has not been observed. Violence has
been employed against peaceable and defenceless subjects who
have taken no part in the revolt, and some persons have had the
temerity to seize upon their property, their families, and their'
Churches. It requires no further declaration to make it known
that such a conduct is conformable neither to law nor to reasons
that it is diametrically opposed to the principles uniformly pun..
sued in my great empire, and that it is, in every particular, in
contradiction to the Divine will, as well as to my Imperial orders
It is comorquentli manifest that Such conduct is dictated only
by men- who are incapable of distinguishing circumstances.
and relations.

Therefore it is that I am now about to send my pailicubdP
commands, with reference to this matter, to the three divisions
of Anatolia and of Homylia.

" My will is, then, that you Vizirs, Mirimiranes, Molloy,
Judges, Sub-Judges, and other Authorities, should make known
this manner of viewing affairs in all places within your districts
and jurisdictions, and that you should hasten to intimate to every
person who may have the audacity to attack.peaceable and in-
nocent subjects, who manifest no seditious intentions, and carry
about no signs of revolt, that he shall be responsible to me for
his conduct in that respect. You must exert all your cares to
relieve peaceable subjects from all vexation, and take all neces-
sary measures that they may perfectly enjoy my high Imperial
protection, and that they who may ha guilty of such excesses
shall be severely punished on the spot.
" Let all my subjects be immediately apprised of these com-
mands, and when you shall be informed that it is my supreme
will that you shall take the utmost carc not to suffer, in contra-
vention of the Sublime law and of my commands, peaceable azd
innocent subjects to be exposed to injuries and vexations, public
or private, and that the slightest negligence or omission with
respect to this particular will expose yourselves to responsibility,
you must act in conformity with It, you must execute my com-
mands and my sublime will, evince a knowledge in necessary
matters, and sedulously avoid permitting it in any instance US
be violated.

" Given in the days of the middle of the month of Slski.lei
1436: that is to say, in the middle of Augusti 1821."

JOSEPH SANFORD, B.D.

(From the Oifurd Herald.)
What is called A Classical Anecdote, has lately ape
peared in most of the London, and in several of the
Provincial Papers. The name of the ingenious Slum
dent who made the replies was Joseph Sanford, He
was originally a Member of Exeter College, whence
he was elected Fellow of Balliol. His rooms at Bat;
liol were in the middle staircase, on the east side of
the quadrangle; he used to read at the end of a gal-
lery, without fire, in the coldest weather. On every
Friday, in all weathers, he never missed walking to
some house, four or five miles from Oxford, on the .
banks of the Cherwell, where he used to dine on fish.*
On his application to the Bishop for ordination, he
was introduced to the Chaplain, to whom he was a
stranger, and who, as usual, told him he must exa-
mine him; and the first question proposed was, Quid
fides? to which Sanford replied, in a loud voice, and
increasing it at each answer, Quod non vides. Tho
second question was, Quid .`,'pees? to which Sanford
answered, Futura res. The third was, Quid Caritas?
to which he roared out, In mundo raritas. Uport
which the Chaplain, finding that he had an extraor-
&nary character to deal with, left him, and went to
inform the Bishop what had passed below, with a Ord
son he knew not what to make of, who had given in
his name Joseph Sanford, of Balliol. This made the
Bishop laugh, and exclaim, ra You examine him! why
he is able to examine you and our whole Bench !
Pray desire him to walk up;' when the Bishop made
an apology for the Chaplain, and said he was sorry
,Mr. Sanford had not applied to him in the first in-
stance. In an evening it was his constant practice to
walk his mile up and down Mr. Fletcher's shopet after
he had taken tea at Horseman's cofiee.house, where
he met Mr. Cracherode, Dr. Smallwell, (afterwards
Bishop of Oxford) and other Christ Church men,
who used to accompany him to the Turle. He was a
peofound scholar, and tendered 1)7. Kennicott notch
assistance in his great work, the I I c:brear Bible. His
extensive library he gave to Ewter College, by a
nuncupative will, witnessed by :se!i•. Fletcher.s Dr.
Eveleigh (the late Provost of Oriel, who married a
daughter of his nephew, Dr. Saitfoid, formerly Fel.
low of All Souls) presented a portrait of him to
Exeter College; he is represented with a folio tinder
his arm, which is the first edition of the Hebrew Bible,
a book of the greatest rarity, which he bought for a
trifle of David Wilson, a 'bookseller, in the Strand ;
and as soon as he had ascertained his treasure, he
never laid the book down, but tock it himself to hi:
lodging, and the next morning set di hr Oxford,
although he had n,lt finished the business which
brought Sim to London, ;old kept the book in his
hands t::e whole journey, until he had safely lodged
it in his room at Balliol. lie was so much pleased
with this acquisition, that on Mr. Fletcher s next visii
to London he sent a guinea by him to the bookseller
in addition to what he had fist raid him. Ile died
September 25, 1774, aged 81 years, and was buried
in the middle aisle of tile parish church of St. Mary
Magdalen, Oxford, in which church a monument,
with an inscription, has been raised to his memory.
He was equally well known for his learning, exten,
sive library, and singularity in dress.
• Mr.. Bishop, of CodstoNaT, who lately died at a 'cry ad-.
vaneed a2.7e, informed the I:ditor that he k ?It w ilfr. Sanford,who
eaten rook fish at his house, whicla is en the hauls of the Isis.
f NOW :r. Parker's, in the
.Turle. lan lieteber was the
father of our venerable Alderman of that same.

This eiret.mstance was told to the -lUITtor----Of the Herald by
7.1 r. Fletcher, whose character stood so highly in the University,
:fiat his assertion only of Mr. S.ssifortl's h..ving repeatedly told
hint it was his intention to give Isis hooks to the library of Exeter
Codese, had the foil sheet ut el will regularly signed and sealed.

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PLO FORMED IN SPAIN TO REVOLU-
NIZE FRAIVU AND SPAIN.
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From the l'aLcrsal (Madrid Paper) of the sth Instant.
Had it not been for the circumspection which we,
have resolved to observe in the announcement of in-
- telligence which might have great influence on pub-
lic tranquillity, we might have some days ago spoken
. of the events which, in consequence of the arneal of
the express frOM Saragossa, have since yesterday oc-
cupied the attention of all the inhabitants of the ca-
pital. We know, besides, that she evil designs to
which we allude were no secret to the Government,
rind we had reason to fear that anything said by us
bright tend to frustrate the measures taken to discon-
cert them. Now, however, that the Government
has begun to reveal this mystery, we think that there
can be no impropriety in publishing the following
account, which we received a few days ago from the
Biscayan Province::
" Some time ay a French Officer, named I fusson,
a refugee in Spain, formed the plan of making an
attempt on the frontiers of France. He proposed
to proclaim either the Spanish Constitution or the
• French Constitution of 1792, and to hoist the three-
coloured flag, around which, he calculated, the
dissatisfied part of the French, and more particularly
the half-pay Officers dispersed through the Depart-
ments, would rally. Even the most cautious persons
might have considered this a very powerful diversion
during the revolution of Piedmont and the disturb-
ances in Dauphiny. But it appears that Husson had
not then the means of giving effect to his projects.—
These, it is said, he has now obtained, and intends
to assemble on the frontiers of Spain, and under the
command of foreigners, a considerable corps, with
which he intends to penetrate into France by three
different points. Those who favour this enterprise
are of opinion, that in order to secure success, it is
indispensable that the Spanish Ministry should be
changed, because the present Ministers, and in par-
ticular Senor Pelegrin, do not wish to offend the
French Government. Nevertheless, all agree that
this expedition is to be proceeded in without the
knowledge of the Spanish Government, and concur
in regarding it as a private enterprise, projected and
executed by Frenchmen. In fine, there is no doubt
that the plan exists, brit Husson is far from being a
fit man to execute it. He is a person of no considera-
tion, who has no claim to confidence, and who, be-
sides, possesses so little discretion, that all the infor-
mation here stated has been collected from his own
discourse. The French Police is not unacquainted
with him, and it is even asserted that one of his
most intimate confidants communicates all his pro-
jects and proceedings to the Commissary of the Police
at Bayonne."
Such is the information with which our Cones-
pendence has furnished us, but which, instead of
settling our doubts, only tends to augment them.—
What connexion is there between this plot and the
measures of the Government in Arragon? This ques-
tion we cannot answer.
Is Husson a Frenchman really discontented with
t:ie Government of his country, and wishing to run
any risk to reform it ? or is he one of the instru-
ments of the French Police sent to instigate us to
disorders, which may afford a pretext for saying that
the liberty of Spain is inconsistent with the tranquil-
lity of France? As little can we venture to say any
thing positive on this question. The case may be
either way ; for if, on the one hand, we have seen
desperate men ready to embark in the most rash en-
tei prizes, we have also, on the other, seen conspira-
cies fabricated by the French Police, for the purpose
of sounding the fidelity of those they suspected, and
of intimidating others.
Be this as it may, we are glad that the conspira-
bms, whoever they are, acknowledge that the Spa-
nish Government has no share in their plot, and we
extremely regret that some Spaniards, who, on other
grounds, nierit our esteem, should have allowed them-
selves to be seduced by the flattering schemes of a
French adventurer; or should have been caught in
the snare which the Holy Alliance has laid for them.
These particulars, which our correspondence of last
month has supplied, are, to a certain extent, con:
firmed by letters received yesterday in the usual
course of post from Saragossa. These letters state,
that a Frenchman, named Cuguet de Montarlot, who
appeared in that city in the month of June lasts re-
ported that he had been persecuted by the French
Police fur his political opinions; and that the object
of his journey was to treat with General Rafael del
ltiego, concerning the means of bringing about a re-
volution in Fiance. Whether Moutarlot was what
he represented himself to be, or an agent of the Paris
and Lay huh Police, we know not; but the Political
Chief and the Captain General gave him to under-
stand, that the harmony which existed between the
two nations would not permit any encouragement
to be given to his project, and from that time he was
constantly watched. Montarlot, however, violating
the laws of hospitality, and compromising the inte-
rests of Spain, which had given him an asylum, pro-
ceeded with his plot, succeeded in seducing some in-
cautious persons, and prepared a Proclamation, and
printed patriotic songs, which were to be sung- by the
troops he expected to collect on his entrance into
France. These papers fell into the hands of the Ma-
gistrates, and when a constitutional Alcalde was going
to apprehend Montarlot, he had already fled without
a passport, having stated that he was going to join
General Riego, at Saragossa.
Two Judges of the First Instance were waiting night
and day to draw up a Report on the other projects
intended for the overthrow of order, and Don Fran-
cisco Villamor was arrested in Saragossa, on a charge
of sedition, which was proved by many declarations.
The greatest tranquillity reigned in Saragossa at
the departure of the post. On the night of the 31st,
ten or twelve persons appeared, shouting "Long live
Ifteso, if he is not guilty ;" but all the rest of the
people answered " Long live the Constitution ;" and
the Political Chief ordered the crowds to disperse, and
the people to return to their homes, which commands
sere instantly complied with.
There are other letters from Barcelona, which, re-
ferring to letters from Saragossa, speak almost in the
mime terms of the projects of Montarlot, and add,
that tinder the pretext of guarding against the epi-
demic disease, French troops are -approaching the
frontiers, for the purpose of establishing a cordon
prevent the cenimunication of the contagion; but
tije is nu doubt that the French Authorities are in-

formed of the injudicious plans of certain people,'
who have not calculated, as they ought to have done,
the consequences.of an enterprize as foolish as k is
rash c and Gon knows to what extent they have been
influenced by the agents of . the Holy Alliance, who
at this time may be singing the song of triumph at
the success of theiriatrigues and machinations. But
our device shall always be, “Union among the Friends
of Liberty, and disappointment to all plots."
From the journals of SaragoSsa, which we hare
read with close attention, to ascertain whether they
contain anY data tending to dissipate the doubts in
which we were left by the first news, we have been
able to glean no information capable of satisfying
our curiosity.