The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-15 00:00:00

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. body itfttie gate as he deomiiiilten 'the Cliambv
of Lltpaties, having failed to obtainjustire from icy
other quarter against the " Conve rrrrr " of his daugh-
ter trom the protestant to the Catholic religion. The
report ne this petition to the Chamber ezeited a
lively interest amongst that body, hot not very tavola-,
able to it. if we may judge by the Cliigker immedi-
ately passing to the order of the day.

Extract of a letter from the Agent at Conatesti-
maple, dated March 11:
" This Government has renewed its psychoses of
corn, mad though our wants ire apparent, and .our
supplies chiefly depending on Russia, the answer of
the Porte to the demands of that power it soct‘as to
render the Mine of this great question very doubtful-
Captain Fell, of the Sultan, fur Alexandria, repine
that a I from Candia to the, former place lad
been taken and carried into the port of Camp by a
Greek armed vessel, and liberated by a British trader
belonging to the Cambrian frigate: This Ipsere
squadron had been ont 23 days without Isaless- heard
of, and it was supposed to have gone in search of the
Turkish fleet; which, however, it Was reported, bad
reached Pat ract*
• • Paris papers to the 13th instant have •,arriyell,; bat
contain no decisive inforMation relative to the Ovation
at issue between Russia and Turkey. An artNe,, of
the Ist. inst. from Vienne, contains intelligeneCfrolk
Constantinople of so late a date as the 'llth. 'of
March. The Franks were in a state of thi'd'eepeit
alarm, and expected nothing less' than universal pil-
-1 Cage as soon as it should he known that Russia'
had declared war. It is asserted that Lord Strang-
! ford had received positive information that the Ras-
! sian fleet of Nikolajew was completely equipped, and
that in case the Ultimatum should be rejected, it
would
put to sea and commence hostilities in the first
days of April. It was believed that the Russians
would attempt a landing in the immediate vicinity of
Constantinople, as the least expensive, and most cafe
and ready way of reaching that capital. A rumour pre-
vailed at Para that the Ulemas, or Doctors of the Law,
had pronounced a solemn anathema against all Christen-
dom, in the great mosqne, formerly the Church , of
Saint Sophia. It is asserted that a negociation 'is
going OD for an intimate alliance between Austria,
Rosaia, and Prussia, and that certain measures
of precaution relative to the security of the coast
of the Baltic, determined on by the Court of
St. Petersburg, are to he carried into execution
hy a joint force of Russians and Prussians. There
was a report at Vienna, that the Austrian troops
in the Neapolitan territories are to be withdrawn
to replace those in garrison is Upper Italy, which
ire to be moved to tlae Tarkisb frontier. La order
to turn a cordon of observation. The King of Na-
ples has issued decrees, denouncing the puntsbment
of death against any of the persons now out of
the kingdom, on account of the events of 1820,
who shall return without his special permission—
against all persons found in company with them in
the kingdom, whose papers may not be in dee form,
or lo the company of any others, plotting to disturb the
public peace—and against all persons corresponding
with the political refugees.—The news respecting
France is not of any great moment. In the Chamber
of Deputies un Thursday, a Report was made from the
Committee of Petitions on the Petition of Mr. Love-
day, charging that his daughter bad been seduced to
become a Roman Catholic. The facts of this case are I
already fully known to our readers. The Report
(which was ordered to be printed), after stating that i
Miss Loveday was free to choose her religion, recoils-
mended the Chamber to pass to the Order of the Dad I
M. Manuel opposed this reco:nmenclation in a speech!
of considerable length, in the course of which lie was I
repeatedly interrupted. He protested strongly against
any attempts at Proselytism, anal moved to refer the
Petition to this Keeper of the Seale. Much confusion
then took place, from several Members attempting to
speak at once ; the close of the discussion was c tiled
for anal agreed to, anal it was decided by a consider-
able majority to pass to the Order of the Day. The
Law School was re-opened on the 10th instant, when
the lectures were returned without any attempt to in-
terrupt goad order. General Bertlinn, about Whose
movements so many rumours bare berm circulated, is
now said to have reached St. Sebastian in safety on
the 2.1 instant, having found means to embark at
Nantes far the Spanish coast. It is stated in the
Paris papers, that his Britannic Majesty is expected in
that capital on the IStia of June, and that prepara-
lions are already making for his reception.

FRENCII FI:NDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 12.—Fire per
Cent. Consol., opened at 86f. 95c,—rose to b 7 f. 1(k
—closed at S6f. 75e.

Madrid papers and lrtters of the 21 instant have
been received, which prove the reports that had been
circulated of disturbances in that ci!y to be totally
groundless. In the sitting- of the Cortes of the 28th
ult. a proposition was submitted for prohibiting the
c•ry of " The absolute King for ever," as injurious
to the King and the nation, and for punishing. the au-
thors of such cries with death, or other suitable pe-
nalty, was read a second time. In support of his pro-
position, it was observed, that the cry 'bad already
been the cause of many deaths, and might lead to civil
war. The proposition was referred to the Special
Committee of Legislation. At the close of the tittles

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Sist, the President (Gemini flier) eanoesse4l,

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that his math of office haviet expired, the eleLtior.
..of.s sew Pnwaent and Vice•Presidest would Hat.

.place es t►e fellmsieg day. Oa die day appointed.
Kier was succeeded is his office of Presidest by Senor
his uncle. ' A letter free Bayonne. dated the
6iii,says-r—".Ortler is cen9letely restored at Pumps.
Isom, where the millstia had bees disarmed ; bet *Air
arms have bees restored to them, oaths responsibility
of their Alma ;" and a Ic`;,e7 of the 21 from Slairid
concludes wit► these words,—" Every thing &mod
es is perfectly tranquil," •

The Limerick Chronicle. of Wednesday last, ex-
posses a confident hope thaithe disturbances is that
entity. are nearly at an end. On Monday lest, a
party of men in female cartoon, were taken in the
neighbourhood of Newcastle, who are considered as
the leaders or chiefsof all the outrages that have bees
committed in that part of the country.
The conferring of the Order of Me Garter on
111.00/IFIILD, is, perhaps, as strongly indicative of the
state of things as any one act or event that we have
witnessed fora long while. We all know what this
man was a few Teats ago ; what he has been fur some
years past; and ne can all gyms very well at the cause
of his name being enrolled in a list, which never,
till of late, contained any but those of kings, princes,
noblemen, or men of eztraerdinary and well known
public services. Lord Netsoar was sot made a kniebt
'of this order! However, nn one can say, that what
we now behold is not all of a piece. Those are very
much deceived, who imagine that these things pass
smaohserved by the msssof the people. The observation
of every one, on such things as this, is : " No matter !
Let it go on !"
Our readers will remember tie Bask-puffs about
sending gold to Me country. Mr. COBBLT r then said,
that it was next to inipossible, that the offers should
he accepted of. But, observe, there we. no oiler to
send gold to Scotland; and, we now find, that the
hankies there will not give gold for their own notes,
even taking a discount! Is the paper at par, then ?
Has the nation gold mortals t No : but, it roust
have them, if Peel's 11111 be carried into full force,
and must not prices come down lower, then ?
The grand prize having taken a Westerly direction.
several, with great names and empty purses, are. we
are assured, pursuing the same route, making goad
the remark of Scripture, that," where the carcass
(awl it is not a small one) is, there will the vultures
be gathered together". If the grand prize were
homourously disposed, it might make " a watering
place" on Salisbury Plain, or on the Saud-hilla of Sur.
rey. What crowds of sharteret: lovers would dock to
the spot for the purposes of recruiting tletir exhausted
force
We should be glad to be informed of the nendwr
,!,1 hours at a time that the Tarks permit the Greeks
to he absent from their houses ; and whether the
Teas transport, or put to death, such as exceed the
limited time by two or three minutes? We are igno-
rant of this matter, and really wish for information.
We should like to know, too, what may be the rate at
which the Greeks pay the Turks for &dee:owning to
conceit theas to the Turkish religion. Until we be
is possession of these facts, we are unable to forts a
correct opinion on the state of the Greeks, or on the

..e of the Turkish Government in Greece.
The (AVIA in Turkey has, by one of our con-
Isnriporariet, bees spoken of as a monster in govern•
jseal. He says, " that it participates in the civil,
"I,4nrilitary and ecclesiastical anthotity, that it has a
" direct share in the legislative, jedicial, and creels-
" live powers, end, in short, that its injfeence per-
" vades in all the departments of the state". This is
a monster indeed. flu', monster 33 it is, we think,
if we were to sat about it, we could find the match of
the Memel in a country which is not Afehoniedass.
We think we could find a body of men, recognised by
no law, dictating all law, subjecting all others to
the law, and above all law themselves. We think
we could find a body like this; aye, and as insolent
and as bloody too, and a great deal more profligate
and base than the Turkislt Masa.

Our paper of this day contains the copy of a petition
to Parliament from a person, who, as an heir at late, 1
smtesthat he had been "rivae"out of a fortune by the will
of old woman, who, at a very advanced age, had
left all her mooed to perfect strangers to her blood.
He prays for sours law to put a stop to this evil.
And, certainly, the law, as it now %muds, is very de-
fective in this respect. It is by no means clear to ns,
that the law which enabled people to rake trills at all
was, span Me wholc, wise. At any rate, unlimited as
the power now is, in many rases, we are wire it is a
great evil. When the rich are so unnatural and base
as, even in their death, to cast oil their less fortunate
kindred, anti when this is so frequently the case, some
legal restraint seems to be called for.
By a vessel, says The Coutire, which has arrived
from Malta, accounts have reached town from Smyrna
to the 311th February, is hick are some days later in,
date then those acquired through Marseilles. They,
state, that the military preparations made' by Turkey
were very considerable, and the roads in the ♦icinity
of Smyrna were crowded with troops, proceeding to-
wards Constantinople. A great lumber of extra ca-
ravans had been employed by the Turkish authorities,
for the purpose of transporting soldiers and military
stores towards the head-quarters, on the hanks of the
Pruth. The same advice s ulsoconiirm the contents of
other letters, respecting the issue of s Finnan by
the Grand Scignor, for embodying all male* fruits the
age of IS to au advanced time of life. Fur some
months past, the inhabitauts of Smyrna had been kept
in a state of great ignorance as to the relation■ of
Russia and Turkey ; bnt the preparations to which we
have alluded had produced a strung sensation, and
war ass looked upon as certain. The Turks bad
shewn no disposition of late to molest `weighers; but
great fears were entertained that the rommencementuf
hostilities might lead to fresh excesses.
The frigate. which is to convey Sir George Naylor
to Denmark, sails in the course of next week. It is
commanded by a son of Fowl Spencer, and his Lord-
ship, fur the pleasure of the voyage, will accompany
his son. It Las been reported. that Sir George's mis-
sion to confer on the King of Denmark the honour
of the Darter, has been retarded ia consequeace of
his Danish Majesty haring been afflicted with, St. Aa-
lborg's Cue.

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