Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-04
FOREIGN.
coNTlNuATlos OF FOREIGN NEWS.
ConstantinopIs, Oct. :

CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN NEWS.
- Constdntinopis, Oct. 5.
This capital is in state of extraor-
dinary confusion and agitation. The
Porte has published Firman, address
ed to the Turkish troops, both janis
saries and others, forbidding them to
return to their quarters, and ordering
them to bivouac till further orders
to have their arms always ready, and
their horses saddled; measures are
taken as if the enemy were within
mile of Constantinople. The very day
when this frman was published, .
dreadful fire broke out at II in the
near the Dihisitassi ESQ they
call the column of Thcodosius, the
Greatly 1t continued thro' the night.
and it was not till in the morning that
its fury was checked. Many houses
were burnt, and great part OF the city
was threatened with falling prey t.
the flames, Notwithstanding this, the
Sultan, who otherwise does not fail to
appear on these occasions, did not shew
himself. or even any Turkish authority.
1t is not known to what cause this ex-
traordinary conduct; which has surpris-
ed every body, is to be attributed, and
we fear lest it should be a covering for
some fatal project The Turks alone
put out the fire, no individual ofany
other nation having come forward to
assist.
The private letters received by the
Lisbon Mail, mention, that new Minis
tiers had been appointed to the courts OF
London and Paris, Madrid, Vienna,
sc. The one appointed to this country
is DR.. Constancio: literary character,
who studied in Edinburgh, but without
practicing in his own country. The
Minister selected for France is Judge
Hotello, late Governor of Madeira. The
French ship lin zard had arrived in the
Tagus with contraband goods on board,
and in her had been seized a large
quantity Of Pastoral Letters, written to
the Elk Patriarch. now an exile in
France, and sent to Portugal, with an
intention to indispose the people with
the Constitutional oyernment.-Thes
papers had been sent up to the Cortes,
but no proof existed of their being sane :
ii oned by the French police, though it
is very natural TO suppose this is the
case, as it would only be part of that
extensive plan ofhostility adopted by the
court of Paris against the newly acquir-
ed liberties Of Spain and Portugal.
subject 20 which we shall take an early
opportunity of reverting The gradual
reform of the Church had entered into
the discussions of the Cortes, and re-
port on this interesting subject had been
laid before them by the committee to
which it had been confided.
We received yesterday the Paris pa
pers of Friday last, from which we give
extracts in another column. They con-
tain no notice of the arrival of sufii-
cient number of Deputies to enable the
Chamber to constitute itself for public
business.
"Our readers says the Courier,
"will perceive, with regret, that the l.
rish Papers received this morning, do
not supply those proofs of even COM
pulsory tranquility which was conf
IDENTIFY anticipated, from the military
and police measures which had been
adopted in the disturbed districts. Vio-
lent outrages upon person and property
are still committed, we may say. in di-
I'D ance of the armed forces stationed
to prevent them; for, on some occasions,
they have taken place almost within
sight of the places where the troops are
CHARTERED. Firearms continue to be
forcibly seized in private houses, and
lawless depredations Of every kind are
committed, while we scarcely hear of a
single individual concerned in these
criminal proceedings being arrested.
This fact too clearly demonstrates the
existance of some powerful obligation
of secresy and mutual fidelity, subsisting
between the banditti who are thus con-
federated for purposes of blood and ra-
pine. 1t is superfuous to remark, that
q system held together by such formi-
dable bands. is one of ten-fold difficulty
to break up.
eve observe. that the spirit of insu-
bordination is widening its circle
The American brig Dryade, which