Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-05
}Y THE CHANCELLOR LIvINGsToN.

By THE CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON.
We copy the following from the New-York
Gazette, of Monday, received by the Chancel-
lor Livingston:
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.-Th ship
Harriet, Capt Glover, arrived at this port
yesterday from Smyrna, Malta, and Gibralter.
The editors of the Gazette have received BY
her papers from the former place to tho 9Th Of
December, from Malta to the z6th, and from
tho latter to the goth of January.
Capt Glover states that the Allied Amkas-
sadors we're all at Voura on tho 18th Of De-
cember, waiting for advicss fromthsr rsspes-
tive governments.
Lord Cochrane was cruizing of Sco, Dec.
l4lb, and was daily taking prizes. some Of
which were very valuable.
Capt, Kearne y, IN the Warren sloop of war.
had destroyed a number of pirates, and been
great service to the Americans and o, hers.
The British brig Camceon had just arrived
at Malta from Corfu, with cargo valued at
$4,000 On her passage she was att acked
in tho Morea by a piralioul Greek brig, which
she sunk and all on board were lost. Greek
pira cos still continued without any diminution.
We make the following Transitions and sx-
tracts from the aforementioned papers.
1t is stated in the "Spectateu Orients 4" of
Smyrna, Of the 9Th December tha, the Sultan
was about to issue orders for an assembly Of
the eminent mon of the empire at Constanti-
| nople, with the least possible delay. The per-
| sons who were TO compose it were 10 be chosen
from among the .7rvandes, that is 10 say from
among the richest land proprie,ors. In the
cities, the minimum amount Of property neces-
sary TO render person eligible was fixed at
| $500 900, in the country towns at 100, 900 -
| In Smyrna a Deputy had been named, who
was to represent the Barbary Powers. He is
man possessing great fortune and held in
| general esteem.
All the Deputies in the environs of Smyrna :,
in circle of twenty leagues, were in a few
days to meet at Magness, 10 repair thence to
Constantinople in body. There is no in
stance in the annals of Turkey, says the Spec
tator, of similar assembly having been con-
voked, and if political matters do not fetter
tins new proceeding, we may hope it will
shortly conduce to important changes in the
interior organization of the Ottoman empire.
In 1907, the first year of the reign Of the
present Sultan, Mustapha Bairacter being viz
ier, the Porte called upon the princes OF the
empire to assemble in the capitol, to confer
upon the situation of the nation. The death
OF the vizer and the despoism of the janissa-
res who assassinated men, prevented the op-
eraions of the assembly who separated with
out doing any thing. Turkey was not then.
as now, divided INTO military governments:
each province belonged to a family, which
governed it from father to son. There only
remains of this ancient organization, the pos
session of Eez-Aga, the last branch Of one Of
the most powerful of the Derebays of the Ma
tolia, and which preserves under ITS dominion
the south part of ancient Ionia, from The ports
of Smyrna to within some miles of Halicarnas-
| sus
CoRFU, Dec. Sth.-It is ascertaned by let
tiers worthy of credit, that Gen. Church pro-
ceeded (as mentioned in our last papersj to
Dragamesto on the 30th November, with a
part of his troops, and that the steam ship
with other vessels, in which they embark ed,
! will return 10 receive the remainder, amount
ing altogether to 5000 men. On passing by
Patfas he was met by some deta chments Of
lbaahim's troops, which, having evacuated
Patras, were marching upon Navarin: he had
| some skirmishng with them, and it is sa id, took
Courier bearing dispatches to Ibfahm
1t is affirmed that the Egyptians have svae-
uated Tripolizza as well as Patras, and are
concentrating in the neighborhood of Navsrin
owing TO a want of provisions The native
Turks alone were remaining in Patras, WHO
are placed in a critical situation.