The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-10-28


Turkey, has merely required an indemnity
for the expenses of the war, into which he
was originally plunged by what now ap
pears to have been the obstinacy of the
/ Ottoman. 1000 Cossacks accompanied the
! Turkish Plenipotentiary bearing the instru-
ment of peace, signed by Count Dlebltsch
on behalf of his Royal Master, back to the
Seven Towers; and it is said that they
were despatched with the double view of
at once confirming the tidings and protect
ing the representative of the Sultan from
the blind violence of the Mahomedan rab-
BILE, who, living, like all other rabbles, upon
convulsions, might be disposed to murmur
at the restoration of social security"
/ A London paper of Sept. 3D. says =
"This cessation of hostilities between the
! Russians and the Turks, by the military
convention of Adranople, is the most i'm
portant event which has occurred since the
commencement of the war. Though it can
not in itself be considered as preliminary
Z treaty of peace, it opens the way for nego-
| tiations, which, from the temper of both
parties, are confidently expected to end in
the accomplishment Of so desirable an OBJ
ject. The Sultan, BUNDLED by unexpected
disasters, and alarmed for an explosion OF
{ popular fury at the instigation of the Jannls-
saries, has submitted himself to the direc
ton of the Allied Ambassadors, who are
thus responsible for the reasonable charac-
rUr Or tire NE prOPUsrd and the
Emperor of Russia, on the other hand, hav
ing constantly, during the war, disclaimed
views of territorial ggrandizement, and
repeatedly proposed to renew negotiations
on the conditions offered before he began
the contest, is not likely now to take advan-
! tage of his career of conquest TO break his
solemn pledges. The ready consent of Gen.
Diebitsch to stop his victorious career till
an appeal should be made to his Imperial
Master, may be taken as favorable omen
of the decisions of st. Petersburg. The
Turkish Plenipotentiaries, who repaired to
Adrianople to solicit the armlstice, are said
10 have returned, satisfied with the treat
ment which they experienced, and the pro-
J fessions which they heard, from the Russian
Commander-in- Chief. He required no 9TH
err reason for suspending his march than to
be told that, by an immediate advance to
the capital, he would endanger, by popular
tumult, the lives of the Sultan, of his family,
and of the Christian residents. The same
motives of humanity, moderation, and pru-
dence, may be expected to act on this nigh
) ty Sovereign"
From all the accounts, it is clear that at
the supposed date of the truce, Gen. Roth
E having occupied Rodosto, and sent divis-
ion farther to the right to take possession
of Enos, the Russians were therefore es-
tablished on the coast of the Gulf of Enos,
communicating with the Archipelago and
. the Mediterranean, and on that of the sea
: of Marmora, within fifty miles of CONSTANT
/; nople whilst, in the Black Sea, Admiral
Greig, had taken Iniada, the last port OF
' any Importance before approaching the en-
trance to the Bosphorus. At the time
: therefore, that the march of the Russians
was arrested by the armistice, the advance
against Constantinople was taking place al
once upon three lines-one under General
Diebitsch, in person, on the straight road
= c-o- I-:----ri- ~anoth or ,ipdar Co. D 9th,
from Rodosto, along the sea of Marmora
probably joined by the feet oc Admiral Ri
cord and the third under Admiral Greig,
along the coast of the Black Sea, and down
the Bosphorus.
A conspiracy had been detected at Con-
= stantinople against the life and power OF
: the Sultan, and 500 of the old Jannissa-
ries lost their lives.
TURKEY. The extent of the Ottoman
domnions is estimated at 47,444 square
miles. of which 10000 are in Europe; but
, its European population has been variously
computed; Balbi assuming it at 9,500,00O
Hassel at 10,lS3,000; and other writers at
,, 1O,6O0,O0O OF these there are not more
!, than 2,27l 900 Turks the remainder being
, composed of motley mass of Pagans, Jews,
and Christians. Amongst the latter are
100000 Greeks, 100000 Jews, and $4,000
Armenians. The whole population of the
empire. in Europe, Asia, and Africa, is
23,650,000 The revenues of this empire
are about E2,90O,000 annually; but the ex-
penditure disbursed by the state does not
exceed G275,200. The national debt is be-
tween and 100000 sterling. The rev.
enue, or miri, just mentioned, belongs to the
Turkish public treasury; but there is anoth-
er branch of income, derived from presents,
inheritances, imperial domains and espe-
cally confscatiops, which appertains to the
"ilsh hasne" or "knazneh," imperial treas
ury. The accumulations of this fund are
SAID to be enormous, as every Sultan is
bound to set apart given sum, according
to the length of his reign. OF it's military
force 1t is impossible to speak with precision
since the destruction of the corps of jan
nissaries; but before that period its regular
troops were 10000 cavalry, and 124, 900 in
fantry, and its feudal militia, 100000, the
greater part of which were horsemen. Its
naval force in 1896, consisted of 81 sails of
the line, 81 frigates, corvettes, and 80
gan-boats, carrying altogether 1890 cannon,
and $500 seamen but this arm of its power
was amputated by the "untoward" fight of
Navarino. European Turkey has one city
containing above 100000 inhabitants, five
above $4,000, eleven above 10000, and
twenty above 10000. Amongst the impe-
rial towns are
Souls. Houses.
Constantinople, containing $4,000 $4,000