The National Register. — 1820-05-22 (London, England)

ALI PACHA,.  --ASP CONS I'ANTINCOPI.F, APRIL 10, IS2O.—An affair has just occurred here which has caused a great deal of noise. Two Albanians, on horseback, rode very briskly up to the door of the Grand Seignior's Chamborlin, Pashow Bey, and on the Chamberlain's looking out at his window 'to know what they wanted, they bath fired their pistols at him. The halls whizzed past the Bey's head fortunately without toucttiti::: him. The assassins instantly scampered oil by the road to Adrianople. A well-mounted party was in a ti• iv minutes in pursuit of them, and at a village about bet miles off they came np with one of the fugitives, whom they seized and brought back to Constantinople ; the other edected his escape. The Albanian in custody refused at first to say a word in explanaiion of the extraordinary and daring adventure in which he had been engaged, but, on being put to the rack, be confessed, What was generally believed to be the case, that he and his cum. panion had been hired by the famous Ali Paella to murder Pasbow Bey. The filet is, that this is only one of many ma chinations en the part of Ali Paella to take away the life of the Chamberlain, against whom he appears to have conceived an 'inextinguishable hatred. The history of Pashow Bey, for rears past, has been nothing. but a narrative of hairbreadth escapes from the vengeance of his persecutor. At one time, by means of bribery and intrigue, Ali Paella contrived to procure a sentence of death from the Porte against hint, to escape which Pashow Bey fled into Egypt, from the Viceroy of which he received protcetion. While residing at Alexandria, some Albanian mariners called on him, and solicited his advice, as it countryman, as to the disposal of sotne goods which they said they had just brought into the harbour, and which they wished him to go on board their bark to inspect. Pashow had learnt by t;:is time the danger of being too confiding;, he sent a person to make a private survey of the Albanian vessel, who reported that, instead of being laden scith goods, she was all in sailing trim, ready to start at a moment's notice. Pashow, of course, declined the friendly invitation of his countrymen, who, finding themselves baulked in their too obvious design, left the port with all possible expedition. The circumstance aiming to the ear of the Viceroy  so strengthened the interest which he had taken in Pashow Bey, that he applied in his behalf to the 1. ;rand Seignior, from whom he obtained a revocatlon of the sentence of death, and permission to P.ahow to return to Constantinople, where he has s.lice resided. The Sultan was so incensed at this last audacious attempt of Ali Peleliu's, that he had determined to visit him with his utmost displeasure, but he has since adopttd a more cautious but perhaps as severe a policy. Ile has appointed new governors to a uulaber of military posts, particularly of the principal passes into Albania, which have been hitherto allowed to be held by persons of Ali's appointment. This is supposed to be u great step towards the ul timate downfall of this formidable partisan. His agents have been also sent away from the capital, and all property of Ali's in their hands has been seized. It appears that Ali Patella, had been called to Constantinople, by the Grand Vizier, to account for his conduct ; but that he had refused to obey the summons, and had raised the standard of revolt against the Porte. It was added, that both Greeks and Turks bad taken the oath of allegiance to him, ants that he was at Prevesa, organizing his army. It w:.s reported at Corfu that Ali had declared him self King of Epirus, and that to attach to his interests the Greek population, which is by far the most numerous in his states, he had caused himself to be babptized.