Phenix Gazette

Russia and the Porte.—The Allgemeine Zeitung contains news from Constantinople, by the regular mail, to the 1st of November stating among other things, that the Divan had met several times in the course of the last two weeks, to deliberate as was supposed, on a communication from London, relative to the affairs of Greece, without intimating, however at the result of the deliberations. It was reported that one of the principal merchants at Smyrna had set out for London to negotiate a loan for the Porte, or these unity of the revenue produced by the customs of Smyrna and Constantinople.

A letter from Constantinople Nov. 10. Says: A few days ago we had here the rare sight of witnessing the passage of several Greek merchantmen, with the Greek flag hoisted, sailing through the great Channel into the Black Sea. they were principally laden with oil and wine.

A letter from Adrianople, Nov. 15. says:—Our city was evacuated by the Russians on the 11th of this month; I will not conceal from you that we are very sorry for it. we have been so accustomed for these three months to see the Russians, that their departure leaves us in a kind of solitude; the public houses, taverns and hotels, were so animated, and so crowded. All is now melancholy gloomy and dull—Besides we are now certain of having the Pacha of Scutari for our Governor, who has the honor of being cordially detested here. Accordingly, many persons of distinction are more resolved than ever to quit the city, and are already making preparations for that purpose.

It is said that Mustapha, (Pacha of Scutari) began to approach Adrianople on the 10th, in order to take possession of it immediately after the departure of the Russians. It is said he has published a proclamation exhorting all Mussulmans to concord, and also promising a general amnesty to all the subjects of the Sultan who have taken part in the political events of the late war. This proclamation does not at all make the inhabitants of Adrianople easy, they know the cruelty of the Pacha, and await his arrival with apprehension.

The London Morning Herald states, that the cause of the Pacha's delay in not making his appearance was probably a desire not to furnish the least cause of umbrage to the Russians, with some portion of whom he might have fallen in on his march, had he shown any impatience to execute the commission confided to him by the Porte. This precaution is commendable, but it shows the utter prostration of the Turk; and whether they have sufficient energy left to recover from it is a problem which time alone can solve. However a mighty change is evidently operating in that portion of their empire which is situated on this side of the Bosphorus; and whether the sovereignty over it will rest with the Turks, or pass over to the Russians, the change is not the less certain; and it will be as beneficial in its effects, as it was unexpected a short time since. Indeed it may be said that a great change awaits all the countries now or lately subject to the sceptre of the Sultan, and as it develops itself it will open a field to profitable industry and commercial enterprise so wide as to surpass every thing that the most enthusiastic visionary could have hoped at the beginning of the Greek insurrection, from which the change may be dated.