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. - ^1 , •••• - 7 - "gr"' rif7= 7 ' . - - \c/a 1:9111:441 •. • . • • . • ( ez • • .`(- " . "C' *-; C{ l istat• • W • fize.A. • IMP -- • irg • . • &lee i '1 MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1828. ,---_ N UMBER 12,992.3 Palos Sai►aNrsxca. VICTUALLING OFFICE, October 13, 111518. rrIE COMMISSIO.VERS for VICTUALLING - 111 - his MAJESTY'S NAVY, 4v. d• hereby give Notice, That on Wzmasnatt, the 24d day of October Instant, they urM ready to receive Tenders In writing (sealed up), and treat for Eire Thousand BLUE CLOTH JACKETS, No. 4, which, it would be necessary, first . , to know whether the capture of Varna would afford a support to the left of the Russians, if they repass the Danube? and in this case, whether the Turkish Generals would be willing to bold themselves in battle array on the plains upon the left bank ? With respect to the present theatre of the war, it offers no advantages to the troops of theErn - I per°, Nicholas. The winter will not afford there, as in Rtissia, means of communication; the villages will be came swamps, the defile torrents, and it is almost im possible to convsy through them artillery, which con stitutes, in a great measure, the superiority of regular troops over the Turks. Nevertheless, the- Sultan fortifies his capital, and bristles with cannon those passes which a Vain blockade render was answered by a brisk fire, without the loss of a single man. The attacks of this body of 5,000 men were repelled till the arrival of a reinforcement of two companies, which compelled the Mussulmen to retreat. To prevent similar attacks in future, the corps com manded by Major General Poneet has occupied all the points of which the Turks might avail themselves to make sallies towards Jenibaa.r or Kosludschi. Patrols traverse the woods in the ♦icinity of the Balkan, but without meeting with the enemy'. - - - Five Thomand Pain of DUCK TROWSERS, Two Hundred Thousand Yards of DUCK, in Pieces of the tenth in which it is usually manufactured, Flee Thousand DUCK FROCKS, Ten Thousand White Knitted WORSTED JACKETS, IMPORT OR THE OPERATIONS 311011 VARNA TO TOl Ten Thousand BLANKETS, 'Twenty Thousand BLACK SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, Twenty Thousand Pairs of SHOES, Four Thousand FLANNEL SHIRTS, • For the use of the Seamen of his Majesty's Navy. T. be de livered into the Victualling Stores at Deptford, or at the Premises of such Public Packer, in London, as may be hereafter determined, nor half by the 20th December next, and the remainder by the 51st of January, 1829. Patterns of the abovementioned Slops will be exhibited at this Office, and those to be agreed for are to be la all respects agree. able thereto in quality, size, and make. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this (Nice. Each Tender mast specify the price ie• words at lee" and be, delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed; aid the Peron who makes the Tender, or some Person en his behalf, roust attend to answer when called for. if. WALLER CLIFTON: 117111 (23D) or 811rTrillirr. The works of the besiegers continue to advance with the help of two gabioos. We have got an entrance into a ditch adjoining a battery of eight 24-pounders, which is designed to effect a - breach between the first and second bastions of the north side of the fortress, to. wa,rdathesea—this has not failed in its effect—part of the fortifications have been overthrown. 11111111VUT OF THE OPERATIONS 31,01111111LITMA. PROM 9Ter (21sT) To 16751 (26111) AUOUST. 4 At the Courier dispatched with the report of the edvantages gained by General Roth was intercepted. • Irf could not- communicate sooner the Meollilti of the .1191tagernant before Stlistria. Alter Gen. Rods had, on the atilt of thelOth of Aug. entered a battery of 20 pounders befotethecentre of his position ; and on. the 9th (21st), repulsed a vigorous sally ; and on the 11th and 12th (23d and 911 db), token con siderable droves of. oxen and hones almost under the walls of the fortress ; the detichments of cavalry and infantry which protected these herds being dispersed by our Hulans and Cossacks, he resolved to take posses sion, on the night of the 13th(25th), of the height before his left wing.. The enemy had entrenched himself on these heights, and justly esteemed the possession of them so be of great importance. Colonel Saamutow. who di rected the attack, executed it successfully at midnight, • A battalion of infantry attacked the enemy's entrench ments in front, and two squadrons of Hulans in the I tear , and carried them in a few minutes, and main . Itained their position in them; at day-break a column' of the enemy endeavoured to drive us out of the Ms trenchments, but was repulsed with loss. Roon after p second column appeared, and succeeded in penetrating to the heights occupied by us, but it was repulsed by, two squadrons of tae Nolan: of Petersburgh and Char. c..w. Lastly, a division of 3,000 men - made a third at., t orpt to r e cover the entrenchments, attaciing us iiScie• ously with five field pieces; supported by the guns of the lour est. The enemy reached the heights defended by us, hut was so warmly - received-by our battery which General Roth had directed against the enemy's' right wing, that being pressed in front by oar infintry. its R ink by the Hulans, and in the rear by four coMpanie I of it,fantry, he was forced to take flight, and our troops pursued to the walls of the fortress, the gates of which were closed against the fugitives, the enemy fearing that we should enter with them into the fortress. PROPHECY. This day was published, 3ii. 6d. hoards, GLIDE to the STUDY of the BOOK of REVE LATION. By the Rev. A. HUTCHESON. Prieto.' for G. 13. Whittaker, Ave ►Maris.lane. e Thls day was published. price 2s. A PRONOUNCING DIC'fIONARY of the most commonly used Words in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, iointing out the erroneous and vulgar Pro ust:laden of which so:ise Word• are liable; the elegant and fashionable meaner of Protiouncing others, and the most general and correct Amster mu of those in which Lexicographers differ. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave Mariblaste. `~. ;,• • , The Turks left 600 dead in the field. We had 72 . killed, and 812 wounded ; among the latter are Colonel Saansmow and Motels, of the Peter.burgh and Char cow Mauna: General Roth bestows the highest corn. arendations on *both there officers.—Prtssaims &Wks Gazette. Oct. 12. • INVITATION; A NEW SONG. To the Tune of •• Blue Bonnets over the Border 1" • Ai' ARCH, march, British Nobility, .I.‘A. 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Choose, choose, lke: Moree,tinate, yrr es the Aresamlosew, • Who by Jet brilliance secure would politeness, 3derit is not in repute very grand now ; Poets themselves are even treated with 'Newness: Old niasims abolisb, Of hie; mental points, polish your Boots to classic resplendency; Fashion and Rank surprise, Fortis to the world, and rise, Tlsher'd by %satin, to jut ascendancy! Haste, baste, Ike Basi . Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepaied by .. ty) • . 7(bied l'a;vain. 30, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, lid. lOd. 1 4 d. and led.' each. •Mm PASTE BLACKIN G,. in Pors,.6d. 12d. and 18d. each. inr• k Particular to inquire fer ' BORT. WAR It E N'S, 30, STRAND. ' AU. 011111111 MIL COUIVIIIIVIITi FRENCH PAPERS. • EROM THE GAZETTE DE /MANCE. PARIS, ocv. 17. The charm i de.troyed; henceforward the Munn vite Colossus sill no longer terrify Europe. After inmienst preparations, and long besitation,.the Russians have not had the boldness to urge with 'vigour a war of invasion, not the. prudence to make it a war of po.iiions ; and they did not know the - enemy to whom they allowed time for defence. They were in. -capable of comprehending what a people could do who are all soldiers, who are all armed, and who are aetna ated by the combined feeling of desire of preservation, fanaticism, and national hatred. They were not willing to perceive that the indolence of the Turks in respect to theGteeks proceeded as much from contempt as from any other cause ; and that these barbarians well knew how to employ modern arts in case of need, av the same time preserving the advantages of ancleat times, and the military institutions of feudal ages. 'The Russian army is at present without a line of ope retions ; its right is exposed; and if Varna is not taken, if powerful reinforcements do not wive, a Meat may be difficult for troops that are discouraged, oppressed with sick and wounded, and pent up between the Da ibtibe and the Black Sea till they reach &ailow, Galata, and Ismael. The reinforcements arriving from Wallachia wilifor. - ni.h gars bons for the forts of the Danube, which are so many little armies ; and they will sciroely dare. to pass this river, when, towards the west, 10,000 Bosnian* have advaeced on Resipiz, when the Spahis of Sillstria have driven a part of the troops which besieged it as far as Kirhova, and when the Servians may be obliged every moment to abandon a neutrality which has been so beneficial to Russia. Should Varna still hold out, the Imperial forces will in a little time be obliged to raise the siege. The naval force, since the equinox, cannot have been of great assistance, and the besiegingi troops may be attacked in turn, by clouds of cavalry. According to the latest advices; die-army of Scbsmla was advancing; that of the Gland Vizier was at Kar nabat, and 15,,000 Curdish horsemen cleared thipaises long ago. The cossacks, or the Russian cavalry, which are in wal,t of tot age, cannot stop these ti cops A single march ; and very little time is required for them, with theist:, celient horse-, to reach the walls of Varna. A wittier campaign has been talked of; io discps the chances cf would net open. However little terrified by the threatening aspect of the French troops in the Mores, he is greatly irritated at this diversion in favour of the Itussiiurs, and our com merce will suffer thereby; in the mean time, he has ordered his Pashas to march on Liradis, and it beH comes necessary either to withdraw our small force or to send outreiriforcerneuts. We i earnestly hope that its, glory and safety 'may run no risks in this expedition; tag& we calculate, more upon our brave fleet thou .OR .isot Ministers, including IL Hyde' e blenville. *. • 'The delay experienced for same days past in the ar rival of any direct intelligence from the theatre of war, bas increased the anxiety created by the rumours in the German Papers respecting the fate of the Russian army. Thirty-three days have now lapsed since the last . bul letin from Schumla, and 29 since that from Yarn". IHOM VIZ IIaSaAOIR DES CHAS/BRCS. OCT.' 17. PARIS, °croons 16. Authentic information proves to us the entire false hood of the news from Stockholm. published in several journals, according to which 6.00 G Russians had made themselves masters of the island of Aland, where acme Russian gunboats are said also to have arrived. This news is said to be contained in lettets from Stockholm, dated the 26th of September. But letters from Stock holm of the 30th of September,which have been received at Paris, authentically demonstrate the filseho.id of this news. The friendly relations which unite the two Go vernments are too well known in Sweden for arrivals of any kind in the Aland Islands to cause the least sen sation at Stockholm. The Moniteur of to-day, the 17th, contains an official repOrt Made to the King by M: Hyde deNeuville, en closing a report made by Captain de la Bretonniere, of the destruction of four Algerine corsairs in the bay of Tunettachica, three leagues west of Algiers, on the Ist of this month. These corsairs had each six golls'anA 60 MIL The French had 20 men killed and wounded. on board the Provence by the buritisig of a 36-pounder• six of these werekilled, and five danawrously wounded. The other vessels of the squadron lost Only three men., , • (Neither the Gazette de Fritiiie nor the Messager fee. samothros has any news from &tumid or Varna.) • !lOM THE Jot/REAL Das DEBAT& • • LISBON, Orr. 1. The fete -of St. Ilichael..which took place on the 29th, presented a scene of outrages against' Don Padre, and against the young Queen, his daughter. Vittiogstbtoday a mild firm. representing.' irssei person of nine Of ten years, was carried through the streets, and in the evening . was burnt in the Piece de' Commerce, the same place in which, on the arrival of Don Mig uel, Doti Pedro was burnt in effigy. However, to quality the allusion on the present occasion, a placard was attached to the breast of the figure, on which was inscribed the word it Constitution." In the evening mole than 500 Royalist volunteers at tended' the Theatre San Carlos (where scarcely a citizen was present), and between the acts kept up a constant shout of " Long live the man who shall put an end to the Freemason Emperor I" The property of Brazilian subjects is not more . :petted than theirpersons; for the merchant vessel the Count de Palmella, from Rio, belonging to Brazilian subjects, was taken on the 28th by a pi ivateer from ' Buenos Ayres; coder the very cannon of the port et Bogio, which did not fire a single shot to pteeent the Capture. One hendred and forty-three clerks fremi i ihe:Cifficare of the different department have been dismissed. They were chiefly those who bad signed the Address in favour, of the Absolute King. The Count de Barkacena, who, by one of those reso..l .lotions which men of skill know how to employ in dif ficolteircomstances, decided upon the young Queen's voyage' to England, instead of Gibraltar or Genoa. wheats she might have proceeded to Auftria, has be. come an object of hatred and horror to Don Miguel and' his mother. It is now stated that in the delibera. tiun which took place on the 3d of September last, is the bay of Gibraltar, on board the frigate the Impure ! •trice Marie, in order to decide the course which it was necessary to take pending the events which might hip. pen to Portugal, the Count debt/ere& his opinion is these terms- 4 4A few days earlier, and the presence of her Majesty at Oporto would have supported the moral strength of the defenders of her rights, but the success of this fair cause being at this moment endangeied, it' would, in my opinion, destroy all the hopes which re• main to Portugal, and prevent the re-establishment of legal order in that kingdom. to conduct to Vienna the sacred deposit which the Emperor oar master has con fided to us. I therefore think that it would be better to convey her Majesty to England, there to await fresh iusttuctions from the Emperor her august father." Pesach Peres—Passa, 17.—Five per Cents. 105 f. 50c. sk. 4.5 c. 50c. 40c.—Three per Cents. Ik. lac. 'Sc.—Bank Stock. I,s4ol.—Naples Stock, 71)f. 25c.—Royal Spanish Low, 7aif.— Haptlan Loss, WK. 60c.—Rsobsope on London, we meatb, 45f. 65c.—Thrce months, MIL 15c.—Col's Asthesetiere. MUSSELS PAPERS. MARLIN, Om it. ACCOUNTS FROM THZ THEATRE OF WAR. IMPORT OF T}l& OPIRATIOSS 21010fteSCHUNLA FROM /Hs 6TH (16Th) TO itIX 9Ta (21sT) SUL Our position before Schumla is the same, without-any alteration. On thel&b, one of our detachments, which was obliged to forage in Jenibasar and the neighbour- 1 ins villages, was attacked by a body of 5,000 of the enemy, which bad come from Schumla by a hollow way of the Balkan, which paws by Smadava, and falls into the road from Jenibazar to ICosludschi. The troops which protected our train repulsed the enemy's cavalry with has, which then due, itself into the valley in' which the foragers were, under the protection of a com pany of tne ast regiment of yageis, commanded by Captain lay sasaew and Lieutenant Nekrosow ; they im mediately formed a square, and the summons to sore TRIESTE,Oct. 4. Lent". froarOtranto astp, abut the second &vision of the French Expedition had arrived on the coast of the Morea, and sailed first towards Modon, but afterwards towards Patrai. Since that, the most conflicting ac counts have been spread respecting the destination of the French Expedition and the designs of the English squadron, which are so improbable that we must hesi tate to credit them. Among other things, it is said, that Admiral Malcolm would not allow the French troops of the second.division to land. . VIENNA, .00s. 7. This afternoon our Exchange was in great agitation., The Funds fell considerably, though the real cause was 'not 'mown. V.iriossreports were of course allegedg some said that the Russians had.rciumed *gir old posi tions before Schumli; aecotding to others they had been driven back from thence with the loss of their ar tillery ; lastly, that it was affirmed that a breach be tween France and Engfand was unavoidable, and that a commercial express from Paris had brought commu. nication on this subject, which authorised the greatest apleiffensioni. It seems that aiding official has been received from the theatre of war. We still loOk for the news of theiaking of Varna.. Mrtalli on, 94 4-11; Rush am* 1,092; in the evening, 1,276.—; • anteing, Act. 12. • THE RUSSIANS AND TURKS. • — tkoim THa UMLAUT 01111.1711. RUSSIAN CAMP•ZITORZ GIUZGIVO, -ON THI LOWER • • DANUBE, JULY 28. I have persevered thus far, in ray attempts to visit the Russian army as ao,amateur, for the purpose of ob serving its operations against the Tutks, and arrived in Wallachia by way of 'Rotterdam, Frankfort, Vienna, Pesch, aid Hermannstadt. The former part of my . jourae7 was productive chiefly of pleasure; but the lat ter part. of many of the disagreeable, of travelling ; for in my progiessbither from Austria, I have been nearly jolted to death - by the bid . roads of Hungary, and nar rowly escaped breaking my neck by the viler passes of the Carpathians 'of Transylvania, on the frontiers of Wallachia; I have been almost poisoned by filth, de voured by vermin, broiled by the sun, have exposed myself to the contagious fever of the country, and to that infernal disease the plague, which has for some time past been committing its raiages . in Bucharest; indeed, have almost gone through fire and water to attain the fulfilment of my wishes, but have only as yet succeeded fit reaching the banks of the Lower Danube. ... There is no scarcity of provisions, though the quality of bread, " of the darkest hue," is bad ; and the water, which is in this country very indifferent, is supplied from the neighbouring Welli • u .• But the Russian soldier is a tough material, and or dinarily calculated to bear the fatigues and hardships of war. In the manner above alluded to, subsisting on food of very inferior quality, he is constantly exposed to all weathers, for here the burning heat of the day is generally succeeded by cold, damp, chilly nights; and the thunder storms, which at certain seasons are so fre quent, are accompanied by torrents of rain, which in stantly deluge the country with water. These to ordi• nary constitutions would be fatal, but on him they seem to have comparatively no effect. With an implicit obedience to orders, the Russian is, as it.were, a coma plete Machine. Careless and thoughtless of danger— indeed, without exercising his reasoning faculties, he moves when be is told, and halts swim., he is cons. nsanded ; nor will he, under the severe.t fire, retire us* less ordered to do so. It was surprising to see the perfect indifference with which a regiment the other day stood under a rather severe cannonade, and the apathy with which the mat looked at the balls and shells that fell around them t sod it is a fact, that at the siege of Brailow a considerdble column, which was destined to storm the place, missed its way. Budget into the ditch, where there was not the slightest vestige of a breach. In this situation they were nearly annihilated; nor would they, notwithstand ing the mistake was evident. moveuntil a positive order from the Grand Duke. Michael was seat to recall them. But the Cossacks excite most my curiosity and in. serest: equally brave and hardy as the regular Russian soldier, they possess a sagacity and cunning which is not a characteristic of the former. When the firing commenced, it was easily observed that the Cossacks around began instantly to assume an alacrity and to be alive to what was going on. They took their horses in hand--never remained quite stationer!—kept a'sharp look den in the direction of the fire of the cannons, and watched-the ricochet of the ball and flight of the sell, so as to be in readiness to avoid them. They are as iattoegroeue set certainly l Boma old fellows, with long gray beards some smut young lads some • almost in rags and patches of various colnuts—while others are in eery decent attire. The Cossack who is appointed to attend me as orderly, is s young man, by no means Cossack-like, according to the notions I had formed of those people. I was struck by his civilised appearance and manners; for, ea my arrival, when he first came to be, with the respectful deportment of a soldier, united to an easiness and almost elegance of manner, he said he was sent to wait upon me by order of his General, and had the honour of presenting him• l . self to receive my commands. I do not mean to *say they are all of this class, but I am told that soprr-of them are people of rent wealth in their own council. amassed chiefly by plunder in the last wars; yet so great is their passion for that species of gain, sari sacra fames, that, notwithstanding their riches, they volun tarily leave their families and comfortable cleanly', and expose themselves, at an advanced age, to dangers, in quest of more. That they are marauders. and that they are ranter meteiless at times, is true; for an attempt was made to make them give up for the . general. good the plunder they took in action, but without success--it was then found that no prisoners were taken—they were imps riably killed; so that, as their services are so essential to the army, it is become necessary to sanction their practices; and to prevent atrocities. the Empero; has issued a very humane order, by which the Cossack' or soldier receives. One ducat for every prhoner on toot taken alive, and two ducats for every prisoner mounted. The Cossacks are divided into regiments of 500 each, having a standard and captain for every hendred,sinde. pendent of junior Offietrs—one, •two or more Field Officers for the whole, according to circumstances, and a Lieutenant Colonel, or Colonel Ciontaandant, whose mime the regiment bears. In their bivouacs, as well as in their operations and attach, they seem td pin little regard to regularity ; and their huts, ehoseof the Officers as well as those of the men, in front of which ate picketted their horses, are formed in the simplest and rudest manner imaginable; sometim es three pikes 'or poles with blanches and hay, or perhaps their burkas, or cloaks of skin, thrown over them, form their dwellings. Dressed in a short blue jacket, without buttons, but hooked down the front—loose trousers of the same colour—a cylindrical, and sometimes a fur or forage cap—seated upon a eushion fixed to a high saddle, mounted upon a small. bony, and by no means Buse- Aalus-like, but certainly hardy, horse—armed with a pistolstuck under each arm in a girdle, a firelock slung across his shoulders, and sword, or a long teelve-toot • pike—the Cossack is, on the least alarr, instantly ready tor the combat. He is endowed by his nature and imitate with an instinct which peculiarly fits him tor the dutjes of outposts, and for their serviceiin - which, by the b#,l am taking some lessons) suppose the Cossacks the best • troops in the world. The confidence repo-ed in dim is such, that the whole duty of the advanced posts'is in. trusted co their care, and performed by up men; and so great is their patience and vigilance; that nothing escapes their observation, and not a Turk can stir side the fortress without their immediate knowledge. The moment an alarm is given, the fist ivy or three that can get ready immediately sally foadr from the bivouac—these are followed by six or eight—these again by more—and lastly comes the reserve or -main body, in perhaps greater order. In their regular attacks they are sometimes in one, sad sometimes in two tanks, according to their strength; they advance in the form of a semicircle, with the centre retired; tie greater numbers immediately fly off and seek the flanks and rear of the enemy, while a small portion, supported frequently by a reserve, attack to the front; but perhaps what ..makes them the most formidable. is, the extraordinary facility with Which they disperse and instantly collect again in a pulk or body upon any paiticalar part of the enemy's line. However. for the most pan, they pay little attention to vegeta' ity ; so that after an attack, having no trumpets or sounds to assemble them. and as they do not always take out their standards, their captains areobliged, by dint of hollowing, or , in the best manner they can, to collect their pulls. They do not in general use the pike lib& the lance, but couch it, and ride full gallop, like the knights of old, at their antagonists. The Turk pal, fears it ; as the instrument, should it not kill, inflicts * dreadful gash; and the unfortunate sufferer, when se verely wounded and transpierced. has often been known to say, 14 Ab, Cossaik I Cossack !" and by signs implore him to put an end to his miseries by an effectual threst. After barring overcome hit prisoner, the first thing the Cossack does is to seiz: upon his arms, which with the Turks are highly ornamented and valuable=his turban and sash, which are sometimes Cashmere shawls of great worth—and his purse; and if be is not killed or badly wounded, the victor then places the unions. -nate man behind him, upon the very cantle of his saddle, seizes him by the band:, and gallops off with him to the rear. lu this situation, jolted and galled almost to death, I saw a Turkish Chief (a Colonel), a few days ago, who bad been taken prisoner by an old gray bearded, toothless' Cossack, at the commencement of an affair, and was by him brought before the General for examination. e` The outposts have skirmishes almost daily ; but the 'Cossacks and Turks seem to have a good understanding 'between them, for they often meet, talk to each other,