The National Register. — London, England, 1821-08-27 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Extract of a k tier dalcd St.Pelershurgi July 24. " Whether the Emperor Alexander entertained or not, since the last treaty of Paris, previously to, during, or Mier the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, and those of Carlsbad and Lnybnch, views of iiiture aggrandizement, or whether he was only desirous of insuring tie maintenance of peace by the display of an immerse military fin-ye, it is at least certain that .he has Leen continually augmenting the number of his regular truops, and that by his systt m of colonization be has evinced that be had a view to instill a martial siirit into the entire povulation of Russia. " Russia contains about thirty-eight millions of inhabitants; that is to say, nineteen millions of males. 7he of jest of colonization is, that there may be always two in a hundred capable of bearing arms, whieh, it' all the Russian Empire were colo nized, would give 880.000 men, exclusive of the regular tin in. At present the Emperor can only draw at the tamost, 2.10,000 men ; besides, the ltu,i to nobles, who are proprietors of immense do mains, and numerous inhabitants, are opposed to its system, and do not introduce it in their possessions, but think it sufficient to furnish the men they are I hot.rd to do for the contingent of the IniptFrial troops: he troops at this moment amount to the alarming number of 91:1,000 men, t xclusively of the colonization forces, the permanent army of Siberia the number of which is nut accurately Limn), and the Polish army, which, in truth, amounts only to ...),000 or 30,000 men, and which the Russians ItZld in sovereign contempt. " The 912,000 men at present enrolled under the Russian banners arc disposed as follows: Ten infantry corps d'armee. each consisting of 45,000 men, and dispersed throughout the various provinces of the empise 140,000 The corps tranoce tinder Prince de Witgensteim campy! on the frontiers of Turkey 91,000 The ce-pe ti'amice of General Yemialoft, which was thom ; lit destined to Piedmont, and which, at the request, it is said, of the Emperor of Austria, con • Unties stationed on the frtm.icrs of Silesia 112,000 The Imperial Guard, era peecd of sooteo infantry and 10,000 cavalry ... The permanent corps of bl,OOO men. which watches Persia 54,000 A corps d'clite of 14,000 gretuuliers 14,000 And, finally, live corps of cavahy, each 10,000 melt strung lO.OOO Making an agrregate force of 912.040 " It may be imagined that with such a show of strength the Continental Powers bordering on Rus sia have no inclination for a rupture with her, and that it is not by those Powers, whose territories would be immediately occupied by the Russian troops, that any opposition could be made to the aggrandizement of Russia in the Turkish States.— It the Turks, by the result of the events of a war, should be driven out of Europe, and confined to Asia, it would be the complete destruction of Is laro:sm ; the sect of Ali would very soon be the only Mahometan sect, and the Persians would do that for the Turks in Asia which Russia would have accomplished 14 the 'forks of Europe. Out• thing, whit h it is inTortant to remark, is, that this im mense Russian army is, or would soon be useless, if Russia only aimed at Turkey, and if she had not to fOrtity herself against the Great Powers; for Russia, in her wars with the Porte, never employed more than 50,000 or 00,000 men. She requires a much less force in the present day, as Turkey has suffered so much by the vigorous defence or the attacks of the Creeks on land, and especially by sea. What induced a belief that war would take place, and that the rupture was threatening on the part of the Porte, was, that the Emperor Alexander required of the Grand Vizier an apology tar the conduct shown to his Ambassador; threatening, at the same time, to advance hi.s troops if he had not satisfaction in the interval of eight days, and the eight days elapsed without the required satisfaction being given. Whether motives of prudence—the desire, at least app.:rent, of only acting in concert with his allies—or perhaps the best of the season, may hitherto have restrained the ardour of the Rus sian troops on the right bank of the truth, %var does not to us appear less inevitAble, and the months ot Scptember, Oetoler, November, and December, are the most layout able tir carrying on hostilities that country. If the Russians march upon Con stantinople, and it is in that quarter that they would begin, it will not be by skirting the borders of the Rack Sea (not that the passage of the Pruth, the Dniester, and the Danube can be attended with great difficulty), but they will, in the first place, penetrate by Jassy. They have calculated that it will only take 23 days' march to mach Constantino ple, and they then conceive that the corps of Yer undid*, combined with some Austri.ai troops, would ou•cpy Walachia and Moldavia." DiITC!! 4ND GERMAN P.IPERS. MON THE. DUNA. JULY 18.—Our whole empire resounds with cheats a mounting, at the same time with cries !'ur THE NATIONAL REGISTER vengeance. The army is eagcrfir combat, animated with holy anger; the people filled with indignation more almost than in 1812. It may be affirmed without exaggeration, that our strength is increased tenfold by this impulse. . 7 .f war should break out, Gne army after another, nay the whole mass of the nation, would fidl upon those barbarians who have hitherto owed their safety to policy alone. Con stantinople, attacked by sea or land on three sides at least would fall, and the Greek empire be re-estab lished in a moment. FROM THE RUIICIAN FRONTIER. JULY I 9.—This war, if' it should break out, will be a true religious war. Ind;;Tnetion against the Turks has inflamed all hearts. The whole mass of the population limns, as it were, a thousand im mense armies of reserve. At u sign from the Em peror one after another will advance. Tits fate of the Turks will be absolutely decided this time. We fear no diversion from Persia. That cautious power has Lean taught wisdom ; besides sufficient gua rantees have been given. The national hatred of the Persians and the Turks, the opposition of ad verse parties in the interior, likewise have an in fluence. A ustria will join us as Prussia has done ; at least it will not hinder us from assisting our bre thren, for it is interested in the cause. With respect to the policy of other Powers we know nothing.— As soon as the war breaks out, we advance, fight, take Constantinople, and all is settled. CONSTADT, JULY 17 —The withdrawing of Ypsilanti from Walachia, chiefly caused by the de serti in and treachery of far the greater part of the Albanese and Waluchians, who composed his army, but in all probability not wholly unproduced by this cause, is indeed a severe and almost destructive blow to the enterprise in Moldavia and Walachia; but it would be a great mistake to believe that the affairs on the Danube are thereby entirely concluded. Of Ypsilanti's old corpse, which consisted of 20,000 hardly 1,000 have been killed or severely wounded in the several "ctions, who have destroyed in pro portion, an immense number of the enemy. Another 1.000 perhaps may have fled into the Austrian ter titory. The rest of the army still exists, scattered, indeed, in different parts. A person who does not know the nature of the events or the character of of the contending parties in that country, may imagine the affairs to be at an end. The Turks have done nothing great or decisive. The insur r, aim still exists, though in a different form. In Little Walachia the insurgents have almost all the fortified convents in their hands. Prundun, a Ser vian, Captain Diatnenteo, and other chiefs, gave the Turks a severe defeat some days ago. The Captains Gorgales, Olympites, and Pharmakes have occupied, with a very considerable force, the mountain posi tions near Busco. Sawa, with nearly 1,000 formi dable warriors, is in the mountains near this frontier. Ile is a native of Patmos, well versed in the Turkish mode of' making war, a man of great understanding, but deserving of malediction, because for trifling petty reasons, he betrayed his country and his faith in the most decisive moment. But as he is known to be a man of great ability, he was always greatly feared by the Turks. He knows very well that it' he tell into their hands, his reward would be behead ing or impaling alive. He seems, therefore, to feel sonic remorse, and in the end will probably be obliged to turn his arms against the cruel enemies of Christianity. 1f he does, he will do the Turks much injury and find them plenty of employment. From all this it may be inferred, that the insurrection in Moldavia and Walachia exists nearly in its extent, and will long continue so. But if the proposed result of the transactions on the Danube should nut be attained, yet the real object of occupyiug a large hostile force will be fully accomplished. Meantime the situation of those two principalities is truly deplorable. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. B.C. Man, Rutlibo:.e Place, linen draper, from Aug. It to Aug. 25. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. H. Plaits, Deptford, tobaccosist. BANKRUPTS. E. Peters, Bet!cliff Hill, Bribtoi, grocer. Solicitor, Mr. Evans,jlatton Garden. 11. Bannon, Deptford, victualler. Sol. Mr. liounslield, Throgn ortun Street. W. Holding, Devonshire Street, Queen Square, wine mer chant. Sol. Mr. Vvllliains, Gray's Inn Pluck, J. Ilatleock, Uptonpyne, Devon3hire, miller. Sol. Mr. Brut ton, 01J Broad Su _et. J. Heslingion, junior, York, grocer. Sol. %Ir. Dickinson, Freeman's Court, Cot Mill 1)IVI1)END:t. Sept. it. M., J., and It. (;tiffiths, Bristol, masons-26, W. Clark, South Shields, linen draper-Iv, G. G. Percival, Waltxu, Somerset, common brewer-11, T. Tomer. Stock Exchange, broker -20, G. Wells, IltsdlLigh, Sul%P.:, clothes salesman —xi, G. Harman, Norwich, manulucturer-I'l, J. Bihinge, Bristol, grocer. CERI'IFIC.t TES to be granted Sept. 11. J. Wise, IVellinghomugh. Northamptonshire, saddler—R. Et ga r. B u rnh a m \k et.tglue, Nortitik. grocer—lt. A. Cox, G. Weston, J. Ftuber, and G. Cux, Little Britain, bankers. No less than one hundred and three medical stu dents had Chic degree of doctor conferred on them on IVethicsday last, at the University of Edinburgh. TILE KING'S VISIT IND. mm0nd1...... throws, Atr* 11.—His Majesty yesterday held his Lk levee at the Castle. The attendance was great beyond example. At an early hour the line - of carriages extended through all thead. joining streets, and nearly 3,04 X) persons were presented. The Mayors, Sovereigns, Burgesses, and Portrecvees of the several cotporute towns, and the High Sheriffs of all the counties of Ire land, with deputations from each, attended to present addresses to his Majesty. The whole of the Irish nobility, with a very considerable portion of its gentry, were present on this first levee held by the King in his Irish Court. His Majesty arrived in town from the Park soon after 12 o'clock ; he was richly dressed in a field maeshal's uniform, with a large black crape on his left arm, not tied in the usual manner, but fastened with a large crape rosette. The King wore, as usual, the riband and star of the order of St. Patrick. Previous to the levee, his Majesty held an investure of the most ilbsstrtous order of St. Patiick, which was attended by his Grace the Lord Primate, and several officers belonging to the order. The following noblemen were introduced, when each received the honour of knighthood, and were invested with the insignia of that o der :—Lord Greavcs, as proxy for his Royal II igliness the Duke of Cumberland. The Marquis of Donegal, his Excellency Earl Talbot, the Earls of Ormonde, Meath. Roden, Courtown, and Fingal. His Majesty afterwards held an investure of the Most Honour. able Order of the Bath, when Admiral the Honourable Thomas Pakenham, K. C. 8., received the honour of knighthood, and was invested with the riband and badge of that must honourable orders and Sir John Elley, K.C.8., on his attaining the rank of Major. General, received front his Majesty the star of that degree of the most honourable order. The Earls of Clanricarde, Bective, and Mount Charles. are to have the honour of officiating as Esquires to tile Sovereign at the ap proaching grand installation. Lords Ingestric, Alexander, and Thurles, are to act as pages on the same occasion. Previous to the levee his Majesty sent for die Earl of Fingal, (the premier Catholic Peer of Ireland), to his closet, and informed him, that as a special ntark of his regard and esteem, he had determined to Ls. est his Lordship with the Order of St. Patrick 4 and the King added, that he had every reason to feel the highest satisfaction at the loyalty and demeanour of the Roman Catholics. His own sentiments, Its Majesty added, were always those of confidence in that great body of his subjects. and be had uni formly felt that the Government had every reason to be satisfied with their good demeanour as members of the community. The King further said, that having always entertained those opinions of them, he could nut refrain on the present occasion from sending for Lord Fingal, to express in person to his Lordship, the high gratification he felt at now finding all his anticipations respecting that body fully realized. His Majesty could not, he said, better express the high sense he entertained (tithe loyalty of the Catholic body, than by taking this opportunityof declaring to his Lordship that their loyalty and duty appeared to him to entitle them to his Majesty's fullest confidence. The Earl of Fingal expressed his gratitude to the King for this most gracious communication and mark of respect. and assured his Majesty that there was no class in the community upon whose loyalty he could better rely than that of his Roman Catholic subjects. Shortly after the noble Earl withdrew, the elders of the Dis senters and the Quakers we .e severally introduced to his Majesty. who gave them a most gracious reception s the latter suffered their hats to be taken off before entering the presence. The at tendance from the Society of Friends consisted of the most emi nent persons of that sect: their plain attire and formal peculiarity of manner excited much observation among the brilliant cortege of a croreded court. The address of the Quakers was presented by Mr. Simon newsy, an eminent merchant of this city, attended by a large body of friends—To which his Majesty was graciously pleased to give the f •Ilowing answer r It is highly satisfactory to me to receive your congratulations on my arrival in this part of toy kingdom, and your assurances of attachment to my person and government. The loyalty of your principles, and your regular and peace able conduct entitle you to my good opinion and esteem. You may rely on my constant protection, and on the continuance of those privileges which you now 50 justly possess. Then the following Roman Catholic Prelates were introduced into the closet by the Earl of Donoughinore, with their address The Right Rev. Drs. Murray, Curtis, Troy, Kelly, Plunkett, Archdeacon, Mul pity, and Magowran. They were not dressed in their toll canonicals, as was supposed, but wore small black silk cloaks, and their gold chains and, crosses. Dr. Murray read their address, which the King re ceived in the most gracious and condescending manner—they all they had the honour of kissing his Majesty's hand. It is a remarkable circumstance, that on the back of his Majesty's answer to the address of these prelates was endorsed His Ma. jesty's most gracious Answer to the Address of the Roma* Ca tholic Bishops." This closet reception, and written indorsement upon an official instrument, is deemed by the Catholics to be the first public recognition of their Clergy as Bishops" which has yet occurred since the enactment of the penal re,tnctions affect ing their body. His Majesty returned the following answer I am highly gratified by your congratulations on my arri val in this country, and by the sentiments of cordial and dutiful attachment which you have expressed to my person and throne. It was my earnest wish, in vi,iting this part of my united kingdom, that an equal degree of satisfaction might be if:filmed amongst all descriptions of my faithful subjects in Ireland. That wish is happily and fully accomplished ; and I am persuaded that no endeavours will be wanting on your part to cherish and preserve that spirit of loyal union which new pervades and ani imites the whole community, and whirls is not less conducive to individual and social happiness, than to the strength and pros. perity of the State." The following was the answer to the address of the Presbyte rians : ."I'ne sentiments which you have expressed on my arrival in this part of my dominions, are highly gratifying to me, and are entitled to my warmest thanks. have the fullest confidence in your faithful and firm at tachment to my person and throne; and you may be assured of my constant protection of those civil and religious liberties whiolt are the birthright of my people." Immediately atter the addresses had been received, his EXCeI• lency the Lord Lieutenant introduced the officers of the order of St. Patrick, and his Excellency's household to his Majesty, who severally the honour of kissing hands. The above were the only closet addresses presented to his Ma• jesty. They occupied the King until two o'clock • at that hour his Majesty entered the State rooms, which was crowded to ex. COAL At half past four o'clock the levee closed, and his Majesty left the Castle for the Park, escorted by two troops of Lancers.— The King was loudly cheered as he passed through the streets ; his Majesty returned these marks of public respect in the most condescending and affible manner. The drawing room this night will be at:ended with greater state and splendour than ever before marked any such ceremony. All the public institutions are repulsing fos a royal visit. Apir of Ihmuur.—On Thursday se'nnig►ht a meeting took place ut Castleclough, near Killarney, between Dr. Murphy and Dr. Brennan, of that town. After an exchange of shots, without injury to either party, the seconds interfered, and effected a reconciliation. 9 70