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to me by sacred ties? And if I had children,. and those children had happened to be daugh ters ! Why, I should have done like others, who carry women and children out of civilized society to inhabit the wilderness; I should have made my tender wife a drudge, and my children little tartars. Could 14,000 acres of valueless desert have compensated for such an existence ? Perhaps you think this a too-highly coloured picture of my miseries. But remember I was not bred to labour. I know nothing of farming. I have not been used to the cabin of a brig of war, or the mess of a marching regiment. You, too, have enjoyed the leisure which fortune be stows, and have acquired the habits of refine ment which belong to a numerous class in tog land. Were you a broken farmer, or a poor Lieutenant, I should say come here by all means--you cannot be placed worse than you 6rt, and you may gain by the change." But I am advising a man of independent fortune, who prefers Otis library to the beauties of nature, and to whom intellectual society is necessary for his pae.te of mind. Intellectual society ! I shall come to that presently. Dist...rusted with my convict servants, I sent to Englaird. for shepherds, ploughmen, carpenters, a blacksmith, bricklayer, and other useful labour ,e-rs. The men arrived in high spirits, having been hired from a part of the country where I was welt known, and having, most of them, worked for me in England. They knew that tee could depend on - the high wages that my F-i - oglish agent had promised them ; their passage had been paid for by me ; and the sailors had told them that in New South Wales they would live like fighting cocks. Being in the desert when I received notice of their arrival, I !Listened to Sydney, having first got rid of my convicts, for fear that they should contaminate the new corners. The latter, who, my Sydney agent in formed me, had, when they were put ashore, spoken in raptures of the 'Squire, received me with gloomy looks. They were already coma ininated, or at least spoiled, notwithstanding my pi - mutton. One of them, a harness maker, from zialishory, acted as spokesman for the party, and tQ:ii me flatly that they had been imposed upon. I stared awl asked, in what respect ? " They had not been told what high wages a man could 'get New South Wales—they were told now 001 they could not live on the wages which had been promised, and they hoped I should take their case into my consideration." They had not been bound by indentures, for I was weak enough to think that free agents would prove better servants than bondsmen.—l desired them to " take into their consideration" the cost of their passage ; but in the long discussion that ensued, they carefully avoided that point, and dwelt with dogged pertinacity on the wages which men of their class could obtain at and near Sydney. I was completely in their power. lay dint of flattery and persuasion, appeals to their honour, and promises of comfort, I induced the mere peasants to observe their agreement and follow me to the wilds; but the mechanics were impracticable. They had already engaged with masters at Sydney and Paramatta at double the high wages that I had promised ; and I could make no impression on them. I retired to the wuods with my clod-hoppers, whom I found 'very serviceable for a whole year. But at the end of that time, they began to grumble and fidget. Other persons had settled in my neigh bourhood ; some of these had been convicts, and afterwards emancipated servants. They per suaded my men to become settlers also. In less than two years each of my servants saved where with to stock a small farm, and one by one they gradually left me. At last I was glad to obtain a fresh supply of convicts. You may imagine that, under these circum stances, my estate did not produce largely. My herds and flocks, however, had rapidly multi plied ; and, in the last year of which I speak, I reaped a hundred and forty acres of wheat. This was thought immense doings, but as my free la bourers were gone, I had no such prospect for the future ; and as for the flocks and herds, their increase in number was no increase of value. The wool produced something, and the flesh was worth nothing, unless taken to market ; and then it would scarcely repay the cost of the jour ney. Here there are no drovers nor jobbers in cattle to come between the farmer and the butcher. In short, there is little division of la bour ; and you may roll in plenty, without pos sessing any thing of exchangeable value. You must do almost every thing yourself; and flocks and herds in the wilderness are not worth much more than the wilderness itself, of which you may obtain almost any quantity, for almost no thing. I thought of establishing a dairy, under the idea that cheese would be easily transported, and would fetch a good price in Sydney. But I ought to have known better ; my cows were as wild as hyenas, and almost as wicked. I had no milkmaids, no dairy women, no churns, nor any thing that was wanted for the purpose. At length my impatience got the better of my fool ish pride. I wrote to my friends at Sydney, ac knowledging that I was sick of the bush, and that their prophecies of my ill success had been fulfilled to the letter. By their assistance, I made over my estate fur twenty years, with every thing upon it, to a tough Scotch farmer, on con dition of receiving one-third of its produce. This third produces me less than 3 per cent. in terest on what I have expended ; but I am, com paratively speaking, a happy man, living upon my English income, in a place where at least books and men and women, such as they are, are not quite wanting, and where money will supply the more pressing wants of civilized life. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Mr. PRICE has been for some time in treaty with Madame VESTAIS to perform, for a limited period, at Drury-lane Theatre. The lady's terms are said to be twenty-five or thirty pounds per night. The proprietors of Covent-garden- Theatre, with the exception of Mr. Cexsx and Mr. KEMBLE, are on the Continent. They have each of them, however, left with their representatives in London full powers to act for them upon any emergency. Mr. YOUNG and Miss PHILLIPS are en gaged by the Lessee of Drury-lane.—A tragedy by Miss Mtrroan, it i 4 said, has been accepted by Mr. PRICE, in which YouNo has a character equally prominent with Rienzi, and Miss PHILLIPS will again be the amiable heroine in his drama. MACREADY, it is said, is so dissatisfied with the manage ment of both the National Theatres, that he is about to exchange the buskin for the pulpit, and is now engaged in studying theology.—Morning Paper. SINGULAR NATURAL PIIENONIENON, One of the most remarkable facts connected with the late tortn, occurred in the neighbourhood of Grantown. On the cast side of Tomanuar, or the hill above Dalvey, an opening was made in the earth as if by a volcanic erup tion, and an immense body of water issued forth with such force as to shake the ground at a distance of 60 feet. Large stones were thrown from the cavity, which conti. rued to boil round a nd emit goanti•ies of earth and water for stveral hours, Scotiman. FOREIG,N INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Saturday.) " MADRID, AUG. 10.—The Minister of Finance is much better, and will 're'sume his labours to-mer row. The Minister of Grace and Justice has com municated to the Council of State the following Royal order, dated July 18 : " Sir,—The Minister of Foreign Affairs ac quaints me, that considering that the journal pub lished at Paris under the name of the Quolidienne has passed the bounds of moderation, and failed in respect to the King our Sovereign, by attacking the opinion of his faithful servants, censuring the opera tion; and the measures which emanate from the sovereignty of his Majesty, even combatting the official article which the Consul-General of Spain at Paris has published in defentt of the Spanish cre dit, his Majesty has resolved that the introduction of this journal into the Spanish territory shall be prohibited,—consequently, orders to that effect will be issued.' " A ship which has just arrived at Cadiz from the Havannah, has brought to the Government de spatches from General Vives, Captain-General of the island of Cuba, announcing that the expedition to the Mexican Continent, which sailed from the Havannah under the command of General Miranda, had landed at the port of Sisal, in the province of Yucatan, and that it had made itself master of that province without encountering the slightest opposi tion, and without being obliged to fire a single musket to effect this occupation. The expedition does not amount to 6,000 men, as was reported : it amounts to only 5,000, of whom 3,500 are whites, 1,500 people of colour. This army is too small to undertake any offensive operations, and therefore General Miranda keeps his troops concentrated at Yucatan, waiting for the result of the efforts which may be made in the interior by the partisans whom we are supposed to have in Mexico, when they have learned of the landing of a Spanish expedition on the territory of the Republic. " PARIS, AUG. 21. " ERRATA IN THE JOURNALS. " Constitutionnel.—lt is said that M. de Polignac has demanded of the King of Sain the dismissal o M. Ballasteros, and the appointing of a saccessor tof Count d' Ofalia. " The Cour/cr.-1 he Department of the Marine has been refused by M. de Lalot. " The Journal du Commerce.—M. de Lalot has positively refused the Department of the Marine. An answer from M. Vitrolles is expected. " Ditto.—The report of a very stormy discussion in the council of yesterday has been spread in some saloons. " Dillo.—A complete change of the English Mi nistry, the formation of which is said to be confided to Lord Holland." (From the Messager des Charribres of Friday.) " SECOND EDITION. " PARIS, AUG.2 l.—The Porte having renewed its friendly relations with England and France, the consulates of these two nations have just been re established at Smyrna, and their flags hoisted with great solemnity. They will also be immediately re established in the ports of Syria. " A letter from Madrid of the 10th of August says that the police had just received orders to arrest, if it can find them at Madrid, the following persons:— Messrs. Ricard, Reyna], Kene, advocate in the United States of America, who has the rank of Spanish Consul, the Marquis de Croi, the Count de Croi, his nephew, French emigrants, and the priest Anduesa Vicar, of Natchitoches, in Louisiana : the grounds of this rigorous measure are not known. " All the news received from the Levant agree that there are great changes in the political system, which is to be followed with respect to the war in the East. The Cabinet of St. James's appears de finitively to espouse the cause of Turkey, and is already preparing to stop by force the projects of Russia, whose successes alarm it. The Greek cause is left to its own force, and the dissensions existing among the Greeks make their friends fear that they will be reduced to their former state of slavery. Some persons say that the army of the Morca will soon return to France. . We have spoken of an English vessel which was said to have forced the blockade of Algiers, in sight of the Provence of the line, without any ship of the squadron being able to oppose its pas,age. The following is an accurate statement of the facts : —An English frigate, the Dartmouth, entered the harbour of Algiers the 21st of July, but it was after having been authorised by the Duchess de Berri; The English corvette Pelorus has also anchored in the bay, and was there only the 30th of July, when the ship of the line the Provence, and the Alerte brig, went there with a flag of truce. This corvette (lid not sail from Algiers till after the event of the 3d of August*, and it communicated with our cruisers on the Cape at Cazine." FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, ADC,. 2l.—Five per Cents. 109 f., sc. 20e. 15e. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 80f. 10e. 90f. ; Naples Stock, 86f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73 / 1 0 Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles, 4Sa ; Haytian Loan, 400 f. —Exchange on London.—One month, paper, 25f. 55c. ; money, 25f. 50c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money 25f. 30c.—fours Authentique. This alludes to the firing of the batteries at Algiers on the Provence while bearing a flag of truce, as related in the Journal des Debuts of Thursday. GERMAN PAPERS. (BY EXPRESS.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 30.—A Tartar from Bourgas has brought the news of the landing of a Russian corps of 12,000 men at Sizeboli. The Porte has also received information that this corps has joined the Russia main army that has passed the Balkan. Aldus, Karnabat, and Janboli are said to be already occupied by the Russians. Unfavourable accounts continue to be received from Asia. Erie roum is said to be taken by the Russians, and the whole army of the Seraskier dispersed. The Arme nians every where join the Russians us they advance. All this bad news has caused the greatest consterna tion, and preparations are making in all speed for the defence of Adrianople, of which Hussein Pacha, Governor of Smyrna, is appointed Commandant; iiitrenchments for the defence of the capital are also being thrown tip with great activity. Jahia Effendi, dragoman of the Porte, is disgraced, and his son-in law, Espar Effendi, appointed in his room. " On the 26th instant a tire broke out in the vici nity of Pera, by which 1,000 houses and shops were consumed. " M. Von Royer, the Prussian Ambassador, had his first solemn audience of the Sultan in the camp at Bujukdere. It is said the Sultan - will soon re turn to Ramis Tchiflik, where he had his camp last autumn." " MuNicti, AUG. 15.—We have just received here, from an authentic source, the important news that General Diebitsch has effected his junction with the corps which landed to the south of Bourgas, and then followed the enemy to Kirki-Kilissa, 20 French leagues from Constantinople. A great battle took place there which has completely decided the fate of the Turkish army. There is now nothing to oppose the march of the Russian main army to Constanti nople. Yet, notwithstanding the defeat, the Divan persists in its refusal to come to an arrangement. We expect with the greatest impatience the details of this important event, and the denou(nvnt of the catastrophe. _ _ _ "MUNICH, A uo.l6.—We just learn from a quarter that may be depended upon, that official news was received early in the morning of the 27th, by the Russian Legation at Vienna, that General Diebitsch, after being joined by the corps that landed at Size boli, had totally defeated and dispersed the Turkish army in a great battle'; sear Kirki-Kilissa (20 German miles from Constantinople.) The fate of the capital must be now decided. The next pest from Vienna will bring us the pal ticulars.—Allgtmeine Zeitung, Aug. 17. " CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 25.—The situation of the Porte becomes more critical every hour. The enemy makes immense progress on every side, and nothing tut a tn)tacle can save the Sultan, unless he listens to reason and shows himself willing to make peace. The troops are losing their co nfidence, and a spirit of mutiny has shown itself in some corps. The second battalion of bombardiers has actually refused to march against the enemy, and its com mander has been beheaded. A similar mutiny is said to have taken place at Widdin, whither the Pacha of Scutari is marching with 15,000 Albanians. The measures adopted are not calculated to inspire confilltee or avert the dangers that threatens the capital, any more than the orders that have been issued to fortify Adrianople, and all the provincial cities ; for the Mussulmans are weary of the exer tions they have been making for so many years, and the heavy burdens they have to bear. The Russian columns are said RI be only six days / march from Adrianople, and the haste with which all the troops coming from Asia are ordered to the second capital of the empire shows the reality of the danger. Many considerable families have come hither from Adrianople. In Asia, too, affairs are in a bad con dition. General Paskewitsch has gained a great battle near Erzeroum, which he is said to have already taken. The chief of the schismatic Arme nians, with a Russian corps, has taken the fortress of Van, and thus opened a large field for the operations of the enemy, this being the chief seat of the schis matic Armenians. The Porte may soon have to repent its persecutions of the faithful Catholic Armenians on the perfidious suggestions of this sect. Tartars are hurrying in all directions to carry orders or bring intelligence. The Aga of the Tartars himself has gone to Trebisond, where the Russians have at tempted a landing, and done much damage. A Russian squadron is cruising at the entrance of the Bosphorus, which the day before yesterday made a show of entering the channel. This caused the greatest alarm, especially as the Turkish men-of war made no preparations to oppose them, but with drew into the inner harbour. It seems that the wind was not quite favourable, and that the Russian Admiral waits for a more favourable moment to alarm the unfortunate inhabitants of Constantinople. What will be the fate of the Franks if the Russian commanders should succeed in attacking the capital ! Despatches after despatches are sent off to Asia to hasten the march of the reserve to Europe. The Viceroy of Egypt is most earnestly desired to send to the Sultan the aid which he so much needs.— Allgenteine Zeilung, Aug. 16. VIENNA, Auo. 11.—Metalliques, 99 7-16ths; Bank Shares, 1135-i. AUGUST 12.—Metalliques, 991; Bank Shares, 1,1351. " BERLIN, AUG. 17.—The Prussian State Gazette contains a short notice of the taking of Erzeroturi ' and Hassan Kale, on the 9th of July, with the Seraskier, and four Pachas, and 169 cannon. " The details are promised in a supplement to the Petersburgh Gazette, which has not yet come to L hand." (Brussels Papers of the 22d of August, and the Dutch Papers of the 19th, contain no news but such as has been anticipated by other arrivals.) AMERICAN PAPERS. FROM lIAVANNAII. " From a private letter communicated to us by a commercial friend, we make the following extracts:— " On the sth and 6th inst. the long-talked-of ex pedition to Mexico departed hence, consisting of above 3,000 effective men, carried by seven trans. ports (hired American vessels principally), and ac companied by one 74, two large frigates, two large brigs, and two schooners, all well equipped and re markably fine vessels of war. Their destination is as yet unknown, but current report establishes it at St. Sacrificios, near Vera Cruz. According to the proclamation of our Governor, this force is but the vanguard of a much larger one which is to follow them, and is only for the object of making a lodg ment in the country, and of trying the temperament of the people. The Spanish Court holds out the fairest promises to the Mexicans, if they will but return to their allegiance, and, as you will see from the journals of the day, kindly consents to forget all misdeeds; at least this is the shadow which is thrown before their view ; but if ever the children of I\ew Spain forget the names of Linan, Culleja, Aredondo, and others, and place reliance. in Punic faith, they may rest assured that they will be no sooner enthralled than made to remember they are the vassals of a monarch who rules with an iron rod, and who it was sanctioned that memorable proclamation of the Cortes of the 10th of April, 1813, that it was derogatory to the majesty and dignity of the National Congress to confirm a capitulation made with malignant insur 'gents.' Strictures laid aside, it has long been the darling hope of Ferdinand, that the time would yet come when he should regain his lost colonies of New Spain, although some of his counsellors and the intelligent men of his country have for a length of time doubted it. When, therefore, one of the most accomplished courtiers of the Spanish realm had the temerity to propose an expedition so deci dedly consonant with the wishes of his Majesty, you may be sure the thing was immediately authorised, though in opposition not only to the opinions of most of the influential men about him, but particu larly obnoxious to those of this island. Our Go vernor and Intendant both very wisely disapproved of it. However, General Barradas, the commander of the forces, has gained his object, and, with the royal mandate in his pocket, all our authorities must submit to him. The preceding then, by inference, proves to me, that no measures have previously been concerted of winning the Mexicans from their alle giance to their republic but money, or offers of power; and the hope, therefore, which Barradas may entertain of success cannt be based but npon the effect his leni e nt proclamation may have upon their minds, aided by conciliatory force,' at a tune when he supposes the sons of New Spain, sick of the experiment th e y h a ve had of republicanism, and disposed to any change which may give or pro mise them security of property and order in govern ment, the former hold by a very slight tenure now, the latter unknown." RUSSIAN BULLETIN. " Head-quarters, Aidos, July 14 (26th). " After the successful actions of the sth, 6th, and 7th (17th, 18th, and 19th) had opened to the army tlse passage of the Kamtschik and the road over the Balkan, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the army to advance across that mountain, which has long been regarded as one of the insurmountable bul warks of the Turkish empire. The right column, under General Rudiger, reached Funduri-Dere, on the other side of the village of Arnautlar. On the Bth (20th) of July its advanced guard having pushed forward to near Avadshid, the left column, com manded by General Roth, marched towards Aspro, and its advanced guard reached Paliobano, Oft the crest of the Balkan. The second corps, under the command of Count Pahlen, remained with the head quarters at Dervish-Yovan, and at the Kamtschik. " Admiral Greig, with a equadron of three ships of the line, several frigates, and a great quantity of transports loaded with provisions, sailed into the bay of Mesambri, and vigorously bombarded the town for the space of three hours. "On the 9th (21st) of July, Gen. Rudiger reached Avadshik, and his advanced guard, under Gen. Shiroff, arrived at Erketsh, a village situated on one of the highest points of the great Balkan.— Gen. Roth entered Eraclia ; his advanced guard re mained in Paliobano, and occupied with a detach ment the village, and the cape of Emin e . Th e head-quarters and Count Pahlen s corps took a po sition between the village of Arnautlar and Funduri- Dere. " On the 10th (22d) of July, Gen. Rudiger's advanced guard, consisting of two battalions of the 37th Yager regiment, and the Cossack regiments of Chernuskine and Yligne, descended the southern declivity of the Balkan. One of the enemy's divi sions attempted for a moment to dispute the passage of a defile through which the road passes. The 37th Yagers did not reply to the enem y ' s fi re o f and musketry, but charged them with the bayonet, in a few moments Overthrew them. The defeat of the Turkish detachment was complete. The Cos sacks pursued the fugitives with great activity, and out of '2,000 took 131 prisoners, among whom were two Colonels. They also took one flag. The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded was consider able, while on our side we lost only six men. " On the morning of the same day, General Roth proceeded across the Balkan to I'aliobano. The rocky ground presenting great difficulties at first to his march, he found it necessary to reinforce the 6th battalion of pioneers with 2,000 labourers, draughted from the infantry, in order to make a road. He afterwards repulsed the advanced guard of an enemy's corp', near Monastyr-Kiori, which endeavoured to cheek the march of the column, but which was obliged to make a retrograde movement towards the small river of Yoshikioi-Derti. The Scraskier Ab dul Raman, Pacha of three tails, who commanded the troops on the Kamtschik, the garrisons of Mes sembria, Achiolin, and the corps of observation op posite Sisipolis and Bourgas, assembled 6,000 or 7,000 men on the right bank of the Yuschikioi- Dere, probably with the intention to cover, by that central position, all the places on the Gulf of Bourgas, and to offer battle to such of our columns as marched to Monastyr-Kiori. " General Roth advanced with the 4th division of Hulans, and the battery, No. 28, of horse artillery, and the two Cossack regiments of Yeshoff and Bo clanoff, through that village. He was followed by the 4th battalion of the 3d brigade of the 17th in fantry division, with eight pieces of light artillery, He instantly attacked the enemy's position without waiting the arrival of the main body of his column. Abdul Rahman Pacha withstood the fire of our bat teries only a few minutes. His troops abandoned their position, and were so vigorously pursued by the Hulans, the Cossacks, and the horse artillery for nearly 10 versts, that they left behind them two bat teries on the coast of four guns each, a wharf, in which there was a corvette of 25 guns ready for launching, without making an effort for their pre servation. We took from the enemy besides, 400 prisoners, seven standards, and four field pieces. General Roth left the task of pursuing the fugitives to the Cossacks, and directed a part of his advanced guard towards Mesambri. This place is fortified, and an intrenched camp in front of the tongue of land which unites the town with the country, pro tected the passage to the to-.vn. As soon as the infantry was concentrated at the head of the Hulans of the advanced guard, our batteries were directed against the intrenched camp. Their fire operated so effectually that 300 men who occupied the intrenchment being harassed by our grape-shot, and seized with a panic, threw down their arms, and surrendered at discretion. They left in our hands three cannon and ten standards. Our batteries were now turned without loss of time against Me samb►ia itself, which was completely commanded by them. Osman Pacha, who commanded in Me sambri, being at the same time threatened by Admi ral Greig's squadron, and closely pressed by General Roth's artillery, readily listened to the summons of the latter, and it was agreed to allow him that night to prepare the garrison and the inhabita►►ts for a capitulation, which was now unavoidable. Accord ingly, in the morning of the following day, .July the 1 Ith (23d), he delivered to Major-General Wach ten, chief of the staff of the 6th corps, the keys of the town, 20 standards, and 15 cannon, and sur rendered himself with 100 Turkish civil officers and 2,000 prisoners of war, to the officers charged to convey them to Russia. " On the 10th (22d) of July the head-quarters were in Erketsh, and oil the following day at Ynshi- Koi, where a part of the 2d corps joined, while the other half of that corps remained in Kelleler. On the 11th (23d) of July, General Rudiger's corps marched upon Alacharia. An enemy's corps hastily retreated before them towards Aidos, and left in the camp in the village of Alacharia a great quantity of ,mmunition and two field pieces. General Shiroff, who was charged with the pursuit, found 1,000 pounds of gunpowder, 2,000 chetwerts of buck wheat, and a great number of other articles of less value, in Dautly. The garrison of Achiolin, inti midated by the astonishingly rapid march and the brilliant success of our army, abandoned on the morning of the same day that garrison, which was occupied by a detachment frem the crew of a ship of the line cruizing before the place. We found here 14 cannon, one mortar, three powder maga zines, and one salt nsagazine. " Meanwhile General Roth's advance guard, commanded by Major-General Nebel, received orders from the Commander-in-Chief to march upon Bourgas, and General Roth was directed to move forward his out-posts to Romely-Kioi, on the road to Aidos. On the 12th (24th) of July, in the morn ing, when General Nebel approached the fortress of Bourgas, the troops of the garrison had the hardi hood to march out against him ; being, however, immediately attacked and defeated by that undaunted regiment the 4th Hulans, they sought their safety in flight. General Nabel took, in the first place, two field-pieces, which the enemy had brought out with him; and having driven him, sword in hand, back to Bourgas, our troops rushed into the fortress along with the fugitives. The garrison abandoned every thing, and fled in complete disorder through the southern gate of the town. Ten pieces of cannon, magazines of all kinds, and the possession of this important point, are the trophies of the brillian t deed of arms performed on that occasion. On the 12th (24th) of July, General Roth proceeded with the 6th corps towards Alacharia. General Rudiger directed his march upon Eskibashly ; a part of the 2d corps occupied Alacharia; the rest of the army and the head-quarters encamped in the central posi tion of Greek Ynshi-Kioi. " The movement of our army towards the Kams tchik was so completely concealed from the Grand Vizier, in Shumla, that it was not until the 9th (21st) of July, four days after the commencement of our march from that fortress, that he detached a corps, consisting of nine regiments of regular in fantry, a regiment of regular cavalry, and 1,000 delis on foot, with three field-pieces, to reinforce the post of Kuprikioi. These troops marched from Shumla under the command of Ibrahim, Pacha of three tails, and Mehemed, Pacha of two tails, who had recently arrived from Constantinople to take the command of the regular troops of the Turkish army. When this corps arrived on the Kamtschik, it learned that out troops had already taken and oc cupied the intrenchments on that river. The Pachas, upon this, retreated a few wersts, and then directed their march on Chengi and upon the village of Chu luko, where they were on the 11th (23d), quite un certain what resolution to take. However, having learned on the evening of that day that Abdoul Rahman Pacha had been defeated on the plain of Bourgas, they directed their march towards Aidos, where they arrived on the 12th (24th) of July. " On the 13th (2.5 th) the Commander-in-Chief ordered General,Rudiger to direct his march upon Aidos, and to take a position within four or five wersts of that place, to wait for the concentration of our troops, instructing him not to attack Aidos ex cept in the case in which he should be certain of a successful result. General Roth was to advance by a forced march, and establish himself in a double li n e behind the troops of General Rudiger. The corps of Count Pahlen was to march upon Rumely- Kioi to Aidos, to within a distance of about four wersts of the latter place. The Pachas thought the moment favourable to the execution of their plan They resolved to attack the advance of our army before it could be supported by the troops which were coming up. The Turkish cavalry and a division of Infantry made a sortie from Aidos and attacked General Rudiger's Cossacks, who re tired on the position. General Rudiger assailed on his front, but confident of victory, immediately detached a brigade of the 4th Hulan division, and directed it so to march as to turn the left wing of the enemy, which was vigorously attacking them, The fire of our batteries, and the movements of the Hulans, did not fail in producing the expected event. The Turkish advanced guard was overthrown, and o bliged to retreat in disorder to Aidos. General Rudiger pursued the enemy with eight battalions and 16 pieces of cannon, under the command of Prince Gortshakoff. On arriving in front of the place, he found a corps of Turkish infantry, from 6,000 to 7,000 men strong, posted in the rear, and on the flank of the town, and with its left wing resting on the old entrenchments, which the enemy had begun to repair. General Rudiger, regarding the town as the key of this positron, directed his batteries against the main body of the enemy, and ordered a battalion of the 36th, and another of the 37th Yagers, to advance with the bayonet against the old fortifications of the town. The enemy at first defended himself obstinately; but soon, forced back within their works, and into the narrow streets of Aidos, they were on all sides beaten in detail, and put to the sword by our brave troops. The impression made by this bold operation was so great, that the Turk• WI regiments stationed behind Aidos dispersed, and fled along the footpaths leading to the Balkan, in the direction of Karnabat. The Hulans and the Cossacks immediately rode after the fugitives, and made a great slaughter among them, while the in fantry, commanded by Prince Oortshakoff, cut down all who were not so fortunate to escape in the first instance. We obtained possession of the whole Turkish camp; we found in it 600 tents, 500 bar rels of gunpowder, 3,000 soldiers' cloaks, and a great quantity of arms. Four standards and four pieces of cannon which had been brought from Shumla, were also taken from the flying enemy. The town and its environs are strewed with a considerable number of dead bodies of the enemy. The number of the prisoners is less considerable — it is only 220 men. Onr loss scarcely amounts to 100. " This brilliant victory closes the operations of the passage of the Balkan. During the whole du ration of this memorable enterprise our brave troops have given fresh proofs of that undaunted courage, and that unwearied zeal, by which they are dis- tinguished from all others. " Surprised and defeated at the same moment, the Turks had no time to remove from the plain of Bourgas the inhabitants, who are for the greater part Christians, and are now tranquilly following their rural employments. The ports of the Black Sea promise to present a scene of great activity." " The reports from the corps of observation in the Yenibasar, dated July 11 (23), mention that General Krassovsky, after having on the 3d (15th) and on the 10th (22d) reconnoitred to the out-works of the intrenched camp at Shumla, had returned on the llth (23d) to Yenibasar, without having been disturbed on his march by any enemy. " On the 12th (24th) of July, General Poncet, commanding in Sisepolis, made an attack on the enemy's intrenched camp near the village of Atei. On his approach the Turks abandoned their re doubts, and some wersts further on they left in their flight, near the village of Chingansti-Eski-Lessy, their artillery, consisting of four field pieces." 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Stock, 3% per cent 97% i National Ditto '2s Ditto, New - , Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent IN%; Hibernian Bank Gov. I)eb. 3% per cent... p 7 ' Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock --,Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —"lmperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co. of Ireland — Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. -- Commercial Buildings — THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING the New Musical Entertainment, called THE SPRING LOCK. Lorenzo de Medici, Mr. Wood; Giulio, Mr. James Vining Doctor Manente, Mr. Keeley; Doctor Flamingo, Mr. 0. Smi Amarantha, Miss Cawsc ; Vergellina, Mrs. Kooky. After which THE WITNESS. Mr. Henderson, Mr. James Vining ; Frank Elton, Mr. Perkins ; Tom Tremor, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Holmes, Mr. F. Matthews; Harding, Mr. 0. Smith; The Witness, Mr. Baker. Catherine Henderson, Miss Kelly; Alice, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with HE BOTTLE IMP. Albert, Mr. Wood; W►llibald, Mr. Keeley; Nicola, Mr. J. Vining; the Bottle Imp, Mr. 0. Smith. Marcelia, Miss Cawse ; Philippa, Miss H. Cawse. To-morrow (first time), Der Vampyr, with He Lies like Truth , and The Middle Temple ; Wednesday, The Spring Lock, with The Sister of Charity, and Free and Easy ; Thursday, a favourite Opera, with other Entertainments. 5..., i n r a -, 4 1 '. „ 3 ,*1101.4 - , tz L --ft ~ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1829. The Allgemeine Zeitung, which arrived yes terday by the Flanders Mail, is full of interesting intelligence from the theatre of war. A Russian corps of 12,000 men, it states, has been landed at Sizeboli, and united itself to the main army, which has crossed the Balkan mountains. Erzeroutn too has been taken by the Russians, the whole army of the SERASKIER has been dispersed, and the Armenians—whom the SUL TAN by his very ill-judged policy alienated from his interests a year or two since—every where unite themselves to the Russians as they ad vance. The loss of these men, whose relations with the Turkish empire is not very generally understood in England, is of itself an irreparable disaster. They are the " thews and sinews" of commerce throughout the East, are wealthy, peaceable, and industrious, and until lately en riched the SULTAN'S Exchequer to an almost incredible extent. Disgusted, however, by the rapacity and contempt of MAHMOUD, and won over by the subtle policy of the Russians, who prevailed on their High Patriarch to put him self and his establishment some three or four years back under their protection, the Arme nians have now turned against the Turks, and with them has broken down one of the latter's strongest Constitutional bulwarks. In addition to this disaster, the Sublime PORTE has lost a battle at Kirki-Ki lissa, within twenty leagues of Constantinople, so that nothing, it seems, can now stop the pro gress of the Russians to the capital. The same Journal states that the SULTAN'S troops are losing their confidence, that a spirit of mutiny is every where showing itself, yet that notwithstand ing this, the Divan still " persists in its refusal to come to any arrangement." The Prussian _State Gazette gives at full length the Bulletin of the Russian army, dated Aidos—our readers will find it in another ee' lumn—which details with great minutenes s all the particulars of its victorious progress afte r passing the Balkan. According to this doet l " meat, Mesembria was taken, with 2,000 prisoners and ten standards, and the Grand VIZIER a/ Shumla was not aware of the march of th e Russian detachment before that place, till four days after it had taken place. In a word, th e denouement of the campaign is now rapi dl y approaching. The liberal Parisian Journals are still fi with the most inveterate attacks on the nev i Ministry. Monsieur DE LA BOURDONNAY E honoured with as especial share of abuse. It seems, that in the stormy Session of 1815, this statesman was one of the most intemperate and sanguinary denouncers of those who figured during the memorable hundred days. " He I° o ' posed," says a Morning Cotemporary, " lists of proscription which would have given Louis XVIII. the heads of all the civil and military functionaries of the hundred days, especial l y of all the marshals, ministers, and hig h dignitaries of France." This speech th e Journal des Debats of Thursday now clo° tes against him, and contrasts - in a forcible pung ent manner with the present temper of his professions. The contrast is certainly s triking' being neither more nor less than the differeoc° between black and white, but different ti mes, should be borne in mind , call for different rner sures ; and for a Statesman to make his opt nions, at one particular period of his life, the model of his opinions for ever, is for h im to sal that he has derived no benefit from ex p erience, and that the world, not himself, is wro n g in COw seining to a change. It is said that the n umber of resignations is increasing, among oth ers the Marquis of CAMBON, a staunch loya list, i 5 mentioned as having declined any official co n ' nection with the new Government. political "led The following are extracts from the German Papers, received this morning :-- BUCHAREST, AUG. 4.—According to letters frail Odessa, the plague has again manifested itself, a nd seve rs families are said to have left the town with permi ssion of thl authorities. The theatres and all the magazin es are sal to have been closed on the 30th of July. The first esP e ‘ ditiott which sailed from Seb ,stopol on the 14th ult., tora" inform the garrison of Sizeboli, is stated in letters f Varna to have reached its destination without accidentl The second, which is stronger, being 8, 000 men, ail'in on the 27th. The service for the supply of the army ta ct perfect order, and 100 transports are constantly empl o y in carrying provisions from Odessa to Sizeboli. The Odessa Journal of July 29 has a long notice froM the Magistrates, respecting the symptoms of plague tha: have appeared in the village of Uesato v y - Kh utors, sib wersts from the town. A division of 50 Cossacks and 400 infantry has be en placed as a cordon round the village , and eve r y p recautios a taken. Up to the 29th, seven persons had died, and there are five sick, two with symptoms of plagu e, 80 thre e suspicious. The health of the town is su ch as not to, give any ground for alarm. The state of the harbour 01 quarantine is quite satisfactory. There has been no cast; of plague there for this week past. Four persons, ill ordinary disorders, have been removed from t he quarter ei the passengers to a separate apartment. Two other P t ' tients are recovering. (From the Courrier de Smyrne.) CA N D lA, Jut.Y 11.—Our town has recovered its forsteir appearance. All the European Consuls have rewrite"; and there is no blockade of any kind. The tranquillity a' the island will soon be restored, when a spirit of prudence and moderation shall appreciate the real wants of the 1 habitants of Crete, and reduce to its true value the t , i , ns ° e t of philanthropy in which the language of the Frew of Greece is enveloped. To effect this the Allied Pourel have only to submit the state of affairs to a ainstP le s it n e r decisive trial—namely, to oblige Count Capo d ' lstria, a recalling his agents, to issue a general inv itation to he inhabitants to retire to the Morea, as they canno t live Utl ar n the Turkish dominion, and at the same time to offe r a indemnity to those land-owners who should lose their Pt:, perty. The small number of persons who would profit by this offer, would be the most conclusive proof Nark the late insurrection in Crete was not the W ar g of the inhabitants, and also chew that the 6re :t Government, in order to give a certain ex ire and permanency to the insurrection, was obliged to ° with all the wretches of Carabusa anti th e banditti of, Sfakia, and that these auxiliaries used the most 1 4 1 0 , means to compel the peaceable inhabitants to take sr ye The Commanders of the European squadron s who Po put into Suda have long since advised the T utks to son the Greeks unmolested in their quarters. The 'P r op agreed, but the Greeks cannot be so easily persuaded. the 26th June 1,500 Greeks suddenly attacked 100 persuaded.. bitants of Rettino, who were busy hay -makin g , ha es e league front the town. The Turk., among wwho'llhere Wei fifty women and children, retired to a hou se, ' defended themselves the whole day. The inhabitants % Rettino hastened to their assistance , and succeeded lar releasing them. The number of victim s on both side. is known, but it. is unhappily certain that several wool, and children, who could not escape in time, were crued murdered by the Greeks. • We have received Gibraltar Chronicles, thi s morning to the 4th inst. It appears that t 1 e. number of vessels which have arrived at Cadi z during the month of June from other Spani ch ports was 263. The Austrian frigate Afedeft arrived at Gibraltar on the I st , and sailed the same day to join the squadron to the westwardi con Fisting of the Caroline and Adra corvettes' and the brig Veneto. A Mr. SCALES, of Whitechapel, who some, time since was convicted in the Common ple as of striking a man in a church, has, it seems) 119 r that same offence, been excommunicated by ti l° Ecclesiastical Court. By this sentence of elc' communication he has been put out of the P ie of the law altogether. He may be slandered,' assaulted, robbed, and knocked on the head with impunity; be burnt out of house a nd W l° in Ireland, be Burked and doctored in Sc °t*. ° ut land, and Stephensoned in England, with the most distant prospect of relief. Nay' Ise is not even entitled to Christian burial, a ll I should he perchance be found one fine autulT°. morning, lying with his throat cut, a nd 1 ' 1 ! is pockets turned inside-out, in Whitechape l, corpse will be refused the complimentary con: sideration of a Coroner's Inquest! Surely it is high time to dispense with this absurd proces s ° I at e xcommunication. It has no force in the p resent day, scarcely even a meaning , and can ansvi, no earthly end, except that of perpetuating