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London, England, 1830-02-17 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

COMMISSARIAT DRPARTMENT, TREAsuni
CHAMBERS, JAN. 25, 1830.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons de-
sirous of contracting to supply

BEEF and MUTTON,
To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters,
and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties end
Islands :
Bedford Gloucester Jnelud- Northumberland (in-
Berks including the ing the city of Brit- dud: ng Berwick-
town of Hunger- tot) on-Tweed)
ford) Hants Nottingham
Bucks Hereford Oxford
Cambridge (includ- Hertford Rutland
ing the town of Hunts Salop
Newmarket) Isle of Man Somerset
Chester Isle of Wight ' - ~Stafrord
Cornwall (including Kent (including Till Sufrolk
Scilly) bury Fort, in the Surrey
Cumberland county of Essex) Sussex
Derby 1 Lancaster Warwick
Devon Leicester Westmoreland
Dorset Lincoln Wilts
Durha'n (including Middlesex Worcester
Holy Island) Monmouth York
Essex (exclusive of Norfolk North and South
Tilbury Fort) Northampton Wales
---1 Counties in North Britain.

In the severa. _iities in
And in the islands or Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey

That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th
day of March next ; that Proposals in writing, sealed
np, and marked " 'Fender for Army Supplies," will be re-
ceixed at this Office en or before Thursday, the 25th day
of February ; but none will be reeeiyed after Twelve
o'clock on that day.
Proposals must be made separately for each County and
Island, except for the Counties comprising North and South
Wales, all of which must he included in One Tender ; like-
wise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, as also

the several Counties in North Britain ; and each Proposal
must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly
filled up by two persons of known property engaging to be-
come bound with the party tendering in the amount stated
in the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of the
Contrast; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made
OA a printed Tender, and the prices expressed in
words at length ; and should it so happen that during the
oontinnanoe of the Contract no troops shall be supplied
by 'rhino of the same, the Amount of the Stamps on the
Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Con-
tractor, will be refunded to hint.
Parties wishing to Tender must make their Proposals
on the Printed Forms, which may be had upon applica-
tion at this Office, and to the Barrack Masters in the
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.

RUSSIA, TURKEY, &c.

(FROM. OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.)

" PARIS, FEB. 2.
" A variety of rumours, which have not the meri

of being very consistent with each other, have been
for some days industriously circulated to favour the
idea that a rupture is at hand between England and
Thissia. It is said that England has already ad-
vanced, or at least is about to advance very con-

siderable sums to her ancient ally—the Porte, for
the purpose of enabling that power to pay the in-
demnity
stipulated by the treaty of Adrianople.
Other accounts, while they agree as to the advance
of the money, for it seems never to be imagined
that the praise of England could be withheld from
a friend in need, make bold to assert that she
means to serve other interests with it than those of
Russia, and that the fulfilment of the treaty has
never entered into her calculations. To support
this last idea the parties refer to the indefatigable
exertions of the Sultan to re-organize his army,
and to restore the losses sustained by his fleet at
the battle of Navarin. The splendid reception
which was lately given to the Russian Ambassa-
dor at Constantinople, and the mission of Halil
Paella to St. Petersburgh, are regarded as the
mere manoeuvres of Turkish diplomacy. The os-
tensible objects of the Turkish embassy, which
has actually set out from Odessa, travelling with
a train of 35 sledges, by way of Moscow for St.
Petersburgh, are said to be the speedy evacuation
of Turkey in Europe, and especially of Bulgaria,
which by the richness of its soil forms one of the
principal resources of the Turkish empire. His
Excellency, it is understood, is also to solicit that
the terms for the payment of the indemnity be
postponed to more distant periods than those stipu-
lated in the treaty ; and, it is alleged, that on these
conditions he is authorized to offer the guarantee of
France and England for its ultimate fulfilment. The
letters from St. Petersburgh, on which most of these
rumours are founded, state in strong terms, that not-
withstanding the Sultan's apparent readiness to exe-
cute the conditions of the treaty, his sincerity is
more than doubted at the Court of Russia, where
the strongest suspicions have been excited by the
preparations now making at Constantinople, as well
as in the provinces, and particularly on the frontiers
of Persia. To counteract the designs which are
thus apprehended, it is stated that the Russian
army, instead of
-being reduced to a peace establish-
ment, is to be considerably reinforced ; and the
orders which have lately been transmitted from St.

Petersburgh to the provinces, respecting the levy
conscripts, are boldly stated to be the immediate re-
sult of the present state of the Russian relations with
Turkey.
" ' When the Turks take up arms,' it is said in
one of these letters from St. Petersburgh, dated
the 15th inst., we shall follow their example, and
" for this time our armament will have a double oh-
" jest. On this subject certain engagements are
" spoken of as having been entered into through the
" mediation of the Persian Prince, who was lately
" in this capital with the Shah, his father, in
" which a certain contingency which was then
" anticipated has been duly provided for. The
" perpetual plots directed against our cabinet by
" England may greatly accelerate these events, and
" lead on our side to a diversion against her In-
" dian Empire. When we think, in fact, on the
" universal discontent which reigns throughout
" these countries; on the fermentation sometimes
" open and sometimes concealed, but which never
" ceases, in Ireland; and on the sufferings under
" 4 which the manufacturing and agricultural classes
" are on the eve of sinking in all parts of Great
" Britain, it is easy to understand that such a
4"
diversion would place the cabinet of St. James's
" in a very embarrassing predicament.'
" I repeat these rumours not because I place any
credit in them myself, but because they are received
with more attention than they appear to me to
deserve, by many intelligent individuals in 4-1
country.
" The anticipated discussion of the question
which must arise on the address, is still the favourite
topic in the drawing-rooms of Paris. The friends
of the Ministry say they are now sure of a majority
in the Chamber of Peers; but it is whispered in
various quarters, and the report is every hour gain.
ing ground, that this majority is still to be secured
by the creation of a further batch of at least thirty
additional Peers. The Chamber, which at the
period of the restoration contaia6l only 91 members,
has now to boast of a phalanx of 367 ; of whom 76
were created in 1827, 23 in 1824, 60 in 1819, and

87 in 1815. The official Journal of the present
Ministry, in its zeal for the royal prerogative, does
not hesitate to declare that when the two addresses
from the two Legislative Chambers are presented,
if one of them should evince a refractory spirit, it
will be disregarded; or, as the Gazette rather
quaintly expresses it, the Minister will put it in
his pocket.'
" At the same time, to keep up the spirits of the
party, it is contended that of the nine elect►ons which
have taken place since the Bth of August, five of
them have produced the return of Royalist candidates,
while the minority of four only are in the interest of
the Opposition. To this it is answered that such a
view of the matter is neither fair nor well founded,
because, in point of fact, six decided Royalists have
vacated their seats, while three only of the late va-
cancies occurred in the ranks of the Opposition. They
defy the advocates of the Ministry to question the
zeal of four of the new Members ►n favour of liberal
opinions, viz. Messrs Bose, Hernoux, Guizot, and
Legendre; while on the other hand even Burger fils,
the last nominee of the Minister, is far from being
a sure card in the hand of the Cabinet ; and the
sentiments of M. de Chartrouse, another of the five,
are understood to waver at least, if they do not
already discover a more decided leaning to the side
of liberality.
The death -of M. deVedici, the Prime Minister
of the King of Naples, was yesterday communicated
by telegraph, and was immediately announced on
'Change, where, with the single exception of Mr.
Rothschild, it was universally believed. True or
false, it produced a decided fall in the price of Nea-
politan stock, but it is somewhat remarkable that
the Gazette of last night does not even mention the
circumstance. M. de Medici must have been 72
years of age. His death is said to have taken place
at Madrid, to which capital he had accompanied the
King, his master, or rather according to the Consti-
tutionncl, the King, whom he has governed for the
last eight years, under the direction of M. de Met-
ternich. His death is said to have been occasioned
by great personal exertion in preparing for the
despatch of several couriers; immediately after
which he was obliged to retire to his apartment,
where next morning he expired.
" It is stated in the Constitutionncl, andother Libe-
ral Journals, that there is a division in the Cabinet
on the subject of the speech from the throne ; and that
the party of the congregation, as it is called, having
ascertained the total incapacity of M. Guernon de
Ranville, are now seeking for a pretext to get rid of
him.

" Four o'clock.—lt is stated in private letters from
Vienna that several important changes have just
taken place in the Austrian Cabinet, which it is
said will materially affect the diplomatic relations
between that country and France."