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*active operations before any 'answer could be re-
turned by the Turkish courier, or any instruction
to suspend its -movements be received at the
head-quarters of the Russian army. It follows,
morever, that a wound might be inflicted by the
sword on either side,, which, though it might have
been averted, could not be so easily -healed, by
negociation ; since parties are for the most part
in a different temper before and after they have
actually come to blows. In admitting. thus
much, however, we state merely thos-is hypo-
theses on which some politicians of the
Continent seem inclined to reason, not the
opinions of our own correspondents, much less
authenticated facts. It is not quite incredible,.
but highly improbable, that the Cabinet of St.
Petersburgh, so conscious of its power, would
issue orders of such incalculable importance; and
leave the execution of them contingent on the
single will of Baron Strogonoff—when a few
short weeks would afford an opportunity to place
the whole question once again within its own im-
mediate grasp. It is a part of our duty to the
public to notice rumours which we should he
ourselves disposed to slight, for no other-reason
than because they are rumours, bandied.:,,abouf
through other channels and more. or less in
circulation. The delay in the final settlement
of affairs produced by -Baron Strogonoff's
proceeding, is a matter indisputably much
to be lamented, were it accompanied by
no other mischief than the panic of merchants,
and the general injury to commerce. Strogonoff,
it is said in our Constantinople letter; has again
been pressed by the Porte to accept, and has- again
refused, its communication.- At Smyrna all was
quiet on the 2d ult. which is ascribed in -a great
degree to an act of justice inflicted by authority
on some licentious Turks. • The -Greek and
Turkish squadrons have been in sight of each
other ; but neither very anxious for a combat.
The latter had left Samos- for Cos (or Stanchio,)
where the Greeks had attempted to destroy them
by fireships, but without success: • •

[NEW TIMES.I

It is with horror only surpassed by our indig.
nation that we quote the -following
.sanguinary
paragraph from The Morning chronicle—" Mr.
Blades and his friends may yet have cause to
repent the encouragement which- they have
chosen to give to military resentment: The indul-
gence of this.resentment cannot fail to produce
another, which may be very terrible, we mean
popular resentment." It is impossible to mis-
understand this threat. Mr. Blades and his

friends are menaced with the effe'ets of po-
pular resentment ; and they area told that
those effects will .be very terrible; in other
words, that the Parisian precedent of 1793
will be followed, and a Reign of Terror es-
tablished by the domination of the mob! This
is not the first time that the writer in the
`Chronicle has threatened the loyal part of the
community, that they shall be marked men ; it is
not the first time that he has dealt forth awful
denunciations of the danger to be incurred by
offending the disaffected, the turbulent, and the
seditious. But does -he think that Englishmen
are thus to be intimidated, or that the laws are
so utterly relaxed and powerless as to afford rea-
sonable cause for such alarm ? No : Ire. are
quite satisfied that Mr. Blades and his friends
will hold the assassin-like threat in utter con-

tempt. They will do— their thity as loyal men
and sincere patriots—and woe to the ruffians who
attempt carrying into effect the 'menaces of The
Morning Chronicle! The Gentlemen here point-
ed out as. deserving to incur tho.vengea'rice of
the rabble, .have.. terstified„ as every man or
common candour has done, their admiration'
of " the.,,great forbearance; good temper, and
discipline" 'of the Life Guards, on. the
1.4t1v Of last month.' They have opened a snb-
sription to remunerate such of those brave men
as were injured by the savage attacks of a•riotous
mob on that day, and the real object of the ar-
ticle in The Morning•Chroniek is to intimidate
the Merchants and Bankers of London from con,
tributing to the subscription. :We trust that it
will produce a contrary effect, and that those
who might by chance have overlooked the first
appeal to their loyalty, will. stand forward .like
mend now that the advocates of the mob appeal
to their fears. We are as decided enemies of

" military rule" as any. persons breathing, and
we haye the satisfaction to know, that in otir'sta--
tiooand degree we contributed something
ward the subversion of the most tremendous mi-
litary rule. that, ever desolated and degraded
the earth. But we are also enemies to mob
victories, which_ are sure to lead to military
rule, through- a still more dreadful tyranny.—
In the present instance Military rule was wholly
out - of the question : the conflict was between
Civil Rule and Riotous Outrage.. The civil au-
thority finding the civil foice overpOwered,.was
under the necessity of resorting to military aid ;
and the soldiers so employed, were employed in
support of. the King's civil :rights and preroga-
tives. The Chronicle has the audacity to say "it
has been .proved that. the. Life guards had no au-
. _

thority to drive the people by force from thegate
at which they were stationed."—Very contrary
has been proved, and- if proof were wanting, we
could draw it in five minutes' cross-examination
from the mouth of Mr. Waithman himself.

•
[BRITISH PRESS.]
. .
Various and contradictory reports prevailed
yesterday on the Stock Exchange relative to the
probability of a war between Russia and Turkey.,
and the Funds occasionally bore testimony to
their effect. Consols
_rose in the morning, some-
thing more than one per cents in consequence of a
seasonable hint that the Levant Company had
received dispatches from their accredited agents
that all differences have beer] satisfactorily
adjusted: but• they fell back again in the course
of the day. A letter from Constantinople,
of so late 4 date as the 7th of August, asserts,
that even •then Baron Strogonoff had uot. sailed
'for Odessa, that in the mean time the'Turkish
Government had dispatched two. Messengers
to St. 'Petersburg]] with the answer -which the
Bdron. had refused to accept, and that hopes
were entertained in Constantinople that these
mvssengers w9uld return before. the wifids...would

becOnie more propiiioth to the Ambassador's
wishes, and permit him to leave the harbour.
This long-continued opposition of the elements
to the departure of Baron Strogonoff at a junc-
ture so critical as the present, savours of some-
thing more than natural,. and gives some con-
sistency to a report noticed in the letter to
which we have just referred, that the Porte,
sincere in its desire for peace, had expressed a
wish to the Ambassador that he should not
leave the harbour until the messengers dis-
patched to St. Petersburgh with the answer
of the Divan to the ultimatum of Russia had
returned to Constantinople. It is also pro-
bable that the other Ambassadors of the Eu-
ropean Powers, if they
,saw any chance of a pa-
cific termination of the pending negociation, have
interposed, and dissuaded the Ambassador from
closing, by his abruptness, the doors of an ami-
cable arrangement of the existing differences.
Russia appears, by the vastness of her
,military
preparations, to have for some time contemplated
a war as certain. There are three armies each of
very formidable magnitude; the smallest consisting
of not less than 150,000 men, to be employed
in the contest, should the proposals be re-
jected. It would seem that Turkey,• too, has
not been remiss in her preparations, for besides
the immense multitude of troops collected on the
Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, there is said to be
a large army formed in the vicinity of the
Pruth, under the command of Jussuf
which we are told is glowing with all the
animation of religious zeal, and is deeply
impressed with a confidence of victory.—
The Mussulmans are - fatalists, but the na-
tural courage of the Turks prevents thew from
reposing in the day of battle upon any other
means of success. The force of the army'under
Jussuf is not mentioned, but we find from
various accounts that it does not occupy its pre-
sent positions undisturbed, for the remains of
Ypsilanti's army appearing occasionally in small
detached bodies, skirmish with the smaller, corps
of the Turkish army, intercept supplies,, and cut
off the straggling partim A desultory welfare
of this nature mutt'' exhaust the patience and
strength of an undisciplined army, and will daily
become more formidable from the increased ex-
perience and courage of the assailants. From
such men, acting upon their unguarded and
vulnerable points, the Turks must, in the
event of a Russian invasion, apprehend the
most. fatal consequences, while the example of
these free corps will most
_probably be commu-
nicated to every province in the empire, and
teach the Christians the facility with which they
might.conquer their oppressors.

CHAMBERWOC,NE, Esq. one of the Mem-
bers for Southampton, has handsomely presented
that town with the- cast iron columns for the

support of the public lights. •
DARING ATTEMPT' AT MIIRDiR .---Yeiterday
John
.Broton, James Ward, John Dixon, and
John Smith, desperate looking men, dressed like
:naVigators, . were brought
.up to Mary-le;-bone
Office, by Humphries, charged on suspicion of
being concerned in the. atte.mpt -to break into the
house of the Hon. Archibald Macdonald, of-Con-
naught-place, and discharging- a 16aded pistol at
Taylor, his butler, with intent to take his
life. it appeared that 'on. thenight,prior.tO that
on which the above . circumstance, took place,
Humphries saw the prisoners 'lurking about the
neighbourhood in which Mr. Macdonald resides,
and their suspicious conduct• led him to believe
they were about no good. The: Morning. after
he heard of the attempt made on the house and
on the life of the butler. On Monday night,
however, he again saw the prisoners, and suspect-
.inthetn he watched them- until they arrived at
Pa'ddington church-yard, when .he took them in
cust•ody to the watch-house. The butler, after
viewing the prisoners, considered: them to bear

resemblance to the parties, who all were present
on the morning he was fired at,, but Could not
take upon himself to swear they were, the same
persons. The Hon. Mr. Macdonald attended at
the office ; but the whole of them were dis-
charged for the want of evidence:
The following extract from the life of Ha„-art,
some time ago executed at Dumfries, for the mur-
der of the gaoler, adds another to the Many
Proofs already on record of the :inadequacy of
confinement in .a prison, to -reclaim from vice
many-•of the unfortunate wretches who become
its inmates. " A prison is the blackest and
wickedest place in the .world. Many a poor boy
is brought to the gallows at -last,-because his first
Offence is punished by imprisonment. This
teaches him evil ways ; whereas, if he had been
well flogged and sent home to his parent's, he
might have turned out.a good man. I cannot say
that my bad habits were learned, in gaol, but I
am sure they were confirmed there."

EXECUTION.—On Saturday last was executed
on the new drop at Bedford, pursuant to his sen-
tence, George Snowden, for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of Mrs. WALKER, of the Cock
Inn, Eaton Socon (in whose service he lived up-
wards of two years, but having become addicted
to drunkenness, and other vices, was discharged)
and taking therefrom plate and money; a silver
watch, and bank notes, of the value of 701. After
his condemnation, he became very penitent, and
wrote several affectionate letters to .his fellow-
prisoners, exhorting them against drunkenness
and bad company. A few minutes before 12 he
was launched into eternity, amidst a vast con-
course of spectators.

An instance of sterling honesty was displayed
here on Monday last. A lady and gentleman,-
who had been out at dinner on Sunday; sent for
a hackney coach to take them.horne,. At night
tile lady missed a 5/. note from her purse ; and
recollecting that she had taken apiece of money
from it to pay a chairman who had gone. for the
coach, she immediately concluded that the note
hid been then pulled out, and blown off by the
wind. On Monday morning, however, the lady
was waited upon by the coach Man, with the mis-
sing note, which he had found on the seat of the
coach. ;lie was liberally rewarded by the lady ;
and -We'.':iegret that we have not been furnished
with the name of this honest individual, that we
might, to his honour, make it public.---(Edinburgh
Star; 4ug. 31.)

RiyyrNciAt.JoTißivai.§.

[FROM THE CHESTER COURANT, AUGUST 28.1
THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL-THE CORONER'S
INQUEST.

" Inceclimus per Ignes Suppositos cincti tiOldso."—Hon

TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE CILESTER COURANT.

Sin—The awful solemnity of the pageant which was intended
to close for ever" the earthly career of this unfortunate Princess,
has been marked by one of those popular tumults which give a
peculiar tinge to the political character of our country, and the
fervour of that spirit, which had of late, in so many instances
and so many shapes, endeavoured to consolidate its strength,
and mature its power, into something sufficiently formidable
to overawe the constituted authorities of the state, has, by an
extraordinary fatality of circumstances, been re-animated, and
will doubtless be restored to its original vigour, if the steady,
uncontaminated loyalty of the friends of the constitution, shall
not be:effectively exerted to intercept its progress. It is probably
to be deplored, Sir, that the popular feeling, or rather the poli-
tical mysteries and sympathies of that feeling, had not been al-
lowed to waste their last breath in sacrifices, at the shrine of
departed ropalty. The .procession; like so many others which
had already so greatly abused this unhappy Princess, by creat-
ing a delusion favourable to her hopes of future elevation
among the dignified 'ranks, in which it might have been her
destiny to move, but which it was her fate never to attain,
would, on this occasion also, have displayed. all the cha-
racteristic features of their purpose ; and terminating their
labours by a last act of political devotion to the epheme-
ral idol of their divinity, would have rapidly sunk into in-
significance and contempt. But the purpose once resolved
upon by Goy erriment,of taking the entire charge of the funeral of
the Queen--then, unquestionably, the order of procession, and
the direction of its progress, should have been protected, by a•
force sufficiently -powerful, to prevent any deviation from its
course. What, however, can be more natural to suppose, than
that the sacred soleninity of the duty was regarded by the exe-
cutive as almost a sufficient protection against any attempt to
violate its progiess, and from this justifiable feeling alone is to
be attributed the inadequate force with which the procession
was accompanied. The attempt to remonstrate with govern-
ment, upon the necessity of delay--to deny its right of authority
and of possession, in the discharge of the 'necessary' duties of
sepulture to the deceased, after having formally resigned the
management of those duties to the executive, and consequently
imposed upon them, as well the entire expenditure to be him

red, as the sole. direction of every subsequent proceeding; niust
be considered (on the part of the executors and Lady Ipod).as
nothing more than an empty, if not ,a factious display of that
authority which they had relinquished—as an effort, in fact, to.
assist those who had already'seized upon every occasion: to em-
barrass the government of the state, and were still such- willing
instruments of popular commotion, as to attempt the consum-
mation of their purposes, even at the risk of violating the last
sanctuary of the dead—of plunging the metropoliOnto a state of
violent and disgraceful agitation—and degrading the moral cha:
racter of their country. The speity removal of the .body to the,
land of her forefailiell, was one the most specific injunctions
of the Queen, and there can be no delicacy violated in suppos-
ing that, exclusive .of the
„propriety9f coniplying_ with this in-
junction, the feeling of the executive must have responded
with anxious obedience to the wish ; the time and circuitistan-
ces under which' the event Ilad occurred—the feeling under
which the hope was • expressed, betraying a consciousness that
the rituals of royalty in England must be regarded rather as an
obligation to be conferred,' than as a right to be claimed, were
of themselves sufficient to justify the course which was adopted ;
and it had-besides the important advantage of avoiding any ap-
parent limitations in the splendour of the ceremony, which.
must have otherwise taken.place. Passing from these events,
in which the violence of party and the tongue of caution cat'
alone find any thing to condemn in-the conduct of Government,
we derive an aggravated source of commentary and reflection,
in the efforts which are now making to inculpate the military
who attended the funeral, in the crime of Murder, against that
infuriated mob ; whose conduct, in this instance, betrayed
more of the barbarous phrenzy and rebel spirit of radicalism,
than the meek and lowely reverence of a funeral procession.
—Even the first officer of civil justice, to whom is annually
entrusted the executive duties ' of pteserving the peace
and tranquillity of the metropolis, not satisfied with being
himself a leading agitator in every scene lately acted in the
furtherance of that spirit which every constitutional man
must reprobate, takes the part of a professional advocate
on this occasion, and becomes the zealous partisan-of. those .
who had first broken the peace of his Bailiwick, and by con;
tinued acts of aggression, repeated until human nature and hu-
man forbearance were no longer capable of sustaining insult,

had, to all intents and purposes, rendered themselves not alone
liable to all the
.consequences of this outrage upon moral de-
cency, but amenable to the law also, for the still more fatal con-
tingencies which must always result from civil strife. What
other perversion of cur reason than that which is so frequently
known to proceed from the morbid violence of disaffection,
could induce any man to deny to the soldier tipon.duty, the
same feelings, and the same protection from the laws, to. which
his fellow subjects in all other situations are entitled ? Then
why should he, even as the instrument of the law itself, acting
under the controul of the civil power, be denied the privilege
of protecting himself from personal violence offered against his
life, in all the aggravated forms of-savage ferocity and popular
tumult ? Are all his civil rights to emerge and be extinguished
in the single character of a soldier ?, Is lie to be the only slave
in the British empire, against whom popular reproach may be
levelled with impunity, and popular indignation excited with
applause_? And if these he not sufficient to satiate the seditious
violence which assails him, must he; in fine, lecome the victim
of popular prejudice, under the imposing mockery of a legal in_
quiry ? All this, and much more, may be applied with justice
to the proceedings of the Coroner's Inquests now sitting. It
.may be readily seen, that the measures adopted are calculated
much more to revive the expiring embers of disaffection than
with any hope of ultimate success. The evidence already eli-
cited, is quite sufficient to satisfy any impartial man of the cha-
racter of those efforts which have been made to criminate the
Military ; and as the Government cannot reflect with satisfac-
tion upon the termination of the contest into which they came
incidentally, and, as it may be allowed, unfortunately plunged,
it becomes their duty, in turn, to watch with vigilance the efforts
of a conspiracy, formed, not so much against the lives of a few
soldiers, as against the . future peace and tranquillity of the
country at large. .In this latter view of the case, it is impos-
sible not to advert, with more than common anxiety, to the
temporary triumph obtained over the Military ; for an instant,
it is true, they were objked to yield to the monarchy of the
mob ; the Majesty of the people was predominant ; and, for
the first time since the exercise of their prerogatives, became a
favourite object of ambition, did they find themselves in power.
Let them beware, how they attempt to act in.future, upon the
authority of this example. It has been abundantly proved in
this as well as in other cases, that there is no despot so ferocious •
and inexorable, as an ignorant and unfeeling mob ; and with
this practical illustratiOn of thoSe principles, to which they have
devoted so large a portion of their time of late, it will be an
imperative duty of the Government to check more effectually
any future attemptto repeat the experiment of the 14th of
August. JUVERNA.
August 27, 1821.