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London, England, 1821-09-03 00:00:00

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SOLEM QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AUDE.4T?

LONDON,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1821.

The intelligence respecting the existing rela-
tions between Turkey and Russia in the French
Journals of Thursday and Friday, which reach-
ed us this morning, continues to be of a mixed
and conflicting nature. They throw additional
light on the proceedings at Constantinople, and
the tenor of them leads to the belief that war is.
inevitable. The news from the Morea is of the
most gratifying description. The Greeks are
triumphant in every contest with the Turks on
land ; and the victory reported to have been
obtained by their fleet recently, in the waters of
Tenedos, is confirmed. Our extracts from these
Journals are inserted in another column, and will
be perused with considerable interest.

In the event of war being declared against Tur-
key by Russia and Austria, it is rumoured that the
objects of the two Allied Monarchs will be the
expulsion of the Turks from Europe, and the
restoration of the Greek Empire in the person of
the Prince COMNENUS. It is said that overture
have been already made to this Prince ; but, if
any disinclination to assume the Imperial dig-
nity should be manifested on his part, which
we have no reason to suppose, it may be desir-

able to know that there are other pretenders to
the Byzantine Throne, whose claims are enti-
tled to some consideration, and on whom the
views of Russia and Austria, consistently with
the principles of legitimacy, must then rest.
\Ve begin with the two families of LASCARIS.
The first traces back his origin from THEODORE
LASCkRIS, the son-in-law of ALEXIUS 111., who
"ounded the empire of Nic2ea in 1204 with two
,ousand soldiers. ife had four brothers, any'

left his Throne to his son-in-law, JOHN DUCAS
VATACES, who out of gratitude gave his father-in
law's name to his son ; the latter would conse-
quently be the head of the second family. He
was odiously sacrificed by MICHAEL PALEOLOGUS,
who after depriving him of his sight, shut him up
in a convent. The Lascaris escaped the pursuit
of "MAHOMET 11., who was extremely jealous of
all persons having the least pretensions to the
Throne, and retired into Europe.
Should an 7 raleologi still exist, they must be
descended from the brother of CONSTANTINE, the
hero who buried himself under the ruins of the
empire in 1453. We have heard of a Greek who
says that he is descended on his father's side from
Conaus, the last King of Athens, and on his
mother's side from T 11031.16 PALEOLOGUS. If
this can be proved, it must be acknowledged
that rights founded on such an illustrious ancestry
are very respectable.

We do not know whether General CANTA-
CUZENA, who is sometimes mentioned in the
Journals, is a descendant of JOHN CANTACU-.
ENA, the timid usurper, who quitted the
Throne for Mount Athos, and composed
in that retreat his Memoirs, by which he
wished the world to imagine that he had
been forced to ascend the throne, and laid it
down voluntarily, but proves quite the contrary.
The rights of one of the descendants of this pious
Monk would be very disputable. He will do
well to maintain them by his sword.
It is said that there exists in Poland a family,
who declare they are descended from ZENO, who
reigned from 474 to 490. This Emperor came
from Isauria, and was called THASCALISS.EU3,
which name he changed to please the Greeks. Ile
poisoned his son that he might reign in his place ;
but he died without issue, and his widow mar-
ried an officer of the Palace, whom she raised to
the throne.

We have received Brussels Papers to the 31st
August, and Dutch ditto to the Ist of September,
the chief contents of which have been anticipated

by the French Journals.—The following is the
only article that w•e have not already presented
to our Readers :

" BRUSSELS, Auo. 31.—1 t is affirmed, that if war with
Turkey should take place, Austria will act in concert with
Russia, and that Prince Eugene will command an Army of
Observation of 40,000 men upon the Rhine. The interview
which the Emperor of Austria had with the King of Bavaria
on the 16th of this month, has given some credit to this report,
though it has been said that the object of it was a new family
affiance between the two Courts."

Boston Papers to the 29th July arrived this
morning :

[From the Paper of the 27th July.]

BATTLE NEAR BUENOS AYRES.—Capt. LEWIS,
who arrived last evening, informs that on the
20th May a battle was fought near Santa Fuy,
in the province of La Plata, between the troops
of Buenos Ayres and Gen. ALMEIRA, in which

the latter was totally defeated, with the loss of
about 300 men ; the rest of his army was dis-

persed in all directions.—Markets dull, and pro=

duce scarce.

BALTIMORE, JULY 23.—1 t is stated that the
brig Savages of Baltimore, bound to Vera,Cruz,
was not permitted to enter that =ports in copse.'
41uelite of the diiturbed.sityation..o‘f
ants. rhele is every probability that Vera
Cruz has been surrendered to the Patriots before
this times and that the convoy from Havannahy
with 1000 troops, intended to aid the Royalists,
arrived in time to increase the triumph of the
Patriots.

We are really shocked to see the ttraligrtiff
and audacity with which the factious prints continue to rnitze-
I present the conduct of the Military at the QUEEN'S funeral-
The wise and liberal measure of opening a subscription for the
Life Guards, in order to mark the real sense of the country 1.1
their favour, in contradistinction to the bitter hatred and foul
calumnies of the Radicals, has rendered the latter perfe(lll
furious, and has filled the mouths of their lying oracles with al!
manner of imprecations and falsehoods. In the face of th°
clearest evidence, they still persist in asserting that an ATT.AC
was made by the military in the first instance, BEFORE the stow
and bricks were thrown by the mob. It avails them nothing to sof
that some witnesses have sworn that THEY saw no stones throes
until after th e soldiers had used their swords. IVithout impeachig;
the motives or the veracity of these witnesses, the fact is still est-i-
-blished that stones were thrown before the soldiers resorted
the use' of their arms ; for other witnesses DID sEE tlies
discharged at the military, and DID observe the patience aril
forbearance with which the most violent injuries were sustain'
ed by the latter, until their own lives were in imminent peril
It is unnecessary, therefore, to insist upon the fact, thsl
' a riot and opposition to the Civil end Military pogo
had been commenced at the moment when the iv°
attempted to turn the course of the procession. 11-h2,. 01'
diers did not fire in consequence of the Tiro; :—they
fired in SELF-DEFENCE. Independent of other evidence*
Captain OAKES says, " I had been assailed with brickbats 01
stones before I came to Cumberland-gate. At that spat I
so violently attacked, that I am astonished how the roen
could keep on their horses. At that moment the lives of tl'r
men were in constant peril, in incessant danger." Coosi"
dering that I was responsible for the lives entrusted to ule;
I scarcely considered myself justified fur the forbearance
observed."--(See the remainder of Captain OAKES'S eVidene'''
in our paper of Saturday). After all this, we find a parer ti
this morning asserting, " It has been proved that till they (tlse
soldiers) made use of their swords against the people, 11134 $
single brick or stone was thrown ! !”

REDUCTIONS.—It continues to be the opinlag
of many intelligent and well informed persons, that the propo4
reductions of salaries will be still more injurious to Goverri"
ment, and to the best interests ofthc Country, than to the ilya'let.
diate victims to this measure. It is obviously of the greatel
importance that the remuneration to the Public Servants should
be such as to induce respectable well-educated men to Per-
form the arduous duties of the various departments. Tb
are few things which could be more prejudicial to the public
interests, than that the subordinate offices of the State should be
filled by a set of needy, discontented men, destitute of ability
and character—careless in the discharge of their important func-
tions, or incompetent to the due performance of their duties.

The present public officers area body ofmen, in general distif.
guished for their talents, their probity, and the respecta,
bility of themselves and their connections. If, from the
, course about to be pursued towards them, any
number of them should be induced to give up their aPlini‘'r°
ments, it might be found difficult to supply their place witlt
dividuals equally valuable. Even if this consequence shnui'
not follow the proposed reductions, it is obvious that t''e
means derived from public salaries, for supporting a fauliill
with respectability, having been so greatly dialinishot,
as is threatened, it is not probable that young men 0f re-
spectable families and good education will be very eager to
undertake the inferior situations, as vacancies occur. Ana Yes
it is by this class of persons that the business of the 6°7,
merit is actually performed. The zeal and ability of the off'
cers of the Departments are necessarily relied on, not only „
or
the performance of the routine business of the State, but ft
drawing up state papers,—managing the domestic, colonial' 3114
foreign correspondence of the Empire,—devising mensal-et; ar4
arrangements on emergencies of every description,—aria' is
short, for the exercise of all the machinery employed in c-;
foreign and domestic policy. Men, of so much nnPnrras,
to the commonwealth, SHOULD be WELL rewarded,
ought to be placed above the fear of pecuniary em'oarrassrnec.'
and to be preserved from all reasonable cause of dissaaisfaelic;
Vet a measure is about to be enforced, which will probibty;
oblige many of them either to sell their policies of insurance
el,
their lives, or to forfeit the payment of engagements ente'g
into to insure a small competency to their families ; for it Yriy
not be possible for men who have families, and who are 'Ow.l
enabled to appropriate ten, twenty, or thirty pounds per an'R.llo,.:
to make good their engagements, under the deductions in 'lea
The scale of salaries in the year 1797, has been selepe ut
as that to which they are in future to be limited-
the
such a limitation is incorrect in its principle, unless, of
parties affected by it are relieved from the parjefilind
TAXES, &c. The ADDITIONAL amount paid in (1114-et 0, la
indirect taxes, since 1797, by a family having £lOO tile 0-
not less, perhaps, than FIFTEEN Or TWENTY P0t."195
NUALLY ! And as for provisions, it is not probable that heel
will be lower, or even remain lorg so low, as they have sof
for some time past. RENT, TAXES, and many other iter;
ye,
expenditure, are vastly higher than they were 17977 aria"
that year is referred to, as if the remuneration "ohje
was then paid to public servants would be equallY v_3l
to them now! The ERROR (to use no other tel-Lria,
such an idea, is too manifest to require further
erll
sure.—The new Superannuation Fund, as we have fceesnoed
remarked, is nothing more than a BENEFIT CLl7l3' ,021
by a great and powerful Government, for the GESl%frle"
who arc in its service ! Perhaps, however, this 13.611111 be 1'45
because COMPULSORY provision against old age, Inig eroing
objectionable, if an arrangement were introduced ft°
an allowance to WIDOWS, in proportion to the son Pal

Get.
The KING is expected to embark for his t
man dominions about the middle of the Pre—flior
month. Magnificent preparations are makinAlii.
his coronation as King of 11.tNovta.—Iiis •-ng
JESTY has signified his intention of le-erobarlo
for England on Thursday next from the 11°c if
harbour, to sail direct, so as to reach
arightoll9
possible, otherwise to reach Portsmouth, and Pry
ceed thence immediately to Carlton Palace.

Morning Paper.)