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London, England, 1821-08-07 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.

August 7.

{MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Letters received yesterday from Odessa, dated
the 10th of July, say, that dispatches bad arrived
.there from St. Petersburgh, in answer to those
sent thither by Strogonoff, and were forwarded
on the Bth to Constantinople. Their contents
were unknown, but it was supposed were of a pa-
cific nature, as the publication of Strogonoff's
Proclamation had been highly disapproved of by
the Emperor. .This opinion of the pacific tenor
of these dispatches was yesterday supported by
the persons connected with the Austrian Em-
bassy here ; and it seems probable that the Ras=
sian Court has yielded to the strong remon-
strances of England and France.

[N ENV TIMES.]
Letters from Odessa to the 10th of July were
yesterday received in the City. Their contents
were entirely of a pacific nature, not only repre-
senting that place to be perfectly tranquil, but
stating that the rumours of war, which some time
before prevailed there, had entirely subsided.
The French Papers, however, continue (by a
great variety of articles from different parts of
the Continent) to uphold the opinion of a speedy
invasion of Turkey by. Russia. The Russian
army destined to this object is said to be not
less than 200,000 men ; while Austria is draw-
ing toward her Eastern frontier not less than
100,000. The speculations on the probable po-
licy of these two Courts are very various. At
one time the Austrian Cordon is said to be in-
tended as a check upon Russia, to prevent her
penetrating too far into Turkey ; and at another
it is asserted that Austria is to furnish a contin-
gent to the force marching upon Constantinople.
.The Archduke Constantine, who was so named.
in the express hope that he might at some future
period reign in that city, has been brought for-
ward on the present occasion. It is stated that
on the 14th ult.. he left Warsaw to review the
Russian troops concentrated in Lithuania and
Volhynia. From all this there can be no doubt
that the Emperor Alexander means at least to
try the effect of an armed negociation ; but we
greatly doubt whether he will proceed to any
further extremities without the full assent of all
the Great Powers.

[MORNING HERALD.]
If the Paris and German Papers had not for-
feited all claim to credit respecting the relations
between Russia and the Porte, by such glaring
and reiterated self-contradictions, we shoulitl think
the intelligence received yesterday decisive of a
war. Indeed, if the military position of the
Russian army and its amount be correctly stated,
it is difficult to conceive that the Emperor of
Russia has not hostile aggressions in contempla-
tion ; and having made so decisive a movement,
it is hardly possible to conceive that be can re-
treat without some portion of derision. Accord-
ing to accounts from Augsburg and Vienna, Russia
has three armies of 200,000 men to attack Tur-
key. The second division of this grand
army on the river Pruth, bearing upon the
Turkish provinces, has received strong rein-
forcements from St. Petersburgh, and military
preparations are carried on on an extensive scale
and with great activity in Russian Poland.—
A sudden change is said to have taken place in
the Austrian Cabinet, which, instead of support-
ing England in the task of mediating, has entered
into the projects of the Russian Cabinet—whilst
the Porte is left with no hope but in the inter-
ference of England and France. We give this
intelligence, and may add, that it is stated confi-
dently, and in a shape to obtain credit ; but it is
not. improbable the arrivals of this day may con-
vey a totally different account. It is somewhat
surprising that the Russian and Austrian Go-
vernments, with the continental press wholly
under their controul, will permit these contradic-
tions to go forth.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The foreign intelligence , respecting Turkey
continues to bear the same character of vagueness
and confusion. There is no possibility of reason.
ing upon such grounds. Experience informs us
that a design upon Turkey is a favourite point in
the policy of Russia. The disorganized state of
_the former affords an opportunity to realize this
policy ; and, therefore, accounts of the march of
Russian troops, and other warlike preparations
against Turkey, however groundless, may be ad-
vanced with some claim to credit. On the other
band is urged the magnanimity of the Emperor
Alexander, combined with the obligations which
he has contracted as a ivletnber of the Holy
Alliance, to spew that all such apprehensions of
aggression and aggrandizement on the part of
Russia are without foundation, and that it would
be a libel on the Emperor Alexander to insinuate
that he would take advantage of the difference
between the Turks and Greeks to extend his
power and influence in the south of Europe.
Much of the alleged news. from Turkey appears
to be little more than speculations hazarded upon
these grounds.

MORNING POST.]

Whilst the private letters received in this
country from Odessa continue to express a confi
dent expectation that peace between Russia and
Turkey will remain uubrokeu, all the accounts
from the same quarter, published in the Con ti-
nentaljournals, represent war as certain and in-
evitable. Does this difference arise from the in-
fluence of particular interests over individuals, or is
it occasioned by,the channel through which the in-
telligence passel, when it reaches us from the
Continent ? The former would be easily under-
stood : for it is natural that British merchants
settled at Odessa, nr :Odessa merchants trading
with England, should eagerly believe and confi-
dently state whatever is calculated to favour their
interests. War would be a severe blow to their com-
merce : its very expectation is injurious ; they there-
fore endeavour to remove the idea that it will take
place, in- order, if they cannot prevent, at least