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LONDON,
SATIMDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1829.

The French Journals are chiefly filled with
speculations respecting the conduct of the Turks
and Russians. The Messager des Chambres,
(in an article dated Constantinople, May 2,)
observes, that it is firmly believed that " the
Russians project a landing on the Asiatic coast
of the Black Sea, and that the taking of Sizeboli
is preparatory to this vast enterprise, fur which
immense preparations are making at Odessa."
The same Paper states the rumour is very gene-
ral, and widely circulated by all travellers who
arrive from the theatre of war, that sanguinary
battles have taken place at Silistria and the en-
virons of Shumla, where the Turks displayed
incredible determination and ferocity. The
war, it seems, is taking a fanatical turn ; the
religious enthusiasm of the Mahometans has
been adroitly appealed to ; " Dervises appear at
the head of the troops, and recite prayers and
sing hymns which the Turkish soldiers repeat,
and by which they animate each other."

Frankfort Papers state, on the authority of
some Russian officers who have gone to Me-
hadia to enjoy the benefit of its mineral waters,
that the plan of the operations of the Russian
army is already decided upon ; that one of their
main objects is, by capturing Ghiurgevo, to
obtain possession of Wallachia, and then to
" prepare with the greatest activity, and
on. a larger scale, means to carry the war
into Servia in the nett campaign, or if circum-
stances allow it, is the present." Another of
their proposed plans, (we follow the same autho-
rity), is, for the " main army, which advances to
Bulgaria, to take Silistria, to open an uninter-
rupted communication with Varna, to defeat the
Turkish army which may oppose these under-
takings, and so weaken it by repeated at-
tacks, that it will not be able to keep the
field, but be forced to retreat to Rumelia."
We having nothing to object to these in-
tentions, except the difficulty of carrying them
into execution. Since their total mismanage-
ment of the last campaign, the Russians will find
it no easy task to convince people of their ability
" to defeat the Turkish army, and so weaken it
by repeated attacks, that it will not be able to
keep the field." The reverse is full as likely to
be the fact. The following are extracts :

FROM THE DANUBE, MAY 15.—A letter from Mehadia,
of the Ist instant, save :
" Many Russian officers, whose health have suffered
in the last campaign, come here to enjoy the benefit of our
rnim-r,l waters. They affirm with much confidence that
the following are the operations which their army will
have to execute in the ensuing campaign in European
Turkey:-Ist. By taking Ghiurgevo to obtain undisputed
possession of Wallachia, and secure it against any incur-
sion of the Turks, and then to prepare with the greatest
activity, and on a large scale, means to carry the war into
Servia in the next campaign, or, if circumstances allow
it, in the present. 2dly. To obtain possession, at any
sacrifice and in the shortest time, of the fortress of New
Orsowa and of the fort Elizabeth, which-belongs to it, in
order, by an uninterrupted communication with the Ban-
not of Temesw•ar to receive, by means of the Danube, the
supplies for the army, which it has hitherto been necessary
to bring by land from Transylvania. idly. For the main
army, which advances to Bulgaria, to take Silistria, to
open an uninterrupted communication with Varna, to
defeat the Turkish army which may oppose these
undertakings, and so weaken it by repeated attacks,
that it will not be able to keep the field, but
be forced to retreat to Rumelia. 4thly. To take
Shumla, and to make themselves masters of all the
passes of the Balkan from Emineb on the Black Sea, to
the place where you descend into the plains of Marital, by

AA NSA whirl leads from 'Sophia, by way of iateman to
Tatar Bazardjik, partly by the Trajan gate, partly rather
more to the west, and to secure all Allege passages against
the attacks of the Turks from Rutnelia. sthly. Meantime,
to t Rudschuk, and while Rosegrad, Tirnova, and
Plewna, are made into great military d,pots, to occupy Ni-
copolis and Sophia, and by means of a fortified position
between these two places, to oppose all attempts of the
Turks advancing from Bosnia and Servia towards Bulgaria.
FP.ONTIFALS OF ITALY, MAY 13.—Acecunts (not yet
confirmed) brought by captains of ships, say that Misso-
longbi is already in the hanris of the Greeks. The taking
of the fort of Lepanto is confirmed.
FRANKFORT, MAY 21.—Her Highness, the reigning
Duchess of Saxe-Aleiningen, with her family and suite,
arrived here'yesterday on her way to Bonn.
MAY 22.—Exchange on London, two months, 149
VIENNA, MAY 17.—The Constitutionnel, inexhaustible
in fictions of all kinds, kas, within a few days, twice amused
its readers with the silly f,ble of a Congress of the Italian
Princes at Rome, coneoked, as it says, by Austria.
VIENNA, MAY 18.—Ziletalliques, 9hi; Bank Shares,
1,111.

Extract of a letter received at t;ie North and
South Awerican Coffee-house from Matanzas,
dated April 2 :
The steam-beat has just arrived from the Havannah, and
a boat is preparing to board her, to know if the Falmouth
is there with the Commodore on board, who will remain
until the pirates are de,troyed. They appear more nume-
rous than ever. Upwards of 100 of them have been taken,
20 of whom were immediately executed, and the ethers sent
to Jamaica.

Without pretending to foresee the result of the
present campaign in the East, we may still be safe
in asserting that the tardy and dilatory policy of
the Russian armies gives no brilliant anticipation
of glorious conquest. We believe it never was
heard of iu the annals of war that any great or
signal success was ever gained by a dilatory in-
vader. Decisive daring, and rapidity of move-
ment, form the very life of an invader's enter-
prize ; and it is manifest, from the slightest con-
sideration of the subject, that there is no other
road to success. The great advantage of an
invader generally is, that he has a well trained
and disciplined army in the field ; while the
country attacked may not be in such a state of
preparation. But if he does not make a right
use of this efficient instrument he loses his advan-
tage. His policy therefore is to attack; to fear
nothing ; and to press onward to conquest through
incessant marches and sanguinary battles. This
is the:course of conquest ; and it is its necessary
course. There is no royal road to victory.

It is certain that in all cases the balance
of physical strength is on the side of the coun-
try attacked ; and if time be given to orga-
nise those means, to train and discipline the
population, the assailants must be worsted in the
long run in every protracted struggle. But if,
on the other hand, the country be overpowered
by a bold and sudden inroad, and overrun by the
hostile army. it is at once laid at the invader's
feet, and falls without a struggle. It cannot be
doubted then that delay is one of the most ca-
pital faults which the leader of an invading army
can possibly Commit. Yet it would seem, as
far as we can judge from appearances, that this
is the very error into which the Russians have
uniformly fallen. Whether this proceeds from
want of enterprise and skill ; whether from
a conscious deficiency of resources for car-
rying into eflect the conquest of Turkey, it
is impossible to determine. But certain it
is, that there is some cause that paralyses
the rigour of the Russian attack :—it can-
not be concealed that the conquest of Turkey
must be a most arduous enterprize. It is a
country peculiarly defensible from its difficult
access, and from the mountainous barrier over
which the flood of invasion must be carried
into the plains beneath. It abounds in strong
positions, which will be most vigorously de-
fended ; and before the country can be con-
quered, many sanguinary battles must be fought ;
its strong fortresses must be assaulted, and its
almost impregnable defences must be forced.
In short, the invading army must be carried
rapidly through a series of the most desperate
and destructive service, in the course of which
its ranks must be seriously thinned. Now, unless
an invading army has the means of renovating
its strength under these losses of the field, it
cannot succeed in its enterprise, it must fail in
its object for want of means ; and many are the ex-
amples in history of such enterprises failing from
that cause—the conquering army being obstructed
in its career, and exhausted by a succession of
dear-bought victories.
Now the important question here occurs—
whether Russia has the means of carrying her
armies forward, and keeping up their strength
through such a succession of desperate ser-
vice as would be necessary for the conquest of
Turkey ; Ist, whether she has the means of
conquering, and 2dly, whether she can bear
the necessary sacrifice of men which victory
will cost ; whether she can pay the fair price for
victory ? If her Generals feel that they are
stinted for want of means, then we need not be
at any loss to account for the delay—for the
want of energy which seems to hang over and
paralyse the attack in its very commencement ;
but in this case it is extraordinary that Russia
should rashly reject all offers of peace, and appa-
rently count on an enterprise for which her re-
sources are inadequate, so far, at least, as we
can judge from appearances, present as well as
past. Hitherto she • has taken no advantage
whatever of her entire command of the Black
Sea ;—it remains to be seen whether she will
correct her error in the ensuing campaign.

Nothing can be more delightful than the flush
of bloom which at present beautifies the orchards in the
va!e of Clyde.— Glasgow Chronicle.

Mr. R. WIGRAM, jun., of London, has ad-
dressed the electors of Wexford. It is said that Mr.
REDMOND also is to stand, in addition to Sir E. DEERING
and Mr. WIGRAM. LinurirbEteniag Peet.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, MAY 29.—VVind N.E.—Arrived fiont
London, the John, Roseworthy, for New South
Wales. Arrived the Lima, —, from the Cape of
Good Hope; and ()Meek, —, front Cephalonia.
The Ereline remaiw, but the rest of the outward-
bound have sailed.

FALMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wiwi N.E.—Arrived the
Romulus, Crofts, from Trieste.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29.—Wind E.N.E.—Ar-
rived the Arno, Young, from Leghorn ; Asia,
Yeoman, from Smyrna; Patriot, Gyle, from
Leghorn; and Margarets, Freak, from Palermo.
Arrived from London, the Corinthian, Chadwick,
for New York ; and Roxburgh Castle, Denny, for
Calcutta. Off Port, the Thames, Robinson, from
Philadelphia.
BELFAST, MAY 27.—Arrived the Fabing, Thomp-
son, from New Yolk.
YAnmount, MAY 29.—Wind N.E.—The James,
Artis, arrived yesterday from Stockton; she
saw a Humber Keel upset and sink, off Fontness,
on Monday with a heavy sea—could render no
assistance.

DOVER, MAY 9.—Part of the broadside of a
small foreign ketch or gulliot, with broken mast, and
jib marked " Carlsham," some pieces of sail and
rigging, have been towed in to-day.
PENZANCE, MAY 28.—The Priscilla, Evans, from
Port Madoc to Shoreham, was dismasted doting a
heavy squall off the Land's End, yesterday morning,
and has been towed in here. The Bay and Piers
continue to fill with wind-bound vessels; there arc
nearly sail already, and more working in.

NORTH AND SOVTH AMERICAN COFFEE-HOUSE.

Vessels spoken by the packet-ship Boston,
Mackay, from Boston, arrived off Holyhead :
May 3.—Lat. 42. 30., long. 69. 20., brig Yhe,
from St. Croix, for Boston.

13th.--British brig Eagl,-, Foster, of Stind,alatni,
from London, for Mirarnichi, lat. 4.1. 40., long. 45.:
had seen islands of ice. Same (lay, British brig
Monarch, Woodbory, from London to Mirainichi ;
had not seen ice.

20:h.—Lat. 47. 10., long. 27. 30., b:ig Edward,
of Portland, for Alexandria. Lat. 47. 20., long. 27.,
British schooner Mary, of Dartmouth, from St.
John's, Newfoundland, and took letters from her.
21st.—Lat. 48. 29., long, 23. 30., an Eng:ish
barque, painted black, with black mouldings; wished
to be reported, but could not hear the name,
Lat. 48. 22., long. 21., British brig Pomona, of
Pool. Lat. 9. 21., long. 20., British brig Car-
=von, Strong, from Newcastle; nine days from the
Linrd.

23d.—Ship Jubilee, Chaddock, from Liverpool,
for New York, Cape Clear bearing N.E. Ship
Ann, Biake, from Liverpool, for New York, Cape
Clear E. 20 leagues.
27th.—Brig Pantaloon, from Liverpool to Deme-
rara, off Bardsey
PoßTsmouril, MAY 9.—The Corinthian, Chad-
wick, for New York, and the Rexkurgh Castle,
Denny, for Madras and Bengal, have just arrived,
and will sail eat ly on Monday morning. The Thames,
Robinson, from Philadelphia, has this moment
lauded her mail and passengers.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CIT Y, TwELYR o' CLocr.

The prevailing easterly winds have prevented any
arrivals of consequence. This morning the Consul
market has been very languid up to the present time.
Consols opened at the closing price of yesterday,
881 for the account, buyers, since which they are
now sellers. Exchequer Bills remain at yesterday's
quotations, 66 7; Scrip, 3i pm.
This is settling day in the Foreign market, and
the Brazilian account is very heavy. There has
been a fluctuation in the price of thece Bonds of up-
wards of 9 per cent. The settling in the ether se-
curities is of minor importance; Brazilian Bonds
have improved to 571 581; Buenos Ayres, '25 6 ;
Colombian, 161 171 ; Mexican, 204 2 l ; Russian,
961 7; Spunish,
Three per Cent. Consols, 881 .1; Ditto for July 23,
881 -a; Three per Cent. Reduced, 87-il 1; Three and a
half per Cent. Reduced, 961 ; Four pe:- Cent., 1031 ;
Ditto, 1826, 1031 4 ; India Stock, 2291 301; Bank
Stock, 2101 111 ; India Bonds, 53 5; Exchequer Bills,
66 67 pin. ; Scrip, 3Z, 1 pm.
FORElGX.—Brazilian, 584. 9 ; Buenos Ayres, 25 6 ;
Chilian, 18 19; Colombian, 171 Danish, 66 ;
French, 5 per Cent., 107 i 81; Greek, 15 ; Mexican, 201
; Peruvian, 10 12; Portuguese, 461 ; Russian,
96 7 ; Spanish, 91
TWO O'CLOCK.

We still rema:n in the same dull state as in the
early part of the morning, in consequence of the
great dearth of information. The Consol Market
appears rather heavy at present, owing to some
money sales having been effected for the closing of
Consol,,, which takes place on 'Wednesday next.
Consols, which were at the commencement of the
Market 881 for the Account, have receded to
881 11., with little or no business doing, and for money
88k. The topic of conversation in the city relates
to the favourable reception of the young Queen of
Portugal by his Majesty at the ball, and is looked
on by our city politicians as a hint, that on Monday
next something favourable will come forth from
Ministers in regard to the young Queen.
The settling of the Account in the Foreign Mar-
ket, up to the present hour, is going off well ; no
defaulters have as vet been declared. Brazilian
Stock Maintains the price of 'yesterday ; in other
foreign securities nothing doing. Exchequer Bills
as per yesterday, 66 67; Scrip 31 prem.

THREE O' CL 0 CK.
Consols for Account, Sei- ; for Money, SEq.

A rare occurrence attended the interment of a
late highly-esteemed proprietor of an extensive brewery at
Burtati-upon.Trent. Six individual'', employed en the
premises, were selected as bearers, and the total period of
their servitude amounted to two hundred and eleven years.
What a beautiful eulogium is this little fact !—Lichfield
Mercury.

The iron-works of Scotland continue without
stock, and manufacture only according to orders. Several
blast furnaces have in consequence of manufacturing dis-
tress, been blown out. The exportation to Ireland is in-
creasing ; but to the English ports there is a decrease.
The state of Lancashire will sufficiently account for this.
The prices of iron are remarkably moderate, the very
finest pig iron selling at from W. los. to 61. a ton ; and
inferior qualities in proportion. The demand is at present
for the finer NO5. of iron, and the furnaces, owing to the
state of the atmosphere, are generally producing the best
qualities. However, the result of each casting excites
much anxiety among the workmen. The production of
Scotland this year, is not expected to exceed 30,000 tons.
--Glasgow Chronicle.

1 A quantity of curious spar has been taken cut
! of some of the large stones in the quarry at Washingbo-
! rough. There is now one stone separated in the quarry
which will weigh nine t0n5....-Lincoln Herald.

Valuable black and clouded marble cl;ffs have
been discovered at Lid.hip Haven, near Tenby, on the
property of Jon's PHILIP ADAMS, Fpeeimens of
which have been prepared by Mr. WILLIAMS, of St.
Florence, who states, as his opinion, that the quality is
equal in every respect to the very best Italian marble im-
ported into this conntry.-..Shretrebury Chronicle.

BAY M A lIKETS.—( A t per Load of 30 Trtmes.)
ST. J A M ES'S.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £9 8 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay
Useful Meadow Hay 2 Is 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 0
Clover Hay 3 10 5 0
Oat Straw £1 16 to £2 0 I Wheat Straw... 2 0 . 2 6
A pod supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted.
SMITHFIELD. _ _

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay - £2 oto£2 10
Useful Meadow H.,y 2 17 3 4
Fine Upland Meadow and nye-grass Hay 3 4 4 0
Clover Hay (extra tine)....4.-;fi 0 ... Generally 3 0 4 10
Oat Straw XI 12 to .£1 11i—Wheat Straw 1 IS 2 0
Supply good, tra6!e dull, and prices stationary.

THE CITY DEFAULTER.--CHARLOTTE
Battoss, a poor widow who has several children and an
aged father to support, came before the Magistrates of the
Itlarylebone office, for advice under these circumstances,—
Her husband had formerly been coachman in a gentleman's
family, but was obliged, in consequence of ill health, to
leave the situation, and he and his wife opened a green-
grocer's shop at No. 45, Upper Lisson-street, Marylebone,
where by industry and frugality they maintained them-
selves, their family, and a very old man her faller.—
Baooas died in the beginning of the present year, and
after his death a sum of 1301. belonging to the old man
w..s put into the hands of a stock-broker in the city (who,
suddenly left this country with large sums in his
possession belonging to different individuals), to he placed
in the Bank of England for the benefit of the widow and
her family. He gave them a certificate of having received
the amount, but it now turned out that the money had
never been placed iu the funds. The Magistrate regretted
that he could take no measure to apprehend the broker,
as he had quitted the country.