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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1829.

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ST. PETERSBURGH, MARcii 1829.

1 A Russian Staff Officer (General Jomini,
understand) has published anonymously a state-
! mein which had made a considerable impression
Ihere, as it is the only official document yet issued
I relative to the campaign. In this he attempts
to vindicate the glory of the Russian arms, and
takes up the cudgels against all the journalists
of Europe. He begins, of course, by stating
that the war was undertaken in the holiest of all
causes, and that the Russians were driven into
the field by the bad faith and repeated aggres-
sions of their enemies. Nothing (according to
his account) can be more moderate, more disin-
terested than the views of the Emperor, who has
no wish to disturb - the balance of Europe, no
desire for territorial 'aggrandisement whatever !
He then proceeds to %,state that an army of
115,000 " effective men," animated with these
peaceable views, crossed the Pruth and Da-
nube; and, deducting from this formidable
muster of " effective men" no less a number'
than 30,000 for non-effective men (bouches
inutiles ), we arc • informed that the remain-
der pushed on as a sort of pilot balloon to
feel the way ; with this force he modestly
disclaims all idea of marching direct to Constan-
tinople. Here the military historian may be be-
lieved, for all Europe is of opinion that the at-
tempt would be hazardous in the extreme. He
appears quite aware of the difficUlties of the en-
terprise, and observes that if 250,000 French
veterans over-run (se soul promises) Spain
without conquering the country, what can be ex-
pected in Turkey, where there are fewer re-
sources, and a more warlike population ? Having
given a detail t‘f the operationsat the commence-
ment of the campaign, he states that the protrac-
tion of the siege of Varna was owing to the epi-
demic which raged in the army. Here he com-
mits himself; and says that the mortality was so
great that the whole corps of General Sherbatoff
was barely sufficient to make up the deficiency.
The failure of the siege of Silistria is attributed
to a delay occasioned by some mistakes, purely
administrative (parement administrations.) No
allusion whatever is made to the siege or capture
of Brailow, nor is much said relative to the opera-
tions before Shumla ; it appears that every
manoeuvre was tried to induce Hussein Paella to
come out and fight, but all in vain. The
scene now changes to the east. Here is a
vast field, and the feats of Paskewitz are
represented to equal the oriental conquests
of Tamerlane or Zengis Khan. Unfortunately
the theatre of war was so remote that few had
the opportunity of peeping Liehind the scenes to
see what was really going on ; but it is whis-
pered, even here, that Paskewitz has suffered
more than his confederates in the west, and that
his army, at the close of the campaign, was re-
duced to 10,000 men. Some advantages be
certainly obtained : and it is worthy of remark
that the conquered territory is now organised as
a Russian province. Paskewitz, too, remained
stationary during winter; and, so far from,ex..
tending his conquests, it is well known that the
Turks have been the aggressors, for they were
repulsed in an attack on one of the conquered
towns. General Jomini then proceeds to reca-
pitulate the victories gained by the Russian arms,
and concludes by observing, that " should the
second campaign be as unfortunate' as the first,
every difficulty must necessarily be surmounted,
the army encamped in the plains of Adrianople,
or in tranquil possession of the capital itself.
In addition to the more important trophies ac.
quired by such splendid achievements are 1,280
pieces of cannon, 400 stand of colours, and
20,000 prisoners.—Such is the triumphant re.
sult of a campaign which has cost Russia no
more than 18 or 20,000 men in killed and
wounded !" So says the historian. I will con-
emy observations by one remark. I was
hde
informedl by a Russian officer that 6,000 men
fell at Brailow. I know that 1,000 wounded
(including a few sick) landed at Odessa during
the first fortnight of my residence there ; every
hospital in the place was then crowded, and
there were at least 5,000 sick and wounded at
Varna, waiting their turn to be conveyed to more
comfortable quarters. The slaughter during the
siege was horrible in the extreme, in consequence
of the nature of the operations, and the preci-
sion with which the Turkish troops fired. A.
thousand men, at least, fell in the massacre of
the 18th September near Varna, so that the loss
occasioned by the capture of these two fortresses,
will alone equal, if not exceed the amount of this
champion of truth has exhibited as the whole
loss of the Russian army. But when the casu-
alties of the whole campaign are taken into con-
sideration, I am .convinced the aggregate amount
will equal (if not exceed) the calculations made
by every nation in Europe, Russia excepted.
Little has been done during winter, for the
nature of the soil and climate of Turkey pre-
cludes the possibility of conducting military
operations on an extended scale ; besides, both
armies, worn out by the fatigues of a most haras-
sing campaign, are glad of some repose, and show
but little inclination to interfere with each other ;
still, however, the hostile forces have continued
on the qui vive, for on three occasions have the
guns of the fortress (the " Tower " of St.
Petersburgh) announced some new conquest,
and thrice have the captured standards been
paraded through the principal streets of the
capital ; but on inquiry I found that these were
but trifling successes, and I have reason to be-
lieve that the captured places are as unimportant
in a military, as they are in a geographical point
of view, for their names do not appear in any
map I have yet seen—they are probably some
newly-erected points d'appui, more in the cha-
racter of a Burmese " stockade " than a regular
fortress.

Two other events have likewise excited a great
sensation at St. Petersburgh—the retirement of
Count Wittgenstein, and the determination of
the Emperor not to interfere in the prosecution
of the approaching campaign, or appear at the
head of his troops in the character of their com-
manding officer. As for Wittgenstein, he has
retired on a pension, some say of 50,000, and
others of 75,000 rubles a-year ; the immediate
cause of his dismissal (for such it really was) is
not publicly known; the failure of•the siege of
Silistria, which was conducted under his imme-
diate orders, was surely not sufficient to affect
his character as Commander, or to tarnish the
glory he so justly acquired during the French
war. There must be other reasons. Wittgen-

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tain is an officer of the old school, and a
treigner, and as such, it is probable he occa-
ioned a degree of jealousy incompatible with
he interests of the army ; at all events, circum-
stances have required his dismissal. The Empe-
.or, who may probably contemplate a more ex-
ended field of operations for his forces, is anxious
to encourage native merit exclusively; and if
.what I hear be correct, the army will be formed
,o strictly after the Bonaparte model, that pro-
motions will he made from the ranks, if advan-
%igeous to the heroic. Wittgenstein is beloved
I►y all who knew him, as a truly honest and
sorthy man ; he has retired in comparative
poverty. His son married, a :,hort time since,
Princess Radzivilofr, the richest heiress in
Russia. Of his successor, General Diebitsh, I
know nothing, but that he is a man of great
military pretentions, of remarkably diminutive
person, and enjoys the confidence of the Em-
peror to the fullest extent.

Nicholas having " fleshed his maiden sword "
in one campaign, has most prudently resigned
the management of a second to those who are
more experienced in the art of war than himself.
All Europe has viewed this measure with great
,atisfuction, for war is a fascinating game, par-
, titularly for young Princes ; and if the Emperor
of Russia should ever become a decided "
ama-
teur," he might prove a dangerous neighbour to
some persons I could name. His panegyrists
are loud in their praises of his magnanimity, in
, voluntarily relinquishing the chance of becoming
a hero of renown. But, between ourselves, Ni-
cholas was heartily sick of campaigning ; and
being, in a domestic point of view, a pattern for
young Sovereigns, it is natural he should prefer
the society of a lovely wife and a most interest-
ing family (to say nothing of the comforts of ten
or a dozen palaces) to the rugged features of
war, a cabin on board a line-of-battle-ship, or
the questionable accommodations of a tent under
the walls of a Turkish fortress. Besides, the
prospects of his acquiring the title of a " Con-
quering Hero " are rather uncertain, for the
enemy has hitherto evinced a decided objection
to field operations on an extended scale. A
Turkish war is therefore what the French term
/a petite guerre, and consists of a succession of
petty skirmishes and harassing operations of an
inferior order, without any of the grand ma-
noeuvres which a professor contemplates with so
much delight.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

SATURn•Y, JUNE 13.—High water 44 minutes past
eight o'clock.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Dolphin,
Smithett from Dublin ; Barbara, Dunn, from the Cape
of Good Hope ; Mermaid, --, from Glasgow ; Hard
ware, —, from Bristol.

CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The Thomas, Dickason, for
New York; Maria and Adriana, fit Rotterdam ;
Harbinger, Harrison, for Rio Janeiro ; Maria, --, for
Cadiz; 'Hero, Burrell, for Africa ; Agenoria, ➢lurphy,
for Quebec.

Passed Point Lynas inward I ound, the Bootie, from
Demerara.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 13.

Charles Mandell, who described himself in his
schedule as a merchant, was opposed by Mr. COOKE
on behalf of Messrs. York and Sheepshank, exten•
sive clothiers, at Leeds.

It appeared from the statement of the insolvent,
who is a native of the Netherlands, that he came to
England in 1825, having what he conceived a suffi-
cient capital—viz., a thorough knowledge of the
English mode of trading. lie first began business
as a chymicai refiner of gold ; but after dealing
largely in that trade, he failed. In November, 1828,
he took promises in Bateman's-buildings, where he
traded as a merchant under the firm of Blondell and
Co. ; in the February following a Mr. Poynter in-
troduced him to a Mr. Lunn, of Leeds, and that
person introduced him to the opposing creditors, of
whom he got woollens to the amount of 2504, at
three months' credit, which goods he sold soon after-
wards to a countryman of his for 217/., but he
never received any portion of the money, as the
person absconded to Germany. The opposing credi-
tors afterwards arrested the insolvent.

Mr. COOKE submitted, that the insolvent having
traded under the firm of " Blondell and C 0.," and
having only described himself in his schedule by
the single name of " Blondell," had not described
himself properly, and that therefore he should be
remanded to re-advertise.

The Court held the objection to be valid, and
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said that as it would be
necessary to adjourn the case for the purpose of re-
advertising with a proper description of the insol-
vent, the Court would not at present pass its judg-
ment.

James M'Leish, late of Charles-street, Hatton-
garden, was opposed by Mr. COOKE on behalf of
Mr. Robert Berms. Some other creditors appeared
to oppose in person.
Mr. Benns was now out of business; he formerly
kept the Globe Tavern, in Charles-street, Hatton-
garden, and, being desirous of retiring, the insolvent
agreed to take the tavern of him for 1,800/, of
which 1,500/. was the price of the lease and good-
will, and 310/. the fixtures were valued at. On
giving the insolvent possession in April, 1828, the
latter paid him 500/. in cash, and gave him bills at
three, six, nine, and twelve months, for the remain-
der. All the bills were dishonoured. After the
first bill was dishonoured, Mr. Berms went to

the insolvent to ask the reason he had not
paid it, when he replied, " Oh! I never intended
to pay it." Mr. Beans was then desirous of get-

ting possession again, and offered the insol4nt
1,400/. for the house, if he Ivouldtake his own bills in
part payment. This the insolvent refused. Before
Mr. Benns parted with the house, the insolvent told
him that he was going to marry a young woman
with whom he should have 1,0001., and that he
should sell his baker's shop (being then a baker) for
700/. Witness believed those representations, and
therefore consented to sell his business to him.
In cross-examination by Mr. HEATH, the witness
said that the insolvent had brought an action against
him for deceiving him with regard to the business of
the house; witness was, however, prepared to meet
it. Ile told the insolvent that he took 2001. a month,
which was true, and he was prepared to prove it.
The business, upon •his oath, was such as he repre-
sented it to be.

Mr. COOKE said it was clear that when tile insol-
vent took the house he made a false representation
of his means of payment to `Zr. Benns.
Mr. HEATH hoped there was nothing in the case
to justify any severe sentence on the insolvent.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, in delivering the
jndgment of the Court, adjudged the insolvent to
be remanded for eight months from the date of
filing his petition.

KEY WEST, JUNE 3.—The Britannia,
Lams, from Jamaica to London, driven on shore in the
Florida Reef, and brought in here, was sold a few days
ago with her cargo, for 50,000 dollars.

On Thursday the inhabitants of this parish as-
sembled in vestry, for the purpose of electing the
parochial officers for the ensuing year, under the
terms of their new Art of Parliament.
The new officers who were to receive an emolu-
ment for their services, were those of surgeon to the
parish and yolk ctor of the poors'-rate. A discussion
arose, first as to the amount of compensatioit to he
given to the collector, and subsequently as to the
salary to he paid to the surgeon, which was eventu-
ally decided as follows, viz. :—the collector to re-
ceive one per cent. upon the gross amount that he
collected, which it was calculated would produce 100/.
per ann. ; and that the surgeon should receive a
-alary of SO!. a year for his services. These pre-
liminaries having been settled, two persons were
nominated for the office of collector, Mr. Callaghan,
brass-founder, of Exeter-street, and Mr. Smith,
glover, of Brydges-street. The show of hands was
declared to be in favour of the latter, when a poll
was demanded. For the appointment of surgeon,
Mr. Brooks and Mr. Beaman were put in nomina-
tion. The latter was declared to have the majority
of hands in his favour. A ballot was also demanded
on the part of Mr. Brooks; and it was then decided
that the poll should be opened at eleven o'clock the
next morning, to be kept open for two days, and to
close each day at four .o'clock. Durisn the whole
of Friday and Saturday the greatest exertions were
used by:the friends of the different candidate; astd
at the close of the poll on Saturday, the numbers
were declared as follows . •

For Surgeon Mr. Beaman 216
Mr. Brooks 140
Majority —76
`Mr. Callaghan 2OB
For Collector
l Mr. Smith 149
Majority —59

Mr. Beaman and Mr. Callaghan are both of the
reform parry, and the latter has deservedly acquired
n great degree of popularity throughout the parish,
in consequence of his humanity and anxiety in the
ease of the unfortunate• sufferers by the falling of
several houses in Exeter-street, some time ago: