Star.
London, England, 1825-11-18 00:00:00

ESTA HUSHED UPW.', HOS t3F TWENTY YEAII3,
Fur the Sale of Irish Linen by tl.e P;cce, at tht Facior's
No. 4, on the S..tah idonawbury-squire, four doors i.roin
the top of Soutil..nvon s ct, IIoL;orn.
'Pia; 1111.t4P1 LINEN COMPANY beg le lye to an-
nounce to tl:e that the above House is their only
EAablishment in this country, where they continue to supply the
Nobility, Gentry, at:d the Pubii: with W RA N TEL) Grass-
bleached LINEN, for Shies and Sheets, of the best Fabric and
Colour, ;Ind also Table Linuo, at a price considerably lower than
they can be procured through any other medium. They also en-
gage to retutn the purcha-e money, would any fault appear. Good
Irish MIN and liar:;: of Ireland Notes taken as usual. Country
and Town Orders punctually attended to, by

JOIIN DONOVAN, 4, Bloomsbqry.squarc, Londou, t
JOHN DOYLE, 19, Mecklenburgh-strert, Dublin, S g

COLOMBIA.

FROM THE BALTIMORE GAZETTE OF OCTOBER 12.

It is gratifying to observe that the Repriblic of Co-
lombia, although just emerged from the dangers of a
protracted war and the difficulties of organizing a new
Government, conducts the administration of the laws
with that impartiality which might well be imitated by
Governments of more experience. We have already
mentioned the execution of Colonel Infante of the Re-
publican Army, for having killed a subaltern officer of
his corps. It appears that the most powerful exertions
were made to save the Colonel from the punishment
justly due to the outraged laws of his country ; and Dr.
Pena, the President of the High Court of Justice, in
the hope of accomplishing his release, or at least a long
protracted delay in carrying the sentence into effect,
refused to sign the warrant for his execution. In con-
sequence of this conduct, Dr. Pena was impeached by
the House of Reresentatives, and found guilty by the
Senate, and adjudged to be suspended from his office
for twelve mouths. Dr. Pena conducted his own
defence with great ability, but the majesty of the laws
triumphed, and th? dtcision of this i rn po: cant case will
he productive of iTportant :exults to the future ad-
ministration of justice in the Ittpub:ic of Clombia.
On the 26th of last month (Marc), the sentence of
death spoken of in the preceding resolution, pronounced
against Colonel Leona: do Infante, by the Council of
War of G.ateral Officers, and confirmed by the High
Court Martial, for the premeditated and treacherous
murder of the Li. utenant of Infantry, F. ancisco Per-
dome), a native of the province of Caraccas, N as put into
execution, in the great quire of this city.
This solemn ac: of justice drew the attention of the
I whole population of llog-ta. The zrinrinal re,erved,
to the last moments, that presence of mind which be
' has so often shewn before the enemies of his country.
His march, Labited as he was in n ili:ary uniform, lo
the place where the gallows was erected, in.pired cheer-
ing ideas of :he stability of the Republic, whim it filled
the minds of the spectato-s consterrn.tion. In a
' man raised from the lea est mil tary rank to that of a
Colonel, the j'astice of the G,veriiment who had re

warded him whilst he employed his sword against the
enemies of his country and of libetty, as obliged to be
manifested. This same Cobnel, a conqueror in a hen-
dred battle:, condemned to lose his life for murder, ot
which be was accused, showed that law exerci-ed all its
rights in Colombia, and equally pitifshed ail those who
infringed upon its ordinances. Ni io 'ger does the
fortunate Colonel Infante exit! Gralt it II aye's,
that a spectacle so fearful and touching, notwithstanding
its justice, be never again seen in the ltt!publi:tl
After the execution of the sentence, his Excellency
'he Vice President presented himself on horseback, in
the midst Ist- the troops who had assembled on the spot,
and thus atidres-e3 t' ern :

" SWIM ENS OF THE REPUBLIC !—Behold that corpse !1
—The laws have executed that act of justice!—Whls!,
Colonel Infante employed his sword a*rin,t the enemies
of t!;e Republic, and served her with fidelity and coos-
rage, ;lie Government loaded him with bon 'ors and t
ward ; but the law discharged tht.. whole of its rigout
up..n him the day that, forgetting his duties, fe treache
rot:sly sacrificed a..fellow-citizen, also an °dicer of the
R pu lic. Such is the ble-sing that Coloa bia has ac-
quired after Ver glorious sacrifices. My heart is bro%en
with grief with the sight of such a apectacle, and it re•
quires :di the strength of my pti.lciples to sp:a: oi
them before that corpse!
" Sou m sits !—Thes! at ms,which theßepublic has con-
tided to you, are not fur you to turn against the p:AC!!..
ul citizen, or to be employed in the overthrow of your
count: y's laws—they are paced in your hands that you
might defend its indepen:'ence and liberty, that you
might protect yom leilO At-citizens, and m.iiitain
lite the laws which have established the nation. If you
deviate front th..t rath, reckon upon punishment, what-
ever may have been your services.'

The troops then shoutel—" Viva la Republica!"

PLAN FOR EXrELLING THE TURKS FROM

F.li R OPE.

Baron Valentini, a General in the Prus•ian service,
is publishing a wot k on the theory of war, entitled Die
tehre Torre Kriep,e. The third volume, which relates
to the manner of carrying on war • against the Turks,
derives some intent st at the present moment-, from the
war in Greece. Any one, however, who should still
alticipate from that struggle the expulsion of the Mus-
sulmans (torn Eutope, is not likely to be flattered by
the prospect which the author holds out of the accom-
plishment of that long-desired event. It is true he
considers the project perfectly practicable. Nr•thing
CA:I be better arranged than his plan of an attack on
Constantinople—nothing more easy than to reconquer,
the ancient empire of By zaurium, and to drive the bar-
barian. far beyond the liospholus —only give him the
mean.: but these mans are an army of 203,000 men,
and a pre.% erful fleet in the Black Sea. He draws up
his plan with great skill, and his military views are
admitted to be profound. Having brought his at my to
Chumla, at the foot of Mount Balkau or Hemus, he
deKribes the course of its march. He would direct it
on Adrianople and Borgos by two different routes.—
Genzral Valentini minutely calculates all the chances of
this march, mdkes allowance for mistakes and occa-
sional failures, and estimates the provisions and store
necessary: everything is considered down to the most mi-
nute sletai:s. All obstacles being overcome, the :urn'
ar-
rives under the walls of Constantinople, and with Scu.
tali in the possession of she ascailatits, the city is in-
vestel on all sides. In this situation fam:ne ‘vood aid

the c swain of the besiegi,tg nuns', and it is not iimea-
sonable to suppose that the town would very soon be
Oven up by capitulation. But now a difficulty arises—
What is to be done midi the inhabitants? It they do
not choose to run Christians, a large army would be
necessary to keep in order a fanatical and military pa-
puleion of Tut ks. Ti.is knotty point the author gets
over by transporting the Mussulmans to Eski-Shehet,i
tat antient Dory:mum.
There seems to be only one European Government
by which such a plan as this, combining inaritimp •
operations on the Black Sea with the movements am,
supply of a large army on land, could he executed;
and it may be presumed that the author has it in
vier, to recommend it to the consideration of that
Power. &I', however well the scheme might suit the
ambition tl Russia, the leave of the other States, and
more particularly of England, must be obtained; and
in the present situation of European politics an un-
derstanding on this point is not to be expected. Besides,
sucla an enter rise, if buccessful,would only serve to swell
the already overgrown power of Russia ; for any Greek
Government which might be established at Constanti-
nople, though nominally indepeadent, would in all
probability be completely under the influence of
Alexander. It is perhaps therefore better for the peace
of Europe, that Constantinople should be allowed
to remain in the hands of its present feeble and unenter-
.

prising posse,sot $.
The author very ably contrasts the past and the pre-
sent state of the Turkish military power, and points
out the reasons of its decline. The improvement of
European discipline and tactics, while the Mussulman
military system has remained unaltered, appears to be
the great preponderating cause of the difference. The
Turks, who lormerly affected a haughty superiority
over every description of European troops, now tremble
at the idea of t ncoun►ering. the Russians. General Vi 4
lentini, nevertheless, does not speak will of the t -in-
duct of the Russian Commanders in their more recent
campaigns with the Turks, of which he had the advan-
tage of being an eye-witness. Neither Kaminsky nor
Kutusoff answered the expectations formed of them.
The latter is indebted for his reputation more to a
certain shrewdness in negotiation than to military
talent. This leads to an observation on the cause of
Bonaparte's failure in Russia. It is the (Onion of the
author, that Kutusoff very artfully contrived to induce
the French Emperor to remain too long at Moscow,
by holding out the idea that through his mediiim a ne-
gotiation w ith the Emperor Alexander was to be
commenced.

A letter from Calcutta, dated June 18, his been re-
ceived by a mercantile house in the City, which states,
chit the %%hole of the transport s ippiiig, which the Go•
vet nment of Calcu::a had announced would not be te-
lquired, had bccn agaia taken up.