Star.
London, England, 1829-01-24 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

FROM THE kSSACIER in cimmanes, J&N. 21.
CORFU, Mc. 22.

O t the 20th inst. arrived •he Raleigh slo sp of war
in ten days fr•-nt Penns. _t I .11d on hoard 3,11. Cart
Consul Gei.e, al at Constan inoide, and
Cmptain Al.l de Calllp to Gener.,l Adams.
Cirtwright *as the Fever of dispatches for 1., r.l
Aberdeen and Sir F. AJains. The English steam boat
the African, whidi had beer. w .itine ever since the 11 tk
dist. for • der, to sail, v. ei 1 e.l al.hi r on the evening
aft -r the air ival of these two Gentlemen to proceed to
Ancona. Cal.taiti W. Keith, of the ill itish navy, sn-
hat ked on board this vessel ; iiii.'otabtesily he is clktry,eJ
:tl, co:llse..ince of these dispatches to L nidon,
hither Mr. Catvielig‘ t himself iiitvids to go as s or.
as fe is out of qu t•antine. When the It Ile gli left Po-
ros, it was stated tsar. Mr. S eatford C..niiing filed
the 18th D c. fm his deprave to Malta, is babe; Count
Gu Ileminta and M. de Itibeaupierie will probably
him.

To-day th Asia man of war has heed relieved fr•in
quatamine in our I rot. Admiral Sir Pulteney 11.41.
c• lm has come on sho:e, and was ►alutrd by all tl e
forts. Ap it tments are ASsiece.l him in the p dare o:
.h: Lord High Cr•mtnissi•nrer. The W. 16, and Raleigh
corvettes, the :Lfieman ani Pelican brigs, and the Hind
cuter, are ,till at anchor here. The 11, liean ived
on the 22J in sir day? from Malta, with disl•atches for
Sir Pulteney M.s;co,m. T:;e day b fore yesterday a
Neapolitsn vessel arrived in three days from B•indisi,
with a French courier on bard. who immeirately em-
barked for Poros. According to accounts from Pre
vesa to the 15th December, the Greek vessels continuo
to blockade the Gulf of Ambracia, ar:d con►tantly ha-
rass the Turks at P►eves.r and in the surrounding lots.
In the night of the Bth December, four mistics, Beta. hed
from the rquadron in the Gulf, penetrated into the for is
of Pantocratzir n, St. George, and Pienta, without being
observed by the Turks. Afterwards some cannon slot
were eichanged, but without effect.

TURKISH FRONTIERS, Dec. 30.
General Geismar, ssho has passed some days at Bu
ch nest, asserts that Wallachia has no season to fear and
invasion from the Turks, the mustily before &Luntla,
Varna, and Bazars:ilk, being so entirely laid waste, that
u. coosidetable body of troops can find subsistence
there. The requisitions continue in Wallachia, and the
inhabitants have been obliges} to deliver their remain
ing provisions to supply the litissian army. Every day
number of sick arrive at Bucharest, and the convales-
cent are put away as the others arrive.
The Coins Authentifus not polialletle on account of'
the holiday.

. 4 .•

"OBSERVATIONS DV A RUSSIAN OFFICER ON THE
LATE TURKISH CAMPAIGN.
" The campaign which has jiist concluJ•d,
• iv •is occasion to a number I f ineoirect and exaggen tei
omnientaries, it appears of importance britfly to %vita
is of jest, conduct, and results, in order tit undeceive
Those who have been led in o errors by writeis who have
mi repre.ented events in so extraordinary a manner.
" It is not our intention to enter into a COMU.Ver
With those writers, but to nye, throw their declamatint.s
by a simple exposition of la( t..
"Aces riling to those eiitics, Ito •sis has fallen from
her greatness, her armies have degri.-rateJ from their
ancient bravery. and the Turks have proved them elves
their superiors in defence.
" Writers of this descri;..tio r cannot he fo3 much er.n..
demned Isr so perversely judging of events of. aNO
they are ign'iratit. Accustomed to the rapii and im•
petuons movements of Napoleon in the rich and ler ile
regions of Italy and Ger•na •y, 'hey fellow on the map
an invad rig army, with a 1,4 of compies-es, Jecti'e
on the conquest of a vast empire, c•lcularing t .e num-
ber r f snatches r ece sary to overrun w iihout taking
any account f the n +tore of the count, y and the local
ultre , or even of the r al projects of the bellige.
tents. .1 heir stiitcmi nts, whicir are ridicuiru. i• the
eyes of pi ofe.sional men of scie-ce, find however dopes,
and the multitude, always ready to be sedocei by de-
clailia•ion, ado, t their sinister predictions as oracular
uropttecics.

It t ill not be tl-ffictilt to cast down the whole scaf-
folding of their fake r, a,onings.
44 Cot Newp.ipers, treauting the short
distance which separates the lower ft :m thn
B ,sphitrus, imagine tlia.t the plan of tl.e St.
Petetshuigh can be e,ohiog leis that the tong e t of
C-Itst.c.tistople, and ti.e di.thembt mem t:f the 0 to-
wan Empii e. _ _

" The solemn declarations m ide by lii• I rheti4 Ma.
je,ty, in the face of have not to
n.iJereive it em tin this subject. Trwy ni..ke this
false siippos tion the b ibis of Al, their CA culcions. They
then dr aw their con I that as the E•iii e or Nicl.o.
las ought, to plea e th m, to 114 V: giuse to Cuostan intr.
ple, the ern patio a Lich Pe has jut,t sri tee is a tailore,
most deplotable and fatal to his giory, and to that of
his army.

" The Russian Government, which never t art'cipa•ed
in the visions of its den* tors, has ruhlt • t ed the views
by which it was goveineJ in undertakti g tt is war.
[lves aad object have been made known.
" It is with the view of arrivitig at •irni le ani re.
'rural results, utiiitjhrio is to the egai;ibrium of Eo.
rope, and even favourah:e to it. commercial is ritirli
—it is to avenge die violation ref Treatie,, an i to
~b•aiii redress lor matnfest (Ai rages, li.ed 1115%4
has taken up arm . To tra‘tquill ze neighbt, .ri•.g
interests, she traokly antiou-ted en, I bject. I Isive
c•-utti she then, at all hazard., preciptta e her armies
on 13, zasitiuni ? Well tcqua sited mare th an a rentur f
ago n itti the manner in velitch the Itiiks fight. could
she be ignorant that such a campaign i• otie in which
all .he priptilatinii flies at the approach 1.1 ac
and alter winds assemble iu f irtie.s, where !buy c • nil-at
with energy ? Was not the example of Spain %tali test y
recent t..) prove to Russia that a country w: etc cves y
man is a coldlerea!rnot be subdued by rapid iti. attct ?
Tan banditti and fit ty thousand French veterans, over-
ran the Iberian l'eninsuls, without being able to mail,.
tam them elves in Spain, thong!! t' at coun:ry pie,entod
'rime re.cmice, for subsist- nce. ai.d a poi anion tar
!e., intlaar y.

To) i-e not to profit lig p. .r tx:a.-Tte• it .ssia
wi.ul.l no Lave embarked in a war rif iiiv r .on s -ch
.111.ospit ibis. coil:inlet. miles, Vie de. hoed ni j ct at the
ar bad compelled he: to e,taQisti a just pr..prition
`rem eel) i ks t.) be inn aAd the ad vacita,;es to be
gained by such a raoteesling. It last. necessary that
Russia should, in the First place.riccupy the principaliti
and ,ec.ire the po,itinn of her army in theni by cap.
luring 1.A., for tressts. shish were indispens,ble co the
obt or %nue. quatter* ; ant teeomfiy, alterwards
extend b r fren,i.e operations as far as; osoble, ordr r
t•I inane the I'. rte more prim), ily to eruct into an
ariat.:ernsnt on bast., winch Call 11$ iongei lie a dill.-
inat c ni)stery, since they a.e develop :J in solensit
proclaniatii ns.

'• An army of 115 000 men, mot n ing. after deducting
the toelrss hanis. a A: ASS ill b 5,060 fight ing
cins-sd the Danube and the P nth at the end t.t May.
" After adapting the force thus placed in action to
be configuration 01 the theatre (.1 war. which tequireJ
two diverging lines of operati:a►•, and ealcu•ati••g the
extent (.1 territory• to be a.cupird, the nun b r of foit-
re.ses to be taken or masked, it was evident the Russians
could not arrive ~t ibe lout of the Br kan wish 4.0.(:00
men at the most. Tim,. little al my, tt.ll basing Varna
to capture. and an intrenched c.mp i f4O 000 finks to
observe at Schun.la, what mean• did it possess xf car-
rying its eagles to the walls of Byzantium, witl.out
exposing itself to the risk (4 passing over the caudine
forks? And for u hat object should it have gond na-
'tureJly exposed itself to su.h a danger? Was not a
seise and prudent war the only course which could be
reconciled with the declared objects ofitussia, and with
her political situation with 'Aspect to Europe?
" The Emptier was not ignorant that if he chose to
leave 30,000 in observation between the Balkan and
Silistria, and to collect 50,000 men in the ditection of
Pravadi, he could penetrate on Aidos, leasing Varn.
and Schumla behind him.

" He would have arriv. d in the pla;ns of Fake and
liidtianople, with 30,000 men at sno.t. The remainder
would have been employes] at dsiachments necessary to
secure his magas nes and to cm. upy B .urgas.
" Supposing even that this little army would have
been sufficient to capture t!.e sapital el Roma: la. and
to menace even that of the empire, we ask whether the
30,000 men lett between the Balkan and B..ehatest
would have been sufficient to occupy six c r.crieted
towns, to guard Moldavia and Walachia, and t.) earry
on hostilities with the numerous garrisons of
Itudschult. Giurgevo, and Silistria, and finally to keep
head against the whole army of Hussein, entrenched up
to the teeth at &hamlet and to loved the corps of the

Capitan Paths, who bad collected about 20,000 men for
the defence of Varna ? live military man of common
sense will reply tint the thing was impossible. Them-
tore it would have been necessary to reinforce the army
of observation.; the march nn Adrianople, executed by
20000 men, would have been nothing tu a dangerous
. coup de maim. even when considered only in a m litary
• J! 'pais t of view; but such an incursion will appear much
•stsnre hazardous if one takes into consideration the diffi-
culty of subsisting all the troops employed in Romania
and Bulgaria, until the capture of Varna secured a
source of provisioning for the army, which hitherto re-
lied upon Odessa for every thing.
" Every person, without being a professor of sta-
tistics, must know that Bulgaria and Romania are
perfect deserts, and when the steak population of
these arid- countries Lies with all it possesses, an army
cannot exist there for 24 hours without carrying every
• • necessary along with it. It becomes really an ambit-
later: y calory, which must carry with it every necessary
ankle, even down tl the coal which is requited for
shoeing a horse, air forging the daily repairs which
an immense materiel requires.
" An exact knowledge of the difficulties of obtaining
provisions would induce the Emperor Nicholas to trust
n thing to chance so long as he was not master of
Varna ; and a just appreciation of the importance of
S lis rO, for the safety of his winter qua;ters, must make
it imper.tive on him to reduce that place before pro-
ceeding to Aidos. A fine park of besieging artillery,
prepared at Kieff, had arrived for Ibis purpose about the
Middle of Sep ember. Some misunderstandings, en-
tirely administrative, retarded the siege, and a prema-
ture winter, cpite uncommon in these southerly coun-
tries, compelled its postponement to the spring.
"This incident is the only one in the course of the
campaign which' was not entirely conformable to the
views el the. Emperor of Russia, either manifested in
his public act-, or in his confidential communications;
and the cause can be attributed only to fortuitous cir-
cumstances.

" Bat we will cease to anticipate events, and hasten
t'a describe in a few words this campaign, which is re•
pre-ented as so fatal to Russia.
An army, coming partly from Podolia and partly
from St. Petersburgh or Moscow, marches on the
Pluth and the Da uhe. Composed, at first, of three
cor,is of infarars, and Isar divisions of cavalry. the
naht c ps, u:rdeiGeneral Roth, was naturally destined
to the inopm taut occupation of the Principalities, to the
uh,riva:ion ot GlUf tize wo, lludschrik, and Silistria.
The centre corps, under the Grand Duke Michael,was
besiege Bra.loti; and, finally, the left corps, under
General flu..!ze wit ch, stronger than the two others,was
to c,cns the Danube with frur divi:ions toward.
I.sik ct.i.

" Every thing succeeded to our is ish. The over
fl wiiig of the Dinube, which had been frozen up to
the month of Match, and the late melting of the snow
rn Ger n.ant, retarded, it is true, the passage of the river
lot stni.e days, In order to get even to the bed of t e
river, it was nece sary to raise a mound, which would
have Ow( honour the R man legion,. This delay,
.we, er, had nut any real influ.nce on the events ut
the campaign.
Alter the glo ions passage effected at Satounowo,
and followed by the taking of I.s..ktchi, the Emperor,
compelled to catty nut corps of obs rvation before
nitchin, Ilirsnva, Tou:ts ha, and Kuitendji, cold not
without lint. u fence vas% Itaj cis rampart with oily
t. e tour bi,ga,!es which se ma tied with hum.
" This fi.tt dissemination of our fnce, which was
indispen.alile, in order to -mite the ptincipaliteas, to
enlarge the bas s rf overall hs, and t ► eisenbarrass
out selves r.f t e tr übleson,e neighbour hood of lit 4 loft,
near ow budges on the Daniche, necessarily stoppeu
offe 'sitar movemeas nutil the end 1.1 June.
" As soon as tl.e det saed corps set at liberty by th•
fall of the places they inveted se-Inked, the ;Hwy ad-
, vatic-d towards Hussein INch.., dr. ye his advanced
gnat d from Bazaidjiic to Kosludgi, and pr• sated libel.
berme Schumla. This place was known f r the high
importance which its local and stratagic situation gave
it. It was the refuge of the Tut kish army in all firmer
w 41s. Hu.sein had assembled upwards c f 40,000 men
I cue. Was it possible not to march against him and
s• ek to draw him to a decided e •gagement? To sup-
,me that our prcceeci. g fic..n. Pravadi, straight on
Aidos, would have determined the Se.aAt er to quit his
camp at Schumla to succour Adrianople, is an error
a hich nu milk:sly man who knows of e situation of this
camp and the Turkish character will part.clpate in.
" We th.rehne, as we ought to have done. proceeded
SLhumla, and the battle of the Bth of July cot,
med the sulrli rity of our infaatry over the tumul•
Lucius masses of she enemy's cattail y.
" Hayti g arrived before S.ficmia, it was nece,s•iry
either to attack os observe it, fur to blockade it was
impost:hie, I CCAUSe of the vast CXICIst of t e group
rnnuotains amongst which it is placed. Two leagues
cf visitentlimei t which are bastioned in every point
a bear access would be easy—A cc 111 l ider ble town,
built in tl.e form of an amphitheatre, on a mountain
w Was cie-t is again studded wilt int. enchments— such
is tl.e post a bids sonic persons pretend' w e ought to
have Cal tied at the fits, cin,el,
" A iegulat siege was not psactLable, any more than
a banka.te. _ _

"I 13tC411Se half the park employed at litailow was
unierric- Able, and that the perk coming (turn K.ew
was situ tewto.e. .

"2. Bqcsinse by daiec tog the attack on the lower
t wit and effect ng a I.TCACII there, nothing vas to be
gained. ft w old still hoe been necessary to carry with
the bayonet every suet t 01 a town built on successtatt
elevations, and commanded by a vast line of iittri•itc. -
mem: 30011:rise:above the practicable be each, and final I)
defended by men whose obstinacy behind a rampart i
wth known, The attack half way up on the h• east,
where th re is no bastion, or the escalade of the heigh,s
mote remote from the place, were the only r petitions
which could be proposed; but they afforded the pros-
pect of only very hazardous chances, and could not be
attempted without a horrible carnage.
" Had the Emperor Nicholasfailed io such an attack,
he must have repassed the Danube, and compromises
his best troops, and would havolong retarded the peace
which it is wished to conquer. Could the avowed object
of the war admit of inetkting such risks? We leave' t
our antagonists themselves to answer this questions
4' The question being resolved negatively, the course
to be adopted was no longer doubtful. To observe
&formic in order to paralyze the array of Hussein, and,
to reduce Varna, while waiting for the crops of therha
tiff and the Goardi, which arrived about the Ist
Sip-
ternber—to lorm at the sane period the siege of Sill-
trim, in order to secure wittier quarters between the
Danube and the sea, and then to take advantage of the
reinforcements which might anise to reduce Schunda, ar
t r push forvraid on B urgas—such its as the plan which
reason dictated, and such was that which the Eroper.r
a.loirted, who, at•er giving the 'recess:it y orders before
Varna, motet ded to Odessa to wait pistil tie arrival of
.7 ••• f uresnents should enable him to snide, take to tie

enterprise worthy to be distinguished by his presence at
the army.
" Here we must caufeas,Vammbad been made rather
too light of, on the most incorrect reports. The means
which had at first been destined for the siege became
insufficient. In vain did the fleet latterly bring some
reinforcements, and the indispensable material. These
were nut enough to invest and besiege the fortress.
"From this first fink resulted, fur Prince Menzikoff—
now surrounded with difficulties which his :silents alone
could not overcome—the indispensable necessity of di-
recting his attack on the sea side, wbrre all the resources
and the powers of the squadro.i lay, but which hap-
pened likewise to be the strongest point of the fortifica-
tion. This circumstance prolonged the defence beyond
the term on which we had calculated. Instead of being in
possession ti Varna on the 30th of Aug. and of their form-
ing a union of the corps of Sherbatoff and of the Guard,
with those of Rudzewitch and Pi ince Eugene of Wur-
temberg, to push the war beyond the Balkan, or to
surround Schumla, and to reduce by famine the army
by which it was garrisoned, it became nece-sary to em-
ploy all the month of September and all our disposable
means against Varna, which the Tut ks considered, with
some appearance of reason, as the bulwark of Itomelia
and Constantinople. The importance which they at-
tached to its fate was so great, that the Capitan Puha
came to command there in person, with all the troops
he could collect, while the Grand Vizier advanced a nth
the last reserves of the empire to Aidos to second and
to succour him. _ _ _

" Such was the situation of affairs when the Emperor
rejoined his army before Varna. His Majesty conceived
that he ought to concentrate all his attention and all his
efforts to accelerate its surrender.
Tae excessive heals of to.e month of August, when
the thermometer rose to 46 degrees of Reaumur in the
sun, had caused, along with the bad water, diseases in
the army. The corps cf Sher batuff answered, therefore,
for no other purpose than to fill up the .moment try
voids which wire thus occasioned in the ranks. Thus
the army was only reinforced by the Guard, which it
was necessary to place in line in order to protect the
siege of Varna.
" The sight of this 1. rtress, between the Lake f t Dwina
and the sea, rendered its investment very difficult; in
order to accomplish that operation, it is necessary to
throw into the south a corps which was thus entirely
isola,ed from that of the siege, and exposed to all
the Ottoman force.

The operations before Varna, much as they have
been shackled and imped:d by this complication, and
by the great difficulties which the !name of the coun-
try opposed to us, have, nc twithstanding. been glo•
rious to our aims; and all the allots made by the
troops of Omer VI io,:e and the Grand Vizier have been
b. OW by the firm stand f seven battalions of the
Guard, who repulsed the enemy ou tars occatiiins,
ith immense loss. The battle t f the 18th cfS•ptent.
ber may also be reckoned as a successful event, it it be
proper to judge an operation by its final resslt. Un
Jounteelly Pt ince Eugene of Wurtemberg did not effect
the di sn uction of a corps three times super res• to his own,
and strongly intrenched, but at least he has succeeded in
dividing the forces of the Turks. and in obliging Omer
V ' eto remain sat sfied with acting on the defensive.
Ilia( the Pi ince did not succeed mote completely, is to
be in.pu.ed to the excessive bravery of a bligaee, which
thie% lite!' n the midst of the enemy's redoubts. with-
out 0 aliens for the co-oper ition of the other troops, or
of a body of artillery at that time engaged in roads and
%fettles ainrost impracticable.
" At 1.1. Var n.r yields to the perseverance and firmness
of o ui troops, and some hundreds of those soldiers called
degeliet ate.iiave carded tenor and slaughter to the very
c-ndie of the town; and the enemy, who has distinguished
bluest of by as noble a defence, begins to perceive that no
odic, toad to seri), is oken bet.. through the c emericy
of the conqueror. The fortress of Itomelia surrenders
fat dri•cretion tit he sight of the small army which h id
d ten inined to deliver it, and that town, which has never
ceased to be under the Ott law yoke since the destruc-
tion of the Lower Empire, salutes, for the first time, the
banners of the victorious ltus-i ens.

" Thus, in less than tour months, this army, which
leached us at so unfairinnable a seascu , has invaded
three Inge province.; taken trso places, which hold the
first sank among the Tot kisli foe tresses ; and has planted
the eagle upon th• ramparts of &Arai, M la-
sak chi. Hirsova, Ku tenths, Toulicha; and, lastly. of
that tam. us VA, na, which so many writers had pro;
pliesied would prove the tomb of its glory.
" A :ions to finish this sketch, we were on the
(suit of passing in *ced the battles fraught under
Silistria by General B. .th, and in Little Wallachia by
Baron de Geismar. These battles are glorious to our
AMIN especially the latter ; for on one occasion 4,000
ot our soldiers boldly attacked and put to flight more
th in 20,c00 Turks, who, under the protection of fort-
tre,ses, such as Wichlin, G urdzevo, ltut!scl uck, and
their numerrus garrisons, expected nothing less than to
expel us from t .e Principalities, but who, to their great
surprise, found themselves obliged to fly, a. .d in so
intn.li disorder, that they abandoned the iniporiant post
irf K al far, to seek a refuge beyond the Danube.
" Whilst the principal army was obtaining these suc-
cesses in Europe. a small division under Prince Meozi-
koff repelled a hole armies of the enemy while engaged
in coiling on the works ot a difficult siege, and re-
duced in Asia the imporant fortress of Anapa. A few
days after the 1. mess of Poti opened its gates to Gen.
Hesse, and secured to us the mouths of the Mask, and
the entute occueation of the shore of Aingrelia and
I ni. :864.

e• Lss ly, another baneful of brave men have immor•
(aimed ti.ents- Ives by attacking the Pachaliks, near the
cradle oi the Ottoman Eiipite, sad considered the
centre of the Turkish power in Asia.
" Count Pa-kewitsch, loaded with the laurels which
he gathered in Pei sia, burst with impatience the limits
which sepat ate Turkish Armenia f out Persia, and pro-
ceeded th on Kars, a fortress not less impottant by its
own situation as by its stragetic position, being placed
in the mi st of the enemy's front er. He caviled it by
ASSAllit on the 25th of June, as sell as the ci:adel,
Indira° yepiped impregnable. The garrison, nearly
equal in t umber to his army, opposed him with a vain
iesistance. In a few hours they were all either slain
or taken prisoners, and he has thus destroyed. in the
set y begriming of his career, the defensive system of the
enemy, who, always slow and cautious operations,
counted upon having time enough, by the prolonged
defence of this fortress, to collect a sufficient force to
arrest our prostebi.
Count Pa,kewi.sch was intimated that the Pacha of
Et zeieum had selected the lortress i f Akhaltsykit as a
point of union for *ramer ns body. He was scisible of
all the importance of this fortress, as opening a direct
route to the Russian plOvitices in Georgia. As his
force was not sufficiently strong to allow him to lease
a detachment behind him, lie directed his course with
the greate,t ra, idity twn& that spot. He surmountrd
the difficulties which the rugged chains t f the moon-
, tarns of TsLlialdurs dieted, aid appeared before Akbal-

•
kalaki, which he took, in consequence of the confusion
and twor which his sudden appearance caused.
" Having reached Konia on the 4th of August, he
perceived himself with 7.000 or 8.000 men, in the pre
seam of 30,000 of the enemy, collec.ed for the defence
of Akhalts) kh. After two or three days had been spent
in partial engagements, he determined un making a de
cisive attack on the 9th of August. To attack the town.
to rush upon and tout an enemy four times their num-
ber, was, to our small battalions. the work of a few
hours; and without giving time to the (Molnar., to re.
cover from their stupor, they proceeded on the 13. h to
the assault of the fortress; upon which occasion fifteen
thousand soldiers or armed inhabitants who wee: within
the fortress were slain or captured by less than 5,000
men, after a combat which will be placed in the rank
of the most celebrated deeds ( f Arms in the present titre.
The fortresses of Bajazct. Atskhour. and Ardagan, es •
perienced the same fare at the end of August. and tom.
pleted the success of this little army, and scattered
terror even to the gates of E zereum and Treb z ode,
countries where for ages past the 6 Ice Mustulman has
not conceived the bare possibility of beholding the stan-
dards of the Christians.

" These numerous trophies, to which may. ha added,
1,280 pieces of artillery, 400 stands,' d s. and 20,0(X) pri-
soners, have cost Russia no more than 18,000 or 20,000
men slain, or so badly wounded as to be incapable of
again serving.
" What, then, are the grand exploits which our ene-
mies will oppose to those which * e have just eitume-
rated, and what ate the victories for which f deign
journals have succeeded in gaining credit by distorting
facts? The defeat of two of our battalions, which in-
cautiously ventured. too la• in a reconniiitie, and tie
luss of one redoubt w ith sis cannons, surprised in the
night time, tfitough the blind confide ice of its guar-
dians. These are trifling event•, common enough in
war, but which newer have .coy influence on its te,u'te.
" Behold, in a few words, wh It some w ritees, jeal, us
of success, have not blushed to call acs tinfo.tnnate cam-
paign. fatal to the glory of the conquerors! I Nothing
is wanting to Russia but another campaign equally sr
lostunate, and her warriors, these master. (.1 Ssiestria.
Rudschuck, and perhaps :also of Bcliu Ma, w i 1 descend
viciorinusly upon the plains of Ades simple.
"It is -ease nable to suppose ti at he 'links will not
oblige them to pi °teed these, and that the Sakai), ap-
ptectating better than the Eui op-in jiii.rer slim the re wits
of the war, will perceive the snips udence o'
new dase,:,er-, instead of aJlie ring to die moderate con-
ditions traced out by Russia in the J. clasations which.
peeceded the war.
" Indeed, if Russia be again fitted to have recur, te
to arms, the next campaign will prove, !settee than
argun.e..t of ours, the advatitiges which have been
gained in the last.
" The bate enumeration of the advaittagrs which have
been gained, and of the trophies cosique.ed, we old
prove a refutation to the tied:meatier ,s we as e con.-
bating, by showing that the Its .siaii as my has of
fected more in Tu key during these four moods- than
ever before for Vie space of missy canipeigii.. We
cannot, however, avoid :Ickes° .ledging, that notwith-
standing the LUCCCv-e. w which have beeii gained, s• me
faults have been committed. Too is ai,k to hesitate. to
AVOW them, we will en feavour to avoid them for the
haute. But it is a f ,ct, which n•. one will deny, tha
notwithstanding these successes at once gluri• us and
important. the Emperor Nicholas leas never vatted for
an instant in his desire to conclude peace on the cor di-
tions announced before the war.

46 Let us !tote that Su►t.n \fah nand, giving way to
more moJi rate sen►iments, will nano...ledge t •ese
truths, and that a soli treaty wi I restore for a 1o•tg
time a goo.' under•tading between the two states, which
have im longer the same subje.ts of rivalry as beton.,
when Ru.tiv bad not secured, by the acquisition of the
'hose of the Black Sea. an cq ening essetotial to the ex-
istence of her southern pi (minces.
41 If 'his wish be not completed, all that we desires is
a campaign as unsuccessful as the preceding one, which
has gained us four fortresses and four proviiic. s. Then
we may cotogratuLte ourselves tin the result of 4 War,
undei iaktn ten the most sicced o cau•es, and leave our
enemies to fabricate pregeociu,l .►ef:ats.

o AN OFFICER OF THE RUSSIAN STAFF.

" P.S. At the moment of fioa-hing these lines, we read
the accounts which certain Gazelles take the liberty of
publishing relative to die raising of the siege of Silistiia.
" It is afhinsesl in them that 12,000 Russians, having
laid down their arms, surtend. red at diectetion, with-
out striking a blow, and that the w hole of our arid.
lery was shamelessly abandoned. These assertions have
as much of falsehood as of calumny.

" With respect to this subject, ue need only say, .h et
not one soldier has been taken peisonei, nut a cannon
lost, nor even an action ea& n place.
" the only loss which the ltusvars al my his suffe ed
is that 4 one halt of their hors. s, w hi. h pee is'sed in
great numbers in consequence of the want of f lape,
clayey water, an unusual heat, and then a sullen cold-
, ness. This loss is, however, already repaired.
" The army occupies ueaceably all the sautonments
it was thougl.t tit 1.4 it to take possession of on the
eight bank 01 the Danube— st Vacua l'tavadi, K Is.
t. tedji, Bazardjek, liirsova, and at the rampart of
Tra-
jan. Lastly, decries ks,who a' e represented as formidable
to simple at d credulous people.have not as yet attempted
the winter campaign, with the news of w hich the
public has been amused—a campaign, the idea of sh.ch,
to say the least, is ridicuious to those who are acquainted
with the manners of the Tut ks, and the difficult es w hide
the Balkan presents to any alms which might attempt
to bivonack dining thee inclement season. We will now
terminate a refutation. aheady to., long and estrensely
I painful. The teal authors of the falsehoods, to whirls
• e have been forced to reply, are n..t unknown, and
the odium which always attaches to the impotent efforts
of calumny will reach them."

We are info, med that a Meeting to address his MA.
Jury, and Petition b•ah Houses of Parliament against granting
the demands of the Roman Catholics, will be held at Holyhead
about Tuesday or Wednesday week. We hays little doubt that
the whole of the other parishes of the county of Anglesea which
bays not yet petitioned will respectively follow the example.—
It'orth Woks Cisromick.

A letter from Dublin says, " We are certainly in a
high state of excitement. and the countenance and private inter-
views given to the principal Agitators have raised the audacity of
the Association to the highest pitch." In answer to an address
from Limb, which alluded to the Marquis of MICILS6III.II letter to
Dr. Coasts, the Marquis denied that that letter had any thing to
do with his recall, but that the rest cause should be laid before
Parliament.

The grand party given by the LORD MAT, it on
Monday, was entirely confined to Noblemen and Gentlemen, with
the exception of the LADY MAYORESS, and two other female
friends, on a visit to her Ladyship. The Duke of WsLummox
sat at the right baud of the Loan MAYON, and Lord Lovrruaa at
the left hand of the LADY NIAVOILISS. The banquet was thr most
superb that bas born given at the Mansion-Maw rue many years.
The Hatpinhue Magistrate,. with Sir THOMAS
Mauna at their head, have come to a strong resolution as to the
mischievous and demoralising effects of the Game Laws. .

The dottetct Sulve)othhip .11 Ctetkesiwell, now va-
:ant, ,upposed to be worth front X 1,500 to £2.00; and tbete
are at prLe..ut uytarardr oh a dozeu cauditLittisrpliblg for It.

THE EVENING STAR.

LON DoN.

SATURDAY. JANUARY 24.

PRICK OF STOCKS At FOUR Wer.ock.
Dank Stock 2111 India Bonds 67 •
3 per Cent. Red. 87 861 I Swab Sea Stock 96
Ct.
3 per . Cons. 86e i Old Auinuities
36 per Cent. 1818. New Ditto
34 per Cent. lied. 951 6 sBlOBO Kac6el.llllls6B 7
4 per Ct. New, lute i £5OO I)ittn
i per Cent 1826. 105 i i .1100 mid £2OO Ditto
I.inti Ann. 19 15 16 YU India fur Acct.
India Stuck Consols fur Artt.ll6i i i
FOltKltikl FUNDS. TWO to ci.t/t.K.
0 Mils Pds. 3 pet. 631 Do. Acc 96%
Russ. lids. I 888. 6 p Ct. Do Acct
lIKITINII AND FOREIGN SIIAII KS, TWO O'CLOCK,

IIH• MIL, PASO.
35 20

11E42111.1u
Ditto Natiunal 23
Ilibernian 50 9
Fresh-riot Fire
Viii Diemen's Lind Azrle. 100 7i

64 6311
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The, absence of anything itdetesting as to foreign or
domestic policy, induces us to continue our obsetva.t.
lions on Vie tt4te t,f the Police of the Metrnpolit. In
the Sraa rd ‘VeJnetday and yesterday, se offered
some observations to the con,idt ratit,n f the Public,
and to those who have the poser, and, se believe, the.
will to rectify what is misch.evous. We observed lately
that, however excelhnt the alterations intended to be
introduced by Mr. Pm., they would be irbprat ecable
in operation, unless the Police of the metr"p Its, itsierti
of the natinr, kept pace with those improvements.

V

To e.ncidate the strengt'l of our position, we she'
suppose the laws respecting the coiners, dealers in and
uncle's of base money, were as perfect as human foe.
'ight and vigilant wish m could make them.
It is within t re daily observation of all our tenders,
that it is difficult to distini uish the spurious snai.u.
I icture of coin from the n. but s,leer of the mint.
This perfection in villany has arisen from long practice.
So systematic has this traffic 'become, that the great
dealers regularly emote orders for the town and coun-
t, y, as other manufacturers or traders. We venture
to assert, that scarcely a aaggon leaves town that does
riot I,e .r parcels of base c rn t distant parts o' the
tourney. In London, it is Mel. k there vre regu-
ar m4l ket, held by the principal dealers. Ti.ese people
also eirploy hawkers, rdl• is, swindling horse derlers,
gamblers t lairs, itinerant Jews, and many others, to
dispose cf their base cri .
We shall just pause to reflect and to call rublic
tention to the 1. flection, what must be the propagation
f immorality in consequence I f this wide circulation of
adulterated mom y ? For, incl.l ei.dent of those se a-
ally engaged in the practice, many unawares receive
this coin as uncorrupted. Their wants mar compel
Vie's' to negotiate ir, and having done so, their success
may induce them to !rain more of so felicitous a method
ol I rocuring an easy livelihood.
But to exhibit the plenitude of the depravi y of this
id. mat trade, we shall mention the secrets of this Pan.
Jemonium. Will the generality of our mire! Readers
credit the fact, that in Birminghsin, and in London too,
L•uis dors, half Johannes, French half-crowns, and
sl Wings, as well as several coins of Flanders and Ger-
many, ar.d dollars of excellent workmanship, in exact
imitation of the Spanish dollars i.sued from the Bank
in 1797, have been counterfeited? But the ingenuity
of wickedness did no! terminate hem. Even the coins
of li.dia have been admirably imit sled. A coinage of
the Stara Pagoda of Arcot was established in London
lot years by one person.
Trie,e counterfeits being made wholly of blanched
copper, tempered in such a manner as to exhibit, when
stamped, the conks of the edges, which are always to
be found on the real pagoda, were introduced by a
variety of channels into India, and passed for eight
si•olli, gs, though they cost the minuf reinter but three
ha fpence each. The sego ns of Turkey, a g..ld coin.
sets also manufactured in London. Thus, by these
means, the disgrace of the British name was spread in
Asia and the most distant regions of India. Now, if
our laws were as perfect as they could be. what good
can they effect, unless they can be put into operation?
And into execution they cannot be put without an
efficient police. For at present, thrinigh the fault of
the law and of the police, the h irdened villain is often
Acquitted, while the novice in crime escapes justice
Therefore we say to Mr. Fem., according as sour iris.
pros ements advance in the Criminal Code, let the im-
provements of the police system bear an equal propor-
tion of amendment. By doing this, he will add to the
honour and praise he is preparing far himself ; and if
he will not thus act, his present labours. will but per-
petuate his inefficient legislation.

The chief topic of discussion in the P..ris Papers re-
ceived last night is the retina of Prince POLIGNAC
frvro' London. Most of the Papers state that the
Prii,ce had been sent for in order to be consulted
aho it some negociations which are going on respect-
ing a Foreign State—probably Greece—and that in
411 probability, after a few days stay, he would
re unie his official situation in London; whist others
positively ass, rt that a change in the French Nliiiir-
try is about to take place, and that the Prince is
to be brought into office. " All the great supporters of
Absolutism (says the Conslitulionnei) are in expectation
of his arrival, and in a day or two, no dcubr, he will
enter upon the great work of forming his Mini•try.
His friends are numerous; all he wants is the Fiend'
nation ; that excel). ed, every other interest will be with
him." This is not the first time that an attempt has been
made, in vain, to excite alarm at the sudden departure
of Prince POLIGNAC from this country; and it is ex-
tremely probable that the voyage of his Excellent), on
this occasion will be as harmless, and end as felicitously
for both kingdoms, as any which he has made across
the Channel.

It is stated in tbese papers, upon the Rothe:krt( a
Attie! from COIIII, :that Mr. CARTIC SMUT, F&&Mh