Star.
London, England, 1829-08-24 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A press of important foreip intelligence—partleskrly the detail
of the fearful and rapid destruction of the Turkish irnspke—com•
pets in to withhold a variety of interesting domestic ankles.

We have given in a preceding column the Grand
Bulletin of the Russian Army, dated Aides, 26th July.
It details with great minuteness the operations of the
army, after the battles of the l7th, 18th, and 19th had
opened to it the passage of the Kamtschik, and the road
over the Balkan. On the day after the last of these
battles, the advanced guard of the invading force, under
General ROTH, was already on the very crest of the
Balkan; the second corps, commanded by Count
PAULEN, still remaining at the head-quarters, on
the banks of the Kamtschik. Simultaneously with
this movement, Admiral GREIG-with three ships of the
line and several frigates—bombarded the town of Me-
sambri. On the 21st the advanced guard of General
Rll DIGER arrived at Erketsh, on tho pinnacle of the
Great Balkan: General ROTH entered Emile, leaving
his advanced-guard still in Paliobano, on the crest ;
and PAULEN established himself between a village
called Arnaultar, and Funduri-D6r(l. On the 22d
General R DIG ER, with two Cossack regiments, and
the thirty-seventh Yagers, descended the southern de-
clivity of the mountain, experiencing only a momentary
attempt to dispute his passage towards the plain. The
disputants were repulsed with a total rout, and fled in all
directions. General ROTII was engaged at the same
time with a corps of 6,000 or 7,000 men, commanded by
the Seraskier Asper. RA 31 A N --ft Pacha of three tails—
who had assembled his forces on the bank of the Yuschi-
Kioi-Dire, hoping to cover, by that central position, all
the places on the gulf of Bourgas. In a few minutes the
PACIIA was completely overthrown, and fled,—pursued
by the Hulans and Cossacks for nearly ten wersts—
leaving behind him two batteries, seven standards,
four field pieces, four hundred prisoners, and a corvette
of 25 guns, quite ready for launching. Os m N PACIrA,
who commanded in Mesambri, bombarded by Admiral
Glum on one side, and closely invested by General
ROTH on the other, now agreed to a capitulation—and
on the following day surrendered the town and garrison,
with one hundred Turkish Civil Officers, and 2,000 pri-
soners of war. On the 23d Alacharia and Acbiolin
were taken by the corps under RI; DIG ER, and much booty
found in them. General ROTH'S advanced guard, under
the command of Major-General NABEL, now received
orders to march upon the important fortress of Bourgas :
and on the 24th—after an ineffectual sortie from the gar-
rison, who were driven back sword in hand into the
town, the Russians entering with them—it was
carried almost without resistance. The garrison, panic-
struck, fled through the southern gate of the town, as the
enemy entered on the opposite side, abandoning all the
magazines and stores—besides ten pieces of cannon—to

the invaders. "On the 25th the Commander-in-Chief
ordered General RuDIGEn to direct his march upon
Aidos." lanaffiu PAcua and MEIIKKED PACIIA-
who had recently arrived from Constantinople to take the
command of the Turkish army—were posted before this
town with all their force. It was a combined operation
of great skill and delicacy, to the success of which the
divisions under ROTH and PAHLES were also greatly
instrumental. The PACHAS made a sortie from Aides,
to attack RuDlGEll's Cossacks while they were coming
up unprotected, and for a moment contested the field ;
but RUDIGES, confident of victory, turned their left
wing by a masterly movement, and—aided by the
fire of some batteries—drove them back in great
consternation. He then pursued the enemy with
eight battalions, and sixteen pieces of cannon ; and
suddenly found himself before a corps of Turkish infantry
—from 6,000 to 7,000 strong, " posted in the rear, and
on the flank of the town, and with its left wing resting on
the old intrenchments." The battle wee obstinate, but
the enemy was driven into Aides, and cut to pieces in its
narrow streets, leaving the Russian banner to float now
almost unopposed to the capital. Such is the pro-
gress of the Northern Eagle I The above digest, we
have thought, may not be unacceptable to those, who—
from its great length—might be deterred from perusing
the document itself. The reflections which it suggests;
throng upon us too thickly for indulgence to-day.

The Queen of PORTUGAL, accompanied by her at-
tendants, went yesterday to Windsor to take leave of the
Court, previous to her departure to Rio de Janeiro. She
was received by the Rum and Royal Family with every
mark of the most affectionate interest, and the parting
was not without its pang to the feeling breast of
OUT SOVEREIGN. When the QUERN was about to
retire, his MAJESTY spoke to her with considerable
emotion—using throughout the terms by which only
Sovereigns are addressed—and adding at the same
time the most graceful expressions of his own personal
friendship, and warm wishes for her welfare. During
this conversation the KING repeatedly called her his
young friend and Ally. No one felt a sincerer interest
for her future prosperity—he hoped *ad trusted that her,
stay to. the other hemisphere weak( not be long—but
that she might quickly return, to oecupy the throne
of her ancestors. All the members of the Royal

Family were present, and joined cordially many
of them tenderly—in these valedictions. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of CLARENCE in particular—.
whose attentions to the young QUEEN during her
sojourn at Laleham, have been equally unremitting and
affectionate—wept vehemently towards the latter part of
the interview.

Her MAJESTY will leave Laleham to-moron• morn-
ing for Portsmouth, accompaniql by the persons of her
household, and likewise by Marquisses of PAL-
)(ELLA and VALENcA, and M. DE GUEILREIRO.
This departure of the QUEEN for Brazil will not in any
way alter her position, nor affect her rights in Por-
tugal. The Marquis DE BARBACENA, it is said, wilt
publish a declaration, setting forth the motives which
have obliged him to convey his Royal charge back to
her father's empire.

The Marquis DE BARBACENA left Laleham last night
for Ostend, in order to accompany to Portsmouth her
Imperial Majesty the EMPRESS of BRAZIL. Her MA-
JESTY is expected at Portsmouth on the 26th of thii
month, and the squadron is to sail from thence on the.
28th, if the weather proves favourable.

We are informed that Admiral Sir RICHARD ()Tway
—on his passage from Terceira on the 13th of this
month—did not fall in with any sail belonging to the
Miguelite expedition.

We perceive with pleasure from the Gazettes of
Colombia, that the emancipation of slaves proceeds not
only upon the principle of compulsory manumission,
but that this principle in no wise interferes with
the voluntary liberation for which this country is so
conspicuous ; affording, indeed, an example for all other
countries to imitate. We take the published list of slaves,
liberated in the month of last December, in the department
of Carthagena : twenty-five have been set free by legal
manumission, and twenty-one by voluntary release. The
names of these slaves are registered by a decree of the
Government, and lists are published monthly in every
department.

We inserted on Saturday last, merely because it was
an ojfcial paper, the Monthly Return of Corn pub-
lished by the Commissioners of the Ring's Customs. It
was a straggling and slovenly document, occupying—in
the Report of one month—about three-quarters of a
column of disjointed and incongruous matter. If the
Assistant Secretary of the Customs—whose name is ap-
pended to that infelicitous production—is the inventor
also of its disgraceful arrangement, we recommend Mr.
Scovxu. to compare his monthly concern with our own
Report,which we publish in another column. He may take
a leaf advantageously from us : fat eat et ab hoste doceri.
Condensation is the soul of statistics; and clearness can-
not be, where there is such a wilderness of figures. Let
him, we say, look at his picture for ONE MONTH, which
it would take COCKER half an hour to make out, and
then turn to rear's for six MONTHS—necesgarily compre-
hending six tunes the quantity of information which he
scatters over a waste of table—and which all who run
may read.

What we anticipated, and clearly set forth weeks ago,
while others strenuously Maintained a contrary opinion,
we now find confirmed.—" The Bulgarians are now
everywhere joining the enemy"—that is, the Russians.
We have news from Constantinople this day to the 30th
ult. and certainly the complexion of that intelligence is
such as to leave no doubt of the utter annihilation of the
Ottoman Power. The following are our selections from
the German Papers received this morning :

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY SO.

A Tartar who left the camp of the Seraskier, Hussein Paths,
on the 45th inst. has brought word that a division of Russian in-
fantry landed on the 27th near abetted!. Since then the most
alarming reports have been in circulatioo. It is said that the Rite-
elan garrison of Siseboli has made a sally, and, supported by a co-
bum that came from Aidos, has defeated Hussein Pack. The
Russians are said to be preparing to march against Adrianople, and
to be seconded by the Bulgarians, who every where join the enemy.
It is even generally anirmed that the van of the Russian army
has already occupied the defiles of Kirk Kill's', and that fear'
and consternation prevail at Adrianople. There is no doubt
something extraordinary must hays happened ; the Divan was yes
terday assembled half the night, to discuss the question whether it
Is not advisable to send Commissioners to the Russian head-quar-
ters to enter into negotiations for peace ? Some members of the
Divan were inclined to peace ; but the majority required the coo-
dentin' of the war, because the empire could not be brought into
greater danger than it now is; and it would therefore be im-
prudent to make premature proposals for peace. It was there-
fore resolved to strain every nerve to check the progress of
the enemy; and at this moment all that can be laid hold
of are taken and howled off to the army at Adrianople.—
The state of affairs is extremely dangerous, and the capital
stands on a volcano—the probable explosion of which may
lead to the overthrow of the empire, as the adherents of the
'submit." begin to hold up their heads again, and not content with
intrigues and spreading bad news—(this morning it was reported
that the GrandVisier had made a sally from Shumla. but had been
repulsed with great loss, and must soon surrender at discretion)—
have began to act, and have unhappily thrown the inhabitants of Pen
into consternation by setting fire to the city. The evening before
yesterday, 1,500 houses in Pera were reduced to ashes; and, in
the vicinity of the Seraglio, several houses were set on fire, ►ut
were happily saved. This is the usual mode in which the populace
show their dissatisfaction with the Government, or begin any vio-
lent enterprise. It is said that several individuals have been
arrested. Put of the Sultan's guards have received orders to
occupy the capital; and patrol," of cavalry traverse the streets„
both day and night, to maintain tranquility. The forts at the en-
trance of the Bosphorus frequently fire, but without effect, on the
Russian men of war that are cruising there beyond the range of
the guns,—probably to hinder the Turkish fleet from petting to
sea. The Capitan Pacha seems to have no mind to put to sea ;he
came on shore yesterday. GOD grant that the catastrophe which
threatens Constantinople will not extend to Pen. In the reg.
dens of all the Ambassadors, the greatest precautions are being
taken : may they prove seillcientio the hour of danger !

BUCHAREST, Aim. 4.
According to letters front Odesw the plague has again monk
fisted itself ; and several females are said to have left the teem
with permission of the autheettiss. The theatres, and all tho
inagasines, are said to have bees dosed on t►e 30th Jay. The.
Int mipediden which sailed from Sebastopol on the 14th ah. to
reinforce the gushes of Slinholis is stated. le letters from Varna,
to have readied its destination wittiest accident. The second,
which la straw, being SAN men. sailed on the 12th. The

service for the supply of the army bin perfect order ; and 100
transports are constantly employed in conveying provisions from
Odessa to Ilisebnli.

The Odessa Auriga of 29th July has a long nodce from the Ma-
gistrates, respecting the symptoms of plague that have appeared in
the village of Ussatory, IliChutora, eight went. from the town. A
division of fifty Cossacks and 400 infantry has been placed as a
cordon round the village, and every precaution taken. Up to the
29th seven persons bad died ; and there are five sick—two with
symptoms of plague. and three suspicious. The health of the town
is such as not to give any ground for alarm. The state of the har-
bour of quarantine is quite satisfactory. There has been no case of
plague there for this week past. Four persons, ill of ordinary dis-
orders, have been removed from the quarter of the passengers to a
separate apartment. The other patients ate recovering.— Algerneine
?aunt, Ali. 17 end 19.
CANDIA, Juar it.
raox TH. COMP.= DK lIICTIUIC.

Our town has recovered its former appearance. All the Euro-
:pean Consuls have returned, and there is no blockade of any kind.
The tranquillity of the island will soon be restored, where a spirit
of prudence and moderation shall appreciate the real wants of the
inhabitants of Crete, and reduce to its true value the tinsel of phi-
lanthropy in which the language of the President of Greece is en-
veloped. To effect this, the Allied Powers have only to submit
the state of affairs to a simple and decisive trial, namely, to oblige
Count Capo d'lsulas. after recalling his agents, to issue a
general invitation to the inhabitants to retire to the Mores,
as they cannot live under the Turkish dominion, and at the
same time to offer an indemnity to those landowners who
should lose their property. The small number of persons who
would prolt by this offer would be the most conclusive proof
that the late insurrection in Crete was not the work of
the inhabitants, and also show that the Greek Government, in
order to give a certain extent and permanency to the insurrection.
was obliged to unite with all the wretches of Carabasa and the
banditti of Saila, and that these auxiliaries used the most violent
means to compel the peaceable inhabitants to take arms. The
Commanders of the European squadrons who have put into
Suds have long since advised the Turks to leave the Greeks
unmolested in their quarters. The Turks agreed, but the
Greeks cannot be so easily persuaded. On the 26th June, 1,500
Greeks suddenly attacked 100 inhabitants of Benin% who were
busy haymaking, half a league from the town. The Turks, among
wheat were 50 women and children, retired to a house, where they
defended themselves the whole day. The inhabitants of Rettino
hastened to their noisome, and succeeded in releasing them. The
number of victims on both shies is not known ; but it is unhappily
certain, that several women and children who could not escape in
time, were cruelly murdered by the Greeks.—FranVert Paper a
Assgtst 17.
CITY. TwaLVs O.CI.OCIt.

The condomsi rains, which must prove very unfavourable to the
3uu'vest. has bad an effect on the Coned ?darket this morning.-
4:!ensols, which left off on Saturday at 116 i for the Account ,
.opened rather heavy at 1114 ; since which there have been Doyen
at Mi. It la also expected that a rise will take place at the
Corn Market.

In the Foreign Market 'waling doing u yet. The Russian
Rune* and their advance on Constantinople, causes snuck excite •
elect in the City, and so doubt can be entertained that the Suva s
most sae for peace, directly er indirectly ; but will he id it?
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The Consol Market has been fluctuating during the morning
from Uf to 81111 for the Account, and at present may be gamed
sea; i and 881, sellers, foe October Account. The Chancery pur.
Abased twenty-six thousand Consols.
The private letters from Paris bring the Three per Cents. after
'Change at SOL 40c.

Then is not a feature in the Foreign Market worth obserta•
elm at present.

An opinion prevails, owing to the great obstinacy of
the SULTAN, that his intention is, on the approach of the
Russians, to fire Constantinople, which is chiefly com-
posed of wooden houses.