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did so, Russia would be entitled to act in the same

ner ;" whereas if Great Britain had wished troops tolw
sent at all by any one of the Allied Powers, she wool!
,assuredly have taken the lead.herself. The most satic
factory reflection for those who feel alarmed at the err
pedition, is, that the most perfect unanimity now pre
vails between the two Cabine s. It is of little service

under such circumstances, to speculate upon the

meats that were used to obtain the sanction of

Britain; it is enough 04 such sanction is now °blamed.'
Surveys are making at the arsenals of L'aient ad
Brest, upon the state of the ships of war, and these.
pairs required before putting to sea. The greatest to
tivity is said to prevail, and a reinforcement of the
French squadron in the Mediterranean is expected. Tie
Government have purchased the steam vessel Cow

merce do Havre," which formerly traded from lion
io London, for the use of the expedition.

A Dutch Mail has brought news from the Rosin
army to the Isth ult. It is stated that the blockaded
Varna was nearly completed, and that the several•cf
lamas of the army were proceeding in their operation
without much opposition. A smart tencontre, howm
is stated to have taken place on the 12,1 a of July, by
tween a detachment of Hussars and a body of Twit
cavalry, in which the former were obliged to give %ay+
the first instance, but alter a smart action, the Ruua
ultimately defeated their assailants, and drone theme
the gates of Jenibazar. The Emperor Mellow.,
to move his head-quarters on the 15th ult. from Fe
zardjik to Couzlicljeb. The following are extra:tsfo
the Dutch Mail:

WARSAW, JULY 30.
By a courier dispatched from the Imperial head-quarterso*
7th (19th) of this month, who arrived here yesterday, well°
that the health of the troops is in all respects satisfattery, 004
provisions are in abundance.
The Turkish towns and villages are in good condition, Woo
single inhabitant is to be found in them.
The carps of General Czerbatotr, belonging to the aril
Field Marshal Sacken, has received orders to march an.: joi2lll
Guards. Thus three corps of this army take part it: the cm*

CAMP AT BAZARDJIK, JULY 24.
Our offensive operations proceed; the blockade of Vernal: reif
complete, and General Roth prosecutes without oppoii:l'iti
march along the right bank of the Danube to Silistria. ludek
rection of the columns of our centre, General Rudiger Woe°
pied Couzlidjth (Koslodschi or Kosludje), and cleared the rtuals
Pravadi and Jenibazar. The day before yesterday, hewers*
latter place and Couzlidjeh, a detachment of Hussars, which 114.
gone for Bard to reconnoitre, was attacked by a body of the row'
cavalry, and obliged to give way to the Tuiks, who were ".1.,
superior in number ; but after a smart action, in which we had.`
men killed and wounded, the Turks were repulsed with kiss 3
Achtyr Regiment of Hussars and two field pieces of the It.
Artillery. Our advanced posts followed them, and are non bd.

the gates of Jenibazar.
Yesterday Divine Service was performed in front of the Et
peror's tent, on account of the birth-day of her Majesty the re it"
Empress, and the must fervent prayers iavolked the blesciegi
Heaven on a Princess so highly loved and honoured.
To-morrow the Emperor leaves the vicinity of Bazardjik.
ar
removes with the headquarters to Couzlidjeh.—P►vws"
Gaseitc, August S.

ST. PETE RS B U liG H, Jot.r 23.
Up to 20th there had strived is the port of Cronstadt
—sailed 431. Arrived at itiga vp to 17th 6:l—tailed ss.
ODESSA, Jots 30.—(J ucv li.)
Our roads, which were quite deserted after the departure of_..
atbe
ships hired to convey provisions for the araty, begins to be S'

a, ain by the vessels wtskh daily fly: from Kustentiji, after lauding
their cargoes.
The rain' which have fallen for several days have not, cooled the
sir. Tbe heat has been very great—by Rumour's thermometer
284 degtres in the shade—(96 degrees Fahrenheit).--Jourtsal off St
Petersborgh. Jot!, 24.

(The St. Petcrsburgh Journals have no news from the army later
than the Bulletin of the 12th July.)
HAGUE, A MIST 7.

On the sth, in the morning, the Prince and Princess of Orange,
travelling under the name of Count and Countess of Flanders,
passed through Utrtcht on their way to Clives. We learn they
are going to Ems, to meet the Grand Duchess of Save Weimar.

EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
. Aws x, Aua. 9.-12 05. Two Months. 12 00.
—Maids Papers, August 9.

The Piedmontese Gazette, received this morning, none
tains the follow ing extract :

CORFU, JULY S.

Thursday afternoon Vice Admiral Sir E. Codrington took leave
of the Lord High Commissioner, and embarked on board the Ada,
*ecompanied by Major General Woodford and a guard of honours
With a band of music,snd sailed directly for the Levant.

Sir Pultney Malcolm, who is to succeed Sir E. Codrington, will
arrive in the course of this month, on board the Wellesley.
Jut.v I.2.—We are glad to learn by the Greek Papers, that the
plague Which had appeared in some of the islands, has wholly ceased.
As for the disorder in the island of Egina, it is stated to be a typhus,
generated among a numerous population, which suffers aU kinds of
privation. Both with respect to that disorder, and to the plague
itself in some parts of the Mora, the most energetic measures
have been adopted: which promises to be attended with the most
beneficial effects.

We have learned that the 6,000 Albanians who revolted against 1
Ibrahim Pacha having seduced some hundred of the regular Arabs, I
left Coron with them to proceed to Epirus. Being pursued by a
corpssent afttr them by Ibrahim, an engagement ensued, in which
the latter were defeated with great loss. It is, said that the son of
Colocotroui, in concert with the Greek Guverr.Ment, will escort
these troops in their march through the Mores. The Governor of
Greece was lately on board his Majesty's ship the Warspite, before
the port of Nayarit), in conference with the Admirals of the Allied
Powers. It is said that this meeting was in consequence of the
desire manifested by Ibrahim Pacha to e►acuate the Morea.—Gaz.
songs liestsonless, August 2. ,

The fallowing extracts have been received, in addi•
lion to those which we have given from the Lisbon Mail:

LISBON, JOLT ,16.
•An expedition sailed two days ago against Madeira, which it is
thought here will be reduced. The force is pretty formidable, via.
a large frigate, ooe corvette, and two brigs, with from 1,500 to
MOO men. •
ORENSE, JUL? We
•
In consequence of a representation from Portugal to the Spanish
Government, all the Portuguese have been ordered to leave the
country in one month; they are to embark at Corunna and Ferrol
and arch as cannot provide for themselves, on the road will be
dlowed lodging and nine cnartoe (about 214.) a day.

VIGO, Arnow 6.
• Pe Marlborough Packet, just arrived from Lisbon, was spoken
opt four leagues off Oporto by a brig with ten guns, besides two
very long ones, and very full of men. She bore down upon the
packet under French coloan,and afterwards heisted Buenos Ayrean
She called herself the Liberty Han, bound for Cadiz.
CORUNNA, Juts 31:
A great number of Portuguese have arrived here—they complain
*rely of their treatment on the frontier. Amon the sick is a
young Englishman, who gives a woeful account of the panic, disor-
ganization, and confusion of the COnsdtutionolists, when the order

Ise t►e retreat was given. Why the adds should have abandoned
the cause when at the head of a well.organi%d force of 12,000 men,
with 25 pieces of MOO% appears moat mysterious.

• Our attention has been called by several correspon-
dents, to a question of deep interest to the landed and
commercial branches of the community, and one which
has, Session alter Session, occupied the legislative wis-
dom of Parliament. We allude to the existing laws fur
regulating the rate at which money may be legally.lent.
la all the debates upon this subject, and io none more
than in those which took place during the last Session,
when Mr. Pittman. THOMSON so ably, though we regret
to add, so unsuccessfully, brought this topic forward,
only one feeling, we might almost say, prevailed, as t
the necessity of some alteration, whatever differences of
opinion there might be as to the mode of alteration.
We can laugh, as freely as any one, at the many
absurdities of ileattatx BUITIIAM, while we can as freely
acknowledge, with his warmest admirers, the acuteness
of his Mind, and the extent of his researches. We fully
acquiesce consequently in the remark of Mr. Sociozw,
that the " Defence of Usury" by BanmAM, furnishes an
argument against the principle of the present la ws,which
is perfectly unanswerable. But theory too frequently
goes one way and practice another ; or, to speak " more
girmane 'to the matter," a measure mischievous alike
In theory and in practice, may continue so long in
operation, and may modify and Complicate so many
existing interests, that with the full conviction on our
minds of the injury that is daily inflicted, we are also
equally convinced that injuries of nearly similar mag•
!Mode would result from any remedies that might be
applied to the original evil. There is that pliancy and
elasticity in human affairs, which insensibly adapt theta
to whatever the controlling causes are that shape their
course; and though we are aware that this argument
applies as forcibly to the alteration as to the continuance

04 thou causes, it does not diminish its weight in re-
ference to the latter.

There is .no evil, however, in the moral or political
eindition of society, for which a cure, or at least a pal-.
fianve, may not be found. We therefore look with con-
fidence to the effect which must ultimately be produced
upon this question, by the repeated discussions of it in
Parliament : it has gained friends, and has advanced
greatly, every time it has been brought forward. When
the repeal of the Usury Laws was first submitted as n
distinct proposition to the Legislature, it met with nal
opposition of a very different character to that which is
sow arrayed against it.
One of the main arguments of those who resist any
alteration is founded upon the assumed injury which
would be done to the landed interest. We say assumed
injury, for really we have never yet seen it satisfactorily
established that the injury would take place. Now, we
should be the last to deny that the landed interest is
not entitled to a large protection; bat we cannot go so
far as to concede, that laws, whose penal consequences
to the commercial interests of the country are fraught
with such undeniable mischief, should continue on the

statute book, in defdrence to what is little else than a
theoretical, estimate of their value to the landowners.
For, in point of fact, do the usury laws protect the
landowners from thinecessity of giving more than five
percent. interest on borrowed money? It is notorious
chat they do not. It is notorious that, by evading the
law, the landed proprietor pays, in the shape of annui-
ties, much more than the law allows. But we go fur-
ther, and ask, is it just that the law should say to the
proprietor of land, he shall not be allowed to dispose
of his own property on whatever terms he may think
most conducive to his own interests ?

Abstractedly ♦iewed, the principle of the usury laws
may be called a solecism in legislation. They are as
incapable of defence, as a proposition would be for
passing a law to fix the price at which houses, land, or
any other commodity should be sold. If we look back
to their origin, too, we shall find it co-existent with,the
period when Parliament, ignorant of its true func-
tions, dabbled with nearly all the concerns of private
life, as if men were children, without capacity to
arrange their own affairs, and required to run in the
go-cart and leading strings of minute and petty legis-
lation. We have a very sufficient respect for the wisdom
of our ancestors, but we are by no means convinced
that their wisdom was so omniscient as to provide an
adequate supply of that commodity for all generations
chat were to come after them. They managed
their own affairs in such way as to them appeared
fit and meet : let us do the same ; and above all'
things let us, as much as possible, leave the people
to manage and regulate their own individual in. j
terests. It has been very justly observed, 66 if we are
not disposed to regulate by law the amount at which a
man may sell his property, or rent his land, or hire his
labour, on what principle is it that we can presume
to fix the price at which one man shall lend
money to another?' But the gross absurdity of the
thing is, that we do not, because we cannot, fix this price,
after all. The laws which pretend to fix it are inopera
tive ; the penalties that are enacted for a violation of
these laws are a mere brutnmftdmen ; and the circuitous
mode by which they are evaded throws, in effect, upon
the borrower a heavier charge than he would have to
meet if the rate of interest were left to be settled be-
tween himself and the lender.

The Duke of WELLINGTON slept last night, for the
first time. in Downinkstmet, where he will remain while Apdey
House is undergoing repair,
Tb day the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left
town for his canntry seat, near Cobham, in Surrey.
Lord Hui., we are happy to state, has recovered
from his late indisposition, and has left town for Shrewsbury.
The Lord Bishop of BARBADOS/ has arrived in this
country, for the basalt of his health.
The Hon. and Re*. E. GREY, brother of Earl GREY,
is to be the new Rector df St. Botolpb.
The Russian and French Ambassadors had along
conference with the Duke of WELLIII47IIN and the Earl of Asia-
ism, yesterday, at the Office of the Seereury of State for Foreign
Affairs.

The Spinisb Minister (on a special mission) had an
interview with the Earl of Assanams yesterday, at the Foreign
Office, Dowsing-street.
The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yester-
day at the Colonial. Office, Downing-street.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday night, from the
Earl of ABILDZing to the English Charge d'Affaires at Madrid.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Foreign
Office from Lord Stumm DC ROTHSAY, his Majesty's Ambassador
at Paris. •

The hall of audience, in the Viceroy's palace at Lima,
contained full-length portraits of all the Viceroys from Pizarro to
Navel& It is &curious circumstance, that the hall was exactly filled
with portraits when the liberating forces entered Lima, there not
being one spare panne!, nor room to place another painting, with-
out removing some of the old ones.
Another of those horrible accidents which are of such
frequent occurrence in coal-pits took place in Croft Pit, White-
haven, on Wednesday night last. It was an explosion of fire-damp,
by which five men were killed, and two others dreadfully burnt,
but who are expected to recover. The names of the suit are—
William Attlebarrow, Isaac Lorton, James Mabin, Nathaniel
Munro, sad soother, name unknown, killed; and Pattleton and
Peter Whoa, wounded.
His Grace the LORD PRIMATE of all Ireland arrived
at his Palace, Armagh, on the 30th ult. The Cathedral bells rang
a merry peal= the approach of that excellent Prelate,' who, we are
happy to say, is In very pod health.
We feel sincere satisfaction. in stating that the dif-
ferences between the manufacturers and the weavers of this county
have been almost generally adjusted, and that nearly all the latter
have returned peaceably to their former avocations.-GloucesterJourn.
A Welsh Judgeship 'has become vacant by there.
signation of Jona Baum , Esq.
It is a remarkable tact, that the arms of CROMWELL
communicated to Scotland, with other benefits, the first newspaper
which had Ryer illuminated the gloom of the North. Each army
carried its own printer with it, expecting either to convince by its
reasoning or to delude by its falsehood. King CUAILLIIS carried
Rosalie &Raze with him to Newcastle, in 1639 ; and General
Caonwzr.r. conveyed Cnautoenza HIGGINS to Leith, in 1652.
When Carom/ix/ had here established a citadel, litcoiss reprinted,
in November of the same year. what had been already publi,hed at
London—A Diurnal of some Passages and Affairs, for the infor-
mation of the English soldiers. Mercurius Politicus was first re-
printed at Leith, on the 26th of October, 1653. The reprintitig of
it was transferred to Edinburgh in November, 1654 ; where it
continued to be published till the 1 tth of April, 1660; and was
then reprinted under the name of Mercurius Publicus. .
The Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S are at
Meurice's Hotel, in Paris. They dined the .other day
with the Prince as CONDE a few miles nut of Paris, and
it is said the outriders carried loaded pistols by the ex-
press desire of the Duchess. The party were at the
French Opera on Friday night.
Mr. TAYLOR. the Bank Director, died on Saturday,
in consequence of the injuries received by the fall from
bis horse.

Extracts of letters from the agents to Lloyd's—
" Constantinople, July 10. It appears by accounts
just received, that Ibraham Pache was entering into a
convention with the Allied Admirals for the evacuation
of the Morea."-44 Smyrna, July 4.—Commodore Sir,
Thomas Staines, in the Isis, arrived atVourla yesterday.
He brings intelligence of the probable evacuation of the
• Morea by Ibrahim Pacha."
Chounala, or Schumla, has a deep fosse, with thick
walls of mud and brick, extending three miles in one
direction and one in the other, and banked with towers.
Prince Romanaow advanced to Choumla in 1774, but
was defeated there with great slaughter. General Ka-
minsky penetrated to it, and endeavoured to take it by
assault, but was obliged to retire with great loss. The
last war, from 1805 to 1812, the Russians approached
it from Rasgrad, the six years bloody conflict having
taken place on that line of approach, and about Ruds-
chuck, and more to the west, by o.trova and Widdin.
The present approach along the shores of the Danube
is a new feature in the war. In the war of 1805, the
slaughter of the Russians in Choumla was so immense.
that the Pacha, in his dispatch, declared that he had
Russian heads sufficient to form a bridge from Chonada
to heaven.

THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
If we may believe theCrorkston Mercury, the Anni-
versary of the American Independence was celebrated
in that city on the 4ih ult. with "mote than ordinar)
demonstrations of patriotic feeling." The different
Associations met, and fro among the volunteer toast•
drunk on the occasion we estract the following :

IT TIM 76 Assoctarion.
" The Federal Constitution—lts form has been revered—its sub-
stance destroyed."
" The Tariff—Come it from the East or from the West—from
the Banks of the Potomac, or the summits of the Alleghany—we
denounce it on principle, and will resist it to the death."

SY THE maxim' SOCIETY.
"Southern Rights and Northern Avarice—When the Consti-
tution is degraded to destroy one and support the other, Resistance
is a virtue."

"South Carolina—She knows her rights, she has willing hearts
and ready hands to defend them."

BY THE SZVOLUTION SOCITIT.
"The Union of the States—To be preserved only by mutual con.
cessioo—not by unequal taxation."
" The Tariff of 1828— A n Act of Oppression, passed not for the
general welfare, but to exact tribute from the minority."

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