Star.
London, England, 1829-09-14 00:00:00

Servitium junk populo ail tale verged.

The principle of the Noble Duke's appointment was a
departure from the spirit and usages of the Constitution,
which ought to have been universally resisted—as well
without, as within the walls of Parliament : for it was
easy to anticipate, that—that which has happened
could not fail to happen—we mean the
filling up of the great offices and civil posts
in the State, with military minions. We mean,
also, various collateral encroachments, towards the con-
solidation of a power which is alien from our English
laws and precedents : especially the disbanding of the
militia—instead of reducing the army—and the in-
troduction of a soldier police.

in the other counts of this indictment, the principle
of our contemporary's invective against the Noble Duke
is not so pure, and he degenerates into party ravings,
which mark him as a creature of the Duke of Cu MBER-
LAN D. But his " Respice—Aspice—Prospiee"—ad-
dressed to that Prince—is at least as innocent as it is
ridiculous, and in no part of the alleged libels
does he expose to public notoriety the personal follies and
private vices of the Premier. As to his assault upon the
military glories of the Duke, it is like the manning of
a rush against a wall of adamant ; for they are high lifted
above such contemptible annoyance. We cannot, how-
ever, conclude these observations, without deprecating in
strong terms the facile predisposition in the GRAND
Ju ay to find Bills, which a moment's calm reflection
ought to have shown them it was imperative to
ignore. For it is one of the last proofs of a degraded
press, and of a people reduced to vassalage, when Jurors
can be found ready to send up bills on a charge of con-
structive libel, and to range themselves—by such forced
and curious inferences—on the side of vindictive power.

The Algemeine Zeitung of the 7th instant, received
this day, has a powerful article on the conquest of the
East of Europe by the Russians. " The Russians,"
says the writer, " are in possession of Erzeroum and
Adrianople ; and no Turkish army is to be discovered
capable of disputing the advance of the conquerors.
Thus, the incurable weakness of the Ottoman Empire is
placed beyond a doubt."
This article then proceeds to set forth that—

The helpless condition of Turkey has been long no secret ; the
unanimous testimony of all travellers had announced, for years,
the inevitable fall of the Sublime Porte. In addition to this, the
long struggle with the weak and disunited Greeks proved India.
putabiy the impotency of their tyrants. But rsilticlans would
not acknowledge what was manifest, because they found it 'neon.
venient to accommodate themselves to the new state of things,
and to create a new order when the old bad perished. They ac-
cordingly preferred deceiving themselves by vain hopes. It was
hoped to make the Greeks incapable of longer resisting the Turks,
by keeping up their internal disunite. Sultan Mahn:Dud, who
preyed on his own vitals,—and, with dreadful barbatity,masmered
Christians and Janissaries, was represented as a gnat refeenner ;
whose government, as Sir R. Gomm says, " was charaineeined
in so distinguished a manner by the otesquest of dilleskieened ides
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pin and threatening his capital; the oesafreswe of dificiddes, the wise
Governor, knows not bow to advise ise help himself; and the help
of his friends proves to be 12611111lieln. In vain have they endea-
voured to detain the enemy by accounts of his defeats; in vain have
they annihilated him by plague and famine; it vain resented
his numbers as inconsiderable, his skill as small, and the Balkan as
as inseparable barrier. This enemy subdued by famine and peed-
tenet, and frightened at mountain passes,--this little band of ad-
venturers is now within a few marches of Constantinople • and finds
no army that needs to be conquered. This is the naked truth of
the serious fact which has suddenly put an end to delusions. Some
friends of the Turks still comfort themselves with the deliverance
which is suddenly to come with the speed of the telegraph from Eng-
land—" Me oldfrierod." But the organs of public opinion in England,
already acknowledge that it would be foolish to hope that the
Christian Powers will unite to restore a fallen Musaulman empire ;
and the Duke of Wellington finds that the old friend in Constan-
tinople has drawn the misfortune on himself by his own obstinacy.
The boasts of the Times, which would annihilate the Russian navy,
with some ships in the Baltic and the Reline, have met with the
fate of other boasts, and the world sees that too much im.
portance was attached to them. It is not forgotten that
on the twentieth of February, 1807, the English fleet under
Admirals Duckworth, Louis, and Sidney Smith, indeed, passed
happily through the Dardanelles ; but was obliged to return a few
days after with considerable loss, and without accomplishing its
object, and without having met any enemies but Turks, and the
bold eloquence of the French Ambassador, General Sebastiani.
We remember also the total failure of the attempt of the British
fleet, in 1810, to destroy the establishments at Cronstadt, on which
occasion several of its ships suffered severely. Only such expedi-
tions as those to Copenhagen, Washington. Parga, and Terceira,
seem to be the classic field of English policy and warfare. The
Russians might therefore have good reason to be easy in ease of
threats. Happily these are not to be expected. England will
not go to war against the fate, against the sound sense of pub-
lie opinion, and against the sacredness of Treaties—to attack
an ally whose rights it has solemnly acknowledged. If such
an attack on public morals, and the law of nations, might have
been possible a few months ago, the state of things is now mate-
rially changed. Europe will ;bus be indebted to the decisive,
perhaps unexpected, progress of the Russian armies for the pre-
servation of peace. It has become necessary to learn to agree
with Russia ; a war against that Power would be In every respect
out of season.—Algesseine Sedum. Sept. 7.

A Brazil mail has arrired this morning, bringing files
of the Diario Fluminense to the 11 th July. These Pa-
pers do not contain much of particular interest; unless
we remark that Don PEDRo'S choice of his kingdom
seems to be a good one, inasmuch as the Brazils form an
empire infinitely richer and more powerful, both in point
of extent and population, than the wretched spot now
usurped by his brother. The following are extracts :