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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aly 16, 1828.
THE PRI -,(11' 41, OFFICERS of his MA-
JESTY S ORD.VANCE, do hereby give Notice,

This day was published,
With Two Plates, price ss. 6d. No. 11. of
THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL of AGRICUL•
TURN; • and the PRIZE ESSAYS and TRANSAC-
TIONS of the HIGHLAND SOCIETY of SCOTLAND.
Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; Thomas Cadell,
London; and William Curry, jun. and Co. Dublin.

not reckoned at more than 7,000 or 8,000 men. The
rest will join them afterwards. A reserve of 6,000 men
is, it is said, to be formed at Toulon, to reinforce, in
case of emergency, the expedition.

That they .ire tsddy to dispose of, to suck Persons as may be
willing to Tender for the same, a quantity of CAST and
ROUG lIT IRON STF,E 1., and other Metals, in Store at the
Sweet or London, and in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, con-
siding or. cant Iron, round Shot and Shells, wrought Iron, double
lie.oled shut, Musket Locks scut Musket Barrels, Rammer', Bay-
onet., and Swords; Ohl Brans Furniture, from Small Arms btokeo
up, and other Articles, the whole of which have been divided into
Lot., kind in.ty he viewed upon application to the principal Store-
keeper at the Tower. or to the Ordnance Storekeeper at the Royal i
Arsagai, 013 ,ny day previous to the day fixed for the delivery of
the Tendeis.% A Catalogue of the several Lots may be ohtained
by Person. Willing to become Purchasers, on application at the
Secretary's Office, in Pall-Mall, where the Tenders for the whole,
or any number of the said Lots, are to be delivered on or befote
Sutuawyr, the 1•;th of August next.
By Order of the Board,

raost THE JOURNAL DES DEBATE.
In marching from the Danube to Constantinople, the
Russian army drives before it all the Turkish popula-
tion. Tile Bulgarian Christians alone remain in the
towns and villagrs. The Mahometan population of ;
Tutkey in Europe is strongly established only in Bosnia,
Albania, and part of Macedonia. In marching on Con-
stantinople,theß.issian army leaves on its right flank this
menacing population. It will be obliged to place a
numerous corps of observation as a check upon it, and
this necessity clearly explains the value which Russia
attaches to our expedition into Greece. which will act as
a useful disersion, and facilitate its offensive operation,.
The Turks will defend with courage Constantinople,
protected as it is by its harbour and the sea on two sides,
and by strong fortifications on the side which forms the
base of its trikngle; but Ptra is without defence, and on
Pera depends the safety of the harbour, and the main-
tenance of a position which commands a part of Con-
stantinople. Will the Turks hare time and foresight
enough to construct lines proper for the defence of
Pera? It is more than permitted us to doubt on the
subject. They will have scarcely any other ram Arts
on that point than the Turkish inhabitants of Bulgaria
and Thrace, who, collected on the Bosphorus, ,will ren-
der victory bloody, it not doubtful. Toe Russians will
make themselves masters of the right bank of the Dar-
dandles, and of the Bosphorus, up to Pera ; they will
thus secure the union of their squadrons of the Black
Sea and of the Archipelago, in the Propontis, before
Constantinople. They must. however, expect an obsti-
nate struggle at the fortresses of the Bosphorus, which,
although weak on the land side, still offer some means
f resivance.

R. BY SIAM, Secretary.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, July IS, 1828.
THE PRINCIPAL OF of his MA-
JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hate, gime Notice,

That they will SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION,
At the Three,

'Ott Dfoan.►r, the 11th, and TUIUDAY, the 12th days of August
next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon precisely,

Sundry Lots of Old Stores, comprising a quantity of Acesa.
tremors. Pike Staves. Sand Bags, Iron Bedsteads, Mortar Mill,
L`lnthinz. Tools, Old Serge, Harness, Legging, Powder Horn.,
Stave..., Tent,. Bedding, Hammocks, Sacking, Fustian, Harrow
Teeth, Camp Kettles, Candles, Worsted Fringe. I3ags end Sacks,
Scatiog Ladders, Glass Carboys, Paper, Barrack Utensils, Tar-
paulins, abd a variety of other Articles, the whole of which may
be vi. wed at the Tower, at Woolwich, and at the Military „Depot,
in Tooley-street, as expressed in the Cat %losses, during the Week
pervious to tie Sale, upon application to the Storekeepers at those
Places, where Catalogues of the I,us, and Conditions of the Sale
will be delivered to those Persons who may apply for the same.
By Order of the Board,
R. BIN AM, Secretary.

The army of General Paskewitsch will have still more
sat loos diificulties-tto surmount. On quitting Armenia,
it will meet with nothing but feiociaus Mussulmins,
under the excitation of religious enthusiasm, who, at
each step of its progress, will harass its rear and left
flank, will menace its line of operations, and will ren-
der its subsistance uncertain and difficult.

It die Argue and sickness should' aggravate the env-
harassment:belonging to the. position of the two ar-
mies—if any of those fortuitous events, those unhappy
chances so frequent in war, should surprise them, they
will find in summer, in the Mahometan States, what
i we met in.winter at Krasnoi, at Beresina. at Wilna, and

at Kowno-..destruction and death. Summer has its
scourge as well as winter, Surely the French army
.was not inferior either in courage or in numbers, or
glorious recollections, to the army of the Emperor Ni.
claolas, and motel:nee it.vfcas costuaanded by Napoleon.
Nu Ifnetny ought to be despised, so narrow, is. the idiss
tante between victory and defeat. Who knows whethet
Ethope may not wake again at the soiand.Of a new
'tatastrophe, that may dissipate its alarms?
But if every thing• should smile upon thesprojects o
the young Emperor, who is advaminviiihis bolds
,141 the road. usarited out by the geniis; a l CaShorine, w
must net conceal from ourselves the truth—the int
de sentience of Europe is more than compromised.
distress of Asia Minor and of European Turkey, au'.
sia would become the mistress of our destinies.
The policy of France is of an ezal ed:nature. Greece,
emancipated and independent, deprives Russia of all
pretext of continuing is. operations. If generous ideas
have caused the Emperor Nicholas to take up arms—.
if the emancipation of the professors of the same relit
)(ion as himself be the noble aim of his exertions, he will
unite with us in the forniution of an independent State.
whiCh, comprehending all European Turkey, will put
an end to the scandal occasioned by .partition.—those
perpetual occasions of rekindling wars, and will secure
to his commerce the free passage of the Bosphorus and
vie Dardanelles, of whica the possession and the de.
fence would be intrusted to a friendly people, which
would long have occasion for his support and protection.
France seeks no advantages, no compensations, either
in the possession of the Peloponnesus, or in the posses.
sion of-Egypt. She wants no portion of either. If the
balance of relative power be broken, sire can only find
around her, in frontiers more clearly traced, means of
defending and preserving her independence. We are
convinced that no ambitions,views distract the Cabinet
cf the Tuileries—that noble and. exalted sentiments, in
sympathy with the resurrection and independence of
Greece, have alone detern);ned it to take part in the
political and military events which must spring out of
the war in the East.
Austria is alarmed, and conceals her intentions ii her
usual ambiguity and obscurity.
England watches and waits.
Lumen Funsa.—Five per Cents. 105 f. 75c.—Three per Cents.
721.5c.—8ank Actions, I,BBsl.—Neapolitan, 76E—Spanish (1823)
71E. ic.—Exchange on Landon, one month, 251. 25c.—Three
. , mouths, 25f. 15c.

GERMAN AND DUTCH PAPERS.

ODESSA, J,ix 3.

In consequence or an in;itation which they had re-
ceived, the principal inhabitants of the town waited
upon the Governor-General, when the following re-
script of his Majesty the Emperor, dated from the head-
quarters of KIfASSa, 24th June, was read to them :
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" Count Michael Semenowitsch—The well-known
readiness of the inhabitants of Odessa to assist in pro-
moting the welfare of the State, gives me the certainty
that ou occasion of the present war, they will give new
'proofs of these sentiments, by taking care of the sick
and wounded who are sent from the army to Odessa,
and for whom it will be necessary to erect an hospital
in that city. With this view, I commission you to de-
clare to the citizens of Odessa, that in confiding to them
the care of the brave soldiess who risked their lives for
the good of the country, and at the same time for the
town itself, which can flourish only under the protection
of a durable peace, I feel convinced that by speedily
erecting the necessary hospital, and by their care of the
defenders of their country, they will fulfil the duties of
faithful citizens, and justify my expectations.
4, You will not omit at the same time to call together
the principal inhabitants of Odessa, and after explaining
my intentions to adopt such measures as you shall con-
ceive, in concert with their's, to erect an hospital, and
especially to choose a suitable and convenient situation
for it. (Signed) NICHOLAS."
Impressed with gratitude for this flattering proof of
his lerlajesty's congdence, the Assembly requested the
Governor General to signify to their august Sovereign,
that they would fulfil with the most sincere zeal the will
of his Ntajety• and that every good citizen would do

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his utmost for the brave warriors who have so many
claims to universal gratitude.
At the same time a subscription was-opened to raise
the sum required for the foundation of the Hospital.—
The management of the money and the preparation far
receiving the sick were left to a Special Committee,
which met on the 18th, and, we hear, that it has alreah
considerable sums at its disposal.—Prussian State Ga-
zette to 27th Jug.
The Prussian State Gazette contains no farther intel-
ligence of the operations in Turkey. •
ST. PETERSBURGH, JILT 14.
This morning Te Dews was performed with the
usual solemnity in the parish church of St. Nicholas, on
account of the taking of Brailow, Anapa, and Tultcha,
after which the standards taken froth the enemy, and
the keys of the fortresses were carried through the streets
of the capital.
A Supplement to the Petersburgh,Journal contains
the bulletin of the 2d of July, giving an account of the
taking of Anapa and Tultcha. .The Emperor hid been
pleased to order that Oman Oglou, 'Rictus of Anapa,
and all the married Turks of the garrisonoithall be sent
to Natolia ; the others remain prisoners 'a war.—St.
Petersburgh Journal, July' 15.
ROTTERDAI4, Jinx 28.
A numerous promotion has just taken place in the
army, especially in the ranks of CaptAin and first and
second Lieutenants. The promotion in the la•t class.of
these officers, as far as the corps of infantry and cavalry
are concerned, has now for the first time been made,
after a special examination.

The Magistrates of Antwerp have resolved to wet,
at the end of the Great Dock, an extensive range of
buildings, intended for a general commercial entrepot.
FRANKFORT, Jinx 15.
The Russian garrison of Bucharest is encamped out
of the town on account of the plague.
Lord Heytesbury, alter passing, some time at Vienna,
has left that capital for the Russian-head quarters.
AUGSBURG, Jut.v 24.
Accounts, of the begsnutng itois.mouth, have been
received by way of Hermanstadt. which stare that tbe
siege of Sillisttia is prosecuted with the greatest activity
by she Russian corps wilich has invested it. The Turks
defendthemselves bravely, but the progress which tbe
Russi2ns daily make gives revson to expect that this
iniportantiortress cannot hold out long.—Dalch Pa.
per:, July SO.

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MURDER OF CAPTAIN COX. •
ROSCOSIIIIIN ASSIZES, Jew 2s.
In the month of March last -the English papers
glowed with jultly indignant. repreimsions of the
cold-blooded murder of Captain C•ix, an English
Gentleman, who had the superintendence of the iron
works that ere carrying on in d part of this ebdnty..
The savage act could not be exaggerated in descrill-
; nor could any degree of ..reprobation be tdo
strong for the occasion. There was, however, one
feature in the picture exhibited by the London jour-
nals flr which, it .now tqrns pm, that Aber* was not
the slightait foundat/hts. Those Journals. on the autho-
rity of the most corrupt press Under the sun, "suggested,
and in many instances broadly asserted, that, the origin
of this murder was connected with a national and a
Aaolitical cause. It was 'said that the unhappy Gentle-
Arm was murdered because he was an English Protes-
tant, andthecanse he was hostile to the collection of the
Patholicaeut.lfsuch causes were in imistence,they would
with eagerness and alacrity have been made apparent st
the trial ; but the contrary has been estehlishel The truth
turns out to be, that a gang of miscreants had formed
themselves into a body for the purpose of plundering
the house of Capt. Cox; and the time they "fiftad on for
the purpose was the night of the day when the Captain
returned from the town of Sligo, carrying with him, as
it was erroneously, but with great probability, supposed,
a large sum of money. The party consisted of 16 or 17
.persons, most of whom are now in custody. Satisfae.
tory evidence could only be procured against three
of these men ; and these three, two of the nahse Of
Grogan, and the third named Burchell, are capital
indicted, and tried this day, at Roicommon. It appeared
from the evidence, that the gang had concerted this
attack, and had made themselves acquainted with some
domestic arrangements of Captain Cos's family on the
day in question. The house which they had to pene-
ts ate lay at some distance down a yard, the entrance to
which was by a strong gate. A lodge stood inside, oc-
cupied by a man and his wife, the former acting as
porter and guard of the premises. The plunderers, being
well aware of the difficulty of forcing an entrance by the
gate, resolved to gain ingress by means of stratagem.
They had discovered that Captain Cox's sister had that
morning ordered some articles of household consump-
tion at the usual place in the adjoining town. These
articles were not sent home before the time when the
party arrived, so that when one of them, who bad
been sent forward for the purpose, knocked at the
gate, and was asked his business, he replied that be
came w,th the " flour and things.* The gate was
opened, and in rushed the whole body. They pi-
nioned the porter and his wife, so that they could
not stir ; and they then locked the door, so as that
they might not be heard if they made any noise.—
One of the party then took up the porter's gun, whioh
he found, upon examining it, to be well loaded; *pi
he, accompanied by the rest, proceeded to Capt. Cos's
house. The unusual sounds hid already drawn that
Gentleman to a window fronting the yard. He was
instantly recognised by the party below, the piece vias
levelled at him, and in' a few seconds he was a dead
man. Two of the men then entered the house, and
fearing delay, they contented themselves with carrying
off two trunks that lay in the chamber of the deceased.
Theprincipal witnesses on the trial were Miss;Cox,
the porter and his wife, and an approver. The latter de-
clared that he wes pressed into the gang against fiis
will on the evening of the murder; he clearly identified
the men at the bar, and there could be no moral doubt
whatever of their guilt ; but unfortunately the ends of
justice have been tor a time delayed, in consequence of
a slight variance in the evidence, which had the effect of
raising a doubt in the mindsof the Jury. The porter's a ire,
in identifying one ()idle prisoners,stated that she saw him
through the door of the lodge,he being outside and she
inside; that she observed his person and clothes, and
could not be mistaken, although no candle was lighted:
The approver, however, stated that he was in company
with the prisoner during the whole time that they were
inside the gate; that they remained invariably at one
side of the house, which could not be seen by any person
from within it; and, that the prisoner did not attempt
to leave that spot, to approach the door, for an lost nt.