Star.
London, England, 1829-09-30 00:00:00

" The Wag wishes for the happiness of his people. His Go.
cerement oely propose to see that the Charter is duly observed,
and that the laws are executed. Your fidelity and your zeal will
watch over any plots.
" Receive, M. le Procuteur-General, the assurance of my dis-
tinguished consideration.
(Signed) " COURVOISIER."
The inexhaustible eloquence of the late Deputy is no longer to
be found in this document, which is only distinguished for Its
energetic laconicism. Courvoisier, too, by adopting brevity,
has not become obscure; nothing is more significant—nothiallng
is more clear—it is espionage without a sentence. What !
the Mayors, the paternal administrators of their commune%
charged to make opinions a matter of police, to dive into
the sentiments of their fellow-citizen% and to furnish
bulletins of them to the Procureurs Generaux, with whom they
have continual connexion! Thus, Justices of Peace, whose mis-
sion ought to be characterised by union, confidence, and, if we may
um the expression, with friendship, are placed as centinels to sur-
prise the secrets of those whom they are appointed to judge. 13e-
bold an office of conciliation transformed into an inquisitorial
surveillance !
What functions requite a more rigorous impartiality than those
of King's Procoreur—a more absolute absence of party passion
Organs of the law. they ought, like the law, to be without anituo-
airy, and without prejudice.
There is in this adulterous mixture of the duties of Magistrate
and the duties of Inquisitor—in this disorder, which raises, from
the recesses of conscience, prejudices which one is not always
strong enough to overcome—something immoral and monstrous,
which overturns every idea of probity and honour, and which tar-
nishes the gown which should ever remain pure.
We are not, however, astonished that M. Courvoisier should
make that multitude of auxiliaries take the character of ob-
servers; for it is very certain that the whole nation is unanimous
against the Ministry, and that the great majority even of those
who are condemned to follow the noble trade of a spy them.
selves, most ardently desire the Charter in their secret thought'
When a man feels that he is detested by all the world, every
od is an object of suspicion to him. The anziety
b Francey commenced with bis accessios, and that of his sinister
friends, to the Ministry; and, therefore, it is himself, and not
France, that be must blame. We have one more remark to
make--that this benign circular is from the moderate man of the
Ministry—the man of the centre left. Let people judge by al. de
Courvoisier of the wisdom of his colleagues, and then let it be
asked if Frame has reason to alarm herself. When M. de Bei-
leyme was appointed to execute the office which his politics did not
allow bins to keep, he endeavoured to substitute the regular forms
of justice for the capricious forms of Police. M. de Courvoisier,
on the contrary, disgraces the sacred character of the Magistracy
by submitting it to the inquisitorial practices of the Police.
months ago, is singleand reminds u contrast brings
how wretched wons to our recollectiare now. what ewere two
e
AFFAIRS OF THE EAST.
Were we wrong in blaming the flippancy and reserve of the
official communications of the Ministry? is it thus that the conm-
munications should be established between the government ad a
great people, relative to those questions upon which the most en-
lightened men now meditate, and whose solution concerns every
understanding, as it affects every positive interest? The Manlies►
only broke silence upon the affairs of the East to augment the
e com-
plication of uncertainties with which the tichsessenseet isenve-
loped. Reduced to the German press and private correspondence
as the only means of information, the public have still understood
the question better than from the Ministerial lines extracted from
the dispatches from Constantinople. Our Ministers do not even
know how to avail themselves of the telegraph.
Peace is concluded at the moment we write, or else it is more
than probable; the Sultan cedes; the Emperor Nicholas exceeds
the limits of moderation, &c. And then, all of a sudden, a silence
ensues, as if there were tie longer a capital to preserve, prelimi-
naries to hasten, or treaties to sign.
Let us make up for this silence. A courier arrived yesterday
from head-quarters; but, far from finding in his dispatches the
confirmation of the Ministerial hopes, nothing is spoken of but
the renewal of hostilities. According to these dispatches, Ge-
neral Diebitsch found in his first conference with the Turkish
Commissioners the political bad faith common to all negociatioes
of the Porte • be discovered in their first overtures only an effort
to gain time, an enemy now consisting of only 50,000 men,
and having betore it a capital with a population eight times its
number. In this state of things be probably thought it prudent
to continue at once his movement upon the Dardanelles and Cobe
n-
stantinople. even though he should compromise the repose of t
harem. and the inviolability of the Turkish orijlmonie. •
After all, may not peace be as well concluded at the Seraglio as
at the Russian bouac s this last way of signing it worthy of
the dignity of a conquerors? Spite of Lord Wellington and. M.
Metternich, aid probably %1. de Polignac, it might happen that a
bulletin could reach us from Gen. Diebitsch, dated at Constanti-
nople. Have all the difficulties of a negociation and a definitive
peace between Russia and the Porte been the work of a few hours,
and the result of a single conference ? Is nut this peace surrounded
with obstacles, and is the mind lost in conjecture to fix a solid basis
to any transaction between the two empires?
Must we weigh in the ordinary balance of reason and probe-
bility the determination of such a sovereign as Mehmoud, and the
destinies of an empire like Turkey ? No person can say to what
point the obstinacy of the Sultan may be carried, or where
the m
deo-
deration of Nicholas may be limited. On these, however, .
ponds the question of peace, connected with the inherent obstacles
in tbc nature of the relations of the two countries and their geo-
graphical situation. Of all the bases to be given to a Treaty be-
tween Russia and the Ports, it is known that the navigation of the
Black Sea is the most difficult condition for stipulating justly at the
same time for the freedom of Russian commerce, and the security
of the Ottoman empire.
From the day when Russian cannons pass freely under the win-
dows of the Seraglio, the Sultan will no longer have a foot of terri-
tory in Europe. He would, in fact. submit to that which would
not be tolerated even by a mediatised Prince of the Germanic
Confederation.—Jostrnal des Detests of Sunday.
(The Journal des Debats proceeds to argue upon the difficulties
which will necessarily present themselves in the way of peace, and
concludes by repeating its doubts of the correctness of the pacific
intelligence which has appeared in the Government Papers.]
The ConstitvVonnel last received has the following
piece of news :—" We have on our frontiers an army
which threatens to cross them. These are the troops of
General Roo.rit tra N (the General of the Order of Je-
suits at Rome), who, with the Ordonnauce of the Bth of
August in his hands, in the guise of a manifesto, de-
mands back his province of Montrug, of Dole, of Saint
Achent, Montmorillon, and other places. It is said that
the Ministry is in negotiation with this terrible militia,
who talk as high as the Russians before Constantinople.
Plenipotentiaries have been sent to request a suspension
of their march until the battle of the budget shall be
gained. But it is supposed that they are as intractable
as General Diebitsch, sod that they demand some place
by way of security."
The following extract of a letter in a contemporary,
• .
from a Gentleman at Constantinople, is confirmatory of
the previous accounts of the distracted state of the Turkish
Empire : " My ill luck pursued me as to contrary winds,
and I was six days and nights coming front the Darda-
nelles in an open boat, touching at almost every town on
the way, by which means I had an excellent oppor-
tunity of seeing the real state of the war. Throughout
the whole distance of about 160 miles, the roads, the
paths, and the boats, were covered with Turks, chiefly
Asiatics, flying front the seat of war, and selling their
arms, horses. ; the peasants also were flying with
their effects into Asia, wherever they could find the
means, and we were often obliged to start speedily front
watering or landing places to prevent our boat being
taken forcible possession of, which, thanks to a double-
barrel gun and pistol, remained in my service. I was
surprised to see such a general defection amongst the
Turks, at a moment, too, when the sacred standard is
hoisted ; but the war is most unpopular to the Turks in
general, on account of the destruction of the Janissaries,
and the attempt at European discipline ; besides which
the Greek population leans to Russia, nor is the Sultan any
great favourite, on account of the late heavy taxes ; and
the Russians, who know the real state of things (from
the Greeks), have increased the discontent by not making
prisoners latterly, telling the Turks they were at war with
the Sultan, and not with the people, and to retire to their
homes ; which injunction they were obeying faithfully as
I came along, for I was not only amongst them, but bad
frequent conversations with the retiring combatants, who
were too numerous to feel ashamed ; nor were they badly
received in the towns on the European side when em-
barking, because the people of these places bad already
played the same trick."

speakable of its degenerated taste, if it had witnessed
uninterfering the dispersion of an establishment endeared
to the country by so many classical and improving recol-
lections. The Temple of Su A KSPEA RE, unatricken by
time, yet withering—amidst intellectual millions—under
the blight of national neglect, would have been a prodigy
and a reproach inconceivable—

Dedecas, approbriumque mil !
It has been averted, however, even if the subscriptions
were to proceed no farther : but we confess, we were
never among those, who contemplated the possibility of
such a catastrophe. We thought too highly of the moral
pride of the country, not to speak of its better feelings and

propensities.
In addition to the already handsome list of noble and
public-spirited benefactions, at the head of which stands
the name of the Duke of BEDFORD for £2oo—a gift
equally politic and munificent—we understand that on
Friday next the English version of the Marriage of Fi-
garo is to be performed at the King's Theatre, for the
benefit of the embarrassed House. Such a well-timed
liberality no doubt will considerably increase the fund, and
does equal honour to the head and heart of the lessee, M.
LA PORTE. The popularity of the piece here will be
swallowed up in the popularity of the occasion : added to
which, the united appearance of Madame MALIBRAN
GARCIA and Miss PATON—who have never yet been
seen on the stage together, but who are to blend on that
evening their generosities and their fascinations—will
complete the attractions of the bill.
Covent Garden Theatre will throw open its doors to
the public in the middle of the ensuing week, and its first
representation is to be the play of Romeo and Juliet. Ex-
cited, or alarmed—or both—by the critical situation of that
establishment, it is now ascertained beyond a doubt
that the public will owe to the very " clouds that
lowered upon the House," a new Juliet in the per-
son of Miss K EUBLE. There is a magic in that
name, overpowering equally to the thought and me-
mory, which brings us back to the first days of its
maiden glory, when entranced audiences held their
breath with emotion at the triumph of the heart-com-
manding SIDDONS. It is a name identified with the
very soul of drama—even far more from its association
with the daughters than with the sons of that gifted
family—and it is delightful to see it inherited by such
congenial talent. The superior mind of this young lady
has not, however, been contented to study personation
merely, but has soared already in the highest field of
the drama. A tragedy, which by the best judges has
been pronounced an emanation from the first order of
genius, is known extensively to be from the pen
of Miss KEMBLE. We have heard of this play,
that the bar to its representation is almost as honourable
as its production : namely, that the subordinate charac-
ters are so highly cast, that no corps dramatigue is ade-
quateto do justice to them. It is understood that for a
long time the parental anxieties, and positive interven-
tion of Mr. KEMBLE between his aspiring daughter and
the fame she seeks, have alone restrained a mind con-
scious of " the divinity within it," and bent upon re-
viving the interrupted lustre of its lineage.

CITY. TwsEms o'CLocc.

The Consol market appears heavy in the absence of official in-
formation from the theatre of war. The report which prevailed
yeiterday afternoon, of the Russians having entered Constan-
tinople, is not confirmed—nor is it expected it will, unless by
the desire of the Sumtn, to save his capital from being fired and
plundered by bis enemies.
Consols which left off yesterday at 1191 for the Account, opened
at be same price. and soon after went down to 89*, and Il9* to *
for Money.
In the Foreign market nothing doing at present.
CITY. HALF-PAST ONE.
The Consol Market continues heavy, and Money is in demand
at S per cent. Consols, which were a short period since at 891 I
are at present 891, sellers for the Account ;‘, and 89/ to 1 for

Mosey.
•This Is Settling Day in the Foreign Market. At present the
Account is going off well. Brazil Stock is not quite so good u
yesterday. In other Foreign Securities scarce anything doing.

There is no Express front Paris this day, to the great
disappointment of many.
We are informed—and we believe it—that after the
preliminaries of the armistice between the Turks and
Russians had been agreed to, the Turks had no money
to ,advance: upon which General D EBITSCII refused
to eign the Treaty, and the Commissioners returned to
Constantinople, after having done—nothing !
The discipline in the Russian army is beyond descrip-
tion. A Russian soldier, at Adrianople, offended a
Turkish lady by pulling up her veil ; he was immediately
taken and shot.
The Packet ship York, from New York, of the 6th
Sal*. Kai arrived off Holyhead. The papers and letters
have not 3'et come to hand.
Canton Papers to the sth April have been received at
the North and South American Coffee-house.—Extrat
from the Canton Register of the 4th April :—" Our ad-
vices from Batavia, down to the end of January, give
an unfavourable picture of the state of public affairs in
that country. The war is described as being carried on in a
very lifeless manner, both on the part of Government, as
s
well as by the insurgents,—without any prospect of
being brought to a speedy termination. It was thought
that the movements of the few troops who keep the field,
was very ill directed, creating o thenl an useless exposure of
the European soldiers, by which hospitals were filled
with sick • and the ranks so quickly thinned, that it was
apprehended they would soon be left without sufficient
troops to act even on the defensive."
Reports were in circulation at Batavia that the Prince
Of SANE WEIMAR was coming out with five or six
thousand men : it was not generally thought likely to
take place. Trade was very dull,the merchants anxiously
waiting the coming in of the coffee crops.
A letter from Berlin, received by a Prussian Gentle-
man of high rank in London, says—" It is not true that
an armistice has been agreed to between the Turks and
Russians. The facts are these :—General Diebitsch in-
formed the Turkish Commissioners that he had no poowwer
to modify the conditions of peace. He allowed, h
ever, a certain number of days for consideration, Pro-
mising not to enter Constantinople until the time bad
transpired ; but he sent forward all his light nom*, to be
ready to enter if the conditions were not complied with-

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