The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-01 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN;

against the Greeks. It is also added, that a similar
refusal bad previously been given by the Puha of
Egypt.

In another of our columns we bare inserted another
extract of a letter from the Courier, which, like that
we quoted yesterday, is dated Paris, but, like that too,
suspected to have been written in London. This
last communication announces, not only that war is

declared between Russia and Turkev,—intelligence
for which we had been in some degree prepared—but
that it was declared by the party from whom we should
have least expected the decision,—by the Grand
Seignor,—who already had more enemies than be
could well encounter. This announcement, whether
fa!se or true, may be taken as an incontestible intima-
tion of the feeling of the parties by whom it is made.
—lt is another symptom of the disposition that
prevails in a certain quarter to represent the
Porte not in such a deplorAle or despirited a
I condition es bad been imagined ; and it affords
another proof of the jealousy entertained respect:
ing the Russian ♦'news towar!s the East. Not-
withstanding what is related in the Paris pal ers of the
Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople, who offered
a mediation of his ('otrt, subsequently changing
his tone, in consequence of the massacre of an Aus-
trian Captain and five seamen by the Turks and the
inference in a French Ministerial pert that this out-
rage would probably cause the Austrian Court to de-
, pa-t from its system of neutrality ; and notwithstand-
ing the accounts from Augsburg, that an Austrian
army was to cross the Turkish frontier at ode point,
in concert with the Russian army which should cress
it at another, it is to be observed that there Las hi-
therto appeared in the Austrian journals no change
of tone relative to the Turks. The prejudice against
the Greeks has been constantly expressed ; and no-
thing short of some recent arrangement between Aus-
tria and Russia as to the division of the territory
they were to invade, is likely to produce an alter-
ation in the bias which the Court of Vienna
has manifested, and which it is her policy to preserve.
It is under this impression, we have no doub , that
Lord WaLPOLS was sent to negociate with the Austrian
Cabinet on some plan that should appease the present
troubles without the interference of the peace-maker,
Alexander. In these views the Court of France is also
understood to concur but whatever plan may be sug-
gested, we trust that none will be pr,posed but vt hat
has the emancipation of the Greeks for its basis. At
present nothing harsh or hostile on the part of Eng-
land appears to be meditated ; on the contrary, it is
understood that tit .—establishments of the navy as
well of the army are about to be considerably reduced.

It is no doubt, in the recollection of most of our
evaders, that on the occasion of the King's to the
Theatres, much Was sail en all sides reepecting patine
audiences. (to the one hand it was as strenaouslw
maintained that persons were sei.t int,' the pit, previ-
ous to the opening of the doors, in order to applaud
his Niajesty, as on the other it was denied that any
trickery of this nature was employe.!. Persons formed
their opinion at the time according to what they heard,
and as they possessed the facility of obtaining informa-
tion. The whole circumstances, however, gradually
sack into oblivion, until the attention of the public
was recalled to them by an article whit!) appeared i•
The Time' a few days ago. This article eentain-
ed charges against Mr. Bodkin, a conspicuous *em-
ber of several charitable i•utit•tions in the metro-
polis. The nature of those charges will be best seen
on a perusal of the article in question. On a subject so
interesting to any one as this must be, we did not
think it right to remain altogether silent ; bat we
were unwilling to give an Exparte statement, especi-
ally as what was advanced appeared highly prejudi-
cial to the individual arraigned, and as is all
probability a counter statement would shortly appear.
We were not mistaken. A contradiction has been
published, and we now present out readers with the
affirmation and the denial, as well as the reply to the
latter, and lea►e it to their descriniination a kedge
between the parties. Though the articles are long,
we are convinced that they will meet with attention,
on account of their importance. The Times
speaks with warmth and with confidence. For
our own parts we cannot avoid expressing ear sur-
prise at Mr. Bodkin having become at all implicated
in the imputation. We have ourselves had *cc*.
sioaal intercourse with this Gentleman. and have
always deemed him a nom •f honourable miss, and.
as we thought. incapable of acting so unwoetly a part.
Indeed he seldom evinced political feeling; and in the
discharge of his public duties we have found him more
exempt from any bias of that kind than seen in his
&natio' usually are. For this reason we certainly
MI aria disposed to put an estretnely favourable coo-
struetiost ea his statement, though otherwise we should
have looked upon the charges as bearing an equivocal
appearance. The denial with which they bare been
met is peremptory and high toned, and in a isoosi-
derable degree satisfactory. Bat if the charges be
undeserved it is but fair to suppose that The Times
has been misled by its seal for truth. and
the public cause, for we can hardly imagine the
conductor of that journal to have been prejudiced by
any real or imaginary difference, which, i• a political
point of view, may have occurred between himself and
the Members of the Meudicity Society.

Very alarming intelligence has bees received at Ma-
drid by the arrival at Cadiz of lialtod States' mauls,
conceraiog the pommies, of the Nattier& ostffirra
Final. The letters state the segtoes bad tereW at
IA Osayra and at Geadahrtivil ; that they had pro-
claimed the indepesdesce of sieves; that a bOble
massacre. similar to that is fit. Doesiage. badeaime
plea; sad Sadly, that the Saropeass. established is
those two moss. bad saved theseesless at Poem
Wariag their property babied theme Sal wag el
their hobbies

Jri.r 23.—1 t appears decided that war is
declared between Russia and Turkey ; but what seems
very singular is, that the rupture has originated with
the Grand Seignior. Russia is at present under no
alarm with respect to Persia, haying fifty-four thou-
sand men along that part of Ler frontiers whicl: border
upon that kingdom. It may be remembered, that it
was while the French occupied Moscow, that the last
treaty of peace was signed between Russia and Persia.
—(Cor rier.)
Angostura papers to the 31st of May have brolosht
the official accounts of the captor- of the city of Ca-
raccas by the Insurgents on the 14th of that month.
They are dated tstianape, May 17. and addressed to the
Nice-President. Two thousand men are said to bars
joined the victors. Letters have also been received
from Trinidad to the 14th of Jane, which make no
mention of the reported retaking of Caraccas bv the
Royalists. These letters state that the city of Coro
surrendered to the Insurgents on the !sib of May.
The Prussian Government had thought it expe-
dient to attribute the plot lately entered into by Mr.
Von Headman to establish the Spanish Constitution
in Prussia, to mental alienation. By so doing the ne-
cessity (4 a public trial is avoided, and nothir.; tran-
spires of the real extent of the conspiracy.
Extract of a letter, dal Malta, Jnne 14:'—" De-
spatches have arrived directing all the troops to be
sent up which can be spared from this garrison.
These, however, amount to but few, namely, the four
companies cf the 36th regiment, which were left be-
hind ; and they embark to day for Cefalonia, on hoard
the Cambrian frigate. Two regiments more are daily
expected from England ; but the übjtct is not
All that we know is, that barracks for
troops are fitting elp here."
1 It is understood that the reduction in the Army is
now settled, and will amount to about 13,001) men
(notwithstanding Mintsters opposed every motion
for reduction this session), and it is said to have now
received the King's approbation. What that of the
Navy is to be is not mentioned, but it is expected to
be considerable. Reductions in the Ordnance are
also determined on, and some of the latter have com-
-1 silenced. The corps to be reduced in the Army are
reported to be the ISib and 19th Regiments of Dra-
goons; two troops of all the other regiments of Ca-
valet, except the Life Guards and Blues; and two
Companies of all the regiments of Infantry.
The Queen wax much indisposed at the Theatre on
Monday evening, but her Majesty could not be per-
suaded to retire till the play was over. Her Majesty
continued very unwell during the night,but was much
bettrr yesterday evening.
l't rtLic HA•LTH AT Ltunates.---The Dysentery is
said to be as formidable and as fatal as ever at Lime-
rick. On account of the sickly state of the prisons,
twelve persons under green-wax penalties have been
liberated from confinement; and the debtors in the
Marshalsea have petitioned for a Committee to remote
them, and, as they express it, to interpose between
them and the grave.
We have it from authority, that the Circuits are all
to go out on Monday, the 27th of August next, and as
at present arranged, we apprehend it will be of great
advantage to the tenantry and country gentlemen
throughout the kingdom, to have them to begin at
shat poems of sim peer.—(Dot has piper.)
The case of Mr. Samuel Walker, who Las been com-
mitted to the House of Correction for obstruelfug the
Ili; bray, by preaching in the street of Ashton-under-
line, is we find, not so singular as we supposed. By'
an article in Pie Alfred, we learn that two other street
or field preachers, Messrs. Littlejohn. and Moase, are
now in Devon County Bridewell, to which they we e
committed for three months, or till a fine of five pounds
each was paid. Their offence was preaching in the
vicinity of Torrington, not in any house.
The Hon. East India Company's ship Clyde, from
Calcutta, arrived off Teignmouth on Sunday evening ;
sailed from Colombo March IS; left there the Hon.
East India Company's ships Richmond and Eclipse:
from St. Helena, June 4 ; left there his Majesty's
ships Vigo, Eden, and Brazen, and the Abundance
store-ship : also the Hon. East India Company's ships
Waterloo, Vansittart, and James Sibbald : the Eden
was expected to sail on the sth of June. The Clyde
spoke, on the 10th of June, his Majesty's ship Plea-
sant, at the island of Ascension.
It is a curious fact, and which we mention from the
best authority, that on the morning subsequent to the
celebration of his Majesty's Coronation, it was found,
that, during the night not a single delinquent had been
committed to the Police Office in Edinburgh. Such an
occurrence was altogether unprecedented, and affords
the strongest proof of the loyalty and peaceable conduct
of the population of the metropolis of Scotland on this
oceasion.—(Glasgow Courier.)
A steam-boat, of the American twin steeies, war
launched on Saturday week, in beautiful style, from
Mr. Browse's shipbuilding-yard, Dundee. in presence
of an immense crowd of spectators, attracted by so
great a novelty. This singularly-constructed vessel is
intended to ply at the ferry of Dundee; and has been
most appropriately named the Union—not only from
the circumstance of two boats being joined together,
but in reference to the fact, that, like a moveable
bridge, it will unite the hitherto disjoined counties of
Fife and Forfar. The length of the deck is ninety-
tht ee feet, the breadth thirty-four, the depth eight and
a half, the length of keel seventy-eight, and the dis-
tance between the boats eleven and a half. This ves-
sel is to be propelled by two steam-engines o: fifteen
horses power each, and the paddle-wheel is to revolve
in the centre between the boats. There are two iron
helms, one at each extremity ; and the stopeodoes an.
chine is to fly like a shuttle, without requiring PI be
turned round. it is believed to be the only media
Britain built on this principle, except the one wig
lately plied on the Mersey, at Liverpool, and whisk
from some defect in the construction, has been hid
aside. The Union, however, is built from the Maid
of one of the twits-boats which have swamis. ease
in America.
COS' EICIIeN4II4 AlniUeT I.—The pioood'illlime be.
tug 'Wound 3s. per sock, at ssarly the stew sfilimallay's
market, ecessiosed a brisk deemed for all descriptions
of wheat which ask set be get of is the early part of
the day, and having so fresh arrivals this miming. what
remained easeld en Needy from Eases, Kest. and
Selfelk fated berms. in full as good terms as en that
',v.—The arrivals of Oats, sines Monday have bees can
'44. yet the dimmed was tolerably brisk, bet set at
1181197, Batas, 101 l Pm time is se