The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-09-21 00:00:00

THE TZrTI.II.

A grand newspaper Talk is, we unaersmed, jut
about to take place. That is to asy, an using st
news papers, a s➢licing of two into one, as they ee
with old ropes on board of ship. This is called s
7e.tle, because It indicates, that the parties eansotgo
• " Bless me, what a sweet boy! Can be go
" alone, Ma'am?"—" No, Ma'am; bat be begirt.
•• tottle niedy." That is to say, to reel foreso,
while her thumb is placed before his shoulder, sod Mr
fingers are spread over Ms blade bone.—Thts it is tint
newspapers tattle; only, having no Bares, they are
•Miged to assist one other. When a newspaper is
tot into a state, that it does sot pay for the parr sal
the printing, it seeks for another in the same state, is
order to join with it ; and, though ',either ess oldies
go or stand, alone, they, if joined together, d., likes
couple of old hackney-coach horses, make shift, for a
while, to get along together, leaning alternately
against each other, and bolding each other ept•Tbis
is what is called a bottle; and we hear, thst a tottk is
speedily to take place that will surprise many persons,
but not us, who have long seen and said, that scrape•
per distress would discover itself in most hideous forts
before the tad of this autumn, which, in the literal
as well as the sylvan world, will be indeed a pll of
f‘e leaf.

We have this morning received Pori, papers to tl.s
19th instant, and had the satisfactioo to Lod tke
triumphs of the Turks, of which the enemies of tie
GI eeks had bees boasting all This week, to be is amt
measure groundless. The Constitueiontel Lae gine
as two Vein( Bakal.: of the advantages gained by
the Greeks over the Talks, since the irruption of the
latter into the Merest. These details are therefore
posterior to those given by the Ausbian Mueller,
which only ensconced the arrival of the Oltenia!,
and 'hewed that the exultation exprersed at the sad-
eipated destruction of Greece, was at least premattut
a•td may ultimately turn oat to have been unfounded.
The Turks indeed penetrated into the Pelepesneels at
the time when its inhabitants wereflOttieg the bales
of independence is Thessaly in Epirus, and it might
not be unreasonable to 'appose, that =der suck cit.
earostancet they would gain easy possession of the
whole of tbat Peainsuia; but the patriotic heroism of
the calumniated Greeks, and the firmness of their
asge.med Senate, have resisted and repelled the
blow. The First Bulletin is dated Clenis, in the Ye-
lapunnesns, July 26, and states, that Teloar.l4adji•Ali,
a:ter having united his forces to thole 0! fifehemed
Puha, at Xyla, and resumed the chief command, pent•
leveled iota Argolis at the head of 14, or 15,000 mee.
Colocotrone, who had reached Argos one day before
Lim, attacked him on the 2.3 d of July, befmi that
town, and forced him back, with considerable loss, to
rl,e vicinity of Corinth. On the 25th the Turks re•
rusted air ir retreat, an 3 half-way between Argot at I
Corinth were compelled to emus to action. 11.,re tbu
1,3011 of them perished in the engainutent, and a con-
siderable number of their horses, with a part of their
baggage, fell into the hands of the Greeks. The Se-
cond Bulletin is doted Cortese, near Corinth, Att•
gust Sth, and represents the Irks as having received
a reinforcement to the amount of five or six August
men, and making a feint to resnme the offensive. tla
being baffled in their design, they resolved rest day
(Aug. ) to fetes the passage at any price. Ulm.
fell in the attempt. Three thoosaod Turle
remained on the field of battle. mad &holt :WOO horses,
ail the baggage and ammunition, and the chest of the
Turkish army was the result of this action. "'lie
enemy," adds the Bulletin, is closely pursued in the
direction of Coriath." These Bulleti acre brought
by the lonian, Captain Vidale, arrived at Leuhver.
Captain Vidale states, that up to the IS•11 of AlKast,
be Jay when he left Syrtis, additional details levee
constantly arriving of the advanme• s pined by the
Greeks. ASI announced that the Ottoman army 1111
placed in a desperate situallJn, and intelltgehee of its
complete destruction nos daily expected. Ile s!so
sibruls, that tiering gohe to Argae on the 12th of
August, on his own badness, he bad had as interview
with the Grecian ViresPrestdent, li.inak.tra, and that
whilst et ey were together, a Maino.e b:ought is
and laid at their feet the bead of the Turkish Com-
ruantler•in.Chief Teharlls2ji•Ali P..chs, which wee
known by two large eel's on both sides of his face.
and by the length of his beard.—The intti genre
front Spain is highly favourable to the cause set the
Constitution. Letters from Bayonne, elluron, and St.
Jean Pled-de-Port, of the 10th, 11th, end 13th inst.:
all agree in stating that the Army of the Faith had
been totally defeated by the Constitstionalists, sad
that the Royalists thiekisg themselves betrayed by
their Comaandetis-Chief, Quesatla, bad brought ban

is chase so dee tort of Icily, to have bins tried as e
traitor. That this intelligence is (*Gliders(' authen.
tie may be ascertained by the fact of its being inserted
is the Ministerial Print, the Jorrosal des Debate,
well as In the Conetilertioxel.—A letter from
y 3 ens, dated the 7th lost. states, that the Emperor
of Austria, that morning, repaired to Wolkersdorf to
retire his sagest visitor the Emperor of Russia. At
ems the two Monarchs made their entry into the
phi. The Emperor Alexander had required that no
Waal rrcep ion should be given him. lie wore the
hostriso uniform. His suite, more numerous than
coal, cremes a belief that he will remain a long
while absent from his dominions.—The news
relative to France is not considerable. A letter
I)ahlished by M. Benjamin Constant, in &newer to the
charges made stalest him by the Attorney-Oeneral in
tiir speech before the Court Royal of Poitiers, Isas bee.
wised by order of the Police at all the booksellers.

Foxes AT Pasts, Satz. IS.—Five per Cents. open-
eel at 91f. 90c.; highest, 9I f. 95c.; closed at 91(.85c.;
%Ilk Shares, 1,630-1,630; Neapolitan Stock, 76:
ksehaoge os London, I month, 23f. 45c.; 3 months,
25f. 115 e.

Yesterday at two &cloth a Board of the Lords of
the Tressery was held at the Treasury Chansbers, at
which the Chancellor of theExclsequer was present.

• •
Itlessro. Williams and Smith, two Kiag's Messen•
pm, set off last night from the Foreign Office for
Wass, to be in attendance on the Duke of Wel-
lisrtsc.
Sir Richa►d Birdie has recently been nominated on
tit Commission of the Peace for the Comity of Berko,
is Whims to his other appointments.
The Doke of Manchester and suite ate expected to
lure town on Wednesday next for Jamaica.
The Marquess of Stafford, who is now at his seat,
Dsorobin Castle, Scotland, is fast recovering from a
serious attack of illness.

We onderstand that it Is io contemplation to invite
Hr. Home, who is sow in Scotlard, to a public dinner
Is this town —(Liverpool paper.)

A v I has arrived at Guernsey from Valparaiso, '
which sailed subsequently to the date of any intelli-
pace yet received from thence. A letter from the
Captain states, that no less than 80 merchant ships
sere at Valparaiso, and that from the disastrous state '
of trade, it was probable that most of them would be
ehliged to go to India for return of cargoes.
Bread, of as fine a quality as any sold by the Lone
doe bakers, has been selling for some weeks past, at a
tillage in the lower part of Hampshire, at sd. the
ourtern loaf; and when the writer's informant left,
atom a week since, one baker had announced his in-
tention of lowering it to 41d.
An intriliged correspondent, (a native of Sussex)
who he lately travelled through the eastern districts
of this county, represents the condition of a greater
part of the Yeomanry as being truly deplorable. lie
strifes to na as follows ;—" Almost daily, sales of live
and lisad stock take place, and such is the scarcity of
money, that, in many instances, they are literally
giro may. Ease, &Mueller, and plenty, which, se-
xes et eight years since, so universally predominated
smog the Sussex Yeomanry, have nearly dlsappear•
rdr and penury, grumbling, and discontent prevail in
their stead. This alteration in their circumstances
has greatly operated upon their political opinions;
sad they now londly disclaim against the men sad
seasorcs which they formerly most strenuously sod
vehemently opheld."—(Biigkon Heald of this day.)
A Ovate gaining•houst was abruptly entered here a
few evenings bark, by the Pollee Officers, and the
rouge et ear tables, &c. were speedily removed from
the premises. There was no direct information against
the loose, to justify the issue of a warrant, code-
gently as se persons were found at play, none are in
custody. A foreign gentleman, who bad lost 3001.
at thehous the night before, is mentioned as the cagey
of the visit noticed, on which occasion the Magis-
trates, Sir David Scott, Bart., and J. H. Bates, IN.
led Ohs van of the police. lied any gamesters, in di-
rect and positive practice, beet discovered, they
would have received passport', under the Vagrant
Act, for Bridewell, and the treadmill at Lewes. Sa-
ler:4 kaiaks, elegantly dressed, and possessing great
imolai charms, were in the room at the time the
wry was made, and a most splendid supper was
prepared. One of these ladies is a famed beauty,
aid is known by the appellation of Lady Br—d—ll.
(1:11)
Two men of C.: wanes of William Dalcomim cad
Tl.ornas Bread, are in custody, on suspicion of having
etter-d forged one pound notes of the Brighton and
So,%•x Bank. They were taken by Mr. Rice, ooe of
cur active headboronghs, at Backfield, on Alondsy
night, and will be brought up for meditation on Mon-
day neat, before our Bench. We have seen some of
the forged totes in question ; they are dated the 9th of '
Novetuber, have en excellent imitation of the
govermucht camp on the back, and the name of "J.
ilugridge appears to be traced with ink, over a fine
engraving of t,e nanie, but which Is so imperfectly
imitated, as to be discoverable as a forgery upon the
%lightest inspection.—\l . Lasbmar, and Co. have
Lsd a new plate engraved, notes from which were
issued, for the first time, yesterday.—(lbid.)
liaicnrox PuLice!!!—A very interesting cilld.
about Ileetti or eight years old, of most respectable pa-
rrots, who had been delivered into the custody of one
of the beadles, sod, for a short time, had been impri.
osocd i. Me Black Hole! was accused by Alr. Ross

aid Mr. Rndhall, of taking a smolt quantity of rape
peat the field, (for the purpose, it appeared, of feed
is; a rattit ,chick the child kept) and the little oe-
INKDIR bring conrirted, was fined 51., which, of
coarse, teas immediately paid.—(Aid.)
We may now @Ay that our season is at Its height.—
It it computed that there are upwards of 20,000 visit-
ia the turen.—(!bid.)
In the'll section of the new act, Geo. IV. chap.
24, it is enacted, that in all cases where the offence of
any person receiving or buying stolen goods er chat-
tels. or asy such stolen order, tally, bill, bend, war
unit debenture, or note, knowing the some to have
been stolen, shall be deemed and construed to be fe-
lony, such offender shall and may be tried and con•
virtrd of such felony, as well before as after the trial
of the principal felon, and whether the said principal
• !don shall have been apprehended or shall be amenable
Injustice or not.