The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-10 00:00:00

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

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After a long series of assertions and contradictions,
it would appear, from the Peril papers, that there is
to be war between these two old despotisms. The
grounds of Ibis war are just as good on the one side
as on the other; and, while it is of little consequence,
as a mat.ar of abstract humanity, which is the killer or
the killed, it is, perhaps, much about the tau up of a
half-penny, which would be the best for the rest of
the world, and particularly for us. Some people
make it a question of religion; on which pare of the
subject we can safely say, that the religlos that war-
ranted the slaughter and the re-enslaving of the
Omits, is, to say the best of it, not a bit letter, than
that which caused the slaughter sad the re-enslaving
(as far es was possible) of the Neapolitans, the Pied-
monitor, the Protestants of Nismes, and many others
struggling for their freedom.

The point of view, and the only one, in which this
war can he interesting to us, is, whether it may cal
upon us, or be made to call upon us, for money. Were
we Ministers, not one penny of English money should
it cost, unless, indeed, we were prepared to clip the
wings of the Northern Autocrat, which is directly the

reverse of the policy of our present rulers. Hampered
■s they ars by engagements with that Autocrat, it is
hard to say what they may do, if this war should
really break out and blase for a time. To suffer the
Turks to be beaten; to suffer the Autocrat to get a
bold in the Mediterranean ; to see him the master of
the Levant: this will not be pl : It will make
England exhibit an odd figure in the world. And
yet ! what is she to do? What mosey Les she, or
can sbe have? How Is she to find the means of
giving even a few millions to the Asstrian, or
to any body else? Paper-nosey indeed, she
may make again. Bat, then, eery. Bill "mat k re•
peakd ; and. Weed, there envenoms to believe, that
the/Moisten will make a skew at least, of taking part

is this war is order to bare a prousee for rlesit.,7
that Bill This is a very ugly thought! We wits d
swear far twain is a rase so desperate as thrt which
cam have produced a proposition to pass a law for
takiag cora into pawls by tete Cosentino& If such

should be the course pusasui, we shall see 0 prosperity'
burst forth epic like Mr. Cas te:no'. sun from be.
bind the cloud ! The thing is certainly mourns
to think of; bat this is the age of politica: monsters.
A war for a year, at this time, and after all these
discussions about the papermonry, eoold certately
make the paper wholly irredeemable ; and it would,

tad oust, like the paper in other countries, io airy

cases. be at a diner-4i, se open sad avowed diacoon•.

This would Jo away the 4.64 and by degrees :Oa. It
would, be a very good thing. It small ea:.
bilate the debt without "breaths of Alai." It
wesld du the thing completely. It would, indeed, an.
sibilate the Boroagkeystent at the same time; b..
cause psper.system and Borough-system are belly and
No ; kill one, you kill the other; but, this is
the only way of getting rid of the debt airltheCt vary
great ti,iißeuity. So that, as war ;Jade the Debt, war
might be made see ato get rid of it. The same thieg
might be dose by a repeal of Pr el.'s Bill miaow we..
But war would be a pretence; a corer. The "soicly
and honour of the country" would then be put renew,
and with a goad grace too. We really should not be
mach surprised if war were resolved on (so anttr7
with whom) for this very purpose. Use thing SS
know and that is, that this is what we would Cs,
if we were hampered as the Ministers, are.
PEEL'S BILL.
The following article (from the Morning Herald),
is hardly from the pea of Mr. WKSTERN himself.—
We .aspect it to come from some Irish Limited.
thirsting for rents as a pilgrim for the brook.
Iliac ilia lachrymal"

" The Member for Fuss county, Mr. C. Western, w9l.
" in a few days, bring forward, for the cousideratios
" of the Legislature, soil the theorists on money sad
"currency, a direct and deliberate discatuios ea the
" practical policy, expeilieoey, and equity of dm sm.
" traction of the currency and the restoration d
" old standard of gold, by the operation of the itel
" 1819, generally known as Mr. Peel's Bill, bona
" that Oentleman was the young obetetri•_el
" bringing it forth, though propagated at itsby eho
" late tdr. Horses, and begotten, in the het liamosts
" between the Earl of Liverpool wad Mr. Mash
lk and it is fair to add, esetsted so its birth, and=r
is its infant hours, alike by Wbig sod ifaid.
" sod ecooontists, sad even by many ems-
" and apioaltural mew. More again lei tlio•
" mission on this vital sod deadly memos ue greatly
" wanted still. Mr. Western is well qaafifted to take
" the lead in opening to this discoisies, sad fired to
" inqaire into the facts and the +swim, wittiest es.
vieatisiag to support a pretenceieed theory, or einem.
" fog in support of system. place, or party, es to pis.
" serve consistency is error.'
Here Is too mach of the fignratiee Ic beire coal ll
from awry oar Ist a son of the " Sister Biagi's";
too much of the sprouting' of the potatoe. Bat, at
any rate. biro is the history of this " vital ad
deadly" measure pretty fairly gives.—We presume.
that no time is yet fixed for the bringing forwards!
this question by Mr. Weartax. He has, indeed, gives
notice. that he will move for a reconsidered.. of *
Bill; and this will be curious enough after Mr. CO.
xixo's declaration, that the discussion was entity
never to be revived: We remember well what iseghter
that declaration excited in Long Islas!. Bat, the
laughter ea this subject is hardly !segue yet.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
A message to the Congress by Mr. Memos, the
President of the United States, which was issertol
in bar paper of yesterday. declares the lactation of
the President to acknowledge the independence of the
South ilinCriala Slates. I: is sot our Winn, to
Iflitter any body, not even these that we respect the
most; and we do very highly respect Mr. Mosses, aci
the Congress too, generally speaking. flat, we must
say, that their conduct towards South America bas tem
unfeeling, selfish, insidious, and even base. Their
" neutrality" was a thing of outward show; k was
base partiality in favour of the tyrant, ander the nil
of impartiality. It was, as Mr. CLay, the Speaker of
the House of Ropreseatatives called it, a scandalous
compromise with despotism, and as unsound is PlitY
as in morality. We shall, another time, newt
this subject, and content ourselves with observing.
at present, that our own government did sot
venture to pass its Act to alter our leers, so is
to prevent Englishmen from aiding the South
Americans. till it had the examp!e of the Cop
gress to cite in support of such odious 'lteration!
One of the laws of the Congress, with regard to Sock
America, was so flagrantly and so basely partial, tb3%
upon its being exposed and rendered hatettl 11 Mr.
Coma ETT,IO 1817, the Congress were compelled to
it. The excuse was. that the law Lad been glued is
a Avery, and at a late hour in the night
the Coogriss are any thing but hurrying men. They
knew vary well what they were about. They Lad
deceived the people; but they had not deceived this'
selves.

PRICES.
Is Trusier's Chronology there is tie fallocirg
amongst the remarkable occurreseess—m In liOi it
" rsinesi almost continually, from tha boginnior (1
•• October to the beginning of Nook., awl !Its
" e'me a frost upon it, which listed twelve weeks; yeti
" though the cola was destroyed by It in a gnat sea.
" sure, the war with Seotlasts, matte looney so sue'
that all sorts of grain were sold at a rearece3k
" rate." This is curiously applicable to the rev"
'isms. War ism a tendency to make Massy sores It
Men net luta the ;reality °Jimmy VIP thC okk