The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-30 00:00:00

consequently as ipara—t:akta Which could not bes
in Ow smallest degree, defar!ea from, and on the
acceptance or rejection of which peace or war must
depend ; and if there was, any mediation on the part
of the Ambassadors, it was only so far as they made
no of the personal esteem which they enjoyed with
the Sublime. Porte, to overcome. the prejudices of its
'bolsters and draw their attention to the situation of
the Ottoman Empire, which had the unanimous senti-
ments of the five Great Powers against it, and;no other
allies for it than the above mentioned party and some
eisionaries in Germany. In fact, the voice of reason
has sacceeded in. irtspelliog the errar, in which the
Divan for some title acted' Authentic accounts from
Constantinople' itate that the Porte, before the arrival
of the Russian ultimatum lately addressed to it, had
accepted individually all the demands contained in it,
fa that it might be maid the affair
.was entirely
settled ; were there wit stilt Sonic unimportant accet
sary eitcumstascen resPeCting which the consent of:
Ressiaaud of the other Courts could not yet be ob-
tained. How, then„.pbould the,
,Emperor Alexander
lan csiased a uiedigion which was never offered him,
sad mold net he jowl hirer? Hew shoald lie have
declared that be woold settle the 7bnainess himself,
POLIte, on the contrary, he his canted htsiaai step to be
48o:through the medium of the Allied Powers ? Theo
sondes of tranquillity in Europe may, therefore, re-
arm:ice the hope which the article that we have re.
fated had excited In them. The wretches who, with
Nicked intentions, have put arms ibto the hands of the
Greeks, and wade themselves answerable for the blood
which has flowed into the East since March, will have
been guilty in unroof so many crimes.' $o far this curious
and mortifying state paper.-The Paris journals contain
little fresh concerning Turkish affairs. By their
silence,however, we are led to infer that the recent
Firman said to have been issued by the G rand Seig.l
oior, is a fabrication. The Galette of Leasbcrg con-
firms the news of. the Jateissaries having violated the
capitulation of the convent of Secka, but asserts that
Jordalti had destroyed himself to avoid falling into
tlae hands of the Turks.—From Lisbon we learn
that a new decree of the Cortes reduces the Members
of the Councillors of State to nine, who are to be
impsed by the Cortes to the King. Other altera.l
timis of importance are said to be also contemplated.
In the sitting of the Spanish Cortes, of the
12th of October, a proposition of Government
Winn:sing the keeping embodied, until the next
legislature, S or 10,000 men of the militia was,
after sonic discussion, agreed to. General Morillo
'has been appointed one of his stitilitq's aides-de-camp.
pelletal Itirgo has addressed, a ,tikag representation
to the Cortes. On the 1311 deputation of twenty.
atie members wai.attpeitated coistratulate his Ma-
psty on-the snitivereary of his birth. It is
"e'4:e 1 as one of the deplorable consequences of the
cantat;ioni malady at Barcelona that 1,550 young
sten, enrolled in the national guard to form the sanitary
eordoa . had fallen victims to the horrible disease. That
dreadful scourge still appears to prevail in Murcia
sad Alicant, but to have disappeared in Malaga. At
Marseilles all alarm had ceasedr--Kespecting the visit
of his Britannic Majesty at Paris, the French journals
widely differ. Soule of them assert that he is ex-
rcted, and others that no preparations are made for
lihn. French Fonds—Five per Cents. according to
Alit journals, Silt tiOc.. According to later accounts
90t. 15c.

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I:TRACT OP a LETTER FROM TEXAS, NATCHITOCUES,

SEPT. 1.
I am now thus far advanced in my jonrney to the
Province of Texas, to take possession of the lands
granted to my father, Colonel Austin, by the Spanish
Government, w►th permission to settle 330 families on
the lands. The gold and silver mines are getting inr
were extensive operation than they have been for
limy years, and money is becoming more abundant.
A free trade is permitted, and the restrictive system
heretofore pursued in regard to foreigners has been
ruspended by the most liberal encouragement. Igo
in company with Don Esasroo, and have a large num-
ber of Americas companions, besides Spaniards.
• Extract of a letter from Quebec, dated Sept. 16 :
On the 19th of Jan., Captain Daymond sailed from
the coast of Newfoundland, and in the evening encoun-
tered several floating islands of ice. On the follow-
ing morning, at sun-rise, the ship was so completely
eaecioped in ice, that there appeared no means of
%seer, even from the tops of the malts. The ice, in
its whole extent, rose about 14 feet above time snrface
of the water. It drifted towards the south-east, and
bore the ship along with it 29 successive days. On
the 17th of Pcb. Captiin D. being 300 miles east of
Cape Race, 44. 37. north lat., perceived an opening to
the south-east, and succeeded in disengaging himself.
From the 19th of January to the 3d of February, the
brig only made four miles a day, and, daring the 29
days this singular navigation lasted, be descried near
100 very extensive mountains of compact ice.

Dispatches were on Sunday forwarded to Hanover,
coataining, it is understood, the opinion of the Coun-
cil upon the dispatches which arrived on Saturday,
Communicating the particulars of the conference on the
21m, between the Marquess of Londonderry and Prince
Mmternit h.
It is said that the Marquess of Londonderry does
Bet return with his Majesty to this conatey, but will
lewd* fur some time longer epos the I:ailment.
The •Constitationnel states, that
.several estates in
Priage,panieulerly in Berry, bad been lately Pm-
Ailed by Englishmen.

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