The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-09 00:00:00

The J 011111314 continue to publish the Official
Bullet.as of the Grand 'Vizier with regard to the
operations of the Turkish army.
The second is rntitlt J, •' Summary of the agree-
able news lait,reecis 'from the Imperial Camp, re.
specti.oc the events whic!► have taken place at Rods-
ehillt." It is as follows :

" The ene:ny having finished his great prepara-
tions for the attack of anischuk, not only invest.
ed that fortress on the land side, but also attempted
to shut up all. its communications with the Upper
Danube ;- they ascended that river with 19 gun_
boats. to shut up the navigation to audsoisuk. On
the 11th of the moon Geinazitil-achyr (16th July),
the etonbst began with, a sharp catinonaile both un
Ow hank of the river, near Giurgova, and on that
iiimiset.uk. At that place troops were em-
barked eti board different transports, and advanced
against the enemy.
" The result of this combat has been-s.two gun.
boats stink, sir others taken with their crews, to
pieces of cannon with ammunition, more than 100
enemy's heads, u bile 11 other. gun-buats sought
sefelyin flight.
" Two days after this action, the enemy began at
break of day to fill up with fascines . the
.ditches
which are between the ramparts of Rudschuk and
the covered way, and made a general assault upon
that place. The combat laited, without intermis-
sion, nearly 15 hours and a half ; at last the ze-
phyr of vietniy breathed on the side of the true
Believers. The Infidels were repulsed, beaten, amid
put to flight. Twenty Olficees and one General
were taken during the fight ; another General re-
=inlet dead on the field of battle, not including
the number of priSoners amid heals cut or."
The third Bulletin, entitled; " Summary of the
good news from Nyssa,'?, is akfollows
The Servian General, czerni George, had Oc-
iopied with all his disposable force, the fortress of
JciPerlik -Bastitssi. The Ottoman troops began the
abmbet by -attacking,' with all their bravery, the
intreuchments Which these perjured men raised at
that place. With. the aid, of rho, Most High,, and
polder the. influence of the happy star of his High.
ness, our 'snbiithe Monarch, the NussuliliAfis ob-
tained a cemidete victory: The traitors 'were un.
alelet6 mt'sist ;' they were beaten and Put t 6 flight.
Sittegruater part 'of them could net even take re,
fuge in their intrenclimetite, but saved themselves
eleewhere.
,We here taken the headss.of a great
number, to. serve os bridges for our true-believing
warriors in their passage to the regions of the other
world. As Czegrrii,George and his partisans could
not, after this shaihrul defeat, maintain themselves
in the intrenehmante* w.bere they had taken refuge,
they quitted thaw, in the hope that their. retreat
would be coveted with the 043 of night ; is con,
sequence several .curps were able to make their es.
.cape, in the greatest disorder, qn the side of You-
rakin and AleOutzt. Thanks to the Lord, these
traitors were also chased trots .Bana and. dispersed,
and, could, ADO 'O9 safety fur, thdr,souls but in .1
,alsameful ausl, priecipitate flight."
YigtsmA,
.15.—The e.diet:reLative to. the
lax on property has, caused a great sensation upon
the Exchange. The cusirse of exchange fell to 420 ;
but the coMpetition of all those who wished to
*change their paper. has caused it to rise again.
' FAANKSOSTI Sarr.-19.—Gur.11ichaelmas Fair
alravrs•near a close; at, least thaprincipal
'tions are finished, and.a great.ovnber,of straagers,
who had lived here some time, have quitted us. • It
may be said, that in the most important articles this
Fair has beet a very good Igloo fie French have
done much business in silks and leather, the prices'
of which were cotisillerably raised. They have also
.sold a great deal of-cloths, Chintzes, and musllni.
The India and Swiss musliiti came •also to a good
nsaiket ; as did likewise the produce of the Saxon
looms.. English merchattilize has long . ceased to'
poison our niaiket: Besides, the rigutoes mea.
'sures taken on the Colists to prevent its intreductitrit
are such, that it has now become impossible. •
Styr. '20.-011 the 14th,itist. the ci-devant Queen
of Sweden was brought to Darmstadt in a dreadful
condition. Her carriage was overturned near Getty_
haus: n, and this Princess suffered so much by the
accident, that great apprehensions are i3ntertained fur
her life.
FrtRYBUltO (SWITZERT.AND), SEPT. B.—ln
sequence of the; Nlie;iatretes of our town offering a
reward of 1000 francs for the discovery of the in.
cendiaries who attempted to destroy it on the night
tite '2lth, two persons have been apprehended,
charged with this horrible offence. Otte of them,
it att.Etteistimati, and says his name is Joseph Col-
b • ,
VI,ENNAI SEPT. 12.—The two uettersll4lCol fo_
lathe to the Tax for the extinction of the pubic
debts, and of the paper.money, have just uppear-
ed. 111 the first, with respect to the tax on real
Propeky, the Slate declare., that it stands in need
of the tenth of the property of all its subjects;
but it grants them permission to pay this coutrihn_
lion in fifteen equal portions, front year to year,
with considerable deductions to such as shalt make
und these payments- in the Gist eighteen months.
'het object of this contribution is t wefold —the
cvinetion of the paper money, and *lie payment
Of such of the debts of the State as bear interest.
But, iii order to relieve the most pressing wants,
the govertimeut promises to employ the produce of
the tax thirit;g the first five "care onliy in the es..
titiction of the paper.money ; during the last ten
years, nine-tenths shall be destined to the same
object, and the remaining tenth only 'shall be' em.
ployed in diminishing the mass of the debts of the

&ate.
The tax upon moveable property is to be paid in
the space of live years, commencing with ,the Ist of
November, 1810. Wholesale merchants; and other
merchants not belonging to corporations, are ex-
(roe(' ; they shall pay their contingent within two
years. The produce of the tax-on moveable pro-
perty is exclusively reserved for the extinction of
the paper-money. •.
It is calculated, that the tax upon land alone in
the Hereditary Slides will pitidoce, in bank:notess
it sum of 500 millions of flue ins (1'250 millions of
francs). The other blanches of the. t:ix wi'l pris.
duce at least an equal sum; so 'that the State will
actieire at least one thousand florins.
which contains seven millions of
►ali,fi Gat subjected to this tax;-and itt the mewl


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