Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-06-07
FOREIGN.

FOR EIGN.
TWO DAYS LATER.-By the packet Shin CORN.
than we have received files of London papers and
Lloyds Lists TO the Both ult inclusive the FOLLOWING
are the only articles of political intelligence which we
have discovered in them:
TURKISH AFFAIRS
The London Courier of April Both, says
AS the period approaches for the commencement of
operations the part of Russia attention is directed
with more anxiety towards the East There are two ar
tcles from Bucharest in the Paris papers of Monday
another In the German papers which we received this
morning OF much later date On the 18TH the report
OF the immediate entrance of the Russians into the prn
clpates. much credited that several of the fmi
lies OF the Boyars had left Bucharest with their property
The account III the French papers that the Rus
slams were expected Mt Bucharest But there is nothing
certain either in the French German papers-nohns
beyond rumours.''
The Courier furthermore states
That the most cordial understanding subssts not only
between the Three Powers but between and Austria
and Prussia.
In addition to this official annunciaon the London min
steria editor that il is very possible that the first
0o'o may be struck the side of Asia The Russian
army. wbich had been engaged in the Prussian war; had
been directed towards Erzerum-a movement of which
the Turks to have been for extremely ap
prehensve. Whilst the Russians were approaching the
shores OF the Black Sea from Erzerum the Grand Rus
sian Army would advance towards the Danube and thus
distract the attention and divide the force of the Turks
on The subject OF HARMONY the same editor the
following language
IL is deemed matter of urgent necessity to contradict
report That England had made n
nacng tone towards Russia and that Russia had in consc
quencc sottcncd her language and moderated her de-
nands upon the Porte that it owing such menaccs
she had abandoned her original of orderno her
armies to the Pruth the 18th of this month and
had consented TO suspend chat measure for month in or
der to afford tine for further communication with the
BRITISH Government Every part of this representation
untrue.
CoSsrANTIyoFrE, March 26-Tho preparations for war
have been redoubled, and the marching os troops with
great haste urced The Kurls inc militia and nor,;
of the general Ban, have Ict the capital and have march
ed towards Adrianpoc Whether the remaining foreign
ambassadors will r3mar here leave Pcra at
uninown some are making preparations for departure
VIENNA, April Is
1t is considered certain that The Russians passed the
of Walacia and Moldaviu. Twenty-Five thousand Rus
SLAMS Will have passed the river, where they will remain
without acting on the offensive The grand army viii
pass the Danube Gaatz to march forward by the
Black Sea Verna and Constantnople 1t is not till af
ter the passage of the Danube that the whole army will be
placed the footing but it is hoped that the Porte
viii yield to the demands of Russia beorche crossnr of
the Danube Us effected
GREECE
ibrahIm Pacha, so far from having any intention of
Iatmg the Morea has lately received rcorccmeuts from
turkey, and supply of ammunition and money from
A Turkish Plenipotcntiary having conveyed to Caro-
isr'as the offer oil the Porte to grant the Greeks an
armslice OF three months, upon certain conditions re-
ceived Tor answer that he could not listen any such of
Ter but That any overtnres which tho Porte had make
must be addressed to the three Powers.
The Intelligence of the Turkish expedition AGAINST
co detailed in the Gazette de France On the I2,b
the Turkish lota, under Taher Pacha appeared before
Sco and attacked the Greek vessels two OF which were
taken and two sunk Iassan Pacha who had arrived at
Chesme, the coast opposite Sco pushed over 600
men, VINO joined by tho garrison of the CASTLE attacked
inc Greeks, $1,000 strong forming the blockade and en-
tirely defeated them But later accounts say that the
Greeks have not evacuated the IsandN Y. jfor Cour
HoT coLp.-Sometme since we published the fol
lowing article " There is place the surface of the
earth where if two meet the shall find it 50 hot
that he will Immediately throw oft his clothes through the
heat and the other shall find cold that he will inn
mediatey put those which the other has thrown Off
What place is this ?"
This article published in london paper and ladies'
OF the metropolis were requested to furnish the answer
1t was epublshed i'll the c,c- York Courier the editor Of
which paper said, that If reference to the Presidential
chair would not do, he could not the enquiry II
was natural enough to think Of the Presidential chair as
not an naPt answer to the inquiry. certain that the
ar around has arisen to many degrees above the usual
temperature and perhaps may have found il as MANY
degrees below the freezing point.
in arriving at more satisfactory than this to
those less fond of politics than newspaper editors generally
are, we refer to GoLdsmks History of the Earth n 50
vol l. where it is written follows:
IL is remarkable that at Tarignagun we often see in.
stances OF the effects of two opposing temperatures in two
persons happening to meet of them wing the nIains
below, and the other descending from the mountain :
Inc former thinks the cold severe and he wraps himself
up IN All the garments Inc can procure while the latter
nds the heat great that he scarcely able to bear
ciothes whatsoever. The thinks the water so cold
tat ne avoids being sprinked by it the other
ed with its warmth that he uses it as bath Nor s the
case very different in the person. who experiences
inc same diversity of sensation upon his journey ND and
upon ms return This difference only proceeds from the
change naturally felt at leaving climate to which ono
mas been accustomed and coming into another of an op
posIte temperature" "
Tarignsgpa is in South America and is situated near
the foot of The Andes.
NiANGE o. tTARACTER ~ ArPLEs--FrOn1 some spcc
mems OF fruit whchworc lately laid on the table offc
ucuituTa Society it appears beyond doubt that enc va
ney on Apple is capable Of undergoing change of char
Il
me same species II seems impossible 70 explain this fact
IN any oihcT way than by suppospg the poeH or ecrnda
ing ost OF the bloom to be transferred from one tree TO
carried By the wind. From the description of the chance
o character ~ tho varieties exhibited 10 the SocetO
may DC inferred that mixture cross-brccd NAV be in
oducod IN horticultural productions with as much fac
" ana advantage as In 'ho animal Lirrdou
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