The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-09
FOREIGN iSTELLH iEScE
From the v. \ y inquirer H., :.
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[ LAiEo1 fhOM ENGL AND
By the arrival OF The packet shin FL,
CAPT. 1mk ham. we have London pap.,s ~,
goth August and Liverpool 10 the Is, ofs",t
,en,ber. The conssnts are mporta NJ.
The war between Russia anti Turkey s .ca
wagins in doubtful suspense. The Russian.
! my 10 say the least, has susiRippd n moSt i,,'
iant check before the walls Of ChoumIa =
ports are even very pIes aleiit, that ,h.v IN,
heen defeated. At all events, there has ~
some hard fighting, month has elapsed s,n,a
The last Russian Bulletin. Portugal is in ~
same state as ever. The crops, in Europe, an.
| pear moi 10 be so bad as WAS ANTICIPATED ''i
The Standard. of the Both August, saws ~.
contents ofihe dispatches received yesie,do,
are kepta profound secret. They are belieycd
IN be Important. The rumors Of the success 80
the Turks are beginning TO be credited Ihe,a
had been niHe days hard fighting under the
I wallso Choumla. The report is that the RI.
ainus had fallen back with a loss of 4o oo,
mem II is said by some that il was possible fac
the Russians ,obe repulsed, once, twice, or thru,
and still 10 renew r they succeeded IL wa.
deemed certain, that the Russians bad suffered
a reverse, at least A great curiosity WAS %,
pressed 10 know what the secret intelligence
was
Reports were in circulation, in London. m
the 2sih, that SOME unpleasant discuss ions had
tHken place between France and England on
the Ioulon expedition.
The Poue has opened the passage of the
Black Sea tn the neutral powers. 10 a, certain
extent, the lrsde to Odessa is now open bu. IN.
trade is.languid.
IL wns SAID, in Smyrna, on the 18th july
that lb'ahm had received positive orders from
hia father, ROT 10 evacuale the Morea.
The London Courier has given IN Danier
lOConnell, as an incurable. They have writ
ten hi eIitaph, and consigned him TO contennt
! Daniel viii rise again.
Doctor Gall the philosopher, or phrenolo
gisf, died recently at his house at Mountroupa
The knssan finances are in the most prosper.
Gus condition. Their system . TO make the in.
denniies pau BY one country, furnish The fund,
for carr, ing the conquest OF another. The
Impo'ilions sustained by Persia are said tt be e.
qniVaSeni 10 pay the Turkish war
Mr. kenn was play ing in Liverpool, and an.
peared in god health
II appears that ihr Sultan has much more
numerous army, than any one IN Europe txpec.
ted hf possessed.
The tmpr,or Me holas had gone To Odessa.
ill his preparations ior the seige of ShoumLa
could be comrleled. II surprised many
II IS b. lieYcd IN England, that on the openine
of the next session OF Parliament. the Duke o:
Wellington will recommend some arrangement
10 he made eith the Catholics nf Ireland
fot week previous to the goth August. the
weather throughout Eoglamd and Irelan. ~as
very favorable for the completion of harvest.
The prices OF rain were on the dee liue.
The Loudou sun saws, that Meuernicb in.
iluences the English cabinet, and Don Miguel
Sarps.
The Turks publish bul'eiiss Of their own.
and claim victories in proportions a. they loose.
ground.
] he progress Of The plague has been stoppeS
4 4
CHA.
The crops in England will amount. it is said
TO fully nm average crop. Potatoes and such
kinds olvegelabIes viii be most abundant.
The speech OF Mr.. Dawson in Ireland has
spread discomfort lhroug hout the whole body of
friends oil civil and relig ious liberty. 1t is SAL!
thar The British Cabinet intend 10 settle the Ca.
thoc Question.
Lord Cochlane is about to quit Paris and re-
turn 10 Greece.
The polatoe crop in Ireland will be most a.
bundant.
The English papers are still Specializing or
the conduc, oi Don Miguel.
LONDON. 2s,h August.
The first operations of the Russ ian amy aL,e7.
II had app, cached Chonnla, were to diler, "a
part ni heir left wing towards Tarus, Ia Law
siege 10 thst place, aud TO detach another div.
sion TO the toan OF Paravadi which is on the r.
'er OF that name, and forms the angle of a line
drawn liom Chou'nla ON one side, and from i
Warm on the other. The main body OF the let
wing, cooperating with the GENRE. moved on
the road from Knlodsche, through Ja.itobe ans
JAM Bazar TO Ralandk. Ii thus approached tie
terrace Of The Balkan on which Chnun,l, Is Sau,-
ated. On the south. tothe west and north. Cho.
uInlf is enclosed by mountains difficult OF nccess
10 cavalry and artillery. On east the side CD
winch The Russians operate d. s9e place IS OMEN
towards JnnI-Bazar--but Chouynls ia On ib,,
side defended by strong tntrenc bments aud re-.
"oup's W me ioim OF "A crescent. 1ht Russians
confined themselves inthe first attack 10 oue op-
GRAFTON, the securing tine eminenres which are
on the eii OF The terrace OF The Balkan, on Nhlcp
Chounia is situated.
Ahe advanced guard WIS posted on the Este
o'ahoo"l r"ad and there the Enpeaor and The
why o',"acNtd on tn: r ight OF the 10Th. We
have no detailed accounts oithe movements or
me army from the20ih to the 27Ih, when the
Emperor and the second srmy ners in camp
near me village at ha,an,lik that 49, on the spos
"hch had been H,ugh t for and Gained by tho
~ i"ss1'"s on the 2Olh. II appsalS, however,
''"' "'ey were employed in constructing work;
W. we SIege on honmla, which bad been cat
.'en on I" wTthin cannon shot of the fortress.
= hesa increment WAS tiren made. and the Rus
IN" operations, which had been from then leit
on" "gaihs, the eastern u ont OF Cboum'a,
os o"ec,ed to ,he northern part of The tres'
o'"'' "' the Silstr'a read. There they secnr-
va INC e'nlnences that command the road and
to''nied them. The, Then took the position Of
rad, and had edvanced parties in the d.
'eeoon OF Dz"maja and Este STEAMBOAT. Dzu'
maya IS the angle of line from Rasgrad on one
s'de, and Este STEAMBOAT on the other.
LONDON, August 30.
Il esnbstance of the dispatches brougbby M
CLOVIS from Bern, which he LEFT on the 22d, has
hot yet trasspTti. Aud hence, we are unable
10 contradict OF confirm the reports in general
circulation Yesterday evening OF several days
hard lighting before Choumla
The report al Berlin was, that ma decisive al
vantage had been obtained by HE Russians, be-
cause no additional bulletin had been published
IN the Berlin State Gazette.
u may be that the dispatches do not so mnfo