Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-12
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Cnnrfdnitn0pk kgkn by me fnFfidns
Ntw Y nE, orl 3 --Tne ship Robert Ed
wards, Cap. Shribaroe, which arrived last
evening" from London, len Dartmouth the
90 h uli We are informed by psssengrt, l..
purdy. Esn that he saw IN Inc Reading Room
Al Dartmouth, bulletin issued Gom the Lon
d..n ROYAL Exchsage. dated the ooh, which
stated that The Russia,H had eateed Consfaniiuo-
pt,. The news ~a. generally believed at Dart
mouth, nd Is rendered biglly probable from
The position OF The Russian army al the date oil
the last accounts. The same intelligence, a.
appears fDm Hagre leiler OF August 20. vas
received AT Paris on the 25tb. We are Of o.
pinion therefore, thai II may be relied on with
good degree Of confidence. IfEo. II seldom
falls TO the LOT ola public journalist 10 record
a more important event Consiantnoplc was
captured by the Turks on the ooh of May
1882, and has ever since been the capital Of the
0noman Empire aud the seal OF oppression IN
the East. Its population II iDhted AT q Or
700 900 souls, and lfs situation on the Bospho
rus gives IL perfect command al the com
merce of The Black Sea. But VIZ ne not en-
laree-it Is enough Il Conddn'inopie has jaiien,
md The banner oflhe Cross. which tor almost
four centuries il has rampled in The dnu, is
waving again IN triumph npon is walls
Jour Of Commerce.
The Robert Edwards rrrisel las evening
with Loadon dates Of Angus % We are
Indebted To the poliieness Of passenger ipr
the Londrn Traveller (eyenlng paper ot p h.,
The two important Hems disclosed by this
arrival are the rumofed occupation OF Gau'tan.
Iinople bv The Russians, which Geographic
information was sail 10 have been received IN
,ris-and the continued inclemency ot the
weather in Eng ind, To- degree thai caused
serious alarm 81 the harvest ! is quite pos
sihe thai nh Of tHrse &C urrencgs may he les,
significant. than according 10 general impress.
SONS, they stIike u as being indeed. Ms 10 the
first il may be mere nnticpaiiOO--a report
founded on what may be expected, rather than
on what had actually occurred, That such.
however !. TO h. the fate Of Cons'antinople, we
do not nj all doubt. What MI renee in such an
event. short crop in England would have up
on the policy and course oil that nation is more
difficult TO say--though il could not be without
very considerable in1ucnce.--A very short
nme must nov dovelopc the whole game.
A letter from Portsmouth states that the Mel.
vile. Kent aud Gloucester had been ordered for
sea imme diately, but their Destination WIS not
known by some IL was CouJectursd 10 be The
Mediterranean, by others South America.
The Lcndon papers state, that orders have
been given to the Captains OF tho Packets be
tween Falmouth and Lisbon, to permit the
search of their vessels, by the Portuguese au.
thorities BY this permission, the Portuguese
may take from British vessels any Portuguese
subjects charged with offences against the
State.
The Whea, harvest appears TO nave been re.
dundRni IN Italy.
The Plymouth paper ofihe 9th, contains the
following paragraph -
Hdrred--Ihe weather, since our last pub
= r Il.
only, continued so wet aud lcmpesiuous, as
materially TO interfere with the operations of
the harvest. and we greatly fear for those crops
which were unhonsed at the commencement OF
This dreary weather, which gives the season
more the aspect of winter than Of autumn. The
accounts OF the harvest are gloomy from many
Of the country, and we fear mny anticipate
a period of extreme distress, for the poor, in the
coming winter.