Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-30

to Kaltarash, which is opposite, under the direction
MAJOR General Schnder, and reached their destina-
OH the 18th of April, Notwithstanding the re-
mains of the Turkish fiotilla commanded the Danube
ut the fortress of Silistria, and further up.
There was reported to be q great scarcity Of pro-
visions ut Schoun,la. where tire Grand Vizer had ar
rived with 10000 men,.
Tcltassan Oglou had been arrested and conducted
into exile: but it was supposed would be bcheaded on
the rcut.
Thc head quarters or the Russian army were to he
moved nearer the Danube. The commander in chief
left Jassy on the I4th of April.
Captain Le Blaac, the Commodore of a French
ship had been sent by Admiral dc Rigny, to M~ustaplia
Pacha, Governor of Gambia, to confer with him aud
moderate measures IS respected the
Greeks. He consented and agreed to suspend hosti-
ittles. But the Greeks were not so tractablc, and
Capt. Lie Blanc returned from n ffuitlcss conferences
with Baron Rcincck, their agent in Gambia.
The Gazette de France of May Goth, says
"a latter from Vienna states, that u report was cir
culated at Odessa, on the 1st of Nav, that Erzerum
had been taken hy tho Russians. The best informed
persons in that city did not believe it.
"Ihe accounts from Sizcpoli were to the 23d OF
April. The Russians still retained possession of it,
but the Turks were making preparations for a spec
dy attoCk.
"Odessn, .4priI GA considerable convoy. with
troops "a 1000 men, it is said) und provisions, will sail
next week for tho Asiatic coast Of the Black Sea. IT
seems that the Turks arrive from Natolia in grca,
force advancing to meet General P~askcwitch, and
lay waste every thing on their way"
i!c SI. ClCTSDurT 1aZettC contains an account
OF the Danube having been crossed OH the 18th ~
pril by three dctachments OF Turks, who were rcpul-
sed without loss from Zigaulct and Dessa in little
Wallachia. Their attack on the village of Rasta
was more serious. They were rcpulsed with tho
%bayonct, losing ~iorty-onc killed, and twenty-five ia
ken prisoners.
Ficnn1. .Bay 1O.--The commerce. Of Venice has
become very Furnishing since it has been declared a
free port One Of our merchants, who did q great
deal of business in English goods, having personally
convinced himself of this state of things, has resell
we'd to form, o branch establishment at Venice.
tt Is said that their MaicBty's visit TO Prague,
which was to have been next month, will not take
place this year. The unfivorablc season has hither-
10 prevented the Court from going into the country.
It Is said that it will not go to Luxembourg, but per
haps to Schocnbrunn, or directly to Baden.
From the Messenger dcS Chdlnbres, MAY 20.
Paris, .:fay l9--Thcrc is now in TIC roads of Mar
settles a frigate, huilt by order Of Mchcmet Ali
Nothing, 1t is said, can be moro rich and magnificent
than this vessel, which will cost the Pacha 500 900
francs. 1t contains a suit OF splendid apartments, fur
nished with that maSnifccnce and oriental e1fcmiuacy
which would perfume even the tar
All the accounts from Greece announce that Mis-
solonghi must soon fall. The Greeks intend to blow
up all the works Of the fortrcsscs they may take in
Llradia, to prevent any reaction on the part of the
turks. OF $500 French who will remain in the
Morea, one Battalion will bo in garrison at Putras,
the remainder In Na7arino and Modon.
FRANCE.-By an ordinance of the King, Count
portaiis vino had held the office 0d interim, is perma-
neatly placed at the head OF the department of foreign
affairs. VI. Eordcau, Under Secretary in the Depart
ment of Justice is made Keeper of the Seals. The
administration WAS compelled, by the refusal Of the
Duke Of Laval Montmorcncy to Join it, to look with
in itselffo 4 substitute rather than make Concessions
To either purity in tho Chamber.
a motion made in the British House of Commons
on &c 10th May, by Mr.. Hume, for the consideration
OF the corn laws, was n%egatived almost unanimous
ly, twelve only rising i'll its favor.
All apprehension OF the scarcity Of bread stuffs had
vanished.
1t Is rumored in certain circles, and wasvcry gen
orally talked of in parliament last night, that Adini-
rel Malcolm has received Instructions to protect all
British merchantmen who may wish TO break the
Russian Blockade of the entrance of the Dardanells.
In fact it was said, the intelligence of some coils.
ion is hourly expected.
LONDON, MA %.
We have seldom seen Indignation aud sonow more stroncl,
marked than it was today on the coultcnances of the Portu
suese merchants, in speaking of the tragic accoln.s from Opor
TO. The catastrophe itself owing TO the late symptoms of lenity
shown by Miguel, was wholly unexpected, and the victims be.
ing all OF d Certain rank in life, as well as extensively connected
in this country, there is scarcely one of our Portuguese resi-
dents vino has MI to deploEe in the event the loss of a friend
or a relation. The injustice i'll this case, they remark, Is far
greater than that attending the executions at Lisbon, for tina,
the sufferers at OPorto had all committed the acts for which
they have been put 10 death, while the constitution, nomially
a. least, was still in existence, and at a time when in fact ,hey
would more 1us,y have deserved punishment had they acted
otherwise. Many OF the Portuguese actually shed tears in adj
vctt'nG to tie unhappy fate which has hcfailen lncir friends.