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1 : £9*vsiw* At a'ivy the Russian armies may be | in po* c . * o f Lonstantinople, or have compel’ )f*d J o Empire to accdle to tei ins of their ‘dtclntivQ, it anay not be unacceptable to oui rea ders to oe p it i*i possession of tlie views of a lea ding Bri'.idi print on the present course, and fu ~ pro.-pe.ctg of Russia. — Shc Republican. |B % tom Hell's Weekly Messenger, J ‘"gusl 23. J ” JCfc COURSE or RUSSIA. ; Emperor Nicholas is tutdtmh.e.Mv l>ol 'l and ml, iji,;l ca, sc, bitl-eno on, ,>,b as the attention of the. pwnic isim.v p:-t-j directed to foreign politics, from the j ot the u-w 1, ,< Ministry, ami : of the Ca-.1.1US ;irr*s the L-'i'iK-t.i, u> jci t of on, i i-.t week, s <uti- Kall ages are very nearly the >l<i in the records of tiie past a time when neither Russia nor known as leading Powers in was a fu st cate State, together he empire of the Turks ater error committed by France I ajuster punishment brought he enemies of freedom, than by o he swept from the list of nu of the fairest provinces of the -its most fruitful districts, and time positions in the Black Sea, 1 >y Catharine 11. and to be sche-! among the enormous masses pire, Jpidandgw'ai no sooner aceoip sia began to turn iter thoughts i iguestothe minor states olCier tion of whose petty princes has :ted to a more powerful monar ice of the habit which has grown the condition of vassalage in Iwiiys been holden by the (jer- Jnfortunateiy, England has too )is course of Russian politics, ting was when Mr. Pitt armed the seizure of Oeksakow by the ie; but Mr. Fox, and the Whigs rted, from revenge, the coun ’atesman tliat ever directed the ■ cabinet of this country, | Our policy has been too uniformly directed to I France and America, find, together with thereat Lot Europe, we have been almost blind to the won- Iderful s'* - , ides of the Court of St. Petersburg. ■Russia has had great advantages in the progress ■>’ her ambitious career; she has only had to a frontier, from whose barrenness and ii- cli mate she bad a surer protection than s. Siie has always been sati* In hei and t>as contrived to get under her sway population, one half of which was in hostility to her forty years ago. That po. Knl,'•turn frou which she recruits her armies, lias I'.wv fallen to the lot of a few Russian Lords, just ■is the cuttle grazing upon pastures are the pro* ■ •■i ty of the lamlloi and. Such, however, has beefi P‘e course of events, that this empire has been le tallied with one wing to touch the wall of China ■•and, by another, to overshadow and keep ■own the rising liberties of the Rhine—to enter of Persia with her Asiatic troops, and of France with an European army at same time. the reig-n of ilie present Czar shall ter f jninatp, unless Europe (and France and England particular) shall lie prompt and bold in resist- JHka him, see a power more formidable w as ever swayed bv Napoleon. Catharine not n: her dominions a sufficient U, each village.—At the present *** of Cossacks are acquainted a - v > 1 per/aue? ol Fat is London ri m I '.' ’ o m; a r e^^Sfr^P il * l ‘ srric,s ol Russia bending to sash ion and taste. ■ now is, what course shall we l u< It would be quite absurd to depend on pursue L ra |j on u s the Emperor Nicholas, should Jtemmjr.twitted to overturu the Ottoman Em- Jhe be ,c ■ f ’%eW l ” late settlement of Europe by the ‘S’ ye been sedand stationary, Russia alone has v“ t>n . (V dva*y ,Hfi r — a multitude of people, unknown ’ ‘ |JS tV g /within the last twenty years, been ad vS. dmMiius of the Czar—those, for ex the which separate the north of Amer ica from f%sia. Again; if we draw the line Jfi oni tim moiuth of the \ isttila, across the Boiy theuies to thy mouth of the Volga, we shall mere ly draw a* faint boundary of the successors of! Catharine. (Seside* an extent of country equal to the surfacekof France and situated to the west ward qft*’ >e rocs. another still more d&trict, (>ti the borders of the Caspian f'ea, has seived to augment the mass of Russian usurpa tion Ni w, all this multitude of people are the im jne’ ittle vassels of a Government which acknovv lenges no law but its w ill, and which it at liberty to raise armies, to wage war, or to conclude peace, at its own option, without any restraint from popular assemblies, senates or internal in gtitutions. This immense monarchy can keep armies on foot almost without the knowledge of the rest of Europe; armies nearly equal to the united forces of all the other Powers because the intercourse with Russia merely exist on a single point, w iilst the relations of iussia with other states branch out into numberless ramifications. The Empervf Alexander was friendly to peace, and anxiousis uphold his own work: but there is cow on the Russian throne a prince food of war, Bnd anxious to distinguish himself by arms and conquest, What measures have the Powers of J-airopef England in’ particular) taken, to keep &T'warlike s"eretgn, wielding the jr*sonrcs of such an enormous empire, in cheek/ iVionc ! unfortunately, none at all. On the con trary. by extinguishing the Turkish Navv at Nu *arino, w r e have doneeverv thing to assist the ul timate projects of Nicholas. But we will not pursue this subject any fur-1 thor; suffice it to say, that the policy of Russia j has now completely developed itself, and it will j become our duty, by prudeut and timely aiiian- j *.ces, to guard against it. Prussia will be compelled to follow the course jßfßussia, in order to maintain her sway over the countries which she possesses from Memel to ■ghe othersk eof RrylSenien. as far as the mouth of the, VisfulaT—Prussia can compel Saxony to imitate her example, and a great portion of the Northern States of Germany will (in revenge for being disappointed of free Constitutions pro mised CO them at the Treaty of Vienna) pursue ■the same course. Austria, conjointly w ith Bava xia. au do nothing single banded; she canuot Support the Turks and defend lieself at the same j (uup.—-\lliat then is to be done/ \\ e answer,- i -that the seasonable change in the French Minis- I try offers to the Duke of Wellington a most no- j Lie opportunity of constructing a coalition of An- i h ranee, England and the Kingdom of the ; rietherlanili to oppose, in the first place, by ue- j foliation—and in the next, by arms, the pro gtess ofthe Emperor Nicholas At all events he must not get to Constantinople, or obtain an io- Kt into tlie heart of Europe through thp Jjaida- J&ell&s &kd ike Mediterraaeau, FROM FRANCE. The packet ship France arrived at New Y ork brings Faris papers to the 24th, and Havre to the 25th Au gust inclusive. From the New York Commercial, Journal of Commerce, and the proof-slip of the Mercantile Advertiser, we copy the following i tems. The Russians were advancing to wards Adrianople, the inhabitants of which place were dying into the inte rior. One thing appears certain, j that the Sultan was determined to resist last, and that no concessions lor peace would emanate from him. It is reported that he,on the iccentoc casion, made the following remark to the grandees of the empire:—“My resolution is taken ; we will resist tins unjust attack as long as possible; l will defend my self even to the gates ot 1 lie Church of Sain Sophia, ami 1 will then perish gloriously, ifthe fate have so ordered it.” We learn from a passenger, that it was the general impression in Pa ris, on the 24th of August, that Con stantinople had by that time fallen into the hands of the Russians. ‘File French Ministry was still the subject of violent attacks in the Paris journals, and without any effort or reply on its part. The John Pull, of23d, has a story of a letter from Mexico, which repre sents, that the American Minister, in that country, has offered, on be half of the United States, to loan that Government between £ 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 for a term of years, taking Texas and the peninsula of California as security; and incase the money is not refunded at the ex piration of t hat period, “the posses sion of those rich am! extensive coun tries is to vest in the United Suites.” “The proposition of America,” adds the John Bull “must not be quietiv listened to, or tamely permitted; while we are earnest in our endeav ors to put a stop to the power of Russia, we must not forget the neces sity of checking the aggran ■izenunt of America ; and we repeat, we can conceive no ground more strong for co-operating with Spain in the pres-j ent struggle, than j that of stopping the union of Northern and Southern America, which must he the inevita ble resqlt of the scheme now negoti ated bv the Cabinet of the United States/’ The Journal des Debats of the 23d, thus notices the news of the Russian successess in Europe and Asiatic Turkey:—“Wojnve his day receiv ed from Petersburg!! and Berlin., the confirmation of the important, con quest of Erzeroum, the capital of A sia Minor, bv the army of Gen. Paskewhich. Thus Constantinople will soon he herself besieged hv the invasion of the two grand victorious armies. Europe and Asia will be lost at one and the same time to the Sultan, Accounts from Munich, contained in the Augsburg Gazette of the 17th, announce that a decisive battle had taken place at Kirkklissa, (the forty churches,) and that Gen. Diebitsch, after having effected a junction with the Russian division which was landed at Burgas, had completely routed the Turks. The Russian head quarters is no more than 40leagues from Consta tiuople, and nothing can prevent the tri umphant inarch of the conquerors to the Capital of the Ottoman Empire.” Under a Bucharest date August 4, it is said that no resistance is expec ted at Adrianople, though the popu lation amounts to 100,000. The in habitants already begin to abandon the town, to take refuge in the inte rior, and the Turkish troops are eve ry where flying at the approach of the Russians. Gen. Geismar has advanced from Oreava with a body of 8000 men on tire route to Sophia. Agitation begins to prevail in Set via, A Semttn article of Aug. 8, states,* jthat letters from tiie Capita! import, j that that city is in the greatest dan |ger, and that the Sultan has resolv od to remove his camp to Ramis Tschifitlik. Many of the govern ment officers have been discharged ; among others, Esred Effendi who bad figured agreat deal in the nego ciation carried on with the mediat ing powers. The Sultan issues or ders in every direction to resist to the last extremity, arid displace the com manders wlmexhibit any irresolution. Letters-from Alexandi ia of the 16, j July, says that the Viceroy had as- 5 sembled his flotilla to carry r ise troops to Smyrna, but that having receiv ed* iut exigence of a revolt among the* Wchebites, he had given contrary and metifts tp employ jlieui *n the interior. Tills will necessa-! rily be unfavorable to the Turks in the military operations in Europe, j The Sultan in reply to the urgent) solicitations of the ambassadors, had | sent diem a written declaration of his refusal to accept any of the pro positions made by them, and had al-j so refused their request to postpone | 1 his definitive answer lor eight days.—! i Sir. P. Gulden, in consequence, or-! | dered the English vessels to hold j ! themselves in readiness to assist the j j English in Peru, in case of necessity. idie plague was extending in Mol davia and Wailachia in the beginingi ot August. A part of the town of I Brailow had been burned in conse | qucnce, after which the inhabitants withdrew to barrocks in the plain or within the doruon sanitaire. PARIS, Aug. 24. The funds have experienced a de cided improvement here, which some persons on change attempt to ex plain by telling of an arrangement between the Turk's and Russians, the substance of which is, that the Sultan is to pay a large indemnity, and leave m the hands of Russia as a guarantee, all the places actu ally occupied bv her troops. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. r Khc Nmiemburg Correspondent, m a letter from Constantinople, an nounces that Admiral Malcomb was at Vouria near Smyrna., with the greater pail of the English fleet, and that he had received orders from M. Gordon to proceed to the Dar danelles. It is added that the Rus sian squadion had abandoned the blockade of the Dardanelles and re tired to Poros. PARIS, Aug. 24. IMie report is circulated on change, that admiral Matcomb, after having rallied all the maritime forces, winch the English possess in the Mediter ranean, had entered the Dgrdaneles, with the consent of the Sultan. PARIS, Aug. 23d. Kirk-K.illir.sia, or the Four Churches, where the Russians have gained a decided victory, is a town of Romania in tiie interior of the | country, an the reverse Southwest of Strandjec, at equal distance from the small rivers Salsdere and Take det e, 12 leagues East of Adt ianople, and 40 North west of Constantino pie. This place is without walls, and has none of the ancient Christian churches from which it derives its nature. The inhabitants are Tut ks, A r ei.ia is and Jews; the latter were transplanted from Sodohe, speak a jargon German, and furnish Con stantinople with butter and cheese. It is the chief town of a Sandjak situ ated along'the Black Sea, between Midaih and the Gulph of Beurgas, and which is bounded by the Sand jaos of Fisa Tcliirrnin, and Gitiidoli, as well as the territory of Adriano ple. FRANCE, A letter from a French officer, dated Algiers, Aug. Bth, gives an account of two interviews between M. La Bretonniere, commander ol’ | the blockading forces, and Dey, in i which the former found it hopeless to expect that any conditions of peace would he accepted which he was authorised to propose. Acsor | ding to the Dev’s expression, the ad miral, his interpreter, and the offi cers who accompanied him, “were bound to esteem themselves happy in being allowed freely to return on board.” On the third day of Au gust, finding an arrangement im practicable, Mi do la Bretonnier in. departing from the port had not pro ceeded further than seven or eight ; hundred toises, when his vessel, the Provence , was fired upon by all the lotteries, and sustained some injury. The English corvette Pelorus, was lying .unde? the fort at the time, and a Spanish brig was anchored at a little distance. It was asserted that M. de Cha tcanbriad, had sent in his resigna tion of the office of ambassador to the Court of Rome. The Turks A Russians. —4f the Russians get before the walls of Con stantinople, and are unable to get in, they will find themselves in a worse plight than they would have been had they remained noith of the Bal kan. In 1453, it cost Mahomet the I Second, fifty three days labor with jan army of 3,X),(K>O men, to enter j i t lie great g;tte as victor over the ho- j dy of Constantine Palscologus, the last of the Greek Emperors. There is a ‘possibility that the Russians may have fallen into a snare, for it is ve- ? ry remarkable that they were allow ed so pass the narrow defiles of the Balkan, without any thing like ase-- rious opposition. Their supplies in Kouinclia must come from the Black Sea, and should those supplies be cut oil'by a kind of JSavarino affair, they must either possess the capital, starve to death, or force their re treat through the passes of the Bal kan. A few weeks may give a dif ferent aspect to affairs, or realize the anticipations of the friends of Russia. For ourselves, we continue ito entertain a lively interest in the fate of the Sultan, who lias proved himself to be possessed of no ordina ry abilities, and we are unwilling to admit the probiiity of his total defeat. | S. Y. Courier. From the Baltimore American 30 th ult. FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN THE MEXI CANS AND SPANIARDS, The editors of the American been favored with the annexed ex tract of a letter, dated “Brig Matildaolf Tampico, Septem ber 1, 1829. The Spanish force which Barradas had left in possession of Tampico during his march into the interior, was attacked on the 22<i ultimo by the Mexican General Santa Anna, at 2 o’clock in the morning, and fought in the streets and on the hous es until 10 o’clock, when they (tin? Spaniards) surrendered. But The arrival of General Barradas from Altameira, with tiie main body of his army, changed the fortune of the day, and a compromise took place. Santa Anna re-surrendered tiie town, and was permitted to retire with his troops, amounting to about 1400, to his former position on the the oppo site side of the river where lie still remains increasing his forces. On Monday of last week, Santa Anna made known to the consuls in Tampico his intention of attacking the town again, and advised them to place their citizens and property in the best security they-could within six days. Most of the foreigners have gone with their goods up the river. Rather than witness the scenes of the 22d acted again, upon a larger scale, I have taken refuge on board of his vessel, but as she is ordered t 6 sail to-day for Baltimore, I ahull vjo on board of the Hornet, or some o-” ther vessel lying here, until I see the result of a second attack, which it ts generally thought will eventuate in a total overthrow of the Spaniards, and that we may soon return to our busines again.” Respecting the action on the night of the 22d tilt, we find the following account in a letter published in tne Gazette. “TAMPICO, Sept. Ist, “On the night of the 21st ult. Gen. Santa Anna brought over his troops —about 1400—from the old t -wn of Tampico, and attacked that port ofthe Spanish army remaining here. Gen. Burradas having gone as far as Altumeira to surprise Gen. La Garza who was there with part of the Mexican force, expecting to capture the old General and all un der his command without any loss on his part. At two o’clock on the morning of the 22d ult. the fight, commenced here in the streets and from the lops of the houses until ten o’clock, when the Spaniards called a parley and agreed to surrender to Santa Anna, but Gen. Barrudas who was glad to get hack from his visit to Aitameira, arriving here at the time with his fioi ccs, changed the for tune ofthe day. A compromise took place, St. Anna re-surrendered the town and was permitted to retire un- i molested to his former position at the old town of Tampico, where lie now j remains augmenting his forces, w'liicl) j lie does with great facility, every i Mexican in that neighborhood iiom tiie age of 18 to 60 joining him. The Mexicans arc persuaded that their next attack will be successful, and that Bananas, who will be sur rounded on uff sides, will bo glad to surrender this place and his tioops’ to the brave Santa Anna. “The sloop of war Hornet, fortu- * nately called here about the time of Santa Anna’s intended attack and before be put it in execution, her boats and men rendered great service in getting off the little American propel ty winch was here, and placing it on board the vessels in the river. “We have no <iou!>c that Bafradas must soon surrender, and that tran quility will be restored. The Mexi can force now in the old town and on the road to Altameint, is comput ed at no less than ID,OOO men, which a;g daily and hourly increased by tire j people from the inferior flocking join them, all inspired with the ,;t! most hatred of the invaders, every one of whom will leave their bom** here”— Gazette. . From Buenos Ayres. —We by the schr. Virginia, capt. South, comb, arrived at this port in 44 d?u% from Buenos Ayres, that Gen. L :t , valle still remained at the head of the government, and that things were settling down tranquilly, and remained in the same situation.as repoated by the Two Marys, arrived at this port on the 20th. There hud been no material alteration in the market. uJf. From the Richmond Enquirer. * CONVENTION OF VIRGINIA# The Convention met yesterday, ia the Capitol of Virginia, agreeably to the law of the Legislature of Virgi# nia,—lt was duly organized, by the election of a President, Clerk, Ser geant at Arms, and Out of the 96 members elected, thero were but 6 absentees. An intense interest was excited—*- the Gallery, the Lobby and a part of 1 he Hall were crowded with anxious Spectators. —The spectacle of so ma# ny distinguished men convened to gether for so solemn and important a purpose, produced a seiisfcrioii, which baffles description. When James Madison rose to nominate hi* friend; when upon the election of James Monroe to the Cbayjfea was escorted to it. by Mr. MadiflKmd liy Mr. Marshall; and when James Mo nroe delivered his fe< ling and impres sive Address, the seem? was peculiar ly touching. There was many a wet eye in the Hall.—We record thi* morning, their first day’s Proceed** ings. ) Madison and Marshall conducted Miry Monroe to the clmir, after lie was appointed Frc* sident, when he addressed the Convention nearby in the following terms:- Having served my countrv jfrojji very early life, in all its. highest and most difficult emergencies, it m the most important of which trusts I have lately retired, I cannot otlisrw o than feel with great sensibility, tl a prod of the high confidence of tins very enlightened and respectable- Assembly.—it was my earnest bope : and desire, that a very distingnisedi citizen and friend, who has preceded me in several of these high trusts,’ and who had a just claim to that pro * ccdcnce, should have taken this sta tion, and I deeply regret the coumi>” orations which have induced him to* decline it.—The proofs of his i-e- v important services, and the purity of his file, will go down to our latest posterity; and his example, aided by that of ot hers, whom 1 need not men* tion, will give a strong prop to cut*', free system of government. I regret my appointment from art*’ other consideration : a fear that 1 shall not be able to discharge the du ties of the trust, with advantage to* my Country.—l have never before?’ held such a station, arid am ignorant of the rules of the House. 1 haye also been afflicted of lute, with infir mity, which still exists to a degree* to form a serious obstacle.—Bein'* j placed, however, here, I will exert ! tiiv host faculties, physical and men i tal, such as they are, at every hazard, j to discharge its duties to the sate;* faction of this Assembly,* and of my Country. This assembly is called for rfi# most important object. It is to iw mend our Constitution, and thereby give anew support to our system of free republican government our Con# stitr.tiori was the first that was fornjv ed in the Union, Ait has bce-ii ju p:v ration ever sin< e :—We h at t, at period, the examples only ofthe an* neat republics before us,- —we baygf now the expei ier.ee of more than half a century of this, our own Const if tion, and of those of all our sister States.— ls it has defects, as i think it has, experience win have pointed them out, and the ability and integri ty of this enlightened body’, will re commend such alterations as it dci ! proper to our constituents, in uluati | the fiower of adopting oy red do g them is exclusively vested. | All oilier republics have faffed,—* Those of Rome ami Gs eece exfft <>;> liy in History. In the tci i itoi ii | which they ruled, we see the ruiusef | antient buildings only the go', i 1 meats
