The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-16 00:00:00

PROCESSION OF THE GRAND SIGNIOR TO THE AIOSQUE OF SULTAN ACHDIET• (EXTRACTED FROM A PRIVATE LITTER.) CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 4. I must give you a sketch of the . Suhail going to the mosque of the Sultan A c h s net, which o is p , tpheart haps, the finest exhibition: of Oriental pm can be Witnessed in this country. It his been the season, of the " Courban Bairam," a festival very gay among the Turks, to celebrate the arrival of the pilgrims of Mecca. It is announced by the roar of artillery at midnight ; the minarets of the mosques are illuminated, and the whole city has the most imposing effect. At three in the morning the Baron and myself went across the water, and at day break the procession began ; the avenues, for a great distance, were lined with the new troops, and on the outside was a line of the Asiatic troops, and the first that I had seen, and looking as fierce as scimi tar and turban could make them. The different officers of the palace began their march, the Bostangi Bachi and Bachis innumerable, in the richest cos . tames, and with the finest Arab horses, splendidly caparisoned. Then came the Ministers of the Court and the Divan, the Kiaya Bey, the Terfterdar, the Beylikchij, the Reis Effendi, &c., &c., their horses led by numerous slaves—the gravity f their march, and the glittering pageantry of the procession, afforded a most amusing contrast ; then came the Grand Vizier, with almost royal pomp, since he as similates somewhat to his Imperial Lord ; he was surrounded by numerous slaves, thronging him so closely, that I could scarcely see his horse or his head; instead of a turban, he wore a white conical cap very high; his pellase was superb ; his grave countenance, and long beard, very amusing. When this wonder was all over, and we had gaped in as much of it as possible, the band struck up a slow and solemn tune, more like a funeral dirge than a .military march; and 10, and behold, in most imposing state, seated on a splendid Arab, covered with glit tering ornaments, appeared the " Shadow of God, Brother of the Sun and Moon," " Disposer of Earthly Crowns," in the august person of Mali moud the Great, really written on his countenance, " Every Inch a King," and I think I never saw so fine a man; of years about forty-five, of stature above the common height, but of countenance most strik ing. In his turban he wore a small heron plume, studded with diamonds, buckled .up with a large diamond rose, and on each side of his pelisse, which was green, being the royal colour, handed down by the Prophet, was a large patch covered with pre cious stones, as was the hilt of his scimitar, the whole formed a regular galaxy; his horse was led by his " Capidjee Bachi, or first gentleman; two or three hundred slaves surrounded him, which with their sable faces and white turbans, had a very imposing effect ; then came the pages of his court with large helmets and wide-spreading heron plumes, with these they endeavoured to conc eal the Imperial Presence as much as possible from the vulgar gaze. We were luckily in a eaf6 close by, and saw the whole. Thus in sovereign state passed on the great Mahmoud to the mosque, followed by a long train of the " Kislar Aga," or grand eunuchs, and numerous Arabs, splen didly mounted, some of them leading about a dozen horses of the Sultan, covered with trappings. Mali moud having spent about half an hour in. the mosque, returned in the same state; it reminds me more of the pageantry of Covent Garden than any thing I have yet seen. One of his officers bore the royal tur ban after him, arid although it was tenantless, yet the people bowed to it with great respect. NEW ROBINSON CRUSOES. Some time ago we mentioned the return of two men who had.been between one and two years on the desert Island of Amsterdam. The following is a more detailed and interesting account of the manner in which they contrived to subsist, and of their final release: — It appeared, from their own account of themselves, that they joined the Governor Hunter,. a schooner of about sixty tons, belonging to Van Dieman's Land, at the f France, that vessel being en gaged on a sealing voyage; and in Septembcr,lB26, they arrived off the northernmost island, above mentioned. It is customary for these ships to land a number of their crew at the different islands, where seals and sea-lions are procurable, and to take them off again - a few months afterwards, with the oil and skins they may have been able to obtain. • Accord ingly, a boat was sent off from the schooner, with a bagof biscuits, a few pounds of flour, and other pro. visions.'-also a kettle, a frying pan, and a consider able quantity of salt, for the purpose of curing the, seal skins. It happened to be in the evening Paine and Proudfoot, and the provisions, were landed at a convenient point, where two comfortable huts were discovered, roofed with grass--the habitations doubt less of some former adventurers. The boat had to return again to the schooner, to take off more pro visions, and four other men, but after getting on board, a smart breeze sprung up, the vessel was driven to leeward, and nothing more was seen or heard of her at the island. The two sufferers were thus left to themselves, and, in the morning, ex amining the extent and quantity of their resources, they found that almost all the stock of salt had been destroyed by the surf; and that neither of them, a most extraordinary circumstance for sailors, had even a knife; Paine's being in his jacket pocket, acci dentally left in the boat, and Proudfoot had lent his to a messmate. Their only clothing was on their backs. They seem to have husbanded their little store of bread and provisions with great care, h a yi n g made them last five months. After that they were thrown entirely on their own ingenuity and exertions for every meal they had. Circumstanced as they were, it was natural for them to keep a constant look out for ships, and they saw several, but at a great distance, during the first month of their residence on the island. The first they saw was the Hope, bound to Hobart's Town, Van Dieman's Land, which, in November, 1826, approached within a few miles of the shore, and sent out a boat, to fish. Paine and Proudfoot ran with alacrity to the beach, and, hailing the boat, communicated their situation to the oflieer, reply, told them, that when he returapd to the ship, he would inform the Captain of the circumstance, and act according to his orders. He did s return to the ship, and the unhappy men had , 00n the mortification to se e the boat hoisted up, and the vessel making ail sail in prosecution of her time on voyage. They had then, however, been but ,short th e island, and their provisions not being eXhausted, they had not yet felt•the utter desolateness of their condition. - From that period to the appearance of the Palmira, twelve months afterwards, they had not seen a single ship. It is certain that they thought themselves on the i,j a .rtd of St. Paul, for they kept continually looking to the north. in search of Amsterdam, the islands being hi sight of each other on a clear day, and wondered why it could not be seen. It was in o ther respects a great m i s f ortune to t h em , f or th er e are hot springs on the other island, of temperature high enoug h to boii 4el), which are to be caught in lagoon or basin close by. with the greatest facility In 1793, the Hindostan anehoted at this island, and on examination, found the basin to he the crater of a volcano. in the hot springs, the thermometer stood at 212, the general standard cif heat at all the springs round the water a edge, at l ama, the men boiled some fish. To keep an account of time, Paine and Proud foot notched the stave of a cask every morning; • but they had committed error of two'"daye,.... their calculation bringing them to the:,?.„klA , Nov., instead of the 4th, whet; the Ril.Po - allived4 the *;land. Destitute in a-arnictkabrot:deeee of the meant' of assisting thenisehres—withotit tool or instrument, fortune, after a short timp, eontiihuted" 4 little to their aid. They found on the rocks, at different times, a needle, an old knife, and a spike nail ; with the latter they made a hook, and a piece of eoharope supplied them with a line. With this they contrived to catch fish, but there being no barb at the point of the hook, they had often the misfortune to loe their prey. The only kind of fish they could obtain was, what the sailors call the trumpeter, and the only shell fish, limpets. They were frequently much distressed for want of fresh water. The rocky surface of the ground, not being covered with more than two or three feet of earth, digging for a spring was out of the question, even if they had teen furnished with the means. They had, therefore, to search for pools of rain water, and sometimes they had to go several miles for a draught to quench their thirst. The Island was well furnished with wild hogs, but all the time they were on it, they could not manage to catch above five. These they ran down, and felled with a stick, torn from a staunted tree, only two or three inches in diameter. " You must have run very fast for your dinner," said the Captain. " Certainly, we ran fast for a dinner," was the reply, " but the pig had to run for his life." The flesh of the Amster— dam wild hog Was very dry and hard, without an atom of fat. Once they caught a few young ones, which could not, in running away, keep up with the old sow. These, of course, afforded the two Ro binson Crusoes a sumptuous banquet. Soon after their arrival they were under the ne cessity of clearing the ground, by setting fire to the impenetrable tufts of tusak, and long grass, which obstructed their proceedings, and the conflagration, spreading over the greater part of the island, is said to have lasted several months. To improve their resources they attempted to make a bow and arrows, but the branches of ander wood, and the shoots of stunted trees, were found too brittle for the purpose. They could only sub sist indeed from hand to mouth, as the salt failed them, which prevented their laying up a stock of fish, and for many months they were accustomed to eat their casually procured victuals without any salt at all. On more occasions than one they were three days without an opportunity of obtaining a morel of food. _ _ _ _ _ They had a tinder-box when they landed, but the tinder was soon expended, and there was nothing to be found of a vegetable nature dry enough to supply its place. Keeping up the fire in the hut, therefore, during the latter part of their residence, became a subject of most painful anxiety, especially in the night, for if it happened to go out, there was no chance of lighting it again ; and the preservation of the " vestal flame," seems to have been the chief cause of any quarrelling or difference between them. The youngest was a heavy sleeper, so that upon Proudfoot more frequently fell the imperative and indispensible duty of watching ; and if they went together any distance from the hut, it was usual with them to heap the fire with peat and moss; and sometimes, for better security, they carried a piece of ignited peat along with them. One day, they succeeded in ascending to the highest peak, where they discovered the crater of a volcano more than a hundred yards in diameter, and so deep that no bottom could be seen. The island produces nothing edible, except parsley, which is found in great quantity ; it is covered with thick underwood and tusak, and dried grass was the only thing which they had to supply the place of a bed, or keep them in any degree warm, during the night. No snow fell in the winter months, but. hail and sleet continually, and it was extremely cold at that season of the year. Their health continued good without interruption, and the only accident that oc curred was a fall which Proudfoot experienced, from a precipice, and which confined him with a violent sprain, in his shoulder, for four months. The only birds they could get hold of were the snowy pottroll, and these they caught in holes; the flesh, of course, dry and fishy, but the eggs were good. The albatrosses laid their eggs, and conti nued themselves in the most precipitous and inac cessible parts of the rocks, defying the exertions of man to disturb their repose. On the 4th of November, when the Palinira was first seen by them, Paine was sanguine enough to anticipate their deliverance, and offered to wager ' that his notion was right. Proudfoot,less confident than his young companion, derided the idea. But seeing the vessel come nearer, they both rushed down from the height upon which they stood, and instantly lighted as large a fire as they could, to give intimation of the presence of human beings on the spot. Nearing the island, the ship hoisted her co ' lours, and then their happiness was cemplete, for they then felt certain of their sufferings being at an end. The surf, though on the lee side of the island, was Very high, and threatened destruction to the boat. Mr. Addison hailed the men, and the mo ment his voice was heard, Paine said to his com panion, " I am sure that is my old chief mate ;" and so it was, for three or four years before they had belonged to the same ship, the Regalia, and had been at Macquarrie Island together. As the surf ran so high, it was fortunate that they had left a euflicient length of coir-rope to throw into the boat, and hold on by, which enabled them to get on board without much difficUlty.—The Palmira arrived in safety at Calcutta on the 24th of December. SOMNAMBULISM. Many arc the singular cases which have been de tailed of persons rising and walking in their sleep; i but none are more remarkable than that of a boy, named Thomas Young, residing at Middlefield, a small farm near Kelso; and chiefly from the fre quency with which he indulges in this practice. Scarcely a night passes but the people of the farm steading have an opportunity of witnesssing some of his motions, which he goes through with as much activity and precision as when awake. Sometimes he has been observed making his way to the stable, and mounting his old and faithful friend Dobbin, who may not unfrequently be heard greeting his ar rival with a hearty neighing, by way of welcome. At another time he may be seen engaged in driving a cow before him to the field; and once he was seen riding on the " riggin o' the barn," ex hibiting, with the utmost apparent pleasure to him self, all the manoeuvres of a first-rate Newmarket Jockey. The other night, when the mistress and servants, male and female, were all sunk in pro found repose, this 7 nidnight agitator of the peace as sailed the door and windows of the kitchen with such violenca as to awaken the servant maid. Being thus suddenly and prematurely aroused from her slumb ers , an d una b le to di v i ne t h e cause o f so un usual a noi se , the girl became exceedingly alarmed. Mustering, however, as much courage as possible, she crawled over the bed with trembling limbs, and with a faltering accent inquired what was the matter? Rise, said a voice, in j 4 humble manner; rise Jenny, and help me to carry in the coin to the barn, it's raining hard. As soon as she recognised the voice o f hie visitant, her fears A% ere dispelled ; and she prepared, whet dressed, to obey the summons. On looking out, she saw nobody ; and in place of. " torrents of rain," as she expected, the morning was fair and clear—then she discovered that the distur bance had been occasloned by•the boy, in one of his fits of somnambulism.- A few nights ago, the boy, field, proceeded to the it ~,p, standing.beosnonciaid—hisp impressed with the idea that it was necessary to an adjoining u i l ia le t d ura it l take the sdbtaorE,:tib;i:ital cartl i ‘ i v i d i i t II :to effort'j gb apparently arently those who have their eyes open, As rnisfortunes,ral cred it a considerable distance.— aowilier, not unfrequently attend it is not surprising that they should befall those who go with their eyes • 1-1 ' in his nroaress occasion to descend a g sli eTtle declivity, 'vll2. th e ' ' Weig htb of the ca r o t np theetir atcoko, much for his physical pow ers to .411) the wheels slipped gradually into the ditch , there stuck fast, it now becam e necessary to exert and eill his strength to extricate the vehicle ; but alas . , the atteinpt was vain, and he was o hiipd to ret ur n , vexed, fatigued, atol discomfited, to his humble bed in the hay-loft, there to sleep away his di.oppoint: ment. It is remarkable that during this freak, and -at all other times when going abort in his sleep, he felt as if he had been dreaming, and was entirely insensible to what he had been about..—From a Cor i respondent of the Stirling .lournal. The East India Company's ship Dunira ari rived d t Lowbay the 23th of Mai, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Sept. 14.) ALEXANDRIA, JULY 30.—The same operation is practised here to re-people a province as is employed in England to man the fleet—namely, impressing. All males, from the age of 15 to the age of 60, are seized and distributed in the country, where the want of hands paralyzes every thin'. The evacuation of the Noma seems to be decided upon. A French corvette has arrived from Nayarit) with the news, that two English men of war were to follow it from that port, and take away the Greeks (8,000 slaves), who are demanded of the Paella, and to convoy the Egyptian ships which are to go and fetch Ibrahim. The Pacha has within these two days ordered the Russian Consul to remove the arms of his Emperor and to take down his flag. AUG. 1.-It seems that an envoy from Constan tinople has really came to ask the Pacha for fresh supplies of men and money, and to persuade him to send Ibrahim and his army to Romelia, if he should be obliged to evacuate the Morea. It remains to be seen what resolution the Pacha will take ; if he wishes to preserve the friendship of the Sultan, he must sacrifice his army, and make up his mind not to see his son again. • Since our Pacha has received this news, he is said to be extremely agitated and in a very ill humour. AUG. 4.—Some English men-of-war, one with Admiral Codrington on board, are now anchored in the port, at the same spot where Lord Cochrane was anchored fifteen months ago. A schooner ar rived this morning, and periled for two hours with the English fleet; it afterwards stood out to sea and disappeared. The Admiral, it seems expects another ship of the line and several frigates and cor vettes. Ten or twelve Russian men-of-war are also expected. Some persons affirm that we shall see some French ships also. The Pacha, with whom the English Admiral desires an interview, is in formed of all this, and will arrive to-night. It seems that the evacuation of the Morea, and the imme d;ate release of all the Greek slaves will be de manded. This, at least, is supposed to be the object of the appearance of this naval force. It will not be known till after the Pacha has been here some days. PARIS, SEPT. 13.—The Gazette Universelle of Lyons has the following article : " Our Correspondent at Toulon sends us the fol lowing details :—An aviso sent to the Commandant of the Marine brings news of the expedition to the Morea. One brigade has landed without obstacle, in the island of Sapienza; another was to land at Na varin. Ibrahim has received our troops in a friendly manner, and is preparing to embark, with part of his army, on board the vessels which had brought him reinforcements and provisions. Transports were expected from Egypt to take away the remain der of Ibrahim's army. " The Ville de Marseilles, which was with the first division of the expedition, has continued her voyage for Toulon, and is now in the roads." TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH DATED SEPT. 8, 1828, ONE O'CLOCK P.M. " The Prefect to the Minister of Marine. " The Lamprosi has just arrived ; she sailed from Navarin the 29th of August ; the Dion had just previously entered the Gulph of Calamata. " The Laniprosi met on the 30th, at the distance of 20 leagues from Navarin, the 35 transports, and a convoy of the Hassard, which must have arrived on the 31st, as the wind was favourable." (From the Cunstitutionnel.) - - PARIS, SEPT. 13.—1 t is now three months since hostilities between Russia and the Porte began, since the expectations of England were prolonged, since our expedition to the Morea was prosecuted, and no one of those great events has occurred which seem appointed to resolve those questions on which human science and wisdom are forced to be silent. We are yet ignorant and uncertain in what state the first reports of our expedition to the Morea will find us. We described it as an honourable proceeding intended only for the safety of Greece, and an indis pensable measure of precaution if a change were to take place in the domination of the Bosphorus. We have not been able to state any thing different since, and this is all that we now know of the affairs of the East. In general, the same reserve has been maintained ; patriots have put up, as we have, prayers, that the elite of the French Generals and soldiers might find in their mission ssimething to perform in favour of humanity, and in the interest of their couttry. Whatever may be the secret designs of the two Powers associated with us, we have felt no jealousy, and we think our situation affords us excellent reasons not to be afraid. An English ship of war has arrived at Marseilles from Alexandria, which place she left on the 10th of August. The despatches were immediately sent to Paris. The following is an extract of one of the let ters brought by this ship : " AuGusT 6.—The Pacha has just ratified the treaty, which Ibrahim concluded with the Admirals for the evacuation of the Morea. The Consuls of • England and France were appointed to conclude the • negociation, the Admiral having declared that he would not land till he was certain that his proposals would be accepted; and that, in case of refusal, he would blockade Egypt; and that from twelve to fifteen Russian ships, who were at a distance, should employ other means than negociation. These threats produced the desired effect, and the Pacha consented to the demands. In three or four days all the Egyptian vessels now in port are to sail for the Mo rea, under •the convoy of an English ship, to take on board the Egyptian army and its chief, estimated at from 15 to 20,000 men, all that remain of 50,000 who left this place. It seems that in consequence of the impossibility of restoring all the slaves, this has not been much insisted on. The greater part being women, and converted to the Mahometan faith, have been espoused by those who brought them thither, or they have been introduced into the se raglio of some great man, in which case, religion forbids to take them away. There are in the galleys about 168 slaves, who will be set at liberty, and carried back to their own country, on board the English ship. The last article of the capitulation bears that the fortresses of the Morea shall be evacuated by Ibrahim, and placed in the possession of the Turkish troops. " After concluding the Convention with the Pacha at Alexandria, for the return to Egypt of Ibrahim Pacha and his troops, Admiral Codrington arrived on the 2-Ith of August sff „Navarin. Forty-one Egyptian vessels, convoyed by French and English .ships, followed him to receive on board the Egyp tian troops. This division must have arrived off the coast of the Morea on the 29th. On the 25th, the French and English squadrons, in consequence of an agreement with the Kiaga-bey of Ibrahim, anchored in the harbour of Naval in, to wait for the Egyptian transports. During this time a brig de tached by General Maison informed ,Admiral Rigny of the approach of the expedition. The Admiral went out to, meet it. It is suppposed that the French troops will be landed at Calamata." - The following is an extract of a letter from a young officer, without a date :—" In passing before Athens during the night, this town was all in flames as well as the surrounding plains. The Turks have set fire to it, being persuaded that they will soon be compelled to leave it." PRBVESA, A.uG. 15,—Extract of a Private Letter. • —Firmans of his Highness have been read in al l the mo sques o f M ace d on i a an d Th essa l y f or ca lling out the s pa bi g, the Timarots, the guards of the passes, and generally all the militia to the defence of Greece, Monstrd, Pacha of Scoudra, Redschid Pacha, and Omar Briones, Paella of Salonia, are to command the expedition ; the principal rendezvous being at Larissa, in the month of September. If we may believe the Turks, this army, destined to ac t against the Morea, will consist of 60,000 men, disposed of its follows :--The Paella of Scoudra, having under his orders the K ai do c k s of c to ie ? of Elbassan, of Ochrida, and Monaster, after descend ing from Upper Albania, will unite with the others at Larissa, extending towards ?Ocala and Pharsalia, so as to bear on the mountains of the Gulf of Le panto. Redschid Pacha proceeding from Janina will hoist his standard on the heights of Misso longhi, and support . Moustai Pacha. Omar Briones united with the Pacha of Negropont, will enter in Beotia, so that the Peloponessus will be attacked both on the north and west. The orders of the Divan are to put all the strong places in Albania in a state of defence, and particularly Parga and Pre yesa, where numerous garrisons are expected. The Pachas of Asia Minor have received orders to send the troops in Cyprus to Cos, Chios, and Mitylene. Regular troops are to be sent to Tenedos and Lem nos, and Mount Athos is to be occupied by the Spahis from Macedonia, who hive in part been raised in the neighbourhood of Serrez. It is pro posed to disembark immediately 1,500 tacticians in Attica. The fortresses of Crete will receive sol diers' ammunition, and provisions. The Sultan has employed 40,000 purses of his own private treasury to bear the expences of the war in Greece and the Archipelago. Hitherto we did not know how to explain these extraordinary measures at a moment when the Otto man Empire is attacked by the Russians, but the business is explained by the . announcement of the speedy arrival of a French fleet in the Mores. The Porte having been informed of this in a positive manner, has placed itself in a condition to repel an aggression which it regards as a declaration of war, and it is possible that ere long it will publish a Ma nifesto, in which there will be no mention of Eng land. In fact, it is indebted to this Power, which will see with regret if the Turks should fall in the contest. The Pachas are ordered to make a general inspection of their governments, in order to seize all the Christians, and compel them to work at the for tresses. More than 25,000 have been taken up in Macedonia, and seat, coupled like hunting-dogs, to Shumla, where they will be employed to dig the trenches, and receive the first fire of the Russians. The same thing has taken place on all the points of the Danube where there are fortresses. In the single department of Monaster or Bitolia, 6,000 Christian masons have been collected, and sent to Constantinople, and it may be estimated, that up wards of 15,000 Greeks, Bulgarians and Walla chians, all Christians, are employed in the Corvees, where they expire daily under the blows of a Turk. A piece of maize bread, water, and blows, constitute the nourishment of a people whom the Sultan wishes to annihilate before be gives up the country to the Muscovites. (From tl►e Courier Francais of Saturdity ) PARIS, SEPT. 13.—MISTAKES OF THE JESUIT TRAVELLERS.-If we are to believe M. de Courcy, all nations were going to dispute the incalculable advantage and the honour of receiving and pro tecting the Jesuits on leaving France, whence no one drives them; but where they wish no longer to sojourn, since they can no longer reign as despots. The Reverend Father ought only to have the diffi culty of choosing; they might , choose between all countries of Europe and America, which emulated each other in extending their arms with tenderness to them. M. de Courcy had presumed far too much on the feeling of our neighbours. It is very little better apparently than ourselves; for they do not appear to care for the holy personages whom we have re jected. The King of Piedmont, who hitherto had treated the Jesuits with so much favour and libe rality, has suddenly become armed with scruples and prejudices. Far from giving them castles, he has not even wished to permit them to buy them. Their descent at Guernsey has not succeeded any better. The mere appearance of the holy fathers in the island has been a signal of alarm. The inhabi tants soon concerted together, and addressed a pe tition to the British Government, praying it to re move these guests, whose presence would endanger the security of the isle, and thy peace of the Protes tant Church in those regions. The answer of the Government was—" That the French Jesuits were allowed to establish themselves as private men in the English islands; but they ought to be severely forbidden to form any Corporation there. The strict est watchfulness will be employed towards them, to force them to live merely like all the other inhabitants, to whom the protection of the laws cannot be refused, nor any thing else which they permit." Without doubt the Jesuits will not accept an asy- lum granted on such condition : they wish not the protection of the laws, if they are only to obtain what the latter will permit—they would find as much in France : of what use, then, have been these expences of a shifting by sea ? A Journal announces, that " yesterday morning a considerable crowd was assembled at the corner of Rue de Vaugirard and Rue de Notre Dame-des- Champs. A Swiss battalion was stationed in that distant part of the city, which is occupied by Swiss soldiers. This display of force was rendered neces• nary, by the great disorders which the soldiers of the guard on this post had committed in consequence of drunkenness." On this subject very afflicting details have been transmitted to us, and from them it would appear, that at ten o'clock that evening some Swiss soldiers were stopping all the citizens who passed that way in the Rue Vaugirard, and did not release them without obtaining money from them. Not finding receipts produced sufficiently quick, they laid under contribution three coachmen, whose vehicles were standing before doors. Various other excesses were committed by them, in representing which we hope there is some exaggeration. Nov, although these misguided soldiers are only answerable to their offi cers for their conduct, yet it is but proper that pub lic justice should interfere to ascertain facts, which interest, in so high a degree, the public security. FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents. 106 f. 40c. 45c. ; Three per Cents. 741. 15c. 25c. ; Bank Actions, 1845 f. FOREIGN FurNns.—Neapolitan Rentes, Cer. Falc. 79f. 94)c. 90f. ; Spanish Rentes, 71; Royal Spanish Loan, 751; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 49; Haytian Loan, 660 f. Mi. JACOB, who has been so much employed by Government in procuring information of the corn markets on the Continent, &c., was here on Friday last, having come round by the West Coast, where he visited Appin, and other places. He stated his tour to be merely one of curiwsity; he said, however, that his observations enabled him to assert, that the crops in Scotland had sus tained much less damage frona the rains than in England,— Inverness Journal. CARLTON•HOUSE IMPROVEME N TS.— The new buildings erecting on the site of Carlton Palace, not the slightest vestige of which now remains, are proceed ing rapidly to completion. They will, it is anticipated, be ready for the residence of the distinguished individuals to whom spots of ground have been granted to build upon by the commencement of 1829. It has not yet been finally decided that the recommended flight of steps into the Park shall not he adopted. The covered fountain will be adopted as proposed by Mr. Nast!, and eight additional pillars to those of Carlton-house portico erected for the support of its roof. The right wing of the terrace is all in car case, and undergoing the process of cement, to give the houses the appearance of those in Regent-street. The terrace to the Park will be raised about ten feet, and will be ern tmented in front with cast iron fluted Doric pillars, painted a stone colour, and supporting a coping of stone. Some of these pillars are already set up. They are rather heavy, but will relieve the otherwise dull uniformity of the front of the terrace. The Atheneum, and other build ings facing Pall-mall, are proceeding rapidly. RECEIPT TO MAKE EAU DE COI.O6NE. Take of the essence of bergamot, lemon Teel, lavender, and orange-flower, of each one ounce ; essence of cinnamon half an Ounce; spirit of rosemary, and of the spirituous water of melisse, of each 15 ounces ; strong alcohol, seven pints and a half. Mix the whole together, and let the mixtro e stand for the space of a fortnight; after which introduce it into a glass retort, the body of which is im mersed into boiling water contained in a vessel placed over a lamp, while the beak is introduced into a large glass re servoir well lilted. By keeping the water to the boiling point, the mixture in the retort will distil over into the receiver, which should be covered over with wet cloths. — In this manner will be obtained pure Eau de Cologne.-- Grunville's St, .Petersturph, , e... PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 98% 77i 8 354 per Cent. Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. 1er210,4% Ditto, 18e6 Bank L. Ann. India Stook Ditto Bonds 9l 9.3 pm. DAY AT PIM O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 97y, Old Annuities .shut New Ditto — Ex. bills. X l,f/00 2d. 75 74 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 75 74 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial ..... .... pm. Bank for Account — India for Aocount... ....... . Cons. for Acct 884 B '6 mots or SHARES THIS Anglo Mex. Min. Ca. (iss. at 51. Bolanos Mining Co. Brazilian Imp. Mini Co. (Lsa. at 51. Pritish Iron Mining Co. Columbia' Mining Co. (iss. at 51. Real net Monte Mining Co. DAY AT ON! O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. pm.) £95 25 22% 24 25 £290 425 pm.) £2O 71% 72 pm.) 42% , £25 19% 19 400 . 274 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 13: Bank Stock — St. Patrick Insur. (per sli.) Consols, 3 per cent. -- . 1, Royal Irish DittO Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 95% ; National Ditto Ditto, New ---, Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent. lOl% Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% per cent... 96 1 1 Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock -- Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —' Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent ---., Mining Co. of Ireland — Ballast O ffi ce Deb. 4p. c. —;Counnercisl Buildings -- NIGH WATER ♦T LONDON MUDD/ TO-MORKOW. Morning...2s minutes after 7. I Evening ....59 minutes after 7. 4444 4 * / wk.,* LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1828. The first part of the French Expedition reached its destination in the Gulf of Calamata in the Mores on the 29th of August. Another divi sion landed at Navarin, where it was received in a friendly spirit by IBRAHIM PACHA. The second expedition was within twenty leagues of the Morea, and would probably reach the follow ing day as the wind was favourable. Admiral COD R I NGTON, after having conclud ed a convention with the Pacha of EGYPT for the evacuation of GI eece, proceeded from Alexandria to Navarin, whither he was followed by forty-one Egyptian transports to convey the troops of IBRAHIM to Alexandria. Admiral CODRINGTON will thus have the satisfac tion as well as the glory of having completed the objects of the Treaty of London, notwith standing the " untoward" spirit in which his conduct had been stigmatised by those who ought to have known better. But CODRINGTON will have his reward when these untoward people will have nothing to give or take. German Papers of the Bth inst. have been re ceived this tnorning. They contain a proclama tion from the Duke of ANHALT, for assimilat- big the duties upon foreign commerce through out his Duchy with those in force in Prussia, with which State a convention reciprocally bene ficial has been just concluded : CONTHEN, SEPT. 3. The Gazette contains to-day a proclamation of the Duke to the following effect : " We, Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt, &c. &c. hereby acquaint our beloved subjects, that in concert with our Cousin the Duke of Anhalt Dessau, we have concluded a con vention with the Prussian Government,which will put an end to the interruptions and impediments to commerce with the Prussian States. The advantages which our beloved sub ject.; will derive from an unlimited freedom of trade, and especially from the navigation of the Elbe and Saale, without payment of tolls, which has been reciprocally agreed upon, have induced us to impose on foreign goods the same duties as are paid in the kingdom of Prussia, and, in general, to introduce into our Duchy the tariff which was ordered in Prussia by the law of 26th May, 1818. A custom-house will, therefore, be established at Rosslau, in conjunction with Anhalt Dessau, when the duties on all imported goods will be levied by the officers whom we shall appoint for the purpose. " Though this measure may be attended with many incon veniences, we have that confidence in our beloveJ subjects, that they will the more readily conform to it, as many years' experience have convinced them that we have spared no sacrifices to preserve our beloved subjects independent of a foreign system of taxation, and that consequently no per sonal advantages to us, but superior considerations of peace and concord and other unavoidable circumstances, have in duced us, for the good of our subjects, to introduce this system into our dominions. We-therefore expect with the more confidence that none of our subjects will think of evading by smuggling sr otherwise the regulations which will be published, as it would most deeply affect us to be compelled to have recourse to the measures of rigour which must be employed in such cases. " Coetben, Sept. 1, 1828." FRANKFORT, SEPr. 8. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Anna Feodo rowna, Princess of Saxe Coburg, arrived here yesterday from Gotha, under the title of Countess of Romanow. 11.0.11 E, ♦UG. 50. The Duke de Blacas has arrived here from Naples. Cardinal Doria, lately appointed Prior of Malta, is danger ously ill. For three months past, we have had a constant drought, so that there is not a green blade of grass in all the Campagna Romans. In some places, for instince, in Fayloa, the forests have taken fire, but no great damage has yet been done. The cattle suffer dreadfully for want of water. VIENNA, SEPT. 4.—Metalliques, 94 3-16 ; Bank Shares, 1076. Letters have been received, via Odessa, from Constantinople, of the 17th ult., which state, that a conspiracy had been formed there by the Janissaries, but before it was put into execution it was discovered, in consequence of which 300 of the Janissaries were seized and thrown i n t o th e sea. This state of affairs has prevented the Grand Vizier from setting off for Adria nople, and the SULTAN very seldom appears in public. It is said in the Austrian Observer that the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE had returned to Warsaw, after having inspected the corps of the army of Lithuania—previous to their departure for the theatre of war. A fresh conscription is at this moment organizing throughout the Russian Empire to repair the losses sustained in the Turkish war. head- Letters from Paris assert that an extraor dinary despatches are said to an rties had si mu l taneous ly i C i o nt u r r te ie r r s Isivaistharrdivesepdatticiheeres fmfroortitllele Russianßussian Am bnaususialcdeor.thatTslelevseerai so taken place from Shumla, Varna, Silistria, and the other fortresses on the Danube, the result of which was a desperate conflict and much bloodshed on both sides, but the Russians re pulsed the enemy at all points and ina;ntaitied their ground. The accounts froni Odessa sta that the siege of Varna was prosecuted with 3 1 creasing vigour. The young Queen of PORTUGAL has arrivi at Gibraltar, on her passage to Genoa. The Times of this morning, in reference I letters received from that hot-bed of plots all rebellion—Lisbon—says that there are n° three parties in that place as decidedly 0 1 posed to each other, as self interest and fan' ticism can make them. These factions are' " First Don PEDRO'S party; secondly, D 4S MIGUEL'S ; and thirdly, that of the Prin ce MARIA THERESA, married to one of tb Spanish Princes. This Princess proposes to r° 41.1 her son Don SEBASTIAN to the young Quee r Donna MARIA DA GLORIA. It is Sai d th6l CHAVES and the old QUEEN support the Plan the Princess MARIA THERESA. It was repos e d in some of the Government circles at ',jaw' that Lord BERESFORD would soon visit that capital." We wish his Lordship a pleasant P s ' sage and a long stay in a country so peculi`ul) congenial to his tender predilections— For that is the hod where the cypress and rortle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their shale-' Where the rage of the vulture—the loos of the turt le Now melt into sorrow—now madden to crime! _ . It has often been said, and we feel little inclined to dispute it, that the kingdom of the Netherind) is the best governed on the Continent ; the Police regulations, however, appear to stand in grea l need of amendment. We lately stated that a f, attempt had been made to assassinate Dr.GAIII V NER, of Bolton -street, at Spa; and have sit° learned, through another channel, that altholl ij he recognised the individual, and circumstantial evidence has been offered in corroborati on stronger, perhaps, than has convicted many nae ii in England, the assassin, because there Was 11° actual witness to the act, is still at large, withoof even an examination ; and, relying on the 4 1 of the law, and that no one saw hint strike th i blow, has even had the effrontery to shew 111°1 1 . self in the public theatre. Not having been l' h tig to induce the Magistrate to interfere, the friel! of Dr. GAIRDNER, th a n whom few individo ii are more respected for private worth, or be professional attainments, called a Public Meet ivg ; and a Committee has been appointed, cousi sBl o of the MASTER of the ROLLS, the Marqu is BUTE, Mr. GALLY KNIGHT, and CaP USHER, R.N., (who conveyed NAPO O III t to Elba) who are now in communication pi th the British Minister at the Hague on t , subject. The respectable (native) inhabits , ot take an equal interest on the occasion, InallY whom, with some apparent reason, express their apprehensions that the perpetrator of such an s et ' being allowed, openly, to brave justice, with ° inquiry, will occasion the En g li s h on whom thel, principally, if not wholly depend, to retire fr o iii their town, and reduce it to the same state as the time of BONAPARTE. Dr. GAlrtP l l fer though not now in danger, is likely to oti to many months from the attack, which is 01 ti have been occasioned by his having, whe n s : plied to, recommended the Marquis of .0 11 BURY not to submit to some attempted iro° os , t° tion of a fellow, n a m e d RAUNIAR, which $ fee'' one acquaint e d w ith the liber a lity a nd high to iug of the Noble Marquis, it is unnecessaryo add, must hare been of the grossest deaerie for his Lordship to have contemplated resisting` THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twimrs 9' : fot Consols opened rather heavy at 881 buYeraeted Account, and upon a sale ,by a broker coesN e ti, with the Hebrew party the market fell to 88 oe' the at which price the Commissioners bough t amount daily required by them; thi s , with of t lie 25,0001. by a broker, cious purchase o fi m prov o 4 , appearance of Consols, and they are now 8 9 b„ 5 u'osa The contest has been severe between the 1310:,00 Bears, to carry their respective points; the '‘?"ipe seem to have been for the present successful, fic' premium on India Bonds has improved to 0 ; chequer Bills are 74. Clr* Two °Tit ,- oid The Custom Revenue is represented ag "hi t° off nearly 200,0001. for the present quarter ji4 this date, in comparison with the corre9rnjer quarter last year, but the business doing i 5 stood to be increasing; no less than 101 1 1 -2 to entered at the Custom House yesterday, and d o ", 0° day. Consols are 881, sellers, with lite o "„ i tiow business. The Foreign Funds are without alt e r , /- 5 o , l ' The leaving off prices of the French F tl) o 6 ' Saturday have been received-5 per ea t ' 1 75e. ; div. 3 per cent. 74f. 30c. eX' THREE O'Ci- Consols for Account 881 S. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING KO Consols 87k 8 Danish . 1 . Do. for Ac. 88:1 Greek, 1825 1 " Brazilian Bonds 641 Mexican, 105 '''' Buenos Ayres Chinas' Do. -- Columbian, 1824 Peruvian Russian:94l 1 Spanish - , 1821 1 Letters from Gibraltar Gibrahar of the 4th inst.) i ll o Y e l dition to the intelligence of the arrival of the Ye uug r --11 ", of PORTUGAL on the 2d, informs us that con"erf alarm had been excited in the town by a 11.1) (31 1 ° O,; yellow fever having broken out in the garrison. lii ve'n 4 r, General Dox, on hearing the same, lni ule 7 i t' il g / su ,' instituted a strict and imtnediate inquiry on thio he had also invited the Spanish medical authoritiegto had visited the hospitals of other ports most infected, and the result had been to establish the 1,3 0 1 , 0 tory information, that nothing has been found that 0 possibly give a pretext for believing it to be the csge' h eV i ate the more particular in stating this, as the f ro !, o ' which has sailed, and is now on her passage, will P bly contain alarming accounts from thence. T he o were open for persons passing from the Garrison Roque, which was a common occurrence at tbig dr, Ue The information we now give is the more satisfo!°l3 l t d it comes from the authority of one of the gcntlenl'oti composed the Committee appointed by Ge 9 e r4l ie, ascertain the real fact. It is fair, however, to ota we have been favoured with'the sight of other past „ the same date, which mention the circumstance, iii/r!" not state the contradiction of this unfavourable r iftj, which appears to have had its origin in the illne 41 ::,01;er! individuals on th e Rock. As a measure of PV,P, the steamer has been ordered to Stangate Cr. eic), O r the sailed the weather was so c4hl as to cause tt'6% s,nts to u e their blankets. The /* on bei ng appe: l e d his Mr. ' The James qictiEd for Property Th e p tWent y..ol Troufer, al ar m (fitted cal Alice Lissort-gr two priso and the p Nev er h u the ir). w ent to t candl e in Prisoners Witles s tiud lock( giviL of a very Peoranee, James dustman, fa t as he