The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL.

By the Levant Mail we have received Constan-
tinople journals to the 14th, and Athens to the
17th ult.

The former announce that the Marquis de Lava-
lette, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of France, had waited on the Sultan, with
all his legation, to present the notification of the re-
election of Louis Napoleon to the Presidency of the
Republic, with increased powers. He was received
with some pomp, and was conducted to the sultan's
presence by Asli Pilch:, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Addressing the Sultan, he stated that Louis Napo-
leon had, by the act of the 2d December, prevented
the outbreak of anarchical projects which would
have had disastrous effect on other states ; that, in
gratitude to him, the nation had anew and unani-
mously confided to him the direction of its destinies ;
that he would fulfil the duties thereby imposed on
him by conciliating the dignity of a strong and re-
spected government-, and the interests and grandeur of
the Republic, with the rights of other powers—the
only means of consolidating the peace and progress of
Europe, and of cementing more and more the friendly
relations which unite the different Governments for the
common prosperity of nations. The ambassador con-
cluded by passing an eulogium on l'itirkey end its
glorious Sovereign, n'ir! assured the Sultan that France
felt erdent sympathy fer both. The Sultan thanked
the representative of France for the expression of his
sentiments, spoke in flattering terms of the President
of the Republic and his acts, and assured the Minister
thet i e wa.i fully aware of the happy effects of general
peace, and of maintaining a good understanding be-
tween the two Governments, and would neglect no
occasion of promoting them.
Whilst the Marquis de Lavalette was on his way
to the Falace an accident occurred, which might
have bud fatal consequences—the horse of M. de
Cadalvene, director of the French Post-offise, took
fright near the Great Field of the Dead, and threw
that gentleman with great violence to the ground.
He was taken np senseless, and his head and
arm were discovered to be a good deal hurt. The
Marquis de Lavalette immediately gave up his car-
riage to convey him to the Embassy, and proceeded
to the palace on horseback. The physician of the
Embassy, who happened to be present when the ac-
cident occurred, paid him every attention, and,
though his state at first had been considered very
dangerous, it was believed that he would recover.
Extraordinary events had occurred in the isle of
Cassell. The chief of one of the principal families,
named Ilagi Manoli Maliaraki, had, for some rea-
sons not known, excited the bitter animosity of a
portion of the islanders, and some of them mur-
dred him at Alexandria, to which place he had
gone. on business. When his wife, daughter,
et jers, and mother-in-law heard of this, they
seized burning torches and with cries of rage and
horrible threats set fire ice the houses of the suspected
assassins. Some halso burned down a church,
ouses were burned down, and they
siderable in which there was a con-
the murderers. Onas they supposed, to one of
some ranging athis, the islanders took arms,
others on that themselvesofte' on the side of the women,
adversaries; and numerous
sanguinary engagements r
of Casson, Girorgio eie ob, had,
took place. The Primate
to escape the fury of
the women's partisantso,
this,een obliged to fly from the
island In addition
zeen e acts of piracy had
been committed by the islanders.
the following •
The Courrier d'Athietes
positively stated that the Minister
soon
nister *War has
It is
issued the following ordersie—.
as
the idairale
shall have been beaten, four pieces of ca
of the line, four brigsdes of cannon, six com-
panies
frontier gendarmery, the
cavalry, and the gussets, shall
take tip a position'
round the palace. Four other pieces of cannon shallhe
kept in readiness to meet any eventuality. One
com
-
pany of the garrison sha
ll do the duty of the barracks.
The Minister of War will take the general command
of
the troops. Any commanding officer residing in Athens,
who shall reveal these orders, will be Immediately placed
en disponibilite f.' What can bo the meaning of these
ordersi Do they originate in a false z hill? Are they
the necessary prelude to some extraordinary measure?
It would be difficult to divine."
The same journal says—
" The authorities have just committed an act which
has thrown the inhabitants into the greatest consterna-
tion. In the night of the 12th the gendarmery, assisted
by several police agents, surrounded the houses inhabited
by the few Polish refugees who still remain at Athens,
and those of MNI. Negris and Bouyoucli, Greek citizens,
who were On friendly terms with them. All this was
deeie with the greatest noise. At eaybresk the law au-
thor ties, accompanied by a number of gendarmes, entered
the houses, and, after arresting the inmates, proceeded
to the minutest search, and seized every paper they
could find. As these Polei had established a riding-
school, which was frequented by ladies of distinction
and young men of the first families, that establishment
was also visited, and almost demolished, under pretext
of searching for ammunition. The apparent motive for
these savage measures was, that a conspiracy had been
formed by these Poles against the safety of the State.
The real motive, in the opinion of every one, is the de-
sire to flatter certain parties who would wish that those
unfortunate exiles should nowhere find an asylum."
In another part of the Courrier Athenes we read
as follows
stollows :—" An ord,.r has just been given to
nerat ilbita and fourteen other Polish refugees to
quit the Greek territory within twenty-four hours."

TRa V1,,,,m11
sevcn o'clock on AZIA MIiMMY.-At a quarter past
that was discover6eilturday morning the venerable mummy
Stephen's Chapel, Westminster short time ago in the crypt of St.
in a grave in the north tminster, was very privately interred
the small door that leadscloister of the Abbey, not far front
no persons present into the soath aisle. There were
The
body, some officials exceptingo those who had the charge of
Abbey, and a few labourers.
The outer case was compo4e
; nor of strong rough elm, devoid of
any ornament whatever
there any plate or in-
yasarbd,roWuaFat from the crypt of St.
seription upon it. It vf
Stephen's across Palace-
vthee cloisters. The great
the Abbey, and finally deposited along Poets'-corner, through
unknown was interred in a _
~ . "yesod, by the date on the sto,r,_ which had not been
but no vesti,res re-
...p.i..•,,,?Fsveraknames were inscribed 190'n"rit mere than a century.
~..,,,!er-ousi the grave of it having teen,
‘C--/Ilkaltii ' bbot was committed to bi.(i.nee tenanted'. The
ittit s
tiiput
any ruad, wi,„ ', tmal resting place in
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