The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-13 00:00:00

TURKEY.

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We have received accounts from Constantinople
to the 29th ult. M. DE LAAVLETTE, the
French ambassador, arrived on the morning of the
26th, on board the Charlemagne, after having touched
at the Piraeus. He was received on landing by all
the officers of the embassy, and a number of the
French residents, who accompanied him to his resi-
dence at Pera. A short time after trl. DE LAVALETTE
received a visit from the Introducer of Ambassadors,
KIAMIL BEY, who came on the part of the Porte to
congratulate him on his arrival. On the 28th M. DE
LAVALETTE, accompanied by the captain of the
Charlemagne and the officers of the embassy, went
to pay the usual visit to the Porte, to the Mini4er of
the Marine, the Grand Master of the Artillery, and
the Minister of War. It is not expected that the
Charlemagne will remain at Constantinople more
than ten or twelve days, during which time a grand
ball will be given on board her, to which the high
functionaries of the Porte and the members of the
corps diplomatique will be invited. M. SUBATIER,
who has been appointed Consul- General at Alexan-
d:ia, was to leave Constantinople by the packet of the
sth, to come to France previous to proceeding to his
new post. In the evening of the 28th a fire broke
out near the landing place of Jemach Iskelessi, be-
tween the two bridges, which burnt with great fury
for three hours, and caused considerable damage.
Five hundred men were landed from the Charle-
magne, who lent material assistance in extinguishing
the flames. Accounts hare reached Constantinople
that a great part of the ci'y of Erzeroum had been
destroyed by an earthquake.

THE QUEIO..N IN BELGIUM.
(FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN.)
ANTWERP, AUG. 11.
The royal yacht, escorted by the steam-squadron,
arrived at the Downs at half-past five o'clock yester-
day evening.
Shortly after the yacht anchored, his Royal High-
ness the Prince Albert proceeded to Waliner Castle,
and visited his Grace the Duke of Wellington.
This morning the royal squadron weighed anchor
at six o'clock, and in spite of the boisterous wind ar-
rived at Antwerp at half-past six o'clock rM. Upon
passing Flushing the royal standard was saluted by
the cannon of the fortifications.
Shortly after her Majesty's arrival at Antwerp , hs
Majesty the King of the Belgians proceeded in his
barge on board the Victoria and Albert. His Ma-
jesty was attended by—
M. Le Comte de Moiux, Marechal de is Cour.
M. Le Comte de Fiequelmont, Officier d'Ordon-
nance du Roi.
Le Colonel de Moerkerke.
Le Colonel de Lannoy, Aide-de-Camp du Roi.
His Majesty and suite remained on board to dine
with her Majesty.

(BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.)
BE,USSELS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Queen arrived here this afternoon. She has
been
visiting the principal streets of the city, accom-
panied by her Royal uncle, the King of the Belgians,
and inspecting the chief objects of interest.

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COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWEi, AUG 12
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
MEMBERS AT THE ►SQUADRON-HOUSE. -- 44,10"P1is of
Anglesey; Marquis of CLAuynghain; Geo. Arkwright,
Esq,; Sir B. R. Graham, Bart.; Win. Peareth, Esq ;
Viscount Exmotith; Almond Hill, Eq.; Lieut.-C-I.
Huey; Win. Lyon, Esq.; Wm. H. Ponsunby, Esq.; T.
P. Radcliffe; C. R. M. Talbot, E.q.; Joseph Wild, Esq ;
Earl of Wilton; James Weld, Esq.; Jos. Reynolds, Esq.;
Jos. Gee, Esq.
YACHTS AT OR ABOUT THE STATION.—PearI, Alarm,
Capricorn, Wizard, X atifa, lone, Elizabeth, Stella,
Amazon, Osprey, Constance, Gauntlet, Lavrock, Susan,
Aurora, Arrow, Spider, Cygnet, Fernando, Dolphin,
Plover, Freak, Beatrice. Pandora, Sibyl, Gloriana.

ARRI VALS.

Aug. 5. Freak cutter, Wm. Curling, Esq., from Poole;
Beatrice schooner, Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., from the
Baltic; Dolphin ditto, Wm. Smith, from Portsmouth.
8. Stella cutter, Rd. Frankland, from Ireland.
9. Elizabeth cutter, Hon. Aug. Moreton, from St.
Helens; Bacchante ditto, Benj. Jones, Esq., from Ply-
mouth.
10. Cygnet cutter, Hedworth Lampton, Esq., from
Western Ports; Gauntlet ditto, Wm. Pearetb, E.q
from Folkestone.

DEPARTURE.
Aug. 12. Bacchante cutter, Benj. Jones, Dq., for
Pommoutb, to repair damage.

It has been blowing a heavy gale during the whole of
yesterday and to-day, attended with torrents of rain.
The yachts coming up from Plymouth and the other
western ports, must have had more wind than they could
well manage, and their arrival here is looked for with
much anxiety. Numbers of fine trees have been blown
down or much damaged, as has been the cora.
VENTNOR, AUG. 12.—We have been visited by one of
the most violent storms ever remembered; it has been
raging for the last twenty-four hours most furiously.
Houses, trees, fruits, and the crops have all suffered
severely. None of the steamers between Ryde and
Portsmouth attempted to make the passage yesterday
after 11 AM. The Cowes steamers continued plying,
but the London mail did not reach Ventnor till late in
the day.
SOUTHAMPTON REGATTA, AUG. 12. -- The storm
raged so violently here yesterday (Wednesday), that
many of the yachts received considerable damage. One
youeg man was drowned, and numerous boats and ves-
sels driven on shore or sank. The gale was so violent
this morning that it became necessary to postpone the
regatta; in fact, it would have been madness to think
of sailing for pleasure in such a storm. Considerable
damage has also been done on shore, trees uprooted and
houses unroofed. Great anxiety was excited for the
safety of the Q seen, bat providentially the storm did
not reach her floating mansion.

The fête for the Railway Guards, Widows, and
Orphans Fund, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens on Monday
next, bids fair to be the most attractive of the season. A
grand vocal and instrumental concert, in which Bottessini
and Miss Cicely Nott (tor this night only), Richardson,
Lazarus, and a host of talent, will perform. A display of
fireworks of unusual splendour by the renowned Southby ;
and, to assist the endeavour, we understand that the directors
of the various railways have come forward in the most
praiseworthy manner.
We are requested to state that the Convocation of
the Clergy of the province of Canterbury will not assemble
until the day following the meeting of Par ia►nent for the
dispatch of business. the writs are returnable on the 21st
inst., but the meeting will be prorogued on that day, by the
Vicar-General or the Archbishop of Canterbury, in pur-
suance of the royal writ.— times.

EXHIBITION or 1851.—The following local corn-
mitt6es have under aken the local distribution, either public
or private, of the medals, certificates, and jurors' reports
about to be presented to the exhibitors and others by her
Majesty's Commissioners :—Arbroath, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Bakewell, Barnsley, Barnstaple, Bath, Belfast, Bideford,
Bingley (York), Bolton (Lancashire), Bradford (York),
Bridgewater, Bridport, Bristol, Bromsgrove, Buckingham,
Canterbury, Carlisle, Carnarvon, Cheltenham, Chester,
Chippenham, Cockermouth, Cork, Coventry, Crewkerne,
Devizes, Devonport, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dover, Dublin,
Dundee, Dunfermline. Dunmow, Dunstable, Durham,
Exeter, Exmou h, Falkirk, Frome, Galashiels, Glasgow,
Glastonbury, Gloucester, Greenock, Guildford, Ha-
lifax, Hastings, Hereford, Hertford, Hull, Hunt-
ingdon, Isle of Man (Douglas), Isle of Wight
(Ventnor), Jersey, Kendal, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Knares-
borough, Leek, Leeds, Leicester, Lichfield, Limerick, Lis-
keard, Luton, Macclesfield, Maidstone, Manchester, Margate,
Marlborough, Marlow (Great). Newark, Newbury Newcastle
(Staffordshire), Newport ( Monmouthshire), Nottingham,
Oxford, Penzance, Plymouth. Poole, Ramsgate, Reading,
itetford (East), Richmond (Yorkshire), Saffron Walden,
Selby, Selkirk, Sheerness, Sheffield, South Shields, Spalding,
St. Alban's, Stirling, Stonehaven, Stonehouse, Stourbridge,
Stroud, Totnes, Truro, Tunbridge Wells, Wakefield, Walling-
ford, Wareham, Warwick, Whitby, Wigan, Worksworth,
Wisbeach, Wotton-under-Edge, Workington, Yeovil, city of
London, Tower Hamlets, Woolwich.
ACCIDENT ON THE LIVERPOOL AND SOUTHPORT
RAILWAY.—A serious disaster occurred on Wednesday night
between Waterloo and Crosby. The train which ought to
have quitted Southport at nine Pal, did not leave until
about a quarter past, and the engineer, anxious to save time,
put on additional speed. The oscillation in consequence,
was very great; and, when arrived at the locality alluded
to, the engine, probably in consequence of the sinking of a
portion of the rails, sprang off the line
i breaking loose en-
tirely from the carriages, and coming n contact with an
embankment of sand, was, together with the tender, turned
completely over. The engine-driver and stoker are severely
injured, the former, we are informed, having his ribs, and
the letter both his legs, broken ; while both are badly cut
about the head and face. None of the passengers, fortunately,
were hurt, though much shaken by the concussion, as the
leading carriage also came violently against the bank. Had
the embankment been a declivity, instead of the opposite,
the train would, in all probability, have been precipitated
with frightful violence below, and great sacrifice of life
caused. Another engine was procured as soon as arrange-
ments could be made for the purpose, and the train arrived
in Liverpool about twelve o'clock. The rails were torn up at
the spot where the accident occurred, and the engine and
tender, we understand, are a complete wreck;
ERRATUM...." Through anapparently slight
but
really important typographical error, the fourth word in our
first leading article of yesterday was misprinted. The phrase
P
shOuld obviously hays run thus—" Per anS4ta ad augusta."