The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-09 00:00:00

r` J IA()N DN. ?Ni PTEMB ei. ,9, 1839

SOUTII AMERICA.

MEXICO.
(From the New Orleans Hulkin.)
Th. indications of a speedy pacification betweestXaS
and Mexico are very flattering.
.During the two Nears
past, the war carried on by these beltigerents'has been only
nominal—the intestine dissensions in Mexico, and the qnar-
rel with France, forbade any offensive operatifyis, while the
Texians were contest to remain within their oakn tehiro.
ries so long as their enemies refrained from molesting
them. After the difficulties with France had been am::
cably adjusted, apprehensions were expressed lest ;1,, pride
and infatuation of Mexico might mislead its Covernrneiit
into another hopeless attempt to ...etrieve her lost provinces.
Sme encouragement was. given to this impression by the
ridiculous boasts and menaces of Santa Anna. The good
sense, h"-ever, of Bustamente, and other officers of state,
re.i".,,ed the mad scheme of a second invasion.
There is every ground for believing that the Cabinet of
Great Britain feel it to be their duty and interest to inter-
fere in the matter. Mexico is a kind of protege of theirs,
and the certainty of Texas becoming a great cotton growing
region has made the English people very anxious for the
establishment of commercial relations that must prove
materially beneficial to both parties. Thu. it will be
seen that a double motive incites England to net es
mediator. Her intervention was gladly accepted in tl:
quarrel with France, and the effort at reconciliation will
no doubt be successful when backed by an influence
upon which Mexico hangs dependent. But the fact is,
that Mexico, whether willing or not to listen to overtures
of peace, will soot. be compelled to submit to terms. She
has not a single vessel of war afloat, and her commerce and
maritime coast are left without protection. At the same
time, Texas is rapidly augmenting her naval force. We
are confident that the appearance of a Texian squadron
before the port of Vera Cruz will greatly aid the friendly
mediation of Great Britain; and, between the two in.
flucuces of force and persuasion, a strong probability exists
that a treaty of amity and peace will put' an end to this
vexatious and prolonged contest.

MARTINIQUE.
(From the Baltimore Post.)
" ST. PILERE, MARTINIQUE, Ace. 2, 1839.
" I hasten to inform you that this morning, 'at twenty.
five minutes past two o'clock, the inhabitants of this town
were awakened by two very severe shocks of an earthquake,
each of which lasted about forty seconds. It is impossible
to describe the sensations caused by such an occurrence;
houses rocking to and fro, tiles, small stones, and 'mortar,
falling all around, women and children screaming, and
with the expectation of seeing the houses fall upon you; I
assure you our situation is far from being enviable.
" We have not heard of any deaths, but several persons
were much hurt in jumping from the windows. &c. The
frequent repetition of these scenes has cast a deep gloom
over the inhabitants; they imagine they are
.not safe in
their houses, and retire at night with fear and trembling.
" Nothing die new here of consequence. Produce of
the highland scarce and high.

" PHILIP A. DE CRENY. U. S. Consul."

NEWS FROM THE EAST.

The Censeur de Lyons of the Bth inst., publishes the
following letters, dated Constantinople, of the 2ist and
22d ult., or six days later than our last intelligence from.
that capital. and which were brought to Toulon by the
Castor steamer:—

TIIBRAPIA, AUGUST 21.
" Last evening the French steamer Castor arrived from
Toulon in nine days, with an extraordinary courier sent to
Admiral Roussin by his Government. The whole of the
corps diplomatique was immediately in motion ; Lord Pon-
sonby waited on the French Ambassador, and was shortly
afterwards followed by the representatives of the great
Powers, with the exception only of the Russian Ambts.
sador. who sent one of his secretaries.
" The contents of the despatches brought by the Castor
is kept secret. Some say that this vessel came to arthounee
the formation of a Congress at Vienna; whilst others aver
that an application is on the point of being made to the
Porte to obtain permission for the French and British
fleets to enter the Dardanelles. This naval force would be
stationed opposite Constantinople, so as to be at hand to pro.
tect the capital against the Egyptians or Russians, as the case
might be, for the empire can do nothing of itself; its army
scarcely consists of 10,000 or 12,000 men, and, such et
they arc, these troops arc barely sufficient to man the forts.
The navy, on the other hand, is completely at an end, since
the defection of the Ca!,itan Pacha. There are now in the
Bosphorus only a few frigates, corvettes, brigs, and steam.
ers, but not a single ship of the line.

" Efforts are in progress to re-organise a fleet, but can
this be done ? This immense eastern empire is failing to
ruins. Its dissolution is general, and nothing will prevent
the Mussulman population from rallying round Mehentnt
Ali, who has already numerous partisans even in Constan%
tinople. If Ibrahim Pacha advance into the interior et the
empire, the people en masse will join him, and there: ig
little doubt but that he will adopt that con if tEu-
ropean Powers attempt any hostil-
the coast. Ilafiz Paella is r
—.'w with him.
remonstration along
Yester'' CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG, 23.
we saw successively arriving in our harbour
...0 English steamer Rhadamantbus, with Admiral Stop-
ford on board, and the French steamer Castor, which
landed Vice-Admiral Roussin. These two packets were
coming from Therapia. The French Ambassador had
several interviews with members of the Divan, and this
evening the Castor is to return to France with despatches
for the Government.

The Castor (says, the Toulon letters) announces that
the squadron of Admiral Lalande was joined on the 24th
at Tenedos by the ships of the line Hercules and Diademe
and the steamer Pepin, which brought back the Prince de
Joinville from Constantinople. The health of the crews
had impraved. There were then few men labouring
under scurvy. On her passage near Milo, on the 26th,
the Castor met the three-decker Montebello ( Rear-
Admiral Lasusse), who, having taken in a pilot, steered
his course towards Tenedos. The French squadron there
now consists of eight ships of the line ; the Santi Petri,
which sailed to-day, will extend that number to nine ; there
are with it, besides, two frigates and several lighter vessels.
The Cayi R.elia has rublished :a justification of his
conduct, in which.lic states the real motives which induced
him to sail for Alexandria with the fleet under his command.
The same courier which apprised him of the death of
Sultan Mahmoud was the bearer of the firman of the new
Sultan, raising Kosrew Pasha to the dignity of Grand
Vizier. The latter had long been the personal enemy of
Ahrnet Pacha, but had been obliged:to dissemble his hatred
on account of the Admiral's influence in the Seraglio.
It was accordingly natural to suppose that, become all
powerful, he would seize_ an early opportunity of
wreaking his vengeance on his inferior. It was not,
however, for the sake -of saving his life that the
Capitan Pacha took hi bold determination ; he was actuated
by " a nobler consideration." Experience had taught
Lim what that perfidious old man was capable of. Kos.
rew, by his influence, had entailed the greatest evils on
the empire. It was Kosrew who, by destroying the har-
mony prevailing between the Sultan and the Viceroy, had
plunged the nation into a disastrous civil war and prepared
its ruin. Kosrew and Mehemet Ali were separated by an
abyss of forty years' hatred. Thus would Kosrew, once
ob-
stacle toatthtehe hoocioand of h
of tToerGvekeoywrriitmhenEt be a
Egypt,
ypt,wnheiotehrnl
waasso
indispensable for the safety of the empire. Feeling thus,
Ahmet Pacba resolved on accomplishing those two desir-
able objects—namely, the.overthrow of Kosrew and the
union of Constantinople with Cairo. " Bound as he was
by ties of gratitude towards the son of his benefactor, he
conceived himself in duty bound to rescue Abdul Medjid
from the fangs of this usurper; he might have sailed for
Constantinople, and, with arms in hand, demanded the ex-
pulsion of the Vizier, but he was afraid to expose the capital to
the horrors of a military revolution, to excite thereby the am-
bition of a powerful vassal, and afford a pretext to foreigners
to impose on his country their dangerous protection. Be-
sides, in obtaining the removal of Kosrew, he would have
achieved only one half of his object. What he wished
above all was, to save the effusion of Mussulman blood, and
bring about in a pacific manner the fusion of both parties.
His plan being formed, he called together a meeting of the
officers of the fleet, to whom he exposed his views, end
the council was unanimous in urging him to sail for Alex-
andria." The remainder of this document refers to the
conduct of the Capitan Pacha after leaving the Darcianellcs,
his overtures to Mehemet Ali and Hafiz Pacha to aid him
in overthrowing the Grand Vizier, and in conclusion trusts
that this explanation of his conduct will exonerate him from
the charge of treason and felony which had been so lightly
and so wickedly directed against him.
The France gives the following account of the armies of
Russia in the Caucasus, on the coast of the Black Sea, and
in Armenia, from a letter dated St. Petersburg, 24th ult. :
—" The army of the Caucasus, commanded by General
Golowine, at Tiflis, is composed of 3,000 infantry, 800
dragoons, 1,500 Cossacks, and a half brigade of artillcre.
General Feet, at Derbent Boujnedki, occupies the coast
of the Caspian Sea as far as Bacon, with 12,000 men
and 36 pieces of artillery. In the fortresses of Cabasli
dah there are 15,000 men in garrison, with their artil-
lery. Upon the lines of Tereke and the outposts there
are 2,500 Cossacks of the line. The army of the Black
Sea consists of 8,000 men and 24 pieces of artillery at
Anapa, under General Grabbe; 12,000 men and 48
pieces of artillery en the line of Kouban, under General
Rajewski ; 9,000 men and 36 pieces of artillery on the
coast and lines of Sundja, under General, Suboleoski ;
and 3,500 Cossacks of the line in the plains of Alazan,
under the Hetman Winrzouline. The army of Armenia
is composed of 20,000 men and 60 pieces of artillery,
under General Ratowaki, at Erivan, and upon the lino
of Udaxes." This account does not include the irregular
and native troops, which are calculated at from 15,000
to 20,000 cavalry.

THE GREAT WORCESTER DISTILLERY.—
The sale of the great Malt Distillery at Worcester, inde.
pendently of the Rectifying Distillery and the British
Wine Trade, previously announced in our Journal last week,
has caused a great sensation throughout the country.
There is a feature connected with this exchange of pro-
perty that gives it a peculiar advantage—during 110 years
it has been in one family, throughout this long period, up
to the present time, the proprietors retired with a tine
independence. It may well be asked—" Where is a cor-
responding case to be found ?"—beside which, Mr. Robins
promises to all these who have high testimonials to their
respectability, the opportunity to: investigate the books,
and thus see upon record, a happy illustration of the cha-
racter so imperfectly awarded to it in his announcement.
CONCERT TO MR. BISHOP.—On Tuesday
evening a tributary concert was given to H. R. Bishop,
Esq., at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. by the musical
bodies and associations of that town. The theatre was
crowded. The orchestra and chorus consisted of about
two hundred performers, who lent their gratuitous assis-
tance, and the programme included selections from some
of the best of Mr. Bishop's compositions.
WAFERS.—The oldest letter vet found with a
red wafer was written in 1624, from D. Krap, at Spires, to
the Government at Bayreuth. Wafers are ascribed, by
Le.bat, to Genoese economy. In the whole of the sevei:-
tecnth century they were only used by private pers.ons ; on
public seals they commence only in the eighteenth century.
—Fosbrooke.

COURT Ciii.UULA
Wrins'otti, T. '8 ne aceerrpeniet • • by
: the icing of dye Belgians, the Duchess l Keiat, and
• the bake of 'SlkeCOhourg, attended Divine Beivice
this morning in St...e.horge's The sermon was
orcaehed„, hey. Mr. Marklum, from the 2d
Enistl'e of St. Peter, chap. 2d, verse 20. The Rev.
Mr. Knyvett ebaunted the. service. The Hon. and
Very Rey. 'the Dean and the Rev. Mr. Markham,
arliciated at the altar. The anthem was "In Jewry
is God known" (Dr. Clark) ; the verse was sung by
Masters Foster and Bode ; Messrs. Turner, Weeks,
and French. Mr. Elvey, M. 8., presided at the organ.
The musical service was King's in C, and the Sanctus
and Commandments were the same.
At half-past four o'clock this afternoon her Majesty
came on the east terrace of the Castle, and for some
time promenaded on that portion of the terrace imme-
diately under the windows of the Castle, the King and
Queen of the Belgians walking by the Fide of her Ma-
jesty while slightly in advance of the Royal party, on
either side, were the Earl of Fingal, Lord in Waiting,
and the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household.
The Band of the 2d Life Guards, and the Band of
the 45th Foot, who were stationed in the garden enclosed
within the terrace, played " God save the Queen," es
her Majesty descended from the Castle. The Duchess
of Kent,. accompanied by the Duke Ferdinand and the
Princess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Prince Augustus
and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, end Viscount
Palmerston, shortly joined the Queen. The military
bands played alternately.
At five o'clock, her Majesty, taking the arm of the
King of the Belgians, the Queen of the Belgians being
on the other side, came on the outer Terrace, where the
public are admitted, and which was thronged with com-
pany, Col. Wemyss, an Equerry in Waiting, preceding
her Majesty, the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg fol-
lowing with the Duchess of Kent, and,the Princess Vie-
toire and also the rest of the Royal Ps'rty, including the
Princes Augnstus and Leopold, Viscount Palmerston,
Lady L3,,ttleton, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Baroness Fenye-
vessy, lion. Miss Spring Rice, Earl of Fingal, Count
d'Arscbot, Earl of Surrey, M. Von. Praet, and Sir Robert
Otway, Prince Augustus, and Priem Leopold of Saxe
Coburg ; the Earl of Finizal,..Earl of Surrey, Sir Ro-
bert- Otway, and Colonel Wernyss, wore the Windsor
uniform.

After passing through the whole extent of the Ter.
.race, between continuous Lnes of visitors, the illustrious
pfirty returned to the Iriper Terrace.

The Queen of thfii-BClgians anTi,Suite, the Princess
Victoire of Saxe Cobotirg, and the Princes Augustus
and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, attended by the Earl of
Fingal, • attended Divine Service this morning in the
Catholic Chapel at Spittal.
Her Majesty took her usual ride on horseback, yes-
terday afternoon, accompanied by King Leopold, the
Dulie Ferdinand, and the two Princes of Saxe Coburg,
Count MensdOrt, and Viscount Palinerston. Among
the Royal suite were the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Earl
of UXbride, Earl or Fingal, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir
Robert Otway.
The Queen of the Belgians took a drive yesterday
in an .open carriage with the Duchess of Kent and
the Princess Victoire. of Sake Cobourg.
Count Alexander Measdorf took his departure from
the Castle last night. The Suite of their Majesties,
the King and Queen of the Belgians, arrived at the
Castle yesterday.
The Royal dinner party o$ this evening, is expected
to include the- King and Queen of the Belgians, the
Duchess of dent L the Duke Ferdinand, and the Prin
cess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Prince Augustus, and
Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Lady Lyttelton,
Madame Hoogvorst, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baron-
ess Fenyevessy, 1103. Miss Pitt, lion. Miss Spring
Rice, Lady Harriet Clive, Baroness Lehzen, the Bel-
gian
,Mini.k.ter, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmers-
ton, Cella D'Arschot, M. Von Praet, Earl of Fingal,
Earl of Surrey, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Sir Robert
Otway, and Col. Wemyss.

The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attended by Miss
Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, came to Cambridge House
on Saturday mnrning. Her Royal Highness loft in the
evening; accompanied by the Princess Augusta, for
ItelV.
Oir gesketh Fleetwood had an interview with the
Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home Office.
The Earl of Granville transacted business at the
Foreign Office on Saturday.
Sir George, Lady, and Miss Wombwell arrived at
Farrancc's Hotel on Saturday from Leamington ; Ladies
Macdonald and Malcolm arrived on Saturday from
Wading House, Berks.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Prince Soltikoff, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from
St. Petersburg, Colonel Ischclistscbcof, at ditto, from
Lord Jersey's; Col. , and Mrs. Ogden, at ditto from
Liverpeol; Mr. Prenrice, at ditto, from the Continent.
DEPARTURES.

Mr. and Mrs. James Mciklam, from Long's Hotel,
Bond.street. for Florence; Mr. Wm. Mciklam, from
ditto: for ditto ; Mr. Cobham, from ditto, fur Boulogne;
the Rev. H. Montgomery, from ditto, for Paris ; Captain
Custance, from ditto, for Western House, Norfolk; Dr.
and Mrs. Haviland, from ditto, for Cambridge; Mr.
O'Callaghan, and son, from ditto, for Ireland; Samuel
Welles, Esq., of Paris, and Mr. Samuel Williams, from
Portland-place, for New York : Lord Wharneliffe and the
Hun. Stuart Wortley, from Curzon street for Wortley
Hall, Yorkshire ; the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, for
Ashby Lodge, Somersetshire ; the Earl of Pembroke for
his hotel at Paris ; the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont, for
Conholt Park, Andover; the. Ladies Ashburnham, from
Upper Grosvenor-street, for their villa, at Richmond;
the Earl and Countess of Beverley, and the Ladies Percy,
from Portman-square, for Orwell Park, in Suffolk; the
Dowager Lady Cooper, for Isleworth House ; the Earl of
Shaftesbury, tor St. Giles's House, Dorskshire ; the
Hen. Mrs. and Miss Gosling, for Roehampton.grove ;
the Hon. Charles Hope, M.P., on a tour; Mr. Pigot,
M. P., for Patishall, Staffordshire; J. T. Hope, Esq
from Seymour-street, for Netley Hall; Lady Elizabeth
Fielding, from Hanover Lodge, for Lacock Abbey, near
Chippenham, Wilts ; Major and Mrs. Goldsmid,
Upper Harley-street, on a tour ; Rear Admiral Moore,
for Dover ; Lord Dinorben and Lady Gardiner, froin
Bute House, for Kinwell Park, South Wales; the Right
Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, for Conflict, Ireland; Lady
Charlotte Fitzroy, for Tunbridgc.wells; Sir James and
sLqaudayre,fo w Fitzgerald,
iliey
pfrhormk,
Broseley,Portm Portman square, for Armitage
Park; Lord Forester, from Charles-street, Berkeley-
Shropshire; the Hon.
M. Fortescue, from Devonshire-place, for Mauor House,
Beckenham, Kent; Mrs. Lane Fox, from Curzon-street,
for the Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Lady Harriet
Gardner, from Grafton-street, on a visiting tour.

CHANGES.
The Hon. and Rev. John Vernon, and Mrs. Vernon,
at Buxton Wells, from Derby ; the Earl Orkney, from
the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, for Edinburgh ; the
Marquis of Westmeath, at Buxton, from a tour; the
Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from ditto, for ditto ; Sir
Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor, from the Adelphi Hotel,
Liverpool ; Lord and Lady Southwell, and the Hon.
Misses Southwell, at Hiulip Hall, Worcestershire, from a
tour ; the Hon. and Rev. Archdeacon Stopford, at
Kingstown, from Dublin; Lord and Lady Sandon, at
Leamington Spa, from a tour; the Honourable Frederick
Bertie. and Lady Georgiana on a visit to the Earl of
Abingdon, at Wytham Abbey, from Oxfordshire; the
Hon. the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Ebrington,
and suite, at Summerville, county Wexford, from Dublin ;
Admiral Sir Edward Hamilton and family, from Tun-
bridge-wells, fur Bath and Clifton.

Her Majesty has been pleased to decide the
Peerage of " Braye," also a Considerable time in abeyance,
in favour of Mrs. Otway Cave. This most estimable lady
iis.the mother of Mr. Robert Otway Cave, M. P. for the
county of Tipperary. F9r.the Braye Peerage there were
also other claimants.

On Saturday a deputation from the body of sta-
tioners, headed by' Mr. Alderman Venables, and accom-
panied by Mr. Charles Pearson, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Robert Steuart,
one of the Lords of the Treasury, at the official residence of
the former Right Hon. Gentleman, in Downing-street. Al-
though the interview lasted for an hour and a half, and the
able exposition of the desires of his clients, the stationers, by
Alra considerable space in our
columns.
may be stated in a very few words. The deputation earnestly
C.
i we Person,
understand r wouldstand thate cu ge substance of their demands
requested that the points set forth in the Treasury minute
of August 93 should be abandoned altogether. These
three or four points having reference to the more secure
and efficient execution of the stamped-cover principle, have
already been published in the newspapers. Now, the sta-
tioners asked yesterday that
this principle should not be
persevered in; but that, instead of it, the public should be
allowed to pre-pay the penny postage at the Post- Offices ;
or that, at the option of the writers, the postage should be
peid by the parties to whom the letters are addressed, on
delivery. We need scarcely add, that the arguments and
representations of the deputation were received with sincere
marks of attention and !-espeet, and that of course they will
have all due consideration from. the proper quarter.
CHURCH RATES.—GOSPORT.--The hollow
and empty streets of this almost deserted town were made
to resound on Monday last, by. the unusual announcement,
made by the common crier, of a sale of effects, siezed
un-
der a warrant of distress, for the payment of Church-rates,
said to be legally due by Messrs. John Pannell and
Lu-
ther Morgan (sturdy and independent yeomen cf the
parish), and to defray the expenses attending the sale of the
same, and also some Cairn fees incurred at the recent
bearing of the case, before
Yates I Captain Purvis ! !C3ptaiti Samuels I Captain
and MPage, r. Magis-
trates of the said town. At three O'clock the s-ate
com-
menced, after being delayed an hour for want of an audi-
tory. At length some tell or a dozen Persons assembled
together—some from motives of curiosity—and some,
perhaps, to puff! and a few others to purchase a bargain
of a novel character, when a cart, a coal skuttle, a table or
two, and some table covers, were knocked down, a monu-
ment of honour and praise to holy mother Church. 'l' li
sacramental wine, which will be purchased by the pro-
ceeds of this sale, will, no doubt, possess an enriched
flavour in the mouths of all stern orthodox recipients.
We understand that one of the Magistrates has declared
it to be his determination to issue his warrant nolens volens
upon the traps of all similar transgressors against the law
of the " land, boys, we live in." It is believed that
Messrs. Pannell and Morgan. intend to make their appeal
E
against the legality of the nure and sale.

NATIONAL CONVENTION

The Coineniion, sai.on Sattirday Ett trledreti n'oldtk.
n . Mr. FROST in th 6 Chan. .

the Secretary read a letter from Mr. Fox Maulc.,
answer to one written by Mr. Frost. Mr. Fox Mauls,
stated that he had been directed by the Marquis of Nor-
manby to state, in answer to the several communications
that had been received at the Home Office, that the pri-
soners alluded to had been allowed sue' indulgences as
was consistent with the ends of justice aud the regulations
of the prison.
Mr. FROST said he should undertake the task of return-
ing an answer to that letter himself.
Dr. TAYLOR thought it would be advisable, id any
answer that might be returned, to impress upon the Mar-
quis of Normanby, that the regulations of the prison were
what they wanted to upset.—( Hear, hear.)
A letter was also read from Mr. Richardson, requesting
some remuneration from the Convention on account of the
expenses he had been at in his mission.
The letter was ordered to be referred to the Finance
Committee, to report on Monday.
A letter was also read from Glasgow, recommending
the dissolution of the Convention, and stating that as they
were the advocates for Annual Parliaments, so they thought
there ought to be Annual Conventions.—( Hear. )