The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-30 00:00:00

TURKEY.

CONSTA N rirfort.a, Nov. I.—Letters have been received here
from Trebisond and Samsoun, bringing the intelligence that
the Emperor, after having concluded the review of his fleet
at Sebastopol, had set sail with it for the shores of the Cauca-
sus, where, immediately on his arrival, he had proceeded to
the inspection of the different Russian fortresses erected on the
coast, viz., at Anapa, Ghelenjik, Soukoumkale, and the late
newly acquired position at Arlar, and having by the reinforce-
ment of ships he brought with him, now rendered the blockade
so close as to prevent the possibility of any further communi-
cation from this side, be has expressed his doqrmination not
to leave the country till he has put matters in such a train as
will ensure to this long,-protracted contest a speedy and suc-
cessful issue. A report existing among the Circassians here
states also that the whole of the troops which were collected
at Sebastopol have now been embarked for Circassia.
Affairs at Cimstantinople are now beginning to assume a
greater degree of political interest than they have known for
some time, in consequence of the rancour and bitterness which
pervade the relations of the Porte with the French Govern-
ment ; which, increased by the recent reports of the progress
of the Constantine expedition, is now carried to its full height
by the arrival of the French squadron under Admiral Gallois
in the harbour of Tchesme, where it has anchored close to the
Capitan Pacha's fleet. The report in circulation within the
last few days is that the Porte has demanded a categorical
answer from Admiral Roussin as to the real intentions of the
French Government, and the mediation of other powers is
talked .of ; but I am not inclined to believe that matters have
yet arrived at this. It is, however, certain that the rage of
the Sultan was unbounded when he was informed of the ar-
rival of the French squadron, and that the insults which had
been offered to the Capitan Pacha form the sole topic of dis-
cussion in the Turkish diplomatic circles.
The Smyrna Gazette of this week contains letters from Sy-
ria up to recent dates, but there is no news of general impor-
tance. A conflagration, generally supposed to have been kin-
dled by the peasantry, exasperated by the continual oppres-
sions they suffer from the Egg ptian authorities had, consumed
the whole of the mountain forests from Byards to Arons, or,
as is said even to Antioch.

A letter received from Trebisold last week, states that the
fa•nous Kurd chief, Ravendous Bey, who had again been
ordered to return to Constantinople on account of his
being suspected of having been corresponding with the rebel
chiefs, was decapitated in a 'small village near that city.—
Morning Chronicle.

ATROCIOUS MURDER AND
SEDUCTION.

(Abridged from the
,Gazette des Tribunaux of Friday).
A frightful crime occurred in the commune of Martres de
Riviere on the 14th of November. The following are some
details respecting the crime and- its author :—Fifteen years
ago, Jean Peyregne married Bertrande Bouche, of Labarthe
de Riviere, a widow, with three daughters, all young. A
short t;me after her second marriage the eldest girl, hardly
turned fifteen, fell a victim to the incestuous seductions of the
man who ought to have acted towards her in the light of a
father. The indignation of the people of Labarthe was ex-
cited to the utmost by the knowledge of this crime. Almost
all the neighbours rose e 4 masse, and determined to expel from
their community a man capable of committing so scandalous
an offence. This first impulse of indignation was put into
immediate execution ; Peyregne was dragged to the bounda-
ries of the district, and there, on being dismissed, he was
threatened with worse treatment if he dared to make his re-
appearance. The seducer submitted quietly to this popular
vengeance, considering it, doubtless, an act of justice. He
retired to Martres, whither his wife followed him ; there she
purchased, in her name, so:ne landed property, with the pro.
duce of that she had disposed of at Labarthe. Meanwhile
the unhappy girl who had been seduced had, by good conduct,
repaired the consequence of her lapse from virtue, and at the
end of the last year was married to Francois Beze, a young
farmer living in the neighbourhood. The union was a happy
one ; it was about to be blessed by the birth of a child, when,
few days ago, the family's. happiness received a shock by the
sudden death of the mother, Bertrand Bouche. The'division
of the property renewed old grudges and occasioned violent
disputes. The children of the widow's first marriage (inclu-
ding Madame Base) claimed their share of the year's pro-
ductions. This Peyregne resolutely refused; a field of po-
tatoes still remained to be cropped. On Tuesday, the 14th,
Prat:gals Beze and the three girls proceeded there. They
had turned up a few furrows when Peyregne presented him-
self armed with a musket. Having vainly given them warn-
ing to withdraw, the girls and other labourers observed him
advancing towards Haze with his musquet levelled at
him. The latter armed himself with a hedge-stake, with
Which he parried a butt-end blow of the weapon. Furious
with this resistance, Peyregne retired a few paces ; the un-
happy Beze who immediately perceived his dangerous pur-
pose, attempted to fly, but he had scarcely run nine or ten
paces before a ball from Peyregne's musket brought him to
the ground and ki:led him on the spot. '1 his crime of Pey-
regne (the murder of the husband of his daughter-in-law whom
he had seduced) was committed in open day, under the ej es
of a great number of labourers, who either from cowardice or
surprise allowed him to snatch up his cloak, and escape to the
mountains. Prompt measures were immediately taken by the
judicial authorities of the district to arrest hint, but lie has not
yet been taken. It is surmised that the murderer's intention
was to cross the frontiers and seek refuge in Spain ; and in
order to baffle that object, a description of his person has been
sent to all the various custom offices established along the
frontiers.

An officer in the Dublin garrison has advertised for
a wife, and acknowledges he has no property, but can't think
of taking a partner under 10,000/.
The Woodstock (Virginia) Sentinel of Nov. 2,
says;—" Partridges are so numerous in our vicinity, that
they have actually marched into the stores of the village, of-
fering themselves up willing sacrifices to the delighted mer-
chant, There is scarcely a garden in town where they are
not to be found ; and one morning this week we saw toveral
sitting upon the market-house of this place."
A considerable quantity of snow has lately fallen in
the mountains of Burgundy, between Joisny and Chalons.
SWEETENING SOIL.—One of the great natural
agents fur sweetening the. soil by removing the rejections of
plants is water, which, in loose porous soil, carries them down
into the subsoil beyond the reach of the roots ; and in stiff re-
tentive soil it may be employed to that them away by flowing
slowly over the surface, as is practised with so much effect in
irrigating grass lands, rendering them of the richest green,
as is finely exemplified in Switzerland and the Black Forest,
as well as in other parts of that country, Now, plants In pots
by being regularly watered, as they must be, and by the water
towing freely through, as it ought to do, have their rejections
washed away daily, almost as soon as they are thrown iuto the
soil i and-much mere effect.tiall,i-
also, than can ever be done in,
the open ground, It follow as a useful inference from
this view, that' the evils well-known to result from setting
potted plants in saucers or feeders, to supply them with water
from beneath, do not rise altogether from the supply of water
being rendered too copious, but from the excrementitious re-
jections, instead of being washed away, as in ordinary water-
ing, without saucers or feeders, being retained in the water,
and again fix'PPil intß te_pont.post in the po,t!— pe Flower
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