The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-29 00:00:00

COAST GUARD SERVICE.

Ile information which we gave in our last with re-
spect to the Intention of appointing Mates of the Royal
Navy to fill the existing vacancies of Chief Officers in
the Coast Guard Service, has brought to us a host of
inquiries. The readers of this paper know very well
the. we take pretty good care not to deceive the Army
and Navy with erroneous reports ; and we are happy on
the present occasion to assure them that our statement
of Let, week is in every respect correct. We will give
a portion of a letter from a valued friend, who, though
generally well informed in most matters appertainieg to
the Navy, is mistaken in this instance, us it will afford
us the opportunity of replying gencrAy to several other
cerrespondents on this subject :
" I think you are in error as to the pay of Mates
when appointed to the Coast Guard Service. viz. 9s. per
diem, the same as Lieutenants, who receive but 4s. per
diem, Coast Guard pay, and a Treasury equivalent of
ss. 6s. or 7s. per diem, for loss of had pay. The Mates
have no half-pay, and therefore cannot be paid the equi-
valent. Tney are, I understaud, to be paid as Civiiiau
Chief Officers, viz., 45. per di3n., and 281. baiary, about
ss. 641. per diem, or 1001. p.m' annum. It is rumoured,
from good authority, thlt the Lieutenants are nlso to
Lave the salary of '281., making altogether 10s. 6d.
per diem."

In reply, we beg to state that the intention is to pay
:%I.ites, who receive the appolutincies cf Chief Ojicers
of the coast Guard, the sum of 9s. per day, which is
the sa:no amount as the Lieutenants of the Royal
Navy receive, who arc serving in the capacity of Chief
Officers ; but is considerably more than the civilian
Chief Officers get, as their pay does cot exceed 1001.
per annum. The fact of the Lieutenauts only receiving
4s. per day from the Coast Guard, is correctly stated
by our correspondent ; and by only being allowed ia
addition to retain their half-pay at whatever rate it may
be fixed, the Government have not dealt most liberally
with them. It is rather surprising there. should exist a
feeling of generosity so unexpected, and so strong in
favour of a junior rank of Naval Oirxeri. However,
this is to be the case. Our corrorpondent mar he un-
der the impression that 95. per day is to be g;al:ted to
all ilfgtes serving in the Coast Guard, is whatever ca-
pacity ; where es the Loon is for these only who fill the
situation of Cli.;;;:l Olecrs, none of whom arc, 11,)wever,
as yet app:ii6ted.—.Yaval Gazette.

MAROTO IN THE

The facetious Charivari, giving credence to the hoax
which has been played upon come of the Frena jaurnals,
that Maroto had arrived in Paris, has the
fol-
lowing squib :

Maroto has arrived in Paris. '• -No •Artliti;:ii•Ci's taken
place in France, except that there' is .ore traitor more.
He came by the diligence, and near I3orde'aitx he re-
quested the conducteur to stop for a few tninuici en the
road, for which complaisance lie promised hira something
to drink. On arriving, however, at Paris, he lolled
without paying either ter his place, or the conducteur.
This personage consequently lulled after him `to refresh
his memory.
Condueteur—Your fare, Sir, if you please?
Maroto—Did you imagine I had forgotten it ? Do
you doubt the purity of Castilian honour ?
Condueteur—No, Sir, I am not paid for that.
Maroto—llere is your fare.
Conducteur—You promised me something to drink.
Maroto—l am Rafael Maroto. Do you doubt my
word ? Here is a Spanish bond for 1.000 crowns.
Conducteur—Yes, but that is no value whatever ; I
would, if it were the same to Monsieur, prefer a ten-sous
piece.

Maroto—No Constitutional Spaniards pay their debts
in this manner.

He went directly to lodge in the rue Judas, and, hav-
put on a false collar, he hired a cabriolet by the hour,
and drove to the Tuileries, where he was received with
much distinction. It is really very astonishing that the
arrival of a traitor should cause any sensstiou, inasmuch
as all the courtiers resemble him. He received a present
of a paper parcel, which he deposited in the cabriolet,
and then drove to Baron Pasquier, who welcomed him
cordially and said—" Now, what did you get, my dear
fellow for this business ?"
Maroto—Four millions.

Pasquier—Oh, what luck ! Herr am I who have
thtiee betrayed my e(Amtry, and have not yet got half
of that.

Maroto invited him to dine with him at the Freres
Pr•ovenceaux, and then drove to M. Decazes, when the
conversation turned on the same subject.
What ! (exclaimed M. Decazes.) So many millions for
one treason ?—it makes one's mouth water.

Maroto—Yes, but consider the number of Generals
I murdered At Estella.

Decazes—What does that signify ? I have corn-.,
mitted half a dozen treasons, and condemned some 'hun-
dreds to the guillotine ; and look how Wrcte/tedly'MY'
services have been rewarded. I see treason is much"
better paid than here. The fact is, the market is amnia
with it in this country.
_ _

_ . .
Maroto invited him to dine will him at the Freres
Provenccaux, and then drove to several friends whoin
he also asked to dine with him. At length he drOve•to
M. Lurainier, who received him with open arms, 'con-
gratulated him on his success, and asked him to dine
with him, in order that he might acknowledge Maroto's
superiority in treason, and get a few hints from him,
Maroto thought this dinner would save him a few francs,
so he determined to throw his friends over for that dav,
and accepted the invitation. lie then drove to M.
Talleyrand's former hotel in the rue St. Fiorentin, as he
longed to see the abode of the sainted Bishop, He
ptlii,eLlie shiartke(l the
front.
outbytheTbhaeckdrdiovoerr, fearing
tvaitedg the cabman
until he saw he h..d been done. lie saw, however the
paver parcel, which he opened, and found it to be a
ori,,lip thingi'is.
collection of speeches. "Now, I am doubly done r,
aste ein,atitt I\ll,ahreorteo i
sh z 1 kept
tch.haatr abc;
exclaimed he.
has not betrayel, namely, the e • • xpeetatfons which had
been formed of his character.
terittomlernaybll7

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EVENING EDITION.

SULTAN MAHMOUD'S LAST AP-

PEARANCE IN PUBLIC,

(Fom the Athenceunz.)
MY PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU.

I The serious illness by which the Sultan was at-
' tacked, in the first week after my arrival in Constan-
e tinople, prevented my obtaining the audience promised
me ; but I was indebted to a favourable accident for
an opportunity of observing him pretty closely, and for
• tolerable long time.
I was rowing one day on the channel of the bril-
liant Bosphorus, on the blue mirror of whose waters
were reflected innumerable mosques, and palaces and
minarets, gardens and villas, wooded hills and dark
cypress-shaded cemeteries, and the swarm of gondolas
covering its bosom, when the sound of cannon from
the vessels and the forts announced the approach of
the superbly decorated barge of the Sultan. I made
all possible haste to gain the Asiatic shore, where
some troops drawn up round a mosque, and a small
number of spectators, pointed out the spot selected
by the Sultan for the performance of his devotional
duties. I had only landed a few minutes, and had
obtained, through the politeness of a Turkish officer,
a place close to the steps of the mosque, when the
swiftly-rowed bark shot past like an arrow. Little
was at that time known of the nature of the danger-
ous malady which terminated so quickly the career
of Mahmoud, and I had pictured to myself a robust,
active, stately-looking man. My surprise was there-
-1 fore great, on beholding a feeble, emaciated figure,
with a countenance noble indeed, but bearing already
the stamp of incurable disease. Mildness and bene-
volence shone in the large speaking eye, which, like
the rest of the features, announced too plainly the
sear approach of death, and regardless of external
i objects, seemed to look only within. On a heap of
red velvet cushions, piled up in the bottom of the
gondola, beneath a gilded canopy, lay this image o f
departed greatness—a melancholy contrast to the Her-
culean forms of the rowers, whose fine athletic propor-
tions were visible through the transparent silk shirts
which formed the only covering of the upper parts of
their bodies.
The sick man attempted to rise, but sunk back '
exhausted, and two attendants springing towards him,
rather carried than led him up the steps. A faint
smile hovered over the features of the Sultan as he
spoke a few words to those who surrounded him, but
the marks of suffering on his fine face, which, the
better to conceal, was, according to the custom here,
covered with red and white paint, contrasting strongly
with a short raven-black beard, betrayed how soon it
must be forsaken by the spirit which still animated
it. I felt 'so shocked at this melancholy sight„
and at the painful reflection that all who devote
their lives to the cause of humanity, and to
the realization of one grand idea, are sure to
become its martyrs, that I completely forgot where
1 I was, and neither took off my hat nor removed my
glass from my eye when the Sultan passed quite close
i to me. This apparent rudeness, disagreeably remark.
l able amidst the reverential salutations of the rest of
the spesators, I afterwards found had given offence,
as it naturally might : but the Sovereign, had he un-
derstood the cause, must have considered it as the
most flattering compliment I could pay him ; for it
is long, indeed, since the sight of a royal personage
could so completely absorb me. When the Sultan
again passed me, on his return, I did not, of course,
neglect to make amends as well as I could for my
transgression, by uncovering my head as long, and
bowing as low as possible, but my previous absence
of mind was nevertheless, the truest mark of respect.
Oa leaving the mosque, lie descended the steps slowly
and painfully, notwithstanding all the support he re-
ceived, and stood some time at the bottom to recover
himself before entering a carriage which was waiting
to r,.!ceive him. During this time he appeared to
contemplate the asset:rib:A crowd with more atten-
tion than formerly, and perceiving a woman holding
up a petition, unnoticed by any one else, he made a
sign to have it taken from her and put into the car-
riage. He then seemed to express some fear that
the nearest of the spectators, amongst whom were
several ladies, would be injured by the unruly hones,
nod motioned them to stand up on a raised place be-
hind them. I had all this time been contemplating,
with the most earnest attention, the interesting physi-
ognomy betore use, and thought I could discover in
is great susceptibility for both pain and pleasure—
mere thoughtfu:uess than rigid firmness of will—good-
ness, candour, and a tendency to melancholy.
Tnis was Nlalmaoud's last appearance before the
world, and his last acLions, though of no great import-
ance, were indicative of a benevolent and pious
spirit. History will assuredly do him justice, end
accord him a place among the most influential men of his
time, and the most distinguished rulers of his dynasty.
THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC OF TILE NEW
SULTAN.—The Meath of Sultan Mahmoud took place,
according to the official report, on Monday, the Ist of
July ; but it was generally said, on good authority, that
this event occurred on the evening of the Friday
before, and was kept secret, from fear or some popular
disturbance, the dead man in the meantime not only
performing vicariously all the functions of sovereignty,
tint even smoking in his hours of recreation the
usual number of pipes. Be that as it may, it was not
till the Monday that the new Sultan Abd-al-Mes-
sind was proclaimed amidst the firing of cannon,
sad without even as much remembrance of his
predecessor as is contained in "Le roi est mort—
" Vire le Roi !" Eight days afterwards, and before the
cereenouy of girding on tne sword (equivalent to our
cerronation) had taken place, came the news of the great
defeat in Syria, and of the desertion of the whole fleet—
a melancholy commencement of a new reign. In Con-
stantino*, however, as in the time of the Greek Em-
pire, a general apathy prevailed as to all external events ;
and the only subject that appeared to excite any in-
terest was the question of the probability of another
revolution in the costume. The only remark made on
any of the late disasters seas " Mashallah—it is the
wilt of God ;" after all, perhaps, the best thing one can
''' say when one can do nothing.
IWhen the ceremony above alluded to took place, it
appeared that the tasteless demi-European costume in-
troduced by the late Sultan was to be retained, but the
extraordinary tranquillity of the immense numbers of
people assembled on this occasion, who refrained from
eommitting the smallest excess or offering the slightest
affront to any Christian present, afforded a better proof
of the effect of his exertions and of the deep root which
the liberal ideas introduced by him have taken in the
minds of the Turkish people.
The corps diplomatique, all powerful as it has be-
come, was, notwithstanding, excluded from witnessing
1 the ceremony, and compelled to remain without the
mosque, among ordinary spectators, with no other
distinction than a tent, appointed for their use by
the Government,—the said tent being not only deficient
in the covering or carpets usual in the East, but not
having been even swept out, and so full of stones and
dirt that the elegant dresses and thin shoes of the
ladies suffered grievously. No Pacha or Minister
of the Porte was present to do the honours,
but merely a subordinate officer, denominated Tahir
Bey ; and when the young Sultan, sitting on horseback
as stiff as the stone statue in Don Giovanni, rode past,
he did sot so much as bestow upon the Ambassadors a
glance of his royal eye, though they were dressed out
in all possible finery, and decorated with ribbons and
orders, without number. The effect of the starry splen-
dour of these distinguished personages was indeed sadly
marred by the crowding in of the people in ordinary
dresses, and even liveries, as well as by the dirty floor
and the few mean chairs and sofas with which the tent
was furnished.

On the whole, it was hardly possible to imagine any-
thing less imposing than the whole affair. The
procession was opened, ominously enough, by a mis-
shapen dwarf ; the cavalry which followed resembled
ill-dressed and disorderly European troops ; and the
led horses of the Sultan, adorned with plumes of
feathers and trappings embroidered with gold, looked
less like steeds of Arab breed than cart-hroses in
masquerade. The pachas, wearing blue frock-coats
and the simple fez, looked like so many soldiers in
foraging caps, and the Sultan himself was only dis-
glnghed by a short mantle of common cloth, with
"rn7.diamonds on the coilar, and a diarrmnd agraffe
Ina fez. The dress of the numerous body of
attpncia.„,
1:, , ..,,s was detestable, and the colour seemed to
beeiGnegourillt:Dre, Properlyh to the apothecary's shop tbon
Sovereign was bye personal appearance of the young
ibeen led to
blanee to those
who made a good
Ulemas, who mP na means so unfavourable as I had
or
h>. his features bear some resem-
wore tbliiurron the occasion, were the f
its long flowing robes and ,
I afterwards followed
father ; but the only persons
old
rpicturesque
„,thee en costume, with
and gold turbans.
pie,
where
ecession through the
streets of Constantino
every house and
every booth was crowded with spectatorse,lu Is: and
.where
ladies by
I had an opportunity of seein,
thotisouds, since they were not rigid in ladles
their veils. I was surprised to find keepingl down
Jealousysi
them with any pretensions to beauty. The:. among
of the men perhaps induced them to conceal
were handsome. I afterwards witnessed a such as
tiful spectacle, in the return of the Sultan by w;;;;
from the magnificent bridge, which is one of the finest'
of the monuments for which Constantinople has to
thank the deceased Mahmoud—and I closed a day of
sight-seeing, by climbing the tower of the Seraskiers,
whence the entire panorama of the city and its euviroas
is visible—certainly one of the most spleniid prospects
the world can afford.

STRANGE IF TRUE.—At the Billericay Petty
Sessions, Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges charged a young man
named Rush with attempting to upset her in her porlY-
chaise. The defendant admitted the fact, and excused
himself by saying that he was employed by a young
lady; 0 friend of the complainant's, who is a very old
lath', to turn her over in the road. He was fined two 1
wontb.—Clielni
-"midi ten shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned for a sji)rd Chronicle.