The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 3.—The Messenger steam-
vessel, Lieut. Lapidge, arrived at this port on Mon-
day afternoon, from Woolwich, on her way to Fal-
mouth, to take out the next Mediterranean mail.
We hear that the Commander of this vessel goes to
the Carron, vice Lieut. Aplin, appointed to the
Messenger.
In Hamoaza—Caledonia, Kent, I3lanche, Dryad,
Clio, Royalist, Goldfinch packet, and Carron, Con-
fiance, and Echo steam-vessels.
In Barnpool—Undaunted.
At the Island—Vigilant, and Bramble.

PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Capl. E. S.
Dickson is appointed to the Ganges, vice Hayes and
Lieutenants Ralph Gore (b), and J. H. Turner, are
appointed to the Ganges, vice Creser and Huntley.
Commander Edward Belcher is appointed to the
"Etna, and Lieut. F. G. Bond is appointed Super-
numerary Lieutenant of the lEtna.—Commander C.
E. W. Boyle is promoted to the rank of Captain,
and Lieut. It R. Sturt is, promoted to the rank of
Commander.—Lieut. Benjamin Aplin is appointed
to the Messenger steam-packet..—Lieutenants Chas.
Bayne and E. H. Fitzmaurice are appointed to the
Preventive Service.

Mr. S. G. Northcote, late of the Pelican, is ap-
pointed Master of the Clio.
Lieut. John Bully, (1826) is appointed to the
Coast Guard Service at Kingsbridge.
Captain J. Irwin Willes, late Adjutant of the
Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, has been
appointed to the Woolwich Division, vice W. H.
Robinson, who has been surveyed and placed on the
reserved half-pay list. Captain Andrew Herriot,
and First Lieutenant Arthur Morrison, R.M., have
joined Portsmouth head-quarters, from his Majesty's
ship Isis, which is gone to Chatham to be paid off.
Second Lieutenant George Logen, 8.M.A., with
the detachment of Marine Artillery, on board his
Majesty's bomb 'Etna, has joined head-quarters in
consequence of that ship having been paid off and
re-commissioned. First Lieutenant T. Rees Tho-
mas, of the Plymouth Division, R.M., has been
invalided from his Majesty's ship Britannia, and came
home from the Mediterranean in his Majety's ship
Asia.

His Majesty's ship Athol arrived at St. Jago,
Cape de Verds, from Goree 27th March, and sailed
30th for Brava and Sierra Leone. The Rose at-
arrived at Bermuda from Halifax 20th April. The
Comet arrived at Madras from a cruise 25th Jan.
Zebra arrived at Sydney, N.S.W. from Plymouth
2d December. The Harpy arrived at St. Jago de
Cuba 31st, and Minx, from Turks Islaud 12th
April. The Winchester sailed from Jamaica for
Havannah, Barham for ditto and Portsmouth, Mer-
sey for St. Domingo, and Grasshopper for a cruise,
4th April. Sparrowhawk Nassau, N.P., 14th ditto.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

" Amongst the candidates for the sovereignty of Greece
it appears that the Prince of Wasa (Prince Royal of
Sweden) meets with support both from France and Eng-
land. It is asserted that the Princes of Saxony and Ba-
varia have been excluded by Russia, in consequence of their
religion ; and as a scitismatic Greek Prince is not to be
had, Russia prefers a Protestant to a Catholic, who it could
not be expected would ever abjure his religion. The
Albertine branch of the house of Saxony is not numerous
at the present moment ; the Chief of that Royal house could
not see with satisfaction one of his collateral' established at
a distance from him; and it is probable that that is the
reason that our Govern ineA ; has not been willing to let the
preliminaries of this negotiation take their course.
" It appears that France has several motives for not
supporting the solicitations of a Prince of the House of
Bavaria, and consequently the negotiations can only refer
to the Prince Royal of Sweden, and to a Prince of Hesse.
It is not to be supposed that the Prince Frederick of Nassau,
youngest son of the King of the Low Countries, has the
intention of appearing as a candidate ; and as to the Prince
Paul of Wurtemnberg, we believe we can affirm that there
is no question of him. —L' Universel.
" Yesterday the remains of M. Gohier, the last Presi-
dent of the Directory, who died on Saturday, were taken
from his late residence in the Rue de l'Abbaye direct to
the cemetery of Pyre la Chaise, followed by a long train of
mourners, and deposited in the ground without being pre-
sented at a church, in compliance with the express direc-
tions of the will of the deceased. General Merlin, his son-

in-law, was chief mourner. The four corners of the pall
were held by Messrs. Schanen and Laisn4 de Vellevesque,
ex-Members of the Chamber of Deputies, and by Lieu-
tenant-Generals Solignac and Brayer. M. Bernard, Ad.
vocate of the Royal Court of Paris, delivered an oration
over the grave.
We are assured,' says the Journal des Deb%ts,
' that M. de Peyronnet boasts of appointing M. Cour-
voisier President of one of the electoral colleges of the de-
partment of the Doubs. We know not whether M. de
Peyronnet intends such an humiliation for M. Courvoi-
sier, but we have doubts whether M. Courvuisier will
accept it.'
" We announced a few days since that M. M—,
Comptroller of the Mint, bad shot himself. This dreadful
act was committed in the presence of his wife, who had
been for several years dumb, and deprived of the use of her
limbs, by a severe paralysis : the shock she received fr.na
viewing this horrible scene, instantly restored not only
her power of speech, but all her other faculties.—Paris
Advertiser.
" The following confidential circular, dated Paris, May
26, has been addressed to the Directots of the Customs,
by the Director-General of that department:—
"' The approaching elections, Sir, are, on the part of
Government, the subject of just anxiety; public order
and prosperity depend on their result. The Government
has a right to reckon, in order to attain those ends, upon
the e,neurreure of all well-disposed persons,—of all
Frenchmea worthy to be called so by their 'allegiance to

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the King, their love for their country, and their submis-
sion to the laws which govern us: but it has a still
greater right to expect this concurrence from all its agents,
from all those who have taken a special oath of fidelity to
the King. For them, devotedness is the first of duties.
I have not hesitated answering to his Excellency the Ili-
nister of Finances, for the punctuality and even the soli-
citude with which the officers of the Customs would come
forward to fulfil this duty, either by their personal votes
or by using their influence to enlighten the electors, and
second the views of Government. The prefects have re-
ceived instructions which will enable them usefully to di-
rect, in each locality, your proceedings, and those of the
principal functionaries under your orders. On receiving
this letter, you will apply to the Prefect of your depart-
ment, and in ousting him your good will, ask him for the
instructions he may think proper to give you, to render
your aid more useful and more certain. Please to direct
the chefs. de service, inspectors, sub-inspectors, and prin-
cipal receivers, to proceed in the same manner with the
sub-prefects, and to avail themselves of their advice to
march in unison towards one common end,—namely, the
choice of such Deputies as will candidly and loyally con.
cur with the King in the execution of his benevolent views.
To attain this sacred end is the first wish as well as the
first want of all his faithful subjects. I trust that there
are none more faithful and devoted than those in the Cus-
toms. All will rival each other in proving it ut this im-
portant juncture. I request you to address, without de-
lay, to the principal persons subordinate to you, instruc-
tions similar to the present, of which you will acknow-
ledge the reception.—Believe me, &c.
" "THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF
TIIE CUSTOMS.'

" ST. PKTERSETIRCII, MAT 16.--The sudden retun

of the Emperor from Moscow at the beginning of last
month surprised every one, as it Wad well known that
Majesty proposed making a much longer stay. The fol-
lowing are the motives which caused his sudden return :
we repeat them without guaranteeing them. Some days
after the departure of the Einperor, Halil Pacha 'emitted
to Count Nesselrode a despatch which he had just re-
ceived from Constantinople, accompanied by an auto-
graphic letter front the Sultan to the Emperor. In this
letter, after a long preamble, full of protestations of loyalty
and friendship, the Grand Seignor finishes by declaring,
that to exact from him a contribution of 10,000,000 of
ducats, is the same as putting a knife to his throat; that
if Russia insists upon it, he will he forced to place bitneelt
and the empire under the discretional protection of France,
Austria, and England.
" The courier that was sent off from St. Petersburg),
with this despatch arrived at Moscow a few hours after
the Euiperor,:and resumed his journey after a few minutes'
repose. The despatch was the object of very serious de-
liberations, and the Emperor wrote to the Sultan an an-
swer, conceived in very energetic terms ; but he declares
that, far from wishing to ruin the Nab, he wishes to get
it out of its critical position by granting a reduction ol
some portion of the war contributions (some say this re-

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duction is 3,000,000, others say 4,000,000 oilluCats) ;
but in return he expected that the sum the Porte was his
debtor would be paid with the least delay possible ; so
that, at the end of next year at the latest, all the payments
should be completed. At the same time the Porte was
requested to accelerate as much as possible the entire ful-
filment of the other s►ipulations of the treaty of Adria-
sople; and the Ist of July, it is said, is fixed as the pre-
' eribed time. The salve answer made known to the
Porte, in ease of its non-execution, the determination of
the Emperor to order his troops to renew hostilities, and
to proceed on the march upon Constantinople.
"As soon as this energetic answer was made known at
Constantinople, it produced a great sensation, and was im-
mediately communicated to the Ambassadors of the above-
named Powers, who all advised the Porte to conform,
without delay, to the conditions definitely imposed by
Russia, particularly as it would be the means-of promptly
obtaining the entire evacuation of the Ottoman empire.
"As to the financial embarrassments of the Porte,
Austria has proposed a loan to obviate it, and for that pur-
pose recommended the house of Rothschild. This propo-
sition, which had been repeatedly made, has been finally
agreed upon, and the negotiations have been opened, with
the said house, which in the mean time, sent off from
Vienna for Constantinople, a confidential agent, furnished
witn the full powers necessary to treat with tLe Porte."—
Temps.

(From the Messager des aambres of Wedneeday.)

Letters from Toulon state, according to the intelligence
received by the last vessels from the coat of Algiers, it was
a fortunate circumstance that the squadron did not set sail
before the 25th, as exceedingly bad weather prevailed for
nearly a whole month on the coast of Africa. Not only
would the expedition have been wholly unable to effect a
landing, but it would also have been exposed to the greatest
dangers. There is every reason to hope that our squadron
will arrive at a moment when the same apprehensions no
longer exist. _ _ _

GREECE.-The English General, Church, who has
been in the service of Greece, has published some obser-
vations on the limits which the Allied Powers have assigned
to that State. His memoirs contribute much to exculpate
Prince Leopold's refusal. He shows that the discontent
which broke out in Greece respecting the settlement of
these frontiers is more serious than the public is aware of:
that a very different frontier from that which has been
fixed by the Allies is requisite for the firm establishment of
the new State, and that this frontier ought to include
Acarnania and Etolia. He likewise maintains that the

limits, as at present determined, leave Greece at the mercy
of the Turks, and deprive the Government of the very
possibility of preventing collisions between its subjects and
those of the Porte.

The list of the purifications about to be adopted begins
to unfold itself by degrees. We have already mentioned
several dismissals. We are this day informed that M.
Febrotte, the Director of Domains in the department De
l'lmdre and Loire, a functionary 'of great capacity, in a
branch requiring more knowledge than any other, is of

that nu►nber. He was the friend of his Ex-Director.
General, M. de Calmon.

HAVRE (DEPARTMENT OF THE LOWER SEINE), MAY
30.—The Curate of * * * *, near Havre, a young Priest,
recently arrived in that parish, paid frequent visits to the
wife of a labourer, who endured the assiduities of this
ruddy and lascivious pastor with less impatience than her
husband. In spite of repeated interdictions on the party
interested, the Curate found so much delight in the con-
versation of his pretty parishioner, that he could not mus-
ter resolution enough to pay any attention to the prohibi-
tions of the husband. As soon as the labourer went to

the fields, the Curate hastened to fill his place, and gave
his company to the wife ; so that the neighbours made
their remarks upon it, and laughed at this domestic ar-
rangement, till at last one of them, who was more
careful of the labourer's reputation than the rest, bad
the charitableness to inform him of what was going
on. One day last week, having observed the Cu-
rate to slip into the farm like a cunning lox, this offi-
cious neighbour went to apprise the husband of it, who,
without loss of time, left his waggon and horses under the
care of his assistant, and returnel home in great haste.—
He found the Cura'e sitting with his wife, and jovially
emptying a bottle of wine. He thought the proper time
had arrived for inflicting a correction on the guilty pair.
Being armed with his whip, which, from an excess of
prudence, he had brought along with him, he laid it lus-
tily on and about the ecclesiastic's shoulders, tore the cas-
sock into ribands, and left a number of marks on the
bruised face of the man who superseded him. When he
conceived the chastisement sufficient, Ile opened the door,
and, taking his hat off, showed the Rev. Gentlem►n our,
whom his neighbours were expecting in the street. The
worthy individual returned to the parsonage, booted by
the Whole village. It is useless to add, that after the de-
parture of the Curate, the labourer somewhat rudely de-
monstrated to his wife the danger of a tete-a-tete with a
young priest, drinking wine, with closed doors, in the
house of an absent husband.

ST, QUENTIN (AISNE), ?Lt 30.—FIRES.—On the
29th of May, at four o'clock in the morning, six matches,

two of which were burnt at one end, were found before
the door of a person of the name of Chatles Mollin, in the
suburb of St. Jean, on the road leading to the castle. Ills
house was thatched with straw.

LENS- (PAS-DE-CALAIS), MAY 28.—An attempt at
setting fire to buildings has occurred in the sommune of
Courrieres. A small burnt taper, covered with sulphur,
has been discovered, placed against the wall of a house.
The perpetrators of this crime are as yet unknown. At
a moment when numerous incendiaries carry terror into a
part of France, the public administration ought to double
its vigilance and zeal to discover them.

1110-NTNEUIE, MAY 26.—The commune of Verton has

likewise been the scene of a fire, an insured house having
become the prey of the flames. The loss amounted to
SOO francs, (331. 6s. Bd.) Tkis fresh misfortune, how,
ever, was not the effect of a crime, but of au accident

merely.ea PtatrEux (Doanocrle), MAY 29.—An incendiary
crime was committed on the 19th instant, in a village of
the commune of Montearet, at eleven o'clock in the morn-
ing, whilst all the inhabitants we-e occupied in the fields.
It is attributed to an individual of the name of Pierre
Deyinier, nicknamed Boisse. This wretch, who for some
days past, was, or pretended to be, deranged, has already
repeatedly manifested an intention of setting fire to the
house of his nephew, and to that of his wife, in order
to burn the latter, as he said, and to revenge himself for
their refusing his applications for money to frequent
taverns. However, this event (loco not appear to have
caused much damage, as the inhabitants of the village
ran to the spot, and prevented the progress of the flames.
'Pierre Deymier was immediately arrested, by order of the
Mayor, and placed at the disposal of the Procureur du Roi.
On the 21st instant the gendarmes were conducting
another prisoner to Bergerac, when, on the demand of the
conductor, they permitted him to alight from the carriage
to cross the bridge of that town on foot ; all of a sudden
Pierre Deymier betook himself to flight, and plunged into
the river, which he endeavoured to pass by swimming,
but M. Ranc, the serjeant who commanded the brigade of
Bergerac, went immediately in pursuit of him, jumped into
the water, dressed as he was, and soon came up with Dey-
mier. A boat picked both of them up, and this unex-
pected assistance probably saved both their lives, for they
wire carried along by the current, which is pretty rapid
on tirat spot. The zeal and devotedness of M. Rune de.
waves the greatest praise.
Havae (SEINE lieruatroax), MAY 31.—The terror
spread amongst the western departments by the incen-
diaries of Lower Normandy has likewise seized the inha-
bitits of Honfleur, though no accident of the same descrip-
tion as those which desolated our neighbours has as yet
occurred here. A young child having found a letter,
with a two-franc piece, and thrown it into a stove, was so
much frightened by the noise which was produced by the
ignition in the stove tube, that terror spread itself all over
the neighbourhood. The crowd hastened to the spot
where they easily convinced themselves of the puerile occ
sion of their alarm. Few persons, however, were daring
enough to touch the two francs found by the child, which
were deemed capable of causing ignition, owing to some
phosphoric effect apprehended—no one "knew why, or how
it was likely to happen. The arrival of a company of the
Royal Guard at Ilonfleur, so far from allaying the terror
which had taken hold of the public mind, contributed
only to make them believe in the existence of a much
greater danger than there really was. The recent fire at
a farm at Pont Audetner had rendered the presence of an
imposing force in that part of the country necessary. The
strangest suspicions are adopted at Honfleur, without and
previous examination, which is the ease in all those places
that were alarmed by incendiaries; and the roost impro-
bable reports are repeated there with quite a blind sort of
confidence. It has been said to-day that some malefactors,
with flambeaux in their hands and combustib'es in their
pockets, had been taken into custody, arid that they have
exhibited to the authorities before whom they were brought
cards (passports) from the police of Paris. None of dies.
tiles are too absurd to impose on the credulity of the in-
habitants of country places.
The narrative of a fact has been communicated to us,
which, though very unsuitable to the seriousness of the
circumstance above alluded to, will, however, prove tin
,tote of exasperation of the inhabitants of Lower Normandy.
A sentry of the 12th Regiment, placed near a farm it
the lido' of Saint Lo: heard the noire or the footsteps

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of a person advancing towards the farm. The farmer stu-
rives, and prevails on the sentry to fire. After thrice
calling out " who is there ?" and no answer bein givea,
the soldier discharges his musket. Both proseed towards
the spot where the ball ought to have lodged, when the
farmer finds one of his beasts of burden stretched on the
ground. " Never mind," cries he, "-had it been a man
he would have been killed in the same way." Such is the
fury of the peasantry at the bare idea of malefactors attack-
ing their property.

A foreigner, whose passport had been found perfectly re-
gular, was arrested at Honfleur, on the bar, suSpicion ex-
cited by the bulk of the things he carried in his pockets ;
it is said he has been handed over to the Brigadier of

gendarmes.
FRENCH Ft/NM—PARIS, Ni.T 31.—Five per Cents., 104 f, ;
Four per Cents. 99E !'Oc. ; Three per Cents., 79f. 75f. 70c. 90c•
80e. 85c. 60c. die. 75c. 4,0 c. ; Rentes de Naples, 8941 25c. 15e. 80
881. 95e. 88E 75c. 50c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 855( ; Rentes Per-
petuelle d'Espagne, 75}4 i 4 75 7-1% %.; Exchange on London
—One month, (paper), 251'. iioe. • Three months (paper), 95f•
35e. ; money, 25f. 35c.—fours Authentique.