The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-18 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

MAY 25.—Lord Ponsonby has not yet renewed his
intercourse with the Porte. What indispensable business
the embassy has to transact, such, for instance, as demand-
ing firmans for vessels wanting to sail, is done through the
Beylikgi Effendi, the Minister of Commerce. Our Am-
bassador will have ffothing to say to the Reis Effendi, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, since he set at nought the
treaties with England. Lord Ponsonby pursues steadily
his plan for obtaining ample satisfaction for the outrages
perpetrated on the person of Mr. Churchill, and a good
many who were shaking their sticks in the air, over the
head of our countryman, are now shaking in their shoes.
I have been endeavouring to discover what part that
meddler in all mischief, Russia, took in the affair. All
that I can learn is, that Logothetti, the man who receives
5,000 roubles a month, for betraying the Turks, and doing
Russia's dirty work here, was particularly active in his en-
deavours to get Mr. Churchill banished from the country.
It is sincerely to be hoped that Lord Ponsonby will succeed in
getting the Reis Effendi dismissed, because this Minister
has so identified himself with Russia, that I am sure, as
long as he is Minister for Foreign Affairs, England will in
vain attempt to gain a single point, which it does not per-
fectly suit the grand intriguant of the North she should
gain. If our Ambassador has not all his eyes about him,
he will be out-rnanceuvred in the affair. The Russian Reis
Effendi who breaks treaties with England, will keep his
place, Logothetti will still retain the power of doing mis-
chief, and we shall be worse off than ever.*

The Hinde cutter is expected to be sent off in a day or
two, with despatches from the Ambassador to Admiral
Rowley.

A 'Turkish corvette has just proceeded to join the
squadron of the Capudan Pacha.
We hear nothing more of what the Russians are doing
at Silistria. In evacuating that place, they will probably
be upon their good behaviour, as they have got such a bad
character in consequence of so many past acts of perfidy.
that it will be their aim, as it is their interest, to work their
reputation up to a little. I have just been told that every
vessel, on leaving the Danube, has to pay the Russians the
sum of three dollars. By what right is this toll exacted ?
A Russian officer also accosts every vessel on entering,
and demands, " Where are you from ? Where are you
bound ? What cargo have you ? For what purpose do
you go to the place of your destination ? Have you any
passengers ? Are any of them Russians ? " and other such
questions. Is the Danube, then, become so completely
Russian? Muscovite encroachment does not make much
noise, but its progress is not the less rapid for that.
Whilst others are merely talking, the Russians are doing.
It is said that the French Ambassador has induced the
Porte to issue a firman for the effective protection of Franks,
who are not to be ill treated, whatever may be the offences
for which they are arrested. They are to be placed in con-
finement until claimed by their ambassadors, who will be
immediately advised of their detention. This firman will
be read in all the Mosques on Friday next.
• The following is the official note •of Lord Ponsonby, to
the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, respecting Mr.
Churchill :

" The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has the honour to ac-
quaint his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the
information of the Sublime Porte, that his Excellency, Akif
Effendi, having violated the rights of a British subject—rights
conferred by Sultans of
i glorious memory, and most particu-
larly respected by the illustrious Sovereign now reigning, for
the happiness of his subjects—the undersigned is obliged to
declare to the Sublime Porte that the undersigned will not any
longer hold official communication with his Excellency, Akif
Effendi ; and the undersigned respectfully submits to the
Sublime Porte, and emphatically to the Sultan himself, his
just complaint against the Minister who has dared to violate
the laws of his own Sovereign, and insult the British nation.
" The undersigned has the honour, &c.
( Signed)
" Therapia, May 10, 1836."
—From the Portfolio.

,t PONSONBY.

A MAD DOG.

Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the neighbour-
hood of Long-lane, Smithfield, and its vicinity, were in-
volved in the utmost alarm and confusion by the appear-
ance of a mad dog, under the following circumstances. The
animal, which was of the Newfoundland breed, was har-
nessed to a truck, heavily laden with box wood, and had
been driven a considerable distance, until it was so exhausted
that, on its arrival in Long-lane, opposite Three Fox-court,
it dropped down, apparently in a fit, and its yells alarmed.
the whole neighbourhood, and no one had courage to ap-
proach it until a drover proceeded towards it, and cut its
tail and cars, in order to fetch brood, which however clic: not
relieve it. A person named Franklin, who keeps an
oyster and fruit-stall near the spot procured a pail of
water, which he threw over the animal ; but this appeared
to have the effect of enraging it, and the froth issued from
its mouth and nostrils, and its yells became more fright
ful, and an immense crowd collected, until a City con-
stable arrived, and caused the dog to be dragged into
Cloth-fair, where it struggled in a most violent mr,.nner,
and a sensation of horror pervaded the whole of the
inhabitants, who felt satisfied that the animal laboured
under hydrophobia. After remaining in this horrid state
for upwards of three-quarters of an hour, still being in har-
ness, to loosen it from which several attempts had been
made at the suggestion of the police constable, and the re-
quest and persuasion of several of the neighbours, Mr.
Denman, butcher, of King's-place, Cloth-fair, consented to
destroy the animal, and he stuck it with one of his knives,
put an end to its misery, and shortly afterwards he destroyed
the instrument with which he committed the act. We
could not procure the name of the person to whom the ani-
mal or the truck belonged, but we understand he resides in
the neighbourhood of Ludgate-hill. It is impossible to de-
scribe the sensation that prevailed during the above period,
and every body who witnessed the transaction expressed
their indignation at the, manner in which the poor animal
had been driven and exhausted. It had been seen by one
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done by the animal. Fortunately no one was bitten by it.

On the authority of a respectable mercantile correF.;-
pondent, we have great pleasure in announcing to the mercrAn-
tile and snipping interest, that there no longer exists any. dif-
ficulty to the trade and navigation of the Danube ; and we have
seen a letter from Odessa, under date 1I th (23d) Ma;s.; , that
the excellent Governor of that place, Count Woronz aw, has
despatched an attaché to the delta of that river, in order to
prevent any impediment or difficulties being thrown 111 the way
of English vessels passing up and down the Danube..-... Mor-
ning Paper.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 17.
Their Lordships met at Three o'Clock, and were occupied
up to five o'clock with the examination of witnesses on the
Stafford Disfranchisement Bill. The first witness called was
Mr. Borlock, jun., who stated that he was a shoemaker, and
resided in Stafford. He had received several papers of tickets,
some having the arms and others the crest impressed on
them. These papers he gave to two persons named Wat-
wood and Booth, who were attending at the polling-booths.
There was a difference made in the distribution of the tickets;
those with the arms on them being handed to the persons who
gave plumpers, and those impressed with the crest being given
to the persons who only gave split votes. The parties got
the tickets as they were about to leave, after having voted.
One set—those with the crest—represented 21., and the other,
those with the arms, 61. In the course of the election the
value rose. In 1832 the value of the tickets was, split voters'
tickets 2/. 10s., and plumpers, 81. The amount was paid to
the parties at the house of Mr. Frith. Mr. Sylvester was the
next witness produced, and he proved that it was the common
conversation against Captain Gronow's friends that the sum of
3/. was to be the price given for single tickets, and 61. for
plumpers. He heard this stated at the time he was canvassing.
The Counsel and witnesses having been ordered to with-
draw shortly after five o'clock, the Lord Chancellor took his seat
on the Woolsack in order to proceed with the public business.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

:Mr. MACKINNON and others brought up a message
from the Commons, requesting their Lordships to allow the
Duke of Richmond to be examined as a witness before the
Committee appointed to investigate the subject of Tolls and
Turnpike Trusts in Great Britain and Ireland. Also,
that the Commons had agreed to allow one of their
Members (Mr. Williams) to be examined before their Lord-
ships upon the Stafford Disfranchisement Bill.
The Tralee Harbour Bill, the Oyster Fisheries Bill, and
the Administration of Justice in the Cinque Ports Bill, were
also brought up from the Commons.