The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-29 00:00:00

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CONSTANTINC_',PLE.

arrived JULY,
her 6.—The following is a- list of the English, vessels
e during the three months to the 30,th June,
viz.:—From Liverpool, 17, London, 8, Newcastle, 5, Car-
diff, 1, St. David, 1, Shields, 1 ; total, from England, 83.
Alediterrineari and other parts, 31 ; total through the
Dardanelles, G 4. Odessa, 33, Danube, 8, Trsoe,
Cherson, 2, Kertch,l, Mariano!, 1, Taganrog.eb,i nd
1 ; tof4l
from the Black Sea, 49, Steamers are not included
in
this list.
a compari,..s.stn with the corresponding quarter cif. last
Mr, it. is abtl.4antly evident that' British commerce herd is
increasinr..- most rapidly, as far as manufactures nre4con-
cer7.ed, Liverpool having then furnished only 14 vessels,
whereas there are now 17. The cargoes this year are also
more valuable, as many of the ships were formerly ballasted
with iron, large quantities of which were always coining
forward, whilst at present not a bar is sent. Lart year only
73 vessels in all entered our port during the quarter, and
now we see 113, and that without the usual assistam,.e of
the iron trade.
The cutter Ilinde arrived on the 4th with (I.(ispatches
for Lord Ponsonby from Admiral Rowley, who was off
Paints. Major Cameron and Lieut. Woodall arrived in
he
enry r, on
Bethune their way to Persia, where they are
to join Sir
H.
The sultan has been ?mach
.taken, up in reviewinn.
troops, to which he is atilt,,ng marked attention. 'yes-
terday, after a grand review, he gave a splendid dinner at
Haidar Pacha, to his,Ministeft and all the great folks, of
his Court.
We have a report again that Halil Pacha is to bit`named
Minister of the Marine, over the head of th Capudan
~
Paella, who will remain as Grand Admiral otoy, without
any command on shore at Constantinople. i
The Sultan has been doing so much for every class of
men in his empire that it was high dm: be should do some-
thing for the ladies ; and so he has. -!'or last week &mans
were sent off to be distributed in every province, command-
in;; all Mussulman bachelors iir,,nediately to lake wives !
Married men, who have wives already, and possess ample
means, are enjoined to take hoe or two more! What would
11.111 thus, when he wrote against population, have said to
this ? The fact is, nearly all the young Turks being taken
for the army and navy, just at an age when they would
otherwise be marrying, the country is in danger of becom-
ing quite bare of its Mussulman population in the course of
time ; and this will, I fear, be still the case, nelwithstand-
ing all the firmans the Sultan may issue. Two hundred
thousand young Turks must already have perished since
the new system was established in 1826, and their loss e'in-
not but be fearfully visible in a diminis),Jed population some
few years hence. Indeed, in every part of the country old
men, women, and young childrer4, already appear to be the
almost only inhabitants.
It is now reported that the late news of the successes of
the Turkish army against te,be Kurdes wag. incorrect, and
Djezire has not been taken, the Turks not having been able
to penetrate that fortress.
I have seen an Englis'aman who was very lately remaining
some weeks at Oteli:akoff, in Southern Russia, whence he
arrived a few days ago. Two fine 60-gun frigates, lately
launched at Ni!olaeff, were at Kilburn, taking in their
guns, and tore, others of the same force were being
During thr, gentleman's stay at Otchakoff, about twelve
thous'Aa. troops passed through that town, on their way to
SeL.,astopol, where there were already 16,000 n,.en, and
.where the fleet was kept ready for sea. None of this force
cur, be intended for Circassia, as troops for that quarter are
always sent by Kerteli, a much more direct route. A. General of note had also passed through Ot'Jhakoff for Se-
bastopol. A new steamer, named!lmp2ratrice: Alexandra,
built at Nicolaeff, had likewise come down, and I hear she
is intended to run between Odeissa and Constantinople.
This makes six steamers the Russians have in the Black
Sea.

We hear nothing more re.r,pecting the difference .between. Lord Ponsonby and the; Porte. All hands are waiting
anxiously for news from london, which cannot come in .a
decisive shape' until trite the end of the month, or early
in August. I 11:,..ve heard one thing with pleasure; which
is that Baron S;turmer, the Internuncio, has received from
the Austrian, Court a rebuke for having perinittee:bitnself
to intrigue. against England in the affair in qr.estion, in
order to, curry favour with his friend and 'co:Alma, the
Russ:.an Ambassador. We shall have no more interference
on his part ; and should hope -Baron Roussin will ere long, also get instructions from the Tuileries to mind his con-
duct, for it cannot be the intention of the French Govern-
ment that its Ambassador here should be thus fighting
Russia's, betties for her.
The Seraskier Pac.'na, who, though aged, and with a
beard as white as strJw, is nevertheless quite a gallant man,
and has been giving a splendid dinner to various fair Rus-
sian dames. There was the Countess Narinsky, Countess
Krebitovich, with her daughter-in-law, another Cwantess
Krebitovich (who was a Miss Nesselrode), and I kA ow not
how many more high-born ladies, who were entercained by
the Seraskier himself, at his palace on the Bos
is something quite new in Turkey, where Fraiuk ladies were
P:norus. This
never before seen in a Turkish house, excript to visit the
Harem.. A firman was given them to visitt all the principal
mosques, which they did last week.
Ibrahim Pacha is now at Antioch, w b.ere he daily expects
to see his father. It is said to be th,,e'd.
camp at Balbec. intention to form a

Tapir Pacha's fleet was seen On the 31st of May, near
Malta, steering for Tripoli, wrw.re subsequent advices in-
form us he has arrived, and. established a blockade off the
coast.

On Board the Euphrates Steamer/
off Annan, May 26. 1836.
Return of officers and men belonging, to the Euphrates
expedition who were lost on the river Euphrates, near
Wordie,- by the sinking of the Tigris steamer during a sio,„
lent hurricane on the '2lst instant :—Lieut. R. B. Lynch,
26th Regiment Bengal N. 1., passenger ; Lieut, Robert
Cm.kburn, Royal Regiment of Artillery ; Interpreter En.
Sader ; Engineer John Struthers ; Acting Sergeant
R;eltard Clark, Gunners Thomas Jones, Robert Turvar,
James Moore, and James Hay, Royal Regiment of Artil-
lery ; Private R. S. and M. Archd. M'Donlld ; Beraamin
Gibson, John Hunter, Thomas Booth, Thomas Batty,
George Lidnell, seamen ; Aboo, Wosoo, Jr,eob
Manneh, Pedros, natives.
(Signed) BLOSEE LYNt/I, Lt. N.I.