The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Times.)
WARSAW, JULY 16.—NIv last, in which I informed you
that the French Government had dem,unced to that of
Russia the existenc, of a political conspiracy in this our
unhappy Poland, o ill l..ave prepared yon for that which
has occurred—the arrest of ‘'ast numbrrs of young moon,
the sons of the most distinTuislied families, one of them the
son of -- (a person who had tilled one of the first offic,s
of the State) ; and yet this same French Government pro-
fesses sympathy for Poland, and to lean towards .great
Britain rather than to Russia!
PARIS. JULY 31.—The activity of the police has taken
a new di.,•ction. Early this morning a number of agents,
accompanied by a commissary of police, presented them-
selves at the residence of a M. Chactas, and took him into
custody, and then proceeded to search his apartments.
They found a number of copies of forged or falsified docu-
ments, purporting to have been written by diplomatic
agents of France at Foreign Courts, and replies to them of
Count Mole, Minister of Foreign Affaiis.
M. Chactas is stated to have been long engaged in the
manufacture of this species of document, for which he found
a ready sale at the different foreign embassies in Paris. The
foreign diplomatists are stated to have proved themselves
veritablegobemouches, and generous caches d lait to M. Chac-
tas (who, you will remember, was convicted some time
since of frauds committed by him on the Duke of Bruns-
wick). In tenderness to our own people, I shall not say
all that I have heard about Lord Palmerston's swallow,
and shall only communicate to you that which Chactas said

respecting him—
" I could not make them half so fast
As he would gulp them down."
An alleged dispatch of General Sebastiani on the Hol-
lando-Belgic question has been peculiarly productive to
M. Chactas, the price of each copy being I,ooof. A dis-
patch of Count Bresson from Berlin has also been in much
demand. I hope it has not found its way to Downing-
street ; but I have my fears, as Chactas was seen coming
out of the British Embassy last Friday, and, with a very
complacent air, pulling up the left-hand pocket of his Cos-

sacks.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 11.—The Trebisond steam-
packet, which arrived here on the 9th, brought a letter
from that port containing a highly ludicrous description of
the rage the Russian Consul was thrown into upon learn-
ing, some days after Mr. Longworth's departure for Con-
stantinople, that this gentleman had, after escaping the
vigilance of the Russian vessels blockading the coast of
Circassia, safely landed in the ne;ghbourhood of Trebisond.
Instead of adopting the wise course of showing himself in
public indifferent to a fact which, however disagreeable, it
was Ho longer in his power to prevent, the Russian repre-
sentative repaired to the Pasha's palace, and after loading
this functionary with the severest reproaches for his neglect
in carrying into execution the firman of the Porte, forbid-
ding all intercourse between the subjects of the Sultan and
the Circassians, gave him to understand in a formal manner
that the only satisfaction Russia could consider reparatory
of his offence was the destruction of the vessel which had
brought Mr. Longworth over from Circassia, and the
confiscation of all the property on board; that Osman
Pasha, in compliance with this imperative declaration,
had the vessel brought in front of the harbour and
caused it to be burnt. It will be remembered, perhaps,
that in obedience to the Russian Consul's summons, Os
man Pasha condemned the Turkish captain of the vessel
which brought over Mr. Knight during last spring to pay
a fine of 5,000 piastres. All these attempts on the part of
Russia to inspire with the terror of her vengeance the per-
sons engaged in the profitable trade between Turkey and
Circassia have so little succeeded in insuring the desired
end, that within the week not less than six vessels have
left this port for the Abasian coast. The letter from Mr.
T. Bell, containing the account of the destruction of one-
half of the Russian naval forces in the Euxine on the 10th
of June, which you will receive by this post, was brought on
the 6th inst. to Trebisond by a Turkish boat. It remains
to be seen to what fate the bearer of such heart-rending
news will be condemned by the Russian Consul.
The Turkish Rear-Admiral, Osman Bey, returned on
the Sth inst. from Tunis, where he had proceeded to pre-
sent the Pasha with the firman of investiture from the Sul-
tan. He is bearer of presents of considerable value from
the Pasha to his liege. The Rear. Admiral has received
orders to join the Ottoman fleet, which was on thelOth
inst. at Gallipoli, taking in provisions. The French fleet
has left Ourlac, and is cruising off Chio.
The four German physicians under whose superinten-
dence the quarantine establishments in Turkey are in fu-
ture to be placed, arrived here on the 10th, from Vienna,
by the Gala& steam-packet.
A fire which broke out in the neighbourhood of Sultan
Mehmed's mosque on Saturday last, destroyed in the course
of a few hours upwards 3f 100 Turkish houses.

KHISSA, COAST OF CIRCASSIA, JUNE 14.
The intelligence I have new to communicate is impor-
tant, but I must convey it in as few words as possible, for
my time for writing is short.
On the 10th, some clouds, thunder, and rain, announced
a change of weather, and its threatening aspect increased
until next morning, when a gale ceme on frard the S.W.,
which being " dead on shore" suggested to me the danger
of the Russian squadrons. Word accordingly reached the
secluded glen, at Shirotoach, where I then was, of a large
brig having been seen off Soobash, and endeavouring to
stand off to the Northward, but so close in with the land,
that the cries of the men on board were distinctly heard on
the beach. That night it blew from the same quarter such
a gale as has not been known during summer since the
year in which Anapa was taken. Yesterday persons ar-
rived at my quarters from both Northward and South-
ward, with the following disastrous accounts of the hostile
squadron :
At Scotcha, one ship of two tiers of guns, two corvettes,
five large brigs, and two small craft have beeen wrecked.
At Toaps and Agovia, two steamers (one of them the
largest on the coast) and two men-of-war have been to-
tally wrecked, end eleven of the latter are stranded, and
supposed to be so severely damaged as to be unfit for sea.
Numerous dead bodies have been washed ashore, at all
these Vaces, and the plunder in arms, damaged powder,
iron, silver coin, &c., wtich has fallen into the hands of the
Circassians, is infinite.
At Scotcha the garrison of the new fort made two sor-
ties along the beach to defend the wrecks of the two cor-
vettes—the first during the n'gdit ineffectually ; the se-
cond the following morning, and with a still worse
result, as the Cireassians then assembled, attacked, de-
feated, and pursued the soldiers to the very walls of
the fort, which only about 100 entered, the rest,
to the amount of about 1,000, having been all cut to
pieces. Their bodies lie along the coast for a distance of
about three miles ; and it is remarked, that among these
there are none of the (forced) auxiliaries neither Abascian
nor Georgian--all are Ru;sian. After plundering the two cor-
vettes, which were at a short distance to the southward of
the fort, the Cireessians burnt them, the other vessels went
on shore under its guns ; yet the Cireassians contrived to
set fire to four of them last night. Such of the guns and
stores of the rest as remain with the wrecks mey be re-
covered.. but the vessels thems.:lves are past all further ser-
vice. I think it likely, if such be not already, it must soon
be, the case with the others 00 shore at Toaps and 2.govia,
as the shore there is steep,-and it has this art,A.ncon come
on to blow freshly from the south-west.
The largest steamer had been the day before the gale
at Too (a couple of hours north of Agovia), with a body
of men who were landed to burn a Turkish vessel there,
but were driven back without accomplishing their object.
Seven other vessels are known to have been off Shapsine
immediately previous to tie! gale, which having proved so
fatal to all the rest exposed to its fury, it seems probable
that these have net escaped. If so, 30 have thus Leen
put hors de combat. J. S.

THE FRENCH ARM Y. —General Bernard, Minister of War,
has issued a circular to the Generals commanding the depart-
ment, re4ulating the order of precedence in public ceremonies
of officers who have retired, or are not on active service, by which
they are to take the some stations, according to their ranks, as
they would do sere they on actual duty.
Between the 21st and 28th nit, nineteen packets entered
Boulogne with 881 passengers, and the same number with
773 sailed.

DON FRANCISCO DR Patmo. A correspondent at La Ro-
chelle states, that besides the Infa teand
several Spanish famdies have lately taken Infanta
of
Spain,
up their residence
there ; amongst others, the Duke
of
and Duchess
in addi-
tion Ahumada. the Mar-
etdoness Mirafl ,res, and the. Marquis de
to whom may be mentioned, the Dukea de
Brissac and family, and the Marchioness de Br a._
H
FRIGTFUL ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, Ya friehtfu
acci-
dent occurred to a workman employed about a steam-engine
in a manufactory at Elbeuf, where, as he was endeavouring to
oil the wheels Of the machine while it was in motion, he was
caught by his shirt sleeve, and drawn in between the cylinders,
and had in a short time his arms and legs broken, and his
body otherwise.so mutilated, that scarcely any hope can be en-
tertained of hia.xecovery. He has already had a leg and an
arm amputated.
DETERMINED SUICIDE._A gentleman of Toulouse, in his
75th year, put an end to his existence, a few days since, in
the cemetery of Fumel, in that city, and on the tomb of his
avtfe. He had formed .a kind of infernal machine, which went
off by means of a train, and had placed it on his chest in such
a manner that the upper part of his body was almust, blown to
cause of his committing this act is not known,
believed to have meditated self-destruction for

DROWNING.—As some young men of La Chi),
:h, in the Aveyron, were bathing in a rapid
,ong since, one of them was carried away by its
his comrades being able to give as;i.tance. An
one of the party, had with him a favourite bitch
breed, and the animal, on the first signal,
id seized him by the hair. She lost her hold,
dived and caught the drowning youth by the

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