The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-05 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE.

JULY 13.—1 have had lately numerous opportunities of
speaking with travellers arrived here after visiting Hun-
gary, Servia, and other provinces situated on the banks of
the Danube. Having succeeded in obtaining from them in-
formation which is likely to prove interesting to commercial
men in England, at a moment when the importance and ex-
tent of the new field open to speculation by the establish-
ment of steam communication along this central artery of
European trade begins to awaken attention, I hasten to
forward it for your perusal. Within the last 12 months
upwards of 300 ships have taken cargoes at Ibrail, of which
upwards of 20 were British, and 40 lonians and Maltese
under British colours, and large orders have been given this
year by British merchants. The population of the different
provinces bordering on the Danube, or connected with
that stream by rivers, such as the Theisse, Save, Drave,
Kulpa, Sireth, Pruth, &c., exceeds according to the lowest
estimate 17,000,000. Agriculture is their principal occu-
pation ; they possess no manufactures of their own ; their
wants have hitherto been generally supplied by the
Germans, who take in exchange their raw produc-
tions. The demand for these productions having hi-
therto been very limited, one-fourth only of these fertile
lands has been brought under cultivation. With the in-
creased demand for their productions which must follow the
increased facility of communication, an increased con-
sumption of manuf=actures must speedily follow, and the
Nobles, both in Hungary, and Wallachia and Moldavia,
who are the sole proprietors of the land, except a small por-
tion belonging to the free towns and foreigners, are aware of
the importance to their interests of a system of trade facili-
tating exchange. The Diet of Hungary, composed of no-
blemen, notorious for the liberality of their principles, will
in its next sitting take into consideration the commercial re-
gulations of the country. They arc aware of the impor-
tance of commercial connexion with England, and will
adopt every measure necessary to be taken on their
side to favour its formation and solidity. The produc-
tions of these provinces are eminently suited for the
English markets. The supply of staves, hides, bristles,
horsehair, tallow, hemp, wool, feathers, gallnuts, yellow
wood, corn, rags, wine, silk, skins, oil, fat, grease, seed's, and
other articles, capable of being given in exchange for our
manufactured goods, by Moldavia, Wallachia, Bulgaria,
Servia, and Hungary, is much more coesiderable than
is generally known. According to my informants, it will
soon supersede the necessity of frequenting the ports of
Russia in the Black Sea. It is certain that British ships,
which, in consequence of the prohibitive system of Russia,
are obliged to go in ballast to her ports, will prefer fre-
quenting those on the Danube, where cargoes are readily
and advantageously taken in return. The injurious con-
sequences occasioned by this rising traffic to the trade of
her southern provinces have already begun to he felt by
Russia ; it cannot one moment be doubted that she either
will avail herself of her position at the mouth of the Da-
nube to enforce measures likely to crush its further de-
velopment, or that, should she be frustrated in her designs
by the vigilance of Austria and England, supersede her
existing tariff by one founded on more liberal principles of
reciprocity. In order to watch her movements, and at
the same time to afford protection to the commercial in-
terests of England on the Danube, it becomes imperious on
the part of Government to send agents to reside at Pest,
Belgrade, and Galatz. Several of the members who have
had dealings with these provinces complain of the difficulty
of getting their contracts executed, and of the want of pro-
tection and means of obtaining redress when unfairly treated.
Incalculable is the good that might be effected by the resi-
dence at Pest, Jassy, and Bucharest of Consuls occupying
a position in the society of the influential nobles, and qua-
lified by their talent and information to point out the true
course of commercial policy.
A French steam-boat, Le Phoceen, arrived here from
Marseilles on the Bth instant, with several passengers, who
had embarked to perform a pleasure trip to the Mediter-
ranean. The French Government availed itself of this
conveyance to send a commissary to take the measures ne-
cessary to the establishment of a regular steam communi-
cation between France and the Levant, which it would ap-
pear is to begin in November next.
Baron Molke, the Prussian officer who lately presented
a plan to the Turkish Government for the better defence
of the Dardanelles, has received the Sultan's order to carry
it into execution.
Four cases of plague have, during the course of this
week, occurred at Constantinople.—Morning paper.

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Lord Yarborough continues much indisposed at his
town residence in Arlington-street, and his attendants give
no hopes of his recovery for some time. —Linco In Gazette.
" RA TTL IN THE REEFER."—This very popular
story of the sea has already reached a second edition. It
bears a family likeness, observes a contemporary critic, to
Peter Simple" and " Jacob Faithful," and being thrown
into the form of an autobiography—a favourite plan of con-
struction with Captain Marryat—acquires a still greater re-
semblance to his rapid outpouring of adventures, dialogue,
and reflection. The mystery attending the birth of Rattlin,
his experience on shipboard, with the various characters to
whom it introduces him, and the subsequent scenes of his life,
are hit ;AT with a fluency and roughness that belongs to the
school. which Captain Marryat has established. It is unde-
niably the most original, as well as the most racy naval story
We have had since " Peter Simple," and will raise its author
to the first rank among modern novelists.
The veil, which was apparently lifted to let in the
light on the Kegworth tragedy, has again fallen, and buried
the deed in its former obscurity.
A statue of Mirabeau is about to be placed on the
pedestal raised for one of Louis XVIII., in the centre of the
Place du Palace Bourbon.— Galignani'sMessenger.
Mr. Hook has evinced the greatest aptitude and
tact by selecting those foibles and follies, in every grade of
life, the most likely to amuse his readers, at the same time
pourtraying them with all that skill for which he has so long
been justly celebrated. The events narrated in the volumes
abound with absorbing interest and startling effect ; yet they
are told with such an apparent vraisemblance, that we insen-
sibly submit to the masterly cheat, and never for a moment
question the existence of " Gilbert Gurney." All that is
talented, witty, and attractive, combine to make the present
work a worthy follower of its predecessors ; and we heartily
Dile() tbeatamend its perusal to all who may have sufficient leisure or
tatt,telDvijoy three delightful volumes... Standard.
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HAMBURG, JULY 1, 1836.
FOUR DAYS OF DRAWING of the 68th
HAMBURGH GREAT LOTTERY being past, and the
Wheel being reduced to the trifling number of 6,000 (say Six
Thousand) Tickets,—

TICKETS WARRANTED UNDRAWN are now selling at
Bancomarks 140, or £lO, say Ten Pounds sterling. The First
Drawn Prize of Bancomarks 300, receives the premium of Banco-
marks 10,000, and the Last Drawn Prize of Bancomarks 300,
receives the largest premium of Bancomarks 100,000. The next
Day of Drawing, will be on 3d August.
There will be a further rise in the price of Tickets before the end
of this month. Orders for anything less than a whole Ticket, will,
as usual, not be attended to ; thus any person remitting less than
Ten Pounds sterling, will only throw away the postage for sending
and receiving back the money or Bank notes.
HEINE BROTHERS CONTRACTORS, in HAMBURG.
P.S. Hamburg, July 29, 1836. Orders from abroad for the
sth Day of Drawing, being the 3d August, would arrive too late,
and thus must be declined.

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