The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-20 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURXEY.

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l IsAi n letterg
interestingfrom Bduecthaai
details
sot; ofa ethe
evacuation 26 t ult .0,
of Silistria by the Russians :
" Orders having arrived for the final and positivef tviel
es er
erf:veo as:s;
cuation of the fortress of Silistria, the Russian Commanna
Olenitz caused the necessary preparations to be made.
The embarkation of the effects and hospital stores was
t.e
car-
ried on with renewed activity ; and on. the 11th inst.
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Pasha Seyd, Pasha of Rutschuk, announced his intention
of' entering to take possession on the morning of that tob.
Accordingly, about 1 o'clock, the Pasha landed, having
come down the Danube. He was received by the staff of
the Russian Commandant Olenitz and Colonel Baer, and
proceeded up the town, where a house, miserable enough,
had been prepared for him. That evening he dined with
Colonel Olenitz, and on the 12th, the following day, a re-
view of the Russian troops remaining in garrison took place
there, to the number of about 2,000. After the review,
they commenced their embarkation for the opposite side of
the Danube. The embarkation lasted the remainder of
that day and a part of the 13th. Meantime the Cossacks?
about 500 strong, had' been drawn in from the lines; and
took up the position on the outskirts of the town, to carry
into effect the sanatory precautions which have been
adopted by the Russians to prevent contact with those be,
yond the lines. These Cossacks were the last embarked,
and upon their quitting, Colonel Olenitz formally presentedi
the three keys of the fortress to the Pasha, and the neces-
sary. papers were then signed and exchanged. The RusFon
troops performed the quarantine at Calarash, and will •,nove
on thence by Toxona and Jassy to Besarabia.
" Thus has the much-talked-of avant poste of the Rus-
sians been at length evacuated, after many difficulties and
much severe opposition, which have, however, given way
before the firmness of those opposed to Russia. rind its de-
signs. It was with much pleasure that I perceived the
British and French agents in the principalities on the beach
of Silistria, waiting the arrival of the Pasha, and I re-
marked the look of pleasure the Pasha. gave on learning
who they were. Their presence did not apparently confer
an equal pleasure to the Russians, whose civility on the
occasion seemed forced. Messrs. Colquhoun and Meimant,
the agents above alluded to, waited afterwards on the
Pasha, and offered him their warm congratulations on the
occasion. The present holders of the fortress will have
inuch to do to make the place habitable. The town has
been reduced to a wretched state, and wears a most de-
solate appearance. Everything that could be carried off
has been transported either to Ismail or to the opposite
side of the river, where they have been sold by auction•
ly' the officersbhebarracks willares needall muchydilapi t
dilapidated,
be do
d,an d tee
to them
houses occupied
before
even the troops can occupy them.
The fortress is at present garrisoned by a detachment
of Turkish soldiers from Rutschuk. We are now looking
forward with anxiety and impatience to the moment when
these principalities will also be quit of their troublesome
guests. Their absence will have a moral effect upon the
country, which cannot but prove beneficial to it, for even
the wily intrigues of Russian agents here will lose much of
their effect when not backed by a show of military force.."

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WOODFORD-BRIDGE.—'-.
Information was received on Tuesday at noon the fire;
office, in Watling-street, of a most serious fire, which had
broken out early in the morning at a ladies' boarding-sehuf
at Woodford-bridge, known as Bellevue Academy, and 1
which the entire property was destroyed. The yotlu,
ladies had been sent home two days previously for a weeks
holydays. Mr. Bell, the husband of the lady who conducts
the seminary, states the fire to have broken out about three
o'clock in the morning, he believes in the housekeeper's
room ; but of its cause he had not the remotest idea,
beyond a suspicion that an attempt would be made at r-
cendiarism by a suspected enemy. The flames spread with
immense rapidity, and the whole house was soon in a ge-
neral blaze. The villagers and gentry around hastened to
assist, but there being no engine in the neighbourhood, they
were compelled to bring water in buckets from a pond dis;
tent about 200 yards, and it was to the aid thus affords
that the parties are indebted for the partial preser-
vation of the detached buildings, consisting of a stable,
laundry, chaise-house, and cart-house. There were also
two hayricks on the premises in great danger, but these
are wholly saved. The different detached buildings are
all greatly damaged, but are still standing. The house
itself, however, a fine second-rate one, is utterly de"
stroyed, with all the furniture and valuables. No en-
gine arrived till six o'clock, when that of Change's°
parish was brought, but it was too late to be of use
except in cooling the ruins. The furniture and stock are
insured in the Phcenix for 4001., besides which there was a
separate insurance for 1501. on the hay stacks. The house
itself is said to be involved in Chancery, and is not insured.
There were two horses saved front the stables at the coin-
mencement of the fire.

The first year's operation of the Liverpool Rei
formed Town-Council, has been a saving of upwards of
10,0001.•

THE BLARNEY STONE.—The Blarney stone
remains unmoved and unaltered in its lofty position on gel
Northern pinnacle of the castle, and we hastened to oat'
ourselves of the opportunity to secure the advantages de-
rivable from a chaste salute of the venerable relic. Oae
of our party, a young lawyer, who had accompanied us
from Dublin, declined joining us in the ceremony of kissing
the stone, on the alleged plea of being sufficiently acorn"
plished in that respect already. But the awe and Wit'
ence of the place were evidently upon him, even whilst Ite
made this dislaimer, as he made an excuse to hurry box
as we were leavitr, the castle, for the purpose, as we
shrewdly suspected, of having a kiss unobserved. F°'
my own part, although conscious of no previous deficienoP
I considered it irreverent to let such a golden opportunity
pass. I approached the battlement with devout sincerity'
and can now boast that I have (I trust with much advan'
tage to myself,) performed my salutation to the BlarneY
stone. My companion, perhaps from.diffidence, at first de'
dined the ceremony, till the voice of Dennis Phealy, the
guide of the castle, was heard among the ruins, singing with
a real Cork brogue, and " no mistake," the concluding
verse of" the Groves of Blarney," according to the version
of Father Prout :
" Sure there's a stone that whoever kisses,
Oh ! he never misses to grow eloquent;
'Tis he may clamber, to a lady's chamber,
Or become a Member of Parliament.
A clever spouter, he'll sure turn out or
An 'out and outer' to ' be let alone ;'
Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him,
For he's a pilgrim to the Blarney stone."
Whether it was the influence of Derns's amument or of bis
accent I do not pretend to say, but, as he finished the
song, I saw my friend advance, and fervently kiss the stone'
—Correspondent of Ulster Times.
A horse belonging to Mr. Jones, of Lanblethian►
was lately disfigured, cut, and maimed in a most brutal
manner by some ruffians.—Siluriaa.

The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort announces
that lately, in digging for the foundation of a house, in th:
small town of Starja, in Russia, there were found three
stone altars, the walls of a Gothic room, a sculptured pitch a
evidently intended to receive the statue of some saint, an
a tomb, supposed to ho that of the Grand Duke, Arc"'
bishop of Rjasan.
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.DVERTISEMENT.)—T. COX SAVORY t_xoidso
*tb,
&e., 47, Cornhill, London, informs the Public, that he ffoerri
DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS, with plain 1:1,-eas
handles, silver ferrules, plated on steel blades, at Three Gil,
per dozen pair, or with solid silver blades, at Eight Guineas an
Half per dozen pair.
N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per dozen Pam

BIRTHS.
On the 17th inst., in Blackheath Park, the lady of J. •r • gag"
sington, Esq., of a son.
On the 18th inst., in Harper-street, Bloomsbury, the lady of T.
E. Penfold, Esq., of a son, still-born. ladf
On the 14th inst., at Fairfield House, Tiverton, Devon, the
of E. Bovill, of a daughter.
So'
PPPsq'' 1
On the 15th inst., the lady of H. P. Gi E of iinper
mour-street, of a daughter.
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On the 18th inst., at Hampton MARRIED
Middlesex, Richard SP"R•
gett
Harvey, Esq., only son of the late John Springett Harvey'
elder
Accountant-General of the Coutt of Chancery, to Sarah, e
daughter of Ilt Nichol!, Esq., of Portland- place. les
On the 19thid inst., Mr. Maurice Feist, eldest son 01 rhar
Feist, Esq., of Frankfort-on-the-Alain°, to Caroline, third long
ter of the late M. Levy, Esq.
On the 19th inst., Benjamin Mocatta, Esq., third son of m• ,dos
catta, EN., of Russell-square, to Miss Mary Montefiore, hill.
daughter of the late Abraham Montefiore, Esq., of Stamfor

Grant.'