The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-19 00:00:00

ARTICLE 111.

No charge whatsoever shall be made upon British goods
(such bting the growth, produce, or manufacture of the
United Kingdom or its dependencies, or the growth, produce,
or manufacture of any foreign country, and charged in British
vessels and belonging to British subjects, passing through the
straits of the Dardanelles, of the Bosphorus, and of the Black
Sea, whether such goods shall pass through those straits in
the ships that broug'it them, or are transhipped in those straits,
or, destiNed to be sold elsewhere, are landed with a view to
their being transferred to other vessels (and thus to proceed on
their voyage) within a reasonable time,
All merchandize imported into Turkey for the purpose of
being transmitted to other cour.tries, or which remaining in
the hands of the importer, shall be transmitted by him for sale
to other countries, shall only pay the duty of three per cent.
paid on importation, and no other duty whatsoever.
Done at Balta -Liman, near Constantinople, 16th day of
August, 1838.

(L. S.) PONSONBY.
(Signed in the Turkish original.)
(L.S.) MUSTAPHA RESHID,
(L.S.) MUSTAPHA KIANEE
(L.S.) MEHEMED NOUREE,

OFFICIAL NOTE DELIVERED TO LORD PONSONI3Y BY Ills EX-
CELLENCY NOI'REE EFFENDI, ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST,
1838, RELATIVE TO THE 2D ARTICLE OF THE PRECEDING
CONVENTION.

(Translation.)
It is stipulated by the 2d article of the treaty of commerce,
concluded b. twen the Sublime Porte and the British Govern-
ment on the 25th Djemaziul-evvel, 1254 (16th August, 1638).
that English merchants arc at liberty to purchase all kinds of
merchandise in the Ottoman empire.
But in order that the right of English merchants to sell
within the Ottoman empire, or to export, the merchandise
which they may purchase, may not be liable to misconception,
the embassy of her Britannic Majesty has desired that an ex-
planation should be given on this point, either in the treaty
itself, or in a special note.
The meaning of the passage, of which an elucidaticn is re-
quested, is clear, from the relation which the subsequent points
in the 2d article bear to each other. But we, nevertheless,
repeat that English merchants may, in virtue of the treaty,
purchase within the Ottoman empire all kinds of merchandise,
may, if they think proper, send the same abroad after having
paid the duty thereon stipulated by the treaty, or may, if they
think fit, re-sell the same within the Ottoman empire, on
conforming to the arrangements established by the said treaty
with reference to internal commerce.
Such are the arrangements of the treaty ; and we give this
explanation to the Ambassador, renewing to his Excellency the
assurances of our sincere and perfect friendship.
The 7th Djcmazicl-akir, 1254 (27th August, 1838.)

DECLARATION AGREED UPON AND SIGNED BY THE RESPECTIVE
PLENIPOTENTIARIES UPON THE EXCHANGE OF TIIE RATIFI-

CATIONS OF THE PRECEDING CONVENTION.
Whereas it appears, on examining the English translation
of the Bth article of the Turkish original of the treaty signed
at Balta-Liman on the 16th of August, 1838, that certain
wcrds are inserted in that article, in the Turkish language,
which have no equivalentiwords in the English original of the
same article of that treaty signed by the British Plenipoten-
tiary—these words being to the effect that the treaty is not to
come into operation until the Ist day of March, 1839; and
whereas it is desirable to prevent all doubts which might
arise in consequence of the difference between the texts of the
English and Turkish originals of the treaty ; it is hereby de-
clared to be the understanding of the Plenipotentiaries on both
sides, that the treaty aforesaid shall begin to have effect on the
Ist day of the month of March, 1839.
It is further agreed and declared,—the Turkish text of the
first of the three additional articles containing the words
"overland or by sea," and the words "or by sea" having
been omitted in the English text, but having been intro-
duced into her Britannic Majesty's ratifications,—that these
words shall be considered as having the same force and
validity as if they had been inserted in the original articles
signed by the British and Turkish Plenipotentiaries re-
spectively.
Done at Calender, on the 16th day of November, 1838.
(L. S.) PONSONBY.
(Signed in the Turkish original)
(L. S.) MUSTAPHA KIANEE,
(L. S.) MEHEMED NOUREE.

An inquest was held yesterday at St. George's
Hospital on the body of a young married woman, named
Clarkson, far advanced in pregnancy, who was literally
roasted to death, her clothes having caught fire. Deceased
was a sober, industrious woman, and it is supposed that
she had fallen against the grate in a fit, as she was subject
to these visitations. Verdict—" Accidental death."
On Monday, George Day, a young man of respect-
able appearance, was fully committed for trial from Lam-
beth-street office on a charge of obtaining cloth from two
different shops in the vicinity of Holborn, by representing
he had been sent by Mrs. Armstrong, who keeps a tailor's
shop in Ratcliffe-highway. Mrs. Armstrong, with whom
it appeared the prisoner had formerly lived as an appren-
tice, denied having sent him to the shops of the prosecu-
tors, and the pawnbrokers with whom the prisoner had
pledged the property were in attendance, and produced it.
Some of our readers might, perhaps, observe in The
Sun and other London newspapers, some time since, a
horrible account of the treatment which the slaves on
board of a vessel captured in the West Indies by her Ma-
jesty's ship Snake, had met with before being cap-
tured. It was stated, that on the passage from Africa, the
Captain, on account of a want or scarcity of provisions,
had savagely murdered several slaves, salted their flesh, and
fed the survivors with it. It turns out that the story is
entirely fabulous. In consequence of directions from the
Admiralty, the Commodore on the station made inquiry
into the matter, and a special report was obtained from
Captain Milne, the Commander of the Snake. He has
reported that so far from there being either a want or any
scarcity of provisions in the slaver when he captured her,
there was abundance of all kinds of provisions, and in par-
ticular, that there was plenty of rice, beef, and pork. It
appears that in the proceedings in the Jamaica Courts for
condemning the vessel, two girls were brought forward by
a certain party as witnesses who gave a statement to the
above effect. There is reason to suppose that these wit-
nesses were adduced to serve a purpose wholly unconnected
with the condemnation of the vessel. It is to be hoped, for
the sake of humanity, that if the story in question is, as it
seems to be, entirely fabulous, and got up in order to make
an impression at home, the falsehood of it will be fully ex-
posed, and the author' or authors of it held up to public
indignation,—Berwick Warder.
On Monday a fellow was sent to Bridewell for one
month from Guildhall, for feigning fits in the street to ex-
cite charity. Mr. Bradford, surgeon, of Fleet-street, dis-
covered the trick, and detailed some of the practices of this
species of impostors. He said he had given wine and money
to one impostor, who dyed his hands and face with walnut
liquor or some other preparation so as to give him a pitiable,
jaundiced, debilitated appearance. This fellow could invert
his eyes and assume convulsive movements that might de-
ceive anybody ; but he played this trick off in various parts
of the town, and was now known to be an impostor. He
pleaded great distress, and always wanted a little money
and to be sent home in a coach. " You should try bleeding
with these people," said Sir Peter Laurie. Mr. Bradford
said that had not escaped him, but on hearing of the lancet
they always recovered. He one day found a woman who
had imposed on him in the shop of another apothecary,
with a mob at the door, and on proposing to cat all her
hair off she instantly jumped up and knocked the scissors
out off his hand.

On Saturday an inquest was held at Lambeth on
the body of an infant about a month old,. who died in con-
sequence, as a medical gentleman positively swore, of the
administration of a medicine called Godfrey's Cordial. He
was perfectly satisfied that such was the cause of death,
and said that the exhibition of the medicine required
greater skill than is usually possessed by mothers. The
mother of the infant stated that she had administered only
half a teaspoonful. There was no label on the bottle as to
what quantity ought to be given. The jury returned the
following verdict—That the deceased died from convulsions
produced from the administration of Godfrey's Cordial,
given by the mother, but without the intention to destroy
life. The Foreman and jury expressed their opinion in
stronc, terms that no labels were placed on phials in which
Godfrey'sb Cordial was sold, and hoped that such would be
done in all future cases. The Coroner said be perfectly
agreed in such remarks.
On Monday afternoon between three and four o'clock,
as a labourer named George Wayman, employed on the
Croydon Railroad at New Cross, was in the act of getting
up behind two waggons filled with earth, his foot slipped,
and the wheels of the last waggon, which contained up-
wards of three tons of earth, passed over his left foot. He
was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital ; but for the thick
boot he had on his foot must have been cut off.
A good deal of excitement has been created in
Fieldgate-street, Commercial-road East, and its neighbour-
hood, by the sudden and somewhat extraordinary as well as
suspicious death of a middle-aged female, named Thomas,
who lodged at No. 15, in the above street. Information of
the circumstances has been forwarded to the Coroner, and
an inquest appointed.