The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-18 00:00:00

THE LEVANT MAIL.

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intelligence
We have received the Levant mail, bringing itte_n_lB
u,,,,
from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, of the 2ittinii,.
and from Malta of the 6th inst. 'fhe letters from Coosa ...
no le do noticonfirm the reports prevalent at Paris of
event
1`
surrection having broken out at the Porte. No sucht,es
was looked for on the 27th, though a change of Minis ry ,
expected.
CirCeoassssirenANeToai
siito ex ,arJeAxio.
fo2r7m.—edßtfmrtecthenetfo
of the strongest posts occupied by the Russians, has fallen is'_'_..
the hands of the Circassians. '1 he contest was ver:acr,„
guinary, for the assailants stormed the place with their
.est__',...
tomed fury, and the garrison defended themselves witkd 14
rate obstinacy. After repeated repulses, and the loss the'
During
and put the whole of the Russians troops to the sword.
co,
artrroilt oufcrr:a,;e:
the late storm twelve Russian ships were wrecked on the
sa'a „
men, the Circassians at length forced their way into ort,
and a large steamer was driven on shore, which the Circasti. ii_f
completely gutted. Ihe blockade is much more remiss nr;
formerly, and the Russians seem at present to be wear). °
war which has caused them so much trouble and loss of men.
0
Reis Effendi has been very coolly received by the Sultane o°
several late occasions—nay, it is said that in a recent auttli
the
his Imperial Majesty went so far as to upbraid him 551_1;.tion
deplorable state of the country, and the desperate eonu'und
of the finances. He is accused of introducing sudde,n
is,
impracticable reforms, and chimerical administrative s)'it_oci_ln.,
utterly inconsistent with the genius of Islamism and the.
,sato
ners of the people. Reschid Pacha has many enemis, raj
do not fail to attribute every untoward incident and finan_f,o,
difficulty to his mal-administration, but with all their nireas"_A
prepense, none has ever called in question his disinte.e ie.'',
and honest intentions. Reschid Pacha was precipitate i.ccrn
fusing the loan in London, even on unfavourable terms, t
Ti
the end it would have proved a great gain, had it only l'',,:a
eluded the necessity of the fatal issue of paper money.
u.i,11,
agents of a great northern power are very active at prese
able
triguing to compass the downfal of the only Minister ctaP
.ebt
of carrying into effect the reforms from which we are aug
to i
At th expect the regeneration of Turkey. die eaten}
Soulinah mouth of the Danube, where by
of Adrianople, Russia has only the right of establishing a ill'atin„,
tine, a flourishing town has already sprung up, with fortitide:i and
of no inconsiderable strength.. The passage by l'i'ten `-ci eor.•
overland to 'fehernavoda, is now regularly performed, an .on of
fortable inns have been established for the accommodatin the
travellers. This is merely intended as an experimet;
success of which probably depends the cutting of th °ler'lr
talked-of canal from Kistendgi to Tchernavoda.
a i andri'3'
MALTA, FEB. 6. —I enclose you a letter from ...sex.
~ be,
to the contents of which I have nothing whatever to al said
t ' ,
,
yond the following intelligence brought by a Levan...- gissroa ut ao
to be from an authentic source. It is written fromur-
the 19th January :
"'
" IBRAHIM PACHA ROUTED. retreat
tg General Jochmus attacked Ibrahim Pacha on his lie Ere
from Damascus, but met with no resistance, nor was.''ctio to
ever returned. Ibrahim, supposing he had become a v''
tilpserorif
the Sultan's General, took to flight, after throwing his
and ammunition into the river Jordan." 'ved bete
ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 27.—The Hecate steamer arr'..„o., the
last night from Beyrout and relative despatches frusviaa
Admiral to Commodore Napierto releasing the iiong
troops in the Pacha's service who have left their countr?",,n the
with the Egyptians. The Commodore left for Cairo
autebea,
24th, so Colonel Napier, who is charged with the des fen his
after an interview with the Pacha this morning, subject
Highness refused to enter into negotiations on the
_44 by
with him, started immediately for the capital, accomPau
a Government cavass, in order to see the Commander.° ret°
The Hecate brought orders for the Stromboli t
the bar,
immediately to Marmorice, and she has already hafting foie
boor in charge of a Lieutei a it, the Commander taking is
coals as fast as possible, and most probably
with the Commodore to Cairo. The Hecate is ago
~,,, (the
Admirars!despatches having beer [taken thither byGllea'jetgb)p
for the Admiral this afternoon. She left Beyrout the nth
and brings no very important Syrian news. the
e rCai_...ar,ti,i
mus was at Jerusalem with part of the Turkish sr:lotsat
there had been a slight skirmish at Medjee
being at Damasc is, and part at 'Jaffa. On the 1,--six tillie:
(abot" nejoni°
from Gaza), between a detachment of 1,500 irregular the for'
and a few Turks, under Colonel Rose, which ended in
and four,
mer being repelled with a loss of from 30 to 40 men, 'colon!'
were killed and 12 wounded on the side of the Turk''' k. I'll
Rose himself having been severely, wounded in the attac,boba.
Nile steamer was at Gaza waiting for Ibrahim Paella, paella,
not arrived, but the advanced u under llenikleY, . /jai
force amounted in all to about "5,000 men
was there, and Ibrahim was hourly-d• le
expecte •
~,.al at
On the 24th we heard here of qoliman. Paella's ,""-11 the,
Acaba with 8,000 men, some pigecea'srd. Of.canir.‘.'n'i,ii gi,i r;o3eih.`:f
women and children. Since then it is said he
Suez, but at all events in a few days we may ext—"P d
et, to be
his arrival at Cairo. t, ff3d, a"
Walker Pacha left in the Turkish frigate on thei,", Car?'
saluted when outside the reefs, which was returned bY tl-o,e tia!''
fort. The Tahiri Bahiri steamer also went to sea ,
seen
thus leaving us without a Turkish vessel of any sort in_,'Gor,l
Said el Gharbi, Colonel of the Alexandria Nationals ener'
died two days ago at Rosetta. His property, whje!
mous, falls to Government, he being without any L9--e.
-- , . ANS •
M. GUIZOT and the A VlBltiv
. beg
_____.....-.
A number of American gentlemen resident in P'll,lotfir
anxious to testify to M. Guizot their admiration of,h,isovehigh,Prr
duction to the Life and Writings of WaShinetr 50f
re
tented to the Minister an address with forty signatine' ,/ of
respectability (from the five great divisions of the . 1 ord-
questing that he will allow his portrait to be painted"Al.tnerie°
that it may be placed in the Library Hall of the
the pieta':
Congress. To this M. Guizot has assented ; anciA ile_a_,le''
is accordingly to be executed by Mr. G. P. `-",st, 1-ale
young American artist, residing at No. 50, line 1, of h',.
who has painted very remarkable full-length portra' - (i'ene",o
Louis Philippe, Marshal Soult, the Duke of StAssnies;3.9glov-0
Cass, Dr. Gilchrist, &c., and to whom a gold inr", ~,ere• r A
lfaoslltoviyienarg tsforthehisodpdircetsusreiso eqxoheibstiiteood, thewatith.
thri.epil 'n
Guizot annexed :
" Sir,—The undersigned ci izens of Ptharle.ijllF":eTsSarsetaaYt_AC:::lit°hr
Am erica, sojourners in Paris, being deeply ii9Pr-intro•-;
theduction f friendly
ntdlo yyospoirrittairadhlegeendeitrialorteoxfcetlhleenc,,eLoiffe tahoeicti,i‘tiia'rgit..:ie%i
of Washington," have united for thepurpose of ha., to
to sit for your picture to an Americpan aprtist, vri'° -- se i'l to
a high repute in his profession. Our ulterior Pil'r4 , 01.4",,
transmit the portrait to the Speakers of our Congreper;io
request for it a place in the library of that body aseoter; in
vent memorial of the profoundest respect which ,s.e. anafeei
for your personal character and intellectual shouldtroPh' true
particular, of the gratitude which all Americans the
ot.
for your liberal agency in exhibiting anew to Enr°iineace
nature of their revolution, and the distinctive pre-el''
its hero." , Affair'eci. .
" Paris, Feb. 12, Department of Foreigo rorea
to
" Gentlemen,—l am profoundly sensible to ,1m• plea'
ing. I accept with gratitude the honour ru ait'be i'4,- st
confer. As soon as I shall be disengaged from -inotee'',t;,t,
tive occupations which, at this juncture, leave n 0
icor ar.- ii
my own disposal, I will cheerfully give to the Aillrtroit'„ies
whom you designate, the sittings requisite for in?' P. lo'rest
gratifies me exceedingly that the United States 7 tbe gory
have found my homage to Washington worthy ,° the libio,
man. I shall rejoice if a place be assigned to me lui VIVO.
gentlemen,o f Congress,toanr
receive
e Ie i
vt he a
thenk you for tahsezoanneceepotfio,rri
j•
urnosottli,:.o
guished consideration.
THE ELtCTRO-TYPIt V.
NEW POSTAGE LABEL.

nient
state d.
under this
al;e
lead authorisedil tilet contradictjoliing p o
stthaea
cf otebr ae le 0
supplied
1 e only reason that the Post-office 10 /11°Des i4'
with the new medallion envei°L great
that the demand at the Stamp-office itS,filec°:
sa thatit has been impossible to prepare t''''' veld;
s r.y stock. The chief security of the env
tou
ithci,n the threads interwoven in the P3Pi,tilluil4
t.e.is no intention whatever of
heirdisc°
issue. -Ired

fe
• re
We copy from the Herald the article
otlo'
to : pos
'46°1004°
"Our readers are, no doubt, aware that the _ first ,„;00,
rities have issued a new envelope, to replace thovseeiope econ;1,01-
into use under the present system. This en wait chjeh
on the right-hand corner, a neat medallion P°06005 wbice
Majesty. but, in consequence of represelle with upplY
have been made to Colonel Alaberly of the Wl' i'ciot tol. 00
the mark can be forged, orders have been givel,e Leetib;
any more of the envelopes. On AlondaY t'd to Its
ha
Chemistry at the Polytechnic Institution scatvery,
,e the
lead offered to teach nine of the most
dience, when lecturing on this wonderful disel'int blot
ignort 0. t
iev
.0(
Post-otlice authorities in London could sele; bop., icePotirt
forty-eight hours each boy should produce sitilluie
gad
the new medallion, so perfect that the IT: ,Dine
should not to able to detect which were t.He', ,orne tateti
which the counterfeit. The Lecturer exhibitriect, and sitself,
which were taken from the original, quite Ptehers fvelseover
that, as the medallion was made to produce 4ble to 'cog'
the productions were so exact that it was imposu-thoriseulat, be
which was the authorised and which the una,-,Geron%rity,
lie added that, having- made this known to
their
001 10
was engaged on a series of experiments, hY_ forgery; ths°
to show the applicability of the invention t_ocon 100r.0 tb°
fact this invention, which has not been kilvniotion tree}
every r e
twelve months, must create a complete re.,"joeed
thingscience
foofr bcopying
n s the prints,
edieoceturmo_etiyiptse,, and thirig pro-
is a substance can be exactly copied, and a eghPeeverY
duced from a mere copy of the engraving ivit _ woo_ „or
distinctly marked, that even the artist hirese late se rthe
he P froin
unable to discover whether a print from t d, or to be
duced was taken from the plate he had engral
raver w°roserw
electro-type plate, for even the slip of the,
_gam of T arisef
shown as exactly in the one as the other.
the Pru"-itwn)
as the law at present stands, for instead
imitation _ itself)
tion for forgery too, most probably some colfitlicultY `iv°ncti°°_.l°,l
the electro-type being a
.false and counterfeit
ereprodu.ceesinst.
be an exact copy, the original (being rinLCI gtiard
~tit.l,l
before f trades-
paper, hands o so
say, for instance, a five pound note.. Ibe that c"
forgery of notes now being the p
men not au fait at detecting forgery. th octet'
detected, many hundreds might get into reatio,na the
very simple, and has become so generally-.1,!„.0n0r cnowoi
Lecturer truly observed, it is to be feared cus" tr
erre tue--
will avail themselves of the discovery to,
est neighv"
prof er purposes, and to cheat their more liu"
0

CA NIBERWEI L ClidUiline
workmen e n'g g -- ~.....i...........—, .0. v .
MAN
oa dn
g, iron,
MANUSCRIPTS FOUND IN THE v it-- ph.
. c 0
cllle—arSinagtuarwdaayy at
ifltee.rrnuoi
foil: ,:ts otilkje Cca:ol.:.
church was sorting the contents of a bas tiorrf.
vtha
arito
tuias yurforripeeril:
other&ree.l'iesfo, rthsedveanwe
and ead the church steeple. It was formed of sheetc ia-rfl
w s intended to represent a roll of paper, Ira vi"gh the
I somewhat lengthy dimensions running throng CO
Curious to see how such a
ttic hing had Wel, re.
estrueted, the workman, on picking up roll of 01.06 0J IS
eeded to break it open, when, to his surPrige, bc. „pot,--s
was really what the artist had intended to Terc 041
pen and paper case. The interior was fOUnd t°. c°'' tb°
three scrolls of paper and a large card. On on; „ustila
papers is, " This Phane was gilt by John .4111"?.5,
Foulder, November 27th, 1797 (Xtat) 17 ,c,all'snother
Wrote this with the point of this Phane." uLla on
paper is, " John Foulder, sen., wrote this with tfe,t John
November, 1797 ;" and on the third piece we ITO. of the
Gallington, November 27, 1797." On the backs e woo
card is the following announcement :—" This Phi ell and
made by Robert Broad, workman to Mr. Wlla•t-sle'd 31
wrote this ,vith the pen, Novcrnber 27th, 1797, ag..ijet
cathaelointrn.n(‘ found,o 1 damk
years." From which certificates it appears to
%tx.el,
that the use of copper pens was antecedent to that et 0/
The implement thus handed down to us, wit" "' cc
1, . iale°
its capabilities, is a foot and a half long•