The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-13 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE LEVANT'

MARMORICE BAY,
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP BRITANNIA, JAI4. The
The Megmra sails to-morrow morning for Malta. to
Britannhay yesterday
Howe, and Castor arrived off the entralc,eat,
this morning, but having got becalmrb-sir
side, were saccessively towed in by the Hydra, Ilble hipa
R. Stopfuru sent out for that purpose. All the foe/
mentioned in your last are here still, except the Benhafe
at Beyrout, and the Gorgon and Stromboli, which of
since proceeded, the f.,rmer to Acre, fur the puri"g; to
assisting to bring away the marines who were left therf„ot
garrison the fortress, but have suffered most aeverelY dac
sickness, and the latter to Alexandria, with Cornow.., is
Sir Charles Napier. Lieutenant-Calonel
now left in the chief command of the Royal 31arines i3iCo
Mediterranean. The rewards for the late arduous s,elvted
on the coast of Syria have been most liberally distil°
in the shape of promotion. l"
All the commanders are made post-captains, 3
senior lieutenants, commanders; five mates of die, ;11
ship, three of the commodore's, and the two senior er %rid
of the other ships, are made lieutenants; all the sec or,
masters, masters, and five assistant surgeons arc madC is
geons. Captain Arthur Mori,on, of the Royal Marinoeits
promoted to the bievet rank of major in the army. f
gallantry at the storming of Sidon ; and Captain WhYvicc-
a the came corps, has received a similar honour; der 01
Admiral Walker Pacha is made a Knight Comilla° der
the Bath, and arrived here to. day in a. Turkish s'•e'
from Constantinople.
(From the Malta Chronicle of Jan. 21.) r, irt
Her Majesty's troop-ship Sapphire, Cole waste tlie
command, having on board the 59th Regiment frQras ey
lonian Islands, bailed to one of the West India P° :her
sions, put into Malta on the 13th inst., and will, tqceoll;
with the Cornwall transport, J. Young commander gill"
vey to the same destination the bead-quarters ofthe
Highlanders, fr,an this garrison, about Saturday
The Ottoman fleet will be refitted at Marmorice
by the crews of the British ships of war before P
ceeding to Constantinople. On its arrival in safedlotra,
Martnorice, Sir Robert Stopford will, it is said, run woo
ni
to Malta in the Cyclops steam-frigate, leaving in ce-
Sir John Ornmanney, who arrived at Marmorieetba
the 7th, in his flag-ship, the Britannia, wilt bad
Howe and Castor in company. The CycloPs„ot;
also arrived from Malta. The Benbow was at 13eYOricef
the Edinburgh is on her way to Malta from Mar°l-1",-ite'
and , ill, it is supposed, be shortly followed by the,
rophon, Princess Charlotte, and Implacab'e, all of aid
vessels. it is expected. will be sent to England to ",,j for
off. The Asia and Pique will shortly leave Malta left
England. The Locust, steam-tender, Lieut. Lur'n-i the
for Marmorice with the Lond, n mails for the fleet of
31st of December and the 411 of January, and de5P,- seo
for the Admiral. The Wasp followed on the 154"
the Hastings on the 18th. rhe
A rumour prevails that the Sultan has decorate their
officers of the navy and marines lately promoted f("r gelid
services on the coast of Syria with a five piastres Ca'
medal, and that it is in contemplation by the Ottrna-oleo,
vernment to grant a year's pay to all the officers, seatioas
and marines who have assisted in the late opera
against the Pacha of Egypt

made
TILE DEAF AND DUMB.—SOne i"2ks
we alluded in terms of approbation to an exhibiOrLidrent
y Dr, Turnbull with certain deaf and dumb c. ci
the Argyll 11,tel—but with all our natural dre°,oo,
quacks and quackery, we are free to confess ihatsty
taco we had our doubts—not at all of the st;
purpose of Dr. Turnbull—but of the efficacy 01 ,;1,-1,
tempts to make the deaf hear and the dumb to sr,:
more than a word or so, in a very inarticulate flia'r'-dr.c%.,':
terday, however, the Doctor had a more mat°. nti""
ition at hie lodgings in Bath-street, in presence Of,. mop,
her of ladies. medical gentlemen, and some of Q‘,s,ar
influential citizens—among whom we observed t""i3sill"
Dr. Brown, Wm. Campbell, Esq. Bailie Lumsden'il,
Wilson, Dr. M'Farlane, Dr. Perry,' Dr. Nl`D°wa, ablcd-
Butthanan, Mr. Ord, &c., &c.—and we are 00%°0 g);
to express our delight and surprise at all we,,r-:
heard ;in short, we never were present at a eov c„
resting display, and many of those assumbled
artl'
almost to tears, while listening to the correct the 11:
of the children, and the confessions of surprise hi I, tv:"
rents at the improvement which had been made °coot,'
little ones by the skill of the Doctor.—Glo9°,-,W peter bpd
tutional of Wednesday.—[We understand the P°,iesf a°,
been most successful in his operations on the b°
dumb in the West of Scotland, and tbat before his of t
to London he will afford the medical
tabsprofes69.nje;
University of Edinburgh an opportunity of P 471 -
ther they really have the beneficial effects describe
iftre
many journals.l t
THE LATE F. H. STANDISH, —s to -1)
have received a communication from the solicitorti;_iob tae
devisees in ttust and executors of the deceased, w° Tbeli
regret we cannot insert entire for want of rOOll/i'oulat.,,,
state that many incorrect reports have been °fa! ba'o
with respect to the bequests, which, although libc's 'go 16
been much exaggerated, and the principal estateoestbet
the heir-at-law. It is true that Mr. Standish beg 0,
his valuable collection of pictures to Louis Phlotri °
never offered them to the Government of this 02_,,etcP,
an inducement for the revival of the extinct haliipg 0'
The will by which the pictures were left to thea„ our Or
the French was made in 1831, and, according to
formants, he never contemplated its revocation.