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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, J CTL Y 2t3, 1841.

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THE' CENSUS. -
The following returns of the population of the parishes
within the City and Liberty of Westminster, and the va-
rious parishes and unions adjoining the cities of London
and Westminster, have been sent to the Registrar Ge-
neral, under the supervision of the Superintendent Re-
gistrar, conformably to the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 99 ;
the 3d and 4th Victoria,-c. 100 ; and the 4th Victoria,
c. 7. The males and females are placed in separate co-
lumns, and in the last column are the returns jointly of
the males and females, which were' taken on the last
Monday in May, 1-031.

THE LEVANT MAIL.
EGYPT. _

ALEXANDRIA' JULY 6.—Nothing new since the de-
parture of the Envoys to Constantinople in the Nile
steamer, with the Pacha's official acceptance of the me=
dified hatti scheriff. Said Bey, the Pacha's younger
son, did proceed in the Boulac steamer to Constantino-
ple, accompanied by Sami Bey. Valuable presents are
said to be with them, which, no doubt, judiciously ap-
plied, will produce an alteration in the amount of tri-
bute. Conjecture is rife as to Said Rey's errand—that he
will be made a Paella is likely—and people go so far as
to say he will get one of the Sultan s sisters for a wife.
That would not be a bad move, in the present position of
affairs in Turkey.
Ibrahim Pacha is in Alexandria, making a bargain
with some of the merchants for the produce of his lands
in the shape of 80,000 ardebs of barley and beans. Free
trade is just where .it was—in the distance. The Nile
is rising favourably. Plague ceased.
• Latest dates—Bombay, May 22 ; London, June 15 ;
Marseilles, June 21 ;Constantinople and Malta, June 27.

July s.—The Pacha's 'steamet:. Nile left this on the
26th ult. with Muhib Effendi and the other Turkish
officers, and 250,000 dollars on account of tribute. his
Highness gave 1,000 purses to Muhib Effendi, and 300
to his followers. On the Ist inst. the Hadji Baba started
also for Constantinople with Said Bey and Sami Bey
(son of Mehemet Ali). The first to show the Sultan his
(the Pacha's) confidence in him, and the latter to arrange
all minor details.

SPAIN.

AFFRAY.

In a few daye a vessel is to be despatched with five
Arabian horses and a rhinoceros for the Sultan, and a
few presents for his Ministers.

TURKEY.
(From the Journal de Smyrne.)
CONSTANTWOpLE, JuLy7.—Tlie_Raptian steamer
the Nile, announced several days ago, arilv-Q yester-
day morning, Thursday, having on board his Excel-
lency Said Muhib Effendi, Envoy Extraordinary of the
Sublime Porte in Egypt, and Kiamal Effendi, bearer
to Alexandria of his Highness's last hatti scheriff. On pass
ing before the Pointe du Serail the Nile fired a salute
of twenty •one guns, which was returned by an Ottoman
frigate at anchor before Top Kauhc. She afterwards
anchored at the entrance of the port. In the course of
the day she came to the Lazaretto to land the above-
named functionaries, who arc to go into quarantine
twelve days. She then left and took up her station in
the harbour.

GItEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ALTERATION OF TRAINS.

On , and after FRIDAY, the 30th instant.
Thu Postmaster-General having required, under the autho-
rity of an Act of Parliament, that Night and Day Mail Trains
should be provided for the conveyance of the Mails at certain
hours fixed and specified in hii Lordship's Notice, the public
are informed that an alteration in the departure of Trains will
consequently take place on Friday next, the 30th of July.
For the convenience of Passengers to and from Exeter, Ply-
mouth, Devonport, and more distant places in Devonshire,
Cornwall, &c., an Early Train will leave Paddington at Six
o'clock in the Morning, proceeding to Bath, Bristol, and
Bridgewater, and also to Cirencester, and a late Train up will
leave Bridgewater at Five in the Evening for Paddington, where
it will arrive about Eleven, p.m. Trains down, also will leave
Paddington at Eight o'clock in the Morning, for Cirencester,
Bath, Bristol, and Bridgewater.
10 15 (Day Mail) for Cirencester, Bath, Bristol, & Bridgewater
11 0
12 0
2 G
4 0 ........... do. do. do.

This steamer had also on board five millions of pias-
tres, sent by the Pacha of Egypt to the Sublime Porte,
on account of the annual tribute, and was also commis-
sioned to announce the arrival of the Pacha's son, Said
Bey, who, accompanied by Sami Effendi, the Paella's
private secretary, came in yesterday, at seven in the
morning, on hoard the Egyptian Government steamer,
the Rechit. They were received with the usual salute,
and the steamer ran up the Asiatic hank of the Bospho-
rus to Silvi Bornou, above Couleli, where rich tents had
been prepared far the suite, who are to perform quaran-
tine here.

TOTAL RE
184

City of Westminster
➢Metropolitan parishes
183

_229,703
_909,749 1'139'452

City of Westminster 909'036 974 46-6
Metropolitan parishes 765,430 4,466
Excess of 1841 over 1831, 164,986 for the city of
Westminster and the above metropolitan parishes.
Ditto of females for 1841, 50,996, without referring to
the parish of St. Andrewllolborn.
With the exception of Wapping and Saffron-hill
liberty, in all parishes there are more females than
males. Saffron-hill contains many lodging-houses
for the accommodation of men only ; while Wapping is
a rendezvous for sailors. The excess of females in Is-
lington is accounted for by the great number of ladies'
schools. Including the City of London and the southern
metropolitan parishes, there is little doubt that the in-
crease of population will exceed 200,000.

8 55 (Night Nail) do. do. do. do.
930 Goods Train and t do. do. do. do.
for 3d Class Passengers
Passengers may be booked through to Cheltenham, Exeter,
Plymouth, Derouport, &c., at the Railway Office, Princes-
street, Bank, or at Paddington Station.
Particulars of the alteration of Trains may be known by ap-
plication, after Tuesday, the '27th inst., at any of the Coach
Offices or Railway Stations.
CHARLES SAUNDERS. t
THOMAS OSLER. Secretaries.
24th July, 1841.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-
YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this
COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act cf Parliament,
n Bristol, at the Merchant Venturers' Hall, on THURSDAY,
the 26th August next, at Twelve &Clock, for the general pur-
poses of business. The Chair will be taken at One &Clock
precisely.
CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy-Chairman.
The TRANSFER-BOOKS will be CLOSED on the 16th
August, and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly
General Meeting on the 26th.
Clause 123 provides that no person shall be entitled to vote
as a proxy unless the instrument appointing him shall have
been transmitted to one of the Secretaries of the Company at
least five days before the meeting.--By Order,
CHARLES A. S AUNDERS, 1
geeretaries.
THOMAS OSLER,
Railway Offices, 2, Princes-street, Bank, London;
Railway Station, Bristol.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
(LL9Y_D.'s.).

LONDON, JULY 27::-Wind this'clay at noon W.
DEAL, JULY 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the river
and sailed Emu, for Van Diemen's Land ; arrived from
the river the Gilmore, for Porte Phillip ; arrived the
Toso Drontheim for Barcelona ; Endymion, Hull,
Miramichi.

E LIVERPOOL, JULY 26.—Arrived the Robert Watson,
lliot, Anthony, Anderson, and Sarah, for Quebec ;
Urania, for Bombay ; Imogene, for Montreal. Sailed
the John, for Montreal; Harriet; for Smyrna; Fortitude,
Rio Janeiro ; Europe, New Orleans ; Rhode Island,-Sa;
vannab, Athens.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 26.—Wind N.W.—Rockshire,
Vere, and Compton, for Quebec ; King of Tyre, Labra-
dor ; lanthe, St Andrews, N. 8.; Siren, Messina.
FALMOUTH, JULY 25.—Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh
breezes.—Arrived the Calcutta, Napier, from Quebec ;
Tagus steamer, Southton, for Vigo. Arrived off the
Mercator, from Havannah ; Wi4iam and Joseph, Que-
bec ; Stephen, Henzell, Pictou.
SWANSEA, JULY 25.—Arrived the Loyal packet,
Smith, from Miramichi.
CORK, JULY 24.—Arrived the Dominica, Bowman,
and Marion, Mills, from Quebec; Margaret Poynter,
APlsaac, Barbadoes ; St. Mendizoni, Havannah ; Mary,
Newfoundland. Sailed the. Creamore, for Newfound-
land ; Diamond, Australia. Arrived off the Brilliant,
Cowan, from Monte Video, and proceeded for Liver-
pool ; Harmony, Quebec ; Northumberland, Dalhousie ;
Royal William, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CROOKHAVEN, JULY 92.—Arrived the Royal William,
Driscoll, from St. John's, New Brunswick.
PETERHEAD, JULY 24.—Arrived the Joseph Green,
Volume, Eleanor, Martin, and Resolution, Hogg, from
Greenland. Arrived off, the Ranger, Hannibal, and
Superior, ditto.
WHITBY. JULY 25.—OfF, the Larpool, from Quebec.
Hum., JULY 24.—Sailed the Endymion, Ross and
Foster, from Miramichi.
WisuEncit. JULY 26.—Arrived the Hylton, Booth ;
ha i not arrived, as reported, 24th last,

LONDON AND BRIGH TON RAIL-
WAY.

ALTERATION of TIME from and fain. July '25.
This Railway is NOW OPEN from London. to HAY-
WARD'S HEATH, near Cuckfield, for the conveyance of
passengers, parcels, horses, and carriages. The trains will
run as under :

Said Bey is to present the Sultan some presents from
Mehemet Ali of the greatest magnificence.
Amongst other things, several superb Arabian horses;
he is also the bearer of rich presents to some of the high
functionaries of the empire, who contributed to the solu-
tion of the difference between the Sultan and his father.
It generally believed that one of the principal objects
of this mission is to obtain the reduction of the tribute ;
one thing is certain, Said Bey is the hearer of a letter
from his father to the Grand Vizier, in answer to that
sent him by the latter at the same time as the hatti-sche-
riff concerning the Government of Egypt. In the letter
Mehemet Ali, after an enumeration of the conditions im-
posed upon him, assures himself determined to conform
thereto. in all, and for all, and ends by the greatest pro-
testations of devotedness and gratitude.
On Friday the Ministers and the public funclionaries
of the empire went to the Grand Vizier's house, where
they met in Council Extraordinary. This meeting, which
did not break up till late at night, referred to the de-
mand of Mehemet Ali on the reduction of the tribute.
It is generally believed that this diminution is a quarter
on the total amount of the tribute, fixed now at
30,000,000 piastres instead of 40,000,000. This de3isien
is to be rendered public as soon as it has been sanctioned
by his Highness.

TAONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, That the next HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of
this COMPANY will be hold, pursuant to the Act of Incor-
poration,on MONDAY, August 9, 1841, at the London Ta-
vern, ishopsgate-street, at One o'Clock precisely ;at which
Meeting certain Shares, upon which the Bth and 9th calls re-
main unpaid, and have been in consequence thereof declared
forfeited, under Minutes of the Board of Directors of I 9th No-
vember, 1840, and 6th of May, 1841, will be submitted for
confirmation of such forfeiture.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of this COMPANY will be
CLOSED 26th July, and remain closed till after the Meeting,
JOHN HARMAN, Chairman.
THOMAS WOOD, Secretary.
London and Brighton Railway Offices,
10, Angel- cOur t, Throgmor ton- street,
July 16, 1841.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Hibernia, from Mira-
michi to Carlisle, 18th, lat. 50, long. 21, by the Dykes,
arrived at Cork. Brisk, from Newfoundland, 14th, lat.
45, long. 36; by the Margaret Poynter, arrived at Cork.
Mariner, Portsmouth to Quebec, 13th,
lat. 40, long. 38,
by t'le John Francis, arrived at Cork. Barque Norma,
bound up the St. Lawrence, off Cape Morshellis, by the
Thomas Dryden, arrived at Cardiff. Royal Saxon, Lon-
don to Port Phillip, 25th May, lat. 31 S., long. 18 W. ;
Ann (brig), bound to Hobart Town, lat. 13, long. 29 ;
brig Castor, lat. 23, long. 41, by the Louisa Campbell,
arrived at Torquay. Ripley, St. Helena to Liverpool,
lat. 15, long. 7 W. ; Thetes, St. Helena to London, lat.
13, long. 9 ; Lady S. Maitland, London to Rio Janeiro,
lat. 5 N., long. 21 ; ship Canton, London to Rio Janeiro,
lat. 13, long. 24 ; Portland, Liverpool to Quebec, lat. 44,
long. 32, by the Augustus, arrived off Torbay. Oxford,
of Glasgow, for Miramichi' 20th, lat. 49, long. 14, by the
Java, arrived at Bristol. Mariner's Hope, Loughswilly
to Restigouch, out 30 days, lat. 47, long. 60, by the Ma-
zeppa, arrived in Mumbles Roads.

--""TTIE WEATHER.—NooN, Jinx 27.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 66 I Highest 7O 1 Lowest ... 55
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

ARMY AND NAVY.—The August number of
the " United Service Journal, and Naval and Military
Magazine," contains, among other interesting papers, the
Australian Colonies considered both with reference to
Transportation, and as Naval and Military Settlements.
—Historical Details relative to the Military Force of
Great Britain from the Earliest Periods to the Present
Time.—Syria, during the Campaign against Mehemet
Ali.—Traits of Nelson's crews at the Nile.—Military
Retribution.--A Late Visit to the Volcano, of Kiranca
in Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands.—lteminis-
eences of a Light Dragoon.—Sketches from Military
Life.—Narrative by Lieut. White of his Capture and
Imprisonment by the Carlists.—Notices of Steam Navi-
gation.—Account of the United States' Navy and Army
Howard Douglas and his Government of the
lonian Isles.--Distribution of the Army and Navy, with
all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month.
THE REQUISITIONISTS AT THE LATE ELEC-
TION.—Strange rumours have reached us that several,
that, indeed, many of the parties who signed the requi-
sition to Sir Joshua Walmsley at the election, voted for
Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell when the struggle came.
It is hardly possible to believe that any person, filling a
respectable station in society, should have been guilty of
such meanness, but the. poll-book, published during the
last day or two, tells us in black and white that there
have been such offenders, and who they are. The trea-
chery has been perpetrated by " dirty dogs" who affixed
their names to the requisition that they might be sure of
some pickings and perquisites, some gain and lucre, by
drawing a third candidate into the field and so bringing
on a contest. The brand of public scorn must be fas-
tened upon such pitiful hunters after peculation as these,
and we will do our best hereafter to immortalize them.
They shall have fame as well as profit:' This will be
more than they bargained for, but they must net com-
plain if such deserts as theirs be somewhat overpaid as
I we mete out our reward
.to them.—Lirerpeot Chronicle.
CAPT. CIIAMIER S NEW NAVAL NOVEL.
Tom Bowling" were to be judged of merely. by its
title, it would excite high interest and. expectation in the
reading world ; but when we state that it blends in the
most characteristic manner many of
,the, most brilliant
naval events of the late war with the:perSonal character
it «ill command'
Of the most
andunuscuaarleae
trteonf t
iiotsn
thenrdo,c
uTr
iooms
trious names in our recent naval ennals..a.Ce introduced
incidentally to the reader in connexion with the -hero-
amono. them Nelson, Collingwood, and Jervis -; and they
are, by the personal linoiviedge of them pbSgessed by the
' writer, made to figure in a very characteristic manner.
But the charm of the work, after all; will be found in its
rich and racy pictures of the low life of the 'British navy
—that branch of it (as the most aristocratic of its officers
would readily confess) on which so much of its wonder-
ful successes depended. In depicting sea life between
I decks, and on the forecastle, Ca.pt. Chamier has been
j surpassed by no one of his rivals in naval writing, and lie
has never displayed the faculty more successfully than in
the instance of Tom Bowling, "the darling of our crew."
I An operative association was formed in Black-
burn, on Monday last, with a view of supporting free-
.
•• trade principles.--. Liverpool Chronicie.

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PRICE 5(1

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Accounts from Paris, dated Monday, have reached
town. They state that all was tranquillity at Tou-
louse and in the neighbouring departments. The
despatches received in Paris from the departments had,
in respect of the harvest, assumed a favourable character.
The weather in that capital had become superb.
Private letters from Vienna, of the 19th inst., mention
that commercial affl.irs were improving. Prince Milosch,
who had perived at Pesth, on the 16th instant, was ex-
pected in Vienna on the 20th. His object was to solicit
the protection of Austria against Russian intrigue.
The mail from Constantinople was overdue in conse-
quence, it was supposed, of the floods, which were ge-
neral. A shock of an earthquake was felt at Vienna on
the 13th inst.

The Madrid news of the 19th instant are unimportant.
The report on the projected loan of 60,000,000 of
reels had been agreed on in committee, and would
be laid before the Chamber on the 20th. The
Government continued to send reinforcements to the
Balearic Islands.

The Five per Cents. were done at 25k cash, and 25k
-1-, and 26 at different dates.

OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE LATE ALGESIRAS

The official report of the captain of the felucca Vigi-
lante, in the attack of the revenue cutter under his com-
mand, by two smuggling vessels in the bay of Algesiras,
is as follows :
" The felucca Vigilante, cruising between Tuscara

and Santa Barham, at 9, P.m., perCeived in her waters
another felucca, accompanied by a smaller craft ; the
felucca, 'on heffig hailed, gave 'her -name.-- -Her reply
to another question was a discharge of fire-arms on
the crew of the Vigilate, and at the very moment
that the seaman Pedro Porque fell mortally wounded,
the following words were distinctly pronounced :-
4 Let us board and kill all the men of the company.'
Ten or twelve men then leapt on board the Vigilante,
armed with swords and carbines ; and in the meanwhile
the other craft came up, and the crew shouted aloud
4 Death to all, quarter to none.' I had, says the com-
mander of the Vigilante, but 11 men on board, and al-
though we had to deal with 30 men at least, I raised the
war-cry of Isabel 11., and my brave men, in answer to my
appeal, commenced a terrible struggle—man to man.
After a few minutes' affray six smugglers who still re-
sisted; seeing their comrades fall, asked for quarter, which
was instantly granted them. Being thus freed from those
who boarded me, I began to give chase to the two ves-
sels, and I succeeded in capturing the smaller or.e, which
was laden with tobacco. The crew succeeded in swim-
ming ashore, the coast being at no great dis-
tance. The great felucca escaped, and got into the
English waters ; but I heard distinctly the groans of the
six wounded men she had on board, and I have since
heard that she landed at Gibraltar five men wounded,
and three dead bodies. The smugglers kept up a heavy
fire of musketry from the shore. The felucca had on
board 2,850 lbs. of tobacco, 12 sabres, 10 carbines, one
smuggler killed, two grievously wounded, and four
prisoners taken on board, for they had all boarded us. We
have to deplore the death of the seaman Pedro Porque,
and have three slightly wounded.
(Signed) " MAUEL MONFILLO.
" Countersigned, LLANO ORO Y COMPANIA.

July 11."
[This by no means bears out the inference entertained
by the Spanish Congress of the English having been a
party implicated in what they term the outrage at Al-
gesiras.]

INSURRECTION IN BULGARIA.

TRANSLATION OF AN OFFICIAL NOTE ON
THE LATE EVENTS IN BULGARIA, DRAWN

UP AT THE SUBLIME PORTE.

A....,

MORNING SUN.

doubt, and it is hoped that persons of sense and impar
tiality will not give credit to the malicious statement
circulated to the contrary effect.

MURDER AT EXETER.

EXETER, JULY 26.—The body of a young gentleman
named Bennett, was on Saturday last taken out of thi•
river Exe, close to the City. He was missing during thy
day, and from its being known that he had been in the
neighbourhood of the spot where he was found, a senrei;
was immediately instituted, and at half-past five the boil
was taken up. His watch and money were gone, any
from the appearance of his head he evidently had re-
ceived some tremendous blows. The bridge of the nose
was broken, both eyes were blackenezi. the forehead was
bruised above the nght eye, and the lip were bruised
and cut by being pressed against the teeth }vith violence.
A Coroner's Inquest was fixed for this da.;', but the
Coroner has decided on holding the inquiry wiuli closed
doors, as very important evidence is expected to come
out. A man is now in custody who, it is ru.notired,
committed the offence ; and a woman of ill fame :s :aid
to have confessed having seen the murder Committed-.

The disturbances lately got up in Nissa, Leskofska,
and that neighbourhood, was the work of certain unre-
fleeting Christians, who, unmindful of the quiet and
personal tranquillity they enjoyed, foolishly took the
path of rebellion, and set out by various odious and
tyrannical acts, which were followed by the murder of
respectable Mussulmans and Rayahs, inhabitants of
those districts. They next blocked up the highway,
menaced the castle of Nice, and sent their families
into Servia. In short, an end having been put to
all public confidence, and the respectable Rayahs
having, by written representations drawn up in due
form, prayed that measures might be resorted to to
punish the guilty parties, and ensure the return of
the previously existing tranquillity, deputies were sent
to remonstrate with the rebels, to invite them to sub-
mission, and to assure them that their wishes, whatever
they were, should be made known to the Government, in
order that a suitable arrangement in their favour might
take place. They, linwever, refused to listen to all such
remonstrances, seized the deputies, loaded them with
chains and subjected them to a series of indignities, in
consequence of which it became absolutely necessary to
send against them a body of Albanian troops. for the
purpose of restoring order. These deplorable events
occurring within the space of a few days, there was no
time for the Government to march regular troops to the
spot. On the receipt at Constantinople of the report
sent on the affair, the authorities had no choice but at
once to attack and punish the rebels. The Albanians used
for this purpose were not content with doing so according
to the law of nations, but with their accustomed turbo-
lance and indiscipline they, very much to the regret of the
Sultan, had the audacity to burn the villages, plunder
property, take captives, and otherwise behave in a most
disgraceful manner. When this unhappy occurrence
came to the knowledge of his Highness, it was a source
of the deepest sorrow to him, for although in every
country the punishment of rebels is a matter of imperious
necessity, still the firing of villages, the plundering of pro-
perty, and the taking of captives were altogether con-
trary to law and civilized practices. It was of course
indispensable first to put the rebels completely down,
and Yacoub Pacha, the Governor of Adrianople, was
instructed to repair to the spot and effect this without
bloodshed. One of the high officers of the Porte
was at the same time especially charged to see that the
property and captives taken by the Albanians, were im-
mediately restored.
Certain malicious persons having spread reports that
the rebellion was the result of the tyranny and injustice
of the local authorities and their bad administration, the
facts are stated in order that it may be seen that there is
no foundation whatever for such rumours. The truth of
the matter is as above described—viz., a disorderly set
among the Rayahs themselves, of the districts alluded
to, pretending to represent the feelings of the whole
Christian population, presented here and there e. not
to the Government) petitions with a view of justifying
their conduct, obtaining sympathy in their favour,
and furthering their own ends, and were exceed-
ingly active in making statements totally at variance
with facts. Supposing even that the authorities under
whom they were placed had, by their conduct, indisposed
the population towards the Porte, and that the taxes
were heavier than could be borne, was it not reasonable
that before they had recourse to rebellion, they should
have presented their case to the Government ? Should
they not, at least once before revolting, have laid the
matter before the Porte and seen whether their demands
were granted or not ? They did not, however, per-
form this duty ; their very first step was rebellion, they
pointed their muskets at the authorities, as well as at
respectable Mussulmans and Rayahs, and by assassination
and sundry other atrocities disturbed the peace and
tranquillity of the country. Was not thisaocftitnhgactohni-s
con-
trary to all obedience and subjection ?
The hatti-scheriff of Gulhane is ample pro
Highness the Sultan has, from the commencement of his
reign up to the present moment,
devoted
dhisinsubejleef subjects,
y
ameliorate the condition of every class of his
so as to increase their
that
tivdioeduauml henatppiianess security of
' The vcr
principle and basis of t
persons and property—the preservation f the honour
the
and reputation of all his subjects without distinction. These
sacred rights are now shared equally
_ bocontraryyall to th all.
We
authorities
the h a vea
actetti -se heri ff alluded to,
epvreinrc anyiples o f the
consecrated
andtlieyp
nianai‘s•let,e
d. withoutsabr
ilio)sase
boaf
time,.
'Governor of Nice, en brought. to trial,
hav-
ing been remiss in some
orefsttc respect, many of the
his conduct are palpable
statements in the petition Rayahs on the subject of
exaggerations, or altogether
false, the undoubted inye •
public mind ; yet as some of w inventions of a few evil-disposedtie
men, whose sole object
judged
r themit are to
t 0 excite and exaspFnraexe
true, it has been
tion should take place. I:".norpetrbits at _a snusietabl
and particu-
larly on account of his inability purpose,
ourprestrain the Alba-
nians, and put a stop to their abominable proceedings
1.1 etet'aelxamitenah-t
when he employed them to reduce the insurgent Rayahs,
his Highness has been pleased to remove him from his
Post, and has ordered him to Constantinople to take his
trial ; and Lieutenant-General Ismet Pacha, a man cele-
brated for his protection of the
people, has been ap-
pointed to his place, with the strictest instructions _e
to
attend to his duty with respect to the protection ofe
subjects of the Porte under all circumstances. H
causes which served as a pretext for the late ihneseuirirseecnitoto.
been further ordered to look to the adjustment of the
have, moreover,
to be careful
The strongest injunctions
all the authorities throughout Int.. empire,t
, and in preserving,Besides that his
In
fact,
• d to shield all
honourt e Christianad
Highness, determine refutation.'°
his
effects of every sort of injustice
and suffering, has sent a
among
.the
suitable sum of money to be distributed
never joined •the •
the
inha-
bitants of the village of Rath, who had
rebels, to indemnify
them for the wrongs and losses they
Albanians.
experienced from the
From the above details it will be perceived by every one
statement with attention and impartiality
(conscience), twho reads the
h
a
t
the sole origin of the insurrection was
of certain unreflecting and refractory Ray-
ahs; that although
the turbulence
very improper and deplorable conse-
ouences were there sult:theyproceeded,fromcausesnot only
P butentirely against •
the control of the orte,
beyondwish ; and that such steps were immediately taken to
repair esthe evil as were dictated by prudence and justice ;
facts shown by the official documents Of the Govern-
ment. There is no foundation whatever, therefore, for
the vague rumours disparaging the reformed regulations
of the Porte, to which certain foreign newspapers have
given currency. The determination of the Government
to pursue its reforms, is placed beyond the reach of

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