The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1841.

THE LEVANT MAIL.

The French Government steamer Mentor, arrived at
Marseilles on the 21st inst., has brought the Levant mail.
The dates from Constantinople are of the 7th inst.;
Alexandria the 6th, Smyrna the 9th, Candia the 3d,
Athens the 10th, and Malta the 15th. •

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 7.—The Consuls of the European
Powers who were about to proceed to Alexandria, and who e
departure, indaed, should have taken place last Wednesday, a
Russian steamer having been provided for them, have, in con-
sequence of instructions just received by Mon. Lauran, the
Austrian Consul, from Prince Metternich, been detained for an
indefinite period at Constantinople. The reasons that have oc-
curred for this delay are not very well known. It is generally
thought that the Four Powers will again interfere to settle the
relations between the Sultan and his vassal, while sonic assert
that Prince Metternich has issued these orders e.n
having discovered that 'Mehemet Ali had been chiefly in-
strumental in exciting the present troubles in Rournelia.
But an examination of dates renders this supposition highly
improbable. The Porte, in the meanwhile, has begun once
more to conceive the most flattering hopes. • It requires
little to raise or depress the spirits of a Government so weak
and ignorant as this to the most extravagant pitch. At this
moment, forgetful apparently of the dangers and disorders
reigning on every side of them, they talk of nothing less than
another expedition against Mehemet Ali, whom they are now
of minion they could cope with single-handed when they please.
It is bat fair to add, however, that their presumption receives
abundant encouragement from the desperate counsels of Euro-
pean advisers, both milltary and diplomatic. Their only ra•
tional hope of success in attacking Egypt must be in the revol
of the inhabitants—a contingency, I should think, by nn means
to be depended upon. These protects, a:ter all, are at. present
but in embryo, and quite extra-official, since, in the following
note recently addressed to the Ambassadors of the four Powers,
in reply to that by which they leave the arrangement of details
in the settlement of the Egyptian queeti..n to the Sultan, hi,
Highness, in a similar spii it of uabounded confidence and dis-
interesta dness, again refers the matter to the wisdom of h:
allies. The following is the note in question:—
" His Htg'r,ees the Sultan, taking into consideration the
friendly counsel which hai again teen given to him by the
high allied Courts, has been pleased to grant a new favour to
Mehemet Ali Pacha, in condescending to grant ta him, ac-
cording to his last request, the concessions hereafter indicateit,
on condition, however, that he shall religiously observe all the
conventions and treaties which have been concluded, or may be
concluded hereafter, between the Sublime Porte and the friend':

. .
Powers. 'thus the hereditary Government of Egypt shall be
transmitted to the sons and male descendants of the Pacha, but
in such a way that the oldest of them shall always emceed to the
post of Governor, and receive his investiture from the Sublime
Porte whenever the post shall become vacant. The Sultan re-
nounces the intention of taking a quarter of the revenues 0
Egypt, and the tribute to be paid shall be ulteriorly fixed and
regulated, both as to the amount and the mode cf collewion
aecording to the actual revenues of the proricce. As re-
gards the nominations to the different ranks of the army cat
Egypt, Mehemet Ali Pacha is authorised to confer them him-
self up to the rank of colonel. For all others he is first to have_
the approbation of the Porte. With respect to the internal
system of government to be adopted in Egypt, as in a'l th
other countries of the Ottoman Emp re, as Mehemet Ati Pach.
in his above-mentioned application does not :open- disposed to
adopt it frankly, and as this e oint has alreaeiy been deeideo
upon in the separate act of the treaty of the alliance,in order that
the Allied Po eers may have no cause of complaint against the
Sublime Porte, in the event of Mehemet Ali proceeding even-
tually to acts contrary to an essential point founded on this'
treaty, the Ministers of the Sublime Porte have considered it
very important in this state of things to require at once preci e
decilaratisns and explanations on this subject. and it is. for tie
purpose of requesting your Excellency to give them on you:
part in writing that this memorandum is addre,sed to you."
Another note was yesterday presented to the Ministers o
Foreign Powers, informing them cf the suppression of ile
disturbances on the Irontie re of Seriia. Particulars of eh.
had taken place in that quarter had already reach'cl us will
the Austrian mail from Vienna, which, with that of the pre-
ceding week, arrived here under strong military escort three
days ago. Osman Pacha of Niss, had taken prompt and vigo-
rous measures—attacked, sacked, and destroyed four village-
of the insurgent Bulgarians, three hundred of whose head
are now hoisted in terrorem round the walls of Ni,sa, are
whose waves and children have been sold into slavery. Suel
is the Mussulman law ; and it has in this instance been rigo
rously e nforeed. Self- preserratien peremptorily dictate.
(though it may, perhaps, not' justify) these horrors to tie
Turks. Their numbers are comparatively so few in the pro
vinees of European Turkey that were the Raya populatio•
once to throw off their authority they would run a fair chanc
of being maesacred to a man. About six thousand Bulgarian
have taken refuge in Scrvia, and are said to be at Alexanitza
Much anarchy still prevails in Albania, and throughout th
provinces to the south of Turkey in Europe, the ancient Ma
cedonia, Thessaly, and Epirus.
Some important changes have been resolved upon in the ju-
dicial and financial administration, as established by the
tanzimat khairie, or the hatti scheriff of Gulhane. The lima
and municipal councils are summarily abolished, and the mou
has'ils, or tax-collectors, will be everywhere withdrawn. A
single deftar-dar, or treasurer, will act in concert with th
Pacha of each district for the future collection of the revenue.
As a temporary expedient the Government has determined or
a fresh issue of paper money, about one hundred thousaee
pounds, or ten millions of piastres. The dangerous facility b:
which money can be thus. obtained seems pregnant with future
tEsaster to the empire.
A new terdjchat, or list of appointments, has made its ap-
pearance this week. The friends of Resehid have been com-
pelled to make room for the new Ministry. The appointment:
are ten in number, three of them to the most considerabl
Pacha!ics of the empire, Aidin, Angora, and Khodavenkiar
The last of them, including the rich district of Broussa, has
been reserved for himself by Riza Pacha. He will govern i:
by deputy, adding the emoluments of the office to those o
General or the Imperial Guard and Grand Chamberlain.
Tahir Pacha was to have left yesterday for Candia in
steamer, but is not yet gone The blockading squadron, whirl
has been reduced to the number of ships originally intended u
go, viz., a line-of battle ship, a frigate, and some corvettes
and having about three thousand troops on board, set sail a ft \ 1
days ago. A reinforcement of three thousand men will els.
co-operate with them from Syria, and it is expected that Tahii
Pacha will proceed to act with the utmost severity against the
rebels.
Yesterday, General Jochmus, Major Hermann, and Colone
Bovill were presented to the Sultan by Riza Pacha. His
Highness received them in the most gracious manner, and or-
dered that they should be shown the different palaces, and other
sights about Constantinople.
By a courier that arrived from England on Sunday last, Air.
Bankhead, our Secretary of Embassy here, has received his
promotion to the rank of Plenipotentiary. This looks as if
Lord Ponsonby, were expected to leave.
The Oriental Observer contains the following from Con-
stantinople of the 7th instant:—
"On the Ist 11. Le Comte de Pentois celebrated the fete
of Louis Philippe. A Chamberlain of the Palace, attended
by the Dragoman of the Porte, went to compliment the Count
on behalf of the Sultan. All the foreign Ambassadors and
chiefs of missions quickly fellowed, and it was noticed that the
reception given to Lord Ponsonby was most particularly distin-
guished. In the evening the hotel of M. Pontois was illumi-
nated, and he gave a grand dinner to the French commercial
body ; the evening following was dedicated to a second illumi-
nation and :neither dinner to such Frenchmen as are not of the
mercantile ekes. The French Ambassador does the honours
nobly on such occasions. On the 2d Lord Ponsonby received de-
spatches from London by a messenger, who, to avoid the disturb.•
ed districts, cameround by Widin. Two Vienna posts, whose
bearers have not adopted this plan, are in arrear. The expe-
dition for Candle has sailed, consisting, we hear, of only five
ships of war (the largest of which is the Nizamiye frigate,
bearing the flag of Tahir Pacha), and a number of merchant
vessels engaged as transports for the conveyance of troops.
Tales. Pacha, who is still here, will follow in a steamer, and
Friday next is mentioned as the day fixed for his departure•
With respect to the state of affairs in that islarid, it is well
known that the Greeks continue to foment discord there.
On complaints being made to that effect, the Ministers of
King Otho did not even attempt to disprove it, which appears
to be pretty conclusive evidence that they are" no strangers
to the insurrection, more particularly as they cannot deny
that they had full knowledge of the armed boats which de-
parted openly from their own ports for tine avowed purpose of
exait:ng the iahabitants of CanCia to revolt. The object o'
this movement, connected as. it is with other disturbances in
Epirus, Macedonia, and Thessaly, it is not dlfficult to com-
prehend. On Saturday last the fine Austrian steamer Stam-
boul, on her passage Irons Constantinople to Trebisonde, with
passengers, groups, and ca-go, was overtaken by a thick fog,
and, bing near the coast, it is supposed she was imperceptib!
borne by a current towards the land. Be that as it may, be-
fore the danger of her position became evident, she ran on s
rock near Amastra. Being a boat of great speed, her velo-
city threw her prow high in the air whilst the after cabin was
in a short time filled with water. No lives were, we believe,
lost. The Metternich, another steamer of the same Company,
passing soon after on her day from Trebisonde to Constanti-
nople, took from the wreck all the passengers, and on Monday
the Crescent and Levant steamers also belonging to the con
cern, were despatched to endeavour to get the Stambou'
cif. It is hoped she will be raved without serious injury as
she is deservedly a great favourite with the public. Yester-
day was the Mevludi Schetiff, birth-trey of the Prophet, and
was celebrated with great pomp. The evening before there
was a grand illumination. The Sultan went in state to the
Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, which he ent'eted about eleven
o'clock, immed;ately after which the prayers appropriate to the
occasion were read. The service continued ti I one o'clock,
when the procession returned. The weather being most beau-
tiful there was au immense concourse. All the Pashas ap-
peared in trew uteiforms of the most splendid deecription. IS e
regret to hare to record the deaths of Colonel Bridgeman,
who was in command of the British detachment at Eeyrout.
His loss is much lamented. He will be succeeded, we-
hear, by Lieutenant-Colonel Rose, an officer of the
I,4lest possible promise. The greatest cordiality and
most complete unity of views exist between the British officers
and the Ottoman commanders in Syria. We understand that
our officers have, at the desire of the Government, undertaken
to instruct the Turkish troops in certain branches of military
service with which they were previously unacquainted. The
medical department also requires organization. The deaths at
a military hospital were lately to a frightful extent; and upon
inquiry as to the cause, no epidemic reigning at the time, it
was discovered that. seven or eight of the doctors could neither
read nor write ! It will be remembered that, last year, when
the Ottoman troops were sent to Syria by sea, the militia of
Kutahia Cara-Hisar rose against their chiefs soon after quit-
ting the Dardanelles, and obliged the captains of the
transports to put back. The deserters were taken, and
the whole have now been tried by the Military C;sece,
which in its sentence against them has divided them into
five classes :—One Lieutenant and four rank and file, who
according to martial law should have been shot, have been sen-
tenced to the galleys for life. 2. Forty-two rants and file to
the gallees for life. 3. fifty-nine rank and file five years com-
mon labour in their barracks. 4. Four hundred and seventy-
eight rank and file, who ran, to receive each 150 stripes, and
be drafted into the troops of the line. 5. One hundred and
th
y-six sergeants, one hundred and thirty-five corporals, and
1,224 rank and file, who manifested a determination to desert,
although they had no opportunity of executing their design,
are to be enrolled in the troops of the line, the sergeants and
corporals being reduced to the ranks. Of the officers who were
at 13eyrout, and most of whom fought, 20 who behaved will are
traroterrecl to the troops of the line, retaining their rank ; the
decorations cf the remainder have been taken from them, and
they will be sent home disgraced, whilst such officers and men
as endeavoured to oppose the mutiny and w ere wounded, are
recompensed, and have perinission to go home or enter the re-
gular army at their option, the officers with their former rank,
and the men as corporals."

lA.
We find in the MediterrST
anßeo the foLowing miscellaneous
news from Syriz :--- . .
" The Medea steam-frigate arrived on the 13th inst. from
Beyrout, whence she sailed the sth, and from Suds, in
Catidia, which place she. left the Bth instant, bringing '
the former despatches for Lord Palmerstonfrorn Cr'
..... ~.,gom
senior*British officer there, and from the '
..,,..tioge, now
the British Consul for his Excel],
titer a despatch from
suyius was left at Suda, ..-1-
-..ey the Admiral. The Va..
anchor. The c--
-.w of -th.:lenrecoanstTaruArkvtis-
clueing, -
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.6 much as possible, the wreck of tho Zebra, at
mill
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erd was'it at
-.lna, The Plimniz, . itea.A:frig.tte, wai,locikod .1o..`•• at ;Bey-
al roo, on her return -11-Orif' Alciandria,l,-and two .freneh
frigatesurt said tti have ,bten seen •bovering about the coast

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of Syria, throughout which unhappy country numerous
French political agent:, male and ferrate,garb under the garb
of religion, are creating much mischief among the Clir•s- •
tian population, by making the pe.ple believe that Great
Britain is &ming at the pesses,ion of Syria in order to convert
them to Protestantism. The French steamer Acheron, and a
sailing ve-sel from Alexandria, had landed at Beyrout a number
of French capuchins and other friars and priests, with a million
of francs its specie. The mountaineers are getting troub'e-
some, and in some respects their complaints are not without
just cause, for the Padres of distriCts, in spite ,of the hatti-
seheriff, ere oppress:ng them with taxations and imposts be-
yond their means. Colonel Rose and Colonel Arbuthnot have
niasle several remonstrances on the subject to the Paella of
Beyrout. The Governor of Tyre, who has been committing
excesses upon Christian women, has been superseded by a
Turkish officer, sent from Beyrout. Colonel Alderson is
encamped under Mount Carmel, with the British sappers,
miners, and a party of artillery. Assistant-Surgeon Acton,
left behind from the Hecate steam-frigate, has received
orders from the senior naval officer its Syria, Captain Pring,
of the Inconstant, to proceed to this encampment, end take
charge of any sick there may he. Colonel M'Niven has pro-
ceed, dto Naplouce. The British troops in Syria are generally
healthy, and getting fat from want of work. All communi-
eation.with the inhabitants is prohibited, owing to the plague.
At Beyreut the town is free from it, but there have been cases
all along the coast en the cordon, and within the lazaretto.
In the country it is making frightful ravages. At St. Jean
d'Acre there are as many as twenty deaths daily • at WEI,
from four to six. A nominal quarantine is establiled, but it
is truly ridiculous, for a sheep, turkey, or Spanish dollar, will
buy up any of the sanita officers. On arrivals from Alexandria,
where the plague is very bad indeed, they 'onry impose a qua-
rantine .of fifteen days ! Yellow fever is ales prevalent in
Egypt to a fearful extent."
Tries aMyrna Papers to the 9th inst. -have been received.
The suhj ined is from the Orientdf Observer :
" On Friday last, whilst empleyed aloft on the ship's duty,
Mr. C. Lloyd, a midshipman of the Daphne, fell from the
yard-arm on to the rail of the ship, ant thence into the sea.
He was taken up immediately by a tailor who jumped after
him, when his skull was found to be dreadfully fractured, and
death terminated his sufferings in about an hour This is the
~,eeend fatal accident which has happened on board this vessel
during the short period that she has been on station in our
roads. On the Ist,_ the birth-day of his Majesty the King of
the French was celebrated in this city. At 8, A. 31., the
Fre neh beg Alcibiade and the Austrian division under Admi-
ral Bareliera, fired twenty: one guns, and were, with the
Engish corvette Daphne, decked out in all their colours.
At nscre the salute was repeated, the Daphne also juicing,
and at sue-set a similar cereasocy was performed
by .the Alcibiade. M. Devoise, French Consul here pro
tem., united at his hotel the different employes and the mer-
cantile community, whence they proceeded to the pai ish
church to ec!ebratc mass in henour ..of the occasion. In the
evening a dinner was given at the, Consu'ar hotel to a select
patty of invited guests. Her B, itannie Maj, sty's corvette
Dido arrived here from Candia cn the 3d, after a, delightful
passage of only three days. The news shs brings is unfavour-
able to the trarquillity of that islaheL No engagement had,
however, as yet taken place. The Daphne select on the sth
for Malta, to join the Admiral, haring been relieved here by
the Dietz.. The Hazard, which was appointed to this 'station,
has proceeded to Malta to repair."
EGYPT.

ALLXANDIVA, MAY 6.—The plaeue at Alexandria has
rather increased ; the report reaches to twenty-six cases a day.
A. good deal of excitement has been created by two or three
Frank inhabitants having been carried off by the plague. -They
were eminent quarantine people ; and one of then was quite
an authority en that subject.
A man echo accompanied a party of passengers frt.m Cairo
was.taken unwell on the Nile, but corAinued wi h them till
hey were embarked, and actually carried a chill to the boat
at the embarkation. He died of plague in the European
pi'al next day. One sai'or died on board sif p in the har-
bour, which alarmed the shippers, and about a di.zen suspected
cases have been sent to the hospital, where there have been
kis(' some real cases. The European hospit.:l has the advan-
tage of an English surgeon of ability.
Those passengers who arrived in Alexandria too late for the
Liverpool are waiting for the Oriental, the French steamers
refusing to take them.
Mehemet Ali is preparing another State paper, of which-
tluhib Said Effendi (the Turkish Envoy) is to be the barer,
istensibly declaring his entire submission, and (it. is believed)
wish the private aim of driving as hard a bargain as possible
respecting the amount of the tribute, and e appointment of
his own administrators of finance, commerce, agriculture, &c.
tie visited the Gorgon steamer on the Ist inst. at ten minutes'
notice (on washing Saturday too), as if he wished to take
:he English at the greatest disadvantage ; but though he
:elected washing-day, and followed his messenger so quickly
that the officers had not time to dress to receive him, he
found all ready in the way of work, and put then through
their exercise without much ceremony. He wou'd not
'relieve that they could fire their 32-pounders thrice a'
ninute until he stood by and noted it. The 141-inch yaixhans
.‘ere also fired with bollow shot- aid shell, and the crew put
through every evolution in his presence, and a crowd of Turk-
and French officers whom' he brought to "see what the
English could do." lie was very sparing in his encomiums,
as if determined to proceed on the system of nil admirari,
but on entering the Captain's cabin he cowl 1 not forbear ex-
" laa, these English Captains hive always books on
their shelves; mine have only pipes ! " The next morning he
.nspected the Pharos and principal forts, in company with
Galise Bey and a numerous retinue, amidst salutes of artillery
,o notify the honour. 1,000 men are employed in adding to
'the fortifications at Marabout on the west of Alexandria, and
crowds of soldiers and labourers are daily occupied in raising
stones, even at the expense of the catacombs.
The plague varies in its attacks from 10 to 26 casts per day,
and from five to 15 deaths. Last month 174 persons were at-
tacked and carried to the hospital ; 220 others have died before
.hey could be carried thither. Amongst the latter were four
Europeans—amongst the former, eight. The Pacha has put
his float in strict quarantine to-day, and issued orders that the
arsenal and all his public establishments shall follow the ex-
ample. The physician of the Pope's gun-boats had died of
plague at Rosetta, and 20 officers arc ill there. To-day, not-
withstanding, he had a sale of cotton of 10,000 cantars at an
average of $l4 1-10 per cantar.
Amongst the late arrivals Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir
David Wilkie have been presented to the Pacha, and the latter
has been invited to take his portrait.
The last news from Candia, brought by the French brig-of-
war Bougainville, and which came up to the 2d, showed the
insurgents to be gaining ground. They had formed a Provi-
4ional Government, and had chosen an administrative body
from ammg Deputies of the people.
MALTA.

MALTA, MAY 15.—Some of the line-of-battle ships at
Malta are preparing for a cruise,but the public is uninformed as
to their destination.
On Tuesday evening last the Rear-Admirals, Captains, and
officers of the fleet gave a farewell ball to Admiral Stopford,
which was very splendid. Some appropriate addresses were
delivered after supper. The Admiral is expected to leave for
Corfu on Tcesday next.
The Stromboli leaves to-morrow morning for the coast of
Syria.
The Alecto leaves on Monday for Gibraltar, with the mails
for that place and England ; and the Prometheus for the lonian
Islands and Greece to-morrow, with the mails, in lieu of the
City of Dublin; which arrived thence this'morning, and is again
in want of repairs.
The Medea steam-frigate arrived on the 13th instant from
Beyrout, whence she sailed the sth, and from Suds, in Candia,
Which place she left on the Bth instant, bringing from the former
despatches for Lord Palmerston, from Colonel Rose' now senior
British officer there; and from the latter a despatch from the
British Consul for his ExcellenCy the Admiral.
INDIA Mans.—The Prometheus steam-packet arrived in
port on the 12th inst., at six A. MI., in seventy hours from Mar-
seilles, with the London mails of the 4th inst., which reached
Malta in seven days and nine hours. The Oriental steamer
arrived on the 13th inst. at eight a.m., with the London mails,
via Falmouth, of the 30th ult. She prbceeded with both
mails to Alexandria yesterday, at two r.si. The Oriental has
brought out a fioating omnibus, 105 feet long, for the purpose
of conveying the mails and passengers on the Mahmoudie'
Can,.l, between Alexandria and the Nile, where they will be
transferred to the Lotus iron steamer. The next mail from'
India was to be despatched from Bombay to Suez on the Ist
inst.., and on its arrival here the Acheron will proceed to Mar-
eilles with. the boxes addressed by this route.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACIKETS.—'March 7,
French Government steamer Mentor, Lieut. Le Goff, from
Marseilles, in six days ; Legho:n, four; Civitavecchia, three ;
Maples, two. 12, her Majesty's steam-packet Prometheus,
Lieut. T, Spark, from Marseilles, in three days; 12, British
pleasure cutter Spree, W. Mushrtt, Esq., from Catania, in
:wo days; 13, her Majesty's steamer Medea, Fred. Warder,
Esq., from Beyrout, in eight days; Suda, five ; 13, the Ori-
:ital and Peninsular Company's steamer Oriental, John Soy,
ommander, from Falmouth, Slav 2 ; Gibraltar 8 ; Neap Oil,
tan steamer II Vesuvio, Captain ft. Caffiero, from Naples, in
six days; Paola and Tropea, five; Messina, three ; Catania,
two, Syracuse, one; French Government steamer Sc..man-
dre, Limt. P. Dupares, from Constantinople, in seven days ;
Smyrna, five; Sync, three; the 'Oriental and Peninsular
Company's steamer City of Dublin, Captain W. E. Evans,
rom Cerfu, in eight days; Patras and Zante, two; 14, the
Peninsula' and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, J. Soy,
Commander, for Alexandria.
DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—March 5,
her Majtsty's Ship Thunderer, Captain the Hon. M. P. F.
Berkeley, C.B. ; Tunisian Government schooner Demfir,
Captain A. Danciati, for Tunis 6,
for
IFtraelyncaloi
dGAolvaerrstninllioesn;t
steamer Dante, Lieut. F. Pouchett,
3, French Gvernment gteauvr Sefostris, Lieut. P. Costlier,
for the Levakth
IN Pbrii.—Princess Charlotte, 120 (bearing the flag el
Admiral Sir R. Stopford, G. C.B. G. C. M. G.) ; Ceylon, 6
•,ber.rieg the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir .1. Louis, Bart.); Bii-
nnia, 120 lbelring the flag of Rearldmiral , Sir J. Om-
marey, K. C. B. ).; Howe, ; 86; Bgtibb*,
Vangitne4 ne'venge, 78 ; Calcutta, 84 ; Cambridge,
78; Rodney. 92 ; Castor, 36 ; Tyne, 26 ; Hazard, 18 ; steatit
frigates Cyclops, Medea Hecate, Hydra, , and Stfembol
Steamerstto and
ConAfiaenhceertann; . Fiend' d Medea,
Eie
Locust steam-packets Prometheus,
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,:turragelatt Scamander g VeniciAlhkr
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mpl
tlty ; Stearn-packet
Vesnvius.

Adopting the --------
• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM RACES.—WED"i'A•
witnessed yesterday afternenit (siti Elistilli Downs to the credit
Pillion, we tntist place the iptingtie ass'allt4
of that great -sporting feiellt, iciept " The Derby," althougli,
A ore tt wath while to travef out of the beaten track and log
a little into motives, we might, perchance, discotrer, that V.,,,itti
Droved
nwaßl.ula
the " trifling" proportinn of nine, opt oifteli ilt%!'clibininant feel-
ing was
.simply. a desire to see *A be seen. An abstract lave
of the sport might haNe bbcn gratified at an infinitely arnallbr
expenditure Ur Mout. and money at the Hippodibnieiliit 1163
excuse was wanting • cheap pleisuret ari% et -el. held so, and
a :nibea to see
. a field of donkies
•un for " The Derby," than half-a-crown for the quiet enjoy-
wer:eildtitrat rather
tharnVaYo
ment or first-rate sport 'at his own (bor. To Utilise whit
~t-re real!), attiaeted •by a race which ml' V, many
years has given importance tts the day, it Mutt have
f old, albeit the field was, nurneriz
cal
• ly, the hit ever known; public running, hbWeVer, had
.hrown out nothing very extraurdittal, ntithlng inalcing any
a: proach to a Priem, a Ploni )0, or a Bay ABM:don—in fine,
as tar as the - ' A 1
a:certeme merits of the pith rmers contributvd
t_?_ its character, it was looked upon only es Ail averrere Derby,
:I he specula' ion, too, on it had been of an anomalottsehatactet,
he ftuctuat:ons unprecedented in frequency and extent, and
immense sums had been dropt on horses without the negative
gratification of a start ; the betters round far exceeded the
b.:ekers of herses, very few books were completed, 11.14 t9l'llt
were squared on the day at an expePV INhiCh-' ' V 1
th .i - act Alye um
~ r authors wince. Matters we - ' - - . e"e not mended by the extra-
ordinary pertinacity w;,t. •..- -
ketted agam-, - ... which some of the favourites
_were
that ts •, or V -x• rum np to ihe clay of starting,
lit . Cyril
0--
~ , ~ evil 5, made safe—rumours,
-o of the faourites wire to be - ,
preeaut;ons Which, if
,oy the way, that-led to the adoption of
trickery was csinterinlated-, !nest tmva had the effect of defeat-
int g it. tiuttli „ It i,„, hotcw-, 'he Derby" served
'on cf all classes
'•t'' Pture, .by inducing s
arisu
of her _ . Majeao itibiects, filling the pockets
of .the-: gObd ' p;ople to the . town of Epsom, and
of • their 'l' coils.teralo• '.! i" :- the • Downs ; it, more,
bier, :: gave such;: a , 'fillip to trade, that the inn-
keepers,,, pstrasters, milliners, • and • dress•4nakers lave; it
ehewar South
ds for
in vontemplation to place at the disposal of the
"t S
next Year's Taco an " Anti-Hippodrome Plate—t

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Western and Croydon Railway, no doubt, go with the stream,
and contribute their quota to the the amusement of their pa-
trons. We might here enlarge upon the various topics per-
tinent to the day, but as they have been written threadbare we
shall content ourselves with stating, briefly, that the throng
on the road was greater than has been witnessed fer
many years, the heat and dust intolerable (notwithstanding
the gross imposition of a double toll at the Epsom trusts on
the plea of a water-rate, and the consumption of stimulating
fluids extensive enough to ensure a sensible addition to tt.e
next quarter's revenue. The stoppages were unceasing,_ and
the anxiety of the toll-keepers to prevent any thoughtless
person from paying twice so excessive that all the inconve-
niences which we had anticipated would have been ameliorated
by the railway were felt in their full extent; the good conduct
cf the police alone prevented serious accidents; to present
quarreling and confusion was beyond their reach. The race
was fixed for half-past two, long before which every part of the
Downs available to carriages was appropriated. The Stands
were as full as the ingenuity of their proprietors could stuff
them ; anti the scene, heightened as it was by a brilliant sun
and a cloudless sky, one of the most vivid ever beheld. With
so vast an assemblage, the Steward! had a hard task to perform ;
but aided by the A police, under Inspectors Hughes ,and
Pearce, it was performed quietly and with entire success.
Our time was so much engrossed by the racing, that we
were unable to obtain a complete list of the fashionables ; the
following. therefore, most be taken only as a small sample :
Dukes of Rutland, Beau.ort, and Bedford; Marquises—Exeter,
Westmins' er, Normarrby, itchfield ; .Earls— Chesterfield, Ux-
bridge, Jersey, Vet ulam, Errol, Scarborough, Oxford ;
and Countess of Albemarle; Lords—Maidstone, Paget,
W. Russell, G. Bentinek, Lichfield. Godolphin. C Fitzroy ,
Miletawn, Villiers, A. Paget, R. Grosvenor, W. Poulett, John
Russell ; Ladies . and E. Paget ; 4-lonourabics—G. Anson,
H. Baring, G. S. Byng, H. Rocs. Paulet, G. Fitzroy, R.
Grimston, C. Forester, J. W. 'Wortley, General Grosvenor,
Sir G. Heatheote, F. Goodricke, .1. 'Shelley, C. Cooke.
C. Coate, 11. Campbell ; Colonels—Synge, Cranford, Pee: ;
Messrs. Brand, Pelme Radeliffe, Payne, Hiegins, Ciivo,
Irby, Grevire, Batson, Gregory, Crommelin, White, Hawker,
H. Combs, Codrington, Angerstein, Shelleye Rush, Meiklam,
Magennis; Vansittart, Broadt.ead, M. Stanley, Heatheote,
Gardnoe, &c.
By three o'clock the course was cleared for the grand event
of the day, namely—
The Decoy Stakes of 50 toes. each, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b,
and fiLies, Bst 21b. Last mile end half. The second to re-
ceive BM. out of the stakes; and the winner to pay 10,)
sovereigns towards the p )lice, &c. (151 Subs.)
Mr. Rawlinson's b c Coronation, by Sir Hercules, out of
Ruby (P. Coneily) 1
Lord Wes' minster's b c. Van Amburgh, by Panteloon, out
of Decoy
'the following also started but were not placed :
Lord Alhemarie's ch c Ralph by Dr. Syntax (J. Day) 0
Lord Westminster's ch c Marshal Scull, b-other to Horn-
sea (W. Scott) 0
Mr. Vansittart's b c Grlaor by atiuley Moloch •( Heseltine)
Lord Lichfield's ch c B lgradc by Belseezzar...( Wakefield) 0
Lord Jersey's b c Joachim by„Glaucae (E. Edwards) 0
Mr. Dixon's eh c Knif.•htsbiidge by Bran... ...... (Buckle) 0
Duke of Rut!and's b c Hans by Physician (W. Boyce) 0
Colonel br c Carreleon by Camel ........ .( N. Stagg) 0
Mr. Greville's br g Palwmon by Glaucus ......... ( at) 0
Col nel Wyndham's ch c Morsieur le Sage by Nonsense
". Day) 0
• 0
Mr. Thornhill's b c E. 0. by Emilius (Pett..
ch e Eringo, brother to Mango( Hornsby)
Col. Westenra's bee The Nob by Glaucus ....(Bartley) 0
Mr. Copeland's hr c Mustapha Muley by Muley (Marlow) 0
Sir G. Heatlicote's hr c Mongolim, by eidaucw= (Grapple) 0
Mr. Sadler's ch f Protection, by Defence .....(S. Rogers) 0
Lord Exeter's ch cC. sarew itch, by Rockingham (Darling) 0
Mr. Wimbush's b c Finchley, by Glaucus (W. Cotton) 0
Lord Orford's b c runrel, brother to Ascot ...( S. Maine) 0
Captain Ridge's c by CQlebs, d by Y. Woodpecker
( Calloway) 0
Mr. Rush's ch c by Plenipo cut of Obelisk's dam
:(Rohinsen). 0
Mr. E. Buckler's ch c Glbert, bro to Tom ...(M. Jones) 0
Captain Vsliliamson's he c St. Cross, by (Glaucus
cMaclonald) 0
Col. Cranford's be f Ermengardis Ly Langer ( f empleman). 0
Mr. E. Grigiths's ch c Hereford, by Sir Heicules
(Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Betson's e'h f Potent ia, by Plenipo (Sly) 0
Mr. J. Negus' b e Negus Portsoken, by Divan (A. Perren) 0
THT 13ETTING:—In the town Marshal Soulti Ralph, and
Coronation, were backed at 4 to I each, the Maashal at one
time having the call : on !he course, however, the Coronation
party sent in their money so freely, that he closed at sto 2
(taken.), the last prices against the other favourites being
sto 1 against Ralph (taken), 7 to t agst Marshal Soul.
( taken), 9 to I egst Belgrade, 13 to 1 agst Van Amburgh,
13 to 1 agst Galaor (taken ), 25 to 1 agst Joachim, 25 to 1
agst Knigh'sbridge, 30 to 1 agst Ermeegardis, 30 to 1 agst
Sir harts, 33 to 1 agst Potentia, and 50 to 1 agst E. 0.
THE RACE. _ _ .

By two o'clock the weighing was completed, and in al,out
another hour the largest field of horses ever seen :ince Mem-
non's race fur the St. Levi-, appeared at the post. Of cone: P
It was not to be expected thaVhe race could be got over with-.
out false. starts; six or seven occurred, and it was nearly -four
o'clock before a successful one was accomplished. After the
first two hundred yards Ralph took the lead at a good, but not
by any means great pace, followed by Came'eon, Coronation.
Potentia; Aruntlel, and Joachim, a ruck of hones lying at their
hells, so closely pack ed that we cannot undertake to stecify their
order. Carr. eleon held the second place to the mile post, where he
headed Ralph arid went on with the running t 11 rear the turn,
where he gave up and shortly after dropt into the crowd.
Ralph resumed his lead, and maintained it into the straight
running, where he was in difficulty, and before he reached the
road was fairly beaten ; Potentia was also beaten here, and
Using in the Oaks, was pulled up. Coronation, who had till
along been-going " within himself," now took a commanding
lead at an improved pace, Arundel second, ant Van Amburgh,
who had et ept up from the centre on rounding the corner,
third ; very little more remains to be tell. Van Ant-
burgh defeated Arundel at the distance, but never
reached Cot °nation, who retained his lead, and won with the
most perfect case by three lengths, being the first-first favourite
that has won since Bay Middleton's year ; it is not tto much
to add, that the pet-tamer:co will bear comparison with any
Derby on record, and that, if he keeps well to the day, the St.
Leger is almost " a certainty."—Mustapba Muley and E. 0.
ran in the crowd until they neared the distance, but by " going
on," they gained upon Arundel every stride, and opi osite the
winning-post were so nearly level, that each jockey claimed to
be third, we should say thatMustaphaSlulcy beat E. O. by a head,
and that Arundel Was a neck from E. 0. ;. about three lengths
separated the trio from Van Amburgh. The next lot con-
sisted of Galaor, Ralph, Belgrade, and Eringo, but-what fol-
lowed them we could not ascertain. Marshal Soult, with whom
Lord Westminster declared to win, never reached the front,
and was beaten before he got into straight running. The last
horses in the race were Mr. Rush's colt Mongolian (broke.
down), and St. Cross. Value of the stakes, 4,275/. We un-
derstand that Mr. Rawlinson wins about 8,0001. in addition to
the stake, but that the largest winner is Sir. Isaac Day, who
of late has had the management of the horse. Most of thebet-
ting men arc losers, and the settling is likely to be a heavy 'one.
The Epsom Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added, threa years
old, 7;t 1011 s ; four, Bst 111 b ; five, 9st slb ; six, and aged,
9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to
be sold for 1201. (10 Subs.)
•
Mr. Kling's' Dahlia, 4 yrs (W. Balchin) 1
Mr. Walter's Sir George, 4 yrs
Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Bacon's Ascanics, 6 yrs ; Sir. Hornsby's Whalebone, aged ;
Capt. Marty n's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs; Sir C. Cockerill's b.
m. by Zingance, out of Effie, aged ; and Mrr. Osbaldiston's
gr. c. by The Saddler, out of Fickle, 4 yrs.. Whalebone cut
out all the work to the distance, where he was passed by Folly,
who kept the lead to the Grand Stand, Sir George lying next;
Dahlia then took the lead, and won cleverly by a length.-
The Walton Stakes of 5 sore. each, with 40 added; 3 yr oles,
ist 101 b ; 4.yrs, Bst llb ; 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st
-61 b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be
sold for 100/. One mile. Seven subs.
Galt. Gardnor's bl c 2;then, 3 yrs Nat 1
Mr. Turner's Doncaster, aged - 2
The following also started but were not placed :—Lord
Exeter's Silistria, 4 yrs ; Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs ; Mr.
Daniel's Orion, 6 yrs. Silistria took the lead and made good
running to Tattenham-corner, where Doncaster passed him and
had the front to himself to the Grand Stand; here 2F.thon chal-
lenged, headed him a few strides, and won cleverly by a length.
The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; three yrs
old, Est 21b ; four, Bst 11Th ; five, 9st ; six and aged,
9st 41b ; mares and g' !dings allowed 315 ; the winner- to be
sold for 80/. Last Half Mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Greville's b g Pickwick, aged (Nat.) 1
Mr. Gootr.an's Angelo, 4 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Higgins's Maid Marian, aged ; Lord Exeter's Syria, 3 yrs;
Captain Gardnor's ch f by Sultan, out of Garcia, 3 yrs; Mr.
Armstrong's Bonnet Rouge, 4 yrs ; and Mr. Theobald's Fear-
nought, 4 yrs. A quick run race, and won cleverly by a length.
THE OAKS.
No betting on the course.

THE CORN-LAWS.
PADDINGTON.

A public mce:ing of the inhabitants of the parish of Pad-.
dington took place on Tuesday -in the Vesta-room, l'adding- '
ton-green, for the purpo-,e of petitioning Parliament in favour
of the late Itliniste ial proposition; of reclueed duties on corn,
sugar, and timber. Mr. Churchwarelen Watts was called to
the chair.
Mr. BAIRES CURRIE, M.P., moved the first resolution. He
would touch upon one or two points of the subject with which,
he was professionally well acquainted—the effect of the Corn-
laws upon the currency and the. monetary system: . The
sliding scale of duties prevents the importation of corn until
prices reach the highest point. Then a great overflow of fo- •
reign corn rours in at once; and what is 'the consequence ?
As we have no regular trade with those foreign corn growing,
countries, we have to pay for that corn in gold instead of
exchanging for it, as we otherwise would do, manufactured •
goods. Very lately we were obliged to disburse upwards of
seven millions of gold in payment of the foreign corn we were
obliged to import. The consequences are, that we are ever
liable, under the present system, to a national bankrupiny--a
catastrophe which we were lett ly only saved from by the moat
stringent measures on the part of the Bank of England in re-
straining the currency, otherwise it would have been obliged
,to pay out its last sovereign.
Mr. _BENJAMIN Satgwr seconded the resolution. The in-
tention as well as fhe effect of the Corn-laws was to keep up
rents by keeping up the price of bread. The country hail
heretofore been ruled by monopoly and class interests.—
( Hear.) Unless the people supported the Ministry now, they
woulti deserve to be desertr d for ever by all who had advocated
their rights. If they did not stand by the Ministry now—if
they admitted .the Tories in, they might look again for the
gagging Bills of the high and palmy days of Toryism.
After some discuss on, the motion was unanimously carried.
Prlr. KEMSHEANT proposed, as an amendment, " That the
mec:ing ale i f opinion that there has been.a wssteful exrendi-
thee of public money, and great mismanagement in the tinsn-
cill &par= nt ; and, likewise, considering the great suns paid
by Uovernrnent to the West Init;a proprietors, they are of opi-
nion th4t any method of making up the deficiency in the eve-
nue by means which would encourage• slavery and the slave
trade, Is to be reprobated by the meeting."
Me, HovEsinoar opposed the amendment.
Me.- STACY supported the motion.
One or two 9' her gentlemen having addressed the meeting,
Sir BENJAMIN HALL, ALP., in answer •to a request to
address the meeting, stood forward. He said there was one
point which, as ho felt deeply interested in, he . could
not refrain from noticing. He alluded to the grant of
20,000,000/. vcted for the West India planters. —( Hear. hear.)
Opinion wos much divided as to the propriety of that rneasu-e
at the time of its introduction, but as he (Sir Benjamin Hall)
had on a farim r occasion, at the passing of the Reform B•ll,ob-
jected to give compensation to individuals in possession of par-
liamentary burghs, as deriving thence an unjust and uncousts-
tutional advantage, he had also deemed • it incumbent on him in
consistency to vow against the grant to slave-holders, on the
ground of its being an Unnatural and unholy system.—( Hear,
hear, hear.) As regarded the Corn-laws,
.all lie pos,.essed was
drawn Irons the produce of the soil; but so hos ile had he always
been, and would always be, to the cause of monopoly and class-
interests, and so anx:ous was he to see the principles of free
trade encouraged and developed, that for his own part he was
ready to make any sacrifice that might be demanded ef him for
the general good. —( Great clicering. )
After a few words from Mr. BaarstE, the original motion
Mr. Kempsheant's amendment %vete put to the meeting,
e former was carried by a triumphant majority, and
•-ing, oily about half a dozen hands being held

wiien 1..:

amid gr,:at Cho... , ,
up fist- tne amendmen.. •
-inointed to draw up a petition, ern.
.
A Committee was then are tn!;nse, Le necessary means for harinc,
bodying the motion,
presenia,„r ; after which thanks
it signed and forwamed for
wcte unanimously voted to the Chair Mas:,, and the meeting
broke up. ..
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HAMMER S3ll TI r. , ...
. ,
A public meeting of the parishioners of Hammersmith.Coli-
reflect by.the Churchwarden, was held on Tuesday at.' Ile Lati-
mer Sch-,01-room, for the purpose of taking into Considerat4M
the propriety of petitioning bo,h Houses of Parliament at this
important crisis, that the poor may have cheap bread, and that
the vei y excellent Inc asures nobly proposed by her Majesty's
Mirdsters may be folly earned cut with all convenient speed.
At six o'clock, the time appoitt,d', John T. Powell, Esq.,
Churchwareen, took the Chair. The room: was trammed to
the outer door. JOhn Bowling, Esq, proposed, and William
'l3.rd, Fsq., seconded the peti ion.
Mr. Sr.annwcon, a Chartist, rose to propose an amend-
ment, when a most uproai ions scene occurred, and the Chair-
m:ln had much difficulty in mvintaining order, until another
'Chartist rose, of the name of Cullinghane, who condemned the
conduct of the Nottinghpm Chartists and of . the Chartist who
last spoke. •He was a Chartist, but they went a mistaken way
to work; he was thankful to take good measures from any Ad.
ministration.—(Cries of" Question, question.") •
Mr. Harris, Mr. •Teskle, Mr. Wicken, Mr. Brown, Mr. Le
Alasaitre, and Mr. Loftus, then spoke in support of the petition.
The CITA IRMA w put the-Chartist amendment—" That it is
useless petitioning the Legislature for the redress of any griev.
ances until the representation of the pcople he made coeval with
taxation." •
„ .
.• ,
On the amendment being put, three hands only were held up
for it. The petition•was then put and carried unanimously;
with: three cheers for Lord John Russell alai her Majesty's
Ministers.