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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2i, 1811.

LOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.

LEVANT MAIL.
TURKEY.

v,tedness of Admiral Bandiera, and the officers and men com-
posing the division under his command, in assisting to save from
destruction the remainder of our city. Our hopes, too,
that a grateful public would Jemonstrate hoe far sues► con-
duct was appreciated, brave been realised, for a letter addressed
to the Admiral has been forwarded, a copy of which will be
found below. _ _

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CONSTANTISOPLE, AUG. 7.—ln my letter of :al. June, I
stated that it was the intention of the Porte to collect at Con-
stantinople the militia of Bournelia-and Anatolia. for the pur-
Rise of oro.n'zing them as an available force. I do not know
if the whole number inscribed for uniting at the capital will
come If they do, we shall have 92,192 men in addition to
the troops of the line. Orders have been given to prepare
for Tripoli or Barbary two regiments of infantry, 6,500; two
regiments of cavalry, 1,200 ; and one regiment of artillery,
2,200 men, who are to be sent off as soon as possible.
The expected change in the Ministry in England has ex-
cited sensation even here. The Turks have a very high opi-
nion of Lord Palmerston, and almost adore Lord Ponsonby.
Report says that Sir C. Ba,rot is expected to be appointed to
.
this embassy, and we have heard some true -patri •ts rejoice that
Lord Ponsonby may quit us, because they consider he has
been here too long. Russia and Austria arc not of this opi-
nion, and their diplomacy certainly, does not suffer from the
fact that their Ambassadors here grow old on a service on
which they first entered in theiriyouth. Turkey is so different
from othercountries, that it really requires years before the
most astute can fully comprehend:
A girl has died at Therapia of tti disorder suspected to be
the plague, and Lord Ponsonby his put his palace in quarantine.

His exertions since that time have not 51ackened, and many
houseless beings are indebted to him for shelter ; for he has
ordered tents to be pitched for the accommodation of the
poor, in the place set apart in time cf plague for pers ms
compromised.
Nor is the Admiral the only person whose generous feelings
have been called into action on this distressing occasion.
The nuns, or, as they are more aptly designated, the Sisters
of Charity, have had a fine opportunity of proving what can
he dune where the disposition exists. Not only were they to
be seen in the midst of the scene of desolation, bearing with
them medicines to assist the faint, nourishment to succour the
weary, and salves to allay the irritating pains of the wounded,
but, since that period loads of bread have daily left their hos-
pitable convent, and the aid of the pupils` committed to their
charge has been called in. although their holidays hail com-
menced, to make up all sorts of clothing for the naked aid
forlorn men, women, and children, whose c ills upon our
sympathy are every where heard. This is, indeed, charity in
all its pureness, and how can those devoted Christians be aufli-

•
ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORN HILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
EIRECTORS.
T. LAMM MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Ellioteon, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jelin Riddell Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

ciently recompensed on earth?
A Greek, daring the fire, threw a quantity of goods into a
deep well, and on descending to recover them a few days after,
was killed by the foul air with which the well was filled.
We have heard hundreds of anecdotes told of the Austrians,
one of which we will here produce.
A house was in flames, and no hope of saving it existed,
when a Turkish woman rushed out, and opening her breast,
gave signs that her child remained within. A sailor made his
viay in, found. he helplessinfant, and returned it to its frantic
Mother. To his honour be it told, that when in her gralitiule
the mother ponied the contents of her purls into her cleLveret's
lands, he plisheltiltiodi'grioory away,. saying, ".My duty-called
upon meta sSroour infant,'*nd no pecuniary recompense is
to be thought of."
We hear with pleasure that the Admiral has received a visit
on board from his Excellency the Governor of Smyrna, who
was also charged to convey to him the warmest thanks of his
Excellency Said Pacha.
The Armenians also sent a deputation on board for the
same laudable purpose.
The Officers of the Austrian division beg to announce that
Lieutenants Fanshawe and Grey, of the British corvette
Daphne, on leave of absence at Smyrna on the :19th ult., pa.rti•
cipated in all the fatigue and dagers of that dreadful night.
Journal de Smyrne.
We were not aware that any English officers were present,
the Daphne not being in the roads; and we feel pleasure in
making known a fact which does so much honour to our own
countrymen, and still more to the generous Austrians so desi-
rous of making it public.
The committee of charity still continue their benevolent ex-
ertions.

(From the Manzari Shicrk of the 7th.)
The Government steamer Peiki Shevket arrived here on
the '29th ult., bringing the welcome intelligence of the termi-
nation of the Candian insurrection without further bloodshed.
The rebels had accepted the amnesty offered to them by the
Caudan Pacha, and had surrendered to his Excellency Miss-
tapha Pacha. Some of the most guilty had effected their
escape by an outlet, perhaps designedly left open for that pur-
pose, whilst the submission of the._zest WiLS unaccompanied by
the slightest disorvler. Font tisvi,:first the Porte laboured to
save and not to dejtroy the. misiuid'ik,oltgrbators of the public
peace, aktd, ita4ueges; eyoas4aencTgent-',lesk 1, soma
-of rejoienig-to every well-thinlang man. fly the submission
of the insurgents, the Ottoman empire is restored to a state
of tranquillity more complete than it has at any_ time enjoyed
during the last two-and-twenty years.
A measure of paramount importance has just been adopted.
It must long have been apparent to close observers that the
grand clog upon the action of the Porte, which impeded its
progress, and superinduced a semblance of weakness that in
truth existed not, was the want of unity in the direction of
affairs. In the latter part of the reign of the late Sultan, in
particular, the Government became a complete oligarchy ;
every high functionary being within his sphere an independent
ruler, perfectly uncontrolled in the exercise of his office.
He did just what he pleased, on a kind of understanding
that he interfered not with the proceedings of his col-
leagues, and the confusion that ensued was deplorable.
This matter has for some time past been a subject of frequent
and serious discussion, and we are most happy to be enabled to
state that on Wednesday last the Sultan sent to the Porte a
hatti-scheriff, addressed to the Grand Vizir, commanding him
to take upon himself the control of affairs in general, at the
same time ordering the other Ministers to consult him (the
Vizir) on all trans fictions of importance appertaining to their
respective departments, and to abide by his instructions. Thus
the ruling power is, to a certain extent, collected and centered
in one personage, who, by a proper exercise of wisdom, firm.
ness, and justice, will undoubtedly be able to Sect immense
good.

It is composed of M. de Cramer, • Treasurer ; and Messrs.
de Cadalveue Omer°, J. Langdon, J. Pincherle, Psika.
N. Alexandrof, members ; by whose exertions the sum of
120,000 piasters, or neatly, have been collected, or at least
subscribed for.

We trust that two gentlemen who have done to Constanti-
nople to colloct funds will be equally sucees•ful, and we. our-
selves, are also empowered to receive any amount from the
charitable public from ;.broad, and hope our appeal will not be
unheeded.

The Sultan frequently talus exercise. On Thursday he
was up the Bosphorus ; on Friday, after going in state to the
mosque at Defterdar Bournou, he paid a visit to his eldest
sister, Sa'ihe Sultan, the -wife of Hatil Pacha, and dined at
her palace.

The application of the charity fund is as follows, and will
convey a faint idea of the distress and misery which now reigns
in Smyrna.
At the Turkish barracks, which have been generously thrown
open to the sufferers, 1,800 loaves are daily distributed, and
meat once a week, to its miserable occupants.
Mr. Cohen, a missionary, distributes daily 650 loaves.
At the Lazaretto St. Rock, daily, 750 loaves, besides fruit,
olives, anchovies, cheese, &e., are given.
At the Lazaretto Greek, 300 loaves daily.
Divers places, extending from the Caravan-bridge through-
out the line of destruction, from 500 to 1,000 loaves.
Parish of St. John, 200 to 300 loaves daily.
The village of Sedicui, composed of poor villagers, has sent
in to the Committee four loads of flour, and some small sums
of money collected among themselves.
The collection made by the Franks, is, as we hare said,
about 120,000 p. Turkish currency. By Franks we mean
persons of all sects, and the population may be reckoned at
about ten thousand, of which one-third is very poor, one-
third scarce able to support itself, and the remainder in cir-
cumstances of comfort and affluence.

Cast week a circular was addressed to all the foreign mis-
sions with regard to the sale by Franks of the wine anfil spirits of
the country, liable to duty and excise, which they (the Franks)
find the means of avoiding ; thu 4at once defrauding the revenue
and inflicting injury on the rayah dealers. The shopkeepers here
who haveforeign protection may sell foreign wines and spirits
without impediment, but they have no right to deal in those of
the country without conforming to the regulations under which
Turkish subjects pursue this commerce. It will be difficult,
however, to prevent their continuing the traffic, even with the
best will on the part of the ambassadors, because there are hun-
dreds of Frank shops in Galata and Pera, and the police have
not the right of searching them, or punishing offenders in
any way.

Sir John M‘Neill proceeded for Trebisond on the 25th ult.,'
in the Polyphemus. Major Farrant, who arrived here a few
days before to meet him, accompanied his Excellency. The
second son of the late Sir Walter Scott, attached to the em-
bassy, was also of the party. Sir William Symonds went too,
and after leaving Sir John M'Neill at Trebisond, he will repair
to Odessa, there perform his quarantine, -and subsequently
visit the naval establishments of the Russian Government in
the Black Sea. The Persian ambassador dined with Sir John
on board the steamer on the day she set out.
Colonel Barnett will shortly set sail for Egypt, whither he
will be accompanied by J. H. Drummond Hay, Esq. (an ac-
complishod Arabic scholar) on behalf of the embassy here.
On Friday last Pera was thrown into a dreadful state of
alarm by the news that a plague case had occurred at the con-
vent of Terra Santa, situate almost in its centre. Three
Catholic priests lately arrived here from Beyrout—one of
them died in the quarantine, of a disorder supposed not to be
plague : his companions, after the usual term of isolation, were
admitted to pratique, and all was well ; 'but it appears that the
quarantine guardians had neglected to purify the personal
effects of the priests, and one of them was quickly seized by a
malady which wilt prinounced to be pestilential. He was in
the evening transported to t kroper
'wire; and.the severest e.rnitary pret,:qutiPlivt.k tie;ll adopted
at the convent of Terra Santa, the evil' appears fortunately to
have teen nirped in the bud. We have, hovre•mr, a foul hill
of health for 15 days, and if nothing in the meantime happen
to prolong it, there will be 15 days more of a .suspected
after which, it is hoped, we shill once more be pure again. In
the meanwhile, many travellers are stopped. This event has
not in the slightest degree affected the personal comfort of resi-
dents, and social frequentation is as free and unreserved as ever.
An Armenian was last week taken up and lodged in prison
for coining six piaster pieces.
We had on Tuesday, in Pera, what has not been seen for
many a day—viz., the execution of a culprit. An Armenian
fireman, some time ago murdered one musician and wounded
another, merely because they would not, at his order, leave
off playing the clarionet in a tavern where he was drinking.
He was a most violent character, and had killed several other
persons at various times. After a proper trial, he was con-
demned to be beheaded at the door of the tavern where his last
crime was committed. No professional heads.ran (Djellad)
was to be found, and the execution was entrusted to a cavass,
whose nerves so little fitted him fur the task that the culprit
was badly mangled before the operation was complete. This
shows that such events are very 'are here.
Reports state that there has been a great deal of fighting
lately in Eastern Caucasus, between the Russian army and
the Circassians under the celebrated Shamil Bey, the chief
of Daghestan, to whose forces were united those of Great
Kabarda. 'f he Circassians here assert that their coun'rymen
were completely victorious. Little Kabarda is now united
with the Abazeks, and both have been unm&ested this year.
The 27th ult. was an oppressively hot day here. The ther-
mometer rose to 97 of Fahrenheit, and the wind which was
from the S. W., was quits scorching. In the evening it fell
calm, and lightning was playing about in all directions ; the
air smelt as if it came from:o heated charnel-house. About
nine o'clock, without the slightest warning, a squall burst
upon us like a clap of thunder, clouds of dust, stones, tiles,
and the branches of trees, swept past with fearful rapidity,
the houses were shaken to their foundations, and we had
truly, to use an rastern expression, " s sample of the last
day." Alest fortunately this took place at night, or the loss
of human life would have been dreadful. The Magicienne
and Polyphemus each lust an anchor, and the well known Seri
Pervaz was, they say, damaged to the extent of near 6001.

The meanest shopkeeper has, we feel proud in declaring,
thrown in his mite to the relief of his suffering fellow-
creatures.

As far as we have been able to collect, the damage done
is as follows; we cannot, however guarantee the statement as
true

Turks' houses burnt, 4,780; Jews', 1,794; Greeks', 273;
Armenians', 17 ; Caravan Serais, 22 ; shops in the bazaar,
2,914 ; ditto elsewhere, 1,504 • mosques, large, 10 ; ditto,
small, 29 ; synagogues, 8 ; baths, 5 ; schools, public, 42 ;
forming a total of buildings, 11,393 ; and if we allow one with
another the value of each building to be '20,000 piasters (a
sum moderate enough), we have a total of 227,960,000 piasters
of the G. S., or upwards of 2,000,000/. sterling.

LETTER OF TIIANKS TO ADMIRAL IsARON BANDIERA.
" To Rear-Admiral Baron Bandiera, commanding the division
of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria in the Levant.
" Admiral—Delivered from the dreadful scourge which has
so heavily fallen upon this unfortunate city, our first duty is to
eaprees to you, ln the. e of: he Frank population of timyrna,
the profound gratitude with which it IA pen traced, for the
generous assistance you have afforded, spite of every danger,
under these deplorable circumstances.
" Next to IIEAVEN, Admiral, you and your division are the
saviours of what remains of our city. Allow us then the li-
berty of begging you to become the interpreter of our senti-
ments of eternal gratitude to the commander•, officers, and
-crew of the frigate Venere, the corvette Leipsia, and the
schooner Aurora.

" The remembrance of such honourable conduct, and such
courageous devotedness will be perpetuated from age to age in
the annals of our city, and our descendants will bless your name
en learning that the half of Smyrna was saved from the terrible
fire of the 29th of July, 1841, by the Austrian division under
the orders of Admiral llandiera.

" Deign to accept, Admiral, the expression of admiration
and respect of
" Your very bumble and obedient servants,
(Signed by several of the Consuls, the
Treasurer and members of the Com-
mittee of Charity, and many of the
principal inhabitants of Smyrna.]
"Smyrna, 4th August, 1841."
The Austrian steamer Crescent, which arrived on Wednes-
day evening from Constantinople, was placed in quarantine,
owing to the case of plague, which we announce under our
Constantinople intelligence.
Independent of the magnificent donation of the Sultan. as
announced above, we hear of 23,000 okes of flour having been
forwarded by the Cc e3cent, and more is expected.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:
TATTERsALL's.—YEsTERDAy.
A very thin attendance, and no betting.

EGHAM RACES.—TuuttsY,

The appearance of St. Francis drove sixof the Queen's Plate
horses out of the field, and the Egham Stakes•not having filled,
the " grand day," as the third has been commonly called, was
deprived of its interest ; hence a numerous company was fain
to put up with a very small quantity of racing, with nothing to
compensate its inferiority but the delightful state of the wea-
ther. We understand that Col. C. B. Challoner and G. S.'
Ilarcourt, Esq., have it in contemplation to hold a meeting for
the purpose of raising a more liberal fund for next year, and
that every exertion will be made to place the races on a better
footing. The running yesterday may be disposed of in half--a-
dozen lines.

The Sunninghill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for
three yrs old and upwards. Three-qparters of a mile.
Mr. Pettit's Langolee, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Pettit) 1
General ,Wyndham's Aspatria, 3 yrs, Gab 71b..
Mr. Oliver s Diplomatist, 4 yrs, 7►t 51b
Mr. Goodman's Remnant, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 4
5 to 2 on Remnant, who made the running for the tirtt
quarter of a mile, and was then passed by Langolee, who went
on, and won in a canter by two lengths.
Match, 501. ; nft ; I Ist each. One mile.
Mr. Harrison's Billy
Mr. Robertsoa's Miss Chatterton

Won in a canter by four lengths.
Match, 50/. ; hft ; llst 71b each. One mile.
Mr. Harrison's Billy
Captain Levett's Mameluke ..
The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. Two miles and a dis.
_ _

Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 6 yrs, 'llst 21b
Mr. Goodman's Orelia, 5 yrs, 9st I llb
Mr. 1. Day's Tamburini, 5 yrs, 9st 11Ib 3
3 and 4tol on St. Francis. The mare cut out the work to
distance, where St. Francis took the Leal, and won cleverly by
a length. A good race for second.

PRICE 5d

Bells Tavern, and the wagermen refreshed as best suited their
sever.l tastes; and it was not until a quarter past seven that
the grand heat was started. This was the same distance as the
two preceding ones (from Putney-bridge up round a boat
just above Hammersmith-bridge, and back to the Terrace, at
Putney).
.Yellow, brown, white,, and light blue, as the winners of
this :nit and second, were the competitors in this heat. The
start was very excellent ; for three minutes they were oar
it'id oar; it was evident they were very nearly matched.
Waite, who had the best station, took the lead, but were
shortly passed by yellaw and by blue. Yellow first r"unded
the boat, and made play for the return, light blue gradually
rained on them, and white and yellow off Old Barn Elms
hugged the shore pretty closely ; blue dashed by, maintained
their position, and won by tw engths. Yellox was second
II e same distance a-head of white, who was third.
The last heat was rowed in the presence of several thou-
sands, both on land and on the water, who warmly cheered
the winners.