The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-09 00:00:00

CONSTAN TIN OPLE, MARCH 17.

litelligence has just reached us from Persia, dated
Tabreez, Feb. 8, by which it appears that - Hussein
Khan has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to
England, and would probably leave in the course of six
weeks, unless Mr. Riack, whose arrival at Teheran we
have just learned, induces the Persian Government to
change the appointment, and send some more respect-
able person in his stead. This same Hussein Khan has
barely recovered from a severe bastinadoing he got from
the Shah about a month ago. It is said he received about
500 blows of the stick, and had his toe-nails nearly knocked
off. The Persians, however, do not appear to think it a
disgrace to get a licking from the Shah ; and it is a
thing that almost all the nobles about the court expect
to receive once or twice in the course of their lives, and
therefore always keep on friendly terms with the execu-
tioners, by giv;ng them presents, &c., so that when
they have the ill luck to be tied up, t'ae executioner is
induced to deal mercifully with them, and contrives to
hit the wooden bar to which their legs are tied, instead
of their feet !
In one of my former letters I mentioned a certain
Ady-Giuzel, a famous robber chief 'in the Karadagh
district, and who had latterly assumed the title of
Shah. It is quite astonishing the power and influence
this man obtained in a very short time. His followers
amounted, they say, to nearly 300 ; besides which, all
the villages in Karadagh were in his intere,t. He of-
fered all persons who would join him with a horse and
a gun, 60 tomauns (301.) a year, besides a share of the
plunder. His wile used to accompany him in all his
expeditions, and was represetited as quite an Amaz in
in strength and stature. He was wont to annoy the
Russians very much, and, being close to their frontier,
made frequent expeditions into their territory, to
plunder their Vllages. He once stopped one of
their Government couriers, who was carrying, be-
sides despatches, a larlte sum of money. to Tab-
reez. Owing to the wooded and difficult nature of
the country he resided in, the Persian Govern-
ment could not attack him openly, but finally suc-
ceeded in taking him by surprise. Cold weather
having come on, he disbanded his troop for the winter,
and settled down in a village with only five of his fol-
lowers. News of this was secretly brought to Mehty-
Cooly-Meerza, the governor of the district, who in-
stantly, under pretext of going on a hunting excursion.
ordered his horse and people to get ready to follow him.
The village in which Ady-Giuzel had taken up his
quarters was about one hundred miles off, but which
Mehty•Cooly-Meetza reached in an incredibly short
time, and surprised and caught the robber chief with
his five followers, all of whom were forthwith marched
to Tabreez. Ady-Giuzel being a Russian subject,
it was first intended to send him to Tiflis : but in
consequence of there not being a sufficient number
of troops in the place to escort him, and fearing
his being rescued on the road, the Russians had
him executed at Tabreez. He was a fine, bold,
dashing fellow, and on the day of his death walked
with a firm and intrepid step to the pl ice of execution,
on reaching which he threw himself fail length oa the
ground, and, calling to the executioner, said to him,
" Kess, keupekoglu, kess" (strike, thou son of a dog,
strike), and who forthwith, as if he had to deal with a
sheep, cut his throat, and left him to bleed to death.
The execution of this man caused a great deal of ex-
citement and disturbance in the place ; so much so,
that the Government people have been afraid of put-
ting his five followers to death, they also having been
ordered for execution. The people say he did nothing
worthy of death, having (throughout his short career)
only robbed the infidels, which it was lawful for him to
do ; besides which, according to them, he always as-
sisted the poor and needy of his own (Mussulman)
His executioner was the same afternoon murdered by
some of the soldiery ; and of this the Government has
taken no notice.
M. du Hamel, the Russian Minister at the Court of
Teheran, will, it is said, shortly return to Russia ; as
does also Baron Bodi, his first Secretary. It is not
yet known who will replace them. Trade had been
very brisk, but, owing to the near approach of the sa-
cred month of Moharrem, is dull again. Grain, which
has been very dear; is becoming cheaper, in consequence
of those who had large stocks of it being afraid of
keeping it any longer in reserve. My informant adds
in a prescript—" I have just heard that the followers of
Ady Giuzel were secretly sent off to Tiflis last night.
Little Ali Effendi, the Turkish Consul at Tabreez, has
been trying to roast one of his servants for having sim-
ply stolen a little soap. He tied him to a beam and
lit a fire under him, but the man being a Russian de-
serter, and the Consul (Russian) hearing of what was
going forward, sent and had him takes away, just n time
to save his life ; however, the poor fellow, they say, has
lost the use of his limbs."

INTERFERENCE WITH THE MAILS.—On
Tuesday last, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reoly
to a question by Mr. Hume, stated that Government had
entered into an arrangement whereby the mails would be
carried on six days of the week by rail wa and by ..oath on
Sunday. This is obviously a concession t the prepostr-
rous demands of the Agnew Sabbatarians, and i< .5 discre-
ditable to Mr. Baring as the tampering with the Non- In-
trusionists is to his colleague the Lord Advocate —Aber-
deen Herald.—The following explanation of this business
has been handed to us. By the Railway Act recently
passed, the Postmaster-General has power to corned
the Directors of any railway to carry the mail, but
there is nothing said as to the charge which the
Company are entitled to make. The Directors the
Scotch railways have shown themselves willing to carry
the mail on week days at a moderate expense, leoking to
the fares of passengers for the it chief remune -a ion ; but on
Sundays they decline to carry passengers—and they say
to the Postmaster-General, if we are to run a rn,ll train on
Sunday, you must pay the whole expense, tor we shall
carry no passengers. In these circumstance 4 the Po•t-
master-General has done what any other man would do—
he has declined to pay the whele expense of a mail train,
preferrirg on that day the ordinary coach conveyance to
the fir dearer, though quiAcr, mode of transmissOen by
railways.—Scotsuran.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The degreein which
the colonies produce the staple articles of our home ma-
nufactures is always a matter of interesting inquiry. In
this view attention may be usecully directed to privaie
letters recently received from Graham's Town, Cape of
Good Hope; by which i.. appe.rs that the sheep farmers
of the eastern province of Hi, Cape, 600 mile: from
Cape Town, are making great proge cis both in the num-
ber of their flocks and in the quality of their wool,
though they have been much perplexed ne to what kind
they ought to produce, in cons •quence of the London mar-
keta showing a great pred lection in favour of common
wools. The forward flocks are for the most part Saxon, but
many of these are being crossed with the Leicester breed,
ehieb, although it seems likely to cause a decline in the
qualiv of the wool, is not regarded as a proceeding
likely to be al!ogetber unprofitable. A rapid increase of
population appears to be going on in this colony ; it is
absurd to hear of the quantity of emigrants progressing
to South Australia, when they can obtain better land at
the Cape, and that for a fifth pert of the money. This
lowness of price they do not abscribe to any defects in
the farms that might be purchased, but simply to the
want of capitals, and the many uses to which a sum which
would here be considered moderat • may be applied. Gra-
ham's-town has risen to the position of a town with 6,900
inhabitants, ent;reey from their own aclivity and enter.
prise; that they have themselves made what capital there
is, and that they have ieircAy itioiorted anything, wh le
South Australia owes nearly all to this source.—East
Indian Telegraph.
EMIGRATION..— The emigration season has
arrived ; but compared with the !lumbers that flocked in
irons all directutis to the place,' of shipment list year,
not. one-tenth of them have yet applied for passage. The
ship agents attribute the fact to the unsettled state of
affairs between England and the States, having, early in
tee year, by agents, ascertained that the demand f
vessels in the spring wool I be equal to of any of the
preceding seasons. Nat 011 e of the numerous emigrant
ships charterei for America has yet gone out of harbour.
Three of them, we tied( rstatid, cleared out of the Custom
House last evening, v z., the Governor Douglas, for New
York, which takes out 175 l vsengt,rs; the Pallas, for
St. John's, New Brunswick, i'h 158 pissenge-s ; and the
Albi m, for the same pore with about a similar number.
The emigrants are principally decent farmers and their
families, with whom are a number of fine able-bodied la-
bour rs. Cork Reporter.
GENERAL HA ItRISON.—Mr G. Comhe, itt
his account of a recent visit to Ainetieri, thus deseriLer
General Harrison, whom he saw last vt ar at hi' residence
at North Bend, about a quarter of a mile from the Ohio
—He is now 67, rather above the middle stature, slender,
and stoops considerably. His temperament is nervous and
bilious; his head is long, of full average height, but not
remarkably broad. Th.h anterior lobe is a!fovu an average,
both in length, from front to hack, and height ; arid both
the observing and reflecting organs are well developed.
The bead is oleviously flat in the r. gion of acquisitiveness.
The more.), region scented t > present en average develope-
ment, His eye is vivacious, and his countenance is highly
expressive of thought : indeed, his whole ap,ear.ince is
much more that of a literary or scientific man than that of
a military commander. His habitation presented unequi-
vocal indications of humble fortune; inked, ii may be
said, without the least feeling of disrespect, of eoverty : yet
his manner and appearance were thole of a man of the
world, who was familiar with the best society, and who,
in the retirement of his farm at North Bend, retained the
polish and appearance of a gentleman.
The Rev. William Cockburn, P.D., who was
last week deposed, bi his Arch6]..ahep, from the Deanery
and was twelfth tv-
of York. for simony, via'', formerly of St. Johe'e Col-
lege,engler in 1795. Ho proceeded
to the degrees of M ;„•and D. Din 1823. He
was the fird e' 1798,
Dr. Cockburn is the third
he was _.ect,ol Christian Advocate, to which office
eppointed in 1803.
Beraiekshire br-
Snn of the late Sir J ea Cockburn, Bart, of Langton.
Vice- Admi- ether the
He maetied iu
1805, P• 'al Sir G. Cockburn, M. •S'
prescnr.
.13arnnet, aid of
pee. ...i,eabeth, second daughter of the a Sir Robert
Markham in
; and sister to the present Baronet. This lady died
.
.o 18'28, Dr. Cockburn succeeded Dein
i 18'2'4 The value. of this dignified prefermeat is about
601. per al annum.
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SALMON FISHERY (SCOTLAND.)

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AB!I h is Iwo bri.lifAt t toe [louse of Coin-
,nons by M. Elward E e and Mr. Hmy 13Ahe,
for the b presei %wino of Simon Fisheries in
Se t a ,d. Tfic follow:ng era the principal
clauses :—Scotland is to be divided into twelve
districts for the purposes of the Act. Pro-
prietors of salmon fisheries may meet and change the
close times of fishings in districts and rivers, and the
close time adopted at the meeting shall remain for
three years. The cruives, or other devices for taking
salmon, grilse, &c., shall be opened to the full extent
required by former Arts. between six o'clock on Sa'ur-
dcy night, and sunrise on Monday morning, and that
an ample space shall be made for the free passage of
the fish. This clause does not apply to fishing with net
Or coble, according to law. Clause 8 regulates the
size and position of the cruive in a river. It shall not
be lawful to place any fixed engine, net, machine, or
device in or across the mouth of any i r.ver, so as to pre-
vent the run of salmon up the river ; and all mill-dams,
caulds, &c., which shall not have been used for
two years shall be so altered as to permit
the free run of fish over them, provided always
that no such alteration shall prejudice the going
of the mills situate upon the river, inspectors are to be
appointed by the sheriffs of counties specified in the
schedule ; the salaries of such inspectors to be paid by
the proprietors of the fishing. Clause 15 enacts that
fourteen clear days after close time has commenced, it
shall be lawful for persons duly authorised to angle for
salmon, grilse, sea trout, ar other fish of the salmon
kind, provided they are not sold. The clause relating
to cruives, &e., shall not apply to rivers, the right to the
fishing of which is vested in one proprietor only. One
half of the fines, some of which are heavy, is to be paid
to the informer, and the other half is to be applied to-
wards defraying the expenses of carrying the act into
execution in the district. The Act is not to extend to
England, \Yaks, Irel mod, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, or
to the fisheries on the Tweed or in the Solway Firth.