The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-28 00:00:00

DRY ROT IN TIMBER.

Mr. LANGDALE presented a petition from an individual
named J. P. Kyan, praying that an invention- of his,- by which
timber, &c., was effectually preserved from the dry rot, might
be made the subject of inquiry, with a view to its introduction
into the Royal Dock-yards. The Hon. Member stated that
timber prepared in this manner had been used in the public
offices of the Board of Customs and Excise, Woods and
Forests, &c. and had received the approbation of the most
eminent architects and scientific men.

Mr. LAB OUC HERE could conceive no proceeding more
likely to involve the country in expense than that proposed by
the present petition, or one more likely to be attended with
dangerous consequences. The Admiralty were extremely
anxious to proceed with caution upon this subject, as no less
than 350 schemes like the present had been offered to them.
It was, however, the intention of the Admiralty to try the
experiment discovered by the present petitioner in some
works going on in the dock-yards at Portsmouth, and they
were determined it should have a fair chance.

Mr. R OTC H said that the experiment ought to have begun
five years ago ; he was glad, however, to find that at length
the experiment was to have a fair trial. The present peti-
tioner had been most unfairly dealt with by the Surveyor of
the Navy, who superintended the former experiment. He
deprecated the trusting future experiments to Surveyors of the
Navy. He could himself bear testimony to the value of the
experiment, which, if adopted in the navy, would save several
hundreds of thousands yearly in the navy estimates. He was
perfectly satisfied with the course proposed to be adopted by
the Right Hon. the Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Labouchere.
Sir E. CODRINGTON was very glad to hear that this
experiment was to have a fair trial.
Mr. L ABOUCHERE explained.
Mr. H. JOHNSTONE said he examined the experiment
minutely, and was perfectly satisfied with it.
After a few words from Mr. M. PHILLIPS, the petition
was laid on the table.

Major FANCOURT presented several petitions from the
county of Devon, in support of the Church.
Colonel VERNON presented a petition from Armagh, to
the same effect.

Mr. HARCOURT presented a petition from Henley-upon-
Thames, in support of the union of Church and State. _

Sir C. B URRE LL presented a petition from the parish of
Flamstead, in Hertfordshire in favour of a labour-rate.
Admiral ADAMS presented a petition from Logand and
Alloa, in support of the Established Church of Scotland.

Mr. G. F. YOUNG presented a similar petition from
South Shields.

Mr. T. ATTWO OD presented a petition from a Friendly
Society .of Birmingham against the Friendly Societies Bill.
The Hon. Member presented a petition from an individual of
the name of Laurence Cockerell, complaining of being dis-
missed after twenty-four years' service from the Revenue ser-
vice, for refusing to receive payment in clothes.—( A laugh.)
Mr. T. SHAW presented several petitions in support of the
Established Church.

Lord LOWTHER presented a petition to the same effect,
from Cumberland.

CUSTOMS' BILL.
Upon the motion of Mr. P. THomsoN, the House resolved
itself into a Committee of the whole House upon this Bill—
Colonel GORDON in the Chair.
After some discussion the Chairman reported progress.
The House then adjourned.

NEW PIER, GRAVESEND.-The opening of the
Pier at Gravesend will take place to-morrow with great cere-
mony. The Mayor of Gravesend has issued cards of invitation
to members of the Corporation, and several respectable inha-
bitants of the town, to dine with him in celebration of the
event. The entertainment is to be given under a marquee on
the Pier, where preparations were made for the purpose on
Saturday. The Pier extends about 160 feet into the river
from the bank, and is supported by thick and substantial iron
columns, with an iron rail at each side to prevent accidents, and
is a very agreeable promenade. It is lighted at night with
blue lights as signals to the vessels passing and repassing, and,
when the tide is in, boats can pass under the Pier, which is a
great convenience to the watermen. On the same day, a new
Pier is to be opened at Greenhithe.

HEROIC FEMALE.—Henrietta Walton, the cele-
brated Dutch miniature painter, was pressed both by Peter
and Frederick the Great to leave her native country for theirs,
resisting in both instances the most splendid offers ; and when
asked by the Russian despot a reason for her refusal, she re-
plied that she was contented with her lot, and could not bear
the idea of living out of a free country. FATAL AFFRAY.—A few nights since a dispute
occurred not far from Shannon-bridge, at a christening. After
quarrelling some time the owner of the house and his child
were killed. We understand the difference arose about a
part of the fortune the unfortunate man was to receive at the
birth of his child. Six of the rioters have been transmitted
to Galway gaol for trial at the approaching assizes.—Ros.
common Journal.

LITERATURE.

DISCOVERIES IN ASIA MINOR;
Including a Description of the Ruins of several Ancient Cites

and especially Antioch of Pisidia.. . - a.
By the Rev. F. V. J.Arundell, British Chaplain at SiThYrit

2 vols. Bvo. R. Bentley. London, 1834.
Asia Minor, on many accounts, is one of the most irate'
resting parts of the globe, not only on account of its many
and superb antiquities, but because it was the cradle °I;
Christianity ; for there were situated the seven churches'
the Revelations. But notwithstanding its vast importance"
considered either in reference to ancient history or to the
religion we profess, our knowledge is extremely imperfect
as to the sites of many of its most famous cities ; an"Ait
was to remedy this geographical deficiency, that the re'
rend author whose work is now before us, undertook to er,
plore the whole of Anatolia, particularly its central Part
of
and to search for the situation of the ancient towns
Apamea, Sagalassus, Colosste, and, above all, Antioch er
Pisidia, rendered memorable. by the discourses and.Perseew
tions of St. Paul. The latter once determined, " w°-
„id
greatly assist," says Colonel Leake, " the comparative geo-
graphy of all the adjacent country." In the hope of accem;
plishing these objects, our author avoided all the routes
hitherto published, and, accompanied by an intelligent
friend, Mr. Dethier, set forward on his search, and, hang
fixed the sites of Eumenia and Apamea, discovered the
magnificent remains of the town of Apollonia, where the/
met with a colony of Greeks who had lived there from the
earliest ages of Christianity. Mr. Arundell's success as
regarded Apollonia assured the fulfilment of the greater
object of his journey, namely, the discovery of Antioch of
Pisidia ; and accordingly, at a distance of forty-five wiles
from the former city, the grand relics of the metropolis °
Pisidia appeared in view, with its prostrate temples, arches'
and magnificent aqueduct. What a moment must this have
been for our travellers ! To see not only these vast °ills
of a former age, backed by awful mountains, but to be able
to settle a point which has hitherto defeated the researches
of the geographer, and to breathe the air rendered sacred
for ever by the sighs of St. Paul ! • But the admirable
• •
author shall give the account of his success in his 001°'
pressive words.
er
" At nine a tomb in the rock close on the right, and a guar as
of an hour after several others behind a fountain, were hadtki-dot
auspicious tokens that we were on the road to Antioch, qr at lest
auspicious an ancient Roman road. 0.0
" From hence, leaving the plain on the left beneath us,
ascended into an open country ; here we were in doubt about thee
right road ; the larger one, for there were two, apparently lead g,
too much to the south. After remaining some time in uncertata
a horseman was seen at a considerable distance, and Mikan] Ping
ting his horse at full speed, succeeded, after a long race, in ge,„,ttibt,
up with him. At a quarter past ten a few houses lay on the rie,
" We had from time to time observed distinct vestiges of an
cient road, parallel to our own, and now about eleven o'elocicsis.,
e.
plain of Gialobatch, or, with Kyriacos's better orthogriphtt defl
batz, opened beneath us, and on the mountain side, which caws ,a
the plain opposite at the left, we saw considerable remains c".s%
aqueduct. Descending into the plain, we crossed a river ilowltbe
from the north, at a quarter past eleven, and having traversed
plain, and met numerous well-constructed carts, drawn by bun
arrived at the town of Yalobatz at a quarter before twelve. no'
" If we had not seen the aqueduct, the quantity of Unwe- ft
squared blocks of stkie, and sculptured fragments, which we -we'
all the way to the khan, would have convinced us at once that
were on the site of a great city. We felt convinced that we the
attained the great object of our journey, and were really on
spot consecrated by the labours and persecution of the apostles ra
and Barnabas.
yea.
" We arrived at the fortunate moment when the kabobjra° 6g.
had just been unstopped, and Mr. Dethier paying a visit to the
bazaar, and Kyriacos to the baker, it fell to my lot to bargain!,„'
the kabobji. His kabobs were of goat, and as tough as if ean`,,e'o;
poraries of St. Paul. The well or cave in which the kabobji
his provision, dragging it up with a long hook, was not a bad ,i„kl'
tration of Hadji Baba, and I expected every moment to see a """-„st
head hooked up from the dark abyss. We dispatched our
kabobs, and went in search of Antioch of Pisidia ! . the
" Leavinc, the town, and going on the north side of it, in ,
direction of aqueduct, we were soon upon an elevated plat,,,,e;
accurately described by Strabo by the name of Ard<POS• t
quantity of ancient pottery, independently of the ruins, told us 'eat,
we were upon the emplacement of the city of Antioch. The sup nl,
members of a temple, which, from the thyrsus on many of tying
evidently belonged to Bacchus, was the first thing we saw. Psioo
on, a long and immense building, constructed with prodigtot
stones, and standing east and west, made me entertain a hope „„a
it might be a church—a church of Antioch !It was so ; the gr°,„,li
plan, with the circular end for the hems., all remaining !
would I have remained for hours in the midst of a temple—p were
one of the very earliest consecrated to the Saviour; but we
obliged to hasten on.
" The next thing that attracted our notice were two :large,Pl:if:
nificent arches, a souterrain running far beneath the hill, and Se
porting the platform of a superb temple. A high wall of iraw; 01
stones, without cement, next occurred, part probably of the. gatthe city, and near it the ground-plan of another building- as the
" From hence ran a wall, at least its ruins, along towar t• g
aqueduct, crowning the brow 9f the hill, and abruptly terrninarr* °be
where the hill became so precipitous as to require no defence. • t,
remains of the aqueduct, of which twenty-one arches are perfect,
are the most splendid I ever beheld ; the stones, without cone°
of the same massy dimensions as in the wall.
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" The view, when near the aqueduct, was enchanting, ana.,-„•A'
entitled Antioch to its rank of capital of the province a
In the valley on the left, groves of poplars and weeping w"'",.o,
o
seemed to sing the song of the Psalmist, ' We hanged our h'
upon the willows,' &c., mourning, as at Babylon, for the melanehoose
,
fate of this once great Christian city. Not a single Christian
-
resides in it, except a single Greek in the khan. Not a char
nor any priest to officiate, where Paul and Barnabas, and tbeict
cessors, converted the thousands of idolators to the true faith •
ana
This short account is simple, unpretending, dear
in this manner is 'the whole book written. Every Peof
carries conviction with it of the value and correctness
the author's' researches ; and the profound learning, 8°
perfect acquaintance with his subject, which are ever/
where apparent, while they add to the value of the volume
co
do not in the slightest degree detract froM the rom3e
and poetical effect of the descriptions,in which the Or
abounds.
Altogether we consider Mr. Arundell's narrative 01
to
discoveries in Anatolia to be, if not the,greatest additi°
geographical knowledge lately made, at least not infector
importance to any production which for manyy. Year' b
come before us.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

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CITY, TWELVE O'CLO ~reol
Our only arrival this morning of any consequence is the ell'upi,
from Paris, which confirms in part the information we ceineibich
cated on Saturday respecting the disturbances in Madrid,' 1 osi
was similar to the events which took place at Paris when lesiterS
cholera appeared in that city. It was also supposed thit the°
had been poisoned.
~,, thal
According to the latest accounts from Madrid, it
,appe. —,,iiii,itfl,,',.,
after several convents had been attacked and plundered,
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the loss of several lives, the military succeeded in rest
tranquillity. The information by the Bayonne Tilegralrel
the 24th inst., states that instead of Don Carlos and his GeL'ddo
having advanced, they have made a retrogade movement tntit ,
the frontiers of France, and that a general battle was expected; ere,
we are still in the dark where Don Carlos's head-quirteri l' oil
Upon the whole, we must have further information before We
form a correct opinion on the subject. . et
Letters from Madrid, state that the meeting of the Cortes ntis fi';
off until the 24th September. French Rentes 76 20; Spanish.7ol
Letters from Portsmouth, of yesterday, state that the 1K e.
steamer had sailed with a King's messenger, for the coast of Sr
The Salamander was soon to follow to the same destination.
(Latest from Mexico.)
The brig Santa Anna five days from Tampico, ll° bag
rived at New Orleans ; reports that a new revolution cor
broken out in Mexico ; that the troops of Orezava and. tb': •
dove had declared for a military Government, and to mainteo b
Catholic religion in all its force ; that the troops of Pnebre il
declared for religion in the same tone, but to sanctioitthe
Government. There has been some bloodshed in Puebla. 't,lo
We have received the Hamburgh papers of Friday last`
26th of June. Se
The Funds continue depressed, owing to the decline of thee-
nish Securities, and the market closed heavily to-day :---SY—
-3 per Cents., 39 ; Cortes, 39.,
VIENNA, JULY 18.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 99;
Shares, 1250.
THE PUNDS.
01: Ar Consols, which left on Saturday at 91, opened at 91;t f ',
Account, with little doing as yet, as the chief speculation se R''
in Spanish Stock. Po
Spanish Stock, which opened at 44, is at present 43% ; '
guese, 851 34.
No arrivals as yet from Portugal.
HALF-PAST alSlisho
Consols are at present 911 A 14 for the Account. Sperlbtr
receded to 431%e, but owing to a report that the Spanish 0;;:rtee;
sador had received a letter from Madrid stating that the rof
would positively meet on the time appointed, Spanish loll)
to 43%. Portuguese 851/2 to 86.
CS'
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THREE O' CL
Consols for the Account, 91i i .
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IRISH CARGO.—On Tuesday last, the Co 00
steamer, arrived here from Dublin, with 50 cabin poe.e/3,7i044
950 Irish reapers (besides children) and 300 pigs.---lA'
Chronicle.
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PEDESTRIANISM.—At Brighton, on Tuesal
ing, Coates, the pedestrian, repeated his feats in
..„r°,oo,
Grounds, in the presence of a large assemblage of 0"4, the
He was this time successful, and accomplished his task "a
following order of time :----Picked up 50 stones, Placebasite„
yard apart, in a straight line, and put each singly into a a oa-
(being nearly two miles), 11 minutes ; walked forwat,liar
mile, 10 minutes ; run a mile, seven minutes ; wheeled Pewit',
row one mile, eight minutes ; drew a gig halt:a-raile, air ,
minutes ; walked backward ditto, 61 minutes ; run %I fre
coach-wheels ditto, 5i minutes ; hopped 100 yards, bia` spin
nute; jumped over 20 common hurdles, each five yar°,in
one minute ; total, 57i. minutes. A heavy shower of r
ich in;
fallen just before the hour of starting, six o'clock, yer,t
creased the betting against him : it appeared, 11°"7),"soAtx
make no difference, as he went through the whole wit-
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