The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-28 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

LISBON, OcT, 13.—The Gazette contains an
Edict from the Minister of Police, which announces
that to the great prejudice of public tranquillity,
and the injury of agriculture, immense numbers of
persons from the provinces remain there without
any settlement or known mode of obtaining a live-
lihood, contrary to the express enactments of many
laws, all which prohibit a vagabond life, as the first
beginning of crime and corruption of manners,
which a well-regulated pollee must endeavour to
prevent. This Edict therefore prescribes the mea-
sures to be taken to remedy the evil, by compelling
such persons as have no business in the capital to
leave it, and return to their own homes, within the
space of eight days.
LISBON, OCT. 12.—8 y letters from Madeira' we
learn that on the 10th or 11th of September, the
English frigate touched at the island which takes
Lord Strangford to Rio de Janeiro, who frankly ex-
pressed his sentiments of ancient affection for the
Portuguese nation, and particularly for the King,
our Sovereign, on whom he bestowed the most re-
spectful commendations, manifesting the agreeable
hope that he should accomplish, to the entire satis-
faction
of both the Portuguese and Brazilian nations,
the commission intrusted to his Government.
The island remained perfectly tranquil, the people
of the country in the greatest enthusiasm, and the
enemies of the national welfare repressed, and some
of them perhaps repentant, and the few whom re-
volutionary audacity had emboldened in their crimes
were in such circumstances as to be likely to suffer
personally for their rashness. The Governor and
Captain-General, zealously endeavouring to restore
order, has made himself beloved by the people of
that island, who bless their happy return to the
mild and paternal Government, of the King our So-
vereign.
16.--The Gazette contains a Royal De-
cree, in 52 articles, for the organization of the Corps
of Royalist Volunteers.

Workmen are now employed upon the ancient
building, known as King JOHN'S Palace, at Eltham in
Kent.—A. new roof is to be laid on.

Sir R. BIRNIE is reported to have lately told
a gentleman who had been knocked down and robbed, that
an officer would probably recover a part at least of the pro-
perty, and perhaps discover the thieves. We wish Sir
RICHARD Would explain how the officer could recover part
of the property, without that direct or indirect negotiation
with the thieves which he has so Warmly
denied to he
carried on by any of the servants of his establishment.
—Examiner.

DARING AND ATROCIOUS Ro—ltY*--
Last evening, shortly before eight o'clock, a ilin \vela
into the shop of Mr. HUBBARD, gold-refiner, allo lq
Long-acre, and asked to be served with eight grains
fine fold. The shopman took down a canister, in which
gold in pieces is kept for sale by retail, and proceeded to
weigh the quantity asked for, at the same time, as has
always been his practice, keeping one hand cautiously upon
the canister. He had finished weighing, and was about
putting the gold into paper, when the supposed customer
raid, " How much have you weighed 2" " Eight grains,
according to your order," was the reply. " 0 dear me,"
said the fellow, " I beg your pardon, I made a mistake ;
I teas to have asked for twelve grains." At this time there
was something in the manner of the man which nude the
shopman suspect that he intended wrong, and be kept a
tighter band upon the box, and grumbled somewhat at
his not giving the proper order at first. The man again
apologized, and the additional four grains were put into
the
scale, and at that moment the fellow took something:
from under his waistcoat, and discharged a quantity of ,
burning liquid (afterwards ascertained to be aquafortis)
I
upon the face of the shopman. The agony produced was
dreadful, and the shopman screamed aloud, at the same
time instinctively alakinghia.n effort to seize the diabolical
ruffian; but he eluded ginraispoiteind snatching up the
canister containing the gold, with it. A man in
the back shop came out on hearing: young man scream,
and be ran into time street
irinagpicursu,irteoefshthe thief, but he
dis ,:irnred as though
medicalh as shopman was in a
whereverpro-
cured
the liquid
bad faller., ,!mnpletely burned through, the the hair on ,
ezteaivvneads the front of the head was removed, and
mate-
rially injured. The canister taken away about
of
140 ounces of fine gold, which at the present price that
article may be valued at about 6SO/. Informationn
was
immediately sent to Bow-street of the atrocious outrage,
and the police-officerspolice-officers in attendance receiver] orders
from
Sir RICHARD BIRN IE to spare no pains in endeavouring
to trace out the inhuman scoundrel. From the descrip-
tion of the fellow, there is no doubt that he is the man
who committed a similar outrage some months ago at tl,e
shop of Mr. SoLoatons, a refiner in the Strand. The
olaoplaan coutinued very ill At t, OVQ4 liti% Pi Cll4

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LONDON.
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1828,

BULLETIN OF THE RUSSIAN-ARMY.

Varna has at length fallen, after a siege of un-
exampled obstinacy on the one side and de-

termined enterprise on the other. This news
has been received by the steam-boat front Ham-
burgh, and ought to prove correct, but whether
it will be authenticated or not, remains to be

seen. The tide of evil report had lately set in

strong against the Russians—it is now against

;he Turks.

The fall of Varna is thus described in the

HamLurgh Correspondent of the 25th Oct.:—

" BERLIN, OCT. 24..

" By an Extraordinary Courier, we have re-
ceived intelligence that Varna had fallen on the

ll th inst. This fortress, after a long and ob•
stinate resistance, has been obliged to surrender
to the victorious army of the Emperor -of Rus s lA.
We are anxiously waiting the arrival of the par-
ticulars of this important success. By previous
accounts, we are informed that on the 7th Oct.
a Russian corps, during the night, penetrated
into the city of that fortress, and surprised the
Turks ; the alarm was so great amongst them,
that they abandoned all the works, and thus
Varna fell into the power of the Russians."
The steam-boat had left Hamburgh before
this news had been received from. Berlin, but it

was so important that an express boat was sent

out after the steamer.

We understand that the Russian Embassy have

received official accounts, in which it is mentioned
that the Turks were induced to make a sortie, for

the purpose of facilitating the entry of a reinforce-
ment with supplies and provisions, when the Rus-

sians made a murderous attack upon them. The

Imperial Guards, in particular, distinguished

lemselves with the bayonet, when, after a most

sanguinary action, in which the Imperial Army
lost, in killed and wounded, 30,000 men, the

place was taken by assault.

Such is one version of the affair, but it seems
rather overcharged in the extent, of loss said to

have been suffered by the Russian Arrny—and

;hat too without any portion of the loss sustained

ky the Turks being mentioned.

We should not be at all surprised at the

Russians having lost near 30,000 men during
the siege of Varna,- and the actions fought

against the army sent to relieve it, but it is not

ikely, in thu reduced state of the garrison, that

:heir loss would he so great.

Since writing the above we have received the
Following bulletin of the Russian army, which

sets the question at rest :--

" Success has crowned the efforts of the Rus-
Sian army under the walls of Varna. This morn-
ing this important fortress surrendered at dis-
cretion, and our army is now entering the place.
This happened in consequence of an universal
panic caused by the ardour of a small party of
our troops, on the night of the 7th Oct., which
pushed forward into the middle of the city. The
fright was so great that the enemy began to treat

ie same k veiling, and Youssourr PACHAdwas

y down their arms
the first to order his army to la-
without capitulation, and surrendered himselfand
army. The whole garrison followed his example
at night, and the following morning early the
Captain Pacha and a small party of his
army
fled into the Citadel, where he was taken pri-
soner by our troops, who pushed forward through
the breaches into the city, with drums beating
and colours flying. First came the 13th and
14th Regiments of Foot Pagers, then followed
the :)attalions of Guards, Sappers, "&c.
" :Es Majesty the EMPEROR viewed the opera-
tions for the siege, and convinced himself of the
great difficulty we had to contend with from
the beginning of it, and particularly for the
last few days, when the operations were carried

on with unexa►iled vigor. After tire EM-
PEROR had visited the mines, he entered the
breaches and all the forts that had been attacked:

" According to the reports of the prisoners, the
garrison of Varna amounted to 20,000 men,
but to-day there only remained 6,000. We
do not know with certainty the number of pri-
soners, nor the quantity of trophies nor ammuni-
tion which has fallen into our hands.
" Camp before Varna, Oct. 11."

We should not be at all surprised to learn
that it was the fall of Varna,, or the certainty of
its approaching capture, which induced the
SULTAN to leave Constantinople with the
Standard of the Prophet. Things must have
assumed a serious aspect befoi the SULTAN
would take such a decisive step.
It will now be seen whether the EMPEROR
of Russia will prosecute the campaign during the
winter, or take up his quarters till the spring.
He will not be in sufficient force to take Shumla,
unless fresh troops arrive, but he will make a
grand effort to capture Silistria, in order to 'se-
cure the ulterior movements of his army, whether
of advance or retreat. NICHOLAS may now ne-
gotiate with honour—the fall of Varna preserves
his own reputation, and secures the safety of his
army.

Hamburgh Papers of the 25th inst., and

other German Papers, have been received this

morning, from which we make the following ex-

tracts :--

TIFLIS, SEPT. 24.

The Councillor of State, Gribojadow, Ambas-
sador from his Majesty the Rt;lperor to the Schah
of Persia, who was detained here by illness, set out
on the 21st to proceed to his destination.

AKHALZIK, AUG. 29.

General Paskewitsch has appointed Major-Gene-
ral Prince Bebutow to the post of Governor of the
Pachalik of Akhalzik, and Lieutenant-Colonel Dres-
chem to fie Governor of Akhalzik, the garrison of
which consists of the Schirwan regiment of foot,
and two companies of Don Cossacks.

BERLIN, OCT. 22.

A Prussian Journal has the following article
from Moscow :--The report of many foreign
journals, that the Russian troops, in consequence
of unfavourable events, bad roads, and want of am-
munition and provisions, had raised the blockande
of Shumla and retired from that place, is wholly
unfounded. So much, however is certain, thnt his
Imperial Majesty was very lately pleased to give
kis commands to the Russian Generals, to the effect
that each of them is to defend his position to the
utmost, and not to leave it unless at the last ex-
tremity.

COPENHAGEN, OCT. 21.

Some Russian ships of *war, viz, a ship of the
line, a frigate, and two brigs, have lately been seen
to the south of Dragoe. The King being informed
that this capital intends to make a splendid illu-
mination, to celebrate the marriage of Prince Fre-
derick, has ordered the Danish Chancery to take
care that on account of the great expence the illu-
minations shall not, at any rate, be for more than
two days, viz. the day of the marriage, and the day
following, when the King and the Royal family will
view them.

ERIVAN, SEPT. 10.

Major-General Prince Tschawtschewadze's de-
tachment having received orders to make them-
selves masters of the Turkish fortress of Bajazet,
approached it on the Bth, after a very fatiguing
march. Some of the enemy's cavalry, which was
met in the mountains, was driven into the fortress.
The next clay the garrison was summoned to sur-
render, and Elul, a Pacha of two tails, who com-
manded in the place, perceiving the impossibility of
resisting our brave troops, hastened to comply with
the summons.

FROM TIIE MAINE, OCT. 15.

The English papers are filled with observations
on the blockade of the Dardanelles. Nearly all of
them, in more or less virulent terms, agree in re-
proaching the Russian Cabinet with breach of
faith, artifice, and offence to the honour of the
British Government.
_lf we examine the alleged
foundation for all these violent accusations, we
find that the passage in the King's speech, which
states that Russia had waved the rights of a belli-
gerent in the Mediterranean, is all that these ac-
cusers of Russia can bring forward in support of
their assertions. Without pretending to doubt, in
the slightest degree, the correctness of the King's
speech, every unprejudiced person will perceive that
the passage in question speaks in such general terms
of the promise of Russia, that it would be presump-
tuous to pretend to infer from it the real spirit, the
conditions, and the extent of the promise. No con-
vention has come to the knowledge of the public
indicating such an obligation on the part of Russia,
as the London journals, without farther inquiry, take
for granted. If the thing is so clear as the readers
are desired to believe, why not produce the docu-
ment after its contents have been cursorily men-
tioned ? Why bas the French Government, with-
out whose concurrence Russia has hardly taken on

itself such an obligation, hitherto not expressed itself
on the subject ? The question, which,at all events, must
excite some doubts, ought also to induce people to use
some caution before they venture to impute want of

faith to a Government which fulfilled with unex-
ampled exactness all the positive and negative con-
ditions of the treaty of 6th July, though it must
have known, as was confessed by English journals
of every description, that the object of that conven-
tion was to outwit Russia; and, as for the manner in
which England fulfilled that treaty, it is merely ne-
cessary to remember the censure of the battle of
Navarin, the activity of the English agents at
Constantinople, and the convention of the English
Admiral for the evacuation of the Morea, to remove
every apprehension that Russia need fear any com-
parison with respect to the faithful performance of
treaties. The uninformed multitude may be deceived
for a few days by sophistical arguments; bht im
partial inquiry so•n resumes its rights and dispels the
evil.

VIENNA, Ocr. ; Bank Shares,
1,076.

(From the Hamburgh Reporter of Oct. 25.)

BORSES-HALLS, FOUR O'CLOCK.
WHEAT.-1 he last accounts from England having
informed us that a considerable fall had taken place,
has occasioned a decline here. We have had im-

portant sapplies from the Upper Country, but of
I these a considerable put has been disposed of at the

reduced prices. Dutch wheat has been unsaleable,
and several supplies having arrived, a portist has
already been announced as about to be submitted to
public sale.

RYE.--We have had several arrivals from Meck-
lenburg, but, as our own consumers are the only
purchasers, the sale is heavy, and to be effected only
at the reduced prices.
BARLEY is in demand for exportation, but the
supply continues scanty.

lii OATS a good deal has been done, as well for
exportation as for home consumption.
MALT.--Little in the market, but sufficient to
meet the demand.

PEAS and BEANS continue in demand.
RAPESEED has been so much sought for for export-
ation, that the market has been almost cleared.
Rix dollars.
Dantzic Wheat of the weight of 124 to 130 ...... 180 to 210
Pomeranian 125 to 132 170 to 185
Anhalt, white llB to 128 180 to 200
---- red 122 to 132 ..... .170 to 185
Danish 120 to 120......115 to 140
Dantzic Rye llB to 122 B5 to 95
Magdeburgh Barley 100 to 108 SO to 90
Upland Oats ....•
Holstein Rapeseed
Of public funds, Austrian securities have been in
demand to-day ;in others nothing has been doing,
but prices continue firm.—Danish for the end of De-
cember, 581 money.
In Berlin no variation has taken place in the prices
of public securities.

From the seat of war we are altogether without
any thing new.

According to letters, dated London, Oct. 18th,
received over Amsterdam, Consols had been done
at 85g.

Exchange upon London, is noted to-day 3 dollar
higher, and that upon Amsterdam 5 cents.; bills
upon both places were, however, in demand.
Gold is noted at 1021, and in great demand.
Discount 2k a 3 per cent.
End of October.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent 59
Anglo-Russian Loan e9/3
tiamburgh-Russian Loan.
Anglo-Prussian Loan of 1818 9B
Austrian Bank Shares 1,076
Austrian Metalliques
Exchange upon London, at two months l3 7%
at sight l3 9

A packet has arrived from Lisbon, but the
news she brings only deepen in atrocity. Lord
SPRANGFORD iS said to have expressed his
best wishes for the Government of MIGUEL,
and that too in the name of his MAJESTY-but
the thing is evidently false. The Noble Lord
surely knows better.

Calcutta John Bulls to the 17th May inclu-
sive, have been received at the North and South
American Coffee-house, the following are ex

.racts

(From the Penang Register of April 2.)

It is said piracy is increasing to a most alarming
degree on the West Coast, the principal desperadoes
being the old Malay settlers at the pepper ports.
Several Chuliahs have felt compelled, to sacrifice
their goods at any price, rather than proceed farther,
knowing that the pirates had obtained intelligence
of their intentions to move onward and were way-
laying them.
The Singapore Chronicle states, that the policy of
the Court of Pekin appears to be more hostile to any
thing European than at any period since the reign of
Kang-hi ; that Monarch was a man of very superior
talent and enlarged views of society and mankind.
It
.was he that encouraged so much the learned
Romish Missionaries of that period, and published
several of the most learned Chinese works now
extant ; but since his day the Tartar Chinese dynasty
has retrograded, i. e. advanced backwards,. His Impe-
rial Majesty now on the throne, who assumed the
title (Taou Kwang) has broken the European Esta-
blishment of Imperial Astronomers, by sending away
the last remnants of French and Portuguese talent
possessed at Pekin.
A number of junks have arrived at Sincapore from
Canton, one of them brought 500 passengers, ano-
ther also 500, another 200--altogether 1,200. , The
people of one of these vessels were reduced to the
last extremity by famine, having been longer on their
passage than they calculated upon. Another junk
of 600 tons, with 423 passengers, has also arrived
from Amoy. Our latest accounts from the Indigo
districts are rather ma ore desponding than they were.
The northwesters we have had have not relieved
So much as we anticipated the heat which has pre-
vailed for more than a fortnight at the Presidency.

Some of the magpies of politics, who have
neither the spirit nor enterprise to supply the
public with early information, have been carping
for the last three days at our usual priority in mat-
ters of importance to the country at large—and
the extraordinary exertions which we made in
getting up the first account of the Meeting
at Penenden Heath, has excited the spleen of
these galled jades in a laughable degree. They
carp at Mr. SHEIL's speech, and pretend that it
was not spoken. We say it was spoken, and a great
deal more too. But we have not time to-day to
show up the false Chronicler of the « nine days"
wonder at Shumla, nor his veracious co-
temporary of turncoat notoriety—and we
regret this the less, as our spirited contem-
porary of the Morning Advertiser, to whose
severe castigation we refer our readers, has done
them ample justice.

By a letter from Naples of the .11th instant,
the quarantine on vessels from the neighbour-
hood of Gibraltar had been reduced to fourteen
days.

His Majesty's packet Arid has arrived from
Malta and Gibraltar : she left the latter place on
the 12th inst., and is put under quarantine-
Letters and Papers are not yet delivered. We
have, however, received Gibraltar Papers to the
9th instant inclusive, via France, three days
later than our last accounts, which supply the
following melancholy list of the sufferers from
the malignant fever that at present afflicts that
fortress:—

On the 7th October-668 sick, 97 admitted, 24, dead,
11 Officers sick, 39 under observation in camp.
Bth Oct.-697 sick, 115 admitted, 29 dead, 16 Officers
sick, 65 under observation in camp.
9th Oct-728 sick, 106 admitted, 22 dead, 16 Officers
sick, 68 under observation in camp.
The Private Letters are still more unfavour-
able. The fever had broken out among the re-
sidents on the neutral ground. Government

had issued an order, forbidding, in the strictest
manner, the dead being taken on the back of
men for interment, and had provided two dead
carts in lieu thereof for that purpose. Among
other victims are Lieut. ALEXANDER, of the
94th Regiment, and Doctors MORTERA and
LORE?.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY,

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, OCT. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Passed from
London, the Somersetshire, Ross ; and Waterlilly,
Bruce, for Jamaica. Arrived the Theodosia,
and the Messenger, Budinghana, from Havannah.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived
the Romulus, Cox, from Honduras. Passed, the
Maxfield, Brown, from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Ar-
rived the Laurel, Dunlop, from Buenos Ayres Ist
August ; the Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the
19th inst.; the Ariel packet, from the Mediterranean,
sailed from Corfu Sept. 16, from Malta 22d, and from
Gibraltar the 12th Oct.

DOVER, OCT. 27.—The Sophia, Spliedt, from
Batavia to Hamburgh, passed-by the 25th inst., she
sailed the 16th of July ; and on the 3d ult. touched
at St. Helena, where reports were carrent of several
vessels having been plundered off Ascension by
pirates, and the crews ill-treated. On the 21st was
boarded by a brig of war, the Republic (Repub.
licano) of Buenos Ayres, which had taken the pre-
ceding day, after a hard fight, a piratical schooner,
with eighty men, and went in pursuit of a suspicious
schooner that had chased the Sophia for several
hours, but then made off with a crowd of sail.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Mary Ann,
O'Brien, from Bengal, sailed the 10th of May.
DUBLIN, OCT. 26.—Arrived the George and
Ellen, Ellison, from Oporto; and Cussinus, Walker,
from Memel.

The Queen, from Adrichat to Barbadoes, upset,
during a hurricane, on the 29th of August, in lat.
27, hazy.