The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-19 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1826.

•
p 'CLARK'S GILNERAL OUTFITTING
-11. • WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES
and. SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND.
Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gentlemen
proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe,
will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Ap.
poiniailenny Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. togs,
they with a large and well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots, Conches,
and Bedding; Cabin Wash ;nand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ;
Sea Casts, 'Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other descrip-
tion of Travelling Equipage.

AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the
necessary reituisites for India, and other tropical climates ;
wise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and
Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Ilindos.
tannee Books, Maps, &c. •

A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curriele, Tandem,
Phrefon, Stanhope at:d Chaise HARNESS, with every descrip-
tion of Saddlery, &c, fcc. for home use, East and West
and South America, which merit inspection from their excellent
quality, tirst style of workuiatuddp, and moderate prices,
AU tite Afarlea in this Establishnumt arc warranted, and the
excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of
asking but one Ready Mosey Price, from which no abatement
will be made.

supported by eighteen pillars Of marble, t
high, turned- and gilt;:
1-, has many apartments, the
walls of which are faced. with white marble, painted
h i
rty feet
and gilt half way up, and the rest are lined with chrys-
tal of several colours. The Ring's throne stands.
in an alcove twelve PaCeB 1011 g, and eight broad.
The hall is finely painted with battles in some parts,
and lascivious pictures in others-. It is Supported by
,forty pillars, painted and gilt. There are curtains all
round of cloth of gold flowered, which are drawn on
the side where the sun enters, and extended in form
of a tent, which makes the ball very cool. - The walls
of the Seraglio are very high ; Islas large pleasant
gardens with water-works and ponds, in which there
are gilt barges for the ladies. Ner against the Palace
there is a noble structure :for the King's music, con-
sisting of two galleries on each side the imperial gate.
Two hundred ..and. sixty4ti pikes from - the ,Royal
Mosque above mentioned, is the gate of Ali's palace,
which is a
,sanctuary for criminals. The , King
has no power to sent those who enter' it, even
though
.guilty of high treason, but he may for-
bid .giving them victuals, and so starve them, or
make them quit the place. He kisses the gate
of this Palace with great ceremony, and never passes
by it on horseback. The Sophist who guard this
sanctuary, make great profit by extorting money
from
creditors and criminals. All round the Meidan there
are fine buildings in form of porticoes, which serve for
shops ; and over theta a range of arches more back-
ward, which, serve for galleries and passages to the.:ad-
joining caravanseras, and being all of an equal height,
form a lovely prospect. r Before the houses, at some
distance, there is a fair canal with rows of trees, which
makes the place exceeding delightful. At sun-set and
midnight there arc three concerts of music, which play
from the Royal galleries, with several sorts of in-
struments, among which there is one like a speak-
ing trumpet heard all ever the. city, but more
fit to alarm than divert. The middle of this
piazza, is, filled with tents, where all sorts of
goods are sold, but packed up at night, when
guards are appointed' to go the rounds with fierce
Clogs. In the evening, this place is filled with people
of all sorts, to play at the mall, and in the middle there
is a high mast with a round bull at the top, where the
people exercise archery on horseback, by shooting
backward like the Parthians, at the representation of
birds, &c. at which some of them are wonderfully ex-
pert. When the King ahoots, a cup of gold is fixed
as the prize on the top of the mast. Here are also
'bull fights, about which the different quarters of the
city lay wagers, and many times quarrel. The King
stands neuter, gives the master of the bull that Wins a
Considerable sum, and they that wagered on his side
likewise give him money. At the sides of the palace
gates stand one hundred and nineteen canon, with
the carriages, which the Persians brought from

Ormus when they took it by aid of the English, but
they are very ill kept ; Sir XII* Charlie)] gives a
large description of the fortress( and of the treasure
contained in it. He says, there is no place in the
world has so much riches. Re obtained a
sight of them by a particular favour.. The
number of precious stones, the quantity of gold plate
and alarms of all sorts, set with the richest jewels, is
incredible, amounting to many millions. The doors
and wiaclows are fortified with bars of iron, and strong
guards are continually kept, since 1666, when three
persons of note stole so many jewels from hence that
they lived at an excessive rate. The robbery was dis.
covered by one of them, who offered to sell the hilt of
a dagger, worth 30,000 crowns to an Indian for 8,000.
The Great Mosque or Cathedral here is the largest and
most magnificent hi PerSia, it takes up above four acres
of ground, is square, has abundance of domes, many
high towers, seven great gates, is covered with enamelled
tiles, painted a la M'oresque,with lovely shiningcolours ;
and the walls for eight feet high, are faced with curious
waved porphyry. Before it there is a spacious court
with cloisters all round, supported by pillars of por-
phyry, and it has several large fountains for their puri-
fication.

BARON LARREYS VISIT to GREENWICH

HOSPITAL.

The promised visit of this illustribus follower of the
late Emperor of France, excited much interest amongst
the faculty of this country, more particularly those of
the public Hospitals, whose mausoleums, it was under-
stood, formed the loadstone of the Barons curiosity.
On the 21st ult. the Baron, accompanied by an in-
teresting youth, his son, a Doctor Jones, of Paris, and
Mr. Carpus, the eminent teacher of Adatomy, arrived
at the hospital.
Mr. Langstaff, the Medical Officer on duty, con-
ducted the veteran round the wards, described the his-
tory and treatment a the more important and interest-
ing diseases, as well as other particulars relating to
Hligeini ; upon all which he commented freely, and
offered many pertinent remarks, illustrative of vast ex-
perience, resulting from his numerous military cam-
paigns.
The party, after a complete survey of the Hospital,
joined Mr. Langstaff at an early dinner; and, pre-
viously to his departure, the Baron's favourite subject,
Mara, hiving been introduced, Mr. Boyle's book, de-
' scriptive of his modifications of that remedy, was pre-
vented to him ; on the receipt of which he expressed
much satisfaction, and a determination to compare the
English with the French ;node of applying this extra-
ordinarily sure agent in the treatment of chronic
diseases.

A flock of 250 rams and ewes of the pure Leices-
ter breed; ►ere landed at Dieppe a few days ago from
England. They arc destined for the environs of Ver-
sailles and the Royal Domain of Grignon.

When the learned John Selden was a member of
the famous Assembly of Divines at Westminster, who
were appointed to new model religion, he used to &-
light in puzzling them with curious quibbles. In one
f
of these debates, these venerable sages were very gravely
employed in determining the distance between Jgrusa-
lem and Jericho ; and one o the brethren, to prove
that it could be but a short distance, observed, "that
fish was carried from oneyleee to the other." On
which Mr. Selden said, " r
wimps it was salt fish."
This remark threw the determination again into uncer-
tainty.

MURDER OF AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN

Ali' tiVAM.

(Prom a Correspondent.)
The following iiieltinehaly narrative will be read *hit
painful interest by every reflecting Mind
In November, 1823, the ship Coquet, belonging to Lon-
don, and cOmmanded by Captain John Stayers, sailed from
Gravesend for Japan, there to fish for spermaceti whales.
Never did a vessel leave the .13titish shores better manned
and fitted for such a voyage, the Captain and officers well
skilled hi every requisite art, and looking forward, even
then, as to no distant day when they should return, laden
with the spoils of the mightiest monsters of the deep.*—
Alas ! the greatest personage en board, not only, as re-
garded his station there, but from his personal physical
qualifications, was destined not only never to see that
country mere, but in a short space of time after leaving it, '
to have his -grave among the ungodly,far from his country
,and friends, there to -sleep, not unpitied, it is true, but
hitherto unavenged.t
On the passage out, Captain Stevens, as is usual with
persons engaged in similar voyages, touched at the island
of Guam, one of the Ladrones or Marianes; he there pro-
vided the ship with such refreshments as she stood in need
of, and with the fullest approbation of the Governor, Don
Jose Gangs Herrero. Having thus done, he departed from
the island in further prosecution of his voyage.
The coast of Japan, upon which ships cruise in search
of whales, is subject at certain seasons to the viiiitation of
dreadful tempests, and, consequently at such period no
vessels remain there. During the favourable season, Cap-
tain Stayers fished with.great success ; when this changed
he, with divers other vessels, once more sought the port
of Guam. •
_ _ .

Shortly after this second visit of Captain Starers to
Guam, the Governor caused it to be intimated to him that
he had imposed a duty of 30 per cent. on the goods left
by him for sale, as before. mentioned.
,Captain Stayers
had great reason to believe, thit this duty was imposed
upon his goods only, and not upon those selling by 'others.
Under these circumstances, it will not excite surprise in
any one that Captain Stayers felt indigriant,and considered
the conduct of the Governor both disingenious and unjust:.
In the course of the day on which he received this tinexr
pected and unpleasant information, he communicated with
several masters of ships, who all concurred in deprecating.
the demand set up by the Governor, and in the propriety of
Capt. Stayers resisting the payment of it. Capt. Stayers
accordingly resolved so to do, and expreasdd his determi-
nation to.see the Governor on the following day, and remon-
strate with him uponthe subject. In the evening,however,
of the then present and fatal day, having talked over the
grievance till it had become magnified into one of still greater
importance than it really was, and having perhapp drank
so freely as to unfit him for calm reasoning, he on a sud-
den determined, unseasonable as was the hour of evening

for such an occasion, to go on shore and demand at once
an explanation of the Governor. He landed accordingly,
and proceeded forthwith to what is there called the Palace,
and requested to see the Governor; the sentinels on duty
refused him admittance ; this increased the irritation under
which he laboured, so much so, that he expressed in very
' strong terms his determination to see the Governor in
spite of all the opposition they might make. This being
the case, and his demeanour testifying that it was likely he
would be as good as his word, the sentinels at length
thought proper to call the Governor, who in a few seconds
appeared at a balcony elevated a few feet above the street ;
as soon as he attracted the attention of Captain Stever;
the latter addressed him upon the subject his mind was an
full of, and in a short apace of time both parties were us
angry as might be. Suttee it to say, that both felt ag-
grteved, and both talked of redress : finally, they grew
cooler, and Captain Stayers departed under an assurance
that the Governor would meet him in the morning, and
give him the satisfaction of a gentleman.
Under an'impression that all was at an end till the fol-
lowing day, Captain Stayers had seated himself in the
house of an Englishman, had placed a glass of grog. before
him, and was talking with evident satisfaction of the mor-
row, when a Spaniih officer entered the room. This per-
son bore the title. of Commissary ; he seemed always par-
ticularly well-disposed towards Captain Stayers, and on ap-

proaching him now he laid his sword upon the table,
shook hands with him cordially, and then, patting him
upon the shoulder, said, with apparent sineerity, that
all should be settled in the morning, and the duty
about which so • much had been said be taken off.—
Whilst he thus spoke' and as it were almost instantane-
ously, the room was filled with soldiers (they entering
with the utmost celerity through doors and windows),
with a rapidity that left no opportunity for resistance
(and therefore leaves without palliation their subsequent
atrocious conduct); they seized Capt. Stayers and his mate,

• The Coquet has just returned from the voyage, bringing.
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ing, as it doee,'something of his enterprising character, how un-
fortunate he had been, and how incapable therefore of making that
provision for a wife and family so desirable;—
In 1808, in his passage to Europe from the South Seas, in a
ship commanded by his uncle, Capt. Wrn. Stayers, and on board
of which was Sir David Baird and suite, he was taken prisoner
by a French frigate, but not until after a considerable resistance
had been made, the. English vessel haying kept up a smart fire from
the only two guns she possessed, until.the Frenchmen brought his
broadside to bear upon her. As soon as the Captain eyed him,
his uncle, and &Major Faulkner, (Sir David's Aide-de-Camp), all
men of a daring appearance, be resolved upon removing them to
his own ship, justly dreading, if he did not, that they would at-
tempt the recapture of the ship, and this they certainly would
have done, and in all probability with success, as the Frenchman
could not spare many men to man his prize. Sir David was left
on hoard under 4 promise that he would not join in any attempt
to retake the ship. A few days afterivards she was retaken by
an English cruiser, and carried into an English port. Poor Sta.
vent, his uncle, and the Major, wereshortly afterwards safely
landed in France. The uncle was the first prisoner exchanged
by Buonaperte, in, the war that succeeded the short peace ; and
this exchange. was made for o French officer of ounniderablr rank.
What become of Major Faulkner the writer known not; but the
subject of this memoir remained a prisoner until the return of the
Bourbons, having been above ten years in confinement. , During
this period he made numerous and extraordinary attempta to
escape ; heelwAye succeeded in getting Outside his prison, and in
effecting the escape of some one or more of his coadjutors. From
his great prowe, resoilnutitohne,
bestit wnaitlyschiedet:onsitdr:ntgbftht,::
. ways chosen leader,
.and filled the most dengeroas post, having
"freilurpitsly: tanddiessr*l7 was always more anxious to covet the retreat
:ralith4reel.
in distrens
(4'1,4 friends than to soaks thearbenecasetitottitaseion,ap,feehhuei:liunouwectednell.digheerrigritvinyri,(li,lefrWoalisi
have escaped, but
,frOrn the circumstance getting,
invariably retaken, and always fighting with the soldiery called to
the snot by the alarm given. Such an object of terror did:he at
gweilvete;
•
him to assist a brother of
This
person,. in dropping from the wall of the prison had, injured'
balwCnillidligiatitui:tobfli(Otifeyieetatntahtidinainiltei,dl:inlleig
of his legs 'so nisch as to be unable to more quickly'without
one
great
assistance; in supporting him he was retaken, alth '
tough the
ell individual, favoured by the darkness of'wound-
the night, actually
escaped, Such ever Was poor Stavere's untoward
difference of conluct between Frenchmen _ destiny. The
ecarce fail creating remark, ln 4 time of and Spaniards.ra
war, and under groat
provocations Frenchmen rstaie.a prisoner, anti an wiiholis
enemy,
injuring him ;in a time of peace, and not • broil, SO'
niards assam tulo inate a friendly and -ffend • even In' a
ing MIA.