The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-17 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

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p (Praurae Courier Francais,ll 'Sunday)
The catastrophe over which we shed premature tears it 'now
ticcompliehed ; the hopes which recent successes bad revived have
rnished; those whom a barbarous policy had scondemnedfohld
liPt.bb saved by the succour which the beneficence of nations tie,'
curtrabited, in their favour. While our eyes'were struck with the
eplenßoUrof religicen, pomp, thousands of Christians fell who 'bad
not olitaitked en -offering from those who displayed in public their
prowl forvoni. The blood of so many martyrs will eternally bear
witnets await* the policy whieh aliautloneitthein, and against the
'Ayttig- devotion 'Which' has been the autiliary of that policy.
relooghi f4ou the,22d April, after new prodigies of valour. At
the la** 4oment all the remaining Greeks formed a kind of equare
The women and children were.. placed in- the celltrtt,
and all endeavoured to open :themselves a passage through the
. All were massacred.- Tice Greek fleet was in eight,
bpi had' not been able to. have
,pity ehmniunication with the be-
vioSed•
the.diplomatic- news arrived at: Paris yesterday at midnight.
iThe Annattur, Jouinal de,,, guotielienne,
Zig tiott and' Canstitutiontnel, do not nientiou thif fall of .htisso,

ostr., Aran, Holiness, visited, ).:esterday, the site
vi the, church of St. Paul, where they are actively employed
in
forthqring,
.labours" so well amtnged, that the rebuilding of this
tuaginiceut feinnle will, we have reason to expect, he shortly ie.
It le:said that 'Heaven is pleased to favour this nti-
4014king,' fur, beside* the xesourcesernanating from the lillifterip-
lima so abiuulautly sppplied by all classes of people in the nation,
*era have been lately, discovered 5S blocks, about four palms esti'
ills_ilismeter„ of oplenilid'red granite, in a' pit near the hot baths
st‘tarecalla.
OM' city is very tranquil, and the season is very,fine.• One
piece of disagreeable news only is in eirculation-,thetof the.sus-
liattasi au of payment hy.three very coneideralde- couirnerciallouses
itt tie States of the Church—namely, that of Count Goseatlitii of
tole; um' the sun' of $OO,OOO wadi (about one:million five
bliss', 'OA thOusand'franes). The 'principal of thialiouse 'ewes the
areitilliit*o.ooo**cudi, as Reeriver-Getieral. At Forli the house
of Comit.caddi has failed for a still larger Sum, am( `cites 'the
srequi.y 10000 lainly, the 'house of:Denneri, at
&At: failed for a very large sum.
Ofi*nri.4seriiiorpr, Aram 11.—Several Councils of State have
barn held iu the Seraglio; The Sultan has, issued on the Oat inst.
1111yrnan, e,xhortitig the Mussulmen to a.regillar observanee of the
ditties of their ridigion, now that the Rhantatiati is commenced.
He haabhuselfirroceeded in great pomp to .:the mosque which he
ha* lately had built, and toted Malimottd.
They are . speaking 'again of introducing Gedia (an
Suropeau exercise). The whole world has witnessed the 'sec-
Amino obtained by the Egyptians by these means, but the innova.
'tali will not be extended to the marine. The Janissaries, too,
164 preierre their privileges.
Alikplet Pacha has presented to the Porte a representation
•Uf ..11tatt' eof things at present in Egypt, frtim which little
Dila elm be entertained that he will act vigorously during the
nfizt Caul:4l4n. The want of bread has caused great disorders in
sari* riiiirts of this capital yesterday, but we hope they will be
wily of abort
,duration, considering the great abundance of wheat
throughout Europe. It was only in Asia Minor that there was a
ritilate in, the crop last harvest.

ThAVELLERS SEE STRANGE THINGS,

•
the following' account of a combat with a Snake•is
vstlacted froth the Wanderings in South America,
b.y Charles \Vaterton, Esq. It is not for us,, of course,
to 'doubt:the authenticity of the story:—
There wes a path where timber hail formerly been dragged
444. Here 1 observed it young Coulacuoura, ten feet long,
slowly moving onwards : I saw he was not thick enough to
break my arm in .care he twisted round it. There was not a
ingasent to be lost; I. laid hold of his tail with the, left hand, one
Iwo being on the ground,. et*th the right I took off my hat and
as you would bold *shield for defence.
The snake instantly turned and came on •at me with. hill head
nbout, a yard from the ground, as` if to ask Ow, what business I bad
to take liberties with his tail. I let him come, hissing awl open
Soothed, within two feet of my face, and then with all the, force
I was 'tooter of, I drove my fist, shielded by.tny:hat full In his
Jerre.. He. was , stormed and confounded by the blow, and ere
ke.ocouhl r*,•ovtr himself, 11.104 yd his throat with both hands,
tin ‘w,l, a position that he aotthl not lute me • I then *flowed him
ry coil liirmelf round my Cody, and march 4 off with him as my
k4ortUl ;who. He, prowled ins hard but not alarmingly
ittr7,

ZDUCATION IN GIITIMANV.—The population of
tairmitily is estimated at about 36 ii lions : for the
Oucstion of these 22 Universities' Oprovidedt which
obtain 16,746 students, with 1,046 professors.
:Rl,47l.7Carrow tN Russrs.-:--The Itussian empire
abstains at present six Universities, via. Moscow,
,i/etcrsborgb, Olsen, Dorpat, Was. and' Czarlcow.—
gussiati subject.4,are not permitted to study abroad till
Abyy.hiive been three years in the highe schools of the
.-fispire. Several departments of study 'prohibited
, and those which are allowed ere phod under
it gory strict censorship. The students are orgaYuised
earpletely in the military style, are obliged conitantly
appear in uniform, and superintended very strictly.
it project is said to have been formed for giving
facility OR the Contipnt to investments in some of the
At:eeriest' Mining Companies. At Paris, and other
places, a wish has been often expressed by capitalists
t4,4bare the risk of those undertakinp, but the trouble
of executing the trust-deed in LontiOn has been ,con-
ordered hitherto an insurmountable objection. it has
been proposed, therefore, that some leading capitalists
Loudon shall execute the trust-deed for a certain
+timber of shares, and issue certificates, founded on
them, for circulation on the Continent, the holders of
the certificates being empowered to call upon diem for
transfer in their names at any period they may think
buper. The plan, we hear, is likely to be attempted,
t, at the outso4, on a very limited scale.,

We understand that it has been determined to erect 1
a tine of telegraphs, for the commuiritation of ship.
ping and commercial intelligence,' from licdyltead
Ong the coast to Liverpool. By this means, in the
-,ccrorse of a few minutes, the appearance; of any vessel
a- Holyhead will be known in the underwritera'room
Si Liverpool, • :
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, - , .00itirt Br,ocKADR AND ShttIOCILERV.4riy n
I the morning of Thuriday last, a hirgrerrty.of -Smug.:
glors had assembled near I)yinchil
..e .
,i end 4 boat,
• raten (Ss is supposedywith tubs of spurn,- being ob-
served to approuchrtheahore,:pearly opiraite-to, falyni-
oituroti, the smugglers commenced :,cheering,, and
toothed . upon the wain, threateningilefiance; to the
• ogkatinels of the Blockade, who, perceiving such an
•.neerribelining foreci,P'iliive ' the alarm, when apart); of
untrines coming to, their ensistance, a general firing
tom* Pia*. 'l'he ewers retreated into the marshes,
•folineted by the Moe le, and to their knowledge of
the ground 'they w'ere• indebted for their ultiinate es-
pt. Two of the, Blockade seamen were wounded;
(4110 severely ill the arin,„Which may Cause 'amputation,
Am! the other in the fate,. by slug shots. There Ctili
Us no 4:loubk.but that some of the smugglers must have
how roitodod, if not kilted. - One Of their 'muskets
Atof picked up, ithtded--74)andoned, no doubt, by the
tow of it on account .of woptitia. 'The boat, with
lien eargo, was obligeikto.ba-out to sea again, without
:.,•ratletring a 'landing ; anti, notwithstanding the vii,,i-
lattoo •of Lieutenalio;, Wpiitl!imik, rvlnage, and
11,000 i, who werii,altOat in their flttlleys on the spot,
fi..40- darkittiticit'tiwoigittefreeted their eseape.,,
.4 ... hoe filvi liihiltilhat eriati of five4innd,red tubs'
' - • ..t4itwo on 'die gi:mhivedilitiast week; not fur froni,
- '' 'r
Ole emuggitttsi losing only eleven tulle. This,
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100400' • '-il#F,';wirec by force. nod with sucks aupptority,
. they
ie. her, Oat ey, completely overpowered' the
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' . f • dvring the little time which it. re-
. • oTetri
' :40 will( it ride
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