The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-27 00:00:00

PRIVATE PUPIL—A Married Clergyman, for
some years, Tntor to a Nobleman, and subsequently reoeiv
ing a few Pupils into his house, a moderate distance from London,
has nowa Vacancy. Letters addressed to the Rev. J. C. at Messrs.
Gray and Fells, Stationers, 60, Piccadilly, London, will be duly
forwarded to him.

By GEO. IV. cap. 60, ALL LOTTERIES End' for ever on

the 18th JULY.

tand J. SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors, most po-
• saintly assure the Public this is the LAST and ONLY
DRAWING that will ever be allowed in the United Kingdom.
and all who are disposed to have a farewell venture for one or
two of the SIX of £30,000 ! are respectfully advised to make
their purchase. immediately, as the Price, which has already risen,
is sure to he considerably higher, and from the present great de-
mand, it is probable that Tickets and Shares may be rendered so
scarce as not to be obtained when the Drawing approaches, at
any Sum. The Scheme contain', for the FIRST and ONLY
time since the Establishment of Lotteries,
SIX PRIZES OF £30,000, &e. &c.
forming the unequalled Sum of !
And Every Number a Prise:
ALL in ONE DAY, ,18th JULY,
. _

When Lotteries finish for ever.
Tickets and Shares are selling by J. and J. Sivewright,
Coutractors, at their fortunate Offices, No. 37, Cornhill ; 11,
Holborn ; and 38, Haymarket, London, where they sold
12,478 a Prize of .£30,000 !
3,613 ...... ... a Prise of 21,055!
And in the very Last Lottery, drawn yd of Last Month.
1,783 a Prise of
8,925 ... ...... a Prize of
Besides other Capitals in late Lotteries.

HISTORY OF THE GREAT DIAMOND IN

THE IMPERIAL SCEPTRE OF RUSSIA:

This stone was originally in the possession of Nadir Shah, in
whose throne were two diamonds of extraordinary size, one called
"the Sun of the Sea," the other " the Moon of the Mountains."
On the assassination of Nadir, many of his jewels were lost by
plunder, or secretly divided among the soldiers who 'hared the
booty.
Shafras, an Armenian, subsequently known at Astracan by
the name of " the Million Man," resided at that time with his
two brothers at Ilassura. One day an Afghan chief called on him,
and offered him for sale, at a very moderate price, a diamond, in
all probability the above-mentioned Moon of the Mountains, to-
gether with a large emerald, a ruby of considerable size, and other
stones of inferior value.

Shafras was astonished at the offer, and, upon pretext that he
had not in hie possession a sufficient sum of money for the pur-
chase of the jewels, he begged the Afghan to call again, intending
in the mean time to consult his brothers on the subject ; but the
possessor, perhaps, conceiving some mistrust, came no more.

At the persuasion of his brothers, Shafras set out in quest of
the stranger, who had, meanwhile, left Bassora. He met with
him accidentally at Bagdad, and purchased for fifty thousand
piastres all the jewels he had in his pussession. Sliafras was
aware that it behoved him to observe the most profound silence
with regard to this transaction, and therefore resolved with his
brothers to continue their business as before at Bassora.
It was not till twelve years had elapsed that the eldest brother,
with the content of the others, set out with the largest of the
diamonds, whiCh he hid all that time .kept concealed. He tra-
velled by way of Chem to Constantinople, and then through Hun-
gary and Germany to Amsterdam, where lie openly offered his
jewels for sale.

The English Government was one of those that offe*l the bet

price for them. By desire of the Russian Court, Shafrae pro-
ceeded with the great diamond to Petersburgh, upon a promise
that he should be reimburred his travelling expellees, if they could
not agree about the price. On the arrival of the diamond, the
Russian Minister, Count PAWN proposed, through M. Lasraref,
his jeweller, the following terms : that Shafras should receive a
patent of nobility, an annuity for life of six thousand rubles, sod
five hundred thousand rubles .in specie, one-fifth to be paid
and the rest within ten years, by regular instal-

Shares required that his brothers, too, should be ennobled,
besides other favours and privileges, and insisted so obstinately on
hie demands, that the diamond was sent back to him. He was
now in a serious dilemma ; he had launched out into expender,
was obliged to pay interest for large sums which he had borrowed,
and saw no prospect of disposing of the stoae to advantage. The
negociators had purposely involved him in this embarrassment,
with a view to turn it to their own account.

To avoid his creditors, he was obliged to abscond, and fled to
Astracan, where he kept himself for some time concealed. The
negooiation with Russia was at length renewed through Count
Gregory Griot, and the diamond was sold for four hundred and
fifty thousand rubles in specie, and elevation to the rank of a
Russian noble. From that sum, it is said, one hundred and
seventy thousand rubles were to be deducted for agency, commis-
sion, interest, and the .like expences. Slam settled at Astracan,
where his Wealth, as he had no male issue, devolved to his daugh-

ten by wbose husbands it was mostly squandered.—AcLr.
mann'a Repository.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( From the Hamphire Telegraph.

PORTWOUTH, JUNK 24.—. this morning tlirr Parthian, 10,
Captain 11. B.' Martin, arrived from the River. Retuain—Blonde
and Parthian. In the Harhour-•-Victory, Gangem, (foi South
America), Melville, Spartiate, Glasgow, Pyramus, Heron, (for
South America), Asp, Cracker, Dwarf, Calliope.—The Parthian
is for the Mediterranean.