The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-21 00:00:00

MADAGASCAR.

The following letter from the reigning Kiog of Marla-
gascar has jolt been published by order of the House of
Commons:—

Extract' of a Despatch from his Excellency Lieutenant-
. Gneral Sir G. L. Cole, Governor of the Mauritius,
dated 3fauritius, Nov. 25, 1826, to the Right Hon.

the Earl Bathur3t, K.G.

"It is with very great regret that I transmit to your
Lordship the copy of a letter which I have just received
from King Radams, informing me of the death of Mr.
James Hastie, the British Agent at Madagascar; on the
18th ultimo."

To Lieut.• General Sir G. L. Cole, GJvesnor of Mau--
ritius,
Tananarivon, October 9.3, 1826.
Sir,—l have the honour to do the painful and lainent-
able duty of informing your Excellency, that. James
Hastie, Lag., the enlightened and faithful Agent of your
Government at my 'Court, for several years, is no 'mire,'
He expired on the 18th, instant, about one o'clock, p. m.,
after having been very ill for a long time.
By his wise counsels, and his promptitude always to
assist the needy and distressed; h►e has not only attached
n►yself to bins more and more every year, _ but; also my
people, who lament his loss as a friend and a father, who
could conduct himself in such a manner as to attract the
respect and affections of persons of every rank among
my subjects.
In order to show my regard for bins and my sorrow at
his 'toes, I directed that every thing in my 'polder sholim
be dune to his honour as soon as he died. and to give him
as honourable a funeral as eau be done in any country;
therefore I ordered gnus to file every quarter of an hour,
from two o'clock until seven on the day he died, and also
repeated the same on the day of his 'funeral until he was
buried. . .

He was buried on the morning of the 20th inst., in' a
vault built of stones and mortar, made expressly for him
on the 19th ; for, after learning the manner of tomb his
sorrowful partner and his friends here desired to have for
him, I immediately issued orders to my Ministers'to, have
all the necessary stones collected, and the vault made with-
out delay ; and that the Grenadiers should escort him to
his tomb, and fire over it three rounds ; according to the
British custom, as I was told. r .

Notwithstanding the death of James ,llastie, Esq. your
Agent at my Court, yet I, Radama, who haire stopped
the slave trade, in accordance with the Treaty which I'
have entered into with his Britannic Majesty am still
alive ; and I am determined, by every means in my power,
to abide unchangeably by my stipulations in the Treaty, if
yeitir Excellency will continue to give me annually what is
stipulated therein.
I send your Excellency !an account of what I have re-
ceived of the equivalent this year.
I have the honour, &c.
(Signed) RADAMA:
(A true copy.) (Signed)
F. E. 0. VIRET, Private Secretary.

THE PROCESSION OF MR. HASIIE'S TUNEKAL.
Grenadiers, Fifes, and Drums.
Mr. Hastie's Horse, dressed with his Boots and Spurs on.
Rev. D. Jones and D. Griffith!.
CORPSE.
Mr. Blanchard. Two Swords. General Brady.
Mr. Dyot. Cap. Dr. Ravalintaalarna.
Palanquin'.
Mrs. Hastie and Rev. Mr. Johns, on foot, by her side.
fler Malesty Rasalituore and Mr. Rowlands, ditto.
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Le Gros, ditto.
Mrs. Griffiths and Mr. Chick, ditto.
Mrs. Johns and Mr. Cameron, ditto.
';,0,.
All the Royal Family, four abreast.""
Radarna's Ministers, four abreast.
Europeans and Creoles, four abreast.
The Schools in Tananarivon, four abreast.

One of the largest tanners in the county
began to cut his meadow grass last Thursday, and, should
the weather continue fine, will very shortly attack the field
crops. In both instances, the harvest promises to be most
abundant, and of the first quality—Hants Telegraph.

IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS
AT PAR.te.—A letter from Paris,. dated the ltith inst.
says :—" You have already heard of the new stages called
omnibus, which tan constantly from one part of Paris to
another at tiveloll•per passenger. The only station upon
which they are established at present is from the Boule-
vard de la Madeleine to the Place de la Bastille, so that a
person may ride two miles for 2p. They have 20 places,
which are always filled, and the profits upon the 10 or 12
coaches now employed are estimated at more than 100,000
francs a year. They are certainly a great accommodation
to the public. The truth is, that just now, among the
Parisians, nothing but accommodation and improvement
are thought of. There are new cabriolets, almost as hand-
some as cabriolets de maitre. There arc to be new hackney
coaches, to be called La Dame Blanche, after the owner,
a Madame BLANCHE ; and foot pavements are to be esta-
blished throughout Paris. A few days ago, when green
pease were quoted in London at three guineas a quart, they
were sold here at twenty sous.

On Tuesday morning. ALEXANDER M4NIEL,
fox-hunter to his Grace the Duke of
,AlorirttosE, having
s
gone out with his hounds, they bad a mart run of about
six miles to the north of the village of Callender.
Soon after the hounds were let loose ; one of them left his
"mpanions, and as he held a different course from that in
"loch it was supposed the fox lay, no particular notice was
taken of him. Towards three o'clock in the afternoon,
however, the solitary dog was seen pursuing Reynard till
the latter found a temporary refuge among a parcel of
whine above Calleudar. The poor dog, after nine or ten
hours running, lay down exhausted, unable to continue the
pursuit farther. About day-break next day, the chase was
renewed and two foxes, a male and female were started.
The former soon disappeared, but the other, after three or four
Lours' runuing,.was killed at the pass of Leny. Soon after-
ward the fox was again started and killed. In the coure
of the day their retreat Was discovered, and four cubs taken
from it,..—Perth Courier.