The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

In an article in the Dictionnaire Geographique Uni-
versel, the following Statement is given of the capital
of the French Soil, and of the Revenues of the Em-
pire :--

The arable lands at a valuation of 40 frs. FRS.
the hectare, are worth 13,690,800,000
The woods, vineyards, meadows and other

lands .. 2,828,800,000
Ponds and marshes • 31,920,000
Rustic buildings 3,000,000,000
Cattle, valued at the lowest price 16,703,941,676
Poultry, 51,600,000 head, at I fr 51,600,000
3,900,000 do., at 40 fro 156,000,000
Asses, 2,100,000 do., at 25 frs
Farming utensils

39,522,061,676
To this may be added the Annual
Receipts—
' Froin Illanqactures . . , 1,820,102,000
Agriculture 4,678;708,000
Colonies 40,380,000
Foreign Countries
In Warehouse 52,000,000

6,937,210,000

The produce of the Taxes of every Class is 924,410,000

This is double the revenue of France in 1789;
" and hence," says a Journal of that country, " an
opinion may be formed if she have been a great
loser by the changes in her laws and institutions., '
During the year 1826, the Bulletin des Lois pub-
lished 1,642 Ordinances, authorising the acceptance
of legacies and gifts to hospitals of the communes,
and the different religions recognised or authorised
in France. The amount has been—

To the Hospitals and Bureaux of Charity 4,518,2381. 26c•
To the Communes

To the Catholic Religion 2,316,3691. 67c.
To the Non-Catholic Religion... 4 I 1,495 f.

To the French Academy, to be distributed
for the encouragement of the young
Artists B,ooof.

Total 7,379,035 f. 89".
In 1827, the number of_Ordinaneel is 2,459, which
produced—
Hospital, and Bureaux of Charities.. 4,454,918f. 49c.
Communes... , 747,963f. 4c.
Catholic Religion
Non-Catholic Religion ,••• • 6,1200 f.
French Academy lo,ooof.

Total 13,806,575 f. 34c.
Thus the contributions to all other establishments
have remained pretty nearly the same, but to the
Catholic religion they have nearly quadrapled.—
Constitutionilel.

His MAJESTY has commanded that no more
foxes shall be killed on the Royal Domain of Windsor.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1828.

Report speaks favourably of the Quarter's
Revenue as compared with that of last year.—
The Returns will not be made up till a late
hour this night, so that the actual amount
cannot be ascertained.

We received this morning the Allgemeine
Zeitung of the 29th ult. from which we extract
the Firman of the 10th January, for the expul-
sion of the Armenians of Angora from Constan-
tinople. This document assigns solely as a
reason for its severe provisions the increasing
number of the Armenians in the Capital and its
environs. It even goes farther and says, that
they had never had any right to settle in Con-
stantinople ; that they gradually came from the
Provinces to the Capital ; and that lately their
too great accumulation gave rise to all manner of
disorders. That, above all, there was in the
Capital a very great number of Armenians
from Angora, priests, money-changers, mechanics,
and merchants, and else others who were mere
idlers, all of whom would give, in the course of
time, by their acts, a dangerous tendency to the
spirit of the nation. For these reasons, and
not for their religion, are the Armenians
to be banished from Constantinople, and
twelve days are only allowed for their
departure. We have already stated that the ob-
ject of the SULTAN was to clear the Capital of
all useless, or at least of all doubtful characters,
whose support in the event of a siege could not
be . depended on, and this Firman proves the
correctness of our observation, for the SULTAN
could not consider himself safe with so many
willing agents in the heart of a city besieged by
an army of the same, or nearly similar, religious
faith :

LEGHORN, MARCH.

The events in the East have had, from their commence-
ment, a prejudicial effect on every branch of the commerce
of this place. Through the last measures of the Porte,
which have led to the suspension of all intercourse with the
ports of the South of Russia and the Levant, our trade is
at the present moment in a state of almost total stagnation.
The merchants are looking forward with great impatience
for some favourable influence to put an end to this stagna-
tion. As we used to import large quantities of corn from
Odessa and the ports of the East, this interruption,
together with the late permission to import corn into
the ports of France, has caused a rapid and consi-
derable rise in the prices. The Ex-King of Holland,
Louis Bonaparte, who has resided for several years at Flo-
rence, has lately purchased a hotel there, and chosen that
city for his permanent abode.

CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 25.

The following is a copy of the Firman of January 10,
1828, for the expulsion of the Armenians of Angora from
the capital.

TO THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH.

The Rayas of the Ottoman provinces have from time
immemorial been forbidden to leave their own country at
their own pleasure, and to choose other places of abode, es-
specially to come in great numbers to Constantinople
and to settle there. The Government not having hitherto
paid any particular attention to this subject, it has
happened that gradually a great number of subjects came
frem the provinces to Constantinople, and settled there, so
that their too great accumulation gave rise to all kinds of
disorders. That, above all, there is in the capital a very
great number of Armenians from Angora, priests, money-
changers, mechanics, and merchants, and also others, who
are mere idlers, must of whom have ant kept within the
bounds of decorum, and attended to their own affairs, but
have ventured in various acts, incompatible with their si-
tuation as subjects of the Sublime Porte, and which would '
not have failed to give, in course of time, a dangerous
tendency to the spirit of the nation. Now, as on
account of their excessive number, the innocent can-
not be distinguished from the guilty, a firman has
been issued for the purpose of preventing any interrup-
tion of public order and tranquillity, by virtue of
which all married and unmarried Armenians from Angora
are commanded to leave the capital, with their families
and children, within twelve days, and return to their own
country. Strict orders have therefore been issued to
Ihtissal Agassi (the police), to call together the chiefs of
the guilds, and after concerting with you, to make known
to them his Highness's will, according to which all mar-
ried and unmarried Armenians from Angora, living in
Constantinople, Galata, Scutari on the Bosphorus,
and other places near the capital, are to terminate all
their affairs within twelve days after the publication of
the order, and after having provided themselves with
the necessary passports from the Patriarchate and the
Police, to return with their families and children, under the
superintendence of special Commissioners, to their own
proper country. They are never again to tread the ground
of the capital, but to gain a livelihood in their own country
by trade and by agriculture. At the same time it shall be
signified to them, that merited punishment will be inflicted
on all those who shall not have set out on their journey by
the end of the appointed time. The names of the persons
expelled shall be registered, and deposited in a proper
place, and the Ilitissal Agassi shall act with the greatest
diligence in executing his Highness's will That you may
be acquainted with this will the present finnan is addressed
to you, and it is hoped, that you also will endeavour punc-
tually to execute it."

VIENNA, MARCH Q 4.
Aletalliques
Bank Shares 1032

The French Papers of Wednesday, and the
Gazette de France of Thursday's date, bring no
fresh news from Russia or Turkey. A Russian
Courier, who left St. Petersburgh on the 12th
of March, brings an account that the Emperor
NICHOLAS intended to put his army in motion,
and to march against the Turks, but he does not
say when. The EMPEROR himself was to leave
the capital on the 20th of this month. The
reasons assigned in this article for the intended
attack on Turkey are the same as those already
published in what was called the Russian Decla-
ration.

We yesterday copied from a Cotemporary the
rumour of a new batch of Peers being about to
be created. It is a curious fact, that whilst that
distinction is becoming so very general in other
parts of the country, the Northern districts of
Scotland have scarcely a sprinkling of Nobility.
The titles of CROW ARTY, SEAFORTH, LOVAT,
&c. are either extinct or in abeyance, anti

the representative of the ‘, LORDS of the ISLES"
is only an Irish Baron. It is impossible, perhaps,
to restore the Scots Earldom of Ross, or some
of the others which we have mentioned, but the
whole difficulty can be easily got over by giving
them similar English Peerages; anal without any
disparagement to some late creations, we do
think they have as good a claim to the Royal
favour as many who have been honoured with
it. Besides, it is not a private question—Scot-
tish nationality would be highly gratified by such
a measure. If that nation was slow in changing
their allegiance to a new line of Princes, they
are certainly not behind hand now in loyalty and
devotion to the House of Brunswick.

London is certainly not blessed with a super-
abundance of pulpit eloquence, and we regret to
hear that there is a chance of an important di-
minution. In a neighbouring church, we under-
stand, that a gentleman of eminent piety, talent,
and refinement of thought, has been objected
to by some of his parishioners, for a weakness of
voice, insufficient to drown the rattling of carriages
in this most noisy street, and for other defects,
which we have not the genius to discover. We do
not make these remarks, from any anxiety that
the Rev. Gentleman should continue to preach
to those whom some red hot pamphleteer on
the Catholic Question would please much better,
but in the hope that he may not be permitted to
leave London. For our own parts, we are too
decided admirers of his eloquence and genius to
trust ourselves with further comment.

The election of a Member to serve ix Parlia-
ment for the Borough of Sudbury, in Suffolk,
in the room of JOHN Wu-Ks, jun. Esq., who
has vacated his seat, is fixed for Tuesday the Bth
instant.

Under the head of Police Intelligence, our
readers will perceive the report of an extraor-
dinary scene which took place yesterday at
Lambeth-street. The worthy Magistrate seemed
much surprised, and the audience highly amused,
at the discovery of the profession followed
by the guardian of the night—Mr. WYATT'S
own especial watchman. And yet such a fellow,
in conjunction with one of the frail inmates
of his house, might swear away the life
or character of the most upright man in
this Metropolis. The ;Magistrates would
forthwith commit any one presuming to doubt
the purity of any branch of the Police. We
should like to know how many of our watchmen
openly follow this reputable vocation.

Extract of a letter received this morning at
the North and South American CofFee-house,
dated Belize, Feb. 20 :

You will be shocked to hear of the murder of the Bri-
tish Consul at Guatemala, J. 0. Reilly, Esq. Revenge
and the desire of plunder seems to have actuated the
wretched culprit, a native of the Republic, and house ser-
vant of the Consul. Mr. Herring had a narrow escape;
he slept that night (being the first of his arrival) at the
Consul's ; he fortunately heard nothing, as from the con-
fession of the murderer, since apprehended and executed,
it appears that he had two accomplices at Mr. Herring's
door, in order to secure him should they hear any thing
stirring in his apartments. Mr. Herring gives a lament-
able picture of the affairs in the interior. The capital was,
however, considered secure from invasion. Should it once
fall into the hands of the San Salvador party, that event
would be fatal bath for the lives and property of the Euro-
pean Spaniards ; till then both will be comparatively safe,
although the latter are frequently and heavily drawn upon
by the Federal Government. A few weeks will make a
great change, as things cannot remain long as they are.

The Directors of the Bank of England having
officially stated that they mean to open a Branch
Bank, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, notwithstanding
the memorial that was recently laid before them,
deprecating such a measure, on the part of the
commercial interests in that town, it is pretty ob-
vious—judging from a letter signed ALFRED,
which will be found in another part of our Paper
this day—that the public feeling in the North is
sensitively alive to the mischievous, if not ruin-
ous effects, likely to arise from the uncalled-for
interference of the over-grown establishment in
Threadneedle-street, with the banking business
in Newcastle. The writer of the letter alluded to,
who is evidently a practical man, and gives proof
that he understands the subject well, takes a
comprehensive view of the many evils (and for-
midable they are, most assuredly), which threaten
the people in that great commercial district,
under the assumption that the Bank of England
proceeds to open " shop " there. Our readers
will no doubt peruse the letter, with all the at-
tention that so interesting a subject demands.