The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY)
OLD COURT.

I the Ann Hall. He was exam:titd before the Comm} at Charles.
• ton. He came home with themth, who were rt perfect liberty
in the

SING ULA EL CHARGE OF AI UTINY.— Samuel Ogg, 30,
earp,iiter, Thomas Davis Morgan, 22. stew3r(l, Benjamin
Present, 20 James Kottrcty. ;7, Frederick Diggers,
Prier Maybohm, 38, James Williams, 73, James Lotto, 46,
James Houghton,':, Isaac Williams. 22, John Higgins, 55,
Charles JOhnson,s:39, John Itutherpd, 21, t id/art/Inky:en,
40, aid llngh Piper, 38, sailor=, a set of fine-1n fellows,
who had been remanded from last t,cssion stoz.,d indicted, for
that they being seamen on board the t-hip Ann Hall, feloniously
and piratically did confine, on the 24th of January last, John
Francis Lazenby Arrett, the master, did keep him in confine-
ment thirteen days and nights. and did make a revolt in the
said ship to:on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the Ad-
miralty of 'England.

-Cros-exarnined—ln corning home he was not kept away from
the men. Remembered the 22d Januai y the men cleansing the
d eks. The Captain came up to a Wall named Wools. The
Captain was then drunk. Witness told this to the Consul.
't he Captain took hold of Woods and pushed hint against
another man. The Captain said something to Woods, but the
witness did t,ot hear what. Woods made an offer with his
hand<, and told him to keep off. Woods did riot strike the
Captain, and Captain struck Wood• in the face.
Re-exaniined-Woods struck the Captain, but he could not
not say whether it was with his' hand or with a bar. Never
saw Woods drunk.

Clarkson conducted the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. Ballanttne delensted the prisoners.
Mr. Cealticssx stated the case to the Jury. The vessel Ann
Hall, was a regular trader between Liverpool and Charleston.
In December last she left Liverpool on the voyage to Charleston,
and on that voyage the conduct complained of took place. His
Lordship would tell them, as a matter of law, that in order to make
out the charges against the prisoners, it was not at all necessary
to show that they intended to run away with the vessel. it
appeared that in the present case the prisoners had no such in,
t, nticn, fur notwithstanding that they kept the Captain con-
fined. and had the opportunity of runising away with her, they
took the vessel to the port of Charleston, whither she was
bound. He should leave it to the Jury to say, under the direction
of his Lordship, whether the conduct of the prisoners had been
such as to constitute the charge of, piratically seizing the ship.
This prosecution had been instituted, not for the purpose of
punishing with any degree of severity the prisoners at the bar,
but to hold out an example to people in their situa-
tion—an example which, for the protection of life and property,
it was necessary should be held out—that they were not
on account of any supposed grievances, to take upon them-
selves to say that they would not work a ship on board where
they are sailors, and refuse to obey the commands of the
catitain. On the 22d of January, when the vessel was in the
Western Ocean, the first indication of disaffection, on the part
of the crew, manifested itself to the Captaiii in the following;
way : —The Captain gave orders to shorten sail, and whilst
that order was being executed, Inkpen said, "D
—m any
such ship as this, and the platte it comes from; no b--r
shall ever get me to sail in any h--y St. John ship for any
b--y 2/. ss. a month." The captain asked him what he
meant by using language like that, and he answered, " Oh, I
never used no bad language-I'm a methodist." 1 hey were
then standing on the quarter-deck. The Captain said to him,
" This is no place for language like that—go for'ard." Inkpen
made answer, " On board a merchantman I see no difference
'atween aft and for'ard; there's no quarter-deck on board a
morchantman." The Captain did not reply to that, and the
man went forward. On the evening of the same day,
a man named George Woods, who was a sailor on beard,
said "he wished a b--.y flash of lightning would come
and take the mast nut of her." The Captain said that
was a very foolish thing to say. for if a flash of lightning
should destroy the mast, they would have to rig a new one.
The man replied " Oh, it wasn't the mast I meant. it was von."
The Captain then took him by the collar and asked him what
he meant by that. Woods immediately seized a piece of wood
and struck him across the nose, when the Captain knocked
him down. Inkpen then came up and said to Woods " You
go away, and let me have a slap at the b—." Several other
cases of insubordination occurred, the mate and every soul on
board refusing to obey orders, as the witnesses wouid prove.
The Captain shortly after called the men on to the forecastle,
and asked them why they, struck work. They said that the
provisions were bad, that the beet ann prtic were not good, ard
they could not work because they were all diseased. 'the
Captain then went into the cabin to consider how he should
act, but when he wished to leave his cabin he found that the
door had been fastened. He broke open the door with an
axe, and then went upon deck, when he was immediately seized
by the crew, who pinioned hta arms with ropes, and carried
him below, put hint into his bed, and there left him; they
shortly afterwards wets down and removed the ropes, and put
haudeuffs upon him. lie lay in those handcuffs all the night,
and was quite unable to help himself, and when he called out
for something to eat, they fed him with bits of meat upon a
fork, They then said, or affected to say, that be WRS mad;
and one of them manufactured a strait-waistcoat, in which
they I-ft him for one night and one day, when they released
him, and occasionally, but very seldom, allowed him to go
upon deck, and when tie did they always placed sentinels on each
side of him. When the vessel arrived at Charleston the prisoners
were placed in prison whilst the vessel was te.ladieg anti lading,
and when she was egain ready to sail, the Consul told them that
they might work their way back on board, when they would
have an opportunity by good conduct of retrieving their cha-
racters; but nu, they wouid not do that. They had no objec-
tion to go back on board, but they would not work ; nor did
they, with the exception of three of them. do one day's work on
the whole of the homeward voyage, and the Captain was obl:ged
to get a fresh crew to work the vessel home. 'I hese were the
brief facts of the case. Witnesses would be called who would
more in'nutely detail them, land from their evidence it would
be for the Jury to say whether or not the prisoners were guilty
of the charge ',out:edited-in the lad ctment.
. .

Captain Huntly Drown deposed that he commanded the ship
Wellington. He arrived in Charleston about the same time
as the Ann Hall. On his proceeding to the Consul's, he heard
what had happened on hoard the Ann Hall. On the 20th
March witness went to the Consul again, and he then saw
the prisoners at the bar. 'the men were on board the
ship. Rutherford was called aft, and the consignee tried
to persuade him to go to -xork. They asked him
if he had ever had any words, or had ever
quarreled with lLe Captain. They asked him why, then, did
he assist in confining the Captain. He mid, iu answer, that
he did not know what the Captain night do. Witness re.
commended him to go to his work, and persuaded the other
men to do so. He said, "It is no use talking; we
have made up our minds not to work. Witness asked him if
the Captain was in the habit of gi iting tipsy, and he raid that
he had hi en tipsy once, and he thought he was tipsy when he
struck the steward.

This was the ease for the prosecution, anti.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Jury for the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, the
Jury returned, at the suggestion of Mr. Garkson, a verdict of
guilty of an assault against all the prisoners. Sentence was
deterred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH. STREET.
(T II IS DAY.)
Edward Mason, a shabbily-dressed young man, was charged
with stealing a sovereign under the following circumstances :
George Monford, of No. 6, Ampton-place, Essex-atreet,
Bethnal-green, shoemaker, stated, that about ten o'clock
last evening as be was proceeding. along Oxford-street,
near to Charles-street, So;m-square, with a sovereign
in his hand, which he had just received for some work
he had taken home, it slipped between his fingers and fell
on the pavement, when the prisoner, who was close behind him,
instantly fell on his knees and picked it up, as he (prosecu-
tor) firn ly believed. On the sovereign being demanded
of him, he denied having it, but on attempts being made
to take it from him by force, he put something in his mouth
and swallowed it, and directly afterwards said, " Its where you
cannot find it now." he was in consequence given in charge
to the police.
Mr. HARDWICKE asked the prosecutor if he could swear that
he actually saw the prisoner pick up the sovereign?
The prosecutor said he could nor, but the sovereign certainly
fell on the spot over {N h ich the prisoner knelt uown, and when
he rose up it was not there.
Mr. HAIIDWICKE said that there was no dotibt but that
the prisoner had had the sovereign and swallowed it ; but the
direct proof of his having done so was deficient, and he must
therefore be discharged.

CLERKEN WE LI.-(T11 IS DAY).
James Cam)li, a lad of 16, was charged by Mr. Daly, fur-
rier, Saffron-street, Clerkenwall, with stealing 86 martins'
skins, value 501. It. appeared that the prisoner was formerly an
errand-boy to the complainant, who out of kindness made him
his apprentice. Since then he has frequently absented himself
for days together from his business, and otherwise grossly mis-
conducted himself. Last evening the property in question was
missed ; the prisoner was immediately suspected, and on in-
quiry it was found that he recently lodged in a brothel in a
lane off Holborn.

Mr. Gumcwoon said he would remand him until Tuesday,
and if there was nut suffi•rient evidence to commit him then, he
would punish him as a disorderly apprentice.

HENLEY REGATTA.
SECOND DAY-WEDNESDAY.

The sport was first-rate, the weather exceedingly fine, and
the attendance exceeded, not only in number, but in condition,
the races of any previous season. The disappointment upon
the withdrawal of the Oxford boats, and the confusion attend-
ant upon the general disarrangement of the list, had been got
over, and the bridge, the towing-path, the stands, and the
beautiful hills, u hich rise in succession on the Berks shore,
a ere covered with tpectators. It was the Derby of aquatics.
The trial races had been gone through, and the expectant mul-
titude were anxiously anticipating in the struggle for the re-
spective valuable p:izes and honorary distinctions a scientific
and gratifying exhibition.
At three o'clock, the judges having taken their places in
the grand stand, and D. Bishop, Esq., the umpire, having
taken his seat in the cutter, manned by picked London water-
man, preparations were made for the first race, for the

Capt. Juhn Lazenby Arrest, the tirst witness called. deposed
that he was the commander of the Ann Hall, trading between
London and Charleston. 1 he men at the bar were employed
on hoard.' Thty were all common seamen but hattray and
Rutherford. Ruthurfoid was second mate. The whole of
these men went out in the vessel from London. She sailed on
the 18th December. On the 22d January, being then in the
Western Oceae, witness ordered the secend mate to have the
ship scraped. But he being engaged he gave the order to the
chief mate, and the people in chief mate's watch refused to
do the work. They said it was illegal -work. Witness said
if that was illegal work they must set about and clean the in-
side of the ship. While they were cleaning the decks wit-
ness gave an order to shorten sail, and Piper said " No b
should impose so upon him fur 2/. os. a month." He said that
loud enough for• the whole of the crew to hear. He was then
or, the mizen-topsail-y ard, and witness told him to keep such lan-
guage to himself, acid Piper' replied, " I am a Methodist
and never do anything wrong." When he came down
witness told him not to use such language aft, and
he replied, " I don't see any difference in a merchant
ship between aft and forward." The crew set about cleaning
the decks, and Piper said, he wished to God a flesh of light-
ning would come and burn the master out of the ship. Wit-
ness lifted him up by the collar, and asked him what he was
saying, and he immediately strut* witness. In consequence of
this blow, witness was three weeks under medical aid in
Charleston. Witness, as soon as he received the blow knocked
the man down, and then Piper took hold of a belaying pin. At
this time Inkpen came forward and said, " Let use have a spar
at the b--r. "fhis was on a Saturday, and after it was dark
witness ordered a rest to be let out, end two of the men on the
mizen topsail-yard said it was too dark to see the points. Wit
ness ordered the second mate to take a lantern, and while he
was doing so the men let out the reef. Witness turned out
about halt-past one the next morning to give an order that the
studding-sail boom on the foreyard should be reefed. Witness
then turned in again, and on hi rising at six o'clock he found
that his orders had not been obeyed. Witness sent for the
chief mate, and asked why the order had not been complied
with. '1 he chief mate said he had not had time, and
witness sent for the second mate, and he commenced abusing
witness, and said he would inform certain pa; ties of his (wit •
nes3) behaviour. He said. he would not work any mote. In
the aftet noon of the Sunday, it became necessary to send down
the main roe al-yards. Witnesseold Rutherford to take a block
and line irom the deck, and send the yard down. Rutherford
said, " Is the block to eat?" anti witness again ordered him to
take the yard down. Soon after it became necessary
to take in sail, and witness orciesed the men to come on
deck. They were Say-fire minutes in coming up. They then
furled the whole of the sail:. Witness told the chief mate to
take down the main yard, and every man in the forecastle re-
fused to do so. Wenese took the chief mate into the foe-
castle, where the men were, said asked them their reason for
disobeying orders ? and they said they were disables'. One
said he had the rheuina,kn, and another said he had the lum-
bago. The next morning they again refused to work, anti they
said they would not wock, because the beef and pork were hate
\ stness told theta, that if the previsions were bad, or lie
had ill-treated them, to complain to the proper autho-
rities in leharleston. They said they would nut work. Wit-
Less has eaten better provision-, and he has eaten worse.
1 he provisions were not bad. W tint ss then went into his
cabsis, and on his attempting to come out again, he found that
he was fastened in. Witness then took a hatchet and cut down
the door, and came on deck with the axe on his shoulder, and
the carpenter came behind him, and threw him down, and
',aliened his arms. The crew then carried him into his state
room and lauthim on the bed. Shortly afterwards the chief mate
came in. He said, Take care of yourself, for they are up to
something now." They immediately after came into the room,
Piper said we consider you mad, and we are going to give the
ship in charge tease chief mate. Thee took hold of the chro-
nometer, and Williams said " Don't shake her." Witness was
on the bed with his arms tied. He struggled out of the bed to
save the chronometer, but did not succeed. '1 hey left the
room, and shortly afterwards Williams got some pork arid bis-
cuit, and gave to ei itness with a fork. Witness got
out on the deck, and walked the deck with his arms pinioned.
Witness asked them to take off the lashings. '1 hiy
took them off, and , then put willies* in irons. '1 hr
handcuffs wt re too small. Witness remained the whole night
in it ors. In the morning his wrists were much ea mien. '1 hey
then took the irons off, aid witness went on deck w ith a rr an on
each side. They kept watch upon him all day. In the even-
leg, Inkpen tame up to witness with a sti ait- aiscoat, and said
I have got something that will be more comfortable than
irons,' and he put the 'waistcoat on witness. 'The waisteuast
was made of coarse canvass and bands. The sleeves were roo
short, and sown up at the bottom, so that his hands
could not go through. In consequence of this, his hands
were cramped up and were sore for a month.
1 he next mortising they took the waistcoat away to lengthen the
sleeves. Witness begged of them not to put it on again, for he
could not go through another night, They then left the waist-
coat in the room, but placed a guard over the witness. Oat the
Friday following witness asked them if they intended to be com-
manded by him, and they said no. They said he had had too
much indulgence, and he must not be allewed to walk the deck.
He was then etsuffised to a small cabin until Sunday. On time
Monday they would not allow him to go on deck.
'I he next day they received a pilot on board.
and shortly after they came to an anchor, and on 'the
Monday following they entered the town. The crew would
not allow him to go on shore, and he wrote to his consignees.
The pilot took the letter. The Government officers were sent
front the town, and witness was released. The pilot had then
command of the ship. Vi itness went to the Consul and re—
lated to him the circumstances, and the men were sent to gaol.
The ship sailed again on the 28th of February, and the prisoner,
with the exception of Rutherford, Piper, and Inkpen, were put
on board the vessel by the Consul's orders. They refused to
work the ship, and were taken as passengers. Witness had no
difficulty whatever with his new crew. Rutherford, Piper, and
Inkpen were left in gaol in Charleston, and had been arrested
since their arrival in England.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—WouId swear that
he had not beers many times drunk in his life. Witness took
the command of the ship in November, 1840. He was before
that time her mate. VS ould swear that he was never unable to
attend to his duty from drunkenness. The part of the ship
the men were ordered to scrape was nut dangersus. The men
did not refuse in consequence of the weather being squally.
Would positively swear that be was not drunk at that time.
Scrubbing the decks is called hollystorting, or laying their
prayers. Did not taunt themen with obliging them to say their
prayers. Never said to the men that he would take them to
the Bay of Fundy, and freeze them up. On the Saturday
before this °cells rence took place, witness said to the men that
he would make a floatingkhell of the ship. On the day the
men refused to work, he had not taken more than
half a bottle of wine. There were some broken bottles about
the cabin, but the reason the bottles were broken was that he
had no cork-screw, amid in gi tting the corks
out, the neck. of she bottles wese broken. While
he was in iri us he said he had taken poison. There was
a quantity of poison in the ship, and he tried to upset it, to pre-
wet their putting any- into his victuals. The carpenter
sew him attempting to do this, and lie reported it to the
crew, arid they asked if he had taken any, and he said I have taken
enough to du Ale." The only reason he took up the poison
was to spill it, to prevent the crew from poisoning him. Wit-
ness asked one of the crew to make his will, and first com-
meoddig his soul to God, he aisle sed of his property in Ireland.
Be•erawit.ed—The seamen ieavitig Isoedon for Charleston
ate paid bs. each in advance. It is very difficult to get
seamen in Charleston, and often 81. to 1111. a month is paid.
This often induced seamen to run to Charleston.
James Kelly deposed that he was an apprentice on board

'Stewards Challenge Cup, value 75 guineas.
The Dreadnought and the Midge were the opposing parties,
and the boats were manned thus:—

LoxDON.—'l he iiiidfit(t.:niVersity Qualification. )—Messrs.
Maberley, stroke; Powis, Pocock, Stuart. Steerer, Churchill.
HENLEY..--The Dreadnought Cutter Club—Messrs. Page,
stroke ; thithwaite, Forest, Ives. Steerer, Tagg.
It was a very indifferent race. The Midge took the lead,
kept it, and won very easily. .
The next prize was the District Challenge Cup, for four•
oared boats, now extended to amateur club. belonging to any
of the towns on the banks of the Thames from Windsor to
Oxford (both inclusive), established at least one year pre-
vious to tho time of entering, and whose members shall no, be
resident members of the Universities, or members of any Uni-
versity Club.

The competitors for this were the following
WINDSOR.—The Windsor and Eton Boat Club—Messrs. W.
Long (stroke), Aiu, khouse, G. Long, Dodd. Steerer—E. Long.
OXFORD. The Dolphin Boat Club—Messrs. Beckett
(stroke), Leach, Bossom, Cowley. Su erer—Jackman.
OxFonn.—The Isis Boit Club—Messrs. Williams (stroke),
'enables, Wadlowe, Short at t. Steerer—Chamberlain.
A very excellent race took place, in which it was clear that
the whole of the crews were first-rate as amateurs. The
three boats went off beautifully together, and for a few yards
were level, the Isis then showed her head about a yard in a,l-
vance of the others, which advantage was but temmirar3, the
whole three being again oar and oar. A spirited struggle fol-
lowed, in which the combatants strained every muscle for pre-
cedence. The Windsor and Eton, by dint of superior power,
got the lead and kept it, winning by half a length, or a trifle
more. lhe Lis was about the same distance in advance of the
(Filer boat.

The grand race, " the Derby" of the day, was yet to come,
and the sporting interest was very considerable. The recent
struggle in London between the Cambridge aid Oxford boats
had induced much diversity of opinion on the merits of the
Cambridge-room's and the University boat, and large sums were
laid out at evens. It will be remembered that the Room's boat
in London came in pos-ession of the chief prize at this regatta
last season, in a conlest between them and the Leander. The
race on that occasion was not rowed out, a foul having taken
place about five minutes after the start, and the umpire deciot.
Mg that, according to the conditions of this regatta, a foul,
however accidental it might be, lost the party making it I be race.
just before five o'clock preparations were made for this great
event, the holders being as we have described, and the antago-
nist party. the winners of the race, amongst the chailengers.
The Cermet Chall-nge Cup, value 200 guineas, open to any
crew composed of members of any of the Universities of Oxford,
Cambridge, or London, or schools of Eton nr Westminster, or
the Officers of her Majesty's Army or Navy, or to any Club es-
tablished at least one year previous to the time of entering.
'l he ciews were:—

LONDON—The Ceimbridge Subscription• room's moat Club.
Messrs. Beresford (stroke), Selwyn,Jones, Ritchie, Lonsdale,
Urpleby, Shadwell, Yeitman. Steerer—T. Egan.
UAMBRIGE.—The University Boat Club. Messrs. Ridley,
(stroke), lion. G. Dtnman, Royds, Cohbold, Vials, Watson,
Hon. L. Denman, Tower. Steerer—J. Pollock.
It will be seen by the above list that Mr. Vials has taken
the place of Mr. Penrose in the University boat since Sa!ur-
day, and that Mr. Egan, who steered that boat on Tuesday,
in its contest against the challengers, was found in the London-
room's boat, his loss to the University crew being supplied by
Air. Pollock, a very able steerer, and the brother, as we un-
derstand, of the gentbiman who took the yoke-lines in the
match of Saturday.
Both crews bent forward on the signal being given, and
start, d away together. The Univeisity boat a peared, after a
few pulls, to be heading, but a trifling spurt and they were as
at the moment of going off. The Room's-boat then made a
dashing effort for "the pride of place." and gained it by about
a lout. Heavy and long pulls followed each other in rapid suc-
cession, but the Room's-boat still headed by about a foot and a
haF, and the acclamations of the multitude were not lost upon
the compe;itors. The Reom's-boat crew tried to increase their
lead, but without effect. It was difficult work to retain the
advantage they had gained, nor could the opposing party over-
haul them. The London Subscription Room's Boat Club won
by a third of a length only, amidst deafening plaudits.
The Dreadnought rowed over the course for the Town Cup,
which closed the sports of the day.

TILE LICHFIELD Housu SALE.--The sale of the
valuable furniture contained in this mansion ....laded yester-
day. The house has been thronged with visitors during the
week, attracted to view the superb services of plate which form
the subject of to-morrow's auction. The principal service is
silver-gilt, of the most massive construction, and possesses
great interest Item having been presented by the Govern-
ment of the day to the lebrated Lord Anson, and manu-
factured from silver captured by his Lordship in 1740, when
in command of tl,e English fleet on the coast of America.
,horilv after the outbreak of the Spanish war. The present
Eal (1 Lichfield, tsho has been rosiding at Naples fur some
time past, is lineally descended from the great_ eit eumnavigator
and hero above alluded to.

The State apartments at Windsor Castle are now
open to the public every day in the week, Friday excepted. from
eleven till six o'cloek ; and during the resid, nee of the Court,
the apartments wil lbe closed cn Tuesdays an I Fridays.
The two Spanish Princes and suite visited the
Thames Tunnel yesterday afternoon.
The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel,
the Ocean, :last, front notterdmi, arrived off the Custom
House, at e►ght o'clock, A. tit., this day, with the Dutch Mail.
We understand that in consequence of the pre-
carious state of health of the King of the French, the visit of

the Prir:ce de Joinville' who was erroneously stated to have
embarked on board the Grand Turk for Southampton, is post-
poned sine die, and the King and Queen of the Belgians, who
are expected to embark at Ostend for Woolwich, to-morrow
or Saturday, will remain in comparative refit ement at Windsor
Castle, instead of Claremont, doting their sojourn here. The
Court o ill, it is expected, leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor
on Monday next.
FOREIGN WINE.—From a return to the House of
Commons of the number of gallons of foreign wine imported
into the United Kingdom for the past year it appears, that out
of a total of 6,460,724 gallons on which duty has been paid,
the consumption of Cape nine over French wines has been no
less than 65,632 gallons, the returns being, 441,883 gallons of
Cape, and only 376,251 gallon: French, Portugal has sent
into the kingdom during the same period, 2,481,345 gallons,
at.d Spain 2,542,471 gallons. Madeira stands low upon the
list, it being only set down at 121,638 gallons, which is only a
t hit d in 'elation to the French wines, and scarcely a fourth part
of the Cape. C f Rhenish, 58,103 gallons have been admitted.
M. AND MISS M. B. HAWES'S CONCERT.—The
annual concert of Mr. and ?Hiss M. B. Hawes was given last
evening in the Queen's-room, Hanover-square, to a numerous
and fashionable audience. Mr_ John Parry's "Berlin wool,"
and "Mama is so very particular," greatly enlivened the con-
cert. The superb " OGod, have mercy upon me," of Men-
delssohn Bartholely, sung by Miss Hawes, called down deserved
plaudits. Miss Fanny Russell, Miss Birch, and Mrs. W.
Loder also sang some equally charming songs. The instru-
mental performers were, Madame Dulcken, Mr. Lindley, Mr.
Blagrove, and the 'Messrs. Loder, whose names need only be
mentioned as o enmity for their execution.

LONGEVITY OF A WHOLE FAMILY.—A couple were
lately married at Mingat, in France, when it appeared from the
tighter of the church, that the father of the bridegroom bad
died at the age of 101, the mother 100 years old—the father
of the latter bad lived 104, and the mother 95 years.

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THE LEVANT MAIL.
TURKEY.

CONSTANT2NOPI,F., MAY 27.—The representatives of the
Powe,s are this morning engaged in a conference with
Scrim Effendi, tEe 3linister. of Foreign Affairs, at his house on
.the Rosilorus. It is supposed to have reference to the affairs
of Syria. Mohamed Pacha, late Governor of Angora, has been
appointed to the government of Tripoli, in the place of Ashkar
Pacha, who has been withdrawn in consequence of the ent.r.•
getic representations of Sir Stratford Canning. This is the
fourth functionary of that rank whom he has caused to be
disgraced.

Although the transactions referred to in the annexed note
may be intrinsically of no great importance, and though, as far
as the interests of the parties are concerned, the Porte may
consent to a satisfaetory arrangement of the question, still it
involves a principle, the discussion of which, from the very
careless way the commercial treaty was negotiated here, will
have to be revived, at a moment, too, when the pressure
and multiplicity of other business renders such additional
embarrassment peculiarly inconveniert. You are aware that
one of the boasted effects of that treaty was the abolition of
ail monopolies. In reckoning, however, on this enlightened
concession of the Poi te, we reckoned, it appears, somewhat
without our host ; for in the Turkish version of the treaty
the word monopoly is rendered loy a phrase (iedi rabid)
(single hand), v,-11o,e application is at once much more li-
mited, and much more indefinite. There are other gross
oversights in the treaty, both in the spirit and in the letter,
which call for immediate revision.
NOTE OF SIR STRATFORI) CANNING.

" The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has the honour to submit
the following remarks to his Excellency the Alinister for
Foreign Affairs : •
" Repeated complaints are addressed to me of the injury
done to our trade by the refusal of the authorities at Salonica to
allow the salt imported there by our merchants to be sold in
the ordinary way. Several large cargoes of that article have
hien now detained for many months, to the prejudice and
heavy loss of the importers. This is not only a gross injustice
to the individuals concerned; it is also a national injury, inas-
much as it operates to the discouragement of British trade, and
is also an infraction of our commercial treaty with the Porte.
The only reasons alleged for the refusal are, that salt is a re-
served article, that it is produced at Salon:ea, that the sale of it
is farmed, and that the interests of the farmer, and consequently
of the Government, will suffer by the importation and sale of
other salt. It ,is true that salt is a reserved article in some
countries ; in Turkey, also, it may have been so formerly, but
there is no such reserve in the treaty. The second article
stipulates the suppression of every monopoly, without any ex-
ception whatever, as well as the liberty of trading in every kind
and article of Turkish produce. This must be deemed conclu-
sive. Had the Porte thought proper to make any reserves,
they should have been expressed in the treaty, and in that case
no doubt the sacrifices made by Great Britain in consenting to
a large increase of the duties would have been diminished.
With respect to any inconvenience or loss devolving upon the
Porte, in consequence of the treaty—it may or may not be a
reason for proposing a reconsideration of its articles by mu-
tual consent ; but it will not warrant a refusal to give effect to
the existing stipulations, especially when that refusal is ac-
companied with a heavy loss to individuals trading on the faith
of those stipulations. Had the trade in salt been prohibited at
Salonica, notice should have been given to the merchants. They
looked, no doubt, to the provisions of the commercial treaty,
and finding no exception specified there, embarked their capital
with confidence in the traffic of salt. They fiive therefore a
just claim on the protection of the Minister ; and the
Porte, who has merited reputation for scrupulous at-
tention to treaty engagements, cannot but do justice
to the representations of her Majesty's Ambassador. In
truth, the question has, already been decided by the Porte
itself. No less than two years ago a case similar to the
present occurred at Yanina, and the Grand Vizier of that time
did not hesitate to comply with the representations of the
British Embassy, and to give orders for the sale of the salt im-
ported, grounding his decision on the commercial treaty, and
expressly directing that-every facility should be given to the
trade of the English in salt, as in every ether article. The un-
dersigned avails himself of this opportunity to repeat to his Ex-
cellency, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the assurances of his,
high consideration.
(Signed)
" Pera, May 12, 1842."

STRATFORD CANNING.

The day before yesterday the old veil or covering which had
been removed from the Prophet's tomb at Mecca, and which,
agreeably with the custom at the commencement of every
reign, had been replaced by another, the gift of the present
Sultan, was carried in procession to the seraglio, where it was
deposited with other relics of the same description.
An application was last week made by Baron de Hubsch, the
Dan;sh Minister for a firman, authorising the passage through
the Dardanelles of a frigate having on board Prince Frederick
de Hesse Cassel, nephew of the King of Denmark. The
Porte, however (somewhat uncourteously, I think, considering
the occasion), has refused to grant the firman, alleging for ex-
cuse the provisions of the treaty of London, by which ships of
war are excluded from these waters.
EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, MA 26.—The Mahmoudieh Canal has
again been tilled with water, so that travellers will not have to
contend with the same d:fficulties as unfortunately they ex-
perienced this month. The Pacha will also be enabled to bring
his produce to market. He is much in want of money ; he
lately borrowed a considerable amount frcm the European
merchants established here. His troops are still twenty-three
months in arrears. Great discontent prevails amongst them at
this ill usage. The Paella this morning determined to levy
the three per cent. ad valorem duty, reserving to himself the
right of all inland and other municipal duties. Although this
measure is perhaps the least burdensome on trade, it is in
direct opposition to the hatti scheriff, which established fire
per cent. at places of import, in lieu of every other inland duty.
All the Sultan's firmzns, hatti scheriffs, and treaties of com-
merce, are quite dead letters with the Pacha, and always will
be so, as private interests and his open bribery of the Constan-
tinople officials conduce to such ends. The accounts which
reached us from India say, that the steamer India would not
leave Calcutta before the Ist of May, consequently she may be
expected at Suez in the beginning of next month.
'I here is a report in town that the English Government is
making arrangements, with that of Austria, to convey her India
snails from Ostend, across Germany to Trieste, and from thence
by the Lloyd steamers direct to this. They say also that the
Danube Company will scam be again plying from this to Con,
stantinople.