The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-03 00:00:00

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ORENBURG, JUNE 20.

From the news lately received from the frontiers of
China, it appears that Ai Kbodja having succeeded in col-
lecting a considerable force, has pushed his conquests with
success, and that the Chinese had been defeated in several
engagements with the inhabitants of Little Bukharia ; but
at length the Chinese Government sent a formidable army
into that country, which put the Bukhariann to flight, and
captured their artillery. On this occasion Ai Khodja, the
chief of the insurrection, lost his life, and Koun Khodja,
his brother, took refuge among the Kirgbis. The four
towns which had fallen into the hands of the insurgents
surrendered to the conquerors, who doubled the annual tri-
bute paid by the inhabitants. The Chiaese spreml a re-

port that Ai Khodja had some Europeans among his fol-
lowers. Commerce has resumed its usual activity, and
the caravans from Bukharia are already on their way to
the countries where the productions of that country fu►d a
market.

ST. PETERSBURGII, JULY 16.

Last Friday being the anniversary of the birth-day of
the Empress Alexandria, the annual promenade in the,
Isle of Yelagio was favoured by a,vcry fine evening.
,The-
crowd of carriages and pedestkians, and the vast number
of boats on the Neva, bands of music stationed in dif-
ferent parts of the island, the illumination of the neigh-
bullring country houses, and the number of spectators who
attended the opening, the rapid erection of which is a real
prodigy in architecture, made this promenade uncommonly
brilliant. The festivities were concluded by a fine display
of fire-works on the banks of the island of Krestovsky,.
opposite the pavillion of Yelagin.

HALLS, JULY 20.

M. William Ludwig Riedel, Counsellor in the Prussian
service, has returned, at Erfurt, to the Catholic religion..
M. Riedel is in his 49th year.
Her Imperial Highness the Princess Maria of Saxe
Weimar, who has been lately incrsposed, will go in Sep—
tember on a visit to St. Petersburgh.

An article (characterised by that peculiar spe-
cies of intellect' which Lord LONDONDERRY is
said to possess in such perfection, viz. flummery)
has appeared in this morning's Post, on the
subject of the Birmingham Address to Mr.
PEEL, from which we glean three very impor-

taut facts—first, that the gentlemen who pre-
sented the Address were of great " social im-
portance' (Aldermen probably) ; secondly, that
Mr. PEEL is a Ghost, the " Ghost of C/ESAR
and, thirdly, that notwithstanding his posthumous
properties, he gave a " banquet" to the foreman
of the Birmingham Committee, an attorney, by
name BIRD, to whom Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE
and his Grace of WELLINGTON were both spe-
cially introduced. It is not often that we derive
so much edifying information from the gifted
columns of the Post; we hasten, therefore, to
record our gratitude, though at the same time it
is but right to confess that the information is
any thing but novel ; it is, in fact, like Cockletop
in the Farce, a " modern antique." Our accom-
plished cotempbrary, however, lays great stress
on its importance: in his eye, the Address speaks
the.sense of the nation, and is calculated to spread
" anguish and alarm" among the Ministerial
ranks. It is not for us to state how far Mr.
CANNING and the Marquis Of LANSDOWNE
are likely to be horrified by the circumstance of a
Birmingham Attorney having" banquetted" with
Mr. PEEL ; WC should hope, nevertheless, that
they would bear the shock with the same Chris-
tian fortitude with which the readers of the
Post hear the visitation of its leading arti-
des. While on the subject of these_. last,
we will just venture to call public atten-
tion to the present ingenious specimen. It.
is truly a prose epic, possessing the Aristotelian
requisites of a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The subject is the Birmingham Address, then
follows au episode, consisting
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GEORGE FOURTH, and a gentleman who
has, lately been to Windsor. The style is
equally characteristic ; so' much so, indeed, that
with a little judicious attention, a persevering
reader • may almost contrive to understand it.
What more can be expected ?

Extract of a Letter from an officer of his

Majesty's brig Phitomel, dated Malta, June 9 :

" Our duties since 1 last wrote, have been of the most
tedious and monotonous description, having been continually
running as convoy, to protect our merchant vessels from
Greek and other piralcs, who are becoming more and more
numerous and daring. Our ennui has recently, however,
been a little relieved, by having picked tip one of these
fellows.

" We sailed on the 6th ultimo from Smyrna, with a
convoy of fine sail of merchantmen, and after having been
one day at sea, found ourselves so much delayed by the
heavy sailing of one of them, that we were obliged to take
her in tow. circumstance, however unpleasant to us
in the first instance, was the cause of onr subsequent good
fortune; as at day-light on the morning of the 11th, on
my watch, Cape Matapan bearing N.E. eleven or twelve
miles, a strange sail hove in sight, a little on the weather
quarter, running down towards us, under all her canvas.
I immediately reported to his Lordship, who coming on
deck, we made her out to be a bombardo—a particular
kind of rig for a Greek vessel, with one mast—and con•
eluded her to be one of the piratical cruisers, that had been
infesting these seas, between Candia and the Merea. We,
therefore, did all we could (imperceptibly) to retard our
way, to allow her to near us ; and the chase thus continued,
I think, three or four hours, when having approached
to within four cables' length to windward, she twigged us,
and directly hauled her wind. We instantly cast off our
tow line, and did the same ; and to a looker on, the sight
must have been very interesting : with us, however, the
fun now bee-an ; all hands to quarters—clear away the
guns—whack, went a shot across her botvs—never were
such times :--men, midshipmen, lieutenants, in fact, all
ranks, clearing for action. Thus we kept en for nearly
four hours, when she hove her main-top sail to the mast,
and we sent a boat on board and took possession. I was
put on board by Lord lugestric, as prize-master.
" This little narrative will be as interesting to you, as
the occurrence was to me."

Letters from Frankfort of the 26th of July,
received this morning, state that Officers from
the Etat Major have gone from St. Petersburgh,
and arrived at the cantonments of the Second
Army at Choczyne, on the Pruth. This army
is now computed at 90,000 men, and the can-

tonments are so extensive, that it will require
fifteen days to assemble the army. In case of
war with Turkey, this army is to act offensively,
and it is said that two strong divisions of the
Polish Army are to form a Corps of Observa-
tion on the Banks of the Danube.

Letters from Genoa, of the 25th ult., on the
authority of a Paper printed in that City, men-
tion that news had reached them that the DEY of
ALGIERS has again refused the proposals made
to him by the French Admiral, who is expecting
reinforcements in order to enable him to effect

a landing. It is observed that this intelligence
comes from a quarter entitled to credit, but we
apprehend the latter observation relative to land-
ing cannot be true, for it does not appear that the
French are likely to undertake such a movement,,