The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-26 00:00:00

FORT
ICjiN IN T

FRENCH PAPERS.
(Prom the Messager des Chambres, Aug. 23.)

REPORTS.
PARIS, AUG. 22.—1 t was reported to-lay at four
o'clock, that an express had brought the news of the
taking of Constantiaople,by the Russian army. •
The embarkalcn of a considerable number of
troops at Mar,e;lles was talked of to-day on 'Change.
The nomination of M. de Vitrolles is confirmed.
It is affirmed- that the Chambers will meet at the
end of September.
The extracts which we give this morning from the
Mouileur tend to confirm this opinion. [Alluding
to the ordinances for the assembly of certain Elec-
toral Colleges, [ublished in the Monileur of Satur-
day.]
M. de Chatcaubriand arrived this evening at
Paris. The Noble Ambassador did not proceed on
his way to Rome, when he learnt what a revolution
had taken place in the Cabinet of France. He would
not be an accomplice, even at a distance, of these
twparalleled changes, which all his sagacity had foot
'ed him to foresee.
A report was in circulation at Havre, of a levy of
seamen among the sailors there, who are very
numerous. It was also said, that orders had been
given to several houses for extensive purchases of
foreign corn.

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(From the Quotidienne of Sunday.)
PARIS, AUG. 22.—1 t was reported to-day on
'Change, that Admiral Malcolm, after collecting the
whole of the maritime force that the English have
in the Mediterranean, had entered the Dardanelles,
with the consent of the Sultan.
(From the Gazette de France of Saturday.)
PARIS, AUG. 22.—A letter from Count Offalia,
Ambassador from Spain at the Court of France,
informs us that the declaration inserted in our paper
yesterday did not proceed from him, as we were
assured by the person who brought it to our office,
and that he had not authorized any body to ask for
the insertion of such a paper. It results fiom the
letter, and from the inquiries we have made, that
M. Dubois Bergeron, having waited on his Excel-
lency to confer on the interests of the holders
of the loan, proposed verbally, and also in writ-
ing, the publication in the journals of a notice
of the same tetmur as that which we have inserted;
and that some verbal explanations, given by the
Legation, were, without reason, represented as
official communications, and inaccurately reported.
We must add, that these statements have been
given this morning to the syndics of the brokers.
After quoting a passage from the Courrier Fran-
cais, predicting the fall of Constantinople, the Gazette
adds—
" We know that the liberal faction has long been
wishing far a general conflagration favourable to re-
volutions; but this time, again, its hopes wi:l be dis-
appointed. His Majes:y the Emperor of Russia
haying formally declared that he desired no aggran-
d;zement of territory, and that he was ready to treat
of peace on bases at once equitable and honourable,
the respective interests of the Russian and Ottoman
empires will be amicably regulated by the Powers
concerned, who are all of them animated with the
most pacific sentiments towards each other. If this
grand contest is to be terminated under the walls of
Constantinople, the conclusion of it will not differ
from what it would have been at Akertnann two
years ago. For this we may depend on the probity
of the Russian sovereign and the firm will of France,
England, end Prussia, for the re-establishment and
the consolidation of peace. Thus the predictions of
:be Courricr will fall to the ground ;—thus the in-
flueece of these great events on recent determinations
is now in part explained."
(The Moniteur contains nothing new.)
(From the Allgemeine Zeitung of Aug. 19 )
(ALSO RECEIVED BY THE EXPRESS.)
BUCHAREST, Ace. 4.—The accounts from the
theatre of war continue to be favourable to the
Russians. It is said, that General Diebitsch, after
?eking Messembria, &e. has turned towards Athia-
nople, where, according to all accounts, hardly any
resistance is to be expected, though the city has
100,000 inhabitants. The Turks fly in all directions
at the approach of the Russian army, and a great
number of the inhabitants have left Adrianople, and
withdrawn into the interior. General Geismar, with
8,000 men, has advanced from Rachova on the road
to Sophia, and this movement threatens great and
speedy danger to the Turks. It is said that Servia
begins to be agitated, and it is not probable that the
Sultan can resist all these dangers.
SEMLIN, AUG. B.—Letters from Constantinople
say that the capital is in the greatest danger, and
that the Sultan has therefore resolved to move his
camp to Ramis-Tchiflik. Many persons in office
'lave been disgraced : among them is Ezrard-Ef-
fendi, the dragoman of the Porte, who acted so
great a part in the negotiations with the mediating
Powers. The Sultan sends orders to all the pro-
vinces to defend themselves to the utmost, and
every commander who shows the least weakness is
'mmediatelv displaced. Hussein Pacha has been
ordered to 'Adrianople to defend it if attacked.
ANCONA, JULY 30.—Litters from Alexandria,
of the 10th instant, say that the Viceroy had assem-
bled his fleet to convey troops to Smyrna, but that
having received news of an mstnrection of the We-
ehabites, he has given counter orders, and will
employ his troops against them. This change in
the destination of the expedition may affect the
operations in Europe in a manner unfavourable to
the Turks.
A journal in the Asiatic language is now pub
!ished at Alexandria.
The Austrivt Observer of the 14th of August
has only a letter from Constantinople of the 30th
of July, which contains no news.

TRANQUIL STATE OF CLA nr..—During
the last twelve months, there were only 280 committals for
the county of Clare to the gaol of Ennis.—Scarcely in
any other county is there, at this moment, such a decrea,e
of, crime.—Diddin Morning Register.

CORK, AUG. 22.—The calendar here is
heavy. The case of " BYNO v. G. CALLAGHAN, 111. P."
absorbs all interest. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL i 8 en-
gaged sp,cially for the plaintiff. Mr. O'CONNELL is also
retained fur the
ADVENTURES Or A KING'S PAGE.—
Among the numerous distinguished personages who have a
conspicuous place in this amusing work will be found :
Their late-Majestiot GEORGE DI. and Queen CHARtorrE
—His present MAJESTY—The Dukes of YORK, KENT,
and CUMBERLAND—Princesses MARY and ELIZABETH—
The gmperor of RusslA—King of PRUSSIA—CoIoneI
TAYLCO.-,4111 DISEROWE—GeneraI BLOOMFIELD—
Duke of Wxf.f.p..',..4g*T.,.-Duke of DEVONSUIRE—Lord,
Gwvnyn, SevTort, Gaactts 4p4 ANsoN—Mr. noel:
—Mr. MA:Ens—The Misses Br Ti!o..,.tAs LAW-
Rovisomo—The late Sir ,iospr llowtE
—Madame Ds STAEL—Madame CATALAN', &c.
A. considerable advantage, we understand, is
about to s.re,e,l4e to the revenue, by some improvements in
the mode of taking ;he malt duty. It has usually been
the practice for the officers 4f the Excise to estimate the
quantity of malt made, by the measirrgment in cubic
inches of a single bushel, applying the same at the same
ratio to any bulk however large. But it is the property
of malt, it seems, when in bulk, on account of the pressure,
to occupy a rain...ger space in proportion than the single
bushel ; and hence it i.,4s occurred, that a quantity which
according to the exciseman's p;i;eiple measured (say) 20
bushels, produced, when measured out agaid Jay the single
bus 1, lor 21-1 bushels. Thus the Government re-
gularly stisi.airied a loss of five or seven and a half per cent.
in the duty. Wo si.a,vigion of the real cause has, however,
existed until lately ; for thoi4gh the discovery could scarcely
fail to follow that more malt was r 04.4 than actually paid
duty, it was more natural in the Government agents
to ascribe it 4; the fraud of the maltster than to their own
incapacity. An atr..-.ll,?;ement or composition with the
Government is now made, o. it p.'o:)ut to be made, by
which an addition cf about three and a Ina per cent, to
the duty will take place, and this, though it is ima&ed
that the Government wri! still receive less th,n itsiust due,
will add, it is estimated, J OP,POOI. per annum to the
revenue,