The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING .72IJNE' 28, 1842,

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 7TH OF JUNE.—On the Ist the MM..
hers of the Ottoman Cabinet and the high dignitaries of the
State met in Council, the Sultan being President, and re.
mained in deliberation for several hours. On the 2d an ex-
traordinary Council was held, and yesterday another took place,
Baron de bout queney addressed a note yesterday to the Porte,
demanding satisfaction for an insult offered at iteyrout to a
French Lieutenant on board the Surprise brig, by two Alba-
nian soldiers. This cote occasioned some long communications
with the Ambassador, ar.d a meeting of the Council. The
Sultan's Government, seeing that the complaint was made on
just grounds, agreed to grant the satisfaction demanded. In
consequence, the French war schooner, the Alesange is to set
sail from the Bosphorus to. morrow, to deliver an order to the
Moustapha Pacha to give up the two culprits, who are to be
brought to Constantinople to receive a severe punishment.
Yesterday, Chekib Effendi, formerly Ambassador of the Porte
at London, was ordered to repair to Wallachia, to arrange cerL
tain differences which have arisen between the Prince and the
Primates of that principality."
The following is also from the Journal de Smyrne
" The little island of Calymnos has just been the theatre
of grave events, which call for the solicitude of the Sultan's
Government. The inhabitants, having refused to pay ap
annual duty of 100 piastres for each boat and 18 for each
man employed in the sponge fishery, an Ottoman brig of
war was despatched, towards the end of the month, to en.
force payment. The Captain on his arrival had an inter-
view with the Primates, who promised to exert their influence
to persuade the population to pay the tax, the moderate
amount of which was not contested. The next day one of the
Primates, named Ismayl, was invited to dine on board, and
whether from having drunk too much, or from some other
cause, died suddenly on board. The inhabitants, when in-
formed of this event, accused the Captain of having poisoned
their Primate, and, having risen tumultuously, attacked the
boat. which brought the body to the shore, broke it in pieces,
and killed five of the crew. The brig immediately brought her
broadside to bear on the town, and destroyed- some stores
which were within her range. Some Europeans, who hap-
pened to be at Calymnos, then interposed their mediation, and
obtained a cessation of all hostilities on both sides, until orders
should be received from Constantinople. Nothing further has
as yet taken place.
A letter from Aivali, June 4, in the same journal, says—
" The Turkish Government, determined to put an end to
the disorders which have afflicted this town, dispatched hither
a frigate with 500 troops on board. She arrived here the day
before yesterday, and immediately the Primates elected by the
populace after the late disturbances were arrested and taken
on hoard an Ottomon brig of war which hap' ened to be he re,
and which sailed this morning for Constantinople. The ar-
rests were effected without the slightest resistance, and the
town is perfectly tranquil."

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 23.—The average price 'of Whc
last week was 23f. 81c., and that of Rye 13f. 35c.
We are able to affirm that it is certainly to 20 year%
confinement that the punishment of Messrs.Vanderrucere
and Vandersrnissen is commuted, and to 10 years that of
Messrs. Verpraet and Van Lathem, by a decree of the
19th of this month. They will be confined in the for;-
tress of Bouillion.

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ANTWERP, JUNE 24.—The British Queen arrived here
this morning (the 24th) at half-past eight. It has there;-
five performed the voyage in less than 17 days.—Jour!.
naldu Commerce d'Anvers, Juno 25.

SPORTING.
No handicap in the year excites the same interest or
is:the subject of so deep speculation as the Goodwood
Stakes. The Chester Cup, the July Cup, the Leaming-
ton Stakes, the Cesarewitch, large stakes, are all insig-
nificant as compared with the great Goodwood Handi-
cap. I trust the following analysis will not be mal a
propos :

Comparing the number of acceptances in the last five
years, 1 observe that, in 1837, thirty-nine were left in
out of the one hundred and seven named i in 1838, forty
out of one hundred and eighteen : in 1839, forty- five
out of one hundred and twenty-eight : in 1840, sixtyr
four out of one hundred and twenty-seven : in 1841;
forty-nine out of one hundred and fifty-one : and
now, fifty out of one hundred and fifty-two. The
number of subscribers, you see, increases annually;
and there is no reason why it should not reach
two hundred. Surely, the absurdity of not di,
viding this stake into classes must be appa
rent to the 'veriest dolt. The public complain
of the badness of the handicap daily • why, how is i
possible so to weigh such a number of horses as to give
them each and every one an equal chance, for so I inter=
pret the word handicap. Does the man live who can
handicap one hundred and fifty horses so well that tht
list be given to me and I cannot strike out one-third tha
shall have as ninth chance as if they were stewed ? You
cannot handicap good old horses with bad three-year-
olds : I was about to say sixteen stone and a feather
would hardly, in some instances, do it ; at all events,
with racing weights you cannot bring them together.
It is quite as important that the horses should be classed
as that the stake should be divided into classes. I live
before suggessed this alteration ; I can now do no more
than leave it in the hands of higher powers, who, I am
certain, sooner or later, will see the propriety—aye, the
absolute necessity—,if attending to my suggestion. For
the Wokingham Handicap at Ascot thirty subscribers •
are considered sufficient for two classes, and the two races
the week before last brought out fields of fourteen and
twelve. Here is a specimen at once of the increase of
sport afforded by this simple method.
Nine of the horses named in this great stake were in
Scott's stable, out of which two only accept—Knight of
the Whistle and Rhodanthe. John Day had eight en'-
teret,l, and pays forfeit with every one, and Mr. Isaac
Day with his four, shows the same discontented disposi-
tion. Ten were named out of the lot trained by Kent
on the spot. Of these Bracelet and Proof Print only
accept. Ten also were named in Dawson's stable : so
two (13e11ona and Arnagill) only accepting. Thus the
great stables are in an unusual minority ; so much
the better for the small fry. Trenn named tour (Fitzroy,
Una, Muley Hemet, and Haitue), and accepts with all.
Osborne leaves in Satirist and Van Amburgh, re-
serving Sleight-of-Hand for the Cup. Forth had six
entered, and accepts with Hyllus, Lucy Banks, and the
Golden Rule. Lord Miltown named and accepts with
three ; Lord Exeter with two ; Heseltine with three—
Squire, Alice Hawthorne, and Millepede ; Cooper had
three named, leaving in all but I-am-not-aware, a horse
that pays f)rfeit for this race for the first time in hii
life. Mr. Shelley accepts with two out of four ; Dilly
is a satisfied man, leaving in all three entered. Alto
gether, if my calculations be correct, thirty-one different
trainers have horses engaged in the Goodwood Stakes.
The public think the handicap unusually bad : I cannot
agree with them, Considering the impossibility of fairly
putting together such an immense number of horses,
several of which have probably run expressly to get
favourably weighted in this very race. Moreover, I
hope never to see more than fifty acceptances for any
handicap race in England.
The tbilowing are the Goodwood Cup weights, cor-
rected since the races at Newcastle and Bibury :
Lanercost, aged, 9st 111 b Attila, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b
Charles Twelfth, 6 yrs, 9st 91b Marius, 4 yr., 7st 81b
Wardan, 5 yrs, 9st 9lb Bangtail gelding, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
Beeswing, aged. 9st Sib Moneda, 6 yrs, 7st bib
Mus, aged, 9st 71b Bro. to Plenipotentiary, 6 yrs,
Sleight-of- Hand, 6 yrs, 9st 2lh 7st slb
St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, 9st 21b G. by St. Nicholas, 6 yrs, 7st Slb
Retriever, 6 yrs, 9st Albion, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
Satirist, 4 yrs, 9st Canadian, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb
Contusionee, 6 yrs, Sat 121 b Meteor, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
Galaor, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb Eaglesfield, 3 yrs 7st 41b
Van Arnburgh, 4 yrs, est 101 b Seahorse, 3 yrs, Est 13Ib
Prince Caradoc, 5 yrs, est 101 b Ballinkeele, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b
Bulwark, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Pharold, 3 yrs. 6st 13Ib
Tubalcain, 6 yrs, Bst 91b Jack, 3 yrs, Est 1315
Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs, Bst Sib Nautilus, aged, Est 12Ib
Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs, Bst .51h Policy, 3 yrs, fist 101 b
The Squire, 4 yrs, Bst .511) The -Golden Rule, 3 yrs, Est
Fieschi. aged, bat 31b f 101 b
Middlebam, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb I Belcceur, 3 yrs, 6st 10lb
Zelmyra, 5 yrs, Bst 3lb Bro. to Garland, S
yrs, 6st 10Ib
Arnagill, 4 yrs, Bst 21b The Oneida Chief.3yrs,6stlolb
Muley Hamet, 4 yrs, Bst 11b Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, Est 615
Galen, 5 yrs, est Fireaway, 3 yrs, Est 61b
H. by Priam out of Seamew, F. out of Auela, 3 yrs, Est 61b
6 yrs, 7st 121 b Moss Trooper, 3 yrs, Est slb
Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Martyr, 3 yrs, Est 31b
June 27. J UDEX.

Baron Deffaudis, who had been sent from Paris
with dispatches for the King of the Belgians, arrived at Brus-
sels on Sunday night last. Finding that his Majesty was at
Ostend, the Baron proceeded there on Monday morning, but,
before he reached the port, King Leopold was on his voyage to
England, and M. Deffaudis returned to Brussels without ac-
eomplishing his mission.

The rejected of Kilmarnock has now added to his
other titles that of the rejected of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
We are confident that wherever humbug, hypocrisy, and cnta
are held in detestation, the intelligence will be received with
unmingled satisfaction. In his own country, Mr. Colquhoun
was speedily seen through, and his last venture has been made
in a quarter where little could be known of him.— Glasgow
Argus.

BARON PARKS.—Baron Parke, among other distin-
guished characteis, last week sat for a Photographic Portrait at
Air. Beard's establishment in Parliament-street. Like Sir W.
Follett, who had previously sat, the Learned Baron expressed
himself highly pleased at the very close resemblance of his
weights
, wordseoignhet s
harp
miniature. ft is a full length portrait, and forms a most ad•
minable likeness of the Learned Judge in his robes.
LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—Spurious weights are being
sold, it is said, in London, as genuine Mint sovereign and half-
sovereign weights, but which arc made and stamped at Bir-
mingham, and are most shamefully wrong in weight. One
pair, bought at a respectable shop in the City, has the sovereign
weight 1 grain and 8-10ths too heavy, equal to 30. ; so that a
sovereign, as issued from the Mint, would appear one grain, or
twopence, too light, if weighed by this weight. The half-
sovereign is ens-tenth and six hundredths of a grain too light,
and will, therefore, make a half-sovereign which is too light
appear of sufficient weight to pass current. The spurious
weights have on one side an exact copy of the real Mint
1842 ;" and on the reverse, the words
weights—viz., the Queen's crest (a lion and crown), and the
on the reverse the words " Curt,, A dwt•
"soßyteleailgniLlil: and C. Ratcliff." But the true Mint
grains-oYerPigP•"--44qfr il?.c! *piing -191frPqi•
A few days ago, in lowering the' descent of a. road
across the plain of Brachenx, in the commune of Masnieres
(Nord), the labourers discovered a skeleton in perfect pre-
servation, which lay with the feet towards the East. Shortly
afterwards they turned up about thirty others all lying in tk
same posi'ion. One of the skeletons' had all antique swo,:d
between the legs, and a vase at the feet. One of the skeletons
measured 2 metres 12 centimetres-7 feet English, 1% ithin about
three quarters of an inch.

always find wisdom and firmness in the conduct of the Divan.
There is a report at Constantinople that the mission. of Sami
Bey has for its object to give a portion of the Egyptian fleet fol.
ayment of the arrear of tribute money."
A letter from Constantinople of the 7th inst., in the Journal
de Smyrne, says :
" The diplomatic conference which took place on the 27th
ult. rela!ive to Syria, terminated in the parties concerned
agreeing to wait fur the report of Selim Bey, who is speedily
expected back from the visit of inquiry he is at present making
by order of the Porte into the present situation of Syria, and
the conduct of Omer Pacha, Governor of the Lebanon. It
would appear that the charges brought against this functionary
have not as yet been fully borne out, and that, on the contrary,
they have given way under the evidence of a number of facts
in his favour. If, therefore, his return is demanded, it is solely
for the sake of upholding the principle of having the inhar
bitants governed by a Christian Prince, as has hitherto been
the case."

BRAZILS.
Her Majesty's packet Express, Lieut. Herrick, arrived at
Falmouth on Saturday morning—from Rio de Janeiro, April
26 ; Bahia, May 11; Pernambuco, 17. Her mails were taken
down to the River Plate by the Cockatrice ; and the return
advices brought up by the Viper. Her Majesty's ships left
in Rio harbour were the Isis and Crescent, ketch Sparrow, and
brig Curlew. The next packet following, the Peterel. arrived
April 21, and awaited her de,patehes and mails for England.
Her Majesty's corvette Rose had sent into port a slave prize,
containing 300 negroes, on ,the 18th of April, which vessel,
being condemned, would be in a few ('ays sent to Jamaica
with her cargb under the convoy of the Sparrow.
Brazilian ships of war at Rio.—The Principe Imperial, Para.
guassa, Campista, Andromache, and transport Paraiba.
The crops of coffee (1842) will, it is supposed, exceed last
year's produce by 1,200,000 bags. The season in the interior
had, generally speaking, been favourable, and the harvest of
Indian corn, beans, and rice, was expected to be plentiful. •
Considerable excitement exited on the slave question. It
was believed that the British Government had proffered to ex •
tend to Brazil the same measures she proposes to the Spanish
Government to adopt in the Spanish West India possessions.
The daily press teemed with tirades against what is termed the
pseudo-philanthropy of England. An address on the subject,
Irons the provincial legislature of Rio, also gave rise to a copious
discharge of Brazilian bile.
Some ferment also predominated respecting the anticipated
dissolution of the new Chamber of Deputies, elected in 1841.
The session was to be opened on May 3 ; and the general opi-
nion is, that shortly afterwards the decree for the dissolution
would be issued. Some modification is likely to take place in
the Ministry. Vasconcellas, it is said, will come in for the in •
terier, Alves Branco, for finance, and Rodriguez Torres fur
the marine.
Passengers—Messrs. Coleman, Guieguer, Witt, Poole,
Webb, Alchorne, and Cuter. Freight estimated at 28,0001.
Exchange, .4 to 4 ; on Paris, 345 ; on Harnburgh, 635 to 640.

HOLLAND.
TiE 1-I.scue, JUNE 21.—The Queen and Princess Sophia
I are expected here from Soetsdyk at the end of this week.
The Provincial Assemblies are to meet on the first Tuesday
►n July (the sth), in the capital town, to elect Deputies to
the second Chamber of the States-General, in the room of
those who go out by rotation this year.
The difficulties which occur in some provinces in obtaining
precise accounts of the quantities of corn, and of the agricul.
tural produce, have convinced the Minister of the Interior of
the necessity of requiring an annual return. Th e Magistrates
of the Communes have, therefore, been requested to ascertain
every year the number of acres employed in the cultivation of
the several kinds of produce, so that it may be possible, be-
ginning with the year 1843, annually to obtain before the 15th
of January, an accurate account of the produce of the harvest
of the preceding year.
THE HAGUE, 411/3E 23.—His Majesty's frigate Palembang
has brought news-from Java-to the 10th of March thi; year.
The island enjoyed perfect tranquillity. Satisfactory accounts
had been renewed at Batavia from Sumatra, not excepting
the district of Mentiheling, where troubles had been an-
nounced, but happily did not break out.
The amount of the Government produce for 1842, was esti-
mated as follows :—Coffee, 988,210 piculs; Sugar, 829,485
do. ; Indigo, 2,850,000 pounds; Tea, 388,000 do.; Cinna-
mo►►, 139,000 do. ; Cochineal, 48,000 do.
The Minister of Finance gives notice that the gifts for the
relief of the city of Hamburgh to the 18th of this month
amounted to 6,600 florins.
In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General,
of the 18th, the debate on the project of law relative to civil
pensions was concluded. It was rejected by a majority of 31
to 12.
THE HAGUE, JUNE 24.—We learn from St. Petersburgh,
under the date of the 14th of June, that Prince and Princess
Frederick arrived in good health, on the evening of the 12th,
at the Imperial palace of Peterhoff. As soon as the steamer in
which they were was in sight, the Emperor and the Empress
went in a yacht to meet them, and accompanied them to that
palace. The Imperial Court bad resided there for some day s.
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IRELAND.
Dttimm, JUNE 25.—THE ENNIs AFFAIR.-31r. Smyth,
the stipendiary, and Captain De Revynes, the unpaid Magis-
trate, have been suspended from acting u Magistrates until the
result of the approaching trial is made known. The following
is a copy of the letter addressed to Mr. Smyth :
Dublin Castle, 22d June, 1842.
" Sir,—ln reference to the late unfortunate events at Ennis,
I am directed to acquaint you that the Lord Lieutenant, with-
out at Present expressing any opinion whatever as to those
events, or as to the conduct of the Magistrates or constabulary,
feels that none of those parties can with propriety, or with ad-
vantage to the public, continue to exercise their public func-
tions until the decision of the legal tribunals, before which the
cases must be tried, shall be known ; and his Excellency,
therefore, directs that you abstain from acting as a Magistrate
until you shall receive further instructions; but no change will
be made during the interval in your salary or allowances.
" I am, &e. " E. LUCAS.
" L. Cruise Smyth, Esq., R.N., Ennis."
A similar communication, omitting the reference to pay and
allowance, has been addressed to Captain D. Revynes.
DEPARTURE OF Loan DE GREY.—The Lord Lieutenant
has deferred his departure till the middle of next month. The
Orange party are still all but omnipotent in the Castle; and,
as Lord De Grey has given in his adhesion to them, it will be
no fault of theirs if he do not continue a tool in their hands.

MONEY MARKET and CITY.NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP YESTERDAY.
• TIMES.—The Bank of England seems at last to have be-
come sensible of the complaints that have been urged against
them for re-issuing light coin. Forty clerks, it is understood,
are ordered to be in attendance on Monday morning, and
throughout the week, from six to eight o'clock, for the pur-
pose of weighing the whole of the gold possessed by the esta-
blishment, and thus preventing the evil complained of. With
respect to the scarcity of silver, and the unwillingness or in-
ability of the Bank to pay it, it is said that it will last but a
few days; the reason assigned for the course hitherto adopted
being, that, within the first few days of what is called the
" gold panic," there was a call upon its coffers for no less an
amount than 100,0001. in silver. As a curious instance of the
demand at present for this metal to meet the current purposes
of business, it may be mentioned that a country banker paid
to-day 2 per cent. premium for accommodation to the extent of
1001., wtile, among many dealers in London, the common
premium is 1 per cent.
Though the public have heard much of the inconvenience
felt in London from the proclamation respecting the gold coin,
the consequences to the provincial towns have, as yet, been
little adverted to A letter received from Chelmsford is,
therefore, of some interest, as showing the effect of the procla-
mation in that town. The banks, it is said, are crowded with
applicants for a change of gold, and these find a difficulty in
getting anything but paper money, or other sovereigns, which
perhaps turn out also to be light. The manufacturers, agricul •
turists, and relieving officers of the poor being compelled to
offer a premium for such quantities of silver as they require,
this is compensated for by a deduction from the wages of the la-
bourer. Even for a sovereign of full value it is difficult to get
change in silver. Altogether, it is stated, the present excite-
ment at Chelmsford is equal to that during the panic in 1826.
It is asserted in the City, on the authority of parties con-
nected with the Mint, that the half. farthing coinage will not
be ready for two or three months.
It is somewhat remarkable that Friday night's Gazette does
not contain the usual return of the liabilites and assets of the
Bank of England. From the recent change in their time of
making up the averages, this return might to have included
Saturday last (the 15th), and consequently seven days have
elapsed since the period of return without its publication, the
ormer custom being to publish it in three days.

FOREIGN' cORN.
Mr. Bannerman is to move, on Thursday, the 30th instant,.
the following resolutions :
That by the Acts 31 and 33 George 111., c. 60 and 65, it
appears that the King and Council were allowed, when the
Parliament was not sitting, to permit the importation of foreign
corn, at the then existing lowest duty.
That by the Act 39 George 111., c. 87, powers were vested
in his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, " when
circumstances should so require," to permit the importation of
all or any sort of foteign corn or grain, duty free, and also to
permit foreign corn to be taken from the warehouse fur home
consumption, duty free ' • that it appears by the same statute,
which was continued by subsequent Acts for fourteen years,
that numerous articles of food were also permitted to be im-
ported, " when and as often as the same shall be judged expe-
dient," without payment of any duty whatever.
That by the Act 7 George IV., c. 71, the King and Coun-
cil were empowered to admit, for home consumption, until the
Ist day of January, 1827, or for six weeks after the commence-
ment of the next ensuing session of Parliament any quantity
of wheat or wheaten flour warehoused since the 2d day of May,
1826, not exceeding 500,000 quarters, on payment of such
duty as should be declared in the Order in Council.
As it thus appears from the records of this House, that from
the year 1791 to 1827, Parliament has granted authority to the
King and Council to reduce, or altogether discontinue certain
duties which were imposed on the importation of foreign corn,
and other articles of food, it is therefore the opinion of this
House, considering the uncertain operation of those laws which
lately obtained the sanction of the Legislature, and consider-
ing.also the present state of the country, that it would be highly
expedient to vest in her present Most Gracious Majesty similar
authority to that which , was given to her predecessors ; and
this House, befac the close of this session, will cheerfully ac-
quiesce in granting such powers as may enable her Majesty,
with the advice of her Privy Council, to reduce or discontinue,
should circumstances so require, the duties which now regulate
the importation of foreign corn, until the Ist day of Januar,,
1843, or for six weeks after the commencement of the next ses-
sion of Parliament.

oTered 3 to 1 on them, while the supporters of the Club
did not evince the former anxiety to take the odds ; but,
nevertheless, there was no paucity of takers, as it was
expectel that they would " come eut" in the second
i neea.
We shall defer our remarks on the play until after the
conclusion of the match. ' -

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
SOUTHAMPTON.
The Committee appointed to inquire into the proceed.
ings of the late election for Southampton, met yesterday
at twelve o'clock, The Hon. J. S. WORTLEY in the Chair.
After the Committee assembled the room was cleared,
and

The CHAIRMAN suggested that the proper course to
pursue would be to continue the examination of Mr.
Wren, and to confine his examination to the allegations
contained in his petition.
Mr. BAKER •aid the course he intended to pursue was
to proceed with the case he had on hand, and then go on
with the general facts relating to the last and preceding
elections for the borough of Southampton.
Mr. Mackay informed the Committee that Mr. Heart'
was appointed by Mr. Abraham and the other petitioner
as their agent. With regard-to himself, the Committee
having come to the resolution of excluding him, on the
ground that he was a witness, he thought that Mr.
Baker might be called on to say whether he would be
produced as a witness.
Mr. BAKER said that Mr. Mackay presented himself as
a witness, and that he offered himself as such in his

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 27.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
the Board of Guardians of Newbery in Berkshire
against tho rating of workhouses. The Noble Duke ex-
pressed his concurrence in the prayer of the petition.
The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from a
place in Wicklow, against the contemplated measure for
altering the Medical Charities in Ireland.

The Earl of BANDON presented petitions from seve-
ral parishes in the county of Cork, against the system of
National Education in Ireland.

Lord DENMAN presented petitions from societies of
Baptists and other Dissenters, in Yorkshire and Cam-
bridge, praying that affirmations might be substituted
for oaths.