The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-30 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1829.

Government has received no official intel-
ligence
of the battle between the Turks and Rus-
sians, near Shumla, on the 11th June. The
intelligence, however, has obtained full credit.

His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY
had a long conference with Sir GEORGE NIUR•
RAY, this morning, at the Colonial Office, on
business connected with the Colonies.

The contents of the French Papers are still of
a domestic character, and cannot therefore be
supposed to be of much foreign interest. The
discussions on the Budget still continue. They
possess this striking difference between the
discussions of former yews, that the senti-
ments of the speakers are far more liberal and
spirited. The speakers themselves haVe become

more emboldened the more they scrutinise the
actions, and canvas the projects, of Ministers.
The Swiss-troops in the pay of France, amount-
ing to 12,000 men, are looked on by the Cham-
ber-with a jealous uneasiness, and advantage is
taken to their prejudice, of the circumstance that
their pay and allowances are higher by 2-sths

than those of the French soldiers. This is ac-
counted for by the fact that the BOURBONS, on
their restoration, concluded a treaty with the
Swiss Cantons for the pay and maintenance of
12,000 Swiss troops for a period of 25 years, at
the terms above stated, and this term will not
expire for ten years at least :

(From the Messager des Chambres )
" PARIS, JUNE 26.

" EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM LISBON', JUNE 6.

" "Ile Belle Gabriel, French frigate, has just arrived
in this port. It could not appear more apropos than
after the executions at Oporto, and the excesses recently
committed in the capital by the Royalist volunteers. The
presence of this vessel has produced here a lively sensation
and almost general joy. It cannot fail to inspire the dis-
turbers of the peace with awe, and will preserve our coun-
trymen from the insults and ill-treatment to which the in-
habitants tif Lisbon have been exposed for above a fort-
night.'"

(From the Journal du Commerce of Saturday.)
"Pants, JUNE 26.—For these two days past the funds
have been much in favour, which has been atti Hinted to
the resolution which has been again agitated by the Bank
to reduce the rate of discount from 4to 3 per cent. We
,!o do not know whether this news is well founded, but it
is certain that the smallness of the half-yearly dividend
must induce the Council of the Bank'to adopt some mea-
sure which may promise a more advantageous employment
of its capital."
FRENcu Fuuns.—PAßlS, JUNE 27.—Five per Cents.,
109 f. 45c. 40e. ; Three per Cents., 79f. Ssc. 90c. SOc.
85e. ; Bank Stock, 1,805 f. ; Naples Stock, 85f. Ssc. ;
Royal Spanish Loan, 74-If. ; Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles,
49ff. ; Haytian Loan, 450 f. Exchange on London, one
month, 25f. 45e. ; three months, 25f. 30c.---fours Au-
thentigue.

An Italian Journal received this
.morning
states that shocks of earthquake still continue to
alarm the inhabitants of Albano
ROME, JUNE 11.—We regret to announce that the
shocks of earthquake continue to alarm the inhabitants of
the vicinity of Albano; on the Bth and 9th the shocks
were more sensible than usual, hut, thanks to Providence,
nobody has yet fallen a victim to this scourge, against
which prayers continued to be addressed to the Divine
mercy.

German Papers of the 23d June have been
received. The Ambassadors of France and
England were expected to arrive at Constanti-
nople about the beginning of June. Whether

the news of the recent battle between the GRAND
VIZIER and the Russians would facilitate the
object of their mission, is a problem not very easy
of solution. The vengeance and mortification of
the Turks would no doubt increase i❑ proportion
to the insolence of the Russians. If the GRAND
VIZIER be able to effect his return to Shumla,
he will give a different account of the battle to
that furnished by the Russians; and the fact of
his return will go far to corroborate the main
tenor of his story.

It would appear that Admiral HEYDEN does

lot prosecute the system of blockade with his
Former severity, for he has returned to Poros.
leaving the command at the Dardanelles to Ad-
miral RICORD, with a small portion of the

fleet. A general movement seems to have taken
place among the English and French fleets also.
Admiral MALCOLM has gone to Smyrna in
order to be nearer the scene of operations, and
the better to protect the interests of the British
merchants. An English Commissioner is re-
ported as having gone to Greece to bring about
an armistice between the Greeks and Turks,
but this we think at least premature, for it is not
likely that an armistice would be effected, before
the Ambassadors of England and France had
first effected some arrangements at Constantinople.
The account given by the Russians of the gal-
lant resistance and desperate but cool valour of
the Turks at Pcndcrakli, is highly creditable to

the spirit of these people. "It is but justice to
say (says the Russian account) that the Turks
displayed extraordinary valour in the defence of
their ship. They erected batteries wherever they
could be of any use, and if our artillery obliged
them to abandon one, they chose another posi-

lion, and immediately had 20 guns mounted."
Nothing can speak more eloquently than this in

the praise of a brave people :
TRIESTE, JUNE 16.—1 t was reported at Corfu that the
Ambassadors of France and England would arrive at Con
tar.tinople by the beginning of June. It was said also
that Admiral Heyden, who lately sailed to the Dardanelles
in order to enforce the blockade with greater strictness,
had returned to Poros with the greater part of his fleet,

leaving Admiral Ricord at Tenedos, to continue the
blockade ; Admiral Malcolm, on the contrary, is said to
have gone to Smyrna to protect the English trade in the
Archipelago. Large remittances have again been received
lately at Ancona for the Russian squadron. It was re-
ported at Zante that an English Commissioner had been
sent to the continent of Greece for the purpose of bringing
about an armistice between the Turks and the Greeks.
The French troops in the Morea are in the best condition,
and are encamped at different ppints. It was believed that
the French men-of-war stationed in the Archipelago
would assemble at Smyrna. The various movements

lately made by the squadrons of the three mediating
Powers, gave ample scope for conjecture to our coffee-
house politicians.
ODESSA, JUNE 6.—An extraordinary Supplement to
the Journal of to-day contains extracts of reports received
by Admiral Greigh, from Captain Skalowsky, command-
ing a division of the fleet, and dated 13th (25th) May.
The first extract contains at great length the proceedings
of the division at Cape Baba, the result of which was the
burning of a lar2,e man of war, in the harbour of Pen-
derakli, and of several smaller vessels. The town suffered
considerably, and its probable, from its numerous popula-
tion, that many must have been killed.
6' It is but justice," says the Captain,
.66 to say that the
Turks displayed extraordinary valour in the defence of
their ship. They erected batteries wherever they could be
of uny use; and, if our artillery obliged them to abandon
one, they chose another position, and immediately had 20
guns mounted. Their musqueteers appeared in great num-
bers, notwithstanding our grape shot, which swept the
c..ast, and some of them even had the boldness to try to ex-
tinguish the flames in the ship."
The second report relates the destruction of eight
Turkish vessels at Schili. The operations were per-
formed with success in spite of a terrible fire from numer-
ous batteries masked by the woods and from the musketry;
the latter was kept up by the Turks with such spirit,
that Capt. S. says all our boats are pierced through and
through with balls.
A Turkish corvette of 26 guns, just ready to be launched

at Pendeiakli, was also completely dism*antled and shot to
pieces.

A letter from an officer on board the Black Sea fleet
gives an account of the extraordinary escape of the Mercury
brig of 18 guial from tw•o Turkish ships of the line.

Another post may bring us intelligence
whether the GRAND VIZIER has been able to
effect his return to Shumla or not. The pre-
sumption is in his favour, judging from the cir-
cumstance that the Russians were not able to make
an active pursuit. Perhaps, however, their force
in the vicinity of Shumla was sufficiently strong
to intercept his retreat. It would be idle to spe-
culate upon the consequences of this battle till
we have more authentic, or rather later, accounts.
If the VIZIER has been able to carry off the
main portion of his army, the Russians will yet
have enough to do at Shumla.