The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-04 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

" PARIS, NOV. 1.
" The most melancholy accounts are given in
letters from the East, of the state of the Turkish
provinces in Europe. The period of their evacua-
tion by the Russian troops is regarded as the signal
for the dissolution of all the ties of social life ; and
whatever energy the Sultan may be supposed to
possess, it is not believed that he will he able to
stay the impending calamity. The Christian popu-
lation, in particular, are in a state of the greatest
alarm and consternation. It is not from the Turkish
Government that they are apprehensive of mal-
treatment at the moment when the reaction takes
p'ace, but rather from their Mahometan fellow-sub-
ject:, who would not fail to see, with feelings of
resentment, the unequivocal proofs which were
afforded by the Christians of their anxiety for the
success of the Russian arms.

" According to letters from Jassy, dated in the
middl,3 of October, the passage of troops from
Astutia and the Pruth had not yet ceased, although
it was then known that the Sultan had ratified the
Teraty ; but it is accounted for on the supposition
that the Prineipalities had b?en encumbered with
troops, and that these movements . had taken place
for the sake of temporary convenience.

" The terms of the new Austrian loan are now
made public. It is nominally to bear an interest of
four per cent., and it amounts to 21,000,000 of
florins. The parties by whom it is negotiated take
it nomithlly at 86 per cent.; but after all deduc-
tion,,, the nett amount which reaches the Imperial
I teisury will be only 82.

C. It is stated that Prince Metternich and Lord
Cowley have had some serious differences. The
British Minister, in obedience to the instructions of
his Cabinet, is reported to have made a demand
on the Austrian diplomatist which did not appear
to the latter to be altogether consistent with the
Imperial interests; and that the demand having
been supported by observation-, which wore some-
thing of a threatening aspect, had been repelled in
such a manner as to give rise to the alleged misun-
derstanding, Since this period it appears that there
has been ha direct communication between these two
personagt s; but it was expec!ed at Vienna that
kliteir former good understanding would be restored
bkoy the friendly intervention of the Prussian Am-
bassador.—A telegraphic communication from tl►e
Maritime Prefect of Toulon announces that the
Russian blockade of the Dardanelles has been raised
since the 30th of September,
" The general attention seems now to be pointed
s Egypt, as the probable scene of events which are
in come degree to engage the attention of Europe.
The Pacha has just sent 34 young Arabs to France,
for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of the
manufactures, the commerce, and the useful arts, as
now practised in the more civilized countries of
Europe, 'These young strangers have already ar-
rived at the Lazaretto of Marseilles, having been
consigned to the care of M. Etienne Gautier. On
their being liberated from quaran►ine, they are to be
sent to Paris, where they will be under the inspec-
tion of two officers of the Pacha, Abdi and Muchtar
Effendi..

"A handsome Egyptian frigate built at Marseilles,
arrived at Alexandria on the 15th of September.
At that time there were 65 French vessels in the port
of Alexandria, waiting the arrival of their cargoes
from the interior, consisting of the staple commo-
dities of cotton, indigo, and saffron.
" The last intelligence from M. Pariset and the
other members of the Commission sent by the
French Government to Egypt, for the purpose of
investigating the nature of the plague, and inquir-
ing into the possibility of preventing or removing
it, appears to afford the most flattering prospects of
ultimate and complete success. The following is an
extract of a letter from M. Pariset, dated from
ttea, in the Island of Cyprus, on the 26th of
August :
" I set out this morning for Alexandria. We
" ` go to see the inundation on the plains, fol.
" lowing the retreat of the waters, and observing
" ` the Delta step by step. That being done we
" ` shall, in January or February, return to France,
" and if all be well you may rest assured that I
" ` shall not budge again. Yes, my dear friends,
" ` God willing, I shall soon be with you. Hitherto
" ` my conjectures have been supported, and should
" ` the rest follow, I shall have reason—too much
" ` reason, perhaps—to rejoice; for it Nvill be be-
" lieved that I have felsitied facts to accommodate
" ` them to my former views. I have met here with a
" physician who has passed thirty years in the
." East, and who thieks exactly as I do ; his idea.,
" ` his very words, and consequently his o'sserva-
" ` tions, are the same. He maintains that nothing
" ` is more easy than to extirpate the plague, and
" ` that if the Sovereigns of Europe were only to
" ` ask it of Mahmoud and Mehemet Ali, the thing
" ` would be done. I believe it—l am convinced of
" ` it—and it will be the text of a good memoir to
" ` be prepared at Paris.—Patience
" A Royal fete in Paris is a very serious affair,
mid already the most extensive preparations are in
progress for the event of Wednesday next. That
the populace may all be in good humour, the
theatres and other spectacles are to be thrown open
on Tuesday, the day before. Supplies of bread arid
meat, and other eatables, are to be gratuitously dis-
tributed, aril wine is to issue instead of water from
the public fountains. The palace of the Tuileries
will, however, be the great centre of attraction.
The King, as usual, dines in public, but such is the
demand !or admission, that the limited number is
already completed, and further applications are now
rejected. The general programme of the fete has
been published by the proper authorities, and it is
amusing to observe the extreme degree of minute-
ness with which every thing is regulated.
" Excessive regulation seems indeed to be the
besetting sin of the French police. A Royal
ordoittiance has lately been promulgated by the
Minister of the Interior, in which it is stated
that the exhibitions of itinerant showmen having
given rise to disorderly proceedings, his Excellency
had thought proper to establish rules for the govern-
ment of the Local Authorities in permitting such
exhibitions in the places under their respective juris-
dictions. It is required that the objects presented
to the public should contain nothing which might
have a tendency to recal the remembrance of Buona-
parte, and give a false direction to public opinion.—
The Authorities are therefore directed to require
a previous account to be given them of all the swigs,
parodies, end other burlesque exhibitions, with
which puppet-shows, phantasmagoria, and other
similar representations are accompanied, in order
to enjoin the suppression of whatever they may con-
csive to be dangerous to good order and morality, or
to the King's Government. When such instructions
are formally and deliberately delivered, with all the
pomp and circumstance of a Royal Decree, by a
:\linister of State, it is easy to suppose that the
zed of the subordinate officers entrusted with its
execution will allow nothing to be lost in point of
strictness or severity, while administering the details.
A thousand instances have already occurred in the
ieferior jurisdictions, showing to what ridiculous
extremes this spirit of unnecessary regulation may
be carried. A number of individuals have been fined
arid imprisoned for drinking their liquor out of
glasses supposed to bear a resemblance to the young
Duke of Reichstadt; and an incident has occurred
•within these few days, at Fontainbleau, which, al•
though merely ludicrous in its results, appears to af-
ford some indication of the feverish anxiety and
alarm in which the Royal Family are living. The
little Duc de Rourdeaux had been sent with his
Governor, the Duc de Dames, on an excursion to
the Royal Chateau, at Fontainbleau ; and, while
there, a stranger had arrived at one of the inns of
the town, where he stayed for several days, without
being apparently engaged in any active pursuit, hav-
ing no acquaintances in the, town, and returning
only to his inn for the ptirposes of eating and sleep-
ing. Such a- circumstance occurring at the period
of the Royal visit, was enough to excite the atten-
tion of the Local Authorities, who had the stranger
immediately arrested and examined; but, although

his passpo t and other papers were all en retie, it was
impossible to remove the preconceived idea of a
conspiracy, which would, no doubt, be confirmed in
the mind of the Commi'sary of Police by the con-
viction, that if he were to be the happy instrument
"f detecting such a plot against the existence of the
M marchy, his fortune would at once be made. The
stranger, however, insisted on being carried before
the Duc de Damas, by whom he was immediately
recognised as a General Officer of distinction, and,
what was more to the purpose, of strictly Royalist
principles, whose object it was to purchase a place
of residence in the neighbourhood of the town. The
incident itself is trifling; but the light which it
throws on the feelings of the Royal Family, with
reference to their personal safety, makes it not
unworthy of consideration. It would be strange in-
deed if they could ever forget the sad events which
have already befallen them, even if they had not
been so forcibly recalled to their attention by the
murder of the Duc de Berri."