The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—No Journalist displaying more liberality
and public spirit than the Editor of THE SUN, no one,
of course, would more willingly promote any project
calculated to benefit the community ; I therefore
address you, to state, that having discovered means
by which the very extraordinary and equally im-
portant advantage may be obtained, of almost in-
stantaneously transmitting idea; and intelligence to
any distance, I shall be happy in hearing from any
Nobleman or Gentleman, to whom you may think
proper to communicate so signal a circumstance,
and whose love of science and regard for the Ha.
tional interest, might induce him to be instrumental
in giving effect to so novel and incalculably useful an
invention.
I have the honour, Sir, to subscribe myself,
Your's, &c. - B. T,
October 4, 1827. _ _

[Not acquainted with the means by which our Corre-
spondent proposes to realise his apparently chimerical ob-
ject, we of course can give no opinion, either respecting
their feasibility, or their ingenuity ; but in this age of phi-
losophical and mechanical wcylders, it is so difficult to say
what is impossible, that rather than not open the way to a
chance of public good, we promise B. T. to receive any
communications that the Readers of THE SUN may be
pleased to make to him on the subject of his Letter.—ED.]

On Thursday Mr. Hunt, the great London
Reformer, arrived in this city, on his route to the Lakes of
Killarney. It would seem that on his return he intends to
remain in Cork for a short time on business only. —Cork
Constitution.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the sign of
the Bank public-house, King-street, Bloomsbury, on the
body of Joseph Harwood, aged 45, who came by his death
under the following circumstances .—lt appeared in evi-
dence that the deceased was a man of most healthy ap-
pearance, and was never heard to complain of illness ; but,
on the contrary, whenever he heard any of his friends or
acquaintances complain, he would frequently boast of
never having had a day's illness in all his life. On Friday
last he quitted home for the purpose of taking a walk, and
on his return he took his seat by the fire-side, when he
was observed to turn exceedingly pale, and he complained
of violent pain and sickness of 'the stomach, and he con-
tinued in the most excruciating agony for several hours.
He was put to bed, and a medical gentleman was instantly
procured, but the deceased expired, although every as-
sistance was rendered him. Mr. Dirges, a surgeon,
proved that his death was caused by the rupture of a blood-
vessel. Verdict—" Died by the Visitation of God."

On last Monday morning the following ac-
cident occurred at Ewhurst, in this county. As a gentle-
man was pouring gunpowder from his flask on a heated
plate, to give it better effect in the field (a practice not
nncommon among sportsmen), the powder ignited and ex-
ploded ; by which, we are told, the gentleman had the
thumb of one of his hands nearly blown off, and the flesh
otherwise badly lacerated. The flask was driven, by the
explosion, with great force towards two female servants,
sitting at breakfast; but they escaped the danger, as it
passed harmlessly between them, and, 'tis said, lodged in
a partition of lath and plaster at some distance from them.
Had it struck the head of either, the blow, in all likeli-
hood, would have proved fatal.-- Sussex Advertiser.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1927.

The Paris Papers 81. Saturday, with the
Gazette de France dated Sunday, have been
received, but they furnish us with no additional

news from Greece. The accounts from Spain
differ little from what we have already received.
FERDINAND has not yet re-appeared. on the
stage in his fugitive journey to Catalonia, nor
is there any indication by which to trace his
Royal steps in this questionable pilgrimage.
One thing, horVever, is pretty dear, that the
Rebels are making the best use of their time,
and employing whatever means they can for the
accomplishment of their views. What these
views really are we do not yet know,—the pro.
fessed object of the Rebels is to emanci-
pate their King, that he may enjoy the full
benefit of abSolute power, with all the horrors
of the Inquisition. If this be so, they
will find FERDINAND a ready and grateful
Monarch, who • will dispense the terrors of
Sovereignty in a masterly manner. But we sus-
'vet that other motives besides these influence
the conduct of the disaffected, for it is impos-
sible, even in the present degraded state of
Spanish patriotism, that the people would rise
so simultaneously to invest-the King with a still
more absolute power to work their ruin, after the
ample proofs which they have lately experienced
of his disposition to harrass and enslave them.

The Gazette de France contradicts an asser-
tion in the Constitutionnel that FERDINAND
had returned to Madrid, and adds that the
French soldiers and travellers are perfectly re-
spected by the Insurgents on the frontiers and in
all parts of Catalonia. We do not qUestion the
correctness of this fact, but we think it implies
a secret understanding between the Rebels and
the French Army, or the latter would not surely
remain inactive while the Insurgents are keeping
the country, which the French army specially re-
mains to protect, in a state of anarchy and trouble,
unless some sympathy were felt for the cause of
the Insurgents at the head-quarters of the French.
There has been so much duplicity manifested by
the French Government in all matters relating to
Spain that we are justified in ascribing to them
the most illiberal intentions, if not the most
culpable acts. They have the disposition to do
that which policy only whispers them to defer
till a fitter opportunity offer. Their inter-
ference with Spain, on the declaration of
friendly aid, has ended in its military oceu-2
pation, which they have in vain attempted to
justify on the ever-varying plea of State-neces-
sity, And what has been the consequence of
their armed interference ? continued misery to the
Spanish people, and humiliation to their Go-
vernment. The loss of commerce abroad and
the ruin of trade at home. The annihilation of
the Navy, and the disorganization of the Military
forces, whose fidelity is so questionable that the
King prefers to trust his person to foreign hire-
lings rather than to native affection. It was im-
possible that such a state of things could con-
tinue their demoralizing influence without
producing an effect contrary to the wishes of the
party who compromised the independence of their
country for the temporary attainment of selfish
advantages ; and now they begin to feel the
effects of their baseness, as events develops more
clearly their real situation, and the predica-
ment in which the King is placed. A few
days will throw more light upon the stormy
aspect of affairs in that devoted country, and
enable us to speak with greater certainty with
respek to the real designs of the Insurgents, and
their indifferent friends, the French. In the mean-
time we are told that FERDINAND has sent
RontAGosA to treat with the Rebels, but the
nature of his instructions was not known.

Extracts will be found in another column.

We received this morning the Diario di
Roma, of the 22d ult. Its news from Greece
have been partly anticipated through other
channels. It says that IBRAHINI PACHA had
ordered a Corps of Egyptians to destroy
the crop of figs at Maine, while a Squadron
was to second the operations of the troops
in the Gulf; but Lord COCHRANE wits

preparing to destroy the squadron. W ap.
prebend- that the acceptance by the Port‘ of
the ultimatum, will put a period to any furher
hostilities, so soon as it is known in tle
i'lorea

(3Y AN EXIRAORDINARY CHANNEL.)

CORFU, SEPT. 2.

We expect here every moment, the Russian squadron.
The last letters from Napoli, di Romania announce that
that Government, doing justice to the honourable conduct
and singular merit of Prince Maurocordato, bad caused
him to be attended from Poros to that city with ail possibly
hononrs: The same Government has since ordered an ek-
pedition to the Island of Crete, which will be conducted
by the Prince and by Col. Fabvier.
An army of 10,000 Greeks was assembling at St.
tlassi, to bildettake the blockade of Patras. Griva with
1,000 men and the most distinguished Generals of Greece
were expected there.
Ibrahim Pacha had sent 'a corps of Egyptians to Maina,
to destroy the crop of figs, which is the ehief produce of that
country. He had also ordered the second Ottoman
squadron to go to the Gulf to protect this operation by sea.
Lord Coehrane was preparing to enter the Gulf of Mains
With the intention of making an attempt to destroy that
squadron.
Sir E. Codiington is appointed Admiral and Commander
in-Chief of all the British naval forces in the Adriatic, the
Mediterranean, and the Archipelago.
A vessel of Lord Cochrane's has arrived at Zante from
Marseilles, with 4,000 francs, cent by the French Com-
mittee to pay the seamen unuer his Lordship's command.
We every moment expect at Corfu Capt. Spencer, whO
is to bring from Constantinople the answer of the Porte to
the ultimatum of the Allied Powers.

The Piednzontese Gazette, of the 29th ult.,
received this morning, contains some particulars
respecting the progress of the Egyptian Fleet,
but its arrival at Navarino renders any account of
its previous course comparatively unimportant :
TURIN, SEPT. 28._

The Florence Gazette mentions that after the depar-
ture of the Egyptian fleet from Alexandria, an English
tnan•oc-war had arrived in that port, with despatches for
the English Consul, who was ordered to call upon the
Viceroy not to interfere Any further in the affairs of Greece.
His answer was not known, but it is believed that it was
not favourable ; in fact, it was reported that the above.
mentioned vessel remained in the port for the purpose of
receiving the Consul on board,-if it should be necessary.
Other accounts state that the Turco-Egyptian fleet has
been seen first at Rhodes, and afterwards, in the beginning
of September, towards Bomba, on the coast of Africa, op-
posite to Candia. It is not easy to determine whether it
was compelled by the winds to proceed in that direction,
or whether it purposely steered that course to avoid the
meeting any interruption in the Archipelago. The most
recent letters from Malta announce, that immediately on
receipt of the news of the sailing of the Turco-Egyptian
fleet, three or four English men-of-war that were in that
port put to sea.
_ _

The Austrian Observer of the 27th, copies from the
Osservatore Triestine, a letter from Smyrna of the 18th
relative to the four Austrian merchantmen recaptured by
Count Dandolo; also a letter from Saloniehi of the 22d of
July, stating the safe arrival in that port of the Austrian
schooner, the count Saurau, Captain L. Lucovich,
which on its way from Smyrna to Salonichi, was attacked
by two piratical vessels, which were repulsed with great
bravery, and having sustained considerable injury, took
flight; and were pursued by Captain Lucovich, who com-
pelled them to run aground, when the pirates escaped on
shore. Captain Lucovich, satisfied with having saved his
ship, and given the pirates a lesson, which they would not
soon forget, continued his course to Salonichi, where he
was most joyfully welcomed by several Turks who had
been made prisoners by the pirates, and took the opportu-
nity of escaping when the pirates ran away. •
Another letter from Smyrna, Aug. 18, (also in the
Trieste Observer) says—a merchantman from Leghorn,
which has arrived here, brings word that it met off Cerigo
the squadron of the Captain Pacha (properly the Capitau
Beg Tahir Pacha) of 22 sail, who sent a boat to bring the
captain on board his Admiral's ship, from which both
went on board a frigate, in which was Ibrahim Paeha.—
The captain learnt on this occasion, that the squadron
waited in those seas to join the Egyptian fleet that sailed
from Alexandria, on the 31st July. (The Egyptian fleet
it reported in some accounts to have been, on the 22d of
August, still at Macri, on the coait of Caramania.)
The Angerneine Zeitung of the 2d Oct. copies the above
article from the Austrian Observer, but has •no other
news from the Levant.

A Quebec Paper of the Ist September, has
been received at the North. and South American
Coffee-house. It says, that the Surveyor-
General was absent on a tour through the Pro-
vince, in pursuance of instructions from the Go-
vernor-in-Chief, for the purposes of collecting
materials to fill up certain statistical and topo-
graphical returns required at the Colonial
Office for the information of his MA-
JESTY'S Ministers, as also of acquiring a
knowledge of the general state of the new settle-
ments in the townships, in furtherance of the
objects of his tour in 1824. The Surveyor will
traverse, in the first instance, the old settlements
of the country, and will afterwards visit those
sections of it more recently settled by the Emi-
grant population.

The Drummond Island Detachment of the
70th Regiment arrived at Quebec on Wednes-
day ; the remaining division of that Regiment
emhailed on Thursday for Cork, in the Arab
transport, and was to proeeed to sea on Saturday
the Ist:of:September.

Nothing .further has been received from Con-
stantmope,respectiong the decision of the Porte
than what we communioated yesterday. We
are, however, ,in hourly expectation of additional
information. According to private letters,
the SULTAN has consented tv ' negotiate , on
the understanding that Greece would be
the only topic in which.. the Allied Powers
were determined to interfere. His High-
ness, it appears, thought, or affected to
think, that they had ulterior objects in view, and
was therefore resolved, with becoming spirit,
to resist their intervention in the outset ; but
learning that their mediation only extended
to Greece, he is said
,to have made a vir-
tue of necessity, and yielded to their propo-
sition. If this be so, we hail it as a happy
omen for the Greeks, while it must be considered
by all friends of humanity as a fortunate event,
by putting an end to the barbarous warfare of
exterminatioil hitherto carried on between
the oppressor and his former slaves. Unless
Turkey fall from the folly of its own Govern-
ment, it must be the interest of at least two of
the Allied Powers to maintain its independence,
and the S u LTAN need entertain no fears respecting
the dismemberment of his Empire, through any
Treaty in which Great Britain is actively
concerned.

The representation of the Hecuba of Euri-
pides at the triennial visitation of Reading School will not
be, as we mentioned in our last, on the 16th, 17th, and
15th, but on the 156, 16th, and 17th.—Sunday

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(T HIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, OCT. S.S.E.—Arrived froth
London-' the Moray, Williams, for New South Wales.
Arrived the Westbrook, Halls, from Jamaica ;
Mangles, Carr, from Bombay ; Jupiter, Anderson,
'`t-Dm-Trieste; Atlas, Hunt, from India; and Lorton,
Vallace, from St. Domingo:
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. B.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived
the Leonidas, from Virginia. Passed the Jessie;
Witter, from the Cape, having Jost fore and main-
mast in a squall, off Cape de Verds.
PLIMOUTII, OCT. 7.—Wind S.—Arrived the
Fawn, Bainbrough, from St. PeUxsburgh. Off
Port—Albion, Burnett, from Leghorn ; Hopewell,
Dobson, !'corn Honduras; and Pachonta, Summers,
from `Virginia.
FALMOUTX, OCT. 7.—Wind S.—lt is reported
that the Cygnet packet, from the Leeward Islands,
is off the port.
PENZANCE,OCT. 7.—The Good Intent, Hitchers,

from Plymouth this place, whilst lying off, wait-
ing for water to niter the pier, struck" on a rock
close in-shore, and is now fast, but expected to be
got off with
.the tide.
OBAN, OICT. s.—The Wolf, of Leith, from Stor-
naway•to Dublin, ran ashore in the Sound of Mull,
-on 3d inst. but was got off with four feet water in
her hold, and proceeded to Tobermory. •
ST. CROIX, AuG. 18.—The Constantia, Groebing,
has struck the sand on the south side of the quay,
but sustained no damage; she will be lightened,
and sail in a few days.
PARIS, Ocr.4.—Commodore Laborde returned to
Havannah, Aug. 113 with the Mexico, four frigates,
and two brigs.