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:"r 'V i ffpglgrtipt. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. DEATH OF SCLTAN MA HMOUD.—By an extraordi- nary Express from Paris, the Moniteur of Tuesday has been received in London, bringing the important information of the Death of the Sultan Mahmoud on the 30th nit. The eldest son, although only in his seventeenth year, had been declared of age, and proclaimed. Orders had been sent to Hafiz Pacha, to suspend hostilities.—The late Suitan Mah- moud II., one of the most liberal Piinces that ever swayed the Turkish sceptre, was born on the 20th of July, 1785, and ascended the Imperial Throne immediately after the deposition and murder of iMustapha IV., in 1808, being then in the twenty-third jear of his age. The murder of his predecessors, Selim and Mustapha, by the Janissaries, who had completely usurped the Government of the Kingdom, and, like the Praetorian Guards in Rome, set up and de- posed Monarchs at their pleasure, made a deep impression on his mind. Seeing no other way to rid himself of them, he resolved upon their indiscriminate slaughter. From the dome of the mosque of St. Sophia he gazed unmoved upon the terrible carnage which gave freedom to the empire. So bloody a commencement of a reign was supposed to presage a continuance of cruelty; but happily for Turkey, the Sultan no sooner found himself free from personal danger than he directed all the energies of a daring mind to improve the social and moral condition of his subjects. His chief opponents were the priests, who scrupled not to accuse him of Infidelity, and who, by attributing every defeat sus- tained by his arms to the displeasure of the Prophet, raised a clamour against him among the zealots of the Mussulman faith, which greatly embittered his life. In the war with Russia, which continued from 1809 to 1812, he lost Bessa- rabia and a part of Moldavia; next followed the revolution which restored independence to Greece; and, to com- plete his misfortunes, the Pacha of Egpt intimated a de- termination to perpetuate the Government of Egypt in his own family. These reverses abroad, conjoined with the clamours of the priesthood at home, preyed on the mind of the Sultan, and brought on the distemper of which he died. His issue consists of two sons and four daughters, the whole of whom ase living. The name of the reigning Sultan is Abdul Medj d, who was born on the 20th of April, 1823, He will be assisted in the Government by his brothers-in- law, who greatly distinguished themselves by the enlightened support which they rendered Mahmoud in carrying out re- forms in the army, navy, and finances of the empire. The King of the French has humanely commuted the capital sentence, pronounced by the Court of Peers upon the insurgent Barbes, into imprisonment for life, and hard labour. Though most of the Opposition Journals denounce such niggard Iy clemency as an aggravation rather than extenuation of cruelty, we arc glad to learn that the prisoner himself is of a different opinion. Under all the circumstances of the case, the life of Barbes is all that the King would be justified in sparing. Despatches have been received at the Foreign Office from Colonel Shiel, charged, in the absence of the Ambas- sador, with the protection of British interests in Persia, dated from Erzeroum, which bring the highly important news that England has succeeded in dethroning Dost Ma- bommed for his infidelity, and seating the Shah Soojah on the throne of Candahar in his stead. Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes has thus accomplished his mission in despite of the intrigues of Russia and the hostility of Persia. Great praise is due to Lord Auckland, who, by a prompt attention to the representations of Colonel Burnes, Captain Haynes, Lieu- tenant Pottinger, and several other able, active diplomatic agents of England in the East, have established a general idea of the power, and the munificence of Great Britain in Central Asia. The deposition of the Rulers of Candahar and Aden, and the preservation of Herat, are events which will make themselves felt from the shores of the Caspian to the banks of the Indns. Madrid journals of the 7th instant have been re- ceived, which announce that the Government had learned that the Waterloo steamer with 10,000 muskets, cloibing, and munitions of war, had left London freighted for the service of the Pretender; and that strict orders bad been sent to the cruisers on the coast to capture her if possible before landing her cargo. It appears, however, by accounts received in London this day, that the above vessel took fire off the Nab lighthouse, burnt and sunk the crew and pas- sengers were landed at the lighthouse. About 50 muskets have been saved. Report stales she had on board 10,000 muskets as well as uniforms and warlike stores for Don Carlos. The Bank of England issned a notice on Saturday that it would be prepared on Wednesday (this day) to receive tenders for the purchase of the terminable annuities it now holds. This notice produced a great sensation amongst the monied men, and was considered as a decisive proof that the Bank was determined to curtail the circulation. It was the cuncnt opinion to day, that (he leading Life Assurance com- panies would offer for an amount equal to what the Bank Directors may wish to dispose ot; on terms rather exceeding 16 years' purchase; but up to four o'clock nothing had been decided. Three gigantic British steamers are at this moment, crossing the Atlantic between England and the United States; viz., the Great Western, which sailed from Bristol for New York on the 6th; the Liverpool, which left New York on the same day for England and the British Queen, which departed from the Thames for New York ou the 10th.

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