The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

it iv,/ , - 7 o. t 4 ,--' t ,,,,,. ~ . is- ...... T . , ,,.. 6 : ..<%•' ,-, ri„-=-4-,_•''-s4 , --t, ,0,=4) i „.,, t "-' • -- •• e ,- 2 0 , , , Zrln tlx. LONDON: SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, IE4I. The conflict which The Sun had with Viscount STRANGFORD some years ago makes us a little cau tious in now making any remarks on his Lordship, or his Lordship's son, the hopeful candidate for Canterbury. Fortunately for us we are spared the trouble of reviving old quarrels, and at the same time the public arc reminded of the merits of SNIYTIIE, the father, and enabled thereby to form an opinion of what must be SMYTHE, the son, by the zeal of a Contemporary. Amongst our extracts from the Evening Journals is one from the Globe, describing, on the authority of the Times the con duct of SMYTHE, the father, in 18.)8, in dating a deipatch which was written in Bruton -street, from on hoard the Hibernia, off the Tagus. The latter portion of the Globe article refers to the part which The Sun bore in the subsequent transaction, and as we could not conveniently place it with the othe r portion we insert it here. If our readers first peruse the extract which appears elsewhere they will b e better enabled to understand the followin g remarks : " Bat though his Lordship did not land at Lisbon on the 27ch, and had not the good fortune to meet with the Rojal Family till the .2.Bth, when they were on board— though the menaces of the Monileur, and the protecting squadron of Sir Sidney Smith , d id the whole work of diplomacy—his Lordship was the chief gainer by the transaction. His dispatch was believcd, and his zeal was rewarded, while the lcss obtrusive merits of the Ad miral remained unblazoncd, and were left without re compense. The red riband which was due to Sir Sidney Smith—or which, as Col. Napier suggests, ought to have been cut into three parts, and shared between his Lorcship, the Admiral, and the writer of the Moniteur, was conferred upon the unsuccessful Envoy, and the alter tulit lumores was verified in diplomacy as well as in autharship, " After :Omissions like those we have been recording, and the more ri-eent display of duplicity or deceit at Constantinople, what in the name of wonder can recom mend his Lordship to his present mission, but his con duct towards Mr. Canning : and is that a sufficient stock of service for such an appointment ? An Ambas sador has been described, by one of the tiade, as a person sent abroad to lie for the good of his country :' has the time now arrived in which he may do the same for a red riband and a peerage ?" Such was the exhibition of Lord Strangford's eminent " public services," and such is the record preserv e d i n the columns of the Times of his Lordship's moral e x . cellencies. Are these the " public services" which strengthen his son's claim to the honour he now solicits at the hands of the Canterbury Tories ? But it will, perhaps, be said that the Times is not an authority on either side, whether as a detractor or an eulogist, on whose testimony candour would rely for its estimate of public or private character. It is, how. ever, unfortunat e f or L or d S trang f or d that be was in duced to make an experiment, the result of which, in stead of removing the imputations c,st upon his charac ter u a diplomatist and a public man, by the Times, fastened them more indelibly. A Contemporary journal (The Sun) copied the article we have quoted from the 1 Times, and appended to it some comments of its own ; remarking that for such a character it would not accept the embassy to the Brazils ; and adding, that "to the friends of liberal principles, it must be consolatory that the reviler of Mr. Canning's memory would hardly be believed on his oath—certainly not on his honour—at the Old Bailey." This blow was felt ; and to avenge the injury inflicted on his reputation, his Lordship, in an evil hour, was prevailed on to apply to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against the journal in which the offensive comment on the Times' article appeared. Lord Tenterden was then the Chief Justice of the Court—a Judge at whose hands no favour for wilful and ground less libels was to be expected, but who strictly required from those who sought protection of the extra ordinary powers of the Court, that they ca me to it with clean hands. Mr. Brougham, as counsel for the defendant, boldly avowed that the publication intended to i mpute falsehood to Lord Strang ford ; and contended that the imputation was well founded. The affidavits in support of the application did not satisfy the Court, and the Noble Lord took nothing by his motion. We well remember the sensation which the matter caused at the time. Lord Strangford and his family may thank the clumsy advocacy of the Times for an untimely revival of the now almost forgotten affair. In addition to the peerage and the red riband, which the Times once thought in this instance conferred no honour on the wearer, Lord Strangford receives sub stantial advantages in the shape of pensions ; one of 2,0561., another of M. ; his daughter a pension of 222/. ; while the Viscountess Dowager Strangford re ceived for many years two pensions of 333/. and 2661., one of which, reverting on her death to Lord Strang ford's son, the present candidate for Canterbury, he has relinquished. To this the Hon. Gentleman alluded when he said, " He was under no oi:ligation to the Crown. What the Crown had conferred he had given back to the Crown." We have nothing to add, except to repeat that, the Tory electors of Canterbury, who believed in THOM, and the SMYTHES, father and son, are worthy of each other. There are certain actions, such as murder, theft, &c., which nature forbids, and which are classed by all moral writers as crimes per se. There are others, such as bringing in brandy and tea without payingduty, and such as attempts to change the form of Government, which are not naturally offences or crimes per se, but are made so by the decrees of law makers. These are called political offences. The former are well known; briefly to ilinstrate the latter, we may observe tha:, to bring brandy from France, or tea from China, is of itself as beneficial a portion of trade as any other, and its nature is not at all altered by the law, except as that is violated when it prohibits them from being imported unless a high duty be paid. In fact so useful and so virtuous, if we may be allowed the expression, are some of the acts of the smuggler, that they redress the injury which a very high duty, or an absurd prohibition, produces, and compel the law-maker to alter his decrees. In these cases it is obvious that the conversion of the useful introduc tion of tea or brandy into an offence is entirely the act of the Legislature, and but for its act the im portation would be for ever a useful part of trade. There being no natural government of society, every political arrangement being a matter of expe diency, no one government being abstractedly ex cellent, all government being intended for the good of all, however much any existing government may hedge round its power with punishment and terror, every attempt to change, improve, or alter it can only be considered as a political offence. It is pro hibited by law, not by nature. A monarchical go vernment or a republic is not, like life, the gift of na ture, and like property, the gift of industry—or of: a faculty given by nature—and there is no universal voice which prohibits men: from establishing or subverting either, as there is a universal voice which prohibits them from committing murder. Otherwise the form of government must be every where alike. Both those who wield power and those who wish to wield it, may perpetrate great crimes, and for that ate much to be condemned ; but of itself neither the possession of political power, nor the attempt to seize it, however cha racterised by law, is other than a political offence. How can it be when the whole stiucture of go vernment is altogether a human contrivance to attain a political end ? It is like the tax on im porting brandy—the creature of law. We make these observations to meet a little cen sure of the Scotsman, which stigmatizes some of our late remarks on Mr. FROST as at once "bold," and an " abuse of words." Mr. FROST was tried for treason, and treason is a political, not a moral, offence. Far from being a moral offence, it is in many cases a most virtuous action. The Emperor of RUSSIA stigmatized, and this is the case with all tyrants, the efforts of the Poles as treason ; but no generous heart applies to them any other epithet than one of virtue and honour. We do not say that the millions now excluded from the pale of our Constitution have the same cause of complaint against the Government as the Poles have against the Emperor of RUSSIA ; but our Contemporary will not deny that the Government has long treated them with a step-mother's kindness, and that they have come to regard it as their enemy. It is a fact that thousands, and perhaps millions, of them sympathise with Mr. FROST, and many have boldly expressed their sympathy. Now, with all deference to the Scotsman, consi dering it of far more importance to convince the mil lions they are in error than to sabre or shoot them out of their conviction, of far more practical utility to re concile them to the Government by kindness than to vindicate the law by some cruelty which but contri butes the more to make men hate it—not making ligh t of the great offence committed by Mr. FROST, but persisting in calling it a political offence, we should have been more disposed, we repeat, to praise than to blame the Ministers, had they so far pardoned Mr, FrtosT as to remit all other punishment than merely keeping him safe in the Colony. Some, and we think great, respect is due to the feelings of the toil worn and ill-requited people ; and that public writer, whether his lucubrations appear in the Standard or the Scotsman, is no friend to the future peace of the country who urges the Government to disre bard their feelings, or wishes it to rely for security on terror. His opinions may be clothed in sacred and venerable names, but they will only be the more mischievous. making bread ; and, ultimately, the consumer must I pay the profit on that excess of capital. Thus the farmer, being obliged to give a higher price for his seed-corn, and everything he purchases, is obliged to ask a higher price from the miller, besides the increase of price caused by the duty. The miller and the baker are, respectively, also obliged to give a higher price ; they must, con sequently have a larger capital to carry on their business, and the profit on that larger capital is levied on the consumer. Nor is this of the least advantage to the capitalist, for the in creased capital he is obliged to employ in carrying on the trade, would be employed, were the price lowered by the reduction of duty, in some other way. The same, or indeed a greater, amount of profit would be obtained, because the capital would he turned to a more productive occupation, and the community would be benefited by the creation of some additional wealth. We are ready, therefore, to admit that our assumption does imply that the 'nice of wheat is enhanced by the full amount of the duty (the average duty, as long as we have a fluctuating scale) on feteign wheat, and we con tend that the reduction of price would be even greater than the reduction of duty. It is not our business to reconcile the conflicting statements of the many advocates of the repeal of the Corn-laws ; we, content ourselves with de fending our own ; and we have carefully steered clear of any attempts to estimate the exact benefit to a few shillings which the repeal would confer on the country. We have never said that the fall in the price would be little or nothing ; on the con trary, we have maintained that the greater the fall in the price; the greater is the present mischief of the law, and the greater would be. the national benefit from its repeal. Despite the venerable names and high authorities the Post quotes in favour of high prices, but evidently quotes without under standing the bearings of their doctrines, we con tend that the real or natural price being solely acid exclusively the. labour which nature demands of man, cannot, if labour be an evil, be too low. What happened to the great men mentioned by the Post was this. lit their time Holland was the richest country in Europe, and the most prosperous, while its prices were highest. But the prosperity was not caused by the high prices, they were its sign ; and these philosophers made the mistake of confounding the effect with the cause. ADAM SMITH has a passage appropriate to the whole subject, which, though not exactly directed to the word price, yet, as prices are raised by taxes, is so complete an answer to this part of the case that we shall end by quoting it : " Taxes upon the necessaries of life have nearly the same effect, upon the circumstances of the people, as a poor soil and a bad climate. Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. As in the natural scarcity 'arising from roil and climate, it would be absurd to direct the people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals and industry, so it is likewise in the artificial scarcity arising front such taxes. To be left to accommodate as well as they could their industry to their situation, and to find out employments in which notwithstanding their unfavourable circum stances, they ought to have some advantage either in the home or the foreign markets, is what in both cases would evidently be most for their advantage. To lay a new tax upon them because they are already over burdened with taxes, and because they already pay too dear for the necessaries of life to make them likewise pay too dear Jor the greater part of other commodities, is certainly a most absurd way of making amends. Such taxes, when they have grown up to a certain height, are a curse equal to the barrenness of the earth and the inclemency of the heavens; and yet it is in the richest and most industrious countries that they have been most generally imposed. No other countries could support so great a disorder. As the strongest bodies only can live and enjoy health under an unwholesome regimen, so the nations isoly that in every sort of in dustry have the greatest natural and acquired advan tages, can subsist and prosper under such taxes. Hol land is the country in Europe in which they abound most, and which, from peculiar circumstances, continues to prosper, not by means of them, as has been moat ab surdly supposed, but in spite of them.—Wealth of Na tions, book iv., chap. 2. We lcarn ILULu the Hamburgl► papers, arrived last night, that Count BULOW is not to leave London for Frankfort till the Eastern Question is settled, and that M. HASSENPFLUG is to go to Frankfort as the representative of Prussia. The King of PaussiA has offered to guarantee the Archbishop of COLOGNE a Cardinal's hat, and 20,000 dollars a year for his life, if he would resign his diocese and retire to Rome. The Archbishop referred the KING to the POPE, and the KING hat sent Count MUHL to Rome to negotiate a settle ment of the affair. It is said Prince ERNEST is going to negotiate a loan for a million of dollars, and he has exacted a fine of 50 from Dr. STUvE for having published his defence. The following are the prices of funds at Hamburgh HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 9.. Bills. Moiler Austrian 5 per Cents. 105 104% Bank Share's 1670 ORN ING EDITION. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We will take Mr. Lewes' suggestion into considektion. The suggestions of ..A Landsman" arc already acted on, a ,d each light along the coast has some peculiarity to distinguish it. NOTICE. " THE CHINA SUN," Which was RE-PUBLISHED on the 6th INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. 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Now ready, in 3 volg. post Bvo., with numerous Wood Engravings. POPULAR TRADITIONS v OF ENGLAND By JOHN ROBY, Esq., R. S.L., &c. `• An author whose work; have been quoted and commended by Sir Walter Scott, has no slight claims on public attention, and such a position is occupied by Mr. Roby. The lovers of romintic adventure will dwell upon these records with de'ight, while the antiquarian will find in them much food for medita tion. Such a collection of English tralitions, supplies valuable additions to our existing stock of knowledge, either as materials fir illustrating English history, and rranners and customs now obsolete, or as legends having ti uth for their basis. As relics of tie past rescued from oblivion, they are a most interesting addizAcn to the literature of our country. —Conservative Jour. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIs, THIS EVENING, JAN. 16. 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NOVEL AND UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION. Arrival in England of M. LAROCHE and M. NOEL, sur named by their own countrymen The Incredible, of Paris. The LESSEE begs respectfully to inform his numerous Friends and the Public that he has, at considerable expense, en tered into an engagement with the above talented and Wonder ful Artistes, who will exhibit their truly astonishing Perfor mances, for the first time in England, on MONDAY NEXT, the 18th January, when will also be performed Mr. Haines' highly successful Drama, entitled the YEW TREE RUINS, or the WRECK, the MISER, and the MURDERER. The whole to conclude with the New Grand Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JACK of NEWBERRY, or " BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP," and the OLD WOMAN of BERKELEY. Mr. Haines' New Drama, and the Pantomime, every Even ing till further notice. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS OAY. minutes attar 7. I Evening 26jminutes after THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1841. Anglo-Itussian Loan lO7 lOCN Russian 5 per Cent. 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The Paris journals of Wednesday bring the highly important intelligence that the SULTAN, yielding to the solicitation of the Four Powers has revoked_the deposition of MEHENIET ALI, and granted to him the hereditary Government of Egypt. " A Courier," says the Prcsse of Wed nesday, " who left Constantinople on the 20th, has brought, on the 3d of January, to Prince METTER- NrCH, the news of a formal revocation by the Porte of the decheance of the Viceroy of EGYPT." And in Galignani's Messenger of the same date it is stated that a correspondent, writing from Vienna on the 4th inst., says--" The night bef o r e last. a The Po s t h as taken six days to acknowl e dg e th e recepti on o f t h e information, we gave it last Satur- courier from Lord PONSONBY came through this day even ing , re l at i ve to the three classes, of la- city on his way from Constantinople, which he left bourers, manufacturers, and consumers, all benefit- on the 20th ult., with despatches announcing offi ing by the ab o li t i on o f t h e Corn-law ; and it at- cially that the SULTAN, on the mediation of the tempts very feebly to invalidate our statement. No person acquainted with the many e l ements which Four Powers, had revoked the deposition of MEHE MET ALI, and granter) to him the hereditary enter into motley price, will presume to say, within Pachalic of Egypt." Nothing could be better 10s. or 15s. per quarter, what would be the precise timed than this most gratifying piece of intelligence effect on the prices of wheat in this country by the The underhand intrigues of Russia have failed, and total abolition of all the import duties on wheat. Lord PA LMERSTON i s aga i n c l ear o f t h e s h oa l s We will not, therefore , w r a ngle w ith the,Post about and qui c k san d s upon w hi c h t h e fi rst pers i stence o f the more or less, being satisfied with its admission the Porte in carrying out the deposition of the P ACHA drove him. Th e sett l ement o f t h e quas " that the reduct ion in p rice, from the remova l of lion puts an end to the Treaty of July, France an o pp ortun i ty o f a b an d on i ng without the and affords our protecting laws , would be considerable." Th at amount, might be, an d p e t o n l i i ) cy i a n c o ef isolation.o f restraint , T h h e a r t ti mistaken i e o dangerous serous would t i b o e n , , asw vr li a o t e h r a . e v r its e stated, divided in certain pro portions, according to various circumstances, such , of Franc e i s di s p ose d to take ad vantage of the op as the demand for labour, the momentar y extent of tunit y now offered t o conso lid ate t h e peace o f the foreign market, &c., amongst the three classes, por Europe, we have every r eason to b e li eve. I n d ee d which rebuts, by its own admission , the Post's silly thefact Debat i s of s ad vvednesday, f rom w hi c h we make t h e following in an ar ti c l e i n t h e J ourna l d es accusation, that those are cheats who contend for the a b o li t i on o f t h e C orn -l a w, because it would be following brief extract nefit all the three classes. W e are of opinion that France is regaining by dc- the same time, we must observe that it is pro- grecs the rank from which the vacillating policy of th bable that the reduction of price would be greater l as t C a binet had caused her to fall. ' ,s af e bel. tha e t 1 the Ministry of the 2t) 1 11 of Oaoher, wi!hou l t e x e- iakinn• than the reduction of duty, because all such arciti . I display of its laavery and ringing patriotic d 1 : , ' iri le:s cial elevatio ns o f pr i ce make a larger capital tieces- 1 a I ree y, b y 1 a firmest and the confidence that it ' in- sary for carryin g on t h e businesses connected with spires, had so much influence upon F oro i_ sa Cabinets that, far from calling upon France for humiliating conces sions which she would not make, they are disposed to meet our just susceptibilities on honourable terms. We believe, in short, that peace and good harmony are being consolidated day by day, and that the crisis which had been brought on by a weak and rash Cabinet is near its end. A telegraphic despatch from Brest confirms the news of peace having been concluded between France and the Argentine Republic. It appears in the following form in the Moniteur BREST JAN. 11, 8 O'CLOCK, A.M. THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. Peace has been concluded at Buenos Ayres. M. Page, a ship lieutenant, who arrived last night in the Cassard, will leave for Paris by the next mail, with the treaty. Peace with the Argentine Republic is little to the taste of the French Opposition Journals. They are for war with all the world. They are so fond of fighting that nothing so distresses them as hear ing that an enemy has become an ally. They arc more delighted to have enemies than Englishmen are to have friends. In no other spirit could the Commerce, for instance, have thus commented upon the news of the conclusion of a Treaty of Peace : In vain did 1,200 Frenchmen present to Admiral Mackau at Monte Video a petition, entreating him not to re-open negotistions with such a monster as Roses. Notwithstanding all his n ew cr i mes , hi s d espera t e situ - tion. and the energetic manifestation of public opinion, Admiral Mackau persevered in his intentions under the mediation of the English Minister. We cannot here bring forward the energetic terms in which our Monte Video correspondents express their indignation. There is but one cry among the French there against Admiral Mackau and the Government whose instructions he has followed. What most compromises the French name is our cowardly aitandonment of our allies, after having urged them forward. Thus, in order to obtain from a Minister like Rosas a bad arrangement, which would be no sooner concluded than violated, we sacrifice the liberating army, which -was formed undvr our patron age and with our subsidies. In America, as in Europe, as in the East, it is better to have France for an enemy than for an aily. We cannot be told this time that it is in the interest of mankind that we make this new Furl fice of our honour. The following extract from a letter from the !Mauritius, dated the Bth of October, recounts what, in common with a French Contemporary, we regard as the origin of the reports so often re peated in the National, of an engagement between an English and a French ship in the Red Sea:— " The transport Prevoyante, commanded by M. Je henne, lieutenant de vaisaeau, arrived at Bourbon on the 29th of September, from the coast of Mozam bique, where it had captured a Portuguese ship com mitting acts of piracy, and buying slaves with the pro duce of its piratical seizures. M. Jehenne was moored in the same port with the pirate ; but in the night the latter sailed, a circumstance which created suspicion. Tha Prevoyante immediately pursued, and an engage ment took place, which lasted three quarters of an hour. The French vessel was u:timately the victor and captured the pirate, which was well armed, having a crew of forty-five men. It had also 250 ne groes, and a great deal of gold and silver on board. The two vessels are now in quarantine at Bourbon ; the pirate is at least as large as the Prevoyante, and was without papers. No lives were lost on board the French ship. " It is probably this combat which the French and English papers have been talking of for some time. The Spaniards and Portuguese call any three-mute , ' vessel a frigate, and the news of the engagement must have come to Moka through some Arab ship which got it from the Portuguese at Mozambique." The Gazette de France has succeeded in cre ating some stir in Paris, by the publication of a series of letters written by King Louis PHILIPPE, when Duke of ORL EA NS and an emigrant, in which the greatest admiration is expressed for England• To remove all doulzts of the genuineness of these letters, the Editor of the Gazette says he has seen them in the KING'S hand-writing, and is ready to name to any person the public depository in which they are kept.. We have not had time to compare these letters, but our impression is that they are no others than a series which were lithographed in London a few years ago, at the instance, as we un derstood, of some disappointed French lady, and of which at the time we obtained a copy. We envy not the Editor his good taste who revives such do cuments for the purposes of political strife. Letters from Rome, of the 30:h ult., announce that Queen Christina was received on that day by the Pape. Her Majesty remained half an Lour with his Holiness, and, immediately after the audience was waited upon by a num. ber of members of the diplomatic body. The King of Sardinia has raised his army to 70,000 men. The Neapolitan army amounts to 100,000 men. A letter from Rome of the 31st December says, " His Eminence Cardinal Larnbruschini has just published an official notice to the following effect, that his Holiness', with a view to encourage and protect the art.; and sciences and literature. has just acceded to the treaty concluded between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Sardinia for the suppression of literary piracy. The treaty in ques tion will be carried into effect from the Ist January, 1841. The Grand Duke of Tuscany acceded to the same treaty at the beginning of this month.---La Gazette de France. The line of the continued rampart has been changed at St. Mandi ; the rampart is brought 200 metres nearer to the forts of Vincennes and Charenton, which command it in its whole length from C linew hro i a llp n as n s e w t i o Eer within 1,000 00 The to 12.000 12,000 ram partmetrefosiolofwtihneg thet two forts which may cross their fire in the plain, and command the continued rampart. The number of distinguished officers who declare against the plan for fortifying Paris increases daily. We have now to add to them Lieutenant-General Viscount Firlet, of the Artillery, who has just published his opinion on this important subject, and whose ideas entirely concur with those we have constantly advocated. Admiral Hugon took the command of the Mediterranean squadron on the Bth. Rear-Admiral Cary, who is to com• mand a division, after his taking leave (as Major-General of the Marines) of the officers employed on shore, was hindered by the bad weather from going on board to hoist his flag on one of the ships. Rear-Admiral Lalande set out for Paris on the 7th. The Phaeton steamer has received orders to hold itself in readiness to put to sea on a mission. It is believed at Toulon that it is destined to convey to Alexandria the sue cessor of M. Cochclet as Consul-general in Egypt.—Le Commerce. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES--SITTING OF JAN. 13 M. Sauzet took the chair at half-past one, but owing to the scarcity of members no business commenced till half past two, at which hour the Hon. President announced that the report of the Committee on the project of law demanding a credit of 140 ,000,000 f. for the fortifications of Paris, would not be ready for some time, and that the Chamber would, therefore, proceed with the order of the day relative to the sale of landed property and chattels. The Ministers 'present were, MM. Soult, Teste, Ville main, Humann, Cunin Gridaine, and Martin (du Nord.) At half-past three M. Thiers ascended the tribule, and read to the following effect :—The Committee has dam , its utmost to meet the trust confided in it by the Chamber. The Committee, in order to d o so , h as consulted both spc teal and political men. Th e project of fortifying Paris by no means a circumstantial project. Napoleon conceived this project just after the battle of Austerlitz. Louis XIV, who had opposed with success Great Britain, Austria, Spain, &c. also entertained the idea of rendering Paris secure from the attack of an enemy, and charged the celebrated Vauban to draw up a plan on the subject. Had Paris been fortified when the Allies entered this country, the move. ments of Napoleon would have been free, and perhaps— nay, probably—the fate of the country would hue been different. Many persons contest the value of fortified places, but the opinion of Napoleon, although he often suc ceeded in turning thorn, is decidedly in their favour. Let it be remembered that Paris is but 6e leagues from the northern frontier, and that it has not even a river of any magnitude to arrest, or rather impede the progress of an ireadieg army. Paris is France— Paris in the hands of the army is tantamount to a ge neral defeat of the country. Has not the great Captain of the age affirmed that if Madrid, Berlin, and Vienna had been fortified, the can psign which terminated in the occu pation of these capitals would have probably been far dif ferent. Can a stronger argument bo urged in favour of fortifying Pai is ? The capital unprotected is at the mercy of a single victory gained by the enemy. Paris fortified is no longer the prce of a battle—to obtain its possession a protracted siege must take place, and during that time what events may not occur; and what an army would, moreover, be required to besiege a city so vast, so populous, and so brave? In 1630 what courage was dis played by the population of the capital in defence of the charter In 1632 and in 1834 bow admirably the Na tional Guard behaved in defence of public order—great bravery was also shown by the disaffected, but let a veil be drawn over the scene of our civil dissensions. Paris is a city containing a brave and energetic national guerd, tic hich, well directed, might do wonders. Did not Vienna in the sixteenth century undergo a siege of two months, and we all remember the ever-memorable seigc of Genoa, by our illustrious Massena. Let it not be supposed that Paris could be taken by famine. It would be no difficult (ratter to supply Paris with provisions for sixty days. The enemy alone would be exposed to that calamity, for how co u ld an invading force, sufficiently strong to besiesse fortified Paris, find means of subsistence ? The only difficulty t o supplying Paris with provisions would be with respect to fresh meat, and that difficulty could be easily surmounted by admitting into the vast places inclosed bj the fortified line, cattle sufficient for the necessities of the Capital during sixty days. (AAFT RE4DINO.) "URSF. ;1-TArus; Wn)XESDAY) JA''. 13, Pr Prtee. Pnt.• •;.tr Cents „ „ , 12 W . 1 • - it 4 per Cents !lv 99 ... 9 9 yy 3 per Cents..„... OOOOO•-• 77 75 77 90 ... 77 70 77 80 LAX of franc... m ... 4 . m 9275 ...3 275 0,7112 50 .4M 50 ' Allite Bank 1,0001. 5h.... 1050 —.1050 ...lOW ...1650 yi4 , i , n Bank 5 per Cents 99 . 9914 ... 99 ... 1 ,,V , 1 3 per Cents 6i) 2 5 ... 69 25 ... 69 25 ••• '''' New Loan -I,..nith Active 24% ... 24% ... '2414 ... '24% Passive 6 ... 6 Neapolitan iternan lO3 ... 100 ... 9J34 ••• 993'4 RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versailles,ll. B 420 ... 495 ... 420 ... 423 75 L.B 317 50 ... 317 50 ... 316 25 ... 3'6 25 Orleans ... .. 491 ... 490 ... 498 75 ... 488 73 Strasburg to Bale 248 75 ... 248 75 ... ' 47 50 .. '247 50 DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, JAN. 12 Dloney. Bills. actual Debt, 2% per Cent .)itto, ditto 5 per cent. Anion t Silidic,4% per cent 8 6 1,4 8' Ditto, ditto, 3)< per cent 70% 71 Commercial Company, 4'.. per cent 157% 134% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1637, 5 per cent. t 91% 95 1 /15 Exchange on London, One month l2 0 Two months Dutch rapers, Jan. 14. BELGIAN. .' U N DS—Bat:BBmA , JAN. 13. Actual Debt, 2). per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant .1634 Loan of Thirty 2iillions, I per Cent 69 (1 40) 9654 ----- 1 3 per Cent. --Thirty.seven----_ ~ ( 9 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per C en t 4ll Society of Comm 4 rce, 4 %per Cent ll5 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ........ 87% National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 13. Lord Bateman, we understand, is to be the Lord Lieutenant of Hereford, i❑ the room of Earl Somers. It is not yet, we believe, settled that the Duke of Rox burghe will move the Address in the Lords, but Lord Lurgan will second it. THE CHEESE IN CHANCERY. Vide the Report of the Cheese trial in the Vice-Chancery Court, in The Sun of .Thursday. His Honour came , town to the Chancery Hall, In state with his criers, and ushers, and all; The weather was cold, he was ready to freeze, But he thawed at the sight of the Somerset Cheese ! Each wig in the Court, too, uncurled with delight At so very uncommon and tempting a sight, And he crowd at the door they pressed on with a squeeze, Al agog for a stare at the Somerset Cheese I 'Twas a dignified sight to behold the whole Bar, Ail ravenous as crocodiles usually arc, And prepared, to a wig, to go down on their knees, For a lawyer-like slice of the Somerset Cheese ! Knight Bruce looked unusually hungry, and Wright, 'Who felt that his appetite mastered him quite, Addressing his Honour, said, " Sir, if you please, I will just take a cut at the Somerset Cheese." Alas, for that Cheese ! The profession, 'tis plain, When they once make a "cut," they of course "come again ; And so, whether or against, by degrees, They dime lah the weight of the Somerset Cheese ! Tis now out of Cow t, but its value is lost, And ne'er can it hope to repay what it cost, For all has been wasted on barristers' fees— What a terrible fate for a Somerset Cheese COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, 1 .- RIDAY.-1 - Icr Majesty Wits driveu out in a pony phaeton to-day by Ins Royal Highness Prince Albert. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Bourcrie, the Equerries in Waiting, attended her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, has not left the Castle to-day. His Highness Prince Esterhazy, Viscount and Vis countess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount Duncannon, and Colonel Cowper, took their depar ture from the Castle this morning. Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening at the Castle. A subscription for the poor at this inclement season, to the amount of nearly 501., has this week been made by the tiomestics of her Majesty's household. It was cerntnenccd, on one of the most severe days, in the ser vants' hall, and, highly to the credit of the inmates, 12/. was immediately placed at the disposal of their ov.n Committee. The stewards' room tbllowed the laudable example, and 301. has been handed to the Rev. Mr. Gossett, to be distributed as he, and those acting for the poor, thought hest. Upwards of 80 females have and will receive a sack of coals each from this most praise worthy circumstance. His Ito)al Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex yesterday at his resideuce in Ken sington Palace. A Deputation of Directors of the Guarantee Sceiety, consisting of Mr. Pattison, M.P., Messrs. Shuttleworth, Seuvdl, and Palmer, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-stre..!t. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, had an inter terview with the Right Hun. H. Labouchcrc at the Office of the Board of Trade on Thursday. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to .their residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday, horn a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Lord Canioys and Sir William Symonds had inter views yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Colo nial-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at his residence, Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, yesterday. from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Viscount Duncancon arrived in town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. The Quirter Session for the Island, was held at our Town-hall, on Monday. The calendar was very light. There were only seven prisoners for trial, and those all for minor offences. The weather has been very severe. We bad a fall of snow on the 4th inst., followed by a sharp frost. The days beautifully fine, till the evening of the 9th, when we had another fall, which lasted nearly the whole night; the wind from the S. S. E., barometer 28 87. Sunday brought the wind round to the S. NV., the mercury still sinking : and on Monday and Tuesday the frost continued, with the wind from the southward and westward; the snow, which was about four inches deep, melting in the day and freezing in the night, locked up the land from man and beast, making the:roads almost impassable. The " Quicksilver" coach between this town and Cowes ceased running, so that the " Mercury" was brought to a standstill, regularly frozen up. Persons might have skated from one extremity of the island to the other. Many might be seen on the roads, and the fine parade at West Cowes was alive with the numerous skaters. Yesterday (Weduestlay) the wind came round to the cast, attended with rain, which still continues, so that the thing is quite reversed. We got frost from the west wind, and thaw from the cast wind ; barometer 28.77, thermometer 33. We have had no intense frost, but long continued and severe, followed by a bitter cold rain. We have been supplied with vast ¶uantities of sprats, which have been sold as low as a halfpenny per quart. MANCHESTER, A PORT.—A Correspondent in forms us that about sixteen years since a project was sub mitted to the public by the late Mr. W. W. Tait, for cut. ing a ship canal from Manchester to the River Dee, in consequence of which a Company was formed, but one of those disastrous reverses in trade to which manufacturing towns are liable, stifled the project. Of late, however, some spirited individuals have chartered small vessels from Ireland fo bring their cargoes direct to the town up the river Irwell, which have been landed at the New Bailey Quay, and several of the minor importers and dealers in Irish produce have united for the same purpose. We have the pleasing prospect of their being rapidly increased till a mole extended and eligible communication is established, which from our enterprise and wealth may soon bo antici pated. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.-- -To such of our readers as arc shareholders in this under taking, it must be interesting to learn that the lint was opened on the 4th instant for coal traffic, from Darlington to York, a distance of forty-five miles ; and that on that day, to the city of York alone, two hundred and five waggons, averagiee,bout four tons each, of Durham coals, were conveyed along the line, independently of a still greater quantity supplied to each of the intervening towns of Easingwahl, Thirsk, and Northallerton, which supply has been daily continued without impeding the progre4s of the works now fast approaching to completion. This ,ppc'ars t) be the only main trunk railway in the king duet that has so opened, and the result cannot fail to be a consolidation of the embankments, besides giving expe rience to the conductors of the engines, r.s Aell as to the o.her servants of the Company, so as to insure the rail way being in the best working order by the time the pas. a-nger traffic commences, which the Directors confidently contemplate will not now be delayed beyond the Ist of March next.—Liverpool Mercury. " IVANHOE" AND " LONGBEARD."—" Ivan hoe," observes the Alhenwum, " created a new era in his tory and romance. Before its publication most of our writers lost sight of the Saxons after the battle of Haat it.7s. Mr. Mackay has chosen the same period for his romance of • Longbeard' as the author of • Ivanhoe,' but he has selected a different phase of society for illustration. AraiOlii to prove that nfiecting incident, r ' , ere uffection, zald xii?ted sentiment mi g h t b e f oun d b e; and the baronial castle and courtly hall, he has the example of aban dott:,l that cP:nt of chivalry with which it has been too mt., the custern to gloss over the horrors feudalism." Longhe6rd," ot.servcs another Reviewer, is de cidedly one of the meat masterly stories that has issued front the press since the days of the Magician of Romance, the Author of Waverley.' " CASE OF POISONING AT WORCESTER—An itapiest was held on Monday at Worcester, on the body of Mary Sne a d, a f ernae pr.rwint, agcr' 19.. vtli‘ in he house M. AtopLdot, e ehernir.t and druggist, and who had eo.,e to her death front the eff:::e;s of poison, as was tested by the post mortem examination ; but by whom or in what manner the poison (arsenic) bad been adminis tered there was nothing to show. The girl had been heard to complain of the conduct of Mr. King, the shop man, to .N.lrs. Amphlett, but had not specified any act of which he had been guilty. The girl was also found to be pv" ri.nd heel a stypoh , nrt, but he cleni , :d ever hriv ;'-g. .-• , (1 any itotcleotmiu with her, ;Ind tt+A - e ee . wiled tf. he 1, ra seta fur doubting the truth of his aser t;znj• The impiry was:.hijourned after the examination of several witnesses, for the purpose of procuring further incidence. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CIEY, FRIDAY EVENING. As the weather now seems to bid fair for a general return to mildness, the shipping trade of the port of London is becoming more animated ; and this, coupled with the easy state of the money market, gives pro mise of a good business in the City markets, within the next week or ten days. The Foreign Exchanges were flat this afternoon. Three months' bills, on the principal cities of the Con tinent, were negocinted as follows :—Paris 25f. 551 c. to 57c. ; Amsterdam 12 21 to 4 ; .Antwerp 12 21 to 1 ; Hamburgh 13 6i t o 7,1 ; Frankfort 1481 to 4 ; and Trieste 10 to 10 I. The settlement of the Consol accounts went off satis factorily to-day, and the extreme fluctuation was shown to be about 2 per cent. The speculators for a rise were the gainers this Account. For present transfer, Consols realised 891 to 7, and for the new Account 89i to 90 8 1 . Exchequer Bills were also higher—viz Os. to 11;. premium, but East India Bonds remained at 10s. to Bs. discount. Bank Stock improved from 165 and 166 to 167 arid 168. and India Stock from 249 to 2501 and 251. Toe Reduced Three per. Cent. Annui ties tvi.re at a rise to 901 to k Not many accounts were understood to have been carried over by the jobbers. The Foreign Stock Market is still in a heavy con dition, and there is a great paucity of speculative opera tions. To day the Spanish Active Bonds were at 24-a to 24i ; the New Portuguese Five per Cents. at 32 ; the Three per Cents at 20-1 ; Brazilian at 71-1, or 1 per cent. lower again ; Colombian at 23k, and Peruvian 141. to 15 ; Dutch Two-and-a-ILA per Cents. were steady at 50a to 50k. Railway Snares support their value well. We quote Great Western to-day at 30 ; ditto New, 14-.1 to 141 ; London and Birmingham, 82 ; South Western, 19a; Manchester and 'Ueda, 10i ; Midland Counties Quarter, 51, and GreentificWScrip,l-1,- prem. ; Brighton Sbares were 5k ; Biroainghatxt and Gloucester, 15 to 16 ; Eastern (jounti6s 144; Blaekvrall, 34, and Croy don 1 discount. Australasia liank Shares were at 14i premium, and Union- Ba 4 nle;eftoridon at j discount. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, v r al URSDAYThe sales to-day are from 5,000 , to 6,000 bags, of which 1,000 Americans are taken on speculation, and 500 Surats. Prices are rather steady, but the Market is much less ani mated. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 14.—Chester and Biikcnhead, New Shares, 161; Grand Junction, 212; Great Western, 93 ; Half Shares, 631 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 901 ; North Midland, 801. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 14. There has been a lair i nquir) for Railway Shares to day. Prices may be quoted as follow :—London and Birming ham, 170 to 172 ; Great Western, 93 to 94; D. Fifths, In to 10}; South Western, 58 to 59; Eastern Cour -9.t0 9h-; London and Brighton, 44 to 44k; Man cticstcr and Birmingham, 251- to 26 ; Midland Counties, Quarters, 15g. We have received the Jourivilof Antwerp of yesterday's date : BounsE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. 12.—The prices of the National funds are very firm to.day, owing to the Foreign BourEes having got up. The Actions of the Society of Com merce arc lower, they were done at 159 1581, ai.d for the 15'h of 111,4 ch, Account Day, 159 g to 159. f ; Ardoin's Soloist), 22 1 16th to 22,i, after the close; Coupons, 171 to 17 9-16ths. ANTWERP, JAN. I2.—A shocking accident happened yesterday evening on the railroad ; the convoy with mer cliandize which left Antwerp at four o'clock was met be. twe.en Dna: and Malines:by the convoy of the passengers. Several persons were scvely injured by the shock and the guard was killed. This being settling-day in the British M arket, little is doing, with the exception of the brokers and jobbers being busy in settling their differences against to-morrow, which is pay day. The extreme fluctuation during the Account being about 11 per cent. up to the present time, the set tlement is going off very easy. We have no arrivals as yet from any quarter of con,,e quenee, with the exception of a confirrna , ion from Paris of peace being concluded between France and Buenos Are es, which gives much satisfaction to the merchants in the City connected with that country. (From The Sun of Last Night.) Consols may be quoted at p resen t w i t h an i m p rovement . Li7ft off at 891 ; at present, 894. Money for the 25th February, 89i- 90 , . Reduced, 90,i ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bdnk Stock, 165 166; India Stock, 249251. In the Foreign Market Spanish Actives arc the same as they left off, 24/ -,1 ; Deterred, 121 Passive, 6/ ; Portuguese same as they closed, 31 4 1 32/ ; Three por Cents. 194 20/ ; Chilian, 57 59 ; Brazilian, 701 711; Colombian, 231 4, a shade lower; Mexican left off 281 29; at present, lower, 28/ Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rather better, 50j,1.1,; Five per Cents., 981 99. SLIARES.—Great Western, 30 31 prem. ; New, 142 15 prem. ; London and Brighton, 5,4 dis. ; Blaekwall, 4 3- dis. ; Birmingham, 81 83 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per share ; Croydon, 12/ 4 per share ; Green wich, 8 9 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 14i 14 dis. PRICES OF SIIAIIES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton 5O . 443 to London and Greenwich........... 20 Ditto Scrip London and South Western 3Bt, 5B .. to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London To the present time the settling of the account in he British Market is going off well. Money is easy in the House, Stock scarce and in demand. At present it is a Bear account ; the only feature worth notice is the settle.. Inuit—scarce anything else doing. A report prevails that Government arc in possession of later intelligence from India than that received by the late overland express. The Acadia steamer is hourly expected from Halifax, which will bring the paper of the 31st ult. from New York. Consols have improved since the early part of the morn ing, and may be quoted at present 8.9 k 90 for the 25th February; for Money fluctuated, 894 -4 , .1; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 ; India Bonds, 10 8 dis. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is heavy ; have been done at 24k, at present 244 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 20; Peruvian, I4}; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 50i i I- In Shares not much doing. Prices higher. Great Western, 96 ; London and Brighton, 44,g. We have no further arrivals to quote to the present time. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red sok Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 89 Ditto Old Annuities — 34 per Cent Red. ..... .. 98t1 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent .. ... 98 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2Ad 11 pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 lO pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 - Bank Stock for Acct ... I6S Oct 1859 l2 15-16 India Stock for Acct ... 90 Jan. 1860 ... - Consols for Opg FOREIGN FUNDS. A ,n.trian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto.... Brazilian BonOs .. .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per csnt Colombian, 6 per cent ... Spanish, 5 per cent 2 4 li Ditto, 1824 23,1 Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent..... French, 5 per cent... —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent soi Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 15 Ditto, 5 per cent..... SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 84 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Bl „._ . • _ Great We,tern Railway (65 pid) 95 Ditto New shares (50 paid) London and Brighton Railway (50 paid)... 434 London and Blackwall Railway (24 pd) bi London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 172 London and Green , ;ich Railway (emu idia) . . _ . Ditto Scrip. ( 2 paid)... 4 London and South Western Railway sBi London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2 Manchester and Leeds Railway (70 paid) 80/ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (10 paid) ... 153. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE—(YESTERDAY) . Amsterdam C F. 12 54 Gibraltar. I )lit°, at sight Rotterdam '2 U. 12 5 'Genoa 25 85 Antwerp 11amburzh.......31.11. 13 10 Venice • Altona l3 104 Maples 39i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Pa moo, por oz 121 D:tto, 3 months 25 70 !Lisbon ... 514 Marseille,— . ••• 23 75 Oporto Bourdeaux... ....25 75 'Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine.... 1494 fißahia 27 Petersburgli, 3 U 5..... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin... Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto 3336:: ;New P ;Foreignort uga 1 DoubloonsG o Gold,ld Co b a r i s n . f 030 17 0 0 0, 0 Madrid Cadiz tiilboa Barcelona Seville 354 Silver in Bars 0 5 0 ----_- w .11 thr , e ca, the attention of our readers to a letter in another column on the difference of prices between Tnrec per Cent. Reduced Annuities and South Sea An nuities, by " A Proprietor" of the latter description of stcck. As both are paid from the same source—the Con solitlatcd Fund —aid the security is the same, we agree with our Correspondent in thinking it strange that a dif ference of price of 2 per cent. should exist in favour of Reduced Annuities. The solution given is, that an esta blishment must be kept up at the South Sea House, which now consists of twenty-three directors and nearly twenty clerks, at an expense of 9,0001. or 10,0001. per annum. But the necessity for keeping up such a separate esta blishment, now that the South Sea Company has Ito proper business, merely to pay dividends, is not very obvious. We speak, however, on this subject with cl-c hesitatk,u. B u t if no ineom eoiciiee would re ult ivou nat!sfcrring tl -, e pay-. iiow made at the South Sea liuuso to the think of England, it seams to us that the saving of expense which would thereby be effected, might be worth attempting. The Chancellor of the Exchequer may, however, be able to state sufficient reasons for continuing the South Sea House, and we throw out the above suggestion in the hope that some light may be thrown or, the subject by those who arc able to d‘i so. —Morning Chronicle. his brother, the lion. 11. Nuel, a,o;',,t their gig on Monday last t wice the lake in Exton •.:hich is in niter; s mono than' wenty feet deep. T he thickness of the ice I was not more than five inches. MORNING ED THE PORTE AND THE PACIL' The British on Eastern Reviewn E d a F st o e r r e n ig a n ffairs, the object jut' publish'` has article an is to prove that Russia alone has profited 1))1,, commotions in the Ottoman Empire ; th at ti : were chiefly instigated by her, and that ovvi 4 e , the intrigues of the same power, England / 0 i, broiled herself with France, and contrary to tel terests, policy, and professions of a Liberal Gns' ment, united herself with the " Holy All ianc r ' , the partitioners of Poland." It traces with i..., : minuteness the crafty policy of Russia, ever Nicholas came to the throne, up to the treaty °, 15th of July, and thus sums up the results 0 famous Convention : l i t ie u r ss s i ) u s i t t e i ni ti o li r s the world. tire T r h e e al o iz b a j t e i ( O t n o o f f • b . 1. She arrayed the Sultan and Mehemet Ali ni g j : lity, whereas they were at peace, thus lighting the B, s e t o a n te ven p t e i l o io n y w tli s re tti; : Vll':' of war and convulsion in Candle, Adana, Syria, it . . and Egypt. land, to the exclusion of France from all i e fluear ef .. 2. She leagued England with the partitio ners er e,' participation in European affairs, whilst dismel° , I, the empire she pretended to support. 2. She made Engiend the enemy of the so utbel l of the Ottoman empire, France the foe of the 0011'. half. France, which sneered to France a coequal share li 4, She made England violate a series of treati'le.l- fluence with England. 5. She produced animosity bAween Ei eg lo lf France. • 6. She arrayed France against Austria , and AVii against France. , • Prussia.* 7. Prussia against France, and France IP; t 8. She depressed the national credit of ENO France, to the elevation of her own ° 9. She secured to herself the arbitrement f 1 affairs of the world from a position of guaranteede ' rity to herself, resulting from these cembination s ! aggregate and fractional characters, which ca n ° ; 1 5 1 L her neither the sacrifice of a rouble nor the ' man, whilst entailing a waste of treasure and Pi' on those she dreads. A V Finally, the sole excuse which can be allege - ~i Minister of England for this Treity, is the dreg , i - advance of the Egyptian army cod navy toward / stantinople, because it would entail on TurkeY i t li, elusive protectorate of Russia, which he adloit s e be mortal, and which he nevertheless lends the poi, England to Russia to secure by the guarantee es 1 port of three disinterested allies. 4 . The writer then states a circumstance ni• ,ce ::, authority, which certainly appears strange, to rumours to that effect have prevailed for 0 1 ; We can with difficulty conceive a Cabine t .i one Member, and that Member neither a VC , 0 ton nor a Prime Minister, in opposition `, wishes and judgment of his colleagues• however, appears to be fact : er l The Convention of July the 15th, 1840, se - 1) warranting hostilities, did not even contem pleee e l The " prevention of the effusion of blood" wa 5lP l, object professed by the Alliance in the prearnhieee Convention drawn up " In the name of the sl it God." tr 1 Fortunately for the repose of the world, f o r lei' rests of peace, which have never yet been Oe perilled, England is not yet a party to these e et ' o o ;! treaty is unknown to the British Parliament, f re S it was concealed. The people of England 1 '1) no supplies for its execution. Its successfeei.,),) rendered impracticable by the very terms in wi ll , drawn up, and on the shoulders of one man 1 17; 4 we state, on certain authority, to have o' ll ~ rupture with France single-handed against e ver 'd his colleagues, rests the exclusive respon.qibi liti e te alike subversive of the p r e ro g a ti ves o f the 0r r practice of the constitution, the faith of existing and the rights of war and peace. t , The following extracts relative to th e to t, which our G overnment oug h t now to pursue '0 France, and the defence of Lord Hollands') will be read with interest : To Lord Palmerston himself we would ° li r a' , out a great and honourable course. The vige u i ' acts has in some degree atoned f or the err ° d conceptions ; it is, indeed, l amen t a bl e , that ' t o e have been the instrum en t s o f so muc h evil as 3 0 ,e 1 effected, but the daring and decision vvhiehr yet shewn in its executi on h as p l ace d us in a ' 3 jiilc position for withdrawing, and secured to us O le able retreat, The shells and shot of Acre illy heard of on the banks of the Danube and the l i ff ‘;' and as the star of England culminated the sti l e Russia dwindled. Though France was P e : 1 Europe has been taught that Russia was 001.. tbi and if he knows how to improve his positioef be e cretary for Foreign Affairs may yet speak ou t l ac mends of England in a voice not to be m isuil tee or contemn e d. The Germani c C on f e deration v o l. aroused and excited ; the marching of troolis e n e ol non has been heard, accompanied by song s e ;A (and creating) national hatred, and six beee e , — :c oi i sand men are now burning to revenge on ~,qa t id , 1 horrors of the Revolution and the empire. ", eie‘',i that the first cannon fired on the Rhine ros/ io' mine whose echoes our sons' sons ma y yet /Op( / ' and tremble at ? This it is still possible W ily r. to prevent, if she will h onest l y an d earnes tly, d l, il l ,' to the only cause th a t b r i ngs a bl ess i ng p"" e okA', cause of free institution s an d nat i ona l d eve loee l e r cause of peace and commercial freedom, in,,r the cause of the PEOPLE th roug h out t h e wort At We should leave this s ubj ect h ere , but t'"`" , '",,( be bound to say a few words in behalf of one e': it men this country p ossesse d ; w h o h as been full from us at a m omen t w h en a c l ear head 8°- 1 heart were never more needed, and over i i cliri hardly yet cold, the obscene raven-croakings °. .,,piP i l have sounded. It is for entertaining views : . ,e4 those which we assert to be the unshaken o n i - ibe r / the true patriots in all European states, th a- deq Lord Holland has been made the object of r 2 5" s tO thumous hostility. We feel no surprise at t':,,,e%) it was worthy of the quarter from which it , c „'",be b ) we do feel indignation and shame that the ett''''', - a sS bi .e not at once have been rebutted by those e r e g it - I , ' not only profess to be the mouthpiece of °"", er,ii party, but even to be in communication Ble r o ill',i strict with members of the Liberal Cabinet. wee ( ' even a pretended, a superficial answer, hays 09 tured, if not for th e sa k e o f trut h , at least "'"es dential object of concealing hostilities °, wile s ee ; I I threatened th e stability of the G o vernor : "pee death fought the battle of party well e nougu:m the survivors scornfully an d f ear l ess ! to divide.' O r To this an answer is y e t t o b e g i ve n upon t e ie" e ~ the House of Commons, an d we wa i t f or it. ste t ! That Lord Holland t oo k a deep interest in I:eset/e merit of the Eastern Q uest i on, was well itee"areS: personal friends, although he had enjoyed or) oPP be, ofgiving his public support to the side wh i t i3 „obj, adopted. He saw, and saw clearly, wjelt th e ep t e of the principal actors on the scene the vast interests now in the affairs of Egypt as of minor importancewe °'"ei,/ pared with important a portion they might be of the ''''', ° ,l° l , l °l4 played for. He did, as every honest English ° f f rr if j eo pardY t : it if i l r ,' earnestly desire that the good understanding ° sit and England should not be disturbed ; op the l l or l i mince of thet good understanding he knew th e il k ' , Europe the Liberal p arty throughout to d e P ° Pi destruction o f th a t goo d un d erstan di ng he lcits'i' to be the anxious, the never-forgotten o bject e' o ete intrigue, to gain which she was even ready ° ps) her exclusive protectorate of Turkey, eau; s o„,' treaty of Unkiar Skclessi (a nominal realer, ''''ffi' j ' i ii advantage) to be cancelled. France on a , e eee e Y once brought into a position of hostility, S ' l i v iiii any moment assert, and wake good claims eao l f ' t is were, at best, but insolent pretensions ; a ec e ' e e! a gl: f w e ( a a r k f n ro e m ss t o i f iet A n. ust l r t ia was what is not even suspected in England, the 9- etl'i''.' as an Eoglisienen, ant Prussia site ha y ii (~ - ; , 1, anti ..o'rd floEl:',:e",:gr as a Peer of the country 6 '01 0 ;4 example, and oug h t to b e t h e b est supPort n ° o lo e , , j: sti:utional p ar ty on the Continent, to °Pe t e et'i. measure whi c h ten d e d to t h e d estruct i on of t'' il' i ,!b ship which alone could keep Russia in chee k ' L ee I ;,' so, and so far M. Tillers was speaking 0" 13 ;, e - fe", o ' ,i' when he asserted tile, Lord Holland was W i t he 1 0 ',4 41 But M. Thicrs did not speak the truth w",,'"i 1 4 ''' e l° nuated that, because Lid Holland was W[ 1 : 0 11P 1 ' 0 E ho was with France sue?: as M. Thiers was ° n t 'Pell make it, or with M. Thiers himself. He wase7je cell) ing the trod., nor have the party organs of t ; 0 ,1 ( ',( spoken the truth, in charging a member o°lo s'",,o Cabinet with intriguing against his colleagne s ' g e siti ° llc ing a separate line of iction for himself in OP of them. We b e li eve th e respecta bl e memb e e r clo;" Tory party to l oo k w i t h as meeh horror a s / e , ° thej ' ll selves upon th e d as t ar dl y accusat i on of polli:e7101$C, fectly gratuitous assertion that a Minister .i. t o' e l the enemy of his country those private acts ° eellO i binet which his oath of office bound hint t ° ot el,e o p Would, h owever, f or t h e honour o f E ng iish g%seh;e some Tory g ent l eman had come forward for h i l : a lee l „ for his party solemnly to re pudi a te the hate t.- s le °°' * Why a re s i x h un d re d t h ousan d men at that • sc i undcr arras it, f_i.q - n:einv? , filll Ce: fIC ‘ f Sec :le fall in the ftind of England and i - o f Nu' the terms of the forthcoming new Russian loan cent. A r cs ter ELECTION OE BRIDGE MASTER.igor` 4l i o the contest was commenced and carrie d on sstres" throughout the day. The friends of both candidates eV' .on ouch occasions, very s!s.r.,ruine. At three : (' lit iL•1:. .;, Ledge:............. . I L .. 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