The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-28 00:00:00

EVl:Nits'G EDITION. DEATH OF THOMAS HILL, ESQ• (From the Literary Gazette.) On Sunday, after a short illness, at his residence in the Adelpbi, aged 80 years; lied Thomas Hill, Esq., an individur,l more intimately known in the literary circles of Lonelon than any other person, perhaps, that ever ex isted. For the last half century his connection with the pree l in all its branches, with authors, actors, artists, and pleahailers, has been familiar and confidential ; the social vompanion of all whose rank or talents gave them station in society ; and generally the adviser and peacemaker where difficulties arose, or clashing interests led to misun ‘letstandings and quarrels. Originally in trade as a drysal ter, Mr. Hill's bent of mind was always literary. He made a valuable collection of books, insomuch that, when mis fortune befel his mercantile speculations, it was valued at above 5,0001.-a noble library for his position in life, and showing how much he was attached to superior pursuits. In " The Monthly Mirror," one of the most pleasant of our miscellanies belonging to that class, he Was a principal; and his close intercourse with the late Mr. Parry and the Morning Chronicle afforded Lim opportunities of being acquainted and working with very important matters both in politics and litera ture. In politics he was ever moderate and liberal ; its letters ever warm and encouraging. Full of anecdote, Mr. Hill wee a welcome guest in *every quarter ; aid few. men were, if ever any man was more sought an a invited to the genial board, where the choice spirits .of the age, the wits, the distinguished in every art and profession, the popular writer, and those who loved and courted such society, were assembled together. We have met him, and been merry and happy in his com pany, and 'aeard and seen much that deserved to be re membered. for centuries, a thousand and a thousand times; and now 'dear Tom Hill, the good-humoured andthc kind hearted, is gone for ever. If he has preserved a journal of his daily remarks, and the conversations he has heard,and the circumstances in which he took part,wewill venture to say thivi a more singular and interesting record was never offeraii, to the public notice. We have been told that be did keep such a diary. Though at the advanced wie of four score Mr. Hill would hardly have been ',apposed above sixty, and until within a very few lweeks of his decease he was as lively and entertaining as he was 40 years ago. His own little foible of curiosity, Which, we believe, caused him to be set for the portrait of Poole's humorous Paul Pry, often amused his laugh ing friends at his expense, and never injured a human being. ,He " happened to know" so many people and so many things that listeners were often jocular, if not sceptical, upon his statements ; but die real truth was, that he had been so widely and so confi dentially trusted that his information was al most incredible. It is a melancholy reflec tion at this merry season, when his body lies cold and inanimate, to think how many a festive hour his very existence was the subject-of laughing banter and harmless joke. His age, which he affected to conceal, was attenuated to hundreds of years, and a Theodore Hook, or James Smith, or some other wag, would ring or des cant upon his miventures in the reign of Queen Anne or Queen Elizabeth. His own imperturbable gaiety upon such occasions, his rr,und and rosy countenance beaming with satisfaction, and the hilarity which abounded on every side, have made these bygone feasts of reason and flows of soul memories, indeed, of sweet and bitter fan cies to those who most enjoyed them. In what is called th e convi vial, social or friendly association of this busy Capita'., it is but too certain that men fall out of it and are s',leedily forgotten es a dream. Their hearty con °ire a, their sworn friends, their " very brothers," soon mt' ogle in the ncise and throng, and the place which .ey occupied is filled by another, without a passing '.hought of them. But in the midst of this common oblivion, we will take it upon us to say that, during 'cars to come, many a fond regret will be breathed for the loss of Tom Hill—of whom, from a cordial ac quaintance of no brief duration, we are free to declare that we never knew bins guilty of an ill-natured action, but, on the contrary, always ready to put the fairest Construction upor, every word and deed, and by his g° 0 ( 1 offices to reconcile differences, and promote the well-being of all with whom he lived on terms of cour tesy and amicable fellowship. THE CITY POOR. It is believed that an attempt will be shortly made to obtain publicity for the proceedings by the Guardians at the Poor of the City of London ; and we arc given to understand that many of the Guardians themselves, who have been chosen to the office in consequence not only of their experience and humanity, but because they are men in circumstances which place them be loud the influence of sordid motives, are favourable to the proposal to throw open the doors of their committee towns to persons authorised to attend from the press. Many have been surprised at the (comparatively with other parts of the metropolis) great number of PDor to be seen in the City parishes. The cause as signed by the intelligent officers who are most conver sant, from the distressing nature of their duties, with the subkret of the enormous prevalence of pauperism, is, that settlement by servitude has, in the City, added 1 0 the general amount of distress experienced all over England. Previously to the passing of the new Poor- W Bill, a twelvemonths' living and service on the pre )ll)ises ga , de a settlement, and the number of servants, por sbopmen, employed in the shops and warehouses, In the city swelled up the number of persons dependent upon parochial bounty, to an enormous bulk. The abolition of the settlement regulation has thrown a heavy wei g h t upon the shoulders of the City Guardians, who however, instead of casting it off, arc making the most Porerfol efforts to check the further extension of the !vil• The Guardians of the City Union, whose proceed ings we shall in a short time particularly detail, have fdlt for the children of the poor, and looked forward to the best effects from the education now given through their benevolent exertions to the youthful masses under their Patm nape and superintendence. They consider t ue difThzulties under which numbers of the rate. payers 'labour to support and educate their families, and t heY entertain the still prevailing opinion that 1 5 'o` arty may ultimately overwhelm families, deser.v -g of a better fate, and that it would be in- Iturnan, as well as unwise, to inflict upon the unfortu 11?ute the penalties to which criminals are not subjected toe greater degree. There is reason to believe, judging from the exer tions of the guardians of the City of London, however, That a workhouse will, before many months have elapsed, 13 e established f ur th e em pl o yment of the idle and des titute ; that an as ylum contemporaneous with it, will be t !lt'ed worthy of this great City, and that such a cliv mifleaCion shall be made that those who have suffered i rom. inevitable calamity, will find a retreat in their old 5 Re, without being obliged to associate with persons who e once inferior to them in every respect. 'iler Majesty the Queen has fotwarded, through B lt Henry Wheatley, the sum of 501. towards the erection 14 1'0111ton church, Lancaster. "nig GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S HALL.—The !excavations for this building, on the Castle Hill , are now it, progress. Government and the Town Council have I tl hitea to find the funds for its erection ; and the site, which n as been acquired from the Improvements Commiisioners, 'a very nearly the most elevated ground in Edinburgh ; so that the building, and its noble Gothic spire, 250 feet high, 'will be one of the most striking and commanding objects in the city. The building will be in the Gothic style, and is ae placed that its front looks down the High -street, with nee side to the Castle Hill, and one to the New Ap- Preach. The spire, also, is erected in a direct line with Hanover-street ; and thus, immediately on turning int o Brandon-place, at Canonmills, this noble object will become visible, towering up to a height fully equal to the hignest point of the Castle, and seen all the way up to the Old Town. The Hall is to be fitted up pretty nearly on the model of the House of Commons, The space allotted for the house is fitted to accommo date 400 ; and there are separate accommodations for mi nisters sot members, for licentiates and students of Divinity, and for the public, all of which have their entries sepa rately from each other, and separately front the house, into Which last members alone, aid parties and their counsel 4 -11c1 agents, will have admission. The Moderator's chair, slightly elevated at the head of the room, is at th e upper end of the Clerk's table; and the un seemly box and platform in which they sat, and %%his+ so long incommoded the house, will be finetty ba nished. The bar wiil be at the lower end of the room ; d the comfort of the members in their long sittings will be consulted in two important ways,—lst, by a system of Po ft cushioning throughout, and, 2d, by a system of beating and ventilation executed upon the most approved scientific principles. The Lord High Commissioner'a e emmodations at the cast end of the Hall will be eecellent. Ilia thron e , on a platform a little elevated above the Mode. rstor,stands in the centre, within a compartment fur iteelf, and on either side of this arc large aecomerrelationt for diF theuished strangers on the on e h a n . .l, ted:on tlee 'ettele, for members of the fourth estate, tbO genttetten of the press, The acclivity on which th e bnihkilig stands affo•ets the means of another important relvantage. It it tbil, that .Under the Assembly Hall there will he room nearly sixty feet long, adapted in the 'most !perfect manner for Synod and Presbyterial anti ototh errneet • ing , . and there will be a variety of correatittee or lilsery rooms. It i s one part of the arranga: ment , that the Hall, when A _ie . Grequired t for eeclo"...restical eetirt purposes, i s t o b e 4 as one of th' city churches. This will be easily Sc. eernplished b .y converting the throne into a pulpit, and Q „, " gtoP' open central area of the Hall w ith p ews . M r. 2 pie Graham is the architect.—Ethe,b„ y i, hDR. PUSEY.—This divine, whose tlor.".rines we ave frequently adverted to, preached H • at Jlristol yesterday, e ts sojourning at Clifton. MARK.7 e - T, DEC. 24 . ---0 01 • BRISTOL SUGAR Sugar market has remained .u, t and inective. A f ew sa l es have been eff ec t e d a t di • • spostnen to still further decline,lbut th ere i s no esnsider ' e urchase largely, even at what might b e • ..rd cheap terms on the day. OuBLIN.—At half-past four o'clock on Friday wetting a fire broke out in Grafton -street, Dublin, on the Premises of the Messrs. Fannin and Co., booksellers. The establishment of Mr. Fannin was totally destroyed. Other "'uses wore injured. An explosion of gas, it is con- Ettured, caused the fire. The Countess of pinto and Ladv Fanny Elliot 'Wised at the Admiralty last week from Scotland, but will remain in town only a few days longer, before returning to Mint° House, Roxburghshire, with the Noble Earl. The f l ee 4 4/ om stes season the week before the % et a to wp m Jur of Parliament. "' ' 7 "'" • TO CORRESPONDENTS. The extracts on Puseyiarn, with which our Corresponlent at Ilfracombe has favoured us, will appear to-morrow. Second Edition, new ready in 3 vols., poet Svo. OVE AND WA,R; or, the:ROM &NCI!, of MILITARY LIFE. By CAPTAIN QUILI.INAN. CONTENTS. The Man Without a Name—iiheMeor of Andalusia—Scene, Scene, France. Spain. The Sisters of the Douro— The Royalist—Scene, Ss itzer Scene, Portugal. The Bangers of Conn Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1: I land. caught—Scene, Ireland. 3, Great. Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTEIK. THIS EVENING. DEC. 2P. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug. Mr. h. Matthews ; llermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainfortis. After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will he - repeated, entitled TIIE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Alov.iii; Columbine, bliss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Merry Wives •f Windsor, with The New Pantomime. _ _ _ Doors to be opened at half-past Sir—the performances tc : , )vmence at Seven o'Clock. Trikets and plates for the Bolts to be taken of Mr. Grogan the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ay ne haJ upon application. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second . ircles, bs. ; Second Price, 28. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second. Price. s. ; Gallery, Is, Private Boxy.. to he had so l ely of Mr. And: errs, bookseller 67, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Second Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, and Grand Dioramic Annual. The principal Characters in the Panto mime by the Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Popular Clown ; Signior Felix Carlo, from Franconis, at Paris : and Miss Sharpe. THIS EVENING, DEC. 28, Will be represented a New Domestic Drama, entitled MARTHA WILLIS, THE MAID SERVANT. Martha Willis, Mrs. Henry Vining. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which will be produced the New Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL. BOUND GOSLINGS. FI1(311 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'I'O.SIORRoW. Mernmg......11 minutes after 5 I Evening ...... minutes after 5. The 1 üblication Hf t e Evening Edition *f Tna SUN corn. menced at 20 minutes after Three. .4r , ), ,•',& 4., 7 ,„., .. .- .... L .„, , . ,i A. .na '.411 ,-, ..MW 4 ••••- - '4,1'1;,?, Zbg /411+ LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1840. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM EGYPT. The subjoined intelligence from Alexandria, dated the 12th inst., and published in Second and Third Editions by our Morning Contemporaries, created a great stir in the City this morning, as the first impression made by it was that Admiral n'or- FORD'S refusal to ratify Commodore NAPIER's Treaty with MEllEm ET ALI, was tantamount to a total rejection of the Treaty by the Four Powers. This impression was happily erroneous ; for scarcely had Admiral STOPFORD, acting upon his individual sense of duty, refused to ratify the Treaty, when Lord PALMERSTON, evi dently without being aware of the existence of Com modore NAPIER'S Convention, authorised the Admiral to propose a Treaty for MEHEMET ALPS acceptance, the same in tenour and in sub stance as that already signed by the Commodore This is a most flattering testimony of the wisdom of the course pursued by Commodore NAmEn. In fact, the only difference between . the Treaty of Lord PALMERSTON and the Treaty of Commodore NAPIER is, that the former allows only three days for the restmation of the Turkish fleet, while the latter permitted the VICEROY to retain it till the Porte had revoked the sentence of deposition and confirmed his Highness in the government of Egypt. MEHEMET ALI has accepted Lord PALMER STOWS Treaty, and thus the Eastern Question is happily in a state of speedy and amicable adjust merit. This affords us the greater pleasure, as for the last ten days the war party in France, and the Tory press of the Metropolis, have been circulating rumours of the rejection of Commodore NAPIER'S convention by the Four Powers, and of their secretly abetting the determination of the Porte to carry out the sentence of deposition. These rumours were repeatedly contradicted in our columns, and our readers will now see on better authority than any of the mysterious correspondents of the Times, the Post, and the trietydd. It is to be regretted that Admiral RTOPPo an, who Was a.vare that Commodore NAPIER'S Treaty was disratthed direct to England from Alexamitia the day it was signed, anti consequently would be in the hands of Lord PALMiltte't Oia al most as soon as in 144 tuVil ) uitt not think it pro per to alvsit itratrOctions from England, before !'e fusing to ratify it. His abrupt rejection of the Treaty was a severe censure of the Cohjltct %rine of the bravest ()Meets that ner trod a quar ter-deck; mid at Inc same time was calculated to utiptess the VICEROY with a COllViaiotl that he was shamefully trifled with by England. That Admiral Stot , kottti pLrformed what he cot stientiotisly believed to be his duty, no person itiOWing anything of that gallant officer can doubt for an instant ; nevertheless it may be permitted to express regret that he did not take a ditierent view of the line of conduct to be followed on so impor- tart an occasion, At the same time that NittlEMltt Ati learned the refwsal of Achniial 'l=bliVotti) to ratify the treaty., lte received an overland despatch from his son li3nAirlllt, statin4. he ‘3.A aitnY in i;t l ,O divisions were in full retreat on Egypt. (The PActrA says it consists of 30000 men.) They had kept tol.ltthek• till tho.' at Me.,a reib, '80140140A of Lake Tiberias, when one column, led by himself, crossed rive Jordan and marched through the Naplais (a dangeieiiS thiotigh hostile rnpulation), passing between Jaffa and Je rusalem, both now in the hands of the SULTAN, and pursuing the coast Mad to 6a7,a and El He expected to arrive at the former on the 11th, without baggage or provisions, each man at starting having only taken a supply for nine days. The second column was marching by the longer but saf er route , d ue sout h, through Batanan, and the ancient territories of the Ammonites and Moa .—qt of the Dead Sea. Want of food and ulf3? 131-41 LON[)ON MONDAY, DECEMIII4`II 28, IF4O. water will attend them ; added to which they may expect to encounter the hostility of the Bedouins, whose reverence for the power and government of MEHEMET Am has been pretty well eradicated by recent events in Syria. They have recommenced " making a little war"on their own account, and by the last accounts from Suez, have had the auda city to attack a caravan of the PACHA, and capture acid drive off 150 camels, and to seize on a return drove of 10 donkeys, and to carry ofr also some of Mr. WAGlloßN's camels with goods, money, and passengers' luggage. The amount plundered is laid by him at 3501. to 4001. The l'Acrin announced that the next time his cavass proceeds across the desert with the Indian mail, he shall be accompanied by a guard. The last batch of passengers for India got through in safety , and all einbatk'ed for Bombay, with the exception ut Mrs. TURTON and family. The steamer waited 36 hours for them ; but owing to sonic mistake or mismanagement they did not go on board. ALEXANDrIA, DEC. 11, 1840. Sin,—On the 7th instant the Stromboli entered the port, having or. hoard Abdel Amin Bay (not Ahmet Bey ) and Abdcl llama Captor:, returned from their mission to Syria without having landed there, and bearer of a letter from Admiral Stopford to the Pacha (of which I annex a copy) in date of Dec. 2, refusing to ratify what the Admi ral calls Commodore Napier's " hasty and unauthorised convention." On the Bth inst. the Megrera steamer ar rived with Captain Fanshavre, flag-captain to Admiral Stopford on board. lie brought a second letter from the Admiral (copy annexed) dated off Cyprus, transmitting the official authority, in the name of the Four Powers to maintain H. H. in the P,;chalie of Egypt, provided that within three days he agreed to restore the Turkish fleet, and fitially to evacuate Syria. The Pacha's answer was given last night, in which he has conceded every thing demanded, and tILt Mre7arta left this morning for the Ad miral taking 11. Il.'s final decision. These very strange proceedings have naturally caused great excitement ; the Paella's own feelings are acutely vouded by the disgraceful manner in which he has; been trit!,.d with, by being led to be a party to a c:,nvciiiion wilt Commodore Napier, for entering into which he is now told Napier had no authority whatever. That Napier could have taken upon himself to sign such a convention without having the authority to do so is hardly credible, and the upshot of this business is, consequently, looked for with intense anxiety. N:ipier comes here with an impo sing force, makes direct demands upon the Pacha, which he pretty plainly hints, verbally, list has not only the means but the authority to enforce ; a diplomatic cur respondence ensues vs bleb terminates in the cession of everything to Napier's satisfaction, and a c riventien is cmetequentlyisigntd, which the Admiral refuses to ratify, on the plea That Napier had no authority. The point now to clear is what authority had Napier? or, rather, for what purpose, and with what views was he sent here? Eince this very untoward negotiation, Napier has not been heard of. The Stromboli came off the port on the sth instant, and not finding Napier here, went in search of him with letters from the Admiral, and finally not finding him, came into port on the 7th. The Phaeton French steamer, which arrived here on the • evening of the 6th instant, brought despatches from the Government to the effect that the Pacha could hope no further intervention on the part of France, but must accept the terms left open to Lim by England; he has, therefore, bad no alternative but to submit to superior force Ibrahim Pacha is said to have arrived at Gaza, and to be on his way to Cairo with his army—likely to arrive there about the 15th instant. He is reported as being in very bad heal h. IP. S., Dee. 12.—The Phaeton leaves in half an hour for Toulon. I have been able to obtain copies of the follow ing documents, which I enclose, viz.:— Translation (from an Italian translation of the original) I.ord Palmerston's letter to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, containing his instructions to Sir Robert Stopford. Translation from the original Turkish of Mehemet Ali's letter to the Grand Vizier, sad Translation from the original Turkish of Mehemet Ali's answer to Sir Robert Stopford's two letters. From which you will perceive that the Egyptian ques tion may now be considered as settled. It is fully expected the hereditary Pachalic will be granted afterwards. (Copies—No. I.) . . Princess Charlotte, at Sea, oft Cyprus, Dec. 6, 1840. Ilighness,--I have now the honour to transmit to your Highness, by Captain Farishawe, the captain of my flag ship, the of f icial authority of the British Governments, in the name of the Four Powers, to maintain your Highness in the Pachalic of Egypt, upon the conditions that wiihin three days after the communication made to you by Cap tain Fanshawe, you agree to restore the Turkish fleet to the Sultan, and finally to evacuate Syria. Let me beseech your Highness to take these terms into Your serious consideration, and I implore the Alm i g ht y your to impress upon your mind the benefit you will bestow upon a distracted country by an early compliance with the decision of the Four Allied Powers. Captain Farishawe is fully authorised to receive your Highness's final decision,--1 have the honour to be our tlighnecs's most obedient humble servant, (Signed) ROBERT STOPFORD, Admiral. To his Highness Mehemet Ali, Pitch, &c Alexandria. TRANSLATION OF A LITHOGRAPHIC CIRCULAR OF MI HEMET ALI TO SEVENTY-TWO HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS IN EG T IT. As the world is altogether ruled by fate, preparatAms for peace sometimes end in war, and preparations for war sometimes end in peace ; thus it has been from the creation of the world. All has its otigin in, all its termination in the will of God I God is omnipotent. Since the commencement of my preparations until the arrival of his Excellency, the Commander of the naval forces of her Britannic Msjesty iii the Mediterranean, who declares that w e are to receive the hereditary govern. rnent of Egypt by the decision of their Majesties (1 the European Powers, in order to make peace, for peace is the chief end of my Government, and this has been done to re store tranquillity, to stop the effusion of Mussulman blood, and to give satis:aetion to the minds of the population, and allow every one to follow his occupation whether of trade or agriculture. To this effect orders have been given to his Highness the Commander-in• Chief of the Forces in Syria to evacuate the country, to return to Egypt with all his army and the serfs of Egypt. " Copies of this document have been sent to all the heads of departments in Egypt ; and also to you." (This was eirt ulated immediately on the convention with Napier being concluded.) (Copies, No. 'I) Princess Charlotte, St. George's Bay, Beyront, Dec. 2, 1840. Highness,—l am very sorry to find that Commodore Napier should have entered into a Convention with y our Highness for the evacuation of Syria by the Egyptian troops, which he had no authority to do, and which I can not approve of or ratify. Your Highness's envoy, Abdel Amin Hey, has consulted with the General commanding the troops, vs to his best manner for proceeding to Ibrahim Pacha. The General having good reason to suppose that Ibrahim Pacha had left Damascus (a great part of his army having left it several days since, going to the southward upon the Mecca road), could not guarantee a safe conduct for your Highness's envoy further than Damascus. He, therefore, returns to Alexandria, having done all in his power to execute your Highness's instructions. 1 hope this letter will reach your Highness in time to step the transports which Commodore Napier writes me ate corning from Alexandria to the coast of Syria, for the put pose of embarking part of the Egyptian army. Should any of them arrive here they will be ordered to return to Alexandria. I hope this hasty and unauthorised convention will not occasion any embarrassment to your Highness. It was, no doubt, done from an amicable intention, although under a limited view of the state of affairs in Syria ; but it will not lessen my earnest desire moat readily to adopt any measure which may tend to a renewal of that amity and good feeling which, I trust, will hereafter subsist between England and your Highness, the terms of which, I am happy to say, are now in a state of progress with the Allied Pcwora.--1 have the honour to be, your flightless a moat bbedient setvant, (Sighed) 11013 T. STOPPORD, Adm. this Highness Mehemet Ali, Pacha, &c., Alexandria. (Copies No. 3.) `TRANSLATION INTO ENOI.IBII FROM Al ITALIAN TRAS LATION tiF TIIP, GEININAL IN FINGLIciI. trorelgri-of!lee, Nov. 14. 1840. My Lords,—The Four Powers, who, together With the Porto signed the treaty of the 15th of Jul', have de cided to tTtOwnientl to the l i otte, through their represent tatites at Constantinople, that if Mehetnet Ali Nviii sulat promptly to the Sultan, and q Consent to restorec Turkish fleet and e z lisC his thopS tts evacuate all Sivia, the dis trict of Adana, the island of Candia, ArAbla, and the Holy Cities, notwithstanding the decree )tit- which the Sultan has declared Mehemet Ali deposed itaih the Go , vcrhttic•nt of tgypt, he will be re-estabigitk.d In tha Pachalid, ti In execution of this resolution; it is decide 4 by the re prcsi:ntatives of the Pour Powets in tondon:lh , it their in tAe masts r n tai s ie s ci h e a tm l h l em l r ti ttio m dti a in, d ,g e s iit k i: n nt o it i y t e • known to Mediterranean.h ie hem t Ali through the I rtBltajpettotymoirodiedroirtinhgat hi inals t tttioest o t n o ndt y your Lordships, ea L di ni eL d tne s l i t ,r st , oir that her dria an officer competent to make the following communi cation to Mehemet Ali The officer encharged therewith will ask upon his ar -691 in Alexandria a eonfeteriee with Aleheract Aii, in 1)t)1049 ite,t, in ot-dgr to matte to Mehemet Ali a communication on tlt pari tit her Aliticstl's Go vernment. Wired admittcyle Yhal! Make kndisn to Mehemet Ali iiriat 6'c; otdo!ied him to inform him that if he submits immediately to the Boitan, earl de livers into the hands of the officer uncharged with the above, a written obligation to restore, without further de lay; the. Turkish fleet, and to recal immediately his troops from 83rig, from Ole district of Adana, from the Island of Candia, front Arabia, and froth the Holy Cities, the Four Powers will recommend the Sultan to re-establish Mehe met Ali in the Pachalic of Egypt. The officer will further explain that this recommenda tion on the part of the Four Powers will only be given in case of Mehemet All's submitting promptly, and that the officer has received orders to remain three days in Alexan dria to receive the decision of Mehemet Ali and convey ii to Constantinople. The officer in charge must put in writing the pro , ceding communication, and, :after having read it to Me, heim2t Ali, must deliver to hint the sheet upon which it i written. If, a t the expiration of the tlate days, Mehemet A' should consign to the officer the above-mentioned writtrn obligation, the offic!er will immediately leave for Cor,stan tinople, taking it with him. But the officer must demand that the document in rriting on the part of Mehemet Ali be delivered to him open, in order that be may inform him self of its contents. and must refuse to take it to Con stantinople should he find that it does not contain the said obligation. (Signed) PALMERSTON. To the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. FREE TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER OF HIS HIGHNESS THE VICEROY TO HIS HIGHNESS THE GRAND VIZIER HrotlNEss—Commodore Napier, commanding the Bri tish forces before Alexandria, has informed me by a letter of the 22d Norember last, that the Great Allied Powers have requested the Sublime Porte to grant me the heredi• tary government of Egypt on condition that I should be prepared to restore the Ottoman fleet and make my troops retire from Syria. After a correspondence entered into on this subject with Commodore Napier, the con ditions have been accepted, ari d a Convention has has been signed with a hope on my part that the kindness of his Highness will be extended to me. I have, in ccn sequence, written to my son, Ibrahim Pacha, to fall back o n Egypt with his troops, the officers employed in the civil list, and the materiel colt •eted at Dama.4mc, and a despatch to the same effect, through the kindness of the Commodore, has been sent by an English steam•boat to Syria. His Excellency, Admiral Sir Robert Stop f c rd, Commander-in-Chief of the E ng li s h fl e et, has just informed • me by a letter dated the 6th D ec . current, off Cyprus, hot he has received an offi,ial despatch from Loral Pal merston with instructions, in virtue of which ho invites me to n.. ke my submission to the Sublime Porte by restoring the Ottoman fleet, and evacuating Syria, Adam), Candia, Arab.a, and the Holy Cities. Ever disposed to sacrifice all I possess, and even my life, to conciliate the good graces of his Imperial High ness, and acknowledging the favours extended to me by my Sovereign through the intervention of the Allied Powers, I have made such arrangements that the Ottoman fleet shall be given up to such a person and in such,a man ner as his Highness shall order. The troops now in Candia, Arabia, and the Holy Cities are ready to retire, and the evacusti , )n shall take place without delay as soon as the order of my Sovereign shall reach nue with respect to Syria and the district of Adana. I have learned by a letter from IbraimPacha, dated torarth !he close of It imaztri, and sent by lard that he was to leave Damascus on the 4th Shawall, with all his army to return to Egypt ; Syria in consequence is completely eva cuated, pnd thtts.rey submission is accomplished. These facts' coming to the knowledge of your High ness, I hope that, in explaining them to our Sovereign and master, you will intercede with his Highness to bestow his favours upon the oldest and most faithful of his ser vants. I have the honour, &c. (Signed) MEHEMET ALI. The following is a trarrlAtion from the original Turkish of a letter from Mehemet Ali to Sir Robert Stonfnrd:— " Most Honourable Admiral,—l have received the two lettets which you addressed to ; the first through Amin Rev, who had been charged with a despatch from my sun Ibrahim Nein, and the second by Captain Fansnawe. I am delighted with the friendship which you profess, and feel bound to act in the course which you point out in your cfficial despatch. " I addregs in consequence a petition under open cover to the Sublime Porte, and that you may be made ac quainted with the contents I add a translation in French. I hope that my submission will be approved of by the Allied Powers, and in requesting a continuance of your friendship I flatter myself that your kind offices assure me of your good will. " I hare the honour, Ste., (Signed) MEHEMET ALI." The miyullaneous news contained in the French journals of Friday and Saturday will be found in another part of The Sun. Rumours of a change in the Cabinet were afloat, originating, we believe, in the fact that Count MoLes salons Were fre quently crowded during the last fortnight by his former supporters in the Chamber of Deputies. The main object of the new Cabinet—which , it was asserted, would include among its Members Count MOLE as Foreign Minister and President of, the Council, and MM. PA ssy and DuriturtE as Ministers of Justice and Public Works—would be to form a close alliance with 11 ussia, who has already signified her cordial approbation of such a measure. The discussions on which some of our Con temporaries have lately entered as to the relative value of the old aristocratic Governments of Europe and the new democratic Government of the United States, may receive a fresh impetus, and a steadier guide by the results of the late election for Presi dent. The Philadelphia Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle states the whole number of vo:cs which have been actually given at 2,400,000. That is a nbunber more than three times as great as the number of electors who have ever voted at an election of all the Members of Parliament in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Since the election began, we have looked dili gently over znt American papers, and, with th exception of the charge made in New York, that certain persons were brought from Philadelphia and voted more than once at different polling-places in New York, we hav e not seen a single charge of bribery or corruption, or read of a single electionenng riot. But when that charge was carried before the Grand Jury of the city of New York for investigation, they rejected the bill, thus authorizing the belief that the charge was one of those false accusations in which a losing party generally vent some of their spleen. Whatever else may be said against the new democracy, it is plain from this statement that they manage their elections, though they have the Tory-despised ballot, with much more decency and order than we manage ours. The result redo . unds the more to the credit of their system, when it is remembered that this contest has engaged all the passions of the elec tors, and that it has ended in changing unexpectedly the whole administration of the country. We find a strong proof of the interest taken in the contest in the number of voters. The number of votes polled at the last Presidential election in 1836 was 1,498,885. "If you collate," s a y s the correspondent above referred to, " the numbe r of 2,400,000 votes with the populatio❑ of the Un ion, it will be immediately seen that very f ew electors who are entitled to the right of suffrage have neglected to discharge that important duty," The whole population have been interested in th e question, and yet there have been no outrag es . How painfully does this contrast with our election s. H o w numerous are the complaint s after, every con tested election here, of voters compelled to viol ate their conscience, and of tenants who have been threatened threatened with ejectment. How numerous are th e acc usations of bribery—many of them continu a ll y substantiated by totes of the House of Com Mons, and by verdicts of juries—and how frequent are charges of violence. Looking at what al war 3 OC CUTB bete at every election, it is plain that the sys tem in the new democracy is infinitel y superior to our system for the preservation o f p e ace and order. brow There is another consideration °. Ing from 1 this increase in the number of v oters, Which we must press on the attention of the Post. Ina c ommunity like that of the United wite numb er of States, in i which the population is i ncreasin g unex ampled rapidity, this great increase of voters te r 1 )I,oBu4tohsmowshtobesinitcrepalrst 3 o 6 cca i s m io v i e t at edl t i a y ined their ma jority, and by the numb er of emi g r ants who have acquired the right of citizenship. In th e U n i te d States, therefore, not only does the Government depend absolutely on the electors, but they .. con stitute a rapidly changing body. Though this fact be only now noticed, it has existed for many years, and yet t h e Government of the United States has been more stable than . an y Government of Europe. Since the A mer ican C on stitution was established there have been two o th r i e t it palace a t c e e •Y o o l f tr t t i he c ~ ,A on s, to R, a say ,4 nothing nd of murders, in no inconsiderabl e number of mutinies in the Russian armies. France has had three dynasties, and been twice revolution ized. All the rest of Europe has been either overrun er the Governments destroyed ; and there is not a single State on the continent of Europe — from Spain to Russia, which has not been turned tory tur vy, since the Government of the United States, controlled by a fluctuating population, was established. England, too, which is safe from continental irruptions, has had her Reform Act, which was a great revolution ; and she now teems with moral and political confusion—as witness the Chartists and Socialists—such as the United States have never known. The same popular system, then, which is carried into effect with so much order, gives stability to the Government and a uniform direction to the public pulley. A change similar to that now made by the election of General HA RitisoN, and the super cession of Mr. VAN BUREN, was made i❑ 1828, when General JACKSON was elected President and Mr. QUINCY ADAMS forced to retire; but the only change made, either in the foreign or domestic policy of the United States, in conse quence, was a slow and gradual alteration in the monetary system. Nothing like a revolution tl.en ensued, and nothing like a revolution will now ensue. It appears, in fact, that the majority of the electors for General HA RRISON was only 135,000, or one-seventeenth of the whole. A minority, powerful from numbers, will be opposed to every change recommended by the General's party, and it will be forsaken by moderate Men, should it at tempt extreme or violent measures, and be conse quently unable to execute them. We have, there fore, in the large minority an ample guarantee, de rived from the principle of popular election, and not to be found under any other form of govern ment, that the public policy, though the adminis tration, including the Mead of the executive—who is only changed by death or a revolution in a monarchy—is entirely changed, will be subject to no material alteration. Can as much be said in favour of any Government of Europe ? In England a great change ensued when the Whigs took,office;: and should the Tories return to power, we shall be again exposed to a greater change than will be caused by changing the President in the United States. The Post and the Times, agreeing in nothing else, may rail in common against the democracy of the United States, but till they can rail into obli vion the history of their popular Government since it was established, they will fail to convince any observer that it does not answer all the purposes for which governments are said to be established, much better than the monarchies or aristocracies of Europe. All classes of the people, save and ex cept the slaves, over whom the Government has no power, are equally protected. None are plundered and oppressed; peace and order are preserved, at least they exist whether they result from the Go vernment or not ; and the course both of the Legis lature and Executive, though the persons change, is uniform and steady. The number of the Quarterly Review recently published, contains a judicious and sound article on Medical Reform. We admire in it very much a number of observations, all tending to show—and very appropriate just now, when there is a rage for the examination of steam-engine drivers—that public examinations will do little towards securing competent abilities, while it is' plain that they arc utterly powerless to secure discretion and judgment. Learning they can perhaps compel men to acquire, but they cannot have the smallest beneficial influ ence over after conduct. Young men (says the Reviewer, to quote one ex ample) may be compelled to have opportunities of study, but they cannot be compelled to learn ; and it is notorious that of those who have wasted their time for two years and nine months there are many who contrive, by means of labour and a good memory, to learn their lesson so well by rote in the remaining three months, that the most careful and experienced exa miner will find it no case matter to detect their insuf ficiency. It is, indeed, impossible, under the very best system of examination, to prevent a certain quantity of base metal receiving the stamp which ought to be impressed only on the good ; and if to this we add the following consideration, that such an examination as all are required to pass neither can, nor ought, to prove more than that the individual examined has the minimum of knowledge which a practitioner should pos sess,.we cannot-meg—he astonished that there should he reasonable pefsous. who doubt the advantage of examinations altogether ; and who regard the various medical corporations as being nearly in the sama sit ua• tion with the city companies, which, however useful they may have been in nursing the infancy of British commerce, contribute little or nothing to its advance , moot at the present period. But the Reviewer, in spite of many sound re marks in the opposite sense, comes to the conclu sion, which, though it may be the correct conclusion, is supported by arguments in which we do not agree. He asks, for example, would our naval officers be such as they now arc, if midshipmen were admitted to be lieutenants without examina- Lion ? Nothing is better known than that the exami nation of midshipmen for lieutenants was for many years a mere farce, and nothing is more palpable to common sense, than that no examination can serve to prove that a youth possesses courage and sclf possession in danger, wanting which nautical knowledge is at the most important times of no use whatever. The captain of a ship who sees a youngster perform his duties is infinitely better able to decide whether he be fit to be entrusted with the charge of a ship than any number of other captains after the most rigid examination. Similar remarks may be applied to our artillery and engineer officers, who are not made what they arc by study and examination solely, but by practice and the discipline to which they are ex posed, both before and after passing their examina tion. Medical men launched into the world can not be subjected to such discipline, and the Re viewer makes the mistake of attributing, in the case of artillery officers, the combined effect of study and discipline to study alone. Considering t he immense trust placed in the hands of medical men, certainly too much cannot be done to improve their education, and implant in them a due sense of the responsible duties they have to discharge ; but we doubt whether the Reviewer has made out a case for the interference of the State with their education, to which he makes numerous and well founded objections. We refer to the article, however, principally for the purpose of recommending it to those, so-called, persist ill regulating everything by Liberals, who legislation, whether they comprehend it or not. They may learn from the Reviewer that they are more likely to make themselves ridiculous than to improve the State. If their conduct be Radicalism, and such writing as that in the Review beToryism— for which we confess it appears much too sensible —the, public will soon be all Tories. No persons have clone our cause more harm than those pro ' fessing friends who have insisted, in the name of Liberalism, on fastening their own uncouth re -1 on the amusements and occupations of the t people. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CIIATIIAM.—THREE TIIOLAND POUNDS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.— CIIATIIASI, SUNDAY NIGHT.--This morning, about two o'clock, it was discovered that a body of smoke was rising from the establishment of Mr. D. West, a linen and wool len -draper, in fligh-street. It was with the utmost difli. culty t',:at the inmates of the house could be awakened to a sense of the . r impending danger. The fire had been raging nearly three quarters of an hour before the engines arrived. Tne military from the garrison rendered most efficient service, under the excellent arrang emen ts of Ad jutant Black. The family of Mr. West were spLnding the holidays at thehouse of Mr. Creadall's, at Maidstone, and it is supposed that the fire originated from a self-con suming stove in the shop becoming overheated, as it was perceived at nine o'clock to be nearly red hot. The va. luable stock in trade, it is understood, is insured in the Pncenix Fire-office to the amount of 3,0001., but the de struction of property is said to far exceed that amount. The birthday of the Emperor of Russia has been celebrated et the palace of the Duke de Leuchten berg, at Munich, with great ceremony. The King and all the Royal Family were present. Some tableaux vivans formed part of the amusements, in which the personages were represented by some of the Royal party and others of the Court. A scene from the Decameron of Boccaccio Fla Illtich adplirod. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) When military nations, whose chief defence ionsists in a land force, cherish with a lively feeling every new improvement that occurs in the development of the sciences that can in any way tend to strengthen their position, it cannot be considered at all unnatural that a nation like Great Britain, who must owe chiefly to a naval force the protection of its coasts and commerce from hostile aggression, should eagerly follow up the least clue by which a new application of any science may be brought forward to give increased effect to ships of war. The numerous improvements which in this country are continually taking place, not only in naval architecture, but in all that can be considered to constitute the materiel of a ship of war, bear ample tes timony to the zealous and patriotic energies which are unceasingly at work to promote the efficiency, durability, healthiness, and economy of the English Navy. It has long been known that the weakest part of a ship of war for attack or defence was the bow. It appears a frigate is shortly expected to be commissioned, named the Vindictive, which, owing to the peculiar principle upon which her bow is built, will present a battery for 'ward of twice the force that has hitherto been prac-,. ticable; and, the principle being applicable to ships of all classes, the consequence of its general adoption (if upin trial of this ship it is found to answer) will be to vivo to the attacking ship double the number of guns forward for attack, and if assailed by steam-vessels for ward will not only give there for defence double the number of guns, but some of the guns on one bow can be so pointed as to fire across to the opposite bow, a thing hitherto unprecedented. Mr. R. Blakr, the Master Shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard, has the credit of this invention, where the ship is now in duck, and it is said excites much almiration among naval amateurs. Dec. 27, 1840. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain last week.were small, and scarcely any fresh supplies. The frost continuing, higher prices were demanded for all sorts of Corn, and for good foreign Wheat Is. per 9uarter more than last Monday was ob tained; but so little has been done in other Grain, that prices may be reported the same as last week. There was a fair demand for Flour at i;s latl terms. PANICS OK BOARD OF SFIP Whcat,Red (old) —a. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43 45s ----- White (old) --s. —a. -- (old .45 48r. It ed 1134:!) .04 55.. --.-- Tick (new) 3i 39-. Fine 5:o. 57A. • (old) 48..445. —Superfine 5Ss. t 3. -- Harrow (new) 40..41s --White (IS4( )....551. s•+s. -- (old) 345. 4CI. -- Fine 106 635. Brant -- Superfine 6ss 70s. Oats, Feed —s 6. ---Forenni fr ee 51a ..ok. -- N ew 0 04.'23F. Ryr - :!B.s. 40s. Poland Barley 265 374. New 2 5 ,..25r. -- Grinding • 6s. 2Ss. Potatoe — 6 . -5 . Malting 32a. 375. ------ New 2l=. 30s. Malt s6s, 60.. Scotch 27,3±)5. Fine New 625. 63s Irish 18s. ... 215.2 ts. Pease, Grey, Ncw 'I s. 3 , . 4 5. Flour Town (per sack).... 50s. s' , s. -- Maple New 40, 41s. Seconds 465. 4ss. ---- White 31s. 3-is. —.-- N.rtli Country .... 45s 46:. —. Boilers 375.:'.8.. Bran l- 12 • ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Earley. usu.. , Flour English Irish —l roreian I -- --:,rls SMITHFIELD. We bad a good supply of Beasts, but the trade was not so good by Bd. per stone as it was last week. Mutton declined in price, the trade being moderate ; no alteration in the price of Veal, and but little done in Pork. Beasts, 251 ; Steep, 21,510 ; Pigs, 470 ; Calves, 48. Beef 4s. to ss, ; Mutton 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork 4s. to ss. TEA MARKET. Nothing done in this market, and prices were quite nominal. The next advices from China are looked for with very great anxiety. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of Russian Tallow have undergone very little change during the last four days, and scarcely any business has been done. P. Y.C. on the spot, 47s 3d to 4716 d per cwt. The largo stock on hand induces the trade to expect much lower rates. POTATOE MARKET. The supplies of Potatoes continue extremely small, and the weather having been very severe, an advance of prices has taken place, with a good demand, especially for fine qualities, which are now very scarce. York Reds fetched 88s to 90i ; Devon, 79s to 83s, and Essex Whites, 6Sa to 70s per ton. HOP MARKET. The few transactions have been confined to good quali ties of this year's growth, which hare sold to a fair ex tent, and at full the quotations of last week, while inferior sorts have remained neglected. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—We have had a steady market to-day, and Thuriday's rices have been fully maintained. Sales-7,000 to 8,000 bags, of which 1,500 American and 500 Surata are for export, the remainder to the trade—viz., 400 Pernams at Sid. to Ad. ; 300 Bahias Bkd. to 81d. ; 100 Marauhams, 71d. to 8d; 120 Egyptian, Aid. to 10J., and the remainder American descriptions. Two liamburgh mailsbave arrived, one of the 18th inst., and the othrr of the 92d inst. ; by the latter we have re received the parers of the above date, bringing the Ex change half a schilling lower, 1311; Gold also half mark lower. _ _ We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. . . BOUR7E OF AMSTERDAM, DEC. 23.—Although some business was done in► the Integr'l s, there was nothing re markable at the Bourse, the prices were generally main tained as yesterday. The Actions of the Society of Com merce were very animated, opened at 162, and got up to 163, remained at 1624 after the close. Ardoins' Spanish were weaker, 21 13-16ths ; Coupons, 17 ; Russian Four per Cents., £36i 4. THE FUNDS. We have no arrivals this morning with the exception of the ordinary Foreign Mails, and an arrival of ship letters from Singapore of an old date. The British Market has opened rather heavy. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 881 for Account, arc at pre sent at 87i, ; Reduced 88-k ; Exchequer B.1!s, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 156 157 ; India Stock for the opening 237 239. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active rather improved, left off on Saturday 221 23, at present 23/ ; Portuguese Fame as they closed 3li ; Three Per Cents . 201 ; Spa • nish Deferred 111 12 ; Passive 5i 6 ; Co ombian, same as it left off, 22i 23 ; Brazilian 71 72 ; Mexican 27 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a- per Cents 5 it same as it left off ; Five per Cents. 97f, same as it left off. SHARES—Great Western 23;} 24 prem. ; New Line 10 11 prem ; London and Brighton 81: 8d F. ; Blackwell 51 4i dis. ; Birmingham 79 81 pram. Southampton 544 55i per share ; Croydon 12i- par :hare; Greenwich 74 8} per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western :38i 55 ... .. to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 26. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9oi Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced •.. I Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... -- Ditto New, 1830 ...... 97i Ditto 4 per cent 34 per Cent. Dobs. HALF-PAST ONE. The refusal of Admiral Stepford to ratify Napier's con vention has not had any effect on the British:Market to the present time. Consols, which were sellers et 88 in the early part of the morning, arc at present 88i t for the account, with little doing. The jobbers are the chief actors, and the brokers a re scarcely cluing any thing. Consols may be quoted 831 Er the opening ; Reduced 88,1 : Exchequer Bills lower, 4 2 prem. In Bank Stock nothing dono. In the Foreign Market the chief transaction is in Spanish Active, which has improved to 23i ; in the other foreign funds scarce a bargain doing. Portuguese, 31i: 2 ; Three per Cents., 20: 1 .1 -; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pct. Cents., h 01; Five per Cents., 97. The Share Market is inactive. Great Western, fifths, log-; London and Brighton, 42 4 l ; South Western, 55. Sir Benjamin Hall has declined coming forward as a candidate for Monmouthshire, and it is expected that Mr. Hanbury Tracy, eldest son of Lord Sedely, and nephew of Mr. Hanbury Leigh, Lord- Lieutenant of the county, will be requested to stand. SOUTII OF DEVON.--:The young wheats never presented a more favourable appearance than at the present season. In no year, perhaps, has there been a finer time for sowing than the last month ; and the frost since has re tarded the progress of the blade, and prevented it from ex hibiting anything like rashness. The green crops also afford a good supply.— Weston Times. THE RIVER.—In consequence of the great accumulation of floating ice in the Thames the Commer cial Company yesterday posted notices at the London bridge Wharf, stating that, owing to the present state of the river, their steamers for Ramsgate, Gravesend, Sheer aces, and Southend, would during the continuance of the frost depart from Blackwell. On Saturday a similar no tice was issued by the Star Co m p an y , informing the public that the communication with the London bridge Wharf, was obstructed by ice, and that their boats would run until further notice to and from Bluckwall. The Diamond Company have adopted a similar step. The Woolwich and Greenwich steamers have ceased running for the present between those places and London ' and the small steam - boa ts above brid g e have been laid up. The only steamers which came up the pool yesterday were the Magnet, from Boulogne, and the William Jolliffc, from Calais, bringing upw ards o f on e hundred passengers, landed at London . brilge Wharf. Th e i r . paddles' made a good deal of neese among the ice, which was, how ever, too soft to materially injure them. I n the neigh bourhood of Putney and Battersea the river is covered with ice from one side to the other, which falls and rises with the tide. Should the frost continue four or five days longer the skaters will be enabled to commence operations in that part of the river. The shipping has sustained some damage by the ice scraping against the sides of the vessels. The Earl and Countess of Somers and Lady Margaret Cocks, who left Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, last week for Cheltenham, intend going to Brighton early in the week, Ishere the Noble Earl and Countess purpose passing several weeks. EVENING EoITION • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty, and his Royal highness Prince Albert, and her Royal flightless the Ductless of Kent, together with the Royal Visitors and suite, attended Divine Service this morning in the private ciapel within the Castle. The Rev. Dr. Short, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated. The Hon. C. A. Murray left the Castle this morning ,oa a visit to Mr. Hope. The Earl of Surrey arrived on a visit to her Majesty; Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince Albert again t oc ,C the exercise of skating for some time on the lake at Frog more, attended by Lard Lilford, Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir Bowater, Mr. Rich, and Captain Seymour. His' Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine ;Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South A udley-street. Despatobes for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent last evening from the Colonial Office. THE LIBERAL ELECTORS' AD, DRESS TO TUE RENEGADE VOTERS OF THE COUNTY CARLOW ELECTION, DE. 'EMBER, 1840, Ate—" Scots, whet hae." Traitors ! who, when frce.Jnen bloc!, Traitors ! who, to honour dead, Ingloriously your colours fled, And sold the victory. You—faithless guards of freedom's tower— Yi,u join'd the foe in needful hour; What hope from STANLEY-BRUEN'S power Chains and slavery ! You play'd the base, ignoble knave, You boast th' assassin stab you gave ; Your country's curse will mark your grave, Defil'd by bribery. Yotn . votes were swords conferr'd by law, Ju freedom's cause alone to draw; Your best friends trampled down, you saw, By Tory tyranny. You gave you: deadly foe the reins— Y.iti gave up libt..rty in chains ! You gave the ince to bleed her veins ; You mock'd her agony With brand of Cain now wanch:ve.rs go ! In every man you'll meet a foe ; The orphan's cry and widow's Woe Shall haunt your m.l:laurY. This Orange triumph we disdain— A nteus.like, we'll rise again, For princely patriots now sustain Our rights and PoNsotiiiir " VICTORIA'S LINE," our gath'ring cry; Our registries we'll fortify • From tyranny of deepest dye BRAVE CARLOW SHALL BE !REV! Carlow, Doc. 17, 1840. [The above would have appeared earlier, but was 1 tid aside.] THE TWO “N'S." There arc Nelson and Napier, the skillful and brave, The last in full service, the first in his grave, Whoce honoured remains proud his country instal., In a fame-hallowed tomb 'neath the dome of St. Pail's. The genius of Britain still weeps o'er his urn, As his daring achievements on memory return ; While his name is a watch-word, a rallying spell, To our brave Jacky Tars who'd in merit exce►. Does not Nelson's proud mantle on Napier 41escend? The two gallant " N's" in bright union blend? Nelson's spirit revives, in no trifling degree, Adventurous Napier, appropriate in thee I Aboukir comes back on our fond recolloction. In our Syrian battles beneath thy directiom; Thy hold daring genius pants to aspire, At a Nelson's renown —pith his soul-kindlin,c; fire Spare, Heaven, in goodness, the sons of the oc . Britain's bulwarks to man, or in port, or in mo,ion ! Spare the Napiers, Nelsons, alive to achieve Gallent deeds, that we may not fur them have to grieve 1 There are still in the list of our heroes bold hearts,. Formed to shine in the science of maritime arts, Formed the subject to be of oar lyres and our pens, As now are the two most illustrious " N's." FRENCH WAR PREPARATIONS. The French Conservative journal tbe Presse has re celitly published some vc , y sensible remarks an the glaring absurdity and expense of the pair armee which France has of late indulged in. The most strenuous antwates of the Thiers policy must at length see the error of their way, and coincide in the justice of the following obser. rations : "At the instigation of Lord Palmerston the Fotsc Powers have demanded explanations from France as to her armaments, but adds that this denond ought not to be re garded as offensive, for if Europe was arming without stating the object of the armaments, France would also have a right to demand explanations. It is a principle among nations when at peace with each other :bat one 90 - verurneut is not to increase its farces without ilsc consent of the Governments with which it is in amity, which consent is seldom withheld if the necessity for such inci "-Ilse be shovin, and there is nothing in it of menace inwards friendly Governments. If this were not an understood principle of national intercourse, no State could find an interest in the maintenance of pence, for if one Govern. anent with surplus means, or with reckless disregard of its pecuniary resources, were to resort to arnaamonis in a time of peace, the others must make pecuniary sacrifices for self. protection, or to maintain the balance of power. Peace is the on►y time for economy, and relieving the burdens of the people ; but peace would permit of neither if nations were to be continually arming and watching each other. This Presse in concluding its leader takes this view, and de ' dares that France would be very unwise to waste he resources in maintaining an attitude of menace whils , she should be menaced by no other country, and thus. by sowing distrust in Europe, not only make her armed; peace useless as regards the great purposes of ins terest and honour, of which true peace is the pro moter, but thus rem er war imminent. . • • •• In ai;swer to this demand for explanations what shalt, we do? Shall we persist in this pair armee, which could with much more propticty be called la guerre paisible, order to show its absurdity, and so autheriss , all the other Powers to arm as they have begun to do? Russia will or ploy in grand preparations the loan which she has just con eluded in Holland ; all Gcrmany will follow the impul sion; the strati neutrsl States which surround us will not not remain behind hand, and we have already:seen Belgium nearly doubling her army. All these nations will be over whelme.i with taxation, in older to provide for the arma ments, and we shall ruin ourselves without awls e, without dignity, without glory, and call down upon ovr heads the curses of every country which ire compel to ruin itself as we would do. He must be a credulous man, indeed, who supposes that peace can be maintainad in the midst of such elements of irritation and discord. It is not a time when every o"o is armed that concilia tion is long possible. The revolutionary parties who have espoused SO tS armly the policy of M. Thiers, and M. There himself, comprehend this. If they urge with such vehet mence the military development of France, if they arc such turbulent partisans of the project cf fortifying Parif) and shut their eyes to the incressing deficit of the revenue, respecting whic►t they formerly were gloomy, it is be-, cause they are sure that, by persisting in the present course, France will excite general distrust in Europe, that distrust will lead to unfriendly acts, and that, sooner or later, in spite of the pacific professions which have been thrown over this absurd lie of armed peace, the universal collision . will ensue, for which they all sigh—some to repair their wounded pride, others to realize their detestable projects. , 3 . . . . The Powers demand why we are arming. Let us ask them what their own projects are, and whether they are also ready to disarm ? If. as evcrthing . semns to indicate, they should reply affirmatively, let us not foolishly object to disarm, and render peace sterile by an expendi ture which is required for greater and more fruitful pur poses." LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 28.—Wind this day at noon. Light breeze from the eastward, and fine. DEAL. DEC 25.--Wind N.N. W.. light. 27.—Wind N.E. to E. S.E., moderate.— Sailed the John Bartlett, Bartlett, for Sydney ; Coquette, Murray. Africa ; General Wolfe, Allard, Demerara ; Renown, Hill, Havannah ; Duke of Sussex, Jones, Port Adelaide ; Riga HavAnnab ; Jane, Palmer, River Gambia. PORT! MOUTH, DEC. 26,—Wind N.N. \V. 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Sliled the Philadelphia, Stark, for New York ; Worcester, Waugh, Madras and Calcutta ; and Rockliff, Harrison, Ceylon. DOVER, Dec. 2G.—Off port the Zephyr, Mayers, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Cowes, Dec. N.—Sailed the George Washington, Smith, Batavia._ 13ErtenAveN, Dec. 23,—Arrived the Wellington, Johns, e L t i e ,, rs D h E u c r . o 2ti a — ct. T 2 h 6 c , for Un t i li on i; port, And from Miramichi, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c. been heard of. St.HPuAnderson, n, has sailed a il not ed glace HARWICH, DEC. 26 —Arrived the Maria, Ruyter, from Trinidad ; Constitution, Arholn, New York. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9 7.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Silks. worth, Meidrum, from St. Petersburgh, with eight feet water in her hold, having been on shore on Burbo Bank. Sailed the Jean Baptiste, Giffin, for Monte Video; Feli. city, M'Donald, Rio Janeiro; Rochdale, Tasker, and Parker, Risian, Demerara; Reis Effendi, Cross, Monte Video ; New England, Crocker, New Orleans; Admit tance, Smith, Boston ; Cherub, Whitley, Capede Verds ; Unique, Clark, Alexandria Ore Mizex HEAT), DEC. 25.—Margaret, Jackson, fron' Demerara. TORBAY, Dec. 25.—Sailed the City of Perth, Halli. day, for Barbadoes. 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