The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

MORNiNG EDITION opinion, net in my official capacity, but a; a private indi vidual; besides, the opinion that our fleet should not be sent to Alexandria did not emanate from me ; I only con curred in it when my opinion was asked. I thick I th-,t to place our squadron to be an idle spectator of events uhich were to take place, would be giving it a miserable part to perform. The paragraph of the Committee was adopted. The following paragraphs were then adopted without discussion : " Our armies in Africa have again gained fame by bril liant feats of arms. Your sons, tvho allow no opportunity of displaying their courage to escape, have shared the glory and the perils of their expeditions. What we re quire of your Government is, that it shall seriously inquire into the general conduct of affairs in that country, in order that the triumphs of our arms may not be sterile, and that a possession so gloriously conquered, and so dearly purchased, may become for France a principle of strength and not a cause of debility. " The attempt of Boulogne was not only insensate, it was criminal—( Some murmurs in a portion of the o..amber.) Put down at its commencement by the de votedness of the citizens, it has since been condemned by solemn verdict. Justice has had its free course; the offence committed against society has not remained without . reparation, and the hopes of the factions have been on all sides strikingly disappointed. " We will examine with care the law of the budget. It is becau.e States are exposed to unexpected charges that a rigid economy is always necessary. At another tine the Chamber, in the impossibility of diminishing the taxa.ion which presses upon the country, would at least have recommended that the equilibrium should b: kept up between the revenue and the expenditure. As this equi lbriurn is broken, we will turn our attent:on to the means of re-establishing and preserving it." Paraolaph 9 was then read : _ " The other laws which shall be presented to us will be the object of careful attention on our part. For the present we feel pleasure in having been able to respond, by a unanimous vote, to the demand made upon us by your Majesty for aid to the departments which have suffered by the inundations." M. Larabit here asked the Ministers, whether amongst the new laws there would be a special law for the fortifica tions of Paris? ' Marshal Soul:—The extraordinary credits will comprise not merely the ensemble of the fortifications of the king dom, but also the fortifications of Paris, and then the dis cussioa can take place on that subject. Aftcr a few words, paragraph 9 was put to the vote and adopted. It being six c'clock, the Chamber adjourned till to-mor. raw. SITTING OF DEC. 5. The order of the day was the discussion of the two last paragraphs of the address. These paragraphs having been charged by the Committee, a copy was delivered to the m embers. • The tenth paragraph was then read, as follows ! " Harmony between the Great Powers, we know, is the surest go .rantee of peace. Order maintained at home by the rnerg , lic and persevering action of the Government is lit; rnala principle of strength abroad. We express the IN ill of France by saying that she is strongly desirous of both." M. Piscatory presented an amendment which he was desirous of vuornitting in the room of the tenth and last paragiaphs of the Committee. M. Dupln rose to remark that M. Piscatory wished not to modify the addre3s. but to destroy it altogether, by puttirg one entirely d.fferent in its stead. • M. Piscatory b,gged M. Dupi❑ to explain the mean ing of the last paragraph —" Sire, take heed that your throne be ever surrounded by enlightened and fa , .thful eoulisell..rs." M. Dapiu —lf the Committee had thought it their duty to have brought coy charge against the Ministers of the Ist March, the cha - ge would have been made openly. Last rar the principle of parliamentary government was pro claimed : now far the last seven months never had that 'principle been less observed, never had the inviolability of the throne been so frequently attacked. The Committee was desirous of strengthening this principle, the principle of the inviolability of the throne, opposed to an ill-ob • served principle which has been brought forward—the c omm ittee was desirous of restoring to it all its power and cial-_.ncy.—(Marks of approbation.) Dcsmou,,seaux de Givre—(Loucl cries of" Enough, enou:411") —Tile insinuations thrown out against the late Administrati:;n are intolerable. 41. Thiers appeared much excited, and wished to address tbc Chamber. l'i,e President then r, quested M. Desmousseaux to de scend. That gentleman refused. On this the President coven d big head and left his seat, and the sitting was sus yrier.ded. General 7ngeaul ascended the tribune, and begged M. Desinousseatot to leave it. _ _ M. Thiers alto addressed that gentleman rather warmly. Several Depulies here interposed. Great commotion prevailed. All the Deputies left their seats, and a great ni,ny, i:r.agihing the debate over for the day, went >mc. However, alter an hour's suspeniion, the debate recommenced. Tnicrs then ascended the tribune, and requested M. DrInt: , !CRISS?aUX to explAin himself, regarding what he had hinted leFpccting the Ministry of March 1. • M. 13.?.sniousseaux c-iled on M. de Remusat to explain ,certain acts of his Administration, and divers operations at he. Bours, which belonged to his departmout as Minister of the Intericr ? M. Thiers then rose to reply. FRENCH AFRICA. TLa fullo:xing is the text or the telegraphic despatches, of •Ahich we gave on Saturday the substance TCULON, Nov. 2Q. (The first despatch only arrived in Paris this day, in consequefiee of the state of the atmosphere.) ‘ : I4IARSIIAL VALLEE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " The expedition to Medeah has been concluded with .out having experienced any opposition from the enemy during its march. The troops returned to their canton ments on the 22d. The weather will not permit further operations. Thst province of Algiers is perfectly tranquil. The province of Constantine has not been the theatre of any new event. The aril from Oran has not arrived." " TOULON, Nov. 29. " &MAIL, Nov. 12. (Daused in consequence of the state of the atmosphere.) " The troops which had composed the expedition re turned yesterday to Blidah after some successful operations against Miliaria and the mountains of Zickar. Several tribes have been severely chastised. We have had five .men killed, and sixty-two wounded have been brought 'back in wz:ggons." A letter from Cherbourg of the 2d states that the Belle Peule frigate would stop a few days in that harbour. The Belle Pouffe had met a Dutch vessel at the dis tance of 500 or 690 leagues from the coast of France, by whose captain the Prince was told that France and Eng 'land were then probably at war. He consequently took measures to repel air attack, and directed the Favorite cor vette to make for the harbour of Rochefort, where no ac count of her has yet arrived. The Journal des Debats announces that 400 seamen of the Belle Poole arid Favorite would leave Cherbourg with the remains of Napoleon and escort them to Paris. The convoy will arrive on the morning of the 15th at Courbe voie, where the ciffin is to be landed. . A new frigate, the Penelope, was launched at L'Orient .on the 27th ult. The celebrated painter, Isabey, left Paris for Cherbourg on Waluesday, in o; der to paint the arrival of Napoleon's reranit:9 in that harbour. The Minister of the Interior, M. Duchatel, had enjoined to ail the artists and other persons charged with the deco ration of the tomb of Napoleon, that the whole must be completed on the 15th inst. The Commerce publishes a letter from Naples of the ult., :taring that M. Clsiarn, an officer of the Foreign Department, had arrived from Paris with despatches from Queen Christina t' the King, her brother. It ap pears that his Majesty, forgetting his former political grievances against the ca-Regent of .pain, had ordered she palace of Chitamone to be prepared for her reception. Her Royal Highnees the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesses, and Prince George of Cambridge, arrived in Rome on the 16th ult. from Venice. The Pope, on learn ing their arrival, sent one of his Prelati domestici to com pliment them. A letter horn Toulon, of the 29th of Nuvernber, say!, " A steam frigate, of 500 horse-power, is going to be put on the stocks at Toulon. It is said that the greatest excr tioa will be made to build this vessel as quickly as pos sible. The English have several vessels of this descrip tion and force in the Mediterranean, _ _ the following paragraph in the Siecle The Moniteur Eurisien, which has now no official character, contains indirectly a sort of contradiction to the contents of the letter which Lord Melbourne ad ,dressed to King Louis Philippe on the subject of his arma a:lents. Since an opportuuity is given us to return to this letter, we shall say that it was not without having abso lute certainty that we Lpoke of it to our readers. We are not the persons to take a great pleasure in imagining new insults which our country would have to keep in remem brance. Those are quite sufficient which come through official channels. Bat since the and the unjust conduct of the English Government towards France are audaciously denied, it is not fisting to conceal any of the affronts which its insolence has attempted to put upon us." The Courrier Francaise, speaking of the same letter, rf he letter was in fact transmitted to Paris, but it wa s not sent to the Moniteur of the Ist of March. Some of them were evade acquainted with its object. No one ventured to show it to M. Thiers."—Le Commerce. BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, DEC. 3 fling Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents 1! ... 110 70 ... 110 70 4 per Cents.. •2O ~T 1 60 7... 94 78 70 3 per Cents 3300 ..3300 "' s'6° R an k of prance.•.•..••••••••• lo so MOO Lamtte Bank I,o oo f. 105 Shares _55 1 0 5150 '” 5150 930 930 92 ' ". 9.25 Belgian Bank Sper Cents 9 1 4 3 ,4 •••••• 9 9 8 , 1 A tg, New Loan Dutch 2% per Cent. ... 24% •••• 241 4 •••• SpaillAh ACtiYe 5 ,1 4, '" Passive —• Portuguese 3 per Ceut- 101 13 10 Neapolitan ". [lceman 99.1i gi / RAILWAY SHARES. crmair, rsatiles:ll. B LB 3OO ••• 3 , 0 26 1.5 t :n 30 T 7 50 7.: 50 frteans sErasburg to hale 245 '.t45 ,•••• WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The nursery and three adjoining rooms at the Castle, for tha use of the Infant Princess and her Royal Highness's attendants, arc nearly completed. They are plainly furnished. There is now not the least doubt that her Majesty will spend Christ mas at the Castle. Prince Albert is expected at the Castle during the ensuing week. In the event of the Prince pay ing a visit to Windsor, his Royal Highness will return to town the same afternoon. His hunting stud, which is now at t he stables attached to Cumberland Lodge, in the Great , Park, consists of four horses only. POI{TU GAL. By the Tagus steamer, arrived at Falmouth with the Malta and Peninsula mails, the Queen of Portugal's speech on closing the extraordinary session of the Cortes has been received. " LISBON, Nov. 30. —This day the session of the Ex traordinary Cortes, which has lasted rather better than six months, was closed at one o'clock, p.m. by her Ma. esty in person, who delivered the following Speech from the Throne : $6 . Seashores—l come to close the Session of this long and laborious Legislative Assembly, which has been so useful in aiding the first public necessities, and in discus sing and - voting organic laws of the greatest importance. The nation will be sensible of your zeal, and bless the wisdom by which you have been guided. It is to be lamented that' the urgent business which has occupied you I has not left sufficient time to conclude the discussion of the budget, and to treat as amply as could have been de sired the different branches of the revenue. " My Government empowered to provide for the cur rent expenses and to satisfy the extraordinary demands which have unavoidably occurred, as well as to establish the means now practicable of paying the foreign dividends, will unceasingly devote itself in preparing all labours and necessary information to be laid before you from the open ing of the ordinary session, in order that you may be able opportunely to fix our expenses when known, and to ame liorate the mode of the receipts of the State. I do not less expect that you will continue to dedicate yourselves, with tqual efficacy, to the important affair of the navigation of the Douro, which also, from want of timeo it was not possible to terminate. I congratulate myself with you upon the complete re-establishment of public peace, which during the session was disturbed. I thank you for the confidence which you have placed in my Government, by granting the extraordinary powers it solicited. The moderate use which they made of it will justify this confidence. " Without interrupting its labours the Cortes have efficaciously co-operated with the Government in enlight ening the public opinion upon the true interests of the na tion, and thus afforded the greatest and most secure sup port that the legislative body can give to a constitutional Government. " During tkis period my life was in imminent danger, from which it pleased Divine Providence to save me. The proofs of sincere affection which upon this occasion I re ceived generally I glory to have merited from the Por tuguese nation, whose happiness is the greatest object of my care, and whose liberty I consider as the most solid basis of my Throne. The session is closed.' " Her Majesty proceeded to the Cortes in full state, and after reading the Speech in an audible and distinct voice, returned in the same manner to the Palace des Necessidades. From the circumstance of several of the northern Senators and Deputies having left yesterday in the Vesuvio steamer for Oporto, the Chamber on this oc casion presented but a small number of Representatives. The shutting of this Legislative Assembly was, it is firmly believed, hastened by the discussion of the river Douro regulations, which (as I have observed in my previous communications), if pressed through the house, would, in all probability, overthrow the present Adminis tration, the outcry of the agricultural interests and the na tional feeling in general being unfavourable to the mea sure. This question appears to be a vital one for the country, the Corn-laws here being similar to those in England. How Spain will take up this matter, after so many promises and assurances that the convention with its enactments would b • approved, remains to be seen. It is notoriously public that the Marquis de Saldanha was in structed to persuade the Madrid Cabinet that no other than the present Ministry would be able to carry the treaty in question through the Chambers. " The modifications upon the hierarchy of Judges, sent from the Senate to the Deputies, was discussed and dis posed of on the 23d inst., and on the same day Ministers were empowered to raise in the most convenient manner 600 contos de reis (138,0001. sterling) upon the decima of the first six months of the economical year 1839 to 1840. " The law for the payment of the British claims (civil and commissariat), as recently adjusted in London, of 1,325,150,839 reis, or 309,2011. 17s. 3d. sterling, accord ing to the course of exchange that may prevail as the in stalments may fall due, the last on the Ist of September, 1842, has received the Royal assent, and was published in the Diario do Governo of Tuesday last. The means to be raised to fulfil these engagements are to be specifically pointed out in the respective budgets from 1840 to 1843. A modification, or rather re-organization, of the Ministry is on the tapis. The most probable reports are, that the Deputies, M. Angier will take the portfeuille of the In terior, and M. Jervis de Attoguia that of Marine ; the Minister of Finance, M. Florido, to give way to make room for M. Gomes de Castro, M. Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhaes to remain with the Foreign, and M. Costa Cabral with the Justice Department. Owing to a mes sage to the Crown which passed the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday last. humbly praying her Majesty to appoint a more competent person as an adviser of the Crown than the Count de Bomfim, his Excellency, it is understood, is to be moved out of the war bureau for the Duke de Terceira or the Baron de Leiria, should not the gallant Mar-hal accept; this last arrangement may perhaps be productive of various consequences, Count de Bomfim, who can, it is said, already rely upon a certain military party to uphold him, being bent on keeping in place." SPAIN. ManRID, Nov. 28.--The Gazette of this morning pre- scuts a satisfactory picture •f the progress of the present Government, and furnishes the best reply to the charges of incompetency, dissension, and the want of public confi dence dally preferred against them by their opponents. I may state that the general result is, that the salaries of the whole of the army and navy, and two•tbirds of those of the civil employes of the Crown, have been paid up the last month, the iocome, during this period, and expenses amounting to about ninety millions of reels. This, it %via be observed, has been effected without clandestine and ruinous contracts, while the principle of publicity thus acted upon by the Regency cannot fail of being grateful to the people. The celebration of the anniversary of the execution of Riego took place to-day in the Plan de Cebada, amidst a large concourse of spectators and of military pomp. The Duke de la Victoria pronounced the following words on the occasion:— " If the monument erected to the memory of those illustrious men who have sacrificed themselves to the li berty and independence of their country afford an ex ample worthy of imitation to present and future gene rations, they furnish a no less worthy tribute of respect to those heroic individuals whose virtues give them a niche in the temple of immortality. " Spain is the country which might boast a host of dis tinguished men from the remotest antiquity, and in our own times we have many bright examples of martyrs, who bravely preferred the scaffold to the ignominy of slavery. With their blood they watered the tree of liberty, encou raging by their example their fellow-citizens to give it ad ditional strength, and that their descendants of the noble race of Pelayo might repose in happiness under its protect ing shade. To-day, Spaniards, it is our duty to honour the ashes of the immortal Riego—of that hero who at Ca b( zas de San Juan raised the electric cry of liberty, but who, from circumstances with which all are acquainted, was made prisoner by the malice of despots, and in this place, and on this day, suffered the terrible punishment of martyrdom, along with several companions. Let us raise our vows to Heaven that he may enjoy that place amongst the just to which his virtues entitle him. Let us bend the knee in testimony of respect to their ashes, and vow before their altar to imitate their example—to prefer death to slavery." Five per Cents. Active, 25 13.16 cash to-day. THE WRECK OF THE BARK WESTMINSTER. It will be recollected that in the course of the last week a paragraph appeared announcing that the steamers Royal William and Royal George had arrived in London from Margate, respectively laden with many hundred chests of tea, being part of the cargo belonging to the said ship Westminster, which struck on the sands off Margate, on Sunday, the 22d ultimo. The following particulars of the wreck and providential manner in which the passengers and crew were saved may prove interesting to our readers : " The Westminster, commanded by Captain Mollison, left Singapore some months ago, laden with upwards of 4,000 chests of tea. " After a somewhat tempestuous passage," says one of the officers attached to the vessel, in a letter dated the 26th of November, " we were enabled on Friday the 20th instant, to see the Isle of Wight, at a distance of twenty-one miles. Our ship was then impelled by n very pleasant breeze, which continued until six o'clock the next morning, when the wind became exceedingly boisterous. A pilot then came on board and took charge of the ship through the Downs, the wind increasing during the whole time, and between ten and eleven o'clock the same morning we came to an anchor in Margate Roads, at a distance of two miles from the shore. The barometer being very low and still continuing to fill, we were prepared for a heavy gale of wind. Our exFee tations were soon realised. " In the afternoon of Saturday the wind became less stormy, but towards night it again freshened, and blew very hard. At one a.m. (Sunday morning), we retired to rest, but expected to be called up every minute, and at five o'clock our worst suspicions were confirmed. It then blew a perfect hurricane, and the vessel was tossed about in a fearful manner. The pilot not bein; aware of the danger which threatened us, came forward and exclaimed She is all right yet, is she not?' Yes,' was the answer given by the boatswain, whose heur it was to hold the watch. A few minutes afterwards we were sud denly roused by the boatswain, who called out in a loud voice, Pilot, pilot, she's adrift, she's adrift, and we are running fast on a lee-shore.' The carpenter was then ordered to cut away the mainmast, but some time had elapsed before he succeeded in doing so. On the nstant the mast fell the ship gave a heavy lurch and away it went, with a crash which made everything shake in a most alarming manner. We fired mihute nuns to bring boats to our assistance, but none came, and the wat er was now washing over the vessel with such force that at times we could not s_e our hands before us. At daylight w e hoisted our ensign union down, as a signal of distress. A few minutes afterwards we saw a wuggon, which contained a boat, on the lee shore. This cheered us all up. The b oat was l aunc h e d to the water, an d t h e poor fellows in it pulled with all their might for half an ' hour, but could not get ahead. We then lowered our own boat, and at the risk of our lives succeeded in lauding the whole of the crew, who arrived safe on shore, but miser ably cold and wet. How ever t hi s we thought , little of, as we had not been dry since we l e f t the Western Islands. ‘Ve were taken to an inn at M argate, where we obtained so me refreshment. The next d ay we went down to the ship, and found sne h . had 15 feet of water in her hold. A steame r came alongside in the course of the morning, and we discharged abo ut 4,000 chests of tea in a dry stat. All the They are no w str i v i ng hard to et thes ands, vessel g but I am much af rai d they will not rest o s er dam aged. the succeed." THE SUN, LONDON, TrESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1840 NE WS FROM THE EAST. We have received, from Marseilles, accounts from the seat of War in Syria to the ISth ult. The intelligence is brought by the Cyclops steamer, which arrived at Malta on the 24th November. The particulars will be found below : VALETTA (Malta), 25th Nov., 1840. The French steamer due yesterday from the Levant, not having yet appeared, we continue without a confirma tion of the news of the pacification of the East, transmit ted to you by the Euphrates, for Toulon, and of which 1 now send a duplicate herein, as from the conduct of the captain of the vessel here, I think it not unlikely be will have kept back the letters sent by her, both by your Alexandria correspondent and myself. The Cyclops war steamer arrived yesterday from Acre, the 15th, and Beyrout, the 18th instant, bringing, besides sick and invalids, his Highness Emir Mejid, another sort of the Emir Bechir. The only intelligence by this conveyance is the departure of a body of Ottoman troops into the interior, under the command of Brigadier- General Sir C. F. Smith to attack Ibrahim Paella. On the 6th several serious casualties occurred at Acre, by the explosion of some powder, and many lives were lost. Among the number it is said there are eighteen British marines. Among the wounded, Capt. Collier, of the Castor, leg broke; Lieut. Johnson and Mr. Kitson, the Chaplain of the Princess Charlotte. Some cases of plague are reported to have manifested themselves in the immediate vicinity of Beyrout. Sickness, chiefly dysentery and marsh fevers, continues to prevail in the fleet, particularly ramong the marines, of whom two or three die daily. The fleet is spread along the coast, but most of the ships would shortly be drawing towards the Bay of Marmorice, where they are to winter. The Admiral intended first visiting Alex andria in the Princess Charlotte. The Benbow will most probably remain at Beyrout, with the Magicienne and Daphne. The Castor and Wasp had left for Malta to refit. The Cyclops has suffered some damage in her ma chinery, and will remain out her quarantine in Malta to refit. The Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Edinburgh, and Thunderer, will most probably winter at Malta, af.er staying a short tinge at Marmorice, to see how matters go on. The Powerful, Commodore Napier, has been des- patched to Alexandria. On the 18th inst., the Matti Scheriff was proclaimed at Beyrout, on which occasion the ships of the Allies fired a Royal salute, and the Austrian Admiral, Bandeira, enter tained Sir Robert Stopford at dinner. Jaffa has surren dered to the garrison of Acre, and Jerusalem is said to have done so likewise. DISASTER AT ACRE. On the 6th of November, three days after the fall of this redoubtable fortress, and when the British were still rejoicing at having achieved, in three hours, and with a loss on their side of only 22 killed and 44 wounded, that which even in its then inferior strength withstood 11 assaults of Napoleon, and was only taken on the 12th with a sad loss of human life, they were doomed to suff,r a disaster, the origin of which is likely never to be cleared up, though, in all probability, it has arisen from the loose manner in which powder appears to have been conveyed from place to place by the enemy during the defence of it against the Allies, for it seems the approaches to the works from the several magazines are literally one con tinued train of powder, requiring the greatest vigilance to rem.ove, so as to avoid such consequences as the one we are about to relate. _ _ _ A column, at least 500 yards in height, of thick yellow smoke and dust, with a loud and simultaneous report, suc ceeded by a white smoke and the bursting of as many as a thousand shells, spreading in all directions far beyond and all aroun4 the ships of the fleet, some of which, and among them the Wasp, being only about 100 yards from the shore, announced the explosion of another powder magazine wi•hin the fortress of Acre ! In five minutes after the officers who landed from the shipping to the succour of the sufferers, among vhom there might be shipmates and mcssmates, encountered on the road those who had fortunately escaped carrying to the boats for conveyance on board, for medical aid, the maimed and wounded, which, together with the killed, are said to amount to 280, of whom at least 150 are native women and children. We have been unable to ascertain how many are the sufferers in the British fleet, but we understand that as many as fifteen marines are killed, and had it not been the hour of dinner, the number would have been considerably increased. Among the seamen the! e are several wounded, and of the officers, Brigadier-General Sir Charles Felix Smith, R. E., very slightly ; Captain Collier, R N., of the Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and bruises, and Lieutenant Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of the Princess Charlotte ; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate, with a working party, were ordered to clear out a magazine full of powder and shells, which was on fire from the explo sion; this perilous service was happily performed without any casualty, notwithstanding the doors bad been shat tered. By the applying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the chances of further damage were considerably re duced, though the fire was not entirely extinguished until a late hour of the night. Nothing could exceed the in trepid conduct of the parties employed, who even mounted the burning roof, braving all danger, in order to introduce the hose of the engine, playing upon the fire. The Prin cess Charlotte had two of her marines killed and nine wounded, besides scvcrsl seamen, and the officers, belong ing to her above-named. ACRE, Nov. 2 On Friday, the 6th, an explosion of a powder maga zine took place, and the loss of life on this sad occasion was indeed fearful. Captain Ford himself was on shore on the spot a few hours before, and reports that a number of poor Arab women were there, seeking among the ruins the dead bodies of their husbands and relations. These he supposes amounted to a hundred, and it is probable that all met a melancholy fate by the explosion. Captain Ford himself escaped narrowly, for be had been sent to attend Sir C. Smith a few moments before the ex plth!lon, but excused himself, having felt too much fatigue from his previous exertions. The effects of the explosion were very remarkable. Among the columns of dust which filled the air were per ceived immense stones (many of which fell near the Tahiri Bairi, without however striking her), shells exploded with horrible din, and bodies of men and women w ere hurled into eternity ! Men in bolts going off to different ships were wet through by the splash caused by the fall of stt,nes and other heavy bodies in the water. The Stromboli was struck, but providentially no one was wounded. At three o'clock signals were made from the Princess Charlotte (flag ship) for all the boats to go on shore and render as sistance. At four it was painfully known that many were killed and wounded. Among the sufferers were Captain Collier, of the Castor, who had his leg broken and a con tusion on his head. He is, however, doing well. General Sir C. Smith, who was examining his horse, had a toe broken and his horse killed. The Chaplain of the flag-ship and twelve marines badly wounded. Twelve marines wounded and several missing. Forty Turks killed and wounded, and about 100 Arabs, men and women. In town, oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses, camels, &c., lie indiscriminately with mutilated human bodies. Al though Arabs are employed to remove the dead, the work is one of much labour, cn account of the heavy stones with which the bodies are covered. There is no support ing the dreadful odours that arise from the putrefying masses. Water is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiri Bairi left men were dying in the streets for want of surgical aid ; the surgeons of the fleet were too few in number to do what they desired, though their individual exertions - were highly commendable. Mahmoud Bey, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape, with about 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them were next day seized by the mountaineers, or vo luntarily surrendered. Colonel Schultz, a Swiss Engineer, after being badly wounded, surrendered to Sir R. Stopford, by whom lie was sent on board the Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated. He was afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi for Constantinople, but ere he reached Beyrout he was suf. fering so severely that Captain Ford landed him at the English hospital there, where he will receive the very best attention and care. The ships in general, except the rigging, are little touched. Admiral Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship close in to the forts, with only two feet water under her keel, and in a very exposed place. He was raked by a bat ter' on his quarter, and exposed to the fire of batteries f on his beam. _ ,/• ••••., He only lost four men killed and eight wounded. His ship was much injured, and sailed yesterday (sth) for Constantinople for repairs, and carryin4 1,200 prisoners. The assistance rendered by the two Austrian frigates was considerable, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford. BEYROUT, Nov. 7. Our advices up to this date announce that Ibrahim Pacha was at Z ihle, a ith about 12,000 men, but in a state of the most abject despondency, owing to the con. tinued desertions from his reduced army. A military plan of his position had been drawn, and measures taken to attack him. The Emir Bechir with 5,000 mountaineers was above him about an hour's distance, watching his slightest move ments and keeping him in check. The Turks are seized with an enthusiastic desire of taking him, every one individually hoping that he may be the happy man. In order to prevent desertion from his army, Ibraham has formed the plan of taking women and children as hostages from the neighbouring villages, and for every ' man who deserts one helpless hostage is to fall ! more than one instance his threats have been carried into execution. Ibrahim declares that, if driven from Zahle, he will fall back on Damascus, and give it tio to plunder by his li centious soldiers. All the coast from Scanderoon to Acre is now in the possession of the Turkish troops ; large quantities of rice and grain have boen found in many places. With the exception of the Princess Charlotte, all tl'c ships had returned to I3cyrout ; she was to follow in two days, after some slight repairs had been effected. W e h a ve just heard from an unquestionable source that Hebron and Legia have declared for the Sultan, rind Ibrahim is pretty closely hemmed in, whilst the spirit of desertion is so rile in his army, that he is com pelled to keep his cavalry perpetually in motion round the camp, to prevent the infantry from disbanding. It is added that the scarcity of provisions has begun to be felt by the Egyptians, and that they find great difficulty in collecting anything like a sufficiency, although, to intimi date and ;ender subservient the inhabitants, Ibrahim con tinues to fire villages and slaughter women and children. His cruelty is extended to even babes unborn, and we, with our own ears, have heard one of his admirers (it need not be said of what nation) announce with tri umph that the pitiless wretch has sworn not to leave a pregnant woman alive in all Syria! Humanity shud ders at the deeds of the monster, but whilst a wise and virtuous Monarch in France is repeatedly made the mark of assassins, not a band is raised against Ibrahim. SSIYRNA.—Sir Moses Nlontefiore„'accompanied by D. W. Wire, Esq. and Dr. Loewe. arrived with his amiable lady by the French mail-pocket Tancrede. Although their stay was limited to a few hours, these indefatigable gen tletnen could not devote one single instant of their time to pleasure, but immediately turned their thoughts - to acts of public good; to acts of public philanthropy. No sooner bad the vessel anchored than the quay was literally thronged with Jews, poor, rich, healthy, sick ; in fact, of every class, to welcome their benefactor—their liberator, Sir Moses Alonixfiore, on his landing. The chief rabbi, accompanied by some persons of note, went on board, and were received with distinguished marks of respect and attention. In a short time Sir Moses and his lady landed,:accom panied by Mr Pincherle, a highly respect a bl e merchant. Having performed his devotions in the synagogue situ ated in the Jew quarter, he received the deputations of several of his co-religionists; but so little time was allowed the worthy gentleman for action, that he was obliged to confide the execution of several orders to Messrs Pin cherle, and content himself with promising to give replies to their demands, and act upon their wishes, from Malta, the present place of his residence. It gives us infinite pleasure to record one action of bene ficence out of the hundreds of which Sir Moses has lately formed the subject. As he was passing through the narrow streets of the Jews' quarter he perceived two shoeless, hatless, and el meat naked lads. He immediately called them to 1-,im, and, after a few questions, gave orders to Mr. Pincherle to clothe and educate them, and afterwards bind them apprentice to some useful business at his own private expense. DeaTw.—Yesterday, at an early hour, of dysentery, Joel Davis, Esq. This gentleman was in the suite of Sir Moses Nlontefiore, on his arrival here from England, but did not accompany that gentleman on his mission to Alexandria. Sir Moses and suite were still under quarantine, at Malta, on the 27th of November. THE CAMP OF !BRAHIM PACHA. This chief was, by the last accounts, ztZacchally, a village situate on the plain of Boccah, immediately under the range of the hills of Lebanon. It would appear that he has with him both Soliman and Hussein Pachas, and that their combined forces do not exceed 12,000 in fantry and 2,000 cavalry, and not more than from twelve to fifteen field pieces. The new Emir Bcehir is at El Ilarby. Provided he be accompanied by Commodore Napier and 1,000 British Marines, he oars to descend at once and give Ibrahim battle ; or he would do so without the Commodore, with a reinforcement of 5,000 Otto mans, as many additional muskets, and a dozen or two of field pieces, which would imply that the Commodore is a host of himself, to say nothing of the artillery and small arms 1 Abdalla, the brother of the Emir, is at Hamona, with 2,000 infantry and 500 cavalry kmountaineers). NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, Nov. 95 The Asia arrived on the 21st instant from Alexandria, after a long passage of 21 days, having anchored in the Bay of Kolo Kythia, in the southern extremity of the Mo rea. She returns to the Levant as soon as she gets newly masted and refitted. Mr. Robert Anderson, R.N., master of the Ariadne coal depot at Alexandria, with the crew of this vessel, are On board the Asia. The Hastings received pratique yesterday, and will be hove down and have her damages made good forthwith. The Acheron steamer left for Gibraltar on the 19th instant, with the mail for that place and England, and will, on her return, bring those from London of the 14th inst. On the arrival from Alexandria of the contract steam-ship Oriental, with the India mails expected about the 28th inst., the Alecto now ready for sea will be despatched to Marseilles, there to await the London overland mails of the sth proximo. The Euphrate French war steamer, which arrived from St Jean d'Acro and Alexandria on the 17th inst., proceeded on her voyage from Toulon, after coaling on the 20th inst., and the Calcutta sailed yesterday morniog for the Bay of Nlarmorice, where it is expected she will find the Admiral. Several individuals of the suite of the Emir Bechir returning to Syria, were granted a passage in her. The Beacon surveying sloop was to leave the Pit eels of Athens on the 231 init., and may therefore be looked for early next week, as well as her tender the Magpie. Both vessels will remain at Malta until the end of March next. The Cyclops, war-steamer, arrived yesterday afternoon, having left St. Jean d'Acre on the 15th, and Beyrout on the 18th inst., bringing, besides invalids from the squa dron, his Highness the Emir Megid (another son of the Emir Bechir) with his suite, but no-news of importance, though we understand some serious casualties have hap pened among the officers and seamen of the squadron,* by an explosion of powder at Acre on the 6th inst., of which we have not yet been able to collect the particulars. The news brought from Alexandria by the Euphrate had not yet reached Sir R Stopford when the Cyclops left Syria, but we understand it is the intention of the Gallant Ad miral to visit Alexandria in the Princess Charlotte before retiring from the coast for the winter. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 17. On the lith instant the Austrian steam boat brought us the happy tidin g s of the fall of Acre, at a sacrific s of next to nothing. Joy beamed in every countenance It was a day of mutual congratulation. The Newspaper offices were besieged with applications for supplements containing the particulars. Some of these supplements were pasted up on the street walls, and Government issued orders for public rejoicings. The day following, consequently, the ships of war and batteries fired, at the five periods of prayer, royal salutes ; in the evening we had an illumination, and were to have enjoyed the sight of a grand display of fire-works, but unluckily on that day the death of the eldest infant daughter of the Sultan, the Princess Mevllibe, occurred, and as this event deeply affected her imperial father, the fire-works were suppressed. The cap:ure of Acre has placed in the hands of the Allied troops the whole coast of Syria mitheut exception, and the position of Ibrahim's army, surrounded as it is on all sides by bold and enthusiastic enemies, has become des perate. ill temet Ali has despa'ehed to his aid six regiments, who were marching by the desert of El Arish to the scene of action. It is not likely they will ever succeed in join ing the Egyptian General, sa their road to him is along the coast and under the walls of Acre, so that the Allies will easily cut them off, whilst, if' they venture up into the mountains, their fate will be still worse, for the Allies hive quarter, whilst the mountaineers in general do not. They have too many wrongs to avenge, and have learnt from Ibrahim how easy it is to put to death defenceless men. Baron Sturmer and the Commander of the steamer Marianna, after dining with Reschid Pacha, were last meek taken to the Sultan, who was delighted at the presenta tion of the Captain who had brought him such good news. On the 15th, Lord Londonderry, who, with his lady, arrived here a few days ago by way of the Danube, was presented to the Sultan, who was exceedingly attentive to his Lordship. M. Marinitch, director at this place of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers, has been honoured with the Niihani Iftihar. His alacrity in placing at the disposal of the Government the steam-boats under his charge has procured him this distinction. Dr. Morpurgo, member of the board of public utility, is about to proceed to Paris on a mission. As he enjoys the entire confidence of all parties, (1. e the Porte, Mehemet Ali, and France) his services, it is thought, will be ex ceedingly useful. During the night of the 14th a fire broke out at Thera pist and the wind being strong from the south a great:part of the village was destroyed before it could be got under. The palaces of Lord Ponsonby and Count de Pontois es caped, but the inmates were greatly alarmed. A house in which some of Lord Ponsonby's establishment lived was burnt. Selim Bey, late governor of Smyrna, quits Constanti nople to.morrow for his Government in Bosnia. It was thought that Izett Pacha, incapacitated from ac tive service for the present on account of hia wound, would have been superseded in the post of Seraskier of the army in Syria, but no one having been appointed to succeed hint, it appears that he will retain his command. Reschid Pacha gave a grand Ministerial dinner on the 15th. More troops are to be sent to Syria. baish is to proceed on the 21st with 600. The wind being for a fortnight past from the south, we have quite midsummer weather, and the crowd of car riages filled with ladies of rank, and beautiful children decked out in diamonds, to be seen every aft.ernoon at the grand Rainazan promenade at Sultan Beyezid, is very splendid. Nor are the Frank ladies backward in going to see and be seen. Seldom a day passes but at least a dczen carriages and arabas filled with Pea and foreign belles, fig ; ur e in the throng, nut to mention the innume rable pedestrians. The Sultan goes regularly every afternoon to his kiosk, and all the Ministers arc seen as punctually taking their seats in a shop on the promenade. No business is trans acted by day, „na it offices arc open. ik at night alone that all the public The steamer Zi• * c O a ff c to e r r : w ß o e u v . n Led — K e C a t a s p o t n a , i n o fC lthei c r, Princess o he ship f her Majesty' Charlotte, and Mr. Johnst,ne. EXTRA( ) a Welsh publicati on RDINAIty CASE.—The Streit GOMer su the authenticity of which it v ouches, and gives names in , contains the following narration, for 21 pport el years of age, its truth :—.There is at present a young woman, residin g in th e parish of Clydey, in the county of Pe m b ro k e (daughter of Mr. John Davies, of Ilendre-Gv v lym), to a ll a ppearance quite dead, bay ing been in that state for nearly a twelvemonth past, but awakes once every twenty-f our hours, precisely at ten o'clock at night, and will converse w i t h t h e f am il y ten o'clock the foll ow i ng night, at wh i c h h our s h e rev i v os stawn.ieentsvtatnei,inaunteds, remainhen sshocusnvtiilll to the minute, throwing out her arms and folding her hands to g ether, and lab r o is r i i n o g us up su i i n te he f r or sh t o h u e ld s eprsacu„, I'lci hc , spectators imagin e t h at h bones were cracking. She centinues in that minutes, when sh e comes to a perfect possession of her faculties. She r eco ll ects well if any pr o mises have b een made her on the p rev i ous night, and w ill be very bitter fa. f a time if the sam e ar e not fulfilled ; but, if brou g ht her he : she makes use of non e o f t h em, as s h e ea ts and drinks little or nothing. She could never be persuaded to attempthen,eat ing any food but th ree t i mes dur i ng 32 days, and t putting the three together, no more than a child twelve months old would take. After conversing a short time, she will suddenly clasp her hands together, throw her arms into the same mann er as w h en awaking, and will return into the same state as before until ten o'clock the follow ing night.—Hereford Journal. THE RAIONE.--The Marseilles papers state that the Rhone was s till very hi g h at Tarascon, on the 25th ult., and many p arts o f that tow n and the surround ing country were still sub merge d. The garrison wask wak ing at at the repairs of th e b reac h e s made in the dy various points. Mr. THE BOY JONES. — W e un d er stand that tis Mamie, solicitor to the T reasury , h as received instruet,icost. to prefer an indictment ag a inst Jones at the next Nl' , m inster Sessions, f or secret i ng hi mse lf in Buckingham Palace with intent to commit a felony. BURGH TII.AiNKSGIVLsG DA , a" 1:1' 14 Dife We understand that at a general meeting of the Central Board of Dissenters, held on Wednesday, the conduct of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in setting apart a thanksgiv ing d a y, in which it was expected that business of every kind would be wholly suspended, without consulting the Dissenters, wise), as appears from the report of the Church Commissioners, form one-half of the population of the city, was justly reprobated. It was strongly urged, and with great truth, that as the Dissenting congrega tions consist to a much greater extent than those of the Establishment of the poor and working classes, and as the Established clergy proposed to deprive each of them of one day's wages, it would be a much greater injury 0 Dissenters than to Churchmen, and, being an unwar rantable interference with their rights, should be strenu ously resisted. It was calculated that, in a great propor tion of the Dissenting churches, there would be at least 51)0 persons deprived of a day's wages, which, at the overate rate of 2s. per day, would amount to a fine of 501., inflicted on each congregation of Dissenters, by the au thority of the Established clergy, not one of whom would be deprived of a single farthing of their incomes by the proposed cessation of labour. It was calculated that if one-fourth part of the population of the county, or 65,000 persons bdonging to the working classes, were each de prived of one day's wages, at the average rate of 2s. per day, the fine inflicted by the Established clergy on the poor, by this act, would amount to the enormous sum of 6,5001. The meeting, we understand, resolved to to present to the different Dissenting Presbyteries and minis ters the propriety of meeting on an early day to consider the matter ; and the Board suggested that a recommenda tion should be issued by the Dissenting Presbyteries and ministers to the effect, that those congregations of Dissen ters who have not already had a thanksgiving meeting for the abundant harvest, should set apart the evening of the day fixed on by the Established clergy for that purpose, or some other evening which might be found more convenient, and that intimation should be made that the different con gregations were recommended and expected to meet in the evening' for this purpose, but that they were not re quested or expected to abstain from labour during the other parts of the day. The Dissenters deserve credit for having acted with so much spirit, after the contemptuous indifference with which they have been treated by the Church clergy, and it is highly probable the great body of the Dissenting clergy and their people will follow the ad vice which has been given by the Central Board.—Scots. man, Dec. 5. The steps taken by th' Edinburgh Association for pro moting Voluntary Church Principles, show a still more de. tided opposition to the rescript of the Edinburgh clergy —" At a meeting of the Committee of the Edinburgh Association for promoting Voluntary Church Principles, held on the 4th instant, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—That: while this Com mittee entertain sentiments of most sincere gratitude to God for his kindness in the late abundant harvest, and are willing at all times to co-operate with Christians of every denomination for the promotion of this or any other good object, they cannot agree with the dictum of the Established Church Presbytery of Edinburgh in appointing the whole of the 15th instant to be observed as a day of thanksgiving, on the following grounds : Because several Dissenting congregations have already given thanks on a Sabbath appointed by them !'or that purpose, whice, to God, who " laves mercy rather than sacrifice," must be equally acceptable. Because the Established Church might have followed the example of their Dissenting brethren, and thus spared the industrious classes a sacrifice which they are little able to make in the present depressed state of trade and high price of pro visions—and because the members of the Established Church, forming but a minority of the church-going popu lation of the city, have no right exclusively to pass any ecclesiastical enactment affecting the whole of the inha bitants, and therefore the Committee can regard the adop tion, at their late meeting, of the following resolution, as reported in the Newspapers, as nothing less than an insult to Dissenters :—"That the whole of the 15th December should be set apart as a day of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, and that the different religious bodies in Edinburgh and the authorities should be invited to juin with them on this occasion—and that the invitation should be given by a public intimation of the fact, without com municating personally with any of the Dissenting bodies.' The Committee, therefore, earnestly recommend their Dissenting brethren to follow their usual employment on the day referred to, without payi,►g any attention to the fiat of the State Church."—Edinburgh, Dec. 4, 1840. MAP OF CHINA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR— Please to send two copies of " The China Sun," having the Map. The chart of Canton River, as surveyed by the late Captain Huddart, of the Hon. Co.'s Service and afterwards of the Trinity House, would form a most desirable companion to your Map of China. The writer of this, when many years ago in Canton, in conversation with a Chinese merchant, was told by him that, as a mark of their subjugation by the Tartars, who were horsemen, they were obliged to have the cuffs of their exterior garment cut in the form of a horse's hoof ; and to confirm his assertion, he pulled down one of his cuffs, put his clpsed hand on the table, and, standing up, showed it really was so. With this feeling of degradation, bad the Chinese a knowledge of the British Constitution, they would no doubt be glad of an opportunity to throw of the Tartar dynasty. Edinburgh, Dec. 4, 1840. V. TORY INVENTIONS. By the following correspondence, it will be seen that th Duke of Wellington administers a very just rebuke to the Standard for its hardy assertion that it was " well known" that he had professed himself " to have been deceived" throughout the whole affair of the Irish Cor poration Bill. The Duke, with his usual manliness, de clares, and his word never yet was doubted, that he views such misrepresentations with the utmost indiffer ence, and that his sole object in addressing the Stan dard was " to trace a calumny" most injurious ,to an other person. He complains, justly too, of the same Jour nal giving garbled extracts of his letter, and in order that the public may judge between his Grace and the Journalist, we give from the Evening Mail, the letter entire, together uith another on the subject, addressed to Mr. Shaw. It is a curious fact, and shows the rabidness of the Tory fac tion, that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the long-admitted leaders of the party, have never suf fered half . so much from the attacks of their open enemies as from of their professed friends. The following are the letters referred to : TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL. Kimmage House, Dec. 3, 1840. Sir,---I have been honoured with a letter from the Duke of Wellington, enclosing one which his Grace had written to the editor of the Standard ne , aspaper, in reference to the Irish Municipal Bill. Ia his letter to me his Grace observes : My only reason for addressing the editor of the Standard was to enable you to trace to its source a ca lumny respecting yourself. " I could not doubt that the editor would not hesitate to make known the name of the person who conveyed to him a report for which I inform id him there was no foundation ; more particularly as I stated that my only motive for applying to hiat was to do you justice. This is the obvious object of my letter to the editor. The editor refuced to comply with my request, which he had certainly a right to do, if he thought proper. Upon this course I shall make no comment. lie likewise omitted to pub lish my whole letter, and leaves the public to believe that I cared one pin about the report that I had professed that I had been deceived, or, any ground whatever, exec:Ong that the report was connected with your name. I have there fore thought it best to send you a copy of my letter to the Editor of the Standard, of the 21st instant, and I Lave it to you to do what you may think proper with it ; as my sole object in writing it was to obtain infor mation for you which would enable you to discover the person who had been your slanderer." Under these circumstances I think that I pursue the course most respectful to the Duke of Wellington, and best evince my deep sense of obligation for the trouble his Grace has taken on my account, by giving his Grace's let ter to the editor of the Standard for publication. I, there fore, send you a copy of it, and beg that you will do Inc the favour to publish it in the Dublin Evening Mail. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, FREDERICK SHAW. Copy') " TO THE EDITOR GF TIIE STANDARD NEWSPAPER. " Strathficldsaye, Nov. 21, 1840. " Sir—l observe that in the leading article of the Standard newspaper of the 20th instant, it is stated— ' It is, however, well known, that the Duke of Welling ton profeised himself to have been deceived.' 1 should not have considered it necessary to notice this statement if 1 had not been aware of an attempt made to connect the fact of my having been deceived with a gentleman residing in Ireland, and to attribute to him the deception of which it is supp)sed that I complained. " In the paper of which you arc editor it is stated po sitively-- It is well known that the Duke of Wellington had professed himself to have been deceived throughout the whole affair. If this is well known, it must be known to somebody who can be nad. I request yu to name the persons o person who ever heard n - . 0 profess or say that I had been deceived by anybody, or at all. „,, co nvinced that you will admit that there is no thing unreasonable in asking the name of one individual who ever heard that which it is said is well known.' The same leading article of your newspaper contains several misrepresentations-1 conclude unintentional—rc carding what passed in Parliament upon the subject of the Irish Nlun.tcipal Corporation Act. " I notice this part cf it solely because I am engaged in drawing your attention to another par! of the same, while upon the same subject. I consider these misrepre sentations—as I do all such which appear in the news papers, and can affect my own charocter alone—with the utmost indifference.—l am, &c. (Signed) " WELLINGTON." Lon D BROUGHAM. -In the Twenty-eighth Number of the Statistical Account of Scotland, recently published, we find the following interesting particulars respecting the parentage of this distinguished Nobleman : The eldest son of the Rev. Walter Syme, formerly minister of Tullynessle, was a short time minister of Alloa, and married a daughter of Principal Robertson, of Edinburgh. Their only daughter, named Elearmra, was married to Henry Brougham, Esq., of Brougham Hall, Westmoreland, father of the ex-Lord Chancellor. The rev. writer of the account of the parish of Tullyressle al lowably remarks, that it is with a feeling somewhat akin to pride that he records his Lordship's relationship to one of his predecessors.—Aberdeen Herat!. FATAL ACCIDN T ON THE 311{. MINGHAM AND DERBY RAILWAY BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY EVENING.--The CO"OrICY'S in quest on the body of the unfortunate man, Richard Black, who met his death on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway on Wednesday evening last, commenced yester day, and terminated this morning, as will be seen by the following abridged report, in the committal of two men for manslaughter. But subsequently Mr. Marson, one of the under-contractors for the repairs of the line, was also committed by a Magistrate to take his trial for negligence in allowing an obstruction on the line, contrary to the pro visions of Lord Seymour's Act. The proceedings were opened at the Swan Inn, Nether Whitacre, near Coleshill, where the body of Black now lies. Mr. G. C. Greenway, of Warwick, in the absence of Mr. Whateley, presided as Coroner. The Earl of Ayles. ford, who resides in the neighbourhood, was present and took great interest in the proceedings. The first witness was William Poulton, guard on the line, who deposed that he was with the down-train which left Birmingham at half-past five o'clock on Wednesday evening. They arrived at Coleshill station at twelve mi nutes past six o'clock, being five minutes lehind time, and on reaching Orgrel's-end Bridge, near Whitacre, they came in contact, as he subsequently ascertained, with a small truck on the rails. The concussion detached the engine and tender, which went off the line of the railway, and two of the first carriages, which were of the third class, were turned over upon their sides. The remainder of the train consisted of second class carriages and one of the first class. These kept on the line and ran on about thirty yards. The deceased, who was riding in one of the third class carriages, was pulled from under the engine quite dead. The stoker, whose name was Atkins, had one a his legs broken, but the engineer was not hurt. An other man, named Naylor, was much bruised, and was lying at a farmhouse in the neighbourhood, It V. , as moonlight. There was nothing in the way that they could see. There were no luggage waggons attached to the train. The truck was used by the plate-layers for the purpose of carrying materials along the line. By the CORONER—The truck was certainly not in its proper place when the train came up, fur the train was due and behind time. If the men had been any way quick they might have turned the truck over, and got it out of the way before the arrival of the train. It was usual to keep . trucks on the rails for the purpose of repair, and when the train arrived to throw them off. But he did not see that there was any necessity for having a truck on the line at all at the time the accident occurred. The men were not required to work on the railway longer than daylight. He never saw any men at work on the line after dark before that night. Men were stationed along the tine at every part which was considered in any way to be dangerous. Whenever there was any thing wrong, a man was placed with a signal lamp. There were also inspectors, whose duty it was to take care of certain lengths of the line. He'could not tell whether there were any inspectors be tween Coleshill and Whitacre the night the accident oc curred, but he knew there was one stationed at Coleshill. The deposition of Somerville, the engine-driver, was to the same effect as Poulton's. Mr. John Burkinshaw was then called, and deposed that he was resident engineer and manager of the Birming ham and Derby Railway, and stated that the men were only required to work on the line during daylight, except in cases of real necessity, when proper signals would be placed at equal distances along the line, one at each side where the party was at work. The truck which caused the accident had no right to be on the line, nor was there any necessity for it. Mr. Stevenson, the contractor, was examined at great length, with a view to corroborate the statements made by Mr. Burkinshaw, and exonerate the Company from all blame. It appeared that on Wednesday morning Mr. Stevenson directed Mr. Marson, who was in his employ, to send a letter for him to Tamworth : and that for the purpose of doing the journey quickly, Mr. Marson, without any order from Mr. Stevenson, sent two men in a truck with the let ter in question. Lord Aylesford—l wish to ask Mr. Stevenson whether he knew there was to be a truck taken up last Wednesday night from here to Tamworth ? Witness—l did, my Lord. Lord Aylesford—Who went with it? Witness—Mr. Marson, my Lord, will explain that bet ter than I can. I wished to have a message sent to my clerk at Tamworth on Wednesday morning, and intrusted it to Mr. Marson to have it forwarded with all despatch in the hope of catching the train, and a note was forwarded by one of the trucks. I did not know the man who took it, but Mr. Marson, does. In answer to questions from Mr. Carter, witness said Oat if trucks were used for other purposes than the work of the Company it would be a breach of the regulations, and that the note he sent was not connected with the work of the Company. CORONER—Did you direct how the note should be sent ? Witness—l did not. I was not aware that it would be sent in this way. The note was sent at twelve at noon, and I understood they did the distance in about half an hour. A great deal of evidence was then given, from which it appeared that Mr. Marson ordered the two men named Barber and King to take the truck to Tamworth, and that he accompanied them six miles on the road, when after giving them the letter to carry forward, he left them direc tions to be very careful as to the trains. They remained at Tamworth a considerable time, and on their return they were warned by a policeman at Kingsbury, at 2k miles from where the accident occurred, as to the probable arrival of the trains, when they replied to the effect that all was right, and were fully prepared to remove the truck upon the approach of danger. It so happened, however, ac cording to their own statement, that when in the act of at tempting to remove the truck the train came in upon them and the accident occurred, by which Black lost his life. The inquest adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. Saturday morning the Jury met at 11, and the Coroner proceeded to hear the evidence. He observed that after hearing a great quantity of evidence, no blame appeared to attach to the Company, but rested entirely upon the con tractors' department and the two men in charge of the truck. As it regarded Mr. Marson, the evidence be thought was not sufficiently strong to justify a verdict of manslaughter, but he had little doubt if acquitted by them the case as it affected him would be met in another way. The Jury then, after some consideration, returned a ver dict of manslaughter against Barber and King, the two, men with the truck, and the Coroner committed them to take their trial for that offence at the next ass:vs for the county of Warwick. Mr. Carter, addressing Lord Aylesford, then said that he was instructed on the part of the Railway Directors to state that they were determined to prosecute Mr. Marson under Lord Seymour's Act for negligently placing an ob struction on the trams of the railway. Lord Aylesford said that, as a County Magistrate, he was prepared to hear the charge. The evidence, as it affected Mr. Marson, and already summarily stated, was then gone into, and at its conclusion Lord Aylesford said he felt bound to commit the prisoner to take his trial at Warwick. He accordingly committed him, but Mr. Marson subsequently procured bail to answer the indictment to be preferred against him, and be was dis charg. d out of custody. Black was not a horsekeeper in Birmingham, but was brought up as a brassfounder. Owing, however, to the badness of trade, he bad obtained a situation as assistant to Mr. Hillcock, one of the Company's engineers, now em ployed in surveying the new line from Tamworth to Bir mingham. Naylor, who, it is greatly feared, will not re cover, was in the same service. Both of the unfortunate men had been employed driving upon the survey of the new line near Coleshill, and were on their return home to their families at Tamworth. Mr. Hillcock, their employer, was in the first class carriage, and escaped unhurt. He was the first to identify Black, whom he found lying under a carriage, with his head dreadfully crushed. Naylor was lying under him saturated with blood from the head of his unfortunate companion. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. b. —S. C. Denison, of Balliol College was on Thursday last elected Law Fellow, in University College, founded by the late Lord Stowell. The Rev. A. Crowdy, of Brasennoso College, has been presented, by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, to the Rectory of Wirmal, Hampshire. The following gentlemen have been elected scholars of Balliol College :.---Messrs. J. Riddell, from Shrewsbury School ; and M. Arnold, from Rugby School ; and Mr. W. J. Jenkins has been elected a Fellow of the above College on the Blundell foundation. The Earl of Lonsdalc has appointed the Rev. Thomas Ilatton, late of Brasennose College, one of his domestic chaplains. The living of Spelsbury, in this county, has become va cant by the death of the Rev. G. Turner. This vicarage is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church. In referring to the class list it will be seen that of the six candidates whose names are placed in the first class, four are scholars or exhibitioners, two independent mem bers ; and of the 42 in classes two, three, and four, 15 are scholars, &c., and 27 independent members, including one Nobleman and one Gentleman Commoner. A few, who were not candidates for honours, have been placed in class four. CANMIDGE, DEC. 4.—A congregation was held this day, and a grace passed the Senate, " to present an address of congratulation to her Majesty the Queen, upon the happy occasion of the birth of the Princess Royal." Graces also passed " to present addresses of congratula tion to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, upon the same aus picious event." Pus EYISM.—A correspondent, who styles him self a young reader of The Sun (having commenced nine months ago) and a Dissenter, wishes to know what is the meaning of the term l'useyite. We would rather that the question had been addressed to Dr. Pusey himself, but as our Correspondent has thought proper to apply to us, we will give the substance of the new faith in a few words. The principles of Dr. Pusey, in which a great many members of the Established Church concur, are es sentially Rornish. He holds that a supernatural power, by Divine permission, is resident in every minister or dained under the Apostolical succession, and that standing miracles of "gifts" and "grace" inhere in the stated ser vices of the divinely-instituted churches—that is, in the Anglican, Roman, and Eastern, excluding, of course, the Church of Scotland, and all the Dissenters of every de scription. To the Sacrament he assigns a peculiar in fluence, even when the recipient is a child not conscious of the rite: an opinion which contains the old Popi , ,h doctrine, that infants unbaptised by a true Church minis ter—that is, a Popish or Anglican minister—wikbe damned. In short, Puseyism, as laid down by the new saint of Oxford and his disciple Mr. Gladstone, using Cromwell's words, is "flat popery." The attraction of the Midsummer Night's Dream, at Covent-garden Theatre, continues unabated, and Madame Vcstris announe;s it for four evenings this week, followed on Wednesday by a new one-act farce, (n. tided Brother Ben, by young Morton, the author of two or three successful trifles, and an off-shoot of the author of Speed the Plough. MORNING EDITION. STRANGE AFFAIR • A MAN SUFFOCATED ICOAL PIT.—Ora Wed- ; nes.lay morning week, as stated in our last, the inhabi - tants of Bacup and the neighbourhood, were thlo" Into a state of great alarm and excitement by the re port, that a man had been suffocated in a coa l p it, owing to the pitmen in an adjoining mine ha vin g put, posely kindled fires, so that the draught carried the smoke into the mine in which the sufferers (for there were more than one who sustained considerable injury) were at work. On inquiry, it proved that two of the men were so much exhausted by the suffocating fum es from the fire and smoke, that it was necessary to calve,' them to their dwellings in carts. A number of men and boys also suffered, but less severely, from this cause ; but we regret to add, that, in one case , de ath by suff°- cation was the result. The individual who thus be maturely lost lost his life, Jacob Townend, was the roth _ a ce_ , of Mr. John Townend, of the Wellington-inn, P the tenant of the pit in which this unfortunate occur rence took place. It seems that, for some time Pis t ' !here have been disputes as to the boundarie s and work ing of the two adjoining pits. On Wednesday morning last, about a quarter-Pawel Fight, the unfortunate deceased, Jacob Townend, into . the pit, accompanied by the man who worked vvnava bun, as his mate, named James Schofield. They el only about thirty yards from the place to wh ich they had th ey to proceed to work, and Townend began to pu th Townen d wall down. As soon as he had opened an aperture, he Ell down upon his face, as if struck by a blow, just !ta the draught which carried the smoke in to the p Schofield felt almost suffocatedand, no t seeing low end, exclaimed, " Jacob, God ' bless ' thee ; matter ?" He did not answer, and Schofield got hold of him . by the jacket, and pulled him through the apse , saying, "If thou can help thyself, do ; for I ctnnot abide here no longer." Townend said, " I cannot, alia never spoke again. Schofield found himself growin!? weak, that he could scarcely speak ; and it was with difficulty that he crawled towards the pit's mouth, tillt what's the he found some of the hands, and told them in what condition he had left Towaend. The men remove" Schofield into the open air ; and, being una ble tci f stand, he was conveyed home in a cart, in a ea t ? ° great sickness and exhaustion. The men went let! the pit in parties of four, to search for Towne° ' and, in about an hour from the time be fell, they . found him, quite dead. Some idea easy be formed ot the deleterious effects of the smoke and v apour , ! he° whitten , It is stated that one of the searchers, James was also so much exhausted, being seized (as were t.h: others more or less) with giddiness, great prostrat:). of strength,. a sensation of tightness round the heat. and sickness, that it was necessary to carry him hnffl e . l a ., a cart. On these circumstances becoming known, ' formation was given to the police of the in Lord's pit. After some inquiry, co unty e?as ta . bulary force, stationed at Bacup, who, by irectionu the magistrates, apprehended fourteen individuals (eight men and six boys),all of them work in g beenor howl advisable to discharge two of the men and the , six bale on S iturday, and to take the evidence of some of them The as to the cause of this unfortunate occurrence. it was 4eem ed names of the six individuals who were detained are John Shepherd (a youth) John Lord, Chris Eastwood, Robot t Holt, Benjamin Bentley (alias D rake anal Edmund Ct owther.—Manchester n. Guardia ), WAR POLICY. The conductors of the Morning Chronicle have..,ll_' last, discovered that a respectable p or tion of the lAD'; rals of this country are opposed to our barbarous ae bloody policy in Syria. They are. But we re turn the compliment. For, with the exception of is Ministers themselves and their immediate followers 01. Parliament, no respectable portion of the Liberals of this country approve of the meddling and uncalled ! line of action which has been adopted in that quarter. The respectable Libel als of this country are for Peac! if possible, with all the world, but especially t h e y are,. for peace vt ith France. The respectable Liberal, . 0 : this country utterly cannot . abhor that meddling spirit to affairs of other people which Lord Palmerston has le" The re herited from his Tory predecessors in office . spectable Liberals of this country are opposed to all e n ; necessary warfare on moral and religious grounds, ana. shudder at the very thought of the hecatombs ot victims whom Lord Palmerston 's bloody Pe li t c Y has offered upon the altars of Moloch on tut Syrian coasts. The respectable Liberals of this country wish for the practice of that economy and re' trenchment to which the Ministers pledged themlesv upon taking office. The respectable Liberal s of Of: country want to remain in that state of tranquillity an' lar quiet which is required to fight the battle of the pop rights and privileges against the enemies of both. Mi. serably, then, are the Morning Chronicle and its pa trons deceived, if they fancy that the mad an d savage interference with Egypt is applauded by any consider• able portion of the Liberal party. The people have been silent, because, recollecting the Belgian war of proto• cols, they conceived that our Egyptian hostilities were, in like manner, to be conducted with paper pellets. But tl.ey will be silent no locger, and woe to those of their re presentatives who, when Parliament meets, shall support tt,e policy which has been adopted, or help to lay on the ael Morninginersiolihca,hs ro o i v ii e c r i s e e e t a t n he w c h o it z e c w h, a ' s ' haod hi m naog a new taxes which will be necessary to defray its cost. ef fortsE r o d f t P h into popularity.—Liverpool Albion. THE NOBLE MURDERER.—The Court Of Ass'zes oi Limoges, has, within the last week, been °col' pied with a case of murder, which has caused great excite ment in that part of the country, as well from the nature of the crime as from the station in society held by the party implicated in it. M. Antoine Barthon de Montbah a dcacendant of one of the most ancient and noble familiest in that part of the country—a man upwards of 70 years € . l l age--was accused of having committed a voluntary horn cide on the person of a man who worked on his estate. The accused is a man of tall stature, his features passes! an air of dignity, blended with a look of hauteur as if proud of his aristocratic descent. During the trial, where a long continued string of acts of violence to whic h he had given he way during his whole life were brought to light, stood with the most perfect unconce rn, not at ell, affected at the awful situation in whi ch his violence hoe pl a ced him, and appeared during the whole tim e he v!!s s before the Court as if he thought it was derogatory to_ f!i o dignity to give any account of his ac tions. The facts of th case which gave rise to the charg e are as follow :—On Au' a. 10th Oct. last, M. de Nlontbas sent his m an, named A cher, to sow the field of ' 3 neig hbour. The man, after finish' t ing his work, re t u rned to hismaster's house,ho but was rather late, and on his seeing M. de Months, w went o r and a discussion arose between thkeemt 'and stabbed him in a s ' e t e cl at ' meet him, he was repro ved b y him. when set servant replied, d fiv re e w or a s p ix oniard knife fr om his Po ; places, inflicti n g in a few mirutes after. So woun sudden hi was ca use tt h t e d ower the son of the decease d, who was with him, ha no P after s wch ha d a i e s kde thaht at to prevent the horrid ca tastro p he. The murderer, the the commission of the c rime, returned leidsuayre .ly witnesses were called, who de p osed to the violent temper of the prisoner, who was in the habit of threatening death to parties on the most tr ivial p rovocation. The juryt found him guilty, hut (as is us ual in nineteen out of twenty cases of murder in France) with extenuating circuro_ stances, and the hoary culprit was onl y condemned to 1.0 general chateau, and was not arrest ed till the next years' close confinement, without eve n the usual accompani ment of exposure in the pillory. TEA. AND SUGAR.—Next to bread, the tw o primary articles of European consumption, are sugar and coffee, or tea. It is alarming to what an extent the con sumption of sugar has fallen f, and what a fatal deficit in the revenue has thereby accrued. The pri- eof sugar ed i! at present so high , th a t the article has twill) , disappear from the poor man's table. It is high time that our Cus toms should be somewhat relaxed, and the principles a free trade come into play. We want su g ar, timber, cot ton, and thousands of things which can only be obtained by concessions to the foreigner. A grand commercial re form of this kind, bringing borne comfort and plenty at a cheap rate to every man's board, would do more to restore the popularity of the Whigs, than a hundred battles won ; and we are glad to perceive that the Report of the Com mittee on the Import Duties, affards suggestions of this co sort, which cannot fail to be acted on. —Merlin. THE COURT AND TIMES OF WILLIAM 111.9 EDITED BY Mr. JAMES.—A niche in our national historical library that has hitherto remained empty, is at last filled by the publication of a series of highly interesting fetters illustrative of the character and times of William the Third, which is now presented to the public by Mr. James, the popular novelist and historian. This collection of letters deserves to rank among the most valuable acquisitions of the kind that have for some time issued from the press. They arc written by James Vernon, Esq., who filled the .0 important office of Secretary of State, and was private Se- ,41 eretary to the Duke of Shrewsbury at the period in quer- a: tion ; and who therefore possessed greater opportunities than any other person for knowing the state of ), soc 'ety at that stirring era, and of becoming acquainted with the public men and measures then so much the objects of popular attention ; and the light which he throws on the proceedings of the secret adherents of the exiled F,•nwick, of p o f i l i i t g ic g . i l n Higgins' s i g ) o lo c t i , ate o s f , the G od d o o l i p n h g i s n King J ames , in his detail of the conspiracy of Sir John detector of Jacobites, Sir Harry Colt—his notices of his ac:idichnriialtietadry affairs, particularly where Marl borough, Shre wsbury, and Somers—his accounts of navel he , o m f Hean t r h tli a ee t y: f s a t rn h o e u se s famous pirates, Captain Kidd and Captain Vaughan—end the calmness and fulness of his intelligence in every matter o f a moral or political nature, testify the admirable use be could make of his advantages. In short, no historical work, perhal s, has ever appeared so indispensable to 3 library as these " L e t ters, Ill ustrat i ve o f the Reign of William III." N at an t t he rr b e FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS.—The works of the citadel rapidity, and the camp of workmen and engineers on on the Mont Valerien are proceeding with r m o e a u d ti f , r jo om ed the eg to in S ui t o . g C o lo f ud las is t m ne o a u r t ly h workmen had endeavoured to intimidate the men employ ed on the fortifications of La Villette. Three of the ring' leaders in that affair were tried on Thursday before the , 45 Tribunal of Correctional Police, and sentenced to tw° months' imprisonment. eve t. Ihe greatest number of vessels which .0 fi th n a i l h a Cd b . an Poi f catered the harbour of the Broomielaw, Glasgow, d id a on Monday la=t ; the number of arrivals , foreign a t n r coastwise, as reported in the books of the harbourerass for that day, amounts to 69.—Edinburgh Courant. j ( IrH E Is , A very Art win " A capit „ {{ Araonp i tirorld b SEC Novir o 'NI , `tc fly II One of Ne "Ike the fad N oy red y, TALE By; es W hieh Th We e } ; , 1 ` 11 Nothin 11 / 3 14 11d Z°ll,t ali b ( l eekl Y "ER th win be lier F e to, AI T E Cl `&c lews ; , i 1 1 ■r ;e _n Thut Fl u or. kii:ra to T i Ttlce 411 kets a kte 1 1 . 1 e hid 167i i te ti t tel e s 11! ss. kth 1 ELI A e IthoT Whi t the 14 o li t ! at (0 e i : (. l ,* -.4) ) , ' a TRI To h e fi