The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-14 00:00:00

EVENiNG ,EMTION. h! r. At the same time it declares that she has faith fully adhered to one line of conduct throughout —that on which was founded the French and Eag lisli alliance. It was founded in opposition to Russian designs—in &arm of their result. It was to prevent her interference in the affairs of the Ottoman empire —to aver; the danger of her protection. It consi dered the occupation of Constantinople by Russian troops, under any pretext, a measure to be resisted by every means at their disposition, even to the forcing of the Dardanelles. After showing that Lord Palmerston hal taken means secretly to bring about the treaty of the 15th of July, to the exclusion of France, M. Tiller.' note shows that that Treaty is to accomplish every one of those objects which their alliance was to have prevented, as ultimately fatal to European inde pendence. For instance, it authorises the interference of Russia in the affairs of the Ottoman empire ; it ac tual!), stipulates for the occupation of C o nstantinople by her tioops, and takes the means of affording her the pretext, by war and internal convulsion. In a word, M. Thiers justly remarks, it gives effect to the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, which the y were a:lied to prevent any attempt to carry into execution. The transactions detailed in this note commence by a pro po,tii ion or Lerii Palmerston, after the battle of Nezib, to force the Dardanelles with the French and English fl cis, should Russia proceed to Constantinople. To Lord Palmerston's colleagues, as well as the country at large, this proposition may evince his hatred and dread of Russian projects. But if it was made in collusion with her, and to enable him to assist her without coin protni4ng himself, of course he must have been instruct ed beforehand that Russia would not attempt it. Now, when we look at the conclusion of these transactions which commenced with this proposition, and to the other quaky startling revelations of this note, we do not see how we can credit this as a bona fide proposition. One t riaa is clear—this treaty is an admirable instrument for fte ;accomplishment of Russian ends. It has brought a rupture between England and France—it is about to bring on war between them, if the people of the former kingdom do not step in. We have hitherto been loth to gye credit to the grave charges brought forward against Lord Palmerston, but are unable to resist the evidence this document affords in their support. (From the Morning Post.) The official reply of M. Thiers to the recent State Paper of Lord Pahnerston, on the affalrs of the Eest. appear in our columns this day. This document is of great length, and in point of style not unworthy the rc patation of its author as a literary man. It contains, moi cover, some startling statements tending to impeach the veracity of the English Minister, but on these we are not, of course, in ir position to offer an opinion. The justification of Lord Palmerston must depend solely on hiniself. For the honour of our country we hope he may be able to offer one that shall be satisfactory. There are some passages, however, in the despatch of M. 'Thiers upon which any man of common sense is competent to foitn a judgment ; and, in order to afford the means of doing so with the greater facility, we will here subjoin the summary made by that Mi nister of the statetneres and reasoning which in their more extt niLd ferin make up his present manifesto. They are— " 1. That, at the commencement of the negotiation, the independeixe and integrity of the Ottoman empire were understood, as France to this day understands them —ILA as a territorial limit of greater or lesser advantage between the Sultan and the Viceroy, but as a guarantee of the Five Courts against offensive measures on the part of Mehemet Ali, and against the exclusive protection of one of the Five Powers. 2 That France, far from modifying her opinions in opposition to a conste.nt union of views, intentions, and expressions of opinion on the part of the Four Courts, has a lways, on the contrary, regarded the Turco-Egyptian qnestion in one and the same light, while she has sees the Four Courts, although •at first at variance, afterwards aoreo in the intention, of sacrificing the Viceroy, and Eng land, satisfied with saer.fice, coming to terms wi.h the three others, and forming a union which, it is true, is now most persevering in its views, and most sudden and alarm ng in its resolutions. •• :3 That repeated sacrifices have not been made to F rd a t , in order to bring her over to the plans of the Four Courts, since nothing more has been done than to offer her, in MD to add to Egypt the Pachalic of Acre, without flit: fortress of Acre, but with the hereditary pos. .r.ession of the Pachalic, and to offer her, in 1540, the Pa kialie of Acre, with the citadel, but without the heredi• possestian. " 4. That she was not forewarned, as is asserted, that tin; Four Courts would proceed without her if she did not radhe:e to their views; that, on the contrary, she had rea son to expect to receive fresh proposals, when, upon the news of the departure of Sarni Bey for Constantinople and the insu.sree.!on in Syria, the treaty of the 15 - h of July was suddenly siped without her being previously informed, and she was only made acquainted with it atter it had been signed, and received the communication of it. only two months afterwards. 5. That no one his a right to caunt upon her passive _concurrence in the execution cf the treaty ; and if she has insisted more especially upon the difficulties attendant upon %he means of execution, she has never professed an indif- 1 ference either as to the end or the means—an indifference vinich would admit of the conclusion that she would in no case interfere in what might take place in the East ; that, i:4l. II WTI it, she has always declared that she would with draw herself from the four other Powers, if certain resolu tions were an-Tted ; that none of her agents have ever been authorised to say anything which might lead to the conclu sion that this isslat,:'d position would be one of inaction, end that she has always ;ntended, as she still intends, to preserve her full liberty in this respect." The first of these proposi,ions appears to us to be fallacious in itself, while the declaration that France has acted throughout on the principle involved in it implies a mental reservation discreditable to the French Government, and belonging to the worst period of di plomacy. If the Cabinet of the Tuileries really believed that by the phrase " to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman empire" nothing farther was intended or un derstood than to prevent the march of the Egyptian army on Constantinople, and the exclusive protection of one of the Five Powers, we are quite sure that it must have stood alone in its belief. That " E.-igla.nd," as asserted by M. Thiers, and with Englund all provident statesmen," entertained the same opi nion, is what we can never bring ourselves to imagine, except on some stronger evidence than that of M. Thiers. And as to France itself, the very jealousy excited by the fear of an exclusive Rus sian protection—founded on the conviction that in that case protection would be synonymous with occupation —plainly shows that the word " integrity" had a dis tinct and unmixed reference to territory. And further, what could have been the object in checking the vic torious advance of Ibrahim Pacha upon Constantinople, but to preserve the Ottoman territory from being cer tainly occupied, and ultimately alienated ? All pre. sumption, therefore, is in favour of the supposition that M. 'Thiers has misstated the interpretation affixed by the French Cabinet to the epithet " integrity"; but in the fact that if this interpretation was bonafide on the part .of France all knowledge of it was withheld from the other Powers during the whole negotiation we unfor tunately find something stronger than mere presump tion. To make an e.r post facto declaration of a principle that had been concealed when this know ledge of it was essential, and the communication of it .an obligation of honour, is a political coup de theatre disgraceful to the Government that can resort to such an artifice, and calculated to endanger the continuance of peace, by destroying all future confidence between the great Powers of Europe. The second assertion of 11. Thiers is that, though the Four Allies have more than once changed their opinions as to the means to be em ployed for settling the affairs of the East, France has ii. ver modified her views. What reliance may be l iaced on this declaration let M. Thiers himself point out—" Never at any epoch of the negotiation has France proposed any thing else, except a short time ago when she advised the Viceroy to content himself with the possession of Syria for life." A tenacious memory is surely as necessa-y to a Minister of State as to that other class of persons to whom the observation is commonly ap plied. To the third position of M. Thiers, that " re peated sacrifices have not been made to France," with a view to s ecur e French co-operation with the Allies, Lord Palmer s ton supplies us with an answer in his offi cial note to Mr. Bulw e r, a nd we p res ume that we are justified in supposing that implicit confidence may be p aced i n it. Hi s L or d s hi p d ec l ares that the or i gina l sh of the British Government was to confine Mehe met Ali's delegated be authority to Egypt alone ; that Count Seba s ti an i, on t h e part of his Court, proposed th e drawn division of Syria by a li ne t o be from the sea near Beyreut to the D eser t near Damascus, and that the territory south of that lin e should be conferred on the Pacha. This was objected to by Lord and in September of last year the French A su bmitted another pan, by which " Mehem et n'Ablianador should be made hereditary Governor of Egypt and the whole of Syria. and Got-ernor for life of Candi a , us nothinr but ? t rail a and the district of Adana.rilTitt . British Cabine t declined to assent to this p ro posal , bu ; with a view still to conciliate France, consented to waiv e . its well-founded objection to any extension of Mehemet Ali's authority beyond Egypt, and would join with th e French Government in recommending to the Sultan to give to Mehemet Ali, in addition to the Pachalic of Egypt, the Administration of the lower part of Syria, bounded to the north by a lino drawn from Cape Car sin to the souther.' end of Lake Tiberias, and to the eastward by the Jordan, the western shore of the Dead Sea, an d by a line from thence down to the Gulf of Akaba." Again the French Government demurred ; and Lord Palmerston, still anxious to procure the con cert of France, made another proposal in May of this rear, in conj unc tion with the Baron de Nieurnann, to the effect that " the northern boundary of that p art of Syria. w hi ch shou l d b e a d m i n i s t ere d by the Pacha , should be drawn frem Cap e Nakhora to the northern end of Lak e its limits the fort ress 'Tiberias so as to include within this offer t o his 4SS of Acre." M. G uixot transmitted Cou r t, accompanied by the assurance of Lord Pelrnerstr ii , es th at it em b race d the utmost extent to which the A could go. It this statement do not rove,,that " rep eate d ca:ling in words. , I se t erces were made, there is no e lace, that France Thiers affirms, in the fourth " was not forewarned that the Four i ourts would proceed without liar, if she did not adhere contrary, Lc their views ; that, on the she had reason t pest Lc) reee.be fresh proposals.' Now, the fact is TH stIN, LONDON, WE according to Lord Palm ers t on 's note of the 31st of : PEACE OR WAR QUESTION. .03.- August,ghat so long ago as Oztober, 1839, his Lord- . ship distinctly stated to C ount Sebastiani, that '°if SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH JOURNALS OF France coital not find the means of coming to a corn- MONDAY. mon understanding with the Four Powers, she must (From the Journal des Debats.) not be surprised it the Four Powers were to , , " it may be truly affirmed that for the last ten years come to an understanding together, and were to no Parliamentary Session has opened under more peri act without her." Moreover, the course of the lous circumstances. In pronouncing a solemn judgment Allies was virtually made known to France, at a sub- I ui , on the policy of the Ministry towards the Four sequent period, in Lord Palmerston's words, to M. 1 Powers who signed the Treaty of London with regard Guizot, that " this proposal (the one submitted in May to Turkey and Egypt, which may be equally endan -1840, by his Lordship and the Baron de Nieuman) was gercd by this treaty, upon the acts which have been the utmost extent to which we could go in the way of j provisionally accomplished, upon the negotiations, the concession, and that it was, therefore, our last (fen" plans, and the resources of the Government, the Chant- How, after this, M. Thiers can state, as he does in the bers will decide upon peace or war. In a few days they document before us, that the proposal in question " had, will have to examine what are the true motives , the nothing in it of the character of an ultimatum," and meaning, and the bearing of the Treaty of July. They that '°France had every right to suppose that so long a w ill have to examine whether it is only a Ministerial negotiation would not be terminated withaut some last or a national question ; in other words, whether the explanation," is to us utterly incomprehensible. Equally coalition of the Four Powers is a fortuitous event, inof so is the concluding declaration of M. Thiers—the fifth feusive in itself, and produced by the incapacity or un of the summary—that "no one has a right to count steadiness of the present Ministry, or whether it be not upon the passive concurrence of France in the execution an experiment, like former coalitions, re-appearing of the treaty of the 15th of July." In Lord Palmerston 's with their old flag, their old hatreds, and their despatch to Mr. Bulwer we find Count Sebastiani in- old pretensions, having the degradation of France for forming his Lordship that he foresaw our course, and its principle and its object. The Chambers will have that "he could foretell the result ; that we should try to examine whether the policy of the Ministry possessed to accomplish our own arrangement without the par- that firmness, that singleness of purpose, and that con• ticipation of France, and that we should find our si: stency which the nation had a right to expect from means insufficient ; that Franee would remain a per- those who were treating in its name. They will, in fine, fectly quiet and passive spectator of events." Here, examine what principles were set forth by the French for the present, we must break off our notice of this Government, and in what manner they were maintained, remarkable document. We shall doubtless have occa- what dangers are incurred by the violent execution of sion to recur to it ; but we cannot, in the mean time, the Treaty of London, and what limits the Four avoid the expression of our regret that the British Ca- Powers had assigned to it, how they intend to respect binet should not have held firm to its original pur- those limits, and by what means France may interfere to pose, and thus have precluded the possibility of quib- cause them to be respected. We are convinced that the bling, as M. Thiers does, on the nature and tendency Chambers will enter on this grave inquiry with the of its repeated concessions. In the absence of any greatest impartiality, and with a firm determination to other authority we have been compelled to refute the maintain at all hazard the honour of France. We have manifesto of the French, with that of the British, Mi- no hesitation in adding that we accept their decision be nister. The two are, however, so diametrically op- forehand. At least, we are prepared to submit to it, posed to each other on many points that the assertions recollecting that we live under a Constitutional Mo d both leave us in a state of painful doubt as to narchy, that all the men of consideration in the nation what has been the real course of the protrarte3 nego- are Members of either Chamber ; that all ideas, all tiations on the affairs of the East. In the present s' ate principles, and all interests are represented in the Chem of our information the question resolves itself in a hers, and that they have the right, which the Minis great degree into one of comparative veracity ; and terial Journals have not, to speak in the name of the until some steps shall be taken to determine the ha- nation, and to pledge themselves to a future line of action. lance of credibility it is perfectly impossible that the " A Parliamentary debate on the Eastern question people, either of France or England, can be satisfied. has been our first, as it will be our last, wish. We have always maintained that the Chambers aloe could duly appreciate the policy followed by the Ministry , since the Treaty of London—if the Ministry had in deed any political course to decide on. We have ap proved and do approve of the preparations which the Ministry have made, because they respond to our iso lated situation. Our position results from the conclu sion of the Treaty of London. If the isolated po sition of France was the only result of the Treaty of London, it would not become us to remain with folded arms till the differences between Turkey and Egypt were arranged without our participation. We were de prived of our Allies, and it became necessary that we should supply that deficiency in case war should be de clared. C DMMUNICATIONS THROUGH EGYPT. EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED FROM ALEXANDRIA, BY THE ORIENTAL. The Oriental arrived here on the 19th inst., and after coming off the Eastern harbour, took her station astern of her Majesty's ship Asia, about six miles from the shore. In consequence of the officer in charge of the mails having been instructed by Admiral Sir J. Louis not to land the mail unless he received an assurance from Colonel Hodges, the Consul-General, that it would be allowed to pass through in safety (we allude to the India mail), Colonel Hodges, before authorising its landing, thought proper to appy to the Paella for an assurance of its safety, which his Highness at first hesi tated to give, and at - length replied that it might pass this time. This answer will of course be communi cated officially by Colonel Hodges to his Government, but had he consulted the British community, he would never have presented himself to the Paella in the " But, except those preparations, what is known of the Minister's intentions ? Nothing, or less than nothing, directly from the Minister. We do not speak of his Journals, which, by their eneffable and pre sumptuous contradictions, and by the nullity of their polemics, have placed themselves beneath ail refuta tion. We do not wish to give full credit to the do cuments published by the Foreign Powers, and which would give us but a poor opinion of the dignity and the principles of our Ministers. We make this con cession, and it is the greatest we can make, in order that the question may be reserved for the consideration of the Chambers. " We place ourselves in the position which the Mi nister has chosen. The Minister replied by an adjourn ment to all the questions which were put to him, and he had a right to do so. And still, from the month of August, when we called for the convocation of the Chambers, the Ministerial journals replied that the moment was not arrived. He is now of opinion that the proper time has arrived. He ought, therefore, to be ready to justify his policy during the three great phases of the Treaty of London, without concealment, or without objecting to the Judges which the Constitu tion has given him. " Could the French Government have prevented the resolution taken by the Four Powers whilst they were arbitrating between Turkey and Egypt ? Has this re solution been spontaneous, or has it been the result of the Minister's incapacity ? Did France withdraw volun tarily because she despaired of seeing the justice and dis interestedness which she represented prevail, or was she excluded designedly? Is the resolution of the Powers an insult or a threat to France, or has the Minister, after hav ing accepted an European congress to settle the East ern question,,,desired to make himself the only Mediator between Turkey and Egypt? Did he flatter himself with .being able to deceive all the other Governments, and thus furnishe4 .I.he"Sn' preteuce',f9r - deeeiving3ihn, IN'laepnilindlihnselt ex eluded Gnus the treaty beeinse . te endeiiinhVed to ex clude our adversaries and our allies, in fine, every body ? Had the President of the Council a system, and did he defend that system with perseverance and straightfor wardness, or did he allow himself to be carried away by his brilliant imagination even to the dream of a dictatorship in the cast aid in the west ? Such is the first question to be examined. " Could the Minister have modified the resolutions of the Powers before the conclusion of the Treaty ? Were more equitable conditions proposed to hiM ? Were those proposals withdrawn because they were not made in a spirit of sincerity, or was it because the Minister would not accept them sincerely ? Did there exist, during the latter period of the conference a general mis trust against the Minister ? Was this mistrust justified or not by a system of secret and exclusive negotiations which the Minister pursued with an oriental fanaticism ? This is the second question. " When the conclusion and ratification of the treaty was known, what was the course pursued by the Mi nister? Did he engage to prevent the pure and sup ple execution of it ? Did he determine within what limits he would suffer the territory of the Otto Man em pire to be occupied ? Did be raise soldiers, (quip ships of war, decree the fortifications of Paris, in order that France might be ready when she pleased to contend with force. which would have been a vigorous policy, or did he flatter himself that he could have divided the coalition by demonstrations and ordinances ? Has he existed upon this chimera of intimidation ! An insane and particularly unskilful line of policy ; for he would have to present himself before the Chamber alter three successive checks. This is the third question. " Now, let us for the last time observe to the Minis terial journals who have accused us of having changed our language, that in doing so they have addressed the most bitter epigram to the Minister whom they profess to defend. What was determined on in the month of August, when Commodore Napier commenced hostilities ? Nothing. What decision was taken when Beyrou• was captured ? W as war declared ? Did the Government signify that the prescribed limits had been pasSed ? No. The Minister never changed his line of conduct in any respect. He has convoked the Chamber.i—what we advised him to do from the commencement. Why, then, should we be reproached for having changed our language when the Minister has not been blamed for having changed his line of conduct? Cowardice and bragging consist in always threatening and never striking. If the Government has not yet decided upon a cases belli, it is particularly ab surd to abuse those who advise prudence, and dignity, and to praise the Cabinet for having been prudent and dignified. " The simple sketch which we have just given is suf ficient to indicate the immense importance of the discus] sion which is about to be opened in the Chambers ; but until the day on which the great powers of the state will have given their opinion, no one has a right to speak in the name of France. " We warn the journals who are threatening the great powers of the state that there is a party in France which lives retired always ready to rush upon society— a party which disregards civilization, science, property, and industry—a party in whose eyes there are no true patriots except those who possess neither property. nor information—a party which solicits and provokes with unmeasured satisfaction an European war, not for the ' security and aggrandizement of France, because it does not interest itself about what France actually possesses, but to expose her rashly to the most formidable perils, in the ill-disguised hope that she will sink and be re duced to suffer the dominion of republican impotency. This party has but one motto, Let us re-organize so ciety: On every change of circumstances it exclaims Treason.' For this party war in the east or the west will be only the pretence until it becomes the means of destroying Royalty, the Chambers, the elector,' bodies, the laws, and property. Will the ancient Oppo sition, which glories in its constitutional doctrines and in its devotedness to the monarchy of July, now lend itself to transport republican passions and violence into a higher sphere ? Will it excite men's minds by assert ing that there are intriguers and traitors everywhere, and by this means protest beforehand against the deci sions of the Chambers and intimidate th: majority ? Is it, in fine, resolved to depart from the constitutioral po licy, and enter into that of the revolution r (From the Cwisti!utioneel.) d , We are told that the attack on Beyrout ought to have been expected. This is possible, but it disclosed the barbarous violence with which the , Allies were determined to effect their object Tne bombardment of Beyrout has only produced ruins as does not put the Allies in possession of th t e ' te i r t ri c to er ry tainy they l desire to wrest from the Pacha. When they even then be masters of the country. It is not with their 7,000 Albanians, and their 1,500 marines, that they The will conque r Syria against the army of Ibrahim. possession of a town reduced to cinders, if indeed the allied troops still reraain there, may doubtless be of I insurrection ; a a d yet no move mentservic etaiknesprplace a a t mong the populat. Besides, it . is nt:cessary for the instigators of a revolt to remain under the protection of the cannon of the fleet, which matter. His Highness's answer was even more favourable than was expected by many from the known aversion he has personally to the Consul-General. Had the latter re quested Captain Lyons, the Hon. East India Com pany's agent; to visit the Pacha instead of himself, such an answer would never have been given, and in lieu of leaving the public in doubt whether the next mail will proceed or not, every assurance would have been given publicly, and in consequence officially announced. That the Pacha has no intention of interfering with the mails and passengers to India (unless some untoward event should occur) we have ascertained beyond a doubt, and it is our firm opinion that the mails and pas sengers by the Liverpool will not incur any obstacle in their transit through Egypt, in support of which opinion we submit to you the following facts : That a proof of the Paella's intention not to inter fere with the present mail is, that at the moment of Colonel Hodges' application to his Highness, the mail from India by the Victoria steamer had actually come down the Nile to Atfe, the head of the canal. That at an interview which Captain Lyons had with the Pacha yesterday, his Highness told hint that lie had given the above-mentioned answer to Colonel Hodges as Consul-General, but that he assured Captain Lyons as Captain Lyons, and as agent to the Hon. East India Company, that it never was his intention to interfere with the conveyance of the mail brought by the Oriental, nor should he put any obstacle in the way of the future mails. We trust 'that thin information will reassure Indian passengers, to whom very unnecessary alarm has been given,- in•consequence of Colonel , Hodges' interference with the Indian mail by writing to Admiral Louis in such terms as to induce him (the Admiral) to detain it at Malta ; and we have learned from good authority that the Oriental and mail might still have been at Malta had not Admiral Sir H. Stopfotd written to Admiral Sir J. Louis to encourage him to forward them on. The mails were not landed here until the afternoon of the 20th from the Oriental—more than 24 hours after her arrival ; and the Suez mail has arrived since four o'clock p.m. yesterday. We accompanied Colonel Hodges to the Pacha, and, as soon as permission was granted for the mails to pro ceed, we applied personally for the admission of the Oriental into the large harbour, which was immediately granted in the handsomest manner. It is to be regretted, however, that owing to the na ture of Colonel Hodges' despatches (or private letters) to Captain Fisher, of her Majesty's ship Asia, which were laid by the latter officer before Captain Joy, he (Captain Joy) did not consider himself justified in bring. ing the Oriental into mt. We personally used every argument to induce Captain Joy to trust to the Paella's word, which we may mention that in upwards of thirty years' dealings with his Highness we never knew him to break ; but, doutless, Captain Joy acted prudently in not taking any responsibiky on himself, after being so cautioned by the officer in command of the squadron. DECLARATION OF MANOEL MAR CIANO FERREIRA, MASTER OF THE BRA ZILIAN BRIG CONSTANFE. On the voyage from Paraiba to Lisbon, being to the westward of the Azores, near the parallel, and not far from the meridian of some shoals, which in Norri's chart are noticed as doubtful, on the 26th of August, 1840, at 10 A m., going with a very fair wind from the E S.E. on the north tack, I observed at the distance of from one to two miles a breaking of the sea to lee ward, and in a few moments afterwards the wind en tirely died away ; still in the same position, and in sight of the same, I remained tilt 6 o'clock P.M., the calm still continuing, ; so much so, that I had the long-boat hoisted out to tow the i/ssel out of danger. At midday, the time of high water there on that day, the breakers had nearly disappeared. At two o'clock they were again sensibly visible, and from five to six a group of rocks was distinctly seen above the water. From 'he observation of the latitude at twelve o'clock, and the longitude of a good chronometer, steering a due north-west course from the spot of danger, and at a mile and a half as I judged myself distant therefrom, the situation was in lat. N. 37 deg. 56 min. 20 sec., and longitude to the west of Greenwich 33 deg. 4 min. 8 sec. At six p.m. the triad freshened, when I proceeded on my voyage, and three days afterwards, on the 29th of August, I made the Island of Flores, when, by the oh servation I made there, I found the chronometer to be exactly correct. The wind being from . the east, I tacked to the south ward, and on the 31st of the same month, passing near another shoal, which is noticed in the same chart to the west of Faye!, as seen by Captain Robson, at eight a.m. I observed a number of rocks above the water, on which the sea broke, and near which I passed to windward, distant from one to two miles. From observation at twelve o'clock, and by chrono meter, I found this second dangerous spot situated in 14t. N. 3:Veg. 26 min. 44 sec., and long. west of Greenwich, 30 deg. 25 min. 10 sec. It will appear extraordinary that these two shoals, the existence of which was very uncertain, should both be seen by one vessel, and in one voyage, which was not in search of them. However, no one can doubt, as they do exist, the mischief that might arise from them. Therefore, without further remark upon this subject, upon which a good deal of discussion might arise, and which 1 affirm to be the truth, and can corroborate by the crew of my vessel, convinced that I ought not to conceal a circumstance upon which the salvation of lives and property may depend, added to the particular exactness which I had of the longitude when I disco vered these rocks, by means of which they may be re-ex plored, I consider it my duty to lay the present state. ment before the public, for the benefit of my maritime colleagues and others interested in n avigation. _ MANOEL MARCIANO FERREIRA. Lisbon, Sept. 24, 1840. A number of sh l o;?keepeis, consisting of coal and potatoe-d !eters, , vv i 7 e d il l e N r i s f, , , a i b c a t r k; t r e s s , , & o n e. , M w o e n r d e ay sum moned before the Woolwich Mr. Hodges, the 11.sp( et r o a r: 21 . 6d. to 203 , each, with and fined in various sums ° f r ° costs, for using false and f raudulent . Weights and Measures, Ma gistrates likewise ordered the w d e u ig le h a t t s wtoeibgehctosndeTmhneed. Chosrevv Paella has just been convicted of rob , eturn minister b ro ker, in his little rob bery. What an awkwa rd fellow the indulged must be. Why did he not come over to France, and b ro ker, for in Paris he might ha propensities with impunity 2—Charivari. It is reported that at a late Cabinet C o the Tuileries Louis Philippe said, " r u ' Gentlemen ' ell at ycu are anx i o us to march o n the Rhine; take care what re , -*lout, for that r iver is deep, and you may be ddronew ned .'. VI. replied,in amco " I would rather be drowned in the Rhine sewer at Paris."—Charivari. DNK will shortly be unable to keep the sea. Ibrahim, then, has in his favour the courage of his troops, the inconveniences of the climate, and the hitherto peaceable disposition of the mountaineers, and im pending hurricanes. In these circumstances, the Go vernment were bound to adopt new resolutions, and they have done so. They arc completing measures which will place France in a condition to meet every event. Their a dministrative activity has been, and is still, immense. This they will prove by what they have done in three months, and they will present themselves to the Chambers with an ensemble of measures which will enable them to support with dignity the will of France." The Journal du Rouen states that the Commandant of the 14th military division - has just issued orders for putting the whole of the coast of the division, and par ticularly the e ntries to the ports and rivers, in a state of defence. "We are assured," adds this journal, " that several English families resident in our city and the en virons are making preparations for quitting France in a few days. It is stated, but we know nothing on the subject, that they have received a secret intimation from their Government recommending them to return to their country." Orders were issued on Sunday, says the Presse, di recting the troops in barracks at Courbevoie, Reuil, &c., to march upon Paris. This additional force will, it is said, he employed in digging the trench, which was to be commenced on Monday, along the whole line of the fortifications of Paris. (From the National.) On Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, the delegates of the fourteen arrondissemens of Paris, clothed in the uniform of the National Guard, proceeded to the office of the Minister far Foreign Affairs. The greatest part of these delegates wore the costume of (Accra, and re ceived from the military post on duty - the honours due to their grade. They had an interview with one of the employes of the Department, who informed them that the President of the Council was absent.. They then handed to the employe the .followitag,,d.ocument, which they intended to have read to .111. Tbiers had he been present, and which was signed by the defesates " To the Prisident of the Connell: "An immense number of National Guards and citizens had intended to proceed to the Departme:A of Foreign Affairs, to convey to you the expression of the public discontent. " In order, however, to avoid a collision which ap peared to be meditated by the Government, and to which we were unwilling to be parties, we resolved that a deputation of officers, sub-officers, and delegates should be commissioned to obtain an interview with you, and protest, in the first place, against the illegality of the order of the day. issued by the Marshal-Comman dant of the National Guard, and, in the next place, to defend the light which all citizens possess of expressing their opinions with regard to the interests of the country. " The opinion which we and the citizens represented by us entertain is as folloWs : " The national banner has been insulted by foreign Powers, the honour of France is wounded, her interests are compromised, her revolution is menaced. " In these grave circumstances, we have come to de clare to you that the conduct of the Government ex cites all our fears, and outrages all our sentiments as Frenchmen. " A national Government would at once have made an appeal to the energy of the people. It would have re-organized all the civic guards, local and disposable ; it would have armed and exercised them ; it would have re-constituted the artillery corps ; and would thus have been able to oppose to our enemies the entire army, backed by a formidable reserve. " We have come also to declare to you that it is not the capital which requires to be fortified, but our fron tiers of the Rhine and of the Alps, Raised much less against the Holy Alliance than against liberty, the for. tifications of Paris are, at this moment, in the eyes of everyene, only a m eans o f d e luding public opinion, of lulling vigilance, diverting the public attention from the important events now occurring, and of veiling Al the baseness of diplomacy. " if a new invasion menaces us—if treason brings back the foreigner to our walk—the people themselves, after getting rid of the traitors, would easily contrive to organise against the enemy the means of defence, and to dig ,a trench f or th e m between Paris and our armies. " Foreign PoWeis are increasing their strength and hastenir.g their opeiatiorts. Such'efforts, we repeat, have but one object.-:...the abasement of our revolution. They will, however, find it fearlessly confronting them ; and the men in ,power who should endeavour to pa. ridyze its enthusiasm would only succeed in bringing down on their own heads zi terrible resPonsibilitY." A crowd had collected in front of the Hotel des CaOcines (the . Foreign office) 'when the deputations arrived there, but rics tumult of the slightest descrip tion occurred, aud, ..the 4 thronz dispersed, as soon as the: members of the depnto.tiensepFat,e,d,.t? ,proceed to ,thek.respective homf! —• 1 I•3locar The 'substance of the , ahuvo als'o, 3:e presented to t : he C , hamber oti: . .Doputies• kur ..i the forirr a p EASTERN NEWS. TURKISH FISONTIERS, SEPT. 29.—A letter from Constantinople says, that Count Walewsky was quite inactive in the hotel of the French Legation at The rapia, the Porte has had no communication with him. Great activity is observed in the arsenals, and the . ~ Go vernment saw to be making the greatest exertions to equip an army of 9,000 men. About the 'end of Auiust the plague again broke out in the neighbourhood of Erzeroura ; five villages were surrounded with esarfitary cordon; some cases of plague also occurred in Siwas and in Roumelia. My conjecture that the parties to the Quadruple Treaty would probably disapprove of the precipitation of the Porte in pronouncing the deposition of Mehemet Ali, proves to be correct. The Austrian Cabinet is said to he .highly displeased at it, and the representatives of Russia and Prussia at Vienna are entirely of this opinion: The Russian Charge d'Affaires at Con stantinople seriously dissuaded the Porte from the preniature step ; and only the Representative of one of the Four Courts most esteemed by the Porte, se conded the importunity of Lord Ponsonby, which may be attended with unpleasant consequences to himself. But the Porte itself is most blamed for this extreme step, as it must have seen that a serious disagreement between the great European Powers, would arise from it, by which the Turkish Empire would be exposed to the greatest danger. At the beginning of this month the French Consul, M. I.3ubrika, left Belgrade, and gave up the Consulate to his successor, M. Alfred Muray. On the 16th of this month, the birthday of Prince Michael was celebrated by Divine service, and the city of Bel grade was finely illuminated in the evening. Only the Hotel of the Russian Consul-General re mained in darkness ; this was doubtless to give vent to his vexation at the loss of his influence wits the Prince. M. ‘Vaschtscheks loudly blames the political conduct of the Prince, and is particularly vehement in expressions against the conduct of the Mather-Princess of Liuhitzi, because sbe openly joins in the general wish of the count% for the return of her husband, Prince Milosch. _ _ _ ---- ----- CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 26.—There aro two reports in circulation here ; the first is that a detachment of 16,000 Russian troops has been embarked at Odessa and Sebastopol, and that these troops are actually on the way to the Bosphorus. It is said that they will be encamped in Asia Minor, on the road to Ekischeper. 'The other is that the late grand Vizier, Chosrew pasha, has been strangled by order of the Sultan conformably to the sentence passed upon him. TELEGRApnic ComMUNICA- TION. f;utly arrest his g4ze. . provinces, with (From the Gazelle des Tribunaux.) . B leson , a recce importation from the no h h lounging through the streets of Paris, when an es • ands plunged in his breeches pockets, was b!iss sauddddenly vincial to obligewith a:crowd of en ? l inet of a rather suspicious appearance chanced to " Pa; bleu," was his soliloquy , " a cigar WI vi glass of beer would not ha un welcome?' Where. for upon -, and ere long Was wing i ng; -- 11, eson walked in, seated 'himself at a table, called . hi s 6.. 1 0k ers..ou at an intensely interesting game - of pool. While in a state of profound admiration, Meson was . No , man ,was e - vtr bis hat, begs our pro accosted by a gentleman of the most fasci n ating ten* who , grac e l Ily oving him u witt7: light. known 't a re f use sues - request, a nd, among smokers who holdeachother . a in • 'it acourtesy with which none can dispense. Accordingly respectott ~ thiusts fortvard his lips, the B.o°' strange r a d vances hi s , the two cigars, brought in . contact, glow with reciprocal fire, and straightway a dialogue ensues between the parties thus accidentally brought together. After the interchange of a few com mon-place remarks, the fascinating gentleman delivered himself thus :—" I propose that, instead of seeing Others play, we ma k e up ii game ourselves." The table is engaged," was the re?- p l y * .. N o matter, would a Cargame of card s b e agreeable'. With a !I my heart." ds were accordi ng l y ca l led for, and 13I c son soon after wit l .- drew, the light-heat tied winner of four s uccessive games . His ltiek'esi partner was, hooever, by no means dis. concerted at the los ; "He is deci dedl y a most good hearted fellow," inte rnally ' quaked Beeson as he took leave of bins. I.' Some few days after, o n a sun -shiny morning, our friend Blusen fell in with his new nequaintar.ce, by whom h e was t h us addressed :--" A l ' I my dear sir, I am delighted: to meet you ; pray a ll o w eto introduce ca w nnot persuad e you to tw o o f my I acquainta nces.. them of my loss with •ou, You must come and tell them h ow completely 2 W3S beaten, w hich, by the by, I needn't be ashamed of, for the best player I ever met with." you arc Bleson, thus attacked in a sensitive quarter.. was unable to resist, and, following the gentleman into a neighbouring cabaret, was introduced to the incredulous friends in queition, who were seated at breakfast. The . new comer was, of course, invited to partake of their fare, and of course accepted. Breakfast over, cards SDAY, °Cr 1-1 F., ftl4 114 were proposed, and a game commenced. Bieson bedis the two friends, and becomes elevated. Game suceee, 4 game, and s' ill Bleson wins ; at last, however, his for— tune wavers, and finally deserts him. Bleson, cleaned out, sends his watch by one of tha friends to the pawn broker. The friend quickly returned, bringing double the money Bleson had expected from his pledge—a de licate attention, not on the part of the pawnbroker, but of the skiiful emissary, who made sure of ultimately gaining possession of the entire sum. Bieson, overjoyed at his increased supply, which he considered as an act of Providence, with renewed per severance determined to turn the tide of fortune in his favour—of fortune, possibly, but of skill never. The three friends surrounded their prey and closely secured hint in their talons, whence they had determined never to release him until his pockets were as empty as when they left the tailor's hands. Placed with his back to the light, his cards were almost as plainly visible to his adversary as to himself, and what little mystery might re main was effectually cleared up by a system of telegra phic signals established between the friends. Thus, if Ble son held a good hand, a pinch of snuff, a fit of coughing, apprised his adversary of the Lc'. Was it advisable to play clubs ? an accomplice scratched his ear ; when hearts were requisite, he drummed on the table ; while the Kings, deserting the camp of Bleson, established a kind of Congress in the hands of his adversary. Bleson, who never so much as dreamed of foul play, would in fallibly have been stripped of all his savings, had not the vengeance of heaven watched over him from a neigh bouring, recess in the persons of two police officers. The muttered curses of Meson on the one side, and on the other the joy al exclamations of his victorious op ponents, attracted the attention of these official gentle men, who, recognising these players to be old customrs, made a descent on the party and secured the three sharpers, who subsequently made their appearance be fore the Police Correctionnelle. _ Several picks of cards found on these gentlemen e c. were examined by M. Lacaze, a skilful conjuror, who greatly amused the Tribunal by proving, in open Court, that these cards were so prepared as to ensure success to these who are acquainted with their mysteries. The three friends, having in vain attempted an ex culpaticn, were condemned to imprisonment for a term of three years. SYSTEM AND SITUATION. (From the Chativari.) System (alone and rubbing his hands)—Well, all arc now convinced, even the dynastic left, that they possess a Parliamentary Ministry, and that the Camarillo is decidedly checkmated. We may at present govern in tranquillity and stick in the mud in perfect security. Situation (entering hastily)— Here I am. Good day. System—How rude it is to conic in in that way, without having yourself announced. Situation—Do I disturb you, then? System—Pardieu! say nothing of your having caused me a fright, I took you for a patriot. But what made you come here ; who sent for you Situation—Most assuredly it was not you, for I have been waiting for the list ten years for you to come to me ; but at leneth, seeing that you do not appear dis posed to do so, I have set aside amour propre, and have come to you. System—Thank you for your visits. Situation—One would say that my presence annoys you, fur you do not invite me to take a seat. System Heaven forbid. I already wish you far away. Situation—But if I am decided on coming, it is not for one day, you may rest assured. System—Oh, my God ! (apart) I will try to frighten him, in order to get rid of him. Well, be it so. lat first received you rather coolly, in consequence of your coming in so abruptly ; but let us think no more of it. lam perfectly prepared to give ou a welcome. Situation—l am glad of it. System—You shall see (rings). Let the Al:nisters be informed that it is necessary to hold a Council. (To Situation) —I am even charmed to have this opportu nity of proving to you that people are sometimes strangely deceived with regard to me. Situation—Well, I, in revenge, will give you -- System (extending his hand) -1 receive -- Situation—A great deal of glory. System—(withdrawing his hand) —Wag—the situa tion is not now very pleasant. [Enter the Ministers, the President of the Council at their head ; they start back with surprise at observ ing Situation, and look at each other with an air of al:)rm.] President of the Council (grinning a smile)—Ma dame, here ! We did not believe you so close at hand. Situation—l understand you ; you do all you can, and commit every act of cowardice, to remove tne. President—lt is certain that you took us unawares. System—The most important think is that Madame did not find us unprepared. Minister of the Interior—How is Madame's family ? Itis true we have frequently accounts of her daughters, crises, bankruptsies, discomfitures, falls, &c. System—That is nut now the question. Madame does not come here on an idle visit, and Situation is not one of those with whom one jokes. Let us see if we are prepared to receive her well ; and, in the first place, is our navy presentable ? Minister of tl . :c Marine—l will guarantee it to be the finest in Europe. There are sonic few de'icicncies in the crews, but our coasts are peopled by ardent and vigorous men, and at the first signal there will turn out a number iutlicient to man the navies of all Europe com bined. System—(A Stu witl an air of importance.) What do you say to that, Madame? Situation—You 5,,e I am delighted at it. System (aside)—The devil ! that does not appear to move her much. (Aloud)—On what footing is our army at this moment Minister of War—Already on a very respectable foot ing, System. Soldiers inured to war, skilful and brave officers who show themselves every day in Africa. Add to which the remembrance of the affronts of 1815 is, after the lapse of years, as fresh as at the first mo ment. Only give the word, and you will sec arise a million of heroes. System (elevating his voice to Situation)—And since it is only necessary to give the word, we will give the word, Mailaino„ - - Situation.—Parbleu I 'That delights my heart, and induces me to remain. System (apart)—She shows an obstinacy which dis concerts me.—(Aloud, and in a voice not quite so con fident) —In what state is our finances ? President—You mean to say—ln whose pockets ? S)stem—The question was ❑ot addressed to you, Sir, although you have been for some time pretty well informed on the subject. Minister of Finance—You know as well as we do that for a long time our treasury has assumed the exact resemblance of the sieve of the Danaids—lt never fills. System—What signifies that provided there is al ways something going into it. :Minister of Finance—And I can certify that some thing will be put into it. I know a great number of citizens, who arc animated with the purest devotion, who only wait the signal to come and lay their riches on the altar of their country. System (to Situation) —Well, Madame, what is your opinion of what you have just heard ? Situation—What is my opinion of it ?—lt proves that you have enough ships, soldiers, and money ; that is all. System—What do you mean by that is all—what do you want more ? Situation—Heart, courage ; and you have it not. You keep your ships in port under the pretext that the season is not favourable ; you march your soldiers about the streets to repress the love and veneration of the people. As to money you spend it wastefully. 1 arn, ther3fore, less disposed than ever to pass it over. System—You hear this, gentlemen ? What is to be done ? President—Great evils require powerful rem..dies. Allow the people to sing the Marseillaise. (Ile hears singing—" Allons enfans de la patrie.") System (apart)—The devil! this is dangerous. Sup pose the words of the people should demand that we act. You see, however, Madame, that we assume an im posing attitude. Situation—Yes, imposing, as far as certain millions go. System—it appears to inc that we are in a condition to make head against our perils. Situation—Head, head ; that is impossible ; it is the tail which will never come. System—Allow us to go on, Madame, and you will see. We are going to convoke the Chambers and for tify Paris. Then, if with all these means we do not carry away the situation— Situation—lt will be the situation which will carry you away. Situation remains standing opposite them in a threat ening attitude. Despairing of getting rid of her, they turn and go off. ICußlous BlBLE.—There is at present in the possession of Mrs. Parkes, of Golden-squa re , a co • of Macklin's Bible, in 45 large f o li o volumes, illus t rated Y p with nearly 7,000 engravings, from the age of Michael Angelo to that of Reynolds and West. The work also contains about 200 original dr aw i ngs or v i gnettes b y L out h er h ourg . The prints and etchings include the works of Raffaelle, Marc Antonie, Albert Durer, Callot, Rembrandt, and other masters, consisting of representations of nearly every fact, circumstance, and ohject mentione,l in the holy Scriptures. There are, moreover, designs of trees, pl,.nts, flowers, quadrupeds, bids, fishes, and insects, such, besides fossils, a. have been adduced in proof of an universal deluge. The most authentic scripture atlases are bound up with the volumes. This Bible was the property of the late Mr. Bowyer, the publisher, who collected and arrant ed the engravings, etchings, and drawings, at great experao and labour; and he is said to have been engaged upwards of 30 years is rendering it perfect. It was insured in this Albion Insurance-office for 3,0001. WAGES.—A correspondent informs us, that " Sir John Guest is paying 24,0001: per month in wag es , and that he i s the only iron-master in this county that t it , treeted a public school ! The persons employed at the Dowlais Works arc between four and five thousand, so that ti c wages will average about 28a. per week for each p et _ st n —Cambrian. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE CONCERTS D'HIVER. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, OCT. 14. }'ART Overture—" La Gazza Ladra"—Rossini. " Victoria"---Quadrille ( Dedicated to her Majesty the Queen of England )—Nlusartl. Overture—" Le Serment"—Auber. " Polichinel"—Quadrille—Musard. Overture—" Le Jeune Henri"—Mehul. Air Varie—Cornet a Piston, Herr Koenig. " Quatre Ileures"—Quadrille, with Variations for the Flageo • let, by Mons. Collinet—Musard. PART SECOND. Overture—" Guillaume Tell"—Rossini. " Tutu Carabo"—Quadrine—Musard. Solo—" La Melancolie," Bassoon, ,ions. Willent-Bordogni— Willent-Bordogni. Le Brasseur de Preston"—Quadrille—Musard. First Grand Fantasia, from Meyerbeer's Opera " Les Hugue nots," Oboe Solo—Mens. Barret, arranged by Musard. Valsei—" Die Nachtwandler"—Strauss. " Camille,"—Galop, Solo, Trumpet—Musard—Herr Muller. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. Doors open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at Eight precisely. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14, A Drama, in three Acts, entitled WALDBOURG. Waldbourg, Mr. Butler ; the Countess Waldbourg, Miss 1 Mordaunt. To which will be added, THE MOVING STATUES. Mr. Shakspere Scamp, Mr. Balls ; Harry Hardup, Mr. Baker ; Simon Chisel, Mr. S. Roxby. After which Will be rereatel a Ncw Piece, entitled the WRITINGS OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. Lady Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordaunt. The whole to conclude with a New Burletta, named RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones, Mr. Samuel Roby ; Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. Garrick. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, Is. 6d Pit, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Success unparalleled has crowned the production of the Wreck of the Royal George, and audiences crammed to the cieling have witnessed it. The splendid Dioramic Induction is pro nounced to be without equal ; re-echoing cheers accompany it throughout. Ainsworth's Original Jack Sheppard also continues triumphant. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14, Will be acted the New Nautical Drama, entitled THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and Scenic Induction, repre senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca lamity, with the slaking of the Vessel, tke. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. Realizing all Cruikslianks' inimitab!e Tableaux Vivans. THE: NEW NO Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Sco., THE HI3TORY OF A FLIRT. Narrated by HERSELF. ‘• A capital novel."--Weekly Chronicle. "An admirable novel—a poi tralture of ' life, character, and behaviour,' a sin of Daguerreotye reflection of society, its modes, manners, successes, and disappointments.—Dispateh. " Displays 'a profound knowledge of the human heart, the secret recesses and workings of whisth it probes, and lays bare with a master-hand."—Courier. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, G.-eat Marlborough-street. Now ready, Svo, price Is. 6d. SYMONS'S POPULAR. ECONOMY. CONTENTS:— I. What is Popular Eeconomy ?-2. How to treat the Sub ject.--3. General View of Moral Condition.-4. General View of Mental Condition.-5. How do Communities become Rich or Poor?-6. How is Wealth Distrilauted?-7. Free Trade.--S. The Condition of Trade.-9 The Condition of Labourers.-10. Moral Remedies.--11. Mental Remedies.- 1•? Physical Remedies.-13. iNleam to Remedies, and the Ne cessary Slowness of Progress. " A most valuable manual."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Hooper, London ; and W. Tait, Edinburgh. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14. Will be performed Auber's Opera of FHA DIAVOLO. The Marquis San Carlo (Fra Diavolo), Mr. W. Harrison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. T. Bishop (his first appearance in London); Lorenzo, Mr. Binge ; Lady Alleash, Miss A. Taylor ; Zer lina, Miss Rainforth. The Interval between the Opera and the Afterpiece will be oc cupied by A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN TIIE MORNING. Te conclude with at , Original Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitles ?rid founded on that popular Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Blai.rd, Madame Vestris, Miss Hainforth, Mrs. C. !ones, &c. &c. To-morrow, the Spanish Curate, with Two in the Morning, and the Greek Boy. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, '•2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to tommence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private 13oxe► to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, :67, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN DAILY, from Teo till Dusk, with the • Unequalled Menagerie in their commodious and elegant habitations. The recent additions include a rare species of Leopard entirely black, Le Mignon Elephant, the smallest ever imported, the Monster Boa, the Bush Cow, The Wombat, ie., &a. Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour of the Carnivora and Pelicans Four o'Clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " W. S." is informed that Mr. Fox never was Prime Minister. In 1752 he was Secretary for Foreign Af fairs, and again in 1806, when he died. We cannot publish the. letter respecting " A Certain Syrian Bishop," as it makes a serious charge against an individual about whom we know nothing. W A E'ER AL LONDON lIRIDOL To.mOitifOw M r .lig 36 minutes alter 4 I Evening 3 minutes alter 5 a 1:e Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sur; com• menced at 30 minutes after Three. spt... 44 ;- -..,. , .„ k t I'L;k.". .i.,-4, ,...,,, Zr in LONDON: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1840. Nothing can be more unwise at the present tno ment, on the part of either the English or the French press, than the assumption of an insolent or a braggart tone, under the flimsy disguise of a lofty firmness, respecting the settlement of th e , Eastern question. If the Memorandum of the French Government has failed to convince us that France has all the ground for complaint set forth by her Cabinet—if we have risen from the perusal of M. TillElls' despatch without being able• to perceive in the complaints of the French Minister any just cause for doubting the integrity of Lord PALMERSTON'S intentions towards France —if we are still doubtful as to the existence of any real interest which France can have in impeding the execution of the Treaty of London—we frankly and deliberately repeat what we stated the very day we published Lord PALMERSTON'S note — namely, that France has had just reason to feel deeply mortified. The sudden change in the policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, so remarkable for the tenaciousness with which it adheres to views once expressed—the facilit) with which it yielded every point to England when it was known that France was likely to separate from us in fool ish dudgeon, were in themselves most suspicious circumstances ; and we are not at all surprised to learn that they produced great consternation at the Tuileries. On August 6, 1839, Count NESSEL RODE, in the name of his Imperial Master, in a de spatch, communicated to the French Government " The EMPEROR in no way despairs of the safety of the Porte, provided that the Powers of Europe do but leave it in repose, and do not, by their untimely ag,itation compromise its tranquillity in their desire to secure it ;" and yet in the Sep tember following—in less than the space of a single month, M. DE 13RuNow was sent by Russia to England, with an offer to cover Constantinople with a Russian army, Mille dr.! other Powers might find it agreeable to blockade Syria ! It is a strange — it is a suspicious circumstance to find Russia thus wheeling about from left to right to suit the plea sure of Lord PALMERSTON, without any osten sible ground for so doing. It is the more suspicious, ;nasmuch as Russia heldaloof‘v lu t l i e le a ca p b e i r n fe e c ts t agreement was known to exist between of London and Paris. Lord PALMERSTON'S note accuses France of intriguing in an underhanid.hiinsaninserdisattincCtloynsdteanniteid nople and Alexandria . by the French Minister, who, however, admits that France sought to promote a good understanding ETENiNG EMTION. --,--- " between the SULTAN and his vassal. The French Ambassador at Constantineple," ti';'s THIERs, 44 never sought to negotiate a direct ar rangement between the SULTAN and the VICE- Roy. * * 4 (' The instructions of lie KING'S Government have never directed hint to take any step of the kind. Without doubt, France has never dis c ontinued her efforts to effect a reconcilia on between the SULTAN and the VIcEROY, to dispose both the one and the otter to make reason able concessions, and to facilitate by this means that delicate task which Europe had undertaken to accomplish ; but we have constantly recommended both the Count DE PON TOTS and M. DE COCHELeT to avoid with the greatest possible care e verything that might be looked upon as an attempt to set the other Powers aside, anti they have scrupulously ob served these instructions." Now it really does appear to us that the English Minister, irritated at the supposed intrigues of M. FE PoNTOIS, the French Ambassador at the Porte, and M. nE Co- CIIELET, the French Consul-General at Alex dria, did sign the Treaty sooner and more secretly than he would have done had he supposed such intrigues to have no existence. This we thin k every person who care f u lly peruses his 1-4° lll ‘ ship s note must i n f er from it. N ow ' it would be instructive to know t h e s ource' whence Lord PALMERSTON derived an impress ion so unfavourable tow ar d s F renc h diplomacy. Vid CO' the belief o r i g i nate w i t h L or d P O NSONBY or lonel HODGES, or did these gentlemen receive the ir inspirations from the Counts DE BOLITINIir and DE MED EM ? At a ll eve nts it would have detracted n n uni c i a lo ted nothing gifsrouts-n ;signs e on i s i t i o list N e l r . T ial udilg:nsity, ha Lord PALMERSTO N , b e f ore s igning the TrestPal a prompt , . inthena and ex meo fo p u lci rialtlpia(njal niecewiotl: ay Fr owai e needeolande 0 The delay of a f e w d a y s or wee ks was thenf o ti r o r s ° : moment to the Allies, while it was of the utiiin importance, not only t o E ng l a nd but to Enre'r.e't that no just cause of off en ce or even of c°3lPial a should be given to France. There w ere al° a host of minor considerations which it h ein)e ta Lord PALMERSTON, as an able Minister, on t he lose sight of, although it was impossibl e °st a le could in any way allude to them. For exe m i l a ' his Lordship knew that between the lieg al ! ; „ 1 g Imperial families of Russia and France something I LAa ik ill, e ile,irre a ssEi p .o e %n, r . sonal hatred existed, which rendered t h _ jealous of the supposed leanings of g t c l o ie tui i ; r edi e rn ° olo 7 t ; : N rae e n Neither Lord the er (ih pa NICHOLAS bAitLof EcßosnTc n oe o aN r i in LO o I s P ii o . a I be sensible that in uniting England with Rn ss e , he must inflict a wound on the self-love of a S i ° of reign who is the personification of the triumP i l . ch those principles of civil and religious liberty tc' w . 1 la the house of Brunswick stands indebted for the ti l l ) Crown encircling the head of our gracious au f E o ll se l importance in diplomacy ; and Trifles seemingly of no concern, are o f simil e ic never fails to take clue advantage of them. $ 1 ( 0 the Emperor NAPOLEON sent General .11,N°,1.10e Ambassador to Lisbon, he strictly charged :lea the JUNOT not to ridicule anythin fr og hable in 0 , costume of the ladies, adding with' profound s . B sest a wise stat.ear;4lll:o city, that the real origin of wars between the vv! f $ and most pacific nations was often an ali iir . 0 i s head-dress, or something equally trifling. illisood an axiom which the boasted growth of poP ular , i . r g n i c e• sense and intelligence ought not to preven t . 0 etc , matists from occasionally remembering. sisal tary motion of the moral, no less than the pllYco, world, is often apt to carry us back to s illy but Der influencing motives of conduct of which, in s v e, moments, we fancied we had taken an eternal l e " o f theWnee g f o r t a i l a tk ti l o y n a s d o ir i t , it th t e hat at the comment:Oen:lo g a l o a i rn i d a i Empireunderstood o! than ilm Easternwo r h e a b t q ;: . the st n i o °, ‘ Ili question, i e 'l a r Pi t o f -1; ,:n 1 o ti f te E o n she Ice e P ing by the French Govelnine , nt—namely, •.- Tur k e y' of the Russians and the Egyptians out of • t But NI. TIIIERS has n o t attempted t° Sl. what way the SU LTAN cou ld k ee p these eft tf l 1"Vi coo I 1 of ruin at a distance without the extent of terrilahj , rue in claieel fur him be England. It would be ' rue to obtain the guarantee of France for the ' flt , e o * of Turkey ; but surely something o rs parchment guarantee was required t° s o a 0 the repose of the East. It would have been I insult to France himself to demand from he r s- • 0 e guarantee after the pledge she had previousempire of her determination to uphold the Ottoman °iot in the family of the SULTAN. This is 1 1 1 , 0 11, considered more secure eti t w i i s t h one tlie which M. Tlifens takes care not to dw el ` "c o o s bound w o.h ich a nd oP en .ve diy. it England waslti his adsuatyl always sit maintained n s t p a o i ikieedn that the 0. i . : out io n. s es v i ere , g ., greatest which h e care, ya of Syria must be virtually master of 'therJoin* and it was incumbent on France to hav e en lis t to 1 I issue with England on this conviction, or Froe e proved it to be visionary and erroneous. whit ,he did neither. Affecting an indifference satwk did not feel, and an air of reserve whic h ~ w hich \tastily upon her, she awakened suspicinn _ ot os r ec.. she took no care to allay, and provoked which could not fail to hurt her self-love. go od .5 Our Contemporaries, with as little trot" as taste, affect to ridicule the statement of th op . Constanto.m.pt:i Minister, that at the commencement of th e y.,rop iit tiations the independence of the Ottoman Iles' was understood to mean only the keeping 1 1 1 e Th e sians and Egyptians out of Constantinople. 00, day's c Morning Chronicle, which is ne ver two ;"io ns sistent with itself, and which burlesques the oy to be, of the Government, whose org an it prete°' i l at c oil' is as facetious as its dull conc e p tion °f s' thisl sub stitutes pleasantry will permit it to be 0- nvestal' fear of /' that M r jest. Now what was really the that he sin°9 II E M ET ALI should take Syria, but 01 tha t Europe after the battle of Nezib? Not ld s dethrone MAHMOUD. The dread was 11 , ie , of Inc would insist on having smother s' s o, . , ~us urp of the Empire, but th at he would ' I c in vasi°ll and by such usurpation justify t i Asia Minor by hordes of Itussians. A o f t ha to every body conversant with the history joes to period, and can be denied by nobody who Eogiiill speak the truth. And why s hould ail m i ii is- Journal not admit the truth of the Fien eh A th sl Vet , ' ter's assertion, seeing, as we before obser or ire Turkish c it remains to be proved, how the • 2 is • , et could now maintain its integrity without Syr , a re ) event' , 0 14 So far, then, as the progress of d PA Lit F",s: known, it a ppears to us that Lot_ it. -at and M. TittEtts have both been in error, 31 or le o EnO te boil' both have been unconsciously made hey b ° the tools of Russia. For what was it t D A' desired ? The same objects precisely, 1e g o both t n '•'his is knoslrnt sought the independence of Turkey-- Egyp t ' vernme ntaldomination of MEI! EM ETA L l . l . 0 ;0 . d deter Mere questions of . territory were of little accol' when compared with the unanimityan hese ri"ts, f l op of the two Governments uu o " t ' , o vett. Yet Russia contrived to sow dissension . co he alb all of the them ; and when France, might have laughed at the intrigues s was xr Tait" J Cabinet of St. Petersburglis -'-'• , , , an j o duul.'s- e " silly enough to hold back contr ivan ces the e lO l thus crown with success What had Franc Aid of a concealed enemy• by joining t es.e i wit n `' 0 •4 to hav e " --1 e-. supposing Lord PALMERsT • vis _ i . F ra nC it) , in a proper regard for the fee l; '` ,, o u: t of. rest England to fear from the designs of Itiiss i ' ? , which for the sake of arg_utnent, a n(l . q u er, we wil , l "nell "1""re redotiode to tine authority of the F admit he was—would it not have too "'t I