The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

EVENING EDIT ON. MONEY MARKET and CIT . y NEWS (THURSDAY EVEN.: N e.,.) CHRONCLE.—There is every rear,on for believing that the storpf a war bP :.vreea Mexico and Texas is al most pure invention. The speech of. the Texian Presi dent is now publis,'.o3a, in which he says, that in conse quence of its I.oiiing been confidently asserted in the papers cf the U ,.tted States, and as craifidently belie v e d there. that ' tgei Mexican Government had made a contract in Eu :Amt. for several vessels of war, and actually made a con "tract for the purchase of a steam-vessel of war, with the view of making a descent upon Texas, he had considered it his duty to keep the navy at sea, but was cor.strained by a sense of justice from making captures of Mexican property while their accredited agent was engaged in Mexico negotiating for peace with that Govern ment. When, then, the Texian Envoy in Mexico has explained to his Government that the reports of Mexi can vessels of war having been purchased to attack Texas are entirely false (which we have no doubt they are), the presumption is that peace will be secured between the two republics. When it is known also that the inde:;endence of Texas bas been acknowledged by Great Britain, it is not likely that Mexico would persevere in any plan of hostilities stvaiost the independence of that State. The Tertian President was not aware, at the date of his niesaage, that General Hamilton had effected a commercial treaty with this country, and attributes the difficulties which he had encountered in raising a loan to the refusal cf our Go vernment, and that of Holland, to recognise the existence of Texas. TIM E S.—Private letters have been reedit , . d from Moat.: Video, dated October 12 and 13. By those of the first date it appears that Admiral Maekau left Monte Vi dro on the 11th for the blockade squadron off Buenos Ayres, as it was SUppOged, to treat with Rosas for the set ttentent of this long-pending question. The Gazette of the 13th contains an account of the defeat of Lopi z and Oribe's force by Lavalle, the inking of the capital of Santa Fe, and the capture of several pieces of artillery and som. stores. Lavalle has made prisoners of many of the Monte Videan officers attached to Oribe. Business was at a stand still, hides scarce and dear, and vessels were getting very high freights for produce ready to ship. The exchange was 421. The nuisance inflicted by the undertakers of German lot teries through the Post-office, its sending details of them to parties who are thereby subjected to the payment of postage, seem, to be very tench on the increase, and complaints of the itaction are heard on all sides. One of these from Frankfort, and charged with ls-. 4,1. for postage, has been sent by a correspondent, who was informed at our own Pest office that the practice was becoming extremely general, but did not suggest any remedy or return the postage; indeed, it seemed rather to be regarded there as a goad thing, in Producing an increase of revenue, which would not otherwise have accrued. Some difficulty may perhaps exist rs to any remedy for such an annoyance. The most effectual one would be to return the letters, and subject the panics to postage in their turn ; hut they are most likely prepared for that, and, as there is no reciprocity with German postage, it would impose a further tax on the ie ceiver. We should think the Post-office could hardly object in such cases to return the postage, as clearly an imposition on the parties. If the offenders were not be yond the reach of Ea 1i , .11 law, the act might be treated as an illegal one, as a form of advertisement for a foreign lottery ; hut at all events !t would be of public utility if any one could suggest the means of putting an end to such a nuisance. HERALD.—Private letter; from Santiago do Chile, I received yesterday, with the papers extracted from, state as a positive fact that all the negotiations between Colonel Walpole the British Consul-General, Mr. Caldcleugh aa agent for the bondholders, and the Chileno Government were broken oFf in respect of arrears of interest on the debt. The Finaace Minister required that the arrears to be consolidated should bear no interest for ten years. It is toad. rstood the Committee of the bondholders have received despatches to the effect which it may be ex pected will be made public in due course. From the tenour of the present communications it will be seen that too much and indiscriminate liberality of praise was lavished upon the Chileno officials on occasion of the late resumption of the payment of dividends to the bondholders on the stock of the loan as originally created. What share that zealous functionary Senor Rosales may have had in contributing to this dishonest conduct of his Government by his advice and communications does not appear, and is best known to himself. So far as the bond holdeis may be entitled from past experience to hazard a judgment they would certainly be justified in inferring that ha had displayed very much greater regard for the con temptible money interests than for the honour and reputa tion of his country. It would now seem quite clear that in consenting so tardily to resume the payment of divi dends on the bonds, on the refusal of the former pro positions for half interest on the bonds and half interest on the capitalised dividends in arrear, the Chileno Government were planning a despicable species of chicane for fraudulently consummating by a less direct process that robbery upon the creditors originaly contemplated, but, being foiled in, apparently abandoned. For it will be remembered that the first pro position submitted by Senor Rosales on behalf of that Go vernment in 1837 was the payment of 3 per cent., that is, 103. in the pound, as interest on the debt alone. His next offer in 1839 was 3 per cent: interest on the debt with 3 per cent. interest on the arrears of dividends capita lised at 78/. It will be seen therefore that the fraud con sists in just giving no more, or but little more now, than was offered and rejected in 1839. For 6 per cent. now on the debt, and no interest whatever to be allowed on the arrears, is but a shade beyond the terms of 3 per cent. on the debt and 3 per cent. on 781. of arrears before spurned. SUN.—To-day there has been a soarcity of money in the Stock Exchange, but this was not such as to lead to any pressure. It was as usual, the talk in some quar ters, that the Bank Directors, in order to check the in fluence of the many loans on the tapis, and to arrest the fall in the Foreign Exchanges, are about to impose some further restriction on the Money Market, but it is need less to observe that this would be quite a contradiction to the recent measures of the Directors for alleviating the condition of our mercantile interests by an extension of accommodation, and that if such a course of policy were resolved upon at such a time of year, it would be a ruinous addition to the difficulties of the master manu facturers, and a sad increase to the distress of those in their employ. It is our impression, that for the present, at least, the Directors will not interfere any further than by a judicious exercise of caution in their issues, in the affAirs of the Money Market, before the re-openin4 of the Transfer Books, unless, indeed, some extraordinary occasion demands prompt measures not only for their own protection, but also for that of the industrious com munity at !age, among whom, of course, we do not in clude the mere capitalist, who profits too frequently by the ‘ hardness of the tittes."_ The quiet manner in which the ceremonies attendant upon the deposit of lirapoleon's remains at Paris ap pearea to have passed off, has eased the 'ears excited in some quarters, icf,t occasion tv,ight have been take to excite an emeute, and Consols ndlied a shade in conse quecce, being at 88,-1 to 89 for the opening. Bank Stock remained at 137 to IL6 A. ; Exchequer Bills did not. alternate more than from Is. premium to la. dis count, and India Bands were at 12. i. to 14s. discount. The - Reduced Three-and-a-Haif per Cents. reaVzA 97i to 97. In Shares and Foreign Stocks there was only a small busiaest done to-day, but the quotations averaged quite as 14,11 as yesterday, and in many cases, especially as refords stocks, they were a trifle better. The Active Spmish Bands realised 23 to i f , the Portuguese New Five per Cents. 32-i to 33, the Three per Cents. 21 to .1, Colombian Six per Cents. 24*. Mexican 28, and (Milian 55; Dutch Five per Cents. were 9Si to 97k. Loudon and Brighton Shares closed at Eq-, Blae.kwall at 51, and South Eastern at 16 discount, Great Western were 9.31- premium. MORTALITY in the METAOPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Nun her of D, , Lths from all Cause* Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the sth December, 1840." The Table is issued bum the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average Total. 1 Z±3B: CAUSES OF DEATH Epidemic, Fndemic. and Contagious Diseases 223 '265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 162 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Orgams of Itospiration Diseases et the llea-t and Bloodvesseis Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ao 57 Diseases of the Kidnays, &c. Ctiildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat... Old Age, or Natural Decay B4 79 Deaths I: y Violence, Privat?tm, or Intemperance '22 26 Causes not specified 3 13 Deaths from all causes ---- Average Weekly Deaths ............... 1087 1 ,013 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. West ern Districts ... 182 ...... Deaths,lB3B. 156 North Districts Central Distric ts 204 ...,, 208 East Districts South Districts 238 ... ...... . Total ......... 1087 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within a id without the walis s tho Ci i ty n an d Liberties of Westinii.ster, the out parishe withthe bills of mortality—and the par ishes of St. Nfirylehane St. Pancras ; Kensington; Fulham ; flarnmcr ,Lnith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; l'aldington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington • St. Leonard, Brotille} ; St. Mary•le bow ; Camberwell; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas an S . Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The p ipulation as Ceti merited in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly avera g e for i :3ra:" obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that yea rby 52. Ineetziparing it with the weekly deaths in 1 84 0, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the popul iou h a d , _ ueen the same in 1838 as in 1840, the d.;atlis would hay. been 1 -27th part more numerous General Register-office, Dec. 10, 1840. BRECHIN.--Lord Panmure left Brechin Castle o n Tuesday, on Ins 'way to London, for the winter. Pre viola to leaving : he sent over his usual liberal contribution of 451., to be laid out i n p urc h asing coals for the poor i n the course of the winter.—ltlontrose Review. The post-office at Honiton, Devon, and ten h ouse s adjoining were totally d estroyed b y fire, on Sun day evening week. The lettera were f ortunately all pt oat in safety. MALTA. (From the Malta Times of Dec. 5.) lONIAN ISLANDS. His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner arrived in Corfu from Zante on the 13th of November, accompanied by his suite. Frequent shocks of earthquake continued to be felt in Zante, but almost all slight ; when there hap pen) which is but seldom) stronger ones, they are suffi cient to overthrow those buildings, or parts of buildings, which have been most injured. In the meantime every one endeavours to repair the damage he has suffered, and some with their own means, some by borrowing, and others with the assistance afforded by Government, and with the charity which the philanthropic have supplied, and are still supplying, turn their attention to those la bours which arc most necessary for rendering their houses habitable in the approaching winter season. Inexpressi. bly provident was the measure adopted by Government of deferring for some time to come the course of the judicial causes of that island in civil affairs, to give every one free opportunity of attending quietly to his own individual wants. About three score carpenters and masons, who se out from this a fee; days ago on purpose, arrived in Zante very opportunely. Oar accounts from Athens, Nov. 23, continue to give the same details of misgovernment, of alienation of the people from their Sovereign, the same determination on the part of the latter to pursue the anti-national system, and to refuse to liseen to the wishes of the Greeks in grant ing teem a constitution. All the endeavours of the British Minister to induce King Otho to listen to proposals for putting a stop to the slave trade, which is carried on to at► incredible extent under the Greek flag, are useless, or worse than useless. Indeed, it appears to be quite suffi cient for Sir Edmund Lyons to propose anything for the benefit of the King and country to be met with a refusal. A commission has been sitting at Athens to examine in to the case of the torture of the poor Maltese Agins, but, although a report had been given, yet, being against the monster 'Nines, it had not been communicated to the British mission, but had been sent beck to the Commission to be revised ! Does not this speak volumes? NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Hecate steam-frigate, Commander J. H. Ward, took her departure on the 3d instant, with despatches for Admiral Stopford; several military officers proceeded in her to join the forces in Syria. She has on board a large supply of Ordnance stores. The Acheron steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander Kennedy, arrived ou the 2d inst. from Gibraltar, with the London mails of the 14th ult. The Oriental steam mail ship proceeded on the Ist inst. with mails for Gibraltar and England. The City of Dublin steam mail ship proceeded on the 2d inst. with mails for the lonian Islands and Greece. -- The Magpie surveying cutter, Lieutenant Commander Brock, arrived in port on the 2d instant from Athens; left the 26:h ult. The Beacon surveying ve.3sel, Lieutenant Commander Graves, arrived yesterday from Athens ; left the 26th ult. The Talbot, 26. Captain H. J. Codring ton, arrived at Constantinople from Acre on the 21st ult. with about 100 Egyptian prisoners. The Tyne, 26, Captain John Townsend, arrived at Corfu on the 21st ult., trom Zante ; left on the 19th, and was lying at Corfu on the 24th. The Phoenix steam-frigate, Commander R. F. Stop ford, arrived at Gibraltar on the 21st ult. from Acre and Malta, and took her departure again for England on the following day. The Apollo troop-ship arrived at Gibraltar on the 24th ult., in 60 days from tante, 57 from Cephalonia, and 31 from Malta. The Medea steam frigate arrived last evening, having left Alexandria on the 27th ult. (12 hours after the French steamer), but brings no further intelligence, other than, we understand, a copy of the Convention. All the ships except the Powerful and Carysfort are gone to Marmorica-bay. Commodore Napier has proceeded in the Prometheus to communicate all that he had done to Admiral Stopford. EASTERN AFFAIRS. The following proclamation has been addressed by the Porte to the Commander-in-Chief and the other superior officers of the Turkish Army in Syria : Ever since my accession to the Imperial throne, my first wish, my most ardent desire, has been for the amelio ration of the condition of my subjects, and to settle the Egyptian question, which has been an obstacle to the hap piness and prosperity of the inhabitants of Syria, one of my hereditary possessions. With this view, in union with my :Lilies, the Four Powers, I concluded the treaty of London, and in order to execute its stipulations, it has been necessary to have recourse to coercive measures. Scraskier, Generals, Colonels, Officers, and Soldiers numerous successes and brilliant victories have been the fruits of your innate fidelity, your courage, your emulation with the Admirals, Generals. and Officers of the Allied Forces in heroic gallantry. Your exploits will yet be able to render your Sovereign many honourable services, and I on my part shall not fail to requite them by distinctions and rewards. It is, therefore,with the greatest pleasure, the most sincere gratification, that I here publicly express my entire satisfaction at the laudable manner in which you have performed your duty, at the gallantry and good-will of the Admirals, Generals, and other officers of the Allied forces, and at the obedient fidelity of the inhabitants of Syria. It is in testimony of my admiration that the pre sent proclamation, decorated with the sign-manual, has been issued and sent. Let it be opened and read in the pre sence of all, that my approbation may be declared to the whole army, Every one will, lam confident, cheerfully exert himself to the utmost to remove radically, as soon as possible, the destructive will that has debarred the in habitants of Syria from the enjoyment of the security of persons and property, the welfare and prosperity, that have been extended to my other subjects. The renewal of your strenuous efforts to be instruments for the production of this great good will secure you my especial regard, which will be hourly strengthened and augmented. Con formably to my former orders you will b careful on all occasions to preserve the most amicable relations with the commanders and officers of the Allied forces, and to act cordially in union with them. Exert yourselves to pro , mote the cause of your Sovereign, end every one of you will become the praise and admiration of future ages." We quote the following from the Constantinople corre spondence of the Journal de Smyrne, under date of the 28th ult. : " Admiral Walker was received by the Sultan in the evening of the 19th in private audience. The brave sailor was greeted with all the Grand Seignor's accustomed affa bility, and received every expression of the Sovereign's sa tisfaction at his conduct throughout the recent proceedings in S ria. On leaving his presence the Sultan invested him with the insignia o Vice-Admiral as a reward for his eminent services. On the 21st the English frigate Talbot arrived from Sr. Jean d'Acre with about thirty Egyptian prisoners, among whom are several young officers. The Sultan has ordered that all the Egyptian prisoners at Constantinople shall be divested of their national dress, or nailer their rags, and be new clothed from head to foot. They have been distributed in the different barracks, leaving to each man to choose that which be preferred. This humane and kind treatment, to which they had never been used, excited in them both joy and surprise. It may be concluded that they will never regret losing their old toaster, but will bless God that they have escaped from a rod of iron to come under the paternal sway of the Sul tan. The first time they received their rations of bread, they prostrated themselves on the earth and returned thanks to the Prophet, covering their portions with many kisses. These unfortunate creatures, though born on the fertile banks of the Nile, had never in their lives been allowed to taste a morsel of such bread. From this fact, which will be testified by the whole population of Con stantinople. every one may judge of the condition of the peop!e of Egypt under the domination of Mehemet Ali. A now journal in the Armenian language is announced to appear after the feast of Retrain." The Eastern Observer's Constantinople intelligence, 28th ult., gives us the subjoined information : The Sultan has directed a splendid brilliant necklace, composed entirely of diamonds of the first water, to be imme.liately prepared as a present to her Majesty Queen Viteoria. It is intended to he a token of his esteem for our bcl .ved Sovereign, who has been his Highness's best friend in the hour of tnd. A new Persian arnbassadr has arrived here, and has been complimented by the Porte in the usual manner. There is some talk of the nun - - nation of a person of high rank to go as Ottoman am b.silivior to Paris, to assist at deliberations to take place regarding the arrangmcnt of the Et.Typ t;an question. Izzet Pacha has been finally recalled from Syria, and made Governor of Adrianopie. The new Go vernor of Syria is Z Aerie Facha. The Egyptian frigate which lately arrived here fob of prisoners was, on the pas sage from Syria, the scene of dreadful distress. She hid 1,400 Egyptians on hoard, besides a Turkish crew, and the captain hit upon a most inhuman manner of getting money ; lie sold the water; and such of the unhappy wretches as had not money to buy it were left to die of thirst. Out of the number upwards of 400 thus perished. There ought to have been co want of water, as at no period of the voy age was the ship over 12 hours' sail from a port, where it could have been, procured in abundance if wanted. A small barrel was sold for about 31., and this to men who were 22 months in arrears of pay, and could not be other wise than in extreme destitution. The Minister of Com merce, his Excellency Ahmed Fethi Pacha, has decided that the public sale of the privilege for fishing leeches in the various lakes of the Ottoman empire shall commence on the Ist of January next. The lakes of each district will be sold separately, as last session, and the purchasers will have permission to fish for leeches in them during one year, from the 13th March,lB4l,to the 12th March 1842, in clusive. Persons understanding the business, who have gone into these operations, have realized large sums." COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday morn ing, at eleven o'clock, a commission of lunacy was opened at Mr Dar.4's, the K•ng's Head Hotel, Egham, Surrey, b for e William Philliraore, Esq , one of her Majesty's Clumi:sioneis or Lunacy, and a Specid Jury, composed Of sixteen Magistrates and freeholders of the county, to iv:quire into the state of mind bf the Rev. Harry Jordan Pace, Xl. M., formerly of Dorsetslitre, but at present con fined at Sir John Chapman's Lunatic Asylum, Great Fos ter House, Eghirn. The Commission had been sued out at th instance of the wife of the Reverend Gentleman, who had caused him to be recently removed from Le Con vent du Bon Sasoir, Caen, i n N orman d y , to G reat F oster ii mise . The Commission, which was unopposed, was sup ported by Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Duncan, solicitors, of Lotlibuy. The evidence adduced, and an interview with the unfortunate gentleman himself, left no doubt of the state of his mind. The principal characteristic of his ma lady seemed to a b r e s a u n f a a l g m i sc o: o t I n u v w i na thetihabe invariable aotmuarcesietuorfn establishmenti thety. in He u e i r i_ ay s thirty-seven ye, there e a n heard to speak f or t wenty years. ii,tawtieanststwahteodhtahsatn, That the Rev. Harry Jordan Plac e i s not been of The Jury found—" p o a r b b k y of whatll m g o o v a e n r s nm h e er b , te became m b e i m o _ f unselfusropurnodpenriitnyd; banudt unsound issoyuuidtamiuu of God. indwe(the”Jury) are unab l e t o say , unless by the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,1840. NAPOLEON'S REMAINS. (From the COnstztutionnel.) In front of the Hotel des Invalides extends a garden, enclosed at some distance in front by a ditch, which is passed by a grille, or grated portal. At this grille the funeral car stopped, and the coffin, when first re moved, was carried across the garden to the porch of the Hotel des Invalides. The grille was covered with black drapery, attached to triumphal columns, and supported here and there by laurels. The n Imes of various victories were inscribed on the columns. In front of the grille extended green platforms and pro manacles to the river. Here was built up a scaffold ing„ for which standing-tickets were given, and which were filled by the better -class of the public. On each side were ranged the statues of the Marshals, with triumphal poles, decorated as trophies, and ornamented with large flags, and with plaster statues of the Mar- steals as - formerly described. In the porch of the Invalides was a kind of reposoir in black drepery and silver, adorned with silver and attached to bucklers. It was surmounted by the Imneripi arms, and his victories were inscribed on each side. The inner court of the Invalides was ornamented by estrades, or scaffolding, reserved for veteran officers and soldiers. The colonnade and galleries were orna mented and covered with garlands, and rows of masts with colours, and topped with golden stars, were ranged along the path through which the coffin passed. At the extremity of the court was erected a temporary chapel before the gate of the church of the invalides, orna mented with portraits of the Marshals and inscriptions of the places where their victories took place. The nave of the church is of course the most richly decorated. The galleries are covered with draperies, and each pilaster is adorned with a trophy of iri co loured flags. Between these the drapery was adorned with an imperial crown in gold, the eagle and sceptre. To long garlands hang crowns of laurel, each with inscriptions, of which the following is a list :—Campo Formic), Code Napoleon, Creation de la Legion d'Honneur, Concordat, Restoration du Culte, Creation de la Cour des Comptes, Luneville, Amiens, Tracau d'utilite publique, Organization de l'Administration, Creation du Conseil d'Etat, Creation de la Banque de France, Lettres, Sciences, et Arts, Industrie, Commerce et Agriculture. Lighted cande labra were ranged round. The pillars were covered with bras-reliefs, representing trophies, with the names of the Marshals and their victories. These were Ney, Prince of the Moskwa, and his victories—Elchingen, Hohenlinden, Cuidad Rodrigo, Lutzen, Moskwa, and Montraerail. Mortier, Duc do Trevise—Hoondevlaet, Fleurs, &c. Kieber—Fleurs, Heliopolis, Cairo, &c. Duroc—Jaffa, Wagram, Lobau, Novi, Genoa, and Austerlitz. Bessieres, Due d'lst rie—Rivoli, Pyramids, Marengo. Jourdan—Amerce, Hoondevlaet, Fleurs, Hautpoul, Nimeguen, Jena, Eylau. Desaix—Chem burg, Marengo, &c. Lariboissier—Mayence, Aus terlitz. Serrurier—Hanover. St. Michel, Maubie, Venice, &c. Baraguay D'Hillier—Mayence, Ulm, &c. Lannes, Duke of Montebello—Lodi, Pyramids, Austerlitz, &c. / The old altar of the church had been removed, and two immense trophies rose at the entrance of the dome. Up to the first galleries, the drapery is of violet velvet, fringed with gold. On the right and left, near the tombs of Turenne and Vauban, were prepared places for the Peers and Deputies. The entrance by the southern gate was shut up, and against it was placed the altar, at the right of which was the Royal Tribune, richly ornamented, and by the side of it one for the Court. The columns were covered with golden dra pery, embroidered with bees. The twelve windows of the domes were covered rids violet blinds, with spread eagles embroidered on them. The catafalque stands where the tomb is to be. It is fifty feet high. It is composed of two stories, each angle of the lower one decorated by a statue of Victory ten feet high, with palm branch and buckler and trophies, with foreign flags. On the second rise four columns with places for the coffin, covered at top by a rich couronnemont. Sixteen funeral urns, arms, and a great number of lustres surround the catafalque. The Journal du Commet ce says that the National Guard and people remarked with sorrow the total ab sence of all kind of civil pomp in the cortege of Na poleon. Neither the Chambers, the Cabinet, the Royal Family, nor any of the great bodies founded by the powerful genius of the legislator of 1804 figured at the convoy. They were present only in the church of the Invalides, where they coldly assisted at the funeral ser vice, as if it were a mere anniversary. Not one of the men whom Napoleon made so great, and who enjoy the blessings with which he loaded eaem, was on his knees at Courbevoie shedding tears over the imperial mantle. The cold was too intense—it was too early—the Mar shals, Ministers, Generals, and grand dignitaries could not attend, and the mortal remains of the Emperor had to be received, on landing, by the parish priest of Courbevoie, the Swiss, two chanters, a few acolytes, and the beadle. The Constitutionnel, on the other hand, observes that one of the greatest humiliations of France, the most poignant, perhaps, had been repaired on that day. " The ashes of the soldier she had raised to the throne, of the man who represented her during twenty years, have" it says, " been brought back from exile. Evan in the state of degradation to which she has been re duced for the last two months she startled with joy and pride ; she has another grand page to add to tier his tory. She has the funeral of Napoleon to oppose to Europe, who now taunts her with insults ; the people who know thus how to honour past services will always find great citizens to espouse its cause. That pious worship of the past effaces the shame of the pre sent, and is a guarantee for the future. The million of men who bowed to the ashen of the hero eloquently pro tested, in the name of Franca, against the traitors of 1815, whose fatal yoke we still undergo. He at least, after being victorious during fifteen years, was once conquered. But why should we, who have not suffered a defeat, be humiliated to such a degree? Has this new treaty of Vienna a Waterloo for an excuse ?" The Journal des I)ebats, after contending that the ceremony, so far as the Invalides, should be exclusively military, maintains that the people did not salute on this occasion, in Napoleon, the chief of a dynasty which no longer exists, nor the glorious, but merciless, founder of imperial despotism ; they honoured in him the great warrior, who covered France with immense glory, the man who at a period when soi'ial order could only be saved by the energy of the Goveinment wielded the sceptre with as firm a hand as the sword. " For," it adds, " the re-establishment of the constitution of toe empire is now an imbecile dream, or an anarchial thought concealed under an admiration without truth or frankness." The Journal de Havre says—" The Imperial flag which floated from the mainmast of the Normandie was brought from St. Helena. It was the one presented to the Prince de Joinviiie by the ladies of the island, who made it with their own hands, as a homage to the me mory of the Emperor ; and the Prince, in accepting it, promised them that it should wave over the coffin of Napoleon as far as Paris. The white and blue parts are in silk, and the red in China crape. The cypher in ►gold, which is in the middle, is embroidered with gold thread from the epaulettes of English officers at St. Helena, presented by them for that purpose. The Normandie will retain, during the whole season, the mourning decorations which were made to receive the precious depssit intrusted to her ; and further, to per petuate the remembrance of this glorious mission, the space which was occupied by the coffin will be enclosed with a railing, and an engraved brass plate recording the event will be placed upon it." -ir THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—At a meet ing of licensed victuallers, friends of Mr. Oats, held at the Fountain Inn, Meal-street, Manchester, on Wednes day, November 4, it was resolved unanimously that the period has now arrived when the past services of Mr. Oates (embracing a pericd of nee: ly three years). as R.r liamentsry agent to the Maucitester and Salford Licensed Victuallers' Association, and the societies of other towns, together with his able advocacy of tl-.0 best interests of the trade generally throughout England, by his admirable and unanswered pamphlet, entitled A Letter to her Majesty's Ministers on the Operation of the Beer Act, so highly spoken of by the leading metropolitan and provincial burnals of the day, as also his work styled Questions and Answers on the Operation of the Beer Act, require, as they deserve, the serious and favourable consideration of the whole trade. It is now proposed to raise a fund to compensate Mr. Oates; and as the general nature and re sult of his services involved an interest common to all licensed victuallers, the undersigned, in tendering their voluntary subscription for that purpose, do so in the hope that their fellow-tradesmen will follow their example, and they will be happy to receive subscriptions on his behalf. Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Pakington, M. P. for Droit wich, and Mr. Mark Philips, M. P. for Manchester, who had opportunities of witnessing the zeal and assiduity Mr. Oates displayed in the cause of the licensed victuallers, have given strong testimonials in his favour. THE FAST DAY.—Yesterday being the day set apart by the Presbytery of Edinburgh for a public thanksgiving to God for the late abundant harvest, the greater number of the shops in the city were closed, and business generally suspended. The compliance, however, with the Presbytery's injunction was far from universal. At least one-third of the shops and public works were open, and carrying on their employments as usual ; while the number of persons who ceased working is anything but a fair indication of the amount of approval accorded either to the expediency of holding a week-day fast at all, or of the spirit in which the appointment was made. The greater number of those who yielded an outward submis sion on the occasion, did so, we have reason to believe, rather because it was usual to do so, and from a good natured wish to avoid being singular, than from any respect to the motives of the clergy. Altogether, the number of " Non-conformists " was considerably greater than we re remember on any former occasion. —Scotsman, Dec. 16. LORD PANMURE.—iIis Lordship, during a visit to Dundee this week, baa not overlooked the chari ties of the town. To the Royal Infirmary he has given 1001. ; to the Medical and Surgical Dispensary, 50/. ; and to the New Infant School Society, 251. His Lordship's donations to public charities have been most liberal. To the Infirmary alone he has, within a few years, given the large sum of 1.6201 , and to the Dispensary 1501. in ad dition to liberal donations to other charitable institutions in Dundee.—Dundee Paper. HANOI ER. TYRANNICAL PROSECUTION OF THE MA GISTRATES OF HANOVER. (From the . Times.) Considerable sensation has been excited in Germany by the publication of Dr Stuve's Defence of the Ma gistrates of Hanover. It appears as the first volume of a new work called the " Staatsarchiv," printed in Jena, and though the Government in Hanover has remon strated against the publication, the expose, for such it may be truly called, is too racy and circumstantial not to have secured for it a circulation prompt and exlen sire, and not to be affected by whatever measures the authorities now may think fit to take. It is, we appre- I bend. generally known that the Magistrates of Hanover Nice been subject to a prosecutioy lor certain public re presentations made by them, particularly those addressed to the German Diet. concerning the abrogation of the Iconstitution of 1833, and the means adopted to bring to ee'lier a second Chamber favoueible to the views of the , present Cabinet. It is a matter of equal notoriety teat the chief Mag!strate, Rienann, has been suspended from his office. Theobject of Dr. Stove's book is to show that the conduct of the Magistrates as a body is justified by the circumstances under which they stood forward on be half of what they believed to be the tru e i n t eres t s o f the 0 Dion, and that the suspension of the chief Mag strate Rumann on political grounds is an excessi ve exer ti on o f power, and practically a punishment not so much for the individual as for the community over which he had so long presided. It cannot be said that the com munity suffers materially from his suspen s ion, a impolitic in it n of the Magis- L s n e e lf a . sur L e itt w le hi l c e i s i s trates in a body for their memorial to the Diet. In s s e e e s i r s ) s t hteo persecution r s highly eeutie vain will the Cabinet of Hanover attempt to convince any number of impartial men that the language em ployed by the Magistrates is treasonable in its nature and tendency, or in any degree disrespectful to the per son of the Sovereign. On the contrary, their expres sions are, for the most part, extremely guarded, and indeed in any country where freedom of discussion forms a part of public liberty it would be ridiculous to fasten on language which, as the prosecutors in this case must have well known, falls short of what any man dis posed to tell the plain truth is entitled and called upon to employ. When, for instance, the Minister Von Schele advised the prosecution of the mernoria!ists for having said that the kingly dignity had been deeply injured by the abuse of the King's name in canvassing, was he ignorant of the facts now brought to light in Dr. Stuve's defence? Of his own conduct the Minister could not have been ignorant. He knew, then, that he had misused the King's name for election purposes. And no man can doubt his having, if not directed, at all events well known of the conduct of Von Voss, Von Steinberg, Von Melortie, and Von During. Yet, with all or any part of this knowledge, he incurs the odium attached to a Crown persecution of men who had used no stronger language than that the abuse of the King's name in canvassing had been deeply injurious to the kingly dignity ! Did he suppose that a persecution so instituted could be car carried through with a struggle on the part of men sure of their facts, versed in the law of the country, and pos sessed of the talents and energy which he himself cannot deny to the principal members of the Magistracy ? When the Privy Councillor Von Marschalk, canvassing for the King's Government, told those who were uevrilling to vote, that unless they did so the King had an army at his disposal—when Count Von Der Decken, solicit ing votes in Verden, a garrison town, threatened the inhabitants, on the authority of the Cammerdirector, Von Voss, in Hanover, with the withdrawal of the garrison, unless they voted in accordance with the King's opinions—when these and scores of similar in stances must have been within the knowledge of the Minister, nothing sliest of a monstrous infatuation could have induced him to take pi oceedings against a body of men for having complained of the abuse of the King's name--a fact susceptible of such irrefragable proofs. The person to whom the discredit is given of being the principal actor in these repulsive scenes is, ac cordirg to Dr. Stuve, the General Von During. Not only was his name constantly employed by the meaner canvassers, but be himself thought it not un becoming to threaten voters with the displeasure Oh his .Majesty should they vote aga i ns t th e Minist e r ; and the great intimacy with which it is well known that General During is honoured by th e Ki ng ma d e it ver y certa i n that he could, if he chose, occasion the misfortune which he threatened. The chief butler, M. Von Malortie, ad mits having asserted the principle, that they who were riot in the King's interest were not worthy to cat the King's bread. The Captain of the Castle, Von Stein berg. sent for Lange, the King's baker, and warned hint not to show himself opposed to the King at the elec tion. He advised him to consider well what he did, and to examine what consequences were likely to fol low. The same nobleman commissioned the Court architect, Laves, to give a similar warning to all those connected with building ; and the Court stove manufacturer, as his evidence expresses, rather than lose his subsistence, consented to vote. Wagner, the Court hatmaker, was visited by M. Von Stein berg, who assured him that it was no idle threat that the Court tradesmen would lose their employ ment unless they voted as was wished. This was re peated by General During, who added that " the King, as far as he knew him, would not revoke his decision." Agitated by those applications, Wag ner, a most respectable man, determined, rather than act against his convictions, to give up his business, to sell his house, and to quit the country. Seeing him thus resolved, the canvassers sent to dissuade hire, and he was no farther molested. It is clear from this case that M. Von Steinberg, and especially General During, made an unwarrantable use of the King's name. M. Von Steinberg distinctly declared that the Marshal's office had received orders to discharge all workmen who were against the political views of Government. Many of the tradesmen expressed their willingness to resign the right of voting, and their wish to have nothing to • do with politics. Reverting to the prosecution of the Magistracy, we must repeat our surprise that any Minister, or any man in his senses, should have made it one of the heads of accusation that they (the Magistrates), in their me morial to the Diet, declare the King's name to have been abused at the elections, the facts just enumerated being notorious to every one connected with the Go vernment, or conversant with the mode of canvassing pursued in the town of Hanover, and in the very Palace of the King, by persons of the highest rank and consideration. BELGIUM. -~---- BRUssELs, DEC. 16.—The avA.age price of Wheat last week was 19i. 34c., and that of Rye 11 f. 38e. M. Nothomb, Belgian Minister Plenipotentiary at Frankfort has arrived at Brussels, and was yesterday in the Chamber of Representatives. The winter has set in early and with severity. By oh serva:ions at the Royal Observatory of Brussels, Re.tu mur's thermometer marked on the night of the 13th., 8 deg. 5 min. below freezing point on the 14th ; at four in the aftornoon it was 5 deg. 6 min. ; and this morning at 8 oVock at 6 deg. The • Moniteur B e ige publishes t o -d ay a R epor t t o the Ki ng , b y M . Z elicau, Mi n i ster for Foreign Aff a i rs, in which he o b serves t h a t i n severa l E uropean S tates , as Engl an d, tie Netherlands, France, Spain, the Two Siell 4 ls, the presumptive heir (th e Ki ng ' s son) has a title invariably given him as such ; the younger Princes are sometimes distinguished by titles, sometimes by the Christian name, and the name of the State. He observes, further, that his Majesty may borrow from history names which live in the memory of the people, and that he has accordingly drawn up an ordinance which be submits to his M.:.- jesty's approbatio n , by which the title of Duke of Bra bant is given to the presumptive heir (the heir apparent), and that of Count of Fianders to his Majesty's second son. Tois Ordinance, approved by his Majesty, is an nexed to the Report. • The Budget of the War Department. including the vote of credit for 4 ,000,0001. is 31,000,000 f. nELtilekk! k,uNDs—isuuss.:Ld. DEC. 16. Actual Det,t,sysi p er Cent. Rothschild's L. --a n• 5 per C‘ht Loan or Thirty per Cent. •. ......... 3 per Cent........... 7. 69A 183 2.4 per Cent 9O Loan of City, Society of Cornroorce, 4 wer Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. 8 N ational Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 16. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Plyniouth Journal.) Her Majesty's post-office packet, Emmetjee, Captain Drew, arrived at Malta, Dec. 1, to be refitted. The Avon steamer, sailed en Friday, for Falmouth and Liverpool. The Tripoli, Sardinia steamer, arrived on Saturday, from London, and t ailed on Sunday for the Mediterranean. The Netley tender, sailed on Saturday to the westward for volunteers.. The Emerald tender, arrived on Sunday, with men from Portsmouth, and sailed again on Wednesday. The Falmouth lighter, sailed on Wednesday, with stores, for Woolwich and Deptford. The Aid lighter, sailed on Wednesday, with stores fur Sheerness and Chatham. The Impregnable and Belleisle bent sails last evening, to go out of harbour this mor n i ng , weather permitting. Remaining ia Hamoaze.—Caletlania, San Josef, Irnpreg• nable, Belleisle, Endymion, Raven, Sylph, Carron steamer, Comet steamer, Louis steamer. Waiting for orders, Abercrombie, R'..bineou master (transport). rived in St. Jamea's-quare, yesterday afternoon , from Mr. George Byng, M.P., .B r i g htoo, and took their d e p arture , t o -d a y, for Wrotham Patk, Heats, where the H on . M em b er and Lady will re ceive a select party during the Christmas holidays. and Mrs. Byng , ar - The movement in support of Irish manufac tures is spreading. The High Sheriff of Waterford has called together his county in support of the principle. Among the names to the requisition are those of Lords Huntingdon and Carew, the county Members, and that of Mr. Wyse, M. P., one of thc Lords of the Treasury. ORDERS FOR THE CI-11NA SUN," NOW PUBLISHING, (AND WHICH WILL BE KEPT ON SALE FOR SOME TIME,) May be given to all News-agents, or sent direct to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, where prompt attention will be paid to each communi- cation in tiAe order it is received, and the Paper duly forwarded, Parties sending Orders should write their Ad dresses distinctly, to prevent mistake. On former occasions several letters had been received with- out either Name or Address. The Price of the CHINA SUN is only SIXPENCE, which can be sent by post FREE. N.B.—No EXTRA Charge to Regular Sub- scribers. THE GOLDEN SUN Was published to commemorate her most Gracious MAJESTY'S CORONATION ; but the Penny Postage, which now facilitates the send ing of letters, was not then in existence. Look ing forward to an event of great national in terest, which Queen VICTORIA has now HAPPILY realised, we reserved a few copies of THE GOLDEN CORONATION SUN, Which can be sent by post free to all parts o: he Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 28, 1840. THE NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, OF T HE DREAM, AND OTHER POEMS, By the HON. MRS NORTON, IS NOW READY, In I vol. post Bvo., with a fine Portrait of the Author, after a Drawing by Landseer, 10s. 6d. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., with numerous Engravings, on Wood. POPULAR T RAD IT 10 - 14S - oi‘ ENGLAND, FIRST SERIES. LANCASHIRE. By JOHN ROBY, Esq., M.R. S.L. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. In 2 vols. post Svo. ' with Portrait, 215., J AMES SMITH'S COMIC MISCELLA NIES, Edited by HORACE SMITH, Esq. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, Is now ready at all the Booksellers'. " One of the most amusing books that have seen the light since the famous " Rejected Addresses themselves."—Globe. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VES.TRIti. THIS EVENING. DEC. Is Will be presented Shakepere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews; Ferd, Mr. Cooper; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ana Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones. After which. THE CRITIC; OR, A. TRAGELY REHEARSED. Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sneer, Mr. Cooper ; Don Ferolo Whiskerandos, \lr. Haley ; Tilburina, Mrs. Orger. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with Brother Ben, and Two in the Morning. On Monday, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with Brother Ben, and Two in the Morning. The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be produced on Saturday Dec. 26, entitled IHE CASTLE OF OTRANTO ; OR, HARLEQUIN - - AND THE GIANT HELMET. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to zommence at Seven o'Clock. Titkete and plat OA for the Boxers to be taken of Mr. Grogan. 41. the Box-office, from Ten till Feur, where Season Tickets may De had upon application.' Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second " Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Anch a WS, bookseller 167, New Bond-street. TEIE'ATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Last Week of Mons. Musard's Engagement. Leader, Mona. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSARD PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 18. PA.AT FIRST. Overture—Le Lac des Fees. Valses—Die Kosenden—Strauss. Overture—Le Serraent. Quadrille-1 Puritani—Musard. Overture—Der Freyschutz—Weber. Air Varie—Violoncello, Mons. Pilet. Grand Scene Satanique, selected from Robert le Diable, ar ranged by Musard. PART SECOND. Overture—Guillaume Tell—Rossini. New Quadrille—Rendezvous de Chasse—Musard. Concerto Ophicleide—Muns. Prospete. Quadrille—Cent-Suisse—Alusard. Overture—Fra Ditvolo—Aubcr. Quadrille—Postillon de Mam'ablou—Musard. Galop—Camille--Trumret Solo, Herr Muller—Musard. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress lircle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, is. 6d Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. . _ . t 44 Mr. E.liason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the lu tuue be opened at the admission of Is. to each person. Doors open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at Eight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Rol al Library, No. 33, Old Bond street, and at the Box-office of I:J. nevi-Q. Prices, 10s. 6d., 11. Is., and 11. Ils. 6d. Boxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on %Idication to Mr. Parsons. at the Box-office, daily, from Ten till Four &Clock. and these in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whole of the evening, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'this splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. In addition to the Solo Performers who have already ap yeared at Ihese Concerts, Mr. Willy has great pleasure in an nouncing that he has made arrangements with M. Delabarre, (Oboe), of the Aeademie Royale, Paris; M. de Folly, (Pic colo) ; and M. Baumann, (Bassoon). THIS EVENING, DEC. 18.—PROGRAMME. FART FIRST. Overture—Preciosa--Weber. Quadrille—Le Carillonneur. Waltz—Der Feen Welt—Strauss. Overture—La Dame Blanche—l3oildieu. Solo on the Bassoon, by M. Baumann. Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the Bridal Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-telling Scene. PART SECOND. Overture— S,miramide—Rossini. Waltz—Hymen Fier Kiang. Quadrille from Oberon—Tutton. Duet Concertante—Flute by'Mr. Carte, Clarinet by Herr Itjen. Les Bouquet des Dames, or Musical Wreath—Strauss. Promenade, 13.—Dress Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, is. 6d. Private Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bend-street. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning...... 19 minutes after 10. I Evening ......49 minutes after 10. The t'ublication of t e Evening Edition of Tux Sux oora mPneed at 10 minutes after Three. Irg;:e I.* , - • •- - „ , r 4 4 . • frf " 1. :X. - , • , Zbg '-un. LONDON: FRIDAY,, DECEMBER 18. 1840. The disposition which prevails amongst certain classes to censure the master manufacturers for the growth of a town population, now plunged in po verty, prone to discontent, and, as is said, desti tute of moral and religious culture, of which we noticed an instance on Wednesday, and of which instances may he met with in the Tory journals al most every day, induces us to suppose that we may, with advantage to truth, place before our readers some further reflections in defence of the masters. 'To all questions there are at least two sides, and we must explicitly state that we look at this ques tion only as affording a comparison between the conduct of the master manufacturers and that of the legislating classes, especially the landlords and the endowed clergy. Of the conduct of the mas ters, in comparison with that of their labourers, about which a great deal is now said, under the names of Chartists and Shopocrats, we at present offer no opinion. We put entirely out of view the rigins ut capital atiU lauottr, in rciatiun to each other, and confine ourselves to the respective duties of the capitalists, the landowners, and the priesthood, or the legislating classes, in relation to the population of our manufacturing places. It is, i❑ the first place, a mistake to assert that the manufacturers have called this population into existence, as we have more than once heard as- serted, even by such a high authority as Lord ASHBURTON, in the House of Lords. The ma• nufacturers have had at various times and places a great demand for labour, and finding certain la bourers in existence ready to comply with their de mands, they have employed them and paid them well. The labourers have begotten ether genera- Lions of labourers, whom other generations of master-manufacturers have employed and paid more . _ or less, according to the demand and supply of _ abour. Not the master-manufacturers, but the suc- cessive generations of labourers, are to be consi dered as bringing this population into existence ; the master-manufacturers have found them em ployment, and enabled them to subsist. If they have not always had an abundance of subsistence, and always lived in comfort, the masters are not to blame for that ; they would have given the labourers more employment and higher wages, if the Corn and other laws had not prevented them ; but what they have given, or what they have done, is de serving of praise. Individual masters may be se lected who have acted dishonestly and unjustly to the labourers, but it would be as erroneous to as cribe their vices to the whole body of the masters, as to say that all the clergy are firebrands, because they number in their ranks a STOWELL or a M‘GHEE. We speak not of individuals, but the general character of the body ; and that, we say, is praiseworthy, for the employment and wages they have given to the town labourers. We must insist, secondly, that it is not the duty of the masters to trouble themselves about the growth of a population, or to provide for it either mentally or physically. If they provide for thei r own families that is all which can be required of them. They are not the State. It is the business of the State—of the Legislature, which so carefully makes laws to regulate the closing of public-houses, and the number of passengers a man may drag with two horses, to organise the new population, to pro vide it with magistrates, laws, parsons, and educa tion. If it had imposed such a duty on the masters they would have been to blame in neglecting it. Latterly the Legislature has actually made it thei r duty to establish schools in factories, and has inter feted in several other modes, demonstrating that the Legislature regards the organisation of this new population as its duty. It refuses to trust the masters. At the same time it has not ordered the masters to provide parsons for the men or to teach them a particular creed ; and while it has taken on itself the regulation of the whole, if the moral culture of the people have been neglected, the State, and those who influence the State in such matters —the priesthood, and not the masters, are to blame. Socially, the duty of the masters towards the la bourers is limited to fulfilling the contracts they enter into with them relative to wages; politically they have not been ordered to provide religious in struction for their workmen, and that it has not been provided is not their fault. The Times, however, blamed the masters for not making the provision. But many of them do not belong to the Church of England, and are they to make such a provision on dissenting principles for all their workmen ? If they make such a provision they must act on the voluntary principle, which the Church abhors. To blame them for not making it implies a sanction of the voluntary principle, which we could not expect in a Bishop. Let the priests, however, stick to one principle; not, as it suits their pockets, play on both. If we are to have a union of Church and State, and the State is to prescribe the creed and incomes of the clergy, giving them tithes, Easter offerings, marriage fees, church-rates, enforced by Ecclesiastical Courts, we cannot also have the voluntary principle. The two are directly opposed to one another. Either the State must dis solve the union wifh the Church, and cease to ex tort a revenue for the priesthood from the national industry, or it must prescribe all its duties, and not rely on masters to provide churches and parsons for the religious and moral culture of the people. We have a national Church richly endowed in connection with the State, and it was the duty of these united bodies to have watched over the growth of the town population as it arose, and to have pro vided parsons and churches, schools, and culture fo r them, as parsons, churches, schools, and culture were provided for the old population. The masters are no more under an obligation to perform this dutyjor the State or the Church, than are the re tail tradesmen or journalists, who grow rich, or get a living, by supplying this new town population with sugar or news. They are no more bound to provide religious culture for their labourers, than they are to provide soldiers to bayonet them, or judges to order them to be hanged or transported, both of which are provided by the State. It is a piece of hypocrical humbug in the landlords and clergy, and all the legislative classes and their or gans, to cry out against the master-manufacturers for any deficiency which may exist in the moral and religious culture of their work people. When we before referred to this subject, we did not insist on the fact, that all the soil is monopo lised by the aristocracy. The Crown is merely their instrument, and the whole soil of the empire vests in it and them. The Government or Legis lature claims not merely the soil of England, but, of all our colonies, and it appropriates it to individuals at its pleasure. At the meeting at Glasgow, to which we yesterday alluded, it was stated that the Governor of Upper Canada offered each emigrant thirty acres of land, but the Government at home reducs.d it to five. It will not allow an acre to be occupied in New South Wales, without purchasing it. Here, in England, there is not a rood of land without an owner ; and the owners have, in conjunction with the Crown, a complete mo nopoly as against the rest of the community, particularly the labourers, of the means of sub sistence. Property, we have been lately told, and properly and justly told, has its duties as well as its rights, and the duty implied in the monopoly of the soil, is to regulate and orga nise and take care of all those who come on it. That right is in fact claimed by the supreme power, consisting of the Crown and the landowners, and consequently it was its duty to have organised the new town population as it arose, and to have pro vided for its moral and spiritual as well as its phy sical welfare. We repeat in conclusion that in comparison to the legislating classes—the mono polising landowners and clergy—who, being largely privileged and paid for protecting and instructing the people, have done nothing for them, the master manufacturers who being neither privileged nor paid, have employed and paid the new population, have done their duty nobly, and will be remembered with honour, while the others will be consigned to disgrace and shame. The Morning Chronicle and the Globe have entered into a discussion about extending the suf frage, and we cannot agree with the principles on which the former proceeds, nor w ith the conclu sions at which the latter a►rives. The Chronicle argues the question on the principle of the exten sion of the suffrage giving more Or less influence to EVENING EDITION. particular classes, or descriptions of tic Thia t.iiogetner efi.utieuU, OV e Wive 110 LU legislate on such a principle ; the principle of re presentation, properly and justly carried out, is equality to all. The giving more or less in repre sentation, is in politics what protecting duties are in commerce—the plunder of some, for the pre- sumed benefit of others. Yet our Contemporary adopts a just conclusion, when he advocates " the voice of the British people, fairly and fully ex- pressed in the Commons' House of Parliament. To a majority thus obtained we are ready to defer; and if it should be enamoured of the superficial sophistry of a PEEL, and the iniquitous impost of a bread-tax, why let the country have the PEEL and the bread-tax that it loves." W e approve of that, because the community has at 110 time, and never can have, a greater security for any of its rights than the assent and concurrence of the majority of the population, and we would have that openly adopted as the principle of our laws. To this cor.clusion, however, the Globe objects, and claims for the classes which have leisure and calmness to study public questions more political power than those who are busy with their hands, and are supposed to be hurried away with passion. It quotes the report of Mr. HICKSON, a Hand loom Weaver Commissioner, who appears to have indited, under that name, a Treatise on Govern ment, to prove that universal suffrage would lead to a variety of noxious laws. That is a mere sup+ position of the Globe and of Mr. HICKSON, while the fact is that calm and reflecting landlords, clergy who have little or nothing to do, and men of letters who make it their business to enforce the wisdom of those classes, have cursed this land with a more onerous system of restriction and of legal extortion than it is possible any system of unia versal suffrage, in which, of course, the landlords and the clergy would have their share, could pre duce. In fact, while the Globe and Mr. HicKseng• under the dictates of their fancy, anticipate from universal suffrage a system of restrictions in favour of the working or commercial classes, the Leeds Mercury, reasoning from the same faculty, tries to terrify men from demanding and from doing j ustice by declaring that to extend the suffrage would alas the power of the landlords predominant. Bo th these fancies cannot be true ; we believe that ne ither is; and we are sure that our present system is , for the bulk of the people, a complete and total denial ; justice, now pregnant with the greatest danger' the present Houses of Parliament would do justice . to the community we should not desire a change ' II representation ; but their hardened perseverance in a great and settled scheme, openly and avowedly to plunder all the bread-eaters by law for the advantage of one class, their deliberate organisation a nd delibe e rate sanction of a system of legal fraud , ending in tb starvation of many thousands, and their denial , vallti.; e . n i asked, of all redress, have begun to make a mu tude of persons, and ourselves amongst them , thin the wildest system of universal suffrage that e ver was broached could not possibly be s o injurious to phy public morality, or so ruinous to the . • 1 wel faresea of the people, as the present o r an y similar plan of limited and class representation. Without being aware, or even pretending t o con j ecture, what would actually be the results of universal suf frage, we are convinced, from what takes place in the United States, that it never could produce so much misery to the bulk of the people as is now inflicte ic d on them by laws made by our select and a ristocrat Government. Hanover, about which so much was said eighteen months ago, had passed completely into ob li. vion, when the Times yesterday, apparently for of a u the peculiar want politics it c s ss b h j e u e t t out t h f a Jr from m Journal us being s ingm a b n y y i o t s f most interesting ancient ingdo and dearmestie topics—revived friend theics—reviv Kingedhe the rec ollection of our of HANOVER and his kingdom, by a long leader on the election tricks of the KING'S friends. When the subject was formerly before the public though unfortunately it never excited much interest, one of the charges made against King ERNEST and his Ministers was that they had tampered with the freedom of election, and by the influence of the Court compelled the Court tradesman to vote for the Court candidate. Ai that time the KING'S friends denied it, and treated the charge with scorn, as something so much be. neath his dignity, and the dignity of his Ministers, that it could not possibly be true. The Times, however, has now obtained, from a work published at Jena by Dr. STUVE, in defence of the Magis trates of Hanover, a new light on the subject, and the article which yesterday revived the recollection of Hanover adopted the conclusion that KING Ea.. NE ST'S Minister s had most u nwarrantably tampered u w o i with r ; and t h r eatened retaotemneackle sooumt a some out he knew t e h elector s efortheK nothing l o N f G Ha a - t tthesteirnmei,sidteiesdcs.ontende abou d t the s ame f Kin V ON DURING, a p articular friendg The Times now a dmits and states that General ERNEST, M. VON MALORTIE, his great butler, Herr VON STEINBERG, the Captain of the Palace (Schlosshauptman), did all severally soIicLANGE, it votes from the KING'S tradesmen, such as M. the Court baker, M. W. AGNER, the Court hatter, and a great number of other persons directly or indirectly connected with the Court, and threaten them with dismissal ors unishment, or loss of their business, if the y vote for the c andidate of whom the KING did not approve. To obtain such an admission from the Times, the patron eighteen months ago of KING ERNEST, and of his tyranny, is of great public importance. It fully justifies that opposition to his Government which the Ma gistrates and Deputies so nobl y set on foot, thong h the people were much too tame to suppOrt them. But the Times probably has an obect in view in now making this admission. It haj been stated in Germany more than once that King ERNEST knew how to ged rid of his tools Ater he had used them. Is, then, the blame which the Yirnes now casts on Herr VON SCHELE, Herr VON, Mit° LORTIE, General VON DURING, and oche 11, th e forerunner of their dismissal ? They have . done the KING'S dirty work, and new they are to be first disgraced, by being convicted of having done it, and then dismissed. So may the tools of ty ran" be always served. The French Journals of Wednesday haft Jil l been received. They are filled, as might be C l - - pected, with accounts of the funeral of NAPOL , EON►' of which an ample record appeared in The Soo of yesterday. The following ludicrous mci dent, reported by a Correspondent of the Times, is: tom rich to be confined to the columns of one jour It occurred at the entrance of the Invalides, az ►d within sight of the statues of NAPOLEON and. t 1 thirty-two French heroes : To keep themselves warm the spectators in., stands began to dance. The mania gained the etovril below, and for a long time the troops of the line sad the National Guards were joining in one general con-- tredanse, or an enormous ronde a la main. This pTe — ' lin►inary orgie, while waiting for the body of the great hero of their nation, and in the face of the long line of statues of their greatest warriors, struck us as peculiarly' French. Every holy hut the Journalists agreed in pr nouneing the whole affair a complete failure. E very the Constitutionnel, which recorded so patheti c alif the wailing of the peasantry of Normandy, is s ilent on the subject of the tears which were not shed in Paris when the coffin of NAPOLEON wr 4s borne through the midst of it. In pronounch Jg the fu— P) ... a...n... 2_ oeral pr( alone. ' The , "wing t I, MAR ` The `` In 1 klad o ._ _ an " Th., In a 1 .: 11111 Ad , hip 41 sult 0 epar 441 th, 4,, b: Pr - t„ - 't h 4,4 Ara,, ci,tl 1 1 '