The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. Siiortridge, in his turn, has since obtained an order for 1 uoother trial before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The Chevalier de I ..dollerus arrived here last week 43 Dutch Charge d'Affaires, and has been presented to the Queen, A Minieter ;is shortly expected from Brussels. The Marseillaise was sung at San Carlos a few days sines, where a piece called " The Last Days of Venice," in which Napoleon figures as one of the personages of the drama, is in course of representation. One would 111 , .T thought the recollection of the consequences of fraternizing with the French could not yet have been forgotten even by the polite mob of Lisbon. Tne suspension of guarant2es expired yesterd sy. The _Director and C'orreio journals have re-appeared, and the.-e arc hopes of the -Vaciwzal. Tne steam-packet with the London mail of the 7th has not yet arrived, but I learn that she has just been signalled as " off the rock."--illortzing Paper. FRENCH CHAMBER OF PEERS. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. SITTING OF NOV. 18. We gave In Saturday's columns a report (necessarily hurried, and, consequently, imperfect) of M. Guizot's j speech in the Chamber of Peers, on the debate of the address, but its great importance induces us to make the follossing translation of it from the Moniteur Unieersel of Thiiretlay : M. Guizot—Gentlemen, I hesitated to address you. It is not my province to interfere in discussions which may arise between preceding Cabinets. I have as yet, with respect to the present Cabinet, nothing to say ; there is nethinss to defend of th e p as t, an d t h e utmost reserve i s imposed upon me with respect to the future. I cannot, nor ought not, reply to any of the questions that have been, or that might he, addressed to rne. I have, therefore, candidly speaking, but a minor part to assume in the de bate. However, it is necessary, I think, to come to a de termination as to the position which the Cabinet assumes, and the opinion which it forms of the momentous affairs confided to its charge. That position is adopted, Gentlemen, end that opinion is pointed out in the speech of the Crown, the only public act of the Cabinet in the question. The speech premises by clearly circumscribing and defining the object of the Treaty. It refers to measures resorted to by Four Powers, in order to regulate in concert the relations of the Sultan and of the Pacha of E i syps : nothing more, nothing less. There is no question thinein either of a general remodelling of the East, or of any political coalition against France, or of any preparation for a division of the Ottoman empire. The intervention of Four Powers, on the Sultan's demand, in order to regulate his relations with the Pacha of Egypt, his vassal, is the only true and sole object of the treaty. It has been so stated mad written. I am convinced of it. The speech of the Crown is in this the exact expression of the fact. However, that treaty is attended with danger, special and limited as it is. Quite another matter may arise than what is sought for. The Powers may be led, urged on, and prevailed upon to do more than they have ondertakein Hence the necessity for armaments which the king's Government has ordered—armaments of pre cauti 's and foresight which arc destined to guarantee the security of Feance and the maintenance of her rank in the world.—armaments that are necessary on that score and in those bounds, for the future is obscure and harassing—arma ments which, up to the present time, are only necessary, fer we hope chat the possible danger will not be realised— see hape that peace will be honourably maintained. We believe it, and we are doing cur utmost for that purpose. L is our policy, which has been openly proclaimed and sincerely put in force. —( Great applause.) There, Gentlemen, in the language of the speech, and by the simplest of commentaries, there is the position which the Cabinet assumes ; there is the opinion which it forms of the affair that the Treaty of July has had the,' pretension to regulate. We believe that that posi tion is the only one that is wise, suitable, and in accord ance with the facts. We believe that the facts, being de tailed and well understood, clearly define it. In 1833 an analagous situ:tion hinged upon a transaction—upon the transaction of Kutaye, Europe remained in peace, and the East remained in peace under that transaction. More than once peace has been threatened ; more than once, on both side, on the part of the Sultan and of that of the Paella, there has been a desire to break it. The Paella has hal a certain indecisive leaning for independence. The Sultan has an inclination to resume the territories that he had abandoned. During six years those opposite wishes were suppressed. It is deplorable that they were not so in 1839, as they had been during six years. France has nothing to reproach herself with in that respect. At Alexandria, at Constantinople, she did all that she could fur peace to be respected. Her language has been con_ atantly in accordance with her acts. Her real influence has never thwarted her official councils. The language of her Ambassadors has never differed from that of her Ministers. France wished for the maintenance of peace. She does not bear the responsibility of the war that broke cut in 1839. When that war broke out France resumed the policy which triumphed in 1833—the policy of negotiation. France demanded that a fresh negotiation, with a view to the pretensions and in tereats of the two parties, should insure to the East a new era of peace. With respect to the suspension of the war, the most complete understanding has existed between the Powers. England and France immediately interceded with the Sultan and the Paella to interdict the promulga tion of hostilities. With respect to the question of Con stantinople, the abolition of every exclusive protectorate at Constantinople, France and England were alike of one iopinion. I have no need to enter into details of precau tions and measures that have been prepared on that sub ject. It is evident, it is plainly defined, that the same opinion, the same desire, and the same policy animated both Governments. Their dissension arose ou the basis of the fresh negotiation which it was necessary to impose on the Pacha and the Sultan. Here, Gentlemen, I shall state with perfect sincerity, that it is in my opinion a seri ous error on both sides to have listened to that dissension, to have abandoned themselves thereto, and to have ni)de it td knot of the qusatien and of the situation. A great 'policy has been sacrificed to a minor one, and superior in terest to that of a secondary consideration. The great po licy, the superior interest of Europe and of all the Powers in Europe, is the maintenance of peace everywhere and al ways; the maintenance of security in the minds as well as tranquillity in the acts. It is not only necessary for the material well-being of society, but for the moral and politi cal good, for the moral and political progress of all nations in Europe. That policy was qualified yesterday as being egotistical and paltry. I regret to differ essentially in opi nion on that point with my sincere and honourable friend Count de Montalembert. It is with a conviction equally profound and equally sincere that I shall state that it is my opinion therein/consists the most open, moral, and uni versal policy ; if 1 - te allowed me to alter hie language, I should say the most catholic that is possible in our time.— ( Very w, II.) M. de Montalembert is not ignorant that for the last fifty years an immense shock agitates the world ; the most important, the most salutary results have sprung up from that shock, and our country especially has made the most useful, the most glorious conquests in con sequence. But the shock has been great, and it has cost dear. The results that have been obtained stand in great Bneed of being consolidated. The evils that the shock has used and left stand in much need of being remedied. In order to consolidate the results that have been obtained —in order to remedy the evils that subsist—peace, a long duration of order, and a tranquil state of affairs, therein consists, perhaps, the only true remedy. What -has been the principal evil of the state in which we have lived for such a length of time? The reign of passion and strength. That is what must be contended against. :For the reign of passion and strength must be substituted that of justice, of right, of the right maintained and de fended by the only arms of understanding, without re course to material force, by the on' y peaceable and regular xacans of government. Our epoch is in much need thereof, and that is how you can contend against the deep evil that instigates it. And that is, Gentlemen, what makes the greatness, the morality, of the policy of peace ; that is the means by which it has deserved every sacrifice that we have made for it ; that is the means by which it has shot such deep roots in the minds of nations. Do not believe that it is solely to maintain material repose, and to defend their fortnne, that so many men are at the present time so smitten with order and peace ; the true reason, the great reason is, that thaiy do not wish to see those times of passion and violence xestored; they do not wish to see the influence of ma terial force, of disorganised force; they wish to see the rule prevail in the heart of society ; believe me therein con siits a moral as well as useful policy, great as well as salu tary,_( Very well ) That policy has been deviated from le the East ; it has been forgotten that from the present time henceforward there will be no private question in Europe. —no question which is worth the sacrifice of genereal peace. It was remem b ere d for the West, it was Put. in force in the Westobut it was forgotten in the East, Andone is at b ottom so i mpressed with the danger of such for get f u l ness, that at the very moment when it was com mitted there was an endeavour to escape the consequences. The endeavours and the attempts of negotiation and ar rangement multiplied. France made three. France offered, to prevail taper' the Pacha to give up the district of Actana, Candi hand Arabia, provided that Egypt and Syria were left toa maintenance heirsbips. France offered the pure and simple m guarantee of the Ave European °Pt* the status quo, with the , owers. In short, latterly, after the Treaty was concluded, France allowed it to be inferred that she would prevailup a on the Pacha to be satis fied with Egypt as an heirship, ert unrdes Syria for life. On her part England also made o a ; she s grantedt. Jean d Egypt ,Ae as an heirship; she added the pachan, of exception of the town ; she afterwards added the with the body said was the ke t of town itself, that town which every it granted Syria, and that the possessor:of St.Jeand'Acre was master over Syria. The British Cabinet considered that conces sion as something very considerable, w hi ch with a viqw of France resuming power ng her position - m the affair. Being uneasy as to Egypt, being evidently jealous of pof the Pacha restraining it, it him the town ofcoSn sinered it granted a deal by giving Jean d'Aere, and it did it solely und er the influe nce of that that great, that profound desire for peace which exists in all Governments, and in every country in Europe. Every negotiation failed ; England would not have that of France ; F rance would not have that of England. It is a great mi s f ortune , f or eac h was wor th more than the k st t at e e of affairs in w hi c h ma tt ers h ave merg ed. But to take events as a whole, and in their definitive consequences, there is not one of the propped negotiations, whether by France or England, which ought not to have been ac cepted on one side and the other with eagerness, if the rotate of thin gs allowed it. But the Treaty being concluded, the great Policy abandoned, and the isolation of France consummated, th ere i s, I repeat it, no other position to , be a d opted than that which has been assumed by the Cabinet in the speech of the Cro wn — a p os iti on w hi c h it maintains, a n d will maintain—the pa c ifi c p os iti on , I armed by preeautiont ant f ores i g h t, an d i n expectancy. ) i (Sensation. is stated that th a t i s no t s ufficient. It is stated that our pana in e ter , ests in the East, that our relations with the that the insult we have received from the Treaty, and that the interest of our Influence in the world, i mpose on us something else. Ido not think so. With respect to our interests in the East, it is evident, Ventlemen, that the question of know. hit; w h a t will be tlao division of territory in the heart of the Ottoman empire betweeii the Sultan and his Pach'as, that the question of knowing whether Syria will belong to the Sultan or to the Pacha of Egypi, is not of much moment to France---that it is not, at least, an affair from which war ought to arise. Not only it is not so, but we have always stated it the policy of every Cabinet, at every period, has been that the division of the terri tories between the Mussulmans, in the interior of the Ottoman empire, was of little consequence to us ; the maintenance of peace, the maintenance of the independ ence and integrity of the Ottoman empire, as a whole, with respect to the great European Powers, that is what concerns us —( Very well.) We have no formal engage ment with the Pacha; no one infers so at the present time ; but it is stated that we have moral engagements, that the support which we gave him, what we have done for him, binds us to go further. Further We have supported the Pacha in most of his pretensions ; we claimed for him Egypt and Syria as heirships ; we stated that nothing must be im posed on him by force—that his pacific adhesion to a nego ' nation must be obtained, as in 1833. That was stated by all the Cabinets at every period. For him, and on ac• count of him, in order to maintain him in the position which 1 have just described, we accepted the coolness of our best Allies—we accepted isolation—we accepted con siderable armaments and the enormous expenses that ac company them—we have accepted the chances of a general war—we have done all that influence can do, and it is not enough. We must have war a general war, as if the matter referred to our most intimate Allies, to our fron tiers, or that our own provinces or national existence were in question That is contrary to the most simple common sense. We have strenuously supported and served the Pacha ; we have resolutely put forth for him all the in fluence of France ; we have accepted on his account a difficult and dangerous situation. That is not sufficient in order to accomplish all the good that we wish him ; we assuredly do not owe him more; and never, at any period, has any Power more pledged and compromised itself for so distant and uncertain an Ally.—( Sensation.) I now go to the affront—( Hear bear)—a motive which would be decisive if it existed. The Chamber knows the facts ; it knows how matters were before the conclusion of the Treaty of the lath of July ; it knows that on one side and the ether there were long and sincere efforts, in order to be of one accord ; it knows that up to the end of June no thing was concealed—that every means of negotiation and arrangement were attempted, and attempted openly. In the latter end of the month of June the following was the state of things. Every endeavour at negotiation proposed by France or England had failed. The news arrived of an attempt of a direct arrangement between Alexandria and Constantinople. Nobody can deny that that attempt was in formal contradiction to the note of the 27th July, which stated to the Porte—Do not enter into any direct arrangement with the Paella ; we take upon ourselves to settle affsirs. It was known in London in the course of the month of June. It was thought, very wrongfully, and against my most formal and persevering protesta tions, that that attempt was the work of France ; it was thought that France, abandoning the policy of the 27th July, bad attempted to assume to herself an iso lated policy, an isolated success. I stated, I repeated es pecially that it was false. I was not believed.—( Sensa tion.) Therein was grounded an obstinate error which has exercised over the events very great influence. It was said since France wished to assume an isolated policy, and to derive success apart, we may as well do as much. The arrangement for four, which remained in suspense for a length oF time, which, I have the presumption to say, I as sisted in keeping in suspense, according to the orders anal instructions of the King's Government, that arrangement was resumed with extreme vivacity. At the same time arrived the news of the insurrection of Syria. The attempt at a direct arrangement caused much ill-will, the insu.rec tion of Syria gave much hope. The projects of negotia tion which were yet pursued by some of the plenipoten. tiaries, were cooled down, and failed, owing to that very circumstance ; and at the very instant the arrangement for four, which had been strenuously urged, and assisted by the facts which I have already detailed to the Chamber, was concluded ; it was concluded without the knowledge of France.—( Sensation ) During the last eight or ten days that the conclusion of the arrangement was pending France was put on one side. The four Powers, and I must add they had a right to state that they were convinced that the attempts at negotiation had failed definitively, had constantly repeated, " If you do not decide, if you do not come to an understanding with us, we shall conclude an arrangement for four ; we shall end the affair by " four." It has been ended by four, as stated, but without giving a final notice to Fiance. Ido not hesitate to say that there has been towards France a want of courtesy, which her conduct and attitude must evince by a proper feeling. It might have been thought that the right existed to conclude the arrangement for four to sign without France. It wag suitable, it was just, towards an old and intimate ally to give it notice that the signing was about to take place— to ask it whether definitively it suited it or not to be asso ciated in the undertaking. There was not evinced for France at that moment, for her Government, all the cour tesywhieh she had a right to.—( Ver3 well, verywell.) Gen tlemen, that is not fair proceeding, but it is not an affront; it is not a political insult. There never was an intention during the whole course of the affair-1 beg the Chamber will pay attention to these words which I make use of after having maturely considered them—there never was an in- tention either to deceive, to defy, or to. isolate France ; no bad intention existed against her, no hostile feeling; it was thought that there was no means of coming to an un derstanding with France on the basis of the negotiation. He had been repeatedly told, and it was repeated to him a little before the conclusion, that if an understanding was not come to with her on the basis of the negotiation, an engagement for four would be concluded. It has been made, and she must have expected it ; it has nut been made with all the courtesy which she had a right to ex pect. It is a wrong no doubt—a wrong which we have a right to complain of; but I ask the Chamber—l ask the most susceptible and delicate in point of national ho nour, and who, however, retain and will retain their judg ment in the appreciation of facts, whether that is a cause for war? I have spoken of our interests in the East, of our engagements with the Pacha, and of what is termed the insult made to France. The last point remains—our influence in the world. It is said that it will be lost—that France will be humiliated if she does not exact from that Treaty a striking reparation. Gentlemen, since 1830 it has become, for certain persons, a common topic of con versation, and almost of the Tribune, to say that France is without influence in Europe—that the influence of France has incessantly declined. In my opinion the contrary is the truth. France has had, since 1830, on the affairs of Europe a great, a very great, influence. She has done more than any other Power in Europe, and she has no right to complain of her situation, nor of her influence for the last ten years. Since the last ten years France has morally and politically allied Belgium, which was hos tile to her; France has allied Switzerland, which was hostile to her; and France has allied Spain, which was hostile to her.—(The Marquis de Breze attempts to speak.) I request M. de Dreux Breze to al. low me to go on to the end. I forsee all that he can say. I affirm, however, that since 1830 France has gained to her alliance Spain, a conquest which may be of mere or less value, or which may be more or less dear, but which is not the less true. A Government analogous with the institutions and general ideas of the French Government has been established in Spain. That fact alone, that pre• vailing fact, will one day bear the fruits of its results. I do not hesitate in affirming that since 1630, around her, in the countries that surround her, the influence of France has become infinitely more important than for merly. Let one of the great European Powers be pointed out to me that has made the same progress ; let one of the great Powers of Europe be pointed out to me by whose means such great alterations have been effseted in the States that surround her. There is not one. France has made Europe accept her own situation and analogous situations in three or four of the States that surround her. Is that a loss of influence—an humiliation of France ? With respect to the particular fact which we are upon, it is not, Gentlemen, so strange, so unheard of, as is pretended. It is not the first time that a great State thus aids, without taking part and waging war, in events which, however, concern it. In 1826 a Greece was created, a State dismembered from the Ottoman em pire, and which adjoined the frontiers of Austria: Eng land, Russia, and France, conclude a Treaty to protect that State ; Austria remains neuter. Austria considers that it coincides with her policy not to take pert in the Treaty which creates Greece. Has Austria disappeared from the number of the great Powers of Europe ? Does she not retain considerable rank and influence in the des times of Europe ? I take another example of a Power more susceptible, more ambitious, than Austria—England. In 1823 a large French expedition enters Spain, in order to destroy a regime which England protected : not only it enters, but it occupies Spain. It occupies for several years Cadiz, one of the objects of vigilance and jealousy of England. What does Mr. Canning do, the most po- 1 pular Minister of England ? He remains in peace ; he deems it wiser for England not to wage war for such an event. He did as we do ; he employed to prevent that event all his means of influence ; he negotiated, he raised obstacles ; but ashen the event was accomplished, be had the good sense to understand that the interest of the coun try was not on that account to engage in a general war i he had the good sense to understand it and to say it, and now England ackn swledg es that Mr. Canning at that period ruled well over her destinies. Persons corn plained of him ; he was accused of want of fore-sight, blindness, and weakness ; be persisted; England remained passive, and in expectancy ; and now it is acknowledged that she is by no means the loser in strength or dignity. Gentlemen, France must not be deceived as to her means of influence in Europe. I think there exists in that re spect much prejudice and routine. We have had for a great length of time two great means of influence in Europe—revolution and war. Ido not accuse them, be sure of it. They have been necessary for a length of time, and legitimate, in order to ensure to France the re gime at home which she stood in need of, and the inde pendence abroad to which she had a right. But, in short, revolution and war, as means of influence in Europe, are \ !verri out for France. She would do herself immense in jury if she persisted in resorting to them. The means of influence for France now consist in peace ; it is the specta c l e of a good Government, in the heart of great liber t conqueredY, forFrancei by a revolution. The means of influe nce men ; i t i , t o 'a to reign over the minds o f conquer e v er y w h ere , not territo ries, but understandin g and soul. It is thereby that France is called upon to extend her power in Europe, her credit and her storren:,,atrh t wi a ll nd at the moment of danger when the proof arise for a good cause, for a grea t and just ca use , qu F e r s a t nz ebwi I reap the benefits of her slow and mental conquests, but are not the lass real —of those conquests which e .O n n o o t t derived from pro vinces and tributes, but which L, ~et , h e less tend to an I increase of strength and p ower. a to our country 7tier.er me. Gentlemen, territories to be let us not speak great revenge goosed; lot us not speak of great wars, of Per, lei her to be evinced. Pie ; let France pros rich, intelligent, and animated, without any disturbances, free, and we shall not have to complain that sheet in war n ,r o s i influence in the world.—(Loud and contid applause.) 'The Count de Montalembert expressed .his surprise at hearing M. Guizot say so much of peace as t h e Only policy for France, and noth in g of Justice or honour. M. Guizot—l thank the Count de Montalembert for en. abiing me to give to ray words their right sense. r ! V. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA , NOVEMBER 23, 1840. it is true, said, that the just, moral, and great policy was peace, but I have not said that peace was inseparable from justice and honour. I now say that war is indispen --hie fur a country and for a Government when justice and '` Ih- -id, and I repeat, that the it honour 401trn... lave saw, , •L et of the Government, whilst peace policy %hula be aro not affected by the honour and justieo of the sou... it.—( Applause.) The Count de Boissy d'Anglas read a speech, in w::. ch he took a rapid view of pest events, but which contained no very striking passages. He opposed the address. No other Peer wishing to speak on the general discus sion, the Chamber passed to the discussion on the para graphs of the address. The first and second paragraphs were adopted. On the third paragraph. The Marquis de Dreux Breze reminded the Chamber of the sacrifices which France had made for Spain in men and money. All the sacrifices, he said, were now lost, for a wrong policy had been adopted. He recommended that, as it was certain the revolutionary Government in Spain would never pay the debt due to France, they should seize Mahon, and thus provide, in the event of war with Eng land, a precious point in the Mediterranean, and arm the 30,000 Royalists who were on the French frontier, and who, backed by the moral influence of France, would snatch Spain from Revolution and the yoke of England. M. Gwzot—The King's Government has never at any time pretended to the right of domination in Spain, or to interfere in her political crises. It was not the French Government which changed the order of succession in that country, or brought about any political crisis. The French Government has accepted events as it found them. It has always recognised a regular Government, and lent its support to established order and legality. It would be unjust, therefore, to make the French Government respon sible for the events which have occurred in Spain. If she should now undergo all the calamities which result from a revolution, there will be nothing in it to excite astonish ment. When the Spanish Government was attacked by civil war, we concerted with our natural allies to propose to her the best means of putting an end tobut when England, forgetting her jealou s rivalry, proposed an armed intervention, vvo declined it. We have persisted in lend ing to Spain only the prudent aid of friendship. We will not, however, neglect anything to secure for the Peninsula the influence which it ought to possess in the affairs of Europe ; and we hope on this subject to come to a perfect understanding with England. After a few observations from the Viscount Dobauchege, in which he intimated his distrust of England as regards Spain, the paragraph was adopted. The Count d'Harcourt proposed the following additional paragraph relative to Poland : ‘4 We ardently desire that your Majesty's Government will turn its attention to a friendly nation, to a kingdom wounded in its liberties, and in the rights which were gua ranteed to it by treaties." This was put to the Chamber, and adopted after a third ballot. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Address were adopted. On paragraph 6, the Count de Sparre made some ob servations in the interest of the army. He attacked the conduct of the late Minister of War, and blamed very severely the creation of the new corps of tirailleurs. M. Despans-Cubieres defended the late Ministry against the reproaches of the Count de Spam:. Count Dejean agreed with the Count de Sparre, but said this was not the time for entering on the question. Marshal Soult—l do not think thin is the proper time for discussing a question of such importance. As Mi nister of War, I accepted what my predecesor had done, in the hope of rendering it useful to the country. He hed been reproached with the creation of battalions of tirail !curs. Ido not hesitate to say that I approved of it, and that I had requested the Emperor, in 1813, to raise such a force. When the discussion on the credits shall come on I will explain myself fully. His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans—l will not raise a question which will be usefully discussed when the credits are brought forward ; but having had the honour to be charged with the organisation of the battalions of tirailleurs, I feel anxious to refute some errors which have been promulgated. The Hon. Genet al (Count de Sparre) has censured the raising of battalions of tirailleurs. I will observe that this body already existed in the army. The carbine had been confided to the heavy cavalry. I was witness of a fact vs hich justified this creation. It was said that the horsemen refused to carry this weapon. I saw a man fall who used this carbine, and twenty of his comrades instantly hastened to obtain possession of it. As to the clothing, it has been partially adopted for the other African corps, and it has enabled the soldiers to bear fatigues which they could not otherwise have supported. As to the firing of this corps, at tempts have been long made to improve the firing of the French infantry, for the way in which it is armed in France is far from perfect. The Minister of War was pleased tss charge me with the organisation of these battalions of tirail leurs, assuring me of what I already thought, that the French soldier was the most devoted and intelligent of all the soldiers in Europe, and that, skilfully directed, he was capable of everything. It is in my q uality of Commandant of the new battalions that I support their creation as good for the army and useful for the country, and I feel that I do hut speak the sentiments of all these who arc under my orders when I say that the essays made in Africa with the new corps, all the mode of arming, have completely suc ceeded. On this point I invoke the testimony of all gene ral officers who have signed the bulletins of the army of Africa.—( Marks of adhesion.) All the other paragraphs of the Address were adopted without discussion. On the ballot upon the ensemble of the Address the num bers were— For the Address Against it 8 Lots were then drawn for the grand Deputation to pre sent the Address, after which the Chambers adjourned, a half-past five, till Thursday. BO CR SE. —NE's, THURSDA r, Nov. 19. Pir.st Highest Lowest I,3SS Prier Price. Price, Price French S per Cents 4 per Cents 5O 9:1 50 ... 96 53 90 50 3 per (ents 75 Ri . 79 75 75 ... 75 80 Lattitte Bank 1,00()t. Sh lO6O ...ICOO ... 100 0 ...MCC 50001. St arcs 5145 ...5145 5140 ...5140 Fan', of France 3)75 ...3205 3275 3185 Eelgian Bank 5 per Cents IA% 9814 ... 94% ... 9311 3 per Cents 69 ... (9 ... 69 6.i Spanish Acuve Passive 5% ... Sw g ~. 5% ... Portuguese 3 per Cents 2 3 34 ... 23•• 23% Neapolitan Roman 09% ... 99% ... 99 , A ... 99% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, It, B 387 50 ... 38 1 SO ... ZS; SO ... 3i7 50 L.B. Orleans .. Strasburg to Bate - ... 2,3 .. 20 bo FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 19.—The Minister of the Interior has presented to the Chamber of Representatives. a project of law for prolonging, till the 30th of November, 1841, the time fixed for the duration of the temporary laws of the 25th November and 26th December, 1839, on the importation and exportation of corn. The Minister of Finance has presented a project of law, respecting the levying of the taxes for 1841. The Chamber of Representatives met yesterday. M. de Brouckere presented the Report of the Committee appointed to examine the late application of the Minister of War for a vote of credit, to meet the expense of his department. The Committee expressed its satisfaction at the economy introduced by the Minister, since, of the sum of 32,790,000 f., asked by his predecessor, he has saved 2,120,000 f., so that the ordinary expenses of his de partment amount to only 30 670,000 f., which sum would have been reduced to 30,540,0001. had not the high price of corn added 240,0001. to the expense of bread and forage. On the other hand, the Minister of 'War had asked for an extraordinary vote of credit of 788,000 f. for the purchase of cavalry horses, but being invited to appear in the Committee, the Minister reduced his de mand to 270,0001. for the purchase of 600 horses. The Committee, therefore, proposed to grant the Minister four trillions—this sum, added to 'hose already voted, fixes the budget of the war department for 1840 at thirty-one millions. The proposal was immediately put to the vote and agreed to unanimously. The Monilcur published the general budget of the ways and means, among which are some modifications proposed by the Minister of Finance in the Tarif of Customs, to make good the deficiencies in the budget. " These modifications," says the Journal du Commerce " have greatly alarmed all our merchants. The adoption of them would completely ruin our commerce by depriving it of one of its principal branches, namely, coffee. In pro posing to raise the import duty on coffee, from 8 francs to 20 francs per 100 kilogrammes, the Minister has strangely deceived himself, if he thinks by this means to obtain an increase in the revenue ; and he has shown a total ignorance of the state of this important branch of our commerce. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 31.—The steamer from Beyrout has brought the news of the occupation of 'Tripoli, Latakia, and Tartus. European commandants are appointed in all these towns. The command in Tripoli is given to an Austrian officer. The Egyptian garrisons retired towards Damascus. Sir Charles Smith was to direct the operations on land, but no action took place at Tripoli, for the Egyptians do trot seem disposed to make a stand anywhere. The steam boat left Beyrout on the 234 where news of the pro gress of the operations against St. Jean d'Acre, was every moment expected. St. Jean d'A cre i s very strongly fortified, b u t the garrison has lately manifested a restless and mutinous spirit. Forty-five artillerymen lately deserted from the fortress to the Turks, and they all affirm that the Allied troops will meet with little resistance. Actual Deist, 2N, per Cent. II E LG I A 2? __l , U s N p l: r S — c 1: :: ::: :..5...).....N... ... 0 1.. .. noti.7 Rothschild's Loan, Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. BB4 --_—_.(l 4(1)....•• .... ......... 04% e m r (;:lo N rt o ) v ... . 2..1.). ................ 11 t 75 Thirty ,even----- __ • 67% Loan of City, IS3ti,•l per Ceut ................ Society or Corn , :olree, 4 li per Cent Bank of Bels,um, 5 per Cent National _ . ,ociety . ........... Ex ..... ch: s • AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, No v. N . Five per Cents. Metalliques • ...... ••• ..................... 107 Four per Cents. :d it e rs o s n els i- ° l' ll :t i p ° ....................... 1001,4 Three per Cents. Bank Shares ... .............. 174'1 —.4:lffenzeine Zeitung, Nov. 17 indispo sition, Sir Edward Lytr- - Mr. Strickland having rec,pecifro; h . Money will be produc- Bulwer's new ts zomedyf . -.) t u lie II tym , ritet on Thursday. d at STOPPAGE -- DE AL V' ,OF AlEssits• HULKES' BAN K, AT ,-- thi s ' ..e regret that it becomes our dut y to record .crious occurrence, which took place on Thurt,3ay. , cite neighbourhoods of Deal and Sandwich will be severely I affected by thin event....Kenlish i11 , ..1 oily, THE LATE STORMS. Loss OF THE COMET, BRISTOL TRADER, OF BARN STAPLE, AND ALL HANDS i ON BOARD,—The me l anc h o ly in telligence was received n this town on Monday last of the loss of the Comet, a schooner of 60 or 70 tons burden, which was wrecked on the Plymouth breakwater during the stormy night of Friday last. She was in ballast, on her voyage to Newport for coals, and it is conjectured she was making for Plymouth harbour for shelter : not seen, nor thaw h a e n r y anything w was d n ri o ve f n he o r n , t b h :t ' she tv a watery grave . a m r a e s s t i s i m e " d . e r e that visible he b o e ff c c e and d,riven against the break lo water, and filled and went d own. 5i3 , 2 had four ha nds ü b o r n n etai boashore,rd,unmanageable du r r w d' : y o i t n hn w i r h w e t n h e e n a t s r l ' it e . : o f m o r mr met : herd , John Groves, of Ilfr acombe, wh o has left a and five the Captain, children; the mate Thomas Nott, of this place, son of Nott, formerly one of the porters at the quay, who h." left a wife and two children; the thi r d was a son o f Mr. Burgess, of the Ro lle Arms, in this town ; and the fourth was a boy of Ilfracombe, who was making his first voyage. Neither of the bodies has yet been picked up. —North Devon Journal. Loss Ot THE EDRERLY BRISTOL TRADER, OF BARNS STAPLE.—We regret to add to the loss of the Comet, the loss of the Ebberly, John Yen, master, a much more se rious disaster pecuniarily, but happily without :he addi tional aggravation of the loss of th e crew. T he unwel come intelligence reached th is town last evening ( Wedr.et - d a y). It appears that the Ebb2rley sailed from Bristol with a full cargo of general merch an di se, on Thursday ;est, and on Saturday she was in the Mumbles, where theowners here beard of her safety on Tuesday morning. But on Sunday she sailed, and during a tremendous gale, it is presumed that she lost her sails, and wa= driven c n shore near Pem bray, on the Welsh coast, The crew were fortunately rescued ; but the intelligence which has been received is so bare, that we are unable to furnish other particulars, than that the vessel has become a wreck, ana the cargo lost, although it is said that a portion of it may be reco vered, but in a desperate state. The vessel belonged principally to the widow of her late master, Captain Lord. The cargo is believed to have been very valuable , and be longed chiefly to merchants and tradesmen of the town, one of whom, Mr. William Gregory, of the firm of Gregory and Tucker, drapers, who are considerable sufferers, i 3 this morning gone off to the scene of the disaster. The Ebbe', ley was a sloop of 4.5 tons burden. —North Devon Journal WRECK OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL STEAMER. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) FURTHER PARTICULARS. 13111;Tot , , Nov.. 22. —Two men have been sired, in stead of one, The ship was on her voyage from Water ford ; she was one of the finest packets upon the station, and within a few wee k; had under one a thorough repair, with new bcilerc, &c., at a cost of 5,0001,, her entire value being estimated at 25,0001. , I.Sv;atisea, Nov. 19. " You will no doubt have been informed before you ra ccive this, that between eight and nine o'clock hot night a large steamer was lost in Rhorilly.hay, at the western ex tremity of our county. I regret to inform you that we have ascertained her to be your packet, the City of Bristol, and all on board, with the exception of two persons, have pc ri.hed. The survivors from the suffering and exhaustion they have undergone, are as yet unable to relate the &- tails of the catastrophe. All that could to-day be gathered from them was, that there were on board (of crew and passengers) eighteen persons ; consequently there are sixteen lost. Captain Edwards went down this evening to the place, in order to take measures for the preservation of all the property, wreck, ()cc., which may be recovered. I shall receive his report in the nrirning, containing all the particulars he can gather, arid have promised to in demnify him for any expense he may think it necessary to incur in accomplishing the objects of his journey. I will send you further information io morrow. With our unfired regards, I remain, dear Sir, faith fully yours, " S, PADLEY. I shall be prepared to follow any instructions you snay think proper to send on toe melancholy subject." I tear that this gentleman's estimate of the loss of human life is greatly underrated, as it is known that the crew amounted to 22 per.ons, and there must certainly have been some passengers, although the number cannot be yet ascertained. From information received it appears that the night of Wednesday upon the Welsh eoaq was one of the most boisterous that has ever been remem bered. During the early part of the evening it blew a gale from the S. S W, and from.ll o'clock at night un til 3 the next mlrning it blew a complete hurricane. Three of the crew were washed ashore between Rhosilly and Llanmadock, one of whom died immediately from ex haustion ; the second was completely insensible, and the third was in too weak a state at first to give any further information than that he belonged to the City of Bristol steam-packet. Of the immediate cause of the accident no precise in formation can be obtained; but it is thought that the ves sel had received some injury either by the breaking her machinery or striking on the adjacent sands, and that the captain ran for shore as the only chance o saving the lives of himself and companions; or that from some cause she became unmanageable, and was forced into the peri lous p,rsition where she met her fate by the heavy south west wind which prevailed. The absence of any letter from Waterford renders it im possible to give the names of the passengers; but I be lieve the following will be found a correct list of the crew. The proper complement would have been 24 persons, but the fiat steward (Mr. R. Marsh) had remained at home, in consequence of the indisposition of his wife ; and, from some circumst4ince which has not transpired, another also remained on shore:— Captain, John Stacey; first mate, William lloare; se cond mate, Richard Wrif_,;ht ; seamen, John Wright, Wm. Poole (saved), Joseph Nicholson, John Reed, Teronce O'Brien ; first engineer, Rowland; second engineer, Charles Collier; firemen, James Hill, James Pinnel, Ste phen Turner; carpen!cr, Thomas Anstice (saved); coal trimmers, Patrick !Jayne and William Grace ; second steward, Robert Crump ; stewardess, Sarah Jordan ; cook, James Cork ; cabin-boy, Thomas M'Cormac ; and one other, whose name is not known. The Cambrian, published at Swansea yesterday, gives the following additional particulars : " We have the melancholy task of recording the entire loss, on our shores, on Wednesday evening last, of the fine steam-vessel the City of Bristol, Stacey, commander, trading between Waterford and Bristol. The following particulars of this melancholy event may be relied on, having been communicated by a resp ec t a bl e person w h o visited th e w re ck yesterday. The vessel, he states, foun dered about six o'clock in the afternoon on the sands at Llangenith, near the Holmes, in consequence, it is thought, fro m rho appearance of the of the commander mistaking the Worm's head for those gictkos'sheer clear of which he got d ujer s il l : about two miles from the Worm's and almo,t immediately ohb d nre a e n atad l.,: k, e ee r wr o Lsh u le s arnb s e a gy : he d anc s i tdthchs endeavouring foundered. There were '29 persons on board, including : ni ck v iolentl y, seven passengers (four men, two ladies arid a child), all of whom, with the exception of two seamen were drowned. Win. Poole, one of the seamen saved, says, that when the vessel struck, he was knocked overboard by a piece of the mast, which fell on him, and which broke three of his ribs ; in this crippled state lie swam for a short distance, and gut upon a piece of plank about six feet long, which floated hint ashore, Thomas Anstice, the carpenter, lashed himself to the wheel, and continuod t o hold on until the qu , rter-deck parted, when he jumped into the water and swam ashore. He was not muck injured, and was able to walk to a farm-house. Anstice sa s that he saw ten per sons washed overboard by a heavy sea at once. 72 pigs and four head of cattle swam ashore, and are at present at the farm of Cwm Ivy, belonging to Mr. Holland, the agent for Lloyd's. The steamer is gone all to pieces, and the fragments are scattered along the shore. The wind did not blow a gale at the time the steamer struck, but the sea ran high and the night w as very d ar k . Th e cries of th e unfort unate - persons were heard distinctly on shore, but i t was utterly impossible to render any assist ance without a life- boat ; unfortunately there is not one st ationed in th e di str i ct. F our b o di es have been picked up, one a gentl eman i n a f roc k -coat and boots, with two sovereigns i n hi s pocket. 400 dead pigs and 18 horned corned cattle have drifted ashore." claret through event t a h n e cbi birth ; I f ia a ll of Gray's In i li c e y c h a e n r ds the ro g al The . presented on loyal and spirit-stirring. scene, the Saturday evenin g ' n Earl and Counitetnrsa:st: haring, with their accustomed liberality, distri o buted and received ' the hall to celebrate the auspicious princess. The health of her Ma ).neffccet e d n Albert, to v v, v was CravenasN a I sloaroef expected with rapturous enthusiasm. ir to-day, from a visit shortly going to Gorhambu , V.l li F er m e a distinguished , andintend circle are about to visit the Earl and rY 7'' Countess of Verulam. t' BELL'S LIFE IN LONDoN•"—Ia addition to the usual sporting varieties, Belts Ije in, London of yes terday, November 22, contained four folio columns of chro nology of aquatic sports during the sea son of 1840. The price of Bell's Lif e in London is 5Li , . It is published in true for Saturday afternoon railways, and delivered in Bir mingham early on Saturd ay evenine. THE 46 OBSERV ER " NEWSPAPER. —In the Observer of Sunday, ,May ) 24, th e first official announce ment appeared of the nation's hopes being gladdened by the probability of an addition to her Majesty's illustrious house. Tha Observer uf Yesterday, N ovem ber 22, announced also officially that the important and happy event was realized, which, with the matters connected therewith, were given to the extent of tl-t.:e of the Observer's long folio columns. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. An edition, most de sirable for the country, and to send abroad, is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday a fternoons. Ott the Ist of December will he publis hed, p rice 3d., by Mr. Clement, jun., at the office of Bell's Life in Lowion, 170, Strand, the Gallery of Comicalities, Part VIII., consisting of 68 comic wood engravings, vith hu morous explanations in verse and prose. Tha previous seven parts can be had together or separate at 33. each. The eight parts contain upwards Of 600 comic prints: the engraving alone cost 3.000 guineas• The trade sup plied, as heretofore, at 2d. eN;ch. and copies not sold by the end of Dec.unber, 1841, taken hack, and the money returned. Good to export. Never cut of print. The eight parts, fur 2i., would be an acceptable present for country cousins. Easily put in parcels or boxes. Placards for shop windows. WESTITAM.--THREE DEAD BODIES WASHED ASHORE.--On Monday last the bodies of three fine young sailors drifted on shore near Langley, in this parish (sup_ posed to have belonged to a vessel which was wrecked near Eastbourne a few nights since.) On the drawers ~f one man were marked the letters H. C. ; and on the rig ht arm of another the letters 11. 0., and o n th e left arm R. R. 'The other rn.n who i',55 the ill'e tof the 1 , is tiree had no initials whatever on hi , clothes. but ha , ' better gar_ ments than use others. The ceriatatle has the ch,anis of the poor fellows in his possession, which he will retain in case any of the friends of the deceased should-own them.— Sussex Eapress.: pit° VINCIA L BANK OF IRELAND, London, 42,.01;1 Broad-street, Nov. 23,1840. The IF nblic are hereby requested to take notice, that all BILLS of EXCHANGE and LETTERS of CREDI drawn upon Messrs. WRIGHT and CO., from any of the BRANCHES of the PROVINCIAL BANK of IRELA - D ID will, if at maturity, be instantly paid, or, if requiring :ac ceptance, will, on presentation, be accepted by Alessi .s. SPOONER, AT TWO 0 DS, and CO, 27, Gracechurch-street. By order of the Directors, JAMES MARSHALL, Secretary. Now ready, in 3 volumes, price 31s. 6d. boards, T HE HOUR. AND THE MAN; A Eliatorical Romance. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. Also, 3 vols., price 275. boards, DEERBROOK. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. Edward Moxon, Dover-street. ETIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ILA_ AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA. RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) lifer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. HEINE BKOTHERS, at HAMFIURGH, Are new SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIIIU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchcse for the next Distribution may re ceive, PREVIOUS to givilig any order, the PROS - 'ECTUS snd PAR TICULARS, u pon addressing WITHOUT DE LAY, a line to HEINE, BROTITERS, at HAMBURGH. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION', managed and guaranteed by the Austrian Government, contains TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to E 954,868, The Dividends being £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,800 200 42 0 36 0 1,800 150 40 10 35 0 1,200 100 39 0 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING. NOV. 23_ Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, I\ll. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ' • Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. A ' leadows • Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. The Interval between the Play and the Afterpiece will be oc cupied by A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES NATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. kft er which willbeyepeated the New Petite Comedy, entitled FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Sir Thomas Oldton, Mr. W. Darren ; Nix, Mr. Chas. Ma hews; Captain Maitland, Mr. J. Vining; David Surcman, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs Maitland, Madame Vpstris; Mrs. Doro thy More, Mrs. Humby. To-morrow, The Critic, with Two in the Morning, and Fra Diavolo. Oa Wednesday, The Midsumm r Night's Dream, with Two in the Morning, and Fashionable Arrivals. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ilreles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ,z. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past. Six—the performances to ovancnce at Seven o'Clock. l'lkets and places for the 80xc..; to be taken of Mr. Grogan ac the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private Boxes t• be had solely of Mr, And, :as, bookseller :67, New Bond-street. PRINCE'S THEATRE, KING-STREET, ST. JAMES'S. Mr. JOHN BARNETT and Mr. MORRIS BARNETT respectfully inform the Nobility, Gentry. and the Public, that the above Theatre will positively OPEN on THURSDAY, Nov. 26, when will be produced, for the first time, an entirely New Grand Operatic Burletta, to be called FRIDOLIN. The Music by Mr. F. Romer. Fridolin, Miss Romer ; Count Savern, Mr. Frazer; The Sene,chal, Mr. H. Phillips; The Countess Savern, Miss A. Cooper. After which (first time) an Anecdotic Sketch, to be entitled THE SERGEANT'S WEDDING. In which will appear Messrs. Selby, G. Wild, Ray, and Mesdames Burner, Selby, Miss Collett, &c. Musical Director, Mr. John Barnett ; Chief of the Orches tra, Mr. Loder; Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. M. Barnett. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Circle, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Second nice—Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Upper Circle, 2s. ; Pit, ls. 6d. The Box Office, under the direction of Mr. W. Notter, will be open from Eleven till Five. Private Boxes can be had only at Mr. Andrews', Bond-street. - - - PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. THIS EVENING, NOV. 23.—PROGRAMME. Overtures—Dcr Frey .chutz, Za►npa. Haensel's Fantasia, introducing Solos for the principal Instru- ments. Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the Brida Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-telling Scene. Solo on the Oboe by M. Albert Delabarre, of the Academie Royal (his first appearance in this country). Solo on the Violin by Mr. Willy. Duet Cornet a Pistons, Messrs. M'Farlane and Keightley. Quadrilles—La Princesse, La Fille du Regiment. Waltz—Der Feen Wilt. To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle Symphony, for .vhich an addition has been made to the already numerous and efficient orchestra. Promenade, 13.—Dress Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Private Boxes, Is. and Ws. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Extraordinary Novelty—lncreasing popularity of the Negro Melodists, and continued attraction of " The Wreck of the Royal George " ° THIS EVENING, NOT. 23, Will be acted, ,THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN. After which, THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE ; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. Preceded by a Graud Pictorial and Scenic Induction, repre senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca. amity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To be followed by JIM ALONG JOSEY, and Piccaninny Colman'4 Visit to the Masquerade. To conclude with the Caledonian Romance, entitled THE REIVER'S RANSOM ; OR, GILDEROY THE BONNY BOY. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning ..... x minutes after Evening 25 mimi=es after 2. SIR T. DICK LAUDER'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vols. post tivo. with Engravings, by Phiz, Illustrator of " Nicholas Nickleby," &c. LEGENDARY TALES OF THE HIGHLANDS. By SIR THOMAS DICK L AUDER, Bart., Author of " Highland Rambles," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THEIIIANAGEHENT OF Mr. BUTLER. THIS EVENING, NOV. 23. The entertainments will commence with PAUL THE BRAZIER; or, the lIEIGN of TERROR Paul, Alr. Balls. To conclude with the New Burletta, named After which, Two Acts of ENGLISH ETIQUETTE. _ _ Mr. Handel Hilbbs, Mr. Balls ; Achille Townsend, Mr. St John Horton ; Miss Agatha Bloomington, Mrs. Garrick Peggy, Mrs. H. Beverley. To conclude witn HOW TO RULE A WIFE!__ Duke Aranza, Mr. Butler ; Juliana, Mr. H. Beverly. Dress Boxes, 4s.—Olympian Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2t —Gallery, Is. Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, Is. 6d ; Pit, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELIASON begs leave moat respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the GranTHEd MusiCONCERTScaI EntertainD'HlVments, ER.entitled Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MIJSARD PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, NOV. 23. PART FIRST. Overture—Fidelio—Beethoven. Valses—Caeillien—Strauss. Overture—Goethe's Faust—Lindpainter. New Quadrille_Postillon de Mam'ablon—Nlusard. Historical Melange of Old French Airs, from the 12th, 13th 14th, and 15th centuries. Solo Cornet a Pistons—Schone Minka—Herr Koenig. Grand Selection from the Messiah. PART SECOND. Grand Overture Fantastique—Des Frangs Juges—Berlioz. Nevr Quadrille—Rendezvous de Chasse—Musard. Fantasia Flub+ on The Hermit's Song from Der Friesehutz— Herr Frisch. Valses—Les Fusses Volantes—Strauss. Overture—Le Dieu et la Bayadere—Boildien. Quadrille —L' A ngleterre—Musard. Galop—Jne bonne Fortune—A. Adam. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dres Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes hare the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. 1-44 Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will ler the fu ture be opened at the admission of Is. to each person. Doors open at half-paat Seven &Clock, to commence at Eight precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " W. B."—The male child, whatever be his age, takes prece ()Nice of the female. Thus Edward V. succeeded to the crown in preference to his elder sister Elizalseth, and Edward VI. succeeded Henry VII. in preference to Mary, who was twenty-one years older. We have not received the statement respecting the consump tion of coffee referred to in a letter from Huddersfield. We have received from Sir Edward Codrington one sovereign for the generous and gallant boatmen who sated the crew of the Lord Nelson in the late storm off Liverpool. MAP OF CHINA. AT WAR WITH CHINA-WHERE IS CHINA? VERY FEW CAN TELL. The Sun Newspaper will soon answer the question by publishing a Beautiful, Large, and Highly Correct MAP of CHINA, with a Complete History of that Extensive Empire, and its Singular People. THE MAP will nearly occupy a page of The Sun. ' It is got up under the special Superintendence of the celebrated Mr. JAMES WYLD, Geographer to her MAJESTY the QUEEN. It comprehends also a large portion of India, from the Months of the Ganges—the Islands in the Bay of Bengal— B irmali —Assam Thibet Nepaul Cochin China—Canton, and the immense Islands and Bays along the coast of China to PEKIN, situated One Hundred and Twenty Miles inland from the confines of the Yellow Sea. The next News from China is expected to be ex ceedingly interesting and decisive. The Island of CH USAN, the first point of attack by the Expedition, commands the great Bay of Nankin, from which the Imperial Canal communicates with Pekin, the Capital of the Empire. Chusan is about half way between Canton and Pekin. ORDERS FOR " THE CHINA SUN ". 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 the 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 will only be SIXPENCE, which can be sent by post FREE. N.B.—No EXTRA Charge to Regular Sub scribers, who will receive their Papers in the usual course. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 11, 1840. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Continued attraction of the Wizird of the Wave. Decided success of the Ran-Dan Club—Revival of Wallace. THIS EVENING, NOV. 23, THE WIZARD OF THE WAVE ' • OR, THE SHIP OF THE AVENGER. After which, THE FEMALE BOATMEN'S SOCIETY ; OR, THE RAN-DAN CLUB. Characters by Messrs. Bender, Attwood, Miss Pettifer, Mrs. France, Mrs. Hicks, and all the Ladies of the Ballet. To conclude with the Melodrame of WALLACE, THE HERO OF SCOTLAND. In which Messrs. Dale, Blanchard, Coney, Mulford, Ben der, Courtney, Asbury, Miss Kemble, and Miss E. Montague, will appear. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Pat ronage. This highly popul a r a nd interesting resort is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk. The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the n umber, variety, Ind beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa lions a n d elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arranged xith the nearest possible assimilation t o the natural habits e the animals. The most important additions recentlyEle received are the rare and beautiful bla ck Leopard, le Mignon phant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, caled Cushew Birds, the Sacred lors, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of ( t h e largest ever s een in c onfine - Ca-sewaries, the Monst er Boa me nt), &e. The Tlendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock, .t vmhich time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular p swers of these forest nionarcl , s are displayed. to the titritost ad vantage. Admission, One Shilling. The üblication oft e Evening Edition of Tun SUN corn. meneed at 10 minutes after Three. . ` Ai --. .t*. , -4j 44, , . .-'..Z.--. -; ,r;..Y C ~,,... r, : s it s , • ' ,-..-f-'"-^".. ' `,'-.„ - ..,,th 3;1:-.i, f' , , . t e el4A ~ ,1 ,4 ' 5 "" '''•%. 7A, l ee ), 1 - .1 -A''''''! ,:_-.::-36t4,!, ;':c •:•%, ,1 / ~ -- ~,,. ' '-'l , - .. " '-Vimt6 - -tLsk ' , ..'=".l,—' - ' — ' ,- - , 4"-'5z. ,,,,-- .6..V• ~,,,,;„: ' 'Zbt s:.ii:ln. LONDON : MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1840. THE QUEEN. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST TWO. The answer to inquiries at the Palace this after• noon was, that her Majesty and the Princess Roya had passed a good night, and were doing exceed. ingly well. No event, since the general peace, has caused such unbounded joy throughout the metropolis as the safe delivery of our beloved QUEEN. High and low, rich and poor, rejoice alike, and though many wished that the offspring had been a PRINCE, the unanimous voice of the public is expressive of gratitude to the ALMIGHTY that het MAJESTY has survived and given birth to an Heir Presumptive to the throne. Can there be any mistake about the ardent feeling displayed on this auspicious event, when wo reflect for a mo ment on the awful position in which this country would have been placed, had it been the will of PROVIDENCE to afflict us by a calamity like that which occurred now twenty-three years ago ? On that occasion the whole na tion mourned that an illustrious Princess, heir to a great empire, had been suddenly cut off in the prime of life, and buried in the same tomb with her dead-born child. Then there were many near heirs t© the Throne, respected and be loved by the people. We had no dread of the suc cessor to her Royal Father. The national grief was solely caused by the untimely end of the suf ferer. But had such a fate befallen the QUEEN we should have mourned not for her only, but also for the nation, because her peaceable reign would in all probability have been followed by comtno_ tions which might have convulsed the kingdom and endangered the monarchy. Since the reign of CHARLES IL—nay, we may say, in the whole history of the Sovereigns of England, no suc cessor to the reigning Prince was ever looked upon with such horror and dread as the heir presumptive, but two days ago, to the throne still occupied, through the mercy of GOD, by our beloved QUEEN. For such. a gracious delivery the nation may well be thankful, and it will display its thankfulness by rejoicings unequal led in this country. They have already com menced. Throughout, we believe, every chapel, Catholic and Dissenting, of the metropolis yester day, public thanksgivings were offered for the safety of the QUEEN and her child, and prayers were made for their health. The State Church alone was silent ; the Catholic Church in London adopted a prayer for the QUEEN before her deli , very. Then the State Church also was silent. What a mockery of a Church ! The Clergy cannot pray unless words are put into their mouths by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and therefore there will be no public thanksgiving in the Established Church till the "attenuated Prelate" (we quote the words of a dignitary of the Church) has had leisure to sit down and tell the obsequious slaves what they arc to say. But the people pray in their hearts, and in words also re turn thanks (notwithstanding the sluggishness of the priests), for one of the greatest blessings ever conferred on this country. They pray that her MAJESTY and her offspring may long live in peace and health, and that the nation may never be subjected to the tender mercies of the KING who now rules over Hanover. (From our Second Edition of Saturday.) We are happy to state, that up to the hour we write (past six o'clock), her MAJESTY and the Young Stranger are going on as well as possible, with every prospect of continuance. Her MAJESTY has been in the habit of taking pl enty of exercise, and so late as yesterday after noon she walked in Buckingham Gardens with Prince ALBERT. Early this morning symptoms rather •suddenly indicated that an approaching event of national in. -ir - V7I I'', •er.l L 4, v F i• terest was near at hand. lucked, the event i , at so -oon expected, that her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, and the Great Officers of State were specially, summoned to attend, as usual, on such occasions. The LORD CHANCELLOR set off as early as eight o'clock in the morn ing, and remained at Buckingham Palace until the happy event took place One of the papers (the Globe) states, that he bundled up his papersand left the Court of Chancery for the Palace! We arc in momentary expectation of an Extra ordi hary Gazette, with the particulars of the Person ages present at the birth of the Princess Vic roßbt (we presume). (FROM OUR COURT NEWSMAN.) • • Her Majesty wa s taken unwell at an early hour OD Saturday morning, and the medical gentlemen were in consequence summoned to Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent was sent for at half-Past eight o'clock by his Royal Highness Prnce Albert. ger Royal Highness immediately went to the Palace, remained with her Majesty throughout the day, "61 six o'clock in the evening. Sir James Clark left the Palace to give the requisite information to Viscount Melbourne. The Noble Vi" count and the Lord Chancellor arrived at the Palace before ten o'clock. Summonses were sent to the prin cipal Cabinet Ministers and Great O ffi cers of State in t town, and expresses were forwarded to the Marquis o Lansdowne, Lord President of the Council, at his seat ordP e iv t Se e al b a a t b N in V e a t tf m ord in . isters Bowood Park, Wilts, and t o the Earl o f Clarendon, L som r of y h of State arrived before twelve o'clock, And twelve and one o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London arrived at the Palace. Her Majesty was safely delivered of a Princess at te_a minutes before two o'clock p.m. Their Royal nigh; nesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Rent were is the room together with Sir James Clerk, Dr' L°c°6 d. Dr. Ferguson, and Mr. Blagden, the medical atten and Great bOeffitwceeerne ants on her Majesty. the In an adjoining room, the door being open. we re b. following Privy Councillors :—His Grace the Ar c . bishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London, 0: Lord High Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne. Steward Firs t Lord of the Treasury ; the Earl of Erroll, Lord r of the Household ; Viscount Palmerston. Secretary 0. State for Foreign Affairs ; Lord John Russell, Sec"' tart' of State for the Colonies ; and the Earl of made, Master of the Horse. In an anteroom were—the Countes s of Sandwich Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting ; Lord /31r . ° P .' (Clerk Marshal), Equerry Lord in Waiting ; C o l one l the Hon. Henry Cavend.isn_ Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde, Eq uerr . l _ GrooM to Prince Albert ; and Captain Seymour, in Waiting' Sir Frederick Waiting on Prince Albert. into cabs The infant Princess having been brought room where the Ministers and Great Officers of Sta t. : were assembled, their Lordships took their from the Palace directly afterwards. ed by Information of the auspicious event was deSpatCh Dosvoe.,.as a messenger to htr Majesty the Queen Sudbury Hall, and one of the Equerries in Waineg conveyed the joyful intelligence to the Royal ramill in town. Sop hia The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess ; e came quickly to learn the state of her Majesty and t Royal infant, and the Duke of Cambridge, on his n " departur COC O rival in town in the afternoon from a v isit to the Dowager at Sudbury Hall, went immediately to th e Palace, and had an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Duke of Susse s sent more than once to learn the state of his August Niece and th e fant Princess. The Earl of Belfast, Vice-Chamberla in of her Ma" jesty's Household, attended at the Palace is the after' noon. The Lord Mayor also arrived to make bis P er, sonal inquiries after her Majesty. Slimily before four o'clock Prince Albert, attended Lord Robert Grosvenor and the Hon. Colonel C a ve r dish, left the Palace to attend a Privy Council. The Council was held in the Council Chamber , Whitehall, and his Roy al Highness Prince Albert took his seat at the head of the Council table, having ;030' diately on his right his Grace the Archbishop of Gar* terbury. The members of the Privy Council present were - .• The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lo o. rd don, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, Lo Privy Seal ; Viscount Melbourne, First -Lord o f the Treasury ; the Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Er Lord Steward ; Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse ; Viscount Duncannon, Chief Commissioner ef. the Woods and Forests ; Visc ount Palmerston, Seere tary of State for Foreign Affair s ; Lord John Russo° ell' . S cretary for State for the Colonies ; Right H H enr y Labouchere, President of the Board of a Trade at Right Thomas Babington Macaulay, Secretry Hon. War ; and Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Hon. William Ba tbu rst was the Clerk of th e Council in Waiting. was ordered tha t a Form of At the Council it 's safe del iver y of a Princes! Thanksgiving for the Q ueen should be prepared b y his Grace the A rchbishop pt Canterbury, for England and Wales. The Council broke up at half-past four o'clock, and d Prince Albert r eturned to the Palace, attended by Lor Robert Grosvenor and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Duchess of Kent left the Palace in the earJY part of the evening, but returned about nine o'clock. Yesterday forenoon the following Bulletin wasiSSlled " Buckingham Palace, Nov. 2, 1840. 10 o'Clock, A.M. " The Queen bats passed an excellent night. Her Majesty and the infant Prin cess are going on favour., ably in every respect. " JAMES CLARK, M.D M.D. D. CHARLES LOCOCIC, ROBERT F ERG USON, 1 ‘ 1 . 4 " RICHARD BLAGDEN. " The Marquis of Lansdown e, Lord President of the Council, arrived at the P alace, in bis travelling carriag• and four yesterday morning , from Bowood Park. Th,e Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain of her Maie st i s Household, also attended at the Palace yesterday forenoon. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit in the midd le of the day, when the infant Princess was presented t° her Royal Highness. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Shojis. 6f London and Middlesex, arrived in the early part of tO afternoon, the former and the (acting) Lady Mayo ress ' alighted at the Palace, and were received b y the Gen tlemen of the Household in Waiting. The Duchess of Kent, after attending divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, in the mo rning, went to the Palace. The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to his Royal High- Prince Albert nessin the afternoon. in The Nobility and Gentry thronged to the Palace the course et the afternoon, to make their dutiful ingot' Prin ries after the state of her Ma j est y and the infant cess. Among those L adies who entered their willies on her Majesty's list were—The Countess Bjornstjerne, the Lady of the S wedish Minister ; Mrs. Stevenson, the Lady of the Am erican Minister ; Madame Dedel, the Lady of the N etherlands Minister ; Madame Van de Weyer, the Lady o f t h e Be l gian M inister ; B.ironess de Coto, the Lady of the Bavarian Minister ; Mac Write M a vrocordato, the Lady of the Grecian Minister; Madame Marques Lisboa, the Lady o f the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires ; Duchess of Cannizzaro, Marchio nesses of Wellesley, Winchester, and Exeter ; Coun tesses of Erroll, Albemarle, Tankerville, Belfast, Cado gun, and Dowager Sandwich ; Viscountesses Palmers ton and Dowager Torrington ; Ladies Wheatley, Ida Hay, A. Hay, Denman, Cottenham, Fanny Cowper, Dowager Rivers, E. Gore, Elizabeth Hope Vere, and Nugent ; Mistres ses Th omas Er s kine, Thesiger , G. E. Anson, Ashl e y, Cowper, and Leicester Stanhop e ; Misses Quentin, Wheatley, A. Pepys, Pitt, Lister, and Caven dish. The whole of the Corps Diplomatique, and the No blemen and Gentlemen, entered their names in Prince Albert's book. Throughout the day and evening her Mojesty and the infant Princess were going on f a vourably. The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday evening., The Marquis of Noroaanby arrived at the Eaton. Now rea.ly, And to be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., /SHE THREE PEERS. A NOVEL. By LADY STEPNEY: Diehard Bent►ey, New 13urlington-street. I