The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-28 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OC POBER 28. 1840. NEWS FROM THE MEDITERRA. FRAN CE. NEAN. We have received Maltapapers to the 15th inst. The following are extracts from the Malta Times : ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 7.—The Pacha left yesterday for Cairo. He told Mr. Larking that he slThuld not molest the India mails, but allow them to pass on as usual. The overflow of the Nile has produced the greatest digesters ; whole villages have been swept away. The gardens of the Isle of Rhoda are com pletely under water, and ruined. 4,500,000 ardeps of grain, b..longing to the Pacha (kept in magazines), have been washed away. Several Europeans, who oc cupied land, have suffered severely. The Turco- Egyptian fleet has partly mutinied. The sailors of the ships No. 2, No. 9, and No. 7, have refused to go to their quarters, a-nd much fighting has taken place. Tne British squadron here, consisting of the Asia, Im placable, and Dar hne, have been reinforced by the Dido and Ganges. Tr,e Prometheus, which arrived from Cotfu on the 12th inst., mentions that Sir Edmund Lyons had re ceived elEcial despatches from the seat of war up to the 21st ult. The leading fact tv...s that Jaffa was in possession (f the Allies.. The French &et of 11 sail of the line was in the gulf of Salamis and was ex pected to winter there. SNIYP.II", OCT. 10.—The Plicenix steam-frigate, Commander R. F. Stoplord, Itft Constantinople on the 3d, and arrived at Smyrna on the sth ; after taking in a supply of coals she proceeded on the same day to the coast of Syria, having on board Sir C. F. Smith, R.E., whose health had been sufficiently re-established to enable him to resume his important duties. The Unite(' States slip of the line, Ohio, Commodore Hull, arrived at Smyrna on the Bth instant. The United States cor vette, ,Cyane, Captai n W. B. L a tp ner , arr ived in port front off Jaffa on the 24th ult. The Moniteur of Monday publishes the following ordon nance, announcing the prorogation of the Chambers : " Louis Philippe, &c. "We have ordained and ordain as follows : " The Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies, which by our ordonnance of the 7th of this month were to meet on the 29th of October, will meet on the sth of No. vember next ensuing. " At the Palace of the Tuileries, 25th of October, 1840. " LOUIS PHILIPPE. " By the King, • " The Minister Secretary of State for the Interior, " CH. REMUSAT." According to the Presse, M. Guizet's arrival at Calais on Sunday was announced by telegraphic despatch. Tne Helvetic Confederation and the King of the Ne therlands has sent letters of congratulation to Louis Philippe on his escape. The commission of the Court of Peers assembled on Sunday at the Luxembourg to continue the preliminary investigation into the affair of Darmes. Almiral Lalande has left Paris for Toulon. The leading articles of Monday's French papers on the I Ministerial crisis call for no remark. According to the Quetidienne, M. de Lamartine has been offered a post in the new Ministry. The Moniteur contains the Royal ordonnance appointing Count Sebestiani Marshal of France. This promotion is vehemently attacked by the Commerce, the Siecle, the Temps, and the Constitutio:;nel. The Courrier Francais apologizes for M. Thiers in signing the ordounance on the ground of the new Marshal's military services. Tne Pre4e asserts that it is illegal, The Dcbats i 5 silent on the subject. The Moniteur publishes an ordonnance by the King of the 24th of October, on the organisation of tee administra tion of the studs. That ordonnance creates a stud school, which will be established at the siudhouse of Piu. The Commerce has the aunexed article : " Baron Arnim, 'Minister of Prussia, has arrived at Peris from Berlin. We are enabled to state from a positive source, that all idea of detaching Prussia from the Qued ruple Alliance is unfounded, and that Baron Arnim is the bearer of a formal declaration that the Four Poeers intend to execute integrally the treaty of the 15th. M. Alexandre de Humboldt, who had offered his mediation, has been dis pensed with, and will not come to Paris." (From the Papers of Monday.) The Commerce says—" Marshal Soult waited on the King yesterdae at one o'clock, with the Members the future Cabinet who are in Paris; but Al. Guizot, not hay. ing arrived, nothing could be decided, although the meet ing lasted nearly two hours. The acceptation of M. Guizot is so fully relied on that his successor is already talked of. AI. de Barante, who was to leave St. Peters burgh on the 15th of this month, is particularly mentioned." Baron d'Arnimv, the Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Tuileries, has arrived at Paris. Baron Brunosv is asserted by the 7 emps to have received from the Emperor Nicholas a present of 150,000 roubles for his successful negotiation of the treaty of July 15. The Duke of Orleans (says the Commerce) visited the Duke de Broglie on Saturday. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness transacted business with General Cubi eres . The National states that the deputation appointed by the workmen of Paris to wait upon the Abbe de Lumen nais did so yesterday. One of the deputation, in the name, as he said, of the large majority of the workmen of Paris, expressed to M. de Larneenais the plea sure which they had derived from the perusal of his pamphlet, and added that they were indignant against the Government for its cowardice • under the menaces of Europe, and, having before them the dread of vitelent re-action at home, they felt that it was their duty to join in one common feeling against every attempt at counter-revolution. 'M. de Lammenais re plied that he was grateful for their kind expressions to wards him, and then entered into a review of the situation of the country, which he said was very perilous, znd would become more so if it could submit to the violence or degradation with which it was menaced. He recom mended, however, that the workmen should be calm, united, and prudent, and abstain from any rash or disor derly movement. The Courrier Francais gives the following as from a St. Petcrsburgh letter, dated 13th inst. :—" The Russian fleet, consisting of 23 vessels, viz., nine ships of the line, and 14 frigates, is to sail to-morrow. A part of the fleet will go to Copenhagen, and the other part to Ply mou_h, to wait for events." M. Thore, whose pamphlet, entitled " La Vee:te sur le Parti Democratique," has been seized, and underwent an examination yesterday. He is charged, says the France, with an attack upon the respect due to the laws, with an attempt to excuse crimes condemned by the laws; with• an. attack upon property, and with an attempt to excite hatred between the different classes of society. Dinners haye been given to M: Arago by she Reformers of Grenoble and Lyons, on his passing through those places en route for Paris. Toasts in honour of Universal Suffrage, and others of a similar nature, were drunk, and the " Marseillaise" was sung on both these occations. Sunday the audiences at the theatres ,of Paris com prised, as usual, numerous persona who are glad of any opportunity to make a noise. It was, therefore, not sur prising that the " Marseillaise" should have . been:called for at the French Opera, and sung after some oppdsiiton. It was also called for at the Theatre Francois by (says the Quotidienne) about 12 persons in the pit, amid the cppo-, sition cf a large number of the audience. The orchestra at length struck up the air, and the wordy, adt.s this Jou'r nal, were sung by two hawkers of the chainei and a journeyman barber 1 'The Siecle says :—.• Ythn.er day evening a great number of patrols of the Nlurticipal Guards anal hussars and horse chasseura paraded the Bou levards for the purpose of dispersing some geoups of young men who were singing the Muse:liaise 'on the Boulevard des Italiens. It was also sung at the Varictcs and other minor theatres." - The French Minister of War has issued circular letters, according to which the class of young soldiers of 1835' called out aro to match to join their regiments within the first fortnight in November, and those of the class of '1834' between the 20th and 25th of the same month. The Toulon Papers state that 1,680 men belonging to the 3d Regiment of Marine Infantry are to be sent out im mediately to Bourbon, and Cayenne. Three frigatere're destined for this purpose. The officers of the National Guard who beim been sus pended for breach' of di cipline in presenting a remonstrance to the President of the Council of Ministers are succes sively sending in their resignations. " We are hourly expecting," says the Temps, " arrival of Baron Arnim, as Ambassador from the Court of Berlin to that of Paris. The announcement of the mis sion of M. de Humboldt to the Court of the Tuileries is now contradicted. He may possibly come to Paris this winter, but he will be without any political, or, at least, ' any official character." THE DUTCH. —The Rhine, with his Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand on beard, as second in command, arrived on the 20th at Brest. The Prince was ignorant of the late events in Holland till the Dutch Consul delivered to hint letters from his family, and others to Captain Ariens, the commander, which gave orders for the return of the frigate to Holland, to the great regret of the Prince and the otlicerc of the frigate, who wished to make themselves acquainted with Brest, as they had with Toulon. The Government had given orders to receive the Prince with all the honours due to his rank, which was accordingly done. Tho Prince has been able to visit the arsenal, and especially to examine minutely the magnificent ship of the line tho Volney, which will be the most colossal three decker ever built.—Constitutionnel. MALTA.—The Prometheus is stopped at the roomer..! of her departure with the mails (which are o❑ board' , which cannot go forward, in consequence of the receipt Of a despatch, at one o'clock, from Captain Fisher, of the Asia, commanding the blockading force oil Alexan dria, stating that he had reeeived orders from Adnii;ii Stopford, confot mistily to instructions from Lord Pon sonby, to establish a rigid mercantile blockade. Sorry other arrangements must therefore be made fur the transmission of these mails by another route. The Vanguard, 80, Capti,in Sir U. Dunn, K.C.H., proceeded from Malta on the 13th for Syria. The Rodney, 92, Captain Mannsell, arrived on the sam , day from Cork, with . the 19th regiment on board, and wilt sail immediately for Syria. The Malta Times gives an extract of a letter from Sing Tore, dated 9th July, which announces the arrival of the English expedition - at Macao, or in Hors-kong Bay, whence advices had been received to the 7th June. Tnc• Chinese, the letter adds, were determined to re sist ; but it gives rp particu!ars, nor does it state bow the news reached Singapore. Among the passengers on board the Phenix were Colonel Bullock, his lady, and four daughters, and their lois is estimated at 5001. including the carriage and luggage of the gallant Colonel and his tawny. The young ladies had nothing on but their night clothes, and were removed in a state of great terror and alarm to the boats of the Phenix and Britannia, and conveyed to the latter vessel. One of the Miss Bul locks fell overboard in the hurry of removal, and Hasle tine, one of the English steersmen of the vessel, went into the water after her. In an instant they were both dragged into the boats by the crew of the Britannia. An Englishman, who had come over to this country to receive 3501., which he intended to invest in the French funds, lost every farthing, and others are considerable sufferers. Tne passengers and crew of the Phenix, when taken on board the Britannia, received the most humane attention from the steward and stewardess of the latter vessel, and their wants were most cheerfully supplied. We understand it is in contemplation to open a subscription on behalf of the steward and the crew of the Phenix, who lost everything they possessed, and wirer, it is but justice to state, behaved remarkably well after the Phenix had run . into the Britannia. Their zeal, coolness, and obedience to command while the vessel was sinking has been highly spoken of by Cap tain Lefort and Captain Stranack, and the passengers of both vessels. The greatest loser-is Dines, the steward; who from a state of comparative affluence has been reduced to beggary. The carriage and other pro prty of M. Guizot, the French Ambassador, was on board the Phenix when she went down. • BLOCKADE OF SYRIA AND EGYPT. • " Her Majesty's ship Asia, off Alexandria, " Sept. 30, 1840. " Sir.-1 am this moment savoured with your letter of the SSth instant, containing a letter of the 26th inst., addressed to you by a retest - r6pectable'body of British merchants resident in Alexandria, requesting you to state to me, as senior officer of her Majesty's ships off this port, the losses inthe - ed upon British interests in Alexandria by my having deterred 'British merchant• vessels from entering that port. • " Requesting you also to call upon our to provide transport=, or some other efficient means by which to emhaik the British property now unprotected at Alex andria, and thus to relieVe the BritiSh • merchants and their property from a virtual blockade. " I might justly reply, that I have adopted no mea sures since the Cons&-General struck his flag. and de pat ted4 which were not prdvionsly in full force, with the knowledge and sanction of that public functionary. • " But both duty and inclination prescribe Ito me•a deep interest in the security of . British shbjects real. dee:: in Alexandria, and of their property. would strctun any little- power i may possess to the utmost protect the one and the other, without shrir'king froth prrsorall reipOn4iiiity, and only stopping where" the line of toy pultlic duty is unque&tioniA)lc 'and itnperative, well knonolEg that in so acting I shrill best iidfil tile intcn t,as of toy Admiral, Sir R , , , bert Stcpford, and of the British Government. • FIRE AT SHEERNESS DOCKYARD ."I'o•• permit muniLions of war to enter the 'port of Alexandria 'under existin7 circurnstadces, is, as you and those gentlemen who have addressed - you, welt; knoW, impossible. • - . " I have; therefore, prevented tho'Brotbers,' on the. I instant,- tram 'entering, she haiiiig 23,600. shell; and iron sables on board. Also the ' Maitland.' brig,, on the 23:1, with ship tim'o6.. Id these cases 'had no alternative ; only two other iessels liaCi4 been warned by me, the Albatross: and the Active.; both had CGI.3 in, an important Munition of war, and hai'l I perrerated my duty 'to the letter, I' must. have prevented thoir entrance by force if necessary: In eon - - sideration' rf circumstances I only .warned them of the risk of critering, which I had been - officially cared' upon to do to all British merchant vessels. 'lle Albatross, the larest of them, went into port, so that the restric tive measures by which I am stated to, have debarred the British residents in Alexandria from availing them selves of the ordinary commercial means of saving- their propecty by shipping it in British vessels,' resolve .them selves- into warning One small brig, the Active, from entoing the port, u'duty absolutely it upon. me. If I have erred it 'has been by deviating from the strict line of 'linty, wild a view to favour, as fir as I pos,sibly could, and ,noder considerable personal respon sibility, the views 'and interests of the British merchants is Afenandria,--4 course I shall continue to pursue vs)henever occasion may offer. "I will take the earliest opportunity of transmitting copes of your letters to Sir Robert Stopford, and to Rear; Admisol Sir John Louis, at Malta, with whom oily rests any power to prol,ide transports. or other nu 7 ris of emb ar ki ng B r i t i s h su bj ects ' at Al exan a r i a , allt their property. And I beg you, by the earliest 'op por:nnity, to give me some information as to the means by which you propose to make - British vessels safely availaLle for those important purposes, that your appli cation to that vfl,ct may have mere weight. " I have no information relative to an impendicg, blockade of Alexandria, which was not fully known to the C0r.,:r.1- urral before he struck his flag. Avail yeerseft trf eve:3' opportunity to communicate with me, and stv4-4eit, tome any means by which I may be en abled :o s , :rve or protect the interbsts of the British re sident; at Alexandria, and their property, or in any the painful circumstances in which they cit. You' will not he more prompt to ask be to comply as far as my power goes, " I have the honour to romain, &e. (Signed) "WILLIAM FISHER. ‘. J. W. Larking, Eq., Alexandria." COURT-MARTIAL ON HENTY. SHEERNESS ' TUESDA Y NlGHT.—Yesterday, a t h a lf-p ast twelve, the Salamander steam-frigate, Captain Henry, from Portsmouth, with Admiral Bouverie on board, was telegraphed; and about half an hour afterwards she rounded the point, and came up to her .moorings abreast of :the dockyard. No salute wal,fired, the Salamander not hav ing a sufficient number of guns on board, and it not being customary for the senior Admiral to salute the. junior ex cept in return. Soon after the Admiral's arrival his Was struek on board tho Salamander, and hoisted at the ' mizen of the Camperdown. • Mr- Hoskins, from Portsmouth, whoin I mentioned as 'haitng been engaged for ilenty's defence, was not, it ap pears, actually retained, but merely written to ; and lie not having arrived, Henry yesterday engag ed the services cf Mr. Hooker, solicitor, of this town, who immediately re tained Mr. Vincent Dowling, of the London bar. Up to this time Henty had made no preparation for his defence, and had not even taken the precaution of summon ing any witnesses as to character. A letter was received by the prisoner this morning from Mr. Hoskins, stating that he considered his situation es Deputy Judge Advocate at Portsmouth would prevent his uudtrtaking the defence. THE COURT-MARTIAL. At eight o'clock this morning the Ocean fired a gun as a signal for the Court to assemole, and shortly afterwards the Admiral's barge was manned, and Admiral Bouverie came on board. Captains Hornby, Clavell, Sir J. Hill, and Commanders Webb and Douglas, came on board, and were received with the usual honoure. Several other naval, marine, and military officers were also present. The state rooms of the Ocean were prepared for the occasion, and a sufficient space being railed off for the accommodation of the members of the Court, the remainder was thrown fo op r er t i h t e o the Admiralty. rltect 1 , h e duty ators : No especial of conducting the prose cution, therefore, devolved upon Mr. Essell, who was ap pointed by the Court to perfor m the duties of Deputy Judge Advocate. At half-past nine the members of the Court took their scats. The Court was composed of Admiral the Hon. D. r. Bouverie, President, and Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, and, pro tempore, Second Com manding-officer of her Majesty's slops in the Mesie.viry ; Captain Clavell, Captain Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard ; Captain Hamby, Captain Superinteedent of Woolwich Dockyard; and of Commanders Webb and Douglas. The Admiralty warrant constituting the court-martial ems then read, and the prisoner, John H en r y , was b roug h t in in the custody of the Master -at-Arms, who acted as Pro vost-Martial. In the warrant lienty was described as supernumerary carpenter of her Majesty's ship Ocean, in comnossion in the harbour of Sheerness, and being on full pey, and also charged with the safety of her Majesty's ship Camperdown, at Sheerness. The warrant was dated Oct. 22, 1840. The President's order to assemble the Court, d;rected to the Deputy Judge-Advocate, was then read, and the members of the Court and the Deputy Judge Advocate were then sworn. The oath binds them not to disclose the opinions of any individual member of the Court unless thereto required by Act of Parliament. George North sworn and examined by the Deputy Juice Advocate--I am a supernumerary carpenter of the Ocean. I know Mr. John Henty. I bays? been inti mately acquainted with him for the last six months only. I saw him on the second day of this month of , October in the dockyard. I saw him at several limes of the day. I saw him on board her Majesty's ship Camperdown between four arid five o'clock in the afternoon—about half-past four as near as I can guess. Some conversation passed be tween us. I was going front the Monarch to the Corn wall. I had charge of those two ships. In going to the Cornwall I pas te d t h e C am p er d own . M r. H enty stood a the gangway, or rather the entering port of the middle deck, and called me, and said, " How are George ?" or " Hull os, G eorge ," or words to i.l:aut, effect, and asked me to conic on board. I asked him then i f h e had taken notice of Mr. Dean (a brotherofficer, o ffieela a carp enter o f t h e yar d) There are t h ree car penters o f t h e yard. I asked him if h e h ad taken notice of Mr. D ean ' s ill health. In the course o f conversation I slid th a t M r. Dean had a son who played the truant, and fretted hint a great deal. Mr. Wyly struck his head against the beam, and said, 44 We will go to a place ro ime; we c an walk upright. " He t h en wen t a ft, an d I llueed him. He went down the after cock-pit, and I followed him. It was higher on the orlop deck. We walked f rom the steerage to the a f ter coc kp it . W e conversed ab out M r. Dean, and M r. Henty made the remark that th e l abourers had knocke d o ff w o rk. Th ey had been t a ki ng then went out of the cockpit to the middle deck, and I fol lowed him. When we went there, there was a messenger from the foreman, who said he had come with an order from Mr. Baines, the foreman, for him. prisoner dispensing pegs of ballast out of the hold. He On the application of Mr. Dowling for the prisoner, Witness —The with his evidence. Mr. Robert Edmonds was admitted as a spectator, the that he was to go and !march the Cornwall with the mes senger (Mr. Ryder). I being in charge of the Cornwall, left with the messen in g e e s told him it must be a mistake, and that the message must messenger d g e o le t i o ere t d ae to Mr. Henry was lie to me. Mr. Runty was ent et the time. I then pres_ 4 the alarm of the fire on hoard th ci e Cep , i Cornwall, and left Mr. Henty on the middle -deck ef•the Camperdown. I next saw Mr. Henty about three- tierters of an hour after. in the mien when the alarm was given, „N e ll was about six e'cleck, an hour after I left Alr. Henry.' I saw Mr. _ a - , es, dock and the < AYON .1):1111'.• 'Ai.. Henty after the fire between the north brain perdown. I was DEATH OF Slit NV. LitAi, • .. , . I was not width) Camperdown, but not to speak to hn- , a. . I .er a certain number of nem to assemble in --The Mayo Mercurg, in a second editiou, fadb:i_s_':l i 'd i.„ e. ten feet of him. I afLerwards had some conversation with Saturday niseht. a""" nr "'" the different officers and men assembled in groups, lenr After the master shiptteigh't had a t : I d : : a ll: g i v en directions Ceeeh cf Sir Ne ., I a m Brabasou, gam. one of the Reartesentativest of that County, which took place very suddenly, at his residence, near dWinctold, on the afternoon of teat c'.ay; Sir \Vil orders, and Mr. Henty, Mr. Dean, and myself %wean a l imn ha'ireArened from his customer , sido. and on one of group together, between the north basin dockdrisendy theservants autesit'ig the p-riour ebout four o'clock. e.,H URCII tATES, Sze.— fhe he die- , r ~- --:- " T' .attoindant on waiting for dint, house. This was about seven o'clock. Henry stated.qie onvered his es • • -.. " agter emir, lifeless in his choir. s I ica cause of the fire, which I wrote down for Mr. Henty after i aid WU procured, bu t i t was found that he had hreat,hed Cetistitution" at Camberwell having met. agreeably to his last. Sir Witliara firabezon possessed ext ensive C. a d j wards. I wrote it at his houve the eame eveni n g' I gd°e the steps taken in ccmmunicating information to their le , curnment, were gratified with the tbtes in Mayo, char statement to Mr. Ilenty. and was an excellent landlord For seee a • he must ral months past n.e had se" in ' 1, ... - s ec ee ers ; and taking. into consideration, -- The Deputy Judge_ the see stated that on the a bad state of health ; and ate part tes, the declaration of Inow call on tho witness to withdraw, fever-der to produce during the debates on L ~. ord Stanley's Diifr-nchisement soil,ject cf Cherch.ra ~ , -9ed. Althorp, Bill, owing to a seesten see r.. „ al •-'-' Wnii`lt 0 '' well as the vote of tie House of Common*.e:ea s ~., t this written statement, and he would ' agaift call the witness n his journey . to a 5 , , two rtc' - ' l ut i a ns w e r e t ' d6 t 3 t'e . ' -- ...' '' • The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte-, t , ) identify it. London, ho was covapel'ed to stop qt ,IIC :on at Kinviegad, coeeee s motion, , ~ _ . _, . , esa rsa, ee, , a raid be apps'.. 3 ,- ,''' : . '.k . ;DLITIdaS, left her residence Ingestrie House, Belgrave- e Captain Sir John Hill was in to identify the and s ubsequently to return to his home. Wvh reg it to effect Alert no wore Cricrell-rarts .1 then called result the successor to Sir William in the re r s -az but' :he' a voluntary Church -rate should be ;Treed teree7SS - :''square, soon after two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a statement, arid underwent a • ation, the that the cross.examin yet ~ F , , s,un ne,d be cult . p eeeetation Of .. . of . tiven v of the police of Cusmbcrwehi ' carriage and , visit to her /1/1.1 . t Lour, on a cj es y atWindsor . of which was, that the Court decided that it had not ) J'i' ayo, no q1,) ,, -- - reamed us the Re. that the right appoin . . der atin mee • ' Castle. I been legally traced to the possession of the prisoner, and i fi r mcrs posse. a Pro Pert g Pray, . ought to tre in tile parishioners. %ray sire Ib an 1 CANADA. TRANSLATION OF A LETTER FROM MR. A. DE LAURIN, LATE AUSTRIAN CONSUL-GENERAL HERE. We have noticed with gratification the favourable ap. pearances presented by the last intelligence from Canada. The tenor of the Canadian press, and of private letters which we have seen, is generally tort cf satisfaction with the progress that has been made towards a real, as well as legal, union of the two provinces, and of confident hope in their future prosperity. The popularity of the Governor. General is evident, from the cordial reception he has met with every where during his recent tour, and his answers to the addresses eppear to base occasionally raised, even to a pitch of enthusiasm, the loyalty of the people. The great body of the Reformers in Toth pros inces are .attached to the Government, and many moderate Tories also. Hitherto the prospect looks well for the important period of the as sembling of the first United Parliament. The Reformers have sense enough to comprehend that they are in a better position by placin4 some confidence in Lord Sydenham, than by forming themselves into a tail for fair. Hincks ; and the family compact has dwindled into the, rump of a faction, now all but effete. In the n - eantime, the Governor• General is carrying forward measures of practical amelioration and Leal improvement, and is judi ciously discountenancing the extremes of political opinion, and the rancour of party feeling. The approaching elections in the lower province seem likely to give the French-Canadians a very small majority over the British inhabitants ; and nothing is more certain than that the ascendancy of " la nation Canadienne" has for ever passed away. We are glad to observe that the more rational leaders of the French party begin to look to other objects than that of the mere predominance of their own race. A recent address from M. Lafontaine to the electors of the county of Terrebonne is enough to show, upon the whole, how greatly sound poli tical views have advanced in Canada since the date of Lord Durham's Report. We cannot, indeed, say much in praise of M. Lafontaine's moderation ; for he stigmatizes the act of Union as one of " injustice and oppression ;" nor can we make out on what ground he charges the Home Government and Lord Sydenham with indifference to the principle of executive responsibility. " I believe," quoth M. Lafontaine, " that the Governor. General will not readily carry out the principle ; my opinion is, that the extent to which he may go will depend, in a great mea sure, upon the composition of time house of Assembly." Now either this is a contradiction in terms, or M. Laton taine understands responsible government in a different sense from Lord Durham, whose report he quotes. For what Lord Durban] recommended was, " a system of administering the Government in accordance with the wishes and interests of the people, and to pay to their feelings, expressed through their representwives, the defe rence that is justly duo to them." Therefore, according to M. Lafontaine, Lord Sydenharn is now pursuing in this respect the very policy advocated by Lord Durham. What the Canad•;s want, above ail things, are measures tending to further their internal improvement. Of this nature is the Commissiiin for the reform of the Post-office department, lately instituted by Lord John Russell on the recommendation of the Governor-General. Other mea sures of a similar character arc, we untie rstaad, in contem plationprevail ' • in due proportion to the ample plation ; and should that harmony wench may safely and the energetic indus try be anticipated between the United Legislature and the Executive, the progress of the Canadas towards wealth Ciper. and prosperity will be t n r a y tu o r f al th r e eso p u eo rc p e l s e. o_f people.-Morni n g .11threor'conil Radadi Giuny, 28th Sept., 1840. " A:7coraing to a conversation with the Admirals Sir R. Sz.opford and Baron Bandien,, the merchants are immediately to be informed ns follows : " 1. The blockade of the ports of Egypt will begin from the day on which it shall be intimated by the naval division destined to effect it. 2. Merchant vessels shall be able freely to leave the blockaded harbour when they shall not have on board 4ny'-er,otr.l,anri munitHls of war ? but haviru* on board legal cargoes, for the space: of 15 to 20 days after legal notice of the blockade. " V.,43ek arriving from abroad with legal cargoes, not ,numerated anuog contraband munitions of war, may freely enter the bloek;vled harbour during the term of 15 to 20 days as aforesaid. " 4. 'tar: five days of uilltrenee over and above the term 41,nve rigorously fixed of fifteen (Lys, are to be in favour of those captains who, from imperative cireum stnooe.. will not be able to leave sooner the bite tided Latbour. • a• O. The Austrian Consulate will certify to every captain who rany not wish to act recording to what preettleß. ;,lit cargo is made up according to the present determination. " 6. Copy of the present will bo sent to the comman der of the Austrian corvette stationed or cruising off . the port of Alexandria, informing him that he must use every means, to render the present position as little prejudici a l to the merchants as possible. I believe I have now kept my word riven to our residents in Egypt on the 23d instant, having promised to exert myself for their advantage with the maritime authorities eneharged with instit urtng•and maintaining the Syrian and Egyp tian blockade. Th e m aritime operatioas of Syria baying been more successful and more prompt than could have bean ex pected, I hope that shortly measures will bt• taken adapted to h i vour ,. te imports' ion of merch and i se in the:a por ,ietu:d!y ot t r ily and commercially ble c k a d ed. "As soon as I h ave further news on this subj ect I wal im t f a il to Impart it for the government and ibfor. 'nation or our merchants and i s s h t i o lau t ia h s e te C rs o . nsuls of C a i ro " Itr,a will communicate t and Damietta. " A. LAURIN. (Signed) si The Imperial Counsct!or and THE LOSS OF THE PHENIX I therefore refused to receive it in evidence or allow it to be STEAM-SHIP. read. George North recalled and ( * en d u d by the Judge Ad . • It appears that the loss sustained by the sinking of vocate—Look at that document and tell the Court if you The Deputy Judge-Advocat e —U n l ess t h e pr i soner ' sa d was at first supposed, and that the total value of the the Phenix, French steam-ship, will be much greater than know the halide ing. —lt is my handwriting. viper oppose the reading of the document I h um bly submit e ngines, and ma c hi nery , toget h er w i t h t h e rs' luggage, mon e y, an d va l ua bl es , tit to the Court that lam in a co n diti on now to d o so . decided that the do severe cargo,vess p s t a o s r s e e s o , g e least amounts to 50 , 00 0/. The Britannia sustained a After some discussion, th e Court cument ought to he read. It was th en rea d as f o ll ows : shock, and her stem was completely shattered, but her figure-head, Britannia holding a trident, a full " Sheerness , Oct. 2 , 184 0 . length and well-executed figure, has not met with the " SIR JOHN,—Being appoint e d to d o d uty un d er t h e orders of the master shipwright, an d d o i ng d ut y on b oar d least injury. A great many persons visited this large 1 the Camperdown, I went as usual at a qua r t er b e f ore s i x w i t h and splendid steamship on Tuesday off the Tower, Mr. Duff, the Inspector of Shipwrights, to see the lights snit and it is quite evident how she has been struck, and if and the ship clear of the workmen that were emballasting she had not. been a vessel of superior strength she would the ship. After the men we re gone we went d own i n t h e have shared the same fate as the Phenix, end not is hold and cockpits, and found everything apparently safe. I soul would have been left to relate their lose., The left Mr. Duff at the entering port, and went up to the Phenix was proceeding at full speed at the captain's cabin for my umbrella. Coming back towards the and great praise is due to the chief mate of entering port heard something; 'learn a noise like the rustling of tarpaulins. I then ran down the aft e r l a dd er . the Britannia, who , in the absence of the Captain below, Saw fl a light in the after d co T ek i pit.bun saw b a r light like had the command of the vessel. Obaerveg that 7. toto he midshipmen's firec,..ik e , t it i ld w g as in mind, mind, ordered the engines to be sto ppe a collision was inevitable, the mate, with great pd reversed sence of the ) e r f a t s c h t of bl a g z u e n p an re and the boats to be lowered from the davits in readi- ' bu i cket ofwater, o b w u l t teh ii rt- i :n my ra h n urry I fell down. I the n go t another and partly extinguished the fire. I then ran on gees t o save any person who might go overboard. 'rile i di ck an d ga v e th e alarm. I heard some person fall down Britannia was stopped . in tim e , ot h erw i se. t h e Ph en i x the fore cockpit ladder. I then went beb w again and would have struck her j ust before the paddle-box, and found the fire increasing. I then threw buekc:s cf water then both would have gone down. Owing to the pre- over the fire and extinguished it.—l am, Sir John, .) ear cautions taken on board the Britannia she was struck humble and obedient servant, on the luff of the larboard bow, where she was better (Signed) "JOHN HENTY, able to sustain a collision, and the bow was twee in "Supernumer ar y C arpenter o f t h e O cean ." about three feet above water mark, and her stem shut- Re-examination continued—l afterwards next morning tered to pieces. The Phenix being a much lighter and accompanied Mr. Henty to the midshipmen's berth of the . more slightly-built vessel , dial not bear the s hock so well, Camperdown with th e master s hi pwr i ght ' s ass i stant, Mr. ' Mr. Henty gave a d e s cr ip t i on o f t h e fi re to t h e edge, soon filled and went down. The Chief Mate of owhaleis' M H of us who wer e th ere . H e gave much the same de and being stove in on her starboard side to th e water's , - 13 the Britannia, who behaved so well on the ocea- seription as i n t h e memoran d um. H e mentioned this down sot, is an old fifteen and sturdy mariner, who has been in in, the hart;, or in th e cockpit • a ne r the berth. Iwool the the nedshipmcn's berth. Mr . HmY e was there with Company i for the emplo of the General S team N a ei ga tion y me.. Ile did not say or do a n ythi ng while there more than y ears , atd on the Hnere stn - I have stated. - tion for three stars. Many naut i ca l pers o ns who C ross - exam i ned by Mr. Dowling —At the commence visited the Britannia in the river yesterday ' ex- merit of Octoter I had charge of the Cornwall and the pected to find her in a sinking state, but at five o'clock, Monarch. I Was placed in elisrge of them by Mr. Baines, when th e w h o l e of h er cargo was cleared out, there was tt,e foreman of the shipwrights Henty's situation was similar to mine. Ido not know what insane scarcely five inches water in the hold, and the accident TreciselY tions he received. slightest repairs, intoliati not doe k ca t u h s i e s d d t a h y e fo r To whom was it Henty's duty to re ort 7 —He had three separate ship ;., the Achilles, C . amper P dow * n, and . Amazon,. under class which are tiro separate foremen, and if his instruc leaSvehet"h'eill Pool for k f e n t r ) taken by the James Watt, another of the large Havre on Sunday next, her station to-morrow being ti era were the same as mine it was his duty to report to steamers of the General Steam Navigation Company. Mr. Baines or to Mr. Laing. I don't know when Henty How the Phenix came to cross the bows of the Bri- received orders to take the Camperdown in charge. I tannia, as it appeared evident she had done, excited bear it in mind that he took charge of her without any much surprise among the nautical men who inspected orders at all. the Britannia, and who said she had no business in that Do you mean that you heard so?—No. The general direction. way is, if there are e i g h t , or ten, or a dozen ships, we ourselves divide them amorgst us as nearly equal as possi. ble, bearing in mind to take those ships under our charge which our different foremen have charge of as nearly as we can. The largest number of ships I recollect in the dock yard is about nine. There are nine now. By whom is this arrangement directed to be made ? We make it among ourselves. To whom are the reports you make finally carried ? I believe to the master shipwright. It is not an easy duty to inspect ships of large size. It involves a good deal of trouble. An hour and a half would be required, I think, to effect a thorough search of such a ship as the Camper.. down. Ido conceive it to be my duty to make a thorough search every day. It ought to be always done by persons in whose charge the ships are placed. There are no other persons to do it. The inspectors of the shipwrights, when there are men at work, go to see that the lights are out, but not to make a thorough search ; that is, not till lately, since the 2d of October. Now an inspector goes through every ship. I do not quit the dockyard during the working hours. lem absent every day from twelve to half past one o'clock. Henty was much agitated when I wrote for him. He seemed much excited the whole even ing, as any person in similar circumstances quenching a fire would naturally seem. He did not appear alarmed. I have known Henry six months intimately, but I have known him slightly some years before, but not to be acquainted with him. He has borne a general good character during that period. I never heard anything contrary to it. i sways understood be was esteemed as a respectable and honest mar,. I never beard the reverse, Lieutenant Wise sworn and examined—l am a Lieute nant in the Navy, and Director of the Police of her Ma jesty's yard at Sheerness. On the morning of the 2d Octo ber Ile and an alarm of fire in Sheerness Dockyard. I ,reported the same to the Captain Superintendent. The prisoner was not present. After reporting the circumstance to the Captain Superintendent, I immediately went on board the Camperdown. Having observed several people „feeling the brooms, and the heat of the locker in which they were, I felt it myself, acid, finding the locker warm, 'I suggested to . the master shipwright that it should be taken away immediately. I bad is taken to the police station at the gate, and placed it in the Inspector's cabin. Before taking it out of the Midshipmen's berth I took a piece of oakum out between the reW broom and the fore part of the locker, and the burnt part in the after part where the fire was made, which has never been out of my possession until given to Lord Minto, who informed me it had not been out of his sight till he delivered to me again. When I took the oakum out of the locker it was burnt a little, and rather oily, or rather, I shoull say, not.oily, but greasy. The locker is now on beard this ship, and the bums part of the broom that was in the locker when the locker was removed is in the possession of Inspector Pearce. (The written document of Henty was placed in the hands of witness.) I cannot say that I have before seen this. I delivered a letter which was put into my hands by Mr. Healy to Sir John Hill, at his residence on on the evenieg of the 2d, somewhere about nine o'clock, the on tents of which he told ae. He told me it was a report of the fire, and, on delivering it to Sir John Hill in his break fast room, i told him it was Mr. Henty's report. Mr Henty accompanied me to the house, and was in the hall when I delivered it to Sir John, but not in the room. Cron-examined—I arrived at the Comperdosan within four minutes after I received the information, which was five minutes before bell-ringing --about five minutes before six. I received the alarm at the main gate, and was there certainly by six. When I arrived I found the master ship wright and many persons there, and the midshipmen's berth nearly full, besides many in the cockpit They were workmen and officers—more workmen than officers. The locker is merely fastened in by a cant. The broom was very wet. The deck was very wet, so was the deck above. The locker was not upset before it was taken from the berth. It could not have been capsized before I saw it. Henty, as far as lam aware, has always borne the character of a steady zealous officer. As far as I know him, I always considered him as such. John Miller examined—l am storekeeper of her Ma jesty's dockyard at Sheerness. Immediately the police man gave notice at my door that the Camperdown was on fire, I ran down to the ship, went aboard at the entering port, following the Captain Superintendent. When on board, the first thing that attracted my attention was the locker. While in the cockpit Mr. Easthoe, the assistant master attendant, put in my hands a lock of hay, which he said he had found in the berth. I showed it to the Super intendent, and followed trim to the carpenter's storeroom. In standing at the foot of the ladder I hoard Mr. Peake give notice that he had found mere of it. I went with the Captain Superintendent into the storeroom, where Mr. Pcake pointed out what he had discovered. I stooped down to examine it, and, perceiving a match lying outside the bin, I drew the Captain Superintendent's attention to it, and received his directions to take possession of the articles discovered, which I did. They consisted of a loose birch 1 broom, oakum, lucifer matches perfectly open—four, I think, not ignited, and one which bad been ignited. On moving those articles, I discovered powdered resin. Per ceiving a small piece of paper lying on the deck, I col lected part of the resin and placed it, with other articles, i n my handkerchief, and left the rest behind. I have the materials now on board. The carpenter's store-room was the first place I took notice of when I saw Henty on board, from the circumstance of his offering me his pocket-hand kerchief to collect the articles. I quitted the ship that night, and went on board the Camperdown on the follow ing morning. I then discovered a small piece of tarred burnt oakum in the carpenter's store-room, just outside the bin where the articles were discovered the overnight. The after cover of the locker was placed in my office the day following the fire, by whom I cannot say. (The various articles enumerated by the witness were here prpduced.) The oakum seal laid in a train, the lucifer matches upon it, and the ignited lucifer match lying outside.the train which 1 , ..d to the bin. The small piece of paper lying on the deck had some wr.ting upon it, and appeared to be part of a draft of one of the carpenter's reports. By the Court—Nothing passed between Henty and my self, except the offer of a handkerchief by him. Cress-examined—It was in the course of the search in the store-room that I first saw Henty, about three-quarters of an hour atter I went on board. I did not see whether Henry had a candle in his hand. He might have had one. Nor did he assist in showing to me what had been found. Some persons may have visited the ship between my quit ting it the night of the fire and my return next morning. I ern not sot is acquainted with Mr. Henty to speak of his character. William Daniel Baines examined-_I am foreman of shipwrights in Sheerness Dockyard. I had charge ef :hp Camperdown on the 2d cf October. On the Wednesday previous to Friday the 2tl of October, I gave directions to Henty respecting that ship. As there were lights on board this ship, he was to see me previous to his !caving the yard, to report if they were all safe. The alarm that was given, as I understood the words, was, " Policel police! the ship's on tire 1" The voice seemed to come from the Carnperdown. I could not see any person. Ia cohse quence or that alarm I proceeded across the stern of the north dock, and came to the end of the work-shed on the other side of the dock. I a f terwards went to the after ladder-way down i n t o th e a f ter cockpit, when I went 'to wards the after hatchway in the cockpit, where I heard Mr. Homy. I said, " Mr. Henty, do kno the fire is ?" lie sa id, " Y es, in a locker 3 in wwh e . re n the midship men's birth." I ask e d if i t was all out ? He said " Yes.". This witness was examined at much length, but he fur nished no new evidence ; and the Court, at its tiding, ad journed till nine o'clock to-morrow turning. CHEMICAL MANUFACTORIES ON THE BANKS OP THE THAMES --On Mo n d ay a public meeting of the inhid,!tants of Nine Elms, the Wandswortb.road, Vaux hal, and those neighbourhoods, was held et Llowse's Rail. w , l tiotel, Nine Elms-lane, for the purpose of taking into emisideration and determining on the most effectual means of suppressing the nuisances arising from the operations of the chemical manuf.ietories lately established on the banks 7 c,f ti.! Thames, and particulaily those at Battersea.fields, by which, as alleged, the atmosphere for miles around is surcharged with a noxious and poisonous vapour. A large number of the. most respectable and wealthy proprietors of the vatious districts were in attendance. A committee WAS appointed to receive subscriptions and to carry into effect the objects of the meeting . ; and, thanks having been voted to the chairman (Mr. Pnillips), the meeting sepa rated. Many of the gentlemen subscribed largely, EASTERN NEWS. THE OPERATIONS IN SYRIA. The Reform of Smyrna has the following supplement, the contents of which it owes to a traveller who left the camp of the allies at Djouni on the 29th ult., and had just arrived in the Lloyd's steamer Metternich " Accui ding to all appearances the affairs of Syria will be brought to a conclusion in a short time. The insurrec tion is making the most rapid progress. Already 14,000 mountaineers have joined the allied troops, at whose camp, or on board the blockading squadron, Sheiks are daily making their submission. The country in general has pronounced its determination to throw off the Egyp tian yoke too decidedly not to give a full expectation that Ibrahim Pacha must soon be compelled to with draw. He is at present about four leagues from Djouni, with 8,000 or 10.000 regulars, which are the only disposable troops, the others being dispersed in different parts of the province, and unable to unite with him on ac count of the insurrection which cuts off their communica tions. Desertion among his troops is very considerable, and twe entire regiments have broken up and left him. From these circumstances Soliman Pacha, who still keeps Bey rout, is considerably weakened, having been obli g ed to send nearly one-half of the forces which were under his command to the relief of Ibrahim. The allied camp at Djouni is composed of about 8,000 men, besides the Sy rian insurgents who have joined it. Daily. however, new reinforcements are arriving from Malta and Gibraltar. The steamboat Stromboli landed a small corps of marines horn England, and oo the same day they took part in a skirmish that occurred between Djouni and Be3rout. One of the officers in command of them fell by the energy's fire, and his death was greatly regretted by his men. Ibrahim Pacha made preparations on the 29th for a night attack, and Admiral Stopford omits nothirg which art and prudence can dictate for protecting the troops on shore. They arc in fact most formidably defended by the guns of the squadrons, and particularly by those of the steam-ships, which can run close in shore without danger. There are eight if not ten Eegltah steamers ou the coast, and some of them arc of prodigious size and power. Some Egyptian spies have been caught in the allied camp, and wo have been hung from the yard-arms of the squadron. A report that Mehemet Ali intended to send but his fleet naviag reachA the English Admiral, he immediately des patched three additional ships, two English and one Tur k,sh, to join the blockading squadron off Alexandria. The Allies have established an excelent military hospital at Cyprus. ' The Reforme of Smyrna gives the following intelliger.ce of the Gtla instant front Constantieople " The steam-boat Ferdinand . arrived here on the 3d, brining news of great importance. On board also was Neury Bey, Capou Kiahia of Mustapha Pacha, of Candia, Jed the tlicers of an Egyptian frigate captured by the allied squadron. We likewise learn by the same means, that the Egyptians have been beaten in every rencontre hey have had with the troops 1 ,cied to contend with them. The English, Austrian, and Turkish soldiers have rivalled each other in ardour and courage. At the attack on Sayde the Archduke Frederic greatly distin guished himself. At one of the first assaults he had an officer killed by his side. At the moment lie was mek ing his entry into the fortress the angle of a wail felt and nearly buried him in its ruins, but he speedily dis .ntangled himself, and, covered with dust, advanced, sword in hand, cheering and animating his men by his voice and example—his followers answering his call with great enthnsiosm". It was easy to perceive that the blood of the Archduke Charles, whom Napoleon called the neat able General and, intrepid soldier of Austria, runs warm in the veins - of thiS young Prince, who has thus re ceived his baptism of blood in the most glorious manner. The steamer Euphrate, which lett Toulon on the 21st ult., came in on the 3d. We are told she brings proposals for mediation in favour of Mehemet Ali, but the terms have not transpired. The same movement of troops continues. ytic Tahiti Bahiri left us on the Ist with 1,000 men, and merchantmen have teen hired by the Government to trans. port all the remaiaing troops we have here to Syria. It is rumoured that the Porte N about to contract a loan under the guarantee of England: `There are daily conferences 'tetween the Minister af•Foreign Affairs, Lord Ponsonby, Ind the Austrian Internuncio. The latt.2r had a very on;; interview with • Reschid-' Pacha on the 29th ult. Next day• a council• extraordinary of all the high fanc. •ionaries was held, to _ discuss the actual state of affairs. ratat Effendi, who is employed in the office of the Arnedji f the Divan, arid who was.so long the Sultan's represeu alive at the Court of the Tuileries, has been appointed Mouhassil of Cyprus, and will immediately take his de parture for his new destination. The Porte has come to resolution to erect a marble column in the gt eat square t Sultan 'Bayazid in ccnimemcration of the reforms 'ately introduciA into the'ssicm of government s and par icularly that most salutary theastire adopted with regard io the Moulegtas or general firms. Ftthi and Said Pachas have been sent in a Government steamer to the coast of Karabauroun, to inspect the coal mines recently discovered ,n that country." • . • We find the following from the Levant, in the Sud of Marseilles , . , CONSTANTINOFLE, OCT. 7...—General Joehnaus, who :commands the. Turkish troops in Syria, has just ben named ferik (gereral of division). This is the first in stance of ,such a drade, in. , the, Ottoman army. The Eg}ptia'n Vessels taken by Commodore Napier, which are about fifteen in number, three or four of them vessels of war, and the other's trading vessels, are to be brought here. The ratifications of the treaty of commerce, which ~ve just been concluded between Spain and the Porte, were exchanged on Sunday lait, at the office of the MibiS.. ter for Foreign Affairs. Count Walewski left yesterday in the Eurotas steamer for Alexandria. He was here a long time, but he had no audience either of the Sultan or his Ministers, he merely watched the turn of affairs. The Russians have made no movement, sad their arrival here is less spoken of., It is generally thought that the Allies gill obtain the whole of Syria without their a id, an d th at it will be impossible now' for Ibrahim Pacha to march upon Constantinople: Such, at least, is the opinion of the Turkish Government, derived from the first successes of their arms. " ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 6.—The small town of Saida has • --.-- - been sacked by the Allied trocps. The house of Soliman Paella was s leading object of plunder. His family, who resi.led a t Saida, , were rcconveyed to Alexandria, in the Ca6tor Frcuch,steamer. The report that the Government had destroyed all the establishments on the route of Suez fur the reception of travellers, is unfonnded. It is true, however, that orders were given to close the English hotel at Cairo, at which meetings were held. The Governor of that place ' had' also desired the Consuls of the Four Powers to discontinue their functions immediately, and had placed the subjects of their respective countries under the protection of Consuls of other nations." On the other hand, a letter from Constantinople, in the Malta Portfolio, says:-- 'Tile Ambassadors of the Four Powers have received orders from their Governments to communic at e alt their deliberations on the Eastern question to the French Am hassador. The mission of Count Walewski had fur its object, it appears, to induce the Porte to accept the tnediation of France. He has partially succeeded, and ors set out . far Alexandria to announce to Mehemet Ali that the Porte consents to this mediation as rcgardsEgypt only." The Constantinople correspondent of the Semaphore of Marseilles sal : '• A steamer from Toulon is waiting for the reply of the despatches which it brought to-day (7th inst.) M. de Pon- role again waited•on the Porte. it is remarked that great mystery attended the arrival of this steamer, which has Ir,itight no private letters from France, and the crew of which arc not permitted to land. The Captain says be is ouund to secrecy by oath. The mercantile men here feel alarm, and the Allies are endeavouring to injure France in public opinion. A report has been current that M. de Pontois was about to withdraw. It appears certain that Al. de Pontoie esked Reschid Paella if he saw any whjec. Lion to the absence of the French Ambassador. The answer was that, as the Porte did nct renounce the friend eels of France, the absence of her Representative could not change the nature of things." CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7.—The Austrian steamer the Ferdinand arrived here on the 3d inst., having left Bev rout on the 26th ult. The intelligence she brings is cf the most favourable nature for the cause of the Sultan and his Allies. Unless it be grossly exaggerated, it is clear an other week cannot elapse ere we have news of Ibrahim'; complete ennibilation. His force has now dwindled, it is said, to 6,000 men ; be is surrounded on all sides by in surgent Syrians, while a Turkish army (including 2,000 Europeans) of 8,000 men threatens him from the coast. The number of deserters and prisoners amounts, we are told, to 2,000. The operations along the coast of the naval force, both English and Srutkistr, have been bril• liant and decisive. Captain Walker, in particular, has distinguished himself by some bold and judicious de scents, which have been attended with the cornpletest success. At Sayde, where there was a considerable body of Egyptians, he landed about two hundred men, who, -upported by the seasonable broadsides from the Turkish frigate, soon made themselves masters of the place. Kaifa also has fallen into the hands of the Allies. Should lbratilm succeed in extricaticg himself, which was repro ,ented as very doubtful, from his present critical position, it is supposed that he would retreat upon the main body of his army at Marasch. The Phoenix steamer left Constantinople on Friday last, taking to Syria Colonel Sir Charles Stewart, who will as sume the command of the Marines, and virtually of the Turkish troops also, immediately on his arrival. On Sa turday a Turkish steamer and three transports, having on b - nard 2 000 troops, sailed fur the same destination. They will be followed by two otter steamers and additional trans ports, with 3,000 men. Indeed, the efforts now making by the Porte are unexampled as they are prodigious, and the number of troops it has been enabled to muster in this emergence is beyond all expectation. They have been pouring, by !and and sea, into the metropolis, during the last fortnight ; and, independently of the troops to be sent to Syria, there are fifteen thousand regulars here. Much j of this energy is no doubt owing to the strenuous exertions of Lord Ponsoeby, who, if he has been mainly instru ",%"tni in precipitating the present crisis, I must do him justicet as, to acknowledge, has spared no pains to bring it To s , f and satisfactory solutioe. The Eupliratr, 2d inst. tler Pre . hch ste s 'un-fsleate, arrived her from Toulon 011 the bore is mystery, and nothing ' that can be depende:l presence of her visit. I bell? " placed at the disp eee l e 's . " N t i be has transpired as to the object p lect to he, that she has been e tt ,a is pa st r a ty te . d she brings in tel.igenee of a Congress to be th l perts that are tile on the subject,the Egyptian Among other re.. with held at Vienna, with a view of rc-considerin g to which France is this tint to be Egyptian question, and CAPTAIN REYNOLDS. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Obs2rving in The Sun of last evening the re marks in the correspondence of Camllus, " It is a de cision which has given general satisfaction—it is the prevailing opinion that the late [LATE] Captain Rey halls conducted himself in a meat ungentlemanlike, in subordinate manner." These remarks, assuming such a glaring appearance, and telling so much of malicious spleen, with a bold lie on the very face of them, has in duced me to trouble you with one or two animacher slons thereon-. Camillus must either be wholly ignorant of the pro ceedings which are advancing so rapidly for a public demonstation to sympathise with Captain Reynolds, or else he must be labouring under•the dupish, maddening, iAuettce which has saturated those who formed the late Cou..t-martial. The severity of the tyrant Nero seems but mildness comp,tred with the petrified feelings and cruel results of the dcl;berations at Brighton. But 1 would just ask Camillus what he means by " general satisfaction ?" The whole of the daily press—the weekly news, both of town and country—to a single voice, express their utter disgust end perfect astonishment at the monster-sentence—and well they may. Besides, what means the meeting to be held tomorrow—the comma nication of the Fifteen Commercial Travellers in The Sun last evening, and a hundred other ominous symp toms with which Camillus may acquaint himself the first hour he is liberated from his chains and confinement? Like the Fifteen Commercial Travellers, there are hundreds of professionalists and mechanics who are at this moment anxiously waiting the result of the meet ing of to-morrow evening, but snore anxious that such meeting may be appointed in which they can join to sympathize with the noble-minded, venerated, but most cruelly abused patriot, Captain R. A. 11..ynolds, and in which a fund may established to which they are de termined to contribute, in order to show the Court martial, the Horse Guards, and all the secret band, whether they are willing to see such an honourable gen tleman cashiered, without at least manifesting their dis gust at such unjust, almost contraband proceedings. , So great is the agitation, which is daily increashig throughout, the length and breadth of the British em pire, on this sentence, that unless some steps be speedily taken, hostilities may be expected. Sincere attach ment to, and sympathy for, this suffering noble-man, is the theme of hundreds of thousands of voices at this moment, and also, Sir, of your's sincerely, City, Wednesday Morning. STEPHEN. COURTS-MARTIAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In addition to the case of Lieutenant Cruik shank (James, 626), noticed in your Journal of the 24th October, I send you a reference to some other cases it , the same book where provocation received by the of fender was allowed to weigh in mitigation of punishment. Yours, &c., A CIVILIAN. Davies—page 57—Major Mansorgh, the prosecutor, was reprehended. Lloyd —page 132—Provocation admitted in mitigation. Monaux and others—page 174—Prosecutor dismissed the regiment. Upton—page 278—Major Yonge, the prosecutor, re prehended, and provocation allowed in mitigation. Abbott—page 806—Captain Nickson, prosecutor re prehended, and provocation allowed in:mitigation. Buckley—page 756—Cartan, the prosecutor, repre hended, and provocation allowed in mitigation. Mahon—pago 838—Geaghan, the prosecutor, repre. hended. Some instructive information may be gained by pe , rusing the following cases :—Wood—page 753 ; Bail lie—page 787 ; Haikery and Ring—page 524. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, sincerely thank you for the kindness shown, and public duty performed, in publishing my letter of the 10th of July last. You added in your remarks thereon, if but one-half was true which I had written I had been cruelly treated, and that you readily published it in order to force on an investigation. Permit me, Sir, to say that letter contained no untruth, and to in form my countrymen, using your own words, it has forced on an investigation. But few hours had elapsed after it appeared in your columns when I, with Charles Hodgson Neasom, my fellow-conspirator so called, had an interview with J. Hume, Esq., %LP., who told us he bad paid attention to the affair from the time the at tack was made by the police on the people at the Trades' Hall, Bethnal-green, and to hint, as well as to yourself, Mr. Editor, he said there appeared to be something wrong, and that he was anxious to see justice done towards us. Mr. Neasom and myself then sepa rately embodied, in the form of a petition, that which we had to complain of on the part of the Government towards us. Our petitions spoke true, plain, and strange things, at which Mr. Hume stowi amazed, and which I now fear will never be fully made known to the public. This gentleman laid our petitions or complaints before the Secretary of State, Lord Normanby, and the Attor ney-General. Mr. Hall, the Magistrate who committed me to Newgate for trial, and held me to bail in the sum of 1,0001. for my appearance at the following sessior , to take my trial, was sent for. Here rough places were made plain, and crooked things straight, and in the mu!- titude of their tender mercies, Mr. Editor, they have stayed the prosecution. But my home they have ruined, and I and my children driven to want. if I have been guilty of wrong, sedition, conspiracy, and riot, as charged, why let me go unpunished? If innocent, for innocent I am, why have I been so long bunted and harassed, and for this affair to be wound up by two policemen handing to me the following notice : " In the Queen's Bench. " The Qeeen againstGeorgeEdward Boggis and Charles Hodgson Neasom. " Tho record in this case is withdrawn. " Yours, &c., " FRANCIS HOBLER, " Solicitor for the prosecution. "To George Edward Boggis, one of the abovenamed defendants, and " To Charles Hodgson Neasom, one of the abovenamed defendants. " 19th October, 1840." 130 so kind, ?dr. Editor, as to give insertion to this, that it may be known to the public how it has ended, that they m.iy read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest, and you will oblige, yours respectfully, GEORGE EDWARD BOGG IS. 126, Brick-lane,late of 4, Fleming -street, Kingsland-road THE PEOPLE. A Correspondent has addressed to us the following etter : "In your paper of Saturday last (24th instant) you hive the following sentence, which, as - I do not under stand, I trouble you (with many excuses for so doing) for a solution of : " If we were fairly represented would 100,0001. a year have been given to a Queen-Dowager who supports the party opposed to the people ?' " I wish to know what in this case is meant by the term people I' " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, "Oct. 25. " ONE OF THE PEOPLE." [As our Correspondent does not appear to know ex- Actly to what class he belongs, we will put him on the way of discovery. The people are the great majority of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom who are not re presented in Parliament, or who have their votes con trolled by the aristocrats and the breeches-pocket men. They are the class that furnish the greatest revenue to the country, and yet have no voice in the making of its laws. They are the principal consumers of tea, sugar, tobacco, spirits, malt, hops, and all other excisable commodities. They are not peers, nor pensioners, nor placemen, nor priests, nor queens-dowager, nor persons born with silver spoons in their mouths, like Barons Arden and Ellenborough. They live by their honest industry, and when they cannot live in this way they come upon the parish, but never upon the Pension List for relief ; and when drivers by dire necessity they also sometimes commit offences against the law. If our Correspondent can say that he is of this class, then he is one of the people. Perhaps he wishes also to know who are the " party opposed to the people... They are the men who, for the last fifty years, have made laws for their own benefit, who bar e loaded the country with a debt of eight hundred. mil lions sterling, and put no small portion of it into their own pockets ; who have resisted reform in every shape, till it was forced on them by the people ; who enjoy pensions of from 1,000/. to 100,0001. a-year for doing nothing ; wh o comm it daily breach es o f t h e l aw, but not from dire necessity ; and who have the utmost disregard and c9ntempt tor the industrious classes, the people, by whom they live, and move, and have their being. If our Correspondent has any qualifications to rank with this class, then be is not one of the people.] MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.—The business paper, as it is called, for the county day on Thursday next is unusually heavy, there being no less than thirty-three subjects standing for consideration. The Visiting Justices of the Prisons are appointed to meet at this Michaelmas Quarter Session. There are two subjects which excite very considerable interest among the Magistrates, which will, it is anticipated, lead to very animateSdiscussion, the first being a motion to allow the dissemination of Roman Catholic bocks amongst the prisoners of that persuasion, to which the Visiting Justices are understood to be strongly opposed, although they do not object to any Roman Catholic priest who may attend a prisoner, by his request, giving him such books as he may think proper. The other motion is relative to the Hartwell Lunatic Asylum, considerable difference of opinion existing, it is said, amongst the Cornmitte of Management as to some recent ' appointments. Five of the Committee, retire, viz. the Dean of Carlisle, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Laurie, Mr. Tulk, aid Mr. Serge an t Adorns. MUNICH, OCT. 20.—For the space of six months, commencing to-day (unless other ordeis i;hould be meantime issued), the exportation of horses is strictly p ro ., j hibittd. Those who transgress the order are to be p u _ niched by the confiscation of the horses and a fine of twice their value I 1 EVENING EDlTlOff►• MEMORANDUM READ BY THE TO THE OFFICERS OF THE LIGHT DRAGOONS. I have been ordered by the General Comm in-Chief to come down to Brighton, to call togethcr th. officers of the 1 Ith Hussars, and to express to them hi ! Lordship's feelings upon recent transactions in the regi ment, to make known to them Ms Lordship's ad vice and suggestions, and to express his anxious wishes au d that all will so tar profit by what I have to say / to hopes th e ! P on his part, as that this regiment may hereafter bco .c 0 what it is already in some respects, and might b e in el!, an example to others, and an honour to her Majesty% service. The General Commanding-in-Chief has alreadY, was his duty, taken into his consideration various plaints of the conduct of their commanding „ffi e er, ma; to him by officers of this regiment ; and he has 11, is °minced his opinion upon e ach complaint made. ti'ho not his intention again to advert to the th tails of. transactions which were the subject thereof. Oa the C O trary, he has directed me to state, that :t is his 80% wish and d e sir e t o b ur y i n oblivian the details of theta al; But the G enera l C omman di ng -i n -Chief feels 0°, 4: should only de ce i ve th e o ffi cers o f th e 11th Hussars it ' de . lid not apprise them of his opinion that the prlgr es .nes of the lat e genera l court-martial, and the 01.4 A disputes amongst th emse l ves , com pl a ints and ins tanc '.; of disobedie nce , insuoor d inat i on, an d d isres pect t ooar .ia the commanding officer recorded therein, as W ell be' the correspondence with th e Adjetant-General at gar bs _ the Guards, must att rac t th e serious attention of his Royal Highness their Colonel, her Mak etY t s it Queen, her servants, an d CieQueen, public in genera l ; ael,te Is impossible that -it s h ou ld not b e f e l t that the 1l„ Hussars is not in the s t a t e i n w hi c h a regiment engir t 'o he, in order to afford ground for confidence thst would, in quarters or in th e fi e ld, at h o me or a bros ; render the ifficicist service which might be exPe et re from a body of no n - comm i ssione d o ffi cers and " Idle d* so well trained an d d !sc i p li ne d i n t h e pe rforma e n o e, their duty as light cava!ry, in such good order gni is; formly so well con d uc t e d i n t h e i r b arrac k s a nd V arte a sd ind this on account of the lamentable disput es t b e ir differences among the officers, their disrespect to o, commanding offic er , th e i r di so b e di ence and inst/b. nation. A 1 0 'rue General Commanding-in -Chief has desire' of to remind the officers, and to call to their attentioa too the Mutiny A c t, an d th e ru l es , art i c l es, an d rege let e e a for the government of the British army, requi re e bt , the officers there o f s h ou ld con d uct th e mse l v es 0 I N , gentlemen, men of truth, honour, and moralitY' t hat then, the proud characteristic of the British srml' 0,4 its officers are gentlemen by education, maii nel ;' a thg: habits ; that some a re men o f t h e fi rst farailice,„4- soda country, and some of l arge p roperty, b ut the 111 7 t bstt regulations of th e serv i ce requ i re str i ct l y froial 31 ", 0 iA they should conduct th emse l ves as oug h t gentle c4- ' every situation In which they may be placed. it T s This is required o f th em b y t h e l aw which cti ch tutes the army. They are, besides, required to P e f e ener various duties and se r vi ces i n t h e care , the d iec ,„* r oir the comfort, and th e h app i ness o f the noci.eo.- od e sioned officers and so ldi ers un d er t h e ir o°ll4 of in aid and for the pr omot i on o f t h e v i ews and or deri s ee the immediate superior elected by their Sovereig e e ' t h e if entitled to command them by virtue of his i t e- e ob' several commission s , an d to t h e i r o b e di en ce, tee. s - g er ordination, and their respect. Th ese o ffi c ers ar e h est tlewen. Can it be believed that they duties frankly, fairly, and cordially, as such du ties io% to be performed, under the direction o f a con im— nits 7 officer, with whom so many are in a state of b 0 t 6 But though the regulations of the service recliso that the officers of the army should conduct tbem e s e e ee si as gentlemen ought, and that they are labl,- that gentlemen by education, manners, and '""!. General Commanding-in-Chief has desired T r se al can perforce t take care that he is not misunderstood. 12 _, e d to , ' his predecessors in office have recommenee,ore• be promoted to be officers of the army, i a ' — ot ie missioned officers, distinguished by their IP° e f a rlf duct, gallantry, and other qualities, and par by those qualities which afforded ground for hop e " t b. they could be placed in Ahe same class and rank for 00 performance of the service as those from wh elp ' t hsr, their entrance i n t o th e serv i ce , it i s required by s articles of war that th e y should conduct themS elifeo bo o gentlemen ought. Such conduct is required from tell.- officers whose merits as non-commissioned effiee rs 1;0 have attracted the notice of their superiors. i t et justice to require the same, s till more strictly, ' re ,. those educated as gentlemen. Not only are Oti ose , quired to learn and to perform their duty as ° ll4- r ese" and to conduct themselves each in his station as sie e quired by the rules and regulations of the serviceteose to be subordinate to, and to tre a t with respect t;is whom the Sovereign has placed over him as his of rior ; but the British public feel a greater degr e e - I 'oe confidence, that those duties will be strictly porft - lee as the officer from whom they are required is a .- „o t man by education, and must feel a charge of noirr; r l' formance of his duty or disobedience, insubordinatiOli th_ v": disrespect, as a stigma. The General Commanding-in-Chief confidently t . rti_ te r . then, that he will hear of no more such complain ll that all that has passed will be buried in ohiivione 4 'es that henceforw ar d the officers of the' 11th Hussar; fil° serve teeether with cordiality. ea/ . The General C omman di ng -i n- Chi e f has deeig ei we to intimate to the officers of this regiment his n e % e . that if hereafter any one should think t)',at he li ele , e d rious reason to complain of his commas:v . ( l, o e office r r e ld that the matter o f com pl a i n t i s ca p a i e l e , o f proo f, it su n te i be stated to his Lordship thein r —farmer clearly ehiy out in the re gu lation s o f the s ervice, and his Ism'elble will imm e di ate l y or d er t h ose steps to be ta k en to eni ei e him to form a judgment ore the course which h e ,i l enes si may require that h e should, take But the tl" ot Commanding-in-Chief tru_ s'.a th a t the officers rt;tieeo be too ready to draw conei.usions from, or imput e th° to, looks or casu a l expressions in conversa tion' s gi ell complaints when m a d e w i ll b e sinseeptible of Pre°4,loo that the harmo n y o f t h e service will not be dis turhe light or imaginary grounds, h f The commandin g officer of the 11th Hussars s e - „lbs; that he has an arduous fluty to p rforns ; tP e ' e ou has not only to command and 1•' i . er l - s e er e v tn iec ou s o b e Ta: o 4 ; newly raised, and entirely soldieis nearly equipped, but a corps of officeersnticr?lthyerr recel tli turned from serv i ce i n a tropi ca l c li ma te in wu ee oaf n n habits and cus t oms o f t h e service must differ fro m rim s in Eur o p ean serv i ce, or who have c been s but a s hort in the army. de r He should view their errors with indulgent ( t ) bat tion, particularly if he should not have ret" An is ft eon jv lieve, as the General Commanding-in-Chief te, e ,..„ - t d dent he will not, that the errors are to be a ttr f t —e of 1117 wilful disobedience, insubordination, or disrespect authority. der bid He should never forget that those Plac ed " un ce nlirr command are so by the grant to them o f tile 6) 4 T. sions of our gracious Sovereign as well as as - to hiPlse re ' i /°lll.. officers in the service of her Majesty , gentlemen 0- f 'O r cation as well as himself, under the protee ti° e ° , - Most Gracious Majesty, of the authorities of t ,";: j. stl' ofand the law, as long as they perform their bt. ._conduct themselves as officers and as gentleme nprig a eie ee He must recollect that it is ex .t f rew b bitn only to exercise the military com P rv eL e n t d over . is eo t r ee e meet, but to give an example of deratioa, doe and discretion, blended with the zealous m°' c tivi r. 1111 ability for which he is Le to •- r . e . others to be able hereafter ° t e m '. ' p w e h rf i h ai rm w t il h l e i e b re i g , h ea d c u h ti o e it e which, in the course of their those placed under his cor e e a : hereafter to perform. e larr The General Comm I: i chi e f h as pa tine es , and may be call eu directed me to intimate to his Lordship his saogn i° , e , tie professionai ye pectation that this course of conduct will lead to t i o ri'' less freq uent re f eree cc to his Lordship and the eil-tbeie' ties of the Horee tfuards from the 11th Hessars' esOlg hag been th e cak e in the last month s , and th e will more cr e d ita bl e to the army, 00 11r 1 Ills Lordship at the same t i me or d er s me to the the fair exercise andil)g o o f ffi h c i e s s officer of h h o i r s i anxious ty, h d i e s si d r e e te t ro3 ( l 7 l `o:o; m • and dissount.enance, check, and, even when 0 " e15 , -- 0 4 hir , b n in a g t, :to trial every act of wilful disobedience. in" n, and disrespect manifested towards bilas MR. lIEITIRY VINCENT' UN TO THE .EDITOR OF THE ' 9 ,„,‘ " I . B‘ I, Shoe-lane, Fleet -street, Oct. ',zit; pt SIR,--We are instructed to convey to You !°: !legion, in the columns of The Sun, the foll' w; " rstiv lution of the London Committee, for procuring his scriptions for the benefit of Mr. Henry Vur ni t ' widowed mother, and her family, passed at t ue ing of last evcniag at Mr. Cleave's% Shoe.lane Resolved,—That thi s C omm i ttee f ee l called op °Pi; tender their cordial th an k s to the Prop s"rietor of "' e an') for, his ever ready a n d ki n d attention to the '' 'ae : i to bie.ll interests of the working classes, on all occasions they are made knownhim, and espec 1 . 7 1 Y,,,, g0 -01 6 • obliging promptitude in givin g publicity to t.t.e , -1 0 e arl tees Appeal to the Public on belie - U *o i itte e Vincent and his. widowed Mother •nd tire Comm• t he venture to hope that such ce ; thf, part ° L „ n er, Pt oprietor will secure for rih c x dal.., newel' the support an d pre f erence of their as a fellow-workwa'. We are, Sir,, most respectfully , For the Committee, I, JOHN' CLEAVE, Trea sa " A. DYSON, Secrete I/- MEETING OP THE VINCENT CON1:34.111!!17 sho Last night a meeting of this body took pluce a t 00 1 me, M r . R. D oore i n t h e cha i r , %viten set o t, su m' an( . maney were received on b ehalfof Mr. Vine' ' cor . . family, and a Sub-committce, was appointed toe; shier the propriety of getting up a ball for their be neft after which the meeting adjourned •;111 Monday -next.' ERRATUAL—In our review of a u sefnl n wok entitled " Tracts for the Tim's," which appeared yesterday's Slat, and which has 'seen lately published ..7„. Mr. Eirkgliain Wilson, we inadvertently called they volui e t " Tracts for the People," wick take this opportunity !noticing the blunder.