The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-18 00:00:00

EVE Nir ENG EDITION ger;e9 'chick, h ' they have just proclaimed. But, at present, si e , r , no loner placed in front rf Russia ;he has at his w ;i t hroe powerful allies, who pledge themselves for the fil e of th e f ourt h, an d w h ose r i g h t an d i nteres t a r e tL engaged i n see i ng th e convent i on ~executed t o the tter. \ , V e have m ere ly i n di ca t e d t h ose id eas w hi c h our rea d e rs t; 1 i" easily be able to compl e t e . I t i s no t c ur part to jus ' .Lord Palmerston's policy, but to enlighten public 4 ) :. 1.1 ea the incredible blurrdcrs of the Journals of M. Dr u:er s. A great expense of argument is employed to ` o ; c r e that England is betrayed by the Whig Cabinet, in ? p e e to conclude that the meetings alone will manage to 4us both of the treaty of Lorpl:m and of the blockhead ° ColleiUded it. We reply that Lord Palmerston has c ted as an able English Minister, and sac fear that the co ny ention of the 15th July is both in the interest and P b cil q of England, and that: it would be readily executed / Say Radi ca l or Tory Cabinet. h And, pray, what do we care if, after all, English power rrs been s a cr i f i ced in the treaty of London? Must we 4ls 'hl Thiers for h a yi ng been a better conservative of t he ~ Br it i s h interest than Lord Palmerston ? e admire solicitude on the Hart of the Ministerial Papers in be waitib°l a Government . which has just concluded . a treaty 1 ,- ; . , °u 't us, in spite of us, and against us. This may . be I.l v l) , ° Pular in London, but it should not be so at Paris. t et . " e .'' We wrote against the treaty of the 15th July, we I .' er inquired what En gland might lose, but we re ten°,7ll" M. Thicrs with not understanding and badly de 111 the interests of France. SPAIN. , ; A p t --.......e.....--- "SS OF THE DUKE DE LA VICTORIA To T HE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN. ~ mad Who ha aflame,—`Virg the frankness and loyalty of a soldier a nd hi.. s never failed to be entirely devoted to his Queen to ' eountry, I have on different occasions manifested r l 4 r \le, , ' elaj ss , e assio' what was expeolei t for bnit e ) ,, s ,', er vice and for the national prosperity—com furrel'thae°`"Y the enemies of these objects; under whatever but aet 4have conspired against the established order. coshed . al (pandilla) whose reprobate designs I had suc h, f oree ' n e suPpressing by my public representations, and fe ' ll ea .: 4 ° ' signal triumphs in the field of beWe, constantly dare i ' a 9 their efforts; employing Machielvelism and ti oe wh t .r e igue in order to deprive toe of the just apprecia thcr e b ' II your Majesty had confer red upon me, and i n ire " succeeding in involving this magnanimous nation se ee ' o n f disasters, in fresh sanguinary struggles, when . the With d ,?"ce had filled the hearts of all good Spaniards enginlg , lee, g lad occasion, on resigning all my commands on the bad July last, to express my belief that your Majesty , l'r ,es v ill i e tli n dra W n Yatir confidence from . me; and although the IKing the of the Council of Ministers of that period. ''' the b e n arne of your Majesty, pointed out a fact [that of th Royal having - been appointed Commander-in -Chief c aritt e ar —° Yal Guard A 3, in order to convince me of the Ishi eh l. I could not remain satisfied, because the reasons 'till g r ga v e your M a j es ty f o r that resignation acquired a thei r a ea ter deg ree o f strengt h f rom the circumstance of ven t . e !,'" ) t having b een overru l e d ; at the same time th at lit , a ' s hinet took upon itself the singular office of not!fy ttantlairnae,the non -admission of that resignation, notwlth uad e e ae that I pointed out in that act that your Majesty kor e ` n ,dispose.d to replace the said Cabinet by another th ereh e alculated to satisfy the feelings of the people, ti rean Y averting the evils which were intimated by various e ', n atances and expressed opinions. and rn t felt bound to make another sacrifice for my Queen h ead t i country, by resigning myself to continue at the I 'llettle the forces, since it was considered necessary that tha t ft , so, although I then had but a very weak hope il l gloomy predictions would be averted. l l'oir eel ! ' n est important places in the monarchy, through had a yorations, and the national militia at various points, ri sas l' e Plied to m e , b ecause t h ey cons id ere d t h a t th e g lo. Lae b e v e tnts by whi c h t h e t h rone o f your augu st daughter 4e t e t n Consolidated might have conferred on me the Pia ci ? of makin g representations for the general good, Wei would be favourably received. Their only desire 1 th at the Constitution - should be deteriorated or a * . of 183 i shou not so arse l nged upon by a Government from which, seeing the G It was put suing, it had reason to,fear everything ; PliaZ e s rn ment notorious for its scandalous removals of Which Tun ctionaries—for the undue dissolution of a Cortes the l 'id just become constituted—for its interference in ha d labr a i n 'n of the new deputies—and for the organic laws ,tted for their deliberation. k e 1 ° these authentic demonstrations were joined the thZ i a e t d ge which my position permitted me to possess of toe se e of affairs, their relative position, and necessary 'iolis r c , ltlen ces ; and being thereby convinced of the impe her Majesty for impeding misfortunes, I pointed out to rit ati :_ that it was expedient, in virtue of your .a pre a. - 1 4, / ,, e i.that you should appoint another . Cabinet, e p It ai ,2aving the vessel of the state—an opinion whichyo7 4 14 ' t `,'_Y adopted under the compromise that I should t c a k : elil i Qe Presidency of the Council, which I did no e,..eZ,:wielling to see public tranquillity . secured, and the te rai ntotis desire satisfied of good Spaniards, of which the eNt'se majority of the nation is composed. no sd doubt, be ed. cs aiat Programmegrame having been Pr e , el.l ',s Principal bases c o nsisted7i jet nthe dissolution of the boob ' Corte s , and that the projects of law which had th e ' resent d to them -should be annulled by withholding hit. ° Yal sanction—your Majesty knows that, actuated ,ue for e , h est and most anxious wishes, in the different con ', -."3 t which your Majesty was pleased to admit me, skip e ° Teal, as the war against . ees . ,; . t arreinated, your Majesty made known to me your hell that I should come to Barcelona. I particularly Pel l aa, u ,l'r the expediency of not sanctioning the munici- Ine se i d ,; (l rause, as it was contrary to what is expressly prognostics` in the Constitution sworn to, I feared my " The Z s n t Yl , Ise realized, should that sanction be given. cowardly counsej" , determination of your Majesty's measur e (.t h -1.1'",, by their imprudent and precipitate li g hte d Ue e Goers, sancta of the Municipal law A), triou s ea •i, the lurch of discord u which placed this indus seve them " in combustion but they took good care to Posts, .n selves f .-1 fro any danger by abandoning their / ,,,, ison i of (Meer tO ga to a foreign country, to shed the evil was the by giving out that the cause of the i s now rn ` n d e Person who had prevented it, and, who, it hi e') he c 'congest warded off the terrible consequences si red , Y doubtless provoked and which were also de critieP those vile and spurious Spaniards who, hypo" the s.ilyeprofessing adherence to the fundamental law of ti t l e, L i a L t lic i consider it to be a crime to proclaim that prin ttipportes who were desirous of the blood of its faithful Pretext basely concocted in the club 11;ch those un y S____. _ ~ yourP4MardB are affiliated. b " 5 8 01e1 Nl ajes'Y, in those critical moments, must have of k , e 0 j impelled by your natural goodness in favour rele a r at. Ve worthy, on account of their virtues and their th e i r ju"le sacrifices, of all consideration, and of having CONSTANTINOME, AUG. 27.—8 y the French steamer ease , i st demand; satisfied. This was believed to be the of the 24th we have adsic . es from Egypt to the 16th, but lien f o se eing the Royal decrees, containing the nomina- they show no alteration in the resolution of the Pacha. feelin2: n"v ' Minister's of r of well-known S relish Confiding in the valour of his Arab if a d rm i y ii , ,.; a e n a c i l ,il i a n l, th h e e to t hi l sit h attached to the Constitution esons they had sworn to— strength of the fortifications which defend e a u lternative ; and as j' i ste's R r , ° no of your August Daughter, and to your Ma- seems determined to abide by t ie L a w hievitable, all hope e e' ln ed a e -genc y ; and, with the exception of one, who dc- recourse to this is, therefore, a "'e of a -ce l' tin g °Mee, the whole made the serious sacri- may be considered at an end of i termination of the affair t heir nuke”Pting it, and proceeded immediately to offer without bloodshed. Immediate y f on the arrival of the the convention with we re se ''' efforts to the Crown, for whose lustre they Cyclops steamer with the news o Th e i r an xlous, as that a o:incipies wall as fur the prosperity of the State. the Four Powers, Mehemet Ali, it is stated, had quitted through Loser were well known, and it was not pcssible Alexandria to make a short tour eoele g fo lins t those principles and their own convictions they • Egypt ; the object of his absentia g himself at such a Te eref now the crooked course of tbeirPredeec"ers• moment eeing partly to . avoi ,if conferences t with the EtieJleiztthteheet a i p o p n y gave itself up to the pleasing con- European Consuls, but prineiee y.. endeavour by his lot fur which all sighed was at hand, own presence to rouse the fanatici f s u rn of the Bedouin the rat '!'' this reason, Madame, in the public manifestos, tribes, and facilitate the raising of his new levies, - Ac salt, anent of Barcelona was considered as a meats of cording to a letter in the Echo de I tun! three regi ' d et Alex- Nlaj e ,°", and was reprobated solely by the enemies of your ments of the Yemen 'army have already arrived hree e s ta l ,, a nd of the Constitution, and by those in whose andria, aid had received orders to , marci a t r o tl E ve l Arich, the t ill( a - a `"e feeling of national independence , which is des- first town on the Syrian coast, probably intended ih as a cor m Rea constituter our felicity, does not exist. The pro- d e reserve , i n th e e vent of the defeat of I rhim t ßa f ' t o A t i l in a. j ssty 'ae which the Ministers elect presented to your Ma- The remainder of the troops daily expecte e i) the days not be either more just or more moderate, but a camp at Damanhour, into which also would e e re th. o vet a sel, l a Y s which passed during its consideration allowed the corps of Bedouins of two thousand strong, under k th i e u Co ' ine tea ' a nd criminal cabal to put fresh springs in motion, mand of Ahmet Paella and Ibrahim leutchu , _Pacha. Bu .s t out e a ! n sed yoer Majesty to believe that you ought to cat ry the arm on which Mehemet Ali appears chiefly to rely, ,. i : e e ''"e system which cast down the former Ministry ; and the fanaticism of the population of the Asiatic bn proeinces, elleidonsideration no reasonings, however eloquently offered, which his nu m e rous agents are m n o f st hia u t s n y ts exciting— Produce the adoption of the bases pointed out. holding them up as the defenders i rri, which the r a , rta ! l esignation s consequently took place, and the nation Giaoure, they give out, are endeavouring to subvert. The 1 , 'ned without a constituted government after so pro- recent disturbances in Asia Minor, to which I alluded in i e e a tged a crisis. Other appointments were made, and the a former letter, and numerous outbreaks of f a mor k e rm t w r xi ti E s , c , e dents of some of the parties—nll, Madame, was a vial e ature ehich have occurred subsequen f t y, e are paeba ; ' a ' of alarm in the capital of the kingdom, an alarm to 'nte been fomented by the agents b o th p rcl l e h h . ha s f oun d an ech o in Saragossa, sad which will very and the Porte, ie order to counteract . t is, has deemed it ably break out in other provinces, . necessary to publish a manifesto, laying before its sub ti `` I enclose to your Majesty aco p}• cf the communica- jectsa statement of affairs from the . commencement t of n 4n a dd • dtome by onJoaqu p i ) in Maria Ferrer, who - the quarrel up to the present period, and proving ,o l''',,ha‘en addressed President . of t d he .3 Provisional Junta of them, by the clearest arguments, that the Pacha himself I nv h lament of the province of .la ri ;aise , of the answer is the enemy of their reiigion, and that the object he, is e "e considered it necessary to return. In the pro- aiming at is to dethrone . the Sultan, and warning them, t ee _ 1 4 .", cement which 'has now tnken place, but little blood under the severest punishment, against receiving and cite ; "en shed. The object of this movement (pronuncia- culating the doctrines he is preaching to them. This do 71n-„nt°), as lam informed, is no other than to support un- cunient has been publicly read in the Miequ a e n s d of the ca redia;-„ei., the th rone of liabelia 11., the Reeency of your pital on several days during the last week, .... eve h r a n s e b r e , e e n i n a . ''`'` t Y , the Constitution of the State, trod the national alio transmitted for the same purpose to the f G effe , et I.3;intt l prir?endence. I believe, Madame, that such arc the the provinces of Asia Minor. I doubt o itsthe - ti ee e lailes professed by your Majesty ; but in a representa- such as is desired Where the sway of . Pacha h ha h s r - 1 , "oeernment, all the counsellors of the Crown being been already fa lt, the means he has adopted will evai . era o e ss% °ns ible for its acts, it is necessary that they should little ; but where the tyranny . of his Government is y;ist to those securities which have been looked forward unknown, namely, in the provinces which are still uni.er be :° a nztously; and it being a fact that those who have the dominion of the Porte, and where general discontent d o e nilteslitorosen since the accepted resignation of the Perez is known to exist in consequence of the reformsss'leli Cabinet, and who might have satisfied that have been latterly introduced, an appeal to the fanaticism tt ttli l )s rs tY , were obliged to retire b h ecause they could not of the Mussulman population will, I fear, be listened to u whi c a . tee to the promulgation of the municipal law, too eagerly. , . whi ta " is contrary to the Constitution, the motive is clear The communication to the . Porte from the French Am s - Pla ee ' d ha s impelled the lamentable movement that has bassador, to which I alluded in my last bettor, has given ri e, ttl•viiycl.seart, your although Majesty long in conflict, and which affects it would appear, to a most serious misunderstanding, and of discussion durino the whole Ili a are at your ago I foresaw it. The Ministers has formed the subject th l ' e 'essing this Majesty'smovement asried,et conceive that the means of i week before the four Ambassadors and the Reis Effendi. harsh tone, perhaps ike use of the force of ,I Delivered by the Dragoman m e a e rt n,Y, according to the le o o va m l order communcated to more so thee it was intended it ' s u aou a ld have beer% -it had, eaN anuer date of the eth inst ; and to thet effect I am i it would seem, bi:en ) n n u t s h Ve ,a rp tt rete ' d h•the Pacha ' into a of Fr 3 ance in the event of aeoi:• ° P e n —l, who have not . left untried any means for ! declaration efwrt being wh ,_,lne the arrival of the day of such a terrible trial,executed by the Porte, and was e such to the Ambassadors of the re might might for ever compromise social order,cause tor- i tratismitted by him ,s . the Convention us nt ' °f blood to be shed, dislocate an e r which 1 cilders j Powers. Agaiiiet tli , is const t ru m e n tier which had beer, put pl a r r ?'Peetable, and depriv e us of he fr u :tits of the signal i upon his words, M. ontoisl communication, fit to protest. putting oh2ca_which have annihilated the hosts isith which the into writing and accompany an official note, the language sea ,' , ,u, on Carlos hoped to usurp the throne, and raise up log it, rot " a cr i t , s . to sacrifice those who defended that throne, arid his formerer by n 7 s t e l v , i t o l lent. To this the Porte returned no j est red d victory. For this reason, and because y rMa • o al f lS " 'A l ' i t re:lilt:II:a:Ise M• hov e In your nutmea t a► letter of tri'e in consequence, has become these events had the hone,' ' 1 i the same date, which I I Cillltrfurious , intimates that on account i your ' ' denouncing Reschid Peelle to . his colleagees the most de:A:mailed enemy to his country and your'r a t t i e reeei' h . f e is been induced to believe i religion, a i in °in - " as ehe is now endeavouring by every means in his 4 at the throne is in da .i ; l e st i r Y , conceive it to be my sacred ' power to de ~.ntY to tranquilliz ! ouni and with mind in this reepeet, by surd conduct of the French lace both lain and Ahmet Pacha. This eh_ raking with nobleness, . with all my accustomed honest object of general ridicule, Ambassador has made him the leeling, such observations" and the more so, of course, as icltYaliy and Patriotism . as arc suggested to me by my n o loneer doubted that he will not be e a i e nY's mind, that ; L in . th e h ope. o f so inclining sour istupti':rrtentiloien he by his own Government. Had fighting ' c ard thoseth means of salvation which it appears to ' placing faith in my words, you may been the intention of the French Government, its line of e only different one, and y ones which ought to be adopted. me arc policy would havebeen b for the dignity avowed] had ~ " From what has been stated in this reresentation it better t it would nce d h , a e v id e ed e o e o n so doing, i and openly i ii i e e V j d , O e n n ts of Without frair, I i I: , cc ur s t r i t i: o g r n e to t il si e n t s e t c a e m d p e i i,t of that de uce '" vein or of that in-: th tle t at ;the pal tin' justice which alone render Go- • I so,. rents strong and respectable. Ever since the dig_ s ,'vlag of th e late the decided object has - ' l44 tlY been t discredit Cortex, . o obviously a she ber li( a mot7vcs i. and - fe reasons r lfi fer , s d h lp p l P o n ro rt ,i t e n y g throughout g s re t ut i the ike met eu e n ieve an object she was ashamed to wo,,: i g . nui d :stiou, d -ouring by intrigue Fnd by the most undo, ian means, to . .ic i con- avow, pretending withal to the noblest motives, has not the Liberal party, denominated of only ended in 'lto completest failure, but will bring on her ( Sig TURKEY. TOMAN OF TilE 22D AUGUST. [Read by order of the Sultan, in all the Mosques during Divine Service, for the information of the people.l " From the first occurrence of the disputes and differ ences that have arisen between the Sublime Porte and Mehemet Ali, the European Powers have not ceased to show a sincere desire to bring their differences to a cone clusicn suitable to the honour and interests of the Porte. and to the rights of the Sultan, Not only was this friendly wish a natural result of the amiable tics and an cient relations so happily existing, but from the extent of the possessions of the Sublime Porte in Europe, she has been accounted as one of the European Powers, and that whatever effects her interests is regarded as concerning all Europe. Subsequent to the occurrence of the dis putes alluded to, and after the reverses experienced, as known to all the world, the Ambassadors of the Great Powers resident at Constantinople, in a collective offi cial note, declared, that their Governments were unani mously agreed upon taking mosures to arrange the said differences, and the Sublime Porte, with a view of put ting a stop to the effusion of Mussulman blood, and to the various evils which would arise from a renewal of hos tilities, accepted the intervention of the great Powers. His Excellency Shekib Effendi, the Beylikgi, was, there fore, despatched as plenipotentiary to represent the Su blime Porte at the conferences which took place in Lan don fir the purpose in question. The object of the great Powers, as well as of the Ottoman Government, was to bring about a satisfactory and suitable arrangement , based on principles of justice, and conformable in every respect to the honour and dignity of the Porte and the inte rests of the Sultan. Every effort to accomplish this having been fruitless, Mehemet Ali Pacha has conceived the vain idea of acquiring all he aspires to. Totally unmindful that he was nothing, and forgetting under whose auspices he has risen to the power and fame he enjoys, be has set his mind on dividing the Otto man empire with his Sovereign ; and to conceal his ambi tious projects, he has recourse to language calculated to deceive only the unwary. He always commences by say ing that the sole motive of his demanding so much for him self and his descendants, is, for the preservation of the Mussulman faith, notwithstanding that it ;s known to every one, that the wish of the Sultan is to uphold our holy re ligion of which he is the spiritual chief, and that the con stant and unceasing efforts of his Highness are directed to that end. Let no one be deceived by the stratagems of the Pacha. " It having been felt that all the zealous labours of the conferences of London in the settlement of the Pacha's pretensions were u seless, and that the only public way was to have recourse to coercive measures to reduce him to obedience in case he persisted in not listening to pacific overtures, the Powers have, together with the Ottoman Plenipotentiary, drawn up and signed a treaty, whereby the Sultan offers the Pacha the hereditary Go vernment of Egypt, and of all that part of Syria extending from the head of the gulf of Suez to the lake of Tiberias, together with the province of Acre for life; the Pacha on his part evacuating all the other parts of the Sultan's do minions, now occupied by him, and returning the Ottoman fleet.. A certain space of time has been granted him to accede to these terms, and as the proposals of the Sultan and his allies, the Four Powers, do not admit of any change or qualification, if the Pacha refuse to accede to them, it is evident that the evil consequences to fall upon him will he attributable solely to his own fault. His Excellency, Er feat, Bey, Mustesha r for Forei g n Affairs, has been de spatched to Alexandria in a Government steamer, to com municate their ultimatum to the Pacha. " Now, were it ab solutel y neeessary to give to the Pacha, his children, and descendants, the extent of terri tory (the origin of the dispute) that he wants, the Otto man empire would at once he divided into two parts. The distinction between subject and Sovereign would be merely nominal, and from a rivalship between two equal powers various evils would arise. It would not only tail in giving strength to Islamism, but, on the contrary, would be a means of shaking and loosening it. To make a mere governor a partner in the sacred ri g hts of the Sultan, by giving him such extensive territory, and such vast power, is so contrary to the principles of government, and the usage of its subjects, that it could at no period be admis sible. If the vs ish:of the Paella be to provide fur his children and descendants, the slightest reflection will con• since every one that the hereditary Government of Egypt would suffice for that purpose. tiL Progress, establishing a system of exclusive protection in favour of the other party, called Moderado, which it is endeavoured to augment with persons of suspicious pre ceden:s, this fraction making a patrimony for itself of all the principal employments of the State. Thus, Madame, there cannot exist either harmony or confidence, ncr can peace he so solidly established as was to be hoped after the termination of the civil war. Besides this, the Libe ral party has been calumniated by the supporters of the other party, under the pretext that the former were con spiring against the Throne and the Constitution, and that they are nothing more than anarchical enemies of social or der; and frequently riots and mutinies have been fomented to corroborate this iniquitous report, but which have pro duced no effect, because men have, from frequent unde ceptions, penetrated the origin and tendency of those pre texts. These abortions have been a necessary consequence, because the want of motive has rendered general combina tion impossible, inasmuch as they were too little in the in terests of the instigators to be made trial of, lest they should be turned against themselves. Thus the disturb ances of Madrid and Seville in the latter months of the year 1838 failed, and my representations to your Majesty of the 28th October and 6th September must have convinced your Majesty as to the hand by which those disturbances were directed, and what was the end to which they tended. On that occasion disobedience was practised without any pretext toward.: the constituted Government of your Majesty, and at a time when the civil war was at its great est height ; whereby the efforts of the defenders of the just cause might have been inutiliaed, and the triumph of the rebel bands might have ensued. I consider the present pronouncements, as den onstatcd up to this time, in a very different light. There is no anarchical cabal which, professing no political creed, is endeavouring to subvert order. It is the Liberal party which, having been vexed, and being apprehensive that there will be a return to despotism has taken u p arms, with the resolution not to lam them down until they see the throne of your august daughter secured, as well as your Majesty's Regency. the Constitution of 1837, and the national independence. Men of fortune, of note, of high responsibility, have been the most urgent in these demands ; and what must above all excite attention, is the fact that corps of the army have spontaneously joined them, no doubt because the cry ut tered is that which is impressed upon their hearts, it being for those objects that they have made such heroic efforts, and for which they have presented their breasts with bravery and decision to the balls and the swords of the now vanquished eeemies. " On the other hand, I have not received any account of those violences and crimes having been committed which mark the progress of disorder and anarchy. These considerations, and many others which I omit in order not to distract too much your Majesty's attention, I imagine should be weighed, before advancing to an extreme out break, in which children against parent, brother against brother, Spaniards against Spaniards, might be impelled to renew sanguinary struggles for one and the same prin ciples, after having consented to egibrace each other upon being freed from the common enemy, who sustained the fierce strife for seven years. And who can say what would happen even if blind obedience should lead the in diyieuel commanding the troops to so afflicting a combat? Has what happened to General Latre, when he was pro ceeding to Andalusia, been forgotten? Has not the garrison of Madrid just joined the inhabitants of that city, abandoning their Captain-General ? And if the sante thing should occur with the corps which might be sent thither, what would become of dis cipline? What of the army ? If I should march to Ma drid, I should be uneasy as to what might happen with regard to the rest of the troops, in the present state of fer mentation on the part of the people. If I should send thither a General possessing my confidence, his compro mise would be terrible, and it is very doubtful whether the soldiers would fight against compatriots who will present themselves with open arms, saying, the cause for which I am struggling is the same as that for which you have shed your blood, and for which you have suffered tire un exampled toils which render your names glorious.' " Your Majesty says to me that, in order to regain your confidence more than ever, the pledge will be, that I come to the decision of defending the throne, thus freeing my country from the evils with which it is threatened. " Madame—l have never deserved to have your Majesty's confidence withdrawn from me. Does my blood shed in battle, my constant anxiety for, and my whole existence devoted to, the consolidation of the Throne and to the happiness of my country ; and, in short, the history of my military life—do these circumstances count for nothing in your Majesty's opinion? Is it necessary that I should now give a proof of my fidelity to what I have sworn to, by gratifying, perhaps, the base desires of those imen who, bereft of the titles which I am proud of holding, have in duced your Majesty to turn a deaf car to my warnings, and to listen to their insidious projects? " I believe, Madame, that the Throne of my Queen is in no danger, and I feel persuaded that the misfortunes of my country may be averted by the appreciation of the counsels which, in order to avoid those evils, I considered it to be my duty to offer to your Majesty. Madame, there n;ay still be time for this. Madame, a frank manifesto from your Majesty, declaring that the Constitution shall not be deteriorated, that the present Cortes shall be dis solved, and that the laws they voted shall be submitted to the deliberation of the Legislature to be newly convoked,' will tranquillize the public mind, if at the same time your Majesty should select six advisers of the Crown of liberal, pure, just, and wise reputation. In that case, your Ma jesty may be persuaded that all those who have pronounced themselves as dissidents would quit their hostile attitude, and would acknowledge with enthusiasm the goodness of your Majesty, who has always been the mother of Spa niards ; there will neither be bloodshed nor misfortunes— peace will be ensured—the ever-virtuous army will pre serve its discipline, and will maintain order and respect for the laws—it w ill be a strong shield i.or the constitutional throne, and our independence will be respected ; whilst that period of prosperity will commence which this af flicted nation requires. in recompense of its generous sacri fices and its heroic efforts. " But if these means of salvation should not be adopted without a moment's loss, it will be difficult to calculate upon the course of events, and as to the point at which their effects may arrive ; for a revolution, however sacred may be the object that p r o duces it, may perchance be drawn into another channel by the perversity of some in dividuals who would put the masses of the public in motion for the purpose of accomplishing criminal and anarchical projects. " May your Majesty deign to fix your entire considera tion upon what I have said, in order that your decision may be the most just and felicitous under such difficult circum stances.—Barcelona, 7th September, 1840. Placing myself at the feet of your , Mejest, Signed) " The Duke de la VICTORIA." the scorn of the whole of Europe. But it is supposed he remains in his former position, being prevented from ad. var.cing by the want of supplies, and the general disor ganization of the whole of his army. The Porte, in the meanwhile, is fast preparing, and will be ready to meet him with a formidable force, in the event of his venturing on a forward movement. In addition to the camp which I al luded to at Koniali, another is being formed in the neigh bouihood of the capital' which will chiefly be composed of Albanian troops. The troops, it is here reported, arc to be placed under the command of General Jochmus, who arrived on Malian) , with despatches from England, having been sent out for this apecial service. If this report be correct, the only remark that can possibly be made is, that a fitter individual could not have been chosen. General Jochmus held command in Greece throughout the period of the Greek Revolution, and is perfectly acquainted with the Albanian character, and he also distinguished himself' in the war in Spain. The trial of the ex-Vizier, Khosreff Paella, on the first charges which bad been la-ought against him, for defalca tions in his public accounts, was brought to a termination on Sunday, and he is condemned to be exiled for three years. He is still to be tried on another indictment, and that of a character far more serious, viz., that of plotting for the overthrow of the Government, but it is not known when the trial will commence. Admiral Walker sailed on Thursday last with the Turkish fleet, following in the wake of the Iransports which had already taken their departure for the Syrian coast. The place of rendezvous is the island of Cyprus, where the whole of this force will be collected, and in readiness to act when the definitive resolution of Mehemet Ali shall have been received, or the twenty days' grace al lowed him shall have expired. Mr. R. Colquhoun, her Majesty's Consul-General in Bucharest, arrived on Wednesday last, his presence having been required by Lord Ponsonby, whose patience is at length exhausted by the reiterated slights and affronts which the petty tyrant of Wallachia has dared to put upon the British flag. Prince Ghika, pluming himself upon the protection of Russia, whose awe dame he is, nut contented with trampling under foot the much-vaunted regkwnt organique, end, exercising the most unmitigated tyranny over leis own miserable subjects, endeavours to ex tend the same lawless oppression over the subjects of other powers, and particularly the lonian proteges of Great Bri taM. His Lordship will, no doubt, address the necessary remonstrances to the Porte, and demand, not only ample satisfaction for past offences, but proper security for the future good conduct of the Wallachian Hospodar. The Talbot, Captain Codrington, relieved, on Saturday, the Dido, on our station. General Jochmus arrived yesterday by the French steamer, bringing despatches from Downing-street to Lord Ponsonby. He found Admiral Walker at the Dardanelles, with one ship of the line, one frigate, one corvette, and thirty trroops, having on board between five and six thousand transports, under the command of Selim Pacha; from thence he was to have sailed, yesterday morning, for the island of Cyprus. They communicated with the steamer from Alexandria, which gave intelligence that Mehemet Ali had refused to accept the conditions which ladiat Pacha was authorised to offer him. The coast of Syria is already blockaded by ships of the British squadron, and several British officers of rank are expected to direct the operations of the land troops when it shall be found necessary to commence hostilities. It seems, likewise, ta he certain that a corps of British troops will be sent to co operate with the Turkish army. The Prince of Samos arrived by the same steamer, his presence at Constanti nople having been required by the Sultan. TURKISH MSNIFESTO. TRANSLATION OF AN ARTICLE FROM TIE I,IONIFEUR OT. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her /Majesty took a car riage airing this afternoon in the Park, accompanied by the Princess Hohenlohe and two of the children of her Serene Highness. The Countess of Charlemont, Lady Charlotte Dunilas, and Baroness Spaeth, followed in one carriage, and the Hon. Miss Cccks and Hon. Miss Cavendish occupied another. Prince Albert and an equestrian party, including most of the Gentlemen at the Castle, left at the same time. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Ma jor-General Sir E. Bowater and Captain Seymour, re viewed the 60th Rifles, now stationed at IVindsor, i❑ the Little Park, at nine o'clock this morning, The two Majors of this regiment, Majors Cockburn and Trevil lyan, will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner this evening. Mr. John Grerillc Fennell, Secretary to the New Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scot land, waited upon Prince Albert, to solicit his patronage as patron of the institution, and his Royal Highness has been graciously pleased to consent to the application. Mr. Selwyn left the Castle this morning. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Therese are expected to return from town this evening, to join the Royal dinner party. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess Brownlow and Lady l3edingfeld, took an airing yesterday afternoon i❑ the Regent's Park and Hyde Park in an open barouche and four. The Duke of Cambridge spent the day yesterday shooting at Coombe Wood, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. The Portuguese Minister transacted business 'yester day at the Foreign Office. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst,: came to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, and visited the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, St. James's. The Royal Duchess had an interview with the Princess. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Gloucester also paid visits yesterday to the Princess Augusta, and spent some time with her Royal Highness. The following account of her Royal Highness's health was issued yesterday : " The Princess Augusta in the early part of the night was restless and suffered some pain, but her Royal Highness has this morning had some refreshing sleep, and continues in the same state as yesterday. " Clarence House, Sept. 17." The inquiries after the health of the Princess at Cla rence House, were yesterday very numerous. Among them were her Serene Highness the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurt ; the French Ambassador ; the Netherlands Minister and Madame Dedel ; the Portuguese Minister ; Baron Sehleinitz, Prussia❑ Charge d'Affaires ; Archbishop of Armagh, the Ha noverian Minister, Duchess of Inverness, Duchess Dowager cf Marlborough, Marchioness of West meath, Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Viscount Barrington, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Vis count and Viscountess Sydney, Lord Dalmeny, Lord Sidney Osborne, Lady Catherine Buckley, Lady Sher borne, Lady Augusta Cotton, Lady Campbell, Lady Shaw Stewart, Miss Shaw Stewart, Sir Robert Shafto and Lady Adair, Hon. Captain and Lady Susan Ho tham, the Attorney-General, Colonel Couper, Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, Colonel Sir Samuel G. Higg►ns, and Mrs. Dawkins Pennant. At intervals during the day the Princess suffered from pain, but last evening her Royal Highness became composed. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Therese of Hohenlohe on leaving Clarence House, yesterday, went to Marlborough House, and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Royal Duchess and the Princess Therese left Marlbough House soon after three o'clock in a chariot and four, with outriders, on their return to Windsor Castle. and expensive as is consistent with its efficiency. One great object has been to reduce the number of objections, by requiring the specific ground of objec tion to be stated on the notice, and adhered to in the inquiry before the Barrister. Another reform in the system will consist in the allowance of more time for paying the rates ; and a third, in doing away with the anomalies relating to the removal from one house to another in the interval between the registration and the election. The objections made to each of these re forms by the Tory party in Parliament, have Been such as to prevent Ministers from effecting the re quisite alterations ; and it has placed upon the ene mies to change the whole responsibility of imposing upon the constituency so much trouble and expense as that to which they arc now subject. The Tory policy, with some honourable exceptions, is this—to make the registration as troublesome, as expensive, and as restric tive as possible, while the policy of the Liberal party has been to diminish the trouble, to reduce the cost, and to open as wide a door to the free exercise of the elective franchise as is consistent with the existing qualifications. The effect of the Tory policy is to dis franchise vast numbers of persons, both in counties and is boroughs, who would otherwise have votes for knights of the shire, and for borough Members. But if the electors act with spirit, and maintain their privileges by all possible diligence and attention till all the reforms which must ultimately be made are effected, the evil now so loudly and generally, we may add so properly complained of, will he remedied. Nothing can prevent this but the restoration of Tory rule, which may arise from the Parliamentary electors neglecting to register when they have just claims, or neglecting to attend in the Barrister's Court to support their rights when they are improperly objected to. This is a dereliction of duty which no man who values his own rights and privi leges personally, or the interests of his country gene rally, will be guilty of. Let no elector say, " this re gistration is attended with more trouble or with more ' cost than the privileges it confers are worth." The worth of having electors under the influence of Liberal principles, rather than electors who are regardless of the interests of their country, cannot be esti estimated ; even as a :eater of personal ease and public economy, it is every man's duty to attend to the registration, that the alterations, which sooner or later are sure to take place in the system, may be effected by those who would wish to bring it into disrepute by making it work ill. Now that many of the other great questions, which have so long divided pubic opi nion and occupied the attention of Parliament, are settled, registration both in England and Ireland, and both parliamentary and municipal, must be taken up ; and we are quite prepared to expect that in the very next Session of Parliament this highly important sub ject will occupy the principal attention of both branches of the Legislature. If ever there was a period at which Reformers should put forth their energies it is at present. Indeed, this is so obvious that it is scarcely necessary to enforce it by any argument. Parties in that branch of the Legislature through which the Government of the country can alone be carried on, are so nicely balanced, that should a general election take place, a very few seats gained by our enemies— and at what political villainy would they stop to attain them ?—would give those enemies the command of the House of Commons, enable them to dictate to the Queen, and establish a reign of terror in Ireland ; the consequences of which there are few men bold enough to contemplate without alarm. The enemies of our country are ever active, not merely in increasing their own numerical strength, but—that which to them is equally effective—diminish our forces. Let us fight, them with their own weapons, and let every man who can oppose a Tory successfully he satisfied that next to registering his own vote he does that which best ad vances the interest of his country. (From the Times.) THE ~ ,o LTN. LONDON , FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1840. WINDOW DUTIES The Morning Post says, the following letter from Mr. Joseph Hume has been forwarded to that paper, by the gentleman to whom it was addressed (Copy.) " Ryde, Sept. 9,1840. " SIR—In answer to your letter of the ith instant, I beg to inform you that the pledge given by Lord Althorp, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, to me in the House, at the time one-half the window-duty was taken off, was, that on all houses then built, and where sonic windows had been shut up to prevent the charge ,or window•light, there NEVER should be any ADDI TIONAL charge made for any of those windows that might be re-opened, or for any new windows which might be made in such houses. The rate for window light charged at the time of the repeal was, as I clearly understood, to be the greatest rate that could afterwards be charged for that house. " When the addition of ten per cent. to the window light duty, and also a new survey, were proposed by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, I, in my place in Parliament, claimed for the public the be nefit of the pledge given by Lord Althorp, and I was informed by Mr. Baring then, and afterwards in the House on a question put to him by me, that he intended to keep the pledge given by his LORDSHIP. " I remain your obedient servant, (Signed) "JOSEPH HUME, " To W. Thompson, Esq., Yarrells, Poole." ------ - TRIAL OF MADAME LAFFARGE ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—We have just heard that Thomas Elliot and John Wallis, masons, in Mr. Jackson's employ, at Amber Gate Station, were knocked down by a pilot. engine' yesterday morning as they were going to break fast. It is supposed their attention was occupied by a coach passing on the highway as the engine was coming up, and they, in consequence, did not observe its approach. One was killed on the spot, and of the other no hopes are entertained. One has a wife and two children, the other a wife and three children. The inquest is expected to be held this day (Thursday. )—Derby Reporter. SHOCKING ACCIDENTS FROM THE FALL OF TlNlBER.—Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident oc mired to a man named Brooks, in the employ of Mr. Bass, builder, 49, Goswell-street ; he was engaged in the yard with some other men, removing some blocks of tim ber, when one of them, which proved to he too weighty for:the men to sustain, slipped and fell upon Brooks' left hand, crushing the veins and sinews in a frightful man ner. lie was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but it is feared that amputalion of the hand, and probably of the arm also, will be obliged to be had ree , nirse to. A fellow-workmen of the unfortunate man very earrowly escaped being crushed to death on the previous day, by the fall of a piece of tiwber weighing nearly four cwt., under similar circumstances ; as it was, however, he was very seriously injured, hut persisted in refusing to be allowed to be taken to tFe hospital, and be was consequently con veyed to his own home, where he lies in a very dangerous state. AUSTRIAN CENSORSHIP.—Printed boas are divided into four classes : Ist. admittitur, may freely pass : 2d, (rause& may be sold, but not auvertised or exhibited for sale : 3d, erca schedam, may be delivered to safe and trustworthy persons ; 4th, darnnatur, prohibited. The same classification holds iood with respect to manuscripts, for which, however, there is a fifth class : " tgpum non meretur, unworthy cf being printed." " In this class," says the law, " are included those wretched worthless books, the subject of which is without interest, and at variance with all good sense, as well as other miserable productions which violate good taste, the rules of style, and the purity of language." A catalogue of the newspapers allowed t o be imported is yearly drawn up at Vienna, and the Vienna papers are held up as a model by which those of the interior are to fashion themselves. The law says. " They ought to be attractive, true, and circumspect." The theatres also are subject to a strict censor ship, since much may be printed that must not be per formed. Sanguinary and inhuman pi_ces must be re jected, and modesty is enjoined in gestures, dances, and costumes. A worthless king must not be presented as the principal character, unless there be a good and just king in the same piece, to counteract the evil impression produced by the former. Five copies must be delivered of each book. No one is allowed to cause any work to be printed in a foreign country. This prohibition extends also to articles and letters in foreign newspapers and pe riodicals. Books on ecclesiastical law and ecclesiastical history are not referred to the Bishops ; but other theolo gical and religious writings aro submitted to them for approval. In case of a difference of opinion between them and the censors, the question must be referred to a supe rior authority,...Raumer's IRON STEAMERS.—Anotitcr iron steam-vessei we understand is now nearly ready for launching at the Iron Ship-building and Boiler -making Establishment of Summers, Groves, and Day, at Northam ; her length is 115 feet between the perpendiculars, and 125 feet over all, 16 feet in beam, and 7 feet 9 inches in depth. The beauty of her model is acknowledged by many " artistes," who have inspected her, and equally 9.) for her seagoing appearance. The engines of 40-horse power, on the oseellating principle, arc nearly completed by the same enterprising firm. We understand she is intended for the passage between Southampton, the Isle of Wight. and Portsmouth, and we prophecy may defy competition in speed to any now afloat in the Southampton waters. BREAK DOWN AMONG THE STEAMERS. — On `Wednesday week the Countess of Lonsdale steam ship, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Com pany, left Hamburgh for London with passengers, a valu able cargo, and the mail, and when about 120 miles from the port whence she sailed she fell in with the Caledonia, another large and power'ul steam-ship, belonging to the same Company, which had broken the main shaft of her engine, and was unable to proceed on her voyage from London to Hamburgh. The Countess immediately took the Caledonia in tow, with the intention of proceeding with her to liamburgh, machu had not gone far before some accident happened to her inery, and she was unable to proceed. The Severn steamer, bound from Hamburgh to Hull, subsequently fell in with the Countess of Lons dale and the Caledonia, and took out their passengers and the mail bags. The Countess and the Caledonia put into Cuxhaven, and afterwards to Hamburgh, where they now remain. The Neptune steam-ship, belong. ing to the General Steam Navigation Company, left Hamburgh on Saturday, and on the following day, at nine, a.m., she fell in with the Severn in a state of distress, having met with damage during a gale from the W.W.N. The Neptune went to the assistance of the Severn, and after taking out her passengers, and those of the Countess of Lansdale, proceeded to London, whe'te she arrived on Sunday morning, after a very boisterous passage. The mail bags were put into the Sons of the Thames, a very fast steamer, at Gravesend, and conveyed to London. The Severn pnt back to Hamburgh for coals, and to refit. The City of Edinhurgh and James Watt steam-ships have left the Pool during the week with upwards of 100 passengers and valuable cargoes, and will continue running until the ma chinery of the Countess of Lansdale and the Caledonia is repaired. These vessels have made their voyages be tween Hamburgh and London with undeviating regularity for many years, and never met with any accident or stop age before. The storm last week w as severe, and the s ea ve ry rough. The Countess and the Caledonia a , c expected in the river about Monday or Tuesday next. ASSASSINATIONS IN FRANCE.—A letter from Le Puy, in the canton of St. Julien, bearing date the sth inst., announces that, on the 33, as M. de Manel lange, the proprietor of the estate of Chamblas, was s tanding in the kitchen of the chateau, giving som e orders to his d om estics, a shot was fired through the window, and the ball passing through the heart, stretched him dead in an instant. This crime, which is attributed to secret ven geance, has suread terror throughout the entire district. The assassin has nut yet been discovered. Shortly 'adore one of the guards of the forest of Queyrieres, in the same canton, was assassinated under precisely similar circum stances. He was shot dead through a window of his house while eating his supper with his wife. Notwith standing the most active exertions, not the slightest trace of the assassin has been found. The Semaphore de horrible ass assination took took place in broad da y li g ht on Tuesday last, " A Reales of the 2 d in stant has the following : at the farm of Cran, within a league of Aubague. The victim was M. de Bonifay, a landed proprietofor, thwhofar at a mom ent when he was passing a retired part e m, The wea was fired at from a hedge close to his side. p on was charged with heavy shot ; Bonifay receive I the charge in his right breast, and fell dead on the spot. No cause can be assigned fur this dep lorable event; and in this, the third recent case of open assassination in France, the most active exertions of the gendarmerie have been unable to discover the slightest trace of the murderer." LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The railway trains from London will come as far as the cutting in llooley.lane, at the northern entrance to the Mers ng ham tunnel. Passengers and luggage will then be t ihe length of the journey between trans ferred to the stage coaches, which, after running two miles on the turnpike road in a direction parallel to the tunnel (the works in which are rapidly progressing), w ill be placed on trucks and propelled by the locomotive en gines as far as Crawley. Horses will then be attache d luggage from the branch to the coaches, which will proceed to Brighton by the passengers and bog and Castle and other turnpike road, reducing London and Brighton to four hours. By this arrange ment also, the passengers will be but once shifted; an inconvenience, we admit, but one of a very slight nature; highly _ s atist n ac eo ary manner. At the and not greater than that which exists in London from the ti ansfer of coaches running to the paces. The works throughou.t the remainder of the line t dedrom the New are En g going on eri 1 n terminus land cutting to the site of thc.inoer order warehouses at the i which is to be bottom part of the in bed . that c the carriage of coals and other merchandize m as sy . een k e it entirely distinct from the passenger-trains, h . b laid " n Pleted ; and the beingon the adjoining rails are now in course of, Per i) • arat . lion of the London line. Lep t io1:13 are also making r i r . Li f j a Th n ii e l° : Iv, I t s 1 i ‘ a i t i E o station, Gazette. athteertmuinnnuesl, run i t aggregate ;,d an a el m i o t u la nt s s ai . dth a t AT ROCll foonr Da the mE aA e g r Tn e i c ifil t e i se o n n to o s f ; a t l b el e . v_ p Ev e A r DALE.—Within the last five moat . 7, three of the wealthiest the pro bequeatl"„rliroa ._ , i n le the to nearly one million s 0 , ; ,.. _IT .rt gentlemen mpeerutyinthßeaychhdiaavlee have died were Mr. Fenton (fath er 1 iNr . John Fenton, M. P.), who i s reported to .s have left .500,000/.; Filde said to have been 200,000/. ; and rJonathan s, who was interred on Mr. Law, whose P Friday week, and whose property is stated at 162,0001. The last-named gentleman was a bachelor; his nearest relation, a cousin of the same name, Was a labourer, with a wife and eight children, . and liv ing , till the p L en t s o ar t y he Rochdale recent death of his wealthy, r e eln.tiv s e, in a small cot tage. The bequest to him inlude the greater part of the testator's roperty i amounting to nearly 100,0001. Mr. Clement Royds, the executor, gave the labourer the pos session of his relatives mansion F two d days after the death ,000/. to p r operty , of the testator. The late Mr. i es has also bequeathed the following sums :.--:1,000/. to the Manchester Royal In firmary, i, 000/. t t a o die t s lr the Rochdale: C R h o ar e i h ty d , a 1 e l,o D o i ( s ) National School 100/. er annu 1,000/. ( P . rn) to St. Clc. , - 'dale; and the like bequest to St. meet's Church, Roci. 'tee, making an amount of 9,0001. John's Church, Smallhrie in bequests for charitable " purri t w es,—Manchest e r Guardian. The Court did not sit this morning till ten o'clock, and then M. Paillet announced that Madame Marie Laffarge was too in to make her appearance ; he there fore prayed that the hearing might be adjourned till the afternoon. To this the Court assented, and conse quently the hearing was postponed till one o'clock. We learn, however, that there is nothing alarming in the state of Madame Laffarge, and that there is every reason to hope that she will be able to sustain till the last the arduous task sbe has yet to undergo. At half-past one the hearing was resumed, and she took her seat, attended by Dr:Ventejou, her physician. She was pale, and suffering from a violent pain in her head, to which she repeatedly applied her hand, but she ne vertheless retained all her calmness and self-possession. The President delivered over to the Advocate-Ge neral some accounts given in by M. Buffieres, showing the application made of 23,000 francs of the money which M. Laffrarge had procured on the signature of his wife. The Advocate-General commenced by asking the prisoner whether she recollected having put anything into the lad de poule and toast and water of her hus band ? Madame Marie Laffrarge replied that she recollected putting in some gum. She could not specify what packet she took it from, as she had several. The box delivered in by Mademoiselle Pouthier was shown to her, and she acknowledged it to be hers. Mademoiselle Pouthier also recognised the box, and M. Fleigniat the packet of powder delivered over by him. Mademoiselle Pouthier, on a question from one of the jurymen, said she believed the powder in the box to be the sane as when she took it. M. Fleigniat also believed the powder in the packet to be the same as that which he saw on the night of the death of M. Laffrarge, when his eyes were weak and his mind dis tressed. The box and packet were then delivered to the che mists, who retired to ascertain the nature of their con tents ; and M. Dupuytren afterwards reported, in the name of the commission, that they had dissolved a part of the powder of the box in boiling water. When the gum it contained was dissolved, they perceived a sedi ment of white powder at the bottom of the vessel, which remained indissoluble. This solution was put into Marsh's apparatus, and produced numerous metallic arsenical incrustations, which were collected on a cap sule of porcelain, and which they now delivered over to the Court. This solution had been treated with re actives, and manifested the presence of arsenical acid. M. Dubois, on a question fro thev w hether the administra tion of Fronde of iron would absorb and neutralize arsenic in the stomach, replied that it would depend on the degree of oxydation of the oxyde employed. Since their report, they had learned there was a dministered as an antidote some colchotard by calcining to a red heat pure sulpha I t te ,of iron. was possible that th is ox y de of iron, which would be n a state of peroxyde, might have become combined with the arsenical acid, and have formed an arseniate of iron, insolluble and undecomposable by Marsh's apparatus. In order to found their conviction on more certain bases they had repeated upon the carbonated residium which remained from their filtration all possible experiments, but had not obtained any result. Mademoiselle Pouthier was examined again at consi derable length. Counsel on either side then addressed the Court, after which, Madame de Nicolai was called. The Advocate-General. —We now proceed to another order of facts—the theft of the diamonds imputed to the prisoner. Madame de Nicolai (in a loud and sonorous voice) — Gentleman, I have a very bad cold ; I fear I shall not be heard.—(A laugh.) My daughter and I have been summoned, and from respect for justice we have thought it our duty to attend. On the other hand, it has been said that the defenders of Madame Laffarge intended to produce here overwhelming proofs against us. We think we , ought not to be called upon to give evidence, and I request leave to withdraw. Afterwards the Judges returned, and declared that, as Madame de Nicolai bad formerly refused to give evi dence, she was condemned to pay a fine of M., and the expense of the decree of the Court. Madame de Nicolai then withdrew, and the Court adjourned to the following day. There . are only twelve witnesses more to be heard for the prosecution. Baron Garet has published a letter contradicting the statement that M. Foy, the matrimonial agent, bad any thing whatever to do with bringing about the marriage between Mademoiselle Marie Capelle and Al, Laffarge, who was introduced to the Baron by a person holding a wished station in society. We have received a report of another day's proceed ings of the trial of Madame Laffarge, which is not yet concluded. We can find room for no more than the following paragraph : A letter from Tulle of the 14th, at nine in the morn ing, says—" It is generally thought that nothing will result from the experiments of Messrs. Orfila, Bussey, and 011ivier (cl'Angers). The skill of Messrs. Duboisand Dupuytren,and the great care with which they conducted their operations, seem to have removed all doubt. The only thing which appears possible is, that arsenic may be found on decomposing the peroxide of iron which was in the stomach of M. Laffarge, hut this is not con sidered probable. Madame Laffarge awaits with calm ness the result of the experiments. The families of Nicolai and Leotaud have left for Brives, where they will remain until the trial for the diamonds, which had been fixed for the 20th of this month ; but which can not now take place before December, in consequence of the appeal to the Court of Cassation against the judg ment of the Tribunal of Tulle." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, SEPT. H.—Wind this day at noon, ligh N. N. Easterly breeze, and fine weather. DEAL, SEPT. 17.—Moderate westerly breeze.—Arrived the John Dougall, M‘Govian, from Singapore ; John, Davy, Cape of Good Hope; George Dean, Hamon, Monte Video ; Elizabeth. ' Midwinter, Demerara; Cor cyra, Cortfand, Africa; Victoria, Russell, ditto; Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick. Put back, the Harrison, Curdley, for the Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. IL—Wind W.N. W., fresh breeze. —Arrived the Medora, Harrison,-from Bombay; Presi dent, Fayrer, New York ; Isaac Newton, New Orleans. Put back, the Fanny, M'Dowall, for Newfoundlnd. 011 Port, the Lady Row ena, from Bombay ; Zeno, Jamaica Siddons, New York. -.A flat sunk on Moekbeggar wharf this morning ; crew are supposed to be safe. DOVER, SEPT. 17.—Off port, the Paragon, Cook, from Ceylon, sailed the Bth of May ; Susan Crisp, Flemming, Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 6th of July ; Trusty, Jamieson, Sydney. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 17.—Wind, W. N. W.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Fair Rosamond, from Sierra Leone. Sailed on the 6th ult., her Majesty's ship North Star, St. Ander. Sailed the Vernon, Denny, Calcutta; her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Cape of Good Hope. to N. W., F A LMOUTH, SEPT. 16..-...Wi 16.--Wind, . S. W. strong breezes and squally.—Arrived Stormont, Odessa. BRISTOL, SEPT. 17.—Arrived the St. Antonio y Magdalena, from Bilbao. G LOUCEST ER, SEPT. 17.—Arrived t h e Rosa, Bulmer, from Miramichi. Sailed the Symmetry, Smith, Miramichi. CORK, SEPT. 16.—Sailed the Mary Alice, Barber, tor Bathurst. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. I7.—Arrived the Elizabeth and Caroline, from Quebec ; Wear, Douglass, ditto. H U LL, SEPT. 17.—Wind W. N. W., fresh breeze.— Arrived the Edward and Mary, Wright, from Quebec. I PORTSMOUTH, SEP T. 17.—The Trine, Janeson, from Danzig, arrived here , i s leak y , and car g o shifted, having been thrown on her beam ends during the gale yesterday. D ARTMO UTH, SEPT. 17.—The Concordia, Londman, from Narva to Borde aux, is on shore on Start Bay, dis masted and waterlogged. The crew are safe. Sr. Ives, SEPT..—The sloop Sisters, of Bristol, foun dered off this port during a heavy gale this morning crew drowned. WYLFO ( ANGLESEY), Sem 16.—The Francis, Davis, from Newport to Liverpool, struck on Harry's Furlong last night, and is full of water ; crew saved, and the cargo expected to be. H AR WICH, Seer. 17 . — The Stirlin g Castle, from Bonar Roads to London, has been assisted in hero with loss of anchors and cables, and sails slit. It blew i a heavy gale all last night at W. S. W. topW.N.W., but s ,o -day moderate. ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGE CANNING. Fears Lave for the last week been entertained that thi had s ves sel was either totally lost during the late gales, n port; or su stained serious damage and put into some foreig b u t it will be seen , on referring to our Shipping Report of this day, that she has arrived at Berwick after having been detained three weeks in Noway. .~..., SPIRIT of di Le PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The bread-tax interest is endeavouring to turn the present aspect of the political horizon to some account by urging the probability of war, as a reason for letting alone the Corn-laws. This fallacy was breached at an Agricultural Association meeting at Aylesbury, on Wed nesday last ; one of those local gatherings of tenants and dependants, where his Grace of Buckingham, " Like Cato, gives his little senate laws, And sits attentive to his own applause." The eight-shilling -a-week labourers do not dine on these occasions. The applause, did the poor crushed wretches dare to vent their feelings, would not then be quite so unanimous. The assumption that the dining and prize distributing parties were improving " the condition of the labouring agricultural classes," would not pass quite so undisputedly. The farm labourers suffer like dumb and brute creatures. Their voice only reaches the ears of the weal'hy proprietor through the speaking-trumpet of an Anti-Corn-law Commit tee ; in this way it has made them tingle, and will again. But, as to this war fallacy ; its production is due to the ingenuity of Mr. Hamilton, M.P., for Aylesbury. He congratulates the food monopolists on the prospect of a reprieve afforded them by the , anticipation of hostilities. In that which is depre cated by every philanthropist, every patriot, every honest and humane politician, he sees a ground of safety for his class. It is a point made on their be half:— " That time last year he did think the cause of the farmers, as regarded the Corn-laws, was in some danger from the immense array against it; but look at the change which had taken place in the state of Europe.—(Hear, hear.) 'Where was the man who in the present aspect of affairs would trust to the carrying trade for a supply of corn, and make us in England dependent on Europe for food ?—( Hear.) Was it at a time when war, if not im minent, might, perhaps, not be long averted, that the home growth of food corn was to be discouraged?—(Hear.) At the conclusion of last Session he thought the farmer was safe. He thought so still more now, %hen he looked to the situation of Europe." This view of the case is a very mistaken one. No prospect of war, nor even the actual occurrence of hos tilities, will now preclude the continuance of the Anti- Corn-law agitation. The repeal question is, neither in itself nor in the minds of its advocates, based on any fluctuating expediency. It is not taken up in the sun shine to be laid down under the cloud. The struggle is for justice to the poor, to the multitudes, to the na tion ; for justice in that simplest form which assigns to those who toil the full measure of the bread which they earn by the sweat of their brow ; and the monopolists will hear the cry above all the thunders of battle, should battle again unhappily awake its thunders over the plains of Europe. A bloody and long-protracted war failed of turning aside from their path those noble philan thropists who had devoted the African slave-trade to destruction. Any contest that may now ensue will alike fail, if the monopolists attempt to make it a diversion from the destruction of the bread tax. Mr. Hamilton's assumption that this country cannot im port corn in time of war, is in glaring discrepancy with notorious ,facts. We imported foreign corn, and that on a comparatively large scale, during some of the hottest years of the last war. We imported it while Napoleon was lord of the European continent, and his hostility was levelled, with all its energies, against British commerce. In the year 1810 no less than a million and a half of quarters were brought into this country. The average quantity of imported corn has, in fact, been little effected by the difference be tween peace and war. When wanted, it must and will be had ; a world in arms cannot keep it out. The foreign corn trade is above the chances of war, as it is above the devices of monopoly. Its existence is a ne cessity of natui e. We have shown, again and again, that the operation of the bread-tax is not to annihilate the foreign trade, but simply to decide that it shall be ir regular instead of regular, a loss instead of a profit, a frequent source of miserable privation to the people, instead of an uniformly wholesome and timely sup ply, and a gambling adventure instead of a depart ment of common industry. This is the mischief of Corn-laws, and this they hiive done. More than this they cannot ; more than this they never will, even though the.anticipationslof the Aylesbury feasters should be realised, and the curse of war coalesce with the curse of monopoly. The views of Mr. Hamilton and his Buckinghamshire coadjutors are as gross a violation of justice as of fact. The carrying trade in corn will con tinue in spite of war. And why should it not ? Nay, why should not a season of war, if it must come, be as fit a period for the repeal of the bread tax as a season of peace ? War inevitably brings its own burden of taxation, ever falling most heavily on those who toil. It will make every other article more costly to the labourer ; it will also lower his wages ; and is that a fitting time for artificially enhancing or keeping up an artificial en hancement of the price of his bread? In the disturbing effects of a state of war upon the different departments of industry, there will be horrible distress amongst the multitude and loud discontent. In another war the Yeomanry will not ride roughshod over the masses as they did during the last. When once the pres sure of war is again felt by the many, the Corn-laws will go ; nor will it be strange, if much else, that is far from being equally atrocious, should go also. It is a stale trick, but not less of a trick on that account, to identify the Corn-laws with " the cause of the farmers." They are the cause of the farmer's uncertainty when he ought to be fairly and securely reckoning on re gular gains ; they are the cause of the farmer's de grading dependence upon his landlord, keeping him under the screw of a rent which he often fails to rea lize, and debarring him: from much of that freedom of speech and action in politics which is possessed by many a humble artisan ; they are the cause of the farmer's continual instability of position, enforcing from year to year his unavailing cry to the Legislature of agricultu ral distress ; they arc the cause of the farmer's alie nation from the industrial body of the community, connecting his advantages with the privations of others, his sufferings with their gains, and infusing an unnatu ral bitterness into society ; these constitute all " the cause of the farmers as regards the Corn-laws," and the sooner they abjure a " cause" so pernicious for themselves, as well as for the rest of the community, the more will it be for their credit and profit. (From the Morning Herald.) The meeting of the Royal Bucks Agricultural As sociation, of which we, yesterday, furnished a report, was of a highly interesting character. The Duke of Buckingham stated the objects of the Association to be, to secure protection to the agricultural interest— and to reward deserving farm servants. In regard to the first object, the Nole Duke observed, that the members of the Association had " no desire to inter fere with any other interest, and he felt assured that upon the prosperity of the agricultural interests must mainly depend the prosperity of the country in which they lived." In regard to the second object of the As sociation, the Noble Duke stated, that it had been com pletely attained. "In the agricultural county in which they resided, it was of the greatest necessity that a friendly feeling should exist between the farmer and the labourer ; and he was rejoiced to say that in this county, no bad feeling had ever existed between them." It will be a long time before the Anti-Corn law League shall be able to boast that their free-trade principles have created between manufacturing capi talists and manufacturing operatives , that cordiality of feeling which exists between the farmers and the farm labourers of Buckinghamshire! " They all knew," observed his Grace, " that a man was liable to reproach and misrepresentation for the course he might adopt in the discharge of his public duty. He had encountered so:ne treatment of this description ; but he would as sure them, that he would always keep straightforward in the line that he knew he ought to pursue." Of the mis representations to which the Duke of Buckingham had been subject, we remember one remarkable instance. During the late Session of Parliament, the Earl of Radnor, after railing on a certain occasion at the Corn laws, observed, that "he was not of the number of those who thought that a repeal of the Corn-laws would increase' wages. No :—for his own part, he thought wages unnaturally high at present." " What may be the rate of wages," inquired the Duke o ‘ f Bucking ham, "to which th e Noble Earl refers e" ne s hillings a week:in the p arish in which I reside,' was Lord Radnor's reply. " If, then?' rejoined the Duke of Buckingham, " the Noble Earl declares that un t d h e e r the Corn-laws wages are too high, what r i g h , t ,t eal ext labourer have to complain of the Cora-laws ine billings a the Duke of Buc kin g ham had aced n g agricultural labourer ! day the Anti - Corn -law Journals broadlae.rted that week to be too high wages for an ag concurrence in the senti- Bucks, after expressing entire De observed, Mr. Dupre, one of the Members for the county of te Devenport election, that " he in reference to the la of Mr. Dawson, the brother-in ments that had fallen from the No e , rejoiced at the defeat by his conduct in suddenly turning I was justly deserved . law of Sir Robert Peel. The defeat of Mr. Dawson g against those Corn-laws,. which he i o n rted as a master-piece of legislation. formerlydre vv e s ee c ud l r p a y p r i e like trimming and time-serving politician r er."undoubtedly, He de would dd, hoped b a e nd s e mann which, it becomes the agricultural body to the tone take in regar d to all who ought to be found in the rank of the protectors of agricultural interests. There arc many men in the House of Commons, styling themselves friends of agriculture, who yet vote regularly in support of the present Ministers—the present Ministers having declared the Corn-laws to be an " open question," and h av i n g shown practically what they understand by the .4 openness" of the question in this case, by nearly una nimously voting in favour of repeal ! (From the Morning Advertiser.) We take occasion of the registrations which are now going on with activity in the metropolitan districts, and reports of which will be found in this day's Adver tiser, to make some comments on a subject most im portant to the welfare of the entire community, both in and out of Parliament. During the Session of Parliament that has just terminated, as during several preceding Sessions, an ardent desire has existed both of in and out of P ar li a me n t to simplify th e s y stem registration, end to render it as litt le troublesom e A bystander of some other nation, vho felt no part titular interest as to whether England maintained or lost her ascendancy on the ocean, might well be amused, could he watch, from a position ' . of advantage, the run ning to and fro—the sudden shifts and contrivances — and all the purposeless and useless schemes by which our frightened Admiralty Board is now striving to make a miserable peace establishment answer the demands of two apparently approaching wars. An Englishman, however, is forced to " break the career of laughter with a sigh," when he calls to mind the fearful conse quences that may flow from all this apparently divert ing hurry and confusion. The real mischief of the whole affair is—and this it is that forces us to return to the subject—that, amidst all this recently assumed activity, there is no sign of a serious and just appreciation of the danger and the need—no business-like application of the ne cessary means to gain the required end. The guard ships, it is found, must be manned. A poor resource this, after all : for we have now only three guardships where we formerly had twelve ; but Frill it is better than nothing. But to man three first-rates is soon found—as the Admiralty people ought to have foreseen —to be no easy task. Two thousand able seamen, with their mates and midshipmen, are not to be got to gether by the sound of a boatswain's whistle or by the fixing up of a score or two of placards. We now begin to ascertain our real weakness. While we have but three guardships in place of a dozen, we have but the crew of a single ship among all the three. But the Admiralty has a shift ready for this emergency. The Donegal, of 76 guns, is brought from Lisbon, where her presence is more than ever needed ; and her crew turned over to the Br,tannia to en able the latter to proceed to the Mediterranean ! Just after the same fashion is it in the dockyards. Some of the ships "in ordinary" arc to be got ready for sea. But how is this to be done ? By taking off the bands which were employed, and which ought still to be em ployed, on the very few new ships now on the stocks, and which are not even sufficient to counterbalance the ordinary wear and tear, and to keep up the existing strength of our navy. In fact, our whole naval establishment, at the present moment, resembles nothing so much as the spectacle which would be presented by the Howe, were she sent to sea in her present predicament. Her miserable 300, first scramb ling this way, then that ; either quitting their guns to haul in their canvass, or leaving the ship to the mercy of the winds while they worked the guns, would be is much such a piight as our whole navy seems to be now floundering amidst. But with men of business the question will be constantly recurring,—if the country cannot afford to keep an adequate fleet afloat, would it not be the wiser course to eschew all attempts at na val intervention ? The memory of our past exploits may be of some use to us, perhaps ; but " the school master is abroad now," and arithmetic is an acquire ment very extensively possessed. If the French are allowed to outnumber us in all seas, as they are now outnumbering us in the Mediterranean, they will not long permit us to take the lead in arranging " the ba lance of power," merely on the strength of our victo ries of forty years back. (From the Morning Post.) Her Majesty's Whig 111inisters were yesterday fa voured with a lecture, or chapter of friendly admonition, in the columns of that admirable organ of modern Whig gory, the illoriiing Chronicle. The text or thesis upon which our Liberal and didactic Contemporary thought fit to hold forth on this occasion, for the benefit of its Downing-street patrons, was " the importance of being true to the principles which raised them to power." This, our readers will 'at once perceive, was a lofty theme, meet for the eloquence of a Whig patriot. But, alas ! the days for the display of Whig eloquence have gone by. It was all very well to declaim about liberty, humanity, disinterestedness, and so on, when Whigs were out of office ; but now that they have goof things to give away, something more homely, substan tial, and practical must be attended to. Accordingly, instead of the ma g nificent abstractions with which Whig political lectures were wo nt to abound, we find this liberal remonstrant touching" the principles which raised the Ministers to power," dividing his whole discourse between indignant complaint that the Whigs sometimes give away good things to those who are not of their party, and earnest entreaty that for the future they will be wiser, and only bestow their patronage in return for political support. Let no one suppose that this is meant by our Contemporary for sarcasm. Nothing of th e kind is intended. The excellent " liberal" writer never was more serious in his life, and the b ur th en o f his seriousness is, , that if Whigs would b e t rue t o the " principles' which raised them to power, t h e y must take care that no good thing which Go vernment has to give away shall be bestowed upon any but 'Whigs ! This is th e gran d Whi g political " principle" of these highly en li g ht ene d ti m e s , when philosophy and " the march of intellect" have done so much to enla rg e the mi n d s o f a ll who are not Tones! Our Contemporary admonishes the Ministers that they owe it to the Sovereign and the people to—to do what, do our readers suppose ? To administer the laws of the land in the spirit of the Constitution ? To be careful of preserving at once public order and public liberty ? To be continually anxious for the nations' interest, and always earnest for the national glory?h No, none of these things are insisted upon as that w h b ic ut Ministers owe to the Sovereign and the P"Ple' d the they are told that they owe it to the .Sovereignhaawnsy as people " to bestow their patronage n y them without mho seek favours to hope they may shall not paralyze the Government b "l b a . • o " tai Wbat a magna quitting the ranks of the opposittoo. su l c eding those nimoes Whig philosopher ! , the start powers of the . THE LATE JAMEs SMITII.—"'I natural tendency to banter and c&jolery was evinced while he was pleasantry was, the yet a youngster, by a pleasant hoax upon the editor of an old established magaze, to whom be transmitted several letters containing a grave account of some remarkable these e es magazine in c l ues. antiquarian discoveries and entomological facts ling nature of which attested the inventive writer without exciting the suspicions o f hi s victim, evercom mdernetacmdinugpotnhat What added to the zest of his juvenile the,e fictitious state circumstance that his father and several of friends who were regular readers of Sntith and laughing his antiquarian ti t h e ir various conjectures,.—James i l e flan' state ments, sitting Pw eiathte b odu y itY t heir sides, 'Siniliheismot'ere&aCi EVENING- EDITION.