The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

madily and resolutely, though by a compare t ively vn ' reen and silent process, preparing to take a dvanteige of any favourable concurrence of circumstances w hick:may arise, in securing the ascendancy of their principle is. The Sun adjures the Government not to suffer its vig den( se to relax, though Chartism has ceased to present the i aolt l and menacing front which it did some time ago. The ci ,ousel which our Contemporary tenders those in auth a' rity is equally sound and seasonable. To be prepared for any fresh outbreak, and to be in a condition to crush it in th© bud, is the surest way to prevent a renewal of tb ose phy_ steal-force demonstrations which inspired the m i n x is of me n with such awful forebodings at the period of t he New port insurrection. The local Magistracy ought to Iteep a watchful eye on the proceedings of those ps, rpons, in their respective districts who are known. i dentify themselves with the anarchical principles of ,artism. .But though physical force must, wherever ' resor t e d `to, be met with physical force, in order to pry rtect the persons and property of society, no wise or patr .rnal Go vernment will ever think of trusting entirely fr r the pre servation of peace to the bayonets of the soldiery. Wher ever there is general and decided discontent, ..here must o' necessity be some grounds for it ; and the d'aty of Gov err meet is so ascertain what those grounds -'are, and hetvi ng ascertained them, to take the earliest rand most effecers a i means for their removal. However numerous and power ful may be our soldiery, society can never be said to r be in a safe state so long as there lurks in the minds of a large portion of the community, a settled and deep diisat: ,sr eet i ck , with the political poe',ure of affairs. The working,. complain that they ' s ave no direct share in the repro; iew, a ti on of the country. The complaint, it is not to be den' ,e-3, is but - too well founds. d. We are told, it is true, that the. /arc virtu ally r. preser:ted in Parliament. The argument is ,a mockery. Virtual representation is, practically, but a- ~other name tor no .sepresentation at all. The working , classes have aA urelonhted right to a share of direct r e,presentae,on ; .sad until that right is conceded to them, t' y will not and v*.ight not to he satisfied. Their great e' te- hitherto Ile a been in demanding universal suffrage, T.' Mich, if conceded, would practically throw the entire representation of the country into their hands. The extravagance of this claim has had the effect of alienating rainy of their best Wends from them, and forcing them tr . , the other extreme of with leolding from them any share , in the representation at all. If the Chartists would act 'a wise part, they would at once forge tbsir preposterone demand for universal suffrage, and unite with us and avith these who share our Bpirtiov, in eetee agitating for houes':old sulfatee. That would eiee them their due share influence in the representation of these, realms, white it would not deprive the middle and Alpe er classes of society of that share in the representation, of the country to which those classes have an equally unesotsbted right FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES,. (Continuation of the Debate of Sa .cor d ay. ) M. Od!1Ion Brrrot, after stating that he wished to di vest himscif of, personalities, said — Ge,ltllemen, allow me to refer back a little. At one mo. anent I thought that we were e.ll animated with the 'Arn e feeling—that we were all 'ached with the same - indignation. It was not the rye , alutionary population.. tt was the population which never 'estranges itself from,. t h e family. It was that one " I ""'en was ready to e...pport the Government in an e"' .14-getic contest. v .es, I believed—l confess it—l be ; "sad for a momg:nt in a glorious excitement, at the mo -ment when the, treaty of the 15th of July was signed. Eng land had given us at, example. All political parties had united in presence of the danger of the country. Dis cuss had ceased. lam not wanting in my duty to my country to have befit ved for a moment that all auhjects of division were to bo at an end—that all French men would unite, and join hands, in order to present to fo reign Powers a formidable aspect. That hope, alas, is lost, and I 'grieve at it. The men who armed are out of office, and France is now to assume a position which the Chamber will not suff:r, I hope so at least. You allude to facts, that }save taken pales., Well llam of a d.ffaent opinion, for she Morel that brutal Treaty advancee, the more I feel a eational impulse to protest. Allow me to offer an appre c;ation of the facts in the question. Under what impres 'ion 'aid we support the fallen Ministry ? Fresh rights ar • eatablishsd in the East ; they ara under th safeguard of France ; it is the reissiori that the Chamb, r has con .vied to the Government. Has that mission been fulfilled? The successors of the Ist of March, do they propose to fulfil it? A word as to the situation. Where wcs the evil for France? In the exclusive protectorate of Russia. Where was the remedy ? The unanimous opinion was to force the Dardanelles when the Russians penetrated into the Bosphorus. Well, what has been done ? What has its' ipctied ? After an attentive perusal of the documents, declare that, on the proposal made by England to force the passage, I am convinced that the question has been eluded; the demand for the passage has been substituted fcr the proposal to force it. England is not accustomed to circuits when she is resolyed upon acting vigorously. What did England then do? She turned to Rwsia; she accepted M. Brunow's offers, which consisted in allowing the Russians to send their fleet and trocps to Constan tinople. England accepted those offers. M. Dulsure—l beg to speak—(Exclamations)—it is Lord Palmerston who accepted. M. Odilloit Barrot—That is true. i thank the Hon. Member for that correction. It is Lord Palmerston who accepted those offers; but from that moment England said to Russia '• Your influence shall be at Constantinople, ours shall be in Syria." That is the result of the refusal of the first proposals of England —an armed intervention—al,d as I told you an armed intervention is nothing else than a division of the influence—a division of the protectorate. Yes, armed intervention is nought else—it is of se, vice but to England and Russia. What did you then advance? You said to Russia 4. We wißh for the maintenance of the integrity of the Ottoman empire." But that is precisely what Russia asked for ; she wanted nothing else. There fore; she said, You claim the integrity of the Ottoman erapirc. but I have already maintained it sword in hand. =and I ant ready to do so still." And, in short, she did so for her own interest ; she did not wish for the ex tension of her protectorate to be impaired. You have refused for a length of time England's proposals, and you have been egregiously in the wrong by placing the question on the ground of interest, and not on that of principle. What has resulted from that error ? At the end of some months' negotiation we saw France on one side, and England and Russia on the other. That is :be result of your policy—the result of the proceedings you adopted. And now you ask the Chamber to take upon itself the responsibility of the negotiations. But, in truth, you have therefore great confidence in its dura , ion. What you ought to have done is this :—You perceived, when too late, that you were deceived ; well, you ought to have said to the Chamber—we have been led astray—we pro pose to adopt a better course ; acknowledge and establish the rights of the Pacha ; it is the only means to repair the errors that have been committed. But instead of that, the men that brought on the present position pro pose to us to abandon the Pacha to the mercy of the • Powers. Ah ! when you proposed to us to sanction what Iliad been done, I thought that concessions had been 'granted ; but, in truth, I never could have believed that you would have come down coolly and dispassionately to propose to us to let matters take this course. Do you know the effect that the discontinuation of the armaments produced in Europe? The humiliation of the whole of Fiance. If you abandon the Pacha, this is what will happen : &rigs has been put into a state of insurrection by Eng land, and Syria will become the safeguard of England in the East; and France, what will you be? What in fluence will you exercise in that country where our name was respected ? It; at a future period, we claim some in fluence, the reply will France will negotiate ; but when we shall bare to cover and protect ourselves we shall not be able to reckon upon her." That is what will hap pen. Ido not enter into the question as to whether the men that I supported ought to have been prepared sooner.—(" Ah, ah !" from the Centre.) Ido not enter into the question as to whether they ought to have been more prompt. lam not the Government ; but lam happy in being now enabled to state that those men, when they were informed of the Treaty exclaimed, " We will not conscut to its execution." lam happy in being enabled to state that there were men who dared to look Europe in the face; that there were men who dared to re. monstrate against an exaction on the part of Europe. No ; that there-were men who did not hesitate to contend singly Against all, when the honour and dignity of France de manded it. Such are my appreciations of the conduct of the Cabinet which I supported and of the present one. Now does that appreciation possess but a Ministerial inte rest? No; it lays down the situation of the Chamber; it is called upon to reply to the speech of the Crown ; it is yet called to put forth its opinions as to the situation. The reply which is proposed to you will it suffice for your dignity ? I will candidly say no, such is not my inapree_ siuu. Ido not think that a just war can weaken the Government. I think, on the contrary, that it would give it strength ; It power, perhaps, formidable for liberty. I are a partisan of the English alliance, but I win not have that alliance entirely at the expeute of France, and I say that that alliance is com- Punised from the day when England makes an alliance with Russia, Austria, and Prussia, in order to exercise in thTt East exclusive influence from France. The peace which the Treaty of the 15th of July gave us, i s a p eace with no future prospects or security ; that peace is war, per haps more insured and with a moral discredit. But Ido not understand that on the news of the taking of St. Jean d'Acre peace should be proposed to us. It appears to me that we must feel wounded it appears to me that we ought at least, under such c i rcumstances, ; stances, to preserve the noble ness of silence. wish Y t e h u a e?uld read over again the Ad dress of 1840; 1 heteiotnfiurld inspire you. Oh, Gendemen, in you rest s I uen L e, the strength of the country ;itis in you that is vested support with which perhaps one day we shall be able to raise has been insulted. Let not that coneutipoannoufAorrcifisaamignkewyhoicuh. s i t l r e a d - You arc consulted now. Is it to support tion which has defird foreign Powers? N o , you are called upon to acknowledge the acts that have taken place; but at least, if you cannot regain the past, consider the evils that arc to come. If you had been called upon to reply to an Administration that tells you, •• We have armed-- we have assumed an energetic position—do you , apprrv e of us ?" I doubt not you would have imitated England ; and we should ail have ranged ourselves around that Ministry__ the ease. I • h • ) But such is not think (Loud approaation. that it is time to give up every kind of threat. Too m an , useless words have been put forth. There fore I ask ' What ).° l u 4 " to seek by w or d s t o in s pire fear in Europe._ ask you iv, not t o groun d t h e r i g hts of the Pacha of Egypt on the mercy and compassion of the Four Powers , but on j us. • lice—on the rights of France. One word more. There is afact—an act which may entail the moral and political ntsPOnsibility of France is to complete the arma ments- The present Ministry asks us for a disarma ment; the former Ministry asked for complete arma ments.: The present Ministry tells you that the armaments c a 4 otd7 pro k vo e war, and provoke the coalition. But b • bat • gully thesethreats ? Did not the Powers unite as soon as they w ere l aced without an able to do so? H ave th e y not j us t coa ns that ther e is Lreson being assigned ? And you tell evil, intentions With h ostility wtththe Powers abroad, no respect to France ! And you exclaim, that the coalition i s t h e se • ni sequel of armaments, and that those aitiots would be _interdicted by coalesced Europe, for i ~141 ' 7,_• 1,, - ~. .:?.'. Z* ~.Y ~ a coalition exists at the present time. We should reply to 1 i coalesced Europe, if we had the honour of speaking in the I name of our country—to Europe coalesced for a single mot:.ve, her old feelings of hatred against France—we I sh'uuld reply to coalesced Europe, that the Eastern question was but a pretext for an understanding, for an union against tour country, and that France must be prepared for every eventuality 1 Well, the question of armament, I thus put it. The coalition has not to be re-constituted,it is re. constituted. Ought wo to wait for the coalition to attack us to arm ? No. When we were united with England I understood the re pose and the security ; but the two countries being once separated, F_ think we ought to be vigilant, and to arm with promptitu do. Between France and England there can be but auiaitimate alliance or hostilities. We must arm with out delay : no one in Europe has the right to oppose it. An isnfortunate coincidence has arisen in this debate. It is "a personal contest between two men who have directed :t l ac affairs of the State. I ask the most conservative men if, when they have seen the Minister and the Ambassador contending against each other with their confidential notes, they do not think that such a contest infringes on the rights both of men and institutions? Do you know what cue said to the other? When a Minister has made a man his con fidant, a day will come %Olen that man will ascend the tri bune in order to display to the Powers abroad that deplo rable spectacle • he will avail himself of the confidential documents which a Minister has put forth.—( Exclamations " Enough, enough 1") Let not such debates be renewed. The Hon. Member then eeviews the conduct of the French Ambassador in London with respect to M. Th;ers, and he blames him for having displayed too much soli citude at home when France was threatened abroad, when her honour were in danger. Then, he adds, there were in the Cabinet of the Ist of March two principles, two origins, two parties, and two religions—a moment when one being faithful to its oriein and to its religion will raise its head in presence of the Powers abroad when the other would surrender itself.—( Exclamations.) " I knew," said the President of the Council of the Ist of March, " that abroad it was stated that France would ne gotiate and threaten, but that she would give in." " Well," added the President of the Council, " I wished to give Europe the lie that time ; and you, .*eir, the Ambassador —( Long interruption)—You were then occupied with questions at hume—you said that the Ministry was actuated by ik revolutionary spirit. Yes. in your eyes, it wig con, Promised, it is true, by the loyal and disinterestel support of that part of the Chamber."—(" Oh, oh !" " Yes, yes !" Yes, it was compromised by that support which I have no need to justify, ler it was nobly done yesterday by M. Thiers's energetic language. It was compromised because ' it rested on that part of the Chamber which appeared L good when there was a contention for political positions _(" Oh, oh.") The Opposition for a footstool (tiiiirche• pied) to arrive at a position —( A tumult of disorder, " Order, order," shouted from all quarters.) M. Bugeaud—The President must call the speaker to order. Odilon Barrot said a few words, which, owing to the tumult in the House were inaudible, and added—Them are facts upon which I shall never accept an amnesty of ' time, and when they have a reference to the doctrinaire • state, I will not desert this tribune without making my protest. Now, Gentlemen, there are no circumstances in which a c ought to negotiate, not even in favour of liberty, when the country is threatened. When such facts are to ' be held up as maxims, I must protest with all the strength of my soul.--( A voice, " You have been a volunteer under the white flag." " Oh, oh 1" exclamations.) The President—l request the speaker not to heed those interruptions. M. Odillon Barrot—l thank the worthy Member for his interruption. lam going to give an explanation. Numerous voices—Speak, speak. A Member—But that does not concern the Chamber. Odillon Birrot then enters into explanation. Several voices —Question, question. M. Odilh,n Barrot— I end as I commenced, under tl'e impression of feeling that I expressed just now. I conjure you, whatever our situstion may be, maintain the dignity of language, of national representation —(" Oh, oh," from the Centre.) I conjure you, do not disarm the country in presence of an armed coalition. Place it i❑ a position to be prepared for every eventuality, for preserving its dignity and its greatness und , .7r all circuin.tances.—(Approbation.) M. Dulaure ascends the Tribune. M. Guizot (from his place)-_I beg to speak on a per sonal question. SevZTRI voices—To the Tribune ! to the Tribune ! The President having called upon the Minister for Fo reign Affairs, that gentleman declines entvring a second time upon a recital of his journey to Gand, and rests him self upon the services he has rendered his country. M. Dufaure then ascends the tribune, and declares that he will not meddle with questions of a personal nature. He will only reply to that portion of M. Barrot's speech, which reicrs to the policy of the conduct of the Cabinet of the 12qt of flay. The Honourable Member goes on to say that the Cabinet has not been put in a position by England to refuse the proposal to force the passage. M. liarrut must have forgotten, by bringing that accusation against us, that M. Passy, my Hon. Colleague, read several documents which prove that reproach is groundless. The Honourable Member, after recapitulating the various acts accomplished by the Ministry of the 12th of May, which he jus:ifics in every sense, alludes to what M Barrot said respecting the signing and execution of the Treaty. and adds that the Treaty was looked upon with perfect indif ference, and that there was no protest. But why? Be cause the Cabinet did not believe in the ratification and execution of the Treaty; that conviction was entertained, and nothir.g was done. M Jaubert—We armed. M. Dufaure—l do not deny it; but I go farther ; the Treaty is being executed, the bombardment of seyrout takes place; and yet what does the Cabinet of the let of March do ? It publishes a note that you aro acquainted with, and It recals the fleet from the Gulf of Salamis to the port of Toulon. But it Ido not review those facts, it is not for the rain pleasure of critising. It is in order to show that the reproaches addressed to the Administra tion, of which I formed part, are enumerated. Al. Od:lion liarrot praised the Cabinet of th© let of March for the note of the bth of October, aril for the recal of the fleet which was in the Gulf of Salamis. Odilion Barrot—But no, Sir. I praised the note, and not the recal of the fleet. M. Dufaure—That is true. I recollect that M. Odiilon Barrot praised the Cabinet for sending the fleet to Alexan dria. ( The Hon. Member, after a speech which was listened to with much interest, states that in granting ar. maments to M. Duperre, it will be with the view at the same time of protecting our commerce, and for watching over the Mediterranean. M. Thicrs said that he wished to rectify some assertions. It was not just to attribute to the Ist of March Cabinet all the responsibility of events. lle asked, when the Ca binet gave in its resignation if it had not done all that it could constitutionally do ?—( Great tumult, and crics of " You attack the Crown," &c.) M. Thiers, in the midst of the agitation, cried out, " All this fury troubles me not." The President called M. Thiers to order. He said there was interruption but not fury. M. Thiers said he was within constitutional bounds in making this declaration. He argued that the note of Oct. 8 did not contain an abandonment of Syria. M. Guizot—Yes it does. M. Thiers—The note said nothing about limits ; it did not say if Mehemet Ali should he Viceroy of Egypt alone or Viceroy of Egypt and of Syria. It protested against the deposition, and it did what had not once been done since 1830. It expressed a cases belli, although he was convinced that, if it eventually arose, there would still be no war.—(Great interruption.) Ycs, the note did what had not been done for ten years; it proved a cases belli for a distant and uncertain ally, as he has been termed. It was impossible to make war at the time men tioned by M. Dufaure, for, being unprepared, it would have been criminal, as well as an act of temerity. The complete armament could only be accomplished after the meeting of the Chambers. The King not having con sented, he had resigned. It was his duty to tell this to the country, and the responsibility of events, fell on his successors. The Chamber broke up at a quarter to seven, amidst ex traordinary agitation, and adjourned till Monday (yester day), at one o'clock. The Toulon journal. Senlinelle de la Marine, of the 25th says, " The squadron of Admiral Hugon, after con tending with a violent north-west wind, which has been blowing for some days, is again in sight of this port this morning, and may perhaps be able to come into the roads to-morrow. The Toulonnais of the 25th, on the contrary, will have it that Admiral Hugon has not received orders to make the squadron return to Toulon.—Commerce. The article of the National, published on the Bth of November, headed, " The Army under the Ministry ui the Ist of March," has been prosecuted as an offence to the King's person ; but the Royal Court, by a decision of the 27th of this month, declares that there is no ground to pro secute, because the intention of designating the person of the King, was not sufficiently clear in the article com plained of, and because it is formally disavowed in the Number of Nov. 13. The Piedmontese Gazette announces, on the authority of a letter from Leghorn, that the city of Aleppo has made its submission to the Sultan. The Progres du Pas de Calais says, that on Sunday last in one of the churches of Arras, a clergyman took bn him self to pronounce an anathema against the Marsvillaise.— Le ConstitutionneL THE TAKING OF ACRE. The following letter was written by an officer on board the Thunderer, immediately after the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre:— " Acre, Thunderer, Nov. 4, 1840. " Before this arrives, you will probably hear of the be sieging of Acre. We attacked it yesterday, and the Ad miral and six other line-of-battle ship:, besides five or six frigates, four steamer ? , and the Turkish Admiral, were engaged. We formed into two division's, and attacked en both sides of the sea batteries. The Com modore led in, followed by the Admiral, Thunderer, Bellerophon, and Revenge, and anchored in line oppo site the front battery. We went in line in two dii:ision s as above stated, and each ship opened fire as it took up its position, the batteries returning our tire very briskly. The sight of the ship going in to engage and takin g up their positions under the heavy fire of the I(3tteries wa s t h e moat magnificent sight I ever witnessed. lie line of fortifications mounted eighty 24 and 32 poun ders, besides twenty or thirty 13 and li inch mortars. The ships poured in their broadsides in the most terrific man. ner. It was one continued roar of guns, and the smoke darkened the atmosphere. The shot from the batteries was flying about the Thunderer in every direction, but, strange to say, only one shot struck us, and not a man was either killed or wounded. Some two or three guns kept continually firing on the Thunderer, hut nearly every shot went between our foremast and mainmast, without taking efEct. W e commenced the action about two o'clock, and about four the most terrific explosin n that could be ima gined took place on shore. One of their magazines, con taining 500 barrels of ,potw.deerribhloTev of whom boovmer vissohritc,hbtejd I stationed 2,000 FOldier , la in the ruins, which covered a space of one acre. Many 1 women and children we r e also killed by the expl o sion. By I six o'clock we drove them from all their guns, except two or tbree. At sunset we ceased firing, and the batteries also stopped their fire. We then hauled off into deep water for the night. At twelve o'clock a boat came off from the shore to say that the troops were evacuating the town, and a force was immediately sent ashore and possession taken, scarcely a shot having been fired on landing. November went on shore yesterday to see the effects of our shot, and I could hardly believe that such destruction could have been made in so short a period I walked along the ramparts and observed the dead bodies lying by the guns, some with their heads off, and others with part of their bodies shot away. Same of the guns were dismounted, and others were rendered useless by the breastwork falling upon them. I saw one 84-pounder burst, and lying in two halves. Every place seems to have experienced the effects of our shot; but the runs of the magazine were the most dreadful sight that the mind could imagine. The Turks. asd the Egyptians in the Turkish service, were busy pulling the dead badics fee= the rubbish, and possessing themselves of every article of clothing which better suited their taste than their own. One cannot walk here without treading upon the dead bodies, and everywhere amongst the rub bish you observe hands and feet exposed, the rest of the body being hid by the ruins. The cattle have shared the same fate as their owners, and are to be seen lying dead in every street. We found in the town 200 or 300 brass pieces of cannon, 50 or 60 mortars, and I de not know how many iron ones; but there were 123 mounted on the sea batteries, from 24 to 84-pounders. The town is filled with store and ammunition. The largest magazine con tains 8,000 barrels of powder, and a very large quantity of shot and shells. The mountaineers have • brought in 3,000 prisoners, and three Frenchmen amongst them. We sail to-night for Bevrout with prisoners. The Franl o rlbrt Journal- of the 27th ult. publishes the report addressed by Admiral Bmdiera to the Austrian In ternuncio at Constantinople, cortaicing a bulletin dated St. Jean d'Acre, Nov. 4. This contains several passages else culling the co-operation of the Turks and Austrians, which wr-re totally omitted in the detals given by the Malta Times : " I passed Selda ott the I , t of November in the cor vette Lipsia, and in the evaning of the same day I was cruising off St. Jeae d'Acre, where I found a frigate and four English steamers, waich were firing heavy shots into the fortrcsss. On the 2d we anchored out of reach of their fire from the fortress, and I had a low-, conterence with Admiral Stopford on the attack which was to take place on the following. morning. With the Medea and the Guerricre we passed by the southern front, and cast anchor at the western extremity. The depth of the water (TT:bled me to let go my anchor above the pert, when I opened my fire The corvette Lipsia cast anchor a little further, as the sand banks did not allow her to take up a better position. In less than an hour the two fr)gate, supported by the Lipsia as far as she was able, silenced sixteen cannon. This morning, at 4 a.m., the Turkisit Admiral ( Walker) announced to his Imperial Highness the Archduke, who was near him, that 1,500 Egyptians bad left the place, that the gates of the place were open, and that he wished to enter the place ith 300 men, but that thinking this detachment too small he wished for a reinforcement. Count Nugent, who served as a volunteer in the Ottoman army, bearing that the Egyptians had left the place, entered alone the fortress, which he found totally abandoned. Count Nugent. told this to his Imperial Highness the ArchdukT, who directly sent one of his officers to communicate to us this important news. This officer found me at a little distance with the Medea, which had left Admiral Stopford's vessel. As soon as I received the news I ordered the Medea to cast anchor. I sent all her crew ashore, as well as that of the Lipsia, which I accompa nied with the Lieutenavit of frigate Baron de Bourgu ignon, aide-de-camp of the squadron, and my own aide-de-camp. On landing I found some Turkish troops, as well as the Archduke, who occupied the citadel with his troops. Shortly after some Erglith detachments arrived, which occupied the citadel with three thousand Turks and one thousand of our troops ; I shall leave them as long as necessary. English, Austrians, and Turks have rivalled each other in courage. Our fire was kept up without ceasing, and was very well directed, whilst the enemy kept on tiring too high. His Imperial Highness the Archduke showed great courage, and was the first to enter the citadel after the Count Nugent. Colonel Lebeltzern also showed great courage in assisting his august Prince. All the officers of the Medea, the Guerriere, and the Lipsia showed the greatest enthusiasm and bravery. We lost but two men, common sailors. The two frigates were much cut about the rigging, and will require repairs. The Me dea had three bullets and the Guerriere one in their hulls. The Polish engineer, Schultz, was taken prisoner, wounded in the fortress. He has just been taken on beard the English vessel He has been for several years in the ser vice of the Riche. It was he who built the large fortress of Kiblep Bazag, and has been for the last eight months at St. Jean d'Acre, to finish the fortifications of that place." " Admiral Stopford addressed ott the sth the following letter to Admiral Bandiera : . . . ----- " ' After the brilliant victory which has just been achieved by the ships of her Britannic Majesty-, in concert with the squadron under your command, I have much plea sure in availing myself of the first moment of tranquillity to express my sincere gratitude for the useful services rendered by the Austrian marines whom you commanded during the attack on St. Jean d'Acrc. I invite you to make known my sentiments to his Imperial Highness the Archduke, as well as to all the officers and crews of the Austrian squadron.'" THE FRENCH. MINISTRY. (From a Correspondent in London ) . . , The vote upon, the address of the Chamber of Depu ties is not doublet:ll—the Ministry will ha v ie the majority; but those who ddipairsf overthrowing it, in this circum stance, have alr*ady lii teir batteries rely to open the breach subsequeittly n another:point, aid to succeed in dislocating it. I.An: iptiigue is organize&—is ready; and the future conedirocirhave beforcliazli diiided the spoils. The opinion oflhe., itlost,prefottnsk and vilest experienced politicians of tht (litinber;,ist, abac4lo.4cnistry will not resist this attac ' but ; Rust ot.,neeeslo7 4ttsolve, and re constitute itself fter .tke",v,ote Liti.isittAitei.,address. The victim that wil 'l?4itaitiolaie4 is• ; ;SI. -Guizot. M. 1 Duchatel will ; ok 'a .iiipplgetigi.itacrifice. The authors of therlf,.: . tiW • daft 'etWritors, are the centre gauche it or M. :Trif4„s; ho l * . have de cided upon veneeati*igninst die Min der for Foreign 1 Affairs, whom Ith4: . aecuse of . bavirig4 betrayed, as Ambassador, hiso Rriasident of the Coital!, and his an cient friend of tlieroalition. The dangei, of M. Guizot is so much the greer, as his enemies are not only ani • mated by hatred ot kitt arc directed principally by ambition, by the desire oQ Vice, by the thirst to copy at once those honours which tli r eliiiie4rn to seti elude their grasp for too long a time. 'Mc f ..i b .. aid' las. Thiers . understand per fectly, that after 71 ' . .;e•st smch tiliqrremier Mars has burnt its ships, and iitttiolonheei any dance of returning to power, at least dfii-lig the present King's life. Now, there are friendshie:Miit cannot wait, and which were al ready somewhat cooled with respect to M. Thiers. The ex- President of the. Council, after his lasi victory, had not paid his troops. Some leaders only' had been re compensed ; and that press itselc whose artillery had al ways thundered so terribly .and sq incessanily against the St. Jean d'Acre of the Conservatiites—that Press bad in some measure received nothing but promises, or, at the most, but trifling instalments. Thus many defer. Lions are preparing among the gene aux de tecritoire. In short., propositions have been made by an important section of the centre gauche to the friends of M. Mole, and these propositions have also been accepted. It is not without some repugnance that the ancient President of the Council of the 15:h of April consents to hold only a se condary rank in the new Cabinet, but be resolved to do so at last, principally with the desire of seeing his friend M. Delamsrtine enter the Cabinet with him as Minister of the Interior. It is almost certain that MM. Soult, Hu mann, Martin (du Nord), Cunin Gridaine. Villemain, and Duperre will consent to the proposed modification. An important office will be offered to M. de Salvandy. They will attempt to rally, although that is not absolutely indis. pensable, MM. Passy and Liupin, whose promise th ey have not yet received. The latter holds M. Thiers in horror, and is not much better disposed towards M. Guizot ; he will co-operate willingly to the success of a conspiracy whose end is -to devote both of their. to a po litical nonentity. Two days before any French journal spoke of the for mation of the Cabinet of the 29:h of October we gave a complete list of it, such as it exists now, with the excep tion of one name. We believe we can now give, with the same certainty, the list of the new Ministry, which will be in existence in three weeks : President of the Council and Minister of War, M. Soult. Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Mole. Minister of Justice, M. Martin (du Nord). Minister of Finance, M. Humann (unless he will volun airily retire and be replaced by AI. Passy.) Minister of Interior, M. Delamartine. Minister of Marine, M. Duperre. Minister of Commerce, M. Cunin Gridaine. Minister of Public Works, M. Dufaure. Minister of Public Instruction, M. Villemain. There will probably be created a Ministry of Public Worship for M. Gasparie, Peer of France. The intention of M. Mole is to reappoint M. Guizot Ambassador to London, and it is thought that the latter will lend himself with a good grace to this arrangement, if he does not succeed in countermining this intrigue cf the centre gauche, and gain over to his cause sonic of the chiefs of the plot, and thus sow disunion in the ranks of the conspirators. The King, the Chamber of Peers, and all the important political men of the Chambers, have full confidence in the energy of M. Guizot, and would willingly see him succeed in maintain:rig him in office ; but in order not to return again into a chaos, they will. in case of necessity, sacri: flee a noble victim, and M. Thiers will be thus revenger on his antagonist, in awaiting the day when he can re venge himself on the dynasty.—Morning Paper. PEACE MEETING.—On Tuesday evening last a public meeting was held in the Town-hall, S.varvica, Matthew Moggridge, Esq., Mayor, in the chair. The ineetiog was inoq nurrwrously and respectably at tended, being the largest witnes. ,, ed in Swansea for several years. The large hail tv,s nearly filled. The prec-edings were conducted with the grehtcst order and regularity. The Mayor commenced the business of the meeting by reading the following requisition :—" We, the undersigned, re spec•fully solicit that you will call a public meeting, upon an early day, for the purpose of expressing our sense of the importance of preserving a friendly connexion with France, as regards the best interests of both countries; and for agreeing on such rcsoluthns, and address or ad dresses, as shall appear to such meeting desirable." Some resolutions, in consonnance with the spirit of the requisi tion, were adopted without opposition. An address to her Majesty the Queen, also deprecating war, was unanimously voted, Nt the suggestion of Mr. .1. U. Vivian, M.P., an address to the King of the French, p ropose d b y th e Rev. Mr. Thompson, wa s given up as an inj u di c i ous novelty. Most of the speakers were clergymen. PRINCE ALBERT'S HUSSARS. Horse Guards, Nov. 26, 1840 Sir,—l have received and submitted to the General Commanding-in-Chief your letter of the present date, wherein you acknowledge yourself to be the writer of the letter which appeared in the Times Newspaper of the 16th inst , and to which my letter of yesterday's date related. In reference to that acknowledgment I have it in com mand to direct your serious attention to the accompanying General Order of the sth of April, 1819, issued by com mand of his late Royal Highness the Dukc of York, for the information and guidance of the officers of the army. I am further commanded to remind you. that by writing the letter in question, you have directly violated the prin ciple so clearly and forcibly laid down in that General Order, and have thereby exposed yourself to the displea sure of your Sovereign. Lord Hill has not overlooked the circumstance that your letter was written with the avowed object of denying the correctness of a statement which had been made respect ing you in a letter published under the signature of ''' Miles," in a Newspaper. His Lordship would have fully understood, that so far as his authority is concerned, he concedes to you the right, in its most extended and liberal sense, of defending yourself against any statement in a public Journal which you might think injurious to your public or private character ; but Lord Hill cannot too strongly condemn the mariner in which on the present occasion you have exercised that right. The highly offen sive and insulting terms in which you have aisailed your late commanding officer, for the manifest purpose of pro voking him to a hostile collision with you, would, in any case, have been wholly unjustifiable ; but when Lord Hitt adverts to the circumstance of your having left Prince Al beit's Hussars without, to his recollection, having ever made objection to, or preferred complaint against, any part of Lord Cardigan's behaviour toward s you while you were flieie elapsed ptosehdav since allayed you quitted serving under his orders in that regim ent , an d to t h e f ur . they the circumst ance regimentof a m periodore than having su any feeling of irritation which may have been excited in your breast during your regimental connection with Lord Cardigan, the Ocni ral Commanding-in -Chief is con strained to say that he can find no pretext or excuse for your conduct. Lord Hill further considers that your offence is aggra vated by the rank which you hz.ld in her Majesty's ser vice, and which ought to hava' induced you cautiously to abstain from setting so injurious an examp!e to other officers. . . You must be awaro that the consequence of so gross an act of military insubordination would, in all probability, have been the forfeiture of your commission by the award of a general Court-martial, had you been amenable to the provisions of the Mutiny Act; and you will observe, that in the case which occasioned the General Order before re ferred to, an offence, of a similar character, committed by officers on half-pay, was visited by removal from the service. It is in the full confidence that you will, on reflection, be deeply sensible of the great impropriety of your con duct that Lord Hill abstains, in the present instance, from proposing► the adoption of an extreme course towards you ; but his Loidship feels that his duty to the army, its dini pline, and its general intere s t, imperatively requires that he should mark y our conduct with the most severe censure : and I am to remind you, that any repetition of it would afford the most cons incing evidence of your unfitness, in the ex ercise of military authority, to uphold the discipline and maintain the subordination which are essential to the cha racter and efficiency of the army.—l have, &c., JOHN M ACDONALD, Adjutant-General. Major L. Morse Cooper, half pay, unattached. COVEN T-GARDEN MARKET. Considerable excitement has existed during the las• week among the traders at Covent-garden Market, and the inhabitants residing in the vicinity, in consequence of certain proceedings said to have been adopted by order of the Commissioners of Po which it is calculated will have the effect of curtailing the business transacted there to a considerable extent, it they do not altogether cause the market to be closed. It is a fact well known to the inhabitants of the metro polis, that from a very early hour on market mornings, namely, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, the influx of carts and waggons conveying to, and conveying goods from, the market, is so great as to render the thoroughfare totally impassable for vehicles ; the inconvenience, however, tothe public is very trifling, inasmuch as there arc other streets and thoroughfares through which vehicles can pass without much inconvenience. Such has been the state of the neighbourhood and the market since its establishment ; and as it is the same in every other market, it is quite im possible, from the nature and extent of the business trans. acted, that it should be otherwise. In consequence, how. ever, of some representations, the Commissioners of Police resolved to carry into effect the 47th clause of the New l'olice Act, which prohibits persons from causing carts, trucks, &c., to stand longer in the streets than may be ne cessary for loading or unloading. On the following market-day it was found impossible to carry the intentions of the circular into effect, the conse quence of which was that two or three tradesmen, whose carts, as usual, were in the market, were summoned to Bow-street Police Court, and fined in small penalties for infringing the regulations prescribed by the circular. The result has been that the lessees of Hungerford and Port man markets have offered the traders the use of their markets free of toll for one year, in order to counteract the great inconveniences likely to arise from the carrying out of the above enactment. Since the convictions which have taken place at Bow-street, a great number of traders have attended the other markets, where they can carry on their business without interruption ; and, in Ldlition to the markets already mentioned, that of Farriogdon may also be mentioned, in which the business hitherto transacted has most materially increased : _ Yesterday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish was held in the vestry-room of St. Paul, for the purpose of taking into consideration the better regu lations of the approaches of the market. The Rev. Dr. Bowers, the Rector, in the Chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN having briefly stated the object of the meeting, Mr. WALKER rose to propose the first resolution. He said it required but little on his part to convince every person but sceptics that it was true. There could be no doubt that the course pursued by the police was one of the greatest injuries that could be inflicted on the trades men in the neighbourhood. The speaker then showed clearly that the regulations would operate wish grtat partiality, and could not properly be carried into effect. The streets leading to the market must be considered a 'part of the market itself ; still regulations existed by which some of the principal thoroughfares were left clear. He then argued that the continuance of the mar ket would, as it always had done, confer not only a benefit upon the public at large, but particularly upon the inhabi tants of the parish. The market had existed for 200 years, the same course of business had been pursued during only whe had compl a ined had come to fair and just that it should c th e a n t ti p n e u r c i . od, T a h n e d persons t was the market, the market had not come to them. The mar ket was not a general thoroughfare to ever y pa r t of the i metropolis, and if any person Wanted to pass near it there were streets running parallel in every direction. After some further observations the speaker moved the following resolution : _ That the regulafons acted on by the police in the market and streets adjoining are injuri o us to the inhabitants of this parish, the market- gar d eners, and to the pu bl ic at large." Mr. COOPER seconded the resolution. Mr. JUGGINS, checsemonger in James-street, opposed the resolution, and moved as an amendment— " That a vote of thanks be given to the police for estab lishing the present regulations." After some discussion the original motion was put and carried almost unanimously. Mr. KEY said he consid er ed t h e i nterference o f the po lice with respect to the market a species of vandalism which he little expected to find in the present day, and would therefore propose the following resolution : " That no cart, waggon, &c., be allowed ro remain alongside any other cart, waggon, &c., in Covent-garden market, for the purpose of loading or unloading, for such works to be fairlyidone, except in front of the church be tween King -street and Henrietta -street, wherein a single row of carts, waggons, &c., and no more, laden with goods f or sa l e, may b e a ll owe d to stand with their side wheels to the kerb, and that a clear footpath, not less than four feet in width, shall be kept by the side of the church railings, between the above-named streets, and that no cart, waggons, &c. be allowed, upon any terms, to stand in that rp a t. ,, rt of the m ar k et known as the Piazza and Tavistock ov At this stage of the proceedings the vestry became so crowded it was necessary to adjottrn to the vestibule of the cbu,el3, there being nearly 500 persons present. Mr. Salter, of the Russell Hotel, Piazza, cordially se conded the resolution. The resolution was carried unanimously. Two other resolutions of a similar tendency were also carried; and ets the motion of Mr. Dennison, of Covent garden, a Committee was appointed to:draw up a petition, founded on the foregoing resolutions, to be presented to the Cummiss!oners of Police. EPR EsEN addressed a large re quisition has ENTION oF ROCIIDALE.—A re been presented to Mr. S. Crauford, inviting him to stand for the borough on the retirement of the pre sent Nlember. sen timents, and On Wednesday evening that Gentleman expressive of perfect satisfaction with Mr. Crauford's sen meeting there, after which a resolution, Rochdale, was unanimously adopted. A public dinner was afterwards o f his fitness to given to Mr. Crauford. MtpsummEtt N IGHT ' s DREAM.--The first adaptation of this play was by Colman and Garrick, in represent 1763, but on th e second night, the house bein g so thin, that when Dernetr.us, Helena, Lysander, and Hermia fell asleep on the stage, the whole pit (another quartetto) nodded and dozed in sympathetic accordance. The next adaptation was by Frederick Reynolds, in 1813, when, owing to its strong cast, the present Countesses of Essex and llarringten performing Hermia and Helena, and Listen and Emery Bottom and Quince, and the omission of the interlude of Pyramus and Thisbe, this adaptation was per formed set enteen n' i ghrs, and was (acc ordin g to " Re y .. nolds's Life and '!'lmes") at least thought highly of by Mil ler, the bookseller, for he bought the copyright for lOU We are g m lad to l earn t h a t the name of our re- a . spected Chid Magist ra t e, W. Neild, Esq. , h as j ust been added to the Commission of the Peace for this County._ Manchester Guardian. C 11A FEL BLOWN up B y GAS.—A Chapel at liolmfirth, last Saturday, was blown up by gas. Four in dividuals who were in the building at the time of the casualty, were all --- more or less injured. One of them, a little boy, son of the chapel-keeper, was thrown a consi derable distance by the force of the gas, and on being picked up was found to have suffered a severe fracture of the thigh bone, besides numerous bruises over the body. The other three persons received various injuries, being considerably burnt about the face, having the hair singed off the head, &c. The cause of this terrible catastrophe was the escape of gas, and the incautious introduction into the chapel of I lighted candle, BLAC4, - WOOD'S MAGAZINE. Owingk- some unaccountable delay on the road, only l t tl f i a portion of tlfe , 4lePt as yet (Tuesday Noon), reached Town. The '7o4.inaarl y arrive before this Advertisement appears—if lie* - . ,.,wi1f 0 ain the accidental interruption in the delivery. , xcliole . .-stere sent of on Wednesday last from Edinburgh, by , knil, for agreater security. J. Cadell, Strand. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1840. 1 o'clock, F.M. & PPROACH OF BIAS.CHRIS - 1 The cheapest, and at the same time most acceptable, Christmas Box, New Year's Gift, School Prize, or Birthday Prescnt, is LEE'S " PENNY FORGET-ME-NOT," a BOOK for ALL SEASONS, and a Holiday Offering for Youth of both sexes :--comprising 200 pages of highly-enter taining and instructive Tales, both in poetry and prose, embel lished with fourteen rich Engravings on wood, and several vignettes of a superior order, by some of the first-rate artists of the day.—Now publi hing, in thirteen numbers, at a penny each ; or, complete, neatly bound and gilt, for Is. 6d. ! ! ! London: J. Cleave, 1, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, and all Booksellers. 13, Great Marlborough-street, Dec. 1. TH'g THIRD VOLUME OF LADY 131.,ESSINGTON'S " IDLER IN ITALY," Completing the - V;,.l"k , IS NOW READY AT ALL THE ,?.IBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlbo,:ough-street. NITUULLOCIES GEOGRAPHICAL DICTINARY, Vol. I. This day is published, price 55., Part VIII., completing First Volume, of ADICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL, L STATISTICAL, and HISTORICAL, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the WORLD. Illustrated with Maps. By J. R. M'CULLOCII, Esq. The first volume will be ready for delivery on the Ist of January. 'robe completed in another volume. Lately published, a New Edition, corrected to 1840, of MR. M'CULLOCH s COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY. London: Longman, Orme, and Co. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with a Portrait from an Original Picture, T HE LIFE, JOURNALS, AND CORRE SPONDENCE of SAMUEL PEPYS, Esq., F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles 11., and James II Including a NARRATIVE of his VOYAGE to TANGIER and JOURNAL of his RESIDENCE there, szc. THE WHOLE NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS. Richard Bentley. New Burlington -street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. rINDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, DEC. 1. Will be presented Sheridan's Dramatic Piece of TILE CRITIC; OR, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED: Sir Fretful Plag,iary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. Charle Mathews; Sneer, Mr. Cnoper ; Don Ferolo Whiskerandus, Mr. H,rley ; Tilbutina, Mrs. Order. titer which will be repeated the New Petite Comedy, entitled FASIII . ONABLE ARRIVALS. Sir Thomas Oldton Mr. W. Farren ; Nix, Mr. Chas. Ma thews Captain Maitland, Mr. J. Vining; David Sureman, Mr. Hartley ; Mrs Maitland, Madame Veovis; Mrs. Doro thy More, Mrs. Ilumby. . _ To conclude with Cobb's Farce of THE FIRST FLOOR. Whimsey, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Whimsey, Mr. CLarles Mathews ; Monford, Mr. J. Vining ; Tim Tartlett, Mr. Har ley ; Furnish, Mr. Meadows ; Mrs. Pattvpan, Mrs. C. Jones ; Charlotte, Miss Cooper ; Nancy, Mrs. Humby. On Wednesday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The First Floor. On Thursday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with other entertainments. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to ommence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plates for the Boats to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Ticktts may oe had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. And: aws, bookseller :67, New Bond-street. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, fis. ; Second Price, tls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. t•. ; Gallery, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSARD PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 1. !PART FIRST. Overture—CenerentolaLnUssMi. --- Kosenden—Lanner. Overture—Le Jeune Henri—Mehul. Quadrille Militaire—Nlusard. Historical Melange of Old French Airs, from the 12th, 13th, 14th, and loth centuries. Solo Bassoon—La Mclancholie—Mons. Willent-Bordogni. New Fantasia from Norma—Bellini. FART SECOND. • Overture—Catherine—Lord Burghersh. Second New Quadrille from Auber's Zanetta—Musard. Duo Concertante, from 11 Pirati, Violin and Violoncello—De Loffre and Pilot. Valses—Cacilien— Strauss. Overture—Le Cheval de Bronze—Auber. New Quadrille—La Retraite—Musard. Galop—La Belle Anglaise—Eliason. Prices of Admission :—To the Promena?e, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper 13oxes, Is. 6d Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. f 41- Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will ter the fu ture be opened at the admission of Is. to each person. Doors open at half-pet Seven o'Clock, to commence at Bight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, No. 33, Old Bond -street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices, 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and U. I Is. 6d. Poxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on tpplication to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten till Four &Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whole of the evening, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction •f Mr. WILLY. In addition to the Solo Performers 'Who have already ap peared at these Concerts, Mr. Willy has great pleasure in an nouncing that he has made arrangements with M. Delabarre, (Oboe), of the Academie Royale, Paris ; M. de Folly, (Pic colo) ; and M. Baumaun, ( Bassoon). THIS EVENING, DEC. I.—PROGRAMME. Overtures—Obcron, La Gazza Ladra. Quadrille—Prince Albert. Waltzes—Victoria, Der Feen Welt. Selection from the Mountaiß Sylph, introducing the Brida Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-telling Scene. Selection from Meyerbeer's Opera, Robert le Diable, arranged with Solos for Bassoon, Harp, Corno-Inglese, and Clarinet. Solos—Bassoon, M. Baumann ; Clarinet, Herr Itjen. Duet Cornet a Pistons, Messrs. M'Farlane and Keightley. Promenade, Is.—Dress Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Private Boxes, I/. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Unprecedented Novelty—Change of Pieces every night—Last week of Jun along Josey—and engagement of Mr. Butler. THIS EVENING, DEC. I„ Will he acted, HAMLET. Hamlet by Mr. Butler. To be followed by JIM ALONG JOSEY, and Piccaninny Colman'i Visit to the Masquerade. To conclude with THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Continued attraction of the Wizard of the Wave. Triumphant success of the Female Watermen's Society. THIS EVENING, DEC. 1, THE WIZARD OF THE WAVE; OR, THE SHIP OF THE AVENGER. After which, THE FEMALE WATERMEN'S SOCIETY; OR, THE HAN-DAN CLUB. Characters by Messrs. Bender, Attwood, Miss Pettifer, Mrs. France, Mrs. Hicks, and all the Ladies of the Ballet. To conclude with the Melodrame of THE FORTY THIEVES. In which Messrs. Dale, Burton, Courtney, Coney, Blan chard, Attwood, Miss Pettifer, Miss Kemble, &c. will appear. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. This highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk. The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the number, variety, ind beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa •ious and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arranged .with the nearest possible assimilation to the natural habits o the animals. The most important additions recently received are the rare and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred lois, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of Cassowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine ment), &c. The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock, tt ahich time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular p wer- 5 of these forest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad vat tage. Admission, One Shilling. VERSES ON THE QUEEN. We regret that we cannot oblige our Correspondents, by inserting the numerous pottical productions communi cated respecting the late joyous event. The f o ll ow i ng, at the earnest request of a constant reader, we make an exception : ACROSTIC. V—iew the fair moon reclining on her car, In—Heaven's high arch, with one pure glittering star; C—ontcmplatc too the radiant planets beam, T—rembling embosomed in the silvery stream o—r morn's gay harbinger, with carol clear, R—csting her little wings above our sphere ; I—n these true parallels, without alloy, A—Nation's hope—a Parent's fondest joy. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was much inactivity in the produce markets ; pri vately few sales were made, and the auctions were of little moment, but prices were maintained for all articles. The imports keep small. TEA MARKET. The transactions were upon a very small scale, and prices were depressed. The public sale went off with con siderable heaviness, and a very large proportion was bought in ; the few breaks that sold were at rather lower prices than those current in the early part of last week. The stock is now very large, and unless the trade with. China is stopped another season, there appears little prospect of the market raising the article above the present quotation. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The market was tolerably well supplied with all de scriptions of Hay, Corn, and Straw. The demand was to a fair extent. Clover, 31. 10s. to 51. 12s. ; Meadow Hay, 31. to 4/. 10s. ; Straw, 1/, 6s. to 11. Bs. per lead of 36 trusses. TO CORRESPONDENTS. - heroic actions. Why, then, should .th at MO" We have had great difficulty in decyphering the manuscript of a w n e i u n e h d ab er it s a t nt d of h t . he parish of St. Margaret Moses, but if be made a reproach to them, which has heretofoi correctly, e. co fgra ozr a advice on is to leave the We would Crown to th m e steeled the soul of a CRANMER in the flarnss, r, would rather not publish the letter of "M. Aleph." He directed the calm courage of a NELSON in th' 5 raises doubts which the learned Rabbis cannot solve. " X. Y."— Those is correct. midst of tempest and battle? The Herald institutes a comparison between f a ie Church•rate martyrs and JOHN HAMPDEN, to t he disparagement of the former. That his conduct was more free from worldly ambition than theirs wovild be hard to prove. His conduct, however, is much' approved of, because the legality of ship-move} was denied ; theirs is condemned because Church rates arc legal. In our judgment this enha nces the " merit of the Church-rate martyrs, because it pr oves the that they arc 'willing to brave everything for cause which they deem righteous. JOHN 11101;0" GOOD and Mr. BAINES undauntedly bu t calm'; oppose all that JOHN HAMPDEN opposed' a," moreover oppose the law. In the eyes of those who think the Church-rate law good and just , that 10'14 to their offence ; in the eyes of those wh o re g ar t , th e Jaw as an iniquity, while they acknowledge 10 g vast cower, it adds amazingly to the moral tours of the Church-rate martyrs. Either there i.; a conscience in man , which 1119:: is bound to respect. or there is .not. If ther e be "e on the Herald is right in mockinil at those wh.°4. that supposition must make their consci ence a s'be, ing-horse for disreputable purposes. If d ie , re c i o le and conscience is to be respected pr ; that i o : ci , Inuit be carried completely out, and a man 's c° na y encc be as,much respected .- e when he re!u ses 1° 1 n b - e r e ' money for a Church he never enters as vv fuses to bow before an idol. We cannoti e en . eoc e any limit to the principle, and either c oise i b 0 must be respected in all its dictates, or it °L lis os irt:. mowed at as a cunning invention of knav es ta/1 their own ends. There seems to us no incovsiderab le deg r ,,b, cunning in the practices of ove Tory Coa "4' teicrti, raries, who doze the public day after day 0. radcs in favour of Church principles , Of the re .,, st ked• riority of the Protestant creed, of the w v ' e 6r . ness of infidelity, and accompany almos t e • - in tirade with a protest against discussing' then the newspapers. They do not, in fact, ( 1 .0 0 heir s " discussion, as long as they have it all on fle nts but they would fain suppress the so`,t`:;°,,L,eve'r, eeloe. of their opponents. We shall opt, l Ic " bl be turned from the path of our du t y' a . l ict either their prayers or their denunciatialli ; ! o il whenever we find a so-called principle of tile . o r * or religion made the basis of a social tkorYr, political enactment, we shall not take it for e an a because it is vouched for by the corrupt Tofjc,' the hypocritical priests. *oT the What may be the creed, the r,"•ligi on ! t bst theology of individuals, so far as the,' or the :rule of their own conduct as incli clullB-s t :o ° find in it a source of hope, is no mattes f°:ep bait discei:)sion, any more than the colour ' c 1 5 or ',he of their faces ; but when an bi`!"'v •atis {loiliest creed, the ofi::nring of his own passions 0 : 1 s to ol or perhaps of the bribe of an endowinentY! 1 01, roe to silence arguments against a political sYs c oc tet shall not be repelled from examining i, e king whatever sanctity it may be m asked- I n T e n t he th eoo of some further observations, then , o Mr. GLADSTONE, as puffed i ota notice! eh to Morning Post, we beg our rea ders at all %hg . ba remember that, speaking for his party, v'h i exte nt much influence in the country , artd to • 1 - 11 ' AD practises the theory he exp ounds, he line o. .)b the STONE asserts that it is by " assumiotg t (colo r ancient and positive revelation as them lY .40 0 tent guide," that ten.th, and peace, boi'r sse our (of society) are to be found. lie Would base social institutions on his theology. °ea:wines, then, of the political applics:tion of his be f o re not to controvert an abstract proposition) 'l e c s r , noticed and shall further notice, some 01 - GLADSTONE'S assertions. • On Tuesday, the 24th ult., the Post s But there are some who pretend to: instraciti-1 public through the newspapers, and who are :sit offensively forgetful of the nature of Chrietiao yolk' s , of to proclaim that the reference to antiquity Olt ; faith is as absurd as it would be in any sort e` P - d p ep o f t 0 .0. 0, ledge depending upon caperience. The faith they say, is to be preferred to that of antiquity', Poe modern astronomy is to be preferred to aneien!.l • 0 more time that elapses the more true knovi l e g o t to achieved. Surely it will not require . much stash ede show that thc above analogy could ol:IY be we t,fil W irt o r very ignorant irreverence. On this point quote M. Gladstone in a passage which is d ' eg . , plicable to the correction of so gross an error ' - '•,hseP: "In whatever we propose we look not to ga s ° tie!" properly so called, not to innovation, but to reL,bew to a bringing back of that which ea r ode which was unduly hidden from them which inheritance, not by acquisition ; whi ch w as aof i coirliP by us, nor even by them, but first receli ed a bj ef fitj and then transmitted to u s. ' To explore d'i c j i i •ia: o d not to survey for a new one, is the work eh ib 1 ere.,•,,,," fatherton'-00 would be a Reformer in religion ; for it is ' l %-ojlieg g , in other sciences. Not only does there ex ist $ th P of facts natural and revealed, which fe ri° gi bei t: r 71 basis of religious argumentation, and attolek,; foo,l", sd' upon which other systems of knowledlce r i :all7 , _ but there is also superadded to this f . r f - c - 'OOP. O . -be broad distinction ; namely, that we have' lj u " -11 Of all assurance that that scheme of doctrine versal Church has ever drawn from SeriPt u ",l l .o l *"., -n i," ! its fundamental characteristics, etern ally ably trur. To remove from the faceoftlitit ""; sess,, 3 ; l l ever may have sullied or obscured it, to OP . - a Jo" I upon its purity and integrity , to illustrate , %f known, and to adapt and prepare the foie' ;- •""”-'. the means which itself supplies for its r ecce. .';'. are the objects of religious reform. Our business is with the mode of reW the writers, not with any doctrines whate ver. i EA tell us that ancient knowledge in olatt e ' rs i : r eO to is eternally and unchangeably true , and "-et 01 they assert that it is absurd to prefer tows'haste o thing modern. Mr, GLADSTONE saYs We to proceed in religion as in other sciences' fie' object first, to Mr. GLADSTONE'S languagrisci° calls religion a science ; but the basis of ele d ence is clear, distinct knowledge ; th e ba l s ceS' is gion is necessarily, and at all times Ana evie 1# , norance. The sentiment of reverence a t° 4 14 6 worship arises because we do not know• ge ° ;, extinguishes worship. Who ever heard of Bei ife fer worshipping the well ascertained relations' . e Ott Or beautiful, of a geometrical problem, or L ":"ls . l l . i ' berless skilful contrivances and adap:atian'.°llvir. enu. • mal life ? Religion is not a science, oirsV GLADSTONE and his admirer, who hurls sec 11'6- tions of irreverent ignorance against other6r lhef solutely ignorant of the meaning of the t ecn : s itit fr employ. There is, as Mr. G e AnsTor is j t i jo eGY fundamental difference between religion and built ences ; the latter are founded on, a nd L are fotO . throughout of accurate knowledge ; "' e s py if, begins and ends in profound and Won° norance. w hic h The substantial question, however •-f 7 : r 0 brought before the public by the quot e"" or h . ° the Post, is whether the faith of to-day .)e ., , b - o the' r ; not to be preferred to the faith of antiquity' jk ; ono the way in which individuals ought to vva society be governed, was known in former v and is to be sought exclusively in autigeii s'? ip whether we know more of it than was Ic a ° 01- a ntiquity, though our knowledge of it is y et I 'l ' otia feet. The Post and Mr. GLAnsToNE w aif ; yei the forme' ; and, without further troubling oa rs f an with with the verbal inaccuracies of these vei sprawling pr e t en d ers , we shall endea vour to ?ny, by their own conduct, that they do not lieve the proposition they maintain in vvord s ',,, } s et Now, without entering into any detailg of 001, were matters of faith in antiquity thoug h gg ..f c g nation of details, were it not too extensite general reference to pripciples--is tingsa:re," newspaper, would be even mo re convinc2* ORDERS FOR " THE CHINA SUN," NOW PUBLISHING, (AND WHICH WILL BE KEPT ON SALE FOR SOME TIME,) May be given to all News-agents, or sent direct to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, where prompt attention will be paid to each communi cation in the order it h received, and the Paper duly forwarded. Parties sending Orders should write their .Ad dresses distinctly, to prevent. mistake. 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The Publication of e Evening Edition of THE Suit com menced at 10 minutes after Three. - ..4- ' 3. , . *., ,e' ' 3 C , ' 4 7,r - 1. 4. - 1 , 4 • tei: ;0 1 ...,,, , , , ..f.ta) • . ~ - ~ - . , 3r eiJl:),re n• LONDON: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1840. Some of the petty fooleries of the Morning Herald, which:are called leaders, are truly astonish ing. On Saturday it abused the Whigs and the economists, such as Mr. HUME, because impress ment has not been done away and there was a report that it was to be revived. Now, for many years the economists, particularly Mr. HUME, sup ported, at least when the Whigs were out of office, by many Whigs, laboured frequently and assidu ously, to :procure the abolition of impressment. Nay, they demanded the abolition of the horrid practice on:the score of economy. The parties who have always opposed the abolition - of impressment, in office and ouCof office, were the Tories, whose brutal principle and brutal, policy it is that the mul titude must be cudgelled, dragooned, impressed, into doing what seems good in the eyes of the said Tories. All the Liberal party, and the party of the economists, with their journals, such as the Edin burgh Review and the Morning Chronicle, have taken a decided part against impressment, have pointed out its enormities, and have proved that it might be abolished to the advantage of the country. It is miserably puerile then in the Herald, mere paltry, petty, party, foolery, to ascribe that odious practice, which does not now exist, and which has not existed under the Whig Administration, to the Ministers and the economists. At the same time the principle laid down by the Herald, that the seamen ought to be paid adequate wages to induce them to serve voluntarily, is quite correct, but it has been over and over again advo cated by the Whigs and the economists. To our certain knowledge they embraced and recommended that principle more than twenty years ago. In peace they have in fact acted on it, for the wages now paid in her Majesty's ships are nearly com mensurate to what are obtained in the merchant service, and, with other advantages, do suffice to procure men, though slowly, for the fleet. W, advocate, however, paying them still better, and making the Royal Navy the most advantageous, and even delightful, sea service in the whole world. Yesterday the Herald perpetrated another similar but more solemn piece of trifling. At present, thank GOD ! and thank the progress of civilization —but no thanks to the priesthood, who are just as persecuting at this day as ever they were, men are not condemned " to the fiery ordeal of the stake and blazing faggots" on account of a difference of religion. The priests are no longer allowed to burn their fellow-creatures in the name of the GOD of mercy and love ; nor are they, any more than the general race of despots in Europe, allowed to torture the humble people. They share in the general characteristic of the age, and seek power and gratification by exacting wealth. They are ecclesiastical financiers, who screw all they can out of the public. Subjects cannot now in general complain of cruel tyranny in Governments, but they complain chiefly of extortion in the shape of taxation. If they meant to resist the Government, they could probably only resist its taxation. In like manner those who now wish to show their conscientious op position to the demands of the priesthood, enforced by means of Ecclesiastical Courts, can only do it by resisting extortion. They are never now sen tenced to be burned. The priesthood are not allowed to practice any other crime than that of ex acting the property of others. Totally overlooking this singular and advantageous change in society, the Herald of yesterday published a long column to ridicule the Church-rate martyrs, because their resistance to priestly extortion is supposed to benefit their own pockets, and because they are only plundered and not burned. Such a mode of treating the question of Church rates, to resist which THOROGOOD and BAINES have cheerfully submitted to imprisonment, is sadly disrespectful to the feelings of large classes of conscientious, honest, and benevolent men. That it is unwarranted, is plain from the fact, that, in proportion to their means, the Dissenters are cha ritable and benevolent—cheerfully sacrificing their money in any good . or noble public cause—far beyond the more opulent Churchmen. It is not, therefore, from a regard to the paltry sum of ss. 6d., or 2/. 55., that these men submit to imprisonment and oppose the authorities, but because they have an honest and conscientious conviction that Church rates are unjust. They are reproached with seek ing notoriety, or the approbation of their fellow sufferers, by braving the penalties of the law ; but it is very seldom that any other motive than a de sire for that approbation, when the question is carefully examined, can be discovered for the most „EVENiNG EDITXON. THE 11N, LONDON, TUESDAY, _DECEMBER L 1840. EVENING EDITION . - - rp a