The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-09 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. gations imposed by the treaty, "an act of savage ag gression"—an act of material violence against the Pacha, and of moral violence against France. It says again, that this act is directed "solely against France," and calls upon M. Thiers to fulfil his engagements to the country, by taking an " energetic resolution" upon the 1 subject (qu. going to war?), or at once resigning, be cause he was not permitted to sustain "the honour of • the nation:" Now, recollect that the above language is not merely that of a newspaper—it is, according to the universal belief of Paris, a Minister speaking through a newspaper ; it is M. Thiers apestropVzing himself pet:- zonally, and calling upon himself to take an " energetic resolution" against England, or to resign instanter. (From the Morning Post.) Whatever the aspect of everts may lead us to ex pect, our hope still is that there will not be war be tween France and England. The ground of our hope is the fact that France has as yet shown nothing. ke a reasonable cause of war. This may be said to be a slender ground of hope where France is con cerned, but it is still right to hope that such a cation as France will not plunge into the expense and the ca lamities of war upon the impulse of mere blind rage and mad conceit. The ravings with which the Parisian Journals of the Thiers and war party are filled provoke one's pity. For whom can such " wild• and whirling" words be written ? Certa;nly not for those who have some information, and some judgment, and some small power of reasoning. The extravagant declamation of these Journals is Ike the disjointed talk of a madman addressing a crowd of other men who arc also mad. There is no plain state ment of fact—no reasoning—nothing like common sense—nothing, in short, but a wild uproar of fury. And this madness has not even the merit of being sincere. It is all affectation. The crowd are perhaps sincere in callin g f or war , because they burn for military glory and fur revenge upon England, and they bare neither knowledge, nor judgment, nor tem per, to enable them to sit down and calculate conse quences. The thousands who have education without religion or morality, who cannot bear the drudgery of lie, and have no means of living without drudgery, they sincerely desire a war, for it affords the prospect of employment, and rank, and plunder. At all events it will affard some variety, and enable those who become soldiers to see the world. The men already belonging to the army or navy sincerely desire war, because it affoids an opportunity of distinguishing themselves in their profession—it gives better chance of promotion— it enakea them people of more importance. These classes are sincere : but the Tillers Journalists, who write to inflame the foolish into a war-desiring paroxysm are not sincere. They know well enough how hazardous it would be, and, even if it were successful, what injury it must inflict upon the best interests of France—what calamities upon whatever region of Eu rope or of the world might become the seat of war. Why, then, do they inflame men to a state of despera tion, which may, perhaps, cost the blood of millions, besides incalculable misery to those who will receive wounds worse than those which kill ? They have a po litical end to serve. They have to relieve a Minister, from embarraFsment, and they are content to do it at the expense of plunging the nation into worse than embarrassment. The Minister has committed a political error, which he would fain hide by the perpe tration of a national crime. To excite the people into a state ready for this crime is the cool calculation of the Ministerial partisans. They are backed by the equally cool and calculating partisans of revolution, who, amid the carnage of Europe expect to celebrate the triumphs of repubicanism and infidelity. (From the Morning Herald.) The self-styled " pacificators" of the East seem re solved to earn for themselves the title of disturbers of Europe. The bombardment of Beyrout was just such an act as Russia would have suggested with the view of making the breach between France and England irre perab;e. Whatever other results may follow from the Anglo-Russian league advantageous to our Muscovite Allis, the northern Autocrat will not be slow to seize upon ; but if no other object of Russian diplomacy should be realised by it, than a war between France and England, the Court of St. Petersburgh will consider that ail the anxious intrigue and elaborate deception which it practised to bring about the Brunow treaty were not thrown away. Even if no immediate hostilities be tween the two Great Powers of the west of Europe should be the result ofthe success of Brunow's mission, fol lowed by the barbaric outrages now in the act of per petration by the civilised "pacificators" of the East, still the ill-blood created between France and England by the infatuated subserviency of our Whig Ministers to Russian counsels, must, sooner or later, lead to a war, which will draw all Europe into its destructive vortex, and of which the calamitous consequences will extend to remote generations. Ever since Diebitsch's campaigns of the Balkan, and from an earlier period, we have been endeavouring to empress upon the public mind the necessity of t a ki ng effective measures to protect th e interests of Great Britain against the insidious policy of Russia, and the indefatigable spirit of encroachment by which she is gradually advncing to a height of power and extent of dominion dangerous to other European nations, but more especially to England. On this question we have had for many years past to combat both Whig and Tory Journals. But if arguments fail to convince we appeal to facts. We point to the fate of Poland, whose independence England: and France had by solemn treaty guaranteed, reduced to the condition of a Muscovite province. We remind the public of the cruel oppression of the republic of Cracow —of the virtual annexation of Moldavia and Wallachia to the Russian empire—of the prostration of the GC vernment of Greece at the footstool of Russian ascend ancy—of the humiliation of the Ottoman empire result ing in the treaties of Mrianople and of Unkiar Skelessi —of the attempted conquest of Circassia, as yet only prevented by the heroic sacrifices of a brave people, whom England has abandoned to their fate because the Czar, in the case of the Vixen, gave England such insult and provocation as she never received from Mehemet Ali. England, that abandoned the Cireassians to their fate, pretends to sympathize with the Syrian population under the Government of the Viceroy of Egypt. What have the Syrians suffered, let us ask the S:andard and the Glebe, under any imaginable misrule of Mehemet Ali, which the Circassians have not suffered under the tni;itary t)ranny of the Emperor - Nicholas, wherever it has been able to gain a footing in their devoted country ( From the Morning Advertiser:) We yesterday alluded to the vast number of letters eviaien are at nll times lying in the Dead Letter-office in St. M trtin's-!e-Grand, and of the existence of which, in the greet majority of cases, the parties to whom they are addressed jive and die in entire ignorance. In meny eases, however, persons for whom letters are in tended obtain infermation from the parties by whom they were written that at specified periods and places such letters were put into the Post-office, and conse quently make application for them. In some cases they recover them after a considerable interval of time ; in .others they do not recover them at all. The num ber of missing letters in one year, a few years ago, respecting which inquiries were made by the parties to whom they were addressed, was upwards of one thousand. Of this number about eight hundred were eventually recovered. Now what, !et us ask, be came of the remaining two hundred, many of which contained money ? In such an establishment as the Post-office, and in such a country as this, such things ought not to be. There must be some great and glaring defect in the regulations of that establishment when so many letters, known to hlve been written by particular persons at particu lar times, and a considerable number of them contain ing encicsurrs of money, jewellery, and other valuable trinkets, should have been applied for, but coup not be found. Of the total number of lost letters in the course of the year to which we refer, we are not in a condition to speak with confidence ; but, as we stated yesterday, it is always very great. For eight successive years, ending at a recent date, the money found in the letters winch were opened in the Dead Letter-office, amount , 2,l ev -y year to many thousand pounds. Again we repeat that such a state of things ought not to be suffered to exist in a great national establishment like the General Post-office. No means which human in genuity could suggest ought to be left untried with the view of discovering the addresses of parties far whom letters are lying in th e re p os i tor i es of St. Martin ' s-le- Grand. Perhaps the most effective measure which cauld be adopted would be that we yesterday sug gested. The publication we recommended would contain the a dd resses of all such letters ; and those d belonging to parti cu l ar di str i cts would ouhtless be co pied into the local p a p ers , an d thus could not fail t o er for wh om be brought under the notice o f the persons they were intended. ABDICAT : " : ()I " THE KING Op THE NETHERLANDS. THE PROCLAMATION. " We, Wi'liam, by the grace of God, King r , Nether!lnds, Prince of Orange Nassit7, of Duke of Luxemburg, &c. " Penetrated with the most reverential gratitu 'c 'or the aid, encouragement, and support which the Almighty Ruler of Nations never has ceased to afford us in the high relations to which He called us, we may look back with satisfaction on the period of nearly 27 years, during which we have exercised the highest power in our na tive land, and our Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and have, to the best cf our ability, e ndeavoured, in accord ance with the rules and precepts of the constitution, to promote the h a ppi ne ss and prosperity of our belo ved c ty and the sa f e ty of the country with which ( mil ancestorsle vhi',.,we were b oun d by so man y c lose ties, and to u e are also so intimately united. " Manifold are the blessings wherewith the Most I High has pressure distingui s h e d our G overnmen t, ev e n under the of the • rlitical eve n t s o f th ese l a tt e r years, wherein w e expeigreat and unceasin g th e i n j ur i ous influence which upon us. g Care and affliction have exercised " The anxieties and difficultie s o f t hp hi g h adminis n tr ore and mere, i ation have weighne'd conse upon le o : us. W e f ee l t hi s d a il y ciue of the inc rease o f ou )c, is, and the perception of th e duty impo•e u o n u henceforth to follow ir, the conduct of the affairs of the kingdom some other rules than those which before the modifications and additions recently introduced into the constitution were by it established and prescribed. " By our proclamation of the 4th of September last, we gave full c onfirmation to these charges and supple ments, and their operation is now about to commence. After the most serious reflection, we hare consi dered this the most fitting period for carrying into exe cution our long-contemplated purpose of passing the re tuaining days which God may please to grant us in re pose and freedom from the cares of Government, under the grateful recollection of all the benefits that His kindness and wisdom have conferred upon us. " A firm, vigorous, manly, and more youthful hind, free from the weight of old age, and unembarrassed by antecedent recollections, will hereafter be required for the administration of the kingdom and the promotion of its happiness and welfare, and under our full impression and conviction that the burden of the Government would henceforth oppress us, and incapacitate us during the remaining years of our life from devoting due and ' vigilant attention to the interests of our beloved sub jects, we have, after mature deliberation, out of our own entire free will, this day resolved to terminate irrevocably our long reign, and to transfer our Royal, Grand Ducal, and Ducal authority to our beloved son, the Prince of Orange. who is the lawful inheritor of our Royal, Grand Ducal, and Ducal Crowns. " We thank our beloved subjects for the multiplied proofs of confidence and attachment which we have, during our reign, in the fullest measure experienced on their part, and we are convinced that they will receive with love and respect their new King, to whom the country is already so greatly indebted, and who, with a heart profoundly moved, but with manly courage, in huoble dependence on the aid and support of God Al ' iniz,hty, has accepted from our hands the crowns of the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Limburg, to be from this day forward, possessed by him and his legitimate successors, in consequence of the solemn act of our voluntary resignation and transfer, which is, through our core, deposited in the archives of the kingdom and the Grand Duchy, there to be laid up and preserved. " Finally, we charge and order that our present pro clamation, with which we close our reign, shall be pro mulgated in a solemn public judicial session of the High Council of the Netherlands, of the Provincial Courts of Justice, of the Criminal Tribunal of Amsterdam, and of the District Courts, as well us at the fronts of the council chambers of the chief towns of provinces and districts, where it shall, moreover, be posted at all customary places ; and lastly, that it shall be inserted i❑ the Staatsblad. " Done at the Loo, this day, October the ith, 1840, " WILLIAM. " By the King's command, " VAN DOORN." THE PEACE OR WAR QUESTION (From the Debats of Wednesday.) We sincerely avow that we are quite at a loss to comprehend the conduct of the Ministry. We are not desirous of taking advantage of the embarrassments in which it is placed, and, in spite of the abuse and the calumny which are showered down upon us with one accord by its Journals, we shall not quit for an iostant that line of moderation which the gravity of the cir cumstances renders our duty to the country. But we have a duty also to fulfil towards ourselves, and, after having carried our moderation as far as possible, we have every right to decline, as far as we ourselves are concerned, all connection with a policy of hesitation, a policy of sudden leaps, which exasperates, one cannot tell with what end or aim, the uneasiness and suscep tibility of the country ? What does the Ministry wish to do? What is it doing? Has it a plan, an aim, a line of conduct, or will it live on from day to day, left to the mercy of events ? We do not intend to exa mine here whether the negotiations have been con ducted well or ill, whether the signature of the treaty of London was to have been prevented or not, whether it would not have been better to protest against the prin ciple of the treaty itself than to cavil as to the means of execution : we set aside all these questions, which are inopportune, perhaps ; we will admit all the Ministers have said and done ; we will allow that they have taken all th e measures o f w hi c h t h e pos i t i on of France ad mitted ; but we cannot be considered too exacting if ice demand that the Ministry should be consistent with itself ; that it should come to some resolution ; that it should say what it has decided, and whether it has de cided anything, If it fears to decide by itself, at Last let it convoke the Chambers ; let it give signs of life, in fact ; for in this prolonged uncertainty the public mind is in a state of tornsent—men's ideas are driven to ex tremes. Let the Ministry, then, declare its opinion, for it is impossible for us to believe that, after two months and a half, the events of Beyrout have taken it by surprise. We are well aware that the same prints which yesterday heaped abuse upon our heads, and called us the partisans of peace at any price, will now complain of our impatience. This will be only another contradiction added to the many, and as to ourselves we consider it just and advantageous, in face of the coming events, that every one should make up their accounts, and take what belongs to them. When the Ministry declared to us that France had been insulted, that her vital interests were menaced, we could not but believe it, for we had no means of verify ' ir ' ? the facts. It ordered armaments and l ev i e d troops,, and we approved of what it did. It desired to fortify Paris, and, in spite of the gravity of such a decision as that, it experienced from us a frank and unreserved adhesion. Events, however, have progressed, and every step which they have taken has been a surprise to the Ministry, a subject of declamation to its Journals, without there being any possibility of discerning, in the midst of all this torrent of words, any will, any fore. sight, any determination whatever. The Ministry first thought that the Treaty would never be signed ; it was signed—that it would not be ratified, and it was ratified —that it would not be executed, and the cannon of Beyrout has dispelled this error. And what, then, is the Ministry doing now ? Deliberating, endeavouring to come to some understanding, as it everything had been new and unexpected in the events—as if its mind ought not to have been made up two months ago. Nevertheless, if the Ministry remain silent, its Journals indulge every day in declamations unworthy of a nation such as France. Party feelings are aroused, and the National sets up every morning a furious" Marseillaise." How long is this situation to last? Let not the Mi ni.try forget. In a few days we may hear, perhaps, that the English have attempted to execute upon Sc. Jean d'Acru cr Tfiribli an exploit similar to that of Beyrout. The public opinion needs to be fixed in order to support without danger commotions like these. In fine, let the Ministry explain its intentions. Is the treaty of London in its eyes a treaty of partition or of cealition against France ? If it means to oppose it, &at what limits will its patience stop ? If the treaty of London, on the contrary, contains nothing menacing to France, it ought to reassure the alarm in the public mind. .It ought to speak out. As for ourselves, the Ministry has no right to accuse us of hostility with re spect to it. We have carried the moderation we owe to so heavy a responsibility as that of the Government to the last extreme, and now the case is urgent. The Ministry must declare its intentions, or the government or public opinion will escape from it without a hope of return. (From the Courrier Francais.) There is nothing now which can stop the temerity of the Powers but the winds and the tempests. Every day they trample some new right under foot. The Porte has proclaimed the deposition of Mehemet Ali, It has pronounced this sentence of excommunication in spite of itself, without necessity, and at the demand of Lord Ponsonby, en old spoiled child, who threatened to require his passports if refused. Whilst the repre . . _ sentative of England was publicly intimidating the Divan, Russia obtained of it wi:b more address a mea sure which will have at least the appearance of spon taniety. tto3unid Paella is said to have re-claimed in a forma! note the assistance of the naval forces of Russia in the Mediterranean, and the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take good care not to refuse. Consequently, we may soon expect to see the squadron which the Emperor is now arming at Croustade sail out of the Baltic. Every thing will be attempted if France permits it. There is no species of humiliation which will not be inflicted upon it. The foreign Powers think the peace party is so well established in France, that neither Ministry, nor Chambers, ncr Press can unseat it. It is thus clear enough. England and Russia arc dividing between them the domination of the East. There is no longer a Sultan at Constantinople, there is no empire, there are no Mussulmans. Two Ambassa dors, resembling those pro-consals whom Rome sent to Asia in order to make or unmake Kings, dictate to the Porte the resolutions it should take, and the Porte has neither opinion nor will ; it is nothing but an instru ment in their bands. Oae only man resists in the name of the Turkish nationality, whilst East and West sub mit. giving at the same time an example of courage and a lesson of moderation to all these Cabinets coalesced for his oppression. We dare not speak of Europe, for if France yields— if the last obstacle which still checked the accomplish ment of the treaty of the 15th of July is to disappear p will have bowed her neck to the yoke. Tbe Bourse on Tuesday experienced a panic terror upon the newsNove mthbaetrt,haendCthha::btehres N w l e i ri r e i s tconvoked about b for ou t an ultimatu m to the Powers. Would to Gtotio'de were so, and th at t h e advice of boldness and at l di u :af e rt i c i s o iat f firmness prevailed in the inspiration s of the Cabinet ! Franc t l l v a o t u i 0 1 would s t , h e a n nd b e n a o r t d b o e w g n i v w e i n th u a y ll t i o t s t the i g m h o t c t k h e e r y b , balance e s o e f barbarians of the North. We thought that the days of trial had passed We ' r^ Pe eived at last in the opini on w ,-.•hich ' ,overna a resolu tion to which we were unaccustomed. W 0 thought that France was about to emancipate herself from Europe. The force, the lice, the blood of th e nat i on appeared e. re generated. We were about rh at last t o enter into full The possession of ourselves. Government tiered t o have a will of its own in theface of Europe, as i n the But we state it with face of internal parties.emotion, with grief, with despair (if a country can ever despair of TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1840. itself ), nothing of this will be realised. We had formed a dream of Parliamentary liberty at home, and national independence abroad ; this dream will not have lasted &gilt months. (From the National.) There is no one in Paris who cannot bear witness of the energy with which the national sentiment has been roused, and with which it protests everywhere against the degradation of the country. The movement is alike both in town and in province ; it invades and envelopes men of every opinion. The further we advance, the more fatal the light shed by events on our destiny— the more penetrated all citizens become with the neces sity which renders it a duty for all to watch over Franee. which he has completely lost ; the Court, which is as cautious as he, will not consent,bccause it considers him as the last hope of a system which is falling to pieces ; it is fully aware ghat a Guizate-Administration would not resist for a week the general expression of public opinion. are informed, observing his agitation, observed—' It I has been said, Sir, in former days, that the w.-m 3 int - possible was cot French, and we may on this occasion make the same declaration as to the word perpetuel: The Courrier Francais gives the ensuing account of the same incident.:—" Immediately after . the judgment of the Court of Peers was pronounced, the registrar went to the prison of the Luxembourg, and read it to those who were acquitted, as well as to those who were condemned. We are told that on learning that he was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment in a fortress within the conti nental territori,fs of France, Prince Napoleon observed : That is had enough, but at least I shall not be obliged to leave France !' According to the same reports, Count Montholon expressed extreme surprise at his sentence of close confinement for twenty years, and was very much cast down, having to the last moment pre served a confident hope that he would be acquitted. Lieutenant Aladenize showed no emotion on hearing the judgment passed upon him, and made no observation whatever. The other condemned prisoners all received their sentences in silence. All the carriages for trans porting them to where they are to undergo their punish ments are already prepared at the Luxembourg. Ar rangements have been made at the castles of H im arid Blaye for their reception. It is said that Prince Lou's will be sent to the latter." FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAR SHAL MACDONALD. The funeral of Marshal Macdonald, Duke of Tarento, took place last Monday, and was, according to our cor respondent's description, celebrated with great military pomp. About half•past twelve o'clock the funeral pro cession moved from the Hotel des Invalides, where the body of the deceased had been lying in state for several days past, in a chapelle ardente, and was preceded by an .immense mass of soldiery, both cavalry and infantry, and followed by a battery of six pieces of artillery, five batta lions of foot soldiers, and a squadron of dragoons, inter spersed with the bands of the various regiments. The military banners were furled and surmounted with crape. The procession passed along the Boulevards as far as the Place de la Bastille, and then turned off on its way to Pere la Chaise, where the body aas deposited in a family tomb. After several funeral discourses had been pronounced, the different companies of infantry, which completely encircled the ground, fired vollies in turn. The pieces of artillery were also discharged. The fune ral car was drawn by six horses covered with black cloth, and led by six servants dressed in mourning. A comp :ny of veterans m arched on each side of the hearse, and among the distinguished individuals by whom it was followed were Marshals Oudinot and Gerard, Generals Exceltnans, Pajol, Dariule, &c., together with a number of the Peers of France. Three carriages belonging to the Royal family formed part of the procession. The insignia of the deceased Marshal were borne by three mourners immediately after the hearse ; and at some distance behind, the deceased hero's white charger, covered entirely with black crape. closed the line of mourners. NO WAR WITH FRANCE. (From an occasional Correspondent of the Times.) PARIS, OCT- 5.—A serious misunderstanding has arisen between Louis Philippe and M. Thiers, and re ports are circu'ated of a change of Ministry. I am, however, positively assured that M. Thiers will reruaie i n office, and that we shall have no war. 'When first the news tvas known in Paris that England had adhered to the Brunow treaty, a private interview tonk place between the King and M. Thiers at St. Cloud ; the in dignation of both was great against Lord Palmerston, and strong were the epithets made use of against his Lordship ; at the same time it was resolved on that the insult should not be answered by resorting to arms. M. Thiers laid before his Majesty the necessity of calming the feelings of the people by preparations for war, high sounding articles in the Journals, and industriously eir cukting the report of his Majesty's determination to re were, however, s i neere—h i s Ma j esty wished re venge and su pport the h onour of France. Neither of Thiers with t h e wealthy part of the ttrioia)etcioponma,rptairneodsmiNisle. T M h . iers his Majesty as pledged to a war. At this period, to al outward appearances, M. Thiers was high in favour at Court, and it is a fact, that in a conversation with one of the Deputies for Havre the King observed, " Da not o p pose T hiers, I am satisfied . with him." A certain operation is taking place throughout the population ; a kind of union is going on, for it is felt that before long we shall all have to fight fer our com mon safety. We wish we could say that parties no longer existed, but we trust that we shall soon be able to say that there are but two—that of the revolution and that of the counter-revolution, or to give these more appro priate names, the party of French nationality and the foreign party. The Journaldes Debats knows, and is alarmed at this ; it therefore seeks to frighten timid men by re presenting factions about to change the external ques tion into an internal revolution. This wretched trickery has grown stale. You want to put down by fear the noble burst of a nation conscious of its force. Your efforts will be in vain. In your eyes we are factious men ; be it so. Let us argue and see the foundation of your alarm. Is it true that an insolent treaty has isolated us from the rest of Europe ? Is it true that England, whose alliance you have so oudly admired, has betrayed you ? Is it true that she has coalesced with the other powers to regulate without us the most important question that cau be started ? Is it true that so barefaced an act proclaims in the face of the world the decline of our country ; that it lowers its greatness ; that it threatens our country in the Mediterranean ; that it ruins the most important of our southern towns ? Is it true that the Powers with which England has formed an alliance are the eternal enemies of our revolution ; that they have been restrained but by the aid of England, and that now everything is to be dreaded from them ? You have acknowledged the truth of all this as we:l as we. Like us, you have declared that France could not allow the execution of the treaty. You as well as we affirmed that we-, t! at deadly war, was necessary. But you said this without believing it ; you said so with the hope that the Powers would make concessions, and that an arrangement would take place after an at tempt at an inoffensive blockade. We ever maintained the contrary—we announced from the first that the Allies .would not stop ; that Russia and Austria earnestly desired to pursue their an cient counter-revolutionary policy, for it is really a po licy of persecution for those two Powers. Events have corns too soon to justify our predictions. The treaty is proceeding with an audacity and par tiality unworthy of the age. Beyrout is bombarded, Syria invaded, the capital of Egypt blockaded, and a successor appointed to Mehemet Ali. What has been left undone to suspend the action of the coalition ? Prayers, diplomatic notes, commissions by the Pachas, supplications at Vienna, London, Berlin, and agents sent to Constantinople. France has everywhere inter vened to negotiate ; she has lessened and even humilia ted herself even unto baseness ; she has been disdained and repulsed ; a circle has been drawn round her, she has been placed in the Lazaretto of Europe. The treaty was insult ; its execution is a threat. The treaty attacked her power abroad ; its exe cution sanctions her decline for the present. It is the first step of the Allies towards our territory ;it is the first resting place of invasion. The road is long, we are told, hither thence. Yes, without doubt ; but the Allies, who are acting yonder, have also their positions at our very gates. But Aus tria is fortifying Italy, Prussia is assembling her troops, the Prince of Orange, the ally of the Russians and of the Prussians, ascends the throne of Holland, and may, from one day to another, take possession of Belgium. But the Russian and English fleets are about to join each other in the Mediterranean, and our navy may be burnt and destroyed. All these perils are imminent ; the main fact, the im portant fact, which strikes every eye, is that the coali tion of Europe armed, exists at the present moment. Do you think that those who created this coalition have not foreseen its consequences? Do you think they are occupied with the East alone, and that they have passed an amnesty in favour of the French, and of their revolution ? Are you not warned by what is going on in the North and in the South, in Spain, or in Bel gium, that positions are already being formed on our very frontiers? Well, the faction have said this ; and in presence of these dangers, which concern our very existence, their sole thought is directed to the safety of the country. Not only have we not exaggerated anything, but we have even dissembled the fears which agitate our_souls at the aspect of the perils which ,*nrround us on all sides. The present crisis is far more serious than any other that our history affords. Europe is now more skilful and more powerful, as well as more compact and more united. She also has the recollection of her success, which will inspire her troops with great audacity. Can Europe be resisted by armies only ? You do not think this possible any more than we do. We must therefore call nations to us, and seek for assistance in the very heart of our enemies ; our cannon must be aided by principies. We must raise up those nationa lities which are extinct, and constitute those which are still alive. We must raise aloud the shout of liberty, so that it may be heard by all those who suffer from oppression ; the powerful voice of France must resound over the whole Continent with the generous accents of her devotedness to improvement, emancipation, and po pular alliances. And pray, are not all these revolutionary measures ? Can you employ them ? If so, why do you delay ? Stop the mouth of the factions. You are able to do so ; you are masters of the budget. The army and the people await but a signal. March on the Rhine, tear the treaties of 1815—boldly proclaim the principles which are to change the face of the world—shout to Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland, that you bear at the end of your arms the loadstone of civilization, that your banner is the symbol of human equality and fra ternity—curse the spirit of conquest—exalt that noble family spirit which is to unite regenerate nations— render France worthy of her traditions—gather aronnd her all those who suffer, all those who hope ; carry your sword high ; humanity will thereby distinguish the signal of its victory ; and then, do as you have an• nounced—have your flags blessed by that God who blessed those of Jena, Fleurus, and Marengo. This is what the factions require from you ; they offer you their arms—they beseech you to open regis ters for the names of volunteers. They have devoted and combined all their sentiments, even all their desires of internal organization, to the furtherance of that grand sentiment of national dignity, the defence of threatened Fr.: a. The question is now not to know her institu tions shall be regulated in our native land, but whether we shall remain possessed of such a blessing. It is you, it is your crimes for the last ten years, that have given birth to the deplorable situation in which we are placed. Are you capable of withrearadin e it ? If so, show it to the impatient country, for in spite of all your efforts the citizens will remain united. Show it, for France is wide awake, and rivetted by your inaction. No : factious men do not make revolutions, these come the day that a whole nation demands them. The fac tious know that it is their duty to win them when they do come ; it is the duty of the people to hasten them, when it is clearly demonstrated that there exists no other means of avoiding treachery. The National, on the subject of war with England, has the following : " The sensation caused in Paris by the news of the bombardment of Beyrout, and of the insult to our flag, is general. We every day receive numerous letters ex pressing sentiments the most patriotic, and containing energetic protestations against the cowardice of the Go vernment. Officers in the army, soldiers, National Guards, and civilians all unite in one sentiment—de manding war—immediate war. If France had been governed by men of spirit, this noble ardour of the people would have been long since gratified, but what but shame and dishonour can we expect at the hands of those who are now at the head of affairs ? The limits spirit of our columns will not allo w us to g ive an y of the cor. respondence esatboo%; giving g ud t e h d e to, we must extract therefore of the con fine which pervades the whole. Hund r e ds of citizens sen d us word that, at the first declarat i o n of war, the y will enrol themselves as volunteers. Will the Government at length justly appreciate and listen to these noble bursts of patriotism ?" (From the Commerce.) The Cologne Gazette says, .‘ One of our principal banking-houses has just received from Vienna commu nications of such importance that an express was imme diately despatched from Paris. It is affirmed that this news relates to the sending of troops to the kingdom Lombardy and Vienna. There was great agitation on Change to-day in conse quence of reports which gained sufficient credit to cause a considerable fall in the funds. They spoke of war like resolutions adopted in the Councils, of a sort of carte blanche given by the Crown to M Thiers, of the immediate c onvocation of the Chambers, and of an ultimatum, which our Cabinet was stated to have drawn up and transmitted to the English Government. This ultimatum was said to lay down as conditions for the maintenance of pears the suspension of hostiliti , s in ; Syria, the revocation cf the decree depriving 111, , hen:e: Ali of his dignity, the hereditary possession of Egypt in the sp Pacha'sectig family, and the renew al o f th e negotia tions We merely mentio n these re ports without answering for them ; and as for the Ministr y , we no longer credit f We q uote t he following from the Capitole :—" The renryr i i l a. Y' the n e ws w hich it propagates—we believe only deeds ,. j u dgm e nt of the Court of Peers was notified to Prince Other persons, generally we ll informed, say that the L ou i s Napoleon yesterday afternoon by M. Cauchy, Court and id. Thiers are very much c as t d o wn, and Secretary of the A rc hi ves, w h o se emotion was , it is that both a re greatly embarrassed. M. Thiers, they sa id, so great at times that he could scarcely proceed. say, ask s no more than to find a pretext t o m a k e a d e - When be arrived at the conclusion, pronouncing the cent retreat, an d thus give himself an air of nationality, ' punishment of in:pri sm:mo d ver petud, the Prince, we His Majesty, in order to convince himself of the real feelings of the people, sent private agents into the dc partrnents, who reported that the great majority of the peorde were decidedly hostile to a war with England. Thus fortified, his Majesty no longer held a warlike tone, and in the drawing-room, as well as in the Cour:- cil, he expressed his determination of preserving peace. " I have the means, observed the King to the Belgian Ambassador, " to repay England without going to war ; let Lord Palmerston settle the Turkish question, I will then give him work sufficient to occupy him and all his friendi." This alluded to a resolution to form an alliance with the Russians. The friends of M. Thiers, but par titularly the extreme gauche, who calculated on a war to further their encroaching democratic principles—the Republicans, who hoped by this means to dethrone Louis Philippe, now set on the Minister, and threatened to desert him unless he convoked the Chambers and pledged himself to a war. On the other hand Messrs. Rothschild, Aguado, all the eminent capitalists, the principal gamblers in the funds, and the large funded proprietors, threatened to raise a formidable op position against him in the event of a war. Thus tor meated and perplexed, M. Thiers knew not what reso lution to take, and hence the cause for those feeble, va lcillating articles, which have lately appeared in the Con s/thiamine/ and other Ministerial journals. Toe bom bardment of Beyrout, however, roused M. Thiers, and he peremptorily demanded from the King his signature to the ordinance for the convocation of the Chambers. Louis Philippe, in a tone most detcrmined,refused. M. Thiers left the Palace in a great fury, and instantly summoned a Council of Ministers at the Foreign Office ; here, to the great discouragement of M. Thiers, he met with an opposition from a quarter he little expected. M. Remusat declared against a war, and produced several despatches from different prefects, showing that the peo ple were for the maintenance of peace. The Council broke up without coming to any resolution—this was on Saturday last, and the next day an article appeared in the Constitutionnel, calling on M. Thiers to resign should he not be ab etogo to war. On the afternoon of the same day (Sunday) his Majesty called a Council of Ministers, and I can state most positively that it was resolved not to go to war, at least for the present. This morning the Constitutionnel contained a most pacific article, so much so, that it alarMcd the war party, and several of the influential members of it called on him instantly to re sign. M. Tuiers is once more perplexed, and at the present moment a Council called by him is deliberating at the Foreign-office. The majority of the people are opposed to a war ; this is so true that, in the month of July last, a substi tute for a conscript could be obtained for .501., and at present with difficulty can one be procured for 2001. But if the people are for preserving peace, their hatred to England is great, and the most violent language is used towards Lord Palmerston. In all circles, from the Chaussee d'Antin to the lowest estaminet, the general wish is an alliance with Russia. Tuis much you may take as certain, that Louis Philippe has sent a confidential friend to the Emperor Nicholas. HALF-PAST Foca O'CLOCK.—The Members are still in deliberation ; the peace party prevails ; a note. re ceived at four o'clock by an eminent capitalist, otintains only the following words—" We shall have no war." PREPARA.TIOiIa FOR WAR. (From the Paris-Papers of Wedneday.) Three batteries , , of artillery k }Mira been ordered from Strasbourg to Neuf Brisseir. - Other detachments are arriving continually at Stisibourg, to be completed land reorganised on the war footing. Extract of a letter from Toni, in the Meurthe " All the cavalry regiments on the line of Toul, Nancy, Pont-a-Mousson, Epinal, and the other places, are com plete to their full number of 1,000 men, and have fdraughted remounts to Hig,ueneau, where a commission, of which Gen. °osier is at the head, is appointed to receive from 250 to 350 horses each, which places all the cavalry regiments on the footing of 1,000 men, with 800 horses on the average. Instructions have been received from the Minister of War, for the colonels of all regiments, both horse and foot, to transmit to him a report every fortnight, showing the progress made by their men, arid directing them to urge their drillings with the utmost rapidity. In six months ail the recruits sent into the cavalry will have become as effective as, in ordinary times, they are brought to be in twelve months." The assertion of the Metz Journals as to the prohi bition by the Prussian Government of the transport of horses into Prance is contradicted by the Moniteur Parisien, which adds that the only condition annexed to this traffic is, that the dealer s are to take out a li cense, because in Prussia none but those who are li censed by the Government are authorised to travel the country buying and selling horses, or, indeed, carrying on any species of commerce. Colonel Dupau, of the Engi neers , w h o i s en t ruste d with the fortific a ti ons on the left bank of the Seine, has just been raised to the rank of Major-General. The Cherbourg Journal says that orders have been received to put e ver y vesse l in teat port on a war foot ing im me di a t e ly. A Toulon letter states that the Ocean and Marengo of the line have been ordered to hold themselves ready to sail at a short notice, and that as soon as the Trident and Genereux return from the coast of Africa they will be put in the same condition. 'rho Govern ment had authorised the delivery of some mountain howitzers and artillery stores to the Abyssinian agents who have lately come to France, and the Levant packet Mentor was to have taken these articles to Egypt, to be forwarded from thence ; but this per mission has been withdrawn by order of the Minister of the Marine, and the stores will not be delivered. The Cologne Gazette mentions a rumour of some troops having been ordered from Austria into Lom bardy. EASTERN NEWS. (From the French papers of Wednesday.) The F rance asser ts that the Government has received an offici a l contra di ct i o n of the rumour that the Alli e d force s h a d been forced to re-embark and abandon the camp near Beyrout. A correspondent of the Univers, on board one of the ships of.th e French Levant squadron, gives the following sket c h of Commodore Napier, as being the opinion ge nerally entertained of him in the fleet :—"Commodor e Napier i s an old post-captain — a di scontented Radical, crying out agai nst every b o dy, saying that tti e E ng li s h Admiralty are all a set of igno bl e: , an d yet h e i s repre sented as a goo d ki nd of man ; h e is a S co t c h man , an d he is liked by the English—a curious circumstance. His active b ust li ng disposition has, no d ou b t , cause d h i m to be sele c t e d f or the part which he bas commenced play ing, and will probably keep up. Asa Radical he works hard to humble the Pacha, who, it must be allowed, has not much of the Radical in him." The Alexandrian correspoedent of a German paper mention s a rumour of 5,000 Turkish troops having de serted to Mehemet Ali from t he pachalic of Bagdad. The Cou rr i er d e Bord eaux state' that the island of Amfilo, o ff the Abyssinian coast of the Red Sea, has been ceded to Franc e b the King Oubia, and that a French merchant-vessel , y laden with g oods of different a kind s , accompanied by corvette, was expected to go thither to take possession. Twenty-two pieces of ar tillery were to be carried to the island in exchange for presents sent to the Kin of the Fr ench, b y the me dium of M. Lefevre, the g traveller, who has resided some time in Abyssinia. " It will be learnt with surprise," says on Alexandrian correspondent of the Semai bore, `, though perfectly true, that the hered:ts ~ ,;ejrnnient of the Island of Cyprus has be en dr . ,--. i: I 1 h u,!raCtYtO°oooitian 2.lcia by the Four Powers and the Salu te , wit h the view of inducin g him to aband on t h e causs; of Mehemet Ali. It would be Superfluous to u give the ansAer of the Alljor-General of the Egyptian army, The armaments in Egypt are be come more considerable, and the blockade by the English foes not prevt:nt supPlie' of amniunition and provislon s from reaching Syria In t we nty days three convoys, of 5,000 carnet s each, find ,, bcen sent thaber from Cairo, and measures have bevii taken to augment this mode of conv " eyanc e it necessary. PRINCE LoUls NAPOLEON. TURKISH D tICREE. TRANSLATION OF A DECREE OF THE SUBLIME PORTE ISSUED AT CONSTANTINOPLE, IN CONSEQUENCE OF MOHAMMED ALI'S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT TIME PA- CHALK OF ST. JEAN D ' ACRE. Whereas, concerning the Egyptian question, and the agreement entered into between the Sublime Porte and the Four Great Powers by a treaty and convention (in virtue of which the mission of his Excellency, Rifaat Bey, Councillor of State, to Alexandria, took place). full details have been published in the former number of last week's paper, this is now to announce that ac cording to the despatches received from the said En• voy, Mohammed Ali still persists in his former unat tainable demands, and has declined accepting the favour best° Ned upon hlrn by way of grace from the bounty of his Majesty the Lord of the supreme inheritance of Khalijats, in the Government of Egypt by inheritance, and in that of Acca during his life-time, which grant was offered to his acceptance within the space of ten days. He has likewise declined evacuating those places of the Imperial dominions, which he ought to have re stored as he was in duty bound. These offers being now totally different from, an i not to be compared with, the former ones made to him be fore, because they are within, and have been made under tile treaty and convention concluded between the Sub lime Porte and the four Great Allied Powers, which treaties can bear no alteration or dissolution, it was the duty of Mohammed Ali to observe these minute points, and to consider that the shedding of human blood would recoil upon him and haunt him in this and the future world, which he ought to have reflected upon with some thought of judgment and moved accordingly. But, or. the contrary, he has shown himself indifferent to the value of Impede! munificence, and unthankful to his Majesty's generosity, and thereby he 'has left himself no, excuse nor a plea to make ; and as his Imperial Ma jesty, according to the provisions of the treaty concluded, was to withdraw frard Mohammed Ali on his refusal of .the grant of the Pachalic of Acre, it has now become proper and necessary that the Governments of Acre, of Zeddah, of Damascus, of Aleppo. of Adana, and of the island of Candid, should be awarded to d.fferent distin guished Viziers who have been faithful to their Sove reign, and in whom the appointments shall he invested Thus it is hereby decreed that the Province of Acca jointly with that of Syda, Saffidd, Beyrout, and tit, prov.nce of Tripoli, in Syria, shall be awarded to thi care of his Excellency Mohammed Ezzat Pacha, for mercy Vizier, and present Governor of the entrance of the White Sea (the Dardanelles). That the province of Damascus, jointly with that of Jerusalem, Nablow, and Gazzeh, shall be awarded to the care of his Excellency the Vizier Hadgi Ali Pacha, present Governor of Konzah. That the province of Aleppo shall be awarded to the care of his Excellency the Vizier Asaad Pacha, present Governor of Icewass. That the province of Adaneb, with that of Tarsuss, shall be awarded to the care of his Excel!ency Ezzat Paella, present Governor of Kojah Eblee or Ellee. That the Government of Kereet (Clete) jointly with that of Kanjah (Canoe), Candia.and Rethimos shall be awarded with the high honour of the rank of Councillor of State to the care of his Excellency Mustapha Pacha, who is now governing that island. That the province of Jeddah, jointly with that of Bagdad, shall be awarded to the care of his Excellency the Vizier Ali Pacha, present Governor of Bagdad. who can appoint to the separate Government of Jeddal , his Excellency Ezzat Pacha, who now acts as his de pity or agent, Governor of Bagdad. And now, upon the declaration of Mohammed Ali's acceptance and satisfaction with the Government o: Egypt by way of inheritance, within the last ten days, given to him by the treaty, there will be no cause let, for war, and all pretensions and disputes will be at an end entirely. But if at the expiration of these ten days be should still persist in refusing, then it becomes th, right of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan of the just so vereignty v.) adhere to and maintain, together with the great Aide] Powers, what is conducive and requisite to the welfare and benefit of his Imperial dominions. And in that case, all those subjects of the Sublime Porte who can discern the good from evil, and judgc between justice and iniquity, are in duty bound—for the attainment of their tranquillity and security in their reli gion, their government, their homes, and in their nation —to exert their utmost power, by heart and deed, in aiding with the assistance kindly offered and manifested by the great foreign Allied Courts to defend and pro tect the Sublime Porte, and to preserve and maintain the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire. Let likewise all these commanders of the Egyptian troops, and such of the men themselves who can sec and comprehend these points, enter under the shade of the wings of the Imperial justice and mercy, and they shall never be abandoned ; let those also who are en gaged in agriculture do the same, and they shall reap great benefits and remunerations. Besides his Imperial Majesty being the lawful and legitimate sovereign of the holy inheritance of Khalifat, and thereby our rightful Lord and Leader (whose thoughts and care ever since his happy accession to the throne have been continually occupied in the preserva tion of the true faith, and in the amelioration of the con dition and welfare of his faithful subjects, as it is well known to every one), the shedding of our blood in his service with sincere obedience to his laws is, in fact, affording him strength and aid to defend our faith and protect our country, while it is HO more than our Jut'. to do so for the sake of our happiness and consolation. now and hereafter. This is a truth as clear as the sun in her meridian ; whereas those who dare to move or act differently, and cause disorder and disobedience, are accursed in this and in the future world, and abhorred and'shunned by man and God. There is no need for other evidence and proof to as certain this, than to point out the unfortunre inhabi tants of Damascus and Syria, who, ever since their entrance under the yoke of Mohammed Ali, have seen and experienced so muc h o f hi s tyranny and op pression, as to exceed any acts of the kind they had seen before ; while their lives, their property, their honour, and their families were continually exposed to mole,tation and danger ; so much so that they were driven, from what they suffered, to revolt, and rise against him one time after the other, which is a well known fact, whereas now the arrangement and measures oraithised by the Sutilime Porte, aril founded upon the benevolent laws of justice and equity for the deliver ance and safety, and the tranquillity of Syria and its inhabitants, will, by the aid of Alm:ghty God, free them from all those acts of tyranny and dangers, and will afford them peace, safety, and happiness in every respect without doubt. Let, therefore, all the inhabitants of those districts look up with earnestness to these benefits, and move according to the exigency of circumstances and their welfare. FRENCH AFRICA. The ilioniteur Algcrien of the 28th ult., contains the following ordonnance issued by Marshal Vallee : " The present state of Algeria requiring a rigorous surveillance of the port of Algiers and its approaches, the following regulations have been decided upon, and their execution entrusted to the charge of the Rear- Admiral in command of the ships on the station : " Art. 1. All ships of commerce, vessels, and boats of every description, are forbidden to enter or leave the port between sun-set and gun-fire in the morning. From this measure are exempted such fishing vessels as are furnished with a permit from the directors o the port, which they shall be bound to show each time to the guard-ship stationed at the port, who has orders to inspect it. " Art. 2. Every vessel or boat entering or leaving the port between sunset and gun-fire in the morning, with out making itself known to the guard-ship, will expose itself to be sunk by this ship. " Art. 3. All ships intending to take their departure in the night must go out into the roathtead in the even ing after having been visited. Those who, being at an chor, or, coming in from sea, shall be in danger from foul weather, will necessarily be admitted to enter the port by night as well as by day." The same Journal contains a decree, sequestrating and adding to the State domains all property in the town of Cherchell, and in the zone of the defence of that place which should remain unclaimed on the first of October, and for forming a colony of 100 families at Cherchell, each of whom is to receive a house in that town, and about twenty acres of land, on condition of repairing the house and cultivating the land in the course of 1841. The town and territory of Cherchell are to be placed in the jurisdiction of the tribunals of Algiers. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, OCT, 2.—The treaty of the 15th of July has been published here at full length, with all its clauses, in the Austrian Observer and in the Vienna Gazette ; in the latter in the original French text, ac companied with a German translation. The German Courts have therefore not changed their view of the necessity which induced them to become contracting parties : they acted upon conviction, and are prepared to hear the responsibility they have incurred. Europe at large has great reason to be grateful to the Austrian Government for the tact and decision with which it has acted in this eventful crisis. Like some good genius, reserving its aid for a moment of need, the Austrian Cabinet has thrown its weight at the critical time into the scale, and its exertions can only serve to keep the,balance of power in Europe inviolate. What ever good wishes the Western Governments may enter tain, Austria is the true preserver of the existence of the Turkish empire on the north ; and her line of steam boats on the Danube, extending to Trebisond, was the only eff. ctive measure adopted against the treaty of Unkiar Skclessi, and which made that contract a nu gatory one for aggressive purposes. Count Fiquelmont, late Ambassador from Austria at the Court of St. Petersburgh, has taken his seat as Minist er of State and Conference in the Vienna Cabinet. The Prussian Court has gone into mourning for three days, on account of the death of the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Schwerin. The popularity of the King has suffered nothing by his answer to the provincial Estates of East and West Prussia. Not much inclined to sudden changes. the Germans prefer the prospect of a steady improvement, while no imme diate pressure urges them to precipitate measures, or sudden and violent changes. MEETING OFMIDDLESEXMAGIS TRATES. Yesterday a meeting of Magistrates took place al Hicks's-hall, for the transaction of county business. Mr Sergeant Adams in the chair. HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The report of the Visiting Justices was read. The reports of the various officers were favourable as to the health of the prisoners and the discipline maintained. The number of prisoners at present in the gaol was 1,118, namely, 781 males, 337 females, besides 19 chil dren, and one lunatic. The number of male vagrants was 136, and of female prisoners of the same class :36. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS. The following correspondence had taken place be tween the Visiting Justices and the Rev. Dr. Baldac coni, of the Royal Sardinian Chapel, respecting the supply of bibles and other religious works to the Ro man Catholic prisoners : " ESTEEMED Sett,—l beg leave to forward a parcel containing one dozen of prayer-books, one dozen of New Testaments, and two dozen of first Catechisms for the use of the Catholic prisoners who are confined in the House of Correction. In doing so, however, I do hot intend'to ask -any favour on your own responsi bility,'but request you will have the kindness to lay the matter before the Visiting Magistrates. After obtaining whose permission, if necessary, you will be pleased to distribute them amongst the Catholic prisoners accord ing to your prudence and discretion. " The necessity of reclaiming our unfortunate tell ow Christians, both by private and public instruction, will ,dead, I hop , , my apology for thus trespassing on your Ainciness.—l have the honour to be, &c., " A M. BALDACCONI, Senior Chaplain. " Royal Sardinian Chapel, Sept. 3, 1840. " G. L. Chesterton, Esq." To this letter the following answer was returned by Cie Visiting Justices : "Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, Sept. 18, 1840. " Sir,—l have the honour to forward, by direc tions of the Visiting Justices of the House of Correction, Coldhath-fields, in answer to your letter of the 3d inst., addressed to the Governor of that prison, the following copy of a resolution of the Visiting Justices at a meeting neld there this day, viz. " Resolved—That the Visiting Justices partake the desire of the Rev. A. M. Baldacconi, for the adoption f all proper means for reclaiming all prisoners of the Catholic denomination in the House of Correction, and -herefore will comply with his wishes that the New Testaments forwarded by him be kept for the use of the Catholic prisoners, or given to them at the discretion of the Governor ; but that as to the other books, the Visiting Justicesdeclined to determine on them, and will prefer that, whenever any prisoner shall require the at tendance of a Catholic priest, such gentleman be au thorised to present such prisoners with such Catholic hooks of devotion as he shall select, subject to any future direction of the Visiting Justices thereon.' " C. W MG HT, Clerk to the Visiting Justices. " Rev. Dr. Baldacconi." Mr. BEs.tAatiN HALL said, that as he had not been able to find a seconder to a similar motion in the Com mittee, he would give notice that on the next court day he should move—" That this Court recommended the VisitingJusticesof the House of Correction to permit the Roman Catholic Priest, authorised by law, to attend when required by the Roman Catholic prisoners, to dis tribute, from time to time, as he may judge most eon 01usive to their religious and moral instruction, and as most efficacious for their edification and reform, such copies of the Holy Scriptures, and other Catholic books of devotion, as are or may be sent for their use and be nefit." Mr. LAURIE said that he should be hippy to second such a resolution. Mr. POWNALL intimated, in reply to some inquiries respecting the detention of lunatics in the House of Cor rection, that the Marquis of Normanby had already au thorised the removal of the lunatic at present confined in that gaol, and that he would be conveyed to the County Lunatic Asylum, at Hanwell, to-morrow. PARKHURST PRISON, ISLE OF WIGHT. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of some observations, said that he had visited the Government prison for the reformation of juvenile offenders, in the Isle of Wight, during the last fortnight, and from what be had seen he felt quite certain that any Magistrate would be amply repaid by a visit to that establishment. The order and discipline that prevailed throughout were admirable, and an excellent plan of moral instruction was pursued. Of the result as yet nothing certain could be stated, but its present efficiency justified the most pleasing anticipations as to its ultimate success. THE NEW PRISON. The Report of the Visiting Justices was brought up The number of prisoners was 138, being 100 maks anti 88 females, generally conducting themselves with pro. priety. After the transaction of some further business, of no public Interest, the Court adjourned. ATHENS, SEPT. 19.—The Freench fleet has quitted its anchorage off the Piraeus, and proceeded to Nauplia to water, but it is expected back in a few days. The following are the names of the vessels comprising this fleet :—Triton, 82 guas, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad mire' Hugon; Montebello, 120, with the flag of Rear- Admiral de Is Susse; Suffr n, 90; Neptune, 86; Dia (l4).me, 86 ; Jupit4 r, 86; Hercule, 100; Alger, so ; Sante Petri, 86; and Lavoisicr war steamer. Sir Robert and Lady Inglis are here, and are staying with Sir Edmund Lyons. Accounts have just been received of the death of an English traveller, Mr. Edward Archdall, who was travelling in the north cf Grt eve. He expired at a village near Livadil, it is said, from a fever brought on by expo sure to the sun. VIENNA, SEPT. 9 9.—The Marquis of London dery, who is treated with great distinc.ion here, gave yes terday a grand entertainment at which Prince and Princess Metternich, and the English Antbissador were present. It appears that his Lordship will make some stay here; he will afterwards go to Constantinople. The last accounts from the East have had an unfavourable effect en the funds. HEREFORD HOPS, OCT. s.—ln some places hop-pick ing hops to n o t pick. begun. T f h o e r and present a scene the simple reason is th concluded atther i e n are oth n e o rs ho i p t blocs arc left to wither upon the pules, of blight and desolation. Mr Unett, of Marden, how, ever, ~ nd one or two other growers, have had a fine and BRUSSELS, OCT. 7.--The average price of abundant produce from some grounds, but they are very Wheat during the last week was 22f. 61c., and that of Ry e f ew and far b etween ." There will, of course, he but 12f. 71e.; and the regulation for importation and expor. ; few pockets pitched at our approaching October fair, and tation remaias unaltered. good Samples will doubtless fetch enormous prices. Printed in the Royal Press on the 9th day of Rajab, 1336 (6th Sept. 1840). 14WENING EDITION. IRELAN.V: Ma. O'CONNELL IN CORK.—Mr. O'Connell's re ception in Cork on Monday was most enthusiastic. Upon the announcement of the Ho n. and Learned Gentleman's approach, according to the Reporter, " the - shout of triumphant welcome sent forth b y the assem bled myriads was one that told, more eloquently thin the most finished eloquence could do, th e deep and innate feeling of reverential aff.etion with which his countrymen regard him. Preceding the ca rria g e of Mr. O'Cominell was that of our highly-respected fellow- rd citizen, Thomas Lyons, Esq., who had gone forwa some miles. for the purpose of meeting the Hoo• sea Learned Gentleman. In order to gratify the millet'', with which every one endeavoured to catch a gliter e him, Mr. O'Cannell had ascended the box of the coach, and responded, in his customary affable and benignaat manner, to the deafening plaudits with which his sr pearanee was hailed. The precession o f the trades,Bo . being, after a few minutes' delay, arranged in the order of retern, moved towards the city at a moderate Pac.e, the diffe r e n t bands uniting, and striking Up tbe air! See the conquering hero comes.' On the arrival ot Mr. O'Connell at the People's Hall, the rush of Wea n bein gs was terrific, and considerable time elapsed beforiel he succeeded in making his way to the platform on Whi c the chair was placed at the end of the room. An address from the Cork Trades' Association els soon after presented to him, to which he made as ener getic reply. ret T ir h ed e m t e o et t i h n e g IhmavpienrgialthHenotseehparated, Mr. O'C° spei t i had been prepared. The Cork wh S e n r ue t:ergnranfldePd°inrieri: whose columns are almost exclusively occupied wit report of the proceedings incident to Mr. O'Conee'h'o presence in the city, has the subjoined remarks 0 0 t subject : e im and cordiality that prevailed 000017 out Th the unan evening ity gave a complete con t r adiction to the falsehoods that had been circalated maThe licious enemi of e lon Repeal es questi th on was nstituti skilfully and ewe flat treated by the illustrious President of th e feast. '9l: greatest impression was manifestly created en the hi auditors, at the Imp er i a l Hotel an d the Tra des of sisit Hall. We have not th e s li g ht e st doubt that his will be productive of th e grea t e st benefit, ill o u . o f a tpy n or d tarni o on r t g yis a ,m n b i y, sin wa g hoid i e n h this part of the country the spirit o thoeurdicetieloTr_ieniattizioenos oare, out exception, more or less actuated, but which eat none_ the worse for being treated with what that meartrliodi Ceentleman aptly terms '‘ a refresher." At 3 Pe pie when the most frightful public calamities impend lot our country, it is particularly important to o bviate l e. mischiefs that must ensue from apathy or impre dev h c je a One great and good effect has, at all event s ' " created by Mr. O'Connell's speeches —Abe s ettled ? tit rea s lm ist o a s n t c w e i:rh t i; viction in the minds of those who heard him, that l ot little better than madness to expect any thing white — fro even he th g e oo m d os w t il m l iaseordabglyenseeraonaittyy measure of Pend, will and generosity are, indeed, wOofrr tvgilalinedh: in °ti :: dealings with this country, our " sister island," as soots ol bad joker has called her. has expunged altogether ft° her vocabulary. Until this conviction becomes tmiser._ sal—until Irishmen of all kinds learn to look to tbew v bso s • ofown exertions as the best, nay, the only means tav o f rescuing their country from the deep abasei.nen` its . condition, there can be no hope of peace, of pros% . , rity, of freedom for Ireland. It is to promote this °, ° .o viction, and to rouse his countrymen to act on it, tP Mr. O'Connell is now directing his rnifeety an ay • aPP b, ' rently inexhaustible energies. That his success IlleYthe as signal as his heart is honest and undaunted, is wisGREATh of every REPEAL good and patriotic man. t e°' MEETING. —.By far the — °s rk merous and itifithintial meeting of the citizens th at' otho that has t aken place within the last ten years is l o ) proceedings of which commenced this day Cru es " -l o t 10( 1 . 1 0 1 0 at one o'clock, in the Circus, Mary-street, and closed when our paper was sent to press. The spst or build;ng is filed to the'greatest excess ; theu sands a 0 come away, from the impossibility of g etting est,i t la glimpse of the speakers, whilst all communication. wtbe our reporters is cut off.—Thomas Ly ons, Esq.' is4ock• chair, and Mr. O'Connell had not risen at three of the Colonel Butler has written to the electors not, county of Kilkenny, informing them t h a t e.s he d!r g-- i n bs think they have any right to call upon him to *m shall not comply with their wishes. th. THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE.---Tbo trU9teCs -- national tribute have announced a collecting ) fa upoo sear :—" Universal Ireland is em hatically calla to come forward, throu h all her aris }', eti, in sang p of the National Compensation Fund. sine 18 0, T~ibpte clay, the Bth of November next—the U Cop Day for the present year." _ THE ATTEMPT TO FIRE SO°' NESS DOCK-YARD. con T d h u e ct i e n d ve b s y tig N ati ir o . n it r i, rn sc ir lac,e from need this tnorningo l post , the Admiralty Solicitor. The depositions had been alrea dy eitiog' and were now read consecutively reduced to o f 00 in the presenc e st prisoner, the various witnesses to being called upon test their truth upon oath. ia Mr. Robsonadd ressed of theclecrtnoehses Sir John Hill in the folly p i p terms :—S . October, great exertions have been the office of iiii:.Gtl Ws° :—Since the attempt to fire the CatcPer a ! " gist Dock -yard, on the evening of Friday', Wilbtaiti u evidence ; but as of course the result mai; " o bo made to A ° . - o od pon what has been elicited from the witr,e oeg 5 01 have been examined, will, I without entering into ice , statement, proceed to call such of them as have an account of their acquaintance with the circual".:lo of of the transaction. I have to remark that the 0 , 1 , 1 " te d, the evidence expected to be obtained is not ye t coole t e i she and I shall hays to re-quest that you will reintot prisoner, John Henty, until a future day. SO er Mr • Jam es Thoma s D u ff was the first vr itne ho i amined : his evidence was substantially the sa me foie° before been published in our columns . A _ t its cone . . 0 Sir John Hill addressed *. er and int to the prison , to r i whether he had any question which he wish e d the witness ? tiin not Henty—Wh a t he W I •'s is t Si r Jolla. I no tb- lea know wh e th er I unders t ood w r lie e t , her Duff I °' - o t rigf to believe that I was under an impression that 1 6 01 satisfied that I told Duff that I considered the Eas t, was sne( of those who was at wo rk about th.. r,, pot but that in the morning I found he was not. 1 " ut of recollect saying anythin a bout the fire cossig ° the jalousies or shutters. g Duff—l 1- ass,ed a question about the jaloineolltit t os• being in the cockpit, I must have seen any light there that afternoon.. f th e Nicholas Pearce, an ' i p t rof the .A_ division st ate ° d Metropolitan Police 2orc ns- en :then called. Ne - ri- - that on the 4th of October , he he accompanied theooPos soner h to hie hou-4e in Sheerness, and in one of t .. ,h e h r e boa t ha e d rehe found, t wo pieces of resin, which h e sn!" :oar by him for some time. witness kind sin' pa, The _ ... er a° pared the resin with that found in the &darer 00 .. ~ and found them to be of the same kind an d clua sl , lo ci examining a shelf in the he found 3 o ld same room., Par ts Of t fl° a fern, in a box c a of the ornAse- - .., f ot o boxes. He had, examined ' inciters' an d bleb thr;se"„ ss if them also to be e of the same dr.scription as Ito , _ en pro' had been fer d nd 'in the ship , and which had ver ily' ha' duced and, shown to him bMr Miller. Ho ec t.- lieved, tbie witness added ., y tha t from the s tated% 0 . which be had heard made, that if he were al!olveufor.. continue his inquiries, he should be able to produeniepep• d Cher evidence that Henty did set fire t o the C s . down, lying in the fitting 'oasin of the dockyard. . r hs Henry, upon being coiled upon whoO e h cl to-know he vir e e wished to cross examine the witness, said that ~.. fit; toask him a q u es ti on t r ith regard to the ros y" ( wed wished to kno w wh e th er lie had not, in fac t . P it to him him se lf? Poce—l found one Pt ur ccgt 01 1c ip i a box. ed i t ' Henty—You did not ; I took - the box and °Pe ° t he box, took a cloak 'off i t fi rst, and then I took uP , e knowing the resin was there, and took it ont• re . 9 io I l'..ave already said thst I found the _ je ce myself.ParceT— here were two pieces. I took the first Y .0 ,1 from the l uc ifert , ; 0: ‘ %atria ehelt on which I -found the Li Ve the seco n d • is . piece from a box untgc.‘. r the ta,,,e. .„ t inor , w r z full of old iron and rubbish of the same dehearisked nd when I had begun to it , the is erier - 133 search whether he should turn the box over. I' desire , t o to do so, and he turned it over u ader the table, an d resin was in the box with the of her things. )ic i s 101 Heoty—Tne resin vas on th., brass Plate w ' r brittle on the top of the box, in the ctintre of a coil ( P oso ld wire. It was at the top, and the first thing wh ich be seen on the box being opened. P earee •----There were many thing's in the box,to o y _ Sir John Hill (to the witness) —Do you mea" pest-0 ...... 00 that the resin was hidden under the rubb ish? ao turning Not at all ; Henty was the first to. prop things out of the box. to esS Isaac Townsend, the postman,,was the last w. -- al exa mined. Henty contradi c t e d much that Towneell stated ultimately. : , toar The prisoner was removed from , : the room in --1 " hie; o o l f d lnFpector Pearce, and was onr ;e more carried t° the' quarters at the poiice-s•at* t the gat e °f dock-yard, which he said '" a Maidstone, he p se f e rred to gaol. T ~ u hro ~ hout the w h o l e exam i na ti on he conducte innisrlt with In Uell firinne3s rind self-P esse ssi "' appeared still attired i n h is . P n ifO r m a s e wirranfrofficer• ..-_-.7.______- 1, t, THE LATE DUEL.—Lieut. Harvey Tuc,,et. it h i s who etas wounded by the 7 .Bari of Cardigan, has le , 0 , b l ed and is now able ti, w alit about his house, in Haali,t°,t p . ace. Mr. Tuck eit wis senior lieutenant of the regirneu when he exchanged with Lieutenant Forrest. A LONG CASE.---A case which had been. no a less tha n 81 times lactre Mr. Cressweil , in order t thin the truth of cdrtaiti statements in the schedule of a gentleman named Nkt u • d d Isige‘ c9. kenian, who ha d possesse Wolfer't tares teas ~ brough.c to a close yesterday in the a ,„ Debtors' Court, and Mr. Wakeman, who had been I's i r on time in ' prison, was discharged, be having at lengit h, haug +N... . . scnted to acknowledge the validity Lot Featherston.. claim,