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ErITION. LITERAT URE. FORGET-111E-NO T; The c Acker mann, London, 1840. of the' Porge:t_ime. Not" is, w e b e li eve, t h e ° ld es ;N I ," arleP:al fraternity the Adam of the race— ileekvears it's years well. There are no tokens of 14 6 or decrepitude in the present volume for tetie;,lvilieh, in point of embellishments, main is -a character for variety and excellence ; and h te -.1 Ile means amiss —though assuredly not first -4414111 quality. of its literary contents. i 1 first -4414 contributes largely to it, in the shapeof hee , one of which " The Wife of Sir Walter . 1 8 elgh," is as impressive in - idea as it . grac e f ul ti les n expression. The "First-Born" Pkratie along l ightly and smoothly in the aria tilited nieasure...—a measure which is better lietoietf° ofnius of our language than even the Prq eit ottnverse, in which Pope was so , gre . at a Pros e ti,t• The " King's Banner Bearer ' is l a Ivh o i t a ' i e) from the pen of Miss Lawrance, a lat.)/ ite t hi- a'readY favourably known to the public by Thi. 4 'tericl memoirs of the Queens of England. j r „ t . al e is the ablest in the 'volume. The .tiarle!) Pountain'' is a story fr;unded on an old eilth',;4l" legend ; but we ca.:lnot compliment the 4 144 tes.; Miss Pardoe, ori the spirit she has in ,erera,nt° it, It is rat i der below than above the t eur,,'e,efannual fictions. The plates are eleven I s by...uee ; ~., ~ ~ pir ce h e May," which "Rre eed ti n e ut . tlietri, . . g i ri, t i ttr t i N Y Srriven, from an original panting . tepresents an arch, buxom, village lest Whose tx - . andalluring eyes are if seeii pressive te'l !Ilia- be Coining gipsy bonnet. ~ a 1n.., .P e e Ping from beneath the shade The attitude b et a apnea p r ett y Meting creature, who is seated , e 1 0 .7 C band,ding elm, with a basket of flowers i 1 t ' s atie rl "1(1;3 easy and elegant. In the engraving , - Ns, e v4 ifs of Sir Walter Raleigh," two . e 0 al of Whom wears an aspect of high Anthe th and a uthority, are represented standing f or e battlements of a castle, looking anxiously ] ' e ta 'n ,thee approach of the gallant Sir Walter, , :t ee (If h e r ' el' will never return to hie baronial :tece',.. e r h • be n eath the axe of the IN, - ee et , has just fallen It"lhie ~, ". The Game at Che:ss " is a ple.as -1.'4 Cc* eaPpily worked out., with the exception leas :lrat e Young lady who i-- playing at it, has k r tht°° languishing • (lackadisical a look. 'get e lbino l - a 1".• nor below, ' O rrit • 0 P a te 4 nr.e neither abode , S. 04A," . 4. 81 ' I g caND SPORTS IN FO REIGN LANDS, 2 Vols. 10 paps. Coltan, London, 1840. ~ the tot c" l e'n of the following pages, says . flte e 13:‘ these volumes, Major Napier, in his 14 1 0;i 4 aPPeared originally in the Old Sporting lei th e e ' end record some of the incidents w hi ch . 11;',,erel 0 1 4 . 1111 ' 0 r anti du t i es i et . tn. e,„„ , liis companions in arms,. in Fore I ft . , - "wer days, during a long residence r. i ta•llms, Whither he had been led b e y the A t ° w tilk ' gip Profession." From his . brief state tifaete ' rea der will gather a very fair idea of . the tii,, ° ,,, 4 Per t s ° o f , ‘ th ., e gallant author's book, which is full t o 141 . t., 141 reminiscences, chiefly referring to field tiett, otishito, it(, y in t ,_ e ula ts the theatre of action—the finest ki d " . th e ex n world for the purposes of the sportsa, 111'r Major _N o on, perhaps, of Southern Africa— the 4 61 -.llaPier, as appears in every page of ite,ititelo6'tevalled himself of its local advantages to se." , or k ' A more indefatigable sportsman, in toP itl ete ardent lover of enterprise, whichhe I, ll ti ilelrihave prized in proportion to its danger, L il t, e„'" or never recorded his achievements in . ' to ns '.k\' • °thing daunted•him and his gallant com 4s r i 04 4 ,. th pursuit of the 'chase over the hills 111 l tl 1 the jungles of the East.. To rise at tellte4rY43reek, when the heavy mists of night fotke. thisnpon. the wood and rock, in order to sur he more i tt al itisbi uea r In his craggy fastness, 4 t ,rel, e ti ger in his lair among the otTt tangled tin t etee, te brav e .h e fi erce whirlwind,and u th t e s q •ye, , • till. 009-lades and hazards that follow i i qth' ant; cross the river or the lake, in defiance e.4ll4;ell_l:igators that infested the wateis a , r f e ro d m iffi a . wet, t P 4 sionate love of sport ;—these we 4 (Ir. Which Major Napier seems to have 41 Et 4 . i t . tthy t 0 lightly, that he scarcely deems them .s 0 14 s e (14 -More than a passing mention. Here i e tioi te net of an encounter with a tiger in a ate 4t " V 4 Nit amid rocks and woods ~,m e e :„ I 'Ad not been ten minutes in our position, eh` , l e i ,i e ltd of coming as we expected, from under our ttliet't-•,4ll%eing us to take him in the rear, a slight ''' e tte - e b" 4 „ the bushes immediately in front of us wa tt s . Pltkallx, aloe noble royal tiger advanetng he t id t . tei,e' "4°4 the ledge of rock. At first 0 m eet It 141; het an d we allowed him to apoach a few w i) N on looked up, viewed us, and made as a dead within i b ti ve at 4 second Was to be lost ; he havew k it 0 0 '44 ' nnd a single bound would fired sent at h 44t4 e °f t he party to eternity. We both _ himself di I'o.o-Dusty and both with effect ; he reared i tli ,i his i!, t ati t wad legs, as if to make a forw be ar lo d w. bou m m y t, l ii 'l 1 1 , 4 , 'nil rolled heavily into the abyss 's had struck klt i r4 i ll tl i t : t i l ! i lll between the eyes ; but l hand was steady enough e,',(l, 4ft %a lthough my I t litt°l lfe ()in s. I know not how be G fou — nd himselgfh; when t til oir , e , t the business was over, atnreclailawlaaass,agmattinehpraos hl,l64olllned, it felt uncommonly ver night. As to the le t tle v ; ) 4l a. glass du 1 4 Is devil ( If a black fellow l" w 2 hl - .l n had accompanied us, kil \S o ti . a .perf ect earneleon : his polished phiz being We ri tittl into an ashy blue.' 4: I ti l ub. .loin another tiger . anecdote . te„*4 ' day after the arrival of the elephants, as V ° i t : Preparing for a start, a number of . villagers s testa i s it ereat hurry to the tent . to inform u ttitlt thug had been killed that morning by the tiger five miles I s t i , Pernburty hill, f our .or t tl ‘t : k i, h el e • c h oir q d u r once of having been close.lyhfeoela fled hi s prey, but hoed be a lloVri to thea bill.°3' This appeared i t i 1 1 4 ° Newt we a th r er t e e f r o r r ifi e ed immediately conductors, t g ot h ijundn.ddue due ti. ' p! 11 . 4 'I 1 11 1141 v ; ‘t P.-natetboewspingt where n lay the unfortunate ere , d his lt 'S' itidat 't a melancholy sight ; a cloth It4tal ' lvllltli On being removed, disclosed the en i f irca ,, d s f o ul f le e tr: o o,: t hi eb he had been rescued from the a f. n, f nr_ etl 7' He was a handsome youth tte % 4 4 ftee d even in 111tap:ed ,theirni an beauty, which wdaesathnathims marred by 111 01 1 Platlie4 a ... P P e arancewhic t h he the ' , rim visitant stamps European. b 41,0 h c eki u nt t e h nanez . ofOn one part i skull was visible ; a little othertil b oilk a c o n tusion, t w usi l o te n, from which the black gouts drop liipaqs were slowly on strickling, and which falling con i. l a al:s1 44 already formed the ground of a small h he 14004 e°ogealed mass, sufficiently showed At /aith Unerring aim, received his . w death-blow. e d re t IN s il e" and ribs were crushed in, anh having Itte4 state of one arm bore witness to his m t i h g e S t 4 , tare d some distance in the jaws of . I , , Near the body, and closely " 4 t 4 1 - : e t. le enveloped in her nit sate a woman Rho i i tooth, was pointed out to us as I CO -L 'e ' r ; a monument of silent grief, she stirred the not, , I l l tt t - „ 4 t, but kept her eyes intently fixed . on sad 7 tt - t nle before her, which by the preparations going . on 1 414 a funeral pile, was shortly to be committed to .4 3 , c 't ' a s* f the hi letl aay nothing of the exciting nature o lowilet detailed in these volumes, dhum there is a tone of our about them, 1110'14We and cordial goo - We may it 'tes trtu et . niak e them general favourites. Il le' tr 1 ' 'mark, by way of recommendation, that . °I t Y afre : Mantled with a variety of plates, the(lc- 114 for which have all been supplied by the author. 4118 T OBY OF A FLIRT. 3 VoLS. h Ali e Collfurn, London, 1840. . 1?1,41,- ti, title of this tale will insure it a certain 4111: '(111 sat ; for what young lady addicted to take ,'t watetim,-placejs and r elsewhere, will not ,- I '4 ''''st in r:ading of the adventures of a conaL alai 4,144, more especially when those adventures l.tli - tl 4 w ith feelin,, and vivacity, as i s case the of a l ' i irt" l ' t work before us ? The " History is • t'i ti a l • Indeed a story remarkable for its lively 1. 1 ° 4 "-lated character ; the incidents are nuin u e: °ji lt; ! , 441 Put together with sufficient regard to pr 4, 41)11 there is a point and vigour in the lan- ' 11 `1 : worthy of a less trifling subject. The heroine, but 1/ay,:a Vansittart, a beautiful, accomplished, blti t,ard girl, after breaking the heart of a worthy IliZ'lltleutan, wh o answers to the name of Turner I ,tiiii, 41'd occasionin a duel between two young ' 111 11 ) -1 ,. 11 co, one of wlom is ever after obliged to 4let',•auttt with a wooden leg, is herself ultimately tr i'ed by a heartlesN, but singularly handsome i'llli'''' t'etlrrlit'llee It4tot‘-1;e, Captain Thel ' vvall, whom she falls despe- Ns;i e tl: , , ,, a n d marries, on the strength of whose magic then/ is no resist- I lti q S()011 after nuptials, however, the flirt's tribu tkiliL'),,`2gios ; she di6covers that thr gallant Cap.. °l.'l hi s " espoused her merely for her money ; and, ‘t, CO OIIy acquainting her with this little Pit' site rushes off from him in a paroxysm 11,, ' aild agony, and takes refuge with .i 11ehit:,11,°tber and sisters, who receive u ti l e Iri kt -t victim of flirtation, with open arms. \\'4lo,e,lYl Captain Thelwall dies ; and then his s co-I.,,grown wise at.d considerate at last, .ma r riii ,,... to te ' '.ltor'(.l: a suitor whom she hadonli't'm h - er in toliseqUarrelled with, and who had discarded_ .. 146 tice of his having heard some anecdotes it- i fs, the lustrative of her desperate flirting propensities. As we said before, the tale is cleverly written, but is rather too straight-laced in its moral tone—in fact, it is " righteous overmuch," for it by no means follows that a flirt should be cursed with so many unamiable, and even repulsive, qualities, as are here shown to be the portion of Louisa Vansittart—alias, Mrs. Thelwall—alias Lady Elford. Almost every lively, pretty young girl is a flirt, as almost every young man is a coxcomb ; but time, who brings sobriety and reflection i❑ its train, seldom fails to rectify the follies induced by youth, and its general comcomitant, vanity. Though we have no very excessive admiration for the cha• ratter of a flirt, yet we infinitely prefer it to that of a prude, just as we prefer the giddy, self-conecited Tom Jones to the grave and hypocritical Master Blifil. JUVENILE ALBUM. Ackermann, London, 1840. We have in this elegantly bound quarto a collec tion of prose tales, accompanied by suitable embel lishments, addressed to the youth of both sexes, for whose capacities they are well adapted. Mrs. Lee is the story-teller, and relates many incidents of foreign travel in the simplest and most concilia tory manner. The engravings are on steel, and are all taken from original designs furnished expressly for the work, by Woolnoth. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Sheridan's most laughable of comedies (if comedy it cin be called) The Critic, was produced at this Theatre last night, for the first time these nine years. Many thanks to the fair lessee there, for we have not enjoyed such a treat for many a long day. There has been a great outcry of late of the dearth of new pieces ; but, for our own pall, we would infinitely prefer seeing The Critic, cast as it wag last night, to a host of new pieces of the ap roved modern fashion ; and the audience seemed to be of our opinion, for the laughter was loud, continued, and hearty, and the piece was given out for repetition on Wednesday, amidst loud applause. Mr. C. Mathews was the Puff, and, with the full recollection of Jones in that' character, we must say we give the preference to Mr. C. Mathews. Jones's Puff, brilliant, bustling, and humorous as it was, was wanting in reality. It was an Exqui site acting, Puff—there was a want of earnestness about it. This want is not felt in the Puff of Mr. C. Mathews. In the rehearsal scene you perceive at once that he is the author. It is not a gentle man acting author—it is the very author himself, fidgety, nervous, vexed ; by turns irascible and courteous ; whose bread for the next six months de pends upon the success of his tragedy—which success depends in a great measure on his keep ing the actors in good humour. His energetic corrections of bad readings, and his humble yet earnest remonstrance against the too free use of the pruning knife, must, we should imagine from their vraisemblance, have been studies from nature. In the earlier scenes, instead of rattling through his description of his puffs in the careless manner hitherto practised, he delivered his lecture on his art as one thoroughly convinced of its importance to society, and with the enthusiasm which alone could have enabled him to attain that eminence in the puffing department on which Sneer compliments him. In this part of his performance he introduced one or two excellent hits which told admirably, such for instance, as a project for making the Thames Tun nel useful by turning it into a place of shelter for fish in rainy weather, and another for inoculating the law yers with a spirit of harmony, by letting out West minster Hall for promenade concerts. Farren was the Sir Fretful Plagiary, and a capsicum pickled in verjuice could not have been more pungent. He seemed an incarnate spirit of vinegar. The gradual rise of his choler, notwithstanding his abortive at tempts to suppress it, as Sneer repeats to him the criticism on himself and his writings, was one of the most richly-ludicrous exhibitions we have ever witnessed. It was literally getting up the steam. His exit was superb. Sneer found an able represen tative in Cooper ; not a point was suffered to be lost. Harley was a very laughable Whiskerandos, and Mrs. Orger an admirable Tilburina. We cannot close this notice withou t expressing our admiration of the way in which Mrs. C. Jones acted the con fidante. Her idea of making the confidante lame is admirable, and adds vastly to the humour of the part. The getting up of the piece is excellent, and all who admire genuine wit, and would enjoy a hearty laugh, should see The Critic at Covent garden. COURT CIRCULAR. 'WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, is expected to arrive this evening at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Viscount Palmerston is also expected to arrive this evening from town. The Right Hon. F. T. Baring left the Castle this morning. The unfavourable weather throughout the day has prevented the Queen and the Royal party from taking their usual drive in the Park. The Earl and Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay took their departure this morning for town. The Earl of Uxbridge, and the Ladies Eleanor& and Constance Paget, will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner this evening. Mr. Ross, senior, had the honour, this morning, of submitting to her Majesty's inspection, the first Num ber of " Ross's Portraits of Children of Royal, Noble, and Distinguished Families," of which her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her Royal approbation. The Duke of Cambridge attended by Baron Knese beck, left town yesterday morning for the Royal Mili tary College, at Sandhurst, to attend the examination of the Cadets. , His Royal Highness returned to Glou cester HQUSC last evening. The Duke of Sussex attended yesterday afternoon, at Clarence Mouse, St. James's, the residence of her late Royal Highness the Princess Augusta. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his resi dence in Downing-street yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Foreign Office for her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, at the Hague. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—On reading your paper of last Thursday, under the bead of " Police Intelligence, Guildhall," I was sur prised at the incorrectness of the names as given by your Reporter. The prisoner's name was George Grant, iron-founder ; the person who appeared against him was Francis Standing, foreman to R. Barrett and Son, founders, Beech-street, Barbican, who were the parties robbed by George Grant ; the parties did not wish to prosecute on account of his family, but he was commit ted for two months to the Bridowell. These are the facts of the case, and I know, it because I am personally acquainted with all the parties. I trust you will give publicity to this. A CONSTANT READER. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. -- ENGINEERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have directed, that the engineer's apprentices shall wear a " uniform," consisting of a round jacket of blue elo• b, with a stand-up collar, single-breasted, with " Regulation" but tons. When the importance of such a powerful auxiliary to motion as steam became obvious, in the infancy of the esta• blishment of a department of this nature by Govcrnmen it was found necessary to employ civilians, who proved in tractable to naval discipline, and the consequent subordi. nation absolutely essential to be observed fur the good o V•e service, particularly as the pay then exceeded, and now nearly equals, that of the officer in command of the vessel; and at present, when within tropics, the pay of a chief engineer is superior to that of a lieutenant R. N. commanding. It became then the policy of the Admiralty to take " apprentices" regularly " indentured" to bring youths op in the service ; but many lads of bad character having been found difficult to be got rid of, in consequence of the legal document, the naval authorities were directed not to pursue the plan any further, and the term " boys" was applied, its a recent Admiralty order, to the appren tices, and we would now suggest, as the Lords Commis sioners have declared it necessary to order a uniform for the respectable youths now admitted (many being the sons of gallant and distinguished commissioned naval of ficers), it would render the matter compete, to designate them " Engineer's assistants , " acco rdin g to the usa g e observed towards other candidates for another grade of warrant-officers of a superior rank. The early progress of the steam service of the Royal Navy, will be interest ing to the future historian, and we ought not to leave it incomplete. At the same time, we cannot approve of that miserable ceonomy by which the Admiralty is actuated in their order, for the sum of sixpence a day to be deducted from the contingent allowance of the chief engineer, fur the instruction of the " boys," which is to be added to the pay of the second class boy, now allowed to attend cn the Engine-room mess.—Kentish Mercury. The funeral of the late ion. Admiral Fleming was to take place yesterday, at Leamington Spa. The Hon. George Mountstuart Elphinstone left early in the week to attend the obsequies. sionTiintest.l\..flaamrielus,iss-sqoufarCe,ian adjoiningria has sold his man. crd the Earl of Lichfield's, to the members of a club. fEsaiirlliEboufr.E,oldto,ntowh towards B sd s The hop given 3C1., and the onlargi: g the church . of 6 " Ma , .), Wareham, the church ace.;tninudation proving insufficient for that populous neighbourhood. It 15 in tended to make 600 additional free sittings. THE SVN, i ONIION, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 7 'RA IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM NAVIGATION. At the sitting of the French Academy of Sciences on the 26th October, the attention of the meeting was devoted to the discussion of a maritime and military question of great importance. The sound of war seemed to have penetrated the hall of Minerva ; and though the lerrned academicians appeared to treat the question as one belonging to science, it was evident their thoughts were bent on war. The subject of discussion was a new mode of propelling steam-ships proposed by M. Jouffroi, the son of the man for whom the French claim the honour of being the original inventor of steam navi gation. Long before the American engineer Fulton made his first experiments in propelling vessels by steam, it is asserted that M. Jouffroi the elder had successfully attempted to move a large vessel, by the application of the same power, on the river Saone. We translate from the report of the proceding of the Academy the following account of the claims of the elder Jouffro', and of the invention of his son : In 1775 the waters of a river in France were first ploughed by means of that powerful agent whose appli. cation to steam navigation was destined to become first known across the Atlantic. Judging from the report presented to the Academy, the priority of JoulTroi, with respect to that invention previously, appears incontes tibly established. It was, then, by a Frenchman, that the first steam-vessel was constructed ; it was also another Frenchman who prepared the first engine for raising the water that was put in motion by this irre sistible agent. The fame of Jouffroi reflects even more honour on France than that of Denis Papin. It is in fact a diffi cult question to determine what kind of compensation can be made by the French nation to that illustrious philosopher whose whole family was banished from France by the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and who himself died at a distance from his country, in con sequence of the measures of the implacable Jesuits, who directed the conscience of Louis XIV. The son of the first inventor of steam-vessels has wished to continue and extend the glorious work of his father, and he has endeavoured to effect a total rcvolu t:on in the existing state of steam propulsion of ships, both in those of armed vessels as well as merchantmen. Such is the undertaking which was on the 26th October discussed before the Academy of Science. M. A_ do Jouffroi, while endeavouring to establish the claims of his father in the memoir presented to the Institution, advanced opinions of his own which were quite at variance with the usual method of building steam-vessels. He announced that he was quite pre pared to afford practical and demonstrative trials before a Commissiou of the Academy. The trials have been made and examined, and M. Cauchy read the report of there. M. Cauchy commenced by briefly stating the nature of the im i irovement proposed by M. Jouffroi. It prin cipally consis's in a new disposition of the moving power. The paddle-wheels of steam-vessels have been attend. ed with inconveniences, that from their commencement have been perceived by all able engineers. Their posi tion is still subject to many objections, and they are now placed in the middle only as a pis alter for want of a better place. Besides, these wheels would usually be exposed to the fire of the enemy in case of a naval engagement ; they are also subject to a yet more serious objection founded on a total disregard of all the laws of mechanics. M. Cauchy stated that the most serious inconvenience arising from the paddle-wheels of steam ships generally employed arose from the impossibility of giving them a surface proportionate to the repulsive force desired to be obtained. Hitherto in the largest steam-ships they have been unable to allow the surface of a paddle to exceed two square metres. Besides, the plunging paddle does not produce its total effect until - it is entire:y raised from the water, and in many posi tions a great part of the power is wasted in raising the water and not in propelling. The object of the mechanism employed by M. de Jouffroi is to obviate this inconvenience. Two immense paddles are placed at the stern of the vessel, in the shape of swans feet, which close when the vessel is impelled, and open when the impulse is to be given ; this method admits the power of increasing the surface of these im pelling paddles to an almost unlimited degree. The Committee have made actual experiments of the apparatus on the water of the Seine. M. Cauchy first spoke of the model of afrigate as having been employed ; this excited general astonish ment ; but the experiments on the Seine became imme diately intelligible when it was understood that this frigate was little more than a metre and a half long. This pretty model was in fact propelled, and to the approbation of the Committee, sometimes with paddle-wheels or ac cording to the usual system, sometimes by means of the enlarged surfaces. The Committee have done every thing that could be done with this miniature frigate ; they examined and compared in succession the effect of wheels and the new plan, and the general conclusion arrived at with respect to this small model, was, that though the impelling power in the two plans was nearly equal, there was, notwithstanding, a very con siderable advantage in favour of the new one, because after the propellers were stopped, they imparted con siderable motion to the little model. Thus in one of the experiments the usual paddle wheels and the swans' feet apparatus, in performing a hundred and eighty two revolutions, drew the small frigate in eight minutes 4 over a space of filty-two metres and sixty metres, at the end of which the paddle-wheels had exhausted their efforts, but the swans' feet apparatus, besides gaining eight metres, carried the little vessel sixty metres farther in sixteen minutes. This power so ac tively displayed should be doubtless attributed to the new propellers. We will not continue these compa risons farther than is necessary to arrive at the delicate part of our task, which consists in stating that all these experiments, to which M. Cauchy has so earnestly devoted himself, prove absolutely nothing. This was the impression produced also on the Academy. It will scarcely be imagined that a Committee, formed of a majority of practical engineers, having considered the question philosophically, could for a moment ima gine that anything could be judged of from experi ments made by a model not larger than a metre and a half. The uncertainty is too flagrant, and the judgment of the Committee must have been strangely perverted. —lnventors' Advocate. CAPTAIN REYNOLDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Permit rri.! to inquire, on behalf of sime Liver- Pool subscribers to the fund for the purpose of show ing their sympathy for what was conceived the oppres sion of Captain Reynolds by his Lieutenant-Colonel, what disposition of the fund has been contemplated by the good folk of the metropolis, seeing that the original intention has been frustrated by the party concerned? And while on the subj ec t, allow me the use of a few words to Express on behalf o f myse l f an d f r i en d s , more than our surprise, and scarce;}' less than our contempt, for the most spiritless and unworthy letter it was ever our misfortune to peruse. Truly, to use Shakspeare's phrase, " It is a dishonourable and vile submission" "La stoccata" carries it away. How is it, Sir, that Captain Reynolds, having the audacity (Anglice courage) to oppose an unwonted and arbitrary stretch of authority on the part of his conimandine ' officer, should only be awake to a sense of his insubordination at this late stage of the matter? Surely if rebellion to military authority be a crime, and he has all along been as sensible of it as he appears now to be, and yet be.. fore a constituted tribunal of men who were cunning in the law, he persisted in defence of himself and repudiation of his commanding officer, he was guilty of an additional violation of his duty as a soldier and junior in rank, if not in service. No syllogism can be plainer. All his whining about his Royal mistress, and her conde scension, her conditional relaxation of severity, and all that, is very suppliant, but pure maudlin ; and as a man of common sense he must know, what is current to the merest military tyro, that an appeal to Lord Hill is the one thing needful, the Queen knowing as little, and per haps carkg as much, for his duration of service and standard of merit, as that of Tippoo Saib, or any other ' Oriental belligerent. I cannot help refLeting with pain upon a man, who from circumstances has been made the subject of public sympathy, and whose heroism seems of such an equivocal kind as to impress us with the idea of its being merely the result of passion uncontrolled, and not that grave and moral courage capable of sus taining the possessor in vicissitudes of the darkest cha racter, and would suggest to Capt. Reynolds that if he considers himself the babe of military subjugation, how ever rigorous and undeserved, to submit himself at once to the salutary_ Me_cannot help thinking, in conclusion, that Eurl Cardigan is a somewhat abused man—one thing for certa n, he knew pretty well the materials he had to work upon. I ay, Sir, yours respectfully, Liverpool, Nov. 5, 1640. A LAWYER. [As far as we can learn, the subscribers both here and in the country, are atiloss box to dispose of the subscriptions. They seem to be agreed, however, on one point, that they shall not -go into the pockets of Mr. Reyno'ds.] OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. (From Galignani's Messenger) The cortege left the Tuileries at one o'c'ock. The King's departure was as usual announced by a salvo of artillery from the Invafides. His Majesty was in a car ria,=e, surrounded by a numerous staff of general officers, aides-dc-camp, &c. Both sides of the quay and the Pent de la Concorde, by which the cortege passed, were flanked by troops of the line and National Guards. His Majesty was saluted by repeated shouts of " Vive le Roi !" frxr. the troops, but any manifestation from the public was impossible, by the distance at which they were from the cortege. At, one spot, indeed, an attempt was made by some foolish or ill-disposed young men to insult the King by setting up a loud laugh, and exclaiming," Chantens la Marseillaise I" but they met with no encouragement in this demonstration of bad feeling, and they had suffi cient prudence to refrain from carrying their invitation to each other into effect. The doors of the Chamber of Deputies were opened at ten o'clock for the admission of persons who had re ceived tickets. Before eleven nearly every place was occupied. On this occasion, as on the last, the front sea's were reserved for the ladies, and the space behind the scats of the Deputies in the whole pourtour, as also a portion of s i lace at each entrance, were appropriated exclusively to their use. tit twelve o'clock the doors were closed, as regarded the admission of the public having tickets ; but at this hour every seat was not only occupied, but the space behind the benches filled wherever standing room could be obtained. The Chamber presented the same appearance as last year : we did not notice any alteration. Up to nearly half-past twelve there were very few Peers and Deputies in the Chamber, but soon after wards the centre and left of the Chamber, which on this occasion are appropriated to the Deputies, were nearly half filled, and towards one o'clock there were nearly 300 Deputies. We did not, however, perceive more than about forty Peers on the right side of the Chamber, which is the portion occupied by the Peers on the occasion of the opening of the Session. None of the Deputies, on arriving, teemed to excite much interest, until M. Thiers made his appearance, which was at about twenty minutes before one. Be veal; wparinly greeted by a great number of Depu ties, but he appeared to be conversing with none be yond the ordinary salutations of the day, and in a few minutes he left the Chamber, and did not return until shortly previous to the arrival of the King. At one o'clock, and whilst the noise of the conversa tion among the Deputies and in the galleries was at its height, the arrival of the Queen was announced. The whole of the public, and the Peers, and the De puties, rose immediately, and the rapid transition from the tumult of conversation to the silence of respect was very effective. In a second every voice was hushed, and every eye was directed to the Queen's box with more than ordinary affection, for fresh calls had been made upon the sympathy of all well-constituted minds since her Majesty and the representatives of the Couit last met. Shortly before one o'clock M. Guizot entered the Chamber in his costume as a Minister, and proceeded to the space before the throne, where he was warmly welcomed by several Peers, Deputies, and Members of the Coueseil d'Etat, who were standing or sitting there. A great number of Deputies also left their seats, and came down to M. Ge,:zot, with whom they shook hands cordially, and conversed for a short time. The Ho nourable Minister seemed to be much pleased with the reception which he had experienced, and looked ex ceedingly well. Soon after the discharge of tho guns had announced the departure of the King from the Tuileries, M. Guizot, who had left the Chamber, returned with the other Mi nisters, and the whole of them took their scats on the velvet-covered stools immediately under the throne. Marshal Soult, who looked well, although evidently broken a little since the last Session, took his seat on the right ; M. Guizot sat next to him, and after them, on the same side, were Admiral Duperre, M. Tcste, and M. Cuni►t Gridaine. The other four Ministers sat on the left of the Throne. Below the Ministers, under the Throne, were the Members of the Council of State, and in front, on the cross benches, were Generals and grand Dignitaries of State. At a quarter past one the usher stationed at the door by which the King enters announced his Majesty's ap proach, and immediately afterwards the two deputations who had received his Majesty on his arrival preceded him on his way to the throne. Baron Pasquicr was, as usual, at the head of the deputation of the Peers. The generals and other great officers of the palace who ac companied his Majesty, ascended the stairs, and ranged themselves behind the throne. The King ascended the stairs of the platform on which the throne is placed with a very firm step, hut when he had reached it he appeared to be under con siderable emotion. Having taken his seat with the Dakea d'Orleans and Nemours on his right hand, and the Dukes de Montpensier and d'Aumale on the left, a general shout of " Vive le Roi" was set up. The King then rose, and, coming forward, bowed to t'hc Chamber. In doing this, he betrayed more cmo -aim than on any former occasion, but the loud hearty shouts -of •' Viva le Roi" which followed, add itt which the ladies joined., ,restoseLd__lis _.Ma-. jeaty to coofidenee. The - teeejition - Whieh - thi Majesty met with appeared to Surprise as well as delight him. There was something abeut it totally unlike the usual demonstrations of courtly ceremony. To describe in what visible points this reception differed from the last would perhaps be difficult. Everybody present, however, seemed to feel that on this occasion the ge neral demonstration was sincere ; all judged of the sincerity of others by their own. THE NEW MINISTRY. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The leading articles of our Paris Contemporaries of this morning possess very little interest for the general reader. They are chic-fly en the late change of Ministry, and the observations of the London press on this change, form a very prominent feature for comment. The journals which supported the Cabinet of M. Thiers make it a sin in its successor that it should receive so much praise from from foreign journals. They forget, however, that when M. Thiers came into office several of the London papers hailed his accession as a favourable sign for the duration of the alliance between the two countries, and were not sparing in their eulogiums. The same outcry was raised against M. Thiers on this account by his politi cal adversaries here as is now set up against the Soult Cabinet. M. Thiers was called the Ministre de retranger, as the Soult Cabinet is now calle d the Cabin e t de I'etranger. It would, therefore, be only fair, now that M. Thiers has shown that he is not res ponsible for the praises of foreign writers, to assume that his successors are equally independent. If amongst the English journals there be some which, as our Con temporaries here say, bestow their eulogiums upon the French Cabinet only because they think it will consent to sacrifice the dignity of France to the exigencies of foreign Powers, they will probably change their system when they shall be convinced that their spe culations were ill-founded ; and if there be jour nals in England which, in an earnest desire for an honourable alliance with France, are ready to give encouragement to any Minister or set of Ministers anxious to promote such an alliance, their praise ought not to be considered offensive by any person in this country who desires an alliance with England as the best guarantee for the peace of Europe, whatever may be his opinions as to the persons in office. Some of the journals copy from the Presse a short letter, dated Oct. 10, from M. de Lamartine to a friend who was about to quit France, in which he congratulates him on his in tended dPparturr, 31.8 aFranoo ie advanoing towards .1111 early 10th of August, and a possible d i smemberment." The Constitutionnel says this letter was evidently not intended for publicity, and that probably M. de Lamar tine will be very mach surprised at seein g his rever i es in print. As the letter, however, first appeared in the journal which is considered the organ of the DJ La martine party, no matter by what breach of coirfidenco t found its way there, the Constitution nel feels that it is 'ully justified in commenting upon it. This journal says :- 44 Fortunately it is a poet who speaks, that is to say, a man who holds realities in sovereign contempt, and abandons himself' to all the delirium of his imagination. We live in a period of effort and struggle,, but success will crown the work. France will not be made the prey of anarchy, end the constitutional throne will be fixed on a solid foundation. As a guarantee for this, we hare the experience which the country has gained, and its firm determination to maintain its institutions. Whatever may happen, whatever Ministry the vicissi tudes of politics may give to us, we have nothing to fear for the integrity of France, and the form of govern ment which she has established. The national will, as in 1630, will always prevail against the efforts of faction." Captain Reynolds is a descendant of a family once intimately connected with Lincoln. One of his an cestors was Bishop of the diocese. Charles Reynolds, the son of the Bishop, and great grandfather of Captain Rey nold, was Chancellor of the Cathedral, and his name is the last that has been recorded in the list of Chancellors. The Rev. Anthony Reynolds, one of the sons of the Chan cellor, and grandfather of the Captain, held clerical pre ferment in the vicinity of the city, and was Prebendary of Lincoln. Lawrence Reynolds, the eldest son of the Pre bendary, settled at Paxton, in Huntingdonshire, inheriting a very fair estate; he became a country, gentleman, and was for many years a very active county magistrate. lie had a family of twelve children, of whom the Captain is the eldest, and is row about thirty-one years of age. As he chose the army for a profession, the best efforts of the parent were exerted to secure his son's advancement, and we believe it is not more than three rea rs since a small es t a te near Lincoln was disposed of, and the proceeds pended in the purchase of the last promotion. About s twelve months ago the Captain's father died, leaving pro. perty in the hands of trustees until the youngest chili, now ten years old, should come of age. The Captain will then take possession of a property o f 3,0001. a year , and , in the moan time, he receives 3001. a year.—.Lincobt Mercury. TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A very F pirited " shilling subscription" was entered into at Lynn the moment the supposed hard ship of Mr. (late Captain) Reynolds' case was made public. The perusal, however, of that gentleman's let ter to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle has created a strong and general feeling of disgust. The subscrip tion list has been closed, and notice has been given to the Chairman of the Duke's Head Commercial Reading Room, whence it emanated, of the following resolution, to be submitted to the subscribers on Wednesday even ing next, when no doubt is entertained that an order will be made for payment of the amount to some de serving object of either civil or reliig,ious persecution : " That is the opinion of this meeting that the sentiments contained in the letter of Me. (late Captein) Reynolds to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, may prove effectual in procuring the pardon and patronage of the Horse Guards, but by no means entitle him to the sympathy of a warm hearted British public." Your very obedient servant, King's Lynn, Nov. 5. J. T. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,-L - Tl;;;l;peiranCe of a letter signed " Richard Anthony Reynolds," sent to the Editor of the Times, and copied in your valuable Paper, has led me to put the following queries to him, trusting he will answer them as a man of honour ought to do, without evasion or guise, and which are as follow, viz.:— First—Has he not, directly or indirectly, received a promise of being reinstated to his late rank in the army, upon condition of his publishing the letter referred to ? Second—Whether he can safely shy that he shall not, by such a promise, be hereafter promoted to the rank of a Lieutenant-Coloncicy, or some other favour, upon the saw, condition ? Third—? Whether he thinks his Royal Mistress, upon restoring him to his place again, has done it uninflu enced, or whether the public opinion has not influenced the Horse Guards to advise her Majesty to do it ? Fourth—Why did he not issue the letter above referred to, ducctly he learned that the subscription was on foot, for the loud expressions of the public press must have told him long ere this, that such was about being done, instead of waiting so long after its commencement? And Fifth—Why did he send the letter to the Times, a violent Tory paper, instead of sending it to The Sun, or some other Liberal Paper, which have so nobly defended his cause? - Let him answer the abo ve, ere the sub'scriptionS are gone into tee/ far, and which has been begun in this city for I verily believe no man possessed of common sense or gratitude for .a grateful people's support, unless under the influence of some promise, could have penned such a letter. A SUBSCRIBER TO THE FUND. P.S.—lt may be possible that some indirect friend of the Earl of Cardigan, may have induced him to write the said letter, with a view of drawing down public odium upon himself, and draw the attention of the public from that execration which is and must still be justly this Earl's due, for th a t d oes no t a lt er his (the Earl's) position in the eyes of the people. Norwich, Nov. 6. PREVENTION OF STEAM-VESSEL COLLISIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIK,—I would buggest that steam-vessels meeting upon opposite courses should each put her helm a star board instead of port. The word of command—" Hard a starboatd!" can be given with a better chance of being heard and understood than " Hard a port !" If each vessel puts her helm a starboard they will each pass on the starboard or right-hand side, which is in accordance with the rule observed in driving carriages upon high-roads. A NAVAL OFFICER. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. THURSDAY. _ . f with 20 added. Mile-and_ Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each a-quarter te a t s . Mr. Wil.not's b f Pansey , 3 yrs, 7st 81b...(Stagg) 0 1 1 Mr. Sam wt U's The Knight, 4 yrs, i. t 41b 0 3 2 Mr. Pratt's Sis. to Sir Ralph, 3 yrs, 7st6lb 1 0 0 Mr. Day's Barter, 3 yrs, 7st Ilb, Two others started. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, rnd 90 added. Mile-and a-parte. heats• Mr. Aplin's The Baron, 3 yrs, Bst 51b...(Crickmere) 1 1 Mr. Robinson's Finality, 6 yrs, list 21b 0 2 Mr. Cowley's Spangle, 5 yrs, lOst 5.b 0 3 Mr. E. Herbert's S irt Weller, 6 yrs, l lst 41b 2 0 Nine others started. The Worcestershire Hunters' Cup of 401., add ed to a Sweepstakes of 5 says., the second saves his stak e ; 1 2st 71b each. Mi e and a quarter. Mr. Rising's Moonshine .............................. IN'l li. r . . E ll . os i e l 's erb H: r r c r s y Tommy .................. :i. t.h...,:) ..... a. . : ..... added, for Four others st.rtcd. The Caialry Cup of 501., given by the Hon. C o l . one mile nnd a quarter, was won in two heats b Mr. ) Hope's b g Charles the Twelfth, 12st 71b (Reece), beating four others. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs• each, all horses. Mile-and -a-quarter heats. Mr. Evans's Fat Jack, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (Dodgson) 0 1 1 3 9 y i r l s , 7 1 8 b s . t . _ 4 .. 1 . 6 . ................. .... .. 00- 4 2 ::,31 Mr. Buckley's Charley, 4 yrs, 7st ..._ ............. i NI Mr. r.Collins's Collect's Isaac,l'heD aged.ean, Two others started for the first heat, Hill dig i o . ir: (tC D ,p o il r eP m sP. :_ e u n s hs e ajm b u e v : e t niei j i ; d To . h b e a ca h t e c a u d A p :l s l i; r r e iL d n a .N G e l r i i 4 e d k ia b teoartbeJa . utnled.ol. t In digo beat riton ; G ; Fairy a undecided M E rian T eßcai l e NEWMARKET -----laW). THURSDAY.C:O;IUIi nGßgiStborl Dobede's bk. and First Ties.—Dunkirk beat h A am lbe n r o t t ail a ; r i rbae ff aet es. d, P. Indian beat . course 0 1 y uF b ris o res o t t s TG ; joev K s i_rnngocGClc,oo, alhaesigpbeapeirentautswitiVnbaGmei o ao l t a v senGtrtanel Gibraltar k. Fantail beat Ire! ; Allegro You. Port Stakes. F;irsetrTucieifisi.—beSuotloDnubrieari.cißi r%i'vreulilen;:sßbrue.at Fury. upnra. tee Lu ll u a d te e h ,s es p . ii ll , l . r. b. D p ob a e r d li — e:s Mr b : b k a.Y e . a d ; t i . D'A p s iN kl . Pl . )Pal N sinnstkr; , PP; Nash bed r. C d. c h cd ' ic r Mr. In_ akipp's bk b. p. Iris beat Mr. mansion to - Mr. abov e --____,-------_ _ BR I D GEWA TE R HOUSE. Lord Francis Eger ton i, understood Barry,h ri a d s e rentrustedthe architect of both Houses of Parliament, lost, from and it commenced irnmediatek. Sir I Robert Smirks was first engaged as its architect, but that i gentleman gave up-,oril Francis is about engaging an extensive mansion for the approaching season, and if possible will take_ one spacious enoug h to the undertaking. r ,t,liiellerbeection of th e being packed no in the still standing portion of the above residence, to the lovers of the fine arts. hold his princely collection of painting s , now It is not gene , rally known that his L ordshi p 's collectio n , the greater portion of which was left him by the late Duke of Bridge water, is now estimated at upwards of 100,0001. value. Madame Caradori A llan is en gaged to s.ng 1 at Bnntinglion ; she then proceeds to Brighton, and after wards visits Liverpool, at each of which places she has professional engagements. LOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 7.—lt blew very fresh part last night and this morning, with rain.—Wind this day at ncon, light steady breeze at S. S.W., and fine weather. MARGATE, Nov. 6.—Off port the Atlas, Reynolds, from Jamaica ; Britain's Pride, Scott, Patras ; Charles Kidd, Liddell, Cape of Good Hope. SHEERNESS, Nov, 6.—Sailed the Lady Raffles, Wright, for Van Dicmen's Land. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—Wind S., fresh.—Arrived the Express, Scott, from St. John's, New Brunswick; British Queen, Munn, Newfoundland. Off port, the St. Law rence, from New Orleans; Ann, Hall, St. John's, Ncw Brunswick; Barlow, ditto; Dykes, Quebec. Sailed the Helvellyn, M`Lean, for Valparaiso; Eliza Johnstone, Petre, Pernambuco; Martha, Martin, Barbidoes; Bril liant, Welester, ditto; Mersey, Gregory, Vera Cruz; Fanny, M'Dowell, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6.—lt has blown a heavy gale from S. S.E. to W.S.W. throughout the night, and con tinues to.day with heavy squalls. POOLE, Nov. s.—Arrived the Raby and Fi from Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Alice, Truscott, from Miramichi. Fut back the Kerswell, Gover, for Demerara. It has blown a heavy gale all night from S. to S.W., and continued. FALMOUTH, NoE, s.—Wind S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Lucy Sharp, M'Fec, from Odessa. Off port the Waterwitch, from Denis. KINGSTOWN, Nov. s.—Arrived the Samson, Brown, from Odessa; Albion, Robeson, from Quebec. CORK, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Louisa, Deans, from Quebec ; Eliza Xnn, Hooper, ditto; Majestic, Rowland, Cape of Good Hope; Universe, Brack, Laguagra. Off Port the Ann Dingwall, Arthur, Capo of Good Hope. WIVENHOE, Nov. 6.—The Hunter, Stammers, from Yarmouth to London, sunk in the Severn yesterday, during a storm having struck on a rock. CORK, Nov. 4.—The Universe, Brock, arrived here from Laguna, leaky, and has lost sails, bulwarks, &c. VESSELS SPOKEN WITII. —The Henrietta, from Amster. darn to Batavia, Aug. 3, lat. 25 S., lon 20 W. ; a barque, Rendezvous, flag No. 2,354, July 31st. ; Elcanora, for Calcutta, Aug. 11, lat. 33 S., lon. 4 W., by the John Fleinir;g, Rose, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Lady Jane Stewart, from Liverpool, Sept. 28, lat. 1 S., lon., 20 W. ; Shcpperdcss, Mauritius to London, 13th ult,, lat., 28 lon. 34 ; Riehrr ond, from Cape of Good Hope, 15th, lat. al, lon. 36, by the Tigris, arrived at Liverpool. Echo Scilly to Gibraltar, 17th ult ; Burrels, Munden, London to Naples, 18th, the Rock of Liston, S. E. 40 miles ; Adak, London to Jamaica, 21st. lat. 47, lon. 8, by the Fancy, Wills, arrived at Portsmouth. Konig der Neder !ander, Vandermey, 24th, lat. 12 N., lon. 92. Mr. PONSONBY, not Mr. TIGHE, is to stand for the county of Carlow on the Liberal interest. The Hon. Captain Stanley and Mr. Stanley, left Ladyk, La Katharinen e a hire. Colonel Harcourt are ex, the Earl of Derby's mansion in G r o svenor - s q uare , y ester . dry forKn a s nd Pri Knowsley neetcd in town, on Monday mitt, Iron: the Isle of Wight, and were to leave the same day for Pitchford Hall, the seat of the Earl of Liverpool. A few days after the Gallant Colonel and her La:'yship's arrival the christening of the infant daughter of Mr. and Lady Louisa Cotes is to t.,1t0 place. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Batbadocs, and the Rev. E. Baker, Chaplain to his Lordship, were passengers, on Wednesday, in the Swift packet, Lieut. Welsh, for the \Vest Indies. The Duke of Devonshire was to leave Linmore Castle on Thursday last, for England, and his grace in. tended to make a few visits en route to Chatsworth, The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have left Loch Laggan for Taymouth Castle, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, to be pre sent at the nuptials of Lord Haddo and Miss Bailley. LORD EGREMONT'S WILTS ESTATES.--His Lordship is about to alienate his Wilts property, in conse quence of I_:.trge outlay he has encountered in Devon shire, and the vast additions LO is 111"111g to his lar g e t ee _ ritories there. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. HANOVER, OCT. 29.—His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Count Krelmansegge Minister of State for the War Department, retaining his rank in the army. Daux PONTS, OCT. 20.—Within these few days the French frontier towns between Sargemund and Bitsch Lave been occupied by French troops. CARLSRUHE, OCT. 27.—The continued armaments of France, the formation of camps at BeWort and Strasburg-, and the advance of great masses of troops towards our frontiers, excite great attention among our population on this side of the Rhine. Many c ,, mplain that the German frontier, from Switzerland to Landau and Gemershum, is wholly unprotected, and that the long projected federal fortress on the Upper Rhine is not yet erected. Others wish that measures may be taken by Germany for its defence, and that an Army of Observation should be assembled on the Rhine, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. HANOVER, OCT. 26.—The criminal proceedings against our Magistrates are drawing towards a conclu sion ; the defence is either given in, or will be before the end of the month. HANovEn, OCT. 31.—A Royal ordinance has just been published respecting the prohibition to export horses. The celebrated physician, Dr. Steiglitz, died here this morning, in the 71st year of his age ; he was active and vigorous till within a few days of his death, when an indisposition, which seemed to threaten no danger, seized him. His loss will be severely felt, not only in Hanover but in all Germany. FRANKFORT, OCT. 28.-1 he reports respecting the increase of the garrison of the Confederation at Mayence are confirmed ; between 7,000 and 8,000 troops, half Prussian half Austrian, will shortly arrive there. All the other German fortresses on the western frontier are likewise to have their garrisons reinforced. Letters from Berlin say, that Prince Lichnowsky, formerly General in the service of Don Carlos, will go to Syria to take a command in the service of the Sultan. VIENNA, OCT. 25.—A ship which has arrived at Trieste, has brought word that the island of Can diu has submitted to the power of the Sultan ; but this news is much in need of confirmation.—Prussian Stale Gazelle. BERLIN, OCT. 23.—The King has approved of the proposal to invite Professor Albrecht, late of Gottingen, to be Professor of Jurisprudence in our University, •nd his Majesty has further ordered that the brothers Grimrne shall be invited to come here as Members of the Academy of Science with large salaries.—Han burgh Paper, Nov. 3. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Nov. 3. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank 5nare5......... An. 10-Russian Loan .. 10616 iO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se:rs lO2 Russian Z") per Cent. llop,! and Co. 3d and 4th Sc Ls Ditto in Certificates Dutch Act u al Debt, 234 per Cent 49 Ditto S per Cent — -- Poh,h Booth Noy 1 ichet Anglo-t anish Loan, 3 per Cep.. i23i, 7:}4 Norwegian Loan, 1t , 31, 4 per Crat... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. — r:XCH A NOES 0.; LONDON._ II Amanita, Nov. 3.-13 3N.—Two months, 13 13i LElPsic, OCT. 30.—Two zoo ths, 6. Mi. STut:KtioLni, OCT. 27.—Seventy-five days, 11. 32.. BERLIN, OCT. 31. —Three months. 6.16. WOOLWICH.—Nov. 6. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Lieutenant-Colonel Hunt has joined from Ohmic mont, and assumed the command of the 6th battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Darby takes the command of the 3d battalion until further orders. GENERAL ORDERS, NOT. 1. Her ilajesty has been pleased to approve of the fol lowing promotions in tha Royal Regiment of Artillery, viz. First Lieutenant R. M. Poulden to be second Cap tain, vice Gillespie, retired on full pay. Second Lieutenant R. P. Jones to be First Lieute nant, vice Poulden. Dated Oct. 22, 1840. The Master-General has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Askvvith to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Pouldcn, promoted. Lieutenant Jones is posted to the Bth battalion. The Master-General has directed Second Captain St. John to be posted to the 9th battalion, and Second Captain Poulden to the 7th battalion. Major Vaughan's company, Gth battalion, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday, from Gibraltar, in the Wilber force, and landed at the Royal Arsenal. The officers who arrived with the company were Captain Gossett, Lieutenant Harvey, and Lieutenant R. H. Crofton. This company went out in 1828. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Fearless steam-vessel, Second Master, 11. Bre haut, lelt Woolwich on Wednesrlay, for Liverpool, to bring round shipwrights for her Majesty's dockyards, a number of hards being required to finish the various vessels in progress with the least possible delay. The strength of the British navy will then be considerable, the following vessels being on the stocks or launched, and nearly ready for sea : Guns. Building at Trafalgar l2O ...... WOO] Vi.leb. -•- - Sr, George Victoria Algiers Roy al Frederick London • 92 Prince Albert ......... 90 Albion Aboukir Exmouth Hannibal Centurion Collingwood Lion BO ... .. Pembroke. Colossus Mars Majestic Superb Goliath Hindostan Boscawen 7O .. ... Woolwich. Cumberland Chichester Flora Sibelle Constance Chesapeake Cumbrian A mphion Active Amethyst Creole Juno Iris Niobe Spartan Coquette Calypso Syren Squirrel Elk Helena.. Heron Lib-rty Albatross Arab Dar:ng Hound Dove Despatch Heroine Mariner Martin Sealark Irresistible Spy Dart Phllomel, brig and the Styx, Ardent, / Devastation, Driver, Geyser, and Growler, armed steam-vessels. The Lightning, Lieutenant Commander John Waugh, sailed on Thursday with a detachment of upwards of forty men of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines for service in the Caledonia, 120 gun ship. The Light ning conveyed the men to Sheerness, where they were transferred to the Salamander, Commander Hastings lith ginald Henry. A detachment of the Chatham division of Royal Marines embarked at the same place for a passage to Plymouth. Lieutenant Burton proceeded with the de tachment. The Lightning returned to Woolwich to-day. The Sinbad sailed for Dover and Plymouth on Wed nesday. The Lizard steam-vessel, Captain Beechey, is daily ex pected from the coast of Ireland, when the officers and crew will be turned over to the Lucifer. The Falmouth, Second Master J. Everson, will sail for Plymouth about Friday next. The Queen, Ordnance sloop, arrived yesterday at the Royal Arsenal with stores from Portsmouth. ROYAL ARSENAL.—The greatest activity prevails in the Arsenal. A field-battery train is nearly ready ; it is in. tended for service in Syria. A rocket troop carriage, with all its appendages, is also in a forward state, for the same destination. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have ar rived at Blithfield Park, Staffordshire, on a visit to Lod Bagot, from Sudbury Hall, where the Noble Earl and Countess had the honour of paying their respects to her Bart., M.P., h as, i n aradidjSietisiroty the n I t i o eskQa giving e t ie'e IlF a Dw i p co i e e t C as e .g: if ti' land for a site, subscribed 5001. towards the erection of St. Peter's Church at Fleetwood, Lancashire, Mrs. Hesketh has given a dona tion also of 5001., and the Bishop of Chester has forwarded 201., to carry out that laudable purpose. A most serious inundation has just taken place at Lyons, in the lower town. The Courrier de Lyon of t h e 31st ultimo states that the Rhone had risen nearly a foot higher than in 1812. Thirty h ouses have been carried a way, and, the water having entered the gas pipes, the alarm was increased by the sudden extinction of the lights. The forts were surrounded with water, and the troops on the 31st instant were without provisions, but a service o f boats was bein g organised to convey assistance to them. Several f ac t ories on the left bank of the Rhone ha d d oen carried away b y t h e flood. The Saone had also r t is enor mously, and, w h en t h e l ast accounts left, mos t of in the l ower town between the two rivers o mp ManyManywianished houses were falling down. assable. h e streets e twi 14:1TENrI STG- EDIT Ito MONEY MARKET and CITY Nlialk4ll44'4 (FRIDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The great topic of the day has been, of course, the Speech of tke King of the French, which reached the city about 2 o'clock, and probably no docu, ment c f the kind was ever more anxiously scrutinized,. with the desire to deduce from it what indications it afforded, if any, of the continuance of peace or other wise. All city opinions, and especially those of the Stock Exchange, are to be taken with some qualifica tion in such cases, es they must be more or less under the influence of the speculations in which the parties respectively are engaged ; but, with that allowance the materials fer collecting a sound judgment are generally excellent. With few exceptions, then, the Speech is regarded as substantially pacific in its tenour, and perhaps more so than it was anticipated that Louis Philippe would venture upon, considering the hostile feeling which has been displayed by the press and the population of Paris for some time past. Great stress has been laid on the reference in the speedh to those advantages which perseverance during ten years in a pacific policy has conferred en France, which merchants understand better than other people ; and it has been the reliance, it may be said, of the trading in terest of Engl a nd on t h e preservat i on o f peace , d ur ing the various aspects in which that question has lately presented itself, that there exists in Franca a numerous and constantly increasing class whose prospects must be utterly blighted by a war. Their language has con stantly been, that to go to war for such objects would be ruin to the temporal interests of France, and a moral degradation to the whole of Europe. Still the appre hension could not be wholly got rid - of that the war party in France, the influence of which, by the way, seems to be greatly overrated, might bear down all considerations of interest or prudence, or even of self-preservation. The concluding passage of the Speech proves, in their cpinion, that the Government of France has its eye upon this spirit, and t that it is likely, therefore, to be put down as soon as it is dis played. The account given of the tranquillity preserved in Paris yeAesday also regarded in a favourable light. Some stress has been laid on the passage of the speech in which Spain is referred to, as though it evinced a desire of interference once more in the affairs of that country ; but the more mature deduction from it is, that France has enough to do at borne, without meddling with the affairs of other countries. Thus, in the city arguments on this important political document, the general conclusion has been to-day, that it is a confirma tion of the anti c ip a ti ons o f t h e w h o l e o f t h e wee k u p o n the subject, and essentially pacific. It will be observed that no marked influence on the quotations of stock has been produced by it, but this is usually the case in all events that have been anticipated ; they have mani fested great firmness, especially in the latter part of the day, at the trifling advance which has occurred. POST.—The Speech delivered yesterday from the Throne by the King of the French, and which the Morning Post was enabled to present to the British public before any other Journal, has, we need not say, been the principal and almost exclusive topic of conver sation in the City during the day. His Majesty says to the Chambers, " I have the dignity of our country at heart as much as its security and repose," and when it is recollected that the circumstance which has called forth such an observation is, according to the preceding announcement, that " the measures the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great Britairt, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia have taken in concert to regulate the relations betoeen the Sultan and the Paella of Egypt have imposed se rious duties . ' upon his Majesty ; that the Champ rs have been called together a month in advance of the usual period in consequence ; and that France is declared, open the same high authority, to have bees ) " placed in a position to face the chances which the course of events in the East may produce," as Well as that " extraordinary credits have been opened" in pur suance of the sime o'ject, it is the opinion of prudent people in the city that there is quite sufficient ground of apprehension for the future repose of Europe. But, as a hope is expressed by his Majesty that " the gene ral peace may not be disturbed," and the Chambers me called upon to assist in the maintenance of that peace, there arc others who, being, perhaps, less, provident than sanguine, conclude at once that there ii•no longer aoy reason to think even of the possibility of war. Be tween these conflicting interpretations of the Royal Address delivered yesterday afternoon in the French capital, and which is now, throegh the extraordinary exertions of the press, though so very few hours have elapsed, in the course cf distribution all over England, the equilibrium of the public securities has been pretty well preserved. They have left off rather more favour ably than they did yesterday, but the fluctuations were inconsiderable. SU N.—The Speech of the King of the Frecch reached town by extraordinary express about half-past one, though it is even said that the whole substance of it was known last night to one or two parties of high standing in the City. In general, the document ap pears to have given much satisfaction. There was a dull market for the public securities until after the arrival of the Paris express, when prices began to rally, notwithstanding the counter-01 . °ns of the Bear party, who disinterestedly affect to view the Speech with some mistrust. Consols, which were in the morning as low as 88 for Money, rose to 883 -- end-for the Account from 88e to 881- 1, at which ad vance the latest bargains were efteteci. Exchequer Bills were at Is. discount to Is. premium, and India Bonds at 12s discount, being for each a slight improve ment. Bank Stock was at 159 to /, India Stock at 243, and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. rallied to 961 to t. In the Foreign Market there was more business doing to-day. Spanish Active Bonds brought 21 to Portuguese New Five per Cents. 331, C o l om bi an S i; per Cents. 2:34 to ; Mexican Five per Cents 27:1 to and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. .50/ to 51, all for present delivery. The market on the whole was more buoyant. _ _ The Railway Shares were at quite as good prices as yesterday, viz.:—Great Western, 161 to 18 ; New 61, Fifths, 34 ; South Western, 121, and York and North Midland, 15 premium. Brighton Shares were at 14 to 12i discount, and Croydon 21 discount. The Foreign Exchanges were firm this afternoon. On Paris the rate was 25f. 45c. to 50c. ; on Hamburgh, 13 71 to 1; on Amsterdam, 12 2to 1 ; on Frankfort, 1484 to ; and on Trieste, 10 11 to 24. .;....., I : C..... : ,. ; :...„ 2 ., ? „-. : ..t-- - ---,_ -.„ : _ ~,. . ; -., -,..,.: -, pb, ...., ) d 9 • - -.' ---- '..t : r 1" :::.- - ,f' I. '„;.-..: ; C0N.., -'.. r"7 4 f.- SFIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The speech of the King of the French, at the open ing of the Chambers, which we received yesterday by extraordinary express from Paris, and published in a second edition, must give great satisfaction throughout this country, and we are inclined to thick can hardly fail to have - ft beneficial influence on the deliberations of the French Legislature. It is a document worthy of the enlightened Sovereign who adopted it, and highly honourable to his Ministers. France assumes the station which befits her, and she assumes it without any idle boasts of her resources, or menaces calcu lated to excite heartburuings and jealousies in neigh bouring States, but with the calm dignity worthy of a great and powerful country. Nothing can be more becoming and in better taste than hits refer ence to the Treaty of London, and the duties which it has imposed on France. " The measures which the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of , Great Bri tain, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, have taken in concert to regulate the relations between the Sultan and the Pacha of Egypt, have imposed se rious duties upon me. I have the dignity of our coun try at heart, as well as its safety and repose. In per severing in the moderate and conciliatory policy of which for ten years v‘e have reaped the fruits, 1 have put France in a condition of facing any chances which the course of events in the East might bring about." After alluding to the extraordinary credits which have been opened, he next proceeds to observe : " I continue to hope that the peace of Europe will not be troubled. g nt yi ,das za i would count u p on you i f t h e h onour of France the ton l . l a pl.') count o u r p a o l all a y t o i t o i n t s o , l a , i n d d m t o e e mPra°ingrtea€insiont 1i It is necessary to the common i n t eres t s o f E urope, to she occupi es among t h e nations n sh c o e uld com mand us to m a k e new e ff orts. " The hope here tehxe rank which - pressed will not be disappointed. will Government vr disturbed.nnient The peace of Europe notch b e witl \ l Ve the must French J o urnals. From not confound the Tench motives which we will not characterise, efforts were long, and but too successfully, made through the Journals to create an impression on the minds of the French nation that France t o the was not only no party Treaty of London, but had been kept in ignorance of the intention of the Four Powers to conclude any such treaty, and the matter was incessantly presented to them as an attempt to deprive France of the influence to which, from her power and her resources, she was justly entitled. 'Fbey were, as it were, inveigled i nto a belief that a tre a ty t o w hi c h France was not a party only , be cause she refused to be a par ty to it, however inconsis tent such refusal might be with the recorded declara tions of her Government, was intended as an insult to them, and hence the strange interest so generally taken by our neighbours in the cause of Mehemet Ali, a ty rant and oppressor of the very worst description. For some time our ne ig hboursi. have been returning to of things. The sounder notions of the real sta te ) be gin conduct of the English Government and discover that the conn and its Allies has been consistent and straightforward throug ; bout a nd the success of the operations of a handful of troops, aided by British ships, in putting an end to the usurped rule of Mehemet Ali in Syria, suf ficiently proves how mistaken was the estimate formed by French statesmen of his power to hold Syria. The god of their idolatry proved to be an article of c lay. The boasted armies of the Pull' led Ibrahim Pacha and Soliman, and officered by cercd by experienced Frenchmen, have been everywhere defeated. The oppressed nat . • t‘es of Syria, of every creed and race, required only to have the various mountain passes opened, and, once in possession of ---' E) ;t D .is 2 I