The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-19 00:00:00

VVENTING BDITIOW,"; THS EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Examiner.) The Chronicle insists' strongly on the independence of the Porte, and.argues against interference in one direc tion, forgetting how much interference of dangerous ex ample there is in another direction. (After quoting an extract from that paper the writer proceeds.) We adopt the very words of the Chronicle, with the alteration of one term, and hold that the claim to inter ference on the plea of peace preservation, from the danger of the spreading of disturbances, produces evils of greater magnitude than those on account of which the interference is justified. And we see the worst example, the most dan gerous precedent in the Four Powers lending their forces to enable a Monarch to establish an authority by foreign intervention which he could not establish by his own resources. The Chroni vie observes, that France might with as much justice declare in favour of Mr. O'Connell's plan of repeal, as necessary for the preservation of the balance of power in Europe, as dictate the choice of his officers to the Sultan. But we will take the case the other way, and suppose an Ernest on the throne of Great Brita'n, and an alliance of three Powers to establish the authority of his Majesty Ernest the First in that part of his dominions called Ire land, on the plea that the balance of power was in danger of disturbance from the difficulties which the British Monarch experienced in the government of Ireland ac crrding to the principles which seemed to him expedient and wise in the refractory state of that country. In this case we should hear a vast deal about supporting legiti mate authority against rebellious subjects, and we should be told what the Chronicle now asserts, that " The European commonwealth cannot fail to look with great jealousy on the advancement of any doctrines calculated to undermine sovereign authority in any part of the world." - With far greater jealousy, and far more imminent cause of alarm, should the European commonwealth look on the advancement of any doctrines calculated to introduce foreign face in the disputes between sove reigns and subjects. M. Thiele, in his reply to Lord Pelmerston's state ment, complains that " no last explanation " was made to France," no last attempt to come to some agree ment," before the decisive step of the alliance of the Four Powers, and he asks— " Let us admit, however, for the moment, that the views of the British Cabinet are better understood than those of the French Cabinet, is not the alliance of France worth more for the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and for the peace of the world, than this or that boundary of Syria? " Wa wish we could say that this question admits but of one answer—it will have more than one, for the Tories rejoice at the breach with France, and • would have as readily espoused the quarrel for a straw as for Syria. They are delighted to see Eng land allied with the Three Despotic Powers, and upon the principle of an interference to maintain sovereign authority. They know full well that if England gets into a war with France they will get into the gove -c -ment and the conduct of the war. They know that in so calamitous an event the progress of reform, which they so dread and hate, will be arrested, and the very name of it lost amidst the din of arms. The advances of civilization, the improvement of the people everywhere, would come to the same stop, and all the progress that has been made in a quarter of a century of peace would dwindle away and vanish under the baneful influences f war. Our manufactures, teeming with life, which have brought thousands into the existence they support, would suffer a shock which would utterly and hopelessly ruin whole populations, our commerce would be sud. denly paralysed, our finances and monetary system dis ordered, and tampered with in new experiments. And all this, and a thousand more evils, we should suffer, for what ? That the Sultan may possess Syria! It may be said that the Tories, who would rejoice in a war w t ith France for that or any other cause, would be equal Afferers in the consequent calamities ; but be it remembered that the Tories are generally, as they boast themselves, the wealthier classes, and chiefly agricu!tu• ral, and that all they would have to pay in increased taxation is a price they would at any time give to buy off reform and secure their bread-tax ; besides which, they would indemnify themselves both by the increased prices of the produce of the land, and the infinite field for aristocratic jobbing which is opened by a war. We may be told that the great organ of the Tories, the Times, professes an earnest desire for peace ; but be it observed that while it professes the desire for peace, it gives its complete adhesion to a line of policy tending to produce war ; and of excellent convenience to the Tories it would be to coma into the inheritance of a war administration without any of the responsibi lity for having brought it about. The mere circum stance of the adhesion of the Times to the Eastern po licy of Lord Palmerston should of itself excite the alarm of Liberals, and raise a suspicion of the tendency of that policy,* In viewin; the present question, the great alterna tives of peace or war must be kept steadily in the per spective, and by their respective standards of weal or woe we must measure the importance of all the inter mediate objects, and elect them or rijedf. them as they may seem worth the one or the other great result. In this view happy it is that neither a particle of the interestka of the honour of this country can be found concerad. If we plunge into a war, the origin will have been nothing more substantial than an hypothesis —the hypothesis, that V Mehemet Ali should cross the Taurus to attack Turkey, Russian interference would involve Europe in war. Never were such momentous results made to hang on such an air-drawn contingency. Never before was so much put to the hazard on no more substantial ground than an apprehension ; and be it observed, that the slighter the cause of war, the more difficult the termination, for a war without a reason for a beginning is also a war without a reason for an end. It. is for every man who knows how much his own condition would be deteriorated by a war, to ask him self whether he is content to welcome ruin that the Sultan may possess Syria ? Will he be reconciled to a faiiing trade, increased prices, and augmented taxes, because, filrsooth, the Sultan has recovered Syria ? Syria may be the Cleopatra of our Antony, but will John Bud, with the bill of the war and its prices in his hand, be disposed to applaud the new tragedy of The World well Lost, or All jor Syria ! France, (whose folly, in putting all to risk for Me hemet Ali, would he the counterpart of our folly in hazarding all for the restoration of the Su!tan's bar ren sceptre in Syria) has to make all the same reflec tions as England on the cui bond. It is true that her stake in peace is not so great as ours ; but, on the other hand, her hazards of war would be far greater. It is understood that she has made a conciliatory overture, and heavy will be the responsibility of our Government if it fail to meet her advances, or, yet more, to smooth difficulties in her path. France has put her salt iu ato sa position, but it is not our part to fix her there ; we should build a golden bridge for her reunion with us. The danger is that we shall stale-mate France, for she cannot make a move without moving into check. The Four Powers have evinced resolution in their mi. lit fry pperations for carrying the Treaty of July into eff.tet ; but there is another display of resolution, which is now of inestimable value, and that is the resolution to be right, or to get right, if they are (as we believe) in some degree wrong. Any fault of obstinacy or obdu racy on the part of our Government would be more in• excusable than the same fault on the part of the French, because our Government has the advantage of having the public miud of Englard in the best temper and dis position. M. Thiers has to cope with the u nw h o l esome stimulus he has given to the minds of the French. If we may compare great things to small, his case is like that of the unhappy Mandarin in a great passion, who was scourged to death by his own pigtail, put in motion by the violent action of his own head. In the press of Paris we see in vehement agitation the pig -tail of the Mandarin Thiers. The unfortunate Minister is flogged by his own queue, and the stimulus which he suffers is the stimulus which he imparts ; it is from himself to himself, and promises to end in his being fairly barbecued. Nations, let us dismiss persons, and the f au lt s o f persons. and the interests of nations, the interests of humanity, the interests of liberty, an d the interests of civilization, are what we have to ke e p s t ea dil y i n v i ew. The most sensible remark that we find in the State Papers on both sides is that of the Emperor of Rus sia " The Emperor," said M. de Nesselrode, ,on the 6th of ugust, " in no way despairs o f th e sa f ety of A to Porte, provided th at the Powers of Europe do but leave it in repose, and tranquillity by their untimely agita tion compromtst! ins in their desire to secure it." B,sides," M. eNesselrode to the French Ambassador at the commencement August, 1839, ° given to or taken " a little more;or a little less of from the Porte affects us but little:' And for this " little more or little less" question the Swifts word's peace has bee n hazarded. Is tire to be realise d b y a broader full bro a d sa tire little endian w ar in sad earnest ? -3 11 — ; r pal_ merston is the little endian, tbe origin a l author -0-; the big and little endian dispute, resolved to brave eve evil that war can bring with it rather than suffer th% Syrian egg to be - sbroken at the big end by Mehemet Ali. France, on the other hand, is a big endian a l'ou trance, and is arming three hundred thousand men to conquer or die in the big endian cause. " 0 enras hominurn ! quantum in rebus inane I" " The cloven foot has since appeared, and the Times of Friday endeay.urs to enlist fal3e pride against an accom• tandation Having observed the movements of Lord Pa press lmersi f o o n, of the .drench f act i on i n t h e C a bi net , an d ofthe bah Parties throughiut, it is obvious to us that preparations have been i n progress within the last two days to bac k o ut bodily from those demands which had before been insisted on as esseatial to a peace attended either with honour or security, or which Should be in any reasonable manner coasisbent with the s tipulations of the treaty. It was on I Tuesday night that a paper, a notorious tool of one depart ti of the Ministry, gave the public coolly to understand th t half of Syria, or the Whole of Syria, was not worth C.(' expense of a or e., that the French democracy uld have everything its own way.. $ Austrian from the first was a little endian. lam for the counsels, said she, that will give Mehemet the least end of the egg ; but why di d Russia, wh ich once had the good sense to hold it indifferent at which end the egg was broken, why did she become a convert to the little endian cause ? Because she saw that the way to the nest would be opened to her if France and England could be plunged into war about this wretched difference. Russia declined the overture of France to an alliance against the views of England, for she knew that her ob ject would not be advanced by it, as England would have too much sober sense to become irritated to the pitch of a war fever and war delirium, because she found herself isolated. The Autocratknew the temper of France better, and that she would be the more likely to forget her true permanent interests in the irritation of the mo ment, , and to push things to an extremity likely to terminatein war. He reckoned that England would be calm and circumspect in her jealousies, but that France would be furious and aggressive. In this he has calculated but too well, but it is for us to supply by our prudence the absence of our neighbours' pru dence, and to frustrate the game for our mutual injury, which would end in Russia's carrying off the prize, while England and France carried only the wounds and burdens of a mutually destructive war. , We had concluded the preceding article when M. Thiers' last note appeared, extracts from which will be found elsewhere. This paper seems to offer an open ing for a pacific arrangement. It protests against the deposal of Mehemet from the Government of Egypt, which was a threat either utterly impracticable or ut terly unprincipled, and it leaves the Syria❑ part of the question open to " the fortunes of war." No casus belli is shadowed out. The question is how the excited part of the French people will take so pacific a remon strance. MEDITERRANEAN NEWS. " The French Government," says the Ministerial evening papers," has received the despatches brought to Marseilles by the last Mediterranean packet. They left Alexandria on the 26th ult. The Government have not yet received those dated Oct. 3, which ar rived on Tuesday at Toulon. Those of the 26th con tain no new fact ; they confirm what was already known, viz., that the Libanus was tranquil, and that Mehemet Ali was restored to health and was perfectly calm and resolute. No accounts had been received from Ibra him Pacha, but it was known that he was concentrating his forces, and that his plan was to surround the Turk camp, which had been formed to the north of Bay rout. The combined fleets had cannonaded Seid and Kaiffa. The insurgents, who had presented themselves at the Turkish camp were, according to the reports at ' Alexandria, pasants of the Kesrouan, in small number, but the mountain was tranquil, and the Emir Bescnir continued faithful to the Viceroy. The Mussulmans irritated at the attempts of the Christians, had caused some anxiety to the European traders. They were said to be disposed on all points to rise in favour of Mehe met Ali. News of important events was hourly ex pected. Such are the accounts which were in circula tion at Alexandria on the 26th ult. To•morrow or Saturday the Government will know those of the 3d instant. A letter from Alexaner . a, 3d inst., states that Mehe met Ali has issued a firman, declaring all the populations of Syria exempt from military conscription, and all per sons who will join Ibrahim's army exempt from tribute for the remainder of their lives. Admiral Stopford, it was thought, would return off Alexandria. Tne blockade was to commence on that day, and no further communi cation with Europe would be allowed. The French Consul had ordered all persons under his jurisdiction to be ready to embark at a moment's notice. This, it was thought, indicated the probability of a bombardment. A levy of 50,000 irregulars (Bedouins) was making, and they were to he placed along the coast. All the points where any landing could be effected were strictly guarded. This letter confirms the account of Ibrahim Paella having been ordered to march on Constantinople, and of a holy war being proclaimed. Advices from Alexandria of 3d instant, quoted by the Constitutionnel,st ate :—" Ibrahim Pacha may from written declarations rely upon having the greater part of the Turkish army ranged under his banners, if not at his first call, at all events on his first victory. Al ready 2,000 horsemen have come from Bagdad to join him. The Bedouins, occupying the country between Syria and Mesopotamia, who have hitherto been his constant enemies, have not only made peace with him, but have offered him their support. An eye-witness al. firms that 2,000 camels sent by the Bedouins to Ibra him have already arrived at Horns." The Semaphore of Marseilles quotes the following from Alexandria,! 26th ult. : « The Paella, on receiving the news of his deposi tion, assembled a grand council, at which he declared that nothing was left for him but an appeal to the sabre. Proclamations are about to be issued calling all true believers to arms. Egypt is fortified from Damietta to the Marabout, and 60,000 men are collected at Alex andria. It is stated with confidence that Mehemet Ali has sent orders tohis son to march against Constanti nople... Our agent at-13oyrout is the only European who remains there ; he in general resides in the moun tains, but has returned to the town to write to us. His letter is dated September 20th. Soliman Pacha was still master of the town, upon which the English con tinued to fire occasionally. Their small camp at D'jouni, three leagues from Beyrout, was still in the same state. The Egyptian troops surrounded it. Zoun is the only village which has taken up arms for the English, but Ibrahim Pacha has sent 12,000 men to destroy them. GERMANY, VIENNA, OCT. 9.—List night an Estafette from Constantinople arrived here, which, besides the news of the taking of Beyrout, brought other interesting infor mation from Syria, which are printed in the Austrian Observer. In spite of this news the funds rose to-day, which may be ascribed to the higher quotations from Paris. It is affirmed that the improvement in the latter is owing to the renewal of a hope that the oriental question will be settled amicably. Botla the Austrians and the Prussians are said to do their utmost to effect this result. A report has been spread to-day that Baron Ottenfels, who has leave of absence, will be re called, and sent on an extraordinary mission to Con stantinople. As this report may find its way into foreign Joni n ils, I think it as well to asaure you that it is wholly groundless. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, OCT. 1 7.—Yesterday at one o'clock M. Anthony Bunard Falck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiry of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, delivered to the King his credentials, con firming him in that capacity at the Court of Brussels. This refutes the reports of a change in the Dutch Ministry, and of the refusal of M. Falck to make part of it. M. Mary, Charge d'Affaires of Belgium at Athens, left that city on tho 27th of September to return to Belgium. He is said to be the bearer of a treaty of commerce between Belgium and Greece. The Prince of Hesse, Military Governor of the federal fortress of Luxemburg, returned to that place on the 13th of this month. The news that orders had been given to arm the citadel of Namur was premature. But we now learn that the day before yesterday orders were issued by the Minister of War, directing defensive measures in all the fortresses of the kingdom. It is not, however, intended wholly to complete the arming of these fortresses, but only to l repare for that measure if it should become necessary. LATEST FROM PORTUGAL. FALMOUTH, OCT. 17. The praganza steamer arrived this morning with the Mediterranean and Portugal mails ; the dates are Gibraltar Bth, Cadiz 9th, Lisbon 12th, Oporto 13th, and Vigo Ith. This vessel brings a favourable report respecting the health of the Queen of Portugal. The Marchioness of Loule, it is said, died a day or two be fore the steamer's departure. Captain Cromartie and a part of the crew of the ship James Patterson arrived passengers in the Braganza. The James Patterson, it appears, was bound from Bom bay to London, with a cargo, chiefly of cotton, which, from having been in a heating state for some time, ignited and burst into a flame when about one hun dred and sixty miles west of the Azores. Every exertion was made to subdue the fire, by working the engine into the hold, and adopting other measures, but without effect, the fire having rapidly extended to the sails and rigging. The Captain and crew, consisting of forty•four persons, were obliged to seek refuge in the boats, almost immediately after which the mainmast fell over the side. The boats made much water, and the crew could not long have survived in them, but fortunately a barque belonging to Greenock (the name not reported), from Newfoundland, appeared in sigh t , b ore down on the boats, rescue d the crew from l3 ' to ° inspirecr. u their p er il ous situation, and took them to Lisbon. L l2.— mu T c h h e al s a t r a m te f o u f r t t h i e le Q t u t e v e o n c ' i s ay h s ea f l o : l h continued . lowin g h er confi nement. On Tuesday it was found ne cessary to apply 26 leeche • to subdue abdominal inflam mation ; b ut t hi s h aving state speedily impro bs been subdued, h e r Majesty's ve , and s h e is now fast advancing itowards convalescence. A h a p py for the country. Th e questln of a Re genc y wou ld have, in all prob a bili t y, been the cause o f a further wh a t ever b ad been made series of evils, as no provision for the contingency. thing thi s i s i n d e ed n The funeral of the " Infanta Donna Maria" (th e de ceased child having been baptised under took place with great pomp at San Vincen : e h a d t name ) e Fora, on Tuesday afternoon, the 6th instant, which, ing to custom in similar case s , was kept as a wale:7d; There was a splendid process ion of seven royal carria:es. some conveying the Patriarch, the Dukes of Palmella and Terceira, Padre Marcos, and numerous other Fidel gas and members of the itoyal Household ; one con- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 111140, taining the coffin of the deceased Infanta ; and anotber,l the coffin-bearer, with a golden crown, preceded by a long string of private carriages, and followed by a large body of troops, consisting of Lancers, Horse Artillery, the Naval Battalion, 2d and 3d Cacadmes, 7th and 17th Infantry, and Municipal Guards, horse and foot, nearly 3,000 altogether, passed in procession from the Necessidades to San Vincente, thus going through the whole length of the city. Mass was celebrated at San Vincente as usual, and the ceremony was over by six o'clock, when the troops returned to their quarters. The Cortes have not made any great advance in the despatch of business this week. The Senators have been chiefly occupied with the measure brought up from the Deputies the week before, respecting the Press, and which, as inadvertently desi g nated by the Diario, deserves really to be called a Bill" for the sup pression of the Press," rather than for the suppression of the abuses of the Press. The principal articles, which were rapidly passed through the Deputies, have been debated for some days in the Senate, but have passed by large majorities. The Senate have passed the measure fel. raising 500 contos in money, to pay the British claims, by a mixed operation, funding 1,500 contos. I understand that the Bank has already purchased a large amount of the three per cent. foreign bonds for the operation. The Home and Foreign Minister in reply the other day, to questions in the Senate by Count Villa Real re specting the state of the commercial relations with Eng land, and by Baron Tojal respecting the treaty with the United States, replied that he found the British Govern ment animated with the best disposition with respect to a treaty with them, and hoped to see one concluded ; and with respect to America he said the treaty with that Power was concluded, and would be laid before the Chambers next Session. A very curious case of robbery has just occurred in this neighbourhood, by which Mr. Boner, attache to our mission here, is a considerable sufferer. Mr. Boner and some friends had been spending a few days at St. Übe's ; the rest er the party returned to Lisbon on Friday, but Mr. Boner and Mr. Dunlop remained a day longer, and set off on Saturday 'naming. An Italian captain also set off at the same time in their company. The road from St. U he's by Azeitao is safe, being guarded by regular patrols ; but that by way of Palmella, being the most agreeable, was preferred. Before starting they had a quarrel with the muleteer at St. Übe's, which was a bad omen of their safe arrival at Val de Zebro, the village whence the steamers go to Lisbon. However, they rode on in perfect security, and had reached within half a league of Coina by halt past ten in the morning, when, in passing through a wood, three men, armed with muskets, rushed out upon Mr. Dunlop, who was some fifteen yards in advance of Mr. Boner—the Italian captain being a long way behind with the guide. One of the robbers held his musket to the head of Mr. Dunlop, and commanded him to dismount. Mr. Boner had a double barrelled fowling-piece with him, loaded, but not cocked. He could in all probability have shot one or two of the men ; but the almost certain consequence would have been the sacrifice of Mr. Danlop's life, at least, if not of his own. The latter gentlemen repeatedly called on him to escape, which he might have dune, but declined ; and the result was that they had both to give up their watches and some other jewellery, and the money about them ; and Mr. Boner lost his fowling-piece, which was new and very valuable. The poor Italian captain, who was far behind, came up, knowing nothing of what was going on, and was also robbed ; the guide ran away as a matter of course. Mr. Boner and his friends pro ceeded to a village a little further on, where there was a guard ; and having armed themselves with muskets, returned with three soldiers in less than an hour, and searched every part of the wood without success. Such is the state of security here on a road, frequently traversed, almost at mid-day. The French steamer Cameleon left yesterday for Toulon. The British brig of war Trinculo is in from Cadiz, and remains with the Espair and the French corvette.—Morning Paper. LATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASINATE THE KING OF THE FRENCH. (From the Moniteur of Saturday.) ORDOP..iNANCE OF THE KING. " Louis Philippe, King of the French. " To all greeting. " On the report of our Keeper of the Seals, the Mi nister Secretary of State at the department of Justice and Religion ; " Considering article 28 of the Constitutional Char ter, which refers to the consideration of the Chamber of Peers crimes of high treason and attempts on the safety of the King ; " Considering article 86 of the penal code, which in eludes in the category of crimes against the safety of the State an attack on the King's life ; Seeing that on the 15th of October an attempt has been made against our person ; • We have ordained and ordain as follows : " Art. 1. The Court of Peers is convoked. The Peers absent from Paris will be required to repair thither immediatelY i nuless they itre-preiented by kit timatb 'chutes. • " • - - ' ' Their Majesties, after returning to St. Cloud on Thursday evening, received, besides the Ministers and the Corps Diplomatique, Marshal Gerard, the Duke Decateee, .Count' Mont ',Heat; Admirdl J seat, 'Generals Sebastiani, Darriule, and Trezel, Baron Rothschild, and a great number of Peers and Deputies. Yesterday morning their Majesties received the Arch bishop of Paris, the Cure of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, General Fleury, the First President of the Court of Accounts, Count de Montalivct, Count Mole, and Countess de Bragation ; and in the evening the Aus trian, Russian, Neapolitan, and Sardinian Ambassadors, the Ministers of State, Marshals Molitor, Duke de Reggio, and Gerard ; Admiral Duperre, a great num ber of Pears,- Deputies, Generals, and other eflieers, both civil and military, the Bishop of Versailles, the au thorities of that town and Saint uloud, the Prefects and Mayors of Paris, many diplomatic and other foreigners, and a great number of ladies. " Art. 2. The Court will proceed forthwith' to the trial of the attempt committed on the 15th October. " Art. 3. It will conform, for the examination, to the forms which have been followed up to the present time. Art. 4. M. Frank Carre, our Procureur-General at the Cour Royale of Paris, will perform the office of Procureur-Gencral at the Court of Peers. He will be assisted by M. Boucly, Advocate-General of the Cour Royale of Paris, executing the office of Advo cate-General, and who is to replace the Procureur- General in his absence, and of MM. Nouguier and Glandaz, Substitutes of our Procureur-General at the Cour Royale of Paris, performing the functions of Substitutes of our Procureur-General, who will com pose, with him, the Counsel for the prosecution at our Court of Peers. " Art. 5. The Keeper of the Archives of the Cham ber of Peers and his deputy will perform the duties of registrars of our Court of Peers. " Art. 6. Our Keeper of the Seals, Minister and Secretary of State for the Department of Justice and Public Worship, is charged with the execution of the present ordonnance, which will be inserted in the Bulletin des Lois. "Given at the Palace of St. Cloud, the 16th Oc tober, 1840. " Louis PHILIPPE. " By the King, " The Keeper of the Seal, Minister and Secre tary of State for the Department of Justice and Public Worship, " VIVIEN." MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF PEERS. Sitting of Saturday, Oct. 17. (President, BARON PASQUIER, Chancellor.) The Chamber having been convoked by the Chan cellor for this day, some idlers were assembled around the Luxembourg. At half-past two fifty Peers were present, and engaged in animated conversations. The Chancellor having opened the sitting, M. Vivien, the Keeper of the Seals, placed on the bureau of the Cham ber the Royal ordonnance of convocation of the Court of Peers. The Scretary of the Archives read this docu ment, which will be found elsewhere, after which The President said—Does the Chamber desire to constitute itself es a Court of Justice ? Several Voices—Yes, yes ! The President—The Chamber will now resolve itself into a secret committee in order to constitute itself into a Court of Justice. The public sitting was then declared over, and the tribunes were evacuated. Our reporter adds—" The calling over of the names constituted that 86 Peers were present ; but, as 97 is the number that must be present to constitute a sitting, the proceedings were adjourned till Monday (this day) at one o'clock. " It appears that after the trial of Prince Louis Na poleon the majority of the Peers quitted Paris for their country-seats, to renovate prior to the opening of the Chambers on the 28th of October. and eight buckshots. This fully accounts for the bursting its stupid sectarians—and at what moment, great of the barrel and the circular direction taken by the I God ! when France had so much need of internal charge, to which in all probability the preservation of I concord and union in order to meet foreign dan the lives of the King, Queen, and Madame Adelaide. ger, when the force of the Government could be was owing. In fact, the barrel burst with such violence, the only salvation of the country. The wretch who that it produced nearly the same effect as the explosion fired upon the King may be said to have fired of a shell. One of the footmen, named Grus, was upon France itself. If' his ball had told, who knows struck on the right leg. The wound is not serious, and whether it would not have been the signal for the first it has not been ascertained whether it arose from one of blow of the coalition against France? Did the poor the projectiles or a fragment of the barrel. It also creature who made the attempt reflect on the dangers to confirms the account of the wound in the hand of the which he exposed the country ? Our Brutuses arc National Horse Guard, M. Bertolacci. The middle of found in the lodge of a porter. Such are the glorious the right side of the King's carriage, the rail, and one of martyrs who are created by the odious propaganda of the springs were struck. The carriage was brought anarchical liberty. We shudder at the idea that the back from S t . Cl o ud yesterday morning for examina- fate of a great empire may depend on the madness with tion by the Magistrates. The surgeons who were ap- which such ignorant men are inoculated. Thanks to pointed to dress the wounded band of Darmes on Thurs- God, the blow has failed—for the sixth time God, yesterday morning, and which protects France, has preserved the life of the day e amputated vcnin They tho ug ht it likely King. that a further operat ion woul d be necessary. The fol his i t fingers.again lowing are particulars as to the person, habits, and life of evening inspectedreeof the assassin. Darmes is a little man, of forbidding countenance , and somewhat deformed. His forehead is low, and gives to his countenance a vulgar aspect. He wears his beard cut to a point, and his mustachios are of a light yellow tint, and very thin. On being asked what use he intended to make of the pistols and poigoard found upon him, he replied that he carried them for the purpose of defending himself. Fortunately he was so stunned and confused by the explosion of the carbine and his wound, and surprised by the prompti tude with which he was seized, that he had neither time nor self-possession to make use of these arms. A search was made at his lodgings, which consists of a small room which he has occupied for about six months past. Before this time he lived in the Rue Tre vise, and was expelled for bad conduct. At his lodging iu the Rue du Paradis there were found a great number of papers, nearly all copies of pamphlets and revolution ary proclamations, in his own handwriting. Amongst them were copies of a speech of Saint-Just, and of a speech destined to refute the proclamations of Prince Louis Bonaparte. Besides these papers' there were a great many others covered with notes on the most cele brated Republicans of antiquity. Several passports of different dates show that perinea had been successively a servant, a porter, and a frotteur. Sonic time. before he committed this attempt Darme s went into a wine shop and drank a g'ass of wine. He Lion went on to wards the Quai des Tuileries, and like Alibaud did not fix upon the spot for committing the crime until after much calculation. The half of the barrel of the carbine, which was not found immediately after the attempt, has been discovered in one of the trenches oldie Place de la Concorde, and some of the fragments were found near the parapet of the Quai. The Presee states that the Minister of Justice was for bringing Dartnes before the Court of Assiz , s, but that his opinion was overruled, and the trial before the Court of Peers decided on. This journal asserts that the prosecution of certain journals is contemplated. The Gazelle des Tribunaux observes : " Darmes expected that the King would take his seat in the carriage with his face to the horses, but, the Queen and Madame Adelaide being with him, his Ma jesty sat on the back seat. This was not observed by the assassin until after he had levelled his piece, and it rendered his aim unsteady, so that the charge went partly over and partly in front of the carriage. His I\la jesty's first care on arriving at St. Cloud was to examine the wounds of those who were hit, and to assist in dres sing them with his own hand. Darmes almost inces santly repeats his regret at not having succeeded, talking with a degree of exultation of what the people would then have said of him, and the celebrity he would have gained. He also utters ferocious and incoherent decla mations against tyrants and traitors, about the rights of an oppressed people, &c. Several persons were ar rested yesterday. One is connected with the carbine used by Darmes, the value of which, from its rich or naments, rendered it difficult to account for its being in his possession. Allaux, a lithographic printer, who had been several times in prison under charges of poli tical offences, and particularly involved in the gun powder affair, has a l so b een ta k en aga i n i n t o custody." 'The following is a form of prayer and thanksgiving, recommended by Bishop Luscombe, to be used in the English Chapels in France, on the occasion of the at• tempt on his Majesty's life : " 0, Almighty and Heavenly Father, we again adore and magnify tby glorious name for having disappointed and overthrown a wicked and traitorous design against the life of the Sovereign of this country. Grant, 0 gracious Lord, that such a work of iniquity may never prevail against him. Open the eyes of all nations to the duty of submission to authority, and to the blessings of order ana peace. Preserve us in thy true religion, that we may always give thanks unto thee for ail thy mercies, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." Toe Americans in Paris are requested to take part in the meeting, to be held at twelve to-morrow (Sun day), at Lawson's Hotel, Bedford, to address his Ma jesty on his escape from assassination. (From the Courtier Francais.) We do not accuse a party of the crime of this man. In a civilised country like France all parties have a horror of assassination. AU parties, however, do not labour to destroy the wild theories which lead to it. But an attempt against the person of the Sove reign, even when it fails, is always a public misfortune. When society perceives that it has in its bosom mon sters capable of making a theory of murder, it be gins to distrust itself, and the progress may be arrested. Besides there are never wanting political intriguers to turn the evil to account. Was not all France punished by the laws of September for the crimes of Fieschi ? But what afflicts us more than the odious commenta ries which may be made upon the attempt of Darmes, is the weakening of our influence as regards Foreign Powers. At each crime of this nature the greatness of France seems to diminish. And when we reflect that we are in presence of Foreign Powers almost in arms against us, it is clear, then, that an attempt upon the life of the King is an infernal machine against the whole nation! The Temps does not hesitate, although in less plain te► ms than the Debuts, to attribute the crime to the party which has been so furious in calling for war. (From the France.) It will not ba possible to make use of this event as a pretext for turning public attention from the grave question of peace or war ; nor can any legislative mea sure arise out of it. The Ministry, besides, cannot attempt to attribute this criminal attempt to the Revo lutionary party without drawing upon itself the accusa tions of the Conservative party, which may reproach it with having improperly excited a passion for war and anarchy, at the same time that it awakened the fear and suspicion which were exhibited when the first pro posal was made for the embastillement of Paris. (From the Capitole.) " We think it necessary and prudent, before we ex press an opinion upon an odious crime, from whatever source it may have proceeded, to wait until we shall be better acquainted with its origin and true channel." At a late hour yesterday evening we (Galignani's Messenger) received the following, which we have much pleasure in inserting : " We, the undersigned British residents in Paris,call upon those of our countrymen who wish to join us, to meet ut Mr. Lawson's, Hotel Bcdford, on Sunday, at twelve, to draw up a congratulatory address to the King on this last escape from assassination, and to assure his Majesty of our personal respect : " Edw. 'rufter Phelp, "T. and W. Byron R. N. M. J. Turner W. Dawson G. N. Fitzgerald W Neale John Didsbury Francis Nash - David Hancock A. H. Neville T. Shephard John Cunningham R. Tharcatt F. Graham James Hobson." (From the National.) We expected to see the counter-revolutionary party lay hold with fury of the attempt which has been made upon the King. They do not inquire whether the man who committed the crime is unknown, isolated, living in solitude, and exciting his mind by his own writings. They do not, before they accuse and calumniate others, inquire into his habits, his previous life, and his charac ter. They are not even certain that he is in the pos session of the plenitude of his mental faculties. The necessity of these questions is not felt. The attempt has been made, the criminal has been arrested ; he has injured only himself. The opportunity is a good one. They revive the most absurd accusations, and identify an entire party with this act, which is offensive at once to morality and to the dignity of the human character. They proclaim to Europe that all those who have ener getically protested for some weeks past against the cowardly policy of the last ten years, and raised with conscientious firmness the cry of national honour in sulted by foreigners, are accomplices of this deed ; that their doctrines are savage, their passions ferocious, and that the carbine of Darmes is the commentary of their writings, aid the postscriptunt of their pamphlets. We shall not reply to these indignities. We will, on the contrary, show our contempt for them by quoting them. The National then quotes some pas sages from the De&ats an the occasion of the assassination of the Duke de Berri, and comments upod them as it . p 1 Ceedc'for - the purpose of showing that the - Debnis has attempted at all times to fix the crimes of individuals upon the parties opposed to it. 1 - The Commerce, in noticing the attempt, calls it a horrible crime, but abstains, like the National from any expression of sympathy for the illustrious per sorage who is thus constantly exposed to the arm of the assassin. It will not even allow that the journals which give expression to their joy at the escape of the Sovereign are sincere in their.demonstrations, but as serts that they lay hold of the attempt as a means of getting rid of the political party which is opposed to them, and thus gratify their own ambition. The Capitole has a■ article on the same subject, but it contains little more than a recommendation that a verdict of insanity, as in the case of Oxford, should be brought against Darmes. (From the Quotidienne.) This frightful perseverance in ideas of blood and murder gives to the excitement of ignorance an appear ance of ferocity ; one is involuntarily impressed with a feeling of sorrow and dread in perceiving the furkus ob stinacy, which claims the right of murder as a conse quence—a very natural one indeed--of the new doc trines. Have we not been told that assassination is the insurrection of a single man ? and have not the new doctrines told ❑s that insurrection is the most sa cred of duties? Alibaud said with savage simplicity, I have given my life in exchange for that which I was desirous of taking ; what more would you have?" It appeared to him that in politics he obtained the right of killing others by claiming that of destroying himself. In the midst of the immense chaos in which opinion and judgment clash so violently, firm and enlightened minds sometimes wander without compass and without guide. What must be the case, then, with those uncultivated minds which are abandoned to the seduction of their passions ? Men have been called upon to abjure the salutary principles which preside over the preservation of society, and taught that authority is a lie and an ini quity ; they have been told that reason should be the only rule of morality, truth, and justice. Why then are we astonished that pride should have corrupted the heart of man, and that he should have, as it were, erected altars to the maddest conceptions of his deluded imagination? The Univers expresses its conviction that this new at tempt upon the life of the King can only be regarded as an isolated crime, unconnected with any conspiracy. (From the Jiloniteur .) The attempt has caused a profound emotion in Paris. We have seen with horror the re-appear ance of that fatal epidemic of regicide which we had thought extinct, and the responsibility . of which the first nation of the world has so frequently for the last ten years rejected. At the news of so odious a crime the public mind was immediately and painfLlly impressed with considerations connected with our fo. reign policy. Every ore felt that Europe was observing us, cod that in our present situation respect for the laws, devotion to the constitutional throne, and the spi rit of patriotism, order, and union, which are in the hearts of all good citizens, ought to be more than ever the guide of all parties. Providence has not permitted that this new attempt against an august and sacred head should bring new misfortunes upon the country. Crime has again been powerless. God has again pre served that high destiny to which are attached by an indissoluble bond, public liberty, national glory, all the interests of the State, and all generous sympathies. HANGING IN CIIAINS.—The English law was not, formerly, content with the punishment of death_ it n•quired to have death with a horror of some sort at tached to it; as anatomy had been complained of, the le gislators had chains and a gibbet. Death was not enough —no, not even a slow, expected, ceremonious, dungeon death, during which, a man dies in every nerve and muscle previous to the last fatal friendly blow. It might have been supposed, when the law had travelled so far—had laid wrong hands upon the criminal, and crushed the life out of his marrow—that it had done its worst. It had so, and it was folly to attempt more ; by h ang i ng a corpse up in the air—by festooning it with rusty chains, justice and the judge lent themselves to a horrible farce. Nobody was deterred, but many disgusted: of all scarecrows, the worst, and yet ugliest, is a human one. Superstition gets an auxiliary : on windy nights, the bones rattle, and the chains clank, and the eottagers draw their chairs together, anal the peasant boy leaves the tainted path—and this is about all. Hanging in chains was an ancient barbarism, unworthy of the men whose enlightened views have abolished 1 that part of the f e l on ' s sentence that tended to make ana tomy ignominious. Death is the ne plus ultra of the law: when it endeavoured to push its authority beyond the grave, it exhibited, unnecessarily, the limits of its power, beyond which, it was mere impotence—a dangerous and a useless exposure..—lllirror. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—On Friday, Cateaton street, from Basiughall-street to King-street, Guildhall, was, by order of the Lord Mayor, closed againk carriages of all descriptions, preparatory to the houses on its north.. ern side b e i ng p u ll e d d own , for the purpose of widening the str ee t. Thi s i s an a l tera ti on long desired, it other, being et andaneisg sod t narrow that two vehicles could not pass each will rend e r the com munication between Kitee Lothbury much more safe and convenient, as well as add to the improvement of that part of the city. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. THIS EVENING, OCT. 19. Will be repeated a NewAlythologiCalMusical Drama, entitled VF.NUA' A VESTAL. Apollo, Miss M. Glover; Venus, Miss J. Alordaunt ; Aga peta, Mrs. H. Beverley. A Musical Piece will succeed, entitled MY THREE BROTHERS. Pertinax Single, Mr. Balls; Peregrine Single, Mr. Balls; Percival Single, Mr. Bal's; Humphrey Grizzle, Mr. S. Botchy; Taffline, Miss Sheersmith ; Emily, Miss Seymour. After which will be rereated a New Piece, entitled the WRITINGS OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. Lady Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordaunt. The whole to conclude with a New Barletta, named RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones, Mr. Samuel Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith. Mrs. Garrick. Dress 13exes, 4s. ; Olympial Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Half-price—Dress Circle, 25.; Olympian Boxes, Is. 6d Pit, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSARD. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, OCT. 19. PART FIRST. Overture—Le Muette de Portiei—Auber. Lucrezia Borgia--Quadrille (first time)—Musard. Overture—Semirarnide—Rosini. Le Cent Suisse—Quadrille, AI S.—Musard. Romance from Halevy's Opera, '6 Guido et Ginevra," Cornet a Piston Solo, Herr Koenig, arranged by Alusard. Concerto Violin, Monsieur De Loffre (his first appearance in this couctry). Quatre Heures—Quadrille, with Variations for the Flageolet, by Mons. Collinet—Musard. PART SECOND. Overture—Der Freischutz—C. M. Von Weber. Polichinel—Quadrille—Musard. Fantasia Oboe—Mons. Barret. Les Serenades Espagnolle—Musard. First Grand Fantasia from Meyerbeer's Opera Les Huguenots. Valses—Le Bon Gout—Strauss. " Camille,"—Galop, Solo, Trumpet —NlUsard—Herr Muller. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes,ls. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. Doors open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence of Eight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, No. 33, Old Bond street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices, 10s. 6d., 11. ls., and 1/. lls. 6d. Boxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on application to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten ill Four o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whole of the evening, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. THIS EVENING, OCT. I9.—PROGRAMME. Overtures—Joko, Yelva, Egmont, Italiani in Algieri. Quadrille:—Figurante, Le Triomphale, Torquato Tasso, Danois. Waltzes—Mills Fleur, Tanz Recepte, Rosenblatte.. Galop—Schwiester. Duett, Cornet a Piston—Mr. APParlanc and Mr. Keightly. Solo on the Horn, Mr. Hardy. TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY—SOIO on the Violin, Mr. Wily. . . EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. The following is the substance of the principal ques tions put to Darmes on his first interrogation, and his replies, with some other details, which are given by the Ministerial evening papers : What is your name ?—Marius Edmund Darmes. (It appears, however, from. the papers which were seized at his residence, that his name is Marius Enne mond Darmes.) Where were you born ?—At Marseilles. What is your age?—Forty-three. Where do you live ?—To this question, although re peated several times, he refused to reply. What is your profession ?—Conspirator. That is not a profession ?—Well, then, write down that I live by my labour. Who urged you to the commission of so odious a crime ? Have you any accomplices ?—I am the only accomplice. I wanted to kill the greatest tyrant of an cient or modern times. Do you not now repent of having conceived and exe cuted so abominable an attempt ?—I repent only of not having succeeded. 1-lid you long entertained the project of assassinating the King conceived the project only an hour be fore putting it into execution. After this first interrogation, the Prefect of Police, in presence of the Minister of the Interior, heard the depo sitions of the non-commissioned officers, adjutants, ser gens-de-ville, and soldiers, who had witnessed the crime, and aided in the apprehension of Darmes. Immedi ately after his arrest, Doctors Blandin and Aurity were called in, in consequence of the wound in his hand, and interrogated as to whether immediate amputation was necessary. They declared that it would be better to wait, and ordered that the wound should be immedi ately dressed. Yesterday morning the Procureur-Ge neral and the Procureur du Roi again interrogated the prisoner, who this time consented to reply to all the questions. He declared that he was a frotteur, and lodged at No. 41, in the Rue de Paradis, Faubourg Poisonniere. He said that the carbine with which he fired at his Majesty was loaded with live bullets REGICIDAL ATTEMPT. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE LATE HORRID ATTEMPT TO ASSASSI NATE THE KING OF THE FRENCH. (From the Journal des Debats.) The enemies of order and public peace may be satis fied! The proceedings of Republicanism have pro duced their fruit. The party of insurrection and anarchy have just had their fifth regicide. W e d o not k no w whilst we are writing whether our gr i ef or our indigna tion be the strongest, We are i ndignant, as subjects and defenders of constitutional monarchy, that the arm of an assassin should have been raised against the sacred head on which repose the dearest interests of the country ; but we are profoundly afflicted as Frenei citizens, when we reflect on the circumstances in the midst of which this crime was committed, What ! is it at the moment when France is isolated from the rest of Europe, and menaced in her dignity and influence, when she is in need of all her strength, and a com mon interest demands the union of all parties, is it such a moment that the passions of anarchy have chosen for an attack upon the august chi e f i n w h om are concentrated in the eyes of Foreign Powe rs a ll th e great ness, all the power, all the strength of the country ? Yes ; France will shudder at the crime which has just been committed, for this crime weakens her. Her ene mies abroad, whilst they will curse crim e i n t h e name o f humanity an d mora li t y, will rejoice at it, for it brings them profit. The attempt of the 15th October will, perhaps, surprise Europe, which might have thought that the patriotic declamations which have been uttered for the last two months covered in reality sonic true patriotis m . But those who at home have watched the progress of political passions will not be deceived. What have been the invariable tactics of the Republican fac tion for the last two months ? Under pretence of pre serving the national dignity, and defending the honour of the country, what are the factions doing ? They excite every bad passion, and rouse every stupid preju dice, and every savage hatred which is fermenting in the heart of our unhappy country. They excite them less against Foreign Powers than against the national authority of Royalty and of the Chambers, which alone has the mission and the power to protect France against foreign menaces' or violence. Such is the plan of the campaign of the factions. They triumph in the midst of our alarm, and chaunt • the midst of our suf ferings. victory in This attempt tills us with despair , (From the Presse.) us, but it does not surprise us fury of parties, H o w could it be other and humiliates wise, when the King was ;very day held up to the taken upon them to destroy what was established by which support . the Cha . rter of 1 830, but also in those How could . it the Ministry with the greatest ardour ? be otherwise, when we see for instance, the Sierle Bugeron among defending AI. Thiers, and reckoning prove .a salutary its writers? May this new attempt " t only in the Journals which have and final warning to those honest but weak minds, which rush blindly up on war and anarchy. whilst they think they are only I obeying Unfortunate) the inspirations of liberty and nat!onality: unfortunately and we say it with all sin cerity, we rather express our desire than our expcta non, for publi c opinion,iinisteial Jou r nals, is n ot yet its r deceived by the Republican, Legitimist, and A height, alth oug h i t is at the brink of an a b yss : i t no longer obey s th e di ctates of reason and listens only to the voice of th ose who urge it forward. Will it. then, never comprehend what is presaged by suc h acts as . this, or dre a d th at P rovidence may become weary of protecting their country ? (From the Sleek.) We had hoped that this frightful monoma nia of re gicide had di sa pp eared. We are again condemned to hear Foreign Powers, who assail the honour of France . and revolution ; m a k e a weapon of this abom i na bl e fury of a few assassi ns t o ca l umniate an entire nation . 1,.r e know, however, th a t th e contempt of the wor ld will vin dicate us for this calumny. England has not been de nounced in France as a nation of regicides because the murderer Oxford fired upon the Queen ; but the de pravity of such attempts, even in fanaticism, must deeply afflict every heart. M ay t h e horror w hi c h th e y inspire at least prevent the recurrence of them ! (From the Constitution/2a.) Fanatical demagoguism has again armed ono of Immediately, in 3 vols., post Esvo., H E SIEGE OF FLORENCE. A ROMANCE. By DANIEL MACAIITHY, ESQ. Henry Colburn, Publi,her, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A NEW VOLUME BY SAM SLICK. Immediately, in post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, A NEW VOLUME OF H E CLOCK MAKER Or, SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF SAM SLICK, OF SLICKVILLE. Third Series. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, OCT. J 9. Will be presented Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; lenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Joncs. To eonclude with Auber's Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. The Marquis San Carlo (Fra Diavolo), Mr. W. Harrison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. T. Bishop; Lorenzo, Mr. Binge ; Lady Alleash, Miss A. Taylor ; Zerlina, Miss Rainforth. To-morrow, the Spanish Curate, with Two in the Morning, and the Greek Boy. On Wednesday, The Rivals, with The Beggar's Opera. On Thursday, The Spanish Curate, with Two in the Morn ing, and The Greek Boy. _ _ Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, tts. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, es. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to'he opened at half-past Six—the performances to :ommence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxy 7 to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Seasoe Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. Admission—Promenade. Is. ; Boxes, 2s. Private Boxes, IL Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant success, confirmed by' houses overflowing in every part has crowned the production of the Wreck of the Royal Geukaq4.thvactsisti.intittertntririts linet wittt - the approval of ' iffratritig thousands, and 'Bruipsines - magnificent Diorama has been pronounced to be without equal. Last week of Ainsworth's Original Jack Sheppard. THIS EVENING, OCT. 19, Will be acted the New Nautical Drama, entitled THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and Scenic Induction. repre senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca amity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. Realizing all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaus Vivans. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. This highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk. The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the ,number, variety, and beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa cious and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arranged with the nearest possible assimilation to the natural habits of the animals. The most important additions recently received are the rare and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair of the scarce CurasFows, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred Ibis, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of Cossowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine ment), &c. The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock, at v‘hich time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular powers of these forest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad vantage. Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We thank Mr. Webb for his letter. It is ably and well written, but not suited to our columns. 111Gti WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To_mourtow, 49 minutes alter 9 I Evening ..... 20 minutes at ter lil Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN corn. menced at 30 minutes after Three. _., i ~'W t_ , ~ , - 4 “ • . 14r. (. r --.- ~,,,,,- tr - '. 4. ' - -.- , . , - - -- N1 vi".„..,.. !... , 4..,.' ~,- i f --- -:,- ..,:y.ekt -- )4„..._4„. i r.t , ~ ,..t „t, : i. f. ,\".. , .. ; ,.. , -- <4,,,, -- . \. , -,.. t _•..,x , ..,..,* 1 (..,t`. ''''' ' , l - 2 ..„ ......3",,,,,,,,..,....7,T, '' - ~, , L . .,- a .4.7,.. '",-,--1, __ fn 1,1,1_1,+ LONDON: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1840. The horrible attempt to assassinate the King of the FRENCH occupies, as might he expected, time leading columns of the French Journals of Fri day and Saturday. The organs of the Court at tribute the recurrence of this atrocious attempt to the violent language of the war faction and their organs, as will be seen by a reference to the ar ticles from them quoted in another part of The Sun. Neither the Journal des Debals, the Presse, nor the Moniteur, regards with more detestation and abhorrence these frantic efforts to rid France of a Sovereign whose moderation alone preserves Europe from the horrors of war, than we do ; and in ah the pleasure they express at the providential escape of his MAJESTY we cordially participate. The death of King Louis PHILIPPE at this moment would be an European calamity, of the Full extent of which it is impossible to form any conception. On the Eastern Question we find little that is new in the Paris Papers, save some correspondence of the 3d inst., from Alexandria,' published in the 111ontlezir. The Allies were then in possession of Said, Jaffa, Djouni, D'jebail, Kaiffa, and Tripoli ; but SOLIMAN PACIIA had re-entered Beyrout, which they had declined to occupy, as they could not command the hills in its rear, whence the Egyptian army could at any time destroy the town. Acre had not been attacked, and was supposed capable of serious resistance. The Alexandrian Correspondent of the illoniteur states that the towns on the sea coast of Syria are easily taken, but that on their capture depends not the fate of Syria. The strength of the Catholic Moun taineers has, lie says, been over-rated ; the real Syrian warriors being the Druses inhabiting Leba non, the Hauuran, and the mountains of Acre and on to Jerusalem. It is upon the fidelity and the coura ge o f t h e D ruses , the Nussieries, and the Ismaelies, who are all Mussulmans, though not strictly orthodox in their observances, that IB m RA- It PACIIA d e p e nds ; and as they can plentifully supply hi s troops w i t h provisions, he can safely await the effect of the winter storms upon the ENIN EDIT' ()14. blockading squadrons. After narrating some oth particulars of no interest, the Correspondent of Moniteur concludes as follows : " The Allies, however, are masters of a position which is rather alarming for the Pacha. They occupy Mouni and Zouk Mikail, villages of Lebanon, situated near the Lycus (Nahar-el-Kell). But, if they do not s ucceed in driving the Egyptians out of Beyrout, the possessioa of D'jouni and Zouk Mikail will be of little importance to them, although their position be almost inexeug• liable. Ibrahim can prevent their receiving cattle and horses, and cut off their supply of water if he - com mands Dog River. The Allies , having no other re so urces than those derived from their ships, the desert ers who may join their rauks w ill, ere long, prove burden to them. " Honour, country. love of pr ince, are all empty words in the East ; religion is the onl y motive of ea" tion, the fear of the prince the only c urb, and the hope of plunder the only i. the holy city nc of itement Damascus, which shudders at the sight of infidels at its gates , in Naplouz, and at Aleppo, the Pacha will be able to recruit 113 many irre gular troops as he pleases, and the latter will fig ht bravely when supported by the disciplined army• " The Allies had accordingly formed a n exaggeratecc idea of the co-operation which they exp ec ed from Christians of Lebanon, and the other d iscontented a' Syria. The Emir Bechir urns villages to punish this die a affection a o y f s ' th p e u i n r i i s n h h e a d bi b i t n an t t i s i e ; ita L n e d ba n i o s n th ; u s such °gen e V / he h:rnselfby adopting another system ; his conwelouu dw ctlora; be attributed to fear." All the Correspondents of the French iournils,, do not take an equally gloomy view of the prospedisf. of the Allies. In a letter from a French officer on board the squadron commanded by MI miral HUGON, off Glecce, we find the following passage , 6 E ven t s are progress i ng i n Sy r ia with great raim.‘ll.lP and the French Government, by m aking 10 " 11' Ict finds itself, for the measures which circumstanoes wa-. eleve necessitate, forestall e d by England. 'claere are British ships on the coast of Syria • the squaron' fro, Lisbon, composed of fire ships, two ' of which are ti t re ,: end i s 13r i ar ci deckers, was at Malta some time ag e, Stop - 1 0 ! now united with that of Admiral Si which is acting in Syria. " The position of the French squadron i s ! a l le ti a ll :e d r ridiculous. We see, as it were, acts accomPl ieue- - Go our own eyes which are di s approved of by our owa spa vernment• without any obstacle being made thelti°'4lo. if the English chose to entrap us in one of the' r tomary ambuscades, it would not be difficult for theusoke destroy us ; for, besides the sixteen ships which I 5 1 ) me of, they have nine steamers, several small vessels. It appears to me that the se e k - • considerinc , its numerical inferiority,. ought t° France, and not here." • 'a • / . 1 Upon the whole, however, the impressio ldb e Paris c r roo 7 ; on Saturday was, that the question won settled pacifically. Active negotiations were 10°1111' to be carrying on between the Cabine ts of Panel and England for arranging the basis O f 3 fi t h; adjustment, and it is not unknown hies- already many of the greatest difelnrs have disappeared. Already have the Ambassa • i n strue h t c ey. of the Four Powers at the Porte bee n to communicate to the SULTAN, that whil° admit the abstract ri g ht of his Highne ss to deP°l; MEHEMET ALI, they nevertheless trust 0 01 _ the event of the Viceroy's early subm sentence will be revoked, and Egypt and a P art have . - Syria granted to the Egyptian Ruler. TheY. o further been commanded to signify to the A 44 that as the Consuls• General of the Four Pov ier h lost have quitted Alexandria, no time ought to "eor in communicating to the PACHA the benevw e r and gracious intentions of his Imperial Ille4te ission We had expected that some such prudent s te p t would be taken, and we are well satisfied that has been taken so early as to appea r the ap PGogee neous act of the Four Powers.. T hat the 3 will offer any opposition to the recommenda °1: ti : $ 5 . the Four Powers is inconceivable, • settie.. they have charged themselves with the eutge ment of the question agreeably th to e Porte itself. • The most important news that we receive fr-ga r oola - Greed, by way of Marseilles, concerns the Pr°E . made to King Otbo lajthe Four the Tresty-of LerfaMT,To' lariat.' The this nestr• • alliance. This ,fiet atingsseeeA bY" o F u r t ic r h ad th c People, a journal of A th - etis;'Which 10 1 ,1 4 o bad consequences that would arise kohl b t acceptance . of this proposal by King Otho .(11"E_..1 eludes its article on the subject by a • wishes of the Gpv meut must not flatter itself with the l ' ia s vi y n i g ng th t e e sapP,, - Grc nation in a proceeding which would inaPe 6e ' a ".. * Greece the obligation to hinder and to check, .in of e,a" war, the movements in Thessaly, Maceuia. E b pirus ; for no Greek, it says, would be a patric id violate the oath which he has taken-for the con ' ked liberty. It is said that Admiral Hugon. h 5 11 ' as the Greek Government to be allowed to lan d m s in order to exercise them,. has been refuse" Pe mission.—La Gazelle de France. BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 1 7 ' . L ot first Highest Low est FriCS Price Price.. Fri JO French per Cents 4% per Cents ..... 9/ •.• "* 89 4 per Cents 9O ~ 94 • ... 8 2 50 ••• 70 3 per Cents 7O 40 70 55- *" 2210 Sank of trance i.Alitte Bank I,ooof. 5h..., 2 425 995 995 . . . 50 1 0 .SU IO 5010 5,0001. 58. LOlO ...5010 790 „elgian Bank 0 IN 790 7 0 .7, S ;ter Cents ipanish Acve ....... 9'12 }4 ". **** ▪ 22' 5 li Passive l. 5 5 „ 5 91 11 Neapolitan 97 75 97 75 ..• 75 • 96 Roman 96% 97 ' RAILWAY SHARES. 522- 50 St. Germain s ersaillcs, R. LS 340 310 .•• ‘ ,7 2 50 „ 2 yj L.B. Orleans • • 4lO 442 50 t i j t ••• Strasburg to Bale 230 ... ••• ' A Morning Contemporary, enjoying t h e i con: fidence of M r . U RQUHART , who is now in '; g a h s feathe r w i t h a sect i on o f t h e French Cabinet, Ice the following article, comm unicating i" telligen which we believe to be substantially correct We are informed that the note hithert o unP The to which M. 'Fli ers a ll u d es in the postscript °' Bth to his memoran d um o f t h e 3d, is more pacific t the British Government had reason to expect' Of It contains a p ro t es t a . a i ns t the supposed 0-- i ~„ Russia, but con t ains no pro t es t against the pro p c eeuthi of Great Britain. It demands what will be the conduct of Government in the following eases ! ard 1. What will the British Government do with re , fr to the deposition of Mehemet Ali, which has alcol been pronounced by the Porte ? 2. What will the British Government do with, r n e c i speet to the threatened attack on A.lexandrib a _ f the destruction of the Turkish fleet in the harbour v Alexandria ? Gover n. 3. What are the terms which the British ment proposes to accord to Mehemet Ali ?yai We further understand that Lord Palmerstoll answered the abvieve queries in the followinw nianner• 1. With regard to the deposition of Mehemet jo The determination of the British Government t ' es depend on the extent of the resistance the 'Viceroy giv the British to the execution of te eaty. 2. With regard to h the tr attack on Alexandria and th e Turkish fleet ? The determination of the British G O Vernlnat pend on the u s e m a de by 'Mehemet Al of the Turk,lSni fleet, and the warlike armaments prepared in t he Pori' - Ale. W xandri itha. be 3 regard to the nature of the Wins to granted to eh Ali ? They will M depend emet in great measure on his readi ness' to accede to the treaty of the 15th July. It would be much better to publish the se notes et once, seeing the good that has resulted from the pre' vious diplomatic correspondence of these Ministers' Taking the answers of Lord PALMER STON tO the" French Ministerial queries to be substantially Or rect, we may be allowed to express something like regret that they were not more exPlieit. In answer to the first query we see no good r eason for withholding from France the prompt a L ls_ l .—. )r ' mic e that England would • no t tolerate the execution of the act of deposition ; in an , swer to the second, that England wool" not bombard Alexandria unless hostilities were commenced by th e PACHA against tile Four Powers, or that vi o l ence was offered to the subjects of all, or either of them ; and in answer to the third, that in the event of his sub. mission in so many days, after receiving an offer of the SULTAN'S forgiveness, and the revocation of the sentence of deposition, Egypt, and a certain fixed extent of Syria, would be secured to him in perpetuity. As the English Cabinet is prepare d to make concess i ons t o this extent to the PACIIA° where would b e the evil in frankly sta ting them tO the French Minister ? The ables t di p lomacy consists in going directly to the poin t, reserving no