The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION PORTUGAL. By titc 'ngu:s steamer, arrived at Falmouth wl!'n the M .lta and Pcnir.gula mails, the Queen of Portugal's sT , each elosinr , the extraordinary session of the Cortes bas been received. " LISBON, Nov. 30.—This day the session of the Ex traordinary Cortes, which hus lasted rather better than six months, was closed at one o'clock, p.m. by her Ma jesty in person, who delivered the fallowing Sf.,ecli from the' _ . Senbores---I come to close the Session of this long azd laborious Legislative Assembly, which has been so useful in aiding the first public necessitii!, and in discus sing anrvoting organic laws of the greatest importance. The nation will be sensible of your zeal, and bless the wisdom by which you have been ,cwided. It is to be ►amented that the urgent business which has occupied you has nut left sfficient time to condiude the discussion of the budget, ela to treat as amply as could have been de sired the different branches of the revenue. " ' My Government empowered to provide for the cur. rent expenses and to satisfy the extraordinary demands which have unavoi:htblv occurred, as well as to establish the nicaus now practicable of paying the foreign dividends, will unceasingly (L vote itself in preparing all labours and siece,stry inferwation to be laid before you from the open ing of the urclii,ry ses.sion, in o:der that you may be able opportunely to fix our t xpenaes when knowr, and to ame liorate the mode of the receipts of the State. I do not less expect that you will continue to dedicate yourselves, with equal efficacy, to the important affair of the navigation of the Douro, which also, from want of time,: it was not pessitla to terminate. I congratulate myself with you upon ti.e complete re- establishment of public peace, which during the session was disturbed. I thank you for the io::fi±eacs which you hare placed in my Government, by gratating the extraordinary Facers it solicited. The moderate use which they made of it will justify this c. 4.4) tide ace. Without interrupting its labours the Curtes have efficacioudy co-operated with the Government in enlight ening the public opinion upon the true interests of the na tion, arid thus affirded the greatest and most secure sup port that the legislative body can give to a constitutional Goseruinent. During exis period my life was in imminent danger, from which it plrased Divine Providence to save me. The proofs of sincere affection which upon this occasion I re ceived generally I glory to have merited from the Por tuguese nation, whose happiness is the greatest object of my cat c, and whose liberty I consider as the most solid basis of my Throne. The session is closed.' " Her Majesty proccoded to the Curter in full state, an I after reading :he Speech in an auditle and distinct voice, returned in the s ame manner tO the Palace des Necesaidades. Fiont the circumstance of several of the northern Senators and Doritsutics having loft yesterday in the Vesuvio steamer for Oporto, the Chamber on this °c ession presented but a small number of Representatives. The snuttnig of this Legislative Assembly was, it is firmly believed, ha.tencd by the discussion of the river D.,uro regulations, which (as I have observed in my previous conitiaanications), if pressed through the house, would, in all probability, overthrow the present Adminis tration. the outcry of the agricultural interests and the na tional L.:cling in general being unfavourable to the inert- This question appears to be a vital one for the country, the Corn-laws here being similar to those in England. flow Spain will take up this matter, after so oiLiar's and assurances that the convention with its enactments would b,s approved, remains to be seen. It is vutoriously public that the Marquis de Saldanha was in structed to persuade the Madrid Cabinet that no other than the present Ministry would be able to carry the treaty in question through the Chambers. •"f Ix modifications upon the hierarchy of Judges, sent from ;he Senate to the Deputies, was discussed and dis p,scd et :311 the :23d inst., and on the same day Ministers ,ere empowered to raise in the most convenient manner 600 .!onto-. de reis (138,0001. starling) upon the dccima of the first six months of the economical year 1839 to 1840. The law fur the payment of the British claims (civil and commissariat), as recently adjusted in London, of 1,325,1;10,839 reis, or 309,2011. 17s. 3d. sterling, accord ing to the - course of exchange that may prevail as the in stalments may fall dtv, the last on the Ist of September, 1z.4411, has received the Royal assent, and was published in the Diurio do Guverito of Tuesday last. The means to Le raised to fulfil these engagements are to be specifically voluted out in the respective budgets frcm 1840 to 1843. A modlicatio.n, or rather re-organization, of the Ministry ;s on the t,pis. The most probable reports are, that the Deputies, M. Augiar will take the pory'cuille of th e I n _ t.ez - i , ar, and M. Jervis do Attoguia that of Marine ; the Lf Finance, M. Florido, tc give way to make room fur M. Gomes do Castro, M. Rodrigo da Fonseca ~‘lsgalhaes to remain with the Foreign, and M. Costa Cati - al with the Justice Department. Owing to a mes *age to the Crown which passed the Chamber of Deputies on Thursti.ry last, humbly praying her Majesty to appoint a more competent person as an advisee of the Crown than the Count de 13cmfim, his Excelleacy, it is understood, is to be moved out of the war bureau for the Duke de Irreeira or Vac Baron- do Leiria, ahculd not the gallant Alsr.hal accept; tiiis last arrangement may perhaps be productiYa of carious consequences, Count do Bomfim, "Ai() *tan, it is said, already rely upon a certain military pary to uplioisi liirn, being bent on keeping in place." ,SPAIN. Mantua. Nov. 28.-- , The Gazette of this morning' pre e ,ts a s atisfactory pleturc of the progress of the present (; 0 1ernrcent, and furnishes the best reply to the charges (f incompetency, disser.sion, 4nd the want of public confi dence daily preferred .again‘t theca by their opponent;. I may sta.c that the gcnciai rt•sult is, that the salaries of the IT'nolc of the army and navy, at,a two-thirds of those of the civil employer of the Crown, have been paid up the last month, the iaco .mc, during this period, and expenses amounting to about ninety millions of reals. This, it will be observed, has been effected without clandestilia ruinous contracts, while the principle of publicity thus acted upon by the Regency cannot tail of being grateful to thu people. The celebration of the anniversary of the execution of Riego took place to-day in the Plan de Cebada, amidst a larg e concourse of sp e ct a t ors and of military pomp. Ti Duke de la Victoria pronounced the following words on the occasion:— " the monument erected to the memory of those ilium tons men who have sacrificed themselves to the li• hefty and independence of their country afford an ex ample worthy of imitation to present and future gene. rations, they furnish a no less worthy tribute of respect tilote heroin individuals whose virtues give them a niche sn the temple of immortality. " Spain is the country which might boast a host of dis tingu,s;)ed men from the remotest antiquity, aad in our ovn times we have many bright examples of martyrs, who bravely preferred the scaffold to the ignominy of slavery. With their blood they watered the tree of liberty, cncou ragia by their example their fellow-citizena to give it ad. t!itional strength, and that their descendants of the noble race of Pelayo might repose in happiness under its protect ing shade. To-day, Spaniards, it is cur duty to honour the ashes of the immortal Kiego—of that hero who at Ca. i) ass de San Juan ►aised the electric cry of liherty, but who, fr m circumstances with which all are acquainted, was made prisoner by the malice of despots, and in this place, and on this day, suffered the terrible punishment of martyrdom, along with several companions. Let us raise our vuws to Heaven that he may enjny that place amongst the just to which his virtues entitle him. Let us bend the knee in testimony of respect to their ashes, and vow before their altar to imitate their example—to prefer death Zo , lavery." Five per Cents. Active. 25 13-16 cash to-day. TILE WRECK OF THE BARK WESTMINSTER. It will be recollected that in the course of the list week a paragrqh appeared anriouucing that the steamers Royal William and Royal George had arrived in London from I%largate, respectively laden with many hundred chests of tea, being part of the cargo belonging to the said ship Westminster, which struck on the sands off Margate, on Sunday, the 22d ultimo. The following particulars cf the wreck and providential ma finer in which the passengers and crew were saved may prove interesting to our readers : The Westminster, commanded by Captain Mollison, left Singapore some months ago, laden with upwards of 4,000 chests of tea. " After a somewhat tempestuous passage," says one of the officers attached to the vessel, in a letter dated the :![6th of November, " we were enabled on Friday the 20th instant, to - see the Isle of Wight, at a distance of twenty-one miles. Our ship was teen impelled by a very pleasant breeze, which continued until six o'clock the next morning, when the wind became al d ee.:disagly boisterous. A pilot then came on board u ' .i.cre to s ok charge of the shin through the Downs, the wind l.sing du r i ng th e w hol e ti me , an d b e t ween t e n and cheer, o'clo c k the same morning we came to an anchor in Msrgat e Road s , at a distance of two miles fromthe shore. T c whebearreomeser being very l ow an d still Ipntiming to fall, prepar e d for a heavy gale of wihd. Our ex', cc. lotions were soon realised "In the afternoon f • Saturday the wind became less s to r my, but towards night(ud t n again freshened, and blew very bard. At one a.m. s." morning), we retired to r2s E, but expected to he ca ll e d every minute, and at icion t s h w u e p e v re , confirmed. It then flea o'clock our worst suspicions blew a perfect hurricane, and vessel was tossed about came forwar n d in a fearful manner. The pilot not aware of the , ash, Yea,' exclaimed danger which threatened us, , te ' She is all right yet, is she not?' was the answer given by the boatswain, whose hour ' ,s it u ; as to hold the watch. A few minutes afterward., we sud denly roused by the boatswain, who called out in a loud voice, • Pilot, pilot, she's adrift, she's adrift, and we are running fast on a lee-!hors.' The carpenter w as then ordered to cut away the ruMmast, but some time had elapsed before he succeeded in ding so. n ..,n the instant the mast fell the ship gave a heavy lurch and away it went, with a crash which made everythin g snake in a most alarming mann , r. We fired minute guns to bring boats to our assistance, but none came, and the water h.as now washing over the vess , 1 with such force that at times we could not see our hard: before us. At daylight we hoisted our ensign union down, as a signal of distress. A few minutea afterwards we saw a viaggon, which contained a boat, on the lee shore. This cheered _ U ! a ilY Tut: -. boat wa-s launched to the water , a nd the I".r fellows in it pulled with all their might for half an I ' ll u*, but could not get ahead. We then lowered our own boat, an d . whole of the he tae risk of our lives succeeded in landing the cold and ~c rew. who arrived sdfo on shore, but miser ablywe had not beenetd However this we thought little of, as We were tak en to dry since we left the Western Islands. ani h nn at Margate, whore we obtained T some refreshm ent . next day . we went down to the ship, and found she had lii feet of water in her hold. A s t e amer came alongside in the course of the morning, and we discharged about -4,000 h chests of tea in a dry st a te. All to the s', was damaged. They I am much now striving hard to get e e vessel off the sands, much afraid they will not ItlCC,;ed." NEWS FROM THE EAST. We have received, by extraordinary express from Mar seilles, accounts from the seat of War in Syria to the 18th ult. The intelligence is brought ;by the Cyclops steamer, which arrived at Malta on the 24th Novem ber. The particulars will be found below : V ALETT A (Malta), 25th Nov., 1840. The French steamer due yesterday from the Levant, not having yet appeared, we continue without a confirma tion of the news of the pacification of the East, transmit ted to you by the Euphrates, for Toulon, and of which 1 now send a duplicate herein, as from the conduct of the captain of the vessel here, I think it not unlikely he will have kept back the letters sent by her, both by your Alexandria correspondent and myself. The Cyclops war steamer arrived yesterday from Acre, the 15th, and Beyrout, the ISth instant, bringing, besides sick and invalids, his Highness Emir Mejid, another son of the Emir Bechir. The only intelligence by this conveyance is the departure of a body of Ottoman troops into the interior, under the command of Bri ; padier- General Sir C. F. Smith to attack Ibrahim Pacha. On the 6th several serious casualties occurred at Acre, by the explosion of some powder, and many lives were lost. Among the number it is gild there are eighteen British marines. Among the wounded, Capt. Collier, of the Castor, leg broke; Lieut. Johnson and Mr. Kitson, the Chaplain of the Princess Charlotte. Some cases of plague are reported to have manifested themselves in the immediate vicinity of Beyrout. Sickness, chiefly dysentery and marsh fevers, continues to prevail in the fleet, particularly crnong the marines, of whom two or three die daily. The fleet is spread along the ooast, but most of the ships would shortly be drawing towards the Bay of Marmorice, where they are to winter. The Admiral intended first visiting Alex andria in the Princess Charlotte. The Benbow will most probably remain at Beyrout, with the Magicienne and Daphne. The Caster and Wasp had left for Malta to refit. The Cyclops has suffered some damage in her ma chinery, and will remain out her quarantine in Malta to refit. The Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Edinburgh, and Thunderer, will most probably winter at Malta, after staying a short time at Marmorice, to see how snatters go on. The Powerful, Commodore Napier, has been des patched to Alexandria. On the 18th inst., the Hatti Scheriff was proclaimed at Beyrout, on which occasion the ships of tho Allies fired a Royal salute, and the Austrian Admiral, Bandeira, enter t tained Sir Robert Stopford at dinner. Jaffa has surren t dered to the garrison of Acre, and Jerusalem is said to have done so likewise. DISASTER AT ACRE. On the 6th of November, three days after the fall of this redoubtable fortress, and when the British were still rejoicing at having achieved, in three hours, and with a loss on their side of only 22 killed and 44 wounded, that which even in its then inferior strength withstood 11 assaults of Napoleon, and was only taken on the 12th with a sad loss of human life, they were doomed to suffer a disaster, the origin of which is likely never to be cleared up, though, in all probability, it has arisen from the loose manner in which powder appears to have been conveyed from place to place by the enemy during the defence of it against the Allies, for it seems the approaches to the works from the several magazines are literally one con tinued train of powder, requiring the greatest vigilance to remove, so as to avoid such consequences as the one we are about to relate. A column, at least 500 yards in height, of thick yellow smoke and dust, with a loud and simultaneous report, suc ceeded by a white smoke and the bursting of as many as a thousand shells, spreading in all directions far beyond and all around the ships of the fleet, some of which, and among them the Wasp, being only about 100 yards from the shore, announced the explosion of another powder magazine within the fortress of Acre ! In five minutes after the officers who landed from the shipping to the succour of the suff.!rers, among v - horn there might be shipmates and messmates, encountered on the road those who had fortunately escaped carrying to the hosts for conveyance on board, for medical aid, the maimed and wounded, which, together with the killed, are said to amount to 280, of whom at least 110 are native women and children. We have been unable to ascertain how many are the sufferers in the British fleet, but we understand that as many as fileen marines are killed, and had it not been the hour of dinner, the number would have been considerably increased. Among the seamen there are several wounded, and of the officers, Brigadier-General Sir Charles Felix Smith, R. E., very slightly ; Captain Collier, R N., of the Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and bruises, and Lieutenant -Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of the Princess Charlotte ; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate, with a working party, were ordered to clear out a magazine full of powder and shells, which was on fire from the explo sion; this perilous service was happily performed without any casualty, notwithstanding the doors had been shat tered. By the applying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the chances of further damage were considerably re duced, though the fire was not entirely extinguished until a late hour of the night. Nothing could exceed the in trepid conduct of the parties employed, who even mounted the burning roof, braving all danger, in order to introduce the hose of the engine, playing upon the fire. The Prin cess Charlotte had two of her marines killed and nine wounded, besides several seamen, and the officers, belong ing to her above-named. ACRE, Nov. 2. On Friday, the 6tls, an explosion of a powder maga zine took place, and the loss of life on this sad occasion was indeed fearful. Captain Ford himself seas on shore on the spot a few hours before, and reports that a number of poor Arab women were there, seeking among the ruins the dead bodies of their husbands and relations. These ho supposes amounted to a hundred, and it is probable that all met a melancholy fate by the explosion. Captain Ford himself escaped narrowly, for lie had been sent to attend Sir C. Smith a few moments before the ex. plosion, but excused himself, having felt too much fatigue from his previous exertions. The effccts of the explosion were very remarkable. Among the columns of dust which filled the air were per ceived immense sioaes (many of which fell near the Tahiri Bairi, without however striking her), shells exploded with horrible din, and bodies of men and women wore hurled into eternity ! Men in boats going off to different ships ware wet through by the splash caused by the fall of stenos and other heavy bodies in the water. The Stromboli was struck, but providentially no one was wounded. At three o'clock signals were made from the Princess Charlotte (dig ship) for all the boats to go on shore and render as sistance. At four it was painfully known that many were killed and wounded. Among the sufferer 3 were Captain Collier, of the Castor, who had his leg broken and a con tusion en his head, He is, however, doing well. General Sir Q. gmith, who was examining his horse, had a toe b►oken and his horse killed. The Chaplain of the flag-ship and twelve mawine3 badly wounded. Twelve marines wounded and several missing. Forty Turks killed and wounded, and about 100 Arabs, men and women. In town, oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses, camels, &c„ lie indiscriminately with mutilated human bodice. Al though Arabs arc employed to remove the dead, the work is one of much labour, on account of the heavy stones with which the bodies are covered. There is no support ing the dreadful odours that arise from the putrefying masses. Water is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiri Bald left men were dying in the streets for want of surgical aid ; the surgeons of the fleet were too few in number to do what they desired, though their individual exertions were highly commendable. Mahmoud Bcy, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape, with about 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them were next day seized by the mountaineers, or vo -luntarily surrendered. Colonel Schultz, a Swiss Engineer, after being badly wounded, surrendered to Sir R. Stopford, by whom he was sent on board the Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated. He was afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi for Constantinople, but ere he reached Beyrout he was suf. fering so severely that Captain Ford landed him at the English hospital there, where be will receive the very best attention and care. The ships in general, except the rigging, arc little touched. Admiral Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship close in to the forts, with only two feet water under her keel, and in a very exposed place. He was raked by a bat tery on his quarter, and exposed to the fire of batteries on his beam. He only lost four men killed and eight wounded. His ship was much injured, and sailed yesterday (stla) for Constantinople for repairs, and carrying 1,200 prisoners. The assistance rendered by the two Austrian frigates was considerable, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford. BEYROUT, Nor. 7. Our advices up to this date announce that Ibrahim Paella was at Zable, with about 1,000 men, but in a state of the most abject despondency, owing to the con. tinued desertions from his reduced army. A military plan of his position bad been drawn, and measures taken to attack him. The Emir Bechir with 5,000 mountaineers was above him about an hour's distance, watching his slightest move ments and keeping him in check. The Turks are seized with an enthusiastic desire of taking him, every one individually hoping that he may be the happy man. In order to prevent desertion from his army, Ibraham has formed the plan of taking woman and children as hostages from the neighbouring villages, and for every man who deserts one helpless hostage is to fall 1 In more than one instance his threats have been carried into execution. Ibrahim declares that, if driven from Zahle, he will fall beck on Damascus, and give it up to plunder by his li centious soldiers. All the coast from Scanderoon to Acre is now in the possessio n of the Turkish troops ; large quantities of rico and grain have been found in many places. With the exception of the Princess Charlotte, all the ships had returned to Bcyrout ; she was to follow in to days, after some slight repairs had been effected. We have just heard from au unquestionable source that Hebron and Legia have declared for the Sultan, and Ibrahim is pretty closely hemmed in, whilst the spirit of desertion is so rife in his army, that he is com pelled to keep his cavalry perpetually in motion round the camp, to prevent the infantry from disbanding. It is added that the scarcity of provisions has begun to be felt by the Egyptians, and that they find great difficulty in collecting anything like a sufficiency, although, to intimi date and :ender subservient the inhabitaats, Ibrahim con tinues to fire villages and slaughter women and children. hastion) announce sworn not His cruelty is extended to even babes unb orn , an d we, with our own e ars, have heard on e o f hi s admirers (it need not be said of towliethavetri; pitiless umph that the iwn wrettchna woman a live all Syria .S • t Humanity shud pregnant ders at the deeds o f the monster, but whilst a w i se an d is repeatedly mad e t h e mark of assassins, not a han d r a is c r e aised against Ibrahim. 7 t fiore , accompani e d b D • SMYRNA.—Sir Moses Mon e , W. Wire, Esq. and Dr. Loewe. arrived with his amiable lady by the French mail-packet Tancrede. Although their stay was limited to a few hours, these indefatigable gen tlemen could not devote one single instant of their time to pleasure, but immediately turned their thoughts to acts of public good ; to acts of public philanthropy. No sooner had the vessel anchored than the quay was literally thronged with Jews, poor, rich, healthy, sick ; in fact, of every class, to welcome their benefactor—their liberator, Sir Moses Nlontefiore, on his landing. The chief rabbi, accompanied by some persons of note, went on board, and were received with distinguished marks of respect and attention. In a short time Sir Moses and his lady landed, :accom panied by Mr. Pincherle, a highly respectable merchant. Having performed his devotions in the synagogue situ ated in the Jew quarter, he received the deputations of several of his co-religionists; but so little time was allowed the worthy gentleman for action, that he was obliged to confide the execution of several orders to Messrs Pin cherle, and content himself with promising to give replies to their demands, and act upon their wishes, from Malta, the present place of his residence. It gives us infinite pleasure to record one action of bene ficence out of the hundreds of which Sir Moses has lately formed the subject. As he was passing through the narrow streets of the Jews' quarter he perceived two shoeless, hatless, and al most naked lads. He immediately called them to him, and, after a few questions, gave orders to Mr. Pincherle to clothe and educate them, and afterwards bind them apprentice to some useful business at his own private expense. DEATH. —Yesterday, at an early hour, of dysentery, Joel Davis, Esq. This gentleman was in the suite of Sir Moses Montefiore, on his arrival here from England, but did not accompany that gentleman on his mission to Alexandria. Sir Moses and suite were still nailer quarantine, at Malta, on the 27th of November. THE CAMP OF IBRAHIM PAC/lA. This chief was, by the last accounts, at Zacchally, a village situate on the plain of Boccah,' immediately under the range of the hills of Lebanon. It would appear that he has with him both Soliman and Hussein PAchas, and that their combined forces do not exceed 12,000 in fantry and 2,000 cavalry, and not more than from twelve to fifteen field pieces. The new Emir Beehir is at El Ilarby. Provided he be accompanied by Commodore Napier and 1,000 British Marines, he offers to descend at once and give Ibrahim battle ; or he would do so without the Commodore, with a reinforcement of 5,000 Otto man?, as many additional muskets, and a dozen or two of field pieces, which would imply that the Commodore is a host of himself, to say nothing of the artillery and small arms ! Abdalla, the brother of the Emir, is at Harnona, with 2,000 infarnry and 500 cavalry kmountaineers). NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, Nov. 25 The Asia arrived on the 21st instant :ro.n Alexandria, after a loug passage of 21 days, having anchored in the Bay of Kolo Kythia, in the southern extremity of the Mo.. rea. She returns' to the Levant as soon as she gets newly masted and refitted. Mr. Robert Anderson, R. N., master of the Ariadne coal depot at Alexandria, with the crew of this vessel, are on board the Asia. The Hastings received pratique yesterday, and will be hove down and have her damages made good forthwith. The Acheron steamer left for Gibraltar on the 19th instant, with the mail for that place and England, and will, on her return, bring those from London of the 14th inst. On the arrival from Alexandria of the contract steam-ship Oriental, with the India mails expected about the 28th inst., the Alecto now ready for sea will be despatched to Marseilles, there to await the London overland mails of the sth proximo. The Euphrate French war steamer, which arrived from St Jean d'Acre and Alexandria on the 17th inst., proceeded on her voyage from Toulon, after coaling on the 20th inst., and the Calcutta sailed yesterday morninp. for the Bay of Marmorice, where it is expected she wilt find the Admiral. Several individuals of the suite of the Emir Beehir returning to Syria, were granted a passage in her. The Beacon surveying sloop was to leave the Pil was of Athens on the 23d inst., and may therefore be looked for early next week, as well as her tender the Magpie. Both vessels will remain at Malta until the end of March next. The Cyclops, war.steamer, arrived yesterday afternoon, having left St. Jean d'Acre on the 15:h, and Beyrout on the 13th inst., bringing, besides invalids from the squa dron. his Highness the Emir Megid (another son of the Emir Beehir) with his suite, but no news of importance, though we understand some serious casualties have hap pened among the officers and seamen of the Fquadron, * by an explosion of powder at Acre on the 6th inst., of which we have not yet been able to collect the particulars. The news brought from Alexandria by the Euphrate had not yet reached Sir R Stopford when the Cyclops left Syria, but we understand it is the intention of the Gallant Ad miral to visit Alexandria in the Princess Charlotte before retiring from the coast for the winter. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 17. On the 11th instant the Austrian steamboat brought us the happy tidings of the fall of Acre, at a sacrifice of next to nothing. Joy beamed in every countenance It Was a day of mutual congratulation. The Newspaper offices were besieged with applications for supplements containing the particulars. Some of these supplements were pasted up on the street walls, and Government issued orders for public rejoicings. The day following, consequently, the ships of war and batteries fired, at the five periods of prayer, royal salutes ; in the evening we had an illumination, and were to have enjoyed the sight of a grand display of fire-works, but unluckily on that day the death of the eldest infant daughter of the Sultan, the Princess Mevhibe, occurred, and as this event deeply affected her imperial father, the fire-works were suppressed. The capture of Acre has placed in the hands of the Allied troops the whole coast of S)ria without exception, and the position of Ibrahim's army, surrounded as it is on all sides by bold and enthusiastic enemies, has become des perate. . . Mehemet Ali has despatched to his aid six regiments, who were marching by the desert of El Arish to the scene of action. It is not likely they will ever succeed in join ing the Egyptian General, Its their road to him is along the coast and under the walls of Acre, so that the Allies will easily cut them off, whilst, if they venture up into the mountains, their fate will be still worse, for the Allies give quarter, whilst the mountaineers in general do not. They have too many wrongs to avenge, and have learnt from Ibrahim how easy it is to put to death defenceless men. Baron Sturmer and the Commander of the steamer Marianna, after dining with Reschid Paella, were last week taken to the Sultan, who was delighted at the pre.onta tion or the Captain who bad brought him such good news. On the 15th, Lord Londonderry, who, with his lady, arrived here a few days ago by way of the Danube, was presented to the Sultan, who was exceedingly attentive to his Lcrdship. M. Marinitch, director at this place of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers, has been honoured with the Nishsni Iftihar. His alacrity in placing at the disposal of the Government the steam-boats under his charge has procured him this distinction. Dr. Morpurgo, Member of the board of public utility, is about to proceed to Paris on a mission. As he enjoys the entire confidence of all parties, (i. e the Porte, Mehemet Ali, and France) his services, it is thought, will be e - ccedingly During the night of the 14th a fire broke out at Thera pia, and the wind being strong from the south a great:part of the village was destroyed before it could be got under. The palaces of Lord Ponsonby and Count de Pontois es caped, but the inmates wc:c greatly alarmed. A house in which some of Lord Ponsonhy'a establishment lived was burnt. Selim Bey, late governor of Smyrna, quits Constanti nople to-morrow for his Government in Bosnia. It was thought that hett Pacha, incapacitated from ac tive service for the present on account of hie wound, would have been superseded in the post of Seraskier of the army in Syria, but no one having been appointed to succeed him, it appears that he will retain his command. Reschid Pacha gave a grand Ministerial dinner on the lath. More troops are to be sent to Syria. The steamer Zi baish is to proceed on the 2lst with 600. The wind being for a fortnight past from the south, we have quite midsummer weather, and the crowd of cur -1 riages filled with_ ladies of rank, and beautiful children decked out in diamonds, to be seen every afternoon at the grand Ramann promenade at Sultan I3eyezid, is very splendid. Nor are the Frank ladies backward in going to see and be seen. Seldom a day passes but at least a dozen carriages and arabas filled with Pera and foreign belles, figure in the throng, not to mention the innume rable pedestrians. The Sultan goes regularly every afternoon to his kiosk, and all the Ministers arc seen as punctually taking their seats in a shop on the promenade. No business is trans acted by day, and it is at night alone that all the public offices are open. Officers wounded—Captain Collier, of her Majesty' ship Castor, Rev. Kcatson, of the Princess Charlotte, and Mr. Johnstone. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—The Seren Gainer a Welsh publication, contains the following narration, for the authenticity of which it vouches, and gives names in support of its truth :_There is at present a young woman, 21 years of age, residing in the parish of Clydey, in the county of Pembroke (daughter of Mr. John Davies, of Hendre-Gwlym), to all appearance quite dead, hav ing been in that state for nearly a twelvemonth past, but awakes once every twenty-four hours, precisely at ten o'clock at night, and will converse with the family and others for about twenty minutes, when she will again relapse into the same state, and remain so until ten o'clock the following night, at which hour she revives to the minute, throwing out her rrms and folding her hands together, and rising up in her shoulders until the spectators imagine that her bones were cracking. She continue.; in that laborious state for the space of ten minutes, when she comes to a perfect possession of her faculties. She recollects well if any promises bass been made her on the previous night, and will b 3 very bitter for a time if the same are not fulfilled ; but, if brought her, she makes use of none of them, as she cats and drinks little or nothing. She could never be persuaded to attempt eat ing any food but three times during 32 days, and then, putting the three together, no more than a child twelve months old would take. After convcrsiag a short time, she will suddenly clasp her hands together, throw her arms iato the same manner as when awaking, and will return into the same state as before until ten o'clock the follow ing night,—Hereford Journal. THE It floNE.—The Marseilles papers state that the Rhone was still very high at Tarascon, on the 25th ult., and many parts of that town and the surround in country were still submerged. The garrison was wok-, ing at the repairs of the breaches made in the dy kes at` various points. 'I'HE BOY JoNEs.—We understand that Mr Maule, solicitor to the Treasury., has received instructions to prefer an indictment against Jones at the next West niir,ster Sessions, for secreting himself in Buckingham Palace with intent to commit a felony. TUE SITN, LONDON, MONDAY, IJECEMBER 7, 1840. 'HE MEMORY OF OLLAND. Lord Rosebery. Lord Spencer. Sir J. Hobhouse, Bart., M.P. Lord Clanricarde. Rt. Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P. Lord Radnor. Rt. Hon. Hy. Labouchere, M.P. Lord Jeffrey. Lord Stafford, Sir J. Gibson Crai g , Bart. W. Gib s on Craig, Esq., M.P. Lord Pamnure. lion. Fox Maule, M.P. Duke of Leinster. Hon. C. Gore. Lord Breadalbane. Lord C. Fitzroy, M.P. H. Weymouth, Esq. G. W. Wood, Esq., M.P. Dishop of Durham. '. Lord Plunket. Lord Zetland. Lord Dunfermline. Lord Saye and Sele. Archbishop of Dublin. Earl of Granville. Lord Leveson. Lord Suffolk. Hon. E. P. Bouvrie. Lord Dinorben. Bishop of Chichester. G. E. Anson, Esq. Lord Stair. Denis Le Mordant, Esq. J. N. Fazakerley, Esq., C. 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HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DIST 1t,1130 HONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the next Distrilliition, may re 2eive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS'ECTUS tnd PARTICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DE LAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGFL THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guaranteed the Austrian Government, contains TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,883, Tbe Dividends being £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,800 200 42 0 36 0 1,800 150 40 10 35 0 1,200 100 39 0 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. 'iNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRI:-; THIS EVENING. DEC. 7. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; llermia, Mrs. Niibett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. The Interval between the Play and the Afterpiece will be oc cupied by A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. To conclude with Cobb's Farce of THE FIRST FLOOR. Whimsey, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Whimsey, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Monford, Mr. J. Vining ; Tim Tartlett, Mr. Har ley ; Fnrnish, Mr. Meadows ; Mrs. Pattvpan, Mrs. C. Jones ; Charlotte, Miss Cooper; Nancy, Mrs. Ilumby. To-morrow, The Spanish Curate, with The Critic. On Wednesday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with a New Farc• , entitled Brother Ben. On Thursday, the Midsummer Night's - Dreatil, with The First Floor. On Friday, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The Critic. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to I , ,,rimence at Seven o'Clock. Tilkets and plac es for the BoxiLs to be taken of Mr. Grogan the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tinkets may ne had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so l ely of Mr, And. a es, bookseller 167, New Bond-street. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. Gd.; First and Second Circles, 53. ; Second Price, !Is. Gd. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 23. ; Gallery, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURV-LANII. .Jr. 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. Last Week but One of Mons. Musard'sPresent Engagemen Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSAIII) PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 7. FART FIRST. Over tore—Fernand Cortez— Spontini. Valses—Aurora—Labitzky• Overture—La Gazza Ladra—Rossini, New Quadrille—La Fine dv Regiment—Musard. Solo Fluto—llerr Frisch. Romanee from Guido et Gmevra—Solo Cornet a Pistons• Herr Koenig. Locke' celebrated Music in Macbeth. PART SECON D . Grand Scene Satanique, selected from Robert le Diable, ar. ranged by Musard. Now (.Quadrille--Rendezvous de Chasso—Musard. Concerto Ophicletde—Mons. Prospere. lses—Les Dentelles de Bruxelles—Strauss. Serenades Espagnoles. NOW Quadrille—Postillon Mam'ablou—Musard. lop—La Belle Anglaise—Eliasou—Solo Cornet a Pistons b) Herr Koenig. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, :Is. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from OP Pi'omenade. 'l'44 Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the fu ture be opened at tits admission of is. to each person. Mora upon at half-past Seven o'Clocic, to commence at light precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Rol al Library, No. 33, Old Bond street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices ' 10s. 6d., 1/. I s ., an d 1/. I Is. 63. t3oxes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on 'pplication to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from Ten till Four &Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept during the whole of the evening, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. this splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. In addition to the Solo Performers who have already ap peared at these Concerts, Mr. Willy has great pleasure in an nouncing that he has n.ade arrangements with M. Delabarre, (Oboe), of the Academie Royale, Paris; M. de Folly, (Pic colo); and M. Baumann, ( Bassoon). THIS EVENING, DEC. 7.—PROGRAMME. PART I. Ove rture —Romberg. Q T uadrille—Falstaif—Negri. altz— Soph ien—Labitzky. Solo on the Flute by Mr. Carte. Overture to King Lear—Berlioz—First time in this cnuntrf. Selectio n from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the Brida Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-telling Scene. RT Selection from Meyerbeer' TA s Ope 11. ra, Robert le Diable, arranged with Solos for Bassoon, Harp, Corno-Inglese, and Clarinet, by Messrs. Baumann, Ireland, Delabarre, and Herr Nen. Quadrille from Oberon—Tutton. Solo on the Violin by Mr. Joseph Banister. Waltz—La Bassinol—Sol o . on the Piocole by M. De Folly. Les Bouquet des Dames, or Musical Wreath — Strauss. Promenade, Is.—Dtes's Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Private Boxes, 11 , la. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Mr. Butler and Jim along Josey for another Week—Change of Pieces every night. THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, Will be acted, HENRY THE FOURTH. Hotspur byi%lr. Butler. To be followed by JIM ALONG JOSEY, and Piccaninny Colman'4 Visit to the Maiquerade. To which will be added, THE WET NURSE. To conclude with THE NIUTINY AT THE NORE. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. This highly popular and i n t erest i ng reso rt is OPEN DAILY from Ten till Dusk. ~?T u sh eta ill :i f ee n l ea g g a e n r it e b , which with the . nearest possible g Ind beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa sassicomfortablymilation to is unequalled in the number, variety, the animals. The most important additions recently received are the rare and beautiful blank Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, cawed Cusliew Birds, the Sacred . lois, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of heated, te (l naturaland Labile e el Cassowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine ment), Sze. The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock, v a a t i vs ,x l g lic e l: timeAdrnthisesiofner,oocinoeusshatiltiriinbgu.tes and amazing muscular p )wers of these fore s t monarc h s are d is played to the utmost ad It will be seen, from the London Gazette, that Captain Charles Napier, of the Powerful, has been raised to the degree of K. C. B. It is unusual to confer so high an honour on any naval officer below the rank of Ad• mirai, and therefore this mark of his Sovereign's favour must be regarded as a signal acknowledgment of his dis tinguished merits and services. But why talk of mere rules and regulations of any order of merit in the case of such a man as Charles Napier ? He breaks through all rules himself, and it is in this instance most pleasurable to find that their just appreciation has so speedily followed his dashing achievements. 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Look ing forward to an event of great national in terest, which Queen VICTORIA has now HAPPILY realised, we reserved a few copies of THE GOLDEN CORONATION SUN, Which can be sent by post free to all parts o: the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 28, 1840. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning 55 minutes after 0 I Evening minutes after I. The I üblication of t e Evening Edition of THY Sur; cons• meneed at 20 minutes after Three. ,kf 6 " - i; . : -66",4i - 5 .7 ...A" 4 • !-"At c , Zfn LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1840. TRIUMPH of the SOULT-GUIZOT CABINET. By extraordinary express from Paris, we have received the gratifying intelligence that the Minis terial Address in answer to the speech from the Throne, was carried, after post hour on Saturday evening, by a majority of 86 votes—the numbers Upon the division being— For the Address Against it ....., Majority in favour of Ministers... -86 247 161 The conclusion of the debate has not yet reached us,but a full report of the proceedings, up to post hour on Saturday, will be found in another part of The Sun. This long and important debate being now over, we ate in a condition calmly, but earnestly to make a few deliberate observations upon it. To the English reader, who peruses attentively arid dispassionately the whole of this long debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address, more correctly in fact, though not in name, the Parlia mentary debate upon the Eastern question, nothing will appear more surprising, upon reflection, than the absence of ail regard for political honesty, truth, and righteousness which characterises it. By such a reader it must he regarded as the language of an assembly, in which the avowed want of honesty in a Minister produces neither a sense of shame in him self, nor the smallest feeling, of resentment in his auditors. This is the worst symptom which has yet appeared in France. When M. TILLERS avowed his intention of duping Lord PALMERSTON by false professions—when he proclaimed aloud that, with peace upon his lips, he had war in his heart—when his colleague, M. DE REMUSAT, admitted that the whole Oriental policy of France, as understood by the Great Powers in 1839, was a falsehood which contemplated with indifference the downfall of the Ottoman sway at Constantinople—when, by ex posing the avidity of France to obtain possession of the Ottoman fleet, he indirectly corroborated the well-known fact, that France had advisad the be trayal of that fleet to the VICEROY—..nay, even when M. BERRYER, as ungenerously, as meanly, and ungratefully invoked the manes of NAPOLEON against England, who so nobly restored to France the mortal remains of that world-destroyer to be made the gewgaw of diseased national vanity— the object of a harlequin procession,—not a voic e was raised in the Chamber i❑ execration, or even in deprecation of such open and undisguised wicked. ness. On the contrary, shouts of applause followed the avowal of sentiments which no member of the British Legislature would dare to utter without in- curring the whole weight of the national resent ment—without the certainty of being hunted like a tiger from the precincts of public life. But in France not only political justice, but a pretension to it, is not essential to the character of even a Prime Minister. M. TDIERS gloried in his dis honesty, and was applauded by his friends ; M. DE REMUSAT avowed his participation in the delin quencies of his colleague, and wag complimented on resuming his seat by M. GuizoT ! No orator thought it worth his while to touch upon the inte rests of Turkey, the progress of civilization, or the relative duties of the European States to each other and to humanity, as regarded the Eastern Question:, but -each was content to wrangle about and bluster about the . immediate interests of France. This is so well and so forcibly expressed in the Tablet of yesterday, that we have pleasure in quoting the paragraph which embodies it—less to confirm our own impression than to sa tisfy the war party in France, and the Protestant theological incendiaries in England, that the British Catholics are even more decided than ourselves in their condemnation of the policy of the late French Ministry, and of the language of the Representa tives of France, with respect to it. Nothing so harsh of M. TlllERS—nothing so condemnatory of the essential character of French statesmanship, has appeared in the Tory Standard as the following e xtract from the weekly organ of the British Catholics : M. Thiers entered this debate with every chance against him. He had for his opponent a man o f high character, ; great ability, and much reputation f or probity and a man, too, who had, side by side with hi mse lf, con ducted the ne gotiations upon which the debate was to turn ' • who had been the recipient of " upwards of a hund re d of his pri vate notes," as well as of all his public despatches ; who had, consequently,. at his fingers' en ds all the turns and in ti 'cams of the question, and was as fully acquainted with the weak points of the case as himself. He entered it after a policy of fraud, treachery and perfidy ; of blus tering, boasting, and bullying ; of extravagant expendi ture and extravagant double-dealing. He entered it after having made himself the ridicule of Europe by his im mense armaments, which ended in nothing ; and " an imposing attitude," which made the world ring again with laughter at the solemn farce. He entered it after having brought the King within a hairs' breadth of despotism or abdication, end the capital of his country within a hair's breath of pill a g e by a ferocious mob. He entered i t after having str,pped France of everyone of her European allies. He entered it after having caused the only ally which his po licy bad left her, and about whom all Europe is convulsed and agitated— the Packa—to be almost annihilated by the tremendous blows which his treachery has brought down upon him ; whereby, as he himself declares, the French in flucnce in the Mediterranean is annihilated. He entered it with the Wood of two thousand men upon his head, who have been offered up in Sy r i a a t th e s h r ine of his treacnery and ambition. Ile entered it, in a word, after having most richly earned a rope from the rest of Europe, and a guillo tine from his own countrymen; and be comes out of it almost in triumph ; complimented, congratulated, lauded by the opposition ; unscathed, and rather exalted than cast down, by the Conservatives. We have said that the reputation of being able to conic out of dishonesty with hands tolerably clean in appearance, is the very best kind of reputation for a French Minister ; and the reason is, because the policy of France is essentially dishonest and fraudulent. There is among the—stetesexa (shall we call them ?)—of that country no conception of the difference between probity and fraud. The most vile and doshonest maxims are put forward by the most respectable men of every party, with an effrontery and an unconscious ness of their being in the slightest degree liable to excep tion, which is perfectly shocking. We have read through the whole debate so far as it has gone, and we do not be lieve that in discussing a question in which were involved the rights of Sovereigns and subjects in the East, the rights of the leading Monarchs of the West, and the pos sibility of a moat terrible war throughout Europe and Asia, the word Justice hat passed the lips of any one of the speakers, or the notioro of justice flitted even tran siently across his mind. The question has been on all hands nakedly and coarsely stated to be one of interest. Is Mehemet's Syrian dominion worth a w ar, all chances being taken into account ? "It is nut," says one party, and therefore we ought not to have war. '• It is," says the other, and therefore we ought to have war." The conclusions arrived at arc different, but the rogue's logic is the same in both. Appalling as this sketch is, we fear it will be found not so highly coloured as we would fain be lieve it. In the progress of a debate upon an Address which deplores the prostration of Poland, several speakers recommended a close alliance with Russia, with the avowed object of trampling upon England—the leader of the vanguard of western civilization ! Provided they gratified the nations hirst 'for vengeance, they professed themselves wholly indifferent as to the means. They were ready to league with the CZAR or the Devil in a project for the humiliation, perhaps the dismem berment, of England. What, then, ought we to do ? Abide the result calmly and firmly, taking care to be well prepared for the worst. While France continues her armaments, it is the first duty of our Government not to relax a moment in its exertions to place our navy on the strongest possible footing. The spring should find us as well equipped for battle as our neigh bours. Let what like happen we shall not suffer so much as France from the cost of naval armaments. We can always turn our ships to some profitable account, should we happily have no occasion for converting them into engines for the merciless destruction of our fellow-creatures. If France, by wickedly and profligately continuing her armaments, compel us to arm in self-defence, it is of the first consequence that not a minute should be lost in effecting our preparations. For nothing now short of the discontinuance of the military preparations in France can assure us that there is no longer any danger to this country. The mere defeat of M. TRIERS upon the address cannot now satisfy us.We must have some less equivocal manifes tation of the pacific intentions of our Gallic neigh bours. Already we begin to perceive what we take to .be symptoms of new troubles brought on by French intrigues in Spain. In the professed reck lessness of French statesmen as to the means of humbling England in every quarter where she is supposed to have any influence—at Alexandria, at Constantinople, at St. Petersburgh, at Madrid, and at Lisbon, we anticipate little regard for principles however liberal, or for institutions however popular. The very same Republican faction now ready to league with Russia—to forego all resentments on the score of the atrocious denationalization of Po land, would to-morrow, merely to humble England march across the Pyrennees and re-elevate . the sceptre of Carlist despotism in Spain. We can no longer, therefore, trust such men. We can no longer rely upon the wis dom and virtue of a Representative Assembly which hears without censuring their flagitious opi nions and sentiments. Hitherto France has ma ' 'raged to keep all eyes upon the Treaty of July— all ears employed in listening to her complaints of the insult offered—all tongues busy in deprecating the violence of her wrath, and in expressing sym pathy for the burning intensity of her wounded feelings ; but the guilty revelations made by M. THIERS and his colleagues in the Chamber of Deputies, have found other employment for the eyes, ears, tongues, and minds of Europe. We have discovered that our oft-repeated sympathy for the mortified feelings of M. TRIERS in particular does more credit to the warmth of British hearts than the soundness and depth of British penetra tion and judgment. The Chartists and the Radicals are requested by the Times to consider what it said on Saturday of the Presidential election in the United States. We are quite willing, acknowledging ourselves Radicals, in the most liberal interpretation of that term, to attend to the request of the Times, and having carefully considered all that it has said, we cer tainly feel not at all daunted by its conclusions. To begin at the beginning—the first of its re marks is a sneer against cheap government, which scarcely requires a word to refute it. The United States, it admits, have " a cheap Government ; but they obtain, as in every case where a good price is withheld, a very inferior article." Ina hat respect is the Government of the United States inferior to any Government of Europe ? Surely property and life are as well protected in New York as in Paris or London. Commerce is as little injured by the American tariff as by our regulations, or by those of France. Agriculture mg.kes as rapid advances in Kentucky as in the monarchies of Europe. Enter prize is encouraged, or at least allowed, in the United States ; and there is more steam navigation on the Hudson than perhaps on all the rivers of Continental Europe. One of the most approved tests ofgood government is general education, and that of the United States equals, if it do not surpass, that of Prussia, the pattern State for education of monarchical Europe. The survey of new lands, the location of new settlers, the appointment of magis trates for them, the extension to them of the Post office, and all the advantages of the Government— including schools, militia, and roads—the means of communication and defence, are all in America well provided for. Now these and similar matters are the great duties of Government, so far as the internal administration is concerned, and all these, in which the people are far more interested than in the splen dour of a Court, are at least as well done by the cheap Government of the United States as by the most extravagant monarchy of Europe. With respect to their external relations no man will say that the interests of the United States are in any country or place neglected. Their people are every where safe, their Government everywhere respected. Their diplomatic agents certainly equal those of any monarchy, and it becomes no Englishman to depreciate their navy, the great atm of its de fence, for it has made the Ocean Queen tremble for the safety of he r dominion. But while all their interests abroad are p r ote o c d te t t eir w fl h a il g e their pennant is respected in ev er y sea, a in every port, their Government has shown how dis position to embark in foreign war, meddlew h i a t d l o other nations, and has set an example , w it been followed by the monarchies of Europe, the subjects of them would not now liavebeenfill h) ed , with alarm. Not judging of Governments European prejudices, or Europeatnhatoppirnitilocnils3le of , re garding therefore as mischievous coercion in which the Europeans delight—calling terror a strong Government —but looking only at the substantial interests of the people, to promote which Government is established, there can be no , EVENING EDIT O, _ doubt that the cheap Government of the United • States is a very' superior article to any of the dear Governments of Europe. But the Times, rating very highs the authority' of M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, who was puffed—as his recent exhibition in the Chamber of Deputie s amply proves--into the most unmerited celebrity by some silly and pragmatical Doctrinaires in Englan d ' of the Radical-Absolutist school, and estimating the, exaggerated statements of an American party jour nal as perfect truth, has come to the conclusion that a powerful and an elective executive ar e incompati' ble, and that the interests of a State w .ll be better taken care of by an hereditary than an elective sove' reign. The Tory Times is quite enraptu red aPlw rently with the learned Parisian's speculations in favour of hereditary monarchy, end seems to hill gine that the little embartassment, or even suspen.:,, sion of the functions of an elective President everY four years, outweighs all the advantages of hav io g the Chief Magistrate not nominally but reallY sponsible to the people. M. DE TOGO/EV IL" says— " The dangers of the system of election, *Plied to the head of the Executive Government people, have been sufficiently of a great and by history (p. 184). To attempt rile! r P e r the c n r ee presentative of the State a powerful sovereign, end ata the same time elective, is, in my opinion, to entertai two incompatible designs."-- , (P. 185.) In a constitutional monarchy successive rninistrive: are rapidly formed ; but, as the principal representan • of the executive power does not change, and the cha?g e • which take place are rather in details than i n woo' pies ; so, to substitute one system for anoth er, as is don!. in America every four years by law, is to cause a sot qf revolution ."—( advaBnP. 19.) The great ( advantage of hereditary rona.rehc:t (says the same authorS " is, that as the private internecte d s . of the reigning family is always intimately con with the interests of the State the Executive ment is never suspended for a 'single instant ; wh erea t s ; in elective states, the wheels of Government ceas! act, as it were, of their own accord, at the approach. that an election, and even for some time previous to th. i ; event. . . The head of the State is wholly occuel,'" with the coming struggle ; his future plans are doubt 111!! he can undertake nothing new ; lam so near the tuna of my retirement from office' (said President Jeffer six weeks before the election in 1809), that it aPP e _..:= Govern to me to be just to leave to my successor the comale°7o, meat of those measures which he will have to P r 1 1 3 36 cute, and for which he will be responsible."---( Pp -187.) t. At " For a long while before the appointed time hand the election becomes the tnost important oo! r ," ... all-engrossing topic of discussion. The ardour et ,t!''_, tion is redoubled, and all the artificial passions the imagination can create in the boso m of liaPPY,lthe peaceful land are agitated and brought to :iglit• ref President, on the other hand, is absor be.l by `be est of self-defence. He no longer govern s for the inter ca, of the State, but for that of his re - elec tion ; he dee' nit, mage to the majority, and instead of checking passions, as his duty commands him to do, fr et quently courts its worst caprices." mag inar r y . We must boldly affirm that this is an i evil. At present there have been thirteen or fou_ e teen Presidential elections, and no cessation of executive powers, to the least injury of States, has beets experienced. That no imp first evil can result, may be easily shown. the , fir b place, the executive power is much over -rated M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, who appears tothink (2t as a European, the subject of a monarchy. 11 monarchy every commission, every magistrate de pends on the Throne, and the suspension of in executive is the suspension of the government ; the United but though the President in the United State should do nothing for six weeks or tw o months, many functionaries are independent of him, tha t I would be of far less importance tha n to place the sovereignty of a European monarchy in. abeya nte for a week. Because the elective President is sor' rounded by representative institutions, and h as far less power than a European King, the suppos"l suspension of his functions is of little consequence. But notwithstanding the observation of JE k.. FERSON, we will venture to opine that the sue' pension scarcely takes place. The President, i h retiring from his office, or being superseded, does not receive complete impunity. He falls back amongst his fellow-citizens, whose good opinion he must still be desirous of retaining ; and even the desire not to trammel his predecessor will never make him neglect any important duty. But all the members of his Cabinet, though they are to quit office with him, are men who look up ( 0 higher stations and the continuance of the confidence of their countrymen. They do not expect, suppose such to be the case with the President, t 5 retire into private life, and they therefore will b e sure to execute punctually and properly all the duties of their office. At least the country has as much security for that as it has at any thee for the performance of their duties, and that security, being real responsibility t o the peoples is much greater than the secur it y p ossessed by 11'6 subjects of any monarchy. Supposing, therefore, the executive to be of as much 'importance as M. DE TOCQUEVILLE thinks--all opinion vve Co not share --we have no reason to believe, either from experience or the principle of the American Government, that its duties will be neglected when the President is changed. It must be further considered, that under an European monarchy depends on the Sovereign or his Minister, and that the line of policy resolved on a change in either of these may imply a complete I n the change in the policy of the country. United States the policy depends on pub lic opinion, it is settled and determined with hi the majority, and it is far less l ikel y to change the change of the President than the policy of a European monarchy is liable to change with the change of Ministry. England, which approaches to a popular form of government more than Fra nce, has, like America, its policy mainly determined by public opinion, and a change of policy from a Bub change of Ministers occurs comparatively rarel y . i9 France there has been, within tell years, som e eight or ten Ministries, each of which has had a peculiar policy, and as i ntrigue has displaced one, public affairs have been differently managed by the other. In America, because public opinion is the ruling power, a change in the President, except as that may be indicate a change in public opinion, produces no alteration in the public policy. We maintain, therefore, that the policy of an elective e xecutive, such as that of the United States, is more stable than the policy of such a monarchy as that of France. It is a false assumptionona rchh of M. as, DE or will have, TuCQUEVILL the I that an hereditary m same interest as his people. His interest is to pre serve Isis power —their interest is to abate it, and establish their own freedom. The two interests are in opposition, while the elective executive of A l lied ries, depending on the people, has at all times the sali.e interest as they have. The temporary coo tests for the Presidency, so almost exclusively dwelt on by M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, occur comparatively rarely, but unless in such cases as those of Prinse METTERNICH, who succeeds in grasping th e powers both of the Sovereign and the Minister, contests rnieli ne s es o ana t i n t:lB( e ti somewhat under l o a tw t uh s i cf n ri l eiL i q l matnulr European but o:pt a dependrly c n i o o u. t mr s to o eoi ozan ortiutiree: areG intrigues,ei n the of an h in proof, famou however, of nel States' Governm en t is toot. in be the found utilit y not of theories but in f ac t s ; an d h a ppily it has already existed its long enough to refute its calumniators and laugh to scorn the theorists of Europe. While the moo r " cities of Europe have all been tumbled one over another, and no one has been safe but sea-girt PO' twin,--while here thrones have been overturned, 01:- stitutions given and taken away,—while the peoP ti c throughout Europe are arraye d in thought.. ° FV, ___ Lave disl sword, or t orturthc, tised 111 on stead tignal int habit ants, President f 're con, !Ned at i ts Co mm I neY art Conttitta that i s ,„ 411 comer f rom all 1 Prt sent a Pre urved litie rtY ye "tt inß It lious 1 Eur ope a peace b y t he stand 1 4 the l ade of ' Man