The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

UVRN ING i,`! ti iTi ON' THE BOULOGNE ATTEMPT. 7 kIAL OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON AND HIS CONFEDERATES. Pnals MONDAY, SEPT. 2S.—The nephew of an elli t r or , and t on o f a ki ng stoo d t hi s d a y a t the bar of theottijourt of P eers , summone d b y R oya l or d o nnance of' s ! Napoleon L o uis Bonaparte arraigned yetore the •eers, the majority of whom were created by ti s uncle Prince Louis Ntapoleon occupying the sta ll occupied previously by a Fieschi, an Abboud, and a e Barb tS uc h ibis s ! was the strange spectacle exhibited u aY--such the curious coincidences which presented ,;. the mselves in th e annua l mons t re proces exhibition of 7 1 Luxemb ourg P eers ! Barricachsin versus Lope ,..tivii the euuse—the sovereignty of the people the raeiple— an d the Royalty of July aga i nst t h e d a y s of ele em pire ! Of the Boulogne attempt it will be unne asry to real the principal facts. It took place so re tentlY that tlie events are fresh in the recollection. It was 0 0 tbp e te b — aric 6t d b of August that Prince Louis Napoleon dis theD o e at Viwereux. On the Bth the requisitoire of , aaY Procureur-General took place before the Cour fe s ? 4le • On the 9th a Royal Ordonnance was issued de ferring the trial of the affair to the Court of Peers. On lu !, l Bth the -..e Court met and appointed its committee ; i h u ,,aa Tuesday, Sept. 15, M. Persil read the report bliertuie presence of 137 Peers, and the Procureur-Ge -141 M. Franck Carre, read his requisitone. On the s 01 .10110 September the decree of the Court ordered the to w ing nineteen prisoners (thirty-six were released) : teL P rince on their trial this day : e _rince Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ,k;olaite General uharles Tristan de Montholon .beel_o.nel Jean Baptiste Voisin: Dents Charles Parquin, Commandant IPPelyte Francois Athale Sebastien Bouffet Mon tauba n, Colonel s t :°!le Lab or d e , Lieut.-Colonel j uie e rm Louis L e Duff de Mesonan, Chef d'Escadron 14_ 1 Barth e l emy L om b ar d, C a ptai n Ilenri Conneau, Doctor 4 .4. 4 Giib ert V ictor Fi a li n d e P ers i gn y, C a ptain and Aii; itl esde-Camp ed d'Almbert, Prince's Secretary doh, Orsi, Merchant 1 4 .' i str Alexandre, dit Desjardins, Captain l ea Galvani, Sub-Intendant (Military) • P °l enn Ornano, Officer of Dragoons 4 41 4 ,4 Baptiste Theodore Forestier, Officer ' , 2,2 14 Eugene Bataille, Civil Engineer '5, ; 77 . Baptiste Charles Aladenize, Lieutenant of the 4ild the Line 1.1 1,r . re Jean F ranco i s Bu r e, Commercial Clerk ' a ti Richard Siegfroi de Querelles (absent), Lieute- Th ilik din Vourlat (absent). a Saturday morning the Duke Danes, M. Po- Sa e c ommandant of the Palace, the Adjutant of the Q+ her, and a commission of architects, visited the i;;,. 4 at the Petit Luxembourg. A. similar inspec sh r ead bee n made on Thursday by the Min i s ter of the t aterior. D ur ing the day the Palace and its ap iiprlea were occupied by troops to the number o f xjrus of two thousand. They belonged to the 4th 11 ;;I I ment of the line, the first company of veteran •"eanamissioned officers, the Municipal Guard, and , 4of the line. The Commandant of the Palace, taffcumPanied b y a Ch e t d e Bataillon and a Captain of the t , aft er i nspect i ng t h e troops , saw ca rtridges distri 4ed to the m a ll. The officers and non-commissioned eers were then formed in a circle, and received the ord er o f the d ay, w i t h t h e passwor d, an d g eneral ati *t ractions. The troops retired to their respective tklts, and sentinels were placed at every point. Two e4th " • tutni es of fifty men each, one from the Munici p al Guard. and the other from the line, were sent to prison,"" e posses s i on o f t h e Ch e min de Ronde of the as was do n e a t the trial of Barbes and his w ac e ,—,• Paces. Prince Louis and the other prison ers were removed from the Conciergerie to the Lux ,tehatbaurg the same evening. Double sentinels are at all . 4 : Rates. Th e p r i va te garden of the Chancellor, the ,‘ .al l and groves o f t h e p u bli c ga rden, the nursery, the 'court_,. and passage of the orangery, are guarded by lines sentinels , placed at about twenty yards from each .ther. Th e entrance i nto the gar d en f rom t h e R ue de • V anguard, opposite the Rue Ferou, and which is the ;principal ent rance i nto t h e pr i son , i s closed and well `ttured. The barracks in the Rue de Tournon and the ti'ltae des Gres have been strongly reinforced. The exterior of the Palace of the Luxembourg this '' .l4° . 'fling presented nothing remarkable. There was no I t tl traordinary display of troops, nor was there any ..,:v...rawdsave a few idle stragglers who were lounging 'mit in order to see those that arrived. The utmost teeautions had been adopted in order to interdict ingress of of In all persons who were not prov ided the court-yard there was the usual tle • of those employed in and about the trial talcseek fur their respective places, the new Court being ° l l ) °,,,led for the first time on this occasion. It presents deviation from the former one, though it is larger, s:4/,. ° • "440 the reporters' gallery is unquestionably the most , s 9 Wtved place that could possibly be conceived. It tilt extreme right of the Court, so that the Go- Ge tie Tmt twosecutors, the Procureur-General , Avocat ' whoseal sl ild his adjoints, turn their backs on those this duty it is to give a true and faithful account of he ar ruleatons affair, independent of being able to tei t h ii ut very imperfectly. The Court has bee n but satti vor ar r Y arranged for the occasion. It is of the pla,torm as the old one, and the Peers' seats are • trial s, , i n Precisely the same orde r as on all former , wa s % with this exception, that round the Court there Th A lle ," appropriated for e euties. p et c rresident of the Co u rt D p of Peers occupies a rid to the extreme left, and the Procureur-Gene flp p o nd his adj o i n ts are to the extr eme right, nearly fo , B L i to that of the President. The place a llotte d C o the pris oners i s di r ectly in front of the whole the n ' being disposed as on the tria l of Barbes and 1 14 , 3 others for t h e M ay affair. The prisoners' cou nsel t " appropriated to them in front of the accused. . tfip l ' an early hour the reserved places for the corps hei s °744li 7ae, and the public, were all occupied, there % s i t three i . galleries appropriated for that purpose— eiti° ° L the reporters being divided into two, the dispo tlte.:l of the Court allowing of no other arrangement, A ve l being but four principal niches, distributed into eu mPartments each. Previous to the commence t°Zt af the p rocee di ngs th e gentlemen of the long robe p era !ileir seats, amongst w h om we r e Messrs. C. Ledru, of t h l "ad Barrot, &c. At half-past twelve the whole pre he accused were introduced into Court. They were ha s eetl ed by a buissier ; then came two gendarmes, fol.. tie ed by Prince Louis Napoleon, and General Count n6htOntleolon, a lieutenant of gendarmes sitting on the al‘ the P r i nce ; th en a gendarme, then Col. Voisin, tad }_ ; i a arm in a suing, and M. le Duff de Mcsonan , others i n ro t a tion. The Prince was attended by 1004 er ryer, with whom he entered into conversat:on as dr e ,, as be took hi s s cat. Prince Louis Napoleon was ' ni th t ed in a black dress coat, which was buttoned up, and L a white wais t coa t underneath, and black trousers 41511 He wore a large star on his left breast , and th e e l t r ed Perfectly composed. About a quarter to one rea lu e L ers entered and took their places, and it was P as k eg that several of them saluted the Prince en be -41 . The Pr e sident having declared the Court to c ostita eall o utcd, the names of the Peers were severally 'ltec' over b y the Chief Registrar. The whole of the • of vie d evinced the most lively interest during this part tha t ae r ceremony, and cast a most anxious eye on those • P eers c slk)nded t o the call. The attendance of the W as by no means so numerous as might have ,alt ( l ti ll)eet;Itl, there not being more than 140 present, . e bench a pp ro p r i a ted for the Deputies did not th e mor e than a dozen individuals. 'lle names of I.l'ensed w ere then called over as above. 1 V / resident then or dered . the decree constituting 'Ale; ' amber of Peers into a Court of Justice, and 41 1 ( 1 -1 of accusation to be read ; but as our readers ' re ad) , acquainted with the nature of it, as it occu. ka se l o e venty-four pages of printed matter, and as, eolt t° :;vs the same has already appeared in the that of The Sun, it is only necessary to observe 41 Ar ti e accused are charged with having, on the 6th lvhieh tt ' st last, been guilty of an attempt, the object of tO exei ita ll either to destroy or change the Government , as t:e the citizens to arm against the Royal authority, tit; "ett e to civil war by arming, or in inciting the .s en • , th e ," Inhabitants to arm one against the other, , • ke, e ,s which are provided for by articles 87, 88, 89, two of the penal code. two h r _ r eading of the act of accusation occupied nearly 1, 0 _ " 4ours ,• after whi c h th e C our t adjourned for half an r, and the prisoners withdrew. 1 tecie,,°l-onel Voisin, being still a sufferer from his wound, tt.e r e i s ted permission t retire before the reading the 14 . It- °I. accusatio • finished o which was 0 p rince •sion to address 11, 0 Louis Napoleon asked permission the fol - ,-,ourt, he written paper granted to e him. ~ .l e . , when read from a 0. w mg speech : 1 4,, ~r . afir e ' tr,„rer:e:trothr4eisfiersntlytime in ' life it is at length permitted I^.• " nrnen, withstanding the voice 6 i m nFrance, and to speak freely to .“ Notwithstandin, the guards who surround me, not filled %via the remembrance accusations t..liat 1 ha v ve t jul i t i l i c io a o re ( l i : 'n Trio finning myself with'n the walls of this Senate, 11. ' midst, of you whom I know, Gentlemen, I can t tree believe that it is necessary for rue to justify myself here, A llor that you can be my judges. solemn occasion is presented to me to explain to I.IIY fellow -citizens my conduct, my resolutions, m y pro- Jects--what I think, and what I desire. If, without tilde ‘Nithout weakness, I recal the rights placid in th e at i :' t ' h n e l l s s e n r t i . g m lit y s fialati:p.,it is only to speak of the duties imposed upon us all. f " For fifty years that the principle of the sovereignty ° t he people has been consecrated in France by the never has t h e national will been more solemnly pro- A ned, nev er b een more established by v o t es as f ree 4 and as numerous as those for the adoption of the con 4,i' ItitUtio ng o f the empire. I a " The natio n has not attained this great act of its slyi ' Gov he and N :poleon has said :—` Everything iittl., tehich is riot dohe by the nation is illegal.' Be, there !%l(l ,- i t n ure . , o.n your guardegainst believing for a moment that " giv i ng Way to the dictates of personal ambition I may _ . have wished to attempt in France, in despite of the country, an Imperial restoration. I have been formed and brought up under high lessons, and I have lived under noble examples. lam barn of a father who de scended from his throne, without regret, the day when he no longer thought it possible to reconcile: with the interests of France the interests of the peonle whom he had been called upon to govern. The Emperor, my uncle, preferred to abdicate the empire rather than ac cept, by treat es, the limited frontiers which might ex pose France to the threats and disdain which arc at this moment launched at her from abroad. " To cause the triumph of the will of the people—to serve the interest of the people—to maintain France at the elevated point she ought to occupy, from her g enius, her military force, her civilizing power — these are the political principles which the history of my family has revealed to my youth, and which alone have dictated my resolutions. " Never for one day have I ceased to remember these lessons. The undeserved proscription which, for twenty-five 3ears, has accompanied my life from the glorious throne on the steps of which 1 was born down to the prisons, which I have just left, has not sufficed to irritate me or to cause me to despair—it has not for one moment estranged me from the dignity, the glory, the right and intere.ts of France. " When in 1830 the people re•conquered the so vereignty of the people , when you proclaimed this great dogma of modern politics, we had a right to conclude that the result of the conquest would respond to the conquest itself ; but the country has had its sad experience these last ten years! In the present juncture of affairs I thought that the vote of four millions of citizens who had confided to my family the destinies of France imposed upon us at least the duty to make an appeal to the nation, in order to ask its will. I thought that it appertained to no person to place himself as an oltstacle to acknowledged rights, and their natural consequences. I believed perhaps also, that if, in the midst of the national congress I wished to convoke, some pretensions might he heard, I might have the right to awaken the striking reminis cences of the Empire, to display in the eyes of France (now weakened and almost unrecognised in the Con gress of Kings), France, at that time so strong at home, so powerful and respected abroad. The nation would have been free to have pronounced, republic or mo narchy, empire or royalty, as all emanates,from its will, and all is dependent upon its opinion. Before the ma nifest expression of its wishes, in my eyes, every con trary pretension is destroyed. " There was no conspiracy. There were no accom plices. Alone I did all. I resolved upon everything. Nobody knew beforehand eit her my projects, my re sources, or my hopes. If lam guilty towards any one in the world it is against the friends who have followed me. They will not, however, accuse me of having abused courage and devotion like their own ! They will comprehend the prudential and honourable motives which do not allow me to reveal, to them even, how powerful and extensive were fly reasons to hope its success. " One word more, Gentlemen. I represent before you a principle, a cause, and a defeat. " The principle is the sovereignty of the people. " The cause is that of the Empire. " The defeat is that of Waterloo! " The principle you have acknowledged—the cause you have served under—and the defeat you wish to avenge. There is no difference between you and me, and I will not believe that I can be now devoted to bear the punishment of the defection of others. " Representative of a political cause, I cannot accept as judge of my wishes and acts a political jurisdiction. Your forms deceive nobody. In the conflict now beginning in this place there are only the conquerors and the con quered. If you are the former I have no justice to expect from you, and you have no right to impose upon me your generosity." Baron Pasquier, after the speech, which was heard amidst profound attention, was proceeding in his inter• rogatory when our reporter left ; but the questions and replies were inaudible, and a greffier had to communi cate the former to the Prince. The prisoners were all in good spirits, and remarkably well-dressed. The following are the names of the accused and their counsel : Prince Louis Napoleon, Count Month°lon—M. Ber ryer, and M. Marie, assistant counsel. Colonel Voisin—M. Ferdinand Barrot. Le Duff de Mesonan—M. Delacour. Denis Charles Parquin—M. Ferdinand Barrot. Bouffet Montauban—M. Barillon. Lombard—M. Barillon. Fialin de Persigny—M. Barillon, Forestier—M. Decluseaux, and M. Forestier, his bro ther, assistant counsel. Bataille—M. Ferdinand Barrot. Aladenize—M. Favre, and M. Pinide, assistant counsel Laborde—M. Nogent de St. Laurent. Alexandre, called Desjardins—M. Ferdinand Barrot. Cnnneau—M. Barillon. Ornano—M. Lignier. Galvani—M. Lignier. D'Almbert—M. Lignier and M. Edouard d'Almber assistant counsel, his brother. Orsi—M. Lignier. Bure—M. Lignier. The following is the list of witnesses summoned by the Procureur-General : Relative to the disembarkation and march upon Bou logne-sur-Mer—Jacques Guilbert, Custom-house Briga dier ; Pierre Nicolas Bally, Lieutenant of Vimereux Custom-house. Relative to the attack upon the post of the Place d'Alton—Coisy (Jean B a ptiste), of the 42d of the Line; Morange, sergeant of grenadiers ; Senet, of the 42d. Relative to the facts at the barracks of Boulogne-sur- Mer—Zebore, Gendre, Rinch, voltigeurs ; Chapolart, sergeant ; GeoNry, grenadier major ; Colonel Puggel lier ; Lieutenant De Maussior, of the 4:ld ; Lieutenant Ragou la Lentere, ditto. Relative to the general facts of the attempt—Launay le Provost, sub-prefect of Boulogne ; Alexandre Adam, mayor of Boulogne ; Colonel Sausat, of the National Guards ; Bageret, commissary of police ; Lieu Pollet, of the port of Boulogne. Relative to the accused Lombard—Lejeune, smith in general, Boulogne•sur-Mer ; Noel, mason of Boulogne. Relative to the accused Duff de Mesonan—Magnan , Mareschal de Camp, commanding the northern depart ment at Lisle; Cabour Duhay, chef d'escadron on the staff, attached to the 16th military division at Lisle. Relative to the accused Bataille Forestier and Ala denize—Mesureur, innkeeper, Boulogne ; Padtort, por ter of the Hotel des Babas, Boulogne ; Legrand, clothes salesman, Paris. SYRIA. (From the Journal des Debuts.) The eyes of the world are turned towards Syria, which, it seems, is to be restored to the Porte, and is to prove an anodyne to restore Turkey to all its pristine strength. Let us, then, consult all late travellers—the Duke of Ragusa, M. Lamartine, Slade, and Clot B2y. and sum up what they all say on the subject. Syria is not a nation, but a collection of tribes, sepa rated one from the other by religion especially, but also by diversity of interests and ideas. Such a position leads to anarchy, and such was the state of the country before Mehemet Ali conquered it. Clot Bey, in his work, compares the state of Syria' under Turkish dominion, with Albania, and he is right. It is the same want of order and government ; it is the same career open to all adventurers who wish to strike a lucky blow. In Syria , be f o re Mehemet Ali, power belonged to whosoever could take it—to whoever was the strongest or the most cruel. The idea of any order or regularity in the transmission of power had by degrees been effaced frem all minds. It was not the Sultan who gave the authority ; it was chance, or force, and the worst kind of force—the capricious and the changing. An old Syrian Turk told in one word the history of Syria under the Ottoman dominion. He was asked what he thought would happen in Syria if Mehemet Ali and his son Ibraham should die. " When Meheme! Ali and his son Ibraham die," answered he, Syrian will look at another any say, Who will govern us ?' One will say, The son of Ibraham or Tossoun (the second son of Mehemet Ali, who died, leaving a son, Abbas-Pacha) ; another, A Pacha, who is coming from Constantinople ;' bai while they are thus deliberat ing, a man will suddenly start up, whom nobody knows, and say, You are all fools ; 1 am your master, and will cut off the head of whosoever says the contrary.' Then all will hold their tongues, and the Porte will say it is well. I have perhaps seen in my lifetime ten Paellas replaced in that manner." Thus for the Syrians, accustomed as they are to the government of chance, the power of Mehemet Ali is still but an accident. But we must own that this difficulty, which they have in believing in the stability of any thing powerful, testifies against the manner in which the Ottoman Porte governed Syria, and it is sad to think that four European Powers are solemnly leagued to re-establish such an anarchy. And do not imagine the words of the old Turk an exaggeration of an epigram. Such was the state of things. Sonic facts gathered here and there prove it. Abdalla whoni Ibrahim drove from St. Jean d'Acre and made pri soner, was son of a slave of Djezzar Pacha. His father had seized upon the Pachalic of St. Jean d'Acre on the death of Djezzar, and he succeeded his father. But this transmission seemed a kind of wonder, and Abdal lah Pacha d id not fail to say proudly that the Pachalie of Acre had been hereditary in his family for three ge nerations ; for his father had succeeded Djezzar, whose slave he was, and himself had succeeded his father : words which at once indicate what opinions Eastern na tions have of slavery, which is a kind of adoption, and the astonishment which an heritage of three generations must inspire in Syria. It is true that in sovereignty an heritage of three generations becomes a rare thing, even in the East. Abdallah, to prevent Syria losing her habits of trouble and disorder, had revolted against the Sultan, and being conquered, implored the protection of the Pacha of Egypt, who, says M. de Lamartine, purchased his pardon of the Divan. Soon after he made war against ~ one his protector, and his defeat in St. Jean d'Acrc gave Syria up to the Egyptian army. This is the history of what we should call the most regular Government of all the Governments instituted or authorised in Syria by the Ottoman Porte. Every where else Governments are born of chance and force. The parties are adventurers, who profit by disord-r to gain one day of power and fortune. Thus, at Tripoli, an old servant of the Emir of Druse, whose business was to attend to the fields of olives, became Pacha through a wager. One day, playing with his comrades, he as sumed the character of a Judge, and made them kiss his hand. " Even if you were Governor of Tripoli," said one, " I would not kiss your hand." " Very well," said Mustapha, " I will be Governor of Syria , and you shall kiss my hand." Shortly after a popular movement burst out against the Turkish Governor ; Mustapha profited by it to drive him out, take his place, and win his wager : for the Porte, according to custom, con firmed it. But according to custom also, Mustapha re volted, and refused to pay tribute. The Pacha of Acre, Abdallah, came and besieged him ; and after a long siege he was forced to grant him a capitulation. Mustapha, they say, still lives. Tne Four Powers can restore to Tripoli the old guardian of olive trees. In the mountain of Naplouse, an Arab Sheik, Hussein, before the conquest of the Egyptians, had seiz.d upon the government. He was rich and generous ; and the Porte, seeing him powerful, named him chief of the mountain of Naplouse. Ahdallah, Pacha of Acre, tried to overturn this power, which was inimical to his o ; h e invited the Sheik to St. Jean d'Acre, who was re pairing thither in confidence, when he was warned on the road that his host intended to destroy him ; he e,caped, thanks to the fleetness of his horse, and de c.ared war against Abdallah. We should never have d one were we to give the history of all the petty tyrairs, now. forgotten, who disputed in Syria the power to pil. lage and ruin the people. Sometimes an adventurer, who, at the head of thirty horsemen, would seize upon a city, levy contributions, cause his power to be ac knowledged, and retire with impunity, enriched ; at an other a Bedouin chief would establish himself upon a part of the territory, capture travellers and merchandise which crossed this territory, keep prisoners those who were unable to pay, and threaten to burn them alive if their relations did not ransom them. Add to these evils the tribes of the Kurds and Turcomans, who levied a tribute on condition of not pillaging, and pillaged after receiving tribute. Let us not forget also the Turkish Pachas, who profited by the short time in a hieh their authority was acknowledged to ruin the country by ex tot tions—that is to say. by sudden fines inflicted upon a city or an individual. Such was the situation of Syria under Turkish domination. From hence the barren. ness of the best lands, abandoned ; what use was there in sowing when the harvest would not belong to he who sowed ? From hence the want of cattle in places best suited to pasture. To have cattle was to appear rich, and to appear rich was to excite the cupidity of the Pacha, the Kurd, or the Bedouin. From hence, in fact, the increasing diminution of the population. Wearied with this desolating anarchy, the Syrians at first received favourably the troops of Ibrahim ; but they soon found the Egyptian yoke as severe as the Turkish, and revolts ensued. This was the great mistake of Mehemet, the application to the moun tains of Syria of a plan of culture and govern ment only fitted to the plains of Egypt. In Egypt the central authority must take care of the cultiva tion. In Syria a field, amidst the rocks and on the declivities, can only be rendered fertile and irrigated by the individual labour of the possessor. Hence the independence of the population. Besides, Syria, as the Duke of Ragusa remarks, has facilities for resisting oppression which Egypt has not. "It is mountainous ; its mountains are difficult of access, and at each step the insurgents find, as it were, a natural intrenchment, behind which they can defend themselves." Egypt, on the contrary, is a country which may be overrun with ease. A fleet of a few armed boats,4,ooo infantry, 2,000 horse, and twelve pieces of cannon might keep it in subjection, or restore tranquillity in case of revolt. On this account Egypt is a country for submission and large cultivation, whereas Syria is a country for resistance and small cultivation. It is then to be regretted that Mehemet Ali should have thought the same system proper for both. This error now costs him dear. The spirit of independence and the habits of division natural to Syria are obstacles to the submission which the Pacha of Egypt exacts ; but these also destroy union and discipline in insurrection. Thus the natural anarchy of the country, which causes Mehemet Ali not to be obeyed, creates resources for him when a revolt bursts forth. It is that, perhaps, which the English did not remark sufficiently when they were in such haste to believe in the success of the insurrection in Syria. Syria has always been in arms against whatever power go verned her, whether the Ottoman Porte or Egypt ; but this revolt has always been put down, because there has. never been a good understanding between the revolters, and the master has always been able to make use of one to crush the other. This has again happened in the last insurrection. It was with the assistance of the proses and the Emir Besehir, that Ibrahim was able to repress the revolt. God forbid that we should approve the mad oppres sion with which Mehemet Ali weighs down the Syrians! What we wish to show is, that to restore Syria to the Sultan is not the way to cure the evils of this unhappy country ; it is to change them, and nothing mote ; it is to restore a provinee,to anarchy and:confusion.; it is , to'restore that social diiOrd'er ,which is; lied ' Tu~kislr adnaioinistrutiou, of Which' Sisin 'otreied' an ixainple ten years ag o, and of which-Albapiitis Dow a perfect model, THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Revue de Paris.) When Rifaat Bey received the refusal of Mehemet Ali to the first proposition on the part of the Porte and the Four Powers relative to Syria, he secretly advised the Viceroy to make some concessions, and assured hint that the Sultan was willing to give up to him some pa (thanes beyond those stipulated in the ultimatum ; he further proposed to carry himself to the Sultan the counter-proposals which Mehemet Ali might feel dis posed to make. It was in consequence of this that the latter communicated these overtures to the Con suls, but they told him that they had no authority to receive any counter-propositions, and refused to send off a steamer to Constantinople with the Vice roy's proposals. Mehemet Ali then summoned the French Consul, M. Cochelet, to ask his advice on the subject ; but that functionary felt hurt at not having been summoned before, and allowed himself to receive two messages before be went to the Pa lace. When there he strongly recommended Mehemet Ali to follow the suggestions of Rifaat Bey, and aided by M. \Valor ski, succeeded in prevailing on him to consent, first of all, to abandon Adana and then Candia to the Porte. Mehemet AU made great difficulty about Candia, not because he derived much revenue from it, but because he thought that the Porte could never retain possession of it ; that the Greek population would gain the upper hand over the Turkish in it, and that the island might ultimately become either an inde pendent State like Samos, or else might fall into the hands of the English. M. Cochelet yielded to M. Walewski's suggestion, that it would be better to des patch him to Constantinople, in order to inform M. de Pont ois exactly of how toasters stood at Alexandria, and he accordingly set off, after receiving the instructions of his Consul and the Viceroy. The prevalent belief at Alexandria, this periodical adds, is, that the prepositions of Mehemet Ali will be accepted by the Divan ; and it says that even Admiral Stopford has expressed his Opi nion that too much violence and rigour is used against the Viceroy. The Revue, however, dada: es its own opi nion to be that these overtures will be unsuccessful, be cause the Divan is no longer able to deliberate freely, but is completely under the tutelage of Russia and Eng land. It hence draws the inference that France is bound to go on with her armaments, and to make them upon a large scale, as being the more likely thereby to avoid expense and difficulty in the end, from their being cal culated to deter the Powers from going to war. It adds, that the fortifications of Paris are of the first ne cessity, though, if France had possession of Belgium, and had the Rhine for a frontier, that necessity would not be so evident ; and it further says that France nei ther can nor will allo w of Egypt, Syria, and the posses sion of C o nstantinople, to be disposed of without her intervention. The Journal de Franefort, which has the reputation of being a semi-official organ of the Russiaa Govern ment, declares that the proposition of Mehemet Ali to hold the whole of Syria, for his lik cannot be ente:- tained a moment by the Porte and its allies. IVIEREAIET ALI AND THE PORTE CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 10.—Itifaat Bey bears the following letter for the Sublime Porte from Mehemet Ali for the Grand Vizier : _ _ _ .. " The 9th Regeb, 1256 (Sept. 3, 1840). " HIGIINESS,—The decision of the Four great Powers—Russia, Prussia, England, and Austria, with respect to the Eastern question, concluded in London by the four Ambassadors, was communicated to me, with a Vizier's order, by your servant Rifaat Bey, one of the Ministers of the Sublime Porte, now on a mission at my Court. I received it with the utmost reverence. As, in this decision, the hereditary pachalic of Egypt only was granted me, I accepted it with gratitude towards the high Powers, and with all dutiful obedience to your divine shadow. I have not allowed the term of twenty days t o ela p se in order to accept this fa j your, since it is necessary that I should submit to the 1 decision of the high Powers, and to the orders of my I august master and Sovereign. Before this term of twenty days had expired, I accepted the treaty with many s i n .. cere thanks. His Excellency Rifaat Bey was present at this act. Let not the procrastination here be wrongly interpreted, or ascribed to any unwillingness to execute j the will of the high Powers, and of my august master. This delay was rather in the hope that I might obtain an assent to my proposals from the magnanimity and 1 grandeur of the high Powers, for whom I profess the greatest regard. When all this shall have come to the v a nt and slave of our august master, ears of your Highness, I entreat, that being an ol d ser of Syria may be granted me for the term of my l ire, and th e Government that it may not be intrusted to another. I promise to arw2!iorate its situation. Tranquillity shall reign through out the country ; the people, great and small, shall be made happy, and on that score I shall endeavour to render great services to my master, to my Padisehah. This favour I expect of my Sovereign, and of the ins tice of the high Powers, :or whom I put up prayer s to God. This coming to the k now l e dg e o f your Highness , all will depend on the sublime orders. NIEHENIET ALI." LATEST N LIWS FROM AMERICA• We have received by the packet ship Roscoe, Capt. Iluttieston, which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, New York Papers to the 3th, and Canada Papers to the Cth inst. Neither the Money nor the Stock Markets had un dergone material change in the interval betwixt the sail ing of the President and the Roscoe. The exchange on England was IOG4 to 107. The supply of bills was k 33 than it had been, but the demand was limited. On Paris bills were scarce ; the rate was sf. 261 c. At Pisiladelphia, on the 6th inst., United States Bank shares were quoted at 651 to 65: 1 ; ; and at New York, on the 7th, at 62. NEW YORK, SEPT. 6. IlEsfAaxs.—We are without any later intelligence from Europe, nor can we reasonably expect any for a week at least. The steamers and packets that sailed on the lit took out full cargoes, principally flour and wheat, which are pretty much the only articles going forward. Freights, however, are low. The trade of the city has improved ; indeed, we have reached that period when, if there is to be any business, we ought to feel it now. The stock of goods is light, but the as sortment is ample for any demand we may have. The tew goods that are coming in are selling at pretty good prices. The crops of the country will be very good. Thit of cotton has not begun to be picked much, but Southern papers unite in a favourable report. The great exciting topic now before the public is the elec tions ; the returns are sought for with the greatest pos. sib'e avidity. MI other topics sink into apparent in• difference. MONEY.--. There is the same abundance of money in the market which has been noticed, for the past two months, the same large balances lying -in bank ; the same accumulation of. specie. There is a little more activity in track, and bank have - an increased business. Stocks of all descriptions continue depressed, and capi talists arc compelled to employ their capital inore •on bond and mortgage. A large portion of the old_ debt due from individuals in the south does, and always will, remain unpaid ; but for the last two years the indebted ness from the south has not increased, but diminished. A better feeling prevails, and on all the Atlantic States the exchanges are improving. As soon as the present crop of cotton begins to come in, there will, no doubt, be an improvement. The amount of specie continues to be large, and the rate of exchange down to a point which establishes the fact that balances with foreign nations are in our favour. There is an increasing confident that most of the banks at the south will, be fore six months, return to a specie basis. Those in North and South Carolina and Georgia, it is supposed, arc nearly ready for that event. The operation of the Sub-Treasury aas no influence in the money market : this is owing to the very limited amount of duties paid, and the needy condition of the Treasury. UNCURRENT MONEY.—There is no change what ever. The bills of our own State, and those of the East, are at the lowest rate, and even the discount on Philadelphia paper has got so low, that it begins to find its way gradually into circulation. SUNDAY NIGHT. Nothing worthy of notice occurred on Saturday, as ;lir as we have been able to learn in State Stocks. The usual amount was done in " fancies " at the boards with but trilling variation on former rates. Some transactions took place in the Foreign Ex changes, of which we annex the current rates. The supply of bills is now not so large as it has been. The demand, too, is but moderate. Bills on Paris are scarce. London 6i- to 7 I Ilarnburgh 84 to 0 Paris 5„ 26 4 1 I Bremen Amsterdam • 79. to 791 In inland exchange there is no change in the discount. A fair demand continues, and but little is offering. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 6. There Was but little variation in the prices of stocks on Saturday from those of .. the day prdvioris. United States Bank was a shade lower, 471 shares sold at first Board ut 65k cash ;_654 to 65i .10 clays,, and to 651 b. 30 days, flat :three; days' notice ; 118 shares Girard at 3PI cash ; $4,000 Tennessee Bonds, Five per Cents„ 68 to 78 ; $l,OOO Pennsylvania State Fives, 53 at 971, and $270 Camden and Amboy Bonds, 92. At and after the Second Board, 125 shares United States Bank at 654 cash. Closing Prices.—United States Bank, 65i- to 651 ; North American Bank, 881 to 390 ; Philadelphia 1001 hid ; Girard, 39 to 39 ; Vickshuigh, 81 to 81 Camden and Amboy, 107 to 108. TREASURY NOTES. Treasury Department, Sept. I. Amount of Treasury-notes issued under the Acts of Con gress of the 12th or October, 1837, the 21st of May, and'therttl-of March, 183 D $19,567,086 32 Oe its at , %Mb ithl IV re badbeen rodskitned?'," 19, 29fh MN, 6 A . I P.r.•.") .4; Leaving outstaniliag- , ‘27 4 .96 4 0,1 Amount iB4 o i . s . s . uo 6 .. u . n d et or s :ls , ; 9 0 9 f , t f 3 l t l i ze t, h ien ,„ o7,l i si a 01 that issue there has been , aim redeemed ••• .• 207,426 71 , Leaving of that issue outstanding ... ... 4,692,439 86 --........r.• Aggregate outstanding $4966.502 47 FROM TOBASCO.—We learn from Captain Blunt, of the bark Aurea, from Campeachy, that on the 20th of July, 600 GJvernment troops from Vera Cruz marched into Tobasco, driving out the Federalist General Mal dana and his forces, plundering all the money they could find, and throwing the goods into the river. General Maldana retired to Cami-,eaeby, where he was raising additional men, and was to leave in two days for Tobasco, with the expectation of recapturing it. From the fact that no mentian of a massacre at To basco was made by C a pt a i n Bl un t, w ho a rrived here on Wednesday, from Campeachy, we are encouraged to hope that the report may be without foundation. CANADA. MONTREAL, SEI'T. 2. ASSASSINATION OF LIeUTENANT FARQUHAS. BY CAPTAIN M'Anam.—We regret to ha% e to announce an event, which, happily for the race and the country to which we belong, is of rare occurrence among us. Yes terday morning, at Philipsburg (Missisquoi Bay), Capt. M'Adam, of Colonel Dyer's corps of Volunteers, ac costed Lieutenant Farquhar, of the same corps, in the streets, and after a few words, drew a loaded pistol, which he had kept concealed under his clothes, a nd discharged its contents in the body of his unfortunate victim. with Lieutenant Farquhar fell instantly, and upon exami nation it was discovered that the wound was mortal, the ball having passed through the loins, and injured, beyond all hope of reparation, some of the abdominal viscera. Captain M'Adam, was easily secured by the police. A despatch wa; sent off to Montreal, without Philipsburg, tragic c iat we know . p this city, the father of the unhappy gentleman thus t io i s e s i n l f as t t it y ne p , a br particulars c t u h l a e r C s o o f m Commandant d e nt i t . o f the lr. . r eg i ;invent, ant , Farquhar, of pre maturely cut off by the blow of an assassin, l ost no event, su c h not time with butin o l h it e t y l , e ing ho t p h n e s o t i m b n e n i o u n g s i n to t i mrepairreceive e l: , Ne the last adieu of his son. He took medical attendants with him, although told that their assistance would be of no avail. We are unable to give any minute particulars of the chiarcvuinmgstyaentces::ndtntownt.his Alltra the subject is, that some high words passed between the parties at the mess supper on Monday, aisd that on the following (yesterday) morning, Captain M'Adam, after breakfast, called upon Lieutenant Farquhar to re- ' reached which t 1 1 tract and apologise for certain words he had used on the previous night, calling the m, " lies," or using a some op probrious epithet o f the like nature. This the lieute nant refused to do, whereupon his murderer drew forth the deadly weapon, amharg consummated the crime for which he now rands c oi e to the o ff en d ed laws. Mr. Farquhar Was a young man much esteemed in Isis corps ; of amiable deportment and of gallant bear ing. He would have distinguished hi mself before the e nemies of his co untry had opportunities offered. Had he fallen in battle, with his face to the foe, under the banner of England, a nd in defence of that " meteor flag, which for a thousand years has braved the battle and the ~ h i s relations had f ound consolation perhaps for his rt, a l as: o refin from fr his early fate. they remarks. Tum, he positionn n w—we 1 which the ra perpetrato r o rave _not to impose it as a duty this deed stands is toy g upon all to absta in from aught that may tend to aggra vate it.--iliontreal Couri e r. sErr.a.—Captain 'McAdam arrived in MONTREAL , c own, and was lod town yesterday aiternv ~,' ted I ' 6" in go-at, where he now remains. N e ."-' rim there, and were in formed by him o f the circumstances which led to the melancholy catastrophe. . appears that Mr. Farquhar had resigned his commission in the battalion, as he was about to enter into copa rtne r ship with his father in this city, and that ad remar k h a d been made by Captain M•Adam of WI ofensive nature, which had reached Mr. , , ?Jr. Farquhar sent a friend to Ca Farquhar s cars. taro M'Adarn on lay Mon. evening, verbally demanding a meeting or an apology, which was de c li ne d, unless made in writing. the demand was This was not com plied with, and Mr. Farquhar declared his intention of horsewhipping c a ptain M'Adam before he w o uld take his departure, which had been previously fixed for next morning. I ' Unwilling to provo k e a hostile meeting, or to be sub jected to a whippinfs fr om i\r a person who was stronger than himself, Captain . Adam kept his apartment next morning until he thought Mr. Farquhar had taken his departure, hut on entering the mess-room he found him there, and shortly afterwards Mr. Farquhar left the room with some of the • other officers. Some time again elapsed, and Captain ril'Adam being under the impression that Mr. Farquhar had left for 'Montreal, went out of the house, and on advaneine , few paces to the mincer in front of the officers' barracks, he perceived him walking op and down, and several of his brother officers, apparently expecting a scene. He opened the wicket-gate, and proceeded in a direction opposite to Mr. Farquhar, who quickly came up to him, took hold of him by the throat, and told him he was about to horsewhip him, upon which Captain M'Adam said that he would shoot him, at the same time taking a loaded pistol from his pocket. Mr. Farquhar struck his antagonist once, and in en deavouring to wrest the pistol from his grasp, it was discharged, and the contents were lodged in Mr. Far quhar's abdomen, a little under the navel. Captain M'Adam then went into the house, followed by Mr. Farquhar, who walked up to the second story. Medical assistance was immediately proenred, but we believe there is but little hope entertained of Mr. Farquhar's recovery. A military court of inquiry was called to in vestigate the subject, and we will have it in our power to lay the substance of the evidence and the decision be fore our readers in a day or two. In the meantime we would recommend our fellow citizens to refrain from listening to - any ex parte statement, as the most ample evidence of all the particulars must shortly be made public Both of the gentlemen connected with this most melancholy affair arc well known in this city, and it is universally regretted by all. Indeed we do not know of any circumstance which has excited so general a❑ interest since the rebellions. DECLARATION OF THE BASQUE PROVINCES: CIRCULAR ADDRESSED BY THE DEPUTION OF THE PRO VINCE OF GUIPUSCOA TO THE MAYORS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THEIR TERRITORY. At the moment when, reunited on the field of recon ciliation, the inhabitants of these provinces celebrated the anniversary of the peace, the frenzy of anarchy was at work at the other extremity of the Peninsula in of fering outrages to the Royal power. It was then that the deputation,' on looking around them, experienced the happiness of seeing perfect order firmly established in the country of their ancestors, deeply rooted in our moral feelings, and fortified by the enjoyment of our traditional liberty. The deputation was still striving to ensure the continuance of this order, alike dear to our bearts and our recollections, when the Royal ordon nanee of the sth instant reaehed us, and was com municated to • the province ; but, as events became daily more important, the deputation assembled for this sole object, and, is adopting measures which they judged circumstances to have rendered ne cessary, they thought fit to inform the nation of what they had decided upon. When we gave our words at the field of Bergara, we swore fidelity to the constitu tional throne of her Majesty the Queen, Donna Isabella 11., to the Regency of her august mother, and to the fueros of our ancestors. The good faith of the Basques shall not be called in question. It is now as inviolable as ever. It has strengthened by exercise. The love of liberty is traditional with us, but it is joined with a sa cred respect for the royal authority—thefueros. We must transmit unimpaired to our children the epithet of noble and loyal, which history gave us. Such are the principles of the deputation ; and any ,future measures shall be in accordance with these principles. The de putation hopes that you will assist them to the utmost of your power by your endeavours to tranquillise the public mind.--May the Almighty reward you with a long course of years. From the deputation at Ascoita, Sept. 15, 1840. The Count DE MONTENON, President. RAYMOND GUERRA, Secretary. A correspondent at Bayonne writes on the 22d inst. to the Guienuc :—" At a meeting of the Deputies for tha four Basque Provinces, it has - been resolved to pro test against the acts of the Junta of Madrid. Two Deputies have been sent to Valencia to offer to Queen Christina the services of these provinces, and invite her to come into Navarre. The Depitties have also been instructed to go to Madrid to use energetic re monstrances with the Junta, and threaten it with an insurrection on the first attempt to infringe theirfueros. When the proposal of Espartero to send twenty batta lions into these provinces was known, a strong repre sentation was made to the Captain-General Ribero, desiring him to divert Espartero from his project, as the . provinces were determined to resist the measure, and had already required that the troops which were in them should be withdrawn. If it were persevered in 40,000 Navarrese were prepared to take up arms." COtRT-IVIARTIAL ON CAPTAIN R. A. REYNOLDS. BRIGHTON, TUEEDNY.—The Court-martial on Cap tain R. Anthony Reynolds, of the II th (Prince Al bert's) Ilussars, was resumed this morning, and again iidj/urned on the application of the accused, for the purpose of effarding him time to prepare his defence. I stated in a former letter, that every desire had been exhibited by the Court to afford accommodation to the Reporters of the London Press ; and it is but right to mention, that that desire was most fully carried into effect by the Judge-Advocate, Major Pipon, through whose. kindness such facilities were given as must en ,!ibts,klieM:te fulAl' the task entrusted to them. 71;lae tiine:fiiediforthe sitting Of Ole Court was eleven ,o cock i •. but the members of the Court were not as gullibled, nor the litiblio'adMitted, 461 halrpast eleven a7efock:. thionthe Order' being given for opening the Court, there was a great rush into the room, and in less than half a minute it was crowded to excess. Orders were given to shut the door, as the room was then quite fu and as soon as all present were accommodated, The President of the Court, Major-General Sir Ihitom,Es PACKENIIAM, rose and said :—" Before be ginning our proceedings, I wish to make a few observa tions with respect to the contempt of the order of this Court in the publicat.on of our proceedings by the press. There is nothing more decidedly ascertained than the power of a Court-martial to forbid the pub lication of its proceedings, nor has, I believe, such an order been transgressed except upon the present oc casion. I see that it has been stated in some of the papers that have acknowledged that they received the prohibition of the Court, but who have published not withstanding, because they did so in the case of the trial of the late Queen Caroline—a pro ceeding, cert,ir.ly, of much greater importance than the present ; but that is not p.t all in point ; because, in that case, there was no prohibition. But then the paper went on farther, and stated that it did so in cases of recent occurrence. That, with respect to courts-martial, is unfounded. There is the case, for instance, of General Whitelock, a recent one—of Colonel Hay, a recent one—of Colonel Quinton, a recent one ; and there is also the case of Lieutenant-Colonel John stone. There was not the transgression of the order in these cases, and they were all tried in London, Tue order was not transgressed, and that at once show's that the plea does not hold. Another plea has been sent to we in writing, which was, that the public in crest would cool if there was and delay in the publica- tion of the proceedings. It that were even to happen, it would not do much mischief. But the question here was between the gratification of the impatience of public curiosity, and the dispensing justice between two gallant officers. It was suggested to the Court that it might mark its displeasure for this very ungrateful return by the press in affording accommodation to the reporters, by withholding that accommodation ; but the Court thought that would be unbecoming their character en tirely. (There was here a general notice of assent on the part of . the members of the Court.) We have no complaint to make of the reporters. We deem it to be our duty to afford them every facility to enable them to carry on their arduous and useful avocation. With re spect now to the prohibition of further publication, it is obvious that the object of the Court has been frustrated, and we do not now much care what is done hereafter. The penalty, however, is another thing (for there is a penalty), and that is the thing to be considered, and prove that the Court has a right to make the order, and the penalty (for violating it) lies in an action in the su perior Courts. It is admitted here that the parties are in contempt ; and it will be my duty to make a report to the Judge Advocate-General, and leave the matter in his hands. The Judge-Advocate then proceeded to read the mi nutes, which stated that the Court, being assembled pursuant to its adjournment, the Court proceeded to read two letters, addressed to the Judge-Advocate and to the President of the Court, from Captain Rey nolds, requesting a further adjournment, to enable him to complete his defence, and the Court intimated that Captain Reynolds should be heard, in order that he might state his reasons for the application, such appliza tion being very unusual. The last minute was here read. The Court had intimated to Capt. Reynolds that the prosecution was here closed, and asked what time he would require to prepare for his defence, and Captain Reynolds had replied to Tuesday morning, and the Court accordingly adjourned to Tuesday. Captain Reynolds was about to rise to address the Court, when The Judge-Advocate desired that his request should be given in in writing. Captain Reynolds then handed in a paper to this effect : That he begged to say that every exertion had been made by him to complete his defence, which he bad hoped to have had ready for that day ; but not withstanding:the greatest exertions had been made on his part he had unfortunately found it impossible, without , injustice to imam to complete it ; and he hoped, these fore, that the time he had requested would be granted to him. He concluded by expressing his regret that the Court should in any way be inconvenienced. 1 The President—lf it be granted , then, to what time? We must consider to what day. Captain Reynolds—To Thursday morning. The President—With the perfect understanding o then proceeding ? Captain Reynolds—Certainly. The Earl of Cardigan, having consulted with his counsel, here handed in a paper, which having been read by the President, it was desred that the Court should be cleared. Upon the Curti t being again opened, The Judge Advocate read the decision of the Court, namely, that the Court had decided that. the document handed in ra them by the prosecutor, Lord Cardigan, was inadmissible, and therefore could not be received. The Court also had decided that the time requested by Captain Reynolds to prepare for his defence should be granted to him—that is, until Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock, with the fullest understanding that he would then be prepared. The Court was therefore adjourned until Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock. The name of Captain Pitt appears as one of the officers appointed to sit upon the court-martial. He was originally nominated, but in his place has been sub stituted Captain It. Silver Oliver, of the Horse Guards (Blue). LANCASTER COUNTY POLICE COURT. 6 A MBLING AT LIVERPOOL RACES -CONVICTION IN THE PENALTY OF 2001. On Monday, shortly after eleven o'clock, the Mayor and William Itithbone, Esq., took their seats, and pro ceeded to hear evidence in support of an information lodged by Mr. Dowling, Commissioner of Police, against Mr. William Lynn, proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, in which the defendant was charged with keeping a cer tain place, to wit, the Grand Stand at the Aintree race-course, for gambling purposes, and with permit ting certain persons to play roulette there on the 23d of the present month, contrary to the statute, which provided that the party so offending should forfeit and pay the sum of 200/. To this infraction the defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Lace, one of the clerks to the county Magis trates, assisted by Mr. Myers, conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. ‘Vr:ght acted as agent for the defendant. Charles Mayne was the first witness called. He was examined by Mr. Myers as follows :—I am an inspec tor of the county police. I was on duty on the Ain ' tree race-course, situate about five miles from Liver pool, on Wednesday., the 23d instant. I went into the Grand stand on that occasion. I was at first prevented from going in, but. after I had reasoned with the check-taker I was allowed to enter. I then pro. ceeded to the first story, and went into the room on the left hand, as you go urs..,ilie stairs. There were 14 persons there. Sonic of them (I would say about nine) were engaged in a play called roulette. I saw a great deal of money on the table, composed of silver and so vereigns. I remember seeing the persons who had the management of the game handing the silver to the per sons who won, and sometimes the parties themselves took up the money : so that by this means I knew at once who were the winners and who the losers. I saw some place ss. on a black mark, some ss. on a red, and some ss. on a white. I heard them say at the same time whether they lost or won, according as the same happened. The person who had the management of the game usually said, " You've lost," and " You've won." Then they took up the money, and sometimes that person took up money himself. I have stood in a room, as I did in that, and seen the game played fre quently. The person who was sometimes taking up the money, and at the same time guiding the tattle, ap peared to me to be taking up as a kind of reward. The game there and the game I had seen played before were similar, and I should know the people who were playing on this occasion. Cross-examined by Mr. Wright—This room was in the upper story but one of the Grand Stand. I would say that it was immediately above the grand saloon. I have been told that the game was roulette, and I have no doubt of its having been that game. I never played it myself ; if I had I should have been able to give a better description of it than I am to-day. Jonathan Andrews, an inspector of the Liverpool and county police, stated that he also on the 23d of September, gent into the room of the Grand Stand mentioned by the preceding witness. He saw there a table, behind which two men were standing. On the table were necessary apparatus for playing at roulette, and he saw a number of gentlemen there playing at the game inspector Andrews underwent a very long and per plexing cross-examination by Mr. Wr;ght, with respect to his means of knowing whether the game described by him as roulette, was in fact such, and as to the mode in which the game was played. He was in plain clothes, and did not suppose that Mr. Lynn was aware of his presence. John Poole, inspector of the Liverpool police force, said that he produced a board which was called a roulette board. lie had heard the gamblers themselves call it by that name. He was at the race course on the 23d of September. He went into an upper room of the Grand Stand, on the right hand side of the stairs, and saw two tables set out, with a roulette board upon each. There were people in the room, playing. He stayed and watched them for a short time. He did not sec Mr. Lynn in the room ; but afterwards saw him at the back of the Grand Stand. He (Mr. Lynn) asked witness whether he had come out for the purpose of laying informations. He replied that he had received the instructions of the Magist - eates to come there, for the purpose of watching the parties who were gambling. Mr. Lynn said, that it was not fair or right for the Ma gistrates to interfere with them ; he gave a great deal of money away annually to the char►ties, and as to gam bling, be thought that there was more in the Exchange than there was there. Squire Wovenden, superintendent of the county po lice, said, that he saw the defendant on Saturday, the 19th instant, at the Waterloo Hotel, in Liverpool, and had sonic conversation with him. Captain Willis was with him, and he (witness) heard the Captain tell Mr. Lynn that it was the determination of the Magistrates to put down the gambling on the Grand Stand and else where. Witness then told the defendant that he should have to pay him a visit. Mr. Lynn said, " But you will not be admitted on the Grand Stand." He after wards said that he would let the rooms again. After sonic further evidence, Mr. Wright then submitted that the case for the in- I formation had not been made out. His first ground was, that there was want of proof of occupancy by Mr. Lynn ; and, secondly, that if the occupancy had been proved, ❑o evidence had been advaaced to show that Mr. Lynn had permitted gambling ; for he con tended that, under the statute, it must be proved either that the defendant was the actual occupier of the house, or that he had permitted others to occupy it for gaming. Mr. RATIIBONE retired to consult with his brother Magistrates. In a short time he returned, and said— Mr. Wright, I have considered the evidence in support of the information, and your objection, and I consider that information sustained. Mr. Lynn, the Magistrates of the borough of Liverpool, being deeply impressed, from painful exporience, of the evil consequences of permitting gaming at public tables, v.hich, during races, have been from time to time erected in the town of Liverpool, encouraging a class of men who live by a violation of the laws of their country, have determined to enforce the law, and to put down such pernicious practices. lam sorry to have to say to you, that in defiance of the repeated notice of the Magistrates, you have persisted in suffering gaming on the Grand Stand at the race-course, a place under your control and ma nagement. The evidence which has been offered before me this day is to my mind conclusive, and I do trust that the penalty which will follow your conviction, will effec tually prevent the practice in future. I now convict you under the second count of this information in the penalty of 200 t., and which it is not in my power to mitigate, one third of which goes to the informer, end two thirds to the poor of the township in which the offence is committed. The case lasted two hours and a half. OPPOSITION TO CHURCH-RATES AT BURSLENI, STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES. A few months ago, a few spitited individuals in Burslem, determined to resist, on conscientious grounds, , the payment of Church-rates in this town, when they became marked meie by the dominant Tories, and the Churchwardens took out summonses against six of them. The cases were heard before Mr. Rose, the stipen diary magistrate, who decided that the rate was illegal. This decision of the Magistrate was backed by the opinion of the Attorney-general, and in addition to the informal holding of the meeting, at which the rate was said to be granted , the Atrorney-gencral gave an opi nion that the rate was illegal on another ground, viz, because it included the new church of St. Paul's--h e contending that they had no right to levy a rate for a new church, but only for the parish-church. Not withstanding the defeat of the Churchwardens before the magistrate, they have still persevered in collecti ng the rate, and ha ve du p ed many of the p oorer class es into its paymen t b y false statements of its legality' and y last notice was given for a meeting, for b tL t l h ev e .vin snda g . On r S•autot):a another rate, when a number of Liberals, determined to be prepared for the contest, called a an Anti-Ch urc h- rate Committee. evening last, for mee ting of the rate - payers for Tuesday On Friday the vestry was attended by small majority were for the purpose of form in g about five hundred persons , when a very the rate. Th e Church party had anticipated a much greater triumph ; and we hear that they have since sent out their mandates to their workmen to attend and vote for the rate. _ - _----2 POSTAGE STAMPS.—A.'. Skene, Esq., of Durham, having written to Colonel Mabelly, suggesting that the postage stamps should be used as seals, received the following reply :-44 General Post Office, Sept. 20: 1840.—Sir —In answer to your letter cf the 20th .a i c n e st . , 0 I beg to inform )on that if the postage stamps '''re p l aced d e to n the backs of the letters, as you propose, prevent their being charged f in Post Odic° pressure under which all the business . o_ CturnELL, must W di sc harged. "ToA. M. Skene, Esq.," .4 ..I.4mEs • . with postage, it .i : For the Secretary." tirePhasste and FUNERAL of the LATE PRINC AUGUSTA. ~~ ~ - . PREPARATIONS AT ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL. WINU:S.OII, SEPT. `9.—Upwards of sixty woric;tneuVr, j c , -- were engq.7ed the whole of Sunday, i n order thati.1:::•••■•-"". delay should take place. This morning twenty men tttold'VelS ti rived from the Royal upholsterers' in London, when they immediately commenced hangieg the passages (through which the public will pass to the large draw ing-room in which the remains of her late Royal High ness will lie in state) with black cloth. The whole of the necessary arrangements at Frog more will be completed in the course of Thursday night. The body will be taken into the chapel at the south door, at the exterior of which an extensive porch bat been built (to he covered and lined with black cloth), beneath which the mourners and attendants will be set down. The procession will proceed down the whole length of the south aisle, and up the centre aisle into the choir. A raised platform (to be covered with black cloth), communicating with the end of the south aisle, eighteen feet in width, will extend from the western door along the centre to a level with the summit of the steps lead ing into the chapel. Throughout the whole length of the north aisle an extensive gallery is now being erected, sufficiently capacious to contain upwards of six hundred persons. To this gallery admission will be by tickets, issued only from the office of the Lord Chamberlain. The whole of the gallery, platform, &c , will be entirely covered with black cloth. It is not expected that the Royal mausoleum will be opened before Thursday. In the evening of that day all the arrangements will have been completed. The funeral ceremony is not expected to terminate until alter midnight. The arrangements in the interior of the chapel: will not be commenced until to-morrow evening, or the fol lowing morniug.—Morning Post. YARMOUTH POLICE COURT. Thomas Mapes, for obstructing and assauting po liceman John Horn in the execution of his duty, and William Woolsey for attempting to rescue Mapes from the custody of the police, were yesterday fined 3/. each and costs. This case arose from the disorderly state of our streets ta night, which the police are endeavour ing to prevent. It appeared that Mapes was standing with a group of idle females on the pavement, when Horn, No. .29, requested him to move into the noddle of the street, and upon his refusing to do so, Horn dispersed the females, and pushed Mapes out of the way. Mapes, however, continued to obstruct the pavement, and to resist the policeman in his endea vours to remove him, and also made use of much abu sive language, in consequence of which Horn proceeded to take him into custody, when Mapes violently as saulted him, and was assisted in 39 doing by a mob, wha succeeded for a time in overpowering Horn, and drone him off his post into the market. Mapes and Woolsey, however, were secured after a desperate struggle, and lodged in the station-house. In default of payment they were committed to gaol for one calendar month.— [We have inserted this at the request of a respect able Correspondent, as the local papers have omitted. it, though it is contrary to our practice to give an ex parte statement of such a affray.] AWFUL CATASTROPHE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT ON THE SPOT.), The town of Gravesend, and Milton, next Gravesend, were thrown into unexampled alarm on Sunday night, by the melancholy results of a most afflicting and disastrious occurrence. The particulars, in brief, are as follow :—Two men, one of whom was in the employ, as foreman, of Mr. Bennett, a respectable but cher in the High-street, and his friend, returning about nine o'clock in the evening from a visit to some rela tions at a neighbouring village, in the same horse and gig they had driven out in the morning, had pro ceeded in safety as far as Darnley Terrace, when, by some yet unexplained act of drunkenness, or madness of some kind, they contrived to drive their horse, at the top of its speed, into the body, as it were, of a glass coach, on the road, ttavelling in a contrary direc direction. The mere force of the concussion bad the effect of forcing Bennett's foreman, head foremost, through one of the large panes of glass, the sharpness of which took one of his ears clean off, which causing the poor creature to struggle dreadfully in order to ex tricate himself, the glass so much the more lacerated his head and neck, and to such an extent that at length the head was nearly severed from the body, and the windpipe cut. The other unfortunate man was dread fully injured, but in a different manner. The one is dead, and the other not expected to live out the night. Mr. Saunders, the eminent surgeon, of Gravesend, did everything that the ablest medical skill could suggest, but in vain. The horse, terrified by the injury it had sustained, and frightened by the violence of the collision, galloped furiously off from this awful scene through the town of Gravesend, passing Milton, and on to Park-place, situate at the terminus of Milton, when its progress was arrested by some men who knew the animal, and re ' cognized the gig, which it still dragged after it with great violence and speed, and who restored them to the owner. We understand Mr. Bennett speaks ' highly of his foreman ass faithful and honest servant. ELECTION OF OVERSEERS. LAMBETlL—Yesterday a vestry meeting of the in habitants of the four several districts of this parish, viz.. Bishop's Liberty, Prince's Liberty, Marsh and Wall, and the Vauxhall and Stockwell Liberty, was held at the Vestry-hall, for the nomination, by the inhabitants, of four substantial householders in each dis. trict to serve the office of Overseers, of the poor for the year ensuing. The persons nominated are to be re turned. according to the Act of Parliament, to the Jus tices of the Peace for the county of Surrey, at the next Petty Sessions, fOr the appointment therefrom of four to be Overseers of the said parish during the year next ensuing. The Rev. Dr. D'O VLEY presided as chairman. Mr. WILLIAms nominated the following persons for the _ BISHOP'S LIBERTY :—H. P. Davis, Palace Wharf ; E. Messenger, Lambeth•walk ; G. Webb, Lambeth walk ; W. Amor, Lambeth-walk. Mr. FALL proposed, as a counter list—Mr. J. Doul. ton. High-street ; J. NV. Stratton, Lambeth-wa;k ; J. Harrison, Doris-street ; J. Grady, Union-place. After sonic sharp discussion, Dr. D'OYLLY said, a poll having been demanded, it became his duty to grant the poli, and ordered it to be held at the porch of St. Mary, Lambeth church, at the close of the business of the day ; to close at five o'clock, and continue three days. PRINCE'S LIBERTY.—For this liberty the following inhabitants were nominated :—E. Thornton, Harlyford place ; W. A. Papineau, M trlborough-place ; 'F. Thorn ton, Hariyford-place ; Hatch, Clayton-place. List proposed by the Liberals :—E. Bushell, Ken nington-lane ; Thomas Bennett, Vauxhall-walk ; T. Tevan, Prince's-place ; T. Buck, Pilri:-place. A show of hands was taken, and a poll demanded. MARsll AND WALL LIEERTY.—W. Merrit, York road ; Tho:nas Greathead, Bridge-road ; Robert Taylor, Lambeth-terrace ; M. Wall. By the Liberals.—John Archbutt, J. Shields, C. Padden, 11. Fiske. _ _ The show of hands was taken, a poll demanded, and granted. Our LIBERTY —For this liberty the names were— C. L. Francis, —; W. Force, Water-lane ; W. Lee son, Vassal-road ; T. Lambert, Prospect-place. Mr. NINES had a counter list to propose 7 -Henry Smith, Stockwell ; Wm. Smith, Lower 'false-hill ; Mr. O. Saunders, Acre-lane ; Roger Wall, Brixton. After a show of hands a poll was demanded and granted. Sr. SAVIOUR, SOUTIIWARK.—On Tuesday a public Vestry was held in the Vestry-room of the church of the above parish, for the purpose of nominating eight housekeepers to be returned to the Justices of the Peace for their appointment of four of them to be Overseers of the Poor for the year ensuing, and upon other business. The names of four housekeepers for the Borough side, and four for the Clink Liberty, were put in nomi nation and returned. CORONER'S IN QUEST. DEATH ',ROM L OCK -3 AW. — Yesterklay afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the London Hos pital, on the body of John Draper, aged 50, of 6, Sher wood-place, Betlinal•green. Maria Draper, wife of the deceased, said, that on Thursday last the deceased was leaving the first floor room to go to his work, when he slipped, and fell to the bottom of the stairs. He did not mention that he was much hurt until Saturday afternoon, when he e vrcom plained that his back ached, and that his jaws ti ver d id not y stiff, so that he could hardly swallow. apply at the hospital until Wednesday last, immediately admitted. s aid, that the when he was Mr. Henry Page, the house surgeon, te injuries deceased was statedadmitted byt n e t o former t l be tintacls,s complaineda t„ e , o r wf e e c bt e le i t ir i ' on e n d g well until Friday morning,. w ,. .l , e t n fr le om the stiffness of his hardly able to cat his breakfast Wit ness a ttribilted his death to i)atl;., accident, prod ucing l ock . jaws, system had received j a w, Verdict—" accidental _ - - s ed For SEPT. lo.—Giovanni da Procida, FLORENCE, , t h P e r Prince an opera, Joseph Lucca, and obtained the utmost applause. The time at , • was summoned before the curtain not less noble composci. the iat 0 v, libretto v,, a shn performed music last com night po POP UL ATJO N OF GALl ClA.—According to than fourteen times, with a furore of applause. an official census of the population of Galicia, recently published by the Vienna papers, it appears that the total number of inhabitants is 4,763661, of whom 32,212 are gentlemen, and 4,783 ecclesiastics. The Roman Catholics are 2,094,443; United Greeks, 2,077,993; Greeks, 69,327 ; Protestants, 2 12,333 ; and Jews, 4,828. )1 ; 1 Ou r Od' ,pt, i os e t 00 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3O, lA4O. EVENING EDITION.