The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON. ROUEN, DEC. 10.-I left Havre yesterday morning at ten o'cl6ck, in order to arrive in this town before Napoleon's remains, as I w a s informed that the Govern ment consented that the Dorade ,steamboat conveying the imperial remains should, halt during a sufficient tine in Rouen to enable the authorities to visit them. I found on my arrival here that preparations had been made on a most expensive scale. A triumphal arch lad been raised on the centre of the suspension-bridge thrown across the Seine. The arch was covered with violet d cloth, decorated with the letter N., surmounted with a crown and imperial eagles. From the suspen sion-bridge to the Pont Neuf there were pyramids erected, covered likewise with violet-coloured cloth, and inscribed with the names of the different imperial vic tories, in gold characters, and on the left bank of the river, between the suspension-bridge, and the Pont Neuf, there was a wooden building erected, likewise coverer' with violet-coloured daft'. and fitted up in the interior for the reception of the Pi efcct of the Depart. meat. the Municipal Body, and the Archbishop and clergy, The suspensiou-bridge was reserved for any old vetera::s who bud served in the imperial army, a:id who alight be so . inurning at Rouen. At nine o'clock the Judges arid Advocates of the Cour Royal of Roue© proceeded in carriages escorted by gendarmerie so the places prepared for them. Toe ArelthiAcip of Rouen and his assistants left the Archi episcopal Palaee at the same hour. The Prefect of the department and municipal body proceeded on foot, as did the students of the college. At 10 the arrange meafs were completed, and the array of att:itary force must imposing. The shops throughout the town were alinost a!i closed, every window and every balcony which coeld command a view of the river was filled with spec tators. At 11 o'clock the smoke of the first steam boat was observed. Minute guns were fired by the ar tillery of the National Guard stationed on the heights of. S:. Catherine. The stew boats, 12 in number, pro ceeded slowly up the river. The third in order, the Do rade, contained the remains of Napoleon. The coffin was placed on the fore-deck, and General Bertrand and the Prince de Joinville stood at its head. The Dorade alone passed under the triumphal arch. The other baste passed at the side. As the Dorade sailed under the triumphal arch, the veterans on the bridge raised a cry of " Vive Napoleon !" which was tie only cry I heard. The Dorade was hauled up on the lett bank of the river, between the suspension bridge and the Pont Neuf, where the authorities were placed. The Archbishop gave the absoute (absolu tion). This ceremony Listed about 20 minutes, and the steam-boats, with the exception of those which draw too much water, being built for the navigation of the Seine from Rouen to Havre, proceeded up the river. All was over before 12 o'clock, and the troops with drawn. The multitudes retired in the mo,t perfect order. I understand the expense of this day's cere mony will amount to upwards of 60,000 f. The entire proceeding reflects great credit on the authorites and on the people for tie good order which was maintained and observed, so contrary to what had been appre hended. The moment it became known that the Normandie steamer had left Cherbourg, Baron Dupont Del porte, Prefect of the Department of the Lower Seine, addressed the following proclamation to the inhabi tants :7 " Fellow-citizens'.—The department of Lower Seine will be the first traversed by the funeral cortege, pro ceeding, under the direction of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, towards the capital of the kingdom, where memorable ceremonies are to be celebrated in presence of the great bodies of the State, the cotempo rary illustrations, and the prodigies of arts. " The event in history, perhaps, presents itself with the character of grandeur which accompanies the un hopeef-for removal of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon. " Whet; the vessel conveying those venerated ashes shall advance slowly along the river, you will receive it with that religious feeling and those deep emotions which ara ever produced by the recollection of the misfortunes of tlie country, its triumphs, and its glory. " You will render the last honours to that great man with the cairn and dignity becoming a population which has so often experienced the benefit. of his protecting power, and of his special solicitude." The Mayor of Rouen, M. Barbet, also addressed his constituents on the occasion in the following terms : " Beloved fellow-citizens,—Aftar 25 years' elle in :1 foreign lead, Napoleon is at last restored to us. " A French Prince, the worthy son of our Citizen King, brings back to France what remains of the great Emperor. " In a few days those glorious ashes will rest in peace under the national safeguard of his glory, and the remains of his 'evincible phalanxes. " A instants only are allowed us to salute the e,offia of the hero who caused the French name to be re spected throughout the world. " Let us employ them, beloved citizens, in solemnly manifesting the sympathies which are in the hearts of a population over whom the Emperor once extended his powerful and protecting hand. " Let us unite mitt] a religious feeling in the triumphal funeral, reservecllto him by the city where Nis glory and genius arc stamped with immortal grandeur." (From. Gctlignanis Messenger.) CEREMONIES FOR I'HE FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON. Marshal Gerard has issued an order of the day direct ing the National Guards of Paris and the department of the Seine, with the detachments of troops of the gar rison selected for that purpose, to be on the ground be tween Neuilly and the Invalides by nine o;cleck on Tuesday morning. The National Guards at e to line both sides of the road from the budge at Neuilly to the Arc de Triomphe, and thence are to be stationed along the southern side of the main avenue of the Champs Ely sees and Place de la Concorde, as far as the Esplanade of the Invalides, where they will again form a double line. The troops of the garrison are to line the north ern side of the main avenue of the Champs Elysees and Place de la Concorde as far as the Esplanade of the In 'elides. A salute of 21 guns is to be fired when the body leaves Neuilly ; another, of 21 guns, on its reaching the Arc de Triomphe, and a third, of 21 guns, on its corn ing to the Esplanade of the Invalides. All the troops are to present arms as the coffin passes, and, in falling into the procession, are to carry their arms reversed. The bands are to play funeral marches. .}DER OF THE PROCESSION. Tne tollowing is the ()racial programme published by the Ministerial evening journal for the order of the cortege from the bridge of Neuilly to the Inralides : " On the firing of the first gun by the detachment of artillev e y stationed at Neuilly, the procession will start in the following order :—The Geedarmerie of the Seine, with their trumpeters. and the Colonel at the head ; the Horse Municipal Guard, with standard and trumpets ; two squadrons of the 7th Lancers, with standard and band ; the Lieutenant-General Com mandant of Paris and his staff, with whom will he the officers en eongc ; a battalion of Infantry o! the Line, with colours, sappers, drummers, and band ; the Foot Municipal Guard, with colours and drummers ; two s q uicirons of the 7th Lancers ; two squadrons of the sth (4uirassiers, with colours ued band ; the Lieutenant-. General commanding the division, and his .-taff ; tiaz unattached officers of ail corps ..ho are at present employed In Paris at the Ministry of War and al! depot ; the School of St. Cyr, with its stair; the Ecoic Pnlyteehnique, and- its staff ; the Ecoie d'Appiication d'Etat 2tiajor, witth its staff; a battalion ut Light Infantry, with colours, snipers, and band ; two IrattAliona of Aitillery ; the detachineht of the let battalion of Foot Chaseeurs ; the seven companies of Eneiiiee rs of the Seine ; the lour companies of nor.- omincnissioned officers of the Veterans ; two squadrons sr th e sth Cuirassiers ; four squadrons of the Horse Vh . ard, with colours and band ; the Mar shal-Cent reler-in-Chief of the National Guard, fast his staff ; the "d legion of the Nation.,l Guard of tit,, I4aalieue ; the let legion of the National Guards of Paris ; two squadrons of the Horse Na ti;nal Ge.aa l ls ; a earn Igo for the Jeiplaiu from St. E - tesa ; ilatl'eeneral officers of the army and navy of the Testbrved list, or in retirement, vvlio may be in Faris, and who may present thtzaselvcs in uniform, and on horseback ; the general of errs and others of the Royal m ar i ne s, funeral band, the war-horse, a platoon of d 4 non-commissioned officers from the Nwionai Guard ; infantry of the line, &c,. ; the Marshais of France, 80 non-commissioned officers, with the colours of the differ ent departments under the order of it chef de3cadron ; the Prince de Joinvillc and his staff, the 500 sailors who Came over with the body of the Emperor, formed into two files, and marching by the side of the imperial car, during the whole line of the procession ; the funeral car, two marshals, and Admiral, and Lieutenant-General Bertrand, on horseback, supporting the four corner s of the pall ; the old aides-de-camp, and civil and military officers of the household of the Emperor ;, the Pr e f ects of the Seine and Police, the members of the Council General, the mayors and deputy-mayors of Paris and the rural co mmunes ; the old soldiers of the Imperial Guard, who may present themselves in uniform, the deputies of Ajaccio and soldier; in r etirement, in uni form. The National Guard and troops of the line, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, who form the hne, will immediately follow the procession, and then file off. , As soon a s the procession shall have passed th e Lead of the Ist legion of the right line, the lest of which wilt 6 e at the bridge of Neuilly, this legion will form I nto a plat oon to the right, and begin i ts marc h, t h e i egton opposite to it which, with the first of the left line, with it s right at , the bridge of Ncuiliv, will take up 1 its rank in the column behind that of the right line, filing off tb the right, to march towards the left. All ; the legions will file off in a similar wav successively and alternatery. This will also be the case with the regi-10. meats of the line, which will form the line from the l; Barriere de l'Etoile to the lnv a lid es . 4.s soon .51 the batt ery of artillery established at the Are de "I.7lolnphe dcf l'Etoile shall have performed the salute of honour, it Kill form in colu mn behind the legios or regiment immediately before it. The proses sion will be closed from the Pont de Neuilly to the Invalides as follows .—A squadron of the Ist Dregoons with the Lieutenant-Colonel ; Lieutenant-Gdnera, Schneider, commandant of the division employed upon the fortifications, and his staff ; Major-General Hec quet, commanding the 4th brigade of infantry ; a bat talion of the 35th Regiment of the line ; the two batte ries of Neuilly ; a battalion of the 35th of the line ; Major-General de Lawoestine, commander of the bri gade of cavalry of Paris ; two squadrons of the Ist Dragoons, with colours and band, with their colonel at their head. The funeral car will stop before the gate of the In valides. The coffin will there be taken out, and car ried by thirty-six men of the detachment of the Royal Navy as far as the porch erected in the Cour Napo leon. After being sprinkled with holy water, the coffin will be carried by thirty-six non-commissioned officers of the National Guard and infantry of the line, who will, when the body shall have been placed under the canopy, withdraw to the seats provided for them. As the ser vice of the interior of the Hotel des Invalides is to be performed concurrently by the National Guard, the in fautry of the line, and the Invalides, the line is to b. 3 formed, on the right, by the Invalides and a battalion of the 10th Legion of the National Guard, and, on the left, by a battalion of the line. A detachment of twenty five men from the detachment of seamen who accom p ailed the body of the Emperor on the voyage, com nianded by an officer, will enter the church and take their places behind the coffin." In reference to this subject, the Commerce states. thlt the principal undertakers for the works to be erected in honour of Napoleon's remains assembled on Friday, and deputed M. Cave, the director of the Academy of the Beaux Arts, to wait upon M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, and to request of him to adjourn the ceremony until the 17th. M. Duchatel re plied, " Whether the preparations arc concluded or not, no matter what kind of weather may set in, under any circumstances the funeral ceremony must take place on the 15th." In consequence of this determination work men were employed all night on Friday by torchlight to complete the arrangements. The Temps states, that all the young ladies belonging to the school founded by Napoleon for daughters of the members of the Legion of Honour will assist at the funeral ceremony on the 15th inst., habited in white and crowned with laurel. The Journal des Debats states, that the first rehearsal of the music to be performed at the Invalides, on the arrival of the Emperor's remains, took place at the Royal Opera on Thursday. The number of performers engaged amounts to 400. The vocal part will fill a prominent part on the occasion. Besides all the cele brated artistes and the chorus-singers of the Opera the most distinguished students of the Conservatoire are to join. Another repetition will take place on Saturday. FRA N CE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING or Dac. 12. M. Calmon, one of the Vice. Presidents, took tho chair at two o'clock. The Ministers then present were Marshal Soult, MM. Guizot, Duchatel, and Martin (du Nord). The minutes of the last sitting having been read and adopted, The President read a letter from M. Duchatel. Minis ter of the Interior, informing the Chamber that the fune ral ceremony for the translation of the remains of Napoleon to the Invalides would take place on Tuesday next, and that consequently there would be no legislative sitting on that day. The Members of the Chamber were requested to repair at an early hour that morning to the Hotel des Invalides, where his Majesty Louis Philippe would arrive at eleven o'clock precisely. Marshal Soult. President of the Council, then ascended the tribune, and presented a project of law for an ex tra or.,inary credit of 140 millions of francs, to cover the expenses required for the fortifications of Paris. The Gallant Marshal observed, that on accepting the office which the confidence of the King had conferred upon him, he found that the system of fortifications had been already decided upon. It was not for him to judge of the plan at the present moment; his sole object, and that of his col leagues, was to submit the whole question to the Chamber for its examination, and exactly as it bad been conceived by their predecessors. He should, therefore, abstain from mak'ng any remark upon that system, the execution of which had been already commenced.—(Murmurs.) It mteit not, however, be supposed that he had abandoned an opinion expressed in 1832 and 1833 in favour of the erec tion of forts around Paris, although ho thought that this was not the moment to examine that opinion.—(Mur murs.) The entire question must be presented to the Chamber, and he should reserve his opinion for a future occasion. The necessity of fortifying Paris had been felt more than once, and therefore it was the in tention of the King's Government to present the project of law which he had the honour to submit to their approba tion, and according to which the total expense of the for tifications would amount to 140 millions. The Gallant Marshal having read the separate articles of the project of law, it was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed and distributed. M. Humann, Minister of Finance, presented a project of law for a supplementary credit of 198 millions in addi tion to the former credits for the year 1840 and 1841, of which 150 millions were destined for increasing the arma ments both by sea and land. The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the sitting was adjourned. THE ENGLISH TN PARIS —The Temps and the National having announced that Lord Granville, Ambassador in Paris, had enjoined all British residents in the French capital not to stir out on the 15th, the Courrier Francais treats this absurd story as true, and adds : We do not see why the English who reside in Paris should be interdicted on this occasion from enjoying the kind and secure hospitality which France accords to all foreigners. We have to complain of the British Govern ment, and every French citizen is free to detest it as being the fist author of the humiliation which presses on the country ; but we do not hold the English nation responsi ble for the proceedings of its Government. Neither will we forget that generous citizens have pleaded the cause of France and civilization in England against the British Cabinet. Let the English who are in Paris, therefore, be with.)ut fear. If the indignation which every French heart feels should find vent in this national ceremony, it will only be addressed to the British Government by which we have been deceived. Every foreigner upon our terri tory is protected by the laws of the c , untry. We s'ual, without doubt, meet those who have provoked us some day on the field of tattle, but until then, and whilst amongst us, they will be safe from insult. There are proceedings which, front respect for her own dignity, the French nation does not choose to imitate." Pae Moniteur publishes a flit of numerous promotions to the various grades in the corps of infantry and artillery of the marine. Ministers, according to the Constitutionnel, arc to bring in a Bill for increasing the mounted Municipal Guards of Paris. The pres'nt four companies will be increased from 100 to 125 men each, and a fifth company will be added, so that this branch of the force will amount to 620 men. Toe broil states that a journeyman painter, named Pilleux, was arrested the day before yesterday on suspicion of being an accomplice of Dermee in his attempt on the King's life ; end that two brothers, journeymen trunk. makers, named Bacarie, have also been arrested for the murder of two sergens-de-ville some time ago. The anstitutionnel, the official paper during the admi nistration of M. Tillers, admits that the Cabinet enter tained the idea of taking possession of the Balearic islands, " not to keep them," it says, " but to protect thern . ageinst enterprises of corsairs." Armoricain.of Brest mentions a rumour that the reserve squadron, under Admiral Lalande, is to come round to that port from Toulon to winter. The number of veisels now in the latter harbour occasions some incon vonieng.tr to he victualling - deparment on its present fcotorl. The Gazette des Tribunaw.v publishes the trial of the editor - of the Charivari for a libel on M. Emile de Girar din. The counsel on the part of the editor submersed that the plaintiff's complaint was inadmissable, inasmuch as he had not summoned the defendant to appear in his (the plaintiff's) proper name, which counsel asserted was not Emile de Girardin but Emile Delamothe, and in proof cf this assertion counsel produced a copy of the • certifieete obtained at site State Register-office, which was drawn up in the following terms :—" Sunday June 22.1, 1806. Registry of the birth of Emile (f the masculine sex), born of a Demoiselle (Miss) Delarnothe, milliner, and of a father unknown." " M. Emile de Girardin," continued the defendant's Coun sel, "was known by the Lame of , Delarnothe until the year 1826 ; that he was sent to nurse in this name, and that he made his fist speculations at the Bourse under this name. Counsel relied particularly on this fact, because if this point were established the articles in the Charivari charged as defamatory would be justified." M. Duval, counsel for M. dc Girardin, contended that his client was legally en titled to bear the name of Girardin by a judgment of the Cour Roya:e in 1839, and that the Chamber of Deputies, after having examieed a distinguished personage, whose name it was unnecessary to repeat in public, decided that he had a right to assume the name of Girardin. After having cor:sidercd for about a quarter of an hour, the Court decided against the objection. Counsel for the defendant then allowed judgment to be given by default. The Court sentenced the editor of the Charieari to one yeer'e imprisonment, 2,000 francs fine, and 10,000 francs damages to M. de Girardin. Tne FRENCH 1N CALIPORNIA.—It will be recollected that the French Government sent some time ago the cor vette Danaide to Upper California, to demand reparation for exactions of which French citizens had had to corn ' pl"TTecomrneree publishes, in its supplement, a let ter from epic . Mexico,. dated July 13, containing some partioulars of the affair, and . ,of the commercial relations of F. Alice in that country " I spoke to you, in ime of my letters, of the affair of Upper California. The French Englishmen were imme diately set at liberty ; but 48 and h n n Americans were conveyed here in chains, m ost s of n perceiv e Mexicanthat tthey G it o c v te e d rnn r :e th e e t r ; I They here await the decision of the 7 m are seamen. accordingly treat theprisoners hbaulttiaisy the is the e x affair, iean s now the y with much kindness. The authorities have been en'oined from Mexico to provide for their maintenance, and sooner j neglect all local concerns than suffer them to want. It is full time for our Government to app o i nt a Consul at Ma zatlan, where we are numerous. Five French vessel,: :would have unloaded there, had it not been for the loss of the Tropique. It would be still better t o s end every year a French vessel of war to collect the debts due to our mer chants. France would thereby save insurance premiums, bark commission, and the importation of several millions, and we Fresich merchants, would gain facilities, economy, and security." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14,1810. The LeipsicGazette, after announcing that Denmark hed rut rt 7 fer sale her colon;es in fleieee a' ' th e E R R! Lc tl.:eni in opposition to England. Much uneasiness prevailed in Paris, in consequence of a newspaper statement that a French frigate had been sunk by a British ship of war in the Red Sea, but the rumour, we arc happy to observe, was not supported by any evi dence giving it a claim to credence. The Commerce contains the following paragraph : " The Moniteur de Gand of the 13th of Jane, 1815, (five days before the battle of Waterloo), describes a throne erected upon the Champ de Mars for the vote of the new constitutions of the empire, and adds the words, The Prince and nobles of the new em pire are already appearing upon the theatre prepared for the new throne. The most eminent among them is Marshal Ney. Next to him is ar.other Marshal, who in the successive variety of parts he has played has founded the monument of Quiheron, celebrated the funeral rights of Leui► XVI., and the resurrection of Napoleon ; has been Minister of Louis XVIII. when Bonaparte con. suired, and Major. General of Bonaparte when Louis XVIII. was betrayed I" " This portrait of Marshal Sault," adds the Commerce, " drawn by M. Guizot, is all the chore piquant at thu moment when both are placed in the same Cabinet, and are called upon to receive the ashes of Na poleon. PEACE ow Wax.—" The Paris Bourse," says the Com merce, " was agitated by several reports on Thursday. Among others was that of a loan contracted by /tali sia, with the house of Hope, at 41 per cent., at the rate of 88. A question was also made of a notification said to have been made to the French Governixe nt in the name of the Germanic Confederation relative to the continuation of the armaments in France. These reports not only stopped the disposition to a rise which had been manifesting itself, but induced even a fall of 60c. upon the price, leaving the funds in the same state as on the previous day." With these reports were connected the notices containedin some of the Ger man papers, to which we yesterday alluded, and which at tribute the departure of General Von Hesse from Vienna to a mission from the Austrian Court to the smaLer Courts of Germany, that in case of a war with France they might rely upon the assistance of Austria and Prussia, and that both these Governments would keep an immense military force in readiness to march upon the first signal. These reports, according to the seine print, form the general topic of conversation in the political salons of Paris, where it is generally snpposed, from authentic sources, that the French Cabinet would be glad to disarm, in order to calm the apprehensions, real or feigned, of the Germanic Con. federation, were it not embarrassed by the expression of " armed peace" contained in the address, and the popular feeling encited by the honours rendered to the glory of Napoleon. BOCLOGNE, DEC. 10.—Immediately after I despatched my last letter this town was within a hair's breadth of blown into the sea. It appears some men in the powder magazine had incautiously lighted a fire in a chimney which had not been used for several years, and the flue toot fire. Towards one o'clock this morning the appear. ances were most alarming, but happily at length the flames were got under, and prevented from reaching to the magazine. What an escape we all had 1 The blow ing up of Acre was a trifle in comparison, for there has been for the last six weeks an immense quantity of powder and munitions of all sorts stowed in this magazine. The 42i Regiment left this morning, having changed its quarters ; but cavalry are pouring in in immense numbers, why or wherefore I cannot divine, but I think it my dutj to state the fact. _ The report is revived at Madrid that M. Olozaga is to be appointed to the pot,t of Ambassador at Paris ; and it is reported that M. Antonio Gonnle is to go to London in the same capacity. A letter fron► Vienna of the Ist December says—" It is affirmed that after the military conference, a corps of ob servation, of troops of the Confederation, will be formed on the French frontier, and a loan is also spoken of to be puranteed by t'. - 2 States of the Confederation jointly."— La Gazette de France. A letter from Rhenish Prussia of December 6 has the following paragraph :—" Your papers probably iilform you that great military arrangements are making in Ger many. The friends of France in this country greatly fear that a coup de main against you is contemplated for next season. " An invzsion of France, it is thought, would put an end to the ConFtitutional system, which displeases the Sove reigns, and France being isolated, would necessary fall back into the same political situation that it was in previously to 1789 ; this is what is aimed at ; take care it will be ne cessary to conquer or die.—Courrier de la Marseille. BO URSE.—Paats, SATURDAY, DSC. 12. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents 4% per Cents lO3 .... 103 ... 103 ... 103 4 per cents. 9B ... 93 ... 98 .. 98 3 per Cents 77 55 . 7i 55 ... 77 25 ... 77 45 Rank of rrance Laffitte hank 1,000!. SO lOBO ...I. 80 ... 1080 ...It 50001. Shares 5185 ...5185 ... 5.85 ...5185 Bvlgian Bank 3 i er Cents 'io 30 ... 70 33 ... '7O 30 ... 70 30 New Loan B..wish Acme %:454 ... 2.1% ... 24% ... 24% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% New Deferred Neapolit an 50 ... 00 50 Romar lO.. ... 10 ... 09% ... 99% ture emergencies, as no human power can ward off the re turn of a C!!1!:111it . y. • _ - Pry •^.cknowiedgc the rerTl;-t r)f thi=. letlrr w . his it is gratifying to me to afford a fresh proof of the interest and care which such disastrous events require of me— events, on the other band, which have excited your zeal and devotedness in the investigation of their sad conse quences. Receive, Sir, the assurance of my mast distinguished consideration, " Minister, Secretary of State to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, "L. CUNIN GRIDAINE." GERMAN Y. VIENNA, DEC. 3.—The State and the sciences hgve just suffentd a great and almost irreparable loss by the' dcatn of the celebrated astronomer Vnn Littrow, Dicccrt , r of the Observatory, and Professor of Astronomy in the University of Vienna. . . The statement contained in the last letters from the East of the explosion of a mine at St. Jean d'Acre, is without doubt groundhog, for a later report of Baron Ban dicra, Commander. of the Austrian Squadron, dat,d, the 6th of November, dues not make the slightest mention of such en event. _ A, DEC. 4 _M. Von liummelauer, who was for many years Contul of Legh 'rn at London, is appointed Aulic Councillor. Baron Von HossehiJ of the G, neral St.ff. will leave to morrow, cn his m:s , ,,ien to the States of Southeri: Germany. (From the Austrian Observer.) Leiters from Bey rout of the Bth speak of the explosion of a mine at St. Jean d'Acre on the 6th of November, which is said to have cost the lives of nearly 100 Turks and English. The same letters say that Mahmud lately Governor of St. Jean d'Acre, had been taken pri soner by the people of Ndplous, with all his baggage, in- eluding fourteen mules laden with money, an 6 had been trAten to St. Jean d'Acre ; but as letters from Beyrout of tit! 9th do not mention it, there seems to b no doubt that the two statements in the ai,ove-mentioned letters of the Bth, which bring the long-known news of the eva cuation of the defiles of the Taurus, arc unfound. d. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 18.---A dreadful fire in Therapia has consumed nearly 200 houses The summer palaces of the English and French Ambassadors were injured. Many valuable effects wt:re)saved front the houses, and put on board a Greek ship at anchor in the harbour ; but the Greek soon perceiving that a favourable wind blew, took advantage of it, and suddenly sailed away with the whole cargo. The British Ambassador is said to be a great loser by this affair. from the books of the Jewish religion shr , ws this it 6 prohibited for th<•3n Yi otq.. only r:t but : that the things they lay to their charge are pure calumnies. " It must then follow, and such my love for mt subjects requires it, that they shall not allow at all the Jewish na tion, whose innocence is evident, to he vexed and tor mented by accusations which have not the least foundation in them; and that, agreeably to the Hatti Scheriff which has been published at Gul- Hanel', the Jewish nation shall r,lso enjoy the same advantages and privileges Via , are eu joyed by the numerous nations submitted to my authority, and that they shall be detended and protected. " To this effect, I have given the most positive orders that the Jewish nation, throughout the whole extent of my empire, be equally protected with the rest of the subjects of my Sublime p o . t „, and that no one be permitted to fewest them in any way what:oevor, without a just neither in the free exercise of their religion, nor in what reav concern their safety end tranquillity ; and for thi , reason the present firman, which is ornamented above by my houmayoun, and has emanated fionn my Imperial Chan cery, hies been delivered to the Jewish nation. you ahoy-mentioned jedge, when you shall kno, 1.0... at is going on, you will strive to procced with care after the manner here above stated; and to prevent at any time the violatioe of this firman, you shall cause it to be registered in 'he archives of the tribunal ; you shal then give i back to the JewiA nation, and you shall be stow every care ant attention on the execution of my orders and of my sov..reign will. " Given at Constantinople, the 12th of R4tnavn, 1256 (6'h N.)v , 1840 )" EGYPT. CONVENTION AND CORRESPONDENCE BE TWEEN COMMODORE NAPIER AND ME. HEMET ALI. " TO nIS EXCELLENCY BOGHOS JOUSSOUFF BEY. On board her Majesty's ship Powerful, Atexandri,i, Nov. 23,1840. ‘- The present lettLr will be (6:livered to you b 3 Captain Mauns:4, who is an old acquaintance of hi. Highness Mehemet Ali. I have charged him to beg his Highness to send back all the Emirs and Sheiks of Lebanon, who were sent to Alexandria in the mon:h of July by order of the authorities of Syria. The chief part of these unipppy persons were taken upon the mere suspicion that they had expressed discontent, and that only from the instigation of the late Emir Beschir, whose Government was anything but just and moderate and who ended by detaching himself from the cause o , Mehemet Ali. " The further detention of these unfortunate indivi duals can have no favourable effect at present. Leba non is now entirely free, completely armed, and, what ever may occur in other parts of Syria, will never aguio become dependent upon the Government of Mehemet Ali. " Mehemet Ali, no doubt, is aware of the wish of the Allies to assure him the hereditary Government of Egypt, and if his Highness will permit au old seamen to suggest to him a simple means for reconciling himself with the Sultan and the Allies, he would beg him to give up immediately, and without any conditions, the 'Ottoman fleet, and to withdraw his troops from Syria. The evils of war would then cease, his Highness would have ample and satisfactory occupation in his latter years in cultivating the arts of peace, and in settling probably, upon new foundations, the throne of the Pto lemies. From what has happened in Syria his High ness will have seen what may be done in a country with the Government of which the inhabitants are discontent ed. In a month's time six thousand Turks and a handful of marines have taken Saida and Beyrout, defeated the Egyptian army in three different actions, have taken ten thousand prisoners and deserters, hare caused all the seaports to be evacuated, all the passes of the Taut us, and the mountains of Lebanon, and this against an army of 30,000 men. Three weeks afterwards Acre fell into the hands of the allied fleet after a three hours' bombardment. If his Highness wishes to continue hostilities, he will permit me to ask him whether he is sure in Egypt? lam a greet admirer of his Highness, and would rather be his friend than his enemy. In the former case, gat me point nut to Highness for how short a time lie can hope to preserve Egypt in refusing a reconciliation with the Sultan. Experience has shown that the Egyptian army in Syria is extremely discontended, that the whole inhabitants of Syria are in arms against it—that if Ibrahim Pacha is attacked by a superior Turkish force, and one which mey be augmented stiil farther, be will be &Aired to lay down his arms. Let h.s Highness throw a glance over Egypt ; all the inhabitants and sailors are discontented, the Vice- Admiral and several officers have abandoned him, and are at present on board the (English) squadron. The Syrian soldiers at present in Egypt desire to return into their own country. The pay of the Eg)ptian soldiers is in arrear, an t they mourn at not being able to provide their fami lies with bread. From 1'2,000 to 15,000 Egyptian sol diers, who aro at present at Constantinople, are daily fed, paid, and clothed, under the eyes of the Sultan. Let his Highness rtfleet upon the dangers which envi. ron him ; and if these soldiers are brought into Egypt with a promise that they should be disbanded after his Highness's defeat, who shall say that Egypt is invul ner,ible? Alexandria may be taken as Acre has been and his Highness, who may at. the present mement be the founder of a new dynasty, msy become a simple Pacha.-1 have the honour to he, &c., CHARLES NAPIER, Commodore. " His Exce:kicy Bughos Bcy." ANSWER OF 5. E. BOGHOS EEY TO THE LETTER OF COMMOD iRE NAPIER, DATED NOVEMBER 23. 1840. INlonsieur lc Commodore,-1 have received with much pleasure the letter which you did me the honour to address me through my old friend Captain Maunsell, and I hastened to present the translation to the Viceroy, my master. Hi, Highness orders me to let you know that he is grateful :or the good feelings expressed in your letter. " I cannot suppose it possible, M. le Commodore that you believe in the evil reports of the Rear-A d miral. I am certain, from your honourable character, that you will give little credit t o th e wor d s o f a roan who, when he deserted from Constantinople, did not hesitate to spread abroad calumnies of the Sublime Porte, as he does at present about Egypt. At tile period when the officers of the Ottoman navy ob tained the power of leaving Alexandria, the Rear-Ad miral solicited from the Viceroy permission to remain in Egypt; and fi‘ially he obtained from his Highness the authorisation to retire. But he preferred desertion to eny frank and loyal step, because he thought he saw in desertion the means of restoring himself to favour aed prr,fit. It is merely to know the position of that offi cer in order to a ppreciate justly the value of reports sent forth by him, which I shall not take the pains to refute. 4. The orders of his Highness have already antici pated your wishes with regard to the liberty of the Druse chieftains. Long siace several of their chief, have quitted Syria and settled at Cairo. At tile news of the late events, they came of themselves to claim of the Paella the permission to return to their com patriots, in order to act in the interest of the Epp;i eo cause. Teo s ago they took the road to Syria. At their solicitation theDruse chiefs, who had been pro viousey sailed to Nubia, were allowed to return to their homes ; the order to this effect has been already exe cuted. The restoration of those personages to their country tieing accomplished, your good int en ti ons r. earil to them hate b. so. rise. s- Shy of having recourse to au t xchar,!.•, " It has already come to our knowiedge that it was the intention of the great Powers to Lave to his High ness the hereditary government of Egypt. On this important point his Highness waits still for official communications. His Highness is not P:ss grateful for the p: . oposition contained in your truer, seeing in it a personal manifestation of ) our sink: 1 1)10 and conciliatory dispositiin. In no case has his Highness sought to put himEelf in opposition with the wishes of the European Cseinets. You are not ignorant, Commodore, that he bad already submitted to the propositions of the 'Freest} which euuceded to him r the hei editary aihnifostration of Egypt. His Higho , s,. hod only refused to solicit trom the Sub iine Porte the facility to ken to that first concession the file government of Syria, and that because the Viceroy had tire conviction that Syria in his hands might s4iii offer great . esources to the em p ire. In stead of replyiess to this request hostilities were to. You will impartially Jurt.,e, Com -1 resorted I tuodore. if the wiring has been on the side tit the Vh A , - ro• Fi t T ss persuaded to the contrary, an d y • convineaf that tile great Powers will render him jes:fce in tiler respsct. 64 I will two/ reply to ,vhat concerns the resto rat i on of the Ottoman squadron and the evaeustion of Syria. It has never been the intention of his Highness to retain the fleet of his Sovereign ; he has never ceased to co piess himself in this sense, even on the day that circum stances brought the squadron of the Grind Seignoir to Aatsndria. Furthermore, when Serm Boy was sent on a mission to the Sublime Porte, he offered, in the name of his Ili e hness the revitution of the fleet, . bleb wa= on the point of setting sail to return to Constantinople, when the hostilities commencing, in Syria occurred adjourning the execution of the orders of the Viceroy. In respect to the evacuation of Syria, his Highness had believed it to be his right to wait for fresh orders from the Sublime Porte. You know, Commodore, how the de man ;1 of the Viceiov was answered, who, from that • time, thought it expedient to have recourse to the officious mediation of France ; thus manifesting his io teution to enter into conciliatory ways, and his desire to see tin end put to a state of things which his High ne•s is conscious not to have provoked. " For the moment, the direct relations between the Viceroy and the C omm ander-in -Chief o f the E gyp tian army in Syria are interrupted, in w consequence of the ith the sole idea of agitation of the country. It putting an end to disorder, ardistoensure the channel of correspondence between the l army and Egypt, that the Viceroy has just d irected to the frontiers a corps of troops, whose mission is the re-establishment of eom municatiens. you will satified with " I hope, Commodore , that be • the explanations that tile Viceroy ha, ordered me to in t ra nsmit to you, and that y ou will adroit, the anxiety I display, to reply with proznptuess to your previous enrnmeeiePtinng, f - Pfh rrt7tof rtf the Tylcl6. I,tery eheairs et the Vat , rriy, my •r. " 1 have the honour, &c. " BOGHOS BEY." (Signed) SECOND LETTER OF THE COMMODORE TO H. E. BOGHOS BEY, DATED NOV. 25. " I wish to know from your Excellency whether, if the chiefs of the Drupes have been sent back to LA,- -'on, your Exc• li,t.cy will say whether those catriid (Shoot S'ria in last July have returned to then. homes? " I observed to your Excellency in my letter of yes terday, that it did not depend on my will to suspend hostilities by sea, unless his Highness the Pacha would restore the fl,ct, and give orders to immediately evacu ate Syria. Stilt less can I give any assurance as to the interroprit,r, 01 ruditary op.•retions ; on th.• conrrAry, 1 am co;ti , t. , ht the orratiori, cop.- ttuued, until orders are given for the coiliple!a evacua tion of Syria. " l hit , e no knowledge of the despatch brt,uglit by roe Fir:rich steam-tro.it, and I 4111 also ignorant if the French Government has entered into negotiations with the Allied Powers. I only know that the Adied Powers have recommended to the Porte to re-establish Mehe met Ali in the Goveremtnt of Egypt, and to make it here ditary in his ;amity ; and I know chat nothing would give greater ple,i,ure to tie Britisti G.:vernm, than to re ceive any letters by this packet, announcing that orders Lad been given that Syria should be evacuated and the fleet given up. I can understand the, feeling of his Highness in hesi• tatiog to do this until he receives officially, from the Aliied Powers, their guarantee, but in the mean time I must du my " I &sire greatly to avoid all effusion of blood. War arid disease have already dose enougt mischief ; where for.:, it his Eglthets wiii give orders that Syria be im mediately evacuated, by sending tratkporis to receive the troops, and consent to let the fleet get ready for sailiing, I will not insist upon its departure for Constan tinople, until the Pacha be guaranteed in the hereditary Government of Egypt. On these conditions I shall con sent to suspend hostilities. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " CHARLES NAPIER., Commodore." REPLY OF BOGHOS BEY TO THE ABOVE LETTER, DATED NOVEMBER 26 " I have this instant received the letter that you did me the honour to ediress me this day, and I hasten to place it under the eyes of his Highness the Viceroy. " Conformably to his orders I reply to the different paragraphs which it contains. " In what concerns the Druse chieftains, I repeat to you, M. le Commodore, that those who resided at Cairo have already set out for Syria. As to those who are still in Nubia, the order for their return has been already sent, as I have had the honour to assure you. And I repeat the assurance that, at the moment of their arrival in Egypt, they shall be perfectly free to return to their country. As far as regards the fleet, his Highness has learned with great pleasure that you adhere to the proposal which he made to accomplish its restitution as soon as the decision of the Powers shall be officially notified. His Highness, participating in the desires which you express for stopping the effu• sior► of blood, is decided to put an end to hostilities : but as you are not ignorant that the transport by sea of an army, with a considerable suite of materiel, of horses, and equipages, offers great difficulties, and as it is extremely urgent to put an end to the horrors of war, the Viceroy is ready to order h►s son, Ibrahim Pacha, to concentvale his troops, in order to their fall ing back upon Egypt ; a disposition that shall ue transmitted to the General-in-Chief by an Egyptian officer, accompanied, if you should think it fit, by an English officer accredited by you. Ibrahim Pacha will thus he forced to evacuate Syria completely as soon as the decision of the Powers shall be known. " I have the honour to be, &c., " BOG HOS BEY." THIRD LETTER OF COMMODORE NAPIER, DATED NOV. 2G. " lo the last paragraph of your letter of yesterday ou intAiritio that the Paella will give orders for ot.occii ti.,itmg thv Egyptian forecs in Syria, so that Syria may evacuatistl, as so'n as the offical ckcis , on of the Powers be known. I beg to observe to your Excel lency that the Egyptien troops are already concen trated, nod that my tit mind was the immediate evacua tion of Syria. I will place at the disposal of your Highness a steatu-boat to conduct the officer which the Pacita stall appoint, accompanied by an English officer, to carry the detipatch of his Highness to Ibrahim Paella. Tins is indispensable to engage the Commander iu-Chief to suspend hostilities, &c. (Signed) " C. NAPIER." REPLY OF BOGHOS BEY TO THE COMMODORE, DATED NOVEMBER 26. '• I reply to the last letter that you have done me the honour to address to me, atter having submitted it the Viceroy, my master. _ _ " His Highness consents to re-arm the fleet of the Sublime Porte, to victu:il it—in one word, to put it in condition to sail at the earliest moment for Cotstuntionpe, with the express condition, which you, Commodore, havo yourself pressed, that the squadron shall rout un in our port until the offical netifications of the Powers which insure to his HighLICSS toe hereditary (.ioveroment of Egypt shall arrive. According; to the formal demand which you have made to the Viceroy. his Highness will send to Beyrout at the e iriiest opportunity an officer of his palace, already nain.ll a part of the commission, with the necessary orders lor the evacuation of Syria by Ibraburn Pucka, his son, and all his army. " Tots Envoy will take his passage on board the vessel that 3ou have placed at the disposal of lis Highness, and will be accompanied by an English offi cer on his destination and return. " This, with lively gratitude for your care and deli cacy in the solution of this thorny difference, as in the name of his Highness, 1 am, with profound respect, your very humble aLd very obeclicrit servan-, (S pled) BUGHOS BEY." RAILWAY SHARES. - St. tietrnain B 392 50 ... 392 50 ... 394 50 392 50 34 , 2 SO .. 30) 5.2 SO Orleans . .... 487 5C 487 SO ... 485 ... 485 Stra.burg to E1ate ........ -- .24 ... .3 :5 . 245 Slulhausen to 'Chasm INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has for. warded the folio sling circular to the Prefects of France : " PARIS, DEC. 8, 1840. " SlR,—Hitherto no general instructions have been given with res t ect to the distribution of the extraordinary funds of relief which the recent and almost unexampled inundations have rende , ed necessary. I have already pro vided in my correspondence with you for such cases as were of immediate urgc . ncy in this deplorable calamity, either by the prompt emission of ordinances of deputa tion, or by authorizing (this being a case of force mujeure) the setting aside of ordinary formalities, which might in any way have impeded the'prompt distribution of relief. " I am ever disposed to afford you every facility in at taibing with promptitude and certainty the end proposed by his Majesty's Government, and hasten, by opening an extraordinary credit of 5,000,000, to the assistance of the populations whose sufferings and whose misery have every where excited the liveliest sympathy; notwithstanding I deem it necessary, now that the ravages have ceased, and that the local administration can examine and determine their extent and importance, to enter into some explana tions that the first operations may in some sort be regu lated, and a proper direction given to the remainder. •" EVALUATION OF LOSSES " The Acts relating to the evaluation of losses and the distribution of relief, founded on the Consular Edict of the 11th of May, 1800 (24, Floreal year 8), have laid down the method of proceeding. I had to call your atten tion to them in 1839, in my circular of the sth of August, No. 17 ; I now refer you to them, allowing you every latitude in composing the best Local Commitees which are to be intrusted with the evaluation of losses and the es timation of damages. " FORMATION AND TRANSMISSION OF STATEMENTS. " The, recapitulative statements of these loss-:s arc to be transmitted with the utmost despatch, taking care, Ist, to furor separate statements of those losses to which have been applied the ordinary fund; Irorn the special per centagc. 2. To deduct on the one hand the amount of such losses as have been guaranteed by any insurance ; and. on the other hand, the amount of losses suffered by landlords, com mercial men, or private individuals, whose fortunes and cireunis - ances will allow them to dispense with assistance. It should be kept in mind test these funds are destined for the suffering and unfortunate classes who Lave been deprived of their means of liv:hbood, and whose dive!liogs have either been destroyed or impaired. The funds, in certain cases, and in strict conformity with the forms of practice laid down in nay circular el tile sth of August, 1839, to which I refer you, can also be applied to vi,rks of utility to the commune. I cannot urge you tol strongly not to devote them to this purpose until you are assured that the unfortunate p..rsons who have Buff. red from the effects of the inAatioils hive been properly relieved. You will have to furnish ree with a re port of the propositions made with regard to this excep tional application of the funds, and in which the condAions expressed in thy circular arc rigorously to be observed. " MODE OF PAYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. " From the commencement I have telt with you. Sir, the absolute necessity. in circumstances of such gravity, of sim plifying the formalities prescribed in the valuation of losses and the justification of pay meats. I have come to an under standing- on the subject with my colleague, the Minister of Finances, who hastened to comply, as far as regarded him, with the measures I hod propw.ed to insure a prompt distribution of the funds. In pursuance of thec m: satires, you are authorised to issue to %%oat number and amount :nay be deemed fit, orders for payment in the name of the Pre sident of the Committee acting under your authority, and with your consent. These orders shall be payable immediately without further condition than that of fur nishing the disbursing agent in the course of the month when the funds are delivered with a document from each commune, signed by two responsible parsons, certi. tying that to their certain knowledge funds to the amount specified have been distributed among the soli r ing claimants. These certificats are to be collected by you, revised for approbation, and remitted to the disburs ing agent. " I n structions have in consequence been forwarded by the Minister of Finance to the disbursing agent of your department; you will provide for their execution when expedient, and 20 divide the sums in the orders for pay ment, that it will always be possible to present the dis bursing agent with the certificates of distribution within a period of thirty days at the utmost. " FUNDS ARINING FROM DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. " Donations have already been received, and subscrip tions set on foot in several localities. Some of the pro ceeds of these spontaneous acts of munificence and humanity, have been placed at my disposal, to effect its appropriate distribution among the departments v,hich have suffered from the inundations: but to the application of the greater portion of these proc ee d s I h ave t ee n a stranger. Ido not, for an instant, doubt th a t th e f u nds in Question have had the dest ination assi gne d to t h em by the subscribers; but it is indispensable t h at I s h ou ld b e in formed of the importance and source of these fund. You will oblige, Sir, by making mention of them in the state ments of loss yen will have to forward, d evo ti ng a spec i a l article to this object , containing a summary of the dona tions, subscriptions, votes , offerings, &c. ; i n a wor d, a ll funds other than those o f the public t reasury, w hi ch may have been distributed for relief in your department. "COLLECTIONS, PLANS, A ND DOCUMENTS OF ADMINISTRA. TION. I have to enjoin, Sir, that you will collect with care, and transmit to me, printed or in manuscript, a specimen or copy of all the relations, publications, plans, and observa tions which shall have bwen made, drawn, and deposited in your department on the dreadful catastrophe of which it has been a victim. Documents of this nature ought to be collected, that they may serve to guide and advise in fu- PORTUGAL. By the Iberia steamer, arrived at Falmouth with the Peninsular mails, we have received the following letter. The Iberia sailed from Gibraltar on the 3d, Cadiz thr 4th, Lisbon the 7th, Oporto —, and Vigo the 9th just:— " Ltsaax, Dec. 7, Two o'Clock p.m " The Ministry still remains in statu quo. Reports, however, speak of a speedy reorganization in consequence of the arrival from the northern provinces of M Filguciras, formerly Attorney-General under the charter; who, it is conjectured, will be invited to take the portefeuille of the Hr.me Department , M. Aguiar, that of Marine ; M. Gomez de Castro, Finance, in lieu of M. Florid° ; and the gallant and distinguished Duke da Terceira, as Prime Minister and War; the Count de Bomfim, having at length consented to relinquish the seals of office, being substituted for his Grace in his appointed mission as Am bassador Extraordinary to the Court of Rio de Janeiro, to compliment the youthful Emperor on his coronation, so that of the actual Ministers, only M. Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhaes, as Foreign, and M. Costa Cabral, Justice and Ecciesiastical, will retain office. " It would appear that that part of the speech from the Throne, on closing the.extraordinary Session on Monday last relative to the Douro question, bas produced gene!sl discontent throughout the agricultural districts; petitions for rejecting this measure in the ensuing Cortes are ob taining numerous signatures 6. M. Lobo de Tours, deputy, leaves by this mail for London as the newly..appointed Secretary to the Porte gurAe Legation there, instead of the Cilcvalicr Rebello de Carvalho. " The long expected naval and military promotions have at length been publisbed in the official Gazette, but owing to some officers having been left out of the list, noto lib standing her Majesty the Queen had signed the deer e, with the special injunction that no one should be preju diced thereby, much dissatisfaction has been manifeited, The late Military Governor of Oporto, Major-General Count das Antes, has becn made Inspector-General of Infantry.. .6 The law authorising Government to raise, in a manner which may be deemed most convenient, the sum of 600 contos de reis (138,000/. sterling) in money upon the de einia of the first six months of the economic year 1839 'o 1840, has received the Royal assent; in virtue of which it was announced on the 3d instant, through the public Trea sury, that for the space of 15 days from that date proposals would be received there to effect this operation. " The Board of Public Credit has notified that on the 14th and 16th of the present month it will pay the interest of the 5 per cent. policies on the loan of 2,400 contos de reis (552,000/. sterling), advanced by the Lisbon Bank in t o h n e b y . e n a d r s l t t2 b 7 e ; cancelled. i e nterest eos on the 23d the remaining iiatoreat of the 4 per Cent. Inserip (tchern i tet h s t d h e e d 6 ist p r e a r te c a e ) n ; t id i the 29th thereat of the 5 per Cent. Interests add Apoli tlonvized Apoliciea and Lifeholds (des ritalicia); ideni, on cies; these payments, observing the customary formalities, will commence at nine o'ciock in the morning, and finish at o:ie in the afternoon of the respective d :ys mentioned, It further notifies that on the 10th inst. it will dotter during the SUM hours the 5 per cent. incriptions which were passed for the remainder of the m.xed operations authorized by the Royal decree of the 11th of July, 1839, relating to the shares No. 1 to 40, which will be regis tered on delivery of the same. " Notwithstanding the constituent Cortes are still in arrears for their daily subsidies of six (mites de reis (1 380/. sterling), the Members of the late Chamber have been paid up to the 30th ultimo, the day of their dissolution, which, together with their transit expenses, amount to 15 contos de reis (3,4501. sterling). This prompt payment to the Hon. Deputies drained the marine coffers to such an extent, that OP Saturclay last the workmen of the naval arsenal were left unpaid ; these, as might be ex pected, evinced their discontent, and were with difficulty kept within bounds. It is said that Government has an ticipated the revenues of the Lisbon and Oporto Custom houses, Excise-office, and tobacco contracts, up to the end of janoary next ensuing, in the sum of 800 contos de reis (184.000/. sterling), which has been discounted by the Lisbon Bank, the greater part having already entered the Treasury. " The war-schooner Liberal, after being detained in the Tagus upwards of 15 days. to convey the monthly pay of the army stationed in the Algarve, of 22 conto. oc reis (5,060/. sterling) sailed with tae same on the 3d instant for Faro ; Colonel Bravo, chief of the staff of the Btb military district, went passenger by her. On Friday last a solemn church festival, on a very grand scale, as a thanksgiving for the recovery of her Ma jesty from her late pc. ilous situation, took place in the Ba silica of the Corsclo de Jesus, at which their Majesties and Court, the corps diplomatique, th e the expense of the servants o f the Roya l pri principal i h p o a u l se n h ot o . l i d li . ty and on gentry assisted : this festiv a l was got up by, and purely at T uir or Brazil, s the l5 t h Von Pedro a n niv er s l y! , t i :t na en rk at e a d l dayby firing Royal ofth eEm ai Em peror salutes at ice d-d a y f rom th e f orts and Port uguese ships of war in th e T agus , th e l a tt er being gaily dressed for tiF.l purpose. . . " Yesterday her Majesty held a drawing-room to re ceive felicitations on her re - establishment i... bcaitb, which w A naticed for b e ing more numerously and brilliantly at tended than on ordinery occasions. " Lie Belgian war schooner Louise Marie came in yes terday front Ostend, bringing M. B..aulieu, as Coarge u'AlT.ar,:s to this Court, accompanie.l by his hidy. ralthr lif: from C o a:l e Z ir when " Her Britannic Maj.esty's Urig Trinculo will sail t"- morr ow for Gibraltar, there to take in provis!.-04. Brandywine, last from Gibraltar. On the 6th the ft , :yal Arrived, on the sth tost., the r...,,,1tA States frigate Tar s team-packet from London and Falmouth with toe G.bralti.r. mail of th e 28th ult. The Iberia steam• packet from Gll. ,G‘iraetaiet, Oriental, hourly ex:?ecti.d front the East, Lad nut arrived. on the 7,,h, the Belgian war schooner Louise she left the former putt, the C ; ii S z a a i n le d d, on the 6th, the Royal Tar steam-packet, for " Foreign ships of war in the Tagus:—the Trinculo and the Espoir brigs, British ; Ls Coquette corvette, Frel:ch ; the • Brand yw i ne f r i gate , U n ited St a t e s ; the B e l- Matt seti;one r L ouise M .r.e. " Exchange up o n L on d on , 30 days' sight, 53id 1.):,!: mil. rei; discount on ex -paper money, 60 per cent, TU RKE V. CONSTANTIsoPLit, Nov. 18.—On the lz,th instant the Sultan ordered a g ; acid illumination at night, and the re. of "king (f Acre. On the night of the 13th the twat, d firing Armeni4n Patt'ira r g eh uns w, :lu s r;:g pos t e ilda i, y ; e i o n i.s c e c g irr u im ,ri im e o tit a .tn i oun, metou , complaints from the Armenians, that he was not ,igilant c nough in the cause of their faith, and ban al lowed several of their iiatim to become converts to til.• Protestant, and a great many to the Catholic religion. 0,1 the lath of November the Turkish Government steam. boat Tair-Bahry, commanded by Captain John Ford, ar rived from Syria, b r i ng i ng the confirmation o f t h e news of the taking of Acr e . S he had left that town on the 6t h and had tuuch e d at Beyrout on the Bch. Ibrahim Pacha is still at Maalika, in the valley of Baal as many t roops as h e can. e has co.l- 'd to et hold o f a num b er of the women and c hild ren of these thr(4's°elkiling He that arc with him, as also of some of the hcitile tribes that are in his immediate vicinity. These he puts to death, one by one, for every man that deserts him, and for every act cf hostility that the surrounding trtbes show him. Eli, position must indeed be a deplorable ono, to force a man of even Ibrahin.'s barbarity to acts of such disousting cruelty, The following is the translation of a firman issued to the Stambol Kadissy (Chit I Justice of Constantinople), and on the beg rining of which the Sultan wrote with his own hands the following sentence :—" Whatever may Le of drained in this firman, let it b e p ut into execution :—" Art ancient Opi n i on was prevalent respecting the Jews. The vulgar supposed th at the J ews were in the habit of sacrificing a person at th e t i me o f t h e i r Easter, and th a t that they made use of his blood. In consequence of this opinion, the Jews of Damas. cus and Rhodes, who are Jews belonging to my empire, have been persecuted by other nations: the calumny of which they hare been the object, and the vexations to which they have lately been subjected, have reached as tar as my Imperial Throne. A short time ago some Jews were ordered from the island of Rhodes to Constantinople; they have been judged agreeably to the new renliations ; their innocence has been proved, and consequently they have been dealt with as justice and equity required. Moreover, the information acquired by men of learning IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 12. IRISH MANUFACTURERS-THE DUKE OF LEINSTER AND THE EARL OF CHARLE MONT. Among the many meetings recently held to promo e the use of Irish manufactures, was one that took place here yesterday in the Rotunda. His Grace the Duke Of LEINSTER and Lord CIIARLE MINT, whilst declaring themselves in favour of this new movement, repudiated an exclusive system. " I beg most distinctly (said the Duke of Leinster) to be understood, that although in attending this meeting, I am sincerely anxious, in every way in my power to promote the manu factures of my native country, I am also decidedly against any exclusive system —( Hear, Le It I thought there was any fecli:tg of that sort actu,tting those who got up the present requisition, I most certainiy wAild not have at tkirled to give it my countenance support.—( hear, hear.) I understood it to be a meeting called solely for the purpose of promoting Irish manufactures, and I join most cordially in that " The Earl of CHARLEMONT joined with his Noble Friend In giving expression to the iitiKlo sen.iment. Mr. John O'Connell, M. P., and Mr. Grattan, M.P., were present. The latter gentleman proposed the forma tion of a Committee to carry out the objects of the Ineeiint• Vlr. J. O'('ONNELL 1 eked upcn the meeting Rothe molt ortattt that t t ) ,,k pktec to Dut.t:lll, and be ha,i no cbdt ptozi.ttuus ui.o ukl ) s w tc,r Ireland. A PROTESTANT DEAN AND HIS CATHOLIC PARISHIONERS. It is ultc,ys grati!)ing to r,eurti instances of the goOd feeling's of the Irish peasantry, especially when manif - isted towards those of a d•ff.rent creed ; and in cases K here the Protusratit clerg) man o f a parish has gained the esteem and riff.-etion of his Roman Catholic neighbours, and good feelings are mutually manic, sted, it speaks well for both parti, s. A %cry gratiktag instance of the existence of such feelings occurred in a remote part of the ceuntry, in the course of t;:,. present week. The Dian of Achoury having left borne for Dublin, last Monday, his Roo.an Carbolic parishioners, in b;s absence, assem hh,rl for the purpose of drawing home a large qu,:ntity of the Dean's turf, which was still on the Bog. At nine o'cluek on Tuesday morning, the family of the Deanery were ezeprii•ed by a nirit of upwards of 120 men, some with cars and horses, ,39111‘ , ' with donkeys and some with creels on their backs, all carry eag turf to the yard, where it was bolt up in a stack by willing hands. At five o'clock iii the eactot.g,lhe last luad arrives, accompanied by forty then, ado° bad been, duriog the day, employed at the Bog filling the carts and cribs, and wi!h a fiddler seated on the top of the load mei illy en g eged in the exercise of his prulessionai poActs. From five to seven o'clock, parties of twenty. five at a time in succession partook of a hearty dinner in the servants'-hall; arid all being teetotal-rs, tr,ilk consti- I wed their he%erage, in which they drank health, long life, and every happmess to the worthy Dean and his I.dy, and their children On the foliowing day the fragments were distributed am-ngtt the poor. Let none despise this " simple annal "—though it re cords a transaction in which the humbler classes were alone employed, and which occurred in a parish " remote from • coies," it aff,nds an adiLtional proof ut the gratitude of a people too little accustomed to kindness and conciliatio le n, and is calculated to convey a lesson to thole who, they deny the existence of such good feelings in the breasts of their fellow-countrymen, have never exerted themselves to deserve the good-will of a grateful and a kind-hearted people. —Dublin Evening Post. Rumou RED FATAL DUEL.—It is with pain we mention a rumour which prevailed through town yesterday evening, to the effect that R. D. Browne, Esq., M.P. for Mayo, had been killed in a duel with Colonel Fitzgerald Freeman's Journal —.[We (Dual Evening Post) have been assured by the friends of Mr. Browne, letters from Mayo this morning, that this report is t nun: y wl-A? reccive i d unfoun.led.] GENERAL POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.-- This day the Postmastcr-General's order relative to the .i cablishmeht of branch offices for the receipt and pay.. m e ta of money came into operation. Ihero are upwards of thirty branch offices within the late twopenny post limits, and about forty without the three mile circle. This judicious arrangement will afford great facility to the public, and aill facili tate the transmission of smolt sums. This, in conjunction wit h thi• last g encriil order f or the reduction of the rate of commission, will be o f th e greatest importance. EVENING EDITION. ACcIDPNTS ON MAIIr,W.I.`:S TO THE EDIT6II OF THE SUN. Lowlands, near Harrow, Dec. 12. Sett,—The evidence given before myself and my bro ther jurors on the ir quest held at Harrow on the bodies of the two unfortunate men, who were lately killed on the London and Birmingham railroad, in con s, queues ot a collision of two engines, iihuedontly total li:fficiency the present by mans of lights of various ki w is and colours, to a t " tract with certainty the attention of the engine di ivers ; while the same evideuce clearly established that the engine whistle was a signal that could not fail to be heard by the engine driv , ,, under ell cireumsfati ve... and was a sound so peeu:i.v.- in itself i t could uot be mistaken for Way other. These facts have led me to the conclusion that all night - signals, and day signals also, fors topping , the engines, which is, in fact, the only impo rtant end to be attained by signals, with refereece to d an gers of all should be refuraitle to the en ne whistle. llt is manifest, that to refer every sign al to the eye (which delicate organ can at ordinary times scarcely tc in railway locomotion, to meet the m ere current of opposing air), in cases of storms of wind, rain ' sleet, snow, or hail (to all which the engine openly exposed) is a most unreasonable plan ; while the total cormealnient from the eye of al such sign 4s , where .hors curves of the line occur, and in seasons of fog, and falls of snow, and other hard weather, render* their adoption a perfect absurdity. Moreover, the eye in these cases is not by any means so well to be de' pended upon as a medium through which to r eleive warning as the ear. The eve must be turned la a Par" driver is titular direction to be availed in any degre e, and t o be effectually available the mind also should be engage .i it) directing its energies ; and it is perhaps mo te then ea° be expected of unman nature to keep sip that constant. ill' tense, and anxious watch for sign.ls addressed to the er under the suffering circumstances to which engine driver/ are exposed, and in bad weather and at night espeeiBill' w histle which the public safety demands. The eugia e is free from all these objections the moment th e be et: is turned. Its shrill sound bursts all efficien tl Y the ear of the engine driver, whether he will or er %- be wheth he be attending his machinery or gi ving structions to his fireman or to the guard, wk,,ther is looking one way or the oi.ner, or even it his er a l e closed for protection against the weather ; lebetherdto be standing looking forward, and thus fully esPe'e be Leo the elements, or comfortably sheltered behi nd t di screen afforded by the ponderous machinery be at recting. All this clearly marks it out tornthe inapori evsk_ duty of warning in time of danger othing can more easy than its application for that purpose. A hundred different inventions might be suggestec_. tions to which they should all be subjects The coa s t as many minutes by a skilful engineer. as follows :—The signal whistle should be close P ened engine driver, and should be capable of being non the while passing at full speed at the will of Per"" is line not travelling with the engine or train lb° ' mo t drawing ; and the whistle should continue 01000, sounding till its warning is o beyed by the stePPieg ° • . co me, however, the engine. The invention should be sirnPle' lue ; P oo an . portable, and easy of application to all — ilw° part of the line. The following description i 3 ° simple apparatus, which I conceive • e the 211 " foregoing conditions, which I suggested dar in D 11 of quest alluded to, and which having been thought .wee__e. by several men of great engineering talent 3 0 d " th* rience in railways, I am induced to publish throug medium of your valuable and widely circulated PaParr pro bono public°, w hi c h on al l I propose to have the distance posts e i ts ) railways I have observed occur every quarter of d a toist) to guaged to a fixed distance from the rail ; ve the 000 this post I propose to drive two staples ° ocket• perfectly fulfils the other ; into these staples, thus form in v a - 9 d ter I set a small gibbet at the place where it is require The upper hes to give warning to the driver to stop• rixontal arm of this gibbet projects over the rails. level with the handle of the whistle, which shouio br placed a little to one aide of the dome of tut bui e r fo e that purpose, and as the engine passes tbar place , 1 •? e gibbet striking against the Inmate opens the whis,tl l and having performed this ope ration is instenti_ struck out of the way of the following carriage! by a short fixed stay or rod screwed or rieettedt on to the dome, just behind the whistle handle, btt a little to one side of it. One of those gibbets which told up and are therefore q uite portable, sb°uld be taken by each guard, and one kep t at each statiew house, arid at whatever part of the line it i s requiret 1. , that the engineer should have warning to stop, it only to take the gibbet to the quarter m ile poet next beyond that spot and stick it in its socket , t when the engine will be warned in a manner if teae must he heard and cannot be mistaken. A g ain, hinder pelt of a luggage train break off in the night (a very common occurrence , ) t he g uard th is exposed to having the putt of the train he is left with (tor he sits always in the last carriage,) run into by the next coaling train ; but if he at once takes his gibbet and goes back to the next quarter mile post, and sucks it up, the warning to the next train he is in daneOr from will be inevitable, and no collision need :.eke place. I would recommend that this signal be 06 4 in this manner only as a signal to stop, and that in tee next Act passed to regulate railway travelling (and etsm is sadly needed) it be made a misdemeanor, with heavY punishments attached, to disobey this signal. In the hope that this communication may be use to the public, I on, Sir, your obedient servant. BENJAMIN ROTCH- N.B. Drawings of the gibbet, wen its fitments eat; plete, may be seen at Mr. Cha'in's, Soutbarapted'burc, Mechanical Draftsman, or at Mr.R. C. Carp Architect and Surveyor, 99, Guildford•street, Ruse° square. Th Editor of LI EUTEN ANTSneS alio tee ! to gi . " his attention to the annexed o f elaetition whicli will be laid before ber Majestyeapyearl a ri l : e st *e ek ' (" 1. 14 behalf of a neglected portion of the officyers of the Britio" army—the Lieutenants who were placed on half-PaY at the close of the war and allowed to remain ever since in adversity, to ' i •the world idcd for struggle with and unattended to. And they would hope that thee( cause will receive the support and advocacy of The Sum, which will so much strengthen the justice of their cause* igOeaFruesTolyirEe Agesy Dec. 11, 1840. To the Queen's Most Excellent at the dose of Army, who were placed on half-payl nd Brother O the war, on behalf of themselves a cers of that rank similarly situated, The Memorial of the undersigned Lieutenants of the Most humbly approac h y our ;Majesty, • ken loyeltY To tender the dutiful assuranc e of their unsh aken to the to your Majesty's sacred person , and their fidelity throne ; and to crave your Majesty's attention to this tor" Petition. Petitioners most humbly represent, that they bale beW the rank of Lieutenant in the army, upwa rds of twenty', five years, and were placed on half - pay by the reduction "I their regiments or bAtalions, at the termination of the lat e war, in 1814, or, subsequently, to the battle of Waterloo- That several of them served in different parts of the glebe with zeal and efficiency, and sustained many of she privations attending on military lite, in the different parts of the world. Thai pc :i.ioners ha v ing been co placed balf-pay Ca' tr ars to !heir wish or desire, were de p rived of obta which they so fondly ming ra nk in the Biitish army , to as pired. Petitioners would therefore represent that their ease ra:ly has been one of unparalleled disappointment, be' eAU,C of their having been excluded under the foregoior, circum st a nce, from further promotion or the advantages °I he service ; and beir:g unqualified frets their professioa tier oilier pursuits, their prospects in life were thereby en tirely blighted. Petitioners in thus laying their humble memorial before their Sovereign, are anxious to 'accompany it with an humble assurance that thet are ant actuated by any wires sonAble motive ; and only pray that their Most GrAcious. Queen will be pleased to c onfer on them one step of rank (unattached or otherwise), above that which they have held nearly thirty years ; and grant them, according to y o ur Majesty's pleasure , the smal l addition of sixpence per diem to their sullistenee, which would not be considered a burden upon the public ; nor would they prepuine to seek such a bo,n were they not impressed with a belief that their country would hail with p leasure any mark of R o yal favour conferred upon them a, old and deserving soldiers. Petitioners would most humbly refer to the bountiful . ntiiin your Most Grac,ous Majesty has been most gra and Navy ; and indulge t h e f o nd ci , e;sly pleased tot eikow u pon other ranks of their brother peculiarfty of their own case will nut r ender h O L. ft p l u e , e. t ris h,, o t f t t h h e e A r y Alnig ß ht , sal Consort, io the gi°l Almighty t h em less deserving, Yo ur Maj sty's cons id erat i on : all w hich they mo st dutifully !ohmic to your. Majesty : Arid f yourt ph Brill h e r that e jsty, thetn, di yourilre, tilt, honour and advautage Of yeur loyal subjects ; and spar e with long h ea lth the Pi incest which Providence has be ea p l e ased to give the nation. life and e h a d M IS S JANE PREsT.—Mr. John Harrison, of White bave''ha, been compelled to abandon the suit which b i ns tituted against Miss Ja ne P res t, i n the Ecclesiasti cal Court at R chrnond, for " perturba.ion" of a seat in the parish church of Workington, and has been ordered to pal the taxed costs of the suit 1 Thi s ma y h e looked Upo n 25 a virtual admission that h e h a d no c l a i m t o the niiput 4 pew, that it, in point of fact, belongs to Miss Prest ; yet the poor woman had to undergo an imprisonment 41. twenty-four weeks in the common jail of Carlisle , she was too poor t o ta k e l ega l steps to defend her ri g ht. A more fligrant,:case of injustice and oppression was never heard ; and it i s grat if y i ng to fi n d that justice is at le n g th ' beginning to b e mete d ou t t o the oppressor. The costs which hav e b een b orne b y G. H. Head, Ea+, will no w be refund e d ; an d we un d ers tand it is the intenti on of that gentleman t o p resen t the amount to Miss Prest. NV trust the matter will be followed up by calling the attention of Parliament to the subject. —Carlisle Journal.: because dreadful conflict between three of the keeper*: of Sir Hugh Hoare and tliree poachers, took Pi"e Stomton, Somerset, on Tuesday evening. After a hard fought battle, one of the keepers inflicted a fatal blow . : a the head of one of the poachers, which instantly .dei!aa him of life. A verdict of "Justifiabl e Homicide" _ i h . : been returned by the Coroner's Jury . The nareF_ef deceased was Adams. He was the champ ion of Log at singlestick. F FT I t< it N I. 3 Henri X' 9f this Issued w bOttad. 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