The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-07 00:00:00

NOTE ON THE AFFAIR GISQUET.

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For a more thorough comprehension of the trial now going
on in France the followir g circumstance must be borne in
mind. When the last election for the Chamber of Deputies
took place, M. Gisquet presented himself as candidate for St.
Denis, the suburb of Paris; he met with the utmost resi;t-
num, on the ground of his adherence to the Government and
the Court, by which be had been raised to eminence and
treated with the most confidential favour. M. Gi: vet, see-
ing his nomination in peril, disavowed his connexion and
present attachment to his former patrons, and to support
this assertion, communicated facts with which his confidential
situation had rendered him cognizant. The result was on the
one baud his election for St. Denis, and on the other a com-
munication from certain high quarters that henceforward
he must renounce all hope of countenance and support.
Thus alone can it be explained how M. Gisquet has pro-
ceeded in the course he has adopted, which clearly proves
a man without diplomatic, or at least judicious advisers,
and still more deficient in that high patronage which
have found one of the many means of extending over
km the broad protecting wing of French Ministerial and,
above all, of Royal power. It was only at the eleventh hour
that certain exalted persons took the alarm at the consequences
of the failure and disclosures of the ex-administrator in the
Court of Judicature ; and, Government taking the field too
late, vainly sacrificed the position of its representative in the
Court, the Attorney-G,ereral, whose motion of interposition
was quashed by the decision of the Judges, leaping him all
the odium of having acted as a party man in the discha,ge of
his magisterial office. The only case in the recent annals of
English Courts which may be compared in importance to that
of M. Gisquet, which now overshadows every other topic in
Paris, is that of a deceased illustrious personage and of Mary
Ann Clarke—with this difference, that the one could not, as
in the present instance, exclaim—
" Et dici potuir•se, et non potuisse repelli l"
As in the most serious affairs of France jokes must perforce
intermingle, they, of course, have not been wanting on the
present occa;ion : for example, it has been proposed for M.
Gisquet to change, henceforward, his name, by altering the
first letter iato an " R;" thus it would sound Monsietir
.Risque

PROMENADE CONcERTS.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE:

We arc glad to find that these concerts at the English
Opra House, unlike some of their predecessors in this
country, • show strong s)mptorns of vitality. They have
now been established for more than three weeks, during
which time the number of visitors has been gradually on
the increase, and on Saturday evening they fell little short
of fifteen hundred. The musicians have now become ac-
customed to each other, and under the guidance of Signor
Negri, perform overtures of some of the first rate Operas,
quadrilles, and concerted pieces of instrumental music of
great difficulty, with a precision, hat mouy, and effect rarely
surpassed at the Italian Opera. The overture to Guil-
laume Tell, though so often repeated, was eathusiastically
ervored on Saturday night, so was the Echo, and so ought
to hive been a beautiful quadrille composed, we believe, by
the leader. Haydn's Toy Symphony followed, and excited
great laughter. This piece, as appears from the life of
Hsydn, was compavd for the amusement of Prince Ester-
hazy, and his circle of friends at Eisdenstadt. The author,
in order to find materials for the piece, went to a village
fair, and purchased a quantity of children's musical toys,
such as whistles, cuckoos, rattles, and other juvenile instru
ments, for which we have no name, and which we never
saw before, and after comparing their character and
powers, he produced this ridiculous symphony. The
juvenile portion of the audience were not the only persons
who rejoiced in this musical pantomime. The perfor-
mances were finished before eleven, and though the price of
admission is extremely low, the company was very respect-
able.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.

DERBY BETTING.
12 to I agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton
16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim
16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau
22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers
25 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Accelerator

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
ACCEPTANCES.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1839.
The Oatlands Stakes of 50 sm. each, h. ft. D.I.

Duke of Rutland's Rattrap, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b; Lord Suffield's Cara-
van, 5 yrs, Bst 31b; Duke of Rutland's Blankney, 5 yrs, 7st.'9lb ;
Lord Chesterfield's Prizeflower, 5 yrs, 7st. 51b ; Mr. Wilson's
Quicksilver,s yrs, 7st. 31b; Mr. F. Craven's I-wish-you-rnay-get-
it, 4 yrs, 6st. 131 b ; General Grosvenor's Daedalus, 4 yrs, 6st.
131 b ; Ldrd Chesterfield's Caroline Elvina, 4 yrs, 6st. 41b ; Lord
Suffield's Hahneman, 4 yrs, 6st.
The following declared forfeit :—Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 5 yrs, Bst.
51b ; Air. Bowes's Jagger, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b; Lord Chesterfield's In-
dustry, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b ; and Lord Jersey's Joanina, 4 yrs, 7st. Ilb.

DONCASTER RACES, 183J.—MONDAY.
The Champagne Stakes of 50 s,vs. ea h, h. ft., for two years old ;
colts, Bst. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner to give six
dozen of Champagne to the Doncaster Racing Club. Red

House in.
Mr. Orde's b. f. Queen Bee, Mr. Blakelock's ch. f. Curtius,
out of Fancy ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Liverpool, out of Miss
Fanny's dam ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br. c. HawkesLury, Colonel
Cranford's br. c. Shark, Mr. Jaques's b. f. Interlude, Mr. Bowes's
br. c. Black Beck, Mr. Bowes's b. c. Middleham, Mr. Eddison's
ch. c. by Langar, dam by Whisker, out of Matilda ; Mr. Osbaldes-
ton's ch. c. by Winterfield, cut of Mrs. Rye ; Mr. Osbaldeston's
ch. f. by Belshazzar, dam (waled in 1831) by Whalebone ; Lord
Kelburne's ch. c. by Retainer, out of Emilia; Mr. C. Attwood's
b. c. Avigenua, Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, Sir J. Boswell's ch. f.
Queen Anne, sister to General Chasse ; Duke of Cleveland's ch. c.
by Langar, out of Emigrant's dam ; Duke of Cleveland's br. c. by
Emilia:3, out of Maria; Mr. Bell's b. f. by Gaiusborougb, cut of
Golden Drop's dam ; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Gambia, by The
Colonel, out of Black Daphne; Lord Westminster's c. Launcelot,
brother :o Touhstone ; Lord Westminster's c. Maroon.