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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The New Drama, entitled the " Ladye of Lambythe," having
met with the most transcendant success, it will be repeated
every Evening till further notice. After which, the Veteran
Dowton will appear in a_popular character.
TO-NIGHT ( WEDNESDAY)
Third Time, the Old English Drama, called
THE LADYE OF LAAIBYTHE;
Or, A Bridal Three Centuries Back !
Eva, Mrs. Vining. Katherine, Miss Grant.
Lucie, Miss Martin.
_ _ _

Walter More, Mr. E. F. Saville. Wilbert, Mr. Dale.
John the Jester, Mr. Smith.
After which, the Comedy of
TIIE JEW.
Sheva, Mr. Dowton,

To conclude with the last New French Drama, entitled
DIANE DE CHIVRI.

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1839.

The great length of the debate and of the trials at
Warwick obliges us to exclude several articles, and
amongst them our usual Parliamentary Summary.

Sir ROBERT PEEL is a mere routine statesman,
who never in his life planned a scheme of policy
beyond an adaptation to the wants of the hour.
He goes with the stream, and makes no progress
except as it carries him on. He has no talent to
make a name for himself, independent of his
party. From him the age will take no impression.
He is not the source of any motion, the giver of
any impulse, bus the material which receives and
obeys. He is absolutely nothing, if not the
tool of a faction. He yhas no course of his
own. Of late he has been discarded as in-
efficient by the Times, which, returning to its
own recorded opinions of 1832, described him a few
dais ago as a very second-rate person. Most of the
Tory Journals, like their leader, have no course of
their own, but follow some external influence.

Yesterday, therefore, the Herald went after the
Times, and attacked Sir ROBERT PEEL for aiding
the time Office in fastening a yoke of despotism
on the necks of the people. Sir ROBERT, for-
saken by these two organs of Conservatism, must
give up his patronage of the New Poor-law, and
of the rural police, or consent to be put aside. He
had better retire at once, while he can with ho-
nour, for he is not a fit leader for those who have
for some time most unwillingly consented 10 serve
under him. The schism between the Libe-
rals and the Whigs is trifling, compared to
the schism between the fierce religious and
political bigots and the dawdling humdrums
who compose the
Conservative faction ; and
when that faction rends asunder,Sir ROBERT will
be a fit master for neither portion of it. Lord
STANLEY is the legitimate head of the furies, and
Sir ROBERT INGLIS is the undisputed leader of
the humdrums. Lord J. RUSSELL has talent of
his own which will make him respected at all times,
but when PEEL has not his roarers to back him, his
fallacies are transparent, and his jokes exceedingly
dull. Now that the leading Conservative Journals
have opened their batteries on the great Conservative
statesman, it seems not unlikely that his day of
glory is past for eVer. 1

We publish elsewhere the correspondence which
took place between the LORD CHANCELLOR and the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, at the time that the latter func-
tionary was discarded from the Lieutenancy of the

County of Nottingham. It is of an edifying tendency.
The reader will perceive at once the reason why the l
party to which the Ex-Lord Lieufenant belongs, and
whose base and s,lfish objects he has made it the busi-
ness of his life to support through thick and thin, did
not stir in his defence, The cashiering of a Lcrd
Lieutenant is an unusual proceeding—unhappily for
the country, much too unusual—yet when Clum-
ber's Duke was dismissed, not a word of reproach
was uttered against the Government for what would,
i❑ ordinary circumstances, have roused the echoes of
faction from the Lizard to Ultima Thule. There we.s
no motion for papers—no question put for information
on a subject involving a great constitutional point—there
was, in short, none of the patriotic slang which is gene-
rally sputtered forth when a party purpose is to be
served—the House of Lords was as silent as the

grave on this pre-eminently exciting topic. Hints
were thrown out by the Press that some of the
Duke's friends were expected to stand up in his de-
fence, and demand the reason why one so high in all
Tory endo xrnents had been made the subject of so sum
wary, and apparently, so disrespectful a process of ejec-
tion, but the Tory Lords would no more listen to these
suggestions than the deaf adder to the voice of the char-
mer. The fact was, that some of them knew, and all of
them feAred, what bad actually taken place—namely,
that the Duke had grossly misdemeaned himself in hi
offiee, and therefore, in the exercise of a sound &suc-
tion, both as regarded him and the party, they resolved
not to probe the matter, and to ask no questions for
conscience' sake.

It had been fortunate for the late Lord Lieutenant of
Notts, had nature bestowed upon him so much of her
mother wit as might have cnab!ed him to perceive the
propriety of this course. Somebody has said that there
is a certain feeling- of comfort in not being a fool. This
is a sort of comfort which, we fear, can never fall to the
lot of the great man who does as he likes with
his own. There are persons—and, without meaning
any personal offence, we think the Duke is one of
them—who are not only debarred from the enjoyment
of any portion of the aforesaid comfort, but who are
never happy, never really comfortable, unless when they
are making fools of themselves, and blazoning their foPy
to the world.

Having premised these few observations, let us no-
tice a point or two in the correspondence alluded to,
which may perhaps throw a little light on the respective
charec era of the correspondeets. The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR first informs the Lord Lieutenant that he has
diriefed the names of the persons recommended by him
to be inserted in the Ccromizsion of the Peace, and
then states that he had rccaived, since a former com•
munication on the same subject, a very strong recom-
mendation from five Magistrates in favour of a gentle-
man, whom he had therefore put into the Commission.
With respect to another gentleman, the CHANCELLOR
observes that he had received information which convinced
him that one of the objections made to his appointment
by the Duke was without foundation, viz., violent poli-
tical feeling—that the only other objection urged against
him, namely, his dissent from the Established Church,
was not, in his Lordship's opinion, a valid one, and that
unless the Duke had other objections to his appoint-
ment, his name also would be included in the list of
Magistrates.
th.: letter of the LORD CHANCELLOR can be found
fault with at all, it is because its tone is too deferential.
He condescends to explain, and almost to justify, 'here
be might have stood upon his authority. Yet what a
brutal reply does this mild and expostulatory letter call
ferth from the representative of the Crown in the county
of Nottingham, to the Keeper of the Great Seal, the
Head of the Law, and the first Temporal Peer of the
realm ! Only hear the language in which Clumber's
polished Duke addresses the Lord High Chancellor of
England !—" I have done my duty, you may enjoy the
unenviable satisfaction of doing what you ought not to do.
Most certainly I will not condescend to renew my objec-
tions to the appointment in question, or to have any con-
fidential communication whatever with an official, who
has proved his unfitness for the high dignity which has
been imposed upon him." We hear people talk of low-
born and low-bred vulgarity. We think this specimen
will match anything to be found in the records of vul-
garity. No man with the feelings of a gentleman could
have so expressed himself, even under the greatest ex-
citement.

But this is not all. As if fate had intended that the
Duke of NEWCASTLE should be publicly pilloried, and
that by himself too, as a mark for the finger of scorn,
and the scoff of derision, the LORD CHANCELLOR'S for-
bearance only urged him into greater extravagance. At
the end of a week, when any man constructed of the
ordinary materials, would have been cooled down to the
rational, if not to the repentant point, the LORD CHAN-
cELLoa writes to this spit-fire of a Lord Lieutenant,
for the express purpose of affording him a locus pceni-
!entice, presumes that the abusive letter may have been
written in a moment of irritation, and gives him to un-
derstand that it may yet be withdrawn. To this ge-
nerous or rather magnanimous proposal, the DUKE
replies in a strain of blustering insolence, that
" he will withdraw his letter when his Lordship
withdraws his appointments." After this it was clear
that such a person could not not be tolerated in
any office above that of a parish constable, ii
fit even for that ; and accordingly Lord JOHN RUSSELL
gives him to understand instanter, "that her MAJESTY
has no farther occasion for his services:"

Here the matter naturally ended, and here it ought
to have been left ; but it seems the Duke is of opinion
that he has reaped laurels in this warfare, and in that
belief has actually, of his own mere motion, sent the cor-
respondence to a newspaper, that his fame may be
carried on the wings of the press to every point of the
compass, and every quarter of the globe. We should
like to know whether the Duke is one of those men who
are born wise, or of those who have wisdom thrust upon
them—a wise man, at all events he is. The Marquis of
LONDONDERRY may die when he pleases, and in peace.
Ile has found a successor of whom he need not be
eshamsd.

Further advices from Alexandria, though not of a
later date titan those previously received, namely, the
17th ult., have reached us, bringing additional rumours
relative to the settlement of the Oriental question.
They also bring copies—whether authentic or-fabricated
we are not, yet io a condition to pronouncej with any
degree of certainty—of the SULTAN'S firman to
MeneeteT Aer, and of the official communication made
to the European Consuls by the Viceroy immediately
after the arrival of the Turkish fleet at Alexandria.
The following is a copy of the alleged firman, of which
AKIF EFFENDI was the bearer, and which was delivered
to MEHEMET ALI on the 10th ult.:—
" The Governor of Egypt, Mehemet Ali Pacha, having
committed several acts of a nature to displease my glorious
father, certain events took place, and many preparations
were made; nevertheless, to preserve from harm the wel-
fare of the people confided to my care by Providence, and
with the sole view of sparing Mussulman blood, I will for-
get, all that has-passed. I therefore:accord to this Governor
his oardon, and I shall send to him a decoration similar to
that conferred on my other ministers. I also concede to
him the province of Egypt as a heritage for his children,
upon the condition that the duties of obedience and sub
mission be hereafter exactly fulfilled by him."
Four days after the arrival of this &man, which was re-
ceived with all external marks of the deepest gratitude,
and the most profound submission, by MEHEMET ALI,
the Capitan Pacha arrived, and delivered up to him the
Turkish fleet. Upon this taking place MEHEMET ALI
addressed the following note to the Consuls-General of
England, France, Austria, and Russia, resident at Alex-
andria, designed as a manifesto of his policy :
" In two days Akif Effendi will return to Constanti-
nople. He will be the bearer of a letter of congratulation
and of submis§ion from rue to the new Sultan Abdul Med-
jid. It is also my intention to address kletter to Khosrew
Pacha, in which I shall rergresent to him,
" Firstly—That the cl2ceased Sultan Mehmoud made
me some time since, by the medium of Sarkim (Sarim?)
Effendi, proposals much more advantageous than those
addressed to me by his :Highness at present, seeing tkat
those proposals contained the offer of the hereditary settle-
ment on me of Egypt, of Syria, of Sayd, and of the
Sandjak of Tripoli.
Secondly—That uri der my present circumstances I
solicit the hereditary sett! ement upon me of Egypt, together
with Syria and Candia ; rtat is to say, of all that I at pre.
sent possess, as I have already intimated.
" Thirdly—That upon these conditions, and provided
good f.,ith be observed towards me„ I will be the most
faithful of the servants and. vassals of his Highness, and I
will defend him whenever end against whomsoever he shall
require me.
•• Such is the sense in which it is my intention to write to
Constantinople.
" I shall make no mention, for politeness sake, in my
letter to the Grand Vizier, of the fleet, but I request
you will assure the represents Lives of the great Powers at
Constantinople that I have a ever entertained the inten-
tion of retaining it, nor of availing myself of it in a hos-
tile form against the Sultan. On the contrary, I for-
mally undertake to restore it as soon as my propositions
shall have been accepted. In this case all the vessels com-
posing the squadron of his Highness shall be sent back to
Constantinople. With respect to the Ottoman Admirals,
those who fear to return to Turkey may remain in Egypt,
which forms part of the same kingdom.
When the Sultan shall have consented to my prayer,
and have dismissed Khosrew- Pacha from public employ-
ment, I shall not hesitate, u pen the first invitation that I
receive from h s Highness, to repair to Constantinople;
cor shall it be with my sque iron that I will hasten thither,
but done, and on board a of earn-bont, with the sole view
of presenting in person my L immage to my Sovereign and,
of offering him my service.
" Fnaily—Let me declare, to you that, if my proposals
are not accepted and agree ell tic e I shall not prosecute the
war, but I will maintain myszdt in my present position, and
I will await the ecieree of events."
As it is possible that theses documents may be for-
geries of German or Fre !rich manufacture, we shall make
no comment upon them for the present. They are,
however, exceedingly pl ausible, nor have we any just.
grounds for supposing m ore tie:.
n the bare possibility of
their not being authenti. However, a day or two will
remove all doubt upon t his subject.

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The Allgenzeine Zeiti ow of the 27th ult., publishes
a communication from At;hen. s dated the 9th ult., which

states that a great sensatio; v has-been created in the
capital of Gre;:ce, by the ar rival of a note from Lord

PALMERSTON, representing to the Greek Government
the necessity of treating the people with greater mild-
ness, and especially to abolish the torture. The cor-
respondent of the German Journal, wl,o is doubtles:,
some Bavarian placeman, or fortune-hunter, affects the
direst indignation at the hare idea of Greece net
being one of the best governed countries in the
world, and asserts, that it is known to every person
in Athens that the error of the Government is exces-
sive mildness. He next proceeds to abuse Lord PAL•
MERSTON and Sir G. LYON for impertinent interference
in the affairs of an independent State, and he lauds the
Greek Government for treating with contempt a threat
said to have been employed by the Noble Foreign
Secretary, namely, that if his instructions were not at-
tended to, he would direct Admiral STOPFORD to seize
the whole Greek Cabinet and convey them to Malta.
Now it is quite unnecessary for us seriously to
observe that no such threat was ever uttered by the
Noble Lord ; that he never repeated in any shape or
form such a threat in the hearing of the Greek, or any
other Foreign Minister. The allegation is too mon-
strous to admit of the common forms of refutation. At
the same time we may observe on our own part, that
had the Noble Lord uttered such a threat—aye, and
executed it to the very letter, he would have taught
King OTHo a necessary lesson, although one by which

we fear his Majesty would not have the sense to profit.
Instead of the representation of the German scribe
being true, it is a notorious fact that justice is bought
and sold by every tribunal in Greece, from the
Council table of the Sovereign to the office of the lowest
Magistrate ; that the torture has not only been employ-
ed, but individuals have perished under the ordeal ; and
that the law of nations has been violated in almost every
instance in which individuals have claimed the rights of
British citizenship, or the sanctity of British diplomatic
protection. We cannot, even to escape the ridicigous
charge of bullying such fifth-rate Powers as Portugal
and Greece, suffer them to trample on the law of na-
tions and of humanity with impunity.

There is no news of any interest in the French Jour-
nals of Monday, save a report of the battle of Nezib by
an cyc-witness, which differs in no essential particular
from the accounts which have already appeared in The
Sun. Of domestic intelligence, the Paris Papers do not
contain a syllab!e of political moment.
BO urts E.—PARIS, MONDAY, AUG 5.

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Colonel Perceval, though a violent Orangeman
showed last evening that the character which both op-
ponents and friends readily grant him is well merited.
He candidly admitted that both himself and those who
had petitioned against the appointment of Lord Ebring-
ton had laboured under a grievous error, and that the
conduct of the Lord Lieutenant had given them com-
plete satisfaction. Sober judgment and modera-
tion seem at present to have taken the place of
wild fanaticism and party rancour in the breasts of Irish-
men ; and while England is torn with dissensions, both
parties in Ireland unite to preserve the peace, and, for
the first time in the history of the country, join in grate-
ful praises of the Government. The answer given by
a high authority to the vain request of a foolish woman,
applies well to the petition against Lord Ebrington, and
to the extravagant petitions of some of these Orange-
men—" Ye know not what ye ask."

THE RURAL POLICE.—The Bill for the establish-
ment of county and district constables, which was read
a second time on Monday evening sub silentio, enables
the Justices in Quarter Sessions to appoint constables
when they think proper, beyond the present authorities
provided for keeping the peace. The measure is less a
substitution of one force for another than the creation of
an entire new force to carry out the system of coercion
which has gradually supplanted the old mode of the
people ruling themselves. A limit, however, is put to
the number of constables the Justices may appoint,
which, as at present proposed in the Bill, is one man for
every4,ooo acres contained in the county, or one roan
for every thousand of the inhabitants. As borough
towns are exempted from the Bill, the force levied by
the Justices will not be large, and too small in oor
estimation it cannot be. To give a few idle, and per-
haps worthless, men power over all the industrious
classes, is a common practice, wholly indefensible ac-
cording to any accredited theory of Government. The
Justices will have the appointment of a chief constable,
whose salary will be at least one hundred pounds a
year, and that, with providing clothing, accoutrements,
etc., for which the rate-payers wilrpay, will enable
the countyjobbers—and what they are capable of a every
gaol almost in the country testifies—to open a new and
large speculation in their favourite species of traffic.
There is no set of men in the country who have so ne-
glected their duties and shown themselves less fit to
fulfil the functions assigned them, than the Justices,
except, perhaps, it be the Parsons, who have perverted
their office into a means of enriching themselves, while
they have neglected their duties ; and to increase by
the fraction of a single hair the power of the irrespon
Bible Justices, is one of the most ill-advised schemes
that ever entered the head of a Statesman. The de-
tails of the Bill, givin the newly-appointed constables
g
the power of constables at common law, ordering their
extra expenses to be 'mid by the county, directing
them to attend on their Worships at Sessions, are
meant to carry into effect this principle of placing a
new armed force at the command of the bumpkin and
Parson-Justices.