The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1839.

that it possesses, would seem to render the (so under-
stood) intended demolition of its walls a matter of rather
questionable policy. The Nuwaub, we hear. has left
traces of ibis having been accustomed to live in great
comfort, and even splendour, though no jewels or trea-
sure had yet been discovered. His palace and gardens
are arranged with much taste, but the passion for col-
lecting military stores and guns peeps forth everywhere
—shot, shells, and field-pieces mingling with ornamental
avenues and flower-pots.
The heat in the fort was excessive, but the troops
there were generally in a healthy state, only a very slight
symptom of cholera having appeared. The luxury of
having the Toombuddra for a bath promised to tend to
keep them all well. We regret, however, to learn the
death in camp at Codamoor, on the 6th, of Lieutenant
Philips, of her Majesty's 39th Regiment.
(From the Madras Spectator of Oct. 19.)
. .

The question of the Emancipation of the British
Jews, to which a Correspondent at Leith has called
our attention, is not one which could be advan-
tageously discussed in the present feverish state of
the public mind. Nothing can be done for the
Jews beyond what has been done by the Reformers,
till they pluck up courage to do more for them-
selves. With the exception of one most respect-
able Hebrew family, the head of which has filled,
for several years, the office of Chairman of the
Jewish Emancipation Society, it would be
difficult to point out a member of the
Hebrew community who has really per-
formed a tithe of what it was in his power
to achieve towards the emancipation of himself and
his co-religionists. " GOD helps them that help
themselves," is a maxim as true in the pursuit of
civil liberty as in the more worldly quest of an ho-
nest competency. If the Jews be content to rest
their claims simply upon their abstract justice, we
venture to predict that they will see them disre-
garded so long as England boasts of a State
Hierarchy. Nothing can exceed the liberality
in words of our Protestant priesthood, but when
it comes to something more tangible than words
—to deeds, they reverse the rule of FAL STAFF,
and are liberal—upon compulsion. They yield
to conviction when—.they cannot help it, as they
did in the case of the Roman Catholics. Now
although the British Jews are not by any means
so numerous as were the Roman Catholics in 1829,
and therefore not in a condition to frighten the
Duke of WELLINGTON into a surrender of their
rights; yet having fewer prejudices to contend
against, were they to unite firmly and determinately
together to effect their emancipation, there is nothing
more certain than that they would succeed
in their laudable object, and that too in
an inconceivably short time. Every thing is pos-
sible to the zealous, the persevering, and the reso-
lute in a good cause. The Jews have only to begin
the work of emancipation in a bold, uncompromising,
and lofty spirit ; trusting more in their moral
strength, and less in the efficacy of their money,
and the liberal professions of the Members of the
Government, and their Emancipation will as natu-
rally follow that of the Catholics, as did the free-
dom of the Catholics the Repeal of the Dis-
senters' Test and Corporation Acts.

We invite the attention of our Dissenting
readers to a letter from Mr. JOHN CHILDS,
which appears in another part of The Sun. The
active part Mr. CHILDS has taken in the Church-
rate question, and the exertions he has made to
rouse the public sympathy in favour of JOHN
THOROGOOD, naturally point him out as an object
of censure to those who " have no stomach for the
fight," and whose inaction and cowardice, whether
arising from lukewarmness in the cause, or from
motives of a still less creditable nature, are indi-
rectly rebuked by his energy and boldness.
It will be seen, by our Correspondent's letter,
that he has incurred the displeasure of an obscure
weekly print, called the Patriot, in the columns
of which he has, as might have been expected,
been misrepresented and abused. We do not sup-
pose that he cares much for this ; he ought indeed to
regard it as the highest compliment that could
be paid to his conduct, and the surest proof that
he is pursuing the right course.
How triumphantly Mr. CHILDS has scattered to
the winds the charges made against him by this
self-styled organ of the Dissenters we need not say.
A glance at his letter will convince the reader.
Good were it for the Patriot and its pet Societies,
could they as easily defend themselves against the
battery of stubborn facts which he brings to bear
upon them.

The Paris Journals of Sunday, the whole of
which have been received, are wholly occupied
with the war in Africa. The Zloniteur publishes
a telegraphic dispatch, announcing the embarkation
at Marseilles of the whole of the 58th regiment for
Algiers. In the Commerce we find the following
interesting summary of the news from French
Africa, as far as it was known to the French Press,

on Sunday :
" The Vautour packet, which left Algiers on the
30th of November, reached Toulon early in the morn-
ing of the 4th December, with dispatches from Marshal
Vallee. The Ministry, therefore, might have given us
news from Africa two days ago. Letters from Toulon
announce that the intelligence brought by the Vautour
is of an afflicting nature. The following are,. ex-
tracts :

On the 30th November at Algiers firing was heard
at a distance. It appears that all our troops were
fighting with the forces of Abd-el-Bader, which maintain
their ground in the country. All who come from the
scene of combat are immediately, on reaching Algiers,
put under a species of arrest by the authorities, to pre-

rent any knowledge of what -is going on at a distance
from becoming public. This is done to prevent the
great discouragement which is already prevailing among
the European inhabitants, from increasing. There is
not a single soldier at Algiers ; the guard of the towr.
and its police are intrusted to the settlers, who are a
prey to the greatest anxiety ; while the delight of the
Moorish population, amounting to at least 20,000 men,
cannot easily be described.
A certain degree of uneasiness prevails in the town
respecting the hostile attitude of the fanatical Moors,
but as we are masters of the forts which command the
town, we have nothing to fear.
All the crews of the divers vessels in Algiers roads
are on shore, i❑ order to give their assistance to the
Europeans, should an insurrection take place. Steamers
have been sent to Oran to bring back to Algiers all the
troops not absolutely necessary for its defence. The
camps in the vieinit.v of Oran have been abandoned.

The Courrier Francais states that, several deputies
and Peers had waited on the Duke of Orleans and
entreated his Royal Highness not to yield to the de-
sire he had manifested of taking the command of a
division in the next campaign against Abd-el-Kader.
We have received the Mon►teur Algericn of the 30th
of November. It publishes a general order of Marshal
Vallee, dated the 28th. The Marshal acquaints the
army with a letter, dated the 19th of November, which
he had received from the King, respecting the expedi-
tion to the Iron Gates.

The King in this letter expresses the warm interest
he takes in Algeria. The Marshal concludes by saying
that Algeria will find in the words of the King the cer-
tainty that prompt and energetic measures will put an
end to the struggle in which the army in Africa has
been engaged for some years.
The Moniteur Algerien is completely silent respect-
ing the melancholy events announced in the Marshal's
report and in private letters. The English Journals
have not yet arrived.
A Mr. X. had been pointed out to the police as
closely connected with the individuals inculpated in the
affair of the projectiles, and it was affirmed that he was
seen at the Palais Royal at the moment of the explo-
sion among the suspected persons who were before the
money-changer's shop. Last night the police proceeded
to his residence in the quarter of Saint Avoye, and after
a strict search seized n great quantity of arms, ammuni-
tion, and projectiles, as well as several inflammatory
writings. M. X. was absent, and could not be arrested
at the moment of the search.—Le Constitutionnel.
We have been favoured with the following extract of
a letter from Constantinople, dated the 18th of No-
vember, written by a well-informed Correspondent,
which represents as nearly illusory the hope of an im-
mediate conclusion of the differences between Turkey
and Egypt
There is nothing relative to our situation with re-
spect to Egypt. This question is now at London.
Though the Five Powers should induce the Porte here
to accept the terms offered, it would refuse, because
England always promises it more favourable terms. The
Porte will therefore make no concessions till it sees the
Five Powers agreed. We hope, however, that it will
be one day remembered here, that Russia was on the
point of inducing England to consent to the occupation
of Constantinople by
the Russians.”—Le Commerce.
Maws FROM THY MEDITERRANDAN,--ALEXAN-
DMA, Nov. 2.s.—The Indian mail was to have been
forwarded by the Company's steamer Atalanta, but
this vessel was burnt just as she was getting under
weigh. The mail and a large number of passengers
came in the Hugh Lindsey.
The Zenobia, another steamer belonging to the Com-
pany, also received some trifling damage from the fire.
A violent dysentery is speading through the Turkish
feet. Upwards of 1,000 men have already fallen vic-
tims to this disease.

MALTA, N0v726.—8y virtue of a Post-office con-
vention, English letters are taken direct from Mar-
seilles to Alexandria, and reciprocally by English
steamers.

The Hatti Scheriff has produced a great sensation

at Athens, where it is expected that King Otho must
bestow the long-expected constitution.
The Rhadamanthus brings letters from Admiral
Stopford, stating it as probable that he will winter at
Malta with five or six ships. The Pembroke has been
sent off to England.
Admiral Lalande has arrived in the Gulph of Smyrna,
after an experimental cruise of twenty days, to try the
rate of sailing of his ships. The crews have made great
progress, and are daily becoming rivals of the English
seamen.

The Turkish Ambassador to Paris, Nourri Effendi,
with the Charge d'Affaires to Prussia, who also is
named Nourri Effendi, embarked this day in the Tun-
credo. Both received the honour due to their rank at
embarking. The English General, Sir Andrew Bar-
nard, formerly Equerry to William the Fourth, who,
with Mr. Hay, formerly Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies, has just made a long. tour in the East,
also leave in the Tancrede, for Italy, whence he will
proceed to England.

HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, DEc. 6.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Rank Shares 1686 16a5

An 10-Russian Loan 116% 106%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Series 102% 102
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and . o. 3d and 4th
Se. its
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe Cent 513 514
Ditto 5 per Cent.-- ............. 98
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 70%
Norwegian Loan, 1,34, 4 per Cent. lOl% 160
Spanish, New .3 per Cents. 22
EXCHANGE& WI LON 1305.
HAMBURG, DEC. 4.-13. 6 4—. Two months, 13. 4.
PETERSBURGE, Sac. 26. —Two months, 3S ~„ N.
CGRISTIANIA. Nev. 27.—Thr c months, 4 116
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20.—Seventy-five days, 11. :39.
BuSLIN, Deo. :3. —Three months, 6, 2. X.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.

The LORD CHANCILLOR heard original causes, but no
cue worth reporting came before the Court during the day.

TICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.

WOOD V. GOODLAKE AND OTNERL

Mr. WAKEFIELD applied in this case for leave to give
notice of a motion for to-morrow for a receiver of the pro-
perty and estates of the late Mr. James Wood, the rich
banker of Gloucester, the disposition of whose vast wealth
has given already and still appears likely to give no incon-
siderabl• employment and emolument to the gentle-
men of the long robe, Two suits had been in-
stituted in the Courts of Equity, one of which had been
set down before the Master of the Rolls, and the other
before the Vice-Chancellor. In the first suit an applica-
tion had been made to the Master of the Rolls yesterday
for a receiver, and his Lordship had delayed giving' udg.
ment till the result of a similar application in the other
suit, before his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, was known ;
on that ground, therefore, the Learned Counsel made the
present application.
Mr. K. BRUCE, with whom were Mr. Jacob and Mr.
Bethell, said that the Master of the Rolls had not delayed
his judgment till the result of the application to his Honour
was known, he had only expressed a doubt as to th• pro-
priety of pronouncing his decision till the application bad
been made, and his Lordship had taken home the affidavits,
stating that be would read them before he gave judgment.
His HONOUR did not think that the fact of a similar
application having been made in another cause, to which
some of the individuals in the present suit were parties,
would justify him in allowing Mr. Wakefield's client to
give short notice of motion. The case must come on in
its regular course.

The result therefore is that the motion will not be brought
on before the next Seal.

BELL V. THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.

The arguments on this part heard motion were resumed
to-day, but had not concluded when our Evening Edition
went to press.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

The MASTER of the nom.' having disposed of the
consent petitions, heard the arguments of Counsel in
the part-heard case of Franks v. Price, which was
opened on Friday last.