The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02 00:00:00

THE TREK .TY OF LONDON.

SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH PRESS OF MONDAY.
(From the Journal des Debats.)
" The el-laming Post has published the French and
English texts of the meniorailum, which has appeared
in the Augsburg': Gazelle. Tnis document, naturally
considered as exact, is commented upon by the London
evening papers, who make use of it as a subject of attack
against the variations of French policy on this question.
We again affirm, in the most positive '' '-
when Lord Palmerston ea--
French ..eeenunicated, July 17, to the
es --eeettoor, the memorandum, dated the 15th,
eluizot, having heard it read to the end, rectified
immediately the two points of which we have
.already
spoken. In losing its correctness as to facts this docu-
ment loses all its value, and the commentaries of which
it is the subject by the English press lose their interest.
The two points contradicted by the Debats were the
same as those made by the Ministerial organs, namely—
" Ist. That M. Guizot never made the suggestions
alluded to in the memorandum, nor did Count Sebas-
tiani. These suggestions were, that the Viceroy was
only to have Egypt and the pachalik d'Acrc.
2dly. That never did M. Guizot or the Ist of
March Cabinet alienate the liberty of action of France,
as to the opposition to be given to coercive measures
proposed by the Powers."
(From the Revue de Paris.)
" That in the negotiations now going on at London,
the object of which is for the European Powers to re-
place the question of the East on its true basis, from
which it was shifted by the treaty of July 15, 111. Gui-
zot has not met with so much obstinacy and persistence
as might have been expected ; and, further, that he has
been much assisted in his diplomatic operations by
King Leopold. It adds, that from the conference of
his Belgian Majesty with Lord Palmerston, Baron
Bu!ow, M. de Brunnow, and M. Guizot, there has re-
sulted the draft of a note which, it is said, is to be ad-
dressed to France. In this communication (the Revue
goes on to say) it is understood to be declared that Eng-
land never had the intention of excluding France from
the affairs of the East, and all hostile intentions are
disavowed. The treaty of the 15th of July is ex-
plained in it to be, not a menace against France, but a
method of putting a question to Mehemet Ali, end of
learning what he wishes and what he meditates doing.
It is also said to be a question in this note of opening
a kind of Congress at Vienna, in which the whole
question would be discussed, for and against, with
France, and that after these new debates a definitive
treaty would be signed at Constantinople."
(From the Courrier Francais.)
" The publication of Lerd Palmerston's memoran-
dum, well and duly altered, can be but the effect of a
conspiracy meditated against the Four Powers. That
document, which appeared in the Augsburg': Gazette,
reached us yesterday in aTory paper, the Morning Poet.
The shouts of triumph evinced by Lord Pal-
merston's prints at the assertions of the memo-
randum will be somewhat disturbed by the reply of
the French Government. Such a thing has never been
seen as for Four Powers to club their diplomacy together
in order to dazzle the public by concocted falsehoods.
The Ministry will have no difficulty in pointing out the
bad intentions of its adversaries, if the Chambers re•
quire, as they have a right to do, that the documents of
that momentous affair ha placed before them. In the
mean time we persist in stating that the original text
of the memorandum differs very materially from the
version which has been published either by the Augs-
burg': Gazette or the Morning Post."
(From the Commerce.)
" The Courrier Francais persists in maintaining that
the original text of the memorandum differs very mate-
rially from the version which has been published either
in the Augsburgh Gazette or the .'Horning Post. The
Courrier must therefore know the official text. Why
does it not publish it ? But it knows better. The
Courrier seems to wish to adjourn that publication
until the meeting of the Chambers. It is somewhat
late. As to the reply of the Cabinet to the memoran-
dum, it appears decided not to publish it. It will be
seen that it will allow itself to be forestalled either by
the German or British press."
(From the France.)
" Whatever may be thought of the rectifications of the
official journals, it will be allowed that if the commu-
nications of the French Cabinet had been explicit and
frank, and had been marked by the energetic resolution
of which so great a parade has been made since the
conclusion of the treaty of London, the conference
could not have mistaken the intentions of the Ministry
of the Ist of March. This great affair has been treated
very lightly, for, in order to appear consistent, recourse
is now had to chicanery and sophistry. The Cabinet
of the Tuileries seems to have been anxious to conceal
its inconsistency and its contradictions, by putting itself
into a passion, as gamblers upset the tables to prevent
their showing their cards."
(From the Messager.)
"The Ministry is exposed to attacks,of different kinds,
to which it assigns no importance, for graver subjects
command all its attention, and it would be criminal to
allow itself to be diverted from its duty by questions of
a personal nature. The Ministry of the Ist March did
not produce the present state of things. On its acces-
sion it found France engaged in negotiations for the
maintenance of the European equilibrium, upon the
basis of the independence of the Ottoman empire,
taking into account the respect to be paid to ac-
complished events within that empire, and it adop-
ted these views. In opposition to them Russia and
England were negotiating an arrangement, which ap-
peared to be on the point of conclusion, when the pre-
sent Ministers came into office, but definitive
theadop-
tion of which by the other Powers they were able to
retard. It is ridiculous to pretend that this or that
man would have been able to prevent what has oc-
curred. Those who blame the Ministry for the pre-
tended insufficiency of its preparations, without being
correct, are in the line of intelligent and true patriotism,
but we must remind them that in such a conjuncture it
is impossible at the same time to satisfy the impatience
of the press and the necessities of the Government. The
Government can affirm that up to the present day it
has not neglected any of the duties of its position, and
it would suffice in reply to hasty criticism to mention
certain facts in contradiction to the assertions which are
made. For instance, the Ministry is urged to act with
vigour in the Mediterranean in the hypothesis of cer-
tain eventualities which it has not excluded from its
contemplation, and the force which France possesses on
that point is particularly dwelt upon. Now, is not the
very existence of this force a proof that the Govern-
ment has not neglected its duty ? It is sometimes said
You see that ) our warlike demonstrations make little
impression abroad. Prussia and Austria, which would
be most directly menaced by your armaments, con-
descend to take so little notice of them that they arc
making no extraordinary preparations.' It would be
very easy for the Government to retort upon this ar-
gument, for if it be true that the Foreign Powers are
adopting none of our measures of precaution, is it not
a proof that we are within the just limit, and that it is not
necessary at present to push to the last bounds the deve-
lopment of our strength ? We repeat with confidence,
the Ministry knows its duties ; it is aware of the re-
sponsibility which presses upon it, and will act up to
,s mission."

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—The following letter
from Lord John Russell, declining the invitation to a pub-
lic dinner in Edinburgh, has been received by Mr. Logan,
W. S., Secretary to the Committee who mace the request.
We presume that the reason w hich his Lordship assigns
will also prevent him from accepting the invita ion
to Glasgow :—" Drumlaorig Castle, August 28, 1840.
Sir,—l feel very sensibly the honour intended to be
done me, by a large arid respectable meeting of the in-
habitants of Edinburgh, professing liberal opinions.
Whatever I might have done in other circumstances,
however, I am wittily precluded from accepting an invita-
tion to a public dinner in Scotland, by the necessity of re-
turning to London at the commencement of next week.
I beg you will express to the gentlemen with whom this
proposal originated my grateful acknowledgments for the
favourable opinion they entertain of my public conduct.
" I have the honour to be, your most obedient servant,
" USSELL.

" To George Logan, Esq.,
" Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh."—Edinburgh Paper.
THE BLOODHOUNDS INTENDED TO HUNT
DOWN TIIR FLORIDA INDIANS.--A letter from Mantanzas
( Cuba), received in New York, mentions that the
United States schooner of war, Flirt, had taken on board
a fresh supply of bloodhounds to hunt down the Florida
Indians; but a New York paper says that the bloodhounds
hare been tried, and are of no use. '6 An Indian warrior
was captured a few days ago by the troops near Suwanne,
Old Town Hammock, with all his camp utensils, and the
first and only experiment was tried with the terrible blood-
hounds. Thus, the dog was kept close to the Indian to
get well acquainted with the scent ; then the Indian was
taken some distance, and the monster lot loose. He
would no more trail, track, hunt, or follow than a red
heifer, and nothing could induce him. The plan is a de-
cided failure." —Guiana Chronicle.
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the projection will be formed the organ-loft and gallery.
The roof of the church is also undergoing extensive repair.
It has already been announced that the fittings of the
church had been sold by auction a few days since; it was
originally intended to have scld them by private contract,
aLcl it was reported they were so sold, but, from the secrecy
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preserved on the matter, it is not even now known whether
the elaborately-carved pulpit and communion-table were
so disposed of, but they were withdrawn from public corn-
petition. Nothing will now remain for the inspection of
those who delight in the curious work of ancient masters,
for which this church was so celebrated, except the soli-
tary tombs of the knights who have long mouldered into
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THE HALCYONS.—A new religious sect has
sprung up in the western parts of America, particularly in
Marietta. They style themselves Halcyons, and the most
novel feature of their creed is, that Aaron's breast-plate,
called by the Jews Unto and Thiuntnim, must be re-
trieved before the resurrection of the deal !'