The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-30 00:00:00

SYRIA.

A letter of the Ist inst., from Beyrout, in the Smyrna
.hturnal, says:—" A war steamer arrived here on the
23d ult., from Malta, and has brought orders for the
Iliteuation of Syria by the English troops. All the offi-
(*ts have accordingly been recalled from the different
,Points at which they were stationed. Several days ago
The embarkation of the artillery and stores was com-
menced. The officers are all coming in, and their de-
Pttrture, it is said, fixed for the 4th. The English naval
force on this coast will consist of only one frigate and
i.vr,lstoainers. The French brig of war Alcibiade yes-
si.;;Y.loined the sloop. Creole. We have an Austrian
. and are expecting another ship of war, which is
to bring out M. d'Adelbourg, the Austrian Consul-
General at Bey out."

SIVIY RNA.
The Journal de Smyrize, of the 9th instant, has the
following :—" This day week we received by the Con-
stantinople packet the official announcement of the ac-
couchement of the Queen of England. The British sloops
of war Daphne and Beacon were dressed in all their flags
throughout the day, and fired repeated salutes. The
French ships of war under Admiral La Susse, the Turk-
ish frigate, and the Austrian sloop and brig in the har-
bour, also displayed the British flag, which at mid. day
they saluted with 21 guns each. The Beacon &Idled on
the 4th for the coast of Caramania."

MALTA.
(From the Malta Chronicle of Dec. 17.)

1, ALLS AND PASSENGERS FOR INDIA.--The Montrose
%teainer arrived in port this morning (the 17th) at five
o'clock from Gibraltar, with the mails which arrived there
by the Great Liverpool on the 10th inst. at two p.m,
having
left Falmouth on the 4th, in consequence of one
cf the pistons of the latter steamer having broken, and a
new one must be sent for _from England before she can
go to sea. The Montrose, w.bieli proceeds to Alexandria
this evening, has brought 101 the passengers by the
Great Liverpool, who are destined for India ; but those
for Malta, we understand, were left behind, as well as the
reater part of her cargo.
STEAM-SIIIP INDIA FROM SUEZ TO CALCUTTA.—Be-
Zeen thirty and forty passengers destined for Ceylon,
•liadras, and Calcutta, have arrived here in the fullest
48811m:tee from Captain Barber, the agent in London,
that the India steamer would be ready at Suez to ecnvey
theta to. their destination ; but to their infinite di.33P-
Pointment, they now learn that this steamer had 1)001
chartered to the Bengal Government to proceed to il.loul-
bacin• What appears unpardonable is, that an advertise-
kent from Captain Barber appears in Galiynani's I'l es-
-749er, stating that the " India left (in italics) Calcutta
r Suez on the 17th instant."
DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS FOR ENGLAND A DAY
EARLIER FROM GIBRALTAR.—The Gibraltar Chronicle
'°_,fficially announces that from and after the 15th instaflt,
!.,le Peninsular and Oriental steamers, with the mails for
England, will leave Gibraltar one day earlier than hereto-
fore, l sanely, on Wednesday instead of Thursday, at first
evening gun fire (provided the steamer shall have arrived
twenty-four hours previously), with a view of effecting
_.‘„e arrival of the mails in London on a Saturday instead
'Jt Monday, so as to afford an opportunity of reply ing to
letters by the mail of that day. With reference to' the
ta _
raVaph in our last number respecting passengers em-
arking in the Prometheus for Gibraltar, they will re. lull
London on Saturday the Bth of January.
The following ships of the line had arrived at Gbral tar
from Malta, namely :—On the 3d her Majesty's st,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. O.
eY; 7th, the Calcutta; Bth, the Rodney ; 11th, the
---bevenge.
~.._Tehe following Mates, lately premoted in the Mediter-
:._'4l? an station to the rank of Lieutenant have been ap-
t°. Ipted as follows :—C. Dyke, to the Cambridge ; L. de
.t:„..-I)_'revost, to the Vernon ; 11. Bacon, to the Caleutta-!E
Leycester, to the Indus; E. F. Roberts, to the Inc On-
. W. Crawford (a), to the Impregnable; J. G. Bick-
iir.°,, to the Rodney ; C. J. F. Ewart, to the Monarch •
"s6..._ki• Austen, to the Magicienne; M. Bouchier, to the
I,quges ; J. M. R. Ince, to the Implacable; liowitt, to the anguard.

ihe Prometheus steam-packet is destined to convey to
Gibraltar on the 29th the next mails for England, and
the Alecto the overland India mail for Marseilles, on the
return of the Montrose from Alexandria, towards the
close of the month.

That splendid steamer the Mongibello, of 240-horse
pwer, under Neapolitan colours, arrived here punctually
to her time, as usual, on the 12th instant, from Naples,
which day of the month is fixed for her arrival in
.future,
in order to enable passengers proceeding to India,
Egypt, and Syria, to embark at this port on the 13th or
14th, on the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamers taking the India mails to Alexandria. She
will leave Naples on the 4th of every month, touching
on her way hither at San Tropea, Messina, and Syracuse.
(From the Mediterraneo of Dec. 13.)
The Iberia arrived on Saturday night from the lonian
Islands. On Monday the chief mate was condemned to
a fine of four pounds for striking a boy over the head
with an iron chain hook when off Zante. She will sail
again for the lonian Islands with the mails, to be brought
by the Great Liverpool, immediately after her arrival. It
is expected she will bring ninety-five passengers.
The Medea steam frigate and the Weazle brig of war
arrived on the 9th instant, both from Zante.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—Dec.
7.—The French Government steamer Eurotas, Lieut. de
Beaudean, from Marseilles seven days, Leghorn four,
Civita Vecchia three, and Naples two. Dec. 9.—Tier
Majesty's steam frigate Medea, Commander F. Warden,
from Zante three days ; her Majesty's brig Weazle, Lieut.
W. Edmonstone, from Zante four days. Dec. 10.—The
Russian war- schooner Jonetz, C. J. Endveyouroff, from
Athens twenty-two days. Dec. 13.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, C. W. D. Ev:ins,
from Corfu three days, I'atras and Zante two ; Neapoli-
tan steamer Mongibello, C. F. Caffiero, from Naples four
days, Messina two, Syracuse nine hours ; her Majesty's
steam-packet Polyphemus, Lieut. J. Evans, from Mar-
seilles sixty-seven hours.
DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—
Dec. s.—Royal yacht cutter Therese, the Earl of Dysart,
for Naples. Dec. 6.—French Government steamer Ly-
curgue, Lieut. Levavasseur, for Naples, Civita Vecchia,
Leghorn, and Marseilles. Dec. B.—French Government
steamer Minos, Lieut. Le Goff, for the Levant. Dec. 14.
—Neapolitan steamer Mongibello, F. Caffiero, Esq., for
Sicily and Naples.

IN PORT.—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir F. Mason, K.C.B. ; Ceylon, 6, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. ; Impreg-
nable, 104 ; Ganges, 84 ; Vanguard, 84 ; Monarch, 84 ;
Cambridge, 74 ; Vernon, 52 ; Wasp, 18; Savage, 10 ;
Weazle, 10; Magpie ; steamers Locust, Alecto, Hecate,
Medea, and Polyphemus; the French steamers Scaman-
dre and Eurotas, the Oriental and Peninsular Company's
steamer Iberia, and the Russian schooner Jonetz.

LOUIS PHILIPPE'S SPEECH.

OPINIONS OF THE PARISIAN PRESS OF TITESDAY.
(From the Journal des Debats.)

The speech has the merit of noticing, in a very clear
and firm manner, all the questions which the Chambers
are called upon to discuss. It is truly the programme
of the session. Everything is said nobly, and with re-
markable simplicity. It is never without a lively and
sincere emotion that the Chambers find themselves in

presence of that Royalty of July, which was founded
by a revolution, and which received the new and diffi-
cult mission to make itself respected abroad by the sole
force of right, and at home by the sole force of
the law. We must add, however, for we wish
to say the truth, that a portion of the Opposition pro-
tested by its silence. The Left, however, has liberty
to dissent if it pleases ; but the silence of a few gives
the more value to the support and acclamations of the
majority.

The TPresse alludes to the speech in the same spirit
as the Debuts. The articles are so similar that it is
quite unnecessary to give a quotation from the Presse.
(From the Constitutionnel—Thiers organ.)
The speech has told the country nothing that it did
not know. Projected railways, treaties of commerce in
negotiation—all this was known. As to the exterior,
the Convention of July 13 is already judged ; if the
Chamber be of the same opinion as the country, it will
not be proud of it, and whilst submitting to accomplished
events it will not congratulate the Ministry on its work.
It has been remarked that, alluding to Turkey, the terms
employed in former speeches are no longer used. The
independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire are no
more spoken of. All that is now done is to promise for
it repose. Nothing is said about Spain. We must infer
that the strange incident which causes the return of M.
de Salvandy has also caused the withdrawal of a para.-
graph from the speech. The speech alludes equivocally
to our financial position, and although it expresses the
desire to arrive at an equilibrium of receipts and expen-
diture, it does not appear from the language of the Mi-
nistry that any hope is entertained of arriving at such a
result this year. For some Sessions past the habit
of alluding to factions in the speeches to the Cham-
ber had been a piffle discontinued. M. Guizot, however,
has not neglected it this year. The last two paragraphs
speak of the fictions, and of the obstacles which they
throw in the way of the development of public prosperity
This is true. But it ought to be said, although the
King's speech does not say it, that a bad and unpopular
Ministry contributes, even by the mere fact of its ex-
istence, to encourage factions. Its violence angments
their audacity, and gives to them on many occasions as
auxiliaries tke very men who in other times would be

their open enemies: The events of the last few months
show this clearly, and when the Ministry shall have to
explain itself relative to the affairs of Toulouse, it will be
easy to show the part which it had in producing results
which all the true friends of the Government of July
have deplored.

(From the Courri'er Franca is—Odilon Barret.)
The speech is clearly the work of the Ministry. No
doubt could be entertained that the constitutional rule
has been followed this time, after having heard the
King read it in a feeble voice, and seen the Ministers
themselves several times giving the signal of applause,
which the elective Chamber had the good sense to re-
fuse. It would, indeed, have been difficult for the De-
puties to have shown a vile enthusiasm for a policy which
seems ashamed of announcing.
(From the Republican National.)

We found the same h:ingina•s, the same 'decorations,
the same tricoloured flags which never never saw fire, and heard
very peaceably the innocent cannon of the Invalides.
The throne which is wearing out, and the dynastic fold-
ing stools which have already had their use, are well
known, and those who were present might, on looking
round, have recognised in the galleries a good number of
women who have been seen elsewhere with faded bonnets
and re-dyed gowns. The Deputies arrived slowly, and
with their parliamentary faces un peu ch'iffonees. with-
out appearing to take much interest in what was about to
take place. We know that they were much more taken
up with the declaration of the independent press than with
the speech from the throne. They gathered round the
newly-married M. Dufaure, who is also affianced to the
nex tMinistry,and who modestly enjoys himself between his
two honeymoons. M. Sauzet almost threw himself into his
arms ; M. Sauzet has such a tender attachment for the
Presidency ! and his effusion was the more expansive
for M. de Lamartine not being present. The Conserva-
tive candidate was resolved to shine only in absence.
This is rather classical for a poet who is so little clas-
sical. Each Deputy, on entering the Chamber, fell into
the group of his friends. Messrs. Havin and Taschereau
were near M. Barrot, M. Ledru-Rollin was with M.
Lafitte, and M. Lemercier was with M. Vigier. There
was only a certain M. Magnier de Maisonneuve, a Colo-
nel of Gendarmerie, who formed a group of himself'. But
let us not forget M. Ilebert, for every eye is upon him,
and he is not proud, he does not triumph ; a slight blush
comes over his Norman face ; he has come to the Chain-
-132r to resuscitate his requisitory, and his mouth smiles
like that of a nouveEe accouchee, who does not suspect
that she has given birth to a monster. After M.
Hebert, their worthy precursor, enter the Ministry.
pale, gloomy, and wearing an air of fatigue under the
weight of the reaction. M. Humann has singularly
changed, and grown pale ; M. Duchatel, on the con-
trary, developes great obesity ; it is the history of Le-
brun and de Baour. on whom the like causes produced
different effects. As to MM. Guizot and Martin (du
Nord), the sinister fatality which has marked their fore-
heads becomes more and more strongly developed. M.
Guizot appears more livid than ever ; his body stoops,
and even his thoughts, as they shoot through his eyes, '
seem to have a bilious tint. The Queen enters, and the
Deputies rise. A few instants afterwards a huissier an-
nounces the King—everybody stands up. Louis Philippe
ascends with difficulty the staircase leading to the Throne
—a small number of the Deputies in the centre shout
" Vive le Roi"—they try to make up for quantity by
quality, and in the midst of some discordant tenors we
distinguish a superb pedal, which overpowers the chorus,
it is that of M. Magnier de Maisonneuve.
(From the Bonapartist Commerce.)
We observe that the Crown only speaks of the consoli-
dation of peace with a certain reserve. What ! cannot
the Cabinet, as the price of so many concessions and so
much pusillanimity, give us even the formal assurance
of the duration of that peace for which it has sacrificed
so much ? Is there still something else to impose on us ?
We should not be astonished if this were the case. Go-
vernments, which boast of so much sympathy for peace,
naturally give birth to repeated exactions. People are
never tired of extorting, where they are sure that the
parties will yield."
(From the Siecle—Odilon Barrot's organ.)
The] last words placed in the mouth of the King are
an engagement to command respect for the laws by re-
specting them himself, and to hold sacred the deposit of
order and liberty. Ministers could not have introduced
into the speech so striking a satire upon their own acts.
We must, therefore, suppose that it was personal to his
Majesty, and in this case we may expect a speedy re-
pudiation of the Ministry, which has neither respected
the law, nor maintained order, nor held sacred the de-
posit of public liberty. •
(From the Royalist France.)
" Nothing more pale, unmeaning, and insignificant
imagined ;" and adds,
thus
„thite
King's speech can be
would appear as if this unhappy Cabinet, bend-
ing under the weight of its faults, had thought to excuse
which could offer no hold for
them by using language
attack."

The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland had
lived separate for a great many years ; and it is an
amiable trait of his Lordship that he took every means
he could for a reconciliation, which was accomplished
about five years ago • and her Ladyship was at Brighton
when his death took' place, up till which time she re-
sided a great deal abroad.
The Bramham hounds, have long been kept by
the :Cox family : at the edge of Bramham deer-park
very fine kennels exist, built by George Fox Lord
Bingley, uncle to the late Mr. Fox Lane : they had
been transferreCl for the last few years to the late Lord
Harewood, in con sequence of the present Mr. Fox pre-
ferring to hunt w:th the Leicestershire pack.—Leeds
Mercury.
Despatches from the Governor of St. Helena were
received yesterday at the colonial-office.

CHRISTIAN CHARTIST

FESTIVAL.

MEMORIAL TO HER MAJESTY.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
A large Chartist Festival was held on Tuesday even-
ing in the Town-ball, Birmingham, being the first an-
niversary of the new sect of Chartists called the " Char-
tist Christian Church." The hall was densely crowded,
being principally filled with well-dressed ladies. Tile
festival consisted of a tea party. Amongst the gentlemen
on the platform we noticed Col. P. Thompson, Mr. Ro-
berts, of Bath, Mr. J. Sturge, and his brother, Mr. C.
Sturge, &c. Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Sharman
Crawford, M.P., and Colonel Napier were expected,
hut were prevented by previous engagements, and let-
ters were read from them apologising. As soon as the
festival apparatus was removed,
Mr. PARKES rose and said, that if it was necessary
that a Chartist should pass through a fiery ordeal be-
fore he was eligible to take a prominent part in their pro-
ceedings—if it was necessary that he should suffer per-
secution, that he should suffer imprisonment, that he
should have calumnies heaped upon him—then did be
feel confidence in introducing an individual, for he was
fully qualified. He therefore begged leave to propose
that Mr. John Collins take the chair.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. COLLINS took the chair amidst the most enthu-
siastic cheering; when it had subsided, he said he re-
joiced in having that opportunity of presiding over them,
for, he believed, that meeting would be productive of a
great deal of benefit, to the cause of universal liberty.
Having been very much occupied during the early part
of the day in attending to the arrangements, he felt that
his mind was not in a proper state to occupy much of
their attention. But st;11 he should not be doing justice
to them, or himself, or to the great and glorious prin-
ciples which had convened them on that occasion, if he
did not make one or two observations. He rejoiced to
see around him many tried and zealous friends of the
principles of the People's Charter. He rejoiced that
those friends were, some of them, from a distance. Be-
lieving as he did, that the principles contained in the
People's Charter, were calculated to advance and benefit
the interests of mankind ; that it would not merely
better the condition of the inhabitants of this country,
but that also it would tend to better their mental and
their moral condition, he was one of the advocates of
the Charter, believing that it was only nccese
sary to treat men as they would wish to be
treated themselves, and thus make every man a
good and useful member of society. He believed that
many objected to the principle of Universal Suffrage,
under the pretext of the people not being intellectually
or morally fitted for the possession of the franchise.
While many merely made that a pretext, he believed there
were some few individuals who conscientiously urged
that objection, believing it to be a valid one. But cer-
tainly such individuals appeared to him to be labouring
under a very serious mistake, for he believed that those
who were not possessed of the franchise were as fitted
for its enjoyment as those who did possess it.—( Hear,
hear.) He was far from being satisfied with the educa-
tion or the virtue of either the working, the middle, or
the aristocratic classes of society ; but he would ever
use his humble influence to improve the intelligence,
morality, and virtue of all classes of the community. But
while he had done so, be had ever maintained, and he
would still maintain, that the working classes possessed
as much virtue and as much morality, in proportion to
their numbers, as any other class of the com-
munity. He recollected when he was at Leeds urging
upon a meeting this fact, that tile aristocracy formed
their estimate of the virtue of the working classes, not
fiorn the real merits of the case, but from incorrect
sources of information. They knew that when a large
mass of people were congregated together in a town
there must be some dishonest members, and unfortu-
nately no man yet heard or read of; or expected to find,
a state of society in which there were not dishonest
members, and tile larger tile town, by its greater facili-
ties, there would be the greater number of dishonest
members. But while he contended that there were
amongst the people a good portion who made their
living by dishonest means, they no more belonged to the
working-classes than they did to the middle or the
higher. They were a set peculiar to themselves. It
was neither right, nor just, to charge the working classes
with crimes committed by those who never learnt any
business, but were trained and drilled by dishonest pa-
rents to acts of dishonesty. He held it was not just to
charge upon the honest and working-man the crinkles of
these men, and then under this pretext withhold from
them their just rights. He thought that if they wished
to make the working-classes moral and intellectual, it
was not to be done by calling them the swinish
multitude, but by taking them by the hand, by
endeavouring to remove ignorance, by communicating
intelligence, to raise them in the scale of society. He
thonght that, if such a course were adopted, the
objection of unfitness would be soon found to be utterly
futile, and utterly groundless. He would not trouble
them further, except to say that when he considered the
shortness of time since that festival was first contemn-
platetd—when he recollected that at that moment there
were six similar meetings in Birmingham, and some of
them, from the peculiar circumstances connected with
them, ensuring attendance of a great number of indivi-
duals, he was perfectly astonished to meet the number
brought together at that meeting by the great principles
they held in common with each other. He would con-
clude by reading the several letters received from dif-
ferent gentlemen who had been invited to attend, but
who were prevented; and he would then call on Mr.
O'Neill to read the report, that they might know how
much good could be accomplished by a few individuals
desirous of elevating their fellow men.
The CHAIRMAN having read the letters, said, that
previous to the Report being read by Mr. O'Niell,
Mr. ROBERTS, of Bath, would address them, and
propose a sentiment, who in doing so urged upon th e
meeting to accept of nothing but the whole Charter, or
if they suffered themselves to be cajoled out of part
they would soon, lose the whole. The sentiment he
had to propose was " The People's Charter, as it was in
accordance with Christian principles, and may it speedily
become the law of the land."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. CHARLTON, of Kidderminster, in an eloquent
speech supported the proposition, and said he had
received a letter from Mr. Hume, expressing his con-
viction of the justice of the principles of the after.
Mr. CURRIER, of Dudley, also spoke to the sentiment.
At half-past eight Mr. Joseph Sturge entered the
hall, and was received with loud and long continued
cheering.
Mr. O'NEILL then rend the Report, which stated
that the Christian Chartist Church had first arisen iu
Scotland, and its principles soon extended to Birming-
ham, and on the 27th December, 1840, a chapel was
opened in New Hall-street, for public worship. They
had formed a school and classes for study, and essays
were written and prizes competed for. They had ac-
cumulated 300 volumes in their library, and the cash
affairs left a balance in the hands of the treasurer of
3401. They had purchased a printing-press and did all
their own printing.
The adoption of the Report was moved and seconded,
and carried unanimously.
Mr. J. STURGE then rose to address the meeting,
and was received with loud cheering. He said he
much felt the kindness with which they had received
him, but he could not think of occupying the time of
the meeting when he saw such able speakers there.
But as he was one of those who wished to see the day
when all their fellow-countrymen would enjoy equal
political privileges, he had availed himself of the plea-
sure o I expressing his thoughts to them, and having
expressed his wish to be present, he had hastily ar-
rived from a distance of fifty miles. In expressing
those thoughts he might perhaps not agree with many
on certain points, but there was one on which they
were all agreed, that every man should be fairly and
fully represented in the British House of Commons.--
(Cheers.) In reading a work by their Chairman and
Mr. Lovett, written in 'Warwick goal, he was much
pleased to find the,great importance they attached to
the practice of temperance, as a great means by which
the liberty of the people was likely to be ultimately
established. While those principles were in strong ac-
cordance with Christian principles, they were
equally essential to their happiness in whatever
station of life they might be placed in.—(Hear, hear.)
He might also add that the most powerful com-
bination of class legislation on earth, could not long
depress the people who were always peaceable, always
temperate. He had that day had the pleasure of
dining with a large party, in which there was not one
drop of intoxicating drink of any sort used.—(Cheers.)
Now small as that might appear, if the whole popula-
tion of the United Kingdom would only act on this
principle for twelve months, he believed it would go a
great way towards attaining that which they were all
desirous of acquiring. Ho was not recommending
what he did not practice himself, for he had been what
the world called a tee-toteler for fourteen years.—
(Cheers.) He had tried it in very cold weather, and in
a tropical climate, and many of his friends told him
that he was as good a specimen of health as those who
used alcohol. Perhaps they were not aware of the
amount of tax they paid every year on intoxicating
drinks, but it was equal to what they bad to pay for
maintaining the army and navy. He need scarcely
Zell them that if the aristocracy had not got an army
and navy around them they durst not enforce unjust
laws upon the people, and if they had not got the
people's mdney to pay them, they would not be long
able to keep them up.—(Loud cheers.) Again, if the
people would carry out the principle of peace, which
was so properly recommended in the book he had
alluded to, the army and navy would be useless.
He was one of those who believed that no Chris-
tian was justified in taking away human life. He
belonged to a sect which not only never enlisted, but
refused to pay any rate, the proceeds of which was to
provide deadly weapons. He merely mentioned these
two things to show that the people have it in their own
power to carry all they wish. Moral force was better
than all the physical force in the world.—(Hear, hear.)
He rejoiced to hear that the people who advocated
physical force, and spread such alarm throughout the
country, were becoming less and less in number. What-
ever their politics, he trusted they would bear in mind
not only "To do unto others as they would others should