The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-18 00:00:00

THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION.

Extract of a letter from Vienna, 6th instant, quoted by
the Commerce :—" Prince Metternich went yesterday to
the Archduke Charles, father of the Queen of Naples.
, No one is acquainted wi:h the nature of their conference,
but that it was interesting to the Archduke is apparent, by
his having immediately afterwards written to the Queen
of Naples. After his interview with the Archduke, Prince
Metternich went to the English Ambassador, and in a
few hours more, the Neapolitan and R,ussian Ambassa-
dors went in succession to the hotel of the Prince.
All this proves that the affair at Naples is of much
greater importance than we were at first inclined to be-
lieve. Last evening no fewer than four couriers were
sent off. One is gone to Naples with fresh instructions
to Count Lehzeltern. The English Ambassador at Vienna
openly blames the conduct of his colleague at Naples,
and has even been heard to declare that Lord Pal-
merston would be reprehensible if he suffered to remain
any longer at Naples a diplomatist who fora mere persona-
lity, was about to place the British Cabinet in a state of
embarrassment at a moment when the question of the East
and the incertitude of the French Government made it
more than ordinarily necessary to avoid an outbreak. The
Aube council of war has sent orders to the Admiralty at
Venice to have a flotilla ready to sail at the first signal for
the bay of Naples. should Mr. Temple call in the English
fleet. If the next despatches from London and Naples
arc not of a nature to satisfy Austria, Prince Esterbazy
will immediately take his departure for London."
The Havre Journal has the following :—"TheNeapolitan
Ambassador, the Duke de Serra Capriole, has already re-
ceived the visits of the most kfluential personages. He
has seen the Ministers incognito, and had had a private
audience at the Tuileries, a.tnough not yet presented with
the usual ceremonies. His Excellency, it is said, has for
his principal mission to engage the French Government
to offer itself as a mediator between the Court of St.
James's and the Two Sieilies. There is no doubt that the
Cabinet of the Ist of March will readily accept this mis-
sion, and that by ita fortunate position with r‘ gard to the
British Cabinet, it will succeed in t ffeeting an honourable
arrangement between States equally allied to France."
A Toulon letter in the Debats, 11th inst., says :—" A
rumour is current this evening that the Ocean, with Ad-
miral de Rosarnel's flag, the Marengo and Genereux are
to go to Naples."

The 'Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesintry
en-
tertained the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Earl and Countess
of Tankerville, Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Leveson,fion.
Mr. and Lady Harriet Corry, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson,
Hon. James Macdonald, Mr. Bentinek, Mr. Greville, &c., at
dinner on Wednesday evening, at the family mansion in Gros-
venor-square. Aft..-r
dinner her Ladyship received a small
dinner party, including the Countess of Glengall, Earl of
Wilton, Lord and _Lady Seymour, Hon. Captain Forrester,
Viscount, and Viscountess Norreys, Viscountess Cantilupe,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Roby rt Gordon, &c.
Lord Canttlupe, and the Hon. Henry Fitzroy,
will leave town on Monday for Lewes, where their consti-
tuents will entertain them with a public dinner at the Town
Hall on the following day. Mr. Fitzroy has been iasposed
during the last week at his residence in South Audisy -street.
Baroness Brunow, the Lady of his Excellency
i3aron Brunow, the Russian Minister at the Court of Si.
James's, is at Stutgard, where the Baroness has resided since
his Excellency's departure for this country. It was under-
stood to have been the intention of his Excellency to have gone
to Stutgard this month, and to have conducted the Baroness
to this country, but we understand his Excellency's diplomatic
duties will not admit of his absence.
lie precise time for
the arrixal of the Baroness is not known, but immediately on
be arrival the parties will commence at Ashburnham House.
ALTERATIONS IN TIIE POLICE MAC'S-
TRACY.—In addition to the alterations at Lambeth-street and
Marylebone Police C..urts, which beend already alluded
to, it is stated that in a few days a st'iveen iamrya msataistterate will
supply the place of the present countyP !aprpamnstendl
and
Lewisham district, and that the clerks ill 13:.
paid, as in London, a fixed salary, instead of being dependent
on casual fees for remuneration, as has hitherto been the case.
and is said that Mr. Traill, of Union Hall, who resides in Kaesnet.
and who is already in the commission of the peace for that
county, will be the new magistrate.
REPRESENTATION OF MORAYSHIRE.—The
Hon. Colonel Grant, of Grant, has intimated to the electors of
the united counties of Elgin and Nairn his intention to retire
from Parliament, in consequence of -‘ circumstances of severe
domestic affliction." Major Cumming Bruce has also addressed
the electors, in consequence of the vacancy thus occasioned, and
a requisition being addressed to him, signed by nearly all the
resident proprietors, inviting him to offer himself as a candi-
date.—lnverness Courier.

A few minutes after three o'cloc3i.. ki on Friday
morning, a fire broke out on the premises of Berry, co n
fectioner, Great Turnstile, Holborn.
of Mr. Berry and three servants, were
all
The inmates,
a bed a t consisting
itsitmi neg,
and were aroused by the shrieking of a eat, ohichT induced Mr.
B. to get up, and on going to the staircase, he discovered the
flames rushing up w.th frightful rapidity. He, togetthr with
the servants, hastened to the trap-door leading to the t00t,,,,e
to which they ascended, and scrambled along the parapet to.b
adjoining houses, out of the reach 01 the
lire. The premises
were near
but ly
no guttcf a ted. The adjoining houses have sustained
About
damage, serious descript. on. Berry is insured.
five years ago the same prerni-es were pa, tly consumed.
REMARKABLE CASE IN THE HORsE.—Ttiere
is now in the possession of Mr. Feart, surgeon, of this town,
an extraordinary specimen of stony concretion taken after des. h
from the large intestine of a horse. It sseighs eighteen pounds,
and has a circumference of tu.(b feet three inchs; and, not-
withstanding its immense bulk, it does not appear to have been
evidenced by any symptoms during the an life.
tomssists of a regular\ seccession of laminae from its centre cir-
eumference, like the layers of an onion, and appears to have
been slowly deposited by the secretion tram the inner lining
bovvel
lid the • Though examples of alvine concretions of a
much smaller size are not very uncommon, it is probable. that I
this specimen is, as far as hulk is concerned, unique.—Derby ,
Reporter.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1840,

THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE

DISCOVERED AT LAST.

We have the high gratification to announce that
the intelligence has just reached the Hudsons's
Bay House, that iVlessrs.Dease and Simpson have
at last been successful in ascertaining the existence
of a North-west passage. These gentlemen have
solved the great problem, by supplying the link
which was wanting to connect the discoveries of
Parry and Ross from the east, with those of Beechy
and Franklin from the west. The interesting nar-
rative of this expedition will appear in our Second
Edition.

That Ireland was comparatively tranquil and
prosperous before Lord STANLEY took her under
his especial legslative protection there is no doubt;
that she is now the theatre of an extensive political
agitation is equally certain. We refer for the
proof of it to the brief account which is elsewhere
given of Mr. O'CoNNELL's proceedings in formirg
" A National Association for full and prompt jus-
tice or repeal." At the meetings which have been
already held the most exciting language has been
used, and in Ireland words are things. Here it has
been found, or supposed to be 'necessary, to incar-
cerate the Reverend Mr. STEPHENS, Mr.
M`DOUGALL, Mr. VINCENT, and almost a
score of persons, on account of the sinister

influence of their words, and if they were dangerous
from causing sedition, Mr. O'CONNELL'S will
be ten times more dangerous in kindling the aiiiino-
sities of the plebeian Catholics against the aristocratic
Protestants and their Church. This most unfortu-
nate change has been altogether brought about by
that mischief-maker, Lord STANLEY, who, for the
gratificaion of his own stupid antipathies or foolish
and boyish jealousy, must needs, unasked, uncalled
for, at this time, most wantonly set about curtailing
the franchise, and narrowing still more the already
too narrow liberties of the Irish. If ever there was
an enemy of the public tranquillity, this wilful
HOTSPUR, this foolish and arrogant Lard, deserves
to be so called.

Lord STANLEY cannot be ignorant that there is
at this nioment no inconsiderable number of persons
in every large town of the kingdom regularly banded
together to overthrow the Government, for the
Establishment of the Charter would be the com-
plete overthrow of the present system of Govern-
ment, and they want neither leaders nor friends,
though they want organization, knowledge, and
mutual confidence. Their defeats will give them
all these ; distress and punishment will ex-
asperate without subduing them ; they are, in
fact, too numerous to be put down ; they are
Istruggling for an opinion which is not easily refuted ;
time works for them ; and they hail with satisfac-
tion every embarrassment to which the Government
is exposed as likely to hasten the accomplishment
of their wishes. From what we know of these men
we are sure that they make a broad distinction
between the country anti the system of Government,
and while, like good patriots, they would be ready
to die for the former, they see with unbounded sa-
tisfaction everything which involves the system of
Government in trouble and confusion. Lord
STANLEY will prove one of the best friends of the
Chartists. If they wereangry with Mr. O'Colsr-