The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

MADAME LAFFARGE.

The following letter, dated the 9.6 th ult., has been
addressed by Madame Laffarge to M. Paillet :
lam unwilling to mingle one tear with the enjoy-
meuts of your reunion with your family ; but the un-
fortunate Mark cannot resist sending to her noble de-
fender a token of her remembrance—her benediction.
Oh ! think, I entreat you, of the good you have done
me, an do not regret your failure in that which you
eloquenceouglit to
Hhaasv have
tailed c ff, If w.. crank and sublime
Infrddestroying the malignant and in-
veterate prejudices of some, it has found responsive
echoes in exalted minds, in pure and simple hearts ;
and, althotigh I may be ultimately condemned, shall I
not owe to you the consolation of being loved and
mourned by these ? I will not represent to you all I
have suffered—the despair of my mind, the doubts of
my soul—l had no hope of escaping from future mi-
sery, no prayers fur my present grief—man overwhelmed
me, and God seemed to have forgotten me. lam not,
however, dead, and since I must resume my cross
I am resolved to bear it worthily—to be strong in my
friends and in my own innocence—to carry my bead
erect, and my heart firm, although under the yoke of
iniquity. While I was sinking, they recovered rue by
talking of our appeal. Ido not ask you to assist me
in obtaining it, but I request that you will direct the
measures to be taken herr. M. Raspail has had long
conkrences with the chemists of Limoges, and his con-
vietien has been rendered an hundred times stronger by
the expresion of theirs. He is to send me a memoir.
which I will immediately forward to you for your ap-
provsl. Adieu, Sir ; success could not have increased
my deep gratitude. Your noble and holy defence will
ever be the guardian angel of my innocc:
7iAltIE."
libel against M. Rased, and in support of
rein.
sealedh
M. Orfila has, it is said, instituted a prosecution for
bas
deposited at the Academie de Medicine several .
ilm,is
packets, containing the substances nsecr, b b
runetitS at e,
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011ivier, and M. Brassy, in their expe

BRITISH FLEET FLEET IN THE :%IEDITERRANEAN.
—The following is, we believe, a correct list of the
British fleet now in the Mediterranean :7—Princess Char..
late 104, powerful 84. Ganger 84, Thunderer 84, Bel-
The
lerophon 78, Revenge 76, Cambridge 78, Asia 84. lm.
placable 74, Hastings 7), Benbow 72. Edinburgh 72.
tried
On ps,Aao out—Rodocy 92, Vataguard 84, Castor 36,
Saulnier, some
pique 36, I
_nconstkrit (at Gibraltar, it is st,;d) 36. F;t4• -
just been
Britaiinia 120, 1-Lne 120, Calcutta 84, 8,,,, . _"lng,
coca) 72
"'DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE.
m licated in the disturbizinllcaegsesotiLthonecLle- iitzlie (Lio
before the Court
in, persons
months ago, and in the
Iva, 44 in number, haveChateau de Cost-
of Assizes of the Jura. Seven b
various tf.rins of imprisonment, fromaye been condemned to
beep
years; the rest have be-• six months to sevo
acquitted.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.
TO THE INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON.
GENTLEMEN',
jT is now clear that this election is made the
stalking-horse for returning four Tory Members for the
City of London, at the next election. The Tories are laughing
in their sleeves. By getting a Tory Lord Mayor out of his
turn, they calculate on exhibiting a show of strength they ct.)
not pDssrss, to deter the present, or any future Liberal candi-
dates from coming forward. Alderman Harmer has declared
that he highly disapproves of any attacks on religion, and that
he is himself a Christian and a Churchman, nevertheless the
opposition continues. Why ? Is it not in order to return four
Tory Members for the City of London? Reformers, you un-
lerstand this trick ! Do your duty.
THOMAS DE YEAR.

Committee-room, Salopian Coffee-house, Charing-cross,
October sth, 1840.
Note.—The following extracts from the Argus of yesterday,
confirm, if confirmation were wanting, the real object of this
contest:—
"The contest which is now going on between the two parties
in the City, is one in which principles of a higher nature are
involved than may seem obvious to a casual observer."
" Alderman HARMER is the representative of the Liberal
party, and the result of the contest will be a pretty fair
criterion of their strength." " The result will prove whether
\% hig Radicalism be still lord of the ascendant in the regions
beyond Temple-bar, or whether it is beginning to droop its
head and pale its ineffectual tire' before the returning light
of Conservative reaction. Messrs. GROTE and PATTISON
voted for Alderman HARMER, and thereby sealed their ex-
pulsion from the future representation of the City of London."