The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-19 00:00:00

_DUTCH INDIA.

CHERIBON, Vases 22.—According to accounts from Pa-
dang, in Sumatra, we have had another occasion within these
few weeks to regret the perfidy of one of tilts native Princes,
who, after having sided with us for 18 years, has thrown off the
mask, and placed himself at the head of a number of easily
excited inhabitants of the districts of Batipo, &c. On the 22d
of February the forts of Pandangpanjong de Kock Pandang-
ribo, Van der Capellen, Goejoemalantong, and some other
small forts, were attacked by the rebels, but the garrisons,
though not numerous, defended themselves with great vigour ;
only the last was evacuated by the small garrison, which with-
drew unperceived into the neighbouring woods, where it was
in great distress, but was soon relieved and furnished with pro-
visions by our troops. On the approach of the rebels a ser-
geant of the name of Schnider, who was wounded, set fire to
the powder magazine, thus dying a glorious death. It is not
known how many of the rebels perished. The Regent of
Batipo, who had fled, has surrendered to our troops. The
mlitia of Padang being summoned to arms, and sonic rein-
forcements being landed from the ships in the harbour, the
brave Colonel :Michael proceeded %sills all the force that could
be spared to the revolted districts, and after some skirmishes
the rebels were speedily defeated and dispersed. Tranquillity
may be considered as restored in Sumatra.
It is said that 400 or 500 men are gore from Java to Pa-
dang ; it is also said that the garrison of the forts were in
general too small.

MAR? LEB ONE

ELECTION.

On Friday evening last that old and excellent Reform e ,
Major Revell, gave a splendid entertainment to the two Mem-
bers, and the elite of the Liberal interest of that wealthy and
populous borough. Among the company present we observed
Colonel Leicester, Professor Key, Messrs. Ivimey, Drake,
Bacon, Dyke, Charnock, Stockton, Potter, Willson, and many
other highly respectable and influential gentlemen connected
with the borough. The dinner and wines were of the choicest
description, and did great ei edit on the taste and liberality of
the worthy host. On the cloth being removed, Major Revell,
who at " three score years and ten " possesses the fire of youth
and the energy of manhood, addressed his guests in a strain of
manly and vigorous eloquence, of which the following
is but a faint outline :—" Friends and brother Re-
formers" (said the Gallant Major) " this is one of the
proudest days of my long life, for I have lived upwards of
seventy years, born in an out-and-out Tory family, brought
up with Church and State passive obedience, and non-resist-
ance ever ringing in my ears, I bid fair to become as furious
and bigoted a Tory as ever galloped upon an unarmed and de-
fenceless mob, or shouted with the zealot Gordon " No Po-
pery !" But, gentlemen, my father, like myself, had a library,
and I read the works of Bacon, Locke, Milton, Russell, and
others, and I soon became embued with an almost holy enthu-
siasm for that cause for which Hampden died in the field, and
Sidney on the scaffold.—(Laud cheers.) At that time, gen-
tlemen, to be even a Whig, was unfashionable, but
to be a Radical Reformer—to fearlessly express our opi-
nions, as we stay now—(Loud cheers)—was to become a
marked man ; many and many a tough fight have I had with
that worthy old gentleman (pointing to his father's portrait);
he fancied the scaffold, Botany Bay, or the dungeon, must be
the end of my foolish conduct. But, gentlemen, the seeds of
liberty were sown, and had taken deep root, and I had no
more power to cheek their growth, even within my own bosom,
than Canute had to control the ocean ; on, and on, the tide of
Reform rolled, with a torrent irresistible; not the banishing
of some of the brightest patriots—not the remorseless butchery
of industrious citizens, peaceably assembled to petition for their
rights—not the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act—not all
the gagging Bills of Castlereagh, nor the base system of espion-
age of Sidmeuth, could stop its progress for a moment. All
this time, too, we were opposed by the Tory aristocracy—those
mushroom Peers of yesterday—those servile tools of a mentally-
afflicted monarch • for never let us forget that the ancient
nobility of England—men who add grace and dignity to the
peerage, have ever been the people's friends. Witness the
Norfolks, the Devonshires, the Somersets, the Bedfords, the
Fitzwilliams, and many others I might name.—(Loud cheers. )
Well, gentlemen, the Whigs wished to assist the people, but
George the Third hated them ; George the Fourth, false to all
his early friends and principles, detested them; William the
Fourth took them, not out of any love for them or their prin-
ciples, but as men take physic—the country was sick, and the
King had to swallow the Russell purge.—(Cheers and
laughter.) And row, gentlemen, this brings me to the imme-
diate object of my rising—our young and lovely Queen.—
( Immense cheering.) Born when the sun of liberty was rising
on the country—bred with the utmost care by a mother--( Ve •
hement cheering)—the bare mention of whose name, I per-
ceive, is sufficient to elicit your warmest approbation, and not
without cause, for to that lady England owes an everlasting
debt of gratitude for the education of her Royal daughter
—the brightest gem that ever graced tile Imperial
Crown of England. The Queen has nobly done her
duty to her people, will the People do theirs ? You have
Would that every place had answered the Queen's appeal as you
have done. I, Gentlemen, am getting somewhat old. Time
has laid his rude hand upon me, and cramped my energies ;
but though I envied the friends aronnd me their activity, yet
my heart was just as warm as theirs could be; and in inviting
you here this evening, to meet your worthy Representatives,
and to honour the twist I am about to propose, have I sought
out the high and wealthy only? No, Gentlemen. I see be-
fore me the blood, the bones, the thews, the sinews of the Re-
formers of Niarylebone. And now, Gentlemen, you will par-
don my having detained you. I see the impatience you display
at being kept so long from the toast." A bumper to the Queen,
with nine times nine and one cheer more, was then given, after
which " God save the Queen" was sung by the whole of the
company upstanding.
The CHAIRMAN, after recapitulating all the public acts of
Sir It Hall and Sir Charles Napier, concluded by proposing
" The health of our Representatives."—(A pplause.)
Sir B. HALL and Sir C. NAPIER returned thanks.

Professor KEY proposed " Mr. Dyke and the glorious majo-
rity of electors favourable to Reform principles in the south,
where the Tories most miserably overrated their strength."
Mr. DYKE, in returning thanks, observed that the vast ma-
jority in his district (notwithstanding the proud boasting of a
certain Tory lawyer) arose, not from 2ny superiority of our
Committee, but from the e7.-.cellent materials we had to work
upon. How far " the south was safe for the Tories" let the
poll-books testify. Why, we polled more than two to one-
-635 against 311 !--(Applause)—aid more than that, I had
many more in reserve, who sa d we will wait at home till be-
tween three and four o'clock, ready for you ; but, for God's
sake, if you can do without us, do; and I am most happy to
add, that throughout the borough we had a reserve of upward-
of three hundred and fifty votes ! all good men and true
would have increased our majority, and have poltd" far the
Reformers more than 5,000.—( Cheers.)

The company, delighted u ith the int•!:jigence and hospita-
7,eparate till a late hour.
ity of their venerable host, did not

SCOTLAND.
RUMOURED CHANGES—COURT OF SESSION.
As it can now no longer be disputed that the present Minis.
try will speedily resign, speculation is anxiously afloat as to the
various official changes consequent on that event. No doubt
seems to exist that the present venerable Lord President, who
has now faithfully discharged his judicial duties for nearly thirty-
eight years, will retire, and be succeeded by the Lord Justice
Clerk, who has held this office for thirty years. The Dean of
Faculty will succeed the Lord Justice Clerk, leaving, of course,
the Chair of the Faculty vacant. Mr. Duncan M'Neill, who
was Solicitor-General during the short Administration of Sir
R. Peel, in 1834-5, is mentioned as the future Lord Advocate.
Mr. Home Drummond, Advocate, and M.P. for Perthshire,
is also talked of as Lord Advocate, but we do not attach much
weight to the last report—first, because Sir. Home Drummond
has long since ceased to have any real connexion with the bar,
or with legal practice, of which, by the way, he never had
much—and second, because Mr. Duncan M'Neill is by far the
more able man of the two, and besides enjoys the reputation
of an eminent lawyer in first-rate practice. At all
events, it is not even hinted that Sir William Rae will be again
called upon, at this adianeed period of life, to fill this arduous
and resporsible office. The Right Hon. Baronet will be
otherwise provided for by his party—probably a Clerkship of
Session, or some similar comfortable retirement with large pay
and little duty. Then as to the Solicitor-Generalship, it is
generally assigned to Mr. Patrick Robertson, of whom we may
say, that his party owes snore to him than he does to them.
The high status of Mr. Robertson at the bar, together with his
legal and oratorical powers, well entitle him to this important
office. Among the other Tory lawyers who are on the high-
way to what we may term the first-class pi omotion, are Mr.
Alexander Wood, Sheriff of Kirkcudbright.—Air. Adam Ander-
son, Sheriff of Perthshire—and Mr. R. Whigham. A report
was also prevalent last week that Lord Jeffrey was about to re-
sign, owing to the state of his health, and that the present
Lord Advocate 'was consequently to be elevated to the
Bench. We believe that this report is without foundation.
Lord Jeffrey, it is true, has not been in Court for the
last few days, and will not be out during the few days of the
session that have yet to run. But we are told his health is im.
proving, and therefore all fondly hope that this eminent Judge
will be able to resume his duties at the commencement of the
winter session. However, the above rumour, as also another
to the effect that the Lord Advocate would retire from the re-
presentation of Leith on the resignation of the Whig govern-
ment, have occasioned some little movement anise.; his consti-
tuency. We do not know what are the intentions of his Lord-
ship, but should he in the sequel res;:gx his seat, we would
deem two events highly prohab.o 1-Ist, That M:. R. Steuart
would be selected by the Le'4.1.1 constituency av their member ;
and 2d, That the Lor,l
unanimously Advocate, failing the Bench, would be
e...osen by the Faculty of Advocates for the distill.•
guished_ office of Dean. But we only express the wish of his
Lordship's constituency and the Liberal party generally, when
we sincerely desire that the Lord Advocate may feel it consist-
ent with his other duties to remain in Parliament, and still lend
his valuable services to his country.—Caledonian Mercury.
On these rumours the Scotsman makes the following com-
ments :—The rumour that Mr. Home Drummond is to be the
Tory Lord Advocate, cannot possibly have any foundation.
His long absence from the Courts, and his blunders when So-
licitor-General twenty years ago, must prevent any such ar-
rangement. Our impression is, that Sir William Rae must he
appointed to the office, for the simple reason, that it se:"1 be
extremely difficult for his party otherwise to 'provide for
him. Much to his credit, he refused a seat Upon the Bench
many years ago, and of course he cannot, accept it now. No
doubt he had tas eye then upon a Baronship of Exchequer, and
had such snug situations still existed, and some of them been
held by Tories, room would have been made for him by
shelving one of them. But this abuse has been swept
away by the Whigs ; and we cannot believe that
the Learned Baronet, who so long embodied in his person the
whole Privy Council of Scotland, can humble himself 30 far as
to shrink into a puny Clerk of Session upon 800/. a-year 1
Sir William is not the only man who has been looking for-
ward to a change of Ministry for an addition to his worldly
comforts. We heard some months ago of a pretty young man,
who was engaged to a pretty young woman, and who plainly
told the lady and her friends that he could not marry sinless
Sir Robert Peel came into power ! There are hundreds of
slender youths, well connected, but deficient in money
and brains, and hundreds of sweet damsels, not unwil-
ling to be wed, to whom, for similar reasons, Sir Ro-
bert's advent must bring inexpressible satisfaction. He
will now have this pleasure of performing one of
the first Christian duties—that of feeding the hungry ! And
we can well believe that the loud angry remonstrances so often
heard during the last three years against his slow movements
and want of energy, have proceeded from sufferers of this class,
who thought he had the power, and only wanted the will, to
annihilate space and time, and make lovers happy !
As to the last part of our contemporary's article, we have
made some inquiry, and we are able to assert on good autho-
rity, that Lord Jeffrey neither intends to resign his gown at
present, nor the Lord Advocate his seat in Parliament. The
gentlemen who are canvassing the burgh of Leith are therefore
throwing away their labour, if indeed the canvass is not the
niece work of agents who are looking after fees.

THE BIGGEST BABY YET.—Dr. Smith, of
this town, was, a few days since, present at the birth of a
child which weighed 151 b•. and 4 oz. No mistake. Beat this
who can.—Hampsiiire Gazette. This far surpasses us—vie
give it at once—and acknowledge a beat four ounees—and no
mistalte.—New York Herald.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
The average price of Wheat last week was 19f. 9c, and
that of Rye 10f. 47e. per hectolitre.
The Anti de. 1' Ordce has the following paragraphs :
Much has been said of the importance of the mission
with which Monsig. Cappacini, the Pope's Nuncio, has
been intrusted to the Court of Holland.

" We learn that this mission has been completely re-
scinded. The Dutch Government grants perfect politi-
cal and civil equality to the Protestants and Roman
Catholics. The question of mixed marriages has also
been settled to the satisfaction of both parties."
BRUSSELS, JULY IG.—The Independent, in its evening
edition, has the following intelligence :
The
King will arrive at Ostend to-day, and be at
Laelcen to-morrow, as we have announced.

Her Majesty the Queen remains at London, and will
not leave it till next week, as the Duke of Brabant has
not yet sufficiently recovered from his indisposition to
bear the voyage from London to Ostend.
M. Van Praet returns with the King.
Countess Vilain XIV., General Goblet, and Major
Allard, remain with the Queen.
Some English houses have just given orders in Belgium
for large quantities of wheat, which our Commissioners
find it impossible to execute.

RUSSIA.—The new arrangements arc now completed
by which the civil and military authorities in the Trans-
Caucasian provinces are separated, and the Russian
system of administration introduced ; and the Em-
peror, as a testimony of his satisfaction, has addressed
autograph letters to General Golowine, Commander-in-
Chief of the army on those frontiers, and to Baron
Hahn, Privy Counsellor and Senator, and given to the
former the insignia of the order of Wladimir of the first
class, and to the latter the order of Alexander Newdki.
AMSTERDAM, JULY 14.—His Imperial Highness the
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is expected in this
city on Friday next, apartments having been bespoke
for him, and a numerous suite.

The Java papers from the 24th February to the 6th
March bring further accounts of destructive inundations
in different parts of the island ; it appears that the in-
undation at Kehiri was not caused by an eruption of the
volcano Kloet, as was conjectured, but by an extraor-
dinary influx of water from the residency of Pasoerowan.

THE HAGUE, JULY 15.—We learn that his Majesty
will set out in a few days for Amsterdam, whence he
will go to visit the province of Vriedland.

Tiie Amsterdam 'Courant contains the following hrti-
ale :—" With respect to the late revolt in bumatra,
which was so energetically and speedily put down, the
following letters have been kiml!-y communicated to us,
which we publish with much pleasure."
(The letters contain an account of the military pro-
ceedings to put down the insurrection ; but they are
destitute of interest to Englishmen.)

DUTCH FUND3.—.AMSTERDAM, JULY 16.
Moner. Bills.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ' 5134 SIN
Jitto, ditto 5 prr cell t.
Amort Syndic,4% per cent 2014 80%
Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per cent. 74 71%
Commercial Company, 4 per cent 155 155%
Ditto (1825 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Sti% 9714
Exchange on London, One month l2 10
Twomonths .....
Hamburgh, One month 35 15
Two months 33 50
Dutch Papers, July 17.
BELGIAN le UNDS—Bausene, JULY 16.
Actual Debt, 21,4 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 10274
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92
3 per Cent. .....

_
--..Thirty.Bl2Vefl-----.- .• O4
(1.340) lOO%
Loan of City, P:39., 4 per Cent €2
Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent 93 li
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ........
National Society.
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, July 16.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vissra, JULY 9.
Five per Cents. Metalliques • lO5
Four per Cents. 9B
Three rr Cents.
Bank Shares
.—Allgemeitte ZeigURE. July 13
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JULY Ifs, •
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares IW, _
Anglo. Russian Loan s ID-% Illsi
Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, Certificate stn 102% 10.214
Inscription, Ist Se:ies , . 102 101%
Rusuian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. tie and 4th
Series .... 97
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent, (1840) P6'4 S 6
Dutch Actual Debt, 256 per Cent LO% 5.M
Ditto 5 per Cent —
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cep* 75% 754
N;twegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent.... ll i:'% 104'4
Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l6 k

EXCHANGES OK LONDON.
HAMBURG, JULY 16.-13 7.—Two months, 13 54.
PETERSBURGH, JULY 4.—Two months, 28 15_16 pence,
RIGA. JULY 8. —Three Months, 33 13-1(7.
srocttnoLst, JULY 9.—Seventy-five day►, 12 0.
BERLIN. JULY 13. —Th ree months, 6. 1914 Bills.

LITERATURE.

LETTERS FROM ABROAD. 2 Vols.
Moxon, London, 1841.
These Letters are from the pen of Miss Sedg-
wick—an American authoress of talent—who was
lately for some weeks a resident in London, and
has described the impressions made on her by its
fashionable and literary society with much spirit
and truth of detail. It is greatly to this lady's
credit that her Letters evince no betrayal of pri-
vate confidence, no garbled reports of conversa-
tions evidently from their nature intended to he
confidential. She has hazarded no commnts
but such as are perfectly unobjectionable, The
second volume is chiefly taken up with av account
of her recent tour through Italy, and forms
pleasant, loungincr reading.

THE MIRROR.
Cunningham, Lyndon, 1841.
In the present volume of this cheap and popu-
lar weekly MiscellaLny, we find numerous well-
executed wood-eAtts, and somefew able original
essays, one of. the best of which is an essay on
the character of Milton's Abdiel.