The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-14 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1840.

BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE, OCT. iB, 180.
T a numerous MEETING of the FRIENDS
of his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND,
held pursuant to notice this day,
JOHN WRAY, Edq., Trinity College, hiving been called to

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MERTING.

MONDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 00 son. each for tbree-yrs. old
and upwards. T. Y, C (6 Subs.)
Lord Exeter's Silistria, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Mann) 1
Mr. Wright's Folly, 3 yrs,
7st 71b
Mr. Thornhill's Menalippe, 3 yrs, B,t, 5%
Mr. Ford's Ten• Pound Note, 3 yrs, B,t
Lord Albemarle's 1: is, 3 yrs, 84t Mb 5
,Ir. Walter's Vertumnus, 5 yrs, 8,,1 1014 6
Betting.--9 to 2 sgst Iris (taken)-5 to 2 !test Mena-
Hope (tsken)-4 to 1 agst Vertumnus, anl 4 to I agst
Tell-pound Note. Won by a length.
Fifty Pounds; for three-yra.old, 7st lib; four yrs. Bst 71;
five-yrs, six-yrs, and aged, Bst I 21b. A. F.
Lord Alb-ma;lc's Janus, 3 yrs (Cotton) 1
Duke of Grafron's /father, 4 yrs 2
Mt. Bhyee's Scroggius, aged 3
Mr. Watts's Cara, 4 yrs
...
Betting-6 to 4on Scroggins, 15 to 6 agst 2E ther,
6to 1 agst Cara, and 7to 1 agst Janus. Won by two
lengths.
Lord Exeter's Amurath, 7st, (Mann), beat Mr. Pettit's
St. Francis, 9At 71b. Ato4 on Amuratk. Won by ha:f
a length.
sweepstake of 5 sovs, each. with 20 added from th..: fund,
yrs and upwards. 9.t 71b. The Whin, rto be sold for 10
for all ages ; two.yrs. old, 6.t 121 b ; three yrs, 9.t ; four
sous. T. Y. C. (12 subs.)
Mr. Goodman's Pickwick, 6 yis, (Butler) 1
Duke of Portland's Ruthless., 3 yrs...
Mr. Jenkins's Donvastar, 6 yrs.
The following were not piarkll :—Mr. T. Walter's Ver.
tumnus, 5 yrs ; Mr. Turner's Pittarribo, 4 yrs ; Mr. King's
Odious, 3 yrs; Mr. Litcht4ta Shark, ,3, yrs ;,, Colonel.
_ Peol's,Hunchback, 2 yrs; at. Di. William's Anvil, 2 yrs ;
Mr. Faulconer's br f by The Tulip—Georgians, 2 yrs.
Betting-3 to 1 ago. Ruthless, and 4to 1 agst Pick-
wick. Won lay three lengths, and claimed.
The Garden Stakes of 100 soy,. each. T. M. AL (3 subs. )
Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, 4 yrs, Bst 1 lib
Lord Lichfield's Feather, 4 yrs, 60. 41b 2
6toS on Flambeau. Won cleterly.
Mr. W. S. Stan!ey's Flambeau, Sat gib, received forfeit
from Lord Orford's c by Clearwell, out of Angelica, 84t
41b, 200 h ft, A. F.

the Chair,

It was resolved unanimously,
I. That in the opinion of this meeting, his Grace the Duke.
of Northumberland is a fit and proper person to fill the office
of Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, vacant by the
lamented decease of the i'tlatque Camden.
2. That the members •f the Senate now present do form
ti,einselves into a Committee to eo-operato with the• Cambridge
Committee in promoting the election of his• Grace the I)ete
of Nortlitunberiand to the vacant Chancellorship of the Uni-
versity, and that the Committee have power to add to their
numbers.

:3. That the Committee 'ls sit every day, at one P. M., at the
British Coffee-house, Cocksi•ur-sireel ; to which place it is :e-
-go-cited all communications may he addrevved:
(Signed) JOHN WRAY, Chairman.
Resolved unanimously—That the cordial thanks of this
meeting be given to Mr. lA'ray, for his able and kind conduct
in the Chair.
CH .A FILES BUCK, St. John's College, Acting Secretary

PULPIT ELOQUENCE.
31RioRr theiC SHEAS"Olisijt°o NhisEHSOhUasSIEI,EI4TUCHR EE
LD-
STREET, Grosvenor-place, Belgrave-sqoare.

WOOLWICH GARRISON RACES.
These Races will take place To-moattow, Tittles-
DAY, the Mb instant, ottNloolwieh Common, commencing at
12 o'Clock. The BLACKWALL RAILWAY TRAINS
leave the Minorics every Fifteen Minutes for the Brunswick
Wharf, BlackwAl, from which Steatis-boats start for Woolwich
likewise every fifteen minutes.
Fares by the Railway—First Class, 6d. ; Second Class, 4d.
Fares by the Steam-boats from Blackwall to Woolwich, 411.
TO JAMEVVIVDPATON,- ESQ.. WEST OF ENG-
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BRIDGE-STREET, LONDON.
Stu, York-road, Lambeth, October 5, 1840.
I- A M •deputed by sixty-nine poor families, resid-
ing in Lant-place, and its vicinity, Southwark-bridge-
road, to offer their unfeigned thanks for the protect ion afforded
to their humble property during the fire on Saturday night last,
at Messrs, Ilarriss' hat-manufactory, by the unwearied exer-
tions of the West of England firemen, to whom alone the pre-
servation of that part of the neighbourhood may be attributed.
Trusting you will excuse this liberty, but which the above in-
dividuals considered themselves bound in justice to acknowledge
to your Company,. I am Sir, on behalf of the families,
U. RANDAI.L.

CESARE WITCH STAKES. —The following horses harear-
rived since Saturday mlrning :_.lsaac, Calypso, Bellona
(not Dr. Caius), Kind Cole, and Vertumnus. The bet-
ting up to f9ur o'clock was--7 to 2 against the Ruler (t),
8 to .1 :agst Bloomsbury, 9 to 1 agst Fitzroy, 9 to I agst
Bellonu (1), 10 to 1 agat Calypso (offd), 14 to I agat
Janus (t); 15 to 1 ngst Feather (t), 20 to 1 agst Mervarr
(t), and 16 to 1 agst Isaac (t).

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Monday Night.
The weather in this part of the world has been so re-
markably mild and bright for the last three or four days
that few who have been in the habit of attending the
October Meetings have been able to resist its influence;
the attendance, therefore, if not so full as we have seen
at Newmarket in its palmy days, comprised a consider-
able majority of our accustomed visitors, and will no
doubt be greatly increased in time for the Cesarewitch
Stake, which continues to excite great interest in the
sporting circles. We subjoin a hasty list of some of the
principal arrivals :—The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
Duke of Rutland, Ma quis and Mirehioncss of . Exeter
and the younger branches of the family, Earl and Coun-
tess of Lichfield, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of Jersey.
Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lord C. Manners, Lor.l
G. Bentinek, Lord Lyncdoch, Lord 'J. Fitzroy. Lord
Somerton, Lord Villiers, Sir J. Shelley, Hon. General
and Mrs. Grosvenor, Hon. G. S. Byng,, lion. G. Anson;
Hon. H. Roos, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Golonel and Lady
Alice Peel, Messrs. C. WilFon, father of the turf (look-
ing in excellent health), Newton, Newton, jun., Neville,
Irby, Thornhill, Thornhill, jun., 1). Radcliffe, -Anger.
stein, Portman, Watt, S. Stanley, Garduor. Crommelin,
Elwes, Hawker, Fulvvar Craven, Wreford, Batson, &c.
The following arc a few additional particulars of the
races decided this afternoon :

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J. Elliotson, F.R.S. ' John Rawson, Esq.
H. Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Langley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Eml•
AUDITORS—Dr. O. Gregory, F. R.2t A. S. ; Professor Wheat.

i —Menaiippe and Iris made play in company
for about parts of the distance, when the former te-
ir,d ; Silistriare then went in front, made the rest of the
tf,atldieatr.e
and
dwo
llnbaf a length. Several false starts, and
a delay of
nearly fan hour arose from the restiveness of
running,Ten-p.ound,Note, who broke her bridle twice.
501. Plate.—Janus and Cara went away together, and
cut out the Work” to the bushes' hill, where the mare gave
up; the horse went on with a
.distinct lead, and won easy
by two lengths.
Match._—Amurath made all the running, and won by
half a length.

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S,veepstakes.—Fitzambo and Vertumnus cut out the
work for about half a mile, and ware then passed by Don-
caster, Fitzambo retiring, and Ruthless joinin!, the grey ;
Pickwick waited on this lot till a few strides from the
chair, when he went up and won easy by three lengths;
in the run home Doncaster was beaten fur second pla a by
a length.

Gitrden Stakes.—Flart.beau made a waiting race to the
cords, where he went up and won cleverly by a length.
•The betting in the afternoon was directed chiefly to
the Cosarearitch, far which a large field is still expected.
The Ruler, Janus, ,Sepoy, and the Corsair were most in
demand, the Bellona party having somewhat fallen off in
number and eagerness since the morning. The Feather
is gone to the •• right about," and Calypso is understood
to be amiss. ft is reported that Clancy will ride Blooms.
bury. The following were the odds up to six o'clock
CESAI:EWITCH STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Eddisen'sThe Ruler—taken freely

CAUSES OV DEATH AMONGST WOMEN.—
The higher mortality of English women by consumption,
may be ascribed partly to the in-door life which they lead,
and partly to the compression, preventing the expansion
of the chest, by costume. In both ways they are deprived
of free draughts of vital air, and the altered blood deposits
tuberculous matter with a fatal unnatural felicity. :31.090
English women died in one year of this incurable malady.
Will not this impressive fact induce persons of rank and
influence to set their countrywomen right in the article of
dress, and lead them to abandon a practice which disfigures
the body, strangles the chest, produces nervous or other
disorders, and has an unquestionable. teniency to implant
an incurable hectic malady in the frame ? Girls have no
more need of artificial bones and bandages than boys.—
Registrar General's Annual Report.
RETFORD GREAT Hop FAIR.—The great
annual fair ;or the sale of hops, sheep, and cattle, was
held on Friday and Sa.urday last, and upon the whole
was extremely well attended. The show of horned cat-
tle was large, many of which were well sold ; fat ones,
however, particularly of line quality, were scarce, and
realised from 6z. 6d. to 7s. per stone, most of which found
ready purchasers. Lean stock in good condition fetched
high prices. The show of sheep was large, there being
upwards of 5,000 penned, for which there were plenty of
buyers, particularly breeding ewes, which averaged front
281. to 355. per head. The horse fair was liberally sup-
plied, but the quality by no means good. There were
a few useful things exhibited which • fetched very good
prices. The quantity cheese pitched was the least we
recollect for the last 20 years, and the quality of much of
it below mediocrity. Most of the bulk was disposed of
the firs: day at prices ranging, from 60s. to 70s per cwt.
according- to quality. The show of hops was equally as
large as we bad been led to anticipate. This remark will
apply to the samples of old ones, i f not altogether to the
new ones; of these latter there were rather more than we
were led to expect, amounting to about 56 pockets. of
which 36 were grown in the Rufford plantations. The
number of bags of 1839's were 332 ; of 1838's, 112; of
1837'5, 213 ; of 1836'5, 19 ; and of olds, 16 bags ; in all
768 pockets. This may be considered as the whole
of the saleable stock of the district ; as evety granary and
warehouse has been ransacked, and pockets of various
growths front 1826, been brought to see daylight, which
for some years have been considered almost worthless.
With the exception of the new samples (nearly all of
which were sold) most of the rest remained unsold. Mr.
Williamson, of Rufford, obtained 181. 10s. per cwt. for his
growth, amounting to 10 bags. Yearlings fetched from 71.
to 111. ; older ones in proportion. Very few purchasers
were in attendance, either from Sheffield, Leeds, or Man-
chester ; and the dealers from the south were sellers ra-
ther than purchasers. We nre led to think, however,
that most of the stock of hops now in hand will be in re-
quisition before any abundant supply of new ones can be
again brought into the market.

8 to I agst Mr. Treen's Fitzroy
9 to 1 Lemt Mr. IZidsdale's Illoornahury—taken
10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bellona—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Janus
17 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's The Corsair—taken
17 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Sepoy
20 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's two taken
20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's 1-am-not-Aware
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's 1305.pliorus
20 to 1 agst Captain Williamson's 'Mervan
33 to 1 agst Mr. St. Pistil's Calypso—taken
TIIE PERM'.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo,brother to Mango—t
30 to I agst Mr. William Scott's Mzi.ahal Sault—taken
:10 to 1 agst Lord Cliestereeld's Arcot Las• colt—taken
40 to 1 agat Mr. Watt's Myrrha colt—taken

TUESDAY.
100, 11 ft. Bst 71b each. T. V. C.
Colonel Anion's Lon GiLiia (N.it) 1
Mr. Pettit's Lang°lee
6t04 on Lang()lee. Won by a length.
501., for two yrs-old ; colts, Bst lib; and fillies 8t
T. Y. C.
Mr. Greville's gr f Myrtle (Nit) 1
Lord Lynedoch's f Syntaxiana 2
The following vvere not plAced :—Lord Exeter's br ob."
Ibrahim, out of Anne of Gierstoin ; Lord Stradbroke's
b c Safeguard ; Colonel At;son's Tr.dlie; Lord Lichth-ld's
b fby Voltaire, out of Annot Lyle ; Duke of Beaufort's
c by Percy, cut at Miss Craven's darn ; Mr. Thornhill's
E. O. ; Mr. Beresford's f Audrey; and Mr. Rogers's f
Jessica.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Myrtle, 9to 2 agst Traffic, 3to 1
agst Syntaxi inn, and Bto 1 agst E. O. Won by a head.
Mr. Byng's Garr, Owen, 84 12lb (Nat), beat Mr. Ford's
Ten-pound Note, Bit 51b, T. Y. C., 25.—b to 1 on Gar_
rvowcn. Won by a head.
h e Clearavell Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for two yr
old colts, bat 71b ; and fillies. Sst 51b ; the winner of the
July Stakes, 7lb extra. T. Y. C. (27 subs.)
Colonel Peel's Brother to Whim (Nat) I
Wrjord's Wahab ......................................
Lord Exeter's f by Sultan, out of Marchcsa .....
Mr. Watts's cby Plenipotentiary., out of Myrrh& ...... 4
Duke cf Grafton's fbl Limerick .......................... 5
Captain Gardnor's c I;yr Camel, out of ...• 6
Betting-6 to son Brother to Whim, 2to 1 apt wa.
hatkfra. G
ndrsevtoinle,,agpstrotltieeu Ns,laracshte7saiblilrlye.ceilvVeodn bfoyrf,alt eni,r,th.
Lord Orford's Petit, Bst. A.F., 100 h. ft. ern

of zs: u rRy
lA:BE:ntSa - :16;
,117;:ssiiivb.vozea t
The GNoC)ldnjuipiAolt!LloEoll guineas, by subs. of
guineas
each, threo-yrs-old, ist ;
!2(lll,b;;:iilxioyerrss
oafnda
eagupe:l,&9Zt, 21b ; allowed
value 100 sous. this ye3r,
51bswo
mexitlreas.; of two cups cf that value

geptlemen of the neighlsuur-
Col. Cradock's Galipot, 3 Yrs .................. Gracia,
8) I
Duke of Cleveland's Sampson, 4 yrs .................... 0
Mr Bell's Le Sage Femme, 4 yrg ....................... 3
Plhatoeodo.f
&c.,50/. roi:eanllby
ages ; t. rce-yrs.old, ist ; four yrs
Bst ',lb; five yrs, Sit Slb; six
.yrs and
steed,st Bst Plb
mares, &c., allawed 2lbs.;
sa wttiriner of this year 3lbs
extra; of two or more, `•bs ; 1? winner of tlio Northal-
lerton Cup slbs in addition. e I►eats.
Mr. Wormald's gr c Bolus 4 yrs... ...... (lleseltine) 1 1
Mr. Smith's b lb), Voltare, out of Pueelle, 3 yrs._ 0
ti►e
Mr. Clarke's c Auckland, 41r3 ........................ 4 3
Mr. Ilarrison's o,,kbraneli, yrs ...........
.......... 3 dr

it is expected
........7.,•=--- -----=-----re..
wright, has just re-
The gross receipts of th_epseven performances at
and
that, after the payment 0
Kill bePel"eg, the enormous sum
of seven thousand pounds lAnded over to the Hos-
pitall a sum almost sufficient to build one upon an extcn-
-
master siiip
sive scale.
Mr. Adams, the ma
Birmingham fall little shforatlloefl 2,0001.
il ' d
turned from a tour over
CElnj'it haunt]; (lot. the purpose of ob-
taining shipwrights for ockyard, and has only
inferior hand
brought three or four has been with
him. It is ex-
traordinary the difficulty that
for cen found by the Go-
vernment to procure hands the public work. Two
foremen have been out for some months, and have travelled
to every port in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales,
and have only induced a certain number of men, under 100,
to take the Government pricf,s„cand these are all inferior
and second-rate ha"th. ild Tic
reason assigned by the
officers is, that private bu 1 •_...:tire paying 2,, a day more,
and pick all the best ban._ s.. 4 atdstone Journal.
Hear Schumann:has signed an agreement to rent
Drury-lane Theatre for forty-eight nights for the German
Operas.
NIGER EXPEDITION'—On Saturday last her
Majestv's3 steam-vessel Wilberforce, the third iron ve,sel
built by Mr. John Laird forti this expedition, was launched
from his yard, North Birkenhead. She is cornnfssioned
by Commander W. Allen, li. N., will receive her mac L-
ine- to-day, and is expected: to be ready for trial in three
weeks,. The Alberi, Captain Trotter,
N., the otherß.N., and Soudan,
Commander Bird Al!en, R.
-twt steam-ves-
j sels for the same expedition, are, we understand, nearly
I ready for sea.—Liverpool Albion.

FILE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLE.—.On
Monday being the Feast cf the Tabernacle, the shops and
warehouses of the Jews of the Metropolis were closed, and
the day was kept a Evict holiday by the " ancient people."
The Hebrew Service was performed in the morning and
evening at all the synagogues in the 'metropolis, and
prayers were offered in each for the speedy recovery
of the Rev. Solomon Herschel!, the ',cue, able High
Priest or Rabbi of the great Synagogue in Duke's-place.
This gentleman, it will be recollected, met with a se.
rious accident in the Poultry, while getting out of a cab
(and nut an omnibus as stated), by which he dislocated
his hip bone, He has been since attended by Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie and other eminent surgeons; but from
extreme age, nearly eighty years, :t is doubtful whether
he will ever recover the perfect use of the limb.

PRINCE S THEATRE, ST. JAMES'S.—Engao-e_
ments have been concluded with Messrs. IL
Fraser, Barker, Morle:y, Miss Romer, Miss Adeline
Cooper, Miss Collett, and others the celebrated John
Loder, of Bath, as chief of the orchestra, and Hatton, as
pianiste and director of the chorus. The theatre will
open with John Barnett's new opera, which, supported by
the above well-known artistes, and the fame of the corn.
poser, ought to secure entire success. Morris Barnett,
the joint-lessee, is the acting and stage manager.
KING'S COLLEGE.— The winter sessional
cow ses of lectures commenced yesterday, when the Rev.
F. Morris, who has succeeded the Rev. T. Dale as professor
of the Englishlangnage and liteiature, delivered the in-
troductory lecture to his course.

MONE i MARKET and CITY NEWS

(TUESDAY EVENING.)
TlMES.—Scarcely a day • elapses without letters
being received from sufferers by the failure of Ham-
mersiey's bank, whose unprotected situation well entitles
them to such assistance us a public journal can give, and
at least to the extent of making the nature of their com-
plaints known. Tkey turn upon a great variety cf sub-
jects, but separating those which arc personal and local
from those which are common to them all, they appear
to turn--

1. On the desireableness of some inquiry, in a man-
ner liable to no suspicion of partiality, into the
responsibility of different individuals as partners who
were formerly connected with that house ; that it
should be seen whether their retirement Lo►n the firm
was duly gazetted and duly made known, according to
the legal forms, to the customers ; also that transactions
with other individuals of a nature to constitute them
virtual partners, though their names never have ap-
peared in the firm at all, should undergo a strict inves-
tiszation, and mentioning names freely, which it would
not he proper at present to repeat, as thus seriously im-
plicated ; further, on the importance of a special inquiry
into the solveney of the house at various periods, so as
to determine the validity of settlements, and other dis-
positions of money at different periods, which may
turn out to belong in reality to the creditors.
2. These letters advert in language of great com-
plaint and regret to the precipitation with which the af-
fairs of the house have been brought under the adminis-
tration of the Court of Chancery, which the writers
fear may expose- them, as they cannot possibly know
what is going on, to undue preferences of some of the
creditors, and they think it far from improbable that
the whole proceeding may. be intended in a i.ar greater
degree to secure the executors of the late Mr. Hugh
Hammeraley from future claims than to obtain for the
creditors a speedy and equal division of the assets. This
they apprehend is but too probable a result of the ar-
rantren►ent, which has of course taken place, the Court
of Chancery not being at present in session, at a pri-
vAte hearing before the Lord Chancellor, and though
both parties, that is, the creditors and the executors,
may have been fairly enough represented at such hear-
ing., a motion made in a inure public manner would have
afforded, as they think, a far better test that this was
really case. _

S.r~rf.rtao+: iyt:=i.:. .ur+~G.~T.. ~'~'3f.~T._l..vs..~~:sE=S~Y~t

PRICE 5-/.

again, except as respects the rate on Paris, which
went up a little. The pr: sent state of things, owing
to the approaching termination of the trade with the
North of Europe, where the ports will soon be closed
to navigation, is by some not expected to last much
longer unless any adverse circumstances arise not anti•
cipated. The quotation for bilis on Paris to-day was
25f. 05c. to -Ioc. ; on Amsterdam, 12 I ; en Frank-
fort, 148 ; and on Tiieste, It) to It) I. Must las
On the North :;re drawn in payment of engagements
entered into some works, and p:.Thap2 cseu
back.
The following is the return of tl.e exports
of bullion from the Port of Loudon, up to Thursday
last :
Silver Cuin to Humburgh 43,400 cz.
liottcrdarl
di
Sr. Pctersburgh
Macao
Silver Bars to Hamburgh
if notlefdam
Petcrsburgh
Gold Burs to Ditto 7",5
Gold Coin to Ditto

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF Ilia DAT.
(From the Times.) . -
The long-talked-of and • anxiouslyelooked-for .memo-
randum of the French Government, in reply to that of
the 31st of August, addressed by Lord Palmerston to
-Mr. Bulwere appeared in the Times of yesterday. We
need :say nothing about the importance of such a docu-
ment at such a time. But it is necessary to state the
sense in which we apply-the term " imnortant" to that
paper, and the limits within which we feel constrained
to affix to it such a designation. This despatch, then,
dated the ed of October, and delivered, as is said,
upon the 96, derives its value more from its position in
the controversy between the two Governments, and
from the functions it ostensibly fulfils—viz., those of an
efficial and authenticate(' announcement of the views
systematically entertained by M. Thiers and his col-
leagues upon a great international question, with regard
to which Great 8.-itain and her allies have been strongly
impressed with a belief that France required a justifica-
tion, than from any intrinsie force or substance in the
despatch itself, capable of deciding the dispute ey
reason, or even of shedding much new light upon its
merits, of which the French Government had not
previously enjo3-ed the full advantage. in common with
the memorandum of Lord Palmerston above referred
to, that of M. Thiers has the subordinate graces of
temper and courtesy in abundance. It is likewise drawn
up with uncommon tact and ability. It further has the
character of retrospection merely, professing to be a de-
fence of the past conduct of France. It contains, as an
i expression of French feeling, little, if anything, in the
nature of speculation for futurity beyond a species of
refined and subtle, but very general, menace, which shall
be adverted to hereafter ; nor does it convey any (Jae
distinct and practical proposal to form matter whereon
the Allied Cabinets may deliberate, or by the accep-
tance or rejection whereof the slightest approach may
be made to a solution of the problem of peace or war.
There are, nevertheless, one or two statements pre-
sented in the course of this rather voluminous com-
munication a hich it behoves the Foreign Secretary
to answer, and to ponder carefully before be deter-
mines on vrhat evidence to bottom his reply.
The. first six paragraphs utter the introduction corn-
tem a recapitulation of the several arguments insisted
on by Lord Palmerston in his memorandum, to excul-
pate the British Government from the charges implied
egainst her in the complaints of France. Those para-
graphs comprehend, indeed, what we are bound
to des-
cribe as a full and perfectly ungarbled version of thecase
prepared by the British Minister, given without obliquity
or flinching. In the next passage there is, however,
an assumption whFch we cannot let pass without an ex-
posure of its fallacy,_ and the more because it is made
to constitute the basis of a train deductions, all of
which of necessity partake the hollowness of their ori-
gin. It. is assumed by M. Thiers that the hostilities
between the Porte and Mehemet Ali, which ended 1
in the disastrous battle of Nezib, were gratuitous and
aggressive on the part of the former—(" ill advised"
they may have been, as is said by M. Thiers, because
the most just defence by arms against a more
powerful enemy may be the reverse of prudent.) And
again, some paragraphs lower, is is alleged that
the
.Viceroy vamoished. the Sulota at Nezib
without having been the aggressor. Now those asser-
tions are made qulte obviously to give some colour of
justice to the Viceroy's claim upon Syria, and a pro-
portionate accession of strength to the case in his favour,
for which France contends against the Sultan and his
Allies. It is necessary therefore to state-1. ThatMe-
hemet Ali attacked and captured Acre, and subse-
quently overran the whole of Syria, in 1831-2, without
the least previous provocation on the part of the Sultan.
2. It was Mehemet Ali, not the Sulu!), who really be-
gan
the war, which was terminated by the battle of
Nezib. In the year 18:17 one of his •lieutenants pushed
on from the Red Sea to the Arabian Gulf, proceeded
until he reached the Persian Gulf, and threat..
ened -Bagdad ; and Ibrahim Pacha assembled n'
large force at Aleppo and Antab to attack the Turk
on that side. It was to resist this iniquitous aggrava-
tion of the former violences of Mehemet 'Ali that the
Sultan entered on that strictly defensive, but disas-
trcus, contest. Chrzanowski, the Polish exile, ad-
vised the Turkish General to leave the road to
Bagdad open to the invader, then to march into
Syria, and close up his rear, But that unfortunate
officer moved into the front of Ibrahim, and was
vanquished. This war, therefore, was a manifest ag-
gression on the part of Mehemet Ali, and it was ire
eumbent on us to show a fact, bearing as :it might seem
hut remotely upon the immediate question of the pro-
posals put forth by France, because site founds on a
misrepresentation of the above war and of its merits a
quasi title of the Pacha, who really commenced it, to
the possession of Syria. M. Thiess proceeds. He
states, mid states in this respect truly, thet after the
death of Mahmoud, the treacherous revolt of the Turkish
fleet (of • which a French Admiral was a non•resisting
and inactive witness), and the breaking up of the orea-
nized force of the empire, England and France alike
dreaded that Ibrahim should advance towards Con-
stantinople, and Russia take possession of it. Headds,
that Lord Palmerston, in that case, proposed a joint
operation of the French and British fleets against the
coast of Syria, and thence, if necessary, against the
Castles of the Dardanelles, with a view to the preven-
tion of fhrther warfare between the Porte and Mehe-
met, and to frustrate the dreaded approach of the Rus-
sians. All this movement, rigorous enough undoubt-
edly, was urged by Lord Palmerston, says M. Thiers,
to preserve the "integrity of the Ottoman empire" from
the so-called " protection of the Russian armies." But
to serve the obvious purposes of his memorandum, M.
Thiers very studiously, and in repeated passages, pre-
tends that the " integrity of the Ottoman empire"
meant its preservation from Russia alone, and that it
was so understood by all the great Powers of Europe ;
therefore, that Ibrahim Paella might march wherever
he pleased, might line the shores of the Bosphorus if he
pleased, might wrest from the Sultan the whole of Ara-
bia, the whole of Syria, the whole of Asia Minor and •
Anatolia—that is to say, the entire of Asiatic Turkey ;
and, provided only that by such atrocious and ruinous
usurpations Russia should not be provoked to make a
seizure of Constantinople, the integrity of the Turkish
empire should be satisfied as remaining altogether
unimpaired! We ask any reasonable being—nay, if
the French war faction were not looking at him, we
should he content, to leave it to M. Thiers himself—
whether a construction so extravagant and unsound as
this, which, we suppose to save appearances (though it
does not save them), he has now fixed upon the word
"integrity," as applied to the Ottoman empire, was
ever before dreamed of by any human being? But
even in the sense adopted by
on by this M. '!'biers, sec how the
argument of the
SUN.—Consols opened this morning at 87, fell to • • treaty of July 15 is
lacted
Why. the justification of the
French Prime Min•ster.,
864, and this afternoon began to rally again, being
marked 864 to 87k, and closing sellers at the last quo- treaty mainly relied upon
inby
rLeysoti.rcalinPianl,rrnieiresrtofrnollioasanbeitnen.
tation. Various rumours were in circulation to account its influence over sarra,,s
1 Constantinople, because of
for the improvement, sonic of them not having a she- mediate advance. tow
dow of foundation to rest on. Thus, it was said that that capital being menaced fromto thlaievesotuhtch bykc
.11•10elftemet
Mehemet Ali and the French were disposed to give Ali,' who was posted,d so as
What could be mores Asia
way, and that the French Funds, by pigeon express, Minor in his hiaornts;
ossfeiheori
than hr.!. Lord Palmerston to e natural,;age came over higher. 'r4 ostensible reason, however, we what more prudent,
enetperntvaeinnu
di bd • :a
believe to be this : one or two of the most extensive Russia in a. common. pledge to save the Turkish capitaln-ae
jobbers were said to be out of stock, a circumstance from alrleotethn.ecre.
fionryasrttlearlsiz,:nagn
floc
clefreea4
which, should it prove correct, must, of course, neces- every P
abruptotd and arbitrary tyrant
sitate further purchases. The payment of the divi- individual projects 1 It
tis..thoc use to deny the fact, that
future violenees of an en-
some were in course of progress to-day, but although the only security
tagraianns
some amount of the money thus put into circulation terprising
Ali—the speculator ()__
will find its way into the Funds, the increasing lightness like Mehemetportico
li
of
Turkeyy security, we mean,
f to the north of
of discount will absorb a larger sum out of doors. for . any.g
plods exoa'sion
Stock for November was about I per cent. higher.
.Sfyrria,
ci.
should, un'hae nil ram Syria itself ; and,
Exchequer Bills ranged from par to 3 premium, and 1 ran ca
o Id resolve to nkillky for her own welfare and for
India Bonds lets. to les. discount. Bank Stock was
eti-le world,
in his further' e. common. cause with the
at 169- to 165 - ex dividend. India Stock at 2451, g p
'IL' hjahe
and the New Tnree-and-a-Half per Cents. 96 to 96g.
which
. fate professesof battl •be the vassal, whatever may be
The Foreign Stock Market was dull. The inteili- tpre of Europe'e, in a war with the Five Great
gence from Madrid continues to operate unfavourably.
ogees'
it stilt to f for her enemies, she has public
upon Spanish Stock, the Actives having declined to-day opinioher.
We -ar, and the pen of history hanging
from 94 to i. Portuguese New Five per Cents.. were , overr
)1 but for the r • 'ranee. herself was the
about a i per cent. better, being at 3--4, . n . .
o.
ri. .• , originator oft he proposition for
16th fast., they did not advance beyond 31i. Colombian ;
league for
Austria, Prussia, aid Russia into a common
Six per Cents. receded to 211, Brazil Bonds unproved ,i for the preservation of the Turkish empire, in
esee, Austrian declined from 1061 to 106, French the year 1839. But he states that Lord Palmerston
to 4
Cents. tell 10 h left off
Five perto W., butat 103, the was more disposed to rel • larts f France
jj upon the joint e ( proof of
and closed at 71 and Enokoof of Tnree per Cents opened at 68 to 671, tr , •6, twl than on theirs. Was this any pr •
70 francs, and .butch Two-and-a-113u per Cents, the iaddrerence of England towards the strict main-
to
fluctuated from 481 to 494-. , tenanee of a French alliance e There are, at the same
Shores were all rather lower.
allegations m this
time, remarkable •document under the
The Foreigu Exchanges were this afternoon fiat band of M.what was said be-
Thiers,ers, which we repeat ,

The case altogether, in the extent of it, is one so
novel and catraordinary, as well as attended with great
hardship to all concerned, that it is highly worthy of
being dwelt upon, not merely for the sake of alleviating
that hardship, but to obtain some legal protection, if
possible, for all future cases of a similar kind. It is a
great aggravation of the misfortune, in the preSent in-
stance, that there have been no parties deeply interested
as creditors, .and willing to step forward at the proper
time, when the insolvency of the house was all but an
admitted fact, to assume the administration of affairs,
and to protect themselves and others in a similarly un-
fortunate situation, A. current topic among mercantile
men of the present day is the comparative advantage of
a trust deed and of a commission of bankruptcy, re-
specting which there is much to be said on both
sides, but there arc few indeed who would have a
plea to allege in favour of the administration of an in-
, solvent estate by a Master in Chancery. A fiat cannot
issue against a dead man, who with the debt of nature
has paid all other debts, but an administration of his
affairs by the principal creditors who could have
selected two or. three to represent the whole body,
would have been as good as a trusteeship, in fact
nearly the same thing, and assets might have been
realized and divided with the judgment and despatch
which men of business are used to exercise in all
such cases. They would have proceeded next to
investigate all liabilities, whether of partnership or
otherwise, connected with the affairs under adminis-
tration, and, assisted as they would be by good legal
.advice, for which ample funds could not be wanting,
no real responsibility could have escaped their vigi-
lant investigation, and the creditors, who would re-
ceive a portion of their claims at once, might in the
end have recovered the whole. How this is to be
accomplished in the turn the affair has taken,
I though not impossible, is quite past the general
comprehension, which is at no loss to conjecture, how-
ever, in what manner it might be made to serve the
purpose of parties who, •having incurred a real respon-
sibility, were desirous of escaping from it. Some legal
provision for a case like this seems undoubtedly to, 4e
wanted, for though the importance of it, and its ae-
plying to a great nanking•house, instead of a merchant
or general trader, has fixed public attention upon it,
there must be instances of almost daily occurrence in
this rich and busy country in which the omission of such
of a provision is felt.
It is to be hoped that ell concerned will make known
their situation freely in regard to Hammersley's Bank,
for it is out of u wide-spreading evil like this, and not
any petty isolated case, that a proper impression is to
be wade, which may lead to a reform of the law.
What the public press can do for the sufferers is but
limited, but such a result will at least be some conso-
lation to them, and a great public benefit.

CHRONICLE.— We trust that the holders of De-
ferred Bonds of Mexican Stock have not misunderstood
the nature of what our impression is as to what should
be done at present to protect their interests. In order
to make our meaning plain, we may now state that we
think it would be proper to get the lands which have
been appropriated by the Mexican Government sur-
veyed by some fit person, and a report prepared of their
extent, soil, climate, and other relative qualities. We
also conceive that possession should be taken in name
of the bondholders by some person or persons
duly authorised ; and these objects can only be
obtained by a delegation of the right presently
possessed by the bondholders, for which purpose unity of
action must he produced, and this can only be done (or at
least can best be done) by the appointment of a certain
number of trustees or other persons to represent
the bondholders. It is with this view, we believe, that
the Company to which we alluded yesterday has been
projected, and if it be approved by gentlemen of capital
and standing in the City, a valuable right might be se-
cured. The only step necessary is for the bondholders
to deposit their bonds with the trustees, and along with
than a small pecuniary pa)ment to defray the expenses
attending the survey and of taking possession. When
those measures were accomplished the advice of the
bondholders would necessarily be taken before proceed-
ing further, even if a general meeting were not deemed
previously expedient to appoint the board of manage-
ment. We make these observations to do away with
any impression which might possibly be entertained that
we contemplate a speculative joint stock company in
regard to these appropriated lands. Our sole object
has been to suggest the adoption of such measures only
as should secure the possession of them to the bond-
holders.

POST.—News to the evening of the 27th ult. is
said to have been received from Alexandria, and this, it
is added, proves to be of a pacific tendency. It is re-
ported that, being unwilling to embarrass France, ti-.e
Paella was at last prepared to make such concessions to
the Allied Powers as may be necessary to prevent a
continuance of hostilities on their part. Other reports
were in circulation, one of which was that M. Thiers
had given in his resignation. The Bank Directors, it is
stated, find that the Foreign loan system absorbs some-
thing like four millions of capital, which sum is em-
ployed anything but usefully to the public, and that they
may, therefore, contract their circulation to this extent
without detriment to the general interest. The Bank
have great necessity for acting with caution, and that
they will act with caution there can be no doubt. We
hear that a loan will be wanted for the service of
Turkey, as also another for that of France, and that
the amount will in each case be large. Great circum-
spection is therefore called for if it be on this account
alone.