The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

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.POREIGN.
ir The King of the French has created a batch of Peers.
wantY new names are added to the Grand Hospital of
Incurables. Whenever we now hear of a French crea-
t,lvoll of .1116r5,.-We set ourselves about inquiring in what
f4Y they •R assisting the Court in trampling under
est the liberties of France.
iThe deaths in the French Peerage during the lastyear
Al'▪
e, nine ; and of the'new creation nine were Royalists.
q:' ans.encouragement to M. Herbert, the Procureur-
leral, to persevere in his exertions to extinguish the
Zny of the press, M. Frank Carte, his predecessor in
figures as one of the new Peers.
thlitree hundred Deputies had arrived in Paris on Sa-
• , to be present at the opening of the ChM M.aers.
I.he sentence of the court of Peers upon Dupoty,
Irtinues to excite an extraordinary sensation in Paris.
ti.our columns of this day will be found a summary of
le,,,,epinions of the French Press upon this question.
~ss-the National and Commerce assert that a garrison
',:_
_ner, signed by Lieut.-General Darriule, has just been
,7641 in all the barracks in Paris, calling upon the colts.
gala of regiments of the first military division to have
all the cartridges taken from the cartridge-boxes of th 4
trea
ps, and to see that none be given out except at the
moment The
when the regiments are ordered under arms.
4ne National states that this order has been issued in
r Z3llsequence of the disclosures of Dufour, who has men-
Oiled some soldiers as having sold cartridges to persons
It ongst the working classes.
The following is the speech of the Austrian Ambas-
ttdor to the Queen of Portugal, delivered at his Excel-
ney's first audience :—" The Emperor, my master, has
„_barged me to assure your Majesty of the affliction
k_waich he has for his august niece, and the interest which
ge feels for the consolidation of her throne and the pros-
-,;,nty of the kingdom which Divine Providence has con-
fled to her care. The rights of your Majesty to the
'Town of Portugal were never doubtedisy the Emperor
1113' master." ,
„_ A letter from Madrid of the 18th inst. informs us that
%ere is likely to be a severe struggle as to who shall be
elected President of the Cortes. The Ministerial depu-
less intend, it is said, to. proposesM. Arguelles, , the
peen's guardian, hilt two other parties of the Cortes
°"ste each their candidate to propese.
•‘,The tribunal of Madrid has acquitted the 43 priests
Lino were arrested in the ex-convent of Gclitos; with-
-7t even sentencing them to pay the expenses of the trial,
although they had persisted in exercising their ecclesi-
all deal functions- when forbidden to do so by the Go-
'ern's:tent.
A letter from Constantinople of the Ist of December,
141Ys :—" Our news from Persia this week has a certain
rePortance. The commercial treaty, so long ago . pro-
tleted between Great Britain and Persia, and about which
s,tl4e Shah had hitherto demurred, has been definitively
l'lglied. Major Farrant is now on his way home with it,
I,IM it is intended he should return with her Majesty's
)sifieation. He was in the Lazaret of Trebisonde when
last accounts left that port, and, as his quarantine was
he finished to•day, we may expect him down by the
v'''
erY first steamer." • -
,t The Tabreez letters are- to the 11th November.
Sri ngs *ere going on very smoothly in Persia, where
lent
John M`Neill and the whole mission were in excel-
p.lt odour. Mr. Tod, an attache to the mission, and Mr.
i,lbbott, on their way to Persia, were attacked by the
'erds on the frontier, wounded and plundered, notwith-
standing, which they sueceeded in reaching Tabreez in
that
gcod health. Business is represented as good in
at country.
sstAoeording to the Frankfort Journal of the 23d, the
tinicipal Council of Osnabruck addressed a memorial
:king
Legislative body praying the assembly to urge the
, of Hanover to restore the Constitution of 1833.
•.tt,e he Cassel Gazette states that the Second Chamber of
;States of Hanover has put on the Orders of the Day,
:ijeotion expressive of regret at the exclusion of some of
?t8 members from taking their seats.
The Emperor of Russia has been granting pensions to
the,7 widows of the officers who fell in resisting the glo-
s_°us attempt for the independence of their native land
glade by the Poles in 1830.
The Circassians recently obtained a glorious victory
`'l'er the Russians. The latter lost 28,000 men killed
ilad made prisoners.
PUBLIC OPINION.
the
Morning Advertiser contains a leading article on
e present state of the country, especially of the ope-
rative classes ; and proves, by several statistic calcula-
!ns, that if a comparison be made of the relative
""▪ nount of comforts enjoyed by an English and a Ger-
man operative or labourer, the balance will be found to
isreatly in favour of the latter.
' . The Morning Chronicle observes, in an article abound-
41g in sarcastic allusions to the present " heavy drow-
siness", of the Tory party, that the cause of their dull-
11ess and gloom originated in a conviction that "their
vrinse Minister will fail in satisfying , the landlords and
the nation ; that, in fact, it is beyond his power."
• Tines has an article on a project, now under dis-
:,assioNloth by the English and German Journals, for
',atablishing a German colony at the groupe named the
„tajtliam Islands, in the vicinity of New Zealand ; the
li:of which article is to show that the nominal ces-
• is4,!,t) Hamburgh of the sovereignty over these islands,
ga'.:sl impose on England the task of keeping a continual
q.,,419, and watch over every movement Of the insular
u wernment and its visitors, which yfnul4#oon destroy
ale effect desired by both parties- i:freit4J,PtXablishment of
.. I, neighbourly feeling between,,.4l9,,settlers at the
• t `4latham Islands and our own coloniits.
./,' The Post, in the course of an article on, the Stade Du-
114s, states
_that the negotiations between England and
' anover on this subject, have- not, been, broken off or
l4tnoned, but that, on the contrary, they have been
taught nearer than ever to a satisfactory . completion,
ti a Hanoverian Government .having recently, made new
proposals
to Great Britain, " in order to prove the since-
rityl —of its wish"adds the Post—" for a prompt settle-
2.a,ittpt of a question which Hanover has never done any-
thing to prolong."
d The Somerset County Gazette, speaking of the Puseyite
~.(3etrines, says :—" The Puseyites wrap, religion in
44,ystery, thus taking the very opposite course to that
adopted by the Divine founder of Christianity, who for
t:e first time removed religion out of the region of nays-
s!)", and made it plain to the meanest capacity. They
fisk to enslave the minds of men by awing them from
"ght. Such is the principle of Puseyism, to which
~• forms and lesser articles of faith are only subservient;
'4'B IS its end and aim."
• The Liverpool Chronicle observes, in reference to a
• Protestant operative meeting that took place last Week.
artatdiverpool :—" It is certainly unfortunate for society,
-"' still more unfortunate for the clerical character, that
. riests, in all ages (we speak without referencelo creeds),
' 4,ve been the most uncharitable, the most.bitter and un-
-alenting persecutors of those who bold, or have held,
141:lions contrary to themselves. Clerical disputants,
ts2and all other men, delight in treating with contempt
ths`livine injunction, "Do unto others as you would
1,1 should do unto you:
eir,"'e take the following from the Cambrian:—"The
i 1,..,41t1 that now-obscures us is Seen rather to be the 'speck
-14''siss-higger than a man's hand,' which forebodes the
i.a.:lttr„ and the temPestS. It is not a surface wound, to be
L's'l/2-With the cautery of ' fire' and bullet, but rather a
"TA,„Tintirtery; not a passing complaint,- but rather a
, pronA—ri :disorder, threatening dissolution. Exactly in
%''Slafit',°n to the conviction of the people, that the
-Il"' branches of their foreign trade are passing ra-
: Y away into the hands of the Swiss, Belgians,
Ilsit'sstre,neh, and Germans,' one after' 'one, do their de-
e9y7.7:ndS'arainst the monopolists become • more stringent."
. SPeaking of the Anti-Corn-law meeting held last week
Zs -n . Dublin, the Dublin Evening Post makes the following
remarks :—" The very place of meeting was in itself a
striking feature in the scene. It was held in the Round
Or Room built twenty years tyro for the purpose of feasting
George IV.—and wbere lie was feasted by the rotten
4 Corporation—now, thank Heaven, in its infamous grave.
'V-, tpon the occasion referred to, the Notables and Cele-
brites of the Empire, then in Dublin, were invited. Mr.
O'Connell was the only man of eminence whose name
was left out of the invitations. Twenty years have
passed, and are gone, and that same Daniel O'Connell
Presides as Lord Mayor in this very room ; and the
first use to which it has been turned, 'under the New
. Dynasty, is to make it a hall for the hearing of whole-
-B°lne truths, liberal sentiments, and sound sense. This
' is the kind of triumph that we should like to enjoy."
s` he Scotsman tints refers to the recent conduct of the
o
tii-eartita at Edinburgh :—" At an interesting lecture on
at subject of the Corn-laws on Wednesday evening, by
~ far. C'yrlisan American gentleman, these candidates
or a voice
as. as s in the Legislature broke into open violence,'
aIL. and turned the church in which they were assembled
d
-into a scene of alarming riot and confusion. It is said
*set T' at Mr. Lowrey afterwards rebuked them ; but ebulli-
.l.,c4l
a 's of this kind are not without instruction, as they
,7-• "q 7 '6iV or what sort of men the Chartist party in this
1.5.'s Arter is composed. The spirit of blind unreasoning
ni.,,,,y displayed by these men must gain the co-operation
-'d 't Very honest workman to put it down."
• noIONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
11./iltriri,, The total quantityof foreign spirits introduced through
.1411tetpie port of London for home consumption for the year
4 ._l2il, up to last week, was 1,331,302 gallons, showing a
,I...,,ecrease of 43,386 gallons, as compared with the preceds
s ingoyear. The decrease has been chiefly in rum.
:, The distress existing in the Isle of Man is illustrated
by an instance that occurred last week. The wife of a
e.r • respectable -artisan purchased at a brewery twopenny-
,.. Worth
,of-khe grains used for cattle, but not having paid
e 7 for there,, the man followed her home. On entering the
1. h° use h -0; beheld the poor woman, with a child at her
•h, °Mast, her. husband, and four children devouring the
t. grains, not haying tasted food for four days.
The circhlation of notes by the private and joint-stock
uanits of England and Ireland is less at present by
1,500000/. than it was about a month ago. The Scotch
banks, on the contrary, have increased their circulation
Is
suy 65,624/. The aggregate amount for the United King-
nom is 38,110,0001., of which 3,448,6601. is in Scotch notes.
Ship-building in Maryport (says the Carlisle Journal)
Partakes of the general: dullness that pervades the
Country. A great number of hands have lately been
discharged from all the yards, and the distress among
their families is intense.

ELECTIONEERING.
The present vacant seats in the House of Commons are
Lynn
. Leominster,Bandon, and the University of Dublin,
'104,1 NAVAL AND MILITARY.
ni:•4 A.,„.C,aPtein Steele, of the Royal Marine Artillery, who
5.4'4 al Portsmouth on the 18th inst., served at the siege
;'Of igushing, the defence of Anhalt, the taking of Idamp-
ton, the war, in Canada, the service of the north coast of
Spain, and lastly in Syria.
Two of the batteries west of Hythe are to be taken
down in consequence of the encroachments of the sea.

Also two towers near Dymchurch to be taken down, and
the sea wall to be strengthened, as the-sea, advances gra-
dually in that quarter.
Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire
Brigade, has been sent by the Lords of the Admiralty to
inspect several of the Royal Dock-yards, and report on
the existing means of extinguishing fires, and to suggest,
if possible, a more effective system for their protection.
PINE ARTS.
A thousand florins have been contributed towards the
erection of a statue in honour of Rembrandt, by the ex-
King of Holland, the Count of Nassau.
Several portraits of the Apostles, painted upon wood
and curiously framed, of the time of Oliver Cromwell,
have lately been discovered during the repairs and alte-
rations going on at All Saints' Church, South Lynn.
Two fountains are about to be constructed in the
Place de la Bourse and the promenade behind the church
of Notre Dame, by order of the Municipal Council of
Paris. The latter is to be in the Gothic style, and
32,000 f. have been already voted towards it.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
An atmospheric phenomenon appeared over the Clyde
last week, in the shape of a huge ball of fire. It was
about a yard in length, lobe-shaped at the sides, and
like a trumpet-mouth at the top. When within a few
yards of the stream it exploded like a great firework.
C OURT--FASHIONA.ELE.
Baron de Rothschild, and Baron Anselm de Roths-
child, have both been created Commanders of the Order
of the Golden Lion, by the Elector of Hesse Cassel.
Buckhurst Park, the seat of the Lord Chamberlain,
Earl Delawarr, was visited last week by the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Prince George and
Princess Augusta.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are en-
tertaining Count St. Aulaire, Lord and Lady John Rus-
sell, and a large party, at Bowood.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are entertaining
Count and Countess Creptowitch, Countess of Charle-
ville, and several other fashionables, at Bretby.
The Earl and Countess of Orford have a party at Wol-
lerton Park, Norfolk. • •
Lord Bagot is entertaining a succession of.visitors at
Blithfield Hall, his seat, near Stafford.
Lord and Lady Maryborough have a small party at
Deal Castle, Kent.
Viscount and :viscountess Palmerston are entertaining
a party at Broadlands, Hants.
Sir Charles Morgan has a party at Tredegar, South
Wales.

A letter from Berlin, of the 19th of this month, says
that his Majesty,the Kin°. of Prussia will set out on the
16th of January to proceed by way of Calais to London,
to be present as godfather at the christening of the young
Prince of Wales.