The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-08 00:00:00

TURKEY.

(From the Ottoman Gaze, te of the 18th of September.)
DECREE OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL.
'According to the Convention which has been con-
cluded between the Sublime Porte and the FoUr Hi h
Powers, for the settlement
_or. the- Eit,yptiOit question,
his Excellency Riffat. Bcy wessent,by his Imperial Me-
jesty the Sultan to NMlemet Ali Pacha, in order to
announce to him their determinations on that point.
His refusal to accede to these propssitions, expressed
at different times, having been uNde known to the
Council-General, hell at the house of his Holiness the
Sllciekh Islam, on Wednesday, the 6th of the holy
month of Rejab (241 of September), and the letters sent
by his Excellency Itiffat Bey having been read by his
Holiness, in presence of the Ministers, the Ulcma, and
the other notables of the empire, they were unanimously
of opinion that the mediation of the four Allied Powers
was necessary, in terms of the treaty—that it was nei-
ther contrary to the Divine Law nor to the interests of
the nation—that as the pretensions of Mehemet Ali
tend to divide the empire into two parts, which would
cause the ruin of the Ottoman power, any concession of
these unjust demands was declared to be inadmissible—
that the Council, after mature deliberation, arpreving
of the steps which had been taken, declared it to be
their unanimous resolution, and came under a solemn
collectively
e course which had been
and individually, to sup-
port engagement,
tlie Government
b
both
adopted ; and finally, they denounced as traitors all
in
tl
such as should, either directly or indirectly, by word or
action, oppose or interrupt these
salutary measures, and
consigned them to the punishment which their crimes
should merit.

(Signed)
The Sadrazan Ruouir Pasha.
Sheiekh ul Islam, 111ekkis Aade,
The Minister of Commerce, Achrnet Fethi
The Seraskicr, Alustapha Nourri Pacha,
Pasha.
The Minister of Marine, Capndan P
Said
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mustapha Resbid
I acha.
'rho Minister of the Palace, lUza
The President of the Supreme Council of Justice,
sib Paella.
The Minister of Finances, Said
The Hassaskir of Rlunielia, Molitrrict Saarlula Effendi.
The High Judge ul Emirs, Midurnhiin Effendi.
Kasn,skin, the Physician, Abdulhak Essat Ef-
fendi.
Kassaskir, Minister of Public Instruction, Imaum
'Gawk, Essat Effqncli.
Kassaskir, the Imperial Historiographer, Mahomet Es-
sat Effendi.
Kassaskir of Anatolia, INlustapha Izatt.Effendi.
Kassaskirs Members of the Supreme Council.
1 The Master of the Al:nt, Zivcr Effendi.
The Grand Customer and Intendant of the Valide
tuna, Table Bey.
cCeouunnsseelllioo rr
ofof
Marine,
At ti Aff Alißey
The Minister of Justice, Muhib Effendi.
The Preses of the Military Council, Hussein Pasha.
The Master of the Ordonance„kreff Bey.
Minister of Church Revenues, Mahir Be)'.
Counsellor of War, Etheim Bey.
ForeignAffairs,Effendi.
Counsellor of Commerce, Enverri Effendi.
the
Counsellor of Finances, Ismael Effendi.
First Secretary of the Grand Vlzir, Zuhdi Bey.
Mullah of Constantinople, Tcflik
The Lvov, T,tulary Moilas (Judges) of Constan-
tinople.
The First Imperial Imam, Nourri Effendi.
Revisor of Ecclesiastieal Revenues, Aasaff Bey.
Profissor of Medressah St. Sophia, Khurst Raja.
The EightMeinbers of the Second Class of the Council
of Justice.
Grand Mister of Ceremimies, Said Bey.
First Secretary of Foreign Affairs, I Effendi.
Dragoman of the Imperial Divan, Saafct Effendi.
Chancellor, Shefket Bey,
Second Secretary of the. Grand Vizier, Shidhaah Effendi.
Second Secretary of Po kffairs, Neddim Effendi.
Secretary of Minist:e'gr rinstice, SCIA:11111 Effendi.
First Secretary of the Supreme Council of Justice, Alo-
hessin Effendi.

IMPERIAL
r,IATION OF THE ABOVE.
IN CONFIR-
We have read the decree of the I.2ouncil Genera!,
and are well !
! pleased with their resolutions relative to
the Egyptian overjoyed, as will
question, which ive are
be all good Mussulinan% to fied so ue;tr a termination.
Let ycur sage cooduet 'end the oare you take to ensure
the due administration et justice', be proeis of the love
lIATTI SCHERIFF.
you bear to your country r• nd religion ; to set otherwise
will be treason to buth. Let all those who, without
comprehending . r
the n
-esent ;legion (tire to impugn the
conduct ur
of our overnmeritcl be puaished according to
their demerits. May God tc;zn to grant us., through
the intercession of the h Hol i'rop_et, a
,termination of
this matter such as We desire.. May God recompense
the faithful servants of our empire! Amen.
_____

REPORT OF THE
LATIVE TO THE AFFAIR OF KHOZREFF
PACHA.
Your Imperial Majesty having been informed that it
would be necessary to call before this tribunal the ex-
Grand Vizir Khozreff Pacba, to answer for his alleged
was pleased to issue your Imperial or-
illegal conduct, SUPREME COUNCIL RE-
dcrs that the affair should be examined on the sitting
of the 25th of the month, Djamaziel Akhir (Aug. 23).
The 120,000 piastres which be bad token from Musta-
pha Nourri Pikcha, then Governor of Janina, had been
previously demanded from Kbosrcff, who in his answer
ackuowledacd how the matter had
pass9d—ao that

letter having been read at the Council, has served as
the basis of the accu=ations brought against him ; the
audacity with which lie had demanded money in the
;Mlle of the two Ministers, Achmet Fetid Pacha and
Reschid Paella, struck the Council dumb with astonish-
ment. Fethi Pacha having been called to state what
concerned him in this affair, said—" Before the arrival
of Mustapha Nourri Pacha, Khosreff h id offered -me a
present of 25,000 piastres, as from himself, but I seve-
ral times refused it, until, at the Sultan's intercession, I
accepted it—afterwards, when the Seraskier came,
Khozrtff owned that the money came from him." Reshid
Pacha was called, and stated similar facts, concluding
thus I refused the money, bat Khozreff took it and
appropriated it to his own use." The Council then
passed to the affair of Zecharieh Pacha, who, on the
request of the President, exposed as follows :—" Same
days after my arrival in Constantinople, Khosreff Pacha
sent to tell me to come to hie), and told me that I
ought to offer gifts to some high* personages, arid must
endeavour to send him 1,000 purses, or 500,003 pias-
ters for that purpose. I applied to my banker for that
sum, but he refused to give it me, us I was already
deeply indebted to him, on which Khosreff, despairing
of being able to catch so large a sum, proposcu to sell
me three diamond snuff-boxes for 80,000 piasters, which
he said it was necessary to give to his Highness Achmet
Fethi Pacha and to their Excellencies Reshid and Sub
Pachas, besides 50,000 piasters for a sword to his
Highness Halil Pacha. After having paid him the
value of these things, Khosreff gave me to under-
stand that .he would not be offended if 1 were to
make him a present of 100,000 piasters, which I did.
On his disgrace lie sent to tell me that he had only been
able to give away one of the boxes, and returned me the
other two, along with 25,000 piasters, being half the
price I had paid for them. Some days after I paid him a
visit of condolence, when he told me that he had ex-
pended the money which he teak from me in repairing
the roads to the Sultan's farm." The Members of
Council, Etheim Effendi and N,,.ssir Effendi, who had
been sent to Rudest to expose the state of the process
to Khosreff and take his deposition, produced a letter
which he had written to the Council, in which he
acknowledged the truth of these accusations, and stated
that he had offered to Fetbi Pacha one of the snuff-
boxes, above referred to, as corning from himself,
but he refused to receive it ; on which he beggt.d
the Sultan's perm,ssion to offer to him, on the ground
that, being given by a superior to an inferior au-
thority no ignoble motive could possibly be implied
by Fethi Podia accepting it. He owns also that he
sent the 50,000 piastres to Held Pacha to buy a
sword. Fethi Pacha declared that he would not re-
ceive a prest.nt so unjustly extorted ; and Saib says that
not only did he never accept of a snuff-hax, but it never
even had been offered to him. The revelations of Halil
Pacha elucidated and confirmed the above facts. It
was thus clearly proved that the original statements of
Khosreff were false, and that Zacharieh Pacha had not
given 100,000 pi isters to repair the road to the Sultan's
farm, which had been defrayed by a voluntary contribu-
tion of several pachas, who resided in the neighbour.
hood, and profited by it. The people of C)prus, who
live at Constantinople, proved that at different times
• sums of money had been extorted from them under the
I pretext of defraying the expenses of buiiiing a mosque
at Mergune, on the Bosphorus. This mean conduct
was no less insulting to the sacred person of the Sultan,
whose earnest desire it is to observe religiously the oath
he has taken, and to promote the happiness of his
people, than offensive to the memory of Sultan Mob.
mow% who had never in any shape ordered that the
Cypriots should contribute to the constructian of the
mosque.
All these wicked actions merit the severest punish-
ment ; but the Council, having taken into considera•
tion that the greater part of diem occurred before the
publication of the penal code, and that the natural ra-
pacity of the offender covered as with a veil the eyes of
his conscience ; viewing likewise his long service as
Vizier of the Empire as a powerful plea in mitigation of
punishment, they declare that Khosreff, having shown
himself' unworthy of confidence, is for ever incapable of
being employed in any public capacity ; that his pen-
sions shall be withOrawn ; that he shall be exiled for two
years, during the first eight months of which he shall be
under strict surveillance, in order to guard him against
himself and his own foolish imaginations. Mustapha
Nourri Pacha and Zocharich Pacha merit also punish-
ment, for having given money to be used as bribes, con-
trary to the laws ; but many extenating circumstances,
such as ignorance of the state of affairs of the capital, and
of the promulgation of new laws, accompany their of-
fences, and they were, therefore, dismissed, after receiv-
ing an admonition. The money taken, whether from
the two Paellas or the Cypriots, must be returned to
them, and Lazaraki the capu lchiarja (Charge d'Af-
faires) of the island of Cyprus, because he acted as in-
termediary, was privy to the fraud committed, and be-
sides trafficked Ws influence with. Khozrdf to various
versoas, shall be exiled to Boli for one year.

COPY OF A NOTIFICATION OF THE BLOCKADE OF THE

PORTS OF EGYPT AND SYRIA.

" PERA, SEPTEMBER 17.

" GENTLEMEN,—I have to inform you that Reschid
Pacha, the Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, has
notified to his Excellency the Ambassador that the
Sublime Porte has ordered the blockade of the ports of
Egypt and Syria, which will be enfuced as soon as the
ships of war shad be assembled before the ports to be
blockaded ; and, moreover, that his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan having requeved the aid of the naval forces
of her Majesty and of his Imrerial Majcety the Empe-
ror of Aus ria to carry into execution the above-men-
tioned blockade, their Excel!conies the British Ambas-
sador and the Austrian Internuncio have given their
corisent to the demand.

" I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) " JOHN CART WRIGHT,
" Consul-General.

" To the British Merchants, Galati."

• The Turkish adjective used here is so construed, ar.
cnrding to the idiom of the language, as to refer to tht•
Sultan.

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.

AMSTERDAM, OCT. Majesty at the request
of his second son, Prince Frederick, has been pleased
to accept his Royal Highness's resignation of the office
of Admiral of the Fleet, and Master-General of the
Ordinance, thanking his Royal Highness for his services
in those offices. We hear that his Rlyal Highness
will go to Silesia.

We understand that his Majesty has been to the
Leo ; he has made several appointments, and decided on
an entire r‘-organisation of several hrances of the public•
service. We hear, among other things, that M. Van
Doom is appointed Minister of War.
The Mi.dstcrs who are to meet at the Leo on Monday,
and to attend the important Council on Wednesday,
are expected to return to this city on Thursday next.
TUE HAGUE, OCT. '2.—Among the reports of the
day, it is said that the Council of State has ventured
to ttlze some steps to dissuade the King from execut-
ing his purpose to abdicate the Throne. An address
is spoken of, which the Council will present, or perhaps
has already been presented to the King.
THE HAGUE, OCT. 3.—His Royal Highness the

Prince of Orange is to go tomorrow to So;lsdyk ; on
Monday he will arrive at the Loo, and on Wednesday,
at twelve o'clock, the solemn transfer of the Throne
will take place. His Excellency the Minister Van Doorn,
is gone this morning to the Loo, where he will have a
preli►ninary conference with his Majesty to•morrow
morning. All the Ministers are summoned in his Ma-
jesty's name to present themselves at the Lon on Wed.
nesd ►y at noon to witness the signing of the abdication
of the Throne.

It is slid that the King's Proclamation is already
ilr.mn no, aryl that M. Van Doom has taken it with
him to the Loo to lay it before the King.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 4.—lt is confirmed that his Ma.
jssty is fu;ly resolved to continue•to reside in the Ne-
therlands. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick, too
is said to have given up his intention of going to live in
a foreign country. After his return from Prussia his
Royal Highness will fix his residence in North Brabant.
—llandelsblad.

TIIE llacuE, OCT. 4.—His Royal Highne3s the
Prince of Orange is expected to make his solemn entry
into the Hague on Thursday, on which day his Map,-
ty's proclamation will be published, announcing that he
has resigned in favour of the Prince of Orange. At the
same time a proclamation will be issued announcing the
accession of King William 11.
The Hereditary Prince of Orange awl Prince --Fre,
deriek will go to Lon on Thursday next.
13nussuts, OCT. 4.—Prince Lieven has arrive] ti is
morning from Germany ; he is going to Paris.
The Countess of Oultremont has just fixed her resi-
dence at Liege, and has had all the furniture and other
things which she left in Hovland brought to that city.
We believe she is now at the chateau of OultremOnt.
The Journal des Flanders affirms that she has never
c,ased regularly to receive letters from King William,
and that i
after a long time in Germany subsequent to
the marriage, it s pesible the King may come and re-
side ut Terveuren. This last circumstance seems very

We arc assured th it the pictures belonging to 'he
Prince of Orange in his palace at Brussels, which were
said to have been sent to Holland, are deposited in a
house at Brussels, as well as several others. waiting for
the directions of the Prince.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 5 —The King will return from
Wiesbaden on Friday next.
LIEGE, Ocr.s.—His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge Lr,d suite, travelling incug, arrived here yes-
terday, on his way
to Frankfort. Lord and Lady Lis-
towel have likewise arrived.
AMSTERDAM, OCT. 6.—The Prince of Orange ar-
rived at the Loo yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, and
had immediately a conference with the King.
His Excellency the Minister Van Doorn_has arrived
at the Hague.
The other Ministers and the Members of the Council
of State will arrive there to-day.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Frederick of the
Netherlands and the Hereditary Primo of Orange are
expected this morning.

On Wednesday. after the ahilic ttion, all the Princ. s,
except Prince Fre:kriek, alid the Ministers will returi,
to the Hague. The ceremony of the abdication will
take place at the Loo, in one of the saloons of the Pa-
lace, in the presence of the Court, the Ministers, &c.
At preent his Majesty seems to have resolved to go
to Berlin about the end of this month. On his return
his Majesty will reside either at the Hague, in his pre-
sent palace, or at the house in the Basch. It is thought
that before his Majesty goes to Berlin he will be present
at the baptism of the young► Prince, which is to be pub•
hely solemniz'A at the Hague.

'THE HAGUE, OCT. is said that the proclama-
tion of the King, with a grateful remembrance of his
twenty-seven years reign, will state the reasons which
have made him resolve to pass the remainder of his life
in repose. These reasons arc his Majesty's advanced
age, the obligations arising from the change in the fun-
damental law, and the consideration that a firmer hand
is required to conduct the Government to the advan-
tage of the people. The proclamation will likewise
announce the transfer of the three crowns of the Ne-
therlands, the Grand Duchy, and the Duchy of Lim-
burg to the Prince of Orange and his legitimate de-
scendants. One copy of the proclamation will be de-
posited in the archives of the Netherlands, and a dupli-
cate in the archives of the Grand Duchy.—Dutch
Papers, Oct. 7. •

HUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, OCT. 5.
Money. Rill..
Actual Dcbt, )..i per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
k :TM: i syndic, fli, per cent 8414 1454
ciao, ditto, tliii per cent l!iii 7 4
Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent l5B 159
Dqto (1525 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per emit.
Exchange on Loudon, One month ll 97%
Two months
Dutch Papers, Oct. 6.
;;F:c(IIAN 1. UNDB-11aussEts, Ocr. 0.
I.ctual Dek. 2 iv per Cent.
Rothschild's Lo in, 5 per (7,nt l/2
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent —
3 per Cent.
r. 7 1
--- Thirty-seven— -- ...... ~ - ,2/
Loan of City, t8:1•2, 4 per Ce»t. 9O
Society of Commerce, 452 per Cent lO9
Bank of Itelgimn, 5 per Cent 74l£
National Society. —
Exchange on London (short)
Brussels Papers, Oct. 6.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. f.B
live oer;Ccutfi. Metalliques
For per Cents.... llO4.
"force p:r Cent.
',W.: !thar,:,s
1675
-..,lllgeineine Zcuung, Oct. 4.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, OCT. 2.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuh!. Sch., 4', per cent. 10334 10%
Prussian English Loan, 183 n, 4 per cent 10174 1 1%
Exchange on London, three months 6 17N
—Prussian State Gazelle, Oct. 3.
H 1 M 11U RG RUMEN 11 ALLE, Ocr. 3.
•--- --

hills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
rani: Nharcs 1 ;liri ...-
A n,lo-Ittissian Loan lO6 1,5%
Russian 5 per Cent. !st series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Se.ws . l€2
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop.: and t.o. 3d and 4th .

_... _ , .... ..
Seci,s . V7 9644
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch 'anal Debt, 2y,', pe Cent 43
Mao.
l'oli,ll Bond
New icket
Anglo..i•.anish Loin, 3 per Cep* 4 7'2% 7214
Norwegian Loan, Is3l, 4 per C.,,4„ , , kJ
Spanish, New .1 per Cents.

ABDICATION OF"raE KING OF
HOLLAND.

King William is now in his 68th year. He was born
on the 24th August, 1772; married on the Ist Octo-
ber, 1791, a Princess of Prussia ; in 1793 took the
command of the Dutch army upon the occasion of the
declaration of war by the French Directory against the
Stadtholder of the United Provinces. Ile took Land-
reeks in 1794, retired into Holland with his troops after
the battle of Fletirus, embarked with his family for
England in 1795, and took possession in 1802 of the
small German principalities which had been ceded to
his father in exchange for his rights in Holland, and
which his father in turn had ceded to him. In 1806
he inherited the sovereignty of Nassau ; commanded
the right wing of the Prussians at the battle of
Jena ; was taken prisoner, and lost his states
after that battle ; afterwards took service un-
der the Austrian Government, and assisted in 1809
at the battle of Wagram ; was recalled into Holland
at the moment when the entire of G,Tmany marched
against France ; took the reins of Government of the
Lott' Countries. on the 6th December, 1813 ; received
on the 30th March, 1814, the oath of allegiance as a
Sovereign Prince ; on the 16th of March, 1815, took
the title of King ; promulgated the " fundamental law"
on the 24th August, 1815 ; was crowned on the 21st
September, 1815 ; summoned all Holland to arms on
the sth October, 1830, after the success of the Belgian
insurrection ; and declared on the 20th October in the
same year, that he would confine himself to the Go-
vernment of the northern provinces. He lost his Royal
Consort in the month of October, 1837 ; accepted the
" 04. articles" on the 14th of March, 1838 ; on the 26th
May, 1839, signed the ratification of the treaty of the
19th of April ; and on the 4th of September, in the
current year, promulgated the changes introduced by
him into the fundamental

The Prince of Orange is forty-eight years old, having
been born on the Gth of December, 1792. The news
at the King's abdication produced an immense sensa-
tion, both at the Hague and at Amsterdam. In the
latter city, the funds immediately fell 1 per cent., and
a still further depression was anticipated. A letter
from the Hague of the let October, states, that " per-
sons living in the Prince Royal's intimacy, have already
suffered some words to escape them es to the line of
conduct which the Prince intended to pursue
immeciately after his accession. He proposes to
commence by two great measures, the object of which
is to restore royalty to that popularity which, in the
last conflict with the Chamber and with public
opinion, it would seem to have irrevocably
lost. The first of these measures consists in taking
it on himself to guarantee the payment of the
interest on alt the loins contracted for (such
as for jhe construction of the railway to Arnheirn). It
had been a coestion whether this guarantee should fall
,pn the King himself or on the heir apparent. The new
King, by taking this guarantee on himself, would solve
this question in a mode the most satisfactory to the
holders of these securities. The second measure, which
is much more important still, is th, immediate nomina-
tion of a State Commission, charged with the duty of
reviewing the fundamental kw, and proposing, within
the shortest passible period, certain changes which
would be forthwith submitted to tie Chamber. In
choosing the members of this Commission, it is under-
stood that the new Sovereign will be influenced by pub-
lic opinion.

" The destinies of the Netherlatids," says the Han-
delsblad, of the 2d of October, " will no kng,:r be di-
rected by him whose views have been always benevolent,
whose undivided cares have ever been devoted to the
well-being of his country. Tae abdication itself, de-
cided by the nobicst motives, by a conviction that the
neces,ities of that beloved country require more force
and energy in its constitutional administration, will be
in itself the greatest and most sublime proof of the
Royal devotion. The respec:ei Monarch desires to lay
down the sceptre, which he hes cairied honourably for
more than a quarter of a century, and by this rare action
to crown his long reign—a reign full of difficulties, of
cares, of losses, and deceptions, but which, neverthe-
less, is not without its brilliant passages, entitling it to
the gratitude of is contcmporaiies, and securing to
it the admiration of posterity. The difficulties of the
epoch are immcnse ; atql, the task imposed on the
successor to the throne is most critical. But the
nation has the greatest confidence in the Prince of
Orange. The nation sees and honours in him, not only
the hero, who in his youth distinguished himself in
Spain, gathered imperishable laurels at Wate,ho, and
triumphed at Hassell and Louvain, but it sees, above all,
in him, a Prince attached devotedly, by conviction, to
constitutional order. God grant that stiecss may re-
-pond to a hope so well founded! The late of an en.-
tire reign depends on the first step taken by the Sove-
,eign. Experience has too frequently demonstrated
that nothing can repair the consequences of a first
rabic step. To-day it is the duty of all good citizens to
.upport ffor:s that are directed to secure the future
well-being of the country. May Providence have des-
tined a new era of glory and prosperity for the Nether-
linds !"

Toe Belgian papers state that the King of Holland's
principal motive for retiring into private life isthat he may
fulfil the saert.fl promise which he has given, and marry
he Countess D'Aull re:l-tont. As there is no longer any
obstacle to oppose this union, it is supposed that it will
speodily take place.

W AT TH E OPERA IN PARIS.

" The repreFentation of Guillaume Tell, last evening,
it the French Ovni, wits for some time interrupted by
at cry, from a great many of the audience in the pit,
for the 11L►rseillaise' to be sung. The audience had
been electrified by the rnaznificent trio in the second
,ct, and had listened with d.tep attention to the words,
in which the following (liner ition was pronounced
►gainst these who betrayed their country—

" ' Si p..rini rocs 11 est d. s traitres,
Que le soled de son flambeaux
VA, use a leur yeux lrt loam-re;
Le c il, Pewee, a kw- ;
Et Is turre—un toutheau.'
" The pit in a mass rose, and demanded the " Mar-
sellaise." The tumult increased until some voices be-
gun loudly to sing that revolutionary hymn, each couplet
of which was received with loud applauses, Which pro-
ceeded from all parts. When the orchestra proceeded
to commence the introduction to the third act, the
same cries re-commenced with increasing energy. A
Commissary of Police then made his appearance at one
of the boxes, and said that the audience had no right
to call for the singing of the Marseillaise,' as it
made no part of the performance of the evening.
That was very true, nor was that hymn in the for-
mula of the oath of Louis Philippe, and yet that Mo-
narch sung it loudly at the window of the Palais Royal.
No, the Marseillaise' was not on the play-bill for the
evening, nor does that document speak of the bom•
bardment of Beyrout, of the treaty of the 15th of
July, and of the humiliation of the country. What was
there, tlico, extraordinary iu tbie ebullition of the pub-

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te feeling ? What was there strange, that, seeing in
his box .ane of, the Ambassadors of the Allied Pow3rs.
the pit of the Opera should wish to manifest their sen-
timents by demanding the singing of those verses whic f
theh
recalled the glorious victories of fifty years. I
Government was sincere should it oppose itself to this
expression of national feeling ? Would it prefer the
brave people of Paris to swallow its shame ? w
then these warlike preparations, that appeal to France,
menaced on all sides in its position of isolation ? If
Thies is firm be should rejoice in these manifestatioust
which would increase his strength ; if he is not, thee
more reason for the demonstration, to convince Eurothp
that the Government must not be confounded with e
people which is behind it. The police, however, thought
difflrectly. Some municipal guards entered and ar-
rested a citizen, and soon after some scrgens de use
came in, and took into custody an individual in the Uni-
form of the national guard, and several other of the
most forward in the demonstration. They were 11,11'
a pronuse
however, afterwards set at liberty, on giving
to appear when called upon."

FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS.
the
According to the terms of the specifications to
fortifkatior.s of Bclville and Bagnolet, which are tbe
same as those approved of. by General Bernard,
1833, for the erection of the fort at Charenton, the •
stone and rubble to be used will be brought from C
tell. St. 11Iaur, Charenton, and Bercy ; the stone
the
for
cement from Brie ; the sand from the Seine ;
bricks from Burgundy ; the puzzolano from Issy, se,
the lime from Champigny. There Will be oelt
one contractor, and Lieutenant-Colonel d'Aigrepleith;
of the engineers, is to have the chief direction undert -
works. All the workmen employed are 'to be o
military authority. The day's labour is to last te,
hours. Tho,e who work at night will be paid one- forte
more. When the engineer officer thinks it necessarl
to employ soldiers on the works, and the tools they
are furnished by the State, he will pay them apartr. aae
l •the contractor will not be entitled to any inderai;
e
but
if the contractor supplies the tools, k„
tor
to receive two sous a-day for each military
man. Temporary wooden buildings for nine hileciret.
men have bt en erected at the northern foot The Meats
matre, where the fortifications are tracing out. ll?fi.
or sheds for the soldiers to be employed on the fort'
cations of Paris will have in front threedoors and
windows—those for the officers twelve doors and Wel°
windows. The captains will have one room forteach:
and other rooms will be occupied by a lieutenan saa
room
sub-lieutenant in common. There will be a mess'
for the lieutenants and sub-lieutenants, canteens for.th:
officers, tables for the captains and adjutant-10t1here;
a reading-room, ar d a report-room. F
huts, 36 will be in the commune of Charente.t;
at the angle formed by the road and the a
A Yeletio
Be,cy ; '24 at Fontenay, between the roe. an- le
pathway of Corneille; 24 at Montreuil, at the angle
formed by the roads to Paris and Rosily ; 36 at ?111.147
ville, between the roads to Paris and Noisy le-See • t
between Barriere de Fontarabie and the Canal Sslesi,
Denis ; 24 behind the Cemetery of La Vilette'
the Pont de Fiandres ; 24 at Saint Denis, at the a,Pre .
formed by the roads of La Revolte and F
d lue
0" _1
24 Reuil, between the road from Saint Clouo
040
Suresnes, and 24 at Iviy. The total amounts t bole,
huts. One person may make a tender for the
but in that case must make a deposit of 200,000 francs,
as caution money.

••••••••MoOmumislm.......1••••••••••••••••••• _
WRI TTEN CA RICAT UREv•

(From the Charivari.) eP r
Let us continue the consideration of man in his
11P
extremities—one more word on the head-dress.
THE HT.
The raking student wears a A
napless hat drawn d°._°
on one car. 'l'hc laborious student wears a similar n.
t
but descending over his brows. The raw student 47_
imported from the province parades the streets
with
a
white, gray, or sky-blue hat, tapering to a point'
broad brims, embellished by a curtain, rope, andtt°l?ull..
.
e bootmakcr, the butcher, the grocer,
na waen The
dressed, delight in a silk hat with a long •
is the orn
lofty, narrow-brimmed, short-napped silk hat
ment of the Sunday-dressed carpenter and masa"'r
The veteran clerk and the old fundholder wea
ingenuous simplicity, the bygone hat with brim
tare__,_
h
up before and behind, which, should a shower co e
they protect from injury by covering it vvit check'
cred handkerchief, the corners of which are firmly I
cured between their teeth. r s
If you have any pretensions to philosophy, w.e3 be
low-crowned hat with enormous brim. If your AO
at originality, adopt the sugarloaf shape.
HAM.
Copious and unclean locks which soil the coat e°ll4l.
arcenie),s•
rmet.
ihii eyeenabgstl wotcrt
Chinese
nl
eonswley, Theof psreeltr_esntdycleddploiirliagsionpabl philosophers and )o
the old 1 maker'
the mandarin.
cynic,
are combed, their hair is dirty, and stick ssiTpc in (lir
1 •
order.
The dancer, the hairdresser, the simpleton, and tbl,
lion, 6
wear their hair carefully brushed, resplendent'
grease, curled all round the head, and scparatcdham'
equal or unequal parts, like the waxen figures in a
dresser's window.
The old soldier, the postillion, and the act9r, "le
their haharbir ercssuil a la Titus.
rine r's apprentice, the student in his novitit"t° •
arrange their locks a la .leunc France.
Stiff hair is sometimes a sign of obstinacy, sleek Wok.
denote patience., a curly head is almost always sec° ;
panied with wit and the love of pleasure. 1331"r:sob-
generally the sign of an active mind, unless, be "d to
served, the bald man brush his back hair for vulgar
cover the front ; this is the mark of a mean and
wig',:x ,
spirit, or, which is still worse, unless he wear a
which case he must unquestionably be claJed
the snobs.
Premature gray hair denotes misanthropy, continuedsuffering, whether physical or moral, excessive labour,"
or nocturnal dissipations. ,;,nc is
With regard to those abundant locks will
,;;; die
powerless to bleach, they arc the badge of an Cc--
position, and of mediocre int: liect.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Mr. Butler commencetithe campaign pths' r
t
dlast night. After the Maison Velc4dre, be 13
dc
-o;
need, under the title of The Three Brall e rpi
one act version of that excellent old eOrn—ti;
Three and the Deuce, Balls being, of course'
Three Singles. This comedy has, during 13a' is
absence in America been shelved, because ther
e t,
at present no actor except himself who ever attl)
the character ; we hope to see him frequen,tlYrr
peat it during the course of the season ; it 's r-oi
feet, and we speak this with the full recollectibv on 0
Elliston in the same character. Mr. S. Rw'
an excellent Humphrey Grizzle, and IVliss Sheer,:
smith made an arch and clever Taffline, and very
shy„
the song " Little Taffline in her silken sa in
prettily. She looked exceedingly well j
„et
Welsh costume, and acted- her part with
naivete. With care she will make au ,C%-,1-11/
lent soubrette. A new burletta, erititlen tllir
Grandmother's Estate, followed. Mr. nauel„d,
(St. John Horton) is to succeed, under his
mother'srx
will, to a large property, on or'" ~0..
of his marrying his cousin Lady Emily 'I"; 'g
chicr (Miss J. Mordaunt.) He sends
,1n
friend, Captain Stanley to visit her, and sbe:"lss;
covering his object to be to report to her eelis'n, .
to her appearance and attractions, passes lie
off on him as a learned lady, deeply versed rit
mathematics, chemistry, galvanism, and even',
other " ism" in the circle of the sciences.
Secs
the meantime, as Miss Dashmore, she to
and wins Bouchier, who is determine('
ant
sacrifice the fortune of his cousin, ,1.4
marry the fascinating girl who has won
!c;
heart. Mutual explanations of course take
Play;
and all ends happily. There is nothing veil c,c
in the plot, but the dialogue is written with gre,'_e
care. The language is 'highly polished, and the
piece is replete with wit and repartee. Miss '1.34,
aa Mordnt acted Lady Emily with great 'P
niro
It was Lady Emily herself, the well-bred lad}' he
not, as is too often the case with stage ladies, t
lady's.maid aping
.the fine gentlewoman. Olie s'Pag;
in which she accompanied herself on the guitar, spas
to encored. We congratulate Mr. Butler on having
obtained the services of this actress. A Y°lll
lady styled "the Youthful Zitella," danced a pas setioi
which was much applauded ; and the hurleto!
A Wife's First Lesson, and the Railroad Slatirn
01 '
closed the evening's amusement, The house
11
well filled, end the performances were over
the
by'
eleven o'clock ; Mr. Butler stiil adherieg
excellent rule of last season, closing
macs so as to enable his friends to retire t° restii
if
a reasonable hour, a rule which it would be
we
other managers imitated. vet-fowl;

onn'eriolfEthSer2Adini:ti.istl7ttEe
the 29. h ult., had been re'e
t2iivatedetthtceise,rcoonammu,
nic3...,,, the
t" I" h,
iptdligence that a note bad been addressed tiy the 6141;0
G El NciY.—Af d v i cc: Jsrroilan, Id3:tcYcl
_French, Belgic n, Dutch, and Portuguese Ambassadors
of
attempt
Espartero, wattling him, that in the vac
°f any
na.t pTryesiennetyeLstaabntigshed in Spain, tbeY hi
son,
ceived orders to demand their passports and quit Selo'
Wellesley, ahleldaultluismo-_ at
Mr. William Arthur Wellesley, are pasta° t
't''Kt:rigm..e
luip
ect Regency,
onsg made to change in the
la.t her
relatives,Brusels the
eMissMisses
is res.ding vo
slightest dogrel
re,
lisllcd
Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., and his acconlP .i
bride, neice to Sir Hussey Vivian, have joined the po
suirettY—
.
Beaufort Castlep 04 seat of Lad Lovat, .lairerUC.

VENiNG EDI noN

_ :THE NEW ORIENTAL ROMANCE.
TiNove ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
HE CASHMERE SHAWL.
„.,
r By the Author of " The King's Pag,,e," &c.
, Full
of talent, varictv, and entertainment."—New Monthly
lur°etober
..en '
t,
rY Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
L) de,sr received by all Booksellers. ____

THE NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE.
?V,._. Just ready, in 3 vo:s. post Soo.,
IE 1) 0 \V A GEB-;
Or, the MMERN SCHOOL. for SCANDAL.
Abhor • By MRS. GORE.
of " Alothers and Daughters," .‘ Stokesbill Place," &o.
....„......LRichard Bentley, New Burling on street.

t„„'11 THEA -
TRE ROYAL, COENT EN.
E 4 the MANAGEMENT of MADAMEGARD vEsTrus.
INK_ THIS EVENING. OCT. b.
ue repeated the New Play, in five Acts, written by James
Sheridan Knowles, Esq., entitled
Joh, . • BRIDE OF :MESSINA:
(111., Proeida, Mr. Moore ; Fernando, Mr. Anderson;
Thie 1:44°, Mr. Cooper ; Isoline, Miss Ellen 'free.
"`",741 between the Play and the Altcrpieee will be oe-
er,
`-'IIIIC SCENEmilled
between Mr.CHARLES MATHEWS

and Mr. KEELEY, entitled
4itet• TWO IN THE MORNING.
itmch will ho repeated a New Musical Drama, entitled
11 1 THE GREEK BOY.
lls, Madame Vestris ; Doge of Venice. M. S Jones ;
111.4Yeggio, Mr. Diddear ; Silvio, Mr. Keeley ; Claudio,
'Dope ; Bernardo, Mr. F. Matthews; Benedetto., Miss
ihr ; Censtanza, Miss A. Taylor.
the Three New Pieces of the Bride of Messina, Two in
,Ores-rnlng, and the Greek Boy, every Evening.
eel -"loxes, 7s Second Price, 3s. 6(1. ; First and Second
"...ii"dit4,Sieticon:lPriee, 2s. 64. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price,
Nolei,„„ to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
Tiek -„" at Seven &Clock.
b't -"a and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan,
bl3-1-°l3see, from Ten till Four, where Season 'Pickets
5 had • •
torate „ „pop application.
l'nites to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller,
jund-street.

„
THE
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
tia-g.”` 'RE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER.
1!!_t0„,44 the recess the Theatre has been re-painted and re-
Ind every attention paid to the comfort of the au-

I%llj Tills EVENINt, OCT. S.
be acted, a Burletta from the French, entitled
Viltate, vs. AIAISON A VENDRE.
,111 r. St. John Horton ; Madame Dorval, Mrs. H.
.usa, Miss Crisp.
Musical Piece will succeed, entitled
PLertinit, Q MY HREE BROTHERS.
tt" *al "'nglei Mr. Balls; Peregrine Single, Mr. Balls;
lithe
_Ln.gle, Mr. Bala; Humphrey Grizzle, Mr. S. Roxby;
I,,Aft4."'s Sheersmith ; Emily, Miss Seymour.
wilt be rei cata a New Piece. entitled the
GS OF My RANDMOTHER'S ESTATE.

Vas Seul by the youthful Zetella.
To which will be added,
Ip •
Miith misA WIFE'S FIRST LESSON.
apnea
The
whefeAtol.coGnicnlueL"v%-ilithnaaki‘%is',,e• rßsuercloen a t td, pamerdance.
lier:B, RAILROAD STATION.
0...4.1P50n Jones, Mr. Samuel Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith,
ik'nek
''Oxen, 4s. ; Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s.
p\lAPhee—Dress Circle, 25.; Olympian Boxes, Is. Gd ;

, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
teit,(rnined attraction of Mr. Kenney's New Tragedy,
.en _
Jt,,k"The Sicilian Vespers," and Ainsworth's Orral
ihd hePPard," nightly fills this Theatre to an over ow,
be e
i.----"ences literally crammed to the ceiling loudly demand
Petition of these popular pieces.
THIS EVENING, OCT. 8,
Will be acted a New Tragedy, entitled
ttpm,.. THE SICILIAN VESPERS.
-.'eu by Messrs. Elton, Saville, Hughes, Neville, Hes-
' 411,1 Johnson, Miss Grant, and Mrs. Vining.

To conclude with
, JACK SHEPPARD.
inimitable Tableaus Vivans.
ODE
„
189DEN71-st• SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
"AILY, from T till Dusk, with the Unequalled
ilethrt'e in their commodiousc‘ and elegant habitations. The
as to
inlud.a rare species of Leopard entirely
."tiste,i, Mignon (F 1 t, the smallest ever imported, the
,°a, the Bush The Wombat, &c., &c.
raps g~,ur o'clock.
°n Feeding Hour of the Carnivora
)44104
W
A lER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW
minutes atter 0 1 Evening 3 6 minutes alter 0.
I'llbriestion of the Evening Edition of Tux Sux corn-
at 30 minutes after Three.

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LONDON:
-*THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 8, 1840.
Thi '

het 11144nis Journals of Tuesday have all been
part oF' from the extracts given in another
fornl '"he Sun our readers will be able to
eta tolerably
w correct conception of the excite-
the D. "lell prevails in the French 'metropolis on
'l42llern
question. The convocation of the
artlher..
/111141. 13 now fixed for the. Ist of November,
TR 'eh time the King is said to have given M.
talittellt
a carte blanche to resolve and to act as a
41,e , bl of the Cabinet may deem advisable. Thiste
Nti
•g
eian.iche Was given to the President of the
4tietda muting an interview with the King on
angel morning, after which M. TIIIERS pro-
Nwt an ultimatum to be delivered to the Four
aatkt. earg' defining the casus Mil, which one writer
ter
a: forwarded immediately to London. We
the exactly the purport of this ultimatum,
the cluzstion is altogether too grave to justify
d alaki
ittl I, guess-work of the contents of such a
katt "ellt•b
If forwarded to London, it will, as a
\Ve: °course, find its way into the newspapers.
to ti 3! he permitted to observe that the rumours
tilt le diplomatic circles of Paris were
"" thr-inatorri restriced the grounds ofthat
war
tiebna Points—the passing of the Straits of
tht asi rd"elles by a Russian fleet, an attacko.
td
f,
e u,Poli Alexandria, and the attempt ,f
Dour
e tw Pl,
owers to give effect to the sentence o
P
1/4osition
Pronounced by the SULTAN against
ALE. Should the first of these as-
Rat "entlialitleh; take place, France will declare
1)ov,
eagainst Russia singly, leaving the other
Uq
tri t 0 take what course they may think proper.
Ale la Other hand, if an attack be made on
toh:4-111,dri4 by the British and Austrian squad
1/41,,ru len War will be declared against these
idtiitlr without any reference to Russia. A n
the 4titti° t 3 this effect would open a door for
44110*:ltenanoe of peace. By taking Egypt underi
*Nit —itetian Franco would abandon Syria, whici
atop revert to the SULTAN, under tr
-„8 of
England and'Austria. As for the (
ten,--.olAOi:;tef MEHEMET ALE, England has not the
444-- idea of enforcing such a sentence. In-
Qbeli"e that were the VICEROY now to hP
*hat, the • British Cabinet would employ
.the i :ejnee it Iles at Constantinople to procure
ec.l%eu,iate 'nullification of the Imperial and
decl''si"leat *Decree, and even procure a Firman
the frmin;g tilt Government of Egypt hereditary in
Fran 131 the PA CH A..
'We ti continues her preparations for war,
.which
°IT :Y..," a most oi,antic scale. The Monzteur
DD
tfitll-4‘4Y contains four Royal ordonnances to that
the NZ;I The first, dated Sept. 29, on the report of
Atlvei wister of War, authorises the raising o
ibe e of
of infantry ; eight of the line, to
luirThered 68 to 75, and four of light infantry,
444 numbered 22 to 25. The secondf
the same, creates six reg,:mcnts o
kuu.. eavearY, three of chasseurs, and three
.of
lixttedr, the former numbers 13 to 15, and the
trot,: 7 they- The third, dated September 30, in-
•of w number of companies of the battalion
10:et:f,oriZehnaotird the
Administration from 7 to 11.
last ordonnance, dated St. Cloud,
',tier 4,
the report of M. JAUBET, the,
a'x
miltt`l of Public Works, opz.ns a fresh credit of
fieions of francs (240,0000 for his depart-
't t •
411 fortifications of Paris. The last ordon-
-64," it will be seen, was signed after the know-
, loge the events at Beyrout. At the foundry
N__
Piece
,eves orders had been sent to cast 6,000
4 of cannon for the navy, and the forges of
received (Cher) and Vardenesse (Nievre) have
11;itorr:eitenveactidileirrdecArst foiNriettlzi,e preparation of numerous
the works at the Artillery
fully employed. Independently of 50
thgen:iliattartyhe arsenal, 35 had been established in
buildings of the citadel. Toulon let-
t-'f.la6tate that the Fleche brig-of-war is under or-
dars 7 I
• 41 tnat Port to sail for the la./ant immediately

on the receipt of despatches. The Medee frigate
has gone from Brest to Toulon. The Embuscade
corvette had left Brest to join the French squadron

in the Levant.

The following are extracts from the Journals of

Tuesday :--
" Notice has been issued for tenders to he sent in on
the 12th instant to the Prefecture of the Seine for the
earthn-orks and masonry of the fOrtifications of Paris be-
tween the Royal road No. 1 and the Perk of NLuillY
on the one hand, and between the same road and the
canal St. Denis on the other. Friday was fixed for de•
ciding upon tenders for supplying the Government with
150;000 kilogrammes of foreign saltpetre, viz., 100,0(Y)
for the refine:ies at Paris, and 50,000 for those at Lille.
Only one tender sans made for Paris at 125 francs the
100 kilogrammes, but this was merely to elicit the maxi-
mum price of the Government, which was declared to
be 107 francs. No tender at all was made for Lille.
The 'Mace states that the fortifications of Mayenee are
now repairing with,great activity by the Austr:an eri-
gineers."—Galignani's Illcsseng( r.
The ships which blockade Alexandria exercise the
greatest vigilance ; the following fact is related by the
Malta Times :
" The English brig-, Brothers of London, which
arrived off Alexandria with a cargo of fire arms, has
been stopped and brought to I\lol7a. A Belgian ship
has been more fortunate ; it entered the port nith
20,000 stand of arms, and six mortars (84 pounders
ala pairhans) This vessel was consigned to a Greek
house, one of the partners in which is Consul of Bel-
gium at Alexandria."
We find in a letter from Alexandria the account of
an action which does the greatest honour to one of our
brave naval officers. At Beyrout Admiral Napier
wished to exercise the right of searching our French
merchantmen. C,letain Renard, commander of the
Brillante corvette, stationed before that town, would
not submit to the pretension of the English. He first
protested and then laid his vessel alongside of the Com-
modore's sleip ready to fire, and resolved to be sunk
rather than tolerate the slightest insult to our flag.
Long parleys succeeded this determined step, which
ended by the Admiral's addressing a letter of apology
to Captain Renard. We may judge by this what
would have passed on the coast of Syria at the time of
the attack on Beyrout, if, instead of a single corvette,
the French fleet, which was under the coaamand of
Admiral Lalande, had been stationed off that port.
The Univers says several journals have announced
that M. Guizot has been recalled to Paris, and is shortly
expected. We believe that we may affirm that this
news is erroneous.—Le Conslitulioncl.
BOURSE —PARIS, TUE6DAY, Ocr. 6.
HALF PAST THREE. —At Torteni's, in the morning, the
French Three per Cents. rose ;at halt-past one they
opened for the Account, on that rise, at 681. 20c., but
shortly afterwards began to decline ; and, after several
fluctuations, closed at 651. 25e., the lowest price of the
day, being 2f. 50c. lower than yesterday. The Five per
Cents. opened at 1021. 25c.. rose to 102 f. 30c , and
close at 100 f. 30c. ; a fall of lf. 80c. For Money the
Three per Cents. are 2f. end the Five per Cents. if. 50e.
lower. The Bank of Frac:cc Shares es yesterday The
Latlitte Bank I,ooof. Shares are 201., and those of 5,000 f.
41. lower. The Belgian Bank have also decline-2 sf. The
Spanish Active is as yesterday; from 23 it declined to
221, at which it deice,. The Passive has dropped The
Neapolitan Bonds are 2 per cent. lower. The Roman as
yesterday. The Belgian Five per Cents. (cx. div.) have
not altered. The Three per Cents. are I per cent. lower.
For the Account, the latter 58f. 25c. and 57f. The St.
Germain and the Strasburg to Bale Railway Shares have
dropped 101., the Orleans bf., and the Versailles Left
Bank 2f. 50c. The cause assigned for the fall in the
funds was attributed to the report that the French Go-
vernment had resolved to convoke the Chambers, and
also to send an ultimatum to the British Government and
its allies.

.•- ------.
rira Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
French 5 per Cents lO2 I'o ... 102 30 ... 100 50 ... IVO 50
4;2 per Ccnts
4 per Cents 9l :0 ... 91 50 ... 91 50 ... 91 50
3 per Cents 6 .. 6i ... ti‘i ... 16
Rank 01 trance 2:50 ...2710 ... 1650 ... 2/:'0
Latlitte I,lank 1,11011. :Th._ 1901 ...11110. ... 01)0 ... 9-0
5,001.1f...'5h
i4,lgian tank
sp.:nosh Aozive l:3 ... :13 ... I1)2' ... 02-%
P 4 ni assive s' ... 1 " ... tO,i 514
Don Miguel , .:14 ••• 1•i, :3 N ... 3%
N....aulit.“, • 4'6 ,5 ... 06 .25 ... 94 ... 44
Rowan O4 ... !A ... 94 ... 94

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Cermai:,
l'cuailles, IL 11 515 ... r•l5 ... 515 ... 515
340 ... 310 ... 310 ...:140
L.R.
Orleans .
S rasburg to Bale 315 ... 215 ...:110 ... 310

The attack made on Mr. HARMER has given
rise to a discussion deeply interesting to the whole
press of the empire. Mr. HA RMER has declared
that he is a Churchman and a Constitutionalist, but
the opinions inculcated in the Dispatch are de-
scribed as adverse to the,monarchy and religion ;
and Mr. HARmEtt, it is said, ought not to profit
'by the dissemination of opinions or which he dis-
approves. He has profited by the opinions of the
Dispatch though he disapproves of them ; he
is responsible, it is said, for them ; and he has
been, by the verdict of the Livery, punished on
account of those opinions. Such a course
of proceeding opens a question deeply interesting
to the whole book trade of the country, as well as
the Newspaper Press, namely, how far a dealer in
books or newspapers is morally responsible for

their contents.
Mr. MURRAY, for example, has made, it is
supposed, no inconsiderable sum of money by the
sale of Lord BYRON'S works. Many of them are
by certain persons held to be immoral ; is Mr.
MURRAY, therefore, disqualified from filling
any civic office to which he might aspire ?
He publishes the altarterfy Review, and
profits very largely by the sale of that
woik. It lattly contained what we and' others'
think a very atrocious article, suggesting, amongst
other things, that the half of the metropolis should
be razed to secure the dominion of the priesthood ;
are the mob to be excited to begin that diabolical
work by pulling down the cremises in Albemarle-
street ? But if Mr. HARMER is to be made morally
responsible for the contents of the Dispatch because
he profits by the sale, why should not Mr.
MURRAY bo made responsible for every line eon•
tamed in the Quarterly Review ? or why should
Mr. MURRAY be tolerated in society, since he has
made money by the sale of " Don Juan ?"
Again, the Messrs. LONGMAN have been for
many years the London publishers and part pro-
prietors of the Edinburgh Review. They may, for
aught we know, be as good Tories as Mr. MUR-
RAY is reported to have been a good Whig, but
the Edinburgh Review has in its time put forth a
great variety of bold and strange doctrines ; some-
times it has inculcated opinions adverse to the
monarchy, at others adverse to religion, and at
others it has been inconsistent with itself. Now,
does any man think that the wealth of
the Messrs. LONGM A N s, partly gained by the sale
of the work, is in any way derogatory to them ?
If they were candidates for civic offices, would
any man be justified in saying that they were
wholly unworthy of any such honours, and could
not, with any safety, he entrusted with a seat at
the Common Council, because the Edinburgh
Review had written very strongly against the cor•
ruptiona of Corporations, and particularly agains
the Corporation of London ? If the doctrine can
not be pushed that length, we do not see why i
should be an offence in Mr. HARMER to be the
owner of the Dispatch.
Within these few years, whether from patriot-

ism or pecuniary interest, the Times has veered
round to all the points of the political compass.
The clever Editor of that Journal has so managed,
according to its own boast, that lie has increased its
circulation with every change ; and must, then,
Mr. JOHN WALTER and MIS. ANN BRODIE,
and the other gentlemen and ladies who are said to
be shareholders in that Journal, refuse all the par
ticipation in the profits, or be set down as very un-
principled persons ? We apprehend that none of
the friends or acquaintances of Mrs. ANN BRODIE
will banish her from their society, for the political
tergiversations of the 'Times, particularly as her
income as a shareholder is said to be, on account of
those tergiversations, annually on the ',,
crease. There is another Journal of the
metropolis, of which the poprietors arc
nearly half Tories • and nearly half Whigs, and
as one or the other party gets the upper hand., the
politics of the paper changes. We tannot say
that the shareho'ders profit much by opinions
they sell ; but so far as they do
pro
shareholders gain by disw „.ins,ting fit, tl-e Whig
Tory opinions,
and the Tory share'.
• ~oidere have gained by dissei-