The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUEM)Avir, (SEPTEMBER 15 1840.

MEHEMET ALI AND HIS FAMILY.

Ibrahim has had to rc press in Syria several rebellions t
especially those of Naplaze and of the Muses. The
latter, above ail, was terrible. I hale been an eye-
witness of its repression, and have closely beheld Ibra-
him's bravery and his clemency towards the conquered.
He cannot be reproached with a single act of inh'.i-
inanity.
Ibrahim is, in reality. very humane, whatever rJalum-
, nious and anonymous imputations may have sa:.d to the
contrary. The establishment of hospitals anO, other
charitable institutions has always interested h'.m. He
often attaches himself, and his demonstration, of friend-
ship partake of familiarity. He likes not courtiers and
servile flatterers. Among his fir.t moral qualities I
shall place his prodigious activity. He is very shrewd,
and distinguishes himself by his excessive love of order,
mand discipline. Inured to every fatigue, he
edeisodnaoinsyin that respect every care and precaution ; it is
in passing the night without shelter everywhere, as a
private soldier—sleeping- on the earth in spite of cold,
rain, and snow—that he has contracted rheumatic pains.
lie is adored by the troops, and exercises over them
the magic fascination which the Emperor Napoleon cx
ercised over his army.
Ibrahim's last achievement was the victory of Nezib.-f-
It has finally consolidated in Mithemet AR's family the
Ezypto-Syrian viceroyalty, which Ibrahim will worthily
uphold when he succeeds to his illustrious father.
OTHER PRINCES OF MEHEMET ALI'S FAMILY.

Mehemet Ali was born in 1769 at Cavalle, and is
therefore noP seventy• one years old.*
He is of moderate stature, it exceeding not five feet
two inched, of a strong constitution. In his youth his
hair and beard were light-coloured ; his forehead pro-
jects, and is open ; his eyebrow-arches are strongly
marked ; his eyes are of a light chestnut colour, and
iank in their orbits ; his nose is middle-sized, his mouth
small, he has little turned-up mustachios, a white and
thin beard, and a light chestnut-coloured complexion.
The ensemble of his features forms a countenance in the
highest degree pleasing ; lively and moveable, animated
with scrutinising looks, it presents a felicitous combina-
tion of finesse, nobleness. and amiableness.
Mehemet Ali has a very pretty hand, and a little
foot. He is very well made. His firm gait partakes
of military precision and regularity. He holds hlmselt
very straight, and has often his hands crossed behind his
back. He likes (a remarkable thing, as it is unusual
with the Turks) to walk in his apartments. His turban
or cap is in general inclined towards the left side.
Without ever wearing any insignia, or any of those
gold-embroidered garments which the 03manlis prize so
much, he carefully attends to his dress. He bas always
had the easy and distinguished manners of a Grand

Seigneur.
The Viceroy is very sharp, very impressionable, and
with difficulty conceals his sensations ; he has, there-
fore, much frankness and honesty, and dissimulation
must be painful to him. Touching on the point of
honour, religiously faithful to his pledged word, he is
incapable of treachery. His generosity is uncommon,
and he has carried it sometimes to extravagance. An
excellent father, he cherishes his children and lives at
home with the simplicity of a good citizen. He has
extreme feeling ; I could scarcely have farmed an idea
of it, as well as the goodness of his heart, had I not
.vitnessed their effects. He has been seen inconsolable
for the loss of his children, and to shed tears at the
death of his companions in arms. He carries his soli-
citude unto tenderness for such of his employes as he is
attached to. It is with difficulty he can make up his
mind to inflict a punishment, and, in general, he forgives
and forgets even the most serious offences.
Mehemet Ali is enamoured of glory. He thinks
much, not only of the tame that now surrounds his life,
but also of that which he will leave after his death. He
has all the newspapers translated, and reads them : he
is not hardened against the calumnios they have often
levelled at hie). His activity is beyond any thing that
can be said. Not only is he all day occupied, but he
sleeps but a few hours at night, and what sleep he
gets is most agitated. At four in the morning he is on
his legs. He receives every day the reports of his
several 'Ministers, and dictates all the answers ; he then
reviews the troops, inspects the dockyards, works, fee.
Gifted with rare tact for affairs, with sound judgment,
and a sure and rapid coup dceil, it is he who, generally,
in the most arduous discussions, and even in matters
foreign to him, takes the best view of things, and forms
of them the most correct opinion. The history of his
long political career proves this at every moment. He
is an admirable accountant. It is well known that he
learnt to read only at the age of 45. That was a bright
feature in his life. He next studied history. Those of
Alexander and Napoleon have most engaged his atten
tion. He is acquainted with no foreign language, but
his keenness is such that, in his conversation with Eu-
ropeans, he often detects in their eyes what they would
say before the translation of it is completed. It is a
great and real gratification to him to converse with Eu-
ropeans and men of information. He discusses with them
the most exalted questions, and handles them with re-
markable precision.
The Viceroy observes his religion without fanaticism
or bigotry. He has always evinced the utmost tolerance 1
for all forms of worship. He is the first Mussulman
that has extended a broad protection to Christians, the
first that has caused them to be rigidly respected, given
them ranks and commands, and raised them to the dig-
nity of Bey. In order thus to place himself above the
most rooted prejudices, he has to stand with courage the
censure of his Court and people, whose jealousy was
kindled by the favours bestowed upon foreigners.
As I have already said, Mehemet Ali leads a plain
life at home. He indulges in the simplest and most
harmless amusements. He likes much chess and
draughts, wherein he is expert. He unsffectedly plays
with officers of inferior rank—sometimes even with
private soldiers. I have several times had the honour
of playing at cards with him. He likes to ride on
horseback, and manages his steed with gracefulness and
elegance.
I have not mentioned the Viceroy's warlike quali-
ties. It seems &Ilse that on that point his history,
which exhibits him rising from the ranks of the army
and attaining by hi 9 bravery and merit the highest
station, says quite enough. I might hase added that
courage, carried unto rashness, not only in war but
also in the most ordinary circumstances of life, has ever
been one of the most striking features in the character
of Mehemet Ali. It would seem as if fear were utterly
unknown to him. At the beginning of his career he
dared all perils. Was he not seen !last year to under-
take, despite of his age, a journey to Fazaglou, which is
six hundred leagues from his capital, to venture upon
the Nile's shoals, shatter his boat, plunge and swim,
and accomplish upon a dromedary and through the de-
sert a large portion of that long and dangerous route ?
The political crisis which at this moment attracts
the attention of Europe to the East has exalted Me-
hemet Ali still more. Never had that extraordinary man
found himself in such momentous circumstances upon
so vast a theatre of operations. For a year past the
space wherein his influence was felt, has extended till it
has embraced all Europe. As the ancient Roman, he
holds war or peace in a fold of his toga ; upon him de-
pends the European equilibrium. Now, at this momen-
tous juncture, be has placed himself by practical saga-
city, and his prudent and generous moderation. more
still than he would have done by coups d'eclat, on a
level with the most consummate statesman of the West.
Wise and reserved as all good politicians should be in
the pacific times we live in, he has proved that his pru-
dence is not pusillanimity, and, displaying with vigour
unexpected resources, he has guessed with his instinc-
tive sagacity the old maxim, " Si via pacent, para bel-
lum." Alone, he foresees everything, and provides for
everything. Let it not be thought that he finds any
very powerful support in his Ministers. Some of them
are no doubt men capable of giving him good counsel,
but, in so arduous a situation, they would not venture to
take upon themselves the responsibility, for so important
a determination. The Viceroy finds his resources in
himself only, and seeks his inspiration in his intelligence
and heart only. It may therefore be affirmed, without
exaggeration that in every respect Mehemet Ali is a
most remarkable genius, and one of the greatest that
he East has produced.

Mehemet Ali's second son was Toussoun Pacha,
born at Cavelle. He has died, leaving a son, Abbas
Pacha, born in 1813, and now Governor of Cairo.
Mehemet Ali had also at Cavalle, of the same wife,
Ismael Pacha, who fell in the Sennaar war, without
leaving any children ; and a daughter, now forty years
old. She is the widow of Mehemet Defterdar Bey.
Unwilling to remarry, she spends her life in acts of be-
nevolence, for which she is much beloved.
Mehemet Ali has had a large number of children in
Egypt. The oldest of those who survive is Said Bey,
born in 1822. He has received a bright education.
After studying the Oriental languages, he applied him-
self to mathematics, drawing, navigation, and received
all the instruction suited to naval officers. He has
risen in that branch of the service through every rank.
He speaks French like a Frenchman. Said Bey i s
probably destined to be placed at the head of the
Egyptian navy, either as Minister or Admiral.
Mehemet Ali's other children are a daughter, born
in 1824 ; Hussein Bey, born in 1825 ; Halim Bey, in
1826 ; Mehemet Ali Bey in 1833.
Ibrahim Pacha has three sons, the eldest of whom
was born in 1825 ; the second, Ismael Bey, in 1830 ~
and the third Mustapha By, in 1832. I shall men-
tion as briefly the other members of Mehemet Ali's nu-
merous family, for their position does not doom them to
enact first-rate parts. They are nephews of the Vice-
roy—Ahmed Bey, Governor of Mecca, aged forty ;
Ibraham Pacha, a Lieutenant-Generai ; Ismael Pacha,
Governor of Aleppo, thirty-two years old ; Hussein
Bey, fortytwo years old ; and two other rather young
nephews.
• Th;s autobiographical article is extracted from
" L'Egypte," a work just published at Paris, by Dr. Clot,
who has been eighteen years in the service of Mehemet
by whom he has been made a Bey and chief of his
medical staff. Cot Bey's panegyrics upon his patron
must therefore be received with some distrust. The doc-
tor's humanity would, moreover, not appear to be such as
to entitle him to judge of that of Mehemet and Ibrahim.
t We know that in a letter addressed to a a well-
known General more celebrated for his military knowledge
than for his success in the field, the French renegade Sel-
ves, alias Soliman Bey, has ascribed to himself the whole
merit of the mancsuvres which secured the victory of Ne-
zib to the Egyptian arms.

THE METAMORPHOSES OF ME-
HEMET ALI-A PENDANT FOR THOSE
OF OVID.

(From the Charivari.)
Two months since, when power serenely smiled at the
notion of war, and had an interest in stimulating Mehe-
met Ali to resistance, the Constitutionne/ called him
" a sublime old man."

Ten days afterwards, as this warlike effervescence
evaporated, the Constitutionnel qualified the epithet
down to " an august old m An."
Becoming more and more indisposed to war, the Con-
stitutionnel dubbed him " a remarkable old man.",
Less and less warlike still, 20 days after the signing
of the treaty you wot of, the Constitutionnel called Me-
hemet Ali " that honourable old man."
Toree weeks ago he was nothing more than " cc
feriae vieillard."
The Government, approximating still closer to pacific
views, and consequently dreading the ob,tinate charac-
ter of Mehemet Ali he received no higher title than that
of " old man of the East."

The juste-milieu being still more resolutely bent on
the maintenance of peace, on whatever terms, 'Mehemet
Ali became last week " an obstinate old man."

...... ......
The following day he was " a rash, wrong-headed
old man."
Three days since he was " a mulish, visionary old
man."
Beware to-morrow of ee viellard stupide I

PROJECTED FORTIFICATIONS

AT PARIS.

The French Government have determined on raising
fortifications about Paris, for which purpose a sum of
4,000,0001. is shortly to be demanded of the Legisla-
ture. This revival of a favourite scheme, which the
violent oppositioe it encountered compelled Louis
Philippe to relinquish a few 'ears ago, is founded upon
the warlike aspect of affairs, and represented, moreover,
as another tribute to the memory of one who has be-
come the idol of the day, though he twice suffered a
foreign foe to take possession of his capital. " The Ad-
ministration," says an official organ, " who have re.
stored the ashes of Napoleon to France are anxious to
fulfil the last wish expressed in his will."
That Paris can be tbrtified in such manner as to pre-
vent the occupation of that capital by such armies as
captured it in 1814 and 1815 few military men, we be-
lieve, will be disposed to maintain; but that it will be a
very sagacious measure in other respects all will agree
who are acquainted with the history of France in the last
fifty years, and the extraordinary ascendancy which her
capital has obtained in the same eventful period. For such,
however, as may doubt that the fate of France de-
pendsisa
isoentirely
distinguished
rg
u,puoinshtehde f:iteemobferPaorfis
Chamber, we sutijoi o
subjoin the
the
testimony of one of the ablest writers of the day, who
Deputies. M. de Cormenin's literary popularity and
political vogue rest chiefly upon his biographical sketches
of the living orators of France, and more still upon his
pamphlets against the civil list, the last of which so
powerfully contributed to the severe defeat which de-
prived the Duke de Nemours of his " dotation," and
his Highness's father of the services of Marshal Sault's
Cabinet, M. de Cornienin has, however, secured more
substantial claims to the reputation lie
enjoys by his
" Droit Administratif." It is in the preface to the
recent fifth edition of this work that we find the sub-
joined lively passages upon Ow overwhelming influence,
polio; al and moral, of the French capital. If in the
turbulent dispositions it has far some time past mani-
fested Louis Philippe can contrive to overawe is, so as
to be no longer " ice clef*, klOn of business, and humble
servent," he surely will have as much reason to congra-
tulate himself as Mal•moud and Mehernet Ali had when
they dispatched the Janissaries and Marneltllces and
the haeardous restoration of the 4shea of Napoleon
will he reoplietiby tha pious compliance with the " last
Trish expressed in his will :"
" France is admirably situated for attacking without
and defending herself against her enemies within, She
has no immense frozen or over flowing eteemes ; no
thoeintionl pt ',op rear a height ; no defiles where civil
war can maintain and conceal itself. Our north and
south touch one another, not by the degrees of the
meridian, but by the abundance and facility of ccirivey-
'Aces. Napoleon made nething of sending a hundred
thousand men from the Rhine to the Pyrenees, and
from the Pyrenees to the Rhine. In what part of the
world have armies—those immense masses—ever tra-
velled with such easy rapidity ; and does not France de.
serve to be called the first Power of Europe, if it be
true that power consista opt i 4.) touch in the greatness of
; masses as in the ability fo moving them? Now, France
is, of all the States of Europe, that which can, with most
swiftness and certainty, convey to a given point most
men, money, and means of warfare. At the same moment
the Government wills, the Minister orders, the Prefect
. transmits, the Mayor executes, the regiments move, the
I fleets advance, the tocsin rings, the cannon roars, and
France is up,
• " But if France can hurl her battalions and fleets at
the enemy by a thousand apertures, if she is strong for
conquest. she is geographically feeble against invasion.
Placed at the confluences of despotism, accessible by her
shores, vulnerable by her frontiers, surrounded on all
sides by the enemies of her principle, France has need
. to summon all her children, to keep them around her,
ever drawn close together, ever ready, and to watch over
them continually from the height of her greatness.
" Nevertheless, it is not only to her redoubts, to her
• men-of-war, to her infantry, to her gunners, and to her
sailors that she is indebted for her mighty nationality, it
, is also, it is above all, to her character and spirit.
very nation has its peculiar character and spirit, I
MaY almoft say it§ temper, Ours tends to unity. One
would thinle that we kel by a sort of instinct our weak,,
tress es individuals,, and our strength as a nation,
ger heerts touch ewe:. another, and beat with the
same puls ttiens ; oar hands, when they unite, chafe ;
our minds kindle at the same spark ; we rapidly
melt into one another, and soon form but one soul
and one body. With' us, in an hour, in less than that,
it is not a suburb that rises and descends into the streets,
it is a whole city ; it is no longer some battalions
that march, it is a whole army. This is what reveals
the secret of our French fury in the onset and in victory,
and of our panic terrors in defeats, for we are then no
longee an arroy, a a,1(1, a mato, a 1.304,1.' ?e `Wk`olliit
again ib'dividuali. •Ihia explains also, 'why We §.O. rap;dly
propeed from deliberation to action, from words to arms,
from clubs to riots, and from VOA to revolutions I and
why the latter are effected astd do not endure.—
" 111:q earn iutiuct

-...,, urges us to the generali-

za tion of systems, to the method of our books, to thr his flag on heard the three-decker Ocean, which
elification of our laws, and to the homogeneousness of now bears the flag of Admiral Rosamel.
'ail branches of the public service. The Genercux of the line puts to sea this evenin.4
" As soon as we have crossed the frontier, and for Port Vendre, where it will take on board troops
stepped among a conquered people, we set about organ- for Oran.
ising their int anal government, polities], administrative, The Trident takes nine hundred men at Marseilles
civil, military ; their municipalities. tribunals, schools. for Philippeville.
fries, theatres, fashions, and even the details and course The Scipion is to convey an Ambassador.
of their domestic affairs. «e mingle and meddle with "By repeating," says the Commerce, " what our cor-
everything, we familiarise with those who were foreigners respondent writes to us above, we must declare that we
the day before, we lead their lives, and make them lead are quite ignorant what Ambassador is meant ; at all
ours ; we assimilate them to us in every respect, as well, events, we regret to see the squadron dispersed."
as completely, as if they were of old France.
"It is therefore not surprising that we should have
been called the people de la propaganda.
" A curious thing, on the contrary': The Austrians,
Prussians, Russians, and English long occupied our
territory, and yet they never so much as thought of
touching in the slightest respect our political or muni-
cipal system. They lived not with us, they were only
encamped.
" Thus, by war or by ideas, we always revolutionise
some parts, and without her wishing, knowing, or say-
ing it, France leads the whole world.
" Among the causes of centralisation must not he
reckoned for little the prodigious increase of Paris.
which, from all antiquity, and as it were, by a tacit
homage, has been acknowledged the queen and mistress
of other cities, the adoptive country of science, arts,
and letters, the light of civilisation, the seat of Govern-
ment, the entrepot of the produce of the north and
south, the abode of princes, the arbitress of taste,
luxury, and fashions.
" Paris receives much, but gives much. It con-
sumes, but to consume is to produce. It sells dear,
but buys dear, and pays well. It fills like a river, but
flaws hack to its source. It concentrates its light,
but reflects it. It has a trunk of prodigious size, but
it returns the sap it aspires, and the extremities of its
thousand boughs bend under their golden fruit. It
vivifies with its breath all it touches, and crushes with its
weight all that resists it. It commences revolutions and
it finishes them. It makes kings and undoes them. It
awards glory, liberty, and power.
" Without Paris would the Convention have strug-
gled against Europe? Without Paris the revolutions of
1789 and 1830 would haw, degenerated into civil
wars. Without Paris, the Executive, transferred to
Versailles, Bourges, Tours, Orleans, Lyons, Toulouse,
or Bordeaux, would not be obeyed. The Govern..
meat is but the organ of Paris ; it is but its clerk,
its man of business, its humble servant. Paris would
keep in check the rest (f France, and from its gates,
as from those of ancient Memphis, several armies would
siozultaneously rush.
" Paris has a material force without any possible de-
finition, almost without a measure, and without a coun-
terpoise. Paris has not the largest number of men in
France, but it has the largest number collected to-
gether. It has what centralization confers, it is cen-
tralization itself'.
" Athens was more polished, Rome more warlike ;
London is more commercial, Pekin is more vast, but
Paris is more homogeneous. Paris has but a million
of men, but, if need were, that million of men would be
but one man.
" London is the capital of England, Vienna of Aus-
tria, Madrid of Spain, Constantinople of Turkey,
Rome of Catholicism ; but Paris is the metropolis of
mankind.
" Compared with Paris every other place is a hamlet,
a little town, a village. Everything ends at Paris—
roads, canals, and telegraphs. Everything leaves and
re-enters it. Like a feudal giant, it keeps the depart-
ments in a species of voluntary vassalage, and all the
provincial towns stationed around Paris, like so many
satellites, are lighted and warmed by the rays of its sun.
" Paris sleeps not, rests not. Winter and summer,
day and night, its brain thinks, its arm works, its eyes
watch, and its legs arc in motion.
" Its intellectual strength is greater still than its ma
terial strength. The French idea is wholly in Paris
Paris is the most exalted expression of our wants, feel
ings,.passions, caprices, interests ; of our policy, litera-
ture, power, and genius.
" Paris congaing Generals enough to command.in•chief
the armies of Russia, Austria, and England ; it contains
enough of men of intelligence to stir up the whole
world, and enough statesmen to govern it.
" To the eyes of foreigners Paris is everything ; Paris
is the capital, not of Europe, if you choose, but of
Europeans. Who says Paris says France. Paris is
what a large kingdom would be in a small one. Paris
is the head, and the provinces are but the feet. Now.
it is the feet that walk, but it is the head that leads.
" Nor must we omit to take into account that lan-
gu4ge of our country, as frank as its name, so marvel-
lous in the popular naivete of its turns, so didactic in
the expression of thought, at the same time so abstracted
and so clear that it suffices to philosophers, and is un-
derstood and spoken almost as well by the people As by
grammarians ; so ingenious, so decent, so polished, and
so circumspect, that it has glided into the Courts of
foreign Kings, into the chanceries of their ambassadors,
into the plays of their theatres, into their drawing-rooms,
into their travels and fetes, and that it has reduced the
use of their national idiom to the wants of the common-
est things ; and, :lastly, so triumphant that it has
achieved abroad more conquests than our armies, and
has contrived to secure them."

TRIAL OF ELIZABIDE FOR

MURDER.

The Bordeaux journals bring us the account of the
first di3's proceedings in the case of this atrocious cri.
minal. The trial commenced on Wednesday, and, from
the interest which ithad exlited at Bordeaux, the Court
was crowded to excess. The counsel for the prisoner
was M. Gergeres, sen. The prisoner was brought in
soon after ten o'clock ; his face was pale, but he ap
neared cairn ; his dress was decent, but had nothing
remarkable in it.

After the usual preliminary proceedings, in which the
prisoner stated his name to be Pierre Vincent Elizabide,
his age 30, his occupation that of a te,icher, and his
hirth-place Nlauleon, in the I3ass-s Pyrenees, the Pre-
sident ordered the indictment to he read.

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

The melancholy and cruel murder of the bov, Joseph
Anizat, at La Villette, and of his mother and sister, at
Artigues, near Bordeaux, one of the moat cold-blooded
and disgusting pictures of unprovoked crime and hypo-
crisy ever recorded, have been so fully detailed by us.
and are so fresh in the recollections or our readers, that
we shall not go into the details of the indictment, which
does nothing more than collect the circumstances
into one body, and pace them i■ their full light. It
fully appears from this document that Elizabide's sole
ohject, first of all, in murdering on the 14th of March
the poor boy entrusted to his charge, was to get pos-
session of 100 f., which he had brought with him, as also
to avoid the expense of maintaining him ; and next, in
committing the same dreadful crime upon the mother
and sister, to get rid of them, after lie had obtained
140 f. from her at Bordeaux, immediately on his arrival
from Paris, as also to prevent detection of his first crime.
The letters that he wrote to Marie Anizat flora Paris,
after the murder of her boy, in which he pretended to
give her news of her son, are quoted in the indictment,
and give a striking exemplifiCation of the assassins'
hypocrisy, equalled only by that which he had pre-
viously shown in inviting her to send her boy to
Paris to his care. When he had arrived at Bor-
deaux, on the Sth May, and had spent a day with his
two intended victims, he left them for the greater
part of the 9th, and went to inspect the ground
which he had chosen in his mind as a good place to
destroy them upon. On the evening of that day he took
them with him, pretending to go t• his sisters, and get-
ting them into the wood near Artigues, after leaving
their conveyance, perpetrated his crime. The prisoner
on being interrogated by the Court, opposed no dene-
gations to any of the facts alleged against him, but enr
deavoured to account for the crime by being subject to
evil fits and mauvais moments. He declared that the
idea of killing the poor boy was one that entered his
head only at the moment of his committing the crime ;
a fact disproved by his having bought the hammer to
murder him with during the morning of the 14th March,
after meeting him at the diligence, and dining with him.
The Court appeared to set no weight whatever on
this kind of defence or explanation which he at-
tempted to make. During his interrogation he re-
peatedly pressed his hands to his forehead, and teemed
confused and staggered in his ideas. The first witness
called was the young woman from Pau, who brought
the boy, Joseph Anizat, to Paris, and gave him into
Elizabide's care ; her testimony, as well as that of
the Mayor of Artigues, relative to the finding of the
body of Marie Anizat, and her daughter, and that of
the innkeeper at Bordeaux, to whose house Elixabide
returned after the murder at Artigues, were fully eon-
firmatory of all the essential facts of the case, for did
anything whatever come out to invalidate what they de-
posed. Other witnesses, twenty-two in number, de-
posed to minor facts all corrobora►t'tve of the main cir-
cumstance. A friend of Marie Anizat at Pau gave bet
a most excellent eharaeAer ; stated that she had first
become acquainted. with Rizabide from her child having
been sent to tile seminary at Betharram and placed
under 11;:s tuition. Marie Anizat was a most exemplary
awl. Industrious woman, and left Pau for Paris on the
repeated solicitations of Elizabide and his promises to
marry her. The Court adjourned at four o'clock till
Thursday.
[At the sitting of the 10th before the Court of As-
size at Bourdeaux, the examination of all the witnesses
was concluded.'
The Advocate. General then addressed the Court, and
M. Gergere s father defended the prisoner, being offici-
ally charged therewith. After the pleadings the sitting
broke up at half-past five, and was adjourned till the
following day, in order to hear the Advocate-General's
reply, should there be any, and for the summing up of
the President and the Jury's decision. During the trial
one of the Jurymen was taken ill : he was replaced im-
mediately by a supplementary Juryman.

THE LATE THOMAS SIMPSON,

(From the Commerce of Sunday.)

TOULON, SEPT. B.—An estafet.te arrived yesterday,
with very urgent despatches for the steamer Castor,
which the telegraph kept at its disposal for an impor-
tant mission. The Castor proceeds to Coustantinople.
The despatches were immediately taken on board the
steamer, and she put to sea at ten o'clock, being the
bearer of despatches for M. de Pontois and Rear-Ad-
miral Hugon.
Another telegraphic despatch was addressed yester-
day to Vice-Admiral Rosamel, commanding the reserve
squadron at Toulon. The report which was in circula-
tion this morning is, that that despatch relates to the
vessels which the Admiral has under his orders. Those
ssels are ready, and can leave immediately.
It is positively stated that the frigate Melpomene
the command of which has just been given to Captain
Garibon, is not in condition to ho armed. She is in
completely rotten state, and would require a total the
rough repair. However, she had been represented us
being enabled to put to sea, since the Minister of Ma-
rine had ordered her to be immediately equipped. If
she had been inspected with care, and properly attended
to, the Minister would nut experience such mistakes,,
and this will not be the List which he will have to en-
counter.

ESQUIRE.

" The Montreal Gazette, of Tuesday, publishes P.
letter, dated St. Peter's, Fort Snelling, 20th July, l8:}0,
which, we regret to say, corroborates the first ttreadful
version of the death of Mr. Simpson, neplYew of Go-
vernor Simpson, of Hudson's B4y, and of his two com-
panions. The letter in the Gazette is written by Mr.
Peter M‘Leod, formerly of Montreal. It was very cir-
cumstantial in its details, wllich are substantially the
same as formerly given. St. Peter's is about 400 miles
nearer the scene where the horrible event took place than
St. Louis, from whence the first account of the tragedy
was reeeive(l. _ _

Nothing has been dune to the Inilependante, another
frigate whose armament is e.:dered. It is much feared
that its state of decay from length of service, caused
by the earclrisness of those who have the superintend-
enc.) and maintenance of the fleet, will cause it to be
adjudged not seaworthy. At all events her repairs
will take a length of time, and it will be impossible to
get her ready by the period named by the Minister.
Anat'aer mistake.

The 82d company of Marines, which were on board
the corvette Victovieuse, stationed at the Belcaric
landi, Vtilta htutled to-day, in order to be transferred to
the line,al-hattle ship Ville de Marseille. It will be
replaced on the Victorieuse by Marines that are in-
scribed.

Great activity is displayed in the division of the crews
of line-of battle ships, formed from the 18 provisional
companies its which the 2,500 men which the recruiting
d:pariment furnishes this year to the navy are to be in-
corporated.
The line-of-battle ship Ville de Marseille received
her lower masts today. No mention has been made
about bringing out of dock the three-decker Souverain.
The vessels which are to be made use of for the 4,000
and some hu•Ared men who are intended to be sal ors
on hoard the line-of-battle ships, and for the 3d regiment
of Marines, arc in active preparation.
Today numerous detachments of recruits arrived
which are intended for the c.ews of vessels of the line,
for the 3d regiment of Marines, the 6th Leger, and
the foreivo Legion.
The Minister of Marine, in a despatch of yesterday,
wrote to the Prefect-Admiral to give orders to the
super intende[ t of naval const:uctions to suspend imme-
diately the works of the two frigates Poursuivante and
Zenobie, which were to be launched for sea in a very
short period. The Minister states in that despatch that
the number of frigates is more than sufficient to answer
all contingencies. Consequently war will not take
place. However, notwithstanding all those appearances
of consolidated peace, marine insurances have continued
to rise for some length of time.
The levy of sailors of the different classes has not
been very productive for more than a month. The
exact number is 570,000 men, all included. This levy
is, however, going on, but produces little. It is the same
with the workmen. In the beginning the result was
pretty favourable, but at this moment none arrive but
from a distance, and the business will be much delayed.
The warehouses in the port receive daily supplies of
provisions. Several contracts have been effected latterly,
and the delivery thereof is to be made with the shortest
possible delay.
An inspector-general of artillery has been at Toulon
for the last two days. He inspected yesterday the
Marine establishments, in company with the Prefect-
Admiral.

" You will recollect that for the past two years, Mr.
Dease and Mr. Simpson (nephew of Governor Simpson)
of the Hudson'►► Bay Company, have been employed
in the prosecution of arctic discovery, by older
of the Company'. Some time in February or
March last, these gentlemen returned, on their way
to England, with reports of their discoveries, &c.
Mr. Dease went by the usual route, via the Lakes. Mr.
Simpson (for what reason I have not learned) separated
from his companion, and determined upon proceeding to
England via the United States. By the way, perhaps
he deemed it the most expeditous route. His party
consisted of three men and a boy. A few days after
their departure from the colony, Mr. Simpson tkowed
symptons of a deranged mind, and, in fact, ordered
his men to turn with him, and go back to the colony.
They did so, and returned seventy miles. Again, he
ordered he ordered his men to wheel about and come
southward, requesting them to hasten their horses, in
order to overtake a party of colonists, with whom they
set out in the first instance. They were proceeding
thus, when, on the evening of the 14th, just after the
moon rose, and while the men were employed about
their horses, and prep.tring the encampment,
Mr. Simpson, without any provocation (as reported
to me). took his double-barrelled gun, and first shot
John Bird dead, and then fired the second barrel
at Lc Gross, a Canadian, who fed, and survived but a
few moments. The boy was a son of Le Gross, and
he, and the other person, a young man named Bruce,
without any interference on the part of Mr. Simpson
took two of the horses, and set out to overtake the party
of colonists, whom they came up with that night. The
next day six men returned to the scene of the disaster,
and discovered Mr. Simpson's tent extended on the
ground, and, supposing him to be under it, they were
afraid to approach too close until they were certain where
he was. They. therefore, fired two volleys over where
they supposed him to be lying. Immediately afterwards
the report of a gun was heard from between where the
two carts stood. Upon going to the plane they found Mr.
Simpson extended near his tratrass, with the upper part
of his head completely blown off. He had placed the
muzzle of his gun immediately between his eyes. The
nightcap he wore is much blackened and burned.
Having buried these three unfortunate men in the plain,
the colonists proceeded to this place, where they arrived
a few days ago. No reasons have been assigned for Mr.
Simpson's conduct but one ; and, from all I can learn,
he must have been labouring under a melancholy aber-
ration of intellect, and supposed that Bird and Lo Gross
intended killing him for the purpose of getting posses-
sion of his papers.' "

DUEL BETWEEN THE EARL OF
CARDIGAN AND LIEUT. TUCKETT.

Two hundred and seventy military were landed this
morning. Of that number about twenty were conveyed
upon stretchers in the most desperate state. One of
these unfortunate men expired at the landing-place of
the arsenal. A very great number were supported by
their comrades, and could hardly walk. This long file
of soldiers in a dying state was dreadful trloo4 rkt.
Marshal has issued orderp .(:19.y.qiescqlt
raen for k,rance.. Alie'o,ikas.rst who, ATe tR a worso state,
a're' to sent ttl the Balearic, Islands, in order-4—"'
Wien arc al in the French ix) oe
et
been ennstruet_. ‘,..al which has just
date. - —ow is it that the Governor's man-
wnich are dictated by a praiseworthy sentiment
of humanity, are not executed.
P.S. It is stated that Vice-Admiral Baudin will

In consequence of the Earl of Cardigan having as-
certained that certain letters published recently in the
Morning Chronicle, reflecting, as his Lordship sup-
posed, on his character as an officer and a gentleman,
were written by Lieutenant Tuckett, late of the same
regiment (the 11th Dragoons, of which his Lordship is
Lieutenant-Colonel), the Noble Lord sent him, through
Captain Douglas of the llth, a challenge.
This was of course accepted, and Captain Wain-
wright, of the half-pay, was the friend selected by Mr.
Tuckett to arrange the preliminaries.
An apology was demanded by the Noble Lord, to
which the reply was, that if he would deny the allega-
tions contained in the letters referred to, it should be

given.
Lord Cardigan declared that certain p,orticalsotthese
letters were true, but that greater part werq Ca-
lumnies.

QP, 044iha ;patav way rorysed,
c.Qcoequevtoe.
It took MAP.. and a meeting was
Cam--

on Saturday afternoon, on Wimbledon

The first shot was ineffectual on both sides ; on the
second fire Mr. Tuckett received his adversary's ball
in the back part of the lower ribs, v‘hich traversed
round to the spine.
The ball has been extracted, and Mr. Tuckett is do-
ing well, having been pronounced out of •danger.

E VP; N N • 14: ; T

toURT CJRCUI.

WINDSOR, MoNnaY.—Colonel Cooper expected
at the Castle to join the Ittyal circle at dinner this
evening.
Lord John Itissell took his departure this morning
for town.
Throughout the morning the weather has been un-
favourable for the Royal party taking their usual rides
and drives in the Park.
The Royal Dinner party this evening is expected to
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Serene Highnesses the Princesses Hohenlohe Lange'
burg and Therese of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, Viscount
Melbourne, Earl of Surrey,- Mr. .rieorge Edward An-
son, Colonel Couper, Countess of Charlernont, Lady
Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Ca-
vendish, Baroness Spaeth, Mademoiselle de Hugel,
Baroness Lehzen, Lord Lilford, General the Hon. Sir
W. Lumley, Colonel Wemyss, Major-General Sir Ed'
ward Bowater, and Mr. Francis Seymour.
The Bands of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards,
and that of the Rifle Corps, played for two hours yes-
terday afternoon on the Parterre of the Castle,
was thronged with company, principally visitors. "er
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, with the Princess
Hohenlohe Langenburg and the Princess Therese,
tb6 he
ended by several Ladies of the Court, came on
Inner lerrace immediately beneath the Castle, and
tnenaded there some time.
PKriiH,nnetee,rss.pll,l4::hljeeeesrsteysseo,atnci
attended Pohreinnci
oei
eA
Divine lLhearntso.,
eetr.rhvbeiticre, u
ac
edsst,
trerroubl
morning in St. George's Chapel. The Rev. I.‘ire!
preached the Sermon.

Sir W. Colebrooke had an interview vritn Lord Jolla
Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-lffice.
Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday, frog
visit to her Majesty, at Wind,or Castle.
The Hon. Mrs. Steuart Mackenzie, lady of the GI o-
The
of Ceylon, has arrived by the Persia, from CeY"'°-;
from which colony she sailed on the 7th May last. Pa%
Mackenzie has taken up her residence at Farrah
Hotel, Belgrave-street. re-
LDespatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were
ceived yesterday, at te Coloniffice.
or d Adolphus Fithzclarenceal-o has left Dublin, °n
1.
visit to the Earl of Charleville, at his residence at Tu
lamore.

THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her 11°Y,
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, had intervie%
with the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clareinieca
House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge C 1

yesterday to visit her yaighness.
The following account lot the health of her 11°Yal
Highness was issuA yesterday :
" T Princess Augusta has passed a tranquil nie'
and her Royal Highness is consequently more °n3.--t.

able to-day.

" Clarence House, September 14."
Her Royal Highness continues very weak. Alilaff
the inquiries yesterday at Clarence House, St.-Tame:-
were the Bavarian Minister, the Austrian Minister 011
a Special Mission, the Duchess of Inverness, Michel:
Dowager of Marlborough, Countess of Erroll, %3m3117,
.0
Ida Hay, Countess of Tankerville, Countess of .
norris, Lord John Russell, Lord Radstock, Laul° )! e
Wynyard, Lord E. Howard, Rev. Dr. Foord Br:
Lieutenant-Colonel Bouverie, Mr. Sheriff Wheeit°d;
Mr. and Lady Mary Ross, Lier t.-Colonel and La .
Susan North, Miss Sylvia Doyle, and the
General. Solicitor

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCI

ARRIVALS.
Sir Alexander Grant, Hon. Charles A. Gore, the B
noteisll%
of Jamaica, and Mrs. Luscombe, the Earl and Cee
Craven and family, Randal Wilbraham, Esq.
at th
ditto;
lington Hotel; Sir Thomas and Lady Phillips, a" outbf
James Hamilton, Esq ,at ditto ; the Earl of FalTit
Lord Strangford ; Sir John Kennedy, Bart., and
f Dub,
at English's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from
lin; William Paul, Esq., and family, at ditto, from:sul _;
burgh ; Morrison. Esq., at ditto, from Cliche jor'sepis
lion. Wm. Maul e, at ditto, from Vienna • WilLlianiLamoritv
Myers, Esq., at ditto, front Liverpool; John
'—
Esq., at ditto, from ditto.
DEPARTURES. ,he Our'
Mr. sad the Misses Oliver Gas coigne; from •--Nfivare.
lington Hotel, for Dover; Earl of Luzan, from
ells, for
Hotel, for Mayo ; Mr. and Mrs. spencer Ric:ice:ming-
Dowton House, Bucks • Major Markham, for 'n-d Rev'
ton Spa; Captain Madder,, for ditto; the H 00; Lora
the Dean of Norwich and Mrs. Pellew, for w,t'liodsoor
and Lady Stanley (of Alderley ), for ditto; Lady Hotel,
. for ditto; the Earl of Oxford; from the Blenhlßev•Vir.
for Eywood House, Herefordshire ; the Hon. IT Hoy
detto
Talbot, for Leamington Spa; Lord and LituY
from Hereford-street, for Dover; Mr. Thesige," Sir r.
for ditto; Captain Rose, for Tunbridge Wells; g N.,
and Mr. Laurie, for Brighton; Captain Campbell. ow
for Brighton; the Hon. Mr. Justice Ball, from the ia.,
lington Hotel, for the Continent ; C. E. O'Ferrall,
from English's Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, Messy'
land ; Henry Paul, Esq.,- fi orn ditto, on a tour ; Ate'",.
Kinnear and Balfour, from ditto, for Edinburgh; `1,6
Misses Phibbs, from ditto, far Dublin; Francis Donslr
Esq., from ditto, for Drogheda; J. S. Crawford, Escl''
from ditto, for