The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

THE BOY IN THE PALACE.

We eepy the following from the Observer, as we
cannot find words half so eloquent and pathetic as those
iu which the writer describes " the alarming intrusion
of the ragamuffin urchin" into the palace of the Queen,
" within a few feet of her beloved babe." The allusion
to " these latitudes at this season," is excellent
" It is with the sincerest pleasure we inform our
readers that we have cothing to state of h2r Majesty
and tic l'ilocess Royal besides the gratifying fact that
they continue to " thrive and prosper" at a rate which
may be absolutely and really termed unparalleled
in these latitudes at this season. So strongly, indeed,
i the merciful dispensation of Providence ma-
nifested towards this nation in that respect,
that not even the alarming intrusion of the raga-
muffin urchin recently caught in her dressing-room—
wit bin a few feet of her beloved babe, and only a few
yards from her own bedside—has been of power to pro-
duct! any derangement, the slightest even, of her health,
or retardation of her convalescence. If this be not the
hand of God visibly extended in special care of her's—
the most precious life in the kingdom—we know not
by whit to designate the continuous rapidity of our
beloved Queen's recovery. May we everhave the same
t.ile to tell respecting her Maj.:sty and her Royal
Glf.prieg!"

MONEY 'MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(SATURDAY EVENING.)
TIME S.—The recent failures of private banks have
directed general attention to the perfect security, as it is
held out to be, of joint-stock banks; but the public should
be aware at the same time, that it is quite possible in the
pram nt state of the law to have so many impediments
thrown in the way of creditors, on the failure of a joiat-
stock bluk, as to render this fancied security nearly nomi-
ril. The Act 6 George IV., passed to enable large corn..
panivs to carry on the business of banking, was thought
to afford sufficient protection to the public by enabling
creditors to sue the "publil officer" of the bank, and
having obtained judgment against him, to take out exe-
cution against any one of the proprietors. As the pro-
pvictors are directed to be registered judicially, there
w,uld necci.-sarily be no difficulty in selecting a solvent
person apinst whom legal proceedings might be taken.
ti id the spirit of the Act been carried into effect, the
public would, it seems, have been sufficiently secure, but
the wording of the Act has operated so as to throw impe-
diments in the way of any proce':ding by creditors. Thus
judgments bad been obtained in the case of the Imperial
Bank against the "public officer," and the Court of
Queen's Bench was moved to allow execution to issue
against the registered proprietors, but it was decided,
after much delay, that a fresh action (legally, a scire
facias) must be brought, to ascertain whether or not the
party ought to be charged as a partner. The creditors
afterwards followed that course, and brought the mire
Jucicrs agai ,st several solvent registered proprietors, when
it was objected that these were not responsible until the
proprietors at the time of obtaining judgment (perhaps
different parties) had been proved insolvent, and this argu-
ment prevailed. As the great guarantee which the joint-
stock banks offer to the public for security is the number of
parsons liable to the depositors, a state of the law which
renders it almost impossible for a creditor to recover against
any individual proprietor must be fatal to their pretensions
on the score of credit and security.

The celebrated linguist, Dr. "Ann Qua, died re-
cently at As7iam. 112 assisted Dr. Mar2..ham in his trans-
lation of the New Testament into Chinese.

EXCITEMENT TO \VAR.—The English news-
paper press has taken great credit to itself for preserving
more self-command, while discussing the Eastern ques-
tion, than the French newspaper press. There is, how-
ever, a measured tone that is more offensive than angry
vituperation—the tone of calm, self-possessed, persevering
insult—the tone efit man who says to himself, " I can
keep my temper and make you lean yours." We think
too have observed a coincidence in the adoption of a tone
of this kind by the ,Whig and Tory journals when speak-
ing of France, quite as remarkable as their coincidence of
opinion about Lord Palmerston's polcy. Not long ago
an organ of the Tory party hintt.d to the French people
that :he Allies might fluid it neccss.ry to treat them like a
natian which had inad.s itself a public nuisance ; and this
week the Morning Chronicle has bee,' strenuously endea-
youing, iu humble imitation of the Edinhurgh Review, to
support thz opinion that the Duke of Brunswick was
Inbed not to beat the French at the beginning of the
ft:net) Revolution. Why are the Whig organs so anxious
lc prove that the Dzspots of Europe could have conquered
French Republicans but for treachery in their own
rat.ks? Why revive such irritating topics of discussion
at this moment ?—unless, indeed, the united Conservative
party (Whig and Tory) seek to provoke the French to use
snore violent language, in the hopo that it will make the
English angry ?—Spectettor.

We regret to have to announce the death of that
venerable Baronet Sir Charles Throckmorton, which
took place on Thursday, at his scat Coughton Court,
W.rwivls,hire. Sir Thomas was in his 34th year, and
had had been married to a daughter of the late Edmund
Flowdon, E,q., but having no issue by her, he is suc-
ceeded in his title and estates by his nephew, now Sir
Robert George Throckmorton, Bart.

It is with peculiar satisfaction that we find the
leading Reformers of the empire arc about to honour the
memory of Lord Holland, as one of the greatest champions
of civil and religious liberty in modern days, and as a friend
of Reform, whom no opposition, however strong, could di-
vert from his course. It is most truly declared in a circular
letter, addressed to the heads of the Reform party, that
*4 As no man ever lived more honoured and beloved than
tle late Lord Holland, and no man ever died more sin-
cerely lamented, a natural and anxious desire has been ex-
pressed that his memory should be marked by some testi-
mony of respect, e,teern, and affection." In that desire we
do most heartily join, and whether our reader be Liberal
or. Tory, we feel confident that no difference of opinion can
P" '
•bl,, exist as to the open honesty and sincerity which
always characterised that frank and undisguised statesman.
,Yarem wk?, e here introduce, as no inappropriate addition to our
some lines written by Lord Holland not long rbe-
fore his death !
" Nephew of Fox and Friend of Grey,
Enough for me the fame,
If those who deign to watch me say
I've tarnished neither name." Observer.
A number of private letters, from officers of
varcus ranks, who were partakers, is the bombardment aSt.
St. Jean d'Acre, attest the feet as to universal
te
rosalsbeanlii.
belief,
s the Gorgon that from the position occupied by -
frieate, commanded by Captain Henderson, ita ones of
'fells from that vessel, directed by Sergeant Murray,the
grand
of the Royal Marine Artillery, that blew
magazine and arsenal, destroying- two entire regiments,
,o,iting to 1,200 men, who were drawn up on the _
IkTri
ram-
parts, and not leaving a living soul within an area of
acre', ; and this is further corroborated by the paragraph in
Sir Robert Stopford's despatch, short as it is, in which the
gallant Admiral ascribes the merit to the Gorgon ; in fact,
alone of the line-of-battle ships threw any shells. It is
worthy of remark, and it is a most singular coincidence,
attzati
ona on the coast of Spain, under Com-
=odorha }lay, it was the shells from the Phoenix,
tsiptain Henderson, directed by Sergeant Smith, of the
Royal Marine Artillery, that killed the Spanish General
and breached the Carlist lines at St. Sebastian, and which
pleat enabled the Legion, under General Evans, to storm
\-
)• them. Thus the two steam-frigates which Captain Wil-
liam Henderson commanded have been the immediate
cause
01 the most brilliant success in both operations.—
Times.