The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 17. 1841

tion between landlords and labourers. Such
letters are a very significant sign of the great
interest which the people take in the subject.
The landlords know best whether their right is
so founded in undeniable and eternal justice
that it will bear the strict investigation,
which they are now forcing the suffering
people to undertake. If it be not so
founded, as all property now mainly de-
pends for its validity on the consent of others,
they will rue the day on which they ex-
cited the people, by their arrogant, unjust pre-
tensions, to search into their titles. Those who
have examined the question most will give them
the least encouragement to persevere. That
their property be protected it is essential that
they respect the property of others. From this
golden rule they have departed, and have set an
example of class rapacity, which cannot fail to
beget imitation, and from the imitation of which
they have the most to lose.

Letters from Constantinople of the 27th of
March state that no fewer than six Cabinet
Councils were held at the foreign Minister's du-
ring the previous week, to deliberate upon
MEHEMET ALl's request for a modification of the
Finnan. The result was not known, but the
impression was that the Porte would yield as
soon as the will of the Four Powers was known.
When the ambassadors were interrogated res-
pecting the will of their Courts, they answered
that they had no powers, with the exception of
the Austrian Internuncio, who implored the
SULTAN to avert a renewal of the horrors of war,
by making all the concessions required by the
VICEROY :

On the 21st the Sultan, accompanied by all the Ministers
and grand Pachas of the empire, repaired on board the Mak-
moudieh, three-decker, and again expressed to Admiral
Walker his satisfaction at the ability and skill he had displayed
in his service. The visit of the Sultan lasted nearly two hours.
SMYRNA.
(From the Oriental Observer of March 26.)
The (.udovico, which arrived on the 24th, states everything
to be quiet on the coast of Syria. The plague was at Jaffa,
but the steam-boat did not communicate. Four English and
two Austrian men-of-war were at Marmorice.
At an early hour yesterday morning the Swedish frigate
Chapman got under way for Constantinople, having saluted her
consort, who is to return home. The English corvette Daphne
and the three French vessels in the roads hoisted their colours,
and the Chapman's company, on passing the Najaden, saluted
them by hurrahs. The salutes were returned immediately.
During the late gales the English barque Rising Sun was
totally lost in the Black Sea. Of all the equipage the mate
only was saved, he having lashed himself to a plank, and was
drifted on shore.

SYRIA.
BEYROIT, MARCH 18.—The Emirs who were treacherously
delivered up to Mehemet Ali on the first insurrection of the
Mountain, and who have been so impatiently expected here,
arrived a few days ago in an Egyptian corvette. They are
ten in number, namely, the Emirs Faours, Aidar, and his
nephew Ali, Mohamet Jaheb, Ali, and Abdallah, and the
Sheiks Mahmoud, and his son, and Nicholas Hasset. They
had a suite of fifty persons, and were accompanied by a son of
Commodore Napier, in order that he might certify their re-
turn into Syria. On the evening of their entrance into port
couriers were sent off to the Mountain, and at the following
dawn the armed mountaineers came down in crowds to give a
brilliant reception to their chiefs, thus restored to them after
so long and so painful a captivity. The chiefs came out of
quarantine the day before yesterday, and their appearance
threw all classes of the population into ecstacies impos'sible
to describe. All is quiet on the mountains, although
it was reported, a few days ago, that a sort of en-
gagement had taken place between. the Druses and the Ma-
ronites at Aloollaka, a village between Saida and Betteddin,
in which several Christians were killed. The Emir Beachir,
seconded by the Pacha, succeeded in arresting these disorders,
and there is every reason to hope that they will not be re-
newed. The plague has made its appearance at so many points
at once, that it may be said to have invaded the whole pro-
vince. At Acre there are from 15 to 20 deaths a day. At
Jaffa it rages with great violence, and it prevails at Saida,
Sour, Damascus, and several villages of the mountains. It has
also declared itself at Geitroun, a village of the Lebanon. The
Board of Health has sent emissaries to the infected districts,
with orders to establish sanatory cordons where necessary.
After the evacuation of Syria by the army of occupation, there
still remained in the country twelve thousand of the Egyptian
troops, part of which have been incorporated in the Ottoman
regiments, and part sent to Constantinople. The English still
have the semblance of a garrison both at Acre and Beyrout.

The Paris Journals of Thursday have all
reached us. In France there is the same stagna-
tion of political news which prevails in this coun-
try. The people are tired of the Eastern ques-
tion, want to hear no more about the fortifica-
tionN, and are growing indifferent to the con-
tinuance of armaments which threaten them
with increased taxation. In the absence of any
other topic fur vituperation the Courrier Fran-
cais makes the following attack upon Marshal
SOULT, for demanding, as President of the Coun-
cil, 20,000 f. a year:—

" Let it be well noted that Marshal Soult receives already
30,000 f, like the other Ministers, and 20,000 f. for frais de
representation, as chief of the army. He has 40,000 f. as
Marshal, and Io,ooof. as Grand Cross of the Legion of Ho-
nour; total 150,000 f. Add to this, that if he was engaged in
the wars of the empire, he was not ruined by them ; and that
if he made a skilful retreat from Spain, he brought back with
him something more than glory. He possesses perhaps all the
virtues of Epaminondas, less his poverty, and his negative dis-
interestedness has procured for him a private fortune which
permits him to do liberal things, in which, however, he is not
in the habit of i:idulging himself. Marshal Soult is not con-
tented with his lot. The State pays him 150,000 f. a year and
more, and yet he begs a supplement of 20,000 f. We must
pay for his services at the rate of 170,000 f. a year, or do with-
out them. The Committee proposed that the 20,000 f. should
be granted, and the Chamber voted the grant without saying a
word."

The Moniteztr states that the- receipts of indi-
rect taxes for the quarter just ended show a de-
crease, as compared with the corresponding quar-
ter for the year 1840, to the amount of 639,000
francs.

The Univers affirms that M. Thiers and Count Mole are re-
conciled, and are on the most friendly terms.
The Report on the Budget will be presented in the course of
next week. The Deputies, who seem to be much fatigued by
the length of the session, which has already lasted five months
and a half, have resolved not to discuss any important project
of law before and after the great members have made their ar_,
rangements to leave Paris in the first fortnight of May.—
Univers.

The Court of Ca•sation will deliberate to-day on the affair of
the Arab El-Chorerli, who was put to death by the order of
the military authorities at Algiers, notwithstanding his appeal.
The affair of the National (offense towards the person of the
King), which has already been put off several times on account
of the illness of Psi. Delaroche, will be brought on again to-
day. It seems that the trial will be again put off for the same
reason.—Le Constitutionnel.

A broil among some soldiers of the garrison of Versailles,
which might have been attended with deplorable ec nsequences,
took place on Sunday, at seven o'clock in the evening. About
thirty cannoneers were seen running from Le Chesnoy, pur-
sued by one hundred and twenty Lancers and soldiers of the
10th Regiment of Light Infantry. On reaching the Boule-
vard de la Reine, they stopped and drew their swords to de-
fend themselves, but, being overpowered by numbers, they
fled in every direction. The Commissary of Police and two
town sergeants having interfered, succeeded in separating the
combatants, but not, however, before several had been more
or less seriously wounded. The next day the troops remained
confined to their barracks.

Letters from Carpentras of the 11th instant mention the
arrest in that town on the 10th of thirty-six individuals be-
longing to the labouring classes, who were implicated in the
anarchical movement of Marseilles. All the brigades of
Gendarmerie stationed in the neighbourhood went into the
town during the night, closed the gates, and effected the cap-
ture of those persons before day.
A Letter from Athens of the 27th of March, says that a
deputation of Candian emigrants had had a conference on
board an English frigate, with the Consuls of the European
Powers. They were asked whether they desired a union with
Greece, the protection ofEngland, or a Sovereign Prince ; they
replied to the questions with negatives, and declared that they
wanted a Republic, and that they would rather die than be go-
verned like the Samians. It was resolved these petitions should
be addressed to the protecting Powers, and the deputa-
tion was concluded by an English escort to the camp of the in-
surgents. Such, says the letter, is the real state of things at
this moment.—Le Commerce.

The Silesian Gazette, under the head of the Ukraine, the
24th ult., announces that it had been definitively determined
that the confiscated lands belor ging to Prince Adam Czarto-
ryski, Counts Alexander Potocki and Sobousky, and others, si•
tuated in the governments of Podolia and Kiew, should be
transformed into military colonies.
BOURSE.--PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15.
f !rat Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy. Price
r'reoch 5 per Cents ll3 80 ... 113 80 ... 11 170 ... 113 75
4 per Cents 99 40 ... 99 40 ... 99 40 99 40
3 per Cents 7B 95 "8 95 78 85 ... 78 85
Rank or trance
LAfitte flank 5,000 f. Shares 5157 5U ...5157 50 —5160
1,0001. SI ares 1070 —.1,75 ...1070
Selgian Bank
5 per Cents lOl ... 101 ... 101 ... 101

New Loan lOl4 ... 1 I% .. 10114 ~. 10114
iranish Active
Passive 5 ... 5% —5% —5%
Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O ... 20 ... 20 ... 20
Neapolitan lO3 90 ... 103 90 ... 'l.l Si ... 1113 90
Roman.. ... II 00000 •••••• at., .• ii334 .... HI% see 1(3% doe 103%
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles.R. 8....,....•,,.,, ::67 50 ... 367 50 ... 365 ... 365
'Strasburg to Bale
LB ... 840 ... 2441 ... 231 25 ... L 35
Orleans'.
243875
50 ......
234862 50,25 ....,
242860
2550

STOPPAGE OF MESSRS. BARBER
AND MARSHALL'S BANK, AT WALSALL.

MINGLIAM, FRIDAI EVENING APRIL 16.-1. regret to
Messrs. Barber and Marshall, of
statelvai s a thatiWalsall,
t closedhe bankthis
morning,of
,e jorh rather the house failed
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morning.oftbeevent,
of the borough,
South StafforvlnThtihr: Bank, are placed
combined with the
in consequence of th;s untoward!'
in very unpleasant circumstances, late failure is at-
tributed to ,the embarrassments of a
Itaot eo stoppage pag thise
s
members of the firm, lately carrying nn)11 of one of the
business in Liver-
pool, It ought to be stated that the bank of Messrs.
Barber and Co. was more a bank of deposit than of com-
merce.
Time will not allow me to say more at present
some people entertain hopes that the concern wil; but
will wind
up more satisfactorily than, on the other hand,
others
anticipated.

A CAUSE WITHOUT EFFECTS. -- ig What
would be the effects of a general break up of the banks ?"
asked a friend of ours of a shrewd New Yorkite the other
day. " Why, no effects," was the ready answer. —Arne.
rican Paper. •

BALL AT ST. OMER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l have the pleasure of informing you that the Duke
of Orleans' Ball, given at St. Omer on Wedne-day evening,
and to which the military in garrison here, and the resident
gentry, were invited, went off with great eclat, and the party
who proceeded from hence to attend it are returned highly
gratified with their evening's entertainment, and the very
great kindness and hospitality shown them upon the occasion.
Nothing could exceed the cordial reception eur Officers met
with at the hands of the French Officers, and the marked
and flattering attention paid them by the Duke of Orleans
himself.

The ball was attended by about two thousand five hundred
persons, a great proportion of whom were English from Bou-
logne, Calais, Dunkirk, and those residing at St. Omer.
It was given in the Theatre at the Hotel de Ville, and all
the arrangements were admirably made so as to ensure the
utmost gratification and satisfaction to all. The scene was a
most brilliant one, more particularly at the moment of the
Duke's entering the ball-room with his brother the Prince
de Joinville, about nine o'clock, at which time all the boxes in
the theatre were filled with Ladies elegantly attired, and with
Officers, Naval and Military, in splendid uniforms, and the
room itself crowded with the dancers. Those in the boxes
all rose at the Duke's entrance, and the orchestra, which
was most excellent, immediately commenced playing.
The dancing was kept up with much animation until about
four o'clock, when the Princes retired.

The Supper-rooms were opened at twelve o'clock, where
every delicacy was provided in the greatest abundance,
and wines. of every description of the choicest kind.

The whole affair was conducted on a most magnificent
scale, and the Princes themselves, and the Aid,.s-de-Camp,
were indefatigable in their exertions to gratify all present.
The Officers of our garrison who attended the ball, as well as
the Gentry of the Town, have returned, as I said More,
most highly pleased, and the feeling of satisfaction that is ex-
pressed by t em, for the great hospitality and kindness mani-
fested towards them is indeed unanimous.
The camp in the neighbourhood of St. Omer, consisting of
about ten thousand men, is about to be broken up. These
troops have orders to proceed to Paris, where there will be a
grand review of a hundred thousand men early in May.
Your's faithfully.

Dover, April 16, 1841.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked
oat as usual this morning in the Park, and afterwards the
Prince took his accustomed ride on horseback, attended by the
Equerries in Waiting.
In the afternoon her Majesty left the Castle in a pony
phaeton, which was driven by his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, and was followed in phaetons by the following ladies :
Lady C. Cocks, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lady Isabella
Wemyss, and the Hon. Mrs. George Anson. Colonel Wemyss,
Equerry to the Queen, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to
Prince Albert, attended her Majesty and his Royal Highness
on horseback.

Lady C. Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, have suc-
ceeded the Hon. Harriet Pitt and the Hon. Frances Devereux,
as the 'Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness. the Princess Royal was taken her cus-
tomary airing to-day.
His Excellency Viscount Ebrington is expected to arrive to-
morrow at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty.
Lady Isabella Wemyss it is expected, will leave the Castle
to-morrow.

The lion. Misses Pitt and Devereux took their departure
from the Castle to-day.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, and the
Duke of Cambridge, honoured the Earl and Countess of i\layo
with their company on Thursday evening, at their residence in
Norfolk-street. A select party were present to meet their
Royal Highnesses.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset with his company at dinner last evening at their
seat Wimbledon Park

Viscount Ebrington arrived at his residence in Grosvenor.
square on Thursday evening from Devonshire.
The Marquis of Normanby arrived in town yesterday morn.
ing from Newmarket.

The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere has arrived at his resi-
dence in Belgrave-square from Stowey.
Despatches from Lord Sydenh im, Governor of Canada,
and also from the Governor of New Brunswick, were received
yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supply of Game and Poultry was fair ; trade moderate ;
and prices the same as last quoted. Eggs in good supply at
4s. 6d. to ss. per 120 for English; and 3s. 6d. to 4s. per doz.
for Plovers. Meat in good supply, particularly Mutton, which
met a dull sale. Other kinds went off steadily at the following
prices :—Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. bd. ;
Veal, 4s. to ss. 4d ; Lamb, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; and Pork,
ss. ad. to 6s. 6d. per stone of B,bs.
WHITECHAPEL MARKET.

The supply of Meat was fair, with little variation in prices.
Veal sold Kell, the quantity being under the demand. Beef,
3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; Veal, 4s, to
ss. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. Bd. to 6s. Bd.
Clover, 41. 15s. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, 31. 12s, to 51. ; Straw,
375. to 40s.