The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

omne :

" He wished to speak and to think with every kind of
respect for the General Assembly, of which he had been
an unworthy member for upwards of City years; and,
therefore, be should say nothing of the General Assembly.
But this he would say, that if any other body of men, or if
any individual had done as they had done, he would call it
absolute profligacy. They pleaded in that Court, and judg-
ment was given against them. They appealed to the House
of Lords, thereby implying, he supposed, that the House
of Lords had the power to judge; for otherwise they
ought not to have appealed. He supposed that if the
judgment of the Ilousa of Lords had been different from
what it was—if they had reversed the sentence of the Court
of Session, and found (as they probably would have found
in that case) that the Presbytery were entitled to their
expenses—he supposed there would have been no difficulty
in obeying that judgment. The two Learned Lords who
pronounced judgment would have been Solomon and Da-
niel, and their decision the most righteous judgment that
ever was pronounced; but if the judgment was against
them, oh, they would not obey that. If this had been done
by any other body of men whatever, it would lee considered
absolute profligacy. It was just the old thimble-rigging
triek--odds, I win; evens, you lose. If the judgment be
given in my favour, I will obey ; if not, I won't obey."

The Paris Journals of Sunday bring no news of in-
terest. Of the Duke DE NENIOUIIS, Dotation Bill we
begin to grow tired, as doubtless do such of our readers
as ply any attention to continental affairs. On Satur-
day M. GUIZOT had another audience of the KING,
and it was reported that his departure for London was
postponed till Saturday next.
The Paris Court of Assizes pronounced sentence on
Saturday in the case of fifty-one thieves, whose trial
had occupied it fur twelve days. Forty five were found
Guilty, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
Six were acquitted.

It is obsered that Talat Effendi, the representative of
the Porte at Paris, has more frequent conferences with
the Austrian Ambassador than with our Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs.

President Boyer has laid before the Senate and the
Chamber of Representatives a project of law for the sup-
pression of the negro slave trade. This project has been
converted into a law. The slave trade is declared to be
piracy, ,and is to be punished as such. The necessity of
such a law in the negro republic is a curious fact.—La
Gazette de France.

We have received Marseilles Journals of the 13th
inst., with some very interesting news from the East.
In a letter from Constantinople dated the 27th ult., it
is stated that the all absorbing topic in that capital was
the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance between England,
Russia, Austria, and Prussia, for guaranteeing the in-
tegrity of the Ottoman empire. " The Porte," says
the writer, " has received official advice of the conclu-
sion of this alliance. The news brought to M. de
BOUTENIEFF by the steamer from Odessa must have
been of great importance, inasmuch as the garrison of
the last-named city was called out by the Governor
to break the ice to enable the steamer to leave
the port."
The failure of the mission of KIAaIIL PASHA is
said to have greatly disconcerted the Representatives of
the' Four Powers. But what created the greatest
sensation was the news that MEIIEMET ALI had.
ordered the fusion of the Turkish and Egyptian crews
in the harhaur of Alexandria. The Divan, in a state
of alarmed excitement, instantly communicated the in•
telligence to the Foreign Ambassadors. The. English
and Russian Ambassadors were loud in their denuncia-
tions of the conduct of the VICEROY. To RESCIIID
PASIIA, who waited upon Lord PoNsoN3T, his Lord-
ship is reported to have addressed himself as follows:--
Mehemet Ali, in presuming to take such a step, has ruined
his cause. He has lost all claim to our regard ; and, in spite
of the sympathy of France for the usurper, we shall have re•
course to the most energetic measures to bring him to a sense
of duty. The French Cabinet has shown a strange partiality
for a man of such insatiable ambition, but it will shortlyS be
placed in the alternative of declaring itself either for the vassal
or the r ghteous sovereign, for Eug.and, Russia, Prussia, and
Austria are firmly determined on supporting your rights at any
price, and force shall be resorted to for the purpose. I recom-
mend you to see M. de Pontois, and lay before him in the
strongest terms your complaints against Mehemet Ali.
How different was the language of M. PONTOIS,
the French Ambassador, will be best understood by
quoting his answer to the complaint of the Turkish Mi-
nister, and which it is said made a deep impression upon
the Divan :

" Your remarks on the last act of Mehemet Ali (the fusion
of the craws) would be well grounded if you had acted frankly
with him. You expressed a desire of opening direct negotia-
tions with the Viceroy, and adopted a totally different course.
You gave him a right to distrust you, and to act as he has done.
He has hitherto evinced great condescension, and I am inclined
to suppose that themoderation he has shown was mistaken by:yon
fur weakness and fear, and made you trifle with him. l3e unde-
ceived, and quietly settle your differences with him. All delay in
granting him the hereditary possession of Egypt, and Syria will
be fatal to you. The union of the fleets ought to be an additional
proof of Mehemet Ali's disregard for the menaces of certain
Powers, and of his resolution not to separate the cause of the
Arabs from that of the Turks. Believe me, the great Powers
will confine their intervention to mere remonstrances, and will
never recur to means of coercion. If, in two months hence,
Ibrahim Pasha march on Constantinople, do you imagine that
Europe will wage war against him? No, certainly nut ; besides,
may Heaven preserve you from such a resolution on the part
of those Powers ! for a collision between them would be inevi-
table, and its result would be the partition of the empire."
We shall leave these extracts to speak for themselves.
Our hope is that the facts arc not as herein stated.
Five of the SULTAN'S wives will shortly increase the
number of " true believers."
A Maltese Journal states that Admiral Loins sailed
from Malta on the 4th, to replace, ad interim, Admiral
STorroan in the command of the English fleetat Ourlac

The latest Madrid Journals are of the 9th inst. They
arc wholly destitute of any news of importance. Of war-
like achievement we have only to mention that General
EApartero caused a Carlist corps of 800 infantry and 100
cavalry, stationed at Palomar, to be attacked on the 30th,
and compelled it to fly in disorder towards the mountains,
with the loss of two killed, several wounded, and one pri-
soner.

We rejoice to find, that though unsuccessful last Ses-
sion, the Anti- Corn-law League still perseveres in the
humane and Christian attempt to get rid of those laws
that are undermining our manufacturing and commer-
cial prosperity, and that a deputation from the Council
at Manchester hive arrived in London, to make ar-
rangements for the great contest with the sel-
fish landlords. Rooms for the business of the Cen-

tral Association have been taken at No. 134, Strand,
to which all communications on the question may
be addressed. A Committee will be in daily attendance
to arrange meetings, and afford every information re-
specting Lectures, Public Meetings, and Petitions to
Parliament. The prospects of the Corn-law Repealers are
now beccining every day more bright. The meetings for
repeal are not only better attended but they are starting
up even in places where the greater portion of the inha-
bitants live by agr:culture. We recorded yesterday a large
meeting at Jedburgh, the capital of the agricultural
county of Roxburgh, where, notwithstanding the presence
of the Chartists, resolutions for the immediate and tct..l
abolition of the laws, were carried by great majorities.
Even in Ireland, almost without manufactures, the inha-
bitancs begin to see the suff2rings which th,:se laws
cntail even on an agricultural population. The
financial crisis, too, and, above all, the dying speech
of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer have opened
the eyes of many to the dangerous convulsions with
which these impolitic, selfish, and cruel laws, ever threaten
the country. The great contest will take place towards
the end of next month, and, in the meantime, let all who
wish well to the security and peace of the country be up
and stirring to press upon Parliament and the Government
the absolute necessity of an immediate alteration. Mr.
Villiers's motion is fixed for Tuesday, the 24th of March.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met this morning at ten o'clock, Imd pro-
ceeded to hear the further al guments in a part-heard appeal uP
to half-past one o'clock, when the further hearing was post-
pried till Thursday.
ADDRESS OF Thursday.
TO HER MA"

JEST Y.
Her Majesty having signified her intention of receiving the
Address of the house of Lords, congratulating her upon her
marriage with Prince Albert, shortly after one o'clock the
Peers, either attired in full Court or Military costume, began
to arrive ; and among the earliest s" re their Royal Highnesses
the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge,ithe former dressed in the full
uniform of the Captain-General of the Artillery, and the latter
in that of a Field Marshal. Among the other Peers in attend'
ance we noticed the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Kenyon,
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Jersey, Lord Fitzgerald, the
Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Wilton, the Eail of
Brecknock, Lord Ashburton, Lord Colchester, Lord Dudley,
Lord Saye and Sele, the Earl of Galway, Lo-d Wynford,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Bandon, the Mar-
quis of Northampton, the Bishop of London, the Earl of Car-
digan, Earl De la Warre, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of
Exeter, Lord Cowley, the Marquis of Cholmondeley,
Lord Stuart de Rothsay, the Earl of Shaftesbury,
Lord Camoys, the Earl of Arundel, the Earl of Mayo,
the: Earl of Ripon, Lord Dunsaney, the Bishop of Norwich.,
the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop
of Lichfield, the Earl of Eldon, the Earl of Seaford, the Duke
of Somerset, the quis of Huntley, Earl Howe, the Luke
of Norfolk, Lord Colborne, tho Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl
of Sandwich, the Earl of Verulam, the Marquis of Bute, the
Duke of Sutherland, Lord Sidney, Lord Willoughby De
Eiesby, and the Lord Char.cellor.
The Loan CHANCELLOR having taken his seat on the wool'
sack,

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESB UR Y the Trans-
fer of Aids' Bill was read a second time, committed, and or-
dered to be read a third time on Thursday.
The Prisons' Act was reported and ordered to be read a third
time on Thursday, to which day th, House then adjourned, and
their Lordships proceeded in state to the Palace to present the
Address.