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London, England, 1841-09-23 00:00:00

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The emission of a portion of the French loan and the
disturbances in France, ocinvet a prominent place in the
columns of the French Journals of Monday. The
Debats regrets that tie loan was not sooner issued, and
observes that corr.merce has suffered from the delay.
The Constitutio,nntl says that the Government in issuing
the loan wc.s influenced by a fear of a decline of its credit
in conseqUence of the emeutes. The COu'rrier Francais.
is of opinion that the Government had recourse to the
flick of delaying the emission, in order to lead the
capitalists to suppose that it would not issue at all, in
order to procure better terms. The Siede complains
that with all the artifices of the Minister of Finance,
the State will be a great loser; as before a single franc of
the loan can be touched the Treasury will stand indebted
to the lenders four months and six days' interest, which
will amount to 15,000 francs. Thus after all no portion
of the press is satisfied.
We noticed in our summary of Monday the indignant
contempt with which the French Journals hurl back
upon the Tory press, the malicious attempt to
find in the reputed Atheism of the French people the
origin of the murderous attack upon the Royal
Princes. The Constitutionnel has very successfully
turned the tables on the hypocritical Times, the stupid
Courier, and the flippant Glibe. The evangelical purity
and poverty of English churchmen, the unbought pa-
triotism of the English aristocracy, and the high, ho-
nourable impulses which the cat-o'-nine-tails commu-
nicates to the back of the English soldier, supply
materials for a picture, the survey of which ought to
teach the Tory and Whig Pharisees more modesty in
speaking of their neighbours. When the attempt to
assassinate Lord Howick is known in France it will fur-
nish the French press with the means of retorting with
tenfold effect the libels of the British Anti-Gallican press.
The Courrier Francais is not less bitter than the Con-
stitutionnel. That our readers may be made acquainted
with the mass of bad blood eng,bndered by these foolish
attacks upon the religious character of our neighbours,
and that they may likewise be made sensible of the
absurd figure which even an Englishman may be made to
cut in the hands of a French satirist, we extract the
article from the Courrier :—" The English Journals look
upon us as a nation of Atheists, because we do not, like
so many English, divide on Sundays between the Church
and the gin-shop. We will merely observe, that if we
were to judge of the influence of religion on the
hearts of men, we must not take the English as an
example. There is certainly no nation which ob-
serves with greater rigour the external forms* of re-
ligion. The brow of the Englishman is grar: and
sombre, like the portico of a church ; but if we
look under the envelope we shall frequently find the
heart rotten. How well did Byron know these Pharisees
of Europe who of virtue practice only the appearance ;
who have markets for votes as for sugar and coffee ;
who call themselves honest men, whilst they corrupt
poor electors, and who have even gone so far as to
change the natural signification of terms as to say of a
thief, if he be well-dressed, that he looks respectable."
Here we have caricature for caricature. The English
are not without true religion, neither are their hearts

rotten. But in the misrepresentation we have the usual
penalty of a claim to ultra-righteousness. To have our
many good qualities estimated at their full value we
must not pretend to be better than others.

The French frontier contraband trade with Spain is so
considerable, that in one month 2,744 bales and pack-
ages of French goods found their way into Spain by Irun
alone l This was in the month of August last. And
ye;, the French journals rail against British smugglers.
There are said to be. discovered in the province of
Tarragona, in Spain, 1 gold mine, 4 silver mines, 5 of
iron, 72 of lead, 17 of coal, 7 of sulphur, 1 of mercury,
and 1 of magnesia. Minin4 is all the rage now in Spain,
but we trust IJfe infection will not seize upon Bri-
•tish capitalists. The most productive mines in Spain
are on the surface of the country, if the agricultural po-
pulation were only industrious enough to work them.
Last week witnessed the opening of the two first im-
portant lines of railroads in Prussia, that between Co•
logne and Aix la Chapelle, 'and that between Berlin and
Cothen, where it unites with the line from Magdeburg
and Dresden. The latter line was executed within a,
remarkably short period, the works having only been
seriously begun in November, 1839. The length of this
line is 25 German miles, or about 120 English, and the
distance was perfbrmed in seven hours and a half.
The Corresponsul relates that while the young Queen
and the Infanta Dona Luisa were riding in their carriage
on the 11th, they met a priest bringing back the Host
from a visit to a sick person. Her Majesty and the
Princess immediately alighted and followed the Host on
foot to the church of San Giniez, to which the priest
belonged. large crowd acconlpanied the Queen and
her sister.
Belgium and Hamburg have concluded a Commercial
Treaty, which guarantees to the citizens of each recipro-
cal equal rights in their respective territories. The text
of this Treaty will be found in another part of The Sun.
Letters from Constantinople of the 2d inst., state that
by advices from Erzroum it was known that the Persian
Court had received intelligence of the submission of Me-
hemet Ali. This news had an extraordinary effect
upon the Schah and his Ministers. who all at once exhi-
bited a great affection fbr the English. Preparations
were ordered to be made to receive Sir John M'Neile,

our Ambassador, with every mark of distinction. Fear
works wonders.

PAIZZLIUCEITTAILY.

Amongst the petitions last night presented in the
House of Commons, was one from Sir Charles Forbes,
for inquiry into the case of the Raja of Sattara.
The Concentration of Royal Gardens and the Frog-
more Lodge pills were read a second time, after a brief
opposition to the former by Mr. Protheroe.
The Poor-law Commission Bill, and the Expiring
Laws Bill were also read a second time. During the
short debate on the former Mr. Wakley again stepped
forth' in his new character of Sir R. Peel's champion,
who seems, however, not much to like his over zealous
Squire. The Bills are to be committed on Friday, which
seems as if Sir Robert Peel was intent on bringing the
Session to a close. It can scarcely last ten days at the
present rate of proceeding.
The House adjourned till Friday.

PIM:LAC 0 :41LodICON.
The Times asserts that there is not the slightest bond
of union among the Opposition ; that they are split into
small sections ; are full of distrust and apprehension ;
and unable to act with vigour or consistency. Our Con-
temporary adds :—" What-they are to du, poor devils,
beats us to say. They cannot get.the Premier to be cor-
rupt for the li re of them. With all their indomitable courage
fur Opposition objects, the abominable contre temps of
finding the Conservatives unassailably honest, deprives
them of any butt to 'shoot at, or any ammunition to load
with. That they should handsomely confess their own
powerlessness, or do justice to the merits of the present
Government, could scarcely be expected from them in
their collective capacity, rotten at heart as they are, and
diseased in all their corporate functions. Individual px-
ceptions may possibly occur. Some there may be who,
like Mr. Wakley, will surmount the despicable trammels
of partisanship; and dare to avow the honest truth. even
though it should be complimentary to opponents."—
To talk of the " unassailable honesty" of the Tories is
an act of effrontery every way characteristic of the
Times.. With quite as much propriety might our egotis-
tical, weathercock Contemporary compliment himself on
his own " unassailable honesty." Imagine the " unas-
sailable honesty" of a Cabinet made up of such apos-
by such
tates as Stanley, -Graham, and Lyndhurst, and headed
a wily Jesuit as Sir Robert Peel l - Why,
" honesty" is the very quality of all- others,. in which
these men are most glaringly deficient I Tact they hav,
and cunning, inveterate prejudice, and plausibility enough
and to spare;;;limit as for honesty—Diogenes might in vain.
Search with his lanthorn for an hone-at man among them