The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE LEVANT.

AIAUMORICE BAY,
HER MAJESTY'S SIIIP BRITANNIA, JAN. 8.
The Mcgmra sails to-morrow morning for Malta. The
Britannia, Howe, and Castor arrived off the entrance to
this bay yesterday morning, 'but having got becalmed out.
side, were successively towed in by the Hydra, which Sir
R. Stopford sent out for that purpose. All the ships
mentioned in your last are here still, except the Benbow
at Beyrout, and the Gorgon and Stromboli, which have
since proceeded, the former to Acre, for the purpose of
assisting to bring away the marines who were left there to
garrison the fortress, but have suffered most severely from
sickness, and the latter to Alexandria, with Commodore
Sir Charles Napier. Lieutenunt-Colonel M'Callum is
now left in the chief command of the Royal Marines in the
Mediterranean The rewards for the late arduous service
on the coast of Syria have been most liberally distributed
in the shape of promotion.
All the commanders arc made post-captains, all the
senior lieutenants, commanders; five mates of the flag.
ship, three of the commodore's, and the two senior of each
of the other ships, are made lieutenants; all the second
masters, masters, and five assistant surgeons are made sur-
geons. Captain Arthur Morison, of the Royal Marines, is
promoted to the brevet rank of major in the army, for his
gallantry at the storming of Sidon ; and Captain Whylock,
of the same corps, has received a similar honour; Vice-
Admiral Walker Paeha is made a Knight Commander of
the Bath, and arrived here to. day in a Turkish steamer
from Constantinople.
( From the Malta Chronicle of Jan. 21. )

Her Majesty's troop-ship Sapphire, Cole master, in
command, having on board the 59th Regiment from the
lonian Hands, bound to one of the West India posses-
sions, put into Malta on the 13th last., and will, together
with the Cornwall transport, J. Young commander, con-
vey to the same destination the head-quarters of the 92d
Highlanders, from this garrison, about Saturday next.
The Ottoman fleet will be refitted at Marmorice Bay
by the crews of the British ships of war before pro-
ceeding to Constantinople. On its arrival in safety at
Marmorice, Sir Robert Stopford will, it is said, run clown
to Malta in the Cyclops steam-frigate, leaving in command
Sir John On-mammy, who arrived at Marmorice on
tho 7tb, in his flag-ship, the Britannia, with the
Howe and Castor in company. The Cyclops had
also arrived from Malta. The Benbow was st Beyrout ;
the Edinburgh is on her way to Malta from Marmorice,
and will, it is supposed, be shortly followed by the. Belle
rophon, Princess Charlotte, and Implacable, all of which
vessels, it is expected, will be sent to England to be paid
off. The Asia and Pique will shortly leave Malta also for
England. The Locust, steam-tender, Lieut. Lunn, left
for Marmorice with the London mails for the fleet of the
31st of December an I the 4th of January, and despatches
for the Admiral. The Wasp followed on the 15th, and
the Hastings on the 18th.
A rumour prevails that the Sultan Lai decorated the
officers of the navy and marines lately promoted for their
services on the coast of Syria with a five piastre gold
medal, and that it is in contemplation by the Ottoman Go-
vernment to grant a year's pay to all the officers, seamen,
and marines who have assisted in the late operations
against the Pacha of Egypt.

SCOTLAND.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—FEn. 8.

Henry _Kinnear was brought before the Court, charged
with the murder of John Blyth, tailor, having, on the 23d
of October last, in the street called the Green, in St.
Clairtowu, in the parish of Dysart and county of Fife, at-
tacked the said John Blytb, and with his fist or some
weapon struck him one or more severe blows on the head,
and knocked him to the ground, whereby his skull was
fractured, and he died of the injuries so received on the
28th of October.

It appeared from the evidence that the daceascd had
been for some time " a teetotaller," but had broken
through the rules three months prior to his decease.
One of the witnesses stated that he knew this, and that
Blyth had been " on the ball" for several days ; that
he, along with the prisoner and a person named Smith,
had met deceased between three and four in the after-
noon of the previous day, and went to several public-
houses in Kirkcaldy and Pathhead. They purchased two
bottles of whisky in Kirkcaldy, which they took to a pri-
vate house at Pathhead, and drank it. They purchased
other two bo:tles in a house in Pathhead, by which time
all were worse of liquor ; and in going from house to
house deceased said to one of his companions that he
would try a fight if he liked. The individual pointedly
refused. He then offered to fight the prisoner, who said
he would not, and had got nothing to do with him. De-
cooed put himself in a fighting attitude, and continued
squai-ing at Kinnear for a considerable time, applying a
great !teal of insulting language towards him; but the pri.
saner kcpt his temper so well, that one of the witnesses
said he 'Lever saw a man get more provocation, or keep
his temper better. When they bad got to the east end of
Pathhead, Ninnear parted with deceased and another,
and went towards his own house, leaving deceased and
the other, who, wanted to get into Kirk's public-house.
A voice like Kinnear's, and in the direction he went,
called to Blyth, b-vhe ran towards him ; the sound of a
blow was iminediatei," heard by a witness, about the time
Blyth might have read'ed Kinnear, and the fall of a body
in consequence, and then a person was heard running
northward from the body. The witness went up, and
found the deceased lying on the road insensible. With
the assistance of two chaise-drivers, and Mr. Kirk, the
publican, the deceased was got upon his legs, and coming
to himself a little, walked home " rather smartly" with one
of his companions. His wife heard him come to the door,
and-a voice say, " Can you make in now, John?" She
got out of bed, but be opened the door himself, and came
in ; he said, " Kirsty, take off my clothes and put me to
bed, for lam murdered." She took off his neckerchief,
and tied it round his head, as he complained of pain there,
but he was unable to bear it tied. He was attended by
Dr. Williams (who is since dead). His wife asked what
had happened, but he made no answer, and scaraely spoke
after. He died on the Sunday morning.
The prisoner's mother stated that he was engajed in
marriage to a young woman, who, on hearing of the ccarge
of murder being brought against him, took ill and died, it
was believed, in consequence.
The Solicitor-General admitted that he had failed to
make out the charge, and could not call upon the Jury to
give a verdict, even of the lesser crime of culpable homicide.
The Jury, notwithstanding the statements of the Coun-
sel and the Court, at first gave a verdict of not proven,
which the Court refused to receive; and which they after-
wards, apparently with reluctance, altered to not guilty,
and the prisoner was dismissed.

FRENCH CUSTOMS BILL.

The Commerce of Thursday has the tollowing on the
new Customs Bill:
'° The most important parts of the Bill are those re-
specting the admission of coal, machinery, thread, and
linen. The object of the clause respecting foreign coal is
to give the legislative sanction to the ordonnanco of Na-
vember, 1837, by which reductions in the duty were made.
The towns of 'Nantes and Rouen have addressed peti-
tions to the Chambers, praying for a further reduction.
The object of this petition is opposed by the proprie-
tors of coal mines in France, who state that the im-
portation of English coal, which was five years ago
only a few hundred thousand metrical quintals, now
amounts to more than 3,000,000 quintals, and that if
the duty be still further reduced, the importers of Eng-
lish coal will be able, with that saving, to transport
their coal a greater distance, and thus compete with
the proprietors of coal mines in the interior. The ques-
tion as to the introduction of machinery is at length
about to undergo a solution highly favourable to mari-
time navigation. The present tariff imposes an ad va-
lorem duty of thirty per cent. upon all steam-engines of
foreign manufacture, without distinction, in favour of
those which are not used in France, and are merely
used for steamers between the ports of France and
other countries. The ports have petitioned against this
duty, and the Government, in accord with the Committee
on the Bill, have recognised that foreign steam-engines,
under these eirceimstances, should be exempted from duty.
We must here observe that the more machinery of this
kind is indispensable, the more it becomes important to
encourage our own manufactures, to compete successfully
with those of other nations. In order to attain this object,
it is proposed by the Committee to grant a premium of
30 per cent. on the value of French engines employed on
board vessels in international navigation. This premium
would comprise, at the same time, a drawback on the raw
material, and an encouragement for the constructors.
The article respecting thread and manufactured goods
pf hemp and flat will undoubtedly give rise to the
longest and most serious discussion. This question
arises out of a revolution in manufactures, by which
machinery has been substituted for manual labour.
England, where this revolution had its birth, has
availed herself of it to introduce everywhere, and prin-
cipally into France, the thread made by machinery,
and against which it is impossible for that made by
hand to compete, either as regards price or quality. The
importation of linen thread into France represents an an-
nual sum of 25,000,000 f. What is to be dons ? Shall
we, as is proposed, increase the duty, and adopt a protec-
tive system ? We have all the elements for making thread
by machinery as cheaply as the English ; for if they have
some advantages over us, we have others over them—such,
for instance, as the price of labour, and the production of
the raw material on our own soil. Cannot we imitate the
English, and compete with them, without having recourse
to an increase of duty ? As this is proposed the linen-
manufacturers, in their turn, petition for relief ; and, to
satisfy them, it is proposed also to increase the duty on ma-
nufactured goods. There is, however, another important
question, as to agriculture and commerce, connected with
that of the duty on thread. If we receive English thread,
:t must be on the condition that England shall receive our
brandy and wines. And what is to become of the promised
reduction of duties on these productions? We put these
questions in the hope that they will be fully discussed on
the occasion of the Customs Bill, and that every necessary
explanation will be given by the Government."
We have no other observation to make upon the above
extract than that the Commerce is in error in supposing
.
that the manufacturers of thread England are entirely
indebted to foreign countries for their raw material. his
raised in abundance within Scotland and Ireland ; and not
long ago an important company was formed in Stafford..
shire for the cultivation of flax and hemp in that county.
We may, however, also add, that it is only in the manu-
facture of thread of the finer description that Ligh wages
are paid. In the north of Ireland, a here tho commoner
description of thread is made, the wages arc quite as low
as they can be in any part of France ; for, with a redun-
dant population like that of Ireland, and the unity and
cheapness of potato food, there are too many thousands of
persons glad to obtain employment at a rate of wages
which is so low that it is hardly possible for the popula-
tion of any country, however miserable, to work for a
slighter remuneration.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has remitted
the handsome donation of 1001, to the Lichfield Diocesan
Society for the Wilding of churches.

EVENING EDATION.

THE FUNERAL OF ;NAPOLEON'

(From Galignani's Mes.tehwer).
The removal of the coffin of the Eniperor Nepali
from the dome of the Invalides into the side chapel
Saint Jerome, was effected on Saturell:y, in the presage
of Marshal Moncey, the Governor of the InvaUdell
General Petit, the Commandant of the Staff of
dtb.
Hotel ; the division of officers, and the thirteen
sions of the pensioners. Gen. Gourgeud,
,Las Cases,
jun., M. Marchand, and some few of the other tgetnber
of the Commission sent to St. Helena, were the 0111
persons, besides those connected with the Hospitel,wl
were admitted. A mass was performed by the Core
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the Invalides and his clergy. Marshal Moncey, alth°4
so infirm as to reqnire being supported by both arinh
remained till the end of the ceremony. The pall washouts
by four superior officers of the Invalidcs. After the
the coffin, decorated as it was on the 15th of Dseen
ber, and surmounted towards the head by the ImPera
Crown, and having on the foot the sword and bat, els
placed, by means of an inclined plane of woodtvotk,:si
the chapel. This frame was taken down and earri
away with great expedition, and the coffin was at We
to be seen in the position in which it will remain Wald
its final tomb is ready to receive it. The Marshal asl
the other persons in attendance were then adeeittsj
into the chapel, where a " De Profundis" was chants,.
by the clergy, accompanied by the band of the Hole'
Holy water was again sprinkled on the coflin,and all re;
tired in deep silence. The chapel, which, as ere haLlo
already stated, is ornamented in a magnificent bee,
chaste style, is worthy its temporary destinstiti
It is hung with violet-coloured velvet, relieved wild
gold, between columns with gilt capitals, aned
the frieze is draped in like manner, enrich a
with a deep gold fringe ; the pavement 113 Wrt;3o
with a carpet of the same colour. At the end of
ith
chapel, facing the entrance, is the coffin, covered Wrof
its imperial pall, and raised upon an estrade ; a
high, likewise covered with violet velvet. Behind ti°,o
trophy, composed of forty-eight standards taken lrso
the enemy, before which appears an imperial eagle i
gold. Between the wall and the trophy is a itirvfd:.
silver cross, wrought on black velvet. In the four inte
columniations are antique trophies formed of arias ere
palm branches, with shields in the centres, on which 31.
inscribed the four celebrated names of Marengo, All:
terlitz, Wagram, and Jena. A guard of honour, ea";:
posed of Invalides who have been decorated, will co
stand), watch over the chapel.
The King has conferred the decoration of the tiegoei°ll
of Honour on M. Marchand, formerly valet to sing
leon, and who accompanied the expedition for bring"
back the hotly, .