The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

RENCH AND FLANDERS MAILS. i DISLOYALTY OF THE TORIES

PARIS, FEB. B.—The .floniteur of this morning has
no official part.
The Council of Ministers met yesterday at the office
of the Minister for Eoreign Affairs.
The Univers of this morning says :—" A letter from
London informs us that the departure of M. Brunow is
fixed for the 14th of this month. Far from his having
concluded the Russo-English treaty, the negotiations
seem to-have taken a turn favourable to the maintenance
of the alliance between England and France.—Le
Cunsti!utionnel, Feb. S.

SARAGOSSA, FEB. I.—There is nothing to communi-
cate to-day that is at all interesting, except that the
operations against Segura are to commence on the Bth
of this month. The heavy artillery will set out on the
4th. The vehicles for the conveyance of provisions
to Alas d 4 las Mates will be sent in future to Muniesa,
for the magazines at the head-quarters arc full.—
Phan' des Pyrenees, Feb. 5.
PARIS, Fay. 7.—The Ministerial Journal publishes
this evening the folloWing news of the expedition to
Khiva, which it Las received from Odessa :
" This expedition takes the route between the Cas_
pian and Lake Ural ; it consists of 4,000 infantry,
small park of light artillery, and some corps of regular
cavalry, the force of which is not mentioned, and has
with it 11,000 camels to carry the ammunition, provi-
sions, and doubtless also fuel, which is not mentioned.
General Perowski writes that on the 4th of December,
that is to say, 16 days after his departure from Orenburg,
Le had accomplished the fifth part'of ~liiirharch. If
he continues to proceed at the same rate, the expedition
will have no less than 80 days' march before- it can
reach its destination. General Perowsky says that the
cold is 30 degrees (probably by the Lentegrade ther-
mometer), and that even in his own tent, notwilstand-
ing the fire that he kept up he cannot obtain less than
16 degrees ; nothing is said of the losses of men or
cattle that the expedition has sustained, or of the hard-
ships which the poor soldiers must certainly endure.—
Le Commerce, Feb. 8.

BaussrEs, FEB. B.—Tho late shipwrecks on the
coast of Holland have drawn the attention of the
Underwriters at Amsterdam and Rotterdam to the
abuses of the Dutch system of pilotage. Letters from
Amsterdam say that the great merchants of that city
had just addressed complaints to the Boards of
Pilotage, at the Texal and Flushing, that the
pilot boats are not at their respective stations
assigned to them by the regulations. It is even in
contemplation to require the establishment of a eew
station in the Straits of Dover, in order to furnish
pilots to vessels coming from the west before they ar-
rived on the dangerous coasts of Holland. The advan-
tages of this prudent measure would be reaped, espe-
cialy in the winter time, when hurricanes are so fre-
quent. These observations have originated chiefly in
the representations of several foreign captains, most cf
whom take pilots either at Cowes or Dover, which bur-
dens them with heavy expenses, which they prefer to
the risks of a dangerous navigation.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 21.—The abolition of the
Haradsch is a fourth step in the reform of the Admi-
nistration. How the Porte will make up for the dimi-
nution of the revenue which this will occasion does not
appear ; we fear, however, that its hopes of the effects
of this measure will not be wholly fulfilled, as the prin-
ciple which separates the Rayas from the Mussulmans
is too deep to be affected by the Haradsch. The
Haradsch is founded on the Kamm It is the card
which attests that the Raya has pail his full tax for the
current year, and was originally tha equivalent which
subjects not Mussulmans paid to the State instead
of military service to which they were ad-
mitted. Of late years the tax amounted
to 60, 30, or 15 piastres per head, according to the cir-
cumstances of the Raya. No Raya was exempt from
this tax, which was paid annually, and if he lost his
curd, so that he could not find it when required, he had
to pay again. Though the tax was not heavy it was
rendered onerous by the manner in which it was levied
by those to whom it was farmed. A Firman was issued
in 1834 to check the rapacity of the farmers, but the
Koran was opposed to total abolition. Redschid
Pacha now declared that the sum ascribed is
false, and the abolition of the Haradsch was
decided on, and by a council held on the 9th the Rai a
will henceforth be obliged to carry his card about with
him, and consequently to give any Turk, in the midst of
his business, an account of his nationality. But, as the
State must not suffer for the sake of the Raya, the tax
remains for the present—only it. is left to the municipal
authorities themselves to collect it as thoy find best.
This measure, therefore, increases the rights of the
municipality.
TIIE HAGUE, FEE. B.—Yesterday his Excellency
Baron de Bois Le Count, the French Ambassador, de-
livered to the Burgomaster of the town the sum of
1,000 florins, for the widow of the pilot Kuyper, who
unfortunately lost his life in saving the crew of the
French ship Providence.
We learn too that the Society of the province of
Holland for the relief of Shipwrecke:l Persons, has
granted an annuity of 100 florins so long as she
shall remain a widow. Each child is to have 25
per annum till the ago of 18.

We hear that haft' the body of 1839, on entering on
the duty for 18-10, will be sent home with unlimited
furloughs. _ _

THE HAGUE, FEB. 6.—Yesterday evening the fol-
lowing unfortunate accident happened here :—Count
O'Kclly de Galeday, formerly member of the High
Council of Nobility, had been to an evening party at the
Swedish Minister's, on the Bezuidenhontschenweg.
His eyesight being bad, and the night dark,• he fell
into the water and was drowned, near the country
house of General Van de Bosch. The road being
very lonely where few people pass in the evening,
nobody could go to his assistance.

THE HAGUE, FEB. 7.—For some days past a general
subject of conversation here is, a great retrenchment
which the Government intends to make in the war
department.

Prince Jerome Bonaparte embarked yesterday on
board the Giraffe steam-boat, Captain R. Stranach, for
London.

AMSTERDAM, FEB. 6.—The Handelablad contains a
long article on the bad management of the pilotage on
the coast of Holland : the regulationz arc, it says, de-
fective, and are tot carried into execution. It says
that the shipwreck of the Margaretha Johanna, Captain
&lion, with a rich cargo from Batavia, was caused by
the want of a pilot and by the want of a buoy on a
certain shoal, so that, misled by this negligence, he
sailed directly upon the shoal from which the buoy
ought to have warned him,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERS ALL'S,-YESTERDAY.

Our report of the Derby betting will be of short and of very
slight interest to speculators, not a single change of importance
having Arisen nut of the little business transacted between four
and half-past six. Confederate must still be looked upon as
first favourite, his party having offered to bet 11 to 10 on him
against any other ; the text three, however, are even with him
in the quotations, and so nearly so in actual favour that many
gentlemen would have closed with 6to 5. Bockhara was not
mentioned, and Aluley Ishmael and Ottoman were not in any
demand. St. Andrew, after fluctuating between 23 and 20
to 1, closed at 22 to 1 (taken). Gambia was a shade better,
25 to 1 having been accepted in one quarter, and several at-
tempts made to get on at an advance of three points. Nothing
else was dine worth notice; nor, except offers (the highest) of
3to 1 agst Crucifix, and the outlay of a little money on Black
Bess at 14 to 1, was there anything novel in the Oaks betting.
Several engagements were made or. the Two Thousand Guinea
Stakes, to which we dre now enabled to append a complete
quotation. The throe first favourites were in considerable re-
quest. The average prices at the close were as follows :

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Confederate
6 to 1 agst Aug?liea—taken
15 to 2 agst Ottoman—taken
8 to I agst Muley Ishmael
10 to 1 agst Grey 31ilton

THE DERBY.
15 to I agst Confederate—(taken)
15 to 1 agst Theon—taken
15 to 1 agst the Angelica colt
15 to 1 agst Launcelot—take 16 to 1
20 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael
22 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken
22 to 1 agst Ottoman
25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken, and afterwards offt red
40 to 1 agst Grey Milt,sn
1000 to 22 agst Monops—taken
3000 to 15 agst Black Bess—taken
1000 to 5 agst Fmetic—taken
350 to LO agst Theon and the Angelica colt—taken
900 to 600 on Theon agst Aluley Ishmael—taken
1000 to 10 agst Confederate winning the Derby and St.
Leger, and Crucifix the Oaks--taken
(Mr. E. Peel's Prima Donna colt is namt d Drayton, not
Drake.)

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
EXETER, FEB. B.—A
public meeting of the inhabi-
tants was held at the Guildhall on Tuesday last, to
adopt measures for celebrating her Majesty's nuptial
day. It was determined to regale the poor ; a desire
was expressed tbat a public dinner should also be held,
presided over by. the Mayor, of all parties. A com-
mittee of both sides was named ; but all the Tories im-
mediately withdrew their names, and refused to join in
any public dinner of. the inhabitants on the occasion.
The consequence is, that as there was a strong feeling
against having a sectional dinner, on this day of national
rejoicing, Mayor, W. Esq., sail he would ra.
ther see no dinner than a party one on such an occasion.
The Tories have also very generally refrained from sub-
scribing to regale the poor. Our Very Rev. Dean, if he
be a Dean yet (the election being disputed), was the
first to withdraw. He used to be a great spouter at
political meetinv.

DINNER OF HER MAJESTY'S

TRADESMEN.

Last evening, the principal tradesmen of her Majesty,
sat down to a splendid dinner at the Freemason's Tavern,
in honour of the Royal Marriage. Their number was
nearly 100, aad they did great credit to the tradesmen of
this busy, enterprising-, and populous city. There was
an order and propriAy observed, which showed that
Englishmen, whether as tradesmen, or noblemen, or
princes, are the same people ; and never forget the
great distinguishing character of the country, decorum
and loyalty.
Mr. LESLIE, of Conduit•strcet, RO9-ent-street, was
in the Chair, and filled it with great credit.
The first toast he proposed was " The Queen,"
which was responded to tvith great enthusiasm.
" God save the Queen " was then sung in excellent
style by Messrs. Ransford, Pyre, Morgan, Willing,
and others. This was done in excellent style, and
elicited great applause.
The next toast was " Queen Adelaide," which was
received with loud.cheers.

"The Duke of Sussex " was a!so drunk with much
enthusiasm.

On the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" being
proposed, the applause was general at first, and increased
to an extent which showed that her Majesty's trades-
men knew that respect due not only to bet, but to her
advisers.

. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.—(Loud cheers.)
They had assembled to commemorate a most important
and interesting event in the annals of their country.—
(Hear, hear.) The reigns of their femalc Sovereigns
had been distinguished for pre-eminence in literature,
the arts, and sciences. In the reign of 'Elizabeth they
had a Bacon and a Shakspeare, that immortal bard who
"exhausted worlds and then imagined new,"—in the
reign of Queen Anne, they had a Locke, a Pope, and an
Addison, and he trusted that the reign of their present
Illustrious Sovereign would not be less distinguished than
those of her Royal predecessors. After referring to the
family of his R-,yal Highness Prince Albert, and
the claims which he had upon the esteem and respect of
the people of England, the Chairman concluded by pro-
posing the bealths of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Victoria and her Royal Consort Prince Albert," long
life and prosperity to them."
The toast was drunk with, three times three, and all
the honours.

The following glee was then rung :
Hail ! Royal Prince, to Freedom's Lle,
Thv presence bids all hearts rejoice;
May Love and Fame thy life beguile,
Our fair Victoria's noble choice.
Hail ! Royal Prince, to Freedom's Isle,
May Love and Fame thy life beguile,
Thy presence bids all hearts rejoice,
Our fair Victoria's noble choice.
Hail ! Royal Bride, of Freedom's Isle,
Around thy Throne may blessings flow ;
May Truth and Friendship o'er thee smile,
And Love with all its magic glow.
Hail I Royal Pair, of Freedom's Isle,
May blissful joys around ye glide;
Nor Time destroy Love's witching wile,
But ever hail ye Albion's Pride.
Hail 1 Royal Pair, to Freedom's Isle,
May blissful joys around ye glide;
Nur Time destroy Love's witching wile,
But ever hail ye Albion's Pride.
The Festivity of the evening was hept up to a Slate
hour, and every thing was conducted in the best order
and with the best feeling.
The dinner and wines were excellent, and did great
credit to the proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern.
Mr. Leslie, the Chairman, made an excellent speech
on introducing the toast " Her Majesty and Prince
Albert," and we regret that the great press of
matter on account of the Royal wedding, prevents up
from giving it at length.