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London, England, 1840-10-14 00:00:00

to the .glory of France to have overlooked such an
omission, than to seek to revenge it by shedding the
blood of an innocent people, and thereby retarding
to an extent wholly incalculable the progress of
t-tiropear. civilization ? An enlightened naticu
can always take a more glorious revenge than is
litlPPlied by the effusion of innocent blood, and the
4eli-imposition of ruinous systems of taxation.
,We still trust there is time left for remedying,
without war, the errors of the past. We appre-
elate the difficulties against which the French Go-
: v,erament has to contend, but we rely with confi-
' il,ence on the good sense of the KING, and the ma-
aeration of the majority of the Chambers. It would
Pot be fair to judge of the preponderant influence
of the war party in France by the noise they make,
fr the friends of order and peace are not in the
habit of indulging in clamorous appeals to popular
Prejudices and passions. We do not know exactly
many fresh topics are touched upon in the
'reach official note which accompanied the memo-
randompublishedthat yesterday, but we understandthe purport of it is entirely pacific. This is
gratifyina to us, as it will be to the country at
large. t'

There, in ,
v, is not much news tne Paris Papers of
"day) save what relates to the state of public
ing on the Eastern Question. On the Bourse
if' was reported that the English Ambassador had
assured
urect the French Government that the Four
powers Would not consent to the deposition of ME-
11411ET AEI. This report, which was deservedly
tsredited, occasioned an immediate rise of 3 per cent.
to
the Funds. We are only surprised that a contrary
I„,ruPreasion could have prevailed for an instant. No
tile
(\less would equal that of England insisting upon
ePosition of the PACIIA.
-e following are extracts from the French
PaPers
, TH,
ILE NCH SQUADRON.—AdmiraI Hugon, accor-
tst-: t° the Commerce, has had orders sent out to him
slinter the port of Candia with his squadron, and re-
th si° io occupation of it throughout the wintsr. To
zattaiw, e may append the following extract of a Con-
ss.,s-`nuPle letter, 16th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette :
ha "roe of the vessels of Admiral Hugon squadron
1,4," made their appearance lately in the Archipelago,
„,"
erreport is current that the French entertain the
t'l°,it of occupying the island of Candia. It is an-
.'eaced that 16,000 men from Odessa and Sebastopol
t'erefuo their route to the Bosphorus. These troops are.
°n al a camp upon the road to Eskishcher, in Aqa
stit."r' It is said that Khosrew Paella has been
apiaNied Rodosto by order of the Sultan. The best
3411,t oreigos here, consequently the project of bringing
o,it's", men into, the capital as a garrison has been
,fluoned."
JEAN D'ACItE.—An Alexandria letter, quoted by
• votsionsais states that St. Jean d, Acre is well fur-
l;l4e with stores and ammunition, and can stand a
troops siege if necessary. A considerable body of
I;;°Ps isposted in its immediate vicinity. Orders have
cite° issued to fortify Cairo ; and the garrison of that
defence
had been carried up to 20,000 men. Some works of
cagewere also executing at Rosetta and Damietta.
e Egyptian Government was beginning to feel un-
liasj at the spirit of insubordination prevailing in the
b tb3nal guard of Cairo. Several quarrels had occurred
aeer eels the men composing it and the regular troops,
some lives had been lost.
li hl' ROT-lISCIIII.D.--.The correspondence of an Eng-
o" Paper states that M. Rothschild and other rich
Inkers have menaced the Ministry with a formidable
PPosition if it advocated war ; and in truth the ma-
ao,
‘rss of M. Rothschild have been spoken of these
s stays past. MM. Rohshild is a capitalist, and does
hlike ;var• He is Constul-cGeneral of Austria, and an
tstrian subject, which renders him little anxious about
ie honour and interests of France. This is natural ;
st what has M. Rothschild, the agent of Prince
b'etternich, to do with our Chambers or their majority.?
'Y What r'ght does this monarch of finance meddle in
our affairs ? Is he judge of our honour, or are the in-
terests or his bank to prevail over those of the nation
but we forget, rumour adds, that there are other causes
of grievance besides those of finance. M. Rothschild
had promised those of his religion that he would
get M. It itti Menton, French Consul-General a: Da-
Inaicus, displaced ; whereas M. Thiers has supported
h
Itatti Menton • d of his conduct, and maintained
1. , approved
in his place : hence the irritation of M. Rothschild.
If these rumours be false, we have afforded M. Roths-
child the opportunity of contradicting them.—Constitic-
tiotinei.
tlip
LA;iar%74, cal ARSEILL AISE HYMN IN FRANCE.—The
Gyi-r ler
de Lyon states that at the theatre of the
raise nase, in that town, on Friday night, the Maraca.
rser:, It 14' called far and sung ; but such was the excite-
created, that it required the intervention of the
rnh'a
sy of ypo supported by major of the au-
hes, ee, to obtainlice a, quiet hearingaof the remainder of
satertainnients. In the meantime crowds collected
sisthe
e a Vac° des Jacobins and the streets singing the
t'
sis When sh pl ywas over, a dense body of the po-
gi-e° Was tormediti the square in front of the theatre,
oo strong patrols were employed to disperse it ; but as!
n
sriotersi °Cs as they were driven from this and other points, the
collected again at others, calling to arms. It
o[4,' oot sqi after midnight, when several of the most
j'tiaate were arrested that order was restored. The
ther"Veur says that the theatre had to be cleared by
I° c,„, °.rioed force. The Censeur of Lysn sa) s that the
G7l authorities have interdicted the performance of
b5,•416"("1e Tell and the Muclte dc Portici for the time
iin' kticut ten o'clock last night, according to the Na-
tierut, 200 young men passed along the Rue Lepelle-
,singing the Marseillaise ; and halting near the
,'evard, shouted " A has les Bsstilles! Vice lc
tii4tional! La Guerre, la Guerre 1" At the end of
0' street were several Municipal Guards on duty at the
ter4, two of whom addressed the crowd, and exclaimed
La Guerre ! you will have it, be assured." The same
liana men, this Journal adds, afterwards went by the
pf the of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the corner
his e, Rue Neuve des Capucines, singing the national
the' When some Sergens de Ville came out and dispersed
tartY, which made no resistance.
tang' the French opera on Sunday night, between the
third and fourth acts of La Juice, part of the
R4faltence rose and seed for the Marseillaise, which
thi; Performed by the orchestra ; but not contented with
for' the words were demanded from the vocal per-
tll-terL'• One of the directors came forward, and stated I
teLtue regulations of the theatre were such that this
poFest could not be complied with. A commissar) of
th cep also, who spoke from one of the boxes, threatened
a` the theatre should be cleared by the armed force.
j,Parties, however, who had called for the air per-
peeli until it had been played three times by the or-
atrai and sung by themselves in the pit. At the
eiptra Comique one of the actors came forward when
but d by some of the audience and sang the first verse,
the was prevented from finishing the air. At the
141,,tre at Belleville the 21/arseillaise was demanded
kti the manager came forward and informed the
ssn'ence that the Magistrates had interdicted its being
and no disturbance ensued.
tli-he Journal de l'Eure relates that on the. 6th inst. a
"er Was given by the inhabitants of Brtonne, in that
stesPirt,nlent, to M. Guenet, their Mayor, on his
rt',oo, at which there were about 300 guests. Ihe
ssl,4,S'edaise was sung with enthusiasm by the company ;
It
was concluded, Capt. Lefrancois, of the military
IPe.fti,4t Bee Helloiiin, rose, and after an animated
tiete, concluded by declaring that " the army was
by the most patriotic sentiments, and, with
the
B"'L of the National Guards, would avenge the out-
rs committed upon France."
ter'.lle Semaphore of Marseilles has the following 1et-
....
eet; MrAII°II, SEPT. 28.—A sailor of the French cor-
eq 4-2 Victorienne having quarrelled with a woman
tar .e country at a coffee-house, a soldier or the Spanish
th:ls" took the part of his countrywoman and insulted
ttaitor, who being exasperated gave the soldier a box
e ear. The soldier, without saying a word, went
r,deY, sad related the affront he had received to his conli,-t
114 d s. who cried " Death to the French." They we
A, Waite for our sailor on the beach, near our boats.
them as they saw them coming they rushed upont
todin. and beat them severely with their sticks. r
who were so perfidiously attacked, got into their
' but as they were pushing off front the beach they
weree assailed with musket shots and stones; eight mcn.
wound s
one of eo, three of them severely. The skull of
another these men was fractured by a blow with a stick ;
reeeis,Wasi wounded in the head by a musket shot and
Tivett two bayonet wounds."—La Gazelle deFrance.
The Presse says, Orders have been given to-day to
the tr to
ft"Pg in the barracks at Courbevoie,
en march to Paris. This display of force is doubtless
be account
of tO-morro
of the opening of the trenches, which will
peens
vs on the whole line of the fortifications
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,I, Ihe best friends of religion regard its union with \
`lie State as extremely injurious to religion. Pre- !
fel-It'd tinder its mildest and best form, the State is, 1
°' the bulk of the people, much more an instru-
-1,,, but of restraint than of protection. It coerces,
....,,,, : does not reward them. It enslaves, without
leeding them. They feel its taxes, they are conti-
t. - "ally threatened with its punishments ; its benefits
L' are remote, theoretical, and doubtful. That is
"Ile of the State under its best aspect ; but when it

is avowedly the instrument of a sect, or a party—
when all the laws are made by one class, for class
purposes—when all the restraint, coercion, and
punishment are for one class, and all the liberty,
wealth, and honours for another, the State becomes,
and has at present become in England, only a name
for oppression, and it excites the general dislike,
not to say the hatred of the people.
To associate religion with such a contrivance, is
at least impolitic. She immediately becomes in-
vested with all the characteristics of her protector,
and she is looked on with suspicion and hatred by
those whom she is expected to win over to her
paths, which are ways of pleasantness and of
peace. If, in addition to this general alliance, her
ministers make it their especial business to uphold
any particular oppression ; if they sit in the Ma-
gistrate's chair and administer an unjust law
harshly ; if they side with the landowners
in enforcing NI the observance of a starving
people, a corn.law and a game-law, they must
make religion odious to the people. This is, for
the rulers of society, a most lamentable conse-
quence. They look on religion as the means
of reforming the vicious, and civilizing the
rude ; and, by associating her with oppression and
tyranny, they destroy her power. They convert a
healthy aliment into poison, and spread disease and
death where they mean to promote health and hap-
piness. What makes the Papal religion hateful
to Protestants ?—lts dogmas, its idolatry, its
splendid worship ? No, but its alliance with
State tyranny, in an attempt to crush the rising
liberties of Europe.
We saw during the last Session of Parliament a
petition presented against the State, signed by
1,200,000 persons—a sign of the general discon-
tent. Those petitioners are only a portion of the
great multitude who regard the State, as now con-
stituted, with aversion. Since the Session was at
an end we have seen a portion of the people sepa-
rate themselves from the Presbyterian Church—by
far the most acceptable to the people—because the
parsons of the State religion supported and recom-
mended political oppression. They sided against the
people, and the people have repudiated their doc-
trines. These facts, indicative of the current of
opinion, are well calculated to make our rulers,
both lay and clerical, take heed to the paths of their
feet.
They certainly are alarmed, but they only seize
the more firmly hold of their system. Our states-
men call for more coercion. Our landlords rally
everywhere around the Corn-laws, and betray a
stolid resolution to adhere to their unrighteous
system of starving the people. The clergy go
with the landlords, and couple religion with famine,
as if that would make the people in love with it. At a
great meeting of die Hinckford Agricultural and
Conservative Club, held on yesterday week, a Rev.
Mr. D UNDAS described spiritual instruction as ne-
cessaryto render the kingdom prosperous ; and at
the same meeting a Rev. Mr. Cox defended the
Corn-laws on the authority of the Bible. Religion
and the advocacy of famine there went hand in
hand, and the former will by such means be made
acceptable to the people, whenever ragged starva-
tion becomes agreeable.
The DEVIL, it is said, can quote Scripture: the
Rev. Mr. Cox only proved that he could quote it
for a devilish purpose. Because JOSEPH'S
brethren, who knew nothing of manufac-
tures, and had little or no commerce,
were obliged to become bondmen to Pit ArtAorr
in,order to get food, which they had no means of
buying, he gravely argued that the English, who have
the means of buying food, must become bondmen if
they buy it from any persons but English land-
lords. He binds the people in heavy bondage to
them, lest they should become the bondmen of
other landlords. Of what consequence is it to the
English manufacturer in Lancashire whether he be
the bondman of a man who speaks his own
language in Kentucky, or of another man
who speaks his own language in Essex ?
Mr. Cox declares that this is consistent with
the religion he teaches ; the mass of the priest-
hood take the same line, and a more infallible
method of bringing the religion they teach into
contempt and hatred could not be invented. If the
whole body of the priests thus engaged in defend-
ing an unrighteous system of plunder, should, by
and by, be declared a nuisance, whom will they have
to thank for it but themselves?
These men seem to think that all nature is to
submit to them. Those who first taught Christian-
ity took a different course. They preached liberty
and independence, and won the heart by, ministering
to its aspirations. Modern missionaries succeed by
a similar method, and the savages whom they most
readily convert to Christianity are first awed by
the power or seduced by the skill of civilized man.
Our great philosopher, Lord VERULAM, and the
priests, are directly at variance. He taught that
man could only subdue nature by studying her
ways ; they go forth to conquer in spite of her.
Like Mr. Cox, they propose to make religion
triumphant by setting her up in opposition to the
appetites and desires of man. Where they have
succeeded, however, they have done so in spite of
their own precepts, and by conforming to the wisdom
Of BACON.

They recommend, for example, moderation, tem-
perance, and prudence ; and all the course of
human affairs shows that these virtues promote the
happiness of mankind. Had it been otherwise
ordered, had moderation invariably conducted to
misery, had tetnperance been continually followed
by disease and ill-health, had prudence been always
unsuccessful, they might have preached in vain in
favour of moderation, temperance, and prudence.
They recommend the union of one man and one
woman, which is agreeable to nature, for she has
ordained that the number of males and females
shall be equal. If it had been otherwise, if she
had established a relation between the number of
males and females of the human species similar to
that which prevails amongst domestic fowls, the
plan of uniting one man to one woman must have
been a complete failure. It is therefote by con-
forming to the laws of natute, that the priests can
effect any good ; and when they preach up sub-
mission to starvation as a religious duty, they
must end by bringing their own vocation into
merited contempt.