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to protect all classes against the sinister influence 1
of property, which the 3fercury has described in '
such dark colours. With the ballot not only the
labourer but the 501. tenant-at-will would be pro-
tected against his landlord, and votes would be
given independently. We know not, however,
why the Mercury should have painted the influence
of property in such dark colours, unless it desire to
make the present right of property odious to the
people, and hasten its improvement.
_

Having, as we think, demolished the whole argu-
ment of the Mercury by removing its foundation,
we shall not think of entering into further details ;
but there is one of its statements so obviously falla-
cious, independently of its statistics, that we must
notice it. The Mercury assumes that to extend
household suffrage to Ireland would increase the
representatives of the aristocracy and Corn-law in-
terest in proportion to the greater number which the
rural population bears to the town population of
Ireland. Now the bulk of the rural population con-
sists of Catholics and labourers, while the Tory
party is Protestant and laedlord, and it is a palpa-
ble contradiction to suppose that to extend the frau-
' chise amongst the Catholics and labourers will increase
the Protestant power and the power of the land-
lords. At present the franchise in Ireland is
extremely limited. No labourers have votes. All
the country voters who return a majority of the
Members for Ireland are farmers, and the represen-
tatives are, most of them, in favour of the Corn-
laws. But the householders are not farmers, they
are chiefly labourers, and the majority of them would
be inimical to the landlords. The soil of Ireland
is emphatically Protestant, the people Catholic.
To extend the suffrage would give great power
and greater preponderance to the Catholic labourers
and the Catholic priests who influence them.
They are opposed in mass to the Protestant and Tory
landlords, and the Protestant clergy, who derive
their income from the soil. To show them that
the Corn-laws are advantageous only to the Protes-
tant landlords and Protestant priests, is to range
them one and all against the Corn-laws. Such
would probably be the effect of household suff-
rige in Ireland, so that instead of the establishment
of that suffrage increasing the power of the land-
lords there, particularly if accompanied by the
ballot, in proportion to the amount of the rural
population, it would have a directly opposite effect.
To add the labourers of Ireland to the constituency
would enable them to give effect to that large and
permanent pecuniary interest which they have in op-
position to the landlords, and would secure the
triumph of what the Mercury calls Liberal princi•
pies in the government of Ireland.
We conclude by saying that we have not of late
met with more fallacies crowded into a small space,
than is to be found in the article of the Leeds .Mer-
cury, and that we are astonished both at the confi-
dence with which the editors have put them for-
ward, and the credence they have found with other
journalists who claim for themselves the power of
reflection.

Letters from Constantinople of the 2d inst. have
been received, which we are glad to observe, say
not a word about the refusal of the Porte to grant
to MEHEMET AL! the Pachalic of Egypt. This
silence on the part of writers generally well informed
of what takes place in the Divan, coupled with a
previous contradiction of a report that the SULTAN
insisted upon carrying out the sentence of deposi-
tion, will remove the fears of those who hitherto
have continued to credit the reported fatal resolution
of the Porte ; for to persist in the attempt to de-
prive MEHEMET ALI of the Pachalic of Egypt
would be indeed fatal policy.

On the 29th ultimo, the Ferdinand, Austrian
steamer, arrived at Constantinople from Beyrout,
which place she left on the 18th. Admiral
STOPPORD, with six ships of the line, was then
preparing to sail for Alexandria. On the Ist inst.
a Turkish steamer sailed for Beyrout, having on
board a medical staff and 500 men, to reinforce the
Turkish army in Syria. Caiffa and Aleppo, as
well as Jerusalem and Jaffa, were in possession of
the Turks. IBRAIIINI PACHA'S camp was still
reported to be at Zahle, about 12 hours' march
from Beyrout. His force consisted of 8,000 in-
fantry, 1,500 cavalry, and 12 pieces of cannon.
He had likewise 15,000 men at Damascus, but so
little was his army to be relied upon that he could
not stir out of his camp. The men deserted when-
ever an opportunity presented itself, notwithstanding
their knowledge that their wives and children would
be shot by the remorseless PAcrIA..
The number of Egyptian prisoners in Constan-
tinople on the 2d inst. was six thousand. His
Highness the SULTAN ordered them to be clothed,
and well lodged, and fed. None of them were
disposed ever to return to Egypt, preferring the
service of the Porte to that of the VICEROY.

The was a great hurricane at Constantinople on
the Ist inst. A rumour prevailed that fifteen ships
were lost in the Black Sea. Fears for the safety
of the Crescent steamer were entertained, as she
was then two days behind her time in returning
from Trebizonde.

There is no news of any political or commercial
interest in the French journals of Wednesday.
The main topic of discussion in their columns is
the fortifications of Paris, and the appointment of
M. TRIERS to the reportership of the Committee
appointed to examine the proposed grant of 140
millions of francs required for that purpose. We
give below the only article on the fortification of
Paris worth extracting.

It was whispered in Paris on Wednesday morn-
ing that an intrigue was on foot for effecting a mo-
dification of the Cabinet. To replace M. GUIZOT
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Count MOLE
was one of the main objects of the persons sup-
posed to be at the bottom of this affair. A second
was to send the Duke de BROGLIE Ambassador to
the Court of Lor.don, as the statesman of all others
best qualified for restoring harmony between the
the Great Powers. We attach no weight to this

anarchy. Liberty, riches, industry, the arts, will not I
delay to quit it.
4, Opinion, que,tl t; the wcrici, w l eQab..3 is
reside there. Where material force establishes itself,
moral force disappears to 'seek another centre.
" Such is the service which M. Thiers will have ren-
dered to the city of Paris, Let us be attentive to the
great designs of Providence."
The Temps says—" The squadron, under the'
command of Admiral Mackau' arrived before 1k1%,,,,_
tevideo towards the end of Soptember.
Mackau want to Buenos Ayres on the IGth of
October. It is said that be is the bearer of an arrange-
ment, the terms of which have already bccia accepted
by Rosas, and consequently that the next packet expec-
ted in England will bring the news of the definite set-
tlement of the differences between France and the Ar-
gentine Republic.
" Thus, then, it appears, that an arrangement is to be
made. If this is 2.0, it was hardly worth while to use
such high language ' the opening speech, on the sub-
ject of this question.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF DEC. 23.

tnhlienutes of the last sitting, which
Here opposition.
seecArrete.ataSdroayputzreeedtadvlt,oitothhkeout
ochair attwoo'cloek, when the
debate upon the Bill rel!ttive to the labour of children
Thefae Order
terits of the Day was the continuation of the
in
.
M. Barbet objected to the amendment proposed by
M. Grandin to the foil Owing effect :—That in future
children, under the age of 16,
should not be em-
ployed in factories, foundries, or workshops, except
upon the conditions speeified by the present law. The
Hon. Deputy thought that by
tended to keep up the ol this hill they merely .
d system, instead of subjecting
every one connected with the labour of children to the
iufluence of the law- Every exception could not be
foreseen, but the object of the Legislature was to make
the bill as generally beneficial as•possi;Ae.
The amendments above referred to having been re-
jseted,
M. Legentil submitted one, to the effect, that child-
ren under eighteen years of age should not be employed
in manufactories of an unhealthy description, except
upon the conditions prescribed by the present law.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

DEFECTIVE POP'
ANG.-te f-OFFICE Alt-
__ -.O:,mENTs,
EutToa,--0-
merit the follow' .1 the subject of Post-office mismanage-
last a gent),.. .ng fact is at your service. On Saturday
office _man was at the Post-office with seven Post-
-utrs, value together 201. 16s. 6d. After standing
'be wet stones for more than twenty minutes while the
"..fficial snails were paying four other orders, he was de-
' tained eight minutes longer while his own were examined,
a work which in any merchant's office would have been
done in two minutes at longest. They were found correct,
tnd the c:ellt said, I ran sorry, Sir, to detain you, but
we have not so much money in our till :" and be waited
twenty-sir minutes longer while some messenger was sent
• ,
to tue " Secretary's office for more money." Two or three
other small amounts were paid in silver, and then her Ma-
jesty's Post-office suspended payments.
One of the orders, I understand, had been before pre.
sented, and refused. I inquire-
-Ist. What right has the Post-office to refuse to honour
the checks of their accredited agents 9 If they fear for-
gery let them have orders less easy of imitation.
2d. Why should the Post-office demand that the prin.
6141, sad not his clerk, should present these orders?
Surely the ent:orsernent of the principal and the produc-
tion of the letter inclosing the order, ought to be sufficient,
as it would be at any banking cr merchant's office.
3. If principals must go, why:not provide a waiting room
with suitable accommodation, and not oblige the claimant
to stand shivering on the wet stones at the risk of health
and life?
One of my suggestions would meet the case of invalids
and hospital patients, many of whose orders I have myself
seen dishonoured, because not presented by themselves.
I pledge myself to the accuracy of the fact detailed,
and request that you will insert it, in the hope that some-
thing may be done to remedy the evils of a system which
may be made a source of great revenue and of Crest
utility. MERCATOR.

CHRISTMAS FARE IN WORK-

HOUSES.

Some of our Contemporaries have published two co-
lumns on the treatment of the poor in the metropolitan
and suburban workhouses this day, and its affords us
great pleasure to learn that the Boards of Guardians and
the inhabitants have in general come forward liberally,
and made provision for a suitable entertainment in most
of them. The repetitions, however, are endless, and
the following may therefore serve as specimens of the
accounts in general :

ST. PANCFiAS WORKHOUSE.—Inmates, 1,194 (last year,
but 1,116. making an increase this year of 78). Adult
males, 285 ; females, 557 ; children of both sexes, 352.
Christmas fare-8 oz. of roast beef (free from bone), po-
tatoes and greens, 1 lb. of plum-pudding, 1 pint of porter;
tea. sugar, butter, tobacco, and snuff, for the adults ; in
the evening sweetmeats, and 2d. each to the children, sub-
scribed for by the Board of Directors.
• ST. MALY, LAMBYTH.—TotaI, including 457 children
at Norwood, 1,270. In Lambeth Workhouse, 813. Adult
niAles, 260 ; females, 473 ; boys, 46; girls, 34. Nearly
the whole of the adults are infirm, and their ages av,rage
between 69 and 90. Their faro, supplied at the expense
of the 13,,ard f Guardians and respectable inhabitants, the
order of the Pcor•law Commissioners prohibiting it out of
the parish funds, is 6 oz. of dressed (baked) beef, 1 lb.
halted potatoes, 1 lb. of plum pudding, and 1 pint of porter
each ; tea, sugar, and other refreshments. The increase
since last year is 13 adults, and 57 children.
From the report it appears that upwards of 30,000
of our poorer fellow creatures will be furnished with the
staple fare of Old England on this joyful day.

DEATH OF A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST.-
On Tuesd I an inquest was held, pursuant to adjournment,
be fore W, Baker, Esq., Coroner, and a jury, at the
Masons' Arms public-house, Watney-street, Commercial-
road, on view of the body of William Wire, a lad 15
years of age, who expired on Monday, the 14th instant,
at the lodgings of his mottles', in Jane-street. St.
George's-in-the-East. The inquest was adjourned
from Wednesday week, in order to give time for a post
moitent examination, the Coroner thinking there were rea-
sonable grounds for supposing that the deceased had de-
stroyed himself by mrans of poison. From the evidence
adduced yesterday it appeared that the deeeased had from
his very earliest years attended divine service at a Weal" an
Methodist chapel, and was singularly enthusiastic in his
r ligioas duties. At the age ot fourteen he was appren-
ticed to a pawnbroker, in Ireland, when his conduct was
very extraordinary, sometimes absenting himself for
the whole day, which he would spend on his knees
in prayer. He at length became melancholy, and ire.
quently expressed fears that he should go to hell
when he died, as he was such a great sinner.
one of these melancholy fits he attempted to commit
suicide, upon wh:eh his master, not knowing what to do
with him, sent him home to England to his friends. A
situation was subsequently procured for him in Ratcliff;
bat the re he was al w sys melancholy, and would fall down
on his knees to pray in the streets when sent on an errand.
He in consequence left this place also. On Sunday week
he partook ot some chocolate at his evening meal, hut be-
fore be finished it he put on his hat and ran off in a great
hurry to tine Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the Back•road,
St. George's, where he and his mother were in the habit of
attending. He had not been long in the chapel before he was
seised with violent sickness, and was obliged to be conveyed
home, when he grew worse. He refused to take any medi-
cine, saying that if God willed that he should die all the
medicine and the medical men in the world could not save
him ; he, however, consented to take sonic castor oil. Ile
died on the following Monday morning, at twelve o'clock.
The surgeon who had examined the body said that the
bowels were in a high state of inflammation. This would
fully account for death. The Coroner, in summing up,
said his impression at first was that the deceased had taken
poison, but the evid, nee of the medical gentleman set that
point at re,t. It was certainly an extraordinary case, and
he thought it very probable that the religious enthusiasm of
the deceased accelerated death. A verdict of " Natural
death" was then recorded.

THE NIURPER ON THE EDINBURGH AND

GLASGOW RAILWAY.—A most important circumstance,
and one which may yet be the means of leading to the dis-
covery of Dennis Doolan, one of the supposed murderers
of the unfortunate man Green, has just been brought to
light. It has been ascertained that Green, in addition to
being murdered, was robbed by his assailants of a silver
watch, a full description of which has been procured. The
guard to which it was attached was found round his neck
after the murder; it is now in the possession of the au-
thorities, and bears the mark of the watch having
ben wrenched from it by violanec. The belief gene-
rally entertained is that the watch was taken away by Doe-
lan, and as he has, in all likelihood, disposed of it, its
discovery may lead to important consequences. We have
little more to add to what appeared iu our last in refer-
ence to this murder. The authorities have clearly male
out that at the time the mut der was perpetrated by the
two men who were more immediately concerned in inflict-
tieg the blows, thereiwere other three labourers on the
bridge, making Eve in all. Four of the six men now in
custody can, we believe, be proved to have been present,
and the fifth is believed to be Doolan, for whom a keen
search is going on. We have been informed that Cap-
tain Mailer has received a communication -from Portpatrick,
in answer to one he had transmitted to that place a few
days ago, string that a person answering the description
of Doolan had been apprehended, anti was in custody there.
Persons have been sent off to identify the prisoner, and to
bring hint to Glesgoss. —Scottish Guardian.
THE LAST OF THE DUBLIN CORPORATION.
—There was an adjeurned meeting of the Corporation
held on Monday. The meeting was advertised to take
place at one o'clock, and it eves stated "that several im-
portant subjects" would be discussed, including an address
to Professes Butt. At twenty minutes past three the
High Sheriffs entered the room, there being at the time
from tnenty to thirty members of the Common Council
present. The Sheriffs having taken the chair, Sheiiff
Porter asked, " Gentlemen, is it your pleasure that the
Lord Mayor do come into this room, or shall we go to
business ?" Several voices answered, '6 We have no busi-
ness to do; let the Lord Mayor come in." The Lord
Mayer then entered and said, " Gentlemen, I regret ex-
tremely that I :save not had an opportunity previous to the
present of thanking each member of this assembly per
sonally, and I regret it the more so because this is the last
time I shall meet the assembly together. I, bo.vever, gen-
tlemen, thank you all most heartily for the honour you
base conferred on me, and I now dissolve this assembly."
The meeting then separated. —D üblin Paper.
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The annual Christ-
mas examination of the pupils of this institution took place
at Camberwell on Tuesday last, Vice. Admiral Sir W. T.
Lake, K. C. 8., in the chair. Tho midsummer exami-
nation being restricted to classical and mathematical
wudies aad the languages, that at Christmas chiefly cot,
sists in general literature and popular information. The
ashool comprises nearly 200 pupils. Three of the lac
pupils of this institution, which was only opened in 1e33,
were present at Acre, via. the sons of Captain Fend, Cap-
tain Herrick, and Lieut. Stewart. IL N. The latter, as
second lit utenarat of Marines, landed with his gallant corps
and assisted at the taking of Sidon.
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT DOVER.--AN OF-
FICER OF TIIE 54eir KILLED. —DOVER, TIIURSVA Y EVEN-
ING, SiX O'CLOCK.-Thic. moaning, about one o'clock, es
Captain Smith an t Mr. Everett, of the 54'h, now sts-
tioeed at the Heights of Dover, were proceeding from
the theatre, we believe, to the garr'son, they met some
sailors, with whom they had some words. One of the
sailors, after collaring Mr. Everett, threw him down with
such violence as to fracture his skull. The affair took
place near the Grand Sbaft, Seargate.street. The sailors
escaped at the time, but have since been apprehended.
Mr. Everett, on being taken to his quarters, only sty vived
about four hours. A Coroner's Jury is to sit on the body
at seven o'clock to-night. Tall then it would be prema-
ture to enter minutely into particulaars, as out of the many
,ague statements now abs ad it is arduous to select. Mr.
Everett was An excellent ,ting man, and much esteemed
by his comrades.
The other day, at Beyrout, after the pri-
sonces bed left, we hoisted at sunset the 13elgiaa ensign,
whieh is black, yellow, and red ; and the foolish French
col vette that was there actually sent on board to know
what we did with the French ensign flying at that time of
night, in consequence of t: hich our Captain ordered the
ensign to hang there till seven o'clock the taext moreing,
which brought t aeut au apology front the corvette. The
fools 1 (adds th awriter) we will make them think that
Nelson is among us again. We expect to winter at Mar-
raerice, titer Rhodes to watch the French fleet, which is
up the Arehipalago—l believe at Athens. The weather
here is very moderate, compared to last year. We have
only just taken to wear blue elerhes."—Exteact of a Lei-
ter from on board her Majesty's ship Bsl/eruphon, off
Beyrout, dated November 12, 1840.
J. 11. LYNCH, ESQ., M.P.—lt has Inert stated
to us, on the authority of private letters from London, that
our excellent countryman, the Member for Gsleay, and
OttO of the English Masters in Chancery, is likely to be
apaointed it; rine of the Dew Vice-Chancellorships.—Dub-
lie Evening Post.

PORTS AND GARR.IS►ONS OF

FR ANC.;i_:,

DUNKIRK, Dec. 18.— The threatening aspect of
the political hemisphere induces me to address to you
a few more letters from the " Ports of France," be-
fore I enter on the ♦aster subject of the garrisons and
military organization of this country. And, to speak,
truly, since I have read the almost semi-official article
in the Debats, a letter from Dunkirk seemed to me
so opportune that, even at the risk of not helm pre-
sent at Napoleon's funeral, I have made a journey to this
part of the kingdom.
The nam3 of Dunkirk is of Flemish origin, and sig-
nifies " Church of the Downs," or " Church of the
Sand-banks." The coasts of ancient Flanders be-
tween Dunkirk and Nieuport are covered with small
hillocks of sand, which are called in French dunes. It
was in the middle of this chain of little mountains, as
the French call them (for every molehill is here a
mountain), that the Battle of the Danes was fought on
the 14th of June, 1658. An alliance against Spain had
been formed between Cromwell and Louis XIV., by
which it was agreed that the Freud; army should
lay siege to the town, while the English fleet block-
aded the port. The Protector, who, notwithstand-
ing the crimes by which he was stained, was always
solicitous for the aggrandizement of his country, had
stipulated that the price of his co-operation should te.2
paid by the surrender of the town itself to the Com-
monwealth of England ; and, all usurper as he was,
Cromwell compelled the Most Christian King, then the
most powerful Monarch in the universe, to accede to
these terms, so favourable to the power and glory of
Great Britain.

You have recently so well remarked on the sale of
Dunkirk in 1662 to Louis XIV., that it were a work
of supererogation for me to dwell on that shameful page
in our history. It was shortly after that sale that Le
Grand Mai:argue visited Dunkirk, and made it a free
port. Vauban was then directed to re-construct the
fortifications, and to make a census of the population.
Tire total number of the inhabitants amoutited at that
period to 10,515, among whom there were but 10 ad-
vocates, 10 attorneys, 8 notaries, 4 doctors, 14 surgeons,
6 apothecaries, 2 booksellers, 2 printer!, 9 coast pilots,
and 11 ship curpenters. Now the number of ship car-
penters alone equals double the amount of all these
trades and professions.
A second census of the population was made in
1695, when it was found to amount to 11,325 ; in
1696, it wens 12,739 ; in 1706, 14,274 ; and it is in
1840 nearly double that number, amounting to
26,000 inhabitants. Dunkirk is the second city in
importance in the Department du Nord, as it unques-
tionably is the first in point of beauty and cleanliness.
The streets are regular, and perhaps the hest paved
in all France ; while the number of squares reminds
one of the Dutch towns. As far as my observation
extends, however, it seems to me a mistake to say,
" that the marine resources of the place have not
been restored or improved," as I read in a leading
article of the Times of the 14th inst. The Govern-
ment of the Restoration, sad especially the Govern-
ment of Charles X., spent considerable sums in the
improvement of the port and harbour ; and under
the direction of M. Cordier, Chief Engineer of the
Department, sluices were constructed with a view to
clear away the shifting sands at the mouth of the
harbour, forming as they did a bar, preventing the
entrance of vessels of the smallest tonnage. This
useful work was supposed to be accomplished so long
back as September, 1827, when Charles X. was pre-
sent at the opening of the sluices, hut the sand has
since considerably accumulated. So much for French
sluice-makers. Tracy order these matters better in
Holland. Workmen have, however, been engaged
since 1832 in the improvement of the port, and in the
finishing of a dock commenced by Napoleon ; but there

is still no doubt much to accomplish in reference to both
these operations. It is not, however, to be interred
that much has not been already done here in the way
of improvement, because the Veloce did not make good
her anchorage in the gale of last August, for that
may have arisen from a combination of causes having
little relation to the defects of the barbout itself. In
the first peace, I believe there was not sufficient coat
aboard the steamer to feed the engine ; and secondly,
the Engineer was, if I am rightly informed, a Frenchman.
The etgineers of all the commercial steam-boats in
France are Englishmen, but the captains of some of the
Goverautent steamers have lately, in the plenitude of
their arrogant self-conceit, adopted the plan of having
none but Frenchmen as engineers, and dearly have
they paid for this temerity, one of the finest boats in the
Mediterranean having in consequence had her engine
entirely spoiled. De this, however, as it may, Dunkirk
with its harbour and caual, the last but a quarter of a
league from the sea (and which tray be entered by ves-
sels at high tide), with its two large docks, with its
ample marine magazines and spacious quays, is admirably
calculated to supply to France the want of such a place
as Antwerp. Here steamers and privateers without
number might be launched ; and from what I have seen
of the population, I should say that the smugglers, the
crews of the whalers, and a great number, indeed I
might say a majority of the fishermen, desire nothing
more than the opportunity of coming again " aux prises
avec ces c/liens d'Anglais." It may be said that I
exaggerate, but you will judge whether I do so or not
alter having read the following extract from a small
work just published, called Droits des 114-arias, par
3f, B. dude, A►icien Capitaine, and which ib in the
hands of the whole maritime population. Speaking of
steam-boats the author says— _

" On voudra biers nous accorder d'emcare ici la maniere
dont nous envisageons son utility reelle. Ce moycn, sans
doute, presnte de magnifiques avantages pour itablir une
concurrence daus le commerce par mer. en cc qu'd avan.
tagera les negociants d'un prompt transport do merchan-
dises ct (nine grande economic sur le fret, par la raison
que leers deaouche3 seront plus grands at plus rapides ;
void dz,a un &vantage qu'on pout en retirer pour le com-
me►ce. Mats it en est un autre pour i'etat; c'est celui,
dana un cas de guerre avcc l'Angleterre, ou toute autre
puissance maritime, d'armer cos hatitnents a vapcur, et de
les cal 4lier en coureurs pour aller inqUeLer lc commerce
Anglais sar tons les points de la navigation."
That "cas de guerre avec rAngleterre may be much
nearer than the supposz, ; but it will be at least
something new to the pople of Great Britain, and
newest of all to " poor Jack," to learn that his country
not only fears, but acknowledges the superiority of the
navy of France!

Hear Captain Hude
" Pour coutenir l'Angieterre dens sea limites, et lui
prouver que nous ne lui devons pss oheissance, parce
n'est pas encore is notre hauteur, nous n'avons
qu'une puissance lui opposer, et cette puissance elle k
craint ; e'est la marine, dont elle reconnait la suptiriorit6."
Can 1 do better in reply to this fatras of French
fury and fustian than advise my countrytni'n i❑ the
language of Fox in his speech on the state of the navy
in 1795 ?

•` It is the true policy of England to encourage as many
landsmen as possible to enter the sea service. When I
hear talk cf an invasion—au event which I bad not been
accustomed to regard with great apprehension—l must
own that I would feel much more secure from a certain
superiority at sea than from any number of land forces."
—( See S;Aeelies, vol v., p. 353.)
This " certain superiority at sea,' conk qui coule,
we must always continue to maintain, anti noon: at
ti.e present moment than in any former period of
our history, for I tell you that in every maritime
town of France there is a savage and untameable ha-
tred against our name and nation, a restless desire to
injure and annoy us, a feverish impatience, a vicious
and distempered energy, wLich is the more dangerous
from the wildness, arrogance, and presumption w:th
which it is accompanied. Perverse and undisciplined
in their hahlts, smugglers not less front necessity than
front choice, the maritime population of this portion
of the north of France never can become, until they
are summarily chastised, humble, peaceful, and la-
borious members of society. Are we, then, to per
obit them to plant a maritime fortn:ss opposite our
shores, giving them an easier ingress to the Thames and
the Medway ? Sorry should Ibe to curtail France of
any portion of her just and legitimate influence, but the
difference is great between a plat, for out own security
and the humiliat'on of France.

The funeral of Napoleon excited, and still excites,
the public mind here, in a much g.eater degree than
either at Calais or Boulogne. No nation could have
behaved more nobly, more magnanimously, than Eng-
land in surrendering the bones of the Corsican depot ;
but this teady compliance with the fantasy of this
fickle, nation, far from rendering them grateful or civil,
has only served to render thei, spirit more arrogant,
self-conceited, and in utin ou s
The singing of the " Marseillaise" still continues.
A body of young conscripts marched into Calais two
days ago, bellowing it forth in full chorus; and I have
since heard that it has been sung every night at the
theatre of Lille. Scarcely a night passes that one's ears
are not split here with this infarnal air.
It is not for me to display before you the mendacious
activity of the Parisian press. I lease that task to
your Paris correspondent ; but a Paris journal has just
now fallen into my hands, which entertains its readers
;‘ith the story of an Englishman having gone to
Clievcts* on the morning of the 15th of ll,,cember,
the day of the funeral of the !ate Napoleon Bonaparte.
ufTtring any price for an eagle, in order that be migh!
eat the bird stuiYA with truffles between the plum-
pudding and the " Charlotte Russo,' in order to prove
his hatred acrd contempt for the emblem of the dead
Etnpc ror.
And this is the wretched disgusting trash with which
la grand,. nation is entertained. ltd the readers of
the journal take the story an pied de la &lire, and,
though they have no faith in anything else. believe Any
calumny, however absurd, against John Bull.—Colre-
,spowlent of the Times.
* A famous magasin de comestibles in the Palms Royal.

MIRACLE OE TEAIPERANCE It is, we W1der,"214%
der,"214% pretty correctly ascertained that the val, of
spirits by the distillers of this city (C ark i% now nearly
the
temperate habits of the people._southern Reporter,
double what it was at the came time in the last year, To
what to attribute the increas,_. know not, particularly as
there is no alteration, which would account for it, in

EVENING EDITION.

THE ELEVENTH HUSSti.RS.

IExTRACT OF A LETTKh FRCI:
Tho Horse Guards' authorities are in a pleasant sort
dilemma. Captain Reynolds (the black bottle man) throb
weeks ago tendered his resignation, and asked leave to salt
out of the service, but no answer has been received by hit!'
The above authorities see plainly that this will again
awaken the attention of the public to the &graceful
treatment this young soldier has received at the hands or
Lord Hill, who, having in vain for six months sought re
dress from his Lte- inclignanly throws up, in one°ll
coaled dl/2;ust, the service he was an ornament to, too r•
Burnes his station as a citizen.
Having quitted the service, the Horse Guards cannot
threaten to rob him of his money and 25 years' set-vicar
for whatever cow se he may be advised to purser. ,1
did the old 'Waterloo Major. How then will they-pras
oce'''
Will they continue to disregard this further proof of Lb.
unlit:less of Lord Cardigan for command? Is arwther
score of officers of this regiment to be swept awal
this arrogaut cipher in command ? Have °lei(
nut within the last mouth had applications, beveles tha.t 0
Captain Reynolds, from Captain V—n ; from
tenant K—s ; and from Mr. S—m ?—that last of the
good old sort, who has served thirty-fire years. Hif4
these four office:s not applied to be ex'ehatiged, or rutuo'"_
from the ill-fated and ill used 11th Hussars ? Report site
the last-mentioned officer has Lady complained officull.i $_
and yet, in spite of the premises held out in the fantulo
Memorandum, the complaint has been entirely untmtieed..
Tile House of Commons will be the only source of
solution to these queries.
Brighton, December 22.

LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S star

FAIRY.

It is with sincere regret that we state our fears tflail
the melanehAy intelligence of the loss of her Majel
surveying vessel Fairy, Captain Hewett, is eonfirtiled.
She is supposed to have been lost on Ilaisborough Sagd! i
t
in the storm of the 13th ult., the reserve oars. a mast
in
" Fairy," and a p
oniece of the cabin, having heed
picked up ; every soul board must have perished, id
all forty-two men (and one woman, the wife of the car-
penter), including a very promising young Mao, the son
of Admiral Sir Charles Adana.
tplrmilvs: lopzine;:dradi:ol
dfuCuoancpdtaaiar.
highlypHreeiw eatttu,srceiwentific gateih2tdeh er with his eldest soot
much talent and experience, who dimsieserpvrliiatcy:reiShua9as
courage iu the prosecution of his arduous and perilous
duties of which landsmen can have but little couceptil;
and which can only be appreciated by those aware of tui
importance and difficulty of the undertaking• wilt
fear it will be long before the Hydrographie-offiee ""
e.
an officer who, with an experience of twenty-tbree Ydr;'
possesses the same ability to supply his place. among the
other causes of regret which this unfortunate °cavil.:
has occasioned, the public have to deplore the loss
0/
11
very able survey of the Nirth Sea, by Captain fiewett_,..
great chart of which was on the eve of completion, la"'
talented and unfortunate author having
several scientific individuals in the service of the Dec?
and French Governments, by whom the work was.highl
extolled, to hasten its publication.
Captain Hewett leaves an amiable widow and eight chil-
egret
dren, the youngest only nine months old, who. sve r
greatly to this distressing been urged b 7
to say, are very indifferently provided for; and, what add
cerued is, that Mrs. Hewettca
hlaans'aitlYs'oatso
muter of the veascl,
brother in Jr. Stevens, the sailing
who perished with the rest.
Altogether we think this a case loudly calling for the syti•
pathy of her Majesty's Government and of the public.
tar
aursnthtebye aloresse:11"1!;