The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

We anticipated in our afternoon Edition
yesterday, all the really important news in the
Paris Journals of Wednesday. The speech o
Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER at the dinner
given to Admiral Sir ROBERT STOPFORD, is the
subject of a most bitter article in the ,Courrier
Francais of Wednesday. Some topics were
touched upon in the Commodore's speech which
might have better been avoided; but the Gal-
lant and Honourable Gentleman stood in so pe-
culiar a position that he could not well omit
them. After the correspondence that had taken
place between himself and the Admiral relative
to some expressions delivered, inadvertently
perhaps, in the course of his addresses at Li-
verpool and Manchester, he may have consi-
dered it a duty which he owed to his own
high character, to repeat in Admiral STOP-
FORD'S presence, every statement which
he had made elsewhere. And be it remembered
that if Commodore NAPIER spoke more of his
own brilliant exploits than the fastidious public
care to hear from the mouths of heroes, when
speaking of themselves, he spoke under strong
and unmerited provocation. In the negotiations
with MEHEMET Am he was treated by the
Admiral in a way which it was impossible for
him not to resent, and this involved the neces-
sity of appealing to the principal share which he
undoubtedly had in the conquest of Syria.
We alluded yesterday to an able article in the
Journal des Debats on the new Treaty of Lon-
don. The following extract from it will give our
readers an idea of the way in which this Treaty
is regarded by Frenchmen of moderate opinions:
It is important, in order that the spirit of this pro-
tocol may be fully understood, td know in what way
France was called upon by the rest of Europe to become
again a party to the European compact. Was it merely as
connected with a temporary question like that of the treaty
of July 15 ? No, it was a general and permanent ques-
tion, a question which involves the integrity and indepen-
dence of the Ottoman Empire, that is to say, the very basis
of the difficulties which had been created in Europe by
that treaty. Europe imagines that the closing of the
Bosphorus and Dardanelles to the ships of war of all
nations is the surest guarantee for the maintenance of
the Ottoman empire. We may be of a different opinion;
we might say, that this guarantee, having for its defence
only the weakness of the Ottoman Porte, is illusory ;
that a neutrality, which is not protected by some effective
force, is at the mercy of the first Power which may at-
tempt to violate it ; that the means of preventing any
Power whatever from taking possession of Constantinople
in the event of war, should rather be, perhaps,
to open the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to the
vessels of war of all nations, because in this way what is
now defended by no Power, and may be attacked by any
Power, would in that case he defended by all; finally, we
might differ as to the means invented for the mainte-
nance of the Ottoman Empire. But whatever these
means may be, it is evident that the protocol of
July 13 makes the independence of the Empire one
of the principles of the general law of Europe. For
the future, Turkey becomes part of Europe, and no
European Power can aggrandise itself at the expense of the
Ottoman Porte, without creating a legitimate ground of
complaint from all the other Powers. In inviting France to
re-enter into the European compact of this general and
permanent question, which is so intimately connected
with the maintenance of the equilibrium of Europe, the
protocol of the 13th of July declares explicitly its sense
of the manner in which the affairs of the East and West
are in future to be regulated. It excludes all exclusive
preponderance, and in this sense we think the protocol
must be displeasing to England, or rather, we should say,
and we hasten to make the distinction, to those persons in
England who adopted the adventurous policy of Lord
Palmerston. We cannot believe that a policy whose prin
ciple is the division of the domination in the East w

Russia can be an English policy. The protocol is a new
blow at the policy of M. Thiers. The opposition jour-
nals cannot approve of this protocol, but neither can they
attack it, for in giving new guarantees for the mainte-
nance of peace, it gives general satisfaction to the coun-
try, and to attack it would be to offend the feelings and
assail the interests of the nation. The opposition jour-
nals may remain silent if they please, but their -silence.
will not deceive the country as to the importance of this
protocol.

--- The Berne papers mention that the majority of
States in the Swiss Diet have pronounced against the
proposition of Argau for only re-establishing the con-
vent of nuns in that canton. Twelve States have de-
manded that a special commission should be appointed.
A curious incident occurred in the Court at Tulle,
during the trial of Madame Laffarge. About the time
of Madame de Leotaud entering the hall, every one was
on tiptoe to catch a glimpse of her, and a general outcry
was raised by those in the back-ground against a gentle-
man in front, who was, as they supposed, standing on his
chair. .All their remonstrances to make him " stand
down" were ineffectual, and at length the gendarmes
were called in to enforce their wishes, when it was dis-
covered that the party was not standing on the chair,
but was standing 6 feet 5 inches in his shoes.
A Royal Ordonnance has just fixed the future
number of pupils of the Ecoles Itoyales des Arts et
Metiers of Chalons and Angers at 300 for each school.
The bursarships and other encouragements at the charge
of the State are to be divided in equal proportions be-
tween the two schools.

The salaries and other personal appointments of
the Courts and Tribunals of France amount annually to
14,676,875 francs, viz. :—The Cour de Cassation,
968,896 f. ; 27 Cours Royale, 4;24900f. ; 59 Cours
d'Assize, 152,800 f.; 364 Tribunals de Premiere Instance,
5,996,287 f. ; 220 Tribunals of Commerce, 179,896 f. ;
104 Tribunals of Police, 62,398 f. ; 2,816 Justices of the
Peace, 3,093,898 f.
" The Minister of Public Instruction," says the
Courrier Francais, " paid a visit a few days since to M.
A. Duval, the dramatic author, who has been confined to
his bed for some time by illness. On returning to his
official residence, the Minister increased the pension
already allowed to M. Duval, by 1,000 f."
The Municipal Council of Marseilles has resolved
on recommending the formation of a railroad between
Marseilles and Lyons, or at least from Marseilles to
the Rhone.

The remains of the poor children, recently mur-
dered near Orleans, have been taken back to that town,
and there buried. The ceremony was attended with a
remarkable occurrence. A dog, belonging to the family
of one of the girls, obstinately persisted in continuing,
during the funeral procession, under the coffin, as if it
were impossible for him to quit the remains of his young
mistress as long as they were above ground, adding
greatly to the painful feelings of all in attendance.
—A mason living at the Point du Jour, beyond Au-
teuil, had long been in the habit of getting drunk, and
then beating his wife. Two days ago her cries became
so piercing, that the neighbours forced their way into
the house, to save her from his brutality. They were
only just in time, for they found the mason in the act of
forcing the unhappy woman out of the window. She had
caught by the frame with one of her hands, which the
savage was actually tearing with his teeth, in order to
make her let go her hold. Some gendarmes attracted
by
thatv
e d the
theyh disturbance,
r came up, and, aided by the people,
was only after a dangerous conflict
secure the husband, and conduct him to
sa;coi3uul
dt
t
the Prefecture of Police.

The act of devoted courage of Mile. Amelie de
Roquefeuil d'Ambert, in a fire at a ladies' school at
Montpelier, where she was teacher, having been made
known to the King by the Minister of the Interior, his

on themselves the responsibility of remedying the
evil which their acquieSeence in the first instance
prolonged, and which, in the second instance
they refused to remedy.

The truth is, that neither party thought that
the progress of the country in prosperity was to
be so much retarded. The Tories, in particular,
scouted any idea of decaY, and all their argu-
ments during the Corn-law debates went to ridi-
cule the fears or impugn the data of those who
warned them that our manufactures and com-
merce had -received a severe check. Both par-
ties insisted till 1841, and Sir R. PEEL still in-
sists, that the progress of the country continued
as rapid as ever, or if it were checkel the
check was merely temporary, and both par-
ties, therefore, particularly Sir ROBERT
PEEL, were quite unprepared for that serious de-
falcation of the revenue which the returns of the
present year have exhibited. If the Ministers
are to be blamed for not anticipating it in
1840, the Tories are equally to blame, and much
more to blame than the Ministers, for the con-
tinuance of the deficiency, since they would not
allow the measures to be discussed, or even ex-
plained, by which the Ministers proposed to
make up the deficiency.
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S first and greatest diffi-
culty, it is said, on taking office, will be the state
of the- finances, and for that he is especially re-
sponsible. He has not been out of Parliament
during the last six years; he has not been taken
from the plough or the spinning-jenny to guide
the State; he has been a constant attendant in
the House of Commons, and mingled in the de-
bates. Unless it can be proved therefore—
which it cannot—that he has recommended and
promoted measures calculated to remedy the de-
ficiency of the revenue, he must bear his share
of the blame of those erroneous calculations,
ignorant hopes, and stupid reliance on the inex-
haustible fecundity of the tax-payers, which
were common to both parties. All our states-
men have been deceived, but Sir ROBERT PEEL
was more in error than his opponents, and we
do not expect that his accession to power will a
once inspire him with knowledge, and acquain
him with truth.