The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-16 00:00:00

picions were roused. The Sheik was made prisoner,
and kept a whole year in confinement. His freedom
was only purchased by his making the most abject sub-
missions ; but no sooner was he free, than he burned
to revenge himself upon his oppressor. Hence his
seasonable attack upon ABD-EL-KADER'S Lieutenant.
The Debats concludes this account by recommending
France to subdue Africa not by her own arms, but by
making use of the er.mities that exist among the diffe-
rent Arab tribes.

The Secret Service Bill was discussed with conside-
rable animation in the Chamber of Peers, on Tuesday.
The speakers were MM. MORGUE, VILLIER DE RE•
NAGE, BOIGNY IYANGLOS, BRIGODE, THIERS, and
the Duke de NOAILLES, the latter of whom denounced,
in no measured terms, the English alliance, and the
conduct of the French Government upon the Eastern
question. The debate was not concluded when the
mails left for London.

Letters from Bayonne of the 9th mention rumours
of the entry of the Carlist chief, BALMACEDA, into
Navarre, according to some, and Arragon, according to
others. Such reports are deserving of no credit.
The news of the death of Llangostera is not confirmed.
The nephew of the Carlist Chief Borgue has been made
prisoner, near Calends. —La Commerce.
Desertion is increasing in the ranks of the Carlists ; in
one day sixty-one deserters, almost all of them belonging
to the Catalonian battalions presented themselves at Ayerbe.
TOULON, APRIL 12 —The Ocean, with a flag of Ad-
miral Rosamel, the Hercules, the Marengo, and the
Triton, Ships of the Line, and the Bergere corvette,
which sailed from Toulon yesterday, the lltb, are gone to
Port Vendres.— Le Commerce.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 13.—His Majesty is expected to-day
from Ardennes.

General Wilmar is preparing to set out for Berlin. It
is said that the person designed fur his successor is a
General well known for his firmness, and the choice of
whom would be a guarantee for the security of the citi-
zens, and for the maintenance of order and discipline in the
Army.

On the resignation of the Ministers all the professors
and pupils of the military school waited on GenerAl Will-
mar, to thank him for what he has done for that esta-
blishment.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.—The King arrived yesterday
cvening:_.

The King and Queen, and the young Princes, will leave
the Palac,.: to-morrow, and remove to Lacken.
WAR WITH NAPLES.
The Commerce gives the following letter ft-6m Naples,
sth instant :—" A panic has taken possession of the inha-
bitants of this city, who not only dread a bombardment, but
also calculate the injury which they will sustain if the
wealthy English visitors should leave the country, as they
already appear disposed to do. Measures have been taken
to increase the Neapolitan fleet to 47 sail—viz., 12 ships of
the line, 15 frigates, and 20 corvettes and brigs. These
forces will, it is thought, be sufficient to resist a first attack,
if Mr. Temple should push things so far; but what makes
us doubt whether the menaces of ►Mr. Temple can be car-
ried into execution is, the intervention of the corps diplo-
matique fll masse, particularly of Count Lebzeltern, the
Austrian, and Count Gourieff, the Russian Ambassador,
who have declared, in the name of the Governments, that,
being compelled to protect the commerce of their nations,
they will not suffer England to blockade the Neapolitan
ports for so futile a cause. The Duke de Serra- Capriola
is, it is said, the bearer of very advantageous propo-
sitions for the trade of France in the event of her sup-
porting the Court of Naples. King Ferdinand would
relinquish hid pretensions on the subject of French war-
steamers, and give the trade of France the same advan-
tagcs as that of England." •
The Senate met today, and after agreeing to projects
of law sent up by the other Chamber attourned till the 23d
of this month.

BERLIN, APRIL s.—The Grand Duke Alexander ap-
pea, ed to-day (Sunday) on the parade, and it was gene-
rally thought that he looked more robust, if not better,
than the last time he was here. Our King has completely
recovered from his indisposition, and no bulletins have
been issued since the day before yesterday. Yesterday
his Majesty received the very unexpected news that the
Empress of Russia will visit Berlin this summer. Her
Majesty thinks to be in May at the Fischbach in
Silesia, the beautiful country seat of her friend, there
to spend a few weeks in the pure air of the mountains,
and then to go to Berlin, and afterwards to Ems. The
persons about the Grand Duke also believe that the troops
employed in the expedition to Khiva have returned to
Orenberg. It is thought that it was undertaken by the
advice 01 General Pcrowsky, who had no doubt that all
the Kirghese tribes would jein him ; of course he could
not expect that he should be impeded by such unusual
weather. Happily, his corps of troops was very small. The
grcator part consisted of Khirgis, who joined him in the
Steppe.

VIE HAGUE, APRIL 13.—The observations of the Sec-
tions of the Second Chamber of the States General on
the project of law respecting the abolition of the Syndi-
cate, have been communicated to the Government, whose
answers are shortly expected.
FRANKFORT, Aram 11. —The Russian Grand Duke
yesterday honoured with his presence a supper at M.
d'Oubril's, the Russian Ambassador, and other Members
of the diplomatic body ; the Burgomaster of our city, and
many persons of distinction were invited. This forenoon
his Imperial Highness has received the visits of the Ambas-
sador and Burgomaster. To-morrow he will go to
Darmstadt to pay his compliments to the Grand Duke and
his family ; and on Monday he will go to Bibcrich to
visit the Du..thoss-Dowager of Masson. On Monday
M. D'Oubril is to go to Darmstadt, to make the formal
application to the Grand Duke for the hand of his
(laughter, the Princess Mary, for his Imperial Highness.
In a day or two his Imperial Highness will return to
Darmstadt, on which occasion there will be very splendid
entertainments.

HANovEn, Aram 9 —ln yesterday's sitt!og, Professor
Rciche, the newly elected Deputy for the university of
Gottingen, was introduced and took the oaths. In the
discussion of the Constitution, it was decided that the city
of Hanover shall have two Deputies instead of one, as
proposed.—liamburyh Borsen Rolle, April 11.

THE PAUL PRY NUISANCE.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Newport, Isle of Wight, April 15.
At the Qiarter Sessions for the Isle of Wight, which
were held at Newport on the 14th instant, three bills of in-
dictment were preferred against Richard Meagre, a bar-
ber and vender of unstamped publications, at West
Cowes, for a series of scandalous, false, and malicious
libels on several highly respectable families residing in
that place, contained in the penny " Paul Pry;" in each
case the Grand Jury returned a true bill, and the defen-
dant was tried on the first indictment this day.
The purchase was fully proved, as was the identity of
the parties, by twe witnesses ; six more were in attend-
ance, but the defendant's counsel, Mr. Saunders, intimated
to the Court that they admitted tho libel, and that there
was not one word of truth in it. The defence he relied on
was that the defendant might have sold these papers with-
out having read them, and be innocent of their infamous
contents.

Mr. Williams summed up, describing the libel as one of
the most horrible accusations he had ever read, explaining
to the Jury that every person who sold, lent, or even read
to a friend, so as to circulate the libel, was a publisher,
and liable to punishment.
The Jury bound the prisoner guilty. His counsel
prayed the Court that their judgment should not be a
fine, as the prisoner, in that case, might be imprisoned
for life.

He was then sentenced to six months' imprisonment in
the common gaol of Winchester; at the expiration of that
time to give bond (501.) to keep the peace, and be of good
behaviour for two years.

A quantity of fine Isle of Wight lambs are proceeding
through this town for Cowes, thence by steam to Southton
and London for Smithfield-market.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND FIRE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Our readers will perceive, by an
advertisement ts hich appears this day in our columns, that a
company under this title is now forming, the objects of which,
as there detailed, appear so desirable as to recommend it to the
favourable attention of all members of our Established Church,
and we have no doubt that both the Clergy and Laity
will strenuously unite in the support of an undertaking having
such important and truly Christian ends in view. The import-
ancc of Life Assurance, and the duty of providing for surviving
relatives, are now so well known and appreciated, that no ar-
guments are requisite- in the present day to prove its utility.
Phis Company embraces Fire as well as Life Insurance, and
the management of Fruits, as detailed in the prospectus,
and appears brought out under the highest patronage. The
names of the Committee will be considered a sufficient pledge
that the objects which the promoters of the Company have in
view will he fully and faithfully carried out. An institution
of this kind has long been wanted, and we cordially wish it that
success which it undoubtedly merits.—Lirerpool Standard.
YARMOUTH.—On Tuesday, in the Town-hall,
at Yarmouth, Mr. Acland delivered a lecture, on the injustice
and impolicy of the present Corn-law. Mr. A. sp ke for three
hours, during which he made an eloquent appeal to his nu-
merous audience against legislation for the benefit of particular
classes ; and concluded by stating he would resume his lecture
on the following Thursday evening, which announcement was
received by long-continued cheering.
pUFGAN NON BOROUGH.—We understand,
from good authority, that a gentleman of independent princi-
ples and fortune, will offer himself as a candidate to the electors
of this close borough (now so many years in the Knox family),
the first vacancy that may occur, and that he has already had
communication with some of the leading electors, wh ) have
promised him their interest, in consequence of the late pro-
ceedings, relative to the ejectments being served on them for
their Town Parks.

LEARNED DOGBERRIES.--At the Petty Ses-
sions for the hundred of Stoke, held at the Christopher Inn,
Eton, before C. Clowes, Esq., and the Rev. T. Carter, the
surveyors of Horton attended for the purpose of stating to the
bench, that they had discovered that the two constables whO
had been recently appointed for that parish could neither read
nor write, and inquiring whether the appointment could not be
rescinded upon those grounds. The bench informed the appli-
cants that as the objection was not made at the time the parties
were nominated, and as the appointment had been returned to
the Quarter Sessions for the county, the parishioners must en-
deavour to be satisfied with the appointment as it stood, and try
to " make the licit of a bad bargain." It was not a great while
since that an overseer went to pass his accounts before the same
bench of magistrates, who was equally learned in the mysteries
of A. B. C.

THE REPORTED MURDER OF MR. WIL-
LIAMS AND MR. HARRIS, THE MISSIONARIES TO THE
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS.—On Sunday last funeral sermons
upon the Rev. John Williams and the Rev. Mr. Harris, who
are reported to have been murdered by the savages in an island
to which they went for the purpose of civilising the inhabitants,
were preached in many places of divine worship.
HORSE STEALING.—The gang of thieves who
have so long infested Essex and the adjoining county Kent, arc
in the way of being broken up.
We understand that George Napier, Esq., Ad-
vocate-Depute, is to be appointed Sheriff of Peebleehire, in
room of Mr. Wood, resigned.—Edinburgh Courant.