The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-05 00:00:00

CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE.

" Sire,—Assembled around your Royal person by the
solemnity of the day, the corps diplomatique has the
honour of offering to your Majesty its respectful homage
and good wishes. During the year which has just passed,
Providence has bestowed upon us new benefits : the
maintenance of the political repose of Europe, and the
protection which it continues to throw over the life of
your Majesty, are precious favours for which we offer
warm thanks. We arc happy in feeling that the wisdom
of the Cabinets will know how to maintain the state of
order and peace, and that, protected by their union,
Europe will continue to advance in the path of progr:lss
opened to its prosperity. Events dear to to paternal
heart of your Majesty call for all our felicitations. Deign,
Sire, to accept them with favour, and also the very sin-
cere wishes that we entertain for the happiness of France,
of yourself, and of your august family."
The King replied :
" It is with great fulness of heart that I join with you
in returning thanks to Providence for the benefits that it
bestowed upon us in the course of the year which has just
expired, and for the protection which it has again thrown
over my life. lam much touched by what you have said
on this subject. You know the value which I have never
ceased to attach to the duration of the political repose
enjoyed by Europe, and to the ►maintenance of the general
peace. Convinced as I am that this state of things is
alike the interest of France, and of all other States,
nothing shall relax my efforts to co-operate with all the
Sovereigns for the preservation of this great blessing to our
nation, and I hope with you that in the year which has
just opened to us, the wisdom of the Cabinets will effect
its consolidation. I feel very sensibly the felicitations of
the Corps Diplomatique, and the good wishes which you
offer in its name for France, my family and myself."
ADDRESS OF BARON PASQUIER IN THE NAME OF TIIE

CHAMBEk OF PEERS.

" Sire—This period, which annually brings to the foot
of your Majesty's throne the Peers of France, was never
more impatiently waited for by them never have they
felt more strongly the desire of presenting to you their
sentiments and good wishes—happy, when the clouds
which have caused so much emotion have so quickly
dissipated, at having only to return thanks to Divine
Providence which protects a life so necessary to France,
and which has just given a new pledge for the duration
of your dynasty. May you, Sire, long continue to enjoy that
public happiness which is at once your recompense and your
work. May all French hearts comprehend the wisdom and
exalted ideas of a government already become sufficiently
secure in its own strength not to fear any parallel sufficiently
national to find its source where others would have found
nothing but danger. Honour to the King who, knowing
that nations do not exist only by material well being and
prosperity, but likewise by great examples and noble re-
collections, conceived the high thought of restoring to the
soil of France the glorious ashes of Napoleon, and of
completing, by the solemn inauguration of a national
tomb, the public homage which had already been rendered
to him, and to his age, in the sanctuary raised by the ge-
nius of Peace to all the glories of France. But while ad-
miring the past, the reflection of which is strong enough to
dazzle the firmest eye, let us not be unjust towards the pre•
sent—let us grant to each epoch its own character and its
own grandeur. Does it not, in fact, appear that, in the
designs of Providence, there is in a certain degree a certain
brilliancy of martial power incompatible with durability, and
that the glory of founding a dynasty, under whose shadow
the fruits of order and peace are developed, is reserved for
other hands than those whose victorious strength has been
felt by the world ? To you, Sire, dues this glory belong. The
Imperial Government existed by enthusiasm and intoxica-
tion, yours may pride itself on having sustained the diffi-
cult proof of the examination of a people who have re-
covered by a state of calmness the soundness of their judg-
ment, and who, in recently moving along that triumphal
road, decorated with the names of a hundred victories,
have more than once acknowledged that there was still one
thing above warlike renown—the union of peace, liberty,
and honour, under durable institutions, and under the
sceptre of a good King. Enjoy, Sire, this testimony ren-
dered to your wisdom by the great voice of real public opi.
nion, of which that of history will only be the echo. The
country confides in you. It knows that its honour is as
safe in your hands as its liberties, and that did it require
any guarantee beyond yourself, it would find them in the
noble family which surrounds you, and which so well knows
how to identify itself with the generous sentiments of the
country, in those homages of public sympathy which have
accompanied from Cherburg to the Invalides the young
and faithful depositary of the precious remains restored to
France."
The King's answer was—.

" I have -listened to you with lively and profound emo-
tion. It is always delightful to me to receive the expres-
sion of the sentiments of the Chamber of Peers. lam
happy to see that the efforts which I have made to secure
peace, and the happiness and the liberty of France, have
been so well appreciated. This is the only ambition my
heart has ever known, and to hear it proclaimed by yc,u is
a motive and an encouragement for me to hope that, in fol.
lowing up this career, we shall prevent the detractors of
France from representing it as a danger and a cause of
perturbation ; whereas, on the contrary, the wisdom of
the Government and the tranquillity which she enjoys
ought to become a guarantee for the peace and repose of
the world. lam delighted that it was reEerved for me to
restore to France the remains of the Emperor Napoleon,
and that it was one of my sons who received and who brought
them home to the sanctuary and under the safeguard of
his old companions in arms. I renew to the Chambers of
Peers the assurance of the affection which I bear to it, and
of my gratitude for the aid which it has constantly Obi ded
me. lam very grateful for the sentiments which you ex-
press for my family and myself."

THE ARCHBISHOP DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS
TO HIS MAJESTY
" Sire,—During the year which has just elapsed, God
has softened the anxieties of your throne by twice making
you partake of those family enjoyments which are most
sweet to the heart of a father. He has given you a new
and shining proof of his protection, and to us new motives
for detesting those horrible attempts which are excited by
abominable doctrines. The victims of the late inunda-
tions, which, on the very theatre of the disaster, have been
the objects of so much devotedness, have everywhere
found generous imitators of the royal beneficence. In
afflicting us with this terrible scourge God has consoled us
with the spectacle of great acts of charity, At the coin-

mencement of this new year, we intreat you, Sire, to ac-
cept with goodness our earnest wishes for the happiness of
yourself and your august family. May the Lord deign to
continue to bestow upon your Majesty the paternal care of
his providence, remove for ever from our country the cala-
mities by which it has been desolated, appease all its dis-
sensions, and make it more powerful and more prosperous,
by rendering its children united ! Such are the wishes of
every true Frenchman, such are
the graces which the
clergy and Archbishop of Paris will never cease to implore
from the Supreme Dispenser of all good !
To this his Majesty replied—
" I receive with great satisfaction these expressions of
the good wishes of yourself and the clergy of Paris. It
is always delightful to me to see you assembled around
me. You know that I have long desired, and I now seize
with eagerness this, as all other occasions of testifying
how much I desire to maintain the clergy in that high
consideration, the preservation of which I estimate at the
greatest price. The more the task of Government is diffi-
cult to me, the more I need the moral support and con
currence of those wbo wish to maintain order and the
reign of the laws. It is, above all things, this moral sup-
port and concurrence that will prevent a renewal of those
odious attempts upon which you have just expressed your-
self in a manner which has deeply affected me. It is this
moral support, with the concurrence of all good men,
which will give to my Government the strength necessary
for the fulfilment of the duties I am called upon to Perform,
and I place in the first rank of those duties that of causing
religion to be cherished by combating immorality, and
thus showing to the world that whatever the detractors of
France may say, respect for religion, morality, and virtue
is still among us the feeling of an immense majority."
We are assurer'

that a great number of Deputies com-
_... us not having-ytt receiveti any document on the pro-
ject of law relative to the fortification of Paris. Persons
who arc well-informed state, however, that the War de-
partment might have distributed several days ago litho-
graphic plans of all the details of the systems of defence,
which will be shortly discussed in the Chamber.
The Report of M. Thiers will be made in the beginning
of next week.

We copied from the Presse the statement that M. Bil.
ling was appointed the King's Commissioner to act as
arbitrator in case of disagreement between the English and
Neapolitan Commissioners on the sulphur question.
The Journel des Debuts contradicts that statement, and
says—We have reason to believe that the choice of the
Government has fallen on M. Lurd, Chief Secretary of
Legation at Constantinople. —Le Constitutionnel.
We did not receive till to-day the Echo de 1' Orient,
published at Smyrna on the 12th of December, which
brings news from 'Constantinople of the Bth. .This journal
says that Mehemet Ali as forfeited all claims to the
clemency of his Sovereign, and that, if out of c)mmiscra-
tion for his grey hairs he should be spared the disgrace of
complete ruin, it would be pure generosity, and it would
be much if the Pachalic of Egypt were left him for his
life, to be disposed of after his death ; and without allow-
ing him to keep up any force by sea or land, unless on a
very limited scale. The Echo de! 'Orient, in expressinc,
itself in these terms, merely declares the secret ideas of.
the Porte, and still more of Lord Ponsonby, who for many
years has laboured with rema►kable tenacity to depress
Mehemet Ali.—Le Commerce.
B 0 SE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 2.

Pirst Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
ficoch f. per Cents
4 ner Cents 97 .25 ... 97 .25 ... 97 25 .. 97 05
3 per Cents 76 55 ....., 76 60.... 76 40 ... 70 60
Sank of eranee
R:lgian 51,et Cents 94i ... 97y, ... 975 i ... 97yi
New Loan
"'"

Suantsh Active Z.3Z :1:44
Passive 6 6 6
Neapolitan
Homan

IiAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Ve,sailles,ll. B 382 50 ... 352 50 ... 380 50 ... 3-2 5,
L.B. 3OO ... 300 ... 2J7 50 ... 3)7 50
Orleans . . 4BO ... 480 ... 480 ... 48 I
Strasburg to Bale 236 95 ... -267 50 ... -.30 25 .. 237 50

"Flom
t--MORNING EDITION
is evident that the Government of Venezuela, thinks it
sufficiently formidable to render it necessary to take mea-
sures for preserving the tranquility of that republic. This
appears from the two following articles, which we find in
the official part of the Gazette:—
" PROCLAMATION.
"JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
VENEZUELA, &C.
" Venezuelans,—The Republic of New Grenada, our
friend and neighbour, is now suffering from the conse-
quences of lamentable dissensions. Her internal peace
has been disturbed. The Government deplores these oc-
currences, and knows that Venezuelans are not indifferent
to the misfortunes of their brethren. Such sentiments do
honour to the people over whom I have the good fortune
to preside.
" Venezuela has, however, nothing to fear from the
events which agitate New Granada. The Granadins will
not disturb our tranquillity. They well know, being just
themselves, how to appreciate the state of our relations,
and the necessity of maintaining them. Yet, notwith-
standing, as the adjoining territory is convulsed, it is the
duty of the Government to resort to precautionary mea-
sures.
" Caraccas, Nov. 11, 1840 11th year of the law, and
:30th of independence."

MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF
TUE DISORDERS IN NEW GEANADA.

ARACCS, Nor. 1, 1 0
The Government having rec Ceived i Anformationl from} dif-
ferent authorities of the republic, that the provinces of
New Granada, bordering on Venezuela had revolted
against its constitutional Government, the Executive
Power, desiring to order the execution of such precau-
tionarywhich follow measures' prudence may dictate, has adopted
" IL has ordered that there shall be raised in the province
l w
those
of Merida a column of observation, consi:ting el 200 men.
" To arm in the canton of Calabozo of this province
100 cavalry.
" To place Captain Juan Baptista Malsgarejo at the
head of 20 cavalry, to be called out in the canton of Guas-
dualito, in the province of Apure.
" To call into service Colonel Joaquim Hernandez to
take the command and direct the operations of two
flccheras which are to proceed from Guiana to San Fer-
nando de Apure.
_ " To station the war
Maracaibo.-

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WALSALL ELECTION.

We are informed by an eye-witness of, and active
agent in, the proceedings of this borough during the
past week, that Mr. J. B. Smith has already attained a
very promising position. The change of candidates
(Smith for Lyttelton) is decidedly favourable to the
chances of defeating Mr. Gladstone, inasmuch as that
if Mr. Liyttelton had gone to the poll a considerable
number of the Anti-Corn-law electors would have been
butindifferent or lukewarm in his behalf, if not altogether
opposed to him. There are strong complaints of the
fact that an inexperienced young man, without a definite
opinion upon so all-important a question to a manufac-
turing community like Walsall, as the Corn-laws,
should have been sent to fight the battle (the electors
did not invite Mr. Lyttleton.) It is understood that
Dr. Buwriug would, in the first instance, have
willingly fought the battle. Why, then, was not
the Doctor, or such a man, originally offered to
the electors, instead of this young cornet We
are enabled to correct several of our Contemporaries
with regard to the assertion that the interference of the
Anti- Corn-law League alone dismissed Mr.Lyttelton from
the field. Before the arrival of the League's Delegates in
in 'Walsall, several electors had seceded from Mr. Lyttel-
ton upon the discovery (elicited by their own questions)
that he would not pledge himself to vote for the repeal of
the Corn-laws. We earnestly hope Mr. Smith will pro-
ceed. At all events we trust the Liberal electors of
Walsall are fully alive to the fortunate honour which,
if they triumph, will be theirs, in returning the talented
President of the National Anti-Corn-law League, and
of the first Chamber of Commerce in the world.