The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-21 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE
CRISIS. EDINBURGH, 1832.

This is a translation from a long lachrymose,
would-be philosophical pamphlet, from the pen
of no less distinguished a personage than Prince
Polignac. It is in reply to a work entitled " A
History of the Restoration, par un Homme
d'Etat," which appeared in Paris some time
since, and is, as might be expected, an elaborate
defence of the illustrious prisoner's policy, and,
above all, of his f'amous ordinances. Little need
be said of the pamphlet in its original form, for
it contains few striking facts of any novelty,
dealing chiefly in hypothesis and assumption,
and dealing profusely in the very prejudices
which it professes so strenuously to deprecate ; but
of the translation we may say, it is rendered with
great fidelity to the original text, and is the work
of a gentleman and a schoolmaster, who has a
perfect mastery over the graces of English com-
position. The style is indeed very polished,
terse, and spirited.

LIVES OF BALBOA AND PIZARRO.
EDINBLIIiGH, 1832.

Translated from the Spanish of Quintana,
by Mrs. Hodson (late Miss Holford), the
authoress of that pleasing poem " Wallace, or
the Fight of Falkirk." The volume is very
ably rendered, though it throws little or no ad-
ditional light on the character and conduct of
the conqueror of Peru. In an historical point
of view, the subject is already exhausted. The
volume is, appropriately enough, dedicated to
Dr. Southey.

The resolution of Ministers to make exten-
sive reductions in the Government offices, for the purpose
of retrenchment in the public expenditure, is being carried
into effect on a large scale inthe Excise departni nts, and
that too amongst the superior and more expensive officers
of the establishment, Lord LILFORD, Colonel CAMPBELL,
and W. PARISI!, Esq., have ceased to be Commissioners
of the Excise Board. These gentlemen, who have for
many years filled their respective offices, have " retired"—
it is understood on a pension. It is considered that the
Commissioners remaining are amply sufficient to conduct
the business of the establishment,

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Viscount de Chateaubriand, the Duke de Fitz-

j trnes, and Count Hyde de Neuville, underwent another
examination yesterday. It is said that the Noble Viscount
learned, on Friday evening, at nine o'clock, that he was
to he arrested the next morning. He went to bed at that
hour as usual, and on the following morning the police
officers found him in his bed. He made an apology for
detaining them whilst he dressed himself:....." I knew
very well, gentlemen," said he, " that you were to come,
and ought to have been ready; but I sleep soundly, and
therefore waited till you knocked. 1 beg you a thousand
pardons for making you wait."
The editor of the Quotidienne, M. de Briant, having
appealed to the Court of Cessation against the decision of
the Court of Assizes at Paris, condemning him to a
month's imprisonment, upon a prosecution of the Prefect
of Police, fur an article attacking the respectability of his
agents, the Court quashed the sentence, on the ground
that, on putting the question to the Jury, it was not stattd
that the imputation was not thrown upon them for facts
relating to their official functions, and therefore did not
come within any article of the penal law, and, conse-
quently, ordered a new trial before the Court of Versaillee.

_
M. de Genoude, Editor of the Gazette de France, sur-
rendered himself yesterday, and was taken to St. Pelagic,
to undergo the term of three months' imprisonment, to
which he was condemned for an article calling for the con-
vocation of the States-General.

At Vannes, on the 14th inst., the Countess du Botdere
was condemned by the Court of Assizes to two niontbs'
imprisonment, a fine of 2,000 francs, and costs, for having
publicly uttered the cry of " Vive Henri V. I." and distri-
buted medals bearing his effigy.
We have already announced that the Marquess de Dal-
matia, French minister in Sweden, has succeeded M.
Durand de Mareuil as Minister in Holland, the latter be-
ing called to fill the place of Prince Talleyrand, at Lon-
don, during his absence. The following further nomina-
tions and changes have just been made among the diplo-
matic agents of France :—The Marquis de St. Simon,
Minister in Denmark, goes to Sweden, and is succeeded in
Denmark by M. de Mortier, Minister in Bavaria. The
latter is replaced at Munich by M. Bresson, Minister in
Hanover ; and M. Martin, Minister in Mexico, succeeds
M. Bresson. M. Desfaudis goes to Mexico. M. de
Bourgoing, Chief Secretary of the Embassy at St. Peters-
burgh, is appointed Minister at Dresden; and M. Sep-
time de Latour Maubourg, Chief Secretary of the Ern-
busy at Vienna, Minister at Brussels. It is not yet
known who are to succeed M. d'Estourmel at Columbia,
and the Count de Flahaut at Berlin, who are sent to Brazil
and Constantinople.
Gtneral Bowyer, who is in command of the Division
at Oran, has sent several reports to the Commander-in-
Chief at Algiers, from which it appears, that between the
3d and Bth of May, the Arabs made incessant attack'
upon the town and its surrounding forts. On the 2d,
the heads of their columns were perceived, and in the
morning of the 3d, he was enabled to ascertain that their
forces amounted to 3,000 horse and 2,000 foot. After
making a short prayer, the Arabs rushed with impetuous
fury upon the village of Legentah, and the combined
firing of the musketry and artillery was insufficient to
compel them to retreat. They bore down en masse upon
Fort St. Andre; but being unable to get possession of it,
they withdrew to Kerma, a small canton at a short dis-
tance. On the 4th, at day-break, they returned in still
greater numbers, and succeeded in devastating one village ;
but though they renewed their efforts on the bth, 6th
7th and Bth, they were unable to break through the
French troops, which faced them at every point, and
maintained every position.

SECOND COUNCIL OF WAR OF THE
FIRST MILITARY DIVISION.

Tuesday, June 19.

The Court, of which the President was Colonel Duro-
claeiet, of the 38th regiment of the line, assembled at
ten o'clock, when a man named Margot, a porter, in the
employ of M. Bourget, a carrier, in Rue St. Msgloiret
was accused of having firei, on the 6th instant, on the
National Guard, in the Rue St. Denis, and with carrying
a red flag unfurled.
The President having declared the Court constituted,
The Recorder read the different proces-verbaux and
other documents relative to the case; and when he bad
concluded, the prisoner was introduced. He was a tall,
straight, powerful man, dressed in a blouse, and air
peared extremely calm and composed. He stated dot
his name was Pierre Francois Margot ; that he vine
born at La Tour, in Belgium ; and was thirty ii%
years of age. On being asked the motive of his hal"
ing taken arms on the 6th inst., he said he was in'
formed the Carlists would come and plunder the 13014
he belonged to, and he had armed himself to defend it'
He was at the corner of the Rue St. Magloire and Rile,
St. Denis, on the look-out ;he did not fire on the Nations'
Guard ; he took no aim, fired in the air, but not until he
was fired upon. A young man handed him the musket
with which he fired ; he then returned it ; he was the
hearer of 18 cartridges and 14 balls, which were given
him by a hussar, whose luggage he had carried six month.
before ; he had no intent to kill or to overthrow the G°.
vernment.
After the accused had sat dawn, his Counsel begged
leave of the tribunal to accept his protest against the
competency of the Court.
The President said that question had already been,
brought forward in the different cases already submitteu
to the Court of War, and that a new protest would onlY
protract the proceedings ; that besides the Council was in"
competent to pronounce in such a matter.
The Counsel said that he merely wished the Tribunal t 0
direct the Recorder to make a note of his having so pro-
tested, which was accordingly done.
Evidence was then adduced on the part of the Croton'
after which the prisoner called five witnesses, but their
evidence was confined to the establishment of the fact that
he was not the man who carried the red flag on the Pont
d'Austerlitz, and as to the time he passed at the reading
room of M. Delongpre. The Reporter then addressed the
Court upon the evidence, and maintained that the fa°
imputed to the prisoner were fully established. M. isintv
lin, on behalf of the prisoner, argued against the coloPTe
tency of the Court, and M. Laudrin delivered an able
speech, impugning the evidence, to both of whom the r!1
porter replied. The Court retired, and were eng4
three-quarters of an hour in considering their decision'
On their return they declared, by a majority of six to 06
that Margot was guilty of the first two counts of the ac.
cusation, but not guilty of the third—namely, that of die'
playing the red flag. The sentence of Death was then Pr°'
nouuced upon him.