The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-01 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Moniteur.)
" Louis-Philippe, King of the French.
" To all present, and to come, greeting.
" We have ordered, and do order, what follows :
" Art. 1. The Count de Montalivet, Peer of France,
is named Minister Secretary of State for the department
of the interior, in the room of M. Casimir Perier, who
remains President of the Council of Ministers.
" At the Palace of the Tuileries, this 27th of April
183?. (Signed) " LOUIS-PHILIPPE.
" BARTHE, Keeper of the Seals."
(Another ordinance, of the same date, appoints
the Keeper of the Seals to the ad inter•int care of
the portfeuille of Publie Instruction and Worship,
vacant by the removal of M. Montalivet.
(From the Journal des Debatg of Sunday.)

Our direct intelligence from Madrid justifies and
confirms the hopes expressed by the English papers
that Spain will maintain a neutrality in the ap-
proaching struggle in Portugal. Here, then,as in
all the difficult questions which have compromised
for a whole year the pence of:Europe, the sincere alli-
ance of France and England has extinguished the
germs of collision with which the expedition of
Don Pedro menaced the interests of all Europe.
Every thing promises an easy victory to Don Pedro;
and no doubt, before the end of Msy, we shall hear
of some doings of a conclusive nature.
(From the Courrier Francais of Sunday. )
The following, we are assured, are the terms of
the treaty lately agreed upon between the French
Government and the Pope

1. That the troops which bad arrived at Ancona by the
Rhone frigate, to the number of 450 men, shall be em-
barked immediately for France.
2. The troops disembarked upon the 23d of February
last shall remain, during their stay at Ancona, under the
immediate direction of the French Ambassador, who shall
be authorised by his Government to give corresponding
orders to the Commander of the said troops.
3. Neither these troops nor the squadron shall be rein-
forced under any pretence whatever.
4. It shall not be permitted the French troops, during
their stay at Ancona, to bestow any labour on the fortifi-
cations; and the works which have been already begun
shall cease, and not be resumed.
5. 'When the Pontifical Government shall have no fur-
ther occasion for the assistance of the Austrians, it will in-
vite the Emperor to withdraw them, and it is expected
that the French troops shall take their departure at the
same time, by sea.
. _

6. From this moment the Pontifical flag alone
shall float upon the citadel of Ancona.
7. The French troops not to go beyond the walls
of the place of Ancona.
_ .

Article 11 of the contract entered into on the 17th
of March, in the name of the General, with the con-
tractor Benedict Constantine, shall be consequently
declared null, and of no effect.

8. The Commanders of the French troops shall nei-
ther prevent nor embarrass, in any manner whatever,
the proceedings of the Pontifical Government at An-
cona, particularly those of the police.
9. All the expenses of the expedition, and all
others whatever incident to the French troops being
at Ancona, shall be at the cost of France.
10. There shall be placed near the Command&-r
of the French troops at Ancona a political agent,
clothed with the necessary powers by the Ambas-
sador of France, to whom is intrusted the execution
of the present articles.

(From Galignani's liessenger.)
The official returns of the cholera are still favour-
able, notwithstanding the state of the weather.
1 lie death 3 on Thursday amounted to 182, of which
71 were in the hospitals, and 111 at home, being a
diminution of 12 upon the total of the preceding
day. The number of cases admitted into the hos-
pitals was 175, being eight less than the day before.
There were 87 discharged cured. The number of
beds amounts 5,999, of which 3,366 are occupied,
and 2,633 vacant. In innumerable cases of the
cholera, an immediate loss of blood from the region
of the chest and abdomen has proved efficacious in
saving the patient, and restoring him to convales-
cence, and it has been found by many of the faculty
that not only the most prompt, but the most certain
means of obtaining this relief, and at the same time
of regulating the quantity to be withdrawn, is by
the system of cupping. They have, therefore, had
repeated recourse to the English cupper, Mr. Back-
ler, Hotel de la Marine, No. 23, rue Gaillen, whose
skill and experience have been constantly exercised
w th the best results.

A report was spread yesterday that a mutiny had
broken out in the Russian troops stationed at \Vilna.
A Lithuanian patriot was to be shot in the presence
of a regiment which, it is supposed, contained
many Lithuanians, but at the moment when the
sentence was to be executed, the regiment revolted,
released the prisoner, and, under the direction of
its Colonel, took the Governor of Wilna into arrest,
and got possession of a considerable park of artil-
lery. This intelligence is founded upon letters from
Tilsit, dated the 10th inst., which we quote with-
out in any mariner guaranteeing their authenticity.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday.)
Letter from Count Nesselrode, M nister of Fo-
reign Affairs, in Russia, to Count Augustine Capo
D'lstrias :
" PETF.R4BURCII, DEC. 15.—The letter which you did
me the honour to write to me, could add nothing to the
grief which I felt at the first news of the horrible event
of the 27th of September. The Emperor himself was
deeply afflicted at it, but his Majesty has derived great
consslatiou from the letter which you have addressed to
him, and orders me to assure you that he will take plea.
sure in continuing to you the sentiments of kindness and
esteem which your la'e brother had merited on so many
accounts, and you have yourself acquired a claim to them,
in accepting, through a laudable regard to your country,
difficult and ungrateful functions. You will undoubtedly
be able to exercise them with some advantage, if, as we
hope, all sensible men in Greece, unite their efforts to
your's, to prevent the horrors of anarchy, and to afford
the Powers who sincerely desire the restoration of the
country, a possibility of bringing to a good issue the nego.
ciations and conditions necessary to its existence as an in-
dependent European State.
" The measures which are to hasten this happy result
are now prosecuting with increased solicitude by the Im-
perial Court. Our Ambassadors at Paris and London
have received instructions more analogous to the circum-
stances. But, on the other hand, the Greeks of all parties
and all classes must be fully convinced beforehand, that no
combination relative to their country can be definitive and
durable without the consent of Russia, and that the Em-
peror will never give that consent to an order of things
which should every moment threaten to make Greece a
theatre of troubles, of revolutionising attempts, and of
outrage to the laws. Your late brother well knew, and
you yourself are, I doubt not, well aware, that neither at
any former time, nor at present, has his Majesty thought
of exercising an exclusive patronage over Greece and its
destinies. Uniting with leis allies, he has only wished
to put an end to a sanguinary and too long-protracted war,
and to form of that country a pacific and inoffensive State.
" The Emperor still retains the same desire, and what-
ever events may take place in Europe, he will be able to
accomplish it, unless the Greeks themselves should throw
obstacles in the way, by suffering themselves to be misled
by ambitious men, and by stifling, by their civil disser..
sions, the most generous intentions with respect to tLem.
" You, Sir, will render an essential service to Greece
by making the principal inhabitants of that country sensi-
ble of this truth, and by impressing them with the neces-
sity of uniting sincerely for the good of their country.
" It would be difficult for me to close this letter with-
out expressing my regret for the brother whom you de•
plore, and for the friend whose loss so deeply afflicted me.
For you, Sir, as for all those who know and appreciated
him, there can be no consolatiln but that which arises
from the certainty that his memory will he always honoured
and blessed, for he was a man who sacrificed every thing
for the good of his fellow-creatures.
" I shall always receive with pleasure the letters which
you, Sir, may think fit to address to me, and I hope to
have occasion to give you in the s .(ptel, as I now do, the
assurance of the favourable iintmtntm of his Imperial
I es
Nij ety witb respect to yen,
accept, Sce,'

MAGAZINE DAY.

NEW MONTHLY MA GAZINE.

The " Recess is a spirited political diatribe,
penned in a flowing, off-hand style. We quote
the following satisfactory explanation from it, as
regards the substance of Lord Grey's famous re-
ply on the second reading of the Reform Bill.
It will, we doubt not, have the effect of greatly
allaying public uneasiness.

" According to the newspapers, my Lord Grey appears
to have said, in his very able, eloquent, but nevertheless
somewhat over-lauded speech, that, though be should be
sorry that a less number of boroughs should be disfran-
chised, or that the 101. qualification should be altered,
still they formed no part of the principle of the Bill, and
both might he altered with perfect consistency.' Now, on
this declaration, the Tories (our keen and subtle contem-
porary the Standard among the rest) have naturally set
up a shout at my Lord Grey's definition of principle;
and these expressions have doubtless given great dissatis-
faction to the Reformers. But we have made it a point
to see and converse with several who were present at the
delivery of that speech, and some of whom, as Lord
Grey's immediate connexions and friends, we suppose are
likely to know what that eloquent orator really meant to
say; and it seems that the true spirit of the remarks, as
spoken, was very different from what it would seem as
reported. Lord Grey's observations were in reply to some
Tory Lord (Lyndhurst, we believe), who said, that if the
House passed the second reading of the Bill, it was com-
pelled to disfranchise, as the principle of the Bill, sixty-
four boroughs, and to grant unconditionally the 101. fran-
chise. Heaven says Lord Grey, ' what an affront the
Noble Lord puts on the House, to suppose any Minister
can thus dictate to it l It is for the Committee, not the
Ministers who propose it to the Committee, to decide
whether the number of boroughs disfranchised shall be
sixty-four, or the rate of franchise he a 101. house. 1
should he sorry to see the Bill altered in these particulars.
/'—here we quote the papers, i. e. the Times, verbatim
I should certainly oppose any proposition for reducing
the number of boroughs to be disfranchised, or for raising
the 101 qualification much higher.' But it is for the House
to deride these points. Whether 1, whether the Ministry
can continue in office after that decision, is another ques-
tion. This, we repeat, was (we are informed from seve-
ral persons present at the delivery of that speech) the
purport and spirit of Lord Grey's argument. If so, it
was an argument that be might fairly use, and one which
put the question of the second reading in its true light.
The remark being more of a personal retort on Lord Lynd-
hurst (a species of arguing of which the Statesmen of
both Houses are particularly fond) than any confession of
Lord Grey's own sentiments, was designed to convey this
sneer What! you—you, Lord Lyndhurst, talk of
the dignity of the I.ords, while you tell them they are
tools to carry the Bill, and I tell them they are judges to
decide it.' We have thought it necessary to enter into
this explanation, as the misunderstanding upon the sub-
ject of it has been very extensive, and might be very dan-
gerous."

" Spirit of Song " is in Mr. Haynes Bayley's
best style. It is less prettyish than most of his
far too pretty drawing-room ballads. Adversity, to
which he gracefully alludes, seems to have wrung
truth and force of feeling out of him. " The
Utilitarians " is a readable paper of a sprightly,
common-place character. " Asmodeus at
Large is better than usual ; the Devil and his
pupil take bolder flights, and wax even ima-
ginative in their tone of thought and description.
" Hereditary Honours" is an ingenious, flip-
pant tale, modelled on Voltaire's short, satirical
stories : but the humour is defective in ease,
terseness and brilliancy, and the point is not
sufficiently obvious. It is a hazardous thing for
an Englishman to attempt to fence with Vol-
taire's foils. He is almost sure to make a
lunge in the wrong place, and at the wrong
moment. " Retrospective Criticism" is a ge-
nerous and well-merited notice of a volume
of poems published some years since by
Mr. Laman Blanchard. The extracts selected
for praire are good, but there is too much strain-
ing after effect in them. " Phrenology" is as
dull and idle as its subject. "To May" is a
graceful little poem, in Leigh Hunt's best style.
The " Indicator," by the same writer, contains
some sweet thoughts, fresh and sparkling as a
violet with the morning dew lying next its
heart. We have been much struck with this
delightful bit of gossiping about the cuckoo.—
The simile marked in italics is exquisitely na-
tural. "We have heard him (the cuckoo) in
the suburb gardens, coming to our very doors,
getting nearer and nearer to us, like a child
pulling at its mother's gown, and asking her
why she does not go out. He is the flute" (a
definition in a word) " that nature plays to call
us back to childhood and joy." How expres-
sive, too, in his enumeration of May's enjoy-
ments, is Mr. Hunt's description of the " rich
tranquillity of the cattle in the grass!" It is a
voluptuous pastoral image, as strongly felt and
highly finished as though it were by Theocritus
himself. But the author of " Rimini" is a fast
friend to nature, and she has returned the friend-
ship by gifting him with a quick, unerring
faculty of observation, that has had shoals of
imitators but few equals. " The Earthquake"
is a descriptive tale, signed, oddly enough,
"Junius Rediyivus." With quite as much
propriety might it have been signed Euclid—
Dr. Kitchiner—or Joseph Hume. It is, how-
ever, a powerfully told narrative. " The Monthly
Commentary" is agreeable and miscellaneous,
as usual.