The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-24 00:00:00

The Paris papers are almost entirely occupied
with the interesting discussion which took place in
the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, and with com-
ments on the speech made by M. GUIZOT on the
occasion. It was one of the main speeches of the
session, and displayed much frankness and ability,
touching on every topic connected with the foreign
policy of the country, and dwelling at considerable
length on the peaceful relations between England
and France. As regarded Greece and Spain the two
countries had a perfect understanding. The French
Cabinet, on learning the peaceable revolution which
had taken place at Athens immediately, without con-
sulting the English Cabinet, sent instructions to the
French Minister at the Court of Greece to recognise
the new order of things. England adopted the same
course, and the two countries were in harmonious
union, though Russia took a widely different view of
the same facts. He then adverted to the charge
brought against the Government for allowing an
English Consul to reside at Algiers without
having obtained an exequatur from France, and
defended the course pursued, on the ground that
the Porte had not recognised the sovereignty of
France in that part of Africa, and certain Powers
who maintained friendly relations with the SULTAN
had observed a strict neutrality on the question.
France, he said, under similar circumstances, would
probably have done the same. After pointing out the
harmony which prevailed between these two great
nations, in reference to the possessions of Franca
in the Pacific, the independence of the Sandwich
Islands, and other questions of general policy,
he: concluded by making an eloquent appeal to the
early fruits of the new alliance, and to the gratifying
visit of Queen VICTORIA to the Court of France.
" It is rare," said he, " that Providence allows the
friendly policy of nations to gather so quickly its fruits.
It is very rare indeed that those who have sowed have
been destined to reap, and I hesitate not to say, with
pride, that the fruits of that policy which I have
described are already manifest and undoubted,
not only by us but the world. We wished
a real and sincere peace. We conceived,
and it was likewise conceived in London, that there
was room in the world for our two independent and
national policies, provided they should be kept
within the bounds of justice and good sense. Both
Cabinets, to their honour, as well as to the advantage
of their respective countries, have commenced and
inaugurated that policy of real and sincere peace—a
policy both novel and difficult, but nevertheless the
' only good and honourable policy—which, although
prudent and moderate, is not divested of grandeur,
and which for being honest is not the less useful.
This is what we call the cordial understanding'
between the two Governments. I will not dwell on
facts purely personal, which were alluded to yester-
day with so much disdain ;—I will not speak of that
mark of friendship given by a young and charming
Queen to our King, our Government, and our revo-
lution ;—I will not speak of the fact which followed
that visit—the treatment experienced by the Duke
DE BORDEAUX—who was not received in London by
the Sovereign who had come to France to meet our
King. These are striking facts, which have pro-
duced in Europe a deep impression on Kings and
nations—facts, which have everywhere been justly
appreciated, and which have occupied the imagina-
tions and conversations of all Europe. I leave them
aside, however serious they are in reality." These
remarks were received with loud approbation, and the
Chamber adjourned.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, JAN. 23.—Wind this day at noon, fresh nor-
therly breeze and cloud►.
DEAL, JAN. 22.—Wind W.N.W. to N. W, light airs
and thick weather.—Arrived the 'Winscales, Conolly.
Batavia ; Hand of Providence, Bay of Fundy. Sailed
the outward bound.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Sophia,
Madras and Calcutta.

COWES, JAN. 22.—S1d. Madeline, Trinidad de Cuba.
FALMOUTH. JAN. 22.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd.
her Majesty's steamers Hecate, Volcano, and Dwarf, all
bound to Cork.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind S.E.—The United King-
dom, which arrived here yesterday from Honduras, was
dismasted, 19th ult., in lat. 37, lon. 53, and lust sails,
bulwarks, &c.

SAUNDERSIOOT, JAN. 14.—Arrived Lady Phillips,
Lloyd, Pictou.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.—Wind N.—Arrd. Huddersfield,
Dewsbury, Old Calabar, sailed Nov. 5, and from Fer-
nando Po, 13th ; Milton, Partridge, Cuba; Sirion, Gann,
Laguna (Nov. 26). Sld. A lexandrina, and Lady Flora
Hastings, Calcutta ; Helvellyn, Batavia ; Bon Nevis,
Hobart Town ; Action, and Antonio, Lima ; Valpa-
raiso, Valparaiso ; Hennes and Renard, Buenos Ayres ;
Coverdale, Bahia ; Eliza Johnstone, Pernambuco ; Hero
and Snowdon, Africa ; Camilla and Letitia, Demerara ;
Martha, Berbice ; Jessie Ritchie, Patriot, Minna, and
Russia, Havannah ; Amelius, New Orleans ; Robert
Burns, Apalachiola • Georgiana, Philadelphia ; Inde-
dendance, New York; Catherine, Halifax; Norval, New-
foundland ; Garoupa, Fayal.
JAMAICA, DEC. 23.—The Skipton, from Cape Hayti
to Hamburgh, has put in here, crew sick.
GENOA, JAN. 15.—The Abrota, do Sarvja, from
Lisbon to this port, was in contact, off Cadiz, with a
French brig, and bore up for that port with damage.
GIBRALTAR, JAN. 14.—The Ellen, Fayte, from St.
John's Newfoundland to Taragona, put in here 12th
inst. with decks swept, &c.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde have
been receiving a succession of company at Kilkenny Castle.
THE LEAGUE FUND.—ROXBURGHSHIRE MEET-
ING.--A meeting of the county of Roxburgh took place in a
dissenting chapel in Hawick on the 20th instant, where from
1,500 to 2,000 persona were present. The Earl of Buchan
occupied the chair • and the first speaker was John Ord, Esq.,
of Muirhouselaw, ;he, jointly with his brother, rents lands in
Roxburghshire at several thousands of yearly rent, one of his
landlords being Sir George Warrender, another the Marquis of
Lothian. Mr. Ord stated that last year he was opposed to a
repeal of the corn-laws, now he was in favour of a repeal. The
deputation addressed the meeting with their usual ability; and
the admirable peroration of Mr. Moore absolutely electrified
the meeting. Mr. Cobden declared that the unanimity and
enthusiasm of the meeting absolutely almost surpassed any-
thing he had hitherto seen.
THE ISLAND Or LEIvIs.--We are truly happy to
learn that James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P., ha 'pur-
chased from the family of Seaforth the princely property of the
Lewis—one of the largest islands in the Hebrides, with a popu-
lation of about 15,000, and included in the county of Ross.
The purchase money was 190,0001. Mr. Matheson and his
lady are at present on a tour in Italy ; but improvements will
soon be commenced, for the new proprietor intends, we under-
stand, to devote a further sum of 40,000/. or 50,0001. towards
establishing a regular steam communication with the island,
forming roads, and otherwise improving his extensive territory.
The fisheries may be rendered highly productive, and in the
interior of the country there is ample scope for cultivation.
The circumstance altogether is matter for rejoicing. Thousands
of the poor islanders are in a wretched condition • the worst
fed, worst clothed, and worst housed peasantry in 'Britain are
to be found in this remote uncultivated island. We may now
expect that the country will be opened up, and employment
afforded to the inhabitants ; while the commercial spirit, the
benevolence and generosity of the proprietor (which are not
lees conspicuous than his wealth) are the best pledge that the
social and moral condition of the people will not be neglected.!
Inverness Courier.

As there are several inaccuracies in the letter ad-
dressed to the Observer, and copied into The Sun
yesterday, we now publish a correct copy :
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Jan. 20.
Sir,—l regret having to trouble you again, but in
stating in my letter to you, which you were kind
enough to insert on Sunday last that " that great
fosterer of the legitimate drama" (meaning, of course,
Mr. Macready), ' never gave more than 3001. for a
five act play," I did not make it appear that I
alluded only to Mr. M.'s memorable moral
management (delightful alliteration) of Old Drury,
and which was preceded by an oration at
the Literary Fund dinner, remarkable only for ego-
tism and misstatement, and that awfully virtuous and
refulgent squib, otherwise the preliminary circular
preparatory to opening the previously desecrated
temple of Shakspeare, where the really beautiful
scenic effects of Acis and Galatea, and the Angli-
cised Italian opera of Sappho (not taken from the
French), restored it to its pristine and originally-con-
ceived glory. What with the plated encomiums at-
tending Mr. M.'s retirement from Drury-lane, &c., I
bad forgotten " the blaze," as one ofhis friends termed it,
with which he went out of Covent-garden, where Shak-
speare was so painted and guarded with copper lace,
that he " smelt April and May " as much as any
master of ceremonies to a sweep s holiday. Talk of
resuscitating Shakspeare ! why he would not have
known himself, his eyes would have been "worth all
the rest o' the other senses," and he would have ex-
claimed with Nell, in the evilto Pay, "I dream'd of
Heaven, and this is it." But to the point in question.
I am informed by the Argus-eyed friends of Mr.
Macready, who guard the Hesperian fruit of that
dramatic garden, that he did actually pay 6001. for
the play of Richelieu, having bad the Lady of Lyons
given him, which, according to my calculation, was
rating the two at 3001. each ; and that "above 3001.
has been paid for more than one other play." These
corrections upon assertion having reference only,
believe, to the management at Covent-garden, of which
I was not thinking at the time I wrote. If I am in
error it was suggested that I had better be the corrector
of that error myself, ifyou would allow me; though Ido
so, owing the party no favour, with the same grace
that the great. French actor Le Rain, whose statue
stands side by side with Voltaire and Talma in the
hapologised, upon com-
pulsion,audience, and commenced
I never felt degradedti
Sir, with every respect, your obedient
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which forcible appeal was considered suffi-
cient.—l am,
servant, B. 'WEBSTER.

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SOUTHAMPTON, JAM. 22.—The Lady Mary Wood
Peninsular steam-packet entered the Docks this morning, at
on the 14th instant, Cadiz 15th, Lisbon 17th, Oporto and
Vigo 18th. The mails being landed were dispatched by
half-past eleven o
ofshefr ulietf.t
ship Belvedere and Locust steamer,
were at Gibra tar, where her Majesty's store-ship Sexington
clock, from
smhe hbarsa a Gibraltar, f
had arrived from Mahon. The Peninsular packet, Little
the Her tenme ojeesltolc,s train.k
Liverpool, arrived at Lisbon, with mails from Southampton, on
the 17th instant. Her Majesty's ship Warspite sailed for
Gibraltar the same day. Remaining at Lisbon the French
brig Volage. The Lady Mary Weed passed the Pacha on the
20th, steaming south.
DEATH IN THE MILLBANX PENITENTIARY:MOD•
day Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the General Peni•
ttiaarpry,iZrlr
iiellbsaZ, on
by
trade a
thebodytoafilor.Mr.
William Gaged
25, Garolev'e, the
governor, said deceased had been convicted at the Dor-
chester Sessions on the 17th of October, 1843, of felony
—the stealing of some silver spoons—and sentenced to
seven years' transportation. Lie was received into that
prison on the 12th ult., and died in the infirmary on the
19th inst. He had been previously convicted for mis-
demeanour. Dr. Baby, the prison physician, said that
when deceased was admitted he was suffering from
asthma and bronchitis, and next morning he was placed
in the infirmary. On the aoth ult., appearing quite cured
of bronchitis, he was sent back from the infirmary to his
ward, and on the 17th inst. he was attacked with severe
cough and great difficulty of breathing, and was again
removed to the infirmary. On the morning of the 19th
inst. the difficulty of breathing had increased so much
as to threaten suffocation. The ordinary remedies were
used and produced relief, but at half-past twelve P.M.,
the same day, having an instant before spoken to a
fellow-prisoner, he suddenly ceased to breathe. A post
mortem examination showed that death resulted from
bronchitis and asthma. Verdict, " Natural death."
EXTRAORDINARY RESULT OF MEDICAL SKILL.—
On Wednesday morning, Mary Cribb, aged forty, ser-
vant to Mr. Stone, in St. James's churchyard, was dis-
covered by her fellow-
servants suspended over the stair-
case by a rope. Her master being immediately called,
lost no time in rescuing her from her awful situation,
when she was found to be in a state of insensibility. Mr.
Prowse was sent for, and bled her, after which she was
taken to the infirmary, where the following means were
resorted to for restoring animation :—Bleeding from the
jugular and brachial veins. salts of atnonia applied to the
nose, effusion with cold water to the head and chest, and
a long-continued and powerful stream of electro-magne-
tism. These means were applied from a quarter before
nine till one o'clock, without intermission, at which
latter hour she evinced some :symptoms of recovery,
but it was not till a quarter to six o'clock that con-
sciousness was sufficiently restored to enable her to re-
cognise her sister. From that hour to the present time
she has gradually been getting better, and strong hopes
are entertained of her ultimate recovery, although as yet
she has no recollection of any circumstance subsequent
to the preparing of the dinner on the forenoon of the
previous day. She appears to think that her illness was
occasioned by her having fallen down the stairs. Mr.
Stone had heard a noise similar to that made by the
woman, when rescued, for ten or fifteen minutes pre-
viously, from which it would appear that she had been
suspended during that time. A pecuniary loss is sup-
posed to have led her to commit the rash act.—Bristol
Mirror.

A Correspondent, who states that a great number
of workmen havebeen induced to come over to
France from England in the expectation of obtaining
employment on the Rouen and Havre Railroad, requests
us to announce—in the hope of preventing a further
influx—that" in consequence of some difficulty in pro-
curing land, &c., the works on the said line cannot be
proceeded with to any great extent for some weeks to
come ; and further, that although there are many men
fully employed, yet hundreds are actually starving from
want of work."
He adds, " During the last fortnight
the Rev. Mr. Tucker, with moans benevolently fur-
nished by Messrs, Mackenzie and Brassey, the con-
tractors of. the railroad, has supplied with food and other
means of support upwards of 120 men, who have been
wandering about the streets of Rouen without bread, sr
any prospect of
Galzgnani. employment for some time to come."--