The Sun.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1844.

DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF
THE FRENCH.

His Majesty Louts PHILIPPE, after a sojourn of
six days, left 'Windsor Castle yesterday, at twelve
o'clock. The QUEEN and Prince ALBERT, to do
honour to their illustrious guest, accompanied the
KING, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
to Portsmouth ; and, as was understood, would pro-
ceed in the royal yacht, with the combined fleet of
England and France, as far as St. Helens, where they
would take leave. The tempestuous weather, how-
ever, prevented the KING from embarking at Ports •
mouth; and, after remaining there for some hours,
his MAJESTY left for the Nine Elms station for
Dover, where he arrived this morning at half-
past two o'clock. The royal visit has been alto-
gether of the most gratifying character, and, from
every account, LOUIS PHILIPPE has been delighted
beyond measure with his reception, not only from the
municipal corporations who presented addresses
to the former exile at Twickenham, but from
the hearty welcome which he received from all classes
of Englishmen. Wherever he appeared there was no
stinted applause. It was a universal burst of national
feeling, as a compliment, not only to the SOVEREIGN,
but to the gallant and intelligent nation of which
he is the -representative. France will appreciate the
importanee of such a visit, and the world at large will
regard the friendly interview of the first Sovereigns
of Europe as the emblem and the safeguard of peace.
The propriety with which the French KING has con-
ducted himself in ,England excites general approba-

n. He wanted no display of troops—no reviews
nothing but the object for which he came—
to return the compliment of a friendly visit from the
oung SOVEREIGN of a people who have been called the
atural enemies of France, and who have happily con-
c inced him that no people were ever more maligned.
"iVe believe it is the universal wish of the people of
i Great Britain and Ireland that these peaceful rela-
ions should never be interrupted, and that Louis
HILIPPE, who has done so much for the tranquillity
of Europe, may be able to say, on his death-bed, " I
lei we the world in peace."

The speech recently delivered by Mr. DISRAELI at
it ie Bingley Allotment meeting may be regarded as
-t3 ie confession of faith of " Young England"—so far,
sit least, as the opinions of this sanguine and enthu-
siastic body of Reformers have yet acquired definite-
ness and consistency. There is nothing in the re-
forms which they advocate at all at variance with
common sense, notwithstanding their comprehensive
P character; nor—so far as we can perceive—do they
I nunciate one single sentiment to which the Whig
a s well as the Tory may not subscribe with equal
c ordiality, provided each can be induced to abate
1 omething of his party prejudices—a difficult matter
• we grant—and regard the question in the calm, en-
larged spirit of the philanthropist and statesman.
For what are the objects which " Young England"
professes to have in view ? Simply these. First, to
bring the different classes of society into more active
and harmonious fellowship with each other than they
) have been for years, and, by so doing, to restore a
healthy feeling of nationality among us ; and, secondly,
to raise the humbler orders from the abject condition
in which they have been too long permitted to re-
main ; to imbue them with a sense of self-respect by
showing them their importance in the social scale,
and how they may be influential, or the reverse, ac-
cording to the course of conduct they pursue. "What
we desire is this," said Mr. D'IsnABLI, " that Eng-
land should become once more a nation, and not a
mere collection of classes, who seem to think that
they have nothing in common, no interest which it
behoves all of them to unite together for, and no
pursuit which it is the duty of all of them at the same
time to cultivate.—Would any man ten years ago,
nay, ten months ago, have talked of England's pea-
santry being a bold peasantry, their country's pride ?
Not a man would have had the audacity. Yet the
phrase was in every body's mouth. We are asked
what we want. We have no mystery in telling what
we want. We want to put an end to that system of
political and social exclusiveness which we believe to
be the bane of this country. Where there is exclu-
siveness there cannot be sympathy ; where there
is no sympathy we hold that no society can be
safe." Never was there a sounder truth than
is contained in this last sentence. Unfortu-
nately, however, it is a truth that has been lost
sight of for the last fifty years and upwards by our
legislators, who too much engrossed with mere party
politics, and the consideration of partial instead of
general interests, have governed upon class-principles,
and allowed the many to shift for themselves, while
they devoted their attention almost exclusively to the
few. The consequence of this one-sided system of
policy has been, that the unprivileged—if we may
use such a term—have gradually become more and
more estranged from the privileged orders of the
community; the line of demarcation between them
has grown broader and wider, concurrently with the
growth of wealth and luxury ; spoiled and rendered
supercilious by the numerous advantages of their
position and the favour shown them by the Legisla-
ture, the higher—and more especially the middle—
classes have come by degrees to look on the
poor and the humble, if not with contempt,
at least with indifference, and the latter sensitively
alive to the neglect shown them by their superiors,
have lost all feeling of respect and attachment for
them, and may now be said to constitute an isolated
body, having no views in common with those of the
rest of the community—jealous, sullen, distrustful,
bound together by a sense of mutual injury—and re-
garding as oppressors those whom, under better treat-
ment, they would gladly have recognised as friends.
Now it is the object of Young England to put an end
to this disastrous state of things ; and by effecting a
reconciliation between the privileged and the unprivi-
leged orders of society, and destroying the selfish
system of castes, to restore that generous spirit of
nationality which was once the prime beast of this
country, but which for years past can scarcely be
said to have had any existence at all. In a word,
Nationality is the chief—the fundamental article of
the creed of Young England. Give fair play to all
parties—give all an interest in maintaining law and
order, and cherishing a proud and ennobling love of
country. Think that the poor have affections
as well as the rich, and legislate in accordance
with this conviction. Surely there is nothing vague
—nothing mystical—nothing extravagant here ! At
any rate, however much the selfish, the prejudiced,
and the narrow-minded, «•ho have no faith in
humanity, and are insensible to all generous and ele-
vated emotions—however much these men may sneer
at the views and sentiments of Young England as
being Quixotic and Utopian in their character, one
thing is certain—namely, that they are rapidly gain-
ing on the attention of the community, as any one
may see who reads the speeches delivered at the late
agricultural meetings, and marks the stir that is now
making in many of our great manufacturing towns
respecting the formation of parks and walks for the
recreation of the working classes.

Accounts from Madrid of the 7th inst. state that
though the public peace had not been disturbed,
great excitement prevailed. Reports of conspiracies
and a change of Ministry were published in some of
the journals, and contradicted in others. The fol-
lowing persons had been named as the probable suc-
cessors of part of the present Cabinet :—M. OR-
LANDO, Minister of Finance; OLIVAN, Minister of
the Interior ; and BENAVIDES, for Justice. The
Castellano says the reports deserve no more credit
than various other rumours which are circulated, and
which have no foundation. The same journal pub-
lishes the following letter respecting the sinking of
the Spanish war schooner by the signal battery of
Gibraltar :

" ALGESIRAS, OCT. 2.—Yesterday, at six P.M., the
English battery of Europa Point sunk our war schooner
Rayo, commanded by Capt. Santiago Ofer. The captain
and all his men were fortunately enabled to escape,
thanks to the assistance of a Portuguese vessel, which
happened to be near the schooner, and which hastened
to succour her the moment it perceived the signals, for
our charitable allies did not even send out a boat to save
our seamen. The motives assigned for this unfortunate
event are these :—The schooner, which had hoisted Spa-
nish colours, was pursuing a smuggling boat which,
dreading capture, was proceeding to the port of Gibral-
tar. The captain of the schooner, apprehending that the
boat would escape him, placed himself between the batte-
ries of the Europa Point and the smugglers, in order to
compel the latter to go out to sea, where he might cap-
ture them. When the English perceived the ma-
noeuvre, they fired a shot at the schooner. As the
captain fancied that it was meant to make him
loosen his flag, although he had already hoisted, he set
about lowering and raising it, thinking that it had not
been seen ; he also let out the royal flag on the fore-
mast, to show that the vessel belonged to the Royal
Navy, and that it was under the command of an officer
of that department ; but those demonstrations were use-
less, and the battery continued to fire on the Rayo, which
had abandoned the pursuit of the smuggler, and which
was awaiting the armed boat sent to board it. The lat-
ter returned, considering the impossibility of continuing
the pursuit. Captain Santiago, seeing that the firing
continued, steered from the land, but a shot unfortu-
nately struck the side of the vessel, which filled with
water in every direction ; and, despite every effort to
save her, sunk so rapidly that the crew had but time
enough to leap into the boats of a Portuguese vessel,
which saved and brought them to our port.
"I have just learnt that when the English perceived
that the schooner was sinking, they sent out some boats
in order to save the crew ; but Captain Santiago, trans-
ported with anger and indignation, and with the noble
pride of an offended Spaniard, declined the assistance,
declaring that, after the barbarous treatment the Eng-
lish had just inflicted on him, he preferred being drowned,
with his whole crew, to being indebted to them for his
life. That brave officer is in the deepest affliction."

The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid
Bourse of the 7th inst. at 27 7-16 for cash, and 27i
at 60 days ,• the Five per Cents., at 201 at 60 days.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday,
which were delayed beyond the usual hour of arrival
by the stormy weather in the Channel. They are
chiefly occupied with details of the proceedings at
Windsor Castle, and with leading articles on the
KING'S visit, but we find little new in them. The
writers in the Opposition journals are still exerting
themselves to stir up their countrymen against Eng-
land; and one of them, the Siecle, has seized upon a
fresh subject, the right of search, to excite the na-