The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1842.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, August 22.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN came into this city and
opened the Commissions on Saturday. There are
about 60 causes, which is a larger entry than usual
for Bristol. Business commenced this morning, when
15 or 16 undefended causes were rapidly disposed of.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR-
DENS. FIRE at the CASTLE of ST. ANGELO.

Visitors are respectfully informed that there will be no ces-
sation of the usual amusements in consequence of the Con-
flagration of las: night. and the Girandola will be exhibited
with even increased splendour to-morrow evening (Thursday).

character assumed by M. TIM M. The Goverrment
journals, and his own paper the Constitutionnel, de-
fend his change of politics on the ground of well-ma-
tured conviction, while the ultra-Liberal papers cha-
racterise it as a wilful and selfish desertion of his
party. The Constitutionnel thus refers to the matter :

M. Thiers has no idea of assuming power, and he is
far from thinking of it either for himself or his friends.
All who are acquainted with the present situation of
affairs will understand this declaration. M. Thiers
adopted his resolution from higher and deeper reasons ;
for he well remembered that in the year 1830, when the
question of the dynasty was agitated anew, he renewed
his choice in favour of the constitutional monarchy, and
rejected the counter-revolution and the republic. But
we expected these interpretations and calumnies from
the extreme parties ; for to ask them to recognise in M.
Thiers a defender faithful, devoted, and convinced of the
value. of the institutions of 1830—to expect the Legi-
timists to praise M. Thiers for having exerted his influ-
ence in consolidating the dynasty—or to think that the
Radicals would congratulate him for preserving the
minority of the young King from the dangers that
might threaten it, would be to demand from both parties
too much disinterestedness and self-denial. These bursts
of anger, these accusations and violence on the part of
the extreme parties, neither astonish nor irritate us. As
to the Deputies of the Dynastic Left, who are to be
reckoned among the 94 votes of Saturday's minority,
God forbid that we should be unjust towards them. We
believe them to be truly dynastic and constitutional.
We conjure them, therefore, to stop short on the de-
clivity down which the extreme parties desire to draw
them, and not to allow themselves to be guided by hos-
tile minorities, who require involuntary allies and pro-
tectors.

By far the greater number of the Deputies have already
left Paris. M. Thiers started on Monday evening for
Switzerland, Baden, and Prussia.

The following is the only intelligence of the slight-
est importance
The Moniteur of the 22d of August, has no official
part. The Chamber of Peers will meet to-day to receive
the Regency Bill, which was passed on Saturday, by the
Chamber of Deputies.
The Duke of Nemours will be twenty-eight years of
age on the 25th of October next.
The Count de Paris, who has become the heir-ap-
parent to the throne, will enter into his fifth year on the
25th of thiM month. His mother was twenty-eight years
of age, on the 24th of January last.—Le Constetutzonnet

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE RIVER PLATA. Mr.
Bellemare, delegate of the French of La Plata, has re-
ceived from Monte Video, news which he thinks it his
duty immediately to make known. The great and im-
minent dangers which threaten the French inhabitants
of that country, will doubtless excite, he says, the sym-
pathy of the country. Be hopes that the Chambers and
the Ministry will not remain indifferent to so many
sufferings.
" MONTE VIDEO. JUNE 7, 1842.—The army, or rather
the hordes of Row, are again advancing upon us. The
invasion of our republic by sea and land is imminent.
Our city has just been declared in a state of siege. Ali
able-bodied men, from the age of 40 to 50 years, are or-
dered to take arms, and immediate banishruent is decreed
against all those who shall evade this order, of which 1
send you an authentic copy.

" Poreigners are at-milli. The English merchants take
arms, and make their clerks do the same. They have
already 150 volunteers. This morning there were al-
ready 2,000 Frenchmen entered on the list.
Our new Consul, M. Pichon, has just received his
exequator; but the following is a fact of the highest im-
portance. The Government has just transmitted a note
to the Consular agents, to inform them that as soon as
the invading army shall touch the territory of the
republic, the Government will be obliged to destroy
without distinction, all the establishments in the country,*
in order to place a desert between the city and the enemy.

" These events will paralyse commerce, and render all
returns impossible.
" The danger is immense to us Frenchmen, and I as-
sure you that we regret the part which France is made
to act in this abominable work of destruction. May God
protect us."
M. Bellemare concludes his communication in the fol-
lowing terms :
" I must refrain from all comments, and especially from
all reproaches. I shall content myself with earnestly re-
peating the appeal which I lately made. to the Chambers
in favour of the population of La Plata."
We, who have no reason to keep silence, will remind
our readers that the treaty with Roses, from which these
consequences are derived, is one of the benefits of M.
Thiers.—Le Commerce, Aug. 22.
* The value of the property belonging to foreigners
which is threatened by this decree is immense.