The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

At the same meeting Mr. ELLMAN said•

" His own feeling was, that if they could retain
the present Corn-laws and Tariff, there was no-
thing to prevent them from going on well, pro-
vided they were fairly treated by their land-
lords, and were not frightened out of their
senses." It is only necessary for them to re-
cover their wits, and inspire the landlords with a
little virtue, to be a most successful race. They
declare they are no longer afraid. Nay, some of
them begin to invite competition ; and at one
meeting it was declared that England would yet
become an exporting country of agricultural, as
of manufacturing produce.
Wonderful, indeed, are the effects of the com-
petition to which the Tariff has exposed the
landed interest. The fall of prices has made
them think of what is likely to be their lot.
They must struggle to live, and they are encou-
raging one another to renewed exertions. They
are promising us improved breeds of cattle, great
systems of under-draining, a better mode of let-
ting land, new crops, better tillage, and to culti-
vate all England like the Lothians. If a little
competition have already had such a beneficial
influence, what would be the effect of extending
it? For our parts, we have long been of opinion,
and have more than once said, that were trade
free, England would export considerable quan-
tities of agricultural produce; but to dream of
becoming an exporting country while a law is
maintained to keep prices here higher than
abroad—to enhance the cost of agricultural pro-
duce—to raise rent and lower profit—is a most
absurd dream. Abolish the Corn-law, grow
corn cheap in England, and the skill of English
farmers will, we have no doubt, defy the world.

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furnishes an example which cannot fail to excite
the envy, and perhaps the fear, of the adjoining
States. He has been the most active agent in
forming the German Commercial League, which,
if we may judge from the enthusiasm it created
among many millionsspeaking the same languaae
will be followed by important political results,
and
raise up in time a powerful confederacy, able and
willing to defend their rights against all aggres.
sors. The merciful disposition he is known to
entertain towards Poland has not only increased
his authority in that country, but among his
own subjects, and all civilized States. This ge-
nerous and noble conduct has been followed by
a liberal line of policy within his own dominions,
in summoning yearly the States-Gemmel to
deliberate on questions submitted to them by
the KING'S Ministers. Though the questions
for discussion will be left to the
Government, and the decisions of the
Chambers may either be adopted or rejected
by the SOVEREIGN, it cannot be denied that he
has made a most important concession to public
opinion, arid commenced a system which may
lead at length to the fulfilment of all the pro-
mises made by his father. In fact these Provincial
States form at present, to a certain extent, a Parlia-
ment for determining what are the wants most ge-
nerally felt in the country, discussing subjects of
trade, commerce, and the general interests of the
different provinces; and, above all, for conveying
advice to the Executive on great admi.iistrative
questions. In the paternal speech addressed
to them by the KING, through his Mi-
nister, at the opening of the sessions on
the 19th, there is much to admire; and we re-
commend it to to the especial attention of our
Legislators, who pass laws only for certain class.

ber of horses from Tarsus, which were
conveyed by two frigates to Alexandria,
and were intended for the same destination. An
extraordinary robbery was committed at Alex-
andria on the 28th ult. The palace of OSMAN
PACII A, the Commander of the Viceroy's guards,
was entered by some thieves, who stole the
General's decoration, his sabre, and 10,000
piastres. The delinquents had not been disco-
vered. The French engineer MANGLL had re-
ported to the Viceroy that the plan of canalizing
the Nile was much more practicable than he at
first expected. It was the Paella's intention to
have sluices fixed at Rosetta and Damietta to
prevent the water of the sea flowing into the
Nile. A sluice was likewise intended to be
made at Atfe, where the canal of Malimoudieli
communicates with the Nile, by which means
boats might proceed from Alexandria to Cairo
directly. The French steamer Cameleon ar-
rived at Alexandria on the 4th inst., having on
board 109 pilgrims from Algeria on their way
to Mecca. This act of policy on the part of the
French Government had created a deep impres-
sion on the -Mussulmans of Alexandria. A new
bank had been formed at Alexandria, under the
title of ISMALUN, VALENSIN, and Co., with a ca-
pital of 65,000 dollars.
The Smyrna papers of the 9th inst. state, that
the Austrian frigate Venere, bearing Admiral
BANDEIRA'S flag, arrived at Smyrna, from Syria,
on the 4th inst., and the British corvette Ma-
gicienne returned to Vourla, from a short cruise
along the adjoining coast, on the Bth. M. CLE-
MENT BOULANGER, a French painter, who accom-
panied M. TEXIER in his exploration of the ruins
of Magnesia, died of an attack of brain fever on
the 28th ult. The English steamer Iberia, be-
longing to the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
touched at Smyrna on the 4th, coming from
Constantinople. She had on board a valuable
cargo, and no less than 260 cases of silk.
Advices from Athens of the 10th inst. an-
nounce the return of the KING and QUEEN on
the 9th, from a short tour through the Islands.
Rumours of a change in the Cabinet were afloat,

but were not considered well-founded. Two new
journals had made their appearance at Patras.
In their first number, they called upon the
KING to fulfil the promise he made on his ac-
cession to the throne, to give a Constitution to
Greece, and on the protecting Powers, but par-
ticularly England, to insist on the accomplish-
ment of a pledge which they had guaranteed.
The Iberia steamer reached Athens on the 6th,
and proceeded the same day on her voyage to
Malta.

Madrid papers and letters of the 17th and 18th
have been received. The Eco del Comercio of
the former date publishes a long reply to the
necrological article on DIEGO LEON, contained
in the Herald° of the 16th. It likewise expresses
deep sympathy for the fate of " that brave offi-
cer," but with this difference, that it considers
his condemnation perfectly legal, and then calls
on the vanquished of September to sacrifice their
rancour and resentment on the altar of the
country, and to rally round the throne of IsA-
BELLA II.—" a course which would more speed-
ily promote the reconciliation of all Spaniards
than angry and futile recriminations."
It appears that the Financial embarrassments
of the Captain-General of Catalonia become
greater every day, and that dispatches pour into
Madrid, requiring the Government to transmit
funds. Two Cabinet Councils have been held on
this grave affair, but they have produced no sa-
tisfactory result.
The Infant Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA and his
family were very popular in Saragossa. On the
14th a serenade was given to the Prince by the
chasseurs of the first battalion of militia, one of
whom sang verses to the tune of the Jota Ara-
gonesa, in which each stanza was concluded by
these words :—" Count upon our swords; should
any one attempt to sow disunion among us, come
to Saragossa, brave Intitnt of SPAIN."

On the 17th the Three per Cents. were done
at 21i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at
26k, 27, 2711 I, at 60 days. The debt bearing no
interest sold for 5 946, at 60 days; and on the
following day the Five per Cent.. were done at
26 7-16 fior cash, and 27 at 60 days.

The Paris papers contain little political news of

importance. The intended review of several re-
giments by the KING on Monday was put off, as
of the journals,
is alleged, on account of the bad weather ; a de-
greerarely displayed for soldiers, even in campaign.
On this subject the Presse makes the following
remarks :

Having, however, for some reason or other re-
called the order that the troops should hold themselves
in readiness to be reviewed, the King sent for the
corps of officers to the Tuileries, and received them in
the Salle des Marechaux. His Majesty, surrounded
by the Dukes de Nemours and Alontpensier, his aides-
de-camp, and several general officers, expressed his
regret that the unfavourable state of the weathershould
have deprived him of the pleasure of seeing the troops.
His Majesty then distributed, with his own hand, the
decorations granted to the different officers and sub-
officers of the 39th and 65th of the line, which regi-
ments are about to change their garrison, together
with some officers and non-commissioned officers of
the Municipal Guard and the gendarmerie de la Seine.
The King enjoys
and superior officers had the honour to dine with his
Majesty." most excellent health. The general

the Command-in-Chief of
The appointment of General JACQUE3IINOT to
the Paris National
Guard, is loudly condemned by the Opposition

ft, interests, without the slightest regard for the ge- !journals. The oaths were administered to him in
neral good of the great community. " Un- 1 the KING'S closet on Sunday in the usual form.
doubtedly," said the KING, " there will be ex- It would seem from a long article which the
pressed in this assembly various opinions, and, National publishes against the system of military
as occurs amongst men, they will be defended expeditionz pursued by General BUGEAUD in
forcibly; but thatvery factisnecessaryinorder that Algeria, that the French were beginning to tire
it may be well ascertained what is required of that expensive toy.
for the general good. But when contrary "We are far from demanding," says the National,
opinions, arising from the particular interests of "that France should abandon her conquests in the
each province, or from the different manner in north of Africa: but inasmuch as we appreciate its
which the subject is looked at, shall be arrayed
importance, we consider it the more necessary to point
against each other, let it always be considered a
out the situation of affairs there, and the expenses that
attend the occupation of Algeria under the present
brotherly competition, maintained with a view Government. With respect to the preservation of the
to the well-being of Prussia, which is in common troops employed there, the following fact will serve to
dear to all—let the friendly conflict always take illustrate the system :—There exist at the moment we
place with a conviction that you are assembled are writing 24,000 sick in the military hospitals of
Africa. General Bugeaud, in his last expedition
here as members of the same political body,
and the faithful subjects of the same King."
agstiin,s.ttbßen Salem, had great difficulty in collecting,
o
80,000 men under
his command, column
The prudence displayed by the KING in thus of 3,000 or 4,000 convalescent combatants, and even
preparing his people for a representative govern- to form this small force he was obliged to form one
ment, also deserves great praise, and forms a battalion of sappers, engineers, and artillerymen.
most remarkable contrast to that of some other - Within the last twelve years Africa has consumed
rulers, who make Constitutions in a few days, 70,000 of our troops, the least part of whom fell
and jump at once from despotism to the oppo-
under the balls of the Arabs : the remainder died
site extreme. If a similar plan had been under the influence of the burning sun, the frosty
adopted in Sicily, Naples, and other Italian
nights, and the pestilential marshes of Algeria.
States, the jealousy of the despotic Governments These are, we confess, enemies difficult to combat
but it would. have been certainly very possible to
of Austria and Russia would not have been have rendered their effects less fatal by adopting a
roused, and advances might have been made in more rational system of war. It may be said that
legislation and in general improvements, which the troops which incurred those chances in the moun-
could not fail to have the best effects on the con-
tains of the Atlas have at least acquired experience in
dition of the people. Every friend of liberty
the art of war, and so become an element of force for
and good government, therefore, must rejoice
France. No doubt good soldiers and excellent officers
are formed in Africa, but the following fact will
at the change which has taken place prove that the army, notwithstanding the kepys with
in Prussia, not on account of that king- which some regiments are adorned, is not much re-
dom only, but for its effects on the cruited by the warriors of Africa. Last year, out of
sovereigns and people of the surrounding 10,000 sick which left hospitals in Algeria, 2,000 only
States. If the system work well, it cannot
could rejoin their regiments. Those facts are not to
long be confined to one kingdom, but must ex-
be found in the bulletins destined to obtain the staff
of Field-Marshal or the epaulettes of General for the
tend to Austria and even Russia, carrying with favourites at the Tuileries ; but it is necessary that
it the blessings of civilization, and attaching the the French nation should be informed of these details,
people to their rulers by the most effective of all in order to know the value and the expense of the
bands—those of esteem, gratitude, and love. system pursued for the last 12 years."
The Paris papers publish the address of the
[ General on taking the command of the National
Guards, in which he expresses his regret at
Marshal GERARD'S retirement, and declares his
determination to follow in his fbotsteps, calling
. fur the co-operation of his comrades to support
. the glorious revolution of 1830, and reminding
, the citizen soldiers that he had requested Gene-
ral CARBONEL to act as chief of the Staff, as that
officer had been in the same situation under
General LAFAYETTE in 1830.
"It would appear," says the Revue de Paris," that
the political difficulties which have arisen between us
and England are not drawing to a close. We were
too hasty in thinking that England had definitively
given up all hope of our ratifying the treaty of 1841,
and in announcing that, the protocol being finally
closed, the other Powers had recognised that
France was no longer a party to the treaty.
Matters, however, are not so far advanced. Lord
Cowley, on his return from London a few days
ago, is said to have declared, in the name
of his Government, that the protocol was still con-
sidered open, and to have demanded if it were true
that the French Government intended to suffer the
Conventions of 1831 and 1833 to fall into disuse. The
warrants delivered by France to British cruisers, are
only available until February 1843. The English
Cabinet, it seems, cannot conceive that France
should refuse to execute the treaty of 1833: Thus
matters rest. Ministers seem well convinced that the
ratification of the treaty of 1841 is impossible, and
we are sure that they have no intention of ratifying,
it, but they have not yet considered themselves justi-
fied in making a categorical declaration respecting the
Conventions of 1831 and 1833."
The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 21st inst.
states that the fourteen Arabian horses sent as a
present to the KING of the FRENCH by the PACIIA
of EGYPT were landed from the. Nile steamer on
the preceding day. They are described as re-
markably fine horses, and as having suffered
very little by the passage.
The National states, that commercial failures
in Paris are increasing with alarming rapidity.
Within the first twenty days of the present
month, thirty-seven bankruptcies have been de-
clared by the Tribunal de Commerce.
The Administration of Customs had published
the returns of the imports into France during the
month of September last, from which it appears
that the quantity of colonial sugar imported
amounted to 10,80%167 kilogrammes; foreign
sugar to 3,023,008 ; coffee, 2,039,548 ; raw cotton,
4,181,573 ; olive oil, 3,802,243; wool, 2,257,000;
coal, 43,6
.98,539; cast iron, 1,801,916; copper,
1,115,680; indigo, 246,193; hempen and flaxen
thread, 289,055; linen, 234,753, &c.
It was reported on the Bourse on Tuesday that
12. ALTAROCHE, editor of the Charivari, had
been killed that morning in a duel with a Captain
on the Staff of the National Guard, who chal-
lenged him in consequence of an article in that
paper reflecting upon the choice of General
JACQUEMINOT for the command of the Paris
National Guard, but private accounts state that
the report is entirely without foundation.
The Moniteur contains a Royal ordinance,
authorising the Orleans Railroad Company to
raise a loan of 10,000,000 f. for the completion of
the works.

Private correspondence from Alexandria, dated

the oth inst., announces the return of the Egyp-
tian fleet to that port on the 29th ult., after a
cruise of 27 days. On the following day the Ad-
miral, SAID PACIIA, proceeded into Lower
Egypt to inspect his villages there. IBRAHIM
PACHA had previously gone in the same direc-
tion, but MEHEMET ALI remained at Alexandria
to celebrate the month of the Ramazan, a period
of fasting and prayer. The Pacha had disposed
of 10,000 ardebs of wheat, and a like quantity of
beans, to M. ROSETTI. The disease amongst the
oxen had caused dreadful losses, 84,000 of those
animals having perished throughout Egypt.
The Pacha had in consequence been obliged to
send three regiments of artillery, with their
horses, to his farms, in order to assist in tilling
the ground. He had likewise imported a num-

BOURSE—PARIS, TCESDAY, OCTOBER 25.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 118 80... 118 80... 118 70... 1,18 70
41, per Cents. 106 60... 106 60... 106 60... 106 60
Four per Cents. 101 25... 101 '25 .. 101 25... 101 25
3 per Cents 80 5... 80 10... 80 ... 80 5
Bank of France 3270 ...3275 ...3270 .. 3275
Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 ...10a5 —.1055
5,000 f 5085 —.5085 —.5080 ...5060
Belgian Fives lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103
1840 lo4* ... 104* ... 104* ... 104*
Portuguese Fives 321 ... 321 ... 824 ... 324
Neapolitan... lOB 45... 108 45... 108 45... 108 45
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES
Versailles, R. 13 ...... 265 ... 265 ... 260 ... 260
L.B lO5 ... 105 ... 95 96 25
Rouen
Orleans. 585 ... 585 ... 58.5 ... 585
Strasburg to Bale 207 56,.. 207 50... 207 50... 207 b 0

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town
yesterday morning from a visit to her Majesty at
Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet left town
in the afternoon for his seat in Staffordshire, to
receive her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
who is expected to honour Sir Robert and Lady Peel
with a visit at Drayton Manor.

INDISPOSITION OF VISCOUNT MELBOURNE.-011
Wednesday letters were received at the Reform Club,
from Brocket Hall, Hefts, from which we learn that the
Noble Viscount had nearly recovered from his indis-
position. We understand it was on Sunday morning
when his Lordship was attacked by symptoms which
caused considerable alarm to Lord and Lady Beau-
vale, who were staying with Viscount Melbourne at
the time, and an express was immediately dispatched
to Viscountess Palmerston, the Noble Viscount's sis-
ter, to apprise her of his Lordship's illness. The
messenger arrived at Viscount Palmerston's mansion,
on Carlton-terrace, late on Sunday afternoon, and
both Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston being in
town, they instantly departed for Brocket. Dr. Hol-
land, the Noble Viscount's medical attendant, was
also sent for, and likewise waited upon his Lordship
with the least possible delay. On Monday his Lord-
ship was exceedingly unwell, but has since continued
to improve, and we are happy to hear is now fast ap-
proaching a state of convalescence. Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston and Lord and Lady Beauvale
are still staying at Brocket.

HEALTH OF LORD MELBOURNE.--Last night, on
an inquiry at the house of the Noble Lord, in South-
street, Grosvenor-square, the following bulletin was
obtained of the improved state of health of his Lordship :
" His Lordship has passed a very favourable night,
and is doing as well as can be expected under the
late severe attack." Several carriages belonging to
noble individuals were in the neighbourhood, and for
several hours previous a great many families had left
their cards at the town residence of the Noble Viscount. ,

THE LATE MARQUIS WRLLESLEY.—The attach-
went of Lord Wellesley to Eton was of so ardent a
nature, that, when in the course of conversation it
was suggested that a public funeral in Westminster
Abbey should crown a life spent, as his had been, in
the service of his country, he expressed a decided pre-
ference to have his remains placed in Eton College
Chapel. Shortly afterwards he wrote the following
lines :—" Lord Wellesley wishes to be interred in the
chapel of Eton College, with the following lines en-
graved on his tomb :
" Fortune; rerumque vagis exercitus undis
In gremium redeo serus, Etona, tuum :
Magna sequi, et summm mirari culmina fame,
Et purum antiqur lucis adire jubar,
Auspice te, didici Puer, atque in limine vita
Ingenuas verse laudis amare vias.
Si qua meum vitae decursu gloria nomen
Auxerit, aut si quis nobilitaret honos,
Muneris, Alma, tui est : altrix da terra sepulerum,
Supremam lacrymam da 1 memoremque mei 1
" Kingston House, Jan. 5, 1842. 14 w.,,
What periodical paper has the greatest circulation ?
—The income-tax paper.--,Punch.