The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

wh!ch - will ----require -the - serious—consideration
of her MAJESTY'S advisers. They have re-
sisted. the' law, they threaten still to resist it, and
while they remain impenitent and disobedient, we
cannot see how they can be admitted into the pre-
sence of the First Magistrate, the especial guardian
of the law. Any. ceremony of the kind would be an
insult to her MAJESTY and an encouragement to evil
doers, and we therefore confidently trust, when they
wait on Sir JAMES GRAHAM, that he will bow them
civilly out, and decline under present circumstances
any address from a body so dangerous to the peace of
the community.

The dearth of important political news in the.
French journals continues. Instead of proceeding to
Switzerland and Prussia, M. THEIRS left Paris on
Wednesday for Boulogne to examine the site of the
Camp of NAPOLEON. The ex-Minister is engaged
in writing his History of the Empire, which is to form
ten volumes of a continuation of his History of the
French Revolution. As M. THEIRS, when Minister
for Foreign Affairs, had ready access to a number of
important State papers never yet communicated
_to
the public, his new work will possess European in-
terest, provided that he only employ the most ordi-
nary industry, and honesty in the use of his materials.
The French journals are still occupied with M.
THIERS' speech and vote upoh the Regency question.
It is clear that his friends do not know what to think
about him. He has supplied them with no clue to
his proceedings. For our own part, we believe that
M. Thrums has made his own terms with the KING.
At present he is not prepared to take office, as he
wants to finish his History, which is already pur-
chased, but that he will have accomplished at the
meeting of the Chambers in January. In the interim
Many difficulties to his resumption of office will be
quietly removed. In the fortifications of Paris he
will find abundant grounds for abandoning his war-
like policy ; for what nation can be supposed fool-
hardy enough to provoke a hostile collision with an
empire, whose capital is kept in order by the constant
sight of the muzzles of 2,000 pieces of cannon ?

The Duke DE NEMOURS, who was so unpopular
during the lifetime of his brother the late Duke of
ORLEANS, is quite a favourite with the people of Stras-
burg, where his Royal Highness is at present.
Nothing so improves the temper, and so mollifies the
speech, as the being a candidate for regal honours.

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The accounts from Strasburg concur in describing
the reception of his Royal Highness the Duke de
Nemours as most enthusiastic, and in stating that his
unassuming demeanour dignified deeanohr produced the most
favourableimpression upon all classes. A supplement
of the Alsace of the 22d instant states that a telegraphic
despatch, announcing the passing of the Regency Bill
by the Chamber of Deputies, was communicated to his
Royal Highness whilst he was dining with the autho-
ri:ties. " The young Prince," says the Alsace, "re-
cOived the news with modest dignity and affecting
simplicity. He said—' If my dearest wishes should
be accomplished, France will not have occasion
for a Regent. But if God should one day
call upon me to assume that difficult post, I
wiil neglect nothing to show myself worthy of the con-
fidence of the country, and of the duties which are im
posed upon me by the vote of the Chamber." A letter
from Strasburg of the 21st, in the Debais, gives the
following as the reply of the Prince to a General Officer,
who had spoken to him of the new position in which the
death of the Duke of Orleans has placed him. " My.
dear General, I can never hop to replace my poor bro-
ther, who was so superior to me in all things ; but I will
do my best. Every one has qualities peculiar to himself,
and it will be by acting according to my own character,
and to what Heaven wills that I should be, that I will
endeavour to fulfil what is expected from me. It is al-
ready much to have right feelings, and the desire to do
good. This is what will always be found in me."
M. Casimir Perier, Charge d'Affaires of France at the
Court of St. Petersburgh, arrived at Havre on Monday
from that city, in the Amsterdam steamer.
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24.
First Highest Lowest Last
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French 5 per Cents 119 60... 119 65... 119 55... 119 65
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Bank of France 3250 -.3250 ...3250 .. 3250
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Passive
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Roman
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Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. 86
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National Society . .. •
Exchange on London (short)
-Brussels Papers, Aug 14.
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Austrian 5 per Cents.
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Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 21.

THE LORD MAYOR'S DISAPPOINTMENT.—The
Lord Mayor, laudably desirous of ensuring the
Queen's safety during her voyage down the Thames,
on her way to Scotland, made her an offer, the other
day, through the Home Secretary, of his august pro-
tection, as " Conservator of the River," which offer her
Majesty has been most graciously pleased to decline.
We are not surprised at this, for there really is not the
slightest occasion for the services of that formidable flo-
tilla, the City State barges. Are not the veteran warriors
of Tilbury Fort, ready at hand to protect her Ma-
jesty, in case of the Royal yacht being unexpectedly
attacked by an anonymous enemy ? Are not the
Mayor and Corporation of Gravesend loyal to the
back-bone, and would they not, in the event of
danger, turn the bathing-machines into floating-bat-
teries ; arm all the Specials ; and lay in an extra stock
of parish-beadles ? We grant that the heroic crews of
the City barges, with the Lord Mayor as Commodore,
would be of wonderful assistance to the Royal yacht—
should it by any chance come into collision with a
Thames pirate squadron, lying concealed, perhaps,
among the bull-rushes on the Essex shore ; but we do
not anticipate any such calamity ; and are of opinion,
that his Lordship's offer of protection, as " Conservator
of the River," however, well meant, was perfectly
superfluous, and was, therefore, wisely declined by her
Majesty. Meantime, we feel we cannot too highly
applaud the Lord Mayor's amiable solicitude
for the Royal safety. One mighty Poten-
tate is naturally interested in the welfare of
another ; and his Lordship well knew that if the
Queen had been escorted down the Thames. by th 6
State barges, with his. broad pennant as Commodore
flying at the stern, just two yards off his dining-
room, she might have defied all obstruction and
danger during the fresh-water portion of her voyage,
no matter how terrific an aspect they might have as-
sumed; for the City barges, manned by their hardy
and intrepid crew of Aldermen, would have swept the
river as triumphantly as ever Nelson swept the
Channel !

THE LATE DOCTOR MAGINN.—We regret to learn
that this eminent scholar and consistent politician has
left his widow and children in a state of great pecu-
niary embarrassment. Under. these circumstances,
we trust that the Tory party will see the propriety of
coming forward, and making some provision for his
family, if only to testify that they are not without
feelings of common gratitude towards a man whose
pen was ever at their service, and who exhibited more
zeal, ability, and perseverance as a partizan, than al-
most any Tory writer of the day. By his contribu-
tions to Blackwood's and Fraser's Magazines, to the
Quarterly Review, to the Standard, and several other
party periodicals, Doctor Maginn proved himself a
" tower of strength" to the Tories ; and boldly stood
by them, through evil and through good report, cheer-
ing them in the days of their despondency, when
even the most sanguine of the squad, alarmed by the
general enthusiasm for Reform, began to entertain se-
rious doubts whether they would ever again be able to
muster a hundred votes in Parliament. For our own
part, while we repudiate Doctor Maginn's political
views, we cannot but respect the manliness and
consistency with which he supported them. As
a literary man, he is not less deserving of ad-
miration. He was a ripe and ready scholar,
a good linguist, endowed with a vivid and pro-
lific fancy, and full toll overflowing of that riotous,
mercurial, extravagant humour, which we admire so
much in Rabelais. At times, he could be sternly—
bitterly sarcastic ; no man more so ; but generally
speaking, the leading quality of his humour was bon-
hommie. A more invincibly good-natured wag than
Sir Morgan O'Doherty, never set the multitudinous
readers of Blackwood grinning from ear to ear. In
his private capacity, .the Doctor was social, warm-