The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Messager des Chambres.)
" They write from Paris," says the Precurseur
de Lynn," that M. Simonet, chief of the Bureau of
the Mayoralty, and charged with the formation of
the electoral lists, is now at Paris. It is presumed
that a clerk from each of the principal mayoralties
has also been ordered to Paris."

(From the Globe of Wednesday.)

THE BRITANNY ASSOCIATION, AND THE REFUSAL

TO PAY TILE TAXES.

Ever since the accession of the present Ministry,
all France has said " they are ominous men, a►►d
can have an other than detestable projects." Their
writers talk of nothing but of a power superior to
the Charter--of a constituent power vested in the
bands of the King. They affect to despise Parlia-
mentary majorities, and think that decisions by
ballot are very humorous and ridiculous things._
Not content with this, they invoke arbitrary power
as a supreme law of safety. Behind these turbulent
words a still more violent party is concealed, supported
by armed congregations and insurgents, disciplined
and organized by M. de la Boessiere. What does
this presage, if not a war against the Charter ?
How can we resist and defend it ? If they should
lay their hands upon it—if, by means of sophistry,
they should do away with the electHral law by or-
dinance, and prOcure, by the same violent measures
as in 1815, an illegal and revolutionary Chamber,
what means of safety will remain to us ? Must
we have recourse to force and to insurrection, and
risk at once our peace and the throne, the public
wealth and the dynasty ? Shall we be again
doomed to witness the times when, like the Italians,
we may be doomed to hide ourselves among the
Carbonari, to seduce the troops from their alle-
giance, to set on foot intrigues, and to seek for a
Pretender who may serve us and combat for us ?
This is the game which our enemies would like to
see us play, for they would have plenty of pretences
to deprive us of our heads. But would that
course be fitting for a wise and enlighted na-
tion ? Does that charter, in which power has an
interest, and for which we have suffered so much
without a murmur, and adopted as a treaty after
five-and-twenty years of combat, between absolute
royalty arid popular sovereignty, contain no efficaci-
ous guarantee for liberty and order ? The King
gave it to us, arid he appeared to wish for its con-
tinuance, as well as for the perpetuity of his family;
and is there no clause in it to prevent civil war,
which is the destruction of thrones and nations ? If
lie has reserved to royalty its legal remedy against
rebel or ill-inspired Chambers, has he not also as-
sured to the people their right of pacific and or-
ganized defence against ignorant or guilty Mini-
sters? '1 his is what eve.y one wishes, and with a
single voice, from one end of France to the other,
tl►e reply is, "We have the vote of the taxes." If
the Chamber is not dissolved, it will reject the
budget, and we will not pay ; and if it is replaced •
by an illegal Chamber, or if the Ministry is hardy
enough to govern without a Chamber, this will not
force us to pay ; and if they go beyond that,—God
knows the rest.

Lvery body reiisons in this way ; and Brittany,

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE,

STRAND.

THIS EVENING will be acted, the Romantic Drama, called

THE SERGEANT'S WIFE.

Old Cartouch, Mr. Bartley Frederick Cartouch, Mr. Thorne ;
Robin, Mr. Keeley; Gaspard, Mr. 0. Smith.
Lisette, Miss Kelly; Margot, Mrs. Keeley.
To which will be added

THE QUARTETTE; OR, INTERRUPTED HARMONY,
Ernest, Mr. Wrench; Major Belcour, Mr. G. Penson.
Madame de Luceval, Miss Betts; Justine, Mrs. Keeley.

After which,
LYING MADE EASY.
Mr. Swallow, Mr. Bartley • Henry Swallow, Mr. Thorne ;
Flam, Mr. Wrench.
Mrs. Swallow, Miss Gray ; Sophia, Miss Cawse.
To conclude with

THE 4IIDDLE TEMPLE ; OR, .g WHICH IS MY SON?"
Briefless, Mr. Wrench ; Brutus Hairbrain, Mr. Keeley.
Julia Miss H. Cawse ; Penelope, Mrs. Keeley.

Monday (first time this season), The Noyades, with Sold for a
Song, and The Spring Lock.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1829.

The Chronicle of this morning has the fol-
!owing paragraph upon the affairs of the East :

" The last dispatches from Sir R. GORDON,
our Ambassador at Constantinople, are consi-
dered as of so pacific a tendency that it is sup-
posed probable, in the higher departments of the
Government offices, that an account of the sig-
nature of the preliminaries for a general pacifica-
tion in the East may be hourly expected.
" The same dispatches contain an official en-
closure of much importance, and of a very unusual
description—namely, either the original or an
I authentic copy (we are led to believe the former)
of a State Paper, transmitted by the Baron
MUFFLING, the Prussian Special Envoy, to the
REIS EFFENDI, and handed over by the latter
Minister to Sir R. GORDON. In this document
the Baron M UFFLING guarantees, with the whole
strength of the Prussian Monarchy, and in the
. most solemn and unequivocal form, the integrity
of the Ottoman Empire, upon the condition of

negotiations being immediately and boni fide
entered into by the PORTE, on the basis pre-
viously agreed upon by the Three Great Powers.
" The departure of Baron MUFFLING is con-
sidered in the Government circles a conclusive
proof that he had succeeded in his object, as,
in case of failure, his instructions commanded
him to remain at his post to the last extremity.
The Baron had been for some time previous to
his departure in direct and active communication
with the Russian Commander-in-Chief, the Count
DIEBITSCH, his intimate personal friend.
" Upon the whole the despatches are of a
tendency most decidedly pacific, and are so con-
sidered."

The above might settle the war in the opinion
of our contemporary, and many of his credulous
readers, when backed by the opinion of gentle-
men "in the higher departments of the Go-
vernment offices," but we apprehend that they
only speak their wishes, not their belief. Baron
MUFFLING may be a very great man in his own
estimation, as well as in that of the Grand SUL-
TAN, when backed by the whole strength of the
Prussian Monarchy, but we think that General
DIEBITSCH will come to a different conclusion,
backed as he is by a victorious army, and acting
upon the secret orders of his Imperial Master.
Baron MUFFLING'S mission seems to have
originated in the visit of the Emperor NICHOLAS
to Berlin long before the siege of Silistria, and
long, very long, before the conclusive battle of
Paravadi. Therefore, we are apt to suppose
that the EMPEROR'S views must have changed
with his fortune, so that the mission of the Baron
will be in a great measure dependent on the
altered tone of purpose manifested by the
EMPEROR in consequence of the altered cir-
cumstances of the war. The Baron is said

to have been in constant communication with
General DIEBITSCH. Why ?—lf there was no
change of purpose in the mind of the Emperor
NICHOLAS, why should there be any comm_
nication to stay the march of his General ? The
thing is barely possible, but not probable. We
think, judging by the course of events, that
DIEBITSCII will not stop short of Constan-
tinople—but we may be mistaken.

The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 11th
inst. contains some paragraphs of a commercial
nature which may prove interesting to our readers.
There has been a riot among the students of the
University of Giessen, in consequence of some
misunderstanding with the citizens. Twenty
students have been expelled the University :

COLOGNE, SEPT. JO.

For the first time for these 250 years we to-day
see the English flag flying in our port. The English
schooner, commanded by Captain Milne, which
sailed from London on the 19th of last month, by
way of trial, having been detained, according to
some, by contrary winds, or, as others say, by being
delayed in the Waal, arrived Isere yesterday evening,
and orders were immediately given to land her
cargo. A house here also received to-day letters an-
nouncing the arrival of a ship which was to leave
Liverpool in a few days with a cargo, direct from our
port.
ERBACH IN THE ItHINGAU, SEPT!... 9.

On the 3d of this month died M. Graseir, Coun-
sellor, in the service of the Duke of Nassau, in the
92d year of his age. He was a remarkable instance
of length of service as well as life. The reigning
Duke of Nassau was the seventh sovereign of Nassau
whom he had served with unabated fidelity during
a period of 56 years. He has left a widow, 80
years of age, with whom he lived in perfect happi-
ness for 61 years.

MAYENCE, SEPT. 4.

The Prussian Plenipotentiary will not arrive here
to take part in the negociations respecting the free
navigation of the Rhine, till the Commissioners of
the other states shall have their instructions on the
scheme of a definitive arrangement proposed by
Prussia. This plan seems to be extremely well
adapted to the interests of the merchants; for, as
we hear, the Chamber of Commerce here has made
no objection to it, except to wish that in the mani-
fests of the ship's cargo the names of the consignor
and consignee may be omitted.
DARMSTADT, AUG! 31.

In consequence of some insults offered by the
citizens of Giessen to students of the University,
for which the latter did not receive satisfaction so
promptly as they ought, part of them left Giessen,
but came back in twenty-four hours, and broke the
windows of the offending party. In consequence
of this several students, it seems, were sent home
to their families, and this induced others to post up
in many parts of the town, in the night of the 24th
August, a notice drawn up in offensive terms, de-
claring the University of Giessen proscribed for
foreigners for an unlimited time. On this occasion
nanny persons have expressed themselves more un-
favourably than usual, respecting the existing regu-
lations for the discipline of the University, arid fear
that the foreigners will leave it. _

NCREMBURG, SEPT. I I.
In consequence of the late occurrence at Giessen,
about twenty students, some of them sons of per-
sons high in office, have been banished or received
the consilizon abcundi.

Letters from Frankfort of the 10th inst. state
that the Elector of HESSE was about to give a
Constitution to his subjects.

A Tobago Gazette furnishes us with the fol-
lowing Address of his Excellency the Governor,
on the meeting of the Houses of Legislature,
on the 17th July
Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Assem-
bly—ln making known to you that I have re-
ceived the official notification of the appointment
of Mr. Serjeant Rough to be the Chief Justice
of this Island, it only remains for you to fix a
salary upon that Gentleman conformable to his
high station and responsible duties. The op-
portune setting in of the late abundant rains—
the almost total absence of crime—and the ge-
neral state of health which has happily prevailed
throughout the Colony, are blessings which it
has for some time past peculiarly enjoyed; and
I have to offer my best wishes that the most
favourable results may be found: to arise from
them."

To this the House of Assembly made the
following reply :
" The very ample discussion, and the mature

consideration, which the Bills for the ameliora-
tion of the condition of the Slave population,
Ind for the improvement of the administration
of the criminal justice of the country, underwent
during the last Session, when they were not
pressed to a conclusion, will very materially
diminish our labours, when our attention again
reverts to the interesting topics which form the
subjects of those Bills ; and we trust that the
important benefits which they are intended to
secure to a class of pers'ais, whose cause has
lately been advocated by philanthropy, and the
general advantage to the community, which the
other enactments contained in those Bills are
calculated to impart, will secure to them your
Excellency's ready and cheerful concurrence on
behalf of his Majesty."

Letters from Rio Janeiro state that the Coffee
crop was reported to be more than an average
one. Sonic very superior samples had been ex-
hibited, and a decline in the price of this article
was anticipated.