The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-21 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1829.

The retirement or dismissal of M. DE LA
BOURDONNAYE from the French Ministry has
actually taken place, and his successor is ap-
pointed. The change turns out to be exactly as
we anticipated in The Sun of yesterday. This
morning we have received, by Express, the Paris
Papers of Thursday, and the Moniteur contains
two Royal Ordonnances, appointing the Baron de
MONTBEL, Minister of the Interior, in the room
of Count DE LA BOURDONNAYE, whose resig-
nation is accepted, and the Sieur GUERNON DE
RANVILLE, Secretary of Ecclesiastical Affairs
and Public Instruction. What effect these ap-
pointments may have upon the public cannot yet
be perceived, but if we may augur from the
temper of the liberal Jourr.als, the changes will

be productive of little popularity, and less
strength to the Government. One thing is how-'
ever clear, that the Prince DE POLIGNAC has found
it necessary to make this sacrifice to the liberal
party, the asperity of whose anger he may
so far soften, but cannot hope to appease. The
more inveterate of his opponents will only see
in this change the humiliation of weakness bow-
ing to necessity, while the moderate party will
acquire fresh courage, in the consideration that
it is a homage to their superior judgment and
discernment. When party spirit runs high, a
Minister who is either forced, or condescends, to
compromise, loses from that moment his moral
consequence as a political leader, and soon
realises the truth of that noble sentiment—

- whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half hie worth away.

But perhaps the Prince DE PoLIGNAc has only
sacrificed LA BOURDONNAYE to his private
resentment as an obnoxious rival, who almost
dared to beard him in the Council. If so, the
Prince will have acquired more security in the
Royal favour, but we doubt if his personal ac-
cession of power will render him less obnoxious
to those who have opposed him on the score of

The following are extracts :
(From the Moniteur of Thursday. )
OFFICIAL PART.
ORDONNANCES OF THE KING.

1. Baron de Nlontbel is appointed Minister of the In-
tenor, in the room of the Count de la Bourdonnaye, where

resignation is accepted.
Sieur Guernon de Ranville, Attorney-General in the
Royal Tribunal at Lyons, is appointed Secretary of State
for the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public
Instruction, in the room of M. de Montbel.
2. The Count de la Bottrdonnaye i■ appointed Minister
of State and Member of the Privy Conn la.
These two Ordonnancea are countersigned by Prince de
poligone. as President of the Council, and are dated the
18th of November.
_ _

(From the Journal des Debats.)
PARIS, NOV. 19,

M. de Montbel, Minister of the Interior ! That depart-
ment which is so difficult, which requires a consummate
man of business, and a man indefatigable in the tribune !
What will he do there ? Will he keep the place of M.
de Villele? But every thing that passes renders the re-
turn of M. de Villele more and more impossible.
M. Guernon de Ranville, independently of all other ob-
jections, is not a Deputy. He is besides remarkable for
his exaggeration. lie is another La Bourdonnaye, only
younger, and more unknown.
FRENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, Nov. 19.—Five per Cents.
108 f. 80c. 70c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. 10c. sc. 84f. Sc.
Bank Stock, 1,895 f. ; Naples Stock, 93f. 93f. 10c.
15c. 10c. lbe. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 801; Spanish
Rentes Perpetuelles Rentes d'Esp. 7 7i.—Ex-
change on Loudon, one month, 251. 75c. ; three months,
25f. 60c.

The Allgenzeine Zeitung of the 15th No-
vember contains the following rather remarkable
article, under the date of Constantinople. From
the known partiality of this paper for Russia,
we are strongly inclined to doubt the correctness
Lof the statements herein contained, the more

particularly as their tendency is so insidiously in
favour of Russia, and against the PORTE :
cONSTAIiTINOPLE, OCT. 14.

It is a strange circumstance that the Porte, which must
have been sufficiently convinced of its weakness by the late
unfortunate events, still gives itself the appearance of pos-
sessing means to direct to its advantage the negotiations
still pending at Adrianople, and to bring them to a happy
termination. The most distinguished persons are heard to
say, " Peace is indeed concluded, but the stipulations are
not yet carried into effect, and the several articles of the
Treaty, which are couched in general terms, must he
dearly explained before they can be formally executed, for
the Porte will not give itself up blindly, and with its hands
tied, to the arrangements of the Russian Commander." It
is certain that within these few days most important
things are passing ; that differences have arisen between
the Russian and Turkish Plenipotentiaries at Adrianople,
which exertions were making to arrange, and that the
Porte is endeavouring to gain time for the execution of the
stipulations. But it is quite enigmatical to what this con-
duct can lead, and with what new hopes the Sultan flat-
ters himself, . _

Is it the boastful language of the Pacha of Scutari, who
is said to have declared to General Diebitsch that he allows
him till the middle of October to leave Adrianople volun-
tarily, but that after the expiration of that time he will
take possession of the city by force, and drive the Russians
out of it; or is it the unexpected appearance of Admiral
Malcolm in the Sultan's camp, that has so infatuated both
him and his counsellors, that they think to evade the con-
ditions they have agreed to, by a certain interpretation and
delay in the execution of them?
The Reis Effendi, indeed, gives out that he has received
from the Sultan the strictest orders to fulfil punctually and
conscientiously the stipulations of the treaty of Adrianople,
and he also affirms that the Porte has repeatedly sent or-
ders to the Paeha of Scutari to remain quiet. But, ac-
cording to all that we see and hear, the Sultan seems not to
be serious in these assurances, and he will perhaps hold this
conciliatory language till the moment when he shall think
himself strong enough toavoid fulfilling his engagement. But
if the Porte cannot depend on foreign assistance (which is
not very probable), it may place itself, by such a desperate
game, in a much worse situation than it is in now. For
the interior of the empire is in a melancholy situation : all
the bonds of obedience seem to be dissolved, no Pacha
any longer obeys the Sultan's commands, every one takes
his own course, and the mass of the people is every where
in favour of the Russians. In Asia several Paellas have
latterly endeavoured to make common cause with the
enemy, and have implored the Russian Generals to secure
the perpetual possession of the conquered provinces. At
Shutnla, the Grand Vizier, it is said, refuses to give up the
seal of the empire, alleging that he has administered the
public affairs according to his conscience, that he cannot
be made responsible for misfortune, and that he foresees
nothing but danger to the general good if he should leave
his post at this moment. The Sultan is placed in no small
embarrassment by this declaration of the Grand Vizier;
for if he should appoint another while the present:one has in
his hands the attributes of his office a public scandal might
ensue, followed by the formal defection of a proscribed
Vizier and his adhetenta. In the conduct of the Ottoman
ministers too a degree of irresolution is visible, which
usually precedes a great political catastrophe, and becomes
every hour more and more evident that the Ottoman Em-
pire is rapidly approaching to its dissolution, whether the
arrangements respecting the terms of the Treaty are ended
quickly or not at all. Ilalil Pacha has not yet received
his passport to go to St. Petersburgh.
VIIITNA, Nov. 10.—Metalliques, 1021; Four per Cent.
do. 92i ; Bank Shares, 1,233.

The following are extracts from Hamburg
Papers of the 14th inst.:— _

VIENNA, Nov. 7.

Some persons affirm, that the Archduke Palatine has
presen ed to the Emperot a petition from the Hungarian
Nobles, for the greatest possible freedom of the navigation
of the Danube, to the river boundaries of Wallachia and
Moldavia, as those two principalities obtain by the
Treaty of Adrianople the guarantee of the freest
scope for their trade on the Danube, to its
mouth, the consequences of which are incalculable.
The boundless fertility of Hungary, and its extraordinary
abundance in all the productions of nature, may now for
the first time be turned to proper account. This noble
country, which has had two vintages and two har-
vests in one year, is known only through some scien-
tific works. A Picture of Hungary by a man
fully qualified, has now appeared, which will serve
to dispel many prejudices against Hungary, which
have taken deep root here. What might Hungary be to
us, if all that separates us were done away with.

New York Papers have been received to the
24th October, but they contain no news.

By referring to our columns of to-day, our
readers will find that the Rev. F. VA LPY, A.M.
has been appointed to the Head Mastership of
that noble public Institution, Reading School.
The same Journal states, that Mr. T. N. TAL-
FOURD, the barrister, a gentleman of considerable
legal and literary attainments, will, most probably,
in the event of Mr. Baron BOLLAND'S retire-
ment, be installed into the vacant Recordership
of Reading. Both these appointments—should
the latter, of which we have little doubt, take
place—speak highly for the discernment of the
Mayor and Corporation of that borough.

Since the termination of the war the necessity
of extending the markets for British commo-
dities has become every year more and more
urgent, and the anxiety of our merchants to en-
large the sphere of their commerce has been pro-
perly shared by the Government ; as is exem-
plified in the case of the young republics of
South America. Under such circumstances, it
appears extremely inconsistent that the exclusive
monopoly of the trade with China, a country
containing 200 millions of industrious and
wealthy inhabitants, should have remained so
long the property of the East India Company.
To shut out British enterprise from so large a
field, and from the advantages of the trade in an
article of so great consumption as tea, appears,
on the first view of the subject, not less impo-
litic thai unjust ; and a continuance of such a
system could only be defended on the ground of
the China trade flourishing in the hands of the
Company, and of the public being provided by
them with a more plentiful and cheaper supply
of tea than they could otherwise obtain.
It is worth while to inquire how far such a
defence could be made out. In the first place,
we find from the official returns, that in 1814
the declared value of the Company's exports to
China was 987,781/. ; that in 1827 they had
fallen to 493,815/., and that the average of the
five years, ending with 1827, was 682,1771., or
about one-third less than in 1814. During the
same period the exports from Great Britain to
India increased, by reason of the liberation of
the trade, neatly 200 per cent., the declared
value in 1814, the last year of the Company's
monopoly, being 1,571,2151. ; and in 1827
the thirteenth year of free intercourse, 4,707,7841.
The degree in which the exclusion of British
}hips from China, by the British law, is injuri-
ous to our productive industry, and the bene-
ficial results that would follow the permission to