The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER-7, 1842.

f art!elr, appeared in the ?!
paper of the 28th, ult.
_ _

"The journals of Madrid; as well as some foreign
Newspapers; have been occupied for some days ba.cl: in
remarking upon-the state of our relations with the
neighbouring kingdom of Portugal. Groundingtheir
calculations upon premises which explain themselves,
the writers in these papers have proceeded to assert,
that there was a complete misunderstanding between
the Governments of the two countries, which might
lead to actual hostilities. - So far from this being the
case, Ve can affirm, without fear of contradiction, that
the Spanish and ortuguese Governments are in that
state Of harmonious relation which the proximity
of the two countries requires ; that neither upon
one side nor upon the other is there the slightest
inotiVe of discord; nor any symptoms whatever
that could give cause for the belief ot, this harmony
being interrupted. The Spanish
_forces which ap-
proached the frOntierhad no other object in view than
the active persecution of .the bandits in that quarter,
and which gave much alarm to the inhabitants; and
at present
.these forces have 'other object in view
than the prevention of smuggling carried on there to
a.large extent. We repeat, therefore, with confidence,
that between the two Governments. there reigns the
most complete harmony."
" The well known, end for some years the principal
newspaper in Spain, the Eco del Comercio, has passed
into new hands. The proprietor, M. Paz Garcia, and
the chief editors, MM. Miguel Ayllon and Fuente
Andres, took.leave:of their readers and subscribers in
an article published in that paper of the 27th ult."

We cannot put our Gallic Contemporaries in good
humour with us. The war organs appear now as
much displeased to hear that an English and French
fleet are amicably cruising off the coast of Syria as
they were two years ago at the friendly junction of
the British and Russian squadrons. • Nothing will do
for them but to.obtain satisfaction for the past, and se-
curity for the future. Satisfaction is not the most
amicable word in the vocabulary of Joni.;
BULL ; and the offer of sccurity for the fu-
ture would imply an admission of weakness on
the part of France anything but flattering to the
vanity of our neighbours across the Channel. The
Courrier Francais contends that a state of isolation
is not irksome to France, and that she ought to be in
no hurry to make up matters with her quondam be-
trothed JOHN BULL, who deserted her for the caresses
of the Northern Bear. The French Ambassador at
Cobstantinople has told the world quite a different
story. Without the concurrence of England he found it
impossible to promise any protection to the Catholic
inhabitants of Syria. As very few of the Christian
population of the Lebanon are Greeks, Russia refused
to unite with France in any plan for obtaining pro-
tection for them from the Porte. The EMPEROR
saw, doubtless, that it would appear as ridiculous as
inconsistent and unjust, to 'persecute the Roman Ca-
tholics in Poland, and to protect them in Syria.
United, the moral power of England and France in
Syria, is felt to be greater than the physical power of
France if maintaining a policy of isolation.

For the first time we find it announced in one of
the French Journals, that the Duchess of ORLEANS
had been- very ill, but that she is now better. Pri-
vate letters before stated that she was so ill that the
departure of the Royal Family for Eu was postponed
for some days in consequence, but the Press pre-
served a rigid silence upon the subject. Not a
word is said as to her feelings with respect
to the settlement of the Regency question. That
she might have been led to think of
,her own ap-
pointment as Regent is hardly possible, seeing the
suddenness with which the KING adopted his resolu-
tion ; and the probability had crossed the mind of
the late Duke a ORLEANS, who endeavoured to pro-
vide against it; probably from reflecting that a
Princess openly professing the Protestant religion
could not safely be left to sway the destinies of the
French nation ; for, since her marriage with the late
Duke, the Duchess of ORLEANS has manifested no
disposition to Conform to the forms of the Church of
Rome.

The Berlin correspondents of the Paris journals
allude to the numerous reports still afloat of the dis-
covery of a conspiracy in Russia, for the purpose of
murdering the EMPEROR. For the purpose, no doubt,
of showing that their Majesties of RUSSIA and PRUSSIA
are on the best terms, measures have been adopted
for increasing the commercial intercourse between
them, as will be seen by a reference to our Foreign
Summary.

" It appears (says a Journal) that since the death of
her husband the Princess Helen is kept in a sort of
seclusion. Too much contact between the Princess
and political characters, is not desired, either at
Neuilly or Eu. Princess Helen i 3 not seriously ill,
but has been much indisposed for some months. Her
constitution was already very weak before her mar-
riage, and the Princess-has long suffered from a com-
plaint, which obliges her to observe a very strict
regimen. It was for this disorder that Princess
Helen went to Plombieres for the benefit of the waters,
from which she expected much relief. Since the
sudden death of her husband, the most melancholy
sensations have constantly agitated her, and must have
had an influence on her preceding disorder.
We are assured that Princess Helen feela her-
self excessively isolated at the Court of Louis
Philip, and that the presence of the Dowager Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg, and the education of her
children are her only consolation for so many dis-
pelled illusions and concentrated affections."
We find the following in the Ministerial journals :
" Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans,
who has been indisposed for some days, is much
better. _ _ .

" The health of the Count de Paris, the Prince
Royal, continues tole excellent.
The apartments in the Pavillon de Flere, in the
Tuileries, are preparing for the winter, for the
Duchess of Orleans, and the Princes, her sons. It
is known that her Royal Highness will not again re-
side in the Pavillen Marsan, where sad recollections
would continually revive her grief."—Commerce.

DEATH or Mas. SOTER.—We deeply regret to an-
nounce the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Soyer,
the wife of Mr. Soyer, of the Reform Club, and one of
the most distinguished female artists of the day-., Mr.
Soyer had accompanied the Duke of Saxe Coburg-
Gotha to Belgi um for a few days, and was unfortunately
absent. when his wife, who was near her confinement,
was prematurely seized with the pains of child-birth,
and expired in a few hours. Her style of paint-
ing was greatly admired by the best judges
of art ; and her country has lost her at the
moment,it was beginning to appreciate the origina-
lity of her genius. Some of her pictures were highly
prized by the King and Queen of the Belgians, and
the other members of the Saxe Coburg family, when
in this country. Though only in the thirty-second
year of her age, Mrs. Soyer has left behind her
upwards of five hundred paintings—enough surely to
sanctify her memory. Her funeral will take place to-
morrow at Kensall-green Cemetery.

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pOrtErGIV.

Our. French French:news- continues- to be of an
uninteresting nature. From . article in the
Currier Francais we gather that the war-party does
not approve of the appearance of the English and
French
_squadrons otr the coasts of Syria. " The
Syrian expedition," says M. Odilon Barrot's organ,
," is a concession to England, and an act of hostility
against Russia, and in this double point of view we
regard it as a blunder. The coalition of France and
England against Russia had some value before the
scandalous treason of the 15th of July. England
made use of Russia against France in
.1849, and she
now wants to make use of France against Russia in
1842. W e will not subscribe to thin arrangement, fOr
our isolation is not an impediment, and we prefer to
remain alone, rather than return to a concert vhere
the first part is not left to us."
The Constitutionnel calls upon the French Govern-
ment to settle the Portendic question one way or the
other. An inquiry ought to be instituted. If the
English," it says, " are right in their demands for an
indemnity, the amount ought to be fixed according to
the real value of the ships seized and their cArgoes,
and not according to the profits which might have
been made by the shippers. The indemnity was due
only to the ships captured before the notification of
the blockade, but none is due to those seized after this
notification. An inquiry would put a stop to the
English abuse on this subject."
'The Journal des Debats states that M. Guizot me-
ditates a journey to Geneva, wherta he expects to meet
by chance the king of Prussia, who is to arrive at
Neufchatel on the 23d inst. • •

The Court of Cassation annulled, on the 3d inst.,
.the decision of the Royal Court of Paris, which con-
demned the editors of The Temps to 20,000 francs
fine, for an informality in the publication of that
Journal.

The Madrid Gazette of the 28th ult. publishes a
notice of the Director-General -of-the Treasury, ad-
vertising for proposals-for a loan of 40,000,000 reals,
to be reimbursed from the proceeds of the quicksilver
mines of Almaden. The bidders are iriVitecl to send
in their proposals within thirty days, those 40,000,000
to be payable in specie and by monthly instalments,
the first of which within the eight days following the
otsignaturen tlh Treasury
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Treasury,
be payable out of the first proceeds of the quicksilver
mines, immediately after the 16,500,000 reels still due
thereon shall have been discharged.
We have received Lisbon news to the 29th ult.,
brought by the Montrose steamer. The budget of
ways and means, and firia.ncial propOsals of Baron
Tojal, empowering the Government to issue bills on
the decima and assessed taxes, were before the Cham-
ber, and had been disputed with such obstinacy that
it was thought it would bring about a Ministerial
crisis. - The first article had, however, passed by a
majority of three to one. The estimates for the year
showed a deficit of 1,500 contos.
The affair of the slaver Gloria, which entered under
the Portuguese flag, and had, since. it was injudiciously
given up by the Portuguese Government, got Spanish
Papers and hoisted the Spanish flag—seems likely to
be a serious cause of quarrel between Spain and Por-
tugal. The proofs the Portuguese Government have
obtained of the illegal character and designs of this
vessel, and the defective grounds on. which she was
given up, have led them to issue a " Portaria,"
claratory of their intention of resumina. possession ;
but the owner threatened resistance, and hoisted his
flag, and the Spanish Minister menaced war if vio-
lence were used or the flag insulted. •
Letters from Berlin of the 28th ult. mention that
the King and Queen of Prussia would net he back in
their capital before the ISt of October. The marriage
of the Prince Royal of Bavaria with the Princess
Mary of Prussia is to be celebrated on the 4th October.
The Russian Finance Minister has issued an ukase,
amounting to a reciprocity navigation treaty between
Prussian and Russian shipping, Prussian vessels to
enjoy in Russian and Finnish ports the same favour
as Russian vessels, the coastingtrade from one Russian
port to another excepted. Two more Custom-houses
are established at Koretingen and Neustadt, in addi-
tion to the one already existing at Gorschdowsk.
Three more points of transit are moreover established.
Passports for three days are to be delivered gratis to
such Russians as wish to pass the frontier for trade.
Markets on the frontiers are to be established- for
agricultural produce and for certain manufactured
articles. The duty on many of them is to be dimi-
nished. This is evidently the price paid by the
Russian Government for the renewal of the Cartel
Convention.

iourizre opirrsoN•
The Chronicle thus animadverts on the outrages
committed by the police at Kennington, fifteen days
after all the mischief had been done :—" The conduct
of the police on Kennington-common was unneces-
sarily harsh, and, in some cases, individuals passing
by accident along the road, or standing at their doors,
were ill-used. It might be proper to disperse the
meeting at Kennington-common, bet there was no-
thing in the circumstances of that meeting to call for
the display of harshness on the part of the police. We
received, at the time, numerous communications on
the subject from respectable individuals, who gave
their addresses, complaining of the police ; but we
did not wish to add to the irritation. In this perhaps
we were wrong. The police seem to have been em-
boldened by the impunity their conduct at Kenning-
ton-common ha& experienced, and the transactions
disclosed at Clerkenwell on Saturday are really more
like what we should expect at Petersburgh than in
the metropolis of England. A stop must be put to
this, or the utility of the police force will certainly be
impaired. They must be protected in the execution
of their duty ; lint the brutal treatment of females can
never be tamely contemplated by Englishmen.
The Post has the following remarks on the manner
in which the Cathedral service is performed at West-
minster Abbey. The existing vacancy of the
Deanery of Westminster affords an opportunity for
making some improvements which would be very gra-
tifying to the public, and we trust the opportunity
will not be neglected. We should think that every
sound Churchman must desire that in so magnificent
a church as that of Westminster, the cathedral service
should lack none of the solemnity, the -grandeur, and
the beauty, which may belong to it, but which has
not of late years belonged to the ordinary services in
Westminster. We believe there are very few cathe-
drals in England in which the Sunday services are
not generally more solemii and more beautiful than
they are in Westminster Abbey. To a casual visitor
it really seems that the grand object in the Abbey is to
get the, business over as quickly as possible, and to get
away. We do not think this can be from any want of
ability on the part of the singers, for they sing feel-
ingly enough at other places, nor from any impa- I
tience on the part of the organist, for he is noted as
a true lover of good music. But in order that such
an establishment as that of Westminster Cathedral
should work well it must be presided over by some
one whose heart is in the matter, and who will work
with earnestness as well as with intelligence to
make the most of the means and opportunities at his
disposal. We earnestly hope, therefore, that in the
selection of the new Dean, care will be taken that lie
be a man of cathedral sentiment, so to speak—.a man
who will take an honest pride in the perfect per-
formance of cathedral services, and who will desire
to promote the glory of God by the careful manage-
mi nt of those endowments too scanty though they
be—which the cathedral still inherits from the piety
of our ancestors.
The Herald thus alludes to the present state of par-
ties in this country :—" Some time ago when foreign
affairs were spoken of Englishmen laughed—now
every man recognises there to be of importance ;
either Englistnen did not know what was -of import-
ance then, or mistake what is so now. Now
that they
are admitted. to be iuiportant, when
the necessity is
urged of studying them, one of two answers is given.
The Tory says, The Duke
of -Wellington and Sir
Robert Peel must understand these matters. and why
should I attend to them ?' Tbe Liberal replies,
,‘ What use is there in my atteading to them until
we have a full, fair, and free representation ?'
To the first we answer, 'lf Sir Robert Peel and
the Duke of Wellington understand foreign affairs,
would they have become , important ?' To the
second we reply, , Ifyou nad a full, fair, and• free
bu
representation it would be. f.
- a representation of
the ignorance which you confess;
One-half of the
English nation is ruled by respect for names, whilst,
being ignorant of affairs, it. has no means by which
to judge of men. The other
~ half is running after
vain theories of government,
when, not understanding
its affairs, it can have no morei comprehension of what
government ought to be than
its antagonists can have
of what statesmen are. -N
. ato only sink when each
man is deteriorated, and the evidence of their decay is
to be found in the existence of faction—faction indi-
cates the corruption of the heart, as party y does of the
intelligence. A
ll must be in error when , all are .di-
vided, and there is no longer a country where citizens
hate each other."

dinner last week to Mr. Thomas Ensar, at Milborne
Port, where they 'presented him with a tea equipage
of slivei,' Fa return for the -services he had rendered
the glove• trade in general.
EC CLIEISIZISTICAL.
At Worcester the question of a Church-rate was
agitated last Thursday, when, on being brought to the
poll, the nuribers were—for the rate 102 ; for ad-
journment, and against the rate, 108; majority against
the rate, 6.