The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TITPSDAST MORNING-, NOVEMBER 29, IM2.

THE LEVANT MAIL. COURT of ASSIZES of the SEINE.
TURKEY. (Concluded from The Sun of Tuesday.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7.—lntelligence, through! Having already given some extracts from the evi-
indirect channels, has been received here of very se- dente adduced on this extraordinary trial, which have
rious disturbances in Lebanon. It is stated that the not appeared elsewhere, we now furnish an abstract
Druses and Maronites, having joined their forces, en- of the proceedings of the two last days ofthe inquiry,
countered the Albanian mercenaries of the Porte at adopting as before the report of Le Sieele.
Beshare, not far from Tripoli, and after a sanguinary The sitting of the 18th was opened at ten o'clock,
conflict, put them completely to the route. Accord- i and on the prisoners being brought into Court, Hour-
ing to some accounts, upwards of 600 Arnauts fell al dequin appeared pale, 'weak, and apparently suffering
sacrifice to the just vengeance of the mountaineers, f from illness. The President perceived it, and sug-
whose patience they had exhausted by every species gested to him that he shOuld change places with
of outrage and brutality. The affair is said to have Boutet, a fellow prisoner, with which Hourdequin
originated in a premature attempt on the part of the complied.
Turkish authorities to disarm the Maronites. In the M. Plocque opened the proceedings With the de-
intoxication of victory, the latter, it is added, were fence of Solet; he concluded by drawing a pathetic
guilty of some excesses, and plundered the caravan on picture of the death of his client's mother, who,
its way to Damascus. Nearly all the property, how- being ll at
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time of
stateson's ointy as to whe-
The ceremonies of the Beiram, chiefly owing to the ther her son had forfeited his character or not. The
unfavourable state of the weather, went off very advocate's address concluded amid the warm applause
heavily this year. There was one novelty, however, of the crowded Court.
which has excited general attention and remark, and M. Goujon then proceeded--with the defence of
that was the appearance of a few regiments, horse Phillidor. After having met the chief articles of
and foot, in a very superior state of equipment. Two accusation against him, he concluded by dwelling
regiments of lancers, in particular, had a dashing and on the fact that after having held his office for twenty-
soldierlike demeanour ; their horses were of a fine seven years Phillidor was still poor, and expressed a ,
Transylvanian breed, and they rode them well. It is a hope that his superiors having borne favourable tes-
pity that with such materials for forming an army the timony to his character, would, on the acquittal he
Turks should yet have made so little progress. With anticipated, restore him the situation, which was his
the exception of these few regiments, got up for dis- only means of support.
play, and as a pageant to amuse and delude the youpg M. Chaix d'Est Ange followed with the defence of I
Sultan, the army is certainly in a less efficient state Hourdequin. After dilating on the necessity of the
than it was in the time of the Sultan Mahmoud ; and Executive Government having a support in the public
that, for the simple reason that, less control is exer- opinion as to its character for justice, he said that still
cised by any chief who has the advancement of the it must be confessed that in a free government, where
service at heart. Promotion depends more than ever the eyes of the people were constantly fixed on their
on favour and caprice, and the medical and commis- superiors, it was very difficult to preserve the conti-
sariat departments are abandoned to the grossest mid- nued respect of the public.. A democracy, as a
versation and abuse. Last winter at least ten thousand power, was commonly generous in its nature, but,
out of thirty-five thousand troops in garrison here ardent and passionate, its restless inquisitiveness not
perished from cold, starvation, and neglect. being always exempt from prejudices ; as soon as the
The following is from Bucharest, under date of the least suspicion was excited against a public man, it too
27th of October : arose against him immediately and overwhelmed him.
" The intelligence of the deposition of our Prince He protested against founding any decision upon the
has produced a profound sensation here. His High- mere opinion of the community, insisting that an ac-
ness had returned, after his tour of inspection in the cused man should only he condemned upon evident
interior, on the evening of the 20th. Yesterday, the and certain proof of his criminality.
bHeen e proceeded
26th, being the anniversary of his accession to the to contend that, so far from having
wilfully
throne, which he has occupied during eight years, blind to the abuses of the bureau, Hourdequin had
after taking leave of M. Daschkoff, and providing endeavoured to repress them. Thus, in 1829, he ori-
himself with a passport for Vienna, he set out for the ginated the measure which suppressed the abuse of
Austrian State, resigning by a formal act, couched in the travaux exterieurs, and, commencing in 1831, he
the most appropriat terms, the reins of authority reduced very considerably the expenditure of the
to the hands of a provisional Government, composed Bureau of Plans and Designs, which from 100,000
according to the prescription of the organic statute of francs was successively diminished, in 1840 to 48,000,
three Caimacams, viz., the Chief Logothite of Justice to 36,000, and 34,000 francs. A breach of the law
(Michael Cornssko), the Chief Vornick of the Interior relating to corruption, required three things to bring
(Theodore Vacarssko, dit Fortuna) and the President it within the meaning of the enactment : first, that
of the Supreme Divan (George Philippesco) ; who are there should he a corruptor; secondly, that there
to direct the affairs of the country till the election of should be a corrupted agent ; and, thirdly, that the
a new Prince by the Assemble generale extraordinaire, corruption should be proved in an act included in the
which must be concluded in the course of two months. official duties of that agent. No corruption appeared
The Turk (Safvet Effendi), who is the bearer of the at all before the Court, and next the acts for which
hatti-scheriff, arrived the day before yesterday at Hourdequin had received fees or commissions, were
Giourgavo, where he is to perform quarantine. not acts included in his official duty. They consisted
" The Sp' athar Constantine Ghika, younger brother of advice and consultations which he had given to, or
of the Prince, who returned some months ago from held with parties, in the extra-official hours of even-
his journey into Austria, continues still to exercise ing, and out of the bureau; acts which did not at all
the functions of Commander-in-Chief. The town has affect the administrative functions intrusted to him.
not ceased to enjoy the mostjperfect tranquillity; still It only remained to be proved, then, whether, in the
an unusual degree of movement is perceptible among other acts specified in the charge, he had yielded
the great Boyars, who aspire to the Hospodaria, and to corruption or not. The prosecution proceeded upon
who are already canvassing for votes. The number the confessions of the accused himself, and in letters
of candidates is not less than seven, without reckoning in his own hand ; the first the accused had denied and
General Kisseleff, whose name has been also put for- retracted, as they were made on a misconstruction of
ward; viz., M. Stirbey and his brother, George Bi- what was required, and when he was in a feeble con-
besco (both absent), George Philippesco, Alexander dition both of body and mind ; all that could be de-
Philippesco, Voulpe,ditAlexander Vinare, Jean Cam- rived from the written proofs, were mere presump-
piniano and Manuel* aliano." tions. In conclusion, the Advocate, as in the former
case dwelt on the very moderate fortune of the ac-
cused, as a practical refutation of the charge of cor-
ruption ; twenty-five millions of francs, had passed
through his hands on the account of the city, and his
whole fortune was proved to amount at the present
time to no more than.loo,ooo francs (less than 5,000/.)
M. l'Avocat-General having replied, the Court rose.
The 19th was the last day of the proceedings ; the
Court opened at half-past ten o'clock ; the hall was
crowded to excess.
The President having delivered his resume of the
evidence, the Jury retired at two o'clock ; the crowd
remained in the hall during the whole time of their
deliberation. At a quarter to six, having been
absent nearly four hours, the Jury returned, and the
following verdict was read :
Morin guilty on the charge of corruption ; not
guilty on that of abstraction of plans ; extenuating
circumstances admitted.
Solet and Phillidor declared not guilty.
Boutet, found guilty of corruption, having received
sums of money for abstaining from doing acts which
were required of him by his duty ; extenuating cir-
cumstances admitted.
Hourdequin, by the simple majority only of
the Jury, declared guilty of corruption, having ac-
cepted the promise of a sum of 25,000 francs to do an
act included in his duties, but not subject to salary ;
all the other charges negatived by the Jury ; extenua-
ting circumstances admitted.
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with an admonition. They both eft the Court in
tears. The three other prisoners were then brought
in, and the verdict read to them. Hourdequin raised
his arms to Heaven, and drooped .his head upon his
breast ; Morin sobbed violently ; Boutet appeared im-
passible.
The Advocate-General then demanded the applica-
tion of the articles of the law to the prisoners, and the
Court adjourned.
After a quarter of an hour's deliberation the Court
resumed, and pronounced the following sentence :
Morin to three years' imprisonment, and a fine of 100
francs; Boutet to three years' imprisonment, and
Hourdequin to four. years' imprisonment.

PORTUGAL.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 26.—The Tagus steamer, from
i,isbon, arrived this day. She left Gibraltar 17th,
Cadiz 18th, Lisbon 21st, Oporto 22d, Vigo 23d, and
has brought 20 passengers. She has since sailed for

Southampton.
LISBON, Nov. 21.—Little or no alteration has
taken place lately in the aspect of political affairs.
The Royal Palace, which ought to be the abode of
tranquillity and peace, is still the theatre of scenes
wholly derogatory to the character of the Queen's
household.
The counsellor and bosom friend of the King, Che-
valier Dietz, who resides with him, is at daggers-
drawn with- Costa Cabral, and open enmity being dis-
played, all is anarchy and confusion. A list has been
going round to obtain the signatures of the principal
officers of the army, in order to petition the Queen

to dismiss the Ministry.
It appears that the Cortes, which were to have
opened on the Ist of December, have again been pro-
rogued till January. The Ministry, formed as it is,
has a radical aversion to the Parliament, and with the
natural presentiment that its presence cannot be in
any way grateful to it, owing to the many offences
heaped upon it, is endeavouring by every stratagem
to postpone the conjunction.
The Government gained a victory over the com-
bined opposition in the Lisbon election yesterday, to
supply five vacancies for Deputies for the province of
Estremadura. The Ministerial candidates elected are
—Baron de Chancelleiros (M. A. de Carvalho), by
80 votes; J. Elias da Costa e Silva, by 80; Silvestre
Pinheiro Ferreira, by 82; Pereira de Mello, by 80;
and Ferrao (the Attorney-General), by 79.
The Opposition candidates received—Seabra, 68
votes ; J. A. Magalhaes, 69 ; Jeronymo de Silva, 66 ;
Manoel Passos, 68 ; and Bergara, 66.
The municipal elections at Coimbra, Torres Novas,
Estremoz, and, indeed, in most parts of the country,
as far as the results are known, have also gone in fa-
vour of the Government—those of Lisbon and Oporto
will shortly take place. The results of the election
for Deputies to fill the remaining vacancies in the
provinces are not yet known ; the weather has been
foggy and rainy, so that the telegraphs could not
work this morning ; there is little doubt, however,
that the Government will carry the provincial elec-
tions. It is anticipated, as a matter almost amounting
to certainty, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs will
be returned for both Oporto and Braga, that of Jus-
tice for Braga and Villa Real, and that of Marine for
Villa Real and Castello Branco. For the province of
Alemtejo, Cordeiro Feis, a Bank Director and the
Local Judge of Portalegre, are the Government can-
didates, and are expected to be returned.
Prince Joinville left yesterday morning for Rio de
Janeiro, in the Belle Poule frigate, with the two cor-
vettes, under a Royal salute from the forts and ships
of war, which the Belle Poule returned by a running
broadside. The wind having become contrary, they
are not yet out of the river, but were this morning
at anchor in Paco d'Arcos bay. The Iquala, corvette
will return, after accompanying the Prince out of the
river. The Brazilian frigate, and Portuguese cor-
vette, the Don Joao 1., sailed for Rio this week ; the
brig of war, Don Pedro, has been sent to Madeira
with some succours from the Government for the re-
lief of the poor who have suffered there from the in-
undation. A subscription has been set up, and 'a
commission (the same as the one named on the occa-
sion of the earthquake at Terceira) appointed by the
Queen to receive and solicit aid in their behalf.
Their Majesties have contributed themselves the sum
of three contos of reis, or about 7501. The young
Marquis of Fayal is president of this Commission, and
Senhor J. Elias da Costa e Silva, just elected deputy
for Lisbon, is secretary of the same.

The French Ambassador transacted business yes-
terday at the Foreign-office.
AN EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION.—There has been
for some time resident in Bangor a native of the sister
kingdom, who is a believer in the transmutation of
individuality. He believes that, in " by-gone days,"
he existed as the celebrated Dean Swift, and that his
next doom is to be metamorphosed into a rabbit. The
poor creature is inclined to mischief, but good manage-
ment and weak intellect neutralise that inclination.—
Carnarvon Herald.
lIOLYROOD PALACE.—It is some time since we ad-
verted to a report that the Goverment had it seriously
in contemplation to remove all the nuisances which
harbour round the ancient Palace of Holyrood, and to
trim and beautify the Royal Park adjoining thereto.
We at the same time stated, that it was intended to
change the hereditary keepership of the park. This
rumour we are glad to see borne out by a notice of
an intended application to Parliament, to enable the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests to carry out the
proposed arrangement.—Edinburgh Observer.
KIDDERMINSTER, Nov. 25.—Great excitement has
prevailed in this borough, in consequence of the great
and increasing rate (poor). The tradesmen of Kid-
derminster have suffered long and patiently under
their difficulties ; but when the overseers announced
to the town that 2s. in the pound was required,
they determined to call a public meeting of the rate-
payers, to know what was the cause of the increase.
A meeting was held this day at the Lion Hotel, to
take the same into consideration, and a Committee
was appointed to examine the overseer's ac-
count. When it is known that one firm in the town
will pay this rate only, the sum of 1201. and up-
wards, it is high time to inquire into the case. It
was the largest meeting of rate-payers the town ever
saw. Among the items we have to pay out of the
poor-rate is the sum of 301. for fire-arms, ordered by
Sir James Graham during the outbreaks in the
Potteries.
IT TAKES Two TO MAKE A SLANDER.—" My dear
friend that woman has been talking about you so
again ! She has been telling the awfullest lies you
ever heard : why she railed away at you for a whole
hour !"—" And you heard it all, did you ?"—" Yes:,
—" Well, after this, just bear in mind that it takes
two to make a slander—one to tell it, and one to listen

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to it."
A clerk of the London Joint-stock Bank, named
Jordan, absconded on Saturday, with bank-notes to
the amount of 19,715/. A reward of 6001. has been
offered for his apprehension.

GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEET-
ING AT HUDDERSFIELD,
(Abridged from the Leeds Mercury.)
The first of a series of deeply interesting soirees
to take place in Yorkshire, in furtherance of the great
object of Corn-law repeal, and the destruction of the
existing restrictions on the people's food, was cele-
brated. on Friday evening, in the spacious saloon of
the Philosophical-hall, Ramsden-street, Huddersfield.
The occasion was one of high importance, not only
for the dignity and benevolence of the object contem-
plated, but for the enthusiastic spirit with which the
assembly entered into the cause—an assembly of both
sexes, of the first respectability, extensive in numbers
and intelligent and influential in its character. It was
nearly seven o'clock before the tables were cleared,
and soon after the spacious room, gallery, and hall,
were crowded to excess.
William Brook, Esq., on the motion of Was.
WiL-
LAN s, Esq., was called to the chair, which he proceeded
to take amidst loud cheering.
The CHAIRMAN, opened the business of the meeting
in a very excellent speech.
W. R. C. STANSFIELD, Esq., M.P., moved the first
resolution. It was as follows :—" That this meeting
regards the laws which prevent the free.importation
of foreign corn as the chief cause of the , deep, long-
continued, and increasing distress under which the
nation suffers, and looks to the total repeal of those
laws as the safest, shortest, andmost effectual remedy."
J. %Rau, Esq., of RGchdale, seconded the reso-
lution.