The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Wm. Franks, Esq., and Mrs. Franks, from the Waterloo
Hotel, JermynAtreet, for Wood Hall, Hatfield; Lord and
Lady Rayleigh' from Long's Hotel, for Langford-grove Mr.
and the Hon. Mrs. Drummond, from ditto, for Essex • Mrs.
1 ickers, from ditto, for the Rectory, Shenfield ; H. Justine,
Esq., from ditto, for Salop ; Colonel Challoner from ditto, for
Portnal Park.

CHANGES.
Admiral Sir John West, K. C. 8., Lady West and family,
from Bath to Bray wick Lodge, Berks.

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

Extract of a letter from Tunis, 6th inst., in the De-
I bats :—" The Bey is still apprehensive of an attack from
the Porte : he continues to increase the fortifications on
the coast. The regular troops are kept in good condi-
tion, but it is not probable that they can stand against
European troops."
A. letter from Tripoli, 4th inst., says that an agent had
arrived there from Constantinople with the intelligence
that the present Bey Askar Ali is shortly to be suspended
in the government of that regency. He had brought.
money for the payment of the troops and other public
purposes : he had not given this money to the Facha, but
had distributed it himself. A Greek sailor, who was
under protection of the British Consul, had been seized
by order of the Bey for some slight offence, and had re-
ceived 300 strokes of the bastinado on the soles of the
feet. The Consul had demanded satisfaction, but in vain.
From a statement of the operations at the Mont-de-
Piete.of Paris, during the last year, the following are the
results Articles. Value. Average.
Pledges 1,220,692 18,576,029 f. 15f. 21c.
Renewals -

Totals
From this it appears that one article and a half is annu-
ally pawned for each inhabitant of the capital, and that
the average of each loan is 36f. At the end of 1840, there
were remaining at the Mont-de-Piete 832,742 articles in
pledge, and the sum lent upon them was 15,883,661 f.
The average operations of each day were as follows:
Pledges : 3,840 ; sum, 59,655. Renewals :-755 ; sum
17,505. Redemptions : 2,830 ; sum, 42,998. The Di-
rectors of the institution have been obliged to refuse re-
ceiving any more mattresses, as in a short time its store-
houses would have been entirely filled with them. There
were at one time no fewer than 15,000 mattresses pledged.
The appeal of M. Ledru-Rollin in reversal of the judg-
ment standing against him, and M. Haureau, responsible
editor of the Courrier de la Sarthe, is before the Court of
Cassation. On Saturday it decided against a first objec-
tion to the execution of the judgment upon M.'Ledru-
Rollin, on the ground of his being a member of the
Chamber of Deputies, and adjourned the furtherhearing
of the appeal for a fortnight, when it will proceed upon
the merits of the case.

According to an account of a debate in the House of
Representatives of the State of Alabama, immense pro-
perty is held by the English in the United States of Ame-
rica, particularly in the large towns, and the Duke of
Wellington possesses a valuable mass of houses in New
York. The truth of the last part of the paragraph
would, we are disposed to believe, be very gratifying to
his Gsace •

The Barcelona papers of the 22d. inst. state that all
the members of the late Republican Junta have returned
to that city, and have petitioned the Municipality that
they may be allowed to give an account of their financial
measures while in power. The Society of Workmen,
which has been dissolved, has protested against this step.
A Constantinople Correspondent writes on the 7th
inst. to the Univers :—" As soon as the intelligence of
the virtual abrogation of the Hatti-Scheriff of Gulhane
reached Erzeroum, the Armenians of the pachalic, as
well as those of Wan, moved en masse from these terri-
tories with the intent of settling in those of Russia. The
Turkish authorities had no power, and those of Russia
no will, to prevent this emigration. The plague is
nearly extinguished at Erzeroum and in the Kurdistan ;
not more than two new cases are reported per week.
The cold has greatly aided the sanitary measures. The
scourge has not reappeared in other parts of the Ottoman
empire." -
The Swiss papers state that the Federal Directory has
opened negotiations with Portugal and Norway for the
abolition of what is termed the trctite foraigne. The
Swisa Minister at Paris has already agreed with the
Portuguese Envoy that the convention lately concluded
by Switzerland with Spain to that effect, shall be adopted
as the base of the proposed treaty.
The Presse says that it is in contemplation to establish
in Paris a military Atheneum Club, similar to those of
Berlin, Vienna, and Stockholm. This journal adds,.that
as the utility of such an institution is not doubtful, it is
hoped that the Government will either furnish a building
for it, or pay the rent of one.

DISTRESS IN STOCKPORT.— Distress amongst
the inhabitants of this borough still exists to a very
painful and alarming extent, despite all the efforts of
public and private charity. The Assistant Poor-law
Commissioners, Messrs. Power and Twisleton, still
prosecute their inquiries into the condition of this and
surrounding towns with considerable assiduity and at-
tention. In this borough they have summoned to their
aid every person likely, by giving information, to for-
ward the object of their mission; and they have also
visited several of the leading manufactories in town. At
one extensive establishment they were introduced to the
manager, an intelligent practical man; and, amongst
oiher interrogatories, they inquired whether many arti-
cles of consumption in the manufacture of cotton had not
diminished in value. The reply was, that one article,
at least, had not, and that the firm now paid 1,1001. more
for flour a year than was paid a year or two ago.—
Stockport Chronicle.
LOSS OF ONE OF THE HASTINGS AND LON-
DON TRADING SMACKS.—WC sincerely regret to have to
record this most distressing event, which took place on
Wednesday last. The James, which had been unloaded
on the beach during the previous tide, was hove off the
shore through a heavy surf, and succeeded in getting
under weigh, the wind then blowing heavily from the
S.S.W. When off Fairlight church, it was observed by
the people on shore that something. was wrong, as the
vessel bore up, lowering her foresail and hauling up the
main tack. Misgivings arose in the minds of some that
she had shifted her 'ballast ; but no danger was appre-
hended. The rain coming on, she was lost sight of in the
mist, and se.ei no more. On Friday the topmast of a
fore and aft rigged vessel was discovered above water,
about three miles to the southward of Rye harbour, by the
Phomix, also one of the London traders; and the James
not having arrived in London, for the first time fears
were entertained for her safety. During Saturday morn-
ing a fore hatch, marked with the name of the unfor-
tunate vessel, was picked up, as well as several sou'wes-
ters. When the Phoenix floated in the afternoon of
Saturday, she immediately bore for the wreck, and
cutting off a portion of the topmast, found their worst
fears realized. The vessel had sunk in about six fathoms
water, and every hand must have perished. The Phcenix
immediately returned to Hastings with the melancholy
tidings. The crew consisted of Robert Phillips, master,
who has left a wife and one child, Thomas Carpenter,.
mate, who has left four orphars.ehildren,, and. Charles
Sweetrnan, Richard Wenham...o4-William Dalt,. The
suipOsition is, that the' ballast having shifted; the'vessel
could not sustain the squalls, and consequentlyfilledattd
sunk. She was the property of Mr. J. Breeds,•jun.
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S RESIGN.A-
TION.—The Bucks Gazette, a paper supposed to he under
the influence of the Duke of Buckingham, thus explains
the cause of his Grace's resignation:—" The Duke of
Buckingham pledged himself to the agriculturists to
maintain, in or out of office, such an amount of duty on
foreign corn as he considered adequate protection to the
borne grower—now, had such an amount been proposed
and carried in the Cabinet as the Noble Lord deemed
protection, he would of course have assented to,it, and
remained a Cabinet Minister. The effect of his resigna-
tion suffices to prove that the reduced scale proposed
was not protective in the Duke's estimation' and that
therefore he resigned. The agricultural body, have •
much to regret in this result, for it augurs no, good to
their interest, by which the Duke has stood unflinch-
ingly and consistently since he first commenced his
public career. We shall not speculate on the precise
objections made by his Grace to the scale proposed, but
we may be sure that with his desire to preserve the unity.
and strengthen the plans of a Conservative Administra-
tion, he would have given way had such a course been
consistent with his determination to stand by the farmers.
And we do fear that when the reduced scale'
shall be made public, that the agriculturists will soon
detect the grounds of the Duke of Buckingham's refusal
to acquiesce in it.
PEACE AND PA TIENCE.—AII are surprised at
the patience of the people under the tremendous pressure
of the times. The truth is, their spirits are broken.
About two years ago they were buoyant with hope in
physical force. That having failed, as was certain, they
seem to have no hope left. To use the observation of a
" Their pluck is all gone.''
—The Struggle.
Free
The funds of the Royal Hospital for the
Destitute Sick have just been most seasonably augmented by
of 50W.,bequeathed to that Chari
the receipt of a legacy
y
(free of legacy duty) y the late Mbe r. William Thomas, of East-
ty
street, Bloomsbury.
EMIGRATION.--vast numbers are preparing to
bid a final adieu to this land of poverty and misrule.
The cream of the country is moving—leaving behind
the weak, the timid,,the poor, and the worthless. These
arry away all the capital they can scrape together, and
have the whole weight of taxation to be borne by a ro.
pulation of paupers and insolvent tradesmen. Unwilling
any longer to be subjects of that State which is " the
envy of surrounding._nations," most of these emigrants
are bolted .to the. United States. Bad as trade la for
m 6,- pf use those who ship off dissatisfied English 9,crass
ilieAtlantic have a good harvest hefoe the* dung the
ensuing spring.--The Struggle. '