The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT,

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Six,--We are still in a state of uncertainty relative to the
eastern question. It seems probable, if we place credence in
the exertions of M. Thiers' deputy with Mehemet Ali, that
they have been crowned with partial success. It appears,
then, that the bons offices on the part of France have been
duly appreciated by the conqueror of Syria ; and, in conse-
quence, he dispatched a courier to Constantinople to convey
this important submission to the Sultan, his master. But
the mediating system of M. Thiers is nothing but a non-
sensical comedy, in which the two premiers perform a most
miserable r6le. Ina few days we shall hear the denouement
of this complex affair.

The BeVi.ie de Paris has a very inconsistent article on the
eastern question. It asserts that, in spite of her just com-
plaints, France has not refused to offer her interference for
the amicable settlement of the eastern question ; that she
has induced Mehemet to accept the conditions imposed upon
him, and laid out for him a plan of wisdom and conciliation.
This news emanates from M. IVlignet, who is in the pay of
M. Thiers. The Rime de Paris should first have proved
these complaints. Such allegations are used for the purpose
of shielding Thiers from public indignation, and imply that
such language is requisite to justify his foolish armament.
M. Thiers has no more complaints to make against the Eng-
lish government than I have against Lord Palmerston. He
uses every instrument he possibly can think of to keep him-
self in his situation. He knows perfectly well that he has
lost the confidence of the conserrateurs; and as to the party
of Barrot, it is on the verge of leaving him in the mud. The
republican party despises the man ; so he has the alternative
of fortifying Paris, and every town in France, to defend him-
self against nobody.
Louis Philippe, the man of the barricades, in company
with some generals and ofliciers du genie, took an airing, on
horseback, in the boil de Boulogne, to superintend the forti-
fications that are going to be erected there on his property.
This royal visit to the works speaks volumes. The than who
has been made king of the French, and never king of France
—what a mortification !—seems to be very anxious about the
immediate surrounding his royal residence, and his brave
Parisians, by strong walls, to shield them from foreign inva-
sion. What a loyal act ! The indefatigable Thiers has been
giving orders to make bombs and all sorts of combustibles,
to repulse the enemy. What farcical proceedings ! Some
of the newspapers exclaim that M. Thiers is the only man in
France that can maintain her dignity and national honour.
The Siele is the forerunner of them. It is manifest that M.
Thiers is on the point of being expelled from his office by the
indignation of the nation. 1 allow M. Thiers a few days
more to indulge in his dangerous pursuits. Three regiments
of the line, the 17th, 19th, and 46th, are forthwith be billeted
on the inhabitants in the environs of the capital; and fifty
villages will be erased from the map, to enable him to carry
his designs into effect. Does he think that he will, by the
sight of a million of bayonets, crush French blood ? Never,
The reign of discontent is already beginning to manifest itself
in the eslaminet:. Where are the fathers, the mothers, the
daughters, the children inhabiting these fifty villages to be
housed? This is an important question yet to be considered.
Paris, 22d September, 1810.

MR. GELLARD'S PICTURED}, ADAM AND EVE.—This very
splendid picture continues to attract a great deal of attention.
It. is one of the finest specimens of modern art, either for har-
mony of colouring, poetry of design, or artistical execution.
The effect of light and shade is exhibited in a most extraor-
dinary manner. The touching simpli•:ity and beauty of the
female figure cannot fail to he admired, while the muscular
and manly grace of Adam strikes every beholder. The lovers
of the fine arts must not omit seeing this picture. It is now
lighted by gas, producing a singular effect.
WOMAN DROWNED.—An inquest was held on ,Mordaoy,
last at the Veteran public-house, in Salford, on tlitl
inly r
the
Margaret Gibson, aged 61, who was found drowned.;n
Sunday
Leeds and Liverpool canal, at Grimsbaw-p
morning last. The deceased left home thear evening before
wither she was going. She
about nine o'clock, without stating
had a son living in Grimshaw- a kwitand it is supposed she
was going there, but accidentallypferdinto the canal. Verdict
—accidental death.—Blackburn Standard.

The following paragraph is copied from an Irish provincial
journal :—" We have been informed by a Nenagh correspon-
dent that the tee-totallers of that town are in the habit of
parading the streets on the Sabbath evenings, accompanied
by the chapel band, and which plays nothing but party tunes
for their amusement, and for the purpose of annoying the
respectable inhabitants."