The Sun. — 1839-10-14 (London, England)

THE PERFECT DIPLOMATIST. All Paris is aware of the aristocratic promotion of M. de Pontois ; but all Paris is not acquainted with the flattering manner in which this favour was bestowed. This personage had an audience to take leave. He was received very affectionately ; and just as he was on the point of retiring, his Majesty said, "M. de Pontois, without doubt you are a high-gifted personage, but still something is wanting to enable you to represent perfectly the French Government at Constantinople." It may be easily imagined that both surprise and modesty raised several protestations in the breast of M. de Pontois. In vain he endeavoured to read the august physiognomy before him. His Majesty enjoyed this perplexity for some minutes, but said at length, Yes, M. de Pontois, something was still wanting ; and here it is." The future rival of M. de Boutenieff received with respectful emotion the receipt for making a perfect diplomatist. It consisted of letters patent of noblesse. The following morning. the diplomatist's cards were thus distributed about Paris :—" Le Count Edouard de Pontois, P. P. C."—Commerce of Friday. The Temps gives the following as an on a circulated after the breaking up of the last Council of Ministers : " The passports granted to Don Sebastian, and an animated declaration of the Minister of  without being impressed with the necessity that exists for some such measure as Lord PALMERSTON'S Portuguese Slave Trade Suppression Bill.  While the Established Clergy, the Tories, and the enemies of education, made the country ring with their wild clamour against the grant of 30,0001. for educational purposes, a few of the " Shabby Whigs" met at the Thatched House Tavern for the purpose of furthering the object of the grant by private subscription. We stated at the time that her MAJEsTY's name stood at the bead of the list for 1001., the Duke of BEDFORD'S, for the same sum, and that a number of other noblemen and private gentlemen had also subscribed liberally. The Committee have already raised between 4,0001. and 5,0001., and the subscription goes on increasing. While Whig noblemen, some of them with very limited incomes, are thus subscribing their fifties and their hundreds for the improvement of education on Scriptural and comprehensive principles, and their example is followed by commoners, two of whom have subscribed 2001. each, what have the wealthy heads of the Church done ? The Bishop of LONDON, it is true, summoned his vassal clergy about the same time to hear a lecture on diocesan schools. He could not well do less when laymen came forward in such a liberal manner to perform duties for which he and his brethren are so extravagantly paid. What further steps have been taken here or throughout the country the public know not. They would willingly let the subject sleep, but for these " infidel Whigs," who will force them to imitate their example a second time, and give a pittance out of their princely revenues to support the rival establishment.  By the Iberia steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, Lisbon rapers of the 7th inst., have been received. They contain no political news of the slightest consequence. Robberies and murders were so frequent, that in the hope of putting a stop to them the authorities were having recourse to the old method of amending the morals of the people— namely, by affording them ocular demonstration of the consequences of cutting throats and picking pockets. For this purpose a gallows was in the course of erection, and hangmen were ordered from Oporto and Braga, while the mob-laureates of Lisbon were busy in preparing last speeches and dying ditties, expressive of the deepest penitence, and the utmost horror of the process of hanging. We need not repeat here our convictions upon this subject. To utterly brutalize a people, no spectacle is required but that of the gallows, with its burthen of human guilt. This is a truth which most Governments have yet to learn, and yet it is one of the utmost importance to the whole human race.  We find in a Jamaica paper of the l lth of September that the Governor asserted in a public document that he had been repeatedly threatened with assasination, and it was proposed to get up meetings to call upon him to give such information as would lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender. This was thought to be a straightforward course. The Jamaica Dispatch of the 13th September, says, that twelve thousand dollars have been subscribed by the merchants of Jamaica as a reward for the apprehension and conviction of the parties who made use of threats of assassination to the Governor.