Star. — London, England, 1831-03-12 00:00:00

• 1 ! I G ~.~ ~ no less than 7G2. The churchwardens. awate of that circumstance, re monstrated last year, and eimiendeti that as the parish did not want an additional church, they should not be put to the expense. The corn. rfilPliiibrellt told o , ent they were too late—the contract hail been entered into. ar.d the new church nut. , t he built. This the noble lord consi dered censurable, because when a similar application was made in another partAh, the cotamissioncni did stop she work. The Bishop of LONDON, ntr one of his Majesty's commissioners . tier the eitirch building act. said the population of the parish of St. James. tittitens.ll, amounted 'to 52.401 inhabitants. The chutches strn it palish had Item found so ill calculated for spiritual r the tsiatitiissionas considered it their duty to build the new t Lurch of :11..rit. The inhabitants had willingly contrieuted to wattls the furnisitin,t of the church.—Thc parish officers had certainly r...,itmstratesi against hulling the church : but it was after Oa con ts had been wade. anti the loaltling had commenced. The commis. toners had no object in view but titz discharge of their duty according io the instructions given them by the act of Parliament. Lord KENYON said, the sent, in the three places of worship in lit: 'Kama did nnt afford accommodation for tome than -1,000 personr, and the new chinch with; only add 1.200. It could not he said that the sittings thus provided would be more than sufficient for a popula tion of 52.000. - - CALICO DCT V' DRAWBACK BILL. Lord AUCKLAND rose to more the second reading of the bill to repeal the drawback on calico. The noble lord described the bill to he one of .:etg importance. I. was desirable that no time should he lost in passing it it!,lo a law. The calico'iratts was in a great measure so.. vended, and until die bill became a law, 20.000 workmen at least would he out of ertrloyment. Th.r bill was read a secotid time, and ordered lo be read a third lime on Monday. Their lordshi e s then adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 11. The House v.ocectled to ballot for Ekction Committees for the County of MAT) and the Borough of Athlone. The Members of the Committees, on being elected, were sworn at the table. COLONIAL TRADE RILL. Mr. P. THOMSON moved that the house resolve itself into a Com mittee on the Colonial Trade Dill. The house rewired itself into the Committee. - - - Mr. P. THOMSON ;mid some alterations had been made in the hill since it had been introduud by the late Government.—The first :thermion was lowering the duly on flour imported int" the Wes: Indies trout the Untied States from lb. to ss. Ile had raised the fluty on mares and boards, from Ms. 9d. to 235. and 265. for the protection 01 our North American Colonies. The right hon. gentleman moved that the clause in the bill, Imposing the exisLing duties be omitted. Mr. HENRIES said no person could understand the effect of the ebangas propot , cti by the tight hon. gentleman, without further consi deration ; he thought the house should go into a committee on the ex. sating bchetlule of duties, in a hich the whole might be discussed and fully undenaood. The great point was, whether the principle of the bill he introduced in November, was to be maintained. It was sods factory to him, that though the members of the present Government Outsell the bill when he brought it in, they had since exercised their judgment with more advantage, and adopted she principle of giving protection to she produce of the British North American Colonies. The principle of the bill was to do justice to our own colonies. (Hear.) No political economist could be so hard hearted as to return to a system which had reduced the hipping of the North American Colonies to less than one half during its continuance. He was glad to see that the members of die present Government were adopting the sound principle of affording protective, to our colonies. (Hear.) Mr. P. THO3ISON said be Fad taken the advice of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself in the course he had pursued respecting the manner of proceeding ; and if lion. Gentlemen would not take the trouble of examining the subject, he was apprehensive no course he could take would enable thou to understand it. The Right lion. Gentleman's speech contained an attack on his own measure. The Right Hon. Gentleman himself was the author of an Order in Coaacil which took away protection teem the colonies. The Right Hon. Gen tleman charged the Members of the present Government with having opposed protection to the Colonies, which, however, they nail never done. They had only differed with the late Government on the amount of protection. Mr. ROBINSON said, the question was one of considerable impor tance to the colonies. The house was called on now to discuss a scale of darks on a trade which had been carried on since October last. He argued that the only dignifieal and consistent course for this country to have pursued was to have withheld lions America the permission of free trade to our colonies, unless they had made an equivalent sacrifice ; but such a course had not been pursued by England, and if any more faci lity was afforded to America, we might as well share with them our coasting. trade, for the Americans had already engrossed a great portion of our carrying trade. The noble lord deprecated the policy that had been pursued in this particular to abandon our shipping interest in fa vour of America, when she had refused to concede all thing to us.— He dissented from this measure altogether, and said he would divide the house at the proper time on the bill. The advantages we had given to America ought to have called for a very different return at her hands, but she could not pursue a snore hostile scale of policy to us than she had done. _ . _ _ . Mr. C. GRANT could not complain of the course that the honour. gendtman had adopted. That he (Mr. C. Grant) was thoroughly acquainted with the tenor of all the negociations that had taken place between America and this country ; and he thought that it was now t!:e best policy to bury in oblivion all that had passed of a hostile nature. He thought that his 31ajcbty's Government was war. ranted in the mea•urc they now supported. as being the most likely to preserve that mutual friendly understanding which was so desirable to be preserved between the two countries. It was the object of the Go. veronica to improve all their restrictive laws, and they had gene to the point adjudged most judicious to commence at; and it appeared that tile objection of the Hon. Gentleman who opposed the bill was merely because that the restrictive character of the measures was to be removed. Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS should make his observations on the proposed duties when they came snore specifically before the house. He would merely remark, that political economists were very willing to throw expenses on a particular class of colonies, for the benefit of another, but generally forgot the circumstance when the interests of the former class came in their turn to be considered. Mr. COURTENA V said, that Mr. Iluskisson, on being asked, in 1847, whether it was the inkrt:nn of government to repeal the orders of Council, answered in the r: native, on account of existing circum stances, but would give no aMurance as to the future. The principle of the bill was a temporary protection to Interests raised up by Act of Parliament. Sir H. PARNELL considered this the first return to the pro. tecting system abandoned in len Protection to the North Ame rican colonies could only be afforded at the expense of the public interest. The present measure would be offensive to the United Stales, autl retard a mitigation of the tariff. He considered it most inipolitic. Mr. S. WORTLEY considered that the sooner restrictive duties were abolished the less the change would be Lit. Ald. THOMPSt N could only see one party benefitted by the pre sent measure—the United States. He was glad, however, that the prin. ciplc bad heen that of protection to Canada. He would ask the noble Vird lila timber du:ics were to come on? In consequence of the uncer:aiii. at present existing, all the Canadian navigation, including emigration, was at a stand. Mr BERN .I RD knew from experience that the restrictions had not prevenied the United States from carrying on the trade with the West Indies by a circuitous route. Mr. WARBURTON said that the expense of 70,0001. a year, in curred by the proposed protecting duty would fall entirely on the West Indies, as they had no mans of obtaining compensation by levying an additional itt ice on their own produce on the consumer here. He did not know windier tite ntet•tlints of the late administration considered their measure as consistert with political economy ; from all he ur der stood of it, he deemed it to be founded in political extravagance. He owned that he looked forward to the time when wheat should be intro. duced from the colonies as from Ireland into this country. He had other objections to the bill—but he should state them in another stage of the measure. Lord ALTIf ORP said inquiry had been made of hint respecting the alterations of the timber duties, and whether any change of the Mi nister's proposed alterations was contemplated : he begged to reply that no change of what had already been proposed was contemplated. As to the bill now under discussion, it was not brought forward as a measure ' originating c system of piutecting duties, but to prevent or mitigate the consequences of a sudden transition from the present state of thinp. The present government WAS desirous of supporting the cokaties, ex cept when the interests of tie colonies should be at variance with those of the whole empire. He did not s.uppott this measure as one granting a boon to the West Indio, vet he could not think that it would be without its advantages to the West Indies. Mr. HUME was somewhat astonished at the sentiments that had been avowed on this bill by the official supporters of it, as well as by some members near him. The Vice-President of the Board of Trade, recollecting his former sentiments, had particularly astonished him. A principle of permanent protection to the Colonies, it appeared, was to be adopted. All had been an artificial system, he admitted. But who asked the government to continue that artificial system ? It was sot wished. On the contrary, he and those friends near him had *night to reduce the protecting duties gradually. As, for instance, in proposing that the Is. 2d. duty on wheat should be reduced to one shilling, and then twopence each year till the whole should be extin guished. He said that they ought to come back gradually. This bill, however, sought to increase some of the duties. He wished to come back to the point from which they had started in 1823. He thought, by the present measures, the interest of the West Indies had been un fairly sunk, and he wondered bow they had withstood such unfair measures. To the West Indies they had been pure loss. As regarded lumber, ititad been a loss of fifteen per cent. He was surprised at what had been asserted that night by the late President of the Board of Trade, and at the observations being cheered. Nothing but ignorance could have cheered them. (Hear, hear. hear.) It was ignorance that had produced so much mischief in legislation; and as the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Herder) had now some leisure —(a laugh)—it was to be hoped he would study these sujects, and endea vour to understand these matters a little better. The Right Hon. ourable Gentleman had talked of justice to the colonies; but his plans would only produce injustice to the country. At the same time, he must regret that such a measure as the present one was advocated by the Government as one of policy. Mr. P. THOMSON said, as be was so violently attacked on either side, he was more strongly induced to believe that he had adopted the right course, in having steered between extremes. He considered that the Colonies were in a different situation from foreign countries, and were entitled to protection. 111 e. HEH RIES observed, in reply to the charge of ignorance, that the present Government had adopted his measure—certainly the prin ciple of it. Mr. CALLAGHAN said, in the present artificial state of the laws and trade of the Colonies, it was requisite to have protecting duties to a certain extent. Mr. IRVINO and Mr. O'CONNEI.L having made some remark about the Irish provision trade with the Colonies not having as much protection under the present bill, as under that xhich it was to replace, the amendments were put and carried. The report was brought up, and ordered to be re-censidered on THZ PARLIAMENTARY REFORM RILL. Lonl A ITtioitill;Teii;ilW;lle ho;e,;:iitsiii7Gg, do adjourn to 3londay. Sir C. IVRTHERELL said he would take this opportunity to in quire when the reform bills were to be breught in ? Lord A LTHORP said he exi , ected to he able to bring them in this evening, but he now thought it would be Mondry. Sir C. WETHERELL expressed his astonishment, after to long a discussion on a measure, that the government shoul‘l not be ready with the measure: they had been told of a plan, and now it ap peared that the Government were not ready with their plan. (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh !) Lotd JOHN RUSSELL said, that though the bill was not brought forward, the plan of it was precisely what he had stated it to be--it would be certainly ready on Monday or Tuesday. Sir C. WETHERELL considered, that if the Government were ready with their plan, they ought to have been ready with the prints of the bill. (Much laughter, hear, and cries of No, no !) He contended that those who exclaimed " No."—(contioucd laughter)—that if they were ready with the plan, they ought to have been ready with the prints of the bill ; but now the house w:ts to be treated to a posthumous bill. In his opinion the house and the country were hereby treated. ( Hear. and a laugh.) Lord ALTHORP trusted that the country would not think itself particularly ill-treated I.y the ministers ; but though they were ready with their •plan, and had the leave of the house to introduce It, it could easily be believed, even after the plan was proposed, that the prepare. tions of the details might occasion delay. (Cheers.) Sir C. WETIIERELL.—Then, may I ask, when we may expect the Bill ? Lord J. RUSSELL. On Memlay.—(Hear, hear.) WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion that the house du resolve itself into a committee of ways and means, Mr. ATTWOOD directed the attention of the house to numerous petitions front the people, complaining of distress, and observed that these petitions should he attended to, in order to satisfy the public mind, More any further supplies should be granted ; he exinessed himself particularly dissatisfied with the ministerial arrangenten , s respecting the proposed duty on foreign timber, a measure which had given any. thirg tut satisfaction to the public. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not in tended to put the proposed duty ou foreign timber in force until after the 10th of October next. Sir C. WETHERELL characterizes the noble lord's budget as an often-suspend:it production ; suspended, in order to allow the Noble Paymaster of the Forces' Reform Bill to be brought in, which now ap peared also to be a suspended measure. Mr. ATT WOOD explained. 11r. GOULBURN stated, that lie had been applied to by persons deeply engaged in the timber trade, all of %horn complained grievously of the inconvenience they were put to by the delay which had already taken place respecting the change in the timber duties. He would say, that that delay had given rise to much alarm amongst that class of persons who were peculiarly interested in the measure. Mr. W.%RBURTON was of opinion that no inconvenience what ever had arisen; the arrangement respecting those duties was fully understood by the traders in timber connected with the city of London. Mr. BERRIES inquired if the alteration in the timber duties was to apply to Ireland as well as Great Britain ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, no alteration should tale place in the duty on Canadian timber as regarticd Ireland. Mr. HUNT said he was one of a committee to classify the petitions of the people which had been presented during the present session, on the subject of Reform, and he could assure the Louse that they did not amount to nearly su much as the hon. and learned member for Borough. bridge had stated. All these petitions prayed In retrenchment, aboli- ' titm of places and pensions, shortening of pailiameuts, and the vote by ballot ; in short only two petitions had been presented which prayed for' anything like what his Majesty's Blinisters were disposed to grant, and these were from Bristol and Exeter. All over the country the cry was for ballot, and if it were relinquished recently, it was only out of courtesy to the measure of Reform which had been proposed by minis ters.—( Hear.) The SPEAKER then left the chair and the house went into committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reference to the sugar duties, observed, if relief was to be given to the public, it could not be given to any considerable amount by a relinquishment of the duty on sugar. The noble lord concluded by moving that the duty on sugar and molasses be continued for one year. The Marquis of CHANDOS moved as an amendment, that all brown Muscovado sugars imported from British America and the Mau. ritius, be subjected only to a duty of 20s. per cwt. Mr. BERNAL suppotted the amendment. Lord ALTHORP said, he had considered the subject of admitting sugar into the distilleries and breweries. Admitting sugar into the breweries would displace so much malt, and twat trade was at present going on so prosperously, that he expected an increase of the revenue front this year of 800,0001.—(hear); and he could not venture to in. terfere with such a prosperous revenue. Witb respect to admitting sugar into the distilleries, it was a different question, and was now under consideration. He did not think it would at present interfere with the landed interest, as very few of the farmers bad barley on hand. Mr. R. GORDON said, he thought his noble friend treated the landed interest rather unkindly. He said he knew they were in great distress, but he could grant them no relief, though he had an increase of revenue in a single article of 800,0001. Ali. IRVING said he was aware the Noble Lord could not make any considerable reduction in the duty on sugar, but he could relieve the West Indies by admitting rum on the same duty as British t.pirits, and also by admitting molasses into the breweries and distilleries. Sir E. CARRINGTON said the West India proprietors were brought into a state which left them but little property, but, as trustees for the Negro population, and on behalf of that population ha called upon the Government and the House to protect the Vest Indica. Mr. BENNET said he thought the English farmer was as much entitled to protection as the West India farmer. The crop of barley was this year a short crop, and only for the price it bore, in consequence of the increased demand, the condition of the agricultural labourers would be even worse than it was. • Mr. HU3IE said he must put in a claim fur the consumers of sugar in this country. The t!resent duty was a war duty, and ought to be reduced. He was confident that a reduction of duty would scarcely diminish the revenue. The eduction of duty last year, he believed, had not injuted the revenue, and he would vote for a further r e d uct ion, In the confidence that it would not injure the revenue, and would be a great benefit to the public, particularly the poorer cla;ses of consumers, who wanted relief.—The hous.: divided— For the amendment Against it . —147 Majority against the redaction ... OS The resolution was then agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought op on Monday. Lord MORPETH presented fourteen petitions from places in Yorkshire in favour of Reform in Parliament. Colonel SIBTIIORPE said, be had a similar petition to present from Lincoln on Tuesday. He would take that opportunity of saying that be should give the Bill the best consideration in his power; he had not said that he would give it unqualified opposition. It was stated in one newspaper, that he was a nominee of Lord Monson ; the fact was, be was opposed to the Noble Lord in politics, and he never was the nominee of any man—it was also stated that the electors of Lin coln, to a man, voted for the best bidder—that was a gross falsehood, there was no where a more respectable body of electors. Lord DUNCANNON brought in a Bill for making a new street from the Strand to Charles-street, Covent-garden, opposite Waterloo bridge.road.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday. Mr. S. RICE brought in a Bill to repeal the duty on tallow WOO —Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The Rouse Adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'Clock. MOST IMI'VIiTANT F6REIGN INTELLIGENCE. Th►e National of Thursday, Paris paper, says :—" Ws have already announced that the Austrian Cabinet had sig nified to our Ambassador in Vienna its firm resolution to interfere by force of arms, not only in the states of Parma and Modena, but in all the provinces of Italy where insur rection should spread. Intormed that many deputies had cognizance of the same facts, and thinking that they meant to cause them to be heard from the tribune, to require explanations from Ministers, we did not enter into any detail ; but our duty will not permit us to be any longer silent. We recollect that at the very epoch when an insulting letter had arrived from Russia at the Palace, M. Guizot boldly declared at the Chamber, that our revolution had not only been accepted but approved by foreign Governments. We do not wish that M. Sebas tiani should feel himself permitted to abuse us by a de claration as insincere, and to prevent the attempt from being made, we unfold here the contents of a despatch which lie received on Saturday evening, and which will put France entirely on her guard, should the Govern ment not shake off its lethargy. In this despatch, Mar shal Maison gives an account to the Minister for Fo reigs Affairs of an interview which i,e had with Prince Metternich. He relates, in nearly the following terms, the words of the Prince :—" Up to this time we have allowed France to put forward the principle of non-inter vention, but it is time she should know that we do not in tend to acknowledge it in what concerns Italy; we shall carry our arms there wherever insurrection spreads. If this intervention must lead to a war, then let war come. We much prefer to run all its chalices, rather than he ex posed to perish in the midst of civil commotion." Our am- bassador follows up this citation with reflections upon which we have no need to comment. " You know," said he, " that up to the preient moment, nobody has pro nounced for peace inure openly ihan I have; but I am at length convinced that to ward off the dangers which menace France, it is necessary to take without delay, and before the Austrian levies can be organized, the iniiiative of the war,i and throw an army into Piedmont." M. Sebastiani has just declared in the Chamber that the Ministry will not render an account of all the despatches which reach them, and o have not thought it our duty to wait until be is re quired to give explanations upon that point. He will ex plain himself upon these matters as he may think proper, now that they are known, which it is right they should be, and in a form not to be contradicted. The Aloiliteur contains a Royal Ordinance of the Bth inst. by which the Count d'Argout, Minister of the Marine and Monies, is charged with • the portfolio of the Justice Department, iu the room of M. Nlerilliou, resigned. By a second Ordinance, M. Merilhou is appointed a Knight of , the Legion of Honour. By a third Ordinance, M. Des- mortiers, Councillor of the Royal Court, is appointed Pro cureur du Roi of the Tribunal de Premiere Instance, in the' room of M. Comte. We have received a letter from Stuttgard, dated the 4th inst. in which it is stated that the Austrians are marchit:g to the frontiers of Wirtemburgh, and it was expected daily to see a declaration of war against France issued by Austria. 'I he letter concludes—" In spite of the opposition of our Government we expect to be forced into this war, we are in a complete state of alarm and consternation." Another letter, which arrived on Tuesday from Gotha, announces the same dispositions on the part of Austria.— Constitutionnel. It is reported that strong columns of French troops are proceeding by breed marches towards the frontiers of the Alps. Yesterday several generals lately called into active se ce, received orders to proceed to their posts within 24 hours. Prince Frederick de Schwarzenberg left Paris yes terday for London, with despatches from the Austrian Am bassador. POLAND. Iliisitcit 4. —The Prussian State Gazette, of this date, gives, under the head of Warsaw, Feb. 28, the same details as those copied into the Amsterdam Journal, and a few more particulars, but nothing of a late date. The National Government has addressed the following proclamation to the inhabitants of the suburb of Praga "The last events of the heroic conduct of our brave troops with the enemy have shown the absolute necessity of destroy ing your habitations lying beyond the entrenchments, in order to deprive the enemy of the possibility of finding a protection from the fire to be directed against his attack. The country, while it requires this sacrifice from you, imposeson the nation and on the Government the sacred duty of indemnifying you for the loss caused by this necessary measure. The National Government, which solemnly pledges itself to do this, hastens to assure you, inhabitants of Praga, that it will not fail, con formably to the resolution of the Diet of the 6th instant, to discharge this sacred debt as soon as possible." PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Pants, Dlanca Io.—Thank heaven, the accounts of the destruction of Praga, and the surrender of Warsaw to the Russians, were at least premature. Dare we hope that they will have been unfounded antici. potions ? The French government has received despatches from Berlin, dated three o'clock, 4th inet. from which it appears, that notwithstand ing the indirect announcements made in the Chamber of Deputies by two of the ministers (MM. Lafitte and Sebastiani) on Tuesday last, Warsaw had not, so late as the 28th ult. surrendered, or offered to surrender ; nor had Praga been burnt by the Russians. On the 26th, 27th, and 28th February (on the night of which last-mentioned day the courier bringing the news left the Polish capital) severe fighting took place between the wood and Praga. The loss at each side was consi ' derable, the conflicts having been, like those of the 19th and 20th, most obstinate. On every occasion, however, the Russians were beaten back into the wood. On the 27th. the Polish Government addressed the inhabitants of Praga, announcing that " it had issued or. dens to destroy all the buildings in the vicinity of the Tete de Pont, in order to be enabled the better to bring into play the heavy artillery mounted on the Warsaw side of the Vistula, but assuring those who should suffer by that necessary sacrifice, that they should, as quickly as possible, be indemnified out of the public purse." That order was accordingly executed, and hence the report that the Russians had stormed and destroyed Prigs. " Old Chlopicki" appears to have fought like a lion in all the battles--had two horses killed under bun, but was at length severely wounded. Prince Radzivill bad, it is true, resigned his Supreme command to Skazynecki, his second in command, but solely " because he deemed the latter more competent than himself to direct the affairs of the country at that momentous crisis ; continuing, however, his own services under his late inferior in' command. Can heroism or patriotism like this be exceeded ? I come now to very painful circumstances connected with the itnmor tad struggle of the Poles. Last night a number of persons repaired to the hotel of Al. Pozso di Borgo (the Russian ambassador) and after uttering horrible cries, threw stones which broke some squares of glass in the windows. A Paris paper, stone, stating (you know with how much correctness) that similar proceedings are usual in London, very properly condemns this conduct. This day a body of students (of law and medicine) assembled on the Place du Pantheon, to the number of about 1000. They sent hem thence a deputation to the Polish Commit tee, then sitting in the rue Taranne, under the presidency of Gen. Lafay ette, requesting to be allowed to present to them an address of condolence on the supposed destruction of Warsaw, and the annihilation of its in. habitants. In consequence of the answer given, the entire body pro. ceeded to the house of General Lafayette (Hue d'Anjou), with emblems of the most melancholy description. One young man carried a tri. coloured flag, enshrouded with black crape. having long black crape ribands pendant from it, each of which was supported by a young man in deep mourning. Indeed, I ought to say that all were so attired. Each was in black, with a bit& crape scarf on his his left arm, and a bunch of inunorte/s (funeral flowers) in his breast. Having presented their address, they proceeded homeward. On CM the hotel of the Russian Embassy they =Jed, " Vivant les Po -A bas les Rosser l—A bas les Cosagues I"—(" The Poles far ever ! —Down with the Russians !—Down with the Cossacks I") From thence they crossed the Place Louis XV. and the Pont Louis XVI. to the Chamber of Deputies, and defileffbefote it, frying, " Vise is Polars !—La Guerre, La Guerre !" and • (by a few) " A bas les Dloputm ! " (" Poland foe ever— War, War !" and " Down with the Chamber of Deputies !") These they repeated on passing the barracks of the Chasseurs de Chartres, on the Qual Dorsey, and at every military post on their way towards the Pantheon. I quitted them in the Rue de Seine. Government is preparing to resist popular tumult, should it (which Heaven avert !) Incon-e me( is Hotel des Breves, Place du Carousel, and another itoe , ,e it. i. tt Froid Alanteau, have been converted into barracks. You will have extracted from the National of yesterday a Copy despatch from the French Ambassador at the Cuurt of Vienna (llarshl Maison,) containing the particulars of a conversation he hatl held rota Prince Metternich. You will appreciate the character of the Wid e the 1t ational by the silence of the Monitcur of this day on the subjtv Had it been unfounded, the Monite-r would have formallt (I:ri,ql tf; alleged communication. I was informed this morning that ': Gerard had left town, post haste, last night, for the Piedmnntise fro% tier, to take the command of the French troops in that quarlv, late hour last night 31. Casimir Perrier relinquished the charge co:.fidt d to hint by the King on Monday last, to form and submit for hi, M. jesty's approbation the plan of a new Cabinet. The report e d entrant of MM. des Cazes,Casimir Perrier, and Pasquier, into offic... circulated' on 'Change yesterday, was consequently premature. M. La:itte has cepted the task declined by 11. Casimir . Perrier, and will. i t posed, have drawn up this day the scheme for a new toiditte : ,.. • • 1301185 E, Half-past Four.—There has been mart Auctnatin n 'Change to.day, bnt the tendency has been towards a till. The Tar e . per Cents. left off at 41 or 70 centimes below the peke of yua Lt d. ) : The depression of the Five per Cents. was more than a franc. It se'. reportedand believed that the resignation of M. Lafitte h a d b en ex: cepted. This cannot have been correct, for I saw hint on the etinittc• rial bench at the Chamber of Deputies within thi' hci.r, with all Sebastiani and Barthe—a circumstance which could IDA occare; had he resigned. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. A tumultuous debate took place in the Chamber of Azpuft a t h, fhlt March, when the Chamber resumed the discus ion of the Llecioral Bill, and came to the 64th Art. which declared " The functions D e . putt' were incompatible with those of Prefect, Sub-Prefect, tu.de, rtti other public offices; but this provision was not to be ail! hell+ to th Prdects and Sub-Prefects of the department in which was the sea t r f • Government." 81. Odillon Barrot declined, although urged to rote. 31. kande:. occasioned much tumult by asking, what Chambers cr.t:lcl be roar venal than those which had succeeded oath other since 11115 ? He Ira, loudly called to order, and much warm discussion took place, in *Lc'. M. lsambert, the President, 31. Agin, N. C. Dupin, M. Salem 31. Jacquenot de Pampeleure, M. Montalivet. N. Vatismenil, N. Berbis, and M. Lepelleder D'Aulnay, took a part—during which . .nrt it was once or twice moved to clear the gallery, from the interruptio7, i• occasioned to the Chamber. DIAIICH 10.-M. Dopin, Vice-President, took the chair at t o'clock. The first part of the sitting was taken up with the presentation several reports on objects of mere local interest. The Chamber then proceeded io discuss the project of law relative t, the sale of 600,000 acres of wood belonging to the Crown. M. Fontaine opposed the law. He would vote for a loan to meet the exigencies of government, but he could not sanction the destructien of the forests. M. Duvergier de Haurannc, after saying a few words on the pro. posed law, successively attacked the Republicans, the Bonapartists, are the Anarchists, whom he acensed of being the cause of the sutFeri% , state of the country, and asserted that there existed an association tt the purpose of raising disturbances whenever any excitement existed is the publle mind, and that it had affiliations in the schools. Bsrthe, 3linister of Publio Instruction, prayed that Ho. Members should not be always bringing the Ministry to an ItCCOUGI for every act of their's, be it ever so trifling. He did not I..:peae!, their good intentions; but by so doing they rather weakened than tified the Administration. He begged of any person who had inform. tion to give. to let the Ministry have it, and then they would make proper use of it. GERMAN PAPERS. RECEIVED THIS DAY. MAYENCE, FED. 28. Though no extraordinary measures have been observed here.: ::; which any inferences as to a war can he drawn, for the garrison ie tv..l completed so as to be the lull peace establishment, according to the n. gulation of the military force of the confederation; an extraordinars provision for a larger garrison has been made, for only three months— but according to accounts that have been in circulation here, for MAC days, it should seem that measures of a more serious nature are in an templation. Among other reports is that of the assembling of :In arm; of observation, composed of troops of the Confederation, to the amount I of 60 , 000 men, between this and Landau ; and of an augmentation ti our garrison. It is believed here that the troubles in Italy will be quickly op pealed without a war, and tranquillity be restored by reasonable aq suitable concessions. On the other hand, all eyes are turned with stir.. pathy to unhappy Poland, whose fate is perhaps now decided. MUNICH, MARCH I. His Majesty this day opened the assembly of the States, with tl. following speech : " My dearly beloved, and faithful Estates of the Kingdom, " With confidence I open this Session, and expect to meet the some confidence in your assembly. I feel myself exalted at the thought that I ant King of Bavaria, which, in all its provinces, has honourably maintained its ancient loyalty, while insurrections were breaking out i. various other countries, both near and at a distance fautn us." His isisstY tkee exPosseli, /lie anti faction in being able to state. that by the reductions he had made in the Administration, not only the great deficiency in the preceding budget bad been made good. but it was practicable to repeal various taxes and yet retain a large surplus, for important public works. " The sinking fund answers the expectations that were conceived of it. I am convinced that my faithful estates of the kingdom vii! maintain the order in the economy of the state, which has been at. tained with so much difficulty. " I know nothing more soothing than to be loved by my peoplc ; but there is also a false popularity. It is not allowable to acquire popularity at the expense of the well-being of the State. The treaties of commerce with Prussia and Wurtemburg have proved very advantageous. Besides the accounts of the public revenue and expenditure for the second financial period, and the budget for the third, my ministers will present to the States, for their consideration, 3 code of the regulations of the civil courts, which has been long desired, founded on the publicity of the proceedings ; a penal code; a law ids. live to the freedom of the press ; and a penal forest code. " Egotism, under whatever form it may disguise itself, will I doubt uot, be banished from this assembly, and the welfare of Bavaria will be its sole object. " What in many countries still remains a desideratum, Bavaria al. ready possesses in its constitution and commercial organization—thank' to our late King, my beloved and revered father. This I can say, no. body observes the constitution more conscientiously than I do. 1 would not be an absolute Sovereign. I have sworn not only to observe at constitution myself, but to cause it to be observed. By this oath I sha immovably abide; and unshaken will be the loyalty of the Bavarians'' At the conclusion of this speech, his Majesty was saluted with loud and repeated acclamations, from the brilliant assembly. 'I he 3li. nista. of Justice then read the oath, which was taken by all the Members of the two Chambers : after which, the Minister of the Is. tenor declared, in the King's name, the opening of the Session 0/ 1831.—Netremburg Correspondent, .I:arch 4. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Many Atm= THIS DAT—Dublin, 1; Waterford, 1 ; Holland, I. Haat., Masco 11.—Wind &S.W. to W.—Arrived the' Patna from Menials. None of the outward bound have returned. _ POZTSSIOUTIII, Masan 11.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrived from London; the Mary Ann, Jacks, for New South Wales. HULL, dlaaon 10.—Arrived the Kingston, Tonge, from Terceira. FALmounr, Mama 10.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrived the Travelkh Harvey, from Trieste; Alliance, Tullock, from Gallipoli ; Henry Alezander ' Pyke, from Leghorn ; and Naiaden, Hardbert, fror' Marseilles. Maaciars, MARCH 11.—Arrived of the port, the Vibehs, from Tobago ; and Colossus, —, from Odessa. Doves, MARCH 11—Arrived the Loudon Packer, --, irk Havaonah. - Souruannon, Maica 11.—Arrived the Frederick the Great from Genoa. Cowie, filaacu 11.—Arrived the Brook, &oast, from Rio Janeiro; and Prioress Charlotte, Metre, from Seville. BUM!, Slams 11.—Arrived the Peter Proctor, from the M . au• :tins; Huold, from Zaute ; Factor, from Trieste; Brooks, front GaUipoly ; Pomona, from Naples; Amelia, from Ilk horn ; and James and Han, from Requekida. 10.—Arrived the Vortescue, Walsh, frema gurh ; Lucas, Laseelles, from Savannah; and Coquette, Mont from , Terceira. Off the port, the Barton, from Barbadoes ; Eleanor, 1. 10 ° , . from Charleston; Arnold, Wells, from Virginia ; Judith, from Tneste • and Tagus, from Lisboa. SCILLY, Muss O.—Arrived the Stag, Ellis, from BUboa. The Constitution, Wilkinson, from New York, has arrived in th e Downs.