The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-03-18 00:00:00

1111.1M1.111." THt stAIIONAN. Interiorsand I should ill reply to so high a distinCtion,if I did not speak to your Majesty with all that candour and Veraciy which belong to an honest man'. Sire, in ordi nary times, ordinary talents may on some occasions suf fice to guide the vessel of the state; hut under the diffi cult circumstances in which we now find ourselves, sur rounded with dangers, and having to contend with all the elements that are let loose against us, even gifted ge nius and the most tried patriotism will be scarcely com petent to conduct the bark to a port of safety. Other men, of the most elevated mind, and the most extensive talents, have felt themselves bound, Sire, to abandon the helm of Government, satisfied of the inutility of their en deavours to direct it. How then shall I, destitute of ge nius, educated with bat little care or attention, and a stranger to hugness—how shall I attempt so difficult an 'enterprise, in which they have failed who have been so ninth my superiors in information and intelligence? Per suaded of my want of sufficient capacity, and in a state of rontinnal suffering, in consequence of the many troubles I have experienced during six years of the severest banishment, I transmitted on the 28th of last Montle my retirement from the office of gener .1 commis sioner for the liquidation of the national debt, as your Majesty may perceive by the subjoined copy; and if I consider myself incapable of filling au employment in which zeal ant! the most assiduous application might pos sibly compensate for *ant of information, how shall I load my feeble shoulders with a burden so weighty us That which it !Jae pleased your Majesty to impose upon me? I shoal l be wanting in the duty I owe to your Majesty, in the duty I owe to the nation, and in that which I owe re myself if 1 should accept an of lice, the good or. iuellicient discharge of which involves the fate of eleven millions of Spaniards ; and to which ldo not believe myself intended. Relying firmly on the conviction that I feel of my own unfitness, and deter mined never to sacrifice my conscience aril my reputation to any considerations whatsoever—at the same tune that I offer np my life, if that can avail the public cause,—l venture to implore your Majesty, with the most earnest entreaty,to accept my resignation of the office of Minis. 24 of the Interior, to whirls your Majesty, by the decree of yesterday, hareondescended to appoint me. (Signed) " ANTONIO DIAZ DEL MORAL. 64 Madrid, March I." MAILS. MIR. DIM. All. DV - I....Dublin 0 0....R011and 0 0. • ..Water lord.. • ..1 o....Hambro 1 0....0 & Jersey. • ..1 o.... Franco 1 V:...Lisbon 0 o....Fisnilers .. • ....0 o....Oottenhurg I 0.... Malta .I PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Balk Stock .. India Stock 8 per Ct. Red Ditto Bonds ..s. 21s —a.pat. 3 p.Ct.Cons..... ..... nil I South Sea Stock 24 per Ct. 4 per Cents ....... ..... .. Ez.8i11.2 , 1. j los pi _ s * . Noir Fours 93U 10001. i e per Ct. 1797.. Long Ann. --Small 10$ les pat Imp. 3 per Ct.... .. iCon.for,icet . • ... ..... 73 ii Irish 6 per Cents. I LotteriTickets .... 99/. 19s. TAce gzitatesinan. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1823. PARLIAMENTARY COMMENTARY. 1 I z»t Lottos.—There was some little talk about the I.nsoletnt Debtors' Bill, about which a great many pee. pie seem to think much more than they do, we are afraid, about their eternal salvation. The truth is, dis- Crest au•l embarrassment prevails to such an extent, that litre taif of the cotnniunlty Is ready to'seize the other balf by the throat. The Parliament (Mr. Canning's good Parliament), by its wars, by the loans that it has made, by the debts that it has contracted, by the violation of contracts which .its changes in the value of the cur rency have produced. by its confusion, by its uproar, by Slim distress which has at last come, has placed the court t-y in suns a state, that it is impossible that men, unless Oiey mete real saiots, should not be endeavouring to tear each other to pieces. The tradespeople of England, in s: al of being that friendly, hospitable, fair-dealing de stription of persons, that they formerly were, are now I. ke a promiscuous collection of curs, amongst whom a b-ut a quarter part of victuals enough is thrown. Such heti nu. the effect of a system %I hick is the envy of surround ing nations and admiration of the world, men are staking a nom! assault upon each other. They ao not fall tpats the system—they fall upon each othet. When a horse trends upon one of a pack of hounds, the devil a bit don the hound bite the horse; but pitches on upon his next neighbour dog. There is a disposition, through out the hunan race, to spit one's spite, to try to get one's sangeaece upon souse feeble party, who are not able to tier it out of the real offending party. We fall on upon aat it is safe for us to fall upon. Brave es (lector 2:e these lads that cry out against the Insolvent Act; that is to say, against the poor devils of debtors ; but, cow ardly as the most cowardly of curs are they with regard to thole, who, as they well know, are the real cause of their duress. However, it is useless to talk much about this matter : those who, in order to get revenge for the injuries which they receive from the tax-eaters, would :queen poor devils of debtors to death; those who; having voluntarily trusted a man,would wish to have the pow erof beating him with inure severity than if be had stolen the goods 'with which they entrusted him; those who are bf this description, are not to be changed in their way of thicking by any thing that we can say. The victims have one security against their claws ; and that that there are not jails sufficient to contain a twen tieth part of those that would be in jail, if the law were so altered as to safer these petitianers to have their way. Doubtless there ate great nembers, who do not act justly towards their creditors. If there were any . way of punishing these without the risk of the rienstrous injustice of putting debtors upon a level with thieves, we should be very anxious to make an al teration in the law. After many years pretty strict attention to the subject, we are firmly convinced that there ought to be no imprisonment at all for debt ; and the consequence of such a regulation would be, that there would be less trust, which would be a very good thing. One half of the young men that are ruined, are rained in consequence of this Mist, and the sooner it be &minisheil the better. lar TIII COMMONS there was a long talk again about what is called the Sinking, Fund. Mr. Bennet moved an amendment to fling out the Bill altogether. This was the only sensible course to pursue ; bat the motion was lost by . 109 to 59. We never hear of debates about the Sinking Fund; and especially in times like the present, without calling to mind Voltaire's exclamation with re ward to a passage in Milton's Paradise Lost. " What!" ssys he, "make his Princes, Potentates, and Powers; " make these, when they have just been hurled down " from Elysium to sit upon the burning merle: what! " make them, in this situation, get into disputes about " faith, grace, fire-knotektlge, predestination; and " Never can we read these debates about the Sinking Fund; never can we hear the Potentates and Powers argnmentative and collective ; never can We hear them seriously talking about paying off the Debt ; about the Surpluses, Surplus five and Surplus three, Surplus two, and Surplus one; about pay ing off in forty-one years; about all the wondroui, wondrous things, far surpassing the mystery of grace, fore-knowledge and ; never can we hear this without regretting that Voltaire had not an opportunity of remarking upon the discussions in this assembly in stead of the discussions in the assembly of Milton.—Ai often, however, as we have to notice that there has been any talk about this thing, we shall just simply repeat, that whatever is got together in this way, is just so much got together in taxes to be laid out fur the purpose of working up the price of stock, and it is so much given to the fundholders over and above their interest. It is, as the Black Towers in the barns and boles and corners on Norfolk called it, a bonus to thefundholders. The Black Towsers were perfectly right in this respect. But the Black Towsers ought to have this weight tied round their necks; and they will have it tied round their necks, until there shall be a real reform in Parliament, which, perhaps, would bring something to the Black Towsers, full as galling as the weight of this bonus. Four and a ha(fper cent. Fund. Mr. Creevey made a motion respecting this fond. We must not waste the time of our readers ; we will therefore shortly state that this is a certain sum of money, called the four and a half per cent. fund. It professed to be, original ly, raised upon the island of Barbadoes for maintaining and repairing forts and buildings in that island. The money is still paid by the island ; but this year there is a sum of money charged in the Ordnance estimates for erecting and repairing fortifications in that same island. Now, says Mr. Creevey, why charge the public thus, when there is money raised for the purpose under the name of " four and a half per Cent. fund ?" Aod, thereupon, he makes a motion for restoring the fund to its original purposes. The Eloise divides; Mr. Creevey's motion is lost by a large majority, as well as several other motions made by Mr. Huute for lowering the amount of the Ordnance estimates.—Mr. Creevey strikes the right nail; but he does not strike it in the right manner. This fund is all glee's away in pensions; and if we were in Mr. Creevey's place, we, upon such an occasion, would pull out the pensioners. In this debate, the Right Honourable Sir Charles Long spoke, and op posed Mr. Creevey's motion. This gentleman bas one thousand jive hundred a year settled upon him for life; and seven hnndred and fifty pounds a year to his wife after his decease, and these pensions are paid and t s be paid out of this fund.—The executors of the late Burke have two thousand . five hundred ... a-year paid to them out of this fund. The y have had it paid to them] ever since the year 1797, of cootie, that is to say, six-and-twenty years. They have theiefore had paid to them out of this fund,,sixty-five thousand pounds. Mrs. Huskisson is to have a pt:nsiOn of six hundred and fifteen pounds a-year out of this fund, to commence from the day of the decease of her husband. —Thus it goes ; there is a long list of them, several lords, several ladies, the children of several gentlemen and of several ladies ; and, unless Mr. Creevey wishes to take these ladies by the beard, and particularly, unless be wish to look a little into the sweet legacy of Edmund Burke, and all the pretty workings of the whigs as to this and other pension -lists, we think it full as well for Mr. Creevey to let this thing alone. Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope has a pension of twelve hundred a-year. payable out of this fund ; Mrs. Charlotte Snow a pension of fifty pounds a-year ; Lady D'Amiland a pension of one thousand lour hundred and :event y•eight pounds a-year. Now, these three pensions were granted in the year 1806; that is to say,#string the time that the whip were in place. Now, then, why talk about this thing at all, uniesathe conduct of these Whigs be talked of too? In short, the motion of Mr. Creevey, unless it hit the nail in the right way, could be of no sort of use. We have here an instance of the truth of the observations which Mr. Wells made the other day at Huntingdon with regard to the conduct of the Whigs. Why did not they abolish the fund, or restore it to its original use, at the the time when they were in office? On the contrary, they fasten ed pensioners upon it as their predecessors had done; they would do the same again to-morrow if they were in office; and every thing shows that there tan be, and that there will be, no alteration for the better, as long as the interest of the debt can be paid in full ; and that must be, and will be, until there be a reform in the Par liament. Paris papers to the 17th have arrived. On Saturday the Chamber of Peers passed the Grant of 100 millions of francs by a majority of 112 to 66 ; so that the. Minis ters being in possession of all that they coosidercd neces sary to undertake the contest, there is no doubt of its commencing as soon as local dispositions will allow. — Whether these can be immediately completed is another question; and if it be true, as the Constitutionnel asserts, that the Engineer originally applied to for constructing a bridge over the Bidassoa, declared that he could not ac complish it in less than a month; a pause may still occur before the clash of armies take place. An article of the Silt instant, from Bayonne, in the same Paper, declares that although the army of the Western Py rennees is represented as 60 or 70,000 men strong, it does not in reality consist of snore than 11,0001 The same article states that the corps of Bessieres has been entirely dispersed, and that General Torrijos had moved from the frontiers of Navarre towards the interior, for the purpose of cutting off the retreat of the fugitives. The Royalists who occupied Mequinenza are said to have offered to capitulate on obtaining honourable con ditions, which it was thought would be granted. It is alto said that is future British couriers from Spain are no longer to traverse France, but will sail di rect from Corinna to England. Several foreign in dividuals charged with belonging to secret associa tions. are said to have received orders to quit Paris, and the French territory forthwith. lint the spirit of tisfAction is nut confined to the erenchsapital; for it appears from the contents of a tefegraphick despatch which reached the French Government on Saturday, that an attempt was lately made to impart• the means of France to carry on the coolest, by destroying the im mense magazines of naval and military stores collected • at Toulon. The arsenal and powder magazine in that city are said to have been set on fire in several places, but without effect, as the danger was perceived in time to repress and remove it. Attempt.; are also acknow ledged to have been made to - shake the fidelity of the soldiers. A letter from St. Beat of the 6th says, that no the 4th an individual presented himself at the advanced posts of Fos, and proposed to the corporal to pass into Spain, whither he would conduct him. The corporal, however, seized and carried him to bit commanding offi cer, to whom he declared that he had been sent by the Spanish post of Pontant to endeavour to seduce the French soldiers to desert. A debate took place in the Chamber of. Deputies on Saturday, upon the subject of the articles in certain journals in the Chamber since Manuel's expulsion. The editor of the Journal du Com nierce was ordered to be prosecuted. It is said that a proposal was to be brought forward on Monday, by Royer Collard to re-admit M. Manuel into the Chamber, and that if the Chamber pass to the order of the day, the centre gauche will secede from the Chamber. , The renecs at Pails closed on Saturday at 77f. h*Qc. Bayonne papers have arrived this morning; but they contain no news from Madrid wore recent that; the Ist of March. The" only intelligence of importance they bring is, that the French troops on the extreme frontie r . had wade a movement which seems to indicate that a blow would be shortly struck. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—The public expectation has been much disappointed. It was expected that something would have been said in the House of Conunons last night, on the affairs of Spain ; and by the continued silmice of Ministers, numbers are still led to believe that hostilities will yet be prevented. Private letters, however, from Paris, of Sunday last, mention in the most positive ter.as, that the French army will enter Spain without delay. %lltele, the French Minister, whose inclination was for peace, has of late changed and joined Chateaubriand. Consols opene d this morning at 73:1, it which price they remain,with littledoing. The cause of the Console rising is said to be a great Bear accennt.There is no fresh information from Paris this morning, owing to the late arrival yesterday from that capital. We understan4 that a French General of some eminence, who is in the country, departs in a few days fyr Spain, and, it is sup posed, will be employed in the Spanish service. Fortuna Fuxne.—Very little is doing this morning in the shove market. Spanish bonds opened at 27# i# 1. Chili. 69 —New Spanish, 271—01 d. 35—New Prussian, 77i —Old, 61 }—Russia, 71#—Danish, 79—Culuusbian. 50—Spa nisi' Scrip, 59L.. Yesterday, at 3 o'clock, a Cabinet Council was bell a. the,Foreign Office, Downing-street, which continued in deliberation till about half-past four. The t uke of York left town yesterday, about 12 o'clock, on a visit to the King at Brighten. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has, we learp,.been appointed to succeed Earl St. Vincent. as (knead of Marines —(Morning Chrox.) Fresh accounts were received yesterday respecting the attempt made by Count Amarante to excite insurrection in ortugal. The accounts are dated the Ist instant, from Oporto; and though not devoid of an influence that tends to exaggerate the success of the Insurgents, only two insignificant places are mentioned as ha% iug gel s coined the Rebels, and declared in favour of " an abso lute Monarchy." It is announced on the other hand, that -active measures had been taken by the authorities at Oporto to quell the insurrection, and that all the troops that could be safely dispensed with had been scot to strike a decisive blow before any serious progress could be made by the Insurgents. It is highly probable, therefore, that this diversion on the part of the Ultras to prevent Portugal from joining in the defence of the Pe ninsula, will not prove successful, and that the eneiMes •f order will he soon compelled to lay down their arms, or to seek in flight a refuge from the punishment due to those who betray their country. A General Officer who has recently gemmed from the South of France, is said to have declared that he never saw an army in such a state. With all the meals that were left the French at the conclusion of the last war for the equipment of an army, these troops are described as in want of all the necessaries for a campaign. They consist chiefly of boys, and their number is asserted not to exceed 35,000.—(Moroing paper.) Seville, which has at last been fixed upon as the place to which the King and tiovernin-nt of Spain are to retire, is about 50 miles North East of Cadiz, and about 270 South West of Madrid. It was formerly one of the most populous and wealthy cities in Spain; and soon after the discovery of America, it became the magazine of the invaluable productions of the western world, and being then the residence of the Royal Family, its Court was the most splendid ip Europe. It still retains the relics of its ancient greatness, and is surrounded with walls flanked by towers. The Nigh Sheriff of Herefordshire has requested his friends not to put themselves to the trouble of paying him the compliment (usually paid to High Sheriffs) of attending him on his escorting their Lordships the Judos into that city, as he conceives that unnecessa r y parade or expense would he perfectly unsuitable with times'like the present, so distressful to the country gen tlemen, the yeoman,. and the farmer. ABSTRACT Or .?UMBER Or IRISH YEOMANRY. — Ulster; nine counties, 23,131 ; 'Allister, 12 ditto, 5916; Munster, six ditto, 2361 ; Connaught, five ditto, 2370.—T0ta1. tal. 30,736. A: Aria l% or HoNnue.—Thursday morning. at an early hour, a meeting took place in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, be tween Mr. R. B. W. and Mr. R. S. ; the former attended by 111r.T. J. W. and the latter by Mr. 0. C. S. when, after an exchange of shots, the seconds interfered, and the affair ter minated. A 'copper mine has lately been discovered at Stickle path, near Okehanipton, in this county; and, from the opinion of competent judges, itis likely, we understand, to prove e xtremely valuable. Some specimens have been handed to us, which appear of the tiurst quality.— (diffred.) A paper, published in the Philosophical Transactions, at Edinburgh. by Dr. 31'Cullocb, states, that essential oils possesses the property of preventing the growth of mould on books, ink, leather, seeds, &c. FALL IN THE PRICE OF CORN, DUZINO LAST WEEK. • At Newbury 6s. per quarter. Guildford 3s. do. Ushri4ge .•Jas. do. . . Reading Norwich 21. do. Hertford.. Devizes 61. do. Large supplies at d liISS• markets, for the time of the year. COURT OF CIIANCERY.Tuts Day.) TUG PORTS:4OI;TR CAUSE.—JUDOMENT. This being the day appointed for hearing the applica tion for a prosisioral committee over Lord Portsmouth, the (burl was more O l in osoally 'crowded. Mr. HART, in rising to bring the subject forward, stated that the petition was from Walter Skirrow, and prayed that ttse custody and care of the person of Lord Portsmouth might be entrusted to John Drape.- Coombe, E'q. or some other pet inn, anti) the rrnianent Commission was appointed, awl that the pectiorer be at liberty to pay over certain sums of money oat of the funds in his hands for the support, comfort and nonce of his Lordship. The Learned Counsel repeated the grant to the 'Coble Earl, the marriages, etc. L-. which have already nppeared before our readers, awl went on to state that Mr. Coombe, who had had, Can the care of his Lordship for a very considerattig time, was willing to act, bnt had expressed a wisp that the sanction of this Court should be obtained for his so doing, without which he declined continuing in his office. He (Mr. C.) *as also willing to go into the country with his Lordship, which was highly me-- sary to his peace of mind; and, when the humanity, kindness, and attention of Mr. Coombe were considered, it would 'clearly appear, that he %vat the most fit and pro: per person to have the care of his Lordship. Mr. Skit row, was the chief Auditor and Steward of Lord Ports mouth's atm., and as such, had at the present time con pitlerable foods in his hands. He had paid various slims for the maintenance of his Lordship.; and he now prayed also, that he might be allowed to pay such monies as might be reasonably wanted, for the comfort of his Lard. ship. Messrs. Rougnct and bocerroarn were with Mr. Hart. The Attorney General, could not help expressing hi: surprise at the present application. It might be said as en excuse for it that delay would take place in the Mus ter's Office, but how that could he he was at,. a loss to devise. How was it, he ask"ed, that Mr. Skirrow, of all other persons, applied on the part of- this unfortunate Nobleman? Mr. Skirrow was accountable to the Trus tees. Hed he made any application to Mr. Newton Fel lowes, on whose part no objection would have been made to the application of any part,--or the whole of the money for the comfort and support of Lord Portsmouth? With'respect to Mr. Coombe, he should speak of him with the highest reaped, but was It !avant to be said that any undue interference bad hatch place with respect to him, since the verdict of the jnry had been returned. He opposed the present petition on the ground that it was wholly unne yto make the application. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—What is the exact state of the ease in the Master's-Office? The ATTORNEY UENERAL.—PrOpOsaIe have been ta ken in and the first warrant issued, my Lord. Tilt , LORD CHANCELLOR.—There are some of the I.rs poials here I shall certainly not sanction. The ATToRNIT GENERAL intimated that one was, that Mr. Henry Arthur Fellowes, who was the next Tenant in Tail, should be the Committee of the Estate. Mr. WETHERELL, and Mr. PEPTa followed on the same side. Mr. HART replied.—Why? be asked, did not iris learned friends on the other side name some person. All that the Petition prayed au that Mr. Coombe or some other person might have the care of It is Lordship's per son. All that he Mr. Hart would ask of his Lordship, was whether Mr. Coombe who would not continue tw act unless authorised by the Court, and armed with some authori , y, should or should not be removed. - - The LORD CMANCaLLOR in the course of hicrentarks expressed surprise that application had not been made to the tireat Seal before it had taken place s and vshleh• he could Only ascribe to the tender feelingi of the reletivaw of the unfortunate Nobleman. it seemed to his' Lord ship that when -the verdict was returned, he • coal 4 of himself have interfered with respect to the case or:hits Lordship, and lie should now lay aside the .tiatstion whether or not delay would take place in office of the Master ; and thinking as he did - that Mr. Coombe ought to be continued in the care AA Ms Lordship, he should order that Lord Portsmouth be re; moved by Mr. Coombe to Horstbouroe ; that the greatest care should be taken of his person; and if there was any disturhsnee made, or likely to be made, application should be made to the Court. He did not mean to say that any disturbance would take place, and he would therefore conclude with observing, that he should not now decide on the subject of expellees or costs, but re serve that point until the regular Commission was, ap pointed. He, however, would now intimate to Mr. Skirrow, that if he advanced any reasonable sums fbr toe support and combat of Lord Portsmouth., he should not matter. Mr. HART said it was not meant to be inferred-that any disturbance would be attempted. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—I do not mean to 'Will that there will ; but I cannot forget what formerly took plaCe. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FORTSMOUTR, MARCR 17.—Arsived the Cambridge' Magma from the Downs, for Jamaica, and has proceeded for Cokes to take in troops; sailed the Shakespeir, Ro binson for London.—Wind N.W. MAL, MARCH 17.—Put hack again by adverse winds, the Madras, Clark, for Bombay and China.—Sailed, the Dutch ship, Magellaon, Vanden Der, from Batavia, ftkr Amsterdam; and the Diana, Higgins, from Havana, for the River.—Arrived and Sailed for the River, The Resolution, Twaddle, from the Westward; sad Pe Venus, Gray, from the South Seas. Also the Benson, Smith, from North Shields; for Portsmouth.—Cainz down from the River, the Trial, Huey, for Jamaica; mid co ntain in the Downs with the Severn Frigate and Swift, East India Pilot Yacht.—Wind N.W.—Half past lit o'Clock, calm. • : FALMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Sailed, the Havetton, Oat, for Roaen.—Wind N.C. to S.E! CORM MARCH 17.—Sailed, , the Edward, Germaine, for Jamaica ; his Majesty's ship Calliope, on a cruise to the Westward • and his Majesty's cutter; Quail, on a cruise to its. E astward. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—MArica 17. --.6‘.-- RIODLIMSORTH STAIM.--5 to 2 3rit 'Wets colt-3 to 1 agst Ermines-4 to 1 agst Talisman. CLAP CT.-7 to 2 agit Moses-4 to 1 agst Postbania-4 to 1 apt Swap— Bto 1 agst Wanton-11 to 1 a gst Ajax-42 to 1 agst br to Antonio. DERBY.-13 to 2 agst Web colt-7 to 1 apt Vadtluss-8 to I agst Fanatic-23 to 2 agst Talisman-22 to l agst br to Paths. OARS. -7 t) 1 agst Zaida filly-9 to 1 tan fi to Bailor; DONCASTaII Sc. Lenta.—A good deal of vie% betting be tween Tinker and Sberwood-9 and 10 to 1 agst eacb-17 to agst Miss Fanny-27 to 1 agst br to Violet.' It is said that Mr. Charles Kelnhie proceeds forthwith to Lattqanne, to acc•mpany hii lirider's.remains to this coontry,io order that they tray be interred in one of our national- cemetries along with • * * " England's illastrious sons of Unit 184 ties." We also* understand that a public meeting will be hoia in a few days to testify the deep retiret which is felt by the nation at the death Of this joe-eminent Artur and a....- compfistsed scholar and g•nderuar, afid raise a subscription for erecting a suitable monntolmtlo his memory either in Werinnita'ter Abbey or St. P.ul's. Colonel . 1* t:ornton. ofsportibje r!4tbrity, die - 4. Last week at Paris, at an :IVl.:lita age.—:(Metoiitig Piot) I I f: ~` x. I~