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THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGA i i TION FIRST RATE and SUP RIGR PACKETS Ic ,ve Home for HAMBURG, carrying his Majesty' r, e_Mails, every Sa turday, early in the morning; returning every Saturday. ROTTERDAM, carrying hia Majesty's Mills, every Wednesday and Saturday morning, at Seven o'clock pre- I chl ei9; returning every Wednesday and Saturday morning. OSTEND, every Saturday morning, taking Goods ; returning every Tuesday night. CALAIS, every Sunday morning, taking Goods ; re turning every Wednesday night. Packets from St. Katharine's Steam Packet Wharf to R AMSGATE, every Saturday mornial.*, at Eight o'clock. Applications fur Freight to to made to Mr. Norman, Agent, 1, Water-lane, Tower-street, from whom every i nformation may be obtained; also from Messrs. Hall, tharfingers, Custom-house-quay; from Mr. Scates, Agent, Ramsgate ; at 56, Haymarket ; and at the Office of the General Steam Navigation Company, 69, Lombard. street, *here Berths can be secured. (No. 2,913.) LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1831. (PRICE 7D.) MEETINGof MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. On the Ist Fehmary will be published, by J. F. MASON, 444, West Strand, price 2A., THE ART OF BREWING, PARTS 111. AND IV. By the Author of the First and Second Parts, That were published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY. and promising to remain aboard, they forced their way on shore. The Government, which could not permit such actions with impunity, ordered them to be seized and conveyed again on bead • the transports, which order was executed with all Possible precaution. With regard to the Poles at Havre, the Minister added, that on their refusal to be incorporated in the foreign legion, the Government had authorised them to remain in Havre until they could find work, or until the Chamber should make a grant for their support. After a few words from General Lafayette, deny ing the accuracy of some of the complaints made against the Poles, and some observations of M. S3l - against the decision of the Commission of Pe titions, the Chamber, on being consulted, passed to the order of the day on that part of the petition re lative to the Poles at Havre. The President—The Chamber has now to dis cuss the second part of the petition, which rel ates to the repeal or maintena nce o f the law concerning foreign refugees. General Lafayette observed that the Government appeared to have made an exorbitant use of the powerfput in their hands by this law, and to have lent too credulous an ear to ill-founded complaints against the foreign - refugees.- The Hon. Geheral went into several details to show the inaccuracy of many of these accusations, and concluded by ex pressing his regret that the Chamber had passed to the order of the day on the petition. SITTING OF JAN. 27. Yesterday the Middlesex Magistrates reassembled in their Sessions House, Clerkenwell, for the discussion of various matters adjourned at their former meeting. The Chair was taken by B. RoTcee, Esq., M.P. Sir J. S. LILLIE called upon the Chairman to explain a charge made by him on the List Court day that he (Sir J. S. Lillie) had attacked him behind his back on the day that the election of the Chairman took place. Mr. FLOOD objected to the subject being entered upon, as it had nothing to do with the business of the day. Sir J. S. LILLIE said he had been publicly and unjustly attacked, and had a right to he heard in self defence. Hu would now ask the Chairman whether he WOO not sitting on the Bench when he (Sir J. S. Lillie) made those observations which he had spoken of as an attack upon him behind his back ? The CHAIRMAN said certainly he was not. He bad retired to his private room from a feeling of delicacy as soon as the question of the election of a Chairman was called on, and while sitting there a Magistrate came to him and informed him that Sir John Scott Lillie was mak ng observations upon his conduct as Chairman which in justice to himself he ought to go into Court and attend to. He di.l so, but what lie heard Sir J. S. Lillie say was of a general nature. The next morning he was our_ prised to find that, according to the newspaper reports, much had been said by the worthy Knight Prior to his coining into Court the character of which was very dif ferent. Powerful Steam Packets may be engaged for towing and Excursions. CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary. General Steam Naviga!ion C mpany's Office, 69, Lombard street. rTHE MONTHLY REPOSITORY f or R. FEBRUARY, price Is. 6d., contains the first of a Series of Articles on some of the more popular Dialogues of Plato—Songs of the Months (with orivinal Music) : No 2. February, St. Valentine's Day—The Taxes on Knowledge—Lord Brougham's Chancery Reforms—The War-cry—Church Reform and the Dissenters—Classifica tion of Readers of Shakspeare, with Remarks on M cready's Kinir John—Coriolanus no Aristocrat—The In dicator and Companion—Adam, the Gardener—Space— The Rajah's Tomb—Colonel Macerone—Notices of New Publications. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXVIII , IS JUST PUBLISHED. CONTENTS: I. CHANGES REQUIRED IN THE CORN LAWS. 4 . A RHYMED PLEA FOR"TOLERANCE. WIFFEN , s MEMOIRS OF THE HOUSE OF RUSSELL. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS—TRANSPORTATION. KAY'S TRAVELS IN . LAWS A 4 TO LIBELS AGAINST CHRISTIANITY. 4. MISS AIKIN'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF CHARLES I. 0 . THE BRIDGWATER BEQUEST, AND WHEWELL'S n VIEWS A ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS. ND MACHINATIONS OF THE TORIES. 11, CORPORATIONS AND ENDOWMENTS. 1 2 : IHE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. .HACKERAY'S LIFE OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM. London: Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Chlrles Fox, Paternoster-row. ARMY AND NAVY. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL, AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE, For FEBRUARY, CONTAINS, AMONG OTHER INTERESTING SUBJECTS : Naval Officers' Widows—On the pres . ent state of the Science of the Tides, by the Rev. W. Whewell—Cam paign of Ibrahim Pach% in Syria and Karamania—Ad ventures of an Officer in the Brazilian Navy (continued) —Austrian Review on the Mincio—The Descendants of the Bounty's Crew, as first discovered by the Briton and Tagus Frigates : from the unpublished MS. of the late Captain Pipon, R. 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JEWEL, M D., Senior Physieian-Accoucheur to the Sc. George's and St. James's Dispensary; Lecturer on Midwifery, &c. London: Longman and Co. ; R. Scholey; Sherwood and Co. ; E. Cox ; S. and Co. • Burgess and Co• ; Highlev; J. Duncan; Simpkin and J. Churchill. Edin burgh: A. and C. Black: and Stirling and C‘,. At half-past one the chair was taken by the Vice- President (M. Berenger). M. Desroberts presented a petition in his own name, and those of Messrs. Aroue and Mallet, rela tive to the improvement of the cross-roads in France. The Chamber then entered into debate upon the proposed law relative to the pensions of the widows of Marshal Jourdan and Generals De Caen, Dau mesnil, and Gerard. The 22d Edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, price 31. PRACTICAL O BSERVATIONS on STICTURES of the URETHRA and RECTUM, r ecommending an improved system for their treatment and cure; illustrating its efficacy by numerous remarkable and highly important cases, in some of which Strictures of from Ten to Twenty Years' duration have been totally removed in a few weeks, and its superiority thereby fully established over every other method hitherto practised. By C. B. COURTENAY, No. 42, Great Marlborough.•street, Regent -street. With Observations and Practical Comments on Gleet, Seminal Weakness, and the miseries occasioned by Self abuse, for the cure of which a mode of treatment, the re sult of long and successful practice, at once safe, speedy, and effectual, is adopted by the author. An Hon. Member spoke against granting these pensions. SONNET, by a Parisian Lady, on her Entre in London. Translated from the French, and inscribed to Mr. Warren. I've seen the dew-drop fall from high, I've - seen its influence on the flower; I've ponder'd o'er its brilliancy, And love its all.resplendent power; Awl oft I've seen Golconda's gem Glitter upon the diadem : But ne'er saw I that beauteous bloom That on my bright .shoes here is set, Nor thought I they could e'er assume Such a refulgent glossy jet ! For Warren's Blacking there displays Beauty on which I ne'er had thought to gaze. Then, Warren, take the praise o f one Whose best of ishes thou bast won. This easy shining and brilliant Blacking, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON; and soli in every Town in the Kingdom. Liquid, in bottles, and Paste Blacking, in pots, at 6d., 12,1. and 18d. each. Be particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, Strand. All others are counterfeit. M. 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In the one it will be found an unfailing source of barrenness, the other have its ravages fatally developed by a distressing state of debiy, whi c h, if not timely remedied, tenni nates in impotency ; these are its remote and ultimate effects, whilst Consumptions, Loss of Muscular Power, and various other complaints, usually characterise the earlier stages of these distressing diseases, for the cure of which the Author has laid down a plan of treatment which, (luring his experience of upwards of thirty-five Years' extensive practice, has invariably proved successful. Price 49. • No. 42, Great Marlborough -street. "Amongst the numerous medical and surgical works of th e day, we consider that written by Dr. Cuurtenay n a syphilis and other frequently fatal complaints, to he Wo rthy of the highest encomiums, and justly deserving the serious attention of ail those persons who may unfortu nately happen to be afflicted with the maladi es whi c h form the subject of this very interesting publication. The luminous views taken of these diseases, together with the important warnings against excesses, entitle this work to great. praise; and we may add, as a further recommend ation, that it is tWritten with much delicacy and morality." peLtor and Literary Review. THE --- OIvEGIGINA ETABLE SY RUP of DE VELNOS continues to be prepared by Mr antitis. CANHAM, the Sole Propri e t or , i n i ncrease d q u ts at this Belson, at her Laboratory, No. 52, Berners-streets Oxford-street. The experience of up wards of half a century, cooped with its extensive sale, bas proved this Medicine to to the most effectual, yet the Moat innocent alterative. It is particularly adapted to the cure of Scrofula Live r , Asthma, , Scurvy, S cor b ut i c \ P a l sy, Di seased Gout, Toulon's, and Ulcers. The most emaciat e d constittrion, or those bust by mercurial Medi cific ei nes, may with certainty an d sa f ety expect from this spe out it What the whole M ater i a M ed i ca cannot perform with the- perfe ct cure. It is a Medicine calculated for all impurities of the blood and juices, and, from its mild ness, Peculiarly adapted to the female sex, as they may take it at all t'mes and at all seasons. From a conviction that particular cases published have been thought too fre quently a glaring insult on the understanding of the public, owing to the many fallacious ones too frequently set forth, Mrs. Canharn has been unwilling to fall into that error, notwithstanding she is in possession of innumerable proofs of Cures effected by her Medicine. The Syrup is sold in c ures-street, as usual, at 138. a bottle: it may also be • - from most of the respectable Medicine Venders in London, and every considerable town in the United Kingdom. The concentrated, for warm climates, is sold by the deputed Agents in the East Indies, viz., Nlessrs. Calder and Co., Calcutta ; Messrs. Forbes and Co., Bona bay; and Messr s . Arbuthnot and Co., madras. DR. JAMES'S FEVER POWDER AN D ANA_ LEPTIC PILLS. THE FEVER POWDER is allo we d to be the most valuable discovery Kithyeevermaedleuairli.utbe etas in f ever , meas l es , St. e sc ience of m e di c i ne , and is a dmin i stered Anthony's fire, pleu r i sy , sore throat, rheumatism, &c. When given freely upon the first attack of fever, it gives decided re lief in a few h ours , and gen era ll y effects a cure. I n cold s or catarrhs, par taking more or less of inflammation, it is found invariably nt . z to sh orten their duration, and to pr natin g and 4e. in pulmonary affections. Inpeavce their ermi -2 kets at 2s. 9d. Toe Analeptic Pills, from their influence in exciting the ural secretions, are an excellent alterative remedy in chronic diseases, rheumatism, habitual febrile and gouty t e r eetions, i n di gestion, bilious, and other complaints of t h e ,I, ° , 4 Thcb and b owe l s. They are mild in their operation, ' unt requi re t h e least restraint or confinement to the Pah "it, and as a genera l f am il y me di c i ne t h ey h ave no Cuperior. In boxes at 4s. 6d. and 245. James thinks it necessary to inrorm the public hta . l att ,„ Newberg, Messis. the late agents of his grandfather, Own co _ and hi mse lf , are now vend i ng art i cles of t h eir he has ."Position, under the name of Dr. James, and that Chytnin:PPninted in their stead Mr. Thomas Butler, t?ihearul,eiser/t?ter:tp.psi:l:s, 54, Lower of St. Paul's London ; and Lower Sackville-street, Dublin, Scotland, . Bt . " c "esale agents • the former for England, and of t h e ir and e latter for Ireland. Of whore, genuin e r country agents, the public may obtain the ture ne medicines, which are authenticated by the signa lantleo:fa!t,*. b G.. G. Jam es on t h e l a b el of every packet, " PRICES OF FOREIGN WHEAT. We collect below the information received from variou parts of the continent since the last accounts relating to the current prices of wheat and flour. These periodical returns are admitted by practical men to be of very great value. The highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality at Paris is 46f. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers to IL 9s. the English sack of 280th. ; and the highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality in London is 21. 10s. the sack. It therefore appears that flour is '72 2-sths per cent. dearer in London than at Paris, and that with the auas of 21. 10s. a rain may buy 4831 b. of fine flour at Paris, whereas with the same sum be can only buy 2801 b. in London. The price of wheaten bread of the first quality at Paris is 1 1 sous per lib. French weight, which is less than 4d. for the loaf of 416. English weight. The price of bread of the second quality is 8 sous per 4 lb. French weight, which is less than 31d. the loaf of 41b. English weigh , . The flour at Paris is greatly superior in quality to the London flour; and, indeed, there is not a capital city in Europe in which both flour and bread are of at, indifferent a quality as in London. The following is the state of things in other parts of France : At Haguen au the price of wheat is 141. the hectolitre, which answers to IL 12s. Id. the quarter of eight bushels, imperial measure. At Arns the price of wheat is l lf. to 141. the hectolitre, which is from 11.55. 2d. to 11. 12s. 1,1. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. At Chalng.sur.Marne the price of wheat is 18f. to 201. per Li hectolitre, which is from I/. 7s. 61. to 1/. 108.7 d. the Englisl► quarter of eight buslads, imperial measure. At Sables d'Olonne the price of wheat is 3151. to 3201. per 20 hectolitres, which is from 14 16s. Id. to 11. 16d. 3d. the English quarter of eight bushels, imperial measure. At Bergues the price of wheat is 231. to 25f. per 2i hectolitres, which is from 1/. 15s. 2d. to 1/. 18s. 2d. the English quarter of eight bushels, imperial measure. The wheat of this district is of highly superior quality, and probably the best of any in France. At Cain the price of wheat of the first quality is 34f. the sack, which answers to 11. 10s. 9d. the Imperial quar ter of eight bushels. At Cognac the wean }nice of wheat is 14f. 35c. the hectolitre, which answers to 11. 12s. I Id. the English quarter of eight bushels, imperial measure. At Havre the price of wheat of the first quality is 39f. the sack, which answers to 11. 15s. 3d. the English quar ter of eight bushels imperial measure. At Cambray the price of wheat rules from 10f. to 14f. the hectolitre, which is from U. 2s. Ild. to 1/. 12s. Id. tile quarter of eight bushels, imperial measure. The price of wheaten flour of the first quality is 241. 50c. the 101 kilogrammes, which answers to 1/. 4s. 3d. the English sack of 2801 b., and the price of wheaten flour of the first quality in Lon don being 21. 10s. the sack, it follows that flour is 106 per rent, dearer in London than at Cambray, and that with the sum of 21. 10s. a man may buy 5771 b. of fine flour at Cambray, whereas with the same sum he can only buy 28016. in Loudon. it is of special remark and observation, that since the harvest of 1832 the prices of grain in France have been gradually falling, while, during the same period, the money wages of labour have been gradually rising, and are now grown to a point, that if the matter were carefully in qitired into, we believe it would be found that the average money wages of agricultural labour in France are some what higher than in Great Britain; that the average money wages of mechanical and tnanufacturing labour are nearly, and perhaps quite, as high as in Great Britain; and if after this we take Ireland into the account, we be -I.i!vo it will be f oun d t h at t h e average money wages of all kinds th of l a b our i n F rance are pretty considerably higher _ an in th e U n i ted Kingdom ; and if all this be so, then, from the l ower prices of food, and generally of the neces rea.el wa 8 a nd conv e ni ences o f l i fe, i t clearly results that the gtehse United of labo ur i n F rance are very considerably higher than in Ti i , Ki ng d om . produc e o f the French taxes on consumable Com modities has during the last year increased very considera bly, and all the French a ut h or i t i es ascribe this increase to the late abundata s thbour id vests and th e re d uce d pr i ce of corn ; and, ind ee d, it o like i p s ro fo p o o d si proposition that then seem to b e a p l a i n, common-sense less a man is taxed in the price verninent ; and then more he:lta this to be taxe d by the Go is further consideration, that every Government is in a great part of the expenditure useful and necessary cominoditie"f lower the prices of these commodities, the consequently, the sam e, the less will be the Government expenditure. The Wheilne,thseeGins ability of ' the therefore vernn en t productive of a double benefit, expenditure is absolutely diminished, the people to pay Is absolutely increased. A letter of the 20th inst., from Marseilles, states that on the preceding day, M. Spiridi on Tric :u P the Amb a s sa dor from Greece to Great Britain, arrived there from Toulon with his family. He is a native of Missolonghi, but was educated in England. He has filled many important offices in his own country. The wandering piper, whose peregrination s in this kingdom some time ago excited great attention, is now collecting a golden harvest in the principal towns of the United States. Sir J. S. laLux—Did I not mention in your bearing that my object was to afford you an opportunity of explain ing and of vindicating yourself? The CHAIRMAN—No, you did not., Sir J. S. LILLIE denied that anything he then said could be fairly deemed to he personal. Mr. flatswzr.r. avowed that he was the Magistrate who told the Chairman of what was being said of him in his absence. The conversation here dropped, and the business of the day was entered upon. Sir J. WILLIAMS moved that for the future the prisoners against whom no bills were found he brought into Court, and there publicly discharged by proclamation, instead of being discharged at the gaol, as was the present system. Sir P. LAURIE objected to the proposed change, on the ground of its subjecting the individuals to the unnecessary degradation of being dragged through the streets to the Court-house. Sir J. WILLIAMS said it was no psrt of his proposal to have them dragged through the street. They could be brought up in the caravans. Sir P. LAURIE still objected, on the ground of the ex pense and inconvenience that would he occasioned. Mr. BROUGHTON inquired whether the practice of giving each prisoner a shilling cn his discharge was still followed ? Mr. HALSWELL said it was not, as experience had convinced the magistrates that it was mostly spent in the first gin -shop. They were obliged even to he very scru pulous about giving any article of clothing, as it was too frequently converted into liquor, and the recipient returned bark upon their hands a prisoner on the evening of the very day of his discharge. They did not now, on an average, give away 10s. among two hundred prisoners. Mr. HALCOMA doubted whether the discharging of the prisoners at the gaol gates was not illegal. The CHAIRMAN said he always had been of *llion it was illegal ; hnt unless a majority of his brother magis trates concurred with him, it would be impossible for him to alter it. After some further discussion the question was referred to the Visiting Magistrates for them to report thereon. The Report of the Committee appointed to consider the subject of the errors alleged to have occurred in the office of the Clerk of Indictments, and also to report on the efficiency of the officers of the Court, was then read. It stated that Mr. Stafford had held the office of Clerk of Indictments thirty-five years ; that he was appointed thereto by Mr. Stafford, the Clerk of the Peace ; and that he had previously filled a similar office for the Home Assizes. The Report spoke highly of the general ability and carefulness of Mr. Stafford in discharging his duties, and expressed an opinion that the errors complained of, which were merely clerical, were such as any person might accidentally have fallen into in the hurry of business, without being subject to any heavy blame. Mr. Selby, the Clerk of the Peace, the Report stated, was 84 years old, and resided in Cumberland ; but his deputy resided in Carlis'e-street, Soho. Mr. Stirling held the office of Clerk to the Visiting Justices of the Prisons, and was spoken of as aged and infirm ; and Mr. Richards, the crier of the Court, was declared to be ineffici,nt from the same cause. Sir J. GluoN moved that the Report be printed and circulated, and taken into consideration on the next Court day. Mr. MlViwabs, as an amendment, moved that it be referred hick to the Committee for further consideration. Mr. HALSWELL seconded the amendment. Mr. BROUGHTON spoke in high terms of the ablity with which Mr. Scaff:rd had always discharged his ar c:mu+ duties, and spoke of the ohseivation. in toe reparc as to the age and infirmities of certain officers of the Court as ungenerous and uncalled for. If the Court wished to oe well served they must mle allowance for any little mistakes which the infirmities of age might occasion. Mr. BALLANTINE followed, and also high)) , extolled the attainments of Mr. Staff rd as a special pleader. He also bore testimony to the integrity of the character of Mr. Richards, the crier of the Court, who had for fifty years discharged the dutits of his office without blot and without blemish. After much desultory conversation, it was resolved that nothing further should be done in respect of the report, which was disposed of by the carrying of the usual techni cJl motion in such cases, that it do lie on the table. Mr. FLOOD, agreeably to notice, brought forward his motion for the erection of an additional Court for the trial of prisoners. Sir CHARLES FORBES, for the purpose of giving an opportunity of diseus.,ing the merits of the question, se cond,d the motion. No gentleman thought proper to rise and formally op. pose the motion, but cries of " Question, question," were beard from all parts of the Court ; and the motion being put, no hands were raised in its favour but those of the mover and seconder : it was of course declared to he lost. The Court then adjourned. PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE. —Nobody likes to be nobody, but every body is pleased to think himself to be somebody, and every body is somebody ; but the worst of the matter is, that when any body thinks himself to be somebody, he is too much inclined to think every body else to be nobody, RUSSIAN MILITARY FORCE.—The mili tary force of Russia consists of about 379,978 men ; but this large army is more numerous than available, as would appear from the fact that it took more than two years to assemble together 120,000 men to lead against the Turks, and 80,000 as a corps of observation from Poland and Lithuania. In the first year of the Polish war two ntonths elapsed before an army of 118,000 men could be brought into operation, and in the second year, by redoubled efforts, an army of not more than 126,000 men was mustered, with a reserve corps of 50,000, and 10,000 Cossacks; in all, 186,000. From these state ments, it would appear that, in the event of Russia taking an offensive position on the frontier of Prussia, and bring ing her troops to the banks„pf the Oder, she could not raise an army of more than 180,000 to 200,000 men, is addition to a necessary reserve of 100,000. In case of a war taking place in Austria, she could not engage more than 120,000 to 150,000 troops, as she would then leave on her flanks a people impatient of her yoke. From these statements, we may conclude that, supposing Russia were to declare war against France, being obliged to leave an army of 80,000 men in Poland, she could not bring more than 100,000 to the banks of the Rhine. Another con sideration is, that, although the Russian armies dm% very little upon the treasury when at home, being almost wholly supported at the expense of the population, they becom e very expensive when once out of their own terri tory : and the great number of horses, with the immense quantity of materiel which they take out, soon exhausts the country th roug h w hi c h t h ey pass : i n consequence of which they can never make more than five or six days* march from their magazines. —Tableau Statistique du Systame Militaire de la Russie, by Joseph Tanski, Polish Refugee, CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES._SITTING or JAN. 25. At two o'clock the President took the chair. The order of the day was receiving the report of the Committee of Petitions. M. Keratry gave an account to the Chamber of several petitions relative to 158 Poles who bad landed at Havre, the object of which petitions was to obtain permission for these Poles to remain in France. The Hon. Member said, that though the commission felt admiration for the courage and sympathy for the misfortunes of these refugees, yet, considering the heavy burdens imposed upon the conntry,still they were of opinion that the Govern ment should not allow to be wrested from them by a kind of violence that which reason and justice forbade them to grant. The commission, therefore (concluded the reporter), proposes to pass to the order of the day. General Layfaette(general marks of attention.) — It is not long since (said the Hon. General), that this Chamber, in its address to the King, seized the opportunity of protesting, in an especial man. ner, against all that has been done in Poland. It must be isy the recollection of every one ttat. th.e Chamber said that the nationality of Poland should not perish. At present, we have to take into con sideration the fate of a number of Poles, victims of their national fidelity, who have disembarked at Havre. They formed a part of that body of Polish troops who were obliged to take refuge in the Prussian territory, where they were subjected to the most brutal and perfidious measures, to force them back into the power of the Russians. You may have heard that numbers of these unfortunate men were, on their refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the destroyer of their country, made to run the gauntlet between a double file of Prussians armed with cudgels, anti several died from the effects of the blows inflicted upon them. Six hundred of these Poles, who survived this brutal treatment, eagerly accepted an offer made by the Prussian Go vernment to send them to America. It is a por tion of these, forced by contrary winds to enter the port of Havre, where they have been ge nerously welcomed by the inhabitants, who now claim the rights of hospitality from this Cham ber. It would surely be unworthy of the ge nerosity and good faith of the Chamber, which so nobly expressed itself on the address in favour of Poland, to yield to the proposal of the commission, and by passing to the order of the day reject the prayer of the petitioners. The Hon. General con cluded by moving that the petitions be referred to the President of the Council and to the King's Council.—(Hear.) The Minister of the Interior—Gentlemen, the Hon. General, in moving that these petitions be referred to the Council of Ministers, was actuated by motives of sympathy and gratitude, which the Government shares with him. But even under that point of view, the course he proposes appears to me uncalled for. The Government has fulfilled, with regard to the refugees, all the duties imposed upon it. The Government has been frequently re proached with harsh and barbarous conduct towards .he foreign refugees now in France, in transporting iem from one place to another, exiling them to A giers, &c. Gentlemen, 'I gladly seize the opportte nity to explain the conduct of the Government upon these points ; awl, first, I shall apply to certain as sertions that have been bruited, that the French Government was guided in its treatment of the re fugees by- the secret nego=iations of foreign pow e rs. No, Gentlemen, such has not been the case. We have followed alone the dictates of our conscience and the interests of the nation, totally unbiassed by any foreign influence. The Minister went on to say, that complaints being made from various places where the Polish refugees were located ie great numbers, that they had been the cause of pub lic tumult and disorder, it becime necessary to change their place of residence, and disseminate them in smaller numbers. But (continued the Minister) to refute the insinuations of injustice and cruelty of which the Government has been the object, it sill only be necessary to lay before you the amount of the allowances made to the refugees. The Generals, Lieutenant-General, and ether high functionsries receive from 2,500 f. to 3,000 f, a-year, the same pay, in fact, as a French Lieutenant-General. Even, by a particular exception in her favour, the widow of G , .neral Torrijos enjoys a pension of 3,0001., a pert. sion similar to which you have recently refused to the widows of French Generals. Those amongst the refugees of the same rank as a Brigadier-Gene ral receive an allowance of from 1,500 f., to 2,0401. For those of a subaltern rank the allowance is .547 f, and in some cases 600 f., which is equal to the half-pay of a French captain. The privates amongst the refugees receive 275 f. 75c., whilst the French private soldier is given only a sum of 240 f. The 4,000,000 f., which you voted last session for aiding foreign refugees will be entirely exhausted ; and even supposing that you refuse to listen to any new claims on these funds, I shall still be obliged to ask of the Chamber a supplementary grant of 1,500,0001. for 1834.—(Murmurs from the centres.) The Minis ter proceeded to state that the late events in Spain had driven into this country a great number of Spa nish Carlist refugees, who were in such distress that they begged to be admitted into the prisons for the sake of shelter and nourishment; whilst, at the same time, numbers of those of a contrary political opinion, who might, in consequence of the amnesty, return to Spain, preferred, under various pretexts, remaining in France, and enjoying the allowances made to them. The Minister in conti nuation said, that the Polish refugees showed but little eagerness either to enter the French army or the levies made for Portugal, and they were actually unwilling to be employed in the manufactories, or work for their livelihood. The Minister, after mentioning several instances of gross misconduct on the part of some of the refugees, added, I hesitate not to say, if my conscience reproaches me with anything, it is for having been too indulgent. For what, in truth, are the severities that we have been accused of exercising towards the ref ugees ? M . Gamier Pag es has taked of the persecution expe rienced by a yeoman named Wolfrum, but he knew not what kind of a man this was. I shall beg leave to inform him he was an agent of the German Jesuits.—(Bursts of laughter from the centre.) Here the Minister, in proof of his assertion, read a paper, beginning " The person named Wolfrum is to make his appearance in the first Confessional of the Church of St. Peter, at Munich," and concluding in the following terms:—" The watchword is Ignatius Loyola and Caper. Signed r Father Anselme.' " ( General laughter, and cries of " What has M. Cabet to do with that ?") The Minister of the Interior—l said Capet, and not Cabet.—(lncreased laughter.) You now know, continued the Minister, M. Wolfrum, and the peace able kind of industry which we have been accused of disturbing—(Laughter and murmurs.) The President—Do not interrupt the Midster. In bringing on this discussion you 110 doubt wished to come to the knowledge of facts, and you have been furnished with them.—(Bursts of laughter from the Ministers' benches.) The Minister of the Interior then proceeded to state, that the Polish refugees at Marseilles had twice broken the promises made by them to the municipal authorities. After having, at their own desire, been incorporated in the foreign legion de,- tined for Algiers, they then protested against the execution of the measure; and after being embarked, M. Leereps observed that France had already to pay an annual pension list of 55,000,000 of francs and he adjured the Chamber not to augment this enormous burden. The Hon. Member added, that the Chamber ought to be the less eager to pension the widow of Marshal Jourdan, inasmuch as it could be shown by authentic documents that the Marshal had already received from the public Trea sury no less than 4,000,000 f. M. Charles Dupin spoke in favour of the grants, and sought particularly to impress upon the Cham ber the necessity there existed for granting an ex traordinary pension to the widow of General de Caen, who was so far from possessing the goods of fortune that it was not till 1831 that he was quali fied to be an elector; his personal and house taxes before that period amounting. only to 6f. 98c. General Leydel declared himself opposed to the grants, and remarked, that if the nation was to be charged with new burdens, it should be with a view• to alleviate the distress of the widows of officers (II inferior rank, rather than to render more opulent those of the higher ranks. M. Boyer de Peyrelean retraced the military ca reer of General de Caen, and eulogized his eminent services in India and the I-le of Fiance. Geniis, men, added the Hon. Member, the widow of Ge neral de Caen, sinking under age and infiirrities, asks of you to enable her to place a monuments stone over the remains of her husband ; to ethical, her eon in the sentiments of his father; and, in fin , . to leave them a little pittance to support existence for, continued the Hon. Member, this unfortunate lady has nothing, absolutely nothing; at the dead: of General de Caen, he 1,-fr nor even as much a sufficed to pay his bur i al expenses. General Delort expressed his surprise that the commission, after passing a high eulogium upon th. Generals de Caen, Diu meAni I, and Gerard, should have proposed to the Chamber the rejection of tit( intended grants in favour of their widows. T; , • Hon. Member particula•ly insisted upon the dais). that the widow of General de Caen had upon the consideration of the Chamber. General B•ige,,tut Pxpres;d himself in favour of the proposed pensions. M. Vatoul, reporter of the commission, entered into a justifica , ion of the course proposed by the commission—namely, to grant a pension to the widow of Marshal Jourdan, and refuse the others. M. Baude stated his opinion to be that pension, should be granted to the widows of Marshal Jour dan and General de Caen solely. (From Galignani's Messenger of Monday.) It is rumoured that the following changes in the foreign representatives of France are in contempla tion :—M. de Rumigny will remove from his em bassy in Switzerland to that of Spain, in the room of M. de Rayneval, who is to return to Vienna, whence M. de St. Aulaire will proceed to Rome, and resume the post he so long occupied there, while M. de Latour Maubourg will quit the Holy See, and replace M. de Rumigny in Switzerland. Extract of a private letter of the 15th instant from Ancona :—" On Monday last 165 French sol diers were lauded from the Finisterre, after which she hoisted the Pontifical flag at her main-top -mast, ar►d fired a salute of eleven guns, which was an swered by an equal number from the citadel. It is said that she was to have brought 25 artillerymen, but received a telegraphic order to sail before they could arrive at Toulon to be embarked. The Finis terre is in want of repairs, having sustained consi derable damage in the late stormy weather. It is believed that she will remain a month in this port. We are assured that the Pope's Government is highly dissatisfied with the arrival of these fresh troops." The Moniteur contains a report of the 18th inst., from Lieutenant-General Voirol, Commander of the Forces in Africa, which announces that the plain of Metidjeh had been delivered from a formidable instigator of robbery and disorder by the death of Hadji Mohammed Ben Reffenda, chief of the tur bulent tribe of the Hadjoutes, who was shot out of revenge by a :Marabout. Peace continues to pre vail, robbery is less frequent, and agricultural la bours are taking a wider extension in the plain. A deputation from the tribes contiguous to the Porte de Fer had come to offer assistance against the Bey of Constantina. To this is subjoined another report, dated the 6th inst., from General Desmichels, Corn marinder of the Oran division, upon the unfortunate sortie from the Maison Carree in the beginning of the month, all the details of which appeared in the order of the day of that officer which which was published in the Messenger of Friday. The Estrella of Madrid has his the following:— " The King of Denmark has sent a vet) , kind and friendly answer to the letter of the Queen Regeit communicating to his Majesty the death of Ferdi nand VII., and the accession of Donna Isatiella. He has also continued the Chevalier Borgo di Primo in his functions as Charge d'Affaires at Madrid ft,' the Danish Court. The Hanse Towns have sei.t an answer couched in similar terms." A letter of the 22d inst from Bordeaux gives ti e following details of the stoppage of the F renc h Ca binet cou r i er by th e Carlists, which we have already mentioned : " The courier who brought the Madrid Gazelle 'ee-41te42 eontaining the (2 ordinance appointing the new Cab;- 'tete tte:eda scorned tai 1.20 men, •eaa etopped by Le &eel' re' nr.,= of 7' Leeds at the head of 1,900 men. The use le, timbres it in possible ru efer any effectual resistance, retreated in good ruder, leaving the courier and two travellers who were with hi m in the hands of the rr hels. One of the tra veller: was M. Garelli, an Italian, ,a ho ha- been appointed one of the managers of the Grand Theata e of Madrid. Being all three cateltteted into the mamtains between Bergara and Moneragon, the •lesparches, including these addressed to the French Mieiseer for Foreign Affairs, were opened and read. le this packet were three letters ; t he first was f r o m Zea to his brother the Ambassador at Paris, incorm 'll2' him that the Queen had at length yielded to his representations, and accepted his resignation. The second was from the Intendant of the Police of. Madrid to M. Gisquet, thanking him for informa tion teat some of the members of the Societe des Dcoits de l'Homm e had gone into Catalonia to hasten the insurrection of the Republicans. The third was a report from a French agent placed by Marshal Soult in the service of M. de Rayne eel, for the purpose of watching his movements and making the Marshal acquainted with them. This corres pondence greatly amused the chief of the band, who offered the captives chocolate. Having searched the baggage of the travellers, one of whom only passed a Madrid Gazette by having used it is wrap up a brush, the courier was suffered to con tinue on his way." The Bordeaux papers of the 23d inst. state that the cannier who brought the news of the change of the Spanish Ministry had among his despatches an exposition of General Quesada, composed in much Stronger terms than that of General Llauder. It is now known that it was this new manifestation which effected the downfall of M. Zea. We regret that the insurgents kept possession of this docu ment, as we should have found in the frank asperity of the General a just description of the irritation, produced in the public mind from a persistence in a state of things universally disapproved. The Car lists, under the command of Zumalcarreguy, have gained possession of the iron-works at Orbacieta. Colonel Bayona, and the small detachment he had with him, retired upon the frontiers of France, and passed them above St. Michel. On the night of the 17th he sent to St. Jean Pied-de-Port for provisions for the Ahescouan women and children who had followed him. The Vapor of Barcelona of the 17th inst pub lishes a proclamation of General Llauder, on the (le sion of a slight attempt at raising an insurrection at Barcelona on the 13th, when the Subdelegado de Fomento (Prefect) was installed, in which he 'ex horts the people to maintain peace and order. Letters from Barcelona state that General Llauder has published a proclamation, in which he renews his protestations of fidelity to the Qeeen and de votedness to her cause, and declares that his views have been completely realised by the late political changes made at Madrid. Catalonia is in a state of perfect tranquillity. Extract of a letter of the 17th inst. from Ma drid :—" The new Ministry is composed in perfect accordance with the Council of Regency. The Marquis de las Amarillas and M. Burgos fully under.. stand one another, and M. Martinez de la Rosa has accepted the Department of Foreign Affairs, without the Presidency of the Council, which has been sup pressed, as incompatible with the prerogatives of the Council of Regency. M. Gareli, the Minister of Justice, is an upright man, and perhaps the first lawyer in the kingdom. This leads us to hope that a new civil code may be shortly promulgated The Council of Regency has come to an understanding _with Messrs. Martinez de la Rosa, Gareli, and Bur gos, as to the system of policy to be pursued. The labours of the Committee of Finances have been suspended by the fall of the late Knisrry, as the new Cabinet agree in the necessity of raising a lean to meet the present exigencies of the state until by he development of its prosperity, the nation may he able to provide for its own wants:. A new Direc tor of the Treasury wll be immediately appolirted, ri i the room of M. Girgolio. The Duke de San F-rnando is dangerously ill, and has had the sacre ment administered to him. General Cruz has been ~tacked with an ieflimmation of the ehe.t." The Sentinelle des Pyrenees. of Bayonne, of the 23,i ins. , coetirms the news of the capture of tl.e erei works aeed fort of Arbecteta, and gives the 1. de ea wing details of the movements of the C lists pre. veers to that event, which are not without ieterest : " The in -agents of Navarre having met with some reverse: in the valley of Berunda, where they had •aken refuge brier the action of eetet a Ctrx, and in ehteh th-y admit that they had 2 .000 men ons hors de combat, approached the Frence ;ratifier. Zestra ,,earregity, the Gimmander-in-C lief, Colonel Bravo, C timid &vase, and stone membr is of the junta of Navarre, arrived by forced marches on the 15th at Burguette, Espinel, and Ronceveaux, three leagues from Aldudes, with 1,100 or 1,200 infantry and 500 horses, bringing with them 12 prisoner-, and 250 or 300 mules ladeit with their baggage. The soldiers were armed with English muskets, but were badly mounted, clothed and paid. They complained hat they had aot received any pay for twenty dare They steal whatever falls into their hands, and several of the inhabitants of Bur guette have been forced to lemove their valuable effects to Eldudes to escape their rapine. Since he has arrived Zemalacarreguy has made three incursions into the valley of Ahescua, to disarm 1,500 of the inhabitants who bad taken up arms for the Queen, but who gave them up without resistance." After announcing the capture of Arbacieta, the Sentinelle continues :—" General Lorenzo, at the head of 3,000 men, has left Los Arcos to pursue the rebels, and Valdes is marching to Navarre with the same number of troops. El Pastor, ere long, will make a movement on his side. By means of these combined attacks, the Carlists will be forced to throw themselves into the Bioga, or take refuge in France." The Augsburg Gazette of the 22d inst. has the following extract of a private letter of the 13th from Berlin :—" In order to improve the trade of East and West Prussia, which has suffered considerably from the exclusion system of Russia, our Govern ment has endeavoured to form a commercial treaty with that Power. Councillor Semmler was sent to St. Petersburgh to that effect ; everything was going on favourably, the treaty was nearly termi nated, and the Prussian Plenipotentiary was about to return, when Russia suddenly withdrew from the ool el r ia d s' his bt inie commander )t negotiation. Th e F renc h j ourna l s h ave attr ib ute d the removal of the F renc h A m b assa d or at t h e C ourt of Sweden to th e p ro d uct i on o f a vau d ev ill e at onB of the Pa r i s i an t h eatres , L e C amara d e d e Lit ; this is erroneous, as , f rom w h at we l earn , M. d e St. Simon was reca ll e d f rom S toc kh o l m on ac count of improp er con d uct towar d s one o f t h e ladies of th e C our t." Thi s j ourna l h as a l so t h e following f rom C onstant i nop l e , d ate d t h e 31st ult.--" The Sultan devotes great attention to his troops; he is expecting instructors from France and Italy, and levies will then be ordered in the pro vinces. It is intended to introduce a sort of coloni zation-ov,erninniesnetvernraulstparreLotfaAnisiiiale;, for bu its financesttheOttomaartet G the most exhausted in the world. M. d e B uten i eff, the Russian Ambassador, will be abs ent s i x mont h s. fleet, who has tsohemehm truthacndreoorwf Crowds si f s a arrival re h r e iva E l g. continually yplttiaits said t s la t submitted tted hims e lf to t h e S u l tan, re- OsmanPa flocking down to th e port, to convince themselves s'filviiatilnithioentir n eyes u a bay mutiny has broken out in the Egyptian fleet stationed before Candia, with a view, perhaps, to follow Osman's example. Some persons, on the contrary, believe all this to be deception on the part of the crafty Viceroy, who, is the event of his Admiral being well received by the Sultan, had already given orders to his Pachn to renew war with the Porte in the ensuing spring. Tins, however, appears improbable. The news from Alexandria is not favourable. The Viceroy oppresses the coon ty too much. A reaction is anticipated, and it would have taken place already but for the immense force f his army." The Gazette quotes the funds at