The Sun. — London, England, 1831-02-14 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) STIRLING, FEB. 1 0.—The rapidity with which the snow has disappeared from all the grounds in the neigh bourhood, leaving even the Ochils nearly bale, will easily account for a most extraordinary rising of the Forth which took place yesterday, and which has not been equalled in the memory of any person living. In the morning the Forth was very much flooded, though not so much so as to excite surprise ; but as the day advanced the waters in creased, when wrecks of various kinds, timber, a wooden bridge, lately erected near Domblane, awl many other ar ticles, floated down on the torrent, and chewed how highly and rapidly the Teith and Allan and other tributaries of the Forth, were likewise rising. As the afternoon advanced, the river continued to rise till about five o'clock, though even then it was doubtful if it was beginning to abate. At that time the scene froth the bridge was very striking, though the pleasure to be derived from beholding it was immediately lost in reflect ing how much damage would ba caused by the flood. From near the middle of the Winchers-haugh to the Corn ton-road above the bridge, was one sheet of water. The change-house and stables at the end of the bridge were surrounded with water, and must have been completely flooded—the road between that and Bridgehaugh was co vered with water two or three feet deep, and of course pas sen;ers had either to be.ferried across to the Longcause way-road, or be transported in carts and other carriage 3. The greater part of_ the farm of Bridgehaugh was under water, and indeed we have no doubt that many farms in the links of the Forth, and on the Allan, were in no bet ter condition. —Stirling Journal. CU PAR, FEB. 9.—The thaw is now carrying off the snow rapidly; and the Eden has risen greatly from the immense quantity of snow. water poured into it froth all its tributary channels. It is now higher than it has ever hew recollected. Ten o'clock, p.m.—The river still con tinuing to rise, the wooden bridge at the front of the gaol w o s considered in danger; means were taken to secure it at one end by ropes, so that, in case of the abutments giving way, the bridge itself might be saved and re-fixed. Crowds of people were waiting with lanterns along the water, expecting every moment to see it give way; and the water rising continually upon the narrow path between the river banks and the wall, while it extended on the other side half way up the front of the gaol. The scene was a striking one. The current continued to accumulate against the bridge, dashing and foaming past, and evi dently working away the northern abutment. It gave way at last, but the crash was little; the bridge giving way, the ends swept gently round by its attachment of ropes on the south, and lodged quietly on the bank; the water, which had been gathered to a height by the impe diment of the bridge. fell a little for a short distance above. The current still continued to rise, however, about eleven o'clock, and we shall probably hear of much de struction of property. PERTH, FEB. W.—Yesterday, the Tay began to rise, and fortunately cat lied off the floating masses of ice with out injury to the shipping. The river has continued gra dually to increase, and this morning both Inches were completely under water ; a fleet of vessels lying at the Fri artoun, chiefly laden with potatoes, were driven from their moorings, but after great exertions were hauled into deep water without having sustained material injury. The in undation which has taken place in the town is in a quarter where it might be least expected--the western or upper suburbs. On the night between Tuesday and Wednesday the inhabitants of Clayholes, Newrow, and County Place, were suddenly raised from their slumbers, the water in many hcuses having risen to the height of three and four feet, and many were rescued with considerable difficulty. Time has not been such a current of water in the Tay within the memory of man. _ _ _ Kelso, Fuss. Io.—The immense load of snow under which the " country groaned" at the date of our last publication, and which then completely shut up all the lines of communication betwixt the different parts of the kingdom, has dis.mppeared with incredible rapidity. The thaw commenced on Monday morning, and, though Eno- derate, continued throughout the whole of that day and night. On Tuesday morning a more rapid thaw came on accompanied by showers of rain, when the snow began to melt in good earnest. The waters of the Tweed and Te viot, «hick for some days had been completely blocked up with masses of ire, now burst their frozen shackles. During Tuesday night the waters increased to a fearful extent, and at day-break yesterday morning the rich and fertile vales of the Tweed and Teviot presented a most magnificent and awful spectacle. Both rivers had now swelled far b,yond the boundaries of their highest floods, and the whole country in the line of their course, especially below their junction, presented the appearance, not merely of the inundations of an ordinary river, hut of an extensive estuary ; all the rich boughs, both above and be low thle town, were covered with water many feet deep to a great extent, end in many places the fertile fields on time water sides, could not be defined but by the tops of the hedge-row trees, which were still seen above the water. We may sa!'ely venture to assert that the oldest inhabitants on Tweed-ide never before knew that river pour forth such a mighty torrent. It was no longer an inland river, but a mighty foaming ocean, in which there was water enough, and to spare, to float the largest vessels in the British navy. It is calculated, that at Kelso the Tweed rose fully 20 feet perpendicular, which, if the extraordinary breadth she also attained, having been in some places six times that of her usual bed, is taken into account, will give some notion of the immense quantity of water the river contained. We have not as yet heard of any lives being lost, though we dread after accounts. In eons quence of the sudden melting of the immense quantities at snow that have fallen during the last eight days, the river Clyde is swollen to a greater height than has been known for many years. Tuesday morning, great quantities of ice began to float down the river, which by two o'clock had increased to an extent truly alarming. By half-past four o'clock the ice was floating down in such iintnunse flu ,ntities, that there was scarcely coons in the bed of the river for it to proceed, and the wooden bridge was in great danger of being swept away by the violenc e of the frequent concussions wh ich it recei ved. At one period one of Cie diagonal braces of the timber bridge gave way, when the force of the water made it shake. At this period the bridge was much crowded with workers going to and from the mills. Dr. Cleland having been intormed of this, immediately cleared it, and caused it to be barricadoed at both ends ; but for this the consequences might have been very serious. Immediately below the Broomielaw bridge, an immense collection of ice became at last completely jammed toge ther, from the contraction caused in the passage by the s hipping on the south side of the river ; and at last opened a way for itself, by forcing from its moorings the first vessel in the range. This vessel struck against the others, till at last the whole range were violently driven across the river, an iron pall, to which at least six were attached, having given way. At least three vessels were sunk, though it is not possible to ascertain the amount of loss, either by sinking, by drifting down the water, or other injuries. As far as we have been able to ascertain, the following is a list of the vessels drifted and sunk; but it is impossible, ender present circumstances, to vouch for its perfect accuracy. Those drifted down the river ;—Six steamers, the Largs, Argyle, Highland Chieftain, Maid of Islay, Ben Nevis, and Countess of Glasgow. The Vigilant, of Greenoek, a brig ; Neptune, of Liver pool, a smack ; Margaret and Grizel, of Greenock, a smack; Mary Graham, of Airth, a schooner ; Royal Oak, of Dumbarton ; George, of Greenock, a sloop ; Lady Margaret, ditto; Columbus, ditto, a schooner; Janet, ditto ; Hugh Craufbrd, ditto, a smack ; Sam son, ditto, a sloop ; allcuyiret, ditto ; Mary, of Ails, b r ig ; Runicorn, of Chester, a schooner ; Leven, of Glas gow; Mary, ditto, a sloop; James, of Greened:, a gabbart ; Ann, of Greenock, a gabbart ; Trusty, of Kincardine, Wylie ; Lord Abercrombie, of Alloa, Black, a schooner ; Effort, of Stromness, Dishon, a schooner ; James, of Strangford, Quaile, a sloop ; Galston and Ir vine, Troon ; Marys, of Rothsay, White; Friends, of Strounness, a schooner ; Christian, of Greenock, a sloop. R.ported to be sunk :—Elizabeth, of Camphelton ; Helen, of Greenock ; James, of Greenock. The number, how ever, of vessels altogether is much greater than the above (thirty-five,) as nearly forty were counted floating down at one time. The damage must be immense; but we are happy to find that ; notwithstanding the numerous reports about loss of lifs, only one has been ascertained to be cor rect—that of a man, who attempted to get on shore at Govan, but perished in tho effort. To-day the Clyde is larger than yesterday; and, WI might be expected, the lower parts of the town are completely flooded. From intelligence brought by steam-boats, it appears that the vessels are now almost all safely lying at anchor, at dif ferent parts of the river. (From the Carlisle Journal.) We stated last week that we bad been visited by one o f the severest storms of snow that had been experienced in this part for some y ears, and that thou g h a partial thaw had commenced there was every appearance, at the time our paper was put to press, of the frost again setting in. Our anticipation was verified : the frost again set in on Friday night; but on Saturday it began to thaw par tially, and we had one of the most disagreeable days we ever experienced. The London mail due at half-past five in the morning did not arrive till seven o'clock at night; and the Manchester and Liverpool coaches, due on Friday night, (lid not arrive till Monday. For six or seven miles, near Shap, the coaches, for several days, could not pass at all, and the guards were obliged to travel on foot with the bags over their shoulders, and pretty plodding, we may suppose it was, over such a road. On Saturday night and Sunday General Frost again resumed the com mand, and again the mails were delayed fully as late as on Saturday. From the north all communication ceased for two days ; and from the east there was gre delay. Oa Sunday evening the snow again began to fall, and was aczompanied by a gale of wind from the N. E. which speedily increased to a perfect hurricane, and con tinued to blow with unceasing violence for several hours. The rain continued to fall at intervals during the whole of Monday and Tuesday, by which time the snow on all the low lands was comp'etely cleared off. The natural conse quence, however, was, that all the rivers in the neighlipur hood have been swollen to an unusual height. The Ellen, in particular, rose far beyond its boundaries : the lower parts of the Swifts were covered to the depth of from six to seven feet ; the Sorceries were inundated in the same way ; Caldegate was much flooded ; and, indeed, in every direction to which the rivers had or could make access, far as the eye could reach was " one wild water all around us." In the neighbourhood of Penrith the waters were so deep on the road that the coaches from Liverpool, &c. had to be driven through Lord Brougham's Park, at Brougham Hall. The thaw appears to have been general throughout the couutry. PENRITH.—We have had one of the greatest floods ever remembered, in-consequence of the rapid thaw, which took place on Monday, Middlegate, Sandgate, and Friar-street, a complete sheet of water, in many parts three feet deep. Lowther-bridge, near Penrith, is so much injured, that it is now impassable. FLOOD AT KENDAL.-On Wednesday last, the river Kent overflowed its banks to a considerable extent, occa sioned by the rapid melting of the snow on the neighbour ing hills. The water continued to increase during the night, and at six o'clock the following morning, when at the greatest height, the river presented an awful and alarming appearance. In the evening, the Hawkshead post-boy, on his way to Kendal, attempted to ford the river at Stavely, where a bridge had been carried away by the flood, and, but for the timely assistance of some persons who heard his alarm, he must inevitably have perished. The boy and horse were both saved, but the letter bags were washed down the river. Fortunately, however, the bags were cast upon the bank near Burne side, where they were found, and safely conveyed to Ken- dal. The loss of property, within the sweep of the river, it is feared will be considerable. Much damage has been done in the neighbourhood of Newcastle by the swelling of the Tyne.—There has been great destruction among the vessels at Shields. (From the Monmouthshire Merlin.) MONMOUTH.--In consequence of the heavy fall of snow last week, the inhabitants began to entertain very serious apprehensions of a flood, but their fears were in some measure dissipated on Sunday, by the partial and gradual thaw which was then taking place. On Monday afternoon, however the Monnow began to fill, and so rapid was its rise that several of the inhabitants found water in their houses before they were aware that the river had overflowed its banks. It has been ascer tained that in the course of two hours the water actually rose four feet. The greatest rise was about eleven o'clock, at which time the lower part of Monnow-street and town of Over-monnow, presented a most singular picture. At midnight the water of the Monnow had risen within a third of the top of the street called after its name. From that hour it began gradually to subside, but before it had again confined itself within its banks, the Wye began also to come down, and, according to a provincial expres sion, corded the Monnow. We have not heard of any damage on the Monnow, beyond the loss of some sheep on its banks, and the destruction of the chain-bridge at the Forge. On Tuesday evening the Wye began to overflow, and from that time until mid-day on Thursday continued gradually to rise. The London road soon become impas• sable, and travellers were obliged to detour from the high way and proceed through fields and meadows. On Wed nesday evening the Bristol road was also rendered impas sable, and the Llantillio and Abergavenny roads were nearly in the same predicament. The only thoroughfare free from water was the old Hereford road ; boats in other places supplying the ordinary means of access and convey ance. Great destruction of property has necessarily en. sued from this awful visitation. Travelling has of course been much impeded. On Wed nesday considerable alarm was manifested in consequence of the non-arrival of the mail from Milford. Th is feeling was heightened when the Regulator came in, and the pas sengers could give no intelligence ; all they knew was, that it had left Carmarthen at the usual hour. Rumours of its total loss were circulated, until the horn of the guard, as the mail drove up Monnow-street, attracted a group of our townsmen to learn the cause of its detention nearly ten hours beyond its usual time. The delay arose from a frightful accident, which occurred at eight miles on this side of Carmarthen. The mail left that town with two inside passengers, one of whom was the Rev. Mr. Hotufray, of Pembroke. On the box was a servant of Sir Richard Phillips, M.P. for Haverfordwest, to whom we are in debted for this account. On approaching a bridge over a brook which runs into the Towey, it was perceived that the water had overflowed the road for some depth, but not so much as to cause apprehension of danger. The cur rent however was too strong for the horses ; the leaders began to swim, got entangled in the harness, and were soon drowned ; ill less than five minutes the wheelers shared the same f►te. The coach fortunately retained its upright position in the roaring water. The guard blew his horn for help, but at the hour of two o'clock in the morn ing there was little probability of its bringing assistance, the difficulties of the situation being very much increased by the darkness of the night. The water was already above the seat in the coach, and rapidly increasing. I❑ this perilous situation Sir R. Phillips's servant having stripped him self, struck off from the upper side of the coach, and after much exertion was enabled by swimming and wading to reach terra firma. About 150 yards from the spot stands the Half-way public-house. Having called up the land lord, our informant proceeded with him to seek the assist ance of the fishermen on the Towey, who, after great labour, succeeded in bringing up three fishing boats, by means of which the passengers (who had remained in the above perilous situation for upwards of an hour and a half, and who were by this time nearly up to their chins in water), together with the coachman and guard, were rescued from destruction. The coach and the four dead horses were left in the flood. Every assistance which could be afforded by change of apparel was immediately ren dered by the landlord of the Half-way House, whose ho manity was only equalled by the exertions of the boatmen. The guard returned to Carmarthen and procured a fresh coach arid horses, and by another route succeeded in reach ing this town. Further it could not proceed, and the mail bags were forwarded in a chaise and four to Glou cester. AWFUL ACCIDENT TO THE MISSES SUMNER, AND TIIEIR SERVANTS.—KENILWORTH, FEB. IL—An accident occurred, on Tuesday last, at Chesford bridge, which crosses the Avon about a mile and a half from Kenilworth, on the road to Leamington, which might have been attended with the most calamitous and fatal re sults. The family of the Bishop of CHESTER, consisting of five young ladies, his daughters, and their domestics, were travelling in a carriage and four from Lichfield to Leamington ; upon arriving at the bridge above-mentioned, the post-poys most imprudently attempted to proceed through a body of water, which, had it been perfectly still and motionless, would yet have presented a most se rious obstacle to further progress, the river, in consequence of the sudden thaw, having overflowed its banks and co vered the road and adjoining meadows to a greater extent than we recollect to haee witnessed for some years. The water for a considerable distance, upon crossing the bridge, could not have been much less than five feet in slept!). The carriage bad proceeded about half-way through this body of water, when the violence of the stream occasioned the horses to lose their footing and lifted both them and the forepart of the carriage across the rails, fencing off the meadows from the road. To the circumstanc e of the hinder part of the carriage not following, but becoming locked with one of the posts, the safety of the wh o l e party at this critical period can aloae be ascribed ; as, had it not been for this stay, nothing, humanly speaking, could have prevented' the carriage being swept away into the river. Mr. DoassEit, who lives at a farm-house near the bridge, immediately despatched one of his men to Kenil worth, and very properly, not knowing what after mea sures might be necessary, to Mt. BODINQTON, surgeon, of than place, and we feel bound to record that to the per sonal exertionu of this gentleman the preservation of the whole party is, under Providence, mainly to be attributed. —Warwick Advertiser. It will be a strange thing to see a butcher on the Magisterial Bench " observed SMITH to JoNEs, in talking of the Portioken election. "It will be a novelty, at any rate," replied JONES ! "we have heard of the scales of Justice long ~ nougli, so the citizens have wisely determined to make a Justice of Scales ! " FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Feb. 11.) PARIS, FEB. 10.—An evening journal announces that the Belgic deputation has to-day been officially received by the King; the details which it gives on the subject al together are fictitious, since the fact itself has no founda tion whatever; the official reception of the Belgic depu ties has not yet taken place. The official part of the Moniteur contains a report to the King on the re-organization of the Artillery of the National Guard of Paris, and a Royal ordinance founded on the report. There is to be one company in each of the twelve arrondissements of Paris, each company to be attached to the legion of infantry belonging to the arron dissement. Each company to consist of three officers and 62 subalterns and privates; the staff of the legion to consist of 22 officers. Several journals have for some days past complained of the treatment which persons confined for political offences suffer in the prisons of Paris. Facts have been alleged, and the Prefect of Police resolved to examine in person whether the intentions of the authorities had been neglected with regard to any of them. After some details of the treatment which they really do experience, the Minister continues :—." The Prefect of Police, who sees in the interest taken by the public a guarantee for the continuation of the a meliorations intro duced into the management of the prisons, has addressed the following letters to the Editors of the Revolution, the Gazette de France, the Tribune, the Quotidienne, the Avenir, the National, the Constitutionnel, and the Courrier : " Sir,—You have thought proper to speak to the public of the rigour with which you suppose that persons accused or condemned on account of political offences are treated in the prisons of Paris. lam convinced that you have been led into an error; and to enable you to judge with your own eyes, I have the honour to inform you that on exhibiting this note you will be admitted to t he prison s of La Force, La Conciergerie, and St. Pe:awe, and en abled to obtain from the persons themselves, of whom you have spoken, all the information that you may think fit." M. de Latour Maubourg, Ambassador from his Majesty the King of the French to the Holy See, has given, at Rome, a diplomatic ball, to which were invited above 1,000 persons of the Roman nobility, all the foreigners of distinction, and the citizens of the highest classes. It is the first ball during the conclave. Letters from Marseilles, of the 4th of February, say that the Bey of Titteri had set out for Paris by the dili gence : his suite is composed of but a small number of persons. (From the Gazette de France, dated Saturday, Feb. 12.) PARIS, FEB. 11.—The solemn audience of the Belgian Deputation is announced for to-day or to-morrow. It is from the elevation of his throne that the King will frankly announce to Belgium a refusal which the Minis ter, from the elevation of his policy, had not the courage to avow to France. It is said the Government will present to-day to the Chambers the Budget for 1831. (From the Journal des Debate.) ELECTION OF THE POPE. Cardinal Mauro Cappellari was elected Pope on the Ist of February, and he is now seated on the Pontifical Throne, under the name of Gregory 16th. Born at Belluria, the 18th of September, 1765, his age, and his health, which he has hitherto enjoyed, renders him still young for the Tara, and promises him a much longer reign than that of his two predecessors. Cardinal Cappellari distinguished himself in his order by ecclesiastical science, and his profound knowledge of ancient and modern oriental languages. His reputation fur doctrine and regularity spread beyond the Cloister, and the general esteem which surrounded his character had secured to this modest Minister, long before he was called to the Sacred College, respect equal to that paid the Princes of the Church. His nomination in 1826, by Leo the 12th, was considered reparation for the forgetfulness of the pre ceding reign. He was placed by that Pontiff at the head of the vast and important administration of the Propa ganda, to which lie specifically devoted his African and Asiatic erudition. The talents he displayed confirmed the high reputation he had acquired for capacity. In the conclave of 1828, Cardinal Cappellari was one of the Cardinals most respected from without, and most violently opposed within, by the party called Austrian. In the conclave of that year, Cardinal Pacca, supported by the pal ty of Cardinal Albani, obtained at the last ballot but one 19 votes, and Cardinal Cappellari 25 ; but at the last ballot, six or seven votes having escaped the influence of Cardinal Albani, Cardinal Cappellari obtained the ma jority. It is not probable, then, that that party can claim the honour of having placed him on the throne in 1831. The election of Cardinal Cappellari will he received, we are assured, with general approbation at Rome and Italy. provided the disposition for a revolution do not turn the attention of the public from a decision which, in calmer times, would he highly interesting. The French Ambassador, M. de Latiiur Maubourg, has been admitted to the presence of his Holiness, Gregory the Sixteenth, who received him with extreme kindness. The Holy Father professed his attachment to France, and King Louis Philippe. POLISH MANIFESTO. M. Constantine Wolicky has addressed the following letter to all the newspapers:— , "I am come to France in the name of the Government and people of Poland, to present to the Government and people of France the true state of affairs, in case the King of Poland was to refuse to listen to our just prayers, and to prefer an appeal to arms. " In that case only was I authorized to ask the assist ance of a nation with which we have been so long con nected by so many recollections—by so much glory and misfortune. Europe has witnessed the moderation with which the Poles, risen up en masse, have conducted them selves towards the Grand Duke Cesarewitch and his sol diers, who might have been made prisoners at the first sig nal, and the eagerness with which we sent to the King a deputation charged to ask only for the execution of the rights granted, and of the promises made by the Emperor Alexander, in the true interest of his empire. " The proclamation of King Nicholas to the Poles, and the Manifesto of the Emperor to the Ru,sians, show suf ficiently how our conduct and our prayers have been ap preciated, and what fate was destined to us. " Then I thought the moment was arrived to fulfil my mission. I have done so, and do not doubt but that the wisdom of the French Government will point out to it the most proper means of being useful to our cause. " When it is recollected that under Charles X. the cause of the Greeks was protected, it is not to be supp osed that the French Government, after a popular revolution, the most glorious, can abandon its ally the most devoted, the most faithful. No, assuredly ; for it is not here a question of pure sympathy, nor is the interest of Poland alone con cerned, but so is also that of France, and of the civilized world. &sides, it is sufficient to turn our eyes on the worthy Members of the Chamber of Deputies, who plead with such energy and feeling the cause of the oppressed ; it is sufficient to look at the army, at the National Guard, and at the whole population, to be convinced of the extent to which public opinion is in our favour, and how sure it is that our case is inseparable from that of France. " Yes, I shall convey to my fellow-citizens the as surance that nothing can repress the generous feeling manifested throughout France in favour of our unfortunate country. " After the Proclamation of Marshal Diebitsch, what have the Poles to do, but to conquer or to die with ho nour? . . . Perhaps, all will perish in the terrible combats which are about to ensue; but they will bear with them to their tombs the conviction that heroic France will revenge them, and that she will become the object of the blessings of their children, as she was always for themselves an object of admiration, attachment, and devotion. " CONSTANTINE WOLICKI." INSURRECTION IN ITALY. In Italy an insurrectionary movement of a very serious nature has broken out an once in different pl ices. Bo logna, an enlightened and influential city, is particularly cited ; the insurrectionary movement was effected there without almost any resistance being offered. The same, it would appear, was the case at Reggio. The signal has been given at Modena; on the evening of the sth, while the Grand Duke was at the play, a courageous patriot, AL Menotti, mounted the theatre, with a tri-coloured flag in his hand, exclaiming, " Long live Liberty ! " At once the whale population rose up in arms. When the courier left they were fighting in the streets against the troop forming the garrison of the place, and every thing seemed to presage success for the national party. This is the fruit of the policy of the Holy Alliance, and of the treaties of Vienna. By placing th e people in an unnatural situation, by wounding their rights, their sym pathies, their habits, they have prepared revolutions ; they reap the fruits of what they have sown, and the bar vest will be abundant. It was ea sy to f oresee the come pence, and perhaps to avoid it ; but what are the counsels of wisdom before the thirst of dominion ? Europe is march ing towards its new destinies; and scarcely do the Minis• ters of the Kings perc , ,ive the movement. We learn this evening, by a private correspondence, that a revolt of a rather serious nature has broken out in Russia, in the Governments of Tchernigov, of Kursk, and of Poltava. It is even insinuated that the Grand Duke Constantine is not a stranger to the insurrection. It would form a fortunate diversion for Poland, if the news is correct. A letter from Constantinople informs us that the Sultan has more than ever the intention of attacking Russia, and that he endeavours to induce the Persians to do the same. -Messager des Chambres. TOULON, Fits. 5.-An expedition is fitting out in our port. Four sail of the line and six frigates are armed, or are now arming, to which several Captains have been ap pointed. Other ships of war are also fitting out at Brest, and leaving both ports at the same time ; they are to join company at a given point. It is said that the command of this squadron will be given to Admiral de Rigoy, but its destination is yet unknown. He is to hoist his flag on board the Suffren of 100 guns, preparing at Brest. The frigate Independante, the Garonne corvette, the Nagem steamer, also the Zebre and Ruse brigs, sailed yesterday for Algiers with recruits. A letter from Laon, of the 9th of February, states that orders have arrived to provision that city and supply it with necessaries. A considerable powder magazine is to be erablished in the place. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, FEB. 11.-Five per Cents., 93f. 50c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 60c. 50c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 93f. 40c. 45c. 40c. 30c. 40c. ; Four per Cents., 77f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 601. 50c. 35e. 30c. ; Bank Shares, 1,545 f. ; Rente de Naples, 62f. 55c. 60c. 65c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 15 14% / ; Royal Spanish Loan, 60% ; Rente Perpe tuelle d'Espagne, 44% %. Exchange on London, one month, Paper, 25f. 10e. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 25E-Cours Authentique. GERMAN PAPERS. WARSAW, JAN. 31.—The Polish Gazette contains the following letter from General Chlopieki to the Emperor Nicholas, which was read to the two Chambers on the 24th : " SIRE,-The Diet, notwithstanding the talent, and even the popularity of its Members, is always too exagge rated in its decisions, and too weak in the measures which it takes, to be able to restore order in the midst of the tempest. Being the more convinced of this truth, as I had still before my eyes the experience of the first days of terror, I resolved to take upon me the executive power in its fullest extent, that it might not fall into the hands of agitators and turbulent men, who, without courage in a time of danger, have, however, the art of misleading the multitude by falsehoods, and to turn to their own advan tage the noble sentiments of the people. An enemy to anarchy, I saw it overturn in a few days three different combinations of Government, which made me take the resolution to support the Provisional Government by an organized force, and to unite the whole power in one hand, securing to it the co-operation of the army and the obedience of the people. _ _ " This resolution, Sire, has had the effect of tranquil.. lizing in general the minds of the people. The soldier again acknowledges the power of military discipline ; the working classes return to their usual occupations ; all entrust, without fear, their dearest interests to a power which desires the general good, and which has succeeded in effecting it ; in a word, the storm is laid, and the traces of disorder begin to disappear. " But the sentiments, Sire, which in a few hours armed the whole capital, united under the same standard the whole army--these sentiments which, like an electric spark, spread through all the provinces and every where produced the same effect, these sentiments burn in the hearts of all, and will never be extinguished but with their last breath. Such, gracious Monarch, is the state of things ; the whole nation demands a reasonable liberty —it does not desire to abuse it—but for that very reason it requires that it shall be secured against all violence and all infringement ; it desires a Constitution adapted to its manners and its habits. As through an unexpected con currence of circumstances, it is in a temper of mind per haps too enthusiastic, it is ready to sacrifice every thing for the dearest of causes to the national independence. " Notwithstanding all this, the nation is very far from the thought of dissolving the ties which bind it to the supreme will of your Majesty. The Provisional Govern ment has already acknowledged the necessity of sending to your Majesty two deputies, commissioned to lay at the foot of yonr throne the sentiments of the nation, and at the same time to ask that the Polish provinces, formerly incorporated with the Russian Empire, may be permitted to enjoy the same liberty. " May your Majesty, considering the humanity and the favours shown to us at the beginning of your reign, be pleased graciously to receive the petitions of which those deputies are the bearers. May Poland, already grateful to your Majesty for the kind intentions which you have always manifested towards it, devote to your Majesty the same love which it retains for the regenerator of the Polish nation. May our expectations be realised, and ally your Majesty, fulfilling towards us the promises of your august predecessor, prove that your reign is only the uninterrupted continuation of that which regenerated a pat t of ancient Poland ! " Lastly, the enjoyment of the liberties issued by the Constitution, is by no means a concession proceeding from the throne, but merely the execution of a contract between the King and the people, and cemented by a mutual oath. " As I am well acquainted with your Majesty's ele vated sentiments, I venture to hope that a deputation which seeks only peace will have the desired result. The Provisional Government directs its attention to the internal administration, and its orders, as well as mine, will be respected till the meeting of the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies. The adoption of subsequent measures will depend upon those two bodies. " Most august Sovereign, as an old soldier and a true Pole, I venture to address you in the voice of truth, for I am convinced that your Majesty will listen to it with kindness; in your august hand is the fate of the whole people. With one word you may place it on the summit of happiness —with one word you may plunge it into the abyss of despair. As I place the greatest reliance on the sentiments of your magnanimous heart, I venture to hope that your Majesty will avoid the effusion of blood, and I shall esteem myself the happiest of men if by the strictest union of good order and energy I succeed in attaining the end so ardently desired." BERLIN, FED. 5. St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent. Prussian English Loan, 18111, 5 percent. Ditto Ditto 1822, 5 percent. 953 Ditto Ditto 1830, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, three months 6 .21 ..i Prussian State Gazette, Feb. 6. BRUSSELS PAPERS. NATIONAL CONGRESS, FEB. 8. After some debate on a motion of M. Van Meenen respect ing the promulgation of the Constitution, the President observed that he thought :it very desirable that the Mem bers who wished for an adjournment should make a sacrifice, and remain at Brussels till news was received from Paris ; meantime they had enough to employ their attention. It was resolved that there should he adjournment for a few days. Among the petitions presented was one that all burgo masters who had signed petitions for a union with France should be deprived of office for five years, and that passports should be given to them gratis to go to France.—No public sitting on tile 9th. SITTING OF THE 10TH. . - M. Osy proposed to send a message to the Government to ask for the communication of tLe protocol of the Con gress of London, dated February 7, which was transmitted to the Government yesterday by Lord Ponsonby. The President—The Diplomatic Committee should be requested. M. Blarguies—But before we ask to have the protocol communicated to us, we should ask the Government if it has received any. M. Osy—l sin certain it was delivered yesterday to the Government, and Lord Ponsonhy has authorised me to state it to the Assembly. M. de Robaulx—M. Osy assures us that the protocol has been delivered ; this assurance is not sufficient for me. It seems that a pleasure is taken in relating what this pro tocol may contain that is unfavourable, and that it con cerns the non-acceptance of the King of France for the Prince his son, as well as the exclusion of the Duke of Leuchtenberg pronounced by the Powers. If this is so the Powers have exercised not a mediation, but a direct intervention, against which I protest. I, therefore, de dare that I will not receive, and the Congress ought not to receive this protocol.' Leheau—There are two ways of deceiving the people—the first is by giving weight under the form of confidental communication to pretended official news : the other is by leaving the public in a false security. The protocol does not emanate only from the Powers who form the Holy Alliance. Prince Talleyrand signed it in the name of France. The English Diplomatist has also s igned it, and however unfavourable it may be, we ought to be acquainted with it. It was resolved to wait for some information from the Diplomatic ConhsHittee, and M. Van de Weyer, soon after entering, said it was not till this morning that I learnt that Lord Ponsonby had yesterday made a communication to the Diplomatic Coin mittee, which, after examining it, resolved to observe to Lord Ponsonby that it was signed only by him, and not by Bresson; and to declare that in all q aestions relative to the choice of a Sovereign, and the election of the Duke of Nemours, the Congress has not to receive any communi cation from the Congress at London, and that on this sub ject it is not to pay attention to any answer except that which it expects from the Belgian Deputies at Paris. I am astonished that the Protocol of Feb. 7 should have beer. signed by only one of the Commissioners, and that it was communicated to several persons before the Diplomatic Committee was acquainted with it. This last proceeding is calculated only to excite false hopes. The dignity of the Gmgress requires that it shottld not be led away by every piece of news. It is impossible to foresee the agita tions that would ensue if it did not give the nation an example of composure and firmnesss. The following is our answer to the communication of the protocol of the 7th of February : " The President and members of the Diplomatic Corn mittee have received the copy, signed by Lord Ponsonhy, of the protocol of the 7th instant, relative to the election of the Duke of Nemours as King of Belgium, to the pos sible election of the Duke of Leuchtenberg. In an affair of such importance which concerns only Belgium, neither the Provisional Government nor the Diplomatic Commit mittee, nor the Congress, can receive any communications from the Congress at London, and it is only from the de putation sent to Paris that the Belgian Government ex pects a report which can lead it to a decision on its part. One of our agents at Paris has written to us, that we ought to receive with great distrust all papers which speak of the refusal of the Duke of Nemours. Some further discussion took place, in which M. Lebeau said that the want of M. Bresson's signature had not hindered the communication of the protocol of the 20th of Dec., to which it was wanting, as well as that of the '7th. M. Van de Weyer said M. Bresson was absent on that occasion, and that this was the protocol which the French Government refused to sanction. To which M. Osy replied, that M. Lavastine was at Brussels to act in the absence of M. Bresson. M. Van de Weyer being called upon by M. Jottrand to enable the Congress to judge whether there was any real foundation for what he had said of his conviction, that the Duke of Nemours would accept the throne if the election should be in his favour, M. Van de Weyer grew warm, and said it was a shame to accuse men whose patriotism during five months, whose services and conduct in a time of danger, recommend them to the nation. It is in vain said he, to appeal to popular passions ; we shall defeat all these manoeuvres as we have done those of our enemies. M. Nothomb announced that the Diplomatic Committee had received a cow ier from the Deputation at Paris, which expected to be received by the King yesterday. The Di plomatic Committee Lad sent to the Deputation the pro tocol of the 7th of February received yesterday, and de sired a speedy answer.—Brussels Papers, Feb. 12. LISBON PAPERS. Llstiorr.—The Lisbon Gazettes from Oct. 31 to Feb. 5, contain no Portuguese news whatever. The articles under the head of Lisbon are— " Reflections on the Epistolary Style." " Varieties of the Human Race," from Mayor. " Literature." This article is designed to show, from the example of the French revolution, the danger of poli tical theories. " On the Liberty of Man in a state of nature." " On inalienable and imprescriptable Rights." All the remainder of these papers is filled with extracts from the French and other foreign journals, and a few ad vertisements. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Times.) We have just received by express the Paris Papers of Saturday evening. They are chiefly filled with the report of the Budget by the Minister of Finance, in the Chamber of Deputies, on the previous day. There was not on Sa torday any intelligence of moment in the French capital either from Poland or Belgium, and hopes, according to the private letters, were still entertained that the scourge of war was to be averted by negociation. The following are the essential parts of the Minister's speech upon the French Budget : " Under the Government," said the Minister of Fi nance, whose existence terminated in July last, there were two different abuses—the one political, inherent in its vicious system ; and the other in its mode of admi• nistration, which wanted simplifying. The first was ex terminated at the same moment with its own destruction : the other, being purely administrative, can only be ascer tained by experience, and be corrected by time. Among the most prominent of political abuses must be placed the Civil List, which overburthened the Treasury by its emir• mous amount—the inordinate grants to the Clergy—to the over-numerous staff—to privileged military corps—to foreign troops, receiving pay superior to that of native troops. These are abuses that will not appear in the Budget now proposed to you. A considerable reduction is also made in the Civil List ; and there will be no Car dinals, no Royal Guards, no Swiss regiments to be paid. The second species of abuse is of a very different naque, and much more difficult to define and destroy." The Minister here took a view of all the different re ductions made in the administrative expences. The im provements introduced into the War Department enabhd the Government to maintain an army of 204,000 men, at a cost of 11,000,000 f. less than under the late Govern ment. After going through the other branches of the Administration, the Minister concluded his explanation of the budget of ordinary expenditure as follows Upon a balance of reductions and augmentations of the revenue, we are warranted in estimating the receipts for 1831 at 973,101,891 f. This sum, compared with the estimated expenditure of 957,377,335 f., gives an excess in the re ceipts of the ordinary estimates of 15,724,559 f. We con ceive, gentlemen, that this result must excite confidence, and be a complete answer to the false reports raised by per fidious agitators. " Thus, after a revolution which has changed the throne and the institutions of the country, we have a sinking fund of 81,000,0001., and an excess of 15,000,0001., in our ordinary resources ; that is, after paying all our ex pences and the interest of our debt, we have a surplus of 96,000,0001., 81,000,0001. of which are expressly ap propriated to the reduction of the capital of the debt, and the remaining 15,000,000 f. are applicable to any extra ordinary services. " France could not, under any circumstances, appear in a condition more imposing for the present, or more co couraging for the future. " fwill now proceed to the budget of extraordinary expenses and resources called for by the position in which France at this moment stands with regard to the rest of Europe. If, gentlemen, we have separated this from the other budget, it is not to create an illusion by transferring a part of the ordinary to the account of the extraordinary expenses of the state, as you will be fully satisfied on exa mining both statements. We have given you one strik ing proof of this by leaving in the account of the ordinary budget the augmentation of the floating debt, both capital and interest,—a mere temporary , augmentation, arising en tirely out of circumstances which cannot again occur, and which cannot properly be classed as extraordiniries. This would have diminished the ordinary estimates at least 8,000,000 francs. We avoided all such artifices. " The grounds upon which the extraordinary estimates are formed are purely political. In the agitated state of Europe, France having her independence to maintain, and perhaps to enforce respect to her principles, ought to be prepared not to excite war, but to defend herself if her safety or honour were attacked. She is, therefore, pre pared for war, though, at the same time, she has the most sincere aad earnest desire fur peace. France is desirous for peace, because a war of principles, or for any increase of territory, would create a general conflagration. France is anxious for peace, but only because she feels it compa tible with her grandeur and dignity. " The Great Powers, when they signed the treaties of 1814, had in view the double object of repressing the po litical principles of France, and of confining her within narrower limits of territory. If France were humiliated by this restriction, it would become us at once to break through it at all hazards. But, happily, France is not in this position. The treaties of 1814 were unfortunate, but not humiliating. She would be humiliated were she in a state of dependance upon the other Powers of Europe. This dependance, whether it actually existed or not during the restoration, was at all events put an end to in the most glorious manner, six months ago, by the events of July. From that period France commenced a new career—she again proclaimed her own principles—de clared she would enforce respect for them—and has proved her power to do this by preventing a single foreign bayonet from entering Belgium. By this alone she relieved her self from humiliation, if she were ever subjected to it All the world must know and feel that she has assumed her just rank among the nations, for she alone has on some occasions overbalanced the voices of the whole of the other Powers. Under these circumstances it is that we wish to avoid a war. We have no projects of aggrandizement; but should we, in spite of our selves, b e engaged in a new contest, we should profit by all our advantages, and an increase of territory would be no more than a just czimpensation for our exertions and our sacrifices. Such has been, and such continues to be, the policy of the French Cabinet. France haying re covered her own dignity, will not make any attempt at aggrandizement to spare the world f!-oni a general war. Such policy would only be blameable if it induced an un fortunate apathy and negligence in making due prepara tion for defence. That our system of moderation may be without reproach, it should at once be made a means of insuring peace, and at the same tiine preparing us effectually for war, if in the end it should become n sary. The period of negotiation should be employ the same time in preparing for our defence. i a n ' g ' u T a g h e e r o e f fo p re e , ac g e e , nt ' w e e rn e a n sk , w y h ou i le fo h r ol r d e i s n o g ur t c o: s v a t r o d e s n Y : . b u i , to go to war. The new Government had W r e p a g provision the fortre s s es o f th e ki n gdom, to we" arms, to remount the cavalry, and complete the last the army. This has been in progress during t b !, i be months, and will be compl e t e d ; 36,000,0001. vf" propriated to the manufacture of muskets, can w ' the for 4 mortars ; 15,000,000 f. will b e e xpended in and 15,000,000 f. i n l a yi ng up s t ores of ammuo it rq visions, fora ge , camp - equ i page , &c. ; 40,000,00 keep be employed in th e p urc h ase o f capar isons an d oc il 45,000 horses ; an d 76,000,000 f. f or the online en a force in m e n ca p a bl e o f i nsur i ng the resPect °f e a rope. Fortunately we have no occasion to form oe °l o9, we have had only to c rea t e b a tt a li ons and sqoa dr :,,, fi ts have thus carried th e s t rengt h o f our re gular regh"sho the amount of 434,000 men o f a ll ar ms, and sve , be enabled to carr y thi s up to 500 , 000, should our C render it necessa r y. Th e Mi n i ster o f War vvill. ai n to require a suppl emen t ary grant f or t h e occupat' l3- 1 • ° ,0 Morea and of Africa, and for indemnities to the reg es pi that have b een di s b an d e d, an d to t h e S w i s s w hose 0 , lations hav e b een b ro k en . F or a ll t h ese s ervices 19 ;r 196,465,000 francs will be absolutely necessary' ~fpe thing has be en so arrange d, t h at if the con tinuance 0 becomes so well assure d to us , t h at we may W it ; a ti disarm, the wh o l e army may b e re d uce d withou;ret disorganization, and the great body of the rosuffl a i 1 to their labours in th e fi e ld s or in the manufactories' op expenditure may also in s uc h case b e i m mediatelf „A' , and those which have be e n incurred will have t z t , utility, by being employed in re p a i r i n g and st oring strong places, and laying up supplies of arms. fi t, " The Marine, likewise, will hav e need a a , ' for its ordinary service, but for th e purpose of IP : e p ing a squadron in the Mediterranean, in order to '''' t an armed communication between France and he r jai in the Mores and in Af r i ca , an d to pu t the Mar ine pot state to receive any nec essar y extens i on . For tbese 1 poses 10,806,700 f. will be wanted. „ in OA, "The Minister for Foreign Affairs will require b`V ia tti i for secret services. Every one must be fully O r s% 1 extent of our foreign and secret relations must —le ceeded the ordinary measure. " The Minister of the Interior has need of 12, 0°° : I for purposes which we cannot d o o th erw ise t han c under the head of extraordinarie s . Th es e 112,0- 0 a f• are allotted in the following man n e r : -2,40 0,0 " 011, indemnities and rewards to the woun d e d of the l' l° ne rtf July ; 2,000,000 f. for damage occasioned to P r 7 to 2,000,000 f. for penitentiary-houses and for relief to , be ati ° poor during winter ; and 6,000,000 f. for svO t ' g canals, for which the funds ra i se d b y l oan s have sufficient. till ° " Thus the whole amount of the grant for extra ° expenses comes to the sum of 219,773,7001. r aisi " Adding this sum to that demanded for the ° i 4 i Budget, the whole together will form s ..11 IP 1,177,151,035 f. With thi s amount our roads " j a ii repaired, the works o n our cana l s carried 001:11 ii Sinking Fund remai n sacre d ; we s h a ll su ccour - • unfortunate sufferers wh o h ave c l a i ms upon the St s r shall continue to occupy th e M orea w i t h a brigsl Africa with a corps o f 19,000 men , an d the lt l° neati with a squadron of our navy ; we shall have re and stored our fortres ses , fill e d our arsena l s with canes i mortars, and muskets, and be able to present 434, 0 ,4 0 , battle array, armed, equipped, and provided for 12, of oft B f i r o v , ro::OehOsSa.,uvOceolTOl isfurther f in . t h r te e l e ei n r : t the e t o s situation g a r e p a x p n t l tyreadot extraordinary you o ao t ruhuyer expenses , f s o i 1 r t n h a an o p c f o e J a e a w r P n e l 0 : 41; 10 es : tj, i, sum of 200,000,000 f. upon the saleof the na tional I l i t so measure which will be expl a i ne d t o you h ere after N i s distinctly ; this altogether will firm a g ran ase, j 260,000,000 f. placed at the disposal of the Gov e e ,, for the extraordinary expenses. Supposing, tberet'se,, 219,000,000 f. to be exhausted, we shall from thes e ' 0' have a surplus of 41,000,000 f., which, t tais r „ thes e ' 15,000,000 f. the excess of the ordinary receipts , ,%ier a disposable fund of 56,000,000 f. to be kept in r" - iage 4 meet any unexpected event, and may serve, 41 ( 0 need, to cover any defi c i e ncy i n th e es timates ' °' which may happen from the expediti on t o the )V1 i d . from the non-receipt of arrears still du e , to a c 0391 b. -44 fOrn i a league ioe Jour 7 41 1 mug EOO,OO O 1t409 (ti to positi erer a l since b the re h t te . ot nois4 ent conje4 4 0 „' CC R Ft] , 0 4 —. 45c 4 r'er ent ZR- . be d: 60f. 51 o'i4;elleoyNaPSll 44% p-T.,rnone txx e r 4k ,3 s 3t 42!1t Cent. Cat h Jet; Cent... ...... a i Do? P . erC At at C ent, 15 'l44t:. 5g I ll et• it JZ: 5 1881 tPP, 188 !' 1 5 , 1881 5, 1871 Zut i e tSorl 411:4 14 4 Winds tkna fElltli:ns gon tthialio 1 eQ4 bib. Bo fig • 0, - ") lea% BoTc N4T ION A ‘ l ll the Lit U S Al` Wi t , Cant 1 44 2 . TI -ec ordin 14 coil: ;IN which Herrini 'Tet will b h! "rin ted fo „t th 031 4r4df U e te k. ngl 1: _ _ _ _ __ l°l `lDA' amount. su a " Our budgets, therefore, gentlemen, present ts V ht pluses. From the ordinary budget we S hil 15,000,0001., and from the extraordinarY,„„a , 41,000,000 f. We have, b es id es, a s i n ki n g 81,000,000 f., and yet our direct taxes will renia' a o th out any increase. W e h ave a l so to announce to Y ° 0 1) the indirect taxes have improved during the P 1 January, and prod uce d an i ncrease of ,000,°' withstanding the reduction of the duties. " What strength and power for war, if war s'i -ti o e , come indispensable ! What resources for render ing f prolific, if we have the happiness to preserve it; ° o ar able to employ the immense capital we posses' • ace nutrients are sufficiently imposing either to insure o t, repel gloriously any aggression. We have, I w r e roe well-founded hope that Europe will soon reduce be to y to their ordinary establishment, and that we al' ° fet yo at liberty to reduce ours to the scale which our 'a dignity may require in a state of peace." prj ec, The Minister then presented th e f o ll ow ing LaW i s eJ , " Art. 1. The Minister of th e Fi nances is authat y ,: create and issue for th e ordi nar y an d ex traordi aar W penseSlof the years 1830 and 1831, T reasur y.bon d i ' ing interest and pay a bl e a t fi xe d d ates, not excee t ',vl , i` years from 1831. The negotiation of these bon( l9 ' , 0 4 ° shall not exceed th e sum o f 200,000,000 f. "P it a 31 d' : be made at the periods, upon such conditi"”' such sums as shall be fixed by Royal ordinances. aotl,. " Art. 2. The Minister of the Finances is 315° „ fe rli' rised to ali e n a t e success i ve l y , from the year 183 1,c-13 / 7 er ( ing to the ru l es es t a bli s h e d f or t h e sa l e o f pu blic P r f or a quantity not exceeding 300,000 hectares of the r iAt e , of the State, th e p ro d uc t o f w hi c h s h a ll be apPrl o y ' \ exclusively, to the repayment of such bonds a' fib t : issued in virtue of the above article, subject' rje floo ll' less, to the sums to be applied in reduction of the debt." , 0 . 0 Referred to the Committees. the T b h u e d A g l e i t n: l s v t h er ic o h f w t a b s e l i Finance ke Ivi slikewise r referred e d p presented e t n h t e e t c l The Chamber then resumed the discussion a t :,, O f ' cipal law, which was confined entirely to atneir — roe' . Art. 11, and presented no general interest.--i" ° 0t10:50tote; a t he cent t() Pri ce lin tY bof Gf e; the b e ti ° l VE 1 14 wi shed te b een , t a llrir easc b e 4eell , to i e sited . the, ll re gal are rie eieltY t hat le gv ii"el Y tor e th the o htri6~ .; to di te,, e ' e sor oc Pr o : f or k 8; tle ed to ‘ll tile Ot o , e th th" 4t Mvi„ t he ttr o ; 11 144 Pea n c oin ems ' the 41. 400 0 1 i, iti ° l l 0 oh a fic Pal x pnrt a a tea Illj rn I}, t f ur 4 11 v, tlSte, ‘"iti, Y att hi' t o f a „ (From G a li gnan r s M es senger.) sa id f ' l 4l r- ' 1 PARIS, SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK P. 15 , s bY 10 .4 i tt qu u morning that the reception of the Belgian e v o ) kear' ` e ' o to-day , , se i a ia te s d be o e n n h p is os t t l p l o ro n n e e d , tNovhnicexhtwua,eset:. hav e lists iivie f il e 11 PN Y ; e a r 4 t w r It is stated that the Spanish Constitutinfaim taken possession of Ceuta, on the coast of 11 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, FEB. 15 ' The Vice-President, M. de Dessert, occupied l c , o' b t The sitting com mence d a li tt l e b e f ore two o 'ol o r „if i M. Decaux mad e a re p or t to t h e Ch am b er o n be'' t be commission, who had presented a project of law f or [nation of a foreign legion in the service of Franc e ,',tiP o t legion should n ever b e i n act i ve service, during Pes,i-oir;'y within the limits o f t h e ki ng d om. By this they or iders"l the foreign legion will, i n t i me o f peace, be PC colonies, and may be brought into the kingd o ° • 9 ter,, b 1 , 110 0 0 i :, service in time of war. It i s no t expresse d t if the legion is to b e fo rme d ent i re l y o f cava lry °r 0 1i ,5 0 ' 4 , or of both, or, in fact, in wh a t manner . The o°, lill 0 0ec i 4 adopt the project unanimo us l y , an d t h e quest ion va l sidered by the Chamb er a f ter t h e communal lag7' will be on Saturday next. t he CAj ol' The Chamber then proceeded to the report a., . 0 0 o,e mission appointed for the examination of Pet' tj of : i ll though, indeed, this is an interversion of the orrieroijelct day, since the report of the examination of tf e y list was prior to it. The ma j or it y o f t h e peti tw n t be for the demand of pensions from old officers , ren t ir newal of their services. O ne , h owever , o f a 'l' d 'e'' o:o0 ture, was for the liberty of instruction (Übe/le :to r o f meat) towards religi ous f ema l es . Th e petlt'i: ) t i t et answered from the left o f t h e H ouse ( co t e go' a e . , he ought to have made that demand four years aq: ne rg;i , this report followed the report of the Counoisotu;e ,o charged with the examination of questions ° I s 9 rri dation of the civil list of Charles X., into whl cl rfrel fru to included the money taken out of the (Bours e) O r ' o 0 on the 28th of J u l y , 1 830, b y the Minister ° f Er et'9 C t distribute among the troops to encourage them t ° 0 0 , ) , h the peopl e ; lik ew i se t h e li st o f pens i oners o' , t e ~ioo 'O 4 dynasty, whi c h, i n great measure, t h e C o mo"' p rei rir poses to continue p a yi ng . Th e same com missilded to the Chamb er a p ropos i t i on t h at none o f the 1 ' j oy j ou petty belonging to th e ex -R oya l f am il y s h o uld i'' he tv' t be infrin ge d upon , an d t h at, for the honou r of t e - rtPwt there be no marks of confiscation of private p re ' P hzel e ,oe although the family, by the will of the nationso of 'j o lt their right or power of reigning, still their riVtioti session, as individuals, should not, more ch ore for the meanest Frenchman, be violated. t he (The reporter is s till represent i ng t hi s case t° her when we leave off, it being four o'clock.)