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the address to his Majesty this day were then drawn by lot, and were as follow :—Messrs. Kceohlin, Duboys d'Angers, Girnud, Dureau, Isambert, Gres, Robert Fleury, Pataille, Lamy, Chastellux, Lacaze, Salvage, Dense, Bignon, Laurence, Benet, Baillot, Porlenas, Beaujour, Condert, Lallier, de Garoube, Boyer de Pierrelot,Paturle. The Chamber, upon the motions of Messrs. Ganneron, Parent, and Merilhou, decided that they would resume the discussion of three projects of law which bad been left presented but not discussed in the last session. These projects are relative to the municipality of Paris,Majorats, and Departmental Attributions. At six o'clock the Chamber adjourned to this day, when the deputies will meet at one o'clock in their bureaux, and at two there will be a public sitting, when some commu nications, from the Government, are to be made to the Chamber. SITTING OF JAN. 10. At balf_past two the President took the chair. The President communicated to the Chamber the an•wer which the King had given this day to the address, which had been read to his Altjesty in the presence of his Alinisters. The King'. answer to the address was as follows: , " Gentlemen,—l receive with swisfaction the expres sion of your wishes, and I find in it an additional pledge of that loyal support which can alone give to all the powers of the State that force and energy necessary to accomplish the objects you have so well defined—that of maintaining our institutions intact and pure against every effort that would tend to destroy them or alter their principles. That is the desire of France. It is by ac complishing it that we shall be faithful to our oaths, to our duties, and that we shall justify the confidence the nation has placed in us. I thank the Chamber of De puties for the sentiments it has manifested towards me. I share in its hopes, and anticipate for our country a futurity of peace, happiness, and liberty, that all my wishes and efforts shall be directed to secure to her." On the proposition of tLe President, the Chamber decided that a commission nominated last session, for the project of law relative to the Municipality of Path, should continue its labours. The President of the Council ascended the tribune to make a communication from Government. This related to a project of law concerning the officers of the army and navy. This project had been presented to the Chamber last session, but since then some modifications had been made in it, the principal of which goes to est,_ blish a distinction between the rank and service of officers. The rank is the property of the cfficer, but his right of serving should remain subject to the control of the King, who should have the power of dismissing from the army any officer whose misconduct or incapacity might render him unfit for the service. The President of the Council presented a project of law relative to the army of reserve. The Minister of Finances presented a project of law relative to the definitive regu!ation of the public expendi ture of the year 1834. The Minister of Finances, on presenting the budget of 1835, said—" Gentlemen, the labours of the last session were particularly directed towards the establishment of a better order in the finances of the state. It was your wish that the resources of the future should not be exhausted by loans and payments by anticipation. The laying down of this principle suffices to signalize the session of 1833 as one of the most useful to the country. But the putting in practice of such a principle cannot be the work of a day. A state of armed ob servation has been imposed upon us, and in spite of all our efforts, we are forced to declare that the year 1835 will not rearze all the hopes entertained in 1833. The moment for allowing repo , e to pubic credit must be still further deferred ; but we cm, however, at present an nounce, that the public revenue is on the increase; that there is a perceptible augmentation in the receipts ; that the general activity of commerce and industry, in bettering the condition of the people has rendered more productive the taxes, and raised the receipts to an amount beyond our hopes." The Minister then proceeded to say—" The budget that I here submit to your control estimates the expenditure at the sum of 1,030,090,547 francs : 319,000,000 of this sum are set apart for the interest of the public debt, and the payment of superannuated pen 'inners; 55,000,000 belong to the departments; 161,000,000 are absorbed by the cost of collecting the taxes, repayment of overcharges, and non valeurs ; and 495,000,000 are allowed for the expenses required for the Government, the administration, and the defence of the country. The total sum of the credits required by the budget of 1835 exceeds by 44,591,578 f. those of the budget of last year. The sum acquired for the service of the Consolidated Debt amounts to 230,602,2371. This sum does not com prise the credit allowed to make up for the insufficiency e,f the resources of the budget of 1833, nor of that destined to extraordinary public works. The floating debt, which on the 31st December last represented a capital of 399,000,000, will gradually de crease on the realization of the terms of a projected loan, and when thus reduced, a credit of 10,000,000 will suffice to pay the interest. The budget of the Foreign Department shows a diminu tion in the expense of the materiel, the 100,000 f. allowed last year for the repairs of the Hotel Wagram ; but, on the other band, it exhibits an increase in various items of ex penditure, amounting to 326,000 f. The expenses of the University, which hitherto were made up apart, are in the budget of 1835 joined to the accounts of the Minister of Public Instruction ; the expenses of which last department amount to 15,663,0001., in which sum 8,068,0001. are allotted to primary instruction. The budget of the Department of the Interior and of Public Worship, shows an aug mentation of 2,05,500 f. ; in which the expenses of the Secret Service of the General Police figure for 1,234,500 f., and allowances to the persons condemned for political offences for 220,000 f. But from this increase of 2,052,500 f. is to be deducted a diminution of 136,5001., which will reduce the increase in reality to a slim of 1,916,000 f. The expenses of the Minister of Commerce and Public Woiks exceed, by 3,315,000 f., the credits allowed in 1834 ; but this sum comprises an augmentation of 563,0001. for departmental and other disbursements, which are to be repaid from equivalent funds. The increase, therefore, at the charge of the Treasury, is reduced to 2,752,0001. The war budget of 1834 had been fixed at 220,311,2471. for an effective army of 286,011 men, and 56,765 horses. You are called upon, for the year 1835, for an additional credit of 26,551,763.. in order to carry the army to an effective state of 316,409 men, and 65,445 horses : and a still further sum of 10,586,000 f. for the maintenance of 25,370 men, who are to form part of the reserve. There was allowed for the naval service in 1834 a sum of 62,674,900 f. The demand for 1835 is 65,500,0001. There was granted in 1834, for the administrative service of the Finances, a credit of 23,297,400 f. The suns required for 1835 is 23,622,7001. The Minister then continued :—" Here terminates the enumeration of the expenses required by the budget of 1835. Let us see what are the resources we have to meet them. The receipts have been estimated by those of 1833. Nothing gives us reason to fear that the development of the national wealth is likely to meet with any obstacle in its progress. On the contrary, ev ry thing seems to predict a progressively increasing revenue with the perfect establishment of public order amongst us. One of the conditions of that order is, that the laws regulating taxation should be strictly observed all over the country. The sacrifices that these laws require, and which we would willingly diminish, are no doubt severe, but they bring their recompense. Taxa tion is the price of national independence, of individual security—the guarantee of all legitimate interests. The day that the state shall find itself without taxes, the social tie is broken." The Minister then proceeded to enumerate the different items of the ways and means. He said, the produce of the Customs and the duties on navigation were set down, for the year 1835, at the sum of 110,128,000 f., showing an increase over 1633 of 3 000,000 f. The indirect taxes, exclusive of the product of the sale of tobacco and gunpowder, are set down at 103,950,000 f. showing a considerable increase over the year 1833, and which at the same time demonstrates the return towards order, and the progress of public prosperity. The Mi. nister here entered into a series of calculations to show that the expense of collection was not as considerable as was generally pretended : the cost being, as be said, in reality not more than 12,558,000 f. upon a revenue of 156,000,0001, With regard to the excise and wine, the Minister said that the objections so often urged against it were more severe than judicious, but added that the Adminirration would not be negligent of any improvements that could Le introduced upon that subject. The Minister then proceeded to point out the disproportion that existed be tween the receipts and the expenses, a disproportion which would render necessary a loan. The total of the expenditure amounts to 1,064,090,547 f., and the ordinary receipts cannot be estimated at more than 996 ,557,415 f. , the insufficiency of the Ways and Means amounting to 7,538,132 E Public order, said the Minister, in concluding, though re established, has not as yet borne all its frnits: the produce of the indirect taxes bas rill some progress to make. With regard to the expenditure, some of the heavitst items are still undecided. I allude, continued M. ilumann, to the effective state of the army, the re serve, and the question of Algiers. The latter, in parti cular, requires the most serious consideration, as it in volves an annual expenditure of more than 30,000,000 f. The Minister terminated by saying, that he could not complete the Ways and Means of 1825 without asking from the Chamber an extraordinary credit of 70,000,000 f. —(Agitation.) M. Datong moved that the law which had been an nounced relative to the pension list should be presented to the Chamber. M. Lepelletier d'Aulnay insisted that it would be neces. sary to repel or modify the law upon military and naval pensions passed in 1831, for otherwise they would have a law which held out promises that there was no possibility of fulfilling. The Hon. Deputy added, that considera tions upon the subject would be found in the report of a commission nominated last session to examine the ques tion of pensions. This report was o'dered to be printed and distributed. The Minister of Finance presented a project of law re lative to a demand of 14,613,000 f. for the supplemet.tary credits of the budget of 1833, and of 11,667,000 f for the extraordinary credits of the same year. The Minister of Justice presented a project of law, in eight articles, upon the responsibility of Ministers and other agents of the Administration. This project modifies in some important particulars that which was presented last session upon-the same subject. One of the most striking changes is that which refers to a particular and special law every thing relative to the constitution of the Chamber of Peers as a High Court of Justice. M. Eschasseriaux announced that be would on Monday move that the project of law upon the responsibility of Ministers, which had been examined last year, and upon which M. Berenger bad made a luminous report, should be again brought before the Chamber, and discussed in preference to that just now presented by the Minister of Justice. At half.past 5 o'clock the Chamber adjourned to Mon day, when the deputies will meet in their bureaux at 12 o'clock, and at 1 in the Chamber, for the discussion of the proposed law upon the municipality of Paris. FRENCH FUNDS.-Penis, JAN. 10. Five per Cents., 1041. 00e. 1051. 10:f. 15c. Four per Cents., 92f. Three per Cents., 75f. 85c. 75c. 76f. Bank Actions, 1,710 f, Rente de Naples, 91f. 20c. 10c. 25c. Roman Five per Cents., 92 %. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., IS 184. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 39%% 40. Royal Spanish Loan, 82 8214. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 644 Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 1)7%%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 251.25 c. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 15c. -('ours Authenlique. FRENCH FUNDS.-Psnts, JAN. 11. Five per Cents., 104 f. 70c. Wc. 105 f. Four and a Half per Cents, 101 E 30c. Four per Cents., 92E Three per Cents., 75f. 65c. 50c. 65c. Bank Actions, 1,710 f 1,707 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 911. 10c. 15c. Roman Five per Cents., 92 91%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 18,4314. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 39%41%. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 64 634 :".'Y • Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97 96N. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25E 25c. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 15c. -Coors Authentictue. GERMAN PAPERS. FROM THE FRONTIERS OF PRUSSIA, DEC 17.—The news which announces that the English squadron in the Mediterranean is about to he greatly augmented has, ac cording to what we learn, produced a considerabla sensa tion at Berlin. They cannot conceive there what can have induced the English Ministry to take so surprising a step at the present moment, when the political horizon had begun to clear, and when hopes were entertained that a good understanding was taking place between the greater Powers. According to the declarations of the English Ministerial journals, it is the Russian-Turkish treaty which renders necessary the great expense of equipping ships of war ; and if so, it may be called wasting the public treasure of Great Britain, for this armament of some vessels of the line is either not sufficient or too much to produce a recall of this treaty. In the one case the English Ministry must have a very bad opinion of , he Russian Cabinet, and have no correct notion of the oharacter of the Porte, if it conceives that the despatch of a squadrOn will be sufficient to attain its object without any other effort than that of ap pearing before the Dardanelles. In the other point of view, this Ministry seems to forget that the ques tion of a general war comes into consideration, and that an immense responsibility will rest upon those who in considerately produce it. Whatever opinion the English Ministry may form of the Russian Cabinet, it aught to do justice to the dignified course which it has invariably taken under the most difficult circumstances, and recollect that it was to its heroic perseverance that Europe net long ago owed its deliverance from the iron yoke and violent domination of France. This Ministry must also allow, that however humbled the Ottoman Porte may be, it has preserved a certain sentiment of dignity, which, although it has not always been attended with corre spondent wisdom, too clearly exists to justify the notion f a ny disposition on its part to yield to a mere menacing attitude, especially now that it can ci‘unt ups the assistance of Russia. Such a demonstration, which could only be made on the supposition of alarming or imposing upon that Power. would only at best prove lost labour, and might even be called im prudent. Does a wish exist to go farther, and not to be confined to menaces ? If so, it will be difficul to calculate whose ruin may follow. To judge according to the actual position of Europe, and to the engagements which seem latterly to have more intimately !inked together the three Powers of the north, it is evi dent that no partial attack upon any one of them could take place without the entire coalition acting against the aggressor. A hostile conduct towards Russia is equivalent, therefore, to a provocation of all the Powers of the north ; far, alter the example of France and England, which have coalesced in relation to the Dutch and Belgian differences, and made a common cause in that respect, the three Northern Powers have found it necessary on their part, in order to form a counterpoise, to ally themselves in the most intimate manner. Such an enterprise would, there fore, be accompanied with great danger, above all to Eng. land, since, without counting upon the uncertainty of war, her commerce would be immediately assailed in the most sensible manner. The continental system has shown to what England may be brought if contracted obligations be fulfilled seriously and con scientiously. That which Napoleon was able to do, even when he had to encounter the aversion which all the other Powers bad to the shutting up of the Con tinent, and the disadvantage which his policy proved to the English spirit of speculation and to the purse of England, is universally known. With much less effort the Continental Powers could themselves establish a similar system, which, in consequence of the earnest desire of the greater part of the German states to lower the preponderat ing commercial iufluence of England, it might be easy to consolidate. However great the parti,lity of the French Ministry for the English Cabinet, in sympathy would be insufficient in such a c /se ; and France could make no equi valent recompense for the loss of commercial relations with Germany, Russia, Turkey, and Italy. On the contrary, l France herself would take advantage of the circumstance, and endeavour to profit by the damage thereby inflicted on England. We, therefore, deem it an affair of con-cience with the English Ministers not to interfere with the Oriental relations but with the greatest prudence, and to deeply reflect on the responsibility which they owe to their country.—Allgenteine Zeitung of the 24th of December. BERLIN, JAN. I.—lt is said that the instructions of our Ambassador at the Vienna conferences are to aim at satisfying the minds of the people of Germany, and the influence of the Crown Prince is said to have been actively exerted to this event. M. Ancillon would have set out a week ago, but he waited for the return of the Crown Prince from his journey. The chief points which will be brought forward at Vienn-a, especially on the part of Prussia, are said to be— I. Measures for facilitating commercial intercourse through all Germany, the foundation of which has been hid by the new commercial union. 2. The security of intellectual property, by the aboli tion of literary piracy, not only of books, but of engrav ings, &e. 3. The security of dramatic property in particular, which has hitherto been wanting in all Germany. 4.. The introduction of a small coin, to be every where current, the value of which shall be fixed. The sudden departure of the Prince of Orange from Berlin for St. P c tersburgh, makes it appear the more pro. bable that this journey, undertaken at the worst season of the year, has a political object. VIENNA, DEC. 25.—1 t is satisfactory to the friends of peace that no new measures of any kind, for attack or defence, are observed in our war department. For these two years no alteration has taken place in the positions or strength of our army, beyond the changes in the cantonments of some single regiments. It, therefore, does not appear that the paval armaments of Great Britain, the diplomati c notes b e t ween France and Austria rela tive to Piedmont, have any effect on the pacific system that has been adopted , —Frankfort Papers, Jan. 6. BRAUN, DEC. 31.—The conduct of the British Minister in the affairs of Turkey and R 11.41 seems to us offensive in the highest degree. What ca❑ such provocation signify at a moment when it is the interest of all to he united ? It is not to be supposed that the Porte's throwing itself in the arms of a deliverer could give rise to this demonstra. tion of hostility. The blocka'le of the Dardanelles cannot, however, annul a treaty that has been made at Constantinople and signed at St. Petersburgh ; it is only from the chance of a catas. trophe taking place in Turkey that the English can hope their influence will obtain an ascendancy. The power of the British navy is acknowledged by all; but Russia being prepared by recent armaments, this excites little appre hension. The Russians have several good sea-ports, and to make war upon the stormy and confined Black Sea would be exceedingly perilous for their fleet. Besides, a n ival war is not a war of masses. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 10.-In return for the pre sents made by the Sultan to the Russian Embassy, as well ca to the officers and crews stationed in the Bosphoru., the Emperor of Russia has commanded several handsome gold and silver medals to be struck in commemoration of the alliance with the Porte, which, together with several other costly presents, are intended for the Turkish Minis ters. O❑ one side is the Emperor's name, on the other " 1833." Two in gold, set with diamonds of great value, are intended for the Seraskier and Achmed Pacha. Four, somewhat less precious, are for the Hiatt Admiral, Tahir Pacha, the commander of the artillery, Halil Riche, Ferik Pacha, the Commander of the Dardanelles, Mehemet Paella. There are gold medals for the officers, and one thousand two hundred in silver,for the men of the Turkish regiments designated. The Grand Vizier receives a splendid sabre adorned with brilliants. The Seraskier and Achmed Pacha, besides the medals, are to have anuff-boxes enriched with diamonds, the Seraskier's bear ing the portrait, and Achmed's the name of the Emperor. Tae Turkish Ministers have also snuff-boxes differing in value according to their rank. The Commissioners to the lele of Samos returned here on the sth, having failed in their mission. ill. de Butenieff, the Russian Ambassador, at his farewell audience, presented to the Sultan complete uniforms for the Ottoman Princes, as a present from the Emperor. The young Princes were summoned to receive them in person; M. Butenieff was allowed to present his Secretary, M. Ruekmann—an honour without ex ample, and only permitted on account of the present alliance with Russia. A French ship of war has just a - rived in the Bosphorus, and seems to be bound for Therapia. The newly appointed Russian Consul at Alexandria, M. Duharnel, has just arrived here from Odessa, and intends proceeding to his destination without delay. —Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 6. DUTCH AND HAMBURG PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JAN. 8.-We have received Java pope's from the 7th of September to the sth October. The accounts from Palembang to the 10th of August, continue to he favourable. The Prince of Jambi had retreated into his own terri tory, to the distance of a long day's journey from the fron tier. The troops sent from Batavia had arrived at Palem bang. . . liarAvxa, SErr. 27.—1 n the absence of the accounts which are expected by the Charlotte, which left Bencoolen in August, but has not yet arrived here, it is confirmed by accounts from Padang, and by private letters, that M. Knoull, Assistant Resident of Bencoolen, was murdered on the 28th of July, in the environs of that piaci, by the people of Tanjong, who, assisted by the population of the neighbouring places, bad advanced to Bencoolen, and had begun to levy contributions and destroy property in the part which is beyond the reach of the guns of tl'e fort. They were, however, soon driven off by the Governor, assisted by the European inhabitants, and the crew of the Charlotte merchantman. The particulars of this affair are very imperfectly known. It appears that the Commissioner General arrived at Bencoolen a few days after these events, and immediately took the necessary measures. His Excellency then pro ceeded to Padang, where he arrived on the 30th of August. Tint HAGUE, JAN. 10.—According to accounts re ceived to-day, the Rhine at Cologne hid fallen seven inches on the 7th. A similar fall has taken place at all part, of the Upper Rhine in Germany, and also its our principa • l rivers : the dikes have suffered no further damage, and great exertions are making to repair that which has already been done. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 49% to 50% Amort Syndic, 41 per cent ..... BB% to 89% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 percent........ Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London Ditto, two months l2 05 to 12 02 3-10 —Dutch Papers, Jan 11. BORSEN HALLE, JAN. 7.—HALF-PAST Two, r.m.— The prices of Funds have become firm to-day, after hav ing been lower on Friday. Discount 3% per Cent. End of January. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent. 79!i Anglo-Russian 9B y. 4 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1820 92% Ditto, ditto, 1831 91% Ditto, ditto, 1832. 91% Certificates 92% Polish Bonds 125% Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 12:33 Ditto Metalliques 95 Ditto 4 per Cent.... Spanish 3 per Cents. Ditto 4 per Cent 45% Dutch 2 2 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 92% —Hamburg Reporter. BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The indisposition of M. Von An chillon has unhappily become so serious that he will scarcely be able to go to Vienna at present. His Majesty has therefore been pleased to appoint the Count Von Alven slebin Plenipotentiary Extraordinary to Vienna till the recovery of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Count is expected to set out in a few days. The family of the Russian Ambassador, M. de Ribeau pierre, is to set out fur St. Petersburgh to-day. The Ambassador himself will go for a short time to Dresden. JAN. 4.—A1l rinks of persons in this capital show their esteem for the Minister of Foreign Affairs by the interest they take in his present dangerous illness. The Crown Prince the day before yesterday passed three hours at the bed He of his much-i-steemed former tutor. The importance of the Congress at Vienna, and the expectations entertained of it, have lately been much enhanced by important indications which have but lately become apparent in the political horizon ; and several officers of rank, lately arrived from Vienna, speak of the expressions which have transpired of a great Sovereign, and which manifest the most complete agreement of Austria with the views, and also with the negotiations, which Russia is about to continue with regard to the affairs of the East. _ . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland leaves us on the 10th to pay a abort visit to England. Dr. Grafe has not began the cure of Prince George, and it will not commence till after a year hence. The Prince has reco vered from an illness w hich at first caused some alarm. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 9. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 95 % Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Ditto, 182:11, 4 per cent. —Brussels Papers. Jan. 11. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 7.-13 7i ; two months, Id 6. STOCKHOLM. DEC 3l.—Two months, 13 6. BREMEN, JAN. 3.—Two months, 604 605. ST. PETEKSBURGII, DEC. 27.-10 4144. BERLIN. JAN. 4.—Three months, 6 2431. —Hamburg Papers, Jan. 7. TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 10.—The arrival of the Meteor steamer in Vourla Bay with despatches for the British Admiral and Minister at Constantinople, has renewed much of the apprehension that was felt as to the relations between the Porte and Great Britain. These despatches are said to be very pacific, but the preparations for war on the part of the Porte, under the otdcrs of Russia continue, as if war were certain. On our part dime is also a great display. We have now at Vourla Bay the St. Vincent, of 120 guns ; the Britannia, 120 ; the Caledonia, 120 ; the Malabar, 74 ; the Alfred, 50 ; and the Champion, 30. The Talavera and another 74 are expected. It is understood, also, that several smaller ships are on their way hither. The French ships at Smyrna are the Ville de Marseilles, 76 guns ; Duquesne, 78 ; Superbe, 74 ; Ephigenie, 60 ; and Galatea, 50. Several others are said to be fitting out, and the whole are to be placed under the command of Admiral liugon, who has had hitherto the good sense to conform himself to the views of our more experienced Adtniral. The best understanding prevails between both squadrons. Of the Turkish fleet only one has been really disarmed, and she was notoriously unfit for service. The other ves sels could be equipped and sent to sea in a few days in case of necessity. There are now in the arsenal (exclusive of hulks and small craft) four three-deckers, six seventy fours, 11 frigates, and 13 corvettes, nearly all with their full complement of men on board. In addition to these, a superb frigate to mount 74 42-pounders is on the stocks, nearly completed. Her length is 222 feet on the main deck, 53 feet beam, and she is building by an American upon a most beautiful model. As soon as she is launched the keel of a three-decker is immediately to be laid down on the same slip. The Turks have in all 12 arsenals, at each of which one or more large ships are at this moment in progress, so that she will not want for vessels if they can only he turned to good purpose. Tahir Pacha, the Cipudan Pacha, has lately introduced a new system into his department. He has greatly advanced the pay of all the men emp!oyed in the arsenal, and has prohibit , -d thieving, which he punishes so severely that many, encou • raged by long habit to purloin at all risks, have expired under the hastinado. He condemns the criminals to so many blows that long ere they are completed, the soles of their feet become a mere jelly, and the stripes being felt there no longer are transferred to the abdomen ! Tahir Pacha, who is by no means rich, is devoted to the Russians. The Capitan Pach a on the I4•h inst. started in a steamer for the Dardanelles to look over the fortresses, which are all being mounted with new guns. Nearly a thousand of the old guns are being brought gradually to the capital, where, being all of brass, they are melted down, and thus furnish materials for the new pieces. The American frigate United States sailed from here on the 23d Novembsr, for Smyrna and Mahon. Previous to her departure, Commodore Patterson, accompanied by his Flag-Captain and the American Charge d'Affaires, were admitted to an interview with the Sultan, on which occasion his Highness was very gracious, but neither party had anything particular to say. A very extraordinary sensation has been produced lately here, by a report, which we are inclined to consider as official, that a petition signed by almost every man of any consequence in Albania has been forwarded by them to the asking for a cons-itution. In this memorial, after stating at length the endless vexations under which their country has groaned while under the admini stration of the Pachas and Governors appointed by the Porte, they express their determination no longer to submit to so unparalleled a system of tyranny. To that effect an assoliation, consisting of the representatives from the different towns and principal villages throughout the country, had been convoked, and the resolution had been unanimously adopted by its members to submit the following demands to the Sultan's consideration :-1. That henceforth the administration of the country shall be confided solely to the bands of those individuals whom the association shall elect. 2. That the landed property of which Ali Pacha possessed himself by fraud or vio lence, and which ever since his downfall has remained in the power of Government, shall be restored to the legi- ;imaie proprietors of their heirs. 3. That the Sultan's troops shall withdraw from their territory ; and the de pence of the passes and fortresses be intrusted to native soldiers. Provided these conditions are granted to them, they express their readiness to pay to their legitimate So vereign, the Sultan, the annual tribute he shall deem ex pedient to impose upon them. In case, however, bad counsellors should persuade him to shut his ears to their entreatie., they will resist force by force, and not put down their arms until in full possession of these their natural and legitimate rights. Several reforms are talked of here, and the Sultan is said to be desirous of placing his Government on such a footing as to offer a guarantee for indivislual enterprises. Were it possible to do this under the influence of Great Britain, Turkey might become a formidable barrier to Russia. Turkey would then furnish for exportation an abundance of her rich products ; commerce would flourish and extend; the population would increase, and we should finally see raised up the true harrier which ought to he opposed to Russian encroachment. With 20 years of peace, under a good Administration, she would become one of the richest countries in the world. See what even now she produces under all the disadvantages which press so heavily upon her : silk, opium, wool, cotton, goat's wool, fruits, valonia, madder root, boxwood, olive oil, soap, copper, iron, galls, hides, skins of all kinds, and an infinity of other valuable commodities. In fact, the soil is so fer tile, and is situated in such a favourable latitude, that with very little labour almost any thing and every thing may be produced. The greatest possible injury that could be done to Russia would be by letting agriculture flourish in Turkey. The Black Sea might then as well be blotted out of the map, or at least the Russian part of it, for Turkey could supply all the Mediterranean with grain and all other articles now furnished almost exclusively by Southern Russia. To show what Turkish land is, it need only be mentioned that Mr. Simmons, an English gentleman, bas for two or three years been amusing himself in cultivating a small farm. He has introduced the im plements and mode of proceeding of his own country, and although his land is almost the poorest to be met with about Constantinople, his success has been most wonder ful. The harvest lie has reaped completely astonished the Turks, and the Sultan himself was delighted to see a speci-. men of the seeming fertility of which his coon ry is capable. If there was safety for persons and pro. petty, Mr. Simmons might perhaps seek a better soil at some little distance from the capital, and the tide of emigration would soon after set this way, there being here every natural inducement to settlers, in cluding one of the best climates in the world. Turkey is still fertile of resources. Amongst her other natural riches, she possesses abundance of the precious meals still concealed in the bowels of the earth, and which, by proper mant“ement, would soon be brought to light. About eight years ago a gold mine was disco vered within 150 miles from Constantinople. On the fact being reported to Government, a ni tbaihir was sent to collect specimens of the ore, and bring them to the capital. The inhabitants foresseiog, that were the mine worked, they would be compelled to labour for little or no pay, they clubbed together and gained over the inabashir by a present of 50,000 piastres. The ore he took to Constantinople was, consequently, largely mixed with other mineral matter, and this mixture not being found sufficiently productive, the mine was not worked. N.Av had the Government given competent wages, an abundant harvest of gold might, in all probability, have been col lected. There are coal mines, too, within a vet) , short distance from Constantinople, and yet the fuel required for the Turkish steamers is brought from England ! In the hands of an enlightened Government what a country Turkey would become. IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. DUBLIN, JAN. 10.—The Croon Solicitor's letter to Barrett, the editor of the Pilot, offering, on the part of the Crown, to forego his right to call him up for judg ment, if Mr. O'Connell would make an explicit acknow ledgment, under his band, that he was the author of the libel, and sanctioned its publication, appears to have con founded the Agitator and his newspapers. They have been to this hour ashamed to print it, although it was delivered to Barrett a week ago, and appeared in the London Globe of Monday. _ Meanwhile, but after several day's delay, the Liberator, too cowardly to accede to the fair terms proposed by the Crown, but ashamed, nevertheless, to let his minion be incarcerated for his sedition, without some semblance of an attempt to save him, makes him answer the Crown Solicitor by saying, " that Mr. O'Connell will admit authorship, and abide his trial, on the Crcwn under taking that he will have the benefit of an impartial jury, composed entirely of Protestants, unconnected with party, or of Protestants and Catholics iodised. minately." I need not remark how impwlent is this attempt at de lusion, or how arrogant an assumption of superiority to the ordinary course of the law it conveys. The admission of the authorship would be the merest . . illusion ; for every one knows th - at it is not criminal to write a libel in private, although it is to publish it, or cause it to be published. An assumption of the right to require that a jury should be specially packed for his trial comes with an admirable grace of consistency from a man who has been so violent an advocate as O'Connell for the new jury system, which has just come into operation, and the fairness of whose provisions he would have had, in his own case, one of the earliest opportunities of proving. I am glad to be able to send you the answer which was immediately returned to Bwrett's letter : " Kildare-street, Jan. 9, 1833. " Sir,—l yesterday received your undated letter, and, with out dwelling on the obvious insufficiency of the admission thereby offered, or upon the unfounded insinuation thereby conveyed, I have to inform you that the Attorney-General will notmake any undertaking to Mr. O'Connell, nor consent, in the case of that gentleman, to any proceedings varying from the legal course of administering justice in all other cases. " And I have further to apprise you, that my notice of the Bth inst. will be moved on Saturday next. " I remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " WILLIAM KEMMIS, Crown Solicitor. To Richard Barrett, Esq., Proprietor of the Pilot newspaper." Colonel Taylor, our resident at Bagdad, has bcen fined by the local authorities about 4001. sterling, in consequence of one of his servants having beaten a Mus,ul man who was bathing in the river opposite the Colonel's window. The servant was sent to drive the fellow away. and a scuffle ensued, in which the servant came off second beat. A popular tumult was got up, and the Colonel was obliged to blockade himself in his house until it sub• sided. He has appealed to Constantinople to have the fine remitted. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1831. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morning. They do not contain much news of importance. The qualification given by the Duke DE BROGLIE in the Chamber of Depu ties on Wednesday, to his adoption of the sen timents of M. BIGNON o❑ the preceding day, is attributed by the moderate papers to official caution, and it is asserted that he is as opposed to Russian policy as the most violent Member of the French Opposition. This may be true, but if M. DE BROGLIE committed an indiscretion in giving way to die indignation of an honour able mind against Russia on the occasion of M. BIGNON'S speech, how much greater was his indiscretion, when on the following day he &dared that there was nothing in the treaty between Russia and the Porte to excite un easiness, or warrant intervention ? And on what is this declaration founded ? On the fact that by the letter of the treaty Russia does not receive any exclusive privilege. Russia, argues M. de BROGLIE, has not stipulated for the possession of the Darda nelles, to the exclusion of other Powers. But has there been no arrangement between the SULTAN and the EMPEROR, by which the Dardanelles may be closed to other Powers at the dictation of Russia ? And although Russia may not, for the present, demand the exclusive possession of the Dardanelles, has she not now such an influence over the Porte, that at any hour she may demand, and must receive, not only the possession of the Dardanelles, but also every other facility which Turkey can afford, either for the injury of British and French com merce in the Mediterranean, or, as regards Great Britain, the destruction of our interests in India, M. de BROGLIE is not affected by the latter consideration ; but is he blind to the fact, that the increased influence, indeed frontier control, of Russia over Turkey, must affect the commercial interests of France, and materially strengthen th e alliance of despots who are aiming at the sub version of her political greatness ? It is not because Russia has, by the words of any treaty, acquired exclusive privileges in Turkey, that intervention on the part of Great Britain and France is become necessary ; but because Russia has virtually acquired entire possession of Turkey, and will, therefore, if allowed to retain such possession, become more formidable as the enemy of France and Great Britain. The whole question lies in a nut-shell. Is it com patible with British and French interests to allow the Emperor of RUSSIA to retain the influence which he now possesses in Turkey ? If it is, Lord PALMERSTON and M. DE BROGLIE may safely allow the special pleading of the EMPEROR about the wording of the late treaty with Turkey. The address of the Chamber of Deputies was carried on Friday, by a large majority. This result was expected, as there was nothing in the address to call for opposition from the moderate party. The Paris Papers contain a letter from Bay onne, stating that a sanguinary conflict had taken place between the Queen's troops and the Carl ists, but neither the time nor place is stated. The accounts from Spain continue to be of a mixed character, but they confirm all our pre vious impressions as to the probable result of the conflict between the Government and the Car lists. We said from the first that the QUEEN had no party of her own, and that the generals who have supported her against the Carlists did so chiefly with a view of preparing the way for a constitutional system. The Paris correspondent of the itioriszng Herald lately announced, on authority which he considered satisfactory, that the mili tary chi e f s of Catalonia had sent a for mal remonstrance to the Queen against the present system of government, and recom mending the establishment of a constitution. The Messager des Chambres confirms this statement by the publication of a letter from General Vico, now resident in Paris, but who was Governor of Corunna, under the Cortes. The following is a copy of his letter " Having communicated to one of my friends a letter I received from Barcelona relative to the events which Intel , " took place in that city, I authorized him to give you the extract which appeared in your number of yesterday. " Some speculators have questioned the contents and the very existence of that letter. Being the person to whom it was directed, I consider it my duty, Sir, to assure you, that the extract you have published is, to all intents and purposes, a faithful copy of the original, which I en close you, and that it was written by a person deserving full credit. You will find in it, among other news which bears you (Alt in your statement, the following paragraph "' The General in Chief (Llander) at the meeting of the civil and military chiefs, held at his head-quarters, inquired of the Auditor of War, M. Gibert, who was present on the oc. casion, would it be expedient to publish and circulate the exposé forwarded to the Queen by the Chief of Battalion Sauz, in order that the inhabitants of Catalonia might be prepared for the events likely to ensue ? The Auditor of War was of opinion, that it was more expedient to await the answer of the Queen. (Signed) " General MENDEZ DE VIGO.' "To the Editor of the Msssager des Chambres." To this the Herald adds that " General Llander, the Captain_General of the province of Catalonia, had repeatedly written to the Queen Regent, praying her Majesty to throw herself upon those who could alone support her—the Constitutionalists. He un dertook to answer to her Majest y, at th e same ti me , f or the entire physical for ce o f hi s seven provinces, and in which he had al rea dy or ga n i se d 4 0 b attalions of National Guards (or Frasellicos, as they are termed). He called upon—that is, he entreated—her Majesty, in direct terms, to dismiss M. Zea from office, and to give to the country certain other pledges of her intentions to assure to the nation, in the name of her daughter, a real Constitutional Government. The General spoke at the same time une. quivocally of the danger to which a refusal might expose the interests of the Quern her daughter. n "To this advice and demand, and i n d ee d h ypot h et i ca l com pletelymenac at t replied, e ,the hp Q m u : e r n ey ß o efgtehnetforeigMinist ers at h er C our t th a t ' s h e was and of M. Zea.' ST added that General Llander was at liberty to act in the circumstances as his honour and patriotism should dictate.'" Such is the statetaent of our contemporary, and it is highly important. Should Catalonia declare for a Constitution, the QUEEN will be forced to yield, and in yielding alone will she find safety. As to the Carlists, they will have little chance of success, provided the Consti tutional chiefs agree as to the extent and character of the system of Government proper for Spain under existing circumstances. Years indeed might elapse ere the country should become tranquil, for so long as the Des pots o f f n aoir t l i d l c e opr C rou o rpt n ut t ig in oat e li ; t otfi h l ek a y v e e ewp t ii l li l l e g d m uo e p a s n od s i:sc b ob y hi rudtiinf Great Britain and France protect the just and reasonable system of Government which the enlightened Constitutionalists of those countries' are desirous of establishing, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, must in time give way to the spirit of the age, and seriously think of setting their own house in order." A private letter from Paris states that the Captain-General of the province of Catalonia (LLANDER), and the authorities, had spe cifically required the establishment of a re presentative Government—liberty of the Press —the suppression of the convents and of the monastic orders. Between the 6th and 9th instant the reply of the QUEEN was ex pected, before which the parties to the repre sentation would take no more decided step, but it added that their resolution was irrevo. cable—liberty or death. The operation of the Corn Laws, which pre vailed previous to the year 1815, is thus stated by the Agricultural Committee of 1821:—" The - necessary consequence of the trade in corn having been virtually open with the continent, and the importation allowed at prices merely nominal . during the period of forty years, has been, that the general price of the shipping ports on the continent has not, upon an average, been mate rially lower than the price in England, except to the amount of the charges to be incurred in 4 bringing the foreign corn to the markets of this country." The Committee on the Corn Laws, in 1814, remarked, " that the price of wheat at the shipping ports in the Baltic is entirely re• gulated by the demand in the other countries in Europe." But this is so only when that demand is, as it was then, allowed to operate there. The difference between the operation of the Corn Laws which prevailed for forty ears previous to 1815, and those which have prevailed since, is, that under the former our meat demand, which raises the price of corn, was not prevented from operating at all times abroad, as it did at home; but, under the latter, t is prevented, and allowed to operate only by fits and starts. The natural state of things pre served by the Corn Laws previous to 1815, always afforded a sure protection to the home grower. The unnatural state of things created by the subsequent laws, has deprived him of all protection, and these laws have transferred ;he benefits of the increasing demand of our increasing population for corn from the homc grower to the dealer in corn. When our great demand was allowed to operate freely abroad, the dealer could not purchase foreign corn 4 cheaper than he could purchase British corn ; and, moreover, lie purchased foreign corn, sub-' ject to the hazard that before it could be brought to the British market the price there might fall, 1 and lie might be a loser by his purchase. But since 1815, under the laws of 1815 and 1822, which fixed high importation prices, our demand had no operation abroad until the price reached the importable price, and in the absence of our demand, prices fell at the shipping ports of the Continent to a very low rate. Then the dealer bought there, and stored the corn lie so bought in warehouses at home, to be used for the pur- 1 poses of foreign trade until the price at home reached the importable price, which sooner or. later he knew it must do because we always had some deficiency which behoved to be supplied. So, under the law of 1828, when as at present the duty amounted to a prohibition, through the absence of our great demand at the shipping, ; . , ports, the dealer was enabled to purchase cheap, and to store, as before, to be used for the pur-:i poses of foreign trade until the duty should fall, I and enable him to enter for home consumptio►t at a time when he could gain most upon the j price and save most upon the duty. The first . 1 effect of the restraining laws, which have pre vailed since 1815, thus has been to deprive the home grower of tl►e foreign market, i l a►► d it is a remarkable fact, appearing from the imports and exports of corn, that the exports of r New 5 per Cont. - India Stock - Ditto Bonds 2l 20 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities.. ..., ..... ... 86% New Ditto. ........... ........ - S per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 4S 49 pm. Ditto 500 - 48 49 on. Ditto Small '4B 47 ore. ;Ditto Commercial 1 IndiaD i t t f o „,rAccount Advertised pm. 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