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contrary having been thought necessary, it is curious t o observe the extreme rancour whieh has prevailed in all the preparatory proceedings 'relative to the case. It will be made quite a party question, and it is probable that the maxinitim of the penalty which it is in the power of the Chamber to inflict, — viz., flee years'imprisoriment, will.be applied. The law which gives the Chamber so extensive a power was proposed and: insisted upon under. the Govern ment of the Restoratiop, and it passed in 1822. It has never been appealed to before,btit once in 1820, in a case relating to the Journal du Commerce, which was defended with great zeal at the bar of the Chamber by M. Barthe, then a mere barrister, and now Minister of State, Keeper of the Seals. The news from Alexandria, which was known yesterday at the Bourse, checked the rise that th , funds would have experienced in consequence of the rise which occurred in the English. funds on Wed nesday. To-day, the news having-gaMed more ge neral belief, the politicians of the Bourse have nearly made up their minds that a general war is inevitable, and the funds have therefore given way. The 3 per cents, opened at 77f., and closed at 761.85 c. for money. Letters of the 28th ult. have been received here to-Jay from Madrid. The Government had ordered that the Christinos should be disarmed, but no such measure is to be enforced with regard to the royalist volunteers. The decree issued by the Queen during her regency respecting the allowances to emigrants has been confirmed by the King. Z. FREN.;II FONDS, PARIS, APRIL 6.-Five per Cents., 100 f. 80c• 75c. 70c. 63c. 50c. 55c. 50c. 60c. 6.5 c. 10011 60c. 75c. 80c. • Four per Cents., 92f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 77f. 76f. 95c. 9c. 77f. 76f. 95c. B.ic. 70c. 80c. 76f. 90c. 80c. 85c. ; National Loan, 100 f. 75c. ; Bank Actions, 1,700 f. ; Rente de Naples, 90f. 50c. ; Roman Five per Cents., 89 83 7 4 89 88% 89 88% 89 : Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 14X, 74 %7 % Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents. 43 42% 74 y % % % 42% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 89.!4 ' • Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 72% 72 71% %% % 71% % 34 ; Belg:c Loan of 1831, 87% %. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 75c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 2.5 f. 60c.-Cours Authentique. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING or APRIL 6. M. Benjamin Delessert took the Chair at twenty minutes to one. The proces-verbal was read and adopted in the presence of about a dozen Deputies. M. Roul was about to make some reports on pe titions, when M. Charamaule said, that it was .a mere mockery to pretend to dispose of petitions in such a desert; if, he said, petitions were not considered worthy of serious attention, it would be better to say so at once, and not report them at all; if they were, they ought not to be brought before the Chamber when 110 Deputies were present. M. Roul, therefore, descended from the tribune, and the Minister of Finance,who entered the Cham ber at the same moment, immediately brought in a bill for granting an extraordinary credit of 5,000,000 f. for the first instalment of the debt of 25,000,000 f., stipulated to be paid by France to the United States by the trea►y of the 4th of July, 1831, ratified in February, 1832. Reports were then made on a number of peti tions, none of which presented any features of gene ral interest, except the following : A petition from the inhabitants of Rocroi, pray ing for the restitution to France and the arrondisse ment of Rocroi of a part of its former territory ceded to the kingdom of the Netherlands by the treaty of November, 1815, was, on the recommen dation of tl►e Committee, referred without opposi tion to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A petition from the inhabitants of Chalons•sur- Saone, complaining of the conduct of the prefect on the occasion of the disturbances which took place in that town on the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of August, 1832, and accusing him of having unneces sarily introduced the armed force into the town in stead of employing only the National Guard, which the petitioners contend was quite sufficient to re press the disturbances, but which had been dissolved by the prefect instead of being employed, gave rise to some discussion, in consequence of the committee recommending the petition to be referred to the Minister of the Interior, on the ground that the petitioners appeared to represent the opinion of the majority of the town, and that, as a general rule, the armed force ought only to be employed in the last extremity. M. Fulchiron proposed to pass to the order of the day, urging that the factious and turbulent agitators always represented themselves (however falsely) as expressing the opinion of the majority, and that it was absurd to say that the armed force should only be employed at the last extremity, since the use of the armed force was to maintain public order, and at the last extremity the remedy was applied too late. —(Murmurs from the extremities.) General Thiars complained of the last speaker calling the majority of the inhabitants of Chalons factious agitators, and after declaring that it appeared from the statements to be proved that the military bad been unnecessarily employed, supported the re commendation of the committee. M. Fulebiron explained that he did not apply the expression to the majority of the inhabitants, but to those who had originated the tumults by hissing the Duke of Orleans, Btc. The Minister of the Interior contended that all that bad been done by the prefect was perfectly within the circle of his legal attributions. If he had violated them the laws pointed out the means of proceeding against him, but if the exercise of such administrative powers was to be the subject of spe cial discussion and explanation in the Chamber, it would be impossible to carry on the affairs of the country and preserve public order at all. M. Gautier Pages urged that it was because the Government had the faculty of ordering the acts which had been done by the prefect that it was pro posed to refer the petition to the Minister of the In terior, that he might decide whether the prefect was or was not justified in what he had done. He (M. Pages) contended that he was not. After a few words from M. Larabit(the reporter), the Chamber, by a small majority, passed to the order of the day on the petition. The Chamber then formed itself into a secret committee to con tinue the discussion of the budget. (From Gulignani's Messenger.) The Ofessager des Chambres has the following : " The news from the .Levant continues to occupy the Duke de Broglie and the diplomatic body. The British Ambassador had yesterday a conference with our Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon the squadron which the English Government intends to send to the east. Our squadron there is about to be considerably reinforced. We are assured that telegraphic despatches were sent off this morning to Brest, Toulon, and Cherbourg, conveying orders for the vessels destined for the Levant to be fitted the with the greatest speed. Admiral Ducrest de out leneuve, who is to conduct this squadron toVil- Dardanelles, is at Paris, but will set out to-morrow for Toulon. The despatch of the two squadrons, the French and English, to the east, is far front giving satisfaction to Count Pozzo di Borgo. The Austrian Minister had another interview with the Duke de Broglie this morning. It was rumoured to-day that Admiral Roussin had arrived at Toulon, on board a light vessel. We give this news with out vouching for its truth, although it is far from being impossible." The Augsburg Gazette of the 2d inst., received by express, contains the following under date of Vienna, March 27 :—" Our funds are still on the decline. This is attributed on 'Change to the re action of those of Frankfort upon curs, but origi nally the news from the east. To bejable, however, to form a sound judgment, we must wait the effect this news will produce at St. Petersburgh, and not act upon the view taken of it by the Cabinet of Vienna. It will no doubt complain of the weakness el the Porte in suffering itself to be persuaded by the French Ambassador that the assistance of the Russian forces was unnecessary; but it appears that the Porte has already changed its opinion, for it is said it has expressly requested the Russian Admiral to remain in the Bosphorus, although a south wind has been blowing ever since tie night of the 7th. It is added that the Sultan finds himself in a most cruel state of embarrassment, and lie is convinced that he should have an insurrection in his capital if the Russian fleet was not moored in the port. The Sultan has lost all authority in Asia ; deputations are flocking from all the towns to the head-quarterS of Ibrahim to render him homage, and to entreat him to relieve them from the domination of the Grand Seignior. Ibrahim, in fact, is absolute master of all Asia ; every order he issues is obeyed with the utmost, alatrity: He has introduced a new judicial system at Smyrna, and abolisherimost of the taxes. All the foreign Consuls resident at Smyrna, except the French Consul, have received orders from their Ambassadors to suspend the exercise of their functions." The Gazette quotes Metalliques, Five per Cents., at Vienna, on the 28th ulr., 92-a ; Ditto, Four per Cents., 83. _ _ _ The following intelligence is extracted from a let ter of the 31st ult., from Toulon:—" The brig-of-war Le Cygne, which left Toulon on the 6th of Feb., and arrived at Alexandria on the 21st, whence it started again on the 11th uh., has just arrived here, with important despatches for the Govern ment. The Pacha of Egypt has not accepted the proposals made by France with regard to the war carried on by Egypt against Turkey. Admiral Roussin having despatched a courier to Alexandria, to make known to our Consul-General the note which was drawn up at Constantinople, in conjunc tion with the English and Austrian Ambassadors, in order to stop the advance of Ibrahim, and leave no pretext for intervention to Russia, M. Mimault, the Consul, obtained an immediate audience of the Viceroy. Mehemet Ali, who had already despatches from Ibrahim Pacha, received the French Consul coolly, and positively refused to send instructions to his son to suspend his march upon Constantinople. It even appears that he felt indignant at the part allotted him in the proposals of the Powers, espe cially, when he found that conditions were proposed to him upon which he had not been previously con sulted. The French Consul immediately sent off the Cygne with this news." There is an immense stir now making about the emancipation of the Jews. We know a great mlny Noble Lords and Honourable Gentlemen, who would be exceedingly glad to be emancipated from the Jews.— Whig Dresser. A considerable number of individuals have lately arrived in this town for the purpose of speedy emi gration. Several carts and horses, containing their goods and chattels, arrived here on Tuesday from the northern parts of the county, accompanied by upwards of thirty individuals. The far greater part proceed to North Ame rica.—Plymouth Journal. Capt. ALEXANDER, of the 42d Royal High landers, is about to publish a Narrative of his recent Excursions among the most interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. His remarks on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration, the results of personal observation, are likely to attract much attention at the present moment. The work, which is announced under the title of " Transatlantic Sketche.," is to be accompanied with numerous etchings, made on the spot by the author. FIRE.—On Friday night, between 9 and 10 oVock, a destructive fire broke out in the house of Mr. OULDS, at the corner of Warren-street, Tottenham-court road. The servant girl had i;een making up a child's bed on the second floor, when a spark fell from the candle into the bed clothes. In an hour afterwards she went up stairs again with the infant in her arms, to put it to bed, wbcn she found the room on fire. The fire had communicated to the flooring, rafters, and all the wood-work in the room ; the landing-place bad also caught fire, and the back room was also in flames; the fire then burnt rapidly ,'.own wards, and reached the first-floor. Several engines came shout half an hour after the fire had commenced, and a plentiful supply of water being obtained they were enabled to extinguish the fire before it reached the shop. Property to a considerable amount was, however, destroyed. SUICIDE.— On Saturday au inquest was held at the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the hfaly of Wir.Liam Moatus, aged 30. The deceased resided at 14, James-street, Kensington, and was occa sionally employed by the Royal Humane Society. On Friday night angry words occurred between him and his wife, in consequence of his being intoxicated. At last he told her that she would soon have to wear a widow's cap, and kissing his two infant children in the most affectionate manner, he rushed abruptly out of the house, made to the Park, and threw himself • into the Serpentine, near the bridge. He was an excellent swimmer, and be ex claimed, while in the water, " Oh, Lord ! I can't drown," and then he swam to the centre of the river. A sergeant of the Guards, who was on duty, immediately despatched a boat to him, but before it reached him he had sunk. He was taken out quite dead. Verdict—" Temporary de rangement." AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Satur day an inquest was held before W. BAKER, Esq., Coroner, at the Black Bull public house, Rateliff-highway, on the body of THOMAS SYMES, an old seaman, aged 76 years. It appeared that the deceased had been for some time em ployed as ship keeper of the barque Neried, belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, and lying in the City Canal, but in consequence of the ship having been sold he was thrown out of employment. Oa 'Thursday he left the vessel, and was proceeding towards home, walking behind a porter, who was carrying his chest of clothes, when, on arriving nearly opposite the shop of Dr. BIRD, in Ratcliff highway, he suddenly began to stagger, fell backwards, and never moved or spoke afterwards. He was taken into the surgeon's house, where he was pronounced to be quite dead. It was stated that the poor fellow had left an aged widow unprovided for.—Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God." From a Parliamentary return, printed by order of the House, it appears there are 50,796 licensed victual lers in England, and 24,293 of that number brew their own beer. In the district of Coventry there are 1,240 victuallers, and 1,115 brew their own beer. In Leeds there are 998, and 904 brew; in Halifax there are 1,003, and 889 brew; in Manchester 1,343, and 817 brew; in Sheffield, 1,083, and 901 brew ; while in Durham dis trict, out of 1,437, only 152 brew ; and in Liverpool, only 167 brew, out of 1,610. In Reading, 47 out of 814; in Norwich, 43 out of 1,050 ; and in Rochester, 32 out of 1,056. The total number of licensed brewers in England is 1,753, and the number of persons licensed for the general sale of beer, and who brew their own, is 13,102. The brewers in Scot'and are 216, and the brewers in Ireland 216. The export of beer from the United Kingdom amounts yearly to '70,136 barrels, of which 28,881 go to the East Indies, and 13,161 to the West Indies. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—An elope ment took place two or three days since, attended with more than the usual " hair-breadth 'scapes" of such an event. A Captain of the East India Company's Serv;ce had become enamoured of the beautiful and accomplished daughter of a wealthy gentleman residing in the neigh bourhood of Camberwell-green, and, as usual, the son of Mira, having " told his soft tale, became a thriving wooer," but as" fathers have flinty hearts" no hopes were entertained of his consent, and the loving pair determined on an elopement. At an early hour, therefore, a post chaise was provided, and the lady, nothing loth, prepared to throw herself into the arms of her adored; but, as " the course of true love never did run smooth," the father was heard in pursuit before abe could quit the house. No opportunity of escape offered but to lock him in, which was immediately done. The lovers fled, the father raised the alarm, and the brother of the lady pursued en dishabille. They, however, stele a march, on their pursuer, and, by taking a circuitous route, contrived, instead of the fatigue and danger of a trip to Gretna, to reach a neighbouring church, where Hymen lit his torch, and the fugitives were united. It is said a reconciliation has since been effected between the parties. THE WESTMINSTER CLUB.—A new club, with this title, has just been projected. The preliminary arrangements were discussed at the house of Mr. TENNY SON ; but it appears that some difficulties have arisen which may del ay the proceedings of the projectors. The intention originally was, that a house should he taken for the meeting of the Members in Great George-street, West minster; but this was ohjected to by some, on the ground that although it would be very convenient for Members of Parliament during the session, it would be an exceedingly inconvenient locality out of session. There has also been some misunderstanding as to the object of the club. Some of the gentlemen who attended the meeting at the house of Mr. TENNYSON were of opinion that the club ought to be merely one for eating and drinking, and the usual recreations of club-houses. Others thought it ought to he political, and to serve as a rallying point for all the leading Liber,,ls, in and out of Parliament. It was obs-rued by them, in support of this position, that the Liberals were weak only from want of organization, and that a club at which they could previously discuss in tended motions, and lay their plans for giving them a fair chance of success, would be of considerable importance to them as a party. Should t h e club go on, we have no doubt this view of the subject will be adopted. ---New Court Journal. FRENCH PAPERS. (From Le Temps of Aeril 6.) The position of Russia is not at. embarrassing one; she follows the line of policy traced out for her by Peter the Great. After having fought 60 years on the Pruth—then on the Danube, and at the foot of the Balkan, she has transferred the field of battle to the hanks of the Bosphorus. Constantinople is the prize of the combat. The position of Austria is likewise free from embar rassment ; for, in case of the division of Turkey, Albania and Servia will fall to her share. Thus she will extend her possessions along the sea-coast, after having long been confined to an inland state. But the position of England, and especially of France, is replete with difficulties; for these Powers wish to retain the remnant of the Otto man empire, and have interests in common with Egypt. The faults which have been com mitted may still be remedied. An English fleet is sailing for the Dardanelles, and it is said that Ad miral de Villeneuve, whose presence at the mouth of the Scheldt is useless, will proceed to the same quarter with the vessels which can be spared'from Cherbourg, Brest, and Toulon. The combined squadron being thus masters of the Mediterranean, peace may be declared to the belligerent parties on equitable conditions, guaranteed this time by the must efficacious signature, namely, twenty ships of the line. We believe that the Russian fleet would then no longer wait for u favourable wind to quit the Bosphorus, or give us an opportunity of dis playing, at the expense of Russia, the superiority of our navy. (From the Quotidienne of Saturday.) PARIS, APRIL s.—Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, there was a council of Ministers at the Hotel of the PreSident; intelligence received from Bordeaux was the occasion of the meeting of the Council. An estafette was despatched to Blaye this morning. While orders were sent from the Tuileries, says a journal, re-calling Admiral Roussin, a despatch was received from that Ambassador from Constan tinople, soliciting his return to France. M. Sebas tiani, who needs a change of air, desired to be sent to Constantinople, in the room of Admiral Roussin, who, we are assured, is re-called, The Ordinance solicite/ by the Minister, in partibus, was on the point of being countersigned, but it seems that the nomination had been de ferred, M. Sebastiani having, on a late visit to King Louis Philip, and afterwards in a sitting of the Council, given proofs that he is from time to time subject to absence of mind. _ It is the same reason that caused his marriage to be broken off just as it was about to take place. A report has been in circulation to-day in the galleries of the Chamber of Deputies, that Admiral Roussin had arrived at Toulon on board a light vessel. We re peat this news without warranting its authenticity, but it is by no means impossible. Yesterday evening in the corps de garde, the presence of Joseph Bonaparte at Paris was again spoken of. It was even affirmed that this very night was the time appointed for him to put,himself at the head of the Republicans and make the grand at tempt in the Tuileries, which has been expected for several days. To say the truth, this alarming news did not at all alar al the peaceable National Guards, who begin to be tired of these daily mystifications. (From the Journal du Commerce of Saturday.). PARIS, APRIL 5.-The treaty for the establish ment of a daily estafette between Paris and London, which was to commence on the lit of April, is in definitely postponed. M. Dupin, sen., who is appointed Commissioner by the Second Bureau (for the law on the fortifica tions of Pars) has declared with great energy against the scheme of erecting detached forts. M. Dupin has declared that he cannot admit the possi bility of fortifying a city containing 800,000 inha , bitants, against the will of the population, on a system contrary to its wishes, and which may threaten the public liberty. We hope that M. Dupin will assert this opinion in the Chamber with all the preponderance of his talent. (From the Journal des Debats of Saturday.) PARIS, APRIL 5.—A letter from Satins says that there has been some agitation among the refugee Polish soldiers, that complaints have been made on the subject, and that the Major-General command ing in the department has ordered the committee, which they had formed, to be immediately dissolved, and prohibited any kind of deliberative meeting contrary to the military regulations, on pain of having the most obstinate arrested, and to imprison them till further orders in Fort St. Andre. , 21 i t , :,...,.,:..p..;10,,,,,,,c ...., , •.57 ,,,.„i:.: . Et e . .• iir-!-,-,./.'IL.A. aft+ GERMAN PAPERS. MUNICH, MARCH 29.—Private letters from Na poli di Romania, of the Ist inst., which were brought to Trieste by the Greek brig Epaminondas, confirm the preceding favourable accounts from that king dom. His Majesty King Otho, and those about him, all enjoy the best health : tranquillity and order have never been interrupted since his arrival; and the Government finds in the confidence and af fection of the Greeks a firm support, and every means to fulfil its beneficent objects. The Bava rian officer, who is commissioned to bring to our gracious Sovereign the detailed official accounts, was to leave Napoli on the 6th. We may therefore expect the arrival of these despatches in the course of next week. CORFU, FEB. 20.—0 n the 13q1 inst. the Senate of this island assembled to choose the representatives to the Legislative Assembly, for the fourth Parlia ment. The voters were above four hundred and eighty. Out of twenty-one candidates, the first seven who had the most votes were declared duly elected. This important affair was effected with the greatest tranquillity. The persons elected are, the Chevalier A. Mustoxide„ Count Nicolo Feo toky, Dr. Francesco, Solari, Dr. G. Giannata, A. Battaglia, S. Giallina, and the Chet, alier A. Dan dola. The Senate of Zante assembled on the 14th, and there, too, every thing passed off with the greatest tranquillity. At Cephalonia there were sortie disorders, which were, however, soon put down.—Allgcnteine Zeitung, April 2. BRUNSWICK, MARCH 28.—The preparations for the erection of the new Ducal Palace, which will be in the site of the old Palace, which was built at the commencement of the last century, were so far ad vanced that last Tuesday was fixed for laying the first stone. It was the express desire of the Duke that all pomp and every reminiscence of past events should be avoided on this occasion. FRANKFORT, MARCH 31. —The Turkish Ambas sador, Namick Pacha, has passed through this city on his return from London to Constantinople. It appears by the letters from the lonian Islands that there were serious disturbances in the island of Cephalonia, in the middle of the month of February, but that order was restored after the issuing of a proclamation by the Lord High Commissioner, and other measures. The four principal instigators of the troubles were brought under a strong escort to Corfu. We have a private letter from St. Peters burgh, contradicting the allegations and accusations of General Lafayette in the French Chamber of De puties against Russia, and the Emperor Nicholas. The general, it seems, related to the Chamber from the Tribune the following story :—" The Em peror of Russia met, on his journey near Kiow, 6(41 Polish children, who were being conducted to Siberia or to the Caucasus. On the approach of the Emperor they thought their deliverance certain, but it was not so; 300 boys were obliged to proceed on their journey, and 300 girls were distributed among the Polish officers." The truth is that the Empei or met 600 Po lish prisoners of war, who had all borne arms against Russia. Of those Polish children the youngest was 24 years of age : nor were they on their way either to ,--iberia or to the Caucasus, but to St. Petersburgh, with an escort of 20 Russian soldiers and one officer. There were no girls with this division, consequently none to distribute; and it is besides a lie that any Polish females have been taken to Russia. Th e Emperor alighted from his carriage, conversed affably with the prisoners, pointed out several who should be incorporated in the select LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1833. Having endeavoured on Saturday to draw the attention of our readers to the vast importance of checking the growth of the mischiefs arising from our poor laws, we will now lay before our readers statements of their operation in different parts of the country. It is impossible to open the volume contaiming the extracts from the in formation received by the Commissioners, with out finding a frightful abundance of every de scription of abuse, but all tending to the same ends, the destruction of the morals and happiness of the poor, and the ruin of the country. The first extract we shall make cloSes the account of a long and melancholy series of evils which the poor laws have occasioned at Eastbourn, Sussex: "In the month of December, 1832, four healthy young men, receiving from 12s. to 14s. per week from the pa rish, refused to work at threshing for a farmer at 2s. 6d. and a quart of ale per day, and the only punishment in flicted on them by the parish officers, was taking off half a day's pay, Is. ; at the same time a poor widow, aged 75, could obtain but Is. per week for her support from the Vestry. The fishermen being secure _of pay without la bour, refuse to go to sea in winter. One has said, " Why should I expose myself to fatigue and danger, when the parish supports my family and pays my rent ? The mas ters in the fishery have in consequence been forced to send to Hastings for hands requisite to man their boats. Rent of cottages is generally paid for families of three children, to the annual amount of 3071. Since the time of the riots, and the establishment of the present scale of parish wages, the Vestries held every fortnight for determining relief, are very ill atended—the parishioners seeming to despair of any improvement, and anxious hopes are expressed of the interference of Government." The following are striking, but common in stances of the working of the system : " Mr. Nash, of Royston, is proprietor and occupier of a farm containing 150 acres, situate a mile and a half from his residence, and in about equal proportions in the pa rishes of Barhway and Reed, in the county of Hertford. It is what is usually called an outfield farm, being at the extremity of these parishes, and nearly equidistant from Royston, Therfield, Reed, Barhway, and Barley. Mr. Nash employed six men (to whom he gives throughout the year, 12s. a week), two boys, and six horses. In 1829, 11r. Clarke, the overseer of Reel (a respectable man who occupies half the parish, and has generally ma naged all its public concerns), told Mr. Nash he could no longer collect the money for poor rates, without resorting to coercive measures, which he would not do ! and that the unemployed poor must be apportioned among the oc cupiers of land, in proportion to their respective quan tities; and that he (Mr. Nash) must take two more men. All Mr. Nash's labourers had been some years in his ser vice, and were steady, industrious men, and he regretted the necessity of parting with any of them. The two men displaced were those who came last into his service (and for that reason only). One was a parishioner of Ro3ston, an excellent workman at any kind of work. He lived near Mr. Nash's house (a great convenience), and his wife superintended a small school Mrs. Nash had esta blished fur the benefit of her poor neighbours. The other was John Watford, a parishioner of Barley, a steady, in dustrious, trustworthy single man, who, by long and rigid economy, had saved about 1001. Of the two men sent in their stead, one was a marri e d man, with a family, sickly, an d not much inclined to work ; t h e o th er a s i ng l e m an , addicted to drinking. On being dismissed, Watford ap plied in vain to the farmers of Barley for employment. It was well known that he had saved money, and could not come upon the parish, although any of them would wil lingly have taken him had it been otherwise. Watford has a brother also, who, like himself, has saved money ; and though be bas a family, and has been laid aside from work for six years, he leas received no assistance from the parish. After living a few months without being able to get any work, he bought a cart and two horses, and has ever since obtained a precarious subsistence by carrying corn to London for one of the Cambridge merchants; but just now the current of corn is northward, and he has nothing to do, and at any time he would gladly have ex changed his employment for that of day labour, if he could have obtained work. No reflection is intended on the overseers of. Barley ; they only do what all others are expected to do ; though the young men point at Watford, and call him a fool, for not spending his money at a public-house, as they de,. adding, that then he would get work." " Since Mr. Senior was at Royston last week, another instance has occurred on this farm, illustrative of the work ing of the poor laws. John Warren, an inhabitant of Therfield, has been housekeeper there for nine years. A few weeks ago, the bailiff told Mr. Nash he could not find employment for so many men. Mr. Nash desired him :to dismiss a bankwayman who happened to have misconducted himself. The bailiff's wife shortly after wards told Mr. Nash that, if he pleased, John Warren would like to go, as he had a large family, and the justices (the magistrates of the Royston division) would give him as much or more, without work, as he earned, and he should avoid the dirty walks from Therfield this winter. Mr. Nash (who is a proprietor, but not an occupier in Therfield) has accordingly discharged him, and he will no doubt, next week, add 12s. or 15s. to the enormous eleemosynary payments made in this disorganized and de- moralized parish, by the natural and inevitable operation of the peer laws. Previous to 1814, there were no un employed poor, and they were remarkable for their indus trious and orderly conduct, and all was satisfactory, liberal, and remunerative : now a large portion of the poor have no work, and many lands lie unploughed, covered with thistles, and spreading their seeds with every wind for miles around ; and it is said the largest and most wealthy owner and occupier has seen his men steal his corn out of the barns, but would not pro secute, alleging that he must keep them, and that they would live on less if they had the trouble of carrying it away, than if he was to thrash and carry it to Hertford, and bring the produce back to them in money. One of the largest barns on this gentleman's farm has been pulled down piecemeal by the poor, and carried away for fuel. The only probable amelioration of the system may be, perhaps, in appointing itinerant stipendiaries, who should execute the duties of both magistrate and overseer. It is unjust to compel a large occupier, whose business requires more personal attention than that of other men, to give his time and exertion gratuitously to a disgusting public duty,--the only reward of which is either a broken head, or the chance of being burnt in his bed." In the evidence given respecting the parish of Great Shelford, in Cambridgeshire, will be found several instructive particulars, but the following are only illustrative of facts of every day occur rence throughout the country. On one of the principal proprietors being asked whether some of the farmers of neighbouring parishes, or the overseers could not help in relieving the parish of a portion of the mass of pauperism which _ - weighs it down, the answer was : " No, our men won't quit the parish, they will not go even five miles off to Cambridge. The other day I said to a man who was receiving 12s. a week for his family, an able-bodied young man, ' They want a hand at the oil mills, and the wages are 12s. a week, go and do a little work there.' He answered that he would not, unless the parish gave him 2s. a week, besides the wages he was to earn. " Was that done ?.—Yes. " You bribed the man by 2Q. to go and earn 12s. ? Yes ; it was t bribe, but we saved 10s. a week. " And are all your men of this character ?—.Yes, more or less, the whole of them. They know they have aright on the parish, and must be maintained; they will hardly do any thing for themselves. Some time ago I offered a man who works for me, and is a good man enough, with a large family, an acre rent free. 1 said, You have a large family coming on, and if an acre will be of any service to you for a garden, and to keep a pig or two, you are welcome to it.' But be would not take it. " Why, what did he say?—He said, Thank'ye, Sir, I should like it; but I should not like to give up my pri vilege on the parish.' I said, Why, if you have an acre rent free, you must not expect the parish to allow you what it does now.' Then, he said, be would rather not have it. "Do you think lie felt any gratitude to you?—No; I dare say he thought it was as broad as it was long. " So that an act for which, in France, or Switzerland, or Germany, a man would have gained the love and re spect of all the neighbourhood, created mistrust instead of gratitude.—Gratitude! I am not aware tint they ever feel grateful for any thing. Whenever they are ill, they send their basins here for soup, or any other little delicacy they may want; and not to me only, but the other gentle men and 'farmers are just as willing as I am ; and we go to visit and assist them, but they never seem grateful, or behave better. They think every thing is their right. What will the Sadlerites and their fellow hu manity mongers say to this? Will they ac knowledge that the course they are pursuing may have consequences worse to them than simply shaking the popularity of Ministers with the humane, kind-hearted, but deceived and mistaken part of our population ? One conso- lation we have drawn from the volume before us is, that the knowledge of its contents will guard the public against the representations of a faction who set themselves up as the sole friends of the poor, and will do more to establish the truth of the great maxim not to interfere with the natural operation of the demand for labour, than all the books which have been published from the time of ADAM SMITH downwards. We cannot to-day spare farther space to this subject, but there are many important parts of the evi dence we shall, on some future occasion, deem it our duty to lay before our readers. We think we have at present quoted sufficient to show that some radical change is absolutely necessary ; for, although there are scattered through the book instances of parishes in which, even after the whole labouring population had come upon the poor rates, after almost every woman had become a prostitute, almost every man a thief, a poacher, or an incendiary, the adoption of a system of severity, the refusal of all relief except for hard work, has brought back something like industry and morals, yet the whole evidence shows that the evil is gradually gaining strength, and must continue to do so unless the Legislature interfere and do some thing to throw the labouring population again on their own forethought—providence and industry. That that " something" must not be founded on any principle which shall take from before the eyes of the working classes the fear of distress proportioned to their greater or less improvi dence, the future extracts we shall give from the evidence will abundantly prove. Also that no mere modification of the present system will be sufficient, any man will be convinced who reflects upon the suggestion thrown out in Mr. CHAD wicies report, that to work it properly requires every year a succession of 14,000 men of extra ordinary discernment, extraordinary ability, ex traordinary firmness, and extraordinary disinte restedness. Truly it would be marvellous if abuses did not spring up under a system which requires such extraordinary machinery to work it. The French Papers are chiefly filled with speculations respecting the state of affairs in the East, but contain nothing d e fi n i te on t h e sub ject. The Quot i dienne of Saturday says, that a despatch has been received from the Ambassador at Constantinople, soliciting his return to France. No reasons are assigned for this solicitation. By peror of RUSSIA is nervously anxious. so ' the German Paper, we perceive that t i t t , e ar :e his character from the charge of inhu m „ G e neral 14A : r _l lately brought against it. by by thousands t t o wheh p o e c r h is idi h el par ent's sr . ! ; , tt it him EirTss—tearing Chamber of Deputies. The h il l ne ; is desirous that it should be known to & eer that he " alighted from his carriage, an d eerf sirniaottmchleiethwdeastes of sovo; versed affably" with some Polish gris t ? S t , whom he happened to meet on their way t i e s° Petersburgh ! What an act of eleree ne Y l l.4o wonder the Russian Nero is desirous to 1 :" 010 Paris it duly advertised ! Reverting to the East Ist ALI had refused to accede to inst., state the important fact that his Mi l l' is° , ll , ' h e treaty which Admiral Rovssithile I t i e a r d ms ; ;l :; }-1 himself to the Turkish Government s hould .id journals, in an arttie,crinleewjaeeicdntbasioteeialdnievasTe,ouyleoinb: seilelce accepted. The Viceroy is anxious, it would appear, that his son should reach the Turk capital before the Russians, as he is aware without they only can prevent the capital falling, wi t even a struggle, into the hands of IRRASIM' 1111 , ------ ha ve been No further accounts from Oporto ..-- e received at the Portuguese embassy. Div We are sorry to find by accounts from ileg mingham, that the trade of that district coutie-of lin a sadly depressed state. A large nu mbe ,,, r t o the journeymen manufacturers are n ot au"' k obtain more than two days' work in t he l e o ; and many of those who have constant OP e 'c c ment, do not earn more than ten shillings° ri he i t —the masters being unable to disposedof :this goods at remunerating prices. A e ' due t, distress, however, there is great good ef u t he which is partly ascribed to the hope te et atie e efforts of Mr. THOMAS ATTIVOOD , t ° in t he the House of Commons to inquire i n t° w ill causes of distress and the means of remedy' o f eventually succeed, and partly to the oert nif f t he employment for a vast number of hands ; id London and Birmingham Railway Bil l si.°ll be carried in the House of Peers. An evening contemporary, who t un aets ce v s f , sobtainingthat his the Marquis information ef PALMELLA froin ofHia I b e : s ti b e e e o f invited to resume his place in the gi nistry r al the Regency. We were enabled to state se v , e 0 t d hou a y ti s nw aegtohe,aecannot thatnot formal s fi u n c stepthiwtaahya that wi ht i l l ie : a ha s s t i y t h l eet c beenon t e m r P e l s e o t r i t ° eo ,l; garqui ° so PALMELLA would consider necessary aelicy amende for the unwise and ungenerous P ° e , by which he was displaced. The important s i crifices made by the Marquis for the Constitutiebniic cause, account for his demanding sonic P i t ilt acknowledgment by the Regency, of th : ; .1' r• which it committed in dispensing with big Se pt . vices. At the same time that the Marq uis e l PALMELLA was invited to Oporto, Co l°ll l o apw H ei sla o ,ltrt,a D ehtd G wee Eeiaunss Belgian loe s iia o pren.ve er r c: e fto c ioae e rcis i lm v : j e eo.t d phn_te, a when h invitation i t i a t t i shall which re .. u settle ( ' s sT tru orr ctio a i n is d , wPhriicnhcehaTveAnLoLrEYßANDP the Dutch c o i the Pr t : posals made by M. DEDEL to Lord PAL MEiI I: Plenipotentiary wrote to his Court for new f received ; and it is understood that W' g TALLEYRAND and Lord PALMERSTON, heiPbe willing to concede one important point of t os King of HOLLAND, viz., the renewa l 0 " ce r Conference, provided they could lay d° vlll ,,,,ilti tain bases by which all the members of i t el ; e f be governed, addressed notes to the Ce nr ir • e g St. Petersburgh, Berlin, and Vienna, eq u ' h i e li distinct answers to certain categories bY vi ble a t he British and French Cabinets will be en % of to shape their course. Of the concurrencol Russia in the wishes of Great Britain e , ; France not the slightest hope is entertain is 01 but it is thought that the ambitious prni ec io - re the Emperor NICHOLAS in the East w ill s n ore Prussia and Austria, and make the m ., an d willing to act in concert with this country than as regards Belgium and Holland, they would otherwise have been. be' During this suspension of negotiations off, tween M. DEDEL and Lord PAINE B° ; ° dIe: the partisans of the disputants have not been o f Several pamphlets for and against the I C l rj „,'' e at HOLLAND have appeared, and at this inu'i ja the attention of those who take an int, c eree , c hp the question is directed to a p a mphlet in L' re n , - t he but of which a translation is to appear du rin e a ," week, entitled " La Hollande et la Confe s r ee by F. GOUBEAU DE ROSPOUL. We A lis i to c ol this name to be a mere nom de guerre, o " . 0 . the style of the work and many passage s, ere ArAll clined to attribute it to the pen of i v. '" T Cag DE WEYER, the Plenipotentiary of "oetcy LEOPOLD. As an expos 6 of a questionresrople ing which so much has been said tha t P b e o utt almost forgot what the argument has been a " t he M. VAN DE WEYER'S pamphlet is deei dedil t ion best that has appeared, and as a delnn nstr ; the of the unjust and unreasonable demand s e io ja King of HOLLAND, it must, we imagin e ' re g ree without reply. We do not, howeve r ' e 'o c r with the author in all that he says Of t he • ion, ference. The acts of that body, in ° lir °P1 :10 11 frequently evinced a vacillation which waanc oh tatted to encourage the obstinacy of the ' - hich King, and strengthen the encouragement cr he received from his allies. iiii Hopeless of the Union question. Mr. O'CONNELL—as will be seen by leg etter in another part of The Sun--annou".ci-a his . intention of immediately resuming the ag , , 6 topeless one,—quite as much so as th° ' for corded by SWIFT of the Laputa professor,a4r " extracting sun-beams from cucumbers: I"biff O'CONNELL may experimentalize 0 " . as cucumbers as frequently and in as many gar• $ fashions as he pleases, but he will never ser e° lain-beam out of them. The project )se, the The Wolverhampton Chro nicle says that ad ,ron Trade maintains with grea t steadiness the ad a ) pric,e, and that it is hig hl y probable an addap.'diitionsbor va nce will be made at the ensuing Quarter-" briant corps of grenadiers, and ordered them to be con' . eyed in waggons the remainder of the journey. These Polish children were well fed and clothed, and the Emperor, OR the testimony of the officer that they had conducted themselves in an orderly manner,on their march, gave each of them a present of two rubles.—Frankfort Papers, April 1. 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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE death of your highly respected Di rector, JAMES STUART, Esq., having occa sioned a vacancy in the direction of your affairs, I beg respectfully to announce to you my intention of redeeming the pledge, given in my addresses of May 30 and June 28 last, by proceeding to the Ballot on this occasion, and I most earnestly solicit the favour of your Vote and Interest to place me in the important and honourable situation to which I aspire. Permit me to repeat to you my most grateful acknowledgments for the very flattering promises of support which I have received during my Canvass, and also to assure you, that in the event of my being elected, t'ateugh your kind suffrages, a Director of the East India Company, no endeavours shall be wanting on my part to prove myself deserving of your confidence. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, 3, Crosby-square, April 8. JOHN COTTON. 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