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LONDON, seruipar, APRIL 96.

o.‘ turning to the opinions of the Law-Ofieers
which have been tut presented to both Houses of
Parliament, it is gratifyiug to observe that Sir
FITZROY KILL, has sustained, on sound principles,
and fortified with cogentanthority, the precise views
taken by the Sardinian Government as to the ille-
gality of the capture of the Cagliari. The mein facts
of the cue are summed up in the following proposi-
tions :—" I. That at the time of the capture of the
" Cagliari pacific relations subsisted between Bar-
" dinia and the Two Sicilia. 2. That the Cagliari
" was a private merchant-vessel, well known to the
" captors as belonging, on account of her occupation,
" in a marked and special manner, to the Commer-
" cial Marine of Sardinia. 3. That under force and
" duress she had been compelled to land convicts and
" rebels on the Neapolitan oust. 4. That at the
" time of her capture she was neither de facto nor
"de jure piratically employed. 6. That she wall
" seized on the high seas, within no Writer's' juts-
" diction, after a display of force and the menace

of • shot tired ►t her by a ship of war belonging
"to the kingdom of the Two Sicilise." Such are the
admitted facts of the ease. The principles of inter-
national law applicable to these admitted facts are

stated in a manner no less masterly. Theme prin-
ciples, according to Sir FITZROY Kau.r, are the
following :—" 1. That the merchant vessels of every
" State on the high seas are subject to the jnrisdic-
" diction of the State to which they belong. 2.
" That the right al search is, as a general rule,
" strictly belligerent in its character, and cannot
"be exercised in time of peace. 3. That the
" only exception is the case of professed
" pintas; that exception being founded on
" the fact that pirates are always enemies
" of every State, and therefore are equally subject to
" the jurisdiction of every State. 4. That a mer-
" chant vessel regularly incorporated in the
" marine of • State does not become a pirate by
4 having been itself forcibly seized by pirates ; nor
" does she, when having escaped from pirates, and
" forthwith returning to her lawful occupations
" from which, by force of arms, she had been tern-
" porarily diverted, become liable to be seized as
" prize upon the high sesa. 3. That under circus-
" stances of vehement suspicion of piracy the usage
"of States has allowed, though with the most
" jealous reluctance, the right of approach, for the
" purpose of ascertaining the national character of
the vessel. 8. That if that character be clearly
" commercial—if the State to which she belongs be
undoubted—if her employment at the time of so
" ascertaining her nationality be lawful, then a sus.
of peat unlawful conduct does not justify
seizure in time of peace, but does justify appli.
.6 cation for inquiry to the proper authority and
" jurisdiction of the State to which sus belongs."
Applying these incontestable principles to the ad-
mitted facts of the case, the Arroastry-Ciaszmi.
arrives at the unhesitating conclusion that the
forcible capture of the Cagliari was ; that
the jurisdiction of the Neapolitan Prize Court was
never founded, and that all the proceedings were
null and void.

The eentrast presented to this lucid and able
statement of Sets and principles by the joint opinion
et the Anrocare and Sotteirou-Ozttertat is Ica-
aissitly striking. The conclusion arrived at by these
Mused gentlemen is that the Neapolitan cruisers
were justified in " taking possession of the Cagliari
" and taking her into Naples (where she was in fact
" going), in order to secure a full investigation of
" what really had occurred on board." They are,
therefore, of opinion that the capture of
the vessel was lawful, but they declare their in-
ability to see " any ground whatever upon which the
" condemnation of the Cagliari, as prize, can be sup-
" ported." The only conclusion that can fairly be
drawn from this appears to be, that when the
ADVOCATE and Bouctroz-Gemertar. affirm the
capture of the Cagliari to have been legal, they do
not mean to assert that the circumstances were such
as to justify her captors as prize, but only such as
to justify her being taken into port for investigation.
If this be their meaning, the practical difference
between the result of their opinion and that
of the Arroaxer-Graitat is certainly almost
infinitesimal. With reference to this point, it
may be as well to direct attention to the last claws
of that opinion as to the right of compensation for
the imprisonment of Warr and PARK, in which the
three Law officers unanimously concurred. It is in
these terms:—" The Neapolitan Government, upon
" the capture of the Cagliari, and the arrest of all
" those who had ever been on board her, with their
" papers, was in possession of the fullest informs-
" Lion of the guilt and innocence of each individual ;
" and we are of opinion that therefore PARK and
0 WATT became entitled, se of right, to immediate
" liberation." Now apply this principle to the
vessel and her crew. It ►ppears by the docu-
meats which form No. 3 in the "Appendix to the
" Correspondence," that on the last day of June and
the first week in July, the Neapolitan authorities, by
examination of the captain, crew, passengers, and
papers of the Cagliari, had obtained the " fullest
" information" as to the real meteor the ass regard-
ing that vessel, prior to, and at the time of,
her capture. From this moment, then, accord-
ing seen to the ADVOCATE and Sottetron-Ganzaa 1.,
the Sardinian Government had a tall right to de-
mand the nictitation of the vessel: precisely the
same right that the English Government had to
demand the restitution of WATT and Peas. Bet,
not to insist on this, on the 28th of Ner-

.ember the Cagliari was condemned as lawful!
prme, and for this condemnaden the Anyone=
and SOLICITOEMENILZAL declare they can
see no ground whatever. 'They ars bona
therefore to advise that ;Sardinia has a right to
demand the restitution of the vessel, if not on the
ground of an illegal capture, at all events on the
ground of an illegal ooademnation. But if Sardinia

is. • • a right to make this claim, is not England under
an obligation to support it P Apart from the con-
sideration that Sardinia was greatly influenced to
make the claim by a belief, arising from the acts of
our own agents, that we should support her in it—
apart from this, has England, as the first of maritime
nations, no interest in protesting against a gran and
insolent infraction of maritime law I' England was a
party to the Treaty of Paris—that Treaty which esta-
blished as a principle of maritime law that even in
time of ear the neutral flag protects the property
even of enemies. Are we prepared tamely to acquiesce
in the new and unheard-of principle on which the
Court of Naples now claims to act, that, /CM in times
peace,qi the neutral flag shall not protect either the
neutral easel herself, or the neutral-owned property
on board of her, or the captain by whom she is

commanded, or the crew by whom she is navigated?
Is this to be the new fashion of exercising our
Sovereignty of the Seas?

Tee death of ROBERT STEPHEN RINTOUL leaves
a gap in the ranks of English journalists that will
not easily be filled up. The daily press, owing to the
nmemarily large number of cellaboratenrs, and the
beets with which mach of the labour is performed,
Ands comparatively little scope for the display of
belividual character. Bat in the weekly press an
*liter of an original sad energetic turn of mind,
=avoidably stamps his own impress on his journal.
And yet it is of comparatively few of the Editors of
oar weekly newspapers, since the commencement et
be present century, that this can be said. WILLIAM
00BRITT, the brothers HUNT, ALBANY FOR-
3LANDu E, And hs whose unexpected lam has suggested
tide remark, are promineat among the diode.
giddied few. For some thirty years, the Spectator
lee taken a high rank among our most influential
eseupepers, and that it has done so is owing, in a
peat measure, to its having been so accurate an
etpression of the mental and moral character of ib
Iditor. In the news department the Spectator bee
been unrivalled ; its successive volumes form an in-
valuable " Annual Register," from the date of ib
first appearance. And its dissertations on the topics Illt
the day—literary, social, and political—have be=
uniformly characterised by a singular independence,
perspicacity, and impartiality of judgment. This
wee in part owing to the indefatigable efforts of the
Editor to secure able coadjutors,but still more to that
indefatigable labour which made him the informing
spirit of every part of his journal. He suggested
be papers, he 'applied suggestions as to the mode of
bail= them, he carefully and critically analysed
'eery article, and urged its writer to revision with a
view to make it as perfect as possible. In the news
department there was the same labour ; in the selec-
tion, condensation, and arrangement of the intelligence
he took an active and unwearied part. He was em-
phatically a man of action : ever ready to co-operate
with any one for the promotion of a good object;
zealous to the last degree in the assertion of his in-
dependence. The talent and energy he evinced, in
conducting a Liberal journal—at a time when such
an employment was vastly more dangerous than now
—in the north of doodled, attracted the notice of the
late Lord PAIIMUILE, DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, and other
distinguished Liberals, with whom he became inti-
mately associated. It was, we believe, mainly at
the instigation of DOUGLAS KINNAIRD that he re-
paired to London, where, after successfully esta-
blishing the Atlas, he, in consequence of
some misunderstanding with its proprietors, sepa-
rated from the concern, and founded the Spec-
tator. This journal, in conformity to the ,
spirit of the time—when the temporary calm pro-
daoed by the fusion of parties under CANNING had
not entirely disappeared—was intended at first to be
a family, or non-political paper. When, however,
the Reform movement which followed the French
Revolution of 1830 commenced, Rurrort., after ma-
I tare deliberation, threw himself into it with his
whole heart, and might justly lay claim to be consi-
dered as one of those who most effectually contri-
buted to its success. There is net one important
reform—social or political—that has since been
achieved, in the discussion of which the Spectator
did not take a prominent part ; but perhaps its most
especial merit was the zeal and ability with which
it expounded and promoted the principles of syste-
matic colonisation. In this field of social
effort RINTOUL is entitled to the praise
of having been the first to adopt the views
of that truly original thinker, EDWARD GIBBON
WAKEFIELD, and to have contributed—with perhaps
the exception of the late CHARLES BULLER—more
than any man to the full and clear development and
application of these principles. The uncompromising
independence of the course he pursued in politics,
and perhaps something of

A tardiness in caws,
Which often lase. the history anspolte
That It intends to do,
often exposed RitoTouL and his journal to uncharit-
able and acrimonious attacks; but they who have
most steadily and perseveringly watched his career
are the most entirely convinced of his integrity and
awfulness; and those who have been brought most
closely into connexion with him retain the most
lasting impression of the true and tender kindness
which in him was partially cloaked by a somewhat
rough exterior. For thirty years it has been our
privilege to know ROBILIT STIPHILN RIWTOUL—for
part of the time most intimately—and a more just
and shrewd appreciator of men and things, a more
honest and sincere man, and a more kind and trust-
worthy friend, we have never known.

Sir Roderick 1611116111111 has received letters from
Dr. Livingstone, the Ling Este being Sierra Leone, Merck
30. The party wale Se mil that day for the Cape. The
voyage of the Peed Ind boo a very favourable one ; and of
hie coespenkes the Doctor rya, "I am very thankful to hare
such ales. Ilnete NOW to be none of the cantankerous pie-
sssiea somai than. Long may they continue eo. Every-
thing hen boa propitious hitherto, and I trust we shall hare
the Estee liessing on oar labours." Sierra Leone, Dr.
Livingstone was Wormed, Ms bona wore heahltier during
the bait en yews than presionely, owing, he thinks, to the
drainage of Iron Town, aooompliahed by the pretest
governor, Col. His..

.
LORD lI•C•IILAT.—We understand that this
eidasat salaam, meetly appointed Lord High Steward of
this boroogh, will attend to be sworn into office on Tueedey,
the 11th May. After this cennuoty beim the town countil,
his lordship will be entertained at breakfast by the Worship-
fel the Mayor.—Clesehrelp Indeeeedent.
Loll) PALMER-410N AND nit PABTT.—As to the
old and young whirs who disease with pitiful gravity which;
of the ect-lem shall be tits new chief, we must ask them,'
WI not leave the party to &aids? Inmand of roavesing
at gatherings at Lanadowsie Home. why does are
Lord Pshoereton call a meeting of the literal party ? Wham
Lord John went oat of oak* in 1852 he adopted that Dotard
0001114 sad be was compelled to listen to some home truths
from the admitted Marais. Is Lord Psimeretca afraid that
the same home-brad draught might be too bitter for his
Lips f—f.stairr.
The Bishop of London has coosented to preach ern
the aeresion of ot °banal f.otival to be bold in Westminster
Abbey on Thursday, the 10th of June, la aid of the lacer-
permed Society fm Promoting the Enlargement, Building,
and Ilepstring of Churches.

ebt gout.

LOYAL PAVILMIC_ILDERSHOTT
_ _ CAMP nay. __ _

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
Prince Arthur, arrived at the Pavilion at 7 o'clock yesterday
evening.
Lientenant-General Knollys, Commanding the Camp,
Coked J. 8. Wood, C. 8., Assistant Adjutant-General. sad
Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Kennedy, C. 8., Assistant Quarter-
usester-General, had the honour of dining with her Majesty.
This morning at 11 o'clock her Majesty reviewed the dirt.
aim accompanied by the Prince Consort.
Priam Arthur Mowed box Majesty in an open car-
riage and fear, aasaded by the Hon. Flora Macdonald sad
the Hun. Mary Baked,
The Queen wee attended by the Countess of Caledon, the
AAjatant-General, the Qoartermaster-Oensenl, and the
Rummies in Waiting.
The invitations for her Maj's dinner piety this mans
will laolottszolLientenent-Genend Knoll" Msjor-Ovosral
Ricland H.C.8., fix-Genersl Lameness, Moja/-
General Lord . Panne, C.B. Malor-Glemeral the lion. A.
Spencer, C. 8., Major-Gene;al Lemmas, C. 8., Colonel
Wird% Colonel Chapman, Colonel
Low, elth Light DreckColonel J 94th }testi-
mat ; Wong the of Downsides, South
Down Militia; Colonel G Bedford Militia ; and Colonel
Loftus, liod West Yorit tea.
The Duchess of Kant visited the Dachau of Canitsidge
yesterday, at beer random' at Hew.

A deputation, tioaditing of Lord CaMagi, Mr. R.
Spumw., M.P., Mr. C. N. Nmrdegate, and Mr. J.W.
Whiteley, had an interview with Mr. Bowetery Walpole
yeeterday, at the Home-o Mes.
A deputatioo, including Mr. W. Buchanan, M.P., Kr. P.
11. P., Mr. A. Black, )LP., Mr. A. N.
M.P., Mr. W. I. Baxter, M.P., Han. A. Hinasardplll.7.„
Mr. A. Gabes' Lord Piowset of Glasgow, Mr. J. Hen-
dam, Mr. A.th and Mr. Jessiesta, den of Guild,
Wan interview with His Berl of Darby yesterday, at his
▪ irosideaos • Devaing-street.
A evoelathet en the valise& el hater, Insposika,
Mr. Nosiesky (Idensisser), Mr. Haab (Preston), sad
• aseennesied beiewsikad Ashby, M.P., transacted bad-
the• yeela ea tits
Dsapalise van sue pander fres the Coacelml.effice to
Gowning af allosiam CS the Woe Coat at Africa
and to ea Gomm, at dr Nara Assielosa Proehioes

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INDIA AND CHINA.

ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 20.

The Calcutta and China mails, per Hindostan,
leave this afternoon, with intelligence from Calcutta
to the 23rd of March, Madras to the 29th, Ceylon
to the 2nd of April, and Hong Kong to the 15th of
Much.

The Bentinck, with extra mail and passengers
from Calcutta, arrived at Suez on the 14th.

There is intelligence from Lucknow to the 22nd
of March. On the 20th Brigadier Campbell's force
returned from the pursuit of the enemy.
Hutchison, of the Lancers, was dangerously
wounded; and Cooper, of the Rifles, dead.
On the 21st the Nombriea (Nana's) retreat was
stormed. He escaped, and a reward of 30,000
rupees is offered for his head.
Outram's force had discovered and destroyed
rebels in Lucknow, and the Prime Minister is
among those reported as killed. Cape, of the 13th
Native Infantry, and Thackwell, ware murdered by
the enemy. Fanatics still fire on our troops.
The Governor-General's proclamation calling on
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tie Zemindars to submit had produced no effect.
Oude is pacified, the enemy flying towards Sun-
deers. Jung Bahadoor goes to Allahahad. No
civil officer bad yet been sent to Lucknow by the
government. Some inhabitants were returning to
the city.
. _ _

The beat was increasing daily.
A telegram from Allahahad of the 24th states
that Sir Hope Grant was sent on the 23rd to dis-
pens a body of insurgents under Rajah Jejlal Singh
at Kane, and returned perfectly successful. He wok
111 gam..

The Dimming Act was being enforced in the
north-overt provinces.
The sentence of the King of Delhi had not yet
been made public.

CHINA.

Canton continues tranquil. An imperial edict
was received on the 6th of March.

Yeh's conduct is condemned. He is degraded, and
a succamor appointed. The latter is to settle dis-
putes with the barbarians, who, excited to wrath by
Yoh, had entered the city.
Lord Elgin and his colleagues had left for the
North, the former on the 3rd of March.

The Inflexible, with Co
arrived at Caleatta.—Times.

Yeh, had

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(ST 111111111111 AND 111TISN TILZONAPII.)
(PION 0171 OWN 00/11311110NDENT.)

MALTA, SATUBDAT.

CALcurrs.—Dates of March 23 state that Calcutta
produce was quiet. In imports there was greater
animation. Money was easy and interest reduced
1 per cent. more. Freights were lower. Exchange
2s. lid. to fid.

Miutss.—Exchange, 2s. lid. to 2s. lid.
SiNosrosx.—lmports, improved demand. Pro-
duos at advanced rates. Tonnage abundant. Ex-
change, 4s. 7d.

SiuzioHAL-Bilk and tea quiet. Imports selling
higher. Opium dull. Exchange, ss. 10d. to 6e.
HONG Bono.—Trade very dull Exchange,
4s. 9d.

THE UNITED STATES.

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)L, BATtraDAT.

The steamer Persia, from New York on the morn-
ing of the 14th inst., has arrived, making the pas-
sage in nine days and seventeen hours, mean time.
She brings 196 passengers, but no specie.
The steamer City of Washington, hence, arrived at
New York on the 13th. The steamer Star of the
West, with Californian mails, March 20, and over
1,300,000 dollars in gold, reached New York. Califor-
nia news unimportant. San Francisco market un-
changed.
New Granada advice' state that the treaty re-
cently negotiated at Washington had been r►tifed
by the New Grenadian Congress, under the threat
that if such was not the case the American flag
would soon be over the Isthmus. Nicaragua was in
as great confusion as ever, General Jerez being
in arms against the government of Martinez.
Dates from Utah are to February 8. Brigham
Young and his Mormon followers continued to ex-
hibit their belligerent and braggadocio spirit, and
were throwing out all manner of threats. It is
again smarted the Mormons were suffering from
lack of supplies.

In the United States Senate a resolution had been
adopted for the appointment of a committee to confer
with a similar committee from the house on the sub-
' jest of the bill for the admission of Kansas. The
house had not agreed to appoint any conference com-
mittee, but an effort to do so was to be made by
the time the Persia sailed. A bill authorising the
construction of a telegraph to Utah had been de-
bated, and postponed till next session.
Colonel Benton, for many years one of the leading
politicians in America, is dead.
A committee of foreign refugees in New York
was making arrangements for a demonstration in
honour of Orsini and Pierri. The affair was to
come off on the 22nd inst.

The House of Representatives has receded from
its vote rejecting the Deficiency Appropriation Bill,
and had adopted the measure.
Another fight had occurred between two members
of Congress after the adjournment, but without
serious consequences.
The Secretary of the Treasury had issued proposals
for another issue of 5,000,000 dollars Treasury notes.
The rise of the waters of the Mississippi con-
tinued, and serious damage to the plantations, &c., is
reported.

A schooner is said to have arrived at fit. Croix
full of passengers, fleeing from an insurrection that
had broken out at Antigua.
Advices from Mexico, to April 7, report that
General Osollo, acting in behalf of the Zuloaga
government, had taken the city of Guadalajara,
capturing the entire government of Juarez, but
the officers of the latter were permitted to leave
the country. Osollo was on his way to the city of
Mexico, and would probably be declared President
of the Republic. Vera Crur still held out for the
Juarez party.

The New York money market continued easy,
with an abundant supply. The banks had made
another favourable exhibit, having further increased
their loans and specie reserve to a slight extent.
Sterling exchange had fallen to 1081 to 109, and an
active business bad been done for the Persia. The
stock market was variable, and closed quietly on
the 13th at the following quotations:—Erie shares,
231; ditto third Mortgage Bonds, 78 ; New York
Central, 871; ditto, Sixes, 911; Illinois Central,
921 ; ditto, Bonds, 881. Neill Brothers and
Co's. Cotton Circular reports continued firmness in
the cotton markets, and a rapid falling off in the
receipts. Middling, at New Orleans, was quoted at
lle at New York, at 121 to 1. Flour depressed,
and lower. Wheat quiet, and rather cheaper. Corn

scarce, and firm. Provisions had been buoyant, bat
closed with downward tendency. Ashes active, but
lower. Coffee steady. Sugars inactive. Naval
stores generally unchanged. Iron dull. Tobaooo
quiet, but firm. Freights unchanged.
A letter from the Isthmus of Panama gives a ru-
mour that a mutiny, headed by one of the lieute-
nants, bad occurred on H.M.S. Brunswick, and it
was with difficulty suppressed.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE FRENCH NAVY.

PARIS, 8.11117111:1•T MORITNO.

The ifoniteur says that the statement of the
Itedependanee Beige, that France is adding greatly
to her naval armaments, is false. No change has
been made in the provisions of the Budget for 1858-
1869.

The passage in the Independonce to which the
Moniteur refers is the following, in the Paris cor-
respondence:

"The Emperor has just decided that the work'
going on at this moment in our amens], shall be
pushed forward with such a prodigious activity that
the French fleet must number, in the course of the
year 1839, an effective of 130 screw ships of war.
These 150 steam-ships of war, of great speed, are
composed of 35 line-of-battle ships (29 will be con-
structed this year, and nine of them will be especially
of superior speed to any in the English navy),
45 frigates, 40 corvettes, and 30 small steamers.
Never will France have possessed so magnificent a
fleet. Our navy enters a phase which will remind
us of the grand maritime epochs of Louis XIV. and
Louis XVI. M. Dapay do Lorne, director of naval
stores, has returned from Cherbourg, whither he
went to inform himself as to the period at which the
new docks there would be ready. I believe that, in
accordance with the orders of Admiral Hamelin, the
works are pushed on so energetically that they will
be completed in July. At the same epoch will be
launched a large steam line-of-battle ship, La Ville
de Nantes."

The long-expected report of the commission ap-
pointed to examine the French Budget of 1859 has
been published and distributed. The reporter enters
upon some statements with reference to the expenses
of the French navy, which include, be says, the
following project'. We quote the report :
_ . _

Ist. The "dating of the fleet of transition by the trans-
fortustion of soiling ships into auxiliary screw vsessia. 2nd.
The panel creation of a feet steam fleet of 150 war ves-
sels. 3rd. The finishing of transports commenced, and the
trandormation of a oertain number of sailing frigates into
steam-transports—making a fleet of 72 transports. 4th. The

*intimation of the workeat the poet of Cherbourg, and the
creation in the four other military ports of graving docks and
'pedal workshops. The whole of these great undertakings
represent an expense of 234,992,000 francs. The informs.
don given by the president of the marine section to the
Council of State leaves no doubt as to the necessity of
applying steam power to all the ship of the fleet. The
experkmcs of the late war proved that steam-ships had
over selling vessels ax incontestable superiority, tither in
combat or in operations of disembarkation of transport. This
expense has for its object to obtain the maritime power of
Francs in the rank which it ought to occupy among nations.
We are convinced that in the realisation of the work the

government will employ every aid which the progress of
11101111110 each day affords. The transformation of the beet
will be effected in fourteen years from this time, in aesurbg
to chaplets 7,8, and 9, an annual dotation of about sixty.
the million.. The number of armed semis is increased
from 142 to 152. The number of sailors, on the contrary,
Axed at 25,784 men, is diminished by 3,050, showing that
the number of large VINSOiS in oommission is less considerable.

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PARIS, FILIDI.V EVENING.

The Bourse has experienced a remarkable im
provement to-day. Business was positively active
in the Rente and Credit Mobilier. The former rose
36c. for cash and 30c. for account, closing at
fi9fr. 36c. and 69fr. 30c. Mobilier rose no less than
66fr. The railways were len animated than the
Rent., but they all participated in the upward
movement. Orleans rose Bfr. 76e.; Northern, 6fr. ;
Eastern, 7fr. 500. ; Lyons, 12fr. 60c. ; Southern, 6fr. ;
and Western, 10fr. M. Devinck's report on the
budget, recommending strongly that a real equili-
brium should be arrived at instead of as hitherto, a
false one, achieved by the aid of the sinking fund,
was favourably viewed, although similar advice has
been given for several years successively without
being followed. A considerable sensation was
created among the ageno de change by the discovery
that a clerk to a shirt manufacturer in the Rue
Bergen bad bent orders to every one of the sixty
members of that body to buy twenty-five Mobilier
shares at the opening of the Bourse this morning. Had
the orders been executed, the individual in question
would have gained upwards of 2,0001. in the course
of the day. He, perhaps, hoped that, the order
being small, some of the brokers might have done
his business, supposing that he was a client whose
name they had forgotten. It is intended, if pos-
sible, to prosecute him.
In January last a man named Tariant was heard
to say on the high road from Ebrenil to Nades, in
the department of the Puy-de-Dome (being a " public
place" within the meaning of the act for the more
effectual punishment of words spoken publicly
against the Emperor), that the Emperor was a
brigand, canaille, velour, and esendiant (vitupera-
tive expressions which may be translated robber,
snob, thief, and•beggar). He also said that fifty-
three emissaries of Loden Rollin and Respell were
on the look-out for opportunities to execute the pro-
ject which proved abortive on Jan. 14. Count de
Morny has an estate at Nodes, and, unluckily for
Tarient, two of the count's servants who heard the
expressions turned informers. He has been sen-
tenced by the Imperial Court of Riom to five years
imprisonment, five years' deprivation of civil rights,
five years' surveillance by the police when he comes
out of prison, and a fine of 10,000 fr. (4001.) The
heavy fine, which it is impossible for a poor man to
pay, is practically tantamount to a sentence of
five years' additional imprisonment. The man's
defence was somewhat incoherent. He pleaded-
-Ist, that he was light-headed, and did not very well
know what he said; and 2nd, that he never did use
the words which Count de Morny's servants swore
to. When he heard the very heavy sentence, he
begged hard that he might be transported. If the
English government should be still thinking of
making changes in our legislation with a view to
satisfy the Tuileries, this ease is worth the attention
of the Attorney-General, as furnishing a scale by
which the punishment for sedition may be calcu-
lated. If for hard words, which " break no
bones," and the loose propagation of news, whether
false or true, the right sentence is ten years' impri-
sonment, besides civil disabilities, what shall be
done with a conspirator?

We rend in the Journal du Loire-et-Cher:

Nine or ten individuals, of different carnage. woe ar-
rested last Sunday in the communes of Presume! and Ligniame.
Several brigades, of 'gendarmerie accompanied the police
officers who effected the errata. If public rumour may be
credited the wrong are 'spewed to belong to the worst
society known ea the Marianne. They were In the habit of
meeting, it is said, in oellar appurtenant to the Chateau of
Preteval, where the older of the moiety meshed the oak of
new-elected Miami.. It is affirmed that the
whicr this oath was taken hes been found in that:lZ=

The Moniteur contains a decree fining llay 16 tor
the election for the seat in the Haut Rhin, vacant
by the resignation of Count Migeon, whose coo.
demnation for illegally wearing the decoration of
the Legion of Honour made so much noise a few
weeks ago. It is said that Count Migeon, who wiu
be out of prison before the day of election, will again
solicit the suffrages of the constituency.
M. de Talleyrand, the French commissioner, ar-
rived in Paris yesterday evening from the Danabisa
Principalities. He brings with him the report of
the commission, a portentous document consisting of
not lac than 1,200 pages.