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pnehment.

The BIIITISU PaLei commenced publishing yesterday morn-
ing at twenty minutes past tire o'clock.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JI.:NIC 7, MG.

The opposition members of die French Chamber of
Deputies continue to take every opportunity of animad-
verting upon the necessity of interfering in the affairs of
Greece. An interesting debate took place on the Si inst•
on a petition presented from Lyons, praying that
the French Government should adopt some measures
for that purpose. In the same sitting an animated
discussion took place on a false rr port of a speech of the
Minister of War given in the Drapeau Blanc ; and of an
eselamation which was said to have been uttered by ano-
ther member, at the same time. The French Chambers do
Out pretend to exclude reporters, as in this country ; and
the Editor of the Dropeau Blanc, acting in that capacity,
was, it seems, present on the occasion. M. AGIER, who
brought the subject before the Chamber, proposed to with-
draw his ticket (carte), and expel him from The tribunal
of the journalists—adding, that it was di►graceful to the
mister of Foreign Affairs to support such a journal. It was
well known, he said, that it was in his (the Nlinister's). pay.
It appears, however, that the reporters in this case, as in
many others, had to bear the blame of what seems, in part
at least, to have been due else Where ; as the Minister of
War himself confessed that the Moniteur was correct,
though it contained the same passage, with the exception of
the exclamation. Similar language was inserted in all the
Ports Journals. The President took exception to the
!notion, on the ground of informality, and the subject

dropped. The lunguage of the Report is such as cannot
be translatestintolish in its full force. It was nearly
to the following effect :—" As for the orator who has
allowed himself to make such allegations, let him go and
play the eaves-dropper at the key-heles of people's doors,
Most certainly he will hear nothing wrong there ; but lie
will receive ma, ka of the indignation that his words have
excited, which he will probably remember for some time.''
A voice—" Il reccura des coups de savate.- " He will
have his ears pilled," as we should say, to use a little free-
dom in translation.

We subjoin the rest of our extracts from die French Pa-
pers without comment :
From the Etoile dated Monday. June S.]

The following proclamation has been published on the occa.
sion of :he death of the Empress Elizabeth :

" By the Glace of God, we Nicholas 1. Emperor bed Autocrat or
all the Itupsias, &e. &c.

" Make known to all out faithful subjects, that the Empress
Elizabeth, our beloved sisu•r-in-law, has, by the decrees of the
Mont High, left this earth, to pans to eternal life, on the 4th
(161!1) of this month, in the Ma year of age. This afflicting event
took place alter a long sickticsn, both of mind and batty, which
ended in a twit' extioction of the vital powers, so that her Majesty
cm her way from Taganrog was obliged to stop in the town of
likleff, in Meld tvernment of Tiwer, when she died.

AlilHussia, we:are persuaded, will participate in the newafnictior.
which has fallen nn our Imperial Horse. and will jnin us in ter-
yen! prayers for the reptile of the saal of the deceased Empress.
" Given at St. Petersburgh the 9tli 12Ist) May, in the year 11rt.3,
the first of our reign.
(Signed) "NICHOLAS."

The Duke of Ragusa, who had a an!emn audience of the ET'
peror on the Ilhh, to present his credentials, was to have had an
audience of the Empress on the 21st; but the melancholy news of
the death of the Empress Elizabeth caused the audience to be put
of/. It is thought that the coronation will be deferred.
ALEPPO, MARCH 11.
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Serious troubles hare broken out in this city ;ii'ev;Wseents that
the Europeans are in danger. On the 21st of this month, three
Monks, missionaries of the 11,1 y Land, came walking within half
a musket shot of the city ; they were insulted by a troop of Scheriffs
who were passing near the spot, and who from abuse proceeded to
blows. One of the fathers was wounded by a stone thrown at his
head, and they would certainly have been stoned to death, had not a
happy chance brought Mr. Wiet, first Dragoman of the Consulate
of France, to the spot. On the following day several Franks were
insulted.

On the 22d, M. Franc, a young Frenchman, clerk in the French
house of Michael Blanchard and Co. ran the greatest dangers. He
was going to the counting-house: passing before the convent of the
Capuchins, he was rudely pushed by a Scheriff. M. Franc, who
has hut lately arrived and is of • warm temper, spoke to him in
French, hut in a very elevated tore of voice. The Scheriff at.
tempted to seize a knife from a butcher's stall, but being hin-
dered by the proprietor, he took a stick and rushed upon
the Frenchman to strike him, when the latter drew a knife
from his pocket. At this sight the Seheriff dropped the
stick, and began to cry out, " Mussulmen, help me against the
infidel who is going to kill men." All the Scheriffs in the Bazaar
hastened to the spot, with a fanatic Sheik at their head, and
seized M. Franc. On all sides, 'as if by enchantment, the populace
rose, uttering ferocious cries; the shops were shut, and the general
cry throughout the thy was " a Frank has killed a Alussulman—
an Emir." In short a most dreadtul tumult took place. Mr.
Franc whom they were hurrying away, being opposite the house of
the Consul, struggled and succeeded in escaping for a moment, in
order to take refuge there ; but it was seven o'clock in the morning,
the gatelwas not yet open, and the Janissaries were not there. He
hen ran into the open door of • Jew merchant, an Austrian, but
ifte populace followed and seized him again. While struggling.
one of the Scheriffs rubbed the skin off his hand, which was
violently passed against. the wall, and cried that M. Franc had
wewided.liim with • knife. Happily at this moment the wife of the
latter, which was at the tnerey of a furious mob, was spared; they
conducted Jl. Franc to the Mehkerne, surrounded by above 4,000
persons, who demanded his head.

M. Welt, being fortunately informed, succeeded in penetrating
thmugh the crowd, and entered the Melikeme, hearing all around
him the most horrible vociferations and maledictions. He found
the Cadi and his assessors confounded and struck with terror.
This Magistrate, ill-disposed towards theTranks, though!M. Webs
shewing the arm of the Scheriff; who said he was sounded with •
knife, demonstrated clearly thst the scratch could not have been
caused by a sharp instrument, sent a menacing Ilam to the Mut-
selim, to be addressed immediately to the Paella, whose decision
was to be waited for, and the report ran among the people that
only the order °lithe Vizier was waited for to hang the infidel who
had wounded an Ernie. M. Writ then had a very hauls), thought
While the Ilam was being forwarded, he ran on foot, preceded
by someianissaries, to the Palace of the Paella, where he arrived
at the same time as the Mutselim. After he had explained the
affair, tie Pacha declared aloud thst it was for the Consul to pu-
nish his countryman, if he was guilty; and to prevent any excess on
,he part of the populace; the Pacha sem his officer wi'h M.
Wier, to convey M. Franc to the Consulate. In this manner a
tumult was appeased, which, if the Paella had shewn the least he-
si:ation, might have cost the lives of all the Europeans.

PARIS, JUNE 4.
Prince Leopoli, of Saxe Coburg, has arrived at Paris, where he
will stay a few days, and then go to bait his mother, the Duchess
of Saxe Coburg.

Lzttm from Trieste, of 221 May, state that a vessel from the
lonisn Islands confirms the news that part of the garrison of 31is-
solonghi had made its way through the Turks, and joined Ka.
raiskaki. It was e'en said they were 1,800 in number. They have
placed themselves at the disposal of the Government at Napoli.
Letters from Zante, of the 12,11 May, say that Ibrahim was at
Patras with 2,500 Egyptians and 1,20 Turks. The Capitan
Paella's fleet passed Zante, on the sth, sailing towards the
Archipelago; the Egyptian fleet remained at P1i,1113. The :11is.
aolonghiota who had escaped, had retreated to Salons, to secure
that place against an attack from the &milkier, :Mehemet Pacha.

While our contemporaries are endeavouring to point out
the course which it is proper for the people of England to
pursue on the approaching election, it may seem singular
in us on such an occasion if we should abstain from stating
what that confession of faith is by whi h alone we think it
possible to effret our political salvation. The fact, how-
ever is, that we arc not tied to particular forms either in
politics of religion. We are bients only in one instance.
We maintain that no political man is to be trusted whose
first wish is not to benefit his country ; and though we
aro by no means disposed to say that all the methods by
which that great object may be pursued are equally car-
misted to produce the effect so much to be desired. we are
inclined to be extremely tolerant in all cases of difference
of opinion—confident that the collision of sentiments will at
last elicit the true system ; and anxiotis that every side of the
question should be heard, in order that all" objection to ge-
' neralmeasures may be fully foreseen and effcctually guarded
against. If the people of England determined to support
no candidates* bur those who advocate particular measures,
the Legislature would be reduced to a virtual nonentity—
our Representatives would have nothing to do but to give in
silence those votes which they had pledged themselves to
give from the outset. Discussion would then be as much
a jest as it is said to have been, in periods when the votes
of Members are supposed to have depended on very different
motives from those which have swayed majorities on recent
occasions. The good sense of the electors will point out to
them those men, whose willingness and ability are most
likely to enable them effectually to serve their consti-
tuents; and we are confident that such men may be found,
with many shades of difference in their opinions—agreeing
in all essential particulars, and disposed to yield ir. minuter
points, when once convinced of the propriety of so doing.
In the Liverpool Albion of Monday, we observed an im-
portant article on die state and prospects of the Cotton
Market. The wild speculations in Cotton during the year

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182.5 are ascribed in a great measure to the facilities af-
forded by the quart iar of mercantile paper in circulation.
The almost total annihilation of this factitious capital had,
ho doubt, a powerful ',lnnen& in foreleg down the value
not merely of cotton, but of every other article of commerce,
much lower than it would have fallen under the operation
of a limited demand on an excessive supply." The conse-
quent panic still farther diminished the demand ; lint " in
proportion as confidence is reviving in the commercial
world, we ace the demand for cotton increasing. During
the last few weeks it has been unusually lively. This re-
vival of demand has been caused principally by the pur-
chases of the trade. Some of the staple has, it it true,
been purchased on speculation; but the quantity has been
inconsiderable compared with that which has been for-
warded into the manufacturing districts. The increased
demand has been followed by a slight increase in prices,
which It for some weeks past, showed an evident
tendency to advance a sbadc above the low rates which
have so long prevailed. The gloom which has long
overspread the commercial horizon is gradually disap-
pearing, and the prospect of the future is daily be-
coming brighter. Trade is evidently reviving; confi-
dence is returning to her accustomed haunts, and prosperity
will slowly, hut gradually, shed her benign blessings
over the land. Despondency has given way to hope; and
the spirits of commercial men are recovering from the
depression under which they have so long laboured."

There is no foundation for alarm on account of the mag-
nitude of the stock of cotton (20,000 bags) at Liverpool.
The increase is only 9,000 bags above the 311,000 which
were on hand on the first of January last,—an increase
much inferior to what might have been expected under all
the circumstances. The imports from the United States,
for the first five months of the present year, notwithstand-
ing the abundance of the crop, do not exceed those of the
preceding year by more than 200 bags, the trade having,
in this case, returned into its former channels, while the
imports from Brazil have decreased by 17,55 S bags, in con-
sequence partly of the same causes, but principally from
the deficiency of the crop in that country. This account
is as favourable to the holders of cotton as it is disadvanta-
geous to the shipowners ; and it is to be feared that the
importation of cotton will be diminished fur some time.—
This diminution, however, we are convinced, will only be
temporary, as the demand must gradually increase, under
the natural operation of the new regulations, to a height
superior perhaps to that to which wild speculation has im-
prudently attempted to elevate it at once, without consider-
ing that the march of political causes, though steady, is
slow, and cannot be anticipates, without danger. We sub-
join an extract from the conclusion of the article :
If the stock is nut likely to exceed its present amount by the ar-
rivals from abroad, have we not good grounds for believing, that
the home demand, oot for speculation but for actual consumption,
will continue to revive? During the last few weeks, as we have
stated above, the number of bags taken for consumption has con.
siderablv exceeded the average of the preceding weeks of the present
year. This increased demand has been caused by the revival which
trade in the manufacturing districts has lately experienced, and
which (may we not hope ?) will revive still more than it has yet
done. The probabilities are, in our opinion, all in favour of a slow,
busgradual, return of prosperity, both commercial and maoufac.'
wring; for after the unprecedented depression under which trade
and commerce have for five months laboured, it would be to over-
look the lessons of all past experience not to infer, that an improve.
ment for the better is much more likely to occur titan a further de-
pression of the markets. lf, therefore, the mercantile horizon
should continue to brighten, and we hope and believe that it will,
have we not reason to suppose that the demand for the raw mate.
rial will keep pace with the increased demand for manufactured
goods? And, if this should happily be the ease, will not the present
stock of cotton in the ports undergo a gradual, if cot a rapid dimi-
nution'?

With respect to prices, many persons are of opinion that nn
considerable advance in them will take place immi ;timely. It is
highly improbable, however, that an increased demand for the article
should not be hollowed by some alight advance in its market price.
There is soot any reason, indeed, to expect that any of those wild
starts which prices experienced .-mratedly during the preceding year
will occur in the course of the present. Nor is it desirable that they
should. They only throw the market into confusion, and render spe-
culation in the staple a species of lottery, in which, as a matter of
course, there are many blanks for one prize. The improvements
which may take place in price will be those which occur in a
healthy state of the market, and which, if they are small, and
almost imperceptible at the moment, are more valuable than sudden
starts, because they are more likely to be permanent. A vacillat-
ing market, in which prices are up to-day and down to-morow, anu
vire versa, may sometimes benefit the watchful speculator who has
his eye on the turns of the market ;" but a steady or a gradually
improving price, the result of a steady or gradually Increasing de-
mand, is the best for ail the great intaests engaged in commerce
and manufactures. _

Upon • review of the who], subj-ct, we cannot see any reason
for despondency respecting tne cotton market. On the contrary,
we see every reason fur hope. Its present state is evidently en-
couraging ; and the prospects as to the future are more favourable
at this moment, than, after the events of the last live months, the
most sanguine amongst us•had the courage to anticipate.

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
The English Fonds appear to be in a progressive state of im.
rrovement. From 00?„ the opening price, they rose to /, at which
they steadily closed. The other English Securities were without
variation, and the foreign market was neglected. Brazil Shares
have lately attracted some attention ; from 13 discount they have
advanced to 1 discount; they were to-day quoted 3 and 4 discount ;
Anglo-Mexican 10 to 16 discount ; United Mexican 2 to 3 dis-
count.

We beg to inform our readers that the Times newspaper
boa received excluded', within a few (lays, the official ac-
counts of the capture of Chilce, as will appear on referring
to a leading article in that journal of yesterday. We un-
fortunately dirt not receive the accounts yesterday, baying
already received them more than a fortnight before; but if
AN eni es NUS will refer: to the British Pre.ts of May 19 and
20, he will tind an abstract of the whole of the official
accounts of Ramon Freire, as well as !he capitulation of
the Spanish garrison, at length, and a variety of other par-
ticulars besides those which the Times gave yesterday
crelti,ieely. We shall always feel anxious to attend to such
suggestions as those of Ail E RI CA N V A.
Copy of a letter from the Vice-Consul for the Emperor
of Brazil, laid on the table of the Underwriters' Rooms at
Liverpool:—
Brazilian Coosulste Office, 2, Exchange-buildings,
Liverpool, June 5. IBM.
Ste,--T request you will make it known to Captains and Masters
of vessels clearing out for any of the ports of the Empire of Brazil,
that they will be required to produce, on their arrival in Brasil, the
manifest of their eargoe; blank bills of holing or receipts, and
Cnstom-hose enckets, ehly authenticated by the Brazilian Con-
nal; without which they will not be permlted to enter. 311totfestit
for certification must be previously sworn to before the Mayor, or a
Magistrates)! the borough.
I hare the honour to he, &c. &e.
To Mr. Geo. Withers, A. J. Al ERELLIES, Vice-Consul.
Secretary to the Underwriters' Association, Liverpool.
Stn T. BitIRD A NC—The ship Mary, Hope, which we
lately mentioned had arrived at Milford from Sydney. was him!
by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, the late Governor of
New South \Vales, to convey himself. family, and suite, home,
consisting of his Lady and four children, Miss Al'Douiall, Dr.
M•Lean. and Lictoenant Stirling, the General's Aide-de-Camp.
She touched at Rio Janeiro in her passage; left at Sydwey the An-
dromeda (which had arrived out with passengers in November),
Triton, and Lomark. The Mary has been six months on het pas.
sage, anti has brought a package, containing about three thousand
letters, which have been forwarded to their different destinations
from tile Post •office at Milford; there is also en brawl a quantity
of specie. One of the Governor's children, born on board the
Ansel at Rio Janeiro, shout three months ago, died at Milford on
llendny last, and will be carried to Scotimd for interment.
Colonel Quartel, Commissioner from the King of the
Netherlands, has been introduced to the President of Guatemala,
for the purpme of establishing commercial relations between the
two countries. The Commissioner, in his address to the President,
informed him of the desire entertained by his Master to farm re-
ciprocal relations of friend hip and commerce with each of the
countries which have laveir established their independence in
America, and offered so leo t theft of Guatemala into the ports
of Holland, on the eme terms as Dutch vessels should be admitted
into the ports of the " Republics of Central America." Colonel
Quartet fursber congratulated the President on the wise and liberal
dispositions matte by the Government for the internal improvement
of the country, from whicit he entertained no doubt that greet good
would result. Colonel Quartel hoe 'been employed by his Govern-
ment men than two years in similar missions to the other new
birdie of America, and is said to hove entered into some very bent.
kW orrossements fore:tending the trade of his country.

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