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be infallibly ere long extinguished. But is there no
hope that our contemporary will relent ? Alas !
we fear not. Lord 13Roucunm has sinned he-
yond all hope of pard6n, in the estimation of
Printing House-square. He has dared to think for
himself, instead of allowing the Times to think for
him. He has sternly set his face against apostPxy, in-
stead of gently deprecating its little waywardnesses,
and patting it on the head for its mistakes. He has
dared to call things by their true names, and to say
that a renegade Journal is a renegade Journal, no
matter how dexterous may be its trimming, or how in-
genious the sophistry, by which such trimming is de-
fended. Our • contemporary's present cause of quarrel
with his Lordship is, that he has endeavoured to pnt
the complex case of the Glasgow Cotton-spinners on its
proper footing ; to explain the precise law on the sub-
ject ; and to show to what extent humanity may in-
terfere without prejudice to justice. This is the
" head and front" of his offending, and for this he is
denounced as a " nuisance" by a Journal which, if it
felt it were to its interest to take the same view of the
case as his Lordship, would do so without hesitation
to-morrow ! We consider the gross and infuriate
abuse of Lord BROUGHAM by tile Times, as a hand.
some and well-earned compliment to his consistency.

By the arrival of the packet-ship Alert, at Fal-
mouth, on Saturday, we have received Halifax
journals to the '2oth ult. inclusive. The Alert brings
official dispatches from the Governors of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, and the Canadas ; but the general
intelligence from Navy Island—the theatre of the
rebellion in the Upper Province—is not of a later
date than the accounts received by the last arrivals from
New York. With the loyalists of Nova Scotia, and
New Brunswick, Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD is a
prodigious favourite. Addresses, breathing the most
devoted attachment to his Excellency's person, and
confidence in his wisdom and discretion, were in the
course of preparation ; and to render the farce com-
plete, the Governors were prayed to imitate his
example by getting rid of all the disposable forces,
with a view of proving to the Mother Country how
very orderly and loyal were her North American de-
pendeneies. The Cornwallis, Captain Sir R.
GRANT, had conveyed the 65th Regiment from
Jamaica to Halifax, from whence the men
were to be draughted to Montreal with as little delay
as possible. PAPINEAU is reported to have taken
refuge at Washington, fearing to trust his head to the
fidelity of the Republicans on the frontier, now that
England has bid for it so handsomely. His papers and
correspondence are reported to be enclosed in the official
dispatches brought by the Alert. Rumours were
afloat to the effect that they would be found to
implicate persons in this country in the guilt of
high treason.

The Canada Government Bill received the Royal
assent on Saturday, and is now the law of the land.
It will immediately, we believe, he carried into execu-
tion by Sir JOHN CoLßortrtE, so far as his subor-
dinate power as Governor of Lower Canada will
enable him to act on it. A number of laws will, we
understand, expire in May ; and as the Legislature
cannot now be called together to continue them, Sir
JOHN will, under the new Act, continue them by
his authority. But Sir JOHN COLBORNE not being
Governor-General, will not be able to exercise those
large powers which have been conferred exclusively on
the Earl of DURHAM. The Act will come imme-
diately into operation ; but the powers conferred on the
Earl of DURHAM will, of course, not be called into
activity till he arrives in the Colony.

We have been requested by the friends of the Abo-
lition to reprint the Speech of Lord BROUGHAM on
the Slave Trade, with the interesting dedication to
Lord WELLEsLEY, and we willingly comply with the
request of these excellent persons. The appalling
statements of that speech ought to be universally
known, that the Government may be forced to do its
duty, both as to head-money and the Foreign Slave
Trade, without any delay. The Abolition Society,
we rejoice to find, have ordered a cheap edition of
several thousands of the Speech, to be printed for gene-
ral circulation.

The Paris Journals of Thursday, Friday, and Sa-
turday, have all been received. Thursday's Monileur
has the following official intelligence from the Spanish

frontier :
" BAYONNE, FEB. 5, FrvE P.M.—Accounts for Llodio of
the 2d state that Espartero has withdrawn all the warlike stores
and destroyed all the fortifications of Balmaseda, which he
appears to have resolved to evacuate. The victory gained
by Brigadier Leon over the Carlists is confirmed officially from
Pampeluna. The capture and destruction of the bridge and the
three forts of Belascoain, 200 prisoners, 120 killed, and 400
wounded, arc the results of this affair."

In the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, the
project of law for regulating the legislative costume,
was lost by a majority of a hundred and ninety-six
votes, to a hundred and fifty-eight ; so that this most
interesting question is virtually set at rest for another
year. We are glad of this for many reasons ; but prin-
cipally, because we suspect there are many Members
of the Chamber of Deputies, whose heads would be
turned by the mirrored reflexion of so impos-
ing an addition to their Senatorial dignity, as
a laced coat. Had the Costume Bill been carried,
Louis PH ILLIPPE would have had all his own way
in Africa and Spain, as literary and political France
would have had enough to do for the remainder of the
Session in deliberating upon, discussing, and criticisiiT
the distinctive peculiarities of cut and colour of sena-
torial garments in all ages and nations. By the way,
we understand that certain ladies of the Court, adepts
in political intrigue, proposed the scheme of the cos-
tume, which the KING was not slow to perceive might
be turned to excellent account ; but it did not escape
• the penetration of M. 'ln lERS, who was mainly in-
strumental in defeating it.
The Committee on the Budget was nominated in
the Seventh Bureau of the Chamber on Wednesday.
The majority of the Members belonged to the Oppo-
sition, but this was supposed to be neutralized by the
election of a Ministerial Reporter.
Letters from Rome of the 25th ult., state that there
is no immediate prospect of a renewal of amicable re-
lations between the Court of Berlin and the Holy See.
The Pope will concede nothing, nor will he even treat
with Prussia before the Archbishop of COLOGNE is
restored to his Sec. The King of BAVARIA has
taken part with the POPE, while Austria, with more
prudence, is acting as a mediator, and to remove the
greatest difficulty in the way of an amicable settlement
of the question, has secretly proposed that the Arch-
bishop should remove to Vienna.

The following are extracts from the journals :

Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated the 31st ult., given
by the Messager :—" A constant negotiation is•going on be-
tween our Cabinet and Constantinople, and frequent couriers
are passing between the two capitals. The Sultan has formally
requested the intervention of Austria in the new trial rel which
has broken out between him and the Pasha of Egypt, and
threatens to take justice into his own hands if Mehemet is not
compelled to give him satisfaction and cease his armaments.
The Cabinet of Vienna has promised to come to an under-
standing on the subject with France and England, and Prince
Esterhazy sets out for London with particular instructions on
this important matter. Russia is said to be no stranger either
to the hostile demonstrations of the Pasha or the recriminations
of the Divan."

The Smyrna Journal of the 22d ult., publishes a letter
from Be}•rout, dated Dec. 9, stating that on the Bth of the
previous month a new order of the Pasha of Damascus had en-
joined all the tax collectors of the province to require of the
Europeans a duty of three per cent. on all goods imported or
leaving the country, in violation of the existing tariff and the
firnian of the Sultan. The Consuls protested against this
measure, and the Governor, after attempting to enforce it, had
been obliged to relinquish the attempt. Ibraham Pasha had