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which the revolution had founded in France in July. This
reflection gave me hopes that these sentiments were not
effaced, and decided me, on the first news of the troubles,
to come to you, and cause the effusion of the blood of
Frenchmen, which I continually deplore, to cease.
These are the sentiments which animate me, and I
do not come to seek out the guilty, this is the
duty of the law, but I come as a pacificator, and
to recall Frenchmen who have been misled to return
to their duty, and tell them it is their true interest. To-
day I have fulfilled this task, and I shall commence with
another more agreeable, to administer all the possible sou-
lagemens to the working people of Lyons, which my fa-
ther, the King, has ordered me."
They write from Lyons on the 3d inst. at nine o'clock
at night :—" At the moment I write, fires are lighted in
all our places, and our houses encumbered with soldiers,
cavalry, National Guards, and artillery, which obstruct the
passage of the city."
It was reported at Paris that Don Pedro was to leave
that capital in a few days.
FRENCH Vtrxps.--rsata, Dec. 7.—Five per Cents., 95f. 75c.
95f. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 67f. 90c. 85c. tooc. ; Bank 4!.Aionsi
1,8351. 1,82.01. ; Itente de Naples, '7Bf. 50c. 78f. ; Rente
pagne, 10%; Royal Spanish Loan, 74i 0i ; Rente TerpeAtelle
d'l'spagne, 58 57Fi 58 ,• Haytiar Loan, 270 f. ; Roman Loan,
7454,—gxchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 25c.;
money, `2sf. 25c. ; three piptiths, money, 251. 10c. ; paper, 25f. 10g.

The following are extracts from German
Papers rppeived this morning :
BELp RADE, Noy. 20.—liewe were received here yes-
terday that Mustapha Pacha of Scutari has been taken
by the Grand Vizier, and sent to Constantinople.
Other apconnts from Niesa affirm that the Vac" of
Scutari gave himself up by a capitulation, which, how-
ever, the Grand Vizier bad not respected, but had caused
the Pacha to be arrested as soon as the citadel was de-
liyered up. Others assert that Mustapha Pacha, judging
a longer resietance to be fruitless, and finding his terms
rejected by the Grand Vigiefy heed submitted to the Porte
at discretion, and had himself desired to be sent to Cop-
atantinople to learn the decision of his fate from the Sultan's
own month. We shall probably be able to give the parti-
culars by the next post,
POLISH FRONTIERS, Nov. Iy.—People were riot pre-
pared to see the amnesty so soon published, as it was
known that before the Emperor left Petersburgh a decree
that had been drawn up was thrown aside, and all man-
ner of intrigues were employed, jf not entirely to prevent
such a measure, yet to delay its publication as tpuch'as poi-
sible. For the old Russian party is extremely desirous to
extinguish the propensity to aevolution, by vigorous mea-
sures, and to make an example of the Poles, who have ex-
cited great sympathy in Europe by their bravery, and at
the commencement ;,,,f the revolution, by prudent conduct.
The Emperor appears not inclined tq concur in this, or to
leave room for arbitrary persecutions by Imager deferring a
positive declaration, end pardon of the leas culpable. Hp
rather believes himself called upon to heal the wonude
which a series of most disastrous events has inflicted
on a nation persecuted by fate, and not to cherish
hatred, but to concilige the hearts of those who
taught by ill success, and by the pxheusted state of
their country, repent of their attempt, and wish hence-
forth to live in peace, under the protection of just laws.
In fact the Emperor seems to be the only advocate of the
Poles, subdued by the force of arms against the predo-
minant hatred of the Russians, by taking the part of the
less guilty, assuring them of oblivion of the past, and
abandoning to their fate and to just punishment only the
authors and leaders of the insurrection, as well as those
who have rejected the clemency so often offered, even after
the fall of Warsaw. The state of affairs among us, how-
ever, is very melancholy ; thousands of children deprived
of their parents, thousands of hands without work, and
no hope of seeing trade and prosperity soon restored. We
have besides the prospect of famine, for the magasines of
provisions are exhausted or wasted, and the fields un-
sown. This alone is a sufficient warning against revo-
lutions, and there is no neel of imagining new sufferings
to increase the distress to the highest degree.
The Russian Colonels, especially of the artillery, pure
chased many horse., and the horses belonging to the late
Polish army are employed to remount the Russian cavalry.
This affords no favourable expectation of the speedy re-
organization of the national army, with which many flat-
tered themselves. Should it ever come to pass, it is not
easy to see, considering the total want of Polish officers,
by whom the national troops can be trained, and com-
manded. Probably by the Russians, but would this be
like a national army. Great efforts are made to bring the
finances in order, and, notwithstanding the bad state of the
country, they seem to be pretty successful,

A sequel to the clever little pamphlet, " What
will the Lords do ?" has just been published,
under the title of " What have the Lords done,
and what will they do next ?" The reasoning
in this pamphlet is as temperate as it is unan-
swerable, and puts the present and past positions
of the Lords in their proper light :

" Such was the state of public feeling previous to the
discussion of the Lords on the Bill. The King was popu-
lar beyond all former example—the Prelates of the Esta-
blished Church were venerated for their piety—the Nobi-

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lity of the land were held in respect. All promised well
for the future peace and prosperity of the kingdom. The
Reform question once at rest, industry and quiet would
have resumed their sway among the people; the aristo-
cracy would have reaped a rich harvest of gratitude from
their concession to popular feeling; the Church, though
evidently destined to undergo some modification of its tem-
poralities, would have exalted itself as a religious body in
the esteem and confidence of the nation. These were the
expectations of sober-minded men, well-wishers to their
country, some weeks ago.
" What have the Lords done ?
" They have for the present blighted, and for the future
endangered, all these fair prospects of national happiness
and tranquillity. They have thrown the country into un-
exampled disorder and confusion. They have rendered
many of themselves objects of general contempt and aver-
sion, to which their whole body may hereafter be exposed,
unless their Lordships should timely avert such a misfor-
tune. One source of satisfaction, indeed, remains for us,
and it is invaluable—they happily bad not the power to
deprive the nation of their unbounded attachment to the
King, nor of his magnanimous adherence to their cause.
But tote evils they have entailed on the country are de-
plorable. An excited state of society is utterly destructive
to the peaceful pursuits of the people ; the longer it is
procrastinated the difficulty of returning to their usual
habits becomes greater, and the danger of insurrectionary
movements increased. Trade stagnates—industry is pa-
ralyzed—confidence is overthrown. The ferment spreads
wider and wider, and, instead of wasting itself, gains
st •ength, by the diffusion. No man can foresee how or
where it is to explode into open violence. No man can
predict who or how many may fall victims to its effects.
Such is the precarious condition of things at present,
arising from the unfortunate decision of the Lords. All is
one scene of anxiety, suspense, and trepidation. Nothing
seems fixed, but the calm, resolute, unconquerable deter-
mination of the multitude to obtain their rights."

This is precisely the true state of the case.
The Lords, by their refractory and insulting
behaviour, have not only perilled the tranquillity
of the country, but even placed their own exist-
ence as a separate body of the State in jeopardy,
The Lords Spiritual have done, if possible,
worse; tkey have not merely perilled, but actu-
ally sealed, their own 4c:4rpction as Members of
the Upper House ; nor does it require any very
extraordinary sagacity to foresee that ere two years
have elapsed, the Episcopal Bench will be a
Bench unknown, save by tradition, in the House
of Lords. All this Might Inge I)eeti saved by
the exercise of but ordinary prudence on the pait
of the temporal and spiritual Peers. Both had
it in their power to preserve the affections of
the people ; .but the ,9ppwtp;i:fty was neglected ;
the warpipg voice rolled unheeded abwie o;eir
heads, and beh9lpi,c4e,ir condition .! Still, though
they have lost
pupla of ti.e.iF former influence
.;
though the spell that kept theirs in Xheiir ‘! Jgg,l)
,' and pOmy state" is broken ; though the very
terml,.‘ aristoeracy" pas lost its virtue, the Peers
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I have i in tkeir power to cio icaii;,.,h, very much'
towards winning baek the, at pries,ent estrani,e,:l,
affections of the country. Let them recant their
former declarations; let them pass thg 4PfoYrn..