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London, England, 1825-03-22 00:00:00

latable to the Holy Alliance. 0116 of these
demands would be so insulting, and the other
so extremely grating, that the Prince would be
treated as a very intrusive guest, instead' of hav-
ing a distinguished mark of favour conferred .upon
him. We are persuaded ourselves, and upon
no slight grounds, too, that the Austrian. Prime
Minister, so far from having it in contemplation
to submit any proposals, at which the French
Court could take umbrage, is, on the• contrary,'
using his utmost endeavours to put -the: French
Monarch and his Ministers in good humour, in
order to obtain their concurrence in a scheme
which, as may be supposed, is any thing but fa-
vourable to the liberties of mankind.—That
Ras-
sia takes a very active part in the negotiations
now pending in the French Capital is-clea-r, froth
a variety of circumstances; and in addition. to
what has already transpired on this subject, we
find that the arrival of Prince Galitzin, With ex-
traordinary diSpatches from the Russian Govern-
ment, is announecd in the Papers before us. The
course which that Power follows is not quite so
certain, as the activity by which it is marked ; 'and
a statement which has lately appeared in the Ger-
man Papers, is calculated to throsi
obscurity on the matter, instead of oontributing
to elucidate it. In that statement it is said, that
Baron Austell, who belonged to what used to be
called the Greek Party in the Russian 'Cabinet,
and who had- been ordered, on the disgrace, of
that party, if our memory does not mislead
us, to travel for the benefit of his health, has
received instructions to return immediately to
Russia ; and that upon the receipt,of them, heset.
out, without delay, for St.Petersburgh. :The cou-
rier who brought this order, next. proceeded, it,is
said, to Zurich, where Count Capo d'lstria has
been sojourning, in the greatest privacy for the
last two years, with instructions, it is conjectured,
' to the Count to repair also to the Russian Capital.
The latter part of the statement is the more in-
teresting, as it would seem to indicate a change
of Russian policy, Count Capo d'lstria, before
his disgrace, having had the chief superintendence
of the Foreign Affairs of that Empire for- a num-
ber of years,- during which time he Was con-
sidered as the head of the Greek 'party there.
Being a Greek himself, he had the reputation of
mixing up national prejudice in the support of his
party; but, be this as it may, his recal at this
time would be a subject well deservin'Wof deep
consideration. In the mean time, "we find that
these complex movements have had any thing but
a favourable effect on the French funds, whiCh
for some days have been in a declining state,
with a plain tendency to further depression.

MORNING POST.J
Most of the' Miscellaneous Estimates were
voted last night by the Commons in a Committee
of Supply. In the course of the business, Mr.
Hume raised his annual objection to the amount
of the charge for our Diplomatic Establish-
ment, and recommended that we should co-
ver the expense of our new Envoys to South
America bv reducing the • number of those
whom we had in Europe. Mr. Secretary Canning,
who we regret to say still betrayed some symp-
toms of illness, ably proved the impolicy and
impropriety of adopting such a course. " There
were," said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " Larger
questions embraced in the maintenance of em-
bassies at the smaller Courts of- Europe, than
those of mere expense,—and least of all did he
think the House would come to the decision that
we ought to give up our amicable intercourse with
the lesser States of Germany, and confine all our
respect and friendship for those of preponde-
rating power and influence." He also showed
that every possible reduction had been effected ;
and that in some cases the expellees of Missions
had been curtailed one half. " True policy
and true public economy lay not in making the
emoluments of these offices exorbitant, but at the
same time not such as to put them out of the reach of
persons of small income but of considerable ta-
lent. Nothing could be more at "variance with
the spirit of our Constitution than that high offices,
whether at home or abroad, should be placed out
of the reach of all but those of large hereditary
fortunes. It was a principle of this Constitution,
what he might term its republican principle, that
the Sovereign should choose the fittest men in
whatever rank of life they might be found ;
(Hear, hear !)—but if the recomMendatiou of the
Hon. Member was adopted,- that principle must
be abandoned."—That recommendation was, of
course, not adopted, and the sum was voted. as
originally proposed.

An extraordinary event has happtstwd in -the
neighbourhood of Bellez, in France. A travelling merchant,
whose wife was lately brought to bed, asked:one of his friends to
be godfather to the child. During the feastwiriCh ensued the father
spoke of a journey- it would be necessary fOr;liitn to undertake; his
wife said he could set out when he pleasett that the 8,000 francs
were ready, and she pointed to the spot where they were de-
posited. On the following day the husband went to Bellez to
make the necessary preparations, and during his absence the
godfather went to the woman and demanded the 8,000 francs,
telling her he meant to murder her, but allowing her to choose
between being shot or hanged. She preferred the latter. By this
she gained some time ; but the scoundrel made himself master
of the money, and thn prepared very coolly to execute his
victim. He got on a stool, drove-a nail into the wall and
attached a rope to it which he had-bought, tied a knot, put
the rope round his own neck, and thus tried if the rope
would support the weight of the Unfortunate woman. Like
Blueheard, he then asked her if she was ready ? Fortunately,
just at this moment the joint-stool broke, and the man him-
self remained suspended by the rope he intended to apply to
the woman. She immediately procured assistance, the -man
was cut down alive, and carried to priion, where a trial, and a
fate similar to that from which he was rescued, await
The money, which was found at his -feet, does away with any
doubt as to his motives.—( Paris Paper. )

EXECUTION OF POWELL FOR MURDER.—Thurs
day morning, at the County. Gaol of Staffordshire. this unfortu-
nate man. underwent the sentence of the law, for the murder of
Spencer, and his body, after hanging the usual timei was taken
down and conveyed to the Infirmary for dissection. The un-
fortunate criminal had been married, and his wilo died lately in
the Infirmary, leaving a child about-three-years old,. whom he
strongly recommended to the care of his brother. It :wen's that
he evidently feared his end, but eichibitcd little repent-
ance. While receiving the Hol Sacrament, his hands
trembled very much; and after the administration of
this solemn ordinance, the Chaplain "urged him to relieve
his mind by confession: Ile fidmitted himself guilty of the
robbery, but denied the murder ; he said he knew Who did it,
but would not tell. While on the scaffold he addressed the
audience, and set forth himself as an awful warning to all ;
telling his hearers,
to avoid idleness and bad company. This was well, had his
whole demeanour been as proper,
but while his clothes were
one of f:.•et among the crow&
that if they would escape his.untimely end,
being; prepared for the awful moment he kicked the shoe off'