The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-02 00:00:00

BIRR STEEPLE CHASE.

A most splendid Steeple Chase, for a Gold Whip was run on the
20th ult. at Birr, by the following gentlemen's poneys, over three
miles of a sporting country :—Master S. Hackett's King's County
Lass (rode by A. Hackett, Esq. ). Master F. Hackett's Sir Wil-
liam (rode by J. Breton, jun., Esq. ), Mr. E. Warren's Wasp (rode
by owner), Mr. J. Doolv's Off-She-Goes (rode by Mr. T. Tracy),
Mr. J. Molloj,'s Cock-a-I-loop, Mr. Doolan's 13essy, Mr. L. Flood's
Fusileer, and Mr. 'l'. Mitchell's Adclaide.—lt afforded the greatest
amusement to the vast concourse who were assembled on the occa-
sion to witness this juvenile sport.—E. Flood, Esq. and J. Melsop,
Esq., were the Stewards.

THE ROYAL HUNT.
The last fixture for the season with his Majesty's
Hounds was Thursda) last, at Knaphill, where a very ,p,spect_
able number of real sportsmen assembled ; there %v.-ere also pre-
sent to witness the turn-out many ladies is carriages, who
must have been highly gratified at the sight, for the country
was very open, and the start every thing that could be wished
fir. The weather also was favourable for the nags, for had it
been hot, as is generally the case at the end of April, it would
have told sad tales, as the run was a severe one, and 1-..sted two
hours and a half. The first part of the chase was over open
heath country, with now and then a fly at the enclosures,
which made the contrast delightful, then skir,ing Hurley Park
to the Golden Farmer Hill, from therco nearly to Southill
Park, through Swinley to Warfield, then crossing the fine in-
closures, and through Winkfield Park to New Lodge, Inm
whence into the wood nearly to St. Leonard's ; here, turning
short back, the deer was taken at the Winkfield Spa, when
any thing but spa later would have been liberalled called for, as
both men and horses had had quantum sullieit. Thus ended the
hunting campaign for this season, being a most excellent wind
up, not one of the many splendid runs which these hounds
have had this season being more satisfactory than the present
one. The falls wero very numerous, but we are happy to say
none of serious consequence.

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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS.
From Fraser's Literary Chronicle.
AIOI:DAY London Medical Society, 8, p.m.
Horticultural Society (Anniversary), 1, p.m.
Royal Institution (Anniversary ), 3, p.m.
Institute of British Architects( Anuiversary), 2, p.m.
Phrenological Society, 8, p.m.
Entomological Society, 8, p.m.
Turin AY Horticultural Society, 3, p.m.
Linntean Society, 8, p.m.
Civil Engineers, 8, p.m.
Architectural Society, 8, p.m,
Wen N EYDA Y Society of Arts, 8 p. rn.
t (1 arour Zoological Society (Monthly Meeting), 3, p.m.
Society of Antiquaries, 8, p.m.
loyal Switty, half-past 8, p.m.
I FRIDAY' loyal Toititution, 9, p.m.
SATU DA Y. ,„floyul Asiatic Society, I, p.m.
MR NEW SAFETY CAB.—Public attention has
been a good deal attracted by a carriage, built by the Safety
Cabriolet Company, after Mr. Hansom's patent, as a speci.
men of those intended to be introduced into the streets of the
metropolis. We are gratified to hear that the plan has been
found to fulfil, if not exceed, the expectations of the inventor,
and of the Company. For ease and safety to the passenger,
it is unequalled; and, for lightness of draught to the horse,
far superior to any other vehicle yet invented. The position
of the driver (on the top of the carriage) has been objected to
as unsafe; but tho men who have bzen engaged in this capa-
city are of quite a contrary opinion, in which we certainly
agree ; for facility of steering, it cannot be compared with
trio awkward one-sided position of the driver of the common
cab; being elevated, the guide has a clear view of all around
him, and can observe the signs of the drivers in the van
without obstruction—a point of great importance in such
crowded thoroughfares as Gracechurch-strect, Chearside,
Fleet street, and the Strand—the principal courses of cab-
traffic. The safety and utility of the invention having been
fully proved on the experimental carriages, by severer trials
than it is ever likely a
cab in ordinary use would be subjected
to, the Company are now building a number, to supersede the
present dangerous and lumbering things—which wiil be in i
operation about the latter end of May. It is almost needless. ru
to wish the undertaking success ; we arc confident the inven-
tion trill mutually benefit the public, the shareholders, and the
talertted inventor,—Mechanics'

(From the Court Mayazine.)
AlonsiNG DsEss.-Reiii.gote of lilac satin : n doubl, falling
sle.e e made tight to the elbow : collar of Fst no!: cambric ;
bonnet of green satin,•trimmed with blonde.
EVENING DRESS.—Of amber silk, clouded with l'gtt brew 1.
The sleeves, corsage, and head-dress, after the fashi n of
Charles the Second's time. Necklace and irxelets of asses
thysts and gold.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF FASHIONS AND ORES i. --WO
have to announce several new materials ;or ntlplig,
and evening dress. Amonr the first, we think tha
a very light material of Cashmere wool quadrilled with silk,
may take precedence. There are several others twilled ;IA
striped, but none so novel and pretty as the one we hive men-
tioned. Several printed jaconet muslins have appeared of .
new and very pretty.patterns ; but they are expected to be a
good dea l in request in undress, but it is yet too early to be at
any certainty on the subject ; the same may be said of whits
strired, cross barred, and figured muslins. Pcau tie Monier
composed of silk and wool, is figured and titudrilled with
flowers in the squares. Foulards baitick; arc printed silks of
new and striking patterns. Ilindostan and Mentrh!s are corn-
posed of a mixture of silk and wool; the first is figured and
quadrilled with flowers in the squares, the latter is both plain
and twilled. There are also several fancy silks, both striped
and figured. We see among the evening dress materials,
a peculiarly rich kind of silk, to which the name of velout is
given, as veloute Amanda, de la Juive, guirlandes et bouquets,
and clochette, this last is figured.
Pelisses are decidedly in favour in carriage dresses they
are composed of plajn rich silks, as pou de sole or .s,ros d'ete,
and are trimmed with the same material, either festooned or in
small rouleaus. A good many are closed down the sides wizh
knots, which are also employed (but of a smaller size) to con.
floe, the peierine at the throat and at the bottom. In some
instances the sleeve is divided into three bouffants, but of a
small size, and the separation is marked by a knot between
each. For half-dress pelisses, the pelerine is made open on
the bosom, and generally shallower in front than behind ; but
both in half-dress and negli,ge, pelerincs are smaller than they
were last season. The sleeves of pelisses have considerably
diroisished it size, though not so much so as those of robes.
As to the skirts, there is no alteration in their enormous width,
nor in the length that they have been for some time.
D:-awn bonnets continue in request in morning dress. The
spring materials fur hats and bonnets are pou ds; sole, rice
straw, and Italian straw. The long brims, so fashionable last
season, seem to be again in request, but a little deeper, and
sufficiently wide to trim the interior wit', ribands and flowers.
We may cite as a pretty novelty of tbii kind, knots of riband
forming two tufts on each side, ans't with very long ends, which
fall on the cheeks below the brim of the hat. A good many
both of Italian and rice straw hats are trimmed with white
feathers and ribands. Ziome of the prettiest half-dress bon-
nets arc of rice straw, the brim descending low upon the
checks, and the crown brought very forward. Some are lined
with white tulle, and trimmed with white ribands. Others are
lined with rose or blue crane, and trimmed with ribands of a
white ground quadrilled in the colour of the lining ; the inte-
rior of the brim is trimmed with puffed riband arranged in a
very novel manner, each puff being formed of five or six
coqucs, which compose a rose. Some of these ornaments are
made with ends which fall upon the cheeks.
Silk robes will be preferred during this month, at least, in
half-dress. We see several Bros de Naples robes striped in
two shades of brown ; others of an ecruc ground, figured in
small black and white patterns ; and several or grey lion do
sole, both plain and figured. Muslin robes, however, arc also
partially adopted ; the most novel of them have a corsaque a
l'enfant; it is made full, and attached to a plain baud.- This is
not a novelty, but a revived fashion ; it is, however, the only
change that has been made in the corsages of dress ; in other
respects they remain just as they were, only that as the sleeves
are now almost all made tight at the upper part, they do not
fall quite so much off the shoulder; and where pc:critics are
adopted, they are not so wide upon the shoulder, nor is the
trimming so voluminous over it.
Scarfs of black pou de soie, trimmed with lace, are begin-
ning to be very general, and there is no doubt that they will
continue so during the early part of the season. . The laces
preferred will be of antique patterns, particularly those with.
double grounds. The mode of embroidered mantelets, cane-
zoos, pelerines, &c., is expected to be quite as general as it
was last year. There is also great reason to believe that
white muslin robes, and pelisse robes, embroidered in very full
patterns, will be greatly in request. Riband scarfs will con-
tinue in favour : we may cite as the most novel and beautiful
among them, the Eris scarf, in which fifty seven shades of
'different colours are apparent.
Turbans are expected to continue in favour in evening;
dress, two new materials tul-Sylphide, and tul-Danae, have
just appeared for them. Some evening dress hsss have al-
ready appeared of white or rose crape, or tulles ornamented
With sprigs of tunas roses, or lilacs of Bengal. The colours
that we announced last month will be those in favour except
for sillts, which, as we have already rereaaed, are at present
either of full o.• quiet colours. WI .e decidedly most
in request for hats and .bcnnets, and also Most in &your in
evening dress. •

t seems to. be und%rstood, that though the pro-
iy)sed measure'for authorizing foreign wheat to be ground in
bond for exportation bas been thrown out, the parties inte-
rested have not wholly lost the hope of succeeding in some
measure of that kind, and at no very distant period. Their
reliance is on the more favourable opinion which is now sup-
posed to be entertained by the agricultural committee on the:
subject, arising out of the conviction they have arrived at, that
the measure could not materially affect the agricultural interest,
and might even be attonded, .under certain modifications, with
advantage to them. When the deputation had a commuirdea.-
tion with the Board of Trade upon this matter in the latter
cod of last year, they were pkinly given to understand that
their only chance of success would he their making it in some.:
way or other acceptable to the agricultural interest, whyse
views the Government coal I not venture to resist, and the op-
position from that quarter led, in fact, in a great degree to
the loss of that measure. But there arose also some opposi-
tion for other reasons, with respect to which the patties lotelty
complain of the conduct of Mr. Poulett Thomson, who, after
assuring* them that there was no danger but from rite agricul-
turists, insinuated doubts in his speech on the e,casion whe-.
ther such a measure could be adopted with &Joy to (he r e.
venue, which was a very different question. As the buss aess
is now in the hands of men of spirit and perseverance, who
are not to be bafilod by one repulse, they will certair4y push
the matter forward on every fit occasion that may resent it-
Plan, in view calcu-
Jr. All that can
self. There has been a report current, it seems in the corn
trade, that Ministers themselves had sonic
lated to effect their object, but this is an err.
he said is, that some communications haye been made which.
have had some influence upon the nzoculturat Committee-
and that the merchants and others, with 1. •
had in view...-.
*wrium it origitta•A
remain stanch in the pursuit of the p1,..,1 they
Times.
TIIE PRESS IN SWI":ZERLAND.—The .Stvr:bian
Mercury says that the Isarrent report is that fresk "nc",es have been sent from seYor:d of the Northern Cabinet', to the Swiss
Directory, urgie.
''' it to restrict the liberty of 0-.0 Peess.
Acco
"..,its from Venice, of the 15th,'1'wo persons ar.nounce that
the P'..olera is raging there with violence,
at-
tached to the Court of the Archduke Rairler have fallen vic-
tims. The Archduke and his family :13-1 returned a few days
before to Milan.
The first sheep fair of the season took place at
Downton, Wilts, on Saturday last, when the small portion of
stock which was offered for sale r_Alised higher prices titan have
been obtained for some years.
HORSE-ItACING Al' eARIS.—It has been calcu-
lated that Miss Annette. toe filly belonging to Lord Seymour,
has already wor, for he• owner stakes and bets to the amount
of 700,000 fr. (.18,oca ) at the different races in France and
Belgium, where she has been entered.
Em 1G RA T1V.1.N.---On Friday afternoon the ship
Amelia Thompson, etr,rtered by the Emigration Committee,
left Gravesend, having on board 250 passengers, pr....ioally of
Irish origin. T'm emigrants embarked in a steamer from 'Se.
Katharine's D',ck early in the morning, accompanied by the
Chairman and a member of the Committee, the Government
agent, Sir John Franklin, the newly appointed Governor of
the Colony ; Lord Clements, Sir Charles Lemon, and about
fifty ethers embarked in the cause of emigration. The vessel,
a barque of 450 tons burden, was extremely well fitted up for
the reception of the passengers, and elicited the approbation
of the several individuals who had an opportunity of inspect-
ing it.

-EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MAGAZINE —While
the Gallant Mary, Captain Wambersie, arrived at Baltimore,
was I)iilg at Santa Martha on the sth of March, the powder
magazine blew up, attended with the loss of several lives.
The Gallant Mary at the time was lying about two cables'
leni.,,th from the magazine ; the explosion fortunately took a
different direction, or it might have proved much more seri-
ous. The shock was felt very sensibly on board. This is
the second explosion which has taken place within a short time,
occasioned altogether by carelessness.—New York Paper,
ZOOLOGICAL. SOCIETY.—The anniversary meet-
ing was held on Friday at the Lowther Rooms, King Wil-
liam-street, the Earl of Derby, President, in the Chair. Mr.
, Bennett, the Secretary, read the Report of the auditors, from
which it appeared that the total receipts of the last year were
17,0611., including the sum of 1,080/. for admission fees ;
4,7561. for annual subscriptions, 7,3431. for admissions to the
gardens, and sq/. I Is. for admissions to the museum. The
total expendure was stated as 16.729/. 13s. 7d., and a balance
left in the hands of the bankers of 859/, the former including
the cost of 3,0001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, and a pay_
meat -on account of the well of 595/. 19s. 2d. The asses
were stated as 10,760/. Ils. in funded property, and 1,1004
invested in land, whilst the liabilities consisted in debts a
1,510/. 183., and of contracts pending 1,3661. In the gene-
ral expenditure for the Fast year an increase of 350/. Ind taken
place as compared with the preceding year, and in the general
receipts of income of the Society there was stated a falling off
of about 800/, owing partly to decrease in the amount of sales:
of superfluous stock, pal tly to a less amount received for A.
missions to the gardens, but chiefly from a diminished amount
received for compositions. The result, however, of thts
finances for the pest year exhibited an improvement
of about
as compared with the assets and liabilities of the p re-
sent year. The auditors further stated that the amou-:c duo to
the investment fund was 2,401/. 17s. 5d., and that a s m
1,371/, incurred in expenses for the well, although treated tf,a
an investment, not being actually tangible and available rs.st-ts„
was therefore not included in the list of assets. 11'4 con-
cluded their Report by stating- their firm opinion the:. mach of
the future welfare, ai:j, perhaps, the stability and pertuanenev•
of the Society, depended en the observance of the strictest
economy, and following up the provident resolutions of the-
Couneit upon the suhject. Thanks were moved to the Noble/
President, after which the meetiug adjourned.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1836.

The alterations made in the English Tithe Bill
come under the consideration of the House of Com-
mons to-night. We shall now see how far the land-
owners wen:: sincere when they stated that their prin-
cipal objection to the Bill, as it originally stood, was
the comrulsory principle which pervaded it. That
ob;,-etiOn has been completely obviated. The appor-
tionment of the rent•charge which, if carried into
arect as at first proposed, they said, would have con-
founded all the distinctions of morality as well as of
soil, is now committed entirely to their own hands, to
he dealt with as to them may seem good in every case.
Other changes have been introduced to suit the
views thrown out by individuals, whose °pi-
llions on such matters were considered worthy of
attention, and the result is tha: the measure has been
moulded to :he will of the landowners, as far as it was
possible to do so, without sacrificing the very funda-
mental principle on which a commutation, to have the
least title to be called equitable, must ever rest—the
principle of making what has been received the standard
of what is to be received in fictive. Rather than that
this principle should he given up, we say, as we said
on a former occasion, let _things remain as they-are.

Tho Irish Constabulary Bill comes on for discussion
this night, in Committee, in the House of Lords. We
can pretty well guess what will be the result. Mr.
O'CoNNELL's sanction will occasion the " cutting
and maiming" of the most ►naterial prov:sion3 of the
measure, so that it w►ll be reduced, like the Irish Mu-
nicipal 13i11, to little better than a mere avid mortuum.
Possibly, however, we may be, disappointed, and right
glad shall we be to find that we have been premature
in our anticipations. We would far rather anticipate
good than evil, but when we bear in mind the O'CoN-
SELL-phobia which is just now raging so virulently in
the House of Lords ; and the " evil eye" with which
their Lordships look upon every individual measure of
/he present Liberal Administration ; when we remem-
ber too, the proverbial propensity of our hereditary
Legislators to- retrograde, or stand stock-still, when
they should be moving forward with the rest of the
world, we cannot but augur the most untoward"
fate for the Irish Constabulary Bill. Yet it is a inea-
.sure most beneficial to the interests of Ireland, and if

allowed to pass in all its pristine integrity, would go
far to allay the hot party animosities that have so long
been the scourge and the disgrace of that country.

Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 24th ult. in-
clusive, have been received. During the sitting of the
23d, the Address of the Proceres, in answer to the
speech fro:n the Throne, was carried by a majority of
seven ; the contents being thirty-three, the non-con-
tents twenty-five. MENDIZABA L met with the most
detennincd opposition on the part of a • large portion
of the Grandees of the first class. This is entirely
owing to his supposed leaning towards the interests of
this country. With an energy, and a firmness which
surprised and confounded his " illustrious " opponents
and traducers, the President of the Council disputed
his ground inch by inch with Dukes and Archbishops,
and what was more important, maintained his position
so that not a single amendment was catried against
him.

The Chamber of Procuradores met on the
21st, to discuss a petition praying the Minister of
Finance to bring forward the Budget of 1837, with-
out giving any account of the receipts or expendi-
ture of the current year. Upon this petition being
read, MENDIZABAL rose and stated that it was for
the Chamber to consult its own feelings upon the sub-
ject ; the Government would not seek to interfere, as it
was of no consequence to him whether the petition was
adopted or rejected. He was quite prepared witti,,lt,n
account of their annual expenditure, but the state of tilt
country prevented any regularity in the receipts, and
he feared that under this head correctness could not be
observed for some time longer. The Count de las
NAVAS opposed the petition, as did several other
Members' of the Chamber ; Senor CABALLERO sup-
ported it, contending that disclosures respecting the
financial resources of the country could not be made in
safety during a period of civil war. There was a neces-
sity still greater than that of carrying out constitutional
principles—namely, the political salvation of Spain.
After a debate, which continued for two days, the peti-
tion was adopted by a very large majority. On the
morning of the 24th, MENDIZABAL had not completed
his Cabinet. Lists of the new members were, how-
ever, in the hands of every body, each list differing
from all the rest. There was a rumour that a Minister
of Public Worship would be added to the Spanish
Cabinet, in
,order to assimilate it to the Cabinet of
France. •

The repOits from the North of Spain were rather
discouraging. Another distinguished Carlist chieftain,
known by the name of the Alcalde of VILLAREAL,
had appeared in Valencia. Rumour had given him out
as different from most of the rebel leaders, he being
a man of cultivated and humane mind, but not less
brave than intelligent and well-disposed. We should
here observe that these reports were principally com-
municated by the Carlists themselves, whose agents
are everywhere at work in order to embarrass the Go-
vernment.

The Eco del Commercio mentions that an intrigue
was on foot for persuading the QUEEN to dismiss
MENDIZABAL in order to place CORDOVA at the
head of the Cabinet. This intrigue failed, although
it said that the President of the Council was so dis-
concerted by it as almost voluntarily to retire from the
Ministry. That CORDOVA is intriguing against the
President, the QUEEN, and the country, we have little
difficulty in believing, notwithstanding the contrary
assertion of General EVANS ; and we think that if
MENDIZABAL have any regard to his own safety, he
cannot do better than have him removed from the
command of the army of operations. We verily be-
lieve that his past. failures in the Basques have been
the result not of incapacity but of treachery.

The Bishop of PALENCIA, who was made prisoner
on his way to join DON CARLOS, will be tried at
Madrid by the Councl of Castile and the Indies, on a
charge of high treason.

The whole of the Paris papers of Friday and Satur-
day have been received. The Customs' Tariff Bill, as
amended, was carried, on Friday, by a majority of 216
—twenty-two only voting against it ! What will Dr.
BOW.RING say to this ? The French Deputies are
not much the better for his lectures on the reciprocity
system. The Hon. Member for Blackbuime will per-
ceive that we do not speak jestingly, as he is not a
more zealous advocate for free trade than we are. We
are only disappointed at the result of labours which he
led the country to believe would be attended by the
best consequences.

There was not the slightest symptoms of an amnesty
to be published on the King's birth-clay, although
Paris was in a ferment with preparations for fire-works
and theatrical exhibitions. The Dukes of ORLEANS
and NEMOURs were to leave Paris for Berlin on
Tuesday (to-morrow).
Letters from Elorrio, the head-quarters of Don
CARLos, take notice of a series of Decrees published
by the PRINCE for the consolidation of his Govern-
ment. His Ministers are all dismissed, with the ex-
ception of Senor Don JUAN BANTISTA DE ERRO,
who is henceforth' to fill all the departments in the
Prince's Cabinet. Thew is to be only one Ministerial
department, until the Prince reaches Madrid ! His
Royal Highness has also appointed a Provisional
Consulting Council or Junta, to assist him by its
wisdom in discovering the nearest road to the capital
of Spain.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PAeis, APRIL '29.
Five per Cents., 107 f 85e. 90c. 95c.
Four par Cents., Ittof. 90c.
Three per Cents., Sit: 95c. 82f. 81f, 93c.
Batik Actions, 2,240 f
ltente de Naples, 11121. 95c lalf. 9;:c. a;c. 93c.
Roman Fire per Cents., 1115.
Spanish Actives, 441 s
Spanish Difti,res,
Spanish l'assives, 14,, 1{y?;(.
Belgian Loan, rive per Cents. 103 N.
Pottioptese Three tier Cents :2%
Dutch Two and a half per Cents . 57f. 50c.
llaytian Loan, 31St'.
1:Ncl1a inc (01 LONIIO%.
One month, paper, c ; money, 211.
T',ec mouths, paper, D 1.27; sue. ; money, 251. ti7N,c.
rs Allthenli
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL
Five per Cents., 107 f. Wit: 8 'c. 75c. 85c. 92c.
our per Cents., lull. 20c. 10c.
I hree pert ent‘. Blf. 95c. 9lk. 95c.
I:ank Actions. 2,24,f.
Roue de .Japles, ItrJ. 70c. 60c. 65c.
Roman tive per Cents., 1.5.
Spanish Actives, 41!4 44 4431,4!..;„
Spanish Differes, '2'2. -
Spanish Passives, 141,4 !.6.
BAgiati Loan. Five per Cents I' 2.1 i
Portuguese lien, Three per Cents, 52N Ff, 53.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 57f. 45c.
Haytiati Loan, :AU

EU:MINOR. ON LONNON. •
One month. paper, 15f. 42,6 e. ; tnoney, 25t 424 c.
Three months, paper, 251. 27,e.; money, ‘2sf. 27)ste.

—fours Autit;:niierie.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO Fotia.—The opening price of the
Three per Cents. was 82 ; a good deal of business has been
done at 811. 95c. This being option day, after the time fixed,
which is half.past two, the price got up to 82. Spanish
Active Stock has been done at 44, but on the report that
letters of the 24th mention that the Ministry of Spain is finally
composed, the price rose to 44i..
LAST Patcs.s.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 90c. ; Three
per Cents., 821. —c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —I; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb-
bards, ; Differes, 101; New Loan, ; Actives, 441;
Passives, 14+; Ducats, 102 75 ; Romans, 105 ; Pedros, —;
Belgians, 1021 ; Dutch, —l. —c. ; Haytians, 3951. —c. ;
Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 161 ; Con-
tinuation, —e. ; New Differes, 22; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan,

NEWS OF THE MORNING. '
PARIS, APRIL 30.—There is nothing official in the Moniteur
this morning.

Yesterday Marshal Clausel, acquainting the President of the
Chamber of his arrival, requested him to announce to the sub-
Committee of the Budget that he wished to furnish it with
some documents calculated to assist it in its deliberations on
the Budget of our possessions in Africa.
If we are well informed, the Committee thinks it ought to
propose a great reduction in the effective force of the army ;
and the Marshal will insist on retaining the present establish-
ment, which promises the most successful results for our colo-
nization. This opinion finds little favour itrthe Ministry and
the Chamber. However, nobody ventures to avow the inten-
tion or the necessity of abandoning our conquest. Let us hope