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complaints against this gross and flagitious act is
silenced by Mr. S. WoRTLEY'S measure, after the
first reading of the Bill. He has precluded all
opposition by the plausibility of the plan left for
local inspection ; and by his activity in pro-
ceeding upon his Bill, he has prevented every
party residing at the distance of a hundred
miles from the metropolis from becoming
acquainted with the nature and extent of his
real plans and intentions, and of complaining to
the House of the injury it is calculated to inflict.
Such will be the practical effect of this new
order. An order more inconvenient and more in-
jurious in its consequences, we do not hesitate to
assert, could not have been framed, and we
cannot but regret that it has not received more
grave and deliberate consideration, involving as
it does not only some of the first principles of
our Constitution, but the happiness and interests
of every member of the community. We trust,
however, that the whole of the present system
will be brought under the review of a Committee
mpowed to consider all the existing regulations,
and that its inconsistencies and inconveniencies
will be removed or remedied.

We are glad to find, for the credit of the
French Government, as well as for the safety of
our countrymen now in France, that the offensive
order for opening all letters to and from England,
upon which we animadverted yesterday, has al-
ready been rescinded. We may, therefore, in
csndour, conclude that the FrollthfriAtikvern.-,
meta had reason to suspect, bier cha-
racters unhappily abound in all countries, that'
some machinations were on foot pregnant with
danger. The promptness with which the order
was rescinded, chews that it was only intended
for temporary operation ; unless, indeed, it was
abolished from a reflection on the disgrace which
so odious a measure was likely to incur in all
other States. The following is the notice recal-
ling the offensive regulation :

." CALAIS, MARCH
" The Mayor of Calais received this day at finir o'clock a
telegraphic despatch from Paris, with instructions for him, and
the Sous-Pre:fret at Boulo'ne, to discontinue opening any
despatches that might be forwarded from hence or from that
town, by inerchanni or bankers, to any part of the Continent."

The Paris Papers of Saturday do not contain
an.y news of the slightest political importance,
except a report mentioned in the Etoile, that
OMER PAcu.t had actually joined the Greeks.
The French Chamber of Deputies is still occu-
pied with the Law of Indemnity, and the amend-
ments proposed to be made in its provisions.
Considerable satisfaction is expressed by the
Frencb Journalists at the system of Finance laid
by the CHANC ELLO it of the ExcuEQuEn. before
the House of Commons yesterday week ; and
with good reason, for the reduction of the Duty
on French Wines must increase the exportation
from France, and revive that important branch
of her produce and commerce which has for
some years past been much depressed.
I'IRIS, S.—FRENCH FtiNns.--Fiye per Cents.
opened at 106 E ; closed at 106 f. 13c—Bank Stock, 2,035 E
Itente de Naples, Certificate Falconnet, 911. 30c.—liente d'Es-
pagne, 201 E—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, GllE—Exchange on
London one month, 251. ; three ditto, 241. 85c.—(Dour: Au-
thentique.)

Frankfort Papers of the Ist instant furnish the
following article of intelligence :

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tr ISTCADEX, FEE. 28.
•
His Serene Highness the Duke of Nassau opened the sitting
of the Assembly of the States to-day in person. In his speech
on this occasion he observed that the introduction of this insti-
tution, which had been established only a few years, had been
rendered necessary by the dissolution of the German Empire,
and that the experience of seven years had proved its utility. Il is
Highness observed that the public expenditure was gradually
decreasing, that the taxes on the land-owners and farmers, who
suffered by the low price of agricultural produce, had been al-
ready diminished, and that he had particular satisfaction in
being able to hold out a hope that it would be possible to afford
that class of the people still further relief.

Hamburgh Papers to the 2d, and Dutch Papers
to the 6th inst., have arrived this morning. Their
contents are not of any importance.

EXCHANGES.
11AmnuRGH, MARCH I.—London, 36. 3. ; 2 Us., 36.
PETERSBURGII, FEB. 15.—London, 9. 13-16.
I,Eirsm, FEB. 25.—London, three months, 6. 141.
BERLIN, FEB. 26.—London, three months, 6. 25.
AMSTERDAM, MARCH 4.—London, two months, 39. 10.
39. 7.

MR. ROWCROFT.—This Gentleman, who was
British Consul• General at Lima, according to a
report in the City this day, has been acciden-
tally shot at that place. It is said that he was
challenged by a sentinel, but not hearing the
man, he fell a victim on the occasion. We
sincerely hope that this report is unfounded, as
his character was highly respected in this coun-
try, and his abilities well calculated to support
its interests.

Private Letters, dated the 24th December,
have been received from Lima. They confirm
the recent accounts of the decisive triumph of
the cause of independence in South America. A
Gazette, communicating the official reports of the
series of actions on the 7th, Bth, and 9th of De-
cember, which led to that important result, was
published at Lima on the 18th of that month,
and a copy of the Gazette is, we understand, in
town.

We have received a file of the RoNal Sierra
Leone Go:ytte, to the 16th January. The following article,
dated Freetown, Jan. 15, is the only one of any interest:--" His
Majesty's ship Bann, Capt. CouRTENAv, arrived here on
Sunday last, after a passage of eighteen days, from Cape Coast,
from whence she brings letters. The Commodore had arrived
' there in the Maidstone, after sending his boats into the Sherbro,
where there were several slavers under the Spanish and French
flags, but, as usual, waiting for their ladino• and, consequently,
n
also looked in at the several
hauntso h n
Castle continued as unhealthy
tliao le to be
waymo molested
home. : the ship
as at any former period, and the deaths equally great. Among
those who have lately fallen victims to the eful climate, are
the Rev. Mr. DENX,Y, the Chaplain "
hat.k I_,fill'MAN, of
the Commissariat Staff. Colonel GRANT was continuing his
exertions most successfully in giving due effect to the blessings
which restored tranquillity had brought about. The Ashantees
were heard of only as being hardly pressed in their own country
by the almost equally powerful surrounding tribes, who, it is
expected, will humble this hitherto overbearing Power. On
the Maidstone's passage from here, she fell in with and spoke
h
Huritflyortr(aanpspeorct, with eight officers and 139
troops, and
This vessel was then
flay clays from England, and when the Bann left, was expected
at the Cape hourly.,,
It is reported that the British Continental
tliii, ,Marquess
andprovisions of
Gas Company has contracted to light
the King Copenhagen
with gas, and that of D eNmARK has
sig-
nified his approbation of the measure.
Last year the value of goods imported into
Odessa, amounted to nearly eleven millions of
rubles, and the exports to above fourteen million.