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London, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

bread. Orders were obliged to be given to the officer on duty
to disperse this melancholy assemblage; bet the armed force
discharged its duty with the greatest delicacy, so much did
the state of the pour unfortunates awaken its pity! We
hope that the Ministers will hasten to deny ail the rumours
afloat, which are no doubt erroneous. The nation is inte-
rested in knowing to what purpose the ten millions just de-
livered have been devoted. The Ministry ought to publish
detailed accounts of toe public expenses, and of the manner
in which They have been employed, in conformity with the
law relative to the budget. It is only thus that it can silence
malevolent reports, save its own responsibility, and conciliate
public esteem."

MADRID &lOWA, FEB. 13.—The Three per Cents, were
done at 32 for cash; the Four per Cents., at 20%; the Five
per Cents., at 201/2 ; the Debt without Interest, at 614 ; and
the Coupons, at 18%.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The Prcsse of Friday contains a furious attack upon
Lord PALMERSTON because ho does not expel the Count
DE MONTEMOLIN from England. The writer in the
Presse forgets that England is a country free, not in
name only, but in reality, where neither SOVEREIGN nor
Ministers have the power of interfering with the per-
sonal liberty of even a foreigner, and where (and it would
be well that the same could be said with equal truth of
all constitutional Governments), as the SOVEREIGN reigns
by the law, so must the SOVEREIGN obey the law, not
in appearance only, but in deed and in truth.
The large majority by which Lord G. BF--eiscß's
motion was defeated has operated " as a heavy blow and a
great discouragement" to the Guizot party, who have of
late been actively intriguing for a change of Ministry
in England. The Ministerial journalists are scarcely
able to conceal their disappointment. Of the tone
adopted by the Opposition the following extract from
the Commerce will give an idea :
"The English Ministry have obtained a majority of 204
votes. This result was not doubtful. But the effect of this
vote is, that the Whig Ministry is firmly fixed in its place ;
for in England, where the constitutional regime is sincere,
majorities are real, and when they announce themselves
they give the Ministry a certitude of existence. The strength
which the English Ministry displays is a rude blow to M.
Guiztt, who also disposes of an immense majority, but
which, thanks to corruption, does not represent the veritable
will of the country. The relations between M, Guizot and
Lord Palmerston are evidently such that the two Ministers
cannot remain in face of each other without danger of a per-
sonal irritation, the consequences of which are but too easy to
calculate. Which of the two Ministers will yield to the other,
for the two countries are determined not to have a war ?
A single fact will decide the question—namely, the more or
less reality offered by each of the majorities which support
the two Ministers. At present M. Guizot, better than any
other person in France, ought to comprehend how
ephemeral and false are the triumphs procured by corrup-
tion. The Cabinet which weighs on us for six years, has
undertaken the task of extinguishing all the general passions
of politics. In their place, it has excited the whole circle of
private interests. That it is exceedinglyuseful and even in-
dispensable to maintain one's self in a country in spite of
its wishes, its progress, and its dignity; but if a moment
comes when energy of action or resistance is required, a
Ministry who has weakened and corrupted everything, seeks
in vain around it, in a desperate case, for true convictions,
spontaneous resources, and force of public opinion. What
it finds is a majority of solicitors, satisfied or to satisfy,
which has no will of its own, and of which the approbation
is insured in advance to every act and every word—a pro-
digality of submission, sometimes embarrassing, but never
a support or assistance. Had there been a real Conservative
majority in the Chamber, that majority on taking on itself
to blame M. Guizot for certain procides in the Spanish mar-
riages, would have rendered to France the great service of
defending the accomplishment of these marriages, and of
re-establishing an alliance necessary to the peace of the
world. But far from that, what we have in the guise of a
majority could only bow down before all that it pleased M.
Guizot to say and do; and here we have the majority, the
Chamber, the representation, the country, responsible for all
the sayings and doings of M. Guizot ! as if the policy of M.
Guizot, with all his procides, his surprises, and his petty
necessities for denials, was the highest point of the policy of
France!"
The Marchioness of NORMANDY gave a grand rout on
Friday evening. The rooms were thronged with the
elite of the British and foreign personages of distinction
at present in Paris. None of the French Ministers were
present, nor were any of the members of the Ministerial
party. Count MOLE and M. TRIERS were among the
company.

M. GulzoT gave a reception the same evening, which
was much crowded. Among the assemblage were
several of the KING'S Ministers, his colleagues, most of
the members of the diplomatic corps, a great many
foreigners of distinction, including Lord and Lady
HOLLAND, Lord HOWDEN, Baron DE CAPELLEN, late
Governor of the Dutch East Indies ; and Count
VILLAREAL, formerly Portuguese Minister in the
Cabinet of COSTA CABRAL ; Duke PASQUIER, and
many other Peers ; M. DuPnr, and nearly all the
members of the Conservative party in the Chamber of
Deputies, and a very large portion of the members of
the Council of State and the Institute.
The rise in the price of corn in the United States
has created some alarm in Paris. The Debate, in
alluding to this subject, says—

" This augmentation of price in America is the repetition
of what took place in Europe at the beginning of the year.
We must hope that it will not in its turn have the effect of
raising the prices in our markets. What makes us think
that it will not, is the fact that at the present price of corn
in America, with a freight more than double what is
usually charged, there would still remain a good profit for the
importers. We do not think that the Government sLnds in
need of warning on this subject. It is acquainted with all
that is passing with what is grave in the state of things,
anti with the probable duration of the difficulties. It shows
by the impulsion which it has given to public works by the
development of the means of charity, and by the recent order
icy which powerful steamers are sent to those seas, where
vessels laden with corn might otherwise experience a delay,
that its solicitude is awakened. It shows this also by the
measures which it has adopted to prevent every attempt at
riot. With order the crisis will pass over, not without stn.-
fering, but in such a way as soon to leave no trace behind.
;f we allowed disorder to prevail, if we did not immediately
repress it on every point where it should be manifested, the
crisis would become &calamity. What is passing shows also
the falsehoold and danger of these theories which recommend
commercial isolation to governments, which would compel
nations to live upon their own resources, and which, under
the pretext of favouring national industry, would erect a
Chinese wall round the parties, and regard as a calamity the
arrival of foreign products. Where should we be now if we
had not the resource of foreign corn ? We ask every honest
man what our situati,n would be if the rigour of our tariffs
excluded all supplies of food from abroad?"

The K►NG tins directed six steamers to be employed
in towing merchant vessels laden with corn in places
where they ma) be becalmed or exposed to contrary winds.
I'he following are the points at which the steamers are
to be stationed :—Two at the Dardanell, s ; two in the
Bay of Algesiras, to facilitate the passage through the
Straits of Gibraltar ; and two at the entrance of the
British Channel. The provisions of the law authorising
the importation of corn into France are to be extended
to Algeria.

According to the Courrier Francais, M. ALEXANDRE
DUMAS wished to demand an explanation from M. LEON
DE MALLEVILLE, on account of the attack of the latter
in the Chamber of Deputies on the Dumas doings in
Spain and Africa. M. VIENNET, however, to whom
in his capacity of President of the Society of Literary
Men, M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS applied to to be his second,
refused, on the ground that on the late trial M. DUMAS
had chosen to renounce the title of litterateur, and assume
that of Marquis. M. VIENNET, it is well known, places
his title of litterateur at the head of all others, and
rather than resign it, would resign his Peerage. This
has, for the present, put a check upon the bellicose pro-
pensities of M. DUMAS. The Courrier Francais adds—
" That the Duke de Montpensier, after the sitting at the
Palais Bourbon, where the mission of M. Dumas
was so
severely handled, directed his secretary, M. Latour, to for-
ward to him a letter in his name, assuring him of his affec-
tion, notwithstanding the aspersions cast upon his character
on that day. We must also say that the Duke d'Aumale and
the Prince de Joinville formally condemned the conduct of
their brother, who, everybody knows, wrote the order in
virtue of which the Veloce steamer was placed at the dis-
posal of M. Dumas. That order was transmitted from
Madrid, signed by the Prince, who, though a mere otricer of
artilley, transformed himself on the occasion into a Minister
of Marine."

PARIS BOURSE, FEB. '2O.

The market has been much firmer to-day, and from a good
demand for stock springing up, an advance in both Threes
and Fives was announced at the close, the last call for the
former being 78f. 50c., and for the latter 118 E 95c. The
market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 78f.
50c. ' • for account, 78f. 50e. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 1191.
Sc.; for account, 1181. 95c. ;
Bank of France Shares, 3,285 E;
Neapolitan, 1011. 75c. ; Spanish, not quoted.
RAmways.—The Share Market has also improved.
Throughout the day most of the lines were in good demand,
and at the close quotations were generally higher. For cash
Paris and Orleans left off at 1,270 f.; Paris and Rouen, 870 E ;
Strasburg and Basle, 207 f. 50c.; Northern, 6281. 75c.; Bor-
deaux, 5401. ; Paris and Lyons, 492 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 4681. 75c. ; Dieppe, 305 f. ; Montereau, 312 E 50c. ;•
Cette, 457 f. 50e. Other lines not quoted.
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I.:USIA:SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
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Boulogne
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1234—Orleans and B,ordeaux, 71A.

THE ETON MoNTEAL—Her Majesty, it is said, is
desirous of rescinding the order for abolishing this time-
honoured Institution, which once in every three years brought
the Sovereign of these realms into personal intercourse with
the Eton boys. As the question, however, is referred to
public opinion, it is necessary that some demonstration
should be made with regard to it before an alteration can be
effected; and therefore a meeting of Eton men is convened
for the ensuing week, to take the subject into consideration.
Sunday paper.
A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—Mr. Thompson, of Hope-
street, New Mill, Salford, has opened a soup kitchen for the
benefit of his hands, which is intended to be continued as long
as work is suspended. The dail distribution amounts to
three hundred and fifty quarts of soup and as many pounds
of bread, both being of the very best quality. No charge
whatever is made. Such a generous regard for the welfare
of the working people deserves the highest commendation,
and we trust the example will be extensively followed.—
( Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.)
STATE OF NEWGATE.—At a Committee of Alder-
men, on Saturday, the crowded state of Newgate, from Lord
John Russell having refused to transport any more criminals,
was brought under notice. It was impossible to keep the
tried and untried. in the same gaol, and more prison room
must be immediately provided. Mr. Alderman Humphery
proposed that the Borough Comptcr, which cost 7001. a year,
and did not contain a single prisoner, might be allotted to
the convicted criminals. The Recorder said they could not
be legally d3tainad there, being out of the City. The ulatter
to be further considered.