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of their superfluous apfarel, of their more moveable
articles of furniture, to buy meal for themselves and
tLe'r. childrer. Some have reduced themselves to po-
sitive beggary by selling their one cow or their one
sheep, to satisfy the cravings of hunger. An eye-
witness writes from the Island of Mull that
several of its inhabitants might have been
observed " wandering over the blackened
patches of land, and pulling up here and
there a shrivelled root." Another writes from North
and South Uist in these affecting terms :—The cot-
tars " are suffering already, and- some of them, I
fear, seriously, though their cry is not heard F' A
third correspondent describes the privations endured
by the people at Benbecula, at Uist, and at Barra, in
more emphatic words. " Were Ito detail all the
scenes of wretchedness and actual famine in the fa-
milies we saw," he exclaims, "it would melt the
hearts and open the hands of every man and woman
in the country." Such is the lamentable position of
affairs in a considerable portion of the mainland of
Scotland, and in the Scottish islands containing a
population of 125,326 individuals.
We are rejoiced to think that strenuous efforts are
at length being made to alleviate the miseries of our
afflicted countrymen. Labour still continues to be
almost inaccessible, but the lack of employment by
the local landowners is being in some measure compen-
sated through the earnest endeavours of benevolent
men in the Scotch capital and elsewhere. In
accordance with the recommendations of these honest
and unpretending philanthropists, provisions of
various descriptions have been purchased and dis-
tributed among some of the more necessitous districts.
Meal has already, through their instrumentality, been
forwarded to Barra, to Uist, to Harris, to the coasts
of Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Argyleshire, to
Skye, to Mull, to Tyree, to Coll, and to " the lumi-
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of the more generous-hearted there has been
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diminution of the sufferings of those hitherto
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Since we adverted to the subject of capital punish-
ment, objecting to the views, and particularly to the
arguments, of those who advocate its immediate aba-
lition, another meeting has been held to discuss the
question in the Lecture Hall of the Literary Institu-
tion, Greenwich. 'When we call to mind the mode
in which this grave subject has been treated, and
the shallowness of the reasons advanced for re
moving the extreme penalty of the law from the
statute-book, we feel inclined to regret that any one
of the recent public assemblies should ever have been
congregated. In !he hands of Messrs. ROWTON,
VINCENT, STEYENS, &c., who have chiefly figured at
the meetings alluded to, the question has certainly
not prospered—on the contrary, it hss retrograded.
This failure arises not only from the unseasonableness
of pressing for a momentous change in the law before
the public mind and the state of society are duly prepared
for it, but also from the most infelicitous blunders,
as respects both facts and reasons, which have of late
been committed throughout by the enemies of expia-
tion by the gallows. Moreover, we observe that
every one of the speakers at Greenwich repeated the
same fault which we have previously deprecated—
that of giving a purely theological turn to the entire
controversy, of introducing passages of Scripture
wholesale, for the double purpose of undermining the
interpretation of such as are relied upon by their
opponents, and of producing others which seem to
warrant 'their own conclusions. It may be urged
that they are driven to scriptural argument in con-
sequence of the confidence with which their adver
saries appeal to the Bible in support of capital
punishment. In the first place, if the Abolitionists
think they cannot succeed in their cause without en-
tering the arena of theology, they should be at some
ordinary pains to come out of the conflict with ad-
vantage ; but we must say that all their
polemical efforts have been utterly ineffective. We
gave instances of this during last week, and, in
*reference to what transpired at Greenwich, we
could go on multiplying them ad infinitum. Let one
suffice. Mr. ALFRED STEVENS, struggling with the
text, " the magistrate beareth not the sword in vain,"
argues that the sword was only an emblem of autho-
rity under the Roman Emperors, and that therefore
the above passage affords no argument for the power of
punishment by death. Few people, we think, will be
convinced by such flimsy reasoning. The word
"sceptre" is purely emblematical in its signification,
which " sword" is not. Had the former been found
in the text instead of the latter, there might have
been much in Mr. STEVENS'S observation ; but, as
the text stands, its sense may be taken (rather than
the reverse) to be in favour of capital punishment ;
and, therefore, we consider, Mr. A. STEVENS had
better not have meddled with it at all. In the next
place, we must insist upon what we have written on
previous occasions, that references to Holy Writ are
best avoided, the question being one of human ex-
pediency. Does the fear of the gallows prevent
people from committing murder and equally heinous
offences ? The whole matter lies in the compass of
this question. ,

It is very easy to assert that fear does not
deter people from perpetrating the heaviest
offences ; but fear, we know, is one of the predomi-
nant feelings of the human mind. Mr. FREDERICK
ROWTON observed at the meeting in Hol-
born, that " the fear of death never re-
strained from the commission of murder, because
in every case of murder the spirit of the ruffian had
risen superior to fear." This is singular logic to
wish people to infer that, inasmuch as some have
overcome -the feeling of fear when the gallows
stared them in the distance, others have not yielded
to the terrible apprehension, and been deterred from
depriving of life their unoffending fellow-beings.
It has never been surmised that, imperfectly consti-
tuted as society now is, compared with what we
believe it may be brought to by the advances
of civilisation, a violent and disgraceful death would
infallibly repress the crime of murder. But if the
present •law has had the effect, by working upon the
fears of mankind, of saving innocent men frotn the
assassin's blow, then is it humane and beneficial.
How far it has had this effect, it has been, and so
long as the law lasts, will ever be problematical, for
it is obvious, that men who have meditated murder,
and from which they have alone been deterred by the
apprehension of forfeiting their lives upon the
gallows, would not run about bruiting to their
neighbours the devilish purpose they had fostered
and that cowardice alone had thwarted its gratification.
Too much stress appears to be laid upon the fact
that many who have been hanged had previously
been present at executions. This only shows how

fearfully debased, in: all probability, their minds were
when they first looked upon the apparatus of death,

and by no means militates against what
is also very probable, viz., that many

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have quitted the scene of an execution im.

pressed^ with the awfulness of the spec
tacle, and with the resolution never to subjec

:hemselves to so ignominious an end. Again, the

effect of example is not limited to the immediate pre-
cincts of the gallows. By reading and hearsay, it is

extended throughout the land, and the knowledge is
universal that if one man raises his arm to cut short

the days of another, his life shall pay the penalty of
his fearful transgression. The bet way of getting
rid of capital punishment is to ameliorate the social

condition of the people, and, above all, to educate
them. By these means, incentives to crime would

be removed, and the public mind become gradually
elevated to embrace the conviction, and to act up( n
it, that individual and national prosperity are best
consulted when the law is best observed.

Already have the anticipations we recently put
forward been realised, already have large sums of
money been subscribed with a liberality worthy of
the sacred cause that has called forth these voluntary
donations. The British Association for the Relief of
Extreme Cases of Distress in the Remote Parishes of
Leland and Scotland has been formed, a committee
has been appointed, and the names of the gentlemen
who have kindly consented to aid by their exertions
in procuring contributions, and seeing to the correct

and proper expenditure of the snms that may be se
collected, and which appeared in our ad, eet',iee
columns of Thursday, et ill afford the strongest
guarantee of the honour and integrity with which the
fund will be managed, and of its judicious application
to the desired purposes. On the very day of the
formation of this humane association more than
13,000/. sterling was subscribed to feed the hungry
and to clothe the naked. The list was appropriately
headed with the name of her Most Gracious MAJESTY,
who in a spirit worthy of her exalted station, of the
deep and affectionate interest ehe takes in everything
affecting even the humblest of her subjects, of open-
handed charity and true benevolence, set the example
to her subjects, by the munificent donation of 2,000/.
Her august Consort followed in a similar spirit, with
a sum of 500/. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, an
English nobleman, of the highest rank, the proprietor
of wide-Tread and extensive domains in Ireland, con-
tributed the splendid gift of 1,000/., while six of our
leading mercantile firms sustained the character of
the merchant princes of our land by similar subscrip-
tions. The Premier, the Home Secretary, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer evinced the anxiety of
the Government to relieve to the utmost the fearful
destitution, not only by their public acts, but by their
private liberality—a precedent which will doubtless
be followed by their colleagues in office and their
Ritical supporters; while Sir R. PEEL exhibited the
same promptitude to relieve the wants of his fellow-
creatures that he did in responding so speedily to the
appeal of the highly-gifted, but unfortunate HaynoN,
at a moment when pressed to the uttermost with
official cares and the necessity of rebutting a most
virulent but plausible attack on his personal conduct
and character. Many other well-known and di=a
tinguished gentlemen have likewise come forward
most nobly, and day by day the list will be increased,
the sum total will be magnified by the addition of
many names, and large sums of money. We are
proud of our countrymen, we knew that an appeal, if
well founded, was never fruitlessly made to their
better feelings. It was sufficient to satisfy them that
there was distress and suffering, that it could be
mitigated by the application of money or exertion,
and the response was invariably the same—worthy of
Englishmen, worthy of Christians. They stretched
forth the hand of charity to the sufferer. They
relieved his wants and soothed his afflictions. They
paused not to inquire how the wretchedness had
originated, by whose default it was occasioned, whether
the sufferer himself had acted prudently and dis-
creetly, or whether he had evinced gratitude fur
former benefits or past favours. The urgency of the
wants—the pressing necessity of the applicant—was.
all that was inquired into; past errors were forgotten,
or only considered after the emergency had been suc-
cessfully encountered, in deciding on the means of
preventing the recurrence of similar evils : in any
case his present necessities were supplied, whether
out of their superfluities, or, if necessary, by re-
stricting themselves, and abating some of their usual
and accustomed luxuries or comforts. Their benevo-
lence knew no limitation, in its objects it was
bounded by no cold or selfish considerations; whstevsr
the country, the creed, or the colour of the unfortu
naqe, it was the same ; assistance was sure to be
afforded, and they have had, and will have, their
reward. The respect entertained throughout the globe
for the English character; the national prosperity
that has blessed our existence, and which is chiefly
owing to the excellence of that character, and which
hays placed a comparatively small island amongtlie
leseding powers of the earth ; the inappreciable de-
lights of a conscience at peace with itself; the intense
gratification, the luxury of doing good, but, above
all, the blessings that are extended to nations, as well
as, individuals, who have well and truly discharged
the great duty of Christianity—all reward such praise-
worthy conduct.
It is needless to dwell on the extreme necessity
t: tat now unfortunately exists for extensive aid;
What day has elapsed without a considerable portion
of our columns being filled with the heartrending
d etails of misery such as has rarely been equalled,
r ever surpassed? The statement of the Rev. Mr.
'CAULFIELD of the deaths that have taken place in his
own immediate district, where, in the months of
November and December last, 218 of our fellow-
c reatures were cut off from the combined effects of
p estilence and famine, while in the corresponding
rn onths of 1845 only seven fell victims--an increase
Ln ore than thixty-fold—sufficiently attests the fearful
n ature ofthe visitation on our Irish brethren. Thousands
upon thousands are exposed to equal wants. The
lardy Highlander is in similar difficulty. 400,000 of
61, children and brethren of those who never deserted
eir country in the hour of danger, who aided to
fiwht our battles, to roll back the tide of war from our
shores, have been deprived of their principal, if not
th eir sole means of subsistence, by the destruction of
th a potato, their chief article of food. The fund to
be collected will be most properly applied to their
ex gencies as well as to those of the Irish poor, it
will be expended in the distribution of food, cloth-
, and of fuel ; by an excellent regulation, no
mc. ney aid is to be given in any case. The objects of
the :charity, the recipients of the bounty, will be chiefly
sel acted from the sick and the infirm, the widows
andl the orphans, for such, alas ! are to be found
am angst the sufferers who have no earthly protectors,
self( ) are unable to avail themselves of the means
affh :ded by the Government measures, but none will
be e ocempt from relief—the extent of their necessities
will' constitute their title to assistance wherever it is
prac licable. Some equivalent, in the shape of labour
will be required from those able to give it, to be ape
plied' to some useful purpose; so that none but the
•
ince, iable will be suffered to eat the bread of idleness,
and .ivery possible precaution will be taken against
the a buse of the public beneficence. Any persons
feelin ; peculiar interest in any of the suffering dis-
tricts may indicate the localities to which their con-
tribut ions should especially be applied, which will be
strictl; v observed by the committee. A large and
power I steamer will be immediately dispatched to
,
Irelam. I, with supplies of food, clothing, Sze., and any
kind of contributions, clothing, flannel, blankets, &c.,
will be: thankfully accepted and faithfully applied.
Under- the direction and superintendence of the com-
mittee
v many a life will be spared, many an aching
II be made glad, and throb with gratitude to
its bete sfactors, for the aid so readily afforded and
heart
receive d. Ireland will be conquered by a weapon
more r ,otent and efficacious than the bayonet, and
bound to us by stronger ties than have ever hitherto
existet I—the bonds of affectionate regard and grateful
love.

wrification of the. n.tornq T)7!ttic9 r-t. -

M

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gwaun of the s.ces..on, v LatiloliCi;
Alarquis de Hoard, and MVS,TS. Henn( cart,•Bethmonf,
Guertin, and Portalis, jun. The two Inot have replaced
Messrs. Genoux and , Portali7, sen., deceased since the
last elections. The election of M. Portalis, jun., will be
necessarily-annuli, d, as, when elected, he had not at-
tained th, required age, though he ha.3.;ince reached it
Three Deputies, 11,h,,,r. Drault, and I ell, z
Clapar&le, whose election tht Cliamber had annulled,
have been since re-elected. The tenth, M. Teste, was sub-
ject to re-election, on being promoted to publiz functions.
The Chamber will also have to pronounce on the election
of M. Drouillard, whose a:mission has been adjourned.
Three electoral colleges will be ,shortly convoked in con-
sequence of the double returns of MM.. Salvandy, I3,rger,
and Count Thiard, who will have to rake their ption
known in one of their first sittings. It is said that M.
Salvatidy decides for Evreux. Cunt de la Ferronays,
a Conservative, conies tonAard at Lectoure to replace
him. M. Berger decides for Paris, a!A Count de Thiard
for Chalons ; Viscount de Cormeuin presents himself at
Lannion to r( place hint. Ti,e Ministry intends present-
ing to the Chamber at an eirly sitting the Budget for
1848, and the Bills for regulating the credits of 1844 and
1845. The Committee o 2 the Address can scarcely pre-
sent its reply to the Speech from the Throne before Jan.
23, and the public discussion would in that case cow
mence on the 25th, supposing that the Chamber of Peers
had already, at that period, voted its Address. The
Committee en the Address in the Chamber of Peers will
be appointed on the day after the ro) al sitting."
The Cunstitutionnel replies to an article in the
Deba!s of the day before, and denies the truth' of the
rumour alluded to in the Ministerial journal, to the
effect that the re was a schism in the Opposition ranks,
and that MM. DUFAURE and BILLAULT would ex-
press their approval of M. GuizoT's conduct in the
affair of the Spanish marriages. It is not of
much consequence what line of conduct MM.
DUFAURE and BrLLAuLT may deem it expedient to
pursue. They are both crotchetty, second-rate men,
absolutely without followers. They may join in a
gig, but they could not manage a dilly. M. BIL-
LAULT is only celebrated for his unreasonable and
unreasoning hatred of England and the English.
There is a long article in the Revue des deux
Alondes which may be considered as M. GuizoT's
official statement of his own case, as regards
the Spanish marriages. In this article, it
is admitted that an engagement was entered into at
Eu, and the English Minister is charged with .at-
tempting to violate it. With the exception of this
admission of the existence of the engagement of Eu,
which it will be remembered was denied by the
Presse and some of the other organs of the dynasty,
there is nothing new on the subject in this long
article. In reply to the accusation of a violation of
the engagement on the part of Lord PALMERSTON by
the alleged presentation Of a Coburg candidate, the
National observes :

"If M. Guizot had merely opposEd a Coburg candidate
for the hand of Queen Isabella, we should have applauded
him without reserve. To marry the Queen to Thurbon
was well. To prevent a new scion of the Coburg from
spoiling a younger branch was to be permitted. But this
conquest could have lx.en accomplished by the union of
la with Don Fro. no. :!co. The blood of PhilipV., would
hav, been atistit d. The crown Spain would have re-
inaii;ea on the heal of hi; descendants. The Coburg
would lutvc been set aside, and Eug:and would have mt: t
a cheek. What npc;.s.•ity, therefore, was there for
concluling the second marriage so preApitately?"

After ;;ping through the hietory of the various pre-
tenders to the hand of the QUEEN, TRAPPANI, MON-
TEMOI.IN, DOTI ENRIQUE, and Don FRANCISCO, to ail
of whom it was offered on one condition, viz., that the
Duke DE MONTPENSIER should marry the Infanta,
the National thus concludes :

" Why then this condition, if your only object aas to
preserve the blood of Philip V.? Come, be candid; you
possessed easy and honourable means to exclude the
Coburg, and to give satisfaction to the Spanish nation, to
maintain at the same time the policy announced by you
in full Parliament; and we shall be candid liken ise—you
would have done so had the Infanta been poor—you
would have done so if you were not impelled by your ava-
rice. It was for the interest of the country, for a national
question, for the honour of our flag, or for the grandeur of
France, that you risked the displeasure of England. It
was not through love of adventure that you deranged
your general policy, and induced the northern Powers
to offer you an insolent challenge. Cease, therefore, to
speak to us eternally of your ' blood of Philip V.,' and
of the secular interests of the country.' You might
have maintained your right; you were a thousandfold
right not to suffer England to impose a Coburg on
Spain; you had the power of resolving the question of
the marriages without injury to your royal pretensions,
or without incurring the displeasure of the immense
majority of Spaniards; but you preferred to incur risks
and to provoke the most serious consequences. You
have gained a handsome marriage portion ; but look
round you, and tell us what portion of it France has
received."

The Reforme announces that the general rise in the
price of grain in the different markets round Paris
had been felt in that capital on 'Wednesday. Wheat
and barley had augmented by if. the hectolitre on
that day, and flour in a similar proportion. Wheat
sold at from 49f. 50c. per hectolitre and a half. The
price of 50f. was the highest reached in Paris since
harvest. Flour of the first quality was offered by the
millers at 89f. the 157 kilogrammes.
The receipts of the Northern Railroad for the week
ending the 31st ult. were 213,500 f. -
Four steamers, laden with corn, had foundered in
the Rhone, on their way to Lyons. One of them
contained 2,000 sacks of wheat, and sunk under the
enormous weight of that cargo.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday at 79f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 20c. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 906 f. 25c. ;
Havre, 680 E ; Great Northern, 635 f. ; Avignon, 855 f. ;
Yierzon, 600 f. ; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 442 f. 50c. •
Basle, 218 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 355 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 483 f.
75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon,
483 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 452 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per
Cents., 31; Ditto Domestic Debt, WA,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 8.
Boulogne and Amiens, 154—Dutch Rhenish, 41/—Greln
Western Bengal, A —Jamaica South Midland Junction, 11/
—LuxembDurg, ,?i,—Natnur and Liege, 3%—Northern of
France, 103k—Orleans and Bordeaux, B%—Paris and Lyons,
8! --Paris and Strasburg, ii,i,—Sambre and Meuse, Op

iag.iasihtdte executedlsiu m
BIRTII.—At 49, King-street, on Friday the Bth
inst., the Lady of Jams Clayton, E:q., of her Majesty's
Customs of a son.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--SO much has been
sal t respecteag a n• w Italian opera thet any informs-
floe reieting to the arrangements fur the sewer: at her
11 ji.-•sty'a Theatre cannot fed to be interesting. From
au hectic sources we have learnt that Mr. Lumley, in
providing for the ensiling campaign, has succeeded be-
yond his usual success. Three of the greatest lyrical
composers of the age will contribute new works for the
season. Lablache, a host in himself, will be supported
by Gardini Fraschini Superebi (Verdi's favourite hero),
Colletti, and Staudiel, The orchestra is composed of
artistes of tried abilities, at the head of whom are Tol-
bccque and Nadaud, and a chorus of extraordinary
power has been selected with great care. The ballet will
be under the direction of Paul Taglioni and Perrot. The
pas de quatce, and the pas de classes, will be revived,
with the aid of Taglioni, Lucille Grahn, Cerito, Car-
lotta Grisi, and Rosati, a young Italian dancer of distm-
guisceed ability. ‘Ve believe we might add, that the
vocal &partment will be enriched by other talent of no
ordinary power.
ILLNESS OF MISS I'AUCIT.—We regret to say that
the sudden illness of Miss Faucit disappointed a large
audience last ev: ning. The house was full, including
the boxes, when it was announced that Miss Faucit, who
was to play Mrt. Haller, was tco ill to appear. Of
course, the audience immediately rose, and departed.
We understand that Miss Faucet would have played at
any risk, but her physician told her that if she did she
would certainly rupture a blood-vessel, and that the con-
sequences might he fatal ; and, with the judicieus im-
nerativeness of the faculty, he would not allow her to
iiiiit her chamber.—Cork Examiner.
on . r. oirnd Georgemareh,
I\lB-141:
- 'The Adeiphi Theatre is about to be rebuilt on a
larger scale; adjoining properties have been purchased
of 10,000/ vested in
whorllf
ioarmT tih7.bße tyliiipciiiUsleelripioi:fa.SstGeh.dieicrel.7aititf.::,
dißtlt%hir.
him an d his Lordship's brother, Lord John Russell,
should tee e•iven one moiety to his son Arthur John Ed-
ward, elm the other moiety to his son William Odo
Leopold, wit] that his house in Grosvenor-place, and the
furniture, plate, boelcs, &c., to be enjoyed by his relict,
and then to lees three sons, to whom he leaves the residue.
The persone-Jty was estimated fur duty at 7,000/.
A NEW ENTRANCE TO ST. JAMES'S PARK.—For
the accommodation of the public a very handsome
porti ei and flight of stone steps are now being eon-
sr,ructed at the north end of the private gardens of
Buckingham-. Palace, as an entrance for foot passengers
from Grosv, enor-place on to Constitution-hill.
ADVANCE' IN THE PRICE OE SPIEITS.-011 Fril 7
morning nearly all the licensed victualler., according to
.ml.
i • e•re ennit advanced the price of " corn spirits"
We ha ve received the Parisof ' .'
papers Thursday.' p.ivioes a., te. , r,
f, p and 10 per cent. for under
The fell. awing ofbusiness 2 per cent. for all over-proo
g programme the nto
be I noof, spirits.
transactei 1 by the Chamber of Deputies at the open- I I lt. -'•
NTRAORDINARY TROTT [NG MATCH' AGAINST TIME.
ing of th ) session, is published in the Journal dos '
D Frida the match with Mr. Rayner's mare Jenny
I
ebuts:— • —On y
, i
—well 2tnown n the sporting world, and which was
to perform two miles, in harness, under seven
" Tile C ha . mber of Deputies will hold its preparatory I backed .
for 50 .2ovcreigni aside—carne off at Wimbledon
Maine-, on : 3trida--
. ..y n,xt, in the Salle des Confi,rences. The ' minutes.
‘,. Jn betting' the odds were on time. Tee first
Bureau i vi .5 constituted in August last, M. Sauzet being ;'
mileC`3mm°l -. melded in t'A.ee minutes mid twenty seven
Piesiden t; -Messrs. Bignon, Lepelletier d'Aulnay, Hebert, 1 was,i
, e6i tetar® won the snatch in an easy style.
and Deli 3ssert, Vice-presidents; and Messrs. Saglio, de i ''lcullu-' ' v".
the
re accomplished in six minutes fifty-five
The two i piles were Buss;e7et ;, Ogar, and Lenguinais S t - - The 1
~ _ecre ar est
grand d ,potation of' 20 Members to meet the King '
1 seconds.
cl, IktiltS —On Friday it was stated
will thy, ibe chosen by lot. On Tuesd my, the l 11IaGss, MUTAT, ...,.11A. •
has been ap-
the revit ing. barrister, day afteer ao royal sittirg, the Chamber will that Mr. _ l; hold,
litaa p Ice magistrate=s, and
hold a pm iblie sitting to appoint its Bureaux, pointed or C• of the tnetropo ,
itii
...;_r
inni
at Worship-strete_,l
and v./ill . afterwards proceed to the examieation ihe was pre sans' h';
Air.ABI r B,i' 'am' theho of tt'.e elect ions not yet verified. Ou Wednesdey time sitting mal ;ion ae. It appears tw., r
h.
.oue iton, w
Corrimittee o n the Address will be appointed. All the has been a bout twenty seater at o s ip-.c..rrer, removes
;
to replete:, Air. Maltby, wite re-
Bilis and pre positions of the last Lee;eslature being nul- : to Marlbo. eiug It- st'oet,
lificid, the Ch itmber will devote its first sitting to the tires from the I.)ench.

A le otter from Vienna of the 31st ult., published in
the Ri ienish Observer of the sth inst., contains the
followi ing :
"Mu ..ch excitement has been created in the diplomatic
salons b ,y a protest against the incorporation of Cracow,
which I taxon de llochtchild, the Swedish Ambass3clor,
has pres ..ented to the Austrian Government on the plyrt
of King Oscar, in his quality of a guaranteeing party to
the t,„a! ;y of Vienna. it is said that the style of this
note is nest dignified, and that the King of Sweden,
althougb convinced of the necessity of the measure
against Filial he protests, expresses a hope that it will
be the In at measure of a similar nature to which the
three Po- veers will have recourse."

Madri d papers of the Ist have arrived.
The n port of the escape of CLOZAGA is not con-
firmed, a lid it is said he will be tried on a capital
charge.
Senor C ' ORTINA has set out from France for Madrid,
to take his ::eat as Member for Seville. Don PADRICIO
DE POTES: OAD has been appointed Spanish Consul at
Bayonne, in the room of Senor BTTSTAMENTE, dis-
missed for • countersigning ODOZIGA'S passports.
A rein forcem ent of 5,000 troops has been sent to
the Basqu to Provinces.
The Bc lsa was ch:sed on the Ist.

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