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London, England, 1847-12-13 00:00:00

cacy of the free-trade doctrines to a trial, we have as

yet, he continues,

" only got through the half of the

three years we are to have of the fag end of monopoly."
As to the draining of gold from the country, that has
arisen from the prolonged dearth of provisions ; and
unless the gold had been remitted to America and
elsewhere in exchange for the cereal produce of those
countries, thousands of the inhabitants of these islands
must have literally perished from starvation. As to
the reduction in the amount of employment, it was
very sententiously remarked by the representative of
the West Riding of Yorkshire that " if there was a
failure in the cotton crop of 1846, he would by no
means undertake to assert that they would have
every spindle running." The logic of tl is
is obvious. Having demonstrated the absurdity
of the accusations raised against the advo-
cates of unrestricted commerce, Mr. COBDEN shows
how egregiously the monopolists were mistaken in
their various predictions. " They (the Protectionists)
declared," said he, " that when the corn-laws were
repealed the farmers of England would be ruined,
but they never were better off than last year ; the
Protectionists told them that land would be thrown

out of cultivation, but people never were more busy
In cultivating the land than they were at this mo-

We in Australia, bu 7
ment ; the Protectionists said the ltanthdolosradmsewl-aonudld
run away and se
.
lords were getting higher rents for their land."
were these the only allusions vouchsafed tothe
cNono.l.
((tiered cause of Monopoly by the Victor of Free Trade.
ito proclaimed that he still adhered to his opinion that,
with free trade in corn, we shall have American flour
at lid. per lb. ; and on being asked " When ?" replied
briefly and distinctly, " When you get free trade !"
That announcement is the last bitter thrust made by
Mr.
theCOBDEN shadow , in the Lyceum of Stockport, against
y cause of Protection. As representative
ofentary the West Riding, he can now resume his Parlia-
of his Ministerial colleague.

Attempts have b;;;;7:::717c;tai quarte
prevent the Poles who had been condemn
ned to death
to

from appealing to the royal clemency. The news of
the sentence reached Posen on the 3d, and the greatest
excitement prevailed there in consequence.
On the Ist of January a reduction will be an-
nounced by the Austrian Government on the duties
upon raw cotton, sugar, and other colonial produce.
The duty on cotton will be reduced from lfl. 40 to 40
kreutzers. The Austrian Bank is about to issue a
new series of bank notes, and to call in those now in
circulation.

UHLICH, the leader of the new reformation in
Germany, has sent a written notification to the con-
sistory of the church of the state, of his election as
pastor of the new community, which now consists of
2,056 families.

The Post Ampt Gazette, of Frankfort, says, that it
was generally reported there that the Jesuits, and
the members of other religious orders expelled from
Switzerland, are to establish themselves in the con-
vents of Bruges, Ghent, Malines, Antwerp, Nivelles,
and other places in Belgium.
A letter from Vienna, of the 3d, states that the
Jesuits have arrived from Switzerland in that capi-
tal, and met with a kind reception from Price MET-
TERNICH.

The Austrian Governor of Cracow has published
the following decree :

" His Majesty the Emperor has thought right under
the circumstances to ordain, by resolution of the 21st
of November, 1847, that courts-martial shall try all per-
sons guilty of high treason in the following specified
cases :-Ist. Those who shall excite others to revolt or
insurrection, with high treason in view, although with-
out success. 2d. Those who shall resist, with an object
of high treason the armed force. 3d. Those who being
armed shall join a crowd, and not obey the authorities
who may enjoin them to withdraw, or who, during a
revolt, are seized with arms in their hands."

The Emperor of Russia, in imitation of France,
has deciding upon establishing, at Athens, a school to
enable Russian subjects to study the Greek language.

The whole of Sicily is in insurrection, occasioned
by the rigour displayed by the Government. The
people have risen in arms, and the soldiers have re-
fused to act against them. The following letter has
been received from Naples :
" NAPLES, DEC. 2.—Sicily is on fire. The Consti-
tution of 1812, guaranteed at the time by England, has
been proclaimed in the whole island. The soldiers re-
fused to fire upon the people. The steamers expected
from Sicily have not arrived. This intelligence, we are
assured, arrived by the telegraph, and the interruption
in the communication with Sicily must tend to confirm
the account of the serious events which have occurred in
that island, We have remarked with surprise that a
large English steam-frigate, supposed to be the Terrible,
approached our gulf, and, after taking soundings along
the coast from Castellamare, put to sea again without
communicating with the shore. The Terrible, no doubt,
came from Malta and Sicily."
The Florence Gazette announces that the King of
NAPLES has accepted the resignation of all his
Ministers, and that within a few days the public
will, in all probability, be made acquainted with the
accession of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the
Italian Customs' Union.

The Suisse of Berne announces that M. SIEGWART
MULLER had arrived at Domodossola, in Piedmont,
and that Sir STRATFORD CANNING arrived at Neuf-
chatel on the 7tb, on his way to Berne.

The New Zurich Gazette announces that M. DE
Sems SOGLIO, the late commander of the troops of
Lucerne, and Prince DE SCHWARTZENEERG, who had
served as a volunteer in the troops of that canton,
have arrived at Milan.

Madrid journals of the sth have arrived.

The Minister of Marine has presented to the Con-
gress a project of law by which the Government is
authorised to raise a loan, the interest and sinking

fund of which are not to exceed fifteen millions of
reals per annum, and the product of which is to be
expended in constructing and repairing ships for the
navy, and in purchase of timbers and other naval
stores. In cases of urgency, or when the interest of
the service requires it, the Government is authorised
to construct sailing vessels or steamers abroad, and to
introduce steam-engines and other effects indispen-
sable for the rapid increase of the royal navy, free from
all duties, always making use in the first place of the
means afforded by the national arsenal and manu-
factures.

The Afrancesados are highly offended with
NARVAEZ on account of the constitutional nature of
his programme, and more especially on account of
the eulogium he passed upon &TARTER°. PIDAL,
the tool of the French party, has bitterly attacked
the Ministry, and has proclaimed that resistance as
identified with the very idea of Government.
CHRISTINA was in a furious rage with NARVAES
when she heard of his speech, and proceeded imme-
diately to the QUEEN, insisting that she should dis-
miss NARVAEZ, and appoint MoN and PIDAL to the
Ministry. The QUEEN, however, stood firm, and as
she has now NARVAEZ to back her, it is not impro-
bable that the busy, intriguing, unprincipled CHRIS
TINA may be once more :compelled to seek re-
fuge in the Hotel de Courcelles. This affair
took place on the ad, and NARVAEZ, as is
usual with him after one of those exciting scenes, was
on the day following so unwell as to be compelled
to keep his bed. MARTINIS DE LA Ross has been
re•elected Deputy at Alhuma.

MADIUD BOLSA, DEC. s.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 244 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 15k
for paper; and the Debt without Interest, at 41 for
cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
Rumours of the approaching resignation of M.
GUIZOT continued to be rife in Paris. He had, it
appears, entered into an agreement with Prince
METTERNICH to station an army of 40,000 men on
the frontiers of Switzerland, while Austria, on her
part, was to assemble an army of 80,000 in the
Voralberg. This agreement he had entered into
ithout consulting the Cabinet, and on the proposition
being submitted to his colleagues, it was strenuously
opposed by M. DUCHATEL, and M. GUIZOT found
himself, to his surprise, in a minority in his own
Cabinet. At the same time he learned the answer
given by Lord PALMERSTON to Mr. OSMIORNE, on the
subject of the Swiss intervention, and immediately
set off alone for St. Cloud, where he had an inter-
view with the KING. On his return to Paris he
appeared much out of humour, and, to add to his
chagrin, received, on the same evening, the answer of
the Swiss Diet to his note, and the intelligence that the
public perusal of his note in the Diet had
excited shouts of laughter, and an intimation
that Prussia withdrew from the conference.
He had an interview with M. DUCHATEL the same
evening, which lasted for three hours ; and on
Thursday morning he had another long conference
with him. In order, however, to comfort him under
his afflictions, it appears that his colleagues have
permitted him to make some of the diplomatic ap-
pointments on which he had set his heart.
The Moniteur announces officially that, by royal
ordonnances dated the Bth, the following diplomatic
mutations and appointments have been made, viz.,
M. DE BACOURT, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, to
he Ambassador to the King of SARDINIA and Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary to the Archduchess of PARMA, in
the room of Count MoanEa ; the Duke DE GLucics-
BERG, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Spain,
to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the Court of Portugal, in the room of
Baron BURIGNOT DE VARENNES, who is appointed
in the same capacity to the Court of Denmark, in
the room of Baron DE BILLING, who has been ap•
pointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the Germanic Confederation ; M.
PAGEOT, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, in
the room of M. DE BACOURT; and the Duke DE
13Assesto, Secretary of Embassy at Brussels, to be
Minister Plenipotentiary, and, in that quality, to be
Charge d'Affaires ad interim at the Court of the
Elector of BEssE.

The Journal des Debals announces that the ordon-
nance, appointing M. PISCATORY Ambassador to Ma-
drid, was signed by the KING on the 10th.
We read in the Presse—" It is confidently stated
that, according to new notes received by the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, the three Powers of the North
persist more than ever in their intention of interfering
in the arrangement of the affairs of Switzerland, by
proceeding as, in 1831, in the affairs of Holland—
first, by the employment of protocols; and next, if
necessary, by having recourse to force. The three