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London, England, 1840-12-23 00:00:00

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nd Lord Howe both voted in favour of the motion.
Such a motion may hc, again made in April, 1841, and
With still better success.
There, reader, what do you think of that ? Be-
ause the Journal des Dcbats and Captain
RUDE write paragraphs. against England, Lord
NIINTo is to be removed fro. :z the Admiralty by a
Vote of the House of Commons ; and unless France
give. us satisfaction, war is to be forthwith de-
clared. This is scarcely a due employment of the
Puddle-dock Thunderer's power. JUPITER only
threw his bolts, according to the poets, to punish
some flagrant offences ; but our Thunderer has
grown quite wanton, and hurls his bolts about for
Sport or out of malice, regardless of justice. He
should wait till Lord MINT() does something wroig
before he impeaches the Noble Lord. Perhaps,

however, the Puddle-dock JUPITER believes that
Lord MINTO has already committed an unpardon-
able national offence, for be has disregarded the
recommendations of the Times, laughed its threats
to scorn, and allowed a certain protegee of the
Times to carry his earthquake invention to the
CZAR or to France. Lord MINTO has mortally
offended the Times by doing his duty, and provid-
ing, according to the testimony of Admiral CAR•
DEN, published in that journal, " the very fines!
lltet of ships (il-tear Britain ever possessed, now
at sea, or fitting in our ports', and I hear most of
them are manned with able-bodied men." For this
offence we presume the Times will induce Colonel
SIBTIIORP, or Captain BOLDERO, or perchance
Sir THOMAS COCHRANE, to propose next April
that Lord MINTO be removed from the Admiralty.
The Times, however, would supply his defence
from the same number which contained his accu-
sation.

The wretched incendiaries, who, fancy them-
selves injured, and feel themselves starving, set
fire to a barn or a stack of corn, are liable
to the heaviest penalties of the law. To ex-
tenuate, if not to excuse their conduct, much
may be said. They are left destitute of education,
and exposed, from the bad example of their so-
called betters, to the influence of the worst passions.

But what can be said to extenuate the conduct of
those who, having received an education and being
removed from want, instigate such incendiaries to
do their bad work ? Nothing. They are justly
considered to be greater offenders than the active
perpetrators of the mischief. But how small is the
quantity of evil in burning down a corn-stack
compared to the evil involved in a war between
such nations as France and England ? The incen-
diaries, therefore, who use the Press to stir up war

between those nations must be more guilty than
those promoters of incendiarism to extenuate whose
bad conduct nothing can be said. Than those gen-
.' Alemen who can wield a pen, and who only wield it
apparently to kindle national animosities, we know
40 more mischievous class of persons, and none
more deserving of general reprobation. The sub-
' Thunderer, on whose lucubrations we have been
Commenting, is one of these, and one of no ordinary
ambition, though his power falls far short of his as-
' Airings, for he evidently hopes by the same bolt to
kindle war abroad and confusion at home.

The French Journals of Sunday have been all

.reeeived. The Journal des Debats labours to
prove that the plan for fortifying Paris is no new
idea, and.ought therefore to excite no apprehen-
' 'lions. In 1792 when the Prussians and Austrians
•ilienaced France with invasion, the National As-
sembly decret d the forming and fortifying a camp of
30,00Crinen to cover Paris—a project which was par-
abandoned when the popular fears were dissi-
P4ed by the battle of Valmy. In 1813 NA PO-
planned the erection of defensive works round
is Paris capable of lodging 40,000 men. In 1815 the
''',:kle,brated engineer General HA XO drew up a corn-
Vete plan for the fortification of Paris, which oc-
c4ied the attention of the Government in 1818,
1821, and again after the Revolution of July. It
does not follow that because the plan for the forti-
tilt 4eation of Paris is of old date, that it is therefore
"Vi,t4iter politic or expedient.
s'li, The National has a long article on its late sei-
'oure at the Post-office, and justifies its attacks upon
111-,;916 Government by the general unpopularity of the
`:16,-Alinistelial policy. It further contends, in a sepa-
,r,ge_ article, that it stated but the truth upon the
141 whole with reference to the design of the Cabinet
to suspend the fortifications of Paris.
The nine Bureaux, or Committees of the Cham-
:";her of Deputies, were engaged on Saturday discus-
' sing Marshal SOULT'S project of law for the peen-
Iliary grant necessary to cover the expenses of forti-
-, f.lrig Paris. These discussions were so exceedingly
dry and uninteresting, that we consult the comfort
of our readers in passing them over without further

notice.
Yesterday morning three arrests took place at Mont-
' Toartre, in consequence of the investigation into the
affair of Darrnes. A Commissary of Police went to
the residence of C. employed in the bank Latitte, and
Wine merchant in this commune. After a search made
in his tesidence, which however did not lead to any
discovery, he was arrested, as well as his wife and his
randtnother ; all three are confined in the depot of the
Prefect ure.—Constitutionnc/.
A letter from Toulon of the 15th says, that the
. Rainier steamer which had put to sea with urgent des-
Patches for"the French Consul at Tangiers, had been
tt; obliged to .put back to Toulon by the bad weather,
after having proceeded some leagues.
Time was a great deal of talk on 'Change yesterday
'lf a very warlike article of the Journal des Debats, but:it
Produced an effect contrary perhaps to what was hoped
14, from it. The funds rose. People can no longer be-
lieve the language of a Journal to be serious which
never speaks in a lofty tone, except when some great
act of business in conti molated.
Almost all the inland mails is delayed by the bad
Weather. Those from Marseilles and Lyons had not
arrived at a late hour yesterday evening.—Le Commerce.

The Pails journals of Monday contain little
news of any interest. The Commerce is equally
opposed to the Government and N. TIIIERS,
whom it denounces as closing a most disreputable
political career with supporting MM. GUIZOT and
ODILON BARROT in a project for embastiling
Paris. This is calling the fortifications of Paris
by their right name, and how any reflecting French-
nun can regard such works in any other light is to
us perfectly incomprehensible. It is to subdue the
Spirit. of democracy in Paris, not to protect it from
the invasion of a foreign enemy that the KING and
the Government are so eager to fortify the French
capital.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE has declined the
sank of Rear-Admiral which has been offered him
by the Government since his return from St.
lielena. His Royal Highness prefers his present
'er.jank, as it will enable him to see more service.
The Prince is a brave and gallant officer, and does
It, credit to the service to which he belongs.
84: It was positively stated in Paris on Monday, that
*4) the French Government was about to contract a
`Akloan of five hundred millions of francs to meet the
`lif expenses of the armaments and the fortifications of
•s Paris.

514 A Toulon letter, of the 13th inst., states that the Jena,
a,T
90 guns, Admiral Huon's flag. ship ; the Montebello,
I" 120, bearing Admiral La'Susse'a flag ; the Suffren, 90, the
Jupiter 90, the Alger 84, and the Neptune 84, are the
'vessels which have received orders to get ready for sea, but
nothing certain was known as to their destination. Tan-
gier wu still considered as the most probable point to
which they would be sent.
Two Spanish refugees, serving in the foreign legion,
/ti!. Mid convicted of having murdered two of their comrades in
%t:;, October last, were condemned to death and shot at Per-
Pignan on the 13th inst.
'I, -The Courrier Francais states that it has had cotnmuni-
No°6lllted to it several letters from Alexandria, of dates anterior
-(741V-the arrangement between Mehemet Ali and Commodore
1714apier, to the following purport, but the contents of which
.1 asPe utterly discredit :
;11crit •s jt is now positively known that the mountaineers,
1114301Kisfied with having regained their independence-
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their first great object—lave refused to acknovvleege
the artClerty of the Grand Se;gni-r. 7: hey write
from Beyrout that, if Frar.ce will guei-antce to the
e.,ouneers the pri..ihges e hie!) they cLirn as their
right, they mill a; .in recognise Mehemet Ali as their So•
vcreign, and turn against the Allies the 30,000 muskets
they have put into their hands. Tire people on the coast
are exasperated by the disorderly conduct of the Turkish
trio v.:, which a part of the English soldiers are employed
in represing. At Beyrout, for example, an en.ire English
company has no other duty to perform than shooting the
malefactors (1). The country has become a prey to ade
gree of anarchy which it will be impossible for the Porte
to control when once deprived of the assistance of the Bri-
tish forces."
The correspondent of the Constitutionnel, at Algiers,
writes on the 10th inst.:—
The
Chimera packet has arrived at Oran with intelli-
gence that the moveable column under Gen. Lamo
ore the 26.1 ult. commenced a march by the route of Mors-
el Kcbir, towards the Rio Salado. On the following day he
WAS joined by General Mustapha with the Arab allies, and
Colonel Yuussouf with his Spahis. la the morning of the
2Stli, the column having crossed the. Rio Sahel°, the cavalry
made attacks upon the tribes of Gomares, Galls, and Ge-
bar ra, who were completely routed, and their country ra-
%aged. Our allies carried off 700 head of cattle, 50
camels, and some sheep; 15 of the natives were taken
prig. ners. We have lest three men, our allies four, and
there were 15 wounded. General Mustapha, catching
one of his men (I.!serting, killed him with his own hand.
By the evening of the 30th ult. the troops were safe again
in their quarters, after having been half way towards
Tlemecen, and near the Tafna, and marching at one time
24 Lours without halting. From Mostaganem we learn
that, on the 15th 500 sheep and 28 oxen were carried off
by the Arabs, who killed three of their keepers. Three
days after the garrison made a sortie, but gained only the
small compensation of 13 oxen and 40 sheep."
A letter from Frankfort of the 13:11, to the Avond-
bode, confirms the accounts of the military preparations
making in Germany. Several corps are going to march
to the Western frontier of Germany. I hear from good
authority, (says the writer) that the Live to be col-
lected on that frontier will be 200,000 men. France
will see by this that Germany is prepared for war.
The Nouvelite Vaudois says, that General Pfuel,
Prussian Governor of the Principality of Nuuftchatel,
would be appointed Chief of the Staff of the Swiss Fe-
deral Army, in case of war with France.—La Gazelle
de France.
A letter from Alexandria, of the 28th of November,
explains a fact which we reported on the very day that
the submission of Mehemet Ali was announced ; we
mean the spiking of the guns The Viceroy having
observed to Commodore Napier that he had to defend
himself an army, and good and numerous artillery which
mould do their duty, the Admiral answered him that he
was betrayed un every side ; that his own officers had de-
livered to him the plan of the fortifications ; and that his
two best batteries—those of Rasellin and Mabnsoudie—
had been spiked. An Aide-de-Camp was immediately
sent to the spot, and that officer brought word back that
th guns in those batteries, which were forty-eight pounders,
ala Pairhans, had in fact, been spiked. Twenty men
were immediately shot. _

The same letter gives rather singular news, that the
French corvettes, Diligente and Embuscade, had consented,
at the request of the Pacha, to go to Syria to bring away
troops. By the same channel we have news from Acre,
announcing that the English are executing works in the
fortifications on a scale which does not seem to indicate
that they labour for the Sultan.—Le Commerce.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF MONDAY, DEC. 21.

M. Sauzet took the chair at half-past our, in the pre-
sence of about thirty Deputies. After a short interval,
MM. Guizut and Martin du Nord took their seats on the
Ministerial bench.

The order of the day was the discussion upon the Fac-
tory Labour Bill relative to children.
M. l.estiboudois entered into some general remarks upon
the nature of the measure now before the Chamber, and
observed that its object was to ameliorate the condition of a
large and interesting portion of the working ela:sel. He
had frequently had occasion to detail the various miseries
inflicted upon those employed in factories, from the
want of a perfect legislative enactment to regulate the
mode and hours of labour in such establishments. No
doubt abuses existed, but it required much caution and
wisdom in interfering between working people and their
employers, and nothing of an exclusive character ought
to be adopted. He objected to the principle of the Bill
on the ground that it was too sweeping a measure, and de-
prived parents to a certain extent of the advantages arising
from the labour of their children. If parents were thus
to be excluded, he was happy to say he had the entire con-
currence of the Government. It had been the object of a
patient and lengthened investigation, and the Chamber
would find by the details that not °only the claims of
.lut.
manity but general interests had been respected.
M. Carne supported the measure, and contended that
it was capable of fulfilling in every
,respect the object
which the Legislature had in view.
M. de Beaumont said that he concurred, in the principle
of the Bill, but he thought that it was framed in too
hurried a manner, and would tend rather to increase than
diminish the evils of the present system. The Honour-
able Deputy was proceding to adduce arguments in sup-
port of his views at the hour of post.
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BOURSE.—Pmus, MONDAY, DEC. 21.
first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy. Price
Fre,'ch 5 per Cents
4 tier Cents 97 50 ... 97 51) ... 97 50 .. 97 50
3 per Cents :7 4',1 ... 71 45 ... 77 10 ... 77 10
Rank of trance
Lattitte Sank 1.0001. Sh 1075 ...145 _lOl5 ...1675
50e0f. Stares 5195 ...5195 ...5195 ...5195
ilelgiars /lank
5 per Cents 97% ... 07% ... 9)% ... 97%
New Loan ...
Dutch 2% per Cents Si ... 52 ... 52 ... 52
spaol.h acture 23% ... 24 ... 23% ... 24
Passive 5% ... 5\ ... 5% ... 5%
Portuguese 3 per Cents 21% ~. 215( ... 21 ~, 91
Neapolitan
Roman 97:4 ... 973 ... 1/;14 ...97%
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Guimain

... (40

... 610

..... .......
Verszilles,ll.•B 390 ... 390 393
... 205 ... 30)
Orleans .
Strasburg to Bale 243 ... 24J 75 ....-2 50 .. 242 50

Madrid Journals of the 12th and 13th instant
have duly reached us. The corporation elections
in Madrid, Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, and Barcelona,
were proceeding very unfavourably for the Re-
gency. In other respects Spain was tranquil, with
the exception of some political riots at Cordova
and Corunna, which were speedily repressed by
the local authorities. Great excitement prevailed
n the Basque Provinces in consequence of the
arrest and imprisonment of the three Aicaldes of
Tolosa, Aspeitia, and Azcoitia by order of Ge-
neral ALCALA, the political chief. The Correo
Nacional in noticing this transaction says
" The Regency has caused the three Alcades of the
thee ;principal towns of Guipuscoa, the sons of the most
distinguished families, and men lately prosecuted fur their
attachment to the national cause, to be arrested and im-
prisoned. M. Altuna, one of them, was the Aide de-
Camp of Riego ; M. Palacios was a volunteer of the con-
stitutional army in 1823; and M. Garmendia, a young
lawyer, full of talent, is a national volunteer. It is pro-
bable that the Regency will not confine itself to these three
arbitrary acts, as the other towns of the province will be
desirous, no doubt, to imitate the example of Aspeitia,
Azcoitia, and Tolosa."
There is nothing in the Madrid Papers on the
subject of the dispute with Portugal.

ADMIRAL WALKER.—The slight sketch of the ca-
reer of this brave officer, which first appeared in The
Sun, and was then copied into most of the Journals, me-
tropolitan and provincial, has received the following ad-
ditions from the pen of a Captain W. J. Hope John•
stone, in a later written to a Contemporary :—" I ob-
serve in a brief statement of the professional life of Cap-
tain Baldwin Wake Walker, of the British, and now
seri ing as Admiral in the Turkish navy, which says,
Ile afterwards served as senior Lieutenant of the
Atria bomb, at the taking of the Mora Castle and
Patras, in 182E1. Subsequently he was first Lieutenant
of the Barham, under Captain Pigot, &c. Now, this
is so far incomplete, for no mention is made of nearly

three years' active and efficient du'.y performed by him
in the interim, when serving on board the flag ships of
Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney 'Malcolm in the Mediterra-
nean. In consequence of his conduct 'at the taking of
Mora Castle and Patras, in 1828,' he was offered
shortly afterwards by Sir Pulteney the vacancy
of third Lieutenant on board the Asia, 84 ; and
when the flag was shifted to the Britannia, 120,
in the spring of 1830, he was moved into that
ship, where he did the duty of senior Lieutenant in
such a manner as to elicit the unqualified approbation
of his Commander-in-Chief; and he did not join the
Barham, 50, then commanded by Captain Pigott,
until the return of the Britannia to England in the
autumn of 1831. I am now stating what took place
some years ago, but (as Captain of those ships) I may
a ith perfect truth say, that, although his zeal and in-
telligence were highly valued, when doing the duty of a
junior Lieutenant of the Asia, his sterling qualities as
an officer and a seaman were not duly appreciated until
he had greater scope to display them as senior Lieuten-
ant of a three-decked ship. In short, at that period it
required the strong call of duty to overcome the native
modesty of the man, and the powers of his mind ap-
peared to increase in proportion to every case of
diffi-
culty he had to encounter. In conclusion, permit me
to say, that every feeling of satisfaction which I may
entertain at the recent success of Captain Walker,
must be sincerely shared by Captain \Vyvill (then
Commander of those ships), and by every messmate
that he had ; and I feel confident, would have been
cordially joined in by Sir Pulteney Malcolm if his life
bad been :Tared to the present day."
ST. PETEIISBURGII, DEC. 7.—A letter from
CionVadt says that a Russian ship which left that port
on the 14th of November in ballast ran aground on the
following day near the Isle of Scskar. The English ship
Clioonab, Captain Thomas Berkeley, bound fur Cron-
andtr aground at Seskar on the 25th of November,
having bcen got Mical. again, foundered a few minutes
afterwards. All the crew were saved, but could bring no-
thlng away with them. Orders have been given for the
salvage of any goods that may be seat on shore.—Journal
de St Petersburgh.
It is in contemplation to form a Joint-stock
Company fur maintaining a regular communication by
firs'-rate steamers twice a•week between Falmouth, Ply.
most h, and S)uthaMpton, and thence by railway to
London..—Falmouth Packet.