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LONDON, TUESDAY. JUNE 29, 1847.

By a simultaneous movement of official munificence
an annual pension of one hundred pounds has been
awarded to the orphan children of THOMAS Hoot),
another of two hundred pounds to LEIGH HUNT,
and another of three hundred pounds to THEOBALD
MATHEW. We are rejoiced at this nobly-discrimi-
nated generosity, or rather, we should say this de-
served mark of Ministerial approbation to the true
labourers for the welfare and happiness of the multi-
tude. Those who cannot sympathise with our
feelings of exultation at the course pursued by the
present advisers of our most Gracious SoTEREIGN in the
distribution of the somewhat paltry fund of 1,2001.,
placed at their disposal for the reward of literary, sci-
entific, and public services, are not competent to appre-
ciate the genius or the characters of the three eminent
eminent individuals just enumerated. By his advo-
cacy of the very degraded and the very despised, by
his thrilling and passionate appeals to the charity of
the living million, by the gentle and humanizing
tone of his writings, by the grace and delicacy
of his poetic creations, ani the ardour with
which he strove to inculcate morality—even
through the medium of conceits like those of
SWIFT, and buffooneries, like those of RABELAIS—
THOMAS HooD bequeathed to his children a direct
claim upon the attention of the Government. By
years of honourable toil, during which he has
adorned the literature of his native land, and advo-
cated those principles of liberality which were once
the opprobrium of a gallant minority, but which are
now triumphant and predominant throughout the
people, the veteran bard and patriarchal essayist,
LEIGH HUNT, acquired an immediate right to the
aid of the State in the autumn of his chequered des-
tiny. Of the career by which the Rev. THEOBALD
MATHEW', or as he is now more usually and more affec-
tionately called Father MATHEW, commands our ap-
plause and our gratitude, it would be a matter of the
utmost supererogation to speak. That career is
finely and even grandly indicated in the title granted
to him by universal acclamation—The Apostle of
Temperance. The songs of HooD are a portion of
our household language ; the essays of HUNT are re-
curring perpetually to our memory, with a pleasant
vividness in the otherwise bald and barren casualities
of domestic life ; the name, the fame, and the good-
ness of MATHEW are reverenced in every village, and
in every homestead. Such men as these are surely
entitled to the assistance of the Monarch, the Cabinet,
and the Parliament ; but especially so in the afflictions
of poverty, the anguish of decrepitude, or the desola-
tion of declining years. Remembering how poor
HOOD toiled on a bed of agony to earn his honest
bread by the sweating of his brain ; remembering how
LEIGH HUNT was long since incarcerated for the
petty crime of terming our English TIBERIUS,
GEORGE the Focaru, "an Adonis of sixty," and
how he has lingered on, until now, with barely a
competence to smooth the pillow under his worn
temples ; remembering how Father MATIIEW has
neglected his own personal interests in labouring
for the moral and physical advancement of his
fellow-creatures—how, indeed, he has rendered his
private fortunes altogether subservient to the fortunes
of the million—it cannot but be matter of general and
cordial congratulation that six hundred pounds of the
national property have been apportioned with so
much discrimination.

Rejoicing, however, as we do to the very uttermost
in the arrangements thus made by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL for the sustenance of the orphans of the
Genius of Popular Charity, and for the amelioration
of the condition of the Genius of Social Ilappiness and
of the Genius of National Benevolence, we do conceive
that there is ample reason to cavil at the niggard-
liness of the fund from which these pensions are
abstracted. Twelve hundred pounds per annum is
surely a miserable sum to be placed at the disposal of
the Government for the purpose of affording aid to the
helpless, and encouragement to the deserving, among our
literary, and scientific, and moral benefactors. Twelve
hundred pounds ! Why, it should at the least be
doubled, it should at the very lowest computation be
increased to two thousand four hundred. How are not
the intentions of a discerning Minister crippled
and cramped and restrained by this erroneous system
of economical gratitude ! Supposing the fund
originally at the disposal of the Prime Minister to
have been of a reasonably elastic limit, the disgrace
would not have continued so long upon the nation
and upon the Government—the disgrace, we say,
would not have continued so long of neglecting
the brightest dramatic genius of the age—one of
the brightest dramatic geniuses of any age since the
days of SHAKSPERE and OTwAY—we mean, of
course, none other than JAMES SIIERIDAN KNOWLES.
While the name of a writer so eminently distin-
guished in our poetic literature as SHERIDAN
KNOWLES, is continually and carelessly passed over
in the distribution of such pensions as those we have
enumerated, we can never express our unalloyed satis-
faction, we can never cease to declaim against the
reprehensible parsimony of the State, and the griev-
ous injustice which is done to a man of a true and
beautiful genius. A pittance (scarcely twenty-five
pounds each per annum) is granted to the children of
THOMAS fIOOD. We are grateful. An income of
two hundred per annum is given to LEIGH HUNT.
We are heartily rejoiced. An annual pension of
three hundred per annum is awarded to Father MA'
THEW. We are equally earnest in the expression
of our satisfaction. Meanwhile SHERIDAN KNOWLES is
permitted in no manner to be the recipient of the offi-
cial monies he has well earned by his inimitable cem-
positions. He whose voice has spoken audibly to the
popular heart, by the lips of the players, he who has
made the tears of the very many rain down at the
woes of virtue and the pathos of contrition, he who
has fired the bosoms of the people with the language of
loyalty to the cause of freedom, is himself apparently
forgotten and manifestly neglected. How long must
we continue to inveigh against this undeserved treat-
ment of SHERIDAN KNOWLES ? Government or
Death will decide.

The delays of Chancery have passed into a proverb,
The hope deferred, the restless and unceasing
anxiety, the protracted agony of the unfortunate
suitor, who, after years of litigation and controversy,
finds himself in as great uncertainty as ever as to the
final result of his suit, have often been detailed and
expatiated on ; the constant drain for fees to counsel,
fees to the officers of the court, fees for law fund
stamps, and fees for all the other innumerable devices
by which the pockets of the litigants are invaded,
have reduced his finances to the lowest ebb. He
losses his energy. He can no longer devote himself
to his ordinary pursuits, he cannot turn his feverish
and disturbed mind to honest industry. Every
faculty and feeling is absorbed in the thrilling
excitement, in the probability of a favourable
decision, which may perchance restore himself and
family to affluence, or which may reduce him to the
lowest state of poverty, and consign him to a gaol fur
the remainder of his days. " Every additional delay
adds to the intensity of his feelings ; like the
gambler his life is set upon a cast. He is ready to
stand the hazard of the die," but he implores a speedy
termination of his suspense—he will welcome any
alternative if it will enable him once more to
know his real position, to look with something
like certainty to his futureprospoevcetrs. no,hisßuhtead
and
sword of Damocles is suspended
there it must remain until the wretched victim is
perhaps hurried to a premature grave, and his family,
reduced to beggary, are unable, even when victory is
within their grasp, to realise its fruits; they cannot pro-
cure the funds necessary for the final hearing—their
claims are abandoned in despair, and the disputed pro
perty is added to the three million pounds sterling, that
forms what is termed the suitors fund, being money

that long since was lodged in Court to abide its deci-
sion, but which could never subsequently be extri-
cated from its tenacious grasp, and out of the interest
of which, amounting to nearly 100,0001. sterling per
annum, the salaries of the Lord Chancellor and other
Equity Judges are paid.
A letter from a correspondent, which will be found
in another column, forcibly describes one branch of the
evil—the standing over for judgment of cases that
have long since been argued. In this respect the pre-
sent Learned Occupant of the Woolsack is, perhaps,
less to be complained of than almost any of his
predecessors. He has also by the new rules
promulgated by him effected more for the
suitor in mitigating some of the delays than
had been achieved for a series of years, but much
still remains to be done, and he should not relax in
his exertions to cleanse the Augean stables, or suffer
himself to be fettered and restrained by antiquated
customs and worn-out prejudices. The system is
essentially in fault, and until a sweeping change is
introduced, nothing really valuable can be effected.
The first point to be attained, without which no re-
form can strike at the root of the evil, is the separa-
tion of the judicial and political functions of the Lord
Chancellor. It is impossible that any person involved
in cares of State—a Cabinet Minister, on whom the
interests of the nation in every department are cast,
whose especial duty it is to bring in new laws, and
who, in addition to these multifarious avocations, is com-
pelled to act as Speaker of the Upper House of Parlia-
ment, to hear the dreary eloquence of his brother peers
night after night, who is to regulate the magistracy, and
to recommend or approve of every legal appointment
throughout the kingdom—can devote the attention
and time to the proper business of his court that
might reasonably be expected from a judge who had
nothing else to attend to. The miracle is not that so
much remains to be done, that so many cases stand
over for judgment, so many appeals are undisposed of,
and that there is so long a list of causes for hearing,
but that so much is effected, that his Lordship con-
trives to hurry through so much business, of such a
diverse and varied character. In any other judicial
situation the moment the party is elevated to the bench
he is supposed to surrender every political bias—to
devote himself wholly to the administration of the law,
to the interpretation and exposition of the intentions
and statutes of Parliament—the total separation of
the legislative and judicial functions are looked upon
as among the strongest bulwarks of the Constitution.
Why should there be a single exception in the case
of the highest legal authority, the one whose freedom
from undue influences is more especially required ?
There is no possible reason why it should be so
save that it is an abuse of ancient date. It is well
known that nothing requires more incessant applica-
tion and constant practice to discharge its duties pro-
perly than the judicial station. It is said that there
is a perceptible difference between the judges of the
superior courts before and after the long vacation ;
that the short interval of leisure thereby afforded, to
a certain extent, impairs their business habits, until
the rust is rubbed off by their daily practice. The
mischief is far greater in the case of a Chancellor.
There, perhaps, a judge whose faculties have been
brought to the highest perfection, who has acquired a
quickness and rapidity of decision, which long daily
habit can alone confer, and which the importance and
extent of his duties so urgently, demand, is removed
from his position on a change of Ministry. Cases may
have been partly heard, everything is thrown away,
rehearings will be entered on the chance of his suc-
cessor taking a different view, the entire business of the
court will be brought to a stand still, and the new
Lord will come to a position, the duties and details of
which it will take him some considerable time to
learn, or, if he has previously occupied the woolsack,
he will labour under the disadvantage of a forced ab•
stinence from business for several years, the etiquette
of the bar not permitting him to resume his profes-
sional avocations, and all this while there is another
eminently qualified for the duties of the office forced
into retirement at a heavy cost to the people.
Most seriously do we hope that some change will
speedily be sanctioned, by which this ridiculous state
of things may he effectually got rid of. In 1841,
when Lord COTTENHAM was about to retire from the
Chancellorship, there was a general anxiety on the
part of the profession and the public, that his valuable
services should be retained—that he should be the
permanent judicial Lord Chancellor, holding his office
by the same tenure as the other Judges, and that a
Lord Keeper should be appointed to discharge the
political duties. This would be a fitting period to
carry these desires into execution, to effect the
change while the Ministry are free from any indica
tion of approaching danger, and when his motives for
the change could not possibly be misinterpreted or
doubted.

In the evening of the 16th, being the eve of the
anniversary of the elevation of Pius IX. to the Pon-
tificate, the whole of Rome, from the most splendid
palace to the lowest dwelling of the poor, was illumi-
nated. On the 17th, deputations from each of the
fourteen quarters of Rome came in regular ranks to
the Monte Cavallo, which at an early hour was
covered with an immense congregation of the people,
but observing the most perfect order. The deputa-
tions came with bands of music, playing the fine and
imposing hymn of Pius IX., composed last year in
commemoration of the amnesty. The deputations,
when all were collected, marched from the
Monte Cavallo, bearing their distinguishing
banners and also white flags, on which
were inscribed the great acts of his Holi-
ness during the first year of his reign.
These were headed by the civic guard and students
carrying the standard sent by the Bolognese to Rome
as a token of fraternity. The procession moved in
solemn order to the PorE's palace on the Quirinal,
where his Holiness came out on the grand balcony
to receive it. After being hailed by impressive
cries of " Long live Pius IX ! Italy for ever!'
His Holiness stretched out his arms towards the
people, and then closed them on his breast, as if
to press all around him to his heart. The shouts
were renewed with redoubled energy, but, on a
sign from their Holy Father, A dead silence ensued,
and every person sunk upon his knees, while the
Pontiff invoked the blessing of ALMIGHTY upon them
all. A general " Amen" being pronounced, the
acclamations were resumed until his Holiness
retired into his palace, and then the procession
returned to the Monte Cavallo, where it dispersed.
At six in the evening the church of St. Mary of the
Angels was crowded with about 10,000 persons, to
hear an eloquent discourse by Father GATAIZI, of
the Order of St. Bernard, and to chant a Te Ileum,
which had a most imposing effect from the
whole congregation joining in it as with one voice.
The Corso, by its general illumination, was converted
as it were into one gallery of fire, and adorned with
rich draperies and garlands, and transparencies in
brilliant colours, with inscriptions in honour of the
Sovereign PONTIFF. The harmony of the day was
not interrupted by a single untoward accident. A
letter from Rome says :—" The railroad question is
very nearly solved. It is the French company, at the
head of which is the Prince DE Caor, that has ob-
tained the concession of the Pontifical Government,
which guarantees four-and-a-half per cent. upon the
capital."
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The Berlin Gazette of the 21st publishes the fol-
lowing Cabinet order for prolonging the Session of
the General Diet :

" As it may be already foreseen with certainty that
the propositions made by the three States on our patent
and ordonnance of February 3, and which are at this
moment submitted to the Order of Nobles, cannot be
resolved upon before the 19th of the current month, we
have continued, and by these presents do continue, the
term of the first Session of the United Diets until the
deliberations of our faithful States on these propositions
shall be finished, and we shall have come to a decision
upon the result of these deliberations. We have
charged our Commissioner of the Diet to make known
to us on what day after that the close of this first Session
of the Diet may take place."

The Zurich Federal Gazette states that Count DE
BOIS-LE-COMTE, the French ambassador in Switzar-
land, has received from M. GuizoT dispatches contain-
ing a full and entire approbation of the note which
he addressed to the president of the Swiss directory.
On Tuesday last Don JUAN D'ANTONIO 'Y ZAYAS,
the new Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the Queen of SPAIN to the Swiss Di-
rectory, presented his letters of credence to M.
OCHSENBSIN, the President. On the same day M.
OCIISENBEIN gave a grand dinner at Berne to the

British, Spanish, and Belgian Ministers, and the
chief functionaries of the federal Government. The
French Minister, M. BOIS-LE-COMTE had not re-
turned to 134rne from Tesino and the Grisons.

Madrid papers of the 20th and the 21st have
arrived.

The Gaceta of the 20th publishes a royal decree pro-
hibiting the exportation of every kind of silver, coined,
wrought, or in ingots, excepting that proceeding from
the minesof the Peninsula, bearing a stamp to prove that
it had paid the duty imposed by law on mines. That
prohibition is to subsist until the establishment of the
natural circulation of the respective coins, in conse-
quence of the introduction of the new coin, decreed
on the 31st May, shall enable the Government to
modify or abrogate that measure.
The rumouri of a change in the Ministry were
again rife, and SERRANO, LUGAN, and MENDIZABEL
were spoken of as likely to be Members of the new
Cabinet.

According to the Correo, the organ of the Minister
SALAMANCA, King LOUIS PHILIPPE has written an
autograph letter to the QUEEN'S husband, and the
Duke of GLUCKSBURGII had delivered it to the King
Consort, at the Prado on the 19th inst.

The Faro states that a royal decree, restoring to
ESPARTERO all his honours, has been signed by the
QUEEN, and transmitted to him by Senor PACHECO,
the President of the Council. Letters from Corunna
state that the Spanish army is advancing on Oporto.
The Montemolinist General GARCIA. and the Cabe-
cilla Evanista intended, says the Clamor Publico, to
penetrate into Spain from Braganza, in the belief
that the absence of the Spanish troops would leave
them a clear field. They had, it was said, 1,800 in-
fantry. It was stated that, VILLAREAL, an eminent
Montemolinist commander, had entered Catalonia to
take the command of the insurgent bands of that
province.
A letter from Barcelona of the 19th states that a
sharp conflict took place on the 14th, in the moun-
tains of Montbreu, between eighty Montemolinists
and a detachment of the QUEEN'S troops. The affair
ended in the retreat of the latter, after the loss of
several men. The letter adds, that the Montemolino
party was increasing in number every day.
MADRID BOLA, JUNE 27.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 30 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 18
for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 17} ditto; the Debt
without Interest at 6 ditto; and the Coupons at 15 for
cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The Chamber of Deputies was on Friday the
scene of perhaps the most extraordinary row tha
ever occurred within the precincts of any assembly
calling itself deliberative. The principal actors were
M. DUCIIATEL, the Minister of the Interior, and M.
EMILE DE GIRARDIN. The order of the day was the
adjourned debate on the Budget of Expenses, and M.
EMILE DE GIRARDIN, rendered bold by his recent
acquittal by the Peers, accused the Minister of the
Interior, M. DUCIIATEL, of having had printed and
circulated at the public expense a garbled account of
the proceedings on the 17th of June, in which, while
the speeches of the Ministry were given at full
length, the speech of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN was
curtailed and falsified. We give the conclusion of
the scene from the National.

" You circulated your own speech (said M. Girardin);
you fuhified mine, and you defamed me.
"M. Duchatel—l thought proper to publish the ac-
count of the sitting at the expense of the budget : we
like publicity.

"M. Girardin—And I, too, when it is complete.
Yours is not ; you hare published your own denials,
omitting the accusations that you durst not deny.
"M. Duehatel—l denied them. (Violent uproar).
" M. Girardin—l accept that contradiction with all its
consequences. (Cries to order).
" The Centres break their desks (with applause); the
President breaks his bell, and the left bursts its lungs.
Such is the beginning of the discussion. M. Sauzet
(President) interposed his paternal authority, and re-
commended everybody to use Parliamentary expressions.
But the fire was kindling, and the smoke already black-
ened the tribune. The accuser, resuming his former
theme, asked, Were not 100,000 f. paid for a theatrical
patent ? Can you deny it ?'
" M. Duchatel—We did nothing in the transaction.
" M. Girardin—Your contradictions are ales ays the
same.

" The Centre Members, in a mass—And your accu•
cations likewise.

" M. Girardin—But the Minister said here that he
had bt.en menaced, and the next day his assertion was
contradicted.

" M. Dnchatel—l was menaced indirectly.
M. Girardin—That is a convenient reply. Prove
those indirect menaces.

" The Centres— Prove them yourself.
"M. Gfrardin— You wish me to prove them ? here
is good evidence—the letter of an interested party, who
paid the money, and the receipt of the person in whose
hands it was lodged. If these proofs do not satisfy you,
order an inquiry. (A movement of horror pervades the
Centres. No, no ;no inquiry!')
"M. Duchatel—An inquiry would suppose that sus-
picion rested on us. We will resign if it be ordered.
The majority will decide. M. Girardin repeats what he
has said, and I repeat that those facts are contrary to
truth.

" Members on the Left—That is going too far!
"M. Adam," says the accuser, " does not complain,
because he is in your power. He was unable to pay
25,000 f, you paid them for him. There existed with
one of the founders of the Epoque a contract, embodied
in a judicial act, and from which it would appear that
the profits of the journal, the origin of which was not
legal, should be honestly shared. A Baron Lambert
had prepared a memorial, in which he complained of
having been deprived of these profits, and you bought
and suppressed that memorial for 30,000 f.
" A terrific uproar ensued, and M. Duchatel declared
from his seat that there was no truth in that statement.
Then, referring to the Hie), al profits of journalism, he
mentioned that certain journals had been bribed to advo-
cate free trade and railroads.
The Centres thrilled with enthusiasm. M. Girardin
confessed to his having received 200 shares of the North-
ern Railroad, which he had paid for; and you,' he ex-
claimed, were you not awarded some likewise ?' The
former Minister of Marine had also obtained shares in
that line.'

" M. Duchatel retorted in a tone of real indignation,
Admiral de Mackau, at the request of the Council,
withdrew his subscription; a Minister interested in such
speculationg would be an infamous character!'

" But nothing can deter the intrepid accuser. He
returns to the charge and repeats the proofs. M. Fould
declares that it was not to him the peerage was offered.
M. Duchatel unskilfully caught at that contraction, and
hastened to proclaim that M. Fould was fully entitled to
a p-erage. The Left smiled and murmured. M. Chain-
bolle, with a perfecta propos, asked M. Girardin if he
continued of the same opinion ? ' More firmly than
ever,' was his reply."

In the midst of the confusion and uproar which
ensued, M. DE. GIRARDIN'S voice was heard exclaim-
ing—" I affirm, and they deny. Order an inquiry,
or order me to be prosecuted. I am prepared for either
alternative," and turning towards M. GUIZOT he
asked at what price he had purchased the letter which
he had read the other day, and added, " You have
committed an action which will be a blot upon you
for the remainder of (your life." M. GuizoT made
no reply. At length M. DE MORNY moved
the following resolution, that " The Chamber,
satisfied with the explanations of the Mi-
nister should pass to the order of the day."
A fresh debate ensued on this: motion, and several
deputies declared they would vote for the order of
the day if the Cabinet would undertake to prosecute
the parties accused of corruption and cheating. At
length M. HEBERT, the Minister of Justice, rose and
declared that it was usual to prosecute only in cases
in which there was reason to believe that there was
some foundation for the accusation, " and," added M.
lIEBERT, addressing himself to the members of the
left, and pointing towards M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN,
" the nature of the accusation, and the character of
the accuser, demonstrate to me that the accusation
has no foundation in fact." A division then took
' place, and the resolution of M. MORNY was carried
by 225 to 102, giving to the Ministry a majority of
123. The Journal des Debats considers this a
triumph for the Ministry. It says :
"The Opposition wanted a second discussion, and they
have had it. The moral result of the sitting of last
week was not deemed satisfactory. The Opposition
thought that it was possible, if not to recover the advan-
tage, at least to embroil the question and leave the Mi-
nistry under the weight of odious suspicions. M. E.
Girardin, urged on by a shortsightedness which to us is
inexplicable, seized on the first pretext to recommence
the discussion on his allegations, without having any
additional proof to advance. Will his party be this
time satisfied with the moral and material result of the
sitting? But, whether they are not, it is a decision
henceforward without appeal! The Chamber has voted.
It has declared by a majority of 225 votes to 102, that
`being satisfied with the explanations of the Govern-
ment, it pass( d to the order of the day! They
wanted a judgment, they have had it ! Tho
Chamber was called on to pronounce between
the Ministry and its accuser, and it has done so.
The inquiry has taken place; it has taken place
in the tribune, in the open day, under the eyes of
the public and of the Chamber. M. E. Girardin,
encouraged by the warm support of the Opposition,
could say everything; he spoke repeatedly, and M. Du-

chatel replied. We admit it, a judgment was necessary!
the judgment now exists. The national jury has pro-
nounced it! Honour to M. de Moray, who was the
organ of all impartial men, of all anxious to learn the
truth! Honour to the majority who united together to
declare its opinion! Honour to M. Duchatel, whose
coolness, courage, and talent shone forth so admirably in
this long discussion! We do not wish to speak of M. E.
Girardin; his conduct is a complete mystery to us. The
reserve which was imposed on us a week back is now more
imperatively commanded by the result of yesterday's sit-
ting. M. E. Girardin appears to be under the empire of
an hallucination which nothing can dissipate. He appears
to think that to repeat three times the same allegation
is to give three proofs. He affirm•, and then swears
that he has demonstrated. If a doubt be expressed, he
adds two allegations to the first; and the more what
he advances is unlikely and requires proofs, the more
he dispenses w►th urnishing them. M. E. Girardin
accu es, and if his accusations are denie 1 he flies into a
passion, menaces a Minister of the King, the President,
the Chamber. He exhibits in the tribune the most
melancholy scenes, and least in conformity with the
dignity of the national representation ! Once more, we
say, we do not comprehend M. E. Girardin. We ask
ourselves what he thought he could gain by re-opening
the discussion, and we can find nothing. Ile has gained
a judgment of the Chamber ; he has gained the impossi-
bility of having henceforward a place amongst the Con-
ia:rvative party ; he has gained an irremediable defeat, a
terrible check to his reputation of shrewdness and
cleverness. Our surprise was eve❑ greater than a week
past. M. E. Girardia had said nothing a week back,
but he had spoken only once on the facts which he
alleged. Yesterday he spoke over and over again, and
said less, absolutely less! For if he has not retracted
his allegation of 1,200,000 f. being demanded from the
maitres-&-poste for a Bill, he has declared that this
allegation did nut in any way refer to the Ministry.
But not a proof more than on Thursday—nothing,
nothing!"

It is a victory, however, which, in the opinion of
the Opposition journals, will not tend to raise the
Ministry in public estimation.
This," says the Constitutionnel, " is the result of the
most dramatic sitting of the session. The discussions
in which, with increased vehemence the Ministry is
assailed, have not for their object the great interests of
the country, but the scandals of private avidity let loose
upon France. It was formerly supported by three
journals—the first, that which it has a long time sacri-
ficed to the others, is the only one which now, with
more generosity than success, attempts to defend it; the
second has become its most violent accuser; the third has
perished, but exhales from its ashes such vapours and
reminiscences, that the reputation and existence of the
Ministry arc endangered, even after the vote which it
has obtained."
The National says—

" Two hundred and twenty-five members have declared
themselves satisfied with the explanations. And we also
should be satisfied if we consulted only the interests of
party. But we do not forget that we are citizens. We
see with bitterness that the account of this sitting will
make the round of Europe, and at this sad spectacle, at
the sight of this Ministry fallen into the mire, of the
Dunois who accuses and the Dunois who flies, we do not
merely feel regret—we blush."
The Chamber of Peers still continued their secret
sittings on the Cubieres affair, and it was reported
on the Bourse on Saturday that they had decided on
impeaching all the accused. The majority in favour
of impeaching M. TESTE was, it is said, 30. That
gentleman has just published, under the title of
" Affair des Mines de Gouhenans, Observations de
M. I. B. TESTE, Pair de France," a defence against
the imputations which have been cast upon him. In
this work M. TESTE protests that he is innocent of
the charges of corruption which have been brought
against him, not upon direct evidence, but by impli
cation, founded from some correspondence, which
does not warrant the character that has been put
upon it ; and he declares that he has not merely been
pure in the discharge of his public duties, but has
made great sacrifices in the service of his country.
Ile says—
" If any man has in his public or private life given
proofs of his disinterestedness and abnegation it is I.
Twice was power offered to me, and evidence of the
hesitation with which I accepted it is not wanting. To
serve my country I abandoned the career in which fame
and fortune had constantly smiled upon me. This was
a great sacrifice, but I did not foresee that the result
would be so bitter."

It is said that it is at his own request that 111.
TESTE iS to be put upon his trial.
The explanations of M. GUIZOT on the subject of
French intervention in Switzerland appear to have
given anything but satisfaction. The National says—

"After the terrible check given to the Ministry in the
affair of Portugal, we were longing to see how M. Guizot
could justify the indecent conduct of his Ambassador,
transformed into a custom-house officer of Austria. We
have heard his explanations, and nice ones they are: if
the man was not known, he might be described in tote,
according to this single specimen. Does he disapprove
of the note? No. Does he approve of this silly
and imprudent piece of bullying? No. He condemns
M. Bois-le-Comte then? Not in the slightest degree.
Then does he maintain that declaration of hostility against
the majority of the Helvetic people? Beware of thinking
so. What meaning, in fine, must be given to that proceed-
ing, bearing, as it does, the strongest mark of intimida-
tion? What does M. G uizot want? What are his projects,
his thoughts, his intentions? Why ask, when the man is
so well known! Yes, it is still the same man, the same
system, the same doubled-faced idea, the same serpent's
head on the body of an old bare. M. Guizot has a great
regard for Switzerland ; Austria adores Switzerland ;
Metternich and he, therefore, agree perfectly. M.
Guizot respects the right which every people possesses
to modify its internal organisation; he desires to find
France preserving Switzerland as her friend. Then why
authorise the insolence of an Ambassador, who gra
tuitously menaces the independence of that country?
Ah, the medal has a reverse side. Every independence
has its limits; it is with the twenty-two confederated
Cantons that Europe treated, and it' a State radically
changed was to be substituted, we should have a right
to examine if we ought not also to change our rela-
tions with Switzerland. What is the meaning of
this ? Do you make yourselves judges of internal
modifications, and try all you can to prevent them?
M. Guizot admits this; he believes that the friendly
States united (Austria friendly!) are giving counsels
which may prevent internal complications. In the ()pi-
nion of M. Guizot, Switzerland is hastening to civil war
and anarchy ; and France joins Austria to make the
Diet respect the revolted Cantons, a minority in insur-
rection, an illegal power constituted through hatred of
the immense majority of the Helvetic population. That
is what he protects ; the separatist league, organised by
the Jesuits and supported by Austria, is in its right
The fifteen richest, most populous, most enlightened
Cantons who want to put down foreign influence, are
nothing but anarchy ! He did not dare to assert that ;
he still protested his tenderness, but through that sur-
face coated with honey oosed out drop by drop the
poison of his soul. The sovereignty of the people gives
him spasms ; but he cannot either deny it or curse it
openly. It is by it alone that they all live ; and in
their hearts they insult it. Corrupt priests of another
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Queen CHRISTINA gave a grand dinner at Mal-
maison on Thursday to General NARVAEZ and to the
Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER.

Algiers papers of the 20th have arrived. The
squadron of the Prince DE JOINVILLE sailed from
Algiers on the 18th for Cagliari.

On Saturday the Three per Cents. were at 771. 55e. ; the
Five per Cents., 1171. 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,272 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 9701 ; Havre, 6521. 50c. ; Great North-
ern, 5721. 50c. ; Avignon, 6901. ; Vierzon, 6101. 25c. ; Bor-
deaux, 510 f. ; Basle, 1851. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4451 ; Lyons
and Avignon, 446 f. 25c. ; Cette, 4561. 25c. ; Spanish Actives,
29i ; Spanish Three per Cents., 344.
MARSEILLES, JUNE 22.-Marseilles and Avignon, 707 f.
50c.; Northern, 5751.
LYONS, JUNE 24.-Paris and Rouen, 971 f. 25c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 7071. 75c. ; Vierzon, 612 t. 50c. ; Northern, 578 f.
75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4501.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 26.

Boulogne and Amiens, 1614—Louvain a la Sambre, 74—
Luxembourg, I%—Northern of France, 11—Sambre and
/Sleaze, 71/2.

THE BRAZILS.

FALmourn, JUNE 27.—Her Majesty's packet
Crane, Lieutenant Lewis, arrived this morning with
Brazil mails, having left Rio Janeiro on the sth of
May, Bahia on the 14th, and Pernambuco on the
20th, bringing on freight 40,0001. and the following
passengers :—Mr. Southam, Mr. Lott, Mr- Schmidt,
Miss Verran and Mr. Dalboussiere, from Rio; Mr.
Winter, from Bahia ; and Mr. White, from Pernam-
buco. The Crane left at Rio Janeiro her Majesty's
ships Curagoa and Comus, the latter having arrived
from the River Plate (bringing dates from Buenos
Ayres to the Bth of April, and Monte Video to the
16th) on the 29th of April.
This packet brings little news of any importance.
The Emperor had returned to Rio in good health,
and his speech at the opening of the Chambers had
given satisfaction.
Her Majesty's steamer Rattler, with Lord llowden
on board, arrived at Rio on the night of the 9th of
May, and sailed again on the evening of the 4th for
the southward. His Lordship landed, but not in an
official capacity. It was stated the steamer came in
for coals. An interview had taken place at Bahia
between Lord Howden and the French Envoy, which
latter had put in there fur coals. Freights had again
advanced, and 70s. to 80s. had been obtained. Coffee
is in demand, but the arrival of the new crop is slow.
The prices are—superior, 3sooo to 36200
Good, Ist, 25900 3sooo
2d,
Sugars are flatter, 3sooo white, and 2SIOO brown.

Arrivals continue to be comparatively small, as usual,
in this season.

There has been an improvement in stock of ;4-3, to 1
per cent. in general, and of Ito per cent. in pro-
vincial, both being firm at these quotations.
Exchange on the Crane's departure 27i. Some
business done at 27i.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at. Liverpool on Saturday were
8,000 to 10,000 bales, of which exporters took 1,000
American and 2,000 Surat. These two qualities were a
shade dearer, and other sorts very firm. Shares were
buoyant, and Midland, York, and Newcastle, North
Stafford, and Newc ,stle and Berwick, were higher.
The decline in the Corn-market is to-day very de-
cided, some calling it 6i. to Bs. per quarter, and others
more, for wheat, 2s. to 3s. for barley, 2s. for malt, and sa.
per sack for flour. The quantity of English wheat in
the market is again small, but the arrival f foreign is so
large that the total supply exceeds 60,000 qua.ters.
There are parties who expect to see wheat ere long at
80s. per quarter.

There are advises of April 6 from Buenos Ayres, and
these again In,ld out the prospect of an arrangement of
existing ditf,rences. Lord Howdan was expected to
co-operate fully with Sir Thomas Herbert, who is fa-
vourable to a termination of the way.

The Crane packet, from Brazil, does not bring liter
n:vvs from Rio de Janeiro thun was received by the An-
telope; and the Mediator. from New York, although she
has perfortned her passage in the short space of sixteen
days, does not furnish later news.
More favourable accounts reach us from the manu-
facturing districts, and the continuance of fine weather
is expected to bring with it a material increase of bu-
siness.

The English Funds leave been extremely buoyant
this morning, and there is fairly a furthcr rise of 4 to
per cent., the quotations being 89k to 89k for Consuls
for Account. The 'Scrip has been 1 premium. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 90k to 91k.
Exchequer-bills have been [nuked Bs. to I Is. premium.
The fall in the Corn-market is the cause of the existing
animation in Stocks.

In the Foreign Investments the dealings have been
limited. Spanish Five per Cents. are 22; Portuguese
Four per Cents. are 31 to 32, and Brazilian 83g. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 584.
Shares are generally higher again. Birmingham and
Oxtord, 174 4 ; Eastern Counties,2l to ; Great Wes-
tern, 119 ; Brighton, 551 to 56i; North-Western 183 ;
South-Western, 664 to 67k; Midland, 123 ; Newcastle
and Berwick, 29i; North Stafford, 10i- to 11; Scottish
Central, 2.5 i ; York and Newcastle, 384 ; and Northern
of France, 104 to 11.
BRITISH FUNDS

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