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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

UOVSB OF COMMONZ.
Veneris, 14' die Mail, I S 4.
INcLosunEs—Swanland (York) —Bill retorted, to be in:
grossed. Ulceby (Lincoln), and West i)ravten (Middle:
sex)—Bills read a third title, and passed. Generglyn (CO"
diga.n)—Bill read 4 second time, and committed.
LI GHTI Clifton
Haan° n—Dingwall
Bills reported, to be ingros9e4;
PA'', I :1G —LalleaSter
I MP:t OY EMEN T—lSlingtoll
CA 'SA I.—Glamorv,anshire—Petition of R. Blakemore, Esq.;

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against, referred to the Committee on the Bill.
It ()ADS—Glasgow and Portpatrick—Three Petitions, against;
ret"erreA to .the Committee on the Bill. Teddington and
Eveshatn—Two Petitions, in favour, to lie on the tabig;,
Patrington, and Halifax and Sheffield—Bills reported, to be
ingrossed. Leeds and Collingham, and Brighten and New'
haven—Bills read a 3d time, and passed.
Cu URCH—Oldham
SLAVE TRADE LAWS CONSOLIDATION) Billstime.e pas
r ad
and
COMPANIES—British Gas Light—Petition of G. C. 132013.
bridge, Esq., against, to lie on the table. British Annuitf:
and RoVal Mining (Ireland)—Bills read a second time, AO
committed.
Doc es —St. Katherine's—Petition of S. Mary Magdalen, OP
ford, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. South
London—Two-Petitions from St. John's, Southwark, agaiDst'
referred to the Committee on the Bill.
llANKETs—Maidstone—Bill reported, Report to lie on the
table. Canterbury—Bill' read a second time, and eons'
mitted.
MILE-rxD Oa Towx RATES—Petition of Inhabitant*
against, to lie on the table.
TUNNEL—Thanies—Petition of Mayor of• London, Sc."
against, referred to the Committee on the Bill.
WELLAND OUTraLL DIIAINAGE—BiII reported, Report
ti
lie on the table.
CITY or LONDON—Orphans' Fund,)
Thames Navigation, and Coal Ex-
ti
Hills
change Debts
all
LAW MERCIIAIiT AMENDMENT
ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGE
WAREHOUSED .WHEAT BlLL—Petition of Landholders ef,
.1 :(ad committed a 2dtitts.
the North of Ireland, against, to lie on the table. Second
Beading deferred till Monday next.
BRISTOL Towsr DUES —Petition from Belfast,complaining°'
the local taxation of Bristol, to lie on the table.
Poon RELIEF (Scotland) 13n,r,—Seven Petitions, agailut'
to lie on the table.
BEER Du'rirs BlLL—Eight Petitions from Brewers, 80"
to lie on the table.
HIDES AND SKINS BlLL—Petitions from Tanners, &e. 0f
Nottingham, Wigton, and Glasgow, against, referred to the
Committee on the Bill.
FREEMASONS—Petition from, of Ireland, complaining of Art
of last Session, which prohibits the meeting of certain Ste'
ties ; to lie on the table.
MESSAGE ritosi THE LORDS—That they hare agreed VP
Aliens Bill Glass and Sweets Duties Bill, and Blackburil

Church Bill, without amendment. •
TITHES Co MPOSIT lON ACT—Petition from Castlelyons,
against any compulsory Clause, to he on the table.
GA ME Laws AMENDMENT BlLL—Petition from Middleo%,
against, to lie on the table.
DIST 1LL7.11 Y .LAws—Petition from County of Edinharghtfq
a free intercourse in home-made Spirits throughout the United
Kingdom, to lie on the table.
COUNTY CounTs By.r.—Petition of Prothonotary of the
Court of Great Sessions of Flintshire, for compensation, 1°
lie en the table. Compensation to Town Clerk of Cambridge
—The following Resolution reported and agreed to
" That his Majesty be enabled to grant an annual sum, otl'
of the Consolidated Fund of the trnited Kingdom of GrOt
Bntain and Ireland, by way of compensation to be made to t-h!
Town-Clerk of the town of Cambridge, for any deficiency in hisi
lawful fees and emoluments as Clerk of the Ancient Court 0
Pleas of the said town, that may arise in consequence of tia
Act that may be passed in the present Session, for the sno_,,re
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts in England an"
Wales." • _

EXATIIER DUTIES, &c. (Ireland)—The following Rear
tions reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brag°

in
" I. TOa
hat the Duties of Excise payable upon Hides
Skins, and Leather, tanned or dressed in oil, in Ireland, sor
upon Vellum or Parchment, and upon Paper made in Ireland'
and upon Paper printed, painted, or stained, in Ireland, °'
serve for hangings or other uses, and the respective Drawback°
upon the exportation from Ireland of any of the said articles;
and also the Duties upon Licences to persons in Ireland to keel,
a tan-yard or tan-pit, or to tan Leather, or to dress Hides o`.
m
Ireland
nion,re.
is.o;r mills
Skins in oil, or to make Vellum or Parchment, or to keep
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"2. That there be paid upon all Hides and Skins, ir.4
Leather, tanned, taxed, or dressed in oil, in Ireland, and,
all Vellum and Parchment, and upon all Paper made. 4;"
land, and upon all Paper printed, painted, or stained, in
land, to serve for hangings or other uses, and upon all Licenct2
to be taken out by any Tanner; Tawer, or Dresser of Hides 3,
Skins in oil, Currier, Maker of Vellum or Parchment, Vat!,
of Paper or Pasteboard, and Paper-stainer, in Ireland, PLITT
of Excise, of like denomination, and equal in amount, IL"
the Duties of Excise payable on the like articles and Lic.elso;‘,
respectively, in Great Britain, and to be collected under t
same regulations ; and that the like Drawbacks be allowed OA't"
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the exportation of all such articles, respectively, as are allow
on the exportation thereof from Great Britain.
" 3. That the Rates and Duties and Drawbacks of Cush
and Excise, in respect of all articles liable to Duties of Custorir
and Excise in Ireland, shall be made payable by and accord?"
to such and the like measures and weights as the Rates, Dutil;
and Drawbacks of Customs and Excise, respectiliely, on
like articles are made payable in Great Britain."

NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Wednesday, May 26.
Sir Robert Shaw—Correspondence between the Post 01041
and Mr. Watt, relative to the boilers of the Royal SO
reign Steam Packet, and the Report of the Engia"-
thereon.

Friday, June 4.
Mr. Bright—Resolutions relative to the Standing Orders °
Private Bills.

Thursday, June 10.
Lord Archibald Hamilton—Motion for extension of fir.*ll
Debts Act in Scotland.

NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DABi
which now stand in the ORDER-BOOK of the HODS
of COMMONS, for the Ensuing Week.
Monday, May 17.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
I. Register Office Bill—Second Reading.
2. Law Expences (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. .f
3. Qualification of Jurors Bill—Further Consideration
Report.
4. Land Revenue Sale of Stock Bill—Committee.
5. New-street (Mary-le-bone) Bill—Committee.
6. Judges in Wales Bill—Committee.
7. Chelsea and Greenwich Hospitals Bill—Committee.
8. County Gaols Bill—Further consideration of Report.
0. Law Merchant Amendment Bill—Committee.
10. Warehoused Wheat Bill—Second Reading
11. Clergy Residence (Ireland) Bill—Report.
12. Game Laws Amendment Bill—Further consideration of

• • Report.
13. Roman Catholic Marriages Bill—Committee. •
14. Pauper Lunatics Bill—Report.
15. Assize of Bread Bill—Report.
IG. Beer Duties Bill—Further Consideration of nwTort.
17. Tithe_ Composition (Ireland) Bill—Further remsideratio°

of Report.
18. Customs (Coals and Linens) Bill—Report. •
19. Exchequer Court Fees Investment Bill—Committee.
20. Juries (S;cotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report;
21. County Courts Bill—Report.
22, Plymouth Victualling Office Bill—Third Reading.
21 Four per Cents. Repayment Hill—Report.
24. HUM Dock Lands Bill—Third heading.
25. Consolidated Fund Bill—Report.
.26. Growing Crops (Ireland) Bill_Committee.
27. Customs and Excise Acts—Report thereupon.
28: Assessed Taxes Bill—Committee.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
1. Mr. Martin (of Galway),—Bill to regulate the proceed'
by Outlawry, and the issuing of Writs of Cairha Ut
turn, and subsequent proceeding by Cattodian thereer"
in Ireland.
2. Mr. Powell Buxton—Bill to repeal so much of Act 6 Geo. i;
C. 13, as restricts Partnerships and Societies from insure
Ships and Goods; and from lenfiir g Money upon Botto0;,"
3. 111 r. Scarlett—Bill. to extend the Jurisdiction of the Cour%
Courts of County Palatine of Lancaster, and to impre
the same.

Tuesday, May 18.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS..
1. Mr. Caleraft—Repeal of the Leather Tax.
2. Sir John Newport—Motion regarding Church Rates (li'e'
land).
3. Mr: Peter Moore-=Fill to repeal Combination Laws.

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4' lir. Dawson—Bill to repeal 29 Geo. 2, c. 16, which obliges
the ruime of every partner. of a Bank to be mentioned on
the Notes, and prohibits Bankers from Trading as Mer-
-I.—..,ats.
t H‘oneßeturn of Commitments by Magistrates.
• ro Run:le—Return of Resident and Non-resident Clergy in
fret:4llu ; also, manner in which the Patronage of the
Church is exercised.
7.
Ish• Secretary Peel—Bill to consolidate and simplify the
Laws for the Transportation of Offenders.
Mr. Secretary Peel—To continue Act for appointing Com-
missioners to imptire concerning Charities (in England)
for the Education of the Poor.

ORDERS OF.TIIE DAY.
Mariner's Appreutices.Settlement Bill—Second Reading.
l'arochial Stipends (Scotland) Act—Committee thereupon.
Z. Bankrupt Laws Amendment till—Further consideration
of Report.
Fisheries Bill—Further consideration of Report.
6. Saving Banks Bill—Committee.

Wednesday, May 19.
NOTICE Or MOTION'.
Air• Dickinson—Select Committee to inquire into the expen-
diture of the County Rates.
Thursday, May 20.

NOTICES OF It OTIONS.
1. litla Lord Advocate of Scotland—To refer the Ninth'Report
of Commissioners of Courts of Justice in Scotland, rola-
tive.,to the Office of Justice of the Peace, to a Select Cora
. raittee.
4.
r. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to amend Act 26 Geo. 3, for
regulating houses and other places kept for the purpose of
• Slaughtering horses.
Friday,llfny Zl.
lirool Importation and Exportation Bill—Committee.
Newfoundland Fisheries Bill—Further consideration of
Report.

V. •
-"I AT U II in Yesterday's City Article.—For "'
no dispatches
horn France," read " no departuresforFrance:"

ACS
OF STOCKS Tl.l IS DAY AT ONI 0-CLOC4C.
stock ',40?; 239 India stock °99A
91 Cent. Re 1. 95a1 'lndia Bonds 7ss. 76t.
•:iter Gent. Cons. 98i ,South *ea Stock
Per ettit. • 'oh old. Annuities
4 , {Old lll3i Ex. Bills 4O 45
. orCest. Assented 101a4 - Ditto
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.• • lo7i Bank for Act.
laclng Ann. 22 15-liiths Indi for Ctn. Acct...._
a Cents. Consa . for Acct

PIUIC'ES OF FOREIGN FU O 5 AT ONE O'CLOOE,
tlustriaußds, Npar cent. 96 74 Prussian, 5 per cent. ,
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an, 6 per cent BOl Ditto New
`446tubian 1.1d5,6 per cent.ts/ 6 Russian, New, 5 per cent-97ii
•ii"--7-----Scrip lati Spanish 1821, Spry cent.2oita
.„ ant 4i, 5 per cent. — ---- 1823, ditto 15
,ttreek, scrip _ 4U dis. Alliance Shares 173 18
Pitexicar. Seri
N • D nu pm. Palladium
p°fti".3tn, 5 per cent. ... Equitable Loan 3;
I,e,ruvian Scrip 34 dis. Irish Ditto
'ttliguese Bonds - Manchester Ditto
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N BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
I Evening, 23 minutes after 4

THE SUN.

SOLE/1 QUIS DICER E FALSUM .411 DRAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY; MAY 15, 1524.

CITY, Twcr o'CLocs-

There is still very little doing in either of the
Stock Markets. I send you the usual table of
Prices at one o'clock, without remarks.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.'
We have received from Paris, by Express, the
Elioile and the Pilole of yesterday, from which
we extract thefollowing:—

NETS Or THE COURT.
Yesterday the King beard Mass in his agar

Mesita.

His Majesty received in private audience the
Vice-Admiral Count de Burgues Masaiessyt

The President of the Council transacted busi
nen with his Majesty.

His Majesty did not go out.

PARIS, MAY 13.—A great plot has been dis-
Coverd at St. Domingo. The Spanish part me-
ditated to declare itself independent. The Pre-
sident Boyer has caused four of the chiefs of the

conspiracy to be shot ; but the exasperation has
Only become the ino-..e violent amongst the
Planters.

As for the French part, Boyer bestows all his
attention upon the culture of the lands. He
caused all persons in the Cities who are without
some property (dais) to be.arrested, and sent
them under escort to labour in the Sugar and Coffee
Plantations.

The Congress of Mexico has proclaimed the new
Constitution, _decreed the 31st January. It is

qrvilely copied from that of the United States

with the exception of one very remarkable ar-
ticle, which declares the Catholic, Apostolic, and
aornen Religion the sole religion of the State,
to the absolute exclusion of every other.
The National Representation will be composed
of a Senate and of a Chamber of Deputies.
[From the Pilote of yesterday.]
The preparations at the arsenal are completed,
"(I the fleet is ready to depart for the Archi-
pelago. The Sultan, it is said, will go with
rt. them a certain distance in the ship of the Captain
Ideratior I Pacha.

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VIENNA, MAY s.—Lord Strangford, at Con

3tantinople, keeps up a very, active correspond-
ence with the English Ambassador at our Court,
who has received' from London the necessary in-
-51-ructions to concert with Prince Aletternich
the diplomatic measures to be taken in common
for bringing to a prompt result the negociations
with the. Porte.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Renter opened and closed at 104 f. 50c.
End of the month, 104 f. 80c., 104 f. 856—After Change,
°4f. 90c.—French Scrip, 18.—Royal Spanish Loan, O.—
bucats for Acct. 96g.

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We have not yet quite done with the attack
Made on us and some of our Contemporaries, by
the Journal des Debats, on the subject of the
trazits. The Journal des Debuts says, that " the
English Journals have become at length ridicu-

rtes (101

ous with their French fleets which they Iv see-

ng every where." If there has been any thing

of the ridiculous, however, in the late pub-
lic agitation, it has involved some higher per-
sonages than the Dacits would probably select
for the object of its satire. The English Gb-

vernment, for example; considered the alleged

. .
movements of the French marine to be so iin•

his crown, and perhape his life, would go with them, grew
on a sudden wonderfully merciful, and not only issued the De-
cree, but wrote a" Royal Allocation" .to,it with his own hand.
The Journal des Debats gives this as a proof of sincerity on his
part, but that Journal ought to recollect that he gave the same
proof of sincerity to the Cortes before he left Cadiz, when he
wrote with his own hand a solemn promise to maintain the
Constitution.

pottant and alarming, as to justify them
.in de-

mantling explanations from the French Govern-
ment ;—and the Frsnch Government, on the
other hand, eager, no doubt, to appear quite as

The Chronicle of this morning contains the
former notice, which probably explains the
rumour mentioned by our Cit I, Correspondent
yesterday, relative to the sailing of an expedition
from the Havanna!' :--

ludicrous as its friends on this side of the Chan-
nel,
took more pains to convince, not only the
Cabinet of St. JAMES'S, but even private persons,
of its pacific dispositions, than were ever evinced,
perhaps, on any former political occasion ! The
Journal des Debuts, therefore, if it must have a
laugh at our expence, ought in fairness to include
amongst the subjects of its merriment all the
parties who have been so exquisitely hoaxed !
But we are not to be altogether laughed out of
our opinions, any more than we are to be duped
by the mere professions, however solemn, of
French Journalists or Statesmen. Those who

---
. We have seen a private letter from liavannah to a house of
the first respectability in the City, from which the following is
an extract:—" HAv ANN All, A iti 7.--Two Colombian
corvettes have taken the Spanish frigate Ceres ; in consequence
of which four King's ships have been dispatched against them ;
and in order that the Colombian Government may know nothing
of this measure, a general embargo has been laid on all vessels
here."

The second reading of the Earl of LAUDER-
DALE'S Bill for removing the Spitalfields' Restrictions on the
Silk Trade, was,carried last tight by a majority of 23 to 8.
There was no debate, and scarcely any discussion. The Earl
of WESTMORLAND recommended a postponement to another
year. There was a large crowd of operative silk-weavers in
Old Palace-yard, whose appearance, thickly covered with um-
brellas, was sufficiently striking. Either through mistake, or
very culpable waggery, they were told that the Bill was lost,
and they cordially cheered every Peer as he left the House.

,011.1) B YttON.—We yesterday recorded the
melancholy event of the death of this Nobleman.
It is a needless task to enter into any eulogiuna on
his extraordinary' poetical genius, as it is ac-
kndwledged by the world at large. He possess-
ed high intellectual powers, and they had received
all the advantage which could be derived from
extensive and various knowledge. He was not
only profoundly conversant with classical erudi-
tion, but well acquainted with all the living
languages of Europe, and also with ancient
and modern Greece. If his Muse was appa-
rently too much inclined to Satire, it must
be owned that he was originally provoked by
shallow and venomous criticism, and his tem-
per soured by the attacks of political hostility,
but he was capable of producing works of subli-
mity and tenderness, and altogether, in fertility
as well as vigour, may be classed with sonic of
the best poets which this country has produced.—
In private life he has manifested warm friendship,
diffusive liberality, and zeal to protect talents
properly directed, as well as to defend him-
self from that rancour with which envy and
party spirit too often assailed him. We have
no right to enter into his private transactions,
but as his domestic conduct has been misrepre-
sented, and bitterly condemned, we deem it
proper to notice a fact on which 'we are disposed
to rely, and which will chew that the separation
between him and his estimable Lady did not ori-
ginate iu himself. We have been assured, that
when they last parted a perfect amity prevailed
between them. Lady ByttoN left him to visit her
parental roof, upon his promise that he would
speedily rejoin her, and we are assured that every
day during her absence, she wrote to him the most
affectionate letters, pressing for his presence.—
It was, therefore, determined between him and
a most respectable Gentleman, allied to • the fa-
mily, that they should together leave London on
the following Tuesday, but on the Saturday Lord 1
BYRON received a letter, proltilliting his intended
visit, and intimating, not from herself, that his
Lady should not be permitted to join him any
more. Whether his lofty spirit declined to ins
quire the reason of this prohibition we have not
heard, but we have been assured that some rela-
tions and friends of the family in vain attempted to
have the prohibition annulled. This circurn-
stanCe must remove the prejudices which have
been raised against the
BYRON, and domestic conduct of Lord
we may be permitted in his favour to
female
whom he suspected to have
&
(i observere s s ed
t at htahte
alienated the affections of his wife, if his sus.
pillion was well-feunth.d, must certainly be con-
sidered as a well-merited infliction. In proof of
the respect in which Lord BYRON held his amia-
ble and accomplished Consort when they were
together, we shall cite a passage in a letter
now before us, in his own hand-writing. • It•
was .written in consequence of an attack upon
himself in a newspaper, but which also ap-
peared to contain a reflection on his Lady._
His Lordship's word's on the occasion, which we
faithfully copy are " It is a long time since
things of this kind have ceased to fright me
from my propriety ;" nor do .1 know any similar
attack which would induce me to turn again,
unless it involved those connected with me,
whose qualities,. I hope, are such as to exempt
them even in the eyes of those who bear no good
will to mysid.—ln such a case, supposing it to oc-
cur, to reverse the saying of Dr.ionstsoN, " what
the law could not do for me I would do for myself,
be the consequences what they might." Such
were the sentiments of respect and affection which
Lord BYRON felt for his Lady before their anti-
cable but final separation, and as it is impossi-
The Paris Papers of Thursday have brought ble that she could have deserved to forfeit theist,
we owe it to the character of the Lady and to the
FERDINAND'S Decree of General Amnesty. This general
amnesty however, contains amongst others the following ex-
memory of his Lordship to submit them to the
,the melancholy sub-
Lean: tribute to
ceptions :—The heads of the military insurrection in the Isle of
public. We shall now close
Lean : the Members of the Cortes who voted the dtcheance of Ject with the f°now lit wail-written
the powers and character of his Lordship taken
the Buil; at Seville: the Chiefs of military insurrections in
from The British Press of this day :
verities parts of Spain, at Madrid, &c.: the assassins of 4, The death of Lord livuox, the sad intelligence of which
VINUESSA, the Judges of ELI°, and the authors of rNiched London yesterday, is an event which we little expected
the massacres in the Prisons of Granada.—" When it is to record. It falls on thhelspusbulnickeator like the shock of a deepi
is
known," says the Journal des. De'bats, " what difficulties of raiyvsa,tnenTiznfotrllteinzenith of his fame • h
ersats ilnjth e prime
the worldowhen
all kinds surround FERDINAND'S Ministers,. it will not ap- his services could be ill spared, and, we may add with truth,
pear surprising that this act of policy as well as of mercy, nwohtellatvheeyhaepanpnenoter
toszteede•
; all Tzsraeicelapmersit.oonuasleNaTnldlt
pcoelciuld
should not have been published earlier. It appears that niary—all the energies of his body and of his mind were put
the Spanish Government wished that our troops should pro- fti).;ethafroarbtllei.e restoration a
Itloynn oof
gerneiendsotvms:s
oft 'trier caimefihitsolro,siserlsi.
long their residence in the Peninsula beyond the lst July (the he I:vas one of those characters from whose exirsetreyncersnew eras
period fixed for their return), and that the French Arnbas.-. Iliatleyethienir
.cnonimenlment :wthanatt-ectie fresh
stimuluscareer ofos_ocietT which
e
sailor, profiting by this circumstance, stated that his Most. his to carrynt ;
g.til onwardrop happiness anogoryf:ahmeiwnlasl
nok
CHRISTIAN MAJESTY would be much more inclined to lover_ of revolutions ; he looked only to the improvement of
with the wish of the Spanish' Government, if the act which Iffushiotnieocoatoicyiallerediatniocinta
justaneksithi
Ind was capable,ate y
independence.the
b
was to reconcile the children of the same. family, should put It was with these.vietew; that he aided GREECE, to the utmost
an end to the anxieties and should fix the destiny of a noble of his means, to rescue herself from the chains of her oppres-
sor, and rise again to life and liberty. 'We are not yet suffi-
and devoted people." This intimation seems to have had a ciently recovered from the painful feelings with which the
due effect. A word to the wise is generally thought operative; sudden iiiiiitteolligence of his death hasoinmEressed us, to enter at
a word to the cowardly appears ten times still more so. presenttis character
annt daemtaailno. f observation,l
Now that his dayslsgenius asrn bee poet,red, ).l
the
j rtannt Aim, who' felt that if the French retired in July, world will do justice to both."

thought they saw in the cordon sanitairs something
more than a barrier against the visitation of a
pestilential fever, were made the subjects of
very excellent jokes by the French Newspapers ;
and even the king of FRANCL himself was made
to stigmatize all those who presumed to think

that a French army was collected on the line of
the Pyrenees with any hostile intention against
Spain. We confess with regret that we were
amongst the number of those who were duped by
these solemn declarations and professions. if
ever we deserved to be laughed at, it was for
our credulity on that occasion, and for being
so weak as to calculate on the moderation and

sincerity of a Government which appeared to hue
the best reasons in the world for being moderate
and sincere. The Journal des Dibats may rest
assured, however, that we are not at all likely to
commit this folly a second time, and that it

lust be content in future to make merry,

not at our credulity, but, as on the present
occasion, at what it is pleased to consider the
excess, of our vigilance, and the intensity of
our suspicions. It may be that the French
Government has no present intention to commit
any act of open hostility. We are quite sure

that it is its interest to remain at peace. The
degree of reliance which we place upon its pa-
cific dispositions, results from this list consi-
deration, and not from its declarations ; and we
shall always, as we do now, draw our inferences
not from what it says, but from what it does.
In the mean time, it ,would appear from the
subjoined letter from Paris, inserted in the Chro-
nick of this day, that there are in Paris as well
as in London many persons who do not believe
every thing that the Journal des Detbats chooses
to say-, and who are so very ridiculous as still to
imagine that France is resolved to make an at-
tack on the Brazils !

" PARIS, MAY 11, 1024.
" A partial change in the Ministry is hourly expected, but
it will have no influence on the conduct of the Cabinet. It is a
sort Of family arrangement, rather than a disposseSsion. It is
settled that the Duke of Doudeauville, Director-General of the
Post Office, is to succeed M. de Clermont Tonnere, as Mini-
ster of Marine, and M. Sosthene de la Itochefoucault is to be
promoted to the dignity of Minister of the Thing's Household,
which Marshal Lauriston will give up. The services he has
rendered to the present Ministry in buying up the ultra Jour-
nals, the influence of which M. de Villele dreaded, cannot be
properly rewardedat a less price. Marshal L. is inconsolable.
The supreme direction of the Opera was so delightful to !Mini
that it is supposed an eighth Minister, under the title of
DirectoNGeneral of the Theatres, will he appointed in order
to indemnify him for his loss. The exaltation of M. Sosthene
de la Rochefoucault to the office of Minister of the Household,
has recalled to recollection a specimen of skill in this great
Statesman. As a Member of the Chamber of Deputies in 18161
wishing to support some opinion of his by an historical quota-
tion, he made Charles IX., the father' of Henry 111., and'
Henry 111. the father of Henry IV. The Chamber not having
appreciated this new mode of correcting the history of France,
admonished M. Sosthene, who demonstrated that it was of
very little consequence *hat Kings were. brothers, fathers,
or cousins; in consequence of this the name of Demosthenes
was conferred on . him by the general voice, and all Paris now
regrets that he was not, in place of making him Minister of
the King's Household, promoted to be Chief Historiographer
of France.
" Some new regiments have been sent to Brest to he embarked
there. Notwithstanding the
,fallacious assertions of the Mini-
ster, unequivocal symptoms announce the speedy commencement
of hostilities against Brazils ; and even the success of this en-
terprise is spoken of openly in all the saloons of the Paubourgh
Saint Germain."'