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that, far from calling upon France for humiliating conces-
sions which she would not make, they are disposed to
meet our just susceptibilities on honourable terms. We
believe, in short, that peace and good harmony are
being consolidated day by day, and that the crisis which
had been brought on by a weak and rash Cabinet is
near its end.

A telegraphic despatch from Brest confirms the
news of peace having been concluded between
France and the Argentine Republic. It appears in
the following form in the Moniteur

BREST
JAN. 11, 8 O'CLOCK, A.M.
THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF
MARINE.

Peace has been concluded at Buenos Ayres.
M. Page, a ship lieutenant, who arrived last night in
the Cassard, will leave for Paris by the next mail, with
the treaty.

Peace with the Argentine Republic is little to
the taste of the French Opposition Journals. They
are for war with all the world. They are so fond
of fighting that nothing so distresses them as hear-
ing that an enemy has become an ally. They arc
more delighted to have enemies than Englishmen
are to have friends. In no other spirit could the
Commerce, for instance, have thus commented
upon the news of the conclusion of a Treaty of
Peace :

In vain did 1,200 Frenchmen present to Admiral
Mackau at Monte Video a petition, entreating him not
to re-open negotistions with such a monster as Roses.
Notwithstanding all his new crimes, his desperate situ -
tion. and the energetic manifestation of public opinion,
Admiral Mackau persevered in his intentions under the
mediation of the English Minister. We cannot here
bring forward the energetic terms in which our Monte
Video correspondents express their indignation. There
is but one cry among the French there against Admiral
Mackau and the Government whose instructions he has
followed. What most compromises the French name is
our cowardly aitandonment of our allies, after having
urged them forward. Thus, in order to obtain from
a Minister like Rosas a bad arrangement, which would
be no sooner concluded than violated, we sacrifice the
liberating army, which -was formed undvr our patron-
age and with our subsidies. In America, as in Europe,
as in the East, it is better to have France for an enemy
than for an aily. We cannot be told this time that it is
in the interest of mankind that we make this new Furl
fice of our honour.

The following extract from a letter from the
!Mauritius, dated the Bth of October, recounts
what, in common with a French Contemporary,
we regard as the origin of the reports so often re-
peated in the National, of an engagement between
an English and a French ship in the Red Sea:—

" The transport Prevoyante, commanded by M. Je
henne, lieutenant de vaisaeau, arrived at Bourbon on
the 29th of September, from the coast of Mozam-
bique, where it had captured a Portuguese ship com-
mitting acts of piracy, and buying slaves with the pro-
duce of its piratical seizures. M. Jehenne was moored
in the same port with the pirate ; but in the night the
latter sailed, a circumstance which created suspicion.
Tha Prevoyante immediately pursued, and an engage-
ment took place, which lasted three quarters of an
hour. The French vessel was u:timately the victor
and captured the pirate, which was well armed,
having a crew of forty-five men. It had also 250 ne-
groes, and a great deal of gold and silver on board.
The two vessels are now in quarantine at Bourbon ;
the pirate is at least as large as the Prevoyante, and
was without papers. No lives were lost on board the
French ship.
" It is probably this combat which the French and
English papers have been talking of for some time.
The Spaniards and Portuguese call any three-mute,'
vessel a frigate, and the news of the engagement
must have come to Moka through some Arab ship
which got it from the Portuguese at Mozambique."

The Gazette de France has succeeded in cre-
ating some stir in Paris, by the publication of a
series of letters written by King Louis PHILIPPE,
when Duke of ORL EA NS and an emigrant, in which
the greatest admiration is expressed for England•
To remove all doulzts of the genuineness of these
letters, the Editor of the Gazette says he has seen

them in the KING'S hand-writing, and is ready to
name to any person the public depository in which
they are kept.. We have not had time to compare
these letters, but our impression is that they are no
others than a series which were lithographed in
London a few years ago, at the instance, as we un-
derstood, of some disappointed French lady, and of
which at the time we obtained a copy. We envy
not the Editor his good taste who revives such do-
cuments for the purposes of political strife.

Letters from Rome, of the 30:h ult., announce that
Queen Christina was received on that day by the Pape.
Her Majesty remained half an Lour with his Holiness, and,
immediately after the audience was waited upon by a num.
ber of members of the diplomatic body.
The King of Sardinia has raised his army to 70,000 men.
The Neapolitan army amounts to 100,000 men.
A letter from Rome of the 31st December says, " His
Eminence Cardinal Larnbruschini has just published an
official notice to the following effect, that his Holiness',
with a view to encourage and protect the art.; and sciences
and literature. has just acceded to the treaty concluded
between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Sardinia
for the suppression of literary piracy. The treaty in ques-
tion will be carried into effect from the Ist January, 1841.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany acceded to the same treaty
at the beginning of this month.---La Gazette de France.
The line of the continued rampart has been changed at
St. Mandi ; the rampart is brought 200 metres nearer to
the forts of Vincennes and Charenton, which command it
in its whole length from C
linewhroiallpnasnsewtio Eer
within 1,000 00 Theto 12.000
12,000
ram-
partmetrefosiolofwtihneg thet two forts which may cross their fire in the
plain, and command the continued rampart.
The number of distinguished officers who declare against
the plan for fortifying Paris increases daily. We have
now to add to them Lieutenant-General Viscount Firlet,
of the Artillery, who has just published his opinion on this
important subject, and whose ideas entirely concur with
those we have constantly advocated.
Admiral Hugon took the command of the Mediterranean
squadron on the Bth. Rear-Admiral Cary, who is to com•
mand a division, after his taking leave (as Major-General
of the Marines) of the officers employed on shore, was
hindered by the bad weather from going on board to
hoist his flag on one of the ships.
Rear-Admiral Lalande set out for Paris on the 7th.
The Phaeton steamer has received orders to hold itself
in readiness to put to sea on a mission. It is believed at
Toulon that it is destined to convey to Alexandria the sue-
cessor of M. Cochclet as Consul-general in Egypt.—Le
Commerce.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES--SITTING OF JAN. 13
M. Sauzet took the chair at half-past one, but owing to
the scarcity of members no business commenced till half-
past two, at which hour the Hon. President announced
that the report of the Committee on the project of law
demanding a credit of 140,000,000 f. for the fortifications of
Paris, would not be ready for some time, and that the
Chamber would, therefore, proceed with the order of the
day relative to the sale of landed property and chattels.
The Ministers 'present were, MM. Soult, Teste, Ville-
main, Humann, Cunin Gridaine, and Martin (du Nord.)
At half-past three M. Thiers ascended the tribule,
and read to the following effect :—The Committee has dam,
its utmost to meet the trust confided in it by the Chamber.
The Committee, in order to do so, has consulted both spc-
teal and political men. The
project of fortifying Paris by
no means a circumstantial project. Napoleon conceived this
project just after the battle of Austerlitz. Louis XIV, who
had opposed with success Great Britain, Austria, Spain,
&c. also entertained the idea of rendering Paris secure
from the attack of an enemy, and charged the celebrated
Vauban to draw up a plan on the subject. Had Paris been
fortified when the Allies entered this country, the move.
ments of Napoleon would have been free, and perhaps—
nay, probably—the fate of the country would hue been
different. Many persons contest the value of fortified
places, but the opinion of Napoleon, although he often suc-
ceeded in turning thorn, is decidedly in their favour. Let
it be remembered that Paris is but 6e leagues from
the northern frontier, and that it has not even a river
of any magnitude to arrest, or rather impede the
progress of an ireadieg army. Paris is France—
Paris in the hands of the army is tantamount to a ge-
neral defeat of the country. Has not the great Captain of
the age affirmed that if Madrid, Berlin, and Vienna had
been fortified, the can psign which terminated in the occu-
pation of these capitals would have probably been far dif-
ferent. Can a stronger argument bo urged in favour of
fortifying Pai is ? The capital unprotected is at the
mercy of a single victory gained by the enemy. Paris
fortified is no longer the prce of a battle—to obtain its
possession a protracted siege must take place, and during
that time what events may not occur; and what an army
would, moreover, be required to besiege a city so vast, so
populous, and so brave? In 1630 what courage was dis-
played by the population of the capital in defence of the
charter In 1632 and in 1834 bow admirably the Na-
tional Guard behaved in defence of public order—great
bravery was also shown by the disaffected, but let a veil
be drawn over the scene of our civil dissensions. Paris
is a city containing a brave and energetic national guerd,
tic hich, well directed, might do wonders. Did not Vienna
in the sixteenth century undergo a siege of two months, and
we all remember the ever-memorable seigc of Genoa, by
our illustrious Massena. Let it not be supposed that Paris
could be taken by famine. It would be no difficult (ratter
to supply Paris with provisions for sixty days. The enemy
alone would be exposed to that calamity, for how could
an invading force, sufficiently strong to besiesse fortified
Paris, find means of subsistence ? The only difficulty to
supplying Paris with provisions would be with respect to
fresh meat, and that difficulty could be easily surmounted
by admitting into the vast places inclosed bj the fortified
line, cattle sufficient for the necessities of the Capital during
sixty days.

(AAFT RE4DINO.)

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