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London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

through Bologna. At Parma and Lucca much ex-
citement prevailed, and occasional collisions took place
between the population and the troops.

We learn, by a letter from Warsaw of the 6th,
that the Emperor of Russia has just issued a decree,
fixing the legal rate of interest at 5 per cent. per
annum, and declaring that any person accepting a
higher interest for any cause whatever, or in any
way, shall for the first offence be condemned to a fine
three times greater than the sum lent; for the second
offence, to an imprisonment of from ten to twelve
years ; and for the third, to exile in Siberia. Another
Imperial decree forbids landowners, under pain of
similar penalties, to sell by time bargains other pro-
ducts than those of their own lands, or to sell a larger
quantity than their lands ordinarily yield.

A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 4th says
" Immense preparations are being made in the
Caucasian provinces for the approaching campaign
against the mountaineers. The army which is to
act against them will be of nearly 150,000 men.
We are assured that, as soon as the EMPEROR shall
be perfectly recovered from the sickness with which
he is at present afflicted, he will place himself at the
head of this army."

Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived.
The Gageta publishes a decree by the QUEEN con-
ferring the Grand Cross of the Royal and Military
order of St. Ferdinand on Generals SANTIAGO,
MENDEZ VIGO, and NOZZkGARAY, as " a proof of her
satisfaction for the manner in which they had contri-
buted to the pacification of the kingdom of Portugal,
and the consolidation of the constitutional throne
of her beloved ally and cousin, her Most Faithful
MAJESTY."

It is rumoured that a Carlilt rising is about to take
place in Navarre, under the orders of General Emo.
The Faro states that there is a serious difference
between the- Government and General' CoNctia, on
account of sufficient funds not having been placed at
his disposal to pay his troops.

MADRID Boum., JULY 9.—The Three per Cent's. were
'done at 264 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 17 ; the
Debt without interest, at

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.

On Tuesday the proceedings in the case of General
CUBIERES and Ms co-accused were, with the excep-
tion of the pronouncing of judgment by the Court,
brought to a conclusion. The following were the
requisitions made to the Court by the Procureur-
General :

" Consideri►►g that there does not result from the
hearing sufficient proof of swindling or attempt to swin-
dle against Amedee Louis Despans•Cublires, we require
that it will please the Court to acquit him on this part
of the accusation ;
" Considering that it does result from the hearing that
there exists against Amedee Louis Despans-Cubiires,
and Marie Nicholas. Philippe Auguste Parmentier, suffi-
cient proof of their having corrupted, by offers, gifts, and
presents, the Minister of Public Works, in order to ob-
tain the concession of a mine of rock salt ;
" Considering that it results from the hearing that
there exists against J. B. Test() sufficient proof of his
having, while Minister of Public Works, accepted offers
and received gifts and presents, to do an act within his
functions, for which he was not entitled to any fee or
reward;
" Crimes provided for by Articles 177, 179, 34, and
35, of the penal code;
" We require that it will please the Court to declare,
that Amedee Louis Despans-Cubieres, Marie Nicholas
Parmentier, and J. B. Teste, are guilty of the above-
mentioned crimes, and apply to them the penalties in-
flicted by the above cited articles."
The Court then adjourned and re-assembled on
Wednesday morning. The Peers were deliberating
with closed doors as to the verdict and sentence, when
the post left on Wednesday.
The Constitutionnel says, the punishment against
public functionaries taking a bribe for any act even
just in itself is civil degradation and a fine double the
amount of the sum received as a bribe. The same
punishment is awarded against persons bribing, but
when the attempt to bribe is not successful the pu-
nishment is an imprisonment of from three to six
months and a fine of from 100 f. to 300 f. Civil de-
gradation consists in the exclusion from public func-
tions, the loss of the right of voting or being elected,
and in general all civil and political rights, and that
of wearing any decoration. It also carries with it
the incapacity of giving evidence upon oath, of taking
part in certain legal acts, and exclusion from the
army and national guard, &c.
M. Cu. TESTE, the son of the accused Minister has
. resigned the office he held of Councillor Referendary
at the Court of Accounts, and has ceased- to be a
Member of the Chamber of Deputies.
We find the following relative to M. Tzars in the
Droit:—

"M. Teste quitted the sitting of the Court of Peers on
Monday, followed by an usher and accompanied by his
counsel and his son, shaken, but not depressed in
appearance,that he
entertained and without
any
anything towthheenidh,ea
sinister
projects.leading
reached the prison of the Luxembourg, he bowed
calmly to the director, and ordered dinner to be
served, sending his son to dine in the Rue de
Lille. •You may tell your mother,' said he,
that the game has become too difficult for me; I
cannot continue to play it out.' He then sat down to
table with his counsel. The meal was a silent and sad
one; M. Teste, who in general readily discussed his ideas
of defence, said almost nothing. About half-past seven
M. Paillet, appearing fatigued with the emotions of the
day, M. Teste said to him, You are weary; go home, we
shall see each other in the morning.' He conversed for
some time with M. Dehaut, the other counsel, who
then withdrew, it being about eight o'clock. His son
afterwards returned to wish him good night, and after
his withdrawal, at a quarter to nine, the attempt at
suicide was made. It is to be remarked that neither
before nor after the attempt did M. Teste for a single
instant lose his apparent calm. One of the principal
employts of the Chamber of Peers remained during the
night in the room with him. M. Teste passed the night
in reading and conversing with his companion. His
animated and picturesque language appeared to borrow
a sort of eloquence from the trials which he had gone
through during the day. He spoke of his proscribed
and wandering infamy, and of the sort of fatality which,
he said, appeared to have rested on him since his birth.
Am I then a wretch,' he said to himself, who never
heard a good action narrated without my heart throb-
bing! Ah, fatality! fatality!' My poor brother,' he
added, speaking of General Teste, he will not again
appear there,' pointing to the Chamber of Peers, ' and I
shall be the cause!' It is asserted that, on this
occasion,
M. Teste had again found the accents of that animated
eloquence which was kept within bounds at the bar, but
which could not be extinguished; the eloquence which
Manuel admired so much, and which in other times
would have made him a tribune of the people."
Notwithstanding these repeated exposures of the
gross corruption which is the foundation of the
dynastic system, the founder of the system seems
determined to endeavour to carry it out coute qui
coute.

The Union Monarchique says—" The nomination of
the Duke d'Aumale to the post of Governor-General
of Algeria has been decidedly determined on at one of
the last Cabinet Councils at Neuilly. M. Guizot, it is
said, vainly endeavoured to put forward some timid ob-
jections on the propriety of this choice, but the opinion
-of the Minister of Foreign Affairs soon gave way before-.
the manifest expression of an all-powerful will, and to
which in this circumstance the eager advice of the ma-
jority of the Council gave an additional force. It- is
probable that this nomination will not be officially an.
nounced until after the close of the Chambers. At all
events the Governor-General will not proceed to his
post before the end of September or the beginning of
October. The realisation of the project of creating in
favour of the Duke d'Aumala a vice-royalty in our pos-
sessions in Africa is, it is said, postponed- to next year.'4
In the same journal we find the following announce-
ment :

" The sudden and unexpected journey of King Leopold
of Belgium to Paris has given rise to a report which we
repeat with all due reserve, although we have many
reasons to consider it well founded. It appears that,
frightened and annoyed at the incessant embarrassments
occasioned to him by the internal administration of his
kingdom, Leopold thought proper, during his last visit
to London, to communicate to the English Ministry his
firm determination to abdicate the Crown in favour of
his son. The English Cabinet, as may be easily sup-
posed, energetically combated that project, the first re-
sult of which would be to secure the regency to the
mother of the young Prince—that is, to a princess of
the family of Orleans. During his sojourn in London,
Leopold appeared to yield to the objections made by the
English Cabinet, but immediately on his return to
Bru'sels he was again assailed with the cares of royalty.
During the last fww days all those who approached the
monarch could read on his countenance the expression
of the most profound grief. It was under those eircum-
stances that Leopold resolved to proceed to Paris for the
ern
of
daughter fth
-i
purpose
law a noefg
efrnaem Bn
inn conjunctionfavour o f t h
eeldest
with
his
Louis Philippe."
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Algiers, Spain, and Belgium are, however, not
enough to satisfy the ambition of the dynasty. It
would fain give a monarch to Republican America.
The Presse, the organ of CHRISTINA, and the Palace,
as distinguished from the Parliamentary faction
says--

" General Flores, who is only just returned from Bel-
flun3, is making preparations for a voyage to America.
He will go direct for Venezuela, and he will be entirely
alone, relying upon the goodness of the cause be is
about to sustain, the good taith_ of his own views, and
the right disposition of bis
feljow-citizens. Thus ire