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" Gentlemen, permit me before leaving this chair, to
which you have called an enlightened and impartial col-
league, to thank you for the kindness you have shown me
during the brief duration of my functions. Permit me
also to express my most sincere wishes that the important
objects demanded of the Chamber by the King's speech
may be accomplished with harmony and tranquillity in this
the last year of our legislative mission." The President
then alluded in detail to the principal topics of the Royal
speech, towards the conclusion of which some signs of
impatience were manifested from the centre benches. The
President concluded his address in the following words ;
To secure to the population the blessings of order and
peace, the Government has made an appeal to the firmness
of the magistrates and the courage of the army ; it has
also solicited our loyal assistance. We shall not be deaf
to this appeal—we will secure to all classes the results
promised by the charter, amongst which the principal is
liberty for all."
M. Dupin then took the chair, and read the following
address. After thanking the Chamber for the reiterated
marks of their goodwill towards him, he proceeded to say
At the opening of last session our regards were directed
towards what we had to do—it is equally proper, at pre-
sent, to pass in review what we have accomplished. No
former Chamber has had so long an existence as the pre-
sent, as it has been permitted to reach the end of its legal
duration. No other Chamber has given to the country
so many useful laws. In sixteen months there have been
passed 101 laws affecting the general interests, and 240
bearing upon local ones. Amongst the former, France
has hailed with gratitude those which bad been so ardently
the objects of the general wish. Amongst these I shall
particularly mention that law which, in conformity to the
desires of the country at large (M. Dupin laid particular
stress on these words), abolished the hereditary succession
to
,the peerage—that law also, which, by modifying
the penal code, rendered more easy the suppression
of crime, by establishing a juster proportion be-
tween it and its punishment." M. Dupin then
proceeded in a summary manner to recall to the recollec-
tion of the Chamber, the other important laws which bad
been enacted; such as those upon the recruiting of the
army, the municipal organization of the departments,
upon the transit of merchandise, the establishment of
entrepots, the amelioration of the condition of the coloured
inhabitants of the colonies ; and, lastly, the law upon
primary instruction. " Gentlemen," added M. Dupin„
" in enacting, if possible, a good law upon the customs,
and in completing the laws promised in the charter, you
will have rendered an immense service to the country.
You will then have been true representatives (constituans)
after the manner of wise men, skilful in putting an end
to revolutions, whilst others are only skilful in fomenting
them. Gentlemen, you have called upon the country for
great sacrifices, but they were necessary for our internal
security, and the safeguard of our honour in relation to
foreign countries. To whomsoever may ask what we have
done, we can reply, There is our compte rendu.' "
(Very general marks of approbation followed the close of
this address.) _

The Chamber then adjourned sine die, and the mem•
bets retired to the committee-rooms to appoint a commis
sion to prepare the address in answer to the King's speech

The Bordeaux journals of the 23d inst., announce that
the Bayonne snail had not arrived at the moment of their
going to press, so that they have nothing new to commu-
nicate from Spain. They attribute the delay either to the
bad weather, or an accident having happened to the
mail, or to floods upon the roads. The Indicateur,
however, gives the following of the 20th, from Bayonne,
which is not without interest:—" A person worthy of
confidence, who has recently arrived from the Basque
provinces, states that the clergy became every day more
audacious, employing every means in their power for pro-
moting insurrection. The convents and the churches are
depots for the arms and ammunition of the rebels ; the
immunity in which they are left, and the indifference of
the liberals, give us reason to fear that factions will long
continue. Added to this, the poor people of this pro-
vince are made to believe that the leaders of the insurrec-

Lion are acting after the orders of M. Zea, which is pro-
bably false ; but such a report does as much mischief as
if it were true. Six hundred volunteers are already armed
and equipped at Bilboa, besides the corps of Miguelets as
commanded by the brave Conget, who shines both as a pa-
triot and an officer. The same person had occasion to com-
municate with several officers of the regiments of Girona,
Almansa, Estremadura, Africa, and of the Royal Guard.
All were full of enthusiasm for la Isabelita (the little Isa-
bella), it is thus the young Queen is called ; but in revenge
they swear at Zea and his colleagues, with the exception
of the Minister of War ; and, if they do not fall
within a short time, said publicly the officers at Durango,
as soon as we have exterminated this apostolical rabble, we
will go to Madrid to make the Queen Regent compre-
hend what she does not seem to wish to believe at present.
The hatred of the soldiers to the monks is incredible;
they talk of nothing but exterminating them. In general
all the officers and soldiers are satisfied with their com-
mander, Valdes, and say that with such a general they
would go to hell, if it must be so. In fact, it appears
that it will not be the fault of Valdes if the rebels are not
brought into subjection. He will be
ts-sponen-of in the highest terms ;
b
apprehended that the equivocal measures of M.
Zea and colleagues will thwart the good disposition of
these
worthy chiefs, and the efforts of the brave troops
under
rtheir command. We have been hitherto ignorant
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t worthy of the defenders of Don Carlos. When
the insurgents entered Logrono, they established the inqui-
sition there, and assigned to each of the inquisitors an
annual pension of 2,000 piastres. These monsters had
already two unfortunate persons in their talons, but they
were delivered up on the entrance of General Lorenzo into
Logrono. The Spanish clergy will never yield an iota
of their horrible and sanguinary projects, and woe to the
country if Don Carlos should succeed in ascending the
throne supported by such auxiliaries."
A letter of the22d inst., from Bayonne, says—" General
Castagnon has returned to St. Sebastian, leaving El Pastor
and his column at Tolosa. It appears that El Pastor is
henceforth to act independently of the General, and in
concert with commanders of other flying columns. The
accounts received to day from Guipuscoa are far from
satisfactory; there is not a single point in the country at
which there are not to be found bands of insurgents of 15,
20, or 30 men each."
The indicateur of Bordeaux a the 24th inst. has the

following from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, dated the 20th :
" The funds (150,000 francs) which were deposited here,
in the house of the Colonel of the 18th Regiment of tit,-
Line, destined for Spain, were sent off yesterday. It is
affirmed that the escort was attacked, but being more nu.
merous than the Carlist band, the latter suffered consider
able loss ; some persons go so far as to say that it was a
scheme to draw the Carlists to a certain point, in order
to bring matters to an end ; it seems probable that this
was the reason, for the money was enclosed in 5 cases, and
it was generally reported that the amount was 1,500,000."
The following is from the Memorial Bordelais of the
24th inst. :—" Several young men, formerly Constitu-
tiGnalist volunteers, took refuge at Bayonne during the
events of Biscay; wishing to return to Bilboa, they set out
for St. Sebastian. The road being intercepted, they em-
barked in a lancha with M. Butron, formerly alcade of
Palencia, also a refugee. Bad weather compelled them
to put into Palencia : they took the road to Bilboa, armed,
but having found a strong party of the factions at Al.
gorta, a village two leagues off, they were forced to lay
down their arms, and up to this day it is not known what
has become of them." The following is from Oleron,
dated the 21st :.--.‘Ehe courier from Sarragossa, who
arrived late, brings little news. Arragon has resumed its
usual tranquillity since the bombarding and capture of

six in the evening, with 2,200 infantry, 400 horse,
two batteries of artillery, and one hundred sappers of
the engineer corps, and made a night march to the foot
of the chain of the Atlas, where the Douaires who had
committed the greatest part of the outrages to be avenged
were posted, and where he was informed that Abdelkader
had stationed himself on his return from butchering a
tribe in the environs of Tremesen who had refused to
ackaowledge his sovereignty. The vanguard of the
division, commanded by Colonel Audinot, came unexpec-
tedly at daybreak upon the Douaires, who were completely
dispersed, leaving on the ground every man who offered
to defend himself. The firing alarmed the camp of Abaci-
kader, and all the other tribes with which this part of the
country is covered, and by 8 o'clock in the morning clouds
of horsemen appeared from all sides. The first who
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presentedoo t themselveserswere
instantly ia front
driven of
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were moving in their rear, while the artillery, by a well-
directed fire of grape-shot and other projectiles, stopped
the masses of the enemy. Nevertheless, reinforcements
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poured in, and every face of the square formed by tl e
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oneuerLand lasted iilLten n!elnek... when the Arabs with-
drew in order to wait for other tribes, which afterwards
arrived. During this suspension a ration of brand; was
delivered to the French troops, but having waited uniil
twelve o'clock, the French General then commanded a
retreat, intending to bivouack his men at Msullen. As
soon as their movement was perceived, the enemy renewed
his attacks with increased ardour, but the slow and steady
march of the French troops, and their repeated halts
in order to allow the artillery to play, disconcerted the
assailants, and occasioned them immense loss in both
men and horses. Still a great number of them fol-
lowed the rear-guard of the retiring forces, and did not
abandon their object till nightfall, when they male at last
a desi erate charge, which was met and repulsed by the
African corps of Horse Chasseurs. The General conti-
nued his march to Msullen, but renounced his intention of
bivouacking his men, fearing lest, after the heat of the day,
which was equal to the finest month of June in France,
the health of his troops might suffer from the cold and
damp air of the night. He consequently continued his
route to Brun, where, after a march of 30 hours, 13 of
which were engaged in fighting, he arrived at 10 o'clock
at night, without having left a single man behind him.
The General then speaks in the highest terms of the courage
and conduct of his followers, and recommends many offi-
cers and men to the consideration of the Minister of War,
as having distinguished themselves.
The Progres of Avignon, gives the following confiden.
tial letter, addressed on the 13th inst., by General St.
A ignan to the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the garrison
of Avignon :—" The Lieutenant-General Commandant of

this division, informs me that the Republican Committee
of Paris intends sending into the provinces incendiary
writings, calculated to shake the fidelity of the troops and
seduce them from the line of their duty. In fact, emissaries
have left Paris for the purpose of sounding the sentiments
of the troops, but I am too well acquainted with their
good spirit and devotedness to their country and King, not
to be persuaded that they will repel these culpable attempts
upon them. You will, however, give orders that there be
a redoubled watchfulness in the garrison, sad transmit to
me every rev dutionary writing that may be attempted
to be introduced into the quarters, or into any other place
which may be under your superintendence."
(EXTRACT OF A LETTER 213.03/ MADRID, DEC. 11.)

Paris, December 27.

"A Decree of the Queen Regent, dated the 10th inst.,
grants an unlimited license for manufacturing or dealing in
the following articles;—.viz. fish, silk, soda, barilla, rage,
paper, hemp, and flax, whether wrought or unwrought ;
and the Decree annuls all former Ordinance., restraining

toe commerce m these articles. A serious misunderstand-
ing prevails between our financiers and the bankers of
Paris. The Director of the Sinking Fund, and the Mi-
nister of Finances, on the 26th ult., made a hostile
Report to the Council of Regency, and to the Cabinet,
respecting our foreign debt, in which a bankruptcy is
declared inevitable. It remains to be seen whether, in
refunding the debt, it is to be consolidated into a third, a
fourth, or a fifth. M. Gargollo asserts that Spain is
unable to pay more than 100,000,000 rials (or about
1,000,0001. sterling) per annum towards her home and
f,reign debts, and yet M. Martinez, the Minister of the
Finances, wishes the Cortes Bonds to be comprised in the
new arrangements. The Government must come to a
resolution on the subject before April Ist, as the public
opinion is avowedly against foreign loans; and tl:,! Mi-
nister who should venture to contract one would expose
himself to the indignation of the people."
(From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.)
A letter from Bordeaux of the 24th inst. has the fol-

lowing :—" A Spanish courier has just arrived. In
order to escape the bands of Carlists, who are still nu.
merous between Vittoria and the French frontier, he took
the road by Arragon. He states that on the 15th a
movement of the Constitutionalists took place at Madrid,
and that the life of M. Zea was in danger, but the
Queen mounted her horse and rode through the streets,
and thus succeeded in calming the populace."
The Memorial Bordelais of the 25th inst. gives the
following of the 23d from Bayonne :—" There have
been no movements on the frontier ; the principal seat
of the rebellion is now in the southern provinces of
Spain. Don Antonio de Sola, the Viceroy of Biscay,
being found incapable, has been superseded, and General
Pastor put in his place. This General is advancing
with a body of troops. It having been announced that a
General Assembly was about to be held at St. Sebastian,
to which each of the four frontier provinces were to send
Deputies, the Carlists have resolved to prevent the meeting,
and proclamations by themhave been issued, denouncing
death against whoever might attend it."
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Bayonne of the 24th
Mat. has the following from Aldudes, dated the 19th
" The rector of Cia, a town of Baatan, within these few
days declared to his parishioners that he was going to
take up arms for the defence of the true religion, and the
indisputable rights of Charles V. to the Crown, exhorting
them to follow him; he set off the next day, with forty
men, and has since been prowling about the environs of
Lain, but he is not much confided in by the Carlists, as
none of them join his band." It has also the following
from St. Jean-Pied-de-Port, dated the 21st. We are
assured that all the Captains-General and Bishops are
summoned to Madrid. In consequence of this order,
Saarsfield left Pampeluna yesterday, and was escorted to
the frontier of Navarre by a strong detachment. The
high road to Sarragossa is intercepted. The insurgents
occupy the woods and positions of Carrascal."
"We learn from St. Sebastian, under the date of
the 21st., that General Castagnon re-entered that
town on the 19th, at five in the evening, accompanied
by a detachment of cavalry, 10 carabineers, the moveable
company, and two pieces of artillery, which he had
taken with him. Catalonia and Arragon, hitherto so
peaceable, have just yielded to the constant instigations of
the monks and priests. Much ferment prevails there ; it
is said that insurrections have broken out. Six thousand
men, forming Carlist bands, are said to be near Estella.
General Valdes proposes attacking them at the head of
3,000 men. The formation of moveable columns fur the
provinces near our frontiers is spoken of, in order to destroy
the Carlist bands, and maintain the tranquillity and secu-
rity of the inhabitants. General Pastor has been named
Captain-General of Guipuscoa, and Walls of Biscay."
Extract of a letter from Ancona, dated the 13th inst.—
,' On the 11th, a merchant vessel entered this port with a
quantity of clothing and equipments for the
.French troops.
This morning General Cubieres reviews his men in the
meadows, near the Port de France, and afterwards pre-
sented the Order of the Legion of Honour to his Aide-dc-
Camp, M. de Cararnan, Who has just returned from a
voyage to Cairo, and other parts of Egypt and the E itt."
corti.erßoeirsnsetahteesl,d thateobnatethoenlt9b
ethrelli:osrt.t
the Poles, which lasted nine
of 6,000 f. shall be granted to the Executive Council for
tt°,lo; eultil.Gha:,ercaallounm(diTilntuotanpelett.ei respecting
stpheec t m g
hollowing resolution :—" A credit
the maintenance of the Polish refugees till January 1,
1534. After January 1, all relief from the funds of the
state shall cease. The Executive Council shall be charged
to communicate this decision to the Poles, inviting them