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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1346.

The Lords met to-day at a Quarter past Five o'clock.
Several petitions were presented from different parts
of the country against any alteration in the corn-laws.
Lord CAMOYS presented petitions from Oxfordshire
in favour of an alteration in the corn-lAws.

Lord KI'iAIRD moved, pursuant to notice, for a return
of the amount of fees incurred by the introduction of
railway Bills into this House during the last session of
Parliament; and by petition against such Bills; and I:ów
applied.—Agreed to.
In answer to a. question from Lord MONTEAGLE,
The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had no objection to
the production of the report of Mr. Walker, relative to
the alteration in the American tariff.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Tue names of lion. Slembers exempt from sitting on
Election Committees were read.

A new writ was moved for the borough of Ripon for
a 'goober to serve in Parliament is the room of the
appointed Master of the
Right Hon. T. B. C. Smith,
Rolls in Ireland.
Aft,,r the transacti-n of private business,
Mr. SYDNEY in answer to a question,
nstated
that. the Government 11:pel to be enabled to raisethe
by a method less onerous than the ballot.
iSir R. PEEL in answer to a question from Mr. P. M
STEWART said that, with regard to the duties on colonial
spirits wad molasses, it was not the intention of the Go-
alteration in those duties.
verunatlnt to propose any
On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the
DraLnage of Lands (Inland) Bill, being read,
Mr. F. FRENCH complained that the Bill gave powers
to -the commissioners for Draingge with which it would
ba highly improper to trust them. Ire ohjectcd to giving
to any body of men the entire superintendence of all
public and private works of experiment in Ireland. The
landowners were perfectly competent to decide in what
manner employment wad to be given to the poor of Ire-
land on their respectiie estates.
Sir T. VasuitAti believed that the general impres-
sion throughout ITr"tand. was that the members of the
Board of Workstedzornaed their duties exceedingly
well, and were de
almost
ofro confidence. He considered
that it would be t possible to carry out these

works properly except under the superintenden'e of the
Commis6ioner.

Sir H. Funcusort c that, in cr,wiequ-nce of
t die en,:rinon, - era given to die Drainage Coale:as-
tioners, a gnat nuchher of I,:ndowncrs had ben pre-
vented from taking advant3ge of tie provisions of the
Drainage Act ; therefore he must object to any increase
of those powers. He considered the B;11 as one of the
most objectionable that had ever been introduced NV ith
regard to Ireland.
Mr. O'CoNNELL supported the second reading of the
Bill ; but he hoped that in Committee various modtflea-
tions would be introduced into it.
The Bid was then read a second time.

On the motion for reading the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the Public Works (Ireland) Bill,
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH objected to certain clauses
of the Bill, as giving too much power to the officers of
the Gov-eminent. _ _ _

Sir T. FREMANTLE explained that he had More
given notice, that on bringing up the report he should
propose a clause which would obviate all the objections
of the Hon. Member. .

Sir It.- FERGUSON 'WORM suggest the propriety of
having out the fifth clause altogether. It was neceEsary
to restrain the compulsory powers given to the authori-
ties under this Bill.

Colonel CONOLLY would be sorry to retard the pass-
ing of the measure, but he objected to the compulsory
presentments, as calculated to cast a stigma upon the
grand juries of Ireland.
Mr. O'CONNELL supported the motion.
The report was then brought up, and several verbal
amendments were agreed to.

On the sth clause being proposed,
Sir R. FERGUSON said that, if were persisted in, he
should tak ; the sense of the HOUEO on it.

Sir T. FREMANTLE must press the clause.
!Ur. F. FRENCH hoped the clause would be withdrawn
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted the
House wculd support the Bill, as a means of providing
employment for the people of Ireland in improving
existing public works, as well as in forming new works.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD disapproved entirely of the system
of compulsory assessments, but if it were to exist he
considered that there existed t.ie same grounds for just
tifying it in this case as in other cases.
Mr. HAMILTON, under the circumstances of the case,
hoped that the opposition to the clause would not be
ersevered in.
Sir R. FERGUSON was determined to take the
sense of the House on the clause.

On a division there appeared—
Fur the clause
Against it
Majority for the clause —94
The report was then agreed to.
Mr. BRIGHT moved the reappointmen4t of the com-
mittee on the ga.no-laws.—Agreed to.
Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to afford encouragement to the construction of small
tiers and harbours calculated to extend the fisheries in
Ireland.
Alter a few observations from Mr. FITZSTEPHEN
FRENCH, Mr. Boss, Sir HENRY 'WINSTON BARRON, and
Mr. GREGORY, all of whom expressed their approval of
the measure proposed by the Government, leave was
given to bring in the Bill.
Sir JANES GRAHAM laid upon the table, certain re-
turns relating to local taxation.
The Sea Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time, and the House adjourned.

. 97

Dr. PUSEY, who has raised such a commotion in the
Erglish Church, and given his name to a new Protes-
tant sect professing Roman Catholic doctrines, made his
first exhibition on Sunday as a preacher, since his sus-
pension in 1843, before the University of Oxford. Many
of the young clergymen whom he had led astray during
the period intervening between his suspension and the
present time have acted an honest part, carried out their
convictions like upright men, and openly enlisted them-
selves under the banners of Rome. They are still going
over to the Catholic Church in considerable numbers,
and if any doubt could exist as to the tenets, and doc-
trines, and conversion of PUSEY himself, the secession of
his disciples puts it entirely at an end. But strange to
say, the original offender, the cause of all this lament-
able backsliding from the Protestant faith, the enemy
of the Established Church and the Refermation, not
only still remains in the University to pollute the
sources of mental instruction, but is allowed to display
in all their naked deformity some of the most obnoxious
and mischievous pretensions of the Church of Rome in
her worst days. In his sermon on Sunday, so far from
manifesting repentance or any contrition for acts which
the University in its mildness only considered deserving
of suspension, he boldly appealed again to the authority
of the Fathers of the Church, and seemed anxious to
place their authority above that of the sacred Scriptures.
St. PAUL, and St. JAMES, and St. JOHN are only second
or third- rate personages—the great favourites, the guides
of truth, and the pillars of the Church, are St. TATIAN,
St. CYRIL, St. IGNATIUS, St. CIIRYSOSTOM, St. Au-
GUSTINE, and perhaps, also, another St. Icesautis, sur-
named LOYOLA. These are the men to whom
this Canon of Christchurch looks up to as ex-
amples, and holds forth as models and instructors to
the clergy of a Protestant church. It is curious too,
on referring to his sermon (ef which we have merely
given an outline), to find that the main doctrines en
which it comments are of the most dangerous
tendency in regard to morality, and are calcu-
lated solely for the advancement and establishment of
clerical power. The Church in the dark ages
strove above all things to put the laity under its feet.
I; claimed power from on high ; it represented the
POPE and Cardinals, and archbishops, and bishops
throughout the rest of Europe, as the legitimate suc-
cessors of the Apostles, and assert( d for them all those
miraculous and undefined powers which were con-
ferred on his immediate followers by the Founder
of the Christian religion. The right of giving or with-
holding absolution is one of the most powerful handles
to accomplish despotism ever invented. It makes the
rich give up their treasures, and renders the poor slaves;
it makes the crown yield to the mitre, tf rrifics the
timid, and subdues the haul„hts and powerful ; it makes
all except one class dependents and serfs, and raises
that class to the regions of divinity. This, as
might have been expected, therefore, is a favourite topic
with the Puseyites, and on Sunday their pastor carried
out its principles to their full extent. This is a hat he
calls the doctrine of the keys—a doctrine by which the
i:escendant of the Apostles has the power not to loose only
but to bind; not to remit only, but to retain sin; and he thus
traces this power to its source and maintains the right
of the Church to it in the present day :—" Now, the
commission upon which the authority of the Church
rester, as it had ever been understood by the Church
itself, was given in part in different words, at three
different times ; before the resurrection first, to St.
PETER as the type of unity, then to all the Apostles
(both these being in promise), and then to all, in fulfil-
ment, in the text. The greatness of the power
thus entrusted to man might well exceed our
belief, and make us tremble to execute it,
and almost doubt, as men had doubted, whether we
had it. But our LORD premised his commission with these
few brief words, conveying at once its extent, and the
rule and guidance of it :—' As my Father bath sent me
even so send I you. And when He had said this, Ire
breathed on them, and saith, Receive ye the Holy
Ghost ;' to show that he who created man in His
own image, 4 breathing into his nostrils the breath
of life,' was now about to recreate him in a
more perfect and divine way by union with
himself. And then he said, ' Whosesoever sins ye re-
mit, they are remitted unto them ; and whoscsoever
sins ye retain, they are retained.' Understanding the
words in their plain meaning, of a power lodged in the
Church to forgive sins in His name, the very word; ex-
pressed the fulness of the pardon ; the same word was
used by which He himself forgave." And then he ex-
presses his great regret that the Church has not re-
tained this power to its full extent, and seems to rejoice
that the Protestant Church has in so many instances
departed from the principles of its great prototype,
solely because the inevitable evils thus caused
Mill more speedily bring her back to the
right faith. "We might even be thankful," he adds,
" that the yet remaining rules, requiring all her mem-
bers to partake of her ordinances, had passed into
disuse ; to encourage indiscriminately the approach
to the holy communion, without a corresponding
inward system, whereby they who were entitled
so to do should know intimately the hearts of those
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dence allowed almost all remains of that outwyardtsll
compul-
sory system to be broken down, and by His spirit within had
aroused people's consciences to desire the full conditions
laid up for the church." The4eare sufficient specimens
of Dr. PUSEY 'S fixed sentiments, and it is needless to
add one word of condemnation. The only question is,
will the University still retain as one of its canons an
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stroyed by enemies
avowed professor of the most dangerous Roman Catholic
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doctrines, and suff.:r
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the monopolist farming
Tarnworth—thst is to say
in-
terest of Tanivvorth—is resolved, apparently, not to
allow Sir RODERT an opportunity of acting, in

terial cepacity, with that independence which he him-
self claimed as the noblest prerogat:ve of a stets smart.
Whet cannel be accomplished on a gigantic scale—a
scele of demonstration prepertioned to the vastness of the
proposed policy—they are now endeavouring to achieve
through the must petty and preeumptuus interference.
No unnecessary time is fritters d away by these gentle-
men in a calm, and honest, and dispassionate examina-
tion of the Premier's arguments; their opinions, for-
sooth! and their cash accounts, forsooth! and their
market plans, forsooth! are not to be disarranged, and
thwarted, and broken in upon, for the sake merely of
that trumpery thing called commercial justice. A turn-
spit had been amply sufficient for the exigencies of their
forefathers, and, notwithstanding the shortness of
its wind, having so far competed with the short-
ness of its legs, as to interrupt the regularity
of its movements, the old animal was satisfactory to
themselves. True enough, the number of mouths which
it was necessary to supply with provisions had become
absolutely doubled, end' consequently more facilities in
obtaining sustenance had become requisie :—Up with
the ternspit of protection and -down with the bottle-
jack of free trade ! This is precisely the be-
haviour of those dogged sticklers for the exist-
ing corn-laws, who are now attempting to do-
minate the country fur a party purpose ; they
resolutely shut their eyes against the day-dawn of ex-
perience, they forcibly close their ears to the trumpet-
voice of reason, and are for blundering on in their old,
blind way. And, although the only feasible assistance
e.hich could be afforded to a cause se untenable as that
of protection would be something specious in the rhe-
toric of its advocates, their orations are mainly com-
posed of personal recriminations and utterly useless re-
solutions. Neverthele se, what they lack in ability they
realise in determination and assiduity. Their philosophy
is peripatetic and practical as far as language is con-
cerned ; but we rather conjecture they will find them-
selves in the predicament of the gentleman mentioned in
the nursery puzzle—who " walked and talked, and half-
an-hour after his head was cut off !" We have
already observed that these agriculturists perceive the
impossibility of retarding a reform in commerce by any
generalised effort on their part, and hence they resort to
the final and Quixotic attempt of trivial measures—
they determine, if possible, to destroy the present
Ministry by turning the Premier out of his borough;
to oust the First Lord of the Treasury from office by
depriving him of his seat as a private Member of Parlia-
ment. This is indeed a dashing manceuvre on the part
of the Warwickshire and Staffordshire agriculturists;
and, inasmuch as it was developed in the meeting held
in the Town-hall of Tam worth on Saturday,
that meeting has a glimmer of importance.
A fortnight since at a similar assemblage
the fusee was ignited—it has now burnt
down to the end and the bomb has exploded. The lan-
guage of the explosion is, " that Sir ROBERT PEEL do
render back to the electors of Tamworth the trust com-
mitted to him." That language is to be conveyed as a
requisition to the Prime Minister, backed with the sig-
natures of many among his constituents : and this is an
epitome of the recent disturbance at Tamworth. Mr.
HENRY Jolter PIE, whose enthusiasm for a continuance
of the present system we had os•casion to mention some
few days since, presided on Saturday as chairman; and
assuredly his style of discussion is immense for its
audacity, however Lilliputian it may he for its correct-
ness. When, for instance, he declared that " the Mi-
nister had, by his own admission, been stumbling on in
et ror for the last thirty years," he was either
actuated by an erroneous impression, or was testing
the credulity of his auditors ; for, as we have
formerly insisted, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S political
career has been a career of progression—and a progres-
sion most palpably graduated ; his conversion to the
great principle of unrestricted commerce has been
cautious, slow, and clearly traceable ; and hence the
assumption of Mr. Pan holds for ebselutely nothing.
Neither do we perceive the force of his reasoning,
when he maintains that the proposed reformation in
trade should have been advanced by the League' orators,
and least of all by the present Minister. Without reference
to any other consideration, it was the most advisable,
the most manly, and the most conciliating plan that Sir
ROBERT PEEL himself should advance the doctrines of
free trade in the House of Commune, and propose their
general adoption. As to Mr. PIE'S corollary to this
observation—" ralmani qui meruit feral'—such will
he actually and inevitably the case according
to the present arrangement. Mr. COBDEN and
his colleagues will receive their just guerdon of applause,
as among the originators and faithful upholders of the t
prodigious agitation which is now reaching its u/tintetum
of success. Lord Jotter RUSSELL will obtain the pro-
found approbation of his countr) men for being the first
statesman who stood forward upon this great question and
acknowledged himself to have been in error ; and Sir
ROBERT PEEL will have the praise of posterity for an
act of Ministerial greatness and political magnanimity
which is without one single parallel in the records of a
constitutional monarchy. The people will find that they
have acted as an enlightened nation should, under cir-
cumstances of a like nature, namely, peaceably but with
determination ; while the SOVEREIGN will feel an
ineffable satisfaction in the happiness diffused among
her subjeets, as well as in the glorious end bloodless
victory which will illustrate her reign. Animated with
these considerations, the Premier can treat the squab-
bles of his constituency with a placid and dignified self-
possession, seeing in them only. the appeals of Mammon
and Monopoly.

Madrid journals of the 2 sth and 25th ult. have been
received. In the Chamber of Deputies, on the 24th,
Senor SALAMANCA made a long speech in his defence
against certain allusions of the Minister of the Interior,
which he considered were directed against himself. He
denied that he had made his fortune during the civil
war, for he had acquired the greater part of it in Eng-
land, by his industry and integrity. Ile had likewise had
dealings with the Spanish Government, which had been
equal!y advantageous to the Treasury and to himself,
and he had powerfully contributed to raise the national
credit. At the same time he utterly disapproved of the
present financial system, and especially the connexion of
the Government with the Bank of San Fernando. Senor
Must defended his financial policy, but we find nothing new
in his speech. The marriage of the QUEEN with Count TRA-
PANI isstillaprincipal topic of conversation. The majority
of Members who signed the paper binding themselves
to insist upon a more decided explanation from tha Mi-
nisters" remain firm in their resolution. General
NaavaEz, on the other hand, is equally peremptory in
refusing to give any rublic assurance, on the pretei.ce
that the demand is unconstitutional, and would be opening
the door to revolutionary exigencies ; whilst it is aid that
two or three of his colleagues are anxious that some sa-
tisfaction should be given, so as to tranquillise the
coun•ry. It was currently reported that there would be
a partial change in the Cabinet in consequence ; .but up
to the last nothing has transpired.

The Espanol, in adverting to the Count TRAPANI,
says :--" We want no more Neapolitans, no more ava-
ricious princes, no more members of a family wh ,se
cold egotism forms such a contrast with the generosity
and no of the national character, whose debility
would make them easy instruments of influences foreign
to the interests of our country."

The papers of the 25th state that a Cabinet Council
was held on the preceding day which lasted three hours,
and that a " Ministerial crisis" was anticipated. A list
of a new Ministry had appeared, in-which are the names
of MM. ORLANDO, BENAVIDES, RONCALI, LARA and
CASTRO-Y-OROZCO, with General NARVAEZ as President
of the Council.

On the 2 ttli the Three per Cents. closed at 321 at 60
days ; the Five per Cents. at 234 at 60 days ; and the
Coupors at 241 at 60 days.

On Saturday, in the French Chamber of Deputies
M. BERRYER proposed, in a speech of considerable
length, his amendment on the sth and 6th paragraphs
of the Address, relative to the line of policy France
should adopt incase of a war between America and Eng-
land, and entered into a narrative of the differences that
had arisen between England and the United States on
the Oregon question. These had been adverted to in
the Speech of Queen VICTORIA, and from that docu-
ment it appeared that the contention was not at an end.
and that Great Brawn would make concessions only
consistent with her interests and h-moor. An arbitration
had been proposed, but the United States would evi-
dently refuse it. A quarrel was, therefore, imminent
between those two great powers. What wou'd the policy
of France be? M. GulzoT had given the Chamber to
understand that it would be a neutrality, but the Address
said nothing of it. France would be placed in a critical
position, and it was of importance to fix the conduct to
be pursued by her in a solemn way. In his opinion, th•
Ministry had inclined in favour of a power which was not
the real ally of France. Powerful interests and old recol-
lections seemed to connect France with the United States.
It had been, perhaps, more pilitie to unite against
a rival power that domineers over the world. Be this
as it may, the Chamber ought to know to what extent
France had been engaged, and whether the sacrifice of
her dearest interests had not been required. He next
examined the conduct of France in the question of the
annexation of Texas. He blamed the conduct of the
Government throughout that affair, being convinced that
it was not a French interest that had guided it. France
had no reaaon to dread the aggrandisement of the United

States, and no motive for opposing the annexation of
"revas. All the arguments advanced by M. GuizoT had
bt'tn groundless. What had been the motive for such a
policy ? A desire t,) please England. The dignity of
Franc,: had been often compromised, and it behoved the
Chamber henceforth to uphold and guard it. France
had, without any interest of her own, been made to join
England in her opposition to the American Government.
The French Government bad not acted honourably to-
wards the United States in the matter. Ile then pro-
ceeded to criticise the French policy with respect to La
Plata, Madagascar, and elsewhere, and maintained that
in all concession to England was the dominant motive.
Reverting to the declaration of neutrality made by M.
Gutzor, he said, nothing could be more hostile
to the United States than that announcement, or
a greater deviation from the true policy of France
M. Gutzar rose to reply, and was left speaking at the
hour of post. The speech of M. BERRYER it was said
did not make much impression on the Chambers, though
his sentiments coincide with those of all the Opposition
Members. Erglard can, however, see from it the line of
policy that will guide the Right and Left in case of a war
between England and the United States. Thediscussion on
the University question, which had lasted for four days.
was brought to a conclusion on Friday without a di-
vision. It was a long, tedious, and uninteresting affair,
and has thus produced no result. The opinions of
the Paris press on the new Tariff proposed by
Sir ROBERT PEEL possess considerable interest,
and we therefore give numerous extracts from
them. The Journal des Debate gives a sum-
mary of the plan with little comment. It states
that the reduction of duties is perfectly spontaneous on
the part of England, without any bargain or promise on
the part of France. The ConstitutZonnel says :

This plan, presented with great ability, is equally well
concocted in all its detail'. But it shows that Sir R. Peel
has yielded enormous concession to the manufacturing party,
and that the compensation offered to the landed interest is
little more than a nullity. The battle will be sharp, but can-
not be doubtful. Sir R-obert has the whole Oppwition r;ith
him, and he will easily find amupg his own friends a hun-
dred votes to give him a majority. Since the Reform Bill,
the Parliament of Great Britain has not had any question of
such weight to resolve upon as that which is now submitted
to it, and the changes proposed will, if they be adopted, have
most assuredly immense consequences on the economy of the
country."
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The Presse, after giving the heads of the preposition
of Sir ROBERT PEEL as regards articles of food, add,:—
" As regards manufactured articles, Sir R. Peel could cut
away at full liberty fur two reasons. First, because England,
thanks to the secular protection which she has enjoyed,
and all the mechanical resources which she has appropriated
to herself before all other nations, is without a rival in all
the great manufacturing branc es. Next, because by the
intelligent reform which she effected in 1842, the raw pro-
duce which she receives from tbreign countries has been
relieved from all duties, whilst elsewhere, amongst us, fur
instance, these matters are still charged with heavy duties,
which necessarily- increase the price of the manufactured
article. In proposing to the English manufacturers to give
up a protection altogether superfluous, Sir R. Peel reminded
them, by a quotation from Adam Smith, that they had been
the first to invoke for their profit, the establishment of these
monopolies against which they protest loudly, now that they
have no longer need of them. This little quotation, which
has the merit of being just, was much applauded by the
agricultural party. Sir R. Peel therefore reduces the tariff on
cotton, woollen, and linencloths. It may be taken as cer-
tain beforehand that the imports from abroad will scarcely
increase fom his doing so. As to silks it is another matter,
as the diminution ofduties may facilitate some ventures from
France, although the duty is still tolerably high. The
avowed object of these reductions, and some others, is to in-
duce other countries to do the same. In this respect it is
probable that each nation will consult its own advantage,
convenience, and position, before considering iteelf bound to
a reciprocity which for most of them would be perfectly il-
lusory."
The Epoque says:—" Such are the general features of the
new financial plan of Sir R. Peel. He proposes it boldly,
reckoning on the wisdom of his combinations and on the re-
sources of the country to fill_up in.the Treasury the chasm
which so many deductions ought seemingly to cause there,
to serve even to the augmentation of the imposts which the
grand interes. of the national defence nece-sitates. It is
wholly in consulting the wants of England, and without
having previously negotiated with foleiga powers, that he
accords these new facilities to the foreign trade; the example
of England will besides, he hopes, find numerous imitators."
The. Sic/e: gives an analysis of Sir ii. Peel's plan, but
makes only one observation of any interest. It remarks that
the Minister, although he has announced a reduction of the
duty on silks, which may have a beneficial effect on the
manufactures of this country, says nothing about French
wines, and proposed a smaller reduction in the duty o❑
brandy than was offered by the Whigs in 1840.
The Commerce says, "These; reforms are extensive and
liberal, and they ought to produce important modifications
in the foreign relations of England. It will be curious to
observe what effect they will have upon the manufactures of
this country. First of all, however, it is to be seen whether
Sir Robert Peel's plan will not undergo sonic material altera-
tion before it receives the sanction of Parliament."
The' Courrier Francais offers no observations on the plan
of Sir Robert Peel, but promises to give its opinion on the
subject.
The Quotidienne says—" Whilst our doctrinaire Ministers
are endeavouring to escape from crises by expedients of cor-
ruption, Sir Robert Peel is showing how a man of strong
mind can exercise a mastery in social traasformations. The
contrast is a striking one. In this country the system of
artificial majorities leaves all questions undecided ;—in Eng-
land a policy of reason resolutely attacks and solves them."
The following are the opinions of some 02 the papers
on the late gallant affair in the River Plata :

CONSTITUTIONNEL —" it is with a just pride, mingled with
regret, that the public will read the various episodes of this
affair, in which the bravery of our soldiers and sailors wer.
again displayed, but the result of which has been purchased
by such sensible losses. An unhappy chance ax po,ed the
St. Martin to the cross-fire of the bat cries of the enemy and
to one of the vessels of Rosas. T e consequence was, a loss
much greater on our side than on that of our allies. Our
seamen were not wanting in bravery and skill ; what was
wanting was the prudence which is not incompatible with
skill and bravery. Here is a combat which casts us 18 killed
and 70 wounded. Will the consequences compensate for this
painful sacrifice? This, unfortunately, is very doubtful. It
will be said that by the destruction of till batteries the
Parana is open t, commerce. This will be the case so long
as the allied forces shall be present; but it is not evident
that when they shall have removed, Rosas, who is master of
the country, will again close the passage. It is against the
power of this man, who is the enemy of civilisation, that we
should direct our blows. It is himself whom we should con-
strain to respect the rights of European commerce, and the
liberty of independent nations. As long as Rosas shall not
be rendered powerles to annoy, the European question in the
Plata will not have advanced a single step, and the generous
blood that is shed will produce no fruit."
NaTiosars—" Our seamen covered themselves with glory,
and their intrepidity produced from those who witnessed
their bravery the most honourable and spontaneous testimony.
This is a new proof of what we may expect from our army
and navy when well directed. We do not hesitate to declare
that the English squadron also did its duty nobly, nor must
we forget that the soldiers of Rosas made a valiant resistance.
We do honour to ourselves in rendering justice to our rivals
and enemies. May the fresh blood which has been shed on the
tanks of the Plata efface some of the stains inflicted by the
cowardly policy of our Government." tit
COURRIER PRANCAIS.-" Whatever may be the result of
this affair, we canot help first of all making the remark
that here, as at Madagascar, the loss mid damage have fallen
more particularly on us, and that here, as at Madagascar, it
is England that will profit by the combined interference.
We are no lovers of a glory that must be shared with others.
France reserves to herself the honour, and lets others reap
the profit. Here, besides, as it will come to pass at Madagas-
car, this first victory will not prove anything. To bring
under ;subjection the Gauchos, as the Hevas, it will be ne-
cessary to occupy and pursue after having conquered. To
pursue the Gauchos in their immense and desert pampas is
dangerous, and would be useless. It wilt be necessary,
therefore, to occupy some points on the banks of the river, as
we shall have to do ias the coasts of Madaga-car. What
will be the result ? That England will be there before U 3,
with or without us. We abstain from every other re-
flection."