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THE SUN, LONDON, TURSDA.V MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1846.

now that the great measure which had caused those
differences had been passed." One amonget other
consequences of this refleeti,in was, that an applica_
Lion was made to Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. So &r
the account given by the noble representative of
Lynn is straightforward *Dough, but only so far.
First of all, the application was not (as had been in-
situated) of a secret character; secondly,:thut applica-
tion had no reference whatever (as had been in-
-inuated) to the sugar question ; and thirdly, that ap-
plication was not made (as had been insinuated) for
the purpose of reinstating Lord LYNDHURST in office,
as keeper of her Majesty's conscience. All these
malign accusations have been thoroughly disproved
by the Noble and Learned Lord last mentioned.
Far from endeavouring to re-organise the Conservative
party sub rosa, Lord LYNDHURST had called per-
sonally upon Sir R. PEEL and Sir J. GRAHAM; he had
then applied to Lord G. BENTINCK as the ostensible
leader of a large division of the dispersed
Conservatives ; he had subsequently made similar
applications elsewhere to bring about a political re-
conciliation. " More than this," continues the Noble
1 and Learned Lord, " I mentioned it to several Noble
Lords who are members of this House, and amongst
others I stated it to a Noble Lord opposite, whom I
have now in my eye.--(' Hear, hear,' from the Earl
of CLARBNDON.)" Far from making the application to
the Noble Member for Lynn with the intention of
interfering in the Bill for the equalintion
of the differential sugar duties, Lord LYNDHURST
expressly declares that that application " was a mere
message. No allusion whatever was made to the Sugar
Bill, nor did it ever enter into my contemplation.
It was a mere simple message, requsting to know
whether he would meet me, either at his own house
or at my residence." Nor is Lord LYNDHURST satis-
fied
with this very explicit denial ; he subsequently
refutes the charge still more plainly, when he observes,
" It is said that I wanted to raise a factious opposition
to the Sugar Bill. That I utterly deny. I took no
part inithe discussion upon that. measure; I did not
1 even vote upon the question." Far from that appli-
cation being made with a view to re-elevate Lord
LYNDHURST to the Woolsack, the Noble and Learned
Lord declares that he was mainly impelled to make
that application, "it being well known he was no longer a
can didatefrr an official appointment," and that he there-
fore considered himself able " to undertake that task
without incurring the suspicion that he had any per-
sonal object in view." Besides this, Lord LYNDHURST
again rebuts the accusation that be was influenced by
sordid motives, where he afterwards observes--
"Everybody well knows that I am not a candidate for
office. Everybody holding office has been acquainted with
the fact, that in consequence of a late severe attack of illness,
office has been to me a painful and irksome task, and that I
am desirous of retiring from public life, and passing the short
remainder of my days in the society of my friends and family ;
and nothing could have dragged me forth. even on this oc-
casion, but the virulent and personal attack which has been
made upon me."

Surely after this very cogent explication Lord
GEORGE BENTINCR will be awed into si'ence, or, at
least, into the suppre-sion of his personalities. We
cannot dismiss this affair without remarking that
such scenes are altogether derogatory to the
dignity of Parliament; though in the present instance
the squabbla between our Legislators gives us one very
satisfactory assurance, namely, that si much ran-
corous hostility and bitterness of feeling survives
among the protectionists as to render the re-organisa-
tion of the Conservative party all hut an impossi-
bility—for which assurance we are grateful.

The Small Debts Bill has passed through the
Committee of the House of Commons, its principles
having been affirmed in every respect by large ma-
jorities wherever controverted. There has long been
felt the want of some such measure, and the attention
of the Legislature has been directed to the subject,
with a view to supply a remedy. It is admittedly
one of the most useful essentials of good government
to afford a due degree of security to property, and
the enforcement of civil rights in a cheap and ex-
peditious manner. Accordingly, we find that a measure
very similar in its nature was brought before Parliament
by the present Government during their former
tenure of office, in the session of 1841, and that it:wns
in each succeeding session presented to Parliament by
the late Administration. The reform, however,
though exceedingly useful, was not showy ; and.
therefore, a series of accidents in each successive year
prevented it from becoming the law of the
land. This untoward result was generally
occasioned by the unaccountable delays that are per-
mitted to take up and uselessly to consume the ear-
lier part of each session, and the spirit of procrasti-
nation which appears to hold undisputed dominion
over both branches of the Legislature until the latter
end of June or beginning of July in every year.
Happily, however, the late period of the session at
which the present Ministers succeeded to power has
not exercised its blighting influence over the present
Bill ; but, with a degree of activity that reflects great
credit on all the parties concerned, they gave the
measure that had been brought in by the former
Ministry the closest attention and consideration, made
several important alterations and amendments therein,
and have nearly perfected a measure which, though
we think it susceptible of improvement in many of
its details, will, undoubtedly, confer much benefit on
the country.

On the discussion before the House went into
Committee on the Bill, Lord GEORGE BENTINCE—
who appears to he strongly affected by the
cacoethes loquendi, and quite determined to make ample
amends in this, the eighteenth year of his Parlia-
mentary career, for his total and unbroken silence
during the first seventeen sessions--opened the ball,
and expressed his opinion that a measure creating so
great an amount of patronage, and effecting
so great a revolution, should not have been brought
forward at so late a period. His Lordship
appears to have forgotten the extraordinary de-
gree of attention devoted to the subject during
the last five years, the almost unanimous feeling of the
House and the country in its favour, and the fact
that many local Bills bad been stopped during the
present session on the distinct assurance that a
general Bill, if possible, would be passed during the
present sittings. He is, however, quite alive to the
fact that a number of snug places will be placed at
the disposal of the Liberal Government, and
he cannot help thinking how desirable so large an
amount of patronage (which he conceves sufficient
to purchase half the boroughs in the country) would
be, in the event of the advent of the protectionist
party to 'power—a vision which, however wild and
chimerical it may appear to all sober-minded men,
his Lordship appears to look upon as not only possible
hut very likely to he realised. 117,000?. per annum
would indeed create some stir amongst the wigged
supporters of his Lordship, who consider it a down-
right sin that so many snug berths, so pleasing an
opportunity for the enjoyment of the awn corn
dignitate, should be divided amongst their more libe-
ral-minded professional brethren. His Lordship, like
the occupant of the manger so celebr►ted in nursery
fable, not being able to secure this desirable patronage
for himself or his party, was desirous that it should
not be placed in the hands of his political opponents,
and that it should be conferred upon the Custodes Rotu-
lorum of the several counties. Now we cannot
imagine anything more mischievous : we should
then have young men going to the bar,
not because they were possessed of the
talent or industry calculated to attain success in that
arduous profession, but because they had influential
relatives who would have the disposal of such desirable
situations. Far better is it for the country that the
patronage should be placed in the hands of a high
public officer, like the Lord Chancellor, acting under
his responsibility as a Minister of the Crown. Such
a person, in the first instance, is much better qualified
to form a correct estimate of the qualifications of the
respective candidates; and, secondly, from the large
amount of patronage in his hands, he is much less
likely to be influenced by nepotism in the selec-
tion, than a person who had the bestowal of only a
few such offices, and who would have friends and
relatives to provide for, which he would gladly do at
the expense of the country. It is more desirable,
therefore, that the Government should have the dis-
posal of the offices in the first instance; besides, we
have the assurance of the Attorney-General that the
judges of the different local courts who would be
superseded by the new Act, would, so far as they
were found qualified, be considered as having a para-
mount claim to the new appointments.

Without intending any slight to the respectable
gentlemen constitutibg the important body of attor-

neys and solicitors, we think that persons appointed
to fill the judicial station should he selected from the
ber—their education, the nature of their practice
better fits them for the due performance of 'he judicial
functions. As the Attorney-General well said, the
attention of the former is directed to details, to the
getting up of cases, while the latter applies to those
cases the general principles of law, and forms his
opinion on the whole case presented to him. It is
also but an adherence to the distinction which has
existed between the two branches of the profeesion
for a very long period.
Having thus stated our approval of the general
principles of the measure, we must state the objection
we entertain to some of its details; and, first,
we think that the system of permitting the
judges of the seleral courts to be in any degree
interested in the fees obtainable for proceedings
therein is vicious in principle and mischievous in
practice. The more thoroughly independent the
judge is, the less likely to be influenced by any con-
siderations save those of the proper and efficient dis-
charge of his duty for the public benefit, the better.
It is impossible to suppose that the amount of those
fees may not be extended, the pecuniary emolument
of the judge considerably increased by the nature of
his decisions. We do not desire to impute any cor-
rupt motive or feeling to the learned gentlemen
ho may be selected for these situations; but there
should be no temptation to them to act erroneously.
Persons discharging such duties should, in all cases, be
remunerated by a fixed and certain salary, adequate to
the services they are required to render, and no
part thereof should be subjected to chance
or contingency. Again, we think that the
person selected should at once abandon all
private practice, and should reside in the district over
which he is to preside; that his courts should he so
frequently held, his sittings with so little intermission,
that no undue delay should be interposed between the
suitor and the recovery of his deniand, and which it
would be inpossible to do if the greater portion of his
time is to be devoted to the practice of his profession,
which will necessarily require a constant attendance
at Westminster. Able and learned men may be found
who will gladly devote their entire time for the salary
mentioned; their duties may be incessant; the dis-
trict entrusted to them maybe enlarged, so that fewer
may he required, but the man who is one day sitting
as a judge, should not on the next be acting as an
advocate. A case exactly similar in circumstances.
but with different names, may be laid before the
barrister, so that he may be committed by an extra-
judicial written opinion on the very facts he is after-
wards required to adjudicate upon in his higher capa
city. The attorneys practising in the court may
seek to curry favour, and obtain the friendship of the
presiding officer, by sending him their other busi-
ness. It is too absurd to suppose that the mind will
ru=t, that the judge will become incompetent and
inefficient if he does not continue his other practice.
Every one will be influenced by the motive of com-
manding the public respect, and not subjecting him-
,s,lf to disgrace by carelessness or neglect, beside-
there will he the court of appeal, which will keep
the attention of the persons fixed to their duties, as
no one would like that many of his decisions should
be set aside arid overruled. We should be glad to
see the Bill amended in these particulars, but as it is
we gladly receive it as a great and valuable boon to
the country.

With that rapidity of legislation which has ever
,listinguished the month of August, the Railway
Commissioners' Bill received its second reading ii,
the House of Commons on Thursday, and passed
through Committee on Friday. By this measure a
new department is to he constituted, consisting of
five members, three of whom are to he remunerated
for their services, and to be members of the Govern-
ment, and two to be unpaid members. To this
hoard so constituted all qu€stions relating to
railways, the entire control and superintendence
of that gigantic interest, is to be submitted. The
president is to be a member (f Parliament, and to
receive a salary of 2,0001. per annum for his services,
and the other two paid Commissioners are to receive
each 1,500/., and one to he in either House of Parlia•
ment, in order that there may be at all times a re-
sponsible person ready to answer any questions tha'
may be asked respecting the conduct or proceeding:-
of the board. If the enormous amount of
capital already invested, or about to be in-
vested, in railways is taken into consideration,
their vast importance in the commercial and
mercantile interests of the country, and the vast
changes thereby effected in the social relations of the
people—practically annihilating space, and bringing
together Fersons who, under the old system, would
have for ever remained separated—it is only astonish-
ing that a distinct department of the Government has
not long since been appointed, with ample powers
for the control of existing lines, and also to check
and interpose an obstacle in the way of the crude
and ill-considered schemes, so many of which were
put forward in the latter end of last year without
any intention of being proceeded with, the object
merely being that the scrip should. sell. The new
Government deserves the highest credit for the
prompt manner in which they have grappled with the
difficulty, and, notwithstanding the ~treat pressure of
business, the extent and importance of the matters
requiring their most serious attention and considera-
tion, have brought forward a measure giving eflkt
to the wishes of the public at large, and
in accordance with the general opinion (if the
Comnrtittees of the House, and of persons who had
attended to the subject in either House of Parlia-
ment. The Premier had most certainly quite enough
to do with other matters, and, as he himself stated,
he entertained much doubt as to the possibility of
passing such a measure at so late a period of the
session ; hut, assured by the all but unanimous feel.
ing that existed in its favour, he most properly
persevered, and accomplished his object. It can
hardly be conceived that it would have been possible
to introduce a perfect measure, to have framed a law
giving all the necessary powers to the proposed Com-
mission in the short time afforded for the preparation
of the measure ; it must not therefore be criticised with
too curious an eye. It will, however, be very easy
to extend the powers in the ensuing session, and by
the immediate appointment of the members to secure
the services of able and competent men, who will
he enabled to devote their entire attention to the
subject during the recess and who will he prepared
with fully-considered and as el-matured propositions
to lay before ;the Legislature. The very existence
of such a body will also admitister a wholesome
stimulant to the directors of the different compinies.
They will know that there is an authority with full
power to investigate any mismanagement, and, even
it their present powers are not sufficient to supply a
remedy, that there will, at least, be tin exposure, and
adequate measures adopted for its correction within
a few short months. They will know that there is
another interest to be regarded as well as that of the
proprietors and shareholders, and that the public
convenience must be consulted and fully provided
for. All this will be highly valuable, and productive
of the best result. We are rejoiced to find from the
statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it
is intended to place at the head of this Board, as pre-
sident, a person who might be considered best qua-
lified to fill that important office, and whose selec-
tion would not be influenced by any political
considerations. This is in the highest de-
gree praiseworthy ; we almost think that the
Earl of DALHOUSIE, who evinced so much talent
and industry, who exhibited great knowledge
on the subject, and whose services the Premier sought
to obtain when about to form his Government, is
thereby indicated. Such a selection w Gold he haile'i
with the greatest pleasure throughout the country,
and the handsome manner in which it is stated that,
the selection is to be of the worthiest and most effi-
cient, without reference to polities, must remove the
scruples that heretofore prevented
nobleman from giving his wsistarxe aid devoting
his time to the service of his country. Although
different objections were raised to various parts of the
details, Colonel SIBTHORP alone persevered in his
hostility to the entire measure. The Gallant Mem-
ber for the first time figured as a sinecurist ; he in-
sisted on dividing the House on his amendment, that
the Bill be committed on that (lay six months—when,
as teller, he found that he had not a single Member
to count, the numbers being, for the atilendin,w 0,
against it 64. This decisive majorit.i, must Lye
proved highly gratifying to the Gallant Colonel, as it

is well known that he entrtaine, the itrongeFt obj, e-
tion to ar.ythint like close shaving.

Letters from Alexandria, of the 10c.11, see that the
officers of her :\ WESTY'S steam snip Avenger and the
Consuls or England, France, and Portugal we; e
entertained on the preceding day b! IBRAHIM I'ACUA,
at a grand banquet at the Garden of Gabare.
The cholera was snaking dreadful ravage• along
the lied Sea coast. At Medina the dearhs were two
'hundred a day. At Suez there had been four cases
of cholera, but none of them had terminated fatally.

Accounts have been received from Constantinop!e
of the 7:h instant.

It was reported that MELIFMET ALI would set out
on his return to Alexandria on the 15th.

There had been a serious riot at Eizercum against
the Pen-ian Plenipotentiary. The f,lloing is au
account given in a letter from Erzeroum, of the 25th
ultimo :

" Softie days ago the p-pulace of this town, to the number
of 3,W0 or 4,M0, attacked the hotel of Miza- Tagy-Khan, the
Persian' Nlinister, under the pretext that one of shis servants
had made a shameful attempt on a child of three years of
age ; and that Essad Paella, the Governor, seemed in no
hurry to have the offender punished. The secretary of the
embassy, who attempted to fly, was stopped in the strew,
and massacred in the most cruel manner. Several servants
of Mirri-Tagy, who had fired from the hotel, were wounded.
At last, on the recommendation of Babri Pacha, commander
of the garrison, and brother to Hafiz P.,cha, the Minister
judged it advisable to deliver up one of his servants, as the
only means of preventing further mischief. The man thus
delivered up was seized on with fury by the populsee, and
a few minutes torn to pieces. This vengeance calmed the
people a little, and they dispersed when the troops arrived.
The Fenian Minister is at present with Babri Pacha, his
preserver. As to the real cause of this riot, it is said that
he affair was concocted between the proprietor of the house
and the Mullahs, who could not bear to have the Persian
Minister in their quarter, and imagined this mode of getting
rid of him."

The following, which may be considered as the
Turkish official account, is from the Journal of Con-
staniliti pie:—
" The Government has received intelligence that the tran-
quillity of Erzeroum had been for an instant troubled. It ap-
pears that some individuals in the service of the Persian
Plenipotentiary committed a grave offense. The Mussuln an
population rose up and demanded satisfaction, and, as the
principal culprit was not given up, they gathered round tl.e
house of the Persian Minister, and attacked it with stones.
The Governor, Es-ad Paella, when informed of this move-
ment, sent a battalion of troops to disperse the rioters, but
this force was repulsed. At last, to prevent greater evils,
the individual who was the cause of this tumult was de-
livered up to those who demanded him.- Immediately after
order was re-established. and the authoritits adopted mea-
sures to prevent further di,turbances_ ►► hen the ❑ews was
received at Constantinople, the Cabinet met, and severe
orders were sent to Erzeroum."

The pachalics of Trebisund and Van, which are
situated on the Russo-Georgian frontier, are in a
state of open insurrection. Several encounters have
taken place between the insurgents and the Turkish
troops, in every one of which the latter have been
defeated. The following is the account given in a
Cons'antinople letter of the 7th, of the present state
of the disturbed provinces :

"A serious insurrection has just burst out in the pachalic
of Trebisond. Two steamers, with troops, comm,nded by
Omer Paella, have this morning quitted the port of Con-
stantinople for the insurgent districts. The dispatches sent
I.)y the English Consul at Ba•oun, a port in the Black Sea,
to the English Mini-te.were so grave that the Bloud-
hound, steamer, was immediately sent to the Black Sea to
protect Brithth interests there. Ihe revolt burst nut in
consequence of measures taken by Halil Paella to put into
t•xecut on the regulations relative to recruiting and
quarantines—regulations to which the inhabitants would
never submit under their ancient governors. The Ottonbin
troops have alrea,ly had some encounters with the rebels, aid
nave been e ch time repulsed. In the neighbouring pachalic
of Van also a considerable number of inhabitants have taken
up arms under the commas dof Hussein Bey. Hussein is one
f the chief's who, some months back, were sent prisoners to
Constantinople for having engaged volunteers tor Schainyl,
chief id the Cif cassians. Hussein escaped front prison and
returned to his I ,Wll country The Ambassador of Russ,a has
frequent'y called on the Turkish Goyerninent to have him
again arrested ; but this has been impossible, as the inhabit-
ants the pachalic of Van took up arms fur him, and pre-
venteo his 1)614, meddled with."

A letter from Leghorn of the 15th inst. states that
on the preceding day Tuscany had been visited by a
terrific earthquake, which had cracked the walls of
!oany of the houses in Leghorn and destroyed several
villages. At Lorenzana, as well as Oriana, is
half destroyed, the ground opened, and from the fis-
;tire a torrent of dark fluid issued. Fortunately no
lives were lost. The shock lasted about ten seconds.
A slight shock was experienced at Genoa. The fol-
low6g account of this visitation is from the Courier
de Marseilles of the 19th.
" Captain Seribanis, of the Virgile steam-packet, which
Arrived here yesterday, from Naples and the coast of Italy,
infitrms us that on the 14th a very violent earthquake was
,elt in Tuscany. The church of St. Michael, at Pisa, has
teen much shaken, and in many parts of tine country the
••arth opened in different places, and vomited forth a large
quantity of hot and muddy water. At Leghorn the oscilla-
tion was so strong, that the bells of the churches rang of
I)etuselves. The di-asters were not so serious, however, in
the town as in the surrounding villages, where a great nun:-
uer of houses were ttrown down. The terrified inhabitants
tied to and remained in the opeti fields. His Royal Highness
the Grand Duke had ~ent provisions of every kind for their
:•upport. On the 10th, at four in the morning, a slight shock
it earthquake was felt at Naples, but no disc; er occurred."

Tie amnesty published by the POPE has produced
3 great effect throughout Italy. At Turin groups of
people as,embled in the street crying out " Long live
Pius IX."

In Sicily disturbances had I.Token out in conse-
quence of the famine which prevailed in that Island.
The extreme heat has destn'iyed the crops, and dried
up the streams, so that the mills cannot work for
want of water. No corn can be ground, and many
persons have died from starvation.
It is stated that Don MIGUEL has left Albano and
gone to Porto d'Anzi, from whence he intends to cm.
bark on board a Portuguese vessel for Portugal, to
join Lis followers, now in a state of insurrection in
that country.

The Emperor of RUSSIA has undertdwn to at as
mediator between Austria and Sardinia.

The Frankfurt Journal, under date of Breslau,
Aug. 12, states that RoNGE has been sentenced to
four months' imprisonment, for preaching at Laehn,
without a license from the authorities. It is said he
has appealed against the seritence.
A Vienna letter of the 13th instant, in the Cologne
Gazette, `at
The Chancellery of the Court of Austria is at the present
time in serious deliberation upon a series of representations
made by the States of Lower Austria To a detirat ion nieute
two years ago by these States, the Chancellety replit-d t hat
their opinions on the subject of the land-tax shoual be taken
into consideration; but, as to other questions, and parti-
cu.arly those which were political and legislative, the Chan-
cellery could not consult the States, or listen to their recoin-
menciations. In the following session the St..tescomplained
to the Emperor that their rights and privileges were in-
fringed. Called upon to explain thi, charge, the States de-
clared in their address of 1845 that a c-mmittee had been
appointed to draw up a n'emorinl on the steject to the Em-
peror, which should be present,d without delay. The
memorial was accordingly prepared, and submitted to the
Diet of the present year, to be taken into 1i,n,0.-ration by its
members. The two great complaints of the States are—lint,
the violation of the right vested in the States to be consulted
on legislattve and organic measures, a right widen they
declared belonged to them of old, and which had been con•
firmed by mare recent edicts. Secondlv. the illegal ;mg-
mentatioh of the burdens on lard. The language of the me-
morial is perfectly respectful, but no less firm. It traces a
dark picture, not only of the political situation of the states
of the province, but ako of the whole mo-iarchv. It recapi-
tulates the services which have been rendered by the people
to the imperial throne in times of war, avid seems to ask
what ha, been their reward? It adds that, during ten years,
not any of the propositions or representations wide by the
states to the Gtverninent have met with attention. The me-
morial was unanimously adopted, even by the bench of
bishops. The answer is looked for with great anxiety. Its
effects will not be confined to the province of Lower Austria,
because the opposition leaders in the states of Bohemia have
procured a copy t.-f tie memorial, and, foiling it fully ap •
plicWe to that country, propose to make a similar address to
the ail ne."

According to the Yurendnirg Correspondent, of the
17th inst., there is every probability that the Zollve-
rein Congress at Berlin will come to a satisfactory
conclusion on the great points submitted to them for
consideration, as the delegates of the different states
are disposed to make particular concessions for the at-
tainment of general benefit.

:%ladrid journuis Of the 17th have avrived.
The Herald° and the Tiempo both represent the
illness of Mr. BULWER as of a very serious nature.
He is so much worse that he is .unuble at present to
move to St. :7elpstian. Don FRANCISCO D'Assis has
arrived at Madrid from Pampeluna.
accoyding to the Eco dcl Comercio, is
shortly expected at Madrid. It was not known
whether he would resume the command of the army,
or proceed to Naples as Ambassador. ..11 SALAMANCA
has applied for a renewal of the silt contract, and
also for lz;, indtronity for losses experienced in eon-
r.cquence of the insurrection in Galic%t.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 17.—Tbe Ticrce 117'r C"""•
were done at ; the Four per (.3t=li:S..
Fire per Cents., at 21i ; the Debt wiihout Interest,
at 6i; and the Coupon::, at 20.

IVe have received the Palis papers of Friday I{_i
Saturday.
The Chamber of Peers, by e
majority of 104 to 2,
voted the f.)llowing addreiis in reply to the Speech
from the Throne:—

"Sire,-1 lie opening of a LegiAature is always a s,,leihn
epoch. The Peers created since the preceding session, and 1

the Depuft.s, rcte'ntly h,,;4,-:ttred with thl si:lrrlges of the
omiars, tth,‘,eerdte Itn.sh, by the 4,4 ti: which ti-wy take
befote the Kiht:,r, the a iat,ce ut the "Ilin.i;e and free insti-
tatious.

The and touching welds u hich y,oir 31,jt.sty itos
Tyun,Gl:c,tl on this have al,eply inoved us and kill
tb.d their echo in every French heart. The Coanth rof
13,r, fully respond, ro thew, a, does ioderal the whole of
Franc.,, by the reectfal homage of a faithful ctti: strut,
and an inviolable devotedness to your sacred parson and
your inie-osi-
"The afflicting trials imposed on your .Maje,ty, the cl in-
gers witch you regard with so tranquil an eye, tt tl from
with h you are so ly preserved by Divine ProVidence,
I iraw tighter, it postiba.., the ties which unite Fran..• to her
King, and more and more clearly pr..ve how much the pre-
servation of your life is necessary for tit-. pacific develop-
ment of the oath:nal gra.aleur Ind prosperity.
" Sire—The gratitude of the nation is due to the Prince
who loved and served FraYee front his you h up. The loyal
concurre;.ce of the Chambers cannot he wanting to-the Alo-
nari h who is so careful to maintain these great maxims of
public, rght —the glorious conquests of modern civilisation
which, when reduced to la,‘ s, gaa:ardre the rights of all.
This unalterable patrimoey of the nation. committed to the
guardianship ..f your descendants, shall be, in accord with
the Chambe. s, religiously preserved, the enjo. men t of it
shall be guaranteed to our children, And from age to age the
blessings of posterity shall ACC,Mpany your memory."

The only speech of importance in oppo.ition to it
was that of the Marquis DE lioissY, who attacked the
KING personally, then advocated electoral reform, and
concluded by calling for the restoration of the
hereditary peerage. The Chamber of Deputies was
still engaged in the verification of the qualifications.
Several returns have been declared null. The
Chamber had not decided on the case of M. MATER,
whose return was objected to on the grJund that he
had promised to resign his seat within the year, but
it was generally considered that his election would
be declared void.
The Siecle states that the Minister of War had
actually prepared the draught of an ordonnance, con-
ferring municipal institutions on the town of Algeria,
but that in consequence of the remonstrances of Mar-
shal I3UGEAUD he had abandoned his design.
The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th says :

"Our relations with the Kaid of Ouchda continue to be
excellent. The Morocco chief has interfered to prevent the
Angades from joining Abd-el-Kader. Men and families are
returning every day to our territory, and all, without ex-
ception, declare that the efforts of the Emir to re-constitute
his Deira have hitherto failed. The Angades have been kept
back by the Kaid of Ouchda, and the Messiot.in have fled
from the Emir's horsemen and takeit refuge in the subdivi-
sion of Tlemcen. The Beni Ahnier, to whom the Emir
wrote at Fez to renal hint to his Deira, have, it is said, re-
plied that ' they fled not from him personally, but from the
tamine which always accompanied his course.' In fact, Abd-
el-Kader has not hitherto succeeded in making any progress
in tallying round hint the emigrants trotn Algeria."
At the date of the last accounts Algeria was per-
fectly tranquil, and the tribes were regularly paying
the taxes imposed on them in consequence of the late
outbreak.

The Marquis of NORMANDY, ht r MAJESTY'S Am-
bassador to the Court of France, and his lady, arrived
at the Hotel de la Terrasse, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, on
Friday afttrnoon. It was still understood, that not-
ithqatiding the advanced period of the season, his
Lord,hip would proceed to Vichy for the benefit of
the waters. _

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturdax at 83f. 75e. ; the Five per Cents., 12It. 80e.;
Rouen, 962 f. 50e. ; 702 f. 50e.; thew. Northern, 7081:
75e.; Avignon, 908 f. 75e.; Viet zor, 625 f.; Boitivaux, 568 f.
75e ; Boulogne, 475 t.; Troyes and Montereau, 3601: ; Fain-
poux, 4:0t1; Pa• is aid Strashurg, 497 t. 50...; Tours and
Nantes, 507:. suc. ; Paris and Lyons, 5231 75c.; Lyons and
Avignon, 464. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485.; Spanish Three
per Cents., 361; Di to Domestic I)ebt,
MARSEILLES, A t•a. 17.—Mar.eiltes and 8921:
50e.; Northern, 62711 50f.
LYUNS, AUG. 20 —Paris and Rouen, 955 f.; Avignon and
Mat,eilles,B9,f. 25f.; Northern, 7021. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons,
517 t. 50e.; Orleans, 1,2671. 50e.

BUSINESs UYk. L E010.:IGII RAILWAYS AT THE
LOND N STOCK E',,coAxoE, AucusT 22.

Anglo Belgian, 2%—Boriieaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelele).
14 —Demerara, 21A —(irect Bombay and Madras, )4—i iuteti
Blienbili, 6 --east —Great Western Bengal, —N aim!'
and Liege, 3 - Northern of Fraiize Constititteil, t2%—Paris and
LyonCon,tituted, -- Paris and Strasbourg Constitu,ed,