The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-23 00:00:00

The Princess Augusta will leave the Pavilion at ten o'clock
to-morrow morning for St James's Palace. Yesterday after-
noon her Royal Highness, accompanied by Miss Wynyard,
left the Palace, in a close carriage and four, with one out-
rider, and drove to Kemptown, where she alighted and walked
for more than an hour on the Esplanade, after which her
Royal Highness returned to the Palace.
The Marchioness and Ladies Cornwallis, after a lengthened
sojourn here, will leave to-morrow for town. Those Noble
personages were frequent guests at the Royal table during
the stay of their Majesties at the Pavilion.
Lord Marcus Hill has arrived on a visit to his mother, the
Marchioness of Downshire, at Crescent Lodge,
Sir Francis Burdett reached West Cliff House on Friday
afternoon. The Honourable Baronet will return to town to-
morrow, to attend his Parliamentar duties.
Sir Augustus Foster, the Hon. H, Petre, Lord and Lady
F. Beauclerk and the Missei Beauclerk, are included in the
latest arrivals in the beau monde,

( Abridged f.-om the Bucks Herald.)
On Monday last our county Members, the Marquis of
Chandos, Sir William L. Young, and J. B. Prced, Esq., dined
at the Cobham Arms Inn, Buckingham, in consequence of an
invitation sent to them by the freeholders of that district. A
large party sat down to dinner. Sir J. Chetwode, Bart., in
the Chair.
The cloth being removed, and the usual loyal toasts drank,
the Chairman proposed " The Conservative Members for the
county of Buckingham."—( Drank with nine times nine.)
The Marquis of CHANDOS—I must congratulate you on the
result of the late election.--(Great applause.) lam on the eve
of taking my seat in Parliament, and there never was a crisis of
deeper importance than the present ; at no period in the annals
of our history was there ever a moment fraught with deeper
import to the Constitution then this.--( Hear, hear.) The
time imposes upon every Representative the necessity
of immediate and constant attendance on his duty. Parlia-
ment meets under circumstances of peculiar irritation.
Party spirit runs high, and there is every indication that the
Session of Parliament will be one of high debate and of rest-
less contention.—( Hear.) There is a great spirit of irritation
excited in certain parties ; and it will, I know, display itself
upon every occasion. A party, in the spirit of vexation, have
announced their intention not to allow a fair trial to those
Ministers whom his Majesty has with so much promptitude
end propriety called to his councils. They have stated that
they will not give my Right Hon. Friend Sir R. ?eel and his
colleagues a fair hearing. In the old English times it was
the fasion to hear Isfore.condetniiiition, and I thank God ilsat
now in our Courts of Law every man has a fair, an impartial
trial, and is considered innocent before he is proved guilty;
but in these days of novelty and innovation, a Ministry called
together by the Sovereign the constitutional exercise of his
undoubted right, is not to be allowed a fair hearing, but to be
condemned beforehand, and sentenced without trial.—( Loud
cries of hear.) Is this just ? is this equitable ? is it manly ?
(Loud cries of No, no, no.) Should not a Ministry under
every circumstance be allowed to unfold its intentions ? I
trust that very speedily the true feeling of the country will be
displayed, and then I am convinced we shall see that fair play
is only required to enable my Right Hon. Friend to propound
such measures as shall tend to the security of the Throne, the
stability of the Church, and the best interests of the empire.
( Enthusiastic cheering.) It will, I hope, be proved, that the
selection of his Majesty's ministers has been such as the nation
could desire, and that they only came into power at the desire
of the King, and because they thought they could ba of ser-
vice to the country. ( Cheers.) They are prepared to bring
forward and to carry into execution measures of deep interest,
importance, and advantage—such measures as shall increase the
real happiness and presperity of the people, whilst they promote
the security of the State. You will, I hope, approve of
those measures when they shall be developed to you, and you
will also agree with me in thinking that they have already
done well in announcing a measure for the reform of the
Chhrch. This measure is in the hands of the men who will
act conscientiously and cantiously, and neither be swayed by a
faction, nor deterred by a mob.--( Cheers.) We have had
enough of snob power, and had that power been left uncon-
trolled for a much" longer period, I know not what would have
been our present condition: Everything that we value as most
dear to us, is at this moment at stake. I lament most deeply
that political feeling, and excess of party spirit should hardly
allow us breathing time. Every man is now made a party-
man, and the lines of distinction between parties are hourly
made broader and more marked......( Hear.) If party
spirit
could injure a country I fear that it is at this roe'.*:ient that it
would do so ; but I have so strong a confidarice in the good
intentions and experience of Sir Robert Peel, and in the right
feeling of the majority of the country, that I feel assured
that if any man can, at this crisis, contront and properly di-
rect the contending elements, lie is that man.—( Immense
cheering.) He is a man of firmness, alike desirous to do good
to his fellow countrymen, and to maintain the just dignity of
the Throne.—( Loud cheers.) lam sure the people of Eng-
land will never have cause to regret the day when Sir Robert
Peel was made Prime Minister. It has been said that the
Kin. had no right to dismiss the late Administration. Good
God ! what then becomes of the prerogative of the Crown—
of the freedom of the Sovereign? Is the King to be shackled
and powerless? Or is he to be a mere state machine, as
regards our domestic affairs, and the state of agriculture?
I shall within three or four weeks from this, I hope, bring
before Parliament a measure in which I trust to be supported,
and which will, I also trust, be of great advantage to you.—
( Cheers.) If Ido not succeed in carrying the repeal
of the
malt tax do not blame me ; do not say r swerved from my
word or deviated from my promise. All that man can do I
have endeavoured to do, and I will fight for you to the last.--
( Vast acclamation.) I feel confident that I shall be success-
ful. It will be a hard struggle, but I do not doubt of a
triumphant issue ; but should I fail, should numbers defeat
me, remember that I have acted up to the promise I have
given, and shall have striven to the utmost for the repeal of
the malt duties.--( Loud cheers.) The result of your efforts
has been extraordinary as it was unexampled, and your exer-
tions to place three Conservatives in Parliament have been
crowned with success. —( Cheers.) The bustle and excite-
ment has scarcely yet subsided, and it is not out of the range
of probability that another election may shortly amuse us
again. It will be impossible for any Government to proceed
if it is constantly opposed by faction, and prevented from
bringing forward its plans and intentions. I should not be
surprised, therefore, should such measures on the part of the
Opposition be persisted in, to see another dissertation at no
distant date.---( Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") Let us then
be prepared, and I venture to predict that the result will be
even yet more favourable to the Conservative cause through-
out the country.—( Cheers.)
Sir W. YOUNG said—Gentlemen, when it was evider
.;. that there was a party in tae country who made no '
'1
designs to overthrow the Constitution. Icret of their
teili in Churc
State—when the immediate dest7:icti ,
on of the Irish Ch and
hurch. to be followed by that of P.a.r.igland —when abolition of he corn laws, vote by ballot, annual Parliaments, and universal suf-
frage, were spoken of as measures that would at no distant
period occupy the attention of the Legislature—when a motion
fctr the expulsion of the Bishops from the Upper House of
Parliament bad been matter of discussion in the House of
Commons ; when, I say, such matters as these had been mat-
ter of agitation, I, for one, considered that the time had ar-
rived when it was the duty of every loyal subject, every man
who revered the religion of his forefathers, and who was ar-
dently attached to the British Constitution, to come forward
in support of his King and the Ministers of his choice.—.
( Cheers.) To those Ministers Isbell give my bumble support.
Many other appropriate toasts and speeches followed, seve-
ral songs enlivened the evening, and the party broke up about
nine o'clock, after much enjoyment and satisfaction.

The Marchioness of Wellesley, Baroness Wenman, Countess
of Clare, and Lady J. Fitzgibbon, occupy apartments at the
York Hotel.

The Marquis of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey are pro-
tracting their stay at their mansion in Sussex-square.
Various versions have appeared in the daily papers of the
"fracas" which occurred a few evenings past at the residence
of a Noble Lord (from the sister isle) in Brunswick-square ;
and as the public might be induced, from what has transpired,
to take an erroneous view of the affair, I therefore feel it my
duty to forward to you the particulars. Lord and Lady L—
issued cards of invitation to a numerous party of nobility and
gentry, to a ball and supper. Amongst the invited was Col.
-IV—r, brother to an Hon. Baronet of this county. Soon
after the arrival of the company dancing commenced, and va-
ried in the course of the evening from gallopades to quadrilles
and in one of these the gallant Colonel stood up, and hissed
the shoulder of a married lady. This insult was immediately
resented by the lady's quitting the ball-room. Shortly after the
Colonel, nothing daunted, repaired to the supper-room, in
order to have some refreshment. Here he met with the
noble host and a lady, with whom he sat down. In the course
of a few minutes he called for some water, to which he added
a portion of brandy, at the same time asking the lady to have
some. On the request being answered in the negative, he
seized hold of her glass, and turned its contents into his own,
saying "you must." The lady claimed the protection of
Lord L—_, who, without further ceremony, bundled him out-
side the house. Thus ended the affair,—one which has
afforded the scandal-venders of this place more than ordinary
amusement.

The friends of Capt. Pechell Justify his absence from the
House on Thursday last on the score of ill health, a very jus-
tifiable apology, no doubt, and one which cannot be questioned
by his veriest enemies. It is also gratifying to learn that the
gallant Captain has so far recovered from his " recent" indis-
position as to be able to proceed to London to-morrow, in
order to vote on the Address; the Captain has lately been
" tacking about," but we shall see in a few days what course
he means to steer.

CITY OF LONDON REFORM CLUB.

The City of London Reform Club is instituted for the pur-
pose of promoting the extension and the development of those
principles of Reform in Representative Government, which
the increasing intelligence of the people demands and justifies ;
—of giving, with reference to the City of London, the most
ample practical operation to those principles, in so far as they
have been recognized and rendered available by the several
Acts for amending the representation of the people in Parlia-
ment, or are applicable to municipal institutions ;—of employ-
ing all legal and constitutional means, which its members may
possess, for creating and maintaining in the minds of all classes
of the community, whether electors or hereafter to become so,
a deep sense of the importance of the trust imposed on them by
the possession of the elective franchise, and of the moral turpi-
tude attached to the negligent or corrupt exercise of it ;--of
seeking, by the same salutary means, to enlarge the limits of
the constituency ;—and, finally, of placing the electors of this
City in a situation to become acquainted with the conduct, the
talents, and the political opinions of those of their fellow-citi-
zens, whose character, wealth, or influence, may mark them as
likely to become candidates to represent them in Parliament,
or to fill municipal offices of high trust.
So much for the purpose of this institution, as has reference
to the forming a more just estimate of the value of good go-
vernment, and of promoting the safe and speedy eradication of
abuse, will be furthered by the free, but temperate interchange
of opinions, to which such an association will necessarily lead ;
for that part of it which respects the practical working-out of
such measures of reform as may be sanctioned by law, the
especial attention of the Club will be directed.
To effect the correction and more convenient arrangement
of the register of electors for the City of London, and to note
the defects which may be ascertained to exist in it :
To watch the progress of every new registration, with a
view to the defeating of fraudulent claims, but still more to
prevent the omission of the names of persons justly entitled to
registration :

To use all just means of keeping alive in the minds of those
with whom the various members may hold communication, a
sense of the importance of the elective franchise, and of their
adopting all those means of qualification for its exercise, which
the law may prescribe :
To ascertain the most convenient sectional apportionments,
as well of the City, as of the circumjacent parts, for the pur-
pose of canvassing; to arrange canvassing books in the form
best suited to each particular district ; and, generally, to ob-
tain such information, upon good authority, as may assist in
the operation of canvassing :
To obtain correct information touching the intellectual,
moral, and political character of those who may be supposed
likely to become candidates for the representation of the City,
or for high municipal offices therein, and of those whom it may,
upon general grounds, be deemed expedient to bring forward
on the occurrence of vacancies:
In order to work out the objects above stated, the City of
London Reform Club has been formed, and the following
adopted as its leading regulations
That all electors of London be deemed qualified to become
members of the Club; and that Persons not electors be eligible
if previously approved by the sub-committee :
That every person duly proposed, seconded, and elected be I
a member, subject to the annual payment of a sum not less
' • T than ten shillings;

And that the management d the Club be vested in an
extensive committee, and in a sub-committee, to be an-
/may chosen, at a general meeting of the members of the
Club.

It is intended to hold the first general meeting of the Club
in May next, until which time the affairs of the Club will be
conducted by a provisional committee, having power to add
to its numbers.

JOHN TRAVERS, Chairman,
19, St. Swithin's-lane.
C. H. HEPPEL, Hon. Sec.
4, Mansion-house-street.
The names of persons desirous of being proposed as mem-
bers, will bo received by the chairman or secretary.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( From the papers of Saturday.)
The following despatch, dated London, Thursday, and
Calais, yesterday at • noon, was received yesterday by tele-
graph :

EXCHEQUER EQUITY SITTINGS.
Gray's Inn Hall, Saturday, Feb. 21.

" THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE MINISTER FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
" The House of Commons has just elected a Speaker. Mr.
Abercromby having obtained 316 votes out of 622 votes, was
proclaimed Speaker. Sir Charles Manners Sutton had 306
votes."

SMALL V. ATTWOOD.
His LORDSHIP gave judgment, and said it was the case
of a plea filed to a supplemental bill, the original bill being
filed by the plaintiffs, Messrs Small and others, seeking to
set aside an agreement entered into with the defendant Att-
wood and others, on grounds suggested in that bill, and re-
quiring Mr. Attwood to refund a sum of money paid on
that agreement, uhich was charged in the bill as being void,
by reason of Misinterpretation and fraud. The sum was
225,000/., which they sought to have restored ; they sought
also to set aside the agreement. The bill was filed by se-
veral persons, and amongst others by Mr. Bailey, with whom
there were three or four others, whose names were immate-
rial, with whom he was joined as trustee, as well as in his
own right ; and the prayer of the bill was, that this money
might be paid to him and the other trustees, on behalf of the
company of which they formed a part. An answer was put
in, and the matter was heard by the Court, and a decree
pronounced, setting aside the agreement, and. directing Mr.
Attwood to account, and referring it to the Master to take
the account of the carrying on of the trade in the mean
time, and of the rents, and profits, and other emolu-
ments arising therefrom ; and that the balance should be
paid to the one side or the other, as it was found to exist.
After the decree, a supplemental bill was filed by the same
parties, and that bill suggested that a portion, a very con-
siderable portion,of the 2:25,000/.'which had been paid to the
defendant, had been specifically traced by means of certain
securities which he need not specify ; and after giving the
history of this money, the bill called on the defendant to
discover the fact. His Lordship, after going at length into
the case, concluded by stating that the real question was,
whether the plaintiffs were not justified, supposing Bailey to
have parted with his interest in 1828, after the hill was
filed, whether he still had not such a continued interest in
the suit as entitled him to prosecute it, and if he had, then
he had also an interest with others in filing a supplemental
bill for the purpose of modifying the rights of the parties
in that suit. On these grounds, therefore, it appeared to
him that Bailey was a proper party to the supplemental bill,
and the plea must be overruled with costs.

We are much surprised that this communication was not
posted up on 'Change, as it must have been received by the
Government sufficiently early. The contradictory rumours that
were current up to the close of the market would thereby have
been prevented.— Galignani's Messager.
The Messager says :—" We learn that the dissolution of
the Cabinet was positively announced at the Chamber of De-
puties by the Ministers and their friends. M. Thiers swore
by the Gods that this time he would go out in earnest; and
never return again into office, whatever might happen. He
said to an Opposition Member—' The most singular circum-
stance attending all this is, that you will find us, perhaps,
with you in the Opposition.' How so ?'—‘ It is in contem-
plation to have, not a Doctrinnaire Ministry, nor one from the
Tiers-parti, or from the Gauche, but a Cluiteau combination,
a Cainarilla Ministry, which we cannot agree with any more
than you.' The name of the Duke Decazes was mentioned as
a complement to this strange revelation."
The Swabian Mercury has the following, of the 10th inst.,
from Berlin We are expecting the publication of a reso-
lution of the Germanic Diet, on the affairs of Switzerland,
which will determine the eventual rupture between that country
and the neighbouring States, and the occupation of the fron-
tiers by the army of the Confederation. However, as the last
news from Berne assumes a less unfavourable character, there
is ground for hope that the Radical party will give way entirely
at the first threats of the Diet, and thus render unnecessary
the employment of extreme measures."
A letter of the 12th inst. from Frankfort, announces that on
the preceding day a military officer arrived at Bockenheim,
from Mentz, to direct the inquiry relative to the recent dis-
turbances. The misunderstanding between the soldiers and
the inhabitants continues. On the 11th an inhabitant of
Bockenheim, in a state of intoxication, attempted to kill two
soldiers who were in bed. This event gave rise to a trifling
disturbance. The inhabitant was arrested by the police.
The Journal du Commerce has the following :—" It was
announced last night as positive, that Ministers, on receiving
intelligence of the vote of the House of Commons, held a
Council and resolved that, anticipating the events by which it
may be followed in England, the Ministerial crisis in France
ought not to be prolonged. It was immediately decided that
the Cabinet should maintain its ground until some occurrence
more strongly marked than the composition of the Committee
of Inquiry should shotV clearly that it is abandoned by its ma-
jority. The Duke de Trevise, however, persists in resigning;
and M. Decaux having positively declined the office of Mini-
ster of War, it was agreed that M, Humana should be made
President of the Council, and General Guilleminot be intro-
duced into, the Cabinit AS Minister of War. This statement

FATAL DUEL.—BRUSSELS, FEB. 19.--Qn
16th of this month, about noon, a duel took place near Lux-
emburg between M. Augustus Tornaco and Captain `yeller,
in the service of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, in which
the latter received his adversary's ball in his head, and was
killed on the spot. This fatal affair arose out of a very trifling
dispute.--Belgian Paper.

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The Courrier Francais has the followirg :—" It is confi-
dently stated that Marshal Mason will shortly leave the Em-
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the other will have the embassy which they seem to covet.
The Count de Nesselrode is constantly laid up with gout, and
ilas but a feeble influence in affairs. All the confidence of the
Emperor reposes upon Count Orloff, who now directs the Ca.
binet of St. Petersburgh."
The Election, of Bordeaux, of the 18th instant, gives the
following extract of a letter from Madrid :—" The ellington
Ministry has not yet ventured to recall the British AWmbassadoi
Mr. Villiers, though he does not belong to the Tory party. It
wishes to keep up the appearance of continuing the policy 0t
'he Quadruple Alliance. However, as soon as the Peel Cabi.
net has tried its strength in the House of Commons, it will be-
gin to make its changes. It appears that the Spanish Govern..
nent is beginhing to think seriously of placing its navy upon a
respectable footing; being convinced that a country with such
extensive coasts, and such rich and productive colonies, cell
anly be protected by a strong fleet. It is said that Messrs.
Ricardo, Arclouin, and Mendizabal, who have made such fine,
profits out of the Spanish loans, are about to enter into a new
transaction, which will also produce them considerable gains.
The' Wellington Cabinet, as is well known, in the interest of
British sidjects, is negotiating with the Duke of Palmulla for
an acknowledgment of Don Miguel's loan ; and these bankers
are cunningly buying up the bonds of this loan at their preient
erice with the hope of making a profit of 30 per cent. We may
believe that this profit will be participated by thoso whose in-
fluence or intrigues have contributed to the atia,Cess of the
project, which they will urge as beneficial to tlee credit of Por-
tugal."
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Ba';onne, of the 17th inst.,
has the following of the 15th froin the frontier of Spain :
" Colonel Ocana is decideell7 relieved. The rebels, haying
learnt that Iriarte had coone out of Elisondo at the head of 300
men, and that Genera', Mina was advancing upon them from
Pampeluna, abenstoned their positions. On the same day
Ocana a,nd 1-fiarte moved or, to Elisondo, into which place
Genera' -Mina entered with a strong column, so that there is no'., in this village the columns of Mina, Lorenzo, Ocana, and
Iriarte. According to the. last -information, Zumalcarreguy was at the head of nine battalions, and had under his orders -
Iturralde and Gdibelalde ; and therefOre it is extraordinary
that with forces so considerable he should have given up 4
position on the appearance of Iriarte with only 270 infantry
and
Bastan 30 cavalry. Time will explain this. The villages of the
have lately been ransacked by 200 carbineers, who car-
ried to Elisondo all the corn and provisions they could find."
The• Helvetie of Porentruy, of the 17th inst., mentions a re-
port that the Chiefs of the Patriciate have determined `co send
a Commissioner to Paris, to demand a portion of the expenses
of .the expedition into Egypt, which was defrayed with the
gold found in the treasury of Berne in 1798. rue claim is
said to amount to 25,000,000 fr. The Commissioner is said,
however, to have instructions to reduce Ms demand to a few
millions, to be applied to the secret funds, a part of which has
in these latter times been expended without any great ad-
vantage.
The Council of State of the Valais has issued a decree,
whereby the admission of the Helatie of Porentruy into the
Canton is forbidden, under all the penalties of the law of De-
cember, 1803, in consequence of the " false, calumnious, and
incendiary articles" lately iriserted in it relating to the Valais.
The Fribourg Gazette states that there arc thauy difficulties
in the way of the accession of Baden to the terman system of
customs, one of which is the proposed imposition upon the
Grand Ducal Government of the maintenance of the greater
part of the officers of Wirtemberg customs ; another is relative
to the free port of Manheim ; and further obstacles arise from
the proximity of the fronties of France and Switzerland, and
the importance of the commerce between Baden and these two
countries.
The Augsburg Gazette. of the 17th- inst., haa the-following
from Rome of the 7th :—" The diplomatic note which Lord
Seymour, Engli'st Ambassador at Florence, forwarded to
Rome, has hot yet been laid before the College of Cardinals.
Hent.':;ve conclude that it is not considered by the Papal See
as an official communication, and it is expected that no answer
will be given to it until the sentiments of the other Cabinets
shall have been obtained. A secret Consistory, however, has
been held within these few days, the object of which is still
unknown to the public. The Secretary of State, Cardinal
Bernetti, is again suffering from a severe attrck of the gout,
and for this reason he solicited permission to resign, and re-
tire to his country seat at Fermo as soon as his health will
permit. The Holy Father has not acceded to the wish of the
Minister, and has represented to him, in an autogragh letter,
how injurious his retirement would be to the State. Yester-
day, on the anniversary of the Pope's coronation, a solemn
mass was celebrated, after which his Holiness received the
congratulations of the superior Clergy and functionaries. Don
Miguel was present, and had a long conversation with the Pope.
Considerable sums were distributed to the poor. The illumi-
nation of the Church of St. Peter and of the other public
buildings was prevented by tempestuous weather, which
during the night raged like a hurricane. Slight shocks of an
earthquake were also experienced."
The Gazette quotes the Funds at Vienna on the 12th—Me-
ta.11iques Five per Cent., 100 i; do. Four per Cent, do. 94k;
Bank Actions, 1213.
It is stated that the prisoners involved in the riots at Lyons
in April, will be brought to Paris in the beginning of next
month, and that the trial will commence in the course of April.
The Gazette Lyonnais announces that it is their intention to
make the journey on foot, dressed in one uniform, consisting
of a smock-frock, fastened by a girdle, an oil skin hat, onus-
mented with red riband, and a knapsack on the back. The
same Journal also states that among the counsel who have un-
dertaken to plead their cause, are Messrs. Gander- Pages, Du-
pont, Michel of Bourges, St. Rome of Grenoble, and Jules
Fevre of Lyons.
PARIS, FEB. 21.—Yesterday evening the King transacted
business with the Minister of Finance.
In the course of the evening his Majesty received the
Duke de Mortemart, the Duke de°Choiseul, and the President
of the Chamber of Peers.
To-day his Majesty traOisacted business successively with
the Ministers of War Justice, Commerce, Public Instruction,
and the Marino 'and Foreign Affairs.
A letter :aim Florence, of the 9th of February, says that
011 tie 7th, at 50 minutes past seven in the evening, several
shocks of an earthquake had been felt there. No damage
had been done, except some trifling injury to the Castles of
Lucco and Vecchio, nor had any persons been hurt.
M. Lafitte has published another very long letter on the
state of his affairs, in answer to the Bank.
The Chamber of Deputies, in the sitting of the 20th,
proceeded as far as Article 556, of the project of law relative
to Bankruptcies.
Fan. 21.--The estafette from Calais had not yet arrived
this morning at nine o'clock. It is believed that if the Eng-
lish papers should come to-day, it will be very late. They
cannot, however, announce any thing beyond the election of
Mr. Abercromby.
The news of the nomination of Mr. Abercromby, an-
nounced as certain in the Exchange of Paris yesterday, caused
the 3 per Cents. to fall to 79. Some doubt having been
raised of the authenticity of the news, they rose again to 79f.
40c. at the close; but after 'Change they again fell, and at
half-past 4 they were at 78f. 90c., being a fall of 50 cents
since the 19th. Hardly any thing was done in the 5 per cents.
—Messager, Feb. 21.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—SITTING OF FRB. 20.
M. Dupin took the chair at half-past one, but the Chamber
not being in number the sitting was suspended till a quarter
past two. At that hour a Deputy proposed that the House
should be called over, and that the names of the absent Mem-
bers should be published in • the ilfoniteur. The President
then ordered the huissiers to request the attendance of the
Deputies who were engaged in private conversation in the
Hall of Conferences. A few of the latter shortly after-
wards arrived, but the Ministerial benches were entirely
deserted.
The order of the day was the continuation of the discussion
on the Bankruptcy Bill.
Debate again adjourned.
The Committee of Inquiry into the tobacco monopoly
held its first sitting yesterday morning, The President of the
Chamber -of Deputies was, in that capacity, recognised as
de jure President of the Committee. M. Vivien has beck
named Secretary.
M. Dinnorehas been named Reporter of the Committee on
the Bill relative to the American treaty.

GERMAN PAPERS.

BERLIN, FEB. 4.—Almost all the Prussian Ambassadors to
I foreign Courts who were assembled here have either set out
to return to their respective posts, or are preparing to do so.
Only MM. Armin, Ambassador at Brussels, and Lie-Her-
mann, Ambassador at Madrid, will still remain a considerable
time here.
BRUNSWICK, FEB. 2.—The centre part of the Ducal Palace
here (the building of which proceeds rapidly) is now com-
pleted up to the roof, and part of it will be ready for the Duke
by the Autumn. When the two wings are erected this will
be one of the largest and handsomest Palaces in Germany.
Duke William, who is a great lover of the chase, has lately
received a present of 45 hounds froM the King of England.
HANOVER, FEB. Majesty has lately been pleased
to grant to Lieutenant-Colonel George Von der Deckers , of
the Ist Regiment of the King's Dragoons, husband of the
Princess Louisa of Hesse, the dignity of Count ler himself and his legitimate descendants of both sexes. The two Cham-
bers are at present continuing the discussion of the new. penal
code. On a subject of such importance, the debates in the
second Chamber are very interesting to the public, who attend
the sittings.
COPENHAGEN, FEB. I3.—The King yesterday gave an
audience to the Chevalier de Bruligni, Charge d'Affaires of
/Spain, who delivered his credentials to his Majesty.
VIENNA, Fan. 9.—An English courier has passed through
here from London for Canstantinople ; another was sent this
morning with dispatches of the English legation to London
by way of Paris. This frequent dispatching of couriers exci-
ted some attention, as for some time past no great weight has
been laid on the affairs of the East, and it is affirmed that fur-
ther negotiations respecting them were superfluous. This,
however, must be incorrect, if they are the ground for the ex-
change of couriers. Perhaps, however, it may be partly
caused by the elections in England, and relates to the proba-
bilities of the stability of the Peel administration. It seems,
that the Conservatives are likely to remain in power. as they
appear to agree with the moderate Whigs in, all essential