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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1844.

The House of Commons met at Twelve o'clock,
when a great number of Bills were read a third, time
and passed. Most of them were Bills of little im-
portance to the public.
On the House re-assembling at Five o'clock, Sir
C. NAPIER put.some questions to Sir R. PEEL rela-
tive to the strange proceedings of the French at OM-
heite. Sir R. PEEL said the Government had re-
ceived dispatches from that island relating to the events
which had taken place, and he had no hesitation in
saying that a gross outrage, accompanied by a gross
indignity had been committed by the French officer,
on the station.
.The British Government has lost no
time in making such communications to the Cabinet
of Louis PHILIPPE as the circumstances required.
He had no doubt the French Government would
make the necessary reparation for such conduct.

Lord INGESTRF. moved for copies of the correspon-
dence which had taken place between the Govern-
ment and Captain \VA&NER relative to his invention.
Sir B. PEEL did not oppose the motion, and entered
at considerable length into the communications which
had taken place between Captain WARNER and the

official authorities, as well as to • the experiments
which had been made. The speech cannot be
abridged, but evidently the Right Hon. Baronet had
no great faith in the discovery, and stated some facts
which Captain WARNER must answer.
After a few observations from other Members, cer-
tain of the papers were ordered.

The Insolvent Debtors Bill was read a second
time ; to be committed on Friday.'
Mr. GIBSON moved that the petition of Mr. JOHN
HEATHCOTE, who was dismissed from his situation of
superintendent of factories, on the charge of having
written an anonymous letter to Mr. FERRAND, be
taken into considf ration. This gave rise to some
discussion, and an explanation from Sir J. GRAHAM.
On a division the motion was lost by a majority of
seven.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the llouse adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve
o'clock.

If Lours PHILIPPE and his Prime Minister, M.
GUlZOT—both men of great tact, prudence, and ex-
perience—do not become more circumspect in their
appointment of officers to distant stations, we fear
the peace of the world cannot be much longer pre-
served. Every now and then an escapade -is com-
mitted by some half-fledged Prince, or junior officer
—and, but very lately, a veteran Admiral was equally
guilty—circumstances which lead to one of two con-
clusions, either that no proper selection is made, or
that the King of the FRENCH is not displeasel to see
a little brusquerie displayed by his sons and his
favourite officers. Believing that that able and far-
seeing Prince has no wish to embroil him-
self with this country, and that he looks
upon a friendly alliance with England as the
best safe-guard of his dynasty ; we must con-
clude that the objectionable acts of the French officers,
which have occurred within a few years are to be
ascribed to their own incapacity or vain conceit.
The Prince DE JorNvintai committed himself in a
most extraordinary manner on the coast of Mexico,
by arresting a pilot on board of an English vessel of
war. He, of course, was obliged to apologise fur his
ignorance, and the affair was hushed up. Then came
the affair of Admiral DUPETIT Trrouaas, which was
no less irregular, and at once disowned. The Bri-
tish Government rested satisfied with the explana-
tions of M. GUIZOT, and trusted that there would be
no occasion to complain a third time, when unfor-
tunately a still more atrocious breach of the law
of nations is committed by MM. BROUAT and D'Au-
BIGNEY—the one a naval officer, and the other the
acting protector of the Otuheite islands. The British
Consul is made a prisoner, treated as a felon, and,
after a disgraceful arrest and lengthened incarcera-
tion is banished from the island. We know not what
his offences are, further than from the laconic an-
nouncement of M. D'AUBIGNEY :—" A French sen-
tinel was attacked on the night of the 2d and 3d of
March.- In reprisal, I have caused to be seized one
PRITC II ARD, the only daily mover and instigator of
the disturbances of the natives. his property shall
be answerable for all damage occasioned to our esta-
blishments by the insurgents ; and if French blood
is spilt, every drop shall recoil on his head."
Sueh language is insulting, and totally indefensible.
It is the language of a man who thinks himself per-
fectly safe, and may play any pranks in such a remote
region. The French Government cannot defend it.
They must make ample amends for the outrage, not
only by disowning the conduct of their agent, but by
degrading him, or bringing him to trial for what Sir
ROBERT NEL last night justly described as a gross
outrage, accompanied by a gross indignity. The
people of this country will not be satisfied with an
apology. France invaded Algiers, because the
French Consul, in an altercation with the Dey, re-
ceived a slap on the cheek with a fan—no great
annoyance in a hot climate—while the British
Consul is arrested, imprisoned, and banished.
We sincerely regret this unfortunate and mad pro.
ceeding. England has no wish to go to war with
France, but France must teach her agents better
manners, more knowledge of the laws of civilised
countries, and more respect for a nation that she
knows will never brook an insult. There are other
circumstances, however, but too well calculated to
rouse the jealousy of Englishmen. France has occu-
pied a vast extent of the African coast, on the plea
that a French Consul was insulted ; but, not content
with that she is advancing towards the Straits of
Gibraltar. She is at war with Morocco, and in a few
days we may hear that Tanjiers and Tetuan are
occupied by French troops. These are all sus-
picious circumstances ; and if Lord ABERDEEN does
net soon clear up the mystery, perhaps he
may find some morning that Lord PALMERSTON and
Sir C. NAPIER will relieve him from his labours.
One thing is certain. England can allow no great
maritime nation to form settlements and build for-
tresses along the Straits of Gibraltar. Her posses-
sions in the Mediterranean and in India are of too
much importance to allow such an aggression. We
trust the French Government will see the meal posi-
tion in which they are placed by their agents, and do
justice to a country which is anxious to remain at I
peace—but peace on honourable terms.

After a brief interval of repose, the Anti-Corn-
Law League are again about to commence their
necessary task of strenuous agitation. On Wednes-
day next, we understand, they purpose holding
another great meeting in Covent-garden Theatre,
which is to be the last of the season ; and they will
then, we presume without delay, proceed to the pro-
vinces, there to agitate the repeal of the bread-tax
unremittingly during the
_Parliamentary recess. It
is only by such continuous perseverance that the
question stands the slightest chance of being carried,
for the agricultural districts—notwithstanding the
numerous free-trade proselytes that have been made
in them by the strong practical common sense cf Mr.
COBDEN and the other members of the League—
are yet far from being sufficiently enlightened on the
subject ; and there is no gainsaying the fact that the
decided langauge—decided at least for him—held by
Sir ROBERT PEEL at the commencement of the ses-
sion, has infused new spirit and confidence into the
monopolists, and consequently multiplied the obstacles
to the total abolition of the corn-laws. We do no;
say this in order to discourage the advocates of un
restricted trade ; far otherwise, we say it in order to
put them on their mettle, to rouse their energies, and
spur them on to fresh exertions. There is nothing ir,
their present position which, calmly and rationally
considered, need give them cause for the slightest dis•
couragement. They still stand on broad• vantage
ground ; public opinion is still as much with them as
ever it was; and not one of the arguments which their'
leaders have put forth, whether within or without
the walls of Parliament have yet been refuted. All
the resources which their opponents can venture tt
bring 'against them, are such only as are supplied by
ignorant prejudice and inveterate obstinacy—preju-
dice that scorns to yield to conviction,' and obstinacy
that takes a perverse pride in its own display. These
are but sorry resources' to calculate on, and, as in the
memorable case of Catholic Emancipation, where all
the reason was on the one side and all the bigotry on '
the' other, they cannot fail, in the long run, to yield
to the irresistible supremacy of common sense and
justice. Tedious as the winter months may appear to
those who are anxiously looking forward to the ad
vent of spring, we know that they have theii
appointed term ; and long as may seem
the period that must elapse ere the exe-
crable corn-laws are for ever et ased from
the statute-book, which they have been toe
long permitted to disgrace, we all know full well that
that desirable period must come, and that no human
means can protract it beyond one, or at the utmost
two years. Indeed, as we have observed a dozen
times already, the question of the total abolition of
the bread-tax is merely a question of time, which will
be either long or short, just according to the degree
of spirit with which the repeal of the impost is agi-
tated. Were the matter to be put to the vote to-
morrow throughout England none can doubt that it
would be carried by an overwhelming majority;
hut its opponents, though contemptible in point of
numbers, are still powerful by means of their wealth,
station, and other adventitious influences, con
concentrated--
strengthened—matured—and is,eeqtlyaugeunehasaultl
itstheeumvmaastud,m
morusalt
bfoerccue
strengthened—matured—and brought to bear unre-
mittingly, and without delay against the antagonist
power of Monopoly. As St. JUST said to his col-
leagues in the Committee of Public Safety :—" Dare !
that is the great secret of Itevolutions 1" so we say to

the members of the League, "Agitate ! that is the
great secret of success !" Without this, nothing
can be done—with it, everything ! To trust to the
mere force of reason and the gradual spread of con-
viction among the people, unaided by a process of
bold, strenuous agitation, what is this but to take a
leaf out of Sir R. PEEL'S book, and trust to the
chapter of accidents, which may, or may
not, turn up in favour of those who rely
on it ? Had Mr. O'CONNELL acted in this manner,
never would the Catholics have achieved their free-
dom, but would have continued manacled to the pre-
sent moment. It was agitation that carried the
Relief Bill—agitation that knocked the fetters off the
limbs of the Dissenters—agitation that carried sche-
dules A and B, despite all the opposition that the
boroughmongers could bring to bear against it—and
it is agitation, and agitation only—bold, continuous,
systematic and determined—that will enable the
advocates of free-trade to carry the total abolition of
the most detestable impost that ever oppressed the
energies of a great commercial people, and outraged
every principle of equity.

We have received Madrid journals of the 24th ult.
The sudden departure of the Prince DE JOINVILLE
from Cadiz to Tangiers was caused, it would appear,
by accounts that, contrary to an arrangement agreed
to, an English vessel of war had entered the harbour
of Tangiers. Such was the fact; but on complaint
being made, a satisfactory answer was given, and the
squadron immediately returned to Cadiz to wait the
ultimatum of the Emperor.
The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 19th announces
that the news from Tangiers was satisfactory; that
the French Consul had written to Gibraltar, that the
EMPEROR had given orders to punish the Moorish
chief who had first attacked the French, and that from
the information which he had received he entertained
strong hopes that peace would be preserved.
At Madrid, on the 24th:the Three per Cents. were
26 for cash, and 26i at
.60 days ; Five per Cents.,
10, 60 days; Passives 61,60 days.

The July fetes at Paris terminated on Monday
evening by a grand display of fireworks, and we
regret to say that they have not passed over without
loss of life. At a late hour several accidents occurred
to mar the pleasure of the varied scenes. Never was
there such an outpouring of the Parisians since the
+lays of the July Revolution. "When the fireworks
had concluded," says Galignani's Messenger, " the
populace bore in masses towards the Grand Avenue
of the Champs Elysees ; and near the entrance of the
Avenue Gabrielle the crush was so great, that several
persons were thrown down and trampled under foot.
Four women and a man were taken to the Hos-
pital I3eaujon. The man is since dead, and one
of the women is very dangerously injured ; the
others are expected to recover. A little.
girl of twelve, the daughter of the man and
one of the women just mentioned, was carried into
the neighbouring corps-de-garde, where she almost
immediately expired. Two bodies were also carried
to the Morgue, from the Champs Elysees, but their
deaths are stated to be the result of violence ; this
vague information, coupled with the fact of a medical
gentleman having bled fourteen persons, being all we
have been able to obtain at present on the subject.,
No attempts at disturbance, however, were made.
The people seemed to enjoy themselves to the utmost,
and displayed great loyalty . Great crowds collected
in the gardens of the Tuileries, to listen to the music
in front of the Palace. And when the KING and
Royal Family appeared on the balcony, about seven,
they were received with loud acclamations by the
vast crowd. The Parisians begin to see that peace is
good for the country, and the duties in which his
MAJESTY had been engaged during the day, no
doubt, contributed a little to the warm reception from
the people. He had conferred the Legion of Honour
on a number of the successful competitors for prizes
in the exhibition of national industry, distributed
medals with his own hand to the most skilful artisans,
and ih the evening about two hundred of them were
invited to dine with the Royal Family. Such conduct
does the KING great honour, and cannot fail to have
a most beneficial effect on the provinces when the
guests return to their respective districts, and relate
all the wonders they saw at the Tuileries. The fol-
lowing is a brief description of the interesting
scene :—.

"At one o'clock the exhibitors, who had received notice
to attend, assembled in the Salle des Marechaux, to the
number of more than eight hundred. They had been pre-
ceded by the members of the: jury, with their President,
Baron Thenard. These gentlemen took their places at the
left of the space reserved for their Majesties. Shortly after.
wards the king, wearing the uniform of the National Gnard,
the Queen, her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide, and the
Dukes de Nemours and de Montpensier, entered the hall;
they were followed by the Ministers of Commerce, Interior,
and Finances, the Prefect of the Seine, and the Commander-
in Chief of the National Guards of the Seine. The King, on
his entering the hall, was received with a loud burst of loyal
acclamation. His Majesty took his seat at a few paces from
the grand balcony facing the garden; the Minister of Corn-
merce, assisted by his Secretary-General, M. Paganel, and M.
Senar, Director of Commerce, took his place at the right of the '
King. Baron Thenard then advanced, and read a speech, in
which he enumerated the principal resulti obtained by the
manufacturing industy of France, during the last five years,
and the progress evinced by the exhibition of 1844. The
King replied in a short and very impressive speech, declaring
the intense satisfaction that he felt at these results, and the
warm interest that he took in all matters of national indus•
try. This speech was received with great enthusiasm. The
distribution of the rewards then commenced, the King, in
every instance, bestowing the medal with his own hands,
and addressing to each person some flattering words of en-
couragement. The distribution lasted five hours, curing the
whole of which time the King remained standing, without,
however, appearing to suffer from fatigue. At half-past
five, the King, and the other members of the Royal Family
who were present, proceeded to the Great Gallery of the
Louvre, where a table had been laid out for two hundred
guests. Amongst the persons invited to dine with their Ma-
jesties were the three Ministers, already mentioned, Lieut.-
Gen. Jacquerninot, Lieut.-Gen. Sebastiani, the Count de Ram-
buteau, the Count de 3fontalivet, the Prefect of Police, the
Aides-de-Camp and orderly officers of his Majesty, and.his
head librarian, the members of the jury, and such of the ex-
hibitors as had received the decoration of the Legion of
Honour or the gold medal. During the dinner symphonies
were executed by a military band placed in the middle of the
gallery. During the dessert the King rose and proposed the
following toast Honour to the Exhibition of 1844—Pros-
perity to French Industry.' These words, which were pro-
nounced in a-firm voice, were followed by repeated cries of
Vire le Roi,' Vive la Famille Royale.' The Ministers of
Commerce and Finances then gave successively The King,'
The Queen and the Royal Family,' in the midst of the most
enthusiastic acclamations. - At half-past seven the King
quitted the gallery, accothpapied by the Queen and the other
members of the Royal Family, andfollowed by all the guests,
And proceeded, to the grand balcony, in front of the garden,
in order to honour the concert with his presence. By the or-
Jers of his Majesty, the exhibitors were placed at the win-
dows of the Pavillon de Flore. Some had followed the King
to the first-floor; others were in the rooms above, which had
been prepared for his Royal Highness the Duke de Mont-
pensier.'

Accounts from Belgium state, that a decree has
been issued, by which Prussian merchantmen are to
be subjected, in the Belgian ports, to the amount
of tonnage and pilotage payable under existing
treaties by nations whiell are,not favoured. The re-
imbursement of the Scheldt toll is suspended as far
As regards Prussian vessels. The effect of this decree
will be pretty nearly to exclude Prussian shipping
from the Scheldt. Prussia, it is thought will reta-
liate for these apparently hostile proceedings.

THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, JULY 30.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cults...... 121-40 .. 121 50 .. 121 35 .. 121 50
Four por Cents. 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50
Three per Cents.— 81 73 .. 81 85 .• 81 75 -81 85
Bank of France • 3105 —3105 3100 ••3100
f.aflitte Bank, 5,000 f Sharesso7s .. 5075 • •5075 . •5075
deiglau 8ank..... b........ 675 .. 675 • • 675 •• 675
Belgian Fives,lß3l.
1840 ........- 105 l 105; .• 1051 • • 105;
4panish Pa55ive............ bf 54 • • .51 '•
54
rortuguese live per Cents • • 44 .. 44 •• 43t 43i
i'eapolltan•• . • 98 85 98 85 .. 93 75 .• 98 85
Roman •..

RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, •• •• 385 •• 385 .. 385 •• 385 •
L.B.•••••••••:• 243 75 •. 243 75 243 75 .. 243 75
Rouen • • ...• •• •• .• 985 985 .. 983 75 .. 983 75
Rouen to Havre• • • • ...... 761 25 761 95 .. 761 25 .. 761 25
)rleans ..... 980 .. 981 25 .. 980 .. 981 25
itrasburg to 8a1e.......... 241 25 .. 241 25 .. 240 •• 240
kvignon to Marseilles— •••• 765 .. 765 • • 785 765
RAILWAY SHARES FOll-THE ACCOUNT, 31 OF
sT JULY.
it. Germain
...... 388 25 .. 386 25 386 25 386 25
L. 8........ ... .. 243 75 243 75 .. 243 75 243 75
Konen ...•
"Means
itrasburg to Bale ••• •• • • 242 59 .. 242 50 .. 240 •• 240

MOUTALITY IN THE IVESTROPOLIB.--Thera has been
A considerable increase in the number of deaths during
the last week, the total number being 1,066, while
during the previous week it was only 896—average
900. The increase has taken place chiefly in deaths
*rom scarlatina, small pox, and diarrheea ; of the 40
persons who died of small pox 35 had not been vac-
cinated. The following is the analysis of the list of
violent deaths two cases ; wound, one case
(suicide); swallowing pins, one case ;
hanging, two
cases (suicides) ; drowning, fifteen cases, of which
,ix were accidental in bathing, and one suicide; and
mffocation in bed, one case. Total, twenty males
tnd two females. The thermometer was highest on
Thursday, having reached the unusual height of 85.1,
Ind lowest on Monday, 53.7 deg. The barometer,
with the exception of two days, was below 30, while
the fall of rain is marked nil. There musk be.some
defect in these observations.

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