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" Who runs may read."

POREIGN.
A further rise took place in the French funds on Thursday,
when the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 83c., and the Fives
at 124 f. 65c.

No Bill will be proposed in the French Chambers this ses-
sion for a pension to the Duke of Nemours.
The Tribunal of First Instance has declared itself incom-
petent to decide on the claim of Louis Napoleon against the
public Treasury for the sum of 1,800,000 f.
According to a calculation in the Paine, the cost to France
of the conquest and occupation of Algeria amounts to 670 mil-
lions of francs. On the other hand the Government has re-
ceived—l st, the treasure taken at Algiers, and the treasure of
the materiel, estimated together at 54,737,000; and 2d, in
revenue, from 1831 to 1843, a sum of 46,000,000, making the
total loss hitherto sustained 569,263,000 f. (22,400,0001.)
The Frankfort journals of the Ist announce the arrival in
that city of the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary,
her daughter.
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The Prussian State Gazette, of Dec. 31, publishes a royal
ordonnance for organising benevolent societies. As a preliminary
measure, it restores the ancient order of the Swan, founded by
the Elector Frederick 11. New statutes are to be drawn up,
and a council is to be formed to direct the efforts of the society.
The King and the Queen are to be at the head of the Order,
and all other benevolent societies are to be subject to the direc-
tion of that of the Swan.

A letter from Rome announces the death in that city, on the
23d ult., of General Paskewitsch, brother of the Governor-
General of Warsaw.

The Augsburgh Gazette states from Rome, Dec. 22, that
the Papal Government has ordered a levy of men for the army,
for the purpose of placing it on a footing to resist any attempt
that may be made to disturb public order.
Accounts from Athens of the 19[11 ult. state that the
National Assembly had concluded its preliminary arrange-
ments, and was preparing to discuss the draught of the Consti-
tution. The greatest tranquillity prevailed throughout Greece.

LAW AND POLICE.
At the Chester assizes Samuel Maddock, 53, tailor, was
charged with the wilful murder of Matthias Bailey, game-
keeper to George Wilbraham, Esq.. of Delamere House, on
the 28th day of July, at Crowton. The jury found him Not
Guilty.
George Fox, aged 35, was charged at the same assizes with
the wilful murder of his wife, Charlotte Fox, at Stockport, on
the Ist of December last. The jury found him guilty of man-
slaughter, and the Learned Judge sentenced him to two years'
hard labour.

William Christey, a Custom-house agent, was brought before
the Lord Mayor by Inspector Waller, upon a warrant, charged
with having been concerned in frauds committed at the Cus-
tom. house. The prosecution is instituted by the Board of
Customs, and he is charged with returning a smaller amount
of sugar than that chargeable on certain goods imported. He
was released on giving heavy bail to appear and take his trial
at the Central Criminal Court.

James Bovington, aged 29, and William Andrews, two re-
spectable-looking mechanics, were indicted at the Surrey ses-
sions for feloniously stealing on the 23d of December last, 128
pounds of brass, fixed in a mill or building, the property of the
Right Hon. Beaumont Lord Hotham and Sir George Henry
Frederick Berkeley, K.C.B. They were found guilty, but
their counsel moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that
one of the parties in the indictment was wrongly described.
The case will be argued on the first day of term before the
judges at Westminster.
A summons having been applied for and obtained at Marl-
borough-street against the coachman of Count Pollon, the
Sardinian Minister, for refusing to pay the reward adjudged to
the firemen who attended to extinguish a fire which occurred
at the Sardinian Minister's stables, the sitting magistrate re-
ceived a note from his Excellency, stating that the defendant
was his servant, and that he pleaded his privilege as an Am-
bassador to protect him from any process, the demand being an
unjust one. The summons was therefore cancelled.
COURT—PASIIIONAXIME.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to become the
patron of the Royal Metropolitan Hospital for Sick Children in
Broad-street, Golden-square.
His Royal Highness the Duc de Bordeaux is expected to
arrive at Brighton to-day,

Earl Grey continues to go on well ; and it is stated that in
the event of no unfavourable change taking place, his Lordship
will leave Howick and arrive in London some time next month.
Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in Grafton-street, on
the 20th inst., from his chateau near Cannes, where his Lord-
ship has been entertaining company.
The Duke of Wellington and Duke of Buccleuch are ex-
pected in town early in the ensuing week.
The Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox, Earl
and Countess of March, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Montgomery,
Sir C. Taylor, Sir G. Burrell, Lord Gifford, Mr. and Mrs.
Shirley, Mr. W. Burrell, and a numerous circle, have been
staying at Petworth House, on a visit to Colonel and Mrs.
Wyndham, since Wednesday afternoon.
Earl Fitzhardinge has gone to the villa at Cheltenham, from
Berkeley Castle. The Noble Earl's hounds removed from the
kennels at the Castle on Saturday last, for Cheltenham, and are
to hunt that country till the close of the month.
The Earl and Countess of Morley have been seeing company
at Saltram, Devon. The Noble Earl was invited by Sir David
Milne to dine with his Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux,
when at Plymouth,

Lord Aylmer, Lady Catherine Fellowes, and Miss Fellowes,
Lord Churchill, S'ir John Duckworth, Bart., Lady Duntze, Sir
George Adams, Mr. Reginald Macdonald, and about 300 of the
gentry of the county of Devon, were present as the annual race
ball at the subscription rooms, Exeter, on Tuesday last.

VISSCELMANEOU,;,.
We understand that Mr. Wakley issued a regular delaration
of war, at an inquest yesterday, against the press, which appears
to have given great offence by its observations on the Coroner's
proceedings with regard to Lieutenant Pslonro's sale.
It is stated that most extensive alterations are about to take
place in the offices connected with the Excise, with a view to
a reduction of the number of persons employed in that branch
of the Government. Amongst others, it is rumoured that the
Corresponding and Audit offices are to be abolished, and to be
consolidated with the Secretary department.
According to Mr. Murphy, to-morrow (Sunday) will be the
coldest day in the year 1844.
A considerable quantity of new sovereigns, half-sovereigns,
and silver coinage, has been received at the Bank during the
last week from the Royal Mint, in anticipation of the demand
that is likely to be made for the new gold coinage.
The annual meeting of the Boston Agricultural Association
was held on Wednesday, when Mr. R. Calthrop proposed the
adoption of a petition to the Legislature, praying for a conti-
nuance of the bread monopoly, which was agreed to. Several
gentlemen addressed the meeting upon the necessity of keeping
up the protective duties, and deprecating any relaxation of the
corn-laws.

A memorial has been addressed to her Majesty's Government
by the Chairman of the East India and China Association of
Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea to ls. per
lb., on the principle of its leading to a great increase in the
consumption of tea, independently of the political and com-
mercial results to be derived from the proposel diminution.
The Eastern Counties Herald states, that in various parts
of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, highway robberies, sheep steal-
ing, and other crimes against property, are on the increase, to
an extent that manifests a great social disorganisation in the
rural districts.
The new light-house at Scarborough, which is higher than
the former, now not only casts an improved light on the sea,
but casts a beautiful light also on the harbour and on the sands.
Lady Byron intends to have a considerable quantity of land
apportioned amongst the poor, early in the ensuing spring, for
the purpose of being tilled under the allotment system.

THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER AND

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.

The fullowintr, remarkable letter, announcing
a donation of 5001. to the Anti-Corn-law League,
has been forwarded to us for publication :
" Eaton llall, Jan. 1, 1814.

" Sir,—lfaving on a former occasion expressed
to you my anxious wishes for your success in the
arduous contest with monopoly in which you are
engaged, I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of
congratulating you upon the rapid progress you
have since made in the struggle with that formi-
dable adversary.
" As you have found your foe to be daring and
resolute, so have your energies increased in a
wonderful manner; and, in spite of opposition,
you have carried the war most effectually into
the enemy's strongholds. With such vigorous
and sustained efforts, the victory must be yours ;
and my hopes of ultimate triumph, and that at
no very distant date, therefore, much exceed
my fears of failure. As to the duty that it is said
would be lost to the country, if not insisted on,
I am satisfied that such would be the prosperity
of all classes from the abolition of this impost,
such the advantage that would accrue to all the
monied concerns of the community, that, in a
very short time, the general wealth would be so
far augmented that the national revenue would
outrun the amount of any duty that has been
proposed, whether 35., 55., or Bs.
"It may be all very well, at agricultural
meetings, to talk of the advantages of long
leases, of tile draining, &c., and to drink the
health of the labourers ; but to what good effect?
Long leases are, in certain districts, and under
certain well-known circumstances, desirable
enough; good draining has long been under-
stood and practised, where there have been
sufficient means, sufficient enterprise, and a soil
requiring it; praise has no doubt been deservedly
lavished upon the farm labourers ; but there is
something still to be done much more important
to them, which is, to give them the means of
obtaining an honest and independent livelihood,
solid pudding being far preferable to empty
praise, and this cannot be effected without the
abrogation of these mischievous enactments.

" I have much pleasure in sending a contribu-
tion of 5001. to your fund; and I venture to ex-
press a hope that you will not relax your endea-
vours until you have obtained from Government,
in whatever hands it may happen to be, the
fullest measure of free trade compatible with
what is due to the maintenance of public credit.
" I remain, Sir, your most obedient Servant,

WESTMINSTER.
"George Wilson, Esq., Chairman of the Council

of the National Anti-Corn-law League."

A plot has been discoverer) amongst six of the pri-
soners of the borough gaol, to assaFsinate the Governor, Mr.
Owston, and effect their escape. This dark scheme was
brought to light by a prisoner named John Newman, convicted
last Monday (who has in consequence had his sentence of four
months remitted). The authorities have thought it conducive
to the ends of justice slot to furnish us at prevent with the par.
titulars in detail.—Leicester Mercury (this day).