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London, England, 1844-04-18 00:00:00

speech ; and an animated reply from M. VILLEM AIN to t
COMA MATHIEU DE LAREDOETE terminated the sitting.
Frankly, M. VILLEMAIN'S remarks came very oppor-
tunely to indemnify us a little for this long and heavy
discussion. They do not listen enough in the Cham-
ber of Deputies, and too much in the Peers." The
debate was resumed on Tuesday, when vio-
lent attacks were made by opposition Peers
on the Government, but up to the hour
of post M. GUIZOT had not replied. In the
Chamber of Deputies, M. BiuLauvr brought the
same subject forward, and called upon the Go-
vernment to fix a day for the discussion. M. CUNIN
GRIDAINE said the Government were anxious to
answer all questions, and he should, therefore, move
that Friday be fixed, calling the attention of the
Chamber to the question. " This," says the Journal
des Debats, "is to he the finishing stroke from which
the Ministry is not to recover. This is what we shall
see on Friday. There have been now, if we reckon
them all up, six or seven times attempts during the
session, on the part of the Opposition of all shades of
colour, to crush the Cabinet; and yet the Cabinet is
still standing, and we can assure the Opposition that
it waits for this new attack with the utmost confi-
dence. The Opposition thinks itself strong and
well armed in this affair of Otaheite; but there is
something stronger than the eloquence of Messrs.
TRIERS, BERRYER, BARROT, BILLAULT, Ducos,
and CHAMBOLLE ; there is something more effec-
tive than all their declamation—it is the declara•
tion, which has not been changed since it was so-
lemnly judged by the Chamber. The report of Ad-
miral DurEm THOUARS has arrived, and is in the
hands of the Opposition ; but, do what it will, it will
not find what it seeks—an arm against the Cabinet.
We defy them to it. The question is now what it
was two months back, when a majority of forty-five
votes decided that the conduct of the Cabinet allowed
no room for cavil, and, in our opinion, that is the
whole affair. Intrigue may, therefore, display its
manoeuvres and open its batteries. We shall see what
will be the result." According to some journals, M.
THIERS, and *his heterogeneous body of supporters,
will be satisfied with nothing less than the impeach-
ment of the," foreigner," M. GUIZOT.
" The Emancipation of Toulouse publishes a letter from
Papeiti, the port of Otaheite, dated the Ist of December.
It speaks in terms of high satisfaction of the occupation
of the French, and states that the island was perfectly
tranquil, with the exception of occasional boxing-matches,
between the English sailors and the French soldiers, but
adds, that the French and English officers lived in per-
fect harmony. ' The French were busily engaged in for-
tifying Papeiti, and were already at work upon five
batteries and a fortress. The Governor had taken possession
of the house of Queen Pomare as a palace for himself, and the
Queen was residing with Mr. Pritchard. An extensive fire
took place on the 26th of November. It destroyed the ware-
house of four French merchants, and caused a collective loss
of 150,000 fr. The writer of this letter states that the popu-
lation of Papeiti amounts to 6,300, viz., 3,500 natives, 800
European residents, including the garrison, and 2,000 of the
shifting population of sailors and others in the port."

On Tuesday the French funds were firm. The
Three per Cents. closing at 83f. 55c., and the Fives
at 122 f. 85c.
THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, APRIL 16.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents.-- 122 55 122 65 • • 122 50 .. 122 65
Four per Cents ••• • • • 106 25 • • 106 30 .. 106 25 .. 106 30
Three per Cents.• •• • 83 40 • • 83 55 • • 83 35 •• 83 85
Bank of France 3090 ••3100 —3090 .•3100
Lange Bank, I,ooof. Sharesl 170 .• 1170 • • 1170 ..1170
Belgian Bank.
Belgian Fives, 1831.......• lO3 •• 103 • • 103 .. 103
1840 lO6 106 •• 1051 •• 1051
1812
Spanish Active
Threes 37/ .• 37f •• 371 •• 37/
Passive 6l .. 6/ •• 61 .. 6/
Portuguese Five per Cents • • 46/ 461 •• ' .. 461
Neapolitan 102 •• 102 •• 102 .. 102
Roman 106 •• 106 .. 1051 .. 106

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain
Versailles, R. 8............. 375
L.B.
Rouen .....

ORroltemannsto Havre. • • • • • : • ::
.• • 79415°

.. 830
.. 375
.. 245
.. 960

.. 823 .. 830
•• 372 50 .. 372 50
.• 232 50 .. 240
•- 960 .. 950

.. 712 50 .. 701 25 -. 712 50
.. 952 50 .. 945 .. 952 50

• • 280
• • 765

.. 285
• • 765

Strasburg to Bale • ......... 280
Avignon to Marseilles.- 76
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT.

•• 253 75
• • 765

Versailles, 8.8. 375. • • 380 .. 375 • • 380
225 .. 245 .. 225 .. 240
Rouen .................... 965 .. 977 50 . 960 .. 970
Rouen to Havre....... . 705 .. 713 75 .. 702 50 • • 712 50
Orleans ................... 930 .. 950 .. 940 .. 950
Strasburg to Bale ...... •. • 282 50 .• 285 .. 278 75 .. 285
Avignon to Starsoilles.... • • 765 .. 766 .. 765 765

Sir Robert Peel, we are glad to learn, has given
ten guineas towards the subscription now in progress
for a testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill. This mark
of the Premier's due appreciation of Mr. Hill's merits
is highly creditable to the Right Hon. Baronet, and
we hope the other Ministers will follow his example.
It appears from an announcement made by Mr.
Cobden last evening, at the Great League Meeting,
that it is the intention of the Council of the League
to have a Bazaar in Covent-garden Theatre before the
close of the season, in aid of the League fund. At
this Bazaar it is intended to collect, as it were, into a
focus, every species of manufacture in the kingdom.
Specimens of everything made in metal, from a steam-
engine to a needle, will be found there. Specimens
of every kind of silk, worsted, or cotton manufacture,
of all that the ingenuity of the manufacturers of
England can produce, will be brought together at
that Bazaar. It will be, in fact, a complete exposition des
arts et des metiers, and will constitute one of the most
amusing and instructive exhibitions in the metropolis.
That this exhibition will give a great impetus to the
progress of free trade principles no one can, for an
instant, doubt. The industrious classes are already
free traders. The idlers—at least such of them as
possess minds—would be so if they would only give
themselves the trouble to think, or if their attention
could be in any way directed to the subject. This
exhibition will se direct their attention. It will be-
come a fashionable lounge, everybody will go to it,
and, to quote the words of Mr. Cobden, " after
viewing this exhibition we will put to them this
question, and this question only—' Do you think that
the hands that made these ingenious articles ought to
lie hanging idly by the sides of men who are pining
for the want of bread?"' They will thus be brought
to think seriously on the subject—to investigate it in
all its bearings ; and the result must necessarily be
that they will become free traders, not in the abstract
only, but thoroughly practical anti-monopolists.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number
of deaths during the week, ending Saturday April 13,
is below the average. The total number was 870,
the average being 883. In almost every case there
is a decrease. Small-pox, epidemic diseases, and
typhus show a slight increase, but so small that it
hardly requires notice. The number of deaths from
small-pox is 21, average 12 ; and of the 21, 14 had
not been vaccinated. The deaths from diseases of
the lungs are 257, average 269; pneumonia 55, ave-
rage 65 ; bronchitis 17, average 11; consumption
136, average 155 ; old age 64, the same as the ave-
rage ; violent deaths 13, average 24. In this list the
numberis
2. The thermometer
3, murder 1, drowning 2,
accidental,fs
and suicides
from
scalds
during the week has stood very high for the season,
the average being 61.1 for the highest. The highest
temperature was on Tuesday and Wednesday, when
the thermometer stood at 66.7, and the lowest on
Monday 34 degrees. The wind during the week
was westerly, and the weather altogether uncommonly
fine for the month of April.
WATERLOO BRIDGE.—The Hungerford Chain
Bridge will be completed in a few months, and the
fare will be only the half of that paid for passing Wa-
terloo Bridge. What preparations are the proprie-
tors of the first bridge in the world making for the
change ? have they taken any steps to put a stop
to the nuisances wlfieriprevail there more than in any
part of London ? Canova said that taking Somerset
House and Waterloo bridge together, it would be
impossible to find in any part of the world two monu-
ments within the same space so honourable to the
nation, yet one of them is now a disgrace to the coun-
try, because the proprietors will not be at the expense
of a watchman to take offenders into custody. At
nine o'clock in the morning, we know no spot in the
whole metropolis so absolutely offensive as the West
side of Waterloo bridge. Will the proprietors won-
der, if not a female passes the gate when the other
bridge is opened ? •

It is rumoured in official circles, that, on the arrival
of our late Plenipotentiary in China, Sir Henry Pottinger.
Bart., who is expected to return to this country, early in the
ensuing month, having been succeeded by Mr. Davis, he will
be elevated to the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom
MILITARY MOVEMENTS—TWO troops of the Royal
Scots Greys marched from Ipswich, en route for Edin-
burgh, on Thursday morning last, to be followed by the
staff and another troop en the 18th. The 4th Light
Dragoons, from Exeter, are expected to arrive about the
3d or 4th of May. Ipswich will be the head-quarters.
—lpswich Express.
EDINBURGH AND NEWHAVEN RAILWAY.— Since
Friday, workmen have been employed in opening the
ground in the front of Canal-street, to complete the drift
tunnel of this railway, already carried as far as Prince's-
street, and within a few yards of the proposed terminus.
A few days' work will thus open the bore through
and throngh, and the building of the tunnel may be ex-
pected to be proceeded with immediately. So soon as the
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the North British Railway
Bills are passed, we may expect to see the whole of the
area under the bridge speedily transformed in appear •
ante, and its various buildings removed in order to its
conversion into a terminus of railway communication,
by which the east and west coast of Scotland will be
connected with each other, and both again with the me-
tropolis of Britian.—Edinburgh Ativertzser.
LEARNED DICTION.—A contemporary speaks of a
lady who astonished a party, the other day, by asking for
the loan of a diminutive argenteous truncated cone, convex
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