The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 18451

After a short discussion the motion was withdrawn,
and the amendment was agreed to.
Sir R. PEEL moved that the House at its rising do
adjourn to Thursday next, which was agreed to.
The second reading of the Parochial Settlement Bill
was postponed until the 9th of June.
Sir J. GRAHAM then moved for leave to bring in a
Bill on the subject of Academical Education in Ireland,
and in so doing, admitted that religious differences con-
stituted the great difficulty in the way of
establishing a general system in both countries,
and that in Ireland this great anomaly existed
viz., that for centuries the religion of the great majority
of the people had been treated as a hostile religion. The
only way in which this difficulty could be met was by
adopting the principles set forth in the report of the
Commission appointed in 1806 to consider this subject,
which proposed to institute a national system of educa-
tion which should be open to all classes of the people,
while it kept clear of all differences with respect to the
particular religious tenets of any. On that principle he
intended to found his measure. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman then went at great length into the history of na-
tional education in Ireland up to the present time. He
should have no hesitation in recommending in Ireland the
establishment of universities on the same plan as the
University of London, where no test was requited of
either teacher or student. He proposed to establish
one such University in the south of Ireland—most pro-
bably at Cork—another in the west, either at Limerick
Or Galway, and another in the north, either at Lon-
donderry or Belfast, but most probably at Belfast.
About 30,0001. each would be the sum required for
building and fitting up those Universities, and about
6,0001. a-year each for the annual endoe ment.
Each college would have ten or twelve professors, who
would be allowed 300/. a year each; and both at Cork
and Belfast there would be medical schools, and among
these twelve professors would be included the professors
in anatomy, surgery, and chemistry. Considering that
the endowment was to be made by the Crown, he pro-
posed that the preessors in all the three et:Beg( s
should be nominated by the Crown, and that
the Crown should have not only the power of nomi-
nating, but the power of removing,
.on cause shown.
The principals would reside in the college, but not either
the professors or the students. The course of instruc-
tion would be given by lectures and daily examinations.
The e would be in none of these colleges endow-
ments for professors of theology by the Crown,
but if private individuals chose to endow such prof wor-
ships, every facility would be given them for so doing,
but the attendance upon such lectures would
not be compulsory. The fundamental principle
of the measure was the avoidance of all
interference, positive or negative, with the re-
ligious scruples of the people. It was the
intention of the Government to continue to the four
divinity professors of the academical institution in Bfl-
fast, the endowment which they had enjoyed for the
Fast twenty years, and if the Bill should pass, he
thought the institution would transfer their premises
and library to the Government on easy terms, for the
purposes of the new Belfast university. The Crown
would not feel bound in such a case to re-appoint the
existing professors, but to those not re-appointed, it
would award ample compensation. He had not
finally determined, but he thought it would be better
that these colleges should be united into a central uni-
versity for the granting degrees, rather than that each
should possess the power, and the central university
should be in Dublin; but he did not at all intend to
interfere with Trinity College as it at present existed.
After paying a tribute to the high-minded and honour-
able course which bad been pursued by Mr. WYSE, the
Member for Waterford, in reference to this question—
of academical education in Ireland—the Right Hon.
Baronet concluded by moving for leave to bring in
the Bill.

The House was subsequently addressed by Mr.
WYSE, Sir R. H. INGLis, Mr. SHEIL, Sir B. YELL, Mr.
SHAW, and several other Hon. Members, when leave
was given to bring in the Bill.

The House then went into Committee of Supply,
when 50,000 L were voted on account of the public ser-
vice, and, the other orders of the day having been
disposed of, the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve.

The debate which took place on Thursday on Mr.
HUTT'S motion is the most curious, perhaps, on record.
We believe " Hansard's Reports," which give so mi-
nutely the speeches and acts of the "collective wisdom,"
contain no absurdities at all approaching those a hich
were brought forward as arguments against a Ines
sure so just to our colonies, and so uw rly
harmless to the agricultural interests of this coun-
try. The resolution was simply to the effect, that
Australian corn and flour should be admitted on the same
terms as corn and flour, the produce of Canada. It
would he impossible to make any motion in the Howe
so little calculated to excite discussion, yet
the Government, from some perverse disposition
to halt half way in measures for the good
of the country, opposed it almost with as
much apparent sincerity as they will Of pote
the motion for a total repeal of the corn-laws. From
Canada grain can be imported in three weeks at a very
trifling cost, and though it may be called the produce of
that colony, probably a large proportion of it is smuggled
from the United States, a circumstance which every one
foresaw when Lord STANLEY introduced his Canada Corn
Bill. But no illicit traffic of thatkind can take place in Aus
tralia. The colony is entirely English, it has no power-
ful, rich adjacent territory from which grain can be
imported ; and, what is of much more importance, the
distance between that settlement and the mother
country is such that possibly no trade in corn, ii per-
fectly free, could be carried on without loss. The Vice-
President of the Board of Trade seemed to take that
view of the question. Of what, then, was ho afraid ?
Why did he oppose such a very meek and gentle
resolution ? Because, "if they were to accede
to the proposed alterations, a great deal of
alarm would be era ated among the agriculturists
of this country." Why, the farmers' friends them-
selves are the most determined calumniators of that
class—they seem to regard them as only part of the
live stock on the farm, and as destitute of mescal or any
faculty approaching to that of calculation as the
calves and bullocks that graze on their meadows.
They dare not tell the farmers the truth,
because these gentlemen will not, or cannot, understand
it, and have such a horror of foreign corn, that they will
not admit it, even though brought from the most distant
part of the habitable world. The Australian
colonies are on the opposite side of the globe—the farmers
there and the farmers here are standing with their feet
exactly opposite to each other, and it would require
four, or five, or six months to transport a cargo of grain
from these colonies to the port of London, yet not a
move must be made in the corn-law question—the
very apprehension of Australian corn would cause
a panic at Mark-lane, and wheat would fall
perhaps 3s. the quarter. The arguments of Sir ROBERT
PEEL were of a similar stamp ; and we regret the fact
the more, as the public really cannot judge when a
Minister is in earnest and in jest, and will give less
weight to other opinions, which possibly may be of the
first importance to the safety of the country. " Such
conduct," said Lord Howlett, " was the more to be
denounced, when it was remembered that it would induce
Canada to believe that she was indebted nothing to Eng-
land for the concessions which had been made to her,
and probably induce other colonies to follow her example,
e demanding instead of entreating concessions from the
English Government."

We hare accounts from Madrid to the Ist of May, but
they are without interest, that being the Feast of the
Ascension. The Cortc2s did not meet, and the Bourse
was closed.

The tediousodisifieacusstiioonnsinofe
the French
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in a flow of eloquence which occasionally carried
him beyond the bounds of prudence and moderation,
and excited loud marks of approbation from the
Left, and disapprobation from the Centre, stated that
the sole object of the forts was to prevent revolutions
like those in 1789 and 1830, and that they were the
crowning work of a system of policy directed against
liberty. The speaker, of course, was repeatedly call, (I
, to order, but, nevertheless, he contrived to present to the
Chamber a strong outline of grievances eet .iled on
France by
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chiefly in a political view, he said :
" Any war which night hereafter occur would be one
' coalition ; the field of battle would be Europe, with 35
000,000 of men on one side, and 250,000,000 on the other—in other
words, one Frenchman against two or three adversaries.
Cader such circumstances their walls and their fortresses
would be not only an insignificant defence, but they would
tend to weaken them; this had been admitted by men much
more capable than he of forming a judgment. Paris fortified
would retain in the centre of France 50,000 or 60,000 men, and
how many important battles had been lost for went of such a
1 reinforcement. In case of a reverse nothing could be more fatal
than having such a large body of men shut up in Paris, for the
enemy might easily cut off the communications between the
remnants of their armies and the capital. Capitals were best
defended on the frontiers, at a hundred leagues distant. In
support of his argument he would mention the case of Rome,
Constantinople, and China, all of which had fallen into the
power of their invaders from the fault of shutting their forces

within the walls of their capitals instead of defending them
on their respective frontiers. It was curious to trace the pro-
gress of the scheme for fortifying Paris. At first 18,000,000 f.
had been demanded, but this demand rose afterwards to
80,000,000 f., to provide Paris with 3,000 pieces of cannon
Thus the revolution of July. The moment that the Prince,
for whom so much enthusiasm had been evinced ascended
the throne, a constant struggle had ensued between the
regal power and the national representation. There was
then in the Chamber a man enjoying the respect of
all,—Lafavette, who held the command of the /National
Guards of the kingdom. The royal power yielding to
the tendency of all power to encroach, got alarmed
at the immense authority thus placed in one man's
hands. It acted so that the National Guards became nothing
more than a municipal institution, incapable of doing harm.
—(Uproar.) Lafayette resigned, in consequence, his corn-
mend, and, in a fortnight after, Lafitte, whom they had niece
lost , and the men who shared his opinions, were excluded
from power. Soon after, the right of associationwas proceeded
against, and received a heavy blew. Then came the attempt
of Fieschi, and severe laws were voted against the press, and
new judges were created for new crimes. He accused no one
of bad faith, but he must charge every one of a blind tendency
to strengthen the royal power, at the expense of the rest, by
a violent reaction. It was then that the idea of raising forti-
fications around Paris was first rumoured. abroad. The
proposition of the deteched forts produced the riots at
Lyons, and it eras perceived that, in order to obtain
the fortifications, they must be demanded by the
country itself. In 1839 a coalition was formed to put
down what was called the personal power. That power
(he named no one, but he looked at it in an absolute
point of view), being twice worsted in the Chamber,
telt a warm resentment. It could have chosen its Minis-
ters from the Left, where M. 0. Barrot sat, or in the Right
Centre, but it preferred men of another party, the Left Centre.
Perfect harmony was then re-established between the Minis-
try and the Chamber, but a cry of war arose about the East.
At the moment when France gave Europe a pledge of perfect
immovability, by recalling her fleet, the idea of the fortifica-
tions rose like a phantasmagoria from the tumult, and was pre-
sented under the pretext of defending France against foreign
aggression. Let the Chamber weigh this chain of proceedings
and then say whether, when they beheld a rampart rising
round Paris where their fathers had pulled down the Bestile,
there was not cause to fear, he would not say for their pre-
sent liberty, but for that of the future. A year had scarcely
glided by, after the period just alluded to, when the fortifi-
cations were voted—those fortifications which broke the equi
Librium between the Parliamentary power and the Royal
one! Since that vote, had the Government drawn closer to
the nation? Had it done more for the people? On the con-
trary, they had seen, when they lost that much-re-
gretted Prince whose place was nearest the throne,
a Regency Bill introduced, which tended to dispossess
the nation of all its right of sovereignty ! (Here
he was called to order by the President, and
then proceedeed as follows) :—He should not any longer
pursue a discussion which appeared to excite the Chamber
against him; he should merely add one observation. If the
fortifications of Paris were armed, it was impossible not to
measure with an uneasy eye what would, after a time, be-
come of the con: titutional edifice fur which France had fought
during fifty years. Let the Chamber bear in mind the vast
prerogatives of that power which per:shed not—the appoint-
ment to all civil offices, the nomination to all grades in the
cries of Order, order.') All the relations
with foreign powers confided to an irresponsible power; that
civil list—(l violent burst of exclamation)—he did not speak
of the civil list in the ordinary acceptation of the term—he
alluded to that civil list of influence, which placed royalty
in possession of 300,000 employments. Look, too, at the
power possessed by the Crown to create Peers—to change the
majority, if it pleased. The fortifications, would, it was alleged,
prevent revolutions. Did the Chamber know that in that de-
claration was contained a condemnation of those of 1789 and
1830, which were looked on as holy. He had shown the
struggle that was going on ; and it was now for the Cham-
ber to decide if it would throw fresh weight in the balance
of the Government against public libvrty. He maintained
that the immediate arming of the fortifications of Paris
would constitute an eternal accusation in iron and bronze
against the Government, and would remain a cause of per-
manent agitation, which he was decidedly opposed to. He
therefore called on the Chamber to reject the Bill.—(Great
agitation followed these remarks, and the sitting remained
suspended for some minutes.)"
M. DUCHATEL replied to this cutting satire on the
July Revolution, and defended the policy of his MA-
JETT'S Government. After some brief remarks from
M. GFORGES LAFFITTE and M. GARNIBR PAGES, the
Chamber adjourned. Next day (Wednesday) the dis•
cussion on the clauses commenced, the first of IN hich
proposed a grant of 14,000,000 f. This was opposed by
General SUBERVIE and M. ARAGO, who was left sptak-
ing.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 85f. 90c.; the New Loan, at 86f. 25c. ;
the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 45c. ; Orleans Railroad
shares, 1,215 f. Rouen, 1,090 E; Vierson, 822 f. 50c.
Havre, 875 f. ; Avignon, 1,030 f. ; Basle, 270 f. ; Belgian
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62f. 25c. ; Spanish Pas-
sives, 8.

The following are the quotations for the new lines :

Orleans and Bordeaux, 2301. premium ; Boulogne, 1651. ;
Troyes and Montereau, 72f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons (La-
fitte), 20f.; ditto (Won), 41. 50c. ; ditto (Ganneron), 151.
Northern Line (Lafitte), 33f. 75c. ' • ditto (Rosamel), 9f. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 15f. ; ditto (Drouillard), par;
ditto (O'Neill), 151. ; ditto (Jaques Lefevre), par; Lyons
' and Avignon (Lecointe), 32f. 50c. • ditto (Talabot), :15f. ;
ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 151. ; Bordeaux and Tou-
louse (Mackenzie), 51. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 17f. 50c ;
Creile and St. Quentin, 2f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg (Gan.
neron), 15f. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, 6f. 25c.
MARSEILLES, MAY 2.-Marseilles and Avignon, I,ooof. ;
Boulogne, 600 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6751. ; Yierzon,
800 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 532 f. 50c.; ditto (Se-
bastiani), 532 f. 50e. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 815 f. :
Bordeaux and Cette, 5171. 50c. ; Toulon, 505 f.

Madison solved a similar one jn 1840, by taking possession, with a
military force, of the country which is the subject of the intrigues.
The seizure and occupation of Mobile and Baton Rouge furnish
at once an example and a precedent for the present Administration
should there seem to be good reason to apprehend that the offi-
ciousness of Great Britain is operating to the prejudice of the
United States.
•

" 7here is now no serious apprehension la this country of a
war with Mexico, but the public mind is far from being easy en
that subject"

Some applrehensions were felt, it appears, lest difficulties
should ensue with Brazil relative to the seizure at Rio, by
the United States Minister, of a vessel supposed to be engaged
in the slave trade.

Military movements towards the Texian frontiers are no-
ticed.

The following appointments by the President are officially
announced :—Hon. W. H. Stiles, of Georgia, to be Chargé
d'Affaires to the Court of Austria; Hon. A. Davezac to be
Chargé d'Affaires to the Hague.
The Toronto papers give full details of a fire in London,
Canada west, the most destructive and terrible ever known
in Canada, which impoverished and ruined hundreds of peo-
ple; at least 150 families were rendered houseless. The en-
tire loss was estimated at 200,000 dolls.

The accounts from Mexico and Texas are very contradic-
tory. The intelligence from the former country is to the
effect that General Almonte's communication of the passage
of the measure of annexation produced very considerable ex-
citement in the capital. On the 22d of March, Senor Cuevas,
the Minister of Foreign Relations, addressed a circular to the
governors of the different departments, in which he appeals
to the patriotism of the authorities of the departments and
all their citizens, to forget all divisions, and to stand by the
President, and co-operate with him in defence of the rights
and the honour of the nation. Upon the. reception of official
notification, a very stormy session was held in the House of
Deputies, during which Senor Cuevas submitted the follow-
ing decree, prefacing it with the remark that the Govern-
ment felt strong enough for the emergency, without the
grant of additional powers: and he trusted that instead of a
grievous calamity, annexation might really prove a bletsing
to Mexico, by uniting all her people in a determined effort
to maintain their rights and preserve the integrity of the
territory of the Republic. The Presidents of the two Cham-
bers responded in much the same strain :

" Ist. Inasmuch as the United States of North America, by the
annexation of Texas to their territory, have openly violated their
friendship with this nati,n, it is hereby declared, that from the
passage of this law, the treaties of friendship, commerce, and na-
vigation concluded between the said peoples in 1831, and Mutually
accepted and ratified in January of 1832, are at an end.
" 2d. In consequence whereof, from the publiettion of this law,
the terms of six months and of one year, for various purposes
agreed upon in said treaties, shall begin to be completed. •
" 3d. The Government orders the closing of all - ports to the
commerce of the United States, and forbids.the use of. their manu.
factures. •
" 4th. No proposition relative to the restoration of friendship
will be listened to from the United States, except upon the basis of
the relinquishment of the plan of the annexation of Texas."
The Chamber immediately went into secret session for the
purpose of discussing the above decree.
El Sieglo (of Mexico) of the 19th ult., contains a letter
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Cuevas) to Mr. Shan-
non, United States Minister at Mexico, informing him that
the Goveenment was in possession of the knowledge of the
passage of the annexation resolutions, and that diplomatic
relations between the two countries. were s- 'fided on that
account.

The same day a note was addressed by the Mexican
Cabinet to the Ministers of Spain, France, and England, pro-
testirg against the proceedings of the United States in rela-
tion to Texas.

The Texian advices, which reach to the 9th ult., are still
of the same doubtful character, and give us no clue by which
to judge of the wishes of the Texians relative to annexation.
The rumoured guarantee of her independence, and condition-
ally that that scheme be abandoned, is repeated.
The British sloop of war Electra, Captain Elliott, arrived
at Galveston on the 24th of March froin Jamaica, with dis-
patches for the English and French Ministers in Texas. The
nature of these dispatches was not known, but Capt. Elliot,
in company with the French Minister, had left for the Texian
capital.

The Galveston Civilian, of the 2d ult., announces the re-
turn, on the 31st, of the French and British Ministers from
the seat of government.

The same paper of the sth save, "The British ship Eury-
dice, Captain Elliot, arrived off this port on Thursday from
Vera Cruz. By this arrival both the Ministers of Great Bri •
tain and France in Texas have received dispatches."
The papers are full of articles relating to annexation. The
discussion appears to be carried on with much warmth,
the tone of the National Register and Galveston Civilian
being decidedly hostile to annexation on the terms pro-
posed by the joint resolutions, while the Houston Telegraph
and Galveston News strongly advocate anexation on those
terms. While the President and General Houston, accord-
ing to the accounts, are enemies of annexation, the Vice-
President had presided at a meeting in its favour.
The most important information is the following, given by
the Picayune, on the authority of private letters of later
dates :

" President Jones had returned to Washington, and the
United States Minister, Major DoneLson, had been treated so
cavalierly by him and his Cabinet that bespoke of withdraw-
ing from the seat of Government to Galveston." •

Lays AND Istrowrawr 'Rom Mexico.—By the arrival last
night of the steam-ship Alabama from Havanna), bringing papers
to the 9th inst., we have later news from the City of Mexico. On
the 29th ult., our Minister in Mexico was informed that the diplo.
matte relations between the two countries had ceased.

The trial of Santa Anna was in progress, The robberies between

VerstCina and Mexico were as rife as ever. It now appears that
Mexico is willing to recognise the independence of Texas, provided
the latter will decline annexation to the United States.—New York
Tribune, April 23.
MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, APRIL 23.
SALES AT TIIE STOCK EXCHANGE.
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10,000 Ohio 6s 1860
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475 Morris Canal
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20 Utica and Schen Rd — 128
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100 shares East Boston
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are firm—Georgetown, Brandywine, and Baltimore, 4 dolls. 874 c.:
Alexandria, Petersburgh, and Fredericksburgh, 4 dolls. 75c. Rye
Flour, 3 dolls. a 3 dolls. 19ic. Indian Meal, 2 dolls. 431 c. a
2 dolls. 624 c.
2,000 bushels of Jersey Corn sold at 481 c. •
Ashes-100 brie. Pearls sold at 4 dolls. 50c. per 100Ibs., which
is a decline from previous sales. Pots are dull and freely offered ;
50 barrels sold at 4 dolls. 12ic.; and 500 barrels (to arrive), at
4 dolls. 12ic. a 4 dolls. 25c.
The Provision Market was inactive to.day—prices firm. Sales
of Pork were made at 10 dolls. 50c. a 11 dolls, for new prime,
and 113 dolls. 50c. for mess. Old ditto, 9 dolls. 684 c. a 9 dolls.
75c. r prime, and 12 dolls. 75c. for mess. Beef, 6 dolls. a
6 dolls. 50c. to 9 dolls. a A dolls. 50c. for prime and mess. Lard is
in demand at 8a Pi cents. Butter is dull at 10 a 16 cents.
Cheese; 7 a 8 cents per pound.
The cargo of Teas per Cincinnati were sold this morning at
prices (Lilly equal to any obtained this season.
The rates of Freight are, to Liverpool, id. per lb. for Cotton, in
square bales, and 5.16 d. in round. Turpentine and Flour, le. 9d.
a 2s. 3d. per barrel. To London— Cotton, id. ; Naval Stores and
Flour, 2s. a 2s. 6d. To Havre—Cotton, ic. a o. per lb. ; Ashes,
8 dolls. a 10 dolls. per ton; Rice, 10 dolls. per ton.

The loss by the great fire at Pittsburgh is stated to be ten
millions of dollars.

linen, plate, ace., which is expected to arrive
HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO COWES, ISLE OF WIGTIT.
—Carts and waggons are engaged to convey five tons of hirniture,
here by steamer from
Southampton to.morrew, to Osborne House. A steamer is engaged
to bring over two royal carriages and six horses on Saturday. All
is bustle to get the house ready by Monday for the Royal Family.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Among the marks of
approval which Mr. Lumley has received this season is a magnifi-
cent girt from the Queen Dowager an antique gold box, with the
initials of her own name splendidly set in diamonds.
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tion was visited on Wednesday morning by Lord Warslei, Mr
Baring, and several Members of the C nnasittee on Railways ap-
pointed by the House of Commons. They were ,ccumpanied by
Mr. Samuda, and the object el their visit was to examine the large
working model of the Atmospheric Railway exhibiting at this
Institution, and which was manufactured by News. Sarin)" and
Clegg. After having examined the model, and had every portion
of it minutely explained to them, they expressed themselves highly
gratified, and on taking leave paid a well-deserved compliment to
the Directors for thtadmirable manner in which they managed the
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SUMMARY OF NEWS
AND
Val)lir Optitton.

" Who runs may feud."

roltExcN.

The health of M. Guizot is so much improved, says the Presse,
that it is hoped he will be able to attend in his place in the Cham.
ber, and support his budget as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The funeral of M. Cavaignac took place at Notre Dame de Lo-_
rette on Wednesday. Bodies of National Guards; the students of
the schools, and a number of his political friends attended at the
ceremony.
Ali Effendi, Ambassador from the Sublime Porte to the Court of
London, arrived at Marseilles on the lit inst., and was to embark
en the 4th for Constantinople in the steamer the Orient. M.
Lesseps, the French Consul at Barcelona, was also at Marseilles
on his way to his post.
The illness from which M. Charles Laffitte has been for some
time suffering, is so far abated that his physicians hope to be able,
in a few days, to send him into the country to complete his conva.
lescence.

In reference to the grants for improving the harbours of Toulon
and Port Vctiere, the Presse asks—" Why is Havre overlooked,
a hen it Is obvious that in the collision which appears the most im-
minent, that harbour would be the chief point menaced along the
coas► 7 In forty-eight hours an English fleet could burn Havre,
annihilate the immense commercial riches accumulated there, and
ravage all the other towns on the coast of the Channel and the
Atlantic. And, nevertheless, a contingency so possible, and per-
haps so little remote, attracts no attention."
The Journal de Debuts announces the death, at Liancourt, in
the 90th year of his age, of M. Ferry, a member of the National
Convention.

The Paris• joureals give the following comparative account of
accidents upon the Paris railroads, and those which took place
within a certain number of years, from diligences and other car-
riages :—" On the Corbeil Railroad there were conveyed,
between September 10, 1840, and June 10, 1943, 2,200,000 per-
sons, of whom only one was injured. On that of St. Germain
there were carried from August, 1837, to September, 1944,
upwards of 6,000,000
.persons, of whom only one was killed.
In 1842, the proportion of wounded and bruised was not more
than one in every 100,000. According to on official return of
the six Paris railways, the total length of which is upwards of 340
kilometres (85 leagues, or about 206 miles), there ran from the lot
January to the 30th June, 1843, no fewer than 18,466 trains,
carrying 1,889,718 passengers, who travelled over 510,215 kilo-
metres (about 187,551 leagues, or 308,035 miles), not a single
passenger was either killed or hurt. Three of the men employel
on the roads were the only victims." The total number of per-
sons killed by accidents from Stage-Coaches connected with Paris
during six years, ending 1840, was 74, and nearly 2,000 wounded.

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In the Bail Court on Thursday, Mr. Justice Coleridge granted
a rule, calling rat Hobbs, the plainiiffin the Qui TAM actions against
the newspapers for inserting advertisements of foreign lotteries, to
show cause why he should not give security for costs.
The Court of Common Pleas made the rule absolute for setting
aside the nonsuitin the case of A) ling is. Golding. Tnis was an action
for crim. con. that was to have come on for trial at the last Sussex
Assizes, but in which the plaintiff' had been nonsuited, in conse
qnence of non appearance. It appeared he had been mistaken as
to the time appointed for the trial.

Mr. Commissioner Goulburn suspended the certificate and the
protection of Gibbons, a bankrupt grocer of Eton, for 12 months.
In the Insolvent Court, George 43. Allen, who has already been
in prison four years, was again remanded on account of his refusal
to give up certain title deeds.

At the Guildhall, Sir Peter Laurie committed John Ell and
Henry Corduroy for stealing, a,,d John Dodge for feloniously re-
ceiving certain reams of paper, the proparty of Messrs. Magnay.
The prisoners, together with a man named Nicholson, and another
named Sharpe, were remanded on several other charges of a simi-
lar nature.

An omnibus conductor, named Wm. S. Bobbett the wearer of
the metal ticket 1,036, was charged, at the instance of the registrar,
with deceiving a passenger as to the route. The case, which was
heard at the Queen's-square Police-ohlce, was fully proved,
and the defendant convicted in the penalty of twenty shillins, or
fourteen days' imprisonment. It would be well that the public
should remember the numbers of those conductors who have been
thus convicted, in order that they may avoid them.
Osman Cresswell, civil engineer, Cirencester, charged by Mr.
Rose, grocer, No. 322, Oxford-street, with having defrauded him
of 341. by nieans of a spurious cheque on Pre& and Co., was re-
manded from Marlborough-street. .

At Worship-street, Mr. Jacob Magnus, Trafalgar.place,
Hackney-road, appeared, charged with having violated the person
of Charlotte Emma Robinson, a delicate looking, girl, fifteen years
of age, the daughter of a laundress at Greenwich. The prisoner
had lured the proiecutrlx to his house under the pretence
of getting her a situation as nurserymaid, and had there perpetrated
the offence. The defence was that all that had been done woe
with the consent of the girl. The Magistrate said that, from the
defendant's own admission his conduct towards the complainant
reflected upon him the most indelible disgrace and infamy. He
should take time for consideration as to whether the case was suffi
ciently strong
.to justify his committal upon the charge, and should
in the meantime require him to enter into his own recognizance
in 2001. and find two responsible sureties in 1001. each for his ap-
pearance on a future.day.
William Smith. a man of colour, belonging to the American ship
Massachusetts, lying in the London Dock, was committed from
the Thames-court for stealing a silver watch, gold chain and guard,
and a gold key, the property of Tomas Antonio Goyim the master
of the Spanish ship Sottara.