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AFFAIRS OF OTAHEITE.
FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OrFEB. 29.
M. Billault (part of whose speech we published on Satur-
day) continued, and said :—The Chamber has just heard the
affirmation on the honour of the King's Minister. Such a
mode of argument does not appear to me very parliamentary.
—(Exclamations and murmurs.) If no complete documents
have been received, why has the Government been so hasty
in condemning Admiral Dupetit Thouars ? Why did it not
wait for more details ? This, gentlemen, is not a quarrel about
a flag, it is a quarrel of sovereignty— it is not a quarrel with
Queen Pomare, it is one with England.—(lnterrurtion.) A
quarrel with English agents then, if you like that expression
better. The protest of the Queen is clearly drawn up by the
secretary of the English vessel. The only part of it which
comes from the Queen, is that which she only signed through
the influence of fear. It was in consequence of the English-
Captain Nicolas, that the flag of the protectorate ceased to
wave over Otaheite, and it was to English cannon that the
Government had yielded.—(Loud exclamations.) If you ac-
cept all that the English have done, the Chamber, Prance,
and all Europe, will appreciate your conduct. •
The Minister of Marine.—ln reply -to the remarks of M.
Billault relative to the striking of the flag of the protectorate,
I have to repeat that from the day of its being first hoisted,
it had never been struck. I have carefully examined every
document relative to the affairs of Oceania, but I cannot find
anything to justify him in what he has done. The first duty
of an officer is to fulfil to the letter the instructions given
him.—(lnterruption on the Left.) I look upon the whole
question as purely French, without any regard to what might
be thought of it elsewhere: • -
M. Dufaure said I shall be exceedingly brief in my re-
marks. When the discussion on Oceania took place last
year, many persons anticipated the probability of complica •
tions in the affairs of our protectorate. This case has oc-
curred, and the two officers who acted in consequence are
now disavowed. We are told that they acted contrary to
their. instructions; but where are those instructions? I my-
self have read the instructions given to Captain Bruat, and
there is not one syllable in them of what was to be done in
case of the treaty being violated, or a refusal being given to
execute it. Well, then, here we have an Admiral 4,000
leagues off without instructions? What, then, was he to do,
should a cause arise which had not been provided for?
Clearly, he ought to act as his reason; his prudence, and his
patriotism suggested. As we obtain so little from the Go-
vernment we must seek elsewhere for our facts and infor-
mation. (The Hon. Member here referred to M. Gosse's
letter, part of which he read.) Thus, you perceive, that
scarcely was the protectorate accepted, when our flag was
hauled down, and another substituted; furnished by the Eng-
lish.—(Cries of " No, no," met by counter-exclamations of
Yesaes,") And it is for having demanded reparation for
those insults that the Admiral is disavowed. It is a grave
matter to treat our naval officers after this fashion—grave not
only for the persons who suffer by it now, but for all our officers
cruising in distant latitudes. Those who so rapidly decide
on the
_question appear to me not to understand what they
do.—(Hear.) Why decide on such trifling evidence? Why
not wait ? What danger could there be in doing so ? Re-
mark, too, that a variety of circumstances concur to aggravate
the disavowal of the Government. Ido not say that it took
place in consequence of the English debates, but it is unlucky
that it coincided with them, for the disavowal will be for oar
officers not only a humiliation, but a subject of triumph to the
English party at Otaheite. I hope a French vessel will be at
once sent out with the news, for I do not like the idea of its
being taken out by an English one. When the French vessel
arrives, the first thing the Governor ought to do is to haul
down his flag, and cross the island like a conquered man.—
(Noise.) The protectorate, it seems, is to be resumed. It
was difficult enough before judge what it will be now. Much
is said of the position that p ranee ought to occupy as a naval
power, We make in our budget great sacrifices to sustain
the dignity of our navy ; but, for my part, I declare it openly,
I should prefer seeing France give up her navy for ever, to
find her suffering such acts as the Ministry is defending to-
day. This is the cause of my attacking the Cabinet, and
every one will allow that I do it frankly.
The Minister of Public Instruction—The Hon. Gentleman
who has just spoken, though he appeared not adverse to the
first attempt sto extend the power of France in distant lati-
tudeS, yet felt some uneasiness at the result. He feared that
there would result from it something onerous to the country,
and that there would be great difficult in reconciling the
protectorate with the preservation of the native power. But,
because thb treaty appeared difficulty of execution, should it
on the first occasion be violated? Did the character of the
treaty) which rendered it difficult of execution, authorise it
being suddenly changed into absolute possession? The treaty
which had been proposed and accepted established tke. Ois-
tinction between internal sovereignty and a French protec-
torate, and this distinction certainly was not without value in
those distant regions. It gave to France a desirable means
of surveillance in the Pacific Ocean.—(Hear.) If there had
been shown to exist any imperious necessity for what has
taken place at Otaheite—if the French forces in that quarter
had been in danger the Admiral would not only have been
supported by the Government, but praised for his conduct;
but nothing of the sort has taken place. What utility therefore
can be seen in thus suddenly changing our protectorate into
a definitive possession? Those who hold commands in those
distant regions certainly are obliged to have great liberty of
action, because great responsibility rests upon them, but they
cannot be allowed to pledge their Governments indefinitely.
—(Approbation.) Because a mission is difficult and distant,
is the head of it, instead of maintaining and defending, to
take upon himself to modify and transform? No, gentle-
men, that is impossible. These are not doctrines made for
the occasion, they are the doctrines of all nations. The
greater the importance of a mission given to a courageous
leader, the more necessary is it that he should not exceed his
instructions, and the necessity of strictly adhering to instruc-
tions increases in proportion to the distance at which the mission
towards
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ority. of French commanders. This motive
might be applicable if resistance were possible; but, gen-
tlemen, I will ask what resistance is there to be dreaded in
those islands, and what internal force can Otaheite find to re-
sist that of France ? The throne of Queen Pomard has been
spoken of with derision, but with these simple and primitive
people such facts as have taken place are regarded as more
important than some
are disposed to consider them. Let the
treaty, then, be executed at Otaheite, let the protectorate be
re-established, and, instead of forming a weak idea of the
power of France, these people will rather judge of her
strength by seeing that she has the power to be just.
The President announced to the Chamber that M. Ducos
had handed to him a written proposition, having for its ob-
ject to terminate the discussion on the interpellations by a
vote to the following effect :—" The Chamber, without ap-
proving of the conduct of the Cabinet, passes to the order of
the day."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs—Adjourn I It is for the
interest and dignity of all the world that the question
should be fully discussed.
• The Left, en masse, exclaimed, " It has been."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l formally demand the
adjournment. I have much more to say.
After some further objections from the Left,
The President announced the adjournment ; and
The Chamber rose at half-past six o'clock.
FRIDAY, MARCH 1.
" At two o'clock M. Sauzet, the President, •
took the chair,
when the Chamber resumed the adjourned debate on the
Otaheite affair.

M. Ducos having moved, on Thursday evening, that the
Chamber, "without approving the conduct of the Cabinet,"
should pass to the order of the day, on the question pending
before the House, was called to the tribune. He stated that
he was induced to propose that motion from a consideration
that the debate was at an end, when the Minister for
Foreign Affairs had interrupted him, saying that he had a
number of other documents to produce, and asked that the
discussion should be adjourned to Friday.
M. Guizot here rose, and declared that he had not pro-
nounced the word " document," but had said that he had many
other argumenti to adduce in justification of the conduct of
the Cabinet.
M. Ducos next read the account of M: Guizot's speech in
the IVoniteur, which proved that he had not pronounced the
word " document:"
After a few words from M. Guizot, who insisted on the ne-
cessity of a new and complete discussion taking place on the
proposition of M. Ducos,
M. Ducos again ascended the tribune and said, that he
could only repeat in support of the Order of the Day, the
motives so eloquently developed by M. Dufaure and his other
colleagues.
After brief speeches from MM. Dangeville and Mermilliod,
Marshal Sebastiani next ascended the tribune, but he de-
livered himself in so low a voice that one-half of the Mem-
bers abandoned their seats and placed themselves in the semi-
circle at the foot of the tribune. We understood that. the
Hon. Marshal strongly reproved the proceedings of Admiral.
Dupetit Thouars, who had not, he said, the plea of right,
duty, or justice, to invoke in justification of an act of spolia-
tion, perpetrated to the detriment of a Queen who had signed
a treaty with France, in violation of all the laws of military
discipline. . . .
M. Ayllies, who spoke next, threw no new light on the
question; and was not listened to by the assembly. _
M. de Gasparin was more successful in captivating the
attention of the House. He said that he could not approve
an act of violence, committed by the strong against the weak;
and that he had too much national pride to exult at the ac-
complishment of an act which bad neither the prestige of
danger or audacity to set it off. He then contested the
utility of the acquisition of Otaheite, and showed the incon-
sistency of the adversaries of the Ministry, who last year,
condemned it for acting and now blamed it for abstaining..
He then demonstrated the futility of the allegations of the
Opposition, that the present Cabinet was under the control of
the British Cabinet, and not free in its movements. M.
Guizot had repeatedly and victoriously refuted such an ab-
surd charge. It was M. Gasparin's firm opinion that the
Chamber had never been called upon' more directly to decide
the question of pace and war than at the present moment,
and he concluded by a vindication of the piety, services, and
disinterestedness of the Methodist missionaries in the South
Seas amidst the murmurs of the Opposition. '
M. Guizot—The question assumed at the end of yesterday's
sitting a very different appearance from what it possessed
previously; for it was not only against the form and time of
the measure taken by the Government that objections were
raised, but Honourable Gentlemen were extremely anxious
to prove that we ought to have approved and ratified the
conduct of Admiral Dupetit. Thquars. Several Hon. Mem-
bers seem to think that the AdMiral was entitled to act as he
had done, because there was a violation of the treaty; whilst
others maintain that there was an absolute necessity for his
so acting, in order to maintain the honour of France. I do
not think that there was any violation of the treaty, for at no
period did Queen Pomare refuse to execute it. She always,
on the contrary, declared that she was ready to comply,
whilst, at the same time, she complained that she had not
signed it with her full consent. She therefore did notviolate
it ; and I can add, that no violation of it has proCeeded
from any other quarter. I have mentioned that evil
counsels had been given to the Queen ; but I am
anxious to make a distinction which has not been yet
drawn. England has been spoken of in a general manner
—England is said to have urged on to this proceeding and
to the other. This, Gentlemen, is an improper mode of talk-
ing. English subjects did certainly act thus ' but the Eng-
lish Government not only.did not, act so, but did' the very
opposite. It always declared that it would not -interfere
with our protectorate, and gave positive instructions to their
agents in consequence.—(Bear, hear.) It was not able to

put a stop to all .the proceedings; but it did what it could.
I have had sufficient experience Of the honour of the English
Government to know that, without some provocation on our
part, it will not bring any obstacle to a state of things which
it had itself approved of: I have this firm confidence, and I
am convinced that I shall not be deceived. There was,
therefore, neither on the part .of • the Queen nor of Eng-
land, any violation of the treaty,• which still subsists, and
is in full force for all parties. The Admiral therefore had no
right to depart • from the tenour of the treaty. He
' might easily have hauled down the flag of which so much
has been said, and substituted that of the protectorate,
• leaving the Queen in posseision of her territories—(Murmurs
on the Left.) We have heard much in the course of this
. debate of national honour—of the honour of our flag,
and of the duty of the King's Government to support their
brave sailors, who, at 4,000 leagues' distance from their coun-
try, devote themselves to the furtherance. of great national in-
terests. Gentlemen, I know of no spectacle more deplorable
than that of great and just ideas' enlisted in the service of
error.—(Hear.) All those .nobre ideas so strongly expressed
by our adversaries in this.tiibune are equally felt by us. We
also wish the protection of the country to accompany our
seamen everywhere. But is there no other aspect in which
the country can be viewed ? Whilst our seamen are 4,000
leagues off, does not their country still remain here, and are
there not 35,000,000 of French subjects for whom this sailor,
acting in distant latitudes, may adopt a resolution which will
decide their fate ? And as the duty of the Government is to take
thought for all, why will you prevent its looking at the im-
portant. side of the question ? Why will you not allow it to
demand from its seamen a complete obedience to the orders
given them by their count—(Hear, hear.) 'We want
nothing more—we simply require obedience—and' that Pru-
dence and sound policy should accompany every where the
courage of our naval officers. Hence we consider it wrong in
any one 4,000 leagues from the mother country to act against
the orders given him.—(Hear.) As to the honour of France,
it is particularly in fidelity to engagements, in observance of
promises made, and pledges given in the respect of treaties,
that it has its most solid base. The tricoloured flag has never
received any affront in this matter, for the flag of the protec-
torate has never ceased to wave over the island. The question
lies wholly between two personal flags—one, which the Queen
desired to display—the other, which the Admiral insisted on
imposing on her. I now come to the question of English and
French influence in the South Seas, and I assert that the
most powerful influence that exists at present in Oceania is
that of religion brought from Europe. Ido not speak of the
Protestant faith only, but of the Catholic religion also,
which exists already on many points of this archipelago. We
promised protection and security to the English missionaries
at Otaheite, and we have kept our word. We are not the
only power exercising such a protection. In New Zealand
there are established Roman Catholic priests with a bishop
at their head ; more than 20,000 of the natives are con-
verted, and the English protect the Catholic religion there
as we protect the Protestants at Otaheite. Do you sup-
' pose that it is an easy matter to maintain those two religions
together in common activity? Do you suppose that it is not
possible that war be thence generated, if great care be not
taken? It is undoubtedly a noble spectacle to see those two
religions acting side by side in a sympathetic accord ; but it
is also a spectacle attended with danger, and which cannot
last,- but on condition that it is protected by the harmony of
the great Governments from which the missionaries have
proceeded. The day when this harmony shall have disap-
peared—when political differences shall arise, to place them-
selves by the side of religious proselytism—on that day will
arise tempests, principles of disorder, causes of war, which the
prudence of the two Governments, of England and of France,
will perhaps be powerless to repress. Gentlemen, if you wish
the present state of things to continue, endeavour to main-
tain harmony between the two Governments—do not suffer
the imprudent act of a man, however courageous and devoted
to his country he may be, and I am not the person to contest
the merits of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, to destroy such a work
I now arrive at the proposition of M. Ducos. Gentlemen,
we do not ask of the Chamber a formal and exclusive appro-
bation of what we have done ; we have acted on our own re-
ture will show whether we did right to accomplish it. We
hcoeremmteonmstinatene
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stand on our rights ; the Chamber rests on its right to exa-
mine and to criticise; the question remains entire. You have
been asked to pass censure on what we have done, and you
have been asked to do this in an indirect and (excuse the ex-
pression) hypocritical manner.—(Rumours on the Left.) I
repeat, we ask for no approbation. The honourable M. Ducos
may ascend the tribune to explain the motives of his propo-
sition, but as to myself and my colleagues, we regard it as an
indirect and unuerhand censure, and we cannot accept it. We
accept our responsibility to its fullest extent, and from the
moment when we shall have received from the Chamber one
of those manifestations which tend to enervate a government,
we will cease to exercise it.—(Applause.)
M. Ducos—The Chamber will comprehend the feeling
which has induced pie to speak, under the charge of having
proposed an hypocritical measure ; there is more hypocrisy
in such language than in my conduct. There is more than
hypocrisy in such language, there is fear—(Murmurs)—and
in that the Minister of Foreign Affairs appeared perfectly
consistent with the other acts of his life.—(Murmurs.)
Numerous voices exclaimed—" Order, order !"

M. Ducos—The Chamber knows I should be sensible to a
call to order on its part, but who is there among you who
would be less offended by the reproach of hypocrisy,. than by
the reproach which I have just addressed to the Minister?
The President—The expression that you have used, Sir,
is not parliamentary.
M. Gustave de Beaumont—lt is the Minister who has not
been parliamentary.
The President—lf I had understood the Minister to address
himself personally—(lnterruption on the Left)—l should
have made the same observation to him as I have made to
M. Ducos.—(Murmurs and exclamations from the Left.)
M. Durand de Romorantin—You do not know how to en-
force order.
The President—After having addressed an observation to
M. Ducos which I considered just, it only remains for me to
express a wish that irritating expressions should be refrained
from by all parties.

M. Ducos explained.
M. Thiers—After the speeches which you heard
_yesterday
from my Honourable Friends, MM. Billault and Dufaure—
(Noise and interruption)—I scarcely think it necessary to
take part in the discussion ; but I am anxious to remind the
Chamber of some facts whic appear to me indispensable, in
order to fix its attention to the conduct of the Hon. Admiral
who receives to-day not only the judgment of the Government,
but that of the Chamber.—(lnterruption.) The disobedience
of an Admiral is certainly a thing. of a very serious nature,
and on that point I agree in the opinion of the Chamber. I repeat
that disobedience is a serious charge, and I can readily appre-
ciate the anxiety of those who wish on the present occasion
to give a lesson to all the agents of the Government. There
is also something very serious in the disavowal of the acts of
a general—of an agent of France abroad.—(Movement..) For
my part, I am :persuaded that MM. Dupetit Thouars and
Bruat have had very good reason for dethroning this little
Queen Pomare.—(Laughter.) lam persuaded, .from all the
documents which have been received, that they have been
judged prematurely, and I am convinced that the Minister of
Marine has felt considerable embarrassment in making this
disavowal. I place the Government in this dilemma—either
you are in possession of facts which you do not communicate,
or you have only the reports which you have produced. In
the former case, produce the documents; in the latter, there
is no reason for your disavowal. I can declare that the Hon.
M. Etienne and myself, had this morning in our hands a letter
written by a person of consideration in the Otaheitian
squadron, and addressed to an officer of rank in this country.
I am riot at liberty to mention names.—(Murmurs.)
M. Dupin, Sen.—Cite the facts without giving names.
M. Thiers—The writer says—" The English journals will
not fail to say that the Queen is innocent ; but the following
are-the facts of the case. As long as there were no English
vessels here every thing went on well, but on the arrival
of the English things went to the other extreme. The
Queen received a flag in the'name of the Queen of England.—
(Noise.) Soon after this, she would see none but English of-
ficers, and refused to receive those of France. She granted to
the English military points, and allowed them to land troops.
The missionary Pritchard publicly preached against the
French ; the Queen was present at his sermons. He pays no
attention to the provisional power established at Otaheite, and
the Queen approves of what he does, and ended by hoisting
the flag sent her by Queen Victoria at the same hours that
the English flag was hoisted. Things arrived at such a point
that the French put an end to them as described. Our position
is now better. The materiel which had been brought out to
form an establishment at the Marquesas has been removed to
Otaheite, as being now the most important point, and the
considerable :resources which had been given to form the
establishment at Noukabiva are now collected at. Otaheite."
—(Long• continued agitation and movement.) This is the
substance of the letter which I read. I am persuaded that
the officers who were there the representatives of France
had motives for acting as they have done, and that the pre-
cipitation with which they have been judged will be a
subject of regret hereafter, as such a disavowal is a serious
affair. I will:quote two instances of the kind. Every one
knows that the battle of Navarino was fought without in-
structions ; _ the English and - French Govenunents felt
• serious scruples on the subject, but the fact was accepted
:by the two Governments, and the idea of disavowing the
. acts of the officers who commanded there was given up.
. The second instance was at Ancona. An officer had been
• sent there with a certain force; to observe what was going
•on : the progress of events; induced that officer_ to force
the gates of Ancona ; there was then a question of dis-
avowal, but it did not take place, and the fact is become one
of the glories of France. When officers who are acting in
diStant points are under fear of having their acts disavowed,
it certainly tends to damp their courage. He remembered
two famous trials that had taken place, one of an English
officer,• Admiral Sir Robert Calder, and the other a French
admiral (Dumanoir). The former was tried for not having
propekly followed up a victory; the latter because, during an
engagement, he had withdrawn from the line of battle. He
justified his conduct, and was acquitted. I bring forward
these facts to show that great nations do not seek to damp
the courage of their agents, but rather to stimulate and sup-
port them.—(Approbation from the Left.)
No other person demanding to speak, the President rose,
.and informed the Chamber that the ballot must be had re-
course to 'on the occasion, as a list of twenty. Members had
'been banded in to him who required it.

The ballot then took place' when M. Ducos' proposition
was rejected by a majority of 46, the numbers being--187 in
its favour, and 233 against it.

The Chamber adjourned at a quarter to seven.

They who profess to have accurate intelligence with
regard to Court secrets, state that her Majesty's accouche-
ment may be confidently looked for about the beginning of
next July. It is said, indeed, that all the necessary prepara-
tions for the interesting event at that period have been duly
made. This, at least, is the gossip of gossips, and in such
matters we do not know that we have any right to wish for
better authority.—John Bull.
DISEASE IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths has been much above the usual average. There is an
epidemic of no very, striking character prevalent, but it has
been in many instances rendered fatal by injudicious bleeding.
We had hoped that this system had been abandoned by the
greater number•of medical men, unless when nit is absolutely
necessary. InfianuTiation has ceased to be so common in this
country. The habits of 'life 'render the' constitution of 'the
people, especially in large cities, below rather than above the
ordinary standard of ,strength.—Polytechnic

The Colombo, East Indiaman, Captain Thompson, sailed
for Mauritius and Bombay on Tuesday, encountered a heavy
gale off the Land's-end, and was compelled to bear up again
for Spithead, and anchored on the Motherbank on Thursday,
where she now remains, together with a small fleet of mer-
chantmen, weather-bound.

The Samarang,• 26, Captain Sir E. Belcher, K.C.8., was
about to proceed to examine an island to the eastward of
Formosa, preparatory to commencing a survey of the islands
to the south-east of the China Sea. _ _

The Alligator, 26, Master-Commander Brown, was ex-
pected at Calcutta with captured Chinese guns, whence she
would proceed to Trincomalee for stores, &c., for the ships in
China.

The Starling surveying-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Hunt, was put out of commission on the 26th of October last
at China.

The Thalia, 42, Captain Hope, was at Bombay on the 17th
of December, whence she proceeded to join Rear-Admiral
Thomas in the Pacific.

The Rattlesnake and Sapphire troop-ships are on their
passage to England, with invalids of both services.
The Fox, 42, Capt. Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., is expected to
proceed from the Shannon to Devonport, to equip for foreign
service.

The Curagoa, 24, Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart., was
on Christmas Day at Rio Janeiro, refitting, preparatory to
joining Commodore Purvis's squadron at Monte Video, from
which latter place the Racer, 16, was daily expected at Rio
de Janeiro.

The Resistance troop-ship arrived yesterday from Devon-
port to embark detachments of the 23d and 71st for Canada,
and the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade for Nova Scotia, on
Monday.
The Waterwitch, 10, is undergoing repairs by Mr. White,
at Cowes, and being very rapidly proceeded with. Mr.
White has the construction of two new 12-gun brigs, which
will be launched in May next.
The Pestonjee Bomanjee transport, Lieutenant W. Still,
agent, is gone to bring home the remainder of the 59th from
Barbadoes. _ _ •

The Magpie surveying-vessel, Commander Brock, has
been paid off at Woolwich. She has just returned from the
Mediterranean.

The Tortoise store-ship, Commander Finlaison, is ex-
pected at Spithead next week from Chatham, on her way to
Ascension.

The Mercury tender, Scarlett master, sailed on Wed- .
nesday, for Sheerness, with draughts of men for the Cam-
perdown.
The Emerald tender sailed en Tuesday for Plymouth with
supernumeraries.
In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victoria and Albert, Vic-
tory, Excellent, and Echo ; Dee and Fearless, steam-vessels.
In Dock—The Rodney, Athol, Prince Regent, Magicienne.
and Lily.
At Spithead—The Prince George and Resistance.
DEVONPORT, FEB. 29.—The Lancier, Dutch schooner,
was towed out of the harbour into the Sound on Friday, by
the Confiance steamer, and as soon as the weather will per-
mit will sail for the coast of Africa..

The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephens, arrived on Friday,
from Sheerness, with hands to navigate the Fort, 44, to
Deptford to be broken up.
The Caledonia, flag-ship, 120, 'Captain A. Milne, will be
taken into dock in a day or two, to have her copper examined.
She was paid wages on Friday.
The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was towed into har-
bour on Saturday, and is having her defects made good. The
Grecian, 16, was docked on Saturday for the same purpose.
The Falmouth, lighter, was undocked on Saturday, having
undergone complete repair.
The Aid, lighter, arrived from Portsmouth on S day,
with stores for this yard.
The crew of the Resistance, Commander Patey, wee paid
wages on Tuesday, preparatory to sailing for Portsmou h.
The Diligence, transport, sailed yesterday for Woblwich
and Deptford, with stores.
The Etna, 6, Lieutenant G. C. Butler, arrived from
pool yesterday, to be paid off.
The Raven, cutter, sailed for Sheerness yesterday.
The Flora, 36 ; Creole, 26 ; and Amethyst, 26, are to be
launched this year from this yard, and the frames or a 90-
gun ship, to be named the Marlborough, and a frigatd of 50
guns, to be named the Liffey, are ordered to be laid down.
In Harbour.—Caledonia, America, San Josef, Express,
Larne, Confiance, and /Etna.
In the Sound.—Lancier, Dutch schooner.
There is a report in circulation, which is tolerably well-
founded and generally believed in naval circles, that a limited
flag promotion is shortly intended, in consequence of so un-
precedented a number of admirals having died during the
last few months.
SHEERNESS, Feb. 29.—The Chichester, frigate, was Itowed
into this port on Saturday last, from Woolwich, where she
was built. She will be taken into the basin the first Oppor-
tunity.
The Adventurer, transport, has been taking in large quan-
tities of old stores at this yard. She also took in the stores
which were lent to brinddown the Vulture from Chatham.
She sailed on Tuesday for Devonport.
The Ganges, 84, is to be got ready as an advance-sl4, and
not to be commissioned, as reported.
The Boyne, transport, was taken to Deptford on Tuesday.
In Harbour.—The Camperdown, Speedy, Ocean, anC. Afri-
caine.
In Dock.—The Ganges, Shannon, Cygnet, and Eolus.
The Captain Superintendent (Fisher) of this dockyard re-
ceived a slight stroke of paralysis on Tuesday last, whilst en-
gaged in his office, and has been confined to his bed ever
since.

PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenant.—C. J. Featherstone (1815), of the Vcdcano,
to be commander.

Second Masters.—T. C. Pullen, of the Rhadamanthus, H.
F. Collins, of the Shearwater, and H. D. Burney, of the
Stromboli, to be masters and pilots.
Mates.—H. G. Veetch (1834); G. M. Alldridge (1836);
IL G. St. John Mildmay (1835), Pique; J. W. Probert
(1835), Spartan ; C. Rainier (1837), Tyne ; P. W. Gibson
(1836), Helena; J. H. Sliairp (1835), Apollo; F. H. Shortt,
and to America (1842),_ Excellent; and T. Davies (1836),
Flamer, to the rank of Lieutenants.

APPOLNTMENTS.
Lieutenants.—C. W. Lindsay (1837); J. B. Marsh (1828);
F. H. Shortt (1842), to the America; R. Hoops, to the Tor-
toise store-ship ; A. C. C. Denny, to the America.
Surgeons.—S. Mackey (1826), to the America ; Bower,
to charge of the Cadet convict-ship.
. .

Purser.—john Taylor (b), to the America.
Mate.—Edward Hempstead, to the America, from the Ex-
cellent.

Assistant-Surgeons.--William Hoggan (1842), and Henry
Turnbull, M.D. (1828), to the America; John Speer, to the
Lucifer.

Second Masters.—J. Imrie, to the Rhadamanthus, vice
Pullen, promoted; James T. Beckett, to the America, froth
the Lightning; G. H. Forster, to the Lightning, vice
Beckett; Thomas. Bowen, to the Royal Sovereign yacht, at
Pembroke ; Forbes Macbean, to the Tortoise ; A. D. West,
to the Lucifer.
Masters' Assistants.—Mr. D. Speer, to the Lucifer ; F.
Taylor, to the America; S. Braddon, to the Lightning.
Naval Cadets.—Hon. W. J. Ward, to the America ; G. D.
Erskine, to the Flamer ; C. A. B. Pocock, to the Fox ; the
Hon. H. W. Chetwynd, to the Camperdown ; B. G. W. Ni-
colas, to the Styx.
Gunner.—Thomas Oliphant, to the America.
Carpenter.—Jonathan May, to the America.
Clerks.—J. Hay, to the Tortoise ; James Winstanley, ad-
ditional, to the Victoria and Albert.
The following medical naval officers &aye obtained their
degres and become members of the Royal College of Phy-
sicians of London :—J. Allan, Hasler Hospital ; 0. Evans,
Deputy-Inspector, Jamaica Hospital ; W. Loney, Woolwich
Hospital ; R. Tobin, Plymouth Dockyard ; L. C. Urquhart,
Sheerness Dockyard; J. Robertson (late of her Majesty's
ship Terror) ; T. King, W. T. Ballantine, and R. Graham.

COAST GUARD.
Appointment.—Commander F. C. Syer, R. N., to be In-
specting Commander vice G. Dobson, promoted, appointed to
Clifden district. _ _ .

---.......
Removal.—Lieutenant W. Long, from 24 Tower, to Gor-
ran-haven, vice Shamwell, to Mevagissey.

The Right lion. the Speaker's fourth Parliamen-
tary dinner, on Saturday last, was attended by Lord Harry
Vane, Viscount Leveson, Lord Worsley, Hon. R. S. Carew,
Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Mr. P. Stewart, Mr. Ed*..Buller, Mr.
Strutt, Mr. Christie, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Busfeild,
Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Ross,
Mr, Warburton, Mr. T. S. -Duncombe, Mr. Dennistoun, Cap-
tain Bernal, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Horsman,
and Mr. Hastie. The Right lion. Charles T. D'Eyncourt,
Mr. Hume, Mr. Gisbome, and Sir John M'Taggart, who
were favoured with invitations, were unavoidably absent.
The Right Hon. Gentleman subsequently held his first levee.
The Earl of Devon was among the visitors ; and the follow-
ing Members of the House of Commons attended to pay their
respects to the Speaker :—Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Grahan?,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir
G. Clerk, Viscount Mahon, Colonel Rushbrooke, Lord J.
Manners, Mr. O'Brien, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Hon. H.
Corry, Mr: Cochrane, Sir H. Barron, Hon. Craven Berkeley,
Hon. Robert H. Clive, Viscount Clive, Hon. H. Manners
Sutton, &c.

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cause of this agitation ; they attributed it to the priests,
whose hostility to the Protestant religion and its Church
was thus gratified. The fourth province is now the
theatre of agitation. Presbyterian Ulster is proclaiming
its grievances ; and charges upon the English Protestant
Establishment, and the claims of its clergy to the exclu-
sive possession of those powers which confer validity on
religious ordinances, the injury which has been inflicted
on the Presbyterians of Ireland. The occasion ofthis new
commotion will be at once brought to the recollection of
our readers. A man was charged at one of the Irish
Assizes, held about two years since, with bigamy. That
he had contracted two marriages was placed beyond a
doubt-by the evidence ; and he was found guilty. His
counsel moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground
that one of the marriages had been celebrated by a
Presbyterian clergyman, and that one of the parties to
the marriage being an Episcopalian, the ceremony was in-
valid. The question was referred to the Irish judges,
who disagreed; but a majority held the objection taken
to be valid. It was then sent to the House of Lords,
where the opinions of the English judges was required;
and majority of these also affirmed the objection.
The judgment of the Peers on the appeal was post-
poned—partly to give their Lordships time for conside-
ration; but principally to afford time for the preparation
of a Bill to legalise all marriages previously celebrated
under such circumstances, and to pass such Bill
through Parliament with all possible rapidity. This
course was imperatively necessary. Until this Declara-
tory Act was announced, the consternation mid fears
of the families who had contracted such marriages in
conformity with a custom, the legality of which had
never been questioped, was extreme. To say nothing
of the personal feelings of delicacy and propriety which
this new state of things had alarmed, the succession
to property, and other results, which the bastardizing
of offspring would occasion, produced an uneasiness
scarcely admitting of description. The ex post facto
law istayed this ferment. The decision of the House of
f Ireland.
Lords was hung up for a time. A few days since
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the question was argued by the Law Lords in the
House of Peers ; and the balance of opinions pro and
con. on this important civil and ecclesiastial question
indicates not merely the difficulties which surround
the subject, but the impolicy of legislating upon any
great question—involving, as this qtestion certainly
does, Civil rights and religious freedom—on partial views,
and with relation to only one part of the United Empire.
Had the law which confers on the different denominations
of religionists in this country the power of celebrating
marriages in their own places of worship, according to
their own forms, and by their own ministers, been ex-
tended to Ireland, this new source of vexation would
have been avoided. A striking difference of opinion
was avowed by the great law luminaries in the Peers.
Lords Campbell, Brougham, and Denman, delivered
their opinions in favour of the validity of the impugned
marriage—Lord Abinger against its validity. Lords
Lyndhurst and Cottenham subsequently delivered
their judgment, at considerable length, against the
legality of such marriages. Lords Campbell and
Brougham requested time for perusing the opinions
and considering the arguments of Lords Lyndhurst
and Cottenham ; and thus the whole question remains
still in suspense. This postponement is, we appre-
hend,. the precursor of concurrence in the views of the
latter Peers. The marriage on which the question was
raised will, we have no doubt, be pronounced null.
This result is, we perceive, anticipated by the Irish..:
Presbyterians ; who are indignant at the position in
which. their ministers are placed. They are preparing
to get up an agitation of their own ; which, considering
the vested interests in the celebration of marriage pos-
sessed by the clergy of the Irish Establishment, is
likely to involve the. Government in a new difficulty.
The heavy expenses of the appeal are reported to have
been paid by a fund, to which one of the Irish prelates and
several of the higher orders of clergy were contributors.
STANDARD.—TheIate division in the French Cham-
ber is a great triumph; but of all who have a right to
share in that triumph, the part of England—if she have
any part—is surely the smallest. Much as the name -
of this country was mixed up in the debate, we have
really had nothing whatever to do in the affair that
led to it; and this, indeed, is our only claim to
praise—the only ground upon which we can ,
pretend to any part in the so signal victory won by the
French Government. Had the British Government or
the British officers on the spot, taken any part, we can
easily see what use would have been made of such
actual interference by the arts resorted to to raise
a constructive interposition on the part of the-
Government of this country. The triumph is,
however, a glorious and salutary triumph, it is
the triumph of peace and of justice—one in which
all Europe will rejoice, and of which France may well
be proud, , and of which another generation of French-
men will be proud, if all do not now exult in it as
much as they ought. The injustice of the deposition
of Queen Pomare stems to be disputed by no one ;
and from this acknowledgment it follows `that
Admiral Dupetit 'Thouars had violated the...duty '-of
an honest man, a man of honour, and a.:gentleman, as
it was certain that he had transgressed his orders as
an officer of France. But, say the Opposition faction,
the proceeding must be supported, in order not to dis-
courage our brave marine. What is this but saying
that the French flag is henceforth to be the flag of
pirates ; that, no matter what injustice or out-
rages may be committed 'under it by officers
who spurn the authority of their instructions, the
injustice or outrage must be defended and maintained,
the contumacious officers applauded and rewarded, in
order not to discourage future perpetrators of wrong.
Again, say they, nothing but English influence, or the
fear of England, could suggest the correction of an in-
justice committed inadvertently or perversely by a
French officer —ahigh compliment, no doubt,
to England, which is thus raised to the station
of the universal protector of the oppressed, but a com-
pliment to which, in the particular case, England has no
claim, and which we reject with scorn, from the foul
libel upon the gallant and high-spirited people of France
involved in it. For the plain inference from this asser-
tion of English influence in the affair is, that France is
incapable of acting with generosity or justice except com-
pelled. The French Government has shown that it needs
no prompter to be generous and to be just ; and we re-
joice to see that a considerable majority of the Chamber
concur in feeling with the Government. The matter is
in appearance a small one, we may say without a figure
that prima facie
" Pugna est de paupere regno,"
but the principle involved in the debate is of immense
importance, for it comes to this—are nations to be pre-
cluded by fears of misconstruction and of jealousies from
acts of spontaneous justice ? The French Government,
and the majority of the French Chamber, have demon-
strated—that no taunts, no suspicions shall cause them
to persevere in a manifest wrong; and have thus, if we
may so speak, thrown another fortress around
the shrine of public law. It is thus that the
future historian of France will present this bright
page in her annals. We rejoice that no act or word on
the part of England has disturbed the honourable self-
vindication of our neighbours ; and, as members of the
great European commonwealth, we rejoice also in the
assertion of a high principle of justice, by a people so
powerful and so sensitive, and hence so likely to be imi-
tated, where it sets an example of calmness and modera-
tion, as the people of France.

THE HIGH TIDE OF SUNDAY.--On Sunday there
was one of those high tides which appear at and near a full
moon. The offices and basement stories on the banks of the
Thames were flooded. The tide rose to such a height about
two o'clock that heavily laden barges with difficulty , passed
under the side arches of the bridges. At Putney bridge one
barp was so caught in the arch, that it. could not be stirred
until two horses were procured to force it forward.
PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The Sixteenth
Annual General Meeting of this SOCiety was held yester-
day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive
a iieport of the proceedings for the past year, to appoint
officers for the year ensuing, and to elect six pensioners to fill
up the vacancies occasioned by death. After the reading of the
Report, and the re-election of R. Taylor, Esq., Mr. J. Hodson,
and Mr. T. Billing, to the offices of Treasurer, Secretary,
and Collector, the numbers polled for the successful candi-
dates were declared to be as follow :—William Walker,
2,256 ; William Davis, 2,156 ; Robert Sizeland, 2,113;
Mary Brooke, 1,884 ; Jane Geldart, 1,728 ; and ADU
Newnam 1,688.

SINGULAR CASE OF SUDDEN DEATII.-011 Sa-
turday a young woman, named Jane How, expired under
the following circumstances :—She resided at Stratford, and
having an affection of the chest, left home in the morning,
and with her mother rode in an omnibus to the London Hos-
pital for medical relief. She had got out o ftlie omnibus, and
was walking to the door of the hospital, when a sudden gust
of wind blew in her face, and she appeared at that moment to
be deprived of breath. Her mother carried her into the
waiting-room, but she was then quite dead. Strange to say,
the inquest was held in little more than half an hour after
her death, and before the body was cold, as Mr. Baker, the
Coroner, being there at the time investigating another case,
made use of the same jury. A verdict of " Died by the visi-
tation of God" was returned.

THE CASE OF SUPPOSED TRANCE.---During_ the
past week several professional gentlemen from the London
hospitals, &c., have been down to Deptford, to watch this
extraordinary case ; and on Saturday Mr. B. Cooper and
other gentlemen-pronounced that decomposition had taken
place. On Friday, one of the family told Mr. Hope, of Dept-
ford-bridge, that perspiration had been felt at the back of the
head; and the report becoming current, great anxiety was
manifested in the neighbourhood. Shortly afterwards, how-
ever, Mr., Langley, of Upper Montague-street, Montague-
square, arrived, and expressed an unqualified opinion that
decomposition was going on ; but•there was not the slightest
effluvium from the body. On Saturday it was further appa-
rent. There appears, however, to be a variety of opinions
amongst the medical men. It has been stated by a brother
of the deceased, that Mr. Callaway had said that there had
been paralysis of the brain, and if the medical gentleman
first called in had proceeded to bleed the patient in the jugular
vein, there was a strong probability that life would have
been restored. Mr. Langley was decidedly of opinion that
deceased died instantaneously from enlargement of the heart.
The• case, however, was extraordinary. He had had one
eaßr within his own practice where a man who had died from
intoxication lay 24 days without change. The deceased,
Francis, has lain 28 days. All the medical men agreed that
it was a most remarkable case, and urged that a po!t mortem
n)ihtehse nNect
examination should take place, to satisfy the relations, and
remove the impression which has been existing against the
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ject in having a pillow placed under the head was not to pre-
vent. art effusion of blood on the head, but to erevate it suffi-
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