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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1844.

The friends of peace will rejoice to learn that the
influence of that meddling and unprincipled func-
tionary, Mr. TYLER, who became President of the
United States by accident, is entirely annihilated.
In order to pave the way for his election to the
chair, and partly, alSo; from hatred and jealousy of
England, he 'proposed to the Senate a scheme for an-
nexing Texas to the already enormous territory of the
Republic. That body, after mature deliberation,
rejected the measure by a majority of 35 to 16.
Nothing abashed by this marked defeat he draws up
a long palaver, in order to try what he can
do with the representives of the people. Being
aware that all the northern States looked upon the
scheme with great distrust and even alarm, on ac-
count of the additional power which it would give to
the southern and slave-holding States, he meets them
half-way, and proposes, through one of his agents in
the Senate, to take Texas into the union on two con-
ditions—to divide that vast district into two portions
to be called South-Western and North-Western
Texas, and to prohibit the existence of slavery for
ever in the latter. Doubting the effect of this tricky
device, he tries to alarm the commercial portion of the
representatives by the following vague statement:—
" Nothing has occurred to weaken, but on the contrary,
p9fittm my 'confidence in the statements of Ge-
neral .‘itair, and my own statement made in a
message to PAlgress, in the belief, amounting almost
to a certaintyk that instructions have already been
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given by the exan Government to propose to the
qevernment i±tt Great Britain, forthwith, on the
failure of the "treaty, to enter into a treaty of coin-
_
merce awl alliance, offensive and defensive." lie

urges also that as England consolidated the Heptarchy,
and annexed Scotland and Ireland, she can have no
right to object to the modest proposal which, to use
his own words, would duplicate the exports of the
country—thereby making an addition to the carrying
trade to an amount almost incalculable, and giving a
new impulse of immense importance to the commer-
cial, manufacturing, agricultural, and shipping inte-
rests of the union ; thus including all trades, and en-
deavouring to work upon the fears and jealousies and
interests of the whole community. All, however,
was in vain; the House would not "hearken to
the voice of the charmer, charming never so cun-
ningly." They would not even entertain the ques-
tion, and the motion that the message do lie upon the
table was rejected by a majority of 118 to 86. Nays
what is more, a motion simply for printing 1,500
copies of this precious document was negatived by a
majority of 29. This seals the fate of Mr. JOHN
TYLER, and announces the gratifying fact, that the
great body of the representatives of the people will
not back a desperate adventurer, who, for his own
selfish purposes, broaches a scheme that might anni-
hilate, in place of increasing, their commerce, and de-
stroy the peace of the world.

The " Arcades ambo,"—the twe " Right Honour-
able" Baronets,—the First Lord and the First Secre-
tary of her MAJESTY'S Administration,—the inge-
nuous Sir ROBERT and the high-spirited;Sir JAMES—
were permitted a special benefit, on Friday, in the
House of Commons. In the course of their amusing
performances they abundantly proved to an admiring
audience that they were " et cantare pares, et respon-
dere parati." It was a moot point with the House
whether the " small-singing" of Sir ROBERT PEEL,
or the " answers" of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, were most
to be commended.

For this impromptu divertissement, the public are
indebted to a clever " scene," adroitly got up by a
clever person. Mr. B. COCHRANE rose to animadvert
on the course adopted by the Government with re-
ference to the business before the House. The new
Bill for the amendment of the poor-law was to have
been brought on, upon the preceding evening; but
had been deferred, he presumed, to make way for
a discussion which had not been sufficiently proceeded
with on the new " Bank Charter Bill." To him
(Mr. COCHRANE) it appeared that the Bank Charter
Bill might with propriety be postponed, arid the Poor-
law Bill be taken (as last night) immediately after
the debate on the Dissenters Chapels Bill. Hon.
Members who had waited in town expressly for the
further debate on the Poor-law Bill, were much in-
convenienced by its continued delay. It ha-I been
first brought into that House, in this session, on the
Bth February last ; since which period week after
week had passed without any further progress being
made in it, and things were in the same position with
regard to it as they had been in February.
Let us observe, in passing, on this statement of
Mr. B. COCHRANE, that his case would have been still
stronger against the Government if he had charged
them with the wanton and deliberate obstruction of
public business, by having introduced any such Bill as
the Bank Charter Renewal Bill. Ministers must have
been aware, when they brought it in, that, either it
must be " shot" through the House (on the atmos-
pheric railway principle) without opportunity, moral
or physical, for considering its enactments at all ; or
that it could receive scarcely the cursory considera-
tion which gentlemen might manage to devote to it,
amidst the stormy personalities of half a dozen
evenings in Committee.
Sir ROBERT PEEL then took the leading part in
the Bucolic of the evening; and DAM ETAS himself
could not have piped—his own praises in the first
place, and his pastoral longings in the second—with
more touching abandonment. " He sympathised
heartily with Hon. Gentlemen who were kept away
from the country. He longed to be there as much
as any one." We don't doubt it. Having committed
so many monster blunders in his monetary legisla-
tion, he may well feel it to be high time that he
should get away to look after his Birmingham Bulls, i
of which he sang so blithely to the Menalcases of
Tamworth the other day. But he may reckon on a
little more baiting yet, in his own person, if we mis-
take not, before he quits the "Imperial City." No-
-1 thing, however, was further from his own thoughts
than any such ugly anticipation. With a "good-
boy" gravity worthy of his earliest days on
the lower forms at Harrow School—he thus
pleaded the good behaviour of himself and
his class-fellows :—".Honourable Members would
recollect that the Members of her MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment had attended that House, for some time
past, each day from five o'clock till half-past one upon
the average." The plausible Premier (who evidently
thinks in the jargon of his currency crotchets, that
the " measure" of his hours of Parliamentary atten-
dance is the true " standard of the value" of his
Ministerial labours) went on to show that it was in-
dispensable to proceed with all possible dispatch
with the new Sugar Duties Bill—the present Act
expiring on the Bth of next month—and he appealed
to Mr. COCHRANE whether the Bank Charter Bill
" was not a measure of great importance ? It was
necessary that measure should be carried, in order to
put down commercial speculation. He thought it a
measure...quite as important as the Poor-law Bill." One
cannot pass over this remark without marvelling at the
inconceivably unphilosophical spirit, the unpractical
views—with which Sir R. PEEL has ventured to
propound his abominable Bank Charter Bill. He
talks of " commercial speculation" as if it were, per
se, an unmitigated social or political evil! Has it ever
occurred to him to ask where his own patrimonial
fortune would have been but for the " commercial
speculation " of his most public-spirited and unavari-
cious father, the first Sir ROBERT PEEL ? Does his
fatuity blind him to the fact, that, without the whole-
some, informing, invigorating spirit of " commercial
speculation," the foreign trade of this country would
be as contracted and as worthless as—what " stan-
dard" of deterioration shall we select for our compari-
son ?—say—as his own currency system. We begin
to believe in the truth of the surmises long enter-
tained, that Sir ROBERT the Second is as much
in favour of a vast, usurious, unfeeling, sordid
speculation in the monopoly of money, as
he is opposed to that fair and wealth-dffrusing "com-
mercial speculation," in the legitimate profits of which
his sire, with the blessings of all who dealt or were
acquainted with him, to the wrong of no man or body
of men, and with the good will of that common
country to which he was an honour—laid wide and
deep the foundations of his princely fortune who
would now extinguish the original sources of his
patrimony ! Then the Premier talked about the ad-
vantage of proceeding with the Bills at once, as
they came before the House, " for after an in-
terval of four or five weeks they returned to the
subject like giants refreshed, and the subject was
debated over again." Of course among these "giants
refreshed," Sir ROBERT intends to pourtray himself de-
scending from BELLAMY'S, or entering, wine-warmed,
from Whitehall-gardens. If so, we are again curious to
know what can be his "standard" or "measure" for
gigantic intellect. The unhappy little people who are
personally interested in every line of the enact-
ments to be comprehended in the New Poor-
law Amendment Bill, must be at once flattered
and gratified by the low figure at which he
places that measure on his sliding scale of
comparative importance. All this was ridiculous
enough; but to do Sir ROBERT justice, there is a
fund of simplicity about him which will develope it-
self, and redeeths many of his trickeries. Thus—
speaking of the Irish Registration Bill—he ventured
(surely ix utter unconsciousness of the sarcastic
waggery he was_ playing off upon himself) to say,
" He had given a rash pledge with regard to it, to
meet the convenience of Irish. Members. He had found
that pledge so inconvenient to redeem that it would
make him exceedingly cautious how he gave
another!' At a subsequent hour of the even-
ing, it was agreed by Government not to
press the Irish Registration
Bill beyond a
second reading. Coupling this -
fact with
about Irish Members, we have no doubt h e
Ministersphrase
never meant, notwithstanding all their professions, to
carry through that Bill. It was a tub thrown to the
whale ; an expedient to alarm and to disarm, for a
convenient season, an inconvenient
and
powerful
enemy. But the affectation of the Sir ROBERT PEEL
of 1829, and 1835, finding any " lt difficu Y "
about
disposing of inconvenient pledges in 1844, is al
most
too ludicrous ! This was said, too, in the presence
of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and without blush or
qualification !
Then Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether the Ecclesias-
tical Courts Bill was to be proceeded with ? Si

ROBERT could not at present say. We agree with
Mr. ESCOTT, that it never could be satisfactorily dis-
posed of ; and therefore it were better at once with-
drawn. Lord JOHN RUSSELL having demanded what
was to be done with the County Courts Bill, Sir J.
GRAHAM, as the concluding effect of the piece, so-
lemnly announced, that on some day next week he
would state definitively what measures Government
would proceed with—what others they would not
go on with. The Poor-law Amendment Bill,
he could assure the House, her MAJESTY'S Mi-
nisters meant to press forward at the earliest
opportunity. The remainder of this respandere
movement was devoted to a recital of what the
Right Hon. Secretary would have done, in certain
events which had not happened, with certain Bills
which are still to be disposed of.

Upon the whole we shall only add—repeating our
often asserted protest against the hurried, slovenly,
and disreputable manner in which the House of Com-
mons is at all times too apt to burke or pitchfork its
Bills towards the close of a session—the present
Ministers in the present session of the present Parlia-
ment bid fair to surpass all their predecessors in this
mischievous practice.
The Paris Messager of Thursday evening publishes
the following dispatch from General BUGEAUD to
Marshal SOULT
" Lalla Maghanin, June 16.
" Mons. le Marechal—By my telegraphic dispatch you
have already learned that I demanded of El Guennaoni, chief
of the Marocains at Caid d'Oachda, an interview between him
and General Bideau, in order to establish harmony between
the two countries. The place of rendezvous was at three-
quarters of a league from my camp, upon the West Mouilah,
and at four leagues from the Marocain camp.
"At seven o'clock in the morning Guennaoni and General
Bideau, accompanied by Captain Rioot and interpreters, met
at the place mentioned. The Marocain chief displayed great
force ; first 2,500 cavaliers, and then 2,000 cavaliers of the
tribes, and 500 or 600 foot soldiers.
" These fanatic and undisciplined soldiers approached the
conference, and obliged Guennaoni to suspend the conference
in order to suppress them ; but they succeeded in completely
surrounding our envoys and fired upon our troops, who stood
at a respectful distance from our Plenipotentiaries. Never
was such insolence and barbarism witnessed.

" I had only sent my cavalry and four battalions to the
place of meeting, and their number was even reduced by
those who were obliged to remain to guard the baggage and
to cook. Having been informed by two officers, dispatched
to me for the purpose, that shots had been fired, I ordered
four other battalions under arms, and marched to the scene of
action. I learned on my way that the conference was broken
up, and saw our troops retiring, followed by numerous
Moorish cavaliers, who fired upon our rear guard. I im-
mediately formed the eight battalions in echelon upon the
centre. The cavalry at the point of the angles, ready to
launch at the first signal. The centre battalion, upon which
rested the others, was directed by the line which divided the
Marocains in two bodies, so as to leave between us and the
Mouilah a difficult passage of 1,200 metres (1,300 English
yards). The enemy's infantry having disappeared, I sup-
posed that they ascended the little valley of the river, the
more so as when they pushed forward the centre of their cavalry,
their left rested upon my right flank, as if to protect the in-
fantry, which I thought were in the valley. I then ordered
General Lamoriciere to charge his cavalry in echelons, and
direct them obliquely on the right for some moments, and
then suddenly make a tete de colonne on the left, and fall
upon all he found between us and the Mouilah ; while six
mountain pieces advancing should hold in check the centre
and right of the enemy. Having done this, the cavalry was
to re-form behind theechelons, passing behind the right wing.
Colonel Jassaf, who commanded the first echelon, executed,
with intelligence, this manoeuvre, and soon found himself in
the midst of a great troop of cavaliers. Driving them with
vigour, he encountered the infantry, over which he crossed,
killing a great number. Soon he perceived that he had left
behind upon his right a group of regular cavalry of about
500; but then his soldiers were scattered, cutting down ca-
valiers and foot soldiers.. The recal was sounded, but the
horses were blown, and rallied with difficulty.
"The echelons of infantry could not see this happy move-
ment on account of the dust, so arrived too slowly to concur
in the destruction of the Moorish cavalry. The latter, seeing
their danger, set off to regain their main body at the moment
when Colonel Jassaf prepared for a charge. Our operations
•could only have reached the rear of the flying enemy and
killed some men. Colonel Jassaf himself took a standard.
" The infantry had covered the cavalry from the right and
centre of the enemy, so that the latter renounced all attempts
and retired towards Ouchda."
" This charge confers the greatest honour on Col. Jassaf."
The affair, it will thus he seen, was more serious
than was at first supposed, and cannot fail to cause
much excitement in France. It was a deliberate act
of treachery on the part of the Moors, and the
French troops were saved only by the well-executed
and speedy attack of Colonel JASSAP. The Marquis
of ROVIGO, son of the Duke of ROVIGO, fell in the
action. The accounts given in private letters corres-
pond with the dispatch, though it would appear from
them that the alarm among the French troops at first
was much greater than General BUGEAUD would
admit. The French generals, according to one of
these letters, " demanded that, for the future, Morocco
should be forbidden to ARD-EL-KADER, who was to be
immediately sent out of the Empire. They demanded,
in addition, that the left bank of the Tafna should be
henceforward recognised as belonging to France.
On the first point they obtained complete satisfaction,
and on the other it was agreed, after long discussions,
to refer the matter to the decision of the diplomatic
body. They had arrived at this point, when an un-
expected incident occurred to interrupt the interview.
This was nothing else than the noise of musketry.
The escort which had accompanied the two French
Generals was sharply attacked by 5,000 of the
enemy. At this unexpected violation of the
truce agreed on for the meeting of the leaders,
our soldiers were seized with such surprise that at
first their ranks were thrown into disorder. Out
flanked by the enemy, they began to retreat, and the
audacity of the Morocco troops was increasing, with
the hope of our defeat, when our men recovered from
their surprise, and exhibited such coolness and
courage as at once checked the enemy, and enabled
our men to gain the advantage over these violators of
the most sacred rights. The Morocco troops, who
had advanced right in front of the French columns, at
the head of which was the Marshal, paid dearly for
their temerity. More than 300 of them remained on
the field of battle, without reckoning those whom
their comrades had time to carry away. Our loss
was much less. We had only about thirty men
wounded, of whom two were officers of Spahis, and
six killed, amongst whom is the son of Gen. ROVIGO."
The Sikle publishes a letter from M. LEON
SATAYES, the intimate friend of the Marquis Captain
Rom°, who was killed in the affair of the lath with
the troops of Morocco. It states that the Spahis
under the command of Captain RovxGo and another
Captain, commenced the action. The Marquis Ro-
VIGO was almost immediately struck by a ball in the
heart, and fell dead. The other officer was wounded
at the same moment, and remained in the power of
the enemy. The deceased was a young officer of
great promise.
The- Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in
discussing the Paris and Belgian Railway Bill. By
that Bill, as proposed by the Government, there would
be two branch lines—one to Boulogne, and another
to Calais and Dunkirk ; the Boulogne line to strike
off at Amiens; and the other at Ostricourt. The
first line, as far as we can judge by the reports, was
adopted ; and the other was under discussion on
Thursday, at the hour of post.
Great interest was caused in Paris by the trial of
two persons for the murder of M. Dolsost CADOT, the
banker at Pointoise. Their names are PIERRE
ROUSSELET, a locksmith, and EDWARD DONON CA-
DOT, a son of the deceased, aged nineteen. The
Court was occupied. the whole of Wednesday with
the reading of the indictment, and examination of
ROUSSELET, who repeated before the jury a confes-
sion which he had previously made, admitting that
he had committed the murder, but solely at the in-
stigation of the son, who, on his examination, firmly
denied the charge. The Court adjourned at eight
o'clock till next day.

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