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laws, that is now placed in such a position that
the Legislature cannot shirk- it. We need ad-
vocate it no more; it has penetrated into the
hearts of the people, and the abolition has be-
come, as it were, an indestructable part of the
national mind. The Corn-laws have been taken
up by the ministers of religion, removed from the
domain of calculating economy, and placed,
like wilful murder, in the category of
crimes. To argue that fraud can be bene-
ficial, that murder is injurious, is a ridiculous
superfluity. In fact, the public has taken the
question out of the hands of its newspaper advo-
cates, and in spite of all opposition will carry it
to a successful issue. The zealous and fervent
men who carried the slavery abolition, and are
now zealous also to carry Corn-law abolition, will
admit, we are sure, of no compromise; they will
not sit patient under, much less sanction, half a
felony; and now that the question is in their
hands, sliding scales and fixed duties must both
be given up.

The speeches of MM. GUIZOT and TRIERS
upon the Address in answer to the Speech from
the Throne, occupy the leading columns of the
French Journals of Friday. M. TRIERS, the ora-
tor, is a mighty favourite with the French public;
but M. TRIERS, the statesman, has almost gone
quite out of date. All admit that he is clever,
but nobody believes him to be honest. The
policy which he reprobates now as ruinous to
France he would adopt to-morrow, if Minis-
ter, at the bidding of the KING. M. TRIERS
spoke for two hours in the Chamber on Thursday,
and the- DeputieS loudly applauded. him; but
when it came to the vote he found himself in a
miserable minority. His eloquence kicked the
beam when weighed in the balance against M.
GUIZOT'S honesty. It is ever thus in the long
run. Talent, like the hare in the fable, may
outstrip all competition at the outset, but public
honesty, like the Tortoise, is sure to be first at
the goal.
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It would be a waste of time to attempt a reply
to the sophistries of M. TRIERS. While the
Eastern question remained unsettled, we were
not behind 'any of our Contemporaries in the ex-
pression of strong and decided opinions about it.
Nothing that can now be written upon it can
change its character as anaccomplished fact; and
therefore we shall leave it as it is, and as we earn-
estly sought to make it. M. THIERS is disaffected,
and rails accordingly ; we have nothing to object
to, and can therefore afford to be silent.
M. DE SALVANDY has made his appearance in
the Chamber of Peers. The Ministers looked
as if they could well dispense with his pre-
sence, but the learned pink of diplomatists is a
favourite at Court, and can therefore afford to
be eyed askance by M. GUIZOT. M. DE SAL-
VANDY disappointed and deceived the Cabinet,
because he had secret instructions from the
KING which he prefered following.
The day before yesterday, M. de Gerente, Adminis-
trator of the King's Privy purse, was called upon to
answer the following curious claim, made by a M. Le-
bian, upon the King, and which he attempted to enforce
by a civil action in the Tribunal de Premiere Instance.
M. Lebian is a most indefatigable, and, as he believes
himself, a most ingenious engineer and mechanist. A
few days ago he invented an engine, whereby, according
to his own prospectus, 45,000 bullets might be discharged
at once against an enemy, by a machine worked by one
man, and capable of being moved by two horses only. M.
Lebian applied to the Prefect of Police for permission to
exhibit this warlike engine, but the experiment was thought
too dangerous, and was not allowed. Upon this the engi-
neer sent a model of his machine to the King, and after
a time delivered a bill of sale for 400,000 f., as a price
agreed upon. No such contract had, however, been
made, and the manine was soon after returned to its
inventor. M. Lebian then directed his genius to more
pacific pursuits, and sent to his Majesty an apparatus in
bronze for preserving the trees in the Tuileries, and at
the same time embellishing the garden. For this he
claimed the more moderate sum of 2,800£ This being
likewise declined, he addressed numerous petitions to
his Majesty, in one of which he had the modesty to
write—" Sire, I conceived that my money was secured
as by a mortgage on a mine of gold ; but I find it is
even more difficult to obtain payment from Kings and
Princes than from private men." Having at length de-
sisted from his claim as a right, he made an appeal to
his Majesty's munificence, and received a donation of
200 f. Since this act of bounty, M. Lebian renewed his
demand of 2,800 f., and at length brought it into Court.
The claim, however, was easily rebutted, and M. Lebian's
suit was dismissed, with costs.
The warrant for the execution of Serein, the murderer
of the two children, arrived at Orleans on Monday. On
being informed by his Confessor that his last day was
come, he said he was prepared, and immediately went to
the chapel, and heard mass, beating his breast in sign of
compunction. While the usual ceremony of cutting off
his hair was being performed, he suffered this exclama-
tion to escape him—" Only think that they are going to
sever my poor body." At twelve o'clock he was taken to
the scaftbld, which he mounted with firm steps, and in a
moment after justice was done upon him. An immense
crowd was assembled on the occasion.

NEW LIGHT-ROUSE AT CALAIS.—The French Govern-
ment has given notice, that on the Western Jetty Head
of Calais Harbour, which has been recently extended 269
yards, a small fixed light is now exhibited, and is visible
at three miles distance; but in bad weather it may be
impossible to approach the extreme end of the Jetty, and
in that case it will not be lighted. Until the Ist of May
next this light will be shown, and extinguished at the
same time as the tide light on Fort Rouge; but after that
date the new light will continue all night.
The Havre Journals mention that on Tuesday, the
town was enveloped in an almost unparalleled dense fog,
so that at four in the afternoon no object could be seen
in the streets at a few paces off ; even .the shop and gas-
lamps were invisible. It was completely a ground fog,
for at an elevation of ten yards the sky was free from
clouds and the sun shining. It was also entirely confined
to the town, for at the end of the pier the weather was
perfectly clear. On Wednesday morning the town was
free from the vapour, which seemed to have been carried
by the current up the river.

- A skate was ;old in the fish-market of Antwerp, a
few days since, weighing upwards of 801bs.
The Journal du Havre gives the following, extract of a
letter from the Captain of the Ferdinand, dated Guade-
loupe, Nay. 20 :—" On Octobcr 9, when within eleven
leagues of Oussant, I fell in with the English ship Ho-
rus, totally. dismasted. Although the weather was bad,
I ran to within speaking distance, hove to, and offered
to save the crew. This was repeatedly refused, and I
was, therefore, obliged to continue on my way without
them. On the following day I was overtaken by a vio-
lent storm, which lasted till the 19th."

The Toulon Papers state that the Brandon Govern-
ment steamer, which was recently wrecked near Port
Mahon, has been entirely broken up by the force of the
waves. Only a portion of her machinery can be saved.
When the vessel struck on the rocks she fell with her
keel towards the shore, and her deck exposed to the full
wash of the waves, and under such circumstances it was
almost a miracle that any of her crew were saved. As
has been already mentioned, only four lives were lost.
Another destructive fire occurred at Nantes a few
nights ago in the sugar refinery of M. Lemaitre. Being
only eight o'clock when the flames were discovered, as-
sistance was readily procured, and the conflagration was
prevented from extending beyond the building in which
it broke out. This, however, was wholly destroyed. No
lives were lost, and the property is believed to have been
secured.

A few days ago, says a Lyons journal, a female, 92
years of age, who enjoys perfect health, presided at a
banquet at which 28 of her children and grandchildren
were present. Eighteen were absent, but they have been
invited for another dinner next autumn. Her entire
family consists of 18 distinct establishments all in easy
circumstances, and the most perfect union is said to pre-
vail in them. At the dinner which has just taken place,
one of the sons of this lady, in proposing her health,
predicted that she would live eight years longer to com-
plete her century. She replied—" My dear children,
may your prediction be accomplished. I am very con-
tented in this world, for you render me the happiest of
mothers. I recommend to all young couples what God
recommended to the first man, in the earthly paradise :
' Increase and multiply."' After the dinner, the old lady
joined in the dance for an hour with her children, some
of whom were nearly 70 years old.
The lndustriel of Rheims, of the 19th, says wre
learn that the Chamber of Commerce of Rheims, was en-
gaged yesterday (the 17th) in discussing the important
question of the right of search, to which public attention
is strongly attracted at this moment by the late treaty
between the maritime Powers of Europe. If we are
rightly informed, the majority of the members of the
Chamber considered the treaty as likely to have very
fatal effects, if the stipulations are really conceived in
the sense indicated by the Press, especially by the Eng-
lish Press. The Chamber has commissioned two of its
members to obtain official information on the subject, to
which it promises, as we are assured, to devote after-
wards its most serious attention."—Commerce.
BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 21.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Centr ll7 15 118 1.7 85 —. 11l
4 per Cents lO2 40 .. 1112 40 ... 102 41 ... 102 10
3 per Cant. 7B 95 - 79 .. 74 PO .. 79
dank of Prance...-.
Lattitte Bank 1.0.00 t. Shares 1025 ...1025 ...1025 ...1425
5,000 f. Shares 5030 ...5030 .4027 50 ...5027 50
Belgian Bank ......... 785 ... 717 50 ... 781 ... 757 50
1811 .. 1(25 ... 1025 ... 1125 ... 1025
Belgian 5 per Cents. 1004 ... 104% 1041 i .. 104
5 per Cents., 1149 105% ... 105.14 ... 105,6 IGS
Dutch 2% per Cents.
spinish Active 2,5% 25 ... 2514 ... 2531
Passive
.. 54 .. 5% ... 5
Portugueses per Cent 5..,,,,, 21 28% 1114 ...
Neapolitan
104% .. 1045 104 104 4
RAILWAYO SHA.
It. Germain
877 ES 50 ... $4O ... 875
Vertatlies, H. Z
L.B 2J7 50 210 207 50 ... 210
Rouen 485 485 ... 485 ... 485
Itontpel~et to Cette
Orleans .. 532 50 ... 540 532 50 ... 510
itrasbarg co B.ale 230 ~. 231 25 ~, 230 ... 231 25