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London, England, 1842-01-21 00:00:00

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FOREIGN. of
The condemnation of the Siecle by the Chamber,
Peers, has created a great stir among the Opnositfn
Journals. The moderate supporters of the Orleans ors
nasty all lament it. A summary of their opinions canoe
but interest British politicians:—
The Courrier Francais, a moderate Opposition Jot'
nal, says—" M. Porree, in his address to the Chamber,
asked if the moderation of the Siecle was to be made I
circumstance of aggravation against him ? Tho reply
the Chamber was a sentence, which inflicts upsn hive 7
month's imprisonment, and 10,000 f. fine. The Natiostlg,
which had• compared- the Chamber to a charnel-hou',e'
wits not punished with greater severity. How are We„
explain the fact, that in an assembly of men who hale
grown old in the business of the world, and whose pa'
sions ought to have been calmed by age, there should °
four who demanded three years' imprisonment, twentra
one who demanded two years, and thirty-six for, °I1„
year ? Put into the scale the article of the Siecle, and
,°"
the other side one year's imprisonment, and say `44loet
t
ther such a punishment, for such an offence,' would not
be an enormity."
The Constitutionnel, M. Thiers' organ, observes
equal bitterness :—" The sentence pronounced by tb,
majority is sufficiently rigorous to be regarded as a serlt
ous and afflicting symptom. The article was with"
importance ; and the defence before the Chamber We!
respectful and moderate. Notwithstanding all this, tb•
accused has been condemned to the maximum of the fine;
What more could the Chamber have dono again,h.
journal opposed to the existing institutions, in rims, ,
e
meet of violent insults, and repress the audacity of a l
fence -which would increase the original offence ?
entreat the Chamber to reflect. It would not surely, in
the present day, in order to adopt the system of an inr
prudent and exciting Government, lend itself to the dan-
gerous attempt at reaction."
The following is from the National:—" We have little
to to say on the condemnation.against M. Perree. We !,,J
merely make a simple comparison. Last, year we ""g
the misfortune to give way to our natural impressiti;
and wrote with a little warmth. This gave- a shock is
M. Seguier, and he and his colleagues condemned us to
month's imprisonment and 10,000 f. fine. M. Perree has
just received the same punishment. We must frau if,
confess that we were more bitter than the Siecle towards
the Palace of Medicis ; yet the Siecle meets with Ilit,
same severity as the National. This was, without doun
done in order to show that M. Daunant was right in rtei;
garding the offence the greater as coming from a drat_
journal. Thus a little venom in the Siecle,_ Ott,.
10,000 f.; a great deal of venom in the National, 0%0
10,0001'. If the supporters of the dynasty value t",,
liberty of their opinions, they will do well to look to th
The Siee/e, writhing under the sentence, says irla
cally:—. It was not the fault of a great number of t
Peers that the sentence Was not' that of a year's iroln
sonment. The Chambers of the Restoration , even
they were gravely insulted, were not so severe. The (12gs
nity of the Chamber will doubtlessly be much enhaa .it;
by this sentence. This is a consolation for us, as vv!
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not desire that France should ever suffer from the de."''.
dency:and debility of its public bodies."
The Commerce has the following relative to the retudrile
of the Count de Salvandy to Paris :—" The Count, ttt
Salvandy, for so we must in future call him, arrive" as
half-past one on Monday at his hotel in the Rue .th
Casette, and went the same evening to the Tuileries
his Secretaries of Embassy, for the purpose of deliveriej
to the King his credentials, and explaining why hell a
not made use of them. We are assured that (Wei,
Christina was there at the same time, of course by chaq
This morning M. de Salvandy received several Iris' 5
His new and splendid carriage, with grand heraldic e 1;
blazonments, was to be seen in the court-yard. We
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as yet ignorant if M. Salvandy is to preserve his itas
and appointment of Ambassador. All we know /9 the
he will hold his Countship if he loses his embassy."
In the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, M. us"hs
zot defended the foreign policy of the Government.
following sentence, with which he concluded, is higlig
important, and cannot but excite the attention of t3j,
British Parliament :—" We have been told (said --vs
Guizot) that we have made no accession of territory.
ten years we have been occupied with the conquest' of
Algeria, and it would be hereafter seen whether or !he
that conquest was important, and he could assure-7i,
Chamber that Lord Aberdeen had admitted that f;it
loOed upon the French conquest of Algeria as totsa,'
accompli, and against which he had no objection to ran.
According to a letter from Alexandria, of the 24 t 141',
in the Zeipsie Gazette, as a Greek Bishop was rett0111;;
from a tour in Upper typt, the boat in which h° fpo
sailing was overtaken Isy a sudden squall of wind vvr
off the Maison Carree, was upset, and sunk, the Dis"S
his servant, and 11 other passengers, being drovvnex:
The corpse of the Prelate was taken out of the weira
and carried to the Greek convent at Alexandria, svf
inlay in state for 24 hours, and was then buried witiubat
the rites' of his religion. He was only 36 years (A"' re,
was generally esteemed. The Catholic Bishop was bar
turning with him at the same time, but, being in allot
boat, escaped his fate.
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The ;Times states that t INION
ween the. An ti-,orn-1
League and the'masses of the manufacturing pupulatts
there exists not only a contrariety of political` arm, ds
an utter diversity of interest and feeling ; i
" in proportion as the Leaguers and their designs h"j_e.
fallen in public estimation, and in the chances of snow,
within the last six months, the character and intieencee;
the operative class have risen. Both have.conle forward'
and explained their views of the existing distress
its remedies ; and the superiority in every way, mot.,'
intellectual, and practical has been with the opevatirfi
The Advertiser, speculating on the course of ,P°
likely to be pursued by Sir Robert Peel in the apPrtns
ing Session of Parliament, expresses its apprehensibia
that he has not the moral Courage, whatever may 1/13 be
convictions of duty, opposed as he knows he
by the colossal landed interest, to propose any alteratl'io
in the Corn-laws which will be of substantial service
the country.
•sle,
The Post observes, in the course of a leading art% sf
suggested by Doctor Hook's recent letter on the subject
the Bishopric of Jerusalem—" The public now take h.
very decided interest in matters relating to the Cherene.
The apathy and lukewarmness of past times are g.°
This we owe, under Providence, to the earnest writ
of the men of the. Oxford School, who certainly "e,
wrought, within the last ten years, a wonderful child
and have diffused a general sense of the importance!,
sacredness of our ecclesiastical institutions, whicivr"'
viously had no place in the public mind." would
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The Herald, in commenting on the Times' hint of
w.
expediency of prosesuting some of the Anti-Cor";L:0
speakers at EdinburTh, says—" The recommemb"s'is'Ll
is nothing less than to revive the ex-dficio days of 14'a.
Castlereagh, and to fill our jails as full of Anti-C°l.dict
law repealers as Lord Melbourne and his colleagues di
of the Chartists. What can the Times mean by on;
mending such a step ? The recommendation is sirePag
another proof of its total want of judgment. Thens„
we repeat, is rudderless." the
The Chronicle is of opinion that the coalition °Las
Times with Chartists and Socialists, and its " reel;st
advocacy of some of their wildest doctrines (such as t
about machinery), is an indication eithe of a sad leci,s
of either of
on the part of its managers, or of a rretlio
less party-spirit among a portion of the supporters
present Ministry." Our Contemporary adds,—" 14a.
utterly impossible to maintain a crusade against ni
chinery, as a substitute for maintaining the Corn-109'
MONEY—TRADE—COMP/ISIRCE. k
A large and important meeting of shipowners tt
place at Newcastle on Tuesday last, to consider the fit
sent depressed state of the shipping interest, when,,
was carried by an amendment that " the meet`l"7,
though great difference of opinion exists on the subjec
are convinced, after six teen years' experience, that the ,"1,,i1"
tress of the shipping interest was mainly oceasioneti
the encouragement given to the foreign shipping et,l
seamen of the north of Europe by the navigation 111°0'
and praying an alteration to be made by Parliament, t
recover the former protection." A
At the half-yearly general meeting of the Loll',
and Brighton Railway Company, held yesterday "t t:0
London Tavern, the late accident, on being alluded
in the report, was 'solely attributed •by Mr. Rastrick 0
the unfortunate wetness of the weather, as the brickw°l.
was as sound as any in the kingdom. The total e%,
penses necessary to carry out the remainder of the I°ls
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4yaos
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.2n accommodations
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showing
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60,0001. An
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of harbour,cas
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1°.,0:1,3
anA isnuermeaesfe 3ooOve,rootolle. prey
finally empowered to be raised to carry out the works.
The. greatc rtiM-CoEranTarjalw meeting at argeglou.cester, t°°„l‘
place .in the Shire-hall of that city, on Thursday 11°,..-g:
mg. All the principal merchants and manufacturer
with between two and three thousand artisans, were P`st.:
present. The proposition or a petition to "Parlialne?ed
praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws, was cart
by a forest of :hands. " They needed not to go to se:
the direful effects of those laws," said a speaker, "to
great distance. Let them look at the port of Gloucesta.
and its solitary condition, with scarcely a vessel &aunt°
in its noble basin."

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. held
At a meeting of the Court of Common Council,
yesterday, the Report of the Navigation Committee nr::
the survey of the River Thames was read before 1)11"
sentation. Acting upon the advice of Counsel to Pn);
mote the entire removal of the present obstructionsy
l
the River, lines have, been laid down along the shores "a
Mr. Walker, the engineer, Captain Bullock, B.N" tare
other eminent practical men, which shall be in futbaj.
the demarcations, beyond which no encroachment sHixy
be permitted. This Report has been ordered to ,
printed, and with a strongrecommendation laid before t"
Lord Mayor and Council for adoption.
Mr. Cottinghant has been engaged to restore Hereford
Cathedral, arid receives 20,000/, upon this account.
Care has been taken in the arrangements for
the Royal Exchange to make every part of the edifice
fire-prod.

ECCLESXASTICAL. ford
At a meeting held on Thursday morning at 01''',"'
for the purpose of ascertaining the number of vot°
spectively promised to the candidates, the majority
drewn
Mr. Garbett was 298, upon which Mr. Williams with
The Brighton people, on Friday last, forwarded an
address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, praying I'll'
to discountenance Fuseyism.
ELECTIONEERING. The Speaker has just issued his warrant for the e'e-it
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tion of a member for the City of DUblin, in room of the
late Mr. West.. Beth parties, therefore, are making
great preparations for the mutest, which commences 0
Monday, and the polling will take place on the follow-
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