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London, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

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FOREIGN..
Barcelona, after a bombardment which commenced
on the morning of the 3d inst., and continued during
the day, capitulated on the 4th.
The French telegraphic dispatch, announcing A
general rising in Catalonia, is considered a very dis;
graceful affair, as there appears to be not a word et
truth in it. The Funds fell, which no doubt was the
object of the parties who sent the dispatch.
The Lyons papers state that on Monday and Tues-
day a thick fog covered that city and the neighbour-
ing country. It was impossible to see the opposite
side of the street. The navigation of the river Os
completely interrupted. On Wednesday the weather
was somewhat clearer.
The works on the Paris and Tours Railroad have
been begun in the department of the Loin-CM!'
Last week 50 workmen commenced operations intti.
commune of Onzain, where a great number of tGoy
owners have accepted the terms offered by the
vernment.
The administrators
acquittedistrato on Saturday,rsoftheVersallles Left-Bank
Ra
ce ,
of Correctional Police, of the charge of rleYgthgenC°lirta.
imprudence, on the occasion of the dreaeful accident
that occurred on the Bth of May last. . -t:
The King of the French and his family area hnut
c
pass several days at Fontainebleau, and in conseVenf
of the intended visit two comp 'I anies of Greuadiers e
the 59th Regiment of the Line, each of 100 'l"
have been dispatched by the railroad to Corbeil to
o
duty during the King's residence.
The Commerce announces the death of Csnot 11'3;
deus Mostowski, ancient Senator and Mini,ter for
tryth
Interior of the Kingdom of Poland, at his coun
house near Paris. ost
The Commissioners appointed at Madrid to rep..e.
oquest
Finance,interviewsa nd, ii withwasSesnaiodr, Clsailtahtr fia
on the commercial treaty with Great Britain had.ici,er
none of the stipulations of the treaty had transli eu of
The ship of the line Suffren, bearing the
bonl Oil
Rear-Admiral Casy, sailed from Bret for Lis
the
the brig of r
the sth inst., and on the next day
Nisus left that harbour for Senegal. from no
The Rhenish Gazette co • fi
pies t e
following
fleet se'
Hungarian journal:_o Russia ought to re .
may
whicO ul
riously on the unpleasant consequences
Of the
result from her plan of attacking the rights o .
be.
Bing Aston.r;_
:h.::
of Hungary in the principalities of the roshnn
et,
Assuredly, should a war arise on this si!
eJeeh
and British force commanded by some
100,000 Hungarian volunteers, united with a I.oolisit
of th e
u ,los,
heroes now in exile, would deal Russia such
that she would not easily recover."
runic= OPINION. riot'
turalln achanges,
article
the o n the
Posts u ec t
observesof :
_t he„ recent ag
There seremen
be a great difference of opinion among ge.nt,.
jot
connected with the land as to the degree of wilt e,
upon the landed interest which the Government be
ceedings of the last twelve months have had. ,se
Duke of Rutland appears to hold the opinion thaor the
measures proposed by Government, andpassedthr u_s..d
Parliament, have not had any idurious influence, a,"
that protection might be made a little lower shucking'i
il
out producing any injury. The Duke of t the
ham, on the other hand, avows his belief th!ected
changes which have taken place have deep'''. lin and
those interests in which the British landownersthete
cultivators are most deeply concerned. Again kin-
are others, such as Mr. T. D. Acland and 3lr.Pietheir
son, who, without tasking their information or ties'
judgment to decide what has been the prshceor
effect of diminishing protection, hold out the t
relied
that legislative protection is no longer to bt% tot
upon, and that owners and cultivators of 1101`,- set
trust to something else. The tide, they say, " ed•
in in favour of free trade, and cannot be st°ll',en
They, therefore, evidently look to the time A`` 0
there will be no protection at all, and have innue
Wit t°
their minds (if mind it may be called) to su , the
totalspirit aebfoltithieonyoefevpilrhotaercathiognu.es, Tthheisugshvaas clearly place"
spirit riic ,
hunting sycophant, in an evening print, wirr°o•l
Contemporary has justly, though coarsely, Le tery
' the artful dodger of the press,' has had the
to defend them on the ground that there stfron ,os,
and that they support the protection now bY. la" have
bushed. Our own view of the changes whc entry
taken place is, that, taken by themselves, the et; upon
might be able to sustain them, but that /oeke -e
is he saw,s
as the commencement of greater changes ---,t lion tv
direction, which, on account of the deciar which
general principles in favour of free tralk.",yr there
they were accompanied, we may fairly consi"c „ts of
to be, they have fearfully affected the intere"
At e
rnTlytih-Rec
efollowingvorine-wla‘fso,
riDs
Agitation.fromec em ht he
re,
IChronicleB42 .0 : --- " li' leij 42d4 mid
er :
productive industry."
principlestbv
hoe e
rt et
As
Peel,.
~ nne
toei l
..f,
ce 1
adoptedi
ovvhre
n:- . thanlhawa s seventy
jtostopleahissuoci ,t
off
trade and anti-protectionpromulgatedbiea
twoßberristishwho,.-ios‘, that the °lWirtt
scheme of an Bs. fixed duty
every agricultural meeting by the
the
ee
doctrines i ssaei
League,tn otniirireenad,
dr ibl. ' bli
ra:o
aPhi. nraSce°t
."1-ti
1, :eeefiedret stiernhtea:e...t.
very 11°,.11 whig
agriculture—it years
seemsag a sd.
somewhat
pregnantneliwnlli e
late
.ni it!
111 1
the
ri to
scheme
day to enter into a minute and laborious n
Inc.
into the conduct of the Anti-Corn:lasv
Ministers
It has been confidently .reported that
_eeing's
have employed special reporters to attend the.wiced
ex,
of the Anti-Corn-law League, and have Pl,o,yers,
tracts from the speeches before the Crown. ! ~..stify
with a view to ascertain how far they woultitoP
o the
prosecution. Are we to understand the arti.
_ltiblie
Quarterly Review as a feeler to try how far
ha Or could
would relish the proposed courss ? W hawing
Ministers propose by this ? On their own ,00,1,
the Anti-Corn-law League have done much
Do they mean to take this mode of proclam;ish do-
there shall be no more agitation in the WI
rotiobet
minions for any object whatever ? That if acupe of
°
of men are convinced that by a certain oil be
policy the country can alone be saved, they vissions,
precluded from giving utterance to their CO
t° their,.
and exerting themselves to make convert' root e`
views ? This would be striking at the verYeastsl
political freedom. All great questions in this u
sss
are carried by agitation."
The Times, speaking of the Affghan wardss3,so. e,
"On Monday last we stated Lord Auelilasary to ,
and supplied one or two facts which were necodid not,
understand the merits of that statement. We alleged
nor do we, think it necessary to disprove the ions.
popularity of Shah Soojah in his late dnnt, have
This, and the general question of policy, vet-time ts.
settled for us more conclusively than nricki„od's
But, with these exceptions, we take Lord Al lois as
facts as our basis, and on that ground wool hat pes;
a matter of ordinary justice and honesty, •
sible business our army ever had in Affisu'tion was
First, we freely acknowledge that the goes soh as
between a de jure and de facto authoritY , Aiia--
de jure and de facto authorities are in Celan; 40,0 or
the one resting on a now extinct tenure o,:e sole
three generations, and destroyed in fact bitstu,srigin;
violence to which, not so long ago, it ovved 'based
the other rough and somewhat incleterminatt, Out
on individual energy and influence, and b01d,11,5 say
rather a promise of order and improvement teo;leot.
definite, settled, and systematic form
Shah Soojah had certainly the Claim
A + their head,
Barulaye family, and Post Mahommeu. a. lee
had possession, and the ability to keep it.
~,.-ki'cii it is
do not deny that there are occasions upon ','"bi, sal,-
allowable to interfere between a Prince "
a'le bound to;
jects. In Europe, where all nations
hale'relatiOnS 01
gether by sympathy, by treaty, by t' lio• bound
tont' J
commerce, we may find ourselves occaos
+ replace a de-
ofofG°lavirtll---thie
to assist a tottering, sometimes even -t. ,e have ever
maintained his
on a throne to whies" "„entiar and
maintained his right. But it is only Py .r. ence Can
extreme circumstances that such an interter

be ever justified."
MONEY—TRADE—COMIIIZauCuterIecIkd..,
At Bradford, Burnley, Halifax, and
trade has been slack during the past week. Att,.l3 3ba-
, burn trade has been more animated
siness of Rochdale has increased, and at Manchester
kinds of cloth continue in good demand. ," of
The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Sneievrpa
England took place on Saturday, when it aPra"6/
from the Report that the receipts amounted to 4,5400/.'
and the expenditure, including the purchase of I,°
stock, left a balance of 1,6001. Nvocale
ribester
THEATIZICJI.Z. 4
Arne's opera of Artaxerxes is to be among the
lr
In whic
revivals at Covent-garden, after Christmas,
Mrs. Alfred Shaw sustains the leading character.
Miss Adelaide Kemble has consented toperfor'n
up to Christmas on a sharing system. The product°
of last Tuesday's performance amounted to about 600/1
to the whole a which Miss Kemble was entitled, but
on which occasion she requested the treasurer to de
duct the usual expenses of the evening.
SPORTING.
Her Majesty's stag-hounds met on Friday at au-
lington -common, upwards of 200 being present. Th°
deer, after a run of fifty minutes, was. taken at Eastcot.
COURT—VASHIONABLE.
The Duke and Duchess, of Buccleuch an h f
d
leave Dalkeith Palace early in the ensuing montor
B The
House, Kettering.
g Dowager Duchess of Cleveland is passing the
winter at Newton House, Yorkshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal t are
passing the winter at Ormeau, his Lordship's sea in
Ireland.
The Marquis of Bute has arrived at Dumfries
House, Ayrshire, from Rothsay Castle, Isle of
t°
The Earl and Countess of Beverley are expected
pass the winter at Richmond.

n,
.L.Le :11,:rquis and TlikhchioneFs of Waterford have
L. arrived at Rockwell, the Noble Marquis's hunting-
lodge, either, from Curraghmore.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn arrived.
at Baron's-court, the family seat, iu the county Tyrone,
oil Wednesday last.
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are receiving a
°accession of visitors at Deene Park, Northamp-
tonshire.

The Earl and Countess of Granville lave arrived at
Rome from Florence.
The Earl and Countess of Gro3venor arrived in
Grosvenor-square on Saturday evening.
'l he Count and Countess D'Harcourt arrived at
Manchester House on Friday evening, from Paris.
The Countess de Sails has arrived in Paris after a
lengthened residence in Italy. _ _ _

l'leEa;fOiCaTedolihasa'riived from Canada, where
h,
Lordship has been nearly three years withhis re-
giment, the Coldstream Guards.

MISCELLANEOTJEI.
The rate-payers of the county of 'Worcester are ar-
?nging a determined opposition to the rural police
liforce. Petitions are preparing in various parts of the
county for presentation at the forthcoming Epiphany
sessions.

The Court of Delegates, Dublin, have decided on
the validity of the election of the Rev. Mr. Daly
against the appeal of the Rev. Dr. Wilson.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.— His Royal Highness Prince
Albert rode out on horseback this morning, attended
°Y Sir Edward Bowater.
, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal were taken an airing to-day, ac-
eoTpanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
ra the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious
Consort rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driv-
,lng, attended by the Hon. Colonel Grey and Sir E.
liowater.
Sir Robert Peel and the Venerable Archdeacon
Wilberforce took their departure from the Castle this
toning.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
"led by Lady Fanny Howard, to)k a carriage
airing this morning.
The Royal dinner party at the Castl3 is expected
fo include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount and. Viscountess
Canning, Lady Fanny Howard, the Lord in Waiting,
two Maids of Honour, the Groom and the
fluerry in Waiting on the Queen, and the Equerry
in Waiting on his Royal Highness.

/Es Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge spent
,'"e day yesterday shooting in Coombe Wood. His
$o al Highness afterwards went to town.
r °1 Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday morning
r a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The
Ea of Haddington and Sir James Graham paid
vi,iSit• s to the Right Hon. Baronet in the afternoon, at
'lB official residence in Downing-street.
~,,Messrs. William Watson, James Philips, and
Mexican
Whitehead, as a Deputation from the
4‘texican and South American Associationp of Liver-
;''l, accompanied by Messrs. J. D. Powles and
'bert M'Calmont, had an interview with the Earl
~_°f Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office, with
:ZsPeet to the claims of British merchants against
the Mexican Government.
The Postmaster-General and Colonel Maberly had
kl interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday evening for
his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Mr. Dean, Chairman to the Customs, had an inter-
lie2y, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
, The French Ambassador and the Russian Minister,
ilitnsacted business, yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
13ispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and
'4O from the Governor of South Australia, were re-
eei,ved yesterday at the Colonial-office.
• air. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
Interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
I2sterday. The Lords present were, Lord Campbell,
• I% Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the
Judges of the Admiralty Court.
• Mr. Jackson, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Charles Buller, and
- '• Loftus Wigram, Queen's Counsel, were heard on
111 appeal from Bombay, " Jewagee and others v.
Burge,
part heard at a former fitting. Mr.
•Ourge, Queen's Counsel, was heard in reply.
Lord Campbell, on the part of their Lordships, then
tve judgment, remitting the same to the Sudder
art, ith instructions for the division of the property.