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London, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

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Public Optnion.

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POREIGN.
The French Cabinet is in a curious position. The outcry
now against it is, that it is not extravagant enough. The Liour-
' sals received this morning bring the result of the debate in the
Chamber of Deputies on Saturday night, on M. Lacrosse's
• amendment, to increase the .navy' estimates three millions of
francs, in order to enable the Minister of Marine to keep, en
dibPonibiiite, eight ships of the line and ten frigates. This in.
crease, in spite of the opposition Of this Ministry, and of the
Budget Committee, vvis carried by a considerable majority.
The Republican and Royalist journals are in eestacies. The
Quotidienne says :—" All pretext of ratification t f the treaty
of 1641 is removed by Saturday's triumph. The Government
is armed, and it has in its hands all the means to cause the will
of the Chambers and of the country to be respected. The
ratification would now be an act of treason as well as cowardice."
The National revels in the anticipated enjoyment of the
rage of the English journals, and of the mortification of the
British Government. The Odillon Barrot mouthpiece, the
gieele, is also in the seventh heaven. Never, it alleges, was a
Ministry so degraded as to be compelled to have larger sums of
money than it asks for to maintain the honour of France, and
the dignity and independence of her flag.
he Constitutionnel (M. Thiers's organ) observes:—" This
result is of the greatest importance, for it is the most signal
check that the ultra-pacific policy of the Cabinet can receive.
It has rarely been witnessed that a Ministry is obstinate enough
to refuse money offered by the Chambers. It is because here the
• *lances were not thought of, but England only, who clings
so strongly to our disarmment, and who will. be singularly dis-
pleased by this vote. We praise the Chamber for having com-
prehended its duty to the country. Its decision is the most
significant commentary of its amendment on the Right of
earels question."
Thu Courrier Francais remarks " that the vote will make
S., great noise, as it was the most marked defeat sustained by
'Mt Government this session, and as the appropriate winding
tEinoliafs a four months' discussion on the right of visit. The
Ittrifowrcisehse.d to disarm our naval forces as it has disarmed
It had promised this to the Powers, hoping
!I.'? conciliate by that course the good graces of the coalition.
The Chamber has not ratified this disgraceful engagement, for
it has proved that it has thoroughly comprehended the tendency
: f its vote on the right of visit, by requiring that France
h ould be prepared for all events."
Wedo not regret," observes the Presse, the Mote organ," the
ktresent that the Minister of Marine has been forced to acceFt.
le aught to be delighted, for Admiral Duperre has now more
an'he asked for. Three millions more is perhaps not much,
bln' coming fiom the economical Left party, its generosity must
not he declined. We are, however, of the opinion of the Mi-
niste.r of Finance, that the money would be better there for the
• /Pile? 'lel than for the personnel, for men are to be had at t'.. .e
7n ; s;‘gnal, but stores not quite so easy. Nevertheless, it is
always .otnething gained when the Left begins to be less
Parsinwiii I
The Journal des Debats also approves of the increase. " The
antendinent," it says. " means that the fleet is to be reduced as
little as
,I.ossible. We have no objection to this wish of the
Chamber to maintain our naval armaments. The Opposition
is at libea-ty to see in this vote a cheek of the Cabinet, and a
small success for itself, and to claim all the honours of the sit-
ting, as it did at the time of the memorable vote on the Right
of Search amendment of M. Lefebvre. We shall not humble
its last triumph ; we only wish it may never gain any greater
one."

The Moniteur contains the following notice :—" Difficulties
• Which have arisen between the kingdom of the Two Sicilies en
One part, and those of Belgium and Holland on the other,
having assumed a serious character, the Neapolitan Govern-
ment considers it necessary to apprise all merchants and ship-
4).whers that they may take such 1 recautions as prudence shall
aut.zge,t. The Minister for Foreign Affairs apprises all Am-
hassadors and Foreign Ministei sof this fact, in order that they
randy have no cause of complaint through ignorance of any con-
a.equences to the commercial interests of those nations which
they represent."
There was a report in Paris on Sunday, that three emissaries
01 Secret Societies had been discovered and arrested in the
tie.'phbourhood of the Chateau de Bizy, where the King was
re,i, 'Log. Several arrests in Paris were also said to have been
road, , It is to be premised, however, that divers alarming
repor ts, all false, were lately circulated, such as that the King
had b, ten shot at Neuilly, &c.
The King and Queen returned to Neuilly, from their jour-
Leyto the Chateau of Bizy, on Saturday evening. "'Their
Majesties," says the Moniteur, were received everywhere on '
the road with spontaneous demLnstrations of loyalty and lively
acclamations."

P./132LTAIKENTARY.
ThE Earl of Gtengall brought under the notice of the Lords
the disturbed state of Tipperary, by moving for returns of all
rewards offered for the apprehension of criminals.
A short discussion took place on the Jurisdiction of Justices
13ill, which was read a second time. A wish was very generally
expres.led on the occasion, that a stipendary and !earnest gentle-
man should be placed at the head of every Court of Quarter
Sessions. What are the great unpaid come too ?
The flows of the diabolical attempt on her Majesty's life,
caused their Lordships to break up in a hucry.
Mr. Hawes, the Chairman of the Lyme Regis Committee,
. reported that William Penney, Esq., was not, and Thomas
iluasey. Esq., was. duly elected Member for Lyme Regis.
On the 7th of June, Mr. Wallace is to move for all the
correspondence between the Home-office and the Magistrates
.of Renfrewshire, relative to the distress at Paisley.
A noisy discussion took place on Mr, T. Duncombe present-
inc. a petition from Mr. Wrenn, prayirg for further inquiry
into the bribery at Southampton, and moving that the petition
be p,-inted.
Mr. Fleming, the Member for Southampton, read some
"411 . „letter fb: ackening Mr. Wredn's character, describing him as a per-
son not worthy of belief, which occasioned the retort that he
vas a foremost agent of the Tory party. Several interruptions
and calls to order enlivened the short debate. The petition
Vas ordered to be printed. Mr. Wrenn promises a whole heap
111A.xposure, and we cannot be surprised, therefore, at the dis-
ti.. ilit
14,te of the ories to have the petition printed, and the subject
• Iv• , farther inv T
estig.ated.
"ti, Mr. Roebuck carried his Indemnity Bill through a Corn.
On the order of the day for the third reading of the Property-
:. Rill being read, Mr. Sharman Crawford moved as an
"(Itnent a resolution, that the House, not representing the
viought not to impose taxes on them.
'e, ought
supported the motion, and adverted to the
lirsti. Is bribery lately brought to light, as a proof of the de-
' khar...er of the House.
faro, sr
, It. eeaola
.
-od Lord Jhn Russell both opposed Mr. Craw-
h.: „p
eh was loost, after a few words from Mr. Hume,
to 121.
the House being about to proceed further, Sir Robert
• ate a tremulous voice, informed it that attempt had
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Facie pi
on her Maj Isty's life, and moved the adjournment of
44, '4 use.
▪ e House accordingl ," broke "P
instantly.

Th PUBL,XC OPINION.
1414; leadine articles of th e Morning Jcurnals are all on the
Itls'iLtt of the.infamoas attack- made yesterday on the life of her
which public opinion is of coarse unanimous. The
tll5 says; Among the var.kous reports that are given upon
tol;4°.iset, it was not for some t Wise decided whether the pis-
uent off, as we now find it did. The one great
Rate hos-sever about which all Englishmen must feel, the
It -est happilyclear—that the Queen herself
Itet4'iriu'tnedxl"tels are trufy glad to find—what, indeed,
hietuuld never have doubt ed—the zeal and anxiety with
for. ,an assurance to this effect was everywhere sought
taller 4,1 the Houses of Lords and Commons, as on the spot
and Lthis wretched man made his attempt, the earnest
the feeling which was elicited was such as to satisfy
laj of the most enthusiastically loyal of her
this }''s subjects. We cannot for :us instant suppose that
ayd talserable attempt is anything e'se than the wild '
or, catiseless act of another lunatics It is impossible—
bit
:ttjeast, almost incredibly monstrous—
that any one who is
erisnse' of his own mind can have found motive for su.ch
toe
For personal motives there is ner room ; and as
ones, we are certainly far wrong in our estimate of
touse' much more of English, character, ir men are to he
a;4l(lng us so transported by the little animosities of poll-
ks oh— to harbour murderous designs against such a Sovereign
her „4. Present Queen—a Sovereign interesting, independent of
sites` personal character, from her sex, her age, her Fircum-
4kosee:--one, too, who has hitherto shown herself certainly not
Ihts, "t'favourable than prudence warrants to those perions arid
tosid3‘ aiming whom alone any such political feelings exist as
h`ugaest such a crime. It is, however, the duty of those
the aye her Majesty's safety under their charge to investigate
• here ter as closely as if there existed no such prima facie
Tigibility as we suppose."
fife nee following is from the Post :—" The attack upon the
1144,1_ hMajesty. which excited last evening, throughout the
,l
the
one universal sentimesit of horror and indignation,
slitiatise a similar feeling in every part of the country. We
its another part of our paper, all the intelligence
l'ties''eh we could obtain access as to the nature and eireum-
Rill cs of this atrocity. That ourinformation is yet imperfect
kat (:';'sion no surprise, when it is recollected that one of the
tassi,,°''Seets of a prudent Government on so deplorable an oc-
tallis:,,!,`%ould naturally be to acquire information rather than to
it, and to take care that the yet undiscovered accom-
' 0:104, i 4 this atrocious crime—supposing that there be any-
4.itt the be detected and brought to condign punishment —cher
thatesexPense of withholding for a brief season from the pu se
th,%°"vsledge of the details of the .odious occurrehce which
111hieig"t he in the power of Government to communicate, and
I,„,atisa the eountry are panting to possess. Let us, for the
ltssur' we do not say merely of British loyalty, but of human
4 cherish the hope that the perpetrator of this odious and
kits ,x,2nR crime may turn out to be a maniac, one who can be
last, ,",q bY the eleai•est svidence, to have been previously in .a
eons mind which insist absolve him from responsibility. To
night 41;',Plate the possibility of such an act as was attempted last
o,a‘)lg been conceived by any rational being must be in-
withsistinca nful• It is an idea from which the mind shrinks
wive horror."
sham,, , eke Ole following from the Chronick :—" We feel
4olos t° have ao record another attempt on the life of our
: atstkiel Queen. We had thought that if ever a human being
"bee al!' ;car of all that couldprovoke the hand of violence, it was
)11" Notisinr, has transpired respecting the assassin
"anexions. '-ful'another part, f the paper we have laid
IDeetilbefore
4" readers all that we have been able to collect re-
'ever ,",g this mostc lical attempt, which must excite in
14, breast A feelings of st, rung indignation and abhorrence.
• Afaii:s; ~clvertiser thus al Ludes to the same subject :—.‘ Her
The P I'3S had another es, ape from the hand of an assassin.
illats of the dial
)(sheet attempt, as well as of the
llousee 't created in both 3ouses of Parliament on its an-
• hoss„rr.aent, are deteiled hi their appropriate places. The
' (itmstinetively excited by the act, however, must gradu-
cattel !1.14e its ehara,ter on .‘he reflection that there can
llntenee2i.eist any cause for its cornmission, save aberration of
*hese the
Never dill Sovereign reign in this country upon
111°re tree affection and respect of the people coneentred with
ideserv.,..,, devotion and Royalty than those sentiments now most
- tt_v"i3' rest upon our present Quesai. We do not believe
.videarg.hout her alajesty's extensive dominions one indi-
*rise °ld be found to assail her life. unless tinder the influ-
being. }:_solne monstrous alienation of in,nd. The succession
Rare. „"nly provided for, nothing could be gained in this re-
to he f'olenes—but the supposition is too extravagant and odious
• ties b a moment entertained. A it'd desire of notoriety
ease be
Bost probably mot
,04. ,re some mean the motive of the attempt, in which
are ies, s snoula Le devised ito make the demented miss
or havinet the full volume of the poblie execration. Instead
'4lassitt him, like Oxford, ' lionis ' an extraordinary
wst-sojeet
()tile should be made to feel that he is not so much an
asffoss cariosity as of disgust,, and abhorrence too strong to
Ihe a Place even for 't
all
je%tyth .nat an attempt had
says :--"lmlsyo'ndon was st 'led last evening with
aE retort
(hoer, ;
and immediately
been madearUat the life of her Ma
silent. of Sir IRmoheerdt"lt'eels?;
iYilere state
,oilowed an almost universal
the :vest was confirmed
in the house of Commons.
and lidignation
of bur.t of eornmiogled shame
ese'Vlotfilis...ed and- degraded as to desi
shame that therereshtooutledrzbnei
naanfeEtnhgelselixmisafr_i
sh, a Noveteign who bears her great faculties so meekly,
sst. hesrYin p,sthises so deeply for the sufferings of the humblest
ess,_4,°.,leets, and the happy and graceftil 'lencur of whose
...se ate is equally instructive to the highestsand the lowest