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London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

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M. Huml3nn, tho. French .Minister of Finance, die:'., on
Illonday, at noon, -of an attack of apoplexy:. One of his chiefs
of division had just left him in his cabinet, and tie was in the
act of affixing his-signaiuie ti .a number of official papers,
When he was struck with death. Aledieal aid was instantly
procured, but all elf its to restore animation proved fruitless.
l'he French Funds were at first. depressed on this melancholy
vent being announced, but they recovered towards .the close
of bUsiness.
The ttineral of Marshal Moncey took place on Monday in the
Church of the li:tali:les. Six battalions of infantry, and do-
et%alry and artillery, were in attendance.
U. Berlin de Vaux, Peer of France, and one of the pro-
prietors of the Juurntl des Debuts, died in Paris, on Sunday,
in the 71st year of his age.
Marshal Oudir:ot," says the Constitutionnel, "is spoken
of as the successor of Marshal Aloneey, as Governor of the
inValides. Marshal Berard will resume the office of Grand
- Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, and Marshal Molitor will
replace Marshal Gerard in the command of the National Guard
of Paris."

The Commerce says—" The deaths of Marshals Moncey
and Clauzel reduce the number of officers of this high rank to
keen; viz., Soult, aged 72, Oudmot 74, Molitor 74, Gerard
70, Grouchy 76, Vaiee 69, Sebastiani 68. According to the
new law regulatuw the staff of the army, the number of Mar-
shals is henaeforthin time of peace to be limited to six, conse-
quently all the reports as to the promotions of Marshals in the
toom of the deceased arc, to say the least, premature." .
It appears from a recent return to the Minister of Marine,
that from October 1841 to January 1842, 452 neLro slaves
:have been emancipated in the French colonies of Martinique,
Guadaloupe, Guyana, and Bourbon. The total number of
etUancipated since le3o is 38,959.
"../The Malta Times has a circular by Mr. Warrington the
British
Consul at Tripoli, dated March 26th, addressed to the
.? different chiefs of the interior and northern coast of Africa, re-
..presenting to them the folly as well as cruelty of the slave-
„ trade, and advising them to suostitute for it an active trade in
the natural resources of Africa, such as gold dust, ivory, Out-
Oich feathers, gum, skins, indigo, &c. This circular has been
!tfanslated into Arabic, and profusely distributed.
Mutuch Paeha, the Admiral of the Egyptian squadron, died
''aa few days ago. It is thought that Said Pada, Mehemet Ali's
will be his successor. The plague continues its ravages at
Damietta; but there have been but two cases in town, and ten
in the harem of his Highness, which leaves now twenty-six
, Wien, including eunuchs and imauns, and forty-seven women in
the palace. The French corvette, Liligente, is expected here
in a few days to relieve the Cornaline, which will then proceed
to Athens.

pm:mac oznazow.
The Chronicle says" The disclosures before election
• committees have naturally infused strong suspicions into the
'public mind, both with regard to the almost universal Neva.
•- lence of con uptions• and the disposition to screen it. The re-
fusal on.the part of Mr. Fleming to answer a plain question
put to him, will lead to the inference that some important
purpose was to be served by that iefossl. At a time like this,
, %ben three millions of petitiOners are. complaining of the pre-
sent state of the representation, and claiming universal suffrage,
it becomes a matter of the utmost importance that the House
.thould take to inconsiderate step. What may be behind Mr.
',4lcrning's refusal, we pretend not to say. It may be that he
• ' has foolishly attached importance to what really is of very little
."snlPratance:- It may-be that the rumours afloat on the subject,
-Sod to which 111 r. Fleur ng's strange conduct has given im-
''Portanc.e, may be utterly destitute of anyloundation. But the
tl,*plest and most straightforward moue of proceeding in such
asss is 'alviays the best. No man knows this better than the
puke of Welangton, who is in no small degree indebted for the
..
isgteat influence lie has alWays possessed over the minds of those
Ottlh 'whom he has acted, to the singleness of purpose and di-
~hetness observable in ail his actions. Where there is nothing
~]'so conceal, there ought to be no mystery."
The Herald thus justly and forcibly alludes to some of the
'‘ik feels of the Income-tax:--" The House of Commons had
',Acareely entered 'on the business details of the Incoms-tax Bill
.I'4o%lollday night, ere a few of the difficulties of levying a tax of
-lioree per cent. on income equitably became most apparent. The
;Conduct' of the Bill through Committee was assumed by Mr.
' Goulburn, the'Lliancedor of the Exchequer, aod, to write the
-truth, with such indifferent success, that, bad not Sir Robert
,feel interposed, his colleague would have terminated the even-
. log's discussion by provoking unnecessary hostility against a
;'osasure already sufficiently well hated for its merits as well as
.IPeehil demerits. It is Mr. Goulburit's general mistortune
Ihat he does not increase the popularity of the measure which
14t, supportsMonda evening tie failed to render his
defence f
the parts of the Bill}discws d reasonable, and seemed
,Afraid of involving the Government in a scrape by even pro-
'...oising attention to an objection the force of which was felt by
,'Dory one in the House—the Premier included—save himself
i. Sir 'George Clerk. When any Ministers endeavour to
rid remedying what amounts to a patent defect, which will,
~,sdopted, work shameful injustice, by vague expositions of
i.,14a " principle" of tee measure itself,. and by foolishlysexag-
Orased illustrations of how a remedy may possibly in one
qty
out of ten thousand defraud the revenue, the public may
•itly on it that the defect complained of is utterly detenceless."
We take the following from the Times :—" During the pre-
tout unsettled state of things, all trade is inevitably suspended.
!ID tradesman can give orders till it is ascertained on what
`crnis his business is tube carried on fur the tutors. And the
effect' of this paralysis, added to the ruinous torpor which is
already beginning to bear its fruit in discontent and riot through-
Ut the country, are a sad reality from which gentlemen of the
i4ouseof Commons might learn to forbear their long speeches, ex-
‘,cept to make a firm protest, once for all, against what they
'may deem actual injustice, or to move practical amendments
.which they really have some hope may be adopted. 01 this
titter character were two speeches by Mr. Ricardo anal Mr.
Li• Wood, the one relating 'to 'the much-debated question of
at'minable annuities ; the other contending, as it semis to LIT,
Milt much justice, against the unfairness of not allowing a
lierson engaged in different .occuaations, when returning his
It, stable income, to deduct his_ losses in one branch of commence Tom his gains in tnother., It is strange, but true, that the
kchancellor of the Exchequer stated 'the principle of dte Bill to
41_ , that losses sustained under the same schedule might, but
!oases sustained under different schedules might not be so set
Ni• We must say that any distinction so utterly unworthy of
i!Ltound statesman we have seldom heard."
1 The Post contains the following observations :—" It has not
:cep without an object that our Whigs and educationalists have
:Night to array the mass of the people against authority in all
''s forms. No; our ' Liberal' Reformers have had in view
srtain ends—political and socials—to the attainment of which
,Popular education' has been' regarded as the . most effective
:leans. These ends are, the subversion of monarchical and
'l,ttocratical . authority—the overthrow of the Established
.k4atireh, and of the authrity which naturally attaches to such
'lt institution—the abasement of agricultural industry—the
'ltatieement of trade and. manufactures—and, in fine, the
4ktssfererice to money-capital of all that mass of power which
bllow shared by the Monarch, by the nobility, by the hi/1.-
1,711 y, and by the owners and occupiers cf the soil. In ordei
4 attain these ends, the Educationalists of our time have ad-
-1.1 Ned the basest flatteries to the working classes, while they
t.,4;e subjected the aristocratical orders to the most rancorous
j'4tnnies. In their actual legislatiem for the working classes,
our`Liberals' have exhibited a degree of cruelty that harm-
ies well with the falsehood of their general professions."

LAW AND PO
~4t flow-street, on Tuesday, Suisse, valet to the l:te Marquis
,
ilertford, underwent another examination on the charge of
8,0001., the property of his master, and was re-
'atitled for a fortnight.
Lambeth-street, John Broughton, Robert Bird, Joseph
11,eott and Thomas Trotman, constables in the H division of
i'''hee, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard
l', fur, for stealing wine and brandy from the London Docks,
ile on duty there.
LrxErtanir AND SCIENTIFIC.
Ilanim, author of the well-known " Tales by the
tiara Family," ha., we understand, written another story of
life and character.
%i The members of the Shakspeare Society held their anniver-
tg meeting on Tuesday in the rooms of the Royal Society of
rierature, St. Martin's-place, Tratalgar.square. J. P. Col-
t, Lg., was in the chair. The volumes already issued by
Society are seven in number.
.COURT—pAsnsoNAELE.
iard and Lady Seymour arrived in Spring-gardens on Sun-
- , from Italy.
Dowager Duchess of Cleveland has returned to town
Z; St.,Lemiard's.
me Duke and Duchess of Northumberland will leave Lea-
,kß, ton Spa on Saturday next for town.
Lea-
-I``e Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected to leave
i.e'rtiliy Castle, Yorkshire, to-day or to-morrow, for the Cla-
-4.,(1,"11 Hotel, Bond-street.
bc,"e venerable Earl of Leicester has left. Admiral Sir Henry
in Harley-street, for Holkham Hall.
he first ball for the season to-dry, at Alinack's; is likely
rove one of the most brilliant for several seasons past.
Palmerston gave a grand dinner on Sunday last.
14'10 Marchioness of Westminster will leave Eaton Hall to.
,Y for town, fur the season.
e understand that the marriage of Miss Cecil Wellesley,
vY unmarried daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald
Le,t,hsley, a sister of Viscountess Chelsea, with the Hon. Mr.
s.ll, son of Lord Ravensworth, is to be solemnized in the
.of the ensuing month. The fair betrothed is niece of
i:puke of Wellington.

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is‘ impressive ceremony took place a few days
ta; th,,iti the Tribunal de Commerce at Bordeaux. The P, eri-
it,t4 having ordered the name of Buffet to be called out, a per-
tl,' ilt the dress of a sailor, with a complexion evidently hard-
V'll and embrowned by a seafaring life, came forward, and
1;14 Modest firmness'stood in front of the Court: The Pre-
it4lft addressed him in very impressive terms on his brave
ki devoted conduct in saving the crew of the Commerce de
ki, lleaux. "In the night of March 11, this vessel," said the
tivtlident, " was thrown en the rocks at the mouth of the
he r. and every soul would have prished, but for the cou-
kit' end undaunted perseverance of Ruffet, The National
kw Pwreek Society, informed of his noble conduct, had
iik;l44vd hint a medal of honour, which he (the President)
thT great pride in presenting to him. The owners of the
ilkt 10 which he belonged, in testimony of their admiration,
ti,resolved to promote him to the rank of mate, and the
iiik'Utial of Commerce had likewise determined to confer upon
I'o,, Pecuniary reward, as a testimony of its admiration."
hie I'resident having presented ihe reward, the brave sailor
4ktirled his thanks in grateful but modest terms, and retired,
1ek;.",7 by the hand a child whom he had saved, amidst the
k'e3 and cheers of a crowned audience of all classes of
eiy.•
li,: I(-
~,'' name of the Englishwoman who committed
~,-'0 two days ago, after attempting to murder her child, a
' six
,th • years of age, and not seventeen, as erroneously stated
i•k.e first accounts, vs as Myers. t'ihe was only twenty-five
4te; Of age. • Her husband died last month, and, as he had
lkif;l'eently begun business as a watchmaker, on his death his
ti,kand two children were left in a state of complete desiiiu-
qt; This so affected the poor woman, that she conceived the
!,c(-"411 resolution of destroying her children and herself. She
,I,j4iogly called her eldest boy, a child six years of age, and
14-:,(1,14te1v stabbed him in the breast ; but her resolution for-
Nstr,-eIY failed her in part, and, on the child's crying for
%NI? she left him, and instantly drew the knife across her
ikt4"roat, inflicting a dreadful wound. She then, as already
t,i; opened her window and threw herself from a third story
tiii4o street, and was taken up quite dead The poor boy is
ttii bell, and has been received, as well as his younger
't'e, into the British Orphan Asylum.
/i • c onstan, an engraver of Bordeaux, is stated
(114;' journals of that city, to have invented a jointed axletree,
4'''ide to heavy and light ordinary carriages and waggons,
Zt;l4o to railroad vehicles, the advantages of which arc thus
Nir, ed : ---A tiavelfing-carriage, built at Bordeaux, and fur-
ty. with these new axletrees, was loaded to the same
Air} as the mail-Coach, minus 300 lbs., started from Bnr.
`ark at the same time as the mail, and arrived with it in
Valthough Al. Constan'e carriage was drawn by two
.Poli, while the mad had five. After its arrival, it was
Ped ca.ietully, and. found not, to have sustained the slight-
lk%
'et:oration from factiOn or any other cause.