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London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

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FOZMIGIZ.
• The .Debats hi a tong urtiele on a 4piziff that llae-
tell:Elan Customs Union, riabbut to iiiiie7itildriff on
several' inipicrflint artielea -a:foreign maiiafaaturea;
.including some of this country: 'The Deb*"expresses
a hope that the Union will on reflection seethe iuliy
of .znich a meas-ore as regards French goodsaand rather
seek to pi-OM-eta its real interests by favouring their
introduction into-Germany. • " ' -
The King'of the French has received a letter from
the King of Bavaria, in answer to the notification of
the death of the Duke of Orleans. This letter was
presented to the Minister of Foreign. Affairs by M.
Wendland, the Bavarian Charge d'Aflaires, in the
absence of the Count de Luxembourg.
Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore have arrived in.
Paris, and alighted at the Hotel Windsor.
The Journal des Debats reveals some projects of
France in the Pacific, which will not, we suppoSe;
escape the notice of our Government. According to
a letter froni Valparaiso, dated the 15th of April,
published in that paper on Thursday, it was the in••
tention of France to make a settlement on the Mar-
quesin .Islands, which are situated in the Pacific
Ocean, in lat. 11 deg. S. Rear-Admiral D upet it
Thouars, who had arrived at Valparaiso in the
Reine Blanche frigate, was believed to have been
' sent to those seas for that purpose. He was to be
joined by a flotilla of four corvettes, one of which
the Triomphante, had already reached. there, having
on board a company of marine- Artillery. A large
transport, the Jules
.C.;esar, had been freighted by the
Rear-Admiral, and laden with aconsiderablequantity
of building materials, vhich he had purchased previ-
ous to his denarture. The captain had been instructed
not to open his despatches until he was far out at sea.
" if the expedition has this object in view," adds the
correspondent of the Journal des Debats, " it is a noble
conception, for the situation of the Marquess Islands
is peculiarly favourable; being placed precisely on the
road of the new line of communication between
Europe and Asia, across the Isthmus of Panama."
Our accounts front Madrid are of the 4th ins., but
they are wholly destitute of political interest. Some
movements of troops bad taken fact at Valladolid.
General Aleson had marched fibril 'that'eity in the,
direction of Leon, with several battalions of infantry,
but for what object was not known. Some said that
orders to. concentrate a. considerable force on that part
of the frontier of Portugal had been forwarded from
Madrid, and others that , the factious contemplated
making a demonstration in the Asturias.
The Castellano . publishes a letter from Gibraltar,
announcing that a fire had broken out in that harbour
on board an English steam-frigate, which was con-
veying 400 barrels of gunpowder to Malta; but that,
timely assistance having been afforded, it was extin-
guished, without the occurrence of any accident.
The Madrid journals of the 3d, inst. contain the
speech of Mr. Washington Irving to the Regent, on
presenting his letter of credence as Minister of the
United States at the Court of Spain.
A funeral service for the Duke of Orleans was per-
formed at Madrid, in the Royal Chapel of St. Louis,
on the 3d inst. All the French residents of Madrid,
the members of the diplomatic body, several of the
Spanish authorities, and many other persons of dis-
tinction, were pre;ent.
We read in a letter from Alexandria, July 22,
aublished by the Augsburg Gazette—" The Pacha
has just authorised Captain Engledue not only to
repair the road between this place and Suez, but also
to realise the project of a Steam Navigation. Company
for the transit trade. He is to build at Suez, at the
cost of the Pacha, a large hotel for the accommodation
of travellers, and warehouses for the reception of goods.
The .Pacha proposes also to establish a steamsbont
communication between Alexandria and Constanti
nople." The same letter states that, since the arrival
of the English Bishop at Jerusalem, several Jews
have embraced the Protestant religion.
According to accounts from Cape Hayti (St. Do-
mingo) of the 28th June, received at Bremen, another
shock of earthquake took place on the 24th, which
caused great terror, but no details are given.
PUBLIC OPINION.
The Post observes, in an article on the disturbed
state of the manufacturing districts :—" We lament
to state that the accounts from the manufacturing
districts are of a very gloomy description. The lead-
ers of the mobs have, it appears, avowed that their ob-
ject is to enforce the enactment of the People's
Charter. It seemed, indeed, evident enough from the
first, that distress was not the cause of the riots, for
persons in a state of destitution cannot afford to with-
draw themselves from honest industry to attend poli-
tical meetings, and muster themselves in formidable
numbers, in order to inspire terror among the peace.
able inhabitants of a town. The misguided persons,
who, from the pressure of distress, have been induced
to take part in these tumultuous proceedings, may be
expected to secede, now that the object is shown to be
one with which the pressiire of distress has no sort
of connection: Should- they fail -lilrealise thiS rea-
sonable expectation nothing remains but that they
must share with their more guilta, confederates such
coercion to peace, and such punishment for the
breach of it, as the welfare and safety of society
require. That the efforts of the Anti-Corn-law
League, failing in everything else, have succeeded in
exciting into :action a Manchester mob is unfortu-
nately true. We fear that, whoever else May be
hanged in consequence of their Machinations, the
members of the League, after the usual manner of
demagogues, whether Irish or English, will show
themselves cunning and cowardly enough to keep
their own necks out of a halter. The Chartist
spouters are, we suppose, generally men who have
no other visible means of gaining a livelihood than
that of robbing hen-roosts and stealing turnips from
the field ; and such are not the men best qualified to
head a popular insurrection."
We take the following .
from • the Times :—" The
alarming state of things in -.\•';anehester and its neigh-
bourhood continues. hitherto the mischief done has
consisted chiefly in the forcible suspension of business,
and in a few acts of violence, trifling in comparison
with what might be apprehended from so numerous
and excited a populace -as that which has, by this
movement, been thrown out of employment. It can
scarcely, howeer, be hoped that the worst is over. '
An ignorant and deluded mob, assembled they hardly
know why:, yet knowing that they are unlawfully as-
sembled, in a state of compulsory idleness, suffering
under distress, conscious of physical power, and look-
ing to that power for the accomplishment of their
objects, such a material is, like the waves of the sea,
ready to take a direction from the first wind that. falls
upon them. We see no reason to believe that politics,
on the part of the workpeople, had any share whatever
in originating this movement; but once originated, it
may he stimulated and turned to account by political
incendiaries, whose influence with the operative class is
always unhappily great. Our anxiety is for the ope-
ratives themselves. Discreet precautions, and the
judicious employment of the force at the command of
the Magistracy, have already done much for the pro-
tection of the peaceably disposed, and time has been
obtained for such reinforcements as ought to place the
result, so far as the safety of Manchester and other
towns is concerned, beyond all doubt. The idea,
therefore, of any triumph over the law on the part of
the rioters is not to be entertained, Nothing -which
these tumultuous assemblages may do can by' any
possibility bring the operatives one inch nearer to the
"People's Charter," (should theybe persuaded to
identify the remedy of their grievances with that
chimera), or their masters (if any of them have been
guilty of fomenting the outbreak with such a view)
nearer to the repeal of the Corn-laws. On 'the con-
trarv, any reasonable and beneficial public object
could' only be retarded by such methods of enforcing
it upon the Legislature ; while there is enough
strength and majesty left in the law of England to
suppress and put down with a . high hand every
attempt to promote unreasonable or mischievous ob-
jects by violence?'
The Chronicle thus alludes to the Speech p
--r-ecd.irom the
Throne :—" Parliament was yesterday prorogued.
The Speech from the Throne attributes more import-
ance to the commercial labonra of the Government
than the country will be ,disposed to allow, to them.
The intelligence from the manufacturing, and
mining
the assur-
districts supplies a singular comment .on
ance that ' there . are indications of gradual recovery
tisech.gees
from that depression which has affected mane bdran
i ia
- andexp sufferin
of manufacturing industry, and has
classes of my people to privations
gs
which have caused me the deepest coacean.s
we ask, did ever a Parliament separate lender .circums
stances more calculated to fill all reflecting-Inert
with
alarm ? Chartist disturbances prevail „in
Scotland
both in the east and west. Lnne.ashire and Cheshire
are in confusion, and the disturbances.in Stafford-
shire appear to be the result of the ,same
'orga ni-
zation which. is at work in the north mai west
of :Scotland. Ministers were told h
ydepu-
ties from, the. manufacturing districts -. the
that the pati-
ence of Abe. • people would give way under
their
privations,. and • that without a relaxation of the corn
p ish
monopoly, the peace of the country could
re-
not be
. Served. Patience is a striking feature of the. En gl
character,-hot•the most patient
people may at length
-take Counsel from their despair. It appears that fear-
-Sul inroads are everywhere made on property. The
accounts from
Glasgow and Manchester. concur in
people are helping themselves in all stating that the
directions. There is no insurrection Properly speak-
ing,people roaming about the
but a whole country in
hordes. No armed force, no police can make head
against such a state of things. The police in Man-
chester are worn out by their incessant. exertions. We
do not apprehend any effectual resistance to troops ;
• bat:. we sw.no mesons equal to the demands of the