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q:1 in our leidiog eolumus, there is nothing of any moment
11 original columns of our Paris Contemporaries.
e Repart of the Directors of the Bank of. France for the
Ratpluarter of the year, ending 31st ult., shows the following
',.:—The • notes. in circulation amounted to 228,180,500
Ost ; its bills, payable to order, 1,102,969 francs ; balance
° the Treasury in accounts. current, 121,864,065 francs.
14c:es due on other accounts-durrenr, 39,021,285 francs,
d.eKtsits, repayable on demand, 1,756,000 francs, u.aking a
debits, of 391.924,824 francs. The specie in h nci
41,W9,146 francs ; bills discounted , 152,2 )9,492 francs ;
kbaees on deposits of gold bars, 3,023,600 francs, and on
l!l
oFeurities, 10,662,071 francs. Capital invested perm-
'Nl in the branch liirks, 20,000,000 francs, and further
14t44.tty advances, 16,146,188 francs. During the quarter
‘vera.ie amount of the specie in hand nas been 195,965,000
1,„14 Average of notes in circulation, 225,241,500 franci.
BothtC
eof balance due t the Treasury, 15,452000 frncs,
%er accounts-current, 40,870,5001 francs., Thea dis-
-4,44 during the quarter amounted to 229,120,400 francs;
1,414ces on public securities to 10,006,000 francs, and in gold
I.Lt° 7,330,000 francs.
ue Presse announces that an extraordinary mission was on
ken Point of being sent to Paraguay by the French Govern..
" That mission," it says, "is to be intrusted to M.
P rehiac' WhO has already been attached to the Embassy to
it,
•
and has for its object to open an intercourse with that
Which may be highly profitable to our commerce."
tkaaPPears from a statistical report that the regular clergy in
composed of 23 orders, the members of which amount
ktr'o The secular clergy reckons about 10,000. All the
lops are nominated by the King and confirmed by the Pope.
ih.eare 5,000 nuns, of whom 500 reside in Palermo. They
24 on richly endowed by their founder-, and subset'
1 donations and legacies. Their large estates and reve-
"lnanag3d by priests and men of the law, under the
of an inspector and curator. None of these communi-
Vre responsible for the employment of their wealth ; but
h,,toperiors are accountable to the Bishops cf their dioceses
".'e maintenance of order and discipline within their coin-
14nies.
t4„,French paper announces that Commodore Ramsay is to
firpecd at the head of an American squadron on the coast of
to protect the
colourscs of the United States, and their
TklB from the right seach.
4.,95 marriage ceremony between the Prince Royal of Sar-
the Archduchess Marie Adelaide of Austria, was per-
Led On the 12th instant, in the chapel of the Palace of
aljgi, near Turin, in the presence of the King and Queen,
V lue other members of the Royal Family of Sardinia, and
.t Viceroy at Vicequeen of the kingdom of Venetian
hardy.. The Archbishop of Turin officiated. After the
netty the Royal pair entered Turin amid a salute of 101
and the acclamations of the people, and were harangued
Uornmandant of the city and the first Magistrate, in the
gle of Vittorio-Emanuele. Twelve. young females, dressed
il/47:.01te, then presented them with fruits and flowers. There
11l Was gtand dinner and evening party at the palace, and the
illuminated. The fetes in honour of this event are,
"nunand of the King, to be of fifteen days' duration.
telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the 13th, states
Mme disturbances had broken out there, in consequence
k„ircaalition of the operatives, owing to the want of work and
niers of bread. Some persons had been severely wounded.
14e 13th, in the morning, tranquillity had been restored.
PARZLEI. ra ENT "AMY.
ilhhe Lords did not meet yesterday.
10 Commons, on the motion of Mr. Pakington, committed
:.1" Thurston to ISlewgate, fair willfully giving false evidence
i,e the Iswich Election Committee.
Kingpsclere lnelosure Bill wrs passed unimproved, to
ton, as we believe, a great injustice on many individuals,
tf,,Pite of the exertions of Mr. Wakley and others, and in spite

I,e divisions.
le.? Lords' amendments to the forged Exchequer Bill's Bill,
1:1 agreed to.
kt't a Committee on the Lunatic Asylums' Bill, Mr. Wakley's
44,1!iiisent,. to substitute medical men as visitors ar barris-
`2
.ss carried. The Bill only went partially through the
futtee.
House went subsequently into a Committee on the
L.ight.Bill, and sat, transacting no business of great public
74,t, till a Quarter past Twelve o'Clock.
Ohe PUBLIC OPINION.
Advertiser says:—" Like the man in a play of Sheri-
who confessed that he lived by his bad, name, and appre-
'44,l
.utter ruin if it were known that he had ever done a
I,,ikaction, Sir Robert Peel,' through his organs, declares
s 4:le- has not reduced the rents of his tenantry 20 per cent.,
I"ted y.
in esterday's Advertiser. The Po st and Stanard
SZ4te the imputat on of such a concession as a meand
and
4<ks attempt to injure the Premier in the estimation of
llotiOitdultural connections, who, we may remark, as yet seem
this Now whether to regard him as a friend or as a foe. On
Ist mint, however, then would have no difficulty in coming
,kshe'reect conclusion, were they to bear ii mind that Sir
Ist ift Peel never yet exhibited any fixed principle of policy,
4e:'l,ays, however obnoxious and degrading to his own sen-
t"!a. pliantly )ielded to the expediency
.which might best
lQt the hour of his mean and selfish ambition. There could
tkr)he placed at the command of a tyrant oligarchy a more elan-
-1,41 man
,than Sir Robe n
rt
441* followino appears i the Post—" Lord Brougham has
altogetherilea ' to prove his assertion, that the wages o f labour
Witt t depend to aeat gree on the cost of the necessaries
16.. e• Let his Lordships show that if the.price of these neces-
c: should fall in Arm ica wages would not fall ;—let him
on the other hand, that if these necessaries should in
40e'iec rise in price, wages would not also rise ;—let Lord
I;4l4eaham do these things—and, then, his Lordship may . as-
th? credit of having established one of the propositions
-hindispensable to the confirmation of the free-trade theory !"
riiir Times contains a leading article on the Corn-law ques-
ki from which we extract the following :—" It will be years,
ti4li 4,y be many years, before the demand for corn in the
'esi„„l.ti ma, kets w ill have created in foreign countries a cor-
Vting supply ; and, unquestionably, till that time any re-
-10204 of restriction will not have worked out its own legiti-

,7,t, ciinse-(iue- u- e- e s : Till that time the English corn factor
'taut more than foreign countries have to give, and accord-
, the foreign farmer will be able to drive his own bargain,
ittsreign wheat will rise to' English prices, instead of Eng-
Leheat falling to foreign ones. Till that time the British
Client will not be really brought into competition with the
:Sof the world. But when, and in proportion as the in-
:f of the people shall be incited by more favourable cir-
etances, and urged by the enterprise of the English sp?-
rto the cultivation of tracts hitherto unavailable, in
li,or Russia, in Africa or America, then certainly, though
1 then, the question will become one of the mere cost of
tton and conveyance; and we may calculate, on the one i
00 getting our corn at the lowest price which will furnish
''llrPeration to the grower, the factor, and the carrier; and,
S °other, on throwing out of cultivation all land which will
tuduce it at the same rate in England."
N 7
, , Chronicle remarks as follows on the subject of the 1n-
,114,11x :—" An Income-tax places the resources of the
'44l' much more absolutely at the disposal of a Minister
'litt 44 "Y other mode of taxation. It is a screw which turns
43i facility. The invention of a new and profitable tax is no
l'tlitititsk ; and its imposition, when invented, is always un-
~,,,. i and not always practicable. Even a very strong Go-
,S i'eut would have some difficulty infighting its way through
u4l:4Position of a succession of new taxes; but a mere addi.
te° an existing tax, two per cent., one per cent., or a half
Nit'"., clapped on upon the Income-tax, would occasion
Ylth trouble, either by opposition within or without the walls
tile House of Commons. The worst features of the tax—
!it,i'quisitorial nature and unequal pressure—remaining the
y, and belonging alike to the smaller per centage and the
. there would be no very formidable struggle toencounter
\lebt a question as right-pence in the pound instead of
isZPence. All facilities of this description increase the
ki1,47 of a Ministry. They diminish the points of defence at
rf: a people can make its stand against the encroachments of
Vernment. And hence an Income-tax, though the argu-
Sollas been left comparatively in abeyance, is really as ob-
e ',able coastitutional yasit is fiscally or commercially. It
r''es the hatred of a people jealous of political rights not
t......
4sie• •°,4 a people chiefly dependent on trade and commerce for
, ThieHeraldrity."
'cl Kush
thus alludes to Viscount Melbourne's speech in
kilgt of Lords on Tuesday night:—" Lord Melbourne last
tL
exhibited his sympathy with the principle of the Corn-law
~ •by the Cabinet over which he ostensibly presided, by
,5t4,:.% in the House of Lords, a resolution declaratory of the
Nl:re advantages of a fixed duty on the importation of foreign
ksi 6iei• a sliding scale. The Noble Lord's speech will be
Sy Itith interest, and in truth it deserves to be read, were it
:)..r the happy contrast which it affords to the exaggerated
6Ni7nta, declamatory expectations, and violent denuncia-
volthieh composed the staple of he orations of the Noble
Seilltit's late colleagues in the House of Commons. It de-
N, to be read as an excellent specimen of the e.,uanimity,
Ni'llimeas, and the entire freedom from bitterness or ill-
'4 "ft of an ex Prime Minister."
'll, :.-vz °NET—TRADE—COMMERCE.
Y 4 Staffordshire nailars are in extreme distress : large stocks
kllll''l, are on hand, for which, no market can be found ; nearly
,`Wareliotuies are closed, and the rest only at halt-business.
N4the Bristol post-office upwards of fifty persons have been
lii,i4ed, within the last three months, purloining letters, the
tile Portion of which have contained jewellery. The legal
'it It's es incurred in prosecuting post-office criminals amounted
tuirtar to above 10,0001,, and the money, jewellery, &e., lost
at time is supposed to have been above 50,000/.
STATISTICS.
tit,l'il, Associations established in Great Britain at present for
itit i
t Ireulation of the Scriptures is 2,228; n Ireland, .500 ;
ikiti,pental Europe, 1,400 ; Asia, 83 ; Africa, 16 ; America,
RtN; Australia, 17 ; and the est Indies, 226 ; 69 of the
' being conducted by freed ne West Indies, 226 ; 69 of the
being conducted by freed negroes.
Oh NAVAL AND DIII.XT.PA.E.Y.
Is:, Earl of Ludlow died at his seat in Bedfordshire on
10..,'''aY last, in his 83d year, having been 64 years in the ser-
sd., Re served in the American war ; was wounded at
I,,ktklT, and lost an arm near Roubaix : he subsequently com-
, '4 tit, Ti. Egypt, Hanover, and at the capture of Copenhagen.
el is extinct.
jll' LltW AND POLICE.
et Tease of the barque Bullfinch and the St. Petersburgh
N assachusetts, was decided in the Admiralty Court on
f':h y. The latter was proved to have driven against the 8u1,.t
,.t it,ul the Lcndon Docks, and the Court pronounced against
Ni7assachuset ts.
1 kit'''Lts Suisse, the late valet of the Marquis of Hertford
:is, u Tuesday brought up again at Bow-street for re-examina
vt, A letter from the English Consul at Paris had been re-
,kl,,,(,'t relative to the prisoner : and further evidence being
;7'!,1j,.te(,1 in the course of a week from France, Mr. Jardine
kis" accepting bail, andthe prisoner was remanded for that
J,'',lll)
,N.Powell was on Tuesday charged at Union-hall with baying
'tell Si3' of smuggled tea and tobacco in his posession,. fur
kA ~,111 was committed in default of payment of as 100/. fine.
;4110,..0ti0n for a munition against the Lords of the Admiralty,
~,,,1 upon them to put in an appearance town action in the
q!llii. ;he Athol and Jane Clark, was made on Tuesday at the
k.t'tt'Y Court. The latter by collision at sea had been lost,
k'tli ,examination by the Lords of the Admiralty their judg-
N,:, that it arose from the darkness of the night and the
';',,i ‘,..%shlike conduct of the Jane Clark's crew. Dr. Lushing-
tittr 'pil,rea ty towno allow
Court was of th
powerless motion,
tobwards ut at the sapemeg ° tibe-
me
4., , e at his
' to the monition into effect. The point stands over for
d
'ration.
lilt tt, PINE ARTS.
kllll,"_,u Philharmonic Society on Monday night, in additon
lest'
of Mademoiselle Pacini, daughter, we believe, of
‘,, itot Parisian music- seller, Mr. Alvers, a celebrated harp
arrived from the continent, performed a new solo,
As brilliantly executed, and greatly applauded.
G 1,t,,t
tn CoUR.T—TASIIIOND.73I.tE.
t.i.h Ind Lady Southampton have left Whittlebury Lodge
'Cs'ariPgton Spa.
:&„ 7 enabled to announce that all the preliminaries are
ill-adY'arranged for the marriage of the Hon. Miss Stuart,
, h khtt, of Lord Stuart e Itothsa, the British Ambassador at
ahi: 4 "burgh, with the Marquis of Waterford.
`tly taken
that the sister of a Noble Lord, who has re-
4ert his seat in the House of Lords, is about to be