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States, which may end in war. In the Consti-
tutionnel, also, of the 21st instant, the case of a
French vessel called the Marabout, which was
captured by the Rose, Captain Christie, and car-
ried into Cayenne, is the subject of some impas-
sioned remarks. We will admit, though the
French journal strenuously denies it, that the
Marabout is justly captured and, admitting it,
we ask is the cause of humanity likely to be
served by provoking serious contentions
between the French and the English? Will it
be served by alienating that people from
us? Will it be served by provoking a war with
America? When we see these possible, or even
probable, consequences of the zeal for the sup-
pression of the slave trade, we bsgin to fear that,
asintheucsasaestroafyt. w
the Niger
ought to rest satisfied,iger Expedition, zeal is
leading
possibly, with abstaining from the horrid traffic
ourselves, without proceeding a step further,
and from our great anxiety to make other nations
as virtuous as ourselves, incur the risk of kindling
the worst passions of human nature, and per-
haps of plunging the civilized world into war.

The speeches of MM. GUIZOT and TIIIERS
upon the Address in answer to the Speech from
the Throne, occupy the leading columns of the
French Jolrnals of Friday. M. TRIERS, the ora-

Dr, is a mighty favourite With the French public;

but M. TRIERS, the statesman, has almost gone
quite out of date. All admit that he is clever,
but nobody believes biro to be honest. The
policy which lie reprobates now as ruinous to
France he would adopt to-morrow, if Minis-
ter, at the bidding of the KING. M. TRIERS
spoke for two hours in the Chamber on Thursday,
and the Deputies loudly applauded him ; but
when it came to the vote he found himself in a
miserable minority. His eloquence kicked the
beam when weighed in the balance against M.
GUIZOT'S honesty. It is ever thus in the long
run. Talent, like the hare in the fable, may
outstrip all competition at the outset, but public
honesty, like the Tortoise, is sure to be first at
the goal.
It would be a waste of time to attempt a reply
to the sophistries of M. TRIERS. While the
Eastern question remained unsettled, we were
not behind any of our Contemporaries in the ex-

pression of strong and decided opinions about it.
Nothing that can now be written upon it can
change its character as a&.accoruplished fact; and
therefore we shall leave it as it is, and as we earn-

estly sought to make it. M. THIERS is disaffected,
and rails accordingly ; we have nothing to object
to, and can therefore afford to be silent.

M. DE SALVANDY has made his appearance in
the Chamber of Peers. The Ministers looked
as if they could well dispense with his pre-
sence, but the learned pink of diplomatists is a
favourite at Court, and can therefore afford to
be eyed askance by M. GUIZOT. M. DE SAL-
VANDY disappointed and deceived the Cabinet,
because he had secret instructions from the
KING which he prefered following.
PARIS, JAN. 22.—The Moniteur of the 22d publishes
in its official part, a Report of the Minister of the Inte-
rior, dated the 7th. In this document, which fills twelve
columns of the official paper, the Minister lays before
his Majesty a statement of various instances of courage
and devotedness, for which he proposes to grant hono-
rary medals of gold or silver to the persons mentioned in
his Report, which his Majesty has approved.
The Journal des Debuts of the 21st says :—" The re-
ports which have been spread on 'Change respecting the
King's health are totally unfounded. With the excep-
tion of a slight cold, his Majesty's health continues to
be very good ; he has not ceased to attend to public busi-
ness, and dined to-day, as usual, with the Royal Family.
The Editor of the Journal du Bourbonnais was con-
demned to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of 4,000
francs, by the Court of Assize.
The Madrid Journals of the 14th and 15th, received

to-day, say that entire tranquillity prevailed in all the
provinces. The cold was very severe all over Spain,
even in those provinces where the temperature is usually
extremely mild in the winter.—Le Commerce, Jan. 22.
A letter from Constantinople of the 29th ult. in the
Augsburg Gazette says :—" A few days ago Baron de
Bourquency had a long conference with Izzet Mehemet
Pacha, on the subject of the appointment of the new Pro-
testant Bishop of Jerusalem. The Ambassador is said to
have complained that no information had been given on this
subject to the King of the French, who, he said, ought to
have been consulted. It would appear from this that
the Protestant innovations which have taken place at Je-
rusalem have caused some uneasiness to the French Go-

vernment. The Grand Vizier is reported to have replied
in the most amicable terms to M. de l3ourqueney." Other

advices of the same date in the Austrian Observer state
that Admiral Bandiera had left for Smyrna. Izzet Me-
hemet Pacha had given to him, when he call©d to take
leave, the sabre which he wore when in command of the
Ottoman army in Syria, as a memento in having made
the campaign together. Schekib Effendi, late Ambas-
sador at London, had been made a Councillor of the Em-

pire. The small-pox was raging.at Constantinople, and
had carried off many elderly persons.—Constitutionnel,
Jan. 24.
The day before yesterday, M. de Gerente, Adminis-
trator of the King's Privy purse, was called upon to
answer the following curious claim, made by a M. Le-
bian, upon the King, and which he attempted to enforce
by a civil action in the Tribunal de Premiere Instance.
M. Lebian is a most indefatigable, and, as he believes
himself, a most ingenious engineer and mechanist. A
few days ago he invented an engine, whereby, according
to his own prospectus, 45,000 bullets might be discharged
at once against an enemy, by a machine worked by one
man, and capable of being moved by two hones only. M.
Lebian applied to the Prefect of Police for permission to
exhibit this warlike engine, but the experiment was thought
too dangerous, and was not allowed. Upon this the engi-
neer sent a model of his machine to the King, and after
a time delivered a bill of sale for 400,000 f., as a price
agreed upon. No such contract had, however, been
made, and the machine was soon after returned to its
inventor. M. Lebian then directed his genius to more
pacific pursuits, and sent to his Majesty an apparatus in
bronze for preserving the trees in the Tuileries, and at
the same time embellishing the garden. For this he
claimed the more moderate sum of 2,800 E This being

likewise declined, he addressed num'erous petitions to
his Majesty, in one of which he had the modesty to
write—" Sire, I conceived that my money was secured
as by a mortgage on a mine of gold ; but I find it is
even more difficult to obtain payment from Kings and
Princes than from private men." Having at length de-
sisted from his claim as a right, he made an appeal to
his Majesty's munificence, and received a donation of
200 f. Since this act of bounty, M. Lebian renewed his
demand of 2,800 f., and at length brought it into Court.
The claim, however, was easily rebutted, and N. Lebian's
suit was dismissed, with costs.
The warrant for the execution of Serein, the murderer
of the two children, arrived at Orleans on Monday. On
being informed by his Confessor that his last day was
come, he said he was prepared, and immediately went to
the chapel, and heard mass, beating his breast in sign of
compunction. While the usual ceremony of cutting off
his hair was being performed, he suffered this exclama-
tion to escape him—" Only think that they are going to
sever my poor body." At twelve o'clock he was taken to
the scaffold, which he mounted with firm steps, and in a
moment after justice was done upon him. An immense
crowd was assembled on the occasion.
NEW LIGHT-HOUSE AT CALAIS.—The French Govern-
ment has given notice, that on the Western Jetty Head
of Calais Harbour, which has been recently extended 269
yards, a small fixed light is now exhibited, and is visible
at three miles distance; but in bad weather it may be
impossible to approach the extreme end of the Jetty, and
in that case it wit! not be lighted. Until the Ist of May
next this light will be shown, and extinguished at the
same time as the tide light on Fort Rouge; but after that
date the new light will continue all night.
The Havre Journals mention that on Tuesday, the
' town was enveloped in an almost unparalleled dense fog,
so that at four in the afternoon no object could be seen
in the streets at a few paces off ; even the shop and gas-
lamps were invisible. It was completely a ground fog,
for at an elevation of ten yards the sky was tree from
clouds and the sun shining. it was also entirely confined
to the town, for at the end of the pier the weather was
perfectly clear. On Wednesday morning the town was
free from the vapour, which seemed to have been carried
by the current up the river.
A skate was sold in the fish-market of Antwerp, a
few days since, weighing upwards of 801bs.
The Journal du Havre gives the following extract of a
letter from the Captain of the Ferdinand, dated Guade-
loupe, Nn-. 20 :—" On October 9, when within eleven
leagues of Oussant, I fell in with the English ship Ho-
rns, totally dismasted. Although the weather was bad,
to save the crew. This was repeatedly refused, and I
was, therefore obl
I ran to within speaking distance, hove to, and offered
them. On the following day I was overtaken by a vio-
le storm, which lasted till the 19th.
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The Toulon Papers state that the Brandon Govern-
ment steamer, which was recently wrecked near Port
Mahon, has been entirely broken up by the force of the
waves. Only a portion of her machinery can be saved.
When the vessel struck on the rocks she fell with her
keel towards the shore, and her deck exposed to the full
has been alread-y
wash of the waves, and under s',len circumstances it was
almost a miracle that 41:iy of her crew were saved. As
prevented from*
Anoth;a• mentioned, only four lives were lost.
destructive fire occurred at Nantes a few
nights ago in the sugar refinery of M. Lemaitre. Being
only eight o'clock when the flames; were discovered,
it broke out.
as-
sistance was readily procuv-oi, and the conflagration was
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A few days ago, says a Lye•ohilnsdrjeonurnanadl,
gra grandchildren 2
were present. Eighteen were absent, but they have been
invited for another dinner next autumn. Her entire
family consists of 18 distinct establishments all in easy
circumstances, and the most perfect union is said to pre•