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London, England, 1842-05-07 00:00:00

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POR.XIIGX4.

The F'aris Journals indulge in few comments on the accounts
from India. Most of them indeed abstain from them altogether,
and give merely an analysis of the news. The (.`ourrier
Francais which, on a former occasion, made some gloomy
predictions as to the result of the struggle, now says it has no
doubt that the English would again pass the Indus on the re-
turn of fihe weather, and that they will er.ter Caubul as con-
querors; but it qualifies this anticipation by observing that
their prowess will cost an enormous sum, and produce no po-
litical advantages.
The Tribunal of the First Instance of the Seine gave its
decision in the affair relative to the succession of Baroness de
Feucheres on Wednesday. The Attorney-General, M. Ter-
naux, after examining at. considerable length the facts and
arguments adduced by M. Philippe Dupin, in favour of the
heirs, and by M. Chart d'Estange in behalf of the Paris hos-
pitals, uhimately declared against the pretensions of the latter.
The Court then retired to deliberate, and shortly afterwards
re-entered the hall, and delivered a judgment by which the
relationship of the Baroness with the fisherman Richard Dawes
was declared to have been satisfactorily proved, and rejected
the claim of the hospitals.
The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree by the Regent,
declaring that the lazaretto of Vigo, in the islands of St. Simon,
will be opened from the Ist of June next to all vessels, Spanish
or foreign, which may choose to pass their quaraitine there.—
The Castellano states that the I.\ ational Guards of Peralada.
near Figueras, had been disbanded for having sung republican
songs.
We learn; by the Brussels Journals, that a military revolt, on
a small scale, took place at anent on .the 119th ult. The
soldiers forming the compagnie de discipline in barracks at that
place refused to peform an additional hc.ur of service which is
imposed on them, and several threw down their muskets. An
officer, however, boldly advanced among the mutineers, and,
some troops having been sent for, ,three of the ringleaders
were taken into custody, upon which the remainder returned

to their duty.
The Emperor of Russia published an ukase on the. 2d ult.,
modifying the position of the Russian serfs in respect to their
lords, which created so much dissatisfaction amongst the no-
bility, that the Giand-Master of the Police of St. Peters •
burgh found it necessary to publish an ordinance on the follow-
ing day, annulling in reality all that had been commanded by
the preceding ukase.
The Gatette of Upper Germany states that the Germanic
Diet has been for some time past, and still is, engaged in the
consideration of a general amnesty for political offences.
A letter from Vienna, 26th ult., in the Suabian Mercury,
mentions a rumour of letters having been received in that city,
announcing that the Emperor of Russia had recently had seve-
ral attacks of illness- It does not appear, however, that much
credit was attached to the rumour.

PARLI.A.IVIENTATLY.
The Lords met last night, and had a short debate on the
condition of children in mines and collieries, which the Bishops
of Norwich and London deplored.
The Marquis of Londonderry denied that females were
chained to waggons in the collieries of the Tyne and Weare.
Several Bills were forwarded a stage. Lord Brougham, with
a view to inquire into the strange scenes now exhibited before
Election Committees, laid on the table a Bill of Protection and
Indemnity to all who might be required to give evidence on the
subject. It was read a first time.
On the motion of the adjournment, another little sparring
match took place between the Marquis of Normanby sad the
Marquis of Londonderry relative to the accusation which the
latter had made against the Magistrates of Sunderland, and
which he refused to retract. The disorder was so great that
Lord Redesdale was shocked, and called the Noble Lords to
order. Their Lordships thereupon adjourned.
Besides entertaining Mr.. Roebuck's motion, to which we have
elsewhere referred, the Commons only discussed the Property-
tax Bill in Committee, and in spite of Mr. Hume and his friends,
passed the rule for assesing tradesmen's profits on an average of
the last three years, by 76 to 27. The House was engaged with
the Bill the whole evening, and got through all the clauses. It
Adjourned at One o'Clock, till Monday.
IVIONEY;--TRADE—COMIVIEILCE.
From the Report ofthe Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospi-
tal, read on Thursday at the annual meeting, it appears that the
number of in-patients was 305, and out-patients 7,630, making
a total 01 7,935, being an increase of 3,200 for 1840 and 1841.
3,850 barrels of oil, one of the richest cargoes known to be
conveyed into the East India Docks, has been brought home
by the large ship Active, from the South Sea whale fisheries.
At the half• yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining
Company, held on Thursday, at the London Tavern, the Report
stated that the produce of gold for the six months ending the
31st December, 1841, after deduction of duty, amounted to
20,5721. 19s. 3d., against which the expenditure for the
same period was 13,9921. ss. 9d., thus leaving a balance of
6,5801. 13s. 11d., which enabled the Directors to announce a
dividend of 10s. per share (of 251.) for the whole year.
ELECTIONEETLXNG.
The nomination for Brighton took place on Thursday. There
are four candidates in the field :—Mr. S. Harford, Liberal ;
Lord Alfred Harvey, Tory; and Messrs. F. O'Connor and
krookes, Chartists. The show of hands was declared in favour
of Mr. Hayford, when Lord Alfred Harvey demanded a poll.
The election took place yesterday.

ECCL SIASTZCAL.
The Bishop of Lichfield is stated by a Birmingham Corre-
spondent to be rapidly sinking under h►s illness, and very faint
hopes appear of his recovery.
The Bishop of Worcester has issued a letter to the rural
Dean of Birmingham, in which he forbids the public use of the
term " Puseyite," as applicable to those entertaining Tracta-
rian opinions.
NAVAL AND IVIILXTAIVir.
Accounts state that the ship General Evans struck on a reef
within two days' sail of Sierra Leone. The twelve passengers
escaped, but five seamen died subsequently from fever ; the rest
are now on their way to England. The loss of the vessel is
estimated at 6,0001.
The Military Board in India have issued orders for the
commencing without delay the burning of bricks for the con-
struction of the Ganges canal. This magnificent work will
irrigate the provinces on its borders, especially the immense
tract of land lying between the Jumna and the Ganges.
- The sloop Fantome, commanded by Captain Butterfield, has
captured 19 slave-vessels, and liberated 2,261 slaves during the
20 months she has been employed on the coast of Angola.