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London, England, 1842-07-08 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
Almost the only article in the Paris Journals that is not a
mere electioneering address is one in the Qootidienne, on the
negotiations between the French and Belgian Governments, re-
lative to the recent Ordonnance for increasing the duty on
linens and linen-threads, the Quotidienne says:—" Belgium is
but little satisfied with the Ordonnance of the Minister of Com-
merce. The Belgian Journals speak of reprisals and measures
against France to compel her to adopt a more liberal system of
customs. The pretensions' of the Belgians are truly absurd ;
one w ould almost suppose from what they say ti,at they were in
a condition to impose upon ue any tariff they chose. -We do not
in the slightest degree approve of the consideration, which has
be. n manifested for the Government of King Leopold, or of the
long negotiations which were one of the causes of the delay in
the promulgation of the Ordonnance."
Never, says the Univers, had the periodical press so many
candidates for Parliamentary representations as at this moment.
Amongst those of the Paris press are the following chief edi-
tors :—Leon Faucher, of the Courrier Francais; Lesseps, of
the Commerce ; Bastide, of the National; Chambolle, of the
Sleek ; de Genoude, of the Gazette de France; Walsh, of the
Mode ; Pages (de l'Arriege), of the Patrie ; Emile de Girar-
din, of the Presse. The other journalists are MM. Saint-Marc
Girardin, de Salvandi, and Michel Chevalier, of the Debats;
Louis Resbaud, Duvergier de Haurantse, and de Came, of the
Reveu des Deus-Mondes; and Blanqui, of the' nu; Tier Fran-
cais. Amongst the ex-editors ana contributors to Journals are
Itemuzat and Duchatel, of the old Globe; Leonc'e de
Lavergne, of the Journal General de France; Sarrans, of the
Nouvelle Minerva ; Pauwells, of the Journal de Rouen ;
Thiess, of the National ; and Guizot and de Cormenin. The
other public writers who are candidates are numerous; they are
MM. d'Angeville, de Pountecoulant, Agenor de Gasparin,
Ye:out, H. Passy, Delacroix, Audryane, Cayx, Legraverend,
Duboys-Aime, de Ts rrebasse, Chevreul, Delyrt, Hello, Geoty
de Bussy, Dupin, senior, Oudinot, de Tocqueville, de Beau-
mont, de Jussieu, Yardot, Dadoucette, de Golbery,
Azais, do Tracy, Arago. de Lamartine, Paillet, Chappuis-Mont-
laville, H. de St. Albin, Desjaubert, lsambert, de Wailly. Leon
de Laborde, Auguis, Bervillier. 'I he candidates of the Jewish
persuasion are MM. A. Cremieux, Max Cerfbeer, Aroussohn,
lialphen, Benoit Fould, Achille Fould.
A letter of the 2d inst., from Bruges, says that the rye har-
vest had been begun for several days, and promised largely both
in quantity and quality. The weather had been also very fa-
vourable for the pita' oes and wheat.
A letter from Villefranehe, in the Courrier de Lyon, says—
" The vineyards in this arrondissement are not so promising as
they were about a month ago. We reckon that about one-
fourth 1-as been destroyed by the flies and worms, and the hail
which has fallen on several communes, Still there is a stagna-
tion in the sale of wines. This is partly attributed to the sus-
pension of the silk manufactories at Lyotis lessening the con-
sumption. The price of corn still keeps up. The harvest has
begun in the canton of Villefranche. A great portion of the
rye is already cut, and the produce will be abundant. The
same is expected from the wheats. A fall in the price may be
looked for when the whole is got in. The late rains have
had a beneficial effect on the potatoes and other productions of
the earth."
A letter from Smyrna, June 19, states that the French
squadron, under the orders of Admiral de la Susse, had arrived
there, and was expected to remain some time.
The following circular to the European Consuls was issued
by the Pacha of Tripoli, Askar Ali, after the defeat and destruc-
tion of the Arab chief, Abdel Gelid We have the honour to
info, m their Excellincies, the Consuls-General, who represent
the friendly Foreign States, that by intelligence received from
our Imperial camp, we have heard with great pleasure that the
rebel, Abdel Gelid, and his brother, Sefenassar (whose heads
have been cut off), and all the chiefs of the rebels, with their
whole force, have been made prisoners. Now the commerce
of Fezzan will be opened, and we see With satisfaction that the
mercantile transactions between Tripoli and those countries
will be renewed as in past times."
The Borsenhalle of Hamburgh states that the municipal
authorities of Hanover have addressed to the General Asaembly
of the States a petition, protesting strongly against the project
of uniting that State to the German Customs' Union. The
principal argument of the petition is, that such an act would
be fatal to the trade of the country.
A Berlin letter gives the following account of an accident on
the Potsdam railroad on the 24th ult., somewhatsimilar to that
at Meudon, but happily without fatal consequences. Some
sparks from the engine set fire to one of the waggons. The
passengers, perceiving the smoke, were anxious to get out, but
the doors were fastened. Their cries, however, were heard by
the conductor, who immediately opened the doors, and the tra-
vellers escaped without injury. The fire was soon extinguished.
PARLIAMENTARY.
The Peers read a third time, last night, and passed the
Liverpool improvement Bill, containing a clause to shut up
public houses on Sundays, which the Commons would not as-
sent to, when it was proposed by Mr. Pakington as a general
measure. Two divisions were taken on the question, and the
majority, in favour of what the Bishop of Salisbury called the re-
spectable inhabitants, was considerable. The objectionable clause
was, as it were, smuggled through the House of Commons,
which is thus cheated into inflicting a privation on Liverpool,
which it would no: inflict on the whole empire. Such a mon-
strous clause in a private Bill, and so sneakingly carried, is, al-
together, a disgrace to legislation.
The Customs' Bill—the Tariff, •went through a Committee.
Earl Stanhepe made some objection to the House going into
Committee, and some objection to the cattle dame in Com-
mittee, but he could not stop the Bill, which is to be read a
third time to-day.
Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter before Nine.
In the Commons, after the petitions and notices had been
disposed of, Mr. Hume moved for a Committee to inquire into
the management of the funds of the Savings' Banks. He wished
to ascertain by his motion how the Chancellor of the Exchequer
obtained, by means of the Savings' Banks, the means of funding
four millions. •
The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the motion, and so
did Mr. F. Baring ; Mr. Williams supported it. On a division
it was lost by 173 to 34.
A motion by Mr. Sergeant Murphy, relative to St. An-
drew's, in the City of Dublin, was also negatived, after a divi-
sion, by 86 to Mi.
Mr. Hardy, after a short debate, declined to press his motion
for a Committee to consider the petition of Mr. Roberts on the
Anatomy Act.
Sir Robert Inglis made a motion to authorise Members to
be present at Election Committees. This blow was aimed at
Mr. Roebuck, but it did not succeed. The previous question
was moved, and so Sir Robert's motion was got rid of.
The only other business of importance was Mr. Bannerman's
motion to authorise the Government to admit foreign corn
without paying any duty. The Hon. Member supported his
proposition by referring to the conduct of the Ministry in 182 G.
lair. Gladstone opposed it., stating that, in 1826, the law
was absolutely prohibitory, till the price rose to 80a., while
now the merchant could import wheat at a duty of As. The
motion was lost by 175 to 113. The House adjourned at a
Quarter past Three o'Clock.
PUBLIC OPINION.
We take the following from the Chronicle :—" The Royal
letter appears to be a failure. At least, we have only seen
about 20,0001. advertised; of which, according to the calcula-
tion we made the other day, 4,0001. is taken from the charity-
bread of the poor by the bread-tax for the benefit of the Dukes
of Richmond, Buckingham, and their class of landed proprie-
tors. That sum of 4,0001. would indeed do much lit the
Grange-moor, and Whitley district, amongst the worsted
weavers. It would munificently replace all that the poor crea-
tures get by consigning their children to the coal-pits. But
the Ducal monopolists and their class show no disposition to
relinquish it ; nor the Government to compel them, had it the
power. No likelihood appears that . wheat will bp liberated,
duty free, to make charity bread. The cave of the famishing
worsted weavers must therefore collie under the general prin.
tdpie. They must be allowed; by the repeal of the Corn laws,
to earn their food of the foreigner; and they might yet so
earn it; or they must be supported by those who still retain
the ability until that ability is exhausted, and all sink together
into one mass of wretchedness and desperation.. I,et Lord
Ashley's Bill pass ; every good prirteipie in our nature ones
aloud for its adoption; but let it riot pass merely to tax and
despoil those who already are more than half famished."
The Times remarks, in an article suggested by the present
distressed state of the country :—" Let us see how this matter
stands. It is generally true, that as long as lhffe are Mere
hands in any part of the country than there is employment to
absorb those hands, ao long will the employers of the working
classes he Ole to obtain their labour at such terms as will
barely support life---leaving them without a possibility of melt,
ing provision for the future, and therefore involving Alen. utter
destitution when thrown out of employ. And it is not very
easy to say who is exactly chargeable' with this grinding sys-
tem. Indeed, it is net so much traceable to any single class
as to the System Of eager competition in saving or making motleys
which is so grieveusly characteristic of this coutiirl• 'The
public well always hunt out the cheapest shop at whith
they can buy their goods ; the 44desMan still al-
ways strive to undersell his rivals, and to do so must drive as
hard a bargain qs he can with.the Mitnutbeturer ; and the ma-
nufactures, in the present crowded state of the market, cannot
preserve the custom of the retail dealers, except by sueh ft re,
duetion of price as can only be. accomplished by pleasing down
to starving point the wages of his wesklPPVti• The public
screws the tradesmen, the trademaal screws the manufacturer,
and the Inanisfacturer screws the working mechanic. If tlfie
last could insist on higher or fairer terms, neither tradesman
nor manufacturer would be worse off—each inw.t and Eaten
would have his profit, but that profit would come, as it should,
out of the pockets of the public, As it should, we say, for we
have no right to the luxuries with which this age abounds un-
less we ere ready to maintain in comfort these to whose labour
we owe them. And why does not, why canna, the working
man insist upon this just profit from his weirk I's Because his
alternative is the workhouse."

The Port says—'t We have frequently said that though we
do not think the changes of the new tariff are needful, or that
they will do any good, yet we are by no means so much alarmed
at them as we are at the promulgatiou of the principles upon
which they are avowedly founded. We believe these principles
to 1)611104 perilletous to this country in the state in which it is,
and in which it is likely to be. We can conceive the circum-
stances of a country to be such, that free-trade principles might
be applied to it with advantaag. /Sot in the circumstances
of this country it caKto; the operation of free-trade prin-
ciples, alicl w beliere that if persisted in, revolution and ruin
must be the consequences. We may stand against what has
been done, though we think it step in the wrong direction,
and not called aby the existing circumstances of the country;
htit if the priwcrples avowed by the leaders in the Legislature
be iv-severed %N ith (and we know not how they on be-receded
from without a great loss of chamtev,) theh we think the
people of this country ins look forward to convulsion or to
m de."

lie' following is from the Troll:—" Were o,or ports thrown
open to American flour to-morrow, the immediate consequence
would be a general suspeusion of employment from panic in the
agricultural districts, and a considerable impulse to manufac-
turing activity ; there would be an instantaneous transference
of distress from Manchester to BuckingbamSlllce,. ATI imme-
diate benefit from an Ockiii4 tileVerli-law is therefore a
9J matterl:llilcOrtatuty, Wile ultimate disaster is almost certain.