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London, England, 1830-03-10 00:00:00

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.
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United General Gas . 30 41 30

The information which we communicated to our readers
on Saturday, relative to the early departure of Prince
',Folsom), was confirmed by the rest of our contempo-
raries yesterday. It seems that his Highness is only
going to Paris, and will return to London previous to his
final departure for Greece. It is stated in an evening
paper that the idea of his being supported by a
body of mixed troops has been abandoned, and
that, for the present, he will have no other foreign
troops than those of France. When the complicated
state of the Greek question is considered, it is utterly im-
possible not to foresee very serious obstacles to the reali-
sation of the proposed plan for its settlement. Is it for a
moment to be imagined, that French troops could be pre-
vailed on so far to dismiss their natural prejudices
against a nominee of England, as to support his
.power with any degree of cordiality ? While we are
quite at a loss to conceive on what principle Go-
vernment is proceeding, we cannot help again expressing
our fears lest the whole project should end in complete
failure. Of one thing we are quite sure :—it is, that
every possible effort will be made by France and Russia,
however willing they may be to sanction it now, to
friistrate the accession of LEOPOLD. And why full scope
should be given to intrigue during the next five months,
we cannot possibly conceive.
From all we have hitherto said on the state of parties
in France, our renders need scarcely be told that the
proceedings in the Chambers, the nomination of
Liberal Leaders to all the Bureaux, the recommen-

• dation of five liberal candidates to the Presidential
Chair in the Deputies, and, finally, the re-election
of ROYER COLLARD, have. not taken us by sur-
prise. We wish no better comment on our anticipa-
tions of the last six months than the following extract from
a letter which appears in the Times of this morning.
We can easily believe it would not have found its way
into the columns of our Contemporary, if the source were
at doubtful :
" The Deputies are daily arriving, and express themselves in
language of great indignation against the use made of the royal pre-
rogative, which, whatever be its origin, ought only to be employed

for the happiness of the people, anti not in the direction of an ab.
solutism at once furious and absurd. Truly may it] be said that,
for the last half century, the French nation has never been more
tranquil than at present, but never, during the same time, has it
been more detached from every sentiment of respect or esteem for
the Government. Some men of honour lament the overthrow of
those hopes which the restoration had produced, but the majority
appear to be indifferent about the lot of the dynasty, and to re-
gard the present as the last act of the drama of the Stuarts on a
French stage. But in all this, nobody pmptxtes to change the form
of the Government. Not a word is heard of a Republic. It ap-
pears to be thought that the Great Powers of Europe would insist
on our having a Ring, as they do with respect to Greece. The re-
cognition of Don Miguel, about to take place, destroys the principle
of legitimacy."

The writer goes on to state that a dissolution of the
Chamber will take place immediately after the address.
The result of such a measure cannot be for an instant
doubted. It is indeed impossible to witness what is now
passing, without going back to the earlier days of the re-
volution, when the separation of the Monarch from his
people, led to scenes of horror which are still fresh in the
recollection of Europe. We hope and trust that what-
ever the friends of freedom in France may think neces-
sary for the preservation of their liberties, will be con-
ducted with moderation as well as firmness. As we have
before stated, the whole European family is deeply in-
terested in the result.

We have this day a letter from a highly respectable
merchant in Caraccas, dated January 17. It is to
the following effect:—" The decree of the Li nERA-
TOR, ordering the people of Columbia to express
their ideas respecting improvements, has been made
use of in these Departments for the purpose of se-
parating themselves from Bogota. The communication
with New Granada is continued. Endeavours are being
made to prevent a civil war, and to avoid innovations ;
but we have already General PAEZ as Supreme Chief,
Dr. PEN♦ as Minister of the Interior and Justice, Ge-
neral Sou BLETTE as Minister of War and the Navy, and
Senor URBANEJA as Minister for the Finance and
Foreign Affairs. When all the vessels had already
arrived at Angostura, and the tobacco ready to be em-
barked, the orders of General PAEZ, prohibiting the

embarkation, were received. It was sold here on the
30th December, at 21 dollars."

At an early hour this morning, the Paris Journals of
Monday and Tuesday were received. With reference to
otber notices of these Papers, we subjoin an important
extract from the Bayonne Gazette, from Lisbon, under
date of the 20th February :

" The Spanish ministry, anxious to take advantage of the rumour
of a war between Brazil and Portugal, have offered Don Miguel a
force of 12,000 men, to assemble at Badajos and Olivenza ; but
Mr. Mackenzie, the British consul, on being consulted by the
Viscount Santarem, declared that Great Britain would never permit
a Spanish army to enter Portugal. Thus the hopes entertained by
the Spanish Ambassador of bringing Portugal under the control of
Spain have been defeated. The Minister of Finance having coin•
pelled the Monks of St. Bernard to pay up their arrears of taxes,
amounting to 300,000 francs, the good fathers exclaim loudly that
Don Miguel is surrounded by none but Atheists and Freemasons.
" Upwards of 180 priests have been deprived of their benefices
within the last six months ; and of the 6,000 prisoners in the vari-
ous dungeons of the kingdom on the lit of January last, 200 were
priests, monks, or canons. A new military levy is talked of, and
all the unemployed troops, which, by.the.by, are neither numerous
nor well disposed, are to be concentrated in the neighbourhood of
Lisbon.'

At the sitting of the States.Cieneral of the Netherlands
on Thurylay last, among numerous other petitions were four
in favour of the liberty of the press, and a like number for
maintaining the system of public education upon its present
footing. The petitions were referred to the committee. The
President then laid before the Chamber a message from the King,
for the reduction of the national debt, with a project of a law, audios
rising the Syndicate of the Sinking Fund to issue bonds at interest,
not exceeding 4i per cent. These operations will not be definitive
till the King shall have signified his approbation. In the year
1838, a communication will be made to the Chamber of all that has
been effected.

" It is asserted that M. Royer Collard is appointed President of
the Chamber of Deputies."—Gaxelie de France.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, /thus 8.
Five per Cents. 106 f. 1051.85 e. 90c. 115e.1051. 75c. 70e. 60c.
Four and a half per Cents. 10Sf.
New Four per Cents, 1021. Se.
Three per Cents. 821. 30c. 25c. 15c. 10c. Se. 891. 82f. Se.
Bank Stock, 1,9151.
Neapolitan Rentes, 92f. 55c. 60t.
Spanish Ditto, 126.
Royal Spanish Loan, 88 g I.
Rentes Perpetuelles d'Espagne, 74 6 1 1 1 75 6 6 1 1.
Hayden Loan, 535 f. 5301. 320 f.
=CHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251. 70e. money, 2Sf. 70c.
Three months, money, 25f. 55e.
—Court Antheraigue.

There are doubts in the City about Prince LEOPOLD'S
sincerity. Greek Bonds, which were at 51 yesterday,
fell this morning to 49—then to 43 ; but rallied about
one o'clock to 44k.

A correspondent, in commenting on the Meeting of
Monday at the Eagle Tavern, expresses his surprise that
the event was not even alluded to in the Times. We
think it very easy to account for this circumstance. When
we repeat that Tll I RT Y THOUSAND Englishmen assem-
bled for the purpose of exercising the most important
and invaluable of their privileges—that of praying for a
redress of grievances—it cannot be supposed that the
silence of the Times has proceeded from indifference.
The reception experienced by the patriotic Member for
Clare must have operated like " rat's bane" on his
enemies ; while the highly respectable nature of the
Meeting, and orderly conduct of those who attended,
could not fail to be regarded with mingled jealousy and
fear by the advocates of corruption. We yesterday
stated that the appearance of a Member of the House of
Commons, at a great public meeting of the Metro-
polis, and the frank avowal of his sentiments in favour
of reform on its broadest basis, deserved to be regarded as
an epoch in the history of our vountry. We shall now
only express our conviction, that this assemblage of the
people, and the temperate language held on the occasion,
Must produce a powerful effect throughout the country.
Whenever the petition is presented to the House, we have

no doubt that it will Le accompani►d by such a state-
ment on the part of Mr. ()NOON N ELL, as cannot fail to
excite public attention in a very high degree.

Lord ELLE/it:maw:6 les Divorce Bill was read a second
time yesterday in the Lords,. It appears in evidence,
that Lady ELLF.NBOROCCJI—in her weekly visits to
Prince SCHWA RTZEN BEM; in Holles-street—would often
gain access to his house by a back-door, opening into
a Mews, which was so covered with dunghills and dirt
of all descriptions, that scarcely any one but such as
were absolutely compelled, would choose to enter the
place. So true is it, that the power *of love, and
the resolution of the sex, are always sure—in these
matters—to triumph over all impediments! We do not
indulge in these remarks, with any—the least—feeling
of personality towards the romantic B. noN rss—

Who walked—where grooms and ostlers loathe to tread—

O'er dirt and dunghill, to her stolen bed :

but we cannot help moralising upon the precarious tenure
by which all husbands hold their wives' affections,
while they—the wives—on the contrary, bold their ali-
mony, and even their husbands' persons, by the fell grip
of ceremonial and statute law combined. In a case,
like that under discussion—where the illicit inter-

course is not even disputed, and the parties can
buy their disscreration—the remedy is certainly i
not out of reach, though even then it is embarrassed
with serious delays, and clogged with most unjust
expenses. But what are they to do, who can draw
from no superabundant stores tho necessary means to
carry a divorce suit through the LORDS ? Separation
d niensii et thoro—which is all that the unajluent can
compass—is hardly a moral, and certainly not a personal
relief; and even this is not unattended with vexatious
costs, in the shape of stamps, and fees, and attornies bills.
The longer we consider the subject, the more
impressed we aro with the necessity for some
new legislation, which—while it opens not the
door to conjugal infidelity—shall at least secure to hus-
bands a more summary redress against the promiscuities
of their swerving partners. Marriages ought to be made
more dissoluble, and the divorce—on flagrant proof, or
admitted criminality—ought to be pronounced by a Bench'
of Magistrates, and cost nothing to the injured party.
The present system only locks connubial parties together
in the bonds of reluctant hypocrisy, from which—if
they could be freed the moment conjugal defection has
made the tie intolerable—there is no doubt- thou-
sands would gladly burst, and society as well as them-
selves, be gainers by their emancipation : but as it is—
Oxus and EPHIALTES hold the chain !

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