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improvement. To this, and to a variety of questions put
by the Noble Lord, Earl GRIT replied, that he trusted the
approaching recess would give time to all parties, to prepare
such measures as the country would derive advantage by.
Nothing besides, of material importance occurred ; and the
House adjourned, at an early hour, till this afternoon.
England, and the four great continental powers, have at
length decided on the acknowledgment of the independence
of Belgium, on condition that the government be a monarchy.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE- EXCLUSIVE.

PARIS, Dzc._2l.

This week opened upon us with alarmin., rumours of con-
spiracy, and reports, that, in the event of an acquittal, a
coup de people would avenge the coups d'etat. A
very manly and energetic address, or order of the day,
was yesterday published by Lafayette, to the National
Guard ; and I observe, that in consequence, they are
all in uniform, and pursue their usual avocations in a
state of preparation. Every tenth man you meet in the
streets is a soldier of some description, which gives Paris a
very livel♦ effect. A most seditious Proclamation bad
been circulated and placarded yesterday, wfiich has
caused considerable uneasiness in the public mind. It'
purpnrts to be en address from the students of Paris, to the
labouring classes, stating that the King had snatched away
the liberties acquired by the blood of the people, on the
days of July ; that old abuses would be perpetuated ; and
calling upon them to rise, and form a republic. On Sunday
night, there were tumultuary meetings, and disturbances In
the Fauxbourg St. Germain ; but which were quelled by
the decision of the National Guard.

In addition to the admirable proclamation of La Fayette,
two others appear upon the walls of the city. One from
the prefect of the department of the Seine, and the other
from the prefect of police, Odillon Barret and the Count
Trielhard. Of course their objects are the same, recom-
mendations of order, and assertions of the power of the
government, and their determination to use ener-
getic measures. The posts at every point of Paris
are doubled to-day, and every National Guard is under
arms. About forty individuals were arrested yester-
day ; among those perturbators of the public tranquil-
lity, several of the former gene d'armes were recognised.
One of those arrested proves to have been an aide-de camp
of the Emperor. He was dressed in the uniform of the
Grand Army, and was distributing upon the quays, proclama-
mations of the most riotous nature. The disturbances which
occurred yesterday at the Luxembourg, were quelled in the
mildest, but most forcible mariner, by the Citizen Guard.
General Lafayette addressed the crowds yesterday after-
noon, who were crying " Mort aux niinistres—A bas lea
Ministers." He exclaimed, " These are not the faces of the
men at the barricades in July—These are not journeymen
keeping St. Monday. They are strangers and impostors."
The government has done every thing to gratify the lower
orders. Last night an ordinance appeared, nominating 109
of the brave men who fought in July, to be Sous- Lieuten
ants in the army, mentioning their names.
The new law for the regulation of the military of the 13th
inst. allows two such to be appointed to each regiment.
They they are taken from the journeymen of Paris. We cer-
tainly feel that we are treading upon volcanic ground,
and that an eruption is very probable ; but on
the other hand, we are satisfied, that Government has
taken every precaution that human wisdom can sug-
gest, and the result we must leave to the Disposer of all
events This is the last struggle of the anarchist party,
composed of so many discordant materials—we cannot
therefore wonder that it should be the strongest.
I am, Sir, Tour's, truly, 1. H.

CITY, ONI O'CLOCK.
The express from Paris this morning caused some delay in
the operations at the Stock Exchange this morning, as the
contents which were expected to be of importance, did not
appear until some time after the house opened ; conse-
quently no business was done till the speculators ascertained
the contents; previous to which Consols were nominally
quoted at the same price they left off yesterday, 811 for
the account, but the moment it was known that the French
3 per cents. came upwards of 2 per cent. higher, Consols
rose to 82i, at which price they are at present.
CI rY, TWO O'CLOCK._

The Funds continue steady atB2iibitheicWuni.The
public are waiting with much anxiety for the next Express
from Paris, particularly in regard to the state of Paris after
the verdict has been given by the Peers.
In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence doing;
Russian Stock, 87& 8; Spanish, la 161.

THE KING'S COURT.
—....
BRIGHTON, Dm. 22.
Yesterday, Lord and Lady CLINTON had the honour of
dining with their Msszvrt as.
_ _

In the evening, the Duke of Sussex, Prince GEoloa
of Cambridge, Mademoiselle d'Esfa, and Lady MARY
TAYLOR attended the Opera.
This day the Earl and Countess of EaROLL arrived at
Marlborough' Place.
The Duke of Sussitx, accompanied by Mademoiselle
d'Erra, walked out: their MAJ aims did not go out
to-day. .
Colonel Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, Sir John Wells, Capt. Field-
ing, Lady Elisabeth and Miss Fielding, Sir G. and Lady Nayler, the
Hon. Mrs. Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. Forrester, Lieut.. Colonel Muttle.
bury, Sir C. and Lady Danville, Colonel and Mrs. Maclaine, Capt.
G. and the Hon. Mrs. Peehell, Sir Ralph Rice, Lewd Rendlesham, Mr.
and Mrs. Wentworth Beaumont, Mr. Lady Sarah, and Miss Bayky,
paid their respects by leering they cards at the Pavilion.

Tx& ARKT.—This day, General Lord HILL, the Com-
mander-in-Chief, held a Laves at his office in the Home
Guards, which was attended by—

Lieut. General Sir John Lambert; Uent. General Sir John Fraser;
Major General Walsh; Major General George Taite ; Lieut. General
Sir George Anson; Lieut. General Mackenzie; Sir Gilbert Slane ;
and about twenty other officers.

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Liverpool, on Monday. baring been run foul of.
The William and Mary, from Too&11. sunk near St. George's
Dock Boson on Mooday.
The Frances, Baker, from Gibraltar to Quebec, was ea shore in
Manchester Bay on the lit ult. bat expected to be got of.
Tote Courier, Russell. from St. Peterstiorg to New Torli, was
wrecked on Sable Wend the 10th ales _

The Pewee, Talbot. from Grenada a* Newfoundhad, was wrecked
es Sable Wand the lob wk. _ _ _ _ _

The Maria. liessedy. from Climber, arrived at Haifa: the 17th ult.
leaky.
The George. Wasbisites. free asthma, arrived at Liverpool the
let ik. In disuses. booed to New York.
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sod the Sank. from Oath. ellr-port.
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and the Mutes. Cud*, from Quebec.
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sad the itileabeth. best ileowl._ _ _

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

REPRESS FROM PARIS.
TRIAL OF THE RX-MINISTERS.--SEVENTH DAY.
COURT OF PEERS, Tvzspmr, Dm I.

The Court re-commenced at half past ten. The external
appearance of M. de Polignac bore the impression of great
mental sufferings ; the public attributed it to the cries which
be probably beard last night from the mob in the streets.
M. Modier de Montjau, one of the commissioners of the,
Chamber of Deputies, opened the debate by replying to the
defenders, in support of the accusation. He maintained that,
by the most imprudent zeal for the accused, the defenders
had been drawn into a downright panegyric of the late ad-
ministration. But ought it not to be remembered, that if
fallen majesty and misfortunes were surrounded with a kind
of sanctity, that the honour and the rights of a great nation
were no less sacred, and perhaps called still louder for the
vindication of those rights, when violated by the most signal
acts of perjury? Acknowledging the immense ascendancy
of the genius who had defended the accused, the honourable
deputy was of opinion that France ought not to be calum-
niated, in order to justify those who had fallen victims to
their imprudent pretensions, and therefore he thought it his
duty to justify his country, and prove that if the nation had
expelled the Bourbons, it was because they always showed
themselves the inveterate enemies of liberty. Yet notwith-
standing their rights, the people had respected the person of
the prince; they had not taken vengeance upon his perjury,
but then justice required that his criminal advisers should
become answerable for the blood which they had spilt. As
the defender had attacked all the efforts of the people to
support their rights under the restoration, the orator endea-
voured to show that far from being criminal, their acts were
authorised by the laws, and that was an advantage which
the late government could not bout of. Their circulars,
their measures, all proved that they made use of the whole
extent of their power to exert an illegitimate influence over
the elections. M. Modier de Montjau justified the (;omits
Directeur, and maintained that it had rendered the greatest
services to the country by opposing the intrigues of the
administration. In regard to ministerial responsibility, we
have already proved, continued M. Modier, that in refusing
Charles X. for our sovereign, we meant no attack against
the throne itself, and we now only wish to avert a @hai-
-1
lar misfortune from the heads of our future monarchs.
If the late King had perished at St. Cloud, or at Ram-
bonillet, would not the ministers have been responsible
for hie life, and therefore are they not responsible for his
present exile. They have caused the blood of their fellow-
citizens to be shed. Peers of France, you must decide if
their responsibility ceased with the evils they gave rise to.
The ordinances of July were signed by the ministers, and
on that signature alone they may be condemned. For it is of
no importance to know that the ordinances were the result
of a previous knowledge of the elections, or that they
were the consequence of the principles which created the
ministry of the Bth of August. The Commissioner, in his
reply, made use of the same arguments as in the act of accu-
sation, especially doing his utmost to demonstrate the evi-
dence of a conspiracy against the institutions of the country,
which remained secret until the last moment—a circumstance
which alone was sufficient to prove that the ex-ministers had
readily entered into that conspiracy. M. Modhier added,
that when the ordinances were published, the Ministers had
really met and deliberated in council on the declaration of
siege, and had signed that ordinance without the slightest
mark of hesitation or regret. It was therefore useless to
maintain that the council had not assembled, and all the
Ministers were equally culpable as having had an equal
share in the deliberations. After making a few observa-
tions relative to the events of the late revolution, and the
cruelty of thou who caused it, the orator terminated
as follows -" A man, no less distinguished by the
generosity of his heart than by the most eminent talent,
has addressed in words, imploring your clemency ;
were those noble events the expressions of the feelings of our
glorious revolution, or were they merely the result of delu-
sion ? Noble Peers, you will decide. It is not merely your
position which places you above all other magistrature; it is
also by your wisdom and by your political experience that
you are called upon to decide whether you fulfil the wishes
expressed by another chamber. Thus, gentlemen, whatever
may be your sentence, we shall remain convinced and re-
spectful, and we shall with pleasure offer you the homage of
that confidence, which is for us a sufficient guarantee that
you will know how to observe your rights and duties."
M. Martignac, defender of M. de Polignac then rose to
reply to the accuser. After informing the Court that he
would not trespass long on their attention, he refuted the
accusation relative to an illegitimate influence exerted by
the ministers over the elections. The orator read the
article of the charter concerning the above transgression,
and which only speaks of a violent and subreptitious kind
of influence. Now it was evident that the ministers had
never thought of any illegal influence, and the depositions
of the witnesses, as well as the letters of the ex-Minis-
ters, could leave no doubt as to their innocence on that
point. The second point to which the accusers have re-
ferred, added M. de Martignac, is the resistance opposed by
M. de Polignac to the solicitations of M. de Semonville,
but M. de Polignac was on the point of setting out for St.
Cloud when the latter arrived at the Tuileries, but he arrived
with M. de Semonville though be left Paris after him, and
in one single instant he settled every difficulty, but he had
already given in his resignation. Why should the accusers
insist on this point ? Why should they speak of a delay of
six hours, without which it is said, that perhaps we should
not now have another sentence to pronounce, as well as
that of the Ministers. Ah 1 Gentlemen ! this is, indeed,
too much I too painful! The real responsibility is already
a burden sufficiently weighty, without adding to it another
moral responsibility; I entreat you not to add this new mis
fortune, to those which are already accumulated on one de-
voted head; for, indeed, such a blow would be fatal ; us.
tore could not support it !
The orator then exposed with great energy, that the
authors of the ordinance could never have intended to excite
a civil war in the country. They may certainly have been
deceived in their views relative to the good of the country,
but never, no never, can it be supposed that Charles I. and
his advisers had formed a scheme to bring down destruction
on the nation, whom they still love, and ever loved, sin-
cerely. And who would ever maintain that a man can be
condemned for a crime he never intended to commit ?
Would the Court of Peers of France pronounce such an
unjust senteice ? No, never. The orator entered into
a long explanation of the 14th article of the Charter,
and of ministerial responsibility, maintaining, above all,
that the crown, as well as the king, was inviolable accord-
ing to the true principles of a representative government,
and the crown having once fallen from the head of the King,
his Ministers are no mere responsible : the people refused
the ex-Ministers for victims—they aimed at more illustrious
hecatombs to sacriace on the altar of liberty. Three par
rations of kings amid tune satisfy their vengeance; and this
sacrillee, once aseemplished, would it be Just, would it be
noble, to spill the blood of inferior victims ? ht. de Martignac
terminated his speech in the following terms " Noble Peers,
there is something at the hones of your hearts which will
tell you that the present trial is not just—that it cannot be ;
for there are no laws to justify the sentenee, end this is as-
knowiedged by the mompers tbsiessivas. Now, I have sans-