The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

FRANCE

The pledge given by Louis Philippe's son, is, it seems,
to be redeemed. Abd-el-Kader is to be transported, if
he wishes it, to Alexandria, and handed over to the old
despot of Egypt. If he wishes it—the words ring hollow,
as though some sinister meaning lurked within.
In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Guizot put his rival,
Thiers, completely in a fix," by quoting the written
documents of the latter when in office, showing that he
then pursued the very course towards Scotland and other
countries which he now condemned in the present minis-
try ! The only reply which M. Thiers had to offer was,
that circumstances were now different !
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.
—The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the para-
graph relating to the Reform Banquets came to an abrupt
and stormy termination on Wednesday. In spite of the
determination of the Opposition deputies, and in spite
also of a split in the Conservative ranks, M. Guizot per-
sisted in putting down these banquets. This mutual
obstinacy led to a scene on Tuesday, upon M. Duchatel
announcing that Ministers would not yield. M. Cremieux
cried out in passion, " Such was the language of Charles
X., there is blood in such language," and M. Lesseps
warned Ministers that they were " throwing out a chal-
lenge." But on Wednesday, when the Minister of the
Interior declared the resolution of Ministers that no more
Reform Dinners should be held, M. Odillon Barrot ex-
claimed, " You are worse than Polignac and Perronet,"
and a tremendous uproar ensued. The ministerialists
would hear no more speeches. The opposition therefore
quitted their seats, and thus ended the debate, which is
now (it seems) to he transferred to the streets of Paris.
Instead of at once resigning their functions as Deputies,
the Opposition members have resolved on going to the
adjourned Reform Dinner in costume and in procession.
If then refused admittance to the Banquetting Hall, they
will resign ; but amongst the excitable populace of Paris
a public procession of Deputies, openly at issue with the
Government, cannot be anticipated without alarm. As
the first result of this issue the French Three per Cents.,
which closed on Tuesday at 74f. 55c. fell on Wednesday
night to 74f.

No fewer than 60 coasting vessels are now owned by
aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand.
Official documents state that there are at least 2,300
women attached to the American army
Many ladies at N

spies, when attending balls or private
parties, now wear tricolor cockades instead of flowers in
their hair.

An English newspaper, entitled the Neighbour, the
first ever published in Chili, has been established at Val-

paraiso

When Espartero paid his first visa to the theatre after
his return to Madrid, some of the audience, to honour and
welcome him, let loose in the house several doves, gaily
bedecked In ith ribbons of various colours. _ _

In Australia, where tea is abundant and cheap, the
average annual consumption is 81b. per head ; in this
country it is only 11b. 10oz. per head ; although in fami-
lies where expense is no consideration it has been known
to rise as high as 131 b. per head, and although the allow-
ance in the navy is 51b. 40z., and in workhouses 341 b. per
head.

A LADY SMOKED--In their transit through Egypt to
India, Lord and Lady Dalhousie paid a visit to Cairo to
Mehemet Ali, by whom they were most hospitably enter-
tained. Lady Dalhousie, after the presentation, smoked
a pipe with the Viceroy, though his Highness, noticing
that her ladyship did not relish it, did not press her to
smoke if she were not accustomed to it.

As a proof that few changes occur in Rome, the Roman
correspondent of the Daily News mentions that not only
the house and the baker's shop, but even the identical
marble counter and the scales are now to be seen in full
operation, and just in the same state as they were when,
over 300 years ago, Raphael's Fornarina sold penny rolls
across that counter. The almost invisible inscription over
the plinth of the door was carved by Raphael's own hand,
" Trahit sua quemque voluptas."