The herald., 1837-03-13
THE HER AID.


papers.
The Paris papers of the fifth and sixth contain
long articles on the seizure of the British ship .men
seized by order of the Russian authority IN 'Ae "'."
Sea. This seizure has excited an exiraoid'haiy se
saton in London and Paris and from the 'ohc u .'e
public journals there is every appearance u s oo
coming great bone OF contention between England
and Russia The Partisan journals are even mus
c;forous IN calling for the Indignation and thunder OF
rnlond mon Rnssa for her insolence, than the Lon
don papers. which are little more temperate but
,oiv dsc;ded There is a storm gathering in wes-
tern Europe against the graspng policy of the Auto
crat and il is conjecturea that in few years there
will be crusade stirred rp for the purpose of driving
back Russia 10 her eternal SHOWS.
Thenext subject of importance is the Influenza or
In orippe as il is called in France This epidemic
appears 10 be more fatal than the cholera, and OF the
same species 1t attacks all classes, high and low,
rich and poor Itpasses from country TO country with
great rapidiy, and quarantine regulations are no pro-
lection Physicians expect its early Importation
into this country. Where our quarantine regula-
tons? Let the loafers high and low, look out
Wine bibbers and rum suckers are in danger
The King of Englands speech was transmitted by
express from London 10 Paris IN "A hours, and pub
lished in Is minutes after in an extra. All tho Paris
loarnals comment upon II.
A very singular discovery has been made ola con-
spracy formed against the life of Prince Ferdinand
$ SPEECH or TEN KING OF ES6LASp IN FRANCE
The speech Of the King of England at the opening Oh
It's Parliament has gwen rise TO variety OF specuia
tons among the French journals. LaPaix, gov
ernment paper, thus speaks of the Courier Francas,
an opposition Journa-"The Courier Francois says,
we find nothing in this speech of extraordinary go
rertt nj necessities, Of paotecre iGarsnor OF lars
oferccpon bnt this jou ia! does not inform ms If
there exists in England secret societies of organized
assassns-f periodically the life OF the king IS put IN
danger by these assassins-if English junes are SO
omnipoent to permit revolts against the consta-
tona authority TO pass unpunlshed-who employ
themselves in framing bills Of rights instead OF re-
turning their verdicts."
But what the CngT1ier Franeais, nor any other
opposition isarnal, has thought proper to remarks Is,
that the King Of England speaks like King and
reipns in his discourse. 1t is his Majesty who con-
,inues 10 afford to the Qeen of Spain the assistance
his Majesty agre.d to render by the quadruple ALI
ance Ii is his Majesty who has ordered naval
force to the Tagas. Lastly, that every transaction
mentioned in this speech is stated as being the sole
act and deed of his Majesty.
the opposition journals are unanimous in congrat-
ulatng the King of England upon his guarded 81
lence respecting his alliance with France They draw
from il this conclusion, that the complaints Of Eng
land are well founded and that on this occasion,
Great Britain has to appear to have been
the dupe of the tricky policy of France.
The answer to this speech in both houses, was cur
red by acclamaon, not single amendment having
been proposed. The Tories approve therefore of this
cooling oil of the amlty between England and revo-
Iutionary France. pledge has doubtlessly been
given them by the Wing ministry to bring about the
reaction they wish TO see take place this subject
In England.
lam well pleased said Lord Melbourne in the
House of Peers 10 perceive that the noble Lords OPP
posite have no amendment TO propose
1T gives me great satisfaction said Sir Robert
Peel in the House of Commons, to find that there
is nothing in this speech, 10 which it is considered
cessary to offer amendment
remarkable coincidence this between Tory En-
glish opposition, and a French Radical opposition,
neither of them having an amendmsnt to propose to
the speech of the British King"
SEIZURE OF THE BSITIsH SCHOONER VIXEN, nv
RusslA-on this SUBJECT the Paris Sun publishes the
following letter received by Express
"The ST. Petersburg Journal, in its official report
of the seizure of the British schooner Vixen, Capt
Child contends, that during the thirtysx hours this
vessel remained at anchor at Sandjak Kale, the Cap
tain had abundance of time to dlsembark both arms
and powders and in corroborntion of this assertion, il
insists that the schoone had only two cannons on
board, when captured, whereas she was pierced for
four.
To destroy the erroneous impression NAs account
might give rise 10, we affirm that the object of the
voyage was # purely commercial natures that tho
schooner was built under ourinspecton on the Thames
rver thatit has never been in the possession of any
other persons than oursevcs and from its first being
launched enti now, It has carried more than
two cannons, and these two very small, and in
tended merely for making signals
We can procure, If necessary, a number Of certif-
Gates Of the truth of these facts from persons in Lon
don, who perfectly well acquainted with the ves-
sci With respect to the vixen's cargo, we subjoin
the bill of ladng whereby il will seen that ii con-
sisted of about 10 tons salt or bales of linen and
2 packages of samples sf English goods belonging
10 Messrs Bell and Morton"
You will please to insert the above letter in your
paper as a contradiction TO the false statements of
the Russian ionrnal PoLpES & MoRroS,
Proprieters Of the schooner Vixen.
l47 Fcnchurch street, London.
SvchR TARfFF.-It IS proposed to lay a duty of %
francs per 100 Kilograms all foreign and colonial