Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-07-10

pres, and much apprehension exists that
martial law will have to be proclaimed
The proceedings of the Repeal Associ-
alton of the 9th and 10th insts. were IN
teresling. The weeks rent on the form
er occasion was announced to be t31S,
and that Of the latter .G43O, l6s, Cd
FRANCE.
Correspondence Of the European Times.
Paris, June IS, lS45.---Although the
fortnight that has elapsed since last adj
dressed YOU has been very busy one IN
deed both Chambers, lew questions have
been dwell upon of interest TO readers on
the other side Of the Atlantic. Among
those few questions, the prominent is that
of Texas You,a aware that the con
slant effort of tbs Opposition in this coun
try is to cry down the foreign policy oilhe
Conservative Cabinet Of M Nj Sout and
Guizot, and to represent it as trucking in
all things, great or small, to the imperIous
dictatlon ofthe English Government, In
pursuance of this r0le, M. Blllbaut, one Of
the most eminent members oGlhe Oppose
ton, charged the government with having
joined England in opposing the annexa-
ton of Texas to the United States, in re-
turn for the concession england has made
to France OF the right of search treaty.
NJ Guizot (who is quite restored to health
and who rc-appeared in The Chamber on
! Tuesday, denied that any stipulation reIa-
rive to Texas had been made with regard
to the abandonment of that treaty. lie
then observed, that if Texas was DESTROYS
Of anncxng itself to the United States
the Irmch GOUcrRmCnt had nothing tC
SAY against Ia but he admitted that j,
would be more agreeable to that Govern
ment, and more consistent with its inter
ess, # the annexation did not take place.
A project set a-ioot several years ago
but unaccountably abandoned, for the cs-
adjustment OF a number of steamers to ply
between the principal ports Of France, hel
transatlantic colonies, and New York
has been revived, and will shortly it is eX-
pected, become law The proposed
scheme is Of a somewhat gigantic scale,
for, in addition to the great lines of COM
municaton between France, her colonial
possessions, and the United States, branch
lines will be established for serving differ.
enl parts of The northern and southern con-
tlnents Of America.
Few things attract more attention than
the electric telegraph 1t has been intro
duced with great success on the Rouen
Railroad, and is being laid down or rather
hung up, for the wires are elevated on
posts, on other Railways. Experiments
are being made for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning if it be not possible to establish it
in the very midst Of the town, so that com
munication may take place iusiantaneousIy
between the different public establish
ments.
SPAIN.
Madrid, June love are, as usual
in very excited state in the capital; but
have little news to communicate. The
brutal arrest of the editors ofa newspa-
per, the CiamOr PuJNcO, has excited uni
versal Indignation.
RUSSIA.
In letters from ST Petersburgh is it stated
that the Emperor intended to advance near
to, if not to the actual scene of, the war
in Caucasus. The disasters that have be-
fallen the Russian armies in that country
have been SO terrible, that even if victory
should crown their present efforts (Which
is doubtiul) they will not have much 10
boast OF.
The population Of Russia consists of up
wards of 100000 persons, of whom
more than 100000 are serfs. On the
estates of the Crown there are about 49,
000.00O sGris,-the rest are the property
Of the mobiles.
The railway between ST Pelersburgh
and Warsaw is advancing rapidly. and
some portion of it can be brought into
use in about three months. 1t is a gigan-
tic scheme, and has been pushed OH with
extraordinary rapidIty.
1t was fully believed, in ST Petersburgh,
that Prince AIber, would visit the Empe-
ror in the course Of the summer
The Emperor has given orders that no
nobleman shall be permitted to live abroad
unless he spends, at least, three months in
every two years in Russia If he negIects
this condition his property will be confs-
Gated.
Preparations for the summer campaign
in the Caucasus, this year, are said to be
immense: $50 900 men are to be employed.
Two u Eases for recruiting the army have
been published,
POLAND.
The object of the visit o! the Emperor
Nicholas to this city, says private letter
from Warsaw, is believed TO have been to
arrange the necessary measures for the in
PRODUCTION of the Russian code of laws,
and of Russian Judges, in place of Polish
laws and Polish judges.
The poor people, already cruelty OPP
pressed, view the abolition ofthe laws UNI
der which they have heretofore lived with
dismay; but they can do nothing but sub
nit thereto. The emperor is also bent
upon doing away with the Catholic rel-
gion, substituting that of the people.
In some provinces dreadful famine is
raging, and the misery of the people is
appalling.