French papers of Sunday h...
The Times, 1824-02-11T00:00:00

French papers of Sunday havte been received, but like m7any of the preceding arrivals, prove wholly unimportant. The openling of tbe Chambers is said to be fixed for the 7th of April, the anniversary of the passage of the Bidassoa. Letters from Madrid state, that Ferd inland has signed an act by which he acknowledges a debt to France of 34,000,000 francs, and assigns as security the salt factories of Asragon, and the Customs of Miranda. A letter from Bordeaux of the 2d inst. communicates the names of the commission appointed by the French Go- vernment for the liquidation of the losses sustained by the French merchants in cotnsequence of captures b Spanislh privateers. Their names are as follows:-MM. le Chevalier Faure; Jurieu; Bertin de Vaux; Le Comte de Tournon Taboureau; Fumeron d'Ardeul; Maillard; le Viscomte Abrail; and de Roziere. We are happy to see on tlhis-list the name of M. Bertin de Vaux, who is a man of business and information, and havins been for- merly a Judge in the Chamber of Commerce, is extremely well qu4alified for the present undertaking. A letter from Valparaiso of the 11th of October says- "We have news here of the arrival of Bolivar in Lima. A detachment of troops, consisting oF 2,5G0 men, will sail from hence in four or five days for Peru, when the force of the Independents will not be less than 20,000 effective men in the field, agaiiist which it is thought the Spaniards cannot offer any efPectual resistance." The general bond of the Mexican loan has been deposited in the Bank of England with the usual formalities. The case of Smith, the Missionary, who was recently tried bv a court-martial in Demerara, still remains, .t is said, under the consideration of Government. Ttes SPrAsEt'S PARLIAMENTARY DINNERS-.1n Sa- turday and Sutnday, the Speaker had his first Parliamentary dinners, at his official residence by the House of Commons. The party on Saturday consisted of the leading members of the -' Treasury Bench" side of the House. There were twenty-f ur rmembers pre- sent; amongst them were those connected with tie Administrat on, Mr. Canning, Mlr. Peel, MIr. Huskisson, Sir C. Long, &c. They dined in the ancient and curious dining-room, which.is as large as the House of Commons, and is immediately undernrath the tfouse. The party sit down toQdinner at seven o'clookc,-4id the Speaker rose from table at ten o'dock. On Sunday, there vere about the same number of the leading members of the Opposition Benches present; amongst them were Sir J. Alacintosli, Sir X. Newport, Air. Brtiugham, Mr. Denman, &c. The same hours were observed. It is-customary for the Speaker to invite -bout thirty members to each of his Parliamentary dinners, till all the members supposed to be in England have been invited; and also that such dinners should be given previously to the Easter recess. Mir. Plunkett, the Attor- ney-General for Ireland, Mr. Daly, the seconder of the address, &c., are Invited to the dinner on Saturday next; and Sir H. Par- nel, &c., to that on Sunday next. After those two dinners, the tickets are sent round (by Mr.Phillips, the Speaker's secretary) with- out any particular brfet t- v lThe'preserSpesker is said to aurpass most of his predecesgors in the sumptuo*s character of his Par.amentary dinners. A curious scene presented itself on Saturlay afternoon about four o'clock, at Xnightsbri4ge, in consequence of a post- chaise, in which were a young laoy' and a gentleman, having been stopped by two gentlemen: from the conversation an*4; warmth of the parties, the populace soon understood that the yotmni lady had eloped from her home inaCharlotte-street, Rathbone-place, and I desire to get a sight of her was such that the road was blocked X for nearly an hour, and the young lady was at length taken away in a gentleman's chariot by her friends. She was understood to be the only daughter of a lady of immense property; the gallant was an officer belonging to a regiment of Dragoon Guards. The lady had g;one to the house of a friend in Cavendish-square. with the consent of her parent, at nine in the morning, and it Was in consequence of a note previouS to fer arrival in Cavendish-square, that the affair was discovered, the gendenen who stopped them having been lying in wait for them, and spoiled their journey to the temple o1 Hymen =Eocmiiag paper. MULIAUSEN, Jan. 30.-Yesterday took place the exe- cutiron of Hames, a workmiman formerly employed in the printed cot- ton-manufactory of the Messrs. Koechlin near Dournay. Having entertained sonhe hostile feeling towaras the mster printer, he was determined to be revenged and, on the 16th of last August, he with great sangfroid went up and stabbed him twice with a knife, and then broke his, skull with a hammer. During his confinement and at his trial he-xhibited the utmost carelessness and insensibi. lity, and even gloried in what he bad done. It wai only when his wife and children were made mention of, that be appeared at all mored. He arrived here yesterday at 11 o'lock. from Colmear, and saluted all those in the streets whom ble i0naerly knew. At half sat two he was led forth to the place of .execution, in the square be- fore the hospital. He ascended tbe ae fold rwith firmness and aa- crity, and fixed his eyes, witnout Sialting upon the fatal knife. floevecr, as the last instant approaeiedl, he iemned to pay more at- tention to the exhortations of the two asending clerymen; he be. came silent, and his lopkls and attitude exhibited somitbing like we. pentance. Theconcourse of people prent, t ntjfom the town b'ut thesurrounding country, was Irmease. OnIof the priests has pronounced a discoarse analogous to the:ccasi* anni a copy. of verses read, not badly written, havingrffetence t the samne, was distributed amongst the multitude. As thir has bie the only ex. ibition of the kind akince the year 1790 in'thittown, when womans 'tas executed for infanticide, the spectacdi pbihdueed a very deepridd general cfect. Pity fbr thec criminal was th'N reail'i abt imfit; the emotion becanie wIdely spresd through -fte crowd sad tears she d,dud IOlazl tions tere'