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AFFAIRS ABROAD. Our London Correspendenec. Lonpon, Friday Evening, Feb. 9, 1849. Opening of Partiament— Laws for Freland— Army Reduction-—Elections—-New Munister for the United States— Literary and Theatrical Newe— General Intelligence—The Cholera—Money and Raslway Markets. Atlength the Parliement has been opened by the Queen in person. The state carriages were ordered out; the servants put on their gayest dresses; foreign ministers and ambassadors were in full attendance; and in due time, Her Ma- jesty read her speech to the dutiful Lords and Com- mons. Tne document was, like all others of 118 kind, very ambiguous, and promised nothing. The outline in my last, approached pretty nearly to the original; for after inuumating that a suspension arms had been efleeted, both fin the northern and southern parts of Europe, it touched upon the re- cent rebellion in the Punjaub, and recommended the repeal of the navigation laws, Ireland, asa matter of course, was not forgotten, nor was the loyahy of the English people so i nificant a matter as to be passed over slightly; this was,there- fore, specially alluded to; and then, aftera gen- tle hint that the estimates should be more econo- mically framed, the speech was ended. It had been deemed prudent by the ministers to omitall mention of our relations with foreign countries; and from some Seve ttn Teason, mention was not made of the postal treaty with the Umted States. Taken altogether, much dissatisfaction could not be evinced at the speech. These manifestos are really become of so ridiculous an import as to pro- voke little or no criticism ; people treat them very silently; for it has become the practice to mystify their meaning to such an extent, as to make it scarcely worth while to attempt to unravel it. As might be anticipated, there were debates on the address in both houses, and ameadments proposed by Lord Stanley in the Lords, and Mr Drisrael in the Commons. In the House of Peers the speeches were flat, and the address was carried by a majerity of two only. The debate in the lower house was more spirited. Mr. D’Israeli’s speech was brilliant, sarcastic, and to the point, as far as conveying a censure on the ministerial policy coud be termed ; but atter entering at con- siderable length into the various topics embraced in the royal speech, his amendment—* that we re- gret to be compelled hambly to represeut to our Majesty, that neither your relations with joreign powers, nor the state of the revenue, nor the condition of the commercial and ma- nufacturing interests in this country, are such as, in our opinion, justity us in address- ing your Majesty in the language of congratula- tion, end that large portions of the agricultural and colonial interestsot the empire are laboring un- der a state of progressive depression, calculated to excite apprehension and anxiety,”—was with- drawn. he only important matter of debate yet introduced has been the discussion upon the contimued aera of the habeas corpus act im Ireland. ‘he speech intimated that the government would ask, at the earliest oppor- tunity, for an extension of the powers granted to the Lord Lieutenant of thatcountry. There was asharp debate on the measure; but with a single exception or two, the opposition was confined to the Irish members. It 18a pity that means of a more conciliatory nature are not taken to gain the affections of the people of Ireland. Coercive mea- ‘sures may be brought into operation, and renewed, but will never produce the desired effect. As long as the Irigh church exists, there will never be peace and contentment in that quarter; do away with thie, and sgceee plague-spot willbe removed. The bill passed the first reading in the Commons, and will be taken into the Lords without deley. The work of reduction 1a the English army has already commenced in real earnest. Orders have been issued by the communder-in-chief, (the Duke of Wellington,) to discharge those who are sickly and unlikely to become good soldiers; also, those who are drunkards and men of bad character; and, also, to allow those to retire from the service who may Wish to do so. It is made an exception clause in the act that sons of soldiers, born in the army, or those breught up in our military asylums, are to be Tetained. FRecruting” in all regiments is for the present eusyended. The contemplated diminution through this. warrant will be ten thousand men im- mediately, thus Sfi-eting some saving in the ex- nditure. A corresponding reduction is about to Be made in_ several branches of the civil service; the stamp Office will be consolidated with the ex- cise, and most of the duties performed by the offi- cers of the last mentioned department. The election of a member of Parliament for Leo- minster has terminated in the choice of a son of Sir Robert Peel. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was. immediately after the vacancy, a candidate, an had ever addresced the electors; but either fading his chance doubtful, or from private motives whic! have not been allowed to find their way to the ublic ear, he suddenly retired, and Mr. Henry eel has walked over the course. This young gentleman protesses his political creed to assunilate with his father’s. Upon essential matters they coincide, (how admirably convenient!) so the newly elected member takes his seat under the po- hucal protection of his father. Report speaks favorally of his abilities, not that it is for an in- stant conceived he possesses Sir feobert’s talent. He may, hewever, under ms lance, soon as- sume tbe ready confidence and parliamentary tact of bis father. The maiden aeech of the son is looked forward to with interest. Sir Francis Baring, the Fret Lord of the Admi- ralty, has been returned, without opposition, for Portemouth. Its fortunate that this member of the administiation should be the representative of oneot the largest dockyard towns in Europe. A_ change will shortly be made in the office of British minister to the United States. Sir H. Pakenham is to return, and his appointment is an- nounced to be filled by Sir Henry Bulwer, (brother to the novelist,) whom this country was compelled, ashort time since, to recall from Spain. How you will like the newly appointed minisier is a Matter we will not dare conjecture on this side of the Atlantic: The change will be carried into ef- fect as soon as existing arrangements will permit. There has been cuite a stir made here by a work. entitled “America Compared with England.” ‘The book was reviewed, less than a fortnight since, by the Times, in a very unfavorable manner. Charges were made against its author of endeavor- ing to subvert the institution of marriage, an many other matters of a similar tendency. To this allegation he replied, eo the truth of the accusation, and plainly told the Zimes writer he could not have read the book. As far as the con- troversy has gone--and it 18 not likely to be ree newed—the author of ‘America Compared with England” appears to be right; and, what 1s almost as pleasant, people think him so, much to the dis- comfiture of the staff employed on the Heacling journal. The strictures of the Times on the wor! have caused it to have an immense sale; 80 that, doubtless, the author laughs in his sleeve at the whole affair, which answers his purpose in giving publicity to the book more effectually than a hun- dred advertisements would have done, Your readers will be sorry to read, in the list of bankrupts, the name of Mr. Simmonds, the colonial ent, and the editor of the Colonial Magazene the turn which this gentleman’s aflairs have taken, have caused much regret, as it 1s well known he has been most energetically striving, for some time past, to call the attention of the English government to the state ot their colonies. His magazine has had for its almost sele object this view. The failure of the newspaper entitled the Courier, started by Mr. Simmonds, about four. teen months back, 18 reported to have embarrassed him. Mr. Drouet, the person against whom the coro- rers’s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, tor hastening the death of the children at Tooting, seems in a very uneasy situation. He has, rather cunningly, adopted a method by which he clearly hopes to remove from the public mind any unfa- vorable opimon they may have formed of his pro- ceedings. He has had the arylum cleaned out, properly set in order, and exhibited te the public. Of coutee, it bears no more resemblance to the place that was in being two or three months ago, than do two opposite colors seem like each other. The ruse has not succeeded so well as could be wished by Drouet, tor some indefatigable news- papers have already cautioned the pnblic against the deception. His trial will be heard next term; but if retributive justice were administered, these ardians of the poor who farmed the children at ‘coting, should have equal punishment with Drouet. It would not be amise to make them all Jive on the same focd, and be elothed an ne same it oné Year, as those poor children. Peri dhe ea be given to the existence of £0 barbarous a practice, tres preteat no News of interest. The Co- vent Garden Italian Opera is announced to open the first week in March, and Lumley’s original houee coon alter. Jenny Lind will again sing at the latter theatre. Mrs Mowatt’s play of “Ar- mand ” \s being played at the Marleybone nightly, and W&creaees,rather than otherwise, im attraction. e America arrived at Liverpool, on the even- 4ng,ol Sunday, the 4th inst., with the customary mails, and a fair number of passengers. A very serious i | per he at we been trated, near y ‘een ofa Gri ee He mad) been ting mon mi returning, in a chaise, tor, when he wr robbed and shot through the breast. A reward of two hundred pounds has been recued for the apprehension of the murderers. An inquest 18 now being held, but has not terminated, jm the recent unfortunate colliery explosion case, at Wordebrough Dale, where seventy-five persons _ of whatever form, for without them mo govern- were killed. i The cholera 18 not entire seperecee’, and the returns of the Board of tis He of the 8th ins.aat, } show that there were 89 new cases, 41 of whom are dead, and the rest under medical treatment. The weather is exceedingly mild. There is a rumor that Mr. Seargeant Talfourd, | the eminent lawyer and writer, will shortly be | promoted to the Bench it being in contemplation on the part of one of the Judges to retire. The report, however, 18 premature and unlikely io hap- pen. Some steeple chases have been run at Chelten- | hem within the last few saya but the Chester cup and .he Liverpool steeple chase have yet to come on, Trade of all kinds is as brisk as could be ex- pected, both in London and the provinces, and there as plenty of employment for those who can and will work. There has been a steady rise in the money market since the last steamer left for the United States, Stocks of every description have advanced a litle. Consuls to-day are quoted steadily at 92} and Three and a Quarter Per Cents 93. Most of the foreign stocks have goae up, as well. Mexicans are 254, Spanish Fives 16}, and Dutch Two and a Half Per Cents 50. An ad- vance corresponding with consols has also been | visible in the Railway Market. Nearly all tne | lines ere quoted at better prices, and there 18 plene | ty of room for afarther rige,for in many cases they are to be had for much helow their real value. EEsr Terar. Affairs of the French Republic. {Correspondence of the Lopdon Chronicle.) Pakis, Monday evening, Feb. 19, 1849. The general election, which, in consequence of the recent decision ot the National Assembly, must now of necessity take place in the course of the | month of April, will have a most_important intlu- ence on the future prospects of France; but it ts h singular to remark, that hitherto the Paris news- papers have been almost entirely silent on the sub- Ject. It must not, however, be supposed that their | silence proceeds from indifference. There is no subject that at the present moment occupies 60 , much public attention as the elections, or in which so much real activity 18 displayed. The fact 1s, | that the silence of the newspapers is the result of | prudeace. Each party hus its central committee | sitting in Paris, which issues the mot d’ordre. ‘Lhe central committee gives directions net only to | its metropolitan organs, but to the branch com- mittees, established all over the departments; thus the certralization system, which had such power- ful influence on the system of government in the | country, 18 applied and carried out in all the par- ties into which the body politic is divided. | I have, in former letters, given you some account } of the election committees formed by the different parties into which the National Assembly is divi- ded. Is the Aseembly there are five: great parties —the Republicans de la Veille, the Modérés, the Montaguarde, the Pure Re,ublicans, and a sec- tion of the Republicans de la Veille, known as the adherents ef the Executive goverament, which preceded the administration of which General | Cavaignac was the head. Each of these parties have organized a committee, and they are each preparing programmes, which are to be issued in the course ot the present week. ‘The Modérés, who are alse knowa as the Club of the Rue de Poitiers, is by far the most import- ant of these sections, not only on account of its numerical etrength, but on account of the eminent names which it possesses among its members. Uywards of 300 of the most noted members ef the Nanonal Assembiy ere members of it, and among them are MM. Thiers, Berryer, Molé, De Monta- lembert, De Remusat, De Malleville, and a host of others. It will be observed, that See At mem- bers are mary partisans of the house of Orleans, as well asdecided legitmists, and the party may be considered as the living emblem ot the reconcilia- tion and union of the supporters ot thetwo branches ot the house of Bourbon. Out of this party, the President of the republic formed his first ministry, and it sll remains in power. I have already 10- formed you that the Club of the Rue de Poitiers has recently formed an election committee of 36 members, who are to have the management of all that ia to be done on behalt of the party throughout France. Last night, the 36 members met at the residence ef Count Molé, when a sub-committee was appointed to select 30 members of the mode- rate party, not being members ot the National As- gembly, who are to complete the committee. On Thursday next, the programme of the party, with alist of the 66 members of the committee, is to be published. The programme declares that the party, ot which the commattee is the organ,is an “avowed union of all the conservative parties against social- ist ideae, secret tendencies, and the radical reform of the constitution.” At one of the reeent meetings of the Club of the Rue de_ Poitiers a diflerence occurred between MM. Thiers an Berryer on the one part, and the Marquis de la Rochejaquelinon the other. M.de la Rocheja- quelin proposed that the election committee of the club should be formed of sixty members, among whom fifteen shoula be Legitimists, fifteen Orlean- ists, fifteen Bonapartists, and the remaining fifteen Moderate Republicans. This motion was reject- ed, and itis said that M. de la Rochejaquelin is consequently to leave the club. The new party which has recently sprung up un- der the auspices of M. Napoleon Bonaparte, the son of the ex-King Jerome, is one of considerable importance, as its numbers and influence are like- ly greatly toextend. “Az present it is 1n its infan- cy. The committee has chosen M. Napoleon Bo- naparte as its president, and two representatives, nemely, MM. Ambert Cazelles and Coute, as se- cretaries. The programme of this party is to be published, itis said, to-morrow or next day, but the hst of the committee is net to be published till it has attained the number of 120 members, which, it appears, is not yet the case. ie Ce neo de la Veille are represented by the club of the Palais National. It consists en- tirely of the party which Bp Gen. Cavaig- nac, and of which M.Marrast, M. Sénard, Xc., are the leading members. This 18, perhaps, the largest, and at the same time, most compact of the parties in the Assembly; but since its defeat in the election of the President, 1t_has lost much of itsimportance. It is thought that it will lose a large portion of its members by the dissolution. section of the Republicans dela Veille, which separated from the main body alter the insurrec- tion of June, and established itself under the name of the Club of the Institute, 1@ a small but in- fluential party. Almost all the members of the executive government are members of it, and among them MM. de Lamartine, Marie, Pag- nerre, Barthélemy St. Hilaire, &c. &c. Negotra- tions have recent! ly been opened between this ; ar- ty and the pure Bonapartists, of which M. Napo- leon Bonaparte is the head; and it isnot improba- ble that a union will be formed between them. Should it take place, the united paity will be a most important one. The only remaining party 1s that of the Montag- nards, or the advocates of the Republique demo- eet soctale. It isalmost unnecessary to say Ledru Rollin is the head of this party. e time there was a split between the red Pap hase and the socialists, but they have of late soldered up their diflerences, and they now work together. Their prospects are, however, not very promieing. They have no place of meeting, for, when the fresent ministry showed a dispesition to eupprees all political clubs,the Mont: rds, knew- ing that their fate certain, closed their place ot meeting of their own accord. They have hitherto made no open demonstration of their intentions with respect to the elections, but the probability is that many of them will lose their seats. It is probable that the election of Louis Napoleon as President may be taken as a pretty safe indica- tion of the result of the a proaching election. The new Legislative Assembly will be composed prin- cipally of Legitimists and ists. As to the Republicans of all shades, it 18 supposed that they will sufler considerably, and that many ot the most remarkable of these who sprung into notoriety im- mediately after the Revolution of February will tumble back into their original obscurity. Itis not at all improbable that in the second legislature ofthe Republic, the Republicans, as compared with either the Ley cota or Bonapartists, will form a vey insignificant minority, ‘Anis, Wepnesbay Evenine, Feb. 21.—There can be no doubt that the line of poliey as regards the recent revolution ct Rome, indicated yester- day by M. Drouyn de Lhuye, in the National As- sembly, 18 satisiactory to the great mass of the people of France, although it is far from being leasing to the ‘National and the organs of the Red Republicans. The nature ot the discussion, as one of the Paris papers observes, was such that neither party m the National Assembly was wil- ling to reveal all its views and intentions. The Mountain concealed its attacks upon the principle of religion and order under the delusive veil of liberty, and the of the government would not openly declare] that,fin refusing to adm Roman Republicans to the sympathy "4g support of the Freneh nation, they are a¢ inated by a de+ ‘syiamnatto® to reject all attev-igta ut propagandiem, which render F* ence odious to the leading powers of Europ, and expose her to ‘ft domina- tion of a pAicy from whose violemce she has re- cently €zcaped, after having seen her finances brought to the brink of ruin, and the cause ot or- er Tlaced in extreme jeopardy. Tit real question appears to be, is France to undertdke a crusade of plopegendiem wherever republicans contrive fora Moment to raise their heads? Her great object should be to consolidate her own institutions, and not interfere wildly with those of other State: There is no reason why France should not be alliance with monarchical States, and there is no guarenty that she will find true friendship in other republics, There may bea sympathy tor repub- licanism, but it should never be carried to the ex- tent of ae French honor and French interests, aud, abeve all, it should never be shown tothe detriment of the cause of order and religion ‘ ment can be stropg, no people can be happy, no just ri bts, whether $. pereonal gcourzs or secu- rity ef property, can be respected. ‘he National Assembly hoday resumed the dis- cussion on the electoral law. The 60th clause, | Telative to thenumber of votes necessary for the validity of an election, “pave. nse toa longdebate, in the course of which five or six amendments were brought forward and rejected. The plan proposed by the committee, namely, that a candidate, in order to be elected, should have the votes of at | least one-sighth of the whole numberof the ctee- tors inscribed 1m the jiste, was ultimately adopted. The whole of the remaining clauses, to the 73d, were also adopted. 1 have already informed you that all the parties into which the great mass of the body po! ot France is divided are at the present momen: busily engaged in organizing their respective forces, and preparing tor the momentous struggle whictt the approsching general election wiil doubtless pro- duce, and which will probab'y decide the fate of the French government tor some time to come, in regard not only to its personne’, but itsform. 1 have also given you a sketch of the election com- Mittees which ate in the course of formation 10 Paris under the auspices of the different leaders, aud the eflort making on the part of some of them to add to their strength and importaace by judi- cious coahtions, It appears thut these efforts have hitherto not produced any very important resulta. On Monday laet an interview took place between the President of the republic and MM. Theers, Mo!é, and Berryer, on the subject of the committee of the Club of the Rue de Poitiers. Very little has been published by the papers on the subject of this meeung, but it is generally enough spoken of in society. The President expressed his full confi- dence in the parties under whose auspices the com- Mittee in question has been formed, and in the objects and intentions of the committee itself ; but ggested that, in order to meet the scruples of who imagined that the club of the Rue de Poitiers was composed of persons who sought no- thing else but a return to the dynasty of the Kour- bons under some shape or other, it would be de- sirable it some republicans, known to be friends te General Cavaignac, and some known Bonapartists, were added to the committee. MM. Thiers, Molé, and Berryer, at once expressed their readiness to act on the suggestion ; and, in the course ot yes- terday, negotiations were open with MM. Dufaure, Vivien, Lanjuinais, G. de Beaumont, and De Cour- celles, who are triende of General Cavaignac, and with MM. Abbatucci and Vieillard, two of the most intimate friends of the President. I have not heard the result of the negotiation with the Bona- peiueas but, as are the republicans, it has itheito failed. MM. Dutaure, Vivien, and the others, have refused to become members of the | committee, on the ground that it is cemposed en- tirely of Monarchists, among whom they would be an insignificant mmority, and that their presence, in such circumstances, instead of smoothing mat- ters, would increase the difficulties. The conse- quence is, that the committee will be composed almost entirely of Orleanists and moderate Legiti- mists. The committee at the head of which M. Napo- leon Bonaparte has placed himself, zails itself the Comuté Republicain Napoléonien. The Piesident of the republic continues to assume a neutral posi- tion between the committee and that of the Rue de Poitiers, but he cannot look with any marked dis- fatistaction upon a party which 1s got up avowedly im favor of his own pretensions, whatever the may be, and which is teraed of persons who lool to him alone, and to the family to which he be- longs, for advancement and greatneas. It was one of the extraordinary parts of the position of the President, that, owing his election, as he did, in @ greet measure, to the support of the Monarchists, almost every man in his councils belonged to thi.t party, and a onapartist was hardly to be dis- covered anywhere. The object of this committee is evidently to fill this void; and it remains to be seen whether it will succeed or not. One of the plans suggested 1s that of looking out for men ot ability, hitherto unknown in politics ; and itis supposed that the Councils-General will supply a considerable number. In the meantime, I uader- stand that the ministry look upon M. Napoleon Bomaparie!s committee with considerable jealousy, and thatat still threatens todisavew it. The mani- festo of this committee has been drawn up by M. Napoleon Bonaparte, but is not yet published. [t protests against the pretensions ef monarchists and feels of ail kinds, and appeals in favor of conciliation te all parties, en the ground that none of the old parties were satisfactory to the country or sufficiently strong to maintain order, It con- cludes by alluding to the programme issued by Pnnce Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on the eve of his election, and holds it up as the here for the realization of which the committee will strenuous- ly contend. : Very little has been said, hitherto, of the candi- dates to be brought forward at the ensuing elec- tions. M. Thiers, who was returned for the de- partment ot the Seine, but was elected for the Seine Jnferieure, 18 ine spoken of as a candidate for the department of the Seine. MM. Horace Say and Roger (du Nord) are also spoken of, but nothing 1s hitherto fixed. The committee of the club ot the Rue de Poitiers has already contrived to give offence te a considerable body of the con- servatives, by a resolution which it is said to have adopted, to oppose MM. Guizvt, Dumont, Ducha- tel, Hebert, and d’Haubersaert, wherever they ma: be brought forward. On the other hand, it 18 sai: to have resolved that it will support only fourteen out of the thirty-four members who at present re- present the department of the Seine. A special committee, formed out of the old mem- bers et the club of the Institute, has already com- menced its proceedings om the subject of the ap- proaching elections. Among them are MM. Gar- nier Pages, Pagnerre, Barthelemy St. Hilaire, Du- clere, &c. They have published the following manifesto :— MANIFESTO OF THE MODERATE REPUBLIC. The und ned reprerentatives, after having con- etently stised, in the Constituent Arsembly, the policy of conciliatory mederation, in the neme of which several parliamentary clubs have been formed, among othere that of the Institute and of the Council of State, consicer it their duty to point outin a frank declara- tiom the ideas which, in bapeag i amgreig to pre- tide over the new election, in xe to resp te the Recessities of a new stateof things. France is on the eve of a great and decisive trial. In @ few weeks she will be called on to complete her institutions by the election of the members of the Legislative Assembly. The French people, who have ly made the solemn Saale of universal suffrage, who hi bly understood the dut imposed on th ercise of their eevereign right—th on this , know how to prod jug urns the consolidation of order, society. The Government which organizes pt lic of Yeas, is made not to continue the revolution, but to close it. Unexpected. and arising out ef complica- tionsand taults henceforth forgotten, the Republic ought not to be one of party, but ome of progress and of necessity. Its cause of existence is at the same time its evident legitimacy, and the averred weakness of all other forme of government; ita honor is maih the government Of all, al to the devotedness of all; its stre’ velopement ofall rights, the advantages will be to ineres already wide ba-es of propert: ee ee merit it. ‘ 7 vine bap Sth resolution, weakness, or 'y passion, compromise public order, which hes pm strengthened by ite successive victories over snerenys by the in- creasing progress of a spiri sliation, Let us continue the work thus commenced, by improv- im let us beware of any at t at unter revo- let us not, after ut in danger the ‘now how to clos th ier feel well assured tkat, under text they may shield themselves, they are not the fess guilty nor less anarchical then those savege perturbators, who have stained our streets with Book, for aleo prepare @ civil war. As @ condition of our votes, let us demand from every candidate a formal adhesion to the institutions founded in the pame of the nation by the whole Constituent Assem- @ loyal co-operation to the President elected bly, reel e. The cou wished, by the im. Slane season of toe 10th December, to anscel the citizens should noes of opinion, and henceforth become a Lp rig guaranty of order, of calm, and of prosperity, It is to attain that object, it is in that spirit, which wa think it our duty to address ourselves to our fellow. citizens. Let the wisdom of the people discours¢ both thote sterile hopes that are kept up by the regrets of a past which can never be revived but at th, cost of san- gui: rad cates! and those &aseless schemes bby vai odious utoplea theortes, the most sacred peluclplon of sociat ordet, Lek ly aceept those whe will Onestly strengthen what ee hoon reettorate it by I rudent pong os we lace the future fate of the country ip honest, firm and conoilia- fry Sover=ment. Thi: te the only means of safety. OF at if we can contribute to pers hel be rmotil imi A Rise of he cine those ae convictions Which been given us ry a periemet, and we believe we shall have tendered to ing ‘ountry the most useful service in our power. P.S.—I have apet learned that, in consequence ofthe refueal of MM. Dufaure, Vivien, and the re- publicaas de la Viille, to join the committee of the club of the Rue de Poitiers, a meeting took piace to-day ag to eg Thiers, ce oe re r, and . Napoleon Bona; d acct, Conti, . The ‘club of the Rue de Poitiers offers to place ifteen Bonapartists on its committee, on condition thatthe committee, of which M. Napoleon Bona- parte is the President, should be broken up. It wall be reme' that it was calculated that the reduction onthe duty on salt would produce a Joes to the treasury of upwards of nat, millions of francs. The Minister ot the Finances hae just pub- lished a statement, from which it apppears that. comparing the reeeipts for the month of January of the present year with that of 1848, the loss hr, been greatly exaggerated. If the receipts for the, remain- img months be equal to the first, the loa will not be above two of three millions. ) | Ceylon. Our advices from Colombo (Ceylon) are to the Ith of Janu: The events of the preceding menth ce not sflord anything of public iniportuace. The tears of another outbreak amongst the natives appear to have passed away, and all matters seem quiet in the interior. As regards the crep ot cofle>, itis estimated tobe about the same or little lesa than that of th st year. Labor, without being plentitul, wai cient tor the wants of the plan- tere, but there was # scarcity of conveyance from the estatesto Colombo. ‘The sanitary condition of the islend was good, sod the season favorable for plantations, althouga several of them itis said are about to be abandoned from their being unremn- | Berative either as to quantity produced or preseat valine of ;reduce in the home market. A com- mittee of the Executive Council 1s still sittiog on the tmaneial condition of the colony. They have edemined one or two merehaots aud many public servants, The report of the sub-c: mmittee on the estimates for the enzuing year concurred in the opinion previously expressed of a probable de- ereese in imports avd exports, The measures of ecorcmy proposed to be introdueed would, it was cetoulated, efiect a saving of £16,817 in the twelve. month. The modi gum ordinance, and also the ordinance regulating the cutting of umber on Crown lands in the pv y, had become law. Mereantile affairs were dull, “the depression of the tims ond the usual holydays tending to in- terfere with the general course of business.” The weather having [atterly become settled, there was every expectation of the whole of the produce col- lected being shipped before the close of the season, aud already considerable progress had been made with the ccflee received atthe port. The process of picking was regarded as nearly completed, and itis mentioned us a remarkable circumstance that the Cingalese have this year readily performed, at stipulated wages, the duties of laborers, aad in many of their villages through such assistance much of the coflee is said to have been rescued from destiuetion, The cinnamon season had not been very productive, and on several estates the cuttings secured were scarcely halt im quantity compared with the last crop. The import trade was extremely slack. Italy. The Roman clergy having retused to officiate at a Te Deum performed in St, Peter of the Vatican on the 11th, mags was celebrated by a military chap- Jain, assisted by soldiers bearing torches. The Tepresentauves of the people were present. he Italian colors, green, red, and white, are adopted for the army of the Roman republic. "The name of the Pope is suppressed in all public docue ments and judicial sentences, and the Roman re- public substituted instead. By three decrees, of the 9th, of the provisional government of Venice—1. The Assembly of Depu- ues, convoked on the 3d of June, is dissolved. 2. The new Assembly is convoked for the 15th inst. 3. The Commission of the Lombardo-Venetian Railway is dissolved, and the Venetian govern- ment assumes the administration of the enterprise The Republic in Rome. In consequence of the National Asserrbly’s for- mal declaration sgainst the continuance of clerical sovereignty in Rome, and the solemn adoption of a republican form of government, there appeared in Rome, on the 12th instant, an order trom the head of the municipality for the removal, within three days, of every emblem connected with the pontifical reign, and the arms of the pontiff, sur- mounted with triple tiara, are only allowed to figure on church porticoes and over the residences of embassadors who are supposed to hold merely spiritual intercourse with the head of the church in reference to their various territories. Belgium. The King of the Belgians, on Sunday, gave a grand dinner to the members ot the conference on the Italian question. The preliminaries of the conference have already commenced. It is said that Count Colloredo, the ambassador from Austria, has declared that he was charged by his govern- ment to make known that he would not take any official part 1n the meeting, unless the different plenipotentiaries would previously engage to re- cognise, in the name of their respective courts, the integrity of the treaties of 1815. To this im- portant declaration he 1s said to have added, that Austria, in xocord with her powerful allies, was determined to adopt the necessary measures to make these treaties respected. Saxe Melningen. The seesion of the Diet was opened on the 11th by the Minister Von Spesshardt. The opening discourse plainly indicated that the government recognises the sovereignty of the national central wer, and hopes that it will promptly terminate a ederal constitution with a national representative and a powerful head of the empire. It rejects the union of the states of Thuringia, as proposed by Saxe Weimer, but is willing to concur in other common necessaries. The Frankfort Diet. _ Another Prussian note has been received. Prus- sia insists with firmness and moderation on her right, as well as that of the other German States, te te more closely. She insists on a federate state, into which none is compelled, but all are free to enter, if they think fit. wean: - Our accounts from Madrid are of the 15th inst. The Carnival was extremely animated. The ines gave, the might before, a very brilliant ball, and cards of invitation had been issued by the French and American Ambassadors. The Comercio of Cadiz, of the 11th, states that there was every probability thatthe difference be- tween Great Britain and Morrecco would be ami- cably adjusted. The report of the murder of the British Consul at Tangier was unfounded. The English squadron was still at (ibraliar on the 7th. It then consisted of five ships of the lime, one frigate, one brig, and six steamers. Java. The accounts from Batavia are to the 29th of November. The Dutch authorities are maku active preparations for another formidable tied on Bally. The expedition is to consist of 9,000 men, and is to move in March. Labuan, The accounts from Labuan are to the 18th of December, and are less unsatisfactory than those last received regarding the health of the island. On the hill where the new residences were being erected there was petleot freedom from sickness, and the dangerous localities were supposed to be very limited. Sir James Brooke had exchanged ratifications at Brum with the Sultan for the occu- pation ot the Island of Labuan, and the Sultan had sent 800 laborers to assist 1m the construction of the new town. He had also despatched letters to every part of Borneo, requesting the natives to trade freely with the new settlement. The colony had been left for some time in an unprotected state, but the Auckland and the Meander had sinee ar- rived, and had landed 80 Sepeys. On the 8d of December Sir James Brooke had sailed from Labuan to negotiate a treaty with the Sultan of Sulu. Native boats are beginning to trade regu- larly from the coest of Borneo, bringing various articles of provisions. Sardiniae : In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies ot Tu- rin, of the 15th, Minteter Cadorna, in answer to a question, notice of which had been given, express- ed himeelt as follows :—‘ I know it has been said that the cabinet intended to have restored the sovereign of Rome, nay, imposed him upoa the people. This assertion is diametrically contrary to the licy of our cabmet, whose acts will always be in harmony with its principles, and those prin- ciples are those of conciliation. We have inter- posed our friendly influence between the Roman people and the pontiff, wishing, if possible, to bring the two parties, BN pe a prespomtne toa pacific understanding. ‘e admit the principle of popular sovereignty ; but we distinguish the people from a rty.”” The minister then expressed a hope that the Chamber would not press him further on the subject, as it might not be advisable. Turkey. ‘The aecount of the entwance of the Russian army into Transylvania had produced a deep sen- fation in the Ottoman capital, and imparted to the communications between the divan and the Euro- pean diplomacy an extraordinary degree of acti- vity. ‘Frequent conferences,” says one of those letters, “take place daily between the Grand Vi- zier, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the am- bassadors of the great powers. Turkey declares that she can no longer bear the yoke imposed upon her by Rusaia, and proclaims her readiness to to war, if necessary, in order to extricate heree! from a situation in which tly pleced by the indifference or cowardice of England and ce. Abbas Pacha was at Cokatantinople on the 10th of February, but it was urders' to be his in- pt after the fete of the i fe ‘MMorled El Neby.” eraschid Pacha, former “Morled El Neby.” Governor ef Arabia, and recently of the ce of Masoura, in the Delta, died of a on the 18th of December. Mehemet Ali has had ano- ther attack of dysentery at Cairo, and his physi- cians were in close attendance on him. It is not improbable he may be carried off with this attack. An English traveller named Fogg, had died of putrid fever at Esneh, in Upper Egypt, The question of ¢, WY ry Cant ni e cl ton seems to draw the attention of Ad EXiness autho- Tities, The ‘oris have been put in a state of pre- paration, “nd conatant pra of the guns is obeerve.g, This alone causes alarm am the Chi-,ege; at the same time a feeling prevails that “40 hostile measures will be adopted to enforce the convention of Sir John Davis. All remains quiet in Canton. and how to meet The subject of retrenchment, the expenses of this colony, is 's as the home government have not allowed suff event funds to meet them. Some of te pawl¢ jventes vecupation, wo dvabt, bar orks have been stopped, and it 18 understood that excellency the governor centempla:es imme- diate reduction m some ot the departments. Th: subject 18 am umportant one where the community is small, and the resources of the new colony limi- ted. As the British goverument and the East India Company derive so large a revenue from the China trade, 1t does not appear a liberal or a wise policy to distress the colony. | _ In trade there have beea considerable transac- tions during the month, but at low prices, and the prinerpal arneles of import have sustained a fur- iher depression since last month, Money 18 not so abundant, which may be attributed to the approach of the Chinese new yearon the 24th proximo. The total expert cf tea to date exceeds that of last year atthe eeme period, the excess being in green, whilst of b'ack there isa decrease. The total ex- port of silk falls short nearly one half of that of Just year at the same time. There have lately been several arrivals of South Sea whalers to refit at this port, and it 19 under: stcod to be the intention of the American whalers to ceme in future here, as they can refit at thie place om more moderate terms. _ Our latest dates from Shanghai are of the 20th, and Woosung the 21st Dee A large amount of business had been done aaa nS month, but at lower rates for imports. Tea had advanced 1 to 2 taels, and attention was drawn to the lower quo lites of silk, which had also advanced; fine wus notto be procured. The stock of silk was small in firet hands, and the late purchases were in course of ehipment. New Zealand, Frem accounts we have received to the end of October, we learn that all was quiet, and hkely to remain 80, the Governer naving had an inter- view with Rangihaeta, who admitted that his peo- ple were anxious to adopt the customs of the Eng- lish, and were averse to war. Invasion of Scinde by the Affghans, Official ntermation has been received of the advance against the Scinde frontier of 12,000 Aff- ghans, with 14 guns, under Dost Mahomed’s ne- phew, and one of the Candahar chiefs. They are taid to have traversed the Khojuck Pass, and to be marching on Shikarpore through the Bolan, which, at this time of the year, is covered with snow. Freeh reinforcements will be sent to Scinde. Foreign Miscellany. ANOTHER New Gorp Keaion.—According to advices trom St. Petersburgh, ot Feb. 1, in’ the Belgian papers, arival to the miraculous region ot California has ulready been found. A Colonel Kaveloveki, ef that capital, who, fora considerable tame, had euperimtended the workings of exten- sive gold mines in Siberia, and in the course of mineralogical pursuits, has latterly been exploring the interior of Africa, has discovered on the right bank of the Sornat, at one day’s journey from Cas- sin, many considerable hills or mountains of auri- ferouseands. On the washing of these sands he found ee yielded more gold than those of Sibe- tia. Pushing his researahes further, he examined the shores of the Ramla, the Dys, the Goucka, of the Benisch-Aogol and the Gamanil, and in all discovered deposits more or less extensive of gold- ensands. He proposed, therefore, that miners and gold-washers should be sent from Russia to try the grounds and undertake the washiags on a large scale. Tue Trape To Carirornia.—The following is a list of principal feeds, entered (in considerable quantities) at the Liverpool Custom House, for ex- port to Calitorpia, up to the present time:—155 bales and 79 other packages of cottons; 133 bales, and 27 other packages of woollens; 149 bales of blankets; 40 tons of bar, hoop, and sheet iron, and 50 boxes of tin plates; 419 packages of epudes, hardware, shovels, nails, &e.; 15,000 bricks, and 38 boxes of Jase; 160 tierces and 70 barrels ot beer, and 165 ito bottled; 71 packages of wearing ‘appparel; a quantity of plain spirits, French brandy and gin, castings, pickles and sauces, soap, medicine, shirts, umbrellas, parasols, thread and silk, 19 cases of cutlery, 68 barrels of vinegar, 28 packages of shoes, tool chests, &c , 200 iron pots, two ploughs, six cages of patent felt, stationary, one box of Seidlitz powders, one iron warehouse, a quantity of agri- cultural implements, 100 tons of coals, anvils, grates, 45 packages of galvanised tin, white lead grindstones, biscuite, wove wire, and a variety of miscellaneous articles, of which the respective quantities were comparatively so small that,we do not particularise them.— Liverpool (Willmer) Mail, Feb, 24, Front or a Banker’s Ccerk To CaLIroRNiA.— The Fife Hera/d notices the flight of a young man, nineteen years of age, teller in tle Ciydesdale Branch Bank in that tewn, who went off by rail- way ov Friday afternoon last, leaving his em- ployer, hisfather, relation, and friends, in utter ignorance of his intentions. It is stated that he has abstracted £350trom the bank safe, of which he liad charge. The bank agent, to the time of his exit, was highly satisfied with nis conduct, and had lately ofered him an advance of salary to £70 to continue in his employment. Nor has any other charge of ambtoney conduct been brought againet him of any kind whatever. It 18 suspected that he and two other lads have had their imagi- Nations so fired by what they have read about the treasures ot California, that they have set off for that new 5:1 Dorado. Lamantine’s Worxs.—M. de Lamazrtine is col- leetung criptions for a new edition of his works. He leaves the subscribers at liberty to take any number of volumes they please, promises to print their names in the collection, and fixes the price ot each volume at six francs. He says that he broaches this scheme to promote the inte- rest of others; but the real and unmistakeable meaning of it is, that he 1s in such grievous want of money, as to be obliged to make an indirect ap- peal tothe generomty of the public. It isa vad thing to see a man who stands eo high, and has done so much, reduced so low; but still itis ho- norable to him to be poor, after having had, asa member of the government, thousands pass through his hands, oat hiscommand. Perhaps histriends and admirers are to be blamed for not coming for- ward to assist him 10 his strait.—Leterary Gazette, It is stated that her Majesty is in # condition which holds eut a prospect of her aioe the country be- fore long, with an additional prince or princess. The Russian march into Transylvania has been countermanded, on the demand of the Austrian go- vernment. A report is prevalent that « holy alliance has been formed between Austria, Naples, Spain, and France, to restore the Pope. The Wiener Zietung has expressly contradicted the bs ag to eng in circulation, of the acoersion of Prince indisebgratz to the title of Duke of Freidland. From Gaeta we hear ena that the Pope enjoys good health. His Holiness had held # congregation, at which eleven cardinals were present, The mews of the | shew nee of the republic at Rome, was very coldly received by the authorities at Bologna, but the were im on extacy of enthu- siasm. Bonfires were lighted in the streets, trees of liberty were planted, and &the populace continued a the night dancing in the streets. The mob forced the inhabitants to illuminate their houses. , the you: brother of T. F. 8 lieutenant in the National Guards diately on the discovery of the Pope’s wn his commission, and followed the rr) if to the !Neapolitan frontier. He is now stationed about the Pope’s person at Gaeta. The Moolraj has wri a letter to General Whish, which his brother-in-law id ‘* What is the cam religion that firet seized, outs Longs Mull, then cured him of pose of hanging him?” Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, has returned from Paris to London. ‘The cholera was raging to « serious exte and had been very fatal amongst the a hinese m. Muoh of the malignity is at- tributed to the imperfect drainage of the town. Foreign Theatrieals. Mrs. Mowatt and Mr. Davenport are playing with suecess at the Marylebone Theatre, London. Mr. and Mrs. Kean are playing at the Haymarket. Mr. Banvard is very suecessful with hie Panoramas of the Mississippi. Carlotta Grisi has just taken her farewell benefit at the Grand Opers at Berlin, in the ballet of “ Esmeral- da,’ She Je daily expected to arrive in town, prepara- tery to the London operatic season. The Swedish “Nightingale” is to be married carly in month to Mr. Harris, nephew of Mars, pee ‘and net the son of a agar erally reperted. Mile. Lin the round of te favorite characters at her Lae heft the middle of May, then teke —but continue to sing at concerts, final leave of the stage. All the necessary arrangements for the opening of the Ro; Italian Opera have been ‘completed, all doubts that were in existence have beenremoved, and the 10th of next month will be the opening night. Mr.Hudeom, the Irish comedia: 4 Mr. W.H. Payne, the pantomimist, have been ‘the stare recently at Manchester. ill Mr, William Farren ii ‘at Sheffield, and will appear im two of his Taveries characters soon. * Jullien oo his last concert at Sheffield, at the Ma- “a Edi at Edin- argh, "ake hase appear onthe ith, a8 Donde, where che fo engoged fore few night. siseaasivob pderson Warner were ni Devlin he theatre bas been closed, and will te- mein so until Easter. ane his cosdjutors, Mile. Vers, Miss seapeees fom ens Brae to Ostend’ and Cheltenbem. just suddenly nts Werchestre, dled on Friday lest, aged y of his lo active eareer com; euraet ohnletens “ableh proved: to. bien fetal the 0d his donta, For had retired from the orchestra of the 1d Opera, but last year he etill held his class at the Conservatoire, and also directed the Socitis des Cone certs, of which he was the der His rabust consti- tution was considerably enfeebled. but there was no two years he Gran *pparent symptom of a fatal description, when he sud- Genly expired. Habemeck was director of the @pera for tl Jears. inspector of studies the Conserva- toire, and ohief ‘musician of the ing. Louis Phi- lippe leaver a widew and two dat one of whom is married to M. Leplus ths talented futlet, He was the oldest of three brothers; Joseph and Coren- tip, like bim, are distinguished violinists, and the fo! still belon, Habeneck’s funeral took the church of deceased, concert, which was to’ have taken plece’on Sundsy, and the whole of its members attended the fanera’, 2a e last tribute of respect to their talented and muc® es- geemed founder. Emancipation rn Kentucky.—Io an article npon the nitimate emancipation of the slaves of K tuchy, the Lowzsville Courter, of the 28th ult., the following remark. “teas p oclaimed that the cause of emancipation is virtuaily given up by its friends in this State, and that they can do no- thing. Well, our information is very differeat from this; from all we can gather, Kentueky has ¢mancipators enough 1n it to carry the State by the largest vote ever given under the present constitu- tion. All that they need, is to organize themselves throughout the State, to meet together, to under- stand one another, and unite in harmonious action. They do not desire to do injustice to the owner of slaves, nor will they willingly do so, but they feel that their cause is a vital one, and that it must triumph. But suppose that this is pot so, what then! Are we, who hold that emancipation is a vital truth, to fold our handa in listlessness because we are not ina majority? Are we to yield our penainess and surrender our right to hold opinions, cause we are said tobe inaminority? There is nota truth thatis held as sacred, that is cherished and nourished as essential to the well-being of society, that was not once in a minority; and if the demand now made upon the emancipators of Kentucky had been yielded by the triends and de- votees of truth through all ages, the world would at this hour be under the dominion of error, and would be unfitto live in. But the friends ot emanci- pation know that they can engraft their principle upon the new constitution, and no douches of cold. water will be likely to cool their araor, nor shock their deliberate judgment. Let each man who loves Kentucky, and who wishes to secure pros- perity to the next generation of Kentuckians, be firm, courageous, energetic end prudent, and all will be well. Even if all that ts desired cannot be done, emancipation may put itselt in a pesition to hold the balance of power—let each friend do his duty, and do all in his power to deal justly and fairly with all men, and all will be well. From Texas. steamship Portland, Captaim Place, arrived yesterday from Galveston, We are indebted to the efficers for Galveston papers. Four gentlemen, Mr. Ruthven and Mr. Lyon, of Hous- ton, Mr. Park, of Washington, aud Mr, Norris, narrowly escaped death by treezing, 01 the mght of the 15th ult. They lett Houston in the eveniag, Iman open stage, for Washington, dined at Ham- blen’s twenty-five miles from Aouston, and late 1m the evening proceeded on their route, though their clothes were frozen on them, a cold norther with ram and sleet having blown upon them all day: At halt-past eight o’clock, ten miles beyond Ham- blen’s, in the midst of a wide prairie, the stage bogged, and the tongue was pulled out. The next neerest house was Stevensen’s, ten miles further on, and to this they immediately dispatched the driver fer assistance, they being now so benumbed and paralyzed as to be almost disabled from mak- ing even un effort to save themselves. Iathis des- titute condition they were left to ‘ bide the pelt- ings of the pitiless storm” till day-break im the morning, when a wagow reached them from Stevenson’s, at which place they arrived some two hours after,more like dead men than living. A man named Rose Beach, tell overboard froma smalk veesel, and was drowned in the bay of Galveston, a few days since.--N. O. Delta, Mar. 2. From Corpus Cnristi.--By the arrival yesters dey of the steamship Fanny, we have received the Corpus Christi Star of the 24th ult. We copy a paragraph or two, which 1s all we can find of interest :-— News rrom THe Caironsian Snively and Lieut. Goodall thet the Last evening Col. here, and report 'y at the Laredo of the Presidio. Solonel E:verstom was to guide the party from crossing up, he being perfectly well acquainted with the coun- try, and before this, we have no doubt all safely arrived at the Presidio. Mr. Peop' and, in fact, the whole crowd, were in good health and spirits, They had gone some distance out of the route before Colonel Snively overtook them, but had not met with any obstacles of conreq’ oe. On their return, Colonel Snively aud Geodall strack # direct route for this place. through without the slightest difficulty. They that a direct road from here to Presidis Rio Gra listanee down to 160 miles. je py atrived bere on Thursdey, bringing dow: other detachment of California emi- rants, under the title of the “Kinney Rangers’? ‘hey number thirty-two, stout, intelligent looking meu, many of whom have beer old hunters from bo; hood, and all appear to be well calculated to stand ti fatigues and brave the dangers of their overland trip to Califernia. ‘The Fanny brought $20,000 in specie, $14,000 of which was consigned to Kidder. Desh & Co., and $6,000 to Kirk: & Dyas.—N. O. B: Tue Deatupep Conrgssio: Kelsey died in this city on Friday mght last, at an advanced age. He has resided here for more than twenty years, and for most part of the time has kept an inferior tavern, near the foot of Main street. He has been suspected several times ot committing depredations upon his guests, in the way of plunder, and once was charged with mur- der, but escaped punishment, trom « want of tes- timony sufficient to produce conviction. However, when _adviced that his death was near at hand, he manifested a desire to have an acquaintance sent for, that he might confess his crimes before he died. The person sent for came, and the old man confessed. From that person, who 18 highly re- spectable, we learn that the statement involves se- veral robberies of guests at his house, and the murder for which he wasarrested many years ago, and tried but not convicted. The full particulars of the confession have not been furnished us, but we learn that the old man stated that he buried the body on the premises. Some search hae been made, but with what success we are not informed. During the search, on Saturday, several articles were found secreted about the premises, which in- dicated the truth of the confession. Among other things was an oval brass truck plate, much corro- ded, which bears this inscription-—“ E. win, Rochester, N.Y.” This may afford some clue to a mysterious disappearance either of the property or person of the owner, or perhaps both. 682 conleseions, we think, need not be questioned, as they have been forced from the dying man by the power of conscience, under a deep sense of guilt. Express, Feb. 19. Ee Dia es ATTEMPT TO Mat lamoganee. —We yesterday gave some account of a yor ly saginds Fanny elated, being found by atficer Starkweather, atthe Lowell depot—she seem at the time to be laboring under the influence o! insanity. It appears that that she left home, at Royalton, Vermont, on Monday last; pi di to Lebansa, N. Hand thence to Manchester. At the latter place John ley entered the cars, and, observing her bea aid his viel for making her his victim. He seated himself b the side of the innocent and unsuspecting girl, an: was with her until their arrival in this city; secur- ing by his conversation that which he was so far from’ deserving—a share of her contidence. He then got her ito a cab with him, under pretension that he was going to find a respectable boarding house. They went to a disreputable house in Ana street, and there Langley attempted torcibly to com- plete his diabolical purpose, by violating her ar son; but fortunately the girl’s struggles and loud outeries thwarted him; tance came, and she was rescued. The villain Langley made. his escape. The girl’s arms were found badly bruised and she almost a maniac. The disorded state o! her mind was owing entirely to the encounter with Tana fet she has since become perfectly com- eed. Mies Plaisted 18 a highly respectable young lady, bearing an unblemished character. Her pa- Tents are at feoyalton, Vt.—Boston Daily Times, March 10. 7 LRSEX.—Quite an amusing us wy pe heresy Criminal Court, in East Cam! Friday. It from the evidence, thats Jetiaber of the ert zens, having been con- vinced that one George Wileon was Lat. in continual . be bly last years and B W. Clarke, Haq , late of this village, aud Jonathan Lawieave, of Winsl ena bot Meira.*