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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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ground of fresh attacks upon England. The Ministry, 

 bowyer, are said to be very easy as to the result ; and it 

 is generally believed that they will obtain a majority as 

 decisive as that which defeated the strong combination 

 formed against them a few weeks since. — From Spain we 

 hsit €1X0 news of any consequence, but from Portugal we 



learn that the late accounts of the suppression of the revolt 

 atAJgaeida were altogether premature. The Government 

 blockade has hitherto been useless, and the fortress still 

 imams in the hands of Count Bomfim and his military 



followers. Serious disaffection prevails throughout the 

 kingdom, and so uncertain is the result that the insurgent 

 leader is not unlikely to supplant the Ministry of S. 

 Costa Cabral. — The accounts from Italy are still con- 

 tradictory ; it is believed that Sicily is in a state of revolt, 

 and that the promoters of the insurrection are now 

 at Malta, maturing their plans and arranging their 

 future operations. — The King of Greece has ratified 

 the new Constitution by the prescribed oaths, and 

 the National Assembly has been closed after bring- 

 ing their arduous and important labours to a suc- 

 cessful issue. — The Texas and Oregon questions are 

 the leading topics in the news from the United States, 

 and it is currently reported in New York that the British 

 Ambassador is instructed to give up the Oregon, on con- 

 dition of his obtaining a modification of the tariff. 



At home. Parliament has again assembled after the 

 Easter recess, but the business transacted does not call 



for further notice than will be found in our report In 



Dublin on Monday, Mr. O'Connell and the other tra- 

 versers received notice that judgment would be applied for 

 on the verdict, unless cause to the contrary be shown 

 within four days. This was met by a counter-notice 

 announcing that the traversers intend to apply for a new 

 trial, and the arguments on this point are appointed to 

 commence on Monday. 



Court.— Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied 

 by the Queen of the Belgians, the Prince of Leiningen, 

 the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess 

 Alice, arrived in town on Tuesday from Windsor, and the 

 King of the Belgians arrived on the same evening from 

 Claremont. On Wednesday the Queen held a Court and 

 Privy Council at Buckingham Palace, at which Sir F. 

 Pollock, the new Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Mr. 

 Hope, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, were sworn as 

 Privy Councillors. On Thursday, Her Majesty held her 

 second Drawing-room this season, which was very nume- 

 rously attended. Her Majesty has signified her intention 

 to give a series of state balls at Buckingham Palace dur- 

 ing the present season. The statement that Eaglehurst 

 Castle has been selected as a marine residence for the 

 Royal infants has been contradicted The Queen Dow- 

 ager has arrived in town from Bushv Park, and continues 

 in improved health. The American dwarf, General Tom 

 Thumb, attended on Monday at Marlborough House, the 

 residence of the Queen Dowager, for the second time. 

 The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge 

 were also present. Her Majesty presented the General 

 with a gold watch, which was manufactured by command 

 of the Queen Dowager, and is of the smallest size. 



Parliamentary Movements.— Mr. Hurst, who formerly 

 contested the borough on the Whig interest, has come 

 forward as a candidate for Horsham, the late member, 

 Mr. Scarlett, having succeeded to the peerage ; there is 

 no other candidate, and Mr. Hurst will doubtless be 

 returned without opposition.— Mr. Baring, the unsuc- 

 cessful opponent of Mr. Pattison in the recent contest 

 for London, is the Government candidate for Huntingdon, 

 vacant by the promotion of Sir F. Pollock to the bench.— 

 The representation of Exeter, vacant by the appointment 

 of Sir W. Follett as Solicitor-General, will be contested 

 by Gen. Briggs, who has announced his intention of op- 

 posing the re-election of Sir W. Follett on the League 

 interest.— The re-election of Mr. Thesiger for Woodstock 

 will also be opposed, the Marquess of Blandford having 

 addressed the electors on the Conservative interest 



Law Appointments.— As anticipated in our last, Sir 

 F. Pollock has been appointed Lord Chief Baron of the 

 Exchequer in the room of the late Lord Abinger ; Sir 

 W. Follett has been promoted to the office of Attorney- 

 General in the room of Sir F. Pollock : and Mr. Thesiger 



has been appointed Solicitor-General in the room of Sir 

 W. Follett. 



East India House.— At the Court of Directors last 

 week after the re-election of the retiring Members of the 

 Board, Mr John Shepherd was chosen Chairman, and Sir 

 Uenry W lUock, D eputy-Chairma n, for the year ensuing. 



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FRANCE.-Our accounts from Paris state that the 

 utmost sensation and excitement on the subject of Tahiti 

 has been again produced among all classes of people, and 

 is every day gaming additional strength. This sub ect has 

 been brought thus prominently forward by the arrival 

 or Lieut. Reine, aide-de-camp to Rear-Admiral Dupetit 

 lnouars, who is believed to have conveved to the French 

 Government various documents relative to the late occur 

 rences at the Society Islands. On Friday an attempt was 

 made in the Chamber of Peers to revive u discussion on 

 the subject. The Prince de la Moscowa put some ques 

 tions to the Minister of the Navy relative to the contents 

 of these documents, when the latter replied that a report 



had been received from Rear-Admiral Dupetit Thouars, 

 dated five days later than the despatch announcing that 

 he had taken possession of Otaheite ; but that it added 

 nothing whatever to the information which had already 

 come to hand. The Marquis de Bossy insisted on this 

 report being laid on the table, whereupon the Minister re- 

 plied that the Government would "deliberate" on the 

 point. On Saturday the subject was brought before the 

 Chamber of Deputies by M. Billault, the ally of M. 

 Thiers, after the report of Admiral Dupetit Thouars had 

 been laid before the Chamber by the Ministers ; and a 

 most exciting discussion ensued. M. Billault endeavoured 

 to prove that M. Guizot had been guilty of falsehood 

 when, on the Otaheite affair being first discussed, he had 

 affirmed that the Government possessed no other docu- 

 ments on the subject than those they had produced. M. 

 Billault referred to the Moniteur, and observed, that, but 

 two days before, the Minister of the Navy had stated, in 

 the Chamber of Peers, that at the time they disavowed 

 Admiral Dupetit Thouars's proceedings, the Cabinet were 

 in possession of the reports of the officers who had com- 

 manded at Otaheite during the "protectorate." The 

 Minister of the Navy defended his veracity, and M. 

 Guizot asserted that, at the period mentioned, the Go- 

 vernment had only the Admiral's report respecting the 

 special fact of the deposition of Queen Pomare. M. 

 Dufaure and Odilon Barrot assailed M. Guizot with 

 renewed vigour, the Minister maintaining that the 

 Government were not obliged to communicate all the 

 documents applied for, and especially the reports of 

 subaltern officers to their superior. M. Berryer and 

 M. Marie joined in the attack, and M. Guizot re- 

 quired all his firmness and command of temper to stand 

 the clamour raised against him. Upon M. Ledru-Rollin 

 crying out, " You have failed in sincerity and good 

 faith," the scene became quite a tumultuous one. M. 

 Guizot indignantly repelled the imputation ; the Central 

 Deputies demanded that M. Ledru-Rollin be called to 

 order, the President declared that his language was not 

 parliamentary, and M. Ledru-Rollin exclaimed that it was 

 not the less true. Thereupon, the Chamber separated in 

 the greatest agitation, the Opposition threatening to revive 

 the discussion with renewed fury. On Tuesday, M. 

 Billault again brought the affairs of Tahiti forward, 

 stating that he wished to put some interpellations to the 

 Ministry on the subject. M. Cunin Gridaine, who was 

 the only member of the Cabinet then in the House, re- 

 plied, that the Government was not only ready but anxious 

 to answer all questions in respect to the late affair at 

 Tahiti, and he therefore moved, in the name of the 

 Cabinet, that Friday should be fixed upon for the discus- 

 sion, which was at once agreed to. The Opposition party 

 are in a state of the utmost excitement and indignation 

 against the Cabinet, for their conduct in the affair. All 

 the different sections of the Opposition have held meetings 

 on the subject, in which they concurred in heapiug the 

 most violent abuse upon the Cabinet and M. Guizot. A 

 coalition has been formed between all the parties of the Op- 

 position, in which they have promised to act according to a 

 settled plan. The coalition met for the first time on Monday 

 in one of the bureaux of the Chamber. MM. Thiers, Ber- 

 ryer, Remusat, Odilon Barrot, Billault, and Viviers were 

 present. A suggestion to impeach the members of the 

 Cabinet was seriously brought forward by some of the 

 most violent members of the Opposition, but it was not 

 considered prudent to attempt it. In the meantime, the 

 Cabinet appear very easy as to the result. An equally 

 strong combination was formed against them a few weeks 

 ago, but they carried the day triumphantly, and there is 

 no doubt that on this occasion the result will be similar. 

 The usual supporters of Ministers are staunch in the sup- 

 port of the Cabinet, and declare that nothing has hap- 

 pened since the time when the affairs of Tahiti were for- 

 merly discussed and the judgment of the house upon them, 

 which makes it at all necessary that the subject should be 

 recurred to. The Ministry are therefore perfectly sa- 

 tisfied that the majority in their favour now will be fully 

 equal to that which supported them in the former divi- 

 sion. In the bureaux of the Chamber of Peers, on Mon- 

 day, when the Secret Service Money Bill was under consi- 

 deration, the Ministers were asked several questions as to 

 their intentions respecting the conversion of the Five per 

 Cents. ; and so strong was the feeling expressed upon the 

 subject by the Peers, that the Minister of Finance, on the 

 part of the Cabinet, gave a promise that, should nothing 

 occur in the meantime to prevent him from doing so, he 

 would next year introduce a bill for the purpose of re- 

 ducing the interest on that part of the national debt which 

 now pays 5 per cent, interest. In the same Chamber on 

 Tuesday, the debate on the Secret Service Money was 

 continued, and led again to a discussion on Tahiti. M. 

 de Montalembert, M. de Bouchage, and other Opposition 

 Peers, made violent attacks upon the Government, and 

 M. Guizot replied in a speech of great animation, after 

 which the discussion dropped— In reference to the cause 

 of all this excitement, it is stated that the report of Adm. 

 Dupetit Thouars is anything but complimentary to the 

 English naval officers in the Pacific. There is said to be 

 another report from Capt. Bruat, which is still stronger, 

 but which the Ministry have thought it right to withhold. 

 It is supposed that it is on account of the violence of the 

 language made use of by Capt. Bruat with regard' to 

 England, that the Government refuse to produce the 

 reports of the inferior officers to their superiors, the re- 

 fusal of which gives so strong a handle to the Opposition. 

 The papers also state that Lieut. Reine who brought the 

 despatches is not allowed by Ministers to hold any com- 

 munication with his friends, and that the documents which 

 were annexed to the Admiral's report, and which have 

 been kept back, cont .in details of most serious insults 



offered to French - authoritv and the Fren, 

 heite. It is also asserted that, if Adm Ham^f 1 °* 

 yet sailed in order to supersede Adm. Du D eti> Tk *' ** 

 his command, it is because he insists upon nr P • 8 * 

 ceiying explicit and formal instructions as tJ 11°^ 



denies him. — M. 



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Lafitte, whose election, at Lo^»lI lfi, ^ , 

 been twice annulled by the Chamber of Deputi 



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France and Nation were sentenced on Saturda??*^ 

 Court of Assizes of Paris, the first to six montW ; • 



again returned, at the same place, on Saturdav h 

 jority of 342 to 63. The editors of the cJli. 



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sonment and 8000f. fine, and the otneTto four JZSh 

 imprisonment and 60007. fine, for disputin- the^ 

 of Louis-Philippe to the throne. The grippe* (M a \ 

 continued to make painful progress in Parig D,ft?*' 

 from former visitations of the malady, it has thii* 

 proved fatal in very many cases. The King had bZ 

 slightly attacked by it; and M. Duchatel (Miaisterrf 

 the Interior) was on Tuesday seriously ill of it n! 

 daughter of M. Guizot, who had also been attacked wl 

 convalescent. At a meeting of the Chamber of CoT 

 merce of Lyons, on the 5th inst., to take into conskw" 

 ation the Bill for the railroad between Paris and ChaW 

 and the interests therein of Lyons in particular, it &Z 

 to a resolution to petition the Chamber that the road 

 should be continued to Lyons, either by the State or bv 

 companies, and that the two Bills should be both pn> 

 sented and passed this session. It was said in ParU 

 that the influence of the French Government would pre- 

 vent the marriage of the Duke of Bordeaux with a Nea- 

 politan Princess, believed to be in contemplation. 



Spain. — The accounts from Madrid chiefly refer to tie 

 religious ceremonies of the holy week, which would appear 

 to have been revived with extreme fervour. Another 

 grand procession took place on Good Friday, at which it 

 was observed that General Narvaez, the political chief, 

 Benavides, and the French envoy, M. Bresson, wore the 

 grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. The rumour 

 that M. Bresson was shortly to be invested with the 

 ribbon of Charles III., so soon after his arrival at 

 Madrid, tended further to prove the sympathy existing 

 between the party in power and the French Government. 

 The Ministry had just held another Council, wherein 

 the law or decree to be promulgated relative to the press 

 had been again discussed ; and it was affirmed that the 

 Gazette will shortly publish the law, with a decree de- 

 claring Spain to be no longer in a state of siege. M. 

 Cortina and the other imprisoned members of the Cortet, 

 had, at length, been suffered to communicate with their 

 families and friends. On the 4th they had been visits 

 by a large number of persons. On the other hind, 

 several individuals are stated to have been arrested far 

 having been implicated in the late murderous attempt on 

 the Captain-General Narvaez. A number of deserters, 

 from various regiments, had likewise been seized at 

 Madrid. The Barcelona papers of the 6th are likewise 

 taken up with accounts of the religious solemnities of the 

 day. A brig had just conveyed to Barcelona 352 Cata- 

 lans, captured at Carthagena. Letters from Perpignan 

 of the 2d inst. state that 15 refugee Carlist officers and 

 soldiers have been recently arrested in the neighbourhood 

 of that town, who were, it is alleged, about to enter Cata- 

 lonia. The papers mention the occurrence of a fnghtfm 

 catastrophe at Felanitx, in the Balearic Islands. On the 

 31st ult. a large crowd of people having assembled to heir 

 a sermon in the old cemetery of the village, the *iu 

 which separated the churchyard from the Calle Mayor 

 suddenly fell down, and buried under its ruins upwards ol 

 300 persons. The alcalde and six members of the afuo- 

 tamiento and the preacher were among the victims, i J 

 papers estimate at 600 the sufferers by the accident, 4 u 

 of whom were said to have been killed and 191 ^ ounde ; 

 Portugal.— Accounts from Lisbon of the 9 th sn °* 

 that, although the Government journals received by WJ 

 last packet announced the approaching suppression oi 



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revolt, the m 



the opinion 



probable result win De me success ui w*»- — -- 

 displacing the Ministry of Costa-Cabral. The ^°* Dl '£ 

 to the latest dates, still maintained himselt in A,m "7 

 in spite of the nominal blockade by the . Gove ^ cal 

 troops, to whom his garrison was equal in nurD j; |0< j 

 strength, and far superior in supplies both of mon^ ^ 

 provisions. General Fonte Nova, commanding 



sieemsr 



force, had commenced the l° &: th,ea ' bout 



bardment; but, as the battery was situated 



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English mile from the wails, it may be wW°£ At 

 no great effect had been produced by its ^ 



Coimbra a portion of the 12th Re f! n,c "l ,,2 de- 

 Line, and some men of the Municipal Guard 



uiic ui cue A «.u Ca i=ia"^, «~ *~ - * t u at tbey* e,w 



the revolt, and an impression prevailed | n " ^ uV 

 about to sail thence in order to make a oW« ^ 

 coast of Algarve. Such is the actual state ot a ^ ^ 

 it does not augur any very brilliant success ^ ^ 

 vernment. Other circumstances tend to *bo ^ ^ 

 most capricious tyranny on the part of Losta 

 the great extent of the disaffection. Arrests 

 . i «,„..„-..! „..«*! ami military 



occurrence 





are of ^ 



and several naval and military o ^^ 



already in confinement. Guerilla parties w ^ r ber io| 



in all directions over the country, one ot t hei ^^ 



as many as 250 men, while another is under ™ £ ber of 



command of a well-known member of the V | gar refc 



Peers. General Schwalback, Governor of in . £ waJ 



had been recalled to the capital for the purp ' 









