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THE NEWSPAPER 



some hopes of his ultimate recovery, but towards even- 

 ing he became so much worse that it was evident his 

 end was approaching-, and, after severe suffering, he ex- 

 pired. M. Laffilte was in the 77th year of his age. He 

 has left one daughter, who is married to the Prince of 

 Moskowa, the son of Marshal Ney, and who has several 

 children. The death of M. Laffitte is an event of im- 

 portance, not in a political light alone, but as the head 

 of a great financial firm. He was the oldest member of 

 the national representatives of France, and was undoubt- 

 edly the most popular of the public men in France. In 

 bis political career he was always a consistent friend to 

 liberty, and he stood firm to the principles of the revolu- 

 tion which raised the Orleans dynasty to the throne, after 

 many of the most active partisans of that event had 

 deserted the cause. — The discussion on the supplemen- 

 tary credits, which was expected to be influenced by the 

 Prince de Joinville's pamphlet, commenced on Monday, 

 and is expected to last the whole week, and probably a 

 part of the next week. Every subject of political interest 

 that now agitates the French political horizon will be 

 introduced. Tahiti, Texas, England, Algiers, and New 

 Zealand, will each be brought in succession upon the 

 tapis, and most of these topics will afford ample scope 

 for attacks upon England. The debate on Monday was 

 opened by M. Carre?, in a speech of little moment, which 

 was followed by another tedious one, which M. David, 

 the late Consul of France at Smyrna, read to an inatten- 

 tive audience ; M. Berryer then ascended the rostrum, 

 and delivered an oration, the splendour of which all the 

 Opposition prints extol. Availing himself of a sum of 

 950,000 francs, required by the Foreign Department for 

 couriers, travelling, extraordinary and unforeseen ex- 

 penses, the eminent Legitimist Deputy began by 

 declaring that in all the distant negotiations or expedi- 

 tions undertaken by the present Government, there was 

 a wish to afford a momentary satisfaction to the interests 

 and honour of France, but that hesitation soon followed 

 these attempts, which, ultimately, always proved detri- 

 mental to the national dignity. M. Berryer then entered 

 into a narrative of the steps the Government had taken 

 in 1838, and the two following years, in order to form a 

 settlement in New Zealand, aud accused the Ministry 

 of having pusillanimously deserted the French settlers 

 m that quarter, in compliance with the groundless 

 pretensions of this country to prior possession. To 

 make up for this ignominious relinquishment of 

 tne rights of France, and soothe" her wounded honour 

 the occupation of the Marquesas islands was ordered' 

 evidently with the view of making other conquests in the 

 same seas, as the secret instructions issued to Captain 

 Bruat would, no doubt, prove, could a communication 

 of their contents be obtained. The consequence was the 

 protectorate and subsequent occupation of Tahiti into 

 the details of which M. Berryer entered at great length, 

 drawing his conclusions from the documents laid before 



the Chamber, vindicating the proceedings of Admiral 



Dupetit lhouars, and inveighing against the equivocal 



and dastardly conduct of his employers. It required all 



the brilliancy and vehemence of M. Berryer's oratory to 



impart so much interest to his representation of these 



oft-diicussed occurrences. From the Society Islands 



he turned to China, and charged the Government wl!h 



•having likewise sacrificed the commercial interests of 



I ranee m that quarter to the pleasure of England, by 



suffering the Consul \. Ratti Menton, to disavow their 



sentTi ? S T»" r ', M " de /^«nj. who had first been 

 sent thither, and had entered into direct negotiations with 

 the Chinese authorit.es. Although he M>oke near an 



bu"pe£h ^l^ ""T POS ^ ned the" ^"n of 

 *LT ? ] C D , eXt day ' and the Chamber imme- 



diately adjourned. On Tuesday the debate was resumed, 

 and M. Berryer concluded his speech. M. Guizot then 

 rose to reply to him, and stated that his opponent h3 

 distorted many facts relative to New Zealand, ,nd 



Tho°™ h I 0l h 7/ / w " Tahlti ' **** Dupe^t 

 Tfaouars had substituted for the Protectorate a state of 



things injurious to the interests of France and iW 

 in those islands there unfortunately existed ^urhuln 

 minority ever ready to kindle commotions. M. Guizot 

 nlso adverted to the policy pursued by his administration 

 m the East and other quarters, and in the course of his 

 observations upon New Zealand was interrupted by M 



ri^i i? 'v d i t] l*\ * WaS inCOne(t t0 2* that be-' 

 *ouse the English had arrived first in New Zealand tbev 



■bould be considered the righteous owners of a territory 



7eXiT fV^V 116 **te*Mm*: M. Guizot 

 «to * t t * rend \ could only lay claim to a certain 



fctada fS- ''' End n0t t0 tbe *»'«eignty of the 

 S^wZe^th "■»*■*"■ * eotablinh a" station 



«£*^«M2?r i ™ nth 'i d directed its att *«- 



merely sent to follow the English expedition, and to give 

 an account of its operation ; he had never had powers to 

 negotiate. The extraordinary ambassador now on his 

 way to China was not to proceed to Pekin, but to open 

 negotiations on whatever point the Celestial Government 

 might be pleased to fix. The English Plenipotentiary 

 had not been obliged to repair to Pekin to obtain advan- 

 tageous terms from the Emperor. The French nego- 

 tiator was as favourably placed to treat as the English 

 commissioner ; a powerful naval force was at his dispo- 

 sition, and everything had been combined to give the 

 Chinese authorities an adequate idea of the power of 

 France. M. Guizot then concluded by declaring, that 

 if the present Cabinet carefully avoided all that might 

 tend to weaken the good intelligence existing between 

 two great nations, in no instance had it been guilty of an 

 act of complaisance derogatory to the dignity and inte- 

 rests of the country. — On M. Guizot quitting the ros- 

 trum, M.. Billault ascended it, and by alluding to the 

 Prince de Joinville's pamphlet on the naval forces of 

 France, imparted much animation to the discussion, in 

 which M. Guizot, the Minister of jthe Navy, and MM. 

 Lanjuinais and Berryer took part. M. Guizot, in refer- 

 ence to the Prince De Joinville's pamphlet, proved that 

 the navy had not been neglected by the administration, 

 but, on the contrary, had been increased more by the 

 present Cabinet than by their predecessors. He further 

 observed that since 1837 upwards of fifty-two millions 

 had been expended on the improvement of ports and 

 harbours for the use of the navy. On Wednesday 

 M. Thiers spoke, and began by censuring the recall 

 of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. He then applied him- 

 self chiefly to the affairs of South America, and 

 to the course pursued by the Government's officers 

 and agents in the River Plate. He bewailed the position 

 in which the French residents at Monte Video had been 

 placed by them, and observed upon the comparative 

 firmness which Commodore Purvis had displayed in 

 behalf of the few English residents. Admiral de Mackau 

 replied to M. Thiers, and was speaking when the des- 

 patches Je r t Paris.— The bill on secondary instruction 

 passed the Chamber of Peers on Friday, after a discus- 

 sion which occupied 27 days, but so altered and mutilated 

 as to disappoint the movers of it, and probably to insure 

 its rejection by the Deputies when it comes before them 

 next session. — The Nismes and Montpelier Railroad Bill 

 passed the Chamber of Deputies on Friday by a majority 

 of 190 to GO. The bill provides, that should no com- 

 pany offer for the road acceptable terms, the Government 

 should manage it for the public benefit. 



Spain-.— We have accounts from Madrid of the 21st 

 inst. The two Queens and the Infanta left the capital 

 on the 20th, and arrived in the evening at Quintanar de 

 la Orden, and had immediately repaired to the church 

 followed by the inhabitants. The next place they were 

 to sleep at was Almansa. General Shelly had just left 

 Madrid, to assume the station of Capt.-General of Seville. 

 The Ministerial prints still dwell on the rumours cur- 

 rent respecting the object of the Queen's journey to 

 Catalonia ; and deny that any reaction is contemplated, 

 or that the Queen will return with a consort from Barce- 

 lona. The journals of Barcelona of the 22d contain a 

 proclamation of the authorities, announcing that the 

 Queen is either to dine er sleep at Valencia on the 

 22d, and that she will forthwith proceed by sea to 

 Barcelona. The inhabitants are exhorted to display 

 on the arrival of "their idolised Queen," and the 

 1 immortal Donna Maria Christina," as much delight 

 and enthusiastic affection as they possibly can. It is 

 said that the » Army of Catalonia " is to treat the Queen 

 to a sham attack and capture, by sea, of the Atarazanas, 

 which they were some months ago scarcely able to cap- 

 ure by land. The Cart* Chief, La Coba, who kept 

 he Maestrazgo for Don Carlos since 1*33, and two of 

 his officers, had been taken prisoners and shot. General 

 Zurbano had returned to Spain, and would probably re- 

 ceive the command of a division in the projected expedi- 

 tion against Morocco—Some of the Madrid papers 



SwWtedt e ,H C r ed 8pirU ° f abs ° lutism and re= 

 \l 2 i £ f 7 G ? overnm ent and the Court as likely to 



eadtoa-new and sanguinary revolution, that will en- 

 danger the Crown itself. The Gazette contains a Royal 



ticSSSST 9 t0 tU , e F° UDt€8S de aeLncooiMhe widow 

 of General Uon, and her children, a pension of 45 000 



reals per annum. The mnni,;,,,i iiJSL ' " . _ ' , 



On the morning of the 2 IstTThllr^o^oMhrr 1 ^ 

 Valais, in effecting their retreat upon Martin Wer 

 attacked at the defile of Trient. The battl 7 ' * ere 

 one, and thirty were killed. Four hundred of The T^ 



obserfed, that the C^LLA. V Ui ' nds - M " Guizot 

 Siven by the MinUtrv te ?fk Uav,D « a WOYed the solution 



entertain the subject A "ZJ \' Ue would not "B™ 

 have been secured b 7 tte treaT ^ F ™ c " in,ere9ts ! 

 Mackau, and the French Z&£?j!*£2 , l dc 

 Plata *ere placed in the mo, ™ Z, ' * b ', nks of . La 

 they were to be exempted from The n ?n " tu:,t,on : 5I "« 



Trance, the latter was at liberty to adopt whatever , 

 she deemed expedient. M. Guizot Ten. re ^UoTe 

 xmssion to China. It was not true that M. J ai ci'v hid 

 i*en charged with a mission to that country?he It 



ycuree or cue auth of December; 1843, for 

 Liberal Junta vainly sought redress, the Progresistas ab 

 stained from vo? ne. The Cadi* nanZT ^ ro S resista f aD " 

 forre of -".000 nr finrn m Papers announce that a 



torce ot oOOO or 6000 Moors, provided with artillerv had 

 approached the walls of Ceuta armiery, natl 



Minttr^Ls'hTe^Vodi^ras 11 t^T TfT 

 Cabral Minister of the 1^ andTesUen ' of Te 

 Councl. Bngadier Cordiero Fnrtado, Minister of War 



.V;^ "° f ittort "i '^SJHSSH 

 iwarmc, liie Cortes have hppn f.ir*.,^ 



.he end of September. Ihet ^3^ 

 Uaronde Leina had returned to Lisbon frill '-i 

 and 300 of those of Count Boma™,:^^"^™'^ 



:SS to the A2ores - "-^SSS 

 of ^xr^*^ 7 ac T ats , received fr ° m !«»•»«. 



llieher"an,l lol^n'- ^ " ,e Stm ^ie between tl« 

 "'giier and Lower \ alais is brought to a rlom- hv ».. 



complete dispersion of the miUti/of the W ylt 



Valais troops endeavoured to cross the river h r r 

 under a hot fire ; the rest, to the number nf „l Y?* 

 men, retreated to Martigny, where they dispersed »° 

 Jorris, one of the leaders of the Lower Valais Ar/;* j 

 the baths of Vevay with about 250 men. Thi X ^ 

 thus be considered for a time at an end. It is f ""J 

 fortunate that the opposing parties were of such^n*! 

 strength, for the prolongation of the struggle would bay, 

 brought on a collision between the Cantons Tl t 

 parties that divide the Valais are unfortunately •?«.?! 

 and irreconcilable in their opinions. The Lower V a ] 

 or Young Switzerland represents the more pop U U r 

 opinions. The High Valais represents the ecmallv vLZ 

 opinions of the old aristocracy, under the influence of ih. 

 Jesuits of Brig and there is not among the population! 

 sufficient number of persons of moderate opinions to 

 keep the two or three parties in check. Most of the 

 other cantons, however, have called out troops for th! 

 protection of their respective territories. The Canton of 

 Vaud has even sent a battalion into the Valais. The 

 question of convoking an extraordinary diet for tbe 

 adoption of measures for the maintenance of general 

 tranquillity has been resolved affirmatively by several of 

 the Grand Councils, and there is therefore no doubt that 

 the contest will be effectually terminated by the inter- 

 ference of the Government troops. 



Germany. — Letters from Vienna slate, that the pro- 

 ject of a marriage between the Grand Duchess Olga of 

 Russia, and the Archduke Stephen of Austria its farfrom 

 being abandoned. Prince Knauer, Bishop of Breslau, 

 died on the 16th ult. in that city.— It is believed that the 

 German Diet will not sanction the title of Royal High- 

 ness assumed by the Dukes of Saxony, but will propose 

 the modification of "Ducal Highness," which will be ac- 

 cepted. — A letter from Vienna announces that it is in- 

 tended to construct a railway upon the atmospheric prin- 

 ciple, which would extend from thence, by the way of 

 Hiertzing and Miedberg, to Huttelsdorf, following tbe 

 left bank of the Wien, a company having been foruoed 

 for the purpose at Vienna. The enterprise will cost 

 120,000/. sterling. The whole of the shares, which ace 

 for 1000/. sterling each, were taken on the day the pro- 

 spectus was published. — At a general meeting of the as- 

 sociation formed for the completion of the Cathedral of 

 Cologne, which was held in that town on the Cth ult., the 

 central committee produced its accounts for the years 

 1842 and 1843. The total receipts for those two years 

 have been 90,449 crowns (13,500/) The subscriptions 

 of the inhabitants of Cologne amount to 39,591 crowns 

 out of this sum. The Grande Harmonic of Brussels, 

 figures for 800 crowns, the produce of a concert which it 

 gave on the inauguration of the international line of rail- 

 way. In the course of 1842 and 1843 committees for 

 collecting and urging subscriptions were organised in the 

 principal towns of Germany, as a means of accelerating 

 the completion of the national edifice. 



Italy.-— Accounts from Malta to the 13th ult., state 

 that at the close of April the insurgents in Calabria had 

 not yet been reduced to submission, and that the Royal 

 troops had even been obliged to evacuate certain points, 

 and concentrate in others. No apprehensions that the 

 insurgents (if -still in existence) would commit further 

 disorders were, however, entertained in Naples on the 

 13th. A decree had been issued prohibiting the export 

 of grain-, because of the scarcity that prevailed in the 

 Neapolitan dominions. The papers add that several 

 desertions had taken place from amongst the officers of 

 the Austrian ships of war Adrio and Creole, whilst « 

 anchor in Malta harbour.— The Pope has addressed a 

 letter to the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops, 

 calling their attention to the efforts which are being made 

 by various Bible Societies, and particularly by the 

 Christian Society of New York, to produce religious dis- 

 sent in ItaLy. — An epidemic disease for -some weeks pa*t, 

 has spread alarm in the neighbourhood of Rome. ** 

 ravages are not confined to the valleys and other lo 

 parts of the country; on the contrary, it rages mo 

 especially among the inhabitants of mountainous a» 

 tricts. In the little town of Tivoli, containing « D0U 

 9000 inhabitants, 90 persons died in tbe space or^ 

 week. The malady is generally supposed to e 

 tagious, but of this fact there is no positive Pf™" ken 

 every case in which post mortem examination has ^ 

 place there has been fouud congestion of the brain, 

 apoplexy. It appears to be the same complww 

 has recently prevailed in Naples and Sicily under 

 name of torcicollo. It is said to be clearly tracea ^ e Q f 

 atmospheric causes, and is usually fatal in the sp 

 12 hours. In Rome, however, it has been only ■Pj*^ 

 and without any confirmed character. — Some ^ 



arrests had taken place in Home. Among the P arL ^ il ^ 

 arrested were a Tuscan nobleman named Malenc » 

 the two sons of Count Spada of Macerata, an 

 Monteri, besides some 30 individuals of less rank - >vVas ^ 

 Swedkn. — A short time ago Prince Gustavn* ^ 

 a general in the Austrian army, who lost W » ^ 

 of succession to the Swedish throne in CODie{1 " e tiap of 

 his father's abdication subsequent to the revo ^ 



1809, forwarded to the cabinets of the Five Great 1© 

 .a kind of manifesto or protest on the occasion °^. cra i 

 Oscar's recent accession to the throne of Sweden. .^ 



of the Five Courts, from motives of courtes - V .Ai 8 u>3ty 

 acknowledged the communication. Hi* P re J ent 'JZ*. 

 has just repli. d to the first manifestations ot hi= a ^ 

 nisi's pretensions by a Royal ordinance, in J» ^ 

 abolishes the decree passed in 1812, which pronwiw 



