July 20,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



ot tie Chamber were to contract lor, or be d 

 any railroads contracted for with the Government 

 passed the Bill by a majority of 195 to 105. The Paris 

 and Nantes Railway Bill has also been passed. The com- 

 mittee ot the Chamber of Deputies, to which the fifth 

 election of M. Charles Lafhtte for the borough of 

 Louviers was referred, has reported that Ihe offer 

 of M. I.affitie for the branch railway to Lotivier- 

 baving been withdrawn, there is no longer any rea- 

 son why he should not be admitted to take his sent. — 



On Saturday M. Thiers presented his report to tlie 



Chamber on the Secondary Edooatioa Bill. The report, 

 •which took three hours in rending, is very ho e to the 

 pretensions of the clergy.— Marshal Souk has been very 

 ill but is a little better ; he left Paris on Tuesday last for 

 St. Amand, his residence near Toulouse, where he will 

 remain for a month.— The papers devote a large portion 

 of their columns to reports of the trial at the assizes of 

 Auch on the 10th inst., of another Madame Lafarge— a 

 handsome widow of twenty-six, named Madame Lacoste, 

 who was accused of having, with the assistance of an old 

 schoolmaster, her accomplice, successfully administered 

 a dose of arsenic to an old husband, whose fortune she 

 bad thereby got possession of. This affair presented 

 every feature that could excite "emotions," and the 

 beauties of the Department of the Gers thronged the 

 Assize Court with as much eagerness as the Parisian 

 ladies do on such occasions. There were physicians and 

 chemists summoned by both parties to analyse the 

 remains of the late M. Lacoste, and to prove that they 

 had or had not found arsenic in them. The widow is so 

 young and so handsome, that, with the reputation she 

 has thus acquired, the Courrier Francais predicts that 

 she has every prospect of shortly becoming a woman of 

 fashion. The trial lasted four days, and during its pro- 



irectors ot 1 to be given up when the erimoaol whioli they are accused 

 lent, have are punishable hy the aws of the country in which they 



have taken refuge. Foreigners are not to be given up. 



The Augsbwg Gazette s*ys that the notification of the 



death of the Duke ol AngoatelTte, sent hy the Duke of 



Bordeaux, was refai d by I (land and Sweden. The 



other Powers simply acknowledge receipt of it. 



Belgium. — The correspondent of the Times states 



that recruiting for the service of the Emperor of Morocco 

 has been going on in Belgium, and is one of the most 

 extraonltn ir Hairs of the present time. He says, " It 

 is a i-ositivr fact that men bavtbeeo enrolled and officers 

 named, but upon what authority we are ignorant. 

 Among the nanus mentioned an connected with the pro- 

 ceeding »re those of General Li Charlier, Colonel Pa- 

 rent, Captain Cornells, Lieutenant Verhruggen, &c. 

 The enrolling has been to a considerable extent. The 

 recruits, fcc, were instructed to repair to Hamburgh. 

 On these particulars you may rely, but I do not mean 

 to assert that the Emperor of Morocco has authorised 

 the proceeding. Neither do 1 mean to charge the par- 

 ties 1 have named wi h anything criminal or dishonour- 

 able. 1 only state that those names are mixed up with 

 this inconceivable transaction." 



Italy.— A letter from Bologna, of the 4th, states that 

 the Military Commission sitting there has passed sen- 

 tence on the third batch of prisoners implicated in the 

 political events of 1843. The sentences had been for- 

 warded under seal to Rome, and the natnr was daily 

 expected. These prisoners consist of 40 persons, some 

 of them of the higher ranks of society. It is said that 

 none are to be condemned to death but those who have | 

 effected their escape to foreign count r , and are con- 

 demned in default of appearance. Official accounts have 

 been received of the seizure of the Italian emigrants, wl 

 left Corfu for Calabria. It is said that their intention 



used which lie, however, did not avail himself. On the 24th 



gress, it was stated that Madame Lacoste had already 68 

 suitors. Some of these personages were examined, but I was to disembark in Sicily, but being pursued by an 



of the armed ship, they were under the necessity of landing at 



no light was thrown on the charge, and at the end 

 fourth day both the prisoners were acquitted. So great 

 was the interest excited by the trial that the Paris papers 

 ran expresses on the occasion, in order to anticipate the 

 mail. — The Lyons papers say that several persons have 

 been arrested, charged with a Fieschi plot against the 

 authorities of that place. Several grenades were found 

 in their possession, with which, it is said, they intended 



bj a single discharge to destroy the general in command, . . _. _ . . . 



the mayor, and the prefect, when coming out of the | sanction. It is to be executed at the expense of Govern- 

 cbnrch of St. John, after the solemn mass of the 1st ot j ment, and the ( mcilof State have given directions that 

 Hay.— The report of General Paishans on a credit of j it shall be immediately marked out.— Mr. Charles 

 l,Go2,000f. for the construction of tnree steamers between j Dickens ( Boz), has lelt England with his family f«i 

 Calais and England, was distributed last week m the enoa, where he has taken a house, and pnrp * to 

 < hamber of Deputies. The Dtbats, in mentioning this I make a residence of some months' duration in Italy. 



Pizzo, the place where Murat failed in his famous expe- 

 dition. The prisoners were to be tried hy a Military 

 Commission. The two sons of Admiral B-mdiera and 

 Lieutenant Moro, who had also de>erted the Aus- 

 trian Navy, were captured, but the latter was mor- 

 tal y wounded. — It is stated in letters from Turin 

 th«t the railway between that city and Genoa, with two 

 branches between Venice and Milan has received R >yal 



fact, saya — •' The English have at present for Calais and 

 Ostend eight steamer*, whic'u altogether have 650 horse- 

 power. They have given to some of these packets 

 engines of a very superior description, and have placed 

 them under the direction of the Admiralty. The Princess 

 Alice, of 140 horse-power, crosses the Channel in l.'iO 

 minutes, with v.ind and tide against her. France has on 

 this line but three steamers, together of 160 horsepower. 

 They are old crazy vessels, often obliged to demand the 

 assistance of the English steamers, when the sea is high, 

 to take over our despatches. 



>pa!n. — A telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, of the 

 13th inst., announces the dissolution of the Spanish 

 Cortes, and the establishment of the Fueros. It states 

 that " the Cortea are dissolved by a decree of the 4th 



Russia.— We learn from Berlin, July 5, that intelli- 

 gence had just been nceived there from St. Petersburg, 

 announcing that the Grand Duchess Alexandra had been 

 delivered of a dead child, and had received the last sacra- 

 ments, the physicians having declared tliHt no hope was 

 left. The SHme letter states that the Court of Russia 

 bad gone into mourning for twelve days on account 

 the death of the Due d'Angouleme. 



Grfkck. — The accounts from Athens of the 30th ult. 

 describe Greece as on the eve of beco ning again the 

 theatre of | irty strife. A few daya previously son 

 rioting took place in that capital. Cms of "Down 

 with the Ministry!" and l * Viva the Constitution!" 

 were vociferated under the King's windows ; and Cal- 

 lergi was obliged to order a body of cavalry to disperse 



inserted in the Gazette of the 10th. The Electoral Col- ! the mob. Several persons were woun in the affray, 



tember. The general ! 'wo of whom subsequently died. The eleeiions were 



leges are convoked for the 3d >cptemoer. i nr j 

 ballot is to take place on the 14th. The new Cortes are 

 to meet on the 1 i October. Another decree of the 

 4th re-establishes in the Basque provinces the deputa- 

 tions and muii palities according to the Fueros. The 

 general juntas are to assemble shortly, and to appoint 

 commissioners to settle with the Government the ques- 

 tion of the Fueros, which shall be submitted to the ap 

 preaching Cortes. > aing has been changed in ths 

 Customs, or in the Administration of Justice and the 

 Police. A third decree orders the removal of the re- 

 mains of Montes de Oca from Vittoria to Madrid. 

 — The regiment of Gallicia, which forms part of the 

 force destined for Morocco, had marched that morning 

 for Andalusia. Several young men had joined as volunteers. 

 The cavalry reg. of Talavera was to march from Madrid 

 for the same destination on the 8th inst. Between 6000 

 and 7000 men had been ordered to proceed from different 

 points to that harbour, where they were to be embarked 

 for Cents. The funds declined in consequence of the 

 warlike prepara iows in progress, but it was believed that 

 the differences would be made up by the intervention of 

 oar >vernment. The ( . %ette of the 9th contains two 

 Royal decrees, one annulling the tobacco contract, ac- 

 cording to the agreement entered into on the 15th June, 

 and the other sanctioning the convention whereby the 

 bank of & Ferdinand baa consented to advan< 



60,000,000 nais de vellon to the Treasury in the pre- 

 sent roon;h of July. U „ st atcd on the authority of 

 advices from Barcelona, that a Queen will cease to 

 take baths on the 15th, and that, after resting tor four 

 or five days, her Majesty will emoark for Valencia, 

 where she will stop but a few days. If this informa- 

 tion be correct, it is probable that the Court wdl re- 

 turn to Madrid by the end of this month. 



Girmant.- The Berlin papers publish the new con- 

 vention between llu— » and Prussia, wi, was con- 

 cluded on the 20th May, and will oe put in force in 

 August neir. By this convention Russia and Prussia 

 mutually oblige themselves to give up deserters from the 

 army if demanded within two years. ( ainals are a 



quently 



nearly over in the provinces, and hid pasaed off quietl 

 eieept in Measema, whtre five individuals loot their 

 Uvea. On the 29th the list of the senators, U) in i 

 ber, was published. Coletli, Mavrocoidn and Mr- 



taxa, would not permit their names to be enrolled on the 

 list, winch included the most eminent personages wl 

 havt: taken part in the political events of the last 2ft 



years. 



Turkey and Egypt. — Accounts from Constantinople 

 of the 27th uk. star. th «t the intelligence r tved I 

 the Government from Albania run fumed to be of a satis- 

 factory nature, and that the Greek Archbishop was as* 

 sisting the Mussulman authorities in preparing an inven- 

 tory of the losses suffered by the peaceable inhabitants, 

 and for which they were to obtain compensation. < Mi 

 the 2 -ir S. Canning repaired to thf imperial palace 



of Beylerbey, and presented to the Sultan an anlograph 

 letter of Qaren V ria. conveying the expression of her 



DCeee thanks for the lately made in favour 



of the Christian population of his empire, n sessions 

 which wo* ad to cement the good understanding 



already existing etween their respective < .t rnmeuts. 

 His Imperial Majesty received the letter with evident 

 marks of aatttfarti'W), and reiterated the assurances he 

 had given to Sir Stratford at the previous interview. 

 Private letters add that the news of the Emperor 

 Nicholas's visit to England pr d surmises of an 



anxious character in tbemindsot tne Turkish Ministers; 

 they considered it might have relation to proposals (• 

 an extension of the Greek territory, and further steps in 

 favour of the Rayah popula ■ Tin key — proposals 



I which England might feel inclined to listen, from 



the angry feelings which had been engendered by the 



late religions qn ton. In this point ot view, it is said, 



he autograph letter from our Queen was received with 



much welcome. — A * from M xandr .of tb« 6th 



. an. e that Sir H. lUrdinge, the new Governor- 



eneral f India, airv e -l there vser steamer 



le 22J. His Excellency was received with the 

 honours doe to his rank. Tne Pa»ha hastened to place 



to be given up, but in the case of crimes, they are only at his disposal his Palace situate outside the city, of 



he had a long audience of Mehemet Ali and dined with 

 him, and next day set out for Cairo on his way to Sue* 

 where he was to embark for India in the llindostan. 



Unitkd Status. — We have accounts from New York 



i the 20th ult. hy the ship Garrick, and to the 30th 



uk. bv the mail steamer Acadia. Of general news there 



is littie of importance. The marriage of the President 



of the United States to Miss Gardiner, daughter of 



Colonel Gardiner wbe i labed in the explosion of the 



steam- frigate, is the only incident in public affairs since 

 the adjournment of Congress. The New York papers 



Mitain a letter from Cant. Elliott, British Charge 

 dWIiaires at Teias, to the Hon. A. Jones, Secretary of 

 State of that Republic, dated Galveston, April 3, in 

 which the former urges Texas to abandon the annexation 

 project, and seek a permanent settlement of her diffi- 

 culties with Mexico, of the attainment of which desirable 



^summation he expresses himself as highly confident. 

 He also replies to various objections which appear to 

 h been made by Mr. Jones in a previous portion of 

 the correspondence of which this letter forms part, in 

 respect of the apparent indisposition on the part of 

 Mexico to entertain any negotiations for such settle- 

 ment, explaining, that it was the natural conse- 

 quence of the proposal of annexation being made at 

 the moment when Texas was negotiating with Mexico, 

 " first an armistice, and then a peace." He con- 

 cludes with expressing a renewed declaration of the 

 desire of Her Majesty's Government to obtain the 

 adjustment of the dispute between the two countries 

 upon terms of honour, justice, and advantage to both, and 

 the opinion that the preservation of Texian independ- 

 ence is her people's best security for their ultimate pros- 

 perity, both political and commercial. This correspond- 

 ence is the chief subject of comment in the American 

 f apers, which declare that the whole question is, whether 

 American Of English politics shsll prevail; and some 

 even assert that •* not only Texas but the whole bound- 

 less continent, is theirs, and must be theirs." Congress, 

 however, adjourned without sanctioning or giving the 

 least hope for a future confirmation In regard to the 

 annexation of Texas, and the I'nited States| Senate, 

 at the same time, has given a death-blow to Mr. Tylers 

 hopes for its support, in case the next presidential elec- 

 tion should come before that body, by refusing the 

 greater part of his recent appointments. 



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BOtSK OK LORDS. 



Fndmp.— -After the discu»sion on the (iaming Committee no- 

 m our last, the House wai occupied for wmc time wit 

 series of questions by the Marquess of Ci.anricardm as to OUT 

 Indian pol the annexation of Scinde, and especially the pur- 

 with which a large army had been assembled upon the fron- 

 tiers of tha I'unjab. - Lord Ripom assured the House that there 

 was no foundation for the report that such an army bad been as- 

 sembled at all, much less that Sir i N.ipier had been appoi 

 to its command, or that it waa destined to invade the Punjab. 

 The anarchy of that country, indeed, and the apprehension that 

 its disorganised armv would make some irruption either upon our 

 territory or that of our allies the Sikhs, rendered the presence of a 

 strong force necessary; but there had never been any such tinge* 

 nerous intention entertained as that of taking advantage of the 

 troubles in th. injab to extend our dominion there. The rumour 

 ofa further acquisition of country upon the banks of the Indus 

 was e II) without foundation. The noble lord then moved that 

 I ion m- resolve itself into committee upon the bank of Lng- 

 isrter Hill, and entered into a full explanation of the jnn- 

 ea upon which if was founded, and the objects it waa intended 

 promote. — Lord Momtsaolb and Lord A«iiau*Ti>wexi 

 .ah with several reserration., a general approval of the mea- 

 sure — Lord llADNonsaid he despaired of ever overcoming tne 

 chief dime* the currassjr question until the riing tern- 



, wen ,*aicd.-The Bill, however, passed through committee 



■out amendment. 



Mmrfnr ' — ' B«<-r< u am complained of being ' 

 and audaeiouslj elled 4 " ana agai. nied that he emhsflin. 

 tended to appropriate to himself one of • idgcships originally 



..template" mider hi. Privy Co-. I Hill.- c Hirkentaad 

 Docks BUI was read a tl me and passed, •** i"™"* < apt. w j 



tn.n from the Marquess ..f 8a. ..aOM^The ****£E™ 

 w-s aU» read a third time and pmoed.-The Los* "5 ""{ft 



l(l ng.t .n to the amendment. • f*™™^ n ^ t 



Dissenters' I hapsU snorted to the . ated «1£**"' ™J 



.„ n, •mmmmentt. WW -M.ou.db. ■ peifn tly consisUn t.bt ittothe 

 pri) le ofa Bill wl . had received the sanction. a l™™*\ 



if Parliament. He hoped that their ^• h l l P , K wo . u, f h ^S r e eem ent 

 selves to the real question before th* which was hei J «««» e * 

 or disagreement with the amendments, and mtreatcd «>«ra n ot m 

 put sueh a alight on the House of remaaons as to seise ■ ine h 

 ient oppoitunity to reject a Bill w n both louse , had been 



p^aetf by i e m.jorities.-Th; - «}°™Z mTt flS 



that he was -ma. uauanaj «mrj«, only to be , ^ 



by the urgency of tbo case. In opposing too » ,4 » "* n the 

 stage his conduct might be deemed p. L hn _"__m\ 



nr, menu urged ta r; i HW ■ *" ™J ****** ZTJlrTle 



St,n 4 . -v bSstSM a Virtue. Vtte. ljTOI*l , ' f , n,e 

 length against the Bill, he moved that nendments of_ tne 



nons consM- ; ay t hree 



I hop of Dosnast *}**« '" faTOur of * he bn 



as a meas J from ^^Jiiojsrfl aL~ j^ 



w.-Lerd fidtha » Co raaWS s mrnnsi ^ 



were damded i miwreanent. on tne BUI, a- '"S^/SaT-The 

 ab.etodi,cover%rsa«m^gr for thai Mgtgfc ^ 



'?tt£wFJ^£^WK cr nding that. If jatsssd, 



P w^dt\^otrn^.«atute-book. IgAjg*- 



fiee or six year. ago. when opposing, with the V^*J*™ T ]£on 



which was e^rrrption and use. and to^ ^"^ "^ f 



body could subatantiate a claim.-Lord Tj^"*"^^^ a 



r.Aiiowar and Lord Lvttkltov opposed the Bill. * n " nA , 



%\l£ % j r _ F or the Bishop of LON.^; • ^ 



«t (present and proxies . 4t : against it tP"M"« •■« Ku -am 

 "majority, 161. The Commons amendments to the Bid were 



*ri agreed and the House adjourned. jtill 



lia rd Mosr T «aoi.Ba^in«i learetobnngina" 



Art n I I II IBIll **"" '" r * ""* tfl "' 



i ecalise soon Art L-nftosss as pomweew* *-»• ii n -»rd of 



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