Aug. 10,1 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



time since of the colonelcy of the 83d, an-l of u 

 appointment as equerry to H« r Majesty, in consequence 

 of disrespectful language at a private dinner party, in 

 reference to Her Majesty, has been recommended by the 

 Duke of Wellington to the favourable consideration of 

 the Queen, and has been restored by Her Majesty to 

 active service. 



Post OJice Communications.— The arrangements 

 made for extending the communications with India anu 

 China, alluded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 

 Friday, are understood to be as follows :— There is to 

 be a communication with Bombay as at present. Ihe 

 Company's steamers are to leave Bombay on the 1st of 

 every month, with mails, &c, for Suez, and Govern- 

 ment is to provide steamers to convey them from Alex- 

 andria to Marseilles. This portion of the mails will 

 arrive in London about the 3d or 4th of every month. 

 Another line of communication is to be performed by the 

 tteamers of the Oriental Company under contract 

 with the Admiralty. This line will leave Calcutta 

 about the 10th of every month for Suez, calling at 

 Madras and Point de Galle, in Ceylon, and will arrive at 

 Suez in about 25 days after leaving Calcutta. From 

 Suez the mails will be carried to Alexandria, where they 

 will be embarked in the Oriental Company's steamers, 

 Oriental and Great Liverpool, for Southampton, where 

 they will arrive about the 21st of every month. There 

 will thus be a communication twice a month with India, 

 one via Bombay, and the other to Calcutta direct. With 

 the Calcutta line a monthly communication with China 

 is to be connected. A line of steamers is also to be pro- 

 vided by the Oriental Company to run between Ceylon 

 and Hon^-Kong, and to touch at Penang and Singapore. 

 These will take from and deliver to the Calcutta steamers 

 at Ceylon the China mails. By this arrangement the 

 correspondence will be transmitted between London 

 and Calcutta in 40 or 42 days, and between London and 

 Hong-Kong in 48 days. The Calcutta service is to 

 commencs in January next. In connexion with this 

 subject it may be mentioned that there is a report of a 

 convention with Mehemet Ali for the safe transit of the 

 mails being speedily settled. — An arrangement has just 

 been made between Government and the Royal Steam- 

 packet Company, by which mails and passengers will be 

 conveyed on the 17th of this and each succeeding month 

 by steam-vessels throughout, from Southampton to 

 Santa Martha, Carthagena, Chagres, and St. Juan 

 de Nicaragua. Five days will elapse between the 

 arrival of the outward, and the departure of the home- 

 ward packet at Chagres, which will afford ample time 

 for passengers proceeding to Europe to cross the 

 Isthmus from Panama ; and, as sailing packets ply 

 regularly between that place and Callao, persons pro- 

 ceeding from Europe to Peru and Chili may now escape 

 all the delay and danger of the voyage round Cape Horn, 

 without being under the necessity of remaining a single 

 day at Chagres. — The Belgian Government in connec- 

 tion with the Dover Company have made arrangements 

 by which letters from a!l parts of Germany arrive in 

 town 21 hours sooner than by the old arrangement. 

 The London morning papers are now read in Brussels 

 on the day of publication, and in a short time travellers 

 will make the journey from London to Brussels in a 

 single day with perfect ease. By the new convention 

 between the British and Belgian Post-offices, the 

 postage of letters between England and Belgium is re- 

 duced to It. for the whole distance, of which sum Belgium 

 will take 57. and England Id. This is a reduction of 



a age the administration of Tahiti, he has done his duty. He 

 has encountered obstacles on the part of a man who has abused, 

 not the character of an Ambassador, but that of a Consul, or. 

 rather, a commercial agent, in order to foment intrigues, and 

 kindle the hatred < the natives against France. I say that the 

 Government of Tahiti could not hesitate to lay its hand on a 

 man thus caught in the very act. Add to it, that the Governor 

 has ordered a man, who had placed himself beyond the law, to 

 be treated with respect, and that, after a brief detention, he 

 has made him embark in an English vessel. I care little for 

 the Parliament of England noticing this fact. There are, in 

 the majority of both Houses of that Parliament, just men, who 

 will acknowledge that the Governor of Tahiti was in the right. 

 This is what I maintain to be the truth, and if ti>e officer in 

 question were accused in this hall, I should defend him, from 

 whatever quarter the accusation might come." 



On Saturday, on the reassembling of the Chamber, a 

 large number of persons were attracted by the expecta- 

 tion of questions being put to the Minister of Foreign 

 affairs relative to the language held by Sir R. Peel as to 

 the Tahiti affair. Soon after the commencement of the 

 sitting, M. de Mareuil and M. de Boissy put the ex- 

 pected questions, and M. Guizot replied, that he would 

 not do for M. de Boissy what he had denied the Prince 

 de la Moskowa a day or two before. 



"There are doors," said the Foreign Secretary, "which must 

 not be opened every time they are knocked at ; so long as the 

 pr per time shall not have arrived, I shall not enter into expla- 

 nations calculated to injure the general interests of the coun- 

 try. I am of opin. ! on that all the assertions put forth by news- 

 papers ought not to be noticed at this tribune. When the facts 

 shall be known and cleared up, I shall be ready to accept a 

 debate on all that the Government may have done." 



The Prince de la Moskowa said that, after what Sir 

 R. Peel ■ had stated in the House of Commons, he 

 seconded most cordially M. de Boissy's question, and 

 that there must be explanations afforded as to the course 

 the Government intended to pursue. M. Guizot again 

 declined giving any information. M. de Montalembert 

 reminded the Chamber of the attacks made by the 

 English press on the French navy and the Prince de 

 Joinville, and complained of eminent men in the British 

 Parliament re-echoing such attacks on France. Once 

 more M. Guizot said that he could not consider as facts 

 that which had just been asserted, and he engaged faith- 

 fully to report all that the Cabinet should do on so deli- 

 cate a question. MM. de Boissy and de Mareuil then 

 demanded that the questions be adjourned to Monday, 

 which was rejected by a large majority. MM. Dubou- 

 chage, de Boissy, and de la Moskowa continued to in- 

 sist that a reparation was due to the French naval 

 officers who had been insulted. Count Mole' rose also, 

 and expressed his regret that the Cabinet, while ob- 

 serving a prudent reserve, did not afford some words of 

 encouragement to the officers of the French navy. 



"It has been said," he continued, " in full Parliament, that 

 an agent of England had sustained a gross outrage, accompanied 

 with indignity, and that a reparation would be necessary. 

 Nobody can be surprised at the emotion which such words have 

 excited among us. All who are as convinced as I am of the 

 importance of maintaining a friendly intercourse between two 

 great natiou3— all who consider such intercourse as the gua- 

 rantee of the peace of the world — must be alarmed at the vehe- 

 mence and promptitude of such language. I regret that the 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, whilst observing a forbearance 

 which I respect, and a circumspection which is imposed upon 

 him, should not think it possible to utter, on the eve of the 

 closing of the Chambers, a few words which I deem indispens- 

 able in order to diminish an emotion and anxiety which he 

 himself must consider well founded." 



To this M. Guizot replied : — 



" If I had thought that some words of mine would produce 

 the effect Count Mole has just mentioned, I should not have 

 waited until he demanded them. It is because I am convinced 

 that, before we speak upon thisquestion.it must be settled 

 between the two Governments that I have hitherto been silent. 

 Such is my sole motive. I am persuaded that if I consented to 

 «.«.«* «.k«„ » „\e e .u .. m, answer questions here, and said here what I am about to do 



more than half of the present rate. The pre-payment elsewhere, instead of attaining the object you aim at, I should 

 will be optional. The journals, of whatever size, will be ! bat increa - e resentments which I wish to appease. I have at 

 charged and continued. heait, as much as any of you, the honour of our navy and the 



defence of the rights of our officers. I must and will uphold 

 that honour and those rights, and it is precisely because I have 

 at this moment to uphold them in another quarter that I cannot 

 consent to a discussion iu this House." 



This answer met with general approbation ; Count 

 Mole exclaimed that he asked tor nothing more, 



The session of the 

 Legislature for 1844 was closed by Royal ordinance on 

 Monday. In the Chamber of Deputies M. de la Roche- 

 jacqueliu, having ascended the tribune, said that it was 

 impossible the assembly could separate without replying 

 to the insulting language used in Parliament by a 

 Minister of Great Britain in speakingof the naval officers 

 of France. He knew that the Cabinet was ia a delicate 

 position, but he thought that if it had acted with more 

 firmness, England would not have dared to ask for repa- 

 ration, when it was the French authority that had been 

 so grossly insulted at Tahiti by the British Consul. M. 

 Guizot m reply, observed tb?t the question at issue 

 should be left to the decision of the two Governments ; 

 that be would attend to it carefully, and that the 

 Chamber might rest convinced that he would do every- 

 thing in his power to uphold the honour and rights of 



their position is evidently one of considerable dan- 



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foreign. 



France.— The affair* of Tahiti and Morocco occupy 



the Pans papers to the exclusion of all other topics. _ _ _ tu 



The Tahiti question is, however, that on which they and the conversation then dropped, 

 bestow most attention, founding their observations on ' " " 



the correspondence of a republican paper of Toulon, on 

 the intelligence published in the English papers last 



.iiiiy oir it. i eei s unreserved announcement that 

 reparation would be demanded, appears to have imparted 

 fresh vivacity and violence to the articles ot the papers 

 of all parties. The National is, according to all appear- 

 ances, not mistaken in affirming that throughout France 

 tfeere will ao t be two opinions on the affair, and that 

 everywhere the conduct of the French authorities in the 

 Society Islands will be unanimously applauded. The 

 affair was noticed in the Chamber of Peers on Fridav, 

 wfcentkeBiU lately voted bv the Deputies for grant- 

 ee** extraordinary credit of 8,000,000 francs to the 

 wy department came under discussion. The Marquis 



event " Lll h3T re *** cti -* the *< very serious 

 ZZerl "e tt * PUCe ******* *<** had 



Soai L Pany in E »& Ia »d.» Baron 



Charles Dapm, the reporter of the committee en the 



UUI, rose next, and el.cued reiterated 2f^£j 



applause whilst expre.siog himself as follows ,_ anl 



" The Peer who h« just aatirewd yr> u b . iS sari ' mmm . , , 



about war. I am not one of those whom 1 1 \r„Lj ?** deal 



preaching- war would very enormon*^ tJKEEf *£[ ?!' ap ' 



tai,lv be able to e.rrr it on. lutelh^ce ar^eu ^tltrt"" 

 from Ens-land, and it has been sprShy our S£L * t, Z ?""' 

 tionsor «.f»«ial documents hnve been publish**.. Wear S ?« 

 say that those document* do not injun: the honou" , f tS 

 effi-.rso violently attacked beyond the Straits. Thttie docn 



rnr!!^ Li°.7 '!£ ' *'•' va ??j* t man of M^-a Kan who has "volt of the nat.ves against the rVencTauthnritb» s who 

 coatonneu to the views of the Government. Being ordered t* | were attacked by the insurgents, SEriuSSffi tSt 



the French navy. M. Billaolt and M. Berryer spoke 

 next and after a new assurance from M. Guizot that he 

 would throughout the negotiation defend the rights of 

 nations and the interests of the country, the Royal ordi- 

 nance was read by the Minister of Public Instruction, and 

 the Chamber separated amidst cries of * Vive le Jioi "_ 

 The accounts of the Tahiti affair published in the Toulon 

 Republican paper are of great importance. Although 

 of course written in a spirit of hostility to Mr. Piitchard, 

 whom they call « the principal instigator of theee troubles," 

 they allege no overt act against him, but on the con- 

 trary stare that the "troubles " broke out on the 3d of 

 March, that is, the day after Mr. Pritchard had been 

 either in confinement or on board the Basilisk. In fact 

 his removal seems to have been the precursor of a general 



and unless the Home Government send out reinfo 

 ments the French may be driven out of Tahiti alto»en\*" 

 by the native population. The Paris ™ no ~~ -»..° . Der 



,-, easures adontM 



against the ex-Consul Pritchard ; 2, the recal of CanUi 



Bruat, who, on his return, has sanctioned the measure 

 adopted by the ad interim Government ; 3, the destruZ 

 tion of all the fortifications raised in the island whilst it 

 has been placed under the de facto sovereignty of France- 

 4 , the establishment of an English station of equal force to' 

 that of France, in order that, in no case, her Britannic Ma- 

 jesty's subjects may want sufficient protection." Whetl-* 

 these details be correct or not it is at present impossible 

 to say, but it is certain that great uneasiness prevails in 

 Paris, the price of Stocks has fallen, several English 

 families have left Paris, and a general feeling prevails that 

 with all the efforts that will be made by Republicans and 

 Terrorists, by the friends of M. Thiers, and by those of 

 Henry V v , to embroil the existing Government with that 

 of England, and for accomplishing which this affair will 

 furnish them with abundant materials, it will be almost a 

 miracle if the present Ministry maintain itself and termi- 

 nate this matter pacifically. — The affairs of Morocco still 

 maintain a most uncertain aspect. The Emperor had 

 refused to accept the mediation of Great Britain and 

 had retired into the interior to escape the visit of Mr. 

 Drummond Hay, who had however followed him at great 

 personal risk. The Prince de Joinville had sent another 

 ultimatum, an answer to which was expected on the 2d 

 failing which the Prince was to commence operations 

 along the coast of Morocco. H.R.H. in the meantime 

 had appeared off Tangiers, and brought away, with some 

 difficulty, the French Consul and about 20 other French 

 subjects. The Consul required the greatest precautions 

 to embark, but the Moorish authorities detained the 

 Chancellor of the Consulate and a large proportion of his 

 countrymen. It was generally believed that the fresh 

 delay of eight days granted to the Emperor in order that 

 he might explain his intentions with respect to Abd-el- 

 Kader would yield no pacific result, and that the bom- 

 bardment of Tangiers would be the next step ; but the 

 advices received yesterday from Paris state that the Em- 

 peror is willing to give satisfaction, and that Marshal 

 Bugeaud has suggested a further delay before hostilitiei 

 are commenced. The Journal des Dtbats announces 

 the departure from Paris for Toulon of Captain Bouet, 

 Governor of Senegal, on his way to join the squadron of 

 the Prince de Joinville. M. Bouet has been stationed a 

 long time on the western coast of Africa, of which he 

 has made a special study. — In the well-known case of 

 the Marquess of Hertford and Suisse, the Paris Court 

 of Appeal have decided against the latter, who will con- 

 sequently have to refund 800,000 f. 



Spain.— We have accounts from Madrid of the 30th 

 ult., when that capital was tranquil, and the precautions 

 of the authorities had subsided. The journals continue 

 to dwell on the alleged recent conspiracy, which the 

 Government prints now represent as a vast one, extend- 

 ing to several towns or provinces. The Tiempo states 

 it to have been organised by the Ayacuchos, with the 

 view of again proclaiming Espartero regent, or perhaj* 

 even king of Spain. According to the Casieiano, the 

 plot was to have broken out at the same time that 

 Espartero landed on the coast of Gahcia, and the : dis- 

 covery of the plan is due to the precipitation of his 

 partisans, who were anxious that the revolution De 

 accomplished by the 10th October. About 40 person 

 have been arrested, nearly all of whom are of the better 

 classes, being principally proprietors and officers in i* 

 army. Among them are two colonels, a l***"«* 

 colonel, and several captains and lieutenants. It apnea 

 that the whole are to be handed over to a military com- 

 mission.- Accounts from Barcelona announce tnai 

 Queen would leave for Madrid on the 10th mst., 

 return through Valencia. . , »r. 



Germ any.— The late attempt on the Me of the wj 

 of Prussia has excited the liveliest indignation in au 

 parts of Germanv, and his Majesty's danger was ^ 

 more serious than was at first supposed. If »PP e 

 the assassin drew forth a double-barrelled pistol, ana 

 charged both barrels in rapid succession at tne iv £ 

 Both balls grazed the stomach; but wer e, m ost \ 

 dentially, turned aside by the folds of his Majeg^ 

 travelling-cl >ak and sword-belr. The first of , tn * ^ 

 passed through the carriage window, and must nav 

 the Queen, were it not that the latter was at tw» 

 engaged reading a petition, which had been pre»e 

 her a moment before by a poor woman, and ™ 

 sequentlv in a bent posture. The presenting o : p 

 on such occasions is strictly forbidden ; but in 'J^P* 

 case it has been the means of preserving the li e o ft 

 the most amiable women that ever graced a - lir ° ; hter 

 was at first asserted that the petitioner was the na , ^ 

 of the assassin, and that she was leagued with mm ^ 

 plot; but this is not the ca-e, the poor woman w !°6 

 wife of a merchant in a distant province, who i 

 tenced to imprisonment. On the evening beio ^ 

 Majesties' departure, she stood at the palace -g* 

 presented to the King a petition for a Vfl*^ ' ver y 

 husband's punishment. The King had spoken , ^ 

 graciously to her, and on the same evening ' * •„ 

 matter discussed, with other things, and gave an o 

 compliance with the pet.tion.^ ^Tbo h «°™*££* #f 



°tbc folk*- 

 to t* e 



the car- 



Se" King's departure "might delay the falnM*** 

 her request, went to the palace gate 



and presented a simile j.eiixion 



ing mormug, 



Queen, just as her Majesty was stepping 



into 



