Nov. 23, J 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



they determined on drawing up an address to the King, 

 w h four of them proceeded with to St. Cloud. In 

 this memorial they represent the delicate situation in 

 which they are placed between the fear of being con- 

 sidered rebellious and the engagement they entered into, 

 when they made their last demonstration against their 

 superiors, not to let any of their comrades suffer the 

 consequences of a line of conduct which was common to 

 them all. This appeal was received by an Aide-de-Camp 

 to the King, who promised to lay it forthwith before His 

 Majesty.— The naval Court-Martial for the trial of 

 Lieut. Besson, of the Groenland steam frigate, for the 

 loss of that ship on the coast of Morocco commenced 

 its proceedings at Toulon on the 14th. Several wit- 

 nesses deposed to the good conduct of Lieut. Besson, 

 and his defence appeared, from his replies to the 

 questions of the President, to rest principally on the 

 thickness of the fog in which his vessel was enveloped at 

 . the time of the accident, and his ignorance of any currents 

 on the part of the coast where she was lost. The sitting 

 was adjourned to the following day, when Lieut. Besson 



was acquitted by the chairman's casting vote. The 



attention of the Paris Papers and the public is in a great 

 measure directed towards the Bourse and the forthcoming 

 loan, the approaching adjudication of which, so far from 

 depressing the stock in which it is to be made, had caused 

 on Saturday, "to the astoni ! ment of the oldest specu- 

 lators, ■ we are told, a further and considerable rise in 

 price* ^ It was understood that the house of Hottingeur 



2? , n f , .^° uI ? com i ,ete for the loan with the house of 

 Kothschild, which had been joined by not only all the 

 other respectable Paris bankers, but by the receivers- 

 genera!.— 1 he affairs of Ireland supply anoiher tonic of 

 interest to the French Journals, and the Repeal agitation 

 is discussed alike by the Ministerial and Opposition 

 ftpera in a tone not ve;y complimentary to Mr. 

 OConnell. They unanimously contend that "Simple 

 Kepeal ii simple rebellion, and censure Mr. OConuell 

 for shrinking from his position. The Government 

 Papers argue that "there can no medium between a 

 union and an absolute separation," while the Opposition 

 Journals believe that "civil war and revolution must be 

 the certain result." of Repeal, and are therefore anxious to 

 precipitate ,t. The Ministerial Dibats says » Mr. O'Cou- 

 nelihascomeforward to explain what he means by Repea] •* 

 and the passage from the late anti-Federalist letter from 

 Derrynane ,s then quoted :— 1st, The maintenance of 

 the connection between Great Britain and Ireland by 

 means f one ei.cutiye power, and the golden band of 



3d!y The re-estabnjhmeut of the House of Lord, 

 in Ireland. 4th The re-establishment of the Irish 

 House of Commons. Sthly, The complete legislative and 

 judical authority of one Irish Parliament in Ireland. Now 

 let u. declare/' continues the Dibats, a'ter hsvin* 

 ummed up - these five p its of Repeal let us deX* 

 In all cer ,y, that the greatest enemy of Ireland £Sd 

 not * lau Ler a stvercr sconce than such a constitution 

 ^e have I;J ,,aedlv said that some people in Ireland 

 argue a. if the inhabitant, were all one race', as t 



atft F T f jf a "ftl error. Let Ireland be 

 separated from England, and what will she become > A 



T^ui Vf ' d K M fDt0 t-o distinct popu iVtionl 

 of Lords ThU I'T P S J demands an Irish H ™se 



\Vil? It h. - 1 °". e • f° wer - But 'bis is England 

 W ill it be said that it is the Crown ? But what i. ti.» 



Crown m constitutional kingdom ? Here thlml V. 



ne u is of itself a sufficient guarantee that th* r«™ 

 htion.r, conflict whicl, alone could eu^ from the takS 

 of anyac.ve steps towards reducing •■ simple F elr 

 into pracce, will ntver be , )ermitted *J£ ThfS 



•can Agonal which is anxious for thedismLbemeuTo 



•Wch he has tried has not succeed e ?'' He "P-'^nt 

 bring over T>y destPM .„„%•?,„ He eI P tcted '» 

 land 5 He h.i soHc SSfcE' loUA *? *">*?•**<* ^ 

 Federalism, to organist , S f ° rward llleir P'^ of 

 England. Tl°, ^Tlt .', ""'f-ent, and to e.11 on 





glory ? The new propositions wi h Mr. O'Counell has" 

 to make to the Association will not advance it a single 

 step. M. Gustave de Beaumont, and M. Duvergier 

 d I Hauranne, two well-known writers, have also taken up 

 the que* tion,— M. d'flauranne in the Constitutionnci 

 and M de Beaumont in the preface to a new edition of 1 

 his work on Ireland, in which he expresses much confi- 

 dence in the sound judgment of Mr. O'Connell, but 

 despairs of the concession of Repeal until England 

 shall be in circumstances of great difficulty and danger. 

 —Baron de Bourqueney, from Constantinople, M. de 

 Lavallette, from Alexandria, and M. de Nyon, from 

 Tangier.*, arrived in Paris on Friday.-Rear-Adiuiral 

 Hernoiix, who has recently been promoted for the part 

 which he took in the affairs of Tangier and Mogador, has 

 been elected Deputy for Nantes.— Letters from Toulon 

 of the 13th, state that the Due d'Aumale and the Prince 

 da Joinville were to embark on the 18th for Naples, in 

 the Gomer steam-frigate, accompanied by a squadron of 



ffS e n'"; The first tria1 ' on a ^rge "ale, was made of 

 M. Hallete s plan of applying the atmospheric system to 

 railroads, a few days since, on a space of 300 feet, in his 

 manufactory at Arras. The result appears to have been 

 so satisfactory, that Messrs. Arago, Seguier, and other 

 distinguished engineers, are to be invited to witness a 

 second trial in a few days. -A company of capitalists 

 have offered the Government to construct, at their own 

 expense, a definitive hall for the Grand Opera in the 

 Champs Elysees, on condition that the present theatre 

 should be given to them as an indemnity. They intend 

 to demolish the latter, and to build on its site eight or 



ten hotels, which will be -worth 20,000,000f ? Letters 



have been received from Rio of the 19th ult., announcing 

 that at that date the frigate Virginie, commanded by Ad°- 

 mual Hamelin, had anived at that port, and would 

 shortly proceed on her voyage to Tahiti.— The Dibats 

 states that Mr. Alderman Moon, who moved the ad- 

 dress of the city of London to the King of the French at 

 the period of Him Majesty's visit to Windsor, had the 

 aonour to dine with their Majesties at St. Cloud on, 

 Ueanesday week On Saturday afternoon Alderman 

 Moon had ag.in the honour to be received by the Royal 

 iamil y, and to pass the evening at the chateau of St. Cloud 

 Spain.— A telegraphic despatch announces that Gen' 

 Zurbauo, the amous leader of guerillas, has raised the 

 standard of rebellion against the Government, in Old 

 Castile, and that Burgos, Santander, and St. Sebastian 



With S ^ v m0V ^ en n ThG[r banner IS Wcrifcid 



with the words, Viva the Constitution of 1837 ; Vi-a 

 IsabeUa 1 1 -Our accounts from Madrid state that the 

 L..amoer of Deputies adopted on the 8th the address in 

 repy to he speech from the throne, and the discussion 

 on the p rojectcd I reform; in the constitution commenced 

 on the 9th No mcident of particular importance 



£ '1W "uS- ° f ?" debate U,ltiI the ^ting of 

 the 11th, when If. Tejada delivered a speech which 



caused a great sensation among all parties, because he 



opinions of the speaker were supposed to 1 a ve rev Jed 



Self M T ft ° f ? e i C ° Urt 3nd ° f ^e Caotet 

 itself. M. Tejada began by declaring that the proposed 



rcorms would have the effect of seating the Gownmenl 

 on a solid and durable basis. He next proceeded to 



ent W PerS ? aI T ni ° n ° a the ^««oS, which wa. 



entirely oppoaed to the existing order of th ngs '' H e 

 defended the principle of the old public law ff' Spain 



nJ the C G v""^ ? Kil ; g W " the 80le chie " of ffl 

 and the Government ; and contended that the Constitu 



on whether reformed or not, was doomed o perish and' 





f Ik. Cl,«,«l,, , taW I,''" ,, , f . ' , . 



UZ 5 it f«'„*o2 '""-"^ "»• lk« ..n,i. 



•gainst the framers of ThS i- f a r ccusatlon * directed 



tained, had r?iSered ! f ^ R ' al ' wh °' he m ^ 

 usioa rfKK^ b * d ^"n the es- 

 throne cf Soain fli^i ^ r desceDda ats from the 

 proposed r'eoTm, £ ^J^f ^ ^J of the 



of expunging the n nr.T^/ V ^ ° Q the P ro P ri ^y 

 thp nL^M*.r?,. p " nc, P le of Clonal sovereientv frnm 



on several occ^ic^sTwhen the ^o^^hTZH^^r^^ 

 he saw the Royalists, who had wmnro^UTA 

 it to its fate. He cited the dreadful ni,£? r b L andoa 

 July, in which the Sovereign was left 8 ^ i° f . the 7t ^ 

 and when the only men wL ral ied ^V ^' 

 the partisans of constitutional doctrines Wh^ W f* 

 Monarch died, those who prided th^! i heQ thit 

 Royalists par excellence ™Z^ n ^*£ t °» bein ? 

 the sceptre from the hands of his SlghS; "to nhc^f 

 those of an usurper. "An abvsi T» p,«? • ? !t m 

 Minister, " separates thosemen fZ ^ He 2* ^ 

 thejeau ideal of absolute government in L ^ 

 peaceable Tuscany but, being" a TaU e anS reffiof 

 Spam, he abhorred that system. There was in Z * 

 but one legitimate representative of .bZtelZn^ 

 -he who disputed the throne with our Queen v 

 Tejada, unwillingly no doubt, had placed S* 0n 5 

 slippery declivity, on which is to be fhnnJ i . 

 and at the bottom Don Carlo ? M. M^tfi^u?? 

 Rosa next proceeded to discuss the ecdesia1ucaU tt e?L U 

 and declared amongst other things, that the pffiS 

 of national property might rest tranquil, for thKS 

 would be respected. As respected the marriage X 

 Queen when the discussion of the paragraph rflative L 

 it should come on, the Cabinet would expos' it s op i n 7o °s 

 on the subject, but in the meanwhile he would assure the 



nX 6 ; 1 'I thC G ° Ve T rQment had n0 Secret * ^ - Pro- 

 posing that paragraph, nor was it bound by any secret 



engagement respecting it. Ministers would confine them- 

 .elves to advise Her Majesty to adopt the course Zt 

 conducive to the interests of the nation. Finally, it Z 



5 iM7-° f th ! Govern ^ntto reform the Constitution 

 of 1837 in such a manner that all those who desired the 

 throne of Isabella II., and the institutions, should rally 

 round that Constitution. M. Tejada next rose and ex- 

 plained his principles. He was anxious to see an alliance 

 between the rights of the people and those of the throne, 

 and expressed his aversion for despotism and Don Carlos 

 having a ways supported the legitimacy and rights of 

 Isabella II. After he had concluded, several deputies 

 having demanded that the general discussion be closed, 

 M. Equizabal moved a resolution that it should continue 

 until every member inscribed should have delivered his 

 opinion. The Chamber, nevertheless, declared that 

 debate closed, and that on the paragraphs commenced. 

 On the 13th the preamble of the bill was voted, in the 

 terms proposed by Government, and approved by the 

 committee. The Senate also met on the 13th, but 

 their proceedings were quite destitute of interest.— A 

 long conference, which had just taken place between 

 the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Fiench 

 Ambassador, was much tulked of. It was said that 

 favourable accounts from Rome had been commu- 

 nicated to M. Bresson, and that the Pope had even 

 consented to ratify the sales of national property. 

 The Minister of Finance was only awaiting the estimates 

 of the expenses of the Ministry of War to lay before the 

 Cortes the general budget, in which, for the first time, 

 the receipts and expenditure will be equally balanced. 

 The Ministers of Finance and Justice were engaged in 

 drawing up the project of law relative to the maintenance 

 of the clergy. They had already had several interviews 

 with a number of bishops, at which the basis of a law 

 calcula ed to conciliate all interests was agreed upon. The 

 Ministerial Papers state, nevertheless, that the Govern- 

 ment will insist on the suspension of the clerical 

 property, and that the measure will be made a Ca- 

 binet question. — The Swedish and Danish Envoys had 

 waited on the Due de Glucksberg on his return to 

 Madrid, and had been informed by him that the differ- 

 ences which had arisen between their Governments 

 and Morocco were in progress of adjustment. — The 

 Tiempo publishes a letter from London, stating thaS 

 Lord Aberdeen had directed Mr. Bulwer to express lii* 

 deep regret to the Spanish Government for the sinking 

 of the Spanish ship of war Rayo, whilst he added that 

 the commander of that ship had violated the right of 

 sovereignty exercised by England in the waters of Gi- 

 braltar. — The prosecution of General Prim, respecting 

 which great secrecy continued to be observed, was believed 

 to be a subject of extreme perplexity to the Government. 

 It was reported that Commander Alberni, who, after 

 being implicated in the conspiracy, had turned Queen's 

 evidence, bad been arreted.— A letter fn.m the frontiers 



.r.? A-... . r,*-..*«« *-!,.. f fVk.. *•!>« !<>«»■ J(l vpin sn spverft a 





England. These advances "hZTC ' T, l ° CaU 0D 



the puMicstions, and X EnJ, Uh "^'f t0 ?' ubor - 



mncb repugnance for . federal K.rlU»«t '7 ° W " 8S 



fectly independent of EnglaM O'Td • °l°'1 per - 



con plai,,. Uh great bittern" o °u£ ""o'u Suet h I'"" 



we btUm in the since.it, of his computt = ' h". J T 



knew hi. country and the Saxon so * e |] could 1,1 »" 



have nattered himself to reconcile UTCfflc&2» 



rests, and to get those who have been engaged ,£ "„ h ' 



deaperate struggles to become thus united? What mm 



be the ufh.y of those constant deceptions ? TheTlme 



only produced one effect-that of entirely suspend! 



2££ °1 aa, i eS ' 0a l ° tl,e Be f"'AMOciaUon, P which were 



' goineti in the e.vpressive form of pounds, shilling, and n „d .k . * V -k-w-«h»b uovernment 



"u; ne ^ IrekDd ° J b,ained iD real ^^i-ation g s 'wh t phoM t ^ lhe Aln.inistration that wanted fo'e to 



OConnell has gamed m mfluence, m wealth, and i. % "o t he s Z %™ ° ^'"Tl^ the Absolutist syssem 



were not, he smd, tne real defenders of the throne, for 



howe/er by "latent of ar thrh d „ e '" R ° Sa ™ M ^ d ' 

 bun»l, bu/on the folWi?^ f° ^"^ the tr '- 



of ^^Jii^x^rM il h e char ^ 



b« colleagues, he proceeded o refute 8 be Ah", !" 

 doctrines coniended for on the „? r Ab f lutlst 



ere ever oeen seen so uiau» 

 wolves as during the past mouth. They proceed in packs 

 and commit great destruction. 



Portugal. — We have accounts from Lisbon to the 

 14th inst. On the 9th the Ministers had a majority in 

 the Chamber of Peers of 37 votes against 12 on the 

 question " of the use made of the extraordinary powers 

 conferred on Government for the suppression of the 

 revolt." Donna Maria having reached the sixth month 

 of her pregnancy, prayers pro fetid partu have been 

 directed to be offered up in all the churches of the king- 

 dom. Robbers still infest the suburbs of Oporto, and 

 the papers record no fewer than five serious burglaries 

 within ten days. Business was never more dull both 

 there and in Lisbon, and the most prejudiced are at 

 last beginning to confess that a tariff convention with 

 England is indispensable. Ports have fkllen to a price 

 never before witnessed in the history of this wine, the 

 bulk of the demand being now, according to the circular 

 of Messrs. Clark and Son, for wines, between 15/. and 

 22/. per pipe. Senhor Gaviao stated, without contra- 

 diction, in tiie Chamber, that the common price of wine 

 in many of the country districts is 6». per pipe ! — J 08e 

 Bento de Aranjo, one of the richest and most respectable 



