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ants Cfyuw&ai)** Dogt*. LONDON, FEB. 15. THE Paris Papers of Saturday contain the Speech of the Minister of Finance (M. Lafitte) on pre- senting the Budget for 1831. He stated that the great object of the Government was economy, to be carried to the utmost extent without embarrassing the public service. Among- the most prominent of political abuses (said the Minister) must be placed the Civil List, which over-burdened the Treasury by its enormous amount—the inordinate grants to the Clergy—to the I Ily over-numerous staff—to privileged military corps-to foreign troops, receiving pay superior to that of native troops. These are abuses that will not appear in the Budget now proposed to you. A considerable reduc- tion is also made in the Civil List; and there will be no Cardinals, no Royal Guards, no Swiss regiments to be paid." After going through the other branches of the Admi- nistration, the Minister concluded his explanation of the Budget of ordinary expenditure as follows :—Upon a balance of reductions and augmentations of the revenue, we are warranted estimating the receipts for 1831 at 973,101,894f. This sum, compared with the estimated expenditure of 957,377,335f., gives an excess in the receipts of the ordinary expenses of 15,721,559f. We conceive, Gentlemen, that this result must unite confidence, and be a complete answer to the false reports raised by pernicious agitators. Thus, after a revolu- tion which has changed the throne and institutions of the country, we have a Sinking Fund of eighty-one millions of francs, and an excess of fifteen millions of francs in our ordinary resources that is, after paying all our expenses and the interest of our debt, we have a surplus of ninety-six millions of francs, eighty-one millions of which are expressly appropriated to the reduction of the capital of the debt, and the remaining fifteen millions are applicable to any extraordinary services. France could not, under any circumstances, appear in a condition more imposing for the present, or more encouraging for the future." With respect to the Budget of Extraordinary Expenses and Resources called for by the position in which France at this moment stands with regard to the xest of Europe, the Minister said, they wished to avoid war, but, if in spite of themselves, they should be engaged in a new contest, it was necessary they should be prepared to meet it-they were desirous of peace, but it was imperative they should ask for resources in case war should be inevitable. The new Government had to repair and provision the fortresses of the king- dom, to manufacture arms, to remount the cavalry, and complete the ranks of the army. This had been in progress for the last six months, and for all these the Government required 182,000,000 francs. They wanted no new corps: they had only to create battalions and squadrons, and, having thus carried the strength of their regular regiments to the amount of 434,000 men of all arms, they would be enabled to carry this up to 500,000, should their policy render it necessary. The Minister of War would require 196,465,000f. for the occupation of the Morea and Africa, for indemnities for disbanded regiments, and to the Swiss whose capitulations- had been broken; the Minister of Marine would require 10,806,700f.; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, 500,000f. for secret services; and the Minister of the Interior 12,000,000f. under the head of extraor- dinaries. The whole amount of the grant for extraor- dinary expenses would therefore amount to 219,773,700 francs and this added to the sum demanded for the Ordinary Budget would give 1,177,151,035 francs. To meet the extraordinary expenses they had 3,000,000 of rentes granted 5th January and they purposed raising 200,000,000f. by the sale of the national forests. By this they would have a surplus of 41 millions of francs, with which the excess of 15 millions over the ordinary receipts, would form a dis- posable fund of 56 millions to be kept in reserve for any unexpected event. They would also have asinking fund of 81 millions, and the direct taxes would not be increased. The Minister concluded as follows :—" What strength and power for war, if war should become indispen- sable What resources for rendering peace prolific, if we have the happiness to preserve it, of being able to employ the immense capital we possess Our arma- ments are sufficiently imposing either to insure peace, or to repel gloriously any aggression. We have, how- ever, a well-founded hope that Europe will soon reduce her forces to their ordinary establishment, and that we also may be at liberty to reduce ours to the scale which our safety and dignity may require in a state of peace." M. Lafitte then presented the Project of Law, autho- rising the Minister ofFinaiice to issue Treasury Bonds to the amount of two hundred millions of francs, bear- ing interest for six years, and for alienating the forest of the State, in conformity with the proposal of Minis- ters,* which was conferred to the Committees. The above papers also announce the termination of the labours of the Conclave, and that the choice has fallen upon Cardinal Capellari, who has been appointed Pope under the title of Gregory XVI. There was not on Saturday any intelligence of moment in the French capital from either Poland or Belgium, and hopes, according to the private letters, were still entertained that the scourge of war was to be averted by negociation. Italy, it is reported in the French Papers, has at last made its experiment for the attainment of political liberty. The flames of discontent, which have been long smouldering in that devoted country, stired up by some recent oppressions of the Court of Modena, and of the Vice-Legate of Bologna, have found a vent in these two places, and were, at the date of the last ac- counts, burning with great fierceness. The govern- ment at Bologna appears to have met with scarcely any assistance but at Modena the people and the troops of the Grand Duke had engaged in conflict, the result of which is differently stated—one account stating that the insurrection had been already matured into a successful revolution-whilst another affirms that the Grand Duke had prevailed but that he was under the necessity, notwithstanding, of removing his family from the place. The first impulse was given at the theatre, and in the presence of the Grand Duke, upon the evening of the 5th of the present month. A. M. Menotti jumped upon the stage, waved a tri-coloured flag, upon which Vive la Liberie was inscribed, which acting as a signal, the whole population flew to arms, and engaged in conflict with the troops of the garrison. Letters received this morning from Swan River dated 14th October, give a favourable account of the colony. Provisions and various articles for domestic use were, however, exceedingly dear. Brandy was worth 20s. per gallon bread, 9d. per pound beef, 151. per tierce. The market was bare of crockery, tin-ware, glass, &c. which were selling at enormous rates. An expedition was about to depart from Shark's Bay, Raffles' Bay, and other places in that direction, under Lieutenant Purton, in three boats, and very sanguine hopes were entertained of its success, as it was hoped to induce the Malays to visit the colony in the summer, which would be most beneficial to the fishing and to the colony in general. The colony at King George's Sound was quite well; it consisted of Captain Barker, the Com- mandant, 20 soldiers and about 15 convicts, besides of- ficers. It wasto be given up to Government, when the Governor intended sending troops down. The country about King George's Sound, for 40 miles in the inte- rior, was very inferior. The Swan River settlement was, however, working well, and the settlers began to get more sanguine. A goal was building at Fremantle, and at Perth barracks and a boat dock were erecting. The land between the river and South Bay was also about to be cut away, so as to form a canal, and a breakwater was about to be run out from the south end of Arthur's Head. The hills were generally sandy, but the vallies contained fine alluvial washings. The winters are described as exceedingly cold. The young Prince of Cumberland is now called Prince Ernest, for the sake of distinction, the name of each of the young princes being George. A work, very truly described as a typographical wonder," was presented to their Majesties on Monday, at the Pavilion. It is the New Testament, printed in gold, on porcelain paper and it is the first instance were such printing hfts been successfully executed on both sides. Two years were employed in perfecting this work, of the costly nature of which an idea may be formed from the fact that the gold it contains is of no less value than 5 guineas. Only 100 copies are printed. The Dublin Morning Post of Saturday last announces that Mr. O'Connell and the other gentlemen who had been proceeded against, have withdrawn their plea of not guilty to the first fourteen counts of the indictment, upon which the Attorney-General agreed to enter up a nolo prosequi on the other counts. Judgment will therefore be given against the parties at once. The Attorney-General congratulated the Court and the country, at being spared the agitating conflict which such a trial would necessarily produce, and in conclusion expressed that the restoration of tranquillity and peace would be the result of this measure. We think that Mr. O'Connell and those implicated with him have thus made some reparation for their past imprudence, by sparing the people of Ireland that agitation which must of course have resulted from the angry feelings en- gendered during the trial. In fact they must see and feel that it was a bad business altogether. His Majesty's brig Barracouta, Lieut. James, has just arrived from Buenos Ayres, whence she sailed 21st November, from Monte Video 25th November, and from Rio de Janeiro 15th December. By this convey- ance we have received an account of the loss of his lJlla- jesty's ship Thetis. It appears that she sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 4th of December, and on the following night she struck the Headland of Cape Frio, and sunk in five fathoms water. She was bound to Epgland with a large freight—One Million of Dollars, the whole of which is lost; and, we regret to say, about twenty of her crew, among whom is Mr. Bingham, son of the late Capt. Bingham, who met with a similar fate a few months before. The Druid, Clio, and Algerine, under the command of Admiral Baker, were at the wreck, to ascertain the probability of saving any of the treasure. The King will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace on Wednesday, the 23d instant; and his Majesty's Levees in future will be held on every succeeding Wednesday till further orders.- Gazette. The Court Journal says—" We learn from a source to which we give credit, that the royal prerogative is about to be most graciously exercised in the restoration to his rank and honours of that distinguished naval officer, Lord Cochrane." The Manchester Guardian announces that the turn- out at Ashton, Stalybridge, &c. had terminated in the men's resuming their work at the rate of wages originally offered them by their masters. The fires have been resumed in the vicinity of New- bury, and in some other places in Berkshire. On the same night that the farm house belonging to Mr. Ba- ring was burned down last week, a barn and other houses belonging to a man named Evans, who lives at one of the turnpikes near Colnbrook, on the Bath road, was burned down, near Newbury the house was situated in the centre of the Earl of Carnarvon's preserves. On Saturday the Lord Chancellor again complained of the noise in the Court, and told the door-keeper that it seemed of no use to speak to him but if the noise continued, he would speak to his successor." Mr. Wontner, the Governor of Newgate, on Saturday waited upon the magistrates at Bow-street, and stated that Mr. St. John Long had that morning surrendered to take his trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions, which will commence on Thursday next. He intends calling one hundred witnesses of high rank and respec- tability, who profited by his skill During the early part of the present sittings after- term, the Court of Common Pleas was besieged every day by a crowd of pickpockets, who were very success- ful in their doings, particularly the three first days of last week, when it was found necessary to affix a notice in the Court, Take care of your pockets." What would a foreigner have thought of our courts of justice who for the first time entered and saw such a notice ? There is a borough in Cornwall (says a London paper) in which the right of election is in seven lease- holders and the Lord of the Fee carefully selects per- sons advanced in years, that, in case of defection, he may hope for early vacancies. This is called The Old Mens Borough." Bristol, on the other hand, al- though a city, has obtained the name of The Old Maids' Borough," because the men become entitled to the franchise by marrying the daughters of freemen. At a General Meeting of the Woollen Manufacturers of Gloucestershire, held in the Fleece inn, Rodborough, on Wednesday, it was resolved to petition Parliament in favour of the projected Steam Carriage Road from the Forest of Dean to the River Severn. The late fall of snow appears to have been general all over Great Britain. Many instances of loss of life in Scotland and Ireland are reported in the papers. A monument to the memory of the great Philosopher Locke is about to be erected in the Hall of the London University. Westmacott is to be the sculptor. The Rev. G. P. Buxton, of Mildeuhall, near Marlborough, has reduced his rents 15 per cent. And the Rev. Dr. Harrison, vicar of Keevil, has made an abatement of 10 per cent. on his tithes. In the King's Bench, on Wednesday, in an action brought by Mr. Walker, an attorney at Bristol, against Dr. Lushington, and Messers. Barrow, Winchester, and Varn- ham, to recover compensation in damages for a libel published by them in the Mirror of Parliament," reflecting on the plaintiff's character, the plaintiff obtained a verdict of 501. damages against the four defendants. Mit. SWING IN THE PERSON OF A CLERGYMAN.— On Saturday last the Bench of Magistrates at Mansfield, among whom was his Grace the Duke of Portland, were oc- cupied in the investigation of a case, which from the rank, station, and respectability of the parties, excited more than usual interest. It appeared the High Sheriff for the county of Nottingham had received several letters bearing the signature of the celebrated Swing." Every exertion was made to discover the writer, and at last some traces were found so as to implicate the Rev. Mr. Bowerbank, Master of the Grammar-school at Mansfield. The investigation was conducted with the greatest care, and occupied the whole day from eleven o'clock until seven, and which termi- nated by the full committal of the Rev. Gentleman for trial at the Assizes. It is impossible to account for such folly being committed by a gentleman in his station, which caused us for some time to doubt the accuracy of our informaut.—Newark Times.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

¡ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB.…

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