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LONDON, FEB. 14.

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LONDON, FEB. 14. THE Paris papers 'o Saturday's date have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies met on the previous day to organize the Committees for the ensuing month, when Ministers had a great majority. About 330 mem- bers were present, and out of the nine bureaux, Con- servative Presidents and Secretaries were chosen in eight —The expected courier from Madrid had arrived at the British embassy, but nothing transpired respect- ing the sta'e of the negotiations between France and Spain. A report prevailed that the Spanish Govern- ment was willing to admit that the publication of the Guteirrez dispatch was wrong, while it insists that the allegations against \1. Lesseps were true. This ap- pears very improbable. If Espartero is convinced of the allegations, he would not risk his political and mi- litary position hv offering any apology whatever. The Opposition journals, for want of a better subject, con- tinue their invectives against M.Guizot and his friends. the English. In allusion to the remarks of Sir Robert Peel, about a commercial treaty with France, one of them perwerselv asserts that France would hear with anxiety of such a measure, and would have reason to be alarmed if it were concluded under the auspices of the Foreign Minister. Nothing, in fact, will satisfy these gentlemen but the overthrow of Guizot and Soult, who speak respectfully of England-and then a war with this country.—The late nnfavourable news from Algiers still occupies public attentton in Paris, and se- rious apprehensions are entertained that affairs are worse than represented. It appears that hy letters from that quarter that Gen. Bugeaud and all the dis- posable troops were hastening againt the active Abd- el-Kader. 111 one of these letters we find the following singular admission:—"It is positive, says a corres- pondent in one of these journals, that if thiGovernor- General had delayed his operations against the Emir for a fortnight, we should probably not have been able to restrain a single tribe."—Nearly 3000 workmen of Paris had enrolled their names at the Ministry of Ma- rine, as colonis's for theMarquesasIslands. On Thurs- day thev addressed a deputation with an offer of their services to the Minister of Marine, who replied that no plan had'vet been adopted for the colonization of those islands.—There had been a contiuued fall of snow in France to" some days. In the environs of Paris it was so deep that the works, at the fortifications were sus- pended, and the diligencies were stopped on 'he Mar- seilles road, a" well as on several other roads in the south. Madrid papers 'o the 5th inst. have been received. In the Gazette of the 4th appears a dispatch from Gen. Seone, dated the 30th of January, to the Minister of War, giving an account of the resistance made at Bar- celona to the military, and the open and violent attacks made upon officers, as well as men. Last night," said be, matters assumed a more serious and alarming aspect. A number of groups disseminated on various points, but principally in the Calle San Fernando, in- sulted 'and pursued some officers who were passing, and whom they obliged first to make use of their arms, and next to seek, in such houses as were open, a shelter against the furv of their assailants A patrol that hastened to the spot was also insulted. At the moment this scene was taking place, a detachment was, at an- other place, pelted with stones from a balcony. The groups were being considerably reinforced, and their attitude was becoming more and more hostile and threatening, when the arrival of the Governor-General, at the bead of a battalion, dispersed them in several directions. Patrols moving on all sides, completed the restoration of order. By ljiese facts, and others I omit here, your Excellency will be enabled to judge of the volcanic condition in which the city is, and of the in- efficacvof 'he measures I have hitherto resorted to, in order to calm the public mind, and cool the unbridled passions that agitate most of the inhabitants. To the many elements of disorder which this population con- tains, must be added the machinations, more numerous still, of those who strive to turn to account this state of the public mind. I am, therefore, compelled to adopt efficient measures against those who, in the clubs, or by incendiary exhortations and publications, make it their task to complete the ruin of the city. I can as- sure your Excellency that I shall rid myself of them, by using the extraordinary powers which the state of singe confers on me. I hope your Excellency will com- municate this dispatch to his Highness the Regent:7- On the arrival of the dispatch, a Cabinet was held, which sat for five hours, and the result was, that Es- partero had authorised the Captain-General of Cata- lonia to use all the means at his disposal in order to check sedition, and prevent Barcelona from becoming the theatre of ano'her deplorable commotion.—The Governor of Tarragona has ordered the disarmament the National Guard of Reuss, in consequence of their b*vm$r refused to obey the orders of the authorities. Lisbon letters to the 6th inst., brought by the Lady Mary Wood steamer, state that there had been some serious disturbances at Oporto—not that any great acts of violence bad taken place, but that the people ap- peared TesoI>'e« not to pay the assessed taxes, which had been somewhat rigorously levied and it appears that the Authorities had ultimately given way and withdrawn the troops to their quarters. Oporto letters of the 3d stated that a collision had taken place on the t 2d between the troops and the people that blows had been stnick, but that the town was then quiet. It appears to have been, however, a very trifling affair, and scarcely anything was done to preveti' the tumul- tuous assemblages, which occupied the streets on the 31st nit., and 1st and 2d inst., exclaiming against the tnes; but rather that the crowds had been momenta- rily pacified by the withdrawal of the troops, and the assurances of the Authorities that their complaints had been represented to the Home Government. The enemies of the Ministry endeavoured to turn the dis- content to political account. The Government had been seriously occupied with the subject, and had despatched the Conde de Santa Maria to resume his duties there of Military Governor, with extensive powers and Senhor J. da Silva Cabral, brother of the Home Minister, had also been sent as Civil Governor ad interim. They left on the 5'11 by the Oporto steamer. Lisbon wa? quiet, but a feeling of discontent existed on account of the new taxes. Advices from Constantinople to the 181b of January have been received. It would appear that the dispute between Austria and the Porte, on the subject of stfam navigation in the Black Sea, has created some bad feeling between the two Governments. After covertly conceding the point, the Turkish Government privately took measures to prevent its subjects from embarking in the Austrian steamers. M, Kletzel, the Austrian Charge d' Affaires, indignant at this conduct, suspended his relations with the Porte, refusing to hold any com- munication on this or any other affair till he received further instructions from his Government. We learn from Prague that great distress at present reigns in the mountains of Erzgebirge, on the confines of Saxony and Bohemia. Several thousand persons are suffering from scarcity of food. and the cold had set in with extraordinary severity. The Prague Gazette makes an appeal to the public in favour of this unfortu- nate district. The inhabitants are principally miners.

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