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Satmftag to monW* floats. LONDON, APRIL 29. THE Paris journals to Thursday's date inclusive have been received. The inaccuracy of the re- port in circulation relative to the change of Ministry has been fully demonstrated by the fact that M. Teste and M. Gridane, the Ministers who were said to be about to retire, have proposed various credits for their respective departments.-Admiral Roussin has de- manded a vote of credit of 5,987,006 francs; the larger portion being intended to provide for the expenses of the new colony in the Marquesas Islands.—The French Court will go into mourning for eleven days, from the 2d of May, for his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.—The subscriptions for the formation of a com- pany for establishing a branch-railroad between Amiens and Boulogne amount already to 9,386,500f. Of this sum Boulogne has subscribed 4,925,500f.—On Monday last, the journeymen carpenters, French and English, assembled at the building of the railroad station at Rouen, to celebrate the completion of their portion of the works. Having fixed the last piece of timber, the tricoloured and the British flags were displayed at the summit, amidst the repeated cheers of all present, fol- lowed by the Marseillaise," sung by the united work- men, accompanied by a band of music. The ceremony, throughout which the greatest harmony prevailed, con- cluded with emptying repeated flaggons of wine, during which appropriate toasts were drunk. Madrid journals are to the 20th inst they state that the attempt of the coalition members to form a majority has proved a failure, and that it is probable the Regent will be able to form a Cabinet indepen- dently of that party. An attempt has been made to invalidate the election of M. Arguelles for Madrid, on the ground that as the Queen's guardian, he is a mem- ber of the household of her Majesty, and therefore can- not take his seat in the Cortes. The Chamber how- ever has rejected this view of the question by a majority of 82 to 30. It is expected that M. Cortina will be elected President of the Chamber.—The Gazette pub- lishes an ordinance of the Regent, appropriating the ten millions of reals to be received in May and June from Messrs. Rothschild on account of the quicksilver contract, to the payment of the half-yearly dividend on the three per cent, rentes due on the 30th June. We have received the Flanders and Hamburgh mail, wIth intelligence from various parts of the continent. It appears by a letter from Berlin, of the 20th, that the Prussian Government is still resolved to maintain the strictest censorship on the press in the Rhenish pro- vinces. As apprehensions were entertained that on the disappearance of the Rhenish Gazette other journals might take up the line of politics for which it had been condemned, the Censor has announced that he will rigorously oppose an attempt of the kind, and present every deviation from the allowed limits. A most im- portant Royal proposition, says a letter, dated Posen, of the 9th, was received here the day before yesterday, which has caused great and general joy, as it proves that our august Sovereign does not (as some have ap- prehended) cherish any feelings of displeasure towards our province on account of the late address. His Ma- jesty has offered to the Grand Duchy the sum of 600,000 dollars as a present, for the purpose of making good roads (causeways), on condition that the pro- vinces will raise an equal sum in fifteen years. The DIet, in its sitting yesterday, most gratefully accepted the gracious offer of his Majesty. By the arrival of the ship Seringapatam, advices, from the Cape of Good Hope, under date the 28th of February, have reached town. It appears that the Lieutenant-Governor had become sufficiently assured that the demonstration made by the advance of the troops into the disaffected district bad so far convinced the Boers of their inability to resist the colonial au- thority. that he felt himself justified in ordering the main body to retire upon Grahams-town, leaving only L a small detachment at Colesberg. The arrival at Falmouth of the Hector, furnishes intelligence from San Domingo to the 27th ult. The Patriot army, in two divisions, consisting of about 14,000 men, had entered Port-au-Prince under the command of the two Generals, Herald Riviere and Lazarre. The inhabitants had appointed a Committee of Public Safety for the maintenance of order and the protection of persons and property pending the election of a new PreRident.-Two ordinances have been issued «t Port-au Prince connected with the lalo rofM.itlo.. in St. Domingo. The first decrees the deposition of Hover, for his numerous attempts tipon the inviolability of the national representation by decimating its Mem- ) bers in the sessions of 1822. 1832, 1839, and 1842, in order to deprive that body of their independence, and 'o induce them to violate and betray the trust confided to them for abusing; his power by proposing candidates to the Senate, both in making up the lists and in pro- posing either members of his own family or favourites who had no claim or title to such dignity, in order to convert that body into a mere puppet for carrying out his own objects and also, among many other offences, for abitrarilv removing the judges and dismissing honourable officers and functionaries whose appoint- ment he had no right to cancel. It concludes in these words: Considering that all those who have co- operated in the acts of usurpation and tyranny of the President Boyer, cr who have, by their disloyal actions or perfidious counsels, aided and abetted him in these liherticide measures, either as public officers or the mere performers of his wishes, are to be considered in the light of his accomplices By the arrival of the Sarah Ann schooner in this country, melancholy intelligence from Otaheite to the 23d of October has been received. It appears that the French Governor of the Marquesas, with fourteen at- tendants, had been on a visit to the native King, Nica- hevar, where tliev had been hospitably entertained, and. suspecting no danger, they left his residence to return to the French station without probably taking proper precaution against the treachery of the natives. They were attacked on the way, and the Governor and fourteen persons were killed. This unfortunate event proves the unfriendly disposition of the natives; but what will it avail them! The French Government will instantly send out a sufficient force to crush all op- position. and finally deprive the king and every per- son in authority in these islands of every semblance of power. It may also have an injuriors effect on the relations between the French Protector of Otaheite and the inhabitants. It is, therefore, an event deeply to be regretted. MONEY M A KKET.—There have been a few operations in the Money-market this week, which tend to confirm in a considerable decree the statements that have been for some time prevalent, of its being the desire of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out a plan for the conversion of the 3, per cen s. into a 3 per cent, an- nuity, thus assimilating nearly nine-tenths of the funded debt. A. reduction of 5 per cent, must be noted in the value of Bank stock, the result of some heavy sales on a -deceased' or Trns'ee account while in India stock a re-action has also occurred of I J per cent.- The Eng- lish funds were steadily supported to-day, prices being rather firmer. Monday is a holiday. Consols for transfer on Tuesday were quoted 96J to I. and for Ac- count 96i to a Fxcheqner bills were at 60s. to 67s.; and East India bonds at 74s. to 77s premium. New 3J per cents, were dull at 102^ to and reduced at 101 f to J. Bank stock, was heavy at 178 to 179; and India stock at 207}— Ihe Ferei<rn Stock-market has been tranquil although a good deal of business was transacted in Spanish bonds, one firm being heavy sellers, so as to occasion a decline to some extent.—The usual statement of the average weekly Liahilities and Assets of the Bank of Expand was published in the Gazette of last night The period comprised in the present return is from January 28th to the 22d of April; the previous account was made up to the 20th of March. On malting the comparison between 'he two periods, it appears that the Circulation has been increased from 21).093,OOO!. to 20.2:39.0001. or hv 146.0001.; the Bullion from 1 i,054,000/. to II. WO.oool., or by 136,0.10/ and the Rest or balance of surplus profits from,2.78t).OOOl. to '2.904,0(10/ or by 1 16.000/. The Deposits 1, ,ve de- creased from 12.003,000/. to 11.634.00.1/, or by 36 J,000/. and the Securities from 23.830.110:11. to '23,578 000/, or by 243.000/. The variations therefore since March in tiie most important items have not been material; since the slight increase in the Circulation has ansen from the payment of the dividends, and is met by the Bullion augmentation. The deposits having fallen off argues rather a fuller employment of capital; and were the Bank circulation less, this diminution would doubtless it less, this (litiltilliti be to a much greater extent. The Gazette of last exening contains a no'ice that the Master of the Mint has been authorised to cause new weights for whole and half sovereigns to be pre- parpd and that it is intended that such new weights shall be exchanged at the Mint, after the 29th of May. for the old weights, free of any charge to the parties, provided (tie weights brought for exchange are identified hv the stamp and are not reduced by wear below the height at which they were originally issued.— The l""al standard and cuvrent weight of the sovereign is i) dwts. 21 grs., and of the half-sovereiyi; 2 dwls. Jai grs. The bulletin 0 her Majesty's health issued this morning, states th,t the Queen has slept well, and continues to go in avourably. The infant Princess is well."—The inqtirts at Buckingham Palace after the health of her flapsty and the Princess are very numerous. We understanl tint her Majesty has been graciously pleased to intimae tothe Duchess of Inverness, that her grace will have tie permission of the Crown notified, through the ustid official channel, to continue to oc- cupy the wing ofKersington Palace so many years in- habited by his Ibyal Highness the Duke of Sussex; and it is expected as her grace will keep a smaller establishment, thtt sh< will select a suite of apartments, leaving the rest a the disposal of Government. On the morniig 0' her Majesty's accouchment, a special messengerarrhed at Brocket Hall, Herts, with a dispatch from Prime Albert to Lord Melbourne, announcing the gntifyhg intelligence of her Majesty's safety, an amiable act of his Royal Highness in re- lieving the anxiey of one well-known for devoted loyal attachment 0 his beloved Sovereign. The office of (overmr and Constable of Windsor Castle, vacant by he deuh of the Duke of Sussex, is to be offered to Prince Albert.-The property of his late Highness is stid to be considerable, his life having been insured to alarge anount in several offices, the bulk of it having leen settled on the Duchess of Inver- ness, principal to revert, cn the death of her Grace, to Colonel Sir Augustus and Mademoiselle D'Este, issue of his first wife. The Liverpool Times says-" it is very donbffol whether Sir Augustus d'Este is not the next lawful heir to the throne of Ireland after the descendants of the- late Duke of Kent and the p'esent King of Hanover, and to the throne of Hanovei after the present Royal Family. Mr. O'Connell, whose opinion as an Irish lawyer is entitled to great respect, has given it as his opinion that Sir Augustus d'Eie is legitimate in Ireland, the Royal Marriage Act having never received the assent of the Irish Parliamm t, and there is every reason to believe that he is ejually so in Hanover. Such contingency may occu, but it is too remote to cause much immediate interest. The Limerick Chronicle says-" Mr. O'Connell's two brothers, gentlemen of nfluence and large landed property in Kerry, are hostfe to his repeal agitation. The county members, Hon W. Brown and Mr. J. O'Connell, nephew of the afitator, are equally opposed to his wild project." A requisition, signed bymore than 600 electors, has been presented to Lord Ebiington and Mr. Gill, calling on them to support Mr. Viliers' motion for a total re- peal of the Corn-laws. Blth these gentlemen are ad- vocates of a fixed duty of 51 per quarter. Should they decline, it is stated they vill be called on to resign their seats, and Mr. Brighi of Rochdale, will be put In nomination as a Candidae by the free-traders. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the Rev. Wm. Hill, and all the Chartists tried at the Lancaster Assizes, have been served with notices to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench next Thursday, to receive the judgment of the Court. Lord Carew has directed his agent to pay the whole poor-rate of his tenantry, The Marquis of Exeter on Saturday last reduced by ten per cent, the wages of ill the workmen and labourers in his emplov at Burghle/ and the other estates of his Lordship. The plea is. that the reduction is to meet the income-tax on the one hand, and the reduced price of provisions on the other. The saving to Lord Exeter, it is stated, will be 500/. a-year. — Stamford Mercury. At the London Hospital yesterday not fewer than five inquests were held on the bodies of children from two to eight years of age, all of whom had lost their lives by their clothes caiching fire. At the Mansion-House on Tuesday, White and Younghusband, the captain and mate of the Native brig, which was plundered and sunk by them 011 the Dorset coast, were fully committed for trial. Sheridan Knowles's new play of The Secretary wis produced at Drury-lane. on Monday evening. It was well received, though not with enthusiasm and the London journals speak of it as inferior to many of the same author's productions. The plot is taken from Jones's nuvel of The King's Highway." Joseph Fernando Oliveira, a Portuguese, after se- veral examinations, was committed for trial from the Mansion-House on Wednesday, for having in his nos- cin» F:—~r purporting to be notes of the Portuguese Government. Mr. Reynolds proved that he had engraved a plate for the prisoner in imita- tion of the Portuguese bank, and had printed the papers found in the prisoner's possession for him. The Glasgow Constitutional says, that the account which the Atlas gave, and others of our metropolitan contemporaries adopted, without any apparent doubt as to its authenticity, of Professor Geoll's late flight in one of the aerial machines from a hill near Glasgow, is neither more nor less than an April-fool" jell d'esprit! Well may our northern contemporary add. Such a parcel of April-fools we have never before heard of" On Saturday night a fire, which, for a considerable time, presented a very alarming aspect, broke out on the premises of Messrs. Kobinsen. Girvan, and Co., ham-curers. Mason-street, Liverpool, there being from 30.000/. to 40.000t. worth of hams in the warehouse. Though the flames were happily confined to a room in which they originated, the damage was very consider- able. The room contained 12,000 hams, most of which are burn: or roasted The loss is estimated at 2000/. The Suffolk Herald publishes the following "Our readers may frfquently have seen advertise. i-nent.s in the daily papers acknowledging, 011 the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, certain pay- ments made by anonymous persons, who, having de- frauded the revenue, make this restitution—and it is called conscience money." A remarkable instance of this kind is come to us from a most credible source. An individual wrote a letter to the Exche- quer-office, saying, that although lie had returned his income-tax correctly on his ostensible business, yet that he was extensively engaged in smuggling, and as his returns from that source were very great, he had it on his conscience not to have made any return of that, and he therefore enclosed, as the amount of three years' tax, fourteen thousand pounds! Every effort has been made to discover the conscientious contrabandist, but hitherto without effect. This fact may be relied on." DISTKESS IN COKK.—We regret greatly being obliged to observe that considerable distress is felt hy the labouring population of this city, including; a large number of trades- men heretofore employed at remunerative wages. The dis- tress has been borne for some limp. with patience and forti- tude, but it would appear that it has at length become too painful for further submissive endurance, and that those who are suffering, are resolved that flit-it- wantsalionld he ge- nernlly known. This day, as will be seen by otir police report, a number of persons amounting to six hundred, paraded the city, headed by an individual who carried a loaf of bread on a pole. The conduct of this crowd was peaceable and or- derly, an,1 only showed that those who composed it are anxious for wot k, and the means of supposing existence. It is idle to say hat they can obtain the relief they seek at the workhouse. That institution is alre»dv thronged by a dense mass of pauperism and it is incafable almost of con- taiding more—it is incapable at all events of allaying the misery that abonnds.-Cork Examiner, SOCIALISM. — A desperate effort is fo be made for the revi-al of this atmost exploded system. The delegates and agents of Mr Robert Owen are to mce at Harmony, in Hampshire, early in May, for the pnrjose ot stating what has been done during the past year, wh,,1 piobabiltiies there are of extending their principles, and p concert measures for the systematic organization of their forces. At present the Socialist scheme is in an awfully tot f ring condition. In mauv parts of the metropolis, and in tie provincial towns, institution* have been opened, were )pt)ues are given and di-cu«sioiis invited on" disputed points coffee-houses have been enlisted in the cause, and ball-roons provided tor those who might be more likely to receive fa'onrable impressions of the system under the influence of it, waltz. But every thing appears o ii.ve fiiie,i and the (flegati-s who meet in conference next month, must devise nnfccunning measures than have hitherto been adopted, if Ih'Y wish to fee "So- cialism" in existence at the close of tlif^ar. Globe. A GIIKAT M —)))p Ittt-gestmat)'" the liritish ser- vice is Lieut. Sutherland, of the 5t;thRe!;i.npnt. at Cork. He weighs 25 stone, and his height is ('♦'ft 4 inches. He is only 23 years old, and possesses property of soute i liri usands a-year. A RKMAKKXBLP. PAUISH.—We understand that the parish of Altear, belonging to the Eitriot Sliation, contains neither a weavei, a puiper, iitir a Di.scre' CII. as much be said of any other parish in the ? Liverpool Courier. t'-<>MPUMENT. — At the late Ath)"R election, Mr. Spronle, who seconded the nomination'^ the Tory. Captain Herenford, nnirehj slated that lie had "ell fifty years pro- posing or seconding members, and not tie ot them ever did any good to the town. THH WAY TO WIN A WOMAN'S HEAT —Let your hair hang in superfluous ringlets over YOllr irk and shoiild,ji'!t— never suffer a razor to touch your face,T'eeze yourself icto a coat ofrntdbt-Dy cloth-PilI on a vest8'riped with green, yellow, anil red— pantaloons checked wji blue, crimson, and put pie—shove vonr feet into a pair of lools with the heels at least three inches high—(Inutile a littUblark stick, tipped wi'h brass—a huge brass ring on your tile finger, and yon ill be the don ot the day.

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