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THE QUEEN.-This evening in the House of Commons lord Častlereagh proposed a further adjournment of the consideration of the king's message, in consequence, as he said, of a communication which he had shortly before received from the Queen. This communication was stated by Mr. Brougham, to have been drawn from her majesty by the earnest importunities of her professional friends, and it is generally understood to have amounted to no more than a declaration that her majesty feels no insurmountable objection to negotiating upon any terms offered to her, which shall not compromise

her honour.

PARIS. The first paragraph of the first article of the election. law, and with it, necessarily, the fate of the law itself, has been at

length decided on by the Chamber of Deputies. This paragraph establishes two electoral colleges, one of the department and one of the district, in each department of the kingdom.

Sir Charles Wolseley has been waited upon by an express messenger from the lord-chancellor, to serve him with a supersedeasan instrument by which he is erased from the list of the magistracy.

PARIS.-Riots still continue, and every evening the Chamber of Deputies and the Palace are beset with crowds of persons, exclaiming Vive la Charte! mingled with cries of a seditious character against the king and the royal family. The military patroles in the streets have been increased, and it has been thought necessary that a legion and a regiment of infantry of the guard should be encamped in the Champs Elysées, for the purpose of suppressing tumults. The bridge Louis 16th seemed to be a rallying point for the seditious crowds, and, therefore, on Monday evening [the 5th] it was occupied by a military force, and the passage of it interdicted. A piquet of dragoons of the guard continued to parade during the evening upon the quay of the Tuilleries, and dispersed all persons who might seem disposed to collect there. Two individuals were wounded there by the movements of the troops, and several were arrested. An ordinance was issued from the prefecture of the police, forbidding all assemblages of persons in the public streets, particularly on the quay d'Orsay, the bridge Louis 16th, the place Louis 15th, and the adjoining streets, and threatening all who shall offer

any resistance to the troops or agents of the police with being proceeded against as guilty of rebellion.

These outrageous proceedings of the mob of Paris were noticed in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, by M. B. Constant, who, however, attributed them altogether to the royalist party, who insulted every deputy known by his attachment to the principles of liberty. He proposed, that, until tranquillity was restored, the Chamber should suspend all its deliberations. In this view of the case he was supported by M. Keratry, who stated, that in the garden of the Tuilleries he was insulted by an officer of the guards, solely on account of his being a deputy, and that a crowd shouting Vive le Roi tout seul ! called him a Clubbist, and desired him to go to the Club, meaning the Chamber of Deputies. The ministers, however, represented the case as being totally different, and that the tumults were caused by persons shouting Vive la Charte which, although, as the keeper of the seals said, not in itself a seditious expression, had yet become the rallying cry of a party whose sentiments were but too clearly intelligible. This statement, repeated by other members, caused an extraordinary and disgraceful scene of confusion and tumult in the Chamber, and in the midst of it the president declared, that the Chamber had decided, that it would pass on the following day to the discussion of the articles of the law of election.

A tremendous hail-storm was experienced, within 60 or 70 miles of the capital, on Friday [the Sth] by which much damage was

done, particularly to the fruit trees.

10. RIOTS ON THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL.-On Thursday [the 8th] persons were employed throughout the town posting up printed bills, announcing, that a general illumination would take place at night, in honour of her majesty's arrival in England.

A great mob assembled at an early hour opposite alderman Wood's house, in South Audleystreet, where her majesty resides. The houses in that street, with very few exceptions, were instantly illuminated. The exceptions were singled out, and the mob"played havoc" with the panes of glass, which were all demolished.

Various mobs were in the execution of the same service at different parts of the town, which rendered necessary the interference of both the civil and military powers. The mob remained in South Audleystreet until about eleven o'clock, at which time a strong body of Life Guards made their appearance at the end of the street with their arms. The mob dispersed,

and the Life Guards continued to parade the street for a length of time, when all was peaceable. The illumination was general at the west end towards the close of the night, and especially in some of the squares.

The mob commenced the work of destruction by breaking the windows of the house, in Audleysquare, possessed by the Misses Fitzclarence. They afterwards proceeded in succession to the houses of earl Darnley, earl Powis, lord Sidmouth, the marquis of Anglesea, the marquis of Hertford, &c. all of which were more or less damaged. The

windows of all the lower part of the marquis of Anglesea's house are completely broken. The fury of the gang was particularly great at the marquis of Hertford's, nor were they driven away till the arrival of some horse guards from Baker-street.

Five ruffians were on the following day brought to Marlboroughstreet police, charged with particular offences committed in the prosecution of these outrages. The principal charge relates to an assault upon the house of lord Sidmouth. They assailed the house with stones, mud, and other missiles, and completely demolished the whole of the windows. Lord Exmouth, who was in the house, made his appearance, and addressed the mob, requesting them, as reasonable men, to desist from their violent proceedings, and retire to their habitations. The violence of the mob not being abated, but increased, lord Exmouth intimated that he and the other gentlemen within were armed, and that farther outrage must necessarily urge them to use their arms. His lordship was hooted; when he, with the rest of the party, sallied forth on the mob, and they were ultimately overpowered and dispersed. In Portman-square the conduct of the mob was so infamous, that the officers using their cutlasses, some of the rioters were desperately wounded.

The prisoners were all ordered to find bail.

The magistrates held a conference, in order to pursue necessary steps for the preservation of the public peace and the property of individuals.

11. From the following singular occurrence, it would seem that some of the clergy participate

in the general feeling excited by the recent messages, accompanied by green bags:-" My transgression is sealed up in a bag," &c. Job, c. xiv. v. 17.-On Sunday evening last the Rev. John Cooke delivered a most interesting and animating lecture to his congregation, at Maidenhead, illustrative of the above words.

PARIS, June 10.—The orangewalk, fronting the Carousal, continues occupied by a battalion of the infantry of the royal guard. Sentries are stationed all round the Tuilleries, and no person is permitted to stop near these limits.

The number of the National Guard on duty at the Chamber of Deputies is now considerably augmented.

The Gazette de France says"Many foreigners were about to leave Paris, to the great regret of our maitres d'hotel and shopkeepers; but as they now see that tranquillity is re-established, and that strength rests with the laws, they have suspended their preparations for departure. The good people, who consider the money which foreigners spend in Paris as a very legitimate source of profit, endeavour to inspire them with confidence, in spite of the attempts of the enemies of order, whom they aptly denominate (Chartiers), Chartists.

PARIS.-A mob again assembled on Friday evening, the 9th, on the Boulevard, near the Porte Saint Denis and the Porte Saint Martin. The peace officers endeavoured in vain to disperse the rioters, and it became necessary to employ the armed force. The National Guards, united to different detachments of cavalry, succeeded in arresting some of the most turbulent. Se

veral deplorable accidents took place in the tumult. At eleven o'clock tranquillity was re-esta blished. It appears that the principal object of the rioters was, to attack the Palais Royal, in the hope, doubtless, of plunder.

Several marshals assembled yesterday at the residence of marshal Macdonald, who commands the troops in garrison at Paris.

In the tumult on Friday night, several persons were wounded, and one man killed.

A proclamation issued by the prefect of the department of the Seine and the prefect of police calls upon the citizens of Paris to second the magistrates by every means in their power, to maintain the public tranquillity.

The Prussian government has granted permission to its subjects of the Grand Duchy of the Rhine to receive The Haarlem Courant, on account of the commercial information which it contains, as long as it shall continue to be conducted on its present principles of decorum and moderation. All the other newspapers published in Holland remain prohibited.

CHARLESTOWN, May 12.-Geo. Clark, Henry Robert Wolfe, Jas. Griffin, and Thomas Brailsford, two days ago convicted of piracy, and of the murder of captain Sunby and four others, of the British brig Ann, upon the coast of Florida, were ordered for execution on the following day. A very circumstantial account of the piracies in which these men were engaged has been published, and discloses a series of atrocities of the most revolting description, particularly as relates to the mode

in which captain Sunby and his mate were put to death. They had ceased all resistance, and had surrendered all they possessed, but were stabbed in the act of supplicating for their lives.

On the continent, particularly in Germany, substitutes for coffee have

grown so much into use, that the importation of that article into Europe is reduced from 70 millions of pounds annually to below 30 millions. The king of Sweden gives great protection to this system, and for this purpose encourages the cultivation of the astragalus boeticus, or coffeevetch.

12. THE QUEEN.-Her majesty has expressed some displeasure at the insinuations which have been thrown out, that, in coming to this country, she had acted under the the suggestion of imprudent advisers. She avers that she wanted no advice in the step which she has taken: it was the firm determination of her mind, from the moment she heard of the death of his late majesty, to come to England to assert her rights, and to expose to the people the machinations by which her character had been assailed. Her majesty has never insinuated that Mr. Brougham had sanctioned the extraordinary and offensive proposition of lord Hutchinson; but she was seriously offended, that her confidential adviser should be found sailing in the same packet, living in the same inn, and travelling in the same carriage with a nobleman charged with a mission, which those who were acquainted with her sentiments, and those who knew the firm resolve of her mind, must have anticipated would have excited that natural indignation, and produced that

promptness of decision, which led to her sudden departure from St. Omer's.

Alderman Wood has dined with her majesty every day since her arrival in London till Saturday. Lord Hood dined with her majesty on Wednesday.

Lady Anne Hamilton is her majesty's constant and faithful companion, and spares no pains to promote her comfort and happiness.

Her majesty's late steward, Mr. Sicard, who accompanied Mr. Brougham and lord Hutchinson to St. Omer's, excited on that account her displeasure. The domestic named Hieronymus, who accompanied her majesty to London, and who had been the bearer of repeated despatches to England, has been appointed to his situation.

The following persons have visited her majesty:-Sir Robert Wilson, Sir Henry Englefield, Sir George Keith, R. N., Mr. Hume, M. P., Mr. St. Leger, Alderman Waithman, Admiral Lindsey, Lord Nugent, Rev. George F. Bates, Mr. Wm. Sharp, Hon. Henry Grey Bennet, Sir Wm. Rush, Lady Rush, Lord Llandaff, Hon. Douglas Kinnaird, Sir Francis Burdett. Hon. Mrs. Damer, Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Mr. Garden, M. P. Lieut. Gen. Sir Roland Ferguson, M. P., Mr. Creevey, M. P., Mr. W. P. Honywood, M. P., Mr. Sandford Graham, M. P., Earl Thanet, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, the Dowager Marchioness of Lansdown, the Countess of Harrington, Lord John Russell, Dr. Baillie, Mr. Bernal, M. P., Mr. Power, M. P., Sir Thomas Maryen Wilson, Mr. Charles Mills, &c. &c.

The country gentlemen who meet at Bootle's, are said to have had a meeting on Sunday [the 11th] to consider of the propriety of still farther urging the House of Commons, if necessary, to postpone the appointment of a committee, to give ministers an opportunity of making a new proposal to the Queen.

In consequence of the outrages of the mob in breaking windows at the west end of the town, the streets are traversed at night by patroles of the Horse-guards.

Extract of a private letter from Liverpool, dated June 12: "Our piers were crowded this day to witness the sailing of the vessels which had been detained by the contrary winds and the late tempestuous weather. The river was covered with masts, and the fineness of the day added greatly to the beauty of the scene. There have sailed to foreign ports, 73 vessels, 14,213 tons; and about 140 coasters. The river for about two miles appeared as though there was not room for a small boat."

This day a general notice of summons for all the Peers of Great Britain, to assist at the approaching Coronation, was issued from the Heralds' College.

(Signed)

H. H. MOLYNEUX HOWARD,
Deputy Earl Marshal.

At the Court of Common Council held this day, Mr. Dixon asked the Lord-Mayor whether what he had heard was true, that his lordship was to fill the situation of butler at the next coronation, and that 12 assistants were to be chosen from the corporation to attend him? If this were true, then he should be glad to know who were the persons

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