... TIHE FRlENCHI NAVY, e [FnROM THEt NATIONAL.] eFrance, in It;di, had at comm-md (10,000 seamen, and in e 1701 could reckon upon more than 100,000 able-bodied rsailors, and possessed 82 ships of the line, and 73 frigates; tbut at the present day we have not one half of that number of ships of war, and our able seamen scarcely equal the eg- greguts of 1081i. It is true that, is 1815, we had to ...

... .NOTTLTNGJIAfft £L hCTIOM. TnUTR8DAY, MAuCx 23. Motion made, and qejestion Proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out t New Writ for the electing a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament tot the town of Nottinghalr, in the room of John Waiter, Esq., whQse election has been determined to be void : Amendment proposed, tO leave ont from the word ...

... IJIE MORNiNG GlIB ONIGLE. L ON D ON: WVEDNfESDA Y. MARCH 2X, 184g. In the HOUJSE of Loans, last night, Lord MoreTEA(5LE gave notice Or an intention to call attention to the duties on the importation of cotton and wool. Lord BRouGHAMl adverted to the publication of what be termed a malignant misrepresentation of the nature of the correspondence between himnself and Lord LYNEDOCII, the author of ...

... 711Ew ZI1O1?.NING GIIONTCLE. L O ND ON: FRlIJ)A 1, M.4ARCH 24, is4a. in the ilousa of Loans, last night, the 6udbury Die- franchisement Bill was read a tirst timne, a committee was appointed to arrange and onltrol the fulture proceedinsg, and it was ordered that One set of counsel only should he heard on each side, tor and agaiust the disfranchisement of the borough. In the HousE of COsrrores, ...

... p 1 e T S OFA FXEXD DUTY OJN PEI CeS 4OF GRAIV. ri' ,r FItITOR VOP THlE MORNING CHRONICLE. .a1gTiereinivirY~smade by Lord Monteagle on the effects fi d duty, and your comments upon them, have drawn '!1linto t~ P.I oint ; nd, as it is one of considerable 11 co'isnection with the preCent agitation On the Iut U 'ouwill allow mte a corner in your valu. ,~ ,.utneto ffe afew observations on the ...

... TO THE HON. GRANTLEY FITZHARDINGN BERKELEY M P. SiR.-Although a member of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals, yet I feel that there is eo much good sense in your dogprotestthatIconfess Ishould gladly see the old act repealed-in fiWt I always felt a very great objection to any e-cclusive bill of this description. W hilst the cruelty towards the animal itself is exceedingly ...

... MADRID, MARiCHI 14. [FROM OUR OWEN CORRB5PONDENT.J All parties, it is now pretty evident, are dissatisfied with the elections. The reason is obvious. The new Cortes will contain most, if not all, the leaders of the late Cham- bers, and with about the earns number of adherents. The niecessary consequences of such a prospect are, to limit the hopes of any from gaining a practical ascendancy, and ...

... HOUSES OF PARL IAME.1JENT An account of the total amount voted for the huildirg of tle new Houses of Parliament,stating the date o: thIe fe'al votes, the amount voted, and whether expended or 'o! together with an estimate of the further saumn thort vi.l tF required to complete the buildings. VOTES. Session 1833 . , l:O,'Il t - 1837 . . 8ttI I - 1838 .. ...

... THTE IViEST11INST'ER REFORM SOCIETY. eg THlE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWVS, AND) THE d, REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' BILL' ie A numerous meeiting of the members of the Westminster er Reform Societ~y was field at Stannard's Hotel, Charles- 'd street, Covent-giurdece, for the purpose of takling into con- [it sideration the propriety of petitioning tile House of Coal- Y8 amoos for the total repcial of ...

... ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 6. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Tle PAcha departed from Alexandria on the 27th ult,, to resume the inspection of the agricultural improvements in the Delta, preceded by one day by Said Pacha. Ibrahim Pacha is still in the Behira, similarly occupied, and its per- haps mainly to the example thus given of personal super- intendence, which the principal officers of the court who ...

... -46- DUBLIN, MARCH 23. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) RESISTANCE TO THE POOR-RATS. The following letter from Waterlord reached me thiis morning:- Waterford, Wednesday evening, balf-past five. The carmpaign against Gaultier commenced yesterday morning. A troop of Hussara, a company of Infantry, and ibout. 150 police stole a march at fou Jn the Morning on the recusants, and after journeying ...

... IMPERIAL[. PARITAMENfT HOUSE OF LORD)S-TUESPAXY. On the motion of Lord WVHARNOLIFFE, the Punish- ment of Death Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of BANDON presented a petition from the landowners and rate-payers of the union of Ilandon, in she county of Cork, against the Irish poor-law. Also two other petitions to the same effect. The Bishop of LINCOLN presented a petition from ...