FRANCE.—Some new projects of laws have been submitted to the

French Chamber of Deputies. One of these relates to the duties on tobacco, and prolongs for ten years the monopoly in that article. This monopoly is en- tirely in the hands of Government: its management is placed in the hands of the Commissioners of indirect taxes. Their agents purchase the plant, maim- facture it, and sell it to the public. The State is thus the great tobacconist. The produce of the tobacco monopoly is stated at nearly 2,000,0001. sterling, and the Minister of Finance calculates that he could not raise more than a third or a half of that amount by any tax which he could impose upon the article in its manufactured state. There is likewise a new project of law on river fisheries ; a new project of a military code ; and a new law on duelling. In the latter, it is proposed that if one of the parties is killed, the survivor shall be tried before a Court of Assizes, and, though the affair may have been conducted honourably, shall he subjected on conviction to an interdiction of civil rights for a term not exceeding ten, nor falling short of five years.

SPAIN.—Letters from Bill= mention, that an officer, formerly of the Army of the Faith, had raised the standard of revolt at Zamora, and had ad- vanced towards the Asturias at the head of a guerilla. party.

It appears from a French paper, that Ferdinand has advanced Don Miguel no less a sum than thirty millions'of reals, at two different times, to aid him in his difficulties. This unwonted kindness on the part of the King of Spain towards his nephew, may be less a matter of wonder than the source from which he acquired the means.

PORTUGAL—There has been a partial change of Ministry in Lisbon. -The Duke de Cadoval has succeeded the Conde de Rio Pardo, as Minister of War. The Duke has announced in the Gazette, that it is necessary to a good police, and to military decorum, that the patrols in the city and suburbs shall be authorized to fire upon malefactors, and upon those who being found in the act of committing robberies with violence, if they do not yield or attempt to escape by flight.

The French papers say that the second division of Portuguese emigrants landed at Terceira without opposition while Captain Walpole was escorting the vessel of Saldanha to Cape Finisterre.

GIBRALTAR:A Commission has been formed by orders from the Govern- ment at home, to inquire into the causes of the late epidemic.

Bataswictr.—It is said that the Duke of Brunswick has ordered a levy of his subjects, from sixteen to fifty, with a view of waging war upon Hanover !

GREEK PTRATES.—The Greek seas are swarming with pirates. The Austrian Admiral Dandolo, is active in protecting vessels of his flag from outrages. He has obliged the Greeks to deliver some captured vessels and their cargoes.

THE KING.—His Majesty drove round Windsor Great Park on Saturday, for the first time since he took up his residence at the Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came front Bushy-park on Wednesday morning, to the Palace at Kensington, where the Duchess alighted on a visit to the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Sophia. The Duke proceeded to town, and went to attend a meeting of the Committee of the Scottish Hos- pital. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Bushy Park in the afternoon.

The Duke of Clarence visited his Majesty at Windsor yesterday, and re- mained for a considerable time.

The Duke of Cumberland arrived in town on Saturday night. He visited the King on Sunday ; had an interview with the Duke of Wellington on Monday morning ; and was in the House of Lords in the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester arrived at their residence, in Park- lane, on Thursday afternoon, front their seat in Bagshot Park. Their Royal Highnesses have come to town for the season.

The Princess Augusta continues to reside at Brighton, in excellent health. There were Cabinet Councils on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. De- spatches were sent to his Majesty on Sunday evening. The Duke of Wellington entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner on Wednesday, at his residence in Downing-street. .

Prince Lieven had a grand dinner party on Sunday at Ashburnham-house :- the Earl and Countess Cowper, Lady Emily Cowper, Marquis Palmella, Prince Kosloffsky, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord John Russell, Lord Morpeth, Earl Grey, Lord and Lady Holland, Miss Fox, &c. In the evening the Prin- cess entertained a distinguished party of the haul ton. The Countess St. Antonio, on Wednesday evening, gave a highly pleasing divertissement, to a large party of fashionables, at her house in Hanover- square. The range of drawing-rooms was converted into a theatre ; the stage neatly formed, and the scenery beautiful. The dramatic effect of " Cin- derella," represented in two acts, was unique. The actors were from the Opera-house, and the bursts of applause and laughter proved how well the piece was performed.—Morning Post.

The Speaker of the House of Commons holds his first Parliamentary levee to-day, Prince Esterhazy has gone to Brighton, for a change of air. The Marquis of Anglesey, on Monday, received two deputations from Ire- land, with addresses lamenting his retirement from the Government of that country.

A policy of insurance was introduced into Lloyd's on Thursday, which at- tracted much attention. It was for 90,0001. on the plate and jewels of the Duke of Northumberland, from London to Dublin, for all risks, for one year. The premium charged was 25s. per cents

Sir George Cockburn has been again returned to Parliament for Plymouth. Viscount Holmesdale, the eldest son of the Earl Amherst, has been re- turned to Parliament for the borough of East Grinstead, on the vacancy occa- sioned by the accession of the present Earl of Liverpool to the peerage. The Honourable John Robert Townshend has been returned for the borough of Whitchurch.

Lord Brecknock and General Palmer have been elected to represent the city of Bath, by an equal number of the votes of the Aldermen. A double return has thus been made; and as the validity of the votes is unquestionable, it is supposed a new writ must be issued. The vacant seat for Carlisle has been strongly contested between Sir Wil-. liam Scott, in the Tory interest, and Mr. Aglionby, a Whig. The contest. lasted five days ; and was, according to the Whig account, marked by the most outrageous conduct on the part of Sir William's supporters. A band of men, armed with bludgeons, laid about among the supporters of the other candidate ; and as engines of more effective mischief, the pavement stones were torn up and hurled among the people and at the windows. At the close of the poll, Sir William had 373 votes ; Mr. Aglionby 322 votes ; majority, 51. Sir William has been in the field a month, and has expended some thousands. His opponent started on the eve of the election.

AGITATIONS:A meeting of the London clergy was held on Tuesday in Sion College; Dr. Birch, president of the college, in the chair. The number of the London clergy is seventy, and about sixty attended. A petition to both Houses, drawn up principally by Dr. Shepherd of Si. Bartholomew, strongly deprecating any further concessions to the Roman Catholics, was agreed upon' with only one dissenting voice. The dissentient was the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Grey, brother to Earl Grey and rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate. Mr. Grey, some of the papers assert, proposed a resolution expressive of the con- fidence of the meeting in the wisdom of Ministers and Parliament ; but it was not seconded.

The Standard says that the Irish Bishops are to come to London in a body, in order to represent the danger of the Church to his Majesty.

The parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, at a meeting on Wednesday even- ing, resolved to petition Parliament against concessions to the Catholics. The discussion lasted nearly five hours, and was conducted with all that warmth of feeling and confusion commonly attendant upon the introduction of this exciting subject. The petition was carried by 149. An amendment to leave the matter in the hands of Ministers was supported by 65- votes. Neither the minister nor the churchwardens attended the meetina."I

The inhabitants of the parish of Tottenham were called together on Thurs- day, by a requisition from Mr. G. H. Thomson, the curate, and two church- wardens, purporting to have been issued at the request of " many respect- able inhabitants." The object was to get up an Anti-Catholic Petition ; and at the hour appointed almost all the leading men of the parish had assem- bled; but not one of the "many" was found to have sanctioned the pro- ceeding, and an adjournment was carried nem. con.

It seems that a Protestant club for London and Westminster has been formed for the express purpose of " watching passing events," and for the better protection of the rights and liberties of the Protestant subjects of this realm.

There was a meeting at York on Tuesday, called by one hundred and fifty requisitionists, to petition against concessions to the Catholics. The meeting was held in a room in the 'Black Swan, and the proceedings seem to have been unanimous.

In Bristol, a counter petition was placed on the Exchange, and in a short time received two thousand signatures. The Anti-Catholic mob on Friday broke the table on which it was placed ; and next day tore the petition. As the peace was likely to be endangered by keeping it open, the petition was withdrawn, and is to be sent to Parliament in its mutilated shape, with an explanation by the Mayor as to the cause. The former account of the num- bers at the Anti-Catholic meeting appears to have been grossly exaggerated.

The Leeds Brunswick Club had a meeting last week, to take into con- sideration the steps proper to be adopted in the present conjuncture of affairs ; at which it was resolved that time best thing to be done was—nothing! .

The Committee of the Presbytery of Glasgow have, though not unanimously, thought it necessary to get up another petition against the Catholics. Some of the less violent of the Anti-Catholic members expressed themselves dis- pleased at the impatient intolerance with which some remarks by Principal Macfarlane, on the -propriety of leaving the question to the management of Ministers, were listened to.

SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The Duke of Clarence presided at a meeting of this charity on Wednesday; the object of which, as explained by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, was to vote an address to his Majesty for having bestowed an annual donation of 1001. upon it. The address having been voted, signed, and sealed, was delivered to the Royal Chairman to be laid before his Majesty. The Duke having received the address, observed that he took blame to him- self for not having sooner directed his Majesty's attention to the excellent objects which the Scottish Hospital had in view. The objects of the charity were then advocated by several other gentlemen; and thanks having been voted to the Duke of Clarence, the meeting separated.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—At a Court held on Tuesday, Mr. Copeland was sworn in Alderman of the Ward of Bishopsgate. It was determined that the scrutiny in the dispute between Mr. Wilde and Mr. Winchester, recently decided in the Court of King's Bench, should be left to an arbitrator. This matter is not likely to be easily settled, since the number of legal votes is the same on both sides. Sir John Perring was requested to do the duties of Magistrate in the Borough during the illness of Alderman J. J. Smith.

COMMON COUNCIL.—At a meeting on Thursday, Mr. Faveil brought for- ward his promised motion on the existing punishment for forgery ; and his arguments, and those of his supporters, induced a large majority of the meet- ing to agree to petition Parliament to substitute some other punishment short of death for this crime.

APPEALS.—The number of appeals for bearing before the House of Lords is seventy; and of these forty-seven are Scotch appeals, and the remainder English and Irish.

AN AMPLE PRISON.—The new prison about to be erected in lieu of Tothill- fields, Bridewell, is to be capable of containing six hundred prisoners, with the means of adding to it besides.

SILK WEAVERS.--A subscription has been opened, with some prospects of success, in aid of the Spitalfields Weavers. One Company has given the munificent donation of 6004 SILRTRADE.—The leading manufacturers of silk goods in Manchester have sent a memorial to the Board of Trade, requesting that the present regulate tions max be continued till their effects are properly tried.

STUFF-Weavens.—About fifteen hundred stuff-weavers in Leeds are at present suffering great distress. Two-thirds of these are supposed to be Irishmen who have no claim for parish relief; and should they apply for it, would be instantly transferred to Ireland, where they would be equally friendless and destitute.

SUPPLY OP CORN....-it appears by the averages, which are just made up that the price of grain throughout the markets of the kingdom is declining. As the productiveness of the last harvest, and the chances of supplies from other quarters, are by this time pretty accurately ascertained, we may con- clude there is no reason for any apprehension of scarcity between this period and the next—Globe, Thursday.

COAL TR/um—The combination, or vend, of coals at Newcastle and the neighbourhood has fallen to pieces, in consequence of the seceding of some of the principal coal-owners. They had previously limited their vend of coals according to the extent of each pit. Immediately on the dissolution of this association coals fell 4s. per chaldron at the pit's mouth. Thus far the Globe. The fact, we believe, is, that the coal-proprietors " combined" to limit what is called the "out-put" to a certain quantity each month, in order to keep up the price to the consumer, and both the "pitmen" and the " keel-men " felt the effects of this combination in their reduced wages, though perhaps their own turbulent conduct and their extravagant demands paved the way for their masters acting as they did. The public and the shipping interest suffered still more seriously : if the quantity fixed for the month's sale was taken off in one day, no more was to be had till the commencement of next month ; and hence vessels who had part of their cargo on board had often to lie for weeks before they could get it completed. In respect to fuel, the pit proprietors had the public at their mercy, as the market was never stocked, and the price always high, whatever might be the rate of freights. Lord Durham was the first who showed symptoms of deserting this malicious combination.

A ball in Liverpool in aid of the Spanish refugees produced nearly 5001.

EXCISE PROSECUTIONS. THE KING V. 11 UDSON.—In the Court of Ex- chequer, on Wednesday, a verdict was given against the defendant, a paper- maker, for Jigging the Government stamp upon the wrappers of paper sent out of his mill. The defendant is in prison for penalties to the amount of 1000/. formerly incurred ; and in the present case, the verdict for the Crown was for 30001.

In a case against Hall, a tallow-chandler at Shoreditch, a verdict for 23001. was given against him for making candles clandestinely.

A verdict for 500/. has been given against Dommett, a soap-manufacturer at Deptford, for concealing soap, the duty on which had not been paid.