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FRANCE.—In the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday week, the Marquis Larochejacquelin brought under notice the affairs of Poland— Could it be believed, that in a monarchical Government orders had been given by which a price of 26 francs had been offered for the head of every noble, priest, or landowner, that might be brought in? He must protest against such horrors; and would now ask the Government what it had done towards the accomplish- ment of the wishes, fourteen times repeated by the Chambers, in favour of Polish nationality? M. Guizot was sceptical as to the truth of the blood-money- To explain the part which the peasantry had played, there was no occasion to bring forward guilty suppositions against the Austrian Government. A key was tabs found in the fact that the peasantry had never been so well treated as they Were now: they refused to join in a revolt against a Government that had largely ameliorated their condition. At the very moment when these events were threat- ening, before the results of the insurrection were known, the Austrian Govern- ment foresaw all that happened; expressed its fears that a revolution among the peasants would break out simultaneously with another insurrection, and fare that fresh difficulties and fresh causes of embarrassment might arrive. That was what was foreseen by Prince Metternich; who communicated it to the French Government. The Chamber might form its opinion on these assertions. M. Guizot defended the nonintervention of France in reference to Poland; a policy dictated by a regard to her own interests, and to the right of nations. He ask what the feeling of the Chamber would be were it to learn that Abd-el-Kader was receiving assistance from a foreign power? France wished to be a place of refuge for misfortune, but not a resort for conspirators. M. Guizot's sentiments met with general approval, and the subject was allowed to drop.

Greater diversity of opinion exists among the journalists; some approv- ing and others reprobating the cautious policy of the Government. The Sieek's patriotism is not without a tinge of selfishness-

" The new insurrection in Poland renders us [France] an immense service, inasmuch as it reveals to us the secret of the weakness of our enemies and that of our own power. It shows Russia Austria, and Prussia, kept in cheek as it were by an invisible army, and paralyzed for a long time. This is an important fact; which, coinciding with the present embarrassments of England in America and Inclia, is calculated to produce a great and beneficial influence over our destinies."

A debate on a motion by M. de Remusat, for the exclusion of public functionaries from seats in the Chamber, commenced on Monday; and the result was looked forward to with some interest. The docility of the majority to the will of the Ministry is attributed by the friends of the motion to the fact that out of 459 members' of which the Chamber of Deputies is composed, nearly one half are public officers holding offices and receiving pay from the State, and most of them liable to be dismissed at pleasure. The debate was resumed on Tuesday. M. Thiers supported the motion, in a long speech, remarkable for its bitterness' and a tone of asperity towards the reigning dynasty, which is attributed to the orator's despair of further employment as a Minister. On Wednesday, the ballot was called for: the result was—For the proposition, 184; against it, 232; Ministerial majority, 48.

On Saturday last, the Queen of the French was the unwilling witness of an act of self-destruction. A person threw himself from the triumphal arch at the Barriere de l'Etoile, as the Queen was passing in her carriage. The coach- man was ordered to stop, but the suicide's life was extinct.

PoLawn.—Snatches of intelligence from suspicious sources continue to supply the only materials for describing the actual state of Poland. Rules of a stringent kind for the preservation of order were in operation in all the suspected towns.

Cracow is in the military possession of the Austrian and Russian forces. The Prussian army, in the expectation of being needed within its own ter- ritories, did not continue its advance, on hearing that the city had capitulated. The civil affairs of the town and territory are placed under the management of the Senate; Senator Kopf being the President. This arrangement will continue till the pleasure of the three Powers is known, —a condition in the terms of capitulation.

It is already known that Cracow on being taken possession of was found to be almost deserted. It now appears that the insurgents, to the number of 800, abandoned the town shortly before the entrance of the Russian troops, and took refuge in the Western territory. They were soon pur- sued by the Austrian and Russian cavalry; and on being overtaken, sur- rendered at discretion to the Prussian commandant. They were disarmed, and marched to the Prussian fortresses.

A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, writing from Nicolia, a town in Prussian Silesia, on the 5th March, mentions the arrival of the prisoners in that town- " This morning, at eleven o'clock, six hundred and eighty insurgents arrived here, escorted by a body of cavalry and infantry. Amongst those insurgents are to be found the flower of the Polish youth. I hear that they all declare that they would far prefer to live under the Prussian Government than submit to the Rus- sian yoke. Some few of the prisoners appear in good spirits; but the great ma- jority of them are heartbroken, and mourn over their country like a child who has lost its parents. Whilst they were marching to Nicolai, the chief of the insur- gents met his mother and sisters, who had come forth to take a lingering look at him as he passed on to his prison. Many an eye among the rude soldiery glis- tened with those drops which sacred pity engenders, at witnessing the heartfelt sorrow caused by this meeting. It is said that there are three ecclesiastics amongst the prisoners. What will be the fate of the Polish insurgents, is not yet known: certain it is, however' that the submission was only accepted on condition that the submission was to Prussia, Russia, and Austria, collectively."

The prisoners are understood to be on their way to Kesel. Nothing is known of that division of the insurgents which proceeded in the direction of the Carpathian mountains-

" It is the opinion of those who know the country well, that in these mountains, which are full of difficult passes and defiles, the insurgents may hold out for almost an indefinite period, and may give serious annoyance to their enemies by carrying on a species of guerilla warfare, similar to that which has rendered the civil wars in the North of Spain so interminable. The forces of the insurgents who have escaped are calculated, according to the Government authorities, at about 3,000; but, according to the general belief, they amount to upwards of double that number; and as they can keep open the communications with Gallicia and. Hungary., where they have got many adherents, a slight degree of success will soon add to their numbers."

The King of Prussia issued an ordinance on the 7th instant, directing that all persons arrested in the act of resisting the constituted authorities, or inducing others to do so, shall be tried by a court-martial, and shot. The King professes to place confidence in the fidelity of his German and Polish subjects.

The Universal German Gazette mentions that a proclamation had been issued at Lemberg on the 26th ultimo, offering a reward of 1,000 florins to any person who should deliver up Edouard Dembrowski, or Prokowski, and Theophili Wizurowski, charged with having excited the people to revolt.

Srans.—The Mirallores Ministry is at an end. The Journal des DeSals states that M. Isturitz tendered his resignation on the 12th instant. The motive assigned for his retirement was the resistance he bad experienced from the Queen and some of his colleagues in introducing the trial by jury in the new law on the press. It was reported that attempts had been made, without any chance of success, to reconstruct the Cabinet of General Narvaez.

GREECE.—After three weeks' discussion, addresses from the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies have been presented to the King in reply to his speech on opening the Chambers. As to the payment of the loans, the addresses state--

"Greece cherishes sentiments of gratitude towards those Powers from which she has received benefits, and acknowledges all her engagements with respect to i

loans. But, concurring n the hope expressed by your Majesty that those Powers will consent to the just demands made by your Government for the adjournment of the day of reimbursement, the Chamber of Deputies is persuaded, that by in- troducing regularity into the revenues of the state, by rigid economy in the pub- lic expenditure, by encouraging agriculture, industry, commerce, and navigation, and by scrupulously adhering to Article 53 of the Constitution, the Government will speedily arrive at the propitious moment for the fulfilment of all their obliga- tions.'

Public feeling was running strongly against M. Coletti, not only in both Chambers but out of doors; and it was expected that King Otho would dis- miss him. Speaking sarcastically, M. Coletti addressed the Senate at the dose of the debate on the address after this fashion—" I thank you, gentle- men, both for your enlightened patriotism and the excellent advice you have given me."

UNITED Srerss.—The Cambria steam-ship arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, from Boston and Halifax. Owing to the breaking up of the ice on Long Island Sound, the mail which left New York on the 28th Febru- ary did not reach Boston in time for the steamer, and she was obliged to depart without the despatches. The accounts from Boston are to the 1st Instant.

The advices from Washington are important. The Oregon debate was resumed in the Senate on the 24th ultimo' and had not closed at the de- parture of the mails. On the 25th, specific allusion was made to the com- mercial news from England. Mr. Dayton moved the postponement of the debate for a fortnight, to allow consideration to be given to the intelligence: its character had impressed him as very amicable, and it was proper to meet it in the same spirit. This proposal was repudiated by Mr. Allan and Mr. Cass; the former asserting that postponement would indicate the want of nerve and heart for the work they had undertaken; and the latter, that nothing existed to show any pacific intention on the part of England towards the United States, but the reverse. The subject was allowed to drop. At the next sitting, Mr. Colquitt submitted the following important resolutions-

" That notice be given, in terms of the treaty, for abrogating the convention made between Great Britain and the United States on the 20th of October 1818, and continued by the convention of 1827, immediately after the close of the pre- sent session of Congress, unless the President, in his discretion, shall consider it expedient to defer it to a later period.

"Sec. 2. And bait further resolved, that it is earnestly desired that the long- standing controversy respecting limits in the Oregon territory be speedily settled by negotiation and compromise, in order to tranquillize the public mind, and to preserve the friendly relations of the two countries." In a speech delivered during the first day's discussion, Mr. Webster com- mented on the inconsistency of the position assumed by the President—

"We hear of nothing except that the Executive demands the 'whole or none.' Does he expect to get the whole by negotiations? It is vain to disguise the in- consistency of his position: he claims the whole, and yet expects to settle the controversy by negotiation." Mr. Webster could not understand that sort of pro- ceeding in going for negotiation, and yet refusing to take anything less than the whole. "What is to be the compromise under such a position? what shall we negotiate about? what is to be done? If the Administration will not treat for leas than the whole of Oregon, let us understand it; and let the Executive throw himself accordingly upon Congress." Mr. Webster gave it as his opinion that Mr. Colquitt's paeific resolutions would be carried by a decided majority. An impression. existed at New York that the Free-trade intelligence from England would turn the scale in favour of peace.

NEW ZEALAND.—A correspondent of the Times at Auckland, in a letter dated the 22d November' mentions that Captain Grey, the new Governor, bad arrived at Auckland on the 14th. Matters were in a deplorable state there.

Captain Fitzroy's proposals of peace, which we quoted last week, had been scornfully rejected by the Native chiefs; and the military force at Waimate being deemed insufficient to meet a renewal of hostilities, it had retired to the vicinity of the shipping, where reinforcements were expected. The soldiers, to the number of 750, were encamped on the site of Korora- rllta; and preparations were made to erect the flag-staff for the fifth time!