15 FEBRUARY 1845, Page 11

By the Paris papers of Thursday we learn that the

French Ministry. have ob- tained an advantage in the preliminary struggle on the Secret-service-money Bill; having succeeded in appointing six out of eight members on the Committee.

The Ming of the French has settled a pension of 400 francs (161.) a year on i

Mrs. Walker, the widow of a gunner who was killed by an explosion in firing while; salutes the Ring was at Portsmouth.