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FRANCE.—The Chamber of Peers finally disposed of the measure for the con- version of the Five per Cents, on Saturday, after a smart discussion. Each. article of the bill was successively negatived, and then the whole bill, by 118 to 28.

Guizot attended at the Foreign Office on Tuesday, for the first time since his illness, and transacted business. The Due de Broglie, who left London on Saturday, arrived in Paris on Monday..

Sr,ux.—All doubt as to the abdication of Don Carlos has been set at rest by the publication of the documents annexed: they were published in a semi-official. French paper on Friday evening.

LETTER OF KING CHARLES THE FIFTH (DON CARLOS) TO THE PEIRCE OF THE ASTURIAS.

" Bourges, 18th May 1845.

" My beloved Son—Having determined to retire from political affairs, I took the reso- lution of renouncing in your favour my rights to the crown and transmitting them to you. Consequently, I place in your hands the act of my renunciation, which you may use when you deem it opportune.

" I pray the Almighty to accord to you the good fortune to restore peace and union• to our unhappy, country, and thus to secure the welfare of all Spaniards.

" From this day I assume the title of Count De Molina, which it is my mention to

bear hereafter. camas." ABDICATION OF HIS MAJESTY CHARLES THE FIFTH (DON CARLOS.) " Bourgee, 18th May.

" When Divine Providence called me to the throne of Spain, at the death of my well-beloved brother and lord King Ferdinand the Seventh, confiding to me the safety of the monarchy and the happiness of Spaniards, I saw in my new position a sacral' duty ; and, penetrated with sentiments of Christian charity, and trusting in God, I de- voted my existence to that painful task. On a foreign land, as in the camp, In exile as at the head of my faithffil subjects, and even in the solitude of captivity, the peace of the monarchy was my only wish, the object of my activity and of my perseverance. Everywhere the welfare of Spain has been dear to me : I respected its rights : I did not feel any ambition to be possessed of power, and under such circumstances to con- science remained tranquil.

" The voice of that conscience and the advice of my friends apprize me at present, after so many efforts, attempts, and sufferings, supported without success, for the happiness of Spain, that Divine Providence does not reserve to me the power to ac- complish the task with which I was charged, and that the moment has arrived to trans- mit that task to him whom the decrees of Heaven invite, as they previously invited me. In renouncing at present for my person the rights to the crown which the death of my brother King Ferdinand the Seventh accorded me—In transmitting these rights to my eldest son, Charles Louis, Prince of the Asturias, and in notifying this renunciation to the Spanish nation and Europe, by the only means of which I can dispose, I discharge a debtor conscience ; and I retire to pass the remainder of my days, removed from every political occupation, in domestic tranquillity, and with the peace of a pure conscience, praying to God for the happiness and glory of my dear country. Cassias." REPLY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF THE ASTURIAS.

" Bourges, 18th May.

" My well-beloved Father and Lord—I have read with the most profound respect the letter with which your Majesty honoured me this day, and the act annexed to it. An obedient and submissive son, my duty is to conform to the sovereign will of your Ma- jesty. I have in consequence the honour to lay at your feet the act of my acceptance. Following the good example your Majesty gives me, I assume from this day, and for as long as I shall deem it advisable, the title of Count De Montemolin. " Grant Heaven that my most ardent vows may be accomplished, and that your Majesty may enjoy every prosperity ever demanded for you by

" Your most respectfid son, CHARLES LOON."

ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRINCE OF THE ASTURIAS.

Bourges, 18th May 1845.

" I took cognizance, with filial resignation, of the determination which the Ring my august father and lord made known to me &slay ; and, in accepting the rights and duties which he freely transmits to me, I undertake a task which I will accomplish, God aiding, with the same sentiments and the same devotion to the security of the mo-

narchy and happiness of Spain. CHARLES Lours." MANIFESTO OF THE PRINCE OF THE ASTURIAS.

" Bourges, 22d May.

" Spaniards I—The new situation in which I am placed by the renunciation which my august father has designed to make in my favour of his rights to the crown, im- poses upon me the duty of addressingyou. Do not believe, Spaniards, that I Intend to cast among you a brand of disorder. Sufficient blood and sufficient tears have been shed. My heart recoils at the sole recollection of past catastrophes, and shudders at the sole Idea of their recurrence.

" The events of the last years will, no doubt, have left prejudices against me in some Minds, and they perhaps suppose me animated with the desire of avenging old wounds. There is no room in my heart for such a sentiment. If, one day, Divine Providence throws open to me the gates of my country, I will know no party, and make no dis- tinction between Spaniards.

" During the different phases of the revolution there have been accomplished serious changes in the polltical.and social organization of Spain. There are some which I have assuredly deplored, as it became a Christian Prince and a Spaniard. They deceive themselves, however, who believe that I am so destitute of knowledge of the real position of affairs as to suppose that I wish to accomplish what is impossible. I am aware that the best mode of avoiding the return of revolutions, is not obstinately to destroy all that has been constructed and to reconstruct all that has been destroyed. Justice without violence, reparation without reaction, a prudent and equitable corn- promise between all interests, by utilizing and turning to advantage so many good in- stitutions bequeathed to us by our ancestors, without at the same time opposing the spirit .of the age as far as those inspirations are salutary—such is my policy.

" A question is attached to my family, which, originating at the conclusion of the reign of my august uncle Ferdinand the Seventh, (Q. S. G. G.,) excited a civil war. I can- not forget what I owe to my personal dignity, nor sacrifice the interests of my august family. But I assure you from this moment,-Spaniards, that It shall not depend on, ma if the dissension I deplore be not for ever extinguished. There is no sacrifice corn. Tatible with my honour and my conscience to which I am not disposed, in order to put a conclusion to civil discord, and to hasten the reconciliation of the Royal family.

" I speak to you, Spaniards, candidly, and from my heart. I desire to present my- self among you with words of peace, and not with the war-cry. It would be to me the subject of great grief, if I find myself ever obliged to deviate from that line of conduct. Under every circumstance I depend upon your correct sense of right, upon your love .for the Royal Family, and on the assistance of Divine Providence.

" If Heaven grants me the happiness of again treading the soil of my country, I wish only to be surrounded by your loyalty and your affection. I do not wish to feel any desire in my heart but that of consecrating all my life In effacing even the recollection of past discords, and incementing your union with general prosperity and the happiness of all ; which will not be difficult to me, if, as I expect, you will aid my ardent desires with the qualities which are stamped on your national character—with the love and .the respect you bear to the holy religion of our ancestors, and that magnanimity which has ever induced you to give your life when it became impossible to preserve it with-

out disgrace. CHARLES Lours."

Paris letters of Wednesday state that the French Government had actually given passports to Don Carlos and his consort to leave France. They are to go to Savoy, where it is supposed they will take up their residence. The determination of the French Government in respect to a similar demand for passports made by the Prince of the Asturias, for the purpose of 'going into Spain, was not exactly known; but it was generally rumoured that it had been determined to grant them.

Accounts from Madrid, to the 29th May, are full of the arrest of Senor Corradi and Seiler Perez Calve, editors of the Opposition paper the Clamor Publico; their removal to Cadiz in order to be transported, without trial, to Manilla, and thence onward to the Mariana Islands ! At first, the ostensible reason was an alleged libel in the paper; but on the 28th, the Heraldo ascribed their arrest to the is- -covery of an Ayacucho conspiracy, deriving pecuniary aid from England. Subse- quently, it came out that Seiler Prato, an Italian, proprietor and editor of the Patriota, had likewise been arrested.

The Queen was travelling Northward, on her way to Catalonia.

SYRIA.—Letters from Beyrout, of the 17th May, in the French papers, repre- sent the country to be in a state of anarchy. "On the 9th instant, the Druses attacked the village of Abeya. The Maronites being unable to defend it against superior numbers, they surrendered to the Turkish troops, who were acting in concert with the Druses; and, after their being disarmed, about twenty of them were massacred. The Protestant establishment in this village was respected; but the Catholic convent was burnt, and the priests and a Capuchin named Carlo Romagnola, were massacred, and their holies thrown into the flames. Blood has been shed at Saida; but the appearance of some English and French vessels of war, and the severe conduct of the Governor, Rachid Pasha, put an end to the effervescence of the Turks against the Christians. Six of the most criminal were arrested. There has been fighting also at Nauplia; in short, the whole of Syria is in a state of war and anarchy. This day even, a Druse has been beheaded for having fired upon a Syrian, whom he suspected to be a Maronite. Yesterday, Colonel Rose, the English Consul-General, west to the village of Abeya in order to prevent the slaughter of the Maronites; but he arrived too late, and in the even- ing returned to Beyrout. The French brig stationed here was yesterday sent to Damour, but was not in time to prevent calamity. The Dreses had been beaten, and their village of Malahu burnt. Up to the present time forty village; most of them belonging to the Druses, have been burnt to the ground." A Beyront correspondent of the Horning Chronicle adds some farther particu- lars, writen on the 20th—" Fire and battle continue to reign with destruc- tive violence on all sides around us; and the news we have at this moment is, that the Christians have been obliged to fire on the regular troops; which places us in a very alarming position, as we fear a revolution of the Turks against all the Christians; and we arc now all prepared, weapon in hand, to defend our houses and the lives of our families." lwraa.—The over-land mail brings intelligence from Bombay Affairs had taken a new tarn in the Punjanb. The Rajah G d the favour of the Sikh soldiery. He appeased their anger 4yhit srascharn: wing given money, and then sent a party in ambush to recover it1 takletrii a large donative. He then agreed to accompany them, under a safe conduct, to Lahore; where he and his troops,. with the Sikh army, arrived on the 6th A To invitations from the Sirdar Juwahur Singh to come to Lahore, it was re that he could only visit it by the express desire of the Ranee. A battle was deemed to be impending. Great consternation prevailed in the Sikh capital; and the arrival of reinforcements in the camp of Goolab Singh alone prevented Juwa- Bar Singh's attacking him. Negotiations were resumed; and, though at the head of an army sufficiently strong to dictate his own terms, Goolab Singh agreed to enter Lahore on the 8th, and submit himself unconditionally to the Government The durbar was held in the Iluzeoreehaugh. Goolab Singh made his obeisance- first to the Ranee, laying his head at her feet, and afterwards to the young Maharajah, who received him most cordially. Handsome nuzzurs (gifts) were made; and the general impression at Lahore was that he would speedily be ap- pointed Warmer.

A dispute had arisen between the Sikhs and the British. Major Broadfoot, the agent to the Governor-General on the North-west frontier, while encamped be- tween Ferozepore and Loodianah, heard that a party of one hundred or two hun- dred Lahore troops had crossed the Sutlej to plunder some villages. With a party of the Third Irregular Cavalry he pursued, overtook, and attacked the marauders on the banks of the Sutlej; killing, according to the Sikh account, three men, er according to another version of the same story, one man, and making prisoners of the commander and his son; whom he refused to release till they had restored the plunder, and made compensation for the damage done by them. On the receipt of this news, at Lahore, on the 28th March, Juwahur Singh assembled a council consisting of deputations from all the battalions at the capital, and solicited their advice relative to the measures to be adopted. To march upon and burn to the ground both Ferozepore and Loodianah, was the unanimous decision of the coun- cil ; but Juwahur Singh succeeded in postponing measures so dangerous ; and there the matter rested.

The dispute between the Governments of Bombay and Goa, .respecting the fu- gitives from Sawunt Waives, had been settled. Colonel Outram was selected for negotiating with the Governer of Goa, and he succeeded in bringing matters to a satisfactory termination. The insurgents, though not given up, were in the safe custody of the Portuguese authorities • who became responsible for their delivery to us, should the Government of Lisbon direct their surrender.

It had been reported that the Ex-Ameer of Scinde, Nusseer Khan, had killed himself; but it turns out that his death was caused by apoplexy.

Ciuna.—There are accounts from China to the 6th March; but they are un- important. Mr. Davis, Governor of Hong-kong, while on a visit to Macao, was set upon by some Chinese with intent to rob him, but fortunately escaped unhurt.

TAHITI.—The French papers contain intelligence from Tahiti to the 12th of January. Queen Poroare had persisted in her refusal to confer with Admiral Hamelin; who had proceeded in her absence to set up Paraita (called in some of the accounts her eldest son) as Regent, and had reestablished the Native monarchy under the " protectorate " of France.

UNITED Srams.—The Hibernia mail-steamer, which left Halifax on the 19th of May, and Boston on the 16th, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday afternoon. The unusual length of the voyage was caused by the ice floating in the Atlantic. The steamer had not left Halifax many days before it fell in with an immense field of ice, which rendered it impossible to steam at all; and the vessel was nearly three days in drifting through. - It was compnted that many of the icebergs were from three hundred to four hundred feet in height. The vessel, however, received but slight injury, merely having lost portions of the stein and paddle-floats. By .& private Nesse!, we have advices four days later. The intelligence is interesting, rather from its tone than from any positive fact stated. The Oregon affair is talked of in a very pacific manner. A paper had been newly estabhshed at Washington, called the Union, acknowledged to be the official organ, and said to be under the immediate control of President Polk. This journal is as peaceable as any. Replying to the assertion of another, that the Oregon negotiations had closed, leaving to America only the alternatives of war or submission, the Union says—" We certainly do not understand that the nego- tiation about Oregon is at an end; or that our Administration is determined or willing to terminate it; or that there is no prospect of amicably adjusting the dispute; or that it must necessarily end in breaking up the peace of the two great countries. We see no necessity, therefore, of analyzing the triple alternative which the National Intelligencer is pleased to make out in its elaborate article of near one column and a half. We yet trust that 'the case may go forward to its peaceful and reasonable decision '; and in spite, too, of all the unnecessary menaces of the British Ministers and all the blusterings of the London journals." The most warlike journals acquiesce in this calmer policy; and even the New York Herald, one of the most violent, speaks with implied approval in stating that it has " the strongest reason for believing that the policy of Mr. Polk and his Ad- ministration will be peaceful and conciliatory."

The Union also takes pains to explain, that the inaugural address of an Ame- rican President is not to be regarded in the same positive light as the declaration of a royal ruler, who can proceed to action without reference to his subjects; while the President is precluded from doing so, but on the other hand can express his personal views in the progress of an affair. On another subject of difference, the tariff, the Union indicates a policy which will be acceptable to this country. The journalist is eulogizing the industry and sagacity of the new Secretary to the Treasury. "We have little doubt that the- Secretary will at least do his part in bringing the Treasury back to a fair, equal, and just revenue standard, and in equalizing the public burdens. The resent Ip tariff can scarcely stand as the permanent system of this great country. t is too unequal in itself—too oppressive upon some interests, too partial to others—too favourable to the rich, too burdensome to the poorer classes of the community. The sooner it is reduced the better for all. It is better even for the manufacturers themselves to understand on what they are to calculate. It is better for the rich capitalists to have moderate and stable duties than those which are too high, and, on that account, never fixed, but always unpopular and always fluctuating. It is better for the tranquillity of the Administration—better for the prosperity of the whole people."

All the journals concur in the statement, that, after the mission to England had been declined by some leading statesmen, it would be intrusted to Mr. Calhoun; who is in favour of reciprocity in free-trade tariffs; though the latest accounts throw a slight doubt on this statement.

The Baltimore Repeal Association, one of the oldest in the Union, had dissolved itself, in anger at " the brutal tirades of Daniel O'Connell against America and her institutions."

TExas.—Advices from Galveston, to the 26th April, state that President Jones had issued a proclamation appointing the Congress to meet on the 16th June, to consider the resolutions of the United States Congress for the annexation of

Texas.

Mrauco.—Advices from Vera Cruz, to the 1st May, mention, but without giving particulars, that negotiations under the auspices of France and Great Britain for the settlement of the disputes between the United States and Mexico, had " laminated favourably." By way of Boston news has been received from Mexico to the 16th April, and from Vera Cruz to the 21st. The Mexican Minister, General Almonte, had- arrived on :his return from Washington. A proposition Lad been introduced in

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the Chamber of Deputies, that Santa Anna, Cunaliz, and the four Ex-Ministers who took part in issuing ihe decree on the 29th November, closing the session of Congress, might avoid a trial, upon the condition of expatriating themselves for the term of ten years • but that matter was still undetermined.

Another earthquake had terrified in Mexico, on the 10th April, accompanied by some damage to property and the public buildings ; it appears to have been hardly less injurious than the former, on the 7th. It occurred about ten o'clock a. in., and lasted forty seconds; overthrew many new buildings' and many others that had escaped the former visitation; most of the inhabitants, stricken with terror, left their homes, and took refuge in the open fields and public squares, passing the night without shelter and in the utmost consternation. The capital did not suffer alone, the shock being felt in a number of towns within a radius of several hundred miles.

Harm—The Jamaica Times of April the 24th announces the recent death of President Guerrier, under peculiar and touching circumstances. A warrant for the death of ten persons had been laid before him that he might sign it; but he refused to do so, as he did not consider they deserved death; and," be added, • am an old man myself, and have but a few short days to live; why, therefore should I deprive my fellow-creatures of life?" Having said this, he fell back and expired!

A new President had been elected,—General Pierot, an African, and a relative of King ..Christophe's. He was Commandant at Cape Hayti, under Guerrier. He is said to be of an austere and tyrannical, if not of a sanguinary character. President Boyer, it is said looked upon him as one of those members of a com- munity who areneither to be favoured nor injured with safety; and he therefore allowed him to remain in the same situation and rank as he was in at the time of the death of Cluistophe, his patron.