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LONDON, JUNE 17.

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LONDON, JUNE 17. THE Paris papers of Sunday are full of speculations 011 election matters. The Doctrinaires are strain- ing every nerve to get men of their own party returned, and so strengthen their interests in the new Chamber. A letter from Madrid, dated 4th inst., mentions that the Spanish Government had received information of the surrender of Elvas, Canrpo Mayor, Oriliuela, and other strong places held by the Miguelites. The army of General Rodil had in consequence been ordered to the insurgent Spanish provinces. Several decrees respect- ing the finances were stated to be in active preparation by the Government. Among other things, it was sup- posed they would recognize all the debts contracted for the service of the country (that of the Cortes included), with the exception, however, of 80,000,000 francs due to France, The interest on the whole debt would be reduced to one third of that at which each branch of it was respectively contracted. Among the Carlists at Paris it was reported that the daughter of the late Duke de Berri was about to be married to the Prince Royal of Bavaria, who is in his 23d year. It was said also that the departure of the King of Belgium from Paris on Sunday last was occasioned by the threatening atti- tude assumed by the Dutch army on his frontier. His Majesty's steamer Firefly arrived at Falmouth on Friday, from the Mediterranean. She left Patras on the 28th ult., and Malta on the 1st June, with mails. In Greece the chief subject of interest was the trial of Colocotroni; it commenced on the 10th May, and the defence closed on the 26th. It was expected that the -conspirators would be acquitted. The English fleet had arrived at Napoli, and were expected to be joined by the French fleet. The German papers announce that the Vienna Con- gress was to have terminated its sittings on the 12th. It is pre- snuied that the regulations of the Congress have been limited to Germany, and to its intercourse with Switzerland. The position in which the latter country is placed now excites great interest on the Continent. There is no truth in the report that twenty Peers usually acting with the Administration will vote against them on the subject of the Irish Church; and we believe it to be quite as veracious that the East India Directors generally, or as a body, oppose the appointment of Mr. R. Grant to the government of Bombay.-Globe. We must correct an error into which some of our contemporaries, especially in Scotland, have fallen, in stating that Mr. Aberevombie will gain 10001. a year from his ap- pointment as Master of the Mint. The salary attached to that office was reduced by a specific Act, 1 and 2 Win. IV. e. 10, from 30001. to 20001. which is exactly the amount of Mr. Abercrombie's retiring allowance, as Lord Chief Baron of Scotland. Mr. Abercrombie will, therefore, gain nothing whatever by the appcintment.-Sun. A notice was forwarded on Saturday from the Trea- sury to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, stating the intention of the Chancellor of the Exche- quer to pay off the dissentients to the plan for the reduction quer to pay off the dissentients to the plan for the reduction of the four per cents, in full, on and after the 10th of October next. The Commissioners read the notice publicly from their box in the Stock Exchange. The Duke of Saxe Meiningen, brother to the Queen, is arrived from the Continent, on a visit to their Majesties. The Leeds Trades' Union was completely dissolved on Friday the masters having triumphed. Captain Byng, we learn, will be opposed by a Radi- cal and a Tory Candidate at Chatham. Mr. Erskine Perry is again in the field. Who the Tory Candidate is we have not yet heard.—Morning Chronicle. The house of R. W. Crowdy, attorney, at Farringdon, Bucks, was entered on Tuesday night, and robbed of plate valued at 2001., and other property. -A letter addressed to Snow and Co., bankers, London, was put into Rotherton post-office on the 1st instant; but not having come to hand it is supposed to have been stolen: it contained 8001. in notes' bills to the amount of 20001., and a cheque for 10561. 5s. 3d' In Ireland, the recent rains have already had a most beneficial effect upon the prices of provisions, by the pros- pect which now exists of a more abundant crop of potatoes. It may probably not be generally known, that if the owner oflaruiyin which there is an ancient public footpath, ploughs up the path, lie cannot maintain an action, nor take any proceedings for trespass against a person who makes another path over the same ground and where an ancient public road lies through an open field, and the road is im- passable, the traveller may go over the adjoining land, even if sown with corn. A violent storm of thunder, lightning, and hail,passed over London on Saturday evening. It was severely felt at Brighton, where much damage was done. Hail-stones larger than walnuts descended with frightful violence, some 23L inches in circumference. At York Hotel upwards of 100 panes of glass were broken. The pavilion and the houses facing the sea suffered in a similar manner. Not a green- house escaped: in some, from 700 to 800 panes of glass were broken. The leaves of the trees were perforated as if shot at by bullets. The glaziers are in great request, and chuckle under an old adage, 'tis an ill wind that blows nobody good." THE THAMES TUNNEL.—Among the visiters to the tu:mel within the last few days was M. Dupin, the President of the French Chamber of Deputies, the Prince d'Eckmuhl, and the son of Marshal Ney. The French President ex- pressed in high terms his praise at the manner in which the tunnel has been so far prosecuted, and his surprise that it should have remained so long in an unfinished state. As a Sroof of the increasing solidity of the structure as far as it as been completed, it may be mentioned that the tunnel is becoming, sonorous, the slightest noise being revibrated through the whole length of the archery. A book has for some time been kept at the extremity of the tunnel to re- ceive the names of distinguished and other persons who may visit the work, and already a great number of distinguished persons, including many foreigners of note, have inscribed their names in it. TURNPIKE TOLL LIABILITY.—In our paper of the 7th inst., we reported a conviction of Thomas Watkins, the collector of tolls at the West-street Gate, Bristol, by Mr. Richard Smith, surgeon, of that city, for demanding of him and taking a payment to which he was not entitled. After that question had been disposed of it was contended by the collector that Mr. Smith was liable to a penalty, under the 41st section of the General Turnpike Act, and a similar pro- vision in the local Act, whereby any person "who does any act," in order or with a view to evade the payment of toll, is subject to a penalty of 51. Upon this point there being some difference of opinion among the Magistrates, it was agreed that it should be decided by the opinion of Counsel, upon a case to be stated by solicitors on each side, who were to suggest their arguments pro and con. Such case was ac- cordingly prepared, and submitted to Mr. Woolrych, a bar- rister of high reputation in London, who has written upon commercial law in general and upon Turnpike Acts in par- ticular. That gentleman has decided, That no toll is pay- able at all unless something liable to toll passes through the gtite." 2dly, That no one can be said to "evade" the pay- ment of any thing which is not payable; and that any per- son may drive his carriage, &c., up to a turnpike-gate, and get out, and walk through the gate, leaving his carriage, &c. to await his return, without being liable to the toll, and without subjecting himself to any penalty for evading the payment of the toll under either of the Acts of Parliament. Mr. David Pollock, likewise a barrister of great eminence, bad given a decided opinion to the same effect. The deci- sion is of importance to the public.

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