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LONDON, JAN. 23.

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LONDON, JAN. 23. THE Paris papers received since our last contain no -t- news of the slightest political importance. They are chiefly filled with local matter, such as a law for making bye-roads, a new tariff, railroads, &c. The question of. equalizing the value of sugars, either by a reduction of the duty on Colonial sugar, or by a tax on beet-root sugar, had been discussed by the Council of Ministers stirtre "days previons to the opening of the Session, and it had been agreed that M. Huraann should bring in a.Bill proposing.a tax.on the native sugar, in preference to any reduction of'the duty on the Colonial article. The Bill will now be brought, in by the new Minister of Finance, Count D'Argout. In the mean- time the propriety of taxing beet-root sugar has lately occuiped the attention of the Councils of .Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures in Paris. The Secretary of the Agriculture Society pointed out the impolicy of checking, by any fiscal imposition the progress of this iirfant trade,'b'uf his views "were not participated in' by the embers of the other Societies. Indeed, one of the Members of the. Council, of Commerce, in his anxiety to benefit th-e French Colonial interest, recommended that a tax of 15f. per quintal should be imposed on beet-root sugar, and that the amount of premium at presenjt allowed on the exportation of refined sugar aho,u4d be raised by 25 firaaos.—What view the Chamber will take of this question remains to be seen. The interests of land-owners in the North of France have by this time become so closely connected with the prosperity of the native sugar trade, that many a Deputy will probably stand up in their defence, and blame the preference that the Government ias given to such a proposition over one which should at least establish an equal, but mode- rate duty on all sugars, if not a protective one in favour of the native sugars. The news from the frontiers of Spain is still confined to preparations, but the letters lead to the expectatation that the active hostilities will soon commence.. The Auxiliary British force, it ap- pears, have voluntarily deferred the receiptbf a portion of their pay unt,il the Spanish Government is in a better. eoiittition as to its finances, and the Queen has gra- ciously acknowledged and accepted their offer. From Vittpria letters datdthinst., are said to have been received in Paris, stilting that 20,000 men were being concencrated round that city, and eulogising their order and discipline. The plan of campaign was that towards the end of the present month, a simultaneous movement should be made from Vittoria, Pampeluna, and St. Sebastian. Madrid remained tranquil. Prince Charles, third son of the King of Prussia. has gone to St. Petersburgh. Of course there are nu. merous conjectures regarding the object of his journey. In a letter from Berlin, published in the French Jour- nals, it is said— Among the reports in circulation as to the object of his journey, the most general is, that the Prince is sent to en- deavour to induce the Emperor Nicholas to participate in the pacific views of his father-in-law. It is also believed that this journey is a consequence of late despatches from England-^ according to which It appears, that the English Ministry is resolved not to yield an iota of its pretensions, and is arming to convince Russia that there remains at least one Power that Is not afraid of her. We have seen letters from Denmark, showing that immense purchases are making in that country on account of England, and that it is firmly believed a British fleet will appear in the Baltic early in the spring. These accounts perfectly accord with the ar- maments making in the ports of England, as well as with the news we have from Russia, that all the forts and strong places in the Baltic are being fortified, so as to resist any attack that may be made upon them. Batteries are being raised at Abo and other points of Finland and Estonia." There is a great deal of this sort of warlike talk at present, with, as it seems to us, marvellously little of fact to rest upon. Advices from Madrid to the 14th inst., state the Bill relative to the vote of confidence has been adopted by the Chamber of Proceres. The general principle of the measure as well as the articles were agreed to on the 11th inst. without a division. On the following day the general principle of the Bill for the establishment of a new electorial. system was unanimously assented to in the Chamber of Procuradores, Tije.discussion of the separate articles of the Bill was to follow without delay. It appears that a Commission will shortly be appointed to investigate and report on the Custom-house tariffs, throughout the whole of Spain, with a view to the es- tablishment of an improved system of duties. M. Aguirre Solarte was spoken of a's likely to, be nominated the President of this Commission. Jamaica papers to the 15th of December inclusive have arrived. At that date the Colony was tranquil, though the same complaints of intractable negroes, idle apprentices, and loss of crops, that we Irave heard ever since the Abolition measure passed, are repeated. The House of Assembly has been much occupied in dis- cussilig measures relative to the Police, and to the encouragement of immigration. The former passed for one year in the form recommended by the Government almost without alteration. The latter was also passed, and the principle of it is to apply a considerable sum to encourage the importation of labourers from Europe and the United States. Demerara papers to the 4th of Dec. inclusive have also come to hand. They confirm the previous accounts of the state of the Colony. It was tranquil and not un- prosperous, though we see that complaints are made of the Special Magistrates not deciding fast enough the jiumDer oi cases wuicn are brought before them of ■ disputes between the masters and their apprentices.

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