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1 Dy Lord JOHN RUSSELL, With the unanimous appro- l bation ofthe Government. Although not Cabinet Minister, he selected for that task on account of his assiduous advocacy of the cause in unlavorable l times.

 The election for Sovereign took place in the Belgian Congress- on the 14th February. There were lS1 members present, absolute majority &c., | For the Duke of Nemours S9; Duke of Leuehten- berg 67; Archduke Charles 35. None of the can dldates having the majority required, second ballot was made. when of l92 votes, the Duke of Nemours had 97 the Duke of Leuchtenberg "A; and Arch duke Charles 2l.

 The Duke of Nemours having the absolute mao- rty of the votes, the President proclaimed LoUIs | CHARLES PHILIP DORLEANs, Duke of Nemours, | King of the Begians.

 l The President then read the decree of prochma. ton, declaring the Duke King, condition sf his accepting the Constitution and taking the folltwing oath :-I swear to observe the Constitution aId the laws of the Belgian people, to maintain the national lndependence and the integrity of the territoIy"- lLong and loud acclamations proceeded from the galleries and all parts ofthe hall and repeated | by the crowd ouside.)

 | The event was announced to the citizens by pro. clamations from the Provincial Government, and from the Burgomaster and by salutes oftbe artillery The London Courier of the 18th February, pub fishes. in second edition, an important communica ton from its Brussels correspondent, dated Wedne day night, which states, that a protocol from tn, Congress of London, dated the 7th ut. had beei | communicated to the Provincial Government ha evening; and that it not only declared, that the French Government is resolved to reject the offer f | the crown of Belgium for the Duke of Nemours but that 1t adberes to the protocol of the 20h January, and consequently disauotcs the letter of Count Seba+ tani It further states, that in the event of the Du of Leucbtenberg heinz again proposed and elected, he Will not be recognized by any one of the five pow | CTS. The same correspondent, in a letter dated Thursday evening. states that NJ. BREssos, the French minister. had declined to sign The note sent | to the Provincial Government with the above proto- col and that the diplomatic commission had refused to lay the document before Congress, having return ed it to Lord PoSsoHBY'

 between the Russians and Poles. A few triHng | skirmishes had taken place. which were altogether offensive on the part of the Poles, they having made incursions into the Russian territory.

 1t said in the English papers, that if the duty on newspaper stamps and advertisements should bere- duced, as proposed by the Chancellor of the Fxche- quer, newspapers will be sold at siapcnce instead of sepenpence, and short adversements will be inserted for jour shiings instead of as now Six sillines dnd si1peace.

 Mir STANLEY, who was defeated by Mir HUNT, lat Preston, has been returned to Parliament for Wind. sor, in the room of Sir II. VIVIAN.

 It is stated in London paper of the 18th Feb that policies have been taken at Lloyds' in which f5 is given, to receive f20 if declaration of war shall be made by the 5th ofApril The spectators in oil are likely to make losing business, whale oil hay. ing lately fallen in price $10 per ton.

 MIR OCoNNELLs PLEA OF GUILTY.

 kiNG's BENcH-London, Saturday, February l2 1he King. vs. O ConneU and others The Attorney General rose to move the Court to appoint more distant day than Thursday next for trial in this case. He was proceeding to state the grounds of his application when he was interrupted by

 MT Perrin, who said he had motion to make. which would probably supersede the necessity of the Attorney General proceeding,-he had to apply for liberty to withdraw the plea ofmot gully as to the first fourteen counts ofthe indictment. The Attorney General said the part of the Crown, he had no objection to the granting the ap- plication. The consequence was, that he was enti- tied Displacement upon these counts that. he consi dered, would be sufficient for all the purposes of us-

 ce. He should, therefore, enter a noti proseqi up- on the remaining counts, and he congratulated the Court and the country upon being spared the agta-

 on labor and anxiety that the trials would have pro. dnced, and he relied upon the Court for the future maintenance the peace of the country.

 A. E1frncf trom T orirnfe letter.

 It is supposed that the prosecutions will be stopped and MT O'Conne talks of proceeding forthwith for London. This is indeed signal triumph for Lord Anglesey. As for my own part, am perfectly con- yinced that the agitation is at an end. hH

 Eatraet from another prirafe iettsr. have only moment to say, that O'Connell and the other traversers have pleaded guilty to the first fourteen countsin the indictments, and there will be no trial.

 No judgement will be pronounced, and he goes immediately to London.

 Report states, that he has promised to give up agi- tation but this do not believe. All moderate men rejoice in the result. f The Chancellor of the Exchequer has opend the ministerial budget. It exhibits positive reduction oftaxation to the amount of q ,340.000. This re- ducton the noble lord declares but the first of res which the Government intend to carry into effect soon as they shall have had time revise the es- tablishments of the state It is certainly small in amount; but viewed as the first fruit of retrench- ment. the reduction oftaxes to the amount of E1, 1000 will give considerable qualification to the country. Lord Althorp has commenced an experi- ment by removing several taxes which press, almost exclusively on the productive industry of the coun- try. and imposing, in their place, some new ones which will principally affect the opulent classes- We trust that the experiment will Iwer the expec- taiions of the noble lord and that it's success will n- duce him, future occasion, to carry his plan still further than he proposes to carry it in the pre- sent year The proposal to tax the transfers of stock has reused the fundholders, who loudly exclaim a. gainst the scheme, violation of the public faith We tust however, that the clan,ours of the monied interest will notdrive Lord Althorp from his purpose.

 From the Washington Globe of March IS.

 The Telegraph continues its attacks on the Globe in the absence of the editor. On Thursday that paper asks, among other silly questions, WAy has Mr Van Barren established the Gl0be?"

 The writer of this knows all about the esabsh- ment of the Globe; and he ayers, that Mir Van Bu- ren had no more agency in it than MT Calhoun. It is not, and never has been, pledged to the present or ultimate support of Mir Van Buren If the edi- tor of the Telegraph would take retrospect of his own designs, ntrgues, conversations, and consspon- dence for the last eighteen months which hate not been concealed from the real friends of the admins tration he would not look the future the