The Express. — London, England, 1852-10-21 00:00:00

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I.oan Denny's latest appointments are all bad— is bad, indeed, as they well can be—and it is in the personal policy of a government that its true in stincts are best to be seen. lie has just given the Garter to Lord LONDONDERRY, and the Lord 'acute namey of II impshire to Lord WINCHESTER; he has perpetuated one rinceure--the Rangership of Hyde park—in the person of the Duke of CAMBRIDOE ; and, for the sake of conciliating the Peelites, he has offered another sinecure-the Wardenship of the Cinque Potts--to Lord Dittioeste, who already was in possession of Deal Castle rent fete. Now to all these appointments there are, we submit, very serious public objections. Let us take what is first in dignity—the Garter. This is decimd the highest honour that the Crown can bestow on a subject ; and the number of these knights being limited, the Garter has always been a distinction and • decoration highly prised by our aristocracy. Since the elevation of 11 .%LeOLE to the peerage, it has been confined (except when bestowed on foreign Sovereigns' to the nobility—to what may be termed the haute noblesse ; and when Sir ROBERT Yeti. declined to accept the Garter on its being otfcred to him by the tart of the feeling which dictated the refusal no doubt was that the distinction was wisely confined to such members of the peerage as had great traditional renown to sup port, or had performed great national services in their own persons. Lord LONDONDERRY, however, has neither qualification ; and there arc some pecu liarities in his public career which ought to have induced Lord DERBY to follow the example of all other Tory - I'remiers of late years in not recom mending Lord LONDONDERRY for the Order of the Garter. All that can with truth be said favourably of Lord LONDONDERRY as a pablic man is, that during the late war lie was a very tole rable cavalry officer, fond and proud of the service; and the same may be said of mime hun dreds who yet survive without having met with any such rewards, substantial and honorary, as his lordship has received. Already he has long had the Coloneley of a Regiment of Horse Guards, with the Gold Stick in Waiting, and the Lord Lieutenancy of Durham. As a soldier, having a separate command, he is un known; and no one, wo may very safely presume, would ever think of entrusting, either in peace or war, an army to his care. Ile is not the representa tive of an ancient family. In the civil service of his country he so notoriously failed that one Prime Minister contemptuously rejected, in a phrase that will descend to all posterity, his pretensions to a pension ; and not many years ago, the House of Commons took the unprecedented step of objecting to his representing the British Crown and nation at the Coutt of St. Petersburgh. Asa member of the House Lords he was long foremost in insolent opposition to every popular measure, and lost no possible opportu nity of factiously obstructing the government of the country when in the hands of liberal advisers of the Crown. Both in and out of l'arliamettt, too, ho has made himself conspicuous by his bad taste, his in discreet conduct, and his ungracious manners. Fiery, impetuous, wrong-headed, and uncivil, he has been anything bat such a model of dignity and of self and public respect as only ought to be permitted to wear ea renowned an order as the Garter. But, great as even these objections are to so adorning Lord LONDONDERRY—they are not the most serious or the most recent. Though a peer of the realm,—and u such forbidden both by the spirit and the letter of the constitution to interfere with or meddle in the representation of the people,— a correspondence was published by his own nephew in the course of last summer, from which it appeared that for years beforehe bed ac tually placed the member for a great county much in the position of one of his own lacqueys— compelled hint to vote as he pleased in the House of Commons, and bound him to resign his seat when ever he, his patron, should requtre it. Further, it appeared that Lord LONDONDERRY deemed it an oh. ligation of justice and of morality to his family to preserve and perpetuate the representation of the county in this degraded state, because of the " im mense treasure " which they bad spent in reducing it to such a plight. And on a former occasion, when the late Mr. Prams contested in the Conservative interest the city of 1 Durham, it appeared that there also Lord LONDON DERRY claimed the right to nominate one member on similar grounds and terms. Such a confirmed trafficker and interferer in the representation of the Commons in pirliament is not, we submit to the good sense of the country, a noble man on whom the Sovereign ought to ham been advised to bestow an honour which, —above all other honours the Ckewn has to gum its subjects with--is amoslated with pails honour and private mirky. And it is met *sight ea an unmeaning thing in en age of improved= feeling on such matters, that Lord DEIST have procured the Garter, under such sinamstalities, for Lord LONDONDERRY. It exhibit' a large die regard and a contempt for pebble opinion i as well as a determination to preserve himself in power by acts and perdue. which it was to be hope(' had disappeared feat the SWMBIIIIIIOIt of England. The appointment ef Iced Wittrucsrert to the Lord Lieuteneney et is also bad ; but in 7 16 another and • musk eis ha : s Personally Lord WINCHESTER is a MM. But at a time when Lord DWT bas ansassed parliament together for the avowed purpose of settling a confirmed Free Trade policy, it was not decant or proper foe him to onahr, an important public position on a of whom all that the public know is that he ra decided opponent of that polleT, and resigned in 1546 a put at court to enable hint to oppose it in parliament. Lord WiNemitsrez Lune such territo rial claims to the Lord Lieutenancy of Hampshire as can account on other grounds for the appointment ; and it is to be taken as another example of what Lord Defter would do with the people's food if he dared. It is simply a piece of political in solence and spite. In either Lord A311111:11.TON or Lord PALIIRILITON a such more appropriate Lord Lieutenant might have been found for a county ho noured by the marine residence of royalty. Nor would the public have objected if the rule not to make two in succession of the same family Lords Lientecant of the setae county had bum disregarded in the ease of the present Duke of WELLINGTON. The perpetuation of the Rangership . of Hyde Park is nothing but the prolongation of a lob. Substan tially the parks are now under the care of the Board of Works, and in that Board their ill ment ought also to be vested. Mindy, , mili r;tise. present Duke of CAMBRIDGE has been liberally dealt with by parliament; he has a largt allowance, one of the beet and most profitable regiments in the ser vice, and a separate command, at an unurtally early period of life. It was, therefore, gratuitous and obsequious jobbing in Lord DERBY to give his Royal Highness this sinecure. It is full time, also, that the wardenship of the Cinque Ports should be abolished, and the duties, such as they are, be otherwise and better provided for. But, no : Lord DE1113718 fishing for the support of the Peelites; and therefore he proffers this desirable and sgretable vacant poet *to Lord /im.nouont ; in the hope, doubtless, that he will influence his friends to join, and improve, if they can, a bad admi nistration. _ In none of thaws appointments can the limit public principle, fitness, or utility be traced. In Lord LON DO% DERRY'S there i., we mutest, a disregard of all propriety; in Lord Werenrirmes there is ap proval Oren to a policy which Lord DERRY has de sided in his measures; in the Duke of CAMBRIDGE . ' there is euteerviesey to cant influence ; and in Lord DALHOUSIE'S there is an endeavour to pander for political support. And then, too, there is the app , intment of Sir JAMES Emaasort TERNANY to bo Secretary of the Board of Trade; and of Dr. buttata to the ties of Meath. Thus bad begins, but worse remains behind. " Ah! " said a friend to DaTDEN, returning from the playhouse, "I did not think Drantr could bare written so ill a comedy." " Tut !" replied the great poet, " You don't know yet what Tuft can do in that way." And so it is with Lord DEItIfY ; bad as these appointments aro, tolerate him longer in power, and we shall hare much worse. TIIE Duke of Newt-serve on Tuesday last ad dressed the annual meeting of the council, members, and friends of the Sheffield School of lksign. The speech nal manly, instructive, and practical. His Grace gave his lwarera to understand that he did not come there merely to lend them the eclat of his name, or to flutter their prejudices by a clap-trap address. lk applied thoroughly to the matter in band, and enunciated a few truths which it is of the highest importance thut the inhabitants of a town like Sheffield should lay to heart and reflect upon. About the Duke's political leaning we have just now nothing to say. We are chiefly concerned at resent with the value of the corroboration which his testimony affords to the opinion which we have always expressed u to the state of the Schools of Design. Agreeing fully in the principle that good Schools of Design were most valuable institutions, we have nevertheless always maintained that the exist ing schools have been decided failures. We affirmed this long before the appearsuce of that report of the Commissioners appointed to examine the subject, which confirmed all our assertions. It was shown in that document that the present management of the schools was marked by incompetency, that they were conducted under no definite plan, that extra ordinary differences in the sums expended in conduct ing various establishments rendered it almost im possible to come to any accurate decision as to what ought to be the necessary working expenses. A case, in fact was made oat for the utter abolition of the schools, unless some fundamental alterations could be introduced into the system. The Duke of NEWCASTLE pays a visit to one of the best of these schools. Ho his the natural desire of all public men to say as little displeasiug to the feel ings and prejudices of his audience u possible. There is no doubt that he would have wished to leave agree able impressions behind him. Ho finds thia,- ever, impossible. Ile fairly tells his hearers that their school is in anything but a proper condition. It is not worthy of Sheffield. The rooms are bad. The geometrical room is ill calculated for the education of future Sheffield NEWTONS. In the figure 1 room the light is admitted in the very worst possible manner. The speaker's judgment as to the cause of this deficiency is instructive. He finds it in the fact, that while the government contributes (100!. per annum, the town of Sheffield only contri butes 200!. Now, the old fable of Huout.se and the carter is as applicable here as in any other case where people look above for help, and sit down quietly while expecting it. Heaven only helps these who help themselves. If the Sheffield manufactories expect the government to feel more interest for the progress of art in their town than themselves, they will be made sensibly to feel the consequences of their mistake in the failure of the school. The function of government, in cases like the establishment of art schools, should be more suggestive than active. Each town knows its own wants best. Government may be required in the first instance to initiate operations by laying a necessary foundation and establishing a few general principles of action, but to the local authorities them selves should be committed the task of development. The Duke reminded his hearers that if the forty or fifty great firms in the town would subscribe each 100!, the objects of the school might be carried on in a manner creditable to them all. There is no doubt that when once such a due perception of the value of a good art school exists in the minds of the manufac turers of Sheffield as to lead them to make such a sacrifice, -the great end will be obtained, and the foundation of a school may be raised which shall soon equal or surpass those on the Continent. For we do not believe with the Duke of NeWCASTLE that it . requires a long course of years to mature and bring into operation a system of Art Education. On the contrary, looking at the undeniable ability of numbers of our artists, and the great practical skill of our manufacturers—superior to that of sny other in the world—we see no reason why, by good ma nagement and zealous endeavour, a very few years should not suffice to give us Schools of llesign supe rior to any on the Continent. It is a fallacy, on the IDularis part to suppose that because the schools of Lyuna,Cambrai, and IQ vres,are 100yeare old, teliereferrc they have been 100 years in arriving at their present state of These schools have been equally du at dined every point in their career, and dainties is owing to the perhalien which they mannered so early, and which terniehed the most conelmivo pie& tor their continuum The bet is that the grist anomie to the improvement et the English lassie eerie in the Irani at a tens tuts tor art boa aminet minntsenseirs and praisers, and on this point the observations el the spas, at Sheffield im sera sod sensible I believe Mr Pudenda mei lad ell of es on this platform, nod in the body tithe I believe all equally fad Ihe want at alasslisk _met dealing with , this sub= ev ald a allanseit+ Mieidehl sadhans, Ido not ' wish to le my lora parenelitcy, bat treat it es a main Wawa ny thet is MN et is all mitten osamobi wilt leek. Iho Wm of singly and Mural eluelly apply) Gni d yea lave Ina antioi the yes hen ast Wm tgaltab4 the Enna% lionee ek li r an, by eissedia, ellsoldi a Web kr mad 41 high an, lad brie an thstefere mak- 1 mega. I wQNArrasailea7that bee bow a de b* la the oiainits althea theme whom the. of Ohre weighs t lad NIS Miry et then is Ck:: ranks of life want Mot ankaantaf education in art to enable them to woolen end_ pentnee that which is Rood and tastafal and boanalkl. Mod of that which is vicious sad 1111,7. Hen is the true mei of the evil. It is precisely became we want elnentim in art that we have al ot advocated good wimple of design, and ex pa the shortesminp of them which we at pre. seat perms. The Greet Exhibition proved in the mot =to amass that we were Tailing behind ether s in ear capabilities of connecting &Meth beauty with mookaisel skill. If the Exhibition bed taught us nothing mere than this it would ham been of the most lesetimshis value to us. As bog, hetrover, as the Innimeerie content with ink= productioas, the 'Wiese will net trouble to attain to say high degree of exesihess. In this, ss in othee Wage whisk some mar the opera tions of oriemsme,—the thassi einem sip*. We hive so often in the Arras mina of the immense imporMnee of seitivetieg s high steadied of taste amongst oar skilled workmen, as !surely com mercial as well as other esesidoredsne, that we need not make any direst Windom to the Duke of New- CASTLE'S 'emeriti upon the stalest. The soislosion, however, of his week ea the moral sepses of the question are worth quoting: do not wish," said then speaker, "b piss this branch or SAIMIStiell higher than it deems ; Ci rie t t lt r ay that It occupies a gains. of no salary importance, quite span lift the leessisi stresidere limas which I ham beam sedemenfig to learees apse pee • but I dwell uses this mess imprint 'ablest. I Mainly believe that II yes amiss into this salgoct (I speak of the gamed role led not of the creepiest) you will And that these, la whammy was of life, whe have de voted thesseelme to the shaking Wiesen et the study of the See mss web. imeget ins wimp ere ass eel, the best norksase„ bedtime beet mikses—wet egg*, best fathom tie bit brothers, md the best saw the sesaamity, but else, he sea word, the lest id whim warabers of the gnat family of man." We trust that these words will penetrate deeply into the minds of all manufacturers, and that the sentiment they express will have its influence in fostering a taste for art, which will not only enable us to maintain our manufacturing supremacy, but also to advance the civilisation and the rational en joyments of the great body of the community. THE recent letter of M. MONTALEMBERT on the affairs of Switzerland may serve to recall some de gree of attention to a subject which has of late been well nigh forgotten in the rapid succession of graver European events. In the true spirit of a sectarian ! politician, M. MONTALENSERT sees only one aspect of national concerns, and thinks only of their sober ' dination to tho interests of his church. In his 'devoted eyes the independence and honour of the Helvetic Republic is as nothing compared with the attainment of ecclesiastical objects by a minority of its subjects; nay, the very integrity of that moun tain-guarded soil which for centuries has defied the sinister cupidity of adjacent empires, is itself undis guisedly indicated by the fanatical Count as fair game Tor the anointed huntsmen of Parts and Vienna. Into the merits el the old divide which led, in 11847, to the formation of the Sunderband, and the disastrous straggle which that Muse association provoked, it were superfluous to re-cater here. So long as the discontented cantons observed the limits of loyalty and law, they were free to seek the. sympathy and to receive the aid of ultra-mintane friends in other countries; and they did, in point of fact, derive no inconsiderable amount of both for some time. Other counsel and succour also were not wanting. Prince Mierrzaeicit and M. GUIZOT, inspired by very different sentiments, evinced a lively solicitude on behalf of what was popularly called " the Jesuit patty ;" and the subtife mechanism of that diplomacy which they imagined had been brought to irres istible perfec tion in their hands, was for many months kept actively at work for the purpose of securing by peaceful interposition the settlement of the points in dispute, between the federal and local authorities of Switzerland. But from the day when the igno- rant and undisciplined peasantry of Argau and Lucerne were (eluded into rashly end unwar rantably taking up arms, the cause of quarrel ceased to he ono regarding collegiate discipline or the laws of mortmain and became directly and obviously that of the national existence of the Swiss as a European community. If at the bidding of any order of men, whether ptit sits or lay men, certain cantons that for ages had formed con stituent pegyinces of the state, might with impunity renounce tHeir allegiance, end effect a separate and distinct integrity,every principle which blade societies together would be annihilated—the power of a mi nority to control, nay, utterly to overrule and over throw, the majority would be made good in the face of the world—all that the forefathers of the com bined Switzer. had dime and suffered fox the sake of a common independence and liberty would be fruit less heroism and fruitless courage—and the fields of Moral and Morgarten had been fought and won in vain. Civil war is suicide, and every geed and wise man will resort to any means within Lis reach to avert its eventual consequences. So thought not only the persons invested in 1847 with the office of the Central Executive Government, but the overwhelming preponderance of the entire nation. Numbers of moderate and enlightened Catholics testified their condemnation of the mad and mischievous cry for a severance of the Union, by openly tendering their services to the Government at this critical juncture ; and the miserable want of either intellectual capacity or physical firmness be trayed almost in the first encounter by the insur gents, enabled the authorities to put a prompt and mercifu: termination to the apparently formidable movement. Since then, the country has enjoyed an uninterrupted tranquillity. Throughout the entire period of conti nental convulsion which followed, Switzerland, like its contemporaries in political freedom—England and liolland—remained peaceful and unmoved. The evil spirit of disunion seemed to have been cast out, and the Catholic cantons appear to have re mained from that hour quiet,--clothed like their brethren with all the privileges of a free people and restored to their right mild. But M. MONTALEMBEBT mourns over their con tentment, and is eager to re-light the torch of religious war. How to lo it is his present diffi culty. Ho finds • worthy who from the lauda tion of his character we may take to be as unscrupulous a fanatic as M. NIONTALEMBERT him self, and ho publicly adjures this personage to pub lish a series of seditious epistles about Switzerland, by the help of which 14 hopes some signs of mischief may . he re-kindled in the peaceful cantons. But not relying much apparently on this box of literary luci fere, he solemnly invoice the aid of imperial com bustibles from all aides. lied Franco and Austria interfered when ho admonished them to do so in the autumn of 1847, things would be very different now in Helvetia. " The noxious and dangerous power of democracy," as Lord lieene would call it, would have been overthrown, and either a repeal of the , Helvetic Union would have established two feeble and conflicting States where for ages there has been but one, honoured, free, and sufficiently strong for self protection and defence—or else another infamous partition of an ancient and liberty-loving common wealth would have been practically agreed upon by the greedy and powerful despotisms to whom its existence is a standing cause of uneasiness and vexa tion. And to their rapacity and jealousy, M. MON TALEMBERT now openly beckons, as though the French and Austrian eagles had overlooked their appointed prey. With pious reproaches he reminds them of a florid passage in one of his own harangues in the Chamber of Paris, in which the gift of prophecy having been vouchsafed to him, he actually foretold the downfall of the poten tates that forbore to invade, crush, and subjugate Switzerland in conformity with his directions; and with ineffable humility he hints that Providence literally kept all his (M. MONTALEMBERT words. He omits, however, to explain how it happens that the unfaithful METTERNICU has been restored to all the splendours of his former position, if not to the nominal post of ministerial power, while poor M. Outzor, who, as is well known, though himself a protestant, leaned far more energetically to tho side of the Sunderbund, is still doomed to the obscurity of literature in Normandy. In We next a nide epistle it is to be hoped that the Meat us a little on these mysterious Glycoside:tem In all eseleassees, we cannot refrain from deplor ing the tome of hostility to all that is liberal in =liand free in national institutions which a section of the Catholic party abroad ostenta tiously assume. As sincere friends of religious tole ration and religious peace, we tremble for the results that must inevitably follow from the preaching of such a crusade as that of which M. DE IktoNTALEK. BERT aspires to bo the apostle. TRH RIOTS AT STOCHHOIX.--11 will be remem bered (says UoMptass) that ammo Whir eldest distur , beam sesurred ~Ply is thoshbelia, la of a Jewish tredgemea. named 4...b. zit i nt , egi Rom: N. &nem. enter el a (the Velem el the Pesple a rt m tvieg published aa article =I hod bin peamially, sad ad manses of the ; BWeem lisekm bad the art be melte the 1710.bp rweemliethitimeif as • lietial of the amity 008 W Ih• Cb 11, Aden. eesemmeed a peguesugme aphid Sheen he the ilhel. led the Oriel of ' themes Mob plass Mei &Imago, before the loyal Court of ilemithelm. As the Ihrodisti taw ekes the jury, which esmide sI Mae te be eiswa three by the semi. hem by ms eat three by the dohs dash sad as it gives it s all he poster of obieethig Set imuladay to my of thejarymm @ahead, it took a Imams to lima *jury. TIIS *Wet eempleimed of was h wee All of Walt, ea lambuses us es; surged him, emeagst ghee thiage, with siding, ia hie weds of perfumer, whim deagseem te the piths buddy mg Mid ha up to awaleami ea emseat of his tellgles. The jury at once Mee& ha • media if sad he mart condemned Sham le the hes atheism, to maim pubWh so sews* haaaaaMa te Y. halessoo, to be i.pigse l 80 days on breallemi Barr gad to pay 6,000 da-delbire (12,6110 e) ea deamps. It g h ee mimed N. to pay he emits. The Pdhillwhis ibwieb 88 wilsl i dari• vat le hia reality ; es Webs Seidl& huh eterpliday the seemed will be =ilie have he eiwy mime allowasee of food, of steed and wahr, mei seilay widest be counted ai =he mmiameat. CHOLT C& OF DROWNIMO....4keIy On Sabah mesh( the easier stationed at B priaghld guar Mead a pimp awl amy pmeseelag from the mirth iIA• oft aAsst. He istarybattay presered the hery-beat, mid west le the spot, whoa, shag with two ether shows, he semesded is tables die body of a woman oat of the them Iftle goats miket. Diseased wee sees stalking =ath s e . gam la the meapay at au*. hardy before the FMK mashiesliar, sad amain papers found iarashee. she he ideatilled as the wife of • re se MM. hem whim, however. she has been spa rred se asesuat of bee ewe irregular seaduct.—About 4 Admit the we 111,211.1 Wide Odin. deenesse, e t yma ea beard the brig Omsk of M. Jells% was m . o.:aging dreg the quay. he Sire mews ef rag is board his vow set, when, nearly impede Cligemtnet ferry, he fell into the river. Before meisteme meld be tendered the poor fellow had sunk. After a sheet time, however, the body was found and taken to the Clyde pilisemase, where Dr. Robertson was In &madame. The usual mass were used to restore animation, bat without effect. Deemed had been drinking rather freely during the day. Hsi, lest 80 years of age, and a native of Halifax.—North British Daily /Mil. GAME Olt THE SUTHERLAND FJITATEL—The Duke of Sutherland hie, we understand, made a judicious and benevolent arrangement regarding the game on his estates in the north. Some years since, a person was employed to kill the rabbits irLiett overran the arable faros. They were then nearly destroyed; but reoently, though the same person Is still employed, from th e great extent of young plantations, the rab bits began again to inertias. This being represented to the duke, he directed that the " let ters," or small tenants, should be authorised to kill and keep possession of the rabbits on their holdings, and his grace also stated that Im intended to take measures with respect to his bares, his object end his deli a being," to use the duke's own words, " the protection of the smell tenants or lottery, on every rood of whose encboures the crops are to them of the greatest consegueuee."—birerness Cpwsq'. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY . EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1052. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDICINDAT EVNI4II4O. The Constilutionnel of this day has the following with reference to the decree in the jloniteur con voking the Senate: The dente for the convocation of the Senate pats a term to the situation, evidcatly transitory, in which the country has been for some months. At the close of the session of he Legisla tire Corps and of the Senate, as long as the word empire had not been pronounced , men could imagine that the presidentship fur ten years wu destined to remain the law of our country. But the day on which a single voice, teklog its authority from the name which Louis Napoleon bean, from the origin which pointed him out to the votes of the people, and from the services by which he has nobly upheld his illustrious birth, evoked the I remembrance et the imperial era--en that day the problem of the integral maintenance, or the transformation of constitution of January 15, was submitted to the decision of the whole nation; on that day France evidently again entered on a provisional situation. That situation has not been made by the government, but by France. The head of the state has never expressed either a wish or • hope. The only hypothesis which he had consented to look forward to was that of • aatimal danger, which would oblige him to resume, in the interest of the country, a sort of dictatorship. That hypothesis has not been realised. It wu the elective assemblies which, the day after their meeting, and whilst still impregnated with the popular breath, raised the question of the re-establishment of imperial institu tions. The addresses of the councils.general first showed what was passing in the public mind ; then came those of the councils of arrondissement, and of the municipal coon. effs, and the petitioning which is now going on shows that the nation intends giving to the government of the man whom it has elected that perpetuity which Louis Napoleon did not wish to attribute to himself. It was evident that, with the question sr clearly set forth, the great bodies of the state could not meet without deciding it ; and such being the case, was it not better to convoke the Senate at once, and lay before It the question, so that nll incertitude should im mediately cease ? Louis Napoleon declared at Lyons that he was ready to serve his country either with the modest title of President, or with a more striking one ; the pos union of power is not in his eyes anything else than the means of doing good. But for France the question does not present itselt in that way; temporary duration and per petuity—such are the two terms to which the addresses have brought it. When a question of sueb importance is brought before • people, it must be immediately decided, as there is danger in every provisional situation. Since it is the will of France which is to regulate our destinies, why not interrogate that will, and give it an opportuity of declaring it self in the open day ? Since the maniteststions of which Lomb. Napoleon has been the object at Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Pans, the re-establishment of the Empire is expected not only in France, but throughout Europe. The government, ' in consequence, has come to the decision that since this question has been brought forward independently of it, and by the irresistible initiative of the popular representation of every degree, it could not be the interest of the country to defer affording to the national will the means of making it self known. France is about, therefore, to be again so lemnly interrogated as to the form of her government, and the title which her ruler is to take. We know her answer beforehand. The Assenitke Nationak to-day directs attention to • fact which will excite the astonishment of the whole civilised world, and the indignation of every court in Europe. Yon are aware that the 16th Oct., the day of the President's triumphal entry into I'a ris, was the annivenary of the execu tion of Ma rie Antoinette. On that very day fifty-nine years ago, within a few yards of the spot where on Saturday was displayed the scroll which heralded Louis Napoleon as the "Savour of modern civilisation," that barbarous deed was com mitted which an the chivalry . of France has never ceased to deplore. That day . is yet observed as a day of mourning and mortification by many of tho best families in the country, and while the mass of the population of Paris was hurrying to see the show on the boulevards last week, not a few distinguished individuals were prostrate before tho altar hearing masses for the illustrious dead. In the chapel of the Rae d'Anjou St. 'tonere, that monument sacred to the memory of Louis XVL and his consort, were especially congregated numbers of those whose custom It was to pass that day in prayer. In France immense importance is attached to religious ob. 'Penances for the dead, and the feelings connected with them command universal respect. That any thing like a desecration of this tomb should have been thought necessary to complete the rejoicings of Satnrday is a fact which will not readily obtain credence. The Assemidt'c says: Several persons *IRMO us that on Saturday lut, the 16th of October, the funereal munumen• erected in the Rue d'Anjon to the memory of two of the moat illustrious vic tims of the revolution was illuminated. If the fact is true, and we have believe It to be so, the responsibility cannot doubtless be imputed to the government, but the occurrence most assuredly deserves to be pointed out. I have ascertained not only that the fact bas stated, but that it was done by order of the govern ment architect, who said that the " Chapelle expia toire" wee a building belonging to tho government, and as such must be illuminated pursuant to the order given with respect to all public buildings. - . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Prince President, by a decree dated St. Cloud, the 18th, enacts that government inspectors shall be nominated by the Minister of the Interior, Agricul ture, and Commerce, to superintend the management and examine the accounts of the mortgage banks, and to report to the minister thereon at least every three months. Tho decree further enacts, that a commission of eight members, four to be nominated by the Minister of the Interior, and four by the Minis ter of Finance, shall be formed, to give an opinion on all the questions which may be submitted to them re lative to the management of • mortgage .soeieites, to examine the reports of the government inspectors on them, and to draw up annually a.detailed report on the situation of each society. The decree finally de dares that if any mortgage society shall violate its by-laws and regulations, or commit any abuse, its privilege may bo taken from it ; also that each shall give an account of its operations every six months. At the Bourse the Four-and•a-Half per Cents. fell 86c., closing at 108.35 ; the Three per Cents. fell 80, and closed at 81.60. This fall, although very probably connected with the state of the account, was by many attributed to uneasineees at the news from Turkey with respect to which the accounts are most conflicting. Many of the newspapers assert, on the authority of their correspondents, that the change of ministry has nothing to do with the loan; while others, and especially the Press*, maintain that the leas will not be ratified. The St. Germain Railway was in great request, and rose ' , Mfr.; Bordeaux and Cette fell 18.75; Northern, 17.50; Orleans and Lyons, 10fr. each; Strasburg, 8.76; Rouen and thine, 6fr. each. BELGIUM. The Independarece of yesterday says : The difficulties which impeded the formation of the new cabinet seemed on Monday to have been removed. It was I pertly expected that this morning would see the publication ' of the royal decrees; thee all became changed, and the ap prehension we repressed two days since are realised. We learn that M. Henri de Broacher. was received by the Wag yesterday at blacken, sad that he resigned the power which had been confided to him. The Journal de Fronlifori lately published the statement that the Belgian cabinet had addressed a pro memorio to all the European chanceries on the subject of the recent misunderstanding with France on commercial affairs. The Independence states that the news is inexact. The government did, however, send a circular to its various diptimatie . agents, con taining a full discussion of the cue, in order to enable them to defend the policy of their govern ment. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. Our correspondent, writing on Oct. 4, says : It appears positive, and has been reported as such by some of the diplomatic residents here to their respective governments, on the authority of Cardinal Antonolli, that the principal object of Sir Henry Bulwer's visit to Rome was to obtain from his Holi ness a formal discouragement of the proceedings of the Irish clergy in political matters, and a warning admonition to the Catholic Defence Association. Should ho not succeed in winning over the ora cular voice of Home, Lord Derby will proceed to adopt severe temporal measures against tho of instead, which will perhaps bo much more efficacious, for even if a monitorio, or ec clesirustienl circular, should be really drawn up in the terms desired by the British government, snd con tided to Sir Henry Bulwer, there is no knowing what secret instructions might be forwareed simultaneously by the Pope to the head, of the Irish clergy in a directly opposite sense, the events of the last few years having afforded us numerous instances of such doable dealing on the part of the Roman court. I GERMANY. It is officially stated that the Vienna customs con ferences were to meet on tho 20th. _ _ The Corres po ndent of Hamburg states that General Lamerlchire has been residing in Frankfort fur the last week in strict incognito; and has obtained per mission to remain fifteen days longer, in order to have an interview with the Prince de Joinvillo end the Duchess d'Orleans. The Correspondent adds that the French minister demanded that he should be ex pelled, but this was nut granted. ABD-EL-KADER AND HIS INTENDED PLACE OF DETENTION. Tho town of Broussa (or Bursa, as it ii also spelt) which has been selected as the scone of Abd-cl-K a der's future detention, is one of the most prosperous in the Turkish dominions. It is situated in the pachalik of Natolia, at the base of the Olympus, whose peak rises into the region of perpetual snow. It is about 22 leagues from Constantinople, and the same distance from Kutahich, famous as the place of internemcnt of another hero in misfortune—Louis Kossuth. Broussa was once the residence of tho King of llithynia. In the middle ages, until the falling of Adrianople, it was the capital of the Ottoman empire. It is now the seat of a Mollab of the first class, a Pectin, a Greek metropolitan, and an Armenian bishop. The population of the town was estimated by Balbi at 100,000, which is probably within 30.000 of the truth. It has extensive suburbs, is provided with ramparts, and commanded by a fortress of great antiquity, adorned with Roman sculptures. The chief buildings are its mosques and caravanseries. The people derive their subsistence from commerce and manufactures, in which the arti sans are very expert. The satins and tapestry aro the most esteemed of its fabrics, among which gauzes, taffetas, and cottons are to be mentioned. The trade with the interior is facilitated by the caravans which pass through Broome, in the line between Smyrna and other Asiatic towns; the trade by sea is carried on by the shallow port of Moudaina, on the Gulf ofi Nlarinora. The clay called meerschaum is obtained from a mountain close by Broussa. Tho .11,:bals of Tuesday, in an article on Abd-el- Kader, endeavours to take from the House of Orleans the disgrace of having detained the ex-Emir in cap tivity, in violation of a solemn engagement. 'I he Dtsbate says :—" Abd-el-Kader gave himself up to Gen. de Lamoricii:re on Dec. 21, 1847. It is matter of notoriety that the Emir had stipulated as condition of his surrender that ho should be sent with his family to Alexandria or St. Jean d'Acre. Gen. de La morick•re, then commandant of the province of Oran, accepted that proposition, which was ratified by the Duke d'Aumale, the Governor-General of Algeria. The government of King Louis Philippe received on December 31, 1847, the news of Abd-el-Kader's surrender, and of his arrival at Toulon. On Feb. 24, 1848, the council of ministers had not as yet decided anything concerning Abd-el-Kader. On April 21, 1848, tho proviaional government caused Abd-el- Kader to be transferred to the chateau of I'au, where ho remained a year, and from that place ho was transferred to the chateau d'Amboise, where ho has remained up to the present time." This is true enough as far as it goes, but very false if put forward as an account of the whole matter. Let us endeavour to supply the omission. On the 17th of January, 1848, the government of Louis Philippe was questioned by the Marquis do Boisay, in the Chamber of Peers, during the debate on the address, as to its intention of ratifying the treaty entered into with Abd-el-Kader. M. Guizot, in his reply, instead of declaring frankly and clearly that most undoubtedly the government would ratify the treaty to which the Duke d'Aumale had given his approbation, declared that the government was of opinion that it did not belong to a general-in-chief, even were he one of the king's sons, to engage poli tically, without reservation or examination, the kings government, and that " in the present question the government preserved, and intended to preserve, the full liberty of examination and decision. If these words meant anything, they implied the possibility of the non-ratification of the treaty. The l'rince de la Moscowa, in the same sitting, disapproving of the language thus used by the hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, brought forward this dilemma :—"Now, of two thinge, one : either you conaider Abd-el-Kader as a robber—as a pirate, or you look on him as a hostile general, who has been conquered. In the first case, have him hanged; in the second, treat him accord ing to the law of nations." General Fabvier, also, spoke strongly against the doctrine which M. Guizot had laid down, and in concluding his remarks, said, "There is now neither further ratification nor nego tiation to make—Abd-el-Kader is in your hands, he cannot enter into any further negotiation. Gentle men, beware of touching that precious thing, the honour of France. Remember King John, Francis 1., and Henry IV., those first gentlemen of their kingdom! I will only add one word more—if you touch the honour of France, adieu to victory!" M. Guizot then declared that " the government had every confidence that it was possible for it to conci liate respect for the engagement made with Abd-el- Kader with what was due to the safety of France. It was that task which the government had pro posed to itself, and when it thought that it had accomplished it, the chamber would decide whether the conclusion come to was well or ill arrived at." The language of M. Guizot produced the most painful effect on the public mind, so that when the question came on in the Chamber of Deputies, in the debate on the address in that house, M. Guizot found it ne cessary to alter his tone. The matter was alluded to on Fob. 5, 1848, when the Marquis de Larochejaque- Ida, in his remarks, observed, " that many persons were struck with the difference which existed between the engagements entered into by the Duke d'Aumale, and the conduct pursued by the govern ment. " How does it happen," asked M. de La rochejaquelein, " that when an eugagement of honour has been entered into by General Lamoricidre and the Duke d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria, the government now retains Abd-el-Kader in a fort, and leaves us in uncertainty as to whether the word of France will be kept or not?" M. Guizot replied that "hie answer would be the same in that Cham ber as in the other. He had in the Chamber of Peers reserved the right of the government to ratify or not to ratify the resolutions of its generals, and of the Duke d'Aumale like the rest; and that right being so reserved, the government considered it its duty to conciliate the engagement entered into by the Duke d'Aumale with the safety of the state. It was true that the duke had promised Abd-el-Kader that he should be taken to Alexandria or to St. Jean d'Acre; such were the terms of the promise—nothing more, nothing less." The report of the sitting states that these senti ments were received by the chamber with murmurs. M. Guizot continued—St. Jean d'Acre was out of the question, but, as Alexandria belonged to Egypt, the government would enter into arrangements with the Egyptian government to allow the Emir to be sent there. The discussion there dropped. Now, who does not see that if Louis Philippe.' government had at first frankly ratified the treaty entered into, Abd el-Kader would not have been detained for nearly five years th confinement ? The whole fault, the world has always thought, lay with the hesitation of the government in ratifying the engagement of the Duke d'Aumale. This correction is duo to his tory, which will decide bow to apportion the disgrace of so long &captivity inflicted on a brave and pa triotic man. The Sleek says : "The act of the President of the Republic, by which he grants liberty to the ex-Emir Abd-cl-Kader will bo well received by France, which ' admires everything that has the character of grandeur, generosity, and confidence. The sentiment which has inspired Louis Napoleon is the same as that which inspired the Duke d'Aumale and General de Lamo riciere in the treaty of the 21st December, 1847 ; but governments cannot always yield to the same instincts, tho same emotions; and we can under stand that the governments of Louis Philippe, of tho Republic, and of the President himself, long hesi tated before ratifying the promise made by our young generals. Let us hope that Ahd-el-Kader will not be ungrateful, and that he will know how to recognise the magnanimity of the French govern. ment ; that he will be faithful, as the official Jourcal says, to sworn faith, and that he will not attempt to disturb our domination in Africa. Let us hope that the presence of the Arab chief in the states of the Sultan will not excite the spirit of rebellion amongst tho tribes who only obey with indignation the law of the conqueror. In the words which the Pneident was kind enough to address to Abd-el-Kader, we remark this idea, which is so fecund and so true—. that—' Generosity is always the best counsellor. For our part, we shall see with joy the chief of this government often listen to this politic and noble counsellor of all governments. It will not allow hi ts to forget the Frenchmen, who, in consequence of our civil discords, are still wandering in foreign countries far from their families and their dearest affection,' THE ATTEMPTED REGICIDE IN PERSIA. A Mahommedan gentleman, resident in Land o; furnishts the following elucidation on the latest sews teat Persia : " A person of the name of Moollah Sadique, de s iu g4 at Sheeras, made a public declaration that in the year id the !fogies, 12.54, corresponding with the Christian era 'Ur. a prophet would make his appearance, and that his muse would be Baub, which signifies that all the knowledge ~e d sanctity of prophecy would ho possessed by Lim_that his mission would nullity all the modes of faith set forth by th e ancient prophets, and that the wh o l e wor ld would emioraee his religion. lie further announced that Haub woe:dn:tiro a Heavenly Hook,' and that ail the treasures of the world both what was already discovered, and whst was yet hidden in the bowels of the earth, would be put late Lia possession. " Shortly after this announcement, be declared to he the prophesied Haub, provided a liwic wlueli lie called Heavenly, and obtained several followers, ch i . Ii from amongst the ignorant and uneducated clan tit p, ui , le On hearing of this, Mahomud Shah, of blesr.,d mew `7r King of Persia, ordered the most learned men of Lt, Leas to examine into and tit side upon the matter. An invi lion accordingly took place, and the result war that M0...4 Sadique, calling himself the Haub, was found to be an us, pouter and a false prophet, and,. as such, w a s se m i by his judges to be beheaded. H is Majesty, the Lite of Persia, would not, however, v.aseut to the er. penalty of the law being execute iciu, d; but spared the Lk the offender, on condition of his destroying Li, Im:tel:lid ' Heavenly Hook,' and making a public declaration of la _ repentance. On the decease, however, of the late kiwi, an I the cession of his present Majesty to the throne of Persia, hie impostor returned to Isis old courses, declaring that, it., old king being now dead, the time fi r his prophetic ILI. lion hail arrived. Ile accordingly sent letters in every reetion within the limits of Persia, despatched an air , ut to the city of Astrabad to foment disturbances there ; and Lyi. ing assembled round his own person a band of betetia three and four thousand infatuated and desperate falloa,n, he straightway began to enforce his new doctrines by of fire and sword. Whoever refused to embrace L., gion was sentenced to be burnt in bis own !muse, with his family, and in this manner several thousand per . sons were barbarously monk rtd. A Imdy of ties, about tho same time, made an attack up°, the aac;, l of the present King of l'crsis, but he succeed, d M etG , a w g Isis escape ; while a younger brother, who we. so uumm nate so to fall into their hands, was burnt alive, acteao.a.; to their custom. "As this fanatic rebellion appeared to bo gaining ler , ....all a body of the royal troops were now marched from the a a. tiers of Mazindran and Astrabad for the purpose of aerie ing it. Every effort was made by way of exhortatiie. by the royal commanders to iodate the rebels to return to their duty, but to no purpose. The infatuated men w e re resolved on enforcing their prMciple and ngeining peeer by bloodshed and rapine. A sanguinary ece mita ter,g place between them and the royal troops, in w“.ch co; ...a than four thousand fell on both sides. Among the fee the rebels who ROTC made pi iso..ers was the ricertenct er principal agent of the impostor ; and even him the Kcg did nut put to death, but sentenced him, with eleven ~ tea r desperate fanatics, to be imprisoned for life. " Sume time after this, in the country of Zanjann, Tehran, Moollah Mahomed Ully, a leader of the fana;.e. raised the standard of rebellion, expelled the govenv,.: that place, toore forcible possession of the me,ruioe artillery, and for nine months maintained himiell in a..-ea of hostility to the royal authority, and did great injury .11 that part of the country. At length, att,r about tout thousand of the royal troops had fallen in the endeavour to suppress this outbreak, the fanatic leader :Nloullah Mahni..ed Ully having been killed, the rebels were worsted and ths• perked. " Upon this a representation was made to the Sine of Persia on behalf of the great body of the people, thawing that as the most learned Maliomedans had proved the Ifiaa to be an impostor, and sentenced him to death, it was necessary that the sentence should be enforced, seeing that SA long us he should be permitted to live the peaceable W- I habitants of the country would be in cous•:int danger from ' the outbreak of his fanatical followers. tin this represen tation, and by the advice and recommendation of the chief men of the kingdom, his Majesty ordered him to be be headed. The freedom from seditious fanaticism that the kingdom of Persia enjoyed for upwards two years, may be fairly cited in proof of the salutary client of this decision. Front the private letters of friends, as well as the publics intelligence from Persia, I am informed theta person named Hanjec Soolaiman Khan, who was one of the Ilmilr,OT followers of the Haub, had formed a design to hill his Ma jesty the King of l'ersia, persuading his adherents and abettotz that he was then to assume the empire a: prophet. This was the man who attempted the life of the Keg, sal who was pat to death fur the crime." Vbe Court. WINDSOR, Oct. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty, yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, the Prince Hermann of Robes lobe, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the lady in waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Sin th, the Earl and Countess of Derby, and Colonel the Hun. C. D. Phipps. Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Hermann of Hoban lobe, went out shouting this morning, attended by Colonel the Hen. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the lion. N. Hood, and I4eut. Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland left the Castle, this forenoon, for London. The Portuguese Minister hod an interview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence in amilin street. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers present were, the Earl of Derby, the Lord clun calor, tho Earl of Lonsdale, tho Marquis of S.dis bury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmcs. bury, Sir John I'akington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of llardwicke, Right lion. J. C. Herries, and Lord John %MUM The council sat two hours and a half. The Earl of Derby arrived from St. Leonard. to attend the Coon• cil, and the Duke of Northumberland arii‘ed from Windsor Castle. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF 'WELLINGTON. The body of the Duke of Wellington will now understood—be removed from Widmer to ('h, Hospital one week before the funeral—doling , 411:,11 week it will lie in state. The day of removal is ex pected to be the 10th or 11th of November. Os the night before the funeral, it will be removed from Chelsea to the Horse Guards, from whence the puhlic procession will start—the family procession starting from Apeley House, and passing down birdcae walk to join the other at Whitehall. PRINCB ALBERT ELECTED MASTER OF VIE TRINITY Houss.—At a Special General Court, Acid at the Trinity Home (says the SAippioey &nth), his Royal Highness Prince Albert was, by the anew moos voice of the Elder and Younger Brethren, elected Master of that ancient corporation, in th e room of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington. THE EAST INDIA HOUSE AND TILE DUES OE WELLINGTON.—Tho directors of the East 1n Company have summoned a special general court 01 the company for Wednesday next, when a pro f' tion, which has already received the unanimous ap proval of the Court of 'Directors, will be submitted for consideration—namely, the placing of a marlhe statue of the illustrious duke in the gei.cral rose room, as a testimonial of the gratitude of the I:Ja pan), to him. ARRIVAL OF TUE Br STINCK.—The Oriental Cow pany's steam packet Bentinek, Caotain Kelleck, arrivid at Southampton yesterday, and landed the heavy portion of the Indian and Mediterranean mails under the charge of Lieutenant Elltrman, R.N., Admiralty agent. Iler dates are—Alexandria, October ; Malts, 10; Gibraltar, 15. The Bentinek brings the following passengers:—CJl. st• I Maur, 51st; Commander Laud, invalided from her Ma. I jesty's ship Serpent ; Mrs. Col. Burn, Mrs. Mayne, ) lr. ~ °tiling, Mrs. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Peddiag and fam ily, Cul. Iloldone, Captain Stopford, 49th Regiment; Mrs. Oakes and family', &c. ller cargo consists of 753 halo of silk, 122 Case' of silk, 90 cases of shawls, 39 bundles of t le phanta' tusks, 23 bales of wool, 101 packages of sundries, and 2 Arab horses for her Majesty from Abbas Paths. The Bentinek, whilst in charge of the Branch pilot, ran on shore in thick, foggy weather, near New lows. Isle of Wight, at 7.15, a.m. Two steamers were despatched from Southampton—one for the mails, and the other for the par aengers—at 5, p.m. The Itentinek got ott easily, and cane into S-,utlinnapton water. The weather during the 'spite was generally fine, strong easterly winds craning the b 4 on tho way home. The ships seen or spoken with dune# the voyage were a Dutch squadron of three frigates. 504 a steamer under a rear-admiral, oft Teas, stecrinit!'" t : The admiral desired to he repotted. Frigates eh. Prince of Or Sumatre, sod steamer Oodeh. Adalirt Banda*, with the squadron, was at Athens on the nth Ocober, and was expected at Malta the end of this month. lice Majesty's shies Arethusa, Modesto, and Scourg e 5 t Corfu. Ceylon, bury, Resistance ; and pacl.ets Merlin, and Medina at Malta. 11er Majesty's ship Antelope at Gibraltar.