The Express. — London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

Tilt' enn•eol4. TO CORI ILSPoNDENTB. FATl•see of" The Eastosso." esatabase IN moo ovoldre's Goutettr," I. pis ivory Turley sal Yflds *W. to tam tot mg. 4.0r.r seasous•taloado4 kor 0 The bloptoss.'Lostiss Maio/ paper, owe or as tilt oaks. 10, iloassrio.soroot. by Two eels* as the oss of publasoSioa. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Tun Da,—Morning. 1114 AMrort.lll4 fla T2.101111110W4i0111111. Alta:awe. N. Oa. L , )NDON, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 22. Tim two journals—one morning and one evening —which have recently devoted their columns to the graceless task of backing-up and beslavering Mr. Disisteu, tried hard on Saturday to prove that no real difference exists between the Pre° Trade motion of Mr. VILLIERS and the ingenious sham of Mr. Dtsa.tem. But the advocacy, though clever, is not likely to be successful, since Free T rade is a topic by this time thoroughly well appreciated throughout the country, and certainly understood in the House of Commons. Mr. Viweas's motion—as all will see —is the substance, and Mr. 1)v-Jun.1's the shadow ; and surely alter his long labours in the cause of Free Trade, the honourable member for Wolverhampton is not at all likely to mock the dog in the fable by dropping the reality to grasp at the eh ire. Yet the ingenious Mr. Disteesii, who thought the House of Commons so ignorant and dull-witted that he might palm off upon them as original anything he could get from the French, now adds to the insult by coolly offering to cajole the Free Traders into copying the folly of JF.sor's dog. The CHANCELLOR of the Exalt:ewes —in all the fulness of self-esteem—thinks himself quite clever enough to humbug them again as he has humbugged them before, and now asks them to forget all that has passed—and to shut their eyes and open their mouths and swallow what he would give them. If—as the 'Tories tell us—there is no difference between the propositions of Mr. FREE-TRADE ILEUM; and Mr. ANTI-FREE-TRADE Disitaxu, why do the Ministers propose the amendment at all ? this one question exposes the hol lowness of the counterfeit which is sought to be palmedoff for reality. The two motions are thoroughly distinct, fur the one declares the Free Trade policy to be "seise and ! mod," and the other altogether ignores huh its wisdom and its goodness; the one calls upon the house to put commercial operations upon a clear and firm and satisfactory basis, by affirming the principle which has made us all so prosperous--the other purposely shirks the question of principle altogether, merely admitting the fact of existing prosperity (which nobody can deny), and promising to bring forward certain unnamed plans which their author says will not interfere with that prosperity. Lord DERBY gained what ho wanted in the late Parliament by giving a promise that the country should be appealed to for a final decision of that long litigated cause—High Rents versus Cheap Bread. When he had made that promise, he was permitted to carry on the government of the country with en un constitutional minority. This leniency was shown towards him and his colleagues, because it should not be said they had not received fair play. The pro mise then given has, in the fulness of time, become due—the Parliament elected specially to decide the character of our commercial policy now sits ready to listen to the final pleadings on each side, and to deliver its solemn verdict. Like any other unscru pumas hired advocate, anxious only for individual success, the CHANCELLOR of the Exclieueea wants to divert the attention of the court from the true and real issue. He bangs out a sham to jurplex the case and bother the less acute of the rymen, seeking to get a verdict that may be here after reopened,in place of such a decision as will place the whole subject satisfactorily at rest. But the occasion is too serious, the stake too heavy, the House of Commons too intelligent to be blinded to the true issue—and upon that and that only this week must assuredly see the verdict given. Rumours are of course abundant, and ampnget them the loudest is that which tells of serious dissensions in the Cabinet. It is evident that there is a split amongst the Ministers, which each step of their progress can only render wider and wider. Their private character and public declarations both show this; and no man can wonder , when the nature of its components is remembered. Many an honest Protectionist must indeed blush to be drawn along ignominiously as one of the tail of a man made up of broken promises, awkward juggles, and second hand speeches, like Mr. DISRAELI. Why should a man of ancestral honour, noble position, and ample fortune stoop to be the tool of such a schemer? How can meraof clear and strongly-expressed views, like Mr. CHRISTOVIIER or Colonel 811ITHORP, wheel clean round, like barn-top weather-cocks, when commanded so to do by a bottle con juror? It is quite clear there must be dissension in any camp made up of such materials as that over which Lord DERBY now presides. The divisions are palpably shown the Journals which support the Tories—onespeaking to those who are willing to move on, the of er to those who hang back. The Examiner has nicknamed them " the Two Voices," and has selected the following passages in justihca tion of the title: FORWARD OR MORNING BACKWARD OR ITISNING TOICK. TOICR. " The acceptasee of the "Mr. Vidiem may propose eeonomieel policy for which a resolution simply laudetory the tuition has decided ie as of ' free trade.' Very well. distinct, as unequivocal, and 'Free trade' (we use the sareservid as say that common mid, without wean party ever obtained or asked mg to be WWI reload to admit from party, or men from that, in this land of malt-tax, man. A long-agitated yam. hop-tax, land-tax, tobacco lion is settled; "mold medal prohibition, &c., &c., is at rest; the Frm traders trade isfres)—fres trade' Aore WON the laid; Lie eye. is the law, sad th e lam is to tees for sehieh they Mee be supported, and its hard• serrygied is areepled without skips mad 41 AMC SCI to 8r po tatter prated; it is mfe, if heal, mortared as ionq as if so trtimipMeit; their fears TlONdline the tam, AND UNTIL ewer d, their dindiee or. a rata CHANCI OF BIRPRAL. their Male is INO IT WITHOUT PUILIC IN. rat • stark dome. CONTRA/MICR APPIAHI TO Maid may sow tans to OTTFA. Let Mr. Chilies the practical hominess which Villiers and his friends, requires her attentioo if thereforejmagnify free trade °sly she be permitter; by to their hearts' contest. We faction Mr.Viibers, then, "'soot why any Conservative is commoa with all Eogland, members by speech or knows the basis on which vote interrupt their eulogies the government's financial or triumph. No doubt, if policy will henceforth stand ; they attempt In prove the the detsili of the policy, and jmetiet of th eir peusryyries by indeed the policy itself. ex- ategeel facts, the temptation misting it. feodaniental prin. teal be strong to demonstrate cipie, he knows not. Iliat the fa'aelsend of their allega bandeau ntal principle is the lions; but perhaps it will be very same for which he con- the better comae to resist tends. It has been merited ; this temptation, and to leave is if recognised to th el ittl est them to their not very sobs eatent .... What pad le ob- exultation. Mr. Villiers's .vet me be gained by the propositim may, liwever, go obtruded natio. of Mr. Vit. furthor, sad demand from hers ? The principle of free Parliament a pledge to main trade must he meognieed. tans free trade to the end. Bed recognised if now is • re- 1 his is a move serious matter emaserie vs lotA alder oiterth for Parliament. and for the Mum of Parliament. This onintry through Parliament. ie turning the gravity of Parliament, asked, TOMTA polka business into open bind iisef by any p 'dye bed mummery. Mr. Villiers it may elevates it'd., end would have the skip that is the system of Parliamentary lineched plied on the stake ymorrainna by attempting to again, Income it was not bind •riett."—Stoodos4 of Isunelied under hie direct Tuesday night. sue ices."—llrrold of Tues.- day morning. %%en the enemy are divided, the Liberals and Free 'readers should be all the more faithful to their test. 'that same busybody Rumour which has made free with the Tory cabinet, has not hesitated to in sinuate suspicions that certain Whigs might be in clined to accept Mr. I/ISRAELI'S counterfeit in place ' , of the reality for which he wishes it to bo mistaken. But inch suspicions must be groundless. The country wants a perfectly clear and distinct verdict, and nothing lees will be satisfactory. Sir JAMES GRAHAM will never consent to be untrue to the memory of his friend Sir ROBERT PEEL ; will never swerve from declining the justice of his great leader's policy. Mr. GLADAWNE is too completely bound by his character by the future of his political career by his many eloquent declarations and elaborate arguments on Free Trade—to hesitate about affirming its 'ambit; and justice. Lord Jonn RessELL is either a thorough Free-trader or an fete political mistake. Mr. VtLet EPA and Mr. Costs s, the champions of the , can never traitorously stay their hand s wh en t a e rt blow is to be given to the Bread-tax Imposi tion they hive hunted to its last den; whilst who could for an instant doubt the stadrastneee, to the last man, of Mr. Huns and the Radicals? The CRAN CIMLOS of the EXCIIEQVIIR must not reams too much on the credulity of the House— . -though he did palm off upon it French tinsel for native gold. Ilia Oration was found out, and he need not expect , any better fate for his Amendment. Tait last faseieuhts of " further correspondent's respecting piracy on the coast of Borneo" which has just i ssued from the parliamentary press is important. It exhibits in brief space the doings of Sir JAMES BROOKE at Borneo from the commencement to what we expect is likely to prove the close of his career. He began as a trader. lie found the commerce of European traders at that time unrestricted. Hs desired to restrict it, and to make it, as he says, " a monopoly." His motive may have been a good one ; but we scarcely can believe it. When a trader in the position of Sir JAMES Bacons deliberately avows such a purpose, for so he does in one of the documents before us, expens ing his belief that the then meditated demand of Labuan would facilitate its accomplishment, and assuring his then partner, that,—far from refusing the proposed cession, or insisting on the fulfilment of the condition of tribute an nexed to that of Sarawak previously extorted— "the SULTAN will grant anything which may be re quested of him "—when we are told that for two years at lost " the monopoly of the Borneo coal," as be terms it, was afterwards enjoyed by himself under the express cession of the SULTAN—and when WO find that his first act on occupying Sarawak was to create another monopoly, that of antimony, to the great enhancement of the price and dimi nution of the supply of the articl e , . and that he enjoys to this day the exclusive benefit of the new monopoly—we cannot refuse to concur in the opinion of Mr. Hume, kI.P., and to ask Lord MALMESBURT (Correspondence, p. 3), why Sir James Baootta one, amongst English traders in Borneo, "should be considered immaculate and above suspicion, while the evidence of all others is rejected as unworthy of credit." It is, indeed, fit matter for astonishment that one so obviously amenable to the suspicion of trade rivalry and self-interest, and occupying, above all, the in congruous and ambiguous - character of vassal Rajah under the Sultan of BOR.NEO, should ever have been selected by Ministers to fill the double office of com mercial and diplomatic agent of Great Britain at the court of the same potentate, and . governor of a Possession of the British Crown within the same island. Nor is his own account of the cir cumstances attending his acquisition of the Rajah such as to diminish the astonishment. It was acquired on the 24th of September, 1841, as his " Diary " (Vol. 1., p. 268) informs the world, by vio- 1 lence and intimidation. lie boasts " that the nego- tiation proceeded to a favourable issue under the guns of the Royalist yacht," in the presence of his armed men, and "amidst the roar of cannon." In the first instance be would have it appear that ho suf fered no conditions to be imposed upon him. His pre sent story however is, that in 1842 he bound himself to pay a tribute of 2,000 dollars a year to the SUL TAN, in order to obtain his confirmation in the ltuj. But the tribute, if in fact it were ever paid, was not destined to have a long duration. In July, 1846, Sir James BROOKE, in his triple capa city of Envoy, Governor, and Rajah, "advised, accompanied, and guided" Sir Titom.is COCII RANE (who acted entirely on his information and advice) in his naval expedition against the capital of Borneo, captured it, drove the SULTAN " as far as possible into the jungle," and obtained " a fresh grant, to himself and his heirs for ever, of the territory of Sarawak, omitting the yearly tribute." It is noticeable that neither of the gran:s has been laid before Parliament, and that Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. Disn•e4t have repudiated all recognition of the Raj, in the name of the late and of the present government. We may add, that it now appears from the statements and confessions of " tho !Wan," that pecuniary and other relations have existed between him and the SULTAN, such as " to place his conduct and the honour of the British Go vernment in an extraordinary point of view ;"—whe ther they do or do not in Lord NiALMEABURT'S judgment, deserve the attention of the Foreign office. The massacre on the ever memorable night of the 31st July, 1849, is now a tale ; and yet justice is still unsatisfied. The destruction of from 1,000 to 2,000 poor creatures in a single night, without fire. arms, and opposing no resistance, and for every ono of whom the head money of 20/. was at that time claimable , is surely an important incident; too im portant to be passed over upon a mere suggestion or suspicion of piracy which rats moreover upon the sole assertion of Sir JAMES BaooKe, the promoter of the massacre, and is contradicted by the strong memorial of not less than fifty. three merchants of Singapore, well instructed of the circumstances, and the evi dence of his own partner, Mr. Wise, and of nearly every man who has ever traded or navi gated in the Archipelago. The utter want of testimony corroborative of the RAJAn's own ac count of this dark transaction is indeed remarkable : —end the more so, singe we observe, from the cor rupendenee now before us (pp. 371-43), that there exists at Sarawak and eke at lAbuan, a practice very similar to that of the "ea officio oaths" of the STUART time, whereby when the ruler would find out the authors or promoters of scandalous rumours to his prejudice, his lieges shall come forward to clear them selves of the suspicion, or to east it upon others by " volnutary affid avit." We have also be fore us the zealous but unsuccessful attempts of Sir JAMes Bitoole, to obtaic from • naval court of inquiry the dismissal of Mr. MILLER, sur geon of the Nemesis, and from the judges of Singa pore that of Mr.Woone, the deputy sheriff of the co lony, for having made public the horrid murders done in eo'd blood by the crew of Sir JAMES BitooKe's spy-boat, such u that of the "four Dyak men coming peaceably down the riser with a cargo," and " the old toothless man on a small raft paddling towards them;" and the consignment of a Dyak wo man to slavery (pp. 48-9); and other atrocities of a revolting nature. From these attempts of his we may pretty plainly understand the condition of public opinion at Laboan and Sarawak, whore the !Luse reigns without controL To Mr. If the country owes this thorough ex posure of these deplorable transactions, and Sir J. BaooKs this last opportunity of exculpation, so fre quently offered him in vain. In his letter of March 5, 1830, indeed, written from Singapore, he seemed to present himself at the bar, and to demand of Lord PALMERSTON "an inquiry,_ conducted by competent and impartial persons." But the pur pose, if seriously formed, was soon abandoned ; and inquiry is refused—by Lord MALMESBURT as by Lord PAurrasrom—out of deference to the feelings of Sir JAMES BROOKE (Correspondence, p. 20). 11'e notice • similar change of purpose in his proceedings before the Naval Court of Inquiry. It was summoned to try Mr. MILLER " for commu nicating the details (there specified) to the editor of the Straits Times newspaper." Had Sir JAMES Baooee persisted in that form of accusation, Mr. Mittea was prepared, he says , " with sufficient proof of the coldblooded slaughter,' to hive justified the fact, " as his boat's crew and officers in the expedi tion there were most anxious to have his (Sir James's) i doings made known to the government." But at the court of inquiry this charge was carefully avoided by the prosecutor, and in its stead that of " giving information to the editor, detrimental to her MAJESTY'S Government," was dexterously substi tuted ; and on that charge Mr. MILLER war of course acquitted without further investigation. Again, when the Judges of Singapore refused to obey the Itsiait's behest, and dismiss their Deputy Sheriff, Mr. Wooos, without a trial, they intimated to " His Excellency " that his proper course would he to sue Mr. Wools in their court for the alleged libeL Ho shrunk from doing so. (Pp. 37.8.) But, although Sir JAMES BROOK !ibi unwilling, yet must the inquiry proceed. It is due to the honour of our Government—to the interests of our colonies—to the happiness of the human race,—that one man's impu nity shall not be left to become a precedent here after. Nor should it be forgotten that, at the very time we are writing, the powers which he received from his Sovereign, and which he is said to have abused, are still vested in his hands ; nor are they likely to rust for want of exercise. It was but tho other day that our commerce in the Archipelago was saved, by the sharp and timely protest of the Singapore merchants, from a foolish war with Siam threatened by Sir Long Baooux in revenge of the failure of his diplomacy there to I obtain a Welty of commerce. What othir enter- Wass of the same kind this potleenan of many functions ma) , have in view we know not bat sore we an that it is high time to step them. The Rajah of sagawAic ought not to be allowed to represent her Manua' In any capacity, mail Mr. Rumr's g ill unanswered appeal of the 22nd June last to Lord MALIIYABOIT has been replied to, and an in quiry has bees Instituted end brought to a termina tion such as shall satisfy the cells of national character, and content the ends of justice. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1852. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY WINNING. The /hallow contains a decree establishing the much talked of new bank, under the title of " So ciete General de Credit Mobilier." The statutes alluded to in the decree are not published. The bank is prohibited from making loans upon foreign public securities without permission from the govern ment. Among all the prefects who have distinguished themselves by servile and idolatrous flattery of Louis Napoleon, M. L'hapuys-Montlaville, of the Haute Garonne, has always kept the lead. He has now, however, outdone himself. The following decree has net been issued by him : We, the Prefect of the Department of the Haute Garonne, an Officer of the University sod of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great, and of the Order of Saints Maurice and St. Lazare, conaklaing that it is important to transmit to pos terity, by imperishable monuments, the acts of Gml, now about to be accomplished by the ministry of the Fresh people on the 21st and 22nd of November of the year of grace, 1852 ; considering that it is important to preserve in every commune the Souvenir of the part taken by each in this the last phase of social salvation ; seeing that among the nations of antiquity it was customary to engrave upon bronze im li a merble, memorable facts of a to be interesti history ; seeing that the re establishment of the b roach empire is of the number of those facts destined to exercise the meet powerful influence is the present time, and in the future, upon the destine* of this country, and even upon thereof universal society, decree ' Art. I.—The result of the vote for all the departmests of the Haute Garonne, canton by canton, commune by com mando, shall be engraved epos btoase. This bronze shall be placed in the prefecture, in the hall of the deliberations of the council general Art. 2. The result of the vete of every commune shall be engraved upon marble, beneath the results of the department, arrondissement, and canton. Art. 3. Them marbles shall be placed in the principal towns of the arrondissement at the sub-prefecture, in the hall of the deliberations of the council of arrondissement, in the principal towns of the canton and the communes, in the halls of deliberation of the municipal Councils. Art. 4. This bronze and these marbles shall beer the date of the first day of the reign of his Majesty the Emperor Napo leon 111. Art. 5. The expense of the departmental broom, and of the marbles of the arrondissement, will be borne by the departmental funds. The expense of the marbles of the communes will be paid out of the municipal fuuds.—Tou louse, Nov, 15, 1852.—CHAPUT4MONTLLYILLE. After this I have no scruple in mentioning a ' report, that it is seriously debated in high quarters whether it may not be necessary to dismiss this prefect on account of the state of his mind. The deacons and chaplains of the church of St. Genevieve (late the Pantheon) have taken possession of the house provided for them in the Rue de Foam*" Saint Jaques, where they will live together as a fra ternity. According to a religious journal, a project is in contemplation with regard to the church which will certainly find no favour in the eyes of the Roman catholics. The Press* Religieuse says: A project is talked of according to which the Pantheon, which still belonging to the chapter of St. Geneviiive ' will open lateral chapels for di ff erent Christian rites. It is even contemplated that on great occasions the body of the church should be allotted at certain hours to the use of all denominations of Christians, as is now practised ia the East. Thus in the church at Beyrout, when the rite is Latin, a solemn mass is performed every Sunday at the great altar according to the Armenian rite. Tho frequent commusicallons established by railways and steam vessels will henceforth bring to Paris a number of priests and foreigner+ of different creeds, and it will be of great advantage to them to Lad a church where their reli gious services may be performed. The religious influence produced by this variety of oaressonial is the same church will be powerful in the age in which we live. People will see in it the common parentage of all the Christian religions spread over the surface of the globe. Trials of insurgents of Deumber, 1851, are still going on in different parts of the country. In the Vat several mem have just been sentenced to dif ferent periods of imprisonment and hard labour, and two, named Mourre-le-Pacifique and Jaquen, to death. The capital sentence is, it is said, to be executed in the town of Cuero. The lower part of the town of Asps was completely inundated four days ago, and the inhabitants had to abandon their houses. Walls were thrown down, gardens were ravaged, and other damage was done before the waters retired. No inundation has done ' so much injury in the town since 1809. The Monikur contains a decree from the Prince President, approving of the modifications proposed in the statutes of the Lyons to Avignon Hallway Company, which is henceforward to take the name of " The Lyons to the Mediterranean Railway Corn- Pip i t" adame Palmyre, the fashionable dressmaker, has gone to Moravia, where the Princess Wasa is now staying. The Courrier de Bourges of Nov. 17 says: We learn from a certain soon* that the incorrigible de , inmate are very active at Semmes, and in the department, on the occasion of the ballot which will be opened on Sen. I day. We have reason to believe that they are acting, not in obedience to Boarder tram the revolutionary committees., but in pursuance of izetromiesse from a Parisian comminee, al; k atertrEt a pirt e t i e t to d a s u tli s e N pa a 4 I people, n t the men who have already saluted Louie Napoleon with the title of Emperor, nut go to Bleep, relying upon the certainty of an overwhelming majority. The majority will never be too great to were the future well being of the country—to close the door against any new revolution. Eagles in bronze have been replaced on the Columns of coloured marble of the triumphal arch in the Place du Carrousel. The Prince President hu granted a pension of 600 f. from his privy purse to the soldier named Champion, of the Lth Regiment of Artillery, who had his arm blown off in firing the cannon on the Prince's entry into Grenoble. Champion has besides received the military medal with the pension attached to it. The Union has the following on the funeral of the Duke of Wellington : Our readen will readily pardon us for net sharing in the opinion of the boaourible Mr. Carter, member of the English parliament, u to the honours which governments and people pay to illustrious men, used to those who have deserved well of their country. We not only approve of these honours, but we praise them. We maintain that the) have the effect of raising characters and exciting courage. It is a grand and noble spectacle to one motion surrounding with public homage the tomb of a as who during his life had honoured and glorified it. It is not for us to join with the voices which on the other side the channel celebrate the vic tories of the Duke of Wellington; but we may say that the English people have/ ust set a noble example to the world, and we must say it in order that these traditions of respect and public j ustice may also remain amongst us. It will be re marked that all the marshals' batons which the Duke of Wellington had received during his military career were carried after the b of Wellesley by ofßcers of different nations. Then were seven of th em in the following order: Spain, Ennis, Prussia, Portugal, Holland, Hanover, and England. The baton of Marshal of Franco was not there. That was because the Duke of Wellington bad been honoured with one. Here therefore is another falsehood which vanishes—another calumny which falls to the ground. How many honest men have believed, en the faith of libe ralism, that the Restoration had mods the English General of Waterloo a Marshal of France. Letters from Algeria (says the Moniker) state that the colony is flourishing. The nows of the liberation of Abd-el-Kader had not produced any agitation. An are, named Mahommed-ben-Oanah, has been thrown Into the fort of Mersel-Kebir, under a charge of spoliation exercised towards the persons over whom ho was placed, and two raids of' Mesta -11 warn, and one of Mascara, have been fined for acts of mat-administration. The Beni-Snsssen, a tribe of Morocco, had joined with the Maghsen of Ouchda to chastise their countrymen, the Msaouire : Moines, who had been making some predatory incursions on the district lying at both sides of the boundary line. The Maghzen of Ouchda had taken 18 Moors prisoners, who are kept as hostages tie the good behaviour of their tribe. In the other parts of Algeria the Arabs were peaceably engaged , In public or private works. Well s are being sunk at Mefta in the sub-division o f O ran; t h ree houses ' , have been finished at Bidibel Abbe's by the natives, who had hitherto always dwelt in tents; the line of the new road from the /Mate to the Thelat was covered with materials; at Tiaret, in the market place, instead of the tents which served as shops, a company of Jews and Arabs have built a bazaar in t h e sub-division of Themeen, the read of the Traras gave every prospect of being finished at 1 1 tho end of November ; and the Ouled Mimoum had applied for authorisation to impose a tax on themselves, for the purpose of having a bar con structed on the brier, to render about 1,600 hectares of land irrigable. The weather was favourable for thus works, though unpropitious for husbandry, the ground being dried up from the drought. Cattle were dear in the neighbourhood of Mostaganem, because the supply was limited, bat an abundance of cattle of all kinds was to bs found in the western districts. A great number of schools had been of late established in various parts of the colony, and the aversion of the natives to French education was daily diminishing. Some alight agitation of a purely local character had manifested itself in the Sahara, 220 leagues from the coast, but it was not of any im portance. At the Bourse to-day public; securities were dealt in as follows :—Fuur-and-a-Half per Cents. 106 f. 25c ; and closed at 106 f. 40c. for the account; Four per Cents. 98f.; Three per Cents. 84f. 75e. Orleans Railroad new shares, 1,076 f.; St. Germain, 1,500 E; Paris and Hence, 980 f.; Rouen and Havre, 545 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 373 f.; Northern, 890 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 860 E; Paris and Lyons, 940 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 790 f. ; Western, 770 f. ; Bordeaux and CiAte, 660 f.; Dieppe and Fecamp, 360 f. • Bordeaux and Taste, 800 f.; Centre of Italy, 1,030 f: PARIS, By EVINING. This is the first day of the vote " relative to the re-establishment of tho empire," for so in all official proclamations it is candidly and accurately described No functionary by any chance uses language imply_ ins a power of choice in the electors. All the exhor cations to rush to the poll dwell upon the crimi nality of abstention, and depict the frightful state of isolation in which a man will hereafter be who shall be condemned to say, " I had no part in building that stupendous edifice of perpetual glory, happiness, and prosperity—the empire . From what I can see of Paris today, I fear, however, that a vast number of its inhabitants will be in this benighted condition. I have been to several of the polling places, and have observed a marked falling off in the attendance of voters as compared with December 20. There is nothing like a crowd anywhere. People straggle in two or three at a time, and I have seen many of the voting-rooms tenanted, for the space of may minutes, only by the president of the bureau and the polling clerks. The wetness of the day may in some mea sure account for this, but I hear in all quarters that the abstentions in Paris will be very numerous. I hoped to have sent you as a curiosity a printed bul letin with the word " No" upon it. But although 1 have made extensive personal searches, and have sent to inquire at more than a dozen polling places, I have not beee able to procure one. Bulletins, with the word "Yes" are thrust into your hand in every street, but believing that if any "Noes" existed I must have found some, I presume that the printers have been prohibited from issuing any. I remember that in December the Monileur contradicted as a calumnious imputation upon the government the re port that the printing of negative bulletins had been prohibited, and towards the end of the olection,in order to give a semblance of fairness to the proceeding a few were seen hawked about the streets. Perhaps, upon the same principle, we may see some to-morrow. In Paris, where the electors can either write or get some one to write for them, the want of printed bul letins is comparatively speaking unimportant. But in the country it is practically impossible for the bulk of the population to vote "No" without them. They are brought up to the poll under the pressure of a system of intimidation, of which people in England can form no conception, and, when there, affirmative bulletins are put into their hands. If any one asks for a scrap of paper to write his vote upon, he is told there is none; and if he goes out to get paper he is marked. Nothing it observable in the streets today to indi cate that anything of importance is going on. There are a few new addresses in favour of the empire, signed by operatives, to be seen upon the walls. But I have seen the same in widely distant quarters of Paris. They arc evidently placarded by authority, I and indeed nothing can be placarded without. Monseigneur Parisi', bishop of Arras, has written to the deacons of his diocese to express his wish that no priest within his jurisdiction should abstain from voting. The bishops of Nancy and Toul, and of St. Flour, have recommended the electors of their re spective dioceses to vote in the affirmative. The ma• jority of the bishops have not, however, openly in terfered in the election. The prefect of the Ille-et- Vilsine has compelled the Juurnat de Rennes to, insert the pastoral letter of the Bishop of Bernice in' favour of the empire, at the head of its columns. The pretect's requisition informs the editor that voting bulletins will be sent him in proper time, and that he is expected to distribute them. The .&Ao de l'Ed, a journal of the Meuse, employs a curious argument to cumulate the zeal of the elec tors. It says: Many electors say theyare tired of universal suffrage. Well, if they will only vote now with th e p a t r i o ti sm en d un i on called for by the occasion, we will undertake to promise them them that they shall not be called upon again fur a very long tints to come. At Limoges, in the evening of the 19th, four men in blouses paraded the town, bearing a red fiag, with the inscription o Death to Napoleon ! Vivo la Be pubiique ! Vive la Guillotine! Citizens do not vote! To arms!" The flag was seized by a police agent, who drew his sword to overcome the resistance of the men. These facts arc made public in a proclamation by the prefect of the Haute Vienne, who praises the I agent for using his arms, but does not state wh e the r I the authors of - this foolish demonstration have been arrested, nor whether they are known. The engraving of Louis Napoleon in his imperial robes has disappeared from the shop windows. It was too ridiculous and has been suppressed by au thority. Orders fetire been given to put a stop to the ale of the cheap copies of it which have been hawked about the streets for several days past. I call your attention to an important paragraph in the Mondeur de l'Artnee, in which you will see the true nature of the much vaunted reduction in tho army, described in the terms and almost the very words used by me when the decree appeared on Thursday last : Our readers familiar with the natural movement of the calling out and discharge of the annual contingents, will understand perfectly wed how the government may bring about a" budgetary" reduction in the numbers of the effece tire of the army without disorganising its "cadres" or materially affecting its strength. Fur this purpose all that is requisite is to advance the period for discharging those men whom time is nearly out, and to postoone the em bodiment of the new recruits. They will oaly see there fore in the measure just prescribed an operation of wise economy, lwhich takes from the army none of its real ressourees, since both the men sent to their homes by anti cipation, and those whose call to active service is delayed, remain constantly available and ready 03 march in ease of need, their MUM being still upon the rolls of the army. The Pays, speaking of the new bank, does not deny that it is a monopoly and an enormous power for the benefit of a privileged establishment ; but it say., that this power is limited by the public interest of which the state is the surety, the guardian, and the director. This argument assum es the soundness of the main principle of the present government, namely, that unlimited confidence should be reposed in unlimited and irresponsible power. The bitter experience of ages has taught all free states the very reverse of this maxim. The Pays thus describes the object of the new bank : It has been reported that the only object of this bank was to facilitate the difficult settlements which agitate the Bourse of Paris twice it month. It is now known that the Societe Generale de Credit litobilier " is constituted ' upon a scale much more vast. Its object is to fa vour, in considerable proportions, the development of public works and great manufactures, whether by opening accounts-current with their founder,, or by subscribing for shares and bo n d s i n companieslegally authorised, or by looking tenders for the execution of works of public utility. In all these particulars the society tends directly to the encouragement of industry, in which it will invest ou p n rguctiLe g millio n s. of ilitort.. It will he . concerned in all the g our age. In other resetets its opera tion is more directly financial. It is thus timid is authorised to purchase shares or honda issued by railway and other companies, to make loans, and to lend upon the deposit of public securities or shares in trailing operations. In this point of view it is • gigantic bank, offering to holders of public securities advantages and guarantees which no pri vate establishment can give them. To realise this double series of operations, it has formed itself with a capital of 60 millions of francs; 20 millions are now issued, represented by 40,000 shares of 400 francs each. The society his the right to issue for payment of sums due for the purchase of shares in manu facturing undertakings, and to the extent of the mount of such purchase', bonds, which after the complete realisation of the partnership capital, may go as far as ten times the eipital, that is to say 600 millions. Until that time bond, can only be issued to the canna of five times the realised capital. They may be issued at 46 days sight, and must always be integrally represented by securities in the portfolio. A decree in the Mtmileur states that the 600,000 fr. granted on October 4 last for repairipg the da mage done by th e i nun d a ti ons o f the Rhine is on --' • the point of being exhausted, and that it being in dispensable, in the of the security of tho territory, and even for the preservation of the works already done, that the repairs should proceed without inter ruption, a further supplementary credit of 300,000 fr. upon the budget, is opened for that purpose. GERMANY. BERLIN, Nov. 17. The prevalent opinion here is, that Austria is in duced, by the critical state of things in France, to relax its inimical policy towards Prussia in the Zollverein affair. Austria may, perhaps, deem it prudent to defer the execution of its plane, but will certainly not relinquish them after the signal success with which they have hitherto proceeded. It is but three years since M. von Bruck's proposal of an Austro-Germanic customs union was first broached, when the Prussian Cabinet regarded the notion as so Utopian that it hardly deigned to pay it serious attention, and thought finally to set it aside with a diplomatic shrug of the shoulders. Prussia was then in possession of a Zollverein embracing the great majority of German states, reaching from the Baltic to the Alps, and cemented by the mutual interests which had grown up during a tree inter course of twenty years. Prussia deemed it impos sible that the bonds of the Zollverein should be loosened. But in how short a period have the tables been turned! Now, in fact, it is Austria that has got possession of the Zollverein by virtue of the Darmstadt coalition treaty, while Prussia, with its little Thurin gianadherenta, is fairly ousted. That Austria's language towards Prussia is mild and polite, is equally natural and politic. Austria, having so easily gained its aim thus far, and counting on equally easy success hence forth, can very well take the matter coolly, and even feel satisfaction in affecting a condescending affa bility. It can afford, too, to make to Prussia apparent concessions as regards the postponement of the formal union, for which it is not yet prepared ; hut it will not budge an inch from its demand, that, prior to the renewal of the Zollverein, guarantees for the realisation of the Austro-Germanic union,. at the convenient period, be given. Austria has the coalesced states completely in its hand, and is in a position to dictate its own terms. How intensely the . people in the coalesced mates maid suffer under the impolitic course to which their governments bound themselves by the Darm stadt treaty, became signally evident during the late debate in the first Darmstadt chamber, wliereit mei proved that one-fourth of all exports from the grand duchy of Hesse went to Prussia, and that, in case of a separation, the wine and tob acco growers, and several branches of industry,will be plunged into frightful difficulties. The Hessian ministry had not the courage officially to defend its po licy. Though one of the most momentous questions that ever occupied a legislative body, the sudden and total change of the country's commer cial relations, was under discussion, all the seats at the ministerial table remained empty, and only Baron von Schenk appeared, not as minister, but as simple member of the chamber, to allay the general apprehensions, not by proving that the separation from Prussia would not be ruinous, but merely by expressing his private opiuion that Prussia would at length give way, and thus avert the disasters which the treaty of coalition at present threatens to pro duce. I need not add that as little weight is to be attached to Baron von Schenk's non-official assurances as to the official assurances of similar im port given on former occasions by the Saxon minister. On the whole, I see no grounds for altering or modi fying my view of the course which the Zollverein affair is likely to take ; though Austria, which is quietly and systematically proceeding with its plans at the secret ienna conference, may perhaps, alter it has completed its preparations, take more time, than I at first expected, before it pushes things to a violent decision. Prussia, on the other hand, though its only salvation lies in the adoption of a resolute free trade system, so little andeistands the spirit of liberal political economy, that the Minister of Trade is . preparing restrictive edicts against speculations in corn, "as tending to enhance the price of the people's sustenance. ' That M. von der Heydt, who is ignorant enough to be a protectionist, may believe in the maleficent power of speculators to make arbitrary prices, is not astonishing; but that M. von Manteuffel is more enlightened on the subject is notorious: for he once 'very aptly remarked that if the parties who com plain of speculators making enormous gains, by buying corn and selling it at prices arbitrarily fixed, believed in the feasibility of such a manmuvre, they would not denounce, but practice it. If, therefore, M. von Manteuffel consent to legislative restrictions on the corn market, it can only be in the hope that they will be resisted by the landowners, and that he shall he able thereby . to damage the aristocratic party in the popular opinion, and at the same time make a concession to popular prejudice. This would be an equally disingenuous and dangerous policy, or rather trick ; for the discussions to which the proposals must give rise will probably not only foil the attempt but elicit from political economists light enough to dispel the prevailing errors, and show up the minis try in no very . advantageous colours. The Bavarian government has ordered that in every parish a public magazine of corn be established at the cost of the community, on pretext of making provision against dearth in bad harvests; the real motive, however, is suspected to be tho wish of having a store at the disposal of government in case ot war. In Austria, r Baron Ehrenberg, who enticed up wards of 700 persons from Moravia and Bohemia to go as colonists to Hungary, whence they had to re turn in a most pitiable plight, has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, and his mother and secretary to two years. The Austrian government has ordered that the German language and literature shall be studied in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, in all so-called real schools, where pupils are instructed in the exact and natural sciences, and educated for trades, technical pursuits and commerce. To-morrow a solemn funeral service in commemo ration of the Duke of Wellington, will be performed at the garrison church, and attended by deputies from all regiments here. Similar ceremonies will take place in the protestant churches of all oth er) Prussian garrisons; but whether the catholic ' authorities will follow the example is not known, as it has, of course, been left to their option. BERLIN, Nov. 19. The King and Queen of Prussia, and the royal princes, yesterday attended a solemn service at the •garrison chuch in Potsdam, in commemoration of the ate Duke of Wellington. The commemoration service at the garrison chinch here wus attended by the British ambassador and several other members of the diplomatic corps. The King of Prussia established, a few years ago, an order of knighthood for the distinction of eminence in literature and science. The number of members was restricted. By tLo death of the poet Thomas Moore, a cross became disposable. It has been bestowed by his Majesty, at the recommenda tion of the Berlin Royal Academy, on Rawlinson, the orientalist. His competitors were Wilson and Dumas. The Vienna Lloyd states that the family of Wasa is making preparations for the marriage of Princess Carole, who lately went over to catholicism, with the future Emperor of France. Considering the strict control under which Austrian newspapers are placed, we must presume that the journal in question would not dare to make this direct assertion without being fully authorised to do so. ITALY. TUSCANY. The Spener Gazette says :—" The mission of Count d'Arnim Blumberg at Florence most not be ,con sidered a diplomatic one. The count was not to represent the King of Prussia at the court of Florence as protestant sovereign, but merely as a member of tLe evangelical church. The count pre sented to the Grand-Duke the message of the King, in the audience which ho had on the 2nd. The Grand-fluke received the count with much affability, and had his reply sent to him. The count then returned to Bavaria with Captain do Bonin. lip to the present time the Madiai have been treated with indulgence, and have been even permitted to receive the visits of persons professing the protestant reli gion. It is hoped that the King's intervention will not be fruitless, and that on the first favourable occasion the two 11Iadiai will bo set at liberty." A letter from Florence of the 16th, is (I,tri ere Mercantile of Genoa, states that the he decree of expulsion has not been generally app,ed at Flo rence, and that a few exceptions have Goon made. The decree is attributed to the prth:4llB remora. 'trances of the Pope, Austria, and Modena, m conga. quence of information received by the twilit* that Mazzinian agents have lately been spreading trey. 1 1 sealable proclamations, letters, &e. PIEDMONT. The Turin correspondent of the Oilieisl , troy Gazette states that on the lith the piistn,sl letter signed by several Piedmontese bishops --among wh oa ; is the exiled Archbishop of Turin, M. Frauxeui— threatening excommunication to all who ' , Lail hen ce . forward peruse liberal newspapers, was publicly re e d from all the pulpits of Turin. The eh wiles were thronged with people on the occasion, bu nu disturb ance ensued. Count Cavour, the Prime Minister of Piedmont, has just recovered from an lndispositien, whieb wee serious enough to prevent him from attii, , ling to his official duties. HOLLAND. A letter from Rotterdam states that the h oo k. sellers of that place have received all 'Ambush,* from the police that it would be agr" 04 to the authorities to Bee them abstain limn uttering t o sale either the "Napoleon le l'etit" a M. Vitter llugo, or the "Nuits de St. Cloud." GREECE. A law has just been promulgated ecl.iet, pres cr ib e , the sale by public auction, with ten ji,es' amid, 0 1 the national property remaining disp such is olive grounds, vineyards, fig-grounds, horses, min ; buildings, and building ground. ALGERIA. The Akhhar, of the 14th says : Our correspondence from Paris rtates that the dinetor of the Anglo-French Company, which propo.e. to Yana railway lrom Algiers to Blidah, has been r.e teed Ly his Imperial Highness. It is added that a Beene r•lative to this project was about to be signed. A , orhair to the information we receive it is probable lb, at th ew . mein we write the affair is settled. We h.,•t ato publiA this news, which cannot fail deo ply !,• the Algerian public. The Blida!' (4-ivr.y wV hereafter have branches east and se...t. The lance branch might cross the Atlas by the 0u..1i. r eutuav, and join the Chelit valley by means of a tuous4 tlirtughths Gontaa. THE UNITED STATES, ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON. The American mail-packet Washington arrived zt Cowes yesterday, on her way to Bremen. Shc New York on the 6th inst. She had a large number of passengers, and about 60,000 &Hats in specie, chiefly for Havre. The news is three dots later is date than that which came to hand by the previom arrival, but it is totally devoid of interest. The Nee York papers are filled with election returns from the different states, and speculations as to the probable policy of General Pierce's administration. The lets York Herald, of Nov. 6, says With the election of General Pierce the wuik I,f the mere electioneerer ended. The work of the slot sinus nue be. gins. WWI General Pierce realise the respeuslidity of his new position ? Has be the nerve and stattanweliip for the crisis? Time must answer there questions; area, whiXt we speculate upon the probable future which Ms before tee, we must await the denouement of his adminia , ndive career, to form a just estimate of its probable progn w "ad end. In entering upon his administration, Genteel Palm cannot reflect too deeply and thoroughly upon the di mints which have conspired to carry hint into the Pr, sal atilt chair. His first step will be his most important one. He should see to it that it is not hastily taken, to be repented of when too late to retrieve the error. The oserwlielenag majority by which he is elected gives him an eppertimity of acting independently. Though he may not be ab:c to retain fur his party the entire strengths hicn li.i•contribe:4 to his own success, yet he can, by the ezereise of a prudent foresight, put the organisation of the deinocrate partyupia a firm and solid basis, which will endure tar legend Li term of service. if he had been elected by a 'mail vote, there might be some justification for the weal pulley of seeking to conciliate discordant elements, which have an other affinity than is found in a sympathetic d,.ire (Moro. and spells. Not so, however, with General Pierce. lie it strong enough to do right, and will need ao other support Mr his ',ministration than that which it will summand its virtuous vindication of the great national proiciplis eke!' have been so triumphantly endorsed by the peopie in hitches tion. General Pierce has no time towage in idle andnony monstrations over his brilliant triumph. He has before him a future—that future must be moulded by himself, sad IQ bear the impress of his own intelket. Hemp t:ing depends upon the organisitioo of his administratCet. We mesa not of the men merely whom he may call armed him. Theo is a preliminary question to be settled by him, is advance of the selection of any cabinet officer. That point ones safely passed, and the rest will follow easily end tederally enough. The country is prolific of talent, energy, and ability, end it can readily be commanded. There ono trouble upon that point. These who suppose that the list of men capable of discharging these high function is limited to the names of those who hese heretofore either filled those appointments, or elm been the lite-tocg applicants for them, underrate the intelligence, spirit, sad energy of the age. The more important—intlced, the . alls important—question for the decision of UClltrall upon what principle will he organise hi, ailinioistrationt Shall it reflect the national spirit and sentiment ef he party? He hes been nominated and elected as a Latina man, upon national principles. let him firmly and honestly maintain that position, calling around him um of 'his own stamp—making his cabinet a ;unit—andtre predict (or him a brilliant and successful echniaistratios, and for the democratic party a permanent fouthold a the gleans, affections, and confidence of the Ana. rims people. If he falters, he is lost; sail his party will in die end haw more cause to grieve over his ele:tiou, than thy ter have to triumph in his success. Hu (aide is io ha ..ea hands. The following are passages from the tlisgaisiti.r , if the New York Daily Times : It is in regard to the foreign policy of his admir,:s!ri! , c that the greatest degree of distrust will he Olt. the c s . menial policy to which his party is pledged will tend to strengthen the bonds of amity between Eegland and the United States, and Great Britain will nut risk was lapse any but the largest said most inevitable nen...dies stun s country which off, re her the coveted boon of supplying./ millions of people with manufactured goods. The t abut question presses for solution, and units, the new President shall resist very firmly the pressure of a very powerful Ka lion of his own party, he will be very apt to take or countenance measures in nos couinxi , n which will involve serious embarrassm:iits. We theft very probable that a war with Spain mif be 1 1 P ag the events destined to distinguish the incoming "dawn"' tion ; but we do not believe that any other European rut could be dragged into its issues, or that it could fail to result in further accessions of territory to the tinted sSettattlees.wilth'e Medico—the solution of whichover,impurti qui.7,otitn. otis 5ta...11 interests of the utmost importance. General Pierce oil! enter upon his high office with a more general dery 6 kindly feeling from all sections and all parties, thus bat forb , vi ing us.u.slaynot be some fully yeare restored passt.l:ll thoughe Monroe {arty vieeer; f fad'd i here b n ce tnhe public ften ed m don, ind o n That this state u l ot ,. d chi'is hof:i. be permanent, is not to be expected. Hew lung it elk I.! , depends upon those upon whom now devolves the mart` , buoy, with the pore's, of official position. The Empire City had arrived at New York int! Havana, but she brought no intelligence of inured Cuba. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK. Noy: b. fie stock end money market exhibit much arxr* without any marked change. A slight iniprovesol may he noted in the prices realised at the Stork lima in some tow instances ; but there is less buoyancy this has been anticipated under the highly satiJactarl condition of money matters at home and 3h,Jil The money market during the past we, k has been don:' terised by still further ease in rates, with improved hut' ties for negotiating. The demand is steadily iecrews. but not in the same ratio as the supply. The follocsll arc the quotations at which paper can be readily posed s il t the discount houses .—Erst-class notes and a cceptances... and 60 days, 51 per cent.; do. 90 days and 4 month.. aecond.clais do., 7 to 9 ; loans on government a n d storks, 41 to 5 ; do. miscellaneous securities, 6 to .. 1 demand for foreign exchange has been moderate. Val' London sold at 109 i to 110. Paris, 5.13 1 to 5.11, Aw l. ' dam, 41 to ; Hamburg ' , 361 to 361; Bream , t ' that C our •n stock N .—.l i h s reduced eand tocontinuesr • w t h i f.o '" are large at improved prices. We anle.nee our quotstmsto on some kinds ie. per lb. The Wes of the week alums! 11,300 balm. o.lct l an tial d c7rh i the s Vs el Atlenge. Infrilor tied. low to go n od li, rids. Gu ld . M to i . ":"' i to 9) 11 to 9i :1 . 0 1 id. w to Bond at to 10 9 to 10) ii hltd. fur to tall- et 0 KAlN.—Thrra is a good demand for the be st ! eepA .__ wheat of which the stock is light. Common dcarripll,f: ate moro plenty and not of ready sale, althoug h g T ' .7 Urge operations hats bees made from store. 11 3 e is I.-