The Express. — London, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

girt •xlrefcls. TO uunnservc•. e•• • ma y^ .t " Ewer." earikros ,b• roe ~drift r cram.. r mity Tends, sM Fray rigir. Is VW, tir re liArru p~mutatradra kr "nip Zalgrak"Larris Vern gem Bert be r th• thin, la, Ilcamerirmirset,ll Teo elle* SS Or do at Oarlike. HlOtl WATER AT LC Ten D.•—lionelsg. 31.10.5. Twesa•ow—assulag. SI. Ms.. HMOS. mew. 3a. Ma. swab U. U.. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. A nonsereo contour wary who claims to represent the opinions and dispositions of the tory party, ad mits that the scandals laid bare by the recent inves tigations at St.:Albans and elsewhere render some measure of electoral reform unavoidable, and pro fesses to believe that the only difference between political parties will practically be found to consist in the efficiency of the rival remedies which they may respectively propose. ntt ict lug rumours meanwhile prevail as to the extent to which ministers are prepared to go. On the one hand we are told that having pledged himself to bring in • general mea sure of reform during the approaching session, and having thereby plainly staked the existence of his cabinet on the . question, Lord Joust Russet', will *noisily fall into the obvious and irretrievable blunder of bringing forward a peddling or paltry bill. At least, say these somewhat sanguine ad mirers of his lordship, we shall have a 101. occupa tion franchise in the counties, household suffrage tested by liability to rating in the towns, and the ballot in both, to secure the lawful exercise of these privileges without menace or intimidation. On the other hand, we hear it averred that there are two parties in the government on the subject; and that while some of its members arc willing to go the length above stated, their colleagues are very strongly disposed to demur to anything which implies a real change of pewee; and that sooner than agree to a new Schedule A, or a Sono fide constituency, they would fume Lord JoilN to abandon the pledge be has given of dealing with the whole subject in a compre hensive manner during the session of 114.12, or to themselves and him to the ridicule and scorn which the proposal of a small and pettifogging scheme would be certain to evoke. The apparent apathy of the country is relied upon by all the hangers-on of the official oligarchy as Justif y ing the insidious policy of paltering with popular rights, or adjourning sine die their statutable conaromon. The tranquillity of the realm, and the silent confidence of the people that these in authority will at length yield to reason what they would confessedly surrender upon the first heave of the popular ground-swell—these are inistuken for indifference by the fops and Uncle Femmes of bu eaucraey ; and if they had their way, we believe that the next QUEEN a speech would appear without any distinct or indica tive announcement of an amended reform bill. Nor would anything arouse them to a sense of their stupid folly in a selfish point of view, unless some Tory leader were to seise the golden opportunity, and boldly undertake to supply the deficiency thus shamefully left. How for either of these contingencies are possible or probable, we do not profess an ability to say. It may be that the spectacle of an ultra-conservative assembly in Francs., elected by universal suffrage, supplanting an unmanageable chamber elected on the Windsor and St. Albans principle—it may be that the twenty years' experience of • household municipal franchise at home whose results have cer tainly proves' anything but revolutionary—it may be that these and other instinctive lessons in the passing history of their own time have taught the whigs the safety and prudence of satisfying the greatest pos sible number of the community, and convinced them that the most serious danger to the maintenance of order, or the stability of the existing state of things. lies in the postponement of just reforms until some easuulty abroad, or some crisis at home, has put the masses of the people thoroughly out of temper, and tempted them to force their rulers to give a summary account of their stewardship. It may be that Lord lons will abide by the promise he made in the month of March last upon the faith of which his supporters who had helped to carry the first reading of Mr. LOCK', Kiseis County Franchise llill, agreed to have it thrown out on a sub sequent stage; and that having made up his mind to keep his mold to the lett e r, w e s h a ll r e ad some e i g ht weeks hence in her MAJESTY'S opening speech to par liament the funned recommendation that the great , gates of the constitution should at length be thrown open, and that all men who contribute statedly and regularly lie the public burthens should be declared, by law lobe rightfully entitled to have a voice in the I national representation. Or it may turn out that falling short of the mark, which the million-handed industry and worth of the nation requires, we may hear of Mr. lineetaxi.t's having at length surprised his followers into doing something reasonable and sagacious, by suffering him to out-bid the lagging Premier in his offers of reform. Our business is not now with the merits of the men, or thu nature of their motives. Those are their affairs. Our business is With the thing to be got, nut with the means, how. We know that upon the narrow end the cone will not for ever stand. We know that whichever of the great parties in the state goes to the country on • dissolution of parliament, with " llousehold Suffrage and the Ballot" inscribed en its standard will be sure to win the race for power; and we are convinced that, as compared with this paramount and all-engrossing topic of ex citement, every minor question will before long sink into insignificance. What we chiefly desire to ace impresied upon the minds of party men on both sides, is this great fact, in presence of which, as soon I as they come to realise it fully and deli berately, all charlatan plans fur evading the main 1 points at issue will die a natural death of weakness, and be heard of no more. It will serve no , far example, to spin fine political cobweL lur ril .e s writer in the Murniny Herald seems disposed to do) I about the expediency of inventing an electoral machine fur winnowing the aggregate folly of the i nation periodically in order tort at a small residuum of peculiar wisdom. The people have a right to choose for themselves what manner of men they think the ablest, the wisest, and the most to be depended upon fur making the laws under which they are to live; and this prerogative they will never consent to have qualified or restricted within some arbitrary limits pre-determined by the privileged orders whose usurpation they are resolved to overthrow. Legiilative wisdom we too well know is not the attribute peculiarly or pm-eminently of the °palest or high- I born. Yet these are just the clamss who new psalm • monopoly of power, and by whom the prop ose d t or t , for determining who are "the wind ass" is the community. must be formed and hilissid. How they would fashion and form it, we may eadly gine. It would be under anodise piss the ski system of exclusiveness stilL We Asa' have the &roe enacted of abrogating an oligarehy of wealth and birth, only to see it continued sadly • nand pre tence of eapalillity and Ilteees. Mewal.fertellsetnal, and political worth are ether sew le=ffishmeole which con only be discovered bygone prassmsr they arc qualities which maks tbsesslves shrines by that practic.il modes which, in truth, is the sole proof of their existence at all. To elect men to make laws obese wham is so undemonstrative that people in general how tithing about it, would be to choose very unfit to discharge that difficult tumefies. The qualities for • legislator are certainly not those which are in general possessed in secret. The chief of dam is a profound and inti mate knowledge of the complex being whose wants are to be provided for. But how can such knowledge be attained otherwise than by contact in the realities of active life with individuals, and classes, and , sections of the community ? And how can soeh contact take place without the minds of the man being impressed favourably, or otherwise wi th the qualities of the mind of the individual ? Either they will t oder him their rut frages as the fittest person to represent them in the legislature, and in that case there is no need of any artificial interference to direct them; or they will come to the conclusion that from some deficiency of temperament or judgment be is not suitable to their wants and a iaies ; and then any interposition bar ring or defeating their free choice would be • poiative and direct infringement on the popular riO n t le which is in words conceded. truth in moat great things is simple, and its reiteration is the best argument. Household suf frage has become inevitable, brows it is msAfestly just; and all attempts to prstpuse,dairat, or lise its fall and free development 'ill only. disappointment and discomfiture on dliose whotiantio them. t - Tux canoe of law refork has tjan tielly impeded by the want of a proper understand ing and unity of action between the two branches of the legal profession ; and it is a public duty to inquire into, and endeavour to adjust, any differences which may binder so important an agency. A question hilt recently been raised with reference to the boun d aries between the province of barristers and attorneys; aid, grave and extensive as at first sight this question ap peers to be, its proportions become much reduced upon alba ineestiption. Fusion of the two branches of the preemies is at present impracticable; and until this sheep tale place there cannot be any interferenceof the bar with the attorneys, or rice reran, in the eon dart of actions at law or suits i i equity in the supe rior courts, or in the tratuaction of general basinful.. It is therefore mainly, if not exclusively, in regard to county courts that the discussion has arisen as to the policy of barristers receiving briefs without the intervention of attorneys, and here both parties are entitled to consideration. The legislature has jurisdiction conferred upon county courts a .. con currently with the superior courts over matters in difference where the value exceeds 201. but does not exceed 501., and the natural effect has been to diminish the business of the superior courts. The object of the legislature was to establish a more cheap and expeditious remedy for claims of corn ' paratively small amount; and one mode by which it sought to effect this object was by fixing the fees payable on the proceedings on a very low scale, and not allowing a larger amount to be recovered against the defendant. The legislature appears to have sup posed that the cases would be of so simple a character as not to require legal assistance, and to have sought to induce' the parties to tell their respective tales to the judge, and to abide by his award. This part of the plan, adapted rather for primitive times, when the dealings of men were for the most part restricted to their neighbours living with-n the same hundred or county, than for the more extended commercial dealings of the 19th century, has failed, and the pro minent feature remainin g in these courts (we speak with especial reference to questions of more than 20!. in value) is the establishment of free trade in advocacy. Now, it is cot unnatural that junior members of the bar should desire to obtain in the county courts a share of that business which has gone from West minster-hall; but, seeing that the additional expense of counsel may be a hindrance, they have thought that, by undertaking . the entire case from the claimant in the first instance, they might remove this objection, and attract the business to thus selves. We doubt much whether this course wadi answer in a pecuniary sense, and, at all meta. k must act injuriously on the parties who adopted it, by lowering the tone and altering the re lationship in which the bar has hitherto stood, and ought to stand, in the profession, and to the puha". But still, if by act of parliament a large portree business be removed from the superior courts, sed by the same act attorneys obtain the right to plead as advocates in cases in which they could not otherwise have pleaded, it is reasonable that the barristers should make all fair and proper efforts to regain a portion of that business which has been so sum marily taken from them. The question is precisely one of that description which ought to bo settled by the Attorney-General, as representing the bar, on the one aide, and by the Incorporated Law Society, on behalf of the attorneys, on the other; and if the subject were so taken up, there is no doubt but that the difficulty might be arranged so as to ensure to each county court the advantage of a bar, and also protect the members of that bar from having recourse to practices detrimental to their position and future prospects. We commend this suggestion to the atten tive consideration of the legal profession. It is not, however, of importance only with reference to this particular case, but it would establish the principle of an unity of action between the two branches of the profession, and there cannot be a doubt bat that the most extensive, and, at the same time, the most efficient reform of our courts and prac tice of law, could emanate from those who are practically acquainted with the working of the ex isting system in all its ramifications. If the heads of the profession were to take up seriously the ques tion of law reform, they would propose remedies in stead of the palliatives (often mischievous) which emanate from time to time from parliament or from the bench. It is not, for instance, by the transference of a portion of the equity business to county courts that the Court of Chancery would be improved—the root of the evil would still remain in the costly and cumbrous machinery by which the simplest order must be obtained—in the delays, expense, and incompetency of the Masters' offices, and in the costliness as well as the insufficiency of the mode of taking evidence in the Examiners' office. On the other hand the report of the Common Law Commis sion shows that alterations are possible in the supe• nor common law courts, by which they might be rendered so cheap in their procedure, so simple and expeditious, as to offer to the public advantages equal to the countycourts ; and if this be so, it is clear that the public and the legal profession have both- bees losers by the apathy which has failed to originate these alterations earlier. It is the duty, but it is so less the interest, of the bar as well as of the attorneys, to combine to effect the greatest possible simplicity In our mode' of legal procedure, for there is no doubt but that in proportion as the portals of justice are flung wide open, and the cobwebs of technicality see removed, a full compensation forany lessening orprollt will be found in the great increase of business which won't arise. Until such a course as we have thus shortly indicated be taken; until the bar and the attorneys feel that in their corporate capacities they have respectively duties to ful fi l towards the public, we have little hope of sound, efficient, radical, legal reform. Patchwork amendments of greater or less value there ma, be, but these are mere temporary expe dients. There may be wide and extensive altera tions; or, under the belief that existing abuses are incurable, the experiment of a new code may be adopted, but the present system cannot be improved and adapted in all its parts to the exigencies of the present time, except by the earnest endeavours of men thoroughly conversant with its principles and working, and determined to eradicate the abuses and cure the defects which now impede its effi ciency, and subject it to justly merited censure. The task is great, but it is honourable, and if honestly undertaken by lawyers, public sympathy and epprobation would support them in it. There is still gm for the endeavour, and by success, to raise the legal profession as an entirety higher in public opinion whilst, if the opportunity be neglected, and men, or unpractised dikilatoli re former, abatis nuisances which the profession have mot endeavoured to amend, the public will here after reams to listen to any remonstrance, however just, and will probably: sanction changes and innova tions more iniurions in their effect than the evils I which they were intended to correct. DrIONTORT, Nov. 23.—The Caine, 8, Commas_ der J. J. Donnell, having been towed oat into the harbour, wee on Friday mustered and ialieeted by Capt. A. Lowe, of 11.11.'s Impreenable. She was paid wages yesterday, and I is expected to sail twday for the e oast of At r i es , ; taking oat Mr G a b r i e l, Arbitrator at Lased°. The Spartan was taken out of dock on Thursday, and the Trincomalee was taken into dock. Yest er d a y the Sanspa- rid ems taken out of deck. Thezeugines exhibited in j the Crystal Palace are to be bro tto Dosonport to be placed is the James Watt new • . THE Lama' Tatra.—On Friday evening Mr. Satiehdt, a hairdresser, of 21, New-read, St. GeOfit-ill the Fie, wm ninth alarmed at a wars of glass smashed in his shop Ilindell. sag on ix the canoe discovered a Was lying ea the bar DUI his feet. Appeeltmadiag that ha ins the innamlod victim of nese assassia ha mind into the street lassiortabr by whom the attempt hal boss mean his impeenisn at the time being that the bullet had been dinereged *em a large bone pi n& On gods, at he was emereended by several ysung we, who, appormtly atasolod tit he discharge, W the cause of his alum, which explained to j this, bat w usable to discover the perm who bad min i mined dm mange Oa retaining to his hence be found that his gold ward', which was worth abseil IL, had been stolen. Perceiving that he was tie Melia of a new trick, be gam information at tho Lammemrsot pollee Medea, when Mr. Steed, the wapsnintindest, assampswirdlay soma oaken of the Ell dittoes, esminisil the preadver. Tb. sok of their inquinee sheared that the ballet, instead of heiag Seed, had bees mot through the window with great forte. No Cleo has yet bass bend to file parties engaged in this adroit stratagem. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25. FRANCE. "primed is isrt .e a r Atiipka' of4unni cfw , I. PARA aIinADLT . Murat& a reat i was th lavedistnbuted is the ' to ths "the L v on re cio d n e =tVZ . tte owoeon~ loch The ceremony, however, was pot off in conso mmes, er a Arensedeue row which occurred. at the Slackest of ita Writs! been an eye-witness of this tumultuous mans, shall attempt to convey to your readers a faithful image of its features, drawn from fresh im pressions. Upon crossing the square leading to the entrance of the gallery, a full hour before noon, the tiros appointed for the commencement of the ceremony, ' I found the space in front thickly crowded with car ' riages, pickets of the republican guard, and a dense throng of holiday plc, all brisk and smart in the (sunshine. Aly the spacious stone stair case was thickly beset with what seemed I the elite of Paris, admitted by special tickets. Some excla;med that it would be impossible to get places. " Entrons tout de meme," said a brisk, adventurous little woman, and adding, " Don nez-moi votre bras, Monsieur," seized, with a frank ness peculiarly French, the arm of her neighbour, a complete stranger, as a " planehe de salut " in the ap struggling column. In the Salon Cane an es trade was erected before the great marriage-feast of Paolo Veronese. The whole disposable space was occupied with long benches. The choice positions were taken up by the diplomatic body, high functionaries, and their female friends. The aspect of the room, an immense hall of cubic form, clothed with the master-pieces of Italian art, was brilliant in the extreme. Meanwhile, the crowd continued to press upstairs and through the cabinet of precious objects into the Salon Card, already full to overflowing. Punctually at twelve the President appeared, having on his' right the Minister of Commerce, and on his left M. Duple, President of the Assembly. A sort of buzz alone indicated his arrival ; there was no demonstra tion of any sort either in his favour or otherwise. It seemed as if the zeal of his partisans was quenched by the silent opposition of the par liamentarians. A sense as of political antagon ism equipoised, and conflicting ardour neutral ised, pervaded even this crowd assembled to witness a ceremony by no means remarkable. But it is felt that every public appearance and act of the President has at this moment a significance which is intense. and makes such occasions as that of this morning resorted to with strange eagerness, as if the spectator were assisting at the throes of a political crisis, and would witness the birth of a new era. While some such feeling held the Assembly breathless on the tiptoe of expectation, a fierce altercation arose at the doors. In an instant the whole of the spectators stood up on the benches, or attempted to do so ; and those who did not suc ceed, but remained as it were in the trough of the furrow, were subjected to the rudest maltreatment ; most of those who suffered in the struggle being of the weaker sex, shrill screams and exclamations be gan to be heard from various parts. Meanwhile, the great doors leading to the long gallery were opened ; and it being announced that, in conse quence of the greater accommodation, the ceremony would take place in the latter place, a tre mendous rush was made in that direction. The fluctuation, rocking, shoving, scrambling along theme benches, with screaming women caught between, and trampled over in the hollows, was positively terrific. Meanwhile the President, with his immediate suite, had succeeded in gaining the long gallery, while the i was comparatively clear. But presently tl: ga tors were clapped to, alter a fierce struggle, and those might be considered fortunate who had got through in the first rush. A louder tumult than ever ensued. All respect of persons ceased. Am bassadors and their jewelled ladies fared no better in the crush than the meanest citizen. No consider ation for sex appeared to prevail, any more than for rank. Such a scene of brutal struggle, violent panic, and headlong confusion I never witne ssed. I noticed that Monseigneur Sibour, the Archbishop of Paris, had saved himself from the wreck in a corner, where he patiently awaited the issue of events. Im mense efforts were made to thrust back the folds of the great door again, and the crowd at length succeeded in bursting them open. The soldiers placed at this entrance were swept from their post like chaff before the wind. In burst the crowd, and you heard the tramp as of thousands running along the waxed floors, while some of those who headed the column slid, by way of defiance to all de corous behaviour. By this time the President had got a good way ahead ; but as soon as the new irrup tion was perceived, part of his rear-guard detached themselves, to make a stand against the on rushing impetuous column. Edgar Ney and the Chevalier Nieuwcrkerke, director of the Louvre, were seen with their arms wide-extended walking towards the people, and entreating them to keep back. This produced a momentary pause; but the pressure from behind soon drove back and dis persed the expostulating functionaries. The tumult, as to noise at least, now became none in the gallery than it had been in the ...Edon Carre. The screams of the women were appalling. As in those streets which are traversed by droves of oxen, passers-by take shelter within a sort of pens constructed for this purpose, those who could sought relief from the pres sure of the dense forward-rolling crowd within the railing, which guards the pictures. One or two of us taking advantage of a large table borne by servants through the press, amid a guard of soldiers, got under it for shelter, and were thus carried along to the end of tho gal lery. Edgar Ney now attempted to address the crowd, but the wild uproar drowned all articulate sound. In vain he gesticulated to procure a hearing. At length, the Presi dent, who showed throughout the greatest pre sence of mind, mounting on a table made signs that he would speak. By degrees the tumult be came hushed. Ho then proceeded to say that in consequence of the unfortunate con fusion which had occurred from the excessive crowd, it was found impracticable to proceed with the intended ceremony, and that this would therefore bo deferred until to-morrow. This announce- went having been made, flew with telegraphic speed back through the thronging spectators; and gradually a rearward movement commenced , until the rooms were ultimately cleared. Tho number of people admitted are estimated by the tickets received at 10,000. In the sitting of the Assembl yesterday, after some 60 clauses of the Com muna l Electoral Bill had been got through in about three quarters of an hour, a curious incident occurred. An amendment of Gen. Gmainiont, by which a fiae of from 5 to 15 francs was to be imposed upon every elector who should atataiu from voting without reasonable cause, was carried by mistake, owing to the sheer inattention of the house to what was going ea. Upoa the remark of General Lamoriciere that than had been a sur prise, the President, M. Dupla, ropeeed to pat the question again. This was the s i gnal he uprose. no Mountain, weary of ascent in which they v mearding to their present tactics, had resolved to be wee plume spectators, insisted for the mere fan of the War that General Grammones propmition had bona defti tively carried. M. Dupin attempt e d to rea d t h e standing orders, but was so frequently and violently interrupted that he dashed the book down in despair. I He scolded all sides of the house in turn, declared that he was physically worn out, threatened to re- I, sign, and at length exclaimed, " Mallteurenx pays de I France, va! Vous donnez un beau spectacle an pays?' At length a serious division upon General Oran wont's proposition was taken, and it was thrown oat by an immense majority. MONDAY ETINING. It was expected that there would take place in the sitting of the Assembly to-day an interpcllation on the article of M. Grapier de Camagnac in the Constitutionnel, which is described at full length be low. M. Dupin once interrupted the debate on the Lyons Railway, to state that 1 1 41. Creton had I laid on the table a demand for interpellating the government ; but the Assembly voted th at the de bate on the Lyons Railway should be proceeded with. M. Creton, it was said, would formally demand that M. de Cassagnae should be tried at the bar of the Assembly. The Committee on the Council of State's Bill met to-day to constitute itselL Berryer was chosen pre sident, and Monet secretary. The discussion of ur ge,ney proposed by Pascal buprat was adjourned till ednesday. • assemb ly commenced its sitting to-day with; the the Lyons Railway. The only ion ofr this was the stateailint by 24.'La ails* ' the iaproved offers by the tompany . of L oc ke others, which I described yestoday. The debate was continued amid the general inattention of the 'yes ' pre-occupied with the critical state d the 'political situation, and especially with the article of the Cosislitulionnel. M. Dufaure supported the proposition of the com mittee, of which-he-was the reporter, namely, that the line to Lyotil should be continued provisionally at the expense of the state. F. Martin (du Loiret) 1 - opposed the system of concessionto a company. The sole object of attention in political circles to day has been the article of M. Granter de Cann oac in the Constitutionnel. A fall of 93 centimes at the Bourse was attributed to this cause. The recip rocal accusations of the two powers, each of which charges the other with conspiracy, cause an appre hension that before long there cannot fail, on one side or the other, to be an open appeal to force. Which power will take the initiative appears doubt ful. But there is no doubt that if a well attested case of the parliamentarians tampering with the army could be brought forward, the executive would not hesitate to order the arrest of all delinquents detected in such practices. The event of the day, as I have intimated, is an article from the pen of M. Granier do Cassagnac, which corers the first page of the Connitationnel with an attack of unprecedented vehemence against the Assembly. Never was there a more vigorous denunciation of conspiracy, a severer chastisement of faction, or a more audacious defiance of an intriguing parliament. The declarations con tained in this article are so important that it is necessary to repeat their substance here. In the first place, it affirms as positive facts, rumours which appeared almost incredible, as to I the imminent eruption of armed aggression on the part of the parliamentary conspirators in case they had carried the Questors' Bill. " Last Mon day," says Cassagnac, " We were within a hair's breadth of gun-shot and civil war. The parties who grasp at power had thrown into the Assembly a proposition, which aimed less at providing the le gislature with an army, than at promoting indecision and disorder among the troops, and furn'shing an audacious general with the occasion and the means of gaining over a regiment. If the Assembly had had the weakness only to take into consideration the proposition laid before it, a bill of attainder would have been snatched from it. The conspirators had prepared their coup-de-main. Armed with a vote more or less explicit, they would have arrested the ministers in full sitting, and if this beginning had been successful they would immediately have attempted to carry off the Presi dent. But, as it may be readily supposed, the Pre sident and his friends are by no means disposed to allow themselves to be kidnapped. The aggressors would therefore have been received with rounds of musquetry, or better still; and fighting would have commenced immediately in the streets. his result was possible up to half-past seven, when it was de feated by the vote of the Assembly. This is nothing but pure truth; and everyone in the political world , is acquainted with the details. This flagrant, un ceasing conspiracy against the President of the He public was organised so long ago as eighteen months. 1 At that time the well-known general who occupied the Tuileries held in his rooms •nectings of leading political men, where the question was debated of arresting Louis Napoleon, and committing him to Vincennes. A former prime minister of Louis Philippe (Mole, presumably) warned the President of the plot hatching against him." M. Cassit,guac, after showing that if the As sembly had succeeded in making Changarnier dic tator, and in getting the army to support him, the first act of the new potentate would have been to tread out and kill the origin of his power, proceeds thus vigorously to characterise the parliamentary cabal Thus, four or five old ministers, ten or twelve old deputies, grown grey in harness, men who ought to be ripe in sense as in vears, play, and would fain make the Assembly pliv, the game of replacing at the head of society the elect of six mil lion of citizens by the elect of fifteen or twenty conspirators—the nephew of the Emperor,hy a gene ral without feats of arms or fame; a magical name by a powerless one ; a regular, honest power, which defends society, by an irregular, revolutionary power, which undermines anddistuitsit." This extravagant scheme, which was brought to itsextreme issueon Mon day evening, failed, because it would have ended in es tablishing a "dictature blanche," or royalist dictator ship. When the Mountain saw that their vote in favour of the Questors' Bill would have given them for master their scourge of the 13th of June, they re jected it to a man, while M. Baze was ready to lay on the table a proposition for the impeachment of General St. Arnaud, and the impatient conspirators were crying out behind the ministerial bench, "All, all ; they must all ho arrested on the spot." No sooner was their scheme defeated than they skulked about, not daring to sleep in their own beds; until they took heart to hatch a new plot, namely, to set up General Cavaignac instead of Changarnier, and thus establish a " red dictatorship" instead of a " white." For this purpose they drew from the shelves of the cot:Neil d'etat the bill on the responsibility of the President. M. Cassag nac proceeds to examine the heterogeneous composi tion of the committee appointed to report on this bill, and to exhibit the contradictions of the parties which coalesce in favour of its enactment. He ex hibits with merciless incision, poignant sarcasm, and rude invective, the contemptible tricks and base shuffling, the shameless abandonment of principle, the treacherous alliances and rancorous schisms of the leaders of old parties; and infers the imminent chas tisement to be visited by France upon these degraders of the representative system. But the most impor tant feature in this article is its close: Suppose (says M. Cassagnacl that the coalition should re sume, a. has been given out in the bureaux, the Questor.' Bill, as an appendage to that of the Council of State, and should obtain in its favour as large a majority as that by which it was rejected. In this case we say that order and the President will run no danger, for who would dare to guarantee that the Assembly would be obeyed. Notwithstanding the in contestable truth of the general principle, that the law ought to be obeyed, there are instances in which an ex treme u.c of extreme rights has occasioned resistance to the most legitimate powers, which has ended in a collision, a catastrophe. The Assembly, at present having; no) au thority above it, may vote the Queators' Bill, the law on the President's responsibility, or anything else it pleases; but a. these measures would be a manifest aggression against the Presid. rat, as they would become an instrumeat for the passions and interests of the old parties, public mo rality would be offended; the good sense and equity of the country would side with the appraised against the oppressors; and the Assembly, notwithstanding its rights and pre rogatives, would only arrive at a betas. Now, battles habent awn jean; and, if the Assembly, in order to deliver It. battle, assumed the sword of that general who is, as it in maid, accustomed to conquer, few pesphs perhaps would figure in its battalions. The conspirators are therefore not dangerous. The executive power is well informed of their designs, and although they feel it not, they have, every o ne of them, the firm and :isolate hand of justice always within an inch of their collars. After an apostrophe, seasoned with the bitterest personalities, M. Cassagnac winds up with a warn ing, that the conspirators, blinded by their passions, like the bull by the red flag, will rush with sto oped head upon the point of the extended and motionless sword which awaits them. The Muniteur contains the decree appointing M. Casabianca Minister of Finance, in the place of M. Blondel, who declines office. M. Lefebvre-Durufle, representative, is appointed Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, in the place of M. Casabianea. M. Lefebvre-Durufle', the new Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, is representative of the Eure, where his importance as a manufacturer, moderation as a politician, and popularity with the working classes, procured him a large majority at the elections of May, 1849, for his return to the Legislative Assembly. lie is a leading member of the Club of the Pyramids, and during the conflict between the powers has always promoted conciliation. The new minister is, therefore, in all respects a choice to be approved, being neither Ely.kan nor of the opposite faction, and specially qualified as a member of the Assembly and manufac turer, to treat in parliament the interests of his offi cial department. At the Bourse the Fives fell 95c., closing at 90.75, and the Threes fell 60c. and closed at 56. THE MARELESONE MURDER.--Last evening Mr. Wakley concluded en inquest on the body of L ou i sa Bare, the farts of whose death have been reported from time to time, m they have been revealed, and form to day the 'abject of one of our police reports. At the clam of the inquiry, thP jury returned a verdict of wilful murder spinet Thom. Bare, ;'SPAIN. BIALIAIII, /WV. W. A grand ball is given this evening by Maria- Christina, °alto eeetudon of the fête of the Queen her daughter.. Nimes is expected to-night; and Istnritt at the 44 of the week. The Chamber of Deputies will continue to discuss to-morrow the bill on the Bank of St. Ferdinand. No Boles to-day on account of the Queen's fete. 1851. HANOVER. The Independence Beige has the following tele graphic dispatch: HAMBURG, MONDAY MORNING, Nov. 24. We this moment learn that a change of ministry, the commencement of a complete change of policy, has just taken place in Hanover. M. Von Scheele is named President of the Council. LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. BOURSE. I For PART , Nov. ft. mon.7. opesini 31 1 I .•• ••• •• Pot AecotiaL. -------- 116 ghat Low* Min. 55 93 36 0 60 0 90 73 973, se lo ) SG 23 91 IS I 91 20 3 per Cents. 3 nee Cents. 4 per Gem le do. Neer Loma 3 per Cents. KNOOOOK• On London : at •19121,u In ; 90 days. 24 Baleen, 3, 11110 991 Money. Naples acute* .. $9 23 Mosey. Do. 11, 1141 — Roman Loin, 1931 .. 731 Do. Do. Do. do. 11150 ... 704 Treseury Roods Piedmont n. Cents. 10 73... _ 12,dc Shares _ 2113 ... Panto, Nor. 24.—St. Germain. 410; Verimille, (right —; ditto (left bens), 210 • Pans and Orleans, AU 50; Pang and Rouen. NG 25; Konen and Havre. 21135; and Avignon, 207 50; Strasbourg and Bale, 1,0; Centte, 130; Bow. bits. and Amiens. 261; Orleans and B•ndeaus, —; Northern, 161 75; Pan. and `tra.honnt, 363 75; Taurs and Nantes, 151 50, Manama' and Troyer, 00 75. (By Electric Telegraph.) ANTWERP, Nov. 24.—Five per Cent. Miltalliqwes, 73. Five per Cent. Ardoins, Iq. Three per Cent. Intcrieur, 334. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., —. Exchange on London, 2 _3.17;. BaussuLs,biou. 24.—Belgian Five per Cents., 98; ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 90}; ditto Two and-a-Half per Cents., iO. Exchange on London, 23.17}. " ROSSETTI PAPERS" is the heading under which the Daily News of this morning commences the publica tion of a series of " documents prepared by M. Kossuth, in illustration of his views upon Hungarian politics, hitherto unpublished." The Dai y News proposes to print them, from day to day, as fully as space will allow. The paper commenced this morning is entitled " Summary of the Principles of the Future Political Organisation of Hun gary," and embraces the views of H. Kossuth on the future government of Hungary, written whilst the illustrious exile woo detained in Turkey. After setting forth the necesaarily injurious effects upon the liberty of any country (exemplified by France) of too great and too much centralised a power being vested in either executive or legislative government, " though issued from universal suffrage," he says: " However this may be as regards the French, 1, as an Hungarian, and knowing the character of my nation, whose tendencies are quite opposite, and whose equally invariable traditional sentiments revolt sgaiuot centralisation-1, not aspiring for my country to the vanity of conquering glory, but for real liberty, and the happiness of complete demo cracy—l hate centralisation of power. I hate the preten tion to omnipotence of either government or legislature. I shall lend no hand to burden my country with such institu tions, which I consider absolutely contrary to the rights of man, that ought not to be air-orbed by the state, and can trary to political liberty, which cannot be combined with a centralisation diametrically opposed in its natural direction to liberty. I would have these rights and that liberty free from the encroachments of authority. There fore, here is the sketch of the principles of the political or ganisation which I should propose for the sanction of the people of my country. As a lundamental principle, I pro pose the sovereignty of the people, constituted as a demo cratic republic." H. Kossuth then proceeds to develope at some length his ideas of the importance, as the sole guaran tees of real liberty of " the family, as regards the affiirs of the family—the commune, as regards the affairs of the com mune—and the department, as regards the affairs of the department." M. Kossuth defines, upon principles already made public in his speeches, the po wers and duties which should belong to each of these, observing, among them, that " each department must have and manage at least one secondary departmental school in the language which shall be determined on by the department," and that "the law shall fix the minimum of instruction in these schools; and the respective functionaries of the departments shall be responsible to the governmen: fur this minimum." The article concluaes as follows:—" As regards the legislative power of the sate: The legislature is composed, as in the United States of America, of the assembly of the repre sentatives of the people and the senate. The former elected by universal suffrage in elictural circles, the senators to the number of two for each depart ' ment. The members of the central government of the country, and the public functionaries of its appoint ment are not eligible, either as representatives or senators, unless they resign their functions; and every representa tive or emitter accepting an office is supposed by that step alone to give in his resignation as s member of the legislative assembly. Tho government may, nevertheless, send its members or its functionaries to the assembly to give expla nations or make communications. It is obliged to do so if the assembly desire. it. Representatives and senators may be removed by their electors; the law defines the mode of proceeding for such revocations." DINNER AT LIVERPOOL TO THE HON. MR. WALlCER.—Yesterday evening about seventy of the prin cipal merchants and gentlemen resident in Liverpool, and the members of the American Chamber of Commerce, en tertained the lion. It. J. Walker, late Secretary to tho Treasury of the United States, at dinner at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Walker is one of the candf.ates for the presi dential chair, and is favourable to the participation by Bri tish ships in the carrying trade to California. To him, al so , the British mercantile interests are indebted fur the intro duction of the bonding system, and many ameliorations of the American tariff which have proved beneficial to British inte rests. W. Brown, Esq., M.P., was to have taken the chair, b u t m fro indisposition, that gentleman was unable to attend, and William Itathbone, jun., Esq., President of the American Chamber of Commerce, officiated in his stead. The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured, the chairman pro posed the toast of the evening : "The lion. R. J. Walker, to whom both countries are so much indebted for his exertions to promote commerce, that great bond of union between the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon family." The toast was drank with the greatest enthusiasm, accompanied by musical honours. The Hon. Mr. Walker, in acknowledg ing the compliment, said that it afforded him the greatest pleasure at all times to reciprocate courtesies and friendly relations with those upon whose efforts ' intelli gence, end prosperity, so much dep en d e d for the advancement of civilisation, refinement, and peace. It was not to him, as a humble citizen, now without power or patronage, the t Es s d at their honour that evening, but to the country and icy of the American Congress and to her commercial . The speaker then entered into a series of statistics to prove that America in reducing her taxes more than one half at the same time doubled her re venue. Comparing the high tariff of 1812 with the effect of the policy eines 1846, he went on to say that duties had been lowered 60 percent., population had increased 19} per cent., tonnage 471 per cent., railways 452 per cent. ; and the official account of the first quarter of the fiscal year re ceived bythe steamer the day previous announced a surplus oft} millions. High tariffs reduced the amount of exports more than imports, excluding there from foreign ports. Their munaseree was not geographic—it belonged to the world sad it was a singular fast that America and England were the only nations whose receipts exceeded their ex penditure. He concluded by proposing" Prosperity to Liver pool." The Chairman then gave the following toasts, moos of whichwere appropriately acknowledged by the respective parties honoured—" The Right Hon. the .Piatl of Sefton " Mr. Bosley and Mr. Aspinwall Turner, presidents of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the Commer cial Association, and prosperity to the manufacturing in terest, on which our own so much depends "—" That active philanthropist, always foremost in every good work, inde pendent of country and creed, H. °rumen, Esq. of Net, York "—" The Mayor and Magistrates of the lionagh, and their excellent Representative on the Bench, J. Mans field, Req."—" T. L. Crittenden, Esq., Consul fur the United States." A number of other complimentary toasts followed, and after an evening spent with the utmost con viviality and harmony, the company separated. BABINOSTOKR AND SALISBURY RAILWAY. On Saturday a meeting of gentlemen interested in the comple tion of the above line was held in Andover, the Mayor of that town in the chair, when a resolution, moved by H. B. Coles, Esq., M.P., and seconded by Mr. Alderman Cnbitt, 31. P., and which was to the following effect, was unani mously adopted :—" That the London and South Western Railway Company, having failed to complete the line of railway from Basingstoke, via Andover to Salisbury, within the time allowed them by the original and extended acts, and being, therefore, now unable to I complete the same without fresh powers from parlia ment, and not having given the necessary notices of their intention to apply for the same, H. B. Coles, Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Cabitt, M.P., W. H. Heath, Esq., M. Portal, Esq., M.P. Rev. Thomas Beet, and R. R aw li ns ,' Esq., attended by t he noticing.' of the company now form ing, be appointed a deputation from this meeting to wait neon the directon of the Londoa and South Western Railway Company, to urge upon them to take advantage of the steps which have been taken by an independent railway company, called the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway Company, which is now being fanned to complete this line of railway, and to pledge themeelves by proper documents to obtain the necessary powers to consolete the same within a time to be agreed on, and in ease of refusal this meeting considers the independent company entitled to its support. Sir J. W. Pollen, Bart, stated that the Marquis of Win cheater was prevented attending by illness, but he most cor dially concurred in the terms of the resolution. Vbe Court. OSBORNE. MONDAY. ' Divine Service was performed at O.4borne yester. day morning before her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Prince"; Royal, by Ulu Rev. F. r te . theme. The suite and royal household also attended. His Excellency Baron Brunow had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residenee itt Downing-street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial -Oleo from the Governor of Canada, and the Governors of tho other North American Provinces—From the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, Western Australia, and New %es land, aed from the Governor of the Mauritian. Despatches were sent off from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon. The Bishop of London and a deputation had, yesterday, an interview with Lord John Russell. GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.-THE SF:ARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Yesterday a very full meeting of this society was held to hear from Captain Ommanney au account of his expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and from some other naval officers, who had been similarly employed, their opinions as to the probabilities of success in future searches. The chair was taken by Sir WOODBINE Patties, and there were also present, Mr. Lawrence, the American Minister, Captain Fitzroy, Colonel Lloyd, Sir Edward Ltelcher, seve ral naval officers who had been connected with polar expe ditions, and several other gentlemen well-known in the scientific world. Captain Ommanney was accompanied by York, the Esquimaux sailor, who was the object of general curiosity. Among the preliminary business was a vote of thanks to the American government fur a magnificent col lection of maps, and a similar vote to Lord John Revell for the grant of 5001. towards the expenses of Lieut. l'im's Siberian expedition. Captain OM SIANNEY then rose, and, with the assistance of a large chart, proceeded to detail the proceedings of his voyage in the assistance. The major portion of the gallant officer's description has already appeared in his published despatches to the Admiralty, and besides, as he constantly referred to the chart with the words " here " and " there," the chart itself being too far off to distinguish the names, we shall he able to give but a slight outline of Lis observe tious. His dates were not impotenne until he reached Cape York, on the 12th July. There he saw sonic natives, ono of whom was York, who consented to accompany him. Captain Ommauncy then detailed the interview, end Adam lieek's story of the murder of two ships' crews, adding that, having subsequently investigated it, with the aid of Cap tain Penny's interpreter, he found it to be an entire fiction. The natives described the visit of a vessel covered over with a skin, which he ascertained to have been the North Star. From York Sound they proceeded to Woletenholm Sowed, where they found remains of Esquimaux tents and some dead bodies (of the natives), which York described as having been carried off by influenza. Nothing of importance occurred further until he came to Cape Riley, where he found those remains of the Franklin expedition which have already been fully described and hare excited so much in terest. (The long naturalist's rake, which was among the articles found, was here exhibited to the meeting, and was much and curiously examined.) The course of the ships was constantly heart with ice, both firm and drift, until they came to Grandee Island, where the ships wintered and the travelling partite were organised. These consisted of 14 sledges, each containing an officer and six men, with ample supplies of provisions. One party was despatched to Melville Island and another to Cape Walker. This latter party soon found the temperature 24 below zero, and the cold so intense that the men were several days confined es their tents, and returned with the conviction that to the westward was an impenetrable barrier of ice. They found few traces of enimal life, by no means sufficient tit support a body of men for any lengthened period. The other party under Mr. McClintock remained out 80 days and went upwards of 1100 miles in a westerly direction, finding fertile land and a much greater abundance of Caine. From the reports of these expeditious, and of the v.,rious officers with whom he compared notes on the 11th August, Capt. Ommanney came to the conclusion that Sir J. Franklin had not passed to the westward ; and teen if he had. he (Capt. Ommanney) was of opinion that game enough would not have been found to support the crews after the provisions were exhausted. The CHAIRMAN said it was a melancholy satisfaction for them to have the last traces of Sir J. Franklin, and also to know for certainty where he could not have gone. Ile gathered from Capt. Ommanney that Sir John could not have wintered at Cornwa Wand. Capt. OMMANNEY said that all the officers were agreed upon that point. The CHAIRMAN then called upon Lieut. Osborne to state his views as to the probabilities iu say future search for the mining ships. Lieut. OSBORNE disputed in succession the variona conjectures which had been put forth as to the fate of Sir J. Franklin and his crew. Even if he hail been swept back to the entrance of the channel in the past year, lie would not have remained there with eighteen months' provisions on board, but would have made another attempt. In this view ho was corroborated by a letter he had that day re ceived from Paris, in which it was stated that a distill guiehed French naval officer, Capt. Bonet, hail heard Mr. Fairholme, an officer of the expedition, say before his de parture, " We will do capital; we can last fur six years." , (Hear, hear.) Besides, Sir E. Parry had twenty•five years ago started from Melville Island westward with only eighteen months' provision on board. Me (Lieut. O s bo rne ) was confident that Franklin, with his screw propeller, would penetrate much farther, as channels which would be impassable for sailing vessels presented little difficulty to a steamer. (Hear, hear.) Again, although they had h ear d of several vesselebeing wrecked in these letitudee, the crews always escaped, ao the moment the ships were nipped, the crews jumped out with their bags on the ice and escaped. (Hear, hear.) He was quite positive that Sir John and his crews could not have perished within 200 miles id Wellington Channel, aa, if they had, the current i would inevitably have brought down the traces. (Heart hear.) His firm conviction was, that Sir John had reached far to the N.W. up the channel, and all his conversations with other officers since his return to England confirmed him in that opinioa. As to there being no traces up the 'coasts of the eh .1, it should be remembered that the shore was precipitory and difficult of access, and Sir John would naturally pass it as rapidly se possible. As to the other supposition, that the engine had failed, lie held that to be impossible ; as, if it had broken down, Sir John would have undoubtedly left so heavy an article behind. (Hear, hear.) His opinion was, that there was a great northern water free of ice, which the expedition had reached, and which many reasons conspired to make him think surrounded the pole. He drew his conjectures from the passage of birds, beasts, and fishes, and from the fact of the white whale passing south in large numbers out from under the Hoes. It was well known that these animals could not go for more than ten miles without coming up to blow, and therefore he In ferred that they had come from open water to the north ward. A similar inference might be drawn from the move ments of the black whale, which was never killed beyond Regent's Inlet. As to the means of sustaining animal life, that did nut depend upon latitude, as Mr. McClintock had found it abundant, at •• much higher latitude, than the other party had found it extinct, but on the nature of the soil. Another eircumstanoe that inclined him to believe that there was an open sea to the northward was that there were two tides meeting. One it was well known came from the Atlantic, and it was reasonable to suppose that the other wait caused by some other oceanic pressure. These were the circumstances which led him strongly to hope that the Franklin expedition had not perished in the Wel lington Channel, but had got up to open water far to the northward. (Cheers.) Sir E. BELCHER was inclined to attribute the current —fur he would not call it a tide—to which the gallant officer had alluded, to an indraught. As to the ezisteneeof animal life, it depended upon whether the soil was nag nesian or plain limestone. He thought that a steamer would have the only . chance of getting to the open water. Mr. WHITE maintained, from various circumstances, that abundant animal life would be found in extremely high latitudes to feed the missing crews. (Cheers.) Captain TRUEMAN considered the present a moat ins portaat discussion, and sesseud that the society would not relax in its exertions for so praiseworthy an object. Bir W. PARISH said that all the speakers concurred as to the probability of an open sea near the pole, and also as to the centime, of a sufficiency of animal life. From these and other circumstances, he began to hope that Sir Joba Pranldia and his gallant companions might yet be dis covered. (Loud cheers.) Mr. LEE said that the plunge up Wellington Channel bad always been a favourite plan of Captain Crosier's. (Hear, hear.) The p roceedings here terminated ; and the society ad journed, at 11 o'clock, for a fortnight. TER DUKE or NewcAirrte has ordered hie tenants on the Clumber estate to kill the hares, and he only intends to preserve the birds for his own use. Besides this boon, the whole of the Clu m b er estates are being revalued, and sundry repairs are progressing npon various farms. THE FATAL COLLISION ON TIM NORTH WESTERN ReiLwae.—The serious injuries sustained by Mr. Currie, of Warrington, have terminated fatally. Our yesterday's report will have prepared the public for this announcement. A telegraphic message received at Euston station, from Weedon, last night, apprised the authorities of the North Western Railway that Mr. Currie died at six o'clock, after most painful suffering. Hopes are entertained that the servant of the Hon. Douglas Pennant, and the unfortunate labourer who was also injured severely about the legs and thighs, both of whom lie at the Weedon station, will progress favourably. Cap tain Huish, it appears, in addition to other contusions, re ceived a severe laceration over the right eye, caused, it is believed, by sums broken fragments of glass. He re mained at his residence at Wille sd en during the day, but is reported to be considerably better. Mr. Bruyercs, the chief superintendent of the line, who was knocked down, and whose escape from death was so providential, had suf ficiently recovered from the shock to attend to his duties yesterday. It is also understood that the other passengers who were more or less injured, and who were sufficiently well to proceed to their homes, are not likely to sustain any further serious inconvenience. The explanatory state ments of the responsible authors of this diaster aro at pre sent of a most unsatisfactory character. It is expected that the government inspector of railways will investigate the eve, whether independently of or in conjunction with the coroner.