The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-20 00:00:00

'rite envois. TO CORRISPONDINTP. a from& SlMad. ml Esprow." mt. mow. .Goosibietopiilland owl St awl owlai, ka am bor pa. planommaillania .flo Eaprooo..Larlow Evvoia( pow, wowl,Willibo ONO% Dowoodwarsot. b 7 Two 'dolt os tI ea plrass. MOH WATZR A" ■ Etat —Vends& w. ••••••—bloculaf. LONDON PRlDOl ig.—......Mairera. ft.. Hu. '.........-AftWINIII4 w►. as* LONDON. 31(iNDAT. DBCZNIZER 20. THE task of forming a New Administration having been jointly confided by the QUEEN to Lords LANS DOWNE and Antal:4l:N, and having been jointly un dertaken by the veteran chiefs of their respective parties, no doubt can be entertained of their mutual desire, at any sacrifice of minor interests and claim., to form what may be termed a strong government. That there is aced of all the elements of strength which can be concentrated in the new Cabinet can not be den'ed. The faction who have been recently evicted from office, though discontented and disen chanted with the short-comings of their leaders while in power. will nevertheless present a formidable array when they come to re-occupy the benches of opposition. It must not be forgotten that on the late memorable division there were but four absent from their post, and these were known to be dis abled from attendance by illness or other causes. The Tory opposition wil l undoubtedly muster well nigh three hundred strong, a force which, though deficient in talent, no Administration can afford to disparage or trifle with, for a single hour. It must indeed be a strong government which can succeed in resisting the attacks and baffling the resentments of such a party during the ensuing session—for beyond that term of parliamentary existence it would bo waste of time just now to enter into any speculation. A strong government is, therefore, wanted, if ten• dencies to reaction are to be efficiently controlled, or the hopes of tranquil progress are practically to be realised. But the strength of a government con sists not merely in its prrsonnel. Administrative talent and adroitness in debate are great qualities for parliamentary success, but no amount or variety of these gifts can enable their possessors to dispense with that which is still more iir.portant,—namely, the bthef of the people in their sincerity, and the confidence cf the people in their fixity of purpose. Jrn our own time, we have seen administrations poi- selling in a singular degree all the personal qualities' of experieree, eloquence, dexterity, and social weight, erumole ii.to dust before the assaults of far inferior force, because they had lost their hold on public esteem. No government, during the present cen tury, contained within itself more of the elements of social and intellectual sway than that which carried the Itekrta Bill. Yet its career was brief, and its fall uapiticd,because with great professions and great , abilities the confidence of the public had been shaken in its consistency and earnestness. And in tbe later instance of the administration of Sir ROBERT PEEL, we have wituessed the equally fatal conwirencts Of attempting to change the fundamental principles of a U.ibmet after it has been formed, even though the change be to right from wrong. Public opinion, which forced Si- ROBERT PEEL to disown and to destroy the policy on which he had taken office, refused him its confidence at the very moment when he had sacrificed all to win its applause. The people do not theorise, but they instioctively . place their trust in those who avow a rightful aim, and con sistently adhere to it, rather than in those who with greater talents and pretensions are less consistent or less candid. Our latest experience in such matters amply attests the truth of these views. What has Lord DEnitv gained by all the disreputable " dodges" and deceptions of the list five weeks? What would he not now give that he had told the simple truth on the eleventh of November last, and had had the courage to endure • numerical de feat upon his genuine principles, instead of endeavouring, by a succession of miserable subterfuges and evasions, to avoid the fate which after all has overthrown him. No ship, however skilfully manned, can refit midway in the ocean. Once out at sea, she must pursue her course,however damaged, or run ashore to save tho crew and cargo for another voyage. Whatever, therefore, be the composition of the new Cabinet, its destifinifftle decided at the out set. and not afterwards. Without distinctness and decision of purpose, its diversified abilities and high sounding names will avail nothing. Tho country is prosperous and the nation contented Financial (ours cfaat, and great social changes, are not expected. But national security is demanded, and educational and political progress will be looked fur from any government which relies on the Liberal party for support ; and without intelligible and substantial pledges for such progress, no set of men, be they who they may, can hope to engage or to retain, popular confidence. Between Lord LANS DOWNE and Lord ABELDEEN there may be little difference of opinion, or there may be none. Bare to their immediate friends it may seem of small com parative importance, therefore, which of the two shall assume the post of Premier. Humour assigns it to the latter, while the former, it is said, is willing to take a seat in the Cabinet without the responsi bilities or fatigues of office. The public—if its work is to be honestly done—will trouble themselves little with the disappointment or the epleen of those for whom it may be impossible to find room. The jest ascribed to Lord DERBY denotes the real difficulty in this respect of a Coalition Cabinet. " How many . will it hold?—four " and-thirty, or I suppose six-and-thirty, if re " quired ?" But the truth is, that clubs and coteries can never understand how little the public thinks or cares about their rival personal claims, if the work of the nation is but truly carried out. The prin ciples of the new government are what we want to know. If these be comprehensive and courageous, thee, indeed, the public will ask who are the personal pledges that those principles will be pat into execu tion. If real work is intended to be done by the new machine of government, there must be real men with real hands and hearts to do it. The hearts of men are only to be moved by men who themselves have hearts, and the heads of men are only to be convinced by men who themselves have heads. If upon the other hand nothing broad or determinate be intended by the new Administration, then we think it matters no thing whatever of what materials it is composed. Any will-fed loyal and sober man will do as well as another to march up and down as sentry before the door of the British Constitution. Passers-by never ask the sentry's name. We pay for them—expect to sec them there—hope they will behave decently— and that is all. But to guide and govern a great people is something more. To develop a nation's resources, to anticipate a nation's wants, to preserve a nation's security, to direct a nation's aspirations, and to utter a nation's will—these are functions worthy of the highest and bet. minds amongst us— these are duties which are inadequately performed by those who arrogate to themselves an hereditary riiht to rule. tjr,til we see the programme of the new Cabinet, we own our inabilty to anticipate what may be " its mission." But we must reiterate what we have already said, that without a programme plain and positive, its mission, be it what it may, is certain to remain unfulfilled. Assurances the most satisfac tory of its good intentions, given to this or that po tential personage in privets conversations or notes marked confidential, will no longer do. The days when parliamentary support could be secured fy these delicate contrivances have passed away. Pub licity and Filain dealing have become necessaries of political life, and the sooner the essential fact is re cognised the better. THE NEW MINISTRY. The result has fully justified the opinion given in the Ersress on Saturday that the Marquis of Loothowst and the Earl of ABERDEEN—secure of the co-operation of Lord JOHN RUSSELL—wouId be ca ll e d upon by her Majesty the UELEN to form the New Administration. Lord br.aar having formally tendered his resignation, bads LANSDOWNE and ABERDEEN were summoned to Osborne on Saturday to give the Sovereign the benefit of their experienced counsel in the prevent political emergency. The former was suffering from gout and unsble to leave his house, and the latter went alone to reeoive the Quares commands. The Earl of Aszaoraz is, however, to confer with the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the formation of the sew Cabinet. To-night the parliament will doubtless be informed by the 1./arby ites of their retirement from office the moment their successors are ready to take the seals of o ffi ce ; and a few days wil l see socceasors duly installed in the various offices recently held—with so little credit to themselves or advantage to the ooantry—by the unsuccessful and unregrettod Ministry of the Earl of DERBY. Whether the Marquis of Lansnowtex or the Earl Of APF.BDEEN is to be Premier, or whether the former will give more than advice and co-operation, ab staining from office—whether Lord JOHN RUSSELL will really occupy any post in the coming government, or whether, like Lord Lasspowtsz, he may simply give general support so far as his principles will permit, without assuming the responsibilities of office—how far the ex-Whig Premier may be checked by former position, or how much be inclined to waive difficulties of position and prestige, for sake of mak- ' ing a government in enticed times like these— remains to be seen. Beyond the fact of Lord ABER DEEN'S interview with the Qusr.x, on behalf of Lord LANSDOWNE and himself, nothing is known. When giving, on Saturday, the list of names then regarded as the intended occupants of office, we could sot cloak from ourselves the difficulties that must inevitably arise during the working together of such men. Lord LANSDOWNE is almost universally regarded with esteem for his Liberal tendencies as a Whig and for his services in favour of education during days of intolerance; Lord ABERDEEN comes down to our times endorsed by the praises of Louis PHI LIPPE, and, far better, with the expressed admiration of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Mr. ULADSTONE is known for his talents and by his zeal as a free-trading follower of the hero of 1846. Sir Ilexes GRAHAM has par liamentary power, official experience, and general capacity for place—whilst in the list of those men tioned as likely to fill the other posts of a coming administration are many names ,ikely to be taken as pledges of good service in the cause of the public. But the men who take office now see surrounded by very remarkable influences. Our nearest neighbour amongst nations is is an abnormal state. Our national security has been questioned at the very time when an unmistakeable will has been shown by the country against anything like aggressive war. The new government will therefore find amongst its earliest duties that of giving the country the cer tainty of complete national power of defence, without the preparations for that condition being so made as to involve the suspicion that foreign war is meant under the cloak of home safety. The Ministry will find another difficulty to deal with in the state of the existing House of Commons. The Opposition is strong, and, can only be safely met by tho occu pants of office securing the sympathy and support of the people. How can that support be heartily given unless her MAJESTY'S new Ministers pledge themselves honestly to attempt the redress of the present grievous vices, anemones, and grievances of our representative system ? With a host of Parliamentary petitioner,, ready to prove the moat extensive and abominable briberies sad corruptions, how can a Government ask for popular support without guaranteeing a satisfac tory plan of parliamentary reform ? These aro points which the new Government will have to con sider with a view to an early decision. Surrounded by such difficulties, it is not to be expected that a very prompt selection of the new Ministers will he wide. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1852. The new THE SPANISH MINISTRY. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENISO. Letters from Madrid, of the 11th instant inform us that the Ministry of limo Murillo exists no longer. General &mull, called on by the Queen, has formed a Cabinet as follows : Roncali, Premier and Minister fur Foreign Affairs. General Lars, War. General Minim', Marine. Fahey, Justice. Avitizabal. Finance. Llorente, Interior. [IT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE HAGUE. The First Chamber of the States has nnauimonely adopted the law upon the conversion of the Rent's. FRANCE. PARIS, SVPIDAT EVINIIIO. The Monileur contains the following note : A report is daily circulated at the Boone that the Four and-a-half per Cents. are about to be converted into Three per Cents. by imperial decree. This report is doubly erro neous. It is forgotten, out the one hand, that such a mea sure could not be taken except with the concurreno• of the Corps Legislatif, and oa the other, that the operation, in any OM, could only be optional with the fundholders. This note, though couched in the form of a denial of a false report, is generally understood as an an nouncement that the conversion uill very soon be effected. It is true that an impression has long prevailed at the Bourse that the measure was impending, but, so far as I am aware, it has never been supposed either that it would be accom plished without regarding the forms of law, or that faith would be broken with the holders of the Four-I and-a• Half per Cents. According to the scheme of conversion contemplated, they would be offered an amount of Three per Cent. which would produce an interest equivalent to the dividends of their Four-' and-Half per Cent. stock. It would be manifestly for their interest to accept such an car, because the Four-and-a-Halt per Ceuta. being . above par, with the prospect of a further conversion at no distant time hanging over it, has a natural downward ten dency. By exchanging for Three per Cents., which are so much below par, the holders, while receiving the same interest, would in addition have all the chances of a rise in their favour. It is true that this operation would add enormously to the amount of the public debt. But there exists here a financial school which contends that, inasmuch as practically the principal of the public debt never is paid off, the nominal amount of it is a matter of no importance whatever. They argue that both the fundholder and the state would benefit by such a conversion as that proposod—the fundholder, because (say they) if the Four-and a-Hall per Cents. were got rid of, the Three per Cents. would speedily rise to par; and the state, because when the Three per Cents. shall arrive at par, they may be converted into Two-and-a-Half per Cents. _ The Emperor has been so tormented with the numerous petitions presented to him personally by his constituent millions that he has been compiled to resort to a measure of pelf-defence. HO has appointed a committee of petitions. The decree creating this new body recites that, " Although the organisation of the public powers offers to all citizens the means of asserting their rights and obtaining justice, it is important in certain exceptional cases that they should be able conformably to the regula tions of the decree of 1806, to address their demands directly to us." It is then decreed that a comm itt ee of petitions shall be formed in the Council of State, presided by a councillor, and composed of two master/ of requests and six auditors. All petitions addressed to the Emperor are to be transmitted for examina tion to this committee, and every week the president will go to the Tuileries to present a report showing the proceedings of the committee, and pointing out such matters as it may think fit to occupy his Ma jesty's intention. The committee is to be renewed every three months. Troplong has received his reward for his report on the senatsu cows:bon establishing the empire. A decree appears this morning appointing him first president of the Court of in the room of Count Portalis, retired. The latter venerable judge is hard upon 75 years of and knowing that on his next birthday he would b ar, e dis missed under the provisions of the decree on super annuation, he prefer/ voluntary raw' nation. M. Chegaray, the advocate-general in this supremo court, has been appointed to succeed M. Miller, the judge recently deceased, and M. Yahoo is named 'advocate-general. A committee has been appointed to consider how far the buildings of the Sorbonne may be made available for the use of the Academy of Theology, Letters, and Sciences. 1 Telegraphic despatches from Compiegne state, in the well known protectoral style, that it is impossible foe language to describe the admirable reception of , the Emperor. His passage from the railway station to the palace was a triumphal march. It has been remarked that one of the preliminaries to this tri umphal reception was the dismissal of the sub- Fetlock M. Forget, which occurred yesterday morn ing only. There will be a grand stag but in the forest of Compiegne to-morrow, and a ball at the Palace on Tuesday. The Emperor proposes returing to Paris on the 24th.: PARIS, SATURDAY STIDITRO. The Emperor left for Compiegne at a quarter put ono to-day. lie proceeded from the Tuileries to the Northern Railway station in an open caleche, escorted by a detachment of carabincers. The square in front of the elation was decorated for the occasion with Venetian poles, streamers, and tricoloured handerolles. The arms of Compiegne, surrounded with flags, were placed over the entrance. His Majesty was received by M. Berger, the prefect of the Seine, Baron James do Rothschild, the Marquis Dalon, M. Emile Pereira, and other directors of the railway. Ho was accompanied by General Rogue, the commandant of his military household ; his aides de-camp, General Lourmel and Colonel Fleury, and several other officers. Marshal St. Arnaud was prevented from accompanying the Emperor by in disposition. lie intends to go to Compiegne in the course of next week. The imperial train was fol lowed by another special train, which kit at 3 o'clock, with same of the ministers and several invited guest.. - • - - This being the first excursion made by the Emperor since his accession, great preparations have been made for his reception at Compiegne. The national guards of the town and neighbourhood are called out, and, together with all the old soldiers that can bo collected, the trades, corporations, schools, and de putations of young girls, will have received his Ma • testy at the Compiegne station. A country paper naively says, that, "as usual," the market women will present the Emperor with a bouquet. Lord and Lady Cowley, and the Neapolitan, Sardinian, Spa nish, and Belgian ministers are invited. Before leav ing the Tuileries the Emperor presided at a council of ministers. Contrary to expectation the Senatue Consultum modifying the constitution has not made its appear ance. The Monileur oontains nothing of interest. . _ A deputation from Brest waited upon the Em peror at the Tuileries yesterday, to present an address of congratulation. The Emperor promised to pay a visit to Lower Brittany next year. The visit of the Emperor of Austria to Berlin excites much curiosity, and not a little uneasiness among the courtiers of the Tuileries. It appears by a telegraphic despatch dated Berlin, December 17, that the Emperor arrived there yesterday. The King of Prussia went to Interbogh to meet hint. It is felt to be more than probable that the two sovereigns will frame in concert a form of recognition of the French Empire which will be far from pleasing to tho court of Paris. It appears to be certain that the breaking off of the marriage between Napoleon 111. and the Princess Carole Wasa is attributable in great measure to Austrian influence. The visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph to Dresden, on his way to Berlin, is said to have been made with the object of concludieg arrangements for his marriage with the Princess Sydonia, the sister of Prince Albert of Saxony, now the betrothed of the Princess Carols Wasa. I believe this double alliance to bo certain. Louis Napoleon must be completely exonerated from a charge which has been brought against him in cer tain quarters, of having broken his promise on ac count of his own improved fortunes. It is the lady, who, acting of course under advice, has exercised her sex's privilege, and changed her mind. Whether, according to the practice of less exalted personages in such cases, she will send back the numerous pre sents which were sent her, I am not in a position to state. Before tho Emperor of Austria left Vienna, he received the Count and Countess of Chambord at dinner. Tho countess sat next to the Emperor, and the count was placed by the side of the dowager Empress. After dinner, in the evening, the Emperor paid a visit to the Count de Chambord, at the Modena Palace, a residence which is always placed at the count's disposition when ho visits Vienna. Under all the above circumstances, the establishment of an "entente cordialo " between Austria and the pre sent government of France, which not long ago was thought to have been upon the cards, seems to be a very remote contingency. However, the Grand Duchess Stephanie de Baden, an enterprising female diplomatist, is at this moment, by a doubtless calcu lated accident, at Coblentz, and it is thought likely she will go to Berlin, to try the effect of her influ ence with the Emperor of Austria in support of her nephew, Napoleon 111. We read in a letter from Vienna of the 12th in the New Gazetic of Prussia : It I known that the French envoy, M. de la Cour, in formed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the end of last month, of the proclamation of the empire, and of the adop tion of the title of Napoleon 111. by the new emperor. Count Duel declared that he would only reply to the official notification. This notification was contained in • despatch, dated Paris, the Ist, and it was presented on the sth by the French envoy ; it contains a detailed account of the motives which base led Louis Napoleon to take the imperial crown, and gives the amurance that the new French government will not violate the territorial arrangements of the treaties of 1815. This despatch was presented on the same day to his Majesty. The daT after, the 6th, a note was sent to our represent - dive at Fans, conceived nearly in the same spirit as those exchanged at an earlier stage of the affair; that is to say, in a spirit which cannot completely sotisfy the Em peror of the French. It is concluded from that, that diplo matic negotiations are about to be entered into on the sub jest, and that they will not be confined to Vienna and Paris. The ostracism! Narvaez has arrived at Bayonne, when he gives out that he intends to stay some time. It is evident, therefore, that he does not wish it to be considered that his mission to Vienna is very pressing. According to the last accounts from Spain, it is probable that he will shortly be inn position to return thither. Bravo Murillo has raised a storm which will overwhelm him. Apropos of Spain, the Gazette de France—that refuge for all the old women of legitimacy—gravely asserts to-day . that the pro jected reform of the constitution is intended to dis concert a plot for deposing Queen Isabella and making the Duke de Moutpensier regent—a plot concocted by the Orleans family and aided by England! The latest legitimist resignations are those of the Marquis de Barthelat, mayor of ChAtel-de-Neuvre (Allier) ; M. Du Chisel de Charbonniere, municipal councillor of Barberier (Allier); M. de Grozelier, a cantonal delegate of public instruction is the Audi); M. de Jarret de Cheesy, mayor of Grez-en-Bonere (Mayenne); M. Maynard du Verney, cantonal dele gate in the Indre ; M. le Forestier, municipal coun cillor of St. Brienc ; M. Lad. Prudhomme, judge of the Tribunal of Commerce of St. Brienc ; M. de Cas tellan, mayor of St. Donau (Calvados) ; and MM. Castel and Poullain do St. Pere, municipal coun cillors in the same department. The Maine, a journal of the Barth., has received a warning for having thrown ridicule upon the cere mony of proclaiming the empire in the department. The Indepenclance Beige was seized today. Abd-el-fader arrived at Marseilles at ten o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, and he proceeded to the Hotel des Empereurs. The pilgrims of Mecca, who were waiting in the city, went the next day and paid , their respects to the Emir, who, besides being a military chief, is a holy peonage in the estimation of the Arabs. lie received them in his apartment by groups. He appeared fatigued, and did not leave the hotel all day. The Moniecur de la Fahrigue states that within the last fortnight the workmen of Lyons in shawis and waistcoats have, on sec-mint of the activity which prevails, had a small advance of wages. Extensive orders, it adds, have been given for carriage trim mings, the colour of which is what is called " The President's green." To execute these orders, many of the frames arc kept in operation night and day, and it is believed that they will be occupied for three months.: At the Bourse, to-day, business was dono in the Three per Cents. at 821. 36c. ' and closed f or t h e ac count at 82f. SOc.; Four per Cents., 98f. 60e.; Four and-a-Half per Cents. 1061. 46c.; for a ccoun t, 108 f. 63e. Bank share s, 2,905 f. In railway shares, Orleans, new, 1,035; Versailles (left bank), 350 f. Paris and touen, 990 f.; Struburg and Bale, 34371. ; Northern, 8951. 75c.; Paris and Was barg, 8221. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 960 f. ; Lyons and Mediterranean, 736 f.; Western, 796 f.; Caen and Cherbourg, 630 f. • D.jon and Besancon, 5771. 50c. ; Bourdeanx and Cette, 8 1 21. 50e. ; Dieppe end Fecamp, 3451.; Bordeaux and Teste, 28411.; Monteresu and Troyes, 3261. ; St. Dicier and Gray, 660 f. ; Paris and Soma, 1701.; Western of Switzerland, 2721. 60C• ;; Grand Coombe, 1,6804 BELGIUM. • mew law as the peas was posed by the Bel gian Beasts on Thursday by 30 against 9 votes. The anniversary of the birthday of the Hinz of the Belgians was celebrated at Brussels on W*Nta day evening and Thursday morning with gust au thusium. On Wednesday night there was a mei performance at the Theatre Royal, at which all, tbe high civil and military functionaries were present, and also the young Pnoces, with the grand ()Moen of the royal household. After the first act of the opera the curtain drew up for a cantata in honour of the King. The Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flandre rose at the cry of " Vive le Rol !" which proceeded from every part of the theatre, and bowed to the audience. The cry was then repeated with great enthusiasm. On Thum* the bells of all the churches rang merry Dents, and most of the houses were decorated with fags. At noon aTe Demos was sung at the church of St. Michel et Oudule ' • the King, the princes, the Princess Charlotte, with the corps cliplomatique, the great officers of the house hold, and the high civil and military functionaries, were present. On the occasion of this anniversary, the King issued decrees appointing his son, the Duke de Brabant, Captain of Infantry of the Ist class, and his second son, the Count de Flandre, Captain- Commandant of Cavalry. The King of the Belgians entered his 63rd year on Thursday. SPAIN. A Madrid letter of the 13th says :—" The minis terial crisis appears to have reached its highest point. There is great agitation in the political world, and the most conflicting rumours are in circu lation, bat the general belief is that the cabinet will fall almost immediately. After the voluntary retire ment of General Urbina, Minister of War, M. Bravo Murillo appealed in vain to most of the principal generals. In a conversation of General Lersundi with Queen Isabella, the General frankly gave her Majesty to understand that the President of the Council would not be able to find a general wko would, under existing circumstances, accept ;the war department in the cabinet. The Queen is said to Imo replied, If Bravo Murillo cannot find a col league for the Ministry of War, I will ac cept his resignation.' This conversation reached the knowledge of M. Bravo Murillo, who de clared that he was ready to resign if such was the pleasure of the Queen. U. Bertran do Lys, on the contrary, is of opinion that the minis ters should wait to be dismissed, and not withdraw voluntarily. List evening M. Bravo Murillo named to the Queen two candidates for the war depart ment, namely, M. Blanco and M. Rendon, neither of them remarkable as military men. The Queen replied that she would reflect on the matter, and declare her determination tho next day. It I. thought that the result will be the non-acceptance of these two candidates, and, in that case, M. Bravo Murillo and his colleagues will have to resign. Should that take place it is thought that General Roncali or General Lersundi will be charged with the task of forming a ministry. It is thought more probable that General Roncali will be the person chosen by the Queen for this duty. Should he succeed in forming a ministry, its programme will be, it is thought, drawn up in a liberal sense. In political circles, it is thought that Queen Maria Christina has by her prudent advice led to the present political change. Last evening, although everything was perfectly tranquil, great military precautions were taken. It is generally expected that this evening the Queen will charge General Roncali or General Lersundi with the reorganization of the cabinet." Letters of the 12th state that the governor of the province of Madrid had been ordered by M. 'lndia, Minister of the Interior, to refuse the authorisation demanded by a number of deputies and senators of the Moderado Opposition, to hold a preparatory elec toral meeting. The application was signed by Gcu. Narvaez, the Marquis del Duero, the Duke de Itivas, the Duke d'Abrantes, the Duke do Sotomayor, Martinez do la Rosa, Pedro Jose Pidal, Leopoldo O'Donnel, Antonio do Los Rios y Row, Luis Mayans, Francisco Pacheco, Count de San Luis, Manuel Seijas Lozano, Luis Gonzales Bravo, Ale jandro Mon, Jose Gonz ales Romero, Si nator Francisco Serrano, Senator Fernandez do Cordova, Manuel Bermudez do Castro, Senator Joe° de la Concha, the Duke do Medina, Esteban Caliente', Andreo Borrego, and others. The reason assigned for the refusal was that " the meeting might revive the agitation created by recent Juntas of the same nature, disturb general confidence, and paralyse the ordinary course of business." GERMANY. The Emperor of Austria arrived at Berlin on the 17th. He was accompanied only by his military staff. The King of I'rusaia went to Interbogh to meet him. The Emperor slept at Prague on Wednesday, and at Dresden on Thursday night. The King of Prussia transferred his own adjutant general, General von Neumann, to the Emperor for the period of his stay in Prussia, and gave him the regiment Kaiser Frans for a guard of honour at the royal palace, It was reported in Vienna on the 13th that a new Austrian loan would be immediately placed upon the London market. The Augsburg Gazette in men bon ing this report states that the amount of the loan will be 100 millions, or 10 millions sterling. A letter from Vienna of the 12th, re-published by' the Cologne Gazette, contains the following: 1 am able to confirm, upon authority, the statement of a Dresden journal, that Prince Albert of Saxony his de mended and obtained the hand of the Princes. Vona. The wishes of the then President of the French Republic,' warmly supported es they were by the grandmother of the Princess, the Grand Dui:hese Stephanie of Baden, never led to a formal offer, Louis Bonaparte having been informed, through • suitable medium, that the lady's fath_er (who clings to the idea of hie own right as a Vasa to the Dail& throne) would object to see kis daughter allied with OM who is a practical contradiction of the principle of legitimacy. Prince Albert has received the letter of the Princess seerptiog the offer of his hand, and with it the consent of liMt parents to the match. The lady has already received the magratula tions of many of her friends, which she sago without hesitation. he jewellers of Vienna are preparing the bridal ornaments, and the betrothing will be °facially de clared in a few da Y e ' _ _ On the 14th M. Manteuffel, the Prussian Minister President, gave a dinner to M. Bruck, at which the Minister of frede, M. von Heydt, M. Bodelsehwing, the Austrian ambassador, Count Than, and several ministerial councillors, were present. M. Pommer-Eschc, who presided over the recent Zollverein conference, has been selected by M. Man teuffel to conduet negotiations with M. Bruck for the conclusion of a customs convention. TURKEY. The correspondent of the Cosailestionnel writing from Constantinople, on the sth, states that the determination of the bank not to receive paper money (kaimes) of the government in payment of bills on Europe had caused, in addition to great perturbation in the money market, a fall in the paper money of from 7 to 8 per cent., and a total disappearance of specie. The directors of the bank, when called on for explanations, declared that they had not sufficient confidence in the kaimes to ex change them for bills of exchange, which would have to be paid in Europe in specie, and that sooner than do so they would wind up their affairs. A depute. tion, consisting of ten of the principal mer chants of different nations, was nominated to make known to the government the lamentable situation of commerce, and it was to have' an interview with the Minister of Finance on the oth. It was believed that the Grand Vizier, and the other members of the Cabinet, would attend the con ference. In the Ilaouran hostilities had been sus pended, in consequence of the commencement of the bad season, and it was hoped that an arrangement would be come to. The English had offered their mediation, and they exercise a very great influence over the Druses. Order had been re-established at Bagdad, and the Bedouins had ceased to interceptthe communications. The youngest brother of the Shah of Persia was in that city. He had been compelled to fly from Teheran in consequence of being suspected of 1 heti ng belonged to the sect of the Babis. fhe Minister of England aided him in his flight, and gave him a 1 strong recommendation to Colonel Rawlineen, consul- general at Bagdad. At first the governor of Bagdad refused to receive him ; Colonel Ilawlinson there upon made the prince put on an English uniform, and toot him to the consulate. The prince continued to mid* in the consul-general's house, and to wear the uniform. Mohammed Khan, minister of Persia at Constantinople, had died. M. de Lavalette, the French minister, was to have an audience of the Sultan on the question of the Holy Sepulchre, which has not yet been settled. It was said that the minister would be moderate in form, but would firmly defend what he considered the rights of France. The ministry had not become consolidated. The recall of Said Pacha, brother-in-law of the Sultan, favourite of the Ulemas, and chief of the retrograde party, would, it was thought, increase its difficulties. The Constantinople correspondent of the I)elata states that the day on which the resolution of the bank was made known,bills to the extent of 40,000/. were negotiated, but the next day only specie be came so scarce that the business done 'dropped to 11,0001. A rumour was current that England had offered money to Turkey at a low rate of interest. This is considered likely to be true. SWITZERLAND. Tho Grand Council of the canton of Ticino met on the 9th at liellinzona for an extraordinary session in which the new bills relating to the civil power in ecclesiastical matters arc to bo discussed. The principal enactments proposed are :—let. That no bull, brief, pastoral rescript, letter, or censure can be executed in the canton without the sanction of government. 2d17. That all nominations to curacies shall belong to the Communal Assemblies, and 3rdly, That the government may withdraw its sanction from such curates as shall violate the laws of the State. AUSTRIAN ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 15th states that the Austrian government has directed that all drivers, Garters, &c., not furnished with regular pass ports, shall be stop ped at the Austrian frontless, and sent back. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. ARRIVAL OF THE ORINOCO. CONTINUANCE OF YELLOW FEVER. The Orinoco, West India mail packet, arrived in Southampton water yesterday forenoon. Ten deaths from yellow fever occurred on the homeward passage of the Orinoco, nine of which took plan subse quently to her departure from Si. Thomas. Soon after reaching her moorings she was boarded by a tide surveyor and Dr. Wiblin, the health officer of the port, who, having obtained the necessary docu ments and information respecting the occurrences of the voyage, ordered the gangway to be taken up and all shore boats to leave the neighbourhood of the Orinoco. The health officer ordered all the port-holes to be open, and the captain having bad a yellow flag handed to him, all the boats came ashore. As soon as the Customs and health officers came on shore they went to the Collector of Customs, and as soon as possible a telegraph message was sent off to the Board of Health in London, and until that message is answered nothing, not even, it appears, the mails, will be allowed to leave the Orinoco. The following are the names of the persons who died on board the Orinoco of yellow fever, or of bilious remittent fever, on her voyage from Jamaica to Southampton, with the dates of the deaths:—Mr. Lighton, passenger, on the 21th of November ; John Godley, fireman, on the 28th ; Thomas Stevens, waiter, Dec. 6; Henry Savage, servant, Bth; John Weston, musician, 10th; David I/ay, waiter, 11th; John Fryer, waiter, I Ith ; Hy. Isles, fireman, 15th; Wm. Williams, 16th ; Mr. Stephens, passenger, 15th. William Short, Wm. Dolby, Joseph Dermot, fire• men, and John Diddlecombe, coal trimmer, have been left behind ill at Jamaica. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, 4 e.a. No answer to the collector's message has been re ceived from London. The collector has resolved to allow the mails and newspaper despatches to be landed at 8 p.m. to-night, unless a message is received from London to land them before. The Orinoco left Jamaica on the 29th of Novem ber, and St. Thomas on the 3rd of December. She brings 900,000 dole. on merchants' account. 11. M. S. Dauntless, stationed at Barbadoes, has lost 9 officers and 25 men from yellow fever, 7 offi cers and upwards of 30 of the crew are sick. Twenty-nine persons have been ill on board the Orinoco with fever. We have since received our despatches, from which we select the following additional particulars : The crops throughout the West India Islands, with but one or two exceptions, promise remarkably well. At Demerara the calculation is that the yield will be above 50,000 hogsheads, 3,000 more than has ever been made. The prospects of the colony are fast improving, and bid fair to overcome all their diffi culties in a short time, notwithstanding the great outcry about free trade and navigation laws. A court of inquiry had sat at George Town, relative to a serious fracas that had taken place between the townspeople and the soldiers of the 2nd West India Regiment, which had ended in the complete exonera tion of the soldiers. Colonel Brown, of the 34th Regiment, was the president of the court. At Bar- St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Thomas's, yellow fever was still raging, but was on the decrease. At Bridgetown, Barbadoes, and in the garrison, it had almost disappeared, but was raging in the country districts, the coloured population suffering quite u much as the whites. The deaths in the garrison since last packet were, Colonel Williams, commanding Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Strickland, 69th Regiment ; Mrs. Wright, wife of Col. Wright, commanding Royal Engineers; three children of Capt. Turner, ILA., and one of Major O'Halloran, deputy quartermaster general. There is no political news from the Spanish Main, or Panama, or other ports in the Pacific. NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSOCIATION. A special meeting of liberal members of the House of Common' and other gentlemen, was held en Sa turday, at the rooms of the emaciation. The chair was taken by the praident, Sir JOSHU• WALWILEY, and the meeting was attended (amongst others) by the following gentlemen, vs.:—Mr. William Biggs, M.P., Mr. Jam.. Bell, M.P., Mr. S. Carter M.P., Mr. Fox, M.P., Lord Dudley Stuart, DI P., Mr. B. W M.P., Mr. Whalley, M.P., Col. Thompson, M r . J o h n Williams (Treasurer), Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, Mr. Torrens 2d.Cullagh, Captain Heade, Mr. Acton S. Ayrton, Mr. Mose, of Derby, Mr. Wade, of Deptford, Mr. Henry Vincent, Mama Nevans, Slack, Phillips, Meteor, Gregory Foster, Salisbury, Manning, Le Bland, Healey, T. J. Berle, Hely, Newman, William Cooper, &c., &e. Letter' were read from the following gentlemen expressing regret that unavoidable en gagements prevented their attendance,vi s , M r . H ume, M . P ., the Lord Mayor, M.P., Mr. Atherton, M.P., Mr. Crook, M.P., Mr. Crossley, M.P., Mr. (leach, M.P., Sir George Goodman, M.P., Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.l'., Mr. Pete, M.P., Mr. G. Thompson, M.P. (Aber• deen), Mr. Digby Seymour, ALP., Admiral Sir C. Skins, U.C.8., Hear , Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K Cll., Mr. Nicholay, &c., &c. The president having explained at lent th the object of the executive committee in conveoing the assembly, several gentlemen addressed the meeting, when the following resolution war passed unanimously, via. It was moved by Wm. Biggs, Esq., M.P., seconded by T.-J. Serie, Esq., " That this meeting pledges itself to promote the union of the liberal party in and out of parlia. ment, firmly but moderately to carry out the objrcta of this association a. St occasions may arise, in order that the earnest friends of the people may give efficient aid to such political leaders as may really servo the cause of rational progress, and make their own strength avallab e fur the ad vancement of their principle, and of the general welfare." Many valuable suggestions were made for the future pro gress of the association, and a liberal sub-cription basing been entered into, the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ROYAL COLLEGE OE SURGEON:I.—The following gentlemen were admitted members of the college on the 17th inst.: Messrs. Thomas Hunter, Royal Navy ; Charles Whitetield, Barnstaple, Devon; John Limn Limn, Canada ; William Robert Cumuli', Cambridge-street, Pimlico; Wil liam Stillman, Birmingham; John Cooper Garman, Bow, Middlesex; Charles Harris, Northiam, Suomi ; Arthur Salter, Exeter ; John James Norris, Cork ; Joseph Foster, St. Kitts, IViat Indies; George Edkins Howes, Dublin; John Sweeney, Australia; Thomas Robert Warren. C, rk ; Charles James Shearman, Sheffield; Clarence Cooper, Brentford, Middlesex, and John Sparrow, Tours, France. At the saran meeting of the court, Messrs. John Chamber ! !sync* Inglis and Thomas Ball Forster passed their exam:na -1 Gone for naval surgeons; these gentlemen had previously been admitted members of the college, their diplomas bear l ing date respectively May 28, 1847, and July 16, 1847. THE UNITED STATES.-- ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Moan MORNING. no Royal British mail steamer America, Captain Lang, reached the Mersey between 9 and 10 thi s morning (Monday), with the Presidant's Message. She left Boston on the Bth, nod Halifax on the NIL ARRIVAL OF THE 11 EBNIANN. SoUTIIAMPTON, Siesitv EvEsis q . The Hermann arrived at Cuwea this evening o her way to Bremen. She left New York on the 3th instant. She brought 190,000 dollars and 50 pg. sengers. The dispute between America and Havan, nah issettled. Permission has been granted f, Purser Smith to enter Havannalt. New York markets : lireadstuffs improved ; sot. ton dull. Freights film. Exchange on London, 1101 to 100:. New Orleans, Ike. I. Cotten active; 10,000 bales sold at yebterd's declin" which was 4- to I, cent. Dealers arc rspceting the Europa's news. VD! Court. OSBORNE, StITRDA7. The Queen and Prince, with the royal children, were out in the grounds early yesterday morning. The Earl of Derby arrived from Landon nt i cecina list evening, and had the honour of dining with h. r Majesty. Lord Derby 14t Osborne this morning, on his return tg town. SUNDAY. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Mr. Gibbs. The royal dinner party, yesterday, awaited of h et Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Leiiiingcn, tba Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the Ho& Colonel Grey, Colontl Dottrel*, ar.d the lion. and Iter. Wellesley. The Earl of Aberdeen has arrived from London, and had an audience of the Queen. The Earl of Derby arrived in town on Saturday after. in noon (re Osborne, Isle of Wight. Mr. Hindle,. had an interview with Mr. Secretary W 4. pole on Saturday at the ll' me-office. Mr. F. Conelly, M I'., had an interview on Saturday with Sir John Pakington at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent to the Governor, of Hong limy and Co-lon from the Colonial-office on Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers present were :—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of I.onsdale, the Marvi n of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary• Walpole, the Earl of Maltnesbury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Northumberland, the Eight lion. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Right lion. J. C. Berries, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat three-quarters of un hour, OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Adam Murray Alex. ender, Esq., ha* been appointed Pointe Juke of thr u. pretne Court of British Guilin. Mr. R. it :* ",,c ol is appointed Commissary Clerk of Zetland. Mr. C.,rila Smith i* appointed Sheriff Clerk or Zetland, in tlir: room of Mr. Charles Duncan, resigned.—rgmerrer. TUE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. A Queen's messenger left (Moran at 9 o'clock Olt Friday evening, after the arrival of the Earl of lh:by trot London, bearing a letter from her Majesty addr,,,ed to the Earl of Aberdeen. The letter was delivered at Argyll house at half.past 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. Tho cane Queen's messenger bore a letter from bee Majesty to the Marquis of Lan , downe. Oa Saturday foreuoon the Earl of Aberdan paid visite to the leading members of the reelite party. The noble earl had a loi g interview with Sir Jame: Graham at the right hon. baronet's residence in Ciroevenar.pjaca, Lord Aberdeen heal also an interview with Viscount Canning, in Grorrenor-,quare. The noble earl we regret to learn was x. unwell oft Saturday afternoon as to be obliged to call in Dr. Helloed. On Saturday evening Mr. Gladstone, who bad just pre viously arrived in London from Woburn Abbey, call, .1 at Argyll House, and had an interview with the noble earl. Telegraphic messages front Osborne addre,,,d to the Earl of Aherdeca were received at Argyll 11,use on Satur day evening. Yest, ?day morning the noble earl left town by the 10 a.m. train on the South Western Railway rn rwoe for Os borne. His lordship crossed from Southampton in the Firefly, government steamer. The noble earl war expected to return to London last night. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BI.AUSWALL.—On Saturday ever.ing Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, held a lengtheatil in quest at the London Hospital, on view of the holy of Oeorge Settles, aged 49 years, a forge foreman, lately in the service of Messrs. Mare and Co., the extensive iron steamboat builders of Blackwell. The deceased and other workmen were engaged in the smiths' shop at the N:rel Orchard-house, on Thursday afternoon lest, about fete o'clock, while the steam hammer was at work, ellen a man named Henry Stone was directed by the deceased to "gag up" the hammer, to prevent its movie There were several noon at work in this part of the feet,ry, and the deceased was standing on an iron plate when the gig or iron pin, two feet ifs inches in length, suddenly :tipped out, and struck one end of the iron plate, whereby it won tilted over, and before the deceased could get out of the way his left leg became jammed and crushed under the ponderous mass of iron, which weighed nearly eight tons. The deceased hail no control over the machinery which worked the steam hammer, and was only foreman at the forge where the accident took place. The brother of the deceased, a practical man, intormed the court that he hail examined the steam hammer, and found that it was out of repair. The gag was worn :end inccm plate, so were also parts of the hammer. Ile thought that his brother had died from the want of timely medical aid, for the deceased had bled to death. It was wrung to convey a poor fellow in such a condition so far as (rem the mwu• factory to the London hospital, without calling in a sur geon to stop the flow of blood from the wound, as it might have saved the deceased's life, or, at least, prolonged it considerably. Mr. Alfred James Dale, the house surgeon, said the deceased was admitted on Thursday evening, shortly before six o'clock, and died in thrce•gnarters of an hour afterwards from severe hemorrhage. Tue right thigh bad sustained a compound fracture, and the bone was ex tensively shattered. If the deceased had hoed the limb must have been amputated. The deceased certainly died from the excessive loss of blood, and had had no chasm ren dered him of surviving the extensive injutirs he had sue tained. The hsemorrhago should have been stopped with all possible haste after such an accident, as otherwise he would consequently die from exhaustion. The jury, after considerable discussion, returned the following verdict— " That the deceased met his death accidentally, and we rie quest the coroner to write to Mears. Mare and Company, of Blackwell, representing to them the necessity of that work being properly supervised by some competent perm to see that it is is order. Alan as to the r.ectse,ity ofn medical man being called in in cues of accident to their workmen.' GAROTTE ROBBERT.—On Tuesday night, shoat alias o'clock, as an old man, aged SO yen., ws• in the act of entering the close leading to his dwclling•houee is Pitt-street, Glasgow, he was suddenly set upon by two miscreants, who compressed his throat until Wood issued from the mouth, and then plundered their frail victim of 141. in bank notes and a silver watch.—North Daily Mail. THE AUsTRIANS AND riti GAROTTE.—The niti nierte of Turin, of the 14th, states from 31.m.n.i that the late exezutions there were:effected by the Spanish garotte, but that, owing to the inexperience of the sicutioner, several of the prisoners lingered f•r many minutes in great torture, which caused such horrid contortions that the cutioner was obliged to conceal them from the eyes of the public. The same paper adds, that the Austrian gov.ra rnent, having di sired to have the oeinion of u cominiss.,n as to the expediency of adopting the garotte, the it,edical men declined forming part of it, and suggested that the nutter should be laid before the University of l'avis. The latter, on being applied to, declared that death by the garotte was not instantaneous ; nevertheless tho military authorities insisted upon trying it. The priest Tannoli was the first to mount the scaffold, which he did with great fortitude, ez hortiog his fellow-sufferers to follow his example. • GERMAN BaNDS.—Tho mw4niticent music of I splendid German military band COW, pealing in Omagh the open window, tilling the room with mat,i4l radii and my imagination with all sorts of heroic th withts• 0 those German bands, how much have they to answer for 1 look upon them, for my part, as the very bulwark and strong tower of defence of the military despoti.ms. Palo stands poor freedom, cowed and brokenapirited, slandered and insulted ; while shivery goes by, in such Flap lad glory, a ith such a braying of trumpets, and such a 61034 of cymbals, that no wonder the crowd lore til.e better than true worth.—Dwieris's " Iloasseho:d lIS rd. ltAlLw STO TILE NORTH Or DEVON.---At tt"l full nteeting of the Sutton Harbourlrnprovemeut Compallyi one of the most important dock companies in Plymoatis held in the Chamber of Commerce a few days since, W Hawker, Esq., in the chair, convened "to ts'..• into deration the different schemes proposed to provide Seam Harbour with railway accommoilAtion, and to adv.•ark measures as may be considered most disirablc to insure ill sums. of the line, which, in the opinion of the tuerragt will most promote the trade a n d °lmmense of the harh ,11/. On the motion of John Wyly. Esq., s condcd hy W. Aelv land, Esq., a r, solution woe adopted approving of ff.( PO' jetted I as from Plymouth to Tavistock, Okehonl ton. eel , ' ford, and Exeter. It was also resolved to pelage p. ment on halal( of the line referred to. DEFICIENCY THE IN MILITIA.—On Saturday 8 return to parliament respecting the new militia a as printed. Out of the 50,000 men to be raised in the several icannesot England and Wales the return shows tl at only 29 . 321 ),_ volunteers have been enrolled, l e a v i n g a Celleietwy w• preload year of 20,813. I