The Express. — London, England, 1849-11-24 00:00:00

Elie eivrtoo. OUT99ING *A!!.s., The mile vie liareeffire,t; the ileaharmless, Egypt, Ceylon, ladle, Hesg.Kong, Be., will be made rp ,tale evrnisg, Nov. M. The sat mils for Lisben, Spain, and Gibraltar will be uses tap is Nev. 27. The mails be British North America and the United States will be made up on the evening of Nov. 30. the Wed ladle Mails, inoludieg Bermuda, Havana, 1611{1. ElledllTlO, New Or.esna, and Mexico, and esrluiing those Me Madeira, fit. Jaaa.de-Nicaragele, New Granada, Chili, mad Pm, will be made up is Dee. S. The mile foe Madeira. the Braille, and Buenas Ara, will be leads up on Dee. 4. The leans for (kb:altar, Malta, Orme, the lonian Wands, !gust, Ceylon, lindis, and vie Bouthamptaw, will be made up on the morning of Deo. 20. 11= WILT= A? LONDON NAIDON. VEND Dal—lit t=. ..... ...Aborman. VIA: LONDON, SATURDAY, NOP - EMBER 24. IT will be seen, by reference to oar advertising Dula-one, that the proprietors have decided not to ex end, advertisements having p ctorial illustrations. Toe Express being a paper that circulates largely in the country, and amongst classes to whom a descrip tion of the article advertised, is desirable, it hts been thaught tit to deviate, with regard to this paper, ft ,m the rule hither to observed in the London Daily Pr.as of not admitting such advertisements. The value of any advertising medium mast depend in a large measure upon the extent of its circulation. In this point of view the Express can ne.w challenge any one of its evening contemporaries, and the follow in./ statement of the number of stamps issued to and vs_•d for this jourcal will slim its gradual increase in popularity: 1847, from Jan. 1 to Dec.3l 778,714 1848, from do, to do. 1819. from do. toAug.3l (Bmontka) 861,000 la this paper, therefore, occupying as they eon il assert, the filet place in point of circulation mong its contemporarits, the proprietors offer to Al% ,rtisers inertased fecilitits, now for the first time Arable to them in the London Daily Press. Should h is ensue any largely iccreased demand upon the 31umos of the parr, the proprietors are prepared to te..t such demand by the occasional publication, hout extra charge, of a double number. h will be recollected that the Convention entered t • in 1845 between France and England fur the ..ob.ishmect of a cruising squadron on the west coast Africa, to suppress of the slave trade, will ortly expire ; aid that either of the contracting rtes, deaiiirg to term'nsta its engagement, must nousce such intention to the other at lesst three r.ths bef rehand. I. is stated that the French vernment has come to tho determination not to con u+ a party to this Convention. l'he above i mportant statement is to be found in Annaks de l i rmatitht d'illrique ' the erg, a of the i-slaTery party in France; and it is • journal of hority on such a question. :be Convention of 1843, it may be remembered, 4 framed as &substitute fir the Conventions of 1831 1833, which exchanged and extended the 4 of mutual search; a right, which public stun in France, then under the rule of the " No on of Peace," would in 1845 no longer endure. convention of that year. therefore, in form mis led, but in substance terminated, that irritating useless right ; and upon its conclusion instruc s were given to the offiaers of our African quad .' not to capture, visit, or is any way interfere vessels of France." In substitution kr the right each, France by the convention undertook to r on the western cer.t of Africa 26 steam and ug vessels of war for suppression purposes; and tegagement she has faithfully but profitlesaly per ed. It WU, however, meant to be an experiment ; for though the convention was intended to last years, either party hsaved the power of re v from it at the expirition of five years. e fifth year of the convection's durotioa is 1850; the French repubre, wiser than the French rchy, intends, it se e•ns, to avail itself of the at opportunity of getting rid of the obligation of rg 26 ships of war in olio part of the African Tire determination, considering the state of its and the notorious impotency of that tepee net to interfere with th, slave trade, cannot, of ,be seriously opposed. It is indeed understood ”rd PeI . .3IERSTON would not object to Francs reducing its African squadron to 12 ships; what employment on the coast even that force dit would be difficult to say. However, the ion to keep 28 ships of war there, thus about erminated, is the only engagement iu the coa tof 1545 of much concern to anyone. Its ter nr, however, in form,reviees the conventions of d 1833. it now is to be done with the third article of ner, which runs as follows? number of shi!s to be invested with this right (of shell bo fixed each yc rby • special agr^emeat; the • for each nation neei no: be the same; but in no ill the number of etuisers of the one nation be more teas the number of the cruisers of the other. e is a field for further complication, or for tz.ble ercupe, whichever the Foreign office I. Condemned by vote of the chambers of the chy, what ministers of toe Republic dare give h owners warrants to exercise the right of ? And if Fronts will on the coast only suf y reduce her squadron, it will be a violation of brention for RoFeanl to have any considerable here. Let France withdraw her squadron th-r, and double the number of cruizers which i I would be entitled to maintain would be— Ikre, then, is a diplomatic door open by to retreat with c) l .ours flying from the awkward in in which our obstinacy, in resisting the economical, and physical laws of nature, has .us. ace, then, has, it would seem, been brought to inclusion that the slam trade cannot be sup d or materially teduced by means of armed sup on. Though it is melancholy to think what F, what mortality, what expense, (not less to nd alone than twenty-eight millions sterling) tenco in that system has imposed on the world ; decant to trace the growth of public opinion of ionl.cy, its injudicz, and its cruelty. As usual, hid that veteran reformer, Mr. HUME, first ie field. So long ago as 1830 he procured a lithe on t`ei African settlements of Fernando id Sierra Leone, and one of its resolutions was: it it is the opinion of this committee, that, though they ~.fined them inquiry into the relative advantages of rent settlements on the coast of Africa, yet they sly recommend that in the ensuing session parliament .1 take into consitent-i>a the very important question, h.r tile system now full ivied for the prevention of the tr 4! has secured the o!ject intended. 33 stormy politics of the Reform Bill era arrested such inquiry; and the country plunged, reek of all consequences, into the armed system ; few expressing doubts, most men shooting applause. nowover, in 1842, a committee inquired into African settlements; and again intormation icht forth scepticism as to the success of the em; and though it was also restricted from ring any report on it, spin a committee scattered ',loos cores, again it reported on the relation of innate commerce to the slave trade in a way that d, ho s t:e more " perfect" became the system, more impracticable for good end the more :us for mischief it (as bad systems always do) w. et lat , t, after years of heihation and nibbling in •ct►y with the subject , public opinion out of doors spelled the House of Commons to refer the entire 'Son of the slave trade to a committee, and for the . two sessions this committee sat laboriously, cutely, impartially investigating the matter. The writhe* contained many of the most consp icuous vegans of the cruising system ; and their advocacy t was of the most courageous description. Well, labours of this committee were, an its printed 'vi ce but too heavily proves, enormous; but those mrs melted in a oondemnation of the system. rho British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, endorsed these recommerdations with its audio ,. Ire their report for 1849 they declare themselves visaed he , tee eupproleion of the fereign Africa' slave-trade le to be expectel by the mere employment of a naval e, bet rather its harem are aggravated without its ex . left diminished thereby. And they trust— That her Yak sty's government will small the cruisers from the coat of Africa, sEd abandon a sebum of osereive suppression which has been found, in operation, powerless for good, and productive of many and gnat evils. Nor was the society at all inoonsistent in coming to these opinions; fur its object is the extinction of slavery; and if universally extinguished, the motive foe the slave-trade will have ceased to exist. Such is the opinion of the Freach gevernmeat; such is the opinion of a committee of the British ' Home of Commons ; such is the opinion of the Eog.'ish Auti•Blavery Society; such, we are entitled to belt eve, is also popular opinion. IT is la that when the opinion of Sir ROBERT pi n wee A one occasion, 'eked respecting the tone systematically' adopted by the nines on Irish affeirs, the b r i e f c iaculation uttered by the right boc baronet sue v " unmingled mischief !" 'The Theses now returns to this mischief, misrepresents the state of Ireland, and vilifies her people. g„i elly, we are .i m p re eeed with a profound conviction that no na ti on cao be materially helped by the inter meddling or di r e a ti e n or even by the free generosity of anoth e r. N o asom unt of alms will enable a men d out to support himmi f No amount cf public bene faction ever did or ever will enrich a people. Wealth is the fruit ot work, and the semblance of wealth that has not grown naturally a od gradually out of work is like a r tifi c i a l f rui t, , ally to create yet de void of any germ of rept eduction. Industrially, we entertain no doubt 'het Ireland's Priml parity must be achieved L ' leelaud' u that of Scotland was achieved no. -Us of the Tweed, with little help or aid from any ot. her hands than her own. And we repeat, therefore, what we have already said, that if the contumely And vituperation of any portion of our press had nom ore pernicious tendency than to throw Celtic Jerked' v, ingenuity, and enterprise back upon itself, we age uld hardly deem it worthy of particular observation. s But the kingdoms are (in name at least ' bound together by the ties of an incorporate union: at calPolit identity of sentiments and feelings may not be at tunable, but between two communities so cone,. sett° together, political amity is indispensable to lasts "g safety and permanent progress. If an empire I, divided against itself, that empire cannot securely I stand; and what but division can be expected, if the organs that are recognised as expressing the sen timents and views of the imperial government, are daily filled with insulting mockery of the weakness and invectives against the poverty of the weaker and poorer state? We do not dwell upon the hard ship, the injustice, or the meanness of the proceed ing ; we are content to argue it on the lower graund of its impelicy. We put wholly out of sight for the present the Irish view of the question, or what we may ix spine it to be. We are desirous of bringing it to the teat of English interest alone. Is it good for England's peace, England's power, or England's parse, purse, that every tank of our kinsfolk should be placed every morning under a solar microscope and its groterque and revolting exsggeratien converted into an exhibition as di faithful and accurate repre sentation of the Celtic race ? We have asked whether this diurnal series of poli tical caricatures is merely a spontaneous expedo-nt, resorted to in simple recklessness during the dull season? We greatly fear that it is not. Every year, about the time when, as the uninitiated suppose, punis'erial wits begin preparing for the coming ses sion of parNament, some peculiar theme of obloquy and ridicule is put in standing type by the confiden tial press of the Treasury and Home-office; and dia tribes are given so many times a week to an admiring public, sgainst the universal love of the Celts for filth, disorder, ignorance, or bloodebed,—as the case may be. Coming events cast tneir shadows before, and ministerial bills are prefaced in the Tunes. When projects of coercion were upon the cabinet anvil, a ' sensation of blind and undiscerning horror was to be gat up before hand ; and accordiogly, every true, or false, or doubtful, narrative of agrarian madness was told over and over again, and every epithet of indig nation exhausted in the preliminary prccess of get ti, g up the steam for • new cut-and-thrust statute of pains and !sensitive. In like manner, when it was apprehended that some government makc-believe of a measure reforming the existing law of land tenure must be introduced, an introductory movi went was performed by our contemporary for the porpoise of confusing people's notions of the specific difference be tween English and Irish tetancier, and to get up an impression that all Irish tenants were such inveterate rogues and ragamuffins that in reality the less legal encouragement or protection they had the better. In both instances the too obvious purpose was ap parently gained. Coercion was carried in both Lougee of parliament by large majorities', and the feeble and faltering pretence of a " Compensation for Improvements" Bill was suffered to fall to the ground. What may be afoot just now we venture not to surmise. Considering the miserable failure of each in tern of the TREVELTAN nostrums, we should almost hope that no new specimen of economic quackery may be presented this session. Enough of money has been squandered, and enough of human life has beta lost in bureaucratic experiments. After the experience of last session it is vain to expect any amendment of the poor law founded upon principles of common sense or ordinary humanity ; and as providence has not this year decreed that the peasantry should again be decimated by want of their usual food, perhaps it would be worth abating for • little the knightly impatience for further depo pulation. Who knows but some new pestilence or blight may come next year, that will save official time and trouble? Annul,. is foe the peeseat • peculiar and deserved object of detestation with the British public. The treachery and folly of it court, which betrayed and provoked both Viennese and Hungarians into re bellion, in order afterwards to extinguish it, as well al freedom, in blood ; the bombardments, h-ngings, and women floggings of its generals, the vile official calumnies of its press, the prostration of the empire before the Czar of Howie, its jealousy of German unity, and abhorrence of German freedom—all these have accumulated against Austria in th;s country a horror, but too truly and forcibly expressed at the great Newcastle meeting of Monday last. We are well aware, however, that there is noivilian party in Austria disgusted with murder and blood shed, anxious to shake off the brute ascendancy of military chiefs, and eager to establish constitutional liberties and rule. There are some statesmen is 'this .sentry, moreover, who put faith in the power of Amulet& to re-become an empire, and to act IMO more u a counterpoise to Russia in the future I &elms and desecration of Eastern Europe. We Mast confess in nowise to share these hopes, The Austrian empire appears to us incepable of Wars held together, except by the bond of military despotism, and by a rigorous policy, opposed to the freedom, the interest, and the mutineer' of the various provinces of which it is composed. The more that Europe advances, the more, we think, Uri force of its states must depend oa popular adhesion. We cannot but think, therefore, that the progresa of each year will be to weaken Austria, and to strengthen its great rivals, who stead on a more milieu). bags. For oar part we should like to have seen a Germany arias to be the great guardian of the inde pendence of central and south-eastern Europe. And as to Austria, or the Austrian dynasty and court, it may mar a Germany. but cannot make it. It may, by military effort and menace, drag bask the country to the fragmentary, the despotic and retrograde state of the last century ; but it cannot lead a hand to re constituting Germany in the spirit of this. The efforts, therefore, of even the most enlightened of the Austrian statesmen, strike as powerless and deceptive, and as capable of making no salutary provision for the future exigencies of the great society of Europe. But what is the premed aim and offer of the Austrian cabinet ? Germany is at present divided into three commercial zones—the north-west, whose principle is low duties and free-trade ; the Austrian, which is downright prohibitioa ; and the Zollverein lying be tween both in position and principle, and levying upon its principal imports about one half of what the tariff of Austria exacta. lim avowed aim of Prussia is to absorb the north western states with their ports into the Zollverein lowering the Prussian tariff greatly to m t et the Haw: venting and Mecklenbergera. The offer of Austria 1 is to lower its duties gradually during an interval et years, ID as to come nearer to the tariff of the Z3llver rein, but at the same time it demands the raising of the Zollverein tariff to meet it. Which of these movements is England to prefer P which of them is it to abet P What Aorria proposes is no really effective abatement of the protection system for her own states, whilst she insists on the Zullverein becoming equally prohibitive. And we need not say how any segmentation of the present duties is Prue , elk with a perseverance in the system of levying dus tier by weight, which Austria also insist. oa—we leave Baglish merchants and manufacturers to judge whether this would not be a complete closing of the German market Moreurer, we mustmake up our mind that if Austria and Prussia join in one great German prohibitive union, the states of the north-west could not resist so formidable and compact a power. And the result of the fine scheme promised by the Timm would be simply the loss of the four millions of ex ports which we mend to Germany. The greatest point that can be gained foe free trade is to yet fora certain number of years a large population in possession of it. After such experience no person could ravish it from them, as no power could now ravish it from the people of Hanover and Mecklenburg, it they were numerous and powerful enough to make their will respected. By the union of these states with the Zollverein on the principle of a considerab'e diminution of duty, say to from 10 to 16 per cent ad valorem ' the entire of north and central Germany would be accustomed and broken in to free trade and cheapness, in a way that no German union durst afterward, infringe. At present in the assembly of the Z llverein the free trade votes of the population on the Baltio are nullified by the prohibitionist votes of the south, so that the entire Union is to us unfavourable and illiberaL Add the vote of Aestra, and it would be come immeasurably more so. Whereas, take off the votes and the influence of the South German states, and we should have the entire north and west of Germany in one idea and alliance, commercial and political. But inependent of free trade and protection, and their mutual struggles, a German Zollverein, includ ing Austria, as the latter country proposes, and as the Times recommends, would be as impracticable as un fair. According to the law of the Z illverein, the products of the customs are distributed in the ratio of the population. Thus the frugal and amall•consuming countries of the south derive as much revenue per head from the general eceipts, as the large-conauming countries of the north. Hitherto Prussia has made this sacrifice t o ,navaria and Wurtemburg for the sake of having th in the Zollcerein—a sacrifice estimated at several m iLti oL is of dollars a year. But Prussia could not make ' s o& sacrifices to Austria. She could sot take in Ceveta and Carinthian§ as well as Bavarians, for 1 the res would be that the north Germans would be drink dear coffee, wearing dear apparel, and pay i ng kif t duties, in order to fill the coff,rs of fbe Austrians. :"0 this Prussia must, in justice as well as rivalry, demur. For these sea lons, however approving the recom mendation of Au st riae statesmen to reduce their own tariff, we cannot c snsider their offers to Germany or to the Prussian Z Averein as sh.cere. We regard it merely u a politic* 1 move, a strategic manoeuvre, against the progres of German unity about to be essayed at Erfurt. IVe put fir more trust in the commercial and politic al liberalism of the north than in the undisguised deep otism, bigotry, and protection ism of the south. And we therefore should desire to have the centre of infi aence and source of impulsion in Germany established c 'a far north, as is compatible with the unity and sympi ttby of Germans. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1849. FItAI'CE. p aRIS. FRIDAY, di P.m. All the journals of to-day h, nea'r in terms of appro bation of M. d'llautpours sot "ted reply yesterday to M. Pierre Bonaparte, whose conduct led to his speeches in the Chamber being received with fri !id silence. The Union says that " after the vote which so fairly decided the case of M. Pierre Bonaparte, that gentleman left the Aseeml..ly, and enteted the lobby in the greatest agitation, sAd complaining bit terly of the majority. Several representatives be longing to the army accosted him, And inquired what would the country, and even himeclf say, it all the generalsor superiorcffiners belonging •to the Assembly when sent on a mission or before tar enemy should quit their post at their own good pleasure.. Their observations and the advice of M. Luoien Brnaparte appeared to calm down M. Pierre liSsraparte, who then quitted the Legislative Palace." The Banners of M. d'Haatpoul will no• doubt con tribute to strengthen the ties of the ministry cad the majority. M. Dumas' project cn pensions to the labouring: classes will appear next week. In the Assembly to-day M. Leon Faucher rose to put the questions of which he had given notice on the subject of the bank issues. M. Faueher said: I have to call attention of the Assembl, to a serious matter—monetary_cliculnion. A decree of the Constituent Assembly, dated March 29, declares tks time for "shish bank bills should run. Under this regime the circulation of the bask bills was declared fenced. Under this regime the culation of these bills was considerably increased On the 29th of March that circulation amounted to 45 millions. Is less than twenty months the metallic reuses has been :a. creased by 300 millions, sod it is still increasing. It results that the hank bills are coming to a premiam, to the detri ment of the monetary circulation.. Can this state of thinp last ? I think not. The forced currency must be repealed, and by that means the circulation of bible increased. The forced currency was a merely exceptional theasurn, re sulting from the revolution. I allow tont the present state of credit is not such as to allow of a return to the normal situation. Since, rhea, we eaanot renew the forced Cur rem, we must meet the wants. of commerce and iOCTIMIe the mangier of bills. To this end the batik must be autho rised. to depart from the legally conanad counts of operations imposed upon it. It is proposed to Lithe to fiiktnsithons the maximum of the bills of the dank of France. M. Fonld, sinister cl Bosom, replied, that the vest' on had skeet,' aßracted the attention of the cabinet, and that, if it had mot presented a bill to remedy the ineonveniesees which it recognised, it was because the government was treating with the Bank of France for the prolongatioa of the conven , don which th.. 3 Assembly had lately sanctioned, and that it did not wash to demand simulta- neously the ex tension of the limit of its circulation. This last mee sure, besides, was neither advantageous t the bank nor the treasury, and nevertheless the demand wriald appear to have be n made for the be nefit of thr: latter. M. Fould thought it expedient to maintain the forged currency of the notes. The situa tion, he said, was not yet normal and regular, bat the country was fast advancing towards the re-establiah meat o f confidence ' and, consequently, of a normal sod rrogulu state of things. The government, how ever., would ere long submit a project on the subject to tin Amenably. M. Lassa, one of the directors of the Bank, said that in order to fulfill its numerous and heavy obliga ti ma the forced currency of its notes was necessary. As to the extension of the legal limit of its circulation, the directors were ready to accept the amount fixed by M. Faucher, and should the minister delay in pre senting the project of law, of which ho had give* notice, he should himself deposit a proposition to that effect. The next order of the day referred to the project of • law foe givini r to the commissariat departments of France and Alg eria credit in anticipation of the hinds to be grant by the budget of 1850. A short discussion arose on the subject of the colonies in Algeria. The Chamber decided on the order of the day. Number of voted, 606: for, 532 ; against, 74. The minister of public works introduced a project of law for the rectification of his budget, in which a reduction of ten millions is to be made. The president informed the Assembly of the death of M. de Baune, representative of th ird. A deputa tion was appointed to attend the funeral of the de ceased deputy. M. Gown brought up the report on the subject of the works of the Marne and the Haute Seine. The President announced that be had received a document signed by several of the deputies, in the form of a proposition. He could not acknowledge the document in the character of • proposition, as it was an expression of blame on the conduct of the president during the sitting of the previous day, on which the assembly had already decided He proposed, there fore, to proceed to the order of the day. His proposition was adopted, and the sitting wee adjourned. It appears that the democrats have determined to put forward for the Paris elections MM. Bsune, Jun., Forestier, and Lemaitre, recently acquitted at Ver sailles. In the Var M. Flacon will try Lis chance. It appears from the returns of the Bank of Face published to-day, and which I have sent you, that the metallic reserve augmented abint a million, there being an increase of 2 millions in Perim, and a diminution of 11 millions in the depart ments. The discount accommodation has diminished about 3 millions in Paris and 1# million. in the country, the amount of the former being 42,972,243 fr, , and of the latter, 76,401,518 k. The protested bills have declined about 80,000 fr. in Perim, and 60,000 in the branch banks, the amount of the former being 2,796,668 fr., and of the latter 1,917,208 fr. On the side of the lialtlities, the notes in circulation have declined about 61 millions in Paris, and increased about fof a million in the onntry. The account current of the treasury has increasei about at mil lions, the present amount being 68,263,371 fr. Private acoounthreurrent in Paris have fallen off 6f millions, and in the departments increased about t of a million, the amount of the former 84,621,272 f.„ and of the' latter 25,963,121 fr. The whole amount of the metal lic reserve is now 4131 millions to 4434 millions of notes in circulation. The Moniteur publishes the official customs' re turns of the duties received for imports during the last month. The total amount was 11,488,706 fr. In the corresponding month of 1848, the amount was only 9,099.703 fr. In October, 1847, it was 12,036,084 fr. M. Juliani, envoy of the Bing of Mosquito, is now in Paris, un his way to fulfil a mission to the English government on the Nicaragua question. lie arrived in Europe by a French merchant voeseL STATE Or THE BANE 0/ FRANCE 111) to Nov. 22, with the corresponding Items of*, prooeding week: Week =Ain Week ending Nov. 13. Nov. 22. ueroursak r. C. r. C. Capitol Copitol of sew Awed books Reeerro _ . .. . 1 0 ,000,000 0 10, 000, 000 0 Ileum et new fogad beak, 3,900,7311 0 4944730 0 teems In eeel i g= .... 4.000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Oink motel In Do. Breach banks 00k to order 903,1100 63 1,040,634 40 .- _ __..__ .......... ........ dienlisit current of Treasury, erediter 32,597:930 2 3063,314 44 Dhows seeennts ountat 96,380,810 t 84621.273 13 decoants wrest to the bramble nassipts payable at debt ._ 4,912,500 4,8 , 43,309 0 Branches Drafts ol 2aaneh banks payabis by bank Drafts el bank payable by branch links 3,217,680 3,254.781 0 Dividends payable Liquid. of Wan& bank at Algiers .- 138,072 99 136,132 99 Discount, divers interests, and =- pewee 3,933,106 96 3,199,161 18 Dia:aunts and divers interests in 1,6e0,1e5 0 1,781,384 0 ReAllssount last ball-year 113,693 49 143,693 49 Ditto in blanch banks 323,591 0 306,849 0 Sundries 746,901,130 13 743,929,723 10 AML COW kW Orb la til l :ranch basks 123,283,688 0 124,670,691 0 Bills met due . . 81,244 24 14.,144 91 BUD and eteeptaneve be Paris Do, do. is broach betake Advisees ea bellies AdvancesoS bullion by brash bodge 463,069 0 457,689 0 Admission Yreoeb public tends 21,152,021 10 21,308,271 10 Admen es ranee public heels by breach teaks Adelson to the alma es Treasury boss Adverse to the gat os lama 145 millions — 44000,000 0 60,000,000 0 Gan of 3,000,000 to aft city of Man, seines Adenoid to tke depafliant of Mr WIMP ... 3,000,000 0 3,000,000 0 Moat brains reserve Moak ditpaiable funds lavoutinent of new food' bank, in pablia hods *ink , baf4Loganadfornitaro. roperty 4,800,060 0 2 c000,n00 • Rod of bran& teal; 718,. 7 446 0 739, 0 497 bereft in National Unm 1, an, Dank 20501/0 41 200,000 0 interest of knack banks *,* the National Dietount Banks cf 'no provincial towns 230,010 0 Iskoo• 0 Promoted bine Protested bile In ',ninon bank.. 1,971,910 0 1,947,204 0 Expenao of manage:ma Lapenara of ralataiment of brazet ___ __ _ _ _ _ 423.372 0 43 8 ,707 0 Sumac, 790,901,15013 7.'1,92. 1 .721 1101:&11i. PARIe, Nor. :3. For 1 For Account. Moser. lOpeniag Higdon. Lowoct.l4.loe. og. --- : - - - 3 per Cents. 37 11 '57 5 ST 10 57 0 51 U 3 per Oeute. i do. New Gun fi per all telt. 99 VS 99 tt 99 4 per Cents. i 7 0 33 -•--o o o VP Enottange on leaden :So day 2s 30; 99 days, 93 SS. Oelglim,f, 1810 po. a 1842 Do. .. ... ff Bunk Wlatn Banes—Paris lutd Moen, :37 Avignon mad Iturseffice, 120 ; Strom (41erzoo), .100; &mimic, 398 7$ Ila; SO; Tomposod Nantes, 280; Ye SO ; Rates and Ilene, 2SII TS; about, and Rate. 102 5 , 0; Ckette North, 416; Parts and Stmakoar m. araJilka, left bank. 170. ALGERIA.. The alloyegestr Alycrien, of the 13th, °entitier the following : A courier hoes Zsateha arrived at Moen by land on the evening of the 113th. The passage by Batbna and Setif is very Mac (160 leagues), especially with the precautions which have tolls takes between Biskara end Bathna t. we have eoruequratly only.newe to the 2nd. At that date nerai lleriutl,a was trot informed of the approach of all the reinferoemenm which bad been directed towards Zaatcha. He only it:petted Colossi Canrubet, and centisued the siege ' works, whilst en.rgetically repulsing attacks from the out- ' side. We ha • t rdey details of two affairs on 30th eel 31st ult. The first day the cavalry, who operated in the interval hempeensthe oasis of Tolga and that of Forfar, was attacked , by a mush seer .ior savay force, and numerous infantry sol uiem &town; t' wageless around the oar, a. General Her bills.. inunetia'rrly mused the cavalry. to act, and th• plain eteseen the t wi ) our was rapidly clewed by rigorous charges of the 3nl c'maseure and 3rd spahis. Their rarest having been followei, a second charge as vigorous tette first gamed the meet net miens assailants to bite the dust. Night mined, aneft•so companies of infantry suifect to keep the enemy in respect. These cherges only neat us three killed and three matte deft In the same day, at toe trench,.and in cutting closer. the palm trees, we bad nine wounded, two of whom wive Menem. Or. the 31st, the general having re turned to the same ground with his mesa!, supported by mountaimmortars, and three companies at infantry to recon noitre the enemy, the combat was commenced. Amass of oivolry and infantry quitted all the ci.ses. The 200 chase) ere and spabisef tie columnated' brilliant charges, got amongst the enemy and nverthsew a great many of the chiefs. The artillery maned numerate& knees to the enemy. The enemy had meta than 60 killed and &considerable number wounded, against and 17;wounded of our troops. Alter these mein a conference took place between the Shriek El Arab sad one of the chute of the revolted wanderiag tribes who had imettiatted. An ant. rstaruiing could not be arrived at. The arrival of the &tweeted reinforcements might, however, make these tribes, so little accustomed to such as - guisary eowsbats, display MOM conciliatory dispoeitioas. All the re inforcements ware not likely to be collected before the 12th os 13th; so that we shall probably not have important news before the 2-stls,by land and the 27th by era. Since tie re ceipt of the last despatches the situation has improved by the wituntary withdrawal of the force ollecti il by the Marabout Si Abdel ALk in the Aureas. We, however, attach little importance to this withdrawal, which is Reliably temporary: there must Perim, combats to put an end to the disturbances which agent° the subdivision of Bathes. It is much to be desired tilt Si Abdel Alidh, and all the allies of Bou Zinn, should meet in a fair field the fine column which is to assem ble nuler General Herbillon. There is nothing sad of the cholera either at Batista or in the solemn. The troops, in spite of their fatigues, preserve their moral and phys:eal eauegy. The convoys of provislins at.d materiel anise without accident. The Mon:tear Algirien lab : Since the above war written. we have news of Colooel Deumas up to the 9th. He was still at two days' much from Bonged*, having, aecordieg to his first orders, turned his attentiem towards the Oohed Nails. His passage emu the DiebelsSatter bad brought to order several important fractions of the Filled Nails. He was continuing kis march. Nothing important had ocean: d around Bougada.-I'.S. 6 o'clock evening. This moment a courier has arrived from Zaateha with news to the 6th. The situation of the siege has undergone no other chugs than that occasioned by the pro pose of the works during four days. A faction of the wan dering tribes has presented aura at the amp and made its submission. Nothleg important has occurred. The Aklibtir of Algiers, of the 13tb, states that at Oran the cholera appeared to have ceasf d, and the population were regaining confidence ; 1,700 persons had been carried off, of whom 1,100 belonged to the garrison. FRAMING OF CHARGES BY COURTS-MARTIAL.— I The following Important order has just been issued irons the Adjutant general's ofike :—Circular Memorandum —Horse- Guards, Nov. 19, 1849.—1 t appearing that the term " Dis graceful conduct " has been emplaned in halting charges, in many instances, in relation to offences not contem plated by the 20th clause of the Mutiny Act and the corres ponding Articles of War (from the 79th to the 87th), as liable to the penal consequences of offences cussing under that designation ; and it being evident that the indiscrimi nate use of the term tends to weaken its moral effect, the commander. ia•ehlef desires that, unless a ease fairly come under one or other of the legal descriptions of " Disgraceful conduct," specified in the aforesaid clause and Ankles of War, it shall not be characterised as such in the charge ; but the term " Disgraceful conduct" shall be nursed, for, and arzn r to,lied i i ttose offences only on conviction of which:the o 1:11e to be deprived, by the sentence of the court, of the benefit of his genie,. By command, John Macdonald, Adjutant•General.—Britiek Army Despatch. IPSWICH CORN EICHANOL—The estates commit tee have accepted the tender of Mr. William ltibbins, at 1.0701., fir improving the Corn Euchange. This was the lowest tender. The building will have a handsome gone portico, of the Corinthian order, fronting ths Corn-hill. The inside will mein of a large room 65 feet by 78 feet, and 22 feet high, with a large lantern in the centre. This will make a splendid public hell for leotuTtr, concerto, &c.—Chelmsford Chronicle. ITALY. SARDINIA.—n 'ems that the opposition in the Chamber of Turin was somewhat frightened by the vote which it palmd on the 17th, and that they en deavoured, after it wasover, to attenuate its effects by informing the govt rnment they would trust to it to present • law on emigrations, and that they would vote the treaty. It was too late, however, and these overtures were not listened to. The vote of the 17th, if carried into eitlct, would, after all, be an infringe ment of the statute, inasmuch as the law on emigra tion which they desired had already been rejected in the Senate, and could not constitut:ooally be pre sented a second time in the same session. GERMANY. VIENNA, Nov. 18 —To allay , the alarm with which the prospect of a reformed tariff inspires the industrial cLun, to hush the clamours of monopolists and dissipate the unfounded rumours which are spread to throw discredit on the new undertaking, a semi-official communication in the Wiener-Zietung indicates somewhat more definitely than hitherto, the course intended by ministe re. It has been ob jected that the plan is undertaken in a fiscal spirit, and will be carried Gut without being previously sub mitted to the verdict of the public. These reports are declared utterly groundless. The principles men tiered in a former letter, as guiding the ennmittee, ere appealed to as a proof that the first reproach is unmerited ; while many organs of public opinion attack on the ether band the Tiles of the government as too prohibitive and too ler removed from the liberal prin ciples adopted in the Zollverein tariff. The reformed plan swill proceed throughout on the fundamental principle of holding last by a system of high protec tive duties for shielding native labour ; and the inte rests of the industrious classes will be the more con sulted as not a single duty in the tariff will be altered without the meet comprehensive examination of persons conversant with the subject. Next, it has never entered into the bead of the ministry to execute more than a draft of the reformed tariff. The grounds for entrusting this task to a competent commission ; the mode of procedure to be adopted ; and the argu ments for believing that a congress of industry would not in the least contribute to the end propmed, have been already . developed sufficiently in the commercial organ Austria. Not because the government de elites to take into account the claims of labour end industry, but because it wishes to cherish those interests with the most efficient ca-e, and to protect the national economy from sudden transitions and all shocks, it has declined to summon an industrial corgrees ; which is, by its very nature, the machinery least of all fitted for the preparation of a reformed tariff, The draft of such a tariff must, however, be submitted in the most complete form possible, in order to furnish public opinion with a sure standard for the examine- Von and judgment of the new system of duties. When the draft of the tariff is complete, either as a whole or in single sections, the commission wi.l begin to deliberate upon trite rior measure,. In the meantime the Wiener Zeitung is authorised to declare that it is the intention of ministers to subject the draft of the tariff, as well as the motives of the proposed amounts of duty, and of the whole division and grouping of the mem bers of the tariff to the most gent ral public discussion. Such is the ministerial explanation, which is better calculated to mitigate the opposition of the monopo lists than to satisfy the public. The concluding words, indeed, although emphasized by exci-ptionnl type, are somewhat vague, and it is remsrked, with some alarm, that no mention is made of the Reichstag. Al though the constitution requires that every min isterial decree should be submitted for sane- tion to the leai.lature, there is a vast difference be tween asking for a bill of indemnity and bringing fur or and a 1)41. A subject of such vest national import er ce is clearly the very matter of all others moat raper for undergoing a thorough debate in the Aus trian parliament. 11 any otherart of public discus sion, such as that of the press, assemblie s a nd p r i va t e circlet be meant, the ministerial expression is a mere delusian. The Emperor sets out this evening on his journey to Prague, attended by his aide-de-camp, General Griinne..Bach,. and probably also Sithwarzenberg, will accompany him. The trip will last eight or ten days, and apparently include Liam The Asstriats army at present consists of 63 regi ments of the line, 20 battalions of grenadiers, 18 re giments of boundary infantry, 1 Czeikist battalion, 1 regiment of chameurs, 23 battalion, of chasseurs, 8 regiments. of cuirassiers, 6 regiments of dragoons, 7 regiments of light borw„ 12 regimests of hussars, 4 regiments of lancets, 1 enrps of bombardiers, 1 rocket corps, 5 regiments of artillery, one corps of miners, 1 corps of sa,ners, t oorps of pioneers,6 garr'son batta lions, 2 cordon battalions, 1 regiment of gens-d'- alma', 1 military waggon corps, 3 battalions of lirtenna volunteers, 1 Italian light battalion, 3 batta lions of Styrian riflemen, I Istria battalion, 1 regi ment of Bandinal hussars, 1 ltutheuian battalion of mountain riflemen. The Co !wine Gtatette announces trim Berlin that Count C. Moltke has been sent ma a miimiou to Vienna by the King of Denmark; and that Primala does not intend to traasfer the negotiations on the subject e Schleswig-Holstein to the interim coomaissioa. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 23. The government forwarded. s few days aco, a re port to his majesty. recommending the ebtabliehment. in the commune of L =mei, in the Campine (a vast tract of chit fly uncultivated land), of an agricultural colony, and proposing to erect twenty farm-houses, a church, a clergyman's residence, and a school. The Monitsur now publishes a royal decree approving of the scheme of ministers, and ordering it to be tarried into execution. The commune in question is situated to the north of the first section of the Meese and Scheldt Junction Canal. The resolution of the Dutch government to shut up some of the internal waters of Holland, and to open, on the other hand, a canal between the eastern and the western Scheldt, continues to occupy the atten tion of commercial men at Antwerp, the majority of whom appear unfavourable to the project. The value of the notes in circulation on the 15th inst. of the Societe Generale of Belgium was 40,022,193 fr., and of the Bank of Belgium 10,341,000 fr., being a decrease for the former bank of 607,000 fr., and for the latter of 113,0001 r., compared with the returns for the last half of the preceding month. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Nov. 22 It appears, by an article in the Amsterdam Han &talkie: of the 22nd kat., that the revenue for the first nine months of the present year amounted to 39,175,0348., beings decrease of 434,4528., compared with the year 1845, but an increase of 23,2788. com pared with the year 1848—that is to say, with the corresponding period in each case. The falling off in the year 1849, compared with 1845, was in the import and export duties, in the excise, the stamp and legacy duties, and in the post and lottery returns . In those items, however, there has been au increase in 1849 to the amount of more than one million one hundred thousand florins, compared with 1818. It maybe added here,that the revenue for the nine months of 1849 fell short of the estimate by 1,017,890 florins. The .11andelsblad observes, that it has happened in previous y ear. that a similar unfavourable result fo r the that nine months has been made np in the last quarter, and expresses a hope that such will be the case this year. In fact, the minister of finance stated the other day that, at all events, the difference be tween the estimate for, and the p roduce of, the year, will not be considerable. The Dutch East India mail brings the intelligence that in the Kadoe distrizt of Java a million of coffee, plants have been destroyed, and that the tobacco har vest is entirely lost. Au earthquake was felt at Sourabaya on the 15th of September. The section of the Second Chamber of the States General of Holland commenced, on the 22nd inst., the ersmination of the draft of the budget for the year 1850. A Rotterdam paper asserts that Herr Van der Bosch, formerly minister for the colonies, will be appointed vice-president of Dutch India. GREECE. The following is from the Greek minister of foreign affairs to the Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, mini ster plenipotentiary of ter Britannic Majebty. ATHENS, OCT. 28, 1819. Sir,—ln a message to the prisident of the lonian Senate, of the date of the 9th of this month, and p u bli shed in the official journal of the lonian government, and i n whi c h Mr. Ward, the lord high commissioner, gives an l i tmus of the discovery which he has just made of the secret society called the " Great Fraternity" (La Grand Fralernite), th e ohject of which was to revolutionise Italy, Turkey ig Europe, and the lonian Islands, th e follewimg passage occurs : "The conspirators presume, as your highness will see i n a letter found in the posses'ion of Signor Valliano, that their projects have royal support, and that the plans, which goad faith and goal eines reject, are looked upon with no eise favour by a neighbouring sovereign." Such an observation, introducing an august name, and not even being accompanied, on the part of him who though, proper to use it, by any censure or disapprobation of those who hays permitted themselves to cooceice or express such ideas, must naturally have outraged the feelings of the go, vernment of the king, who ii so plainly made the object of this attack. This was, besides, so much the more unexprctcd, end t h e more to be regretted, inasmuch as it is a suatir er public notoriety, and was also within the knowledge of the lad high commissioner, that Signor Valliano, in who.: v ise .. lion the leas in question was found, having combined with the deserter fderediti, in the rebellion of the latter, sad in toe plunder of the bank at Petra', would have infallibly bee n at this moment in the hands of justice, if be had not connived to escape to Corfu with his accomplices. It ran easily bs understood from this that such an individual could have se connection with the government of toe king, and could hare possessed no influence with his majesty. On the other hand, Mr. Ward is not ignorant that on the demand of the British legrtion; the king's g wernment has taken care to remove (ruin these parts of Greece adjoining the lonian Islands, lonian refugees, ill order to prevent them from keepir.g up any intercourse with the favourers of die. turbances in the islands ; and that in order, as much as in it lsy to discourage them, It even prohibited them from re- siding in the capital, wishing thus to dissipate coy idea that they could thrive advice or assistance from acy sour, whatever. With such facts in evidence of its sentiments of integrity and its wince:joy, the government of the king deems it unnecessiry to protest, under the circum•tauces, feeling no doubt that the government of her Britannic Majtsti viii also consider th•t the aspect and regard which axe due to august per•onages, and the court. sloe practised in iiter, national communication have been misunderstood in the insertion and publication of rim irks such So that of Mr. NVard. (Sig Led) G. OLAHAIIII. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We have received the Corfu Gate tee of tl e 10th, containing the speech of the lord high commiasioner of the lonian Islands to the Leglslative Assembly, read to that body, on the 10th, by M. Fraser, the government secretary. The speech is of extraordinary leogtb, but the following eummuy embracea all the material points. The lord high commissioner minutely describes the origin ard rature of the late outbreak in Cephalonia, showing that all the measures he had taken under those circum stances were jusifled by necessity, and h.d obtained the approbation of the senate, and that of the munici pality of Cephalonia. Twenty individuals had been condemned to death, all, without exception, having been found guilty of other crimes bcsicies high treason. The lord high commissiener renews his promise to produce all the papers relating to the late events in Cephalonia and those concerning secret societies. He then proceeds to impress the Assembly with the importance of the present session, %ellen will, he say-, occupy an important place in the lonian Isles, as the constitution now in existence will be revised by the deputies and ren dered more popular and conformable to the exigencies of tne present times. M to the refugees, he observed that the governmect will never re foie them an asylum, provided they tdie no part in local concerns. His excellency further pro. 111/Sera to ley before the Assembly several meaeures calculated to promote the commerce of the lonian Islands, and concludes with recommending prudence and moderation in the intreeluetion of ',Marcel tc. forms, as he will, on his part, look more to the future than the past, and protect all the friends of the real interests of the country. The president of the usEcin bly, atter this speech, prenounced a few words of courtesy, and the assembly adjourned. COLONIAL. NEW ZEALAND. The Louisa, Whycherly, arrived oS Portsmouth on Thursday night, from Aacklun I, whence she sailed on the 14th of July, at which date everthing was quiet, as the natives no longer ehtertained any idea et war with the English. The Fly, 18, Commander Oliver, was at Atm/land ; and the ilavaua, 22, C.pt.ia Erskine, sailed thence on 21 June for the Ftejee Wanda. The Louisa touched at Peinambucco, where tranquillity prevailed, but the export trade was very Bat, which was attributed to the revolution in Feb. last. A very strong feeling prevailed en the side of the democrats towards the Emperor's party. 'the Douro, Portuguese brig of war, w.s at Pernambucx Mr. Boyd and family, and Mr. Dudley, minister of the church of England at Auckland, have arrived in England by this ship. MEETING OF INNIIOLDERS.—The annual meeting of the Master, Wardens, Court of Asais'ants, and Livery of the Worshipful Company of Innholders, one of the most ancient of the city companies, took place on Thursday at their hall, College-street, Dowgate-hill. The Master, Mr. Ocoee* Pardy, of Leadenhall market, presided, supported by the wardens, Mr. George Hadity, of New Bridge.a!reet, Block friars, and Mr. George Tanner, of Elizabeth -street:, Heck ney-road, and renter warden Mr. Joseph Evans, of New gate-street. It was announced that the following Inquests are at the disposal of the court of Resistants :—Aprd 9, 184.3, Mr. Henry &mashie, by will gave 6,0001., to be invested, sad the dividends distributed among respectable poor liverymen or their widow. (invested in 5,6321. lls. Bd.-3 per cent. COM• lidated menu Wee.) Hleo:ion days for these gifts the first Tues day in Janrery and the first Tuesday in July.-21st Ju1y,1827. Mr. James Newton by will gave 6001. for the relief of poor freemen and their families (invested in 6.301. three per cent. reduced arnuitie.). Electiin days, the first Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday in September.-12th Jane, 1819. Mr. John Jones by will gave 2001. stock three ref cent. 'educed annuities. The interest to be distributed among poor widows of deceased liverymen.-16th May, 1817. Mr. Themes Lewis by will gave 5001. The interest to be distributed among the pour. (Invested in 5151. three and-a-haj, now three-end-requarter per cent, annuities.) — TM Trustee then gave the health of her Mikity the Qu. en, the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and the rest of the royal family, which were responded to in the most loyal and enthusiastic manner. A number of other toasts followed, and the festivities were kept up till a late hour. TIIB ACCIDENT AT TILE BRITANNIA-BRIDGE.--At the inquest held on Wednesday, at C•nrarvun, before Mr. Poole, the coroner for the district, on the body of John Wil hams, killed, and who wee one of the sailors working at the capstan; Mr. Clarke, the resident engineer, examined upon oath, stated that the deceased was assisting in lowering the hjdraulie piers or cylinder, which was about 15 tons weight, the rope passing from the press through two three. part blacks led to a powerful capstan, manned by 50 men The preen was being lowered by the backing of the capstan the repo making 3or 4 turas round it. Deceased was must leg in the coil of rope behind the capstan, serving it out as the men walked back the capstan bars. The press or cylinder was not descending at the time, but was hanging on the tackle. Jones, the foreman of the gang (who has since been suspended) had left the men to attend to some other part of the tackle, and he un , ortunately left the turns on the capstan on the bottom or largest part of its diameter ready to surge. Whether from the wetness of the ropes, the day being showery, or from some relaxation on the part of the nine men who were holding back the rope, the line of rove surged unexpectedly up the capstan, and over powered the men employed to hold it back. The cylinder then descended precipitously a height of 132 feet into the strait% dragging the rope through the blocks and round the capstan, which was enveloped in smoke and firs, arising from the rush and friction. Deceased was dragged out of the coil, and was thrown about with the other men by the contortions of the rope. lie was picked up near the capstan eensible, but died from the inju rile he received, consisting of compound fractures. Nene of the other men were seriously injured, and, with one or two exceptions, had resumed work. They were taken to the Caumarvon hospital. The cylinder glanced off from the stone shelf at the time of the tower, and fell into twelve feet of water, rolling out about 30 or 40 feet down the elope of the straits. The tackle being attached to it, it was easily taken out and safely conveyed to its destination, without the slightest injury either to the press or the tackle, which is the most I xteosive in Europe, and sufficiently powerful to raise with safety five times as great a weight. Other wit nesses corroborated this statement. GLOUCESTERSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Tho annual meeting of the Gloucestershire Arrieu:tural Society, for the encouragement of agriculture, arts, and commerce, was hell on Thursday. The show 01 ce tle was very fine. The dinner in the evening was presided over b) Mr Hale, M.P. E. Holland, E.g., Duna bleton, late member for Woreestenhire, made the speech of the day. Mr. Holland's remark+ referred to the preie..t position of the agriculturists nod lab urers, and he enforced the general principle of leases, and the letting of farms to responsible tenants who paesessed capital and skill sufficient to meet every want.