The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

1 1 1 k ( 1 1 0 1 . \ i l l 1 4, il I , I . li 11 1 i, i i .i 1‘ i tExPorefSfS. OUTGOING NAILS. Tee sua. the Mediterranean, Copt, Colon, 11.11., g be made up on tn. wales of Dec. 24. The nest 15411 fes Lisb,s, Spain, and Gibraltar will be side u • os D. e. 27. The soils fur Driti.:i North Aras , ies sad the Usited States will be made up on the evealsit of D e 7A. The Welt basis Maui, iseledins Dammed*, lievasselt, 111111111111, Un N o..e.tts, and Mexico, sod including tires ter Madeira, Juan,ie-Niearapia, New Grenada, Chill, sed Peru. will bz 'sada up on the mirsiog of Jas will . 2 The malls fnr Maderia, the Brasile, and Bunco Ayrts, be made Op on the evening of Jas. 4. MIOE WATER At LOMI/011 MUDGE Tmo D 33 -*wow. 3 1......33.0,Ea5imr, S.s. Mlarassa. I. /Mr LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. TILERS was a speech delivered the other day in the county of Nur''ulk, wh . ch demands the consideration of every reformer. A de, utstion went down from Norwich to Thetford, and endeavoured, at a public meeting, to impress the constitnercy of the latter town with a s. nee of their own degradation, infe riority, and insiaoificacce. It is not much the custom in this world fur p op:e to appreciate such lessons as the good folks o• 'lll , treed were taught by the Nor wich deputation. 8.. t in this irstatce, the lecture being popularly delivered, Nome to Rave produced roo d e g o % I. wh i r rigs have you, said Mr. i tILLETT to the men of Tuettord, " what right have you to return two members to the House of Com mas.? 1 find that 16 , 1 of you can make two mem bers of parliament, woa-t it takes 13,000 voters to make two in the tower Hamlets. How can it be riAkt and just and ho' eat for a house in Thetford to wafer such an undue power sccurding to parlia mentary valuation, and for a voter in Thetford to enjoy such an undue amount of influence?" The good Lake of 'I hettord, s-enate as it may ap pear to the Censer/retires, fully appreciated this reasoning. In MA th re is reason to believe that a proportion, by no means inconsiderable, of the Thet ford constituency are of opinion that it w. uld be better their town should be without the privilege cf returning repreo ntitives than that it should re turn them on the system now existiog. " The election for Thetford," says Mr. TILLM, " is a de lesion and a suar,c. You are brought to the hustings nominally to return those whom other men decide shall be your m tubers." Is thisa plea-ant state of things to the voter who would be independent? We apprehend But it is the state of things which the governmell are perpetuating, and which it is even motel that .t is possible they may ex- tend. For we rrg.rd any attention of the franchise in such places as The ford as anythiug but a pleasant anticipation for the unprotected voter. Ac company it by other measures hf reform--i ither by the Ballot or by a re-arrangement Gf El. coral Districts—end an e xte n sloe of the franchise won d be m ist acceptable. We know and appreciate the value of such an ex teuaion to the es inetituencie s of large towns. In such places as Leeds, and and Birming ham, it would confer the ritht of voting on a class hitherto uhem rept' d and f.r too numerous fur my thing like ittluehte to make an undue impression. To 'vend the franchise in those so ats of commerce and manufeeter rag industry woad be to do an act of justice, aid to admit a ciao of people fully competent -..d qu.tllB, d—a hoe.- of think ing, reasoning, and f-eepehtly of well-lead ire:.. llu: how dile ra. the elect in tile smai:er bori.onens. Of what seedily bent fir dots any one suppose it would bit* extend the franchise, unaccompanying it by Ate measures. in Woodst- ck, or ton, or Eye, or Wareham? Would Lans.crea on be less subject to the Duke of NountomoxaLtsiolf ihfluecce ? etioold Ashburton base a shadoe of a chance additional of kmaag itself from the rule of Mr. MaTSESON ? In them mall bor. ughsevery master ter employer is forced to vote accord n.c to the will of V. ruling influence. In Woodstock he meat promise, as he is commanded by the Duke ef Nlaatnoteruhil ; in Wilton according to the wish hf the Keel of Perensoxe or his represen tatives; :n Eye as Sir EDWARD Knott-4os may think proper to desire him. Excuel the franchise in these boroughs —give it to the employed as well as to the employeri—and *hat do you do? You mtrely, as things are, create an additional number of slaves, occasion lecterns , d coercion, give rise to mote beart-burninge, and, if an opposition should be vetoed, afford "mutual,. icr oppn.saion in the shape of what are cutlet " examples." To extend the frenchise in these very small bo roughs without reuljusting the electoral constituen cies would be an abeo:uto injury to the poorer and more dependent Leave the inhabitants of such places to return their members upon the existing sys tem, and you inevitably entail a sense of degradation, and, primp, to mow extent, practical misery upon every man whom you invest et ith the privilege of voting. To make an extended franchise effective, all boroughs with pipet etior:s below 8,000 ought to be re-arranged , We give a list of them : Meek. P.P. see. lereeree Z. Abiturdan 6502 .. 1 .. C•frrapt. Andover Arundel Ashburton Banbury Bodmin 5901 .. 2 .. Corrupt. Brecon Bridport Buckled's= Bury Sr. Rinsed. O f and Marq of Bristol. Caine Chippenham Christchurch ..... 6631 .. 1.. Rid of Malmetbury . Cirencester Cockersoath Dartmouth Devizes Dorchester M E of Wlliams and ths Shaf. Droitwich Eremite= Bye 7347 .. I .. Sir B. Kerrison. Guildford 6924 .. 2 .. Corrupt. Harwich Corrupt. lionized _ _and Earl Cowper. _ Hoeiton Horsham Huntingdon 5500 •. 2 .. 11 ul of Sandwich. Haaresboromik Leominster Lichfield Earl of Lichneldl. Liskeud Ludlow 5171 .. 2 .. Bul Powir. Lyme corrupt. _ 1, Lyniagtou Madras 4968 2.. Corrupt. Malmaribury 6674 .. 1 .. Earl of Suffolk. Mahon 6875 .. 2 .. Eal Fit:walla/a. Marlborough Marlow Midkurat 6674 .. 1 .. Eat of Egmont. Morpeth 14= nice X 6330 .. 2 .. 4861 .. 1 .. Miss Pane. ffabwaffuld R s ... 4415 .. 1 .. Earl Bowen 4300 .. 2 . Earl of Zetlaad. Ilya Bps St. Abash .. ..... Sumba 7384 .. 2 .. Marquis of Exeter. Timm* 7661 .. 2 .. Sir B Pol. Teeksibesy 6721 .. 2 .. Corrupt. Think 6132 .. 1 .. Ludy Fraaklarad. Totem. 4240 .. 2 .. Corrupt. WeassOrdl Weeding'. 6616 .. 1 .. Mr. Dm. walla 4607 2 .. rff=alt 7464 1.. Sir R. Lopez 7404 . 1 .. Doke °Marlborough A B M 6480 .. 2 .. Lad Cariagtow. Wilk the exception of Liskeud and flee other respecting . which we have less perfect in la= these sixty town. are every one of than either thoteughly c3.mipt orelee subject to &nomi nee influence. Here are nearly a hundred members returned as the nominees of a system which ii obnoxi ous to the legislation of the R- f 'no Bill and to the principle of the British conetitutioo. And yet we are to be told that we want no measure of reform thatwill cure these constitnencit a of the defects whit* are inherent to the present ',rem. The remedy for the abuses which exist in these town is by as means difficult to carry into effect. It is diefranchisenseat only in rare Instances: in the majority of eases-it is only re-adjustment Take the last town upon the lid, Chipping Wycombe. It is a town of 6,600` inhabitants, returning two representa tives. At present it groans under a nomination in flame/. Pose miles off is Cheat Marlow, & tows _. . similarly epicene& Their boundaries ailjoia. la • -0 1 E both instep thess iunglga. Ware P hisritifieder the array g. meta of 1832. Matlow hks 13,1tX1 mt.' abit•ots. Combine the tco tovree, Ltd yon wenlel have a population of 12 700. Ce-mb tee,', the lo.al inter' it of onetown would wholly 31 utraliw that f the other, and the probabilities are ;hut ti e indepei dent interests of the two borou g hs united would ensure the return of well-chosen representatieee. Take almost any other borough et the I;st, and the same result might be produced, with a very little ma nagement. Think and Northallerton might be united with great adran'age. Itipou and It enruond might be thrown together. Tamwonh and Lichfield, with the addition, perhaps. of Burton-upon- Trent, would form an independent distr'et of boroughs. Totness acd Dartmouth, or Totem and Ashburton might be united. Westbury might bs joined to Frame; Calm to Devizes; Mahnesbnry to Cnippen ham; Midhurst to Petersfield ; Wareham to Dor ehester : in fact, without overet' pping the boundaries of ccuatits, or blending together rival interests or slashing trades, it would be perfectly easy to arrange borough districts after the plan of the Monmouth tatrict of boroughs, where,to give a ready example of the well working of such a system, two gnat rival in terests, which fought some years ago like Kil keeny oats, have both been forced to give way to a representative elected by the voice of popular opibion. We throw out these at present as crude suggestions That the existing state of things can be permitted to coi.tinue is out of the question. That it can be effectually amended aithout a re-adjustment of the small borough system, we regard as equally beyond the bounds of possibility. That any extension of the franchise in i such small boroughs would of itself cure the double evils of nomination and corruption in the tlectioa of members to parliament, is an idea utterly fallacious Prior to the Reform Bill there were no boroughs mor e corrupt than the small scut aud lot boroughs. We will give a list of them, and if the list can be matched we will eat it: Abing4on Bonitos Reading Arundel Lester Si. Alban Aylesbury Leominster St. Ives B .dford Litres Shaftesbury Bost Marlow Stamford Wallin ford Bridgewater Monmouth g Bridport Newark Warwick Chichester Pontefract Winieor Cirencester This list does not comprise a single borough that, prior to the Reform Bill, was tot purchasable, and we believe it comprises most of those which; at the pre sent time, are regarded as the most corrupt consti tuencies of England. It is quite clear, therefore, that extend the franchise as you may in these towns, you will not cure the evil existing in them. They ale, in fact, too small for Vat. It is met+ by merging them larger constituencies than they them selves can present, that you can hope to neutralise the bad effects which bribery and coercion have en gendered amor gst there limited populations. As Mr. Cohnea &wee ev in his speech at Leeds, reported in another part of our paper, " We must not only have an extension of the suffrage, but a re-distribu tion of the franchise." Mn. li. A. Cußiaroeueß, of Sleaford (wbilom Dreuas of Ipswich), is a gentleman equa:ly known in Pall-mall and in the Fens. lie is, as Mr. DOD informs us. a denizen of Eaton-square, a mem ber of the " Cu lton," and the " Travellers," a Patron of two livings, a member of the council of the Agri cultural Society of Eogland, a stentch Protectionist, and the happy posses.or of mar y thouesed acres, fat and Pettit". Mr. CHRISTOPHER assumed t-at name, in lieu of his remelt:hie of Di:ferias, on succeediug, iu light of his wife, to a magnificent landed property in toe northern part of Lincolnshire. That property is one of the fittest in the county. At every Annual Snow you hear that Mr. Cimino- HIER'S turnip is the biggest, and that his tap has car ried off the ulcer medal. At the Bazaar in Baker street, Mr. CHRISTOPHER'S fat ox annually has the honour of securing " a prize for the breeder," or is, at least, "highly commended by the judges." Ana Vie admirers of prize cattle, after puncliiiig the but tocks of Mr. CIIRINTOPHEieB beset, rush en masse into Madame TUSSAUD's depot adjoining, to feast their eyes on the waxy resemblance of Mr. CHRIST°. PURR himself, who is there displayed in all his gluey in the gallery devot d to emim nt Agriculture/gm. Amid all there causes for exultation, Mr. CHRISTO PHER assuredly might be a happy man. With so many fortunate comb netiors ir. h s favour he might manage, one would think, to b•ar up against the I accidents of life. But it see me he is of a desponding temperament. He takes • gloomy view of his own pais ion, and has an idea that his rents are rot tenth coming. Last Monday the farmers of his county be ing gathered together in Lincoln, Mr. CHRISTOPHER took occasion to address them on the "dereseior. of the times," and the injustice under which they laboured. The " depression of the times " consisted, as be argued, in their not obt.ining thirty or forty per eeat. profit, " like these manufacturers ." Theretote, they must have " protection." Somebody enquired whether it was " protection " that gave the manufac turers thirty or forty per cent. profit ?—but that was a eitiestiou Mr. CHRISTOPHER did not respond to. Mere happened to be a manufacturer present. He war not a man known in Pall-mall or Eaton-square; nor ore who has had an opportunity of acquiring a great estate at the trifling sacrifice of ca:ling tens est( by one name instead of by another. Mr. CHARLES SEELEY, the miller of L ncoln, comes of a humble origin, and commenced life with no sir& advantage above any of his fellows. But by his high honour, his nnvatying integrity, his commercial exactness, and his promptitude in all his dealings, he has acquired more than any men in his locality the esteem of thoso amongst whom he lives—so much so that the people of Lincoln have twice selected him as the most proper person to be put in nomination as their representative in parliament. High above the town of Lincoln—vying almost with the elevated towers of the cathedral itself—rise the tall chimneys of KEYwoßin and SEELEY'S mills. Of late they have not smoked so much as usual. Mr. SEELLY told the Lincoln farmers why. "The free trade system," be said, " has injured me—a manu facturer. But do I come here to' white ' about that ? Not a bit of it. My course is a different one. I have I begun by retrenching my expenditure. My carriage has been put down, my horses sold, my luxurie s cur tailed. I am boldly facing the pressure of the times. I am applying myself to discover improvements and me'ns of meeting competition with success. And of that success I doubt not." The meeting—which the farmers who came to support Mr. CHRISTOPHER made a noisy and a bois terous one throughout—cotcluded with three cheers lee " SEELEY and Free Trade." Well were they de served. Mr. SEELEY, the labouring architect of his own position, taught Mr. CHRISTOPHER, the favourite of fortune, a lesson which he and his brethren would do well to lay to heart. Let Mr. CHRISTOPHER and his friends try this receipt for getting on in life. Let them act on Mr. SEELEY'S model. Whilst agriculturists are " whining" for that which they cannot hope to re-obtain, this persevering manufacturer, who has suffered far more than any of them, from the very cause to which they attribute their own depression, is, by his prudence, perse verance, and indefatigable industry, working out far blastoff a certain future profit. "Protection:" well may these Agriculturists de mand to be guarded from competition and assisted like infants at every footstep. Not a pullets d energy do they appear to possess in their nature ; they are as languid as Mr. CHRISTOPHER'S fat ox, and as inanimate as Mr. CHRISTOPHER'S waxen emgy. Whilst we write we are informed of • singu lar example of the fate all those may be snared of m eeting who rely upon " protection." In the county of Suffolk, a purely Agricultural district, is, or was, a newspaper called the Bury and Suffolk Herald. For nearly thirty years (says its Editor) we have laboured within our sphere to vindicate the rights of the Church—the prii.ciples of well entered freedom—and the forms and spirit of our o institutional monarchy. On economical questions we have conneaded for protection of British ladustry splint foreign enspetiaies—peuteetioa of the poor in their wages sad their liberty—protection of the yeoman add 'redeems. What is the fate of this well " protected" of Mr. Cameroritia and his party ? Vik a = it dies a satersl death! Who From the effect of competition ? No : it has triumphed over that. In consequence of the prevaleaces of free-trade opinion ? No : it is the sole protectionist organ of a purely protectionist district? In the words of the Ws lady, then, " Why did you die ?" Hear the lialre i s answer: We ma aware ear friends that if they knew how many emilemen of amuse (Christopher and Bath/mpg] —soave M kvadar sad at public *fiftieth the Conservative itillthest—withheld their names from the only Conservative pre la their district ;-4 they Mew hoer assay leading 1 1 ., ,,1: • •AP t PRESS, THORSDA: Vapersiorr - f ptuesotioweunfiklittieir putronug• to supply 4.6eir speeches for ureasscour Ls4Dia—they,would cease tO at to w.uatt at our abaed t our poet. CONELECIAL RELATIONS WITTE }tus-u.. Tue 1 , following &pilaus in lint right's Globe : We are cnatesd by yriv its correrpocaenee received this day, to announee the opening of erg tiations by hir jest)'e representative at St. Petirsburd, with the view of increasing the einemercisl rela•ions between this country and Russia. A considerable ohmage I. contemplated in the import duties on articles of English menutitture, and in cotton espeeially,• great, though eradusl, ai ratoreos r. due tion will be m ids. We are inturmed that the Empernr has shown the utniest willingness to consider the whole question in the mos. liberal point ot view, end gnat weiile great ad. vantsp will be conferred spun Russian commerce by the removal of restrictions, the conditions of the treaty are very favourable to English treas. It should be added, that as change' of this description are serious in the effect of their first aplic • don, it isrobable that th• dminution ot duties will be p spread over th e met two years, Wing complete by the sod of 1851. We underat4od that this was in contemplation, and even in progress, previous to the invasion ot Hungary, ' but was suarendrd on account of military operations and diplomatic differtnces. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNEEDAT, 530 r Y. There was a grand hecatomb of amendmei is yester day in the Legislative Alarm')ly. The Chamber, already wearied by a lone general debate, szemed to have det.rmined not to listen any more, but to pass the law at once ; and a reed massacre accordingly commenced. And, first, M. G eldenberz suffered ; then NI. Charamaule, G, neral Lebreton, and M. Paulin Giliou. N. de St. Priest found refuge in the with drawal of his amendment; and M. Prndhomme, more fortunate, finding a defender in M. Mituguin, caused the debate to be adjourned. To-day, a vote fr uryence having been first taken, Notwithstanding the opposition of the Let'', in favour of a motion asking for three previsional twelfths of the budget of 1860, the debate on the excise was resumed. The amendment of M. PiNhomme, the debate on which had been adjourned, was discuses d. It may be well to give its text " The tax on drinks is to be mainta'ned in its present shape until the month of July, 18.50." M. Mauguin contended for priority in favour of his amendment, which is as follows : The National Aisembli adopts article 3 of the cleats of the 18th of May last, and proclaims anew the abolition of the tax on drinks ; the law not to come into effect, however, until the lot of May, 15.50, up to which date the law as at present in fume to remain so. A committee of fifteen mem bers, to be chosen by the Assembly, to inquire awl to pre sent the means by which the deficiency coved by the aboli tion of the tax mar be made up to the treasury. M. Mauguin pro eeded to develope his amendment, which N. Becher opposed as uripsz:isinentary. The amendment was het, the vAes being 420 against 100 for its adoption. Everything that tends to throw light upon the present state of France it is important to notice at the present moment. We have seen the President of the Republic endeavonritg, by a s.ries of measures, to centralise the chief autLority into his own hands. The hydra which he ostensibly aim; at destroying is social:lM. He is iu reality attempting to strengthen his own personal influence. To give his prefers a more im perial power is the object of the measures already submitted, by which these' officers may controul the march of education by appointing and cashiering at will the teachers in public scho-As. To the same end tet.d the measures by wh Oa the prefers are to have the nominations of mayors, instead of as heretofore the municipal councils, to which both those attributes belong. In both the-43 cases the elective system is sacrificed in favour of centralised government. Tee hiearchic organisation of petty officers—gamekeepers, postmen, &c., all over the country his the same tendency. Increase of power at the centre, and crushing of sac aliens, Euch is the aim, and hire it is that a Sr sh sympom now shows itself. The socialists have been divided amongst themselves, but they have not feared to recur to the press to discuss their doctrines; they are fearless in the pu , suance of their creed ; they have combatted the an , i-s icialist republicans; and the divisi,-n that WAS evident amongst them caused the joy of the great party of order, as it calls itself. But a change is now occurring. The orgies of every republican opinion— the National, the Litkra, hitherto Nspoleonians— all the weighs*. presto, in fact, have united under the head of socialism. This is a Temarkable fact, calcu lated to make people think deeply, on the one hand, the centralising power at work; on the other, the dis solving. Who shall say which of the two will conquer. The latter can act without anything to imp:de it; tho other is fettered by the Chamber — null, indeed, as far as plaicel vigour is concerned, and full of petty, thwarting jeal owes. With respect to the presi - !ential measures, I have told you that much opp ,tetion already , eels's. This opposition is assuming consistency. The reception that has been given, in poliiical circle., to the mea sure on primary teachers, and to that upon the mayors, shows that deep divisions will come to light. They occupied the last deliberation of the legitimist club of the Rue de Rivoli, and, although many members supi.orted them on account of their temporary character, and on account of a desire Nat to break up the majority; many, amo get whom I may mention M. Berryer, hesitated, whilst others energetic lly opposed, seeing as they did the l impernalist tendency of the plans of Louis Napoleon. 1 The meeting ultimately arranged that M. de Mon tigny, one of its memb , rs, should present an amend meat to the bill on primary teachers, limiing to six mouths the powers asked by government to be con ferred on the preirts. Such is the situation of affairs at present. The Afoni:eur do Suit says:—" A council of minis ters met at eleven o'clock this merning, at the Elyse, to examine the question relative to the Paris and Avignon Railway. It is said that it was decided that M. Bioeau, minister of public weeks, should inform the president of the committee on the budget of the resolution of the council to present a new bill on the subject." The general committee on finances yesterday dis cussed the question whether, on account of the absence of several of its members, it should not retract its late decision on the Paris to Avignon Railway Bill, and nominate another reporter. Bur, after hearing some of its members, the committee, taking into considera tion the parliamentary precedents, resolved to maintain its first resolution, and not to choose a new reporter. BOURSL I. PAWS, Dec. 19. i i Tor if For Account. i Mosey. I Opening Willett 'sweat. Closing -- - - - - - - per Cents. ...... MI ID ' 36 33 86 33 SI 20 16 30 per Casts- to do. New Loss_ , II o o o per Cents.. .....» 6O 30 , o oi o per Cents 72 23 1 '' ^ - - 11. .I._ 9. 3 per Oents. ....... N2O 36 33 36 SS 34 20 16 30 5 per Cents— S do. New Lola o o o o 18 pa Cents. n 4 per Cents 72 23 o o •. , 5.14,ban0e on Landon: 30 64ya, ZS 45 . 94 days, 75 $2,1 ilekiidm, ;., 161 0 Do. 5, 1649 Do. 44 Do. $ Bovam.-84. Germain, —; Vermilles (4kt bank), 207 30 (left bank), 166 31; Orkank 760; Parka odd Rouen, —. Rouen and Nemo, 241 IS ; 91nabourg and Brie, 110 ; Ckstre. 334 ; Boroeaus, 404; Nortb, 461 35; Paris sad Iltinsbenift, 361 23; Toussaint Nantes. :77tH. SPAIN. The Chamber of Deputies rejected on the 12th, by 130 notes to 30, the proposition of M. Silva to conso lidate all the public debt into 2t per cent. stock. In opposing the measure the minister of finance inti mated that the gove rnment will, as soon as possible, present to the a bill relative to the debt. On the 13th some discussion took place on a motion 'on *s numerous emigrations which have recently taken plies from the provinces of Murcia, Alicant, and Absteria, which appear to have caused great misery, but after hearing the explanations of the minister of marine, the Chamber passed to the order of the day. The Chamber afterwards proceeded to discues a bill of M. Olozsga and others for preventing the exercise of official influence in elections. The Heraldo announces the arrival at Hareems of 800 meo, and at Roses of 1,000 men, of the expedition to Italy. The Clamor Publico mays that the government has decided to organise a legion of 8,000 men for the service of the Pope. The same journal announces that, in conse quence of the rejection of his proposition, M. Silva has resigned his seat in the commission of 1848 for the re gulaUon of the debt. Oar correspondent writes: MADRID, Dcc. 13. Tits Casette contains directions with reference to the royal decree on postage of letters. On the Ist of January, 1860, wilt be abol i shed the present system •. ;•'-•r•~ . ria4, ... , . +;., .• • EVENING§ DECEMBER 20, 1840. al fraskitg s d eertityil.g letters. Front theant leiter* wi I be trauked ur a•r t.fiecl by means detente. wh c may Le bought in tined in the ehople autho ii.ed bt ipstrernn eat ti that ttf. et The lettere whten are to be trailed for halt are . pt d. The stamp.' ■rc of paper, with the bust of the queen, much 1 ke Ise in Emil u.d. nArein., Pea. IS. Three per Oesto, it amount. Foulr Ceuta IS I piper; Fire per Ceuta., In paper. Coupons, P. of SL. Fes .loend. SS PaPer• Exchange en Loug ,l 4 Wan. INDIA AND THE OVERLAND MAIL. The ovirland expr. ea, in ant;cipation of the mail, arrived yesterday, and brings news from Bombay to the 17'h Nov.; Madras, Nov. 13; Calcutta, Nov 7 ; Hong Kong, Oct. 30; canton, Oct. 27 ; Shan g hai, Oct. lb ; Labuan, Oa. 29; Singapore, Nov. 7; Java, Oct. 30; Swawak, Oct. 3; and Oct. 16. The letter of our Bombay correspondent is sub. joined:— BOMBAY, Nov. 17. The present mail is unusually barren ; these is s carcely au event which will prove interest in g to the English reader. The health of the Marquis of Dal housie is said to be still further failing him, end it is not thought improbable he may, at the end of next month, bid adieu to India. When last heard he was on bid way from Simla towards e provinces, whence be would visit Lahore, and probably Pesha war, V ence deseer.ding the Indus to Kurrschee, taking a look at Mooltan en the way. There is, how ever, a great deal of exaggeration alwaysefl iat about the sickness of great folks. You will one day, perhaps, see them in robust health, and the next be told they are martyrs to the climate. Sr Charles Napier has astonished the good people of Meerut, Agra, and Delhi, tot a little of late, no isss by his grotesque appearance, than by his extraor dinary and wayward movements and sayings; and co sari of anecdotes are in circulation regarding ham He is said to have stated at a public dinner-table, before a largemumber of guests, as follows: I shall leave yon shortly—l can't stay. lam thwarted in every way by the military hoard. What authority has a commands in chief in India ? None. Wao have, who possess, the authority ? The military board! I was dining with the Governor-General at Simla the other 4sy, when 1 said to him, "My lord, a's no use ; I might as well rtsiet, my authority at once as go cn the present system. Tne whole authority is engrossed by the military board." His lordship replied, " Not at all, Fir Chutes; in all things your authority would be respected and avoided to" When I r-plied, "You are mistaken : the only people I have any authority over in all India are the apotnecarits, mid I clulo not give a dose of medicine to one o' them without first ob. taining leave of the military treed to expend a Ct nein quantity of their d—d medical stores " Everybody in India knows Sir Charles's assertion regarding the military boards is correct. The ex pdose ateLding thus: boards is enormsue, Rod all they seem to do is to retard businetn, by relererci.s and checks regarding, in many cases, errors of farthings in acouunts. The old chief was about to preci.en to Lahore and Peshawar—he will Le at Ru m:lite by the end of January cr February, and hate in March for England. The more's the pity he does not remain at the head of the Indian army ! A; to the movements of the other grog bonnets, I hear that the lieutenant-governor was to quit Agra, on his tour on the 13th. Lord Gough arid Gray were to have left Simla in progress to Color he about the 12th : they leave India in January. Sir H. Law I ranee was to have been at Peshawar at the end of last month from Cashmere; from this he was to nicks a tour through Kohat, Buono°, aLd the Derajat 'provinces, re turciog to the Sikh capital towards the midd'e of December. His health seems to have been competely restored by his journie s. Majors Edward. s and Nicholson, the heroes of Moaltan and Haz trek, are on their way to Bombay, to embark for England. Major Maegre gor, C. 8., and Mr. C. B. Saunders, of the civil service, have been appointed deputy earn miseiorers ; and Lieutenants N. B. Chamberlain, 16 h Bengal N.l ; A. L. Busk, 66th ditto; Lord W. H.y, C.S.; and Li.ut. W. D. Dickson, 3rd Bombay N.L. casietant commissioners in the Punjanb. The death of Mr. I'. Ma ki son, a deputy collector in the Jul lundhur 1)oah, is reported in the north-west paper re ieiv'd this morning as having occurred on the dth instant. No news from Scin ie. The troops in the Punjaub ere, after the end of this year. to be placed on the same scale of pay as is usual in India—their bit , a and extra pay being mat (if—except tluise at Peshawur, who are t re.Tive. field allowances, to enable them to keel) up carriage for moving at a moment's notice. 0o the anuivers try of the y ,to g ex-Maharajah's birth, he is said to have been presented by government with jewels (beiorging to his own state) to tt e value of 10,000/., at, act ot generosity which has been obj• c'ed to by some on the plea th et the jewels were prize property. The 22nd Foot re • ched Kurrachee on the 4th from B imbay, and were busily engaged preparing fur the ir march to Bengal up the line of the Indus. They s e to led replaced Kurrachee by the 64th Foot f. um Poon • . The cummissioner was still at Kurrachee, the sup )intending engine, r had proceeded on a tour up th,, province. Ge• eral Manson left Bumbay on 01. Bth, to relieve Ger eral Auchmuty from the Soinde command, the latter officer being directed to a some command of the l'oona division. Cul net Boileau. 22nd Fcot, also left on the same day to join hie corps at. Kurrachee, and ace ,mpany it to Bengal. Toe superrietending-surge in of the province (Dr. Taylor) has succeeded to a seat in the medical b mid at Bom bay, and is t ba succeeded by Dr. John Scott, now secretary to the board. A great am..unt of sickness prevailed at Hydrahad and iu Upper Soh do, the former being caused by the lateness of the inundations o' the river. At Kurra chee all were enjoying the be et of health. Dr. Calder, it is said, died at Sukkur on the 4th inst. He was an opium eater, aid on being dimceted a large quantity was found in his stomach, as also under his pillow. He was en route to join the lit Bombay Fusiliers. In India all is tranquil, except at Hyderab .d, in the Nzam's dominions, where confusion reigns paramount. Mr. H. N. C. Hamilton, re si lent at Ilidore, pre!' eds ou a tour to Neemuch and Ntli se..raba4, which have been made over to Bombay, im mediately. Mhow now belongs to Madras. Sir W. Cotton is preparing for his homeward trip, though he is said not to know what is intruded to be done with him by the Huns -Guards. We have heard he is to be the next cr.mmander-in-chief in India, but the truth ot this is doubted. ])r. Burnes, R. W., grand master of the masonic craft in Western India, has retired from the service, at d leaves for England by next mail steamer. He was almost univermly beloved for his affability and benevolence. CALCUTTA. :From the Bengal Ilstrkaru For once tl , e intent,: of our despatch, such as it ie, centres in Calcutta. The Senores Hank has !Lured somewhat prominently before the public, but it has bet non the metropolitan stage. Colonel P. L. Pew, chief director and prirciral debtor of that ill-fat,d concern, bag ju , t gone through the Insolvent Court, kith no other dimage on the way than such as he might sufftr from the mild reprouf of Sir Lawrence Peel. _ _ _ Sir Thomas Torton, the late ecclesiastical registrar, whose Male Mons have spread alarm and distress among thousands of poor widowe and orphans, has applied for the bone fit of the Insolvent Aq. The to al amount of hie liabilities, as set forth in hie sche dule, is about twelve lace of rupees, of which about eight lace are involved in the deficit of his official accounts. The Insolvent Ciurt rejected his applica tion for an ad interim protection, and he is now, we believe, a resident in the gaol. The executive c,mmittee of the Union Back in li quidation hes declared a third dividend, bring of 10 per cent., payable atter the 12th inst. The Indian Times states that the decislon of go vernment regarding the Calcutta police delinquencies has been arrived at. It is said the deputy superin tenderits will be indicted, the subordinate functionaries dismissed ; but what is to be the fate of the heads has not transpired. An increase of pay, we would' suggest. Another Bengal official, the Superintendent of Stamps, is undergoing a trial for having attempted t to sell poets in his department ••for very lance snare.' The Bombay Telegraph understands that an officer of the Indian navy is at present engaged in constructing current and tidal charts of the Indian Weise, similar to these. prepared some tints ago by &esti Mawry, of the ii..tted States navyi, and which have rendered in' • ode of that officer so diatingurstAld in the seintiflc' world. Thso• general .orner e : nounce. that Md el . : 1 tie been ar pointece to the • morataryship erf the Peitjaub in Me y lace of •At C-.rietran. . . , • Tied run. •: Mal. by Special Commissioq_eiro in progresl, 11 . e sccusrd being serv.ents very gritve &fiend onmei. The first cue is that of Mr. H. Palmer, the Superintend ent of &amps Lore. The other is that of Messrs. Pringle a , ,cl Pearson, the Judge and Magistrate of Purneab, who are charged by Mr. Cruise, a resident in the district, with offences almost too numerous to mention,—attempt to murder, violence,•perjury, and subornation of perjury bring amoloit thrnrtti CHccusati. ne are sumo te dby poet ions if tffi . I which are, err . b. her , yet eutip,ete. Tne great l . cal itt raeut 6I of . w ay/ been Iris very agree No ans of cheap 1,e,Th 411110 7 hog monopalisen by Mr. 'ludo., ut Baran, by t INA. invaded by a rival firm, ar,d a hot enupttii,, i t very cool business It is ut course begun. BA - ,17. Amiga a arc now rr tsi!ing the " gelid Luxor)" at pice a veer. Le in India at lit le more i t . au a N thi : a pound! Our gr o ! cluz,ns are, of sinew, erliak3 find jib the prts , ..t.t htatt: affctr, and Oily h that it m , y till the next hat tea' i t i l enable tie . m m ire fully to e: , j ,, y t. At pmt though the sold weather cue eft most paroki a , 4 ice is not an indispensable nrcessa.y of ° The commerciel reps rt n.crib s busitess brisk than it hes 1 ly been. Exchui,ge by proved a little, and is bow qtrin d ut 2s. 10,,A, for bells at Six menthe' sight. Firights ate at 3(144 for sugar to London. 'the mail of Nat S ptembe r is not in ye, LA owing •0 the delay of tit.: BeLtiick at Li Alt , iu rani tt for the China stesmer, we do not eaptct it 1 4 alp 4, day or two. MADRAS. The weather is most wisessonabl2. Insteed d t h e cool and pleasant days w inch we usually enjoy it t t i, period of the year, the sun conitunts t r•hine brightness and ate., ngth of July, and the ni g ht s „ t hot and i.ppressive. We have b en favoured with b u one tall of rain, and that of a very scanty d.sgi pt ift. The crops are already suffering from drough.,, a d much longer delay of tie txpeet. d nci Leet „,,, supplies will, efe ir, rtsult very kr i o 4 Lonsequor.e.r.s. The stearn,r Bentinek, with the I,,ndon mail of th i 24th St pit tuber, did rot re...ch 314ras until the aft . mg of the 7th lost.—Modras Atkenaant. • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BonlitT, Nor IL The atprct of the import mark 4 h.sa uudtigan. a able change dot ing the peg fortnight, and we are giallo reeitir6, (nowt the hulk of those goods sortie time knee purchased by ti t "* dealers tire being tag cleared oat of th- ha Lao. pad," th ," "1 week tour vowels with huge supplies of Mutant-ter pane ‘631,.k. araised, whiola are ter* ruddy bought up at lull maces. 'hi elan and Arabian dealer, have enteo d the soar te% any • eal businera in the coarse and Mos y caw Wogs to a tolmddr In exporta ua extemive LtiOnren has had trie.lwitieti Loa been to a certain extent ch-eked by the surety of pm:literate...l Money is still very pit mind, but a. the new opiu, ' arrive, and the season io now fah le opened. - lout ley: change in monetary affairs soon. Fite per tent In s e t i s is ram- Iff remittance to Calcutta, but we believe little Ina b.en Mitt obi ethe tither loans during the pact lurraWlT. bsidar out tared may be quoted at lb to 131 per cent. prtnaium, aid are Wag rep. even at these e..nip arativeay low price, °Senna lag k Adana been sold within the last few dap at In/, tund Cosaa-rew eel shares at 131 per rem. discount. her Col.stta Prime Connuarlu m t 2,000 re have been refused. Of all the point suet ea etionlat prtsideney the above company Is the most thriving. Tte erica:i t of each share was 6,300 rt., and the dividend abut to he atolualn the year ended 30th Sept. to 1,433 en. per abate, bohln elation Is a good amount set nude as a reserve lurid. Comore Plana Games.—lt will be Peen by the rubjuined Ind ei that a can busineis in piece goods his Is rn trade data( dt to Wight, at prices nut touch :mute tho e arm. Mr rein, .a a k may be attributed to the eillingters exhibiueil Idu Grey gouda—Dummies : Of dome the ruler traoUnt to 11,4 , pion 4 at front Its. :5t anneal to Rs. 121 per lease duet have temandy A of crape makes, purchased by the Arau d :lees; and turas light. The inquiry for flue deserted o o is inlyfunti. n nas have been sold tante extnnt of 26 300 inter., at flan Its. I :11 sag to Its. 3 per piece. Shirting.,: M ales, 44,rai • paces, at Ms %oak' • par piece. Muddling and good utoariptunn- are in dr mina say • of the latter being li.w. The cloths of 54 to Eared leach anew I Inquiry. and a good &nand also exists her 45 iota. liaapoinc Sales, 27,212 elemee, at fron. as. 2 3-10 to Its. 31 ler pats. ine mend for theee go ols is dull, and price , lute. T. Cloth a 6.3 g sale, and has declined In value, large q -entities haring Wayless wired. Thos is ale, the rase aOh anucloh. 14r Nll4 UM ha 6,400 anal 6,100 pieces, et Its. 2 II- i 6 to ite. 3 746 and 14e:9 ; 1a to Rs. 41 per pita e. Modes : hales .030 rims. at Ka l to 1- 1 atom p r piece, in good inquiry.—lleatbed Anypi cruse qualt led are dull while a lair intuit,. exerts kw or inn of above. Of jacinetn, 6,200 pieces hare been add at 1471 ok 3 13-16 per pace ; they are in &marl, and the noel{ We cry lye Twilled do i % Is n good 111-111.30 3..P0 t.O , in spas andstrae, fp bppols, and common jaocanet clot etc. -13 en -•o do luroll dunks awl goof demand for Turkey red plain cloth hareelog a advance in price. 1,310 pieces have benst al at noun Ito. hurter piece. Twillo a e rather firmer than at (I.ee ut Itt-1 Moe. 111p3 we bare no charge to notice. Marched mulls are in good inqvry Rs. ; at Eta. 71 lnr Curios YARY.—The sales of Mule have been to entente:l4We Nos. 30 to GO in demand, N 0.20 and tlo.se ab me let bras maocart fur. Of water 440 hates have been sold. No. int best nada, to mends extreme prim, while the inquiry f. r other sashes i.to. Inc dared yarns we have not he al d ..f ant It is-idiot:a WoutA.ENo.—The market is 'till bare of all discra nuns ul and flannels. AL.—Swedish bar and Iltitish nail rod and hop iron antes in gad demand, and a fa r but roam has b en dime la then. sheet and pig lead hare hope Ned In price. Steel and nedie • etently. Itrulters' and si.tathing cope r have sliguti lila has improved. COCIIINIAL Palen to report, but prices have gtvea way. ha supply is said lobe on the way Iron. home, unit holders lase boo deg to get ri 1 of their st. - cks benze tiny arrate, bar: boo boa OCWRIL KATVIIION.-190 Id. have been sold tit II rat per lb., and Orme is in good inquiry at our qugtati a itraii.—No demand. The only Laic reported 14 one of 4 1 Mak: lope's. at 33 rs. per Ida lam Lot.—Qua, Is and pints have been sold to the extent el A gross, at ra. 1 pa tt xen. Selkti.u.—ldttle doing. Of Mande 24 bhels. ard 2i qr. addle b en told at Rs. 2, per gallon; and 10 Idols. run at Ite.llpe Wm Su t STORI3S. -Wag of pa llt• al, Lindt ar-, lot, 4.1114 black, they are not in flinch demand. Liamiot lo 143 al tune ntino gulL Stocks of canvas ale mod raw, auti the deird hailed. Cordage slightly inqu ia.d tor. No sales in siva nai .u.toteu bane been effected dur if the foranle.t. k:aiouts.—Curro • tea nee.. —l'areh.aeea or the extent d lit:011ie and 4,330 candles hare been made duri .g the turtngbL I eaten nas been well nigh ex oarided, anal It is unott,:ht tilt re ia not amid • last season's crop r e maining on baud. Tun 4.t dity now inctorOf rather interior. Prices or a stip all descrin.ans lute been *dims Wined since the arrival of last English mailed tat Ira hie- Oct ell.—No sales, the price demaiided tor the die is d• ay sown the market being too high. its. 1,273 to Its. I r a* per ehot crane for the new drug now beginning to arr.re. FLLEIGHTS.—There ban ben an active demand la war dariol •he pact fortnight, but a sudden ecarcity having a I At me: rein au meted be an altuodauce, rates love tut:towed couidorally. hien made were made at it. 10a. per tam to Twerp ,tlJun. a woo*, but 31. 35. ha: since been ace-tptei, and dila latter we qitate ,tern of the day to that port, as alio to London. A voirel Ito lends tidied lee the Cycle at 31. ;s. 1511.—T0 China the rate is gal. a is candy. Excuse:wt.—There are few remitters by this mail, saldraireotin been ob.iged to accept lower prices for the•r bills hot Moe ,iicai4 asked. A few trarractions took plat.. at Is. I AL, tat we r.te is eine* advanced to Is. Intik six months night. 'Our, ass eery IA China bills in the mark, t, and the di mend has ban supplied vac , Oby the banks. On Lund , n, at 11 months' sight, per IL.. Is. 104 d. For docamt. 114:a d. For crolit (Lk ... ... Is. luld. For bank nii. ... ... I 10 d. Do. do s. ... ... Is. 10141. 15). do .. ... ... Is. told. 1/. 4 % I day's . . ... le. 94,1. Do. 4a On Calcutta, at 1.0 days' sight, per lig., Rs. } per cod die. 30 days' sight, ... d 0.... c per cent. di► at piety, ... da. ... 1a ti as. per seat pro. On Madras, at 30 day's eight, ... do. ... 2 as. per ant prem. at eight, ... d 0.... 8 se. per cent pos. Oa China, at 60 Jaye' sight, vir 100 dl a Its. 212. SANK AMAMI , . Bombay Rank ..... Rs. 1,000 each 1,000 peld an, II at 1 9 1p 140 4 . Oriental Rank „ 1,000 do. SOO do. Is I per olia Comm. rcial Rank „ 1,0 0 0 do. 54 do. 131 !era da• Agra Rnk Rank of stadr.is , '„ 1.000 do. 1,0 . 0 do. 9 per et go .%polio Prete Com „ 12,500 do. 12,500 do. 15, 1 0 0 0 3 , 100 Co.aba Press Com „ 7,004 do. 7,000 do. 12.2 00 Colaba Land Com. „ 10,0 0 0 do. 10,000 do. 7,230 Bombay S. \. Corn. „ SOO de. 500 do. 70 s 0 per sit G-. Ind. P.R. Com. „ 50 do. 5 diposit Par SOVSKSIMKST el:0'4111SP. Fire per Cent. Transfer loan its. 118 to 119 rIN ll' 919 Fire per Cent. Loan 1523.':6 Five per Ccnt. Lo in 15:9-30 Fire per Cent. Lean 1041-42 Four per Celr. I.otn 1832.83 lts. 90 to 901 Ixr KV . Four per Cent. Loan 18 4 540 Rs. 861 per WOO Four per Cent. Loin 1842-43 ... ...... mom or SKLLION. 807 e-reign% etch lb. 10 14 as... Pe , f, Bank ot England notes Rs. 10 14 as Per • Spanish dolliirs German crowns Ryon silver Its. lets .to l 41 per i ll Gold leaf (range i f qualits) lts. 161 . . . Pee W I Gold ingots, according to touch Va. 17 Ml7l WWI .. • CaLcrrra, AA ii Benstai Bank Agra Bank North %%mem Bank DASIX Siteen. Co.'e Its. (4,0001 Piete. lool. l ; 1,1 ( KII) " SO • BANK OF BLeuil.. . sea* Discount on Government Acceptances (3 months ) • r-. " on Private Bills and Notes ditto 7 • 5 Interest on deposit of Company's l'aper ...................... • on Cash Credit Accounts OP Agency Bills, at G months'lisaES ELVISSIOS. sight ll W 1 1 Agency Bills, with documents, at 6 ditto American Bills, under credit, ditto 1 to Treasury Bills, GO days' sight I w Navy Bills, three day. sight Bank of England Post Bills, at Melt soss French Bills, with security rams or mouton. arc Sovereigns each 10 711) 1 5 Sovereigns 16 5 w .' 1, Madras gold mohnrs a 21 2 , to 6 rrld gold mchurs , China saki bars Per 81' wt. IS 0 0. „ 11 , Goal dust e !ere Aker CO.'S ill. 100 .... ......... ... ',. IN t 0 2 ,"11 ° •eynniebnellars ler 'OO. 3 0 ' w is i Mum imr..Jiats li MADral, NA IiCSANUW. Bina on Folioed I-9162We aeow. 111 ; • 11. M. Treasury Ed*. . ..... „r ,gia„,, t.. ...... urt I.trettrr , ' 811 l on the 6, !content of Bencai, 60 day's eight . Calm.% .43.1 ret amoolli• Buy „„ do. Bombay ; do. do. price of Bullion, no. : , terelgna nit of England Notes , 10-14 to 11 • • *"llpantsb Donors, Rupee. 33 per 10 Daiwa 01.11MTAL UMW. Interest allowed on current nevelt Ace .non , .„ 0 0 ams 1 7 ,Subjrct to a Commindon oft per Cent ...... 4 P ~17,;(0t PllbiCet to C0mmi55i0n.............. It • On Fixed Deposit s: Withdrawable In ones= on presentation of the 800 m id Now! . lof ... ....... At three months' notice .......................... „.. ••••• • Do. one „ ..... ........................ joof MONET.—The money market is in a v ery eav amv , • plentiful, and investments of all kinds ore on the rise. 011 Punutrr.—Produce for export is very more. To yM Li ton of 30 met. Measurement Goods; via, Cotton go. £3 10s. to f 1U pa toil 01 Su C. r. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—Tbe Patric. bee the following from Rome, dattd the 11th inst. : The Fiecch troops which are hers are about to leave for France, and will be replaced by others. All this is is accord with the Pope, who, 1 can affirm, will soon return to the Vatican The decision is of v. ry recent dote. The retire. went of General Ristolen, and the appointment of Gent Tel B agony ell:titbits invested at the same time with the tart' comma d and with diplomatic functioi.s, had alarmed the Beefed College and the Pope himself. The first interview of General Beragaay d'liillien with his highness was not a pleasant one The Pope said he was pleased with Mode wished to remain. UM passed a warm eulopiuni on Curcellee, and talked of the services tendered to order and security by Gee. Ruatolan, and the conference terminated with tee Pope's laying that he would be happy to sae den. harsguay lien at Rome, but at a later period. The gen , rid, who is rather susceptible, did not conceal his dii eppointment at this reeeptim. The diplomatists, however, endeavoured to remove this want of good intelligence by theit efforts with the general on the one hai.d, ar d the Pope on the other, and they succeeded. The general had another interview, and • frank explanation ensued. Ilia highness told the general that a few days before he had been solicited to visit Bologna before going co Rome, but, as he thought this would be dis i leasing to his good friend., he declined the invitation. Ile s lid that, anxious as he was ti be amocg his faithtul people the ligation', he would quit Portici only to go to Rome. Re added, " From what Ras been related to me by the Car dinal Castraceio Castracsne, and which agrees with other in tormatiiin in letters from Cardinal Mai, better sentiments arc 'eking possession of the public mind; faith revives, and the churches are filled. The moment is therefore favourable. I could have wished not to return until the loan had been concluded. That would have permitted me to adept sime li 'andel m aaaaa es, of which my poor people have great need ; but money matters never advance fast enough, and if they ere relayed much longer, I shall not wait perhaps for their completion, for it Rome wants me, my heart yearns for Itt..rne." This paternal language delighted the goitre', who is now full of hope. GERMANY. Oar correspondent writes as follows: VIEA, Exc. 14. I mentioned in my letter of yesterday that the ordinance for the convocation of the provincial Land tags was already in the hands of the government print-r. I now find that my informant was led into a mistake on this subject. The ordinance about to appear cunoerns only the organisation of the Laud tage, and does not specify any time far their being called togethr r. Indeed no measure m.uld lie further out of the line which ministers are pursuing at this moment than the fulfilment of so important a pledge. The 83rd article of the constitution of March pro vide a that all the constitutions of the separate crown lands (kronlander), as the provinces area calico!, are to be set in operation during the year 1849, and must be submitted to the Reich. stag, wits& is to bo calltd immediately upon the introduction of those constitutions. We are now in the middle cf December, and not one of these con stitutions has been called into activity, or has the least chancel of being realised, not only before the ex piratim of many m mths, but beore the adoption of an entirely new policy, say rather a change of mini stry. It will therefore be nee. ssary to come forward with some official statement of the reasons which have int;nced the government to put by the cinFtitu titnal machinery for the present. But it is felt by the ministers that a manifesto of this mid will pro duce so di-turbing an effect upon the public mind that a much mwe sweeping measure would hardly be at tended with more danger. 1 only know that a coup d'etat is expected, but can nut undi rti.ke to express the probable shape of what is only felt darkly as a coming danger, but ft It by thus• whose instircts are rarely deceived. For the last three days the troops of the garris in have had orders to stay in barracks, prepared for any emer gency. No one knows what p.ssible ground there can be fur such a precaution, as the population was never quieter. At this moment the idea of an out break in the capital has not the remotest probability : the people have no arms. Yi.t the goverbme-A homy. all the diet ust of one, that " iucedit per ignes sup positos emir- ri doloso." Al day people have been talking about a change of n iris ry. liblawrath, I'illersdort, and many other names have been mentioned. The first seems highly tmprobable; sge &co e wr.u!cl make him d mine. ale anwhile Madame Mrlre is busy. Baron Andrian has been mentioned, but I e belongs to a party who has no chance, and is far too liberal. name of Haycan is to become associated with the foundation of a charit tide institution. Itadetski- Invaltd-Funds, Jcilaellt-Invalid-Funds we have heard of for snme time past ; there is now to be a Haynau-Invalid-Fund, to the benefits of which the insurgent cripples will be admittel io an equal pro portion with wounded imperialists. We erred the following from the:German papers : FRANKFOIIT.—It is ram sured here that before the close of /Lie [north toe Archduke Reich- verweser will resign his rffie , and retire to Austria. Tie aileron trarsfer th.- central power 'o the Interi , v Commirsion will lake piece, i is said, on the 20th islet. H:•rr B.ttic.4r, one of the l'rus.ian, au-' Herr 'Von Schcnhale, one of the Austrian members of the o[. •[ lon, have already arr,vtd. A commutes /IS het/ tom. - ovrrst c i rsismg rticiesiptiors to erect 3 WAWA Ili itorour of the ' chow. of the Cia own 'tee Archdon • t: ICC .—After a dictate which had :acted severs. My , . - .I a rniaistiri a project of JIM tor the emancipation of the Jews was adopt, d by the chsnitttr of deputit son the 14th wi'h a slight modification, propesat by Hen/ Pam Tice division showed 91 votes io tavour of the minis. oriel project, arid 40 against it. GREECE. ('nr Malta correspondent studs us the following : " Letters from Atht ns and IV rae s!ate that rumours of a change of ministry are still afloat, but it is be lieved to be only a rumour. The government has published a statement of the revenue and expense for 1849. Income, including the advance of 3,835,473 drachmas from the three powers, 20,319,429 drachmas ; expense, 19,640,173 drachmas ; leaving a surplus of 679 256 drachmas, or about 25,0001. Brigandage still flourishes: a band bat appeared near Corinth, on the high road 'o Argos, and levied con tributions on many traveller..." MALTA, Dec. 13. The Penins-lar and Oriental steamer Irclus came in early this morning from Alexandria with 54 pas engem. MM.'s steamer Medusa will leave at noon for Marseilles with the Indian mail. The Sultan arrived here on the Bth from South ' anipton end Gibraltar, with 54 passengers, and pro ceeded the following morning to Constantinople. She made the quickest pass :ge on re mrd, in 8 cleys 13 hours, under steam from S mthampton to Malta. The want of a mid-monthly mail, via Southampton, is much felt here, and it is cord;ally hoped that the Peninsular and oriental Company will, u it is re ported, again have the contr act, es formerly, to run on to Alexandria with the India Mails on the 13th cf each month. If they do not get it, the government must send out some steamers to replace thise now running, for certain is it that they will all bteak down before the winter is over. Her Majesty's steamer Medina, due on the 30:h ult., did not make her appearance until the 7th, lav ing got ashore when leaving Memellke, and lost Der rudder. Her maga and passeneers came here In the Fri:itch steamer of the 6th. Her Majesty's steamer, Merlin, left the Mlle thy fur Alexandria with the India made, to endeavour to catch the Indian steamer at Suez. Her Majesty's 'reamer Triton left on the Bth with the mails for Yams and the lonian lalat.d.. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REPOS...—. MIZTII , 4O AT RICIIIIWID.-Last night a meeting was held in tht new Lecture Hall adjoining the Castle Hotel, Rich mond, in forthwith@ of the above object The meeting ww announced for seven o'clock, and by that time the , body.wf the ball and capacious gallery were nearly filled. Mr. Whitely, of the Vineyard , in the chair. The Chairman spoke at some length in explanation of the principle. of the Natinnal Reform A•sociation, ann called on the meeting to second their efforts to increase the numbers of independent voters by joining the Freehol.. Land Society. Several other, speakers having addressed the meeting, the proceedings ter minattd with a vets of thanks to the chairman.