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TamosioN—Dosetsti, Di. tes.....Alhasess. is. .:a. LONDON, TUENDA I', DEC. 11. Tne telegraph informs us that FILENCIE 11. has effected a loan at Vienna, and that the Counts of Turn and Tains; the half-brother and the uncle of his /GMI•TT, are rejoining the KING at Gaeta. These are ably some of many recent indications that the si-KING has conceived the design of making sew end strenuous endeavours to reimpose his yoke on the nook of the people of the Two Sicilian. The recent outbreak at Caserta, and the inssureelionary movements in the Atensni, are among the consequences of this policy. In these circumstances attention is drawn with increased force to the anomalous relation in which Francs stands to Italy. Everybody has marvelled that a King who depends for protection on a foreign power professing friendship for Italy, should be upheld in prolonging a demoralising civil war, and we are not surprised to learn that the Emperor of the FRENCH has felt the extreme incest venience of his position. We believe we ams correct in stating that his 'ennui ][asaery does not see in the recent course of events a fulfilment of his original intention. When we first announced and complained of his interven tion, we expressed our conviction that he merely meant to protect the person of the Knro, and to save him from a humiliation, a most inadequate reason as it appeared to us. We have reason to believe that that protection will not be longer allowed to become a means of protracting civil war. Very soon, if FRANcis 11. will not go off quietly, Gaeta will be bombarded by sea and land ; and as the fire will be terrific, while the officers within the fortress are disaffected, the result can not be doubtful or long delayed. Tex resignation of M. &mons, the Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Berlin, is, we trust, an act of penitence due to the universal indignation of Germany at the scandalous disclosures made on the trial of STIMI6 a Police Director of that capital. After the abominable history of the per version of all law, justice, and humanity, laid bare On that occasion, the Ministry of the PRIAM" Rsoa.rr wee stricken to its basis. It was mise rable enough for Prussia to have a Cabinet week and vacillating in policy, and perpetuating under altered circumstances most of the old political vices of the Prussian Government. But that a Ministry of the Pluses Rtossr should be timid enough to submit to the lawleu supremacy of the police of the Baron MANTET: r ru. ; that it should not have courage and strength enough to cleanse a stable which was offensive at the very doors of the Palace,—this was humiliation too great even for Berlin to endure. No wonder, then, that such an exposure of a corrupt police, accustomed to make arbitrary arrests and long imprisonments of persons innocent of all crime or offence against the laws should have shattered the Cabinet of Prince Bonin zoiritax Sionsaixogs. The Silesia case very properly brought it into universal contempt, and has led to the resignation of the Minister more imme diately responsible. But will that resignation save the Cabinet ? Certain it is that the opposition is immensely strengthened, and that the flag of hostility to the existing Prussian Government has been raised throughout Liberal Germany. It will hardly be satisfied with the sacrifice of a single minister, thrown overboard to allay a popular outburst of resentment which aims not merely at changes in the Cabinet, but at a policy worthy of Germany in the affairs of Italy and of Hew Cassel, and at the inauguration of a parliamentary system of government in the leading German State. In a month's time the Prussian Chambers will have in susibled, and it is mon than probable that the go verrunent, if it endure so long, will then be placed in such a minority on some motion for the redress of grievances, as will compel the Panics RYAIENT to look the great questions which agitate Germany fully in the face, and to decide at once whether the House of Honrczoinr.ax will, or will not, place Prussia in the position which the Prussians are determined sooner or later to occupy. The events of Italy, the achievement of its in dependence and unity, have produced an impres sion and a resolution in Germany which must be reflected in its governments. The danger consists, not in their adopting • policy of progress, but in standing still or retrogressing. And if Prussia is not placed in the van by its present Ministry or Prince, Prussia will immune the lead without one or the other—if absolutely necessary, without either. It is in vain to conceal the immense pro f/nu which the great cause of German unity has made within the last two months. The govern mews of the small States are all trembling, and THE the Sovereign of one of the minor I least, appreciates the true character movement. It was only the °the; day, so we read in well informed letters from Germany, that the Xing and Queen of 84xcar paid a visit to Konigetein, the small fortress near Dresden, where in periods of danger the treasures of that capital are deposited, and the persona of the royal family seek safety. The Queer remark ing that Konigstein was no longer the secure place it used to be, and wondering how long it might be ere she might again be under the neces sity of seeking refuge, received for a reply from the limo that the time might be nearer than any one had anticipated, and that he, for his part, regarded the revolution now impending over Ger many as far more serious than that of 1848. And, if we look to the proceedings of the Cham bers of the smaller States which are now in session, the prognostics of Saxon royalty appear only too well founded ; for in all directions they are put ting forth pretensions which four years ago would have been regarded as preposterousand ridiculous by their rulers, but which are now grave and resolute. There is in all directions a demand for electoral reform, for constitutional reform, for the abolition of class, or privileged and separate, representation. Year after year has only added to habits of equa lity in Germany, and the popular party will no longer endure that privileges which in France were scattered to the winds of heaven in 1789 should impede the progress of Germany in 1861. It is because the reforms of Austria are founded on the offensive principle of class representation that they are tangled to scorn in Germany. Nor are the demands of German Liberals limited to these great political changes. Equally loud is the ay for the abolition of the trade-gelds which still exist in the smaller States, for liberty for artisans to travel, to work where they can find employ ment, to marry and settle where they please—for, in short, the liberation and freedom of human labour. The key to the removal of all abuses is in the keeping of Prussia, for so long as she pursues a narrow, sectional, restrictive policy—so long as she hesitates to place herself at the head of German nationality, the Governments are stronger than the peoples in the smaller States, and the only remedy is a democratic revolution of the worst sort. The choice is yet before the Palace R. 01211. and the House of HOIIINZOLLIEN. Hippy will it be for Europe if they unexpectedly rise to the redeem of the fortune and duty before them. Ck Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 10. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred, PAWNS Alin, and Prime Leah of Here, left Whedeer for London Ude inerniii, and went to the ibelddisid ebb Cattle Show, held in the Bazaar, Kia' Week Partma-speare, sad stisseards vWtsd the Ewes of the French at Cleridge'a Hotel, end thin reherned to Windsor Castle. In Mesoderm were the Mabee§ of Athol*, the Hon. floratia Stafford, the Ead of Cattlinan, Lord Clarke Fitalloy, Colonel the Has. A. 11. Hood, Major Da PIA, and Baron von Wederweller. The Prince of Wales returned to Oxford University, Winded by Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce and Lieut.• nant-Colouel Keppel. The Duchess of Keot visited her Majesty from Frogmore, and took luncheon. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel and the Hon. Henry G. Elliot left the Castle for London in the forenoon, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott returned to St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. Sir Charles Wood remains on a visit. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday mein for Havarden Castle, Chester. The .ladleial Oommittee of the Privy Council eat yester day.. Aa appeal from the High Heart of Admiralty, the Wearmeath sad Landow, ma emmearvid. The lords rem* were Lords Chalawdead sad Elagedown, sad air H. Ryas. Deirpatehes were received at the Colonial.office restenday from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Prince Edward's Wand, Nara Bootie, and New Brunswick. THE EMPRESS OP THE FRENCH. Her Majesty the Queen and bin Royal Highness the Prince Cosiest paid a visit to the Empress of the Preach at Claridge's Hotel yesterday. The Queen and the Prince Consort were accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Prises Louis of Heise, and Prince Arthur, sad attended by a numerous suite. Her Majesty arrived at the Empress's hotel et noon, and was met at the foot of the staircase by her Imperial Majesty. The Queen and the royal party remained nearly en hour with the Emprees. On retiring, the Empress accompanied her Majesty to the entrance hall, where the imperial and royal personages took cordial leave of each other. His Highness the Prince of Tour and Taxis has wired at the Clarendon Hotel (rum the Continent. Laura Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen M'Donnell have arrived in town from visiting the Hon. Mr. god Mrs. Philip Pierrepont, at Emile,' Hall, Northampton. OMR. Viscount and Viscountess Lismore and family ban returned to town from the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, altar a 'ter of seven weeks. Lord Huntingfield has left the St. George's HoteL Lady Musgrave has left the St. George's Hotel. Lord Palmerston has consented to preside at a dinner, to be given on an 'arty day after the meeting of parliament, to Sir William Sayler. After his formal reap nation of the position which for nearly ten yours be held in the liberal party it was felt by those with whom be was amociated in the House of Coatroom that some mark should be riven of the esteem and respect in which he was held. Accordingly a subscription was set on foot, and, to their own honour, most cordially and numerously Wed by the liberal mentbeni The result is a Madame tasslmaelal, which will be pulsated at the dinner under the prepidsmy of the head of the government. The Secretary of State for India (nays the Tines) has mad* the /allowing appointments in his maned for the swain. year :--Vies•Preadent, Sir Januar Weir Mogi; Chairmen of Committme—Tusance, Mr. W. Arbuthnot; Military, Malor•Oeseral Sir Robert Vivian, K.C.R. ; Revenue, Mr. T. Prinrep Judicial and Legislative, Sir T. &skim Perry ; Public Works, Colonel Sir Proby Cantley, K.C.B. ; Railways, Mr. Kliot Ilmnaghten ; Political, Kr. W. J. Partin& ; Public, Mr. J. P. Willoughby. _ . The Right Hon. Sir John Yonng, formerly Lord High Commissioner of the lowan Islands, is to wasesed Sir William Denims as Governor of New Smith Wales. We react in the Duesfria Herald, "The Impress Zetgeoire, on lately visiting Scotland, condescended to hoseur our towtmmo, Mr. J. Campbell Gracie, by accept ieg from him a posalogical tree of her Majesty's ancestors, the Kirkpatrick, of Clombarn sod Conheath, from whom her Majesty springs direct--eks shown upon the tree, com piled by Int." The author of the attempt against Marshal o'Doesell is the son of a schoolmaster In the province of Leon. Nieto lass mitered the Central Normal School at Lisa as a papa fa let3S ; in Nil be was appointed director of the school, sad ie 1847 impactor of primary instruction of the province of Murcia. At that period a serious deraege meat in his mental faculties was peroeptible. He preten ded to have discovered an electro-magnetic socialist exespi racy manna the Queen. Musks, however, to hie pawns, be was retained in his sitamMn, and in lzkli he was sewed inspector of inotruction in the province of Madrid. He ow day requested to appear before the Chamber, ►od there he amnia related his famous discovery, ►ad accused the govern merit of doing nothing to save the Queen from electric threata. His madams being clearly proved, he was re moved from his situation. and during the last six years bus had no public employment. PRESS. TUESDAY LATE SA IMPORTANT REFORMS IN AUSTRIA. A despatch from Vienna in the Independence Brigs states that the programme of M. Schmerling, the new Minister of State, which has been accepted by the Emperor, includes the abolition (the Nord of to-day says the revision) of the Concordat, the equality of all religious professions, the repeal of the provisional statutes recently promulgated, and the issue of a constitution common to all the Germanic and &lave province'. "This programme," observes the Nord, "is a complete revolution ; it is the reconstruction of the Austrian empire upon new bases. The difficulties which await the statesman who consecrates him self to this gigantic and glorious task are incom mensurable, but the moment is supreme." HUNGARY. Advisee from Vienna &immune that numerous corps of troops are being sent to Hungary. They go from the Austrian capital and the other cities of the empire, by railway, to Presburg, Raab, and Perth. The Austrian government, in order to prevent new attacks on the imperial eagles in Hungary, has ordered that they shall be everywhere removed, except from the buildings belonging to the minis tries of finance and war. In the facade of the town-hall at Perth there was for more than a cen tury an eagle sculptured in stone, but it has been effaced. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY MOIUITNO. The Moniteur publishes a decree cancelling the asertissemertts given to the journals up to the pre sent date. The report of Count Persigny which precedes this decree eontains the following :—" Obli vion of the past will be a new token tendered by the generous policy of the Emperor, which aims at the reconciliation and union of all the intelligence of the country. I have invited the press to use great freedom of discussion. But against those who may attack the state my conscience will be so much the freer and stronger because in effacing the past, his Majesty offers to writers a noble opportunity of displaying their patriotism." The Moniteur also publishes a decree, organising the government and superior administration of Algeria. The Moniteur says :—" The Marquis de Ploeuc, Inspector of French Finances, who is now on a mission at Constantinople, has not been authorised to accept the post of commissioner for supervising the returns of the revenues given as a guarantee for the new Turkish loan." The Moniteur the appointment of Count Baciocchi as Superintendent of the Imperial Thsaires. ITALY. ♦ despatch from Napkw announces that the steam-frigate Govern°lo and the screw. transport Tensaw arrived in the bay on the Bth, having on board Piedmontese troops embarked at Genoa. In consequence of the eventa which have lately taken place in the capital of the kingdom of the Two Sicilia'', other reinforcements are to be sent thither by the Piedmontese government. The Nationalitis of Turin says that Victor Em manuel will stay at Naples until the end of Decem ber, where be will hold reviews, visit the hospitals and public establishments, inspire confidence to the commercial interests by his presence, and execute the first reforms. The same journal says•:—Count Pepoli, royal commissioner in Umbria, has, by a recent decree, applied all the houses and furniture lately belonging to the Jesuits, now suppressed, to the purposes of publia instruc tion. He is preparing a second dean% by which all mortmain property is to revert to theuista. In Sicily the want of a strong government was'shverely felt ; such was the avidity of place-hunters, that the Pro-Dictator, notwithstanding his firmness, had been forced, not only to let the public exch i iquer be exhausted, but also to impose heavy charges upon the future, which, although they will be paid off in the course of time, greatly increase the difficulties with which the King's lieutenant will here to contend. On entering Palermo, the Kingless accompanied in his carriage by MM. Fanti, Casein* and the Pro- Dictator Mordini—a public proof of his Majesty's satisfaction at the services rendered by the latter, as the friend and lieutenant of Garibaldi. The Espero of Turin states that the Italian army is to be divided into two great corps ; one to be called the army of the south, the other that of the north ; the former to be under the command of General Della Rocca, with its head-quarters at Naples ; the other under General Cialdini, with his head-quarters at Milan. The reserve of both divisions to be under General La Marmora. The effective force of the army is fixed at 300,000 men. The same paper states that on King Victor Em manuel's return to Turin, Prince Humbert is to proceed to Florence, and stay there several months, while Prince Eugene of Carignan is to proceed to Naples. MONDAY. The Porte has stopped a Sardinian vessel coming from Genoa, loaded with arms and ammunition and basing false papers. The Porte has protested against this fraud, and the violation of treaties which it constitutes. CHINA. A NEW REBELLION IN THE NORTH. PEKIN, Oct. 13. Pekin surrendered to the Allies this day, yielding to all demands. Parkes, Loch, and L'Escharac were released on the Bth inst. Norman and Anderson have died from the effects of brutal treatment. Thirteen soldiers have also been released. There is little hope of the return of Brabazou, Bowlby, or the French officers missing. The Emperor and the Tartar army have fled, and none of the enemy are to be seen at Pekin. The Emperor's summer palace was taken and looted on the Bth October. The quantity of spoil was enormous. The Pekin gates have been given up to the troops, who are all healthy and encamped on the wall. The allied army will winter in the north. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros are at Pekin. Indemnity ready when demanded. 9HANGHA.I, Ocr. 20. All u quiet here. A new and distinct rebellion is reported in the province of Shensi. It is said to be headed 7.)y influential people. Little is known of the Taeping rebellion. INDIA. cmzurre. Nov. R. The Government Committee has recommende the Bombay tariff for all India. BATAVIA. BATAvIA, Ocr. 29. The state of affairs at Bitojermassing is said to be improving. 'ENING, DECEMBER -• AtrarRALIA. • • MELBOURNE, Ocr: Mr. Stuart and hie companions have beaulztven back by the mei*, after having penetrated' as far as lat. 19 and lon. 134. The country was found to be rich and fruitfuL The following are the departures of gold ships The Boxburgh Castle with 41,703 ounces and the Great Britain with 118,560 ounces. The exports of wool reach 2,790 bales. Business is steady. Accounts from New Zealand are to the 12th October. The news of the rebels is still unsatis factory. FRANCE. PARIS, 110111 MT Prince Napoleon gave a grand dinner the day before yesterday, at his house in the Avenue Mon taigne, at which were present the Princess Ma thilde, several high personages of the court, and a number of the Prince's friends. In the course of the evening,M. Emile Angier read his new comedy, Les Effroatis. "It is stated positively," says the Patrie, "that a despatch received from Malta announces that it is to Moukden, in Tartary, the Emperor of China has gone, but that the members of the Tribunal of Rites, the highest authority in the Chinese empire, remain at Pekin, to come to an understanding, if possible, with the allies." M. Guizot has made known to his colleagues of the French Academy that he has received the address of Father Laoordaire, to which be will have to reply, and that it therefore appears certain 'that the celebrated preacher will be received officially in the second fortnight in January. Lord Bloomfield, Enh ambassador at Vienna, and Lord Loftus, ambassador at Berlin, have passed through Calais on their way to England. A Paris letter of the 7th, in the Indipendance of Brussels, says :—" Mr. Cobden, after a long stay in France, the results of which history will have to record, will embark at Marseilles to-morrow for Algeria, where he is going to pass two months for the benefit of his health." There was a oonsiderable fall at the Bourse. The Rente declined 26c. and 20c., cloning at 68fr. 76c. and 68fr. Mc. Mobilier fell 2fr. 76c. In railways there was little change. THE FRENCH PAPERS ON THE PRESS LAWS. The circular by Count de Persigny, which we published yesterday, is variously commented on by the Pa. risan journals. The Debate hamens to acknowledge the importance of the declarations contained in the circular, which it contrasts favourably with other interpretations of the decree of the 94th of November, bat must be permitted to remark that them guarantor are purely " The laws which regulate the press in Cra l l ' id el aris very rigorous, se we know • bat laws, however severe they may be, are laws after an g an t d .meo we2 l o not think that a fair com panion ma be port anablisbal between a system founded upon a law, however its character, and a system founded, as M. de Persigny himself admits, upon a dines = power.ape w, writer, er eff a ences p gnanntse i r n ovided for and the tribunals entrusted with the sdminisation of the law. flan they expect to meet with such a guarantee at the hands of go vernment ?' lieitLek criticises the circular very vigorously : "In our opinion (says 11. Bevis) the comparison esta blished between England and France is not a fair one. Nothing can be more widely different than England in the 17th and 18th centuries and France in 1860. It may be conceded that the penalties by the decree of 1852 do not ins chide whipping at the art's tail, the pillory, or cutting off the ears of the offender ; but in • material sense they an just as vigorous, perhaps more so than any ever labeled by law in England. Civilization in France in 1860 is in a more forward state than it was in England in 1688 ; parties in France at the present day are very different from the Papists and Jacobites in England 200 years since; no pre tender has invaded our territory with an army, and we have no Charles Edward or Culloden to anticipate." The ',dependance Beige complains that new changes contain little genuine improvement : " According to the new circular, all the severity of the law will be reserved for attacks against the State and the Crowe. This distinction is a progress, no doubt : but it has alreadybeen made by M. Billanit on his last biking °flee, and we regret not to find anything in M. de Persiipay's circular that announces his intention to do away with the arbitrary code of arertioements and their consequences, even as regards those points which the minister now tells ns may be freely discussed." The Paw and the Conelitutionnel alone sprees satis faction with the new document. The latter paper writs : " ' Bear in mind,' says M. de Persigny, that it is in the interest of the State, and not of the administratiou, that this power has been delegated to my ministry.' As a jour nalist and as a devoted defender of the government and of the State, we loudly applaud these words. The application of the law thus regulated changes the law itself. It is not that constant threat against us of which we have before spoken ; it is a real protection of the State and of the national institutions. It is not caprice, it is reason ;it is not arbitrary power, it is equity." The Journal des Pi le, d Catapagnes sums up the cir cular thus:—" To prepare the country for the noble and peaceful exercise of its frenehises, ►nd complete the work of conciliating parties." Then it adds :-" We are happy at recording the first of these ideas, which appears to us the sole mode of realising the second. The Constitutional and the semi.official journals, in endeavouring to restrict the full force of the decree of November 24, have rendered more necessary the sincere adoption of theme liberties, the noble and peaceful exercise of which constitutes national The Mored,e lap ea emphatic dna; au the end of the circular: —;" 144 will doubtlese find that the mod important part of this circular is it. last phrase :—' For the met,' says M. de Peraigny, ' you will soon receive instructions on impmt ant points of policy and administration, and I shall hays occasion to mab an appeal to your seal and devotedness.' Certainly this last phrase will form the subject of common tare!. in political circles. The And de In Religion points out the general rule of conduct that has just been indicated, and says : " Every honest person, without distinction of party, will applaud the groat propriety of this language. Its secret appeared to be disclosed, and administrative ears will find at first some difficulty in catching it. Be that as it may, this circular, far less by its tolerably vague injunctions than by the general tone pervading it, ilia asuredly the most serious commentary bestowed as yet on the circular of Novem ber 24." The Gazette de Pram! says : "For some days past the entering upon office by the Mi nister of the Interior, M. de Pendpy, has been expected with more or leas satiety, as it was hoped that this mates man would mark his accession to his important post by some measures of freedom. The circular to the prefects, published this morning in the ifonitner, puts an end to this hope. The new Minister of the Interior passes in it • brilliant eulagium on the empire for its pest and present acts, but to legislative reforms touching the press and free. door of writings there is not an allusion. The Prflee expresses itself thus : " It is thus that a government ought to speak of fiver- saris it esteems, and we have no doubt whatever, on the one hand, that the abstentions will be greatly diminished at the next general election ; on the other band, that the Coiteritutionet/ and Pays will take care in future to speak In a more quali fi ed tone about ' evicted malcontents, and ' journals filled with pretentious and the advocates at pro- Widen. For the rest the minister 11132011111018 to the pre. forts instructions before keg 'itetaimportant points of policy and administration." EverytWe *het authorines us to expect new and speedy mamma is the aeon of the decree of November N." The King of the Belgians has just completed his 701,11 year. King Victor Emmanuel will return to Turin for the Christmas festivities. Letters Mate that the mass of the population of RONDO W now suffering great privations, owing to the high price of breed, and that expedients of all kinds are being adopted by public and private charity to supply food for the poor, TAR BISHOP OF LORETTO AND HIS PRIESTS. The following reply has been sent by the Bishop of Loretto and Recanati to the letter of certain priests of La Santa Cam, who had protested against his having interdicted them from officiating. It in addressed to Antonio Vanetti, Canon :—" Sir.—l reply to you personally, because I found your name the first at the foot of a letter which I yesterday received, written in common by von and the Canon Pichi, Don Pasquali, Don Petrolini. sod Don Polveregiani. Ac cording to moon laws, the bishop may ex inforwata con acientia declare suspended d dirinis a priest or • clerk, whatever may be hie position. See the 11600Ent of the Council of Trent. Sem. XIV., a 1, De Reform ;'and Beo., XIV. in his book'lt Synod° Dioccesano.' I was obliged, es informaas CDR re yo I , and your abowanacesd milsegues suspended • diri nis. however, rep e at to y ea thee swish a measure does not come from myself ; it is enforced by the ecclesiastical laws, so that it is not I, but the Sovereign Pontiff, who' aloe, ema absolve v on ; ooatinuing to ad minister the sacraments, you will enter into the category 0 1 irregular priests. Please communicate the present to the other eccleeisatice whom it concerns, and accept the testimonies of esteem which are doe to you.—Jux Fuser. —Racanati, Nov. 17." 11, 1860. +-- ME. MEDEA' ON THE FRENCH TREATY. The usual ikonthly meeting of the council of the Huddersfield Ch•mbß. of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. DIA LIIICSON, president, in the chair,when two letters were read—one being • communication from the president of the chamber, conveying to Mr. Richard Cobden the thanks of the chamber for his services in con. nezion with the French treaty, and the other being Mr. Cobden's reply to the same. The following was Mr. Cobden's letter : "Paris, 4th Deoember, 1860. " My clear sir,—Flay offer my warmest acknowledgments to the Chamber of Commerce over which yon preside, for their kind approval of my services in connexion with the French commercial treaty. "There could really never have been any difference of opinion respecting the treaty among those who desire the extension of free trade principles, if the very mom of treaty had not furnished a ready means of misrepresenta tion. Taken with the traditional meaning, a treaty of commerce implies exclusive dealing and bargaining between the two countries; but I need hardly assure you,srith whom I struggled for seven years for the principle of uncondi tional freedom of commerce, that I should be the last man to indentify myself with so retrograde a policy. All that En gland has dorm in thiamin has been tocarry oat in practice towards all the world, in respect of some remaining items of our tariff, that principle of free trade which we have so loudly professed, and which we had previously applied to our important articles of production. " If we have done this in the form of a treaty, it was solely to enable the Emperor of the French, by • dMlo matic act, and in accordance with the powers vested in him by the constitution, to make some simultaneous reduction in the tariff of this country ; and to have objected to this proceeding, on the ground of form, must have been mere pedantry, and not principle. " But viewed on Be own merits, and apart altogether from the treaty with France, Mr. Gladstone's last reform of our tariff, by which the whole of the remaining duties on manufactures has been swept away, is, in a mercantile point of view, one of the most important in our commercial annals. It has made England a free port for manufactures, just es she was previously the poet for wool, indigo, and other raw materials, and It will be followed by similar results. I have 'heady heard of Canadian buyers, who Were accustomed to pay annual visits to the continent of Europe, having intimated their intention of making all their future purchases in England, being convinced that, under the present free rigitne, every article of continental manufacture which can be produced cheaper and better than •in England will be found in the warehouses of London and Manchester. Yet,. strange to add, there are still people to be found who, believing that foreigners, and not English men, pay our customs duties, blame the Chancellor of the Exchequer for having made the great reform in the interest of France. It were useless any longer to argue this ques tion. Time will, in this, uin other matters, demonstrate the advantages of freedom. " Let me assure you bow highly I appreciate all the friendly expressions contained in your letter, which en closed • copy of the resolution of your chamber.---I am, my dear sir, yours truly, RICHARD Connie. " To Mr. T. Mallinson." Acknowledgments were also read from Mr. R. A. Ogilvie and B. Louis Mallet, Mr. Cobden's coadjutors. Mr. Ogilvie expressed his sincere hope that the negotiations just com pleted may tend to increase the prosperity of the district, and prove • lasting bond of peace and friendship between the people of the two Datums. SUPPLY OF BREADSTUFF" FEW" THE UNITED STATES.. A correspondent writes : New York, Nov. 27. For ► number of ►ears I have been • subscriber to your paper, in which I read with great interest your market re ports. The enclosed rtatement, published this morning, and made up by most reliable parties, will show you th►t Great Britain cannot receive much morepun and .our from the United States. This statement will bed groat interest and service to your merchants, millers, &c. : Statement of the Stock and Shipments of Flour and New York, Nov. 24. The season of canal navigation being now about closed, when no further receipts of wheat and flour can be ex. prided, and in view of the present condition of our own and other markets, and the probable wants for the coming six or seven months, for a supply of breadstuffs ; we, the 1111. dersignecl, have deemed it advisable to prepare a statement from the mod authentic and reliable sources, of the stock of wheat and flour now on hand in this city, thereby show ing what may be relied upon for our own consumption (which is estimated at from 55,000 to 65,000 barrels per week), and for shipment. Stock of flour at this port 760,388 Ws. „ Wheat „ Flour. Wheat. Bbls. Bus. Export! from New York to Great Britain sal the Continent from Sept. 1 to Noy. 16, 1460 Prom Noe. 16 to Nov. 22, to Liverpool 27,307 340,466 66 66 London 20,747 171,197 41 46 2,369 22,638 - - .4 IS Faha - oath— 1,000 19,860 g• Other port 555 .oh 4.- • 12,583 64 Dublin — 17,280 Galway 18,781 Total 530,584 7,021,142 To the Continent, Sept. 1 to Nov. 20, 1860 _ _ 16,273 _ 166,923 D. and A. Dow. and Co., Jame Hoyt sod Co., J. B. Herrick and Bon, N. H. Wolfe and Co., George B. Powell, Smith Mott and Co., Sego and Co., Wright and Rawson, J. M. Fmk. and Co.. Brown and Omy, Lee and Cochrane, L. Roberta and Co., W. H. Newman and Co. War or Ma. COBDLN TO Nicercarrix.—The hon. member for Rochdale, whose groat services in the cause of commercial freedom in connexion with the treaty between this country and France, have won for him the warmest applause of even his opponents, has been invited to visit Newcastle, and attend a demonstration to be organised in his honour. Mr. Cobden has now gone for a short time into Algiers to recruit his strength ; but before parliament reassembles he is expected to return to this country, and there are reasons for believing he will accept the invitation sent to him from Newcastle. We can aware the great apostle of free-trade a warm reception awaits him whenever he visits Tyneside. —Nen-math CAroaide. THE FIRE BRICK TRADE AND THE FRENCH TB:Arr.—ln the spring of this year a meeting of the va rious fire brick and clay retort manufacturers in Durham and Northumberland was held in the Chamber of Com merce, in this town, to consider the probable effects of the commercial treaty with France on this now large and im portant branch of our local manufactures. Mr. Jos. Cowen, chairman of the Tyne Commissioners, was ap pointed a representative of the trade to visit Paris, and lay the case of the Are brick makers before the commissioners. He did so, and we're now glad to learn, by the publication of the details of the treaty, that all the concessions asked for by Mr. Cowen have been granted. Fire bricks, clay re ,' torte, pipes, and all other articles usually made by Are brick =ken, are henceforth to be allowed to enter France entirely free of all duty. Thin will be a great boon to this branch of local industry, as hitherto Rowe of the fire clay goods entering France were charged with a duty of ninety per cent. Now they are free.—Neroyastk Caro-air*. IMPORTATION OF WWI AT SHIELDS. —The fol lowing official communication has been received by the secretary of the North Shields Chamber of Commerce, in reply to a memorial presented by Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.P., from the chamber on the subject referred to :—" Custom. house, London, 3rd of Dec., 1860. Sir,-1 am directed by the Commissioners of Customs, in reference to the memorial presented on behalf of the directors of the Chamber of Com e:Wee at North Shields, requesting that the port may be approvedthe for the importation of wine in cask; to inform you that commissioner., with reference to an order of the Lords of the Treasury dated the 16th ult., have approved of Shields as • port for the importation of wine in cask; on and after the bit of January, 1861, under the tad section of the Customs Tariff Amendment Act. 1860. —I am, air, your obedient 'errant, F. GARDNER, Secretary. Ralph Turnbull. Esq., Chamber of Commerce, North Shields." THE DEAD WEIGHT ANNUITY. —Some accouut of a transaction connected with the Bank of England man possibly interest the reader. In the year 1823 the several pensions payable to the retired officers of the army and navy, which were granted after the Battle of Waterloo, amounted to the large sum of Ave millions annually. The amount WWI lessening every year, and it was calculated that on the average of mortality the whole would ensue to an end in forty-five years. This suggested the idea of offering to • great public body a fixed annuity for that term of years, in consideration of their relieving the public of a pert of the immediate payment. The Bank of land ac cepted the offer, and advanced the sum of 11„000/. towards buying up the pensions, receiving from the govern ment an engagement to pay them an annuity of 57101. until the year 1867. This annuity was, and is to the pre sent time, very appropriately termed " the dead weight." — Money Markit Iterietr. TEE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT LIVERPOOL. library, which was opened on Monday last, has been crowded during the past week from ten in the morning to tea at night with at least 20,000 people. The number of books issued on Monday was 1.362, Tuesday 1603, Wednesday 1,967, Thursday, 1,897, Friday 1,831, and the half day on Saturday, when the library is closed at tour o'clock for the propose Of cleaning the rooms, 731—making a total for the week of 9,410 volumed, all returned unin jured. On Wednesday evening, at half-padt eight, 513 per sons were seated at the same time, and upwards of 120 in the avenues, enjoying a arena hardly ever before presented is Liverpool. It was a pleasure to see Mr. Brown partici toting in this enjoyment. He frequently visits the insti tution. and takes great interest in its &i d progress. Among other novel Mes of the reading-room a considerable space has been reserved for ladies, but few have yet seeded themselves of the privileips probably because it may not be generally known. —Ltrerpool Mer cury. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. The greatest admirer of our insular habits, and of the generally energetic character of the English people, would scarcely be hardy enough to claim for the inhabitaits of the metropolis any excess of zeal for the beauty of its buildings, or the coup erred of its streets. This arises, no doubt, in • greet degree, if not altogether, from the west of a properly constituted municipal organisition, to give direr. tion and unity to the scattered efforts of individuals. We have no Prefect of the Thames, no one who c an pull down and build up at pleasure • no arebi. tecturel Aladdin', with magic power eno ugh to convert old houses into modern palaces. Of no one here can it be said "dirnit, redificat, mutat quadrata rotunda ; " and our battle of the "orders"—whether this, that, or the other building is to be Gothic or Italian—is likely to become as famous as our battle of the gauges. When therefore, i n any part of the metropolis the eye is awaited by a building of more than usual elegance and symmetry it will be gene. rally found to be the creation of private interest or indi vidual taste ; and to the credit of our commercial men and rich traders be it said, that in recent years the aspect of London has seen much improved by their enterprise. Who, for instanoe, has pawed by the northern end of T o t. tenharn-court-road that has not had his eye arrested by the elegant building which has been just completed there for "E. Waft and Son 1" What was not long suice a mean and uninteresting furniture establishment is now an imposing structure, five stories high above the shop, built in the Italian ' style (record Palmerston will be delighted to learn), with a frontage of about 120 feet in Tottenham-court-road, and of about 40 in Euston-road, with 15 plate-glaes windows of great sire, divided by pilasters of Peterhead granite, with capitals representing traits, and flowers, and other agreeable natural objects. The interior arrangements are in • corresponding stale of elegance, whilst convenience and comfort have not been lost sight of. A spiral staircase of wood—in itself somewhat of a novelty —les& from the shop floor to the highest story, and in all the floors there ' are hot water pipes, to secure the comfort of the cmployis and the customers. Another novelty which we find here ' introduced is the utilisation of the underground or cellar floor, and its conversion into a kind of second shop a suceuraak, as the French say—in which mechanics' clothing is principally kept. There is, then, over the shop your juvenil e department, your cutting department, your adjusting rooms, your department for bringing in, and your deportment for taking away to " East, West, North, and South." Nothing, in fact, that goes to constitute the completeness of an organised whole can be said to have been omitted. The inhabitants of the metropolis are well aware that this is not the first Improvement for which they have to thank the enterprise of "F. Moses and Son." Like skilful logicians, they laid down the solid premises of their trade syllogism in the Wineries • they next constructed their middle term in Oxford-street ; and they have just now brought out their conclusion to Tottenham-mutt-road. "Yea," some carping objector may say, " but after all this is an arVILIPIeniSUPS ad /401Rilt4111. or ad cetteserian—air address to the eye or the pocket." Why, to be ewe it is ; but if London has got a handsome building the more, why should it inquire into the motive, or look • gift horse in the teeth! In the interest of the metropolis, it is only to be hoped that E. Moses and Son may penetrate still farther into the great west of the town, and give relief to Bond-street by a similar structure to the one they have just erected in Totteuhane court-road. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT EXETER. On Sunday morning, as two men named Lee and Baker were walking down the road leading to the Exeter Baain, they saw a hemp of clo th es on the ground near the Weighbridge, which, on inspection, proved to he the clothes of a man. They at once suspected that some one was drowned, and gave information to the police, and grapplinit irons were procured, and after a short search in the basin the body of a young man was taken out, and at once removed to the Buller's Arms ' Inn, St. Thomas, where it was recognised as the body of John Collings. Dr. Perkins was soon in attendance, but life was extinct. The unfortunate deceased had un dressed himself, with the exception of his shirt and one stocking, and must have walked upwards of one hundred vards from where he had undressed to get into the water. h is supposed that be must have seen some one coming and did not wait to take a the rest of his clothing. De ceased was about thirty years of age, and formerly held a re sponsible situation in the firm of Messrs. Geare, Mountford, and Gears, solicitors, from which be was dismissed about two years since, and then went to London in soother situ ation, which, however, be did not long retain. Whilst in London, deceased's wife was compelled to leave him, and she, with her two children, returned to Exeter to her friends, and in a few months after the unfortunate de. ceased returned also, and then procured a situation in Cornwall, where he remained about one month, and again returned to Exeter. After a considerable time, the unfor tunate young man was employed by Mr. Huggins, solicitor, of Exeter, and about six weeks since he went into the Devon and Exeter Hospital, from which he was discharged as cured on Thursday, December 6th. He took lodgings in Collatem-buildings, and for the last two days has shown symptoms of inanity. On Saturday evening, about 9 o'clock, he visited his sister, who resides in St. Sidwsll's, and, giving her a penny, requested her to get him • mutton chop, and was in a very excited date • he then bad sd. in his pocket, which was found in his doilies when discovered ; there were also several pawn-tickets found in his pockets. Deceased was a member of the Volunteer Artil lery. A melancholy fact in oonnexion with the unfor tunate roan is that his father committed suicide some years ago, which seemed to prey on his mind, and he was fee. queotly at that time heard to say that he should commit suicide himself. Deceased was at one time much respected io Exeter, and was honorary secretary to the Exeter Ragged School. FATAL APPRAY AT PAISLEY. On Sunday morning, between twelve and on o'clock, an affray took place in Newtonotreet, BfaxweHoc, Paisley, which has malted in the death of a young man named Pattison. It would appear that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturday night the deceased had gone to the house of an acquaintance named Gregg, resident at 26, Ferguslie-skeet, and there, in company with a party of six or eight, had partaken of a share of half a mutchkia of whisky. On leaving Gregg's house, about 12 o'clock, Pat tison had requested the former (Gregg) to accompany him home, which he agreed to do. instead, however, of going straight home, Pattison, under pretence of calling on an acquaintance, went round by Newton-street, Maxwelton, and there called upon a girl named Wilson, to whom of late he had been paying sonic attention. The girl, however (who resides with her mother), did not admit him into the house, and Pattison, who appears to have entertained some jealousy of having a rival in her affectioaa, proceeded to the next close along with his corn pinion Gregg, and there lit has pipe, with the apparent intention of watching for some person. Shortly after wards a young man named Orr, who it appears bad also been paying his addresses to the girl Wilson, came out of the house of the latter, and Pattison immediately challenged him. After a few words had passed between them they came to blows, and Patti so n was knocked to the grounol, and while down it is alleged that Orr gave him a kick about the heed. At all events be appeared incapable of riming to his feet, and with some dilsculty has companion Gregg succeeded in carrying him borne to his father's house is Castleatreet, and there he left him without making any explanation. About seven o'clock on Sunday morning, young Pattison died, and although no medical examination of the injuries he had sustained in the melee hiss yet been made, there can be little doubt but that these were the cause of his death. The kick which his companion Gregg alleges be saw bins sustain has apparently been inflicted im mediately behind his ear, and to this doubtless is his death to be assigned. The deceased, who was a young man of some three-and-tweet y years of age, was a confectioner by trade, end was in the employment of Mr. Alex. Cairo', Rigli-street. Hi father, Mr. Pattison , smith, Castle-street, well known in the est end of the town. Orr, the young man who has (perhaps unwittingly) been his mur derer, is about twenty years of age, and was employed in the works of Messrs. J. and P. Costa and Co., at Fergoabe. —North British Moil. FATAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN THE Crrv.—a Yesterday morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, ► shocking an. eident took place on the premises of Mr. Stapleton, the fiy master of LiverpooLstreet, Bishopsgate•atreet, City, whereby a man n►m James Boyden, aged 45 years, sus tained fatal injuries, and several other persons were seriously, if not mortally injured. It appears that a building of considerable extent was in coarse of construction, and the deceased, with his two sons, and a number of mechanics, had been employed on the works for some time under the authority of Mr. Stapleton. The upper portion of the skeleton of the erection was nearly completed, and at the time above named, the deceased, lug son, ands labourer were engaged upon a scaffold about 40 feet in height placing some portion of the stone work into its position when the scaffold poles suddenly gave way, and precipi toted deceased, his son, and one of the labourers through the space between the rafters to the basement story. .to immediate alarm was raised, bat some difficulty at tine arose in finding the deceased, who was covered with the debris ; but after great activity on the part of the other men the deceased was found, shockingly mutilated and io a dying state. The son and one of the labourers were also ex tricated from the ruins in a sadly injured condition, and were speedily seen by Mr. Luke, the surgeon. The man Boyden was at once sent in a cab to the London Hospital, where be expired soon after his admission. The other sufferers were taken to the accident ward of St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, but they are in a precarious state. A crowd of persons collected round the building, and one of the City surveyors visited the spot, and after inspecting the place he gave orders for the men to cease work. THE MIDLAND AND LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAYS—Rumoured an intention to amalgamate thew companies hays for some time been prevalent, and have ex• weised same influence on the value of their respective shares. We aue Mate, on the most positive authority, that these meows ere without fonndsaion, and that no proposal of such a nature has been made, or e'en dimmed, by the director. The rumour has probably arisen from the fact that negotiations have been taking place for some alkra• Mons and improvement in the traffic arrangements s betiveen the two cotnpauies. —Leeds Siert- ury.