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Price , 7.10 W readof the y, Fart Pari 1., containiEdition the entire First volume s of 31E-MOIRS of CHATEAUBRIAND. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Translated from the French. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street and Chapman and Hall, Strand. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order to meet tke exigencies of tho times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only necessary to state that precisely the same character of performance will be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher nalia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a scale of admission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so Splendid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle.. • • • • • • • • Five Shillings. Upper Boxes • • • • • • • • Four Shillings. Pit •••• • • • • • • Half-a-Crown. Lower Gallery • • • • • • • • One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery .. ••• • • • ...... One shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Cir cle, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, 2S. ; Pit Is. Gd.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENING, The lintertainntents will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled NORMA. Polito, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flaviss, Mr. Herberte ; °mese ; Mr. Borrani ; Norma, aidlte. Nissen ; Adalgisa, Mrs. D. King. After which, the First Act of TUE BOHEMIAN GIRL. To conclude with a GraHEnd PERI. BalletPantemirne, entitled T In which Mdlles. Plunkett, Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Cushnle, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, &c., will appear. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office iv open Item Ten till Five, under the direction of Xr. Jelin Parsons. TLIEATP. ItOTAL, lIAYMA-R EET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Breitipten. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has and , during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations, the whole re-decorated. TPITS Kean Will be performed the Comedy of MOw' NET. Evelyn, Mr. Charles ; liar& Douglas, Mrs. Charles Ke. After which, the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Li on el Lax . Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. Bland, W. Sauter, A. Brindal ; Mrs. liumby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, mid Miss Woulds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. ITndec the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the ;.riginal designs by Digby Wyatt, executed by Mr. Sang. A lew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys re-m of Ventilation, Stc., kc. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs ..dded to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING When will be perfbrmed the original Drama, called HARTEST FIOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, ice. After which a aew Farce called SLASHER AND CRAM:CR. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with TILE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. _ - ILOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestril. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed FREE AND EAST. To be followed by MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE MB, is which Mr. John Reeve will appear. To conclude with THB CRITIC ; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir rretful Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilburina, Mrs. Yat N es. Brass Boxes, 53. ; Upper Boxe s, 43. ; pit, 2s. ; Gallery, half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, 13 open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. ➢uring the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and erabel .lshed In a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been reads tor the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort sad cenveeience ef the audience. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLIIIE. Count Idelmar, Mr. Charles Braha.m ; the Seneschal, Mr. 11. Hera castle ; Frantz, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leelino, Miss Rafter. After which, the Burlett& of MIDIS. Apollo, Miss Poole. To concludo with the Ballet LE DIABLE ♦ QUATRE. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unlegs autheati. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, NO - THESE& 15. THER3tOXISTZIt, Lowest, 32; Highest, 43; Noon, 40. BAROXETBR, 30.47. WIND N.W.; fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGES HIS DAY. Morning .. 31 miit. after 4 Evening .. smin. after 4 tlrrall LOICDOII, WEDESIDAY,NOVEMBES 15, 11148. To-morrow evening the festivities in aid of the Polish refugees will take place in Guildhall. We acknowledge, again and again, our solicitude to see this annual entertainment supported with the enthu siasm due to a fallen but illustrious nationality. Poland, be it ever remembered, has a claim upon our remembrance superior to that of any other conquered and dismembered country—it is more than a land of heroic and unfortunate men, it is the kingdom which gave birth to the army of warriors who defended Europe under the walls of Vienna, and, led on by SOBIESKI, the glorious Captain of Battles, drove back in dismay and confusion the serried ranks of Islamism. That Christendom is Christendom, that more Alhambras than that in Spain were not built up in the different territories of the continent by the infidels of Africa, that European society has not been ravaged fur centuries by conquering legions of Mussulmen, is due, under PROVIDENCE, to the ancestors of those very Polish refugees who now claim our generosity, and supplicate with the elo quence of their uncomplaining misfortunes for our sympathy and our assistance. And that generosity, that sympathy, that assistance shall be lavished upon them so long as one native of Lithuania remains in sorrow and destitution upon the soil of England! It has possibly been remarked with some surprise by those who have not studied the progress of events in the countries lying between Germany and the do minions of the AUTOCRAT, that in pleading for the Polish refugees we plead exclusively for the Lithuanians — for the exiles born in Russian Poland, and not for any born in those divisions of Poland which are sub ject to the sway of either the Prussian or Austrian Governments. To this circumstance we would par ticularly direct attention, hecause in it will be found one of the most powerful arguments in justification of the efforts made by the members, the committee, and the President of the Association of the Friends of Poland. We plead, therefore, exclusively, for th e refugee Lithuanians simply because those are now the only Polish exiles who remain in this country to demand the exercise of our benevolence. In conse quence of the political changes effected in the terri tories obedient to Fx)DBRICZ WILHELM and to Fiannessm, Posen and Gallicia are open to the unfortunate people who have heretofore been expelled from their native land by reason of their pat riotic devotion. Several months have elapsed since these provinces were again rendered accessible to their offspring ; and it is a powerful testimony that the Poles are not wilfully remainirg in England for the purpose of fattening in idleness upon our charities— the fact that not a si ng l e P osenese or G allician tarries in the United Kingdom long since the doles of the Association. They have their beloved country to labour hastened back to our in honest and patri otic industry for their own sustenance and d the suste nancethey fail, of their wives and children, we may be assured , to look bac k from the m tire felicity of their p resent p osition t o the time v•Pa hra en they received so many genuine, cordial, genial, exqui site consolations fr om the hands of the loving and sympathising English. With them the memory of the brilliant pageants of the ball held annually in the Guildhall of the city of ondon is cherished as some thing holier than an idle L ou tburst of frivolity, and as something nobler than a merely spasmodic act of munificence. They think too—be sure of that !—of the poet whose ',body moulders under the pavement of the Great Abbey ; and they remember, too, that there was a propitious beauty in the circumstance that foremost among those who proffered aid and en couragement to the children of Poland was THOMAS CAMPBELL, the Bard of Hope ! On the hearths of Posen, and in the homesteads of Gallicia, the name of Lord DUDLEY STUART, the noble President of the Association founded for the support of the Polish refugees in England, is often breathed in the lan guage of admiration, and al ways coupled with the utter ance of a benediction. The Poles of Posen, and those again of Gallicia, who have sojourned amongst us in the days of their direst necessity, have returned homewards with souls laden deep with gratitude, ant with tongues fluent in the repetition of our praises. Shall we belie all these honourable exertions, by abandoning, at the eleventh hour, those unhappy exiles from Lithuania, who are doubly wretched from the prolongation of their miseries ? GOD forbid ! By our previous exertions we have entailed upon our selves a heavy responsibility—the responsibility of preserving the Polish refugees from starvation. Were we to neglect them in their present otraita THE SUN, of fortune, and to allow them to wander as paupers through the streets of our capital, we should become a horror, and a scorn, and a hissing, and a clisg(ace to the nations. Let it be born° perpetually in remembrance, therefore, that the only recipients of the benevolence of the Association are those who are debarred from returning to their fatherland by the terrors of the public executioner, by the tortures of the knout, or by the gradual assassinations of Siberia. The despo tism of the AUTOCRAT scares them, not unnaturally, from the frontiers of his Polish frontiers. They re main in England simply in obedience to an instinct, and that instinct is the instinct of self-preservation. IV a are, consequently, satisfied that the public will pay no heed to that portion of the London press which has disgraced itself by maligning the intentions of the Polish Association; that those of our Contemporaries who have degraded themselves into the assailants of an unfortunate race of patriots whose miseries have entirely disarmed them, will find their cruel and heartless diatribes productive alone of the bitterest remorse ; and that the ball which will be held to-morrow evening, in the great room at the , Guildhall, will prove remunerative to its objects, and ifraught with unalloyed pleasure to its numerous and distinguished supporters. Among those who have already announced their intention to encourage the charity by their attend ance, we hare Already enumerated the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, together with his Excellency the French Ambassador and his attaches. We are now gratified to announce that, in addition to these eminent supporters of the entertain ment, there will be an almost unexampled number of guests, rich in wealth and worldly honour?, in beauty and distinctions. Up to the latest hour the demand for tickets of admission has been uninterrupted, so that the solace afforded to the refugees from Russian- Poland promises to resemble that DANAI—a shower of gold. To say that we are gratified beyond ex pression at the promised success of the charity is surely superfluous—our heart being with the cause which has originated the amusement of to-morrow evening at Guildhall. On Friday last we pointed out a few of the many difficulties that; must be surmounted before the con templated amalgamation between the three great rail way companies can be carried into execution. These difficulties, however, only related to the shareholders themselves. Their removal would not in any degree affect the great questions which must be decided be fore the proposed arrangement can be sanctioned by Parliament. The shareholders may possibly agree among themselves. One body may be prepared to sacrifice something, in order to bring about a per manent alliance. But is it for the benefit of the nation that such a union of interests should take place ? Can it be carried into effect without any possible injury resulting to the public; without being followed by: an increase of fares, or a diminution of accommodation ? And, lastly, is it prudent to entrust such enormous power and influ• ence in the hands of any private body of individuals, as must necessarily belong to the directors of the united con.pany ? Unless these questions can be answered in the affirmative, it is vain to suppoie that the Representatives of the people can so far forget the duty they owe to their respective constituents as to give their assent to a measure of such mag nitude, and fraught with such dangerous consequences, merely that amicable relations should be maintained between the companies, and expensive Parliamentary contests avoided. These are the only grounds put forward, and are they sufficient to induce Parlia ment to venture upon so great an experiment ? There can be no object of greater national im portance than the means by which the communica tions between the different parts of the country can be effected. Every facility of access should be afforded, and no unnecessary obstruction allowed. The utmost freedom must be maintained in every particular. No exertions should be spared to render the transit of passengers or merchan dise from district to district as safe, as expeditious, and as economical as possible. Any interference with the public roads was at all times re garded with the utmost jealousy, and any obstruc tion resisted with the most determined opposi tion. Whenever a highway was opened for a certain space of time it was presumed to be dedicated to the public, and it could not again be closed, even by the person at whose expense it was constructed, and through whose property it ran. Private property, in other respects so sacred, was not regarded when placed in competition with the public welfare. It was essential that good roads should be opened be tween the several districts, and any land required for the purpose was, without hesitation, taken from the owners. The most cherished domain was unhe- sitatingly invaded when the interests of the community required the sacrifice. The roads were generally made at the expense of the districts they traversed, by means of rates levied for the pur pose. Sometimes, however, private individuals or associations were authoised to construct them, and to levy a toll or tax on the parties by whom they were used, as a remuneration for their expenditure. The roads, however, were to all intents and purposes free to all persons willing to pay the stipulated amount, and when these charges were defrayed no impediment could be interposed to prevent the most extensive use thereof. They might be travelled on at all hours of the day or night, at any time and in any manner the public thought proper. The very nature of rail ways, however, rendered certain restrictions neces sary that would not have been tolerated in any other case. They could not be traversed by private con veyances without the utmost inconvenience and danger. A certain degree of monopoly was neces sarily allowed. The parties entrusted with the management should fix the arrangements under which those using their line should be carried thereon. A. contract was, however, entered into with the public that every practicable facility should be afforded. A maximum rate of fares was established which could not be exceeded under any circumstances. They were also bound to run trains of a certain descrip tion ; but, notwithstanding these and other stipula tions, it was manifest that enormous powers should still be entrusted to the companies. Points might ‘levery day arise for which they would be bound to provide, although no express agreement had been entered into. It would manifestly have been impossible to provide for every possible contingency, and, therefore, there was the implied understanding that the public should be fairly and justly dealt by. The extraordinary advantages afforded by the railways speedily banished all private competition. The various stage coaches were universally withdrawn from roads that ran parallel to railways. Some pro tection was, however, afforded to the public from the existence of independent companies, who, although they did not traverse exactly the same localities, were yet formidable rivals who exercised a salutary in fluence that prevented any undue invasion of the rights of the public. One company could not readily withhold advantages that were conceded by another, more wooruelhalch especially when there was a neu t ra l t e rritory mosti t mightcertainly ob t a be invited i a n footing, in and the into e v e n twhichof f any n it y misconduct on the part of their neighbours. It was the wholeso me f ear o f such a result that 'Prevented in a great de g r ee , t h e ill consequences that are the invariable result of a monopoly whenever w i l tw h as it to be found. It was the " bala nce o f power" ac just as essential to the people of thi s country to was main tain, and any alteration of which should be regarded with as much jealousy as nations would view a dis turbance of the European " balance," the mainte nance of which has led . to so many sanguinary and expensive wars. This, however, will be wholly set aside by the proposed amalgamation if carried into effect, and will be as prejudicial to the general wel fare as it would be to allow Russia to absorb the neighbouring states into one mighty empire. We shall on a future day return to the considera tion of this subject. td COUNTY COl.7ltT OP KENT.—WEST KNAT CIR CUIT.—The following amount of debts and damages sued for in the several courts of this circuit from March 15, 1847, to March 15, 184, will serve to show the utility of the law, and the advantages derived therefrom by the trading community :—Maidstone, 6,354/. Is. iid. ; Gravesend, 5,3241. 2s. ; Rochester, 4,7161. Is. Id.; Ton bridge Wells, 2,9361. 13s. 11d. ; Dartford, 2,2401. 6s. ; Bromley, 1,708/. 11?. 11d. ; Sheerness, 1,5311. 25.11 d. ; Sevenoaks, 1,4801. 6s. Id. ; Tonbridge, 9131. 19s. 3d.; total gimuunt, 27,2101. 18s. Bid. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1848. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The fetes of Sunday passed off without disturb =cc, although it is evident that the Red Republicans are greatly dissatisfied With the present state of affairs. The Reprnie, for instance in speaking of the ceremony on Sunday, says— " We speak not of the enthusiasm produced by that ceremony, for we write history, and we invent nothing. If our statesmen had a revolutionary fibre in their heart, and a small portion of tact in their head, they would comprehend that they are taking a wrong course, and that democracy is abandoning them to their fate. A popular fete is not composed of lofty poles, tricoloured streamers, golden letters, and gunpowder. The French people desire something better. They wish to be go verned by men of their own stature, who hold out a friendly hand to oppressed nations, and meet their op pressors with diplomacy and grape shot. For that rea son, when they think of the concessions you make every day, of the massacres of Vienna, the abandoning Poland and Italy, they turn away from your ceremonies of painted paper, and regard you with pity, if they do not curse you." A meeting was held of the scent clubs on Satur day night, in order to discuss the question of making an outbreak on Sunday, aad the idea was only aban doned at seven o'clock, and abandoned only for a time, in order to endeavour to bring about an under standing with the Socialists and Red Republicans the former of whom support RASPAIL for the Presi dency, and the latter LEDRII ROLLIN. The Journal des _Debuts of yesterday declares in favour of General CAVAIGNAC for the Presidency. The Legitimatists will, it is said, support Louis NA POLEON as the absolutist candidate, whose election will lead immediately to a restoration of the Bona- A detatchment of colonists for Algeria left Paris on Monday. At the close of the sitting of the Assembly on Monday, during the course of the discussion of the Budget of the Minister of Public Instruction, M• LEON FAUCEIER animadverted in strong terms on the dismissal of the old professors (more particularly of ,hat of M. MICHEL CHEVALIER, the Professor of Political Economy) from the University, and of the appointment of members of the Provisional Government, as honorary professors, in their place, a change which he contended was il legal. M. J. REYNIUD, who had been one of the administrative advisers of M. CAnNOT, the Minister of Public Instruction, defended the measure, on the _ _ ground that the working c lasses detested the idea of political economy, and that the Government had con sidered it necessary to found a course of instruction better calculated to suit Republican principles. M. BARTHELEMY ST. HILAIRE replied to M. REYNAUD, and coitended that the system of having honorary professors was detestable. It established an invidious distinction between the paid and unpaid professors. It placed persons in the rank of professors, who pre tended to do the business, but who neglected it ; and, in short, it often placed the University in danger of not having any lectures at all. M. B. ST. lllLAinia created a good deal of laughter by asking M. GAB.- cIER PAGES if he had yet delivered his lectures en financial history. After the speech of M. ST, HILAIRE, the debate was adjourned till this day. In consequence of the number of cony es that have been granted, there was some danger that the As sembly might not be in sufficient numbers on the 19th to elect the President of the Assembly for the ensuing month. In order to obviate this incon venience, M. MARRAST resigned the Presidency on Monday, and on Tuesday, notwithstanding all the efforts of the reactionary party (and on this occasion the Legitimatists, with ROCBEJACQUELIN, joined the Thiers party in supporting LEON DE MALLEVILLE), and the neutrality, and, in many instances, opposition of the Red Republicans, M. MARRAST, the candidate 01 the moderate but real Republicans, again achieved a signal triumph, and was for a third time re-elected President of the National Assembly, by a large ma jority, the numbers being as follows :- 1 Number of Voters Absolute majority For M.MaitaasT For M. DE MaLLEvILLB 144 For M. LACROSSE For M. SENARD The Armenian, of Brest, publishes a declaration from the thirteen members of the Department of Finisterre, in favour of General CAVAIGNAC. On Monday a Socialist banquet of 1,400 persons, at lf. per head, got up by the delegates of the Lux embourg, was held at the Barriere de Maine. The provisions, decorations, &c., were supplied by different associations of workmen. All the Deputies of the Montagne were invited, and nine were pre.. sent. The nominal presidency was reserved to LOUIS BLANC, and the real presidency to M. YIN CARD. Toasts to " Association," to the " De mocratic and Social Republic," to " Lours BLalac and all the Martyrs of the Democratic and Social Republic," and others of a similar character were given. Speeches of the usual demo cratic and social spirit were e, elivered by several persons, among others by PIERRE LEROUX, M. MARTIN BERNARD, and M. DUPONT (de Bussac), representative of the people. The latter created great disapprobation by speaking in favour of the Constitu tion, and observing that though the right of labour was not written in it, liberty of labour, association, and credit were. Eventually the disapprobation be came so strong that he left off speaking. With this exception the most perfect order was maintained. A general meeting of the Socialist electors of the city of Paris took place on Sunday evening, to con sider the choice of a candidate fur the Presidency of the Republic. The ex-peer of France, Count o'AL ros-SmEE, explained to the meeting the steps taken by their Committee to combine all their votes on one candidate. The names proposed were PIERRE-LE ROUX, CADET, RASPAIL, BLANQUI, LOUIS BLANC, ALBERT, LEDRU•ROLLIN, CAUSSIDIERE, and Tfiona. M. LEDau-Romaii, having refused to subscribe to the conditions proposed to him, was re jected. MM. PIERRE-LEROUX, BARBES, BERANGER, BLAN4kUI, ALBERT, CAUSSIDIERE, and TIIORE having declined the honour, the committee selected citizen RASPAIL. The meeting unanimously approved the choice of the committee, and after some violent speeches, the President called on citizen PIERCE DUPONT for his song of the " Oucriers," after which the meeting separated, amidst cries of " Vice RASPAIL," " Vice la Republique Democratique et Sociale!" the money market cannot be realised except at an immense loss. An order was issued at Cadiz on the 3d inst., prohibiting the entrance into that port of any ship coming from a country in which the cholera prevails. A letter from Olot, in Spain, of the Bth, addressed to the Clamor Foblico, announces that a column of eight hundred of the QUEEN'S troops had been de feated, and put to flight, by a Montemoliniit band. At Huesca seven prisoners had been shot for the in vasion of that town. CABRERA had arrived at Torn with two thousand men. The Popular of :Madrid publishes a letter from Valladolid, of the 4th, announcing that a vast con spiracy had been discovered at Ciudad Rodrigo, in which the military Governor was implicated. ITALY The Chamber at TuJn having, during the sitting of the 7th November, listened to the Ministerial expla nations on the subject of the Anglo-Gallic mediation, in the course of which the Minister declared that that mediation still subsisted, and that there was every reason to expect a happy result, passed a vote of confidence in the Ministry, and added to it a resolu tion that they had done right in deferring to de clare war. The Austrians are concentrated at Punte Lagosuno and at Finale. The Gazette of Venice, of the 28th ult., says:— "Admiral ALBINI, who commands the Sardinian fleet arrived at Venice, declares that the return of the squadron was to cause the blockade of Venice to be raised, and to defend it if necessary." The Suisse, of Berne, aays :—" Accounts from Tessino of the 6th state that a great number 'of the Italian emigrants are leaving Lugano, Locerno, and other places in that canton, for Piedmont, Tuscany, and elsewhere. General D'APICE, M. AlAzzim, and others, have received, through the Commissary of Lugano, orders from the Government of Tessino to quit the territories of the canton." The Patria of Florence, under date of Ferrara, the 4th inst., says :—" Yesterday the mob went to the hotel of the Austrian Consul, took down the im perial eagle, broke into the Consul's apartments, and threw his furniture out of the windows, and burner' all his pa , rs." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Lucia de Lammermoor was produced here las evening, for the first time this season, with Made moiselle Nissen as Lucia, and Sims Reeves as Ed gardo: The Lucia of Mademoiselle Nissen more than confirms the favourable impression which she produced in Norma. Her Lucia, whether considered lyrically or histrionically, was very fine. Replete with grace, with tenderness, and with pathos, she was the very Lucy Ashton that Sir Walter Scott had imagined. She possesses the rare secret of being in. tense without being exaggerated—witness her ex pressive by-play in the malediction scene, and her energetic yet finished acting in the mad scene, the last in which she appears. She was in excellent voice, and sung deliciously. The opening cavatina was ex quisitely rendered—rendered as only an exquisite voice, chastened by pure taste, and cultivated to the highest pitch by a thorough musical educa tion, could have rendered it. Of the Ed gardo of Sims Reeves it is impossible to speak too highly. His Edgardo has all the energy of that of Fraschini without its coarseness, and all the sweet ness of that of Mario without its effeminacy. The malediction was terrific, while nothing could exceed the heartrending pathos of the " Fra Poco." Great as he is as a singer Mr. Sims Reeves is even greater as an actor, and Edgardo is perhaps his greatest part. In Edgardo he is far and away superior to any other living actor either on the English or the Italian stage. Mr. Burdini rendered the part of Henry Ashton with great care. The choruses were in admirable drilling, and the scenery was splendid. The moonlight scenery by Grieve at the conclusion of the opera was one of the most beautiful pictorial compositions that ever delighted the eye of amateur or elicited the ad miration of artist. At the conclusion, so great was the success of Mademoiselle Nissen, that she was called before the curtain four times, accompanied by Mr. Sims Reeves, when they were received with the greatest enthusiasm. At the conclu sion of the opera several splendid bouquets were thrown to the fair protagonista, who gracefully pre sented one of the handsomest to the celebrated tenure. When we take into consideration that Mademoiselle Nissen has studied the English language only two months, we must, in justice, compliment her on her great success in two such arduous roles as Norma and Lucia. We understand she did not choose the character of Norma to make her first appearance in, but at the moment no other opera was translated which suited her or the manager. We should much ke to hear her in La Sonnambula, with Reeves, as we know she sings the music of Amina's role most charmingly, having heard her three years past in Florence. We nearly forgot to mention the novelty and beauty of Mademoiselle Nissen's fioriture in the mad scene, which was indeed exquisite. In addition to Mademoiselle Nissen's other accomplishments she is a first-rate pianiste, and she invents all her own cadences. The house was crowded, and the enter tainments concluded with the ballet of the Peri, in which the charming Mademoiselle Plunkett and Petipa were applauded to the echo. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUAR TER TO 'I lIREE. The Cotten Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, but rather inactive, without any change in pi iees. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, and comprise about ; 2,000 American; 100 Pernams and Maranhamit, at 4-0. to 4d.; 100 Egyptian at 5-kd. to 6d.; 300 Surats at 2td. to 21d.; 50 Sea Island at Bd. to 91d.—Railway Shares were much the same. The Corn Market is rather dull to-day. The accounts received from France and Germany are becoming of more immediate interest to our merchants and traders, because after a period of doubt and interreg num, matters appear to take a more decided turn. On the one hand, the choice of President, it is said, will decide the future weal or woe of our neighbours. On the other, it is alleged, that a reactionary policy will expose Prussia once again to the danger of anarchy or the triumph of ;despotism. We have the opportunity of meeting with a great number of intelli gent foreigners, and, suspicious as they justly are of the intentions of continental rulers, long accustomed to make and break promises, they feel anything but confident of the future. A statement is furnished in the accounts received from Belgium of the circulation and discounts of the banks, and which shows a very satisfactory progression, presuming, as we fairly may, that an increase of trade was the occasion. The total circulation of three banks in Brussels was 40,569,700 francs on the 10th instant. The Comptoir- General, the Socih e Generale, and the Bank of Belgium advanced upon 4,109 bills and securities the sum of 5,163,855 francs, and the Bank of Flanders, from the million of francs placed at its disposal by Government, 272,298 f. It appears by the accounts received from America, per Niagara, that what was previously suspected, viz., the payment of excessive rates of discount by certain houses which had fallen into difficulties, was fully borne out. One local journalist alleges that the books of a firm that failed recently in Boston show the payment of 25,000 dolls. as extra interest money, within a short period. This is by no means an isolated case. There is hardly a mercantile firm in ex istance that has not submitted to this system of shaving, and in tight times, many concerns, completely bankrupt and upon the eve of dis solution, have paid thousands upon thousands of dollars, which have been so many thousands drawn from their creditors and paid into the hands of the Shylocks of the day. This system of swindling has, no doubt, in a majority of instances, been submitted to with the hope of sustaining the commercial position of the parties pay ing the bonus, until they have found their condition utterly hopeless, and have finally been compelled to suspend. The American manufacturers suffer greatly from English competition, and it is an additional reason why, with his wonderful agricultural resources, Brother Jonathan should persevere in the culture of the soil rather than the operations at the loom and the forge, in both of which we are beating him " hollow," do what he will to bolster them up by protection. That his agriculture is profitable let us take only one case in point. The commerce of Chicago has increased with greater rapidity than that of any other port in the western country. In 1830, only eighteen years ago, Chicago was a mere trading port, and was the rendez vous of Government troops, agents, Indian traders, &c. In 1831 there was but one store in the place; and as late as the year 1839, Chicago, and a large section of country in its vicinity, was supplied with food and other necessa ries of life principally from the western part of Ohio. In 1839 a vessel, loaded with wheat, cleared from Chi cago, and from this small beginning, in three years, the shipments of wheat increased to 587,207 bushels, and of flour to 2,920 barrels. The Colonial Produce Markets are a little brisker this week, but prices du not improve generally. There has been very little doing in the Stock Market, either on speculation or for transter, the foreign advices being of no particular moment, and the payment of differences upon the Consol Account being now in progress. Taking the highest and lowest rates, 2k per cent. has been the fluctuation since the November ac count commenced. Bank Stock has been quoted 188, and India Stock '236. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 85-a Consols have been 861 to 86k, having at one period sellers at 841. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 375. to 40s. premium for those dated June. East India Bonds have been 345. to 38s. prem. Long Annuities are 8i to 8 9.16. The Foreign Securities have been heavy again. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 23* to 23k; Mexican Bonds have been 211 to 211, and Peruvian, 36 1 /. Russian Stock has been at 991 to 100. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents have been 45k. The Railway Share Market has exhibited some weak ness, but we do not hear that large sales are pressing. Eastern Counties have been rather lower, as well as Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North British, Midland, and South-Eastern. North-Western are firm ; Caledonian rather better, and the Yorke lines at fully previous, and in one or two cases higher rates. 81i1T1613. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE ta'CLOCK. (Front the Official List.) Bank Stock 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85 1 4 85 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 861141-A New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. 8 5 % 5s Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 14 Do.Bo Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 al/ India Stock 236 India Bonds under I,oool ....... 34 38 p Consols for Account bxchequer Bills. 2Y 2 d. 2d. March. Jun.. 1,0001. 5001 Small 4O p 40 37 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 21% 1 % Ditto Small Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 3 6 1 /2 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 95% 100 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 3 1 / 2 1 41 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 5 1 /2 3IISINESs DON t, iN RAILWAY SIIAItEa AT ON R O'CLOCK KA.ILWAYS. PAID. Fes SHALE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 4 - Xyrshire and Galloway - Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. iiirmingtoun & OxtordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... te & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... without a guarantee... 10 . . .1-1,, Binning., \Vol., ti. Stour Val. 131.14,.... ..... t o Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... lO Boston, Stamt., & Birming... 6 Bristol and Exeter . 9O ..... D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- l4/. 4s Caledonian - to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference $ Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Ohester and Holyhead.— ..... 50 ..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. . . Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to Dablin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 3 1 ,i —...— to Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Gt 7% Du. Perpet.,s par ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0...—. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per mt. ... 50 . .. Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12%..... D0., New Eastern Union, Clam A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Cass B (I. & 13) 20 . .._ . Ditto. do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto ..,, Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per et. 2 1 / 2 — East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... • 21 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares N.— ...... to East Lincolnshire ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —.. to Glasg., Dumfries, & Cerlisle..B/. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —.- Great :Northern •. 17 Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% — Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% Nit to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 23% to Great North of England 100 — Ditto, New 401 _ 40 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 ...... 30 ... .. ...... to Ditto, New 15/...... ...... 14 ~.„. , ... to Great Western Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. _. Ditto, Thirds.. ... 10 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Halt Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,4 — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares , 43 Ditto Quarters 17% ...... 10% to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6 1 A Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Iludders. and Sheff.) 43 - •.... to Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 1 1 / 4 Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 1 / 2 to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 89 Leeds,Dowsbury,& blanches. 50 Do., llalf Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ... 21 Leeds and Thirsk ......... ..... 50 Ditto, New Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ..... ...... to k.iverpeol.Crosby, and Scut h port . .. .. to a verpool, Manchester , and N ewcastle 3 unction 2% .... ••••.. to London & 'Madman .....131.Gs 8d Do. Lonfl., Bright., & South Coast. 50 Do. Cirintfanteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... .. Do. l'ret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 1.,0nd,r, and Ureenwitl... 121.155. 4d... ... to Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... —..-.. to Loudon & NorthiliTe;:tern.....loo .....117 ..... to 118 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Dl. New - Do. Fifths Do. 40, Shares.....L. &Al 25 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... 9%...... to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 - Do. 101.. . . M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 424...... .U 8 Ditto, New 40/............ -. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... .. _ __ _ Do. TentlisConsolidated) 40 •••• •• to - Ditto, Third; ... ...... .131. 6s. 8d ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls. it. 13a. 4d.... London, Salisbury, & 'Yeovil 1% — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 ,E — Londonderry and Enniskillen 27 1 / = L*westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ..... . Manch, Buxton, Et Matlock 4 — to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto in Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3)... 10 ...... - Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 .... .. . Ditto Grimsby 4O — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... _ Ditto,,Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & bin. Union 4/. 25.... Mid1and........ lOO ...... 82t,4..... to 81 Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 Ditto,:so/. 5hare5........... 20 1 Midland, Bina., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per c0nt....100 113% - to -- , Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... ' Ditto ditto 14/. 18s. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan ! eington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . 8i idld. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 / 2 to t Middlesbre' and Redcar. 6 ; per cent. guar. ...... ......... 50 - " Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares I Newmarket ._. Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s — Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen N ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 Norfolk Ditto New 201. lO Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 - ...... to --- Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4 per ct. 6 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 ,4 — Do. Quarters: 64 3% toa— Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ —.... 81 ...... 33( to North and South-Western... 2 .. .. North Staffordshire... .. ...... 13 North Wales 3% • •••• to -- North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 ...... Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ....... Ditto, New 174 to -- Shefileld, Rotherham, and Goole 74 — ...... to Do. do. (South Div.) 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingiam 9 ...... 1%. to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. ':ilin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 51,x..... - to .--. Ditto, Oswestry 17% ..... to Ditto ,New).... 1 - Ditto 3 per Cent. Pref..— 18 — - Shrewsbury and llereiord .. 2 Shropshire Union 4 .....94 to Souta Devon .. Ditto, Preference 25 - South Staffordshire 6% . — .. South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 24 - Ditto, No. 2. 22 Ditto, No. 3. 25 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stet. Coal ... . 6 law Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 174 to Vale of Neath - Waterford and Kilkenny l 7 l / 2..... Waterford and Limerick..... 474.... - Waterford, Woxford,Wieklw, and Dublin .... 3 - .... . to -- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. •••• ... to Do. do. do. ...... .. 10 ... - west Cornwall West London Ditto, First Class 2O Ditto, Second C1a55......... 20 ...... to Whitehaven and Furness l3 ... . -- Windsor, Staines, and Soutk Western 914 _ to --. Wilts,,Somtilet,&Weymoutk 40 ...... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exton. No.l (T. & N.) 15 Do.:do4No. 2, New,& B. 16 ' ' Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 8 - fork and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference - Ditto East and W est Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .. ..... l7 Ceylon ....... to --- Demerara. ............ ........... 15 . •... - Dendro Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . ...... to __, Dutch Rhenish 7% ..... • ...... to -- East Indian ... - Great Indian Peninsular...,, I A • ~.. ••••• - Louvain ii. la Sambre ......... 7% -- ..... t,o -- . Luxembourg .................. 7 .. t• -- Ditto - Madrid and Valenti* - Namur and Liege 2O - Northern of France.... l2 - Orleans and Bordeaux ,:... .. 7 - Paris and Lyons - Do. Do. - Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen 2O - Paris & Strasbourg ..., ..... 9 ..... .... Rouen and Havre 20 — Sambre:and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 . — .... to Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 -. ..... to o." Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt .. .... .. 20 ...... -- ....„„ to --- ___ __. _ West Flanders B 3 /4 —._..... to JOINT STOCK JUNKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 - Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London, and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto ' 1. , ; OVI National of Ireland 22% - ....• to •-•• Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New .. ".....19 •••• -- ...... to Union of Australia 25 ...... ... to .... Ditto, New - Union of London ....... ...... le ...... - Union of Madrid 40 SWITZERLAND. Accounts from Berne of the Bth, in the Deutsche Zeitung of Frankfort, report the proceedings at the sitting of the National Council on the preceding day. A very close contest for the Presidency ensued between Messsrs. OCIISENBEIN and Nix uAus, but after four scrutinies M. OCHSENBEIN ob tained a majority of eight votes; the numbers being, for OCHSENITEIN 50, and for NEunlus 42 votes. The contest for the Vice-Presidency was also very close. At length, however, Dr. ESCEIEIt, of Zurich, was elected by 45 out of 89 votes registered. In the State Council, the Burgomaster PUREES, of Zurich, was elected President by 33 out of 37 votes; and M. BRIATTB, of Vaud, Vice-President. The ques tion of the disputed elections was referred to a commission. It is thought that General Duroua will be brought into the council in a few days. GERMANY AIM THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. VON WELDEN, the new Governor of Vienna, whose cruelties at Treviso and Palma Nuova have rendered him so notorious, was expected to arrive at Vienna on the Bth or 9th. WiNDISCHGRATZ, who has left Vienna for Hungary, was, according to the last accounts, at Iletzendorf. The Breslauer Zeitung, in a correspondence dated Vienna the Bth inst., states that as candidates for filling the post of Minister of War in the Cabinet about to be formed were mentioned Prince SCPWAR ZENBERG, BATOR PUCIINER, and ZANINI, who some months back had resigned in favour of LATOUR. SCHONHALS, Chief of the General Staff with the Lombard army, was also among their number. PULSKT, the Hungarian Under-Secretary of State, was arrested on the 7th inst. He was the chief agent of KOSSUTII in the Austrian capital, and is said to have occasioned the outbreak on the 6th ult. by pre venting the marching off of the German Grenadier battalion, and by distributing the sum of . 50,000 florins on the evening of the day which preceded the insurrection. The number of the citizens who fell in defending the lines is about 800, besides those who have since died of their wounds. Upwards of 200 in addition fell in the attack on the 6th. The loss of the military is yet more con iiderable, especially among the Croat 3, some hun dred men of whom were destroyed during the storming of the Burghthor, which was taken after three re peated attacks. Letters from 011mutz of the Bth confirm the intel ligence which had been previously received of the defeat of StsioNicu by the Hungarians. He lost two pieces of cannon and several men, and retired to Goding in the Austrian territory. The Magyar commander did not cross the frontier, but declared that, should the Hungarian territory be violated by the Imperialists he would at once invade Moravia. JELLACHICII has joined the remains of SIMONICII'S army at Goding. Accounts from Pesth state that the Austrian Ge neral Putuarroincit has been shot by order of. a council of war. Commandant FAMMEKSTEIN published at Lemberg, in Gallicia, on the 3d, a notice from which we give the following extract : " As my troops have been fired at from the windows and cellars, I tun convinced that the state of anarchy has not been put an end to, and therefore declare Lemberg and its suburbs to be in a state of siege. I ordain as follows:-1. A general disarmament. 2. The dissolution of all the clubs, and the suspension of the right of meeting. 3. With the exception of the Bwrauska Gazette, German and Polish, all journals are into dicted from appearing during the state of siege. 4. The press in general is so far limited that no placard can be printed and posted up without my authority. 5. A commission shall be appointed to search for arms. 6. All assemblages in public places are forbidden. 7. All who may resist with arms in their hands, or shall excite revolt, shall be brought ,to trial before a court m ar tial." PRUSSIA. - The following is the address presented to the KING on the 10th by the Communal Council of Berlin, beseeching his MAJESTY to abstain from interfering with the rights and privileges of the Assembly : Sire,—The conflict in which the Assembly, elected by the confidence of the nation, is at this moment en gaged with the Ministers of the Crown, fills the repre sentatives of the capital with great disquietude, and compels them to address to your Majesty the humble prayer that you will deign, conformably to constitutional usage, to dismiss a Ministry which is opposed to the Assembly legally existing, and nominate a new Cabinet, which, by its political views, may possess the confidence of the majority of the National Assembly. The privi• loges of the residentiary city of your Majesty, which has already recently made so many sacrifices, are menaced by the removal of the National Assembly as proposed by the Brandenburg Ministry, imposing upon us the duty of addressing your Majesty as urgently as re: pect fully to be pleased to withdraw this measure." —Signed by the members of the Communal Council. On the 11th, the KING issued the following procla mation to the Prussian people : i‘ The state of lawl es sness which has for a consider able time prev a il e d i n my res id e ntiary and capital city o f Berlin, and which threatens to plunge the whole country intote u the very depths of anarchy, has compelle d me, b y the advice of my responsible Ministry, to transfer, the Assembly, convoked for the constituting of the adininis tratiou, to Brandenburg, and in order to the carrying out of that measure to prorogue it to the 27th of this month. On the same grounds I have considerably reinforced the armed power in this my residentiary city, and have also dissolved the Burgher Guard, in conse quence of their illegal comportment in reference to sec tion 3 of the law for the establishment of the Burgher wehr. lam perfectly aware that those measures are liable to manifold misrepresentation, and will be abused to such end by a revolutionary party, and may also excite apprehension in the minds of otherwise shell-disposed burghers of the state respecting the positive assurances of the liberties granted to my people. But I am equally, and decidedly con scious that the future well-being of Prussia and Ger many justifies them in demanding this step of me and of my Government. I turn therefore in this decisive moment to the whole country, to all of you, my faithful .Prussians, with the confidence that the illegal resist ance offered by a portion of your representatives, un mindful of their true duty towards the people and the Crown, against the removal of the National Assembly, 'will be earnestly and decidedly disapproved by insinuations which would make you believe that I would abrogate from the liberties promised in the days of March— that I would deviate from the constitutional road en tered upon. Prussian s Iye who stood firm in your good faith of olden d a y s to me, ye w houho yet bear in remembrance the history of my royal se, and its position to the people, 1 conjure you to cleave firmly to it in days of prosperity as in days of adversity. But ye, too, are beginning to vacillate. I conjure you to halt on the road of that steep abyss, and to await the result which will follow. To all of you I again give the inviolable assurance that nothing shall be abrogated from yoar con stitutional liberties; that it shall be my holiest endeavour to be unto you, by the help of God, a good constitutional king, so that we may mutually erect a stately and terrible edifice, beneath whose roof, to the weal of our Prussian and out! whole German Fatherland, our posterity may quiey and peacefully rejoice in the blessings of genuine and true liberty for generations to come. May the blessings of God rest upon our work. (Signed) "FREDERICK WILLIAM. (Countersigned) "Count VON BRANDENBURO. " VON LADENBERQ. " VON STROTHA. " VON M ANTE UFFEL. " Given at Sans Souci, Nov. 11." The following proclamation from the Commander of the Burgher Guard was extensively circulated in Berlin on the 10th : " Berlin, Nov. 10. " The undersigned, as well as the majors of Burgher Guard and chiefs of flying corps (abolished by the Burgher Guard law), have, iu accordance with the Na tional Assembly, whose wish it is to avert every provo cation to civil war, unanimously decreed not to make the slightest opposition to the military force now about to enter the city. They request the people of Berlin, who have given them so many proofs of confidence, to act in a similar manner. Their passive opposition against an illegal and overwhelming force will finally and assuredly secure the triumph of liberty. For these reasons we conjure our fellow-citizens to act this time all in unity with the Burgher Guard. (Signed) "EEMPLEA." BONS BOURSE, PARIS, TUESDAY, Nov. 14. THREE o'CLocx.—The funds opened to-day a shade below yesterday's closing prices, and, without any ap parent cause excepting the general uneasiness, gradually gave way till the very close. The exasperation on both sides is greatly increasing as the period for the election of the President approaches, and the risk of disturbance both in the capital and the departments is very great. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have fallen If. 20c.; the Five per Cents., 80c.; and the Loan 7 0 c. For Money , the Three per Cents have fallen If. 5c.; th© Fire per Cents. have fallen 75c.; and the Loan 55 c.; Bons du Tr 6 sor not quoted; Bank of France Shares have fallen 301.; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted; Five per Cents. are the same as yesterday; Spanish funds not quoted; Roman has fallen I per cent.; Rothschild' , Receipts are without any change. Exchange oa London (30 days), 25 52i; ditto (90 days), 25 40. Railway Shares have participated in the general dulness. Orleans have fallen 51., Rouens 2f. 50c., Northerns 6f. 25c.; Marseilles 2f. 50e.; Havres and Straaburgs If. 25c. each; Versailles, Vierzons, and Bordeaux are the s ame as yesterday. I3oulognes not quoted. The business done was very limited. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, NOT. 14. Namur and Liege, 5 1 4 —Paris and Lyons (10/.), 4, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have been received. As a proof of the extent to which the system of enormous lying is carried by the reactionary Cama rilla of Madrid, we may mention that the Ministerial journals announce that CABRERA is negotiating - with General CORDOVA to get terms for his submission. From the fact of this gross fabrication being put thus prominently forward by the Narvaez journals, we opine that CABRERA has recently obtained Nome signal advantage over CORDOVA, which these jouxnals dare not announce. The Prince and Princess of CAPUA haws left Madrid for Andalusia cn route to Gibraltar, where they intend for the present to take up their res'idence. LA Rivi, tried for shooting at the QUEEN in. June, 1847, has been sentenced by the tribune to wl iich he appealed from the sentence of death, to 20 yea' !s' con finement in presidio. The banking house of Pita News ZANIER ALT ;MET, of Madrid, has suspended payment. The assets consis principally of securities, which in the present gate of HAYMARKET THEATRE. Twelfth Night was repeated here last evening, and, with the same powerful cast as on Saturday, " went" even better than on that occasion. The more frequently Mrs. Charles Kean is seen in the character of Viola, the more do the exquisite beauties of the character de velop themselves. Never for one moment does she forget that she is the woman. There is nothing of the malapert page about her acting ; all is graceful, all is feminine, even the "I am the man," is given as a woman would give it, and the fear of the duel is the timidity of the woman, not the cowardice of the boy, and these beautiful lights and shades of character are !admirably brought out by Mrs. Charles Kean. The Malvolio of Webster was as rich as ever, and the play seemed to act closer than it did on Saturday. The Ransom, with Mrs. Charles Kean as the heroine, followed. She was called before the curtain at the conclusion of both pieces and rapturously applauded. The house was crowded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY. NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLE CHASE.-3 to 1 agst Red Lancer (taken). LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-7 to 2 agst Proceed (taken) -5 to 1 agst St. Leger-11 to 2 agat Alfred (taken) -12 to 1 agst Bt.xkeeper (taken)•-15 to 1 agst The Doctor (taken) -15 to I agst Wolverhampton. CHESTER CUP.-40 to 1 agst The Cossack (taken)- 1,000 to 15 agst Hetman Platoff colt (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Fogleman (taken)—l,ooo to 15 apt Great Western (taken)-1,00 0 to 15 agst War Eagle. ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Derby. Mr. Tom le Brewer's Brian O'Lynn beat Mr. Etwall's Englishman. Mr. Bowles's Cockaigne beat Mr. Etwall's Eagle's Plume. Mr. Etwall's Elastic Jem beat Mr. Bowles's Motley. Mr. W. J. Etwall's Dowan beat Mr. Parkinson's Passport. Mr. Tom le Brewer's Beelzebub beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Orlando. Mr. Parkinson's Saturday Night beat Mr. Lawrence's Look-out. Mr. W. Etwall's Old Harry beat Mr. Parkinson's Sunrise. Mr. Biggs's Blazing Billy beat Mr. Parkinson's Parch- mont. Mr. Parkinson's Sam beat Mr. Biggs's Be Noble. Mr. Osbaldesten's Oscar beat Mr. Lawrence's Buff. Mr. Lawrence's Landgrave ran a bye. The Oaks. Mr. F. Parkinson's The Rose beat Mr. Etwall's Chaos. Sir St. George Gore's queen Mab beat Mr. Parkinson's Perriwinkle. Mr. Bowles's Light• of•other-days beat Sir St. George Gore's Vision. Mr. Lawrence'i Landgravine beat Mr. Etwall's Elite. Mr. Parkinson's Sable beat Mr. Etwall's Erin. Mr. Parkinson's The Lily beat Mr. Stone's Snowdrop. Mr. Bowles's Roulette beat Sir St. George Gore's Dream. Mr. Biggs's Be Nimble beat Sir St- George Gore's Cy therea. Mr. Bowles's Midnight beat Mr. Parkinson's Violet. Mr. Bowles's Fair Toes beat Mr. Etwall's Easy. Mr. Etwall's Wowski beat Mr. Parkinson's Pink. Mr. Bowles's Moonlight beat Mr. Etwall's Eyry. Mr. Tom le Brewer's Brilliant;beat Mr. Stone's Heart's ease. Mr. Tom le Brewer's Blue Stockings beat Mr. Parkinson's Scarlet Runner. Mr. F. Parkinson's Passion Flower ran a bye. The Cup and Sovereigns. Mr. Stone's Cannon Ball beat Mr. Puzley's Spider. Sir St. George Gore's Magician beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Old England. Mr. Etwall's Elf beat Mr. T. le Brewer's Buekhorn. Mr. Goddard's Tom Bowling beat Mr. Biggs's Be Daring (late The Squire.) CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday a Court of the gontlernen connected with the above-named Commission, was held at their Council Chamber in the Guildhall. The Right lion, the Lord Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock precisely. The Court was very fully attended, all the Commissioners, several Deputies, and a considerable number of the Alder men, being present. The subject of the high price of gas in the City having attracted the notice of the committee for general put poses, the chairman of the [committee stated that they had referred the matter to the City solicitor, who had laid before them a statement on the subject, in con - sequence of which they had agreed to the following re- " We certify, that having been assembled, and been at tended by the City Solicitor, who laid before us astatement, which was read to us, and having considered the plans proposed, we recommend to your Court, as the only pro bable means of obtaining a reduction in the cost of gas, that notices be at once prepared, and advertised as re quired, that your Court will apply to Parliament for power to erect gas-works, and to lay down pipes and mains within the city and liberties, with power to pur chase the works, pipes, and mains of the existing gas companies, or of any gas company hereafter to be esta blished within the limits aforesaid; and as the last day fur giving such notices is the 18th of November, it is imv.rative that decision thereupon should be come to immediately." Some.conversation took place upon the subject of the communication of the City Solicitor, of which the Corn missioners expressed their warm approbation, and the report of the sub-committee was unanimously agreed to, and a resolution carried to serve the necessary notices of application to arlioaerit immediately. MINES. Anglo k.oxican lOO ...••• —. Asturi2n Mining Company... 13 ...... Aubtralian... 2 14 — •••••• to ....... Blaonarvon Iron and Coal ... 10 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 1 ,4...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 - ... .. to --- Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 16 Cobre Copper ... 40 General Mining Real tie! Monte, Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures — •••••• to Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba lO ...... ... • .. to ' United Mexican COURSE OF, EXCIIANGB. ... Amsterlam .......... 12 2N Glisraltar...• .....• •• •• 2 2 1 0 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 8% Leghorn .........• •• # 0 &Ate rdam .... •. .. 12 3 Gomm .......... ...• fruit wer p,, ~ ~ ,„ „„ ~ 25 20 Itilaa ........ „, ...... ~,,,_, ilamburgh ......N.B. 13 12% Tonics.. —•• .........• WA Alton, . .. •• „ „ 7 .: = Naples .....• •••••• •• ill Paris, 3 days'sight 25 57% lithe, 3 months 25 86 riarsellles .. • • 25 85 80urdeaux......... . 25 85 Frankfort ma Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, Sil. Rbie.. 56% Berlin.... • • .• .. Vienna, effec. fle•••• •• 11 16 Trieste, ditto.... •• 11 15 Madrid • • .. • • ........ 47% Cadiz •• .• •• • • • • • • • • •• 48% Bilbao.. •• •• •• •• .... Barcelona •• •......... •• •• •• •• •• • Palermo, per0z.....• • • 11 Messina ........ ••• • • • 4 11 ,/ #4ll. Oporto ...• ,••• 'file Janeiro .. •. • • • • ttueaos lyres ...... • • •-• New York, 21 dayesight Philadelphia PILICZO OF iscru.log• l ; Foreign Geld is bars. • • Portugal Gold Coin •• • Spanish Deubleents • • 4 New Dollars ••. • • • • 4 Silver in bars •• POLISH BALL.—The annual entertainment td Polish Ball and Concert at Guildhall takes plan,br,' morrow (Thursday). It will b e o ne o f th e most fetes in the city of London, and in point of sto s fboi l i will, no doubt, surpass all it s pr e d ecess ors. 11° of who have not had the good f o rt u n e to be the g 10 3 . 9 6 01 3; the Lord Mayor's banquet, th e sight of the msg l3l be_r n hall, as arranged and em b e lli s h e d thi s year, wil l source of rare novelty and of high gratification. tof place in the United Kingdom can boast of such 0 001 tions and accommodations to the pleasures ° people, and to those who from motives of intereOreco sympathy for thi s b enevo l en t un d e rt a king, will c d elef i t i the splendid buildi ngs of th e ci v ic palace. A very ' OY, concert, in addition to the gaieties of the eveni o g' o o o ' afford to many an opportunity of admiring the eminent wastes assembled together on this 00 P o 0 We are glad to be told that the demand for tici‘ e incessant. MYSTERIOUS OceunumlcE. On Sunda.,„. n o .o f v,„ about two o'clock, the sentinels on duty at the„b'bel heard screams proceeding from the river side. tfilig:d relieved they reported the circumstance, and on g(f) (14; by ~ the spot whence they appeared to come, a pool 0 was found on the bank, end spots of blood leading,, t., into the water. The police were made aceainte slr e these facts, and they immediately proceeded to d . _ l :7 tip river, without, however, in any way elacidtiWo vay4terA9us inourrence.—ltiaiastone dorsal, .t - ' D