The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

__-' SECRET HISTORY of the FRENCH REVOLUTIONS of 1848. Now ready, In 2 vols.- post Bvo., EMOIRS of CITIZEN CAUSSIDIERE, Whilst acting as Minister of Police to the French Republic. Including a Narrative of the Revolution in February, 1843, to the Present Time. Written by Citizen CAUSSIDIERE, Representative of the People. This Work will be first published in English. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty). THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNK. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order t o meet the exigencies of the times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only ac: - ;essary 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 Shillir.gs. First Circle. • Upper Boxes . • • .. • • Four Shill'''. Pit . Lower Gallery ..............One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery .. • • • • One Shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas; Stans, Sevm Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ts. ; Pit 2s. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. . THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDE OF LAMSIERMOOR. Lucy Ashton, Mdlle. iiissen; Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. Sims Reeyes. . . _ After which, the First Act of THE PERI. Is which Mdlles. Plunkett, Celeste Stephan, Mencelet, Cushuie, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, &c., will appear. To conclude with a New Divertissement, entitled LE BAL MASQUE. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to cornn - ence at Seven. The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARIC• E Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undeone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT. Viola, Mrs. Charles • an. After whi j. entirely new and original Comedy, entitled THE ENIGHT 0 tVA. The Knight of Arra, Mr. Hudson ; the Princess Marina. Miss Reynolds. To conclude with THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered THIS EVENmore comfortable. DM Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wti ht ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed . IE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alol/o, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, ,Ir. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. — After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. LOYAL LYChUM THEATUE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ala he THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES 0 WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, C. Ilathews, Cooper, Bel lingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, F. Cooke, Charles, MIA Marshall, Madame Yestris, Mrs. Yates, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with an APPEAL TO THE P ÜBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, A ; Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The riew /Aox-oftee, No. 2, Wellingtonrsne 1, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TREAT 0.P.1. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel- L3hed In a superb and costly manner ty Mr. Iturvvitz. A new Chan delier has been fittod, and the best affair:, men is have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tha coutiort and convenience of tke audience. THIS ETENING, Will ba performed a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Count Adel mar, Mr. Charles Brabant; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Horn castle ; Frantz, Mr. eiss ; Matilda, Mrs Wei;?.; Leoline, Miss Rafter. After which, a new Farce, entitled TILE MODEL COUPLE, is which MesArs. OstErry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To be followed by.a New DIVERTISSEMENT. To coiclude with the Burletta of MIDAS. Apollo, Miss Poole. TO CORRESPONOEYTS. No communication can be attended to uuless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 30. TH,RMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 55; Noon, 47 ilutox;lTHß,29.97.—Wnrn W.; dull weather. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 15 min. after 4 I Evening 22 min. after 4 ot, 14;,.. ..L, '2 ,1 / 4 i• , , - ism . , :Zippy • , 1,,,,,,, ••'..,---t Arts f., - Ilk —4:55"- ~, 40,47.411.1\1;j71...44- 416,,,,•3-.:4-iijor •- - ."- ..t‘ !1... ' • IL. • , -3" , 4. ¢, , . - - - ,141' britniciag LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1842. Before the House of Commons has again assembled it will have lost several of its most conspicuous Members and one or two of its brightest ornaments. Besides that of the gallant hearted leader of the Opposition, Parliament will miss many faces, familiar from old associations, and in some cases, the features of men beloved for the graces of their genius or the gentleness of their disposition. Scarcely had the Radical representative of York committed suicide by swallowing a dose of hydrocyanic acid in one of the parks of London, before the Noble Member for King's Lynn breathed his last with a sudden pang at his heart in the unfrequented meadows of Notting ham. One of the Irish rebels (Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN) had hardly been pronounced guilty of high treason, and thereby disqualified from continuing to occupy a seat in the Imperial Par liament, when one of the English Ministers (Viscount MORPETH) was removed from the scene of his long and brilliant achievements as an orator, by his suc cession to a peerage as the Earl of CARLISLE. Another vacancy has occurred in the Lower House of Parlia ment; another name has been erased from the cata logue of our living statesmen ; another voice has been hushed for ever, not by criminality, not by misfor tune, but by an abrupt and premature decease. 3' 4 ihe death of the Right Hon. CHARLES BULLER, the representative of Liskeard, and Chief Commissioner of the Poor-law Board—which event took place at five o'clock yesterday morning—must be long remembered for several reasons as a publie calamity. Beyond the profound sorrow of a large circle of those who had the honour and the happiness of a personal acquaint ance with the deceased gentleman, the melancholy fact of his premature departure from amongst us will excite the deep and earnest regret of the community. When we bear in recollection the brilliant talents of Mr. BULLER, his amiable and winning temperament, his industry in the public service, his staunch and honoura ble consistency ; and his many other noble qua. lities, whether as a friend or a statesman, it is imposible not to lament when a man like this is unexpectedly cut off in the very prime of his life, when in short he had scarcely attained the forty-first anniversary of his birth. From the outset of his career Mr. CHARLE s BULLER evidenced the possession of those abilities which are capable of lifting men to the highest em i nence , an d o f rea li s i ng the loftiest aspi rations. At Harrow he revealed, even in boyhood, the facilities of fancy and the charms of wit, which afterwards became so conspicuous in his oratorical displays in Parliament. During the time of the completion tie of his further at the University of Cam bridge gifts by partieipatingeirn developed these intellectual the b desultory discussions of the Union Debatin g mi C e lu ei , that club which has ripened into maturity g u ish ci ed uen o c a l e iti c al rhetoricians. and scholarship of so many of our distin our forensic Subsequently he was numbered was in el l e B:o, and at athletes, baying been called to the bar the early age of three-and-twenty r the constituency of West Looe to a seat in ed p by ment. After the disfranchisement of that pocketla borough by the passing of the Reform Bill, Mr. BULLER was the su ccessful candidate for Lis: keard, in the general election of 1832 ; and it is a circumstance doubly honourable that he continued to represent that constituency uninter ruptedly from that period up to the moment of his lamented decease, during, that is to say, a lengthened interval of sixteen eventful and laborious sessions. Although misapprehended in a great measure by the Whig politicians generally, the young Member for Liskeard was fully appreciated by the late Earl of DURHAM, who, on his appointment to the govern ment of Canada, nominated Mr. BuLLEir to the arduous and responsible office of chief secretary. Here it was that the latter acquired that fami liarity with cclonial matters w hi c h ena bl e d him to pen his celebrated report upon the Condition of our possessions in the northern continent of America, and which subsequently afforded him the capacity of labouring so suc cessfully in the furtherance oi the colonization of New Zealand. Under the admin;.stration of Lord MELBouRNE, the Secretary of the G t :vernor-General of Canada was appOinted to a higher dice, A 5 Secre tary of the Board of Control. After remaining for a considerable time Judge Advocate-General, during the commencement of the present Go- 1 vernment the Right Honourable Gentleman con- 1 sented, a few months since, to resign those lucra tive, and almost sinecure duties for the worse remu nerated, and infinitely more arduous, labours devolv ing upon the chief of the Poor•law Commissioners. It is by this time scarcely necessary to observe that the exertions required from whoever undertakes the direction of the Poor-law Board are not less obnoxious in their character than they are numerous and hercu lean. It became, therefore, an indescribable advan tage to the public when a publicist like the Right lion. CHARLES BULLER, a man of brilliant capa• cities, of exquisite amenity, and of inexorable industry, one whose genius had gradually been developing itself to the noble proportions of statesmanship, and whose hand had acquired the most felicitous aptitude in the management of affairs, undertook to direct the whole of his great energies to the organization of that department of the public ser vice which, above all others, had fallen into confusion, and had excited the distrust of the population. Sud denly—while in the thick of his important duties— while infusing the vigour of his own energetic nature into the arrangements of the Poor-law Commission— while regarding with a vigilant and sympathetic eye the progress of democracy among the nations of continental Europe—while building up in his own mind a splendid project for ameliorating the miseries of Ireland, the labours of this eminent man have been stopped by his abrupt dissolution. An attack of typhus fever supervening upon a severe surgical operation, ended, on the morning of Nov. 29th, 1848, in his demise. As we have already observed, the public have deep reason to lament the premature death of one possessing such noble parts. As an orator, as a writer, as a publicist, as a statesman, CHARLES BULLER was immeasurably 'removed from mediocrity. He was a worthy contemporary of a lionEtouss and a MACAULAY, and while his friends were permitted the privilege of loving the man for the gentleness of his heart, the people at large were able to admire the prolonged devotion of the patriot and the ripening genius of the administrator. Another movement has been made on behalf of the Spanish bondholders—another effort to awaken the Spanish Government to a tardy sense of justice. Every argument that has been resorted to up to this time has proved utterly useless and unavailing. Vague and unsatisfactory answers have been returned to every appeal that has been made to the honour and honesty of the Spanish nation—to the gratitude of the Spanish MONARCH, who owes her present posi tion, the throne of which she is de facto the occupant, to the millions advanced by the duped and defrauded bondholders—who now, in honeyed accents, and in humble guise, approach her footstool, and implore some more substantial recognition of their claims than has hitherto been accorded. In the language of suppliants they represent that not only was the faith of Spain pledged for the punctual repay ment of the bonds, but the national domains were specifically hypothecated as security for them. In the face, however, of the national honour engaged and the national domains pledged, the sale of a portion of the latter has been suspended, and the memorialists have not received the smallest dividend since the year 1840. This is, indeed, treatment that might well warrant a stronger express sion of indignation. For eight years have the creditors of the State been deprived of their unques tionable rights. No effort has been made to satisfy their just demands, while millions have been wasted in political intrigues, and immense fortunes realised by needy adventurers. Laws have been maintained which convert a majority of the inhabitants of the border provinces into organized bands of smugglers. The contraband trade alone can flourish under the unwise and impolitic system. And while British subjects are thus defrauded of their rights, the Bri tish Government is insulted with impunity, and the representative of her Britannic MAJESTY summarily expelled from the Spanish Court. How long will such proceedings be tolerated ? How soon will our Ministers demand that Spain shall pursue an honest and straight forward course ? It is time that some decisive step should be taken. We have too long been amused by vain and frivolous pretexts ; we have too long submitted to the open and undisguised robberies of successive Governments, who have agreed but in one respect, viz., to treat with contempt, and to dis regard every claim that has been put forward. The same conduct will be exhibited until the demand is made in a very different tone, and until a direct inti mation is given, that a continued disregard of British rights will be viewed as a cans ball by the British Government. When such a course is adopted, and not until then, we shall entertain some hope of a favourable result. If Spain were unable to fulfil her obliga tions, if her poverty compelled her to sacrifice her honour, and to withhold payment from her creditors, then indeed some sympathy might be entertained for her fallen condition, and every indulgence would be exhibited towards those who desired, but were unable to discharge their debts. But it is the will, and not the ability that is wanting. The nation possesses ample means to satisfy every demand, if it possessed the desire to do so. The resources of the country are enormous, if the slightest pains were taken for their due development. A change in her tariff, the adoption of a sounder commercial policy, would speedily place Spain in a position to meet her creditors in an upright and honourable manner, to make provision for the'punctual payment of the stipulated interest, and the gradual liquidation of the principal. As she will not voluntarily do so, but one course remains—to act towards the nation in the same manner as towards an individual, and to enforce by the most stringent measures the payment which cannot be obtained in any other manner. The British Government must proclaim, that " the na tion that can pay and won't pay must be made to pay." It is high time that some restrictions should be placed upon the vagaries of the " Police," that the constabulary should be taught that they have more important duties to perform than making love to ser vant maids, and devouring the substance of those by whom they are paid. The regulations of the force peremptorily prohibit the parties from entering any house for the purpose of partaking of refreshment while upon duty, and yet it is notorious that the sa lutary rule is violated every day with the most perfect impunity. No kitchen or larder is safe from the inroads of the blue-coated gentry if a pretty servant maid or a good store of cold meat is to be found therein. A discovery is but seldom made, and if it should take place, the matter is quietly hushed up, and speedily forgotten. Some trifling fine may possibly be in flicted, but the risk is by no means sufficient to deter the ardent and hungry Lotharios from their domi ciliary visits. What effect could a possible, but by no means probable, fine of a few shillings, in the event of .a discovery, have in enabling young men to resist the temptations of bright eyes, ruby lips, and a comfortable supper ? Policemen are but flesh and blood, whatever might be thought to the contrary. They are subject to the same im pulses by which mankind in general'are influenced, and they will not yield implicit obedience to unplea o fault s san t tregulations, unless actuated by a w h o le s ome dread conniv e d ‘fve, h e h in o e w v e i v ta e b r l , e fin co d n nse i guenc es of any violation thereof. too many instances their over by the at, and their breaches of duty passed to magistrates b e f ore w h om th ey are brou g h t at L nswer for their con d uc t. A case was h eard m bth- stre e t P o li ce - court on Tuesday la s t that afforded ast.cyriking illustration of that day, police laxity a n d magisterial leniency. A police• const a bl e was, on d the presiding magistrate, chargeday brought before found in the kitchen of a w r i e t s h d i having b een gentlem an ham-place, Walworth-road, partaking o n at Chat ham-place, refresh ments while on duty, contrary t o the regulations the force. It appeared that the complainant, ° en of en tering his kitchen at a late hour (between eleven and twelve o'clock) the preceding evening, f ound the defendant regaling himself in company with the cook. The charge could not be denied. The cul prit was seized fiagranti delictu. The cold meat w as on the table, and he was plying the busy knife and fork at the moment of the untoward dis covery. He could only allege that ho had been invited by the cook, with whom he did not appear to have had any previous acquaint ance, and that he immediately yielded to the tempta tion. After hearing the matter the magistrate dis e.harged the complaint, on the understanding that it should be taken before the Commissioners of Police to be dealt with as they might think proper, observing that if he inflicted any fine the result must be the dismissal of the defendant from the force. Now, with all respect for the worthy magistrate, we cannot conceive that he should be influenced in his decision by any such motive. A violation of the law had taken place. The policeman was trespassing in the house at a late hour of night without any lawful excuse. If a civilian had been taken under similar circumstances his excuses would have proved but of little avail—if he declared that the inevitable result of any punishment would be the for feiture of his situation, and his own absolute ruin, his pleading would awaken but little sympathy in the magisterial breast ; he would be told that he should have reflected upon the consequences before he had placed himself in such a position. The tears and supplications of his wife and children would have but little effect on the stern dispenser of justice. A policeman, however, was the delinquent, and all was changed—mercy was extended, and Policeman 214 P. was dismissed unscathed to accept of the next in vitation that might offer. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. All the journals contain the following " communi cated" (that is to say, official) paragraph : "It is by error that a journal announced yesterday that the Pope had been obliged to quit Rome. " The Government has received the following tele graphic dispatch, dated Civita Vecchia, November 23, 2 P.M :- " 6 Rome is calm. The new Ministry has published its programme, and has taken the direction of affairs. M. Mamiani arrives this evening at Rome.' " The Red Republicans are outrageous against General CAVARINAC for having dispatched an expe dition to Civita Vecchia to rescue Pio NoNo, in case his personal safety should be endangered by the doings of Messrs. BONAPARTE and Co. The Reforme says— " The Government of the Republic did not interfere in Italy either to prevent the sack and bombardment of Messina, or to prevent the taking of Milan, or the pillage of Lombardy. It is now going to interfere to re-seat the Pope on his legitimate throne, to the great edification of M. de Montalembert and Messieurs the Jesuits of the Univers religieux ?" This is a misrepresentation of the objects of the expedition. As stated by general CAVAIGNAC, its object is solely to provide for the personal safety of the POPE, without at all interfering in the internal government of the Roman States ; however, the whole affair is to be discussed to-day in the National Assembly, when doubtless ample explanations will be given as to the objects of the expedition. The manifesto of Louis NAPOLEON is commented on in all these papers. The majority of them take the same view of it which we took yesterday, and consider it a tissue of vague generalities. The National turns the whole affair into ridicule. " The Prince commences his circular," says the National, " by placing his candidateship under the invocation of his uncle ; ab Jove principium. Honour to those to whom it belongs. He is a grateful nephew. He admits that as yet he has done nothing for the country, and it is for that reason that he asks it to do every thing for him. His name, he avows, is his only title to its favour ; it is not, therefore, his person, but his name that is to be elected. In the event of France choosing to inflict this Prince upon herself it will then be a name which governs her, a name which keeps up all our relations with foreign powers, and which supports the dignity of the country. The Prince forgets one thing in his manifesto—he says not a word about the constitution, as if it were a thing beneath his notice." The National is very happy in its sarcasms on the ambitious common-places of which this circular is made up,—" M. LOUIS BONAPARTE," it continues, " is a magnificent Prince, and we must expect to be astonished by him every moment. Will it be believed that he is actually willing to effect all the economy which, without disorganizing the public services, will permit the diminution of the taxes the most onerous to the people? Here is boldness, here is novelty for you. This had never been said nor thought of before the days of M. Louis BONAPARTE. How fortunate that he should have come from England to teach us this truth. After an appeal to the army, M. LOUIS BONAPARTE addresses himself to the Legitimatists and Orleanists. He says he hopes the time may come when all proscriptions may cease. Does France, then, require to be taught a lesson of clemency? He is himself the living proof of that virtue. But M. Louis BONAPATE bethinks himself here of the part of the Napoleonian plank traced out for him by the Presse how could he but avail himself of this most complaisant of planks. We might add much more to our remarks, but we shall confine ourselves to say, all you who hare a feeling of hatred to the Republic—' You who wish for the unknown and its chances, applaud this manifesto. Hiss it, you who reject all remem brance of the Empire, and who now wish for a Re public of liberty and order.' " - The Joiirnal des Debuts thus concludes its remarks on the manifesto— "M. Louis BOnaparte promises to surround himself with men of intelligence and probity without distinction of party. There is a wish which he has expressed, which costs nothing, it is true, to express it; but it at least proves the goodness of his heart; we allude to that in which he hopes that the time may come when the state of the country may permit all proscriptions to be removed without danger. Notwithstanding all he has said, we, however, doubt whether M. Louis Bonaparte is fully sensible of the importance of the mission he seeks. He has lived in a foreign country and he does not know France. He charges himself with promises which it does not depend on him to realise. He does not see that in preparing, in the event of his election, a deception for the country, he is also preparing bitter re • worse, and perhaps terrible catastrophes for himself." The National says : " Last evening the mayor of Paris and about 12,000 National Guards of all the legions proceeded to the hotel of the Rue de Varrennes, the saloons of which were en cumbered to such a point, that the President of the Council was obliged, in order to respond to this large at tendance, to leave the hotel and go through the crowded ranks which occupied the courtyard, the Rue de Varen nes, and part of the lieu du Bac. The general was re ceived by unequivocal testimonies of esteem for him, and of devotedness for the Republic." In the same Journal we find the following account of another visit of National Guards to General CA- " Yesterday morning, more than 1,200 National Guards of the Fifth Legion, with their colonel and the mayor of the arrondissement, waited on General Cavaig nac, to compliment him on the occasion of the me morable sitting of Saturday of the National .Assem bly. Tho visitors having taken their stand in the gar den, General Cavoignac came to the steps of the hotel, and was addressed by the mayor in a short speech, stating the confidence with which his character and conduct had inspired the assemblage before him. Gene ral Cavaignac replied:— "I thank you for this manifestation. I have obtained, as I desired, from the National Assembly a justification which had become for me an imperative desire. The Assembly has in this, as in all things, been the echo of the sentiments of the entire country. I should find this, if necessary, in the precious demonstration now made to me, and which I value the more from the fact, as the mayor has just observed, that you have never flattered persons in power. You have, on the contrary, if I may be permitted so to express myself, been to them des aver tieseurs, or severe judges. I have been accused with having spontaneously caused the discussion of Saturday. This is not the fact. I ask you, gentlemen, yourselves, whether it was possible for me to remain longer under the burden of the attacks of which I was the object?— (An unanimous cry of 'No I no!') I would, however, be an error to suppose that the bitter attacks of which I am the object can in any degree weaken my devotedness to my duties, or my absolute devotedness to the Republic. A good citizen attaches himself to the cause that he serves even by reason of the pain that it inspires and the sacrifices that it demands. The great voice of the country is about to speak, and, whatever decree it may pronounce, my devotedness as a citizen, as a public functionary, as a representative of the poi 19, or as a soldier, will not remain the less at the service of the Republic. Yes, whatever may bo the will of the nation, I will serve it, as a public functionary or as a citizen, with equal devotedness and fidelity. I thank you again, my dear fellow-citizens, with a deep and sincere emo tion, for the precious testimony which you offer to me. Before we separate let us again repeat the cry, which is that of all France, Vive la Republique.' " The Era Nouvelle says :—" The silence observed on Saturday in the National Assembly by M. DE LAMARTINE and M. FRANCOIS ARAGO is significative. It was attempted to induce M. nu LAMARTINE to Speak. M. GARNIER PAGES said to him—' I shall put interpellations to you, and you must speak.' M. DE LAMARTINE replied : I will not do so, for neither myself nor the Executive Committee is involved in the affair ; get out of it as well as you can. M. PE LAMARTINE also declared that he was far from enter taining towards the chief of the Executive Govern ment any feeling of hostility or ill-will." In the fwora stth irteiehe adoptedoplj onis sitting ieteterrttdii the treatment rnt o grr f t gave voah htere l ee n certain egnonut National rAsoeaei rx Affairs, s aa s nn e ad m t bo the l n y s astMinistero yesterdaythe alleged measures of severity which had recently b een t h Spanish at i n o o r e s e fu g g u e e e n s o . It of the v r , ecent arrivals f rom R ome the expedition to Vecchia would be stopped. Rue St. Antoine ist l . h u a b v s e of be t e h n e R cl u o e se N d bCooTeluonrhtsßeecooSzftoeconA.i, sentenced BOURSEt--o fine imprisonment.Eb.NE o b u y ff e o t r a d r e d r and o f. tinet e and d s: c v e e e r d a in l of the orators have see e e n b o u p si r n o e fi s t s i d non in in ) Nov. 29. tete P a pT a t r • a , n was e e Bourse was firm to-day, hue s c t o o u f r o a r t g e e l dy downt i h m e t a t e L I B . e a T r s h ,' "Bears," market, w at ot counting has altogether g THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 30, 1848: a time when it is so much the interest of the Goverment to support prices. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have advanced 15c.; the Five per Cents. have advanced 40c. ; and the Loan,' 35e. For Monoy the Three per Cents. have risen 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 25e.; and the Loan, 25c.; Bons du Tresor not quoted; Bank of France Shares have fallen 21. 50c.; Belgian Bank Shares are at 61. 40c., which was the price when last quoted; ditto Five per Cents. have advanced Y per cent.; Spanish Funds not quoted ; Roman has risen per cent.; Rothschild's Receipts are at 78. Exchange on Lon don (30 days), 25 42i ; ditto (90 days), 25 35. Rail way Shares have not varied much. Orleans have risen 2f. 50e.• Versailles (Right B an k), lf. 25 c . ; Basle, if. 25c.; while Rouens hav e f a ll en 2f. 50 c . Northerns, Bordeaux, Strasbourgs, Marseilles, and Centres remain at yesterday's prices. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 29. The only sale was—Northern of France, 5%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. In consequence of the victory of CABRERA over MENzANo and of the great force in which the Car lists are assembled in Catalonia, several battalions of troops have been ordered to pass into the province from Arragon, and General MANUEL DE LA CONCHA was dispatched for Madrid on the 23d to take the command. It is said that in the late action one of the Tristanis was killed. General CORDOVA is about to retire into Trauceu The dissensions in the Minis try still continue, and the meeting of the Cortes will be the signal for the break up of the Cabinet. There will be two candidates for the Presidency of the Chamber—SELYAs LOZANO, supported by NAI YAEZ, and Rios Rosas by the Mox party. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 23.—The Three per Cents. have rallied somewhat to-day, and transactions are quoted at 191 and 746 cash. They were 7-16 to 1 buyers after the close. Five per Cents., 9i buyers, sellers; Coupons, 51 buyers; Passive Debt, 31 buyers, t sellers. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, NOV. 28.—fhe Prussian Staats Anzeiger of this day contains an official proclamation from the Goverment President and Lieutenant-General in com mand at Erfurt, in which they declare that, in con sequence of the anarchical intrigues by means of the press, the posting up of placards, and almost nightly assemblies which have been beyond the power of the authorities to put down, the city and fortress of Er furth, as well as the region inclosing it, to be in a state of siege. The Anzeiger is again filled with loyal addresses to the KING , which continue daily to pour in f rom every part of the kingdom. M. GRABOW remained in conference the whole night with the KING. It is stated that the object of this unusually long interview was to persuade his MAJESTY that it was for his own interest to come to an arrangement with the National Assembly, by replacing the Brandenburg Ca binet by a liberal Ministry, who shall continue with the National Assembly the discussitar of the project of the Constitution. M. GRABOW observed that the KING might avoid `the resolution adopted in this sense at Frankfort, if his MAJESTY would consent to become Emperor of Germany. It appears that it was this argument principally which decided the Crown to enter into the views of M. GRAMMY, and that the formation of a new Cabinet is at this moment in progress. M. CAMPIIAUSEN and M. GAGERS are spoken of. They arrived this morning in the quality of Imperial Commissioners.—Rhenish Gazette. The Ministers have resolved to remain at their posts until they shall have accomplished the mission to which they were called by his MAJESTY. \Veil informed persons assert that the Ministers are actively engaged in order to accomplish as speedily as pos sible the promises made in March.— Cologne Gazette. It appears that the disturbances at Erfurth, which led to the declaring of that place in a state of siege, were of a most serious character. There was a rise among the democratic party on occasion of the inves titure of the Ist and 4th companies of the Erfurth Landwehr Battalion. The Burgher Guard was called upon to clear the place, but the commanders declared that the Burgher Guard not only refused to clear the place but would oppose the inve s tit ure , an d the military, if they insisted on enforcing it, with weapons in their hands. A time was allowed the commanders to bring the Burgher Guard to a right mind, but they again declared that they could not be answerable for the result. Mean while a body of Cuirassiers, who were com manded to occupy the Wilhelmplaz, were re ceived by the populace with showers of missiles and shot. The fury of the multitude, who NI ere armed with scythes, axes, &c., increased every mo ment. Accordingly the Commandants and Govern ment President declared the city in a state of siege. The mob attacked the arsenal, and a skirmish took place in the streets bet xeen them and the troops, in which the latter were victorious. A barricade in the August-strasse was fired by the artillery and taken by the infantry. Many houses from whence the troops w,re fired upon were stormed. The troops everywhere, without exception, displayed the greatest bravery. The loss of the troops is, killed, 6 soldiers, 1 officer, and 1 subaltern ; wounded 7, among whom 1 officer and 3 soldiers are dangerously wounded. The number of killed and wounded among the rebels has not been ascertained; 102 of them, among whom are the ringleaders, have been arrested. The Prussian Staats Anzieger contains the follow ing official notification :-- " The Spener Gazette of the 25th says, The English Cabinet has sent a note to our Cabinet, through the Earl of WESTMORELAND, in which it declares its full acquiescence in all the measures adopted by the Government for the restoration of order.' Although we cannot doubt that foreign Governments do perfect justice to the measures adopted by the Royal Government, and the motives which influence them, for the security of constitu tional liberty, we must nevertheless observe that the above is not correct, and that no such note has been received." M. SETH; Procureur du Roi of the Criminal Tribunal, has written to UNRuir, President of the:National Assembly, that the Brandenburg Mi nistry cannot be tried for high treason, as demanded by the Assembly, as the charges imputed to them do not constitute such a crime, the Ministry- in its or dinance having formally declared it intended no in fringement of the constitutional principles of liberty promised by the KING. The Gazette --R--4naite, of the 28th instant, says it is asserted that th e C amar ill o intends to proceed as follows :—As thirty d e puties at most will be present at Brandenburg, the Minister intends to address to the people a proclamation, announcing that the Assembly, not being in numbers to deliberate, his MAJESTY has resolved to grant a constitution to his beloved subjects on the widest bases, so as not to suspend any longer the promised liberties. At the same time the present Assembly will be dissolved, and a new election immediately proceeded with, and in order to prevent the re-elec tion of the old members, an accusation will be brought against those who participated in the accusation against the Ministry and the non-payment of the taxes. Grabow is making every effort against this proceeding. The Gazette des Pastes of Frankfort, however, says the report loses ground that the KING intends to grant a constitution. Troops were employed on the 28th in the collec tion of taxes at Aix-La-Chapelle. MEETING OF THE PRUSSIAN ASSEMBLY. On the 27th the Prussian Constituent Assembly met at Brandenburg, The number of Deputies present was 154, less by 48 than the number required to constitute a Chamber capable of voting. The Opposition absented itself en masse from the sitting. The Ministry declined to lay the Royal message before an Assembly not legally constituted, and the President adjourned the Chamber till the next day (28th). It was expected that the Government would call up the substitutes of all the Deputies who have not attended the meeting. PRUSSIAN FILNDS.—BEarax, Nov. 27. Bills. 3loney. St•Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent •••• • • • • 76% 76 Pruss.English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • Foreign Exchanges On London, three months ••..••• • • • • • 6 25% 6 24r a On Paris, two months .. •••••••• • • • • . • 81 1-12 On Llambargh, two months .. .. ••• • .. 150% A USTRIA. The Austrian journals, just received, contain the following report of the first sitting of the Austrian Diet at Kremsier, on the 22d inst. : " The first sitting of the Diet has taken place. Even on Sunday the apprehension 'was entertained that there would not be a sufficient number of Deputies to form a quorum; but on the following day they continued to arrive by every fresh train, and in the evening more than two-thirds of the whole number were present. "At tea o'clock this morning a solemn service was performed in the cathedral church, by th© Bishop of Olmiltz; the National Gusrd were out, and nearly all the Members were present. "At eleven o'clock the sitting commenced in the au ditory of the palace ; it presented the appearance of a temporary theatre, built up in haste by a band of actors, rather than the hall of sessions for one of the first Im perial assemblies. "As nearly as possible, however, the Deputies were ar ranged as in Vienna—the Poles and ultra German party occupying the left, and the Czeschs the right. " The Minister Stadion only appeared for a few minutes ; Kraus and Bach remained. " M. Smolka occupied the President's chair, and declared imm e diately that the time having expired it was necessary to proceed to the election of a new Pre sident. " Deputy Schmidt vainly demanded a delay of some days. This proposition was rejected, and the election of a President proceeded with; 248 Members then voted. At the first scrutiny it appeared that M. Strobach had obtained 122 votes, and M. Smolka 121. Neither of the candidates having obtained an absolute majority, a new scrutiny took place, when it was ascertained that of 255 votes, M. Smolka had obtained 131, and M. Strobach 124. M. Smolka was then declared duly elected. The result caused consi&rable surprise. " M. Meyer was then elected first Vice-President, and NI. Lesser, of Salzburg, second Vice-President. Thus the Presidency of the Austrian Diet is composed of a Pole, a Moravian, and a German. The Czechs have been completely thrown out. " The Deputy Sehuselka then pronounced a discourse, in which he made a report of the last acts of the Diet at Vienna. He affirmed that the Diet, which sat in plenum, had protested at head• quarters in Vienna against its transfer; but that no reply had bee❑ vouchsafed. The Assembly,' he said, had resolved to meet on the 13th November ; but in order not to provoke divisions, we have decided to come here; not that by this act we recog nise that either the Crown or the Ministers have the right to transfer the Diet according to their own pleasure. I must, therefore, declare, in the face of all Europe, that the Government has not the right to transfer the Diet where soever it pleases ; but, in order not to augment the miseries of Vienna, provoked in the first instance by the ultra-Democrats, and now by ultra-diplomatists and military men, we have therefore decided to come hither. The object in view may be attained anywhere. I will not now make any proposition, but simply make this declaration.' " The President then proposed that the sitting should be adjourned till Saturday, 25th, at eleven o'clock ; and no member having offered any opposition, the House ad journed at half .past one. " On the Ministerial bench were only the Ministers Kraus, Stadion, and Bach. The other ministers took their seats as deputies." The Weiner Zeitung has the following:— "The former commander of the Academic Legion, Joseph Argino, portrait painter, who was sentenced to death by martial law, has, in consideration of the better sentiments which he evinced during the September dis turbances, and those of October, as well as because he energetically assisted and endangered his own person for effecting the disarmament in the suburbs of Vienna, received full pardon from Prince Windischgratz." _ _ The widow of the unfortuxate ROHERT BLUM arrived at Vienna on the 20th, to demand the body of her husband. The Austrian authorities coolly informed her that the body had been dissected. Such horrors as this were not committed by the most ardent terrorists during the worst periods of the Reign of Ter ror in the first French revolution. It is the Abso lutist alone who carries his malignity beyond the grave, and insults even the corpse of his victim. Dr. BECHER and Dr. JELLINICK, editors of the Radical, were shot by orders of Prince WINDIsca- GRATZ on the 23d. BECHER was a British subject, having been born in Manchester, and the protest of Lord PONSONBY against the execution was not at tended to by Prince WINDISCHGRATZ. BECHER was charged with the publication of certain articles which appeared before Vienna was declared in a state of siege, and while full liberty of the press was guaran teed. We trust that the British Minister will not confine himself to protests. The Hungarian Minister of War, MEssAaos, has received full powers to carry on negotiations for the settlement of the Hungarian disturbances with the two Generals WINDISCHGRATZ and JELLACHICH. The peace has not been again disturbed at Gratz. General NUGENT has entered it with a division of his troops. Count Wiciumitato has left Gratz for 01- mutz. The Hungarians are adopting the plan of firing all the places through which they pass, and carrying away all the provisions, in order to obstruct the ad vance of the Imperial troops. It was currently reported in Vienna on the 25th that RADETzEY bad died of apoplexy. AUSTRIAN F U.ND S.—VIENNA , Nov. 22 5 per Cents. .. ••••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 78.; , 4 4 per Cent... • • • • • • • • • • • 3 per Cent... • . • • • • • • • • • 2% per Cent..... 1 per Cent...... Loan, 1834.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 132 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .- • • • • • • 88!•,; Bank Shares .. •••••• • • • • • • ••••••••••1,081 EstQrhazy's Loan .• • . • ........... -- ItAILI`,rAYS. - The Northern— Gloggnita o ........ . Venice Milan ......... Livorno •• • • • • • •• • Apennine ...... ••• . • ..• .• •.•• • • . . 63 I,i DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.—The Gazette de Berling announces that the negotiations for peace between Germany and Denmark will soon be commenced at London. Count REVENTLOW, at present in Copen hagen, will return to his post at London, as Ambas sador from Denmark, as soon as he has received his final instructions. On the other side, General VA HOLM has set out for London, in order to communi cate to the British Government the views of -the Da nish Government on what concerns the principal liti gated points. ITALY. ROME. Intelligy,ce has been received fiom Rome to the 20th. At that date tranquillity had been completely restored. The POPE had not quitted the Quirinal, but had installed the new Ministry in office, and ap peared to have loyally accepted the new order of things. The following is the " PROGRAMME OF THE NEW ROMAN MINISTRY. " Rome, Nov. 18, 1848. " Called to the Ministry in the midst of extraordinary circumstances, and at a time when a refusal on our part would have had the effect of placing in certain peril the constitutional form of Government which is at present in force in our State, we should be frightened with the gra vity of affairs and of the times, if we were not supported by the thought that our political programme is in per fect harmony, not only with the principles proclaimed by the people, but also with those which, after ripe delibe ration, have been accepted by our legislative Chambers —principles which will serve to regulate all our actions as long as we remain in power. Among these principles, there is one which has received, by a solemn act, the assent of the Prince; and as regards another, a promise bas been made that he would concert with the new Ministry, in order that analogous propositions should bo presented for the acceptation of the deliberative Chambers. " The principle of the nationality of Italy, proclaimed by our people and by the Chambers a hundred times, and accepted by us, has been sanctioned without reserve by the Prince, at the time when, with paternal zeal, ho recalled it to the recollection of the Emperor of Austria, in his letter to that Prince. Considering that, in order to gain this good, we must think it indispensable to exe cute the deliberations adopted by the Chamber of Deputies concerning the independence of Italy, our firm resolution to put in practice these deliberations is no thing else but a frank adhesion to the wishes of the re presentatives of the people. No one will doubt our full adhesion to the programme of the sth of June, which was received with so much enthusiasm by tne deliberative Chambers. The Convocation of a Constituent Assembly at Rome, and the drawing up of a federative act, are principles and maxims which we find laid down in the opinion expressed by our Chambers, for the convocation of a Diet at Rome, destined to discuss the general in terests of our common country. "At the present day, when to this opinion, to that fundamental maxim, comes to be joined the assent of the Prince, who also wishes to submit, the decision of it to the Chambers ; of the Sovereign whom the whole of Italy has saluted as the initiater of her liberty and in dependence, our heart beats at the idea of the proximity of the moment when we are allowed to hope that we shall at length see the birth of that federal compact, which, respecting the existence of the isolated states, and leaving intact their form of government, will serve to insure the liberty, the union, and independence of Italy. This work will be perfected, in our opinion, when the glory of Rome and the venerated name of a Pontiff will have associated in the accomplishment of it. "We present ourselves with this programme before the people and the Chambers. If the people accord to us their confidence, we will use all our efforts to con tinue to deserve it. The Chambers arc about to be called together, in order to prove to us if they will accord to us their confidence, and it is permitted to us to hope that we shall receive it if their political principles con tinue to be, at the present day, what they were in times past. " C. E. MAZZARELLI, President, " S. GALETTI, " PIERRE STERBINI, " J. LUNATL" The POPE having accepted the resignation of Prince C. ALDOBRANDINI, commandant of the Civic Guard of Rome, has appointed, on the proposition of the Minister of the Interior, Colonel JOSEPH GAL.._ LIENO, in his stead. During the 16th Prince Ros riamosi distributed bread, wine, and cheese, to the crowd, on the Monte Cavallo. The new Ministry has ordered all the arms of the Swiss Guard at the Palace of the Quirinal to be removed. By order of the Pope, the Castle of St. Angelo is guarded by soldiers of the line and the Civic Guard. A civil guard mobile of 1,000 men is to be immediately es tablished, to act along with the troops who have re turned from Vincenza. The Argentino theatre is to be illuminated a giorno, in honour of the new Ministry. It appears that the hauteur of the unfortunate I Count Rossi had made him personally disliked by all classes of his countrymen ; as an illustration we quote the following from the Contemporaneo : " Prince Barberini having been named member of a commission created by Rossi, conceived himself obliged to go and thank him for it. lie was no sooner announced from the antechamber than the Minister said, Give me the Gazette, and began to read it. After some time the servant returned to inform him that Prince Barberini wished to speak with him. am now reading the Gazette,' replied he, when I have finished the Prince may enter.' The Prince was kept in the antechamber accordingly, and an hour passed before he obtained an audience. Was there ever a more aristocratic minister than Rossi ?" Some disturbances have taken place at Pisa, in con sequence of the election of two deputies of the old Chamber. The Prefect and First Councillor of the Prefecture succeeded with difficulty in persuading si the people to retire. At Leghorn, GUERAZZI has been elected by 167 votes, and at Rosignano by 102. T URKE Y. Letters from Constantinople to the 15th have been received. On the 11th, M. Musuaus, the late Turkish Minister at Athens, and recently appointed to go in the same quality to Vienna, arrived at Constanti nople in the Government steamer Esseri-lljedid. which was sent to the Pirveus and placed at his disposal. On the day of his arrival he went to the Porte, and paid visits to the Grand Vizier and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. GREECE. Intelligence has been received from Athens to the 19th inst. On the 9th the KING opened the Legislative Chambers in person, with the following speech : " Senators and Deputies, Again united in this place, under the protection of the Most High, let us give _Him thanks, and let us join our efforts in the interest and happiness of our dear country. The constitution—that indissoluble bond of our political system—offers to us, by the free action of its disposi tions, the surest guarantees for the consolidation of the national prosperity. The regulating of the necessary ex penditure of the state, by means of discussing the budget in proper time, and th e vo t e o f th e other projects of law which will be submitted to your grave deliberations, will produce a praiseworthy economy, and contribute to faci litate the march of my Government. My relations with foreign Powers are amicable. A degree of gratitude which is peculiar in itself, attaches us to the Three Powers, in consequence of the benefits conferred by them on Greece. In priding myself, gentlemen, on the striking proofs of wisdom manifested by the Greek people for the establishment of public order, in the midst of grave and critical circumstances, I express the joy with which that conduct has penetrated my heart. Grievous events, in contradiction with the sentiments of the Greek nation, have momentarily disturbed tranquillity in some parts of the kingdom ; but they have served once more to mark the enlightened patriotism with which the people are animated. Confident in the noble sentiments of the nation, let us advance with zeal in the work to which we are called, the consolidating of the prosperity of the country, by invoking to that effect the Divine as sistance. I proclaim the opening of the present Parlia mentary session." MARKET NEWS. 7 (THIS DAY.) NEVVGAT33 AND ZMULDEN/Le.l.i. _ _ A fair average business was transacted here to-dafat full prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. LEAT IVZII.IIICETS. SOUTHALL, Nov. 29.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in steady request at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds of fat stock, exceedingly little business was transacted. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 29.—Our market to-day was heavy for each kind of fat stock, on the following terms:—Beet; from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs; Suckling Calves, 17s to 245; and quarter old store Pgs, 16s to 21s each. LEWES, Nov. 28.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 63 to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Blbs. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. EAT DIALIMETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 153 ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 93 per load. Supply moderate,. and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. A steady demand, at the above quota tions. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3l 10s to 51; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nov. 30, 1848, made up from the Returns of tl e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 1 51s 6d 133 s 2d 20s 2d 30s 10d 1 36s 10d 40s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. NM BEANS. PEAS. Gi Od 2s Oct 2s 6d 2s Od I, 2s Od 2s Oct ASSASSINATION IN NORFOLK. NORWICH, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—Yesterday evening a most horrible assassination took place at Stanfield hall, near Wymondham, the seat of J. Preston Jermy, Esq., Recorder of this city. It seems that Mr. Jermy was called out to speak with a person who asked to see him, but had scarcely entered the drawing-room before he was shot through the heart by the stranger. Mr. Jermy's son, hearing the report, rushed into the room, and was shot through the side. His wife and her maid also came down to see what was the matter, and were both fired at by the ruffian, and severely wounded. Mr. Jermy, jun., died almost immediately after re ceiving the wound in his side. The servant, who was shot through the thigh and bead, is not expected to survive, and Mrs. Jermy, who was wounded in the .shoulder, has undergone an amputation of the arm. A man, named Rush, who has spent a considerable sum in law suits with Mr. Jermy, has been apprehended on suspicion. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The most painful excitement has prevailed at Norwich since Tuesday, when it was discovered that the Recorder of Norwich, his son and daughter, had been most br u t a lly murdered at the county seat of the learned gentleman. No reason has as yet been assigned for the perpetration of the triple assassination. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert drove out yesterday afternoon in an open carriage. This morning her Majesty.walked in the pleasure grounds of Osborne. Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon. His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Berkeley Drummond and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon. The Royal Children took their usual pony and walking exercise to-day. The Earl of Clarendon visited Lord John Russell yesterday. Lord John Russell left his residence in Chesham- place in the afternoon, for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER WICK RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt,--I do not expect that even your powerful pen, much less that of your correspondent " Verax," how ever true may be his statements, will restore sanity to the minds of railway speculators, in respect of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick. The madness against this line is as decided as the , madness was in favour of the South Sea bubble. When a certain and very handsome dividend will not convince the man who has his hun dreds or thousands to invest, we may be sure his mind is no longer within the regions of " common sense." " Verax" shows the steady increase of the traffic returns on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick—the last week is similarly favourable. Let us take the traffic returns of the three last weeks, the distances being 321 miles longer in 1847 than in 1848 :- 1847. 1848. Increase. X 11,418 ... £13,682 ... £2,216 11,056 13,709 ... 2,653 11,036 ... 13,472 ... 2,436 Such are the traffic returns in these bad times ; and if in such times the directors can pay seven per cent. with an annual surplus of 76,0001., the shareholders who have bought for investment may sleep comfortably. I confess myself to be of this class. The ridiculous depression of this stock has induced me to turn every farthing I could spare into York, Newcastle, and Berwick shares, and those proprietors Who, like myself, turn a deaf ear to the alarmists, all being, as far as I can learn, either selfish or silly, will, before two years roll over our heads, have abundant cause to rejoice that they held fast, unmindfu of the growls of the packs of hungry " Bears" that fre quent the Stock Exchange. Manchester, Nov. 30, 1848. SANUS. ABINET COTJNClL.—Summonses were issued to all le members of the Cabinet to postpone the Council ap pointed to be holden this afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Council is to take place on Tueiday nest, December 5, when all the Ministers will be in town. LORD Joniv RUSSELL.—We are hippy to learn that the Premier is quite recovered from the severe cold he caught a fortnight ago. The Noble Lord, with Lady J. Russell and family, purpose to reside at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, until a fortnight after Christmas, and then come to town for a permanency. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer is, we learn, shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar the Hoe. Georgiana Wellesley, youngest daughter of the late, and sister to the present, Lord Cowley. The ceremony, it is said, will be per formed at Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury, uncle of the fair fiancée. The Duke of Wellington, and a large family party will assemble there on the occasion. ROYAL VISIT TO BRIGHTON.--Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, have been staying with the Duchess of Gloucester at the Bedford Hotel since Saturday last, where they arrived in the afternoon from honouring the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, by a visit of three days. OSBORNE, ISLE OF WIGHT, Nov. 29.--. ROYAL SHOOTING PARTY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert crossed the Ferry this morning on a shooting excursion to Parkhurst, his Royal Highness was attended by Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, and Colonel Berkeley Drum mond. The day was a November one, a Scotch mist, and a hard south-wester. • THE LATE VISCOUNT MIIILBOURRE.—It is arranged that the funeral of the late Viscount Melbourne is to take place to-morrow, when the mortal remains of his Lordship are to be consigned to the family vault in Hat field Church, about three miles from Brocket Hall. The Rev. J. S. Broad, M.A., Incumbent of St. George's, Newcastle-under-Lyne, has been appointed to the Read Mastership of the Grammar School of that town MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday Was steady, but not quite so active. The sales were esti mated at 5,000 ldes, including 1,000 American for ex port :- viz., 4,000 American at 3-4 d. to 6d.; 450 Pernaw, &c., at 40. to 5d.; 200 Babia at 48d. to 5d.; 100 Egyr din at 51d. to 6d. ; and 200 Surats at 28d. to 3d.. In Railway Shares business was limited, and prices were a shade lower. The letters received by her Majesty's packet Express, from Rio de Janeiro, are to the 15th October, and supply various interesting items of commercial interest not green in the papers received by the Sampson. The packet adds another 100,0001. to the recent large arrivals of specie, and what to our mind is of greater import, it confirms the impression we had entertained of a disposition lately again to over-supply the South American Markets. The import duties de cree of October 1, 1847, is not to come into force until January, 1850, therefore the Rio market may be sue' posed to offer some encouragement to shippers of manufactures, but we should inquire what can be the utility of forcing off goods, even if entered duty free, beyond the wants of consumption. A. mercantile report, now before us, states that the imports of almost every article had been enormous, and that business in pi e c e - goo d s was wo rse than in the previous month, and, further, " it is truly alarming to think what may be the result of a eon' tinuance of imports, not only in the face of a very limited inquiry, but at a period of the year when trade is almost always at a stand." It ma be alarming to thi n k, b u t one must t hi n k for a ' that, and doing so we cannot but arrive at the conclusion that severe loss, if not ruin, awaits many partiell in the trade. It has been our province to hear much lately in the way of complaint , but the statements made personally to us by one or two merchants in the Brazilian trade, " beat" all we bays heard for some time as to trading tactics. Long oreditS , heavy losses, and returns upon capital where the opera" tion is successful, far below what an investment in the Funds would yield, are but rough outlines which shading in would render more extraordinary. Such a syetern never can be long pursued. The Continental advices are of a more tranquil OW raster to-day, and the position of the Pope is not so des' perate as was alleged. The difficulty of arriving at gl conclusion as to the issue of the Presidential electio n does not materially diminish, though the chances of Ca' vaignac are believed to be improving. The London Money Market is extremely easy, sf, much so, that some parties h ave an id ea that the BIOS of England will reduce its rate o f di scount. As we 6 07 money already superabundant, and conceive that 111 adopting such a measure the directors would be me yet looking to the proprietary profits, not to the interest of the public, we may be permitted to hope that no such intention at present exists. The English Stock Market closed very heavily yester, day, Consuls being 87* I, but this mo rn i ng th e mar ks' is looking up a little, the rates being 87i to 8. TO foreign news has made them better. New Three' and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 861 i, and the Three el Cents. 86 to /. Exchequer •bills have been at 395. to . 4 . 2° ' premium. The Foreign Securities have been rather dull. Spanis h Five per Cents., 11i to 12, and the Three per Cu 0" 248 to 25*. Portuguese Four per Cents., 244 to 21 Mexican, 214 to Ir. Brazil Stock has b een a t 75. D a te Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 478. The Railway Share Market is not active, but, fair quotations are obtained. Caledonian, Great Wester n ; North British, and South-Eastern, and some few o tb e • lines, are better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC IC (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 86% 86 86 5 , ‘ 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 87 1204% New 3% per Cent. Ames. B6 lhVii Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 % Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities 83% 84% Consuls for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. Jurva. 1,000/. - 39 42; p 5001 - 39 p Small 45 p 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOO5' Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 21%% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 25% 25 Ditto for the Account ....... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 47% Ditto for the Account 47%% .:TISLNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CL O C% RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHARE. eberdeen - to - -1, mbar., Notting., Boston, &c 4% - yrshire and Galloway - to - gelfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. - - Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - .. to -- Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 13% to 14 Do., without a guarantee... 10 - to - Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... - to - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 - to -. Bristol and Exeter - Do., Thirds to - Buckinghamshire... l4/. 4s 3 14 dis. to -- Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - Dittp, New 10/. Preference 5 - - Ditlis. Clydesdale Junction 50 - 6hester and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... 19 - Ditto, Preference - Clarence. - ...... to. -. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to -. Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ..... to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5% - - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 - ...... to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 - - East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D - to - Ditto, 181., E. & H 18 - ..... to - Ditto, 31. lOs., E. & IL.. 3% - ...... to --. Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guar an t. 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - - Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cont. - to - Do., Quarter .... ....... ...... 12%... .. - Do., New - to - Eastern Union, Clans A. (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 - •••••• to - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 , ..... Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 - - Ditto, ditto ...... .......... 20 ...... - ... - Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% - t o - East Lancashire - to - Ditto, New .. ........... •••• • 21 Do., New Quarters - to - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 614...,..... ...... to - East Lincolnshire , 25 ...... 24% ...... to - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - to - Ditto, Half Shares''' l5 ..... 9% to - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% 1 14%4 to - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 68.8 d - ....„ to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... to - Do. Preference Consolidated - .- - ...., to - Great Northern l9 - Do. % A Deferred ..... ... - 12% - to -, Do. 1 / B 6 per Cent. Guar._ 6% 2% to - Do. Extension ... - - ..... to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - Great North of England 100 - Ditto, New 40/. 4O - ...... to - . Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 30/. - - Ditto, New,ls/...... .... ..... 14 ._.. - , ~, t o ..... Great Western 9 oto -- Ditto, Half Shares 5O - Ditto, Quarter Shares - Ditto, Fifths 2O - ...... to -- Do. New 17/. - Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... - -• Ditto, Thirds... lO - to - Gull and Selby 5O - , Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - to --- Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... lO - Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 - ...... to - Ditto, ditto - Ditto Half Shares ,... 43 ...... - ..... . to - Ditto Quarters 17% - to - Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ....... ... 614 - .... to - Ditto Thirds (Reg.) - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 - to --- Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 - • ... to - Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 5O - Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... - Do., do. ' --Half Shares (A) 9% Leeds and Bradford - Leeds,Devisbury, & Mulches. 50 - Do., Half Shares - to -- Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% - ...... to -.., Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 50 - .... .to -- Ditto, New - ....,. t o - Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. ... - ..... to -- Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h- Dort. 3% - .. .. to •- .vernool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. 2% - ...... to -- London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d - - Do. Extension ........ ....... 22% ..... - - Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 23 - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . - .. - De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - .. -, Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. ... - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ....., - - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - ... - Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... - ...... to - London:& North Western...JO° 117% to 116 7 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - DI. New - Do. Fifths Do. 40i. Shares.....L. & M 25 ....- - - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . 10 1 ,i to --- Do. 101. .. M. a n d B. ( 1 3.) 9 ..... -' -• D0..10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western....... 50 .. - Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 425 k .... - - Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 34 - to -- Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 •••••• - - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto, Thirds .... .. 131. 6s. 8d ... - ..... to --"" Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. . 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 1/. 13s. 4d.... - ..... to, "'"' London, Salisbury, & Yeovil I% - to . '"'" Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% - Londonderryand Enniskillen 27% -. ..... to I ' an ! ' Angl, an( Boni( Cent' flit Made Nam Nom Orlea Paris Do Paris Paris Paris Roue Samt Stray Tour: Tour an: West Di Unio Di Crnic 'Erni( An g Astu Anst I.llaa Bola 13rit Bra: Cob Gen Rea