The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

boranseness with an unequal represent;tion in the first united board, considering it their duty to retain the pre visions of the eighth resolution, as essential to the scheme and vital to all the interests affected by it, they must fur the same reason refuse to assume the res p on • sibility of rendering its adoption contingent upon any future reference. They feel sure that the London and North-Western Company must be equally desirous of imparting to the public that confidence in the intentions of all parties to an amalgamation which may remove every obstacle to its success ; and they trust, upon duly weighing these con siderations, that they will give their approval to the re solutions as they were framed by the deputations of the respective companies. "But as time presses, to communicate them by circular to the shareholders, and to afford any necessary expla nations respecting them, I have to request the favour of your giving to m y d irec t ors th e means o f d o i ng so with the least possible delay. I remain, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Mr. J. Swift, Liverpool. (F-) 4, Old Palace-yard, Nov. I S. My dear Sir,—l had no opportunity before yesterday of placing your letter of the 11th inst. before the South- Western board. I was instructed to state that the South- Western directors cannot recommend their shareholders to con sent to less than an equal representation in number in the united board, and I ought to add that this decision WAS come to very positively and without hesitation. May I ask a reply to my note of the 15th ? I am, my dear Sir, truly yours, FRANCIS T. BIRCHAX. Mr. J. Swift, Liverpool. (G.) London and North-Western Railway-office, Euston station, Nov. 25. Dear Sir,—Having received from Mr. Swift, and laid before the board your letter dated the 17th inst., lam instructed to state, in reply, that the board lear wit h regret the rejection of the proposal made in Mr. Swift 's letter dated the 11th inst. With reference to the mode in which you, in your litter of the 17th inst., allude to the fact of our depu tation having reserved for the consideration of this board 41 , .particular point now in question, I am desired to say - ' s_ ,-"" be c ause, at the very outset, that claim was dis- pa 1'..,....dy made; at no_ subsequent time was it sy 4 . 4 ,?" ed; at the close it was expressly reiterated, and the particular mode adopted by the deputations, of signing the resolu tions, "subject to the approval of the respective boards," was suggested by you, on behalf of your deputation, as a means of obviating the difficulty felt by the London and North-Western deputation on this point. The reasons which you aasign for not conceding the point in question seem to call for some notice from this board. In the first place, this board never demanded any greater control than was proportionate to the capital represented, nor, indeed, any more than a com mittee on the Bill, or other arbitrators, should con sider just with reference to the public and private in terests involved. *,Of course the London and North-Western board ad mit, and for themselves would insist upon, the justice and propriety of the fulfilment of all existing obligations to third parties, and accordingly the resolutions on which the Bill is based are so framed as to secure this important olsject. Precedent, too, in a variety of similar cases (including the amalgamation of the London and North-Western Company) accords with the view taken by this board, not to mention the Parliamentary constitution of all railway companies, by which the proprietors at large have the power in the election of their directors, based on the capital which they severally hold in the concern --a principle which would be directly impugned by the proposed nominal equality of representation in the amal gamated board of the three companies. As, under these circumstances, there appears to be no probability of a definite agreement between the three boards, the necessity no longer exists for holding the special meeting of the proprietors on the 13th proximo. I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, CHARLES E. STEWART. Secretary. Mr. Charles A. Saunders. (H.) London and North-Western Railway-office, I Euston - .station, Nov. 25. Dear Sir,—Having received from Mr. Swift and laid before the board Mr. Bircham's letter, dated the 18th inst., I am instructed to state in reply, that this board learn with regret the rejection of the proposal made in Mr. Swift's letter, dated the 11th inst. As, under these circumstances, there appears to be no robability of a definite agreement between the three rds, the necessis' no longer exists for holding the s ial meeting of the proprietors on the 13th proximo. ? vlt I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretary. Mr. Wyndham Harding. IRELAND. Dann.lN, Nor. 27.—The provincial papers received yesterday afford ao room to hope that the condition of affairs is likely to improve. Extermination on the one hand, and emigration - on the other, will soon leave consi derablevortions of the southern and western counties batmen wildernesses. There is no political intelligence of the least interest. The emigration mania stilt continues. A gentleman who rode through a barony of Kerry last week, states that he did not see a single plough at work in any field he passed. In Limerick, Clare, and Waterford, whole townlands are tenantless, and, of course, entirely uncul tivated. The tenantry are emigrating from Lord Clif den's Kilkenny estates in hundreds. A correspondent of the Limerick Examiner says— " Th e entire country from the above old town on to Inockierry, Newcastle, and Rathkeale, is in a most wretched and sterile condition; no appearance of the least activity or inclination to put in any seed, or pro pose f rit either by gentle or s i mple. In this range of 35 miles I saw only two fields tilled." All the voters registered under the Reform Bill have been disqualified since October, in consequence of lapse of time—eight years being the period during which the right remains in force—upwards of 400 voters have lost the qualification in the county Limerick. It is said that the port of Waterford is to be reduced in class, and Limerick raised. The mail-packet station between Waterford and Milford Haven is to be abo lished. The condition of the Kilrush Union may be imagined, when it is remembered that upwards of 2,090 houses have been pulled down, and the inmates turned out to beg, during the la s t t we l ve months. ILLNESS or T. B. M`MsNus.—On Saturday night Mr. M'Manus was attacked with a violent fit of retching and other symptoms indicative of cholera. He continued very ill all night, and at an early hour yesterday morn ing Mr. Marquess, G overnor o f Ri c h mon d B r id ewe ll, disMdhed a messenger for the medical attendant of the prison (Dr. Harty), who was promptly in attendance. Mr. APllanus had, in the mean time, got relief, and under the care of Dr. Harty, he was yesterday evening much improved, and going on quite favourably. The attack was not (as at first apprehended) one of cholera, but was caused, as we have heard, by a bilious affec tion. The patient, although weak, was pronounced out of danger yesterday evening. —Freeman of this morning. Tma MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—Th e Conservatives have gained two votes in the Town Council by the elec tions which took place on Saturday. Mr. Lambert has displaced the Lord Mayor in St. Andrew's Ward, and a Mr. Carew has been elected in Merion Ward, in the room of Mr. Creagh, resigned. COURT CIiMULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY. Her Majesty and his - Royal Highness the Prince Albert took walking exercise in the grounds at Os borne. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, went out on ponies and on foot. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his residence in Downing•street yesterday evening, from his seat, Hickltton Hall, Yorkshire. Viscount Palmerston arrived at his residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday, from Brocket Hall, Herts. The Right lion. Henry Labouchere arrived in town yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, and the Cape f Good Hope. GENERAL BEM . TO THE EDITOR OF TBRETIIIIIIES. in order to cor- Sir,—Forgive rcy intruding on rect an error which has crept into Y ; ) % the medium of a " Paris letter," rega r r s c ral. through tion 'performed on General Ben]. The facts ethe opera -In the early part of the year 1847 the G e a n r e e r t j . lese: admitted into University College Hospital, labouring under great inconvenience from a bullet lodged in the great trochanter of the femur. The operation for its removal (although it had been essayed fifteen years previously, without success, by the late Baron Dupuy tren) was successfully performed by the late Mr. Liston. Now, Sir, as one of his dressers, and standing imme diately beside the patient, I can safely declare that no alarm was manifested by the operator or re-assurance given by the General. I feel it to be only justice to the memory of the l amen t e d deceased to make this correc tion, although the profession well know that fear was never displayed by that celebrated surgeon. Your obedient servant, EDWARD JAMES FRANKLYN. Kwle de Medicine, Paris, Nov. 23. WEST RIDING ELECTION.—The deputation ap pointed at the meeting at Nor man t on on Saturday last, an account of the proceedings at whi c h appeared n our raper of yesterday, reported to a large meeting o f l e adi ng onservatives and Whigs held at Leeds on Monday that Mr. Denison had given his consent to be put in nomina tion as a candidate for the representation of the riding. Mr. Scarlett, one of the deputation, said that as a consti tutional Whig and a free trader he felt sati,fied that Mr. Deni3on's opinions would meet with the approval of moderate men, Whigs as well as Conservatives. From the experience of Mr. Denison's past Parliamentary con duct, his intelligence and business habits, it was the unanimous opinion of the meeting that they ought net to require any pledge from him, having no doubt that he would fully and usefully represent the great and va ried interests of the riding in Parliament. Alr. Denison's address is hourly expected to be published. CONVICT CASE OF MAL I GNANT CHOLERA ON BOARD A SIIIP.—We regret to state that a death from cholera . occurred on Th urs d ay l as t, on b oar d the Cadet, ma ret-ship, now lying in the Sound. The Cadet ar sited here,. on her voyage do w n Wool wich to Hob ar t . Town , channel from MondayWool last. She had on board 180 convict s , of whom 150 were women, and 30 girla•-•Devonport Independent. THE SUN, LONDON, IUESDAY ELEGANT LITER= PRESENT. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. Ey AGNES STRICI(LAND. Complete in Twelve Vclumes, 10s. 6d. each, bound. The latter volumes of this important work having been reprinted, Subscribers have now an opportunity of completing thc'r scts, by giving an order to any bookseller. " This remarkable, this truly great historical work is now brought to a conclusion. Miss Strickland has given a most valuable eolith butien to the History of En land, awl we have no hesitation in af firming that no one can be said to possess an accurate knowledge of the history of the country who has not studied her Lives of the Queens of England."—Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. INT 0T I C E.—VOL. IV. of PEP Y S' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE , NEW EDITION, with the Omitted Passages Restored, Edited by LORI) BRAYBROOKE, Will be ready with the Magazines, December I. N.B.One more volume will complete the work. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. WITH A PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES, AND AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH. TIIE DECEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, To be published Tc-Morrow, WILL CONTAIN : THE BYE-LINES AND DOWNS OF ENGLAND, With Turf Scenes and Characters. By SYLVANUS. Queen's Bench Sketches. No. 3. The Dane and his By W. H. Maxwell. Author of The Glasses el Gonda. By 11. F. " Stories of Waterloo." ; Chorley. Lord Mayor's Day. By Albert Para ; or, Scenes and Adventures Smith. ; on the Banks of the Amazon. An Hour with Lady Ann Hamil- By J. E. Warren. ton ; or, Who was George the The Lunatic Lover. Fourth's Spy. By the Author Our Times By Mrs. Mathews. of " Experiences of a Gaol The Dreste.t - r. Chaplain." a 'Vienna During the Late Insurrec- A Mystic Serenade. I tion. Memoirs of Chateaubriand. Writ- Graves of Genius. ten by Himself. Biographical Sketch of Cervantes. The Tyr* Mr. Smiths; or, The With a Portrait. Double Mistake. By Harry The Cellini Cup. By Samuel Hieover. With as Illustration James Arnold. by J. Leech. Popular Books of th e Month. Career of Genei el Ca vaignac. WAYSIDE PICTURES Through France, Belgium, and Germany. Chap XIV. Life on the Rock. Chap. XV. Idrldge of_pgutQrson. Chap. XVI. Route to 1.49141a10. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUN N. GENERAL REDUCTION OF .PRICES. The repeated representations that have been mad to the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order to :co, t the exigencies of the times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only accessary to state that precisely the same character of performacce 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-Croww. Lower Gallery .............. One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery .............. One Shilligg. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Sevon Shillings. Half-price at Nino o'clock. Dress Circle, as. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Ul •per Boxes, 2s. ; ra t 1. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6J. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled TIIE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Lucy Ashton, Mdlle. Nissen; Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. Sims Reeves. . . _ After which, the First Act of THE PERI. Is which Mdlles. Plunkeit,CelesteStephan, Mcncelct, Cushnie, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, &c., will appear. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled LE BAL MASQUE. Doors open et Half-past Six, performance tc commence at Seven. The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs aLd alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT. Viola, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, THE RANSOM. Pauline, Mrs. Charles Kean. Te conclude with THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Reel , executed by Mr. Sang. .1. 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 more comfortable. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame VestriS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma' he As. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES 0 f WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, C. Mathews, Cooper, Bel lingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, lionnca. F. Cooke, Charles, Mi.s Marshall, Madame Vestris, Mrs. Yates, Mi Is K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with an APPEAL TO THE F ÜBLIC. Dress Uoxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, Is. No kalf-price to any part of the house. The ,Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington. stye. f, is open to the public k•vc ry clay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATIZP:. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re• decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner ty3f r Ilurwitz. 1 new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airar►;( men is have been rhade ior the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the co:wort and conveNience of the audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed the first act of ... the Opera LA VIVANDIERB. To be followed by a New DIVERTISSEMENT. To which will be added the last act of LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR. Edgar, Mr. Allen ; Ashton, Mr. Weiss ; Lucy Ashton, Mdlle. Di Itoissi. After which, a new Faree, entitled TILE MODEL COUPLE, ix which Messrs. Oxberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To conclude with the Burletta of MIDAS. Apollo, Miss Poole. TO CORRESPONDENTS. go communication can be attended to uriess authenti cated by tht name and address of the writer. dejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 28. TMERMOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 50; Noon, 50. BAR NETER, 30.15. WIND S.W.; Gne clear weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 10 min. after 3 I Evening 21 min. after 2 Despot ; in Prussia. the Berliners bay 9 been struggling af.Onst an ambitious Charlatan ; in Rome the Ititlians have been raising the rcd hfind of murder against a Benefactor whose name ble.:sed, and whose v!rtue2, are reverenced throughout the length and breadth of Christendom. From the accounts published both yesterday and this evening in our Foreign Correspondence, it w ill be perceived that the November Insurrection in the Eternal City commenced with the assassination of the Prime Minister, and terminated with the bombard ment and capture of the Quirinal. From the unpo pularity of Count Rossi it was dreaded lest his life might be attempted on the occasion of his next at tendance at the Chamber of Deputies. The antici pation was unhappily but too speedily fulfilled; for, on the 15th instant, the statesman who had be( n principally instrumental, as French Ambassador, in securing the election of JOHN MASTAI, Cardinal FERETTI, to the Pontifical Chair towards the middle of 1846, was stabbed in the lower part of the neck by a stiletto while walking from his carriage up the grand staircase of the Palazzo del Cancellaria. Having stained their cause with blood, the people became reckless in their proceedings, and early on the morning of the 16th of November assembled in a vast multitude upon the Piazza del Popolo —the populace fraternizing with the Civic Guard, the troops of the line, and the carabineers. Here they appear to have matured their revolutionary projects, resolving to demand from the PONTIFF the following concessions : I. The recognition of Italian nationality. IL The Convocation of a Constituent Assembly, and the deliberation of a Federal Pact. 111. That the deliberations of the Council of the De puties on the war of independence should be carried into effect. IV. That the programme of Mamiani (June 5) should be fuLowed out or realised. V. That a Democratic Ministry should be at once appointed. After proceeding to the Chamber of Deputies, and placing the national representatives at their head, the mob marched in solemn procession to the palace of the Quirinal. Our Roman correspondent has already explained how the deputations were received by the SOVEREIGN ; how his HOLINESS replied through Cardinal SocLla that he would take the popular de mands into consideration, although resolved to con cede nothing on compulsion ; how, on the second application, the POPE announced his inflexible deter mination not to yield anything to violence; and how the fighting ultimately commenced between the Swiss or Papal Guards and the insurgent multitude. It was not until the firing had lasted for three hours ; when the palace was surrounded on all sides by overwhelm ing numbers ; when the principal entrance was burst open by discharges of cannon ; when the sharpshooters, firing their rifles from behind the equestrian statues of Castor and Pollux, had shot Monsignor PALMA, one of the POPE'S Cameriere Segreto, through the forehead; when the belfry of St. Carlino, overlooking the walls of the Quirinal, had been seized ; and when the ultimatum of the assailants had been dispatched to the Sovereign PONTIFF, informing him that, in case of a continued refusal, at the expiration of one hour, the palace would be stormed, and every soul in it, with the exception of himself, destroyed—it was not until then, we say, that no NoNo at last, to save the lives of his brave defenders, granted the demands of his criminal and ungrateful subjects. Cardinal LAMBRUSCHINI had scarcely escaped in the disguise of a dragoon when the following Administration was proclaimed : ROSMINI nister of Public Instruction. MAMIANI GALLETTI.. Home and Police. LUNATI. ... Finance. CAMBELLO .. . . War. STEBBINI Commerce and Public Works. Other offices being reserved for the rest of the fa vourites of the democratic party, including SALICETI, FuscoNl, SERENI, HEREIN!, and the Prince DE CANINO, the hairbrained nephew of the Emperor NAPOLEON. To the stenographic dispatch received by electric telegraph at Paris, and printed in the columns of the Univers, to the effect that the PONTIFF had been expelled from Rome, we attach no credence whatever; though it were well perhaps for PIO NONO should such ultimately be the case, seeing that the Romani have proved them selves unworthy of that great man, whose misfortune is the circumstance of his being three centuries in advance of his age, and whose only crimes are the liberality of his patriotism and the excess of his benevolence. The negotiations that had been carried on for the proposed amalgamation between the three great companies have been brought to a premature con clusion. The contemplated arrangements have com pletely fallen to the ground. As we had anticipated from the moment, that the project was first an nounced, difficulties and impediments arose which could not possibly be surmounted. The represen tatives of the contracting parties differed on the first point of any real importance that was brought for ward. It was manifest that a superior board should be constructed to adjudicate upon all doubtful questions, and the constitution of that board formed the immediate subject of dis pute. The directors of the Great Western and South- Western Companies insisted that the contracting parties should be equally represented in that board, a demand against which the North-Western directors most strenuously protested, declaring " that the larger raid-up capital of their company as compared with the capital paid up of the other companies, and the amount required to complete their engagements re spectively, rendered the principle not in accord ance with the practice adopted in similar cases, nor reasonable in itself ; " but, at the same time, they expressed their willingness "to allow the number of directors to be settled by the committee on the Bill, or by reference, after the passing of the Act, subject to the approbation of the proprietors." This reasonable suggestion was, how ever, peremptorily rejected. The other boards con sidered their claim to equal representation to he an indispensable condition, in which no alteration could be sanctioned, and the North-Western directors have in consequence issued circulars to their shareholders, stating " that there is no longer any necessity for their attendance, either personally or by proxy, at the intended meeting of the 13th December." Although the immediate cause of the dispute was that above set forth, the elements of future strife were painfully apparent in other matters brought under the consideration of the delegates from the different companies. The South-Western Company asserted their right to push on their lice to Windsor, and to establish a separate station in that town, with out submitting the question to the decision of the joint board. 'ibis determination was strongly op. posed by the Great Western, who viewed the exten sion with the utmost jealousy, considering that if the amalgamation should not finally take place, it would prove highly prejudicial to their own interests to permit a rival to obtain a footing in their territory, and that if the arrangement was carried into execution, a great and unnecessary expense would be occasioned thereby. The Southerns were, however, resolved not to lose the golden opportunity, or to abandon a position so advantageous. They therefore caused the notices of their intended application for the proposed extension to be published e —a proceeding which the Great Western decided- on opposing, so that we should have witnessed a' fierce Parliamentary contest actu ally waging dur . ing the existence of the 41 united board," a conflict to the expenses of which the North- Western shareholders, to whom it was a matter of the most perfect indifference, w o u ld contribute largely. The Great Westerwhad also its "reserved points." It refused to permit the question of the gauges to remain open, but made it a sine qua non that " the broad gauge should be laid and maintained over the lines for which it has been authorised by Parlia ment, or over any lines in substitution, whenever such railways might be constructed, and that no steps should he taken, by application to Parliament or otherwise, for relinquishing or abandoning the use of the said gauge as respects those lines." 'I he break of gauge would therefore be perpetuated, and however objectionable it might prove, and injurious to the interests of the " united company," no steps could be taken to provide an adequate remedy. Another sti pulation also was introduced on their behalf—viz., that the other companks should not be permitted to amal .0,-amate without their being incluEd in any arrange ment that might take place. When so many sources of dissension existed it could not reasonably have been expected that the matter would have been brought to an amicable ter mination. We have already (in The Sun of the 10th instant) pointed out other difficulties that shoull be surmounted before " a permanent and absolute identity of interest among the shareholders of the three companies" could be attained. On what principle could the relative values of the shares have been settled? How could the objections of the debenture holders have been set at rest, and in what manner would the several engagements entered into, the guarantees given, and the existing liabilities of every description, have been provided for ? These questions could never have been satisfactorily answered, and it is far better for the proprietors them selves, and for the community in general, that the project should be broken off at the very outset, than that contests should have arisen that must have em blttered the feelings .of all parties concerned, and laid the foundation of future disputes. More than two years since we directed public attention to the state of the law, and the mode of administration, in the Channel Islands. Abuses had arisen that required an immediate remedy. The civil and criminal codes should have been revised, with a view to the introduction of extensive measures of re form, suited to the character and the wants of the inhabitants. Since that period commissions have been issued, Jersey and Guernsey have in turn been visited, close and searching inquiries were instituted, and long reports published, but nothing has as yet been done to carry the recommendations contained therein into execution, or to relieve the people from the grievances to which they have been exposed. The "Jurats" still dispense justice according to their own views. "The States" are still consti. tuted in the manner that provoked our animadver sions. The legislative and judicial functions are still blended together, and the objectionable principles of the old feudal law are retained and reverenced with almost superstitious veneration. We have no hesita tion in saying that there is no security for property under the present state of the law. Houses or lands purchased from a perfectly solvent proprietor may be made subject to the debts contracted by the vendor subsequently to the sale, and trust property is liable for the private debts of a bankrupt or in solvent trustee. Surely such a state of affairs cannot be tolerated among a civilized people living under the shelter and protection of the British law, and in the immediate vicinity, within a few hours' sail, of our southern ports. The constitution of " the States," the legislative assemblies of the different islands, and the difficulties interposed in the way of any new legislation, forbid the hope that any ade quate measures of reform will be introduced or sanctioned therein. It is to the Imperial Parlia ment that the inhabitants must look for redress, and such an appeal cannot be postponed or rejected —an appeal based alike on equity and expediency, and which claims a favourable response on every con sideration of natural justice and state policy. We would invite the attention of our readers to a letter to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bolton, which appears in another part of our impression this day, as affording the most powerful illustration of some of the evils to which we have referred. The author, Mr. LE CRAS, has rendered himself conspicuous for the zeal and energy he has exhibited in urging the claims of his countrymen to an improved code, and for the ability and the vast fund of information he displayed in his evidence be fore the Commissioners. He is a faithful and trustworthy witness, on whose fidelity and accuracy implicit confidence may be reposed. Can his plain and simple statement be read without astonishment ? Can our English brethren believe that there is no security for even the buildings consecrated to the purposes of religian ; that Dissenting congregations may be deprived of the chapels they have erected with their own money, by their own voluntary contribu tions, as places of worship, on account of the private debts of trustees, or the the embarrassments of the quondam owners of the lands on which these buildings had been erected ? Yet, unfortunately, it is but too true. No doubt exists on the subject. Mr. La GRAS mentions that not only is there the possibility of such a result, but that it has actually occurred in many cases. He instances " a chapel built for the Independents, and another for the Baptists, which were lost and made liable, for the private debts of the parties who purchased the ground. Notwithstanding they had reconveyed the buildings to persons who, it was thought, held them in trust for special purposes. Two other cha pels, the one belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists and the other to the Unitarians, are placed in jeo pardy on similar grounds, it being attempted to make them liable for the debts of trustees, who never pos sessed one shilling of interest in the chapels 1" This is, indeed, as Mr. LE Cans justly observes, both " monstrous and roguish, and loudly calls for re dress—redress, however, which the Assembly will not give, one-third of which is composed of Church parsons, who have no community of feeling with the Dissenting bodies, another third of Jurats, who are opposed to the enactment of any laws, and the remainder of constables —m e n who, with the excep tion of two or three, have not even sufficient capacity to write out the charges they present with their prisoners, much less to devise legislative remedies for these grievances." It must, therefore, be for the British Parliament to interpose, and to afford that protection which is the right and privilege of every subject of the British Crown ; and a day should not be lost in preparing the necessary measures for its consideration. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The effect that has been produced by the eloquent and unanswerable defence of General CAVAIGNAC is immense. It has. even reduced the Don Basilio of politics, Esau DE , GIRAEDIx, to silence, for one day at least. The' Presse takes time to consider, and will resume the discus*ion when the speech of General CAVAIGNAC shall have appeared in the Aroniteur. The National has the following, which is really excellent, as showing the penetration of the gentle man who, in. the columns of the English organ of the Reactionaries says ditto to all the calumnies of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN :—" In a lengthy article, says tie National, borrowed principally from the dis gusting compilations of the Presse, the _Morning Chronicle enumerates the reasons which militate against the nomination of General Cavamrsac to the Presidency. One of these reasons is his forensic deficencies." ! ! ! "This piece of criticism arrived in Paris this morn ing. It could not have come more apropos. What does the great orator, M. BONAPARTE, the candidate of the Morning Chronicle, think of it. Among those who voted in favour of the motion and consequently i n of M. DUPONT DE L'EUREs fa vour of General CAVAIGNAC, were M. FRANCJIS ARAGO, member of the Executive Commission ; MM. CARNOT, FLOCON, and TRELAT, Ministers under the Executive Commission ; General CRANGARNIER, and MM. DE REMUSAT, DE TOCQUEVILLE, DE MORNAY, DE TRACY, DE FALLOUX, DE LAROCHEQUELEIN, &C. The thirty-four who voted against the resolution, consisted almost exclusively of the most exalted por tions of the Mountain and Socialist parties ; who were however joined, on this occasion, by M. VICTOR HUGO, General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS, President of the Club of the Rue de Poitiers, and by M. LUCIEN MURAT. The other members of the Bonaparte fa mily abstained from voting, as did MM. TIIIERS, ODILON BARROT, MOLE, DUPIN, MONTALEMBERT, LEON DE MALLEVILLE, JULES FAYRE, BERRYER, LAMENNAIS, LEDRU ROLLIN, GARNIER PAGES, BARTHELEMY ST. HILAIRE, LEON FAUCHER, and, of course, General CAVAIGNAC. On leaving the Assembly on Saturday, M. FELIX PYAT. who had abstained from voting, accused M. PROUDHON, who had voted against the resolution, of being a secret agent of General CAVAIGNAC. M. PROUDHON retorted by a blow, which gave M. FELIX PYAT a bloody nose. The following correspondence appears on this sub ject in the Reforme : " We, the und(rsigned, declare, that after en alterca tion which took place yesterday in the coulisse of the Assembly, between ALA. Pyat and Proudhon, we, in the name of M. Pyat, waited on MM. Langlois and Freury, iriends of M. Proudhon, with the view of re (Firing from the latter satisfaction by arms. M. M. Langlois and Freury answered that M. P ro udhou considered himself to be the offended party, and would neither ask nor give sa tisfaction." (Signed) BAUNE, MARTIN BERNARD, " Representatives of the people." The National contains the following:— -------- - " The officers, sub-officers, corporals, and privates of the 4th Legion of, the National Guard of Paris as. .. i fij i, ,F . . t .ct u. • htzi. 7 1 4 - 5:17:7 "V *** 1 17, 7 ';., ' . 4„. - .." 'As . ,'• , • -.,-...1t - ,5...,, , ,. • 41 , „:„+„ 4 .41,,f . , ' - , t , - - -. ' r •••••••,.,•• roi ' ' THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE DANCE OF TUE SHIRT. llllk ellitnin nit LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1848. Rome has recently been the scene of several extra ordinary - and lamentable occurrences. So extra ordinary and so lamentable, indeed, have been the events of November in the Eternal City that the latest intelligence received from the Italian peninsula is of the most astounding and contradictory cha racter. According to one medium of information the capital was entirely in the hands of the populace ; according to another the President of the newly elected Democratic Government was nominated by the Sovereign PONTIFF, as a man devoted to his Holiness both by his orthodoxy as a Catholic and his predilec tions as a statesman. Letters received from Sardinia assert that the representatives in the Roman Chamber of Deputies were panic-stricken and scattered ; while dispatches received by electric telegraph announce that PIO MONO had been driven from the chief city of his dominions by the victorious democrats. Through the whole of these conflicting assertions, it is manifest that the Romans have acted in a manner unworthy of themselves, and insulting to the benevolence of their paternal and illustrious Sovereign. They have revealed to Europe a spec tacle of ingratitude, the like of which has never been fitted for T witnessed either in modern times or in the ages of anti• quity. h t e h y e h e a x v e e rc p i r se ov o e f d themselves altogeth . er . un fitted the rights of free citizens. a ti h n ft g v a e r th e e s i h n a c o d o w y m n an advantages of a Liberal Constitution, t t at they are incapable of regeneration, to participate in the labours that they of their own free dom spontaneously showered Upon that upo n t h t e h eboonsthem by of y a R s repaidda by the assassi nationri:iasnfd of' another Re forming Prince has only of one of his friends with a few faithful with a pistol, by the maltreatment of his adherents, and by the storming cannon-balls and musketry. To demonsptratece* with Romans will brief but significant sentence the monstrous ingnrOatnie tude and anomalous criminality of the be by no means difficult. They crouched down at the feet of a despotic ruler like GREGORY XVI , w hil e they have only treated with insolence, with cruelty, and with the most detestable outrages, a Father and a Patrio`, like Pius IX. They have one while gro velled like slaves under the, iron rule of LAMBRUS CHINS ; and at another titre they have risen in rebellion against the olive rod of his constitutional successors. When invested with the tiara, Cardinal CAPELLARI struck the Romans into obedience with the mailed hands of his soldiery, and those Romans remained loyal as subjects and tractable as sycophants. When Cardinal FERRETTL has resigned the purple .for the embroidered robes of the Pontificate, scarcely two years have elapsed before his beneficent administration is recompensed with the insults and crimes of a sanguinary and degraded rabble. In Austria the Viennese have been fighting against an inhuman E V _l4l N N Cr. NOVENIB R 28 1848, sembled yesterday, to tie number of 1 ; 000, to wait On Gel:era' Cavaignrte to express I him the:r ::ympathy an i high esteem for him a... 1 to ie;suroim of their devotedness to the Repubie. The Gene. al rc plii.d to this deputation in tcrui;, of the most satisfactory miter 6. He was every ract - nent inter; opted with cries of • Vive la Repubhque: and Vive le General Ca- On returning to the court-yard of the Louvre the Colonel formed a circle and expressed himself in the following terms ; " Ciiizaks—We have just seen a worthy and virtuous Republican. What has most affected him in our visit is the free homage which we render to the honour of the soldier and to the civic qualities of the man. I propose to you, citizAis, to adopt Ge:terttl Caveignac as our can didate for the Presidency of the Republic.: " This suggestion was received with general cries of 6We will ; we will,' Viva is RepuLlique, and Vi'c le Geceral Cavaignac: A very diverting incident occurred at the gnat Socialist banquet which uas held at Montrouge on Saturday. M. LAGRANGE gave as a toast, "To union, to your wives and children." After he had concluded his speech a midlle-aged woman rose .from her seat, and scrambling over benches and tables caught him in her arms, and embraced him in the most enthusiastic manner, to the no small amusement of the company. M. LAMARTINE, who was present during the whole of the discussion on Sat urdly, and also during the division, but whose name does not appear among the lists of voters, is about, it is said, to retire formally from the contest for the Prcsidtncy, and to recom mend his friends to vote for General CAVAIGNAC. The Bien Public says that M. DE LAMARTINE " forms wishes against himself," and that his friends " will congratulate themselves on seeing public opinion turning in favour of the name of General CAVAIGNAC—a name which they themselves have created and presented to Prance." The wife of General NARVAEZ and her mother have arrived at Bordeaux from Madrid, en route for Paris. The Univers states that it was currently reported in Paris that the POPE had been expelled from Rome. Several diplomatists, and several of the clergy, among them the Archbishop of PARIS, have urged upon General CAVAIGNAC the necessity of an imme diate diplomatic intervention, or, if necessary, an armed intervention. It is said that an order has been already given for a squadron to be kept ready to sail for Civita Vecchia at an hour's notice. The influential club, called " The Democratic Association of the Friends of the Constitution," have resolved, in order to give as much publicity as possible ' to the speech of General CAVAIGNAC, to have a million copies of it printed and distributed in Paris and throughout the departments. The members of this association have expressed a wish that their ex ample may be followed by every Republican who sees in the election of General CAVAIGNAC the most certain mode of consolidating the Republic. The Moniteur contains the following paragraph : "According to the Augsburg Gazette, the Papal Government has been officially intormed that France had withdrawn her mediation with respect to the affairs of Italy, from the conviction that in the present state of things that mediation would serve no purpose. The fact is absolutely false." BOURSE--PARIS, MONDAY, Nov. 27. THREE O'CLOCIL—The Bourse opened this morning, under the impression of General Cavaignac's speech, at prices nearly one per cent. above the closing prices of Saturday, but gradually the rentes gave way, and ulti mately they closed ra:her lower than on Saturday. After the close the Fire per Cents. fell to 64f. 50e. For the account, the French Three per Cents. remain as on Saturday ; the Five per Cents. are sc. lower ; Loan, re main the same. For Money, the Three per Cents, have fallen sc. ; Five per Cents. have fallen 10c. ; and the Loan has risen 50e. ; Bons du Tr6sor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares have risen 10f. ; Belgian Bank Shares are at 6f. 40c. ; ditto Five per Cents. have risen 4 per cent. ; Spanish Active not quoted ; ditto Three per Cents. Interior debt, is quoted at 19/ ; ditto Passive not quoted ; Roman has fallen l 4 per cent. ; Rothschild's Receipts aro without variation. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 47i ; ditto (90 days), 25 37i. Railway Shares have varied very slightly, with the exception of the Orleans and Rouen, which have risen sf. each. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 52 1 8 —Dutch Rhenish, %—Paris and Lyons (101.), 4. The probability is that these dispatches announce the de'eat of AIANZANO by CABRERA, the following account of which has been received in London from CABRERA'S head-quarters : " San Felin, Nov. 17, 1848. " Yesterday, at eleven in the morning, we attacked the column of Manresa, composed of 800 men of the Regiment de la Union and 20 cavalry; and at three in the ttfternoon we had in our power, as prisoners, the Brigadier-General Manzano, 8 officers, 500 men, 11 cornets, 600 muskets, 9 brigade horses, the ammunition, the baggage, &c. " To obtain this distinguished victory we made a four teen hours' march. The greater part of the prisoners have taken service with us, and tho rest have been left at liberty to go where they please. " One of the enemy's officers has gone post-haste to Madrid, to propose the exchange of officers. With this motive, I will repeat, that the General has proposed it twice; so that the Government and the Madrid Generals cannot allege anything in favour of their philanthropy." MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 20.—Three per Cents , 19 9-16; Five per Cents., 9i. Exchange on London, 48 35. SPAIN. Madrid Journals of the 20th have been received. Dispatches have been received from General Con- DOVA, the contents of which have not transpired, but which are said to be of the utmost importance. Some persons state that they contain the resignation of CORDOVA, others the submission of CABRERA. Of the utter improbability of the last rumour our readers may judge from the following letter addressed by CABRERA to the editor of the French Union : "Sir, —Under the tyrannical dictatorship of Narvaez, the independent press of Spain can no longer give ex pression to my protests. Nor, from any other sources than the official reports of my tnetnics, or the letters of correspondents who limit th:_mselvcs to the repetition of on Bits, can this press enlighten public opinion as to the war in Catalonia. The foreign press will nut refuse me the use of its columns— " 1. To contradict the silly and lying reports of the greater part of the officers who command the Labellist troops. "2, To protest against the calumnies which the papers, paid by the Government at Madrid, incessantly repeat in reference to the conduct of my volunteers. "3. To lay open the truth to my own country, and to the whole of Europe, with respect to the conduct of the two armies. " Our enemies continue to brand us as brigands—let us use their own word, Trabucaires. According to them, we are always running away—invariably defeated. If our kill. d, our wounded, our prisoners, were calculated from their official bulletins, the amount would be per fectly frightful. On the other hand, they carefully con ceal the progress that we continually make; such as the capture of the forts of La I3tsbal and Cobra, and the re cent defeat of General Paredes, who left in our hands 150 of his men, his own horse, and other trophies. My honest soldier's pen refuses even to record the names of the Isabellista chiefs, who owe their rank to reports as false as they are contemptible. Let these same chiefs cannot deny that the very arms that are borne by my volunteers have been taken from their own soldiers; that in order to combat ' insignificant bands of Trabucaires,' the Government at Madrid has been obliged to send into Catalonia 50,000 of its chosen troops and the best of its Generale. Further, and this is ai humiliating to our enemies as it must be conclusive to the rest of Europe, why has that Government just implored the assistance of Portugal by asking for an auxiliary force of 8,000 men 7 "As to the odious epithet of Trabucaires, with which our enemies insult us, a single reflection will suffice as an answer to it. My 6,000 volunteers could not always fight, and frequently defeat, 50,000 troops, without the spontaneous and powerful concurrence of Catalonia. A strife so unequal could not have continued if we had not possessed the sympathy of the noble. minded Catalans; and if we do possess their sympathy, it is because we are worthy of it. " Catalonia is weary of the arbitrary acts of the Go vernment at Madrid, and of i:s hateful system of cor ruption. It is this disgraceful yoke that it desires to throw off. My volunteers are for the most part its own children ; it is proud of their conduct, and proud, more especially, of their fidelity and their courage. All the chiefs of the enemy's troops do not deny them the claim to these qualities, but 0(.13 who admit it are compara iively ,few, because the majority of these chiefs have only one object in view—to push themselves forward in their career by flattering—the' Government at Madrid. Colonel Rios, who commands the column of °lot, is dis tinguished amidst this class ; end yet, if he had been under my command, I should, en more than one GCCi sion, have brought him to a court-martial for his MI. Atilt ulness and the exaggeration of his reports. Doubt less he is anxious to imitate the chief of the column of Ripoli, who, after having been defeated and with all his men shut up in Villa de Lilies, obtained the rank of Colonel simply by writing a lying dispatch. I call this neither more nor less than military prostitution. " But the nightmare of the Government at Madrid is the Carlo-Progresista union. Misfortune has always brought more closely together fellow-countrymen who sie themselves exposed in common to L.e imprisoned, t: ans ported, or shot by tyrants whom cunnirg, corruption, and terror alone retain in power. Moreover, the Conde de Montemolin, in his manifesto of the 14th of Septem ber, 1846, recommended to us oblivion of the past and reconciliation. • Let thero.be no more partit s,' he said; we are all Spaniards.' From that moment we have no long. r looked upon as foes any but those who fight us in the open field; while we joyfully receive into our ranks the Progresistas, who, deprived lace ourselves of the right of discussion, have recourse to that of insurrection, in the hope of overthrowing the common enemy. I freely admit that their conduct and their courage are worthy of the cause. " Whilst our enemies shoat the prisoners they take from us, or ship them off to the Phi lippine Islands, I have, up to thi s d ay , sent back theirs, with the exception of the officers, who have been treated as welt as my own position and t h e precautions of war w,uld permit. I have just proposed to General Cordova an exchange of pri soners. Let us hope that he will accede to it. At all events, I shall not be responsible, in the face of Europe, for the consequences of his refusal. The recent assassi nations by General Villalonga have lowered the character of the nation. If my duty had not kept me in this faith ful province, I should already have marched to teach this monster the laws of humanity. But let us wait a little! " My serious occupations may possibly prevent me from again refuting the calumnies of an enemy whom we all despise; indeed, I should only repeat myself, because my principles are unchangeable. Strong in my own recti tude, in the honour of my soldiers, and in the powerfulshail co-operation of this loyal tvicl generous provi nce, continue my exertions for the defence of ray legitimate King and the independence of my beloved country. To c.ntribute to the triutorh of both is my sole ambition. "Accept, &c. (Signed) " CABRERA, CONDE DE MORELLA. " Cubells, Nov. 5, 1848." It is well known that the sum of 8,000,000 reals (80,0001.) has been offered to CADaER.& by the Go vernment, to induce him to abandon the cause of Count MONTEMOLIN, in addition to the recognition of his rank in the army, his titles of nobility, and the, Captain-Generalcy of C u b a; h e h as refused all these. magnificent oirt-s. SWITZERLAND. Advices from Berne of the 21st state that the Federal Assembly had elected M. BRIATTE (Vaud) President of the Council of the States, which is consi dered a triumph for the French Swiss party ; and Dr. STEIGER (Lucerne), who has acquired a Euro pean reputation, President of the National Council; in lieu of MM. FURRER and OCHSENBEIN, resigned. It is confirmed that a violation of territory, on the extreme north frontier of the Canton of Zurich, has been made by a party of 32 men from the German army, stationed on the banks of the Rhine, in pursuit of a German refugee. The inhabitants assembled and drove them back over the frontier. BELGI UM. By royal decree of the 20th of November it is ordered, that in pursuance of the law of the 6th of May, 1848, there are to be issued immediately Trea sury Bonds of 20, 50, 100, 200, and 1,000 francs, which will be exchanged against the receipts of the two loans authorised by the laws of the 26th Feb. and 6th May, 1848. To each of these bonds will be attached three coupons of annual interest, payable respectively the Ist November, 1849, the Ist NGvem ber, 1850, and the Ist November, 1851, at the diffe rent agents of the general cashier of the State. The interest due up to the 31st October, 1848, will be made good on all the receipts by a coupon pro rata to bearer, payable on the Ist June, 1849 ._ _ " We are assured that the Council of Ministers have come to a determination with respect to the punishment of those who have been found guilty for taking part in the affair Risquons-Tout. By a recent royal decree the punishment of tha.th has been commuted to imprison ment, the duration of which varies according to the class in which the prisoner has been placed. They are to undergo their punishment in the prison of Huy.' —L'ln dependance Beige. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The following protest has been published by the Deputies of the Left against the misrepresentations of BESSERMANN to the Frankfort Assembly. " HIGH ASSEMBLY. " Berlin, Nov. 22. " The Under- - Secretary of State, Bessermann, in the 118th sitting of the German National Assembly, made a report of his mission to Berlin. We disdain to enter into any discussion with M. Bessermann as to how or whence he has drawn his conclusions of the state of the town, or the conduct of its population, in presence of the violent measures taken by Government. The 9th of November has already fallen within the domain of history. Let the press undertake to prove, that every line of M. Bes sermann's description is incorrect ! But, when a func tionary of the Germanic State attempts to circumvent the National Assembly by officially making use of false hoods whose results may be so prejudicial, to remain silent would be a betrayal of the holy cause for which we will nobly combat, and (if necessary) fall, and which shall not be murderously dealt with if it depend upon us. We, the undersigned, therefore make the following declaration. That M. Bessermann, deputed by the Cen. tral Government, had not and did not seek to hold any direct communication with the National Assembly col lectively, or with members who remained here. The only measures taken by him, as far as we can ascertain after careful investigation, were—first, merely to wait upon the President, M. Unruh, to whom he stated that he came as a private individual, and to whom he made a proposition, utterly unacceptable; and secondly, that he availed himself of a visit to a sick member of the Left Centre, to hear, and then misinterpret, the terms of a transaction cf which he did not understand the correct import. We have only to add, that it is untrue that the Prussian National Assembly would only consent to enter into arrangements with the Crown upon the conditions asserted by M. Bessermann. (Signed) " B'ADBERTUS, and 199 other Deputies." The Cologne Gazette of the 26th says that the me diation of the Imperial Commissioners in the Prussian conflict has hitherto been quite ineffectual, neither of the two belligerent parties being ready to make the first concession. The bases of the mediation, as pro posed by the National Parliament, are these :- 1. That all the Berlin Assembly was confessedly under the terrorism of a portion of the inhabitants, and their dignity and freedom of deliberation was not EC cured as it ought to have been. " 2. That the Crown was thereby induced, in order to secure the freedom of an Assembly convoked as the representatives of the whole nation, and not of the Ber liners alone, to frame the Constitution, to transfer the Assembly to Brandenburg, an act, the legality of which was disputed by various parties, because it emanated from the Crown alone. "3. That the Crown, for the carrying out of this measure, appointed certain men to the Ministry, who do not by any means possess the confidence of the people. " Under this view of the case it was impossible that the decision of the German National Parliament should be otherwise than— "1. By quelling the popular terrorism in Berlin to restore the freedom and dignity of the Assembly there. "2. When this shall have been done to abolish the decree respecting the transfer to Brandenburg. 3. That the Crown shall choose Ministers possess ing the confidence of the people." The Frankfort Parliament has, therefore, avoided taking part either with the Crown or with the Berlin Assembly: it has adopted a higher standard, that of effecting a mediation between the belligerent parties. The Government, however, is of opinion that it must insist, at least as a preliminary, on the transfer ; it does not abide by this resolution as a question in volving principles; but, although the Deputies might now meet safely at Berlin under the protection of a military force of 25,000 men, and while the city is in a state of siege, but that the state of things would be different if these should be removed. It desires by no means to degrade the National Assembly, but it demands guarantees that the former state of affairs does not recur, and the conflict is not resumed in the course of a few vteeks. The 250 Deputies of the fraction insist, on the other hand, that the transfer, however temporary, shall not take place, and here the parties split. M. SmMsoN has returned to Frankfort for a while, his negotiations having been hitherto unsuccessful. The state of things is melancholy. The Ober Posts Ampts Zeitung says, " The fate of Germany will be decided in Berlin." The Cologne Gazette is of opinion that both the parties should appeal to the Central Power and the German National Parliament, in order that the deci sion may be the result of justice and liberty, not of force on the one side, n or o f f ac tio n on th e other. DUSSELDORF, Nov. 24.—The market-place has been occupied by strong detachments of troops, and the bureau of the Burgher Guard has been surrounded by a piquet of infantry, the arms al.d ammunition have been taken to the barracks, as well as the two standards belonging to the Arquebusiers. All strangers who cannot give a satisfactory account of themselves are to quit the city within forty-eight hours. Six members of the Government College have been suspended. BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The Ministry of State has issued the following proclamation relative to the meeting of the Prussian National Assembly at Bran. denburg : PROCLAMATION. " The arrangements and preparations for the re open ing of the sitting of the National Assembly convoked fur the constitution of the Prussian Administration in Brandenburg are completed, therefore, in pursuance of the royal message of November Bth, this year, the Gen tlemen Deputies are by thesJ presents informed of the same, and are invited to appear there in the hall of session, arranged for the meetings of the Assembly, on the 27th November, at ten o'clock in the morning, for continuing the transaction of business. " The Ministry of state— (Signed) " Count VON BRANDENBURG. " VON LADENBERG. " VON MANTEUFFEL. " VON &ROMA BINTELEN. "Berlin, Nov. 25, 1848." The Prussian Slaats Anszeiger of the 26th con tains a proclamation by Major- General Vox Tun MER, Stating that of the weapons committed to the Burgher Guard by his MAJESTY'S Government, viz., 23,360 muskets, 1,400 rifles, 1,375 cutlasses, and 4,014 sabres. The following have been returned, viz., 19,681 muskets, 635 rifles, 608 cutlasses, 2,000 sabres, that consequently there are still wanting 3,679 muskets, 765 rifles, 767 cutlasses, and 2,015 sabres. The term for the delivery of those weapons is prolonged to five o'clock on the afternoon of the 27th, and those persons who shall persist in retaining pos session of them after the expiration of that period shall be subject to severe legal penalties. The Chief of the Prussian Bank has offered a re ward of 300 dollars for the discovery of the forgers of the bank notes for 25 and 50 rix dollars, which , have been put into circulation. The Journal du Commerce of the 28th says--" jt is affirmed that at the last Cabinet Council of the Mi nistry, Lehi at Bellevue, at which the KING presided, measures were concerted in case of the refusal of the National Assembly to meet at Brandenburg on the 27th. TLe primary of these measures was, the dh solution of the Assembly by the octroi of the constitu tion, and the convocation of the Legislative (Mambos on the Bth of January, 1849. The project of the constitution presented for this eventuality did not re ceive the assent of the Crown without some resist ance. This project is, it appears; conformable with that which had been presented by the centre section of the National Assembly; it retains in the titles of the KING the expression by the grace of Gone it does not abolish the titles of the nobility; introduces two chambers ; grants the KING a suspension vote, and fixes the term of one year for the elections. It is asserted that in order to be an elector, and eligible to the Second Chamber there must be an annual revenue of 200 dollars, but in order to be eligible to the First Chamber, an annual revenue of 500 dollars. The system of indirect elections by electors wto should pay five dollars of contribution is maintained. This constitution is to be octroye in case the National Assembly does not meet at Brandenburg in sufficient numter, which we consider impossible after what passed yesterday evening. An arrangement, in which the Crown shall take the initiative, is regarded at Potsdam as the first step in a dangerous road. It is believed at Potsdam that Mr. CAMPHAUSEN will be again at the head of the Ministry. If the Octroye Constitution is put in force, the Court will return to Berlin." BuEsLau, Nov. 24.—The President of Upper Silesia has issued the following proclamation : " The Chief President Pinder, having resigned his post, I have, by command of the r o y a l Mi n i sters o f State, undertaken that office pro tem. from the date hereof. lam commanded by authority to give due no tice hereof by these presents. " The Royal Government President, VON SCIILEINITZ. "Breslau, Nov. 21, 1848." WARASDIN.—The Agramer Zeitung says : "Hungary will be attacked sitnultanconay from five quarters, Prince Windi:chgratz and Ban Jellachich from Vienna, with 10,000 men, on the right bank; Simonich with 16,000 men from the Trent, Komitat on the left bank of the Danube, towards Pesth; Purtwer, with 20,000 men from Transylvania; Kurkarina, with 25,000 (Serviar.s) from the Banat; Nugent, Dahlen, and Yodorovich, with 26,000 from the Croatian boundary. These all will simultaneously attack the Hungarian ca pital. In eight or ten days Budapesth will be in their hands." AUSTRIA. The following, according to.the Wiener Zeitung, is the definite list of the New Austrian Government : Prince FELIX SCIIWAR- i Premier and Foreign ZENRERG. ••• Affairs. Count FRANCIS STADION Interior. Baron KREUS • • Finance. General CORDON ... War. Dr. BACH ••• .. Justice. S Commerce and Public BRUCK ... ••• • • Works. THIENFIELD ... Agriculture. Field-Marshal WINDISCHGRATZ has addressed the following proclamation to Field-Marshal MOYA, and also to all other the Imperial generals, staff-officers, and superior officers serving with him in Hungary : " Head-quarters, Schonbrunn, Nov. U, 1848. " On the 17th of the preceding month I have already forwarded to you an appeal, and under an enclosure from the highest authority.have sent you the manifestoes of the 31 and 16th of October, which makes known to the Field-Marshal-Lieutenant, that he should, in person, re pair to my head-quarters at Vienna, and also that all other generals, staff and other officers, and detachments of troops, now serving under their command, should on the instant, without loss of time, surrender and place themselves under my command, to be incorporated in this army. Unfortunately many individuals in this my order may be considered as having fallen under the pro visions of the articles of war. " The Field-Marshal Lieutenant has in this matter confined himself to acknowledging the receipt of these orders on the 21st of the last month, but has not as yet shown to you the consequences of your guilt. Though - I am informed, through some of those who have returned to the Imperial colours from the ranks of the Hungarian rebels, that the inferior generals, offi cers , an d t roo p s have not had this brought to their knowledge, you have never• theless, still the heavy guilt on you of having permitted yourselves to be the instruments of insurgents against the Imperial power—of having marched in an army of rebels on the soil of the Archduke of Austria, and against your own Monarch's faithful army, of which you call yourself a member, and in whose ranks you have held a high rank, and against whom you huve conducted yourself with offensive hostility. " After such an appeal I can only understand that you are willing to be cor:sidered an insurgent, and of your own free will have broken down the bridge left open for you to return to your duty, or that your conduct is the result of that system of intimidation which has for a long lime obtained th e u pp er h an d over a ll we ll-b e h ave d people in the upper country, and in which circumstance alone some explanation may be found for your behaviour. I also find that the announcement of all the Imperial manifestoes, and also the true and actual statement of occurrences have, through this system of terror, been hitherto madeillmost impossible. " But in such a state of things further forbearance can no longer be practised. All the points depended on by the leaders of the Hungarian movement, stated and set forth as their justAcatiol for their former steps, may be understood. But after the well known example of Sep tember, when you left the lawful soil, and after the ne cessary result of the Imperial proclamation for the officers and their men, no further lenity can be claimed, and every Hungarian who loves his country must, by this , time, from the events of a short month, arrive at the conviction that he, as the result of his present tortuous measures, may yet lose that future which he was so de sirous of gaining. " Notwithstanding what has been before said, I am disposed to ex' end the time which I have afforded for you, the Field• Marshal Lieutenant, the superior general officers, and the imperial troops serving under you, to return to your duty, and to those colours to which you have sworn to be true, for a Feriod of fourteen days, namely, to the 26th November, up to which time this general intimation may extend, and to which, in the strongest terms, I recommend your attention. But those who may suffe.r this delay to pass over, whether such delay occur from dejection or from corrupt impressions, and who may be found bearing arms against the troops of hii Imperial Majesty, I must deal with them as rebels and traitors; and in the event of their falling into my hands, shall hand them over to be judged according to the strict letter of the articles of war. (Signed) " ALFRED, Prince of Windiscbgratz, "Field-Marshal" FRANKFORT. At the sitting __of the German Parliament on the 24th— Riesser presided. Ile read a letter from the Pre& dent, Herr von Gagern, to the National Assembly, urging the grave importance of the present crisis in Bei. IM, and praying for a week's leave of absence, that he might personally examine the real state of things in that city, and thus form a more satisfactory estimate of the exigencies of the case.—Leave was granted unanimously Schmerling answered several interpellations. He could not for the present give any minute detail of the steps which would be taken by the Imperial Ministry fur the purpose of procuring a due recognition of the Cen tral Power at the hands of Austria. He had made pro' per re presentations to the Austrian Government, and it would be beat to wait the result of these, as also of the debate which would shortly occur in tha t House on the repo:t of the Austrian committee. With respect to the punishment of compulsory en rolment in the Austrian line, the Imperial Cony missaries had received instructions to act ;die t decisively. Nothing but vague reports had reached hiro concerning the alliance said lately to have been forme" between Russia, Prussia, and Austria. If such a core' pact had been concluded, he thought it would be Yell difficult to get at the rights of it, for the parties con' cerned would most likely wish to keep it secret.' (Laughter.) At any rate, the validity of such a s ecret alliance would be questionable. It was then moved, " That as no law exists in Prussia fur putting the length and breadth of the lend in a sflt° of siege, th e N a ti ona l A ssem bl y cal l s upon the Central' Power to interfere speedily and energetically, in order that the state of siege be annulled, and martial law re; yoked; as also that Count Brandenburg and G e nera' Wrangel be arraign d f o r h av i ng excee d e d t h e limits of their authority." It was decided that the motion be re" ferred to a committee. A select committee was d e ' mended, but this demand was negatived. lL ieener expressed himself dissatisfied with Schroer; ling's answer, and moved, as very urgent, that a perfect draft of the instructions given to the Imperial Courrn'n series for the eretection of Germans in A us t r ia be la" before the Huse.—(Urgency disallowed). Muhl, the Minister of Justice, had b ee n asked, ivb at measures the Imperial Ministry had adopted with regal . to Austria in consequence of Bitine's death. He te ; minded the Assembly that, as was stated during I, ', sitting of the I d!h ult., two Members had left that de; for Austria. They had instructions to go to Oleia t , ° ' and to find out who was Prime Minister ; th e n to aPPIT, to him, and enter a formal protest against the arrest e t prosecution of Members of the National As se mbly. -A . s the time they left Frankfort it v% as nut certain ths Blum had been executed; but they were to make eel possible inquiry as to the facts of the case. On the 17 ; ult., in consequence of the resolution of the Assembly bearing on this affair; a third e nvo y was dispatched with further instructions for the t wo I m p er i a l . Curnmissaries• to the end that they should d eman d o f the Austrian Government an atonement corresponding with the al as' i nitude of the offence. N o answer to t h e l atter dispatc h had as yet arrived ; but he begged to read to the AS sembly the following note, just received from the InaPe rial Commissaries, —(A hush of attention.):— " Olmutz, Nov. 18, Four P. l4 * " We have the honour to inform your ExcelleneY.f.„ f our arriv a l h ere t hi s morn i ng . We immediately 2:.`a quired wleth er a Mi n i stry h a d b een f orme d. This Pr? s ir ter not to be the c a se ; nor , as yet , was t h ere an y Miul of Justice for Austria. We resolved to address 0 itu selves to Herr v on W essen b ur g. H o rece ived us yv , o f the greatest cou r t es y, an d, on h ear i ng the purport It_ed our mission, and othe r wise c o nf err i ng with us, be fi us that all our proceedings agai n st m e mbers of tb' acc l time' Assembly should he immediately suspend`"' too tha an order, to this effect should be forwarded by _ ibie graph to Vienna. We afterwardi had' the best Posbner. means of knowing that this promise was at onc e r- Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 To ls. post 8v 0., CL AR A F ANE; Or, THE CONTRASTS OF A LIFE, A NOVEL. By LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " Catherine de Medicis," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. f T 1 th e / chor T 1 Peop erect 'alai