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COLMUTIN'S ::LW STA.MAIID LIMIZAMY. 23:'64., 119 W ready, Part 1., containing the entire First Volume of the Paris Edition of MEMOIRS t of EN CH , ATEAUBRIAND Trauslated from the French. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street; and Chapman and Hall, Strand. To be had of all Booksellers. MRS TIZOLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., YOUNG COUNTESS, By MRS. TROLLOPE, Antis of " Father Eustace," " The Vicar of Wrexhill," &c. "A work of unfailing and absorbing interest, from the very first •oa to the very laSt. Than this charming novel Mrs. Trollope her ....AP has produced nothing more true in conception, more brilliant in execution, and more richly endued throughout with character and r' , s;goll a 9 these are modified and moulded by the circumstances and e..ibits of highly cultivated society."—Court Journal. ,f Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ' T Li TILE NIGER EXPEDITION. NOW READY. Cdr Sanction of the Colonial-office and the Admiralty, and Dedicated by permission to his Royal Highmss Prince Albert. In 2 vols. decoy Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, NARRATIVE of the EXPEDITION sent by her Majesty's Government to the RIVER NIGER, In the Year 1841.42. ISY Captain WILLIAM ALLEN, R.N., F.R.S., &c. and T. R. H. THOMSON, M.D., &c., Surgeon, R.N. " Full of Instructive and amusing details of African life, forming ft valuable addition to our rich library of adventurous travel."- - 'NJcaptain Allen hats here d-istin , nished himself in a threefold capacity, as an artist, an anther, and a commander. The details of Cala interesting expedition are here most faithfully narrated."—Sun. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. .i__-_. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. M. TULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, and the ARMY QUADRILLE, EVERY NIGHT. 11. JULLIEN has the great gratification to announce that he has of in o k btaining the ind permissiou of the Comauding '''- sof the Royal Guards for the atteudance of their Military oras until further orders. 4 , and of her Majesty's Life Guar ds, under the direction of Mr. Waddell. 'Vlb ixtusi oi her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blue, under the di ,-eet/ea of Mr. Tutton, - Vre Iland of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Air. gehott, and ie Band of her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, IyZI., therefore, continue to take part in the performance of the NA rONAL ANTHEM and the BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE *•VEItY EVENLNG until further notice. M. VIVIER.—M. Vivier, the celebrated performer on the French • ern, will make his fourth appearance this evening. .'he programme for this evening will also include the Overture to 7 a Prd Aux Cleres, Harold ; Solo, Clariunet, Mr. Lazarus ; Beetho ..Tzes Allegretto from the Symphony in F ; a Song, by Miss Miram ; ;agcy, French Horn, M. Vivier; \raise, A Deux Temps, Olga, Judcn i • • •Fieki. Concertina , Mr. Case; Grand Selection and Fantasia from - ,i.inart's chef-d'oeuvre Don Giovanni (first time) ; Lee. Doan open at Seven, the Concert will commence at Eight. ';.ricer of Admission—Boxes and Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle. 24,;13d.; Private BOXCB, 10s. 6d.; Ditto, 21s. THEATRE ROTAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. Tha repted representations that have been made to the manage . !went respecting a reduction of prices, in order to meet the exigencies times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so g.,wral an expression of public feeling, it is only necessary to state tlkat precisely the same character of performance will be given, sup portedsby the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher nalia a( the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a soa , e oradmission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so le;endXi a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle ..............Five Shillings. Upper lioxes. • ... • • ........ Four Shillings. sit Lower Gallery • • • • .. • • i per Gallery .•••• • • • • • Ptrute Boxes, Oslo and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nina o'clock. 7, Drees Circle, 35. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 29. ; P De tid.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENING, The Entartainment4 will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled IIAYDEE or, the Secret. Lore:lan°, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Malgenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea Donato, Mr. Ilerbe.rte; Ilaydee, Miss Lucombe. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled TILE PERI. Ia which 3bllles. Plunkett, Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Cashnle, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, &c., will appear. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-oft:lce is open from Tan till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Tl.e publie Is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during he tenets, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the vrtgale re-decorated. TIIIS EVENING. WI be performed the Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Beve-ley, Mrs. Charles Kean. Atter which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden. hotr; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley, To conclude with the Farce of SPRINAi GARDENS. Lord Court nton, Mr. 11. HeII ; Sir Arthur Lovel, lir. H. Yandenhoff ; Scoreup, Mr. ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. L. s. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Mills "atilt Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. rnder the direction of Madame Celeste hiring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Vtginal designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq , executed by Mr. Sang. A sew Atage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys em of Ventilation, Sac., Sac. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs ailed to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EYE. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. After 'Which a new Farce caned SLASHER AND CRASHER. Air. sla.her, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. 'to conclurtb with THE. DANCE OF TUE SHIRT. AOTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles ➢dathews. Tins EVENING. petibrmed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. .111.. r wide', • cnlmis Drama, entitled ANY'rIIING FOR A c 6; tAN OZ. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews , Ilonner; • K. Pilaw'Mara, and Miss Marshall. 4 I Boxes, 'Ss.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No ttribf-ptleo to any part of the hoase. tiox-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the iMi4 t ? otery lay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. 3. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. l'letrin: the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel : 'otd In a saperb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been ntade tor o due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience t) the audience. THIS EVENING, ;Ylll be penbrmed the comic Opera of LOVE IX A TILLAGE. I,thorit, Mr. Charles Braham; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen; .i sW rjd lr.Oxberry ; Madge, Miss Emma Stanley; Rosetta, Miss After which, a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. • - TO CORRESPONDENTS. - e)coammtmication can be attended to unless authenti. cated by the name and address of tho writer. (>4eeted communications cannot be returned. THU WEATIJER.-81: 1 1/ OFFICE, NON-31E13ER 19. T4I4IIII‘OIIISTER, Lowest, 36, Highest, 46; Noon, 40. BAROBIBTE3, 29 7.—WIND N.; fine. NOTEMBER 20. rranato3rwratt, Lowest, 35; Highest. 45 ; Noon, 53, MILOMETER, 29.88.—W1ND S.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Morning .. 38 min. after 9 1 Evening .. 13 min. after 10 : • A.SI .4 V I . '2l ivy.- 0.0.13), ..' A .;'-' '' fr t . .-v - 1, ~11 , . ..41-.4... , - Arekft ; r ~,-..",1 1. .."!, ... , , , ~, ..• , . ' \ l : ' , , , t,..: , ; .',,•,.1D ' ' t. Z"llitlik 4 7-Ebirning div-77 :3 Into LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1848. Although nothing decisive had occurred at Moul ton up to the let of October, there is sufficient evi dence in the accounts just received from Bombay that the English forces remained in a satisfactory po sition, and that, the Punjaub was already virtually aneeaed to the British dominions. Even supposing that the Government continued to regard matters with the same lethargic indifference as heretofore, the %coop-% under General Winsu could not be considered as in any way dangerously situated—the troops of the MOOLRAJ being only superior to those of his ' antagonist in reference to his dykes, brick-kilns, and fortifications. While the army enclosed within the walls of th e beleaguered city amounted to scarcely 20,000 m en , Aith acom General insignificant force with of art i fi li ft er y y, gtiso,hats,a under e d, eneral \\Tulsa numbered, arm# well body ll iesi: discipline. onf2 soldiers, P e r amTnaruue nitioeed, - in x 0)41 the power of the MooLnAJ w being conti >ially, u a i u m t e t n h ted by re and almost momentarily, a If;iorcetnents of Seikh insurgent 4,41ie were nevertheless materially reducedseiacces n im .,rts.nCe by two considerations, first the numerical poverty of the auxiliaries furnish ed by the r e b e l ieftains, and secondly the very dubious character their co-operation. In the meantime every effort vegs being made throughout Ilindostan to render the '..,iiperiority of British arms altogether irresistible. While the Administration of the Earl of DAellousin resolved to prevent the recurrence of these in •ferrsetionary movements along the northern ...govinces by the wholesale annexation of the 'riritories of the young MAHARAJA, the arsangements tending to the transmission ef aid to General Wuisu and his colleagues, were in n extraordinary state of preparation. A force of 10,0004nerk , were preparing to march from the Bom bay Tesse;idency, while an army of 30,000 men was i t o be very soon in the field, under the ban ne ei Lord 'Gouou, the veteran Commander-in o Beeides Lahore, there were two other forti ik4 places iu our possession within the country now agitated by rebellion—the fortress of Umritsur and that of iovindhur, in which latter no less than sixty heavy guns were di3covered. As far, therefore, as fmx,ethought, activity, and numerical preponde lance are concerned, the British forces could Scarcely be in a more advantageous situa a.m. Up to the commencement of October the iitooLo.ox was preserved from destruction solely by the strength of his fortifications—not by a superiority of artillery, of tactics, or of discipline, but simply by be strength of his fortifications. titis to the rtimoured intention of the MOOLRAJ to make a sortie on the 7th of October upon the camp of General Winsu, while his troops ware inflamed by the religious fanaticism consequent upon the Hindoo feast of the Dusserab, we place not the smallest regard upon the imaginary terrors of such an adventure. The storming of the little fortress of Arcot by ten thousand men under the command of RAJA SAHIB cannot be so very speedily forgotten. England will never lose the recollection that a garrison of merely two hundred British soldiers and three hundred sepoys was then sufficient to keep those ten thousand assail ants at bay, and ultimately to scare them back along the road to Trichinopoly, although the day chosen for that memorable assault was the great Islamite festival sacred to the memory of HosEIN, the chief of the Fatimites, and although the Mahomedan soldiers were drunk with bang, as well as intoxicated with religious enthusiasm. We may be reminded doubtless that upon the occasion of that immortal victory the British forces were rendered invincible, and inspired to heroism, by the presence of the youthful and glorious CLIVE ; but we are nevertheless in no degree disposed to look for less distinguished consequences in the neighbourhood of Moultan, seeing that among the English soldiers and the sepoys there is a young officer of equally brilliant promise, and of an equally precocious reputation. If, upon the Ma homedan feast of HOISEN, the British forces possessed a CLIPS—on the Hindoo feast of Dusserah they pos sess an EDWARDES. Every additional dispatch re ceived from the seat of war only tends to enhance our estimate of the genius and courage of this young and already illustrious Captain, the beginning of whose career has afforded a thousand tokens that it is the beginning of the career of a great man . By the intelligence just received from Hindostan, it would appear that Major EDWARDES has afforded ad ditional evidence of his skill, promptitude, and vigi lance as a military strategist. In obedience to his admirable suggestions, several of the rebel bands have been intercepted on their way to augment the forces so long accumulating behind the battlements of Moultan. Beyond which it appears, that disas trous consequences must have inevitably ensued upon the defection of SHEER Sums but for the remarkable adroitness displayed by Major EDWARDES in foiling the wily rebel with his own weapons— those of intrigue and dissimulation. Thanks to the forethought and ingenuity of EDWARDES the Seikh was prematurely driven to a declaration of his faith lessness, and by that means the perils consequent upon a surprise were warded off, effectually and betimes. Before the Overland Mail left Bombay it was understood that, up to the latest date, the troops of CHUTTUR SINGH, marching from the direction of the Hazaret, had failed in effecting a junction with those commanded by his son. Mean while the MOOLRAJ, although constantly reinforced by the contingents furnished by the Seikh insurgents, still continued to regard with the jealous eye of sus picion the movements of CHUTTUR SINGH, of Suzan SINGH, and of their numerous accomplices. As far as loyalty to any cause is concerned, the very name of Seikh has become albyeword throughout the oriental territories, from the Hydaspes to the Burrampooter, among the mountains of Affghanistan and among the gardens of the Carnatic. Alliance with them is never enforced by reliance. sThey are scarcely less formidable as friends than they are as enemies. Their signature to a treaty is as much a mockery and a sham as the oath of a Thug or the bond of a Lacediemonian. Recent occurrences in the Punjaub have demonstrated these facts beyond all further cavil, seeing that almost every one of the chieftains who subscribed to the treaty concluded by Lord HARDINGE, is found to be deeply implicated in the late conspiracy and rebellion. Even GHOOLAII SzriGH, the most wily of all the Seikh commanders, although not overtly committed in the insurrection, is generally understood to have been amongst the foremost of its promoters. From all which circumstances it becomes a matter of con gratulation to learn that the British Government at Calcutta has at length determined to number the noble plains of the Punjaub among our other Asiatic possessions. The rebel members of the Dewan have thus sealed the doom of the MAHARAJA without for warding in any respect their own villanous ambition. A comparison between the prices of the public funds and of shares in established lines, and also of the dividends that may reasonably be expected on the amounts invested in either class of securities, will exhibit in the clearest light the filly of those who have suffered their fears to obtain the mastery of their reason, and who, influenced by the vague insinua tions of interested parties, have sacrificed their pro perty at little more than half its real value. At present quotations, three-and-a-half per cent. cannot be obtained for money invested in Con sols, while nearly double that, anti, in some instances even higher, can easily be had on railway stock. " The Statements" already published, exhibiting the present and prospective position of seven of the lead ing companies, prove beyond the possibility of doubt their soundness and stability, and there is every reason to hope that the returns will be far beyond the very moderate estimates made by the directors of their future profits. As we have repeatedly stated, the nation has passed through an er deal of the most arduous and trying character. All classes have suffered in common, and it would have been absurd to suppose that railways could have escaped the general fate, that they alone should have reaped undiminished profits, while merchants, tradesmen, manufacturers, in fact all those concerned in any description of business, were only too happy if they were enabled to bear the heavy losses to which they were subjected with out sinking beneath the burden. "With . a return of prosperity—and everything indicates that a pro pitious time is slowly but surely approaching—rail way prospects will also brighten, and it will be found that they will participate in the general im provement, and that the estimates, which were in a great degree based upon elements taken during a period of extreme depreciation, will be far below the actual results. There are other reasons also, in addition to those derived from the general condition of the country, why railway stock should improve beyond almost any other description of preperty. The system is as yet confessedly in its infancy, and has not been deve loped to the full extent of its capabilities. The per son who twenty years since had ventured to assert that thirty miles per hour could be accom plished with greater safety, and at about half the prices then charged for conveyance by the various mail and stage coaches throughout the country, would have been regarded as little better than an enthusiastic visionary, a fitting object for the nearest lunatic asylum. We have, however, lived to see all this accomplished with the greatest ease, and affording a handsome remuneration to those by whose enterprise and capital the object has been attained. Why, then, may not further improvements reasonably be looked for ? Are the arrangements so perfect that no ameliorations can be introduced ? Is the traffic developed to the utmost degree ? Can no re ductions be made in the working expenses, at t he hands ttohoef the a t the vrceaoimliwnpataeynririennsgt and that without the withdrawal from the public of any of the facilities which they are entitled to expect answers vourahl e to ill th a a l t l b co e ns f e a - - quently proprietors may reasonably hope for even more favourable results than • the most sanguine have a s yet ventured to anticipate. Rapid advances have hitherto been introduction of the system, ; made since the ?earteoslrti We believe that the eighteen yna d a te from the invention of locomotiverrnaacshries since (we GEORGE STEPHENSON in 183 0). Sin ce that timen many defects—inseparable from the earlier timid and feeble experiments in new and comparatively unknown de partments—have been remedied, improvements also have been introduced that have partially exhibited the beneficial tendencies of the system, and which indicate the mode by which more extensive ameliorations m ay be brought into operation. Data now exist, tri which directors may frame calculations, which, if judi ciously worked out, must be productive of the most favourable results. The traffic that is really remune rative is known, and of course the object will be to increase that to the utmost extent, while what is to be avoided is also pointed out clearly and distinctly. Many grave errors have undoubtedly been committed. Enormous sums have been wasted on useless Parlia mentary conflicts, while, as usual, the lawyers have obtained more than their legitimate share of the expenditure. All this, however, has .THE SUN, LONDON, been brought to a conclusion, and we shall no longer see hundreds of thousands of pounds paid for unnecessary legal expenses. Everything re quired in the working department can be obtained at more economical rates than was formerly the case, so that there is every prospect of very considerable re ductions i❑ the expenditure of the several companies. We also find that a greater number of persons are carried over the railways in proportion to the mile age, and that at a much more reasonable rate than was formerly the case. Thus we find* that in 1847 the annual number of passengers per mile of railway was 14,806; while in 1842 there were only 11,772 ; that the returns per mile were in 1847, 2,5961., and in 1842, 2,4891. only, and that in the interval between these periods there had been a general reduction in fares—the first class fares being reduced, on an average, 21.8 per cent.; the second class, 23.8 per cent.; and third class, 25 per cent. At the former period there were under 2,000 miles of railway opened. These, as might easily be imagined, were the most likely to prove remunerative, running between the principal towns, which, it was stated, would absorb the best portion of the traffic, leaving the others little that would prove beneficial, or the contrary, that they would act as a drain on the resources of the more prosperous undertakings. On the contrary, we find that although the mileage was nearly doubled, and of course less promising lines brought into operation, there was a larger return per mile, and a very much greater number of passengers carried in proportion, and that although 1842 was a much more prosperous year than 1847, which was, perhaps, the season of the deepest gloom and depression that the country has witnessed during the present century. To what can this improvement be ascribed ? Is it not in some degree accounted for by the lowering of fares, and the greater facilities afforded to passen gers, and should not the system that has worked so well be further followed out ? It would be an unwise and shortsighted policy to return to the system of exorbitant fares, and few trains at considerable inter vals, which would prove alike injurious to the inte rests of the shareholders and the public generally. On the contrary, let the directors regard the extraor dinary increase of traffic that has taken place when ever fares have been very much reduced. It is ridicu lous to assert that the third-class passengers do not pay the companies. Compare for a moment the rela tive prices charged for the much maligned third-class passengers, and for goods or merchandise. It appears that the former pay nearly five times the amount of the latter—a third-class carriage on the London and North-Western paying 251. clear profit, and a goods truck but Si. ss. j. We shall, on a future occasion, return to the con sideration of this subject, which a want of space pre vents us from dwelling on at greater length this day. We have frequently denounced the system of "enormous lying" by which the reactionary party both in France and in this country seek to discredit republican institutions and restore a juste milieu monarchy, which, as it was founded in deceit and maintained by corruption, is to be restored, as these its supporters fondly imagine, by " evil speaking, lying, and slandering." Our readers doubtless recollect the fuss that the reactionaries made about a certain banquet held some time since at Toulouse, and the manner in which the Prefect and all the authorities were vilified by M. DENJOT, and other partisans of the monarchy. These authorities, they said, attended the banquet and joined in drinking anarchical toasts, and afterwards created a riot. We observed at the time this discussion took place that the whole affair was a monarchical exaggeration, brought forward solely for the purpose of calumniating the authorities, and that the Republican banquet of Toulouse was merely the contre coup of the Legitimatist demonstrations which had taken place in that city a few days before. The then Minister of the Interior promised that an investigation should take place. That investigation was conducted by the present Minister of the Interior, M. DUPAURE, a former Minister of Louis PHILIPPE, a gentleman who had at ono time, we believe, been M. GUIZOT'S candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, to whom, at all events, M. GUIZOT had often made overtures to join his Cabinet, and who in the old Chamber was the frequent object of the ridi cule of M. TRIERS on account of the mild- ness of his opposition. The result of this inves tigation was that M. DUFALTE appointed M. CAzEvas, who had been:suspended from the per. formance of his functions as Prefect of Toulouse, during the time the investigation was going on, to the Prefecture of La Vendee. This appointment gave rise to certain interpellations in the Assembly, during the course of the sitting of Friday, addressed to the Minister of the Interior, in the course of which M. DUFAURII, whom no one will accuse of undue par tiality for republican principles, or of an undue bias against the reactionary party, gave the following de scription of the banquet of Toulouse, and of the con duct of the republican authorities, as the result of the official inquiries which he had caused to be insti- uted into the matter. After having complained that no previous notice had been given to him of the inten tion to put to him questions on the subject of the appointment of M. CAZRVAN to the Prefecture of La Vendee, M. DUFUARE thus proceeded : " When I came into the office I now hold the remem brance of what had taken place at the banquet at Tou louse was fresh in every one's mind. My predecessor had ordered an administrative inquiry, and the Minister of Justice, on his side, ordered a judicial one. I con sidered it my tl , ity to ascertain precisely what had been the conduct of the Prefect of the Haute Garonne in the events which led to the interpellations from this tribune. I wished to come to an impartial resolution by studying the inquiry. I have examined it with the greatest care, and I am decidedly convinced that the facts stated from this tribune on the faith of what was published in the journals were greatly exaggerated. " M. Denjoy—By the journals ?—(Noise.) " A Voice on the Left—By you. "The Minister of the Interior—Exaggerated by the journals is what I meant to say. I admit that a move ment took place at Toulouse, which is much to bo re gretted, and that blameable expressions had been made use of; that at the end of the banquet a nocturnal pro menade, equally blameable, took place. I was d es i rous t o know what part the Prefect might have taken in these proceedings. I learnt that on the day of the banquet, before the assembled National Guard, the Prefect ' delivered a speech perfectly unobjectionable, with a view to order and union. I ascertained that during the banquet nothing took place which could incriminate the conduct of that functionary ; some cries were raised against the Na tional Assembly and against the Chief of the Execu tive Government ; they were immediately suppressed, and one of the persons who had got them up was turned out. The Prefect has been reproached with not having immediately retired, .but I have not found any sufficient reason for his so doing. I find, on the con trary, that nothing afterwards occurred to disturb order at the banquet, and that the authorities withdrew in the midst of the greatest respect on the part of the guests. It has, however, appeared to me that in the evening the authorities did not do all that they ought to have done to maintain tranquillity. What course had the Minister of the Interior to adopt in this case ? These scenes of disorder had. been followed by the as sembling of the council general. A conflict, which was to be regretted, arose between the council and the Pre- fect, which threatened to impede the progress of public business. In presence of these facts, I asked myself what step I should take. Should I maintain the Prefect at Toulouse, or dismiss him, or remove him to another department ? My conviction was that there was not sufficient cause for his absolute dismissal, neither did I consider it proper to allow him to remain at Toulouse. There remained, therefore, the third alternative —t o place him in another department. That is the course I decided on. In my opinion, people have allowed them selves to be led away by false impressions relative to the events at Toulouse." Thus, then, the truth has been elicited, and the or ganized system of calumny and slander, by which the reactionary party are in all countries endeavouring to stop the march of progress, has been exposed by one to whose truthfulness the conspirators themselves must bear witness ; by M. DUPAURE, who, however much he may desire the restoration of monarchical institutions, is far too high-minded and honourable to have recourse to the means to which the reactionary party throughout Europe now habitually resort in or ddmt e e esab r tda t et o aeag e t f ilt r ih.i r : y At ts o itTi u hnA t ee7 t pt h hrix c e oao i r etnefite v hrd i em e i n w begda s s . ntqhou l efe n sttthaw t e l ta l e e smi c me,d o nee u :r r ieN s t‘l e iy, hmi o aca f ht sr t .stv h ose e : M. AsTAtx said— " I maintain that the banquet of Toulouse was impe ratively called fo r , to put down the white flag which had shown itself. I declare that th e man if estat i on w hi c h took place was called for to impo se s il ence on t h e mo bnarchy—a feat which the Governm en t i tse lf h a d not een able to achieve.—(On the Left loud cries of 'Bravo. braver) Did that manifestation go too far? I cannot say, for Ido not know the details. But did the men, • " Facts bearing on the pi•oThThre ss of the atiway System in Great Britain." By Windham Harding. f Letter to George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P., by John Whitehead, who are always ready to struggle against the progress of the Republic, come hire to state that the white flog bad been exhibited find carried a week before in tho haute Garonne ?—(A gitation.) " A Voice—Where? " Another Voice—At Mazares. " M. Astaix—NO, they said nothing about it; they prefer coming hero to denounce the functionaries t f the Republic." As a proof of the existence of a wide-spread re actionary conspiracy to restore, per fas aut nefas, the old regime in every country of Europe, and of the complicity of the English Tory aristocracy in the plot, we quote the following extract from a letter, writtten by 11. GUIZOT, to a person in Paris, in sup port of the candidateship of Louis NAPOLEON, and which appears in the Petrie of Thursday :—" The revolutionary policy," says M. GUIZOT, " has failed in Italy, Poland has not risen, Germany is escaping from the Propaganda. In three months," he continues, " a coalition, if not as hostile to the full as powerful as that of 1815, will be formed against France. The Government of the Republic," he adds, " trusts to the English alliance. This alliance has no chance of lasting. The British aristocracy permits Lord Palmerston to remain for a time in the Foreign dice,' in order not to break officially with France for the present- They wait until the Republic sufficiently weakened within by the faults of those who direct its affairs, and without by the combined influ ence of all Royalists, shall be tottering to its fall Then they will eject PALMERSTON, as an instrument used up,' and a purely Tory Ministry will be in stalled in office." We thank M. GUIZOT for this warning, and in return warn him not to trust too im plicitly to the British aristocrcy. The British people will never again suffer themselves to be hurried into a war with France in support of aristocratic or ab solutist principles, and the British aristocracy, what ever may be their promises to M. GUIZOT, have too prudent a regard for =their own self-preservation (which would inevitably be compromised by any endeavour to play 1798 over again) to make the attempt. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. The Journal des Pthats has the following on the state of the account between the Treasury and the Bank " This account current amounted to 22,579,000 f. on the 9th of November; it has now fallen to 19,305,000 f. This is a farther diminution of 2,374,000 f. on the re sources which the Bank has placed at the disposal of the State. These resources amount now to only 44,274,000 f., since there only remains 25 millions to be raised from the Bank, which, added to the amount at the Treasury account, gives 44,274,00 0 f. But M. Goudchaux ad mitted in the Chamber that the expenses exceed the ordinary receipts by a million per day. At this rate, with our 44 millions we will reach the end of the year. But at the end of December we have the six months' interest on the Three per cents to pay. Thi s interest was not very heavy a year ago, but it has become so since. The Three per Cents.:figure in the Budget of 1848, which was voted in 1847, for only 68 millions and some thousands of francs. To-day it exceeds 84 millions, which makes 42 millions for the , half year's interest. This is not all. There is, bes'cles, the pensions, of which three months fall due in Decem ber, and which require an additional sum of 15 millions. In short, about 60 millions are wanted by the end o f t h e year over and above the daily expenses, which are co vered not without difficulty by the receipts from the imposts, and the 44 millions remaining unexpended of the loan from the Bank. What have we to meet that 60 millions? We have the instalment of the loairand the portfolio of the 'Treasury. This shows, in the first pl a c e , how important it is that the subscribers to the loan should continue paying theirinstalments, which will not be the case if the Five per Cents. fall sf. more ; b u t, be sides this, the loan will not give 60 millions, which we require, and we must, therefore, have recourse to the portfolio of the Treasury." The Debats then proceeds to examine in what the portfolio of the Treasury consists, and comes to the conclusion that its amount as an available fund has been greatly exaggerated, and: concludes by calling on the Minister of Finance to state explicitly the exact nature of the capital and the securities which it contains. In the same journal we find the following on the subject of the Anglo-French mediation in the La Plata affair : " Whatever may be the intentions of the English Cabinet, the following, according to the information we receive, will be the conduct of the French Government. At the earnest request of several members of the Na tional Assembly, it has decided upon taking an imme diate and energetic determination. Convinced as it is that any further delay, by necessitating the fall of Monte Video, would produce the gravest misfortunes to our fellow-countrymen, it has, by telegraphic dispatch, sent for one of the most distinguished officers of our navy, and is on the point of incrusting him with the means necessary for the defence of the interests of our com merce and our policy, and for the consolidation of our influence, which is shaken in that country." A note has been published in the public journals, signed by Messrs. GenmEit PAGES, PAGNERRE, Du- CLERC, and BARTHELEMY ST. HILAIRE, setting forth their views on the approaching election for Presi dent. It commences by declaring that a number of false reports render it imperative on them to declare their sentiments. Universal suffrage, they say, is the life itself of the Republic, and everything that tends to impede its free and uncontrolled exercise they , consider of a nature to compromise the Republic itself. The dangers which the Republic may have to run, they consider to be of three kinds—coups-detut, usurpations, and excesses, and these they are firmly determined to oppose by every means in their power. They then speak in strong terms aga'nst any inter ference with the people in the election of President, and particularly by the members of the National Assembly, who by any declar a ti on on t h e i r part , or mar k o f sympathy in favour of any particular candidate, would thus, they say, enter into yngagements which might in advance bind them to a certain line of con duct with respect to the President who might be elected, and might thus injure the interests of the State. In consequence, they think it incumbent on them to refrain moat care - fully from offering any name to the public, as that o f th e person w hom they would wish to support; but they do not, they say, conceal from any of their fellow-citizens, who indi vidually demand it, what their sympathies and re pugnances really are . " T he only engagements," they say in conclusion, " that we ought to take be fore our country, are th ose w hi c h we h ave d ur i ng our whole life taken with ourselves : —Love for the Republic and its defence, and the most sincere respect for the will of the people, when the people shall have manifested its will." MM. BONNIN, BARTHELEMY, BOVRBEAU, BEREN GER, and PLEIGNANT, r epresentat i ves o f the people for the department of thelrienne, have declared them selves in favour of General CAVAIGNAC for the Presi dency of the Republie, as offering every guarantee for the stability of the Republic, for the maintenance of order, for the respect of family ties, and for pro perty. The representatives of the department of the Two Sevres have formally adopted General CAVAIGNAC as the candidate they shall support for the Presidency. A few days ago a deputation of the electors of Macon waited upon M. DH LAMARTINE, at his coun try-house, to invite him to preside at a banquet. M. Ds LAMARTINE addressed the deputation in a speech of some length, thanking them for the honour that they proposed, but requesting that, in the present state of things, the banquet might be postponed, which was acceded to, and the month of May fixed. In the course of his speech M. DE LAMARTINE, allud ing to the approaching election for the Presidency of the Republic, said : " You are aware that conversation turns on my very involuntary candidateship to the office of first magis trate of the Republic. Ido not seek that post; I would rather refuse it, were it not a desertion and an act of cowardice to refuse any post whatever, when the Re public may be defended and served. I should not, there fore, refuse this honour if imposed on me by the tree and voluntary suffrages of France. But I have not the presumption to think myself necessary, not even the confidence that I could be more useful than another in that high post of the Republic. I should think it un worthy of France to endeavour to influence her by acts or words. I should think it un• worthy of myself to endeavour to exalt myself in the face of my country. lam what I am, what God has made me, neither more nor less. It is for my country to judge if I can or not still serve it in any way. It is not for me to plead for my pride, or to humiliate myself by begging for confidence and votes, which are of value only when voluntary, conscientious, and maturely reflected. It would be said, besides, that I seize on this opportunity, or that I have contrived it to publish here a manifesto, a programme for myself, as candidate for the place of President. What is the necessity of a manifesto for a man whom France beheld for three months at the Hotel de Ville, or at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs ? For a man who spoke for three months of the Republic, and of the moderate, honest, constitutional, progressive, and conservative sense, which he attached to that word? My name i s a manifesto ; my life during those three months is a programme —or if not, there are no manifestoes or programmes intelligible to the mind and to the eyes of the people. I cannot, therefore, consent to falsify my position, in appearing to desire what I dread. If I am elected, I will accept, and I will be devoted to my duty. —(Applause.) It I am not elected, I shall be well pleased, and I will realise the word of an orator in our first assemblies The Republic would be possible, if some one would consent to be the second.' I will be the second, the third, the last • no matter what, provided the Republic be well serve d well defended 1" , A letter was received on Saturday by the Syndi- MONDAY __EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1848, cate of the Bourse from the Minister of Fir.ance, an nouncing that the salt-tax would be kept on next year, and that, while this source of revenue would be maintained under the present circumstances of the Treasury, the army would be reduced by 50,000 men, and expenses diminished. This letter has given the greatest satisfaction, and relieved the mind of the leaders of the money market. M. LEGRAND presented to the Assembly on Satur day the report of the Committee of Mercy on the cases of the insurgents of June ccndemned to trans portation by the Committee of Inquiry. In con sequence of the light punishments inflicted by the courts-martial on the leaders of the insurrection, the Committee recommend that the exile of the insurgents transported by the Committee of Inquiry should be commuted into various terms of imprisonment. BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18. The market opened rather heavily to-day, but de mands for the delivery of stock to a ra!ll , er heavy amount having been made, buyers were forced into the market, and prices improved-Threes closing at 41f. 40c. Fives at 63C 95c.; and Now Loan at 63f. 90c. The market closed as follows:-Threes, for Cash, 41f. 40c.; for Account, 41f. 40c.; Fives, for Cash, 63f. 95c.; for Account, 63f. 95c.; New Loan, for Casb, 63f. 90c.; for Account, 64; Bank of France Shares, 1320; Neapolitans, 77; Spanish Threes, 23k; ditto, Fives, not quoted. RAILWAYS.-The Share Market has been rather in active, and tor a time shares were generally offered. Towards the close, however, a slight degree of improve ment manifested itself, and prices left off generally a shade better than yesterday. Orleans closed at 5671. 60c.; Rouen, 3471. 50c.; Avignon, 1571. 50c.; Vierzon, 212 f. 50c.; Strasburg and Basle, 751.; Nantes, 3101.; Northern, 3371, 50c.; Bordeaux, 362 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 325. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 5% ex coupons-Namur and Liege, 4;4. S PAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The weekly account of the issue department of the Bank made up to the 12th instant, gives the following results. The notes in circulation, which amounted last week to 109,380,600 reals, have been reduced to 108,229,000 reals, through the cancelling of 1,151,600 reals received for customs duties, &c., leaving a surplus circulation of 8:229,003 reals still to be cancelled, in order to bring down the amount to 100,000,000. The specie and securities remain unchanged at 100,000,000, one-third in the former and two-thirds in the latter. The amount of notes cashed during the week was 2,219,800 reels, which notes have become the pro perty of the Treasury, which has replaced specie to that amount, signed by the manager, Don ESTEBAN, PARFJA, and approved by the royal commissary, &c., Don Luss ARMERO. The Government papers state that General LER SANDI had defeated CADameA at Cubells, but they add, as the Cervera courier has not arrived either to day or yesterday, we are not in a position to be able to confirm this intelligence ; and conclude with stating that very probably the rebels have intercepted the couriers, in order to prevent us from receiving such, to them, disagreeable news. It is certainly rather curious to hear the victors complain that the vanquished intercept their commu nications. The victory, we should opine, from this circumstance, was the other way. MADRID BOLSA, Nov.: 13.—The Three per Cents. are reported at 19/ to buyers, sellers ; Five per Cents. 91 to buyers, sellers ; Coupons 5i buyers ; Passive Debt, 3i- buyers, / sellers; Bank Shares, 40 buyers, 44 sellers. Discount on notes Exchange on London, 47 80. PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received f'rom Lisbon to the Bth, by the Peninsular and Oriental ship Jupiter. A /vliguelite conspiracy, intended to break out on All Saints Day, had been discovered, and the leaders arrested. Public tranquillity remained undisturbed. It is understood that the Portuguese Financial Agency in London will receive by this packet the requisite authority for advertising the payment in the middle of February next of the half-year's divi dend upon Portuguese bonds overdue since the end of June, 1847; remittances have been, and are being made, to enable the London agency to pay these claims. Up to the 3d of November 1,004 contos of Lis bon Banknotes had been withdrawn from circula tion ; the actual circulation amounted to 3,996 contos. The report of the Bank of Portugal of the same date gives its notes in circulation as 228 con tos; metal deposits, 288 contos; and metal in cash, 629 contos. The receipts of the Lisbon Custom-house for the month or October showed an increase of 30 contos as compared with the corresponding month of 1847. Exchange by the Jupiter for bills at three months were effected as follows :—London, 52i, 53, and 53j-; on Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, 42f ; Hamburgh, 48-i; Genoa, 532. The operations were very limited, the Board of Public Credit having purchased lightly : and bills on London remained over at 54. In stocks there hid been few transactions; Five per Cents. were quoted 46 to 48 ; Four per Cents., 37i to 39. Bank of Portugal shares were in demand at 43 to 40 mil reis discount per share. The discount of Lisbon . Bank- notes had been variable, and closed 40 per cent. • GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Berlin journals of the 16th have arrived. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger of that date contains the following official notifications:— ` . CIRCULAR TO ALL THE ROYAL GOVERNMENTS. ri has come to my knowledge that in several parts of the country, very considerable agitation has been, caused by the spreading of a report that the Government of the kingdom intends that the laws for the ameliora tion of the agricultural population which have been sub•• 'pitted to it, and in part promised, shall not be carried , into effect. The Government is, however, firmly re solved to pursue the path it has entered upon, and to . grant the agricultural inhabitants every admissible alle viation. • " I therefore enjoin all the Royal Governments to in form the agricultural populations of their respective dis tricts, with all possible speed, of these intentions of the State, and to cause the magistrates to contradict the said reports in the said respective villages of their juris diction, and to assure the landed proprietors and agricul tural population that the Ministry of State is firmly re solved faithfully to carry out all the concessions made by his Majesty the King, and most especially to further the weal of the agricultural population with all their power. • . ___ " ME MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Berlin, Nov. 15." "PROCLAMATION. "As the term fixed for the voluntary delivery of arms has again expired without the command having been responded to, that the Burgherwehr should give up the arms given to them by the State, to bo used in the Imperial service, it now become the duty of the authorities to take decided measures for taking them away. " Special care shall be taken that the burghers do not again have their weapons taken away from them forcibly by unauthorised persons, as has been fre quently the case. •• By command of the Commandant, therefore, to morrow morning, at nine o'clock, military patrols will appear in the streets, having with them transport wag gons, and as the patrols beat the drum, all the arms which have been given away at every house, and all the ammunition, must be laid at the threshold of the house, where they will be received by persons duly empowered. " Should this command :also not be obeyed, the householders and possessors of arms have themselves to blame for the inevitable consequences which are connected with house-searching and forcible taking of arms. military authorities expect, nevertheless, from the honourable sentiments of the burghers, and especi ally from the judicious co-operation of the overseers of each district, that they will aid the troops in their diffi cult task, and not, by unlooked-for opposition, call forth the most fearful danger upon the city and the country. " The sum of one mark will be given for every weapon which is given up. "YON THUMEN, "Major-General and Commandant." " Berlin, Nov. 14." The following proclamation shows that martial aw has been proclaimed in the city : " The following proclamation, which on the evening of the 13th was published, at the beating of the drum by the garrison of this place, and also by public placard, is hereby again brought before the public. " In pursuance of my proclamation of the 12th of this month, I hereby make known that all person s i n B erlin, or those environs which are with it included in the state of siege, who shall, by any act of treachery, endanger or prejudice the troops commanded by me, shall, by virtue of section 18, part 2, of the military penal code of April 3, 1835, be forthwith brought before a court-martial. " Berlin, Nov. 15. " VON WRANGEL, General." General IVRAINGIEL has also published the following proclamation : " In reference to my proclamation of the 12th of this month, I hereby inform all the inhabitants of this city and those districts which are declared in a state of siege, under penalty of being subject to punishment by mar tial-law, that they are bound to give information of all strangers dwelling with them, according to the existing police laws, whether or not they have given previous notification, till to-morrow, th e 17t h , at two o clock in the afternoon, at the respective police offices and in the I prescribed form. "The Commander-in-Chief of the troops in the March, " VON WRANGEL. " Berlin, Nov. 15." The burghers of Schingen have sent the following address to the National Assembly of Berlin : " Upon several ~ceasions, and more especially upon the 31st of October, it has cppr , ared most incontrover tibly that the National Asfembly in its deliberations and resolutions, is under the terrorism of a lawless democracy. " The repeated proposal to afford the Asseiltbly the requisite protection has been most inconceivably and un%varrantably refused. That which may have appeared to afford it protpction and to elicit important decisions has proved itself wholly insufficient. " - A cry of disgust and of the most decided indigna tion has been raised both here and throughout the whole country, and we can by no means recognise resolutions adopted under such terrorism as the true and deliberate expression of the sentiments of the High National As seuebly, far less as those of the sshole country. " We are convinced that the High National Assembly owes it as a duty to the dignity of the country to issue a law for their protection; and further, that every delay increases the general confusion, tends to impoverish the middle classes, and increase the misery of the lower orders, and that the whole country is brought to the very brink of universal and unbounded destruction. " Unhappily the want of requisite protection has here and there caused the death and the shedding of blood of several of our fellow-subjects. Wherefore the burgher union of this place, while it at the same time expresses the sentiment of the whole body of burghers, wishes and demands that the High National Assembly will speedily and in due form take heed that it obtains that protection which is indispensable to it 'in order that the members of the same may deliberate and resol ve according to their conviction and their conscience. " The measures for the protection of the German National Parliament in Frankfort assembled, are thus guarded, and we most decidedly expect the adoption of similar measures for Berlin; and, further, we consider it indispensable that in case of need they shall be main tained and carried out by the armed. force. " We are fully persuaded that the High National Assembly will do all in its power to set bounds to that lawless and anarchical procedure which impedes them in their highly-important work, so that the work of the Constitution—of the Administration which is so gene. rally longed for, may be speedily Lccomplished. " Signed by the Presidents of the Burgher Union.. " Schingen, Nov. 9, 1848." We on Saturday mentioned the' fact that the Assembly had on the 14th voted the refusal to pay taxes after the 17th. The Dusseldorf Gazette gives the, following account of the proceedings on that occasion : DUring the sitting of the National Assembly in the hall of Mielenz, and- while the refusal to pay imposts was being discused; a 'major and several officers appeared in the hall.. The major walked to the President, and after having spoken a few words to him. in an under tone, The President demanded of him whether he had a written order to dissolve the Assembly ? The major replied that he had brought only a verbal order from General Wrangel, who had refused to give him a written order. The President contested his right; the major then retired with his men, while great agitation prevailed in the Assembly. The major himself was visibly agitated, and conducted the whole business with the greatest delicacy. AS soon as he had quitted the hall a general cry was raised, Let us proceed to vote,' and the As sembly, amid great acclamations, proceeded to vote the refusal to pay taxes after the 17th. The vote was followed by indescribable expressions of joy, tears, embracings, &c." The Guzette de Cologne says, the committee of the members of the right and centre of the National Assembly also have ceased t(5 sit, and have sent to Frankfort two of their members, Messrs. Ostermann and Reichhensperger ; they have addressed the fol lowing letter to the Ministry of State : " The nnder-signed committee of all those Deputies who, fiithful to their conviction that the transfir of the National Assembly does not infringe upon any right, either of the people or of , their Representatives, have submitted to the order of the Crown under date of the 9th of this month, regard ,it as their duty to ask the Ministry of State without hesitation whether it has already ordered the immediate 'convocation of the National Assembly in consequence of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, commanded this day for the city of Berlin ? !. The Committee is of opin:ion that this convocation should take place immediately, conformably with the laW of the 24th September last, if they do not wish to violate the sacred rights:of the people. " THE COUNSELLOR OF THE RIGHT AND OF TUE ItiGIIT• CENTRE." We learn that this step, has' been crossed by a reso lution of the Ministry, which, of •its own accord, an ' ticipated this desire. The Convocation of the Na tional Assembly at Brandenhurgh is to take place shortly befbre the 27th. • • • The: delegates of the city have: adopted an address to -the National Assembly, declaring themselves in faVour'of a refusal to pay:the taxes. On the morning of the l&th several companies of troops were stationed before the Hotel de Ville to preveni the deputies from attending the sitting of the National Assembly, which •was fixed for eleven o'clock. A small body of • offiters - and men were also stationed within the building, who were corn ' rnisioned to prevent, with great- politeness, the en trance. of the deputies, wijile the :armed force placed at • the right and left plainly indicated that a refusal would be followed by serious measures. A plenary sitting could not, therefore, be thought of. The deputies made reiterated and vain attempts, and each individual made a sqlemn protest. Every d-puty as _he protested , was loudly cheered. The deputies, considering that they have done enough to-show their non-obedience to the prorogation, will, it Is understood, desist from any• further attempts at assembling. The search :for arm's had commenced on the 16th, and had proceeded with uninterruption, but it had hitherto been confined to the aristocratic quar ters of the city. • g :In the meanwhile the soldiers and even the police are wavering in their allegi4nce: The President of the Police- has protested against. WRANGEL'S order suspending the publication ;of Certain newspapers. He has been in consequence dismissed, and HEN. KELLEY of Nuersburgh•appointed as his successor, but a .concourse of the Burg'erwehr, &c., of Vurse burg, fell on him at the railway station, and prevented him fiom.prosecuting his, journey. -The Aide-de-Camp of Colonel SOMMERFIELD, who directed the attempt against the Hall of the Assembly, has been placed under arrest, 'for saying that the Colonel, in doing so, had been guilty of an act of treason. The name of this Aide- de-Camp is WYDEN DRUCK. He has since been sent .to Spandau. 'There *as a rumour in Paris• yesterday that the affairs. of Prussia were in a fair Way . of being settled artricably.' It is said that mutual concessions are to be made on the part of the KING and of the Assembly. The Ministry would be changed, and M. GRABOVP authorised to form a new Cabinet. It is said that the French Ambassador offered the protection of Ftance to the Assembly, and that the latter rejected it .with great dignity. To this :circumstance is, in some degree, attributed the conciliatory disposition that has arisen. The disarming• of -the civic guard was proceeding peaceably, and it.was understood that the force would be re-organized. „ Intelligence has since been; received from Berlin to the 17th, at which date all was tranquil. AUSTRIA: .Acoounts have been . received from Vienna to ;he 12th. • The Wiener Zeitung,: of :the 12th, contains the financial survey of the last eleven months, and shows a deficit of - not less than sixty millions of florins. On the 11th a great mercantile house failed for 25,0,000 florins. M. STERNAN a young , author of much merit, was shot on the 10th. Since•the•arrival of the Ministry, the sanguinary WINDiscOn:ATz has been baulked of his victims—his murderous Land has been stayed. Not only has FROI3EL been set at liberty, but MES• SENHAUSER has been reprieved ; and twenty-two per sohs, arrested on the 31st.ult.; have been discharged. A notice of the Communal' Council of Vienna con vokes, by order of the Ministry,. the electors of the diStrict of Saint Poelten : to proceed to the election of a deputy to th e National. Assembly of Frankfort. • SAXON Y. The news of the murder Of IP.uk excited an im mense sensation at Dresden and Leipsic. At Leipsic, where he resided, and which: city he represented in the German Parliament, the people rose and tore down the Austrian arms from the residence of the Austrian consul. BLum's children have been adopted by the•Demoeratic clubs of Germany, who took upon themselves the duty of providing for his widow and ITALY. The• celebrated writer and politician, ALEXANDER PORIO, died at Venice on the 3d; in consequence of the wounds he received in the affair of Mestre. The Roman Gazette of the 7th. announces, that the COuncil of Assembly will assemble at Rome on the 13th. Four hundred Swiss left • Bologna on the Bth fot Pianoro, on the Tuscan - frontier ; it is believed that GARIBALDI is the cause of this movement. Ad vices from Cesena of the Bth announce that the French fleet is anchored before Venice. The land side is free towards liesole ; the Austrians have retired. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 13th states that a change of Ministry at Turin is highly probable; the war party entertain hopes on the sub• ject. General RAmonno arrived at Alexandria on the 12th, and had an interview with the Duke of SAVOY, General BAVA, and General CHOZANOWSKY. The desertions among the Hungarians continue. GREECE. The Athens papers of the 7th inst. brings us the definitive 11,t of the new Ministry. The following are the members of it : I~car•Admiral CANARlS—President of the Council and Minister of Marine. M. A. LONDOS—Mini3ter of the Interior. M. BuLGAßls—Finance. General MAVROMICIIALIS—War. M. C. COLOCOTRONI—Foreign Affairs. RHALLl—Justice. M. CALLIFRONAS—PubIic Worship. The Chambers aro summoned to meet on the 13th of November. MONEY" aud COMMEE.CI As. NE WS T 41 Al? TE 1? 211 TIIIt E E. The Cotton Illarket at Liverpool on Saturday was firm, wit ;out any alteration in prices. The salts were estimated at about 7,000 to 8,000 bales, and comprised 6,000 to 7,000 American at 31 to 6d., of which 1,000 were on specuiaton ; 200 Egyptian sold at sid. to 6d. ; 400 Surats at 2id. to 24(1, and 150 Sea Island at 7d. to 9d. In Railway Shares very little business was done, and prices were heavy. The aecounts received from the manufacturing dis tricts are rather favourable again to-day, and it will be of material importance should a moderate share of acti vity be kept up until such time as the preparations for the spring trade commence. If we cannot depend upon large orders from the Continent, there may be a partial restoration of commerce in which we shall have some participation, and the American, Indian, and Australian growers finding ie. us steady consumers of their produce, though not at high prices, will be enabled to deal with us in return. It the Continent be not in a position to take much of us, it is likewise to be remembered that its means are crippled for a time in competing with us in the production of manufactured articles. The Corn Market is very flat to-day, and there is again a full supply of foreign. The Indian advices inform us of very serious losses at sea, and, judging by the long list of casualties, especially reported from China, the. insurers here, whether companies or individuals, will probably be severe sufferers. It may be doubted whether the exist ing low rates of premium upon marine risks afford a fair margin of profit even to the wealthy and experienced parties engaged in this extensive branch of business, but the competition in monied circles is now as keen almost as in the labour market, and we only wonder that capi talists do not emigrate to the colonies as well as men of skill and strength. In consequence of a fire which broke out on Friday night in one of the chimneys of Lloyd's Merchanti room, art inquiry is now in progress with the view of ascertaining the cause, and some of the leading men in the City are assisting. The mere idea of such a splendid building having been placed in jeopardy, justifies a strict investigation. At the hour of, our writing this, no de cision has been come to. There is still a rising market for Consols, and the advance is fairly per cent. upon Saturday's quotations. The opening rates were 87 to it, and a rapid improve ment has brought up the value to 871 -a. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 86/ to 861, and the Three per C en t s . 86 t o /. A large Bear ac count is stated to have been bought in. East India Stock is heavy at a decline to 232. Exchequer-bills have been 375. to 405., and India Bonds 295. premium. In Foreign Stwks the transactions have not been large, but there is a firmer market for those in which business has been dune. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 241 to 251, and Brazilian 731. Mexican Stock has rallied to 211 1. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 11 to,, and tee Three per Cents. 231 to t. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 46 to 46t. The Railway Share Market does not improve with the Funds, though certainly firmer on the whole. Eastern Counties are very flat, in consequence of a rumour that the dividend will not be maintained. Caledonian are steady; Great Western. Brighton, and Midland rather higher; and the York lines still somewhat heavy. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF ~I tITESH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PBICLS. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns B6 86 1 A 861 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 87 87% 1 4 87% N - ew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anu5....... B6 A IA % 867( 1 Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o ... 8% 9-16 8% India Stock 232 232 India Bonds, 1,0004 Consols for Account. B7 87%11 87% if.xchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. June ...... .......... 5001. March..._ 43 p 43 p 500/. June Small, March p Sinall, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. UNE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Sinai! 7 2 1 /2 72 1 / Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2l%: Yi 21 3 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ..... Ditto, Account ll% 11% Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 24 1 4, Dividends on the above payable iniLondon. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 46 46% 46 3 4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O •...•• -- ••••••• Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4%.. « .. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 Belfast & County Down 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with aguaran. 20 ...... - .• - Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ... Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley ;calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 14 Do. without guarantee 10 - Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... .. . -- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno—. 10 — Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 — ........ ..•• woos Bristol and Exeter 9O . .. . .. . 52 Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 27% Luckinghainshire... 14/. 4s. - ........ • •-• Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 3 / ,4 ...... Do. New 104 Pref..... 5 ... .. 4% 3 4 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth - ........«... Dublin and Belfast Junc 35 ...... - ......... ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East -- Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 .... Do., 31. 105. .. -••— Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ...... 11%3A Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. .... .... 7%...... % p.. ..... .. Ditto, Extension, 5 p er Cent., No. 1 ....... 6/.135. 4d.... IA dis. % die Ditto ditto, No. 2...61 . 1 35. 4d... Do. North. & Ea s t ern 50 — Do., 5 per cent. ...... 50 rtDoQuarters......... 12% . ..... Do. New .. ... .......••••«••.« Eastern Unio n , .... 34 ........... - ...... Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 and B.) ............... 20 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... 5 5% Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... Ditto, ditto .. .... 20 - Ditto (C. & E.) guar. ••»«»•.•••• 18% 4% - 51,4 • 5 per cent...... ...... 2 1 ,4 . ..... - East Lancashire Ditto, New ...... ...... 21 Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 614...... -- East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 1 (Ditto, Half Shar es ... 15 .. .. - Edinburgh and Northern 25 — - Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ..8/. 6s. 8d.... ... Grlasgow,Kili .& A ,5p,,,,.. _imar. ' .yr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. • ..... .. • ••• Great Northern Do., -i /2 A Deferred ... IVA...— 4 4 1 / 8 . ....... ... Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ........ 4% Do. Extension 2 l /. '2 ...... ••• --- i;reat South. and West. 4% 4 NI (Ireland) ... 42%...... ... „„. ..... .. ..4 .•-• Great North of England 100 _.„ ...... _ Ditto, New, 40/. ..... 4O ...... Ditto, ditto 25 — Ditto, New, 30/ 3O - Ditto, New, 151......... 14 .. .. Great Western Ditto, 1 A Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto. Fifths... .<- Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. 9 4 ........ . Huddersfield and Manch. 30 - Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Slr- .arcs ... 25 ...... - Ditto, 1 4 Shares ..... 12 1 / 2 - . Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 — - Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares - Do. Quarter Shares l7 ~ Do. Fifths.... ....... -.. 9 Do. Sixteenths 614 — ... ......... .. -- Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... - Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 5 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 - •.- -- Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 - .. •• 2654 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 - Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 - ... 1 . 1 4 1 / 2 . Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A)... 9 1 / 2 ...... ... -- Leeds and Bradford - Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . - Do., Half Shares 25 ... .. ..... Do., (blue) Scrip 2 l / 2... .. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 ........ ...... -- Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 ... . ..... ..... Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3 1 / 2 — Me •••••• ..... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 ...... - Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction-. 2%.... London &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4 Do. Extension ..... ... 22 1 / 2 .- - London, Brighton. and South Coast Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ...... - Do. Pref. Com 5 per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — - Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. .. ....... 4 - L )ndon and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d — . ........ ...... -- Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d — London and N. Western 100 ......116 1 / 2 115 ll6 Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New ....... ..... 7 Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... Do. 40/.Shares( L. M.) 25 — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 9 Do. 101. (M. & L.) C. 1 Lund. Ss S. WL•stern 5O ~.. . ~.. Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 / 2 .. -—. i ..... —•• ••• Do. New 401. s4 —/ .O ...., 414 7ai 9: 2% 'as