The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-08 00:00:00

NOTICE. MR. AINSWOItTH'S NEW ROMANCE, "THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES," will shortly be pub lished by Mr. COLBURN, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. In a few days In Three Vols. post A. SECOND. REVISED, AND CHEAPER EDITION MR. WIIITE SIDE 'S ITALY i n th e NINETEENTH CENTURY. *** Orders should be in the Booksellers' hands by Monday next. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BU N. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. ThE5 repeated representations that have been mad eto the manage ofg a reduction of prices, in order to moot the exigencies the times, have led to its present adoption. In (=plying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only Necessary to state that precisely the same character of performance will be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher nalia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a scale of admission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so tiplendid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle• •• • • • •••• • • •. Five Shillings. Upper Boxes •••• • • Four Shillings. Pit ... ............. Half-a-CrowA. Lower Gallery .............. One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery Private Ilexes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; I.4,per Boxes, 2s. ; Pi 2i. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THIS EVENINi3r, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled QUENTIN DURWARD. Louis the Eleventh, Mr Borrani ; Charles the Bold, Mr. H. Corri; Louie, Mr. Herherte ; Ludovic Lesly, Mr. W, H. Payne ; Quentin Durward, Mr. W. Harrison ; the Princess Joan, Miss Mcssent ; the Ctusiteus Isabelle of Croyc, Mrs. D. King. Alter whiell'a New Divertissement, entitled LE DAL MASQUE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled PERI. in which Meilles. Plunket TlL t, E Celeste Stephan,,Moncelet, CUahnle, gauge Payne, X. Petipa, &c., will appear. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office is open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Ur. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully laformed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the Whole re-decorated. THIS EVEICDTO, Will be performed THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Oakley, Mr, Charles Kean; Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED WON. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden boa; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley, Te conclude with the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Llenel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. • 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, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENLNG Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. ♦ Story of the Solway. Tan Daggs, 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 Farco called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geodhick, Mr. Lambert Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ICOTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma' he xs. THIS ENING. Will he performed:a com i c Dra VE ma, entitIed:ANYTHITTG FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Honner; Miss Y. Fitxwilliam, and Miss Marshall. To be followed by MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in whicis Mr. John Reeve will appear. After which an APPEAL. TO TUE PUBLIC. Ts conclude with USED UP. Drees Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4.5. ; Pit, 2 ; Gallery, ls. No Ulf-price to any part of the house. The New Rox-office, No. 2, Wellington-We ;I, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATttE, Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner 17 Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrawn men to have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and eonvexience of tie audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD PELLOW. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE MODEL COUPLE, in Vritich Messrs. Oxberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To be followed by a New DITERTISSEMENT. To conclude with the Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PECCADILLO. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS, This celebrated Troupe, whose - performances bare excited univer sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre THIS EVENING, December 8, to be continued every Evening during the week. The Programme will include a ♦ariety of original Songs, Glees, &c., entirely new to this country, written and composed expressly for this company. Doors open at Eight, the Entertainments to commence at Half past Eight. Boxes, 4a. • Pit, 2s. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Li. brary, 33, ad Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and addkess of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, DECEMBER 8. TREBMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 53; Noon, 55 BA.RCIKETEB, 29.98—risen 37 points since yesterday. WIND S.W.; hazy weather. RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS D.Y. Kerning .. 44 rrdn atter 11 I Evening .. 0 min. after 0 7 ... 4, , ..c.„.,,,.-..:ic. , --,:z*-.--,44.4,,-1 L11 p&_,,:.-..v 1 ,‘ .„4,4i,.,, „,.., .„...._:„...,:5c,..„,_,..,..,......„_,:t..„.1 Arp.,,,,, ~,.,,.,,, 4,,,,,,..T,,, 4 . -, - ;.• - .;:.-,e 4 ,1,, • , et .4 tiring nit LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1848. Reaction is accumulating its energies from all quarters, and striving by every possible device to win back the ground already conquered by the Revolu tion. It is doing this, now covertly, now openly, now in the forensic arena, now in the literary ambuscade. No slanders are too gross for its purpose. No vitu perations are too boisterous for its malice. These exertions of the counter-revolutionists are visible more over in a thousand different directions at the same moment. Their language is heard in the halls of Parliament, in the courts of law, from the pulpits of religion, from the ros • trams of the University, from Cabinets and corporations, from philosophers and artisans, from the cabin of the mariner and the meadow of the agricul turist. All classes of the community contribute their Tarots either of power or of virulence in furtherance of cause which has latterly become desperate—the cause of the reactionaires. And it is precisely because their cause is thus desperate that its votaries are com pelled to resort to so many extraordinary extremi ties. Seeing that Absolutism must sink under the assaults of the Revolution unless all the siipporters of Absolutism abandon for a time their various jealousies, and unless, in addition to this, they throw aside all consideration of prin ciple, they have at length determined to coalesce tem porarily, and to adopt every means, no matter how base or dishonourable, to hurl back destruction on the heads of their antagonists, and to further the liews of the different despots of Christendom. This conviction it is which has resulted in an Aristocratic Coalition more infamous than any of those; Regal Coalition s w hi c h were first eraploycd as the arms of the C ounter-Revolution. This conviction it is which has • united in one homogeneous mass the many hetero geneous grades and sections opposed to the progress of constitutional regener a tion. P ar ti zans o f the lily, upholders of th e red flag, lovers of the whit e coc k a d e Of HENRI Cn ea and ofthe rmiappz, admirer s o f legitimacy, feather of L ouis acy, aspi ran t s f or anar chy, the creatures battening upon pan tion and Croatian pill age , the courtie rs Sish corrup 011mutz detestati on he, and the sycophants of Sans Souci_all of and soul, and body, and mind, in th e i r unite revolutions, and in their preference of anyresult f whatsoever, from the establishment of a despotism to the organisation of the Reign of Terror, rather than yield the palm of victory to the champions of a mo derate and rational system of Democracy. To this end are striving—GulzoT, the wily refugee ---METTERNICH, his twin-brother in chicane—D'A role Sums, the professed infideI—LAMENNAI3, the renegade priest —NARVAEZ, the arbitrary soldier— CABRAL, the intriguing diplomatist FREDERICK WILHELM, the Charletan King—PROUDHON, the rhapsodist of politics—CANlNO, the crack-brained Quixote in search of popularity—and, beyond all these, we are rather disposed to suspect, those gentlemen who under the mask of Ultra- Republicanism have caused so much anxiety, first, to the Provisional Government, secondly, to the Execu tive Commission, and lastly, to the Councils pre sided .over by General CAVAIGNAC. Some of these men (the conspirators we mean, last mentioned) held office for a while under the successive revolutionary Cabinets constructed out of the chaos of February. Some of them were seized with arms in their hands during the insurrection of May, and were incar cerated in Vincennes. Some were merely sus pected, were impeached before the National As sembly, and were forced to fly in secret from the rigours of republican justice. While ALBERT lan guished in the Donjon, LOUIS BLANC disported him -15_14 Chg luspicia, 4.5 to the PillCOritY of the men charged with conspiring against the Republic and w•ith complicity in the May rebellion, has been within the last few days somewhat con firmed by the appearance of a work which is little better than the subtlest advocacy of the cause of Reaction. The work is a companion book to the notorious autobiography of Citizen FoucuE—it is the " Secret History of the Revo lutions of 1848," by Citizen CAUSSIDIERE.# Now Citizen CAUSSIDIERE was employed by the Executive Government as the Prefect of the Police in Paris ; and when we find this same Citizen CAUSSI DIERE striving in two mortal volumes to ridicule the Moderate Republicans under whom he served, and against whom he conspired—when we find this same Citizen CAUSSIDIERE endeavouring to prove himself to be the only honest patriot in France at the very moment when he is revealing the secrets of his former colleagues—when we find this same citizen CAUSSIDIERE declaring for that Red Republicanism which deluged the streets of the French capital with blood in the month of June, and for that insane Socialism which nurtured the Ouvriers of the Ate liers Nationaux into traitors capable of perpetrating any atrocity towards their fellow-citizens—w e may with some reason begin to regard " Citizen CAUSSI DIERE, ex-Prefect of Police, and Representative of the People," as another of those anomalous characters who are just now devoting their plastic and elastic talents to the encourage ment of the hopes of the reactionaires. To wards the close of his eccentric revelations this rather confidential ex-Prefect of Police strives to clothe himself in the allurements of pensiveness. Alas ! he sighs, " I had golden dreams !" And over the dissipation of those dreams he laments in a poetic postscript—those golden dreams being such as are associated with the men who have affrighted the world with the blasphemies articulated at their Democratic and Socialist Banquets men whose watch-cries were " ►ive l'Enfer Yive la Guillotine 1 Vice MARAT Vive Ro- BESPLERRE I" men who coupled their impieties of speech with a flippancy of manner which rendered them doubly horrible, and who drank brutal toasts, associating the awful name of GOD with those of ATTILA and JULIAN the Apostate ! If a wholesome antidote is required to the per nicious " disclosures" of Citizen CAUSSIDIERE, it will be found in a pamphlet published almost simul taneously with the more pretentious work of the French Socialist—we mean the ad mirable " Letteet recently addressed to the ex-Chancellor Lord BROUGHAM, by HUNTER GORDON, Esquire, of Lincoln's Inn. In this brief but eloquent vindication, of the results of the Revolution, as tending not only to the happiness of millions but also to the diffusion of the divine prin ciples of religion, will be recognised many passages which afford a direct refutation to the lugubrious howlings and cynical calumnies of Citizen CAUSSI DIERE, In directing attention therefore to the two volumes penned by the French Representative, we are particularly solicitous to refer the public at the same instant to the pamphlet emanating from the heart o the English Barrister The memorial recently presented to the Lords Justices of Ireland from the rate-payers of the West port Union and the reply thereto are documents suggestive of many grave considerations. The abso• lute necessity of prompt and energetic action is thereby most clearly demonstrated. Something must be done, and that speedily, or the most fearful con sequences must ensue—involving all classes, as well landlords and tenants, as tradesmen and labourers, in one common ruin. The very extent of the assistance that has already been afforded the grants and loans contributed alike from the national Exchequer, and from the voluntary contributions of Englishmen, point out most forcibly the vast ex tent of misery and destitution that has prevailed in that union since the first failure of the potato crop, which formed the almost exclusive support of the la bouring population. The simple facts that no less than 93,3251., a sum considerably more than double the valuation of the entire union, was freely and ab solutely granted for the relief of the suffering inha bitants within the last two years, and that further sums, amounting in the whole to 40,0061., were advanced by way of loan within the same period, making a grand total of 133,3311., or 68s. in the pound, on the valuation, brought in aid of the re sources of the union, while the rates struck from the month of September, 1842, until May, 1848, amounted hut to 12,501/. 145., of which sum 4,1151. only had been collected—these facts,; we say, indicate at the same time the extremity of the distress and the poverty of the resources of the in babitants, and the is onderful liberality of the British nation. We must presume then that an absolute necessity existed for the aid that was rendered with such profuse munificence—tha these enormous advances were essential to the pre servation of the lives of the people. It could have been no fictitious distress, no pretended destitution, that elicited such extraordinary assistance. It would be a libel upon the Government to assert that they could have been so egregiously duped as to have sanctioned such extravagant gifts and loans, save under circumstances of the utmost pressure. It is beyond a doubt, then, that the resources of the Union were insufficient to support its poverty, and let us see how far those resources have been im proved within the present year, so as to render that task now practicable which last year was clearly impossible. The first questions that naturally arise are, how has that vast sum been expended ? Has any and what portion thereof been applied in the improvement of the soil or in bringing new land into cultivation, so that larger supplies of food may be obtained therefrom for the support of the people ? We regret to say that no satisfactory answers can be returned to these interrogatories. More than 122,0001. thereof was expended in 1847 under the Labour-rate Act and the Temporary Re lief Act. No permanent or lasting benefit was thereby conferred upon the country. Myriads of able-bodied men, with their families, were fed at the national expense ; but no useful labour was required from them in return. The works that were executed were of no public utility, while the gratuitous supply of food to strong men had an injurious and demoralizing effect. It is notorious that in too many instances lands that had previously been cultivated were loft untilled and uncropped, and that the produce of the soil was far below the average, both in quantity and quality. 20,950/. only was advanced within the present year, and that at its very commencement, from the funds of the British Association. The small farmers, the yeomanry, that constituted the most valu able class in the community, have been flying by thousands and tens of thousands from the fated districts, carrying with them all their avail able funds, and abandoning their exhausted holdings to the landlords, as scanty recompenses for rent in arrear, or perhaps assigning their farms to paupers, in order that they might be enabled to ex tract further sums from the pockets of the im poverished proprietors, as the price of peaceful sur renders,. and in order to avoid the tedious and expen foivrerareermiyedhieelsd a al h lo i w h ed pos b i y tio la n w :epi l o l y a i n n y g of a tho e se u l x vh u o . ries have been and comforts that wealth and influlelntche luau and afford, obliged vabf to submit to the most painful el"tis.butT o and those than of that any poor-rate, of the paupers whose aUpport has absorbed all their resources. The comparative] made, clearly been collected for notwithstandingbee the unceasing exertions that have n establishes the inability of the proprietors a n d 0c - piers of the soil to meet the l eg i timate demands that have been made. It indicates the comparatil insol vency of the district, and proves th a t some be rendered, or that the people will perish by lingering and painful deaths, and that all classes will be involved in one common ruin. The conclusion which naturally arises from these premises is that set forth in the memorial, th a t i t i s the duty of the Government to avert the calamity and that for that purpose it " should come forward " Memoirs of Citizen Caussidiere," 2 vols., pp. 577 : London, Richard Bentley, 1848. The work ie, at least, a surprising curiosity. f " Letter to the Right Hon. Henry Lord Brougham, F.R.S., &e., on the Influence of the French Revolution on the Church of France." By Hunter Gordon, Esq., 8%, pp, 56; Loudon, hum ilidgway, 1645. promptly and liberally to make provision for the poor," obtaining all possible assistance and co-opera tion from the rate-payers. It may be asked, whether we would have the na tion permanently saddled with the expense of feeding this enormous mass of poverty and destitution ; whether Ireland is for ever to remain a drain upon the Imperial Treasury? Such is not our desire or our wish. On the contrary, we would offer the stronger* opposition to any suggestion of the kind. But it is to avoid so painful a necessity, to prevent a result so burdensome to the British and so humiliating to the Irish nation, that we insist upon the adoption of some adequate measures, and that without one moment's unnecessary delay. The people may be maintained without the ul timate loss of one shilling, to the national Exchequer, without the imposition of a single pound of additional taxation. Considerable profits may even be ob tained, that will more than repay the sums bestowed upon the Union within the past two years. Would it not be an act of madness to neglect the golden opportunity, to remain inert and apathetic when there is so urgent a neces sity for prompt and vigorous action? The reclama tion of the waste lands, the development of the deep sea and coast fisheries, are the means by which these desiderata can be obtained. We are prepared to prove that the great bulk of the population could be employed in draining the bogs and the reclaiming of mountains, and that the land so ameliorated would, within a brief space, realise more than double the amount expended len its improvement. The only possible objections that can be urged. are those which Mr. RIGBY Wasori has so happily ridiculed—viz., the impolicy of the Government interfering with private property, or affording general employment to the people. The owners of that property have , in their memorial declared their inability to discharge the duties incidental to its position. They must therefore yield it up to those better qua lified to do so. And surely it is better to employ the people, and to obtain a valuable return, than to see them perish of starvation or to support them in use less idleness; and these are the only alternatives. Although neither Sir CULLING EABDLEY nor Mr. DENISON is exactly the man whom we should consider as best calculated to represent the 'West Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament, yet, as there ap pears no probability of any other candidate being seriously proposed, it becomes the duty of each elector of the West Riding seriously to consider the pretensions of these gentlemen, and although neither may be the beau ideal of a Representative of the people, to give his support to that candidate who approaches the nearest to what the Representative of a constituency so important ought to be; and after the scene which took place at the Halifax meeting, there can be no doubt but that Sir CULLING EARD LEY is in all respects superior to his opponent. We cannot but regret that this contest has been made so peculiarly a religious contest. The sacred religion of peace should never be desecrated by being made a weapon of secular warfare; and it is much to be regretted that all mankind can not be brought to consider that every man should be permitted to worship his MAKER after his own manner, without let or hindrance, or even inquiry from his fellow-man. The introduction of the question of religion into this contest is the more to be regretted, because, after the exhibition at Halifax, there appears to be no very substantial dif ference between the two candidates on the question of Roman Catholic endowments which has been put for , ward as the cheval de bataille of this contest Sir CULLING EARDLEY, in a bold and straightforward manner, declares that he will not consent to any grant of money for the support of the Roman Catholic religion, while Mr. DENISON was reluctantly brought to admit that, although he might be induced to vote money for Roman Catholic schools, it would only be on such conditions as would abso lutely preclude any conscientious Roman Catholic from taking advantage of the grant, so that on this point there is very little practical difference between the two candidates ; and to Sir CULLING EARDLEY must be granted the merit of having never shirked the declaration of his opinions ; while was necessary to subject Mr. DENISON to a rakingcross-examination in order to elicit from him his notions on the question of Roman Catholic schoo. endowment;. On all other questions there cannot be a doubt but that the opinions of Sir CUL LEN EARDLEY are much more in accordance with those of the electors of the West Ridi►;g than are those of Mr. DENISON, Sir CULLING EARDLEY is and has been a staunch free-trader. Mr. DENISON is a protectionist, has a hankering after a re-enactment of the corn-laws, although he will not at present support such a pro position (k flowing very well he could never carry it), and innocently states that he believes free trade to mean the total repeal of all import duties, whether imposed for revenue or for protection. If this be really Mr. DENISON'S belief, he is far too simple a gentleman to represent the West Riding, he should go to school again-- if it be not he is far too casuistical to be safely trusted. Again, Sir CULLING EARDLEY is for an immediate extension of the suffrage. Mr. DENISON will not vote for extension of the suffrage at present, but he will advise his infant grandson to do so, when he shall, half a century hence, succeed to the DENISori property, provided the people shall be in a proper state to benefit by such extension, the DENISONS themselves, of course being the judges of what is or is not a proper state. But, above all, Sir CULLING EARDLEY supports, and Mr. DENISON opposes the ballot. Mr. DENISON would have the constituency slaves, Sir CULLING EARDDEY would make them freemen. Mr. DENIsoN would have the serfs driven up to the poll torecord a lie, and calls the power possessed by the landholder, so to make his serf record a lie, the legitimate influence of property. Sir CULLING EARDLEY would emancipate those serfs, and enable them honestly and conscientiously to fulfil the sacred trust confided to them by the con stitution, by restraining the illegitimate in fluence of property. Mr. DENISON in his club seeks refuge from the Bully of society in the ballot. The voter is entitled to the same protection," as was justly and eloquently observed by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, in his speech on the ballot, last session—" The voter is entitled to the same pro , tection against the Bully of Politics." That pro. tection Mr. DENISON refuses him; and, therefore. Mr. D.Eirsori is not the man for the West Riding. BANK OF ENGLAND.—Another specimen of in genious fraud has been discovered at this establishment. A few days ago a note of 1,0001. was presented for pay ment. The inspector examined it, found it genuine, looked to the numbers of the stopped notes, and seeing that the note presented was not among them, two 500 i. notes were given in exchange, for which gold was pro cured almost immediately. On the following day it was discovered that the leading figure of the number had been dexterously changed, and that 94,825 was altered to 04,825. It required the eye of a chemist to detect the change ; and as no blame can be attached to the in spector, we presume the " rest " will be reduced by the amount paid in error. Tho figure was so well inserted that no ordinary examination was equal to its discovery, The note thus sent in formed ono of a series of which a bank clerk was defrauded a few years ago. FIRE AT THE LIVERPOOL GAS WORKS.—A fire broke out OH the premises of the Old Gas Company's Works, in Dale -street, about twelve o'clock at noon, which at ono period had an alarming aspect, owing to the fears entertained of its communicating with three other gasometers. The fire was first noticed on the roof of the house containing the gasometer No. 2, but how it originated we cannot at present ascertain. A small fire engine upon the premises was speedily put in action, and kept up as vigorous a flow of water as its limited powers admitted, the fire continuing to spread along the roof, portions of which from time to time fell in. Two of the West of England fire-engines arrived soon after, and, by their continued play upon the roof, the inside of the building, and the adjoining divisions, containing three build other gasometers, the fire was completely subdued shortly self earstheedd. themselves after one o'clock. The damage sustained will be some whati building considerable, ha s fal len in, n for a nd nearly th e windowsthe are roof' co p ol e t the e ly The l v w e workmen r k v ' e m r y e n pbrealiosne gas-works, w ei n n r g th t il o .y, th a e ndthe re brigade, and their commander Mr. Hewitt ,were prompt in attendance, 1 and v - ' duti T igorous in the execution of th e i r es. he mayor was on th e ground; so also was Mr. g i N owlin, the head constable; and b o th ren d ered their valuable services on T,..._ LATE ~ the occa s i on . "x. l' ALL OF AEA ' .A ILW AY nen.--Yes terclay an inquest was held ' ‘Verd and Joseph I as e upon the bodies of George th e fall of a . .anoin, the two labowrers killed hr n arch on the East and Birmingham Junction and West India bock Railway, when the jury re turned a spe c i a l verdict of " Accidentally' killed, and that the arches being are ;in; a by rain the centres had been ' reilnired t 99 early." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Jaurnid des Debate publishes the following latter from Naples : " Our city is in the greatest state of emotion at the news of the arrival of the Pope at Gaeta, in company with the French and Bavaria% Ministers at Rome. The King, with all the Royal Fomily, left yesterday morning for Gaeta, to welcome his Holiness. His Majesty has returned, but the greatest mystery prevails as to the re sult of his interview. " Nothing is yet known as to whether his Holiness will remain at Gaeta, or whether he will come on to Naples. In the opinion of many impartial minds in Italy, it is to be hoped that he will not leave the latter place, as it might serve as a pretext for the ultra liberal party, and give a sort of colour to such of our patriots who will not fail to accuse the Pope of having thrown himself into the arms of the representative of the Absolutist and Austrian principle. It is unfortunate that the road to Naples was the only one open to the Pope. The road to Civita Vecchia was guarded, and to go into Tuscany was equally irapossible.from the state of agitation which new prevails in that country. The following is what is surmised with regard to the future residence of the Pope:—He cannot, it is thought, re main long at Gaeta, where there is no suitable accom modation for him. The city of Benevento offers greater advantages, and, among others, that of being indepen dent; but there are also inconveniences for want of proper accommodation. The convent of Mount Cassino would be a sort of inaccessible desert, and, besides, is too near the Roman frontier to be inaccessible to a coup de main ; as a last resource, the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, is named; but the same objections might be raised against this place as against Naples. When there remains Malta, Spain, and France. "The arrival of his Holiness has caused great delight hero, as well amongst the friends of religion as amongst those of the Government, to whom it gives a great moral strength and a powerful relief in Europe. The French, Spanish, and Bavarian Ministers are extolled to the skies for having assisted the Pope in his flight. " His Holiness had for several days been narrowly watched. M. de Sparn, the Bavarian Minister, presented himself at the palace, and expressed an anxious wish to see the Pope on the subject of a pretended marriage be tween the Count do Trepani and a Bavarian Princess. He was introduced into the Pope's cabinet, but the door was kept open, and several persons remained on guard in the adjoining room. After some time M. d'Harcourt, the French Minister, arrived, and was also introduced. He entered into an animated conversation with the per sons who were in the ante-room, in order to take off their attention from what was passing in the Pope's cabinet. After a short time, one of the persons on guard looked into the cabinet—it was empty. The Pope had disguised himself in the robe of a simple priest, and had been allowed to pass out as the chaplain of the Bavarian Minister. On crossing the Neapolitan frontier an apparent difficulty arose. The commandant of the town, after having examined the passport of the Bavarian Minister, in sisted on seeing that of the chaplain. M. de Sparn whispered a few words in the ear of the officer, who in stantly threw himself on his knees before the mule on which the pretended chaplain was riding, when he was immediately recognised to be the Pope, and received the acclamations and welcome of all around. " M. d'Harcourt only arrived at Gaeta on the 26th, by the Tenare steamer, from Civita Vecchia. It is not known where M. Martinez do la Rosa, the Spanish Am bar-Adm., now is. The accounts from Rome are very confused. According to some accounts, the residence of the Bavarian Minister has been pillaged and burnt, in consequeence of the part taken by that diplomatist in the escape of the Pope. The plan of his escape had been concocted by the members of the diplomatic corps, and all their measures taken with the greatest skill and secresy. Cardinal Antothelli left 24 hours before for Gaeta, in order to prepare everything on the road, and for his reception at that place. The expedition to Civita Vecchia had s ailed from Marseilles before the arrival from Paris of the order countermanding it. A letter from Marseilles dated Dec. 3d, says,—" The expedition for Civita Vecchia left our harbour last evening. At one time it was sup posed that there would hare been a serious delay, owing to the steam-frigate Magellon getting aground on going out of harbour. After much exertion she was got off, and the fleet—composed of the Magellon, Labrador, and Montezuma steam-frigates —set sail for Italy. The expedition is composed of 3,200 men, in infantry, artillery, and engineers." The Monte zuma and Labrador took on board at Toulon an im mense quantity of ammunition and projectiles. A fast steamer has, it is said, been dispatched after the fleet to command its return to France. M. DE COR CELLES sailed on board the Osires for Gaeta on the 3d. The Committee appointed to consider the decree of the 19th Sept., awarding public recompenses, has been greatly scandalised at discovering that among the persons to whom it is proposed to grant pensions are not only those who during the former reign were imprisoeed for political offences merely, but some of the conspirators in the attempts of FIEECIII, DARMES, and ALIRAUD. In consequence of the excitement produced by this discovery M. DUFAURE, in the sitting of the Assem bly on Wednesday, introduced a project of law alto gether annulling the decree of the 19th September. On the announcement of this, M. ne LAROCHE` JAQUELIN demanded that the scandalous documents connected with the project should be deposited in the archives of the Assembly. He declared that the pro ject was withdrawn before the indignation of the Assembly. M. DUFAURE declared that he was un acquainted with the documents alluded to. The ballot for the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the Assembly was completed en Wednesday, when General BEDEAU and MM. LACROSS, Bixto, HAVIN, Gouncneux, and ConnoN, were declared elected Vice. Presidents ; MM. LANGLOIS and LAUSSEDAT, Secretaries, The Minister of the Interior has just addressed a circular to the prefects of the departments, in which, after alluding to his former circular respecting the conduct they were to adopt respecting the election for President of the Republic, he says " Your task is not yet accomplished. It is to the day of election itself that I especially call your attention and watchfulness. It is at that moment that you must exert all your efforts to ensure what we have sought for above all things—freedom in giving the suf frages, the truth and sincerity of election. You will remember that acts to be regretted sig nalised, in certain places, the genera l e l ect i ons i n April last, and presented a lamentable contrast with the calm and imposing character which they had in nearly all the points of France. In some places ignorance or cre dulity were imposed upon by substituting false for real bulletins; in other places votes were obtained by vio lence, and the electoral urn was profaned by a misled animosity. It may not be impossible that, if not the perversity of some minds, the vivacity of political pas sions, that species of intoxication excited by the still novel exercise of universal suffrage, may again produce similar attempts at fraud and disorder. I need not inti mate to you how much it behoves you to avert them, and how much importance I attach to their being promptly and energetically repressed. I well know that these disorders can arise only from a few isolated and insensate attempts, and in the result of the ballots they will only have an insignificant influence; but, in a moral point of view, the election of the President ought to be purely free from acts which may justly disturb the friends of order—the partisans of an honest and moderate Republic." M. PIETRI, one of the representatives of the people, ) has received the following from a n officer at Brest " Seven compani es of infantry of marine, embarked , and ready for sail to the Antilles in the Proserpine and Allier, were allowed to vote for ,the President of the ' Republic by anticipation. The result was as follows : Proserpine, Louis Napoleon, 270 ; Cavaignac, 170 ; blank bulletins, 110 ; Ledru-Rollin, 4. Allier, Louis Napoleon, 276 ; Cavaignac, 64 ; Ledru Rollin, 28 ; La martine' 6 ; Lacrosse, 1 ; Lamorieittore, 1. The National publises a circular from the mer chants and bankers of Havre in support of the can didature of General CAVAIGNAC. They say that, "situated at the doors of England, and of the two Americas, aad in fact on the threshold of the immense road that connects France with foreign countries, they feel it their bounden duty to show the effects produced by the events that have happened since February on their navigation, commerce, and industry." After February, credit and confidence were destroyed, work was extinguished, and exporta tion ceased. No more foreign vessels entered their port, and the evil produced was immense. After the general election there came an appearance of security, which was overthrown by the invasion of the Assembly on the 15th May, but the events of June sealed their misfortunes. Under General Cavaignac, however, confidence revived again, and they have no doubt would be confirmed by ' his election to the presidency. They say that from the moment the candidature of Louis Napoleon assumed a serious aspect, then sales of goods declined, exportations diminished, and there has been a postponement of all undertakings, so that at this moment their commerce lies under an interdiction. In fine, they say, "We see this moment every symptom of a great political calamity I" Under these circumstances they earnestly recommend the election of General Cavaignac. The document is signed by about 200 trading firms. The following notice, which is probably official, has been sent to the journals:— " The Estafette, of the 6th inst., in its article entitled Chronique Politique,' says that much discussion has taken place in the lobbies of the Assembly upon an ap plication made to General Cavaignac by a certain number of members of the club of the Rue de Poitiers, proposing to go immediately into their several departments and canvass them on his behalf, on the express condition that he would renounce the high function of President, in case the absolute majority should not be acquired by any ' one of the candidates, and M. Louis Bonaparte should have a greater number of votes than were given to the General; but that the General refused, in the hope of being elected by the Assembly. Wo are able to affirm that no proposition of this kind has been made to General Cavaignac by the members of the club of the Rue de 1)( tiers, and that the President and other officers of the club will hasten to contradict the report, the absurdity of which must fall upon those who have fabricated it." Mr. Toxemic, holder of an unpaid bill of exchange 013,087 f. drawn, accepted, and endorsed by the pee sons contracting fur and guaranteeing a cut of wood in the domains of the Princesses ADELAIDE, has caused them to be cited before the Tribunal of Com merce, togetheg with, to the citation calls him, "M. of tion Louis PUILIPPE, Comte DE NEUILLY, living in the chateau of Claremont, in England, general legate of Mille. ADELAIDE D'ORLEANS, his sister." The case is to come on in a week. A Democratic and Socialist banquet took place at Condom on the 27th. Covers were laid for 310 guests, but only 180 sat down to dinner, M. LUCIEN LAMARQUE, editor of the Etoile cr Aqutaini, being in the chair. After sitting some hours, the guests, at the approach of dusk, promenaded through the town, crying " Vive LEDRU ROLLI N !" "Fi ve l a Republique Democratique et Sociale 1" " A bas les rentiers et les proprietairesl" They separated with.. out any disturbance. The authorities of the town had been invited to the banquet, but all had declined being present. _ _ _ The Sernephore of Marseilles, of the 2d, says— " The Courrier Corse, which has arrived here from Naples, brings the intelligence that the French fleet was anchored on the 27th ult. in the Gulf of Naples. There were only three steamers in the port—the Pluton, the Pingouin, end the Salamandro. Our fleet, up to that day, had made no movement. Admiral Baudin was still on board the Friedland. A painful piece of news has reached us by this vessel, that the Jemmapes, ship of the line, had gone aground in the vicinity of Civita Vecchia. It was, however, hoped that it would be got off. The passengers by the Courrier Corse add, on in formation obtained at Civita Vecchia, that the country was tranquil, and that no new movement had taken place at Rome. At Genoa there was great agitation, and cries of Down with the Ministry' had been utter e d at a re view of the National Guard." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT 'TIIE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dec. 7. Luxembourg ( lel.), 2—Northern of France, 63 Orleans and Bordeaux, l%—Rouen and Havre, 7. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. The rumours of a Ministerial crisis continued to gain credit in Madrid. The QUEEN gave a grand ball at the palace on the 29th, at which neither NARVAEZ nor any of the Ministers were present, but General O'DoNrtnLn, who is the great enemy of NARVAEZ, was there, and was received with marked attention by the QUEEN. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 30.—Threes, 194 11-16 ; Fives, 8f I. Exchange on London, 48 35. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. ABDICATION OF THE EMPEROR. On the 2d of Dec. the Emperor FERDINAND abdi cated the Imperial throne of the Austrian empire, in favour of his nephew, the Archduke FRANCIS JOSEPH, eldest son of the Archduke FRANCIS CHARLES, who resigns his claims as next brother to the Emperor FERDINARD, in favour of his son, now the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH. In a proclamation, dated 011mutz, Dec. 2, the Emperor FERDINAND announces his abdication. The Emperor FRANCIS, on the same day, issued a proclamation setting forth the principles of his Go. vernment. This proclamation is virtually a repetition of the Ministerial programme of Prince SCHWART• ZENBURG. The intelligence of the abdication of the Emperor FERDINAND was communicated to the Diet on the 3d by Prince SCHWARTZENBURG. The ex- EMPEROR has fixed upon Prague as his future place of residence. Ile arrived in that city at midnight o the 2d December. The Emperor FRANCIS Josior.o was born on the 18th August, 1830. The Wiener Zeitung of Dec. 1 contains the fol lowing official report from the theatre of war in Tran sylvania :-- - "Lieut.-Colonel Urban, with his large corps, had on the 13th approached as far as Samos. Ujoar, suddenly attacked by him with a superior force from Klausenburg, was simultaneously threatened in the flank by circum- venting columns. The Lieut.-Colonel, without firing a shot, occupied the strong position to the left of Samos. Ujoar, who also landed there, was beaten back and com pletely worsted. He probably lost upon from 49 to 50 dead, who were all, however, carried off; one of the leaders also was shot dead by a ball, but it was not ascer tained who he was. " The village of Zelly, to the left of the main road, vvhich showed hostility to the Imperial troops, was severely chastised by a column sent thither. Two of our men were slightly wounded. We expect speedily to send you important news. " Everybody in Klausenberg is taking flight to Great Wandein. Unhappily the way thither has been long shut up against them; they cannot have known this fact. " Alejor-General Warpener landed with his fine strong brigade at the close of the engagement, having been a march and a half in the rear. The enemy may congra tulate tht-mselves on this circumstance, for had the General arrived sooner the enemy must have been com• pletely annihilated." _ The Allgenteine Zeitung, of the 2d, publishes the following l e tt er f rom R AOETZKY to M. EGGER, a member of the German Parliament, on the subject of the separation of Austria from Germany : " How could the opinion obtain at Frankfort that the reso!utions consvquent upon your declarations would compel Austria to a separation from Germany? For that must be the inevitable consequence if those prin ciples are to be carried out. Cast your eye over the map of Europe and say whether it be possible to dis server the Austrian provinces from a Federal Imperial union, in which for centuries they have found their hap piness and their welfare? Do they seriously think at Frankfort that this can be effected by a mere vote? A fine German heart beats in my breast, but verily at this price I must reduce it to silence. " I hear there is much talk in Germany of the dangers of Panslavism, but everything in fact is done to give this phantom a tangible form; nay, the word revolt is almost synonimous with the word German. " Those provinces of Austria which aro not German contain no less than 38,000,000 of inhabitants; let not this fact be forgotten at Frankfort, nor let us, by a sort of headstrong Germanism, lose such confederates. Time will prove whether my opinions be erroneous. " BADETZE.Y. " Head•quartera, Milan, Nov. 9, 1848." PRUSSIA. DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY-A NEW CONSTITUTION. _ _ On the 6th December the of iRITSSIA issued the following decree, dissolving the Assembly : "We Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, &c., &c., have, through successive reports of our Ministry of State relative to the late sittings of the As sembly, convoked for. the purpose of concording' a constitution, come, with profound sorrow, to the convic tion that the important labours for which this Assembly has been called together cannot be prolonged without en cro:►chments upon the rights of our Crown, or withou trenching upon the welfare of the nation, which is inse parable from these rights. We, therefore, on the propo sition of our Ministry of State, decree as follows 66 1. The Assembly, called together for the purpose coneording ' a constitution, is hereby dissolved. 2. Our Ministry of State is charged with the execu of this decree. " Given and signed with our own hand, and sealed with our own arms, this day, the sth of December, 1848, at Potsdam. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM, " BRANDENBURG, " LADENBERG, " SROTHA, " MANTEUFFEL, " BENTELEN. " VON DER HEYDT." A decree of the same date appoints the latter, who was a Member of the Chamber (for Elberfeld), to be Minister of Commerce and Public Works. Count BuLow is at the same time appointed Director- General, ad interim, of the Foreign Department. This is accompanied by another decree containing the new constitution—a constitution octroyee, be it re membered, and not agreed upon, and therefore not likely to be acceptable to the people, inasmuch as the power which granted it may take it away. The new constitution consists of 112 articles, and guarantees freedom of the press, subject to prosecution for offences according to existing laws; freedom of meeting in inclosed places ; freedom of open meetings, with twenty-four hours' notice, and police permission ; two Chambers—the one to consist of 180 members, the other of 350—both without other qualifications than age and proof of naturalisation ; confirmation of the law of universal suffrage; complete liberty for all religious creeds and associations; abolition of all aristocratic privileges; confirmation of the Habeas Corpus Act. The new Chambers are to be elected upon the 22d of January and 12th of February next, and are convoked for business upon the 26th of February. The Members of the Left met on the night of the 6th to protest against the dissolution of the Assembly until it had accomplished its mission, and in conjunc. tion with the KING, concorded a constitution which should be in the nature of a pact between the KING and the people, instead of a grant of the SOTEREIGN. The Cologne Gazette of the 4th says "In the old market-place, yesterday morning, a considerable number of people assembled before a pic ture-stall whereon a likeness of Robert Blum was exhibited, and were lamenting over the bloody account of his death, and, naturally enough, spoke of their dislike of Windischgratz in relation thereto. A well dressed man who was on the spot gave utterance to a contrary opinion. Scarcely bad he pronounced the words that Robert Blum had been rightly dealt with, before every hand was raised against him, and he was soundly beaten, to the great jubilation of the bystanders." FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 4th December, Peucker, the Minister of War, in reply to Wiesner's interpellation of the 2d ult., said that the Austrian Go vernment had an indisputable right to apply its military force as it wished within the confines of the Austrian dominions; and that, as the question concerning the mutual relations of Germany and Austria was still un settled, the Imperial Ministry had not been able to inter fere with regard to the alleged outrages cQraraitted by Croatian soldiers. It was very possible that, in the heat of passion, individual soldiers might have pro ceeded to criminal excesses ; but for these they were amenable to the judicial courts of Austria ; indeed, pro per inquiries had already been set on foot. There was no ground, however, for believing that the Croatian army, in the aggregate, had either participated in or countenanced the offences in question. The Croatian troops formed no part of the German federal army, but they had long been distinguished for bravery and the true virtues of the soldier ; they had fought and bled for centuries in the German. cause ; and, please God, they would still bleed and conquer in that cause for cen turies.—(Loud cheers.) Wiesner declared himself dissatisfied with llerr von Peucker's reply ; but he would reserve any fur ther urgent in,itions for a time when the urgency of such motions was not so systematically negatived as it now was.—(Laughter.) The President then requested the members to prepare their bill* for the election of the President for the en suing month. _ ... 313 ... 99 Tile result of the election was : Heinrich von Gagern Heinrich Simon (of Breslau) Soiron Count Wartensleben ... Max von Gagern Gagern said—For this fresh proof of your confidence I can only return my warnest thanks. My sense of my duty is still the same, or it is rather heightened by the conviction that we have made a nearer advance to the desired end. I trust I shall still prove strong enough to conduct the proceedings of the Assembly while it presses forward to the goal.—(Cheers.) Simson, of Konigsberg, was elected first Vice-Presi dent, with 275 votes ; Simon having 165, Soiron, 2, and Beseler 2. Beseler, late President of the Provisional Government in Schleswig, was elected second Vice-President, with 219 votes; Kircbgessner having 154, and Radowitz, the Prussian General, 5. Beseler simply thanked the Assembly for this mark of its confidence, and hoped for indulgence in the case of his being called to officiate, as his brief attendance had not yet served to make him acquainted with the usages of the House. The debate on the chapter of the Constitution en titled " The Imperial Parliament" was then commenced. Nauwerch said he would not be diffuse. A Con servative Member of that House had lately confessed that he saw reaction astir. The National Assembly had longi been convened; but in this chapter of the Constitution, which it had at last produced, he could not see any recognition of those principles which had placed them there. What was a House of States? Was it anything more or less than an extended Diet? According to the proposed scheme, the Govern ments would have a decided majority in the House of States, and thereby, also, in the nation at large. He was of opinion that Germany at present could not pos sibly bear the existence of such an Assembly. When it should have assumed a more definite shape, the case might be otherwise. This chapter ought to have closed the door on revolution; but, as it was, it only served to foster it. It seemed to declare revolution permanent, for it merely propounded a provisional power; at least, he could not look upon it in any other light. He pro tested, therefore, most solemnly against the motions of the committee. Tellkampf was of a directly contrary opinion. He knew that an aversion to a House of states still existed in many parts of Germany. It was regarded, and therefore feared, as the organ of the aristocracy. But there could be no idea of the aris tocracy alone being represented in it, for one of the sections referring to the method of election, sufficiently proved this. If the aristocracy must neces sarily get the upper hand in such an Assembly, this would imply an utter corruption of the representatives of the States, of the various Governments, of the people at large, and of the constituencies in the individual States also, which were to replenish the said Assembly every three years.. It had been determined that Ger many should be one grand Federal State, and the scheme tended in the directest way possible to unite the indivi dual States to this end. It had been moved that the House of States should undergo a partial renovation of its Members once a year, but the adoption of such a pro posal would give birth to a vacillating;and changeful tone of legislation. The greatest social disorder would be the consequence. The constant change of the Members of the Legislature 'ova ft grievous source., of confusion in every country. With:regard to the number of Houses, there must necessarily be two. If there were not two Houses whose res Ive rights sd.r e a were nicely proportione44.itOne existed telette - e this one would to a certainty gain:over a certain portion of the people, and result in tyranny. -It was their,dutY, there fore, to erect a bull%a4 before their liberties. The two chamber system of lnite• :ages had manifestly contribute I to the prosperity of several countries; while the mc diaeval with their one chamber, had gone to ruin. The principal motion of the Opposition was that of Vogt, viz.:—" The Imperial Parliament shall consist of the deputies of the German people, united in one House of Assembly. Every German who has com pleted his 21st year shall be both eligible and entitled to elect. The deputies shall be elected once a year; and the Euffrages must be direct. An imperial election law shall decide the rest." Or, even tually, he moved—" The Imperial Parliament shall consist of the deputies of the German people. Imme diately on coming together, these deputies shall elect a fourth of their number to form the Upper House ; the remaining three-fourths constituting the Lower House." (Rejected—Noes, 331 ; Ayes, 95.) Art. 1, sec. 1 of the committee's scheme, viz.—" The Imperial Parliament consists of two Houses—the House of States and the House of Commons (literally of the people)," was carried. 'the mediation question gave rise to a very brief debate. Beden thought the plan for incorporating the smaller States with the larger ones was prolific in danger, since the accession of power thus gained by the larger States would make them more formidable, and they were at all times most to be feared. It would, at any rate, be a grievous piece of .injustice to fall foul of the smaller States, merely because they could not help themselves. Becker, of Saxe-Gotha, echoed this last idea, and spoke warmly for the smaller States being allowed to remain unmolested within the narrow confines of their independence. Zimmermann, of Stuttgart, of tho Extreme Left, spoke against any plan of mediatization that as yet had been suggested. Ile would either have all States me diatized in favour of one, and thus effect the formation of one grand whole, or ho would not hear of any media- tization at all. Division was deferred till to-morrow, and there is little doubt that on all motions for mediatization the House will pass to the order of the day motive, as moved by the committee. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome to the 517th ult., at which date all was tranquil in that city. The Raman Advertiser of that date has the follow ing from Civita Vecchia, dated 26th : " Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Portuguese Ambassador arrived hero in a state carriage, with a nu merous suite. Ho had an interview with the French Consul, and went with him outside the gates of the town. At five o'clock five carriages arrived ; from two of them strangers had already descended, and in one of the others was the French Ambassador and various Secreta ries of Embassy. At six o'clock another carriage ar rived, with the Count Julio della Porta. The French steamer lighted its fires immediately, and prepared for departure. It began to be rumoured that the Pope had arrived. It was soon ascertained that a group of indi viduals, dressed as priests, had presented themselves at the outports of the fortress, demanding to pass through that they might see th e p or t, an d promising to return ; but, instead of so doing, it was found that they bad embarked on b oar d th e s t eamer , w h ic h put itself in a posture of defence, and allowed no one to approach. The Ambassadors were known to be on board, and at nine o'clock the vessel left the port, apparently in the direction of Naples." The same journal adds : " From other letters we learn that the steamers took up the Pope, with his brother and servant, at St. Severe, about eight miles from Civita Vecchia. His Holiness was waiting there in disguise, and went two miles by sea in a boat to meet the vessel, which then sailed in a westerly direction." The following proclamation was published at Rome on the 25th ult., by the President of the Chamber of Deputies : " TO THE PEOPLE OF THE. PAPAL STATES. " It must be evident to you that in the absence of the Sovereign the Government of the State remains in the same turin and with the same legal authority. The Chamb.:r of Deputies, always resolved to exercise its rights, and to observe its duties, willingly unites with the Ministry, to whom his Holiness has confided the power, and recommended to watch over public order during his absence. After having, therefore, unanimously voted an active co-operation in every laudable act of the Go vernment, the Chamber adds an exhortation to the people of Rome and the provinces to give a splendid proof of their virtue and wisdom, recollecting that on their con cord mainly depends the union and liberation of Italy. The Chamber of Deputies, in its own name and in that of the Ministry, assures the people of its untiring zeal for the prompt realisation of those hopes so dear to the com. mon country. " The President " STURDINETTL" DEATH OF SHERIFF ROBERTSON.—We regret to announce the death of this well-known judge, which took place on Friday morning, between the hours of nine and ten. Mr. Robertson has held the office of Sheriff Sub stitute of Forfarshire for 27 years, and was the oldest in tenure of office as a Sheriff Substitute in Scotland.— Edinburgh Witness. The Sultan steamer, which arrived on Wednesday from Constantinople, brought 62,0001., chiefly in geld. During the last two months, owing to an improved demand for grain and other produce, these remittances appeared to have ceased, but the recent accounts mention dull and declining markets, and hence again an unfa vourable balance with this country. UNFOUNDED CHARGE.—A report prevails in town that either the King's Own or the Royal Weloh Fusiliers is about to be removed from Winchester, in consequence of the continual quarrels between the men of those corps. We are requested to state that the report has not a shadow of foundation, it being impossible that two regi ments could lee on bettor terms ; indeed, it is remarked upon by the town:-people as a singular fact that two corps should agree so uncommonly well. A repurt of the kind is calculated to do harm, or it would not be worth contrßdiotion, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was steady, and prices had an upward tendency. T 1 to sales were 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American, on specu lation. The Share Market was dull, with I; ut little business doing. There are no ship arrivals with later news to. day, but the contioeetal advices surpass in interest Is hat has reached us for some time past. The case of the Bank of England against the iron masters, animadverted upon in the leading c , slumns of last night's Sun, has attracted much attention in the City, but we hear of no explanation yet, except that the plant and estate of the company of copper millers of England has come into possession of the Bank, an d that it is determined to work it for its own advantaA , e, least until a purchaser can be found. It iscertainly in Ifor tunate that through the gross mismanagement of that c om pany it should have become so irretrievably embarrea ised as to be unable to pay off even the preferable 'hem of the Bank of England, but if the latter must for a time administer the company's affairs and afford employ went to the large number of persons wholly depe Acid thereof, the rivalry should evidently be fair, and with the least possible damage to individual interest. Private capitalists cannot be expected to resist such poveerful competition, especially it undersold. It is manifes t that the affair will not rest where it is. The Produce Markets have been quiet this urea. except upon one or two occasions. On Tuesday .1, fair business was done, and there are a good many sales again to-day, but the buyers do not appear inch; led to enter largely into business, and this prevents a g , users' rise in prices. Coffee is a little brisker, as the upPIY from some parts will prove rather deficient. There has been a flat market for the Public S tics, and business has been very inactive. The f weir news has the effect of checking operations. C Diesels have been all the morning at 87i We hear Iv Mang more of sales by the Government broker, but he is :said to be hovering about the market with the apparent in. tention of selling when there is a chance. We rat her think the account is "Bullish," and that this we.ii ;Its upon the market. Exchequer-bills are 41s. to 445. pm inium. Bank Stock is 189 to 1904. The New Thu ee" and- a-Quarter per Cents. are 86i to 4. The Foreign investments have been dull. Spso iish Three per Cents. have realised 24j, Portuguese - Five per Cents. 674, and Brazilian 734. Mexican Bone es are 211. Dutch Two and-a• Half per Cents. are 474. Railway Shares, though quiet, fully maintain th s pre' vious rates. ONE ,t 1 Pl , lOEs Os' BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. lOW Hank Stock lB9 190 1 4 .1904 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms B6 86% 85% 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-- 87% 1 4 37 1 / 2 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne.-- . 86 % 14% 66% LongAnns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 9- 16 Ditto, Oct. 10,1859 ..... a 7- 16 Ditto 30 year;., Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 I t 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. ..... .. 38 35 p 35 p Ditto under 1,0001. ...... 35 p 35 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities C9nsols for Account.. 87%14 87% Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ... 4l 44 p 1,000/. June BB 41 p .5001. Match 4l 44 p 5001. June Small, March .. 41 44 p Small. June ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 73 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account 2 1 3% 214 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 67% 67 1 / 4 Itussian Bonds ... ...... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 . l e i per Cent — 14% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4 7 1% 47 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 72% 72% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE (3 LC )svia RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. rcES. Aberdeen 5O Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 Belfast & County Down 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a!guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 . Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... without guarantee 10 ming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 134 145... .. . Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds E.ucking z hamshire... 14/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Do. New 10/. Pref..... 5 ...... Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l 5 Clarence Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2,1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth - _ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Dublin and Belfast June. 35 Dundalk &'Enniskillen 20 43 p 41p 43 P 41 p 43p 41p CT lave 11 ICES. 73 1 / 2 73 24 1 4 19% 4% East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... - Do., 18/., E. t5r11.... 18 ...... Do., 31.103. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 11,6 1 %...... ll V Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 Ditto, E xtension,s per Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 - Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters .... Do. New 34 astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent-- 2 1,4 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6A — ... ...... ..... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport ls Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... . •••• ..... Do. Preference Consol. - Great Northern Do., is A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent guaranteed ... Do. Extension 2%...... ... r3reat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O - Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New, 151......... 14 .. .. - Great Western 9O ...... % P 12% Ditto, % Shares 5O - ... 00000000 ••• • .". Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .... .... - II u ddersfield and klanch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... -. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... - Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds - r . , ancashire & Yorkshire 93 . - Ditto, ditto - Ditto, % Shares ...... 43_ ... .. ...... ..... -- Do. Quarter Shares... 17 - Do. Fifths... ........ .... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 5 l /2 5% Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ..... -. Do. New, Gua. 6 per et. 5 - Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 - .. Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and G001e).... 50 - Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 .-- ... ..... ..... -- Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9% — - Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 21...,.. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Ditto, New - •• .. .— Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 3% Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2% — London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4% 4% Do. Extension ..... ... 22% — .... ..... ...... —.. London, Brighton, and South Coast Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 8 ..... ... . - Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — .., .., — Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. 5 — London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... - Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... 19% 19% London and N. Western 100 . ..... 118 117 3 A 117% Do Quarters (L. & B.) 22 - Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2 ...... • Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 —. —.• Do. 101. (M. SB.) A: 9 ,(...... Do. 101. (M. &B. C. 1 ..... 89 Loud. &S. Western ...... 50 ...... 37% 38 1 4 .."' • 264 Do. New 50/. ... ...... ) 4214.. -.. 26 1 4 1 ..... .....• ••• .... Do. Tenth s Do. New 40/. ........... 84 ...... (Consol. 50 Ditto ..!itto .... .. 40 ...131. (i.e. SI ...... ..." - ...- .... ............ Da.. New &rip, nlB, rref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per .... Cent. ea Calls ...14 13s. 4d — I Nor Nor Nor: Isii;il Norl Nor' that Real Et Eop Scott Scot Di Sheff Gc Dc Shre DO Souti S )Utl Do Do. Do Do. South South CaSl swan; ~.. lei Kaw , Thaw and Vale ( Wate] Water %irate] aad Wear exua Do. Do. west) west Do. Do. W hite Winds soul wilts, 411 ,g10 tian Central Leans CeYlon Demer® 'Pendre Direct Mard - „ uutch East In Great I; Louvait Lutteral Ditto itiadrid Namur Norther Orleans Paris ar D. Provinc LLO' The at ite e,?tint 0 ma k i ng ri first over PaYltent fo r stating th Th 4 -4 t o the te st i ng Lor d Pali `-•1 acQotty Vuzo t , that r e ,: e ; I N been THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER B, 1848,