The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-20 00:00:00

COEBURN'S NEW STANDARD LIBRARY. 12:ice 2s. 6d., taw ready, Bart 1., containing the entire First Yi,lninc of the fariA Editlon of 17',7 lEMOIR S of C HATEAUBRIAND. ....., WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. .. L. , Translated from the French. Uenry comurn, Publisher, 13, Great 11, S arlborough-street ; and Chapman and Ha M trand. To be had of all Booksellers. MRS TIiOLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., . YOUNG COUNTESS, By MRS. TROLLOPE, Autk 'e of "Father Eustace," ' The Vicar of Wrexhill," Re. "A work of unfailing and absorbing interest, from the very first page to the very last. Than this charming novel Mrs. Trollope her eelf has produced nothing more true in conception, more brilliant in execution, and more richly endued throughout with character and passion as these are modified and moulded by the circumstaacei and Vabits of highly cultivated society."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlhorough-street. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. NOW READY. ruder Sanction of the Colonial-oltice and the Admiralty, and Dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. In 2 vols. demy Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, NARRATIVE of the EXPEDITION sent by her Mikjesty's Government to the RIVER NIGER, In the Year 1841.42. By Captain WILLIAM ALLEN, R.N., F.R.S., &c. and T. R. H. THOMSON , M .D., &c., Sur„c on, E.N. " Full of instructive and ainusing details of African life, forming a valuable addition to our rich library of adventurous travel."— _ Britannia. " Captain Allen has here distinguished himself in a threefold capacity, as an artist, an author, and a commander. The details of faith f u l this interesting expedition are he re most ly narrated."—Sun. Richard Bentley , New THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. M. TULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, and the ARMY QUADRILLE, EVERY NIGHT. M. JULLIEN has the great gratification to announce that he has sacceeded in obtaining the kind permission of the Commanding Officers of the Royal Guards for the attendance of their Military Bands antil further orders. The Band of her Majesty's Life Guards, under the direction of Mr. Waddell. The Band of her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blue, under the di rection of Mr. Tutton, The Band of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Mr. !fthott, and The Band of her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, will, therefore, continue to take part in the performance of the NA TION SL ANTHEM and the BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE EVERY EVENING until further notice. M. VIVIER.—M. Vivier, the celebrated performer on the French Horn, will make his fourth appearance this evening. The Programme for this evening will also include the Overture to Le Pre Aux Clercs, Harold ; Solo, Clarionet, Mr. Lazarus ; Beetho vea's Allegretto from the Sy m p hon y in F ; a Song, by Miss Miram ; Solo, French Horn, M. Vivier; Valse, A Deux Temps, Olga, Jullien ' • Selo, Concertina, Mr. Case; Grand Selection and Fantasia from , Mozart's chef-d'oeuvre Don Giovanni (first time) ; &c. Doors open at Seven, the Concert will commence at Eight. Prices of Admission—Boxes and Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle. 25. 6d. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ; Ditto, 21s. THEATRE ROTAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUN. N. GENERAL KEDIXTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage rent respecting a reduction of prices, In order to meet the exigencies of the times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only 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 •:alia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a scale of admission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so 101ettdid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. Filet Circle • • . ..... Five Shillings. Upper Boxes • ••..•••. • • • • • • Four Shillings. Pit. • • • • • • • . • • • • • Half-a-Crown. Lower Gallery ..............One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery .. • • • • One Shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit Is. 6d.; Lower Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, id. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled lIAYDEE or, the Secret._ Loredano, Mr. Sims Beeves ; Malgenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea Donato, Mr. Herberte; Ilaydee. Miss Lucombe. To conclude with a Gr..nd Ballet, entitled THE PERI. In which Mdllcs. Plunkeli,CelesteStephan, Moncelet, Cushnie, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, B:c., will appear. Doors open at Ilalf-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Aos-office is open from Ten till Five, wider the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THK TkL, HAYMARKET Mr. 13. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre bas, durhig he recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. TIIIS EVENING. Wil be performed the Tragedy of TILE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Beverley, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley, To conclude with the Farce of SPRING GARDENS. Lord Court in;ton, Mr. N. Roll ; Sir Arthur Level, Mr. H. Tandenhoff ; Scoreap, 3(r. Keeley ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. L. G. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. rnder the direction of Madame Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Di;by Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A sew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys em of Ventilation, Sec., &e. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs ...dded to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENLNG Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. l 'After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. /LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. After which, a comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR CII i_Vue. C ors by II o etara T4rl ay 'loaner; Miss t. Fitzvrilliam, and Miss Marshall. 'mess Roxes, 55.; Upper Roam, 45.; ?it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The liew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the riblie every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel .Eshed is a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for t e due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and conTelience of the audience. TIIIS EVENING, FWIII be performed the comic Opera of LOVE IX A VILLAGE. Hawthorn, Mr. Charles Braham ; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hodge, Mr. Oxberry ; Madge, Miss Emma Stanley; Rosetta, Miss Julia Harland. After which, a new Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati cated by the name and address of the writer. 0. ejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVMEBER 19. THISKONZT3B, Lowest, 36; Highest, 46; noon, 40, &mowsTx', 29 7.—WIND N.; fine. NOVEMBER 20. raIIAKOKETBR, Lowest, 35; Highest. 45 ; Noon, 53 , BAAOXETER, MM.—WIND S.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 38 min. after 9 I Evening •. 15 =in. after 10 _ - = -, 1? • # , 1, .1 2__71111. • • r , .0 ttnin LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1848. Although nothing decisive had occurred at Moul tan up to the lit 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 annexed to the British dominions. Even supposing that the Government continued to regard matters with the same lethargic indifference as heretofore, the troops under General WHISEI could not be considered as in any way dangerously situated—the troops of the Mootates being only superior to those of his antagonist in reference to his dykes, brick-kilns, and fortifications. Whil e th e arm y enc l o sed within the walls of the beleaguered city amounted to scarcely 20,000 m en , w i th a comparatively insignificant force of artillery, th at under General su numbered, with fifty g uns, a b Win well armed, well body o f 25,000 so ldi ers, provisioned, we ll ammu nitioned, and in excellent discip b l i e n i e n . g c T o n r t u i that the power of the MOOL R AJ was nually, and almost mom e ntarily, augmented by re inforcements of Seikh insurgents —but those acces sions were nevertheless materially im portance by two considerations, first the numerical the e uureineri poverty of the auxiliaries furnished b reduced ehieftains, and secondly the very dubious character rebel of their co - operat i on . In the meantime eve ry effort was being made throughout Hindostan to render the superiority of British arms altogether irresistible. While the Administration of the Earl of aenuousin had resolved to prevent the recurrence of these in surrectionary movements along the northern provinces by the wholesale annexation of the territories of the young MAHARAJA, the mili tary arrangements tending to ;the transmission of aid to General Wuisu and his colleagues, were in en extraordinary state of preparation. A force of 10,000 men were preparing to march from the Bom bsy Presidency, while an army of 30,000 men was expected to be very soon in the field, under the ban ner of Lord Gouau, the veteran Commander-in- Chief. Besides Lahore, there were two other ford tjed places in our possession within the country now agitated by rebellion—the fortress of Uniritsur and that of Govindhur, in which latter no less than sixty heavy guns were discovered. As far, therefore, as forethought, activity, and numerical preponde rance are concerned, the British forces could scarcely be in a more advantageous situa tion. Up to the commencement of October the MOOLIZAJ 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 t he strength of his fortifications. . As to the rumoured intention of the MOOLJIAJ to THE SUN, LONDON, make a sortie on the 7th of October upon the camp of General WHISH, while his troops ware inflamed by the religious fanaticism consequent upon the ilindoo feast of the Dusserah, 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 SALIID 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 Isla mite 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 Cilia ; but we are nevertheless in no degree disposed to look for less distinguished consequences in the neighbourhood of Moulton, 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 IIOISEN, the British forces possessed a CLIYE—on the Hindoo feast of Dusserah they pos sess an EDWIEDES. 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 Moulton. Beyond which it appears, that disas trous consequences must have inevitably ensued upon the defection of SIJERE Siscs 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 Susna, marching from the direction of the Hazaret, had failed in effecting a junction with those commanded by his son. Mean while the MooLaa.r, 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 SHaRE SINGH, and of their numerous accomplices. As far as loyalty to any cause is concerned, the very name of Seikh has become a byeword throughout the oriental territories, from the Hydaspes to the Burrampooter, among the mountains of Afghanistan and among the gardens of the Carnatic. Alliance with them is never enforced by reliance. IThey 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 Lacedmmonian. 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 GHOOLAB Srscn, 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 baIIARAJA. 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 folly 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, and 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 or 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 property. 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, and that without the withdrawal from the public of any of the facilities which they are entitled to expect at the hands of the companies ? 'We believe that the answers to the ab ove i nterrogator i es will all be fa vourable to the railway interest, and that conse quently proprietors may reasonably hope for even more favourable results than the most sanguine have as yet ventured t o ant i c i pate. Rapid advances h ave hi therto been emaarsde s s i ince th e introduction of the system, eighteen y date from the invention of locomotive machienee (we GEORGE STEPHENSON in 1830). Since that time GEORGE 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 benetlcial tendencies of the system, and which indicate the mode by which more extensive ameliorations may be brought into operation. Data now exist, on 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 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 in 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 cont.; 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 he 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. 55. - 1 - 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 Ding" by which the reactionary party Loth 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 suppoters 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. DUFAURE, a former Minister of Louis PHILIPPE, a gentleman who had at one time, we believe, been M. GulzoT'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. DUFAURE appointed M. CASETAN, 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. DUFAURB, 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 tuted 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. CASEVAN 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 duty 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 be 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 desirous to 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 —to 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. DUFAURE, 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 der to carry out their views. In the course of the debate M. ASTAIX confirmed the statement which we made at th e t i me, that the banquet was merely a pro test against the proceedings of the Legitimatists. M. ASTAIX said impe rativelyshown itself.callel declare, to pu put tdhtooawt impose the eo e s e w hs silence n manifestation e ag o n w I t t h i c ew h hm h i c a oh d_ " Imaintain that the banquet of Toulouse was took place was called fur say, for I do not know the do been n chy--a feat which the Government p itself had not able to achieve.--.(On the Left loudof 'Bravo. bravo(') Did that manifestation cries o t • details. But Btouot far? did the men, • " Facts bearing on the Progress of the Railway System in Great Britain." By Windham Harding. t Letter to George Carr Glyn, Esq., ra.p., by John Whitehead, MONDAY ,EVENING, NOIT_E'MBER 20, 18'13, who are always ready to straggle against the progress cf . the Republic, come here to state that th e white flag had been exhibited and carried a v, - c: before in th: , , Haute Garonne?—(Agitation.) " A Voice—Where? " Another Voice—At Itlszeres. " 11..Astaix—No, they said nothirg uhf)ut it; they prefer coining here to deuunce the functionaries ef 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 M. GUIZOT, to a person in Paris, in sup port of the candidateship of Louis NAPOLEON, and which appears in the Patrie 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 office, in order not to break officially with France for the present. They wait until the Republic sufficiently weakened within by the fruits of those who direct its eairs, 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 Debats has the following on the state of the account between the Treasury and the Bank : " This account current amounted to 22,579,0001. on the 9th of November; it has now fallen to 19,305,000 f. This is a farther diminution of 2,374,0001. on the re sourcea which the Bank has placed at the disposal of the State. These resources amount now to only 44,274,000 f., sinco there only remains 25 millions to be raised from the Bank, which, added to the amount at the Treasury account, gives 44,274,000 f. But M. Goudehaux 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 184?, fur only 68 millions and some thousar ds of francs. To-day it exceeds 84 millions, which makes 42 millions for th half year's interest. This is nut all. There is, hes:des, the pensions, or which three months fall du in Decem ber, and which require an additional sum of 15 millions. In short, about 60 millions are wanted by the end of the year over and above the daily expenses, which are co• vered not without difficulty by the receipts from th.• imposts, and the 44 millions remaining unexpended o' the loan from the Bank. What have we to meet that 60 millions? We have the instalment of the loan and the portfolio of the Treasury. This shows, in the first place, how important it is that the subscribers to the loan should continue paying their instalments, which will not be the case if the Five per Cents. fall 51. more; but, 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 Debuts 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 icuaire, will be the oombiet of the French Government. At the earnest request of several mernbt-ra 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 intrusting 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. GARNIER 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-de/at, usurpations, and excesses, and these they are firmly determined to oppose by every means in their power. They then speak in strong terms against any inter ference with the people in the election of President, and particularly by the members of the N ational Assembly, who by any declaration on their part, or mark of sympathy in favour of any particular candidate, would thus, they say, enter into engagements 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 most carefully from offering any name to the public, as that of the person whom 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. " The only engagements," they say in conclusion, " that we ought to take be. fore our country, are those which we have during 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, BOIIRDEAU, BEREN GER, and PLEIGNANT, representatives of the people for the department of the Vienn e have declared them selves in favour of Ge nera l CAVAIGNAC for the Presi dency of the Republie, as offering every guarantee fur 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. DE LAMARTINE, at his coun try-house, to invite him to preside at a banquet. M. DB 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 desertioa 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 confidenc e 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. his 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 seiza 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 is a manifesto ; my life during those three months is a programme —or if not, there are no manifestoes or programme d 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, cud 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 served and well defended ! ' A letter was received on Saturday by the Syndi- cate of the Bourse from the Minister of Finance, an nouncing rhat the salt-tax would be kept on next yenr, 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 ecndernned 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 rather heavy amount having been made, buyers were forced into the market, and price 3 improved—Threes closing at 41f. 40c, Fives at 63f. 95c.; and Now Loan at 63f. 90c. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for Cash, 41f. 40c.; for Account, 41f. 40c. ; Fi ves , f or C as h , 63 f . 95c.; for Account, 63f. 950.; New Loan, for C as h, 631; 90c.; for Account, 64 ; Batik of France Shares, 1320; Neapolitans, 77; Spanish Threes, 23k; ditto, Fives; not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been rather in active, and for 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 betrer than yesterday. Orleans closed at 567 f. 60c.; Rouen, 347 f. 50c.; Avignon, 157 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 212 f. 50c.; Strasburg and Basle, 75f.; Nantes, 3101. i Northern, 3371. 50e.; Bordeaux, 362 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasbourg, 325. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 5% ex coupons—Namur and Liege, 4 lA. 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 re ce i ve d fur 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 reals, which notes have become the pro perty of the Treasury, which has replaced specie to that amount, signed by the manager, Don ESTEBAN, PAREJA, and approved by the royal commissary, &d., Don Luis ARMERO. The Government papers state that General LER SANDI had "defeated CABRERA 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 ab'e to confirm this intelligence ; and conclude with stating that very probably the reb3ls 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 1:301.5A, Nov.: 13.--:The Three per Cents. are reportedaat at 19-1 to / buyers, g sellers; Piie per Cents. 9/ tog buyers, sellers; Coupons 5,1 buyers ; Passive Debt, 3', 7 1 buyers, I sellers ; Bank Shares, 40 buyers, 44 sellers. Discount on notes Exchange on London, 47 80. the 31st of October, it has appeared most incontrover tibly that the National Assembly in its deliberations and resolutions, is under the terrorism of a lawless democracy. "The repeated proposal to affird th,3 Assembly the requisite protection has been mrst inconceivably and unwarrantably refused. That which may have appeared to afford it protection and to elicit important decisions has proved itself wholly insufficient. "A cry of disgust and of the most dechli , d indigna tion has been raised both here and throughout the whole country, and we can by no means recognise resolty ions adopted under such terrorism as the true and deliberate expression of the sentiments of the lligh National As• sembly, far less as those of the whole 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 expiesses 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 resolve according to thiir conviction and their conscience. " The measures for the protection of the German Nati,hal Parliament in Frankfort assembled, are thus guarded, and we most de'cididly expect the adoption of similar measures for Berlin; and, further, we consithr, it indispensable that in case of need they shall be main tained and carried out by the hrmed force. • " We are fully persuaded that the High National Assembly will do all in its power to set bounds to that lawleis and anarchical procedure which impedes them in their highly-important work; so. that the work of the Oonstitution—of the Administration which is so gene. rally 'longed for, may be speedily t.ccomplished. " Signed by the Presidents of the Burgher Union. " Sehingen, 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 a the National Assembly in the hall of Mielenz, and while the refusal to pay imposts was being discussed, 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 w ith hi s men, while great agitation prevailed in the Assembly. The• major himself was visibly agitated, and conducted the whole business with the grqategt delicacy. As soon as he had quitted the hall a general cry *as'raised, " Let 113 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 to sit, and have sent to Prankfort two of their members, Messrs. Ostermann and Rekhhensperger ; they have addressed the fol lowing letter to the Ministry of State : • "-The under-signed comm,ittee of all those Deputies who, faithful to their conviction-that the transfer of the :Nat!cnal Assembly does not infringe upon any right, .either of the people or:of thcil 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 olderid the immediate convocation of the National Assembly in consequence ot• the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, commanded this day for the .city of Berlin ? " The Committee is of opinion 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 CF THE RIGHT AND OF THE RIGHT CENTRE." • We learn that this step has been crossed by a reso- JutiOn of the Ministry,;which, of its own accord, an ticipated this desire. . The Convocation of the Na tional Assembly at Brandenburgh is to take place shortly before 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- 15th several companies of troops were stationed: before :the . Hotel de Ville to - prevent the deputies from -attending the sitting of the - .National Assembly, Whio Was • fixed for eleven -o'clock. A small body of officers and men were also stationed within the building, who were com missioned to prevent, :with great politeness, the en trance of the deputies, while 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• solemn protest. Every deputy a 3 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 arms had commenced on the 16th, and had prooeeded with uninterruption, but it had hitherto been confined to the aristocratic quar ters of the city. In the meanwhile the soldiers and even the police are wavering in their allegiance. The Presidentof the Police has protested :against WRANGEL'S order mgpending the publication of certain newspapers. lle has been in consequence dismissed, and URN KELLEY of Nuersburgh appointed as his successor, but a concourse of the Burgerwehr, &c., of Vurse buig, fell on him at the rsiilw-ny station, and preve n t e d him from prosecuting his journey. The de-Caro — is of Colonel SOMMERFIELD, who directed the attempt agairist the Hall of the Assembly, has been placed under arrest, for saying that the Colonel, in doing so; 41 been guilty of an act of treason. The name of this Aide- de-Camp is WYDEN- Bilucx. He has since been sent to Spandau. There was a rumour in Hs yesterday that the afflairs'of Prussia were in a fair way of being settled amicably. 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. GRABOW authorised to form a new Cabinet. It is said that the French Ambassador offered the protection of France to the Assembly, and that the latter rejected it with great dignity. To this circumstance is, in souse 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 l'-organized. Intelligence has since beenleceived from Berlin to the 17th, at which date all WAS tranquil. AUSTRIA. :he 12 Accounts have be en - rece i ve d f rom Vienna to th. The Wiener Zeitung, of the 12th, contains the financial survey of the 1,:4 eleven months, and shows a deficit o f no t l ess t h an sixty, millions of ' florins. On the ilth a great mercantile house failed for 250,000 florins. • M. STERNAN, a young•author of much merit, was shot on the 10th. Since the,arrival of the Ministry, the sangui nar y WINDISCHGRATZ has been baulked of hii victims—his murderous hand has been stayed. Not only has FROBEL been Stt at liberty, but MES SENHAUSER has been reprieved; and twenty-two per sons, arrested on the 01st: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 t o th e N a ti ona l Assembly of Frankfort. PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the Bth, by the Peninsular and Oriental ship Jupiter. A Miguelite 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 jn 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 male, 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 of October showed au 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, 521, 53, and 53-1 ; on Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; .Hamburgh, 488; Genoa, 532. The operations were very limited, the Board of Public Credit having purchased lightly : and bills on London remained over at 53k. In stocks there had been few transactions; Five per Cents. were quoted 461 to 48; Four per Cents., 371 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. Ass 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 amelicira tion of the agricultural population which have been sub milted to it, and in part promised, shall not be carried into effect. The Government is, however, firmly ye 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. "THE 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 be 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, mud he laid at the threshold of the house, where they will be received by persons duly eta powered. 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 ts.lting of arms. " The 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 give❑ for every weapon which is given up. " VON TuumEx, " Major-General and Commandant." " Berlin, Nov. 14." The following proclamation shows that Martial law 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 zarrison 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 persons in Berlin, or those environs which are with it included in the state of seige, who shall, by any act of treachery, endanger or p f r 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, GeLOral." General WRANGEL 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 seige, 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, the 17th, at two o'clock in the afilernoon, at the respective police offices and in the prescribed form. " The Commander-in -Chief of the troops in the Kirch, " Berlin, Nov. 15." "`SON W RANGEL . The burghers of Schingen have sent the following address to the National Assembly of Berlin : " Upon soveral occasions, and more especially upon SAXON Y. The news of the murder of BLUM 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 Democratic 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 VenicC on: the 3d, in consequence of the wounds he received in the affair of Mestre. The Roman Gazette of the 7th announces, that th e Council of Assembly will assemble at Rome on the 13th. Four hundred Swiss left Bologna on the Bth for 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 Besole ; 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 RAMORINO arrived at Alexandria on the 12th, and had an interview with the Duke of SAvor, General BAVA, and General CBOZANOWSKY. The desertions among the Hungarians continue. GREECE. The Athens papers of the 7th inst. brings us the definitive list of the new Ministry. The following are the members of it : Rear. Admiral CANARlS—President of the Council and Minister of Marine. M. A. LONDOS—Minister of the Interior. M. I3uLGAms—Finance. General MAVROMICHALIS — War. M. C. COLOCOTRONI—Foreign Affairs. M. Rl'AmA—Justice. M. CALLIFRONAs — PubIic Worship. The Chambers are summoned to meet on the 13th of November. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CJ 7 1 7 , QUAR TER 2 0 7iiRE E. The Cotton Yaiket at Liverpool on Saturday was firm, without any ..lterstion in prices. The sales were estimated at ab,:ut 7,000 to 8,000 bales, and comprised 6,000 to 7,000 American at 3•I. to 6d., of which 1,000 were on speculaton ; 200 Egyptian sold at 54d. to 6d. ; 400 Surat-, at 2 r :l. to 2fid, and 150 Sea Island at 7d. to 9d. In Railway Shares very little business was done, and prices were heavy. The accounts 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 in 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 iv, 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 at 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 Merchants - room, an 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 k per cent. upon Saturday's quotations. The opening rates were 87 to ile and a rapid improve ment has brought up the value to 87k i. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 86f to 86i, and the Three per C ents . 8 6 to f . A large Bear airs.. 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 Stocks the transactions have not been large, but there is a firmer market for those in which business has been done. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 24k to 25k, and Brazilian 73k, Mexican. Stock has rallied to 21k• 1. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 111 to :-1,, and the Three per Cents. 231 to t Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 46 to 464. 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. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...... B6 86 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns.. ... .. New 3 1 % per Cant. Anna. 8 6 % 145n Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% 9-16 India Stock 232 Do. Bonds, 10001 39 p Consols for Account .. B7 87%% Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. 1,0007, March. J une . - 37 p 500/ 43 p 37 40 p Small 43p 37 40 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 71% Mexican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 1 1A% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto 4 per Cent. - Ditto for the Account ..... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o - Ditto for the Account ....... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 46 46% i3USINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz Sam. kberdeen keibsr., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14...... - Xyrshire and Galloway - to -- Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. - - dirmingtiam & OxfordJunet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... -- to —. Birmingliarn,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 14 - Do., without a guarantee... 10 - to - Riming., %Vol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... - to - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirs Junction.. , lO - •....• to --- Boston, Stmt., & Birming... 5 - to - Bristol and Exeter - Do., Thirds - to -- Buckinghamshire.. - ..... to - Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - - - to - Ditto, New 101. Preference 6 - to -... Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead-- ..... 50 ..... - - Ditto, Preference - ...... to - Clarence. .... 781 A - ...... to - Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 - - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 - ...... to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 - - East Anglia, 251. L. & E., red L. & D - to - Ditto, 18/., E. & H IS - ..... to - Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & 11... 3 % - ...... to -- astern Counties .... 2O - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 7% - to - Do.Perpet.,s per et. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... % p to - Do., do N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... % dis.... to - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cent. ••• 50 ..... - - Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12%... .. - - Do., New Eastern Union, Claus A. (late E. U. Shares) .. .. 25 - •••••• to - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 ..... , - to - Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 20 ...... - - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 ...... 5 .. to 5% Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 pe r c t.) 1 0 . - Ditto, ditto •... 20 ...... - ... .. to - Ditto (C. & E.), 5 p er ct. 2% ...... - - East Lancashire ... 25 .... ............ 15 Ditto, New ... ........ .... . 2 6, E - Do., New Quarters ......... 6 1 4 - to - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares...... 6 1 4 - East Lincolnshire 25 - .... .. . t o r . - Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 - - - Edinburgh -- and Northern ... 25 - - Exeter, Ditto, New port.. ... ... l5 - ••.••• to - Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - .... to - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd - ..... to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - - Do. Preference Consolidated -.-. - - Great Northern Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% - to -- Do. Extension .... ..... ..... 2%. ... - to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - - Great North of England 100 - - Ditto, New 401 4O - ..... to - Ditto, ditto - ...... to - Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. - - Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 14 ..-.. - . - Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - ... to 16 •Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 171. - ... N to - Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. , to - Ditto, Thirds.. ... 10 -_ ............ to - Hull and Selby 5O ...... 94 ...... to - Ditto, Half Shares .. - ...... t o - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... - - Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.;Thirds lO ...... 9 - Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 - to - Ditto, ditto - - Ditto Half Shares ... .. 43 ..... .. - ...... to - Ditto Quarters - 17% - - Ditto Fifths ........... ....... 9 - Ditto Sixteenths ..-...... 6 1 4 — .... to - Ditto Thirds (Reg.) - - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 - Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders, and Sheff.) 43 - ••••• to - Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole 5O - ...... to - Do., Westßiding Union... 7 .... - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% - to - Leeds and Bradford - - Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 50 - Do., Half Shares - to - Ditto, Blue (scrip) ........ 2% - ..... to --, Leeds and 'l'hirsk ........ ...... 50 - .... . to - Ditto, New .... .35 . .... - ...... to - Do. ,do.,Prefer , 6 per Cent. 3%. .... - ...... to .... dverpeol, Crosby, andSouth port. - ...• •• to ---, .verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% - .... to - London &Blackwell ......131.65. 8d 4 14 to .-. Do. Extension - ....«to - Lend., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 28 De. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 . . , - .. ... - De. Prof. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 .. - - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - - Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... ...... - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - ... - Ditto Preference l.B/ 17s 2d... - ..... to - London & North Western.....loo 116% to 115 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 ...... - - De. New - Do. Fifths - ..... to - Do. 40d Shares...,..L. & M 25 ...... - - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . - - Do. 10/. .. 51. and B. (B,) 9 - Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western.-- 50 _ - to - Ditto, New 504 - .... 34 42%...... - - Ditto, New 40/.... ...... .. - - to - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... - - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... . ....... 13/. 6s. 8d - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Ca115......1/. 13s. 4d - - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% - to - Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% - ...... to - Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% - - L•westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 - - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - 51anch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - - Ditto V Shares( No. 1) ... 18 - - Ditto, 'ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... - - Ditto, is Shares (No. 3)... 10 - - Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. - - Ditto Grimsby 4O -