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The only evidence gone into before the jury was that relating to the identity of the deceased. The investiga tion was than adjourned until to-morrow (this day). A vast number of labourers are employed emptying the moat which surrounds the mansion, in the hope of detecting the fire-arms of the murderer. LATEST PARTICULARS. - - We hear, by ihe electric telegraph, that Mrs. Jermy's condition i 5 such as to create much apprehension. Am putation of the arm has been performed. The lady's maid is not expected to survive the night. The medical gentlemen are in constant attendance upon the sufferers. 13, Great Marlborough-street. N ()TIC E.—VOL. IV. of PEP Y S' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE, NEW EDITION, with the Omitted Passages Restored, Edited by LORD BRATBROOKIC, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. N.B. One more volume will complete the work. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in S vols., T HE DIAMOND and the PEARL, 1 NOVEL. By MRS. GORE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 4 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUN. N. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been mad eto the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order to elect 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 sails of the establishment, presenting a series of attractionst on so a scale of admission suitable to all classes, without any preceden in splendid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle. • • • Five Shillings. Upper Boxes • •• • • • • Four Shillings. Lit•• . Lower Gallery .•••..• • .• • • One Shilling. Upper Gallery .. • • •• • • Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls. Seven Sh il linifS• Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 33. ; First Circle, 25. 6d. ; - 1.11 Ter Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 25. 6d.; Lower Gallery. Is. - U ppe r Gallery, 6 d THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grind Opera, entitled NORMA. Polito, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flavias, Mr. Herberte ; Ortme3o, Mr. Borrani ; Norma, Mdlie. Nissen ; Adalgisa, Mrs. AKE. D. Slag. THE LADY OF THE L Pt The Knight of Snowdon, Mr. Travers; Douglas, Mr. Borrani ; Roderick Dha, Mr. W. Harrison ; Malcolm Gram% Miss Bassano Mrs. D. King• erformance to commence at Seven. D oo rs open at Half-past Six, p The Box-office 13 Open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs sad alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE JEALOUS WIFE. Charles Kean; Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Charles Kean. • After which, an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. The Knight of Arva, Mr. Hudson ; the Princess Marina. Miss Reynolds. To conclude with the comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, J. Bland, W. Sauter, A. Brindal ; Mrs. Hamby, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss Woulds Mr. Oakley, Mr. THEATRE ROYAL, ,DELPHI. ender toe direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre ass been entirely re-decorabed, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Eq., 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 EVEN more ore comfortable. THIS Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. .ZZ.:TAL LTCs.I.TM THEATRE. Under the 3 anagemeut of Madam Vestria. oole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma he .s. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, t;. Na thews, Cooper, Bel- Ingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, iio F. Cooke, Charles, Mi s Marshall, Madame Vestrls, Mrs. Yates, Ml is h . Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamma. To conclude with an APPEAL TO VIE (.TBLIC. Dress i;,,xes, ss. ; Upper Box.ol, .15 ; Pit, S . ; Gallery, Is. NO half-price to any part of the house. Tfi, Sew Ilos.-office, No. 2, Wellln.;ton. stce t, is open to the public 'very lay, from Tan till Sts. PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and N: antigen During the Recess this Theatre has been re-det,: , rated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airart t meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the .Theatre, and the u.ort and conyealcnce of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performei LA SONNAMBULL After which, a AS DE TROIS. To conclude witir the comic Opera 01 LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Hawthoru, Mr. Charles Braharn; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hodge, Mr. Oxberry; Madge, Miss Eunna Star.'.ey; Rosetta, Miss Julia liuf and. TO CORRESPONI)EivIo. Vo communication can be attended to unless antheati. cated by the n7.nie and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OVFICX., Dv.calasza 1. TILENBIONATEr., Lowest, 39; Highest, 46, Noon, 45 BA:ut BIZTEP, 29.7.—W1ND W.; fine weather. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BICLIKIE THIS DAT. er 4 ! EveninT • 10 min. after 5 • C 4. A 4 e.. !sr& 4.2 - _ 4_, , , Pk- \ r. ..4.k ventry aim. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1848. But that such tremendous interests are involved in the settlement of the occurrences now transpiring on the Continent, it would be absolutely ridiculous to watch the contradictions into which our Tory Contemporaries are continually stumbling, carried along by the impetuosity of their blind predilections. Only the other day they were hounding on the sol diers of FERDINAND to the massacre of the Viennese, and were exulting in the conquest of German demo cracy by the guns of WINDISCHGRATZ and the bar barian Croats of JELLACHICEI. To-day they are absolutely beside themselves with rage because CAVAIGNAC has generously dispatched assistance to the noble and generous-hearted Poserunr who was, only the other day, bombarded by murderers in his palace of the Quirinal ! An idiot like the KAISER cannot be driven forth by a population infuriated by the treacheries of his Government, without agitating this class of politicians into a perfect ecstacy of in dignation ; while a paternal patriot like the POPE may be besieged in his place of residence by a band of ruffians, his Prime Minister may be stabbed like a dog in the light of noon-day, his Secretary—one of his oldest and dearest friends, and one of the moat inoffensive of nien—may be shot dead in the privacy of his chamber ,while reading his brevi4ry, and then when a guard of honour is dispatched to the Eternal City, to save from the bands of assassins a Prince venerable for his virtues and benevolence, a shout of wrath is raised worthy of individuals whose bands are furtively grasped in those of the Socialist propagators of the principles of anarchy and spoliation. We leave] this fact, so replete with meaning, to the meditation of the multitude. Quoting the organ of Terrorism in France, one of our th morning C on t emporar i es g l oats over th e no ti on " " the Romans will exercise their undisputed right by refusing to allow this . French interference, and that they will ta k e Citythe liberty of kicking M. ConacELLßs out of the . Seven Hills 1" Now, it would be as well for the credit of journalism, if these scurrilities were Whyyul tdoltoshtt o rtu re. t n ed .oh genuous impartiality. Wh y w Gr i o th ver in nl Govern ment alone in this matter ? auth as o sa . il . in the same dignified language the Spanish bearing s and the British authorities? For vessels, a s tene n d ir w t i h th e England and of Spain, as well as others g b e th e g ag o f tricolour of the Young Republic, have h the same generous impulse to proffer shelter to the Sovereign PoszirF at Civita Vecchia ! The truth i s simply this—Pius IX. began the movement of poli tical reform ; he must be bumbled : the Roman So. cialists are facilitating the progress of reaction by their excesses ; they must be encouraged : General CAVAIGNAC is identified with the republican modera tion of France; he must be rendered impotent by slander and misrepresentation : Prince Louis NAPO LEON is the best s t e ppi ng s t one t o a counter-revolu tion ; his chance of election to the Presidency must, at all hazards, be improved. Hence these clamours against the unsought assistance offered to the vie tim of Roman ingratitude. Of all the proceedings of the Republican Govern ment, that which has recently been taken by order of M. BA STIDE is, in- reality, the most honourable, the most chivalrous, and the most beautiful. It was said in February by M. DE LAMARTINE, that the in augurative decree of the Republic, abolishing capital punishments for political offences, was " the voice of the nation rising in a spontmeous cry from the soul of her Government." The same may be said, almost in the same words, of the recent act of the present Administration. And not on l y France rejoices in the aggregate at this bold deed of generosity towards the Sovereign PONTIFF, but the admiration of her citizens will be responded to by every generous heart in Christendom. It was by a noble impulse rather than by an astute calculation of political strategy, that the Cabinet presided over by General CAVAIGNAC THE SUN, LONDON, resolved the other evening to send 3,500 men to Civita Vecchia, accompanied by one of the national representatives, M. COURCELLBS, on an extraordinary mission to protect Pio Nom° from further outrages at the hands of a sanguinary rabble of Roman Socialists. As affording a ♦ery remarkable testimony that the view taken by the Government at Paris was far from being in any one particular erroneous, the correspondence just received from their representative at Rome, M. D'HIRCOURT, the French Ambassador, is eminently entitled to perusal. It recounts in terms of the utmost indignation the atrocities com mitted by the mob in the Eternal City, from the as sassination of Rossi to the murder of PALMA, from the storming of the Quirinal to the installation of the new Ministry—and this, let it be remembered, from the representative of a Cabinet born of revolution, from a man predisposed in every respect to look with an eye of sympathy upon any democratic move ment ! But the crimes of the Socialist party at Rome were too palpable and hideous in their depra vity, and the Ambassador from the French Republic writes with the earnestness of a man whose whole soul sickens with emotions of horror and abhorrence. So far from having marred his prospects as a can didate for the office of President by this brave de fiance of the Red Democrats, both among the Italians and among his own countrymen, General CAVAIGNAC has excited an admiration which must tend very ma terially to forward his interests ; while his rival, Prince Louis NAPOLEON, has materially impaired his cause by the publication of a manifesto, which, in spite of its indisputable cleverness, is too vague in principle, too abject in entreaty, and too nervously circumspect in every individual syllable. Let the Moderates be only true to themselves, let them only resolve betimes as to whether their votes shall be given for LAMARTIXE or CAVAIGNAC, and on Sun day, the 10th of December, they may laugh to scorn the slanders and conspiracies of the Counter- Revolutionists. The accounts received from Ireland day by day are indeed suggestive of gloomy reflections. We hear of the most lamentable vicissitudes of fortune — of men, who some years since were in the enjoy ment of every luxury and comfort that affluence could afford, being reduced to a state of the deepest distress, in want of almost the commonest necessaries of life—of deserted farms, and uncultivated lands— of hardy and intelligent men, possessing a small capital, together with the most untiring energy and determination, flying from their native land to seek a home on a distant shore —of workhouses crammed to suffocation, — of innumerable claimants for out-door relief—of in effectual efforts to collect the rates for the relief of the poor, and of ejectments and clearances of estates, where the miserable cottiers are driven from their humble holdings at this inclement season of the year, and left without a roof to shelter their wretched families or a meal for their starving children. These are, indeed, melancholy facts, that must awaken the sympathies and excite the commiseration of every man of ordinary humanity. Without entering upon any personal considerations, without touching in any degree upon the question how deeply this country is interested in the affairs of Ireland—how intimately they are connected together—and how largely British prosperity may be affected by Irish distress, the sufferings of our brethren at the other side of St. George's Channel are abundantly sufficient to awaken our most serious attention to the means by which those sufferings may be alley iated, and a more favourable state of affairs brought about. 'What is to be done in Ireland and for Ireland are questions that will not be disregarded at the present moment. If pecuniary assistance were indeed required from this count 7 it would, we doubt not, be readily and cheerfully afforded. But if; as we firmly believe to be the case, Ireland possesses ample resources to work out her own salvation—that all that is wanting is that the energies of her children should be exerted in a judicious and prudent manner, and that the more impoverished districts should receive some trifling temporary aid until they are in a position to support their own poverty, it is doubly incum bent upon us not to withhold our assistance, but by our councils and our unceasing efforts to improie her social condition, and to render her in every respect worthy of a position in the British empire. The working of the:pcor- law now forms one of the chief grounds of complaint from all classess of Irish men. It is said to press with extraordinary weight upon those who are most anxious to discharge their duties—to impair their power, and to cripple their exertions ; that, from the undue magnitude of the area of taxation, they are compelled to support not only the poor belonging to their own estates, but also those of their more indolent and less deserving neighbours; and that thus they are over whelmed by a mass of :poverty against which it is hopeless to struggle, and that they must speedily abandon the unequal contest unless some relief be af forded, and that matters be placed upon a sounder and a more equitable foundation. There is, we re gret to say, some truth in these assertions, and many instances have come to our knowledge where the exertions of really good and energetic landlords have been swamped, from the unfortunate position in which they were placed, the neighbouring gentry being im poverished and embarrassed, and unable to render any voluntary assistance by affording employment to labour, or encouragement to their tenantry to improve their holdings. It is indeed hard that those willing to discharge their own obligations should be thus hampered and oppressed through the deficiencies and the faults of others. It is difficult, however, to sug gest a fitting remedy. If the area of taxation were narrowed to the utmost extent, so as to make it as nearly as possible coincident with individual pro perty, the certain result would be, that many loca lities would be utterly unable to support their poor, and that a national rate should be resorted to. An additional motive would arise to induce proprietors to clear their estates to the utmost extent, to convert their arable lands into pasture, to prevent the construction of cottages, so that their workmen would in the day of distress become bur dens on others who had not profited by their labour. There are many evils that would undoubtedly arise if such a course were adopted, that would perhaps be even more injurious to the community in general than those to which it is now desired to apply a re medy. A full and searching investigation must take place before any alteration can be sanctioned. It is much to be regretted that the inquiry asked for dur ing the past session by the almost unanimous voice of the Irish representatives was not awarded. If a report had been made, or even a Committee appointed, and some witnesses examined, much information might have been obtained, that would have cast light upon the vesatct Duestio. As it is, we must only determine that not a single: hour shall be lost after the re assembling of Parliament in bringing thee subject under the consideration of the House and country, and adopting the measures which upon due reflection shall app ear t o b e b es t ca l cu l a t e d t o meet the wants of th e country, and to promote the interests of the Irish nation. FRTElazi LATH p a, l eu Lt ia la ti D or E l STlNE DEPARTURE OF THE so lately draw n ' vants by the Jesuit mis • of Mr. " ARCRE D'ALLIANCE."—Having with the to the circumstances connected a c t:naries on board the French kidnapping of a number ship the Arche d'Allian in defia a n ti ! a a d e t of . th e police authorities, B. Boyd's ser the departure of that vessel from thisport, his Excellency the Go vernorlianr.ißaq.u. jiareVnto the case, has we have now only to state the pilot who having instituted at the ihsaat"rl'cate of e men had been pleased to suspend took the Arche d'Alliance to s l, e i ti a , g the Water time that warrants for the apprehension of nowing il AT been issued by Captain Brown, Police.—Australian Journal, June 16. 1848, ATTRACTIVE NEWS FOR OUR COUNTftyw omE HOME.—Out of the fenaale immigrants who ar rived at Melbourne by the William Stewart, eight recentl ywer married within twenty-four hours after their landing, An offer made to a ninth (a cautious Scotch lassie) wat; deferred by the fair one, who, with some slight adumbra tions as to higher aspirations, professed her intention to " wait a wee while." The Portland Guardian, i n noticing, the nuptial arrangementg, only regretted that the ladles had not been landed in that delightful bay, where double the number would have met eligible matches in half the number of hours. " Eight weddings in twenty- four hours," quoth our contemporary, " pooh! in Portland there would have been sixteen in twelve!" We perceive that some of our London contemporaries have been making comparisons (all in our favou r b y the way) between America and Australia as fields of coloni zation. We think, with the above matrimonial matters of fact before them, our fair countrywomen at home will atlknowledge that the Australian colonies are the true " United States."—Australian Journal, June 16, 1848. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The following letters, written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by M. D'HARCOURT, the French Ambassador at Rome, describing the events which have recently occurred in the " Eternal City," have been laid before the National Assembly by the Executive Government : " Rome, Nov. 16. " Monsieur le Miaistre,—l have already had the honour of announcing to you by the telegraph that M. Rossi, Minister of the Interior, was assassinated yester day at one o'clock, as he was alighting from his carriage to enter the Chamber of Deputies. He was stabbed in the throat, and died immediately. The murderer was not arrested, nor was even any attempt made to seize him. Some Gendarmes and National Guards, who were on the spot, did not interfere. The populace remained mute and cold. It was with difficulty that the Minister's servant could find any one to help him in carrying the body of his master into a neighbouring room. The As sembly, on the steps of which the murder was committed, continued undisturbedly to read its minutes, and not a word was mentioned of the incident during the whole sitting. In the evening the murderers and their adhe rents, to the amount of several hundreds, with flags at their head, fraternized with the soldiers at the barracks, and none of the magistrates came forward to act. The director of the police, although urged to take some energetic measures, refused to interfere, !and withdrew. This morning the whole of the Ministry resigned. It is difficult to conceive any new combination possible, or any chance of re-establishing order, after what has passed. Such is the position of the successors of the ancient Romans! Having no packet immediately at my disposal, I have resolved to send this dispatch overland. —Accept, &c., " HARCOURT." (Second Dispatch.) " Rome, Nov. 17. " Monsieur le Ministre,—l have had the honour to give you the account of the murder of M. Rossi. Yes terday we had a continuation of these excesses, which will make you regret, perhaps, not having given at a certain time some support to the Sovereign Pontiff. It would be difficult to witness a more sad spectacle for the nation, than that of which we have been ocular wit nesses. Towards two o'clock a rather large crowd of the people went to the Quirinal with a programme, known beforehand, and which issued from the presses of the Popular Club. This programme demanded the dis missal of the Ministry, the formation of another, the formation of a Constituent Assembly, a solemn declara tion of war, &c. There are in the interior of the Qui rinal 100 Swiss, who are alone charged with the per sonal guard of the Pope, with a few gardes du corps. When the Swiss saw this hostile demonstration, they closed the doors and prepared for a defence. The diplo matic corps had time to enter the pelage and offer to the Pope its moral support against the violence that might be attempted against him. The assemblage as first uttered menaces to obtain admission, and seeing that their desire was not complied with, they endeavoured to burn down the principal door. A few musket shots from the Swiss, and their decided !attitude, soon forced the aggressors to retire to a distance. Up to this time only the populace had interposed; the attack, therefore, did not last long, and the populace were beginning to disperse, when we witnessed, to our great surprise, an unexpected spectacle. The civic guard, the gendarmerie, the line, and the Roman legion, to the number of some thousands in uniform, with music and drums, came and ranged themselves in order of battle on the square of the Quirinal, and were there joined by a few of the people who had remained, and began to fire at the windows of the Palace. Some balls penetrated into the apartments, and one killed a prelate who was in his chamber. As the Swiss continued to dis play a bold attitude, and it was thought that a determined resistance would be offered,cannon was brought to batter down the doors of the Palace of the unfortunate Pope, who is mildness itself, and who had only a hundred Swiss to defend him. It is generally thought that there were only a few hundred plotters (menettra), who had laid the plan of this conspiracy. There were near the Pope during the whole of the day only the diplomatic corps. The Pope, all this time, showed much sang froid and firmness; but as it was impossible to oppose resistance—and, be sith s, as he was less able and disposed than anybody to shed blood—it was necessary to do whatever was de manded by his own troops, who besieged him in his pa lace. Negotiations were entered into, and a list of Ministers was proposed to him, at the head of which figure MM. Mamiani, Sterbini, Galetti, &c. This he ac • cepted, protesting, however, against the violence which was practised, and declaring that he would refer to the Chambers the other measures which were demanded of him. The authority of the Pope is now absolutely null. It exists only in name, and none of his acts will be free and voluntary. " HARCOURT, (Third Dispatch.) " Rome, Nov. 18. " Monsieur le Ministre,—M. Muazarelli, the prelate, now President of the High Chamber, is to be President of the Council and Minister of Public Instruction; M. Ma miani, of Foreign Affairs; M. Galetti, of the Interior; M. Sterbini, of Public Works; Count Campella, of War; M. Lunati, of Finances; and M. Sereni, of Justice. It is thought that the High Chamber will be dissolved. The Swiss are about to be dismissed, and the posts of the Palace are to be occupied by the National Guards. It is the Popular Club that decides all the plans. The 1 Pope, without making official protests against what is passing, has not failed to cause it to be understood that he yiels only to force. The diplomatic corps is unde cided as to the conduct it ought to observe towards the new Government. I think that it would be most con- sistent to keep on the reserve until it has assumed a decided colour, and shown what line of conduct it adopts towards the Pope. I have expressed myself to this effect to my colleagues, who have concurred with me in opinion; but I shall be obliged if you will send me your instructions on this point. It is possible that these events may delay the consistory at which our bishops ought to be recognised." The remainder of the dispatch is occupied with statements relating to the quarantine imposed on vessels coming from Malta. The Ryiproze complains that the words " Liberte, Egaliti, Fraternite " have been effaced on several of the public buildings, and Louis PHILIPPE'S motto of " Liberte, ordre public," has been substituted. It also complains that M. DUPAURE has suppressed the words " citoyen " and " salut et fraternity" in his circulars. The Patrie of Wednesday says— " There was much talk to-day in the National As sembly of a duel between M. Felix Pyat and M. Proud hon. They went successively to the Bois de Boulogne and to St. Ouen, where they met M. Yen, the Com missary of Police, and his agents, by whom they were compelled to separate without fighting. It is said, how ever, that they met again this evening, and fought." The Gazette des Tribumus says that the tribunal of raises en accusation, and that of appeal for cor rectional police, met on Wednesday to hear the report of the Advocate-General, METZINGER, on the accu sations brought against the Ministers of the ex-King Louis PniLirrE, and that after a lengthened delibe ration, the Court decided that there were no grounds for prosecuting any of the parties implicated. The Conatitutiennel publishes a declaration of a Committee of Delegates of the departments of the West in favour of the candidateship of Louis BONI.' PARTE. Among the names of these patrons of the nephew of the EMPEROR is found that of GEORGES CADOUAL. The following is given by the Junta des Debate as the results of ;the elections which took place on Sunday : " Charente Inferieure—Marshal Bugeaud and General Regnault-de-St. Jean d'Angely, in place of M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who has taken his seat for the Seine, and of M. Contansau, who has resigned. " Calvados—M. Thomine, in place of M. Durand, deceased. "Yonne—M. Napoleon Bertrand, in place of M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. " Moselle—Tha Prince de la Moskowa, in place of M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. At the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday the discussion on the expedition to Givita Vecchia. was commenced by M. LEDRU Rouari, who spoke as follows :-- M. Ledru Rollin—l demand from the Government if they have received any additional information relative to the affairs of Rome, and if so, are they of a nature to show that the calm which the letters of the Admiral would lead us to foresee has been continued? Letters which appeared yesterday in the public journals show that after Rossi was struck the people remained calm, and the Assembly went on with ,their deliberations, without showing any emotion. The Honourable Gen tleman then narrated the circumstances which were given in M. d'Harcourt's dispatches, aid drew the in ference that everything showed that Rome must remain perfectly tranquil. He then went on :—I will now pro ceed to consider, is a political point of view, the expe dition which has been just ordered to Civita Vecchia. It is, I conceive, altogether precipitate and out of place. The cry with which the late movement has been effected at Rome was, "A bas les Strangers," and yet France sends Put her subjects to that country! I con sider that this vvill be a cause of great difficulties, as the first thing that the Boman people looked for was the independence of their :country. They will think but little of the Pope in comparison with that object. You desire, you say, to defend the Pope; but the real cause of the expedition is to impose by foree of arms what you conceive to be the best policy f the Roman people. I conceive that you have placed the Republic in a fatal situation, and I feel convinced that if you had previously demanded the opinion of the Pope himself, he would have declared against the step which yo: 1 have taken; nay, more, if I am well informed, the Nuncio at Paris, if you had consulted him, would have been preVared to dissuade you from such en act. You desire to aid the temporal Prince when opposed and put down by his people. But let me now examine the instructions which zolr was th 0 i you have given to your agent. You (Filer him riot to sin cerely in the political affairs of Rome. But is i',t sin roasly that such instructions are given? Cats ho be order er f of his actions' when he endeavours to Tostore purpose of defending the Pope ? The not at Rome, but at Milan; the qttestion questio was not rel igious , but politic a l; the Prince was not to be considered as the head of the Church, but as a temporal S is Austria that "ereign.—(Marks of dissent.) It bas to decide what will be t he co WrS e of events at Rome; if Fran its influence a n d its act c s o countenances that power in Is not Radetzky la •eighing down Lombardy by his acts commenced commenced a syste m o f arbol despoti sm ? H as he not t deny it, and theref ore the decti: ' ary rule? No ?rie, can to found, I repeat it, in that t t the quest riots will Italy, am! not at Rome, once that France ha s thrownpar t of the welglo of her FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 18484: influence in the scale against the efforts of the Roman people. But look at the conduct of the French Go vernment in this matter, The moment intelligence ar rives of the rising of the people of Rome it sends forth its expedition to Civita Vecchia, thereby aiding the views of Austria, and rivetting the thraldrom in which that power holds the north of Italy. Bat when Blum was murdered, what mark of sympathy proceeded from France? Did the Eepublic protest against that act?— (Murmurs.) Was there a single art, a single word on its part against such conduct towards one of the firmest defenders of popular feeling? No; when the friend of the people perished, the French Government was silent; but when differences arose between the temporal Prince—for such, I maintain, the Pope must be consi• dered in this case—and his people, at once it sends out aid to the former against the latter. It sent out, for sooth, 35,000 men! What folly! Do you not consider that you have exposed those soldiers to danger? Do you suppose that they are safe when placed in the face of Austria and her forces, should France not act as she pleases? I declare that, looking at the circumstances of the case, these men are exposed to an absolute butchery.—(Loud laughter.) But there is another point of a very important nature, to which I desire to call the attention of the Assembly. Has the head of the Execu tive a right to thus send forth troops without consulting the Assembly? Cad he thus engage the country on his own responsibility? Ido not think so. When, indeed, the Monarchy was here, the Ministry was accustomed to act as it deemed proper, and then came to the Chamber to render an account of its acts, and demand approbation. But we are now under a Republic, and the same cavalier mode of acting cannot be permitted. By the constitution edich has just been passed, the Pre sident of the Republic is not allowed to declare war without the sanction of the National Assembly, or to command in person the armies of the country. In the United States of America, such also is the rule. Well, then, is not the President of the Council at present in the place of the President of the Republic? Ought he not to follow the same rules? Ought he thus to send out troops without consulting the Assembly? I proclaim such conduct illegal—l protest against it—and I call on you not to allow the spirit of the constitution to be vio lated within a month of its promulgation.—(Some ap probation, though only of a slight character, from the extreme Lett.) M. de Montalembert—l ascend the tribune to place this question on grounds altogether different from those chosen by M. Ledru Rollin. I thank the Government for what it has done in this business; not in my own name merely, but in that of the hundreds of thousands of persons who are so deeply interested in the safety of the Pope. I deny that this question is to be resolved at Milan, as has just been stated. I maintain that it is at Rome only. I have not here to enter into a consi deration of Marshal Radetsky's conduct in Lombardy, for that is not what we now are discussing. The matter before us is the position of his Holiness the Pope; and I deny that it is as a temporal Prince that we must regard him, but as the spiritual head of the Church. The question is not merely an Italian one, not merely a Eu ropean one—it concerns the whole of those believers who have faith in their religious convictions, and regards the safety of the Pope as important for the dignity of religion. And in thus restricting the question to the spiritual character of the Pope, I entertain no fear of lowering the question; on the contrary, I elevate it to the highest point to which it can aspire—l make it a Catholic one .—(Hear, bear.) I affirm that it is a great honour for the French Republic to thus take the initi ative in declaring its determination to take measures for the safety of the Sovereign Pontiff's personal safety.— (Hear, hear.) Here was a case where a few old soldiers defended a harmless most excellent man; it was not as at Berlin or Vienna, where large bodies of troops were collected round the respective monarchs; it was an irreproachable, a most innocent old man, who had in all cases gone beyond what he had promised His whole political life may be summed up in these two words, amnesty and reform. I maintain that he must be looked on as a religious chief only, since his power as a sovereign wee a bsolutely nothing. But look ing at the insurrection at Dome in a general point of view, I declare I know of no more determined insult to offer to the French Republic than to impose on it, as a matter of necessity, the task of aiding every insurrection, no matter on what grosnd u ndertaken.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman went on expressing his approbation of the conduct of the French Government in this case, and expressed an opinion that the whole of Christendom would be of thew same cpinion. Ile thn paid what he called a solemn homage to Count Rossi's character, that gentleman, he said, having been his antagonist during his political life.—(Loud cheers.) M. Quinet expressed his dissatisfaction of the conduct of the Government. M. J. Fevre made a sharp attack on the Government declaring that they had acted illegally, and that their conduct was equivalent to a declaration of war, M. Dufaure, the Minister of the Interior—The Go vernment will be always trendy to reply to all questions that may be brought forward relative to its conduct with respect to the Earopean powers ; but at present, as the situation of Lombardy is not intimately connected with the present matter, I shall take the liberty of plac ing aside the situation of that country, and particularly because the President of the Council, a few days back, has spoken to the Assembly on the question. I cannot by any means allow that we ought, from the tenor of the first dispatch of M. d'Harcourt, to have foreseen that Rome was to remain perfectly tranquil. I will read these documents to the Assembly. [The Honourable Gentleman did so. and on coming to the part which speaks of the Assembly at Rome remaining tranquilly sitting, without any allusion being made to the murder, groans burst forth from the French National Assembly.] Far, said the Honourable Gentle man, from our looking on the murder of M. Rossi as an indication of peace and tranquillity, we con sidered it as likely to lead to still worse barbarities. — (Hear, hear.) It was when we heard that the Pope was a prisoner, when his principal adviser was mur dered, when cannon were pointed at his palace, that we determined to send out troops to his aid—(Hear, hear) — and we conceived that we were justified in doing so.— (Cheers.) But we are told that the President of the Council had not the right thus to send troops without consulting the Assembly. In other words the question is this—Was our sending troops to Civita Vecchia a de claration of war ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes; that's it.") Let us look at the instructions given to our Envoy Ex traordinary, by, which he is to govern his conduct. — (The Hon. Minister here read the instructions.) He dwelt particularly on the part in which it is declared that M. de Corcelles was to pay attention to one point only— namely, the safety of the Pope, and by no means on any account to meddle in the political affairs of the country. In addition (pursued the Hon. Minister) to what I have just read, M. de Corcelles is to receive his further direct tions from the National Assembly. The only matter which is to occupy the attention of M. de Corcelles is to look to the safety of the Pope; and I ask you what you would have said had we delayed so long that the expedition would have been too late I—(Hear, hear.) Would any reproaches have been severe enough for what would have been called our neglect —our inattention to the personal safety of the Sovereign Pontiff ?—(Cheers.) This, be it remembered, is not a question at the present moment merely—this is a question of principle, which we have ao right, as a Government, to slight or reject. Besides, be it borne in mind, that the Assembly could revoke the order which we had given.—(This assertion was received with loud marks of disapprobation.) Voices—How was that possible when the order was dispatched by telegraph ? The Minister of the Interior—Yes, but the question was brought before the Assembly on the Tuesday, and the order was only dispatched on the Monday. There was nothing to prevent the Assembly to issue its injunc tions on that day, and if they did not coincide with our views, there was full time to stop the expedition.—(Loud disapprobation.) The Marquis de Larochejaquelein.—Where is the ex pedition now ? The Minister of the Interior—We do not know ; we cannot say whether the expedition has yet taken its de parture or not.—(Agitation). We had a right to act without a moment's delay, and that is what we have effected ? But how far ought w to go may be asked ? —(Yes, yes). We declare that it is the National As sembly that must deoide that point.---(Hear, hear.) We only wish to protect the car as his personal safety is concerned. We do not intend in any manna! se interfere between that Sovereign and his people. He may or he may not grant them a constitution ; that is his and their affair, and does not concern us. We only want to provide for his personal safety. As to our giving to Austria an opportunity of interfering in this matter, I cannot see that we do so ; but even were that the case, we ought not to have been prevented from acting. What, do you suppose that the Pope would not find an asylum at Milan or at Vienna, as well as on the French territory? Beyond a doubt he would, and most gladly; and what would be said of the French Government—the Government of the Republic, had she permitted these cities to have taken the advance of it? —(Loud cheers.) One word more. When we had to consider the Bill relative to the election of the Presi dent, we foresaw that a difficulty must arise from some foreign incident between that period and the moment of the election. We, however, determined not to be ar rested by that consideration, but to present the Bill, in different to what might arrive, being fully determined to do our duty .—(Cheers.) This we conceive we have done in the matter now spoken of, and we refer our conduct with confidence to the appreciation of the As sembly .—(Loud cheers.) M. J. Fevre again addressed the Assembly, declaring that the conduct of the Government was highly dan gerous. He demanded e xplanations as to the time when the departure of the troops was ordered. General Cavaignac, President of the Council, ascended the tribune to reply,—[Left sitting.] Since the above was written we have received in telligence of the result of the discussion in the As sembly on the expedition to Civita Vecchia. After General ClvAroNae had been heard in de fence of the Government measure, several resolutions were proposed, but the Assembly gave priority to the following :—" The Assembly, approving of the mea sure of precaution taken by the Government for assuring the personal liberty of the Porn, and re serving its ultimate decision till all the facts are fully known, passes to tie order of the day." Upon this the Assembly divichd. Votes 543 272 480 63 Majority .. For .. Against .. • • BOURSE.—PARIS, Nov. 30. THREE O'CLOCK.-•-The Beiges and Railway Shares were firm to-day, with a slight tendency to a rise. The business done was very limited, all persons being en gaged in the settlement of their monthly accounts. The Primes for the monti were in most cases abandoned. For the Account, the F!eneb. Three per Cents, have risen 10e. ; Five per Cent. have risen 30c. ; and the Loan, 30c. For Money, tie Three per Cents. heave mounted 10c.; Five per Cents. 50c. ; and on the Loan, 35c.; Bons du Tr6sor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares have risen 25f. 50c. ; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted ; Five per Cents. have fallen s per cent. ; Spanish Funds not quoted ; Roman has risen 1 per cent. ; Rothschild's Receipts not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 42k; ditto (90 days), 25 35. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 30. Boulogne and Amiens, 5% —Luxembourg (1M), 15X3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. Ten battalions of Infantry, besides cavalry and artillery, have been dispatched to Catalonia. It was reported that the ex Carlist Chief, BEP DEL OLI, who after his passing over to the Government side had been sent off towards Seo d'Urgel in com mand of the 11th battalion of Light Infantry, had met with some serious mishap. Colonel BOVILLE, who was at Cervera, left that place suddenly in the di rectioa of Seo d'Urgel, on the 18th, with two bat talions of the Princesa Regiment. A Carlist band has appeared in the neighbourhood of Zamora, and a Carlist conspiracy has been disco vered at Talladolid. _ _ There was a grand ball at the palace on the 22d, at which neither CHRISTINA, nor her husband, nor NAIVAEZ were present. The Marquis of BEDMAR, it is said, was present, and danced with the QUaEN. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 24.—The Three per Cents., 101 to 9-16 ; Five per Cents., 9i to ; Coupons, si; Passive Debt, 31 to 1. Exchange on London, 48 35. ITALY. ROME. Intellig , r.ce has been received from Rome of the I 21st. On that day a motion was made in the Chamber of Deputies for an address of fidelity to the POPE, which was rejected. It is said that an attempt was made at Bologna, on the 18th, to assassinate General Zucca'. The Sardinian fleet has arrived at Ancona. On the 22d there was a popular assemblage at Florence, to protest against the election of unpopular deputies. The crowd, being excited, entered the churches in which the electoral colleges were sitting, and then sent a deputation to the Ministry, demanding the suspension of the elections, an electoral reform based on universal suffrage, and the prosecution of the ex- Ministers. An evasive answer was given, and it was hoped the excitement had ceased; but subsequently the populace went to the houses of some of the ex deputies, shouting that they should not be re-elected, and broke their windows. On the 23d the Ministry published the following proclamation : "Citizens—The Government desires that the people shall set forth their desires in a calm manner. Justice will prosecute the individuals accused of having taken part in the disturbances of yesterday. The application of the laws will suffice to put down the violence of some men. If new disturbances should break out, the Minis try, rather than cause a struggle incompatible with the confidence it has obtained, will resign." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-(FRIDAY.) During the present week, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market coastwise has amounted to only 920 quarters. By land carriage the receipts have been trifling. Although the show of samples to-day was very small, the demand for all descriptions was very heavy, and to effect sales lower rates must have been taken by the factors. In most instances prices were nominal. The imports of Foreign Wheat have rather exceeded 10,000 quarters. Most qualities were offered at a reduction of ls. per quarter, without leading to any business worthy of notice. Very little Barley was on offer. Malting par cels sold at late rates; but the middling kinds were a drug. Malt continued in the same retail demand, with only a small quantity on offer. In prices we have no change to notice. The Oat trade was in a very depressed state at late curriencies. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Meal, as well as Flour, were very dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. 920 qrs. 1,780 qrs. 250 qrs. 4,490 sks. 4 - ,820 I = English . • • • • • Irish. • • • • • • • • Foreign...•.. I 10,080 I 3,321 Malt, 3,410 qrs. STVLITHPIELD. An unusually small supply of Beasts was on offer in to-day's market; nevertheless, the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monday last. The extreme quotation for the best Scots was 4s 2d per Sibs. We were very scantily sup plied with all breeds of Sheep, one-third of which was derived from abroad. The few prime old Downs on sale commanded a steady trade, at full prices, viz., from 4s 10d to 5s per 8lbs; but polled Sheep were a slow inquiry. Calves—the numbers of which were limited— were in steady request, at last week's quotations. In Pigs, scarcely any business was transacted, hence, the currencies were almost nominal. Milch Cows were dull, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per albs. to sink the anal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 2 6 2 5 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 0 Second quality ••.. 2 10 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto 4 2 4 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 310 Southdown Wether 4 8 1 Prime Scots •. • • 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs .. Prime small ditto •. 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers ••. • 4 6 4 Suck - ling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 022 0 :nferlor Sheep • • • 3 0 3 4 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. I 3,130 139 230 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 126 1,090 12 I NEWGATE AND MEADENNALL. Generally speaking, the trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to Reef,inferior.• • • 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior •• 3 2 2 4 middling ••.. 2 6 210 middling— 3 6 3 11 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime ••.. 3 10 4 4 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large .• •• .• 3 6 4 4 Veal• • .. 3 6 4 4 small . ..... 4 6 4 g Beasts. 773 33017.0 UGH HOP 111.&EKET. The finest new Kent Hops are in steady request at, in some instances, a slight advance in the quotations. In the middling qualities, only a limited business is doing. Yearling and old Hops are a mere drug, and lower to purchase. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 215 s to 21 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 8s to 31 ss; Mid and East Kent ditto, 21 12s to 5/ 15s per cwt. COMONXAL. SuaAß.—There has been a quiet and, as regards prices, a flat market for British Plantation samples, but rather an increased quantity was taken on Tuesday at the reduction. Since then very little has been done. Barbadoes, 150 hhds, realised 40s 6d for fine yellow, and 35s 61 to 36s 6d for mid. REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been at 47a 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.--Mauritius, 5,342 bags, only partly found buyers at 6d decline; fine yellow 37s 6d to 38s; good 36s to 375; low 33s to 33s 6d; mid to fine brown 30s to 32s 6d; and low to good grey 33s to 36s 6d. Ben gal, 487 bags, was taken in at 38s 6d for low, soft, white Benares, and at 30s 6d for damp Khaur. Madras was not in request, and prices were rather lower. FOREIGN. —YeIIow Ilavannah privately sold at 18s to 18s 6d for middling; Cuba was taken in at 36s to 40s for yellow, and St. Martin's went at 35s for brown. COFFEE.—Jamaica has been sold at 43s 6d to 45s Gd for low middling. A fair business has been done in British Plantation generally. Good ordinary Native Ceylon has been 26s 6d to 28s. Ord. Plantation has realised 28s, and middling 48s. There has been less demand for Mocha; but previous rates are maintained. Madras has been at 22s 6d to 525. Foreign sorts are neglected. Cocos.—Full prices have been obtained for West India sorts, which have been in demand, Trinidad is selling at 39s to 44s 6d per cwt. RlCE.—Prices have been heavy. Mid white Bengal, lOs 6d to 1 ls, and fair pinky white Madras, 8s bd. COTTON.—A steady business has been done in East India at full quotations. TEA.—The market has been quiet at about previous rates. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been at 45s to 45s 3d per t on the spot. METALS.—Iron has been rather cheaper. Spelter is firm. AREOIVROOT. — St. Vincent's has been sold at 5d to sid, and Jamaica at 4id to sid per lb. Rusf.—Leeward Island Proof has been ls 3d to Is 4d per gallon. FRIIIT.—The first arrival of Oranges from the Azores has been received by the Quilha de Ferro, at Fayal, via Southampton, the cargo being forwarded from thence by railway to London, and sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, realized from 93s to 28s per small box. Messina Lemons have dropped ss. per case, the difference is price being now equal to that obtained at the outports. The improve- ment in chesnuts, French being saleable at a reduction of 5s per barrel, and no inquiry for Spanish. The sale of black Spanish nuts is checked by the high price. No demand for Barcelona, and but little disposition to pur chase Brasil, the price being expected to be lower. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY OLD COURf. THE CASE 07 JANE PULLEN.—MIxsLAuGIiana.-- The trial of Jane Pullen, who stands charged upon the Coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of her daughter, Ann Pullen, and against whom the Grand Jury found a true bill last night, was this morning, on the application of Mr. Snow, postponed to next session. CHARGE of RAPE.—Benjamin North, a lad, appa rently about fifteen years of age, was indicted with com mitting a rape on the person of Mary Ann North, his a child only eight years of age. The evldeueu as uvs C.b for publication The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault only, and Mr. Justice COLTMAN sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment and b ar d l a b o ur. CHARGE OF STABBING.—Edward Maskay, an ill-look. ing specimen of one of the finest pisantry in the world, was indicted with feloniously assaulting and stabbing Thomas Wallington on the night of the 13th of Nov. Mr. Metcalfe conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ke nealey defended the prisoner. From the statements of the prosecutor it appeared that both himself and the prisoner were labourers, and were employed by different parties at Bankside, but the prosecutor knew nothing of the prisoner more than see ing him at his work. On the night of the 13th of No vember, about eleven o'clock, the prosecutor, his wife, and a person of the name of Dulling, were returning home along Bankside, when the prisoner, Dulling, went up to him and said, you have been s aying something ill of her, and if you do it again I will give you a thump on the head; they began to quarrel, and the prosecutor went up to Dulling and said, come, dont have any row with him—come home. rrisoner told prosecutor not to interfere or he would serve him out. Dulling then came away with the prosecutor, but the prisoner followed them, crying out to the prosecutor, b----y Westminster, I know you—take that—and stuck a knife into his side below the seventh rib, which went through two frocks, and the prosecutor's shirt, and remained in his side until the prosecutor took it out himself. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) PORTSMOUTH THEATRE.—The spirited lessee of this theatre, in catering for the amusement of the public in this locality, has produced a very novel and beautiful entertainment. The stage, at the conclusion of the first piece, is entirely cleared of scenery, and a grand salle de dance formed, embracing the whole area ; a ballet of surpassing brilliancy is then given. The entertainment consists of national and characteristic dances, the pas de quatre and all the classical productions of the past season that created such enthusiasm at her Majesty's Theatre and the lio) al Italian Opera. Several favourite dan seuses of this metropolis have been engaged, and also (a novelty in the country, by the bye) a very extensive corps de ballet. The entertainment last night was very attrac tive, and on the rising of the curtain the effect was beau tiful. Among the dances most applauded were the pa s by Miss Massall, and one of the prettiest national horn. pipes seen for a long time, by Miss Louisa Coleman, most enthusiastically so. Altogether it is one of the most attractive entertainments that has ever been given in rortsmouth. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES PRUSSIA. The Prussian Assembly again met at Brandenburg on the 21Ith, but the Members not being in sufficient numbers the Assembly again adjourned. It was rumoured that on the 29th, the 25th anniversary of the KING'S marriage, the proclamation of a new Con- stitution would take place. The Minister at War has addressed a circular to all Generals in command, directing them to act with rigour against all who shall be guilty of insubordina- ion, revolt, or treason. The following appears in the Cologiee Gazette " BERLIN, Nov. 27.—At noon this day a detachmen of some 300 men of the Emperor Francis Regiment under the command of Major V. Blumenthal, proceeded to the Hotel Mylius, wherein the local assembly of the members of the Left is known to be held. The Major, at the head of his officers, and a few men, proceeded into the Assembly-room and summoned the assembled Deputies, seventy in number, in the name of the law and the superior power, to depart therefrom. The represen tatives were, in the end, literally dragged out of the room. A search was then made for papers, and nume rous printed documents lying on the table were seined." General VON WRANGEL has issued a proclamation, wherein he states that, as the " Assembly" is now re-opened in Brandenburg, the dissentient members cannot be allowed any longer to continue their deli. berations in Berlin. All hotel-keepers are warned against allowing those Members to assemble in their (the hotel-keepers') premises, under the penalty of having their establishments totally closed during the state of siege. Private houses in which the Deputies may hire apartments are also subjected to the same regulation. The plea that the parties assembling in those premises were not known to the proprietors as Deputies, will be of no avail. The Berlin papers give the following report of the proceedings at the sitting of the Assembly on the 27th, at Brandenburg The members of the National Assembly met at a quarter past ten. The Ministers, Ceunt BRANDEN BUEG, VON LADENBERG, VON MANTUFTEL, and VON STROTHA, appeared at that time, and entered into very friendly conversation with several of the Deputies. The hall was filled with numerous spectators. At half-past ten, when the Deputies had taken their seats, the Ministerial President, VON BRANDEN nuRG, spoke as follows :—" By command of his Ma jesty the KING, I hereby declare the Assembly con voked for constitution of the administration, which was prorogued on the 9th of this month, to be re opened, and propose that it be reconstituted. So soon as that business shall be completed I pray the As sembly to inform me thereof, in order that the Royal message may be forthwith brought in from his MA.. /TESTY." The Ministers then left the Hall. The address of the President was received in silence, but a cry was immediately raised for the election of a senior Presi dent; the Burgrave of Brunnek made a long speech, in which he spoke of 63 years' service, he then occu pied the President's chair, and nominated, as secre taries, Messrs. GASSLE and VON BORRIS. He then opened the sitting by calling over the names of the members. This was concluded at twelve o'clock, when it appeared that only 154 Deputies were present, being by far too small a number for any important resolu tions to be available. A letter was then read from Mr. HAUSEMANN to M. KUIILWETTER, in which he stated that, in con sequence of severe indisposition, his physicians had forbidden him to be present at the sitting that day, but that he would attend at Brandenburg as soon as his health was re-established. M. DAHNE the rose, and requested leave to speak. He made a long protest, in the name, of himself and his party, against the supposition that, by their pre sence they recognised the right of the Crown to transfer and prorogue the National Assembly. They rested principally upon the resolutions of Frankfort, which they conceived themselves bound to act upon for fear of being charged with the consequences. They also protested that the presence of the Deputies at Brandenburg by no means went to prove that they denied the resolutions taken at Berlin after the A th. A lively discussion now took place. All these opinions, independently of written declarations, being prohibited to the Deputies in the tribune. FRAN KFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 97th November, a note from the Minister of Justice, addressed to the Presidial Board, for communication to the National Assembly, was read, in which it was stated that, on the evening of the memorable 18th of September ult., a Member of the Assembly, whom the riot prevented from proceeding homeward, was obliged to remnin for a while in a public-house out side the city, in which he had heard a man boast of having dragged Prince LICHNOWSKY from his retreat. The Frankfort Criminal Court, through the medium of the Ministry, petitioned the Assembly to resolve upon measures for the identification of the deputy in question, in order that his evidence might be heard. MESSER, the officiating President, thought this simple notification would suffice. AUSTRIA. The election of Smona.A. as President of the Diet of Kremsier has excited great surprise and disap pointment at Olmutz, and has caused the Ministry to modify considerably in favour ci liberal opinions the programme wbich they intend to present to the Diet. The Cologne Gazette of the 27th says— "On the Bourse to-day trustworthy reports from Vienna were current, to the effect that Austria had defi nitively resolved to separate herself from the German National Assembly, and would withdraw her representa tives from Frankfort." The Wiener Zeitung of the 24th announces the tic^n ^r thy. occupation of the city of Oedenburg by the Imperial troops. " A Servian deputation is still at Olmutz. It demands a Servisn waiwode (a governor) similar to what has bewn given to Croatia and Sclavonia. It requires the aboli tion of the Magyar ministry, the free federation of all the people of Austria, with a ministry at Vienna, and a single Diet for the whole monarchy. The Servians have elected as their own chief their patriarch, in the person of Rajecie,.and their waiwode in that of Suplicae, and they require that the Emperor should sanction these elections. " The commissioners from Frankfort have arrived at Vienna. All the documents relative to the trial of Ro bert Blum, and upon which he was condemned, have been submitted to them." The price of provisions in Vienna is increasing every day. The Emperor of RUSSIA has desired that the names of " Alexander " and " Michael " shall be withdrawn from the two Hungarian regiments who have joined Kossuzu, and has ordered the officers of these regi ments to send back all the Russian orders with which they ma y be decorated, as he considers them un worthy to wear them. CENTRAL GERMANY. Accounts from Bavaria, Darmstadt, and Baden, re present affairs as being in a very uneasy state. Ap prehen3ions of an immediate insurrection throu g h ou t Central Germany are entertained. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 19.—The night b e f ore last the Neva, inside the city, was frozen. As this river broke up this year on the 2d of Ap r il, i t h as been free from ice 231 days this summer. The mean time for the settling of the ice is the 26th of Novem ber, consequently it is rather earlier this year than usual. Yesterday the bridge for foot-passengers was thrown across at the usual place, and thus the com munication is restored between Wassili-Ostrow and the populous side. Early in the morning the ther mometer was 15 deg. R. PERFORMANCE OF " THE MESSIAH" TO-NIGHT AT EXETER HALL.—The London Sacred Harmonic Eociety whose establishment on a firm footing now appears to be put beyond all doubt by the very l arge s h are o f public patronage, which it has rec iced in the shape of annual subscribers, will repeat the Messiah this evening, and judging from the first-rate talent engaged Lfor the Oratorio, will in no way be behind the perfermanco which attracted ouch a crowdad hall on the 3d ult. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was not in such active or extensive demand as noticed early in the week, still the market was steady, and prices were well supported. The transactions, amounting to 4,000 bales, comprise the following:-3,000 American, at 3d. to 6d. ; 300 Pernam, at 4ici. to 51d. ; 200 Egyptian, at sid. to 6id.; and 200 Surats, 24d. to 3d.—Railway Shares were firmer. The advices from abroad are again of rather a tran quil character, and as the chances increase for the elec tion of Cavaignac, although the issue is ' admitted to be far from certain, confidence gradually becomes strengthened. Contributions in aid will prove useful to the cause of Financial Reform, and a question that affects the pro sperity of every one cannot but stimulate suggestions which will be found to contain something worthy of note. Direct taxation, and especially the taxation of real property, is more than ever advocated; and a party writing under the title of " The End in View," ob- serves— " I think it will be admitted by all parties that Eng land is the greatest manufacturing nation in the world, which greatness has been attained by a system of legis lation which encouraged our manufacturers by bounties on exportation up to a late period, and by protection to nearly the present time. When bounties on exportation ceased, it was considered by the Legislature that such was the skill and industry of the British public that we could compete with other nations independent of the bounty. It has been considered by the late Parliament that we can now successfully compete with other na tions, independent of protection, and no doubt we can if measures are adopted to enable our mechanics and labourers, by a reduction in taxation, to live for half the amount they do at present, which would place us on a par with other nations in the cost of bodily labour ; in which case we should, by the superior ad vantages we possess in our natural productions, our great capital, and the skill and industry of our population, be enabled to compete with the nations of the world, and not only to retain, but also increase, the present foreign demand for our manufactures, which is the real source of our riches. By the removal of all taxes, except upon property sad income, this state of things may be attained. The great object of all Governments ought to be to promote the welfare and happiness of all classes, to give the people their just rights, and support with dignity the interests of this great empire." The same party estimates our annual gain upon the foreign trade at 50,000,0001., and shows how important it is to sustain that trade by reducing expenditure, and relieving thereby the springs of industry. With our increasing population, we must be dependent on other countries for a certain quantity of food, and this, under due encouragement, can be paid for by the products of our surplus labour. The following are the terms of quarantine existing at various ports, according to the latest advices:— " At Vigo, 8 days—A lazzaretto for passengers pro vided by the Spanish Government. At Oporto—No communication allowed on the out ward voyage. "At Lisbon, 8 days—A lazzaretto for passengers and goods provided by the Portuguese Government. " At Cadiz, 8 days—No lazzaretto. "At Gibraltar, 8 days—A lazzaretto for passengers and goods provided by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. " The steamers are therefore able to receive passen gers for Vigo, and passengers and goods for Lisbon and Gibraltar; but not at present for Oporto or Cadiz. " Passengers will have to pay the rates established by the authorities at Vigo and Lisbon for their maintenance while in quarantine. " Goods will be transferred into the laazarettoes at Lisbon and Gibraltar, at the company's expense, but such goods will be entirely at the shipper's risk after de livery from the steamers." The Funds have been buoyant to-day. Consols are 87* * for transfer, and 87i I for account. Exchequer. bills have risen to 40s. and 465. premium, and East India Bonds have been 365. to 393. premium. Bank Stock has risen to 1881 and 190. The New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. have been 86j *. On the whole the business done has not been large, but the market is tending upwards. The Foreign Securities are steadily supported : Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 24k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 24i to 25*. Mexican Bonds have been 21* to Ill*. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 48. The Railway Share Market has been steady, but some of the calls announced keep down prices. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRIT'S"! FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Breit Stock lBB4 190 190 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms B6 l/s3 t 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 87% %% 87 1 ,4 New 3M per Cent. Ann 5...... Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 9-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001. Consols for Account.. 8 7 1A% 87% Exchequer Bills. 2U 2 d. & 2d. 1.000/. March ... 45 46 43 p 43 p 1,0001. June ...... ..... 40 p 40 p Small, March .. 43 p 43 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds _ Ditto, Small — 73 1 ,E Equador Bonds Grenada Bolds, 1 per Cent. — 124 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 21% 21% Ditto. Account — 21% Ditto, Small 21% 21% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — ~.. Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... Portuguese 5 per Cents. — --- Ditto, 4 per Cent 24% 24% Ditto, Account — 24% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — 11% .. %in 24% Ditto, 3 per Cent 24% 2 4 '. Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 4 per Cent., 12 Guild 4B 47% Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 72% 73 73 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4A...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 Belfast & County Down, 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Jvnct., calls duly paid, or w ith a guaran. 20 — - Do, withoutguarantee 20 , ... - Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... , ••• ..... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. - Bristol end Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 141. 4r. Caledonian ......50 ...... 19 Ditto, Ilslf Shares .. 8%...... ...... Do. New 101. Pref 5 ... .. 4% _ 4l; Dit to,Clydesdale June 50 - Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 - Clarence - --- Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- --.• month - Dublin and Belfast June. 35 — -• Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ....„. ... . ..-- Do., 18L, E. & 18 . ...... . . Do., 31.105. - Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 11 1 4 %, IIX Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . ... ..... 10 ...... — ••., .... Ditto, Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d., _.••• . Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Dv. Quarters ..... Do. New 34 ••....•••• ..... .... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto,— 1 Ditto, Class B (J. & and B.) 2O - Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... 6 Do. Scrip (6 pei. cent.) 10 Dit to, ditto ... Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...—. East Lar cashira Dil to, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 — ... ...... ..... .... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. Edinb argil ar dNorthe:n 25 — Ditto, Newport ll — Exetel,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% 1 Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....,..... —V. 6s. 8d.... ... Glasgow,Kilmsu•.,& Ayr 40 ..... . Do.Pre:.erence Censol. ...... I 000 0..... , Great Northern Do., ~,, A Deferred ... 12%...... 4%.... ....... Do., y e B 6 per Cent. !iS --rarteed _ guaranteek ... ..... 6% 2 3 /4 Do. Extension 2 l /i...... —.. ( ;rept South. and West. (Ireland) Great North a England 100 ••,..• Ditto, New, 40' 4O •• ••••• Di•to, ditto 25 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, 15/ Great Western 9O Ditto, % Sbares SO Ditto, ii Snares .. Ditto, Fifth% ...... .., Ditto, New 17/. ..... 13 ... .. ........ • •••• ....., Huddersfield and /lan zh. 30 Ditto, ..- Thirds ..-• Hull and Selby ........50 ..-.. ..... Ditto, Half Sb are3 25 J... . Ditto, 1 4 Shares ..... 12%.. ••• . •• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds --- Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 -- Ditto, ditto ......... 0 ... 66 ..... 58 Ditto, 1 / 2 • Shares 43 -- _ _... ..••.• . .• Do. Quarter Sh ares— . 171. 2 ••• ••• Do. Fifths... Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,2L — Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ....• Do. New, Gus. 6 per ct. 5 Do. Liyerp. mad Bury 43 ., s Y~ 4/ i L IYR I I , ...6-% West Co West Le no. : Do. Whiteha Windsor South E thou" York, Beres; Do. C Bei Do. 1) 3 . d Do. York a/ Ditto 1/ 0 .1 hag Bra z il Lb Lo dull 1 QU; Digi IXIor qu, Wi] TO't