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Now ready, price 155., The SUPPLEMENT to BURKE ' S HISTORY OF TUB LANDED GENTRY Or ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, Containing the History and Genealogy of 500 additional Fa milies, with references tl5 upwards of 10,000 Persons connected with them by marriage or descent ; besides New Particulars respect ing the families comprised in the first two volumes. Henry Celburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MILDRED VERNON A TALE OF PARISIAN LIFE, By HAMILTON MURRAY. " An uncommonly clever book."—Examiner: " A story of singu!ar power."—Britannia. " This brilliant work Is a sort of new and more refined ' Mysteres de Paris."—Court Journal. _ _ _ " Mildred Vernon will make a great sensation. It is emphatically a good book ; it is a great deal more than clever ; it is wise, tree, and bold."—Jerrold's Paper. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN . Manager, Mr. BUNN. First Appearance of Mdlle. NISSEN. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Greed Opera, entitled HATDEIC I or, the Secret. Loredano, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Malgenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea Donato, Mr. Herberte; Haydee, Miss Lacombe. Te conclude with a Grand Ballet-Pantomime, entitled THR DEVIL TO PAT. Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported by a miss en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the view of representing the Perferrnances submitted to public patronage in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal Artistes with whom be has entered into engagements : FOR GRAND OPERA. SOPRANI AND CONTRALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer free the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss homer, Miss Bassano, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent, and Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at Paris). BAssEs Arras Baarroxs.s.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur dint, Mr. It. Corti (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dablin), Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips. TENORII.—Mr. W. liarrison, Mr. Herberte (his first appearance en the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. The Orchestra has been entirely re -arranged, and selected hen the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director, Signor Schirn. The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will cent prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master. Mr. Laid. FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. Wiles. Plunkett and Sophie Flute* (bath from the Grand Opera de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Moncelet, Mille. Gaillot, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris), Millie. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the Sat Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre de is Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at Milan), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cerritaak (from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi- Iler (his first appearance these eight years), and the most renowned Dancer now on the Continent, 3i. Durand ; with a more numereas and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Premenenses, than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre. A grand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre by Mr. W. Y. Wallace. " The First Wulpurgis Night" (th Poem by Goethe, and the Mu sic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given in a dramatic ferns by all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by J. P. Planche) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the magnitude of the subject will permit. A new grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signer Schira ; and a grand semi-sera Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Balfe. An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle. Maywood. Numerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer is daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek. Principal Scene-painters—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker—Mr. Blamire. Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Mazilier. Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis. ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION. Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, V. Es. ; First Tier Boxes, 21. 2s. and 1/. 1 is. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 21. 2s. ; Stalls, les. 6d, ; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s. Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, Es. 6d. Piazza Entrance.—Publie Boxes, 33. ; Gallery Amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. 6d. Half-price to take place, as usual, at Nine.—Te the Publie Boxes, as.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Bex-office is open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptei. The publie is respectfully informed that this Theatre kas, during the recess, undergone ♦ery extensive repairs and alterations, aid tke whole re-decorated THIS ETENINL Will be performed the Comedy of MONEY. ETelyn, Mr. Charles Kean ; Clara Douglas, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. Te conclude with HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. ludson. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Vrider the direction of Madam• Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortalele. THIS EVENING When will be performed the OrighierDratna, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Mies W.olgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which, a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weolgar. Ti 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 Comic Drama USED UP. After which, MY FATHER DID 60 BEFORII ME, la which Mr.Jehn Itea'ves will appear. _ —.— To conclude with Till CRITIC ; •r, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir Fretful Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. ➢Mathews ; Tilburina., Mrs. Tates. I..uxes, ss. ; Upper - Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. dl• half-price to any part 01 the house. Nevr Box-office, No. 3, Wellington-street, is open to tke public ,very 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 erabel .lshed in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been road' for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort aad conTexionce of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will he performed the Opera of NORMA. After which, the Ballet of LA ROSIERE. To conclude with a Farce, entitled MA FIRST PECCADILLO. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the namQ and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. FRE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, NOYMEWER 8. TIISRILONETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 44; Noon, 40, BAROMETER, 30.07. WIND N.W.; fine sunshiny weather. MGR WATER AT LONDON BEIDGI THIS DAY. Morning .. 27 min. after 11 Evening •- 52 lain. after 11 ' ' 4 0 ._ ',:', t '-‘'' , ~...., : ::r. :"''''.. ....44,,„ ...,' ' • - i l ;,; ^ , ip 1 , '1 • , .4'4 r „AriowN., riwfioss'ilki, -- ok --',..- , slifi ip ~...,-4,`",... , 1 01 i , ,6efdinfpflik,,•l'"4„,:tc. , IR., , ..z.v,,,z 2 ,112;,*4.....111, f 1 1 ,,,,,.., .-••- • , A11,e9 ' , '''. 4111 b, 1 , 1 7 1 t • 11 0 111 S LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, Is4s. During an interval of exactly three weeks and three days the capital of Austria remained in the possession of its inhabitants. Laving discovered in the councils of their SOVEREIGN, a treachery never surpassed in its ruthless audacity, and scarcely ever equalled in its deliberate atrocity, the !population of Vienna rose in one grand outburst of unanimity, and scared both the despot himself and his miserable accomplices from the Palace of Scholl brunn. The cause of this great movement was patent to the whole of Europe. The treachery of the Imperial Government was not by any means con jectural ; it was as flagrant in character as it was visible in its operation. After having yielded to the necessity of the age, after having dismissed METTERNICH, in obedience to the will of the multitude, after having proclaimed the Free Constitution which had been extorted from the N mpinoft by the will of upwards of thirty sixty million s o f h uman b e i ngs, FeeprlAD and his ae complices ',beli e d th e oa th s which they AND sworn to the people in the to plot presence . of the GOD of Heaven — they bega n th in secret . against the newly acquired liberty o f themselves for the gratificatione Austrians . —they perjured purpose, of their own despicable vengeance, and for the e, if possible, of effecting a speedy and paramountp retrogression . to the diabolical cause of Absolutism. To this end they revival of tyranny directed all their energies to the re o ' in the more remote provinces of the very time when they were professinpgreihe At the most liberal sentiments and the most constitutional p ri o n st siple4 to the Viennese , t he Im p er ial co nspirators were beating down with the bludgeon of martial law the young and aspiring nationality of the Hungarian s ; they were poisoning the fountain-head of the rights and immunities of the great race of the Magyars; they were strangling in the grasp of RADETZKY the new-born freedom of the Lombards and Venetians. The Viennese recognised all these atrocious proceedings on the part of their Government ; they appreciated the inconsistency of the Imperial councils ; they perceived the appalling incongruity existing between the acts and the professions of the Administration ; they er g ued that the conquest of the Lombards and the Hungarians was only preliminary to the assassination of their own independence and the deprivation of their own inestimable privileges; they already detected, in fact, the appearance of a retrograde policy as regarded themselves and the surrounding population ; they knew that so soon as the external divisions of the empire should be reduced to submis sion, that the mercenaries of AUBRIPERG, and of RADETZKY, and of JELLACIIICII, and of WINDISH GRATZ, would be concentrated upon the capital, and that under the intimidation of those im posing forces the new order of things would be a b o li s h e d , an d t h e anc i e n regime of despotism Ope r i gorous l y res t ore 1. These things, we repeat, were not merely conjectural—they were written in bloody characters on the plains of Lom bardy, and branded on those of Hungary in the smouldering ruins of her habitations. The whole world witnessed the progress of Imperial treachery, and the Viennese were neither blind to the crimi nality of their rulers, nor to the awful perils of their own situation. The dignity of Italian independence was trampled upon ; the glory of Hungarian nationality was insulted ; the might, and the right, and the grandeur and the sublimity of the freedom of the German race was outraged—and the Viennese rose like one man in the majesty of their abhorrence and indignation. At that great rising of the capital of Austria—that rising, the like of which for suddenness and unanimity has never been seen, except in Paris, and on the days of February—the EMPEROR was aghast, even within the strong walls of his palace of Schonbrunn. lle fled like a criminal, and was followed by the panic stricken supporters of his policy. One wretched man alone—the most guilty, because the most unscrupu lous of all the Imperial conspirators—was captured by the populace, and in the agony of that paroxysm of wrath, he was sacrificed by the hands of the multitude. If ever human being deserved the punishment of death it was Lazona. That punishment he merited by his crimes against the people ; and, in reading the details of his de struction, we have only reason to regret that his exe cution was not more judicial in its character, and less horrible in the torments of its prolongation. Since these occurrences, however, an extraordinary reverse of fortune has marked the history of the Austrian metropolis. After remaining entirely under the direction of the National Diet, presided over by FRANZ SMOLKA, and of the Muni cipal Junta called the Aula, possessing an authority equivalent to that formerly vested in the Commune deParis, Vienna has fallen under' bom bardment carried on by sixty or seventy thousand disciplined troops, aided by the barbarian cohorts of JELLACRICK, the Ban of Croatia, and conducted under the generalship of Field-Marshal the Prince WINDISCHGRATZ. In spite of the indomitable courage of the workmen and peasantry, in defiance of the skill of the military commander the Polish General BEM, notwithstanding the terrible havoc cauied by the ar tillery of Baron RalsEr, and the order preserved among the National Guards under the su preme direction of MusszignausEß, the city was compelled to capitulate on the first of this present November. Its walls and public buildings were completely in the possession of WIND ISGRA.TZ, and a number of prisoners had been already taken and incarcerated in the dungeons of Hetzendorf. Beyond this, the Diet is prorogued until the 15th instant, when it is convoked, to re assemble at Krem, and the soldiers of the Prince WINDISCHGRATZ have been distributed in imposing numbers throughout the capital to keep their heels upon the throats of the people, among the ashes and blood with which the desolated streets are soddened. Such is a simple narrative of the recent occur rences which have transpired in the metropolis of Austria. Such, in brief, is a history of the crimes of FERDINAIQD and of the misfortunes of his heroic but ill-doomed people. And it is this catastrophe which is now eliciting from the Tory press of London shouts of such frantic and hideous exultation • ! We blush to recognise the influence exercised over the temper and disposition of our contemporaries by the damning fanaticism engendered by political party. Our whole soul revolts at the spectacle which evinces such an entire absence of all the nobler and holier emotions inspired by the commonest senti ments of humanity. What is the massacre of a noble race like the Viennese a race whose crime is patriotism, and whose guilt is a revo tion if possible still more justifiable than our own Revolution of 1688—is the butchery, we ask, of a people burning with devotion for the cause of free dom and nationality, a fitting subject for these brutal and despicable yells of rapture ? Is the triumph of millions—and those millions zealous in their yearning for a generous and rational constitution—an appro priate cause for fury and lamentation ? And is the victory of one miserable man—and that one the incarnation of everything base, and ruthless, and despotic, and grinding, and unendurable a just occasion for the cries of joy and the language of gratulation ? For ourselves, we know not in the records of any nation, however cursed by calamities, or however subservient to the whims of a despotic Monarch, we know not either among the Shahs of Persia, or among the Maharajas of Hin dostan, among the Borgias of Italy, or among the Czars of Russia, any event of such appalling atrocity as that which has just occurred at Vienna, when the walls of that noble city were beaten down by the can non, and its inhabitants cut to pieces by the swords of the mercenary troops of the tyrant who calls himself their legitimate SOVRILIIGN. Our fellow-coun trymen should note well the circumstance of the effect produced by this unexampled act of despotism and inhumanity upon the hearts and imagi nations of our Tory contemporaries. They should bear this revolting rapture in remembrance,land cher ish in their recollection its only apparent inference. Thanks be to Heaven, the crimes of the KING and the KAISER areas certain of producing their expiation as those of the lowliest serf in Lithuania! Austria is now not only certain of its Liberty, but also of its Vengeance. The decision of the Court of Exchequer in the case of " GOYMOUR v. BUSSILL," a portion of which was reported in our impression of yesterday, is of deeper importance than might be supposed on a mere casual perusal. At first sight it appears a matter of very little consequence to any but the parties immediately interested whether a verdict of 201. was recorded for the plaintiff, or whether the technical objection taken on behalf of the defendant was successful and suffi cient to defeat the claim. Indeed, if any feeling was excited it would have been one of satisfaction, that substantial justice had prevailed, and that the de fendant.had been punished for making improper use of the powers vested in him as one of her MA JESTY'S justices of the peace, which he had apparently perverted, for the gratification of his own vindictive feelings. On more mature consideration, however, the matter will probably be regarded in a very different point of view. There has been some thing very like an invasion of the functions of the jury, and a decision was arrived at totally opposed to that which the jary intended to return. The facts lay in a very narrow compass. It appeared that the plaintiff had been in the service of the defendant, and had been discharged under circumstances that led to subsequent litigation. This fact would appear to indicate the existence of an unfriendly feeling between the parties. After his discharge he had visited the defendant's premises, and some suspicion being excited that he did so for the purpose of taking away some articles belonging to the defendant that had been thrown into an adjoining sink, he was given into custody on the charge. The accusation was afterwards withdrawn, he was released, and the action was brought for the imprisonment he had thus suffered. The defence set up was that the defendant bad acted in his magisterial capacity, and that he was consequently entitled to a month's notice of action' pursuant to the statute. This was the question upon which the result of g p h re t s t i h de e d d a e t fe t n h d e an tr t ia h l a , d to b l o d na th fi e twhheo cane depended, and [the Leained J u d ge J d 'u e r a y ct ` e ` d th in at h i i f i they thou ma gesterial capacity, they should find a verdict for him , " but as he was doubtful whether ther e h was suffi cien t evidence to go to th em on that point that they should assess the dama g es e t also di rec t e d o which th e Plaintiff would be entitled, to save the pe delay of a new trial, in the e vent of the e x pense delay th i an d nk ing differently on that point. Th ese were the poi n t s left to the jury, and they were clearly b ound to return answers to each. After some delay th ey returned into court, during the progress of another case, and stated, " that they found for the plaintiff, damages 20/.," and the verdict was therefore entered in due course. The other question, as to the bona fide was not however asked and the jury, within a few minutes, returned into court, stating " that there was some mistake ; that they had only returned the sum at which they assessed the damages in pursuance of the direction of the Learned Judge, but that they expected to be asked whether the defendant, had acted bona fide in his magisterial capacity which question they had resolved to answer in the affirmative." Ills Lordship, however, de clined to interfere, and the verdict rema i ne d for THE SUN, LONDON, the plaintiff. Under these circumstances there was I an application for a new trial. Nine of the jurors who tried the case made affidavits as to the correct ness of the above facts, and that it was their "intention to have returned a verdict for the defendant." The Court yesterday refused the application, on the fol lowing grounds :—The Lord Chief Baron, who pro nounced the judgment, said, " Admitting that the jury had given in their verdict under a mistake, and had intended to find that the defendant had caused the plaintiff to be imprisoned under the bona ide belief that he was acting in the execution of his character as a magistrate, substantial justice would be administered by leaving the mistaken verdict alone;'' for if the verdict recorded by the jury had been re corded, it would at once have been set aside as one un supported by the evidence." Now, with the utmost respect for the Court, we must protest_most strongly against that decision. We do not mean to justify the conduct of the defendant, or to assert that the result did not meet the " sub stantial justice" of the case, but that justice was attained, we submit, in an improper manner. According to the constitutional law of the land, it is the province of a jury to decide exclusively upon the facts of every case submitted for their decision. The presiding judge may assist them by summing up the testi mony of the several witnesses and ley commenting on the different points, but still it is the duty and the privilege of the jury to decide for themselves after having heard the evidence and the charge, and any encroachment upon that privilege we must regard as an unjust and unwarranted usurpation. If they arrive at a wrong conclusion there is a recognised and adequate remedy—a new trial may be applied for ou the ground that the verdict was contrary to the weight of evidence, and if the Court should be of that opinion, a venire de novo will be issued, and the point or points again submitted to the judgment of twelve men, sworn to return an impartial decision between their fellow subjects That would be a correct and proper course, against which no objection could be offered. But in the present instance a question perfectly decisive as to the case was expressly left to the jury. A verdict was taken which it is admitted was altogether con trary to the intention of the jury, and the acknow ledged mistake was founded upon the manner in which the judge had submitted the case, leaving two questions for them to answer. " Extreme cases," it is said, " make bad precedents." The Court might have been anxious to punish the misconduct of the defendant; but they should not on_that account strain the law, and violate the constitution, or sanction and confirm a verdict, snatched by surprise, and contrary to the real intention of the jury. Justice may be promoted in the present instance, but grievous injustice may be the result of the precedent thus established upon a future occasion. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Rue de Poictiers Club has determined not to propose any candidate for the Presidency of the Re public, moved thereto by a speech from ➢l. THIERS, of which the following report has appeared in the papers :-- " The Honourable Gentleman declared that he was perfectly disinterested in the question, for he had re fused the candidateship for the Presidency which had been offered to him by the several departments. He was, he said, neither candidate for the Presidency nor for the Ministry under either of the Presidents who were likely to be chosen. He was neither acquainted with General Cavaignac nor Louis Napoleon; he was neither animated with a feeling of affecti on nor o f di s lik e t o then? ; his only object was to seek out the meant of procuring the future happiness of the country. General Cava?gnacap peered to him to have an indecisive policy, which might incline him in certain cases in a direction other than towards the Moderate party, and for this reason he felt with regard to him a kind of mistrust, not of him personally, but of his opinions. Certainly General Ca vaignac would be better than the Governments which preceded:him since February 24, but he was not so de sirable as to induce him to make an effort in his favour. The country was at this moment strongly in favour of Louis Bonaparte, and in order to counteract his influence an effort would be necessary, but which would be with out motive, since sufficient confidence was not felt in General Cavaignac to excite interest in his favour. The question then was, whether it would be right to pro pose a third candidate to the country in the name of the Club of the Rue de Puictiers ? He thought not. He thought the proposal of a third candidate would injure the Moderate party. Such a candidate would only have the support of a part of the Moderate party, the rest would inevitably support Louis Bona parte. The consequence of that would be, that neither would obtain the absolute majority in consequence of the division of votes, and the election would have to be made by the National Assembly, and it would undoubt edly choose General Cavaignac. By proposing, there fore, a third candidate, the election of General Cavaig nac would be secured. If, therefore, his election was wished, it would be better to promote it in a straightfor ward manner, and Rot indirectly. Advantageous re sults might be even obtained for the country by coming to an understanding beforehand with the gallant Gene ral, and demanding from him a programme; au engage ment, with regard to certain Bills to be withdrawn or to ' be presented, and relative to certain selections to be made or to be revoked. By so doing his success would be secured, and he would be elected by a victory, and not by a defeat, of the Moderate party. He should therefore say, let there be no third candidate pro posed by the Moderate party, for that would be tantamount to declaring the unconditional election of General Cavaignac by the Assembly. It would be, moreover, the division of the Moderate party, which counts at least nine-tenths of the whole number of electors, and who would vote, a part for the candidate proposed by them, and the rest for Louis Bonaparte. For these reasons we should propose to let the country follow its bent, and not propose a third candidate. It had been said that every member of that Club was placed in an embarras.-.ed position, and that they ought to get out of it by proposing a candidate. In his opinion they should each get out of the embarrassment by giving conscientious advice to those who might consult them. It had been said that the country was misled, and that the members of the Club of the Rue de Poictiers ought to resist the movement. And why, he would ask? It certainly was not they who created the embarrass ment. These who had created it were those who since the 24th of February had governed France in such a manner as to fill her with uneasiness and bow her closets with misery. France thus situated sought for a name most opposed to those he had mentioned, and it is as for that reas o n s h e fi xe d h e r attention on Louis Bonaparte. The fault, therefore, lay with those who had governed the country for the last eight months. He did not even know Louis Napoleon; he had nothing in common with him; he did not labour in his behalf; but to stand an opponent to him would, he repeated, be to divide the Moderate party in a disadvantageous manner, and to procure the triumph of General Cavaignac with out having obtained any satisfactory guarantee from him. In such a state of things his advice was that they should have no candidate of their own, but that each should re • commend the one he preferred. " After the speech of M. Thiers, the meeting came to a vote. Out of about 200 members who were then pre- sent only 37 voted for the nomination of a candidate, and more than 150 voted that no candidate should be proposed by them." From this decision it is evident that the members of the reaction think the time is almost ripe for an attempt at a restoration, and that they would not be sorry to see even the advent of a Red Republic, in order, as CAMILLE DESMOULINS said of their predecessors in the cause of reaction, to drive liberty mad, that they might disgust the world with her. In consequence of this decision several of the moderate Republicans have left the club : among them is AI. DEGoussaE, who has addressed the following letter to the presi dent : " Paris, 6th November, 1848. " Mr. President,—l beg of you to infurm the club of the Rue de Puictiers that I can no longer remain a mem ber of it, and that I request it to accept my resignation of the office of vice-president. " I owe to the members of that meeting, who have constantly honoured me with particular kindness, to make known to them the motives of my retirement. ......_ ........_ . composed of diver - se elements, has, The meeting, frankly, an Republic; thet its ob jectarriere pensee, to the democratic and moderate direction, a si ff n e c e e tio it n s s, fo i r t m w at o io u n ld , d ra ec l i ared that, for d get w ti i n th g ou a t nc a ie n n y t , endeavouring to impose coun try, and to oppose those who was to give it who, by endeavouring force, could not do it upon the country . by fear a which would make lit gbeenerousb otherwise than raise its enemies. Faithful accepte d and i,ai t l h o f v u e l d t o b by thesethe priu . prin ciples, loyally iples, the supportedmee t meeting we have passed that the difficult times through which a s l e l rv t i h c e es m , and has have forced it to adopt. " The most complete union had g th h e as Government rendere gre i a n t for a long time reigned amongst us till about a month ago, when a sen sible chan ge took place in the spirit of our to discussions; me that the and our l ast s i ttings have demonstrated Republic is therein rather tolerated as a temporary olne cessity than su p ported as the only form of gove7m that can i nsure the happiness of the country. having been d ur i ng the whole of my life devoted to Republican principles, w hi ch require a perfect freedom of opinion', I cannot admit that in the fear of making known to the 1 country its di v i s i ons into a majority and minority, a meeting should abstain frommaking known the candi date for the Presidency it thinks most apt to consolidate the Republic, and insure the well-being of the country. At the sitting on Saturday there were 150 members pre sent. Of these 37 concurred with me, and 52 were op posed to the choi ce of a candidate; the rest abstained from voting. For myself, who have never dissimulated WEDNESDAY my convictions, I should hive thought that I was want ing to all the antecedents of my life if I continued to make one of an assembly which abandoned the country at the moment when it needs the concurrence and intel ligence of all its citizens. " Accept, &c. "DEGOUSSEE." The reply of General BARAGUAT D'HILLIEns may be considered as almost an open repudiation of Republicanism on the part of the Republicans of Lendemain : " Paris, Nov. 6th, 1841. " Sir,—The letter by which you send me your resig nation as vice-president of the Club of the Rue de Poictiers, and in which you also announee to the meeting that you are to be no longer considered among the num ber of its members, has ju.t reached me, and I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of it. " Your letter, sir, will be read at the next meeting; but permit me, as president of that meeting, to observe to you that I am the more particularly surprised to find that you have so misunderstood the spirit which animates us, because you have been among us for a long time, and you may have seen how every one, at our sittings, bad the right and the liberty to form his opinion, as you yourself have frequently experienced; and that in naming you as one of the vice-presidents, the meeting has given a striking testimony of its desire to conciliate all men who are friends to order and to the happiness of their country. " If at the last sitting the meeting did not adopt your advice, and proclaim itself in favour of the min of your affections as a candidate for the Presidency of the Re public, if it thought fit to remain in ptrfect independence of the future choice of the people, whatever it may be, and not in advance to raise any hostility against him— instead of seeing in this any change of its principles, and the line of conduct it has constantly endeavoured to fol low, you ought to have acknowledged the prudence and discretion of which it has on all occasions given proof. You say that 37 members against 52 participated in your opinion. Permit me here to rectify an error. There were nearly 200 members present, and if I abstained from counting a greater number of opponents to the measure you proposed, it was because the formality became useless. You find that the 150 other members who contended against it abandoned the Republic and the country at the moment when they had most need of the concurrence and intelligence of all the citizens. Permit me, sir, to believe that they know better than you do the interests of France, and have given a striking tt stimony of this by not suffering themselves to be led into the path which you wished to open to them. The Club of the Rue de Poictiers will never be unfaithful to its mission. It wishes for the consolidation of order, and it will con stantly repel every measure which may . again plunge the country into anarchy. What it desired at the be ginning of the session it still desires. France, which has so well appreciated its votes, will pronounce between it and you. " Accept, sir, &c., " General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS." At a meeting of the Club of the Institute, it was determined that a ballot should take place, and that the candidate who obtained the majority of suffrages should be put forward as the candidate, not of the club, but of the majority. On the ballot General CAVAIGNAC obtained a considerable majority. "It was said yesterday at the Chamber," says the Union, " that the explanations which have taken place between M. LEON FAUCUER and M. LEDRU ROLLIN were on the point of being terminated in a manner altogether pacific, in consequence of the intervention of mutual friends." The vice-presidents and secretaries of the Assembly were elected on Monday for the ensuing month. The ♦ice-presidents are MM. Bmo LACROSSE, General BEDEAU, MM. LEON DE MALLEVILLE, CORBON, and HAvIN. The secretaries are MM. PEUPIN and HECKEREN. The Committee on Public Worship has adapted the proposition of M. 15AMBERT for giving retiring pen sions to ecclesiastics. The Commission of Clemency appointed by General CAVAIGNAC has recommended 994 of the insurgents of June for immediate liberation, and they have been liberated accordingly. The Commissioners have been instructed to form a second category of those persons who, since the imprisonment, have given proofs of a return to ideas of order and respect for the law, and to prepare a list of three categories;-Ist. Those who appear disposed to enter on a better course, and who may be hereafter objects of clemency ; 2dly. Those whose amelioration is doubtful ; and 3dly. Those who appear decidedly incorrigible. The Commissioners will set out immediately for Brest, L orient, and Cherbourg. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the text of the Constitution as finally adopted by the National Assembly, and also the decree relative to the ceremo nies to be observed at the proclamation of the Con. stitution. The Miniteur also publishes a decree appointing the meetings of the Councils-General of the Depart ments for the 21st of November. S PAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist November have arrived. Alarming news had been received from the northern provinces in the cot.:se of the morning, and a Cabinet Council had been I ,urriec ly called, and was sitting in deliberation when the post left. It was said that CADRER A had surprised and utterly annihilated a large body of Government troops at Tortosa. That the insurrection is spreading in all parts of Spain, and has now assumed a most formidable character, is evident from the admissions of the organs of the Government. The Heraldo publishes a letter from Huesca, which says that a numerous Carlist band has invaded that province, in which it has been levying contri butions for four days, and seizing and selling salt (a royal monopoly) in various towns; and the letter adds, that unless the military force of the pro vince is greatly increased, the enemy might overrun it without finding the least obstacle opposed to him. The Carlists, it is said, are in possession of the towns of Grans, Castro, and Barbastro. In the province of Valencia Colonel SCUDRA, a Progres►sista officer, re volted at Concentani a on the 25th, at the head of 200 men. He attacked the QUEEN'S troops the next day, and defeated them, taking from them their baggage, and forcing them to retreat. He himself directed his march towards Planes. Another Progressista chief, named Remold°, at the head of 300 men, has taken possession of the villages of Alhaya and Onteniente ; and a third column, of about 60 men, commanded by GATO, is scouring the country in every direction without any obstacle. In the environs of Cullosca there is also a strong body of Progressistas, under the command of Colonel ABAD, who it was rumoured had taken possession of the town. Letters from Pampeluna confirm the report of the rising of the Cinco•Villas, and state that 60 of the QUEEN'S cavalry have gone over to the insurgents. The democratic movements is represented as daily spreading and becoming more formidable. Reinforce ments were arriving every day, especially at Sara gossa. It was reported at Pampeluna that the poli• tical chief of that place had received information of an insurrectional movement at Vittoria and its neigh bourhood. The Bolsa was closed on the Ist, it being All Saints' Day. EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 11348. the arrival of the troops at the Imperial palace, the houses of the legations, and the public edifices. The same exception extends to the guards whom the Com munal Council for the maintenance of public order shall det m it necessary to place at the various streets, as well as to the guards of public safety. " 7. The arms of the National Guards who have come from Gratzburzanding shall be deposited as above, and afterwards restored to their guards -in their own country. " The Communal Council shall declare to his Excel. lency Prince Wirdischgeatz, on this 30th da) of October, at three o'clock P.m., that it accepts the above conditions, otherwise the military measures hitherto employed shall be continued. If these conditions be accepted, they are to be put into execution on October 31st, at noon, at the latest." To these terms the Communal Council agreed, but the National Guards were averse to the capitulation. In the meantime the Hungarians had approached, and a terrific battle was raging between the Hunga rians and the Imperialists under the walls of Vienna; accordingly MESSENHAUER, the Provisional Com mandant of the National Guards, issued the follow- ing proclamation:— •' The bki.ttla appears to be drawing towards Oberdin and Inz,r:dorff. " The fog prevents one from having a clear view ; hitherto the Hungarians appear to be advancing vic toriously. In case a defeated army shall approach the wall of the city, it will be the duty of all the Laud wehr bodies to get under arms, even without command. (Signed) " MESSENHAUER, " Provisional Commandant. " Vienna, Oct. 30, _lB4B, Quarter to Ten, P.M." In consequence of this proclamation the resistance was resumed, the city was bombarded, and WINDISCR.. GRATZ on the 2d of November took possession of the city. Numerous arrests were made, and the Prince issued a proclamation, declaring of no effect the con ditions of the first capitulation, on account of its rupture by the Viennese. He accordingly issued new conditions to the following effect :—" The Academic Legion is totally dissolved ; the National Guard is dissolved for an indefinite term; all the journals and associations are suspended; no greater number than ten persons allowed to assemble in the streets ; domi ciliary visits to search for arms and persons not be longing to the city." The Diet is prorogued for a fortnight. The Ger man deputies would wish to assemble at Vienna, but it is supposed impossible for the Diet to sit there any longer. WINDISCHGRATZ declares that the Diet was a party to the rebellion, and that he will only acknowledge as legal the Diet sitting at Kremsier. The Diet attempted to assemble on the 2d of November but Prince SCHWARTZENBERG came up to the hall on horseback, axd caused the doors to be closed, and occupied with military the avenues to the tribune, and the sitting Was then forcibly adjourned. The city is in a frightful state. Treachery and informations are universal. Persons of the least in fluence are arrested in the s treets. The gates of the city are closed, and all communications with the fau bourgs prevented. The following telegraphic dispatches have been forwarded to 011mutz by General ROMBERG to the Minister WESSENBERG " VIENNA, Nov. 1. " I have just caused the barricades to be removed from the gate of the Red Tower, and within half an hour I shall have protected with infantry and artillery the Red Tower and its environs. I experience no resistance. The populace and the students nowhere show them selves. The enemy's cannon have been carried to the Arsenal. A large number of guns thrown down by the combatants are at the Red Tower. The fire has not occasioned any considerable damage to the Imperial Palace, or to the Cabinet of Natural History, or the Library. " NooN. " The barracks at Salzgrus, the Imperial Arsenal in the Rengasse, and all the military posts on the Boule vards and at the Palace are occupied by us. The feu bourgs are also in our hands, and disarmed. Perfect tranquillity is established, and the disarmament has begun in the city." A letter from Florisdorf of the 31s ult. says : " Not only have the Croats pillaged the faubourgs of Vienna, but they have also committed-assassinations, which have greatly contributed to increase the irrita tion and the resistance. According to another letter from Florisdorf, of the Ist, an hospital containing 700 woundei had been destroyed by fire. These assassinations and robberies, committed by the horde of plundering Croats, led, no doubt, to resistance on the part of the Viennese, in self_ defence, and thus that unfortunate collision took place which led to the bombardment of the city. Had JELLACIIICH restrained the brigand propensities of his Pandours, whose profession is rather that of plunder than of war, the capitulation would in all probability have been observed. A letter from Prerau, of the Ist, after detailing the events of the 31st, says—" The Viennese were be trayed by an adjutant of General BEM, who pointed out to WINDISCHGRATZ the most advantageous point of attack against the city. On his return the traitor was shot." The ammunition of the Viennese was nearly ex hausted, and to this circumstance alone WIN DISCHGRATZ may attribute his present possession of the city. The Prussian &twits Anzeiger publishes a letter from Vienna of the 2d Nov., which says— " The conflagration in the castle bas been extin guished, and is said to have occasioned but little da mage. Though the cupola of the library was in flames, all the books are said to have been saved, and the fine monument of Canova, in the Austrian church, has also been saved, and even the cabinet of natural history has not suffered any damage. "To-day the city is strongly barricaded, and the houses are being searched. We learn that the Ger manic-Austrian troops are to remain here, and the divi sion of the army which is not German has been ordered . to observe and pursue the Hungarians. Schutte said to have been arrested in the convent of Newburg-duster, in Lintz. The aide-de-camp of Bem, also, has been seized, but the General himself has h itherto escaped. Other , journals state that Bern effected his escape dis guised as a priest." During the course of the bombardment the palace, the library, and several public edifices and churches were on fire ; but, with the exception of the Augus tine and Capucine churches, which have suffered severely, the fires that menaced the rest were extin guished without committing ravages to any ext en t . The invaluable conte nts of the public library have not suffered. It is understood that none of the Le gations have suffered except that of Prussia, which took fire, and whereon a shell fell, and, it is said wounded one of the persons attached to the mission. Letters from 011muta, of the 31st ult., state that the deputies of Bohemia have taken steps in favour of the inhabitants of Vienna. They have presented an address to the EMPEROR, in which they declare that the severity of Prince WINDISCHGRATE would cause the ruin of his capital, and that the proclama tion of the Prince of the 23d October was not in accordance with the benevolent declarations of his MAJESTY. They consequently pray that his MA JESTY will prevent the execution of extreme mea sures until every peaceful means of arrangement shall be proved to be unavailing, and they supplicate his MAJESTY that he will be pleased to appoint persons possessing his confidence to undertake the important work of re-establishing peace. It is reported that a Ministry is formed as fol lows :—WASSENBERG, President of the Council ; Prince; SCIIWARTZENBERG, Foreign Affairs ; BACH, Interior ; BUMMER, War ; HELYERN, Public Instruc tion ; and BRACK, Commerce. The Prussian fflonitor of the sth publishes the fol lowing from Moravia : BIZLINN (MORAVIA), OCT. 31,—The attempts at se dition that took place yesterday have assumed a more alarming character this morning. During the night bands of men paraded the suburbs, bearing lighted flaw beaux and singing songs. One house was pillaged at the Dornich, and at another place they emptied a cask of wine. This morning all the shops are shut, the guards are under arms, and have occupied all the important points of the city. Every effort has been made to calm the irritation of mind of the . people, pa r ti cu l arly by informing them that negotiations for peace have been opened at Vienna. The secirsons possessed them 'elves of arms, and appeared before the factory of Mr. Brasgistar to seize the arms there, when a terrible strmgle ensued. The National Guard, being attacked with stones, fired upon the people, when thirty were woui ided and two killed. The law against public as semblages in the streets has been published, and several arrests have been made. The National Guard and the milit try keep possession of the city gates. " t )ne o'clock r.x.—We are happy to learn that the disturbances have been completely suppressed. The Nati( final Guard, in conjunction with the troops, declared them selves against the workmen, who were excited to viule,)ca by the proclamations of the Democratic Asso ciation, and succeeded in restoring tranquillity. Se veral of the workmen have been wounded, and some killed, " GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The news of the fall of Vienna is confirmed. The defence was desperate, and the troops of WINDISCLI GRATZ were forced to fight their way not only street by street, but step by step, and house by house, be fore they could occupy the city. He is at present in military possession of Vienna, and has commenced disarming the National Guard. O❑ the 20th WINDISCEIGUATZ proposed the follow ing terms of capitulation to the Communal Council : " 1. A large Imperial Austrian flag shall be imme diately hoisted on St. Stephen's Tower, and on all the gates along the line, while standards shall be hoisted in token of pacific submission. "2. The Master-General of the Ordnance, Baron ReiseT, and all the military men and functionaries who have been detained prisoners, shall be conveyed to Het zendorf. "3. In regard to the disarmament, the cannon of the city and that part of the environs situated to the left of the Krenz, as far as the Karntherthor and tl•e Wie den, should be taken to the barracks of Rennvoeg, and those to the rigbt of that route to the castle of Schonbrunn. " All the other arms shall be collected by the corps, or deposited within the space of 12 hours at the utmost, in the Imperial Arsenal, in the city, and in the suburbs in each communal house, and shall aftero. ards be sent to the committee of the nearest barracks which are occupied by the troops. "4. All the ammunition shall be given up, according to the places where it is now deposited, to the military commandants of the Neusbande, of the castle of Schon brunn, of the Turkenschange, and of the Leopoldstadt. " 5. All the money now in the hands of the National Guards and of the corps darmee shall be forthwith trans mitted to the Communal Council, and shall be kept under the seal of those who deposit it and under that of the Communal Council which receives it. "G. Provisionally, however, we except the disarming of those portions of the National Guards which the Communal Council shall appoint to mount guard, until PRUSSIA. Th( following is the Message of th• KING to the Nati , >nal Assembly, in reply to their address requ( (sting the withdrawal from Count BRANDXNDURGI of the mission confided to him by the KING of form ing a Ministry : " We, Frederick William, dm,' "Have duly considered en address from the Constitu tional Assembly, presented to us yesterday, and to which we make the following reply:— "Firmly resolved undeviatingly to follow the con stitutional path which, in contormity with the wishes of our peop!e, we have entered upon, we have charged Lieutenant-General Brandenburg with the formation of a new Ministry, for we are well assured of his sentiments, .and that he will actively co-operate in the firm consolidation of constitutional liberty. 1 It he succeeds in this he will, we make. no doubt, gain the confidence of the country. Any other Ministry than ono from which we expect this—and of this the representatives of our faithful peopl, , may be assured— will not be intrusted with the govt rnment of the country; hence it is utterly impossible, without the fullest cum firm-ttion of the in:imated reports, we should recal the commission with which we have charged Count Bran denburg. " e have nevertheless much pleasure in receiving the acknowledgment that our hearts beat for the weal of the country, and we hope that in the conscientious pro.. secution of this object this will e,v,ef be the case, in unison wish the wishes of our faithful people, and that their representatives will always support - us. (signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. (Countersigned) " EICHDIANN." This Message was communicated to the Assembly in the evening sitting of the 3d. In making the re port to the Assembly of the manner in which the KING had received the deputation, the Deputy ESTER stated that when his MAJESTY had received the ad dress, and was turning towards the door, the Deputy JACOBY stepped forward, saying, " Your MAJESTY, we have not come here merely to present an address, we have come here to inform you of the state of the country. Will your MAJESTY be pleased to listen." His MAJESTY replied "No," and immediately crossed the threshold. The Deputy called after the KING, who was retiring, " That is the misfortune of kings, they will not hear the truth." The Diet strongly reprobated this proceeding on the part of the Deputy Jecoiei. The sitting then passed a resolution that JAcosr had overstepped the limits of his mission. The ICING has not accepted the resignation of Count BRANDENBURG. In the sitting of the Assembly, of the 4th, M. DE BERG put the two following questions to the Minis try :—Why the Ministry was not present with his MAJESTY when the deputation of the National As sembly waited upon him, the day before yesterday ? and, What the Ministry had done relative to the resolution of the Assembly of the 30th of October, touching the affairs of Vienna ? To these questions no answer was returned, and the Assembly adjourned until Monday. Up to the sth instant Berlin continued tranquil. ITALY. The insurrection against the Austrian domination continues to progress in the mountainous and lake distriet of the north of Lombardy. L' Opinione of the 3d instant gives an account of the steam boat on the Lake Maggiore having, under Colonel D'APICE, di!!embarked 2,000 men, who drove the Austrians from Lucino. This force then divided itself into two parts, one, under APICE, marching to wards Como, and the other repairing to the moun tains. The Austrians retired upon Vorese. ALLOS. TELVIO, at Iticoni, cut in pieces a body of Croats. The people are waiting for the assistance of the Piedmontese to rise en masse. Twenty thousand Austrians are obliged to be kept at Milan to hold that town. , The Sardinian Ministry declared, in the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on the 2d inst., that Sardinia would accept of no other mediation but that of France and England. The disturbances at Genoa have been completely suppressed. The most perfect concord prevails be tween the troops and the National Guards. From Rome we learn that Count Rossi, the Minister of the Interior, issued thefollowing procla mation on the 25th ult. : " A handful of misled men, making a pretext of the riot in which a Jew, who had struck a blow, was arrested, have committed excesses we know not bow to charac terise. Although not compromised by a mere threat of further and more serious disturbance, the cause of public security at once found, in the earnest concurrence of the citizen guard and the army, all the aid and guarantee required for inspiring the fullest and firmest confidence in the present and in the future. The Government will never suffer the laws and civilization to be insulted with impunity. The Roman people will never cease to offer to the world the most noble example of devotion to their Sovereign, and their love for that true and honest liberty which never fails in respect for the laws. " ROSSI." A NOVELTY.—The Lord Mayor's Procession to morrow will present a striking novelty, as compared with previous spectacles of the 9th November. The public are not generally aware that Sir JAMES D in an early period of his life, served in the Royal Navy, and was present at the memorable battle of Algiers, under the command of Lord Ex mouth. On that stirring occasion, it is much more likely Sir James expected a cannon-ball for his por tion, rather than dream of becoming Lord Mayor of London ! As being probably the first naval Lord Mayor, it is decided to grace the other glories of the procession by the introduction of h SHIP FULLY RIGGED AND MANNED ! on a car drawn by six horses. This will be a rare novelty— and still rarer if they were Sea horses! COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. " MADEMOISELLE NISSEN. This talented artiste made her debut on the English boards last night, with complete and well-merited suc cess, in the arduous :We of the Druid priestess in Bel lini's opera of Norma. Mademoiselle Nissen is a Swede by birth, being from the same town as our favourite Jenny Lind. She is also a pupil of Manual Garcia, of the Conservatoire, Paris, and has been the friend and pupil of the great Pasta. Mademoiselle Nissen made her first appearance in Paris, in 144, at the Italian Opera, and sung with great success there for two seasons. The director wished to engage her for a third, but she went to the Impereal Theatre at St. Petersburgh, where she sung all the range of premiers roles with Madame Pauline Viardot, Signori i Rubin and Tamburini. Sh e su b sequently appeared at the prin' cipal theatres of Milan, Mantua, Bologna, Florence, and Rome, where she was a great favorite for two seasons. Madlle. Nissen possesses a pure soprano voice of very considerable etendue (ranging from A flat below the lines' to D in alt), partaking also of the mezzo soprano quality, her middle notes being excellent, which is of rare occurrence. We were particularly struck with the ,n,:velty and exquisite beauty of her fierifure, which was of such a high order as to com pletely satisfy the most s fastidious critic. We under stand she studied this long, and difficult role for six weeks, and we were astonished at hearing her pro nounce the English language in such a clear and pleas ing style ; indeed it required strict attention to detect the slightest defective pronounciation of our difficult language. On her entrata she was greeted with a very flattering reception, and declaimed the opening recita tive, which is a very trying moment for a debutante, with much earnestness. The exquisite "Casts Diva" was rendered with delicious taste and purity, her broderie being extremely judicious, and her denunciation of her deceiver, the heartless Pollio, was given with such force and fervour that an ' unanimous encore was demanded and complied with. At the conclusion of the first act she was summoned before the curtain, when she appeared with Mr. Harri son, who represented Pollio, and Mrs. Donald King, who was the Adalgesa of the evening. On their appearance several splendid bouquets were thrown to the fair de butante who with infinitegrace shared the floral honours with her talented sister artiste. The second act was remark able for the extreme beauty of thefioriture introduced into the celebrated duet " Dek con te," which was sung by Mademoiselle Nissen and Mrs. Donald King with an ensemble that was as near perfection as possible, and the intense feeling that Mademoiselle Nissen infused into the beauteous finale, which drew down thunders of ap plause. Mr. Harrison's effective personation of Pollio, and Mr. Borrani's Oroveso, are too well known to re quire more notice than to say they were, as usual, ex cellent. Mrs. Donald King (we are happy to record for the honour of British talent) was completely success ful. At the conclusion of the opera, Mademoiselle Nissen was called out twice, when she again received several boquets, one of which was thrown from the fair hand of the Baroness Brunnow, and Mrs. Donald King appeared subsequently to receive the unanimous and well-merited plaudits of a fashionable audience. LORD MAY•a ' S DAY.—Yesterday the state liveries to be worn on the occasion of the inauguration of the Lord Mayor to-morrow, the 9th inst., were exhibited to the public at Messrs. Wade and Fowler's, Holborn-hill. The coats are of Waterloo blue; the other garments being white kerseymere; the whole profusely . em broidered with gold, representing oak leaves, inter spersed with roses, the emblem of Sir James Duke's native town, Montrose. The badge is a crest, a griffin rampant holding a wreath of roses in the fore paws. The hats, by Messrs. Lowe, of Fleet-street, are also decorated in the same costly manner, the postillion's cap being worth 201. The whole of the embroidery has been executed by Messrs. Wilson, of Lombard-street, this being the first time this eight years that the liveries have been entirely executed within the city of London. EARLY CLostric MovastENT.—Last night a public meeting, which was very numerously and respectably attended, was held at the Literary and Scientific Insti tution, Aldersgate-street, for the purpose of furthering the movement to abridge the hours of labour in all trades. The Lord Mayor presided. Several resolutions urging upon the public the necessity of discontinuing the practice of evening shopping, and upon employers the duty of early closing, were agreed to, and after a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor the meeting separated; Mo' IY rig CONS L.WS CITY, QUARTER TO TIIIIEI•'. The Cotton Market of Liverpool yesterday was firm, the sales being 3,000 to 4,000 bales.—Railway Shares were better, and a good business was'done; The Belgian Chambers are now in session, and the Budget, it is stated, will be produced almost immedi ately, no formalities being observ& d nor ro) al address delivered. The Royal mail steamer Avon, from the West Indies, has arrived, and papers and letters are in town. The state of the different colonies was about the same as per last advices, and may be gleaned by what appears in another column. We noticed yesterday some important facts bear. ing - upon the transit of produce from the interior of North America to Greet Britain, and we have now to remark upon the influence which it may have upon our fisheries. The writer from whom we before quoted observes: " I ant not aware of the time or expense of transit goods from Chicago or vicinity to Boston or New York, but I have seen it published that a barrel of fish can be taken from Halifax to Chicago, by the St. Law rence route, on an average of from three to four shillings less than any other. This is of vast im portance to the fishing interest, in particular, of rho lower colonies, and especially of Nova Scotia. The expense of transit of a barrel or quintal of fish to the Western States has greatly tended to kiiieflown the consumption. With adirect and cheap transitlike the pre sent one now opened, the consemption in a-fewyears of the produce of our province, and of our fisheries in particular, when that great country fills up with an industrious population, us it is rapidly doing, will be beyond computation, and in return for which we will zequire their breadstuff.; " and other articles for re shipment elsewhere if not required in the province. Had the ship Free•trader proceeded on to Halifax, she would have accomplished the voyage from Chicago, in from fifteen to sixteen days; as I have no doubt it will eventually be done. Were the Quebec railroad in operation, her cargo could have been landed here in eleven or twelve days from the date of shipment. If the Free-trader had come on to Halifax, she could have landed her cargo here, and taken one in'return direct to her hone in the Xest, a distance of over 3,000 miles and further than from Halifax to Liverpool, England." The Corn Market is steady to-day. In the Continental letters received to-day, there ap• pears to be nothing of prominent interest beyond what appears in another column of The Sun. Money is re ported to be abundant in most places, though confidence is weak, especially at Paris. As it has been reported, to the just alarm of the rail way shareholders, that the Stock Exchange had authe• rised the continued publication of the Railway. Weekly list and statistics, we are glad to have the following explanation : " In the leading article of the last Weekly List the writer, under a misapprehension of the Resolution' therein quoted, stated that the Committes of the Stock Exchange have withdrawn their sanction from the Weekly List.' This was erroneous, the sole object of that resolution being to prevent the continuance of the editor's remarks, &c., remaining appended to it. " The committee never having; given, have not, by their resolution, withdrawn their sanction from that portion of the Weekly List. The concluding para graph of the same article was also erroneous;,and,:as therefore becomes necessary to state, that the Week& List, as prescribed in the Resolution referred to, is pub lished under the authority of the Committee of the Stock Exchange, and edited solely by Mr. Slaughter, secretary of the railway department of the , Stock- Exchange, who disclaims all connexion with any other railway publication whatever." The state of the English Money Market is sum. eland) , gooll taking the quantity" of capit a l avail able, to justify the rather sanguine anticipations, which we hear expressed in various quarters, as to the probability of an improved state of things in respect to securities end even trade. No doubt there will be a great influence felt erelong, if political affairs do not become worse, and any local disturbances abroad, not involving war, may have very litte effect in England, and rather occasion th. remittance of specie to this country, as the only place where a sate investment can be obtained. The Paris news leads the "Bears," however, to speculate upon the chance of renewed disturbances, and may deter purcha.es, though we have heard at some money bargains to-day. How uncertain the affairs of the Continent are considered by some, we may infer from the fact of per cent. being given for the liberty of selling 300,000 Consols at 80 any time between this and April. Pre sent appearances are of course very unpropitious for the party who has given the I. but the February revolution may remind us that such things can be. We then had a rapid decline of nearly 10 per cent., whereas 6 or 7 per cent. now would bring a party right, even if he did not operate against it, which he might, and no doubt would, do. _ _ _ Console are 854 to 864, baring been 861 to 861. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have be. n 854 to i, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 844 to 851. Ex' chequer-bills of June have been 35e. to 38s. premium. Portuguese Four per Cents have been 244 Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 23 to 4. Mexican Stock has been worth 21, and Grenada Deferred 21. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 714, and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 45.1. _ Railway Shares are again firm, with one or two ex ceptions, and there is a Lair business doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE A'CLOM (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities $5 $4% 654 3 per Cent. Consols Anna..... E 6 14 86 864 85% s63i New 3t4 per Cent. Anas. 11 5 5 4 3436 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 7-16 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8% 13-16 Consols for Account ... ... 86 % 14 853 6 6 Exchequer Bills. 2 1 ,%d. 2d. . 1,0001. 36 38 35 p 5001. Small 3B 41 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada, 1 per Cent... — Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 2l Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 % per Cent ......... 71 1 Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 5 3,4 Ditto 4ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DON); IN RAILWAY SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOC% RAILWAYS. PAID. Piut MAU. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14...... Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. -- Birmingnam & OxtordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 2 24 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 13%. to Do., without a guarantee... 10 - Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... l9 Boston, Slamf., & Birming... 6 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 27% — to -- Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, New 101. Preference S Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ehester and H01yhead......... 50 ..... - Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent lO Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., said L. & D - Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, Si. 10s., E. & H... 3% — .. t o ...- ..., ctastern. Counties 7 o ... to —_- Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct 7% ..... 8% .to Do. Perpet.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do N0.2,61. 138.4 d... % die.... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cwt. SO Do., Quarter 12%... .. Do., New - Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Shares) ..... .... .. 25 - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 - Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 — - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — - Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — • to East Lancashire Ditto, Now .. .......... .... •21 - ..... to -.• Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6% ...... •-• ...... -6 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 6O ,,--•-• Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern „. 25 — - Ditto, New port.... . . ... ... 111 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to --. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 62.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - Do. Preference Consolidated —•—• ..... to .•.- Great Northern l7 - Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% — Do. % B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% % to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 22% to Great North of England 100 222. Ditto, bi e w 40/. Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, 'sew 301. ........ ....... 30 ... Ditto, New 151-- ..... 14 ...... 29 j t . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 5O - - Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 17/. Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds... ... 10 - Hull and Selby 5 O. - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 •••••• - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to -- Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 60 - Do., Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto - Ditto Half Shares .... 43 Ditto Quarters 17%...... 103 to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ...... 6 1 4...... ... •to Ditto Thirds (Rag.) - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 - Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43 - Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e....... .. ....... 50 Do., West Riding Union-. 7 .... . - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% ...... to •■• ;:`