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On MONDAY EVENING The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, Count Arnhem, Mi.ll7)rrani ; Florestein, Mr. S. Cowell; Thad deus, Mr. W. Harr son ; Devi:shoef, Mr. 11. Corti ; Arline, Miss Romer ; Queen of the Gipeies, Miss Messent. To conclude with a urand Ball AZONS.et-Pantomime, entitled THE AM :resits,lle. Louise Maids, Mdlle. Plunkett; Don Ethnr, M. Petipa ; Don Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne; supported by Mdlles. Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Home, Sophie, Annie Cushaie, Le Pete, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul and Jules. • Mr. BONY( by an arrangement made with the Direetors 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 Performances submitted to public patronage in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements : _ FOR GRAND OPERA. SOP u tz utat tf AND C Tail. Tf.--Mdlle. Nlssen (principal singer from the I - The es of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss Vomer, Wu Basun°, Mis Wailaee (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 AND BAItrEOWES.—Mr. BOrralli, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bar an.% Mr. H. Corgi (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dablln), Mr. 5. Janes, and Mr. H. Phillips. TWOS-I.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Herberte (his first appearance on the Landon stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. 'rho Qrchest?a has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from the first talent, on a greatly increased scale. Musical Director, Signer kichirs. Th:• Chores will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will corn• prise the Gast voices in the eountry. Chorus Master, Mr. Land. FOB GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. Mdlles. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoce (both from the Grand Opera tie la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Noncelet, Mdlle. Galilee, and Mdlie. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris), Mdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre de la Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at Milan), M. Paul, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cormack (from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Maxi liar (tits fleet appearance these eight years), and the most renowned Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous and effeetive body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Promeneuses, than h Is ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre. Amongst ether novelties of the season, will be produced a new grand Ballet by M. Barrea (expressly composed tor Mdlle, Plunkett.) The celebrated 0, err of " Heyde° ' (the last production of Messrs. Scribe and Auber, fuel adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenu), will be instantly produce-1. A grand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre by Mr. W. ♦. Wallace. " The First Wuipurgis Night" (the Poem by Goethe, and the Mu sic by tha late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given in a dramatic form by all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Mastal Work (dramatised for the first time by J. P. Pleneke) is in preparatlen, and will be produced as speedily as the maienitnle of the subject will permit. A ney grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and a grandserni-ser.a Opens, composed expressly by Mr. W. Bette. An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle. Mayseoed. _ Nurnerens troaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer is daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek. Principal Scene-painters—Mes3rs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker—Mr. Blamire. EMilet Masters—MM. Barret and Mazllier. rnder Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis. fRANCES AND PRICES OT ADMISSION. Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, V. 3s. ; First Tier Boxes, 21. 2s, and 1/. 11s. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 21. 2s. ; Stabs, 10s, 6d, ; Single. Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s. Bow-street Entrance.—Plt, 3s. 6d. Piazza Entrance.—Public Boxes, is.; Gallery Amphitheatre, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, ls.6d. Half-price to take Raise, as usual, at Nine.—To the Public Boxes, 3.-; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, is. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. _ The Box-office b open from Ten till Five, wider the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, S,ole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre having, dar ing the A - Tess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterAtions, ant tfIT whole re-decorated, will positively OPEN for the Season THIS El . /ENI2;(4, OCTOBER 14, when Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of ROMEO and JULIET. Prince Escalus, Mr. Caulfield; Paris, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Capulet, Mr: James Bland ; Romeo, Mr. Creswiek ; Mercutlo, Mr. H. Holl ; Tybalt, Mr. Howe, Benvplio, Mr Braid; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Rogers ; Peter, Mr. Keeley; liarslrs. Glover ; Juliet, Miss Laura Addison. After which, " G:d save the Qu4en" will be sung. To conclude with TH.: PAS DE FASCINATION. Browsky, Mr. Keeley ; Katherine Eloper, Mrs. Keeley. Michael THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL ITuder the direction of Madame Celeste. Tharlag the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original4eslgns by Digby Wyatt, Esq , executed by I,lr. Sang. A new Stn t„ Curtain. Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Vez.tllation, &c., !cc. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will ba partrrnad GORY G'34oltE. After %%Web, THE DANCING BARBER. To be fol4wed by HIS LAST LEGS. To conelg.Ta 171:11 THE MARRIED BACHELOR. It OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. Sole Lease, Mr. Charles Mathews. EVENING, Will be performed a comtc Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A CigANGE. Characters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, Houner ; Miss K. Eitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall. After Which, COURT BEAUTIES. To conclude with THE CRITIC, s;osci, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No ta;!- to any pert of the house. Tbs New Rox-office, No. 2, Welllnzton-street, Is open to the c'st.ry day, from Tan till Six. P INC ESS'S THEATRE. Mr. d. M . ,. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Daring* the Iteeeselhis Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Uurwitz. A new Chan delli-r has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made tor the duz,. Ventnation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience of the andience. THIS EVENING, Win be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE After which', PAY ME I OR IF YOU DONT- Ie with the llal'et of Li ROSIERE. To eonc,T TO COP.P.ESPONDENTS. No corranwieation can be attended to unless authetati cated by tilt name and address of th© writer. tleiec*d oonananications cannot be returned. WEATILEIL-81111 OFFICE, OCTOBER. 14. Ti-rmilnoarrEß, Llvo3t, 46; Highest, 52; Noon, 48. BAsonzrua, 30 12. b N.N.E ; morning, ruin; afternoon, cloudy. WA.TER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT. ring .4 33 lift. after 2 I Lvening .• 5G lain. after 2 Ti ii i. . ,„ .P./Rl*:.4 4 ' ;11 4 e % P'II6S 4-4- • • V . - • • ' PtUCkik'• "lic; • - A• • c A r • 46:4v LOW ON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, Mit The trial of Mr. T. B. M‘MaNts was concluded on Thursday. The jury having heard the reply of the Solicitor-General on behalf of the Crown, and the charge of the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, retired for three hours, and returned into Court with a verdict of " guilty " on the first count, thus convicting the unfortunate gentleman of the principal treason laid to his charge, the levying war upon her MAJESTY, by attacking the police force who took shelter in the Widow Conmaces helm, at Boulegeh Common. Like their brethren who sat upon the case of Mr. SMITH O'BaIEN, the jury ac companied their verdict by a strong and unanimous recommendation of the prisoner to the mer ciful consideration of the Crown—a recommenda tion which; we doubt not, will receive that attentive consideration from the Executive which so Fully deserves, and which is only due to the highly respectable gentlemen who honestly and con. scientiously dieobarged the painful duty imposed upon them. It i•, indeed, deplorable to find a gentleman of unimpeachable private character, who was enabled to produce witnesses as to his general conduct and reputation, such as those that appeared on his behalf in the witness-box, involved in such fearful come quenees. Mr. 111‘Maieus had for many years carried nn buslkess at Liverpool with the utmost integrity awl probity, earning for himself a handsome in come, and gaining golden opinions from all with whom he had been in any degree connected. England wee the lend of his adoption. He was received as freely ard permitted to exorcise his trade as fully and beneficially as if he Val himself been of English birth and origin. /Ko pc - son could have better ap preciated the happy results of that union, w hi c h plaeed such advantages within the reach of every Irishman who chose to avail himself thereof, than himself. He was surrounded by all the indications of mercantile and manufacturing activity. Trade and commerce flourished on every side, and the town in which he resided maintained an almost daily in tercourse with every pat of the civilized world. how easily he might have contrasted the prosperity and industry which he witnessed in the home of his choice with the distress and poverty, the listless idle ness, that prevailed in his native land. How clearly might he have learned that the true mode of promoting 1 THE SUN, LONDON, e welfare and happiness of Ireland was to cement more closely the bonds by which the countries were united—to make them in every repect one nation and one - people, with a unity of interests, and equal rights, equal laws, and equal privileges for the inhabitants of both islands. Unhappily for himself, he took a different view of affairs, his imagination was excited, his sounder judgment misled by exaggerated and dis torted visions of Irish nationality depicted by mis taken enthusiasts. With a disinterestedness worthy of praise in a better cause, he staked his all upon what he was led to believe was the cause of his country, he stood the hazard of the die, and the lot has been decided against him. Although we may condemn the acts of such a man, it is impossible not to sympathize with his melancholy fate, and to desire that his life may be spared, that he may have an opportunity of learning the folly and the wickedness of the course he has pursued. The reasons which we have already urged at con siderable length in Mr. O'BRIEN's case will also apply to that of Mr. M‘MANus, and if mercy is ex tended to the former, as we hope and believe it bill be, it cannot be withheld from the latter. Indeed, if there could be a distinction taken it would be in favour of Mr. M‘MaNus. Mr. O'BRIEN had been for some time in the field as an agitator—but the name of Mr. M‘MaNus was little known, and had scarcely attracted attention, until the foolish speech which he made at Liverpool induced the authorities to place him under the surveillance of the police. It should be borne in mind that on his trial he most emphati cally repudiated any connexion with the Chartists, and that the law officers of the Crown acknowledged the justice of the disavowal. There is nothing, therefore, to aggravate his guilt. He desired political changes, which he would have been fully justified in seeking, had he restricted himself within constitu tional bounds. He however, unfortunately for him self, transgressed the limits sanctioned by the law, but in doing so he neither injured nor desired to in jure the persons or properties of his fellow-citizens. We are happy to find that the people of Ireland are not idle under the present circumstances, but that measures have been adopted to support the recom mendation of the juries, and to express the unani mous feeling of all classes in society in favour of a humane and merciful decision. A meeting was held in Dublin on Thursday, which was most nu merously and influentially attended, a t which a memorial was adopted in favour of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN (the result of Mr. APMANUS'S case not being then known). A committee was Aso appointed to obtain signatures thereto, and a dept, tion to wait upon his Excellency the Lord• Lieutenant, for the double purpose of ascertaining, whether there was any truth in a rumour that had been circulated that the warrant had already been dispatched for Mr. O'BRIEN's execution, and also when he would be prepared to receive the memorial. Seven gentlemen, one of them the Lord Mayor of Dublin, five Members of Parliament, and another gentleman who took an active part in calling the meeting, constituted the deputation. The interview with his Excellency was of a very satisfactory character. It was clearly ascertained that no war rant had been transmitted; indeed, his Excellency characterised the rumours in that respect as "being utterly false and unfounded." He also stated " that he would be ready to receive the deputation to pre sent the memorial, as soon as it was signed to the extent desired." There is, therefore, every proba bility of a successful termination to the humane labours of the advocates of mercy, but should they on that account relax in their exertions ? By no means —any want of energy or apparent indifference as to the result may be most erroneously inter preted. There shauld be a general manifestation, as well from the people of England as of Ireland, and every subject of the United Kingdom should have cause to bless the mild and beneficent rule of our most Gracious SOVEREIGN, who, at the very period when other nations are convulsed, and thrones and old-established dynasties crumbling to atoms, can of ford to show mercy to those convicted of an attemp to levy war against her MAJESTY, to alter the es. tablished constitution of the realm by force of arms Democracy is charged with crimes, with blood, with pillage, with incendiarism, and all abomination. The index-finger of horror is pointed at the assassi nation of LATOUR, at the murder of LAMBERG, at the massacres in Sicily, at the butcheries in Frank fort, at the insurrection against the Prussian Govern ment, at the sanguinary battle which raged in Paris during the four terrible days of June, at the smoul dering ruins of the Chateau d'Eau, at the bonfires around the vice-regal palace of Palermo, at the dese crated cathedral of Vienna, at the ashes of the dead killed at Pos n, at the bones of the Croatians whiten ing on the plains of llungary, at the mausoleums of venerable martyrs, like DENIS AFIRE, the Arch bishop, at all the tokens of the popular outbreaks which have ravaged the face of Europe from one extre mity to the other since the first explosion of re volution in February. All these atrocities are levelled against the cause of demccracy ; their hideous details are given with the most scrupulous minute ness ; one pamphleteer recounts how the " Sicilian savages" roasted their prisoners to death at slow fires, and then devoured them with the gusto of Carribesans; another enlarges upon the exquisite tortures resorted to during the slaughter in the streets of Frankfort on-the-Maine, where the tongues of soldiers were torn up by the roots, where their eye-balls were bored out of the sockets, aad where the agonies of disso lution were prolonged by the fiendish caution of the insurgent populace. These infamous deeds are re iterated again and again, and we are asked how can e continue to feel any sympathy whatever in the progress of what is celled the popular movement. One of the Tory journalists, indeed, has gone so far as to exclaim tauntingly—" The admirers of demo cracy had need by men of strong nerves, comprehen sive views, and not over delicate sensibilities." It is expected that-we, the admirers of democracy, unless sustained by these strong nerves, comprehensive views, and not over delicate sensibilities, must recant our political faith ; and that, scared by the inhuman devilries of the rabble, we must throw up the cause of democracy, and fall back into the arms of Conserve- tine Absolutism. So far from this being the effec produced upon ourselves by the atrocities perpetrated in the course of the great continental revolutions of 1848 —our devotion to the cause of democracy is only confirmed by that rapine, by that blood-guiltiness, by those awful and appalling murders, the murders, the blood-guiltiness, and the rapine resulting from the revolutions. And this, because we regard the crimes of the people as wholly and solely attributable to the crinii• nal Governments against which they have raised the red hand of rebellion. If the people are sanguinary, it is because their tyrannous rulers have inured them to sternness and implacability. If the mob are cruel, it is because their masters have set before them ex• ampler of cruelty—examples, too, extending back wards over many past generations. If the populace imbrue their hands in blood for a few hours or a few days—the minions of absolutism had done so before them during a succession of many dismal centuries. The people have been tutored to these acts of inhu manity, and their tutors have done a thousand.times in cold blood what thep are now doing in a momentary paroxysm of wrath. Besides which we can never forget that noble metaphor about the agonies of a revolution, uttered by the historian MACAULAY, where he argues that a nation oppressed by tyranny, is like a man possessed by a devil; and that in the exorcism of that great Devil of Despotism the whole body of the nation must, by necessity, be wracked and torn by throes almost as terrible as those of dissolution. We rejoice whenever that evil spirit is expelled from a nation, even though the expulsion be accompanied by those stormy and distracting pangs. The terrors, the crimes, and the infamies by which that grand political exorcism is attended, are attributable, not to the body itself, but to the Devil by which that body has been possessed. Away, then, with these miserable prevarications, these dastardly slanders, and ignominious inuendoes ! Away, then, with these sentimental lamentations for kingcraft dethroned and reprobate, alien and vagabond on the face of the globe I Away, then, with these calumnies on the people—on the people abused and outraged even in the solemn moments when they are vindi cating their independence, and calling up from the stubborn grave of ages the beautiful Genius of their , nationality ! Hitherto it has been the custom to bewail the mu tability of royal fortunes, and to moralise over the vicissitudes of those who have been expelled from the scenes of their pomp and authority, from the time of TARQUINIUS SUPERRUS down to the days of Louis PHILIPPE. We have cried out from one ' generation to another almost in the language of CICERO :—" 0 fallacem hominum spent, fragilemque I fortunam, et inanes nostras contentiones ! quce in medio spatio sape franguntur, et corruunt, et ante in ipso cursu obruuntur, iguana portum conspicere potuerunt." When the Imperial and Royal fortunes of the Roi de Rome, of the Dauphin, or of the Comte de Paris, have recurred to us, we have lamented over the perishable character of dynastic glory, and our sensibilities have been removed by the spectacles revealed to us of the banished or imprisoned children of the great Houses of NAPOLEON, of the BOURBON, or of ORLEANS, whether those spectacles have been revealed to our imaginations in a dungeon of the Temple, in the Castle of Schonbrunn, or in the secluded palace of Claremont. Is it not time, we ask, to reserve some of this sym pathy for the races who are maligned as well as for the rulers who are overthrown ? Must our sensi• bilities be lavished alone upon those, the baubles of whose childhood have been the phantoms of sceptre and diadem ? Shall we not reserve a sigh for the Lombards who have been thwarted in struggling for their freedom, for the Sicilians who have been again prostrated under the troops of the atrocious monster who wears the crown of the Neapolitans, for the Hungarians who are assailed by the predatory bands of Croatia and menaced by the German forces col lected together under the banners of the Ban P Instead of recoiling before the atrocities which have tarnished the victories of the Viennese, we are only impelled the more earnestly to proclaim our allegiance to the cause of democracy, because in those horrible and preternatural acts we see merely fresh reason to abhor the policy from which they have emanated. Loathing and detesting from the depth of our soul those horrors of rapine and murder which have accompanied the revolution in Austria, we are, nevertheless, only the more fully convinced by them of the evil influences of the late Government. If the Caesars of Germany have fallen for ever, they have fallen under the sword of the Nemesis evoked by their own criminal administration. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly, on Thursday, voted fifteen articles of chapter 5 of the Constitution, regulating the Executive power. An amendment, proposed by M. MATerezer (de la Drome), giving the Assembly power to dismiss the President, was rejected, as was an amendment, proposed by M. ANTONY THOURET, for the purpose of reducing, by one-third, the salary proposed to be allowed the President. All these articles, therefore, have been voted es originally re commended by the Committee. It was observed during the sitting of Thursday that neither M. SENARD, M. VAULADELLE, nor M. RECUET were seated on the Ministerial benches. They took their places among the Members of the Committee on the Constitution, and when M. MARIE entered the Assembly shortly after the com mencement of the discussion, be took his seat as an ordinary representative, and did not occupy a place on the Ministerial benches. It was rumoured yesterday morning that at a meet ing held at General CAYAIGNAC'S, on Thursday night, the Ministerial modifications were finally arranged. M. DUFAURE is to succeed M. SENARD as Minister of the Interior, and M. Gusrevn DE BEAUMONT, who is at present the Minister of the French Republic in London, will succeed M. VAULLI.. BERLE as Minister of Public Instruction. The other members of the Cabinet retain their portfoloios. The following are the articles of the Constitution relating to the duties of President, which were agreed to in the sitting of Thursday : " Art. 46. He is elected for four years, and not to be re-elected until an interval of four years shall have intervened. "Art. 46. He oversees and assures the execution of the laws, and has a right of presenting to the Assembly Bills agreed to in Council of Ministers. " Art: 47. He disposes of the armed force without power of ever commanding in person. " Art. 48. He cannot cede any portion of the terri tory nor dissolve the legislative body, nor suspend in any manner the constitution and laws. " Art. 49. He presents each year, by a message to the National Assembly, an account of the general state of the affairs of the Republic. " Art. 50. He negotiates and ratifies treaties. No treaty is definitive until it has been apprcved by the National Assembly. " Art. 51. He watches over the defence of the State, but cannot undertake any war without the consent of the National Assembly. " Art. 52. He has the power of granting pardon, but can only exercise it with the advice of the Council of State. Amnesties can only be accorded by a law. The President of the Republic and Minis ters, when condemned, can only be pardoned by the National Assembly. " Art. 53. The President promulgates laws in the name of the French people. " Art. 54. Laws declared urgent are to be pro mulgated within three days, and ordinary laws within a month from the period of their reception from the hands of the President of the Assembly. " Art. 55. Within the time fixed for such pro mulgation the President of the Republic may, by a message motiv e , demand a new deliberation. The Assembly deliberates : its resolution becomes defi nitive, and is transmitted to the President of the Republic. After this the law to be promulgated within three days. " Art. 56. Should the President not make the nscessary promulgation, it shall be done by the Assembly. " Art. 57. Envoys and Ambassadors of Foreign Powers are accredited to the President of the Re public. " Art. 58. He presides over national solemnities. " Art. 59. Fixing the salary of the President at 600,000 f. a year. " Art 60. He resides at the place where the Na tional Assembly holds its sittings, and cannot quit the territory of ti.e. Republic without being authorised to do so by a law. "Art. 61. The President of the Republic appoints and revokes the Ministers. He appoints and revokes, in the Council of Ministers, military and naval com manders, prefects, the commandant in chief of the National Guards of the Seine, the governors of Algeria and of the colonies, the procureurs general, and other functionaries of a superior order. lie ap points and revokes, on the proposition of the compe tent Minister, in the regulating conditions determined by the law, the subordinate agents of the Government." On the subject of the Ministerial crisis, the Pairie has the following:-- "Towards the middle of the sitting to-day it was stated that, after several conferences held in the morning, MM. Dufaure, Gustave de Be aumon t, an d Achille Fould had decided on entering the Ministry. At five o'clock, nothing, however, was settled; all the Ministers were assembled in council in the old Chamber of Deputies. The small majority ob • tained yesterday by the Cabinet against the propo sition of M. Xavier Durieu is said to have in duced General Cavaignac to come to a determi nation to change the Ministry ; but the Moderate party, it is added, declared that it would accept only of a combination in which its friends should be numerous, and that the following list had been submitted to General Cavaignac :—M. Du faure, Minister of the Interior; General I3edeau, Foreign Affairs ; M. Vivien, Justice; M. de Falloux, Public Instruction ; M. Achille Fould, Finances ; M. Bineau, Public Works ; M. Tourret, Agriculture and Commerce; General Lamoriciere, War; and M. Lacrosse, Marine and Colonies. General Cavaignac has not accepted this combination, which contains, as will be seen, only men of the :party of order and moderation, who are truly the expression of the wishes and interests of the country. It appears that the following names have been definitively decided upon : —M. Dufaure, Interior; M. Gustave de Beau mont, Public Instruction ; and M. Stourm, Public Works. This evening M. Gustave de Beaumont was spoken of to replace M. Senard at the Interior; and Dufaure has accepted the Finances or Public Works. Another statement was that M. Armand Marrast takes the Interior, and that he has accepted the mission of forming a Cabinet." The National says : " P.S.—Rumours of Ministerial modifications have been current all day. At the hour we put to press nothing had been decided. We are, however, assured that the Moniteur of to-morrow will announce the formation of a new Cabinet." The Debats has the following : " P.S.—At midnight it was said in the salons of the President of the Assembly, in which a great number of representatives were assembled, that the Ministe rial crisis was on the point of being settled. Two Ministers only would retire from the Cabinet, and be replaced by M. Dufaure and Gustave de Beaumont. Bastille, Minister for Foreign Affairs, remains." Ist. PAGNERRE has given notice of the following amendment on the 118th Article of the Constitution : SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1848, —" The period of the election of the President shall be hereafter fixed by the special decree of the As sembly." General CAVAIGNAC is very anxious that the elec tion of President should take place at once. He de clares that the provisional state has already lasted too long. The club of the Rue de Poitiers, on the other hand, wish to postpone the election for a year, and the club of the Institute will, on this question, act with them. M. DE LAMARTINE has obtained leave of absence for ten days, on the ground of ill-health. MM. POUTOEILAT DE SEZE, H. DAHIREL, and DE RANCE laid the following resolution on the desk of the President of the National Assembly on Thurs day :—" The Executive Government shall not be empowered to suspend any journal except in cue of insurrection or civil war." This resolution was immediately referred to the Committee of Legislation. The Courrier de la Drone, cf the 9th inst., an. nounces that the army of the Alps had made a retro- grade movement to establish itself in winter quarters. 6,000 men had already arrived in the department of the Drome. It was rumoured yesterday that the Mini,terial crisis bad been solved in the following manner : M. SENARD retires to make way for M. DEFAURE M. REMIT is to be succeeded by M. VIVIEN, as Minister of Public Works ; and M. FREsLoN, late Procureur-General of the Republic at Angers, is to Le appointed Minister of Public Instruction, in the room of M. VAULABELLE. The new Ministers have accepted office on condition that the state of siege shall be raised before the announcement of their ap pointment, and that the prisoners sentenced,to:deporta tion shall be sent to Algeria. It is said that an amnesty will shortly be published. In the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, clauses up to 67 (regulating the election of Vice-President) were agreed to, and the Assembly was engaged in discussing the article for the organization of the Council of State at the hour when the post left. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, OCT. 13. THREE o'CLocK.—ln the absence of any certain in formation on the subject of the Ministry, the Funds and Shares are very dull to-day, with ft tendency towards ade • cline. For the Account, the French Three per Cents remain the same as yesterday; Five per Cents. have fallen 15c.; and the Loan 20c. For Money, the Three per Cents. have fallen 25e., Five per Cents. have fallen 10c., and the Loan 5c.; Buns du Ti4Ssor not quoted; Bank of France Shares remain at yesterday's prices; Belgian Bank Shares have advanced 20; Belgian Five per Cents. are 1 per cent. lower; Spanish Active not quoted; Three per Cents. are 23k; Roman has fallen a per cent.; Rothschild's Reci ipts not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 251. 40c.; ditto (90 days) 251. 17ic. Rail way Shares for the Account settling of 15th October— Strasburgs have fallen 21. 60c, For money, Rouens have advanced 5r.; Orleans have fallen 2f. 50c ; North erns have fallen 31. 75c. • Bordeaux, have fallen If. 25c. The others remain nearly at yesterday's prices. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THII LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, 0cr..13. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 4 —Namur and Liege, 4!„f__ Northern of France, 6—Orleans and Bordeaux, %—l'aris and Strasbourg, 1!;11. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have been received. The QUERN'S troops have suffered a severe check in Catalonia. A detachment of two hundred of them were surprised by CABRERA, and the greater portion of them made prisoners, and it is added, immediately afterwards shot. We trust that there is no truth in this latter statement, and that this horrible system of shooting prisoners, which disgraced the last war, will not be continued. MADRID Boum, OCT. 6.—Three per Cents., 191.16 buyers, sellers ; Coupons, 6 sellers ; Passive Debt, 3i buyers, sellers ; Back Shares were done at 48 cash ; Discount on notes, 2 per cent; Exchange on London, 48 35. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. THE INSURRECTION IN VIENNA, The intelligence which we published in The Sass of yesterday of an insurrection in Vienna, and of the flight of the Emperor of AUiTRIA from his capital, is confirmed in every particular. The accounts we published yesterday were to the evening of the 7th October. On the Bth the city was completely in possession of the National Guard, ties Academic Legion, and the armed people, the whole of the troops having evacuated the city and taken up a strong position et the Belvidere in the Faubourg. The Diet, in consequence of the flight of the Erarenoa, has assumed the office of the Executive Government, and has nominated Houzinosez e Dormaore, and Knits to appoint a new Ministry. lIORINDOSTL declared himself unequal to his task, and offered to rerign. I beg of you, said the Minis ter, to accept of my resignation. Ich Mete darunz. Joeare replied that, in the name of the people, his accepted. Houenosee—lt resignation could not be wa rot cowardice that prompted me to this, but duty. I must conform to your will.—(Applause.) On the morning of the Bth, the Diet issued the following manifesto " MANIFESTO OF THE DIET. "The consequences of momentous events threaten to shake the foundations of our new-born Constitution. The Constituent Diet, elected by the free choice of all the people of Austria, recognised, in the serious hours of the 6th of October, th e sacre d d uty w hi c h i t people, a n d th e h eavy re upon it as regar d s t h e pre sent s t to f i u l i l t fi y l t i t l e a s t v a vi rd e s i h t e h d e sent and the future. As the bond of social order was on the point of being rent asunder, the Diet suc ceeded, in virtue of the power conferred upon it by the people, and with the co-operation of the popula tion of trienna, in putting a stop to re-action and anarchy. It declared itself in permanence, and selected from its own Memb ers a perm anent Co mmission for the preservation of public order and safety. But the Constituent Diet maintained firmly the posi tion which it holds, and ever will hold, towards the throne. It sent a deputation to his Majesty, the Constitutional Emperor, to fulfil, in conjunction with tkie most high bearer of the sovereign power, the wishes of the sovereign people, and to shield their sacred interests. With his usual kindness of heart, his Majesty was at once inclined to dismiss from the Ministry the men who had lost the confidence of the people, to elect a new popular Ministry, and to insure the interests of all the people of Austria, with due regard to the wants of the time, and to the interests of th e w hole cou n t ry . Unhappily his Majesty was induced, on the 7th October, to take the much-to-be-regretted step to leave his capital, thus placing once more the welfare and gloriously acquired liberty of our beloved country in danger. The safety and preservation of the highest good of the citizen and of man can on ly be maintained by the people of Vienna, by all Au s trians who have a heart for their country, showing that firm and political coolness and high-minded generosity, as was the case in May. People of Austria ! People of Vienna! Providence has imposed upon us a great and a difficult task ; we have to execute a work which, if it succeeds, will surpass anything the world ever witnessed I We have to constitute a political and fraternal state from many different races, the basis of which is to be equal rights, the vital essence of which is i to be—Liberty for all ! People of Austria . the Diet has the firm resolve to do its duty for the realization of this great object. Do ye yours! Your confidence elected us; your confidence alone can make us strong. What we are is all through you ; and we wish to be for you. In obedience to the laws of necessity and of the con s tit u ti ona l mona rchy, the Diet has decreed as follows :-1. That the Ministers Dobhloff, Horn bostl, and Kraus are to take the guidance of affairs, both to regulate and ensure the success of the new elements, to lay before his Majesty, as soon as pos sible, a list of the new Ministry, and to stand in con tinual communication with the Diet. 2. That a memorandum be presented to his Majesty in reply to his manif es t o , i n f orm i ng the con stitutional Emp eror of the actual s t a t e o f a ff a i rs, an d assuring him of the immutable love of his people. People of Austria! Europe is looking upon us in admiration (Bewun derung), and history has noted down our elevation to liberty in its most glorious paPs• Let us obey the laws —remain true to the co nstitutional monarchy and to liberty. God preserve Austria! "From the Constituent Diet, " First Vice-President, FRAN Z SMOLK A. " CARL WISER, Writer. "Vienna, Oct. 7, 1848." At nine o'clock on the morning of the Bth the sitting oLe Diet was opened, and the following re solutions adopted : " 1. The Diet resolves not _to dissolve, and to remain faithful to its duty. " 2. The Diet will stand on constitutional grounds, and will only use legal measures for the safety of the country, the liberty of the people, and the hereditary throne." The chiefs of the Tschcches party were absent from the Assembly ; it is probable that they have gone to try to reach Prague before the EMPEROR, who, it is reperted, has taken that route. The chief association of workmen have sent an address to the Diet to assure it they will resist every anarchical movement. The Assembly ordered the same to be published. Tilt': Committee of Safety is very active, and are about to organize the workmen as a National Guard Mobile. A committee has been appointed for the energetic defence of the town. Colonels CATLNELLI and S7:oP rlcx, and some officers of the Polish army, are at the head. The committee of students and the Central Com mittee demanded that the manifesto of the EMPEROR be recalled ; that the Ministry retire, and that a new one be appointed by the deputy LormErt, a member of the extreme left; that the army be sub mitted to the civil authorities; that the soldiers leave the town ; the banishment of the Archduke Louis (the EMPEROR'S uncle) and the Archduchess fro►n the Austrian dominions; the recalof RADETZKY, and a Civil Government for Italy. The Diet adopted these resolutions, with the ex ception of the one relating to the banishment of the ARCHDUKE, which it reserved for further consi deration. The Diet has conferred on the National Guard the supreme executive power. The Gazette de Voss says the Baron JELLACHICII has arrived at Schochrunn, and that the Prince DE WINDESCIIGRALTZ has departed for Italy. The folio% ing official acts were issued on the 6th and 7th :-- " NOTICE. " To prevent false rumours which have been cir culated, that some of the Members of the Diet would not attend its sittings, the Diet publicly announces by the present, that the Members of the Diet, in ac cordance with the duty and dignity of their position, have notified their intention of attending. " FRANZ SMOLKA. " Vienna, Oct. 6, 1848." ... " The Diet issues strict orders to close all the lo calities of the arsenal, and not to allow any persons to remain there, except those to whose care it is intrusted. " FRANZ SMOLKA. " Vienna, Oct. 7, 1848." " NOTICE. "The Diet decrees to order the directors of the Southern Railway to prevent the arrival of any mili tary by that line. "FRANZ SAIOLKA. " Vienna, Oct. 6, 1848. "TO THE NATIONAL GUARDS. "The Diet has placed the welfare and the liberty of the country, the inviolability of the constitutional throne, under the protection of the National Guard. Danger menaces the highest blessings of the people, the most glorious achievements of our glorious people. It is only by united and powerful efforts of the people and the representatives of the people that they can be safe. National Guards, your country calls upon you. Let us conjointly fulfil the duties of citizens i❑ defending the liberties of our country. "Vienna, Oct. 7, 1848. " FRANZ SMOLKA." Letters from Vienna, down to the evening of the Bth inst., announce that the city remained quiet. A strong military force still remained in the suburbs, but Count AUERSPERG, their commander, had inti mated that he would not commence hostilities against the insurgents. The follovving is the list of dead and wounded, not including those in private houses and in the military hospital, up to 12 o'clock on the 7th : Dead in the General Hospital.. 95 Hospital of the Brethren of Charity 23 118 Wounded in the General Hospital..... 62 Hospital of the Brethren of Charity 100 162 The Diet had resolved to support the hereditary throne. The operatives likewise had pledged them selves to resist any anarchical movement. Presburgh had been occupied by the Imperial troops without opposition. The EMPEROR, himself has directed his steps towards the 'Tyrol, and has declared that he will not again return to Vienna except at the head of a large military force, and as a conqueror. The number of killed on the side of the people is estimated at about 150. On the Bth every man in Vienna was armed, and the city was perfectly tranquil. The Constitutionnel says that it was rumoured in Paris yesterday that a courier had arrived at a large banking house in that city with the intelligence that the troops had returned to Vienna, and were, whe❑ he left, bombarding the city. We are, however, not inclined to attach much credit to this rumour. FRANKFORT. I The following is the project of law entitled "The Empire and the Imperial Power," which has been drawn up by the Committee of the Constitution and presented to the German P ar li amen t :S eoc"f. PART 1. r e m consists of the ß hitherto l.T li (3. T i Germanl e E x i EMPIRE. Art RP G Ei Germanic the " territory A rt Con federation. " The relations of the Duchy of Schleswig, and the determination of the frontier in the Grand Duchy of Pmen, are reserved for definitive regulation. "Art 2. Sec. 2. No part of the German empire may be incorporated into one state with non-German lands. Sec. 3. If a German land have the same Supreme Head of the State' (sovereign) with a non- German land, the relation of these two lands is to be regulated according to the principles of pure personal union. Sec. 4. The sovereign of a German, and who stands in the relation of personal union with a non-German land must either reside in his German land, or establish a regency therein, to which Ger mans only are eligible. Sec. 5. Setting aside the connexions already existing between German and non- German lands, no sovereign of a non-German land can assume the additional government of a Ger man land ; nor can a prince reigning in Germany accept a foreign crown without resigning his German throne. " Art. 3. Sec. 6. The individual German states retain their self-dependence (independence), so far as the latter is not limited by the Imperial Constitution. They have all State dignities and rights that are not expressly transferred to the Imperial power. PART IL—THE IMPERIAL POWER. " Art. 1. Sec. 7. The Imperial Power has the ex elusive international representation of Germany, and of the individual German States, in reference to foreign lands. The L►mperial Power appcints ambas sadors and consuls. It carries on all diplomatic in tercourse, concludes alliances and treaties with foreign powers, especially the treaties of commerce and navi gation, as also those of extradition. It regulates all international measures. :Sec. 8. The individual German Governments have not the right of receiving or maintaining Crown ambassadors, with the excep tion of their own plenipotentiaries at the Court of the supreme head of the empire. Sec. 9. The individual German Governments are empowered to conclude treaties with other German Governments. Their authority to conclude treaties with non-German Go vernments is confined to matters of private rigbt, neighbourly traffic (or intercourse), or police. " Art. 2. Sec. 11. The Imperial Power has the exclusive right of making war and peace. " Art. 3. Sec. 12. The collective armed force of Germany is at the disposal of the Imperial Power. Sec. 13. The Imperial army consists of the collective forces of the individual German States that are de• signed for the purposes of war, . . . Sec. 14. It is the Imperial Power that legislates for and organizes army affairs, and that provides for the execution of its measures in the individual German States by a watchful and permanent control . . . Sec. 15. In the military oath of allegiance, the obligation of fidelity to the Supreme Head of the Empire and to the Imperial Constitution is to stand foremost. Sec. 16. The expenses of the Imperial service are to be borne by the empire. Sec. 17. Army regulations, in respect of the colours, the oath, the words of com mand, military law, and courts-martial, period of ser vice, and service itself, and parade, shall be one and the same for all. . . . Sec. 18. The generals are nominated by the individual Governments, and ap pointed by the Imperial Power. Sec. 20. The naval forces are exclusively the affair of the empire.. . The appointment of officers of the fleet rests entirely with the empire. " Art. 4. Sec. 21. Matters on the sea-coast re lating to navigation, or in the mouths of the German rivers (harbours, buoys, beacons, pilot regulations, &c.), are left to the individual coast States to provide for; and the expenses attaching to these matters must be paid from their own local funds. Sec. 22. The Imperial Power has the chief supervision of all these arrangements and regulations. . . . Sec. 26, German navigation and float-work are, on all German rivers, exempt from river dues. " Art. 6. Sec. 29. The Imperial Power has the right of legislating for, as also ,the chief supervision of; German railway matters in general, as far as the safety of the empire or the interests of German inter course in general render this necessary. " Art. 7. See. :33. The German empire shall form ore single territory for customs and commerce, all inland frontier duties being abolished. The Imperial Power reserves to itself the right of uniting, by special treaty, non-German lands and provinces to the Ger man customs territory. Sec. 34. The Imperial Power has the legislative as to the whole system of duties. See. 36. The individual German States are I not empowered to affix duties to goods which pass the imperial frontier, either on their way in or out. " Art. 8. Sec. 40.—The Imperial Power has the chief supervision of postal matters in the German empire Sec. 41. Postal agreem' 'tf alerts _,gi with foreign post administration can be concluded only on the part of the Imperial Power. Where im perial postal agreements have been concluded, agree ments with individual German post administrations are no longer valid. " Art. 9. Sec. 44. The Imperial Power legislates for, and has the chief supervision of, the coinage. It is incumbent upon it to introduce the same system of coinage for the whole of Germany. It has the right of striking imperial coin. Sec. 45. It is incumbent on the Imperial Power to establish one and the same system of weights and measures for the whole of Germany, as also one general standard for gold and silver articles. " Art. 10. Sec. 47. The costs of all measures and arrangements which emanate from the Imperial Power are to be covered immediately by the Imperial Power. Sec. 48. To cover these costs the empire must look more especially to its share in the cus toms receipts. Sec. 49. So far as its other revenues are insufficient, the Imperial Power has the right of imposing imperial taxes, and levying them or causing them to be levied; as also of raising money through the medium of matriculary contri bution. Sec. 50. The Imperial Power is empowered, in extraordinrry cases to negotiate loans or to con tract other debts. " Art. 12. Sec. 53. It is incumbent on the Im perial Power to maintain the peace of the empire. It has to adopt the measures that may be requisite for the internal security and order of the empire :- 1. If the peace of a German State is disturbed or endangered by another German State. 2. If the security or order of a German State be disturbed or endangered by natives or foreigners. But in this case the Imperial Power shall only interfere if called upon so to do by the Government concerned, unless the latter be notoriously incapable, or the general peace of the empire seem menaced. 3. If the Go vernment of a German State arbitrarily suspend or alter the constitution of the same, and immediate help be not obtainable by appealing to the Imperial Court of Judicature. Sec. 55. The Imperial Power has a right to enact general laws respecting associa• tion matters. [Wigard, Blum, and Schiller, move that this section be cancelled.] HUNGARY. The accounts of the movements of JELLACIIICU are most contradictory. The Wiener Zeitung states that his head-quarters were at Altenberg on the sth, that his troops were admirably disciplined, and that he waslonly waiting for orders from Vienna to recommence operations. On the other hand, a letter from Pesth of the 4th October, represents him as being in full retreat. It says, "The Provisional Government, which is invested with unlimited power, and which acts under the title of Committee for the Defence of the Country, has added to its number several mem bers of the Extreme left. The name of Provisonal Government, or Dictatorship, has not yet been openly mentioned here. Last night about 6,000 peasants, mostly armed with scythes, and some with guns, ar rived here by the Szolnoker railway. Last night the Minister• General of War, M. MESSAROS, and Gene ral Kiss, arrived from the camp. They were stopped by the people, and Here obliged to address them from the balcony of their hotel. The Minister of War stated that JELLACRICH had broken the armistice of three days, which he had requested, and which had been gi anted, inasmuch as within that time he had fled with the greatest part of his army. He was, however, being actively pursued, and would certainl3 be annihilated; and if he should escape with his life, he, nevertheless, would never forget that he had been in Hungary. About 20,000 men, whom JELLACHICII had left in his camp, wish to capitulate. Transports of prisoners, artillery, and ammunition, continue to arrive here daily, About 1,500 prisoners, who were taken to day at Studlwessenburg, have just arrived. The insurrection at Vienna cannot but operate as a great diversion in favour of Hungary, and probably has disconcerted all the plans of JELLACIIICII and the other chiefs of the servile faction. PRUSSIA. The KING has proclaimed an amnesty for all poli tical offences committed in the province of Posen up to the Ist July, 1848. The proceedings commenced against the public functionaries, officers, &e., will be continued, but no greater punishment than depriva tion of office will be inflicted. ITALY. LOMBARD Y. The Concordia of Oct. 9 says— " I give below a restrict of Radetzky, which will it..elf speak more strongly than anything I can say respecting it : "' 1V; are in a state of war and not of peace. Milan is, thus to speak, placed at the vanguard, and it ought to avoid every step calculated to cause alarm. The archbishop will, in consequence, he requested to forbid all ringing of bells which shall not have for object the assembling of the people for divine service, such as the mass and evening benediction. When the bells are rung only one bell must be rung, and that for only one minute, which is sufficient to bring the faithful to church. I beg to inform the clergy of Milan once more, that Milan being in a state of siege, their sacred character will not prevent me from applying to them all the rigour of the law if, against my orders, they cause the bells to be rung otherwise than as above stated. " ' RADETZKY.'" MEDICAL RELIEF TO SICK PAUPERS. The Poor-law medical staff has a marked claim on he attention of the State—firstly, because it gives relief in peril, pain, and poverty to above two millions of British subjects. Secondly, because three thousand legally educated medical gen tlemen, under the control • of the State, and ministering for it by. the relief o f, this helplessness and suffering, do not receive in ret n enough payment to meet half the hospital cost of drugs, and f urn i s h for mileage even half a post-boy's pay. Thirdly, because the paupers, under the present vicious systc m, are often exposed to avoidable suffer ing, neglect, and lengthened iilness. Fourthly, be cause the State incurs needless cost, through pro tracted sickness of its paupers, and often through their permanent invalidism, and preve n tibl e widow hoed, with orp h anage. Fifthly, because the Poor-law medical staff, though using much valuable time and cultivated talent, and risking health or even life in the service of the State, never or rarely receive from the State a return for the work done, and danger braved, beyond the negative advantage of impeding profes sional competitors. If they have a high sense of their duties, and fulfil them conscientiously, they suffer in pocket, and through a heavy expenditure of precious time—if they neglect the same duties, the sick poor are left to unsuspected evils, or unavailing complaint. For all the above reasons, the grand aim of amended legislation on this subject should be such, that— First,—The interest of the sick and tinfirm poor be more capaciously viewed and provided for, through a better administration of medical relief. Secondly,—That the medical staff, carrying out these humane and national objects, may be placed under a medical board, and be controlled and re munerated on a footing somewhat similar to that of the officers in all other departments of the public service. DREADFUL FIRE.—(THIS DAT.)—At twelve o'clock the extensive premises of the Seamen's Evangelical So ciety, School-house-lane, Shadwell, were discovered on fire. Being eight stories high, and formerly a sugar house, the flames soon extended themselves to three top floors. The engines of the Brigade, County, West of England, and others, in all about fourteen, were well supplied with water, and worked by a body of about 200 assistants, but by one o'clock the three upper floors, let out to families, were completely consumed. The build ing only is insured. No particulars could be obtained of its origin. The fire was burning when our informant left. The society of Young English Gentlemen had last evening their annual dinner, at the White Horse Tavern, North-street, Fitzroy-square. The chair was filled by Mr. Divelly ; and, after the cloth was removed, several gentlemen addressed the company on subjects ccnuected with the purposes of the institution. The affairs of the continent and the state of Ireland were necessarily alluded to, and whilst there was a unanimous desire for the restoration of order, abroad and at home, an earnest hope was expressed that the Government would ext , nd mercy to the persons lately convicted of treason in Ire land and in this country. THE WAR MEDALS.—These medals, for which a grant of 22,0001. was made at the close of the session, are in a state of great forwardness, and when they are quite ready to be distributed the mode of distributio❑ will be duly announced. They are silver, and krger than a half-crown, and each person entitled to one will find his own name around the outer edge of the decora tion. On the edge of each Naval Medal will appear the name of the ship the wearer served in at the action for which it has been granted; and on the bars which cross the supporting ribbon will be engraved the names of the battles engaged in by the wearer. A few weeks, it is said, will bring the work to completion. Neuber's Washable Water Varnish is intended for maps, drawings, &c., and requires no size or other preVious preparation. It appeals to answer tho pur pose very well, and will be bound useful.--Builder. MONEY aid COMMERCIAL NEWS. C/ 7' Y, Q UARTER TO THREE. The Market for Cotton has this week been excessively dull, and prices are barely supported. Sales yesterday, 4,000 baka, and for the week 27,890 bales. The Railway Share market continued very depressed. The information we gave yesterday as to the inten tion of the railway companies to disprove the figures published by the Times is confirmed by the following letters— " Sir—The statement copied from the " Weekly Share-list," and re-published in the 7imes of yesterday, being calculated to mislead and alarm the proprietors of this company, I am instructed by the directors to ac quaint you that the statement in question, so far as it re fers to the London and North-Western Railway, is grossly erroneous, and that there is being prepared, and will shortly be issued to each shareholder, a full and correct account, exhibiting the present position of the company, and all its engagements. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "CHARLES STEWART, Secretary. " Office, Euston-square, 13th October, 1848." There was last week some reduction •in the general business operations of the Bank of England, and the withdrawal of deposits occasioned a diminution of the bullion. The public deposits were on the decline, th• quarterly official payments having commenced, as usual, before the dividend payments. The circulation was affected by the bullion reduction, but in both items there will, no doubt, be an increase in the course of a week or two. The following is the comparison of the items with the previous week's retnrn:— Notes issued 26,823,635 Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits 6,962466 Decrease Other Deposits 8,053,104 Decrease Seven Day and other Bills . 1,028,171 Increase •• 7,548 Government Securities Other Securities Increase ..•••• 64,691 Notes Decrease Bullion Decrease Active circulation Decrease A letter addressed to the Railway Directorates of England, under the title of " Railway Rescue," con tains some useful suggestions to "all parties concerned," but from which our space oaly enables us to give the following:— " Railway property is at present depreciated from three causes:—First, the general depression of all trade. Secondly, the competition which is springing up between approximating railways. And-, thirdly, the large amount of branch lines, made far too expen sively, and, worse than all, at the cost of ruinous con tests. ' Suckers, and not feeders, I call them,' said a railway shareholder; but this is not quite a true statement. Many are not yet finished, and but few are in full work. They Nill all ultimately pay, not withstanding the wasted Jutlay, because the profits are a growing quantity. But, as a financial calcula tion, there never was any course more absurd than the senseles oppositions mule by almost all the main lines. It origirested in the idea that it was possible to monopo lise railway transit as had been done by canal transit, forgetting the obvious distinction thal canal water is a limited quantity, while railway land is all but unlimited. There is, it is true, s species of railway monopoly quite practicable to establish, and of which I will presently speak, but that is a monopoly peculiar to each railway and not to be abstracted from one by another. " Railway directors are at the present time generally in a state of discomfort at their reduced dividends. To remedy this, they propose to make the public more un come-A-table. first, by increasing the fares, and, secondly, by diministing the number of trains. It requires no great amount of foresight to predict that one result of this will be the increase of horse transit, for it is an as sured truth that people will travel as much as possible at their own convenience, and also as cheaply as they can. It is a question for consideration, whether it . is wise to tempt people to try new modes before every means have been resorted to, to diminish the ex pense of the old. Light trains and frequent are the true policy, and it is worth the inquiry how far friction and gravity may be reduced by new or careful construction. Otherwise new lines may be enabled to beat the old ones out of the market. It is a perilous experiment to prac tice on public patience. " But little skill is required to see that the rolling stock and the rails are mismatched to one another. Any man, woman, or child, passing through a turnpike on a highway, may observe a table of tolls regulated, or supposed to be regulated, with a progressive advance proportioned to the destructive powers of the vehicles travelling on the road. " If there be any doubt expressed as to the discre pancy of strength between the rolling-stock and the rails, a very plain answer may be found 'in the fact of the general renewal of rails now required. if this be not enough, let the proportions of the periphery of a lo- - comotive driving wheel be compared with the rail be neath it. The former weighs upwards of 2001bs. per yard, the latter from 701bs. to 801bs." A great deal of silver has been exported again this week direct from London, say 315,000 ounces, but the result probably will be returns in gold from the Con tinent. The exchanges abroad are already more in our favour. At ilanaburgh the rate last Tuesday touched 13.7 f. As to the silver, it is not required here, and there are ample arrivals this week from South America and various other parts. Assisted by the weather, which, although it can do no harm, promotes a depressed feeling, by the apparent re flux of bullion to which wo attach no importance, by the political events at Vienna, and the publication of the export returns of the kingdom, the Bears have succeeded in depressing again the value of the Funds. Consols have been 85 to since 84i and are now about 84i Exchequer bills of March are 345. to 365. premium. Bank Stock is 185 to 187. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents have been 84 to Mexican Stock is lower again, being 18f to 19. Por tuguese Four per Cents, are 23i, and Spanish Three per Cents. 221. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 44 to 441.. Railway Shares have been in a very depressed state again, and in several instances there is a further decline, this being ticket day, and shares being expected to be ready for delivery to some extent. We, however, have our doubts about this. oNIS CLOSING P:iicEs OF BRITISH F'UN'DS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock lB6 185 187 187 3 ;.er Cent. Reduced Arms 84 83% 83% 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuities 85% t-'4%% 84% New 314 per Cent. Anus-- ... 84% 84 84 Lor:i Anne. to expire J an. 1860. 8 1 4. 814 Ditto, Oct. 10 , 1859 ..... --8 % 8t India 6 tcck 237 237 India Boncl::, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001. .. —. .86 p 36 p South Sea St o ck Bank Stock for A ccoun t... C aisols for Account, Oct. 17 Exchequer Bills. 2%d. Sz 2d. 1,1)(.1}1. March 34 36 p 26 p 1,000/. June 2O 31 p 34:p p 5001. June Small, March ... 36 p 36p Small, June ONE CLOSING 'CF S. Mexican, 5 par Cent. 1846 Ol B3O 19 18% TRI 19!,‘ Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 99 23% 23% Russian Bonds ... 99 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent 2 2 34 22% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent - Ditto, Deferred — 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 44% 44 44 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 68 1 / 2 67% 67% Ditto, Bonds PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES OF PAID' BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O Amber. Nott., Bolton, and Eastern Junction -- Ayrshire and Galloway.. 5 Belfast & County Down 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction 20 22 ... Birmingham, Wolv er - ... hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 148... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheihire June.... 10 ...... Boston, Stamfd & Bi rm . 5 """""•'••• ... .. Bristol and Exeter...... 85 Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 25 .......... . - r, uekingham t h i r e . . . 141. 4s. ..... ... Caledonian. 5O ..... 17 16% Ditto, Half Shares .. 83i...... Do. New 101. Pref. .... 2%...... IA% « Ditto,Clydesdal e J une 50 Chester and,llolyhead... 471/a......19 Ditto, Prefere nce Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - Do. Government Lor Jan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports month Dublin and Belfast June. 35 Dundalk & Enni s kill en 2 0 Fa.st Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 181., E. & .... 18 ...... Do., 31. 10s. ......... Eastern Counties... .... 20 .... 12 11% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent Ditto, Extension,6 per Cent., No. 1 ....... 61.135. Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cen t. Do. Quarters . % ....... . -- Eastern Do. New ...... Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 ..... . .—. Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O ...... Ditto, Class C, ditt o. .. 20 . .... - Do. Scrip (6 p ercent. ) 10 ...... . -- •. . .... ...... .. -- ..... - Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar 5 per cent..... East Lancashire ......... 25 Ditto, New .. 21 .... Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 44.. East Lincolnshire ...... 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ...._ Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. —. ...• .__ eeeee fam. 16% 19 134 1 1 N 1314 i •