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

NOTICE. MR. AINSWORTH ' S NEW ROMANCE, " THE L.M , . , TCASIIIRE WITCHES," will shortly be pub 11hrd by Mr. COLBURN, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. In a few days in Three Vols. post a vo., A SECOND, REVISED, AND CHEAPER EDITION MR. WHITESIDE'S ITALY in the NINETEENTH CENTURY. Orders should be In the Booksellers' hands by Monday next. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage ment ^especting a reduction of prices, In order to :ner.t the exigencies et the times, have led to its present adoption. In ry:roplying with so general an expression of public feeling, it is only ne: - ,essary to state that precisely the same character of perfomiance will be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher nalia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a scale of admission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so splendid a Theatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle • • • • Five Shillings. Upper Boxes • •• .. .. Half-a-Crown. Lower Gallery • • Upper Gallery .. Private L'oxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Sewat Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Drees Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; UI r.er Boxes, 2s. ; Fit, 2s. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Gd. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Clri.nd Opera, entitled QUE N TIN DUR WARD. Louis the Eleventh, Mr Borrani ; Charles the Bold, Mr. 11. Corri; Louis, Mr. Herberte ; Ludovic Lesly, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Quentin Durward, Mr. W. Harrison • the Princess Joan, Miss Messent ; the eitsintess Isabelle of Croye, Mrs. D. King. After which a New Divertissement, entitled LE BAL MASQUE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE PERI. Its which Xllles. Plunkett, Celeste Stephan, Mcncelet, Cushnie, Annie Payne, M. Pctipa, &c., will appear. Doors open at Half-past Six performance to coma enco at Seven. The Box-office is open from ' Ten till Five, under .he direction of Dir. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public, is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during tlte recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the Whole re-decorated. TIIIS EVENING, WM be performed THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Oakley, Mr. Charles Kean; Mrs. Oakley, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden bat; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley, To conclude with the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAth, rnder the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THENING Wlll be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariei, Madame Celeste. Alter which a new Farce called SLASIIER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Redford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Gay Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. SOYAL LYC k. 111.4 TH EAT KE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Na he ~.s. THIS EVENING. Will be performed:a comie Drama, eatitIed:AYYTHING FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs. Harley, C. Mathews, Bonner; Miss L. Fitzwilliam, and M 169 Marshall. To be followed by MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which Mr. John Reeve will appear. After which an APPEAL TO TIIE F ÜBLIC. Te conclude with USED UP. Dress Boxes, ss. Upper Boxes, 4s, ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is. No lit-Ipries to any part of the horse. e Sew 12ox-office, No. 2, Welilngton•stte t, Is open to the pnblis every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole - Lease() and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Ilurvritz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arran.,, men is hale been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couiiort and cenTesience of the audience. THIS ETENIN G., Wlll be FELLOW, performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD- After which, a new Farce, entitled TILE MODEL COUPLE, ix t►hich Messrs. Oxberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To be followed by a New DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with the Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PECCADILLO. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DU3IBOLTON'S SERENADERS. This celebrated Troupe, whose performances have excited univer sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre THIS EVENING, December 8, to be continued every Evening during the week. The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Glees, &e., entirely new to this country, written and composed expressly for this company. Doors open at Eight, the Entertainments to commence at Half past Eight. Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. TO CORRESPONDENTS. lio communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 53; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.98—risen 37 points since yesterday. WIND S.W.; hazy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 44 min after 11 I Evening .. 0 min. after 0 e lf 6.1,,...., ..f-,t .2"' q < • i t a.. • - , 0 ..._ ....4 . , a , a' 4i . Di ii 1 r• , i ..1' kito ' - \'.'-• -)., t. - . Q4l b r tn e Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEM BER 8, 1848. Reaction is accumulating its energies from all quarters, and striving by every possible device to win back the ground already conquered by the Revolu tion. It is doing this, now covertly, now openly, now in the forensic arena, now in the literary ambuscade. No slanders are too gross for its purpose. No vitu perations are too boisterous for its malice. These exertions of the counter-revolutionists are visible more over in a thousand different directions at the same moment. Their language is heard in the halls of Parliament, in the courts of law, from the pulpits of religion, from the rcs tzums of the University, from Cabinets and corporations, from philosophers and artisans, from the cabin of the mariner and the meadow of the agricul twist. All classes of the community contribute their vain either of power or of virulence in furtherance of a cause which has latterly become desperate—the cause of the reactionaires. And it is precisely because their cause is thus desperate that its votaries are com pelled to resort to so many extraordinary extremi ties. Seeing that Absolutism must sink under the assaults of the Revolution unless all the supporters of Absolutism abandon for a time their various jealousies, and unless, in addition to this, they throw aside all consideration of prin ciple, they have at length determined to coalesce tem porarily, and to , adopt every means, no matter how base or dishonourable, to hurl back destruction on the heads of th e i r an t agon i s t s, an d t o f ur th er th e views or the different despots of Christendom. This conviction it is which has resulted in an Aristocratic Coalition more infamous than any of those . Regal Coalitions whi c h were first employed as the arms of the Counter-Revolution , T his co nv i c ti on it i s w hi c h has united in one homo gen eous sectio mass the many hetero geneous grades a n d . oprsed to the p rogress of constitutional regeneration upholders of the red fl ag , lovers ofa r t t h e izans of th e lil y , of HENRI CINQ and of the white feather cockade PHILIPPE, admirers of legitimacy, a sp i ra nts ntsof r anar chy,f Loris the creatures battening upon Spanish c t tion and Croatian pillage , the courtiers of oizutp. and the sycophants of Sans Souci—all unite heart and soul, and body, and mind, in their detestation of revolutions, and in their preference of any result whatsoever, from the establishment of a despotism to the organization of the Reign of Terror, rather than yield the palm of victory to the champions of a mo derate and rational system of Democracy. To this end are striving—GulzoT, the wily refugee —IIETTERNICII, his twin-brother in chicane—D'A to• TON SHEE, the professed infideI—LAMENNAI3, the renegade priest—NARVAEZ, the arbitrary soldier— CAPRAL, the intriguing diplomatist FREDERICK WILHELM, the Charletan . King—Paounnosr, the rhapsodist of politics—CANlNo, the crack-brained Quixote in search of popularity—and, beyond all these, we are rather disposed to suspect, those gentlemen who under the mask of Ultra- Republicanism have caused so much anxiety, first, to the provisional Government, secondly, to the Execu tive Commission, and lastly, to the Councils pre sided over , by General CAVAIGNAC. Some of these men (the - conspirators conspirators we mean, last mentioned) held dike for a while under the successive revolutionary Cabinets constructed out of the chaos of February. Some of them were seized with arms in their hands during the insurrection of May, and were incur jut. - Vincennes. Some were merely sus pected;` were impeached before the National As - sembly,A and were forced to fly in secret from the rigours of republican justice. While ALBERT lan guished in the Donjon, Louis 13LANc disported him self in Piccadilly. Our suspicions as to the sincerity THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER $, 1848, of the men charged with conspiring against the Republic and with complicity in the May rebellion, has been within the last few days somewhat con firmed by the appearance of a work which is little better than the subtlest advocacy of the cause of Reaction. The work is a companion book to the notorious autobiography of Citizen FoucHE—it is the " Secret History of the Revo lutions of 1848," by Citizen CAussIDIERE.* Now Citizen CAUSSIDIBRE was employed by the Executive Government as the Prefect of the Police in Paris ; and when we find this same Citizen CAUSSI DIERB striving in two mortal volumes to ridicule the Moderate Republicans under whom he served, and against whom he conspired—when we find this same Citizen CAUSsIDIERE endeavouring to prove himself to be the only honest patriot in France at the very moment when he is revealing the secrets of his former colleagues—when we find this same citizen CAUSSIDIERE declaring for that Red Republicanism which deluged the streets of the French capital with blood in the month of June, and for that insane Socialism which nurtured the Ouvriers of the Ate liers Nationaux into traitors capable of perpetrating any atrocity towards their fellow•citizens—we may with some reason begin to regard " Citizen Caussi- DIERE, ex-Prefect of Police, and Representative of the People," as another of those anomalous characters who are just now devoting their plastic and elastic talents to the encourage ment of the hopes of the reactionaires. To wards the close of his eccentric revelations this rather confidential ex-Prefect of Police strives to clothe himself in the allurements of pensiveness. Alas ! he sighs, " I had golden dreams !" And over the dissipation of those dreams he laments in a poetic postscript—those golden dreams being such as are associated with the men who have affrighted the world with the blasphemies articulated at their Democratic and Socialist Banquets men whose watch-cries were " Vire l'Enfer ! Vice la Guillotine ! Vive MARAT Vice RO BESPIERRE 1" men who coupled their impieties of speech with a flippancy of manner which rendered them doubly horrible, and who drank brutal toasts, associating the awful name of GOD with those of ATTILA and JULIAN the Apostate ! If a wholesome antidote is required to the per nicious " disclosures" of Citizen CAussIDIERE, it will be found in a pamphlet published almost simul taneously with the more pretentious work of the French Socialist—we mean the ad mirable Letter"j- recently - addressed to the ex-Chancellor Lord BROUGHAM, by HUNTER GORDON, Esquire, of Lincoln's Inn. In this brief but eloquent vindication, of the results of the Revolution, as tending not only to the happiness of millions but also to the diffusion of the divine prin ciples of religion, will be recognised many passages which afford a direct refutation to the lugubrious howlings and cynical calumnies of Citizen Caussi- DIERE. In directing attention therefore to the two volumes penned by the French Representative, we are particularly solicitous to refer the public at the same instant to the pamphlet emanating from the heart of the English Barrister. The memorial recently presented to the Lords Justices of Ireland from the rate-payers of the West port Union and the reply thereto are documents suggestive of many grave considerations : The abso , lute necessity of prompt and energetic action is thdreby most clearly demonstrated. Something must be done, and that speedily, or the most fearful con sequences must ensue—involving all classes, as well landlords and tenants, as tradesmen and labourers, in one common ruin. The very extent of the assistance that has already been afforded the grant s and loans contributed alike from the national Exchequer, and from the voluntary contributions of Englishmen, point out most forcibly the vast ex tent of misery and destitution that has prevailed in that union since the first failure of the potato crop, which formed the almost exclusive support of the la bouring population. The simple facts that no less than 93,3251., a sum considerably more than double the ♦aluation of the entire union, was freely and ab solutely granted for the relief of the suffering inha bitants within the last two years, and that further sums, amounting in the whole to 40,0061., were advanced by way of lean within the same period, making a grand total of 133,8311., or 68s. in the pound, on the valuation, brought in aid of the re sources of the union, while the rates struck from the month of September, 1842, until May, 1848, amounted but to 12,501/. 145., of which sum 4,1131. only had been collected—these facts,: we say, indicate at the same time the extremity of the distress and the poverty of the resources of the in habitants, and the wonderful liberality of the British nation. We must presume then that an absolute necessity existed for the aid that was rendered with such profuse munificence—tha these enormous advances were essential to the pre servation of the lives of the people. It could have been no fictitious distress, no pretended destitution, that elicited such extraordinary assistance. It would be a libel upon the Government to assert that they could have been so egregiously duped as to have sanctioned such extravagant gifts and loans, save under circumstances of the utmost pressure. Its beyond a doubt, then, that the resources of the Union were insufficient to support its poverty, and let us see how far those resources have been im proved within the present year, so as to render that task now practicable which last year was clearly impossible. The first questions that naturally arise are, how has that vast sum been expended ? Has any and what portion thereof been applied in the improvement of the soil or in bringing new land into cultivation, se that larger supplies of food may be obtained therefrom for the support of the people ? We regret to say that r.o satisfactory answers can be returned to these interrogatories. More than 122,0001. thereof was expended in 1847 under the Labour-rate Act and the Temporary Re lief Act. No permanent or lasting benefit was thereby conferred upon the country. Myriads of able-bodied men, with their families, were fed at the national expense; but no useful labour was required from them in return. The works that were executed were of no public utility, while the gratuitous supply of food to strong men had an injurious and demoralizing effect. It is notorious that in too many instances lands that had previously been cultivated were left untilled and uncropped, and that the produce of the soil was far below the average, both in quantity and quality, 20,9501. only was advanced within the present year, and that at its very commencement, from the funds of the British Association. The small farmers, the yeomanry, that constituted the most valu able class in the community, have been flying by thousands and tens of thousands from the fated districts, carrying with them all their avail able funds, and abandoning their exhausted holdings to the landlords, as scanty recompenses for r po e rs n eivny t eeci in reriars ir e r a ear, or perhaps assigning their farms to paupers, in order that they might be enabled to ex raet further sums from the pockets of the im ea—dnidpersoprietors as the price of peaceful sur in aa o ll r o der ) to avoid the tedious and expen sive held high position, by law. Many of those who and comforhtlsgbthi:taiti"' enjoying all the luxu riessetce,alth and influence could afford, have been obligee s u l b h n it e et con n the t nn most o f p a m i n a f n u y l o an f d th h o u se m p il e i r a s t o in n g s hPraisvabtets but littl e better than that of the paupers whose support has absorbed all their resources. The comparatively small sums that have been collected for poor-rate, not withstanding the unceasing exertions that hav e b een made, establishes the inability of the propri e t ors and occu piers of the soil to meet the legitimate demands that have been made. It indicates the comparative perish - vency of the district, and proves that some a id must be rendered, or that the people will by lingering and painful deaths, and that all classes will be involved in one common ruin. The conclusion which naturally arises from these premises is that set forth in the memorial, that it is the duty of the Government to avert the calamity and that for that purpose it " should come forward • Memoirs of Citizen Caussidiere," 2 vols.,- pp. 57 Loadon,:-Itiehard Bentley, 1E348: The work i;, atleaSt; a surprising curiosity. Letter to the itight Hon. Henry Lord Brougham, F.R.S., &e., on the Influence of the French Revolution on the Church of France." By Hunter Gordon, Esq., Byo., pp. 56; London, J6lllOll Ridgway, 1848, promptly and liberally to make pro%'ision for the poor ) " obtaining all possible assistance and co-opera tion from the rate-payers. It may be asked, whether we would have the na tion permanently saddled with the expense of feeding this enormous main of poverty and destitution ; whether Ireland is for ever to remain a drain upon the Imperial Treasury? Such is not our desire or our wish. On the contrary, we would offer the strongesit opposition to any suggestion of the kind. But it is to avoid so painful a necessity, to prevent a result so burdensome to the British and so humiliating to the Irish nation, that we insist upon the adoption of some adequate measures, and that without one moment's unnecessary delay. The people may be maintained without the ul timate loss of one shilling to the national Exchequer, without the imposition of a single pound of additional taxation. Considerable profits may even be ob tained, that will more than repay the sums bestowed upon the Union within the past two years. Would it not be an act of madness to neglect the golden opportunity, to remain inert and apathetic when there is so urgent a neces sity for prompt and vigorous action? The reclama tion of the waste lands, the development of the deep sea and coast fisheries, are the means by which these desiderata can be obtained. 'We are prepared to prove that the great bulk of the population could be employed in draining the bogs and the reclaiming of mountains, and that the land so ameliorated would, within a brief space, realise more than double the amount expended .on its improvement. The only possible objections that can be urged are those which Mr. RIGBY WASON has so happily ridiculed—viz., the impolicy of the Government interfering with private property, or affording general employment to the people. The owners of that property have in their memorial declared their inability to discharge the duties incidental to its position. They must therefore yield it up to those better qua lified to do so. And surely it is better to employ the people, and to obtain a valuable return, than to see them perish of starvation or to support them in use• less idleness . ; and these are the only alternatives. Although neither Sir CULLING EARDLEY nor Mr. DENISON is exactly the man whom we should consider as best calculated to represent the West Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament, yet, as there ap pears no probability of any other candidate being seriously proposed, it becomes the duty of each elector of the West Riding seriously to consider the pretensions of these gentlemen, and although neither may be the beau ideal of a Representative of the people, to give his support to that candidate who approaches the nearest to what the Representative of a constituency so important ought to be ; and after the scene which took place at the Halifax meeting, there can he no doubt but that Sir CULLING EARD LEY is in all respects superior to his opponent. We cannot but regret that this contest has been made so peculiarly a religious contest. The sacred religion of peace should never be desecrated by being made a weapon of secular warfare; and it is much to be regretted that all mankind can not be brought to consider that every man should be permitted to worship his MAKER after his own manner, without let or hindrance, or even inquiry from his fellow-man. The introduction of the question of religion into this contest is the more to be regretted, because, after the exhibition at Halifax, there appears to be no very substantial dif ference between the two candidates on the question of Roman Catholic endowments which has been put for ward as the cheval de bataille of this contest Sir CULLING EARDLEY, in a bold and straightforward manner, declares that he will not consent to any grant of money for the support of the Roman Catholic religion, while Mr. DENISON was reluctantly brought to admit that, although he might be induced to vote money for Roman Catholic schools, it would only be on such conditions as would abso lutely preclude any conscientious Roman Catholic from taking advantage of the grant, so that on this point there is very little practical difference between the two candidates ; and to Sir CULLING EARDLEY must be granted the merit of having never shirked the declaratio❑ of his opinions ; while it was necessary to subject Mr. DENISON to a raking cross-examination in order to elicit from him his notions on the question of Roman Catholic school endowments. On all other questions there cannot be a doubt but that the opinions of Sir CUI, LEN EARDLEY are much more in accordance with those of the electors of the West Riding than are those of Mr. DENISON. Sir CULLING EARDLEY is and has been a staunch free-trader. Mr. DENISON is a protectionist, has a hankering after a re-enactment of the corn-laws, although he will not at present support such a pro position (k nowing very well he could never carry it), and innocently states that he believes free trade to mean the total repeal of all import duties, whether imposed for revenue or for protection. If this be really Mr. DENISON'S belief, he is far too simple a gentleman to represent the West Riding, he should go to school again—. if it be not he is far too casuistical to be safely trusted. Again, Sir CULLING EARDLEY is for an immediate extension of the suffrage. Mr. DENISON will not vote for extension of the suffrage at present, but he will advise his infant grandson to do so, when he shall, half a century hence, succeed to the DENisom property, provided the people shall be in a proper state to benefit by such extension, the DENISONS themselves, of course being the judges of what is or is not a proper state- But, above all, Sir CULLING EARDLEY supports, and Mr. DENISON opposes the ballot. Mr. DENisoN would have the constituency slaves, Sir CULLING EARDLEY would make them freemen. Mr. DENISON would have the serfs driven up to the poll to,record a lie, and calls the power possessed by the landholder, so to make his serf record a lie, the legitimati influence of property. Sir CULLING EARDLEY would emancipate those serfs, and enable theca honestly and conscientiously to fulfil the sacred trust confided to them by the con stitution, by restraining the illegitimate in fluence of property. Mr. DENISON in his club seeks refuge from the Bully of society in the ballot. The voter is entitled to the same protection," as was justly and eloquently observed by Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, in his speech on the ballot, last session—" The voter is entitled to the same pro tection against the Bully Qf Politics." That pro tection Mr. DENISON refuses him; and, therefore, Mr. DENISON is not the man for the West Riding. BANK OF Fain'Alf:D.—Another specimen of in genious fraud has been discovered at this establishment. A few days ago a note of 1,0001. was presented for pay ment. The inspector examined it, found it genuine, looked to the numbers of the stopped notes, and seeing that the note presented was not among them, two 5001. notes were given in exchange, for which gold was pro cured almost immediately. On the following day it was discovered that the leading figure of the number had been dexterously changed, and that 94,825 was , altered to 04,825. It required the eye of a chemist.to detect the change ; and as no blame can be attached to the in spector, we presume the "rest" will be reduced by the amount paid in error. The figure was so well inserted that no ordinary examination was equal to its discovery. The note thus sent in formed one of a series of which a bank clerk was defrauded a few years ago. FIRE AT THE LIVERPOOL GAS WORES.-1 fire broke out on the premises of the Old Gas Company's Works, in Dale-street, about twelve o'clock at noon, which at one period had an alarming aspect, owing to the fears entertained of its communicating with three other gasometers. The fire was first noticed on the roof of the house containing the gasometer No. 2, but how it originated we cannot at present ascertain. A small fire engine upon the premises was speedily put in actionfand kept up as vigorous a flow of water as its limited powers admitted, the fire continuing to spread along the roof, portions of which from time to time fell in. Two of the West of England fire-engines arrived soon atter, and, by their continued play upon the roof, the inside of the building, and the adjoining divisions, containing three Other gasometers the fire was completely subd ue d s h ort ly after one o'cluck. The damage sustained will b e some what ng considerable,ha s fal fallen in and for rneatrhlye windowsthewholaerecro roofo completely f et t e h ly o buildi smashed. The workmen belonging to the gas-works exerted b them se l ves very praisewortbily, and the fire dinuritgaieettej d a Ta n hn d ec e t e a a i y r no c dr o wmv vigorous o a or n no d u e t sh r , e M ng r r ot . hu ll en Hew, x i es t t oe , ua w t were wo p af r s o t h m me p irr t . Dowling, the head constable; and both rendered their valuable services on the occasion. TlLE e v r a d r a d y aannd LATEi J. n sue A L ph- L , OF Langton, heldA thußepoAtnwmotwhieAablrboomdArieeßsr:ouif:GileeYdorebgsy; the fall of an arch on the East and West India Mac" and Birmingham Junction Railway, when the jury re turned a special verdict of" Accidentally killed, and that the arches being ,injured by rain the centres had been removed too early." THE FRtNCII EtPtTBLIC. 'We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The journal dos De'iato publishes the following letter from Naples !---4 " Our city is in the greatest state of emotion at the news of the arrival of the Pope at Gaeta, in company with the French and Bavaria* Ministers at Rome. The King, with all the Royal Fomily, left yesterday morning for Gaeta, to welcome his Holiness. His Majesty has returned, but the greatest mystery prevails as to the re sult of his interview; " Nothing is yet known as to whether his holiness will remain at Gaeta, or whether he will come on to Naples. In the opinion of many impartial minds in Italy, it is to be hoped that he will not leave the latter place, as it might serve as a pretext for the ultra liberal party, and give a sort of colour to such of our ' patriots who will not fail to accuse the Pope of having thrown himself into the arms of the representative of the Absolutist and Austrian principle. It is unfortunate that the road to Naples was the only one open to the Pope. The road to Civita Vecchia was guarded, and to go into Tuseany was equally impossible from the state of agitation which now prevails in that country. The following is what is surmised with regard to the future residence of the Pope:—He cannot, it is thought, re main long at Gaeta, where there is no suitable accom modation for him. The city of Benevento offers greater s, that of being indepen- d e ninconveniences for want of adva t; nta b g u e t s, there and, among arealostoher proper accommodation. The convent of Mount Cassino would be a sort of inaccessible desert, and, besides, is too near the Roman frontier to be inaccessible to a coup de main as a last resource, the royal palace of Caserta, near Naples, is named; but the same objections might be raised against this place as against Naples. Then there remains Malta, Spain, and France. "The arrival of his Holiness has caused great delight here, as well amongst the friends of religion as amongst those of the Government, to whom it gives a great moral strength and a powerful relief in Europe. The French, Spanish, and Bavarian Ministers are extolled to the skies for having assisted the Pop e i n hi s fli g ht. " His Holiness had for several days been narrowly watched. M. de Sparn, the Bavarian Minister, presented himself at the palace, and expressed an anxious wish to see the Pope on the subject of a pretended marriage be tween the Count de Trepani and a Bavarian Princess. He was introduced into the Pope's cabinet, but the door was kept open, and several persons remained on guard in the adjoining room. After some time M. d'Harcourt, the French Minister, arrived, and was also introduced. He entered into an animated conversation with the per sona who were in the ante-room, in order to take off their attention from what was passing iu the Pope's cabinet. After a short time, one of the persons on guard looked into the cabinet—it was empty. The Pope had disguised himself in the robe of a simple priest, and had been allowed to pass out as the chaplain of the Bavarian Minister. On crossing the Neapolitan frontier an apparent difficulty arose. The commandant of the town, after having examined the passport of the Bavarian Minister, in sisted on seeing that of the chaplain. M. de Sparn whispered a few words in the ear of the officer, who in stantly threw himself on his knees before the mule on which the pretended chaplain was riding, when he was immediately recognised to be the Pope, and received the acclamations and welcome of all around. " M. d'Harcourt only arrived at Gaeta on the 26th, by the Tenare steamer, from Civita Vecchia. It is not known where M. Martinez de la Rosa, the Spanish Am bassador, now is. The accounts from Rome are very confused. According to some accounts, the residence of the Bavarian Minister has been pillaged and burnt, in consequeence of the part taken by that diplomatist in the escape of the Pope. The plan of his escape had been concocted by the members of the diplomatic corps, and all their measures taken with the greatest skill and secresy. Cardinal Antothelli left 24 hours before for Gaeta, in order to prepare everything on the road, and for his reception at that place. The expedition to Civita Vecchia had s ailed from Marseilles before the arrival from Paris of the order countermanding it. A letter from Marseilles dated Dec. 3d, says,—" The expedition for Civita Vecchia left our harbour last evening. At one time it was sup posed that there would hare been a serious delay, owing to the steam-frigate ?tlagellon getting aground on going out of harbour. After much exertion she was got off, and the fleet —composed of the Magellon, Labrador, and Montezuma steam-frigates—set sail for Italy. The expedition is composed of 3,200 men, in infantry, artillery, and engineers." The Monte zuma and Labrador took on board at Toulon an im mense quantity of ammunition and projectiles. A fast steamer has, it is said, been dispatched after the fleet to command its return to France. M. DE Cox- CELLES sailed on board the Osires for Gaeta on the 3d. The Committee appointed to consider the decree of the 19th Sept., awarding public recompenses, has been greatly scandalised at discovering that among the persons to whom it is proposed to grant pensions are not only those who during the former reign were imprisoued for political offences merely, but some of the conspirators in the attempts of FIESCLII, DARMES, and ALIBAUD. _ _ _ In consequence of the excitement produced by this discovery Id. DUrAURE, in the sitting of the Assem bly on Wednesday, introduced a project of law alto gether annulling the decree of the 19th September. On the announcement of this, M. DE LAROCHE'. /AS.LUELIN demanded that the scandalous documents connected with the project should be deposited in the archives of the Assembly. He declared that the pro ject was withdrawn before the indignation of the Assembly. M. DUFAURE declared that he was un acquainted with the documents alluded to. The ballot for the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the Assembly was completed en Wednesday, when General BEDEAU and MM. LAcaoss, Maio ' 'Livia, GOUDCHAUX, and CORDON, were declared elected Vice-Presidents; MM. LANGLOIS and LAUSSEDAT, Secretaries, The Minister of the Interior has just addressed a circular to the prefects of the departmants, in which, after alluding to his former circular respecting the conduct they were to adopt respecting the election for President of the Republic, he says : " Your task is not yet accomplished. It is to the day of election itself that I especially call your attention and watchfulness. It is at that moment that you must exert all your efforts to ensure what we have sought for above all things—freedom in giving the suf frages, the truth and sincerity of election. You will remember that acts to be regretted sig nalised, in certain places, the general elections in April last, and presented a lamentable contrast with the calm and imposing character which they had in nearly all the points of France. In some places ignorance or cre dulity were imposed upon by substituting false for real bulletins; in other places votes wero obtained by vio lence, and the electoral urn was profaned by a misled animosity. It may not be impossible that, if not the perversity of some minds, the vivacity of political pas sions, that species of intoxication excited by the still novel exercise of universal suffrage, may again produce similar attempts at fraud and disorder. I need not inti mate to you how much it behoves you to avert them, and how much importance I attach to their being promptly and energetically repressed. I well know that these disorders can arise only from a few isolated and insensate attempts, and in the result of the ballots have an insignificant influence; but, in a they will only moral point of view, the election of the President ought to be purely free from acts which may justly disturb the friends of order—the partisans of an huuest and moderate Republic." PIETRI, one of the representatives of the people, has received the following from an officer at Brest : " Seven companies of infantry of marine, embarked and ready for sail to the Antilles in the Proserpine and Allier, were allowed to vote for the President of the Republic by anticipation. The result was as follows : Proserpina, Louis Napoleon, 270 ; Cavaignac, 170 ; blank bulletins, 110 ; Ledru-Rollin, 4. Allier, Louis Napoleon, 276 ; Cavaignac, 64 ; Ledru Rollin, 28 ; La =nine, 6 ; Lacrosse, 1 ; Lamorici4re, 1. The National publises a circular from the mer chants and bankers of Havre in 'support of the can didature of General CAVAIGNAC. They say that, " situated at the doors of England, and of the two Americas, sad in fact on the threshold of the immense road that connects France with foreign countries, they feel it their bounden duty to show the effects producod by the events that have happened since February on their navigation , commerce, and industry." After February, credit and confidence were destroyed, work was extinguished, and exporta tion ceased. No more foreign vessels entered their port, and the evil produced was immense. After the general election there came an appearance of security, which was overthrown by the invasion of the Assembly on the 15th May, but the events of June sealed their misfortunes. Under General Cavaignac, however, confidence revived again, and they have no doubt would be confirmed by his election to the presidency. They say that from the moment the candidature of Louis Napoleon assumed a serious aspect, then sales of goods declined, exportations diminished, and - there has been a postponement of all undertakings, so that at this moment their commerce lies under an interdiction. In fine, they say, " We see this moment every symptom of a great political calamity I" Under these circumstances they earnestly recommend the election of General Cavaignac. The document is signed by about 200 trading firms. The following notice, which is probably official, has been sent to the journals:— " The Estafette, of the sth inst., in its article entitled Chronique Politique,' says that much di-cussion has taken place in the lobbies of the Assembly upon an ap plication made to General Cavaignac by a certain number of members of the club of the Rue de Poitiers, proposing to go immediately into their several departments and canvass them on his behalf, on the express condition that he would renounce the high function of President, in case the absolute majority should not be acquired by any one of the candidates, and M. Louis Bonaparte should have a greater number of votes than were given to the General; but that the General refused, in the hope of being elected by the Assembly. We are able to affirm that no proposition of this kind has been made to General Cavaignac by the members of the club of the Rue de Poitiers, and that the President and other officers of the club will hasten to contradict the report, the absurdity of which must fall upon those who have fabricated it." Mr. TOUTAIN, holder of an unpaid bill of exchange of 3,087 f. drawn, accepted, and endorsed by the per sons contracting for and guaranteeing a cut of wood in the domains of the Princesses ADELAIDE, has caused them to be cited before the Tribunal of Com merce, together with, as the citation calls him, ",M. LobilPittLE, Comte, DE XEUILLT, living in the chateau of Claremont, in England, geral li-gate of Mme. ADELAIDE D'ORLEAMII, his sister." The case is to come on in a week. _ _ A Demotic and Socialist banquet took place at Condom on the 27th. Covers were laid for 310 guests, but only 180 sat down to dinner, AL LUCIEN LAMARQUE, editor of the _Eteile d'itqutaini, being in the chair. After sitting some hours, the guests, at the approach of dusk, promenaded through the town, crying " Vive LEDESU ROLLIN !" " Vice la Republique Democratique et Sociale 1" " A bas lee rentiers et les proprietaires 1" They separated with out any distutbanct✓. The authorities of the town had been invited to the banquet, but all had declined being present. The Semelphore of Marseilles, of the 2d, says— " The Courrier Corse, which has arrival here from Naples, brings the intelligenet , that the French fleet was anchored on the 27th ult. in the Gulf of Naples. There were only three steamers in the port—the Pluton, the Pingouin, and the Balarnandre. Our fleet, up to that day, bad made no movement. Admiral Baudin was still on board the Friedland. A painful piece of news has reached us by this vessel, that the Jemmapes, ship of the line, had gone aground in the vicinity of Civita Vecchia. It was, however, hoped that it would be got off. The passengers by the Courrier Corse add, on in formation obtained at Civita Vecchia, that the country was tranquil, and that no new movement had taken place at Rome. At Genoa there was great agitation, and cries of Down with the Ministry' had been uttered at a re view of the National Guard." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dw. 7. _ _ Luxembourg (10/.), 2—Northern of France, 6% Orleans and Bordeaux, 1% —Rouen and Havre, 7. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. The rumouv- of a Ministerial crisis continued to gain credit in Madrid. The QUEEN gave a grand ball at the palace on the 29th, at which neither NARVAEZ nor any of the Ministers were present, but General O'DoNNELL, who is the great enemy of NARVAEZ ' was there, and was received with marked attention by the QUEEN. MADRID BOMA, Nov. 30.—Threes, 19i 11-16 ; Fives, 8i f. Exchange on London, 48 35. Croatian soldiers. It was very possible that, in the heat of passion, individual soldiers might have pro ceeded to criminal excesses ; but for these they were amenable to the judicial courts of Austria ; indeed, pro per inquiries had already been set on foot. There was no ground, however, for believing that the Croatian army, in the aggregate, had either participated in or countenanced the offences in question. The Croatian troops formed no part of the German federal army, but they had long been distinguished for bravery and the true virtues of the soldier ; they had fought and bled for centuries is the German cause ; and, please God, they would still bleed and conquer in that cause for cen turies.--(Loud cheers.) Wiesner declared himself dissatisfied with Herr von Peucker's reply ' • but he would reserve any fur ther urgent motions for a time when the urgency of such motions was not so systematically negatived as it now was.—(Laughter.) The President then requested the members to prepare their bills for the election of the President for the en suing mon*. The result of the election was : Heinrich von Gagern Heinrich Simon (of Breslau) Soiron , Count Wartensleben Max von Gagern 1 Gagern said—For this fresh proof of your, confidence I can only return my warnest thanks. My sense of my duty is still the same, or it is rather heightened by the conviction that we have made a nearer advance to the desired end. I trust I shall still prove strong enough to conduct the proceedings of the Assembly while it presses forward to the goal.—(Cheers.) Simson, of Konigsburg, was elected first Vice-Presi dent, with 275 Totes ; Simon having 165, Soiron, 2, and Beseler 2. Beseler, late President of the Provisional Government in Schleswig, was elected second Vice-President, with 219 votes; Kirchgessner having 154, and Radowita, the Prussian General, 5. Beseler simply thanked the Assembly for this mark of its confidence, and hoped for indulgence in the case of his being called to officiate, as his brief attendance had not yet served to make him acquainted with the usages of the House. The debate on the chapter of the Constitution en titled " The Imperial Parliament" was then commenced. Nauwerch said he would not be diffuse. A Con servative Member of that House had lately confessed that he saw reaction astir. The National Assembly had long; been convened; but in this chapter of the Constitution, which it had at last produced, he could not see any recognition of those principles which had placed them there. What was a House of States? Was it anything more or less than an extended Diet? According to the proposed scheme, the Govern ments would have a decided majority in the House of States, and thereby, also, in the nation at large. He was of opinion that Germany at present could not pos sibly bear the existence of such an Assembly. When it should have assumed a more definite shape, the case might be otherwise. This chapter ought to have closed the door on revolution; but, as it was, it only served to foster it. It seemed to declare revolution permanent, for it merely propounded a provisional power; at least, he could not look upon it in any other light. He pro tested, therefore, most solemnly against the motions of the committee. Tellkaiapf was of a directly contrary opinion. He knew that an aversion to a House of States still existed in many parts of Germany. It was regarded, and therefore feared, as the organ of the aristocracy. But there could be no idea of the aris tocracy alone being represented in it, for one of the sections referring to the method of election, sufficiently proved this. If the aristocracy must neces sarily get the upper hand in such an Assembly, this would imply an utter corruption of the representatives of the States, of the various Governments, of the people at large, and of the constituencies in the individual States also, which were to replenish the said Assembly every three years. It had been determined that Ger many should be one grand Federal State, and the scheme tended in the directest way possible to unite the indivi dual States to this end. It had been moved that the House of States should undergo a partial renovation of its Members once a year, but the adoption of such a pro posal would give birth to a vacillating and changeful tone of legislation. The greatest social disorder would be the consequence. The constant change of the Members of the Legislature was a grievous source of confusion in every country. With regard to the number of Houses, there must necessarily be two. If there were not two Houses whose respective rights and privileges were nicely proportioned, or if one existed alone, this one would to a certainty gain over a certain portion of the people, and result in tyranny. It was their duty, there fore, to erect a bulwark before their liberties. The two chamber system of later ages bad manifestly contributed to the prosperity of several countries; while the me diaeval republics, with their one chamber, bad gone to ruin. ... 313 ... 99 The principal motion of the Opposition was that of Vogt, viz.:—" The Imperial Parliament shall consist of the deputies of the German people, united in one House of Assembly. Every German who has com pleted his 21st year shall be both eligible and entitled to elect. The deputies shall be elected once a year; and the suffrages must be direct. An imperial election law shall decide the rest." Or, even tually, he moved—" The Imperial Parliament shall consist of the deputies of the German people. Imme diately on coming together, these deputies shall elect a fourth of their number to form the Upper House ; the remaining three-fourths constituting the Lower House." (Rejected—Noes, 331 ; Ayes, 95.) Art. 1, sec. 1 of the committee's scheme, viz.—" The Imperial Parliament consists of two Houses—the House of States and the House of Commons (literally of the people)," was carried. The mediation question gave rise to a very brief debate. Reden thought the plan for incorporating the smaller States with the larger ones was prolific in danger, since the accession of power thus gained by the larger States would make them more formidable, and they were at all times most to be feared. It would, at any rate, be a grievous piece of injustice to fall foul of the smaller States, merely because they could not help themselves. Becker, of Saxe-Gotha, echoed this last idea, and spoke warmly for the smaller States being allowed to remain unmolested within the narrow confines of their independence. Zimmermann, of Stuttgart, of the Extreme Left, spoke against any plan of mediatization that as yet had been suggested. He would either have all States me diatized in favour of one, and thus effect the formation of one grand whole, or he would not hear of any media tization at all. Division a was deferred till to-morrow, and there is little doubt that on all motions for mediatization the 116 use will pass to the order of the day motive, as moved by the committee. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. ABDICATION OF THE EMPEROR. On the 2d of Dec. the Emperor FERDINAND abdi cated the Imperial throne of the Austrian empire, in favour of his nephew, the Archduke FRANCIS JOSEPH, eldest son of the Archduke FRANCIS CHARLES, who resigns his claims as next brother to the Emperor FERDINARD, in favour of his son, now the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH. In a proclamation, dated 011mutz, Dec. 2, the Emperor FERDINAND announces his abdication. The Emperor FRANCIS, on the same day, issued a proclamation setting forth the principles of his Go vernment. This proclamation is virtually a repetition of the Ministerial programme of Prince SCHWART ZENBURG. The intelligence of the abdication of the Emperor FERDINAND was communicated to the Diet on the 3d by Prince SCHWARTZENBURG. The ex- EMPEROR has fixed upon Prague as his future place of residence. lie arrived in that city at midnight o the 2d December. The Emperor FRANCIS down' was born on the 18th August, 1830. The Wiener Zeitung of Dec. 1 contains the fol lowing official report from the theatre of war in Tran sylvania : "Lieut,-Colonel Urban, with his large corps, bad on the 13th approached as far as Samos. Ujoar, suddenly attacked by him with a superior force from Klausenburg, was simultaneously threatened in the flank by circum venting columns. The Lieut.-Colonel, without firing a shot, occupied the strong position to the left of Samos. Ujoar, who also landed there, was beaten back and com pletely worsted. He probably lost upon from 49 to 50 dead, who were all, however, carried off; one of the leaders also was shot dead by a ball, but it was not ascer tained who he was. " The village of Zelly, to the left of the main road, which showed hostility to the Imperial troops, was severely chastised by a column sent thither. Two of our men were slightly wounded. We expect speedily to send you important news. " Everybody in Klausenberg is taking flight to Great Wandein. Unhappily the way thither has been long shut up against them; they cannot have known this fact. " Major-General Warpener landed with his fine strong brigade at the close of the engagement, having been a march and a half in the rear. The enemy may congra tulate themselves on this circumstance, for had the General arrived sooner the enemy must have been coin• pletely annihilated." The Allgemeine Keilung, of the 2d, publishes the following letter from RADETZKT to M. EGGER, a member of the German Parliament, on the subject of the separation of Austria from Germany : " How could the opinion obtain at Frankfort that the resolutions consequent upon your declarations would compel Austria to a separation from Germany? For that must be the inevitable consequence if those prin ciples are to be carried out. Cast your eye over the map of Europe and say whether it be possible to dis server the Austrian provinces from a Federal Imperial union, in which for centuries they have found their hap piness and their welfare? Do they seriously think at Frankfort that this can be effected by a mere vote? A fine German heart beats in my breast, but verily at this price I must reduce it to silence. " I hear there is much talk in Germany of the dangers of Panslavism, but everything in fact is done to give this phantom a tangible form; nay, the word revolt is almost synonimoua.with.the word Gcrman. " Those provinces of Austria which are not German contain no less than 38,000,000 of inhabitants; let not this fact be forgotten at Frankfort, nor let us, by a sort of headstrong Germanism, lose such confederates. Time will prove whether my opinions be erroneous. _ RADETZII.T. " Head-quarters, Milan, Nov. 9, 1848." PRUSSIA. DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY-A NE \V CONSTITUTION. On the .sthßeCenloeitheki4Of PRUSSIA issued the following decree, dissolving the Assembly We Frederick William, by the grace of God King of Prussia, &c., &c., have, through successive reports of our Ministry of State relative to the late sittings of the As sembly, convoked for the purpose of concording' a constitution, come, with profound sorrow, to the convic tion that the important labours fur which this Assembly has been called together cannot be prolonged without en croachments upon the rights of our Crown, or without trenching upon the welfare of the nation, which is inse parable from these rights. We, therefore, on the propo sition of our Ministry of State, decree as follows: " 1. The Assembly, called together for the purpose of concording ' a constitution, is hereby dissolved. " 2. Our Ministry of State is charged with the execu tion of this decree. " Given and signed with our own hand, and sealed with our own arms, this day, the sth of December, 1848, at Potsdam. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM, " BRANDENBURG, LADENBERG, " SROTIIA, " MA.NTEUFFEL, " RENTELEN. " VON DER lIEYDT." A decree of the same date appoints the latter, who was a Member of the Chamber (for Elberfeld), to be Minister of Commerce and Public Works. Count Buww is at the same time appointed Director- General, ad interim, of the Foreign Department. This is accompanied by another decree containing the new constitution—a constitution octroyee, be it re membered, and not agreed upon, and therefore not likely to be acceptable to the people, inasmuch as the power which granted it may take it away. The new constitution consists of 112 articles, and guarantees freedom of the press, subject to prosecution for offences according to existing laws; freedom of meeting in inclosed places ; freedom of open meetings, with twenty-four hours' notice, and police permission ; two Chambers—the one to consist of 180 members, the other of 3.so—both without other qualifications than age and proof of naturalisation ; confirmation of the law of universal suffrage; complete liberty for all religious creeds and associations; abolition of all aristocratic privileges; confirmation of the Habeas Corpus Act. The new Chambers are to be elected upon the 22d of January and 12th of February next, and are convoked for business upon the 26th of February. The Members of the Left met on the night of the 6th to protest against the dissolution of the Assembly until it had accomplished its mission, and in conjunc tion with the KING, concorded a constitution which should be in the nature of a pact between the KING and the people, instead of a grant of the SOVEREIGN. The Cologne Gazette of the 4th says— _ "In the old market-place, yesterday morning, a considerable number of people assembled before a pic ture-stall whereon a likeness of Robert Blum wai, exhibited, and were lamenting over the bloody account of his death, and, naturally enough, spoke of their dislike of Windischgratz in relation thereto. A well dressed man who was on the spot gave utterance to a contrary opinion. Scarcely had he pronounced the words that Robert Blum had been rightly dealt with, before every hand was raised against him, and he was soundly beaten, to the great jubilation of the bystanders." FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 4th December, Peucker, the Minister of War, in reply to Wiesner's interpellation of the 2d ult., said that the Austrian Go vernment had an indisputable right to apply its military fOrce as it wished within the confines of the Austrian dominions; and that, as the question concerning the mutual relations of Germany and Austria was still un settled, the Imperial Ministry had not been able to inter fere with regard to the alleged outrages committed by ITALY. Intelligence has been received fro,m Rome to the 27th ult., at which date all was tranquil in that city. The Roman Advertiser of that date has the follow ing from Civita Vecchia, dated 26th : " Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Portuguese Ambassador arrived here in a state carriage, with a nu merous suite. He had an interview with the French Consul, and went with him outside the gates of the town. At five o'clock five carriages arrived ; from two of them strangers had already descended, and in one of the others was the French Ambassador and various Secreta ries of Embassy. At six o'clock another carriage ar rived, with the Count Julio della Porta. The French steamer lighted its fires immediately, and prepared for departure. It began to be rumoured that the Pope had arrived. It was soon ascertained that a group of indi viduals, dressed as priests, had presented themselves at the outports of the fortress, demanding to pass through that they might see the port, and promising to return ; but, instead of so doing, it was found that they bad embarked on board the steamer, which put itself in a posture of defence, and allowed no one to approach. The Ambassadors were known to be on board, and at nine o'clock the vessel left the port, apparently in the direction of Naples." The same journal adds : " From other letters we learn that the steamers took up the Pope, with his brother and servant, at St. Sevcra, about eight miles from Civita Vecchia. His Holiness was waiting there in disguise, and went two miles by sea in a boat to meet the vessel, which then sailed in a westerly direction." The following proclamation was published at Rome on the 25th ult., by the President of the Chamber of Deputies : " TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PAPAL STATES. " It must be evident to you that in the absence of the Sovereign the Government of the State remains in the same form and with the same legal authority. The Chamber of Deputies, always resolved to exercise its rights, and to observe its duties, willingly unites with the Ministry, to whom his Holiness has confided the power, and recommended to watch over public order during his absence. After having, therefore, unanimously voted an active co-operation in every laudable act of the Go vernment, the Chamber adds an exhortation to the people of Rome and the provinces to give a splendid proof of their virtue and wisdom, recollecting that on their con cord mainly depends the union and liberation of Italy. The Chamber of Deputies, in its own name and in that of the Ministry, assures the people o f it s un ti r i ng zea l f or the prompt realisation of those hopes so dear to the com mon country. " The President, STURDINETTI." DEATH OF SHERIFF ROBERTSON.—We regret to announce the death of this well-known judge, which took place on Friday morning, between the hours of nine and ten. Mr. Robertson has held the office of Sheriff Sub stitute of Forfarshire for 27- years, and was the oldest in tenure of office as a Sheriff Substitute in Scotland. — Edinburgh Witness. The Sultan steamer, which arrived on Wednesday. from Constantinople, brought 62,0001., chiefly in geld . During the last two months, owing to an improved. demand for grain and other produce, these remittances appeared to have ceased, but the recent accounts mention dull and declining markets, and hence again an unfa vourable balance with this country. UNFOUNDED CHARGE.- - A report prevails in town. that either the King's Own or the Royal Welch 'fusiliers is about to be removed from Winchester, in consequence of the continual quarrels between the men of those corps.. We are requested to state that the report has not a shadow of foundation, it being impossible that two regi ipents could be on better terms ; indeed, it is remarked upon by the townspeople as a singular fact that two corps should agree so uncommonly well. A report of the kind is calculated to do harm, or it would not be worth contradiction, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, QUARTER TO THRE.E.. The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was steady, and prices had an upward tendency. The saes were 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American, on specu lation. The Share Market was dull, with but little' business doing. There are no ship arrivals with later news to- day, but the continental advices surpass in interest what has reached us for some time past. The case of the Bank of England against the iron masters, animadverted upon in the leading columns of last night's Sun, has attracted much attention in the City, but we hear of no explanation yet, except that the plant and estate of the company of copper miners of England has come into possession of the Bank, and that it is determined to work it for its own advantage, ellt least until a purchaser can be found. Itiscertainly unfor tunate that through the gross mismanagement of that corn. , pany it should have become so irretrievably embarrassed as to be unable to pay off even the preferable lien of the Bank of England, but if the latter must for a time administer the company's affairs and afford employment to the large number of persons wholly dependent thereof, the rivalry should evidently be fair, and with the least possible damage to individual interest. PrivtilA capitalists cannot be expected to resist such powerful' competition, especially it undersold. It is manifest that the affair will not rest where it iia The Produce Markets have been quiet this week, except upon one or two occasions. On Tuesday a fair business was done, and there are a good many sales again to-day, but the buyers do not appear inclined to enter largely into business, and this prevents a general rise in prices. Coffee is a little brisker, as the supply from some parts will prove rather deficient. There has been a flat market for the Public Secnri ties, and business has been very inactive. The foreign news has the effect of checking operations. Consols have been all the morning at 874 4. We hear nothing more of sales by the Government broker, but he is said to be hovering about the market with the apparent in• tention of selling when there is a chance. We rather think the account is "Bullish," and that this weighs upon the market. Exchequer- bills are 41s. to 445. pre mium. Bank Stock is 189 to 1904. The New Three and- a-Quarter per Cents. are 864 to 5. The Foreign investments have been dull. Spanish - Three per Cents. have realised 244, Portuguese Five per Cents. 674. and Brazilian 735. Mexican Bonds are . 214. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 474. Railway Shares, though quiet, fully maintain the pre vious rates. ONE CLOMP/ • ' PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES . Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna B6 864 85% 86 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.— 87% 1 4 Si New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus...-. . 86% lA% 86% • Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o ... 1 9-16 8 9-16 ` Ditto, Oct. 10,:1859 ..... ...... 8 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. - Ditto under 1,0001. ... ..... South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account. 87 % 14 87% Exchequer Bills. 234 d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... 1,0001. June BB 41 p 41 p 5001. March. 4l 44 p 43 p • 5001. June Small, March .. .. 41 44 p 43 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS azrz CLOSING • O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 73 78 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred — 2 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. 6 7 1,4 67 1 Russian Bonds .... ..... .. — 101:Y4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — 14 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild 4 7 1,4 47 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 72% 72% PRICES OF P AID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O - . -- Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4A — - Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 - Belfast & County Down 19 ...... ..-. .... Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with 4guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 . Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 .. ... - Do. without guarantee 10 - Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley _ _ 131. 145... ••• .... 24% Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.— 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. -- Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian .. Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% — ............... Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 5 , . Ditto,Clydeadale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 19 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence . 78 1 ,1 1 , — Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 _ per Cent. Direct - London & Ports- --- month - Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... - Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 - East Anglia, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..- — -- Do., 18L, E. & H.... 18 - Do, 31.105. - ... ........ .... Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11%%..... ....... 11 Ai Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent ... lO ...... 11 x d lo%xd Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 - Do., 5 per cent. - Do. Quarters Do. New 34 - astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 - Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O - Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... - Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... - Ditto, ditto .. Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per 2I,E East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters OA Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... _ ....« ..... •-• East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l6 _ Exeter Yeovil & Dorch : 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..8/. 6s. 5d.... ... --• Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr N ...... —. ..... --• Do. Pref - ince Consol. .. ..... .oo.Prefere. _. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent guaranteed ... Do. Extension 2% ;mat South. and West. (Ireland) •• ••• 22Yil Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ Ditto, ditto _ __ 25 , Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. ••....•... ..... "'"' ..,,, - ~ ... Great Western 9O ...... Ditto, 1 / ¢ Shares SO - Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. .... .... Huddersfield and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... 411 1 4 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto - ....., Ditto, 1 A Shares ...... 43 ... .. —...—..... ••••• Do. (itifirter Shares... 17% — .......... ..... —. Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 5% bsl Do. Thirds (Keg.)..... 13 ..... Do. New, Gua.6 perch 5 ...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte.; tract, and Goole) ... $0 Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 ..... ... » Do. (Preston Se Wyre) 25 Do. IA Shares (A)... 9% — -- Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 Dr Half Shares - 25 . - ......._ .. ..... JO., _ , Do., (blue) Scrip 2%...... Leeds and Think •••••• 50 Ditto, New .....35 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ••••••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31,2 — ... .... . Dl' Liverp., ,uanchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4. London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 4 8d.... 4% . Do. Extension ...- ••• 22 %••-•• •••• London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do. Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ...... ... .. Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... .. 4.. ..? - Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 — Ditto, New Si., guar. 5% 6 per cent .- LondonandGreenwich 1 2 / 1 554d... . ........ ....•• 1 94 Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... 19% London and N. Western 100 ......118 117% ........ . ...„„ Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 ...... —.- Ditto, New ...... Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 - Do. 44!/.Bhares(L. M.) 25 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 --, ',.. Do. 101. 4M. & B.) C. 1 Lond. &S. Western 5O ..... 37 3 4 38% -- •• 2 6 Do. New 501. ... Do. New 401. 34 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto Ditto. Thirds.. ....-13/. 6s. 3d — 3-6 ..................:.................. . -....d Do.. New Scrip, 1848, f: ref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per .... Cent. on Calls —II. 13s. 4d ...... ....... 19% 4J 41 . 4 „ . 130T1 il f iltS, rnou Y ork, Ben Do. B. Do, DO. 130 4 oriC a Ditt , Do. I Anglo goulog 'Cntra leans Ceylon Demers ilendre Direct Mad: Dutch East It Great l Louvai Luxem . Data Madrid Namur Norther Orleans Paris a De. 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