The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

13, Great Marlborough-street- N OTICE! -MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL, "THE DIAMOND AND THE PEARL," WILL BE READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. On Monday next, the 27th instant. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Price 2e. 6d., ]aow ready, Part 1., containing the entire First Volume of the Paris Edition CLIATEAUBRIAND'S MEMOIRS OF HIS OWN TIME. Translated from the French. " Chateanbriand's History of his Ovvn Time becomes a classic as soon as publiShed. The genuis of the author is not less conspicuous in his personal history than in his imaginative writings. The price •f the book so moderate that every one may obtain it. We need not say that it will be an invaluable acquisition to every collection, small or large."—Britannia Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - okT . OTIGE.-M. CAUSSIDIERE'S 111 HISTORY of the FRENCH REVOLUTIONS of 1848, Ind MEMOIRS of HIMSELF, Whilst acting as Minister of Police, will be ready on Saturday. Orders should therefore be immediately forwarded to the Booksellers to secure copies of the work. Richard Bentley, Nev Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. 31. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, and the ARMY QUADRILLE, EVERY N IGIIT. M. JULLIEN has the great gratification to announce that he has succeeded in obtaining the kind permission of the Commanding Officers of the Royal Guards for the attendance of their Military Bands until further orders. The Band of her Majesty's Life Guards, under the direction of Mr. Thc Band of her Majesty's Royal Horse Guards Blue, under the dl• rection of Mr. Tutton, The Band of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, under the direction of _ Mr. Schott, and The Band of her Majesty's Coldstream Gaards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, will, therefore, continue to take part in the performance of the NA TIONAL ANTHEM and the BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE EVERY EVENING until further notice. The; Programme for this evening will also include the Overture to Les deuce Journees, Cherubini—the Minuet Quadrille —Solo, Herr Koenig—the Larghetto from the Symphony in D, Beethoven — Grand Fantasia, Pianoforte, Mdlle. stoepel (first appearance) — Selec tion from the Swiss Quadrille (first time this season, by desire)—Solo, Concertina, Mr. Case—Grand Selection and Fantasia from Les Hu guenots, &c. Doors open at Seven, the Concern. will commence at Eight. Prioes or Admission—Boxes and Promenade, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 105. fid. ; Ditto, 21s. THEATRE ROTAL, COVENT -GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been made to the manage ment respecting a reduction of prices, in order to meet the exigencies of the times, have led to its p resent adoption. In complying with so general an expression dr public feeling, it is only necessary to state that precisely the same character of performance will be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher 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. ••..••.. • • • • • • Four Shillings. Pit .••.••••• • • • • • • • • • ••. • • Half-a-Crown. Lower Gallery •• .. One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery ........ •• .• One Shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings. Half-price at Nine o'clock. _ Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pb Is. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; tipper Gallery, 6tl. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled HATDEE! or, the Secret. Loredano, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Maigenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea Donato, Mr. Herberte; Haydee, Miss Lucombe. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE PERI. In which Males. Plunkett, Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Cnshnie, Annie Payne, M. Petipa, Scc., will appear. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. • The Mx-office is open from Ten till Five, wider the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during he recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whble re-decorated. ' THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Comedy of TWELFTII NIGHT. Viola, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, THE RANSOM. Pauline, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with TILE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr IludsOn. THEATRit ROYAL, ADELPIII. 'lnner the direction 01 Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Di4by Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys trw of Ventilation, &c., /cc. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Beggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be yellowed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. 31r. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATEE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Solo Lesisee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TUTS EVENING, Will be performed TWO OWLS IN ONE IVY BUSH. Charae• ters by Messrs. H. Hall, Bellingham, F. Matthews, and Miss Mar• shall. To conclude with THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, C. Mathews, Cooper, Bel- Ingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, [former, F. Cooke, Charles, Mi s Marshall, Madame Yestris, Mrs. Yates, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. Dress I:Qxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. hall-price to any part of the house. rp, CW Lox-office, Ito. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public ~, try day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Leseee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. littrwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience 01 tne audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, Mr. Alien ; Ashton, Mr. Weiss ; Lucy Ashton, :Mlle. I)i Roussi. After which, a new Faroe, entitled TIIE MODEL COUPLE, in Mtssts. 02iberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To conclude with the Burletta of MIDAS. Apo 10, Miss Poole. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheftti , ca(ed by the, name and address of the writer. rif , ,vted communications cannot be returned. WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, NOVMEBER 23. TH , ;a3SOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 53, Noon, 51 BARONE'rEII, 29 26. WIND W.S.W. ; sun shine and cloudy, with occasional rain. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 1./urning .. 12 min. after 12 !Evening .. 32 aim after 12 466 • 9liertia Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1848 . Latterly we have observed the infusion of retro gressive principles into the columns of our Tory Con temporaries. To a very enormous extent the jour nalism of London has been innoculated with the virus of Absolutism. We have regretted this. - We have regretted it profoundly—not only because the cha racter of the press of England has been thereby mos' lementabl/ compromised, but because the perverse vguments of our brother journalists have induced them to descend to the grossest distortions of truth, and to the most odious misrepresentations of the Democratic movement on the continent. Having once undertaken to prove that the conduct of the re trograde Sovereigns has been marked by the most ex(mplary consistency throughout, and that the pro ceedings of the revolutionary party have, on the contrary, been the result of the moat diabolical a b errat i ons o f t h e na ti ona l intel lect —it is in no respect surprising that nContemp orar i es s h ou ld b e compe ll e d t o bol os te r r up their assertions by every logical or illogical contrivance, no matter how transparent its insin cerity, or how flagrant its extravagance. Not con tented with publishing their own adverse opi n i ons , they are at last driven to the st necessity of pri n ti ng i n corroboration a mass of merit rather cont empt thanate . ments so garbled as to ndignation. We write this more in sorrow than in ge any English newspaper shouldanendrevou —in Borrow th at an unfortunate and conquered nationalitya r to reduc e the medium of narratives emanating from men through m on their own showing are too base and cold e b n l who, in their calumnies to deserve one moment's coZdedd e. ration. The communication to which we are here about to make particular reference is one characterised by so much turpitude and heartlessness as to be only comparable to the notorious red-paper treaty, which elevated MEER JAFFIER to the Viceroy al Throne of Moorshedabad, while it plunged the astute intellect of OXICHUND into the horrors of idiotcy and premature decrepitude. The paper to which we have here made reference purports to be a narrative of recent occurrences in the Austrian capital, from the pen of a gentleman travelling through Southern Germany, and who hixnself participated first in the defence and subse sequently in the bombardment of the city of Vienna. The writer is described as a member of the Uni versity of Oxford, and his description of several events of the siege, a description originally inserted in the columns of the Times, has been lauded as "admirably graphic" by our Contemporary. Ilow highly this gra phic portraiture may tend to elevate in public estima. tiers th e character of the Oxford University, in as far as the author of this narrative may be re girded as a specimen of collegiate morality, we leave our reader to decide, after he has perused a few sig nificant excerpts from the letter of the Tirnes' Corres pondent. After informing us rather superfluously of a ma laria fever which nearly caused his death amidst the classic scenes of Thermopylae, the troubadour of Despotism recounts in a few words his arrival in the Austrian metropolis, immediately before the great 4 - .;,-LA ~..., ... . .4e ti . tk ,,, z.-,..---,•'....."."' e , • ~a.,,1r .''''',..4.,,,-1:4/, 1,....0- '''xiii>. x •-• '): —_ ~..: . - .•9 .c.,-.- fa, T.,.' 4 • ~,"''' s THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23. 1848, outbreak of the 6th of October. A dirge chaunted 1 over the body of LATOUR, one of the most ruthless intriguers of this or any other generation, the mem ber of the University of Oxford exults over the brutalities perpetrated by the savage horde of Croatians who marched against Vienna under the banners of Jzt.LAcutcu. To enforce this exultation still more remarkably, the writer in dulges in a panegyric upon that sanguinary and bucaneering Condottieri. Whether the eulogium on the Ban of Croatia is rational or extravagant the subjoined passages will attest : " The old generals who recollect Austerlitz, Moscow, and Leipsic are comparing with the most brilliant ex ploits of Hannibal and Napoleon, Jellachich's march across Hungary— a hostile and most difficult country— at a time when the Emperor had repeatedly ordered him to submit to the rebels, and had left his army wholly un provided for. On that dreadful night of the 31st Octo ber, I saw the glorious fellow, a young and magnificent looking man, by the blaze of the burning houses and the flashing of 200 cannon, lead his wild Croats and Servians to the storm, his tall white plume shining, like Henri Quatre's at Ivry, as the pole-star of the whole army. All agree that he is one of those remarkable men who are raised up Irons time to time to mould the destinies of nations." _ - _ -- Further on, after acknowledging that he had enjoyed the hospitality of the Viennese, and had been welcomed with particular affection by the students of the Aus trian Universities, our English traveller coolly re marks : " On Sunday morning, the 29th, my friend 11-- and I managed to escape from ono of the advanced barri cades, whither we had been pressed, into the Leopold stadt, where we were most kindly received by the troops, both officers and men, to whom we were able to give va luable information as to the real state and disp osition of the rebel forces." So that this English Gentleman, this honourable member of the University of Oxford, was literally a spy among the unfortunate Viennese, and the un• blushing informer of JELLACHICH and WINDISCH GRATZ I We envy our Contemporary its pride in the dignity and credibility of its vaunted Correspondent. To our obtuse comprehension the character of the member of the University of Oxford, who first be trays the Viennese, and afterwards traduces them, is not one jot less despicable than that of DOBBIN, the Irish spy, or that of POWELL, the Chartist informer. Hear him, however, rejoicing over the do wnfal of the noble capital of Austria, although the " beautiful suburbs were being riddled with shells and shot," although his senses were stunned by the " roar of cannon, the whizzing of rockets, and the roll of musketry," although " weeping wives, sisters► and daughters were picking literally piecemeal out of the ruins the consumed bodies of their relatives," and although he, a civilian, was then for the first time " literally tasting blood"—blood dashed over his face and clothes when a round shot carried off the head of an artilleryman ! " It was a beautiful, clear, sunshiny, autumn day, and all felt that there were trembling in the balance, not only the fate of the grand old Austrian empire—' An Siegen and an Ehren reich,' the Monarchy of Charles V. and Maria Theresa, and so long the bulwark of Christendom against the Turks but with it the peace and safety of Europe. At length the firing behind us gradually slackened, and then died away, and towards sunset the victorious Impe rialists marched back from the field of battle, having utterly routed the Hungarians, and driven 3,000 of them into the Danube, which will roll their dead bodies down to Pesth—a fearful tidings of their defeat. You may fancy what cheers now arose from the Im perialists, and what yells of despair frons the rebels, whose offers of a conditional surrender were now scornfully rejected." Not only were the conditional stipulations thus sternly and " scornfully rejected," but the sol diers of Absolutism consecrated their victory by deluging the capital of their native land with the bloody libations of vengeance. They were conquerors over their own kith and kin, desolators of their own hearths and altars, destroyers of their own parents, their own brothers, and their own children. And, with all this, they were implacable ! When Democracy triumphed in February, the people, by a sublime decree, abolished the Punishment of Death. When Autocracy triumphed in October, it proclaimed a wholesale massacre—the legalised murder of the multitude ! ROBERT BLImI, a representative of the German Empire in the Parliament of Frankfort, was killed in cold blood. Jumns FuccuEL, his com panion, was condemned "to be hanged by the neck until death should ensue," and only escaped destruction by a miracle of good fortune. Mcs sENHAusErt, the unfortunate leader of the National Guard, was shot on the 18th, after having passed before the veriest mockery of a tribunal. AIGNFR, the Captain of the Academic Legion, was merely preserved from a barbarous assas sination and a premature grave by the gratitude of DOBLHOFF, who was saved by the heroism of that young patriot when the people would have beaten his brains out in their fury on the 13th of September. Such are a few of the most prominent consequences of the capture of Vienna by JELLACHICH and WINDISCHGRATZ. And in alluding to the rigour of the victors, the Oxford University spy and correspondent is in a trance of exultation. " Martial law," says he, with a cynical sneer of in difference, " is of course proclaimed, and the leader s of the revolt are being shot in batches as they are caught"—mentioning the inhuman battue as calmly as though the victims were so many wild boars and jackals I But listen particularly to the following record of these atrocities, and say if the passage is not despicable for its depraved and inhuman callousness— " We have seen the execution of several of the chief students, who had rather 'fraternised' with us as Eng lish University-men on our first arrival, but who latterly had become too great men to condescend to notice or protect us from outrage ; so we feel no pity for them. The great hod) , of the students who have borne arms sre to be forced to serve as common soldiers among the savage Croats, Jellachich drily remarking, in yetter .lay's proclamation, that as they had been pleased to play at soldiers without being called on, they should now have an opportunity of exercising the profession in a legitimate way.'" Surely these sentences need no comment. If an example of the lengths to which party spirit will carry a writer had been desired, one more flagrant than the foregoing could scarcely have been imagined. Again, we lament that our Contemporaries have de generated into the organs of continental absolutism— that they have compromised the dignity and truthful ness of English journalism by enunciating sentiments which can only excite horror among the abused and struggling nationalities of Christendom—that they have condescended to calumniate the population of a conquered capital, and that they have had the teme rity to enforce their misrepresentations with the narra tive of a man who announces himself to be a spy and an informer at the very moment he is paraded before us as a Student of Oxford and a Gentleman of England. The speculators of the Stock-Exchange are indeed a difficult and impracticable body to deal with. It is impossible to say what will satisfy their expectations. They are continually craving for information, and although every reasonable demand is complied with they remain querulous and discontented. The expla nations offered may be perfectly clear and explicit, the facts distinct and incontrovertible, the conclu sions reasonable and fairly deducible from the premises. Something will, however, be discovered to find fault with—something on which to hang an So with °V ti. t . h e e objection. It is said that— and their interests ilsaßlßeear " The man convinced against his will it ' "Bearish" i:frrnaatitieet s t ill. " nit; with . e ciu Their al fo rpreju dicesforce inpreventing conviction, and maintaining a determined scepticism. Some weeks s i nce there was a universal outcry for the publication of the accounts of and misc hievous r.ii. several railway companies ; the most unfounded schievous n re ports were circulated. 4sein i mal journal , the Weekly Share List, published statements res pect ing sh the different companies, which, if well foundedweuid that their prospects were of the most unfavourable description, and that Inevitable ruin would speedil y overtake the proprietors unless they immediatel y aban loned such desperate undertakings. The effect of those injurious publications was indescribable ; th e shareholders were thoroughly and completely frightened; railway stock of every description was depreciated to an extent that could scarcely be credited. A general panic prevailed on every side. The amount of capital still required was grossly exaggerated. It was gravely asserted that calls to the extent of 60,000,0001. to 70,000,000/. sterling per annum should be made for the next three years, and that the country would be unable to bear so enormous a draw upon its resources. It was also stated that "dividends' could not he maintained unless the traffic was iucreased to an extent far beyond that which could reasonably be hoped for. The "Bears" seized upon the golden opportunity, and for a time the most extraordinary success attended their operations. An unexpected change, however, speedily took place. Several of the most influential companies published authentic statements of these affairs, which completely upset the " erroneous statements and calculations" that had appeared, and proved their own soundness and stability. The points chiefly relied on by the " Bears," viz., the sums that should be raised to com plete the works, and the amount of traffic required to maintain the dividend, were made perfectly clear, and the effects at first were of the most beneficial cha racter, prices having improved at least twenty per cent. upon the appearance of the statement of the London and North-Western Company. Other " state ments" have since appeared, all of them most satisfac tory. But the " Bears" maintain the contest, and have actually, in some instances, turned to their own pur poses matters that should have had the most opposite effect. We yesterday commented upon the statements just put forward by the Eastern Counties and Midland Companies, and gave a full analysis of the former document. It might have been supposed that an immediate improve ment in the prices of the stocks of both com panies would have followed the appearance of accounts calculated to dispel every apprehension from the minds of the shareholders. A Contemporary, whose hostility to the railway interests has passed into a proverb, in speaking of these statements, says— " They confute at once some of the more extravagant estimates that have been drawn up by adverse and suspicious scrutineers, and form an authentic ground work for future and more particular inquiries ;" and yet, notwithstanding such an admission from a quar ter not inclined to regard anything respecting rail ways in a favourable point of view, shares in both companies were yesterday quoted at lower prices than on the preceding day. We yester day showed how unwarranted was this - Jesult, so far as the Eastern Counties stock was concerned. We shall now briefly point out the chief features in the Midland statement, which should prove perfectly satisfactory to the shareholders, and the community in general. The total capital of the Midland Company—under every head—will amount, when the works are completed, to 12,726,2051. Of this 11,957,2601. was expended up to the 24th October last, and 768,2451. only was still required, to meet which outlay the company had the power of making calls to the extent of 2,602,6151., and were possessed of 9,007 shares of 401. each not yet issued, but valued at 360,2801. There would, therefore, be a surplus after providing for the future expenditure, of 2,194,6501., which would be applicable to the repayment of loans. The company will possess 498 miles of rail way, 30 miles of canal, and 13 miles of tramway under its own control, and a pecuniary interest in 92i miles of railway, the traffic of which is likely to increase that of the main line. The consolidated stock (including a nominal addition to capital from shares issued at a discount previous to the amalgamtion of 627,4631.) amounts to 11,421,6201. 2s. 4d., of which 1,191,5411. 4s. 6d. has been paid up. The debentures, loans, &c., amount to 3,766,4191., but, as we have already stated, 2,194,6501. will be applicable to the reduction thereof, which will leave the perma nent debt very moderate in proportion to the paid-up capital. The estimated average receipts per mile per annum required to pay a dividend of six per cent. when the works under contract are completed and paid for, is about 2,850/. There is every reason to hope that this sum, which requires only an increase of 2301. per mile on the receipts of the year ending the 30th of June, which was a most unfavourable period, will be fully realised. Sundry undertakings, for which Acts of Parliament bad been obtained, and which would require an expenditure of 4,630,3251., have been abandoned for the present, and will not be commenced without the previous sanction of the shareholders. The report of the proceedings of the Tory majority of the town-council of the borough of Lyme Regis (which appears in another part of our impression of this evening) completes the history of the art and mystery of ATTWOODISING boroughs. The story of the rise and progress of that art is to be found in the evidence taken before the several Parliamentary Committees appointed during the course of the last i session to try the petitiens complaining of undue returns for the boroughs of Harwich and Lyme Regis, of Kinsale and of Athlone. The inventor of this wholesale system of boroughmongering is Mr. JOHN ATTWOOD (of Small and Attwood notoriety) who, fired by the desire of obtaining political influence, without possessing one single legitimate qualification by which such influence can be ob tained, imagined that those honours might be pur chased which could not be won, and that money might be made a most efficient substitute for wit and eloquence, and knowledge and statesmanship, and, accordingly, investing his money in consciences instead of as heretofore in coals, purchased the power (not the right) of coercing certain of the voters of Harwich, of Lyme, of Kinsale, and of Athlone, and, like a horoughmonger of the " good old times," endea voured to return his nominees for each of these boroughs. At Athlone, at Kinsale, and at Harwich, he succeeded, although the Members for Kinsale and Harwich (one of the latter of whom was the great boroughmonger himself) were, on petition, unseated for corrupt practices. At Lyme his man was beaten by a small majority, and it would appear almost as if Mr. ATTWOOD himself had felt some doubts as to the result of the Lyme contest from the care with which he selected his candidate. It was no ordinary person who was chosen to fight the battle of borough mongery at Lyme—it was a man of great talent, great eloquence, great tact, and not altogether unacquainted with, or over-scrupulous as to the em ployment of, those measures by which a return may be illegitimately secured. Sir FITZROY KELLY, who having matriculated in corruption at Ipswich, had afterwards graduated at Cambridge, was the indi vidual chosen by Mr. Jour( ATTWOOD to Ipswichise the borough of Lyme. Mr. ATTWOOD had, however, for once been out in his calculations. After a severe contest, Mr. ABDY, the independent candidate, was returned by a small majority, and an attempt made by Mr. ATTWOOD to unseat him on petition also signally failed. Mortified by these repeated defeats, and smarting from the pecuniary losses he had ex perienced—for our boroughmonger had found Lyme anything but an eligible investment for his cash—he determined to teach all who were opposed to him " a great moral lesson ;" after the true CASTLEREAGH and Absolutist fashion; and having managed by means of various " gentle influences" to obtain the return of a majority of Attwoodites to the Town Council, he forthwith proceeded, through the instrumentality of a druggist, named HANDER, to purge the body corporate of all who had opposed his domination. Accordingly, on the 9th instant, at the first meeting of the Lyme Town Council, the Attwood majority proceeded at once to dismiss all the corporate officers in a body, and this without any ac cusation having been brought against them, without any investigation having been instituted, without complaint made, without form of trial. In the re cesses of a council chamber, from which all save the Mayor and his satellites were excluded, sentence of dismissal was pronounced against all the corporate officers, and they were dismissed instanter. This is " too bad" even where administrative officers only are concerned, but the enormity of the offence and the iniquity of the proceeding is increased beyond measure when we find that an officer holding a situation of such responsibility as that of town-clerk is included in this wholesale system of dismissal. Mr. WARING, who for thirteen 3 ears has served the office of town-clerk with great credit t o hi mself, and to the great advantage of the town, has been summarily dismissed without the allegation of a single fault against him. The line of policy thus pursued by Mr. ATTWOOD is as short sighted as it i s despicable. Violent courses beget violent r e t a li at i ons. Mr. ATTWOOD, during the reign of th e T ory M inistry, was, as Member for Har wich, one of their ardent supporters, and Mr. ATT WOOD is too shrewd a man of business not to have exacted and obtained his full share of governmental patronage during the time his friends were in power. What would he think of a Liberal Minister who, carrying out the Attwood policy, should dismiss every placeman, from the well-paid Commissioner down to the hard-worked Exciseman, who had obtained office through the interest of Mr. Jon:i ATTWOOD ? Yet "to this complexion we must come at last," if disappointed boroughmongers are permitted to play these "fantastic tricks" to gratify their spleen. Unless every small borough in England is to be at once converted into a Pandemonium of Envy, Hatred, Malice, and all Uncharitableness, the Legislature must devise some means by which the voter can be effectually protected from the tyranny of the man of the money bags. There is but one such remedy, and that is Tim BALLOT. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Bishop of BOURDEAUX has addressed a pastoral letter to his clergy in favour of the candidateship of General CAVAIGNAC for the Presidency of the Re public. M. CoQuEBAL, the celebrated Protestant Pastor, has published a distinct denial of the statement mude by the Presse, that he had recommended Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE as a candidate for the Presi dency. The discussion on the events of June, which is fixed for Saturday in the Assembly, is looked forward to with the most intense anxiety by all parties. M. DE LAMARTINE, who was at Macon, has been sent for by telegraphic dispatch, in order to take part in the discussion. The proceedings of the Assembly yesterday were confined to the discussion of the Budget. The command of the proposed expedition from France to La Plata has been offered to Admiral LAISNE, who was mentioned in the Debats as one of the most distinguished officers of the French navy. A duel took place in Paris, on Tuesday, between Colonel REY, Governor of the Hotel de Ville, and M. EDMOND ADAM, Deputy-Mayor of Paris under the Provisional Government. The latter was wounded in the thigh. A duel took place yesterday between General BA RAGUAYD' HILLIERS and M. GOUDCHAUX. Shots were exchanged, but neither gentleman was hurt. The Presse publishes the following " communi cation :" " REASONS WHY x$F, FRENCH REPUBLIC HAS NOT YET OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED THE CENTRAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT. _ _ _ " Some Jew days since M. Bastide said in the tribune of the National Assembly that the relations between France and the Central Government of Frankfort were uncertain. He might have added that they threatened to be suspended in consequence of the reiterated refusal of France to recognise officially the Central German Government. " It may be remembered that the French National As sembly having by a solemn vote proclaimed the principle of fraternity with Germany, the Vicar of the German Empire, when scarcely installed, hastened to send M. de Raumer to Paris in order to open official relations with the French Republic. M. de Returner remained here nearly a month before he was admitted to an audience of General Cavaignac to deliver his letter, notifying the accession to power of the Vicar of the Empire. Baron d'Adryani, the Envoy of the Vicar, having been, how ever, received by Queen Victoria, it was thought that the Chief of the Executive Government could not but do as much towards M. de Raumer. Two months, however, have since elapsed, and the French Government has nut yet recognised an official character in the Envoy of the Vicar of the German Empire. " The Central Government at Frankfort has recently sent instructions to M. de Raumer to obtain from M. Bastide a categorical explanation as to the intentions of the French Republic with regard to the Central German Government. If we are well informed, the answer of our Minister of Foreign Affairs was, that the French Republic had postponed the official recognition of the Central German Government from two motives:-1. Because England had not yet done so; and 2, Because the constitution of the new German Empire had not yet been voted. " On the first point, M. de Raumer has been charged to reply, that it was at the express command of Queen Victoria that Lord Palmerston presented Baron d'Adry • ani to her Majesty; besides which, the Queen hastened to reply, in the most friendly terms, to the letter by which the Vicar of the German Empire notified to her his ac cession to that office. "On the second point, M. de Raumer has been in structed to reply to M. Bastide, that the European Powers did not wait until the French National Assembly had voted its new Constitution before they officially re cognised the Government of the Republic, which has, therefore, shown itself more punctilious on diplomatic points than the old monarchical powers of Europe. " Al. Bastide, who could not deny the justice of th ese observations, then brought forward in excuse the pre sent precarious state of affairs in France, everything remaining vague and uncertain until the President should have been elected, and as that event might bring about a change of Ministry, he desired to leave to his successor ' all liberty of action on the subject. " Informed of this declaration, emanating from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, the Council of Ministers of the Central German Govern ment, decided that M. de Raumer should remain in Paris until after the election of the President of the Republic, but that if after that period the French Government should throw any further delays in the way of the offi cial recognition of the Central German Government the latter would withdraW its representative trom Paris, and leave it to time and reflection to make Fra nce better understand that a sincere and close union with Germany, which reckons a population of 70,000,000 souls, was fur the mutual advantage of both countries." BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. THREE o'CLocK.—Thediscussion in the Assembly yes terday, and the expectation of a boisterous debate on Saturday next, made a strong impression on the Bourse to-day the funds consequently fell nearly 1 percent. The general belief is, that the debate must seriously injure General Cavaignac, as it is supposed he will be severely blamed. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have declined 85c.; the Five per Cents. 90c. ; and the Loan if. 10c. For Morey, the Three per Cents. have declined 75c.; the Five per Cents. 90c. ; and the Loan, in w Trofi:o h r ic i ll iot ha q r u d o l t y ed a 7B t a h l i i n k g of " l 'a ' s ran d c o o n S e lia 6 r s e c. s La ß ve ol f 's all du en 25e.; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted ; ditto Five per Cents. have declined 4 per cent. ; Spanish Active not quoted ; ditto Threes have advanced 4 per cent. ; Pas sive not quoted; Roman has advanced 4 per cent.; and Rothschild's Receipts i t per cant. Exchange on Lon don (30 days), 25 50; uitto (90 days), 25 374. Railway Shares have also receded. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 5% ex coupons—Luxembourg ( I%—Narnur and Liege, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 1%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. We have received intelligence from Berlin of the 20th November. The Prussian Staats Anzieger, of that date, contains the following circular !from the Ministry of State to all the Royal Governments of the kingdom : "It is already known to the Royal Governments of the kingdon that the fraction of the National Assembly convoked for the formation or the constitution, which disregarded the message of his Majesty respecting the tranfer to Brandenburg, continued to hold their sittings without the participation of the representatives of the Crown, and passed several resolutions—among cotters, that till the measures adopted by Government should be recalled, the payment of all and every tax should be refused. " Although it may be presumed that the sound sense of the country will be perfectly convinced of the formal and material illegality of a step which in its ulterior results would plunge the whole country into a state of utter lawlessness and indescribable confusion, we never theless consider it our duty to call the attention of the Royal Governments to this subject, that if, and when ever, contrary to all expectations, any realisation of the above resolution should appear to proceed against it without delay, and, in case of need, if a preliminary in• struction respecting the heavy legal penalties of such refractoriness should remain fruitless, to resort to the most severe compulsory measures. All the commanders of the troops have received orders to obey the necessary requisitions of the Royal Governments to be appointed by them for this object. "At the same time, the Royal Governments are spe cially enjoined to take heed that the compulsory mea sures to be adopted against refractoriness shall not be extended to the payment of such taxes as are in arrears on account of pecuniary inability of the rate-payers. "Although the unavoidable expenditure of the Trea sury makes the punctual and immediate payment of taxes most desirable, it is nevertheless foreign to the ob• ject in view to keep out of sight measures of mildness and consideration towards those rate-payers who are in distress, or have met with misfortunes. " Therefore the extraordinary expenses incurred by the extraordinary compulsory measures to be employed, aro to be imposed only on those rate-payers who refuse to pay their rates from obstinacy. "Berlin, Nov. 18, 1848. - (Signed) " Count VON BRANDENBURG. LEIDENBERG. MANTEUFFEL. VON STROTEIA. VON lIINTELEN. " To all the Royal Governments." The official Gazette of the 18th has the following:— " A report has been circulated by several journals that the British and French Envoys, Lord Westmorland and M. E. Arago, had, in consequence of the transfer of the National Assembly, proceeded to Potsdam, in order to remonstrate with the King against this measure. We are authorised, consequently, to declare , i n the most positive manner, this report to be an empty invention." The following appears in the German Reform. It should, however, be stated that the supporters of the KING deny its authenticity : "After the sitting of the National Assembly on the 7th of . September, in which the proposition of the De mocratic party had obtained a strong majority, his Ma. jesty the King, in a memorandum, stated his position in regard to the people, to the constitution, and to the Na tional Assembly. "ale memorandum was addressed tq the Central Power at Frankfort, to the Governments of Austria, of England, and of Bussi►. The following is the trwitda tion " In the revolution of March the King hearkened to the voice of his people, and promised the most liberal institutions to the country. " This condescension has been cast at him as a re proach, from different quarters—as weakness and cowardice; but, long accustomed to false interpretations, this appearance did not hinder him from listening to the dictates of his heart. He placed the weal of his people before the name and reputation of his Government. " In consequence of his promise, a National A - sembly was convoked, chosen by universal suffrage in two degrees, and he had the happiness to form, in con cert with it, a new constitution. But the National As sembly evinced from the very beginning, that it mis took for weakness the condescension and the sacrifices of the'Crown to the cause of liberty and the country. " Finally, the Assembly went so far as to arrogate to itself ostensibly all the rights of the executive power, and completely to annihilate the rights of the Crown. The King could ,not, seriously considering his duty as A Sovereign, any longer tolerate these encroachments. He.therefore proposes to take the following measures to ward off those anti-constitutional machinations, and to guarantee the rights of the people:— " ' I. Seriously to compel the National Assembly to cub Rile itself within the extensive limits of an assem bly called to create a constitution in concert with the Crown. " 2. To transfer the National Assembly from Ber lin, in order that it may be entirely free from external influence, and that the moderate party, truly inde pendent, may deliberate unfettered for the good of the country. "' Z. To concentrate the military forces at Berlin and its environs, for the purpose of supporting these re solutions, in case of need, by force of arms. " According to the opinion which the King has taken two eventualities only present themselves in the pre sence of these relations; either the National Assembly will consent, and thus the hope be induced that the dis cussion of the Constitution will be happily brought to a close; or the Assembly will oppose itself to these views. " In the latter case, the King demands expressly and solemnly only that co-operation from the Central Power by which it will keep from the Prussians all in terference by foreign Powers. " He will then•immediately proclaim a constitution which shall be, in all essential points, a copy of the Bel gian constitution, not, however, in that which regards the census—for the King has several times declared himself in favour of universal suffrage, and which shill offer to the country the surest guarantee of his sincere constitutional desires, unhappily not supported by the National Assembly.' " We are assured that the Vicar of the Empire, and the friendly powers, have given assurance of their ener getic co operation, and that the constitutional Govern ments have rendered full justice to the sincere and po pulartendencies of the Crown of Prussia." - It is said that the KING contemplates dissolving the National Constituent Assembly, on which the Assembly would refuse to break up, as having been summoned for the specific purpose of drawing up a constitution, it is not competent to the KING to dis solve them until their task shall be completed. Should the Ministers persevere in their evil courses, tl'e Assembly have determined to issue a proclamation to the army, declaring that orders issued by Ministers who are under the accusation of high treason are not binding, and are not to be obeyed. There has been no regular sitting of the Assembly since the non-payment of taxes was voted, but the Members meet every day to receive and to reply to the addresses promising support, which are pouring in upon them from all parts of the kingdom. The whole of Silesia and of Prussian Saxony, Munster, the capital of Westphalia, the greater number of towns in Pomerania and the Prussian Marches, the whole of the grand duchy of Posen, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Coblentz, and the whole of the towns in the Rhenish Provinces, have declared in favour of the Assembly. The Burgher Guard of Berlin have sent repre sentatives into the provinces to concert with the Burgher Guards of the different towns measures of defence against the reactionary policy of the Court. In the mean time the Ministry is in a state of the greatest confusion ; BRANDENBURG advocates con ciliatory measures, whilst MANTEUFFEL urges the KING to dissolve the Assembly at once. BECKERATH and CAMPHAUSEN have both arrived at Berlin. They, however, refuse to accept office un less the decrees removing the sittings of the Assem bly to Brandenburg, and declaring Berlin in a state of siege, are at once revoked. The number of arrests are numerous, so much so that the prisons are overcrowded, and some of the prisoners have been removed into the great peniten tiary recently erected outside the walls. They will not be tried by martial law, but referred to the ordi nary tribunals. The general opinion is that affairs will be amicably arranged by mutual concessions on the part of the ICING and of the Assembly. The KING will, it is said, recal the decree removing the Assembly to Brandenburg, and the Assembly will cancel its re commendation not to pay taxes. The Town Council of Berlin has ordered legal pro ceedings to be taken against one of General WRAN GEL'S officers for violating the Habeas Corpus Act, by forcibly entering a private dwelling. BERLIN, Nov. 19.—The Constitutional Corre spondence announces the arrival of Mr. BECRERATII at Potsdam ; he has been charged by the KING with the formation of a new Ministry. The Composition of the new Cabinet may be expected to-morrow, or the day after at the latest. Mr. SCHMERLING, it is likewise stated, has arrived at Potsdam, charged with carrying on negotiations of the highest importance. It appears to be the in tention of the Archduke JOHN of Austria to retire from the central power, in consequence of the events which are taking place in his own country. It appears that about fifty or sixty members of the fraction of the National Assembly have declared their intention of going to Brandenburg with the Mem bers of the Right. General WRANGEL has been ap pointed effective General of Cavalry, and Lieutenant- General Count BRANDENBURG has been promoted to the rank of General. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger, of the 21st No vember, contains a proclamation of VON WEAicEGL, stating that during the state of siege, the Burghwehr Congress, which has already been convoked, dare not be held. It also contains proclamations from some of the Royal Governments, calling upon the inhabitants in their jurisdictions to pay the taxes as usual. It also contains numerous loyal addresses, likewise, BASSEMANN'S very important official report respecting affairs in Berlin. CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN PRUSSIA. The Aix la Chapelle Gazette, of the 22d, contains a telegraphic dispatch from Cologne, stating that the Brandenburg Ministry has resigned, and that BECKE RATH is charged with the formation of a new Cabinet, in which Guettow and CAMPHAUSEN are to take part. COLOGNE, Nov. 21.—Positive information from the National Assembly at Frankfort states that by 276 votes against 150, consequently by a majority of 126 votes, the Assembly has declared that the reso lution of the fraction of the Prussian Assembly re specting the refusal of paying the taxes is illegal. ration respecting the execution of ROBERT Ili.um, likewise of the execution by 'lnitial law of MESSER HAUSER. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Nov. 18.—The Amsterdam Bourse contains the following- paragralFh:—" The first step taken by our Ministry in the way of economy Las been made known by the publication of their report to the KING. This report has been hailed with great satisfaction, and its result was a very considerable rise in all the Dutch funds. His MAJESTY, on receiving the report, made the following reply : "`Acquainted with your report of the 13th of this month, and fully convinced of the necessity of introducing various reductions in the exrenses of the state, We ad here in general to the ideas dlveloped in that report. Nevertheless, we drem it expedient that publicity should be adopted in all that concerns the adicints ration of the affairs of the state, and in cons( qutnce of the communi cation made, with our approbation, on the 13th, we com mand, in compliance with the wish of the Second Cham ber of the States General, that this report be made public, and we authorise you to take steps to this efftc by these pre;;ents. AUSTRIA. The Speineische Zeitung, of the 19th, states that three men, charged with having murdered Count LAToun, were hanged at Vienna on the 19th. The EMPEROR has addressed the following procla mation to the army of RADETEKY in Italy : " The revolutionary faction have for a long time turned their looks towards you, for they were aware of my army being a firm prop of the constitutional throne, a safe bulwark of the threatened monarchy. That faction is eager to seduce you from your duties. Their villanous machinations shall be foiled by the faith and the love you have always borne to me and to my house. "But to you, my beloved sons from Hungary and Croatia, to you especially do I this day address an earnest word. Listen to the voice of your King, whose anxiety for the welfare of the country is equal to yours. " In Hungary has a certain faction succeeded by all sorts of intrigues in marring the peace between various nations that for many centuries had lived in brotherly concord. That faction has lighted the brand of civil war; it has loosened all bonds of order and legality, and it has prevailed upon some of your brethren in arms to take a part in the rebellion. " I am aware that party tries all means to persuade you, under pretence of danger threatening your coun try, to break your faith to me and to cause the over throw of that venerable throne for the defence of which your fathers sbed their blood. Do not be seduced by these false patriots. They are closely allied to the ene mies of Austria; they are the chief authors of the pre sent troubles. The liberties which I vouchsafed to the Hungarians, the equality of all classes of my Hunga rian subjects, are guaranteed by my Royal word. I know you will stand firm and bo mindful of your sacred oath. With God's help it will be my duty to restore order and peace in Hungary, and to defend our common coun try against the enemy who threaten it. .‘ Have confidence in me and your old General. He has led you to victories which give you an honourable place in history, and by which you may claim the gra titude of the country ; he will lead you on the path of duty and honour. " FERDINAND, " WESSENDERG. " 011MUtZ, Oct. 28, 1848." The Austrian army destined to annihilate the Hungarians will probably fall to pieces by its own weight. Instead of conquering Hungary in a month, WINDISCUGILATZ and JELLACIIICH intend to limit themselves to an attack on Presburgh, giving, as a reason for suspending all further hostile operations for the present, the advanced period of the season, the want of magazines, and the great difficulty of feed ing an army in a country already much impo verished. The fact is WINDISCIIGRATZ and JEL LAcmcu, with their large army ill paid, and worse fed, are in front of the Hungarian lines in much the same situation as MASSENA was in front of the lines at Toires Vedras. The Wiener Zeitung of the 17th contains a decla- (Signed) THE CHOLERA. " ' WILLIAM."' At Leyden, since the last report, 17 cases have occurred, of which 7 proved fatal. Total cases of cholera; 59 ; deaths, 29; recovered, 4; under treat ment, 26. In Rotterdam, on the 17th, 22 new cases occurred ; deaths, 14; recovered, 15. On the 18th, 14 new cases ; deaths, 7 ; recovered, 6. Total number of cases since its commencement, 719 ; deaths, 385 ; recovered, 165 ; under treatment, 171. At Utrecht, from the 12th to 19th, 17 new cases; deaths, 8 ; recoveries, 3. Total, 54 cases. At Groningen, on the 7th, there were 5 new cases; deaths, 2 ; recoveries, 4. On the 18th no fresh cases were reported. Deaths, 2 ; recoveries, 2. Total since the commencement of the disease, 200; deaths, 104; recoveries, 64. In the cholera hospital at Amsterdam no new cases were reported on the 20th. Death, 1 ; recovery, 1 ; under treatment, 1. Total number of cases since the commencement of the disease, 87. At the Hague no new cases had been entered at the cholera hospital. Death, 1 ; recovery, 1. BATAVIA, SEPT. 27.—8 y a resolution of the Go vernor-General, the harbours of . Merado and Kema, in the island of Celebes, are to be free harbours on the Ist of January, 1849. The political state of Java has undergone no change. The marriage of a Djokjo Prince with a Princess of Solo occasioned some disquiet, but everything has hitherto gone off well. Nothing is yet heard of a fresh expedition against Bali. Batavia was visited by a severe shock of an earth quake on the night of the 3d, which roused all the in habitants from their beds. The tail of the earth quake was felt the same day at Bantam. Immense quantities of rain had fallen in the re sidence of Baglen in the beginning of August. The bridge which formed the communication between the main lines of Poerworedjo and Kaboemen was carried away by the consequent inundations, and all inter course between those two places was stopped for a considerable time. The colonies were in a healthy condition. COMPOSITION OF THE NEW MINISTRY. THE HAGUE, Nov. 22.—The Stoats Courant of this evening gives the following definitive list of the new Ministry : By a resolution, under date of the 21st of this month, his Majesty the KING has appointed Minister of the Marine and Colonies Admiral J. C. RIJK ; Minister of Justice, M. D. DONKER CURTIUS ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, L. A. LIGHTENVELT ; Minister of the Interior, J. M. DE KEMPENAER ; Minister of War, Major-General VOET ; Minister of Finance, P. P. VON BOSSE ; Minister of the Re formed Religion, Baron VON MEMSTRA ; Minister of the Colonies, G. L. BARED, former Director of Agri culture in the Netherlands West Indies. M. L. A. LIGHTENVELT is charged, ad interim, with the affairs of the Roman Catholic religion. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • •• • • •• 45 , f4 46►4 Ditto, 3 per Cent .• • • .. • • • • 54 54N Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••.•. • • .• •. 69% 70.4 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent........ • . 70% 70% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • . Spanish New 5 per Cents. • • ....... Ditto, 3 per Cents.. East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••• • • • •• 69% 69% Exchangeon London, at sight ••• • • • 12 Two months... •.• • • • .... • • 11 95 On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 34 93 Two months... •••••• • • • • •• 34 81 On Paris • •••••• • • • • • • 56 50 Twomonths..... ••••. • • • •• 56 15 Discount 3 per Cent. _ _ _ AMSTERDAM, NOV. 21.—THE BOURSE.—The inland funds had an upward tendency to-day, in consequence of the high rate of exchange: there was a great deal of business and much animation on 'Change to day. The Belgian funds were much firmer, Spanish improved in price, Austrian and Russian keep up. South American and Brazilian were most offered.—Amsterdam Courant, Nov. 21. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES The Augsburg Gazette has letters from Bucharest to the 27tti and from Galatz to the 291 October. The former city is filled with Russian troops, and even the private houses are converted into barracks for their accommodation, General DULIAMEL in habiting the house of the ex-Aliniqer VILLARA, and General LUDERS the residence of the Bojar Ot totelischan. The Russian troops had possession of that part of the city lying on the right bank of the Dumbowitza, and the Turkish that on the left. The entire Russian force amounts to 6,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, and that of the Turkish garrison is about equal; 25,000 Russians are also distributed in the circumjacent districts, and on the Siebenburger frontiers. In Galatz and Braila perfect tranquillity prevails. A correspondence from Jassy, under date of the 21st October, states that Prince BIBESCO, the ex- Ilospodar of Wallachia, is at this moment at Fok chane, in Moldavia. He was compelled to quit Cron stadt, in Transylvania, where he found no sympathy whatever among the inhabitants of that city, and still less from the Wallachians, who had taken refuge there at the same time, in consequence of the events in the Principality, and who accused him of all the evils which had fallen upon their country. The correspondent adds, that the ex Hos podar was on the point of setting out for St. Peters burgh, for the purpose of obtaining the pardon o f the Russian Cabinet for his deplorable administration, and of soliciting the support of the Court for his re gaining the post of Chief of the Principality. The Journal de Constantinople says :—" We can not understand this step, as the exH-ospodar did not quit Bucharest till after he had sent in his resigna tion to the Sublime Porte. If he has forgotten the arbitrary conduct which he has invariably dis played since his nomination to the Ilospodarate to the time of his fall, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will certainly have a better memory. Fear) EFFENDI, the C omm i ss i oner o f t h e Porte in the Principalities, is at this moment carrying out very energetically the instructions which he has re ceived from the Sublime Porte. He is using the most proper means for effecting those ameliorations and reforms in the country which are called for by the moral and material state of the nation, and ex tirpating the numerous abuses which have taken root in the administration within the last few years.— Journal de la Haye. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Stockholm, of the 12th, state that the King of DENMARK had agreed to the opening of negotiations in London for the definitive conclusion of peace with Germany, on the following basis :—His Danish MAJESTY proposed either to divide the duchy of Schleswig, and re-establish the status quo previous to the war, modified by the union of the provincial state of the two duchies ; or to give to each of the two duchies, to Holstein as well as Schleswig, an absolute independence, with a separate constitution and administration, so that they shall neither belong to Denmark nor to Germany, but merely constitute one state with the former as respected the succession to the throne and its relations with foreign countries. This last ar rangement would be preferred by Denmark, and was believed to have obtained the full adhesion of the King of SWEDEN and Lord PALMERSTON. Baron DE PLESSEN, the Danish Minister in St. Petersburgh, had, it appears, previously sounded the disposition of the Russian Government, and asked Count N ESSEL RODE if the EMPEROR would sign the projected decla ration of guarantee in favour of the indi sso l u bl e union of the Duchy of Schleswig with Denmark, in case the Government of the French Republic and the King of SWEDEN should consent to it, notwith standing the refusal of England to concur in the ar rangement. Count NESSELRODE returned to him an evasive reply, amounting, however, to a refusal, and only undertook to assist in effecting an equitable division of the public debt between Denmark and Schleswig in proportion to the population of each country. CROATIA. A plot has been discovered in Agram, and the Hungarian frontiers have been cannonaded. ITALY. MURDER OF COUNT ROSSI. Letters from Rome confirm the statement which appeared in the French Moniteur du Soir of Tuesday, that Count Rossi, the Prime Minister, had been stabbed in the throat. We regret to state that they add that the Count died of his wounds. ___ The railway communication between Vicenza and Padua has been re-established. BIRTII.--A t 47, Upper Brook. street, Grosvenor.. square, on . the 22d instant,: the lady of Francis Leslie Pypi, Esq., of Radwell-house, llerts, of a daughter. HAYMARKET TdEATRE. After the performance of the Wife's Secret at this theatre la3t evening, in which the attraction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean continues undiniiiii,lied, a lively, sparkling, two-act comedy, from the facile p'en of Mr. Dion Bourcicault, was produced, with the roost complete and the most deserved success. • The title of the comedy is the Knight of Area. The hero is an Irish gentleman (capitdly played by Hud son, who seized, as though by intuition, the nuances of the character, that of a Preux chevalier of Ireland of the olden times, and developed them to perfection). The scene is laid in Spain. The tune is A.D.1480. The Knight of Arca, though fantastic, is interesting. The langusge is apt, poetical, and sprightly— the dialogue is brilliant and rapid, and never suflers the attention to halt or wander. The hero (the Knight of Arva) is an Irishman of so noble a lineage that his ancestors, 'whilst Noah was sailing in his ark, disdained to share the refuge, but defied the deluge of waters in a " boat of their own." Un fortunately, having braved the grand cataclysm on nature, the fortunes of his race have been ship wrecked in the lesser turmoils of life, so that to Connor, Knight of Arva (Mr. Hudson), no heirloom has been lea except a trusty sword, 'yclept (by the bearer, according to the fashion of Paladins and Knights Errant of old) not Durinda or Alcoban, but Tippitywitchet. Connor is there fore as poor as Don Caesar de Bazan, and as ready in his services as Roquefinctte—as gallant and loyal as the chivalric leader of Condottieri the great Italian Republic honoured with a still existing tomb. After following several royal leaders, the Knight of Arva, having shared in the defeat of Charles of Burgundy, has taken refuge in Catalonia, at a posada, where he pays the host for his reckoning by a flash of his sword, whilst he bewitches the hostess by a flash of his eye. As he takes his morning walk he descries a cavalier beset by armed men. He rushes to his rescue, but only reaches the scene of the conflict in time to kill two of the assailants, and to save from their grasp a letter and dispatches they had torn from the dying man, who is no less a personage than the Earl of Suffolk, sent in disguise to urge the suit of the Prince of Wales, son of that cautious monarch Henry VII., with the Princess Maxine, the lovely heiress of Catalonia (Miss Reynolds), at whose Court the beau damoiseau, the Duke of Chabannes (Mr. Vandenhoff), on the part of France, and the heavy Count Offenboer (Mr. Rogers) on the part of Austria, are likewise urging the matrimonial behests of their respective_ royal masters. Don Diego Volpone (Mr. Tilbury), the Prime Minister of the young Sovereign, finds the aforesaid dispatches addressed to him in the hands of Connor at the moment he is about to expel the bold adventurer, who has dared to cast eyes of " lore at first sight" on the Princess, from the Spanish realms. He supposes him .to be the Earl of Suffolk, and all his denials and his cavalier language and bearing he only deems exquisite diplomacy. As the dispatches contain a heavy bribe from the English Monarch, and as the Minister possesses in a remark able degree that gratitude which is " a lively sense of future favours," he encourages Connor to make love to the Princess, who listens nothing loth to this new language of the heart, which, like truth, is unknown at Courts. The Ambassadors,who see his influence, wish to enlist the good offices of the Knight in favour of their Sovereigns' interests, shower upon him all the greatest distinctions their Royal masters can confer, so that the Knight encounters no opposition but a trifling one on the part of the Princess's chaperon, the stiff Baroness Buokramstern (Mrs. William Clifford), "whose office," the Knight says, "is to threw buckets of cold water on those whom the Princess has set in flames," and who is " just thirty years too old to understand the language of passion." Whilst Don Diego Volpone and the two Ambassadors are detaining one another to allow the Knight time to work out the object of the several errands they have commissioned him to perform, he marries the willing Princess, not by proxy for the Prince of Wales, as the Minister thinks, but takes her for his own " entire." At last the great opponents resign them selves to their fate, each ambassador consoling him self with the defeat of his rival diplomatist, whilst Volpone forgets his mistake in his elevation to the dukedom of Lerida. Miss Reynolds, as the Princess, looked brighter than a picture of Velasquez, and acted with even more than her wonted grace, feeling, and dignity. Mr. Hudson dashed off his part with true Hibernian spirit, not losing sight of that touch of chivalry necessary to maintain the interest of the part. Mrs. William Clifford, Tilbury, Rogers, and Vandenhoff were excellent; whilst the costumes, the scenery, and the whole mite en scene were characteristic, picturesque, and withal most splendid. The success of the comedy, which had never been doubtful for a nioment, for the audience had tho roughly appreciated the beauties of the piece, and had received every happy hit in the dialogue with the most rapturous applause, was, at the fall of the cur tain, triumphant. Hudson was called for, Miss Reynolds was called for, the author was called for, and the piece was announced for repe tion three times a week amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The house was crowded. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A one-act farce entitled the Model Couple was produced here last evening, and, thanks to the excel lent acting of Mr. Oxberry and Miss Emma Stanley, with success. The fun consists mainly in a husband and wife committing counterpart actions all through the piece. The one spends a season at Vauxhall, the other at Cremorne, and both borrow the same sum frcm the same usurer, at the same interest, and ap point to meet him at the same hour in the same place, out of which the usual imbroglio arises. The usurer becomes indignant, and seizes all the furniture but one chair, which husband and wife claim for them selves. The creditor proceipb to arrest the gentleman, but writes a letter on 44(1 back of a bond which he had formerly given to the lady, and which she had lost. Through these counter-claims the affair is ad justed. Mr. Oxberry and Miss E. Stanley, as the husband and wife, excited considerable laughter. Mr. George Cooke was a grasping usurer, and Mrs. Selby sketched out the meddling landlady of the husband and wife with nice discrimination. The farce is short, and is rattled through in excellent style. There is, therefore, every probability that the Model Couple will be found at home at the Princess's Theatre for some weeks to come. WEST RIDING ELECTION. London, Burlington Hotel, Thursday, half-past one, P.M. Mr. Edward Baines presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and begs to inform him that Sir Culling E. Eardley, Bart., has accepted the invitation conveyed to him this day, by a deputation from a meeting of delegates at Normanton yesterday, to become a candidate for the representation of the West Riding. Sir Culling Eardley, the candidate for the West Riding of the county of York, was formerly Sir Culling Eardley Smith, and was then, as now, well known for his attachment to Liberal principles, and to the voluntary system in religious and educational matters. He dropped the name of Smith on the decease of the last Lord Saye and Sele, and took the name of Eardley alone, together with the property at Belvidere, near Erith, a 'Seat well known to all passengers on the River Thames. “ PUNCH.” Punch of this morning is peculiarly felicitous both in his cut and thrust—his wood-cut, of course, and his thrust with what K ea t s h as ca ll e d th e "sharp rapier- pointed epigram "—at the Republique Denso cratique. As a joke the parody is capital, and the different stages ridiculously happy. " Young France mewling and p u ki ng i n hi s nurse ' s arms, and " Lamartine inditing a sonnet to Liberty's Eye.. brow," are exquisitely ridiculous—as ridiculous as only the pencil of Richard Doyle could make them. And the " Last Scene of all in this Eventful History ''' —Liberty with her feet in " hot water , " and Prince L ou i s prescr ibi ng a d raught of his Icle es Na polienne as a potion for the sick goddess, to the horror of Cavaignac and Lamartine—forms a tableau rich in the qualities of the humorous. Besides these illus trations, John Leech has contributed to Punch a glorious plate, representing " H.R.H. Field-Marshal Chancellor Prince Albert taking the Pons Asinorum, after the manner of Napoleon taking the Bridge of Arcola." THE SEVEN AGES OF THE REPUBLIC. (From Punch.) FRANCE is a stage, And all her heroes little more than players. Her Kings their exits have, and entrances ; And the Republic runs its round of parts, Its acts being seven ages. First, Young France, Emeuting and plotting, e'en in the nurse's arms ; Then ouvrier out of work, casquette on head, And frowning hairy face, going, in faith To Louis BLANC to school. Then LAMARTINE, Spouting away, writing a score of sonnets Unto Dame Liberty's eyebrow ; then Mobile, Clapped in strange clothes, and bearding barricades, Zealous against old friends in sudden quarrel, Taking a sight at death and devastation E'en in the cannon's mouth ; then CANAIGNAC In power despotic and a state of siege, `With frown severe, and beard of Algiers cut, O'er-riding Law with a soldier's insolence— And so he plays his part. The sixth age shows Poor Liberty, with Constitution weak, Halting 'twixt Anarchy and Despotism, Her youthful bonnet rouge a world too wide For her shrunk brains, and the big boastful voice, Turning again to the old treble, pipes Louis NAPOLEON in. Last scene of all. That ends this strange, eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion, Sans trade, sans tin, sans press, sane everything. i I co in , Th e y The RN LI Ab ti . d At a b t 4 .3'rbt u t l fn Do.nirni call, D o Q ißbii Eirk D %liStor 6 0 1 I b o ' b o :' b o E+tstei