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~-- France—but in other respects a fifth-rate officer—so valuable. Whether there be unanimity of view in this Cabinet just named we have no means of know ing, but if these men seek to establish at home, ac• cording to the programme of the President, order, authority, religion—and abroad national dignity even though they fail, we must respect their good in tentions, even in deploring their want of power and want of ability. To say more to-day were prema ture. When better informed as to obiects and acts, we shall be more in a condition to speak unre serTedly. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Z vols., THE MAID OF ORLEANS. A Romantic Chronicle. By the Author of " Whiterriars," " Owen Tudor," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. B. 'Webster, : , ete Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macready ; Ophelia, Miss P. Horton ; Gertrude, Mrs. Warner. To he followed by en original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggy, MN. Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Due notice will be given of the appearance ot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr I. T. Archer. 11,21.ftt13. .1.1,„ Al rr_;LPlii. rle , ' Olt treet ion of NI ante Celeste. THiS EVENING, Will bl performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called M RS. BUNBURY'S Sir. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Nlght ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Dirs. F. Matthews: Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chant Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Bruest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mader the Management of Madam:. Vestris. Solo Lewe, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, , Will be performed DISCHARGE YOUR TIGER. After which a new comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by BEAUTY AND TPIE BEAST. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO 'CHB PUBLIC. Dress boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4 s. ; Pit , Is. ; Gallery, Is. No 4xl -price t' aoy part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEAT.a.K. Mr. J. M. Mwidoc, Stele Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, entitled TIIE FIRSNIGH To Ofielude with a new Ballet entitled LES P A TENET:RS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. rider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Flighuess Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has•been nightly received with Mithustasrn, and p on unced by the public press to be the ni)st go-genus hippo-dramatic piece giver produced at the A mphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. niiowea by an Illimitable display of SCENES IN THE C - 143LF.. by the first Rinestrian talent of the day. To conctkide with TEII DUMB DRIVER. Dox-office open tl'om Eleven till Four. stage s:tanager, Mr. W. West. 111(113 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 7 nis DAT —Morning, 3 4 min. after 2 I Evening, 5 3 4 7 rainn. after 3 . after 2 lo— ‘ , ,rning, 15 min. after 3 1 Evening, nn WEATHER.--►SDN Omen, Nov. 2. TLIERM , IIIEIER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 52; Noon, 56 BAROMETER, 29.66. WIND E.S.E.—fine clear weather. t.. 4- n t 1.4, 1 A 1474 irr.ii,74-:t,Z4ri VE6II „I D Tito' liz a kt., / ►fri Plano I ONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1849. Another change has startled Paris from the apathy of exhaustion—reminding France of the general iiveability of her government. LOUIS NAPOLEON, the elected of the 10th of December, having for nearly twelve months occupied the palace of the Elys4e as President, has sammarily dismissed his Cabinet. And whatever may be thought of the abruptness of this measure, it is undeniable that the conduct of the PRESIDENT evinces extraordinary boldness, immense self-confidence, and a determination at all hazards to encounter with an unquailing front the dangers of his very remarkable position. There is a daring in the Aole movement which arrests attention, a candour which commands respect, and a reiterated assurance of regard for the Constitution, which is beyond all possibility of contradiction. " I wish," says the Chieftain in his very able manifesto, " I wish to he worthy of the confidence of the nation by In,tintaining that Constitution to which I have sworn allegiance—en rnaintenant la Constitution gue j'ai jaree." It is insinuated by those who, hating the Revolution, are anxious in every way to embarrass the 2uthority which has emanated from it, that in his present proceeding the PRESIDENT has violated the very Constitution, which he here again pretends to conserve. For ourselves, we must acknowledge that, viewing with the utmost jealousy the occurrence which has just startled a certain class of politicians, we fail to recognise in it any rupture of the mor a l bond binding Louis NAPOLEON down to the conser vation of the Constitution. True, the event is the dismissal of his Ministry; and true that that Ministry had up to almost the last hour of its existence carried its measures by considerable ma jorities through the Legislative Assembly, through the Assembly of national representatives. Yet recogni.ing these indubitable facts, we can see nothing whatever which can be termed arbitrary or unconsti tutional in the proceeding of the French PRESIDENT. had LOUIS'NAPOLRON peremptorily dismissed a Go. vernment possessing the confidence of the nation we should certainly have been amongst the first to stig. inatiz.i the act as an act of private ambition, as an act of treason to the Constitution. As it is, we maintain, and have maintained now for some time, that the late Cabinet was not only without the con - fill , nee of the uwple, but without the confidence ern of the pop/11? representatives. It was a Ca binet of shuffling and inconsistency. It was a Ca binet of duplicity and recalcitration. Composed of the 'most incongruous and heteroge neous elements, it was perpetually and, of late, rather alarmingly and perilously falling into all s , rts of dilemmas and contradictions. To be brief— what the people shrank from accomplishing by a resort to the streets and the barricades, what the Legislative Assemllly was afraid of attempting through an uncer tainty as to the consequences, has been boldly achieved by Louis NAPOLEON, the President. Honest men there unquestionably were in the late Cabinet, but with them were mingled other statesmen whose political probity was becoming every day more and more dubitable. Glaring lies and intolerable reservations" were the ordinary arguments employed by them in discusarons irSh their antagonists. They set at defiance most of the more deeply-cherished wishes of the country, and were tolerated by a hesi tating Assembly solely from the disinclination of the latter to produce anything like an abrupt catastrophe. The wi4hes of the nation, the hopes of the popular representatives, the intentions of the PRESIDENT were in this manner frustrated. Hence the latter remarks with indisputable truth, " Instead of effecting a fusion of different shades of opinion, I have only obtained a neutralisation of forces— Au lieu d'operer une fusion de nuances je n'ai obtenu qu' une neutralization de forces." Tired out with these in effectual efforts at amalgamation, disappointed in his aspirations, the PRESIDENT of the French Republic, the chosen of the 10th of December, the man elected by more than six millions of votes, the chieftain em powered by the nation to select the members of the Government, employs the authority reposed in his hands by dismissing a Ministry which was antago nistic within itself, which reigned over the Assem bly simply upon sufferance, and which was day by dqy falling lower and lower in the estimation of the country. Ultra -Republicans and Ultra-Legitirnatists must reluctantly acknowledge the truth very modestly coon-sled in his manifesto by the PRESIDENT of the Republic—the truth that he was elected solely through the influence of the name of NAPOLEON. "An entire system," says he " triumphed on the 10th of De cember, for the name of NAPOLEON is in itself a yrivamme--meaning ; for the interior, order, autho --iitti ,'region, public felicity ; for the ex t iic*)ritiOtnal dignity." Taking such as the :_*- . -iiillab ' 4 hi 3 policy of government, and A l -I WO iiichself to the maintenance of the Republican Ijis a iastitu 'go LOUIS NAPOLEON has manfully taken i_ A, .0 e:•inki!itil in the work of Ministerial re-organi ,,, ;=---:- L 33 li 4t, cat abinet already nominated is merely a 4 'l; "." ry "make•shift" must be sufficiently manifest from the political mediocrity of its members. General i,. ~~__. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1849. D'HAUTrouL, though an able soldier, requires force of character for the conduct of the War Department; M. ACHILLE FOULD, though rich, and accustomed to the management of accounts, requires the inventive resources essential in a Finance Minister. M. DE PARIE u, though a fluent and agreeable rhetorician,has yet to prove himself a statesman. RAYNEVAL for Foreign Affairs, Dumes for Commerce, DESFOSSES for Marine, ROUHER for Justice, and FERDINAND BAItROT for the Home Department, are altogether too respectably insignificant to survive long as mem bers of an Administration. The PRESIDENT must give very speedily the surest evidences of his sin cerity by the nomination of a Cabinet more capable of directing the destinies of the country, and of se curing the confidence of the population. His mani festo of Wednesday is a bold stroke—let him prove by his subsequent acts that it is an effort towards the consolidation, not the disruption of the Republican institutions. The Honourable Member for Buckinghamshire was " at Home" on Wednesday, surrounded by friendly and familiar faces, addressing not merely his own constituents but his most strenuous and un- flinching supporters. In an association of his ow•n foundation, established for the purpose of sustaining his own peculiar views, it is by no means surprising that the Honourable Gentleman should give free reins to his fancy and ride bis hobby with more than ordinary satisfaction and effect. There was no ap pearance of mutiny or insubordination. No Sir GEORGE ROBINSON or Lord BRAY BROOKE w as at hand to question his infallibility, to doubt the efficacy of his suggestions, or to damp the enthusiasm of the meeting, by inquiring into the feasibility of carrying his propositions into eiecution. His great oratorical display was not, however, intended merely for the instruction of the assembled auditors. The new Protectionist policy was clearly and ,distinctly developed ; it contained a full programme i`or the future guidance of the party, to be maturely considered and thoroughly digested before the opening of the Parliamentary campaign. As their acknowledged leader he explained his views and objects, and exhibited his plans for carrying on the war ; and showed that he expected from his subordinates full and implicit obedience to his orders. Notwithstanding the propitious circumstances to which we have referred, he manifestly felt the magnitude of his task. He had to reconcile his own equitable opinions hi favour of " equal taxation and cheap capital" with the peculiar requirements of his followers, and to conciliate their prejudices while he advanced their interests and promoted their perma nent welfare and prosperity. He could not directly stem the torrent or expose the folly of their long-cherished prejudices ; he had therefore to guide the impetuous stream into other channels, where there might be at least a possibility of sur mounting the impediments and obstacles that might oppose its progress. It was a duty of no ordinary difficulty, but the accomplished orator was fully equal to the occasion, and never perhaps was he more brilliant or impressive—never had he bestowed greater care in the preparation of an address. There is now at least no mystery or concealment. Friends and' foes" are alike enlightened—the former know what they have to contend for, and struggle to attain, the latter what they have to oppose. It can be seen whether any and what modifications of these demands are practicable, how far their claims are founded on justice or expedi- ency, and whether they, or any of them, may be con• ceded without injury to the interests of the comm.:, nity in general. We may, therefore, calmly enter upon that investigation, and ascertain how far it may be practicable to enter into amicable relations with the agriculturists. Mr. DISRAELI expressly and unequivocally pro• claims his allegiance to the principle of "protection to agriculture." That is the great end and object of all his aspirations ; he also removes any ambiguity or doubt that might remain ; he gives a full defini tion of what he conceives to be implied in the term. lie says:— " What I mean by protection is this—a system that will secure to the landed proprietor that position which the constitution has allotted to him, and which will permit him to remain the natural leader of the people ; a system which will make the cultivation of the soil the principal branch of the industry of the country, which will make agriculture flourish, and agriculture cannot flourish un• less the farmer and the labourer receive, the one re munerating prices, and the other ample and proper .vages. I mean by protection' the maintenance of th' territorial constitution of the country, which cannot re main unless agriculture is the most flourishing pursuit of England, just the same as I aid show you, before I have done, that agriculture cannot remain the most fl ,urish ing industry of this country witnout the maiirainance of the territorial constitution." - - The Honourable Gentleman is at least candid and eraightforward in the exposition of his views and feelings. It is not merely " equality " he seeks, or the removal of the peculiar burdens that press upon land. He will not be contented with anything less than agricultural supremacy. It is not sufficient that the landed interest should participate in the general pros perity of the entire nation. No ; " the cultivation of the soil" must be the principal branch of the industry of the country, and agriculture must be " the most flourishing pursuit of England." We now, at length, understand, from unquestionable authority, the true intent and purpose of the term " protection," and what the party who have adopted it as their principle of action and rallying cry really mean thereby. It is for the mercantile, manufac turing, and trading interests of this great commercial country—for the operatives and artizans throughout the length and breadth of the land, to say whether they would be satisfied with such a consummation, or be contented with an inferior and secondary position. The greatest man of modern times has described us as a "nation of shopkeepers." It was by our trade and commerce that we were enabled to oppose his will, and finally to subvert his power. Had it not been for these, the Imperial Dynasty had still flourished on the throne of France. It was by means of these that a small island was enabled to maintain a prominent position among the nations of the earth, to plant her colonies in every quarter of the globe, so that the sun can never set on the dominions of the SOVEREIGN of Great Britain. But Mr. DISRAELI would alter all that. We must no longer feel proud of that British enterprise which bears the products of our industry to all parts of the world. We must relapse into the primitive state and become merely an agricultural nation, for that would be the inevitable result if " the cultivation of the soil were the principal branch of the industry of the country," and if agriculture were really " the most flourishing pursuit of England," and if what he is pleased to term the "territorial constitution" were fully established. Although, however, this ultimate object was thrown out to enliven the bucolic fancy and excite their imaginations, the Hon. Gentleman clearly perceives that it is useless to hope for such a result under the present constitution of Parliament. He admits that the establishment of "protection" is out of the ques tion just at present. He does not, however, take the gloomy view that so many of his colleagues have recently indulged in, or counsel despair or apathy because the full extent of their views is not imme diately attainable. He therefore recommends that they should direct all their energies to obtain a cer tain degree of relief, which he still believes to be within their reach, and for this purpose he suggests two points to which more especially they should turn their attention and apply their exertions. First. The local and peculiar burdens, that bear ex clusively upon real property, including poor-rates, county cess, and the various systems of taxation by which no less than 12,000,000/. sterling is raised in each and every year, is to be transferred to the Con solidated Fund, and provided for from the general taxation of the nation. Secondly. A bona fide sinking fund of 5,000,000/. per annum is to be established, by which the rate of interest on Government Securities would speedily be reduced to 2 per cent., and territorial lords of the soil could ob tam money on mortgage at a cheap rate, to pay off existing incumbrances, and to be enabled to make libitum th t e o tenantry e t d h e e p ir tinnnf im pfroorvtehde modes s ag o e f o adn f vtaheciers ad landand culture. We shall not at present enter into any considera tion of the advantages to be derived from these proposition S. If they could be carried into practical operation, the owners and occupier s of every description of real property would undoubtedly derive considerable relief from the immediate and total abolition of imposts to the extent of 12,000,0001. sterling per annum. It would for many reasons be desirable to have a sinking fund that would have the effect, not only of making capi tal cheap and interest low at present, but would eventually liquidate the National Debt, and render England truly prosperous and happy. But that auspicious period could not arrive until long after the present generation had passed away. Our children, and our children's children, would still struggle under an increased and more ponderous burden. No less than 17,000,0001. sterling would be obtained in addition to the present income of the country. And how is it proposed that a sum so enormous should be raised from an already overburdened and fainting people ? Simply by an "additional duty on foreign imports,• in other words, by more than doubling the Customs' charges. Let those who witnessed the result of the experiment made in 1840, when an additional five per cent. was added to these duties, when, as Sir ROBERT PEEL declaied, it was found that "taxation I had almost reached its limits," proclaim how far it is possible to carry into practical operation a pro ject, the pre'iminary condition of which is that 17,000,0001. sterling, in addition to the present in come of the country, should be raised, by means of indirect taxation, and that restricted to the productions of other lands I THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Patrie and the Moniteur du Soir give the fol. [owing list of the new Ministry : General d'Hautpoul—War. M. de Rayneval—Foreign Affairs. M. Ferdinand Barrot—lnterior. M. Achille Fould—Finances. M. Parieu—Public Instruction. M. Rou her—Justice. Admiral Romain-Desfosses—Marine. M. Bineau—Public Works. M. Dumas (of the Institute)—Commerce and Agriculture. General D'HAUTPOUL is charged with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs ad interim. The new Ministers are all men of the majority, but they are not party men in the strict sense of the word, inasmuch as they are not the mere followers of MM. TRIERS, MOLE, DE FALLOUX,DUFAURE, or any other leaders. None of them, we believe, have ever before been members of any Cabinet. General D'HAUTPOUL is the nephew of the cele brated cavalry officer who so distinguished himself at Eylau. General D'Hatrrrour. was one of the favourites of the Duke of ANGOULEME, and was ap pointed to the administration in the War Depart ment in April,.lB3o, by BOURMONT. Heiremained:on half-pay for five years after the revolution of July, and then accepted service under Louis PHILIPPE, , but he continued to hold Legitimatist opinions. M. ACHILLE FOULD is the celebrated banker and financier, who has sturdily opposed all attempts at the reduction of taxation. He possesses the entire con fidence of the moneyed interest. M. PARIEU is an an advocate of Riom. He began life as a Legitimatist, but after Feb., 1848, professed himself to be an ardent Republican, and was returned to the Constituent Assembly for Cantal. He spoke against the election of the President by universal suffrage and in favour of permitting substitutes in the army. M. ROUHER, also an advocate of Riom, was before February, 1848, a warm supporter of M. GUIZOT. After that date he professed Republicanism, and was elected to represent Puy de Dome in the Constituent Assembly, where he supported the Ministry of General UAVAIGNAC, and exerted himself energetically to secure the election of the General to the Pre sidency. His the personal friend of M. BARROT. M. FERDINAND BARROT is the Private Secretary of the PRESIDENT and the brother of M. ODILON BARROT. M. BINEAU is an Engineer. He is a clever speaker. Ile at one time advccated the construction and working of all railroads by the State. M. Da RAYNEVAL is the well-known representa _ .. five of the French Republic at the Court of Naples: Admiral itomArs-DisrossEs is not much knowTh in public life, but is spoken of as a man of abilities in his profession. M. DUMAS is the celebrated chemist and member of the Institute. The dismissal of the late Ministry came upon its members like a thunder-clap. On Wednes day they met in Council at the Elysee, (with the exception of M. ODILON BARROT, who is confined to his house by illness), and were soon joined by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. On seeing the PRESIDENT. NI.DUFAIIIIR remarked that it was neces sary to fill the office of Minister of Public Instruction, which had been vacated by M. DE FALLoux. The PRESIDENT hesitated, and after some appearance of embarrassment he stated that some further change would ba, necessary, as the present Cabinet had been wanting in dignity. M. DUFAURE took offence at the expression, and asked the PRESIDENT what he meant by want of dignity ; upon which the PRESIDENT replied that he did not refer to any of the Ministers personally; but that the Cabinet generally had been wanting in dig nity ; that it had been too subservient to the Conser vative majority in the Assembly ; and that the Club of the Council of State was more the Government than the Cabinet itself, as it not only discussed and settled the policy the Government was to pursue, but actu ally determined who was and who was not to be Ministers. Upon this explanation, M. DUFAURE announced to the PRINCE that he and the rest of the Cabinet only retained their portfolios till their suc cessors were appointed, and soon afterwards left the Palace. It is said that during the course of the discussion the PRESIDENT insisted much upon the responsibility which, according to the Constitution, devolved upon himself, and declared that for the future he should act as his own Prime Minister, and consider the subordinate Ministers merely as chiefs of departments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was offered in the first place to M. CASSIMIR PERIER and refused. It was also refused by M. FLAVIGNY, to whom it was subsequently offered. The parti-pretre journals and the organs of the Red Republicans are equal:y furious against the PRESIDENT. The Assemble Nationale publishes an incitement to armed resistance in lan guage quite as strong as any that M. PEOUDRON ever used, and for indulging in which he is now suffering imprisonment. The Assernblee Rationale thus ad dresses the PRESIDENT : " They see on the one hand General Lamoriciere or dL Cavaignac charged by you with the command of the National Guard and the army, and on the other the National Assembly, thanks to the energy of its Presi dent and some influential members, stand on the 68th Article of the Constitution, by virtue whereof they maintain General Changarnier in his military command." Will the PRESIDENT prosecute these sacerdotal contemners of his authority, these priestly promoters of insurrection, after the same manner that he has prosecuted the Socialists ? His uncle would have done so undoubtedly. The Journal des Debats, which is supposed to speak the sentiments of Count MOLE, growls out its dissatisfaction after the following manner : "In the time of the constitutional monarchy it was held as an absolute principle that a Ministry placed in the condition of' that presided over by M. Odilon Barrot was not to be shaken ; it was, therefore, very natural that those who sincerely believe that the Republican form ought to save France from personal government, and assure power for ever to majorities returned by universal suffrage, must feel astonishment at least on learning the news of the day." It is curious to find the Debats, which in April last was preaching the doctrine of the subserviency of the Assembly to the elect of the 10th Dec., should thus suddenly change its note. The Debats concludes with the following sneer at what it calls the PRESIDENT'S coup de theatre :- 6. We confess that own astonishment is as great as that felt by every one else; but we are so accustomed, within the last eighteen months, to extraordinary things, as to cease to feel alarm. Everything being new on this hardy adventure into which France allowed herself to be carried in 1848, we must not feel despair at each unexpected coup de theatre that turns up." The Constitutionnel publishes the Message and the list of the new Ministry, without a single word of comment. It is evident, therefore, that M. TRIERS considers the PRESIDENT sufficiently strong to carry out his policy, and therefore the bourgeois TALLEY.. RAND fears to criminate himself. The National sees in the Presidential message a bold stroke for Empire. "Never," it says, "since the famous proclamations of Strasburgh and Boulogne has the Imperial idea been more openly or clearly proclaimed by the Pretender. There is nothing but menace for the Republic in this superb declaration, where the personality of M. BONAPARTE, disengaged from constitutional trammels, appears in full lustre. If energy of action might be measured by boldness of speech, there would spring from this manifesto a de-pot to morrow." The National then advises the Republicans to wait until some coup d'eta shall be attempted which would assuredly bring on reprisals ; "but," it continues, "there will be no necessity to have recourse to arms, and engage in a fight, always uncertain, always attended by useless bloodshed, to bring the guilty to reason ;" and it thus concludes : " Devoted to the Republic, full of respect for the con stitution, decided to wait from the pacific and regular play of our institutions, the triumph of our ideas, we shall reply to every attempt to injure our popular institutions, either in form or in substance by an im mediate refusal to pay taxes." The Reforme says : "The Government is then to represent more directly and more efficaciously the personal policy of the chosen one of the loth of December. Personal policy! Such is the new phase at which we enter. What is this policy to be? The Message describsa it expressly. This programme is altogether in the name of Napoleon. Every body knows what this name signifies for the democracy. All that is added is but the ordinary common-place, which all powers employ alike. And what is to be the condition of the realization of the programme? The manifesto tells that, too: it is the durability of power which contributes powerfully to the general stability. Is this condition referable to the imperfections of the consti tution alluded to in the Message?" The Siecle, which is generally considered as the organ of M. DUFAURE and the tiers parti, supports the PRESIDENT. It says— " We received the Message of the President of the Republic as we have received the letter of the 18th August with sympathy, with reserve, with the ardent desire to see the acts of power become conformable with its words. Truly, if we had not been in the habit of looking to statesmen rather than to form, to action more than to principle, we might congratulate ourselves for the political line so closely traced out by the Presi dent of the Republic, as very nearly that which we our selves so perseveringly advocated. It is wise to wait ; to• day as on the 18:h August, the President of the Re public appears to seiz s with a true instinct the real necessities of our time—he appears to have broken, in fine with those old parties so full of selfishness, and so little animated with the spirit of our new institutions. sees that he has been used as a tool and an instrnment, and instead of being able to accomplish, as he desired, a fusion of interests, he has only arrived at a neutralism of forces." A supplement to the Moniteur was published yes terday officially declaring the dismissal of the ODILLON BARNOT Cabinet., and the appointment of their successors. Paris was in a state of great ex citement during the whole of yesterday. The Moniteur contains the following:— " Several journal have given different versions of a collision of which the small colony of Nors-B6 has re cently been the theatre. The following are the official details which the Government has just received of this unfortunate affair. The abolition of slavery had caused greqt irritation among the Sakalave proprietors residing at Nors-86. Soon after the promulgation of the decree of emancipation they abandoned the French establish ment and retired en masse to the main land of Mada gascar. The Commandant of Mazotte, hearing of this sudden emigration, went among these men, over whom hn had some influence. Ho nnnld not anerned in bringing them back to our territory, but he at least thought that he had appeased their anger, as they all protested their pacific disposition. Captain Despointes, commanding the naval station of Reunion, who visited them some time after, received similar assu rances l but after the sailing of the Reine Blanche their attitude soon changed. They _commenced by making nocturnal incursions on our establishment, and then at- tempted some acts of incendiarism; after which they assassinated two European dealers, MM. Labaville and Wilder. Captain Marcbatise, of the Marines, who commanded in the island, apprehended that he should soon have to repel a serious attack, and concentrated his forces on the Plateau of Helleville, which he put in a state of defence. On the 16 th of une he was informed that the Sakalaves had landed to the number of 4,000. He sent out a detachment to reconnoitre, composed of 100 Malgach militia, 20 Native infantry, and one corporal and one soldier (whites), under the command of Lieu tenant Cottey, of the Marines. This little force fell into an ambush, in the midst of the main body of the enemy. At the first fire the Malgaches took to flight. Lieutenant Cottey and the corporal perished in boldly defending their lives, and the other white and five men of the African company fell wounded beside their officer. Emboldened by this sucess, the Saka laves came the next day to nearly within cannon shot reach of Belleville, set fire to the sur rounding villages, and commenced the siege of the Plateau. They were there repulsed on all sides, and hastily embarked for the main land. On hearing of these events the C o mmissary-General of the Isle de In Reunion and the Commandant of the squadron, took measures to secure our possession at Nors P 4 from further aggression. Captain Despointes went himself with the Heine Blanche and the steam-corvette Cassini, with a reinforcement of infantry and artillery, and other forces were taken there by the Oise corvette. It may be, therefore, calculated on, that any further hostilities on the part of the Sakalaves will have either been prevented or repressed." Yesterday being All Saints Day the Bourse was shut. The Presse makes no comment on the PRESIDENT'S Message, possibly in consequence of the absence of M. DE GIRARDIN in London. The funds are quoted at the Passage de l'Opera at 87i. 25c., so that the fall of Ilf. has not in the slightest degree recovered. GEK.AIAN AND rHE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 28.—The public journals give the welcome intelligence this day that it has just been resolved, in a Council of the Ministers, that there shall be an end to the punishment of death for merely political offenders in Hungary. A courier has been sent off to Festh, with dispatches to that effect. The Lloyd, in making known the above, adds — "The proceedings against those who are implicated will, however, be carried on to their termination. Certain categories also are to be formed, under which the accused are to he classed. In its effects the latter measure very nearly resembles an amnesty for those who are but slightly implicated. The last corps of Russians under GRABBE evacuated the Hungarian territory on the 27th ult. Letters from Treutschin complain bitterly of the conduct of the Russian troops, which has not been such as might be expected from soldiers sent by one Monarch to the assistance of another. KOSSUTH and the Magyars, on the contrary, are spoken of with respect. While they spoke in terms of praise of the insurgents they expressed themselves in a contemp tuous manner of the Austrian soldiers ; and during the residence of the latter among them they took the most lively pleasure in singing and playing Hun garian national airs in their hearing, particularly the " Military March of Kossuth." This shows that the feeling is strong against the Austrians. The Council of War continues to sit at Presburgh. The disgust occasioned by the atrocities of HAYNAU is so great that eight commissioners of counties have resigned their office ; their names are PAUL of Som sich, late leader of the Conservative party in the Diets of 1847 and 1848 ; GEottoilof Mailatly, jun., KISS, SENYBY, ROLIONCZY, and Count PECHY EMA NUEL. This example will probably be followed by others. Count STEPHEN SZIRMAY and Count FRANCIS ZICHY, who fought in the Imperial army during the war, are loud in their expressions of dis ' gust at the arbitrary manner in which Hungary is treated. The Wiener Zeitung publishes the regulations for the opening of the national loan for the Imperial Austrian finances. With regard to the interview which the Turkish Ambassador had with the EMPEROR, the Breslau Zeitung says :—" MESSAROS, the Turkish Ambassa dor at our Court, remitted a letter from the SULTAN to the EMPEROR on the 25th, which appears to have been decisive on the question of the Magyar refugees. MESSAROS likewise had a conference with the Pre mier, Prince SCHWARTZENDERG. We have since learnt, from an authentic source, that the Porte pledges itself not to give up any of the renegades, and to have all the refugees taken under a strong escort from Widdin to the Isle of Candia. This pro position was accepted by our Government; it is said to have originated with Count STURMEB." PRUSSIA. A treaty has been concluded between Prussia and Saxony, by virtue of which a communication is effected between the two kingdoms by means of an electric telegraph line over Leipsic. The' line from Berlin to Leipsic will be undertaken, worked, and kept in repair by Prussia, and the line from Leipsic to Berlin by Saxony. On the 28th of October, at seven o'clock in the evening, a meteoric stone fell at Berlin in the fore court of the University. There was no crush, but a certain crackling noise as it fell, and in an instant the whole court and building became brilliantly illumi nated. The stone resembles a round cake. The largest portion has been sent for analysis to the Royal Minerological Cabinet. The individual grains resemble silver ore. WIRTEMBERG. A letter from Stuttgard of the 30th announces a change of Ministry. The Minister of Justice, M. de Roemer, has been replaced by M. de Haenlein ; the Minister of the Interior, Instruction, and Worship, M. de Duverney, by M. de Schleger for the Interior, and M. Spittler for Instruction and Worship. M. Spittler will also have charge of the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, replacing M. de Roser. Colonel de Bauer, aide-de camp to the KING, replaces General de Rupplin as Minister of War, and, finally, the Minister of Fi nances, M. de Joppelt gives way to M. de Herdegen. In a proclamation addressed to their fellow-citizens, the new Ministry acknowledge that the condition of public affairs is very critical ; that the country still suffers from the shock received by it when all the neighbouring states were convulsed; and they announce that, with the consent of the KING, they will speedily assemble the representatives of the people, elected agreeably to the law of the Ist of July, and will submit to them divers propositions, having for object the revision, urgently required, of many articles of the constitution as well as financial measures. THE BRAZILS ---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—By the Columbus, Captain Green, we have advices from Per nambuco to the 29th of September. After the sailing of the Penguin packet, exchange was effected at 27d. In other respects there was nothing to add. Beware of confiding in distant prospects of happi ness, lest they be suddenly intercepted by the most trivial present vexation. A leaf in the foreground is large enough to conceal a forest on the far horizon. — Eliza Cook's Journal, ITALY The Parliament of Turin has passed a law, confer ring on the inhabitants of Oporto the rights of Sar dinian. citizens, as a testimony of gratitude for the kindness received by CHARLES ALBERT in Oporto. RADETZRY has published the following proclama tion : " People of the Lombardo- Venetian Kingdom :-11is Majesty the Emperor has appointed ins Govenor-Gene ral of the civil and military affairs of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom. His Majesty has committed to me this double power to add to the power End the sanc tity of law the means to make it effectual. You your selves have experienced that the violation of the law leads to anarchy and the ruin of the people. The domi nation for only a single year of a power without law has caused more misfortune and injury than the best legislation and the wisest administration can repair in ten years. Once more I exhort you to be a link of that great chain which unites the inhabitants of our common monarchy, the liberal institutions of which will assure the full development of your interests, and will con ciliate your national su-ceptibilities with the prosperity of each and all. Far be from your hearts any doubts of the sincerity and purity of the intentions of your Go vernment—doubts hitherto too much indulged in. It is the desire and wish of the Emperor, our master, to see the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom happy and prosperous under his sceptre; and I am proud to have been chosen as the instrument of his good desires. It I have been personally the object of any unmerited injury, every trace of it is effaced from my mind. To forgive and forget is my motto. I rely on your co-operation, upon your confidence, of which I have need to give effect to the projects I have conceived for the happiness of a country which is endeared to me by a long residence in it, and which I love as my second country. " Count RADETZKY, Governor-General, tkc." SICILY. General FILANGIERI, Prince of Satriano, has been appointed the Governor, Commander-in- Chief, and President of the Council of Sicily. The following names appear as members of the Si cilian Government :—Councillors—Don FELICI PAS TORE, Don FILIPPO CRAZI, Don PAOLO CUMBO, Duke of CARCACI, and the Marquis GALLO. WEST INDIA MAIL. FATAL DISTURBANCES IN TRINIDAD. The packet ship Clyde arrived at Southampton this morning. She brings 800,000 dollars on merchants' account. Her news from Jamaica is up to October Bth. At Panama there were 2,000 people waiting to procure a passage to California, which they would succeed in doing in four American steamers that were ready to give them a passage. Much excite ment existed in Trinidad in consequence of a pro jected change in the treatment of small debtors, which went the length of causing a commotion in the Court of Spain, which ended in loss of life. It appears that a law was passed imposing on small debtors the penalty of confinement and having their heads shaved a punishment only inflicted on condemned criminals. While the law was on its way to receive the sanction of the Governor, the people rose to resist the intended enactment, and in such force as to render it necessary to call out the military. The 88th Regiment were called out, and ordered to fire on the people, and two women and one boy were killed. In the meantime a meeting of the respectable inhabitants took place, who petitioned the Governor not to sanction the obnoxions measure. Lord Harris acceded, and the riot ended. Her Ma jesty's ship Champion was expected about the 10th October from the west coast of Mexico, at Panama, with a very large remittance, which would be sent across the Isthmus, and transported on board one of the West India Company's vessels. The amount of the remittance is expected to be 1,500,000 dollars. At Jamaica the following resolutions passed the Assembly on the sth ult. : Resolved--" That in the;present embarrassed finan cial circumstances of the colony it is necessary that this house should use every means in its power to prevent the loss of revenue which may be expected to arise from the expiring of the Act imposing a duty upon imports, and to check or prevent such an increase by importation without paying duty on the stock of articles upon which duty has hitherto been paid, and will hereafter be levied as will increase the amount of such loss, and render additional direct taxation unavoidable in providing for the exigencies of the public." Resolved—" That this House will, in passing the Bill now before it to impose a duty on articles im ported into this island, provide for the recovery and collection of duties upon all goods liable to duty thereunder which shall have been imported from and after the fifth day of the present month of October." The only event which can invalidate the above is another prorogation or dissolution, which may take place if the Retrenchment Bill be rejected. The chief event at Demerara since the last mail has been the passing of the Franchise Bill. MARKET IN EW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCIIAN GE-(FRIDAY. Coastwise, the receipts of English Wheat, this week, have been tolerably good, viz., 3,710 quarters. The arrivals by land carriage have not been to say large. This morning, the show of samples of both red and white, was not heavy ; yet, owing to the small number of buyers in attendance, and the increase in the importa tions from abroad, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was in a very inactive state ; and, in some instances, the inferior qualities declined is per quarter, without effecting a clearance. Upwards of 11,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have come in, chiefly from Dantaic. Fine samples were mostly held at full prices, at which very little business was transacted. The middling and inferior kinds were dull in the extreme, and lower to purchase. Nothing doing in floatingcargoes. The supply of English Barley was on the increase—that of foreign small. Malting parcels ruled steady, at late rates. In grinding and distilling samples very little was doing. A considerable increase has taken place in the supplies of Malt. That article was a very dull sale, at barely stationary prices. Very few English oats were on show. The fresh supply of foreign was 12,410 quarters. Sound Corn was quite as dear, but other kinds of Oats were a slow inquiry. Beans, Peas, Indian Curn, Meal, and Flour heavy, at unaltered currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley, Oats. Malt. I Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English .. Scotch.• •• .• • • Irish ••.•• • •• I Foreign SMITHrIELD. The supply of Beasts in to-lay's market was very moderate as to number, and deficient in quality. As the weather was more favourable for slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers on the increase, the Beef trade ruled steady, and, in some instances, the quotations were a shade higher than on Monday. Really prime Scots, had they been on offer, would have readily produced 4s per Blbs. There was an increase in the number of Sheep, nevertheless, the Mutton trade was somewhat active, at prices fully equal to those obtained on last market-day. The primest Downs were firm, at 4s per 81bs. Prior to the conclusion of business a good clearance had been effected. We were very scantily supplied with Calves, which moved off steadily, at a slight improvement in value. Prime small Pigs were steady, at full prices; otherwise the Pork trade was dull. Mulch Cows sold heavily, at from 141 to 181 each, including their Soall calf. Per 811 as. to sink the offal. a. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 210 3 0 Second tine. Sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality ••.. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 Prime Scots .. • ... 3 8 110 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs ['rime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers •.. • 3 8 4 2 'zuckling Calves •.18 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs l7 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep •• • 3 0 3 2 Lambs •• • • 0 0 0 0 Bouts. 7e2 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 5,890 l2O 290 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calies. I Pies. 980 33 SCOTCH. I sheep, 1 Calves. I Pigs 80 Beasts. 18t Beasts. NENITGATE .AND LziLDENuALL. These markets were fairly supplied with each kind of Meat; yet the general demand ruled steady, and prices had an upward tendency. At por stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to s. d. t3eef,tnferlor•..... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior ••2 10 3 0 middling •••• 2 8 210 middling.. 3 2 a 6 primelarge •• 3 0 3 2 -- prime .•.. 3 310 prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.• • • .... 3 4 3 8 Veal.• ••••••• • • • • • 3 0 3 8 5ma11....•..• 310 4 4 BOROUGH HOP 10TARHET. Our market is very moderately supplied with the best new Hops ; hence the demand for them is steady, and last week's prices are well supported. The middling and inferior kinds of new, as well as old, Hops are a slow in quiry. but not cheaper. Present rates as under : New Mid and East Ken; pockets, 81 to 101; New Weald of Kent ditto, 5/ lOs to 71 10s; New Sussex ditto, 51 103 to 61 10s; New Farnhams, 10/ 5s to 11l 1 le; Yearling Kents ' 3/ lOs to 41 15 s; Yearling Sussex , 21 16s to 41103; Old Hops, 11 to 3/ 15s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been very firm this week, notwithstanding the increased quantity on offer, and there have been good sales in British Plantation. Bar badoes has been sold by auction at 36s 6d to 38s 6i for low to mid, and at 39s to 41s 6d for good and fine. REFINED —There has been a steady demand at full rates, and Brown Lumps have been sold at 47s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—For Bengal there has been a good demand, at rather higher prices. Publicly 5,500 bags sold ; at 38s to 40s 6d for low to good white, at 41s to 42s for fine, at 36s to 403 for Mauri tius kind, low to good, and at 33s for soft date kind. Mauritius, 8,912 bogs, sold at full rates also; low to mid, 35s 6d to 38s; good and fine, 3235 6d to 39s 6d; low to fine brown, 30s to 365; black, 28s to 30s; and damp and washed, 28s to 38s 6d per cwt. Penang went off sell for 3,015 bags, at 35s to 37s fur low and mid yellow, and at 38s 6d for good and fine; white brought 39s 6d to 41s 6d, and brown 32s Gd to 34s per cwt. FORElGN.—Havannah, 1,731 boxes nearly all sold at 37s 6d to 40s for low to good yellow, and at 40s 6d to 41s 6d for fine. Cuba has been held at 36s Gd to 38s 6d for ord to mid yellow, and at 39s to 39s 6d for good. Porto Rico low and very low has been sold at 36s to 37s mid and good at 37s 6 d to 403, and fine at 41 s to 42s ad par owt, COFFEE.—There has been a good deal doing in this Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 31 market also. Jamaica, good and fine ord has been sold Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ••• at 40s - to 46s 6d, mid and good at 52s to 635, and triage Edinburgh and Northern 25 at 34s to 40s. In Ceylon there have been fair sales. Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 , R Good ord Native by private sale has realized 42 s 6 d, Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. and the better sorts 43s 6d. Plantation Ceylon has GIE ''' , sgow Dumfries, and realised 42s to 47s fur good and fino ord, 48 s Carlisle ....... ... ..8 1.65. 8d - ••• to 55s for low mid and mid, 56 s to 68 s 6 d for Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... good mid, 50s to 66s for pets-berry. Tellicherry, Do. Preference Consol. good and fine ord has been sold at 49 s 6cl to 53s 6d, Great Northern .. and pea- berry 53s to 545. Mysore has realised Do., 1 , 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... 439 to 43s 6d for good ordinary. Mocha has been mostly Do., 4B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,x. 4% withdrawn at full rates, varying from 55s to 58s. Cosa . Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. I 0 rest South. and West. 7 ... ... ... Rica good and fine ordinary has been sold at 43 s 6,1 to 465. Porto Rico has been taken in at 48s to 50s (Ireland) ... 4714 Gre North for good ordinary. Havannah ordinary has been sold Dat itto New , 40/of England. 100 ......210 ...... 40 at 45s 6d; Brazil ordinary to good at 35 s to 40 s ; and Ditto , ditto' 35 Java fine ordinary has been taken in at 43s 6d to 449 per cwt. Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto. New ,15/ l5 .. .. COCOA.—This arlicle has been dull o 7 sale, and rather Great Western 3O 100 ...... 59 62 61 63 cheaper. St. Dominp ordinary 265, and Grenada ord Ditto, IA Shares 5O ...... ..._ ... ........ ~ ar,d good 37s to 395. E ICE.—Prices have been fairly maintained. COTTON.—There has been rather less doing. COCHINEAL.—Mexican slivers have realized 3s 41 to 3s 6d; blacks, 3s Ed to 3s 10d; Honduras silvers, 3s 6.1 to 3s 10d; and Teneriffe, 36 3d to 4s per lb. ESPlCES.—Znzibar Cloves have been held at 713 per Ditto, li Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto. Ditto, IT;ehwi lb. African Ginger has realized 36s per cwt, and in L a 1 ea , • - ... 20 null and Selby .. ...... 50 23 ..... 11 11% ...... 11A0„ 2 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... .... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... ....... 10 lire & 1 orkstureloo ..... rd 1571.. . ..... 15 ." .. .... ..... "" Pepper, &c., not much has been done. - ARROWROOT, &c.—Jamaica has been sold at 8i 1 to 9d per lb, and Sago at 193 to 22s per cwt. TEA.—There has been a quiet market. TALLOW.—At about former rates there has been a limited sale. P. Y. C. about 37s per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—A brisk demand exists for all kinds. Spanish Nuts are taken freely by the trade. Two car goes have been sold, and more are daily expected. The market is depressed for Chesnuts, and the pace 5s per barrel lower. A parcel of Almeria Grapes ex Vivacious has been sold by Keeling and Hunt, and realised a high figure. Barcelona Nuts dull of sale; the like with Brasil. Messina Lemons daily expected, and are wanted. Do. do. M. B. & 8... 95 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Qqarters ......... 22 1 ,4 ••• ••••te eeeeee Do. Fifth 5............... 10 ..... ••• Do. Thirds 16 1 4 6 Do. New Guaranteed 6 er Cent... lO ••••••••••••••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 . Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford SO Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 5 Do., Pref. )uar., 184 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .ondon &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — London, Brighton, and South t)oa*t.... ..103 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto. ditto-- 1852 50 n don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ..... Ditto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. Western 100 ll5 114 116... Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 7 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lond. &S. Western ..... 50 ..... Ditto, New 50/. Do. New 401. 34 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales,:of which,l,ooo American were:taken on speculation. The market closed tamely.—Railway shares were flat, and prices rather lower. The Corn Market is dull to-day in Mark-lane. Of foreign wheat the arrivals are 11,000 qrs. In the commercial markets a good deal has been doing this week, and with increased supplies of Sugar, Coffee, &c., prices have nevertheless been well main tained. Consumption proceeds favourably, and stocks are thus kept down. Upon the state of trade in the manufacturing districts we have the following particu lars from Messrs. McNair, Greenhow, and Irving:— " This has been a remarkable month, rendered peculiarly so by the extraordinary excitement and ani mation which characterised a considerable portion of it, and the stillness and absence of both these qualities which have marked its commencing and closing weeks. In ordinary years, when money is abundant, and the facilities for speculative purposes are easily accessible, it is hardly to be expected that an article like cotton, so readily convertible and essentially important to the commerce of this country when unsupported by au thentic data, as to the extent necessary for supply and consumption, should not attract attention. It is un questionably too early to form an opinion as to what extent the present crop may be. The last accounts were more favourable, and we shall be much mistaken if all existing estimates be not materially exceeded, provided the season continued favourable. This belief is founded upon data within our reach. Far too much stress is laid upon the weekly consumption of this district. We do not believe that it has reached the quantity stated. Though a portion of the preceding remarks may scarcely be considered per tinent to the object of a monthly trade report, yet they appear to us to be so, consistently with a repeated con viction that any influence, whether for good or evil, upon the trade of this district comes legitimately within its province. "From the commencement to about the 9th of the month the intimation in our last circular as to the then state of things became gradually confirmed. From an apprehension that lower rates would ensue (which was the case until the date named) operations were restricted to pressing wants. Upon the arrival, however, of the American steamer the transactions in the Liverpool Cotton market produced an instantaneous movement here, which continued to increase in animation, eager ness, and intensity for about ten days, to a degree al most unknown since the latter period of 1831. The previous decline in the value of both Cloths and Twist tended to stimulate operations, and the enhanced value of most of the leading articles, as indicated by our Price Current, will exhibit the altered price of each. Many parties, no doubt, too, who fancied that ' every thing was sure to be higher,' ran eagerly to secure pre sent and propective wants." Since that date some degree of flatness has succeeded, and there is much less eagerness to buy, although no serious reaction is to be noted. The Clyde steamer, from the West Indies, is reported to have arrived off Calahot Castle. She will not bring any Mexican mail. The Continent el advices are of a very scanty character, yesterday having been observed as a holiday at Paris, Antwerp, and other places. The English Securities have experienced a very decided reaction upon the news from Paris, and it is certainly difficult to form a conclusion as to the issue of the Ministerial crisis. The bold stand made by Louis Napoleon is obviously calculated to render him popular, though it may not secure him good majorities in the National Assembly, and it is certainly to be de plored that the men of note are all wedded to some fac tion or to ant;quated impressions that ill accord with the enlightened views of patriotic men. Consols have been 921 i e and since 92i ;- 4 ,' for both Money and Ac• count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 921 to and the Three per Cent. Annuities 911 to 1. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 425. to 455. and India Bonds 80s. to 83s. premium. The Foreign Market is dull. Spanish Five per Cent. Stock is worth 164 R. Mexican, after n.ucbing 268 have receded to 261 1. Brazilian Small Bonds are 831. Russian have been quoted 107; Danish, 721; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 to 531 In Railway Shares there is nut so much buoyancy, a fuller supply being on the market, but the general tone is good. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 ..... Londonderry&Coleraine 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Londonderry and Enzus kiilt-o Do. 1 / 2 Shares 5 . ..... Lowesteff. guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) 13 Manche , iter,Buxton,and Matlock 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2). 25 --- Do. 1/ Shares (No. 3) 12 t/ 2 — Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 22%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. ... 100 47 3 / 4 48 47%... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 30,1_ 9 Do. l3irm., and Derby 10P De.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 .121 Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... ..... Ditto ditto .... 22 1 . 75... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 5U Ditto, Leieest.& S wan nington, 8 per et. gaar.loo Midland Great Western Irish ............ .. 50 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. gua- 5O Newcastle and Carlille.loo . — ... Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ....•• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor Norfolk .......... ...100 :25 Do. New 201. .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. du. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ....... 2b , ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds _ Bi /4 3% ..„ .......... Ditto Preference forth Staffordshire ... 17% 9;4 North Wales . ••• 3% — North-Western .... nixfsrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 !trading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin 4 %.. 4%:% 4 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New larewsbury and Birsa l2 ...... Ditto ditto, Class B 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO ...... Shropshire Union south Devon Do. Preference Swith Staffordshire B% — ...... South Eastern Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...... 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales with Yorkshire, (Don caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 , wans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stns. C0a1.... 7 Law Vale Extension ... 8 Names Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17%•••••• Vale of Neath ...... 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 47% Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. 15 ..... „... West Cornwall hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 Wilts, Somersct,& Wey mouth ........ 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........ 25 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preferrnce ~;8 8% 3... ... • •• Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Preference' lO FOREIGN RAILWAY(;. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... Boulogne and Amiens..._2o 5% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara WA...." Dutch Rhenish .•••• 8 ~... East Indian ...• Great Indian Peninsular b Do. Do. ... „... 10s. Louvain I la Sambre ... Luxembourg .. 7 Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege 20 •• ........... Northern of France...... 14/48s 3% dis ..... .... • Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 3 2 1 1.........•. Paris and Orleans Paris and:Rouen 2O •••••• 19 3 / 4 ... Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre andiMeuse 2O .. 2 2 1 4 ..„ ......... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders B 3 / 4.• ............... Ditto ..........• MINES. 0 iE O'CLOCK. CIz,ING ICONA OF BRITIBII FUNDS !IMF S . Bank Stock ... .. 198 3 ; ,or Cent. Reduced A r ms ... 9114%1% 913;, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92% IA 92% Sew 3IA per Cent. Ann 5...... Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% 6% India Bonds, 1,0001; Ditto under:l,oool ... ...... .-.... 80 83 p t'outh Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 9 l h s/04% E /mho - oer Bills. 1%1. re 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June ..... ... 42 45 p 45 p Small, June 42 45 p 45 p Real Del Monte, Unreg. .. .........••• Do. Black Debentures — ............... Do. Red Ditto ... -- Santiago de Cuba United AI exican 2Bl 414........ 34;f4 197. 10 1 1 • LYING-IN HOSPITAL YOU iVLISS I. BRITISH rphn OA , WOMEN, ENDELL STREET, LONG-ACRE .•""" '''' - ail *"" yearly general court of the governors of this clunivital held yesterday in the board room of the neYi P° ";36 01" Mr. Edward Ward having taken the chair, th,e,obe half-yearly business was transacted.. ItapPee re" It , l isis s a e b cretary's report that the new hospital (whiebiell of the necessary to build, from the ruinous le o s thse,, the old one) cost nearly 7,0001 but that ,0P OP - ft, 8001. had been collected towards this " large ou .., i s le has so crippled the resources of the charity, th is ` l ;aco vi l in the hundredth year of its existence, with e n ', O auv utterly insufficient to carry it on. 133 in-Patil" yeti 126 out• patients have teen relieved during the P h - a t- e ll " but the new hospital was only opened at 1- " c liait" of February last. After a vote of thanks t 0 thaebot ~ • man, the meeting separated. We are informedb'er 001/# governors are most anxious that ladies, i,h, et an eet s ll° scribers or not, should visit the hospital, no '°' rannagement of the patients and children. OLOSIN 0 ?RIC E.S PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. 83% 721 A Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 2644 26 1 1 Ditto, Account .... 26% 1 4 26 1 % Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account. Ai- ian Bonds —.. 107 :33% 107 16N Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 1 6% Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / i per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London, Dutch 21fe per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 53 53% 533 Ditto, Account PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING aAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE: 4 Aberdeen ... 50 Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ..".. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 / 2 Belfast & County Down 26% Bcrks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birwingham and Ox ford Juuct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton , and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.... 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s — Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... 53 Ditto, Thirds duckingham:hire ...... 17 1 ,E Caledonian Ditto, New 104 Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Mester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government LOIU2, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 / 2 ...... East Anglian, 251., L. & `L. 'ld ID, ... 25 ...... li• la ~ 53 1•• •• ••• . 1•• 1••• E. and L. am. ./... Do. 18/., E. &11.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 3% Eastern Counties........ 20 -- 7 7 1 4 3 ....„,. Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No.l 61.135. 4d.... p . Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... - ........ . •••l Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - •••••• ..... • Do. New 43 — ••• Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% Do., Class B ( I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... '25 . • ... -_ - - - - p 1.•• o•• • 1•• • 11••• . - Do. Scrip (6 ptr cent.) 20 ...... 17 17'/ East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 614...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters East Lincolnshire 25 •• =-~' .. 83 p 102 3 / 4 89 3 / 4 92% 7% 63% 11% 11% - E% 6 72% 116% 12 3 4 9IEA 17% 474 33, ;% 15 3 1 4% 4 5 /i -, - ;14 ,~