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Forms of applications for the opening of accounts, &c., on the commencement of business, are ready to be supplied at the Bank, or will be sent by post to any who may require them. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS For Orphan and Necessitous Children. PATRON, Ilis Royal Rlghnesi the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c., &I. PRESIDENT. JOHN MASTERM AN, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. James Peek, Esq., Eastcheap. Hananiah Teape, Esq., Aldgate. Robert Clarke, Jun., Esq., Cheapside. TREASURER. George Moore, Esq„ Bow Churchyard. HONORARY SECRETARY. George Lawrence, Esq. SECRETARY. Mr. A. L. Sanl. On SUNDAY MORNING, November 11, 1849, a SERMON will be preached in aid of the funds of the above charity, before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR and SHERIFFS, at the Church of 6T. L 4WRENCE JEWRY, GRESHAM-STREET, by the Rev. HENRY MELVILL, 8.D. , President of Ils.ileybury College. Divine service to commence at 11 o'clock precisely. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 6eIe THIS Lessee and Manager EVENING , Old Brompton. , Will be perform.td a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Backstone ; Mrs W. Cl ff rd, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To he fcl!owed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE PAS DE FASCINATION. Due notice will be given of the appearance ot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is raider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TR &ATR.IL ROYAL, ADELPRI. Cnder the direction of Madame Calcite. THIS EVENING, Will b 3 performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. B TINBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. BOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lassos, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will he performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. To be followed by BEAUTY AND TEE BEAST. To cone:ule with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. ores- 1,,m,4, Ss.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No sal '. • tt. 5,7 part of tha house. All applications for Private Boxes ;mat be made to Mr. Allcroft, IS, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATiZE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. Tars EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE CONS). To be followed by a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with a new Ballet entitled LES PATINEURS. A3TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITITRATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Tai , r the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and p• on unced by the public press to be the mast gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. he celebrated Comedian and Clown, Mr. T. Barry, will have the honour of appearing, having returned from America. Mr. J. Br.dges and Madlle. Amilie every Evening. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed FitzbalPs grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. fu be •ellowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C . WILT'. by the drat Equestrian talent of the day, in which Mr. T. Barry will appear. To conclude with the Farce of JACK JUNK. boa-office open from Eleven till Four. _;tage Manager, Mr. W. West. 11 WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. Tam Day —Morning, 32 min. after 5 I Evening, 58 min. after 5 To.o. 4 rittow— ,, orrang, 27 min. after 5 Evening, 0 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—Sun OIPICE, Nov. 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, E 6; Highest, 49; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. 1 .4- , t ....: : . . .4' 4. ' - 'r 4 : - , I • M-A-i\l.t7,llkr ~ft I , c: o tk.f .. f...,,,,_ A 'e ? f __)l • _, ~ t t.r. r 41.. moS brio i -- • • t. Dit,.__Le r.. ::,• :,, .A, •: "" ~,.. •,,, ~, •, .014 -- vniug lINDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1849. A rule nisi for a new trial has been granted in the case of the Duke of BRUNSWICK V. HARMER, in which, it will be in the public recollection, a verdict for the plaintiff was returned, with 500/. damages, during the sittings of the last term. A more extraordinary, and we will venture to add a more important case, so far as the public press is concerned, never came under the consideration of any tribunal, and we rejoice to find that there is every reason to hope that the matter will he subjected to a new and searching investiga tion, so that the real facts may be fully elicited, and that what we cannot help considering an erroneous and dangerous decision may not pass into a precedent. Ii Lord DRNelate's judgment should unfor tunately be sustained there can be no safety for newspaper proprietors. However cautious they may be however anxious to keep their journals strictly within the limits of the law, and to avoid any publication for which they could be held either civilly or criminally responsible —they might be rendered liable for acts of which they were completely innocent, and mulcted in heavy costs' and enormous damages, when the mind that conceived and the hand that penned the incul pated article had long passed away from this world. Notwithstanding the great improvement effected by Lord CAMPBELL'S Act, the state of the law of libel is still sufficiently rigid and onerous, and it is of the utmost consequence to all persons in any way con. nected with the press that the stringency of that law should not be unduly extended. The case on behalf of the plaintiff at the original trial was of a very extraordinary character. Five distinct publications were complained of and charged to be libellous : of these, one had been printed nearly nineteen years previously—on the 19th of September, 1830, a period of intense excitement, when many revolutions had taken pile 2, and were of con stant occurrence, on the con'inent of Europe, and when among others the plaintiff had been removed by a popular movement from his hereditary dominions, and from the Ducal Throne of Brunswick. At such a time, and under such circumstances, it was by no means surprising that so enthusiastic and ardent a supporter of the democratic principl& and of the supreme sovereignty of the people, as the Dispatch has ever proved itself, should speak warmly and fear lessly; that it should disre4ard the narrow limits to which it would willingly restrict itself on other occa sions, and that it should cast aside all private or per sonal considerations in order to advance the good cause of which it was the zealous and unflinching champi m, the powerful and consistent advocate. It entertained no animosity or malice against the ex-Duke of BRUNSWICK as a man, but it merely re garded him as the opponent of popular rights, the invader of popular liberty. As such it spoke of him, not for the purpose of injuring the individual, but to vindicate the people over whom he had formerly reigned, and to exonerate them from the charge of having wantonly or unnecessarily interfered with the former regime. This, we believe, was the sole end and object oi the article in question, and although it h av e, in some degree, exce e d e d th e might po.ssi )ly leeitim de bounds of comment upon the public cha. racier and conduct of a public man, great excuses w _paid naturally be male for the publishers, if corn. plaint had been made within the time properly set apart for inquiry into such transactions. The policy of the law had fixed on two years as the full period within which an injured person should receive every facility necessary fur the full and complete vindication of his character. By the 38th Geo. lii., c. 78, s. 17, it was provided that the printer or publisher of every newspaper shall, upon the day of publication, or within six days after, deliver to the Commissioners of Stamps, at their head office, or to some officer to be ap pointed by them to receive the same, one of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY' the papers so published on each such days, signed by the printer or publisher thereof in his handwriting, with his name or place of abode under a penalty of 1001. in every case of neglect, and it was enacted that "In case any person 7or persons shall make appli cation to the Commissioners or such officer, in order that such newspaper or other paper, so signed by the printer or publisher, may be produced in evidence in any pro. ceeding, civil or criminal, the said Commissioners, or such officer shall, at the expense of the party applying, at any time within two years from the publication thereof, either cause the same to be produced in the court in which the same is required to be produced, and at the time when the same is required to be produced, or shall deliver the same to the party applying for it, taking, ac cording to their discretion, reasonable security, at his expense, for the returning the same to the said Commis sioners or such officer." Here, then, the time is plainly and distinctly indi cated within which any proceeding, whether, civil or criminal, should be instituted by a Par liament which certainly could not be accused of unduly favouring the liberty of the press. The most stringent laws had been passed, the fullest responsi bility was ensured ; but if the complaining party slumbered on his grievances for more than two years, no assistance should be afforded. The evil could not be very great if he could submit to the imputation for such a time, and it would manifestly be wrong to call upon an editor to answer for his publications when the opportunity of offering a justification, and proving their truth and accuracy, had passed away. We have never even heard until the present case of an action being commenced after the appointed time. How, then, was it possible for the ex• Duke to bring the alleged libel of the 19th September, 1830, under the notice of the Court, or to claim damages in respect thereof? It appears that the Duke had for some time been subjected to a series of most improper and unjustifiable attacks on his private conduct, which were contained in journals of a very different cha- meter indeed from that which has ever been main I tamed by the Dispatch. He had instituted numerous 1 proceedings, civil as well as criminal, against the parties concerned in these objectionable publications. Heavy, almost vindictive damages, were returned, and some parties had also been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. The Dispatch had, however, nothing in common with these journals, and although certain articles were published in the years 1847 and 1848, we believe that these publications could not have justi fied an adverse verdict against the respected proprietor of the Dispatch, unless taken in connexion with, and viewed through the medium of the article of 1830, from which, if ever responsible, he was long since exonerated by the - . Statute of Limitations. Under these circumstances, it became the great object of the Duke to obtain a republication of the paper of the 19th" September, 1830. For this purpose, according to his own showing, he procured a person calling himself Captain RENNAULT, who stated that he was a teacher of languages, but who is said to be " now studying hat-making in the borough," to go to the office of the Dispatch and to apply for a copy of the paper in question. Capt lin RENNAULT declared that on his first visit, some time previous to the 14th March, 1849, he was requested to call on the following day, and that he subsequently procured a copy from a person at the office, for which he paid. This sale was held to constitute a republica tion of the alleged libel. The paper of the 191 h September, 1830, was submitted to the jury, and, as we have already stated, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff with 5001. damages. Various questions both of law and fact arose thereon, on which a new trial was applied for oa the 21 instant, the very first day on which it was pos sible for the defendant to take such a step. It was totally denied that any such sale or republication as alleged by the " gallant hat-maker" had ever taken place. The affidavits of two unimpeachable witnesses who had been engaged in the Dispatch office were produced to show that no paper of the date in question could possibly have been sold in the office between 1841 and November, 1848, without their knowledge, as they were the only persons who had had charge of the papers since 1840, and they also stated that no paper of the kind was at the office. This testimony would alone be sufficient to cast considerable doubt on the evidence of the gallant captain, but some strange circumstances were produced in corroboration. It appeared that a person named EASON applied in 1848 to a newsvender named PLUMMER, who had previously procured for him various copies of the Satirist and Dispatch, to obtain for him a copy of the paper of the 19th September, 1830, for which he offered ls., 55., and ultimately no less than Si. After much inquiry,PLUMMER discovered a person who had a file of the Dispatch for 1830, but who refused to sell a single paper. He, however, was willing to sell the entire for 3/., which sum was paid by Mr. HADDY, the secretary to the Duke of BRUNSWICK, who thereupon received the papers about the latter end of July or August, 1848. It will be in the recollection of our readers that two papers only were produced on the trial—one, which had been obtained from the British Museum ; the other, that which the hat-maker swore he purchased previous to the 14th of March, 1848, at the office of the Dispatch, and which constituted the republication on which alone the action could be maintained. Under such circumstances it was pertinently asked by Sir FRE DERICK THESIGER, "for what earthly reason the Duke, when in possession of this important paper before the 14th of March, could, through his secretary, be offering so large a sum as 51. for a single paper in the July or August following ?" It does not appear very difficult to arrive at the true solution of the problem. On this ground the rule nisi was granted, and we are gratified to think that the matter will be subjected to that strict and searching investigation it requires, so that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth may eventually be obtained. The other points on which the new trial was ap plied for were purely questions of law. First; it was contended that even supposing that the sale had taken place at the Dispatch office, as alleged by Captain RENNAULT, that it was not such a re-publication as would be sufficient to sustain the action ; and, se condly, that damages to the amount of 5001. sterling were clearly excessive, when the nature of the re publication was taken into consideration. On the first point it was argued that Captain REN NAULT was the admitted agent of the Duke 01 BRUNSWICK, and that a publication to him was to all intents and purposes a publication to the Duke himself, which, although it might be sufficient to found a criminal charge, could not pos iibly give the plaintiff a claim for damages. In The S U7L of the 30th June last we fully put forward the arguments on this Part of the case, which were sub sequently used by Sir FitEDERICK TEIESIGER. There cannot, therefore, be any necessity for a recapitula tion thereof. On the point of damages it was well argued that the republication of a single copy was very different indeed from a new article in the Dispatch, with its enormous circulation of seventy or eighty thousand papers of each impression, which would necessarily be read by many hundred thousands, perhaps millions of readers, and distributed throughout the length and breadth of the land. It was therefore insisted that the Chief Justice should have told the jury that in assessing damages their consideration should be directed not to the publication of 1830, but to the single:copy deli vered at the request of the Duke himself eighteen years subsequently, the Duke having another copy in his possession. On these latter points judgment was reserved, in order that Lord DENMAN might be consulted ; but when the paramount importance of the matter i s taken into consideraion, it cannot be doubted but that all the questions will be argued before the full Court, a:ld that a decision will be obtained that may safely be referred to for a long series of years. " If it be true, as we often hear it said, that Know ledge is Po er, it certainly is not less true that Kr.owleage is Pleasure," said Lord MAuoN at the recent festival of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute— a sentiment singularly appropriate to the time and place in which it was uttered. Ather mums and Mechanics' Institutes are living testimonies of the pleasures of knowledge. The researches of the scholar are, in most instances, prompted by the desire of celebrity, or some kindred ambition, but the motley concourse who pore over the well thumbed volumes, or listen to the public lecture at the Mechanics' Institute, seek Knowledge for the sake of her pleasures only. The heart weary, and the brain oppressed with the burden and heat of the cares of the day, seeks, and haply finds, solace and refresh ment in the pure delights of mental improvement. GOD speed all such undertakings, say we. They have for their object the elevation of the people by the diffusion among them of the privileges and pleasures of knowledge. Whether it be the Ragged School, which puts a hornbook into the hands of the heathen children of a Christian country, or the Mechanics' Institute, which places the literary facilities of the rich within the reach of the lowly, the object they have in view is one which we, in common with all true lovers of the people, have deeply at heart—an object which is, above all others, worthy of the disciples of Him who characterised His Gospel as "preached unto the poor." The ele vation of the people is, and should be, the grand ambition of every individual unit worthy of being numbered among " the people ;" and how is that elevation to be effected save by the universal diffusion of knowledge? Considering these things' such meetings as the one recently held at Leeds , become invested with especial interest—an inte rest wholly independent of the individual circum stances of the assembly, or of the eloquent harangues then and there delivered. These latter attractions were, however, not wanting to the festival, which boasted the presidentship of Lord MAHON, and the presence of Air. MILNES and Mr. ROEBUCK. The speech of the Chairman was in every respect worthy of the historical erudition and polished refinement Of the biographer and descendant of Lord CHESTERFIELD. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES spoke as a poet and a politician ; but perhaps the most interesting speech of the evening was that of Mr. ROEBUCK. Rarely have the sarcastic powers of the Member for Sheffield been more happily exhibited than when at the com mencement of his discourse he described himself as " a plain working man," an observation which seemed to say, let no working man be ashamed of his calling, for all whose respect is worth having are themselves working men. And in so saying, Mr. ROE BUCK spoke no less truly than effectively. The spirit which had given rise to such institu tions, the voluntary efforts after self-improvement on the part of the people, the same speaker rightly de signated as a distinguishing mark of the present times. But, however much such establishments may demonstrate the anxiety of the people to educate themselves, it would be a grievous misapplication of their meaning to infer from thence that the people are to be entirely left to their own resources in that particular. True, nature may have gifted them with capacity for imbibing truth, and some of them may even thirst after its possession, but the .well of know ledge is deep, and they, in their helplessness, have nothing -to draw withal. How, then, shall we advocate the voluntary principle ? Let us encourage that principle by all means ; but let us first be careful to enable it to be duly exercised. Let us give to the ignorant the key of the temple of knowledge, and then they may voluntarily enter in and abide there. Then, indeed, we may enjoy that equality which "the plain working man " who repre sents the borough of Sheffield so beautifully and truthfully described when he said— .' I want us all, in whatever sphere, to be happy and virtuous. Knowledge makes us so; and it is tor that I wish to acquire knowledge. I have no care whether or not it frightens any body that the people should be learned. I have seen states—we know them, my Lord —in which there are classes who are forbidden to learn. In this country, centuries back, we were like this; but we have outgrown these things—we have forgotton them —and are all on a perfect level as to the acquirement of knowledge ; and no class can be distinguished from another by the mere acquirement of science or literature. We are all alike; and, as in social life, the peculiar ad vantages of scientific knowledge are placed within the reach of all, so far as knowledge is concerned, each is placed upon an equality with every other man; and that to my mind appears the true equality and the true fra ternity which philosophers desire; and which do not mean those fanciful notions which are elsewhere held. True equality is that of a man standing by himself alone, his knowledge acquired by his own means, and having that supremacy above the lower animals to which man was destined—that supremacy of knowledge which leads to virtue, without which we cannot be happy. It is for this, then, that I look so favourably on an institution like this ; it makes us all, my Lord, entertain right notions of true equality ; it teaches us to have these sympathies which nature intended, and which you have always felt vehemently; it makes us all understand each other as true men; it is the bond of knowledge that is the tie which shall unite us to each other." The discourses of the various speakers are well worthy of perusal. That of Lord MAiioN will be found practically useful to students of high and low degree ; and altogether the proceedings of the assem bly afforded another happy indication of the times we live in. " You have a right to be proud of being Englishmen," said the Noble Chairman of the Leeds mechanics, and well might his hearers respond to the exclamation, if they called to mind the fact, that while the nobles and senators of England were thus personally assisting in the diffusion of knowledge among all classes, in Vienna a decree had just been issued forbidding the publication of any work unless the manuscript had been inspected by the military Government. Which of these two courses is the most politic time will demonstrate, if it is not already de monstrated. PRIVY COUNCIL AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—This morning, at half past twelve o'clock, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President ; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury,- Lord Campbell, Chan• cellor of Lancaster; Earl Grey, Colonial Secretary; and the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, attended by the Clerk of the Council in Waiting, Mr. Greville, left the Paddington Terminus of the Great Western Railway, by special train, for Windsor Castle, where her Majesty held a Privy Council at half past two. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Viscount Palmerston (who is on a visit to the Queen), also attended the Council. The principal business to be transacted, it is understood, was the appointment of a Day of Thanksgiving on account of the great decrease of the cholera. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, Count Colloredo, was to have an audience of her Majesty to take leave on his departure for Vienna, having been recalled. The Cabinet Ministers, after partaking of a dejeuner, are expected to return to town at five o'clock. ERRATUM.—In the copious statistical comparisons of our first leading article yesterday, one group of figures was inadvertently re• quoted instead of another. A glance at the preceding argument will show that when it is said " England has her 600, while Russia is contented with 211 lieutenants"—it is in reality France which has 600, while England has no less than 2,353 lieutenants, a fact which we had imme diately before particularised. We regret to announce the death of General Sir John 0. Vandeleur, G. C. 8., Colonel of the 16th Lancers, which event took place in Dublin on the Ist of the pre feet month. He was one cf our most distinguished cavalry c fliers, and had served in the army for the long period of 68 years. As Lieutenant-Colonel of the Bth Light Dragoons, he served with the local rank of Colonel in et mmand of a brigade of cavalry under the late Lord Lake, in ladia. At the battle of Las ,varree, on the Ist of November, 1803, his brigade turned the enemy's left t L I n r k, d Laank hisde Lake's thanks. o ot o rhd k asnhk 2 i ps ,o ; 800 In thanksN o v prisoners, era furbefrolrh le N B v c h oa4 i re h y o n6a received re ceiveda Fatty Gliur, where the Mahratta chief Holkar was surprised and defeated. At the conclusion of the war in India Sir John Vandeleur returned to Europe, and in 1311 was placed on the staff of the army in the Peninsula, as Major-General. He commanded a brigade of the light division of infantry, and was wounded while leading a divit.ion to the breach of Ciudad Rodrigo, in January, 1812, after the late Major- General Crawfurd had received a mortal wound. This wound prevented General Van deleur being present at the siege of Baclajoz; but ho was present with the light division at the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria. A few days before the latter his brigade was so fortunate as to intercept a French division and to cut off one of its brigades, taking 300 prisoners and forcing the remainder to disperse in the mountains. He was subsequently appointed to command a brigade of Light Dragoons attached to the column under Lord Lynedoch, and afterwards under Lord Niddry, and par ticipated in all the operations of that column. He served in the battle of Waterloo, and afterwards commanded the whole of the British cavalry from the time that the Marquis of Anglesey was wounded till Louis the XVIII. entered Paris. On Monday, the 6th instant, a general assembly of the Academicians, was held at the Royal Acadera of Arts in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. John Henry Foley was elected an Associate of that institution. A lucid anti new analysis of Cholera, by W. Parker, Esq , treated on an elementary system, unlike anything before suggested, and professedly a cure, me tits general diffuti' n. An almost unprecedented sensation in the silk and drapery trade has recently been excited by the failure of a large establishment in Oxford-street, and by the keen competition of the proprietors of other houses to become possessed of so valuable a stock. We allude to the bankruptcy of Messrs. Walley and Hardwick, silk mercers and drapers, who have for the last eighteen months rendered themselves so conspicuous. We are informed that Messrs. Sewell and Co., the well-known silkmercers and drapers, have been the successful com petitors; and although the stock is so rich, and the tenders ware so numerous, they have obtained it at an enormous discount off. We believe it is their intention shortly to submit it for sale at their extensive premises 1 in Compton -street and Frith- street, Soho.— 064crver. TUE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The PRESIDENT'S Message to the .Assembly, announcing the dismissal ot . the Barrot Ministry, wa3 communicatA to the departments by telegraph. It has been everywhere received, net only without excitement, but in many instances with strong ex pressions of approval. Those of the Paris journals which were at first loudest in their censures, now consent to calmly argue the question as to whether or no the PRESIDENT has, by dismissing his Ministry, exceeded the powers confided to him by the Constitu tion, and they almost unanimously admit that he has not done so. Even the Journal des Debuts admits that in acting as he has done, the PRESIDENT has merely performed a legal act. It says— • Under the Monarchy of July the King, Louis Philippe, was accused of personel interference in th-. government. We have often met this reproach with the reply that it was absurd to exclude from all part in the government the party most interested in its manage. anent, and that the fiction of irresponsibility ought not to be pushed to the extreme of rendering the King power• less. What used then to be our adversaries retort? Very welll if you wish that the King should govern, make him responsible. Events have proved that, in point of fact, whatever the theory might be, the King was re sponsible, and it was on him, and not on his ministers, that p)pular injustice was wreaked. The Republic eagerly hastened to make its President responsible. We thought, Heaven forgive us, that then there would be a perpetual hold upon him, and that the more he would be kept under, the more responsible ho would be. It has just turned out the contrary, as, indeed, might have been expected. It is by virtue of his responsibility the Presi dent claims independence, and forces his own policy on the Assembly; it is by virtue of such responsibility he names such ministers as suit him, without troubling him self about the tastes of the majority. The President has, therefore, performed a legal act in changing his ministry." The .National, which may be considered an excel lent authority on constitutional questions, seeing that the Constitution was mainly the work of those who have been for years connected with that journal, has the following, on the authority confided by the Consti tution to the PRESIDENT of the Republic : The President (it says) cannot follow a line of policy opposed to that of the Assembly. The Assembly makes the law; the President promulgates and executes it. He has no veto; he can only demand a fresh discussion; and if the Assembly persists in its resolution he must give way. lie may pardon individuals, but the Assembly. alone can grant an amnesty. So much for the interior. With regard to foreign affairs his power is not more extensive. He cannot make peace or war without the consent of the Assembly. No treaty negotiated by him is definite until ratified by the Assembly—such are the limits of his authority. Does it folio N, however, that he must share the sentiments and blindly follow the tenden cies of the Assembly? Not at all The 58th article of the Constitution, anticipating cases of difference, allows him to retain his opinion, but obliges him to yield to and obey the will of the majority, legally expressed. Should a disagreement of opinion take place between the two powers, the moment will come when the country shall be called on to judge between them, and that moment is the general eleCticai." The immediate cause of the dismissal of the Barrok Ministry Is stated to have been the discovery by the PRESIDENT of a plot on the part of the Legitimatists (concocted at Frohsdorf ) for the purpose of bringing about a counter-revolution, and the immediate restora tion of HENRY V. as Absolute King. An attempt was made on Tuesday last, by some officers, to create an eineute in the Rue St. Antoine by shouting " Vive IlEmte V.," "A bas le PRESIDENT;" the populace, however, instead of joining them, arrested and gave them into custody. The Ministry, it appears, whose Legitiinatist propensities were more than suspected, endeavoured to treat the affair as a matter of no con sequence, whereupon the PRESIDENT, who had accu rate information on the subject of the conspiracy, dismissed them. The PRESIDENT reviewed a large body of cavalry on Sunday at Versailles. Ilis reception was most enthusiastic. The soldiers hailed him with sponta neous cries of " Vice NAPOLEON." It was remarked that the people, broken into groups, discussed with great animation the events of the day, and seemed to be under the impression that matters would not rest where they were. The fe,ling towards the PRESI DENT seemed to be of the most friendly character. Tne aspect of the army and the people at Versailles has been much talked about. Tne PRESIDENT was accompanied by General Fox, the Earl of CARDIGAN, and the Belgian Minister of War. A Cabinet Council was held on Sunday evening, for the purpose of considering the dispatches which had been received from General LAJSZORICIERE on the subject of the Russo-Turkish question. The Rus sian Minister had, it appears, introduced certain covert threats in his note, and the PRESIDENT, always alive to the honour of France, proposed that France should assume at once an imposing attitude. He was, however, opposed by the Minister of Finance, the Jew banker, M. FoULD, who urged submission to the behests of Russia, and the preservation of peace at any price, as war would produce a financial crisis, which would be ruinous to the moneyed interest. We cannot believe that the French PRESIDENT and the French people will suffer the honour of France, " which never yet the breath of calumny hath tainted," to be sacrificed to the aristocracy of the money bags. We read in the Sitcle—" The accession of the new Ministry gives birth to a number of rumours more or less founded on the changes which it is said are to take place in the high personnel of the Ad ministration. A journal speaks of a complete change in the list of Prefects, on which are, it is said, to be placed 25 new functionaries. M. PEAUGER, ex- Prefect of the Bouches-dte Rhone, where he has been replaced by the Legitimist, M. DE SULEAU, is the object of a crowd of suppositions. Some make him the successor of M. F. BARROT, as Secretary-General at the Elyse e ; others pretend that he will take the Prefecture of Police, M. REBILLOT being about to be made a General. Also, it is said, that he is to be made Under-Secretary of State, or Secretary-General of the Interior, from which post M. DEZMASIERES would withdraw. Some persons also speak of M. DUCLERC for the post of Secretary of the Elysk, and M. DE BASSANO, ex-Secretary of Embassy, for the Police. A new distribution of em bassies is also to be made, it is said. Thus M. DE RAYNETAL is to be replaced at Naples, it is said, by M. ANTOINE BONAPARTE, who would in that case, no doubt, resign his place of representative of the Yonne. A rumour also designates General MAGNAN for the command of the army of Italy." We read in the Akhbar of Algiers of the 3d— " The following account of the attack at the oasis of Zaatcha has been received by the general in command of the staff. The approaches were conducted methodically, and with very little l oss. On the morning of the 20th, two breaches appeared practicable, and the attacking columns rushed forward under the protection of a fire from the artillery. Their bravery and their efforts could not, however, overcome the obstinate defence op posed by the fanatics of the whole oasis enclosed in the town. One of the breaches was disputed during a space of two hours, and at last it was found necessary to with draw to the trenches, carrying back 170 men killed or wounded, of whom 9 were officers. The siege has now resumed its slow and regular course; the sanitary con dition of the troops is good. A little garrison left at Bou Cada by Colonel de Barral, when he dep ..rted, in order to join Gen. Herbillon , was attacked in its pro visional establishment by a hostile fact ion of the inhabi tants of the town, aided by upntingents of the Ouled Nails, on whom a razaia had been effected some days before by the cel.mel and by the vain under the orders of Lieur.-Colonel Cirrus. Tile little garrison, sup ported t,y our numerous pzrtisansm Bou Cada, repel ed all the attacks. The goums of Aumale and of Berdj ben Areri !j, who hastened to its succour, succeeded iu disengaging it. A column was obliged to leave Aumaie to take at Bou Cads the place of the column of Colonel de Barral. Other measures have been taken to put down any agitation which might be produced by the prolonged resistance of Zaatcha. In other respects nothing now has taken place; the insurrection remains confined, - as at first, within th e subdivision of Bathna (Aures and Zibm), end within the fractions . of the Ouled Nails, long since r• mai kabl e for th-. , ir non-submission." PARIS BOURSE, Nov. 5. The market opened with some show of firmness at a shade above the closing quotations of Saturday, but the improvement was not long' maintained, and at the close prices were marked rather lokver than on that day; Threes at 55f. 70c., and Fives at 87f, 75c. The market closed as follows:--Threes, for cash, 55f. 65c. ; fur for ac- count, 55f. 70c.; Fives for cash, 87f. ; ac count, 87f. 75c; Benk of Franca Shares, 2,325 f.; Neapo litan, 88f. 50e.; Spanish Threes, 35f.; ditto Fives, not quoted. RAILWAYS. — The Share I.‘farket has not been ver y active, but prices have not much varied. Orlean s c l ose d at 725 f.; Rouen, 525 E; Havre, 235 f.; Avigno n , 2151; Vieizou, 297 f. 50c.; Strasburg and Base, 101 f. 25; • Bourdeaux, 400 f.; N 6 rthern, 428 f. 75c.; raris and Strasburg, 255 f.; Nantes, 282 f-: 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOOK-EXCHANGE, Nov. 5. Boulogne and Amiens, si, _Namur and Liege, 614_ Northern of France, 3 dis.—Dutch Rhenish , 1 % %--Great Indian Peninsula, 4 --Paris and Rouen, MlA—Pearls and Strasbourg, 61h—Sanabre. and Meuse, 2 , 4—West Flanders SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have arrived. The Spanish Chambers re-assembled on the 28th, but without say ceremonial, beyond the reading of the decree of the QUEEN for th e re-opening. The Senate nominated its bureau ; but the Chamber of Deputies, not being in sufficient number, could only nominate a provisional bureau. The Minister of Foreign Affairs (:I.tavAnz) had presented to the QUEEN and KING the draft of a project for regulat ing the Royal household. The QUEEN made some re serves uith respect to it. There was a talk of the resignation of eminent palace functionaries, and of a Ministerial nu:dification. A letter from Madrid of the 31st says " It was said yesterday that the Narvatz Ministry had resigned, and that Al Isturitz had boen charged to form a new Cabinet. On the return of the Queen from the theatre last evening, she found all the Ministers waiting EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1849. for her. General Narvaez, addressing her, said it was important on the opening of the Cartes that the Minis terzi should know from her Majesty , ahoher thry really poss?ssi d the Royal confidecee, without which it wouhl be impbssible to net, and which certain rumours stated they had lost. Narvaez added that, if the rurneurs in question had the slightest foundation, he and his colleagues would resign at once. The Queen, who did not expect such a visit at such a time, expressed her surprise. and stated several times, with great emotion and in the most explicit terms, that bar• confidence in the Ministry was complete and absolute, and that all the rumours which were current were un founded, and had probably been invented by the enemies of her repose. The Queen authorised the President of t he Council to make known to the Chambers the precise declarations she had made. The Ministers then left, satisfit d that they still possessed the Queen's confidence. In the Senate, this day, M. Pena Aguayo questioned the Ministry on the rumours that were current, and Ger.( !al Narvaez detailed the conference which the Ministers had had with the Queen, and formally declared that she had not withdrawn her confidence from them. Notwith standing all this, it is believed by well•informed persons that the Ministry will soon be modified, on account of the difficulties arising out of the delicate palace question." MADRID BoLsA, OCT. 31. —Three per Cents., 271 for Account; Five per Cents., Il i !. paper. Exchange on London, 50 40. ITALY The Giornale di Roma of the 26th ult. publishes a list of 14 persons condemned by court-mlrtial to various periods of imprisonment, excepting one, who is condemned to the galleys for 20 years. The Chamber of Commerce was also to send a deputation to Portici, composed of MM. INGANII, RIGUELLI, and COSTA, in order to implore the POPE to return. Colonel FoucALDI ' Commandant of Ferrara, has issued a notice, dated the 24th, offering rewards of from 100 f. to 500 f., to any person delivering an in cendiary into the hands of justice, or even furnishing conclusive proofs against any individual guilty of arson, that crime having lately spread in the province to an alarming extent. The Costituzionale of Florence publishes a letter from Rome of the 26th ult. It asserts that on the following day the command of the Roman troops was, by order of the three Cardinals, to pass from the hands of General LEVAILLANT into those of officers named by the Court of Gaeta. This measure was said to be owing to an energetic protest on the part of the Austrians, Spaniards, and Neapolitans. In consequence, adds the writer of this letter, of a serious altercation which had arisen between the Cardinals and Generol ROSTOLAN, the triple deputa tion which was to have proceeded to Portici, to invite the. POPE to return, will not leave Rome. The domiciliary visits of the police in the Ghetto still continued ; two carriages belonging to the Court had been seized, besides many other articles belonging to the Cardinals, and 30,000 scudi. The Nazionale of Florence quotes a letter from Bologna of the 26th ult., stating that Mgr. SAVELLI ' has, with a view of checking political discussion, for bidden barbers to have more than four customers at a time in their shops. M, MARCHESSINI, director of the Post-office, a man of the highest respectability, had been dismissed, notwithstanding his being a per sonal friend of Count JOSEPH MASTAI, brother of the POPE, who lives in his house. The Opinione of Turin of the Ist announces that General BAVA is to retire from the Piedmontese Ministry. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the Ist, states that the Duke of PARMA has ordered a general census to be taken from the 15th of March to the 15th of April, 1850. The'Legge of Turin publishes a letter from Naples, from which we extract the following :—" The arrests continued ; Baron BARACCIO, one of the richest land owners in the kingdom, has been arrested, together with DOMINECO GIANNATASIO, of Salerno. They are both ex-Deputies of the Right. MM. RAYNEVAL and TEMPLE have made energetic repre sentations on this subject, and the Russian Ambassador himself has declared that things are carried too far in an absolutist sense. Almost all the monks of Montcassino have been ordered to Naples, and are under the strict surveillance of the police. One of them, Father GRILLO, has been incarcerated. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. " A few days ago," says a Vienna letter of the 31st ult., "as the EMPEROR was leaving the Opera with his mother, the Archduchess SOPHIA, a man suddenly presented himself before her, and asked, " Where is the EMPEROR ?" The Archduchess frightened, an• swered "At Schcenbrunn." The same evening the man went to the Palace, and demanded an audience, but he was told to return the next day. It turned out, on inquiry, that he was an escaped lunatic, named DARVAS. He was secured. The Vienna correspondent of the Independance of Brussels writes on the 30th ult —" A letter, which I have just received from St. Petersburgh, confirms the statement already made of the difference between the Porte and Ilussia having been completely arranged; and it is added, that this has been done without the into rvention of England or Fracce." It is announced by the Vienna Gazette of the 31st ult., that between 2,000 and 3,000 of the Hungarian refugees at Widdin have, in spite of the remonstrances of their chiefs, resolved to return to Hungary, and have already placed themselves at the disposal of the Austrian authorities. The Presburg Gazette contains an official notifica• tion that General HAYNAU had ordered the release of 56 persons detained, or condemned to brief periods of imprisonment, for political offences. The Austrian Government has authorised the publication at Pesth of a journal in the Hungarian language. It is called the Hungarian Gazette, and is to be edited by F. SZYLAGY, of the Hungarian Academy, a man of moderate opinions, and opposed to the late revolution. The German Reform states that the Austrian Cabinet has approved of a project for establishing a bank for making advances to the tradesmen of Pesth on deposit of merchandise. The same journal states that the Government has ordered a financier to ascer- tain if it be possible to indemnify the `solders of the notes issued by Kossuni. A letter from Vienna of the 31st ult. says :—" The Customs'Unioßbetween Austria and Germany, which is about to be entered into, is to be established in such a way as to cause the interests of each state to be respected, and its necessities and wishes to be satisfied as far as possible. To attain this object it will be necessary to introduce reforms common to the states which form the three principal commercial and political groups Austria, the Zollverein, and Northern Germany. The Wiener Zeitung of the 30th ult. contains an Imperial ordinance establishing a tax on income for the expense of the army alone. The Tribunals of First Instance arid of Appeal have acquitted Dr. BISCHHOFF, who will be imme diately set at liberty. The Breslau Gazette says that although Austria has availed herself of the assistance of Russia, she nevertheless has but little confidence in her, which is evident from Austria having ordered the defiles near Dukla, Jublunka, and Przymysl to be carefully for tified, these defiles leading from Gallicia into Hungary. PRUSSIA. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, of the 3d, ad dressed to the Cologne Gazette, announces that the Second Chamber of Prussia adopted on that day the bills relative to the Eastern ' Westphalian, and Saar bruck Railways. The First Chamber adopted several clauses of the Constitution. _ The Berlin State Gazette of the 31st ult. announces officially the entrance of the Free City of Lubeck into the Federal State; and the Berlin correspondent of the Independance of Brussels expresses the opinion that this will lead to a modification in a free-trade spirit of the commercial system of the Customs' Union. BAVARIA. Mumen, OCT. 31.—The Opposition in the Cham ber have adopted the project for founding an alliance against Austria and Prussia between the secondary German states, in order that the latter may shake off the domination with which they are threatened by the two larger powers.—Frankfort Gazette of Nov. 2. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. According to the Independance of Brussels pre parations for war are now being actively engaged in in Schleswig-Holstein, and nearly all hope of a pacific solution at the conclusion of the armistice is at an end. It is, however (says the Independance), considered doubtful whether the German powers will again to os stand behalf nd e lno e againstofthe Denmark. s o that they will have ENGLAND. RUSSIA, AND TURKEY. We yesterday announced that the French semi official journal, the Patrie of Saturday, contained a paragraph which stated that the Emperor NICHOLAS had expressed profound discontent on learning that the English fleet had been ordered to sail towards the Dardanelles, and had caused Count NESSELRODE to address an energetic remonstrance to the English Cabinet on the subject. The Patrie of Sunday evening contains the following additional particu lars : "We spoke yesterday of an energetic note which the Emperor of Russia, it was said, had addressed to England on hearing of the orders given to the English fleet. In the note the 'Emperor protests against this hostile demonstration in the midst of peace, and against the right which England arrogates to herself to interfere in a matter which regards - only Russia and the Sublime Porte. As to the difficulties which this affair may give lase to, the interpretation of the treaty existing between those two powers belong, says the note, to them alone, and England ought to remain completely unconnected with it. Such is the substance of the note. We can add to this news the following details. The Emperor has signified, it is said, to Fund Effendi that he may now consider his mission to him as terminated ; that, besides, his presence at St. Petersburgh was a violation of a convention entered into between the Sublime Porte and Russia, according to which the Sultan could not send an extraordinary ambassador to St. Peterzbar4h, without having first given notice to the Rusian Em bassy ; that he, the Emperor, in a sentiment of friend ship and good neighbourhood, had been pleased to shut his eyes on the infraction, and to accord an audience of honour to the Sultan's envoy, but that from the moment that this latter had considered it necessary to appeal to the intervention of France and England, his kind dispo sition towards the Sublime Porte must naturally bo changed, and henceforward the communications of the Turkish envoy must take place through the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It cannot be denied that the new turn which this question is taking is' full of gravity. We shall wait for our usual correspondence to be able to form a judgment of this unexpected phase of the Turkish question." The French National of yesterday, in allusion to the above statement in the Patrie, says that the dispatch stating that the differences between Russia and Tur key had been amicably arrange], which appeared in the Moniteur and in the Journal des Debats, was denounced at the time as a forgery both at the Assembly and at the Bourse. The National demands explanations on this subject. A Constantinople letter of October 20 describes the Turks to be still animated with the greatest resolution to resist the oppression of Russia. The fleet was in a forward state of preparation, and well supplied with sailors. THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.—The point reserved in the case of Maria Manning, which is fixed to be ar gued to-morrow (Wednesday), in the Exchequer Cham ber, under the statute which authorises judges on cri minal trials and justices at sessions to reserve questions for the consideration of the judges of the superior courts, is made under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 66, which was passed on the Gth of August, 1844. The section (the 16th) under which the question will be raised is in the following words:—"And he it enacted, that any woman married to a natural torn subject or person naturalized, shall bo deemod and taken to be herself naturalized, and have all the rights and privileges of a natural born subject." The Act is entitled, "Au Act to amend the Laws Relating to Aliens." Mr. Bal lantine and Mr. Parry will appear for the prisoner, and the Attorney-General, assisted as b':fore, for the Crown. Commodore Gwinn, of the United States Navy, died a short time since at Pulerino. lie was much re spected, and had been in the naval service for forty ear:. There are some mortals whose bodies are but as the ornamented sepulchres of their deal hearts.—Eliza Cook's Journal, SICILY. The following is an extract from a letter dated Palermo, October 20th : Our city is as mournful as a sepulchre; a hundred pieces of cannon and 30,000 bayonets are scarcely sufficient to keep down the spirit of indignation and the desire for revenge which smoulders in the breasts of the people. On the 4th of this month, the fete day of the Hereditary Prince, there was pub lished a protest of the Sicilians, a copy of which was sent to the representatives of each foreign Power. This bold proceeding has terrified the BOURBON of Naples, notwithstanding his arms and his soldiers, by which he seeks to keep in a state of unworthy slavery a generous people. The protest preceded by some time the note of Lord PALMERSTON, which we hope will bring matters to an issue; they cannot long remain as they now are." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family took their accustomed airings this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by Lieut.• Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Major-General Bowles, and Lieut.- Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Austrian Minister and the Countess Colloredo, and the Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, are expected to arrive at the Castle this day, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and the Baroness de Speth), the Austrian Minister and the Countess Col loredo, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Sir George Couper. Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President o 1 the Council) arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Solicitor-General for Ireland had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. Mr. Under- Sheriff Wire, Sir E. Cust, and Sir George Hayter, had also interviews yesterday with the Noble Lord. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Nov. 5, 1849. "The Queen Dowager passed a restless night, without much sleep, being a good deal oppressed at intervals. " Her Majesty is partially relieved this morning, and is much the same as yesterday. "DAVID DAVIEs, M.D." THE LATE EXPLOSION IN BERMONDSEY.-(THIS DAY.) .. . The jury empanelled to inquire into the cause of the death of the four unfortunate beings who lost their lives by the late explosion at a fire - work manufactory in Ber mondsey, assembled again to-day at the King John's Head, near the old church, Bermondsey, before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for East and West Surrey. The names of the deceased persons are George Bar low, 46; William Darling, 20; James Darling, 4 years; and Thomas Barling, 18 months. The CORONER inquired as to the state in which the four individuals were, who, at the time of their last meet• ing, were lying dangerously ill at Guy's Hospital? Mr. Slow, the summoning officer, said he had been to the hospital to make inquiries, and had found that Mrs. Burling was still in a very dangerous state. Her son and the servant girl were now out of danger, and were progressing favourably, but would not be able to leave the hospital for some time yet. Mr. Barling, the maker of the fire-works, and the occupier of the house where the explosion took place, had recovered, and was in at tendance. The CORONER said the jury would then have to con sidered whether it would be advisable to proceed with the investigation at once, or adjourn until another day, when the survivors from the effects of the explosion would be sufficiently recovered to give an account of the circumstances which gave rise to the accident, and the manner:: in which it took place. It, perhaps, might not be prudent to examine Mr. Barling; for if any actual criminal onus attached to any person in consequence of the explosion it would rest upon him. But should they adjourn, the evidence of the persons at the hospital might enable them to judge whether it arose from any neglect, want of caution, or illegal act, on the part of Mr. Barling, or whether it was owing to eir cumstaces ever which no person 'could have had any control. If, howerrer, they desired to bear his account of the manner in which it took place, it would be necessary to put him upon his oath, and then to caution him that he was not required to say anything which might criminate himself. • A Juryman wished to know whether it was not illegal to manufacture fireworks in a house like that occupied by Mr. Barling ? The CORONER did not think that was a ques tion which he could answer at that moment, but he might say that a person selling fireworks, with out a licence, was lisble to a penalty. Thomas Charles Barlow, the brother of the deceased man, who was employed by Mr. Barling, said he last saw him alive on the morning of the accident, when he was going to work.:lIo had been working for Mr. Barlow, in Brook-street, for about a we( k. Witness had not seen him alone since, but from what had occurred ho had reason to believe that his brother had been killed by the explosion. He had seen a dead body, which was dreadfully mutilated, but which he believed to be that of his brother. The CORONER th;t;Cleared the room to deliberate as to the proprie.y of adjourning; and, on our re-admittance, asked Mr. Slow how long he expected it would be before the patients recovered? Mr. Slow said he thought about four or five weeks. The CORONER then said, in order to allow ample time, the jury would adjourn until Tuesday, the 18th of December. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING- HOUSE- KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the members and committee of !management of the above institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the transaction of the general business of the society. Mr. French in the chair. The last half-yearly report was favourable, and the society was making steady progress amongst the members of the trade. The capital invested in the funds, and the balance in hand, makes tho present property of the association to amount to nearly 2,3001. The amount of pensionary relief distributed annually to the male and female recipients keeps pace with the in terest derivable from invested stock. The report expressed an earnest hope that amongst so numerous and respect. able a body as composes the trade, there would be a large increase of members, by which the funds may be aug mented, and ultimately make the society what was os to;nsibly intended by its founders—capable not only of rendering assistance to every member of the trade, who may be necessitated to apply for relief, but to establish a school where their orphans will be educated, clothed, and fed. _ _ _ A clear conacience is the best law, and temperance the beet physic,—Eliza Cook's Journal, dIIIM2II MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton to, Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6 000 gales, 1,000 of which were taken on spe culation. The trans ietioes comprised 4,000 American; 250 Pernam and Marauhem at ekd. to 64da 400 Bahia at 6;1-1. to 6-'.; 80 Egyptian et 7d. to 7/d.; 1,000 Surat at 4e '. to Si.; Lad 60 Sea Is!and at Is. to ls. 2d. per lb. The market closed tamely,—Railway shares wero rather firm. The sales announced to take place in the Colonial markets this week are tolerab'y numerous. Notice has been given by t 3o Admiralty that a steam vessel has been sent out to aid vessels homeward bound that may be detained. The late rise in the London Tallow market had a eery decided effect on the St. Peter sburgh prices. On ftma den the orders on hand, so long passive, all at once be came active, and the price advanced from 107 ro.,s; which there had been 110 buyers, to 150 ro., at whit:a there were no sellers ; this state of things was, how. ever, as transitory as the rise in the London market, and tho price ha e receded to 110 to 108 ro., buyers with drawing, and sellers following. There is no new fea ture in the Tallow arriving, or expected, from other place than St. Petersburgh. Very little is coming, or expected, from Odessa or Taganrog, but the continuous imports from Australia and South America are of the same character as mentioned in my last circular ; and as there are very large hebdomadal sales of these sorts, the demand for Russia is comparatively small. The home supply is still large; and the flue weather, and large supply of fodder, combined with the low price, and large consump tion of meat, warrant the conclusion that it will continue so for Ihe next few months. Our trade with that portion of South America over which the Dictator of Buenos Ayres is enabled to exercise the least control, is, it would seem, to be subject to constant and most vexatious interrup tion. The last instance concerns Paraguay, against which Roses has recommenced hostilities, and it would be difficult to say when he may allow them to cease. In the meantime, however, no vessels aro allowed to go from Buenos Ayres to Paraguay, and we presume that this is tantamount to a prohibition of the intercourse between Europe and the latter state, and that our Government acquiesces. The trade of Europe with South America could have been developed to ten times the present amount, but for the exclusive policy of the iron-handed Roses and his extraordinary success in holding his ground at various times against nations, cempared to which his own country is in power utterly insignificant. The flamburgh mail brings advices of Friday. There was a demand for bills at short dates on London; money was abundant, stocks were firm, and a large business was done in shares at advancing prices. It is mentioned in accounts trom Vienna that the statutes of the Austrian Beek are likely to be altered, and an adjustment of the heavy amount due from Government is expected to be effected by the exertions of the Minister of Finance. There has already been a portion of the new loan applied to the purpose, and the Piedmont instalment is said to have been all handed over, reducing thereby the sum ac tually due to 135,000,000 florins. Not much was done in the funds at Amsterdam, on Sunday, but the market had a firm tone. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 53k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 26-. The Caledonia steamer, from the United States brings later news again, and upon commercial affairs it is sa tisfactory. Money was plentiful. Cotton had rather a droving tendency, owing to the advices received from England, but it is still asserted that the crop will prove indifferent. Corn was quiet. Freights were very low, and the transactions wero limited. The English Stock market has been firm, but there is an absence of speculative dealings, and the money purchases are not of magnitude. Owing to the French Ministerial complication, and a revival of the rumours as to the uncertainty of a speedy settlement of the Turkish question, there has, within the last two or three days, been a leaning again towards temporary investments in the unfunded debt, and hence we have an advance in the premium on Exchequer-bills to 455. and 48s. India Bonds have been 82s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 197 a, and India Stock has ranged from 255 to 255. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 92 to I. In the Foreign elatket business is entirely neglected. Mexican Bonds have been done at 25i and 26, and Brazilian old at 84 All the rest are nominal—Spanish Three per Cents. at 34i to 35; Portuguese Four per Cents., at 33 to 34; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5 3 to 54. Railway Shares are very dull, and Caledonian and North Stafford are lower. The other lines generally the same, but Brighton rather higher. eLnsING !, ,, y:b . ;11 , littilTiti PUNDS PRICES • lank Stock 3 ; .(3 , - . Cent. Reduced Arms . 91 1 4% 9114 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 9 1%%%3 9134 `' , 7; ow 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus—. . 1,01 - kit Anne. to expire (I an. 1860 -16 8% 8,4 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8 3.16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% 8 3-' l6 In iia Stock ii,dia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under:l,oool.. ....... B2 p 82 P South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 92%% Kxchenuer Bills. I%cl. & 2d 1,000/. June 4B 45 p 45 p Small. June 45 p 45 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ri(E (IM/SINE ) O'CL . )CIC. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons — Ditto, Account .... 26 25% Dividends on the above payable in London. O.; - O'CLOCK. Dutch 2, per Cent., 12 Guild. .. -- Ditto, 4 Bar Cent. Certificates... 82 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN G PAID. RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICO• Aberdeen ... 50 Do. Preference - Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 634 ...... kyrshire and Galloway.. 7% — I, elfast, & County Down 28 - Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 - Birmingham and Ox f •rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 - fiiirnivg, Wolverh'ton, and D'idley, 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. 7/. 4s. ... Bristol and Exeter... 90 ...... Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 27% — .. ..- .firickinghamthire 12 1 % Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ..-7 Ditto,Clydesdals Juno 50 ..... ehester and Holyhead. 50 - __. urn., nolyi. ...... Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - ..-• Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. - Direct London & Ports mouth --• Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 271,4 — .. East Anglian, 25/., L. & 1 E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & 11.... 18 ...... Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3 1 4 ..... - Et. tern Counties... ..... 20 ...... ..... •.... 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... Do. North. & Eastern, .-- 6 per Cent. .... .•... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 .-- Do New Eastern Union, Class A .... (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 4 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 ...- Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . ..... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto,pitto N New w . Q..u..a.r.t.e..r.s m ... 2 g . _ Do., 6 per Cent- Pre ference Quarters ... 64 - ... .. East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...,,,, Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 ...-• Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 9 '•-, 4 — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and ..... Carlisle ..,„ Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ...... ........... .... ~. DO.Preferenee ConsOl. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% — ........... 730 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...... .... ........... ...- Ditto, New, 40/ - Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 Ditto, New ,15/... ...... 15 .. Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares 5O 1 / 4 Shares Ditto. Fi 'fin ... 2 2 ( 3 ) .. ... 1 - 17!4:::. ................ :: ..-' ll Ditto, .. 00 ---- .........•••• • Ditto Ne v 17/... .••.. 15 ... .. ..•. ..... ..,..• ..-- Hull and : eby .. ...... 50 . .... ............... ,--• Ditto, Half Sha res ... 25 ...... •••• ......... --- Do. Quarter Shares... 12% ...... ... . ..... --- Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo - Do. do. M. B. 4 8... 98 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, % Shares - • 14 Do. Quarters ... 23% • ... ••••• ..... Do. Fifths... ... 10 - Do. Thirds ....... ...... . 16% — ........... ••• ...- Do. New Guarantied 6r er Cent.. Do. Liverp. and Bury 40 Ditto (Huddersfield —• ........... and Sheff.).. 5O .... Do. (W. Rldinf4 Unic,a) 10 ,•... ,„ .._ Do. (Pref,ton Wyre) 25 — ...... Do. l / 2 Sha - zes (A)... 10 Leedi and Bradford 6O Leeds and Thirsk 59 . - * Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 * ******* ************* ''''''''''''''''''' Do., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 - .......... Liverpool, Crosby and ... Southport . ......... 10 ..... .... London &Blackwall...ll/. 64. 3d ............... 90 1 A; 9234 25% .0 5 11' --- , 1 .-