The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., r HE OLD WORLD and the NEW. By Mrs. TROLLOPS. " In all reipects ene of the very cleverest and most interesting novela of the day." —Morning Herald. " A very clever novel, presorting in marked contrast The Old World anti the New during the eventful epoch out of which we are emerging."—Post. Henry Coiburn, P u blisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TIM ROYAL BRITISH. BANK will be IL OPENED fir BUSINESS, at 16, Tokenhouse-yard, as soon as the premises ant internal arrangements are completed. The rates of interest, &c., to be charged on advances, and allowed on ac counts and deposits, must of course vary with the state of the mar ket, and the value of money, which so frequently fluctuates; but at opening, the Directors propose that the following shall be their TERMS OF BUSINESS : Drawing or Current Accounts—One per cent. interest reckoned from day to day, to be allowed en all balances constant for six months, of 1001. and upwards; and two per cent. en all such balances exceeding 2001. ; but the permanent maintenance of any balance will not be insisted on. This point will be optional with the customer. Deposit Accounts—Three per cent. reckoned daily, on all deposits for six months, and the interest paid monthly, or accumulated half yearly, at the option of the depositor. Cash Credit Accounts will be granted to respectable parties, sup ported by two or more sufficient sureties as joint obligors, at five per cent. interest on advances, and one per cent. commission on the amount of the credit. Advances or Loans on Promissory Notes with marketable securi ties readily convertible, will be made at the rates proportioned to the nature and value of the security in each case. Discounts of Bills of Exchange will be at the rates of the day. Iternittan;:es will be made to, and Bills collected is, any place in England, Scotland, or Ireland, where there is a banter. Dividends, &c., will be received for customers or shareholders, without charge. No charge will be made for keeping accounts ; nor any fee nor gratuity allowed to be received from a customer or applicant by any one in the Bank's employment. Applications from several of the metropolitan districts for the es tablishment of Branch Offices, are now under consideration. Forms of applications for the opening of accounts, Ikc., on the commencement of business, are ready to be supplied at the Bask, or will be sent by post to any who may require them. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. G UARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. THE TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq , M.P. Honorary Directors. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. James Alex. Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-Square. James Nisbet, Esq., Beimers-street, Oxford-street. David Williams Wire, Esq., St. Swithin's-lane, City. In addition to the usual branches of Life Assurance especially framed to meet the circumstances of all classes and the g requirements of the age, this Company has a Guarantee Departmen eneral t ; the folloWing are a few of its advantages, viz.— Bonds for fidelity of trust, granted on terms below the usual rate. Private Sureties are by this method indemnified from their liabilities. Persons whose fidelity is guaranteed will participate in the profits arising from this department •f its business. Bonds for fidelity of trust granted either conjointly with Life As surance or otherwise. N.B.—Prospectuses and every information may be obtained at the Offices, 32, Ludgate-hill H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. B. Webster. Pole Lessee and Manager. Old BMMptoll. Mr. MACREADY will make his eighth appearance in London since his return from America, and commence his first series of his Fare well Performances previous to his retirement Item the stage at the end of June next. THIS EVENING, When will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready; Edgar, Mr. J. Wallack ; Earl of Kent, Mr. Stuart; Cordelia, Misa Reynolds. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN . The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the directi IS EVENING, on of, Madame Celeste. TH *ill be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. SUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. illghbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Sunbury, 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. Patti Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Freest Hopefhl, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Bummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LY Ck.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vcstda. Sole Lemee, Mr. Clvirles Ma•hews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A LADY IN DIFFICULTIES. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which a new comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MIN. To conclude with the comic Drama, called THE GARRICK FEVER. No wens Bow, hs. • Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. t ar-price L, any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. land, 13, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATIZE. M. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SOMNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. Weiss; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; A lessio, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Madame Feron ; Liza, Miss Julia lleaden ; and Amine, Miss Loaisa Pyne. After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. To coaclado with ESMERALDA. _ ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. U Ida 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 pi on unc,ed by the public press to be the m3st gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPIIET, in which Mr. W. West win appear. To be isitowed by an inimitablei pslay of CE- ES IN THE C EttCLE. by the first Equestrian tale nt of the day. To conclude with TEH DUMB DRIVER. Box-office open from Eleven tilt Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. I .IWIT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Turn DAY —Morning, 35 min. after 6 I Evening, 1 min. after 7 0- oftuow—voming, 36 min. after 7 I Evening, 17 min. after 8 T itE WEATHER.—Stat OFFICE, OCT. 24. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 62; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 30.19. WIND S.S.W.—very mild fine sunshiny weather. 4Z • - • .5; • A - • -s - - 41 , • ,4-41: • MC'S , "-..)V!‘ Ehentornt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1849. Nothing could more conspicuously illustrate the folly of those financial innovators who, beginning at the wrong end in their reforms, would diminish our military and maritime power, than the discrepancy existing between the French and English squadrons is the Mediterranean. While the British line-of-battle ships in that sea number merely seven, the French have fourteen, exactly double. To one English frigate the French have four. None of our corvettes or surveying vessels have penetrated beyond the Straits of Gibraltar; white our neighbours have, on the contrary, an efficient representative of each class. Both forces comprise, it is true, a couple of receiving ships or transports ; but whereas the English have two the French have three sloops. The difference in the steam power placed at the disposal of France and of England in the Mediterranean at this time is still snore remarkable, as showing the superiority of the former over ourselves, both in tonnage and numerically. Undoubtedly our solitary screw frigate may be taken as a sufficient tally to theirs ; and the same may be said of the screw schooners of which each possesses an excellent repress ntative. Unquestionably, moreover, we may claim the advantage, both in regard to screw cor vettes and to paddle steam gun vessels, the French having neither the ore nor the other, whereas we have one of the former and seven of the latter. Yet that petty superiority is infinitely more than counter balanced by the circumstance that to our two-paddle steam frigates the French have twelve, that to our three-paddle steam sloops the French have six, and that to our three-paddle steam packets the French, have no less than the large total cf twenty five Altogether the British maritime force now in the Mediteri aneen is estimated at just 13 sailing ships and 18 steamers, or a sum total of 31 vessels of all classes; while the French maritime forces in the Medi terranesn consist of more than double that amount, namely, of 24 sailing ships and 45 steamers, or a sum total - of 69 vessels of all classes. Assuredly, this simple, but striking, calculation is eminently deserving of attention. It is more than enough to indicate the correctness of those arguments which have received the sanction of, such a sea-captain as Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER and of such a land-captain as Field-Marshal the Duke of Wamsnsseroes. Remembering that they have written so energetically against the rash reduction of our two warlike professions ; remembering that one has insisted upon themaintenance of the army, Proper and that the other has required a more efficient °r ga. niaation of the nav y , we have no fear lest, in endea vouring - to illu s t rate the necessit y of that twofold f ore thought, we may be accused of aspiring to the notoriety of Alarmists. Such, indeed, we should imagine, could never be considered of ourselves, seeing that long before the appearance of the cele brated communication of his Grace the Commander in-Chief, and before the Conqueror of St. Jean d'Acre had commenced his recent series of epistles, we had enlarged again and again upon the absolute and urgent demand existing for the due support of both services, as well as the rashness, not to say the insanity, of any wholesale diminution in the number whether of our sailors or of our soldiers. Precisely at this period we are overshadowed, we will not say threatened, but overshadowed with the chance of a war between Russia and Turkey, a v which would inevitably eventuate in the siding of THE SUN, LONDON France and England with the SULTAN, and of Austria on the other hand with the AUTOCRAT. Looking, reward of their previous labours. It was indeed at gala day on the Great Southern and Western Railway. Ilis Excellency the Lora-Lieutenant, who iad long evinced the deepest interest in the welfare Ind prosperity of the concern, accompanied by a numerous party of noblemen and gentlemen, wit nessed the opening of the extension from Mallow, and the completion of the line of railway co►rmunica don from Dublin to Cork. Sir Jour MAcNEIL, with therefore, to the possibility of an outbreak being the sudden result of the emergency arising out of ABDUL MESCNID'S refusal of extradition, we find Grea' Britain anything rather than adequately represented in the Mediterranean by that force which has giver her her immense maritime supremacy. So inadequate indeed is her position in this regard, that France which is certainly a military rather than a maritime power, retains within the same sea a squadron exactly double the amount of the squadron possessed there by England. This too, be it remembered, on the morrow of a Revolution which is declared by its opponents to have diminished the energies and deteriorated the vigour of la grande nation ! The inference, we opine, is sufficiently mani fest ; and one we trust which will be taken into consideration by the Government as a counterpoise to the importunity of the wrong-headed members of an excellent association, the association of Financial Reformers, anxious to reduce as much as possible the sum (a sum at present we grant so extravagantly lavish) of the public expenditure. May the immi nence of the existing crisis open the eyes of those men to the preposterous folly of their demands — showing them that their duty as Financial Reformers should be directed almost exclusively to the re- arrange ment of the system of currency, and to the purga Lion of the abominable civil list ; but teaching them at the same time that to cripple the army, and more especially the navy of the country, is to crop the hair from the head of the political SAMPSON. Of one thing at any rate we are profoundly convinced, namely, that the people of England will not permit this treacherous clipping by any Demagogic Dimmers It cannot be forgotten how energetically the late Secretary of the Admiralty laboured to controvert the sophistical arguments advanced by the gentlemen solicitous to aid in a vast naval reduction. Most solicitous are we that the present Lord High Corn missioner of the lonian Islands will not himself lose a recollection of his previous efforts ; but that in his new capacity, and particularly bearing in mind his own pressing anxieties in regard to Cephalonia, he may be induced to enforce those efforts by a proper representation to the authorities at home in reference to the position of our navy in the Mediterranean. As to the nature of the probable recommendations of Sir STRATFORD CANNING we can labour under no uncertainty whatever. Sir ROBERT GARDINER we are satisfied would, as Governor of Gibraltar, corro borate the accuracy of the policy suggested by the Ambassador at Constantinople ; and his Excellency Mr. MORE O'FERRALL would be anything rather than disinclined to give the advice the authority of his coincidence, accompanied by the cordial agreement of his Excellency Mr. Wan, the Ambassador at the Court of Greece. How far such recommendations would be agreeable to Sir WILLIAM PARKER, the Commander in-Chief of the British squadron in the Mediterranean, we may conjecture from the known character of that gallant and distinguished officer, ever solicitous as he is to witness the advancement of the naval glory and greatness of England. The matter is deserving of the earnest consideration of these officials and of the Government, even supposing that events should prove that there exists no ne cessity for the presence of a British fleet in the Dar danelles. pardonable pride, exhibited the apparently insur mountable obstacles which he had overcome, and iwelt with friendly z2al upon the invaluable assist ance he had received from the indefatigable WILLIAM DARGAN. The train was moved backward and forward over the place where the entire road had been swallowed up, and where no foundation could be laid, until what might be termed a larch-wood raft was launched into the quagmire, on which the road was sustained. Lie train also stopped to inspect various colossal via ducts, more particularly that at Monard, consisting of seven arches, ninety feet high and forty-five feet span, the arching of which was not commenced until the 30th of August, and which was fully completed on the 30th of September. In the evening a magnificent entertainment was given at the Imperial Hotel, Cork, at which, his Excellency (for the first time) most worthily exercised the privilege of conferring the honour of knighthood on the excellent Chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. In returning thanks for the enthu3iatic manner in which his health had been received, in con- nexion with what has, unfortunately, been so long com paratively unknown, "Prosperity to Ireland," Lord CLARENDON happily seized on the allusion made by the Chairman to the assistance which bad been ren• dered by Government to this great national under taking. He expressed it as his belief that but for the loan which had been advanced by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, they would not hays reached Cork by railway at this time. But let us ask if " the prudent foresight" of the Minister in con senting to give a sum of money in this instance is deserving of such high commendation ? If that fore sight, " which determined to provide a ready market for the farmer," has been in the present case exer cised with so beneficial a tendency, opening a ready market to the agricultural interest, "connecting Limerick, Cork, and Dublin together," on what paltry grounds of false economy—most paltry, ill judged, and indefensible, considering the avowed importance and vast advantages resulting from the establishment of those great channels of communica tion—has the Government refused its aid to the Wa terford and Limerick line ? "It was to this," conti nued his Excellency, " they should look in the severe competition they (the farmers) had at present to undergo, and it was with a view to this that his Noble Friend had given their railway the money." Is, then, the condition of the agriculturists in East Munster so pre-eminently flourishing ? At e the farmers of that district so far more advantageously circum stanced than their favoured brethren, thus cheered and sympathised with by the Viceroy, that the teeming riches of the golden valley of the Suir, and the first rate capabilities and conveni ences of the splendid port of Waterford, are to be contemptuously passed over as un worthy of any measure of the fostering bounty ? More than once within this year we have adverted to the singular advantages which would ensue from the completion of the railway from Limerick to Waterford ; and once again we implore those chiefly interested therein to put their shoulders to the wheel- Is there no public spirit existing among the citizens cf Waterford and Clonmel to urge the directors to some exertion, or to have the affairs of the company conducted by competent and active hands ? Lord GLENGALL, we feel assured, is as eager and willing as man can be to promote this desirable object; but it is morally impossible for his unsupported efforts to be crowned with success. The active exertions of those whose local interests are at stake must be brought into the field, otherwise the continuance of the deplorable supineness hitherto evinced will ensure a great public detriment, and prove a source of deep and lasting regret to themselves. A free communication and ready access from place to place is justly regarded as one of the pri mary means of improvement in any country. If these be wanting—if there be an absence of the ordi- nary facilities of transit, the district, however favoured in :other respects, must still remain in a state of wild and primitive simplicity. Civilization cannot progress where there is but little or no in tercourse. There may be a sufficiency of the neces saries, but there can be none of the elegancies or luxuries of life. Each person will be restricted to the produce of his immediate vicinity, for the expense and;difficulty of conveying his crops to market will act as a practical prohibition to any interchange of commodities, and he cannot barter or exchange with his neighbour because they will have a superfluity of the very same articles which he himself could most easily dispense with, and the same description of goods will also be in request. Good roads, cheap and expe.. ditious modes of intercommunication, are therefore properly looked upon as the great, indeed, the indis pensable sources of national amelioration. While these great truths have been fully recognised in this country, while the most gigantic works have been .undertaken and rapidly carried into execution on this side of St. George's Channel, but little has been accomplished in the sister kingdom. Although the area and popula tion of Ireland respectively exceed one-half of the area and population of Great Britain, her railway mileage scarcely amounts to one-fiftieth part of that in actual operation in England and Scotland. It is true that the Legislative sanction had been obtained, several years since, for the formation of many ra ways in that country to the extent of 1,6171 miles, bu unfortunately but little more was done than procuring the preliminary Acts. Three only—the Dublin and Kingstown, the Dublin and Drogheda, and the Ulster Railway, 77i miles in all, had been completed ; and though some few of the others were slowly pro gressing, not a single sod had been turned, or a por tion of the work commenced in the great majority of instances. The financial difficulties which the nation had encountered during the disastrous period that intervened between the applications to Parliament and the present time, prevented the directors from obtain ing the necessary funds, and it became too painfully apparent that private enterprise was quite inadequate to supply the wants of the Irish community with re spect to railways. One project, and one only, has been steadily carried forward in a manner which reflects the highest credit on the directors, through whose indefatigable exertions it has been complete] within a time, and in a manner, that would merit the greatest praise even in this more favoured country. The Great Southern and S\Testern of Ireland—the trunk line par excellence of the sister kingdom—presented engineering difficulties of no ordinary magnitude. The extension from Mallow to Cork particularly required the utmost inge nuity to surmount the numerous impediments that opposed further progress. " The cuttings" were of the most formidable character, of immense depth, and through the hardest and most imprac ticable material. Indurated sandstone, had to be pene trated to a depth of no less than sixty feet for consi derable distances ; and this task, severe and arduous as it was undoubtedly, was trivial in comparison to the gigantic embankments and enormous viaducts which the nature of the county rendered essential. The master mind that planned, and the zealous and unflinching contractor that carried the works into execution, were not to be deterred by common obstacles. Sir Joins MACNEILL more than sustained the high reputation he had previously acquired, while WILLIAM DAuGAN proved how deeply mistaken are those who underrate the capa bilities of Irish industry. " A monument more durable than brass" has been erected which will redound to the honour and fame of all concerned in the magnificent undertaking. Neither were the directors cr shareholders wanting . on their part; the most judicious arrangements were made to prevent any loss of time or delay in the execution of the works. " The sinews of war," without which the most auspicious project must prove a total failure, were provided, notwithstanding the railway panic, and the high rate of interest for money which prevented even the best circumstanced companies from obtaining leans on anything like reasonable terms. It is true that national aid was afforded to this eminently National undertaking; a considerable advance was made from the public Exchequer at a moment of extreme embarrassment. No risk was, however, incurred of any loss to the Government; ample security was given for the repayment o f prin cipal and -interest ; the concern was per fectly solvent,—all that was required was that the wild panic a nd mind allowed dismaythat had taken possession of the publi c sh o u ld bbe assuaged,tothesh a reholders and tle et breathing time should be to recover from the losses they had sustained in co mmon with all their countrymen. The h e Govern ment overn m ent advance provided for both object s —th e neces sary encouragement, the needful respite were thereby supplied, and the auspicious result has exhibited in the strongest light the national advan tages attainable by a judicious exercise of the powers entrusted to the hands of the Government. On Thursday, the parties concerned reaped the rich WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24 1849. and Lieutenant PETIT, of the Gendarmerie Mobile. The weapon chosen by the c - embatents was the sword. The parties having been placed on the ground attacked each other with extraordinary fury. After some time they became completay exhausted end were forced to rest. Tiny recommenced, old, after a long contest, during which neither was wounded, the seconds disarmed them, when they shook hands. M. BAUME, a representative of the people, and M. BUYIGNIER, a barrister, acted es seconds to M. THOURET ; and M. WALLois, a half-pay lieutenant, and M. DUFAUR ' a landed proprietor, performed the same duty for Lieutenant PETIT. The lieutenant challenged the barrister in consequence of the latter having told him during the state trials at Versailles that he was unworthy to wear the French uniform. The High Court resumed its proceedings on Mon day morning. The evidence of M. ERNEST GREGOIRE, a physician, excited much interest. The counsel for the defence and some of the prisoners endeavoured, in order to neutralise his evidence, to show that M. GREGOIRE was a police agent. The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, OCT. 22. The market has not been very animated to-day, but prices have been pretty well maintained; Threes closing at 55f. 75c., and Fives at 881. sc. The market closed as ‘follows:—Threes, for cash, 551. 80e.; for account, 551.75 c.; Fives, for cash, 881. 10c.; for account, 88f. 5c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,327 f. 50c.; Neapolitan, 88f.; Spanish not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been also dull, prices having varied but little. Orleans closed at 7271. 50c. ; Rouen, 525 f. ; Havre, 238 f. 75c.; Avignon, 217 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 292 f. 50c.; Strasburg and Bale, 101 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4021. 50c; Northern, 4281. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 347 f. 50e.; Nantes, 2821. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TdE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Oar. 23. Northern of France, 3 dis. Paris and Strasbourg, 43/4 SPAIN. rassment and of danger. A corporal of a Roman regiment named CLAUDI has teen condemned to a year's imprisonment by one of the Freileb courts martial for attacking a French oldier. He had been previously condemned to death by another court for a similar crime, but the sentence had been quashed through some informality. This fresh decision is a proof of the strict impartiality of the French military jurisdiction." The Ministerial crisis still continues at Turin. In Naples the terror was every day increasing in consequence of the violence of the Government. Every day fresh arrests were taking place, and no one telt safe. The Government papers were fined I with abuse of England and diatribes against Lord PALMERSTON for his dispatch on the affairs of Sicily. The KING and Royal Family had left Naples, and taken up their residence at the Palace of Caserta. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. It is said that to avoid all occasion of raising a discussion on the question of the renewal of relations with England, the Cortes will be opened without a speech from the throne, so that there will be no necessity for an address. MADRID BorSA, OCT. 18.—Three per Cents., 271; Five per Cents., 111, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 40 money. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. A conference of Ministers took place at Schon brunn on the 18th, relative to the demand made on Turkey for the extradition of the Hungarian re fugees. The British Ambassador attended the con ference. The chiefs of Servia have presented the following to the EMPEROR, as expressing the wishes of the nation : _ _ _ " That the Servian Waiwodie be declared a st Ite of the Crown ; that the Emperor shall assume the title of Grand Waiwode ; and that the limits of the Waiwodie be settled according to the former privileges and the re solutions of the nation of the Ist and 3d May, 1848. This last point is explained in the following terms : The territories indicated are the seat of the establish ment of the Servians, which they occupied after having wrested Hungary from the 'finks. The Servia Waiwode claims these territories according to historical moan meats and iwprescriptible rights. If it is withed that the Servian nation should have any Importance these terri tories must he conceded to it." It was rumoured in Prague that General ScuLicK, who arrived there on Oct. 16, would be appointed Civil and Military Governor of Hungary. Accounts from Semlin of the 11th state that General HOUSLAB arrived there on the 11th, and immediately set of for Widdin. It is asserted that he is gone to Turkey peremptorily to demand the delivery of the Magyar chiefs. Other accounts state that he was the bearer of an amnesty. SAXONY. The Legislative Assembly is convoked for the 30th instant. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Stoats Anzieger of the 21st announces the nomination of General Von PEUCKER to the post of military governor of Westphalia and the Rhenish provinces. On the 20th, the First Chamber disposed of the whole Bth chapter of the constitution "of the finances," by adopting articles 98 to 103, whereby, as will be seen from the text of the first of these articles, the principle of annually submitting the budgets to the investigation and assent of the Chambers is recog nised, as it should be, tempered, however, by a clause which declares the votes and credits of the previous to be voted for the current year, should circumstances prevent the fixation of the budget within the prescribed period. The latter clause was only carried by a majority of three, there being 70 ayes and 67 noes. This article runs thus All the receipts and expenditures of the State must be determined each year by anticipation, and entered in the budget. The latter must be annually determined by a law. All extraordinary disbursements require the subsequent assent of the Chambers. In case the defii.i tive settlement of the budget for the ensuing financial period (year) should be delayed beyond its commence ment, the budget last voted shall remain in force—not exceeding twelve months." This and the sister articles having been the principal obstacle to progression in the work of revision, involving as they do most indisputably a vital c onstitutional question, it is to be hoped the Chamber will now be enabled to advance more rapidly with the forty-five of fifty articles which remain to be voted. In the Second Chamber the debate on the Industry Regulation Bill wa s revived at Art. 24 . The whole ofj the remaining clauses, in all seventy-seven, were then agreed to without discussion, and the House adjourned its definitive vote until Monday next." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Ditto, ditto CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Ditto Half Shares The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed Ditto Quarters 22% — to Ditto Fifths... lO ...„, 314 x to with an upw and tendency. The sales were 12,000 bales of e hick speculators took one•half. Compared with r D jl o l . 4 :k l ow hir l;76 . p - e ' r - c ' e ' n ' t * . 3 1 6 0 1 ?‘ - Fi id sy 's rates, prices of American are id. Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 per lb., Egyptian id. to id., and Surat id. per lb. Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 d: arer. The transactions comprised 10,000 American, Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... . 300 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d., 400 Egyp- Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Lien at 7d. to 7i,1., 500 Surat at 4id. to 5d., and 60 Sea Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Islands at is. Oid. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a limited Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk business was done at firm prices. Do. , Prefer., 6 per Cent. 5 Do. Pre'. Quarter , 1848... 9 • • In Mark-lane to-day business is dull as respects all descriptions of grain. The arrival of foreign wheat are Liverpool,Crosby,and South- to 1,440 quarters, of barley 1,250 quarters. port. in a communication from Brazil we :are told—" Our Lo-idon & P.1aekwa11......11/.65.3d — coffee crop proves worse even than any one expected. Load., Bright.,& South Ccastlo) One planter, whose crops last year were 50,000 arrobas Do., New FL, gua. 6pr Ct.loo ..„.,125 (10,000 bags), will only this year have 8,000 arrobas. Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 ..... 10 There are many in the same situation, and some even Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... worse; none will make half a crop. Europe will require Ditto, ditto 1852 50 . to so much, that the United Sates will not get two-thirds of London and Greenwich... 1 9 1. 1 4 . 5 ... to last year's supply, and people must be finally convinced Ditto Preference 2O London ts North Western.....loo ......113 113% to 112 that there can be a short crop in Brazil, and that pro- Do. New Quarters. duction is less than the consumption. The quantity Do. Fifths shipped to the Unitted States sinco the Ist instant is Do. 40t.Sharez.....L. &M 35 — to 31,000 bags, and about 10,000 more may be cleared Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 prior to the let of September, leaving n deficiency of London and S. Western...—. 50 40,000 bags, for the months of :July and August, corn- Ditto, New 504 .. ..... 42%...,.. pared with the shipments of the same month in 1845. Ditto, New 40/ 34 From information derived from sources which I consider Do., New Scrip,lB4B, Pref. reliable, I have no doubt the incoming crop of coffee in 7 per Cent .. 5 .... OA to --- Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 this country is short—certainly to the extent of one- Do. Half Shares third, and very possibly as much as one-half. The crop Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — of Java is also known to be short — from one - t hird to Do., Half Shares ...... to .... one-half. These facts as to short crops in the two Lewestoff, guar. 4 Ter ct 25 principal coffee-growing countries in the world, coupled Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 .....„ as they are with small stocks and improving prices in &Tench, Buxton, & Matlock 5 Europe, small stocks and light receipts with you, must Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 certainly give you unusually high prices the coming Ditto !,1 Shares(No. 1) ... 23 season. Good firsts and superiors aro now here 3,900 to Ditto , ditto (No. 2) 25 — to i 4,000. dollars." Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12% ...... 101. Preference.. 10 ..... In the American letters delivered after our report was Ditto,Cgo.' New Grimsby & Sheffield 50 — to made up, the following is stated as being at New York, 1 0, ditto. Ditto, . 19 the value of the dry goods imported for the week ending Ditto, ditto Friday, and the amount deposited at and withdrawn Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22%...... from the United States warehouse:— Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 MOVEMENTS IN FOREIGN DRY GOODS. Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4i. 25.... Imports. Warehoused. Witbdn. Mid1and............ ........ -.100 Dolls. Dolls. Dolls. Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Manufactures of wool ... 169,340 17,066 39,294 Ditto.:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 Do. cotton . 71,931 2,702 3,654 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Do. silk ... 175,645 2,626 22,738 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Do. flax ... 60,557 17,324 5,725 Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Miscellaneous Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... - Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 ..... Midld. Great Western (Irish) JO Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ..... Newmarket ... ~....... 23 - Total The value of merchandise exported from this port for the week ending Friday was 580,563 dolls. The value of merchandise and specie imported into this port for the month of September was 7,281,987 dolls., the duties on which amounted to 1,583,713. The Continental advices are of a meagre character: Mercantile affairs generally were tolerably prosperous. At Vienna, on the 19th inst., the exchange on London was 10 50, and Austrian Stock was quoted 95. The Amster dam Bourse on Monday was quiet. There was a fair demand at the commencement of business for the Two and-a-Half per Cents., but they became feebler after ' wards. The India overland mail will be dispatched this even ing. The amount of bills drawn in London by the Honourable East India Company, from the 7th inst., up to yesterday, was 134,587/.195., including 116,921/. Is. 9d. on Bengal, 16,8291. 19s. Bd. on Madras, and 836 L 17s. 7d. on Bombay. The average weekly circulation of bank notes in England for the month, to the 6th ult., was 6,039,5401. for the private ar,d joint-stock banks. I The Stock Marl‘ct has been exceedingly quiet, and there is not the least fluctuation. Consols realise 92 to for Transfer, and 92i- 4 for Account. The Now Three- and-a-Quartcr per Cents. have been 92 to k, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 901 to 91. Bank Stock is worth 1981. Exchequer-bills have remained at 435. to 464. premium, and East India Bonds have fluctuated from 793. to 823. premium. Ia the Foreign Market there is not the least activity. M,xican Stock is dull at 26t 4. The amount required by Messrs. Schneider and Co., in order to complete thr, dividend, is 6,9871; the total requisite to complete the remaining instalment being 64,6501. Complaints are made at the delay in the rendering from Mexico of more specific accounts concerning the tobacco and silver revenue. Portuguese Fuur per Cents. have been 33; Dutch Four per Cents. are 82i to 82g. It is with great satisfaction we note a further im provement in the market for Railway Shares. The cur rent report this morning is that the weekly return of the North-Western line will exhibit a decided improve ment in the traffic, and that other of the companies will also show better when the next accounts are made up. This is not improbable, looking at the fine weather ; but besides traffic, which is of course the grand element of success, a change in the direction of many of the railways is urgently desired in order to revise the whole system of management, and give confidence. Unless this takes place, as far as we can ascertain the prevalent feeling, a Government auditor, under certain restrictions, will become a mere favourite idea; because, as the Ditto Extension Scrip... V. 12s — to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen. ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, ana Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 Norfolk 100 Ditto New 201. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... ...... . 25 - Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 4 — to Do. Quarters 6 I,E ••.... .•"•• to Ditto Thirds;..... - Ditto, Preference North Statiordshire... North Wales - North Western 1 3 3 /1 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton .......1......... 50 Reading, Guildtd., Er. Reigate 15 Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central: 25 ... - x.i. to Scottish Midland ... ........ - Ditto, New.- 2 2 IA — to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ...... Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto,' New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury End Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. W . *Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Uswestry IVA...-. •••• to Ditto ,New)... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 - Shropshire Union 514 ... .. South Devon .. 5O „.... - Ditto, Preference South Staflordshire... South Eastern Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3.* 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. - South Wales 43 South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 14 1 A — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 7 Taw Vale Extension ........ 8 Thames Haven Dock and holders conceive, it would give a steadier market value to their property, and even invest it with some of the advantages appertaining to Government Securities. For our own part, we do not see why an official accoun tant, appointed by the shareholders, and paid by a vote from them, in order to secure inde pendence of the directors, would not answer the same purposes as a government functionary; but some hind of audit, after the exposures of " falsifi cation" we have lately been startled with, is absolutely requisite. Compared with yesterday, the rise in Caledonian shares is about .i . ; in North-Western, 2 to 3; South- Western, i- to 1; Midland, 1; North Stafford, 1; South- Eastern, I; and York and Berwick and York and North Midland, each i ; Eastern Counties are without change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 1 Bank Stock 198 1 /s 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 0 34 91 90 3 / 4 8 per Cent. Consols Anns 92 92 1 ,E • New 3% per Cent. Anne. 92 92% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1460 B% 8 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Octl 0, 1859 -16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 6O 82 79 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ... ...... ......... 92%% Exchequer Bills. Iliid. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. Small — 43 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B 3 l /$ Mexican 80nt5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild --- Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates DifiiilNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK ltAuarAus. PAID. Pun SMARM. 't berdeen Ditto, Preference I.mber., Notting., Boston, &c ky rshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 26% .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 .3irmingitam & Oxford J tmct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birnaingham,'Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 BirEsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — 6irkenbead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2O &stun, Stamf., & Birming...7l. 4s — to Bristol and Exeter . 9O Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- 17% 15%...... to 2aledont an 5O .....13% 14% to 13% Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 8% .'1... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - atster and Holyhead 5O ..... - , Ditto, Preference ,21arence. I Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 . ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 3irect London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin andßelfast Junction.. 40 ' Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% — to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., god L.. & D ... .....,_ . Ditto, 181., E. &11 lB ... .. Do, 3/. 10s., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastera Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d...% dis. x.d. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... 4% to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 East Lancashire ... Ditto, New ... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 68.8 d — .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do. Preference Consolidated ...... .. to Great Northern Do. 1 /. A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E — Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 7 1 / 2 ...... 5 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 47% __ to Great North of England......wo • .... to Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... ..... —. ... . to Ditto, New 304 ......... ... 0 Ditto, New 151-- ... Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 7 Elul' and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Di tto,Quarter Shares 1 2 1,( — ...,.. to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds ... Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto, 51. 13. &13 ... 86 - —. - --------- _ _ . Railway ... 17 1 ,4 — to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%... .. .... Waterford,Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin .. Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. Do. do. do. - West Cornwall 6 — to -- Nhitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. - Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 - _ __ Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 — ...... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 11 1 4% .. to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S De.llartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 - I' ork and North Midland .. 50 - Ditto, Preference lO - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6 172 — - Boulogne and:Amiens 2O .. ••• 514..... to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) - Demerara. ......... ........ ... 17 1 ,x --• - Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 .•..•• ...... to -- Do. Do los. Louvain ala Sambre ...,..... 7 1 4 — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege... . Northernlot France 14185..... dis ... to -- Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. 23 Paris and Orleans.— 2O ...... to Paris and Rouen 20 - Paris & Strasbourg ...,.. ..... 12 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — - Tours & Nantes ... ... ..... .. 13 - Tourney, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell - •••.•• .. 20 •••••• ..... •••••. to ...." ... --- - - West Flanders 83 4 to -- Ditto ... Bl4 — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ... 4O ..... ...... to -- British North American 6O ...... - Colonial Commercial of London 20 — London Joint Stock ...., - London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New - National of Ireland 22% .. .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New - Union of Australia 25 _ .. - Ditto, New ... 2% .,.... to --- Union of London .. 10 - Union of Madrid 40 NINES. Anglo Mexican loo_ ••• ••• - to - AS turian ........ .••••• ••• ..... 15 ~.••• - Australian ...... Barrosea Range 2Ba. ...... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrin — — to British Iron . l2 - Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ••• 24/, - ..... to -- Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper General Real del Monte. Unregistered .., Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... Santiago de Cuba lO ...... 5 ... « to - United Mexican COURSE OF Amsterdam 12 3% Ditto, at sight ••• • • • 12 136 Rotterdam ••••• • 25 Antwerp • ..... .• •• •• • • *- I.lamburgh ...... M.B. 13 133, Altona •• •• •• Paris, 3 days'sight • 25 55 Ditto, 3 months .. •. 25 7234 Marseilles •••••• • • •• •• 25 75 Bourdeaus • 25 75 Frankfort on Mains.... 12214 Petersburgh, SU. Rble.. 36k Berlin • • .. • • ...... • ... Vienna, effec. f 10...... 11 0 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 0 Madrid .............. ,„, Cadiz 7 0 '? Bilbao ...• Barcelona •• • Srrille•• •• •• •. •• •• •., EXCHANGE. io a Gibraltar •.......;• si r Leghorn .............. r ..c 4 0 Genoa ................ / 5111 an .. • .... .• • • Venice.... .. .......• .• •• t Naples ........ „ .... 1 11 "' Palermo, p5r0z........ - l e g : Messina .........• • • • • ' Lisbon...... ...... • • • • • • 0' 0p0rt0...... ss ss ss .... / Rio Janeiro • ........ • • / Buenos Ayres .. ••• • • 1 I New York, 21 days'sight • 'or Philadelphia .... •• •• • •,a - t ss PRICES or ouLLioN, .:--- 0 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 '„ 0. Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 " C n 0 Spanish Doubloons • • , s - A 117 New Dollars ••.• •• u - n 4 Silver la bars ........ - THE RIVER PLATR...--.LIVERPOOL, TUESDA I * --- th e the Novelty we h ave a d v i ces from Buenos Ayreo to ' ) 0 24th of August. The Government of the Argo' , 1 00 Republic had issued a decree on the 22d prohibiting) tercourse between that republic and ParaguaY• ► th e proceeding had considerably damped business' P OU market for goods was much depressed. The d,r,„, ; 61 still continued in the country, which materially scl4 the general depression. Produce was scarce. hides were quoted 50 dollars per pessada; Bo" di dollars 4 per arroba. Exchange, 2)v per dollar. ) The 134 I) THE ALLEGED MURDER AT CHELSEA _' Til e tC t oo' found off Erith on Tuesday, which was suppose d ; that of the man M ' Gouran, whose robbery an d t f og quent disappearance have caused much excit or 0 ; d o, Chelsea, was identified, upon examination, as the T j - 0 ,;1 3 e of a person named Desmond, who, with his wife fod, were drowned off Alderman Stairs on the 2 0 th U 'iroe"eo inquest was opened, and the identity having been i v& evidence was given proving the occurrence to he accidelattil. LLC Lo: r PLI TEI ters, I On DE. Sur driven habe paratc Srn Freric wick. ris, II Quebe bnowd Prince River, Jamaii MA Oat St Beane rrititsl Scotch Irish I' oTei g 1 —____ A 45,67 35,25 excee Leav3 pock( New 11/; ' 2/ 1G; Ou declit Mutt Pork CR Ch their T 1 of N for ti . - his c vacs Pare atEtn !nit' dee( int( in g a p ing Th, eon •4 UHE FRENt.3I - 1. REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Patric publishes the following:— " Several Representatives mentioned to•day at the Assembly the arrival of an important dispatch from Vienna. We have been able to extract the following passages from it, the correctness of which we can gua rantee:--‘ It is England which excites this sad affair in the East; for the language of the new French Plenipo tentiary, M. Gustave de Beaumont, is more moderate than that of Lord Ponsonby, the representative of the English Government at Vienna. And nevertheless, we may observe to the latter Power (England) that after the late executions at Cephalonia, which amount in number to more than 100, her Ambassador acts with bad taste in constantly talking of humanity. It is, moreover, considered as certain at Vienna, that if France continues to observe the same moderation in her language as she has hitherto done, there is no doubt but that the affair will be terminated pacifically. It is only menace which can lead to a fatal war. M. de Lacour, the ex-Charg4 d'Affaires of France, has just left for Paris; he is generally regretted at Vienna, where he had acquired confidence from the kindness and distinc tion of his conduct. He is the bearer of dispatches for the French Government, which lead to the hope that peace will be maintained.' " It is evident from the above that the parti pretre of the French Cabinet would fain give up KOSSUTH and his companions to the tender mercies of the two Red EMPERORS. We have frequently said that the enmity of this party to England has more of a reli gious than of a political character, and an article which appears in the Univers corroborates our assertion. The Univers, it should be recollected, is the organ, not only of the parti pretre of France, but of the Jesuits all over the world ; it is read by them in whatsoever country they may be located, and its hints and inuendoes are at once acted upon openly, where possible; covertly, where to act openly might be dan gerous; its intimate connexion with the Propaganda at Rome is notorious, therefore it may be presumed that every article published by the Univers in rela tion to religious matters has been well weighed and considered. Now, in the Univers of yesterday we find a long article, in which it is declared that Socialism is e child of Protestantism, and to destroy Protestantism is therefore the only effectual method of restoring " order." It will certainly not be the fault of these reverend priests of order if a new St. Bartholomew is not organised in . France, to be held up as an example by a modern Pope Pius, and to be eulogised by u future M. DE FALLOUI. M. DE FALLOUX has proposed a subscription for the publication of a cheap edition of the speeches of MM. DE MONTALEMIIERT and ROZIEEE on the Roman question, and the Bishop of LANGRES, writing to the Anti de, la Religion, proposes that the report of M. TRIERS should be added to them, in order, says the Bishop; to theA mi de la Religion, says that "All men of heart, all those who belong to the great party of order, all those who are devoted to the glory of the country and the Cause of the Church, representatives, priests, citizens, may unite in this testimonial of sympathy, of admiration, and of patriotism." Notwithstanding this episcopal eulogium, M. aTRIERShisa absent f seemsljsenese was a hat ashamed of his position. lie eras re th m e ark A e s d sem o b n. Assembly C y a e n ster i d t a b y e , that the conviction of falsehood branded on his fore head by the declaration of the municipality of Havre has abashed this worthy son of the Church? Courage ! M. TRIERS ! Courage ! your new friends will soon teach you the art of equivocation so effectually that it shall never again be necessary for you, in order to disguise the honest truth, to have recourse to such a vulgar expedient as the utterance of a plain palpable falsehood. The National, adopting as a heading the phrase of M. DE MONTALEMIIERT, " The POPE always pardons," publishes the following extract from a letter dated Bologna, October 8, which appears in the official journal of Rome of the 11th : " MIGANI SANTE, surnamed the drummer, aged 21 years, a native of Bassano, married, and the father of a family, having escaped from the prison of Forli, and having been arrested armed with a poignard, was condemned on the Pith, by the military commission sit ting at Bologna, to be killed by powder and ball, and the sentence was executed the same day. There were also condemned at the same sitting, and in each case unanimously, RONDELLI DOMENICO, aged 38 years, married, the father of a family ; CORDIER, native of Bologna, to three years' imprisonment with hard labour for having been found each with a knife in his possession; MARIANI GursErre, aged 21, a waiter in a coffee-house at Cesena, for having a pistol in his possession, to three years' imprisonment with hard labour ; CIIIARINI GUISEPPE, aged 28 years, native of Santalusa in the Government of Faensa, having been convicted of having in his possession a pocket knife, has, in consequence of his previous good con duct, been sentenced to only six months' impri sonment." Most certainly, as M. DE MONTALAMBERT:ObSerVeS, " the POPE always pardons." A. duel was fought on Monday afternoon in the Forest of Bondy between M. IliQUltgry a ,barrister, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Tb e German journals publish a declaration from the clergy, dated Schleswig, Oct. 17, in which they positively refuse to recognise the Government Com mission ; they .decline more especially to co-operate in the publication of the ordonnance which declares that the duchy shall be governed in the name of his Majesty the King of D ENMARK . Th e Danish journals state that Prince FREDERICK of Hesse is gone from Cassel to Vienna, on an affair of much importance. Some of the journals say that the Prince is to be affianced to his cousin, a daughter of the Duke cf CAMBRIDGE. Fedrelandet says that Colonel lionGEs has received orders from his Government to take up his residence at Flensbur g , an d t o urge Prus s ia to the complete carrying out of the armistice. RUSSIA. The Pairie of last night publishes a letter from St. Petersburgh, dated October 6, which states that FUAD EFFENDI, the Envoy Extraordinary from the Porte, bad not then been received by the CzAR. The writer adds that, notwithstanding the impediment caused by the rumours respecting the movements of the English and French fleets, the general impression was that peace would not be disturbed ; that FUAD EFFENDI will return with the prospect of a possible arrangement. "On his arrival at Constantinople he will cause passports for England to be delivered to the refugee chiefs, and this done, a conciliatory note will be forwarded to St. Petersburgh. England will have received a note in reply to that which sha addressed to the Russian Cabinet. The tone of that note was very moderate, and that of M. DE: NESSELRODE is equally so. Nevertheless there is at bottom, in both, some irritation." ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 12th inst. says :—" A notification from the Committee of Cardinals has just appeared, ordering the calling in and reimbursement of the bare metal coin and of the bonds of the Republic below one crown, and at the same time the substitu tion of Pontifical bonds for those of the Republic, with a diminution of 35 per cent. This notification, moreover, permits the purchase with the abolished bills, at the tariff of the day, of the consolidated stock of the appanage, and establishes a sinking fund of 300,000 crowns a year. 13y_ these means the paper money will disappear in a short time. A. report has been put in circulation that the cholera had broken out at Civita Vecchia. This is an invention for the purpose of causing discontent in the minds of the Roman people from the idea that the disease had been brought here by the French. Notwithstanding the absence of any quarantine regulations, the cholera has not appeared in the Roman States, although in some towns in Lombardy and T u scany, which were subjected to sanitary regulations, it has been very violent. Other malevolent reports have been spread at Rome, which have been also contradicted by events. The movement of the Spanish troops, who occupy Terni and Velletri, furnished a pretext for one of those ill-intentioned gossiptegs. They were said to be advancing on Rome to drive out the French. All this rumour ended in a splendid dinner given by General ROSTOLAN to the Spanish General CORDOVA, who has just arrived in Rome, and in the evening the band of ono of the French re giments performed a serenade under the windows of the Spanish General's hotel. The move ment of the Spanish troops was inenly caused by a wish to rid the neighbourhood of some bands of brigands which infested it. Cardinals LAM BRUSCHINI, MAI, and ORIOLI, are expecied here in a few days to take the direction of the ecclesiastical congregations confided to them. According to well-founded conjecturer the arriv.ll of these car dinals announces the speedy return of the POPE. It is very desirable that this event should take place as soon as possfhle, as it will be the only means of putting an end to a state of things full of tram.- THE HOP DUTY. The following is an account of the Duty on Hops of the growth of the year 1849, for the undermentioned districts distinguishing the old from the new duty:— Districts. Barnstaple ... Derby ... Gloucester Grantham ... Harts Isle of Wight ... Lincoln ... Stourbridge Suffolk ... Sussex ... Wales (middle)... Duty. £LO 13 94 10 1 2i ••• 5 0 1 .•• 4 6 74,- ... 6,622 3 W I .. 2,510 1 9 ... 253 13 ... 653 7 7i ... 351 8 Oi ... 35,250 9 6 1 3 3i ••• J:;45,672 8 8 Old duty at 1 12-I'od. per 1b.... 25,011 9 31 8-20 New duty at 8.20 d. per 1b.... 18,486 14 8,, 12-20 Additional duty of 5 rer cent. per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 2,174 4 8 £45,672 8 8 The above aro the only districts from which the returns have reached this office. Those for the other districts will be published as soon as received. CHARLES S. HAWTHORNE, Assistant to Accountant and Controller-General. Inland Revenue-office, Broad•street, Oct. 23. CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The infant son of Lord and Lady John Russell was christened in the Royal Chapel in Windsor Castle this day, in the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Earl of Carlisle, and Lady Mary Abercromby, were the sponsors. The Earl of Carlisle and the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell arrived at the Castle today, and will have the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. Lori and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. R. and Lady Mary Abercromby, will also have the honour of joining the royal party at dinner. Lord James Hay transacted business on Monday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Carlisle left town yesterday morning for Windsor Castle. EIEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen Dowager remained in a Favourable state during the whole of yesterday. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. Yesterday the committee of the whole Court of Aldermen assembled at the Guildhall, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of her Majesty at the Coal Exchange on the 30th instant. The Commissioner of Police was heard upon his plan for stopping the several streets in the locality of the coal market, and it was resolved that the Com missioner should make all the necessary regulations for preserving a free passage through Thames-street and the adjoining streets, and take all other measures he may consider necessary connected with the ar rangements for the due reception of the Queen. It was ordered that the architect should make what ever provision the Commissioner of the City Police might think requisite upon the occasion. The architect was heard with respect to the ar rangements for the landing of her Majesty at the C ustom - house. The Lord Mayor was requested to put the Water Bailiff and Harbour Masters in communication with Commodore Eden as to the river arrangements. The committee of the Corporation appointed to make preparations for the reception of the Queen assembled and sat at the Guildhall during the whole day. Their business consisted of matters of detail, which remain as yet without form. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Wellington have accepted the invitation of the Corporation. Yesterday the following placard was ordered to be published : " DUKE, MAYOR. " OPENING Or THE COAL EXCIIANGE! " Mansion-house, Oct. 23. " The Lord Mayor begs to take the earliest opportu nity of giving notice that no steam-boat or other vessel, barge, or other craft, will be permitted to come higher up the river than Irongate•stairs, and in like manner all steamboats or other vessels, barges, or other craft, going down the river will not be permitted to navigate lower than the public landing-places at Westminster bridge, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. on Tues day, the 30th instant, when the Queen has been gra ciously pleased to intimate her Majesty's intention to visit the city by water. " NATHANIEL SAUNDERS, " Water Bailiff and Sub Conservator." We are authorised to state that the Lord Mayor has received an intimation from Windsor Castle that her Majesty, desirous of gratifying the citizens of London, will be graciously pleased to allow their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal to accompany the Queen upon the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the City on Tuesday heat. This announcement, we feel assured, will occasion great delight and satisfaction to all classes. We understand that the offices held by the late Mr. G. E. Anson, of Privy Purse to her Majesty and Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, have been conferred upon Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, hitherto Equerry to her Majesty and Private Secretary to his Royal Highness, which posts he resigns. He will be succeeded in the office of Private Secretary to the Prince by Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, one of the Equerries to her Majesty. PARIS, MONDAY.--The Italian Opera is announced to commence its season here on the Ist of November, a month behind its usual time • but the company is poor, and nothing is expected better than a renewal of the miserable state of things of last year—poor performances, ill-dressed audiences, and a probable stoppage before the season is half over. And yet the prestige of a good Italian Opera was never so much required as at present. It was for some time hoped that Mr. Lumley, who is known to have all the talent of Italy at his command, would be the director, the President and the principal members of the Government being anxious to secure the great im presario, with a view to restore this theatre to its ancient splendour, as a proof of the returning pros perity of the capital. Mr Lumley, however, declined the direction, unless completely unrestricted by con ditions, or the engagements entered into by M. Ronconi, who held the privilege the latter part of last winter, and who will now make the bold attempt to recommence the season, with what success a few weeks will show. In the meantime the unfortunate Parisians are deprived of the pleasure of hearing Sontag, of whom they have been raving for the last three months. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—AII sorts of incor rect reports are in circulation in the French, German, and English papers, as to the whereabouts and desti nation of the squadron under the immediate personal command in chief of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.B. One authority places it at Malta, another at Corfu, and a third announces the arrival of a squadron of observation in the Bosphorus, and counts the number of guns fired as a salute. We may state, for the information of our readers, that the fleet, consisting of the Caledonia, 120; Howe, 120 ; Queen, 116 ; Prince Regent, 90 ; Powerful, 84 ; Vengeance, 84 ; Thetis, 36 ; Dragon, 6, steam frigate; Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, were at Corfu on the 4th instant, and were about to sail for Athens that day. The Odin, 12, steam-frigate, was the only man-of. war sent to Constantinople, and she arrived there with dispatches on the 3d. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., off Leghorn, has been ordered to join Sir W. Parker's squadron at Athens. The gallant Admiral will then have seven sail of the lino with him, mounting 692 guns, with nearly 6,000 men.—Heruld. RUMOURED ABOLITION OF THE BOARD OF ORD• NA!iCE.—It is confidently rumoured that the Government seriously contemplate abolishing the Board of Ordnance, and that the entire control of this branch of the service will be vested in the Commander-in-Chief and in two officers, to be called the Comptroller of Ordnance Store Accounts, and the Comptroller of Ordnance Cash Ac counts. What gives additional strength to this state ment is the fact that the office of Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, vacant by the death of Mr. Byham, has not been yet filled up, and will not, it is stated, be filled up till the Army Finance Committee have made their report in 1850 or 1851. THE FIRE AT HOXTON.—It was yesterday ascer tained that the young female who was missing at the lire in Hoxton, and who it was learcd bad lost her life, had succeeded in effecting her escape from the burning premises, and had taken shelter in the houso of a neighbour.