The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE OLD WORLD and the N EW. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. " fp. all respects one. of the very cleverest and most interesting notch , of the day, whether its interesting story be considered, its animated and sparkling dialogues, or the astute reflections of the author on men and manners."—Elerald. "A very clever novel, presenting in marked contrast The Old World and the New during the eventful epoch out of which we ara emerging."—Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboronzb-qtrest. TM:A.IHE ROTAL HAYMARKET. R. Webster, Agi le Lessee and Manager. Old Itrornoton Mr.MACRE I.DY will make his fifth appearance in London since his return from America, and commence his first series of his Fare well Performances previous to his retirement from the stage at the end of June next, THIS EVENING, When will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Mac tuff, Mr. Stuart; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner. After which, THE SWISS COTTAGE. 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 direction of Madame Celeste. TFIIS EVENING. Will he performed THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Mysterious Str, +tiger, Madame Celeste. To he followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS.BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ill.libury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews Mrs. Highhury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, lir. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher. Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To concluda with THE TURNPIKE-GATE. P.OYM. LYC .U3l THEATRE. Unle: the Management of Madame Vestrti. role Lessee. Mr. Char!e-i Mathews. THIS EVENING, _ . _ Will be performed a new comic drama, called A LADY IN DIF FICULTIES. To be followed by THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To con. lude with USED UP, in which Mrs. Hamby will appear. Dress :coxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No Gal =mice lny part of the hone. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alloroft, 11, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S T HEAT I:I.:. Mr. J. M. Maddox, , kole Lee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled THN FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with a new farce called THE MAJOR'S DAUGHTER ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHE.A.TRZ. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. , der the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen , his Royal Highness Prince klbert, Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Propket, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and p on unced by the public press to be the m)st ge - geous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. ro ue intlowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C RCLE. by the first E piestrian talent of the day. Tn conclude with the favourite Farce of THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Pox-oftice open troll Eleven till Font. ~t rs.re Mansurer, Mr. W. West. IGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOE. Tire DAT —lf , rrOne, 23 min. after 2 I Evening, 40 min. after 2 To-'.`oeanw—•••ornine, 55 mm. after 3 I Evening. 15 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCT. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Hiehest, 49; Noon, .59 BAROMETER, 29.93. WIND S.W.—very mild fine weather; rain in the night. . 4," ,rg yi ~;:,. ~ ) s°, s . c i fi 4..., ',i .. ,* - 7,4 i ' . I,=. • 0 :' 4 r '''''' 4 ~. , _lii. ''"??&A . G . . - ' g ' . rs EIT ening .71m LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1849. The Palace Court nuisance has been repeatedly exposed and held up to public indignation in all its unmitigated atrocity. Some time since we explained the system of plunder carried on within its precincts, under the garb and sanction of law, and in common with all not in some degree interested in the perpe tuation of the abomination, demanded its immediate and total abolition. A legislative movement was made in the same direction ; a remedy had long been promised on the part of the Government. No ade quate reason could be assigned for the continuance of tribunal, the utility of which, if it ever existed, had been completely superseded by the establishment of County Courts, the portals of which were open to all who might become suitors of the Palace Court, and where substantial justice could be obtained with greater expedition, and on more reasonable terms, than in the Palatial Forum. Although, however, the full extent of the grievance, and the absolute inutility of the court was admitted, there was a palpable unwillingness to approach the subject manifested by those on whom the duty de volved of submitting the measure for its extinction to Parliament, and it became more than probable that the session would terminate before any Bill on the subject could pass through its various stages. Under such circumstances the Noble Lord the Member fin Mirvlebone came boldly forward. His constituents suffered deeply from the operations of the Court Ile himself beheld its operations in all their naked enormity, and although, as a private Member, la could scarcely hope to carry a measure for the total abolition of the evil, he wa , determined to extract its virus, and to ren ler it practically innocuous. With a praise worthy promptitude he framed and brought forward a measure, the chief feature of which was that ever . ,, person thenceforw ird sued in the Palace Court could remove the proceedings to another tribunal. This was felt to he almost equivalent to the annihilation of its jurisdiction, for no person in his senses would have permitted a case in which he was defendant to pro ceed to a hearing therein, if any means of escape were opened to him. The Noble Lord was in vain recom mended not to interfere with the promised Bill of the Attorney General ; he exhibited a laudable pertina city in pressing forward his own measure, declaring that the limitation of the jurisdiction could do no harm if the court were altogether abolished, and that it would be productive of the most beneficial results if, as he feared, the Government Bill should be post poned to another session. This firmness had the desired effect, more especially when the noble Re former obtained a decided majority in favour of the second reading of his Bill. The necessary stimulus was applied, the Attorney-General was excited into action, the long-contemplated measure was in troduced, even at the eleventh hour, and steadily pressed forward, although many much-required ameliorations were necessarily postponed, in conse quence of the early prorogation of Parliament. The days of the Palace Court were numbered. It was enacted that its existence should terminate with the present year, and a period (already past) was fixed after which no new proceedings could be in stituted, and for these happy results the public are indebted to the zeal, energy, and determination of Lord DUDLEY STUART in the great cause of reform. But e'en in its ashes dwell its former fires. The Palace Court could not close its sittings without another illustration being afforded of the gross tyranny and oppression, the infamous extortion and legalised robbery, so long carried on with impunity under its auspices. A case has occurred which has elicited the public sympathy fur the unmerited mis fortunes of the victim, and indignation for the frauds effected by the legal harpies. A solicitor of the Palace Court has come forward in the most creditable manner, not merely by the handsome donation of 51. for the relief or the sufferer, but also by tendering his professional services gratuitously to obtain redress from the Court itself. This case is still sub judice, but judging from what took place on Friday last, on the application of Mr. Cox, of the firm of WIL. LOUGURY and Cox, whose generous exertions are deserving of the highest praise, we fear that much cannot he effected on behalf of the victim. The case of WILLIAM JONES must be fully in the recollection of our readers. It cannot be forgotten that the unfortunate man had been induced to go security for the repayment of Si. by a friend, to one of the numerous loan societies that are established in every part of the metropolis. This sum was to be repaid by weekly instalments, and the original bor rower had duly paid up the sum of 11. 25., with the utmost punctuality. Owing, however, to some unex pected misfortunes, he was obliged to fall into arrear. The first intimation rec.ied by poor JONES was the service of a writ :r en the Palace Court, endorsed for the sum of 3/. 183. debt, and 1/. 10s. cost, the costs thus amounting in the very first step of the cause, and before a single demand had been made on JONES, to more than 40 per cent. on the entire demand. Horrified at the prospect of absolute ruin, which would be the inevitable result of additional legal ex penses, JONES h urr i e d t o th e secre t ary o f t h e l oan sin society, and at once paid the only sovereign of which he 'as possessed, promising to hand over 10s., the costs, within a week, on which terms the undertook that the proceedings should by ' . -- _ - -- - -- 1 -khe was po! - aucl of 2 , Li d , ~....- -,..: secr@cor - 4 ,,, ~ .3,, , _ ..:, • , k . .- . , ',.;.; :?! -77 -- 's 1 ft - -:- :- .." A II THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1819 suspended, and no further costs incurred. In the interval, however, additional misfortunes visited the humble dwelling of the wretched surety : five of his family, himself included, were attacked with cholera, and three of his children fell victims to the fearful visitation. Under such circumstances, it can scarcely be supposed that his engagement to the secretary of the loan society could be remembered. Such things, however, could not move his inexorable creditor. The penalty of the bond should be enforced, the " pound of flesh" received without abatement or drawback. A notice from the Palace Court was speedily served, warning him that judgment would be entered up within a few days unless the debt and costs were fully satisfied. Notwithstanding the fearful catas trophe by which his energies had been paralysed, and almost all his available resources exhausted, JONES again waited on the secretary, hoping that his com passion would be excited by a recital of the deplorable events that had occurred. His application was, apparently, successful; the secretary appeared moved, and informed him that if the balance of 103. for the costs, and 3s. on account of the debt, were forthwith paid, further proceedings would be stayed. The proposi tion was immediately accepted, 13s. were paid, and JONES returned to his afflicted family in the full belief that he was for the time saved from the tender mercies of the Palace Court officials. The respite was, however, brief indeed; the very next morning an officer of the Palace Court seized his furniture under an execution for 91. Is., and everything he had in the world was swept away- The secretary was again appealed to, but that functionary had resumed his wonted composure. The tale of misery and destitution fell upon listless ears. The ordinary answer was returned—" The law should take its course. The matter was out of the secretary's hands, and he could not interfere." In a few days the goods were brought to the hammer, and what had cost the wretched victim of the Palace Court more than 501. were sacrificed for 141. 15s. But the tender-hearted officials were not satisfied with this wholesale destruction ; other oickings must be obtained in addition to those sanc tioned by law. His bed, which he valued at eight guineas, was withheld, and another of a very inferior description substituted, which only realised 365. ; his carpet and some minor articles were altogether made away with. With considerable difficulty he obtained the restitution of his carpet, the parties being pro bably afraid to brave the consequences of what could only be regarded as an absolute robbery, but no satisfaction would be given with respect to the bed —the address of the purchaser could not be ascertained. On applying also for the balance between the 9/. Is., the amount of the execution, and the 141. 15s. for which his goods were sold, he was told that the auctioneer had not yet made his return, and that the balance would most probably be absorbed in extra expenses. The officers of the law manifestly thought it most strange that any person should have the audacity to look for any return from what had once got into their clutches. In despair poor JONES laid his accumulated misfor tunes before the magistrate of his district, and the accuracy of his statement having been fully confirmed, he has, we are happy to say, received substantive marks of public sympathy that will probably replace nis pecuniary losses. His case is, however, but one of many hundred similar instances of the glaring and flagrant abuse of legal authority, few of which have been revealed or brought under public notice, and relief to him will not aid the innumerable victims who have been brought to ruin in due course of /au,. As we have already stated, a benevolent solicitor has taken up his case ; an application has been made to the Court to set aside the proceedings on the ground that the plaintiff had settled the action, and that the subsequent proceedings were contrary to good faith. A. rule nisi has been granted, but we may form some idea of the ordinary routine of cases when we find the presiding Judge stating his opinion, that " in the early part there appeared to be great leniency shown to the defendant." If such be the notion entertained of " great leniency," we should greatly desire to be favoured with the Learned Gentleman's definition of oppression and persecution ? It will be seen, how ever, that nothing has been said with respect to the conduct of the subordinate officers of the court in withholding a portion of the goods seized most pro bably for their own private use, or in substituting an inferior article for one of greater value that should have been sold for the benefit of the parties con cerned. A searching ievestigation should take place into the latter branch of the proceedings, which ,hould be conducted in a police-office rather than in the Palace Court. The charge is practically one of larceny, and should be treated as such. It is much to be regretted that the note presented to the Government of the King of NAPLES by Mr. TEMPLE, on the 16th September, 1849, had not been presented twelve months earlier, and backed up by measures calculated to force the bloated Bourbon, who now misgoverns Naples and Sicily, to observe the conditions on which alone he has any right to the throne of Sicily. He has no right divine to the Crown of that island ; his predecessors were called to the throne as emphatically constitutional as contradistin guished from legitimate kings ; the preserva tion of the Sicilian Constitution was the condition on which they reigned ; and as the obser vation of that condition had been guaranteed to the Sicilian nation by the British Government, Lord PALMERSTON would have been acting strictly in accordance with his duty had he, in 1848, interfered by force of arms to compel the observance on the part of the King of NAPLES of those conditions. He did not so interfere, because it was alleged, falsely alleged, we believe, that such interference would involve us in a war with Russia. Have we escaped a Russian war by our neglect to do our duty to Sicily ? and shall we not enter upon a Russian war in 1849 under much more disadvantageous circumstances than we should have done in 1848, and that in consequence of this very neglect ? In 1848 Sicily would have been our ally ; her ports, open to our shipping, would have been closed to the shipping of the enemy, NAPIER having the ports of Sicily open to him, as they were during the last war to NELsos, might have fitted out his fleet there and have proceeded to the Dardanelles, as NELSON did to the mouths of the Nile, and have annihilated the Russian fleet, as NELSON destroyed the French fleet. had the English Government done its duty in 1848, Sicily would have been the outpost of England in the Medi terranean against Russia. As it is—garrisoned by 35,000 Neapolitans, the slaves of that Bourbon who is in his turn the slave of the Emperor of RUSSIA, Sicily is now the advanced guard of that Cossack in vasion destined to destroy the liberties and uproot the civilization of Western Europe. Much as we regret the apathy of the English Government of 1848, we cannot but express our admiration of the note of Mr. ~TEMPLE, of the 16th September, 1849. It is a solemn recognition on the part of Lord PALMERSTON of the guarantees given in 1812 to the Sicilian nation by Lord WIL LIAM BENTINCIL and the Marquis of WELLESLEY on the part of the British nation, and an official protest against the flagrant and repeated per juries which hare been committed by the successive usurpers of the Sicilian throne. The presentation of that note has been also useful, inasmuch as it has elicited the answer of the Chevalier FORTUNATO, than which, document more mendacious never emanated even from the Austrian Chancery, but which, never theless, contains some most important admissions, of which it will hereafter be the permanent record. With regard to the mendacity of the document, a few passages will be sufficient to show the jesuitical fashion after which the Neapolitan Foreign Minster palters with the truth ; for instance, the Chevalier FouTusrATo:says—"No idea of vengeance has occupied the mind of the Government of his Masawrr in the island, and your Excellency must be informed that up to this hour no execution has taken place for political offences." That no person has been executed for the commission of a political offence eo nonsine is, perhaps, correct, but the Chevalier omits to inform Mr. TEMPLE that persons guilty of political offences have been arrested on trumped-up charges (such, for instance, as the unlawful possession of arms ), h urr i ed b e f ore a council of war, sentenced without form of trial, and shot within twelve hours; he also omits to - state the number of persons who have been arrested and secretly. put to death in the dungeons o f Palermo. Since the ,island has been in p ossess i on of the Neapolitans the arrests have averaged 100 a day, and of the persons thus arrested the:great majority have disappeared. As a proof that "no idea of vengeance has occupied the mind of his MAJESTY," we would ' cite tha infamous persecution (not one whit the less infamous because it was unsuccessful) of Prince GRANATELLI and of Signor SCALIA. before the criminal courts of this country, on a charge which there was not one tittle of evidence to support ; the arrests, which are every day taking place in Naples, and which have elicited a strong expression of disapproba tion from even the reactionary correspondent of a reactionary journal, who has hitherto, through evil report and through good report, supported the cause of the King of NAPLES ; the detention in the prisons of Naples, in violation of the amnesty and contrary to the law of nations of those unfortunate Sicilians:who were captured in British waters by a Neapolitan ship of war which had hoisted the British flag; the forced exile from Sicily of many hundreds of persons who were included in the amnesty, that amnesty, be it remembered, being no free-will offering on the part of the KING, but a condition of the capitulation of Palermo, so that the arrests and banishments are so many express violations of a solemn treaty. Verily King Bomn S. is as magnanimous as he is brave, and his mind now is " no more occupied with the idea of vengeance" than it was at Velletri with the idea of fear when he ran away from GARIBALDI. Mendacious as this document is, however, it contains some valuable admissions—admissions which at some future period cannot but be of infinite service to the liberal cause in Sicily. We take note more especially of the following passage : "In tine, after having had the honour to establish the principles which regulate the condition of all nations, and shown that the efforts of the Sicilian insurgents yielded before the victorious arms of my august Sove reign, and the loyalty of the majority of the population, I have the satisfaction to add that his Majesty is still well disposed of his own free will to establish such forms of administration as are suitable to that part of the kingdom, and are desired by the inhabitants themselves." It will be seen here that the KING completely ig nores the existence of the Constitution, in virtue of which alone his grandfather was called to the throne of Sicily ; be claims Sicily as his own by right of conquest, and will, of his own free will, establish the forms of administration. This open rejection of the ancient Constitution (which had subsisted for 700 years), on the part of the KING, at once releases the Sicilians from the necessity of fettering themselves by observing constitutional forms, and when the blow for liberty shall again be struck, when the Neapolitan troops shall be again expelled from the island, we trust that Sicily will at once proclaim a republic, and not suffer herself to be again bam boozled by any mediation into months of inaction, but, following up the blow, pursue and destroy her oppressor before he has time to recover from the shock and rally his scattered forces. In 1848 the King of NAPLES appealed to England, as having guaranteed the Sicilian Constitution, to mediate between himself and the Sicilians. At that time it appears he waived the right which he now claims of " regulating the internal adminis tration of his own country according to the inspira tion of his justice, without creating any prejudice to other nations," and the Sicilians, in their anxiety not 1 to overstep their right, admitted the English media tion. That mediation, proposed by BOMBA in a spirit of bad faith, and solely with a view to gain time, lost the cause of Sicily. We are rejoiced, therefore, to find that King BoMBA has in this note furnished the Sicilians with such an excellent reason for refusing to listen to any future mediation, and our advice to them, and to all nations similarly _ situated,: is : When the time shall arrive, which most assuredly it will, and that ere long, when liberal principles shall be again in the ascendant, and the oppressed shall once more hurl their oppressors to the earth, consent to no mediation, listen to no promises, enter into no negotiations, but think of the past, and learn wisdom. As was said by the PRESIDENT of the French Re public on a different occasion, and in a different sense, " 11 foul que cela finisse." ruE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday -- - - - - - The PRESIDENT of the Republic is now fully aware of the base manner in which his interests, and those of France, have been betrayed by that " Monstrum, horrendum, informe ingens cul lumen ademptum," which calls itself, upon the lucus a non lucendo prin ciple, the party of order, and in which TRIERS, the Vol'arian, is found working in unison with MoNTA LEMBERT, the Jesuit, MOLE the anythingarian, DE 13aocum, the Orleanist, and DE FALLOUX, the Le gitimatist ; the object of each being to restore a regime that shall give him the same chance of plundering the people of which he was deprived by the revolution of February, 1848. These per -ions: hive now thrown off the mask, and, spe culating on the gross and crass ignorance of the peasantry, which has been well exploited by the priests, for support, they have, in the report on the Roman expedition, drawn up by M. TRIERS, in sulted the President, ignored his letter to Colonel EDGAR NET, and placed him in such position that he must henceforth be either their tool or their enemy. The PRESIDENT has adopted the bold and manly part which is befitting a BONAPARTE, and has deter mined coute qui coute to maintain the principles of his letter—his Ministry, with the exception of DE FALLOUX and RULLIERE, support him—and there oannot be a doubt but that he will hare the support of the army also, in which case he may safely set the priests at defiance. All the journals speak of an ap proaching Ministerial crisis. The Pairie says— " The most unpleasant rumours were current to day at the Assembly. It was said that the President of the Republic had made a declaration amounting to an open rupture with the policy indicated in the report of M. 'Thiers on the affairs of Rome, and adopting, as the only policy in unison with the interests, honour, and dignity of France, the policy of the letter of the Pre sident on this question. It was added that the Council of Ministers adhered to this opinion of the Presi dent. A letter was spoken of from the President of the Republic to the President of the Council, expressing this resolution. It was also rumoured that A. Fal loux had given in his resignations— The same journal says— " Some representatives, who have hitherto formed part of the majority, met this evening with a view to attempt an arrangement between MM. Thiers, Moth, de Broglie, and their friends in the majority of the commit tee, and the lion. Members who adhere to the policy of the letter of the President. M. Thiers is said to have declared as the organ of the committee he could not do other than sustai❑ the policy expressed in his report, in the name of that committee." The Er enement has the following : "In the Council of Ministers, which was held this morning at the Elys43, it was decided that the Govern. ment would follow exclusively the policy laid down in the letter of the President on the affairs of Rome, and that the policy of M. Thiers is contrary to interest, and to honour, and to the national dignity. It was said at the Assembly that a note had been written by the Pre sident of the Republic himself establishing a complete rupture with the policy of which M. Thiers is the organ. This note was even sent to the Moulton-, but was with drawn in order that it might be inserted in another form. We think we can affirm that the manifesto of the Presi dent will appear in the Moniteur of to-morrow morning. M. de Falleux, on being informed this evening that the Council of Ministers had adhered to the resolution of the President, immediately sent in his resignation. At about four o'clock in the afternoon about ten represen tatives, avowed partisans of the policy of the President, met in one of the committee rooms of the Assembly, to endeavour to bring round MM. Thiers, Mole, and Broglie, to this policy. The latter are said to have for. malty declared that they will adhere to the conclusions of the report of M. Thiers." The journals of the Parti-Pretre are filled with ferocious denunciations of England. It is perjfde Albion, Protestant England,(hinc dlcclachrymo3) which alone prevents the restoration of a sacerdotal despo tism on the continent, and therefore is Protestant England denounced by the organs of the Icquisition loving M. DE PALLOUX. At a dinner given at the Elysee on Monday the Bureau of the Assembly and the minority of the Committee on the credits were present. The PRESI DENT thanked M. V. llcoo for having supported his letter before the Committee. The reply of M. V. HUGO was, " I am disposed to defend it also in the tribune, but will you follow me as far as that." " I will follow you there," said the PRESIDENT, " and no obstacle shall atop me." M. DUPIN is using all his influence to induce the PRESIDENT to change his determination, but he has been unsuccessful. The President has written an official letter to M. ODILLON BARROT, announcing his determination to maintain the principles laid down in his letter ad dressed to M. EDGAR NET. The Legitimatist journal, the Opinion Pablique, of yesterday contains a furious attack on the PRESIDENT, MS does the journal of M. DE PALLOUX and the Parti-Pretre, the Assemblee Nationale. This latter imputes to him as a crime his maintenance of the English alliance. During the course of the debate on the Bill autho rising the payment of the dowry of the Duchess of Orleans, the following amendment was on Monday proposed by M. MAGUIN : " Nevertheless the payment of the dowry cannot be effected except upon the express demand of the Duchess of Orleans. Immediately after the payment the Minister shall take measures to hate himself reimbursed out of the property of the late King Louis Philippe, the real debtor." The debate, which was adjourned, was yesterday brought to a conclusion, and the Bill as originally proposed was passed by a majority of 239, there being, for the Bill 423, against it 184. The High Court of Versailles re• assembled on Monday, M. MAILLARD, one of the persons implicated in the affair of the 13th June, but who had taken to flight, surrendered, and was placed upon his trial with the rest of the prisoners. M. MAILLARD, like the other prisoners, refused to answer the interrogatories of the court, and declared that he would give full ex planations after the evidence of the witnesses had been heard. The sitting was not of much interest, having been nearly all occupied with the reading of the inter rogatories of the prisoners before the jug es cf instruction M. PAPA complained that he had been Irregularly ar rested, but the Procureur•General having denied it, the court expressed itself satisfied. The examination of witnesses commences to-flay. The French fleet stationed at the islands of the Hyeres have received orders to sail for Ourlac, in the Gulf of Smyrna. The fleet is composed of five ships of war, and is under the command of Admiral PAR CEVAL. On its way the fleet will be joined by the two large frigates the Iphigenie and the Pammone, besides several smaller vessels and steamers. M. DR PERSIGNY has returned to Paris from Vienna. The Constitutionnel says—" For the last two days a good deal has been said of a pretended reply sent by Russia to the collective notes of France and Eng land, relative to the demand for extradition made to the SULTAN. The persons who gave this news have not reflected that however great may be at present the rapidity of communications, a reply could not be yet had from St. Petersburgh, supposing even that the notes had been dispatched as soon as the incident was known at London and Paris. But that was not the case; a letter, which we receive from London, informs us that the English Government, without hesitating an instant to approve of the line of conduct followed at Constantinople by Sir S. CANNING, in accord with General AUPICY, d:d not, however, think that it was necessary to show any haste, so that it is not more than five or six days since the note was sent to Paris to be forwarded to St. Petersburgh in company with that of France ; but the French note had been already dispatched. We are assured besides that both are conceived in terms per fectly agreeing with the counsels given to the Porte by the two Ambassadors." The PRESIDENT of the Republic went on Monday to visit the principal factories and workshops in the Faubourg St. Antoine, particularly those of M. BORON, optician ;M. vesmE, machine manufac turer; Messrs. MAssos, earthenware manufacturers ; and M,KRIEGER, cabinet-maker. The PRESIDENT was accompanied by two orderly officers, M. FLEURY* and M. LAITY. He first went to the mairie of the Bth arrondissement, where he was received by the Prefect of the Stine, the Prefect of Police, and the Mayor. The PRESIDENT entered into long conversations with the heads of the different establishments, and met throughout his visit with the warmest welcome from the workmen, and from the inhabitants of the faubourgs. The !t[oniteur publises the followingletter,received from a workman of Paris : " The President of the Republic on his last visit to the 12th arrondissement came unexpectedly to the spin• uing establishment of M. Pratviel, Boulevard de l'Hopitbl. A young workwoman at that place solicited' the pardon of her brother , 17 ye ars of a g e, who had been transported to Belle-Isle. The Presi dent received her very kindly, asked for the name of the prisoner in writing, and gave it to the mayor of the arrondissement, Some time after the father and mother of the young man were sent for to the Pre fecture of Police, where the most delightful surprise awaited them. Their son was there. He had been re leased, and left the Prefecture with them. Their first care was to thank him who had restored their child to them. They received a letter from the Elysee, announcing to them that the sum of 100 f. was placed at their disposal with the treasurer of the Presidency, to provide for the wants of the youth, until he could find employment. ' I shall preserve that letter, writes the father, for my seven children, as a lesson of labour and of duty; and if some day my son should be called under the colours, as well as his eldest one who is now in the 3d Horse-Chas seers, it will redouble with him the sentime n t o f honour by that of gratitude.'" The Committee of Finance deliberated on Monday on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill, and rejected by a large majority the provision tending to carry the line only to Chalons, deeming it indispensable to have the whole line executed. The Committee has decided that it will demand explanations from the Minister relative the stations of La Guillotiere, Perrache, and Vaise ; also that it will call on the Central Railway Commission for its opinion relative to the passage through Lyons. Delegates from the different com panies are to be admitted before the committee to give explanations. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, OCT. 16. The announcement in the "'aerie and Evenentent, last evening, of differences having arisen between M. 'rhiers and the President, tended to cause the market to open heavy to-day, and Threes were at one time done as low as i 4 f. 90c., and Fives at 86f. 80c. Reports, however, be coming current that an arrangement was probable, a little rally took place, but prices did not come up to the closing quotations of yesterday, the last calls being 551. 30c. for Threes, and 87f. 25e. for Fives. The market closed as followst—Threes, for cash, 55f. 20e.; for ac count, 87r. 25c.•, Bank of France Shares, 2,3301.; Spanish Threes, 341.; Ditto Fives and Neapolitan not quoted. RAlLAAYS.—ltailway Shares have been rather offered to-day, and prices are generally a shade lower. Orleans closed at 722 f. 500 ; Havre, 240 f.; Avignon, 2121.5&x.; Vieraon, 290 f.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.; Strasburg and 1311 e, 100 r.; Northers, 425 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3451.; Nantes, 2831. 755. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Orr. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, sX—Greatlndian Pent's'la, 04 —Northern of France, 3 1 dis. —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% —Paris aid Rouen, 20. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th hare arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The Boise was closed, as the 11th was the QUE 131415 iiirthday. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The massacres still continue at Pesth. A priest, named GANzzKY, was shot on the 9th, and a Jew was shot with him. A letter from Presburg states that it is not true that PULSKY'S children are confined in the castle of the city, but that the children of KOS'IUTII and of GUYON are imprisoned there, and are in a state of such destitution that HAYNAU was afforded an opportunity of insulting their misfortunes, by doling out to them a paltry alms of 101., which was left with the Governor of the fortress so that they were evenave, afforded an opportunity of expressing their MlLtempt for him by the rejection of his dole. Madame PERczef,"and the Baronesses SPLISNYE are also prisoners at Preshurgh. A great sensation has been created by the appear ance in public of ASSERMAN'S f'fl - tnale Aide-de-camp, who is included in the capitulation of Comorn. This secOnd JOAN OF Anc, who is only twenty years of age, has fought, in fourteen pitched battles against the Austrians. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was an active market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and large sales were again effected, viz, 20,000 bales, of which speculators took one-half. Prices generally were stiff; and Brazils, which are greatly sought after, were a shade dearer. Among the transac tions were 10,000 American, 3.500 Brazils at 60. to 7jd., 500 Egyptian at 6/d. to 7d., 2,000 Surat at 4d. to 5d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. 4d. to ls. sd. per lb.—ln Railway Shares there was but little or no alteration; but the market closed more firmly. There are no late ship arrivals to-day with news of any interest. At Amsterdam the Stock market on Monday was generally rather quieter, but Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were in some request at 53 9.16. Spanish were supported, and Portuguese animated. Some very curious circumstances are stated in relation to the question so much disputed as to whether the St. John del Rey Mining Company can be fairly charged with employing slaves on their property, and at a great sacrifice of human life. As an English company, it has been contended that such labour ought not to be made available, or :at least only under very special circumstances; but without entering into the merits of the question at present, since it must come before a meeting of the proprietors or a court of law, and in the meantime we give a portion of the circular letter sent round by the secretary of the com pany, who has taken a decided stand against it. Mr. W' Routh states— " Circumstances which have lately arisen force me to address you. To most of you, I ° have the honour of being personally known; and I trust you will read with attention what I am about to write. " The directors of this company have thought fit to issue a circular, which you will all have read. This ap• parently contradicts what I have often stated to those shareholders with whom I am in correspondence, and would lead you to suppose, if not answered, that I have been deceiving you. " What I have stated is this—' That the mortality amongst the negroes is so great, that in a short time the workings of the mine must be either abandoned, or the greater portion.' " This statement the circular goes to disprove; but nevertheless, it is perfectly truo. " The great mortality is among the under-ground ne groes —the Borers, Kibblefillers, &c., therefore it is not correct to take a rate of 51 per cent. on a population of 1,106. At the time the directors issued thic circular, the deaths of male adults amounted to 43, out of a popu lation, more or less, of 170 Borers (the free Borers are not included ; Kibblefillers, &c., perhaps 96 more. [Since the publication of the circular, latter accounts have been received, and the sickness still continues as great as ever, and several deaths have occurred.] " But of the above forty-three deaths, five men were killed from accident. It is not stated, however, that one of these five negroes met his death thus:—He was sent to the surgeon by the manager of the blacks, who stated that the man's sight was defective, and that he ought not to be sent to work. The surgeon's reply was (and I have a copy of it) that he could not find anything the matter with his sight. The negro was sent to work; and, not being able to discover objects properly, he tumbled down the ladder, going into the mine, and was killed. " I firmly believe —and there are many persons here who will corroborate what I say (two of whom are very recently arrived from the mines)—that the negroes are worked to such an extent that they din from exhaustion. Two medical gentlemen have examined into the medical reports from Morro Velho, and one, if not both, is of this opinion. " The directors talk of the mortality of 1847 being only 2 6-10 the per cent. They might also have said that the first six months in 1848 were very healthy, and the great sickness, or " epidemic," so termed by the medical officer, did not commence until the new thirty six head-stamps were at work. " This is the strongest argument they can use against their so called facts.' In 1847, the returns from the mines averaged about 15,000 octaves per month, and there were very few Negroes hired. In 1848 and 1849, after the new 36 head-stamps were erected, every exer tion was made to get force; and the Negroes, from break ing 19 to 21 tons of atone per man per month, gradually reached 281 tons of stone per man per month ; and the produce of gold averaged as high es 20,000 octaves per month, and latterly 22,000 to 23,000 octavas. "This is sufficient iu itself to show that the Negroes are overworked. It is said they work twelve hours under ground instead of eight. The four hours are called " over time;" but the Negroes do not work over time of their own free will, they are obliged to do so. It may be observed, also, that the work performed by the Negroes is " task work;" that is to say, they are obliged to bore in the stone (which is of the hardest nature) two holes of a certain depth. Some Negroes may perform their task in eight hours, and then do other work; while other Negroes, who are not so strong, will require ten, eleven, or twelve hours, perhaps, to finish their holes. " The great mortality has ensued since the erection of these new stamps. And to obtain more force to pro vide stuff for them, the superintendent at Morro Velho strained every nerve. At first, by reason of hiring the negroes for six years, and paying for them whether they lived or died, he succeded. "I have stated that it was now impossible to hire more blacks. The circular states that they have hired six men; but it does not state that nine have been re moved, and that when the term of years for which the negroes are hired elapses, their owners will remove them, at least those who will have survived, and they bitterly regret ever sending them to Morro Velho. " From the above statement of facts, the shareholders can readily form their own opinion as to the cause of the great mortality among the negroes. "Some of the shareholders have expressed a wish that free labourers should be sent out from the Tyrol to Brazil, but the expense would be enormous, and they could not stand the work." The English Funds have been exceedingly fiat again this mernitik, !id the intelligence from Constantinople of AIN' preparations making for war, together with"' the "'unsettled state of the Ministry at rtir.N;; l ii . lifi . 'l"be i liTiiingeraents for the adjustment of spettiiaßi4 .) acddunt, which is decidedly Bullah, ' have 'all te'ria6cl to - keep down prices.' Consols been 9I = to 921 for Transfer, and to f, Tor November 14. The quotations now are 92" to 1 for Transfer, and 92* for Time. The New Three - and-a=qtrarter perCente:have been 92* and the Three per Cents.'9l' to 1. Bank Stock is worth 197 to 198 g. Excne4ftier-bills have been marked 44s to 475, and India Bonds 81a. premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Five per Cents, have been marked 16f to ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 331; Mexican 27 to 4; Grenada Deferred 31; and Peruvian 53i to 54. Dutch - Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 53.1. Railway Shares have been worse again. North- Western down to 6 and 51 premium; Great Western 49 to 50 discount; Midland 55 to 5 7 dscount; Caledo nian 39 to 39! discount. South-Eastern, Brighton, North Stafford, and other similar lines of admitted sta bility, suffer with the rest. At Liverpool people are selling shares to go into cotton. THREE O'CLOCK. Upon the report that the English and French fleets are moving towards the Dardanelles, Consols for time have fallen to and there is a good deal of excite ment in the market. For money the values are 91i BRITISH FUNi)S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock l9B 197 198% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuit ies 8 per Cent. Consols Ann., 92M 91% 9214 New 3M per Cent. Anna. 9 2 , A 1,( 9134 92% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860._ 8% 8 7-16; _ Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860 8 9-16 . _ India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Bl p Consols for Account, Nov. 14 92 A % Exchequer . Bills. Mlar c %d. 2d. h. June. 1,0001. FER , : OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 2 per Cent.... 72% Ditto, 5 per Cent Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . — Do. Deferred 3 14 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 5 1 74 54 53% Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840 Ditto Passive Bonds 3 14 Venezuela Bonds 2i Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A, per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates 211r6/NESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAY/. fins. Pea SKARN. Aberdeen ........................ 50 Ditto, Preference 614...... 6 % .. ... to ttaib•r., Notting., Boston, &c kyrshire and Galloway - Belfast and County Down .. 26 1 h .. .. Barks and Rants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 6irmingnam & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... _ _ _ _ to Do., wig - wilt a guarantee... 10 Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 20 - Boston, Stamf., & Birming...7l. 4s — ...... to Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 27% — to Buckinghamshire.. 17% ...... to Caledonian Ditto, New 101 . Preference 10 ......7sy, % . %l a to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and H01yhead......... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 ,4 -... Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 D un dalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ..... . East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D . Ditto, 18/. ,E. & H 1.3 ... .. Do, 31. 103.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. pto Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... . to D.,., Northern & Eastern... 50 _ . Do., 5 per cont. ... 50 Ditto, New ..... ..... .. 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 34 to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 26 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto., 22% PORTUGAL. SoutueurroN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. - The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, has arrived here witb the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails. Her dates are—Gibraltar, October 6th ; Cadiz, 7th; LisbonOth ; Vigo, 10th; Oporto, 11th. She brings specie value 3,5001., and a cargo of lemons, grapes, Ste. The Montrose has experienced most boisterous weather, with heavy head winds in crossing the bay, which accounts for her delayed arrival. Our Lisbon advices of the 9th mention that hor Majesty's ship Arrogant, and the Russian frigate Pallas, were at anchor in the Tagus. The returns of the Lisbon Custom-house showed a considerable diminution when compared with the preceding month of last year, in consequence of the quarantine and uncertainties respecting the new Spanish tariff, but the Sete Casus receipts had greatly improved. The discount on Lisbon Bank notes had further declined 20 per cent. Stocks and shares were quoted at a lower figure, but were, in fact, a shade higher for payments in metal. _ Lisbon exchanges of London, at three months, 54i. Money was very scarce, the Board of Public Credit being the principal buyers of bills on London. The Count of THOMAII had returned to Lisbon to resume his official duties. The Opposition, or Oporto Junta party, has at last made a move towards organizing its plans, and had issued a programme which was extensively signed. The object of this movement was ostensibly the centralization of information upon all matters affect ing public interest and opinions, abuses of authority throughout the country, &c. Electioneering matters were not lost sight of in the manifesto. _ _ The Minister of Finance has nominated a new and efficient committee to make full investigation at the Oporto Custom-house. The Finance Minister has made himself most po pular with the people, by reason of his straightfor ward and upright conduct in regard to the adminis tration of the affairs of his department, and the success which has attended his measures. The Duchess of FICALHO was about to be restored to the good graces of the QUEEN,. and to resume the first place in the palace, her son-in-law, the Count of SOBSAL, would probably be elected President of the Lisbon municipality. Our Oporto letter quotes the rate of exchange on London, ninety days, 54f, with a good many trans actions. Brazilian and local b ills remain over. The weather had been most inclement, and heavy losses would fall on farmers throughout the country, owing to the incessant rains. The river Douro is partially flooded, and no vessels can get in or out. The annual fair at Vizeu went off poorly, the state of the weather had unfavou rabl y affected busignuesosteadt the Oportie Michaelmas fair. 5 At ;Spanish Gibraltar, d 0 exchangeilar3:l. on ne American London was ship Rock ingham was stranded at Tarifa, and her Majesty's ship Janus was dispatched to render assistance, but could not get the vessel off. The French troop-ship L'Egerie, and French war-steamer , were in the bay. When the Montrose left Vigo :t blew a heavy north west gale. Several vessels arrived. - „ DREADFUL MURDER.—As Mr. C. Gage, agent over the Endrim property, was riding into Ferbane yesterday morning, he was fired at and shot dead. A farmer wa s walking at the side of Mr. Gage at the time. It is stated that two shoti were discharged at the unfortunate gentleman. His body was removed Into Ferbane to await an inquest, Mr. Gage was lately obliged to in stitute proceedings against several defaulting tenants._ King's County Chronicle of Monday. MECKL ENB URG. A letter from liamburgh of the 12th says—" There exists at this moment an alarming crisis in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and it is not unlikely to end in civil war. These two states hate been politically united for centuries, and possessed a deliberative Chamber, composed, however, exclusively of the aristocracy, and based on aristocratical privileges. In the revolu tionary tempest which swept over Germany, the people insisted on having a Constituent Assembly elected by universal suffrage, and the two Princes were obliged to yield. The Constituent Assembly met in the capital of Mecklenburg Schwerin, drew up a Constitution common to and obli gatory on the two duchies, and declared almost all the domains possessed by the GRAND DUKE, worth more than 18,000,000 thalers, to be na tional property. The Duke and his family, as also the Prince of PRUSSIA, the principal agnat, 'solemnly protested against thlk. The young Grand Duke of SCIIWERIN accepted the Constitution, and promised to promulgate it ; but the Grand Duke of STRELTTZ, who is known for his firm and decided character, positively ,rejected it, declared it null and void, and so far as depended on him decreed the dissolution of the Assembly. Efforts have been made to induce him to recal these resolutions, but in vain; and with his encouragement the nobles of the country and proprietors of lands bearing certain privileges have assembled of their own authority in convention, and resolved to draw up a Constitution, without any regard to what has been done by the Constituent Assembly of the people. This conven tion has just sent a deputation to the Grand Duke of ScavrEstim to declare to him that they do not recognise in any one the right to abolish the old Constitution of the country which had existed for centuries, and which the GRAND DUKE, on his accession to the throne, had sworn to respect, and they declared that they will employ all the means in their power to prevent any change in it without their consent and co-operation. On the other hand, the Assembly at Rostock will aot dis solve itself ; it is impossible to dissolve it by force, and it persists in maintaining its Constitution. The conflict is, therefore,very serious, and grave events are anticipated." The Cologne Gazette states that the new democratic Constitution at Schwerin was solemnly promulgated on 'the 11th. TURKEY. Up to the 30th no answer had been received at Constantinople from St. Petersburgh or Vienna. The Turks, however, were most actively preparing for the worst; and the greatest activity prevailed in repairing the fortifications of Constantinople and raising new defences around the city—the troops and artificers being engaged night and day on the works. A feeling of perfect unanimity reigned throughout the country. The British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir IV. PARKER, had left Corfu, on the 4th, for Athens. The fleet was in the most excellent order, well manned, well equipped, and well commanded. It consisted of three three-deckers, Caledonia, Howe, and Queen ; and three two-deckers, Prince Regent, Vengeance, and Powerful; with the frigate Thetis, the steamers Odin, Dragon, and Rosamond, and some smaller vessels,. It was reported that the Admiral had a twofold object in taking this cruise into the Archipelago—namely, to put down piracy, which has increased very much of late, and to wait at a shorter distance from the Dardanelles the turn of events at Constantinople, ITALY. The French Journal desDibats publishes th• fol lowing letter from Naples, datsd Oct 9th : " Warrants have been issued in all directions, and ar rests have been making for the last three weeks. Out of 120 members who composed the Elective Chamber, about ighty have left the kingdom, or have been detained, and it is stated that orders have been given to arrest all the others. M. Cagnazzi, a Man, ninety years of age, who was President of the Assembly by seniority, is concealing himself ; M. Ruggiero, member of the Chamber of Peers, who was named Minister of Finance, after the 15th of May, and who remained in that post until Au gust last, when the Fortunato Cabinet came into office, has been obliged to take to flight ; Tel. Conforte, Minister of the Interior of the Progressist Cabinet of Ar ril 3d, 1848, is the object of similar pro ceedings, and has fled, as well as M. Imbri ani, a distinguished author, and also a member of that Cabinet. Less fortunate, and relying on his innocence, M- Scralaga, their colleague in the department of pub lic works, and an enlightened Liberal, has been thrown into prison, with the Marquis Dragonoti, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the same Cabinet. The President of that Ministry, M. Carlo ;Troia, is with great difficulty protected by his brother, a man of completely opposite opinions, and who forms part of the present Cabinet. It must also be observed that all the men of the ultra party, and who are really dangerous for the security of the country, have quitted the kingdom for more than a year. The Prince de San Giacomo, deputy of the Right, and Chamberlain and personal friend of the King, had been inscribed on the lists for prosecution, and only owes his liberty to the direct intervention of his Ma jesty. The Cour Royale has just been constituted into an exceptional tribunal. In presence of these facts, it is vainly asked what can be the object of King Ferdi nand in authorising, not the Ministers, for they have taken no part in the affair, but the Director of the Po lice to adapt such measures. Is it to put to flight en lightened and moderate liberalism, and to suppress a Constitution, which, for the last eighteen months, has been as if it never existed ? Is it to strike terror into the public mind, in order to render it afterwards more sensible of the benefits of an amnesty ? Or is it the commencement of rigours which will end in san guinary executions ? All these suppositions suggest themselves to the minds of the people; for my part, being an impartidl spectator of passing events, I caenot find any plausible explanation of a measure, of which neither the cause nor the object can be seen." From Roman correspondence of the 7th, in the Statutt of lidorence, we learn that the rumour of the return of the Porn was gaining ground, owing to the arrival of a eourier from Portici. It was also said that a tommission of finances had been named, com posed of Messrs. G.u.r.r, TORLONIA, Commandant FIIOLI, and Chevaliers BIGIIETTI and MINGIII. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 11th, bl. Cum asked the Minister of Public Instruction why ecclesiastics were admitted to teach without having passed an examination, stating it as his opinion that in so doing the Minister had violated tip law. The Minister answered that ho could not disnitss masters till he had - persons fit to take their places, and that for the present there were no such persons to be had. After 'a rather animated discus sion, the' Chamber passed to the order of the day, thus approving the Minister's conduct. By a royal decree of the Gth the Bank of Genoa is authorised to make a further issue of 100 f. bank notes, to the amount of one million of francs. The Legge of Turin of the 12th quotes the follow ing correspondence from Florence :—" A profound mystery envelopes the. Grand Duke's journey to Vienna. It is currently asserted, however, that he has obtained from °the EMPEROR the limitation of the Austrian troops in Tuscany to 10,000 men. The occupation is to last ten years; the number of troops is to diminish from year to year till it is reduced to 5,000, who will stay in Tuscany till the expiration of the ten years. The Tuscan fi nances are in a very bad state ; Florence alone owes four millions of francs, and the municipality has sig nified to Government that unless the latter comes to its aid it will resign. The cost of military supplies is excessive. The loan of twenty-five millions, said to be concluded, will be insufficient to cover the actual arrears. Priests and absolutists are gaining ground daily; the laws of PETER LEOPOLD, which curtailed the privileges of the clergy, are become a dead letter. Frays still continue to take place be tween the people and the Austrian soldiers, and are often attended with bloodshed." The Nazionale of Turin, of the 12th, states that GARIBALDI has left the island of Santa Maddalena for Gibraltar, whence he will sail for London. It is believed he intends proceeding to New York. lONIAN ISLANDS. The Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, now Sir GEORGE HENRY WARD, had been duly invested at Corfu with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, with great pomp and ceremony. To celebrate this event Sir GEORGE invited the Council of the Island and the officers of the fleet to a grand ball at Government House; but in consequence of the sudden death of the Chief of the Order whilst dressing for the occa sion, the, festivities were postponed, and the house of joy WA 'turned into a house of mourning. Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 ...... li ..... to M East Lancashire ..... - Ditto. New ... .......... ...• • 25 - Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 63i •••• • • .. - East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - ...... to --- Ditto, Half Shares - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - Ditto, New port.. . ....... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exmouth.... 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 68.8 d — .. ... to -- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 DO.Preference Consolidated —.-.. ..... to Great. Northern Do. IA A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,1 2 Do. IA B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 7I A 'A. South. & West. (Ireland) 47 1 ,E — Great North of England 100 2lO . .... to Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. ...... 30 ... Ditto,New 15/...... ... ... ... 15 .4reat Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 Hull and Selby 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto, DI. B. & B ... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. 46 ...... ...... to Ditto Quarters 22% l2 ...... to -- Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirels - ...... to •-• Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... $ .... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... •-• ...... to .... Leeds and Thirsk 5O •••••• ..... tow • to --• Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent 5 ..... ...... to ... _ _ ._ Do. Pre - f.Quarier.; 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and South port London & Blackwall ..... .111.65. 3d - Loud., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., New L, gua. 6pr Ct.loo . to _- Do..GuaranteliaspeiCent. 9 ...... .-- -.. ... to ..... De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ..... to —. Ditto, ditto lB5 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121. 151. 4d... 9% to Ditto Preference 2O London Is North Western.....loo 106% 7 1 ,E 6% to 100 Do. New Quarters. l 2 - Do. Fifths 7 ..... 7%%... to Do. 40g. Shares... ~L. &II 35 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 Lo adon and S. Western. 50 . Ditto New 504....... .. ..... 42%...... 24 1 _ . Ditto, New 40/ Do., New Scrip, 1848, Prof. 7 per Cent ..... ... 5 .... —• Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — Do., Half Shares Lawestoff, guar. 4 rer et 20 — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... 41anch. Buxton, & Matlock $ Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto il i Shares ( No. 1) ... 23 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%. ..... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 19% to Ditto, Grimsby kShelfteld 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2a.... _ Mid1and......... .... ........ ...1011 ... 43% 4i to 43 % Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - •••••• to anw Ditto.:so/. Shares..... ..... 30 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... •• 23 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ..... Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . &I i did. Great Western (Irish) 50 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. to Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ... ..... ..... 23 - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 - ..•..• to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 .... •••••• to - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ...., .... 20 ..... •• to Norfolk lOO .. ...... to -- Ditto New 20/. l5 .— •.... to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 .. .•• - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British —.. ... 25 ...... 10 3 / 4 W Ditto Fait Shares. »........ 12%..... Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds,..— 64 ....• Ditto. Preference ...... ...... 5 North Staffordahire... .. ...... 17% North Wales - . •..• to North Westetil , :i • - ' Oxford, Worcester; and Wol verhamptor ... . Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin - Scottish Central: 25 ... .. .. ... to Scottish Midland .... ....... - ....... to -- Ditto,New.. 22% — to Shrewsbury and Binninglaam 12 - Ditto. ditto. Class B. 8 - Ditto,' New Guaranteed 8 Shmwsbury and Hereford .. 4 - •• me 1,0 ..." Shrewsbury and Chester ( Nor. e , W . :d in. ) Ditto tfyyes. Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to Ditto, elmtry 18%....•• •••• to - Ditto ' ,li*Wl... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 10 — Shropshire Union 5%... .. - South Devon ...... ......... .. 50 ...... - Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire... B% — ...... to -- South Eastern 336 141%%% to -- Ditto, No. 2. 3O - Ditto, No. 3. 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. Smith Wales .... ........... ... 43 ...... South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 14 1 ,4 12%..... to —. Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 - Taw Yale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 14 Vale of Neath ,.. 8 to Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 473(..... -. - Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 - ...• •to Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed 50 Do. do. do. Do. do. do. - West Cornwall nitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. ....• to --• Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ..• ...... 14 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 ...... - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 11 , 4 ... Do. G. N. E. Par. or Pref. $ - De. Hartlepool Dk. & Ely. 100 York and North Midland I .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5 1 4 ..... Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. woe ... ••• •• to ...". Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ...... to -- Demerara....... Datch Rhenish S ...... I!,‘ . to -- East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular IS ...... ...... to Do. Do lOB. — - Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 1 /, — ...... to -.. Luxembourg - Ditto Madrid and Valenti& Namur and Liege......... 2O ... Northern of France 14/ 80.. ... .- dis ... to .... Orleans and Bordeaux ... •• 7 ... .. -- - Parts and Orleans... 2O --. ...... to --• Paris and Rouen - ..... to -- Paris & Strasbourg ..... - . ..... to ..." Rouen and Havre............. 2O .• 9 ..... to -- Sambre and Manse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - ....•• to -- Tours & Nantes ... . •. 11 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Idasselt .. .... .. 20 ...MP. - 011110.111 to West Flanders 5 34 — ...... to •••• Ditto JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia -_ _ 40 • ONG ...... to lON British North American 6O ...... .-. ..... t o ..... Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ...... to ~.„, London and Westminster 2O ...... _ ....• to National Provincial of Engld. 85 ...... - Ditto, New National of Ireland »..... 22% — ... .to "' Provincial of Ireland : ...... ..25 - ...... to Ditto, New.... 10 .. N• ..... to Union of Australia ........» 25 to •••••• Ditto, New .. ............... 2% .-. Union of London ........ ...... 10 ••.•• to Union of Madrid ........... ... 40 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO .....•• "..•• to 4 Asturian 15 "•••• Australian ..... Barrossa Range 2Bs. — ...... to .."" Blaenarvon Iron aid Coal Bolanos Scrip British Iron. Brazilian Imperial ....• •• IN 24;400•••• .... ••• 0 0 to .... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper -- ••• ••.. General Real del Monte, Unregistered ... ,„, to "'" Do. Black Debentures — ...... „„.., to "'"' Do. Red Debentures ..... Santiago de Cuba. lO ....••• ••• " to .4. United Mexican ....... ........ 28% — ..,... to ".. sossimon °lilt ed ' The Presbytery of Inverness have sPP c oed Thursday, the Bth of November next, to be ob s Al. within their bounds as a dayof thanisagivinf to mead mighty God for his bounty in the beryeet.- -41. 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