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................4.11....0.w....._ 11..rt's. TROLLOPE'S 'NEW NOVEL. 1 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 •7015., HE OLD WORLD an d the NEW. Br Mrs. TROLLOPE. "In all respects one. of Ole very cleverest and mast interesting •icvelc of the day, whether fts interesting story be considered, its .ilii.L.ated and sparkling dialopes, or the astute reflections of the - - Litho: on men and manner Herald. " A very clever novel, presetllg in marked contrast The Old Z': grid and the New during the eveCtful epoch out of which we are .tnaei . ,;ing." — Po st. Henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Ore llt Marlborough - street. ~... _.-7- - ..------_ TILEATRE ROYAL HAYI I -'"u" , " lotr. R. "Webster. ,Aele Leesee and Manat:er. Old Brotnuton Mr. MACREADY will make his fifth appea:ance in London since his return from America, and commence his flrs. the stage at the series of his Fe well Performances previous to his retirement *en: end of June next, THIS EVENING, • When will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. 2,: 4 Cr ead f 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. KEA.1..4 The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE MYSTERIOUS STRINGER. The MVsteriou Strmcr, Madame Celeste. To be followed g lowed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. S UNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twi s nks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smit h, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mr. F. Matthews; Mrs. Hischbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick. Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedfor Mrs d Mr. Charles Pusher , Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; . Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with THE TURNPIKE-GATE. 11.01rAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Leggee. Mr. Charles 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 lade with USED UP, in which Mrs. Hamby will appear. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 42. ; Pit, 25. Iliallery, is. tio Sal any nest of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole !Awe and Manager. THIS E VENING. Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled TIM FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with a new farce called TILE MAJOR'S DAITCMTER ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. U ader the Pitronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Scc. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and pron unced by the public press to be the mast go: - geous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at t U he Amphitheatre. nparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled TIIE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C RUE. by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To ennclude with the favourite Farce of THE WEAVER OF LYON S. Box-office open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —llllrning, 23 min. after 2 I ETBlllllg, 40 min. after 2 To-Vfosnovt—varning, 56 min. after 2 I Evening, 13 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—Bun Ovum OCT. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 49; Noon. 59. BAROMETER, 29.93. WIND S.W.—very mild fine weather; rain in the night. : • V .A? • lid -T•• ' ki.:l,W; ,v . • , • m° • ' ,••• ado" 1 eheniutt T.ONDON, 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 a 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 for Marylebone came boldly forward. His constituents suffered deeply from the operations of the Court He himself beheld its operations in all their naked enormity, and although, as a private Member, he could scarcely hope to carry a measure for the total abolition of the evil, he was determined to extract its virus, and to render it practically innocuous. With a praise worthy promptitude he framed and brought forward a measure, the chief feature of which was that every person thenceforward sued in the Palace Court could remove the proceedings to another tribunal. This was felt to be almost equivalent to the annihilation of its jurisdiction, for no perscin 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 hiterfere 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 for 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 of 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. I.OUGHEY and Cox, whose generous exertions are deserving of the highest praise, we fear that much cannot be effected on behalf of 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 51. by a friend, to one of the numerous loan societies that are established in eve ry 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 U. 2s , with the utmost punctuality. Owing, however, to some unex pected misfortuu2s, he was obliged to fall into arrear. The first intimation received by poor JONES was the service of a writ from the Palace Court, endorsed for the sum of 31. 183. debt, and 1/. 103. 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 p.-3meg, JONES hurried to the secretary of the loan society, and at once paid the only sovereign of which he was possessed, promising to hand over 10s., the balance of costs, within a week, on which terms the secretary undertook that the proceedings should be 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 reassembled on Monday, M. MAILLARD, one of the persons implicates' 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 juges d'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-day. The French fleet stationed at the islands of the Hy eres 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. DE PERSIGNY has returned to Paris from Vienna. 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 al , most all his available resources exhausted, JONES aga i„- waited on the secretary, hoping that his com passion would be excited by a recital of the deplorable ev ents th at had occurred. His application wa s , apparently, b'uccessful; the secretary appeared moved, and informed i.iim that if the balance of 103. for the costs, and 3s. on account of the debt, were forthwith paid, further procedings would be stayed. The proposi tion was immediately accepted, 13s. were paid, and JONES returned to his afflicted family in the full belief that be 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 9/. ls., 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 50/. were sacrificed for 141. 15s. But the tender-hearted officials were not satisfied with this wholesale destruction ; other pickings 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- i 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 91. 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 his 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 hav'e been revealed or brought under public notice, and relief to him will not aid the innumerable victims whip have been brought to ruin in due course of law. 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 eerned. A searching investigation should take place into the latter branch of the proceedings, which should 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. disappeared. As a proof that "no idea of vengeance has occupied the mind of his MaJesry," we would cite the infamous persecution (not one whit the less infamous bedause 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 BOMA 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 fine, 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 ; he claims Sicily as his own by right of conquest, and will, of Ms 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 to overstep their right, admitted the English media tion. That mediation, proposed by Bouna 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 Bosans. 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 b.) 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 ublic on a different occasion, and in a different sense, Il faut qua eela finisse." 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 bad 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 AUPICK, did 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. BURON, optician ; M. DUVESMB, machine manufac turer; Messrs. Massorr, earthenware manufacturers ; and M..Kursceit, cabinet-maker. The PRESIDENT was accompanied by two orderly officers , M. FLavay and M. LAITY. He first went to the mairie of the Bth arrondissement, where he was received by the Prefect of the S&ne, 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 fatibourgs. The Moniteur 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 ning establishment of M. Pratviel, Boulevard de l'Hopital. A young workwoman at that place solicited ' the pardon of her brother, 17 years of age, 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. lecture of Police, whore 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 Elys4e, announcing to them that the sum of 1001. was placedat their disposal with the treasurer of the Presidency, to provide for the wants of the youth, until be 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 sears' it will redouble with him the se ntiment of 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 wilt call on the Central Railway Commission fur 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, TunsDA.Y, Ocr. 16. The announcement in the Patric and Evenement, last evening, of differences having arisen between M. Thiers and the President, tended to cause the market to open heavy to-day, and Threes were at one time done as low as i4l. 90c., teid Fives at 86f. 80e. Beports, 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 55f. 30e. for Threes, and 871.25 c. for Fives. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 551. 20c.; for ac count, 87f. 25c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,330 f.; Spanish Threes, 341.; Ditto Fives and Neapolitan not quoted. RAILWAYS. —Railway Shart s have been rather offered to-day, and prices are generally a shade lower. Orleans closed at 7221. 50c.; Havre, 240 f.; Avignon, 2121.50 c.; Vierson, 2901.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.• ' Strasburg and Bale, 100 f.; Northers , 425 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3451.; ITantes, 283 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Oar. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Greatlndian Peninsula, Ski —Northern of France, 3 dis. —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2X—Paris and Rouen, 20. :HE 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 cui lumen ademptum," which calls itself, upon the lucus a non lucendo prin ciple, the party of order, and in which THIERS, the Voltarian, is found working in unison with Moral- LEMBERT, the Jesuit, MOLE, the any thingarian, DR BROGLIE, 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 sons; have 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. THIBRS, 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 MILLIBAR, support him—and there •annot be a doubt but that he will have 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 Pattie 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 M. Fal lout 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 arrakement between MM. Thiers, Mole, de Broglie, and their friends in the majority of the commit tee, and the Hon. 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 sustain the policy expressed in his report, in the name of that committee. ' Tke Evenement has the following : " In the Council of Ministers, which was held this morning at the Elyse.), 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 Moniteur, 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 tomorrow morning. M. de Falleux, on being informed this evening that the Council of Ministers had adhered to the resolution of the President, immediately sont 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 perfide Albion, Protestant England - Shine lachrymce) which alone prevents the restoration of a sacerdotal despo tism on the continent, and therefore is Protestant England denounced by the organs of the Inquisition loving M. DR FALLOUX. At a dinner given at the Elyse(' on Monday the Bureau of the Assembly and the minority of the Committee on the credits were present. The Fluor- DENT thanked M. V. Hugo for having supported his letter before the Committee. The reply of M. V. Thine was, " I am disposed to defend it also iu the tribune, but will you follow me as far as that." " I will npeß 01311; f : 0 0b l e l ß o euril w re: ist y ho o ies u cl ihusa t st h nien e gpa r e e m , ' ah ' elii.s t said the PRESIDENT, " and his determination, infi tiene e to but induce he t hashe been unsuccessful. The President has written an of fi cial letter to M. ODILLON BARBOT , announcing his determination to maintain the principles laid down in his letter ad dressed to M. EDGAR NET. TheLegitimatist journal, the Opinion Publique, of yesterday contains a furious attack on the PRESIDENT, as does the journal of M. DE FALLOUX 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 have himself reimbursed out of 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 hacked 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 NELSON, 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 't►s 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 PALMBESToR of the guarantees given in 1812 to the Sicilian nation by Lord WIL LIAM BENTINCIE and the Marquis of WELLESLEY on the part of the British nation, and an official protest against the flagrant and repeated per juries which have been committed by the successive usurpers of the Sicilian throne. The presentation of that note has been also useful, inasmuch as it has SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The Bolsa was closed, as the 11th was the QUEEN'S birthday. elicited the answer of the Chevalier FORTUNATO, than which, document more mendacious never emanated even from the Austrian Chancery, but which, never theless, c ontains soma 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 FOB.TUNA.TO:says —" No ilea ofvengeance has occupied the mind of the Government of his MAJESTY 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 nomine 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, fur instance, as the unlawful possession of arms), hurried before 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 of Palermo. Since the ;island has been in possession of the Neapolitans the arrests have averaged 100 a day, and of the persons thus arrested the:great majority have THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17. 1819 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ' Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 — CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Do. New Eastern Union, There was an active market for Cotton at Liverpool , Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 yesterday, and large sales were again effected, viz , Ditto, Clam A, ditto-. 3% - 20,000 bales, of which speculators took one-half. Prices Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 generally were stiff; and Brazils, which are greatly Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . .... —.. sought alter, were a shade dearer. Among the transac- Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 ...... 15 -..... Lions wore 10,000 American, 3,500 Brazils at 6-4-1. to East Lancashire 71d., 500 Egyptian at 6td. to 7d., 2,000 Surat at 4d. to Ditto, New 5d., and 30 Sea Island at Is. 4d. to Is. sd. per lb.—ln Ditto, New Quarters 614...... .. Railway Shares there was but little or no alteration; Do., 6 p er Cent. Pre but the market closed more firmly. ference Quarters ... 6....... ........ East Lincolnshire There are no late ship arrivals to-day with news of Edinburgh and **** 2 50 any interest. At Amsterdam the Stock market on Ditto, Half Shares Glasgow... 25 •••••••• -- ....... •••••• Monday was generally rather quieter, but Dutch Two- Edinburgh andNorthem 25 .. and-a-Half per Cents. were in some request at 53 9-16. Ditto, Newport Spanish were supported, and Portuguese animated. Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2-5 ,4 — Some very curious circumstances are stated in Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. relation to the question so much disputed as to Giss sow, Dumfries, and whether the St. John del Rey Mining Company can Carlisle be fairly charged with employing slaves on their Glasgow,Kilmar s te Ayr 50 — property, and at a great sacrifice of human life. As Do. Preference Consul. --- — , ..... an English company, it has been contended that such Great Northern labour ought not to be made available, or at least only Do., i s . A Deferred Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% under ye?) , special circumstances; but without entering 4% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7% into the merits of the question at present, since it must ;rest South. and West. come before a meeting of the proprietors or a court of (Ireland) - law, and in the meantime we give a portion of the i rsat North of EngTand.loo ......210 circular letter sent round by the secretary of the com- Ditto, New, 40/ 40 - party, who has taken a decided stand against it. Mr. W' Ditto, ditto 35 Routh s tate s— Ditto, New, 30/ 3O " Circumstances which have lately arisen force me to Ditto. New ,15/.- .... -. .15 .. _ address you. To most of you, I have the honour of Great Western ...100 Ditto, % Shares being personally known; and I trust you will read with 2s Ditto 1 4 Share s attention what lam about to write. Ditto, Fifths ... 20 - ..• .... ...... " The directors of this company have thought fit to Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 issue a circular, which you will all have read. This ap• Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 parently contradicts what I have often stated to those Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 45 shareholders with whom lam in correspondence, and Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ..... ..... . would lead you to suppose, if not answered, that I hare Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 been deceiving you. Ditto, Thirds " What I have stated is this—' That the mortality Lancashire & Yorkshireloo 96 amongst the negroes is so great, that in a short time Do. do. M. B. SA 8... 9 • Ditto, ditto 6 the workings of the mine must be either abandoned, or Ditto, % Shares ...«. 46 ..... the greater portion.' Do. Quarters .... ..... 22% l2 ............•.. " This statement the circular goes to disprove; but Do. Fifths... nevertheless, it is perfectly true. Do. Thirds ....-........ 15 ..... "The great mortality is among the under-ground ne- Do. New Guaranteed groes —the Borers, Kibblefillers, &e., therefore it is not 6 per Cent........... 10 ---• ••••••••••••••• correct to take a rate of 5i per cent. on a population of Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 1,106. At the time the directors issued thic circular, Ditto (Huddersfield the deaths of male adults amounted to 43, out of a popu- and Sheff.) SO lation, more or less, of 170 Borers (the free Borers are Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... not included ; Kibblefillers, Sm., perhaps 96 more. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 [Since the publication of the circular, latter accounts ... Leeds and Bradford 5O have been received, and the sickness still continues as Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 great as ever, and several deaths have occurred.] Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 5 ...... " But of the above forty-three deaths, five men were Do., Pref. Quar.,lBl3 9 ...... --- killed from accident. It is nut stated, however, that Liverpool, Crosby and one of these five negroes met his death thus:—He was Southport lO sent to the surgeon by the manager of the blacks, who London & Blackwall...lll. 68.3 d 3 stated that the man's sight was defective, and that he London, Brighton, anct ought not to be sent to work. The surgeon's reply was South C0a5t........100 ...... 69 1 4 68% (and I have a copy of it) that he could not find anything Do., New 5/. guaran the matter with his sight. The negro was sent to work; teed 6 per 'Cent....loo 122% Do.Guarant. 6pe ct.. 9 ..**** and, not being able to discover ob j ects p ro p erl y , he Do. Prefer. 5 percent. 50 tumbled down the ladder, going into the mine, and was Ditto, ditt0...... 18:,2 50 ..... killed. LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d... 93 / 4 ... ..... . " I firmly believe —and there are many persons here Ditto, Preference .. .20 who will corroborate what I say (two of whom are very London and N. Western 100 10% 107%105% 106 recently arrived from the mines) —that the negroes are Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 worked to such an extent that they die from exhaustion. Ditto,Fifths 7 ... .. 7%%11.111.•••.•••• Two medical gentlemen have examined into the medical Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 35 1)o. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., 2 14 reports from Morro Who, and one, if not both, is of Lend. &S. Western ....• 50 - ... 284, 27% 29 this opinion. Ditto New 50/. .... 42 5 4...... 24% " The directors talk of the mortality of 1847 being . •• Lai.New 401. 34 only 2 6-10ths per cent. They might also have said Do., New Scrip, 1848, that the first six months in 1848 were very healthy, and Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 the great sickness, or " epidemic," so termed by the Londunderry&Coleraine 25 - „. medical officer, did not commence until the new thirty. Do. 1 / Shares .. 3% — six head-stamps were at work. Londonderry and Ennis " This is the strongest argument they can use against kitten 25 •••••• •-• their so called ' facts. Do. 1 , Shares sln 1847, the returns from the — mines averaged about 15,000 octaves per month, and Lowestoft' per ct.) guar. 4 per ct 20 13 ..... •••••• •• .. ----- •••••• ........ . there were very few Negroes hired. In 1848 and 1849, Ditto (6 Ditto ( 6 after the new 36 head-stamps were erected, every exer- Matlock.— .......... 1 tion was made to get force; and the Negroes, from break- Manchester, Sheffield, ing 19 to 21 tons of stone per man per month, gradually and Lincolnshire...100 reached 28k tons of stone per man per month ; and the Do. Qt.le.rters .. (No,l) 23 . . • pe. produce of gold averaged as high as 20,000 octaves per month, and latterly 22,000 to 23,000 octave's. " 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 lour 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 negroos 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 uegroes. " 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 flat again this morning, and the intelligence from Constantinople of the preparations making for war, together with the unsettled state of the Ministry at Paris, and the arrangements for the adjustment of the speculative account, which is decidedly Bullish, have all tended to keep down prices. Consols have been 91i to 921 1 for Transfer, and 921 to 1 for November 14. The quotations now are 92 to 1 for Transfer, and 921 I for Time. The New Three- and-a- quarter per Cents. have been 921 1, and the Three per Cents. 91 to i t . Bank Stock is worth 197 to 198 f. Exchequer-bills have been marked 44s to 475, and India Bonds 81e. premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Five per Cents, have been marked 161 to 1- ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 331; Mexican 27 to I; Grenada Deferred 31; and Peruvian 63i to 54. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 531. Railway Shares have been worse again. North- Western down to 6 and 51 premium; Great Western 49 to 50 discount; Midland 55 to 57 discount; Caledo nian 39 to 39i 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 211 and there is a good deal of excite meat in the market. For money the values are 911 0-45 O'CLOCK. G 'I?I , 7F.Ft OF IiRITISH iI:TNDS YRICES. Bank Stock 3 ; is,- Cent. Reduced Aims ... 91 90;4 99 1 ,4 per Cent. Consols Annuities...... 92 1 4 91% 92 1 / 2 9158 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus.... ..• 9 2 1, 1 1,4 91% 92 1 i 92 Long Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o 8 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 !ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account, Nov. 14 92% l is Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12►4 — Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 10 1 4 Ditto, Ut. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 22'. ••• -- Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 x. idand ....... 100 43% 46 43 43% Do. ConsobthitedPref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 Ditto, Briat. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 22!. is... Do.,ErevrashVal.,P ref. 50 Ditto, Lei€est.& Swan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and earliale.loo . Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, und Hereford . 6 ea•••• 8 9-16 81 p 91% 1,000/. June 4147 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825 3 per Cent. .. 721, 4 , -191 A, 47 p OLOSIN PRICES. 72 1 ,4 99 163/4 Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O . . Norfolk ...••• Dole 0000000 ••••400 Do. New 201. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. ,20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 fil Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ..« Northißritish ........ —25 ..... 10 3 / 4 .« ...... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters IOM ......1---. « Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8; 4 .. .. •••••• Ditto Preference 5 — North Staffordshire ... 17% B l4 % 000000 ..••• North Wales ... ...... .... 3% — North-Western . 13% — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ..... 50 Beading, Guildford, and . Reigate l5 elm.. 15 1 ,¢ 1 4 %MP me PIP Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central ...... •25 ....•• - ••••••••••••••• Scottish Midland Ditto, New - ........ ...... Shrewslury and Bina l2 «.... 4%.• .. ........ Ditto ditto, Class B 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Uerefd. 4 ...« — Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference - «.. •••• •••• South Staffordshire B% -- •••• ...... - ••• South Eastern D0., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 • 01•• .• ••.... 30 ••..•• Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales - ••••• ••• South 'Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Skeilield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. :... 14% 12%.... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 -• ......" Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 Ditto 5 per Cent. ...• 9 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46,.with Coupons s" — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account •..... —? Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 16%% Ditto, Passive 3 LA Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 53 3 / 53% Ditto. 4 per Cent,. Certifieates 8244 82 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SILA.RES. PAW ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES .. :kberdeen 5O ...... Do. Preference 11 .6 1A 6% r Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 261 h ... Berks & Hants Extens. Vaw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath .. 8 (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford J unct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, _ and Cheshire Juno.... 20 Vt aterford and Kilkenny 20 . 6666. ..- Waterford and Limerick 47% —. Waterid,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 « 26%....... ......• Do. do. do: ... 15 West Cornwall ... 6 ... N hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ' ........ 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ................ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Proference ...... Do. thrtlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ..... . ......... York:and North kidland 50 ••• 19% IS% Ditto, Preference....... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYb. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... .•• Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ......_— Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) 20 ......... Demerara — Dutch Rhenish 8 ..... 1 1 4 East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. Q ... 10s. Louvain 1. la Sambre ... 7 1 ,4 ............... Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ............... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ........... Northern of France l4/. 85... dig ............ le Zd Bord . - ..... Boston, Stamfd & .7L 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... Ditto, Thirds 6uckinghamthire Caledonian ...... 11 50 Ditto, New 10/. Prof... 1 0 - Di tto,Clydesclale June 50 2hester and Holyhead... 50 10 11 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... C:arcnce ............... nth Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 East Anglian, 25L, L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 314 - Eastern Counties........ 20 6% Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... 11 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p... ...... . Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cot. Orleans ant Lsordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... .. ............. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ............... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes n WIS.. - ............... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasn't 2O Westlslanders B 3A, .. ." ............... Ditto 81/2. .........N••• MINES. Anglo-Mexican Barossa Range ......... 2Bs. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocari&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 .;: — . .............. Cobra Copper ... The Presbytery of Inverness have 0P,70 04 Thursday, the Bth of November next, to be i tAl i ° within their " bounds as a day of thanksgivinf ; w rOgg mighty God for his bounty in the harvest . Courier. PORTUGAL. SOUTRAIIPTON, WISDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, has arrived here with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails. Her dates are—Gibraltar, October 6th ; Cadiz, 7th; Lisbon,;9th ; Vigo, 10th; Oporto, 11th. She brings specie value 3,5001., and a cargo of lemons, grapes, &c. 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 Pallas, t 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 unproved. The discount on Lisbon Bank notes had further declined 20 per cent. Stocks and shares were stuoted at a lower figure, but were, in fact, a shade higher for payments in metal. . Lisbon exchanges on London, at three months, 544. Money was very scarce, the Board of Public Credit being the principal buyers of bills on London. The Count of THOMAR had returned to Lisbon to resutne - his - official 4uties. 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 FICALIIO 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 SOBRAL, would probably be elected President of the Lisbon municipality. Our Oporto letter quotes the rate of exchange on London, ninety days, 544, with a good many trans actions. Brazilian and local bills 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, a nd no vessels can get in or out. The annual fair at Vizeu went off poorly, the state of the weather had unfavourably affected business at the Oporto Michaelmas fair. At Gibraltar, exchange on London was quoted 501:; Spanish dollars, lf. The American ship Rock ingham was stranded at Tarifa, and her Majesty's ship Janus was dispatched to render assistance, buf could not get the vessel off. The French troop-s 1 L'Egerie, and French war-steamer, were in the bay, When the Montrose left Vigo it blew a heavy north , west gale. Several vessels arrived. D&EADTUL 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 was walking at the side of Mr. Gage at the time. It is stated that two shots 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. — Ring's County Chronicle of Monday. 27 1 4 27% 53% 19% 34 3411 1574 3% 24 73/4 ...........`''...'' 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 KOSSUTH 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 not even afforded an opportunity of expressing their aritempt for him by the rejection of his dole. Madame PERczEi,:and the Baronesses SPLENYE are also prisoners at Pl'esburgh. A great sensation has been created by the appear ance in public of ASSEIIAN'S female 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. MECKLENBURG. A letter from flamburgh 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 have 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 Dims, worth more than 18,000,000 thalers, to be na tional property. The Duke and his family, as also the Prince of Purssra, the principal agnat, solemnly protested against this. The young Grand Duke of SCHWERIN accepted the Constitution, and promised to promulgate it ; but the Grand Duke of STRELITZ, 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 SCHWERIN 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 not dis solve itself ; it is impossible to dissolve it by force, and it persists in maintaining its Constitution. The conflict is, therefore,veryserious, and grave events are anticipated." The Cologne Gazette states that the new democratic Constitution at Schwerin was solemnly promulgated on the 11th. T URKEY. 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 W. PARSER, 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 des Debuts publishes the fol _ . Lowing letter from Naples, dated Oct. 9th : " Warrants have been issued in all directions, and ar• rests hare been making for the last three weeks. Out of 120 members who composed the Elective Chamber, about eighty have left the kingdom, or have been detained, and it is stated that orders have been given to arrest all the others. M. Cegnazzi, 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 Fortunate Cabinet came into office, has been obliged to take to flight ; M. Conforte, Minister of the Interior of the Progressist Cabinet of April 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, Scralaga, their colleague in the department of pub lic works, and an enlightened Liberal, has been thrown into prison, with the Marquis Dragonotti, 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 cotntry. 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 K in g Ferdi nand: in authorising, not the Ministers, for they have taken no part in the affair, but the Director of the Po lice to adopt 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 impartial spectator of passing events, I cannot 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 Statute of Florence, we learn that the rumour of the return of the Porn was gaining ground, owing to the arrival of a courier from Portici. It was also said that a commission of finances had been named, com posed of Messrs. GALLI, TonLosaa, Commandant FEOLI, and Chevaliers BIGIIETTI and MINGIII. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin of the 11th, M. Cam 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 the law. The. Minister answered that be could not dismiss 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 6th 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. 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