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MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE DIAMOND and the PEARL. By MRS. GORE. " One of Mrs. Goro's most animated and life-like production , . Among the characters are some whose portraits, drawn by her prac tised and skilful hand, will easily be recognised."—Britannia. The contrast in the characters and fortunes of two sisters is the Subject of this novel, which is capitally well written. There is also plenty of mirth In the amusing hits at female pretenders, from sanc timonious duchesses to Mrs. Euphrasia Primwells, and in whimsical descriptions of high life."—Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., post Svc, T HE LILY OF PARIS; Or, THE KING'S NURSE. An Historical Romance. By J. PALGRAVE SIMPSON, Esq., Author of " Glsella," " Letters from the Danube," " Second Love," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. IMS EVENING, Mines. Caroline, Palmy - re Anato, Amaglia, Le Petit Loisset, nick named in Paris " The Little Devil," &c. La lutte des Voltigeurs (gymnastic exercises) by the whole of the Company —An Equestrian Sport, the English Lancers, a grand Ca valry Manceuvre, executed by nine Ladies. Doors open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight. MORNING PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, January 10 and 12. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, Is. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Upper Do. 6d. SECOND PRICE. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Second Price at half--past Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-ofilce, from Ten till Five ; and al Julien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. IBBATRP: DOTAL, EIAYMARKk.; Mr. B. Webster, SeleLessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Wlll be performed DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar, Mr. James Waßack ; Lazarillo, Miss Horton; Maritana, Miss Bennett. After wi'ch, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Morton, and Miss Reynolds. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled TOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. TTnder the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. ♦n approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs Added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. blekens's Christ mas Book, entitled THB HAUNTED MAN. Mr. nedlaw, Mr. linghes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; dilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith; ArieL Madame Celeste. T• conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHE] Mr. slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrla. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma. he THIS EVENING. Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF Vag PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Halt, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleei Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL. TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. T. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-dec prated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arranz( men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the cotwort and convenience of the audience. THIS EYENIN*, Will be perforated a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, S. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF XING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Minder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sec. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.--A gorgeous Spectac'e.—Herr Hengler, the most . extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic; Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificen Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Herr Hengler on the Tigkt-rope. To be followed by an inimitable dispiay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Ma-office open from Eleven till Five. t,:f.• Manseer. Mr. W. West. A GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT. TO CORRESPONDENTS. 4n communication can be attended to unless autheati• cated by the name and address 431 the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TIIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 40; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 29.6. WIND W. -, fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON P,RIDGE. T nt DAT • ring, 45 min. after 1 i Evenine, 1l min. after 2 To-Mouttow—Morning, 35 min. after 2 Evening, 59 min. after 2 *l6 r 1t0.111.144 4. • . • - • 0106 ; 4 9,1/1" •••,. ." r • 31° " 1 , 11;1 / 7.41 ' 7. , • ' r ~ LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1849. Within a few short weeks the Imperial Parliament will assemble for the dispatch of divers urgent and weighty matters affecting the welfare of the realm. The representatives of the people will arrive recruited and refreshed from their past labours. With renewed strength and vigour they will enter upon their arduous duties. Many questions of the deepest im portance will be submitted for their consideration. The dropped measures of the past session will of course be revived, and with, we trust, more fortunate results than attended the efforts of their promoters during the past session. The nation will no longer sanction a system under which but 85,262 persons are entitled to the legislative franchise out of a population exceeding 8,000,000, or, in other words, under which 99-100ths of the people are wholly unrepresented. The law of landlord and tenant in Ireland must be revised, and very material alterations effected therein. The Ministerial faith is pledged to the country, that these matters will be attended to without the slightest delay. The working of the Irish Poor-law must be investigated, and measures for its amendment speedily introduced. There are many other remedial enactments for the sister kingdom relating to the reclamation of waste lands, and the improvement of the fisheries, that cannot be postponed or neglected—in fact, everything by which the industrial resources of the nation can be developed, and the social condition of the people ameliorated, must be brought into operation. The claims of Great Britain on the Legislative attention are no less urgent. The important investi gation into the causes of the commercial distress, which occupied Committees of both Houses, cannot be permitted to remain barren and unproductive. Important alterations must take place in our mone tary code. The mischievous restrictions imposed by the Act of 1844 must be abolished, and a currency provided adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. The entire scheme of taxation must be revised, free-trade doctrines also extended. The impolitic and iniquitous system of indirect imposts must gradually be set aside and replaced by direct taxation on an equitable foundation. Hard working professional men, enterprising merchants, and industrious and upright tradesmen, must no longer be called upon to contribute as largely from their scanty and precarious earnings as the possessors of accumulated and realised pro perty. The demand for economy and retrenchment can no longer be slighted. As the Lord Provost of Edinburgh stated at the recentmeetin g in the Scottish m e tropolis, 16 the nation has been seized w ith a fi t o f thrift." Useles s and unnecessary experAlt ure w ill no longer be tolerated, jobs will be hunted out with the most persevering determination, and abuses ex posed in all their naked enormity. Sanitary mea sures must be passed. The harrowing revelations made by Mr. GEORGE WALKER in his able lectures, to which we recently alluded, have limited the days of intermural interments. " Our dead must be buried out of our sight," and the desecration of their remains can no longer be permitted to rend the hearts of their surviving friends and relatives, or to scatter disease and death among the overcrowded populations residing in the neighbourhood of the civic church yards. lii either can educational matters be neglected. The reproach of ignorance must be removed from the people. We do not profess to recapitulate the various mat ters- that must be brought under the Legislative notice. The list could not be contained within the limits of a single article. We have merely ougge s ted very few of the - _ l arl' important matters that will unquestionably be submitted to Parliament during the approaching session. At the close of the past session, we had to lament a " grievous catalogue of unperformed promises, of Bills altogether withdrawn and postponed to a future session, or so mutilated in their progress through the Legislature as to be rendered comparatively useless." And yet the session was one of unexampled duration, exceeding by 23 days the longest previously known. It was "a laborious and protracted" session. There had been no less than 44 public Commissions of Inquiry, consisting of 15 Members each ; 28 Election Committees, of 5 Members each ; 14 Committees on Railway Groups, and 17 on Groups of other Private Bills, each of 5 Members and up wards ; and 112 other Committees on Private Bills, of 3 Members each. Some of the Public Committees continued their sittings throughout the session—that on commercial distress sat 39 days ; sugar and coffee planting, 39 days ; navy, army, and ordnance expendi ture, 40 days ; miscellaneous expenditure, 37 days. One Election Committee sat 72 days, two others nearly 20 days each, and many of the Committees of Railway and other Private Bills sat for a considerable time.* When so much has been done, so many and such complicated questions investigated—when the session itself lasted for no less than 293 days, of which the House sat 170 days, and when the average duration of each sitting was 8 hours 16 minutes, we cannot im pute idleness or neglect of duty to its Members. To what, then, are the deficiencies and backslidings of the past session to be ascribed ? Clearly to the erroneous system that prevailed—to the interminable harangues of the ANSTEYS, URQUHARTS, et hoc genus omne to the abuses 1 of,,i the forms of the House—to the constant motions for adjournments and the: opportunities thereby afforded for intro ducing matters perfectly irrelevant to the subject under discussion—to the countings out of the House, when hours of the utmost importance were absolutely lost to the country from the temporary absence of Members—and to the number of unnecessary divisions and useless debates that were introduced on the questions, " that then:Speaker do leave the chair," " that the report be now received," &c., &c. It is to these abuses that have gradually arisen that all the evils may be traced, and unless some adequate remedies be introduced we shall again have to lament a grievous waste of time, neglected opportunities, and unperformed pro. mises, at the close of the session of 1849. The Committee appointed last session "to consider the best means of promoting the dispatch of public business," offered some valuable suggestions in their report, although we do not conceive that they fully met the exigencies of the case, or struck at the root of the evil. A very valuable pamphlet has now appeared from the pen of Mr. THOMAS ERSKINE MAY,t a gentleman who has shown himself tho roughly acquainted with all the details of business, and fully alive to the extent of the nuisance that must be abated. The period of publication is peculiarly well chosen. The time that must elapse before the meeting of Parliament will amply suffice for the most mature and attentive consideration of the re commendations contained therein ; while it will not be so long as to permit the several matters to be forgotten. Mr. MAY has ably illustrated the extraordinary amount of business transacted in every session, the legislative activity of Parliament during the last twenty years, and the excessive labour bestowed upon the business of the country. He explains the causes which contribute to the difficulties of passing measures. He lays down the true principle "that all regulations for the dispatch of business must he consistent with ample freedom of dis cussion." However great the inconveniences which may occasionally arise from abuses of speech, every law must be the result of the freest deliberation. [he public confidence cannot otherwise be retained. Mr. MAY does not by any of his suggestions contem plate any abridgment of that right—it is only the vexatious and annoying privileges that have been grossly abused, and perverted from the objects for which they were originally sanctioned, that he would alter. We shall not now enter into the nature of these suggestions. We can, however, heartily commend his useful publication to public notice. It will be found in every respect well worthy of perusal. Embarrassments have not failed to spring up with the rapidity of mushrooms round the august personage who has been recently installed in the Ely see Nationale. He has already experienced the bitterness of the anxiety which invariably accrues to those who undertake the labours and the responsibi- lities of Government. He has scarcely constructed his inaugural Cabinet before the members of the Administration are transformed from friends into belligerents, from the suavity of colleagues into the asperity of antagonists. The gorgeous couch of the Presidentship is strewed, like those of PriarcLEs and AUGUSTUS, with thorns as well as with roses. Far from exulting over these misfortunes—as too many of our Contemporaries appear disposed to do— we cannot but regard the position of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE as one eminently en titled to excite our sympathies. Carried to his present magnificent elevation by the sponta- neous votes of nearly seven millions of electors, he is invested by the highest and most legitimate of all authorities—the authority of the people—with the powers and prerogatives of his illustrious office. For this reason he possesses the loftiest of all claims upon the respect of Christendom. He is the visible emanation from the popular will. He has been consecrated by the chrism of the multitude— their almost unanimous enthusiasm. He has been proclaimed the Chief Magistrate of the French Re public by the Ballot and by Universal Suffrage. In offering the indignity of ungenerous derision, there fore, to the President BONAPARTE, we are directly insulting the majesty of the millions of France. In paying due regard to the power reposed in the hands of that democratic administrator, we are proffering the worthiest homage to the intellects of thirty-six millions of human beings. It is well that these reflections should not be overlooked ; or, otherwise, we may inadvertently degrade our na tional character by a repetition of those brutalities and puerilities which cast an indelible slur upon the last generation. Blinded by an ignorant animosity, England, instead of recognizing in the Emperor .NAPOLEON one of the most legitimate Sovereigns that ever wielded a sceptre, treated him only as a subject for obscene calumny, for petulant lampoons, for insolent and brutal vituperations. The result of this was, in 1804, the rupture of a treaty of peace which might otherwise have been permanent. It plunged the whole of Europe into a war which lasted for ten years, without cessation, leaving the English to groan over the frightful extension of their national debt, and the French to exclaim with mingled re morse and indignation— " Lui qui un Pape a couronnee pct mort dans une Isle deserte 1" Since then France and England have equally ex piated their shortcomings, their sins of omission and commission. And now, as a sublime tribute of re pentance and admiration to the manes of the great hero who reposes in his imperial tomb on the banks of the Seine, the exiled KING of 'the Westphalians has come in his old age to watch over the ashes of the Immortal Dead, while the representative of her Britannic MAJESTY is ranked the second amongst the foreign ambassadors to the Presidential Court of a BONAPARTE. At such a time as this—when history speaks to us in a voice so eloquent —telling us of the miseries and the ignominies which emanated from the rancorous ignorance of the last generation, let us not, in the name of everything that is just and rational, resume a course which has proved to be so marvellously debasing and disastrous ! Let us reap the harvests and gather in the vintages of experiences and (to employ an elegant phrase of the poet KEATS) let that experience be productive to ourselves and to our neighbours of " The bread of friendship and the wine of love." Previous to his election by the French nation as their First President, Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE possessed, doubtless, but small claims to the attention of the world beyond that arising from the accident of * Report of Committee on Public Business. 6, t R e marks and Suggestions, with a view to facilitate the Dispatch of Public Business in Parliament. By Thol§3 Erbkino May." lii4way; Idcwl9l3, 1649,T 2 . 36. his birth—an accident which had rendered him the representative of the most remarkable family of modern times. Beyond that, and beyond the cir cumstance of his being the author of several ingeni ous productions, and of one very profound and saga cious treatise relating to the science of the military profession—Lows NAPOLEON BONAPARTE may be said to have possessed no claims whatever upon the consideration of the multitude. His position at the present moment is directly different. His claims upon the respect of the world are supreme and para mount they are the claims derived from the suffrages of seven millions of electors, Bowing down in homage to the will of a great people, we respect in the President Louis NAPO LEON BONAPARTE the Representative of the sagacity and the aspirations of Republican France. That he is embarrassed with difficulties is attributable not to any want of capacity on his own part, but rather to the anterior calamities which have befallen hi s country. Out of a deficit of 20,000,000 Z. he cannot surely be expected to pour opulence into the Treasury within the space of a fortnight. Out of a numerous population of destitute and unemployed ouvriers, he cannot, in common reason, be required to make, in a couple of months, a community of busy and flourishing citizens. It is objected against the PRINCE President, that he has done nothing. But, in the name of Heaven, what time has he had to do anything? Four weeks. Four weeks! And are men then such dolts as to believe that any statesman, however miraculous his capabilities for the renovation of the multitude, can, in four weeks, drag thirty millions of the human race from an abyss of confusion and destitution ? True, that discord has been provoked among the holders of the Ministerial portfolios by the haughty missive ad dressed to the Minister of the Interior by the newly inaugurated PRESIDENT. But let any man, how ever conciliatory his disposition, ask himself if some consideration should not be given to the indignation naturally aroused in the bosom of the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, who, elected to his high office by seven millions of votes, finds himself treated as a mere puppet by the men entrusted by him with the seals of administration ? A candid re sponse to this question will afford, at least, a partial justification to the tone of the letter which recently led to the retirement of M. LEON DE MAILEVILLE. In scrutinizing the proceedings of President BONA PARTE, we should never lose sight of the astounding difficulties by which his whole Administration is en compassed ; we should regard with leniency the errors into which his bold, but inexperienced tempe rament, is occasionally seduced; and, above all, we should award to hint those reasonable sympathies which were formerly due to him as a child of exile, but which are now, in the days of his pomp and pros perity, more absolutely necessary than in the period of his misfortunes. We have hitherto cautiously abstained from making any allusion to the case of Dr. JOSEPH CARraturzit Bose'.As, of the Fishponds Lunatic Asylum, near Bristol, although we have attentively watched the whole course of the proceedings in this case from the latter end of June last, when the sub_ ject of the management of that asylum was first brought under the notice of the public, up to the present month of January, when, after an investiga tion which had lasted many days, Dr. BoMPAs with drew his application for a renewal of his license. In the comments which we feel ourselves called upon to make on this ♦ery important case, we, at the outset, in order to guard ourselves from misconstruction, state that it is not our intention to reflect in the slightest degree on the professional skill or humanity of Dr. BOMPAS, as compared with the skill or humanity of other keepers of private lunatic asylums. We believe that he is to the full as skilful, to the full as humane, as any other keeper of a private lunatic asylum, and that the Fishponds Asylum is as well managed as the great majority of private lunatic asylums in this country, because, whatever may be the abuses that have heretofore existed in the management of that asylum, abuses to the full as great exist in the management of almost every other private lunatic asylum. The fault is . the fault of the system rather than of the man—the fault is more especially the fault of the Commissioners of Lunacy, who, by their neglect, actually enticed Dr. Bourse into the commission of offences against the law, by which he has subjected himself to heavy penalties. In eighteen months the superintendent of the Fishponds Asylum committed, according to the report of the Chairman of the Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions, 13 misde meanours, and in 90 cases incurred penalties to the amount of 1,7101.; and yet the Commissioners of Lunacy, Messrs. MYLNE and TURNER, who visited the asylum on the 26th of April, 1848, con tent themselves with saying, "We must, how ever, impress on the proprietor the importance, or rather the absolute necessity, of a strict observance of the requirements of the Act of Parliament on that head." How gingerly do these gentlemen speak of a breach of the law by which they are appointed. Is it thus that other functionaries speak of the provisions of an Act of Parliament which they are appointed to carry out? But the Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy are not entitled to the credit of having given even this admonition. It was forced from them by report of the magistrates, Messrs. BATTERSRY, Frurr, MIREHOUSE, and Dr. LYON, Wile, on their visit to the Fishponds Asylum, on the 25th of April (the day before the visit of the Commissioners of Lunacy), made the following entry in the visiting book, which was of necessity laid before the Commissioners : " On our last visit, on the 20th of March, we drew the attention of Dr. Bompas to the necessity of not admit • ting patients without the certificates of two medical men, unless in cases of emergency, and, if so, the urgency of the case should be stated. " There have been three admissions since we last visited; two out of the three have been admitted on the certificate of one medical man, and second certificates signed by Mr. G-, after the patients had been in cus• tody of Dr. Bompas. " On the 23d of March Dr. Bompas sends his keepers to Bath ; takes Mr. E. F., about eight o'clock in the evening; puts him into a fly, with a strait-waistcoat, conveys him to the Asylum, calling on Mr. G-, a surgeon of the neighbourhood. Mr. G- gets into the fly, where Mr. E. F. was sitting, and on which interview he signs the certificate; he is brought here at 12 o'clock at night, and Mr. E. F. assures us that he is put to bed without fire or food. We have examined the patients, all of whom we have seen, excepting Mr. G. U., who is taking a walk. " Mr. E. F. appears calm, tranquil, and rational. We cannot take upon ourselves the responsibility of suggest ing his dismissal upon one interview." It is not until their attention is directed in an especial manner to these breaches of the law by the visiting magistrates, that the Commissioners o Lunacy deem it necessary to notice the matter, and then they content themselves with making a verbal inquiry, and even that: inquiry is not made of the superintendent himself. The following is their own account of their conduct in this affair : _ _ " Some explanation was given to us verbally by Mr. George Bompas, respecting the irregularity or defective nature of the certificates referred to in the magistrates' entry yesterday, which, if it had been inserted, as it should have been, in the original order, would have ob viated the defect." It does not appear very clearly to what this "it " refers (a knowledge of grammatical construction is not probably considered a necessary qualification in a Lunacy Commissioner), but it is abundantly evi dent that the Commissioners of Lunacy conduct their investigations in a culpably careless manner ; that they treat as a matter of little consequence the observance of the provisions of the Acts of Par liament which they are appointed to administer; and that they thus induce a correspondent carelessness on the part of the superintendents of lunatic asylums, who naturally think that the strict observ ance of the law is a matter of small importance when they find those appointed to administer the law so lightly treat a breach of its provisions. As we pro ceed we shall find abundant evidence of the careless manner in which the Commissioners of Lunacy per form their duties, and of the absolute necessity which exists for an immediate and sweeping reform in the laws for the regulation of lunatic asylums. The Fishponds Asylum was founded in the year 1738, and in 1817 it became the property of Dr. BomrAs, sen., the grandson of the founder. Dr. Bostres, sen., died suddenly towards the latter end of the year 1846, and his license was transferred to his son, Dr. Jowl" CARPENTER BOMPAS, and renewed to him at the Midsummer Sessions of 1847. On his appli cation for a renewal of his license at Midsummer, 1848, the magistrates, having read the report of the visitors, determined not to renew the license for twelve months as usual, but only for three months, in ordox to lA, g0ix 0 4,5 fp opportanity of pecla- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1849, ing " such a superintendency as the Court should approve of for the future government of the I institution." The grounds upon which the magistrates state they came to this decision were, that modes of restraint and coercion were resorted to which were cruel and hurtful ; that patients had been received without due regard to the requirements of the law, which insists upon two separate medical certificates ; that patients were detained in the esta blishment after the opinion of the visitors that they were in a fit state to be removed ; that two detached houses, not included in the license, had been opened by Dr. BOMPAS for the reception of one patient each, and— " That a patient (Mr. C.D.) yelp, it appeared, was a gentleman of birth and education, stated to the visitors that he had been subjected to very harsh treatment and abusive language by the keepers of the asylum; that he had requested the use of a Common Prayer-book, which had been denied to him; that a letter to a visiting justice had been intercepted and prevented from reaching . its destination; that, under pretence that he was violent, he had been forcibly thrust into the strong room, his hands placed in handcuffs, his shoes taken from him, and he was there left to stand or lie upon the stone floor until night, when he was dragged to his bed and fastened in it by an iron chain, and remained chained down until morning." The 'chain here alluded to was described by the Rev. H. MIRE EIOUSE, one of the visiting ma gistrates, as being " exactly the same as that which was used to fasten the legs of horses to gether to prevent them straying." There were some other charges of a minor character, such as vexatiously refusing a patient permission to walk in a shrubbery, &c., to which we will not further allude• This is the first instance in which We find the magis terial authorities of a county doing their duty as visi tors of Lunatic Asylums, and making that a reality which has hitherto been a mockery. In the course of the proceedings the Chairman of the Gloucestershire sessions, Mr. PURNELL (whose conduct throughout the whole affair reflects the highest honour on him, and entitles him to the heartfelt gratitude of every hu mane person,) thus described the state of the unhappy persons confined in private Lunatic Asylums : " The. Chairman said, he confessed the situation of per sons confined in private mad houses (as these establish ments were termed in Act of Parliament) always ap peared to him to be exceedingly pitiabL, and infinitely worse than those confined in a public asylum; for, as the inducement which operated upon the persons keeping these establishments was that of remuneration for the maintenance of the patients received there, they, there fore, had an interest rather in the detention of the pa tients, than in sending them away speedily cured. Then, again, the keepers of these establishments underwent no previous examination as to their qualification. They had merely to give a fortnight's notice to the clerk of the peace of their intention to apply for a license; whereas, in a public institution, the governors had to select the most competent person out of perhaps 20 or 30 individuals, all bringing testimonials of their character, competency, and talents to fill the office. There was this further difference between a public and a private lunatic asylum. In the latter, tha inspecting commis sioners did not necessarily visit the place more than twice, and the visiting justices not necessarily more than four times during the year ; during the long intervals of which visits the inmates were entirely at the mercy of the individual proprietor. In the public institution, on the contrary, the medical man had no interest in de taining his patients but to cure and discharge them as early as possible, whilst there was a constant supervision taking place by those who bad the control of the institution. In the private asylum there was only the casual supervision which he had mentioned, and the medical man who carried on the establishment for his own profit, had no interest in the quick discharge of his patients. In this case a trivial letter had been in tercepted, and this was only important as showing that it patients in these private establishments were pre vented from communicating, by letter, with a visiting justice, they might also be prevented sending any com plaint to their friends, and thus they may be kept in a state of hopeless misery and tyranny. " Captain Surman—Are the friends of patients ex cluded from visiting and communicating with them per sonally ? " Mr. Bompas—Generally speaking they are not ex cluded; but there are some cases in which the admission of friends would not be proper. " The Chairman said that made out his remark as to the facility which a private establishment held out of keeping back the knowledge of a patient's grievances. Suppose a keeper had ill-treated a patient just before the friends of the patient called to visit him, it would be easy for it to be said that the patient was not in a fit state to be seen; and as his letters might be kept back, there would be no means for him to make his complaint known. For these reasons, he thought the Court of Quarter Se , .sions ought to be extremely cautious how they granted licenses in the first place, and how they renewed them afterwards." Doctor BOMFAS, shortly after these occurrences, published a pamphlet vindicatin g his conduct, in which we find the following passage : "At present my position is that of a party accused without notice or preparation, and without any state ment of the offence imputed—assumed to be guilty with out proof, and sentenced without being allowed to prove my innocence." We thank Dr. BomrAs for having written the above passage. It is impossible to describe more accurately or more forcibly the situation of every patient in every private Lunatic Asylum in the kingdom. He also again applied to the Court of Quarter Sessions for a renewal of his license, on which occasion the investigation was ordered to be instituted, the report of the result of which will be found in another column ; but we must reserve our comments on these ulterior proceedings for a future occasion. Under the head of " Post-office notice," there will be:found in another column instructions to post mas ters, sub .post- masters, and letter- receivers, to the effect that they are no longer to receive postage on letters to be conveyed between this kingdom and the United States by the contract packets belonging to the United States Government, as the postage due for their conveyance must be collected in the United States. Such notices formerly appeared as advertisements in the public journals, for which the usual payments were made to the proprietors. Economy and re trenchment, however, appear now to be the order of the day. Latterly these notices have been forwarded by the Secretary of the Post. office, as matters that may be useful to the journals, to be inserted or not at their pleasure, but for which no payment is to be made in any manner. When such savings are introduced into the departm en t, w hile we are called on to relinquish our legitimate profits, and to serve the public gratuitously, can it be intended to perpetuate the pensions to their Graces of GRAFTON and MARLBOROUGH, and to the heirs of the Duke of SCHOMBERG ? Are we to print and publish information that should be disse minated without any return, in order that the Duke of GRAFTON should still enjoy his annuity of 3,4071. per annum ; that the noble owner of Blenheim should retain his 4,000/. per annum, or that the heirs of SCHOMBERG should expend their 2,9001. a year, drawn from the resources of this country, in Holland ? We hope not ; as economy is to be the order of the day, let the most prominent abuses be first struck off. If the locusts who idly fatten upon the nation's industry are removed, if the expenses of these various departments are not unduly swollen by their iniquitous demands, no objection will be raised to the fair and reasonable payments for the public service. The expenses of advertisements in the public press will not figure among the items in the black catalogue, against which the voice of public opinion has been heard, indignantly protesting. The labourer is worthy of his hire, and the journalist should receive a fair return for his enterprise, labour, and the:capital, employed in his undertaking, whenever they are required for the general service. There is no more reason to suppose that we should pub lish these notices gratuitously,than that the Government should be entitled to the labour of any other member of the community, whenever it chooses to call upon him. Our Cabinet Ministers—the heads of the se veral departments, the various clerks employed in them, do not work without reinuneration,:why should the journalist be alone expected to make such a sa• crifice ? EXETER HALL.—Last night the Sacred Harmonic Society gave a representation of the Judas Maceabeus under the direction of Mr. Costa. The same care and attention to the ensemble, which characterised the pro duction of the Messiah by this society, were observable in this performance, which was in the highest degree successful. The principal vocal parts were sustained by Miss Birch, the Misses Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. H. Phillips. The hall was crowded to excess. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC I N STITUTION. —The usual attraction of this admirable exhibition are enhanced during the present week, by the delivery of lectures on " The Cultivation and Management of the Voice in Singing." The committee have engaged Mr. G. Clif ford, professor of music, for this purpo se, and his first lecture was delivered, before a numerous and very atten tive auditory, last evening. The lecturer's remarks were very agreeably diversified and forcibly illustrated by the performance of a variety of favourite vocal pieces, from the works of several eminent composers; and their very creditable execution elicited repeated and hearty plaudits from the comp any present. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC., We have received. the Paris papers of yesterday. The sitting of t'be Assembly yesterday was ren dered interesting by the discussion on foreign affairs, with which it opened, by the Ministerial statement of M. DROUYN DE Lace is, and the eloquent vindication of the foreign policy of the Provisional Government by M. LAMARTINE. The discussion was commenced by the interpellations of M. BEAUNE of which he had given notice. M. BEAUNE, in rising, said that he could well un derstand and tolerate the reserve which a temporary Government had observed with respect to foreign Governments • but at the present moment, when a permanent Government was in power, that reserve was out of place and out of season. The Government was now definitively constituted, and it was necessary that it should march in the line chalked out for it by the Revolution. He pointed out the discredit into which French influence had fallen everywhere. The fa mous mediation, of which so much had been said, was not to take place. An Austrian diplomatist had ventured to say, openly, that it was necessary to let France simmer in its own ;gravy (cuire dans son jus). Would the present Cabinet accept that state of things? For the honour of France, he hoped not. He then took a review of the state of Europe ' and alluded particularly to those places, and complained that Republican principles were everywhere con temned and despised. This speech was spoken in a low, husky tone, and made no impression on the Assembly. M. DROUYN DE LBUYS rose to reply. He de clared that the negotiations were actively and seriously commenced, notwithstanding the assertion of M. Beaune to the contrary. The Congress for the mediation ;would certainly take place ; and the pre sent Cabinet, like its predecessors, would endeavour to have the question of Italy settled by pacific means. Until the negotiations had gone further, the Govern ment would observe the greatest reserve in its lan guage. He reminded the Assembly that the Provi sional Government had inaugurated two systems of policy—the one an open and pacific one, the other an underhand policy of agitation. The present Cabinet would follow out the first, and would never descend to the second. This allusion to the manifesto brought M. DE LAMARTINE to the tribune. He contended, with the eloquence which is natural to him, that the policy proclaimed by the Republic was the result of well considered patriotism. In that policy there was neither disloyalty nor agitation. It was a policy worthy of the Republic, the Government, and the Assembly. This short speech was received with loud cheering. It was rumoured yesterday that so heartily tired had M. ODILON BARROT become of his position that he was exceedingly desirous of being elected Vice- President, in order to escape from his Ministerial embarrassments. The visit of M. ARMAND MARRAST to the PRESIDENT of the Republic still continues to excite the alarm of the re-actionary party who pay an involuntary homage to the talents and the power of M. ARMAND MARRAST by the importance they attach to his slightest movements. The following account of this important visit appears in the Sickle : " It appears to be certain, not that the President of the Assembly (M. Marrast) demanded an audience, ac cording to the expressions which have been maliciously repeated, but that he sent a message to the President of the Republic to inform him that he should be glad of an opportunity of talking with him on affairs of general interest, au act of propriety which does not compromise the dignity of either of the two powers, and which, in the present circumstances, ought to be reciprocal. It is probably on this account that the Laos thought itself authorized in saying that M. Marrast, in place of being sent for, had sent for himself." The agitation for the dissolution of the National Assembly continues on the increase. MM. TRIERS and MOLE and the chiefs of the dynastic rump are indefatigable in their endeavours to effect the disso lution of the Assembly, and they are aided by the Jesuits and Parti Pretre, whose influence over the unlettered and superstitious boors of the Provinces is unbounded. The publication of the letter of Loins NAPOLEON to M. DE MALLEVILLE has done the PRESIDENT of the Republic much injury. It is to be hoped that the attitude now assumed by the reactionaries will open his eyes to the dangers of his situation before it be too late. They consider him as what EMILE DE GIBARDIN discribed him, the planche Napolionienne. Judas-like they accept but to betray him, and his only chance of safety is in an immediate, a frank, and an honest acceptance of Republican principles, Republican measures, and Republican men. The Republicans look upon him as the incar nation of the popular will expressed by universal suffrage ; and whilst he continues to do his duty as PRESIDENT of the Republic, he will find that the Republicans are his most sincere friends and his firmest supporters. The National has the 'following on the present aspect of affairs in France : " Why is it necessary that a sad incident should arise to disturb our people in their gaiety ? Why should there be in the drawers of a Minister, documents compromising certain new friends of the Presi dent, formerly his bitterest enemies? Why speak of a snare laid for the pretender at Boulogne in 1810? Why, in fine, is the name of the Minister of that day mixed up with the unfortunate adven ture which led M. Louis Bonaparte to the fort of Ham! Alas, do not inquire of M. Thiers, for the Constitutionnel will reply to you by insults. We shall therefore refrain from any indiscreet questions. While perfectly under standing that M. Napoleon Bonaparte, less generous than Louis XII., wishes to know who deceived him in 1840, and desires to remove from himself the traitors who, per haps, still surround him, we declare that we attach no kind of importance to these retrospective details of the secret police. We are, besides, perfectly well informed as to the practices of the monarchy in matters of provo cation aud spies. The affair of Conseil, M. Thiers being then Minister, is fresh in our recollection. M. Malleville has refused the removal of these documents, a list of which, accompanied by a receipt, might have guaranteed their being replaced in archives; M. Faucher, who replaces him, will show himself more complaisant, and all will be told. "Indifferent to these squaliblings we treat with no less contempt, the insults addressed by the Ministerial papers against Republicans. We can scarce believe this strange charge of compereship thrown in the face of men who, looking with a serious eye on our democratic in stitutions, bend themselves before the expression of universal suffrage, and after having energetically op posed the candidateship of M. Bonaparte, now respect in him the will of the nation. No, the flatterers are not in that quarter. If it be necessary to satisfy ambitions which appear to light up, to subject the management of affairs to the old servants of the monarchy, we shall re sign ourselves to it. The universal good sense of the nation will soon do us justice. It will cost France some grief and some crises which we would have wished to have spared her ; but if we are powerless to pre vent them we will at least take care that the evil be not fatal. It is of little consequence to us what man is in power, and it is of little consequence to us that our friends should be Ministers. What concerns us is that universal suffrage be exercised in reality, that the Constitution be respected, and the Republic main tained. To the triumph of the sovereignty of the people we have devoted our life, and we will devote all that is left to us of strength and energy to defend the conquest we have gained. Let, then, M. Thiers, his friends, and their Legitimist allies come on—we await them. They may create some short obstacles to the march of demo cracy, but we defy them to arrest it in its course. The necessities of the time in which we live will triumph over wiles more vigorous than theirs." The Committee of Agriculture has adopted, by a large majority, the following project of decree : Dating from February 1, 1849, foreign salt is ad mitted into France on the following conditions:— "By sea, and in the ports of the ocean and of the Channel, under French flag, 2f. per kilog.; under Fo reign flag, 2f. 50c." BOURSE.—PARIS, MONDAY, JAN. 8. THREE O'CLOCK.—The French Five per Cents. opened firmly at the closing prices of Saturday, and went up to 75f. 20c.; after which they began to give way, and closed ultimately at 35 centimes below Saturday's prices. The Three per Cents. also gave way. The uneasiness with respect to the position of the Ministry, and the appre hended struggles between the party who wish to dis solve the Chamber, and those who wish to prolong its existence, was the principal cause of the fall. The Railway Shares were also weak. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25 30; ditto (ninety days), 25 20. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 7 4 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 4—Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of Frame, 7% Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 181/8. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d inst. have arrived. The amendments proposed to the Address in the Chamber of Deputies had all been negatived, and the debate on the Address itself had commenced. General CONCIIA has resigned the office of Captain- General of Catalonia. The reason of the resignation is not stated, but the fact is certain, and from the suddenness of the occurrence we are inclined to believe that the rumour of his defeat by CABRERA is not altogether so destitute of foundation as the Moderado journals would have us believe. General VILLALONGA. has been appointed to succeed him. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 3.—The Three per Cents. were done at 191 cash ex-dividend, and were 1-16 to i buyers, 3-16 sellers after the close; Five per Cents., 9; buyers, 10 sellers ; :Coupons, 6 sellers ; Passive Debt, 34 buyers, f sellers. The mercantile accounts from Valparaiso report a steady and well maintained market fur [lost kinds of British manufactures. The trade of the coast was im proving, and it is stated that two or three vessels had been laid on for California. Exchange on England con tinued quoted at about 43d. The rates of freightage were 81. 15s. and 5 per cent. for London and Liverpool, and 44 2s, 6d. for Swansea, GE RMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, AUS'ERIA. Advices have been received from Vienna of the Ist January. It was reported on that day that the city of Comorn had fallen into the hands of the Im perial troops in consequence of treason ; and that General SEMONICII had seized Leopoldstadt, on the Waag, after a bombardment of a quarter of an hour. Neither rumour, however, obtained much credit. PRUSSIA. Prince WITTGENSTEIN has been appointed to act as Chargé d'A f faires in London during the absence of Chevalier BUN SEN. The PRINCE left Berlin on the 4th inst. The negotiations for the transfer of the Sovereignty of the Principality of Sigmaringen to the King of PRUSSIA have failed. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, in their sitting of the 3d, after having rejected the order of the day motive proposed by M. VESSENDONCK, on the ques tion relative to the Constitution granted by the King of PRUSSIA, passed to the proposition of M SIMON and his supporters on the same subject, which was also rejected by 236 votes against 158. The propositions of SCHMIDT, SCHULER, and UHLAND met a similar fate. On the motion of M. RAVEAU, the Assembly decided the affair as ter minated. M. KERCHGESENER informed the Assembly that the Ministry of the Empire had not yet commu nicated to the committee on Austrian affairs the note expected from the Cabinet of Vienna, and proposed that the Assembly should adjourn till Monday and place on the orders for that day the discussion of the report on the Austrian question. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 7.—Among the numerous ad dresses presented to the KING on occasion of the new year, the following was delivered by the Minister of War, who, at the same time, had the honour of in troducing the military officers : " Sire,— The army eagerly avails itself of the present opportunity to renew to your Majesty, to your august Consort, and to the Royal Family, the homage of unal• terable loyalty. " The army is fully sensible of what it owes to the King who crowns it with incessant proofs of his confi dence, and evinces a solicitude in its welfare of which it has just reason to be proud. " Sire,—The army desires, through my medium, to assure your Majesty that, whatever events the future may have in reserve for us, your army will ever faith fully accomplish its mission, the immense importance of which it fully appreciates, and, faithful to the principles of patriotism and honour which constitutes its strength, it will ever show itself worthy, by its discipline, energy, and loyalty, of the confidence of the King and of the country." To this his MAJESTY replied : " The army in other countries has been acting an im portant part. ; here in our own country it has happily not been called upon to do so by the occurrence of similar events ; thanks to the perfect harmony which has always subsisted between the governed and the governors. "In the midst of the grand European catastrophe, Belgium has remained perfectly calm, and we have indeed reason to congratulate ourselves on this result. " Nevertheless, I have not the slightest doubt that under any circumstances the country may depend upon the courage and devotedness of the army. Belgium is a neutral state, but this neutrality does not offer a gua rantee against the dangers which might arise in the event of a European conflagration. By its geographical position it may be always called upon to accomplish an important mission, and I entertain the firmest confidence that, whatever be that mission, our army will sustain with honour the high reputation which it has acquired, by its discipline, its knowledge, and patriotic sentim,nts; and will, at all times, be worthy of the country which has acquired so brilliant a position in Europe by its glorious attitude in these latter days."—Brussels Papers, Jan. 7. ITALY. The Contemporaneo of Rome has the following on the approaching meeting of the Roman Constituent Assembly : " The imperfect representation of the people was at first an object of blame, and then one of contempt ; now, no one speaks of it at all. To-morrow the Go vernment will speak ; it will make an appeal to the nation, for it to deliberate on its future existence. Let the work be completed with the same high morality with which it was commenced, and that speedily. The Ministry has replied to its acts by the general expecta tions; and as it has proved itself worthy of the confi dence of the people, we will support it in the difficult path upon which it has entered, and tog., thee we will attain the desired end, or else we will share the dangers and misfortunes." Prince CORSINI has, it is said, resigned. Duke SIORZA. CEFARINI has been appointed General of the Civic Guard, and Colonel Louis Masi Lieutenant- General. The Alba of Dec. 31, says that the Communal Council of Bologna have voted their adhesion to the protest of the POPE, which is likely to lead to dange rous consequences, as several battalions, all the people, and many noblemen, have resolved to give a severe lesson to the Council for their presumption. On Christmas•day the POPE celebrated mass in his private chapel at Gaeta, the King and Queen of NAPLES, and the Royal Family being present. His HOLINESS afterwards went in great pomp to the Cathedral, where he was received by the bishop and the heads of the clergy. The whole diplomatic corps were present in court costume. After the performance of mass, and other ceremonies, the POPE returned to his palace, amidst the profound respect of the people who awaited his blessing. At noon the diplomatic corps repaired to the palace, where they were received by his lIOLI NESS. The Spanish Ambassador del.vered an address on the part of his colleagues, to which the POPE replied in a very gracious manner. The Corriere Mercantile states, from Naples (26th ult.) that since the mediation in the Sicilian que,tion has not been accepted, hostilities are at once to recemmence, and that the Sicilian troops are al ready moving from Palermo against Messina, and an engagement is daily expected. A rumour is current at Naples that the Government intends to exact the payment beforehand of the whole of the tax for 1849. The Bologna Gazette of the 31st ult. says it is re ported that a French frigate has sailed for Sicily, having on board LUCIEN MURAT, who is going to offer his services to the Sicilians. Il Pensiero Italiano of the 2d instant says—" The courier from Milan after to-day will cease his com munication with Turin. RADETZKY has prohibited all personal communication with Piedmont. The transit of merchandise is, however, not yet inter dicted. A decree has appeared prohibiting the ex portation of gold and silver from the Lombardo- Venetian states above' the value of 100 florins. The head-quarters have been transferred to Piedmont, where his MAJESTY is expected. General QUEGLIA is there, charged to put the city in a state of defence." THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, MIDNIGHT. The Niagara, Captain Ryrie, has arrived with the North American mails from Boston to the 27th ult. The Europa, hence, arrived at Halifax on the 29th. In the Stock Market there has been activity, caused by the increased demand for money. Exchange, 1081 to 109. Flour—Sales of Oswego and Western Canal were made at 5 dulls. 311 cents. to 5 dolls. 37i cents. Ohio brought 5 dolls. 75 cents. Grain—Genessee wheat sold at 123 cents. Cotton—Upland Florida, ordinary to good ordi nary, 5i to 51; middling to good middling, 6 to 61• Freights—Beef, ss. 61, to London; cheese, 355. per ton to Liverpool; flour, 2s. per barrel; Cotton, S-16ths to 1 per pound. In Congress a committee had been ordered to re port a Bill to abolish the slave trade in the districts of Columbia. There was no abatement in the gold mania ; im mense numbers were flocking in the direction of California. Yellow fever was on the increase at New Orleans. The House of Representatives in Ohio had been organized. It is stated in a letter from Washington that the postal arrangements had not been completed ; there were yet some points of difference. Arrived at New York the Mary Smith, from New castle ; and the Susan, from Newcastle. In the St. Lucia papers received by the West India packet, the sale of the Marquis estate in that island is announced f'or the sum of 3,600/. This same property, comprising 3,000 acres, 2,000 of which even in the pre sent depressed period are under cultivation, fetched 50,000/. seventeen years back, and was then considered to have sold only at a moderate price. The purchasers at this great reduction are said to be Messrs. Cavan, Brothers, of London. The weather at St. Christopher's was very seasonable, and had latterly much improved the prospects of agriculturists. The Havre cotton-market continues firm, prices for most descriptions being well maintained. At Rouen less business has been transacted during the last week, but still a good demand existed for manufactures at full quotations. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUJIRTER TO THREE. There was a fair demand or Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds weie very firm. Of American, at 41 3 1 d. to 4id., here was ts feir supply and ready sales. The sales were G,OOO bale, and comprised 500 American on specula tion, 5,000 American at 3,1-d. to 5d., 250 Pernams, &c. at 4ld. to sid., and 700 Surat at 3d. to 30.—The Railway Share Market was firm, with a good business doing. The accounts brought by the steamer Niagara, from America, have not yet been received in town, but the exchange at New York on London was firm. The money market being rather tighter, might be simply the effect of the close of the year. In a New Brunswick paper, lately to hand, we are apprised of an " important political suggestion," as it is termed, viz., to send a deputation to England to bring under notice the unfortunate position of the co lony, and to urge the necessity of a great parliamentary measure that will effect the following object:— "An union of the entire British colonies and de pendencies, free trade, and parental and filial annexa tion between them and the mother countrse -colonial representation in the British Ministry and in Parliament. "A wide plan of emigration of labourers and capital, and an abolition of the " obnoxious " Colonial-office policy." " Two fearless and independent gentlemen, pos sessing a spirit of determination to overcome all obstacles, and to bring the whole matter before the people, through the medium of the press, could be found in New Brunswick who would undertake the mission from motives of patriotism, and we understand that ample funds could be raised to defray the expenses of such a delegation. To be successful in either or any any one of the objects before mentioned would, we con ceive, be attended by a revival of every branch of colo nial trade, and an opening of our vast resources to the capital and labour of the British em pire. Surely, there are none amongst us, possessing real or personal property, who would refuse to contri bute to this measure, by their means and cordial sup port. The broad proposition is one of such vital im portance to every man among us, who claims to be loyal and patriotic—without reference to minor political differences of opinion —that we would feign hope, the gentleman from whom the sugges tion has emanated, will use his influence, for convening a meeting of our influential citizens, for the consi deration and discussion of the project. We do not entertain a doubt but that our neighbouring co lonies will gladly fall in with the proposition, (if we entertain it favourably), and act upon it. The most of the British colonies are in a wretchedly un prosperous condition—in a middle state, suspended be tween Great Britain and the United States; both the mother country and the Republic are taxing our exports, and the colonies taxing the little trade there is between one another. There is no remedy apparent to us, but in a Parliamentary Bill for a " Colonial Confederacy;" and this Bill, we think, can be obtained, if the colonies will now severally send deputations, authorised to go to each member of her Majesty's Government, to each Member of the Imperial Parliament, and explain our unfortunate position, urging, at the same time, by means of the press and every other honourable method, upon the nation at large, how much to their interest it will be, to make the whole of the British possessions abroad, integral parts of the empire at home. There is so much respect and regard for monarchy and monarchical principles, in New Brunswick, that the idea of separation from England cannot, without great and cogent reasons be entertained by the province; but our trade is prostrate, our population is gradually removing to the neighbouring republic, and it is bard to say %hat men in self defence may be forced to do. The rulers of the British empire, if they wish to retain the affections of the colonists, must unite them under a common head, and draw them closer by ties of sym pathy and common interest; and it BOW becomes the duty of every loyal colonist to fasten this truth on the minds of the rulers and the people of the mother coun try. Whoever will act, to carry out the project of a delegation for such a noble purpose, will countenance and aid one of the most important practical measures of relief for the colonists and the overgrown numbers of the population of Britain, that has ever yet been con ceived; and also benefit themselves, their interests, and posterity." Accounts of October 30, from Valparaiso, report more favourably of trade. The gold mania was, however, most thought of. An excellent opening for goods is ex pected in the Pacific ports. The Funds are firm this morning. A steady business is doing, but the dividend payments engage chief atten tion. Consols for Money are 89i to 891, and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 89i to 90. Ex chequer-bills 44s to 46s premium. Bank Stock is about 189 to 191. Consols for Account are 891 to 891. In the Foreign Market the quotations are 25 to 251 for Mexican; 48 to 50 for Peruvian; 27* for Spanish Three per Cents.; 251 to 26i for Portuguese Four per Cents.; and 481 to 48i for Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. The Peruvian bondholders' question has been re opened by the Minister, Senor Oswa, throwing the blame on the Committee. In Railway Shares a good and legitimate business is doing at the rates subjoined in the official list, which are nearly the same as those obtained yesterday. BRUISE]. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3-per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5........... 89 1 ,E a per Cent. Consols Ann.' 891 4 %VA 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726..... ...... 87U xd New 3 , 4. per Cent. Anus. 894 ,4 90 F 9 34. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 11-16 :% 4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8% India Bonds under 1,000/ South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account .. B 9'/ VA sSxchequer Bills. 2 1 Ad. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 500/ 46 44 p Small 46 p - 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC.K. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Grenada, 1 per Cent. . ... 14% 15 Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 5O Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 7l Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 14%% Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 7 1/s Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 8 1A% Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates • US iN ESS 1)0Nh IN RAILWAY SIIAREg AT ONE O'CLOCS RAILWAYS. PAID. Pica SHALE. Aberdeen ‘ rribta.., Notting., Boston, Sze 4 14 — ',--r-hire and Galloway ._ . , _ !rlfast and County Down .. 20% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... to —.• Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . - Do., - without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshin Junction Boston, Stainf., & Binning... 5 Bristol,and Exeter Do., Thirds _ .. to 14 5 1. 0 i; 222%5/814d15.. tot _— LiLckinghamshire.. Caledonian Dim), half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 7% _ - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 5U - _ to Chester and Holyhead... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent - . •.. to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - Direct London & Portsmouth 5% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 - East Anglia, 251. L. & E., awl L. & D. , - Ditto, 181., E. & II Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 3% — to -- Eastern Counties - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 138.4 d... - Do., d 0...—. N 0.2,61. 138.4 d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ........... . 121 %.... Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ..... ... .. 25 ,i' -- •••••• to — Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% , Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to -- East Lancashire - Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 21 Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire ... 25 - to -- Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, .New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — - to -- Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6s.Bd — ..... to -- Gl asgo w, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to -- Do. Preference Consolidated —.— - Great Northern Do. % A Deferred .•...... 12% - D o . % B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% — to Do. Extension .... - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - Great North of England 100 - Ditto, ditto .... - Ditto, New 301 - Ditto, New 154-- ... - Great Western ... 10 Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 - ••• - Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. -• -- to Ditto, Thirds .................. 10 Hull and Selby - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 .. ..• - •••• Ditto, Quarter Sh areg - Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - Do., Thirds... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 - Ditto, ditto ' - Ditto Half Shares - 43 ...... ...... to •-• Ditto Quarters - Ditto Fifths - Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6%. • — ... , to --- Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% — ....... to •-• Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Haddon, and Shelf.) 3 •