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GUILDHALL, NOVEMBER 5, 1950. THE COURITTEE FOR LETTING - THE th,i3CITY'S LANDS I\lll meet at GUILD HALT, on WEDNESDAY, TyA„( l a9 of November inst., at One o'clock precis , 2ly, receive ,, (le s § thr t , S for LETTING on LEASE for Seventeen year: loath daYs), f om.Christmas next, a House. No. 29, on , eof Providenee;•row, rimblirv.• frfsoio receive Tenders for LETTING on LEASE, fur 21 years, oe I.9nistrnas next. a House, No. 5, on the south side of Henea, sZ e i nevis Marls; and a House, So. 3, on the south-east side of l'i tl4 .o. e .. s' 'Pace, Duke's -place, Aldgate.• obt„,:;ecl er Particulars auti plans tvtv lie seen, and forms of tender at the Oftl ee of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. 41IILSATURDAY, I , TOVEMBER 9. 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DAILY NEWS.—It is now pretty evident, and, indeed, beyond the necessity of demonstration, from which of the contending parties in Germany has pro heeded the provocation to war, if not the precipita tion of Europe into that dire calamity. The conduct of the Prussian Government has been, up to the last, so conciliatory, so humble, so abnegatory of even the necessary pride of a military nation, that however it may be charged with weakness, it certainly cannot be accused of arrogance or obstinacy. Still it would be unjust and untrue to consider the Prussian Govern ment as at one moment resigned to yield everything. and the next inspired by an access of enthusiasm and despair to dare resistance. It is not true that in the cabinet councils, where these important queseions were mooted, the King and his brother, and General Radowitz, were alone for armament and warlike demonstration, the prudence and conservative resistance of Count Brandenberg and his col leagues dissuading them from such a course. Count Brandenber g , indeed, returned from War saw with the belief that he had arrived at an un derstanding with Austria, and that the conflicting pretensions of Diet and of Union being set aside, and referred for settlement in the future Conference, the temporary and subordinate questions of Hesse and Schleewig might have been brought to an amicable conclusion. Even when tidings were brought to Berlin that the Bavarian troops had entered Hesse and occupied Hanau, Count Brandenberg was notun willing to allow them tranquilly to do so, the Prus sian troops at the same time occupying the etapen strasse in the north of the electorate, this joint occu pation lasting till the Conference had fixed some mode of pacifying and doing justice to the country. But when Count Brandenberg learned that the inva sion had taken place in the name of the Confederation, and under the authority of that Frankfort Diet which be had been led at Warsaw to believe was suspended ; when these invading Bavarians summoned the Prussians to withdraw altogether and allow them to re-install the Elector without condition or consi deration, or accord, then Count Brandenberg declared himself as warmly for resistance and for arming as the King or General Radowitz himself. Count Bran denberg died in the declaration and conviction that the invasion of Hesse in the name of the Diet was a breach of the agreements of Warsaw, and that it was a coarse enforcement of conditions to which he had never consented. It was in fact but a question of time. There was no disputed point or rebellious province that could have outlasted or withstood the united opinions of every German power in a free Conference. To have awaited its decision would have secured order and peace, if not liberty. But Austria would not wait. Whether impelled by the warlike temper of its young Emperor, or by more insidious designs, it has pushed into Hesse, ordering the Prussians out of it, as a commander-in-chief might a corporal's guard, threatening, nay levying war, unless these insolent demands were complied with. Prussia coulki not yield to such mandates ; if she did, her very soldiers would not obey her. And if the news be true,. con veyed in the latest telegraphic message of the Co logne Gazette, that the Austrians had entered Coburg, this is of itself a declaration of war. It is the in vasion of a state belonging to the Prussian union, the call of whose prince for defence and succour Prussia is hound to obey. Austria could only march into Coburg with the intention of directly provoking and of making war, the road through Coburg leading directly to Cassel, and menacing the rear cf the Prussian force. The entrance of the Austrians into Coburg is war, and will be considered such. By the unanimous vote of the Cabinet, and with the unanimous adhesion of the country, the Prussian landwehr has been called out, and the Cham bers convoked. These measures combined place the war, and the questions cut of which it has arisen, before the Prussian, we may say, indeed, the German public. The spirit of the Parliament cannot be doubted. And in truth, the Prussian landwehr is another Parliament, the most formidable a nd powerful representation of a country that was ever invented. Henceforth, whatever he done must be nations, ; war will be carried on with national spirit, and peace must be concluded to national satisfaction. If at this crisis of affairs we are seriously asked, or should ask ourselves, whether war be inevitable, we can only answer, that war or peace depends upon the acts and upon the motives of Austria, and above all of • Russia. If the purpose of these countries be peace, Prussia will no doubt keep it. Prussia can have no motive for war but self-preservation. Over matched and awed by the formidable coalition of the two Emperors, into which France and England were partially drawn, Prussia prudently bowed before such a combination—has yielded, and would yield, all that would not absolutely sacrifice the honour, and with it the duration, of the monarchy. If, however, the secret purpose of Russia is to place the two Ger man powers in hostile confl;et, no doubt she can suc ceed ; and England and France have taken no step to prevent her. It is well known and agreed upon, that in the event of Austria's going to war, Russia is to occupy Gallicia, and Hungary, and even Vienna, once more with her troops. If the result of that war should he a defeat of the Austrians, and a destruction of their military power, Russia would thereby inherit and retain the possession of Hungary and Gallicia. For who could then fix a term for Russia's evacuating them ? If Prussia was beaten, Austria might be allowed to keep Silesia, and cede Gallicia to Russia. Or, perhaps, further carving or partition might take place. War in central Europe, split up as that coun try is into empires without rights, institutions, fron tiers, or popular attachment, is in fact converting the whole region into a great political gambling table, on which kingdoms, provinces, and populations may be won or lost. Such a game at present would in all probability tend to the ad vantage of Russia, and to the total disappearance of any check or counterbalance to her in the East. Heaven knows that this is sufficiently the case al ready, since the total destruction of Hungary and Poland as nations. To see Germany threatened by the same fate, her Princes appearing as supplicants at the gates of the Czar's palace in Warsaw, is more alarming than anything that has happened in Europe for centuries. For if Germany prove unable to with stand the Colossus, it will fall with its full weight upon Prance and upon us, annihilating the entire li berties and independence of Europe. In this critical state of things we do think that the British Govern ment ought to come forward with a frank opinion on this new system of destroying all constitutional go vernment. That Austria should once more call in Russian troops to occupy her provinces and cities, and resort to this extreme merely for the purpose o f crushing and punishing the most legal and constitu tional resistance that was ever offered to an arbitrary and extravagant Prince—this is so contrary to the treaty of Vienna, which promised constitutions to the states of Germany, and to the entire spirit and stipulations of that great accord, that England is pe culiarly called on to raise at least its voice in behalf of European independence and legal right. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 9. Today was the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Royal Ilorse Guards, under the command of Colonel Bouverie, and the first battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under the com mand of Colonel Codrington, paraded this morning on the eastern terrace of the Castle, in the presence of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Walss, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and were attended by the Equerries in Waiting. The troops fired a feu de foie in honour of the day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunting this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The President elect of thy, Royal Academy, w ith the Secretary, had an audience of the Queen to-day, when her Majesty was pleased to sanction the election of C. L. Eastlake, Esq., and he had the honour to kiss hands upon his appointment. The Royal dinner circle at the Castle to -day in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Sir George Couper, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover. Mr. Roberts, WAsh harper to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended in the evening, and had the honour of performing before her Majesty and the Court. His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected the Servants' Home and Registry of the Servants' Pro vident Institution on Friday last. SUNDAY, Nov. 10. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise. Her 'Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al. bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Welles ley officiated. Fir Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at tended the service. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter, on Saturday, at Gloucester House. Baron Koller, Austrian Chargé d'Affaires, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Friday, at the Ilorne-office. BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY V. THE GREAT CNNTRAL GA4 CONSUMERS' COMPANY. OR Saturday his Honour Sir George Rose granted further time to the Great Central Company to answer the bill in Chancery filed against them by the forma company. ~.. 'S. 3y, with and in' the Pr e ; ° gage. r to Pre' on be o p nor' nice, or vibe° e. O ur and the at roteS t. Flou r ion, but fiats and log e 10 marke t No rea l Price' , s this' , fah .. dull d, Orel endlnce 0; 011C.h W l/1). 511 0 .11 50h ;ter P er 11 r end 164 16st 51 . b1 It•st 811), n i er ior. 1 1 4 1 2 4 Xl9O 20 ° II 2 0 do 16d° 11 0 ; ,•• 6P .... ..... ..... g P i ga 4lhh, ot I°7' ___ _ _ ---- - -__ . . ~ , .. , , N° 18 138.] LONDON MONDAY ..,4 E V ~-_, ~,-, „-nr. ~.... _, ~ ~ . ~,..: . 5„..k...,, .., .„. ,_ ... ~, ? 1.,,t -....,,. N OVEMBER 11, 1850. .._ __.. ... ...,..._ _ 1 .A. RUY LL ROOMS,' GREAT WINDMILL -4— „ 1 ,... STR&BT, ST. JAMES'S. Pennant to Act of Parliament of the 25th of King George ntl the Second. (Soli I.l Lessee the let,„` 44 , I'IPS CELEB ' .Par e Laurent, jun., 57, Itiompton-sqeare.) RATED AND UN RIVA.LL ED BAND ! Attach, orn et•a-Piston. U. BouleOurt, from Paris, and Artiste 4 .1.1 tbi` is II . Strauss' Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, France. tiek is i elegant and °pular ' reSort of fashion is now duly bhY ACT of PARLTAMENT, . . Int b e Ln4liifoorlth.,etto b:w,r:hyi , , .CON'CERTS elf ri t r t l 44 n eed. In aoldition to dancing. The new lessee pledges Vallivio:".nething shall: be wanting on his part to render this open every evening the distinrruished patronage and support it has ' ose favours-''' neured with, all respectfully solicits a continuance eit it will ever be his study to deserve. at Hilf-ast Eight-Dancing to commence laat at 14 p lee Precisely.-Admission, One Shilling. 4 X,g t.prtmeryvitive xaTruttessernedeitu,le of the Ar ,„, P S rt iculars of the Concerts will shortly appear. gvll Rooms are respectfull in the whole Of their claim on Mr. Laurent e 'lock, eklr, e r hich'ivill _be 'discharged on the Saturday at Two - \ .......,..:........... 1 4Rov. i ,, • ON. 11.41 % 7.13 SALON DE _ DANSE, '4°, ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. Lesso r , , OPEN FOR THE 'SEASON. .. , - .""e,r• Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great t a rr• 51mp,,,,,, Russell -street Covent-garden th e a , " - A v anxious to hay ' e the best Band in London, re h• as the 'l ed s e ,. n aluable talent of th, leading Artist' engaged during t s erfe e'raers f at ereMorne Gardens,including the following eininen ae,d til e ei n .,,.•tern her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, ',rat NeolinVerrnonic Concerts :- PL ie gneni ---ne Yward, Cohen, Bue's, 11. T. Seabrook, Van }Led -meld ari a _ atio n , e aus--p e i C. Griesbach. t o k ei ; e lSa t ra nski _erin, T. Jackson, Edwards, Co ntra cei.:... Qui J Jackson. Pl ‘wea liana._ at4 n• W, F. Reed. • - .. pjteto....,/ o - - - -G. TaAo r , W. Tractor, cirjr, Sttibgella - `,„erel ,' •raYnor alg a ° "" , atey er ' °110c1,7. T . Yler Clan, 'Schot t. • 14 44 _etti....p arb , c 11-m o ,', G. Tyler. o o rhet a.a..p , ni.ara. , 4 ,.' rail- ef 4nene- Hunafreess Cottrell 4) 1) .° 111 1fl o be i i nl- 4 1". e lr b s eua g t er r ,rlau, W. Youngman. 114, 4 !'1e-..1 1 , 4 , ‘alliraud. Sid e u rera--.o a • o kure_searrison. ell ea V°o l .l l 3 , lnar. Prila nt BeteetiAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Over to „ ems from the most celebrated fie'(,,,4' Dimino 80 108 by first-rate Artists. e,„_,s lut e) „salno Moir a .. .., 4 „ Auber. Composers, and Co u ro g i kiss c e • S aYnor ~ "el Bonizetti's Se e4by B Stuart, "Remember Waen years are past away." on ~_b y R. Glindon it e " the , " " * L'Elisire d' A.more." Conducted by BO RINI. n the is. ° `..ties of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence a ef . %lo s '''• Would be iiii renlaill...ilat after .{ll p e e epen'ence of ids Orchestral Triumphs ; I tertoi li s id c oncerted pie rn ee tious. s be performed during the evening. 0 ariet ta Po Lat " t CoMPOSitions E 4 u° Pular Irish Melodies, Gal op d'lndustrie, -The Adelaide PoLka, WaltzFse of xo l y Quad Th e iap ale alteratio ek'ifl and Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone Igor` rialt ri .pas a t nd se im ve p a ro o l c e l m oc e L n . Admission One Shilling. ------ W RICR WAREHOUSE CLAIMS THE virtie rix ,- , PALM Viat eb. "„,eees London Marts we fairly test, If oe.,,,rarehOuse claims the palm-the 'Mist or West ? And tc•iles cl aims superior, let me know, You ? 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They of London, a a 4 " a j b e no connexion with al ay Lond a o n n London V' eePt F tablishmen tit, as follows . . s 114 , 85, d l t Y ,tabliaba.; other hous . e_in or out l an , -.en , '154, 155, 156.., and 157, Minor . ie , 83, Bradford -, treat, au co in ' i 506, 507, a nd 3, II 5 " B art W s e 6' • - . o l n * F7 r ' a e tt P e Do h, s t s it u e B th s e o.7 Cll s u u r s c ,. la. :s. , a e l w l c o. om f m ur i a ir - i s ic tr a u t e in t, g. l, 2, Sheffield R i r a l- n u o r h as , lll re" Branch, rtc 19, Bridge -street. Tailors c • ' 're, Fargate. 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ENJOYMENTIFE. of Time „_eolinv.r,r4tll, Recreation, and ration; a Use s_ _ 7tarly g gpring and summer Morning NI '°reBt e, --At the Envir n-- s f - London- 1 £he Parks, Lanes, Hills tPs On a l i4 . lel cis, and other pleasan t places—Country Ze544.1141..7 o ecl am Ses E atit—roads ndo Drint C ag, Sleeping, Bathing, o Air, Patton, &.c., Soc. FRl t a IL , -C-E NTS FROM THE MOD 6 TAINS. Two Vole. ▪ T O Tuv, Vol I. Ta:z LIKES ; SKETCH: .0? EDINBURGH, Vol. 11. 144:1"°- "f• 3 OF KILLARNEY ; LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN• RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR ADDITIONAL CARRIAGES. The Directors of the London and North-Western Railway are pre pared to receive TENDERS' for 150 CARRIAGES, to be built ac cording to a Drawing and Specification, which may be seen at Ens ton Station on Tuesday next, the 12th instant. Tenders must be sent in on er before the Evening of FRIDAY, 15th November. The Directors will meet to let the Contract on SATURDAY, the 16111 instant, at Euston Station. ' By order of the Directors, CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Euston Station, Ncvember 9, 1850. • FLOOR CL OTHS . Best Quality Warranted - - 2s. Gd. per 'grime yard. Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. , do. do. Common Floor Cloth - - 2s. Od. do. do. Japanned Folding-screens from 30s. Cocoa-fibre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting, Plain and F!gured. - JOWETT, Manufacturer, - 532, New Oxford-Street. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. XIII Lecture on the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, with Illustrations from the most popular Composers every Even ing (except Saturday) at Eight o'clock.—Lecture on the Hydro- Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on Chemistry by J. H. Pepper, Esq., illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Haul ling of Red. Hot Metals.—Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily. —Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One •e'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, Admission, I s.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) from Seven till Half•past Ten. LORD. MAYOR,'S DAY. THE ' RETURN. Shortly before three o'clock the procession If?.fc Westminster Hall, and being again fairly launched on the bosom of Father Thames it returned to Black friars-bridge in the same order as before. Shortly after it had passed Westminster -bridge an accident occurred at the stairs leading to the Waterman's Pier there, which at one time it was feared had proved fatal to several persons. It was in every respect si milar in its nature to what took place some years since at Blackfriars-bridge, and owing to which se veral lives were lost. The wooden bridge, which leads from the stone steps to the floating barges, from which passengers embark on board the steamers, suddenly snapped in two, and in an instant some eight or ten persons, some of whom were females, fell through. Fortunately the tide was out at the time, or possibly some of the persons might have been drowned, as was the case when the like accident occurred at Black friars-bridge. As it was, it was feared that some se rious injury had been inflicted upon them, as the height from which they fell was about four feet, and the place beneath them was a sort of paved ground. We are, however, happy to say that, with the exception of some bruises and bemudded apparel, the individuals in question escaped wonderfully well. The Lord Mayor returned to Blackfriara at a few minutes before four o'clock • and the procession being reformed, passed through iiew Bridge-street, Lud gate-hill, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Cheapside, to Guildhall. The only addition to the cavalcade was the Lady Mayoress, who preceded the Lord Mayor in a magnificent state coach, just built for his Lordship by Messrs. Laurie and Marner, of Oxford-street. This equipage was greatly admired. THE BANQUET, Which usually forms the appropriate termination m the pageant and festivities that according to time honoured custom grace the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor, took place in the Guildhall, on Satur day night, and the whole of the details were carried out in a style of splendour and profuse liberality that has seldom been equalled, and never exceeded in the voluminous records of civic festivity or muni cipal hospitality. The hall was as usual decorated with a number of flags and banner., and brilliantly illuminated by several immense chandeliers, aided by lines and festoons of gas jets, and an enormous star in gas at the west end of the hall, facing the Lord Mayor's table, which poured a dazzling flood of light upon the brilliant scene. The guests began to arrive shortly after five o'clock, many of the most dis tinguished being received with loud cheers. The an nouncement of the name of Lord John Russell was hailed with a burst of enthusiastic cheering, which continued for some minutes, and Lord Palmerston, who skipped up the steps to the council-chamber with all the lightness and agility of a young man of five-and-twenty, appeared, from the plaudits with which he was greeted, to have also a large number of admirers in the hall. Nearly all the guests, from the Lord Mayor, in his plumed hat and state robes, to Mr. Harker, the City toastmaster, with his elaborate sash of green and gold satin, were in full dress. At half-past six the procession moved from the council chamber to the Guildhall, headed by the Lord Mayor and the civic functionaries, and pro ceeded round the hall to the upper table. Amongst the company ranged around the principal tables we noticed the Right Hon. the late Lord Mayor, the Lord High Chancellor Baron Truro, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Georye Grey, Bart., the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the American Minister, several of the Foreign Mi nisters, Lord Campbell, Sir John Jervis, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron and several of the members of the judicial bench, Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., Lord ‘Vharncliffe, Lord Milford, the Dean of St. Paul's, the Attorney and Solicitor-General, and a considerable number of members of the bar, with the Chairman of the East India Company, John M asterman, Esq., M P., and many other influential noblemen and gentlemen. Behind the Lord Mayor's chair was a very hand some display of flags and banners, surmounted by an enormous Prince of Wales's plume ; the City sword and mace were crossed in the centre, and beneath were the words, in letters of gold, "G id save the Queen." The tables were decorated with a profusion of gold and silver plate, and interspersed with these were a variety of beautiful embellishments in patent glass silvering ware, such as were displayed at the York banquet. Among these were the ruby glass silvered salver, which contained the great Chatsworth pine placed before his Royal Highness Prince Albert at York ; the late L ord Ma y or's emerald cup, wit the private and City armorial bearings emblazoned on it. The present Lord Mayor was provided with a com panion cup, in this new-art manufacture, and the Lord Mayor and Lady M a y oress had each a finger-glass, the external surface of which was silvered, and the in ternal gilt, the novelty of which attracted much at tention. Besides minor globes, there were several vases of noble dimensions, silvered in various colours, and filled with rare exotics. The dinner, wines, and dessert were provided by Mr. Burrell, of the Bridge House Hotel, London -bridge ; and as this is the first occasion on which ,he has catered for a civic banquet, we may state that it was got up in a style extremely creditable to his establishment. Although the Guild hall entertainments are usually upon a profuse and liberal scale, there are frequently great practical diffi culties found in attending to the wants of nearly 1,000 hungry guests ; and it is on record that occa sionally some have actually starved in the midst of plenty. In this respect there was a striking improve ment on Saturday , night. The attendants were nume rous, and skilful in their vocation ; and we believe none were " sent empty away." There was a military band stationed in the gallery, which played a variety of airs during the arrival of the guests, and while the Lord Mayor and the com pany were taking their seats at the upper table. After the cloth had been removed, and grace sung by the vocalists present, the loving cup was duly an nounced by Mr. Harker, and went round among the principal guests. The several toasts were heralded by ti flourish of trumpets by Mr. Harper and Mr. Rawlings, the trumpet major of her Majesty's Second Life Guards. The LORD MAYOR rose and said,—.Nly Lords and Gentlemen, —I beg to give you as the first toast, "The Health of our Illustrious Sovereign," and I am sure you will all join with me in testifying your allegiance, and your loyalty and attachment to the Crown and person of our gracious lady the Queen. The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. When the National Anthem was sung, the company took advantage of the political reference in the second verse, and marked their approval of the sentiment by loud and hearty cheering. The next toast given by the Lord Mayor was "The Prince Albert, Prince of l y ales, and the other branches of the Royal Family.' This toast was also drunk with much enthusiasm. The Loan MAYOR then rose and saieasd—My Lords and Gentlemen, —It becomes my pling duty now to bring under your notice the two great services o f the country. lam sure you are not all unmindful of their great achievements and services i n, th e time of war, and although we are now ion eace, and desire to remain at peace, yet I thiek will concur with me that we ought not to be unmindful of past ser vices, and that we ought to express our gratitude to those who have distinguished themselves in b( , ) , th nd ser vices. I give you " The Arm y and Navy, a I shall join with it the names of Captain Stuart and Sir John Burgoyne.—(Great cheering.) Captain STUART returned tha nks on behalf of for- the service to which he belonged , an d he thought it tunate that in a company of Englishmen neither pre- - paration nor eloquence was necessary for the perform ance of the duty he was now called on to discharge, however incapable he might be of doing honour to it. —(Hear, hear.) " The Navy of England" had long been a popular toast, and ever would be a mon g Eng lishmen. They were it nation of Wan d ers , colonist-;, and commercial men, and the statesmen and people had ever been jealous of the glory, and power, and prosperity of the navy.—(Loud cheers.) No think ing man would refuse to agree in the sentiment of a popular writer of the present day with regard to the British navy—he alluded to it as a noble service which, of all the instruments by the English Government, was the most impotent for mischief and the most powerful for good. The immediate predecessor of the present Lord Mayor had had the privilege, upon a late festive occasion at York, of bring present when the toast of " The Navy" was given, and on that occasion the illustrious Prince who was present expressed himself with sterling good sense and ge nuine patriotic feeling, in a manner which would go far to increase the feelings of loyalty, respect, and regard entertained for the Royal Family throughout these realms. The Lord Mayor of York, in proposing the army and navy, said that the best guarantee for peace—which they were all anxious to maintain—that their best guarantee and security was the known ca pability of Great Britain to resent and resist an injury, from whatever quarter it might be offered ; and he was proud to think that the navy had not gone back. He had heard many stories and criticisms upon the state of the navy, but he believed when the hour of trial came, they would have the hearts and fibres of British oak ; they would find the hearts of their ma riners as loyal and as brave as the old veterans of Camperdown, and the gallant and glorious heroes of the Nile and Trafalgar.—(Loud cheers.) Sir J. BURGOYNE briefly returned thanks on behalf of the army. The Loun MAYOR said the next toast he had the pleasure to propose was one in which they were all deeply interested—it was, " Prosperity to the City of London and its Trade."—(Loud cheers.) He was sure he need not make any statements to them to induce them to believe that the enterprise and public spirit of that great city would always enable it to remain the emporium of the trade and commerce of the world, and although they had already made a transition from an old system to a new one, which was always attended with difficulties, yet he was satisfied that the enterprise and energy of the citizens of London would always enable them to stand prominent before the world as the chief representatives of trade and commerce.—(Loud cheers.) The toast having been duly honoured, The Loan MAYOR again rose and said,—l am now going to invite you to ipay a mark of respect to my Right Hon. Friend the late Lord Mayor. — (Great cheering.) His conduct during the past year is before the world. The citizens of Loudon can testify to the upright, and honourable, and indepen dent manner in which he has discharged the duties of Lord Mayor, and his conduct is in every way worthy a chief magistrate of this great metropolis. I beg, therefore, to give you "The Health of the late Lord Mayor."—(Great cheering.) Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB (the late Lord Mayor) returned thanks. He assured them that it was with peculiar pleasure he rose to thank them for the great honour they had done him in drinking his health. If he had only deserved their commendations, that was with him above all other considerations. He would never forget the very great kindness he had ex perienced during his year of office, and begged to re. turn them all his sincere thanks. The LORD MAYOR—It becomes my duty now to propose to you a toast which I am sure you will all receive with acclamation. I believe there never was a period when it was more acceptable to this company to receive the representatives of foreign powers than at the present period, when we are at peace with all the world.--(Loud cheers.) I will just take the opportunity of saying, that on the last occasion of being in this hall, I had the honour of sitting opposite his Excellency the American Minister and he did me the honour to say that if he lived, and if I would give him an invitation, he would be sure to be here on this day.--(Hear, hear.) Allow me to say that his Excellency has now fulfilled his promise. lam delighted that he is here to-day, and that with his colleagues he has done us the honour to be pre sent. I beg to propose to you " The health of the Foreign Ministers," and to assure them in your name, that the citizens of London will be always ready to give them a hearty welcome. The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. His Excellency the American Minister (Mr. Law . ' RENCE) returned thanks. He said—l came here, my Lord Mayor, hoping to have had the pleasure of meeting a large number of my colleagues, many of whom I knew, if they were here, were older than myself, and would respond to any sentiment that might be given by your Lordship. In that expecta tion, my Lord, I find myself disappointed, and I con fess to you that lam somewhat embarrassed. Be sides finding myself the senior on this occasion, it seems, from the good memory of your Lordship, that on the last occasion—the only . occasion on which I ever had the honour of dining in this hall—it gave me great satisfaction, as I well remember, to sit opposite his Lordship. His Lordship now reminds me that I then made a promise, without however knowing that he was to be Lord Mayor, that I would make a speech whenever he should be Lord Mayor. That pledge, besides the duty devolved upon me, he now calls upon me to redeem ; and I beg your Lordship and this distinguished company to accept the grateful thanks of my colleagues and myself, on behalf of the countries we severally represent, for the great honour you have done us in drinking our healths upon the present occasion. My Lord Mayor, it is good for us, representing foreign countries, to come up here to this hall, devoted as it is to the great objects for which it has been occupied almost time out of mind—that is hospitality—the great purposes of the city of London, whether civic or for the purpose of carrying on the government of the City. We should be recreant to our duty and our interests if we were not to appreciate the compliment of being in vited to dine on this time-honoured occasion with the chief magistrate of the mightiest city that does exist, or probably ever did exist, on the face of the earth. —(Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, lam here in this great city of London, which is the banking a nd clear ing house of the world. And what has created this great city ? My Lord Mayor, it is the genius of com merce. London was made and created what she is through the instrumentality of commerce, and by the honour and integrity of those who have been the bankers, and merchants, and tradesmen of the city of London.—(Great cheers.) My Lord Mayor, what I have already said with regard to the city of London is but a small part in my estimation of what really belongs to her.—(Bear, bear.) This city is the home of freedom. The city of London has been distin guished for her devotion to the cause of civil and religious liberty.—(Vehement cheering). Where was it, I ask, that the first stand was made against the Royal prerogative of collecting ship-money ? 'Here, in the city of London, by that immortal man John Hampden. Were was it that the proscribed Members of Parliament took refuge? It was in the City of London, under the protection of the Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of this great metropolis. My Lord Mayor, it has been the home of freedom, and I hope it always will be the home of freedom, in re ligion and politics.—(Great applause.) I did not rise, my Lord Mayor, to do more than tender to you my acknowledgments on behalf of my colleagues and myself for the great honour yon have done us to day, but I cannot sit down without a single word for my own country—a single word for a nation and a people who have a common ancestry with your own —who have the same blood, a common language, the I s ay, my Lord, take my seat without say same religion, and the sam e l a ws. — ( Cheers. ) I gle word on the intimate social relations ex isting c in a g nn a ot s , in between the United Kingdom and the United States—relations which tend so much to the peace and interest of the world-rI mean the relations of mutual in terest, and if anything could be stronger, it is the fact of both of us being of the Anglo-Saxon race, and reared in the same Protestant faith.—(Loud cheers.) With the same great talent and thought working out the great plan of Providence for the salvation of the world, I ask you, then, if we are what I have repre sented both nations to be, as regards their social rela tions—l ask you what is there that should disturb this peace and harmony that exists between us ? (Tremendous cheering.) I can only say, on the part of my own country, and I pledge 23,000,000 of people, governed by the Anglo-Saxon race and laws —I pledge them as I do myself, that the feeling which exists there is the same as exists here, and that we are all of us interested in the prosperity and happiness of the city of London. My Lord Mayor, I congratu late you on being elevated to the important position which you now hold. I congratulate the citizens of London on having lived under the government of equal laws well administered, and I can only wish that the mantle of those that have preceded your Lordship may fall and sit as gracefully on your shoulders as on those of any of your predecessors. The LORD MAYOR then rose, and said that he was honoured to-night by the presence of a distinguished guest, the Lord High Chancellor of England, and he was sure that the citizens of London would feel proud at receiving his Lordship in that hall. He believed the Noble and Learned Lord was a citizen of London by birth—that he had been educated at one of the public schools—that he took very high and distin guished honours, and he had since deservedly received the seals of her Majesty. He was sure they would all rejoice at seeing his Lordship among them that evening, and it was his anxious desire that he might be spared many years to enjoy his reward.—(Cheers.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sail—My Lord Mayor, I return you my very warm thanks for the kind man ner in which you have introduced my name to the company. Ail the members of my profession who know anything of the custons of this great city ought to feel deeply interested in its welfare ; for the city of London las very frequently been the first to discoser and encourage talent and merit in the members of my pro fession. The first step to honour is the discrimination of talent, and some of the greatest men that England ever possessed have taken that first step to honour by the discrimination of the city of London. I therefore, in common with every member o' my profession, feel the greatest sati•faction and pleasure in attending your festivals and witnessing your prosperity ; but, my Lord Mayor, I have also pectliar reasons, which you have adverted to. I am not one of those who have obtained my freedom by bide. I obtained the freedom of the* city of London tby servitude. I honestly served my apprenticeship in the Worshipful Company of Turners ; but the sort of turning-lathe I adopted was that of the quill—an instrument which has produced as singular transformations as that of any turning-lathe ; and I think that I myself am not the least striking instance of its wonderful transfor• mations.—(Hear, hear.) It is also true that in one of your great establishments in this city, I, in common with my valued and Learned Friend, the Lord Chief Baron, received my ethiaation• There I first imbibed those feelings and that affection for tie Reformation which became endeared to me as my understanding ripened, which I learned to value, tied continue to value, as intimately connected with civi and religious liberty—a Reformation which, lam sorry to say, at this time calls more than ordinarily or every true hearted Protestant in the empire to maintain inviolate. It calls on every true-hearted Protestant to main tain and defend it against enemies within and ene mies without.—(Loud cheers.) There are some who have thought it right to depart from that simplicity of Christian worship which our divine Saviour adopted and left us an example of; •and who seek to approxi mate as near as possible to Romish forms, and would almost recta to invite that very invasion with which we have been recently threatened and visited. — (Hear, hear, and cheers.) You are called upon to watch the progress of that invasion. Protestant Eng• land is now informed that she has come under a Roman Catholic hierarchy. The h y mn of t r i u m p h for an admission to an equal it y of civil ri g h t s and liberties has given place to a note of defian ce , and we now witness' an aggressive assumption of s pi r tival authority in the Papal manifesto which the people of this country will not tamely submit to.—(Tremend ous cheering.) Considering the language of the docu ment to which I refer, and considering the truly Romish construction which some attempt to put upon the oath of supremacy, it would seem as if some were acting in fulfilment of the ancient prophecy, that the cardinal's cap would equal the Crown of the Queen of England. If any such event is anticipated, I would answer them in the language of Gloucester—" This cap we will tread under our feet, in spite of Pope and Church adventurers."—Great Applause.) I thank the city of London for the knowledge and love of the Reformation which it inculcated in me, and I beg now to return my hearty and sincere thanks for the compliment which has been paid me. I hope, my Lord Mayor, as you have begun in peace, so your mayoralty will end in peace—that you will gain renown for your hospitality, and the manner in which you have shown how the arts of peace may conduce to the happiness of all.—(Hear and cheers.) The LORD MAYOR then rose, and gave, " The Health of her Majesty's Ministers," many of whom had that night honoured them with their presence. He was nonsingular in believing that her Majesty's Ministers were sincerely anxious to promote the wel fare of all her Majesty's subjects. This he was sure of, that they were quite resolved to maintain the British Constitution in all its integrity; and he was satisfied also, from a letter that had lately been writ ten by the Prime Minister, that they had a guarantee from his Lordship that the Protestant Church and civil and religious liberty would be maintained in this country.—(Loud cheering.) He was sure they would rejoice that they had an opportunity of testify ing to her Majesty's Ministers that they were:anxious to do all in their power to maintain peace and tran quillity at home, and unity with Sovereigns abroad. He gave them " The Health of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Loud and general cheering for some minutes.) Lord J. RUSSELL, on presenting himself, was re ceived with a renewed burst of cheering. He said — I return my most grateful thanks to the Lord Mayor and this distinguished company for the honour they have done us. I trust we deserve the praise he has been pleased to bestow on our endeavours to protect the best interests of the country; and it is a source of great satisfaction to us that at this moment the tran quillity of the country and the general state of trade betoken a state of well-being and comfort which we cannot but look upon with the greatest gratification ; and, gentlemen, if, as I am sorry to say, some of the powers of Europe seem disposed to interrupt this peace, which has happily prevailed for so many years, I can only say that the best endeavours of her Ma jesty's Government will be applied to preserve that peace—that we trust that we may be successful in that endeavour—and that, at all events, a deep and heavy responsibility will rest on those who wantonly incur the miseries of war.—(Rear, hear.) With re gard to this country, we can have no hesitation in pronouncing that we are preserving terms of amicable relations with all the countries of the world, and that we trust that those relations may be maintained. The Lord Mayor, in speaking of any merit which her Majesty's Ministers may have, has alluded to the declaration which has recently been made on my part.—(Hear, hear.) I can only say, gentlemen, that that attachment to the religious treedom of this country which I have hitherto felt, will always continue to animate my breast, and that it will be my duty to maintain to the utmost of my p o wer the supremacy of our S ove r e i gn —(A. loud and gene ral burst of cheering)—and the religious liberties of the people, from whatever quarter they may be assailed.—(Renewed cheering.) Let me add, how ever, one thing further. When perils much more grave, much more imminent, impended over this country, a wise princess, who at that time ruled her destinies, thought fit to call to her aid all those, whatever might be their religious persuasion, who were faithful to the Throne, and were true to the interests of the country. Such was the conduct of Elizabeth in times of as great danger as ever occurred to this country. Such conduct, I say, is worthy of imitation ; and I believe, with the religious liberty established in this country, persons of all religious persuasions, while obeying the dictates of their conscience as to the mode of worship they think right to adopt, will rally round the insti tutions of the country, pay a grateful homage to the Crown for the protection they receive, and rejoice that they live in a land where freedom is general, and I may say is per manen tly es tablishe d.— ( A pp lause. ) Gentlemen, I thank you for the hon our y ou have done me and my colleagues in drinking o ur healths on the present occ teion, and I fervently hope that the pros perity of this city may continue, and that it may not only be distinguished by the immensity of its popu " "The Marquis of e lation and the greatness of its trade, but celebrated the most free and enlightened city on the face of the globe. The Loan MAYOR then gave Lansdowne and the House o f Peers. The toast was received with great applause. The Marquis of LaasrowNe returned thanks on behalf of the members of the House of Peers present and those who were ab sent, for the honour that had been done them. On behalf o f that body he ventured i to ndiffren sa e say that o h t at of London. Althougt they did not pretend to ththeecyombniad nev er shown themsel v e s erc e and welfare of the city impulses that were given to create or originate those public opinion ; so, on the other hand, they were not contented servilely to follow them. lie would the with regard to that grea t movement, ef which the commencement bad tatter' place under the mayoralty of the Right Hon. Gentleman's predecessor, but which must be brougSt to a consummation in his own, that the numerous foreigners that would be attracted to the city, although they would find many things to wonder at in our artss.menufactures, and inventions, yet they would find n othing more admirable than the institutions of the country, and more particularly the municipal institutions of London over which the Lord Mayor presided. In coming to this country they would witness not only an exposition of arts and in dustry, but they would see the institutions of the country, and would find reason to admire their energy in all things, i n elings material and things immate rial, in things re ligious and things moral, which dis played in the hg hest degree the noble minds and powerful energits of the people of this country. — (Cheers.) The rr, Noble Lord concluded by proposing " The health of the Lord Mayor, whose year of office promised to be one eventful in the arts of peace, pros perity, and coomerce. The LORD MAYOR, briefly returned thanks for the honour coefetred on him. He observed that there was no courtly in the world in which there was such implicit obedience to the laws, and he attributed that, in a great nnasures to the way in which the laws were administered by the learned judges of the land. They were honoured to-night by the presence of several of time judges, and he was sure it must be a gratification to them to know that in the was' which the laws were administered afforded universal satis faction throughout the land. Whether rich or poet. —the most miserable culprit or the highest nobleman —whenever justice had pronounced her decree, he had never heard the decision questioned. He gave them "The Health of Lord Campbell, and her Majesty's Judges." The toast having been duly honoured, Lord CAMPBELL said her Majesty's judges return you their most grateful thanks for the honour you hive done them in drinking their healthy, and they are exceedingly indebted to the Lord Mayor for the kind manner in which he proposed it. Having said so much, perhaps the most expedient course would be for me to sit down, for I have observed that there is only one topic in the present state of affairs to which you are disposed to listen—(Loud cheers) —and to that topic it does not belong to me by any means to allude. I have the honour to hold a distin guished office in one of her Majesty's courts of law, and it might so happen that his Eminence Cardinal ' Wiseman, and his Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth, might be tried at that bar.—(A laugh.) If his Emi- nece and his Holiness should appear in my ball, then they may, depend on it that they will have an impar tial trial.—(Great laughter and cheers.) My Lord Mayor, you have said that justice is equally adminis tered to persons of all conditions in our courts, and if the Pope himself appeared in his triple crown before me he would receive the same justice as if he were an humble parish priest. Gentlemen, I will only further add, that we have heard with great satisfac tion the praises bestowed upon us by the Lord Mayor, and I can assure you that the good opinion and con fidence of our fellow-subjects is the best reward of our labours. I believe that the pure administration of justice in this country has been its glory for more than a century, and I hope that in our time that glory will not depart from us. It gives us great satisfac tion to feel, that from the remotest time down to the present day, there has been a familiar and friendly and cordial and affectionate intercourse between the judges and the Corporation of the city of London. We are now associated with you in that high court over which you, my Lord Mayor, preside ; and I need not say how much satisfaction it gives us that this more inti mate connexion affords us the opportunity of partak ing of your splendid hospitality. I am sure all my brother judges are animated with a wish that the same friendly feeling may continue, and that the same in tercourse may subsist between the judges of the land and the magistrates of London. The LORD MAYOR then rose, and gave " The Health of Lord Palmerston and the House of Com mons," complimenting the Noble Lord upon the talent he had displayed in the management of the foreign affairs of the country. Lord Pareeertseme, who, on rising, was received with loud cheers, said—l beg, in my own name, and in behalf of that great and noble assembly with whose name you have done me the honour of coupling mine, to make our most sincere acknowledgments for the flittering manner in which you have noticed the House of Commons on the present occasion. It is indeed natural that the connexion which exists between the House of Commons and the city of London should be present to the minds of those in this Hall on this occasion, for the House of Commons is the guardian, if I may say so, of po. laical liberty, and this Hall is the centre of that commercial principle which is identified with the city of London.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it cannot be doubted that political liberty and commercial pros perity naturally go hand in hand, for without politi cal liberty commerce never prospers ; and where there exists commercial prosperity there you will always find that intelligence, that activity, that spirit of inquiry, and that independence of mind which are the best elements of political liberty.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) In these days, when we see nations in volved in internal and external struggles which they have undergone to secure their political rights, it is a proud consolation to us to feel that we are tran quilly enjoying, as an inheritance from our forefathers, those invaluable blessings which others are pur chasing at the expense of their dearest blood.— (Loud cheers.) And indeed, gentlemen, there is an analogy between this venerable Hall in which we are now assembled and that glorious constitu tion of which we are so proud, for in this Hall the foundations are ancient, the superstructure is solid and durable, but nevertheless, although reared by hands in former ages, it has been adapted to the wants and habits of the day, and does not refuse the enlightenment of the age in which' we live.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, there are other lights which shine upon us besides those I have just alluded to.— (Cheers.) There are ornaments that grace this board independently of those which derive their merits from antiquity. We are here surrounded by numberless bright eyes and highlyeadorned graceful forms, whose merit lies in the youth, and not in the antiquity of their existence—(Cheers and laughter)—and that con sideration leads me to anticipate a wish which t am persuaded is felt by all who hear me, that we shall drink " The Health of the Lady Mayoress." The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the compliment, and proposed " The Health of the Sheriffs, Mr. Alder man Carden and Mr. Hodgkinson." Mr. Sheriff CARDEN returned thanks. • The next toast proposed was " The Attorney- General and the Bar of England." The Attorney-General (Sir J. RUMMY) returned thanks. The next toasts were, "The City Members and Mr. Masterman," acknowledged by Mr. MASTERMAN and " The Aldermen of the City of London and Sir Peter Laurie," acknowledged by Sir PETER LAURIE. The LORD MAYOR said he had now to propose the final toast on his list, " The health of the Recorder of the City." The Recorder (the Right Hon. STUART WORTLEY) begged to express in the warmest terms, but the fewest words, the deep gratitude he felt for the honour done him. To be associated in this country in the al ill nistration of justice, where the bench was revered, was a high honour, but to receive that honour from so great a community as the city of London was a still greater 'honour than the mere judicial distinction ap pertaining to an administration of the law. One of the chief privileges of this city was the ap pointment of its own judge, and in being selected to fill that office be assured them he felt the reFpousibi lity which devolved upon him. He would try to repay the confidence of the citizens of London by en deavouring to emulate the bright example of his pre decessor.—(Applause.) The principal guests then retired to the council- room, where tea, coffee, and other refreshments were served up. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the American Minister, and several of the elite of the company remained till near midnight. Mr. Harker officiated with his usual efficiency as toa,t-master. Several glees were sung in the course of the evening by a vocal band, under the direction of Mr. Jolly. Of the various guilds of the corporation who cele brated Lord Layor's-day, on Saturday, the Masons' Company mustered at their hall isi strong force, when, under the presidency of the worshipful the master, Alfred Gwilt, Esq., the good old loyal feeling of the company was most warmly elicited by appropriate addresses. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.—AFFAIR OF 110 NOUR BETWEEN THE MARQUIS OF SLIGO AND Mr, HIGGINS, M.P.—A hostile meeting took place about half-past six o'clock this morning at the Fifteen Acres, in the Phcenix-park, between the Marquis of Sligo (who reached town yesterday from Westport house), and Mr. Ousely Higgins, M.P. for Mayo. The Noble Marquis was attended by Mr. Moore,. M.P. for Mayo, as his second, an d Ca p tain Oakes o f the 17th Lancers acted as the friend of Mr. Higgins. The parties had been placed on the ground, when the s econd of one of them squib bed a p istol prior to loading it. The noise alarm ed a p oliceman stationed in the vicinity of the Viceregal Lodge, who came up, into: and all the prrties were taken custody. In the course of the forenoon they were brought before Mr. O'Callaghan, the presiding magistrate a t Henry-street police-office, who required the principles and their seconds to enter into securities to keep the peace, each of them in personal recognizancea to the amount of 2001., and two securities of 1001. each. The parties were then discharg ed • That gentleman was t his qualifica tionlt appears that the cause of quarrel arose at a meet ing of the poo r -law guardians of the union of W es t.. post, where the Marquis . of Sligo made some objec tionouse ly ex-officio Higgin s guardian. no t then present , bu t his fathe r , Captain Fitzgerald Higgins, defended the qualification. Subsequently. Mr. Ousely Hig• gins forwarded a letter t o Lord Sligo, co ntaining language which was considered offensive. t a o s a M n . The result was a hostile message from the Noble Marquis, conveyed through Mr. Moore, M.P., and a meeting for this morning was fixed to take place at the Curragh . of Kildare. The parties bad arrived at the King's-bridge terminus, to start for Kildare by the halt-post six • o'clock train,but it was then arranged that they should decide the quarrel in the Phoenix park, a short distaiace from the terminus, where the intervention of the police fortunately put an end to the affair. THE Limn or LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—The Belfast mail has brought the Northern Whig of this day, which, remarking upon the letter of Lord John Russell to the Bishop of Durham, says that it was at first supposed not to be authentic ; but (continues that journal) "the London Thursday evening papers have removed all doubts about the supposed deception, and it only remains for us to express our astonishment that such a production has proceeded from the Prime Minister. It is quite in opposition to his usual acts, distinguished as they are by moderation a nd caution ; and how his views are to be carried out, consistently with the principles of civil and religious liberty, we are at a loss to imagine. This letter, however, adds an immense gravity to the question of Papal interference with England. Either that interference must be moderated, or Lord John Russell must change his place ; but at present the question is whether or no t his Lordship has acted with becoming discretion, and as a fair exponent of the feeling of England." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The policy of the Court of Berlin( ak this important crisis in the history of Prussia and the fate of Germany defies all rational speculation and perplexes conjecture itself. For what conclusions can be drawn from the conduct of a Government over which, at this moment, no man of firm character or known principle 3 presides, and which at the very lostant when provident and energetic guidance is most needed seems tost about without any guidance at all ? In the last Cabinet Council at which Count Branden burgh:presided the proposal of M. de Radowitz to render the whole army movable, and to call out the Land wehr, was rejected, after a struggle which cost one Minister his place and the other his life. Two days afterwards that decision was literally reversed, and this, as it would seem, by a unanimous decision of the same Cabinet or of the remaining members of it, under the personal influence of the King. The order of state for placing these enormous forces on foot actually appeared in the Prussian Gazette of the 7th of No veuaber. In addition to the whole regular army, the first division of the Landwehr (including the male po pulation from 25. to 32 years of age), and the lst and 2d companies in each battalion,of the second division (including the male population from 32 to 39 years of age), are called out for active service ; and the effect of this measure (according to the German papers) will be, that in ten days Prussia may have 480,000 men under arms. In short, it is impos sible for the King to have made a more direct appeal to the military spirit of the nation ; and if his motive for acceding to this extraor dinary measure has been to make a demonstra tion calculated to procure for him more honourable terms of peace, we see great reason to fear that, whilst this act of intimidation will have no effect on his adversaries, it will render his own extrication from the position in which he now stands far more difficult than it was already. The probability is, that after the fall of M. Redowitz from his seat in the Cabinent he still found means to away the judgment of his Sovereign and to carry by underhand practices the measure be bad been compelled ostensibly to abandon. The immediate effect of the measure at Berlin was rather one of consternation and astonishment than of exultation, especially as on the preceding day the Radowitz proposal had been negatived. Upon the Exchange no business was transacted in the funded securities of Prussia, but her treasury notes fell in stantly eight per cent., an excess of alarm which the case does not justify. The sting of disappointment and exasperation which the failure of so many hopes and pro misee has occasioned among the,Prussians generally, and especially in the Prussian army, has now, however, reached a pitch at which no one can answer for the results ; and since the Government has declared its final resolution to meet the emergency by a levy of nearly half a million of men, the - idea of submission, or even of compromise, runs the greater risk of being spurned and scouted by a vain and irritated nation. It is now too late to reason with any effect on the causes which have long been tending to bring the state of Germany to this extremity. In no unfriendly spirit to that country, but on the contrary, with au earnest desire to promote its greatness and its peace, we have uniformly protested against the arrogant pre tensions and the impracticable schemes which were leading to the utter disunion of the Confederation. That disunion followed as the inevitable result of false projects of unity, which ignored or destroyed the independent rights of every state in the Confederation except Prussia; and from disunion and bickering we are now arrived at the most formidable movements of armies which Europe has witnessed since 1815, whilst Germany has seen her contending Princes and Ministers struggling for an asulience and a decision in the antechamber of the Emperor of Russia! The honour of the country and of its bewildered rulers is touched to the quick, and they have to choose between the horrors of actual war, kindled by themselves in the heart of their own country and against no foreign enemy, or the igno miny of a political defeat as deep as their ambition had been lofty and bold. In such a position men are prone to decide for the worst alternative, because it is that which is least galling to their vanity and least painful at the present moment. The precise easus belli which now threatens to divide Germany is the refusal of Prussia to acknowledge the authority of the Germa nic Confederation, as reconstituted at Frankfort; for whether she, opposes that authority by her armies in the territory of Electoral Hesse, or whether she withdraws altogether from the Confederation, she manifestly commits a direct violation of all the treaties by which the Bund was formed in 1815 and more fully orga nized in 1820. The treaty of Bregenz—to which Prussia is not a party—appears to have provided that Austria, Bavaria, and Saxony will uphold and if ne cessary enforce the authority of the Confederation by force of arms, and the appeal of the Elector of Hesse has given them a legal but a most unpopular and unfortunate occasion for asserting that authority. Prussia in opposing the forces of the Diet has in reality no tenable case at all, for we presume she does not insist on the validity of rights conferred by her extinct Union which the Hessian Govern ment had abandoned, and she has never pretended to interfere on behalf of the rights of the Hessian people. The menacing aspect of affairs has arisen purely from her own wa y ward conduct, and if war ensue the pretext for it on her side must be discovered afterwards. Her ill-judged and unnecessary advance into the disputed province has of course rendered her retreat more difficult, and may become the immediate cause of hostilities. But though we have long fore seen a very disastrous termination to the German policy of the Prussian Cabinet, which might heva teen averted by the mere recognition of her federal obligations, there is little in the conduct of of her pre sent adversaries which commands our concurrence. They appear to be actuated by a bitter and vindictive spirit towards Prussia, which may be accounted for when we recal the policy of Prussia towards them selves in the last three years, but which nothing can justify; and if their object . really was the restora tion and reform of the Germanic Confederation that result might better have been obtained by conciliatory language and mutual concessions than by the hasty advance of huge armies. The last intel ligence from Electoral Hesse confirms in great mea sure the conjectures we had made on the distribu tion of the troops. It turned out, as we had pre sumed, that the right wing of the Bavarian army, under Prince Thurn and Taxis, was marching, by the pass beyond Bruckenau, upon Fulda, where it would have joined the corps from Henan ; but the Prussian s, anticipating this movement, had advanced very rapidly to Fulda and beyond it, so that the outposts of the two armies came within cannon shot of one another, and the junction of the two Bavarian corps was intercepted. The last telegraphic dispatch from Berlin announces that an Austrian corps of Federal troops had entered the territory of Coburg from Bamberg, and is supposed to be destined to support the inhibition of the Diet by marching to occupy and pacify Holstein. A corps so placed would possess itself of the passes in the Thuringian forest and be prepared to operate on theimportant line of the Seale, by which Lannes ad vanced and where Prince Louis of Prussia fell before the battle of Jena. So that whether the Federal generals are merely preparing to execute the orders of the Confederation in Hesse and Holstein, or whe ther they contemplate the possibility of encountering a more formidable enemy, their dispositions indicate the plan of an extensive campaign. The effect of the last Prussian measure for calling the Landwehr under arms will probably produce some decisive result at Vienna, Frankfort, and Munich, for it will be regarded as an act of defiance ; and whatever may be the next change in the fluctuating counsels of the King of Prussia, we entertain not the least expectation that the other Powers of Germany will abate one jot of the cause they have taken in hand. At any other time we should probably have regarded the position in which Prussia is now placed as a matter of serious concern to the continental interests of this country ; but it is, perhaps, fortunate for ourselves that neither of these contending parties has any claim on our sympathy. 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