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London, England, 1853-05-21

54

FRANCE.
Preparations are making at the Palace of St. Cloud
for the reception of their Imperial Majesties, who
will take up their residence there as soon as the
weather becomes fine. It is also probable that the
Emperor and Empress will pay a visit to the Pyre-
nies in the course of the autumn. It is believed
that they will visit Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur, Bag-
Ons de Bignrre, and the rest of the picturesque
sites that abound in that part of that country.
Apartments are being hastily fitted up at the Tui-
leries to receive the Duke of Genoa, who is expected
to arrive in l'aris shortly.
The Emperor has given to the town of Miry a sum
of 300,000 francs, to indemnify it for its disasters in
Isl 4, and principally for the rebuilding of the church
and the Hotel de Ville, which were burnt by the
allies at that time.
On the night between the 14th and 15th, twenty-
eight persons were arrested in different parts of
Paris. They belong entirely to the Legitimist party.
Among them is the celebrated M. Jeanne, printseller
of the Passage Choisseul, so frequently the object of
prosecution during the time of Louis Philippe, and
whose shop-window never ceased, during the Re-
public, to be filled with emblems of Henry V.
While sending the ribbon of a commander in the
Legion of Honour to Rossini, the Emperor accom-
paMed the decoration with a highly complimentary
letter, in which he expressed a hope that the great
composer would gratify him and the world by writ-
ing a new opera. Rossini, who, since he has reposed
upon his laurels, passes for one of the most idle as
well as the most independent men iu E nrope, assured
his Majesty in reply that he was only a musician
" by accident ;" that ho had never composed from the
love of composition, but for the sake of a livelihood,
and that now that he was above the world he desired
rest. At the end of his letter, however, Rossini
offered to compose a mass for the coronation.
The number of functionaries paid by the State in
Trance, which in MI was 134,830, increased to
174,1111 in 1544, and now has swelled to 2:10,000. if
to this army of officials there be added the 111,717
existing civil pensions on the treasury list, and the
military pensioners, it will be Mund that, besides
the standing army, about :100,090 persons, or 1 in
25 of the whole male population from 11 to 11(
years of age, are quartered upon the budget.
London, England, 1853-05-21

lIELGIVAI.

Among the conjectures excited by King Leopold's
visit to Berlin and Vienna somo curious guesses are
hazarded by the Independonee Beige, according to
which the royal progress will result in a triple mar-
riage. In its Vienna correspondence our eo'►te:upo-
rary states :
- -

" PPOillit talk efinfl,lently of nil niiproiteliing union, the partii`.4
to which lart. to be the !hike of litubtint and the Areislueliess
Marie, daughter of the late of lititurary. This supposi.
lion Seellll4 almost justified by the inuienriiiiee of the duke at lOW'
14010 recent entertnitinointA hi the imperial box by the bide of
the young nrehiluelie.4. A brillhint future hi also spoken of for
the Prineess Charlotte. daughter of King Leopubt, mill it
is not simply on the steps of the throne that her swam. is found.
And as if theme two were not enough to unite the imperial
and royal 61111in...1, a third union ix sloleu of, in Wili,ll the beau.
NW widow, the .krelidueliess I:lizabeth d'f'.o.l., mould be one of
the contracting parties."
dndeturnt catty givou at. Brussels on Satur.lay in
the action at law brought by 11. de. Laroehejacquelin
against the Nation journal. Thu incriminated tali
eles wore declared calumnious, and the joitrnal has
been comienntod to pay 5,OAf. damages, and to insert
the jukk.ment the journals of Paris and Brussels.
The Belgian Chamber of Deunties on 'l'nesday
n 1.• without discussion the bill for a treaty of
v..u.igation with the Papal tlovernment.
UEItMA\T.

The King of Prussia left Berlin for Nienna on the
morning of the Nth inst. On the same day the
Queen of Prussia set out for Ettlingen.
It is said that King Leopold will prolong his stay
at Vienna to t'w
The Pa-i-4 Union st.ites, on the authority of its
loiter for, Vienna. that the Count and eountes.s of
Chaia'‘ are expected for the files to be given in
that cApital during the stay of the foreign So\ eroig,us.
London, England, 1853-05-21

•P"- '4

The interest felt in the Dublin Exhibition by the
French Government awl press is evidenced by the
fact that the proprietors of the Pays, the Paris
journal most directly in communication with the
French Government, have sent 31. Alfred 'limpet,
one of their most distinguished writers, to Dublin, to
report, upon the Exhibition. M. Itusquet arrived on
Saturday last. M. I,emoine, of the Journal des
Mats, and two of the best artists of the Paris
Illustration, were also to arrive iu Dublin during the
course of the present week.
The Limerick Chronicle statr.s that E. 13.
Esq., M.P., will shortly be raised to the peerage
by the title of Viscount Fermoy, and that john
J. Heard, Esq., M.l'. for Kinsale, is to havo

baronetcy.
It is reported that the Duke of I,einmer is to hold
a grand masonic festival in Dublin of all the order in
Ireland, to which all the foreigner; of the craft now
in Dublin will ho invited..
The apparatus for working tae electric telegraph
between Cork and Mallow was put up on Tuesday,
and in a short period the line of electric eommuni-
nication between Dublin, Cork, and Killarney will be

complete.
Successful experiments have been made in intro-
ducing the power-loom in the manufacture of linen
cloth in Belfast, a chiwge which is likely to lead to
a revolution in the staple trade of Ulster.
The fisheries on the Galway coast are now carried
on with decided snettems, the arrest and committal
of the Claddagh rioters liming produced a most
salutary effect in putting an end to the system of in-
timidation.
London, England, 1853-05-21

INDIA.

The first railway in Indian-the Indian Peninsular--
was announced, according to the last advices by the
overland mail, to open on the lath of April, for the seg-
ment between Bombay and Tanna,a distance of about
twenty-four miles. Tickets had been issued to a very
large number of the most respectable inhabitants of
Bombay, both European and native, to go in an ex-
cursion train at half-past three on the afternoon of
the above date, to partake of an early dinner at
Tanna, and to return to Bombay by dusk. This was
considered quite an event in the history of the East;
it was remarked that neither the Governor nor the
Commander-in-Chief had thought it worth while to
remain a couple of weeks longer at the presidency,
in order to be present on the occasion. Both noble
lords were absent from the presidency, enjoying the
cool climate of Ilahableshwar.
London, England, 1853-05-21

TURKEY.

The Sultan's mother (Valide Sultana) died on the
80th ult. This princess enjoyed the reputation of
great wisdom, and always received the most marked
attention wherever she appeared in her gilded araha.
She interfered in the affairs of the state, and her son,
in questions of great weight and importance, invaria-
bly followed her advice. Her acts of benevolence are
innumerable : she has built and endowed schools,
hospitals, khans for indigent travellers, and the poor
and needy looked up to her as their guardian. Her
age must have been fifty-two. Her remains were
conveyed at midnight to their last resting-place with
great pomp, all the ministers and chief employh
swelling the funeral train.
London, England, 1853-05-21

CANADA.

A bill to reform the seiguorial tenure in Lower
Canada has been passed through committee, after
being discussed for about three weeks. The object
of this bill is to pave the way for the conversion of
this tenure into that of free and common soccage.
A bill has also been passed through committee to
introduce a decimal currency into Canada.
It is in contemplation to erect a bridge across the
St. Lawrence at Montreal, which it is estimated will cost
6,000,000 dols. The business on the road is steadily
increasing.
London, England, 1853-05-21

littlanb.

Rumours, which gradually acquire a more authen-
tic aspect. state that it is the intention of the Queen
to visitlin during the Industrial Exhibition.
The 29th of .Itily has been set down as the day for
tile arrival of the Ito, al Family, who, it is believed,
are to remain at the Nice-regal Lodge, Pluenix-park,
for three flays. as the guests of his Excelleney the
Earl of tit. Germans, previous to their annual visit
to Scotland. It is added that her Majesty and her
Itoyal Consort will be accompanied by the Prince
and Princess of Prussia, and that it is not unlikely
that the king of the Belgians and his eons will also
he included in the royal party.
cattle ►u►d sheep losing enormous prices at the
fain; in Roscommon county, and there seems to be
a complete mania in the purchase of mock.
London, England, 1853-05-21

ADELPHI.

To use the words of Mr. Webster's advertisement.
Shakspere made his first appearance at the Adelphi
on Wednesday last, in the play of The Merry Wires
of Windsor, and we will venture to say that a per-
formance more discreditable to a manager never took
place within the walls of a tleatre. For this un-
toward result. Mr. Webster is alott, responsible : he
has unquestionably all the most eminent talent at
his disposal. and, if he possessed one particle of right
feeling, or any real love for his art, he would endea-
vour to obtain success by legitimate means, and by trust-
ing to the abilities of his actors, rather than by pm-
dining that which is virtually a travestie of
Shakspere's play. and publishing the most con-
temptible putts of his performance in the newspapers
andplaybills. The manner in which this play is cast
is positively an insult to the audience. Can any num,
of any rank of life, piettire to himself Madame
Celeste, a lady incapable of speaking one sentence of
English with any approximation to correctness of
emphasis or accent, as Mrs. Ford, and not smile at
the hare notion of the result.. Mr. Webster must, in-
deed, he as thick-skinned as the rhinoceros if he
can hear the allusions which abound in this play to
the bad English of Sir Hugh Emus and Dr. Coins
without some sense of shame, and without feeling
that he has acted most unkindly by a lady who is de-
servedly a public favourite. Unless some absolute
necessity exists, we are decidedly of opinion that
male characters should never be performed by
ladies. Some excuse might have perhaps been found
for inducing Madame Celeste to eppear as Dr. Coins, but
nothing can justify the manager in assigning the parts
of Slender and Fenton to Miss Woolgar and Miss F.
Maskell. Miss Woolgar neither looked nor noted
well, and we never saw her to such disadvantage.
Mr. Webster% Fa/staff was a complete failure. He
was so imperfectly acquainted with his part that he
constantly tittered absolute nonsense, and his dress and
make-up presented no redeeming feature. With the
exception of Mrs. Page and Dr. Caius, excellently
played by Mrs. Keeley and Mr. Wigan, all the remain-
ing personages of the play, from Ford (Mr. L. Mar-
ray) to mine host of the Garter (Mr. P. Bedford),
were very indifferently represented. In spite of Mr.
Webster's praise, the scenery seemed to its com-
monplace, and the dresses tawdry and in had taste.
London, England, 1853-05-21

ttlesiastiral.

THE CHAPEL of the lloyzil Novnl school will he rouse.
crated by the Lord Ilihhop of London on the 7th of Juno
next. .

A Berens has been issued of the -toms received by the
Ecclesiastical Con tttt tuising from suspended canon-
ries, changed deaneries, unit other bolll'et'S. Within the
diocese of 1)1111111111. The stun thus received timoutittsl,
in IPC4, to 11.51.6/., omit the total of the aunts received
since the passing of the not, in 1811, is 110,;(14/. The
various items of expendintre on Durham University, in
/111g1111.11t1111011 of livings, the construction of larsonage.
hollows. &e., amounted to .1,•:.) l!. in 114.12; and the total of
such expenditure sutra 1841 is :15.1.P40/.
COMOVATION YOUK.—Weiltiestitty being the day ap-
pointed the the seetind se. slim tot' the Northern Convocat
tion, the members mustered in eansideralmle hers,
thought many who attentle.l wt the ath of November were
prevented from being present it second tine. A corre-
spondence had been protaa.ding between the Archbishop
and Archdeacon Thorp relative to the prayer of the ma-
jinity to proceed to the discussion of the petitions awl
other schedules, which, by the ativlthislelp.l4 (limo ion, were
received, and reserved ter titttue el/11$1411'1111111111.
result was, however, that. no chnitge natt allowed in the
previously arranged purpose of making the sessi merely
formal. Vt'heit the ordinary formalities amending the
oiwiting of the Synod Wl.le gone through, 14011/e attempts
were made to commence a discussion, but were •
checked by the Archbishop's Commissioner, who rend a
schedule by which the (Convocation of the province was
futilter prorogued to the Istli of September. 'l'lw pus
eetalings occupied hardy a quarter of an hour. Mutsu,
trent!), Atrlttletwon 'rbtomit soul the proetors who acted
with him repaired to a twighbottring office, where it is
said that an address to the Queen was agreed upon, and
signed, and that it is to be envoi:dell for the signature of
absent member%

Tot: magnificent Church of Itoston was reopened on
Thursday week, after a mistrial )))) find repewing which had
cost about 4,1 M., the whole of which gum was raised by
voluntary contribution..
London, England, 1853-12-03

THF: SANDWICH ISLANDS.

TUE annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the
United State, is beginning to be regarded by the
American iwoplo as a matter of course. It is quite
apparent that the project is seriously entertained, not
only at Washington, but by the King and his Minis-
ters at Ilawaii. It seems, indeed, according to the
latest adrices, that the matter had progressed so far
that fortual protetts and replies between Frame,

THE PRESS.

England, and the riiited States had been published
anti Presented to the island Court by their minimal-
tatii es. The consuls declare that they have liven in
formed that certain American residents had intlueei
the king to alienate his sovereignty by negotiating
for annexation with the United Statism, and they pro-
test against such overtures, as eontrary to this treaties
entered into with England and Fnutee, especially
that of November 28, 1813, rissognising the islands
as an independent state ; also that, according to the
Ilawaiian constitution, ho etitild not alienate his ao
vereignty and people to a foreign state. Mr. .eve
ranee, the United States' commissioner, says that the
Fnited States' 6ovennuent has made no proposition
to his Nliojesty to 411111,11, 1 nt that resident inereliants
could not NI to likely(' the advantages of annexa-
tion ; that annexation was and hall 111.!1`11 practised
most nations, and that when 'girded by petienble
means it was preferable to annexation by conquest ;
and that he thought, should an oilier tot' made by the
Ilawauiant titNernment, it. would be listened to re-
spectfolly at Washington. In the United States the
French and English protest is considered as a mere
matter of official duty and routine, and that 'wither
nut will interfere to prevent annexation, as neither
has any interest in the Sandwich Islands so tenito
riallY near as even Russia, and the Czar has newer
made any objection, while it is argued that the elan
inertial interests of Furor.' in the Sandwich Islands
would be as well proteetedi after annexation Its at the
present time.
The distance from San Franciaeo, California, to
Ilawuii (Owhyliee) is 2,340 genfraphical
From Hawaii to Manilla is 3,3:di miles. Faun Ma
mho to Canton, 700 millet'. Hawaii lie' mostly he.
tweet' 19 deg. and 20 deg. north latitude—the whole
group extending over about 31 deg. of latitude and
about It deg. ot longitude, viz., from !Mt deg. to
Ills} deg. west. The I'M'S of the group is 11,tain
square miles, or about. equal to the states of Comte('
tient and Weide Island. The population, which dr
creases rapidly, amounted in 1819 to 7m,sr4 natives
;toil 1,787 foreigners---in all, to 80041 ; whereas in
1831 the population was 130.313. The foreigners
are now believed to number nearly 3,0n0; and the
natives to hale diminished still more. The distribu-
tion of population in 18411 stiksl thus
27,104; Oahu, '2:1,144; Mani. 18,11711 ; Kaithai, 0,941
Molokai, 3,119; Nuhua, 7•2:1; Lanai, 511. Total
London, England, 1853-12-03

THE PRESS.

conducting the burial. In the island of Malta, though a
British possession, a new code has been sent home for her
Majesty's approval, by one article of which, ' whosoever
should outrage the objects of worship ofthe Roman Catholic
religion, within or without the places of worship,' would be
liable to imprisonment for a period of from one to three
months. The Protestant inhabitants of Malta have ex-
pressed their alarm at this meditated infringement of their
civil and religious rights, which they ascribe to the overbear-
ing power and auti•English influence of the Homan priest-
hood. The uccunence of these distinct ►uanifestationa of
Runtish intolerance, taken in connection with the aggressive
movements of the Papacy in this country, in the Nether.
lands, and in Prussia, appear to the cotu►uittee clearly to
indicate a settled purpose on the part of the Papal Court
and the states subject to its predominant influence to sup-
press by violence the profession of the reformed faith, and
to visit Protestants with every form of annoyance, insult,
and humiliation. Under these circumstances the committee

of the Protestant Alliance feel impelled to submit to her
Majesty's tlovernment that the time is come for making a
determined stand against these aggressive and hostile de.
monatrations. They conceive that no political complica-
tions or difficulty could result from its being made dile
tinctly known that Went Britain will not maintain diplo.
matic relations with any state which shall persist in deny.
ing to British subjects within its tenitory the free exercise
of their religion, with liberty to possess plans of worship
for their own use, as well as places of interment, and to
have the rights of baptism, marriage, and burial performed
among themselves without hindrance or compulsory se-
crecy. To demand less than this measure of liberty and
justice, as the condition of continued diplomattc relations,
would not seem consistent with the high position and
moral claims of England. The committee submit that,
whatever hazards or inconveniences might attend so de.

cided a course of action, Great Britain, raised by Divine
Providence to the highest eminence among the nations,
lies under the strongest and most sacred obligations to as•
own and uphold the rights of conscience, and to employ her
utmost influence wit► the Governments of other countries
to obtain the recog►►ition of religious freedom. The conk
nutlet. respectfully and earnestly implore your lordship to
bring these considerations under the serious attention of
her Majesty's Ministers, with a view to the establishment of
a better understanding with the Governments of Tuscany,
Portugal, and Spain on the points referred to, and also to
the prevention of intolerant enactments in the island of
Malta; in adopting which course the committee are confi-
dent that her Majesty's Government will have the support of
Parliament, and secu►e the grateful respect of all her Ma-
jesty's loyal Protestant subjects."
London, England, 1853-12-03

EGYPT.

The amount of goods passing through Egypt to
and from India, brought by the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamers, is steadily increasing,
and the revenue accruing to the Viceroy from this
source amounts yearly to a very large sum, as the
freight charged is very high. The provisions made
by the Viceroy to meet this increasing traffic arm• not
proportionate to its wants, as the steamers employed
are not sufficient, many are getting quite warn out„
and a Government official may have the use a a
steamer for his own purpose at any time without
reference to the relnirements of the transit, which
often gives rise to great ineonvenience and delay to
the passengers. One of the anomalies of the transit
►alministration is, that they will not admit of any
wear and tear of machinery, boats, carriages, horses,
or ally other of their means of conveyance, but, it'
an enaployi be once put in charge of any article, he
is made responsible for it nnreservedly. The present
director of the transit, Abmlallah Bey, an Englishman,
is, however, doing his utmost to keep the transit in
efficient working order.
London, England, 1853-12-03

(IF.It3IANY.

The Pritosian Chatnbervi were opened on Monday
by M. Al%life), PM !toys! e0111111111060111.T. Alter
tOUCiling on domestic matters, he Mated that the
peace of Europe might be endangered by the emirse
of events in the East, but that, on the whole, tho
Covertiment of Prussia was dirposed to hope for a
favourable result. The Prurient of the Ministry
concluded iu theme terms :

" Prussia, aupported by her own atrength, and flolly con•
146 MN of her own 1011%1T, would 11.11 Si 1111 l ISM lierrtofs.n., her
efforts in every direction to peace, mud would
dil, its the emote of /wave mud moderation, an independent
and impartial tone throughout the whole of this difficult
question. lon, whatever tiini events might take, Provi•
&nee had placed in Prussia a king at the heal of an
muted, valiant, anal patriotic people, anal th. Chamber*
might rest assured Oust the Government, on ever/ iteeasion
on which it might Is• called on to art, would he solely
guided by the true interests of the elation, which were
inseparable from those of the Crown."
The negotiations between Austria and Howe,
touching the concordat, Iwo almost brOkell
The Austrian corps of observation in Transylvania
will be placed under General Schlick, whose head•
quarters are at klannenburg.
London, England, 1853-12-03

CUBA.

Much political excitement prevailed at Ifavatmah
at the slate of the last advice*, the sib nik The
revolutionary paler, l'ar. del Puebla, hail been again
published. Several arrests had teen made, and ru-
mours of revolt were current. It is stated that a
vessel bad appeared off Baracoa, et the east end of
Cuba, and hoisted what appeared to be a signet of
distress, when, simultaneously with the hoisting of
the signal, the fort was attacked by 70 men on hoNe-
hack, also were repulsed. Some prisoners were
made, and they were on their way to Ilavannah
when the babel sailed. A British war-vessel had
arrived at ilmatinah, being the second within a few
days.
London, England, 1853-12-03

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FROM THE FALL OF NAPOLEON TO THE ACCESSION OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.
By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart.

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME:
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AUSTRALT.I.

BfeMourne journalstoAngtst haw, arrivod by
the clipper-ship Indian Queen, which reached Liver-
pool on Monday.
The mercantile accounts are very unsatisfactory,
.3evertd extensive failures having occurett, unina to

iNII

DECEMBER 3, 1853.

the stagnation of business consequent on the mar-
kets being glutted, and the winter season having set
in, preventing commercial communication with the
diggings. At the time of the departure of the Indian
Queen the price for conveyance of goods front Mel-
bourne to the diggings ranged from Wt. to 100/. per
t)11.

Great dissatisfaction was manifested by the digging
clmmunity in reference) to the licence for digging
gold. Numerous meetings were being held, and
very threatening language used, for the purpose of
olotaining a reduction in the existing rates from :II )S.
t ) per month. The Government had despatched
a troop of soldiers to the Bendigo diggings, for the
purpose of suppressing an attempted rescue of dig-
ivrs who had resolved not to pay the September
licence.
London, England, 1853-12-03

BELGIUM.

The financial expose, presenting the skits lion of
the ltelgian treasury on the Ist of September last,
has been published by the tiovernment. The nominal
primitive capital of the ordinary debt amounts to
575,0:t1 mulf. 74c. ; on this them has been paid off a
sum of 1S3,1:111,1110f., so that the nominal capital of
the ordinary debt now amounts to 3112,11119,173 E
The extraordinary debt, created for the construction
of railways, reeds, canals, &c., amounts to a nominal
capital of 1111,037,6514 f. 40e. Of this ruin there hew
been paid off 34,490,465t'. 50c., leaving a nominal
capital of 14,1147,15f1f. title. The ensemble of the
Belgian public debt has, therefore, been in nominal
capital S:11.01111,1112f. 14c., on which there has been
paid tiff 217,520,555 f. Sic., so that the total publin
debt may be considensl as :10e. The
annual dot ation carried to time budget for the payment
of the interest and time sinking fluid of this debt
amounts for the ordinary debt to 16,175,750 f. tile.,
and for the extraordinary debt to 14,06:1,11004f.
The approaching visit of the I hike and Duchess of
Brabant at Stuttgardt and other South I fennan
'inirts, and subsequently at Vienna, has been
arranged by Austria as an antidote to the French
visit mid influence.
London, England, 1853-12-03

THE PRESS.

ltourd of 'l'rad4r. rettints %till continue to show
it vast increase in the export trade of the country iv,
compared with the corresponding poriod of lust )shit.
Tilt) runotuits are as follows:-
18564.

1 4;0.

For t 1 ntontli 4.t+A.N.tkk,

fl,ittS,oln

Fer the year 09,247,101 .. 73,15:),755
This alone is sitilleient to account for the increased
demand for money which has taken place.
'rite future of the Money Market will so greatly
depend on the question of peace or war, that. until
that is decided, it ttl impossible to speak midi any
certainty. For the present money will be in demand :
although we expect to act it ra.!icr easier next
week than at present, we perceive no symptom of its
being ponusuently lower before the middle of
January.
Exchequer Hills are ratlwr lower this week, being
:ls. to Os. _

The cxelianges to-thiy, with the exception of Paris,
are a shoat) firmer.

The Cum :gawks,' contiints,4 head•.
FORKI(iti FUNDS.

In eonsenuento of ft rumoured insurrection in l'or
t itgal t which, however, has not boon continue,' ),
Portuguese Bonds have fallen to 41e.
.111 foreign stocks have been lower during the
week, but. more in Pitatpittity with Consols than from
any special C 1111,40. Tile that OW 1111111110
ilidi4PoMea t" (Leta in foreign bonds tinting the pre
sont uncertain state:of polities,
London, England, 1853-12-03

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The colonial estimates presented to the Legisla
tive Council exhibit for IKlt a serious decrease of
revenue and illitrelimP of expenditure. The revenue
is estimated at 225,511/. ris., and the expenditure
at 275,0111. Oa. 6d. Difference against the revenue,
40,2701.11 x. Od.
London, England, 1853-12-03

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UNITED STATES.

Serious damage to property, as well as loss of life,
had occurred in and near New York, on Sunday, the
fah of November, by a severe lntrricane, whieh de-
stmyed trees, houses, builings, and gardens, to a
considerable extent.

Yellow fever hail again appeared at. Natchez with
fatal effect. The .tmerican Union, from Liverpool,
arrived (WM at New York on the lath nit., with the
loss of i 5 pa isengcrs and 5 of the crew, from
cholera. The Centurion, also front Liverpool, lo.it
13 of her passengers; and the Statesman, from Ant-
werp, 25.
London, England, 1853-12-03

E LEC TION INTELLIGENCE.

SorTII WARWIS K.—The election of a member for
this division to supply the place of Lord Brooke, now
Earl of Warwick, is appointed to take place this day
siourdayl, when Mr. E. P. Shirley, the Conserva-
tive candidate, is expected to ho returned without
opposition.
EAst tiim•crsrva.— A contest in announced for
this division. Mr. Holland, formerly M.l'. for East
Worcestershire, from which position he was rejected
on account of Ilia ultra- )(wheal prineiples, has allowed
himself to he put forward in opposition to Sir William
Hicks Beach, flat, of Willianistrip-park. The
registration is so decidedly in favour of the Conserve-
live party, that Mr. Holland's chances of success
only depend upon the non .attendance of the Conserva-
tive voters at the poll, and the mamma's which it is
known the Radicals at Cheltenham can resort to
at. popular elections.
SOW Eli STai vininsituss.—We have heard of no
lIIIIHNitiOn to lAied Ingestra; nor do we expect any,
it being the wish of the influential gentlemen of both
parties to avoid a contest, each party having one re-
presentative. It will be remembered that the lion.
E. It. Littleton was IdloWell succeed General Ainusa
in August last without trouble or expense from the
!, isery oil v es.

Chri‘lopher ifamillon, a Comer.
vutive, ()plumes Mr. John O'Connell for thin bo-
rough.

A leiter from Paris, in the Independatwe Delo',
says : - -" It opiware to be confirmed that a new Rus-
sian note has been sent by 111. 11/4 Nesse!rode to the
iliplomstic agents of the Czar in France and Eng-
land. This note would determine the meta of inter-
ruption or of complete rupture of international rela-
tions bctseen !tussle and these two tiovensmetita.

.1
1141 eiroilisr will announce moreover a new 111611 i •
fe.sto of tits. Emperor of Moods to Europe."
The Augsburg Ga:elte ham intelligence from ro-
lim4l of the approaching meal of MM. Kiareeleff and
Wm:now, Rinssiato Ministers at l'aristand London. _

The 11;,seri 'anent lawyers in l'arin have, it in said,
been instnieted to consider whether a case may wA
he made out for the confiscation of the Count de
Chaushord's proge•rty in Frame.
An order has been issued that all ladies admitted
t"' the receptions at the. Tuileries on New Year's-day
mutt sppear in Court mantles.
Winter has set in early in Paris. The thermome-
ter on Thursday morning at It o'clock stood at 26
Fahrenheit, 7 degrees below freezing point.
The Frankfurt Gazette is empowered to state that
the elilolucnient« or acknowledgments made at
Fr.,h.dortl• by the Duke de Nemouri were not made
by the authority or on acs•onnt of the Duchess
d'Orleans, who has not acknowledged the transaetion
in any nay. Letters from Vienna of the 27th inform
us that the I►uke and Duchess of Nemoura and the
I hike of Coburg dined with the Comte de Chambord
on the previous day.
Letters from St. Petersburg say that the late
events in the Fast have greatly irritated the Em-
peror Nicholas, and that those who are hest ac-
quainted with his intentions do not think that he
will mow enter into any negotiations, or listen to any
propositions fur a compromise.

I
London, England, 1853-12-03

glom Pada anb eitg al nttilignut.

Futevy EvENtso.
Tulle unfavourable view we last week took of the
state of the Money Market has been fully confirmed.
Money ham considerably increased in demand, both
in the Stock Exchange and the Discount Market ;
anti during the whole course of the present year has
not been so really " tight" as at present.
We have heard of bankers charging the►r ens-
tumors for discount as much as 6 per cent. Cer-
tain it is that brokers are giving 5; and it is under-
stood that large amounts of paper have been sent
into the Hank of England for discount.

The Biutk has also raised the usual advances made
on Stock and Exchequer Bills to 44 per cent.. during
the closing of the transfer-books.
In the Stock Exchange stock has evidently been
brought to market, and as much as 4 per cent. has
been given for " continuation" from the present
account to the opening in January, but the continu
anon may be fairly quoted from eto 340, .

This, as we last week remarked, is a very signifi-
cant circumstance, and shows that the pressure for
money has gradually brought stock foorward; and,
were it not for the gradual closing of a largo,
Hear account, the present pried of the funds could
not be maintained.

Consols during the week have fallen to 114 ; but
to-day, in consequence of nutmum of a congress f4,r
the adjustment of the Turkish question, have rallied
to 911, and closed 94j 5 for account, and 95 to
for the opening in January.
Among the causes which have thrown a gloom over
the Money Market has been the withdrawal of
nearly a million sterling from the Bank of England
by the Emperor of Russia; and front all we hear we
are inclined to believe that ho has contracted a loan
with Messrs. Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, and that
capitalists in this country have been found to aid and
abet this operation.

The Bank of England, on loosing so large an
amount of bullion in one week, has naturally become
more stringent in making advances, and has, we
have no doubt, sold both Stock and Exchequer is.
It must also be borne in mind that preparations
have been made during the week for the renewal of
bills falling due the 4th of the month, especially
Australian paper, for the gold from that quarter does
not How in so rapidly as was anticipated, notwith-
standing that the accounts from the gold districts are
more than usually favourable.
Owing to a blunder in their act, the Routh Bea
Company not being able to distribute the funds of
the dissentients, an arrangement has been made by
which the company takes nearly 3,0110,0001. of Exche-
quer Bills in lien of money pending the amendment
of the act. This blender will materially relieve
Gladstone from the financial embarrassment his want
of foresight has occasioned.
London, England, 1853-07-23

TO A CERTAIN ANONYMOUS CORRE.
SPONDENT.

Sir,—You have thorght At to send me a trumpery menses
to the fed that yew will make another " personally re-
sponsible " fo► that which I claim to be the fair licence of an
Editor commenting upon the character and conduct of public
man //, as you say, my attacks are continued, you intimate an
intention " to form I quarrel " upon some gentleman whom
you de net en to name. I tell you, in reply, that your me-
nace will not in the least greet my intention to conduct this
journal according to my own notions of propriety ; and,
secondly, I will observe that the gentleman, whoever he may be,
upon whom yew threaten " to force a quarrel" appears to have
little to apprehend from your venturous eagerness—when you
withhold your name from me, who em responsible, in the
slimiest sense—and I will add, exclusively rveponsibie--for the
contents of the Pates newspaper.—l am, sir, you► obedient
servant,

THE EDITOR OF THE Pam.

110, Stroud, July 23rd, 1853.

TO CORBESPORDINTO.
We are obliged by the suggestion of " A Cotisr.aviertvz Fart:-
NAN," and are prevented from adopting it solely by consi-
deration of the space it would occupy lu our columns.
The Rgistration of Assurances Bill stands now referred to a
select committee of the Peers. It is very improbable that
the measure will be passed this session.
London, England, 1853-07-23

TO PARENTS and Gil ARDIANS.—WORTH
ATTENTION.—WANTED, Tunkx. or FOUR genteel
YOUTHS, to I.EAIZN a light, genteel, and lucrative BU SI N ESS,
which they will easily acquire In a few months, and enable them
to earn from 80a. per week and upwards. Constant employment
found for them. A weekly salary will be given during their articles.
A small premium required.—Address, by letter only, enclosing
stamp, to J. F., 48, Admiral-terrace, Vauxkudl•b►idge-road,
Pimlico.
London, England, 1853-07-23

CARTWIIIGIIT—On the lath instant, at Aynhne, I.ady Fanny
Cartwright, of a daughter.
11011.31 ES—On the 15th instant, at the Isle of Wight, the lady

of the lion. Win. a'Court Holmes, t.f a daughter.
ST. LEG Ell—On the lath instant, at Doneraile, county of Cork•
the lion. Mrs. 81.. Leger, of a daughter.
LINDEN—On the lOth instant, at Brighton, the Baroness de

Linden. of a daughter.
STOPFOktD—On the 17th instant, at Maltla-hill West, the wifa
of Lieut• Colonel Stopford, (.H., of a son.
YOLLAND--On the 16th instant, at Nlountjoy, Dublin, the wife
of Captain Yolland, Royal Engine••rs, of a daughter.
XARRIAGES.
ABBOTT—DIRTIES—On the 16th instant, at Cheltenham.
Keith Edward Abbott, Esq., her Majesty's Consul at Tehran,
Persia, to Agnes Anne, daughter of Sir S. Osborne Oibbes,
Hat. •
HOVACK—TURING—On the 13th instant, at llotterdain. C. W.
1 loyack, Esq., to Eliza. &tighter of Sir James H. Turing,
Bart., li.M. Consul in that city.

MACDONALII—SAYER—On the 14th instant, at St. Pancras
linrch, Charles Frederick Baxter, sou of Major Wm. Pitt
Macdonald, to Charlotte Augusta, daughter• of the late Richard
Paul Sayer, Esq.
MATHESON—STAPLETON—On the 19th instant. at St.
George's, llanover•square, Alexander Matheson. Esq., M.P.,
to the llon. l aciuia Mary Stapleton. sister of Lord Beaumor.t.
PEEL—GREENE—On the 12th instant. at Hanbun•, Stafford-
shire, Captain Reginald Peel, to Mary Themlosia, daughter i f
Richard Greene, Esq, of St. Chad's, Lichfield.
III'SBRIDGER—WAVELL—On the 19th instant, at Kensing-
ton, Joseph Hnshrideer. Esq.. to Sophia Matilda, daughter of
Mnjor4leneral Wavell, K.F., K.C.S., P. 11.5., of Kensington.
SHERIDAN—WOOD—On the 29th instant, at St. George's.
Hanover-square. John Sheridan, Esq., of Blackfriars, grandson
of the late Sir Richard Perrott, Bart., Lord High Admiral of
Prussia. to Laura Cornelia, daughter of the Rev. John Wood.
late if Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
TRF.LAWNV—KELLY—On the 14th instant, at Kelly, Harry
Reginald, son of Sir Wm. 1.. S. Trelaw•ny. Bart., to Juliana,
daughter of Arthur Kelly, Esq., of Kelly, Devonshire.
London, England, 1853-07-23

Second and Cheaper Edition, 4...
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finest quality of Patent Enamelled Leather, but also very snitch
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Price Is., 25., and Is. itd. A liberal discount to the trade.

DEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
the Great Exhibition of PM (for Aeoustie Instruments)
was to F. C. REIN, fur his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
for the DEAF. They are made of different power, to atilt ex.
treme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the
sole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein, 108. Si rand, nearly opposite
Exeter•hall, where the Instrument can be tried, and numerous
testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hun. sir
John Pattemat, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors.

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the advantages in usin4 them are cleanlinesa, saving of time
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that perfection of fit for which the El:11E1(A SHIRTS are so
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London, England, 1853-07-23

ittltsiastital.

WE were justified in preluding our quotation of last week
•from the Bristol Times with a doubt as to the writer's identifi-
cation of the new Canon of Bristol. It is the Rev. Henry
Moseley, who has long been an able and assiduous worker
in the cause of education, who has obtained the vacant stall,
and he is not that we are aware of in any way related to
the Rev. T. Motley, who is said to be connected with the
7'isses newspaper. The Rev. H. Moseley, from all we can
learn of his antecedents, is likely to acquit himself
iu his new sphere, and to justify the favotmible opinion
of Ids amusing Bristol critic.
Steps are in contemplation for the establishment of ca-
thedrals in Moray and lirechin.
London, England, 1853-07-23

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OXFORP.
There will be an election to five demyships in Magdalen
College on Monday next, the '2sth instant. These demy-
ships are open only to natives of the counties or dioceses
of Winchester, Norwich, Chichester, Lincoln, Oxford,
Berke, Warwick, Nottingham, Northampton, Buckingham,
Kent, Wilts, and Somerset. There are also five fellow-
ships vacant at this college, which will be filled up at the
same time.
A daring robbery has been committed in Oriel College,
articles of plate belonging to the Hon. Chandos Leigh,
one of its members, having been stolen from his rooms,
amounting in value to between 00/. and 701. The city
marshal (111 r. Lucas) and the police have succeeded in
tracing out the delinquent, who ►s a clothes-cleaner of the
name of Richard Harris, and who, in that capacity, had
semis to the room.
London, England, 1853-11-26

6 EIIMANY.

An Austrian corps of observation is concentrating
art Temesvar, on the Senian frontier. Two regiments
of infantry of the garrison of Vienna, And three
battalions of.liigers, have been ordered to hold them.
selves in readiness to march. Two batteries have
already left Vienna for the Kerman frontier.
A private letter from Berlin, of the 16th instant,
states that the Prussian tfovemment is using its
best efforts to induce the Russian and Tlirkilill
tin
Verlllllelll,4 to COIIOII4II. an armistice.
The Princess Helen, eldest daughter of Nike
Maximilian of Bavaria, has been betrothed to prinet,
I ieorge of Saxony. The prince is 11, and the
princes% 19.
The Cobigne Gazette announces the formation of a
new Ministry in Hanover, but states that nothing
official has been vet published on the subjeet. It is
said that M. de mike is named President of the
Council and :Minister of Finance ; M. de Lent lie,
Foreign AtfairS ; 4 leneral llrandis, War; M.
Wedemeyer, Interior ; M. Busch, Justice; and M.
Bertmann, Worship.
The ennxtinationttel says:—" 'omit ii IMSI'III,OIIIIZ,
WhO recently made such a violent attack tin M. 'hi
Ilassempthig. is battid to he vompletely insane, and
has been removed from his ehtiteau of Wechterlatch
to a lunatic asylum at !Henan."
London, England, 1853-11-26

THE 1101.71t1JON FUSION.

Tut fact that the fusion, already so often attempted
and frustrated, between the elder and cadet branches of
the Bourbon finally, has at length been accomplished,
has furnished the great staple of news from France
for some days past. The principles on which this
rompact is concluded are said to be these That the
Count de Chambord is to be recognised as the legiti-
mate heir to the crown. In e►se of the countess's
death, he agrees not to marry again. If he dies
childless, the Count de Paris is to poteceed to all
the titles of the Bourbon race.

This treaty was ratified at Froltsdorf on the 17th,
when the Due de Nemours paid a eeremonial visit to
the Count de Chambord. The prelituinaries had
been arranged with all the formality appropriate to
an interview between sovereign princes upon a mo-
mentous question. Concerning what actually passed
on the occasion, we have received the following au-
thentic particulars from a private correspondent:—
" The Due de Nemours went into the room and
bowed low to the Count de Chambord. The latter
immediately opened the conversation by inquiring
after la sante de la bonne HEINE Marie Ami•he ;' to
which the ghte replied,' Sire, la sante de ma mere
est. rilablie, et je remercie Vtriltg MAJKsTx de vow
bonte."lliis settled the matter, and the next (lay
the Count de Chambord returned the visit,-

In Paris this event creates no sensation. Every
one SM.% it. is like everything the Bourbons have ever
done 11 trap turd." Count Mole, the Due de Broglie,
and M. tittizot, are said to have been the chief inter•
mediaries in bringing the fusion about. M. 'Tiers,
it is added, has held himself aloof in the affair; but
several of his friends, and, among others, M. Cousin,
quietly approve of it, and have assisted in the
matter.
London, England, 1853-11-26

Court ant( lastion.

THE QUEEN AND DUCHESS OF BRABANT carne to
London on Wednesday, when her Majesty's royal
visitor was shown over Westminster Abbey and the new
Houses of Parliament. After visiting the Duchess
of Gloucester, the party returned to Windsor. The
departure of the Court for Osborne has been delayed
until this day (Saturday). Her Mikjesty will return to
NVindsor on Dec. $l, for the Christmas holidays.
PniNcE Al.nEnr, as Chancellor of Cambridge Uni-
versity, accompanied the Duke of Brabant thither on
Tuesday last. Their Royal Highnesses spent nearly
two days in various tours of inspection, visits to the
several halls and colleges, attendances on the Geo-
logical and Jacksonian lectures, &c. &c. They dined
with the Vice-Chancellor at Trinity College on Tues-
day, having previously held a "reception " of such
members of the senate as wished for the honour of
a presentation. On Wednesday a Congregation was
held, to which all the members went in state, and
Prince Albert presided in his Chancellor's robes, for
the purpose of conferring the honotary degree of
LL.D. upon the Duke of Brabant. In the evening
of that day the royal visitors quitted the Universit!,
on their return to Windsor.
THE SERIES OF DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS before
her Majesty and the Court, at Windsor Castle, will
not be continued until after Christmas, when Sir
Bulwer Lytton's comedy of Money will be repro
settled. The four principal male characters will be
supported by four metropolitan managers :—Erdyn,
Mr. Charles Kean ; Graces, Mr. Webster; Mr. Ben-
jamin Stout, Mr. Buckstone ; and Captain Dudley
Smooth, Mr. Wigan.