The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1847.

Tours, and Blois. The numbers who attend these
mestingstgreat as they are, are much less remarkable
than their intelligence, property, and professional
and commercial eminence. The moderation and tran-
quil energy which they display, and the invariable
respect for order and the laws which they exhibit, are
not less conspicuous. In short, the matter has be-
come formidable to the government.
The Duke de Guise, the infant son of the Duke
d'Aumale, died on Sunday morning, at the palace of
St. Cloud.

Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ex-King of Westphalia,
and hie son, the Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, were re-
ceived in private audience by Louis Philippe at St.
Cloud on Sunday.
M. Mon, former minister of finance at Madrid, has
arrived in Paris.

The Madrid maila of the sth and 6th, so anxiously
looked for, have arrived, and a more melancholy pic-
ture of the machinery by which a great people is
governed, than that which their contents present, it
would be difficult to imagine. Thejournals and letters
disclose a most revolting mass of intrigue, false-
' hood, treachery, and heartlessness. The journals
of Madrid which favour the French party, and speak
the sentiments of the moderados, are of course tri-
umphant, and have sufficient effrontery to ascribe
the recent coup tie salon to the most wise national
policy. This, however, is the less wonderful as the
ministerial press of Paris, led by the Journal des
Mina:, is not ashamed to advance like statements.
From the mass of correspondence which has reached
us, including some private letters from partisans of the
moderados, it appears pretty clear that the events of
the night of the 3rd and 4th ult. originated in a
struggle between the influences of two court favourites,
General Serrano and Colonel Gandera. The latter
was, it seems, lately adopted and put forward by M.
Salamanca, with the view of undermining the in-
fluence of General Serrano in the palace. This in-
trigue
becoming known to General Narvaez, he
warned Serrano of his danger, and at the same time
tendered his services. This took place on the after- 1
noon of the 3rd, and on that evening Narvaez was
president of the council.
It has been said that the formation of a new in nis-
try was entrusted to Narvacz unconditionally ; and so
far as relates to any formal conditions stipulated by
the Queen this is true. But Narvaez had a previous
interview with Serrano, by whom in fact he obtained
hie elevation to power. The continuance of ltos de
Olano, the instrument of Serrano, in the cabinet, was
a first condition, and it is needless to say that the
maintenance of the influence of Serrano himself was
a condition inherent in the very nature of the entire
intrigue.
The position given to Narvaez by the course
of events is not the least curious incident in
this most curious drama. He left Paris charged
with the instructions of St. Cloud and the Rue
des Courccllcs, and boasting, in the all-sufficiency
of his power, to fulfil them. He took no trouble to
conceal his determination to expel Serrano from the
palace and the capital. If the Queen should refuse
this he declared openly that he would present her
with the act of abdication for her signature.
Arrived at Madrid he found himself opposed
to an influence against which his boasted power
instantly and ridiculously failed. He was told
that his mission was finished, and that he
might return to the place from which he came. The
scene, however, soon changed. The incidents of the
comedy proceeded. The plot was gradually deve-
loped, and the sworn enemies of the first act became
the friends and reciprocal benefactors of the last.
Narvaez was raised to power by the individual he
came to crush. He holds office at the good will and
pleasure of him, to expel whom from the palace and
the capital he left his embassy at Paris a few weeks
before. _ _ _ _

But Serrano, does he rely on the fidelity of his
new ally ? Possibly. But, meanwhile, he is too
prudent not to provide against the contingency of
another crisis. His friend ltos de Olano is still in
the cabinet, and the same pen which countersigned
the dismissal of poor M. Goyena, is always ready to
do the ssme office for the ex-ambassador, the Duke of
Valencia, when so required by the " master of the
situation." .

It will be seen, by reference to our correspondent's
letter, that the first act of the new minister was to
nullify all MM. Salamanca and Escosura have been
lately doing in the way of administrative reform.
Some advices say that a special courier had been
despatched to Queen Christina, to assure her majesty
that Spain is no longer closed against her or the
Nlerstpensiers; but this latter intelligence does not
appear so certain.
It is asserted by some of the I'aris journals that
General Serrano has been appointed captain-general
of Madrid. We find nothing, however, in our letters
from Spain to countenance this. On the contrary, that
office is reported to be given to M. Roncali, Count
D'Alcay.
The Cortes is convoked for the lath Nov.

It appears evident from the Madrid journals that
the intrigue which terminated in the fall of the
cabinet was kept a profound secret, and that on the
morning of the 4th all parties were equally surprised
by the announcement in the Gazelle. The Herald°,
which is the organ of the new Minister of the In-
terior, says that the change was an unhoped-for event,
which would be received by the nation with as much
astonishment as pleasure. The Eeo del Comereia calls
the measure a public scandal, and one which would
cause universal astonishment. The semi-official organ
of the ca-minister says: "The Goyena cabinet has
fallen. At eight o'clock last evening no one suspected
a crisis. At eight o'clock this morning we read in
the Ga:ette the ordinances." The Correo says: "M.
Goyena has fallen, and General Narvaez has taken
his place. In what manner? We know not. For
what reason? We cannot say. At what time?
Last night. Behold all the information we have ob-
tained." The Eco del Comercio affirms that when
she signed the decrees the Queen wept bitterly, and
evinced the most decided repugnance to the act which
she did under moral compulsion ; and that she was
only induced to do so by a representation which was
made to her that a progresista conspiracy had been
detected, the object of which was to overturn the
throne. The Espagnol says that previously to sign•
ing the decrees the Queen had a long interview with
Generals Serrano, Narvaez, and Roe de Olano.
The first person who visited Narvaez after his ap-
pointment was the Duke de Glucksberg.

The sovereign of the grand duchy of Tuscany
rivals even Pope Pins himself as a political and con-
stitutional reformer. We have before us the project
of the reforms in the organisation of the internal
government of that principality which are under-
stood to be about to be effected, and, if the perform-
ance come up to the progmmme,Tnec my may proudly
stand forth beside Rome as a model for the general
regeneration of Italy. This programme proposes the
following organic measures 1. The institution of the
national guard, to consist of two corps, the one to be
formed after the manner of the German landwehr,
and to bo ready for service in case of war ; the
other to be limited in its service to the locality
where its members reside, and to be devoted M
guard the interior and perform the service
of the towns. 2. The increase of the army
and the organisation of military supplies. 3. The
establishment of municipalities by popular election.
4. The establishment of provincial councils, also by
popular cle:tion. 5. The institution of a central re-
presentative assembly, under such forms ani con-
ditions as circumstances may suggest. Such are the

general features of this magnificent system of state
reform. The possibility that the attempt to establish
such a system of government may excite the hostility
of a powerful neighbour has not been overlooked ;
and it is understood that the Grand Duke and his
minister are in perfect accordance as to the measures
to be taken in such a contingency, and which are full
of energy and dignity. It is further stated that the
Tuscan government has warmly espoused the pro-
ject of an Italian customs union, and has given
Tecific instructions to M. Martini, the minister of
Tuscany at Turin, to u• ge such a measure on the
Sardinian government by every means of persuasion
within his power.
No advice, of more recent date than those we have
already given havebeen received, but the Yam Mate of
Marseilles gives a letter from Naples, of the 30th
ult., in which several circumstances are mentioned,
which, so far as they can be relied on, illustrate the
situation and policy of the
.government. M. Pietra
Catella, the chief of the ministry, having advised a
plan of reform, which was first favourably received,
but afterwards rejected, had resigned. This fact is
thus explained. 'the royal troops having suffered
,oine reverses, the king, with the view to arrest the

progress of the insurrection, affected to give ear to the
proposals of the minister; and this circumstance
being purposely allowed to become known, the in-
surgents, as was expected, suspended their move-
meats. Meanwhile, the royal troops gathering
strength and being reinforced, fell upon them and re-
covered the advantage they had lost. The King
immediately thereupon retracted his concessions, and
M. Pietra Catells resigned.
It is said that the King of Naples had left his
capital for Calabria, and that Colonel Durand°, who
took part in the war in Spain, has placed himself at
the head of the insurgents.

11 The Swiss journals continue to report the progress
of the preliminaries of internal conflict The Journal
de ['Ain of the Bth has the following :
According to a letter which we have received from Geneva
it is more then probable that hostilities will soon break out
in Switzerland. Already a crowd of strangers of doubtful
mien have arrived at G , where they seem to be watch-
ing for the moment of taking part in some action. The
I Grand Council of Geneva is to meet to-day is extraordinary
11 session. The Council of State will present a bill for extra-
ordinary powers, " in order to be able to act with energy
I and promptitude at a moment when the canton may be
called upon to place at the disposal of the federation a por-
tion of its federal contingent and the first contingent of land-
wehr." The Council of Sate also demands the power of
forming volunteer corps, and new measures of discipline for
the severe punishment of men who are absent when called
upon to do service in the contingent. !cis proposed to punish
each absentee with a fine of from 3fr. to 10fr. per day for
each day's absence, and imprisonment of from four months
to two years. According to the calculations of the ?adds,
the Sunderbund has only 31,823 men and 119 guns to oppose
to 943,993 men and 278 guns.

MADRID, Orr. 5.
A decree in this day's Gazette convokes the cortee
for the 15th of November. Cordova is appointed minister
of marine ad interim.
The press furnishes scarcely any new fact throwing light
on the strange freak which has cut the thread of the Guyena.
Salamanca ministry. It is certain that at ten o'clock on
Sunday night Escoeura knew nothing of what had hap-
pened. And before three in the morning the whole thing
was over. The decries appointing the new ministers are
dated the 4th, and appeared in the Gazette at eight in the
morning. The ministry seemed quite flourishing and healthy
when people went to bed on Sunday night, and when they
got up on Monday morning the Gazette told them it was
dead and buried. But of what disease did it die ? the good
people ask. Shrugs are the reply ; giving to understand
that foul play was us&.
The most generally accredited version of the affair is this.
You easy remember that about a week ago I mentioned that
Nervaez had offered to resign his post as ambassador at
l'aris, but he was prevailed on by his friends to withdraw
this proposal. Under pretence of conferring upon this sub-
ject, the Duke of Valencia had frequent interviews with
certain of the ministers. The result to which these led was
the interview with Serrano on Sunday afternoon. Themain
manager of the intrigue was B. as de Olano. Ooe of the
inferior agents was Zaragoza, and another is strongly sus-
petted to have been Buschenthal. Salamanaa'a close friend-
ship with the two last persons suggests considerable doubt
las to the cleanness of his hands in this mutter. At
any rate, if Salamanca has not been an accomplice,
he hes behaved like one. He bolts off to Amnjuez
just at the critical moment, and stays there till the plot is all
ripe. The council of ministers is assembled at midnight.
Goyena remarked the absence of Roe de Olano. At half-
past two that worthy colleague made his appearance, leading
in Narvaca. Addressing the president of the council, he
said, " I am commanded by her Majesty to inform your
excellency that you are exonerated from your post as presi-
dent, and that the Duke of Valencia is appointed to take
that place. Here are the royal decrees." Old Goyena was
really fine, I hear. As it is always usual to give a minister
the option of sending in his resiguatioa before kicking hint
I out by the uuceremonions form of exoneration, he refused to
admit the latter form of decree, whereupon Narrater pro-
mised him that if he resigned others should be substituted.
The president handled in worthy terms of indignation the
shameless traitor who dared to beard in the severest style
the colleagues he had so foully duped, while Salamanca
brooked his treachery in the tamest manner.
It is encouraging to remark that no portion of that mis-
chievous caprice that trifles so insolently with the destinies
of Spain, is at all traceable in the Queen's character. Her
demeanour throughout this business has been that of one,
who is playing a part highly repugnant to her natural feel-
ings, in compliance with thy dictates of a will, which she
has allowed to master her own, but whose tyranny is b gin-
ning to be sensible. When Armada and Orlando were pre-
sent at the palace yesterdsy evening to be sworn in, the
Queen made her appearance for a moment, went through
the usual formality, and then briskly turned her back and
walked out again without taking the least notice of the new
servants of the crown. In fact, it is clear that the new
ministry is not to the Queen's ta,te, however well it may
suit Serrano's. It is equally certain that the favourite
by his vacillation, selfishness, and treachery, has done much
to lower himself in the eyes of one whose esteem is the
foundation of his influence. Be this as it may, one fact is
beyond all doubt. The influence of Serrano is many degrees
beyond the point of its culmination. The decline of such
fortunes is not however gradual. They shoot from their
spheres g Ily in some disastrous and fatal manner. The
very peril of such a portion would stir a certain emotion of
interest even in enemies, were not the man so false beyond
all belief. We shall see how his new ally will serve him. I
believe that there is no court in the world where the precept
of squeezing all you can out of a person, and then, when he
can serve sour turn no longer, getting rid of him, is acted
upon with less scruple than in Spain. No one would be in
the least surprised, on getting up to-morrow morning, to
learn that the ministry maker had been sent towards the
frontier during the night, or to some other las agreeable
destination.

Ocr. G.—A decree is published in the Gazette re-
pealing Senor Escosura's administrative reform, on the
ground of its being an usurpation upon the atte‘utions of
the Cortes. _ _

It is certain that Serrano's star is on the decline. On
Sunday evening, one of the late ministers, coming to the
palace to procure the royal signature to some decrees, found
the Queen with her eyes swollen and red, es if she had been
weeping. On Monday evening she kept Arrazila and
Orlando waiting for three hours. The former was so affected
by the cold and contemptuous treatment he received, that
yesterday evening there was some rumour of a ministerial
crisis, occasioned by his wish to resign. Arrasola's soft
manners have won him the nickname of the lapa (downy
mould) of ministers. But whatever antipathy the Queen
may feel against some of the present cabinet, there is no
reason to think that she entertains the least per-
sonal objection to Narvaez. lier clouded humour is
by some attributed to the privations imposed upon her by
the jealousy of Serrano. Whether the dismissal of De la
Vega from the poet of private secretary is to be numbered
among these is not easy to say. The place is finally to be
abolished ; but at present De la Vega is suceseded by Gal-
lego, the cavalier servenle of the favourite's mother. De
la Vega was the man of all others likely to mak,. himself in-
' dispensable in such a confidential post. Chatty, pleasant, of
an endless fertility of fancy, a traveller, accomplished in a
thousand little ways, with much dramatic facility, both as
• writer and actor, he was cut out to furnish a superior
modern substitute for the aneient court buffoon. It is not
easy to conceive that one so fond of amusement as the Queen
would willingly have parted with such a bijou—such an anti-
dote to the heaviness of Serrano. Be that as it may, the
Queen's displeasure is a point of some importance at the
present moment.
I hear that in an interview which Narvaez hadthis morn-
ing with a person who has many friends among the English
here, he expressed himself as highly desirous of cultivating
good relations with Mr. Bulwer and with the English go-
vernment. He disavowed, in very energetic terms, the ser-
vile French policy imputed to him by the progresista papers,
and declared himself desirous of acting in all cases upon
national and independent grounds. Much reliance, per-
haps, is not to be placed upon the words of Nerve, z, but
' there is great reason to think that he is by no means insen-
sible to the advantages derivable from • closer alliance with
England.
Meantime, I am sorry to say that the appointments put
forth in the papers are of the very worst kind, invoking the
moot sinister remembrances. General Breton, of ill-omened

renown, is said to bo named captatn-general of Cata-
lonia, and Roneali of Madrid. General Breton's deeds
in Catalonia are known to almost everybody, as well
es the bloodthirsty bandos that he published, declaring that
he would not only shoot smugglers, but any that he found
harbouring smuggled goods, men, women, or children.
Roacali is chiefly famous for the part that he played in the
Alicante butchery. It is greatly to be regretted that a man
of judgment and conciliatory disposition, withal en able
officer, like Conchs, should be replaced by a brutal pacha
like Breton. Concha has just issued a bandn, couched in
the very best spirit, which was already beginning to produce
excellent results. The system upon which he proceeds is
not with menaces, as his predecessor Pavia, hot proposing
rewards to tkosf pueblos and their inhabitants who distin-
guish themselves against the rebels, and exemptions from
conscription. lam sorry I have not time to translate this
document. He has published a second hands, declaring
the blockade of the Catalonian Pyrenees. The latest success
has been of some importance, the defeat of the cabecilla
Tuertn de Rater." and his band. Tucrto fled to France, car-
rying oft with him 500 doubloons, the fruit of hit tax gather-
ing for Kiog Charles 'e
Escoturet governors-general have given in their resigna-
tion. The telegraph was working all Monday and Tuesday.
The pretended regard which the present ministry profess
for the Cones and their privileges is really too grest a farce.
The present Cortes is likely to be complai•,ant enough to Nar-
voez and his creatures; but if their complaisance should emit
to a stop some fine day, we shall soon see the amount of re-
gard which the Duke of Va'eneia:entertains for parliamentary
fiwros, which most people suspect is not greater than that of
Cromwell for the dignity of the Rump.

NAPLES, Seer. 25.
While we are in our present state of suspense, un-
certain as yet what change the succeeding day may
bring as, I take the opportunity to glance at previous
occurrences, which will throw some light upon our
crisis and its prospects. Those who think that Italy
has, since Napoleon's time, made no progress in con-
solidating public institutions and studying the art of
government, are very much mistaken. It lies in the
apparent interest of certain parties, no doubt, to
spread such reports; but a simple statement of facts

will suffice to rebut such cahimnies. and to tear the
veil which their authors would fain shelter themselves
under. .

Nothing can be more erroneous than the notion
that the kingdom of Naples has not gained anything
by the various popular demonstrations that have been
made during the present century. On the contrary,
everything that we enjoy has been carried by the
people at the point of the bayonet, and they have on
all such opportunities been disarmed by concessions.
That the promised concessions were afterwards only
partially fulfilled, has ever been the excuse and the,
impelling motive for the liberal party to put its faith
only in the arms of the people.
To begin as early as the commencement of the revo-
lationary war, the fearfully demoralised state of the ca-
pital and the court, which even carried away with its vile
torrent the energetic mind of a Nelson, and inflicted a
severe blow on the ambition of that hero, who would
not, while he strove to support it with British guns,
be abrogated by native insolence. The arbitrary act
by which he deprived the patriots of their leader is
well known. The execution of Caraecioli threw the
kingdom under French influence. When the French,
in the moment of triumph, forgot that they were as
much guests as conquerors at Naples, the demonstra-
tion made by Cardinal Ruffo, supported as it was
by popular feeling in the continental part of the
kingdom, awakened them to the necessity of
organising the country. Naples (the country
al di qua del Faro) then received the territorial divi-
sions which have since subsisted ; and the sketch of a
constitution was framed which it has since been the
aim of the intelligent Neapolitans to realise and com-
plete. Upon the framework then projected, the,
organic statute of 1816 is constructed, by which the
kingdom is divided into 7 provinces, with 17 inten-
dancies, and il3 chief towns (eapiluoghi). The inten-
dants, corresponding to the prefects of departments in
France, are, like the prefects, named by the minister,
and, in the absence of a body to whom to appeal,
like the Chamber of Deputies, this arrangement
gave unlimited power to the government. In this
country such temptations are irresistible, and they led
the way to a fearful mass of abuses, of the extent and
perilous nature of which you may judge from one
example. The fertile plain or basin, enclosed by the
mountains of Apulia, possesses a rich soil, which, owing
to the moisture derived from the neighbouring heights,
and the vicinity of the sea, is covered with a per-
petual humidity. The old Neapolitan sovereigns of
the Spanish race had introduced into the kingdom an
imitation of the right of pasturage, assumed in Spain
on the southern fall of the Sierra Nevada, as a
monopoly of the crown. The attempt to en-
force this abominable claim, had proved fatal to
many dynasties, and at the epoch of the French occu-
pation it was thought to be set at rest for
ever. Nevertheless, under the sanction of the impu-
nity which they enjoyed, the ministers actually re-
established the forced tribute raised from obliging
cattle to be driven from all the other provinces to
Apulia, there to graze for a stipulated period at a
charge fixed by the crown. The monopoly was
managed by a board known under the long branded
designation of the " Tavo!iere di Puglia." You may
conceive the eff•ects of such a measure. The farmer s
main object in keeping cattle, the manuring of his
own lands, was quite defeated by it. Of course the
agriculture of the country was threatened with utter
ruin ,while the inhabitants were demoralised by attempts
to bribe the officers of the crown to allow them to escape
from the destructive operation of these and other
equally unjustifiable exactions. It was this state of
things internally, and not a mere fanciful ebullition
of revolutionary theories, which led to the rising of
1820, that attracted so much notice in Europe. The
world knew little except that the people had taken
up arms against a court and ministry whose corrup-
tion was notorious. The details of the case had not
been published, and would not have been understood.
When the excited populace, therefore, laid down
their arms, and abandoned the small corps that
had occupied the mountain passes to their
fate, all were astonished at the easy victory obtained
by the Austrian troops. Nobody inquired the terms
on which that victory was obtained, and which con-
sisted in concessions to the popular demands of an
almost sweeping nature.

In the first place the " Tavoliere di Puglia" was
abolished. The nation was rescued from its ignomi-
nious and pauperising yoke. Then it was agreed
that every province should have a" Consiglio d'lnten-
denza," to direct its own special affairs, and report
annually in detail, upon all its interests, to a central
" consult& " in the capital. There were to be two
such " consultas," one for Naples and one for
Sicily. A central general consults of notables,
16 for Naples and 8 for Sicily, were to iict as a
parliament, and the enactment of new laws as well as
all financial arrangements was to be controlled by
this body. The King had the selection of the mem-
bers of this important body, but was bound to take
them from the various classes of the people. It was
with the promise of this constitution that the late
King deceived his son, the present monarch, who
had joined in the revolution ; or at least he fur-
nished him with a pretext for deserting his friends—
an act that the Neapolitans have neither forgotten
nor forgiven. It required but one insertion in the
constitution, by which the members of the consults
were to be elective instead of nominees of the crown,
to have secured liberty twenty-seven years ago to
Italy. This clause would of course have been stipu-
lated if the malcontents had remained in arms. It
was lost under the dictation of the Austrian minister.

Still the mass of the people gained immensely.
Agriculture began immediately to flourish. Oil,
silk, and other articles, which the former insecure
state had discouraged, were taken up again, and fur-
nished materials for exportation and trade. The
provincial councils could not reject the influence
of a number of intelligent and patriotic men
who joined them, and the reports annually
made to the capital furnished a useful mass of
intelligence, of which, under the present king, some
good use was occasionally made. A reckless party in
the capital still played a desperate game, and, de-
pending on the support of" an army of police myr-
midons, together with that of the Swiss mercenaries,
persecuted all who acknowledged anything resem-
bling liberal opinions, and, what is worse, fomented
the most disgraceful ignorance throughout the
country. Lulled by the pacific appearance of the
people, who in the lowest ranks felt but little the
tyranny thus exercised, the party of the priests and
the ministerial harpies made common cause, in the
hope of ultimately regaining the position they had
last, and of once more obtaining the power to effect
" coupe " of a kind similar to the noted sulphur con-
tract, with their former impunity.
But events grow too fast now-a-days. One short-
sighted notion of these rulers was, that if they could
get up manufactures at home they would create a
better fund for taxation than is offered by the inter-
change of trade. The valuable produce of the exube-
rant soil of the Two Sicilies has been kept upon the
grower's hands by the high duties and other restric-
tions which this policy dictated, and it is the pressure
now felt by a growing population that has stimu-
lated the present rising. The educated classes of
course look beyond this, and tremble at the prospect
of raising up a population of uneducated millions,
who are at the same time exposed to constant
excitement by the proceedings of ministers and
courtiers of the character of those with which Naples
is blessed. But if no exasperating opposition is now
offered, you will see that the people will demand
nothing more than that an elective representative
body replace the present consuita, that the obnoxious
ministers be removed, and that the national guard be
established, as some guarantee against future infrac-
tions of the constitution. These demands are nei-
ther calculated to alarm more settled countries, nor
do they justify the insinuations which have been
liberally scattered abroad—that the Italians, and,
above all, the Neapolitans, do not know what they
want.

FRANCE.—PARIa,OCT.II.—MURDER OF MAD.SNIE
DALKe.—NEw ARILEST,.—A shsrt time ago a woman named
Delannoy was condemned to death for the murder of a lad
named Deke; and Dubos, the porter of the house in whitl
the murder took place, was condemned to the hulks as an
accomplice. The deceased was supposed to have had by her,
at the time of her death, alum of money exceeding 30,000
franc", but only a small portion of this could be traced to the
possession of the prisoners. Within the last few days, how-
' ever, information was received that a young man, a tailor,
a relation of Dubos, and who before the murder was in a
state of destitution, had removed to Bure, rear Poissy,
where he was living in comparative affluence. In conse-
quence of this information a search was made, and a large
sum in bank-notes, for which he could not account, was
found in his regression end that of his father sad mother.
He and his parents and three other persons have been taken
into custody.
HAtlttt, Of-r. 11.—The Florida dock in the port of
Havre is completed, and will in a few days be ready to receive

transatlantic steamers. The steamer New York, too the
authorities of which a pilot has been sent to inform them of
the fact, will in a short time be enabled to enter the place
henceforward assigned to it.
ITALY.—Itome, SEPT. 28.—A monument is to be
erected in honour of Pius IX., to consecrate the Femme.
bronco of the creation of the civic guard. The civic quite
will have it erected, at their own expense, on Ideate Pincie.
On the foot of the monument are to be represented the four
cardinal virtues, and the statue of Clemency is to crown it.
Two bas-reliefs on the pedestal will transmit to posterity the
remembrance of the creation of the civic guard. The
et-
peuses are to be defrayed by subscription. The ample, is to
he employed in the purchase of cannons for the civic guard.
The idea was suggested by Prince Piombino and Cicero-
aochio. The plan is by the architect Chevalier Carnebali.—
COrrespondant de Nuremberg, Oct. 7.
HOLLAND.—THE HAGUE, Ocr. 10.—The Jour.
real de la liar, of this day, contains the following ankle
—"At au epoch in which a fatal financial mins is mani-
fested in all the markets of Europe—a crisis which must
necessarily act upon the Dutch funds ; and when new
failures are announced every day on the London Exchange,it is worth referring to the situation of the Amsterdam bourse,
on which, up to the present day, no failure (so •.o speak)
oteasnlybe
able n dte.oc
sela d
by.
public A fe
co
few daysm pelt
tointhe thousand shares
the government Wee not
of the bank of the Netherlands, which it possessed, at the
high rate, too, of 161 per cent., but it received °fere of sub-
scriptions to a far greater amount than that '.f the shares to
be disposed of, so that it was under the necessity of portion-
ing out the number of shares in correspondence
with the amount of subscriptione. Such is the pre-
sent favourable position of the Bank of the Netherlands
with
"s
dcettoius credit
eing utWoeh* capitalise amongst us
who are o their money on a severe
bottom, even at low rate, of interest. In fact, the bank
shares referred to as purchased at 161 per cent., do not give
a higher interest than 4 per cent. The cause of such a
situation admits of an easy explanation. We have known
how to preserve ourselves from the fever of railway shares,
so much so that among the shareholders of our Rhenish
railway there are only a very few proportionably of our men-
Gillett. The development of our corn trade during the last
few years is well known, but the prudence of our merchants
hos sheltered them against the storm. They have preserved
all their resources and husbanded all their strength in order
to enable them to continue their bwiness and to take advan-
tage of the freedom of our commercial system, although none
of our cities has had its congress of economist,. They h.ve
had the wisdom and the good sense to prefer Clete to appear-
ances. With us "II faut des actions et non psi dee paroles."
GERMANY.—PItUSSIA.BERLIN.—The King
of Prussia, on his return from his teur in the Rhenish pro.
vines, had an interview with the King of Hanover in the
capital of that duchy. The meeting is said to have been
occasional by ea,ifical motives, which are likely to be of
great importance to Hanover. by the low of 1810 it was
fixed, there should be a regency in case of the minority of the
King, or if his mental state be such as to render him unfit to
conduct the government. Now, although the Crown Prince
has since then given proofs of his capability to conduct the
government, inasmuch as during the protracted absence of
the King, in 1813, it was confided to his hands : there an,
nevelt.teleta, other things, which render it desirable that
the l'rince should have able coadjutors. Among these
may be mentioned the very iudifferent health of the Crum
l'rince. For this and other reason., whether foe the sake of
his son, or in the event that his grandson (who is now oely
two years of age), should succeed to the throne, King Ernest
Augustus has determined to fit the agency by will, and this
regency, it is affirmed, he intenes to confide to hie etegfee,
Prince Frederick of Prussia. This Prince made his accept-
ance of the regency, to depend upon the King of Prussia,
who declared himsell decidedly weakest it, since in s ',ch an ar-
rangement, especial regard ought to be made to Vie agnate,.
The law of the land determines that the King shall nominate
one of his agnates who is competent to the task, but if there
should be none, he is then at liberty to select a regent Iron
among the eovereion princes of Germany, who shall have
attained the age of 25. The refusal of the King of Prussia
induced the King of Hanover to endeavour to meet the diffi-
culty. An invitation was sent to the Duke of Cambridge,
who visited his royal brother in Augun: the Duke fully
entering into the views of the King, declined for
himself on account of his advanced age, and for his son on
account of his comparative ienorunce of German relations,
the proposed regency, and declared his approval of the plan
that it should be given to Prince Frederick of l'ru•sia. This
is the state of affairs, as reported by all parties, and there is
King of Prussia is said to have resolved to renew his visit to
every semblance that the report es perfectly correct. The
Italy and the south of Germany, at the commencement of
the year, and meanwhile to place the government in the
hands of the Prince of l'rumia.

FRAN FOIRT, Ocr. ft.—HORSE-FLESH BANnurr.
—About 160 persons sat down yesterday to ■ horse-flesh
dinner, in the Adler Hotel, at Bornheim The dinner was
ordered by the Frankfort "Society for the Protection of
Animals" (Zone Schutze der Thiere)„ We arc enabled to
state that horseflesh affords a very palatable dish. The dinner
wu enlivened by many toasta and songs.—Fron4forter Jour-
nal, Oct. 9.
DARNISTAI)T.—NIrRnme OF THE Cot NTESS OP
Gortnurz —The Count de Oosrlits, who was accused by
the Gtrinan Spectator and the Mannheim Ecening Gazette,
with the commission of a terrible crime, has written a
letter to the Frankfort Journal and several other papers,
saying that in order to reply to this horrible imputation, he
has accused these two journals ofealamny before the tribunal
at Darm.t eat.

BAYAItIA.—MUNICII, OCT. S.—DINNEIIin Heal
HANNEMANN, THE PIII:I4StAN DEPrTv.—Ou the 4th, about
roensb,rs of the two chambers of this kingdom, and.
numerous other persons, gave a grand dinner to Herr Haase-
mann, member of the Prussian diet for Aix-la-Chapelle. In
proposing the health of that gentleman, Baron Vun Classes,
the originator of the banquet, observed that there was anise
when scarcely a Germany could be said to exist, but only a
Pruseia, a Bavaria, a Wirtemberg, and no forth, a time is
which the common bonds of Getman unity were broken and
only an intellectual one existed. Bet Schiller formed a nar-
rower bond than the old German empire. Those times,
however (continued the speaker), are over, and since the
deliverance of Germany from her oppressors the idea of a
universal German fatherland has been propagated more and
more widely, even with the approbation of the various go-
vet nmenta. Arid what is the foundation of that patriotism.'
Simply that we should be proud of being Germans ; and our
pride should net only be based upon our power with
sespect to foreign nations, but also upon our inter-
nal institutions. (Vehement applause.) Let but pub-
licity and oral examination be introduced into all our courts
of justice, and freedom of the press into all Germany,
and our national pride and sue patriotism will be incensed.
(Renewed cheers.) The Zollverein has powerfully assisted
in evoking the aspiration for • uniform system of legislation.
But it cannot be denied that, in some respects, there has
hitherto existed a epecies of chasm between north and south
Germany ; there. bureaucracy and absolute power (union-
scltrankte Gewalt), here constitutional institutions. It was
solely on that account that Baden so long deferred joining
the •Zollrerein. With great joy did all the constitutional
states of Germany receive the intelligence that Prussia also
had obtained a censtitution. The patent, however, had not
answered the expectations raised, but the men who were as-
sembled by virtue of it surpassed them. The diet, itself,
from the very first moment of its existence, showed full
strength and maturity. It was • Minerva, sprung fully
equipped from the head of Jupiter. (Cheers.) The
baron concluded by stating that to him, as a member of the
first Bavarian diet of 1819, was entrusted the honourable
task of proposing the health of the distinguished member of
the youngest German legintive assembly, Herr Hansemann.
The toast was enthusiastically received.
TAHITI.—The latest intelligence from this island
is to the 13th of June, six weeks later than the dates pre-
viously received. After having been present at the installa-
tion of the new governor, H. Lavaud, 41. 'Bust, the en-
governor, had left for France on the 31st of May. The new
governor nought by every means in his power to conciliate
Queen Pomare, by giving her presents and receiving her
daily at the government house. The greatest tranquillity
reigned in the island. The strictest economy seems to be
the order of the day ; and all the buildings ordered to be
made by his predecessors have been stopped by Governor
Lavaud.
AMERICA.—THE CHINESE JUNK.—The Chinese
junk, the Key-Ying, which arrived at New York on the Bth
of July. excited there the greatest curiosity. Her light and
graceful build, her sails of matting suspended to her bamboo
yards, her smooth and rapid movement—thanks to which, if
we may believe the Chinese crew, they have never suffered
front bad weather—in short, the singularity of the furniture,
which includes some dogs with tongues as bleak as ink,
brought by the captain, all combined to attract a crowd of
apeetstors, The prettiest women of New York loved to
boast of having visited the Chinese junk. Unfortunately
the enterprise does not appear to have had the same suttees
in a pecuniary respect. The Chinese sailors, to the numbs
of twenty-six, not having been paid their wages, hare
arrested the vessel, and Mr. Lord, their advocate, has pleaded
for them before the civil court of the district. The crew
claim, in the first place, their arrears of wages from the
month of September, 1846; and in the second, to be seat
back to Canton at the expense of the captain. Accord-
ing to the sailors' accounts, they were only engaged
for eight months, and were not to go beyond Ba-
tavia and Singapore. The advocate of So-Yr-Sang-Hi,
the Chinese captain, replied that the sailors who had worked
the ship could not pretend that they had been made to cross
the Indian Sea and the Atlantic, without their knowledge.
With regard to the question of wages, the captain had pro.
mined to pay them on their return to Canton with the pro-
duce of the Americas goods which he was to take on his
return. He added that he did not think the sailors had any
right to complain; the large recompenses they had reeeirtn
fully compensated for what was owed them. The court de-
cided in favour of the crew, maintained the seizure, ordered
the sale of the vessel, and condemned the captain to pay etch
man one to two hundred dollars, according to rank.

THE RIVER PLATE.—Sir,—In your leading article
of yesterday, on the affairs of the River Plate, 1 think
you forget one or two points, which are all important is
the consideration of the question. First, that whether
right or wrong, we did tell Rums that be should not in-
vade the republic of the Uruguay, and that he treated
us with contempt and did invade it. That in 1845 we,
with France, interfered to put an end to the war, Sad to
save Monte Video from being taken I.y a Buenos Arran
army that was commanded by Oribe, a general of ROW,
then a ci-d<rant president of the Uruguay, and were met
by Roma with contempt and defiance ; that up to this bout
we have obtained no concession from him, and yet wit
withdrew the blockade from Buenos Ayres without ob
taming one demand for the coercion of which it was Pat
on, I could add, that we have made the Monte Videom
believe that we were pledged to save them from the arbi-
trary foreign interference of Rossi and are now deserting

them, while we give to the dictator of Buenos Ayres a
triumph at our cnptase, ant lowa character and credit io
those countries which the English name will not recover
while this generation can remember our fatal intervention.
I could enlarge on this, and much more, but my chief
object in writing is to protest against the action in
the Parana with the batteries at Obligado being
called, " inglorious." as you term it. So far from
that being the case, I do not hesitate to say that Sir Charles
Hotham's and Capt. Trehouart's engagement was one
of the most brilliant affairs on record. It was a battle
wield well-manned batteries, lasting from a little after 9 in
the morning till 6 in the evening ; tad the state of Captain
Trehouart's own vessel, the San Martin, isautficient to show
what kind of enemy they had to deal with, for that brig had
44 men killed and wounded out of • crew of 75. In fact,
although prepared fur a di termioed opposition, our own o®-
reel were surprised to find the fire so well directed and
sustained. Few more gallant things have been done than
the landing to destroy the batteries, for it was done with the
knowledge that Mamilla's army of 2,000 men, chi. Hy ca-
'sky, were in the rear of the forts. It was an action which
I, with all who know the people and country, consider most
creditable to all parties concerned—French, quite as much
tu English ; and I do protest against the political consider.
ation of the policy of our intervention being allowed to
depreciate the emits, of our 'hips, and the gallantry, col-
lecfive and individual, displayed by both men and officers
there. I was not in the action myself, baring left the
'fiver Plate some time before, so I have no personal interest
is the matter ; but I ant a naval officer, and therefore feel
bound to apesk.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, P.—
Oct. S.
[We beg to say, that we styled the action inglorious as a
political achievement, placing the Hag of England in hos-
tility with that of Buenos Ayres, and after an action not
attuning thepolitical point contended for, viz., the opening
of the Parana. But we never meant to apply the epithit
inglorious to our soldiers or our seamen. Far from this ;we
fear that too often the hardest service confers the least glory,
and that the height of heroism is often rearhed by those who
gain no glory at all. Lord llowden's policy we shall have
ample opprtunities of discwaing.—En. D. X.]

MEXICO.
EVACUATION OF TABASCO,

The Ankober, Capt. Leneven. which left Carmen,l
In the Gulf of Mexico, on the 10th of August, en-
tered Havre on the 10th inst. She brings direct
news from the south coast of Mexico. The Ameri-1
cans have been obliged to abandon Tabasco, after
having lost a great number of men in skirmishes
with guerillas, and from disease. Before retreating,'
they burnt all the suburbs, which were composed
chiefly of houses built with wood, and covered with
thatch. At Carmen, money was rare, and could
scarcely be obtained by the best houses. On the Sth
of August the American corvette Saratoga anchored
outside the bar of Carmen, and took the produce of,
the tax levied on that province, amounting to 13,500
piastres.