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London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

usual custom the prices declined as the day advanced. 1 In the conversation the GRAND DUKE is said to
Those who held over in anticipation of en- i have expressed himself very frankly on the state of
1 harmed prices were deeply and bitterly disappointed. France. A Frenchman happened to observe, that
When it was found that the Reds would make no
the next thing expected to be done by Lours NAPO-
LE9N was the establishment of the Empire. The
convulsive efforts to retrieve their position there was GRAND DUKE expressed his disbelief, adding, hat he
a decided fall in quotations. As early as 1 o'clock, believed the PRESIDENT to be a man of too much sense
rat, NO voters tendered "their most sweet voices," to take any step that would indispose foreign Powers
at the easy rate of one sovereign each. At half-past against him.
at
t-ain odill eolalftese.
pope
rencedenatts 1 1 fi 4
a se a .t,
closed
a
2, four conscientious gentlemen offered themselves
and
for the trifling price of half-a-sovereign, or half-a-
711. 65c.; Orleans Railway Sares, 1,1801.;. theCTchlar ll
Rouen,°
rejected; was as a final 737 c. 50c.; Havre,
crown eaeb, which being 2901.; Great Northern, 661. 95e.;
Beaus,
21800F.:ei. Vileerazrains,
as.6dsl.;stßrasltio, 2381. 75e.; Bor-
3d. re it i
effort reduced to the ridiculously small sum of
andeausx,an6toela,
per head. This being jece, s 356. 25c.; Paris and Lyons,urg' 65275011. ; Tours
more then probable that they swelled the Protec- BUSINESS' DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
tionist majority, or abstained from voting in disgust. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 6.
oul.ogne and, Amiens, 131/27 Central of France (Orleans
It would establish a dangerous precedent if they and Vierzon), Charleroi and Erquelines, 1314—East
voted fur nothing. We have not exaggerated the Indian, 2114—Great Indian, Peninsula, 53/4—Lnxembourg,
223/—
circumstances of this extraordinary contest. Owing 40311—Namur
atdordLeieagu-e!, 6'7l4—eoi,tahrunaonfd France,
10,—
to the approaching dissolution, there is no possibility Paris and Orleans, 47(4—Paris and Rouen, 2PnYarisind
of a Parliamentar inquiry into the case during th© Strasbourg, 22'A—Rouen and Havre, 11%—.Sambre and
y
Meuse, 4:y, —Tours and Nantes, 11—west Flanders, 3
Present session. Mr. LINDSAY, however, declares
himself ready to establish every one of these allega-
tions, as will appear by the following extract from Western of France, 714.
his letter :

SPAIN.

The accounts from Madrid are of the Ist inst.
A royal decree lied been issued for the better pre-
vention of smuggling (no easy task) on the northern
frontier of Sarragossa and parts adjacent. The
Gaceta of that day contained the text of a postal con-
vention between Prussia and Spain.

" I am prepared to prove, by abundance of the most
convincing evidence, that these miners, in the service of
my opponent and his supporters, were brought to town
.lith his knowledge and at his expense ; that a whole
street of voters, who had promised in favour of the
most mysteriously voted for the Blue; that electcrs who
had resolved not to vote for the Blue under 201. each
did vote for them ; that 100 votes were offered to me at
1/. per head ; that about half-past two o'clock four
voters offered themselves at 2s. each ; that ten
voters, who had demanded 10/. each. were kept at the
head-quarters of the Conservatives till it was found they
were not wanted, end then let free, too late to vote with
the Liberals; that people iu the service of the Blues were
intimidated ; that others were packed in houses all
night and sent in a state of beastly intoxication to the
poll ; and that very many peaceable Reformers feared
to leave their homes. All these are facts beyond (lie
pute, with many others which I shall be prepared to
prove at the proper time."
But this is not all. A county magistrate, nephew
to the Protectionist candidate, is charged with having
brought down by special train from 500 to 700
miners from his works, armed with sticks,
bludgeons, and life-preservers. These persons
insulted and assaulted the peaceable Liberals as
they were coming to the poll. Maw were
seriously injured, and still more were deterred from
appearing, being afraid or unwilling to subject them •
selves to such brutal outrages. The townspeople
were, however, determined to resist such atrocious
proceedings, and a pitched battle took place,
in which the intruders were driven from the
town. Mr. LINDSAY gives a graphic description
of the scene. He says—" Windows were smashed,
houses gutted, carriages overturned, Reds trampled on
by Blues, and Rues in their turn trampled on by
Reds ; noses were bleeding,
eyes blackened, heads
cut, and limbs and ribs broken. Barrels of
beer were rolled into the houses of the
Blues, and Red and Blue vagabonds were
rolling and fighting over them. Yells of
BAILEY for ever! ' and LINDSAY for ever ! ' rent the
air, leading to the most desperate fights." The police,
who behaved exceedingly well, had several hundreds
in custody at the same time.
Let those who have hitherto opposed " the ballot,"
the only means by which such infamous pro-
ceedings can be checked, consider the above state-
ments, and say whether these are the English cus-
toms which they are desirous of perpetuating, or whe-
ther it is more fitting that each man should exercise
his franchise freed from such degrading and demoral-
ising influences, that a check (even if it be
no more) should be given to the purchasing of
votes, and that intimidation, whether moral or
physical, of the landlords or of bludgeoners, should be
completely abolished. The Hon. Member for Bristol
will gather many powerful arguments from the re-
cent contest for the Monmouth boroughs.

MADRID BOURSE, APRIL I.—Three par Cents.,
401; Exchange on London, 50 85 money.

GERMANY.

PRINCE SCHWARZENBERG
from Vienna announces the death o
D EAATII
messageF
Prince SCLIWAEZENBEEG, on :Monday evening, of
apoplexy.
Prince FELIX SCaWABZENBERG was born on the
2d of October, 1800, and, on the 21st of November,
1848,Twas raised to the high duce
to bold till the hour of his death. He held the rank
of Lieutenant Field.Marsbal in which he continued
the Imperial army,
and served with distinction under Msrshal EADETzxy
in Italy, end had filled the diplomatic
pests of Austrian
Minister at -Turin and at Naples, which latter appoint-
ment he still held on the outbreak of the revolution in
March, 1848. After the fall of Prince METTEnNicH;
the increasing preparations for civil war in Hun-
gary ; the new schemes for the re-organization of the
Germanic body imperilling the union of Austria with
Germany; thr deplorable condition of the finances of
the empire; and the inadequate organization of the
army to its multifarious duties, rendered the post of
Prime Minister most arduour, when Prince
SCIIWA.EZENDERG accepted it. His subsequent un-
compromising and stern career; the foul execution of
Louis BATIIYANI; the suppression of the Hungarian
insurrection through Russia • and his development
of diplomatic influence and military strength, over-
turning the projects of Prussia, and tt,rrrainating the
war iu Holstein, and finally establishing the concord
of Northern and Southern Germany at the wgotia-
tions of Olmutz, must be fresh in the recollection of
our readers.

BILGIUM.
The Chamber has adopted the project of law re-
lative to the Euperintendence of the beetroot-sup'.
manufactories.

The project of law relative to the approbation of
the convention for the fisheries, concluded between
Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, has likewise been passed.
The Chamber is adjourned to the 20th inst.
The Senate has passed the following projects :-
1. Superior instruction. 2. Tire budget of finance.
3. The budget of the national debt for 1853. 4.
Liquidation of ditto. 5. Budget of finance and
dotations.

GREECE.
The writer of the anonymous letters to the Go-
vernment and the army, announcing the approaching
overthrow of the constitution,
was arrested at Syra,
and has been brought into Athens prisoner. He
has undergone a very private examination by the
Procurator of the Crown, but he bas not made any
confession.

HOLLAND•
The Danish financial law for the year from April
1, 1852, to March 31, 1853, has appeared. The re-
venue is estimated at 15,271,856 rix dollars (inclu-
ding direct taxes 5,126,300 rix dollars, Sound dues
2,076,400 rix dollars, 85c.) The expenditure is esti-
mated at 17,368,970 Fix dollars, including 3,513,550
rix dollars for the war budget, 1,384,979 rix dollars
for the naval department, and 7,036,000 rix dollars
for the liquidation and carrying off the national debt.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The itloniteur publishes several decrees—one pre-
scribes the mode in which inferior magistrates and
other judicial functionaries are to take the oath of al-
legiance to the PRESIDENT of the Republic; another

directs that the political convicts sent to Africa are
to be formed into detachments of .500 men each, and
submitted to the usual discipline, and a third nomi-

nates the lieutenants and sub-lieutenants of the Na-
tional Guard of Paris.
The Assernblee Nationale repeats its clear, calm con-

viction that the Empire is at hand. Thl words, so
remarkable and significant, addressed by Louis NA-
POLEON to the magistracy on Sunday evening have
confirmed this journal in its impression. Com-
menting upon the language of the PRINCE PREM.
DENT, it observes :

" It was no longer:universal suifrege, as applied since
1848. The President goes back to 1804 to provo a le-
gitimacy which invests him with the right of reigning
over France. It is no longer the elected of the 10th
Dicemter, 1848, of the 20th December, 1851—it is the
legitimate successor of Napoleon, coming to tho throne
by right of birth. The President had never at any time
before spoken with such freedom his monarchical ideas
and principles, aad his language will, we doubt not, pro-
duce a profound sensation in France and in Europe.
The doctrine of Imperil legitimacy had never been be-
fore proclaimed in 5.1 expressive and solemn a manner."
M. EMILE GIRARDIN continues his remon-
strances on the folly and danger of restoring the Em-
pire, in the fourth of a spirited series of papers which
he is publishing in the Presse, under the title of
" Let us Preserve the Republic." A restoration of
the Empire in name would, according to M. DE GI-
RARDIN, bring back France to the 19th June, 1815.
An Imperial France could not, he thinks, rest disin-
herited of the conquests made by NAPOLEON on Bel-
giurn;Rhenish Prussia, Switzerland, Savoy, Italy, and
Holland. Absolute power would, therefore, find
itself in the dilemma of a foreign war, with liberty
raising its head at home, and not to be constrained,
between the republic that would raise its head, and
the monarchy that would lift its arm. There would
be panic at the Bourse and confusion to public credit,
uith suspension of labour and stoppage of public
works. There would br, he adds, with singular
boldness, attempts on the life of the EarrEnou ; and
if an ALIDAIM could not be found in the ranks of the
Republican party, a MERINO would be found amongst
the Royalists.
A decree appears ordering all minor functionaries
down to bailiffs, to take the oath of fidelity to the
PRINCE PRESIDENT.
Another decree orders the political prisoners trans-

ported to Algeria to be settled in batches of 500 men
each ; the PRESIDENT will order dispensation of the
penitentiary regime in favour of those who show good
conduct.
A decree appoints a great number of officers to the
new National Guards.
The Dehats says:—

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railway
affair
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question
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remained
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approaching
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towards
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a solution. A new company had' submitted proposals
which were on the point of being agreed to. It was
not, however, known whether any obstacle would be
thrown in the way of the arrangement by Austria, as
that power seems to covet a monopoly of all the lines of
railway in Italy."
The Siicle says the deficiency in the budget for
1853 cannot be less than 100 millions.
It is said that the PRINCE PRESIDENT will give a
grande lite at the Tuileries after Easter, and that
there will be another at the Hotel de Ville.
" The civil list of King Louis PHILIPPE," says the
Presse," was also twelve millions, but it had to sup-
port the expense of keeping up the national palaces.
The senatus-consultum, on the contrary, of the Ist of
April, stipulates that that expense shall remain at
the charge of the State. On the other hand, Louis
laettetelyrs
PHHIppE bad a life-interest in the forests, where the
P betweenlizslD " the Tc
twoan
stated to have kill game. Such is the difference
discovered
have
been
11. DE BAcougT, one of the executors of the late
Prince,,.., DE TALEEvEAND, has written a letter to the
public journals stating that frauds similar to those
oncliyvil lists."
~ave in myat present," says M. DE
ahem in Epnt led aintldFrrealnact ievfeort ol
e t St
el; :fLalizs :1';
possession • .
''' Acenier, " a certain
h . been written by the late Prince. " I
number of those letters, imi-
tatin, ___ • .
Princ'e:Cteedirgly
to be for
intimate with have been declared by the persons
Broglie,
Duke de i the deceased, such as M. Guizot,
well the writing of the deceased
genes."
The appropriation.worship i
-5 to be
that purpose are t effected speedily. The works for
Pantheon D uk
et
to lit
Zuier Catholic6c e.,
inauguration of ti° Commence immediately, and the
said, on May 15. ° new church will take place, it is
Private letters from
givcn by the Grand 111 Venice state that the reception
of CHAMBORD was in Duke V
s,ONSTANTINE to the Count
the Prince to dinner, elvers, respect regal. He invited
the Countess on the right, him at his left band, and
as if they were r,:iliti. and treated both through-
outthe Count of en imnoae,,ll:l4 Sovereiges, addressing
"Sire."
On paying the GRAND D
they were received with 048 a visit the next day
of the ship manning similar honours, all the crew
the Mts.