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London Tavern, on which occasion a magnificent
service of plate was presented to him, " as a testi-
mony of the estimation in which he was held by his
friends and coadjutors in business." A full report of
those proceedings will be found in another column ;
and when we find there set forth the invaluable
services which Mr. CHADWICK has rendered to the
company, it must be confessed that never was
an honourable testimonial more honourably earned
or more honourably bestowed. Had it not been for
the exertions of Mr. CHADWICK the Richmond Rail-
way would never have existed. It was owing to
his unwearied perseverance, unerring tact, and ex-
cellent temper, that the Bill was safely carried
through the perils of Parliament. Having thus called
it into existence, he did not " leave his work but
half complete." He saw at a glance that it
would be infinitely more to the advantage of
the shareholders to dispose of their line to a large
company than to work it themselves. By his argu-
ments he convinced his brother shareholders of the
correctness of his views, and he had the satisfaction,
in consequence of the purchase of the Richmond
Railway by the South Western Comp iny, of being
enabled to return to the proprietors of the Richmond
line the whole of their deposits, with the addition of
a very large premium. Services such as these
have never before been rendered by any railway di-
rector to his brother shareholders, and therefore it is
right and fitting that such extraordinary services
should be acknowledged in an extraordinary manner,
a manner alike honourable to all the parties con-
cerned.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
It is thought by many that M. BOULAY DE LA
MEURTIIE, who is a Bonapartist, will be chosen as
Vice-President by the Assembly, in preference to M.
VIVIEN, who at first was considered to be the favou-
rite candidate. The Club of the Institute and that of
the Palais National have determined to support M.

BOULAY DE LA DlEunTim.
At the close of the sitting of the National Assembly
on Thursday the report of the Committee on the
demand of the Minister of Justice relative to the
trial of the Vincennes prisoners, was presented. It
recommends the adoption of the Minister's proposi-
tion, and further recommends that the debate on the
project of law, settling the conditions of the trial to
take place at Bourges, be had on Saturday, which
was agreed to.
A proposition to discuss a project of amnesty, by
M. LEGRANGE, was rejected.
At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday the project
of law introduced Thursday, with respect to the salary
to be settled on the Vice-President of the Republic,
was brought under discussion. The Committee on
the Bill had recommended that the salary should be
fixed at 60,000 francs per annum. M. ANTHONY
TOMMY moved as an amendment that it should be

fixed at 40,000 f.
After a short discussion, the Assembly divided
when the salary of 60,000 f. was rejected by a
majority of 472 votes to 270. M. ANTHONY TOURET'S
amendment met with a similar fate. M. CHARASSIER
then moved that the salary be fixed at 48,0001.,
which is the salary of the President of the National
Assembly ; and his proposition was, after a short dis-
cussion, agreed to by a majority of 516 votes to 233.
The remaining business was of no public interest.
At a conference of the members of the National
Assembly, held yesterday, it was determined to urge
on the Ministry the necessity of immediately intro-
ducing a law for closing the clubs. MM. L&-
MARTINE, DUFAURE, MONTALAMBERT, TRIERS, and
MOLE will support such a measure. M. EMILE DE
GIRARD'S is opposed to, and, in the columns of the
Presse, insists that liberty should be given to the
clubs to meet openly.
The Constitutionnel has the following on the affairs
of Italy ;
" The Marquis Ricci is daily expected in Paris en
route to Brussels, where he is to act as plenipotentiary
from the King of Sardinia in the approaching confer-
ences. Count d'Antioch will accompany him as a
councillor of legation.
" According to accounts from our correspondent at
Turin, there as much talk in the diplomatic circles in
that city, of a proposition made by the Queen of Spain to
open in one of the cities on the shores of the Mediterra-
nean, special conferences for the settlement of the affairs
of Rome. The Sardinian Cabinet is said to have replied,
that it wished to leave all the affairs of Italy to the con-
ferences at Brussels. In rejecting this proposition of the
Spanish Cabinet, the Sardinian Government considered
it its duty to protest to all the Cabinets of Europe against
the intention of Spain to send a squadron to Gaeta.
" This conduct on the part of the Sardinian Govern-
ment is in perfect accordance with the views of the Pope
himself, who is opposed to any foreign armed interven-
tion in the Roman States. Pius IX. reckons with more
confidence on the good relations which have never
ceased to exist between him and King Charles Albert.
The confidence which Italy feels in the latter Prince is,
adds our correspondent, a powerful means entirely at
the disposal of his Holiness to facilitate the arrange-
ment to be brought about between the Pope and the
well-thinking part of the population of the states of the
Church.
It is our ardent hope," adds the Constitutionnet, in
reasoning on the above facts, " that the difficulties of
the Roman question may be smoothed down by the
efforts of the reason and the enlightened patriotism of
the Italians themselves. Two circumstances tend to
inspire us with this hope. Every one must have
remarked that the anarchical movements in Italy
have not been so simultaneous as those electricl commo-
tions generally are where the people are led to the object
in view by the instinct of their patriotism. Rome, the
city of foreigners, has been in insurrection, whilst Bo-
logna, the hotbed of liberalism in the Pontifical States,
opposed resistance to it. We are as yet ignorant what
the result of the elections for the Constituent Assembly
will be ; but we may mention a fact which leads us to
appeal to the reason of Italy herself. The ,Pinelli
Ministry, presided over by the brave General
Perone, has been overthrown by the immediate war
party. The last elections which took place in Pied-
mont led to the return of candidates of the
moderate party, and M. Gioberti follows the line of
policy of his predecessors. On attaining power, he mea-
sured the extent of his responsibility, and felt the
weight of the national interest. In Tuscany the same
phenomenon has been witnessed. The first condition
for Italy to acquire the plenitude of her nationality is
tor her to know how to govern herself. The right to
moral respect facilitates and commands the assistance
and disinterested efforts of friendly nations. In the
midst of the attempts which may be made against the
cause of order—against European liberty and interests
—the French Government cannot remain indifferent
spectators, and the fitting out of the fleet at Toulon is a
measure as necessary as was the formation of the army
of the Alps. The last acts of Radetzky have certainly
shown some little contempt for ideas of conciliation;
but there is nothing to lead to the belief that it will be
abandoned. The interest of France is the maintenance
of peace; her policy is that of conciliation; but she
must remain on her guard, and be prepared for any
eventuality."
The Patrie says M. DE ROTHSCHILD has
gone to Frankfort. It is thought that this journey
is connected with the realisation of the Austrian
loan. It is also known that a great part of that loan
is already tendered for by the firm of M. STIEGLITZ,
bankers to the Court of St. Petersburgh, a firm which
in affArs of this kind passes for representing the Rus-
sian Government itself."
BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 19.
THREE O'CLOCK.—The Rentes opened heavily to-day,
at prices averaging / per cent. below the closing prices
of yesterday, but they gradually improved, and ulti-
mately closed at nearly yesterday's prices. The business
done was not extensive. Exchange on London (30 days),
25 32i • ditto (90 days), 25 22i.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN. RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 19.
Luxembourg (10/0, 24—Northern of Frame, 73/4 ex div.
—Paris and Rouen, 17%—Paris and Strasbourg, 2—Rouen
and Havre, 9%.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived.
The mail due at Madrid on the 12th from La
Mancha was stopped by the Carlists in that province,
and robbed of its correspondence.
No intelligence had been received in Madrid from
Catalonia.
MADRID BoLsA, JAN. 13.—Five per Cents., 10 ;
Three
per Cents., 191 both paper. Exchange on
London, 48 85 paper.

GEItiVIANY
AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

A note has been transmitted from the Queen of
SPAIN to the Austrian Government, proposing that a
Congress consisting• of the representatives of Austria,
France, Spain, Bavaria, Sardinia, and Tuscany should
AUSTRIA.
be held at some Port in the Mediterranean, to de.
vise measures for the restoration of the POPE to his
temporal power.
Accounts from Pesth state that Count Loins
BATHYANY and Dr. S. SArnia have been sent to be
tried by a council of war.
It appears that the Hungarians have routed the
Imperialists at Klausenberg, and have taken that im-
portant town by assault after a severe battle, in which
the Imperialists were completely routed, the Hun-
garians hate likewise taken the towns of Hossufulse
and Turkos.
Prince WINDISCHGRATZ has demanded reinforce-
ments, Ind the Austrian army is to be augmented in
March by the junction of 100,000 recruits.
The Sclavonians of Bohemia are dissatisfied with
the Ministers, on account of the disinclination of the
latter to develop the federal system. Moreover, the
Czech Nations} Guards are dissatisfied with the mili-