The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-03 00:00:00

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Saturday a man named Jogger publicly sold his
wife to tier paramour, at Bradford-market, for 6s. 6d. After
this disgraceful scene the husband and several of the persons
present went to the purchaser's house at Great Horton and
spent the evening in drunken revelry.—Hal Express,

" At Nantes the prices of meat and bread are fixed by
the Mayor at the close of each month ; at present, beef,
mutton, and veal are 10 sous per lb., equal to 4}d. per lb.
British ; pork, on market days, 34d., or 3d. per lb. British ;
dried fish, 8 sous per lb. (31-d.) ; bread, first quality, I d. ;
second quality, Id. ; and third quality, d. per lb. ; butter,
from 7d. to Is. ; bacon, sd. to 6d. ; and cheese, 6d. to 7d.
per lb. In the smaller towns and country, butchers' meat is
now at 2id. or 3d. per lb., pork not more than 2d. or 24d.,
and bread about 25 per cent. under the price at Nantes.
A farm of 67 to 70 acres of good land, if well cultivated,
has generally three men and three women servants, besides
additional help during the hay and corn harvests ; but on
most farms of 200 to 220 acres there are not more than that
number, including the farmer and his wife. Men's wages
vary from 120 f. (41. 165.) to 200 f. (21.) per annum ; with
a small allowance for sabots, 3f. or 4f., and perhaps a
blouse or canvass frock ; altogether, with allowances at har-
vest times, subsistence occasionally and other trifles, a man-
servant is supposed to cast the farmer, whether boarded and
lodged or otherwise, from 250 f. (101.) to 300 f. (121.) ;
women from 150 f. (61.) to 200 f. (Si.) Those paid by the
year always live with the farmer. Daily labourers are
usually employed all the year : some are fed by the farmer,
but not generally. If fed, a deduction is made from the
following rates :-
sous. d. sous. d.
" A man receives from l5 71 to 20 or 9 per day.
" During harvest or vintage 25 114- 30 141
" A woman receives from
" And during harvest. 20 91 per day.
" In some patrs of La Vendee :-
sous. d.
" Men's wages are 15 or 7. per day, besides being fed.
" Ditto at harvest 20 9
" Women
" Ditto at harvest 10 44
" The harvest in the plains, where resident labourers are
scarce, is frequently got in by a set of reapers for the ninth
part of the produce ; for which they reap, thrash, clean,
and carry it to the granary. A small present in money,
according to the high or low rate of wages at the time, is
generally given in addition, as a recompense for clearing
and making the ground to thrash on.
" Very little butchers' meat is consumed by the farmers
or their labourers. Their staple food is bread, of which a
man consumes about three pounds per day. In the sum-
mer they generally eat four or five times a day of soup
made with bread and cabbages, with fat or butter ; some-
times a small bit of bacon. On some farms in Brittany
butchers' meat is given on Sundays ; on other days, cab-
bage soup and bread and butter, and latterly potatoes. On
other farms, pancakes made of buckwheat are served to the
labourers ; but the farmers within these three or four years
have turned their attention to the planting of potatoes, in
which they find a great advantage over the buckwheat
cakes. The quantity of land planted with potatoes since
1830 has been doubled each year. In some parts of La
Vendee the mechanics and peasants use millet in lieu of
buckwheat ; but there also the farmers begin to understand
the value of potatoes.
" The women work on some farms. In Brittany they
sometimes sow the corn ; but in general they are occupied
in the house, excepting those who have to attend the cat-
tle, particularly the cows ; they take with them their dis-
taff or their-knitting, and thus prepare a considerable quan-
tity of the clothing used by the family from the flax raised
upon the premises.
" A man's hat costs in the country 2if. to 4f. (2s. to
3s. 2d.) ; shoes, 4f. (3s. 2d.); sabots, si-d. ; coarse wool-
lens, 4f. to 6f. per aune ; one aune makes a peasant's coat,
which therefore costs 3s. 2d. to 4s. 9d. sterling ; a pair of
trousers the same. Linen for shirts costs 25 sous to 35
sous per aune (9d. to 13d. per yard). During the summer
months the men wear dresses of very coarse linen, which is
generally made at home ; and their winter garments, as
well as the women's, are made of the wool spun at home or
in the fields when attending the cows ; the expense, there-
fore, is trifling indeed. The prices quoted above are shop
prices.
" Paupers are very numerous in the winter ; there are
no provisions for their support in the country. Ia some
towns there are poor-houses, which are kept up by private
donations, as may be required, by the proceeds of concerts,
balls, and representations at the theatres, and collections
made at each house by persons authorized by the mayor, to
be paid to a board appointed by him, and the council to
distribute the money to those in need of relief. In the coun-
try they maintain themselves by begging, if work be not
provided for them ; but in genera], as labourers are scarce,
work is found for a considerable number of them on the
roads, paring hedges, or other labour required on the farms.
The farmers in general are poor ; they occupy such
farms as are just sufficient to support their families by the
produce they can raise. They are, in this part of France,
an ignorant set, are badly clothed, badly fed, and miserably
lodged in most instances, frequently sleeping in the same
apartment with their cattle. They are not in debt, nor
have they any money to spare, and appear contented to
move on, as their fathers have done, without any deiire, or,
at all events, without any exertion, to improve their cir-
cumstances.

" HENRY NEWMAN,
" His Majosty's Consul for La Loire
(Dated from Nantes.) Inferieure and La Vendee."

" GIRONDE.

" With the exception of grain, all articles are subject to
tolls, or droits d'octroi, too multiplied and tors exorbitant.
The towns being poor in consequence of the spoliations in-
curred during the revolution, spoliations that have been all
to the profit of the state, and which has retained for its own
profit those duties of which the towns had been deprived,
continue, through a false policy, to maintain and favour those
duties which create revenues for themselves, but which
greatly injure both the agricultural and commercial interests.
" All towns containing above 1,200 souls may establish
an octroi, or petty custom-house.
" In Bordeaux the average price of meat is—
Beef 12 sous per pound...6d. 17oz.
Mutton 12 ditto 6 ,
Veal 14 ditto 7
" In the rural districts—
Beef
Mutton 10 ditto 5 ---
Veal 9 ditto 4 --

" Pig meat varies everywhere from 8 sous to 12 sous a.
pound, 4d. to 6d. ; bread, 3 sous per pound, lid.

" In the district of Medoc, where the culture consists
almost wholly of vines, and where the proprietor holds all
his land, he divides his property into prix faits,' portions
of land consisting of 8 journaux, about 64 acres, the la-
bour of which is done by a man, his wife, and child. The
man is called a prix faiteur' (Anglice, fixed-price man').
His employment is the dressing, pruning, &c. of the vine.
In addition to this man, an ox-driver, called a valet,' is
required, who with a pair of oxen suffices for the plough-
ing of two ' prix faits,' 16 journaux, about 13 statute acres.
In the district of Bordeaux, where the vines are cultivated
solely by the spade, and where no ploughing is required,
two men, with their wives and children, undertake the
cultivation of 20 journaux of vine, about 16 acres. Some-
times, however, extra aid is given them by the proprietor.
" The wages of a prim faiteur' in Medoc are as follow—
!Francs. s. d.
425 17 0 0

" lie earns annually in money
" In addition he receives four hogsheads of
piquette, valued at 25E, and wood for
fuel, valued at 30f

55 I 2 4 0

480 19 4 0
198 7 18 t)

" The wife and child earn annua11y.........

" Total I 678 127 2 5
" He is lodged and has e garden, which may be valued
at 60E, 2/. Bs. per annum.
" During the vintage, which lasts about three weeks,
the whole family is fed by the proprietors on the very best
food, butcher's meat, vegetables, salt fish, wheaten bread,
and piquette.
" Throughout the department, except in that portion
called the Landes, the labourer generally eats wheaten
bread and wholesome food, such as vegetables and pulse, but
seldom butcher's meat. Their drink consists in wholesome
water, except in the vine districts, where they drink wine and
piquette, a beverage made from the residue of the grapes
and the lees of the wine after it has been drawn off, over
which water is poured.
4, In the Landes the labourer's fare is by no means as good :
it consists in rye bread, a species of soup made of Indian
corn, flour, and millet ; rarely, if ever, of butcher's meat.
Sometimes he adds to his bread a bad sardine—a small fish
of the herring species, salted and dried. His only beverage
is water, which is very bad, being almost always stagnant.
" The lives of these people are short, seldom exceeding
55 years.
" In the neighbourhood of the Basin d'Arcaehon, and

o work.

" One foundry for the manufactory of steam-engines and
chain cables.
" Three small foundries, employing about 20 hands.
" Four ditto copper, employing about 30 hands.
" Two shot manufactories.
" One copper rolling machine.
" One lead ditto ditto.
" One manufacture of zinc.
" Two letter-press foundries.
" There are sundry other manufactories in the depart-
ment, but of little importance.
" At Bordeaux, a manufacture of tobacco belonging to
Government.

" Paupers, generally speaking, are not very numerous in
this part of the country, for"; the population being so small,
every person who is able and willing to work can always find
employment. No legal provision is made for the paupers.
In the town of Bordeaux there exist local institutions for
the relief of the paupers, such as the Bureaux de Charite
(offices for charity) ; these, however, are insufficient, owing
to the want of means, for the purpose to which they are
destined. The Depot de Mendicite (a kind of workhouse),
supported by private contributions, is worthy of notice as
having been the means of suppressing to a very great ex-
tent street begging. Since its institution in 1827, the num-
ber of professional beggars has decreased from 700 or 800,
to 150 or 200 ; the average population of the establishment
amounts to 350, of which number not above 50 are professed
beggars.

7rßegging is forbidden, .and beggars are taken up and
confined in the Depot de Mendicite, where they are obliged

" In the rural parishes, paupers are entirely dependent on
private charity ; the consequence is, that though many will
beg an opportunity occurs, there are few who make it their
profession.

" The condition of the farmer is not generally prosperous ;
capital is wanting. That of the proprietor is likewise far
from prosperous from th• same cause. The day labourer
alone appears to be well off, especially in the neighbourhood
of Bordeaux and the district of La Reole."
THE EARLY SNOW.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, OCT. 29.—Owing to a severe
storm of snow last night we had a very short supply of
wheat from the country at market to-day, and having little
in from the coast, the trade improved fully 3s. per quarter.
The millers have come to the determination of advancing
the price of flour 4s. per sack next week. South country
barley is in good demand, at an advance of 4s. per quarter ;
but north country is out of favour for the present, in con-
sequence of malting so indifferently. We had a very short
supply of oats at market, which sold readily at last week's
prices. The duty on barley and peas has declined ls. 6d.
per quarter this week.
BUXTON.—On Friday week the road between Buxton
and Ashburn was covered with snow to the depth of three
inches. Such a spectacle at this period of the year has
rarely been witnessed.

BERWICK.—During the last week the weather has in
general been mild, and favourable for such agriculturists as
had not previously finished their harvest operations. Scarcely
a drop of rain has fallen, and in this neighbourhood all tho
crops have now been secured. Though they are, as every-
where else, with very few exceptions, deficient in quantity,
yet the prices which are now realised, and which are still
rising, may in some measure counterbalance the disad-
vantage. On Wednesday afternoon and during Thursday
it blew a strong keen gale ; but the wind has fallen to-day,
and the weather continues " kindly but frosty." Since our
first edition was thrown off the weather has changed to a
violent storm of snow, which is now lying at a considerable
depth.—Berwick Advertiser of Saturday.
SCOTLAND.—A rather sudden, but not altogether un-
expected change took place in the atmosphere on Thursday
evening. After a tolerably fair day, a smart frost succeeded
in the evening, and by Friday morning the ice stood more
than half an inch thick upon the stagnant pools. Betwixt
three and four in the afternoon a dense shower of.snow be-
gan to fall, which, before sunset, had enrobed the fields in
the garb of December. It inspired very unpleasant feel-
ings to witness the shocks of corn clothed in a garb so un-
becoming, and to see large fields of potatoes pulverised over
with a top dressing so unsuitable. We have not, for a long
series of years, witnessed so early a fall ; but we were not
taken at unawares. For several days the robin had pre-
dicted it, and just about two hours before the commence-
ment of the storm, he sought shelter in a school-room in
Wallace-street ; but the ill-bred urchins having eyed him
scared him off from a retreat to which, poor fellow he would
have been heartily welcome. There is every reason to ex-
pect a severe and early winter. Mr. Mackenzie, in his
" Manual," has foretold it, and hitherto he has not erred
greatly his predictions. Many of our winter visitants of the
feathered tribe have already made their appearance, and the
northern hills have for some time been covered with snow.
The present season bears a strong resemblance in many re-
spects to that of 1794, when the writer remembers perfectly
seeing the reapers busied in cutting down the corn in the
parish of Strathaven after the old term of Martinmas. From
present appearances this will probably be the case this sea-
son, at least in many parts of Scotland. The potato crop
yet under ground is in great hazard, and, therefore, farmers
will do well to embrace the first favourable opportunity of
raising them.— Glasgow Constitution.

Mr. 'Wilkinson, of the White Hart Hotel, Uttox-
eter, recently met with his death in a melancholy manner
at Ashbourn fair. A. cow was running after a dog, and in
passing Mr. Wilkinson, struck one of her horns into the
upper part of his thigh, and lacerated the femoral artery
which bled so profusely, that he only survived a quarter of
an hour. He first said be was not much hurt, but imme-
diately afterwards exclaimed, " I am a dead man," and ex-
pired before he could be carried into an inn.
On Friday night information was given to Inspector
Fryer, of the B division of Police, of the singular and mys-
terious disappearance of a gentleman named Overa, re.
siding at No. 5, York-street, Stepney. It appeared that
on that evening Mrs. Overa went to chapel, leaving her
husband at home, and on her return she found that her
husband had gone out, and in a few minutes afterwards she
perceived a slip of paper on the table which had very re-
cently been written on by her husband, as the ink was not.
perfectly dry. It was addressed to her, his wife, and com-
menced by saying—" When you will find this I'll be no
more—and I'll take great care that no person shall find or, •
know where my. body will be." This intimation very natu-
rally alarmed his wife, and
.she at once sent to the nearest
station-house to give information of it to the police, and,a.
description of his person, so that if they met him, they might.
detain him. It seemed that Mr. Overa had resided fit'
many years in the East India, where he had realised some
property, and latterly has expressed a strong desire to go
back there. For several weeks he has been in a melancholy
and dejected state of mind, and there is strong reasons te,
suspect that he seriously contemplated the act of self -de-
struction. No tidings have yet been obtained.

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1836,

No Sovereign in Europe is doomed to experience
the dangers attendant upon Royalty in an equal de-
gree with the King of the FRENCH'. He can know
no repose, for every day serves to demonstrate the num-
ber, the desperation, and the implacable spirit of his
enemies. Here the Republicans arc plotting his de-
stiuction ; there the Royalists are preparing to wrest
the sceptre from his tenacious grasp. The telegraphs
work but to convey to the Minister of the Interior the
ramification of plots ; and the Judges are almost con-
stantly engaged during their sittings in the condemna-
tion of intentional regicides. Under such circum-
stances the KING'S life must be to him a a state of
inconceivable torture. The Members of the Royal
Family most attached to him are doubtless equally
miserable. We have been assured that the sufferings
of the QUEEN and the Princess ADELAIDE, his MA-
JESTY'S sister, are indescribable. They do not enjoy
a moment of waking confidence in the safety of the
KING, save when his MAJESTY is immured in
the recesses of the Palace. The great anxiety of
the PRINCESS is said to affect her health and spirits,
and to be really the cause of her present severe

indisposition.
Tire Paris Papers of Tuesday received this morning,
are filled with accounts of the fortunate frustration of
another Royalist conspiracy at Strasburg, which had
for its object the placing of Prince Louis NAPO-
LEON BUONAPARTE, nephew of the EMPEROR,
and son of the Ex-King of HOLLAND, on the
Throne of France. The conspiracy broke out on the
morning of the 30th ult., and from the small number
of officers who attempted to carry it into effect, it would
appear that the leaders placed the greatest reliance upon
the disaffection of the army. The Journal du Haut
et Bas Rhin treats the attempt as " mad and ridicu-
lous ;" but there is no reason to believe that the eight
individuals seized as ringleaders were not the only portion
of the French army who participated in the conspiracy.
The PRINCE holds a Captain's commission in the Swiss
artillery, and is reported to have recently fled from
Italy, to escape being tried for the crime of assassina-
tion. This, however, may turn out to be a mere fabri-
cation. The following is the official account published
in the Moniteur of Tuesday, the substance of which
appeared in a Second Edition of The Sun of last night :

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
" STRASBURG, OCT. 30, HALF-PAST 8 O'CLOCK.

' THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE FIFTH MILITARY DIVISION

TO TER MINISTER OF WAR.

" This morning at 6 o'olock, Louis Napoleon, son of the
Duchess of St. Leu, who had in his confidence the Colonel
of Artillery Vaudrey, traversed the streets of Strasburg
with a part of his (Vaudrey's) regiment, crying ' Vive Na-
poleon.' They presented themselves at the barrack of the
46th Regiment of the Line, in order to excite the soldiers
to rise. I myself was blockaded in my own house by a
picket of artillery, but, thanks to the fidelity and sincere de-
votedness of our troops, this imprudent young man (Louis
.Napoleon) was arrested, together with his accomplice. The
so Regiment of Artillery is deserving of praise, as also are
the Regiments of Infantry, and several officers of the 4th
Regiment of Artillery."
" The Council of Ministers assembled to-day at the Tuil-
eries. At 10 o'clock in the morning the Strasburg mail
arrived. M. de franqueville, Aide-de-Camp of Lieutenant-
General Voirol, commander of the sth Military Division,
brought the subjoined report of the
.General, which announces
the immediate suppression of this criminal attempt :
" Monsieur le Ministre,—My telegraphic despatch of this
morning acquainted you with the culpable attempt of young
Louis Napoleon Buonaparte to shake the fidelity of the troops
of the garrison of Strasburg, and how that mad attempt had
bceo defeated by the noble and courageous conduct of our
soldiers.
" This young man, accompanied by some adventurers,
among wilom was Commander Parquin, dressed in the uniform
of a General Officer, and guided by M. Vaudrey, Colonel of
the 4th Regiment of Artillery, who, by his culpable manoeu-
vres, had induced a part of the sub. officers and soldiers of his
regiment to follow him, presented himself to the authorities to
try and seduce them, and after arresting the Prefect, caused
3lny hotel to be surrounded by the cannoniers.
" A picket, commanded by M. Parquin, took possession of
my drawing-room ; but the loyal and brave cannoniers, attend-
ing,: to my voice and guided by sentiments of duty and honour,
sun •ounded me, and having mounted my horse, I marched out
with them, sword in hand, and proceeded to the Citadel, of
whielr I caused the drawbEidge to be raised, and where I knew
ithful reement—the 16th of the line—which
na„ just returned from the Camp of Compiegne. The brave
sal&ers, recollecting our young Princes, received me with
cr:es of Long live the King and evinced an enthusiasm
whi ch is only to be met with on the field of battle in the pre-
senc, of an enemy. This enthusiasm extended like an electric
fire to pll the corps of the garrison ; the cannoniers of the 4th ,

who bad for an instant obeyed the culpable orders of their
Colonel, partook in the general feeling.
" I entered the city at the head of the 16th Regiment of
the Line, and marched to the Prefecture; but the Prefect
had already been liberated, by the artillery officers I had sent
to him.

" During that time, Louis Napoleon, with Colonel •Vau.
drey and a small number of still deluded soldiers, repaired to
the barrack of Finckmatt, occupied by the brave 46th, and
endeavoured in vain to seduce it from its duty. Lieutenant-
Colonel Talandier, advised by my Aide-de-Camp, the chief
of squadron de Franqueville, proceeded precipitately to Finck-
matt, where he found no difficulty in persuading his regiment
that the men who attempted to shake their fidelity were de-
ceiving them. The brave Colonel Paillot, and all his officers,
arrived immediately at Finckmatt. In an instant Louis Napo-
leon Bonaparte, and the miscreants who took part with him,
were arrested, and the decorations they wore were torn from
their breasts, by the soldiers of the 46th.
" After I had marched them to the city prison, escorted by
the 46th, and left that establishment under the protection of a
strong guard, I went to the Place d'Armes, and reviewed the
troops, who filed by, crying—' Long live the King l' and
showed the enemies of our institutions bow much the King and
country could rely on their fidelity and devotedness.
" According to Colonel Vaudrey's statement, no one besides
him and young Louis Buonaparte knew of their plans. Judi-
ciary proceedings have already commenced, all the military
measures have been taken, and I can assure the Government
that our soldiers will never allow their loyalty to be shaken,
and that they will always prove themselves worthy of France
and of King Louis Phillippe.
" I am still so much moved, Sir, by what has just occurred,
that I defer to another moment a more detailed account of this
wild attempt, respecting which, however, my Aide-de-Camp,
M. de Franqueville, will be able to inform you more fully. He
will deliver to you this hastily-written despatch, and repairs
post haste to Paris for that purpose.
" My Aide-de-Camp has conducted himself in this matter
most admirably. If he were not already possessed of old
claims upon the favour of the King, I should endeavour to
point out the value of those which he has acquired in this de-
plorable conjuncture.
" In the universal enthusiasm which the whole garrison of
Strasburg experienced to-day, many officers, sub-officers, and
soldiers conducted themselves with true courage ; their fidelity
as well as their energy have assisted me in triumphing over
the insubordination which manifested itself in the 4th Regi-
ment of Artillery. I shall have the honour to communicate
their names to you, and to solicit for them the rewards of
which they have rendered themselves worthy.
" I am, with respect, Sir,
" Your very humble and obedient servant,
" The Lieutenant-General commanding the sth Division,
" VOIROL."

The report of M. Choppin d'Arnouville, Prefect of the
Lower Rhine, confirms all these facts, and adds that the popu-
lation of Strasburg has testified deep indignation. The authors
of the sedition endeavoured, but in vain, to raise the popula-
tion ; not an inhabitant joined them, not one has been com-
promised with them. The ringleaders arrested are eight in
number—namely,
The Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte, 28 years of age,
born at Paris.
Parquin (Denis Charles), 49 years of age, officer of the
Legion of Honour, domiciled at Paris.
The Count de Gricourt (Raphael), 23 years of age, officer
of ordnance of Louis Napoleon ; born at Paris, lodging at
Strasburg, at the Hotel de la Fleur.
Quevelles (Henry Richford Sigefroid), 25 years of age,
officer of ordnance of the said Prince Louis, born at Neuvilier
(Lower Rhine) residing' at Strasburg, Rue de la Fontaine,
No 24.
Vaudrey (Claude Nicholas), born at Dijon, 51 years of age,
colonel of the 4th regiment of artillery, in garrison at Stras-
burg, and living in that city, in the Place St. Etienne.
Laity (Francais Armand Rupert), born at L'Orient, 2.1
years of age, lieutenant of engineers, domiciled at Strasburg,
Rue du Parchemin, No. 26.
Boisson ( Antoine Marie Augustin), born at Pontarlier
(Daubs), serjeant-major of the Bth battery of the 4th regiment
of artillery.
Bro (Eleonore), 28 years of age, belonging to the establish-
ment of the Queen Hortense.
Justice is taking cognizance, and is active in seeking infor-
mation.

The conduct of General Voirol, of the Prefect, of the autho-
rities, of the military commanders, and of the troops, is above
all praise.
We shall give, with the farther details which cannot fail to
come, the names of the military persons who have deserved 1-
warcL from the King.
Madame Murat (cm-Queen of Naples, and sister of the Em-
peror Napoleon) has been ordered to quit Paris. Atelegraphic
dispatch has been forwarded to Lyons, directing the General
commanding that military division to march twelve regiments
towards the Swiss frontier, the Government being afraid that
a similar movement has taken place at Grenoble, influenced by
the Swiss Radicals.
The inhabitants of Strasburg took no part whatever
in this affair. According to the report made by the
Prefect they felt deeply indignant, as did the great
bulk of the troops. The first intelligence reached the
Government about midnight on Monday, when a
Cabinet Council was called, at which the KING pre=
sided, and which sat without interruption all night.
The KING was at first greatly alarmed, but the arrival
of General VotROL'S despatch, which we have inserted
above, restored his MAJESTY'S confidence in the fidelity
of the army. VOIROL behaved with great bravery as
well as uncommon presence of mind. When the con-
spirators entered his apartment they found him getting
out of bed. No sooner was their errand made known
to him than he seized a pistol, which he levelled at
PARQUIN'S head. It missed fire ; he drew his sword,
and while preparing to defend himself to the last,
harangued the gunners so successfully, that instead of
obeying the leaders of the conspiracy, they turned
round, and by command of the General, made them
prisoners on the spot 1 Such bravery, and such
amazing presence of mind, ought to be rewarded with
a Marshal's baton.
The alarm created by this strange attempt made no
impression upon the Funds. Tuesday being the Fes-
tival of All Souls—which is kept as a holiday in all
Catholic countries—the Bourse was closed. The good
citizens of Paris may now rejoice—they have got
something to talk about.
PARIS, Nov. I.—The Duke of Nemours left Toulon for
Bona on the 27th of October, on board the Sphynx steam-
boat. _ . .

The holders of Spanish Stock are invited to repair to the
Exchange to-morrow (Wednesday), for tho purpose of signing
a petition to the King.
We hare a letter from Cadiz, of the 17th of October, which
says—" The French squadron from the Mediterranean has just
entered this port. It consists of three ships of the line, and
two brigs, besides two that have long been here, making in
all a squadron of seven men-of-war. It is said there are others
some leagues out at sea. Every body asks for what reason
the Doctrinaire Ministry sends us this force ? The aversion
which it has manifested to the present Constitutional system
makes us fear that this force is intended to support some sinis-
ter project ; the more so as all the Spanish Generals seem to
agree in this project; for it seems that they have received or-
ders not to beat Gomez. Thus this column may traverse
Spain without fearing to meet with any obstacles, unless it be
the heroism of some towns, such as Requena. The propaga-
tion of this suspicion among the people, even should it be
false, will suffice to produce new and terrible effects."
The price of bread at Paris has been raised to 12 sous for
the loaf of 41bs. of the best quality, and 9 sous the second
quality.— The National, Nov. 1.
BELGIAN / UNDS—Bausans, Ocr. 32
Actual Debt, 21,:, per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO
Loan of Thirty Millions 92%
Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent lOO
Society of Commerce, 44 per Cent 14334
• Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 12.1%
—Brussels Papers, Nov. 1.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIINNA, ocr. 21.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Sharee 1246
—Allgemeins Zeitung, Oct. 29.

The Times of this morning speaks confidently of
the capture of Bilboa by the Carlists. According to
our Contemporary, the siege of that place has been
undertaken to keep the muskets of the Pretender's
troops from rusting—nothing more. " Should the
Prince (i. e., Don CARLOS), remain in the Pro-
vinces," writes the oracle of Printing-house-square,
" and having re-organised the bands in the Asturias
and Catalonia, make a combined movement the next
year, it is thought that nothing could resist his pro-
gress. In the mean time he must employ his army in
someway. Hence the attack on Bilboa has been re-
solved
littlerl is
upon,
ts , 9f
is of the success which there can be
but
doubt." Thus the siege of Bilboa, by
the Ca
a mere pastime on the part of
these renowned
warriors.a w a
yOofn ctobuers2e9,
t
even the Times—with a 'Dc
consistency to be only matched
ac-
counts for their
by its want of principle—asserts in another column
that the Carlist heroes did run with all their might,
upon learning that General ESPARTERO was ap-
proaching at the head of his division. But it op-
-pears that Bilboa will not allow itself to be taken
in jest by EGUIA. The Carlists must lay siege to
it in earnest before they can hope to make themselves
masters of it. Our Contemporary proves, by his own
columns, that there not only exists great doubts of the
success of the Carlist attack upon Bilboa, but there

is a positive certainty of its total failure. We copy
from our Contemporary the telegraphic despatch to
that effect, published by the French Government :
" BAYONNE, OCT. 31, Half-past Three o'clock
in the Afternoon. _

" The Carlists raised the siege of Bilboa on the 29th
inst., at the approach of Espartero. Eguia is marching
against him."
Had the Carlists made themselves masters of the
two forts, as stated by the Times, and had the capture
of Bilboa been so unworthy of a serious thought,
EGUIA might have remained where he was, and waited
quietly the arrival of ESPARTERO. But the fact is,
that if ESPARTERO appeared in that district at all
(which we rather doubt), EGUIA preferred a retreat
into the mountains, to the prospect of encountering him.
In the same article the Times makes a furious at-
tack upon the character of General EVANS and the
British Legion. "Of the force under General
EvANs," says the Times, "it is difficult to speak
with any degree of calmness. Distrusted and hated
by the Christinos, they are—we scarcely know how to
write the word—despised by the Carlists. Yes I it is
a fact which we are enabled to state on indisputable
authority, that the Carlist forces entertain no fear of
the British Legion, while of the French troops they
have the greatest dread." A more base, cowardly, and
atrocious calumny than this never was uttered. The
Carlists dread the French troops indeed, and en-
tertain no feat of the British Legion I Where-
fore should the Carlists fear the French ? What
have they done to inspire terror since the com-
mencement of the present struggle ? And if the
Carlists do not fear the Legion, why do they run
from it ? Why did they suffer themselves to be beaten
in every engagement which they ever yet had with our
countrymen ? Wherefore did they not conquer instead
of allowing themselves to be conquered in the
actions of the sth of May and Ist of October ? Or why
do they not drive the Legion out of San Sebastian ?
But our Contemporary is not ignorant of the fact,
that the Carlists dread the Legion and its brave com-
mander—that Don CARLOS dreads it—and that the
Spanish Liberals regard it as the link which connects
their country with Great Britain. Such malignant
slanders will only cover with contempt those who are
so shameless as to give them circulation.
The Moniteur of Tuesday likewise contains the
following important despatch from Bayonne, dated
October the 31st, eleven o'clock A.M. :
" A private letter from Madrid, of the date of the 29th,
announces that an extraordinary courier has brought there in-
telligence that Alaix has taken from Gomez 1,200 foot sol-
diers, two squadrons of cavalry, and two mountain-guns, be-
tween Pozobliinco and Montoco."
This news is very important, if true. We look for-
ward with some anxiety to the next arrivals from
Madrid.

The majority of the Committee appointed by the
Swiss Diet to take into consideration the differences
between the Republic and France, have recommended
the adoption of the following note in answer to the
note presented to the Directory by the French Am-
bassador :
" France and Switzerland, united for centuries, see this
harmony compromised by a mistake. Both States ought to
desire to see their ancient relations restored. As the differ-
ence proceeded from mistake, categorical and loyal explana-
tions—the only diplomatic language of Switzerland—ought
to be the only means of terminating the quarrel.
" In the note of September the 27th the French Govern-
ment complained of the course adopted relative to Conseil.
Before the Diet could make any communication on the subject
the relations between the two countries were interrupted by
order of the French Government. Switzerland saw this with
more pain from its never having been its intention to cause the
interruption of friendship between the two countries. The
Diet had reason to be offended at the Due de Montebello's
note withdrawing his communication of the 19th of July, when
it was known that Conseil was but an adventurer. But it had
never the idea of offending either the Government or the Am-
bassador of France. The Diet had no idea of addressing to
the French Government the report of its commission, vhich
was merely an affair between the Diet and its commissaries,
and which contained two opinions, that of the majority and that
of the minority. But it should have been guilty of disrespect
to the French Government in not placing before it the docu-
ments calculated to enlighten its justice. The execution of
the decree to communicate these documents depended, of
couse, on the will of France, and since she refuses, the Diet
v, ill take no further steps in the affair. The note of M. de
Montebello contains grave errors respecting the internal state
of Switzerland. The Diet, inviting the publicity of the na-
tional life without mystery, can repel by facts these unjust and
unfounded allegations, and would find proofs in the social con-
stitution of the cantons, as well as in their material and moral
condition. But it cannot enter into such discussions, the
Diet not allowing the right of any foreign nation to criticise
its institutions, and control the march of its Government.
Finally, the Diet hopes that by these explanations the amicable
relations between Switzerland and France, cemented by time
and circumstances, will be restored."

M. Tscharner, as minority, presented another project of
reply, applauding the Directory for not having obeyed the de-
cree of the Diet to communicate the documents about Con-
seil, regretting the cause of offence, and hoping that amicable
relations may be restored ; regrets the false opinion which the
French Government entertains of Switzerland, and acknow-
ledges no right control.

Two more Reform dinners have been given within
the last week—one to Lord GLENELG at Inverness,
and the other to Mr. STEUART, at ,Jedburgh• Both
were well attended, and at both the speeches were ad-
mirable. Lord GLENELG ridiculed, in a very happy
manner, the attempts of the Conservatives to show
that the state of prosperity which the country has en-
joyed, with but little intermission, for four years and
upwards, was not so much to be attributed to the mea-
sures of Government as to the effects of " accident ;"
and then proceeded to expatiate on the extraordinary
difficulties under which Ministers have long laboured,
and still continue to labour, in their efforts to carry on
Reform. We grant that they have many and serious
obstacles to contend against, but know of none
so overwhelming, that resolution and perseverance
cannot subdue. Let them, instead of making
constant allusions to the difficulties that beset
them at every step of their progress—which they are
but too prone to do—put their shoulders to the wheel,
and we will answer for their success. When NAPO-
LEON first projected his passage of the Alps, he did
not expatiate on the difficulties of such a passage, or
allow himself or his troops to entertain a doubt of its
practicability : not so ; he went at once to work ; and
in just such a prompt and decided spirit must Minis-
ters act, if they hope to achieve the triumph of Re-
form. To be incessantly dwelling on one's difficulties,
is at length to be overcome by them. Anticipate
failure, and you will assuredly fail ; but make up your
mind to success, and the odds are ten to one in your
favour. We throw out these remarks, because we
have perceived of late, at many of the Reform dinners,
far too much stress laid on the difficulties against
which Ministers have to struggle. Mr. SPRING RICE
at Limerick was specially diffuse on this point ; and Lord
GLENELG at Inverness dwells on it at nearly equal
length. Now, this is injudicious ; first, because it
betrays a lurking apprehension of future failure ; and,
secondly, because it is drawing rather too largely on the
sympathies of the people. Henceforth, we trust that
Ministers, or those who speak their sentiments, will
tell us rather what they are resolved to do, than what
they are apprehensive they shall not be able to do ;
place before us the sunny, instead of the shady side
of the question ; or if they must needs make allusion
to their difficulties, do so in a bold and confident, ra-
ther than in a whining or distrustful spirit. Resolu-
tion only is necessary to insure them a triumph.
They have abundant means at their command. The
Court may be against them—and the House of Lords
may be against them ; but the intelligent, influential
mass of the community is with them ; and here is a
moral power more than sufficient to neutralize all the
efforts of their opponents.

Alluding to the future progress of Reform, Lord
ENELG observed that he was confident of its suc-
cess, because he believed in " the mortality of injustice,
This is well said,
butand ittheisuilituhtnabtue trilduurmpehxpolfictittuetuhu:u'
gh.
'We all know
that injustice is mortal ; but we know also that it is

apt to live a very long time ; and are we to wait, there-
fore, until, having numbered the years of METHU-
SALEM, it may be pleased to give up the ghost ? Are
we to leave it to the natural tendency of " truth" ulti-
mately (GOD knows when 1) to remedy " injustice ;" '
or apply the remedy ourselves, without loss of time ?
Unquestionably we ourselves should set to work, and
leave as little as possible to the " Chapter of Acci-
dents"—which, to say the best of it, is but a chapter
of caprices, and rarely fails to play tricks with those
who lay too much stress upon it. Lord GLENELG'S
" ultimate triumph" reminds us of Mr. SPRING
RICE'S "sooner or later"—phrases borrowed from a
Tory vocabulary, and which, like a general criticism,
or a general invitation to dinner, have no positive
meaning, nor are intended to have any. If we
except these few slips, his Lordship's speech was just
such as we were prepared to expect. It was frank,
and even cordial in its tone—qualifications not usually
to be met with in the speeches of a Cabinet Minister.
We may accord similar praise to Mr. STEUART'S
address to his constituents at Jedburgh. True, he did
not express himself decidedly in favour of Peerage
Reform ; nevertheless, he laid the " cat" on their
Lordship's backs, in very handsome, drummer-boy
style. He would give them just one more trial, he
said. So would not we. They have been tried four
times already, and four times have been convicted.
We press, therefore, for the sentence of the Court
upon them.
Mr. STEUART very properly observed that no man
with an ounce of brains in his cranium, could trust the
Conservatives ; for that they were the same men who
but the other day took office, as Reformers, and were
now stirring heaven and earth to oppose the progress
of Reform. Yes, and not only this, but they are ac-
tually retrograding from their Tamworth Manifesto,
which, insufficient as it was, yet promised much more
than the Tories will now venture to give. We are
now more than ever persuaded that these men, if they
could once have securely fixed themselves in the sad-
dle, would have backed out of every pledge they
made on entering office. Did not their Manifesto
hold out something like a hope of redress to Ireland,
and has not their conduct last session wholly falsified
that pledge ? Did they not tell us they were Re-
formers, and does not their language now convince us
that they are just the reverse ? It is now only that
we see them in their proper colours. Now they are
sincere. Before they were hypocritical. Let us es-
timate them therefore with reference to their present,
not to their past, language ; and give them all dile
praise for their candour, when they tell us—as they
make a point of doing at all their feeds—that Reform
has attained its ultimatum.

The Halifax Tories, determined not to be behind
hand with their neighbours, gave a feed on Monday to
the gentleman, who, even by his own account, is any
thing but a faithful representative of them and their
interests in Parliament. The object for which this
small knot of the factious gathered themselves together
was of course to propagate among the silly and un-
thinking the delusion that re-action and guzzling are
one and the same thing—a proposition which may
pass current among Tories, but nowhere else.
Two gentlemen spoke on this occasion,—at least
we find only two speeches in the Morning Post, and
therefore we take it for granted, that either no others
were delivered, or, if delivered, were unworthy of being
reported. We think the first of these conjectures
nearest the truth ; for had there been any others, we
cannot conceive it possible that our Contemporary
would have selected for publication such common-
place trash as that which constitutes the staple of the
effusions which escaped from Lord WHARNCLIFFE
and his son. Two Inure feeble or more futile attempts
to assail the Government and its measures, than those
of the Noble and semi-Noble Persons we have men-
tioned, were, we verily believe, never made. There is,
indeed, particularly in the twaddle of the Peer, abun-
dance of abuse—prolix and pointless vituperation is
drivelled out by the gallon—the stale objections which
have been a thousand times brought forward, and as
often answered, are hashed up anew, without any other
seasoning than clots of the dullest and most vulgar
malignity.
Mr. WORTLEY, in his endeavours to lighten the
burden of that odium which rests upon the Tory
Lords for their monstrous treatment of Ireland, tells his
hearers that he has been in Ireland, and can safely say
that " there is not a valuable institution which Eng-
land has which Ireland is deprived of." Now
look at the stupidity of this man, who under-
takes to advocate the perverse wickednesss of the
Lords I Allowing his assertion to be true, which
it is not, what shall be said of that assembly which, by
a solemn decision, swept away the whole Corporations
of Ireland? Are not,Corporations considered in Eng-
land
valuable Institutions ? Here, then, does the
House of Lords stand condemned by its own foolish
defender of destroying a whole class of the most valu-
able Institutions in the British Empire ?
There is one, and only one point in Lord WHARN-
CUTER'S speech which we think worth the least no-
tice. The Noble Lord remarks that " the House of
Lords have a power, bequeathed to them by their
ancestors, of legislating without election." Nowpdid
it never occur to Lord WHARNCLIFFE that this is ra-
ther dangerous ground to occuy in the nineteenth cen-
tury ? May we not inquire who gave their ancestors the
right to bequeath this power—who gave a dozen of
barbarians in the eleventh century a right to influenck,
the destinies and the happiness of twenty-five millions
of Britons, many centuries after the said barbarians
were rotten in their graves ? If the Peers can ad-
vance no better reasons for their legislative privileges
than the tenure they hold from such ancestors, their
case is much more deplorable than we had any idea of,
and they had better lose no time in " setting their
House in order."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, 7'WELTE O'CLOCK.

We have received the Journal du Commerce of the Ist,
bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 29th Oct.
Five per Cents., 1001 ; Three per Cents., 53 ; Ardoin's
Spanish, 17 15 16. No political news of importance in
the above papers.
We have very few arrivals, but the express from Paris
this morning is both interesting and important. It brings
the details of a conspiracy formed at Strasburg, by Prince
Louis Bonaparte, aged 28 years, in conjunction with seve-
ral officers in the service of the King of the French, to
bring about a counter-revolution, but they failed in its exe-
cution and were arrested. It also announces the raising
of the siege of Bilboa, and that the Carlist army had gone
to meet that of the Queen, which was approaching Bilboa.
battle was expected between the contending forces.
Up to the present time the above events have not had
any effect on the various funds. Spanish Active, which
closed yesterday at 191 ex-dividend, opened at 191 to 20 ;
Passive, 51 ; Deferred, 8} 1 ; Portuguese, 551- ; Three
per Cents., 35} 1 ; Colombian, 221 ; Mexican, 22i ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i
The information received from Andalusia states that
Gomez has retreated into the Sierra Morena.
HALF-PAST Ol!E.
Consols which opened this morning at 881 for the
Account, have since improved to 88k 89 ; for Money the
same. Exchequer Bills, 11d. 1 3 discount ; Exchequer
Bills, 2d. par ; India Bonds, 3 premium ; Bank Stock,
205 k ; India Stock, 256.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active improved from
191 20 to 20i- 4 ; Passive 5 ; Deferred, 81 ; Portu-
guese, 551 ; Three per Cents., 34 ; Colombian, 221 ;
Mexican, 221 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 54.
The raising of the siege of Bilboa by the Carlists is not
generally credited in the city, owing to the telegraphic in-
formation having so often deceived the public, therefore the
speculators in Spanish Bonds are anxiously waiting the
arrivals of to-morrow's express from Paris ; the well-in-
formed, to the contrary, look upon it to be an official CO3
firmation.

THREE 0' CL 0 CEI
Consols for the Account, asi