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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1846.

When BOLINGBROKE conceived to himself the almost
impossible perfection requisite in the character of a
Patriot King, he unquestionably looked as much to
the influence of political machinery upon the moral
and physical condition of the populace as to the accu-
rate distribution of authority. It would have been
inimical to the acknowledged sagacity of a ST. JOHN
to anticipate the motor, and to have disregarded
the consequent movement. His imagination generated
the idea of the perfectability ofmonarchical government,
it conjured up the phantom of a popular sovereign, in
the strictest signification of those terms, but it like-
wise pictured the operation of such a benign guidance
in evoking the dormant grandeur, in multiplying the
morality, and in developing the industrial and com-
mercial resources of the race submitted to its in•
fluence. Nothing, indeed, could afford a more tran-
scendent theme for the contemplation of a philosophic
and synthetical intellect. The growth of a solitary
mind, the fabrication of an individual fo-tune, the
gradual unfolding of a single disposition is 'of itself a
glorious and instructive matter for investigation.
How infinitely is the importanceo of conjecture mag-
nified when the subject is not one, but
multiple—when
we are observant of the aggregate men, ntot of the
unit man—when we are vaticinating n
futurity of a citizen, but upon the prosopecutfon of an
the
entire people. It is one among the numberless be
neflcient consequences of civilization that the hereafter
of an empire may be surmised with tolerable confi-
dence from the data derived from historical ex.
perience. Under certain forms of government the

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population becomes modelled accordingly. In the
enlightenment of the legislative councils, and in the
active enterprise of the legislators themselves, we
may discern the subsequent Enlightenment and enter-
prise of the masses. The engrafting of liberal prin-
-1 oinles upon the original stock of feudal despotism,
necessarily introduces an impulsion to the
improvement of the multitude. It is the expan-
sion of the circles on the surface of the
water on the immersion of the pebble. Under the
influence of civilization the different classes form,
unconsciously, incentives to their separate advance-
ment. Indirectly they are mutually emulative.

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On Tuesday, the 10th instant, the double Chambers
of the Belgian Legislature were formally opened by
his Majesty King LEOPOLD in person. Ceremonial
upon such an occasion is in no possible respect neces-
sary to invest it with solemnity. The convocation
of the council of an independent empire, presided
over by the representative of the majesty of the law,
possesses of itself an intrinsic interest, which the
immaturity or youthfulness of such a government is
only calculated to enhance. The programme of the
session now just commenced, as pronounced by the
KING, is of unusual elaboration, and of an unprece-
dented importance in that portion of Europe. Every de-
partment of legislation is afforded au opportunity of act-
ing beneficially upon the population. Commercially the
royal injunctions are fraught with a suggestive in-
terest. While he acknowledges the advantages
which are constantly accruing to the Exchequer from
the profits which the Chambers ordained to belong
especially to the Treasury from the sugar trade indi-
vidually, and from commerce generally, king
LEOPOLD endeavours to incite his subjects to atfurther
display of mercantile enterprise, to a reliance upon
the resources of Belgium, and to a conviction
of the integrity and stability of all foreign alliances.
He enforces upon the Legislature the necessity of
encouraging, by every contrivance, the improvement
of labour, the increase of wages, the organization of
industry, and especially the extension of exportations.
"To extend the export trade" he avouches to be
among the paramount objects of his government. Is
not that the insinuation of such an enlarge-
ment of international commerce as would tally
with the principles advocated by free-traders ? Is
it not the moral reverberation of the sentiments
inculcated by the League and enforced by the British
Parliament ? Are not those declarations inaugurative
of the dissemination of our free-trade doctrines
throughout the states and principalities of the Conti-
nent? Cordially we hope so. Nor are we elated
by mere aspirations ; our anticipatory joy has a more
stable foundation. The spread of those principles of
political economy which were rendered triumphant
in Westminster by the dignified reparation of Sir
ROBERT PEEL, and which are now being promulgated
in foreign lands by the unaffected but impressive
oratory of RICIIARD COBDEN, is insured by their
innate justice.
Notwithstanding the immunity of the Belgian
agriculturists, as far as the latent potato crop is con-
cerned, the universal failure of the rye harvest is
acting as prejudicially to their interests, and conse-
quently to the interests of the multitude, as the vege-
table murrain did in 1845. Upon this particular King
LEOPOLD comments with considerable earnestness,
and offers a variety of sagacious and benevolent sug-
gestions. The prosecution of the public works, the
assistance of railway speculation, the canalization of
the Campine, the irrigation and drainage of unculti-
vated tracks—all present opportunities for the exer-
cise of individual and official generosity, for the pre-
servation of the operatives from destitution,
and ultimately for the reclamation of extensive
territories which have hitherto remained un-
occupied and unremunerative. From the stagna-
tion of trade among those engaged in linen manufac-
tures, the necessity of some immediate and liberal
interference is heightened, and upon the existence of
that necessity the KING speaks explicitly enough. In
every emergency his MAJESTY appears to be conscious
of the heavy responsibilities concentrated upon his
own shoulders. The sense of that responsibility is
one of the surest safeguards of a community ; and
from this inaugurative address, it appears to augur
an effectual exertion for the relief of the suffering
Belgians.
Besides paying sedulous attention to the mercantile,
physical, sanatory, and municipal exigencies of his
subjects, King LEOPOLD endeavours to keep pace
with the advancing spirit of this generation, as far
as moral and intellectual education are concerned.
The enactments relating to secondary instruction
require, according to his view, the especial super-
vision of the Chambers. "My Government," says
he, "recommends this grand moral question to your
enlightened solicitude." In subsequent portions of
the royal speech allusions are likewise made to the
advisability of elevating the minds, of purifying
the hearts, of strengthening the muscles, of re-invigo-
rating the frames, and of enlarging the ambition of
the population.

Inasmuch as the language uttered by King LEO-
POLD is indicative of an anxiety on the part of that
Sovereign, and on the part of the subordinate members
of that Legislature, to better the condition of the
Belgian people, as well as to sustain the dignity of
the empire, we are gratified with the cir-
cumstances under which the session of 1847
has dawned. In that address we have a
guarantee that the principles of civilization and the
doctrines of social and political freedom are fructify-
ing among nations. Beyond this we recognise the
fact that in his intimate relations with the dynasties
of England and France King LEOPOLD has extracted
the most generous and humanizing lessons from the
Governments of those countries ; that he is striving
to emulate those who have been regarded as the
benefactors of the people; and that he is endeavouring
to ensure to his subjects the blessings of Constitu-
tional Monarchy.

It is impossible to peruse the report of an applica-
tion that was made on Moniay last (and which
appeared in the columns of The Sun the following
day) on behalf of a lady named SUUTTLEWORTII, with-
out being forcibly struck at the extraordinary and
anomalous state of the law with respect to lunatics,
or alleged lunatics. It is the proudest boast of
Englishmen, that the meanest British subject is
shielded and protected, and that his liberty cannot be
interfered with, or abridged with impunity, by the
most exalted in the realm. That liberty is guarded
with the utmost jealousy, for every man feels that its
unconstitutional violation in the person of another
might form a precedent that might hereafter
be turned against himself. So strong was
this feeling, that arrest on mesne process was
abolished, although many erroneously asserted
that its continuance was necessary for com-
mercial security, because it was justly considered
that it was most, improper to permit any person to be
taken into custody until it had bean proved before a
competent tribunal that he was fairly and truly in-
debted to the party complaining against him ; even
the oath of the plaintiff, which the law had formerly
rendered a condition precedent to an arrest, and any
violation of which was severely punishable, both
civilly and criminally, not being considered a suffi-
cient guarantee for the due preservation of the liberty
of the subject.

There is, however, a marked distinction between
one particular case and all others. The moment a cry
of lunacy is raised, the moment the sanity of the indi-
vidual is questioned, all protection is withdrawn; he may
be seized on and dragged from his home and family,
subjected to the closest imprisonment, the most strin-
gent
regulations, the severest punishment, se-
cluded from his friends, not permitted to
sze those nearest or dearest to him, or
even informed of the nature of the authority
under which he is subjected to such restrictions. No
means are afforded to him by which the injustice of
the imputation can be proved, or his sanity tested;
and, in tco many instances, he is goaded cm from a
temporary excitement, which a few days' rest and
tranquillity would have terminated, into the state of
mental incapacity charged against him, by the harsh-
ness and cruelty of his treatment. All that is neces-
sary to justify the parties taking the step against Lien
is the certificate of any two medical practitioners
that he is of unsound mind ; the sanction of an oath
is not required to prove that the signers of the certi-
ficate are really of that opinion, and there is no way
of punishing them if mistaken in their judgment, un-
less it can be established that they were actuated by
malice against the individual, and at the very mo-
ment of signing
the document by which he was

consigned to custody, and per Laps his prospects in
life totally destroyed, were well aware of his sanity.
It is to be feared that the extraordinary facility
thus given to the incarceration of any individual has
too often been abused; that persons have been thus I
injured for the purpose of being coerced into some dis-
position of their property, or making some concession
in favour of unworthy relatives, which they otherwise,
and by fairer means, could not have been induced to
make ; in other instances that obnoxious and trouble-
some parties have been got rid of, and subjected to
incarceration, by these lettres du cachet. A punish-
ment not known to, or sanctioned by the law, may
thus be inflicted on any one who has incurred the
anger of a wealthy or unscrupulous person, who can
secure the assistance and pay for the services of two
medical practitioners. We do not mean to cast any
reproach on the highly respectable profession to which
we have alluded ; we believe that its members might
fearlessly challenge a comparison with any body of
equal number ; but it is too much to suppose that two
black sheep may not be found amongst their ranks,
who will be little scrupulous as to the means by which
a large fee might be obtained, or, even were they all
immaculate and not to be influenced intentionally to
commit wrong, their might be an error of judgment,
which would entail the same formidable consequences
on the victim. That "doctors differ" has passed into
a proverb ; and there are few cases that admit of any,
the slightest doubt, that advocates for either opinion
may not be found amongst the medical profession.
Surely a power so unlimited, and which might so
easily be used as a formidable instrument of oppres-
sion, should not be entrusted in the hands of any man
or body of men.
In the case to which we have alluded, the lady,
a Mrs. SRUTTLEWORTH, was seized, in the beginning
of August, while in a carriage with her usual medical
attendant, a member of the College of Surgeons, and
although he testified in the strongest manner to her
sanity, she was, by the assistance of the police, re-
moved forcibly to a lunatic asylum in the neighbour-
hood of town, where she has since been detained,
without her friends being permitted to see her or hear
from her, or even to see the certificate under which
she was detained, until application to a judge was
made to enable them to do so. The medical gentle-
man, Dr. QUAIL, who had attended her, bore testi-
mony, on oath, that the lady, who had been under his
care for five years, was of sound mind, and he was
corroborated by the affidavits of three other persons,
who had full opportunities of forming a judgment.
It appears that the lady had lived in strict retirement
for some time, and that the parties pro-
ceeding against her were utter strangers
to her. The application for a habeas corpus was
granted, and we may speedily expect to hear more of
the subject, unless a compromise takes place, as in Mrs.
CUMMING'S case.

Comment is quite unnecessary on the foregoing
facts. They show the imperative necessity for legis
lative interference—for the law being placed on a
ounder and more correct footing. We trust that
they may not be without effect in procuring its
speedy revision. It is a question on which every
citizen is interested, and we hope that each will call
the attention of his representative, in order that the
stain cn our law may no longer be permitted or
sanctioned.

The Grand Council of Basle determined on the
sth instant to adopt the propDsitions of the committee
for a reform in the constitution.

The new Haniburgh Gazette publishes the address
of the States of Schleswig-Holstein to the King of
DENMARK, in reply to the letter patent of his MA-
JESTY on the Bth July last. The States say that,they
saw with astonishment in the letter patent, and in
the proclamation of the 18th September, an opinion
expressed which is in direct contradiction to the fun-
damental law of the constitution of the duchies,
and in violation of their independence. The States
deny that the law of succession of Denmark is
applicable to the duchies, and proceed in their ad-
dress to the refutation, one by one, of the arguments
of the letter patent. The address concludes by
directing the attention of the KING to the intense
sensation that has been produced on this subject, and
which, it is intimated, may be manifested in a turbu-
lent manner, if the principles put forth in the letter
patent be persisted in.
The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette announces the arrest
and imprisonment, at Posen, of the son of an ex-
General of the Polish army on a charge of con-
spiracy.

The King of BAVARIA has just issued a decree
suspending for two years the payment of the arrears
of taxes, in order that the tax-payers may be able to
contribute funds for the supply of bread to the poor
at a cheap rate. his MAJESTY has also subscribed
from his own purse 30,000 florins towards relieving
the poor, and has ordered that corn from the Govern-
ment stores shall be supplied at a low price.

Madrid papers of the sth have arrived.
The rumour of an impending change in the Spanish
Ministry was still rife in Madrid. Senor MOM, with
the title of Marquis CASA MON, is to be the new
President of the Council, and PIDAL, PEZUELA,
BRAVO MuRILLo, and the Marquis of CASA IRUJO,
are to have seats in the Cabinet. The Progressists are
making great preparations for the approaching
elections.

MADRID BOLSA, Nov. s.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 34t for cash, and 34i- for paper. The other se-
curities experienced no change.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.

The Marquis of NOR3IANDY was on that morning
introduced to the Duke and Duchess DE MONTPEN-
SIER and to the Prince and Princess DE JOIN VILLE, at
a private audience at the Tuileries. It appears that
when Lord NORMANDY received the invitation to
attend the reception at the Tuileries, he of course
declined to accept
,it. On Monday he wrote to M.
GUIZOT, explaining the impossibility, under existing
circumstances, of his attending any official
congratulatory ceremony in honour of the
marriage ; but, at the same time, stating
his anxiety to pay every mark of respect to
all the members of the Royal Family of France, and,
among others, to the Duke of MONTPENSIER, and to
the Duchess as a French princess. He, therefore,
expressed a hope that he should be allowed an oppor-
tunity at some future period of being presented to
them, and to the other members of the Royal Family
who were absent from Paris at the period of his pre-
sentation at Court in August last. The same evening
Lord NORMANDY received an answer, inviting him to
the Tuileries this morning (Tuesday), at twelve
o'clock, to be presented to the Duke and
Duchess of MONTPENSIER and the Prince and
Princess of JOIN VILLE in their private apart-
ments. His Lordship of course attended, and
the presentation accordingly took place. The
conduct of the Marquis of NORMANDY on this
occasion has been admirable. Had he attended
the presentation he would have been tricked
into giving an apparent sanction to the farce played
by the Spanish Ambassador, of acknowledging the
Duchess of MONTPENSIER as heiress presumptive of
Spain, and he would thereby have in some measure
invalidated the protest which he had presented in the
name of his Government. He, however, as all who
know him would imagine he would, felt exceedingly
anxious to offer no discourtesy to a Princess of France
—he asked permission to pay his personal respects to
the Duchess of MONTPENSIER as a Princess of France,
and without reference to her position as an Infanta
of Spain ; as a French Princess the Duchess received
the English Ambassador.

The Quotidienne, the organ of the Legitimatists, has
1'
the following, in answer to the article on the absence
of Lord NORMANBY from the Court on Saturday,
' -which appeared in the Presse of Monday :
" The Presse endeavours to console itself, saying—' If
'the absence of the English Ambassador must absolutely
be considered as a new protest of the Government he
' represents, it must be admitted, on the other hand, that
1 the presence of the Ambassadors of all the other powers
is a very significant adhesion.' We cannot discover the
logical connexion between the two members of this
sentence. England has acknowledged the sovereignty
'of Queen Isabella, and as a necessary consequence
that an hereditary right is vested in the Infanta
:Luisa Fernanda. If England had once assented to the
:marriage, she could not afterwards repudiate its legiti-
mate consequences ; that is to say, she could no more
have any right to oppose the children of the Duke de
2lontpensier in succeeding in right of their mother to
-the crown of Spain. Hence come these reiterated pro-
-tests—hence also the necessity of not doing a single act,
:however insignificant it may be, which may appear to
,warrant an inference that she had suffered her opposi-
tion to subside. In this sense the absence of Lord Nor-

TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNINO, NOVEMBER l3, 1846

manby adds nothing to the notes of the Englisk Cabinet;
but it confirms them, it revives them under a more
poignant form, for it gives them all the effect of pub-
licity. On the contrary, the Northern Posers have
pertinaciously adhered to the treaty of Utrecht, and
the pragmatic sanction of Philip the Fifth ; for then
the Infanta is only a Princess of the House of Bourbon
without any hereditary right to the throne of Spain.
Her marriage is with them but a family arrangement,
perfectly indifferent to their policy. Her children
will be French Princes, grandchildren of Louis Philippe,
and neither more nor less than the children of the Duke
de Nemours and the Duke d'Aumale. They will not
even rank in the line of inheritance to the throne of Spain.
Therefore the Ambassadors of the Northern Powers
could be present at the diplomatic reception of Saturday
without thereby warranting any conclusion in favour
of the policy of M. Guizot. Ever since 1833, they have
been found at the Tuileries an all solemn occasions, and
no one has inferred from this that they have acceded to
the acknowledgment of Isabella by the French Govern-
ment. There was no reason for imitating the conduct
of the English Ambassador. Their principles are
different, their situations dissimilar, and therefore their
positions are not the same. The English Cabinet is, no
doubt, separated from the Northern Powers in the pre-
sent state of the question; but would it remain so if the
succession to Isabella was opened ? It was much more
so before the marriage, and there was no contact between
them at any point. There would have been one if the
Infanta Luisa Fernanda had been in a position to claim
a right which the English Cabinet as well as the
Northern Powers did not acknowledge to be vested in
her."

877 f. 50c. ; Vicrzon, 567 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 540 f. ;
Boulogne, 450 f. ; Troves and blontereau, 350 f. ; Basle,
217 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 353 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 480 f. ;
Tours and Nantes, 490 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 503 f. 75c.;
Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 38; Spanish Domestic Debt, 323,1.
I'eIARSEIIMES, Nov. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 872 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 663 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, NOVIIISIBER 11.

The Presse has another long article on the Mont-
pensier marriage, but it does not propound a single
new argument. On the subject of the course pur-
sued by the King of the BELGIANS in the present
crisis L'Epoque remarks--
" Some journals, which are never at a loss to interpret
the most secret thoughts of sovereigns, immediately as-
serted that the King of the Belgians had declared against
the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier, and that he
had returned to Brussels, after refusing to mediate be-
tween the King of the French and the Queen of Eng-
land. All these suppositions, notwithstanding the mar-
vellous assurance with which they were brought forward,
are, nevertheless absurd in the extreme. The King of
the Belgians is a man of too much sense and discretion
to have acted such a part. Being allied nearly
in the same degree to the Royal Families of
England and France, be must be equally rejoiced
at the success of either, and be equally chagrined at the
occurrence of any trifling difference calculated to im-
pair their mutual good feeling. Extraordinary and in-
decorous endeavours were made to prevent the King of
the Belgians from visiting the Royal Family of France.
He felt bound by his relationship, and his good sense, to

resist those suggestions, but, after his condescension for
Paris, came his condescension for London. After
showing himself impartial on the one side, he wished to
show himself impartial on the other, and he left St
Cloud without awaiting the arrival ofthe Duke de Mont-
pensier, excusing himself on the approaching opening of
the Belgian Chambers. Nevertheless, we have reason to
know that, previous to his departure, the King of the
Belgians wrote a letter to the Duke de Montpensier, in
which he assured him that he would soon pay him a
visit. There is no part of his Majesty's conduct that is
not dictated by the strictest propriety, and, far from re-
fusing his friendly intervention, the King of the Bel-
gians was, on the contrary, desirous to reserve to him-
self the right and power of interfering by acting as he
did, and avoiding to evince any preference for either of
the two families, who must be equally dear to him."
The Moniteur and the Journal des Daats are half
filled with details of the inscription of the Mont-
pensier marriage on the " Etat-Civil" registers of the
Royal Family. This ceremony took place with all
the usual formalities on Monday, at the Palace of St.
Cloud, and in the Salon de Mars. In addition to
every branch of the family, all the grand dignitaries
of the State, with the Spanish Ambassador, and all
the officers of the embassy, were present. At a
quarter-past four his :MAJESTY entered the hall,
leading in the Duchess DE MONTPENSIER ; the
DUKE, her husband, supported his Royal Mother.
They were followed by all the Princes and Prin-
cesses, including the Count DE PARIS, the Duke
DE CHARTRES, and Prince Plump of Wurte rnberg.
The KING, the Princes, and all the gentlemen
present were in court dresses, or in full uni-
form, and wore the cordons and other insignia
of the several orders with which they are invested.

They took their seats at a table covered with velvet,
placed under the portrait of Louis XIV. The bride
and bridegroom sat between the KING and QUEEN,
and the rest of the family in succession, at each hand
of their Majesties. Facing them were the KING'S
Ministers, the Spanish Ambassador, Marshal Mo-
LITOR, Count MOLE, the Duke DE BROGLIE, and the
First President, SEGUIER. Behind these were the
President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the
Chamber of Peers, M. GIROD (de l'Ain), M. 13AivrilE,
and other Peers ; M. SAUZET, the President, with the
Vice-President and Secretaries of the Chamber
of Deputies, the Procureur de Roi, M. DUPIN ;
the Procureur-General, M. HEBERT ; Lieutenant-
General JACQUEIIINOT ; the Prefects of the
Seine, the Seine et Oise, and the police.
Behind the Royal Family were seated the Ladies
of Honour of the QUEEN and Princesses, and the wives
of the Ministers. Around the second circle stood all
the officers of the KING and Princes. The Chan-
cellor, Duke PASQUIER, in his simarre, and the grand
Refendary, attended by M. CAUCIIEY, Keeper of the
Archives, were at the end of the table. Having re-
ceived the KING'S command, the Chancellor read the
Act of Marriage solemnized at Madrid. This done,
the KING rose and signed the entry, and was followed
by the QUEEN, the Duke and Duchess DE MONT-
PENSIER, the Princes and Princesses, the Ministers,
the Spanish Ambassador, and the other witnesses.

Boulogne and Amiens, 141/4—Demerara, 3—Direct Bom-
bay and Madras, I—Dutch Rhenish, 5143—East Indian. 34—
Luxembourg, 7(l—Namur and Liege, 39(I—Northern of
France Constituted, 10%8—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%—Paris
and Lyons Constituted, et—Rouen and Havre, 26t4
Sambre and Meuse, 47‘i—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 4
West Flanders, 3.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From rite Sun of Last Night.)
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, the
sales were 6,000 bales, at steady rates. There were 150
Bahia at 64d. to 7d. ; 300 Egyptian at 7d. to Bid. ;
1,500 Surat at 34d. to 44d ; 70 Sea Island at is. lid.
to ls. 6d. ; and 4,000 American at sd. to 6fld. per lb.
The Share Market at Liverpool yesterday was tolerably
good, a moderate business having been done.
At the eleventh hour, the committee of the Ennis-
killen and Sligo Railway, have announced to the scrip-
holders that a first dividend of 12s. 6d. per share is to
be returned to the subscribers or holders. The
original payment was 21. 10s. per share. It is to
be hoped that a much further return will be
made to those who from the first to the last
have supported the committee. It would have been
well that, with an announcement of the first dividend,
an authorised statement of the receipts had been made,
and a detailed statement of the expenditure. Here the
account current is looked for with the utmost anxiety,
as there are reports of a most exorbitant outlay, and to
little purpose.
There are some commercial accounts from America
in town to-day of a later date by one day than those
before received. There is very little of interest in them.
The exportation of flour, Indian corn, &c., was conti-
nued with the utmost activity.
In the Consol Market not much business has been
transacted to-day. The price for the Account has re-
mained at 944, while for Money the current value has
been 944 A. In the premium upon Exchequer-bills there
has been but a slight fluctuation—viz., from I Is. to 14s.
India Bonds are at 245. premium. Bank Stock has ad-
vanced to 2052, while the Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been done at 958.
An inconsiderable amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Foreign Funds to-day. Mexican Stock
has ruled from 221 to 24, and Spanish from 264
to 265. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at
59, while the Four per Cents. have receded from 92
to 914.
The Share Market has been flat all the morning excep
for the well-paying lines.

At half-past six there was a grand dinner, at which
were present the whole of those who took part in the
ceremony, with other guests, to the number of 140.
The marriage of the Duke of BORDEAUX with a
Princess of Modena, which took place .on the 31st
ultimo, and which has been notified by the Duke
himself to the Viscount DE CIIATEAUBRIAND, is con-
sidered by the Legitimatists and the Republicans of
France as a sort of set-off against the marriage of the
Due DE MONTPENSIER. There can be but little
doubt that King Louis PHILIPPE and M. GuizoT
must both feel excessively annoyed at the ill-success
which has attended their intrigues to prevent the
opposes another.
diplomacy
yx—ii grand event
marriage of the Due DE BORDEAUX. The Reforme,
a Republican journal, thus comments on this event:—
marriesdde t3lst ult. The Court of the
Austria has proved what she
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can do in the same way. The marriage of the Duchess
d'Este was first announced as having been concluded
with a son of Don Carlos. Whilst this report was spread
preparations were being made with the utmost activity,
and one fine morning Louis Philippe learnt, just like
England, by the newspapers, that he had been taken in.
M. de Montpensier, to use M. Bresson's expression, has
had a tolerable' fortune with his wife. The Duke de
Bordeaux marries, in our palace's language, 15,000,000
florins (the Italian florin is worth 2f. 50c.), and he will
inherit, by his wife, 100,000,000 more. His marriage,
therefore, secures him, altogether, about 300,000,000 f.
Considering money alone, what a retaliation !"
The sister of the Duchess of BORDEAUX is be-
trothed to the second son of Don CARLOS.
The remains of Admiral DUPERRE were interred
with great pomp on Monday, at the Hotel des Inva-
lides. Admiral MACKAU, the Minister of Marine,
pronounced the funeral oration.

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PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock 204%
,2051/2

CLOSING
PRICES.

205%

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3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 931/2% ' 93 Va
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9434 3 9434
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95%% 95%
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 9'34 9
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 10 3-16
India Bonds, 1,0001 24 24
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ......
South Sea Stock —

Ditto New Annupties
Consols for Account • 943/4 94%
Exchequer Bills, 10001. 11,0.... 11 14 —— p 14 p
Ditto, 5001
Ditto, Small
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK PRICES
20

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. _ --
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto, Account . 22%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 9134 92
PRICES or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
ItAILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONv. O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction
Armagh, Coleraine, and

Portrush l%
Belfast & County Down 4% —
.....

M. Rossr, who has returned to Rome, has been
instructed to recommend the POPE to be moderate in
the introduction of reforms, and to endeavour to con-
ciliate Austria.

22%
381/2

261,!2
40

181/2

Birmingham and Dudley 4%. ... .. 6 p 6 p
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo l281/2
Ditto New l7l/2 .... .. .......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 23%
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter 75 -
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2' ......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 214 2l/4 ......... ..,..
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 271/2
Unmet and Blythe
.. __ . ._

24',
2%

1%

Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltexham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and

Passages - 225.
Cork and Killarney ... 21,(2
Cork and Waterford ... 11A —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2%
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2%
Derby and Crewe 2%,
Direct Lincoln, East Rat-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich -
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — .
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 225/ V ...... ..... 225/8
Ditto New l2l. 16s 7% p 7% p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... ......
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 33A
EastDereli'm andNoech 1 —
Eastern Union 35 .. ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83i
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21
......
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormsk irk )... .. 2%......
East Lincolnshire ..... 11,4 ......
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• 75 ••• ••
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ......
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% —
•••
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ......
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... 12%
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514 314 vs
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 —
Ditto, New .. 15 , —
Do., 4 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%••••••
Glonc.,Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole, Doncaster, &c.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
...,

1%

3-y8

75
20%

The Moniteur publishes a royal ordinance, ap-
pointing Baron 13m-LE-ComTE, Ambassador of
France in Switzerland; Baron DE BUSSIERRE, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Hol-
land ; the Marquis D'ETRAGUES, Minister Plenipo-
tentiary in Saxony; Baron DE LANDSDOREF, Minister
Plenipotentiary in the Grand Duchy of Baden ; M.
His DE BUTENVAL, Minister Plenipotentiary in the
Brazils ; and M. DE LA. ROSIERE, :11inister Plenipo-
tentiary in Mexico.

12%

-
3%

Great Eistern &Western 2i/i......
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.

(Ireland)
Great Munster ... 21/2
Great North of Scotland 2 %......
GreatNorthof England..loo
Ditto New 5 -
Ditto, New . l5
Ditto, New
Great Western B5
Ditto 1/2 Shares .50
1
Ditto
_J;i Shares lO
31
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... ********* ••• **
Ditto, Extension 3
107
Hull and Selby 5O ***
Ditto U Shares
11-

Do. Waif Shares 25
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% 113% 12
Do., do., and Norwich 2% — ...., ....... ...
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
Lame, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... ....
Leicester and Bedford 225....•••
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c 221,E 34 33%
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ... ..... ......
Do.Extension(Greeu) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk 17%...... 15
Ditto, New
Lpool., Mnchstr & New-
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9
Do. New
Ditto Extension - 7 % ...... ... —
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 59%
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon
Guam. 5 per cent 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — ...............
London, Hounslow, and
Western
•• ...... • ••• .....
London and N. Westernloo
.. 1..9.7.
.. 1.
.....
..
:: 12937y4
Do. Quarters . 2
Do. , do., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12%
Do., Nei. 14 Shares
(G. J.)
Do 40L Shares (L. M.) 8
• .--
Load. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 67t
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 _/2 67
....
Do.:New - 30 -
Do. New
._ ..
Z'
London and York 2lh ..... _ _
..... .
Do. % Shares
London and Windsor ...
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry& Coleraine 15
Londonderry and Ennis- ••
killen l5
Lynn and Ely ..... -..... 15
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds... 82 .............
_
Ditto 14 Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths ..
" 3 . .... Bii I c.........
D* Sixteenths 614 ...... —'
Do. Extension 424,
tl3 p

33%

59%

The Count DE PONTOIS, former Ambassador of
France in Switzerland, has been elevated to the dignity
of a Peer of France.

The devastation occasioned by inundations has
not been confined to France. Algeria has likewise
suffered, the Moniteur Al g erien of the sth stating that
on the 3d inst. the river Aurach, swollen by the rains
of the preceding day and night, overflowed its banks
and deluged the lower part of the plain of the Aletid-
jah. Seven of the eleven houses which compose the
village of the Maison Carree were carried away by
the torrent, with everything they contained. The
loss of life is ascertained to amount to 23 persons
drowned, and the loss of property is enormous. On
the afternoon of the 4th the waters had subsided to
their level.

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The speculators on the Bourse regarded the visit
of the Marquis of NORMANDY as a reconciliation be-
tween the Governments of England and France, and
the Funds accordingly improved on Tuesday.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 82f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. Sac. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 892f.50c. ;
Havre, 677 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 651 f. 25c.; Avignon

8%