The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-16 00:00:00

firmly united in order to obtain the object we dasire. It
is a happiness for me to be amongst you."

The Official Gazette of -Vienna of the 10th contains
the following :—" In presence of the important events
which have been accomplished, his MAJESTY feels
himself called upon to explain the position in which he
stands, as regards what has taken place, and as
regards the future depending upon the decrees of
PEO►IDENCE. 1111 MAJESTY hopes that these words will
rectify the erroneous ideas and false interpretations
which may arise out of useless alarm. His MAJESTY
considers the change of government in France as a
matter entirely confined to that country. Austria is
far from wishing to interfere, mediately or imme-
diately, in the affairs of France. His MAJESTY con-
siders it to be his duty to protect within his own
states the institutions, the rights of labour, and the
prosperity of the people entrusted to his care. His
MAJESTY will know how to fulfil this duty, even
in the present political state of the world. But if,
contrary to all expectations, the existing treaties,
or the frontiers of the empire or of the Germon
Conferation, were threatened by the enemy, his
MAJESTY will repel such aggressions with all the
means PROVIDENCE has placed at his dis-
posal. In these difficult times the resolution of his
MAJESTY is to use all his efforts to make Austria
strong at home and respected abroad. But he will,
at the same time, and with the same energy, be
watchful that there be no attempt that may throw
this empire, so blessed by Heaven, into anarchy, or
deliver it up an easy prey to the attacks of an enemy.
To attain these ends, devoted as he is to the good of
his subjects, the EMPEROR relies upon the confidence'
and energetic concurrence of his faithful States,
which hold to the maintenance of law and order, and
they should, in these times of agitation, calculate
upon the consequences which any opposite step must
inevitably produce."

A letter from Vienna of the 4th states, that for
some days past a sort of constitution had been talked
of, on the model of the Prussian United Diet. It is
said that the Councillor of State, M. Vox PIPITZ
is charged with the elaboration of the scheme,
which after having been revised by the Baron
PlLLausuourr, will be submitted to the Council
of State. The constitution will be common to
all the hereditary states of Germany; but Italy will
not be allowed to participate in the benefit until all
uneasiness respecting the disposition of the people of
that country towards Austria has been allayed.
The Boersenialle of the 9th says—
" We learn from a credible source that a Congress
of German Sovereigns will assemble at Dresden, at
the instigation of Prussia and Austria, to deliberate
on the internal and external situation of the coun-
try, but rejecting at the same time all idea of ag-
gression."

Insurrectionary movements have, it is said, taken
place among the peasants in Darmstadt and Baden.
Everywhere the German Sovereigns appear to be
making concessions to the people. Among the
people themselves there is but one feeling as to the
necessity of peace with France. In the event of a
war, say the Germans, Germany must ally herself
with France against Russia.

Under the date of Breslau, March 9, the latest
number of the Breslau Gazette says :—" The rumours
of the death of the Emperor of Russta have hitherto
found but little credence here. But the report is
circulated to-day in so positive a manner, and is ac-
companied by so heavy a fall in Russian securities,
that we cannot pass it by in silence."

Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived.
A letter from Carthagena, of the 6th, says—

" On the evening of Saturday last, the 4th instant,
about four o'clock, a French
.steamer-of-war, called, I
think, the Solon, and which attends on the Prince de
Joinville, came into this harbour. The captain sent a
message immediately to the Consul to come off, but
the etiquette being that an officer of his rank should
comp ashore and wait upon the Consul, the latter de-
clined to accede to the message under the pretext of
illness. A second message immediately arrived at the
Consulate, in compliance with which the Consul instantly
went off and found on board the Duke d'Aumale and the
Prince de Joinville, with their wives and children, with-
out aides-de-camp or retinue beyond, I believe two or
three servants. Having received the intelligence in Africa
of the occurrences in Paris, they immediately left and
came here for more specific intelligence. All being con-
firmed by the information of the Consul, in a very few
hours the steamer weighed anchor, and stood away for
the westward, destined for England
have likewise heard, that on the arrival of the news in
Algiers the army and the squadron there were anxious
to espouse the the cause of the fallen Princes in opposi-
tion to the nation, and wished to pronounce in that
sense, but the Princes having opposed the perilous step,
they yielded to their fate without involving in it any
whom personal attachment might have induced to share
their fortune or sustain their cause."

MADRID BOLSA, Meacu 9.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 24f on the Bourse, and at 26 after the
Bourse ; the Five per Cents. at 141 to 141.

THE LATE MEETING IN TRA-
FALGAR-SQUARE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,— I beg to transmit the enclosed resolutions
adopted at our last meeting of the City ant' Finsbury
locality of the National Charter Association. If you
can insert them in your highly valuable paper you will
confer a favour on,
Yours respectfully,
ALFRED FENNELL, Sec.
March 14, 1648.

Moved bylMr. D. Gover, and seconded by Mr. Cater—
" That this meeting repudiate all connexion with the
meeting in Trafalgar-square, and hold no connexion
with Mr. Cochrane; but, on the contrary, regarding him
as a man not to be trusted by the Chartist body, we
therefore took no part in the proceedings of that meet-
ing; and consider the subsequent destruction of property
as chargeable to his account, and as disgraceful to all
parties concerned in such wanton mischief."—Supported
by Messrs. Allnutt and Salmon; carried unanimously.
Moved by Mr. Gover, and seconded by Mr. Elijah
Nobbs—
" That a copy of this resolution bo forwarded to Mr.
Cochrane and to such of the press as the secretary may
think fit to send it."—Carried unanimously.
Moved by Mr. Gover, and seconded by Mr. Fennell—
" That the conduct of the police force last week, in in-
discriminately attacking women and children in Tra-
falgar square and neighbourhood, was most disgraceful,
and brutal in the extreme; and this meeting regret that
the guardians of the peace did not attempt to preserve
the peace in a milder manner on that occasion."—Car-
ried unanimously.

REGIMENTAL ABUSE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I copy the following from a local paper of the
oth inst.:—
" The Colonelcy of the 71st Foot, vacant by the death
of Sir Thomas Reynell, has been conferred on Lieute•
nant-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., who
vacates the Colonelcy of the 9th Foot, which has been
bestowed on Major-General Sir Archibald Hope, K.C.8."
All the above persons were and are personally un-
known to me, and, therefore, I only intend to speak of
the system.
Each of the Colonels of regiments receives about 1,0001.
a year for doing nothing, which is, in some way or other,
saved out of the money granted by Parliament for the
maintenance of the regiment. He has nothing to do,
nor indeed is it necessary for him ever to see the corps.
This is an abuse which ought to be remedied ; if 1,0001.
a year can be spared out of the money granted for the
expenses of the regiment, and given to a gentleman who
does nothing for it, it is clear that more money is granted
for each regiment than is necessary.
By inserting the above in your independent paper,
you will oblige,

Sir, your obedient serrant.
Lewes, March 13, 184. W. H.

The Earl of Auckland received last evening at his
official residence in the Admiralty, Lord Elphinstone,
Lord de Manley, Lady Malet, the Hon. Captain Eden,
Captain Erskine, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne. Lady
Ashley, &c.
ROYAL Hustariz SOClETY.—Yesterday the annual
festival in aid of the funds of the above society took
place at Freemasons' Hall. The Duke of Norfolk took
the chair, supported by the Earl of Arundel and Surrey,
the Bishop of Madras, the Dean of Westminster, B.
Hawes, Esq., M.P., and about 200 gentlemen, supporters
of the society, or guests invited in consequence of their
successful exertions in saving human life. From the
report, it appeared that during the past season 22,600
persons had ventured on the ice in the parks, and that
out of that number nineteen were immersed in the
water, but subsequently saved by the exertions of the
men in the employment of the Humane Society. A
long list of subscriptions was read, the sum total of
which amounted to nearly 6001. On " The Health of
the Members of the House of Commons" being'proposed,
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey returned thanks, but
pointed out Mr. B. Hawes as the most distinguished
Member of the House present. He said that if gentle.
men present had witnessed the reception which his Ho-
nourable Friend had that morning received on his return
to the House, they would have no hesitation in selecting
the most distinguished Member present to return thanks
for the House of Commons. Mr. B. Hawes being loudly
called for said, that the fact of his having a seat in the
House of Commons was mainly owing to the letters of
recommendation which his Noble Friend had sent to the
Roman Catholic clergymen in Kinsale and its neigh-
b )urhood. The usual procession of persons saved from
drowning then took place, after which the honorary
medals were distributed.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The National announces that the election of officers
of the National Guard of Paris has been postponed
from the 18th to the 22d ult., in consequence of the
time originally fixed on not being sufficient for the
fusion of the companies of grenadiers and voltigeurs
into the battalions, for the division of the legions into
eight companies. The public attention is now prin-
cipally occupied by the approaching elections for the
National Assembly. In Paris the election of the old
and trusted Republican candidates is certain, but
fears are entertained that in the provinces counter-
revolutionary candidates may be returned. Intrigues
are already' at work in the southern provinces to
secure the return of members of the retrograde
party.

The Reionne, which is the organ of M. LEDRU
RoLLIN, has the following on this subject :

" The general els ctions are to commence in a month.
Are µe prepared ? If the multiplied and forcible ac-
tion which causes us to live a century per day in Paris
has not permitted us hitherto to organize the propaganda
of the Republic in our departments, what are the means
of conduct to be practised in order to prevent the Re-
public from being buried in the ballot box of the coun•
ter-revolution ? Those are the two questions which
are to be solved ; and time presses, for our adversaries
are labouring with formidable activity. They have not
to bear the weight of a Government. They are using
the peace proclaimed by us on the day following the
battle, to the prejudice of our principles and against the
people's victory ! Under these circumstances, are we
prepared for the contest of candidates and of doc-
trines? We are prepared at Paris, where the recol-
lection of the barricades protect us—where the press and
the clubs are agitating—and where the Government is
labouring with a degree of zeal which sometimes leads
them astray, but which is performing miracles. Paris,
we trust, will not elect any but energetic and long-tried '
Republicans. The people, armed and active, will bap-
tise, its right of citizens, and the city which has driven
monarchy from its walls will not incline its banners in
presence of fear, nor prostitute its suffrage to privilege.
We answer for Paris, that great soldier of the Republic,
that invincible citadel of the revolution. Our enemies
are aware of this as well as we are. For this reason
Paris is nut their field of battle, and though they are
rising here and there some electoral blockhouses in the
sections of the wealthy districtsof the capital, it is in the
departments that they are circulating their promises,
their gold and their calumnies; it is there that they are
emigrating with their counter-revolutionary hopes and
their poisoned intrigues. They are all-powerful there
by their property, their families, or their functions.
They still hold possession of the peasant, by
virtue of their manorial rights,: er by famine.
Thus absolute interest and the necessities of life
deliver into their hands a numerous body of
clients, whom long servitude has rendered subservient.
But that is not the only influence which prevails over
those poor slaves of ungrateful wages and isolated la-
bour. Vassals of misery, they are still attached to the
glebe of ignorance. They are enveloped in prejudice
and antiquated superstition. They are, notwithstanding
their energetic and hardy nature, like metal eaten with
rust, or granite covered with moss. They, in fine,
suffer and fear—even the mother, the infant, and the
aged who have exhausted themselves by the labour of
a long life. Such is the general situation of the coun-
try. Now we can easily comprehend that our great
Royalists are endeavouring to form a phalanx in those
districts which compose their domain, by taking advan-
tage of ignorance and famine. What can we do, or
what avails the Government against those perverse
influences, those formidable intrigues, which menace
the return of the counter revolution? This we can do.
Ardent and permanent clubs are not possible there, as
in cities. The journals are not circulated except
amongst the wealthy citizens and nobles, and it we wish
that the Propaganda should circulate some fundamental
ideas with respect to rights and duties, the committees
of the different electoral cantons must distribute a few
short and distinct instructions. The schoolmaster must
serve as a moxitetor of revolution in each commune, and
delegates must enlighten the canton and circulate the
writings of the Republic amongst the villages. As for
the Provisional Government, much can be done for this
great civic preparation, but, as our daily bread is our
first necessity, it must on every point compete with
almsgiving, promises, and labour given in return for a
vote. It must command all its commissaries to act with
energy to deliver our brethren, doubly Helots, from the
hostile influences which so fatally prevail over them,
and which would deprive them of all right and dignity
for a morsel of bread. Such is the policy to he pur-
sued until the elections. A scientific and durable or-
ganisation will follow at a later period, but our present
task is to withdraw the population of the country from
counter-revolutionary influences, if we wish to preserve
the Republic."

The National, the official organ of the Provisional
Government, speaking of the approaching elections,
says—

" What we only indicated yesterday, we proceed to
develope to-day. The event of 1848 is a social revolu-
tion as much as a political one. The right to make and
execute laws, which was formerly the privilege of the
aristocracy, and which the constitutional monarchy had
confided to the burgess class, henceforward belongs to
the whole nation. Does that mean that the classes
which have hitherto reigned are to bo for the future
systematically excluded from affairs; that a blind and
brutal ostracism is about to strike property, commerce,
industry, and science ? What an absurdity: Science,
commerce, industry, and property, have rights to put
forward and sacred interests to defend, and it will never
enter into the thought of any one to sacrifice them.
But, it must be admitted these classes have hitherto
shown but little sympathy for the sufferings of the poor
man, and little intelligence of his wants. They make
use of the feeble for their own purposes in place of aiding
them ; and M. Guizot, their most eloquent organ, had
the courage to declare one day that misery was a neces-
sary curb on the people. Hunger was, in his eyes, a
means of governing, and a majority of rich and lettered
men was found to confirm by its votes that impious doc-
trine I Such are the bitter fruits infallibly produced by
a vicious political order of things. To divide men into
categories and classes, to range them under different
banners, to give them opposing interests, is it not to
organise amongst them a latent or declared war ?—to
engender in their minds fiercest passions which spring
from war, and which perpetuate it ? On one side pride
and contempt—there envy—everywhere hatred and fear.
Thank God the war is now terminated ; all distinctions
are effaced, all barriers are broken down. There are no
more classes at present. Rich or poor, ignorant or
lettered, idle or working, we are all citizens in the same
degree, all national guards, all electors, all eligible as
deputies. There is no longer any other distinctions but
those which result from probity, intelligence, devoted-
ness, and services rendered. It would, there-
fore, be to slight the spirit of the period into which we
are entering; it would be a veritable anachronism to
pay attention at the approaching elections to the fortune
and profession of the candidates. To say, for instance,
that so many Deputies of such a profession are required,
is it not to constitute an absolute privilege, to the profit
of that profession? In that way, a man would be elected
for his profession. No one ought to be elected except
for his personal merit, for the faculties which Heaven
has given him, and for the services which he can render.
There are in all ranks of society men of merit. Let us
not go and seek them here rather than there; lee us
take them everywhere. Amongst the workmen, for
instance, there are men who for a length of time have
fixed on them general attention, and whose names are
known to the public. They have given proofs of their
good sense, instruction, and devotedness to their coun-
try; and their place is marked in advance at the Na-
tional Assembly. They will there express the senti-
ments of their brothers, and point out their wants; they
will enlighten the Assembly, end guide it through the
complicated labyrinth of questions relating to the or-.
ganization of labour. Their presence is indispensable,
and their absence would be a public calamity. They are
therefore sure of sitting there, and they will play, we
are sure, a useful and glorious part."
The financial crisis still continues. The failures
of the houses of GANNERON and Co., of BECRET DSL
THOMAS and Co., and of CIIEDEAUZ and Co.,
bankers, were announced on Tuesday. It is also
reported that Messrs. FOULD, OPPENHEIM and Co.,
and Messrs. ROUGEMONT and Co. are winding up
their affairs, and decline all further business.
According to the Constitutionnel, it is the intention of
the Provisional Government to establish a Council of
Finances, to be presided over by M. GARNIER PAGES,
and of which the principal merchants and bankers of
Paris shall be members, for the purpose of devising
means to meet the crisis. It would appear that the
monied interest, which always looked up to Louis
PHILIPPE as its head, are making use of the money
power to avenge the fall of their idol.

" The monied interests," says the National " are very
blind, if they will not understand that the necessity of
the case may impose on them the duty of adopting vi-
gorous resolutions at a moment when the material inte•
rests of the people have been betrayed. Let them respond
then to the appeal of the Government, whose activity
and zeal have succeeded in re-establishing the material
order of the capital. Let them understand that if the
concourse of devoted arms and hearts has contributed
to the first result, the concourse of all the resources can
now re-establish the order of our finances, and that when
order shall be re-established in our habits and in our
interests, it will appear to themselves as complete in the
democratic institutions, whose republican symbol con-
tains at one and the same time the germ and the power
of developing it. We do not fear to repeat that the
Discount Bank calls for the capital of those who com-
prehend the necessities of industry, so different from
those of speculation. The national loan demand calls for
the capital of Frenchmen who are friends to order, and
who can understand that there is often more peril in be •
ing brave than in flying before the danger.
It is well known that Louis PHILIPPE has im-
mense sums in the French funds in other names be-
sides his own, and it is not improbable but that the
ex-King may, through his agents, be at this moment
operating on the Stock Exchange of Paris, for the
purpose of embarrassing the Provisional Government.
It is the monied interest alone which is thus Acting. ,

The merchants and manufacturers are loyally en-
gaged in doing their best to promote the prosperity
of their country. The Con,stitutionnel says—

" We learn from all hands that the head; of industrial
establishments are making the greatest eff)rts to retain
their workmen in their manufactories. The Batik of
France seconds them powerfully, for, if we are well-
informed, its discounts amount within the last few days
to more than one hundred millions, which is more than
six millions per day for Paris alone. We do not sl,euk
of the amount discounted in the branch banks. It is by
this energetic course that the crisis will spi,edily disap-
pear, and, as we hope, give way to confidence."
The following plan for relieving the financial pres-
sure is suggested in the Presse :

" The financial crisis which prevails here at present
resembles in many respects that which last year so
gravely disturbed England. At bottom onr situation
is better, and, consequently, the remedy which was
efficacious there will be still more so here, on condition
that it is applied iet time. In consequence of the pur-
chase of corn, gold was rapidly departing from Eng-
land, and the Bank Bill of 15144 presented an invin-
cible obstacle to the continuation 01 discounts at the
moment when they were most required. What was
the conduct of the English Government? It authorized
the Bank to put astde the Bill of 1844, and to con-
tinue to issue notes-, even when it should nut possess
the amount of specie required by law. In England
Bank notes are a legal tender; that is, no one can
refuse them in payment. That simple measure was
sufficient, as from the mouse-lit that it was known
publicly that the Bank was no longer restricted
in its operations confidence revived, and the Bank had
no need to avail itself of the faculty which the Govern-
went
had placed at its disposal. We said just now that
the situation is better in France than it was in England.
In fact, capital amongst us has not emigrated; it remains
here as it was a mouth back, only it is hidden, and no
longer circulates. Such persons as hold bank-notes
hasten to change them at Paris and. elsewhere against
specie. Hence the great falling off in the metalic re-
serve of the Bank, and the large remittanc,s of crown
pieces to its branch establishments. In consequence
of this, discounts must he restricted, since the Bank
cannot expose itself to the position of not being able
any longer to pay its notes. But to restrict toe dis-
count at this moment would be an immense evil, as
never bad business more need of aid. How is that to
be prevented? By doing something a.ualagous to
what was effected in England. The means of
increasing the discounts would be by aaganenting the
metallic reserve, and that could be best brought about
by malting the bank-note a legal tender. The offices of
the Bank being nu longer besieged fur specie, since every
one would be sure of being able to make his pa) means
with the representative sign specie, discounts could be
made on a large scstle. The bank-note, it is said, would
be depreciated. Why so? Would it not be guaranteed
by the metallic reserve which would increase instead of
diminishing at the Bank, and by the amount of good
securities csnstantly discounted, and which falling suc-
cessively due, will without ceasing renew the available
resources? What we demand is far less grave than
what was decided on in England—far less grave than
what M. Gamier Pagis a'few days back decreed rela-
tive to the savings' bank. • After having flung down the
barricades which impeded. the -circulation in the streets,
those which restrict credit must also be set aside."

A deputation of agens de change, merchants, and
bankers, was to have. an interview with M. GARNIEIL
PAGES last evening for the purpose of proposing that
the Treasury Bonds should. be converted into a three
per cent. stock. The Minister has, it is said, inti•
mated his intention of acceding to the wishes of the
deputation, and expressed his intention of giving three
per cent. stock for these bonds, at the rate of from
fifty to fity-two francs. There was a great run yes-
terday on the Bank of France, but no alarm whatever
was caused, and the money-changers were perfectly
Willing to change notes of the Bank of France on the
Usual terms. •

In consequence of the disapprobation expressed by
MM. DUPONT (de . l'Eure), DE LAMARTIN IS, and
CREmiEux, of the electioneering circular of M.
LEDRU ROLLIN, which the latter had issued without
the knowledge Qf his colleagues, it is said that M.
LEDRU ROLLIN • has resigned the Ministry: of the
Interior, and that he will be succeeded by M.
CORD:LENIN.

M. de la Cour has been appointed Chargé d'Af-
faires at Vienna; M. de Lurde, Chargii d'Affaires at
the Hague ; M. de Circourt, Chargé d'Affaires at
Berlin; M. Human, Chargé d'Affaires at Munich;
and M. de Menneval, Charge d'Affaires at Dresden.
Count D'APPONY; the Austrian Ambassador at
Paris, has received orders from Vienna to remain in
Paris, and to assure the Provisional Government that
it was not the intention of Austria to interfere in the
affairs of France. •

The Presse states that the Council of Defence of
the Republic proposes to demand the establishment
of a camp of 30,000 men in front of Dijon. It is not
yet decided what General shall be appointed to the
command. The name of Lieut.-General NEGRIER
has been mentioned.

M. EMMANUEL ARAGO, Commissary of the Pro
yincial Government in Lyons, had issued a decree
dissolving all religious congregations and corporations
not authorized by the law, and particularly the con-
gregation of the Jesuits.
The iitoniteur publishes a decree of the Committee
for the organization of labour, fixing the duration of
the day's work in. the departments at eleven hours.
General Itarmorr had been appointed Director of
the Affairs of Algeria, M. FELLMAN, Under Director,
and M. LARABIT, Under Director of the Military
operations.

The exhibition of the works of art, in the gallery
of the Louvre, was opened on the 15th.

The 7'oulonnais of the 12th instant publishes the
following letter, dated Mentone, Gth instant .
"The principality of MonaCo has followed the ex-
ample of France. •The most complete change has been
made in the institutions of • the country. The principal
towns have refused to recognise the Prince. A Provi
sional Government has been formed at Mentone, and a
flag with the three national colours hoisted. The Civic
Guard are under arms,' and the citizens of all classes,
who are animated with the greatest zeal, occupy the
military posts throughout the town. The Prince of
Monaco arrived at Nice last night, and set out imme-
diately for Paris."
M. Messor., editor of the Observateur Francais,
of London, and I. J..CArLIN, on Tuesday presented
as address from- the French citizens residing at
London, giving in their adhesion to the Provisional
Government. The address stated that the French
citizens at London employ all their efforts to
strengthen the good intelligence which at present
prevails between the people of France and England,
and which they say is indispensable to the
maintenance of peace and the progress of civilization.
M. PAGNERRE thankeci the deputation for their
address. M. CAPLIN said that the Government
would learn with pleasure that the greatest sympathy
towards it was felt in England, and that in .several
democratic meetings the French flag had been dis-
played, with the words " Vive la Republique
Francaise
BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15.
THREE O'CLOCE.—The market has again been in a
very drooping state, and great uneasiness was mani-
fested. Bank of France Shares have again gone down
100 f , being now at 1,3001. Quatre Canaux were done
for the first time since the late events at 8801., or 340 f.
lower. Spanish Threes at 22f., or 101. lower than be-
fore the revolution. Three per Cents. opened at 481.,
and, after touching 45f., closed at 461., or 21. lower. The
Fives opened at 71f. 50c., and after being done at 651.,
closed at 68f. For the Account: The Bons du Tlifosor
and Roman are not quoted. Rothschild's Receipts are
at 701., or 21. lower; Orleans closed at 680 f., or 451.
lower; Vierzon,222f. 50c., or 78f. 50c. lower; the Ver-
sailles lines at 100 f., or 101.; Bordeaux at 395 f., or 2f.
50c.• Northern, at 3301., or 71. 50e. lower; Rouen at
4001., Strasburgh at 335 f., Nantes 327 f. 50c., all being
unaltered; Lyons at 2871. 50c., being 21. 50c. higher.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Mama 15.
Boulogne and Amiens, 514—Namur and Liege, 51
Northern of France, 214 —Paris and Lyons, li/L—Paris and
Orleans, 29—Paris and Rouen, 16%2—Paris and Strasbourg,
I—Rouen and Havre, B—Sambre and Meuse, 5.

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THE RIVER PLATE.—LIVERI•OOI, WPIDNESDAY.
—By a vessel arrived in the Channel, we have dates from
Monte Video to the 4th of January. No change had
taken place in political affairs. Exchange, 41 to 41k.
Her Majesty's packet, with the November Mails, had
arrived at Dionte Video.
ST. ANDREW'S JDND ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR,
HOLBORN.—Considerable excitement appears to exist
among many of the most influential rate-payers of this
wealthy parish regarding the present system of rating
property to the poor. rate. At the recent petty session,
which was presided over by Mr. Armstrong, the magis-
trate, Mr. John Robert Taylor appealed against the rate
on account of the great and invidious inequality exhi-
bited with reference to many whose names found favour
in the judgments of the assessors. So deeply impressed
was the magistrate with this fact, that he suggested
to the Board the propriety of a re-consideration of the
several assessments, to which they unanimously as-
sented.

CHARTIST DBMONSTRATION.--BIRMINGIIAM, WED
21ESDAY.—This morning a meeting of the working
classes of this borough was held in the Town-hall, for
the purpose of adopting an address to the people of
France, and also to consider the propriety of petitioning
the Legislature for the People's Charter. The hall on
this occasion was completely
.filled with principally
working men, every part of the immense building being i
occupied. A number of speeches n accordance with
the views of the meeting were delivered, and ultimately
the petition was adopted and the meeting separated.
Q. E. m!s certainly the strongest
nuteg
proof of the mathematical axiom, that "the has is always
contained in the grater."—Punch.