The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBErt 3, 1846.

With the Archduke JOSEPH', Hungary has lost
one of her most wise and beneficent Palatines, and
Austria one of her most patriotic and intelligent
princes. Amidst all the imperial igncrance and po-
litical retrogression of those territories, while the in-
stitutions of the country were falling into an almost
irreparable state of dilapidation, and the antiquated
principles of the feudal ages were gaining new advo-
cates in the Cabinet of Vienna, the views of this
lamented Governor were ever cf a liberal and generous
character. Re was not unquestionably enlightened
proportionately with the advancement of European
civilisation, but as a solitary advocate of those con-
stitutibnal concessions which are rendered periodically
necessary by the development of the popular intellect,
and the alteration of circumstances, but which never-
andtheless were blindly opposed by the bigotry
hereditary despotism of his Princely
brethren, the late Palatine of Husicaar has
.aterul remembrance of
always sorrowful to re-
ler who has acquired the
•ho has invariably evinced
)piness and to ensure the
population. It is al-
'egret to contemplate a
remembered at the

same time that its recent occupant was illustrious
as a national benefactor. But it is peculiarly sorrow-
ful, peculiarly matter for regret, when we are con-
scious that the excellence and efficiency of the suc-
cessor of the deceased is rendered more than ever
dubious by the fact of the Palatine being elective
instead of hereditary. In the course of nature the
anointed head is hardly swathed in its shroud, the
new escutcheon barely hung upon the mausoleum, be-
fore the eyes of a community are turned with mingled
anxiety and curiosity to the quarter whence the suc-
ceeding ruler is most likely to appear. However
such may jar upon our susceptibilities, it is solely the
consequence of one of the most divine of ordinances ;
it is the fulfilment of that mysterious scheme, both
in the moral and physical world, which the Poet of
Poets has defined, where he says, " All things are
recreated." At this moment the destinies not merely
of Hungary, but of the Germanic body likewise,
are to a considerable extent dependent upon the
selection which must be made from the four candi-
dates offered by the Crown to the discrimination of
the Diet. 'With that selection may be decided the
social and political retrogression or advance-
ment of many millions of the human race, because it
is mainly upon the impetus afforded to, or the obstruc-
tion raised against, the supreme councils by his Im-
perial Highness the Prince Palatine of HUNGARY
that the condition and prospects of that vast empire
are'dependent.
The astonishing influence thus acquired by the
Hungarians, and the uniformity with which, during
the last quarter of a century, that influence has been
exerted in behalf of enlightenment and political eman-
cipation, are principally attributable to the intel-
ligence, the independence, and the benignity of the
late Archduke Josurn. We are, therefore, most so-
licitous that that influence and liberality may not be
lost by the election of an incompetent candidate; we are
most desirous that the successor of so eminent and laud-
able a representative (of the EMPEROR should in some
measure be endowed with similar qualities. Two of
the four candidates for the Palatinate are already ru-
moured Prince ESTERHAZY and the Archduke
STEPHEN. The Archduke STEPHEN will unques-
tionably be nominated as a claimant upon the atten-
tion of fhe Diet, and there is but little question that
his claims to their favour will be sufficiently
substantiated to ensure his election. Sincerely do
we hope that such may be the result of the approach-
ing deliberation. A fitter successor to the Archduke
JOSEPH could scarcely be discovered in the central
districts of the Continent than his son the Archduke
STEPHEN, at present Governor of Bohemia. Imbued
with as earnest an anxiety for the regeneration of his
country, and gifted with more eminent abilities for
the fulfilment of that high ambition ; possessed of
more youthful energies, and master already of the
enthusiasm of the Hungarians, this Prince would, if
declared the Lord-Lieutenant of that province,
be the almost certain instrument of the social
liberation of the people, and of the healthy
consolidation of the powers of that enormous
empire. Identified even now with the cause of free-
trade, Hungary would thus be enabled to declare
herself definitely in favour of the total removal of
restrictive imnposts, and thereby disseminate those
noble principles of political economy among surround-
ing states. Should such be the case, as would be
almost inevitable on the elevation of the Archduke
STEPHEN to the vacant authority, we should, in time,
be enabled to enter upon a system of reciprocal
benefit with the population of those dominions. Our
merchandise would be freely introduced to the ports
situated on the Baltic, from Oldenburg to Pomerania,
and further eastwards to Russia, from Otterndorf to
Dollart, and south-westwards to the Zuider Zee.

Of this consequence there would be every assurance
on the nomination of his Imperial Highness the
Archduke STEPHEN] to the dignity of Palatine of
Hungary. Of that nomination there is now happily
but little question. All Hungary, all Austria, all
Europe, are looking with confidence for this welcome
announcement. We shall, however, be filled with
anxiety until the arrival of the intelligence.

which we have adverted. The Premier sp€aks of tha
hopes and expectations of himself and his colleagues,
"that landed proprietors would have commenced
works of drainage, and other improvements on their
own account—thus employing the people on their own
estates, and rendering the land more productive for
the future." Had that been the case, it would
only be the surplus labour which would
have been employed on the roads, and other
works not immediately profitable. His Lordship
then explains that the Act was put into operation in
a different spirit from that intended, that it was taken
for granted that the public works were the chief ob-
jects to be regarded, in place of being merely auxi-
liary to private exertion and private expenditure,
and he explains how, although lamenting the wrong
direction in which the Act had been turned, they yet
sanctioned the deviation from the law and the ad-
vance of money for private works of a beneficial cha-
racter. He shows the utter impossibility and the
impolicy of any attempt by the Executive to
maintain the usual price of food in a season of scar-
city that affects all European nations; that the at-
tempt to feed one part might, if successful, starve
another part of the people ; and that, therefore, Ell
that has been attempted by the Government has
been to endeavour to create a provision trade,
at fair mercantile prices, where no provision trade
has hitherto existed, and where, without assistance,
none might be willing to undertake a new and un-
popular occupation. Having thus stated the lengths
to which the Government have gone, or are prepared
to go, on this most difficult and perplexing question,
his Lordship points out, in a masterly manner, that
what cannot he done by the State may be achieved
by individual and social exertions. He gssumes, as
the fable mentions HERCULES to have done to the
waggoner, that the proprietors must put their own
shoulders to the wheel—must exert themselves
strenuously for the mitigation of the evil; that there
is nothing to prevent them from purchasing pro-
visions and disposing of the supplies so obtained at
cheap and reasonable rates. This has already been
done with good effect in Scotland, and may
be had recourse to in Ireland with the most
beneficial results. So far relates to the present exi
gencies of the country. The rest of the letter ap-
plies to other questions for the future, to which the
attention of landed proprietors may most usefully be
directed, but which our space for the present forbids
our entering on. Most sincerely do we hope that a
National Committee will speedily give the suggestions
of his Lordship that full consideration which their
importance demands, and that local committees, com-
municating with the central body, may ascertain the
presence of distress, measure the wants of the several
d isi ricts, and prevent all waste or misapplication of
the resources of the country.

IChe following extract of a letter from Lemberg of
the 18th October appears in the Frankfort German

Jou. rnal :

g' Detachments of cavalry, commanded by a sub-
Lie tatenant, and accompanied by a clergyman, have been
sen tc to scour the high roads of Gallicia. They have
orders to shoot immediately all individuals who shall
res• Ist them, or refuse to obey their injunctions. The
clef gyman is to administer to them the sacraments of
the church. Similar patrols are likewise met along the
fro itiers of Hungary, watching the movements of the
ref wees. The peasantry are directed by artful and in-
telligent men, amongst whom was supposed to be M.
Ed ward Dembowski, foriher Secretary of the Minister cf
the Interior at Cracow."

1 'he Congress of the Zollverein has increased the
imp( Irt duty on flaxen and hempen threads, but has
refm ed to impose a prohibitory duty on cotton thread•

According to the latest accounts everything was
quiet in Geneva. M. FAZEZ-PASTEUR has beEn
elect€ President of the Grand Council by a large
maim ity.

The• intelligence from Portugal is to the 24th ult•
The in Si irrection was still unsuppressed in Oporto, where
the Di Lke DE TERCEIRA and his suite had been re-
moved from the Castle of the Foz to the prison of the
Relac lc . The mouth of the Douro was declared
blocka ,ded by royal decree. Evora had pronounced
in fa ,v our of the Oporto insurgent!, and

Bra 22 an Pennafiel had nronounced in
Lisbon continued faithful to the Government, and
the en t't )lment of the volunteer battalions was com-
pleted. It is said the KING has given up the idea of
taking 'the command of the troops. The force ordered

to adv: to ce against Oporto consists of 2,000 men. At
this the insurgents laugh, as they hare 8,000 men in
garris( )r there to support them. The Conde DAS
ANTAS is still advancing on Lisbon. The I)iario
publis- the following letter, said to have been ad-
dresse 3 by him to the QUEEN :-
" M a, lame,--Your Majesty has deigned to charge me
with tl 3( pacification of the Minho, to which I have de-
voted i oyself with zeal in order that I might duly re-
spond t 4 ) your Majesty's confidence. I learned at Braga
that ye., 1r Majesty has resolved to call to your councils
new n nisters ; and I was also informed of the landing
and in../ Tisonment of several illustrious Generals. After
the vit d ent commotion in the Minho, the least aggra-
vation excites the effervescence of men's minds, and
lets lc o: ;e their passions ; and the least hesitation on
my pa rt to place myself at the head of the people
and a cc 'ept the presidency of the junta, which has
been c if red to me, would have given birth to a civil war
and ca a ied the ruin of the northern provinces. To iden-
tify th 3 army with the people has been, Madame, my
predor; ii nant idea, for I have considered the army as an
elemen t of order, as the support of the throne and
of libeii y, and as entirely distinct from all party.
Under t hese difficult circumstances, I have judged it
to be si ise and politic to direct every effort to the
defent :e of the throne and the country. This is
what .1 have now done, always done, and will
contin u e to do. Your Majesty, in your high
wisdo 33 , will appreciate my conduct, and render justice
to the r urity of my intentions. I glory in having served,
as wel 1 as :I know how to serve. It has been by this
that I have merited the consideration and favours of
yous M ajesty's father, my protector, my friend, and my
general , eternally regretted. I would sacrifice to your
Maje st y all that is dear to honour upon earth. I re-
gret, 3 ladame, that my services are not greater. I lay
them i dl at the foot of your throne, entreating, with the
majo ri ty of the Portuguese, that your Majesty will
gran t the wishes and wants of the nation. May God
pres er ve the precious life of your Majesty, as is the de-
sire of every good Portuguese."

Madrid papers of the 24th, 25th, and 26th have
bed.
It is said that the Portuguese question has caused
split in the Cabinet, and that General SANZ has
iclered his resignation. This looks like non•inter-
ence, for General SANZ has always been in favour

un armed intervention in Portuguese affairs.

The Gaceta of the 24th contains an ordonnance,
ap pointing Major-General JOSE DE OZORES, Seno,
de RumANos, Commander of the Corps of Halber-
dic Ts, in the room of General PALAFOX, Duke of
Sa. tgossa. The presence of the gallant defender of
Sai gossa must have been a terrible eye-sore to Count
BR 2 ssoN, and v►e are not therefore surprised at his
rep 1 3val by the Afrancesados.

`_ V he Espanol observes, as a curious coincidence,
tha t the Marquis of CASTELDORIIIS, whose house owes
its ti tle of grandees of Spain to one of his ancestors
hay ii ig been the first person who saluted as King of
Sp(ii n the French Prince who was the origin of the
bons of Spain, died the day the Duke of MONT-
PE/ it lER was wedded to the INFANTA.

511 le expedition of General FLORES sails, it is said,
in Lb e beginning of the next month.
al le accounts from Portugal in these papers are
very contradictory.
MA DRID BorsA, Ocr.. 24.—The Three per Cents. were
done I A 34% for cash, and 35 for paper; the Four per
Cents at 214 ; the Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt
Ivithce It Interest at 634 ; and the Coupons at 20.

IV e have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Sat a: day.

n le Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, open-
ing to the Minister of Foreign Affairs an extra-
ord ;ary credit of 300,000 f. for secret expenses. The
we nls of the ordonnance are, "for an urgent ser-
fe, the expense of which could not be comprised
in the amount of credit on the estimates."

The Journal des Debats contains the following, on

tl e proceedings of the English, French, Belgian, and
D; itch creditors of Spain, at present assembled in

is

" tie delegates of the creditors of Spain—English,
Fre 21 h, Belgian, and Dutch—are at present assembled
at Pa: is to concert together the measures to be taken
for thi •ir commcn interest, and to endeavour to obtain
for flu .t purpose the support of the French Government
For a length of time Spanish Bonds have been nothing
but ui eless paper, and it can never be too soon to listen
to the just complaints of so many families who have
cruell 3 suffered in their fortune by lending money to
Spam i, We hope that the restoration of order and calm
in Spi in will permit the Government of the young
Que, n to think at length of the public creditors,
sum lg it whom are so many of our countrymen. It

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1846.

is the business iktr Government not to terget tins
sacred duty, and we see with pleasure that it not only
of itself is busied about this affair, but accords all
its support to the delegates. On Wednesday, Mr.
Heming, president, and Messrs. Chard and Henderson,
members of the English deputation, who are p-o-
-ceeding to Madrid to prosecute this affair, in the in-
terest of all the creditors of Spain, had the honour
of an audience from the Minister of Foreign Affairs
and received from him the moat positive assurances es'
assistance. After having communicated to the dele-
gates of the other committees the result of their inter-
view, they sent to the Minister the following letter
Sir,—Permit us to express to you our gratitude and
sincere thanks for the reception, at once flattering and
favourable, which your Excellency was pleased to give
us when we appeared before you, as the representatives
of the foreign creditors of Spain. We reckon on the pro-
mise of your assistance as on the representations already
addressed on your own part to the Spanish Government,
for the success of our just cause, and thereby your Excel-
lency will have assured to your country the gratitude,
thanks, and goodwill of a crowd of persons of all coun-
tries interested in the Spanish debt. We have to add
that a meeting, at which the delegates of the committees
of France, Belgium, and Holland were present, it was
unanimously resolved to express to your Excellency the
part which they took in the satisfaction which we felt
after having been received by you.'"
The National thus admirably turns to account the
admissions made by the Debats in an article on the
affairs of Portugal, a translation of which we gave in
The Sun of Saturday
We may come to an understanding with the Journal
des Debats, for there are days on which it approaches
much nearer to the National than to royalty, Here is a
good augury. , In its number of yesterday it expressed
itself with regard to the Queen of Portugal, and more
particularly to the band of reactionaries at Lisbon, with
an extremely gracious tergiversation. It said, Donna
Maria is an imprudent Princess, who may lose her crown
in the game she is playing ! and the Debate. adds, We
shall not grieve!' This gives us some hopes for the
events to happen. The principles of the Debate are so
sound that they may be carried a long way without
spoiling—they may cross the Estramadura, and be appli-
cable at Madrid as well as at Lisbon. This journal is
indignant, because the constita'ion has been destroyed.
and the freedom of the press and the liberty of the sub
jest no longer exist in Portugal. The Debate becomes
absolutely f rious azairst these coups d'autorite, which
suppress the constitutional guarantees. We hasten to
accept and acknowledge these fine sentiments, but
require that they should he generalised. What is
imprudent in a Princess of the house of Bracranza
cannot be g god and laudable in a Princess of the
house of Bourbon. If Donna Maria deserves to lose her
crown for having destroyed a constitution and anni-
hilated the liberty of the subject and the freedom of the
press, what does Maria Christina deserve for having
done as much or worse in Spain ? To give a little lift
to the logic of the Debate, v. e humbly request it to tell
us whether Maria Christina and her friends at Madrid,
have had nothing to do with the coup d'autorite which it
now condemns. Can this journal, so well informed as it
is, be ignorant that Gonzales 11 avo and Costa Cabral
have entered into this conspiracy ? Does it not know
with how much enthusiasm this audacious act was re-
ceived in the Palace of Madrid ? Has it not read in the
Heraldo and the Spanish correspondence. manufactured
under the eye of M. Guizot, how much felicitation there
has been on the success of this measure, which is of a
nature to give great annoyance to England ?' If we
were not afraid of appearing to he too urgent and in-
discreet, we should venture to ask the Debats by what
generous hand it was that 6,000,000 of reals were re-
mitted to Queen Donna Maria or her agents—a sum
deemed necessary to accomplish this glorious task ? M.
Guizot had nothing to do with this. neither had Mdme.
Munoz, nor her husband, and M. Bresson, who is inno
cence itself, has never been consulted, nor knew a word
about what was going on. Our Government detests coun-
ter-revolutions—particularly when they fail; and it is so
ill served by its agents,that they always leave a bit of their
skirts when they go into bad places, where they have no
business to be. This is fatality. M. Guizot did not
r. ceive M. Saldanha on his way through Paris. If he
had received him, he would most assuredly have diverted
him from all ideas of conspiracy. And yet, from the
15th of August to the 6th of September, and particularly
during the days immediately preceding the nocturnal
trap at Lisbon, the principal actors in this drama were
in constant conferences with the French legation. Dietz
the Marquis de Fronteira, the Duke de Terceira, Sal-
danha himself, all non-official personages. had inter-
views with M. do Rouen, our Chare 6 d'Affaires at
Lisbon. He undoubtedly preached to them due respect
to the constit ition and loyalty of conduct, and equally.
no doubt, was in accord upon this point with th,
Spanish legation, which Gonzales Bravo left behind him.
and which showed itself so active in favour of liberty.
M. de Roueu himself has been so perfectly obliging to a
friendly Government, that, informed as he was of all
that was plotting in the Pelee e he could not conceal it
from the Duke de Palmella, in an interview he
had with him only a few days before the famous night
of the 6th of September. If by any chance M. de
Rouen had been consulted individually by any person
connected with the Bank of Lisbon, we are con-
vinced he would have replied—' Assist in strength-
ening this Ministry: it has the elements of durability.'
we,.now ear it would have been displeasing to M.
Guizot for him to have meddled in these intrigues,
which have brought Portugal to the point at which she
has arrived. Thus, it is well understood, M. Guizot at
this hour condemns ell that has been done. The Spa-
nish Government, with which M. Gu"sot was carrying
on such tender courtship, is also as great a stranger as
himself to this imbroglio, of which the Debate can corn
prehend nothinee Costa Cabral, received with so much
favour at Madrid, has taken no part in what has hap-
pened. Donna Maria, who was so much in want of
money, receives no supplies from any one. And yet
our Cabinet was struck with surprise and grief when it
heard of the trap! All this is clearly demonstrated by
the Debats, and it has a decisive reason, for the National,
speaking a few days ago about Saldanha, declared that
neither his words nor his actions warranted a belief that
he was guilty of an act of treason so infamous. What!
because Saldanha may have seen other persons in Paris,
does it follow that he did not see M. Guizot? What an
overwhelming argument! It destroys, without reply,
all the acts of complicity we have related ! Come !
come! Let us have a little good faith ! Remember
what your friends at Madrid said and printed on hearing
the first news of the event. Remember that the counter-
revolution, fortunate at Lisbon, helped you in confirm-
ing the power of Maria Christina which you wished to
consolidate. It is not right to be so harsh towards an
audacity so devoted, and the worship of success ought
not to be carried to the extent of cynicism,"
On Thursday the KING gave a grand banquet at
St. Cloud, in honour of the sixth anniversary of the
formation of the Soult-Guizot Ministry. On this
subject the Constitutionnel remarks—
"lt has been reported during the last few days that
the accession of M. Guizot to the Presidentship of the
Council was to take place yesterday, Oct. 29, the anni-
versary of the formation of the Ministry. But the
Moniteur, and the semi-official journals, say nothing
about it. It was also said that a great:movement wa.
about to take place in the prefectures. The prefects
who had shown most personal activity in the electoral
struggle were to obtain advancement, and it was pro-
posed to disgrace those who had not manifested sufficient
activity and zeal, or who had allowed themselves to be
borne down by public opinion; others, again, were to be
placed on the retired list for age or ill-health. But it
appears that the greater number of these plans have been
_abandoned, and that only a few changes will take place."
The Prince DE JOINVILLE and Admiral DUPETIT
TIIOUARS had each long interviews with M. GUIZOT
on Saturday. It is said that it was determined at
those interviews that the French fleet in the Mediter-
ranean should be strengthened.
All the Opposition journals of Saturday are very
severe in their remarks on the royal ordonnance open-
ing to M. GUIzOT an extraordinary credit of 300,000 f.
for secret expenses. The following are the observa-
tions of the National--
" The day before yesterday we reproached the Minis-
ter with the miserable parsimony of the first suns given
to succour immense of icti ins. Nearly three months
still separate us from the meeting of the Chambers, and
when they have met, six weeks at least will elapse before
the Bill destined to repair so many disasters shall have
passed. It is, therefore, an interval of nearly five
months which the Ministry has proposed to fill up
with this alms, destined to so numerous a population
reduced to the severest extremities ! But of what
do- we complain ? It is constitutional scruples
that have paralysed the generous heert of the Cabinet.
It feared to encroach on Parliament by ordonnances.
What a noble reserve! The Moniteur of yesterday
has appeared expressly to confirm it. A few days
back M. Guizot had an extraordinary credit co!'
200,000 E, voted for the expenses of couriers and diplo-
matic missions. The sum voted by the Budget was,
however, sufficiently large, but it has been exceeded by
200,000 f. But they were marrying the Duke de Mont-
pensier, and as he was going to touch a dowry of thirty
millions, it was just that France should commence by pay-
ing the expensesofextraordinarycouriers. However,a sum
of 200,000 f, i 3 somewhat dear, and many a man can be sent
from Paris to Madrid for that amount. At present we have
a very different thing! The Moniteur adjudges to M. G ui-
zet a new credit, accounted for in these terms: Consi-
dering that circumstances have given occasion in the
course of the year for extraordinary secret expenses
which could not be foreseen when the Budget was
voted, there is now opened to our Minister of Foreign
Affairs an extraordinary credit of 300,000 f., for an urgent
service, the expenses of which shall be the object of a special
chapter, entitled Extraordinary Secret Expenses.' What,
then, are the circumstances which have given occasion for
extraordinary
secret expenses ? What is the work of
darkness and shameful police which M. Guizot is
anxious to hide from every eye ? The secret funds
necessary for his department were largely voted ; he
spent them all, and then lie wants 300,000 f. additional !
What to do ? Do negotiations, conducted with honesty,
demand so great a prodigality of espionage? The Queen
has consented with transport to her sister's marriage ;
the vote of the Cortes was a free one; M. Bresson's hands
are pare, and already the credit relative to messengers
and missions hare been doubled. What, then, rematns to
be paid ? To whom is this money of the public treasury
wasto be
itflnuencVssaWryhatto
Where have they exercised their functions? For what
remcraukietm?enltvohfencicieplitinaaveaitchen3Tecco'mfaerd;
object? In what interest for France ? It is hoped to

l alt 1,,,w3 of *33 n!,,i ch hay, pro vidNi for ease.
of urgency, permit the credits to be proportioned to
the wants. But that supposes that the wants are I
known ; here, on the contrary, it is shameful wants, un-
derhand dealing! Let us be told what purse may be
henceforward pledged to the arbitrary will and waste of
the public money, if a Ministry cart by ordonnance vote
itself secret expenses? What answer will be given to
suspicious folks, who may accuse the Civil List of
placing to the account of the State expenses which it
ought itself to support? The secret service money de-
mands from its very nature a sort of confidence, and it
is on that account that it has always given rise to political
debates in both Chambers. But a Ministry which votes
itself credits of this kind indicates that it has no doubt of
itself ; but it proves at the same time that it sets itself
without the slightest ceremony above the most elemen-
tary principles of constitutional right. If, indeed, the
enemy was at our gates, it was necessary to observe his
movements. and ward off perils by which the coun
try was endangered, extraordinary secret expenses could
be conceived ! but what ! to marry a prince, welcomed
with so much enthusiasm ! for a marriage greeted with
such transport! In an honourable and loyal negotiation,
in which all rights have been respected and all properties
observed, it is not sufficient to lay out 200,00 f. in extra
ordinary expenses, but a sum of 300,000 f. must be added
for secret expenses ! And all this by an ordonnance !
Thus all the ordinary credits are expended, and
500,0001. are demanded for extraordinary ones for this
princely union —France is called on to pay 500,000 f. to
procure a prince a dowry with his wife of 30 millions !
But if an asylum is to be given to the unfortunate with-
out resource, M. Duchatel trembles to be lavish, and
demands only 400,0001. ! He has still constitutional
scruples ! Let the country compare and judge."
The DAats has a long article on the Montpensier
marriage, which, however, merely reiterates the old
assertions, and another on the affairs of Portugal, on
the occasion of a letter from a Portuguese, who ad-
vocates the course adopted by the QUEEN. The cor-
respondent of the Debats, alluding to the suspension
of the liberty of the press in Portugal, which has
been censured in warm and generous terms by that
journal, says that the QUEEN has a constitu-
tional right to suspend the liberty of the press
under the charter of Don PEDRO. The Debats
observes, that it has not the charter before it,
but it is necessary to see whether it will bear the in-
terpretation that has been given to it. " A constitu-
tion suspended," says the Debats, " is a constitution
destroyed. What is the object of constitutions, but
to prevent the exercise of arbitrary power ? If these
constitutions themselves are subject to the exercise of
arbitrary power, of what use are they ?"
Marshal BOURMONT expired on Wednesday last at
his chateau in Anjou. The Marshal was in his
seventy-third year.
The Journal des Chemins de Fer announces that
the Paris and Lyons Railroad Company will shortly
make a call on their shareholders for a second instal-
ment, which, it was reported on the Paris Bourse,
Will probably amount to 50f. per share, and be re-
quired in January, 1847.

The administration of the Rouen and ITavre line

presented to a general meeting of the shareholders on
the 29th ult. a report on the state of the road, from
which it appears that it would be ready for general

traffic in the course of six weeks, were it not for the
trial of the solidity of several works of alt. which still
remained to be made.

The receipt 3 of the Paris and Orleans Railroad
luring the week ending on the 27th ult. were
168,309 E, and from the Ist of January 7,573,815 f.
Those of the Paris and Rouen line during the same
week were 176,974 f., and from the beginning of the
year 6,945,989 f. The Tours and Orleans section of
the Bordeaux line, owing to the interruption of the
communications at Vendome, only produced 26,746 f.
The receipts of the Northern road, from the 17th to
the 231, amounted to 243,130 f.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse On
Saturday at 82f. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 65c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f 50c.; Rouen, 9071. 50c. ;
Havre, 690 f. ; Great Northern, 671 f. 25c.; Avignon, 877 f.
50c. ; Vierzon, 575 f. ; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Boulogne, 460 f. ;
Paris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4951. ;
Paris and Lyons, 5051. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 4751.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
MARSEILLES, Oar. 26.—Marseilles and Avignon, 877 f. ;
50c.; Northern, 677 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons. 5121. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 31.

- Direct Bombay and Madras, % —East Indian, 7 —ltalian and
Austrian, 25l —Louvain a la Sambre, IX —Namur and Liege,
Yorthern of France Constituted, 11% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 71(
—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Sambre and Meuse, 4A—Nest
Flanders, 3.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL, NEWS.
1 tie cotton Market at Liverpool, on Saturday, was
quiet ; sales 4,000 bales, including 300 on speculation.
There was no change in prices. Shares were rather
better.

The state of the grain markets this morning are most
satisfactory as respects the interests of consumers. It is
considered impossible that the present high prices for
wheat, &c., can be upheld. In the meat and poultry
markets also, a fall in quotations is deemed a certainty.
There are accounts from Sydney to-day to the 30th of
June last. It is satisfactory to find that some fine rains
had fallen, which had produced the most satisfactory
results, as respects agricultural prospects. In politics
there had been little or nothing stirring.
Accounts from Otaheite, received at Sydney. state
that the few English still residing in the Society Islands
were in constant and imminent danger of their lives
from the arbitrary proceedings of Governor Bruat, who
confined them within a circle of about a quarter of a
mile on pain of being shot. One of the missionaries
was fired at by a sentinel while walking opposite his own
verandah, the excuse of the soldier being that the Rev.
Gentleman omitted to answer his challenge, at eight
o'clock on a fine moonlight night !
The Stock Exchanges and the Share Markets are
closed to-day, pursuant to " ancient custom." We have
not, therefore, any report to make as to prices. Pri-
vately a few transactions have taken place ; but, as no
authority exists for the prices, it is useless to go into
details.

The circulation of notes, throughout the United King-
dom, for the month ending the 12th September, is
summed up in the Bankers' Magazine as amounting to
37,817,416/., a decrease of 62,3721. compared with the
month to August 15. Of this 37,817,416/., the amount
for England alone was 27,782,454/. While the Bank of
England decreased its issues, the private and joint-stock
banks of England, Ireland, and Scotland were increasing
theirs.

escape these questions by using the expression 'secret.
expenses,' but it is precisely that phrase which calls
them forth. The constitutional solicitude of the Debuts
will be necessarily alarmed by this audacity of M. Guiz.)t.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, Nov. 2.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze and fine.
OFF MARGATE, Nov. I.—Belvidere, (store-ship) Wel-
lington, Portsmouth for Woolwich, with officers and crew of
H.M.S. Amphion.
DEAL, Oct 31.—Wind N.N.W., mod. and thick; Nov. 1.,
A.M.—Wind N.W., light breeze, thick weather, r.m., S.W. by
S., moderate.—Arrd. Naiad, Rose, Savannilla ; Ann, Bahia;
Rob Roy, Boston. Arrd. from the River and sld., Majestie,
Isbister, Mauritius; Elizabeth, Ray, St. Thomas.
TORBAY, Nov. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Queen Victoria,
Quebec.
DUBLIN, Ocr. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ruby, Ellen-
wood, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDE OCT. S.—Arrd. Indus, M'Millan, Dal-
housie ; CLYDE,
Muir, Quebec. Sid. Packet, M‘Kinlay, Ber-
bice ; Collinwood, Boyd, New Orleans; Augerona, Gray, St.
Thomas; Catherine, Scott, Jamaica.
LISBON, OCT. 24.—A royal decree, relieving the blockade
of the River Douro, was issued on the 22d inst. The cor-
vette Octo de Melho, the brig Vanga, and the frigate Donna
Maria, have sailed for the purpose.
FAL3touTtr, OCT. 31.—Wind S.S.W., light, Nov. 1, ditto.
—Arrived off, Countess of Durham, Quebec, for Southampton.
OFF PENZANCE, LOc-r. 31.—Wind S., light.—Zemidar,
Calcutta.

CARDIFF, OCT. 28.—S1d. adtasura, Webb, Valparaiso ;
Panope, Possor, ditto.
MUMBLES, OCT. 3.—Arrd. William White, Port Adelaide;
Lady Prudhoe, Charlton, Cuba.
SHIELDS, Ocr. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—And. Countess of
Mulgrave, Kelly, I'ictou.
PoirrsmouTit, Nov. I.—Her Majesty's ship Echo has
sailed to assist her Majesty's ship Cyclops, on shore en
Gurnet Ledge.
GUERNSEY, Ocr. 28.—Some spars, marked at the end
" G. W. 5.," have been washed on shore here.
PORT MAno z, OCT. 31.—The Foxdale, Milburn, from
Liverpool to Swansea, on shore here at Morfa Bychun Beach,
on the 21st inst., has been got off, and sent here todischarge.
Hum., Nov. :I.—Sld. Conradene, Koster, Cadiz, and
Tampico.
SCILLY, Ocr. 30.—The Bosphorus, Tregarther, from Liver-
pool to Constantinople, which arrived here six months after
being on shore, sprung a leak. on being hailed off the pier on
the 26th inst., and must discharge to repair.
OFT ILFRACOMBE.—Susanna, Quebec.
BIDEFORD —Sid. Minstrel, Cadiz, and Valparaiso.
BRISTOL.—SId. Clara, Jamaica.

NEWPOItT.—SId. Joseph Cunard, St. John's.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. I.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Tigris, Cal-
cutta; Colonist, Madras; Minalk, Rio Grande; Pauche, Ha-
vannah ; Maine, New Orleans ; Samuel Hicks, New York ;
Cligo, Richebucto ; Envoy,Tatmagouche ; Amelia, Shippigua ;
British Queen, Prince Edward Island; Glaucus, Montreal.
PALER3IO, Ocr. 19.—The schooner Monmouth, Beyman
from Patras to London, went on shore near the Island of
Corinth, but was got off and taken into Syracuse, where she
was landing her cargo to repair.
GIBRALTAR, Ocr. 21.—The Agueda, Peat, of Glasgow,
from London to Miramichi, was abandoned in a sinking state,
2d ult., lat. 50, lon. 43; crew saved by the St. Louis, Degars,
arrived here. The Greek brig, Nelson. Dwaschi, which
sailed from hence, 7th inst., bound to Cork, put back on the
15th leaky, and with other damage, having encountered
haavy weather off Cape St. Mary, and is discharging to
repair
MARGATE. Nov. I.—The Jeune Emilie, from Calais to
London, which was on shore on the Main, was got off yester •
day and brought into the harbour.
LlowEs.-11. M. steamer Cyclops, front Portsmouth to
Lisbon, and the Pottinger steamer, from Alexandria, went
on shore in Thorne's Bay, about two miles to the westward,
this morning, in thick weather, but they are expected to be
got afloat next high water.
DUBLIN, OCT. 31.—Part of the jib-boom of a large vessel,
with sail and gear attached, the latter marked C. Corthy,
sail and rigging company, Quebec, was picked up 26th inst.
near the Long Ships by the Citizen steamer, at this port.

A French brigantine was abandoned on the banks of New-
foundland, crew taken off by an English steamer.
A French ship of about 200 tons, with only her masts
standing ; also a ship of about 800 tons (apparently Eng-
lish), with only her foremast standing, were seen in lat. 50,
lon. 43,

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