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LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1846.

CABINET COUNCIL.

A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock this
Afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street,
which was attended by all the Ministers.

With the Archduke :JOSEPH, Hungary has lost
one of her most wise and beneficent Palatines, an?,
Austria one of her most patriotic and intelligent
princes. Amidst all the imperial igncrance arxi 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 GOernor were ever of a liLeral d generous
character. He was not unquestior,ably an
enlightened
proportionately with the advanr.,ement of European
civilisation, but as a solitary an
of those con-
stitutional concessions "%viliela-are rendered periodically
mecessary
and the alt by the de-irelopment of the popular intellect,
eration of circumstances, but which never-
theless were blindly opposed by the bigotry
and belfu`sirr-Nsdespotism of his Princely
breWealfribt:.:l44 Palatine of HUNGARY has
entaled ibitjnisQlf to grateful remembrance of
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lajelloltirtUltryMett. It is always sorrowful to re-

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cord the departure of any ruler who has acquired the
confidence of a people, and who has invariably evinced
his anxiety to promote the happiness and to ensure the
commercial prosperity of the population. It is al-
ways a matter of earnest regret to contemplate a
vacated throne when it is 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; li
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 he 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 JOSEPH. 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-
mo ured Prince ESTERHAZY and the Archduke
STEPHEN. The Archduke STEPHEN will unques-
tionably be nominated as a claimant upon the atten-
tion of the 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 imposts, 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.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The letter which Lord Joinv RUSSELL has just sent
to the Duke of LEINSTER, the President of the Agri-
cultural Society of Ireland, may be regarded as the
official vindication of the Government against the
charges of neglect and inattention that have been freely
ured forth from time to time against the Executive,
They havelbeen accused of incapacity and helples,ness,
of a total inability to grapple with the present emer-
gency. Not only their talent has been impeached,
but their motives ; the integrity of their intentions
has been most severely commented on. Scarcely a
day passes that the most violent philippics are not in-
dulged in, and the most invidious comparisons drawn
between the conduct of the late and of the present
Ministry. Our present rulers are termed "poli-
tical jugglers ; " their policy is said to be
of the most cruel, procrastinating character,
The Premier himself is accused of truckling to his
constituents, the merchants of London, and of refusing
the adoption of the only steps that by a possibility
could avert destitution and starvation from unhappy
Ireland, in order that large profits and famine prices
should be wrung from the suffering and misery of the
people by that highly-favoured class; and this not-
withstanding the repeated assurances given by the
sagacious and intelligent patriot who has so justly
obtained their entire confidence and respect, of his
full appreciation of the conduct and motives of the
Liberal Cabinet, and his full trust in the benevolence
and purity of their intentions towards his beloved
country.

Had not the course of policy of the Whigs, for a
long series of years, been of the most enlightened and
liberal character—had they not evinced, at all times,
the most ardent solicitude for the removal of the
various grievances affecting our sister island—had
they not laboured to restore the Irish to a full and
perfect equality in every respect with ourselves, to
purify the j statute-book from every vestige of the
atrocious and vexatious penal laws, to remodel every
enactment of a persecuting or inequitable character,
to permit every man to worship his CREATOR in the
manner which he conscientiously deemed right, and
to take care that, in so doing, he should not be sub-
jected to either insult or injury—their conduct during
the past session, both before and since they assumed
the administration of the national affairs,
most undoubtedly deserved, and ought to
have secured the esteem, respect, and confidence
of the people, as it has of their veteran leader. Can it
be forgotten that it is to their exertions, while still
out of office, that the rejection of the Coercion Bill
is fairly ascribable ; that when they obtained place
and power, they abandoned the " Arms Act," -which
had been so long in operation, and gave the people
the full benefit of their past good conduct; and in the
short interval that elapsed before the close of the
session, when opposed and burdened with the enor-
mous weight of business cast upon them, their first
deliberations were directed towards the state of Ire-
land, and the means necessary to be taken to meet
the impendie4 difficulties and exigences, they carried
e Legislature the Labour-rate Act, by
through
which an enormous sum will be advanced for the
rehei: of Irish necessities, and the repayment of
at a moderate rate of interest, is
to he accepted by easy instalments spread
over a period of ten years ; and that when they
discovered the injury that might be sustained by
reason of a strict adherence to the letter of the statute,
with a courage and decision that has not often been
paralleled, they acquiesced in the determination of the
patriotic Nobleman whom they selected for the high
and, at the present crisis, arduous post of Viceroy of
Ireland, and gave their sanction to advances being
made fur useful and profitable works of a reproduc-
tive character, although of a private nature? Our
space forbids a recapitulation of the other measr.gres
relating to Ireland brought forward within I:ne last
few weeks of the session, nor indeed is 'lt necessary
to allude to them further at tkis. time. The
measures and the conduct wft have spoken
of should have silenced the railers against
the Government; and if any thing was
necessary to be done, the suggestions should have
been offered in the most respectful terms, and the
ltuiguage of reproach,
and of coarse and virulent

abuse, should be entirely eschewed and most cautiously
avoided.

We regret that this has not been the case, and yet)
had it not been so, we might not have obtained the
views of the Government, and the development of
the Whig policy brought forward in the document to
which we have adverted. The Premier speaks of the
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, all
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 assumes, 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; th:tt 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
districts, and prevent all waste or misapplication of
the resources of the country.

The following extract of a letter from Lemberg of
the 18th October appears in the Frankfurt German
Journal:—

" Detachments of cavalry, commanded by a sub-
Lieutenant, and accompanied by a clergyman, have been
sent to scour the high roads of Gallicia. They have
orders to shoot immediately all individuals who shall
resist them, or refuse to obey their injunctions. The
clergyman is to administer to them the sacraments of
the church. Similar patrols are likewise met along the
frontiers of Hungary, watching the movements of the
refugees. The peasantry are directed by artful and in-
telligent men, amongst whom was supposed to be M.
Edward Dembowski, former Secretary of the Minister of
the Interior at Cracow."

The Congress of the Zollverein has increased the
import duty on flaxen and hempen threads, but has
refused to impose a prohibitory duty on cotton thread•

According to the latest accounts everything was
quiet in Geneva. M. FAZEZ-PASTEUR has been
elected President of the Grand Council by a large
majority.

The intelligence from Portugal is to the 24th ult
The insurrection was still unsuppressed in Oporto, where
the Duke DE TERCEIRA and his suite had been re-
moved from the Castle of the Fez to the prison of the
Relacao. The mouth of the _Douro was declared
blockaded by royal decree. Evora had :pronounced
in favour of the Oporto insurgents, and
Braga and Pennafiel had pronounced in
favour of Don MIGUEL. The garrison of
Lisbon continued faithful to the Government, and
the enrolment 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 advance against Oporto consists of 2,000 men. At
this the insurgents laugh, as they have 8,000 men in
garrison there to support them. The Conde DAS
ANTAS is still advancing on Lisbon. The Mario
publishes the following letter, said to have been ad-
dressed by him to the QUEEN
" Madame,--Your Majesty has deigned to charge me
with the pacification of the Minho, to which I have de-
voted myself with zeal in order that I might duly re
spond to your Majesty's confidence. I learned at Braga
that your Majesty has resolved to call to Sour councils
new ministers ; and I was also informed of the landing
and imprisonment of several illustrious Generals. After
the violent commotion in the Minho, the boast aggra-
vation excites the effervescence of men's minds, and
lets loose their passions ; and the least hesitation on
my part to place myself at the head of the people
and accept the presidency of the junta, which has
been offered to me, would have given birth to a civil war
and caused the ruin of the northern provinces. To idea.
tify the army with the people has been, Madame, my
predominant idea, for I have considered the army as an
element of order, as the support of the throne and
of liberty, and as entirely distinct from all party.
Under these difficult circumstances, I have judged it
to be wise and politic to direct every effort to the
defence of the throne and the country. This is
what I have now done, always done, and will
continue to do. Your Majesty, in your high
wisdom, will appreciate my conduct, and render justice
to the purity of my intentions. I glory in having served,
as well as !I know how to serve. It has been by this
that I have merited the consideration and favours of
yous Majesty's father, my protector, my friend, and my
general, eternally regretted. I would sacrifice to your
Majesty all that is dear to honour upon earth. I re-
gret, Madame, that my services are not greater. I lay
them all at the foot of your throne, entreating, with the
majority of the Portuguese, that your Majesty will
grant the wishes and wants of the nation. May God
preserve the precious life of your Majesty, as is the de-
sire of every good Portuguese."

Madrid papers of the 24th, 25th, and 26th have
arrived.

It is said that the Portuguese question has caused
a split in the Cabinet, and that General SANZ has
tendered his resignation. This looks like non-inter-
ference, for General SANZ has always been in favour
of an armed intervention in Portuguese affairs.
The Gageta of the 24th contains an ordonnance
appointing Major-General JOSE DE OZORES, Seno
de RUBIANOS, Commander of the Corps of Halber-
diers, in the room of General PALAFOX, Duke of
Saragossa. The presence of the gallant defender of
Saragossa must have been a terrible eye-sore to Count
BRESSON, and we are not therefore surprised at his
removal by the Afrancesados.

The Espanol observes, as a curious coincidence,
that the Marquis of CASTELDORIIIS, whose house owes
its title of grandees of Spain to one of his ancestors
having been the first person who saluted as King of
Spain the French Prince who was the origin of the
Bourbons of Spain, died the day the Duke of MONT.
FENSTER was wedded to the INFANTA.

The expedition of General FLORES sails, it is said,
in the beginning of the next month.
The accounts from Portugal in these papers are
very contradictory.
MADRID 80L.5.1, OCT. 24.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 34% for cash, and 35 for paper; the Four per
Cents. at 2t%; the Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt
without Interest at 63/4 ; and the Coupons at 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The 21/oiiiteur publishes a royal ordonnance, open-
ing to the Minister of Foreign Affairs an extra-
ord.dary credit of 300,000 f. for secret expenses. The
-words of the ordonnance are, "for an urgent ser-
vice, the expense of which could not be comprised
in the amount of credit on the estimates."
The Journal des Debats contains the following, on
the proceedings of the English, French, Belgian, and
Dutch creditors of Spain, at present assembled in
Paris :

" The delegates of the creditors of Spain—English,
French, Belgian, 9,nd Dutch—are at present assembled
at Paris to concert together the measures to be taken
for their cornmeal interest, and to endeavour to obtain
for th4t purpose
the support of the French Uoveruine4

For a length of time Spanish Bonds have been nothing ' 1
tut useless paper, and it can never be too soon to listen
to the just complaints of so many families who have
cruelly suffered in their fortune by lending money to
Spain. We hope that the restoration of order and calm
in Spain will permit the Government of the young
Queen to think at length of the public creditors,
amongst whom are so many of our countrymen. It
is the business of our Government not to forget this
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.
Fleming, president, and Messrs. Chard and Henderson,
members of the English deputation, who are pro-
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 most positive assurances of
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
7 he Sun of Saturday :
" We may come to an understanding with the Journal
des Debuts, 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 re-actionaries 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 Debats adds, We
shall not grieve!' This gives us some hopes for the
events to happen. The principles of the Debuts 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 constitution has been destroyed,
and the freedom of the press and the liberty of the sub-
ject no longer exist in Portugal. The Debats becomes
absolutely furious against these coups d'autorite, which
suppress the constitutional guarantees. We hasten to
accept and acknowledge these fine sentiments, but
require that they should be generalised. What is
imprudent in a Princess of the house of Braganza
cannot be good and laudable in a Princess of the
house of Bourbon. If Donna Maria deserves to lose her
crown fcr 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 Debats, we 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 Bravo 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
Herald() 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 be too urgent and in-
discreet, we should venture to ask the Debats by what
generous hand it was that 6,0011,000 of reels 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 ,eith 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
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 Sepiember, 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. de Rouen, our Charg • d'Affaires at
Lisbon. He undoubtedly preached to them due respect
to the constitution and loyalty of conduct, and equally,
no doubt, was in accord upon this point with the
Spanish legation, which Gonzales Bravo left behind him,
and which showed itself so active in favour of liberty.
M. de Rouen himself has been so perfectly obliging to a
friendly Government, that, informed as he was of all
that was plotting in the Palace, he could not conceal it
from the Duke de Palmella, in an interview I),
had with him only a few days before the famous nigh;
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 be would have replied—' Assist in strength-
ening this Ministry; it has the elements of durability.'
M. de Rouen is an able diplomatist, who knows
well how far it would have been displeasing to al.
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 all that has been done. The Spa-
nish Government, with which M. Guizot was carrying
on such also as great a stranger as
himself tender courtship,
to t this imbroglio,tshil34 is
which the Debate can corn
prebend nothing. 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—
" It 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:movenaent was
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 cuff vient
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
TuouAns had each long interviews with M.
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. Gulzox 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 sums given
to succour immense afflictions. 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
2
that have paralysed the generous heart of the Cabinet.
It feared to encroach on Parliament by ordonnances.
What a noble reserve! The Moniteur of yesterday
hback M. as appeared expressly to confirm it. A few days2oo,ooof'.,doitipl-
matic missions. The sum voted by the Budget was, of
vGutueidzofturhtande
exapnenseuxstruaforcdouirrierrys
,acurded
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 expenses of extraordinary couriers. However, a sum
of 200,000 f. is somewhat dear, and many a man can be sent
from Paris to Madrid for thatamount. At present we have
a very different thing ! The Monitcur adjudges to M. Gui-
zot 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 spectai
chapter, entitled Extraordinary Secret Expenses.'
for
What,
then, are the circumstances which have given occasion
extraordinary secret expenses ? What is
darkness and shameful police which Al- Guizot is
anxious to hide from every eye ? The secret _
funds
necessary for his department were largely voted ; lie
the work of
spent them all, and then he wants 300,000 f. additional
What to do ? Do negotiations, conducted with honesty,
demand so great a prodigality of espionage? The Queen
' hands
the vote, of the Cortes was a free one; M. Bresson s
has consented with transport to her sister's marriage ;
are pure, and already the credit relative to messengers
and missions have been doubled. What, then, rematns to
be paid ? To whom ie 045 money of the public VeAsury

to be flung? What recruitment of diplomatic nwuchards
wes it necessary to make ? Whence have they come ?
Where have they exercised their functions? For what
object ? In what interest for France ? It is hoped to
escape these questions by using the expression 'secret
expenses,' but it is precisely that phrase which calls
them forth. The constitutional solicitude of the Dthats
will be necessarily alarmed by this audacity of M. Guizot.
The laws of '33 and '34, which have provided for cases
of urgency, permit the credits to he proportioned to
the wants. But that supposes that the wants are
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 anti waste of
the public money, if a Ministry can by ordonnance vote
itself secret expenses? What answer will he 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
t,netny 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 he added
for secret expenses ! And all this by an ordonnance !
Thus all the ordinary credits are expended, and
500,000 F, 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. Duchiltel trembles to be lavish, and
demands only 400,000 f. ! He has still constitutional
scruples ! Let the country compare and judge."
The Debats 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 château 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 Havre 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 fur general
traffic in the course of six weeks, were it not for the
trial of the solidity of several works of art which still
remained to be made.

The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad
during the week ending on the 27th ult. were
168,309 f., 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 23d, amounted to 243,130 f.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 82f. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 65c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 50c.; Rouen, 907 f. 50c. •
Havre, 690 f. ; Great Northern, 671 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 877
50c. ; Vierzon, 575 f. ; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Boulogne, 460 f. ;
l'aris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 495 f.;
Paris and Lyons, 505 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 475 f.

The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
MARSEILLES, Ocr. 26.—Marseilles and Avignon, 877 f.;
50c.; Northern, 677 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons. 512 f. 50c.

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

Direct Bombay and Madras, % —East Indian, 7'B—ltalian and
Austrian, VA—Louvain a la Sambre, I%g—Namur and Liege, 3%
N orthern of France Constituted, I % —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7
—Paris and Lyons Constituted, L%—Sambre and Meuse, 4 —West
Flanders, 3.

SHOCKING MCRDER OF A
POLICEMAN NEAR BRISTOL.
(BY EXPRESS.)

BRISTOL, MONDAY MORNING.

Yesterday evening the densely populated district of
St. Philip's was thrown into a state of great excitement
From the appalling circumstance of one of the Bristol
police force, No. 172, Patrick White, having been mur-
dered by a woman. The particulars of this awful tra-
4edy are derived from the orfleers at the police-station
for the St. Philip's division, The unfortunate deceased,
ho has been connected with the police for about eight
)ears, was an Irishman, aged about 30. He was un-
married, and lodged in the house of a female named
Louisa Ferris, a married woman, but who, in conse-
quence of domestic broils, had for a long period lived
separate from her husband. His fellow lodgers were,
Thomas Edwards (brother to Ferris), a cab-driver, and
Elizabeth Jones. Last evening Ferris, with her bro-
ther and a third party, had been drinking at a public-
house known by the name of the Blackbird. About six
o'clock they returned home to Lion-street on the Easton
road, and Louisa Ferris, upon going up stairs found
White and Elizabeth Jones in bed together. At this
she was very much enraged, having as it was previously
known entertained kindly feelings towards White. A
short time afterwards the parties met down stairs, de-
ceased, Louisa Ferris, Thomas Edwards, and Elizabeth
Jones. A dispute arose about some trifling matter,
high words ensued, the circumstance of White's inti-
macy with Jones was alluded to, and Ferris, seizing a
razor or a sharp knife (we have not been able to ascertain
which), walked up to White and inflicted a deep wound
in the throat, severing the wind pipe and penetrating
the carotid artery. The effect of which was, of course
almost instant death. The poor fellow staggered to the
door leading to the street, and fell into the road. He
was picked up immediately and carried into the house.
medical man was sent for, but death had done its
work long before his arrival. The parties in the house
were at once apprehended, and upon their arrival at the
police-station house Ferris admitted that she had com-
mitted the dreadful act. The man Edwards was ex-
ceedingly callous; ho thought no more of the affair than
if it had been one of the ordinary transactions of life,
hut fell asleep within a few minutes of entering the pri-
son. An inquest will be held to-day, when the whole
facts will be developed. The account thus forwarded is,
however, substatially correct.

The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will give
a grand ball at the Mansion House on the sth instant.
THE FOG YESTERDAY. About noon yesterday
the metropolis was again visited by one of those dense
togs that during the last week or two have been of fre-
quent occurrence. The early part of the day the fog
was very slight, but at about twelve o'clock it increased
to such an extent that the light of the sun was partially
obscured, and a general darkness prevailed, and the
vehicles in the streets pursued their journeys under con-
riderable difficulties. The fog on the river, however,
was even worse than on land, the staam-boats discon-
tinuing running, and by boards exhibited at the different
piers it was intimated that "No boats will run during
the fog." The Niobe, a Woolwich boat, unable to pro-
ceed further on her journey, -drew up at Blackfriars-
bridge, and remained there for several hours, but in the
afternoon the fog cleared off, and the usual passages
were resumed.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday evening a
female named Emma Evers, while crossing from the
eastern to the western side of Blackfriars-bridge, was
caught by the wheel of an omnibus ; at the moment, a
cart, heavily laden with wood coming up, she got jammed
between the two vehicles, and so seriously injured, that
her life is in great jeopardy. She was taken to the house
of Mr. Rose, surgeon, at the corner of Stamford-street,
Blackfriars-road, when, upon examination, it was found
that the pelvis was so injured, that he deemed it de-
sirable that the sufferer should be removed to St.
Thomas's Hospital, where she was conveyed in a very
weak state. _ _

UNCONSCIOUS TIIII3FT.—On Saturday, Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the Victory, at Tottenham, on Daniel
Green, aged eighty-three years, who had hung himself.
Louisa Green, a daughter of deceased, said her father
resided in Union-row ; he had for a length of time been
imbecile and weak-minded, and at times did not know
what he was doing. On Friday week a neighbour, who
is a butcher, accused him of having stolen a piece of
beef. This preyed on his mind, and he had since been
very melancholy and desponding. He subsequently told
witness that he had taken the meat, but he did not know
at the time what he was about. On Wednesday, whilst
he was out for a walk, a boy called after him, " How did
you like the beef ?" He returned home much excited,
and soon after was discovered hanging by a rope from
the rafters of the stable. He was quite dead. Verdict,
" Insanity."
The Eight Hon. H. Labouchere, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, who arrived i❑ town a few days since to at-
tend a meeting of his colleagues, will leave for Dublin
eitheripu Liesday Qz. Wednesday.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The 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 tine 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
37,817,4161., a decrease of 62,3721. compared with the
month to August 15. Of this 37,817,4161., 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.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY )

Lownow, Nov. 2.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze and fine.
OFF MARGATE, Nov. 1. —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, P.M., S.W. by
S., moderate.—Arrd. 'Naiad, Rose, Savannilla ; Ann, Bahia;
Rob Roy, Boston. Arrd. from the River and sid., Majestie,
Isbister, Mauritius • Elizabeth, Ray, St. Thomas.
TORBAY, S.W.—Arrd. Queen Victoria,
Quebec.
DUBLIN, Ocr. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ruby, Ellen-
wood, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDE, OCT. 31.—Wind S.—Arrd. Indus, M‘Millan, Dal-
housie ; Eglington, Muir, Quebec. Sld. Packet, M‘Kinlay, Ber-
hice ; Collinwood, Boyd, New Orleans; Augerona, Gray, St.
Thomas; Catherine, Scott, Jamaica.
LISBON, Our. 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.
FALMOUTH, Ocr. 31.—Wind S.S.W , light, Nov. 1, ditto.
—Arrived off, Countess of Durham, Quebec, for Southampton.
OFF PENZANCE, ,OCT. 31.—Wind S., light.—Zemidar,
Calcutta.

CARDIFF, OCT. 28.—SId. Baltasura, Webb, Valparaiso ;
Panope, Possor, ditto.
MUMBLES, Ocr. 3.—Arrd. William White, Port Adelaide ;
Lady Prudhoe, Charlton, Cuba.
SHIELDS, OcT. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Countess of
Mulgrave, Kelly, Pictou.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—Her Majesty's ship Echo has
sailed to assist her Majesty's ship Cyclops, on shore en
Gurnet Ledge.
GUERNSEY, OCT. 28.—Some spars, marked at the end
" G. W. 5.," have been washed on shore here.
PORT MADOE, OCT. 31.—The Foxdale Milburn, from
Liverpool to Swansea, on shore here at Morf
a Bychun Beach,
on the 21st inst., has been got off, and sent here todischarge.
HULL, Nov. I.—Sid. Couradene, Koster, Cadiz, and
Tampico.
SCILLY, Oar. 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.
OFF ILFRACOMBE.—Susanna Quebec.
BIDEFORD—SId. Minstrel, Cadiz, and Valparaiso.
BRISTOL.—SId. Clara, Jamaica.

NEWPORT.—SId. Joseph Cunard, St. John's.
LIVEZPOOL, Nov. I.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Tigris, Cal-
cutta; Colonist, Madras; Minalk, Rio Grande; Pauche, Ha-
yannah ; Maine, New Orleans; Samuel Hicks, New York;
Cligo, Richebucto ; Envoy,Tatmagouche ; Amelia, Shippigua ;
British Queen, Prince Edward Island; Glaucus, Montreal.
PALERMO, 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
heavy 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.
COWES.-13. M. steamer Cyclops, from 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, Oc-r. 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,

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.):

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY

Up to our market last week, coastwise, a very large quan-
tity of English Wheat, and an increased supply of other
articles of Grain of home produce, came to hand ; but by
land carriage the receipts were only to a moderate extent.
From Ireland and Scotland fair average quantities of Oats
were received, yet they were by no means extensive, the
time of year considered. As to the foreign imports, they were
much larger than we have had to report for a very lengthened
period, especially those of Oats and Beans. Fresh up to-day
a moderate quantity of what come to hand from Essex and
Kent, yet it was by no means so large as that noticed on this
day se'ennight. Still, however, the stands were heavily
filled with samples of both red and white, which
circumstance, as might be expected, had a depressing
influence upon the demand. We consider the trade, for all
descriptions, exceedingly dull, at a decline in the quotations
paid on Monday last, of from is to 2s per quarter; and, at
the close of business, a large portion of the supply was left
over for Wednesday. With fine Foreign Wheat, we were
fairly supplied; yet, considering the immense quantity of
English brought forward, the holders were tolerably firm.
All kinds, however, were very dull, at an abatement in value,
of from is to 2s per quarter, and very little inclination was
manifested en the part of the buyers to get into stock even
at that decline. A few hundred quarters of bonded Wheat
were taken for export ; but, fur speculative purposes,
so little was doing, that prices were almost nominal.
The supply of English Barley was but moderate; that of
Foreign—a large portion of which was fit for malting pur-
poses—great. All descriptions were very, dull, and the
quotations ruled from 2s to 3s per quarter beneatholast week's
value. With Malt we were scantily supplied. The trade
was, therefore, tolerably steady, at unaltered quotations. The
quantity of Oats on offer was very large; however, the Oat
trade was in a very active state, though we can notice no
positive alteration in prices. The show of Foreign Beans
was good, that of English dull. The sale was steady, at
late rates. In Peas a moderate business was transacted, at
last week's prices. Flour moved off slowly, and previous
rates were with difficulty supported.

CURRENCY PER IMF
Wheat—Essex & Kent,
Red, New• • • • 56s to 64s
Ditto,Whlte, New 60s 71s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red. •• • . 58s 6C s
Ditto, White ••• • • • GOs G 4 s
Irish, Rcd •••• • • • • —8 --s
Ditto, White ••• • • • —s —s
Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • • --s —8
New. •••••• • • • • • • 378 39s
Barley—Grinding .•• • • 30s 33s
Malting .• • •• • • 38s 44s
Chevalier •••• • • • . 44s 45s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- _

'ERIAL MEASURE
Iltalt—Chevalier. • • • • • 64s to 7411
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincolnsh., Feed. 26s 30s
Potatoe •... 32s 34s
Youghal and Cork,
Black .••• • • • 268 27s
Cork, White .•• • • 26s 30s
Scotch, Feed. •• • • 288 32s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons • • 43s 465
Pease—Grey. •••• • • • • 418 45s
Maple .••••• • • • • • 41s 468
White .••••• • • • • • 508 54s
Boilers ••••• • • • • 568 61s

folk.. 64s 74s Flour—Town-made .. • hfis 603
Brown .. ••••• • • • • 55s 57s Suffolk s2s 543
JUngston and Ware 66s 67s Stockta & Norfolk 48s 501
SMITHFIELD.

The past week's importations of live stock into London
have been moderately extensive, but by no means so large
as on some previous occasions. In quality, however, a de-
cided improvement has taken place, scarcely any of the
Beasts or Sheep being beneath the middle quality. The an-
nexed table shows the arrivals :

From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves
Rotterdam... 32
Harlingen ... 19
Leer . 2l
Hamburgh... 20 -

•• •.•
T0ta1... 92
At the outports about 900 Beasts, 1,100 Sheep, 100 Calves,
and 350 Pigs have been landed in good condition. With all
these arrivals, this, as well as the large provincial markets
are scantily supplied with foreign stock, owing to the princi-
pal portion of the imports going direct into the hands of the
butchers and graziers. The losses at sea continue to be very
great, scarcely a vessel arriving, either in London or else-
where, without having smothered cattle on board. This is
principally owing to their overcrowded state, which evil
calls, in our judgment, for special interference. About
twenty baskets of Meat have come in from Hamburgh in
the week, but the prices obtained for it have been low.
We had on sale 300 Beasts, 800 Sheep, and 16 Calves from
abroad, but which met a dull sale on somewhat easier terms.
From our own districts the arrival of Beasts were very ex-
tensive, aad of somewhat improved quality. The supply
being more than equal to the wants of the dealers, the Beef
trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline in the quo-
tations of 2d per Sibs, and a clearance was not effected. The
droves from the north comprised 2,100 Short-horns; from the
western and midland districts, 900 Herefords, Runts, Devons,
&c.; from other parts of England, 700 of various kinds;
from Ireland, 90, and from Scotland, 120 beasts. The num-
bers of Sheep were not so large as those exhibited on Mon-
day last; yet the Mutton trade was in a sluggish state, and
the currencies declined 2d per 81b. In Calves, the supply of
which was good, very little was doing, and the prices had a
downward tendency. Pigs moved off slowly on easier terms.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

s. d. s.
Inferior Beasts • • .. 2 8 2 10
Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 2
Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 8
Prime Scots • • •... 3 10 4 0
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2
Prime small ditto • • 4 4 4 g
Suckling Calves ..18 0 29 0
inferior Sheep •• • 4 0 4 2

s. cl, to s. d.
Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 4 10
Southdown Wethe,. 5 0 b 2
Ditto out of the wool
Large Hogs .. ••• • 3 8 4 4
Small Porkers ••. • 4 4 4 6
Quarter old Pigs .. 16 0 19 0
Lambs .. .. ••.• . • 0 0 0 0