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of the canton of Geneva was dissolved, and con

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a new Grand Council for the 25th of this month.
In the meantime the different members of the Pro-
visional Government have themselves undertaken the
administration of the various official departments.
The Executive Council of Vaud has sent President
DEWEY, and that of Berne has sent Governor OCH-
SENIIIEN to Geneva, with offers of assistance to the
new Government. The Vorort (Zurich), on hear-
ing of the disturbances, dispatched two Commissioners
to Geneva.

Madrid papers of the Bth have arrived. The ac-
count of the arrest of a man charged with meditating
the assassination of the Due DE MONTPENSIER 15
confirmed. The Espanol gives the following ac-
count of the affair:—

" Yesterday, just before the arrival of the French
Princes at the palace, a retired officer was arrested in
the precincts, who had upon him two pistols loaded with
slugs. On being interrogated by the Minister of the
Interior, he replied among other things, that his intention
was to kill the Luke de Montpensier with one of his
pistols, and to commit suicide with the other."

The persecution of the Opposition papers still con-
tinues, and the Government, in defiance of the de-
cision of the courts of law—that articles not pub-
lished could not be considered as libels—have inflicted
a fine of 40,000 reals (4007.) on the proprietors of the
Espectador. We may judge of the value of the
official accounts of the reception of the French
Princes from the fact that all the Opposition papers
published on the morning after their entry into
Madrid were seized, lest their accounts of the affair
should be found not to bear out that given in the
Heraldo.

The Gaceta gives a long account of the reception
of the officers of the garrison and the authorities
of Madrid by the Due DE MONTPENSIER. NAUVAEZ
was '2 t present on the occasion, and the writer in the
Gaceta is at particular pains to explain to his readers
that he was absent, only because his high rank as
Captain-General of the army did not permit him to
place himself under the command of the Captain-Ge-
neral of Madrid.

Mr.BULIVER has left Madrid for Valencia, in com-
pliance, says the Eco del C'omercio, with instruc-
tions from his Government. In his way he spent a
day at Carabancha with Senor SALAMANCA.

On the 3d of October the British corvette Spartan,
22 guns, and the steamer Phcenix, eight guns, were
at Valencia.

The Fornento, of Barcelona, announces the arriva:
of the Spartan at that port on the 6th:

MADRID BOLSA, OCT. B.—Three per Cents. for
cash, 3.52 ; Fives, 22 ; Exchange on London, 361.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The National indulges in the following pungent
commentary on the accounts wEich have appeared in
the Ministerial journals of the reception of the French
Princes :

" An incontestible fact, which is asserted by all the
independent journals of Madrid, and confirmed by pri-
vate letters, is that the reception of the Princes in the
capital was mute and glacial. The people of Madrid did
rot even return to the Duke de Montpensier the graci-
ous salutations a hich he lavished on them. The suite
of the Princes were, it appears, exceedingly alarmed at
the reception that awaited them, as the Dangeau of the
Debuts is delighted that no cry of evil presage arose to
spoil the effect of this fine reception.' He does not dis-
guise the sinister predictions and alarms felt by the
Queen for the safety of her guests.' Why this alarm,
if the enthusiasm was general? Why these apprehen-
sions, if an exceedingly small minority beholds with
displeasure the Duke de Montpensier's marriage!'De-
plorable excitations,' which led to menacing clamours,
are spoken of. Vivats may be paid for, and the police
of Madrid endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to pro-
cure them, but there is no person rich enough to purchase
silence ; and silence on such an occasion, in the midst of
a people so easy to be worked on, so enthusiastic, and
so expansive in their demonstrations, as the Spanish, is
an enegetic protest. If the procession which took place
on the morning of the 11th was saluted in the same way,
it is easy to comprehend that the telegraph would not
be too anxious to announce it. It is true that, to fill up
the void, there will always be the resource of the his-
toriographer of the _Mats. The young man who draws
up this recital is of a charming naiveté. As he expected
enthusiasm, and it never came, he sought out something
which could supply its place, and this was what he found:
An ardent and rapid content burst forth from every
look.' This defies all dispute I A rapid content burst-
ing forth from every look Deny that if you dare: deny
the rapid content of a look ! The whole is magnificent
in invention and style I So much for the acclamations
of the people of Madrid! but nothing hasbeen said of the
transports of Burgos. Still something must have been
known about it; it wasnotorious that the ayuntamiente had
refused funds for theft*, and the Captain-General con-
sidering such conduct impertinent, arrested the whole
municipality, and simply thrust them into prison. He
then could use the municipal funds as be liked. This is,
it will be seen, a summary manner of governing; and it
is quite clear that if by chance any individual, func-
tionary or not, happened to be there, without any great
inclination towards enthusiasm, this Captain-General
would have soon settled the matter for him. But this
kind of liberty is precisely what the marriage is about
to consolidate in Spain. How is it possible for the
people not to be delighted? Is another proof wanted of
what is passing? The Progressist journals of Madrid
wished to render an account of the entry of the French
Princes, and of the reception given them; the political
chief forbad it. A Conservative journal the Espanol,
had drawn up an account in a most moderate manner ;
but it told the truth, and the political chief ordered
it to speak of something else. The same day the
Eco del Comercio was seized, for the eleventh
time in the course of a fortnight. All these facts
are public and undeniable. What is most melan-
choly is, that the French name is again becoming
in Spain an object of hate—that even at the embassy
itself the counsel is given to our countrymen not to stay
out late at night in the streets, and to walk several
together. Such are the bonds created between the two
nations. Misfortunes have already occurred to several
French subjects in the streets of Madrid. An Andalu-
sian journal announced a few days back that our country-
men had but little security in that province, and that it
deplored it exceedingly. Spain, therefore, scarcely
hospitable for princes whom a whole army protected,
becomes absolutely inhospitable for the merchants and
travellers of our country. Thus it is that the marriage
draws closer together the two nations, and 'guarantees
the secular interests uniting us to the Peninsula, and
this is the reason, without doubt, that the Siecle offers
its aid to the system which it has the appearance of
combatting here, in order to support it more efficiently
in Spain ! We have shown the situation created by this
dyna.etic hymen with respect to Spain. We shall, some
other day, describe in what position it places us relative
to the other powers of Europe."
The Constitutionnel and thg .Epoque continue their
controversy OR the subject of the conduct of the
Minister of Commerce, in admitting Russian goods
and ships to the ports of France, in accordance with
the terms of the recently-concluded commercial
treaty with Russia, before the ratification of the treaty
by the Chambers. •
The Danis, in the course of a long article on the
subject of the revolution of Geneva, says—
" We sincerely regret this fall of a Government,
which under the most difficult circumstances has uni-
formly pursued the most worthy and honourable con-
duct. Being a Protestant Government, and therefore
little to be suspected of sympathy for the Jesuits, it
sustained, in defending Lucerne and the Catholic can-
tons, the cause of princirl confessional liberty, and the
cantonal sovereignty. Placed at the extremity of
Switzerland, this small canton, the weakest and the
youngest of the confederation, has by the force of reason
and intelligence alone raised itself to the first rank, and
become the greatest obstacle to those tendencies towards
absorptions which the greatcantons no longer dissimulate.
The policy of moderation, which brought Geneva to this
elevation, has been overcome in the streets, and we shall
see what will be the result. It cannot ~ve conceive, be
expected that the Catholic cantons, in face of a re-
duplication of danger, will break the alliance it had
formed for its protection. The union will rather become
closer and snore indissoluble. In two months, Berne,
whence the frea corps came forth to triumph, will be-
come the directory canton, and in the Diet the revolu-
tionary party will no doubt be reinforced by the repre-
sentative of the now Government of Geneva. Such is
the situation in which Switzerland finds herself, and we
cannot conceal that it is by no means calculated to
inspire confidence."

We are glad to see in the Debate the following,
which we consider as an official contradiction of the
report that M. GUIZOT had demanded of the English
Government the extradition of the Count DE MONTE-
WOLIN :—" A London journal has pretended that the
French Government had demanded from the Eng-
lish Government the extradition of the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN. We are authorised to give to this
assertion the most formal contradiction."
The Courier de Nantes publishes the following
letter from Otaheite. It is dated May 28th :
" On my arrival at Otaheite everything was going on
well, and I thought I should succeed here as well as the
Marquises, from which I had come, but suddenly the
horizon became overcast, and war commenced at Hue-
hine. From this moment business was at an end. An
expedition of 500 men set out to bring the natives to
subjection, but it was not successful. Two days after-
wards the steamer returned. As lam well acquainted
with the captain, I went on board to learn the details of
the victory which we supposed we had gained. I saw
about forty men lying on the deck. 'Pradier,' said the
captain to me, we have been beaten. There are the
w

'ounded. We have had twenty-six dead and thirty
hors de combat.' This was the first affair. The Canacs
of Otaheite, as soon as the news had reached them,
assernt led in their camp. On our side we organised a
column to proceed against them. The Queen, who is
in another island, sent word to her subjects by her
brother-in-law that she was about to return.

net. corces being short, we WPrn t 1 f,yr
reinforcements. At len_;tb A;ildr.,l I lanteiin arrived.
We .7emained forty-two li I,'.eEnz'ro p,,;At
length, one fine morning, when everybody' was at dinner,
the Cannes entered the town, began to burn the
houses, and fired upon all whom they wet with. Our
troops got posses ion of the heights, and for three hours
kept up a constant fire. We at length drove off the
enemy, but we had five men killed. From this moment
everybody was under arms, and every night we were
obliged to keep up a discharge of musketry to prevent
the natives from burning us out. We embarked on
board the vessels everything belonging to us the most
valuable. Thirty-five days passed thus, during which
We lost only seven or eight men. In the meantime a
slight affair t.iok place at Tapouna, in which we had ten
men killed, and the same number of woundel. At
length arrived two corvettes with troops commanded by
the governor. The column being soon organised, set
out, and up to the period of my quitting Otaheite, did
not cease beating the Callus, and burning all their
houses. But the natives always escaped, and therefore
lost few men. We had seven killed and fifteen wounded.
The governor is to make the tour of the island. If our
troops can coop up the natives and kill a great many of
them, they will not fail to solicit for peace. Otaheite is
a fine country. The natives are very mild, but they are
too much attached to their Queen, and our friends the
English do all they can to excite civil war between them
and us."

The latest accounts from Algiers are of the 6th of
October.

The Moniteur Algeridn of that date has the follow-
ing intelligence from the Morocco frontier :
" We learn, through Tlemcen a new instance of the
anarchy that reigns in the west of our frontier near
Morocco. At the beginning of the last month the Halals
pillaged a numerous caravan returning from Ouchda to
the interior of the empire. It was in vain that it de-
manded succour from the Caid of Ouchda. The booty
taken by the lialafs and their allies is estimated at 50,000
dollars. This is probable from the high price at which
the goods have been sold. We are assured that some of
the cavalry of Abd-el-Kader were among the robbers.
The Caid of Medroinah has just given an additional
proof of his fidelity in arresting two emissaries sent by
Bou Maza to excite insurrection in the town."
PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 13.—The market has continued In
the same feverish state to-day, and a further depression in
prices has taken place,Threes closing at 82f 50c., and Fives
at 117 f. 40c. Nothing done in foreign securities. The mar-
ket closed as follows :—Three per Cents. for Cash, 821. 50c. ;
for Account, 821. 50c.; Five per Cents. for Cash, 117 f. 50c. ;
for Account, 117 f. 40c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,480 f. ;
Spanish, not quoted.
RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been also in a very
dull state throughout the day, and all the lines at the close
were quoted much lower, the reduction for Account being
still gteater than for Cash. Paris and Orleans, for Cash,
closed at 1,257 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 935 f. ; Rouen and
Havre, 7121. 50c. ; Strasburg and Bale, 225 f. ; Northern,
703 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 555 f. ; Montereau, 350 f. ; Paris and
Lyons, 5151. ; Paris' and Strasburg, 4951, ; Nantes, 505 f.;
Avignon, Vierzon, Boulogne, Fampoux, and Dieppe, not
quoted.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ocroata 14.
Direct Bombay and Madras, —Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Luzern-
bourg, 1 —Northern of France Constituted, 12%—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 7%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%.

THE REGISTRATIONS.
CITY OF LONDON.
At ten o'clock on Wednesday morning the Barrister
resumed the revision of the householders' lists The lists
of the following parishes were revised :--Allhallows
Lombard-street, Allhallows, Staining, St. Dioni's Back-
church, St. Edmund the King and Martyr—in the Lang-
bourn and Lime-street Ward.
The following is the result of the day's revision:—
OBJECTIONS.

Allowed.

Failed or
withdrawn,
Liberals
Conservatives . .......... 49
Double l7
CLAIMS.
Liberals Allowed.4
The foregoing does not include the result of the revi
sion in the parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr;
several cases stand over in that parish, and the return
therefore was not made out.
The Court adjourned to yesterday morning at ten
o'clock, when the Barrister proceeded with the revision
of ans following parishes :---St. Peter, Cornhill ; St.
Michael, Cornhill the parishes in the ward of Port-
soken ; and the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, Tower
Ward.

Disallowed
3

LAMBETH.
On Wednesday the revisionof the lists for this Ix rough
was gone into before J. Deedes, Esq., the Barrister, at
the Sessions House, Newington.
In St. Giles, Camberwell, there were but a few claims
or technical objections. In St. Mary, Lambeth, there
were 35 claims and no objections.
Mr. Sinclair, of Kennington-lane, claimed to have his
name inserted on the register, it having been omitted for
non-payment of the poor-rates,
Mr. Sinclair, in support of the claim, said that on the
20th of July he had called three times at the house of
Mr. Spencer, who he always considered was the collec-
tor, but he had had some dispute with the parochial au-
thorities, and he heard he was then suspended, but he
had the collecting books. lie could not see Mr.
Spencer, and the servant could not give him a receipt,
although he had the money in his hand.
The BARRISTER asked if he tendered the exact
amount ?

Mr. Sinclair replied that he did not ; he had 31. or
41. in his hand. A subsequent application had been
made to him for it, but then he was 160 miles from town,
and it was not paid now.
The BARRISTER said it appeared a hard case, for
there was a difficulty as to who was the collector at the
time.

The present collector stated that he could not have
given a receipt on the 20th of July.
The BARRISTER observed that it would have been
better to have tendered the exact amount, and the rate
must now be paid. lie should allow the claim. The
Learned Gentleman, however, upon referring to
the Act, considered that the tender of the money was
only good in cases of claims to be rated. The difficulty
was that the rate was not now paid, and it had not been
tendered to any other officer.
Mr. Sinclair submitted that the tender having been
made on the 20th of July, it was of no consequence when
it was in fact paid.
The BARRISTER said the section made no reference to
a tender. It expressly stated that no person shall be
entitled to be on the register "unless he shall have paid,
on or before the 20th of July, all assessed and other taxes
up to the Gth of April." The 30th section had the
word " tender," but that was in reference to a claim to
be rated. Whero parties left the payment of the
rates to the last moment a diffitmlty was liable to occur,
as, for instance, if the collector should die on that day.
Collectors were appointed for the convenience of the
parish.
Mr. Sinclair said—lf this were done, half Lambeth
would bo disfranchised, for no one would know what they
had to pay.
The Learned BARRISTER observed that the rate book
could be seen.
The claim was disallowed.

There was no
Of the whole claims 61 were allowed, and 4 disallowed.
wlnerSet.alNlolwareyd, Newington, there were 34 claims, which
this parish concluded the n ioa of any interest, and