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THE StlN,' LONDdiN, MONDAY RVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846.

markable ; yet, notwithstanding all these objections,
in despite of these discouraging considerations, the
joy of beholding that question settled, in which the
tranquillity and happiness of the Spanish nation
are so inextricably involved, preponderates over
all other emotions. The great problem which had so
long baffled the ingenuity of diplomatists, and the
intricacy of which had set the wishes of so many
potentates at defiance, has been ultimately solved.
This fact is recognised, and a sentiment almost akin
to exultation is the consequence.
In proportion, however, to the satisfaction ex-
pressed either by explicit congratulations or
apathetic silence, at the proposed marriage of Queen
ISABELLA with the Infante Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS,
is the excitement and disaffection aroused by the in-.
tended union of her MAJESTY'S sister v,lch
the Duke DE MONTPENSIER. The anti.eathy
and indignation with which this Is'4oject is
regarded has been evidenced in. Me most
decisive manner. Facts have trr4.lspired which
testify, beyond all scepticism, th.at the espousal
of the heir presumptive to the P,punish throne with
the youngest son of King LeAns PHILIPPE, is re•
garded by a vast number of the inhabitants of the
Peninsula with a deep ar.d ineradicable repugnance.
Nevertheless, in moments of such peculiar
commotion, it bece,mes somewhat difficult to
discriminate bet we.en the numerous and con-
tradictory reports in circulation. Perhaps the
most remarkable testimony of the spirit with
which this m.'asterpiece of French diplomacy is re-
garded is the extraordinary article recently published
by the Espanol, in which the legality of the pro-
jected marriage is not merely questioned, but openly
and emphatically denied. The substance of the
arguments contained in that article is, first, that the
celebrated treaty of Utrecht, dated July 13, 1713,
was a formal renunciation from the House of Orleans,
through its then representative Plump, of all and
every pretension to the Spanish diadem; and, se-
condly, that the third paragraph of the forty-seventh
article of the Constitution expressly stipulates that
" wither the Sovereign nor the immediate successor
to the throne can contract any marriage with any per-
! son excluded by a law from the succession to the
Crown." The Espanol thereupon draws the rather
rational inference, that the House of Orleans being
explicitly excluded by international treaties,
the Duke DE MONTPENSIER can scarcely be
united to the INFANTA without infringing
the constitutions of the empire. Rumour
again affords us a very dubious cognisance of the

consequences likely to result from this valiant and
epigrammatic style of reasoning. We are assured
that M. ISTURITZ was considerably disconcerted by
its perusal—dispatched messengers to search the
archives for the documents mentioned—turned pale
on beholding the authentic signatures—and ex-
claimed that the scheme had been too hastily
adopted, and that its realisation was impossible.

31w4h more important and decisive evidence of the
rerults consequent upon the logic and the dislike
employed against the acceptation of the Duke
DE MON TPENSIER has reached us since these
remarks were commenced. By the most recent
intelligence from Spain, published in another column,
it would appear that M. ISTURITZ is so impressed
with the difficulty of bringing to a conclusion the
negotiation for a marriage between the INFANTA and
the French Monarch's son, that he has resigned
his office as Prime Minister, and will forthwith
succeed the Duke DE SOTOMATOB as Ambassador to
the Court of St. James's.

As a testimony of the little reliance that can be re-
posed upon the information conveyed from Madrid
in this troublous and momentous junc-
ture, we may allude to the statement made
on Saturday, by the National, that Mr. BULWER
had entered a constitutional protest against the pro-
jected alliance, and which statement has subsequently
been contradicted. Similar, and even more startling
declarations have been likewise uttered and written.
The recal of NARVAEZ has been hinted at ;
the irascibility of Count DE BREssoN, the
French Ambassador has formed matter for length-
ened comment, and one of the Paris newspapers has
even exulted over the Spanish policy of Louis Pin-
LIPPE, as through the instrumentality of that policy
" Lord PALMERSTON has been treated like a numskull'
and Mr. BULIVER juggled like a nut !" Notwith-
standing, however, all these embarrassing observa-
tions, and all this manifestation of ill-feeling, we shall
still continue sanguine that the just and rational
balance between the continental powers may be
maintained—that the constitutional laws of Spain
may not be violated, as the subordination of her
people would thereby be endangered that
the marriage of the INFANTA may be dictated not
by expediency or profit, but by the free choice of
the Princess and the honourable advancement of the
fortunate suitor. The sagacity of King Louis
PHILIPPE, the foresight of Lord PALMERSTON,
and the firmness' of the British Ambassador, form
the basis of this aspiration. The natural barrier of
the Pyrenees is another means for its realisation ;
and, beyond all, the distinct nationality of Frenchmen
and Spaniards.

On Friday last, whilst writing upon the grand
commercial festival at Sheffield, we cursorily ad-
verted to the formation of a Free Trade Association
in Paris, and embraced this fact as an earnest of the
rapidity with which the enlightened policy that has
recently animated our National Councils in commer-
cial matters, will diffuse itself throughout the govern-
ments of other civilised states. We enumerated, like-
wise, other striking instances of the onward progress
of the human mind in relation to this im-
portant subject. Considering how inauspiciously,
and but a very short while since, the
League, scarcely numbering half-a-dozen members,
closeted in an obscure room, " with a dingy red
curtain," entered upon its herculean task of routing
a powerful aristocracy from their stronghold of in-
vidious monopoly—the astonishing celerity with
which they accomplished their object, astonished not
less the intrepid originators themselves, than the
thankful millions, who will speedily reap the fruits of
commercial emancipation. This political phenomenon
is attributable, first, to the intrinsic excellence of the
scheme itself, next to the sound common sense
for which the British people are remarkable,
and, lastly, to the admirable organisation, united to
the judicious_ zeal and untiring perseverance, which
characterised every proceeding of the renowned
League. But if such great results have flowed from
such small beginnings in this country, may we not
predicate, from what has already taken place in
France, that, advanced as she is in civilisation, her
subjects will soon be in possession of the same boon
we have so prosperously secured for ourselves ?
What do we read ? The first meeting of the
free-tradoro ( _Wires Echangistes) in Paris com-
prised twelve hundred members a vast ma-
jority of the Liberal Deputies, a great number
of Peers, as well-as of the most eminent men of the
different mercantile bodies were present; a Peer of
the highest rank presided ; another Peer was selected
as the head of the managing committee ; and all the
speeches delivered partook of the same convincing
logic and philanthropic fervour that distinguished
the advocacy of our own champions in the same
_ _

cause. Such has been the invigorating influence o

our example—such the noble commencement which
France has made in a work whereof the future

benefits to herself will be illimitable.

Mr. COBDEN has acquired for himself an imperish-
able fame in his native land. It would seem as if
his expanded intellect was destined to shed its beam-
ing influence wherever he moves. A month has
scarcely elapsed since the English manufacturer, at a
banquet given expressly in honour of his arrival in
Paris, enunciated to an elevated audience the greet
truths he had been instrumental in disseminating
among his own countrymen ; and he has no sooner
quitted that city than a powerful association for un-
shackling commerce has been summoned into
existence. Bordeaux, too, has been prompt
to emulate the example of the French me-
tropolis. Mr. COBDEN was invited to a grand
entertainment at Bordeaux on Tuesday last. The
mayor of that city was recently an eye-witness of
Mr. COBDEN in the House of Commons, and was
' also with him at Manchester, where he uttered sen-
timents which won him the applause of the citizens
of our leading emporium of trade. There is a 1
sterling worth in Air ConDEN's eloquence, which,
we hesitate not to say, is not equalled by any other
man of the present days A racy vigour pervades his

address to the inhabitants of I3ordeaux which forcibly
reminds us of the ponderous elaquente of CHAT..
HAM. " Free trade," said Mr. COBDEN, " re-
duces the labour of satin to the lowest
scale possible, and raises tto reward of his labour to
the highest by that wonderful machinery, combina-
tion. To express in tr,vo words the tendencies of two
cpposed principles, frcM trade is combination, mono-
poly is competitio-4" He dwelt convincingly upon
the advantages d
',..r:ivable from the reduction of the
duties on fore-;
it will leek and colonial sugar, as showing that
colonial -.Igo"
to a thorough revision of our entire
"Free trade," he added, "annihilates
in breasts of nations the longing thirst after terri-
frxial conquests and commercial monopolies, which
have ever been more or less the cause of all the wars
of modern times. It will contribute more than any-
thing else to close that long and sad chapter of history
where we see nations disputing by brute force the
acquisition of riches. In future, societies, as indi-
viduals, can only rise by means tending towards
civilisation, by labour, by science, by genius. It is
the disciples of WATT and JACQUAHT, and not the
companions of warriors, who will levy inoffensive
tributes on the peaceful inhabitants of the globe.
Already does the banner of free trade float vic-
toriously in England, and, with the aid of the AL-
MIGHTY, nations will pass it from hand to hand, till

it wraps in its folds the whole of the civilized world.
All honour to RICHARD COBDEN !

We learn from Geneva that the Valley of Dappes
has been ceded to France by the Canton de Vaud for
the sum of 300,000 francs. The contract of sale must
be ratified by the Swiss Diet. The inhabitants do
not object to the cession, as they will continue to
enjoy an exemption from customs' duties.

An Imperial ordonnance of the Emperor NICHOLAS
was published at Warsaw on the 28th ult., command•
ing, that, in future, those peasants who cultivate at
least three acres of land shall, as long as they fulfil
their duties to their landlords, enjoy the free use of
their land, nor shall their landlords increase their
burdens. The peasants shall, moreover, be at liberty
to quit their landlords on giving three months' notice.
The possessors in perpetuity of the domains of the
State, and of lands belonging to public foundations,
schools, &c., shall maintain the peasants established
thereon without adding to their existing obligations.
The governor and council of administration of the
kingdom of Poland are charged with the execution of
the Imperial ordonnance.

The festival of St. Louis, the 25th of August, was
observed this year at Rome with much ceremony.
The cardinals, according to annual custom, attended
mass in the Church of St. Louis of the French,
Mgr. SACEISTA chaunted the grand mass. The car •
dinals, twenty-three in number, were ranged on each
side of the choir, and at the bottom, in front of the
altar, Count Rossi, the French Ambassador, was
placed in a stall, covered with a carpet richly worked
withfleur delis. After the benediction the Ambas •
sador went up to the Sub-dean of the Sacred College,
and profoundly saluted him, in token of his acknow-
ledgment of the honour of his presence. Count
Rossi afterwards paid the same tribute of respect to
the rest of the cardinals. In the evening, after ves-
pers, the• POPE, according to custom, went to St.
Louis. When he arrived at the door of the church,
Count Rossi opened the door of the carriage, and re-
ceived his Holiness. After remaining some time in

prayer before the altar, the Holy Faiher went into
the sacristy, and permitted sebtral persons to kiss his
foot, Count Rossi standing on the left side of the

the proposed marriage on his own responsibility, and
has sent home for instructions. This report of Mr.
BULWER'S protest has, however, since been contra-
dicted. Certain it is, that M. IsTunrrz has resigned,
after an angry interview with Count BRESSON, the
French Ambassador, in which it is said the Count
talked of France supporting the pretensions of the
Duc DE MONTPENSIER by the Sword. We, however,
believe that Louis PnuarPE is much too wise and
astute to invade Spain for the purpose of forcing on
an alliance distasteful to the Spanish people.
The Herald° announces that the marriages are to
take place on the 10th October. The funds fell con-
siderably, when it was known that it was the inten-
tion of the Spanish Court to endeavour to bring about
a match between the Infanta LUISA and the Duc DE
MONTPENSIER. It is -expected that General NAR-
VAEZ will, at the desire of the French Court,
return immediately to Madrid, and receive the ap-
pointment of President of the Council, vacant by the
resignation of Senor ISTURITZ. The Tiempo declares
that the country will not submit to the marriage of
the INFANTA with a Prince of ORLEANS, and the
Catolico and E speranza, the organs of the Legitimatist
party, express themselves as dissatisfied with the pro-
posed alliance.
MADRID BOLSA, Aua. 31.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 35+ for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 22 ;
the Five per Cents. at 22i; the Debt, without interest,
at 6i; and the Coupons at 20+.

We have received the French papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The marriage of the Queen of SPAIN and of her
sister is the subject of comment in all of them.
ThefournaldesDebats congratulates Spain and France
on the solution of this difficult questiin, which, says
the Journal des Debats, " the French Government
had foreseen from the beginning." The Epoque
follows in ,4)le same strain, but is scarcely so
reserved as trie Journal des Debats. It chuckles at
what it conceives to be a triumph over England; for
in that light it regards the marriage with
the Duke DE MONTPENSIER.
The Presse of Friday also exults over what it con-
siders a triumph over England. It says—
" Certainly, M. Guizot has not undertaken to marry
the Duke de Montpensier with the Infanta Luisa—has
not signed the preliminary documents which have
already made this marriage a fait accompli, without
having beforehand reckoned on the discontent which
will be felt by the new English Cabinet, and on the
difficulties to which that feeling may give rise. M.
Guizot has foreseen all these eventualities, and we
praise him the more for not having allowed himself
to be arrested by an exaggerated fear of displeasing
Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon. Besides, on
what grounds would these Noble Lords be justified" in
uttering their complaints? The French Cabinet, in this
affair, has only applied the principles laid down and
recently proclaimed by the British Cabinet itself. If
it be true that Queen Isabella uas at full liberty to
espouse a Prince of the house of Coburg, what, serious
man could maintain that the Infanta Donna Luisa
was less free to choose than her august sister? England
may view with displeasure the marriage of the Duke
de Montpensier, but it cannot make it an object of legi-
timate complaint ; and even should the entente cordiale
be in any way cooled by it, it is not we who would re-
proach the Ministry of October 29 with that result; far
from regretting such a coolness, we should rather be
tempted to applaud it. France, whose moderation is
now appreciated by every Cabinet, every Government,
and every people, can only gain by showing herself
firm towards England. Such an attitude,. judicially
assumed and judiciously maintained, cannot be
long in changing our position in Europe, and in raising
in our favour sympathies which have only remained
mute, because we have not known how to make them
vibrate. Either we very much deceive ourselves, or the
marriage of the Dake de Montpensier is destined to
produce a great and excellent effect in every Court.
We have called on M. Guizot to relinquish his s) stem
of immobility ; he has just done so with eclat. The
favour with which this first step has been received
will, wo are inclined to believe, induce him not to atop
here."

Its tone, however, is somewhat changed on the fol
lowing day.
In the Presse of Saturday we find the follow
ing

" The news of the marriage of the Duke de Montpen-
sier with Donna Luisa has produced an incredible de-
gree of agitation in Madrid. Serious demonstrations
have taken place. Men who, twice or thrice during
the last ten years, have sought in France an asylum,
welcome, and protection, men whom we have seen
eat in sadness the bread of exile, and who are
indebted to our generous support, not only for the
power of revisiting their country, but of finding their
lives, their principles, and property, newly acquired by
revolution, beyond the reach of danger, allow themselves
to utter insulting expressions against France, which can
only excite our pity, for there is in such conduct, more of
ingratitude than of insolence. We have often protested
against the behaviour of those men who brandished their
sabres in guiltless blood, in the antechambers of Espar-
tero ; we have more than once taken to task, and recalled to
more consistent conduct, those two or three orators in
the Senate who habitually railed against France, for the
sake of interests which were not those of Spain. Those
men ought not to forget what France has done to main-
tain Queen Isabella on the throne, and to secure the
triumph of constitutional principles. We shall content
ourselves to-day, with merely stating these facts ; on a
future occasion we shall allude to the causes of this bit-
terness against France."
This admission, that the news of the marriage had
produced an incredible degree of agitation in Madrid,
made by the organ of Queen CHRISTINA, so soon after
to say. the least, very
s"igniTtshifiescoanNngta.otifonatriluims
131311;"noism'eans disposed to give to
M. GUIZOT the credit claimed for him of having out-
manceuvred Lord PALMERSTON.
"It appears," says the National, " that we have
gained a splendid victory in Spain. Lord Palmerston
has been treated like a numskull, and Mr. Bulwer jug-
gled like a nut. We had to take our revenge for 1840,
and we have at last perfectly succeeded. To marry at
the same time Don Francisco and the Duke de Mont-
pensier to the two sisters is a master-stroke, and Eng-
land will drink the bitter draught with a wry face, but
will do nothing against it. The journals which express
the views of M. Guizot had yesterday a little air of dis-
dain and provocation which calls to mind the most palmy
days of political dandyism. England, forsooth! Is it
that any thought would be given to her? She will be
angry—will show some ill-humour; well, she will be let
pout on, and matters will, notwithstanding, take their
course. There is no harm in letting Lord Palmerston
know that we can be a little more diplomatic
than he, and that, when the necessary moment comes,
others can show more boldness. But, in good
faith, is it wished to represent as a victory for France
the conclusion of the miserable intrigues that have taken
place at Madrid around Madame Munoz ? The Queen
of Spain does not marry the first and only candidate
of France, but tired of so much annoyance she throws
herself into the arms of her cousin, whom France sup-
ported against her will. Fine success, truly, and well
worth a flourish of trumpets I But the Queen's sister
is promised to the Duke de Montpensier. Oh, for that
we should be intoxicated with joy I—we should dance
over the head of Lord Palmerston, caught trip-
ping! Let us celebrate France crowned with glory,
and M. Guizot her prophet! We are going to have a
Spanish Infanta at the Tuileries ! What an honour,
and how the English will be annoyed ! However, it is
somewhat imprudent to triumph beforehand with so
much noise. The marriage of the Duke de Montpen-
sier is officially announced, and even the time mentioned
for its coining off. But just see whit is sassing at Ma-
drid. At the first news of the marriage of the Infanta
with a. French Prince, public opinion manifested but
little favour for the project. With the exception of the
Herald°, which obeys Christina, not a person was found
in Madrid to applaud the project. It is looked
on as imposed by France, as the condition of her con-
sent to the marriage of Isabella with her cousin. But
this condition offends every one ; the Moderadoes be-
hold in it peril for the future ; Castilian pride takes
alarm at the excessive influence which is thus given to
the house of Orleans. The provision of the treaty of
Utrecht are called to mind, and fears are entertained of
the chances of a new war of succession. The Car-
lists behold all their hopes lost. The Progressists
are not less menacing, and the support of England
gives him .55 much hope as resolution. Thus, then, this
marriage of the 'Duke de Montpensier, which, is in their
eyes a matter of very little importance, meets with a
strong resistance amongt the Spanish people, and the
mere announcement of it has been sufficient

to reanimate all kinds of trouble, and inspire al
parties with a desire to have recourse to arms. Cer

tainly in this there is no cause of congratulation.
But has England, who is represented as vanquished, and
who is so well sneered at here, has sho said her last
word? We cannot believe it. Let nothing more be said

of a challenge given to Lord Palmerston, Cr if he should
accept, the end will be as it has always been—humiliation
and baseness from our Government."

The France, which has always been the supporter of
the rights of Don CARLOS, agrees in opinion with the
National, that England will oppose the marriage of
the Duc DE MONTPENSIER. The following is an ex-
tract of the article in question :
" In the event of the son of Don Carlos becoming the
husband of Isabella, it would have been necessary to
have revised the law of succession, and to have operated
of the fusion of rights of each of the husbands. The son
of Don Carlos could not be made the husband of the
Queen. lie must have been King, and in the
event of his becoming a widower, would have
continued to wield the sceptre which his birth-
right had secured to him. With the Duke of
Cadiz there is less embarras:,4-nent ; that Prince can
only aspire to the
position which Prince Albert enjoys
in England—nothing more. In the event, therefore,
of Isabella dying without children, the pretension of
Don Francisco d'Assis will cause no embarrassment.

lle will be got rid orwitha dotation, and the Infanta
Luisa becoming Queen, it will be arranged that the
Duke de Montpensiur will not be in the same precarious

position as his predecessor. Nevertheless, England
has always opposed this arrangement. Will she
persist in her refusal ? We think she will. And this
appears to be anticipated, for the second marriage,
although formally d, tided on, is reserved in pato and
will only be announced at a later period. If Spain flatters
herself that she has thus got rid of revolutions, she is
mistaken. If the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier
takes place, it will be an evident sign "that England has
lost all her influence in Spanish affairs, and Lord Pal-
merston and Lord Clarendon will cut a sorry figure if
this event is accomplished in spite of them."

The Condit utionnel, which approves of the double
marriage, endeavours to Make it appear that M.
GUIZOT has so bungled in the matter as to make it
next to impossible to bring the MONTPENSIER match
about.

The KING, on Thursday, received the deputation
from the. Chamber of Deputies, and returned the fol-
lowing answer to the address :

" Messieurs les Deputti3,-1 receive with pleasure this
new testimony of the sentiments with which you are ani-
mated. It is a_precious pledge for the continuation of that
happy accord between all the powers of the State, which
is at once the guarantee of our liberties, and of the repoem
and prosperity of France. I deeply feel the good wishes
you express towards my family and myself. You know
that, devoted from the earliest days of our life to the
service of our country, the sweetest reward for our de-
votion is to have deserved well from her, and to obtain
from the nation that confidence of which you have just
given me so strong an assurance."

This speech was received with loud shouts o
Vive le Rui."

The Chambers were prorogued by royal ordo
nance on Friday.

The Prince DE JoINvILLE embarked at Naples on
the 28th, on board the steamer Rhamses, for Civita
Vecchia, en route for Rome.

Admiral DUPETIT THOUAAS has been promoted to
the rank of Vice-Admiral, and Captain BRUAT to
that of Rear-Admiral, and all the French officers who
have distinguished themselves in Otaheite have been
rewarded.

The Duc DE MONTEENSIER arrived at Baden on
the Ist inst.

Mr. COBDEN was entertained on Tuesday by the
free-traders of Bordeaux. An account of the banquet
will be found in another column.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 84f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. •
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2821. 50c.; Rouen, 9651:
75c. ; Havre, 717 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 723 f.
73c. ; Avignon, 237 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6361. 25c.;
Bordeaux, 5801. ; Boulogne, 4921. 50c. ; Troyes and
Montereau, 3651. ; Basle, 2201.; Fampotix, 400 f.; Dieppe.
3901. ; Paris and Strasburg, 502 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes,
5121. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 533 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon,
495 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 4851; Spanish Active, 35k.
MARSEILLES, SEPT. 1.-Marseilles and Avignon, 910 f. ;
Northern, 7101: ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f.
LYONS, SErr. 2.-Paris and Rouen, 957 f. 50c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 915 f. ; Northern, 713 f. 75c.; Paris and
Lyons, 528 f. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 5:
Boulogne and Amiens, Ini—Borticaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), IN—Luxembourg, I%—Namur and Liege, 2% ex int.
--Northern of France Constituted, 13 —Paris and Lyons Con-
stituted, 64—Wea Flanders, 4.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

SPAIN.

RESIGNATION OF M. ISTURITZ.
We have received accounts from Madrid of the Ist
of September by extraordinary express.
M. Isturitz has resigned his post as Prime Minister,
and goes to London as Ambassador in the place of the
Duke de Sotomayor, who is recalled. Further
changes in the Ministry are expected.
The successor of M. Isturitz is not yet known, but
it is supposed that General Narvaez will be appointed.
General Narvaez was expected in Madrid in the course
of the week. He goes back at the request of the
French Government.

The excitement on the subject of the Montpensier
marriage continues unabated, and the opposition to
it is daily extending in quarters where no such feel-
was expected.

M. Isturitz's resignation is said to have been in
consequence of his having given his opinion that it
was dangerous to proceed with the Montpensier
marriage in consequence of the opposition which it
has occasioned in the country.

Mr. Bulwer had an interview with M. Isturitz on
the subject of the marriage, and the explanations on
both sides are said to have been very violent.
The Espagnol says that M. Isturitz expressed his
fears to the French Ambassador, that they had gone
too far, in settling the marriage of the Infanta and
the Duke de Montpensier without consulting the
feelings of the country, and that M. de Bresson's
answer was, " What France has done with the pen
she knows how to maintain with the sword."

Our Madrid correspondent contradicts the report
that Mr. Bulwer had formally protested against the
Duke de Montpensier's marriage.

The Paris papers of Sunday contain no news of
any interest. Parties in that capital are looking
with intense interest to England for an expression of
opinion on the recent events in Spain.
The Duke de Montpensier was expected in Paris
on Monday or Tuesday. It is said he will proceed
to Spain about the end of September.—Chronicle.

ASTIBURTON.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) -On
Saturday night last, the sth instant, an alarming acci-
dent occurred at the Marley Tunnel, on the South
Devon Railway. From the information I have received,
it appears that about ten o'clock in the night several
workmen were engaged in removing the centre and up-
rights that had been used in erecting the arch over the
tunnel, as all the masonry was considered perfectly safe.
Melancholy to relate, about fifty yards of the arch fell
in, and buried four men, and others received injuries.
Several hours elapsed before the bodies could be extri-
cated, and the poor fellows were literally cut to pieces
by the heavy mass which fell on them.
The Animal's Friend Society, of 18, Strand, last
week, by means of its officer, Murray, charged William
Dauber, the driver of the cab 8,280, before Mr. Cotting-
ham, at the Southwark Court, with having very cruelly
beaten and kicked a horse (alleging that it nas blind
and obstinate), and with having put a nosebag on it to
prevent its snorting from fear of the blows. He was
tined 20s. and costs.

The trade of our Custom-house last week amounted

in its results to well nigh double the ordinary average
for some time back ; the remittances for the period
stated having nearly reached 13,0001.—Greenock Ad-

vertiser.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—On Thursday next
the British Association will commence its meetings at
Southampton, under circumstances of more than usual
encouragement. The savans, instead of having to wan-
der about for beds, and getting at last very bad accom-
modation, at an exorbitant charge, will find that the
local committee has caused a general registration of
comfortable lodgings. Jt is to be hoped that there will
be enough of these select apartments to meet the wants
of all who apply for them, or the struggle for precedence
may mar the harmony that ought to exist among all the
sons of science.

MORTALITY AMONGST THE CATTLE IN WINDSOR
L PARK.—lndependently of upwards of thirty valuable
cows, belonging to the Crown and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, which have recently died, after being
' atttacked with the prevailing disease, which is raging to
an alarming extent amongst the horned cattle, a large
number of Scotch beasts in the Great Park have also
keen similarly attacked. No less than seventeen Scotch
cattle have fallen victims to the epidemic up to
yesterday. It appears, from all accounts which have
been seen, that the disease first broke out in the
north ; manifesting it-elf, at an early period in the
spriag, in Perth and its vicinity. It may be considered
as a very curious fact, that although there are cattle
from varous parts of the kingdom (from Hereford-
shire and Devonshire, for instance), all grazing together
in the Great Park at Windsor, the only description of
beasts which have_been attacked are those which were
bred in Scotland. The others, as we learn at pre-
sent, have entirely escaped. From this it would ap-
pear, notwithstanding the various and conflicting opi-
nions which have been hazarded upon the subject,
that the disease is not of a contagious character, but
that it is confined to certain peculiar descriptions of
cattle from certain districts of the north. Be this
as it may, it was remarked a short time since by
General Wemyss (the manager of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert's farms, both at Wind-
sor and in the Isle of Wight) that upon a large
farm in Scotland the whole of the cattle in one range of
sheds were affected by the disease, while in another
range of sheds, but a very short distance removed from
the former, the cattle remained in the mosthealthy state.
Several eminent veterinary surgeons and cow leeches
have been to Windsor for the purpose of examining the
cattle in the Great Park, and trying their skill both in
the attempt to restore those which had been attacked
and to prevent the spreading of the contagion. In some
instances they were fortunately successful. The car-
cases of all which have died have been buried in the
most secluded portions of the royal domains.
The Honourable Mr. Pane and the Honourable E.
Stopford embarked on Saturday morning on board the
General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship
Princess Royal, for namourgh.
The Honourable Spencer Cowper has contributed
the munificent &nation of 500/. towards the completion
of the new church of St. John's, Lynn. ij
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lane are arrived in town from
Lord Zorester's seat in §)aropehire.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

In the Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday the
sales were 10,000 bales, including 2,000 to 3,000 on
speculation. The market was very firm, at full rates.
—Shares were rather inactive again.
The accounts received from Lisbon this morning upon
financial matters have been read with astonishment and
reprehension by those who have a legal claim upon the
Treasury for dividends (..n account of moneys borrowed
here. We have conversed with several large bond-
holders this morning, and who consider the breach of
faith now attempted to be almost unequalled, ex-
cepting the fraud' committed by Mendizabal, in
connexion with Spanish money matters. That
some parties were aware of the contents of the report
nix% financial matters now made public by the means
of the Diari9 di Governo, is pretty clear from the move-
ments which have just occurred in the market for Portu-
guese Bonds here. Bull operations were commenced in
this stock somewhere about a fortnight ago, and
the price of Four per Cents. gradually rose
from 41 to 48._ On Saturday private sales were
made for delivery on the 15th instant, and the
market closed nearly at a fall of 1 per cent. between
bargain and bargain. This created some little surprise
on the part of those who held the stock, and who, of
course, were not in the secret that such a decree as that
which has been made public to-day would have been
issued, and by which the bondholders here, in Paris,
and elsewhere, will be robbed to the extent
of something about 50 per cent. Revenues peculiarly
hypothecated to the payment of interest upon loans
raised here have been seized upon, and they are asked
modestly to submit to a temporary sacrifice. The
opinion entertained by the foreign creditors of Portugal
of so unjust a proceeding will be best found by a re-
ference to our Stock Market report of this day. A sa-
crifice to some amount, it will be observed, has already
been the result of this fraudulent transaction.

Consols for Account are at 961, and for Money at
96* 4. Business is slack. Exchequer-bills have fluc-
tuated from 13s. to 17s. premium. Bank Stock is lower
than it was on Saturday.
The fall in the Portuguese Four per Cents. since Satur-
day 71, per cent. ; since midday the price has
advanced from 401 to 42 and 43. There is quite a
panic in the market from the causes above stated. Mexi-
cans are at 26; Spanish Three per Cents. at 381;
Brazil at 88k; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. at 59g.
Shares are in dull demand to-day.