The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-17 00:00:00

TBE SUN, LONb ON, MONDAY EVEN 1141 G, JANCARY 11, 1848.

their common nationality, and the vindication of
their common independence, that a more than ephe•
meral interes itself to the smallest incidents
which have t-r4nliel the progress of this renowned
soldier since his departure from the scenes of his
exile in London. In tracking that progress we are
watching one of the most interesting phases in the
career of, perhaps, the most remarkable adventurer in
our times. After a seclusion of four years in Eng-
land, ESPARTERO is summoned homewards by the
invitation of his SOVEREIGN. The vicissitudes of
political events again lure him from privacy to pub-
licity, again elevate him from a private individual
to a powerful and conspicuous chieftain. In obe-
dience to the entreaties dispatched to him from
his Government, ESPARTERO hastens from his
villa in the Regent's-park to participate in the
struggles which are being made in the cause of her
Most Catholic MAJESTY by the senators of ISABELLA.
On landing (January 4th) at San Sebastian he is
received by its inhabitants with shouts of delight ;
the Commandant of Carabineers, accompanied by the
municipal authorities, canveys him in a triumphal
barge from the steamer to the quay ; on pressing his
foot once more on the soil of Spain he is welcomed
with renewed acclamations—with acclamations worthy
of saluting the ears of the conqueror of Morella and
Luchana. The civilians conduct him to his residence;
picked companies from the garrison defile before his
windows, their colours flying, and their musicians
playing an old Castilian march dear to his heart and
familiar to his senses. A guard of honour is posted
in the doorway;
,ESPARTERO is serenaded in the
evening; all San Sebastian is animated with one
sentiment of devotion. On the Ilernani-road the
Basques are hurrying down the mountains to obtain
a glance as he gallops onwards; in every village he
is impeded by the congratulations of the Ayunta-
mientos ; at Bergara he is compelled to depart by
stratagem, to avoid being taken from his carriage and
borne on the shoulders of its inhabitants. From the
gates of Vittoria his journey becomes an ovation, and
he enters Madrid before the dawn of the 7th inst.,
and is greeted with the frenzy we have already de-
scribed. Nothing could by possibility have exceeded
the fervour of his reception. He is not only the lion
of the day, he is the idol of the whole population.
So passionate were the demonstrations of rapture on
the morning of his arrival in the capital that
ESPARTERO is said to have " cried like a woman,"
and to have entreated the crowd, " if they did not
mean to break his heart with joy," to take their de-
parture. Towards nightfall he was admitted
to an audience by Queen IsAuELLA, and,
as might be conjectured, was welcomed not
only with kindness, hut with affection. The
young QUEEN implored him to see her frequently—
" every day, every hour, if he wished to cause her
pleasure." Among the other inquiries made by the
Duke of VICTORY on this occasion was the question,
" Whether her MAJESTY was happy ? " One inci-
dent is recorded as having taken pace on the
following morning (January s), which evidences a
manly sensibility redoundin:;• to the honour of
ESPARTERO. A young man presented himself to
offer his congratulations. " Who are you ?" said the
General. " Soy higo de ZURBANO," was the reply,
" I am the son of ZURDANO " ESPARTERO wept.
There is immeasurably more in all this ecstacy
of enthusiasm than an expression of popular idolatry.
Had we thought otherwise we should not have dilated
upon the details of the delirium which is just now
prevalent throughout Madrid. To us there is dis-
cernible, in an excitement so extreme, an after th3u3ht
greater than that of affording a fitting reception to a
single patriot, even though that patriot be Don
BALDOMERO ESPARTERO. The unanimity of all
parties, the participation of the QUEEN and the
people in the same predominant feelings is, to
say the least, significant. To us it appears
to be the preliminary to a vital and mo-
mentous contest—a contest in which the Afran-
cesados may be extinguished. Of this great
struggle of Spanish patriotism the Dukes of -VICTORY
and VALENCIA are to be the leaders—of its speedy
and successful consummation may the precursor prove
to be ESPARTERO.

We have, on several occasions, referred to the con-
troversy as to the extent and nature of the license of
counsel which has been originated by the Fublished
opinion of Mr. DlGux SEYMOUR—by his opinion, we
sty, as we have already proved, as well from the
Learned Gentleman's own statement as from a care-
ful examination of the evidence adduced on both
trials—that in his case the question did not really
arise. We shall new proceed to consider the duties of
the different parties upon whom the future fate of the
Prisoner—his life or death, his freedom or captivity,
the restoration of his character or his perpetual infamy
—mainly depends—viz., his jury, his judge, and his
advocate.

The duty of a juryman is embodied in the lan-
guage of the oath or affirmation that must be
administered to him before he is permitted to
enter upon the investigation. He is "a true
verdict to give, according to the evidence." lie is
to dismiss from his mind every impression he may
have received foreign to, or dekors, the evidence.
Though he may have the strongest moral conviction
of the prisoner's guilt, he is bound to remove it
wholly from his mind, and to decide in accordance
with the testimony which has been adduced, and to
be influenced by that alone.
The duty of the judge is to direct the jury as to
the proper manner of discharging their duty—to
guard them against any impressions from extrinsic
sources—to warn them against the influence of pre-
judice, zeal, or opinion—to explain the due weight
and bearing of the evidence, and its applicability to
the leading points in issue. It, is his duty to remind
the jury that the law of England tempers justice
with mercy, and that, if a reasonable doubt should
arise upon the evidenc', they are bound to give the
prisoner the benefit thereof. He is, in fact, the mo-
derator of the forensic dispute.

Lastly, the advocate, in the discharge of his duty,
is concerned upon the evidence—with the evidence—
about the evidence—and that only. The instant be
travels from it he oversteps the line of his duty.
He is not to misquote the evidence, or to state that
that has been sworn by a witness which in truth was
not sworn. He is not to fling his personal character,
or personal belief, into the scale—for in so doing he
would become a witness; nor is he, no matter on
what grounds, or from what private sources of infor-
mation, to condemn, or relax his exertions for the
acquittal of, his client—for in so doing he would
become a judge.
When the law concedes to him the solemn privilege
of keeping his client's secrets, and declares that, no
matter how urgent the circumstances, public or pri-
vate, may be, or how important soever the disclosure
might prove to the highest interests of the community,
he is not only er.titled, but absolutely bound to make
no revelation, it regards not the counsel but the client.
The privilege is not conceded for the benefit of the
advocate—it is the prerogative of the accused ; and
when the client is thus encouraged to repose an un-
limited confidence in his counsel, can it for a moment
be said to consist with this wise and just provision
that the counsel so confided in should suffer any state-
ments made to him by his client to operate in any
manner whatsoever against that client, whether by
inducing him to alter the line of defence he
would otherwise have adopted, or to refrain
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sist that he is eminently so. And
be—as we are told by those who profess to
speak Is cathedra—" that a counsel is bound to frame
the best defence in his power from the evidence given
at the trial, provided that in doing so he violates no
moral obligation," we accept the definition, and
as
counsel is fidelity
d imposeselity
this
to his
cordially concur therein, but we hold that the first
client.moral obligation
ryatvioenhe is
to
character observe
He is no doubt to avoid doing
obligation upon hire.
any unnecessary injury
to others, but he must not, in
his efforts to observe one moral obligation, violate or
trample upon another.
In commenting upon the views put forward by Mr.
Szysiona, some of our Contemporaries have given
expression to opinions on the subject with which we
cannot coincide. " On any terms (says one of the most
powerful) we
.conceive it to be inexcusable that an ad-

vocate should endeavour to gain, by deluding the court
and the jury, that which he absolutely knows of his
own knowledge to be a false verdict." And this is laid
down as a principle, " whether the question be one of
a farthing damages or of a human life." What is
intended by the expression "knows of his own know-
ledge," as applied to the case of an advocate P We
cannot say, unless it be belief and moral certainty.
An advocate, properly speaking, has no knowledge of
his own in any case wherein his services are engaged.
All his information is mediate and communicated,
all his " knowledge" is opinion drawn from the
statements of others. If, then, our Contemporary
means (and we can infer no other meaning from the
words we have quoted) that no advocate is
justified in endeavouring to gain a verdict for
a client, when he believes in his own
mind that the cause of that client is unjust
and without merits, there is an end to all judicial
inquiry, and trial by jury is a piece of useless ma-
chinery. In a civil cause no debtor can confide in
his advocate, lest he admit the debt and lose the
benefit of that counsel's exertions. In a criminal
case, if a prisoner confesses his guilt, or makes ad-
missions which in his counsel's opinion criminate
him (for, after all, this is what is popularly called
confession), he may be tried and condemned on the
most insufficient evidence, for his counsel must " not
delude the jury into a verdict he knows to be false.'
Let us suppose an action for libel brought against
our Contemporary ; how would he be startled by
hearing the counsel retained for his defence say—
" I believe this charge to be true. The libel is a
malicious one. I know it to be so from the perusal
of my brief. I must not delude the jury. I can
watch the case, but no more." In our opinion the
defendant in a civil cause and the prisoner in
a criminal proceeding are to be tried by the evidence
alone. This is the true and constitutional rule.
Every argument which is opened on that evidence
is free and lawful to counsel. Let any rule short of
this be laid down, and then in the words of Mr.
DIGBY SEYMOUR, "The relation of counsel and client
will be deranged, their mutual confidence inter-
rupted, and the principle of advocacy will be
abolished altogether." But our Contemporary goes
still further, and observes, " We more than doubt if
when a client has confessed himself to be guilty of
a crime counsel are justified in doing more than
watching that he is only condemned according to the
strict forms of law." But, first, is it not possible that
statements which amount in the judgment of one
counsel to a confession of guilt, may in the mind of
another be reconcilable with innocence P What form
of confession then is that to be which is to exclude a
prisoner from the benefit of counsel ? May not
the confession be contradictory ? In REID'S case, his
counsel " did not believe " his statements. How then
is counsel to act ? Suppose such cases as those which
have actually happened, that a man is charged with
a murder, of which his own brother or father was
guilty, and that to save that brother's or father's life he
" confessed" his own guilt. What then is to be done?
Is counsel only "to watch that he is condemned
according to the strict form of law ?"

But, secondly, as we have already said, what is the
meaning of a counsel's privilege? Why cannot a
counsel be compelled to become a witness against his
client ? Because the principle of the British law is,
that whatever a client states to his advocate is not to
weigh in any manner against him. Counsel
is " not to hurry into the witness-box to
ruin and betray him." Nor is a prisoner
however guilty to be condemned before his trial,
and to lose his life because he has confided in his
counsel.

Our space this day does not permit us to continue
the observations we had intended on this subject, but
we shall hereafter consider other arguments that have
been adduced, and see how far they will bear a calm
and dispasionate examination.

A letter from Rome of the Bth says—" The city of
Rome was very agitated in the commencement of the
year. For some days reports were in circulation that
public tranquillity would be disturbed on New Year's
Day. They even went so far as to speak of a hostile
demonstration, which would take place under the
windows of the POPE, and even in the inner courts of
the Quirinal. The Government considered it neces-
sary to adopt extraordinary measures of precaution.
The Rates of the Quirinal were closed, the posts of
the civic guard were doubled, and it is said that the
muskets of the soldiers were loaded. These unusual
measures excited the attention of the public, and
caused much uneasiness in the minds of the people.
The civic guard in particular showed itself offended
by the distrust evinced by the Government. No one
would admit the idea that the idol of the people,
that Pius IX. could ever incur any personal
danger, and a suspicion which it knew it did not
merit, was rejected as insulting by the people of
Rome. Discontent became very loud, and it was
talked of obtaining satisfaction, and some members of
the municipality went in the evening of the 2d to
the Pops to make known to him the state of affairs.
The POPE scarcely ever goes out on Sunday, but,
nevertheless, it was thought advisable, in order to
appease the general emotion, that his HOLINUS
should show himself in the most frequented streets.
He, in fact, went out with only two car-
riages, and escorted only by four noble
guards. The people welcomed him enthusiastically
—the crowd was immense. When the POPE arrived
in the Corso the two carriages were surrounded
by a mass of people who uttered the most deafening
shouts of Down with the police' Down with
the Jesuits Dawn with the Governor of Rome.'
At this moment a deplorable scene took place. The
people began to cry out at the carriage door of the
POPE, they mounted on the steps, and there was a
regular scene of confusion. The crowd wished to
accompany the POPE to the Quirinal, and the cele-
brated CICCRYACCHIO did not hesitate to instal him.
self behind the second carriage, bearing a large pla-
card, on which was written Justice, Holy Father of
the people.' He entered with the carriage into the
court of the Palace. On the following day the jour-
nals spoke of this promenade as a real satisfaction
given to the Roman people. After some days silence
the Government decided on expressing its disappro-
bation of such a demonstration, and it published an
article in the official journal to that effect."
On the 9th another demonstration took place at
Milan, but order was not disturbed. The people
abandoned the promenades, the Corso di Porta Orien
tale, and the Corso Francesco, which are generally
frequented, and went ex masse to the Corso di Porta
Romana, on which some one had written " Corso di
Pio Nono,"in large letters, that being the name which
the people have given to that promenade. The police
were entirely ignorant that this movement of the
people was intended, and had sent troops to the pro-
menade
ordinarily frequented. On the same day the
people went to the theatre, after having abstained
from visiting it for three days as a mark of mourn-
ing. They remained perfectly quiet during the
performances. The VICEROY has issued a new pro-
clamation, couched in kind terms. In it he assures
the people, whom he calls his " dear Milanese," that
he has the means of maintaining public order, and of
watching over their personal safety. He renews to
them " the expression of his well-founded hopes to
see the wishes which had been legally expressed to
him, and which have been, or are about to be placed
at the foot of the throne, taken into consideration by
the sovereign wisdom, and favourably received by
the grace of his MAJESTY." He warns them against
believing false news, spread to keep alive alarm and
agitation, and asserts that in no part of the provinces
has order been troubled. And, as he says, reciprocal
confidence will always be the most fecund source of
all good, he calls on the people to trust in him as
he trusts in them.

In consequence of the recent disturbances at Leg-
horn, the grand Duke of TUSCANY has issued a procla-
mation, in whickhe states that, whilst he is resolved
to persevere in the cause of reform, he will take the
most prompt and vigorous measures to put down all
illegal manifestations. A commission, consisting of
the Minister of the Interior, the Procurator-General,
and the Cammander-in-Chief of the army, left
Florence for Leghorn to restore order.
A letter from Turin says :
" A battery of artillery left yesterday for Genoa,
and other troops will follow to-morrow, and it is said
that other regiments from other parts of the kingdom
are ordered to the same point. The motive for this
military movement is not well known ; by some it is
said to be caused by the disturbances at Leghorn, and
others state that the 7 are to ehlbark to go the mist- I

ance of the Pope, and of the Grand Duke of Tus-
cany. The Jesuits at Genoa have closed their
churches and their convents; some have retired to
Nice, and others to Montebello. The details re-
ceived from Milan of the events which have taken
place there mention the number of killed and
wounded as greater than was at first mentioned.
Count Casati, Mayor of Milan, bas left for Vienna.
M. Decio, Councillor of State, although devoted
to the Government, has tendered his resignation. The
Canon Opizzoni, cure of the Dome, said in presence
of the Viceroy and the authorities, lam eighty-five
years of age, I have seen the Russians, the French, and
the Austrians enter as conquerors into Milan ; but
never have I seen such a day as on the 3d instant,
I have never seen the people assassinated in the
streets.' The Archbishop, preaching at the cathedral,
concluded his sermon by these words, unite your
prayers to mine, in order that those who govern us
may be more just, and more humane.' "
The Resorgimento, of the 11th instant, announces
that an order has been published at Turin, that the
contingent of 1826, which was to have been replaced
by that of 1827, should still remain embodied. The
infantry contingent of the year 1825 is called out
entire. The artillery contingent of the year 1824
is equally called out, as well as the light infantry of
the year 1823. The officers and sub•officers
who were on leave are recalled to their duty.
Orders have also been given to put all the fortified
places in a state of defence. The publication of this
order, it is said, added to the municipal and proyin •
cial law, has caused an extraordinary sensation at
Turin, and a great number of workmen belonging
to the contingents, which have not been called out,
have demanded to rejoin. These orders have
emanated entirely from the KING, and are consi-
dered as a large compensation for his refusal to accede
to the petition of the Genoese, and as much more
efficacious for the maintenance of the independence of
Italy.

The ltaliano of Bologna, of the Bth, has the fol-
lowing :

" The new Duke of Parma left Modena precipi-
tately after a serious altercation with the Duke of
Modena, in which he declared that ha regards as null
and void the convention of 1844, for the cession of
Guastalla, in return for a loan of four million francs ;
that he is ready to refund the money, but not to
deliver up the town. The same journal mentions a
rather extraordinary rumour, viz., that the Duke of
Parma has declared apocryphal the manifesto of the
26th ult. issued in his name, and has applied to the
King of Sardinia to deliver him from the occupation
of his states by Austrian troops."

We have received intelligence from Portugal by
thc) steam-ship Montrose, which arrived at Southamp-
ton on Saturday. The Montrose left Gibraltar Jan.
3d; Cadiz, 4th; Lisbon, gth ; Oporto, 10th; and Vigo,
I I th.

The Cortes was opened on the 2d by the QuERN in
person. The absence of the English Ambassador
from the ceremony was remarked upon, as was the
fact, that the English squadron omitted paying the
usual compliment of firing a royal salute. These cir-
cumstances were considered as a protest on the part of
the British Government against the bad faith with
which the QUEEN had evaded carrying out the provi-
sions of the protocol, and against the illegality, violence,
and corruptions by which the elections had been
carried. In consequence of the non-arrival of the
steamer from Oporto with the deputies of the
Northern Provinces it has as yet been impossible to
make a House to proceed to business. The news of
the loss of the Avenger (commanded by the step-son
of the Admiral) had caused a profound sensation of
grief in Lisbon. The news was brought by the
Montrose, and at the time of her arrival Sir CHARLES
NAPIER was at his own house, with several of his
captains and a few other visitors, and had just finished
a rubber at whist, when the officer on duty entered
the room with the dispatches. To the usual careless
inquiry what news the packet had brought, the
officer, unwilling, no doubt, to be the first messenger
of sorrowful tidings, returned no answer. The
question was repeated. "What news from the south ?"
"The Avenger has been lost." "The Avenger lost !"
• • . A. long deep pause, telling more than words
could express of the emotion working a ithin. " Crew
saved?" Another pause. " No, sir, all lost but an as-
sistant surgeon, two petty officers, and five seamen."
• . . The Admiral slowly rose, and, taking up the
dispatches, still unopened, retired silently to his
bed-room. The visitors, not one of whom had
uttered a word during this scene,- then moved to
withdraw, but Captain DACRES (the flag captain)
recommended them to sit still, which they did. In
about a quarter of an hour Sir CHARLES re-entered
the room with an open letter in his hand. Address-
ing one of the gentlemen present, he said, there is a
passage in this (it was from the captain of a French
war-steamer), which I do not rightly understand.
The ambiguity of the phrase seemed to hold out a
hope that there had been only eight men drowned, not,
only eight men saved, but that hope soon disappeared,
for all the French scholars present were compelled,
however reluctantly, to give the seemingly dubious
passage its painfully real interpretation. The
Admiral then retired again in silence, and the guests
withdrew. Ever since then, the answer to all
visitors is that Sir CHARLES Nerusu cannot receive
any one.

The Government has addressed notes to the British,
French, and Spanish Ministers, announcing to them,
for the information of their respective Governments,
that the last of the conditions of the Protocol having
been fulfilled by the assembling of the Cortes, that
Convention has become a dead letter. It is said that
Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR has replied to this commu-
nication by a formal protest to the contrary effect,
reiterating all his preceding remonstrances against
the illegal and fraudulent means employed to secure
the return of a Cortes in the interest of the two
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Cabrals.

The Conde DE TROMAR (COSTA CABEAL)
has been
appointed Ambassador to Paris, and the Duke of
TERCEIRA Ambassador to Vienna.
Exchange on London, 53 to 53i ; Bank Shares,
D 390 to D 395 ; Five per Cent. Inscriptions, 54 per
cent. Discount on Bank of Lisbon notes fluctuating
from 1,900 to 2,000 rein per moidore.
Her Majesty's ships at Lisbon.—The St. Vincent,
Queen, Howe, and Canopus; Amphion, screw
steamer; Dragon, Scourge, and Comet, steamers.
At Oporto—The Jackal steamer.
Vessels Spoken with.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Madrid, in Vigo Bay,
Jan. 11.

Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th have arrived.
The Gacela contradicts the statement published by
the Eco del Comereio, to the effect that SARTORIUS
had waited on General ESPARTERO by order of NAR-
VABz. No member of the Cabinet has as yet called
on the Duke of VICTORY.
El Siglo states that ESPARTERO was received by
the QUEEN in the kindest and most flattering manner.
Her MAJESTY told him that she had felt great pain
at his long exile ; and EiPARTEEO answered that,
notwithstanding he had undergone all the bitterness
of exile, he had never ceased to offer up fervent wishes
for his QUEEN and country. When be was about
to take leave of her Majesty, she said that she
should be delighted to see him often at the palace.
To this compliment ESPARTERO replied, "Madame, I
will come at any hour your MAJESTY requires me
and sends for me ;" and, in answer to a question of
the QUEEN, he added, that his motive for so acting
was, that he might not incur disagreeable suspicions
or private rivalries. The Clamor Publico states that,
on arriving in the night, the General had to ask his
way of a watchman, and the Siglo records that a
young man having waited on him to congratulate him
on his return, ESPARTERO asked him who he was,
when he received for answer, " I am the son of ZUR-
neNo I" a reply which, it says,
caused such great
emotion to the General that he was
deeply affected
during the remainder of the day. Since his
return to Madrid the General has received in-
telligence of the death of his faithful friend,
General LINAGE. This has considerably affected
him, and has contributed perhaps to determine
him to go to Logrono to meet the Duchess
of Viczoity, as soon as he has taken the oath
as Senator. On the Bth crowds continued to sur-
round the house in which he resides, and in con-
sequence the vicinities of it were occupied by
strong detachments of troops, a precaution totally
unnecessary, as the utmost tranquillity prevailed,
and one, moreover, which was considered by the
Progressista
venerable party as most insulting. Among the
visitors to General ESPARTERO on the Bth were the
Couzios, Duke of Baylen, General FlilN-

CISCO NARVAEZ, and the Generals JOSE and MANUEL
CONCHA.

The Clamor Publico announces that Dr. SANCHEZ,
one of the QUEEN'S physicians, has taken up his re-
sidence in the Palace, in order to be able to watch
more closely over the health of her MAJESTY.
The bank of San Fernando had received 14,000
ounces of gold.
The Heraldo declares that there is no truth in the
reports which were current, of the Cortes being about
to be suspended or dissolved, and of M. SARTORIUS
having received a title of nobility.
MADRID BOMA, JAN. 10.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 27 at ZO days ; Four per Cents. 15 cash ;
Five per Cents., 15i at 50 days ; Passive Debt, 6 ;
Coupons, 10+ cash. After the close the Three per
Cents. were done at 26+ to 3-16. Exchange on
London, 48 30.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
yesterday.

The debate on the paragraph in the Address re-
lating to the affairs of Switzerland was continued in
the Chamber of Peers on Friday and Saturday.
Count MONTALEMBERT made a most eloquent speech
in defence of the Jesuits and the Sonderbund—a
speech which, as the Constitutionnel says, "dis-
played great talent in a detestable cause." There is
much good sense in the following observations of the
Siecla :

" It may be permitted to the vanquished to attempt
to interest their powerful neighbours in their fate,
but the voice of truth is louder than the clamour of
despair. If the popular feeling had energetically
supported the Sonderbund in the Seven Cantons,
the result of the contest would have been different.
The action of the Diet was energetic and prompt,
but it would not have sufficed to destroy the Son-
derbund if the Federal cam had not been that of
the people."

On Saturday M. GUIZOT addressed the Chamber in
defence of his Swiss policy, and of course abused the
Federal Government, and eulogised the Jesuits and
the Sonderbund. The debate was adjourned at the
conclusion of the speech of M. GUIZOT.
The retrograde policy of M. GuizoT is beginning
to produce that effect which we have so frequently
declared it would produce in France. It has alienated
the friends without conciliating the enemies of the
dynasty, and the first use the Jesuits make of the
Ministerial favour is to endeavour to excite a move-
ment in opposition to the family of the KINO, of whom
M. GUIZOT is the Minister. Perhaps, however, M.
GUIZOT may be contemplating a journey to Neuf-
chatel, as of yore he journeyed to Ghent. It will
not be the first tacit understanding he has had with
the Jesuit party. As a proof of the effects produced
by his ill-timed concessions to, and eulogies on the
parti pretre, we give the following from the Na•
tional

" The Duchess of Bordeaux is enciente ; at least
the clergy are spreading the report, in order to excite
the lukewarm zeal of the partisans of the elder branch,
and to hold in check the younger one. In all the
churches of Paris prayers are being offered up, im-
ploring God to cause the trunk of St. Louis to again
send forth shoots, and to perpetuate the reign of our
most Christian kings, which implies their previous
restoration to the throne. These prayers commenced
at St. Thomas d'Aquin. We wish to ask Mgr. Affre,
loaded as he is with all the favours of the Holy Spirit,
and of the King of the French, if he has any know-
ledge of a little printed paper which is distributed in
the vestry-rooms, the confessionals, and, in fact, in
all holy places. If he knows of it, he has authorised,
or at least tolerated it. If he is not aware of it—but
that is not possible, as Monseigneur cannot be classed
amongst the lazy archbishops. But, in order that the
document may not be denied, here is the curious and
edifying production. At top may be seen the mono-
I gram of one of our thousand resuscitated associations,
an A and an M twined together, and below a branch
of oak united to a lily stem, loaded with flowers and
buds. An ingenious and touching allegory is it not t
QUIRANTAINE OR ?RATERS TO THE MOST HOLY
VIRGIN, TO IMPLORE GOD TO PERPETUATE THE
RACE OF ST. LOUIS.

" Lord have pity on us; Jesus, hear us; Jesus
grant our prayers Holy Ghost have pity on us :
Holy and fruitful Trinity, have pity on us. St.
Mary, Mother of Jesus, pray for us : St. Michael,
St. Denis, St. Remy, St. Louis, patrons and pro-
tectors of France, pray for us : St. Anne, pray for
her : St. Clotilda, pray for her : St. Radegonda,
pray for her : St. Bathilda, pray for her : St. Joan,
pray for her : St. Theresa, pray for her : by our lady
of Loretto, hear her, 0 Lord : by our lady of Liessa,
hear her, 0 Lord ! by our lady of Paris, grant, 0
Lord, her wishes and her hopes. Remember, 0 most
holy Virgin Mary, your ancient mercies towards
France, and, as in other times, let our prayers be fully
successful with your divine Son.

" PRAYER.

"0 holy Virgin; divine Mary; mother of our
divine Saviour; full of the remembrance of your
ancient kindness, humbly bent down at your feet,
we beseech your maternal heart to solict from Jesus
Christ, your Son, a favour in behalf of France, which
you have so much loved. By your fecundity, so
agreeable to God, obtain from him that he may cause
the stem of St. Louis to flower again, for the honour
of his holy name, for the glory of religion, the hap-
piness and liberty of nations, and the perpetuity of
the reign of our most Christian kings. Amen.
Three paters and three Ayes."
The Moniteur publishes an account of the indirect
revenue for 1847. Compared with 1846 there is a
general diminution to the amount of 2,648,000 f.
The total amount of the indirect revenue of France
amounts for 1847 to 820,645,000 f.
Somewhat serious disturbances have just taken
place among the workmen employed on the viaduct
of the Indre, on the railway from Tours to Bordeaux.
The men demanded, it appears, an increase of pay.
The peasants in the vicinity, who are annoyed at
seeing strangers exclusively employed on the works,
took part in the disturbances. Several foremen
were wounded, and a workman was killed. The
military and gendarmerie had to be called out, but
when they arrived at the spot the disturbances had
ceased.

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies ap-
pointed to draw up the_Address completed its labours
on Saturday.
The Patrie of Sunday, says, that the KING was
so much indisposed that he was unable to attend a
Council of Ministers held .at the Tuileries. The
rumour relative to the KING'S illness created con-
siderable agitation among the speculators at the Pas•
sage de l'Opera on Saturday evening. The French
Three per Cents., which closed at the Bourse at 74f.
15c.. went down all of a sudden to 73f. 65c. They
afterwards recovered partially, and left off at 73f.
75c.

BUSINESS' DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. JAW. 15.
Boulogne and Arnim', 13%—Dutch Rhenish, 2%—Namur
and Liege, 43/4—Northern of Fraace. 111/4—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 4%—Over Yssel, 2—Paris and Lyons,
Sambre and &lease, 7—Tours and Nantes, 3.

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY.—(THIS DAY.)
The quarterly court of subscribers to this institution
was held this day, at the Thatched House Tavern, St.
James's-street, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm in
the chair.

The minutes of the preceding general meeting
having been confirmed,
The SECRETARY read the quarter's report of the
society's proceedings, from which it appeared that
there had been 103 new members, and, deducting
deaths and retirements, an increase of eleven. The
subscriptions for the past quarter amounted to 3151.
Os. 4d., which, with the balance left at the former
meeting, made a total of 1,2331. Os. 4d.
The report was adopted by a large majority, and
thanks having been voted to the gallant chairman, the
meeting separated.

Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., is spending the present
Parliamentary recess in domestic privacy at his seat,
Llanover Court, Monmouthshire. The Hon. Baronet
has recovered from the attack of rheumatism, which was
the effect of a severe drenching caught when invoking
Diana some weeks previous.
FEMALE SrißlT.—The following. spirited notice
appears in the last week's Western 1 tmes, amongst its
usual advertisements:--" Whereas my bu.band, Charles
new Canes, having advertised that he will not be an-
swerable for any debts I may contract, I hereby beg
leave to state that my friends and the public need be
under no apprehension on this account. I always paid
my way before my unfortunate marriage with the said
Charles Rew Canes, and if not burdened with the debts
of any one else, I doubt not that I shall be able to do
so still, although, instead of having a husband to help
me, I have an enemy in a quarter where I had a
right to look for a protector. MARY ANN CANEB.—Jan.
6, 1846."

DINNER TO THE MEMBERS YOB, THE WEST
RIDING.—We understand that a public dinner is contem-
plated to be given to Lord Morpeth and Mr. Cobden,
and that the leading members of the respective commit-
tees of those gentlemen are favourable to the project.
The arrangements would probably have been made at
once, but for the serious illness of the Earl of Carlisle,
which has caused the originators to fix upon the Easter
recess as a most suitable period for this celebration.—
Leeds Mercury.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
steady; sales, 3,000 bales.—Railway Shires were in
fair demand and well supported.
The accounts received by the Ilibernia steamer are
very favourable for this country, but somewhat unsatis-
factory for America. ;It is stated in a New York journal
that—

" The demand from the Government for money has
already commenced. A call has already been made for
four millions of dollars, to meet the deficiency in the
estimates, on account of the war expenditures. This
amount will have to be raised at once, by an issue of
Treasury notes, on account of the old loan, if the
amount authorised is not already exhausted. These Trea-
sury notes must be sold for specie at some price, and the
bidders for the last loan will have to submit to a loss of
one or two per cent. on them. Here are four millions
of dollars in specie to be drawn at once from the chan-
nels of commerce, and its withdrawal must create con
siderable contractions in the operations of the balks.
This is the beginning of the end; it is but the com-
mencement of a drain, the extent of which is as un
limited as the Mexican war.
" The importations for the past few weeks have been
comparatively limited, and the revenue from customs cor-
respondingly small. The resources of the Government
have, therefore, been reduced, and the deficiency
in the estimates, in the beginning of the new year will be
large enough to give a revenue from customs full as
large as that estimated by the Secretary of the
Treasury. It must be borne in mind that to give this
income from Customs, the importations must be exceed-
ingly large, and that these importations will have to be
paid for. What are not paid for in exports of merchan-
dise, must be paid for in specie. The larger the impor-
tation, the greater the demand upon the banks for specie
to pay into the Custom-house for duties and for shipment
to Europe."

The banks were generally much beyond their fair
circulation in proportion to the specie held, and several
had in consequence already gone "to the wall." Cotton
and corn were quiet.
The advices received to-day from the Continent are
not of a cheerful character. More failures are an-
nounced in Germany, although we are glad to find that
Messrs. Kusel had resumed. Money was easy, not-
withstanding, both at Frankfort and Hamburgh, and
the exchange was more in favour of England.
The Funds have been fluctuating a little tc..day, the
result both of the accounts from abroad and the arrange-
ments for settling the account. The report early in the
day that Louis Philippe was again indisposed induced
some forced sales, but a little stock was taken at 86i
to 87, the following bargains being at 871. The
later accounts from Pari■ contradict the state
meats about the King, and the further large arrivals of
bullion have a favourable effect. Within the last three
days probably about a quarter of a million sterling has
been received in London alone. Exchequer-bills
realise 255. to 275. premium. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 88 to 88j. Bank Stock has been
marked 194 f to 197.

The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spanish
Five per Cents. are flatter at 18i to 19k, and the
Three per Cents. 281. Portuguese Four per Cents. are
25i to 26 ; Mexican 17! ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 54 to 54k.

Railway Shares have not been extensively dealt in,
but are generally at fuller prices for the English lines.
The French continue flat.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock 1961; 194% 197 195%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... 87 %,3i
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 86% 87%
New 314 per Cent. Anus BB 88%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 15-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B.J/4
Bank Stock for Account 195
Consols for Account

Exchequer Bills.
1,0004
5001. ..»....».......».. 27 25 p
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 1734
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 2534 28
Ditto for the Account 26 28%
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO9l/2
Spanish Bonds, b per Cent, 1840
Ditto for the Account ...... DIA
Ditto 3 per Cent... 2834
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2'4 per Cent.,l2 Guild 541 % 54
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONt. IN RAILWAY lIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pis SNARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c.
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 ..
Birmingliam & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... .
Birniing., Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145....
Birkenhead. Lancashire, and

Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 6
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead... 37%...,. -•-•
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 . ... to
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 16 ......
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
and L. & D
Ditto, 181., E. & H lit
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 138. 4d...
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ...••• t•
Do., York Extension ...... 10 ..... ...••• to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ..... ...... 12%... .. -
Do., New
Eastersn Union. ........... ... .. 60
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.)
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire 12%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O -
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22%.....
Ditto, New ... 33,(4 — ...... to
Ditto, New port l2
Ditto, ditto, New 2% — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 68.8 d...
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
D 0.% Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ...... ..
Great Northern lO% 'IN to
Do. London & York Exten. 2% Ai•••••• to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37%... 24%ex int. to
Great North of England 100 - ...... to •--
Ditto, Nt w 40! 6
Ditto, New 30/ ••• 30 ••• .• •—•— ••• to
Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 6%...... .
... to
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New 171. 91•• .••• i05,0..14.. to .to
Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. - to
Ditto, Thirds 8
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% r 6% to
Do. do. and-Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 21,4 —
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds.. ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares .... 38
Ditto Quarters 14% ...... ...... to
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths .......... 614--
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — ...... to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 471,1 —
Do., West Riding Union —4/. 25..... ....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) 1% — to
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 93%..... to 94
Leicester and Bedford l6s.
Loads,Devrsbury, & Marches. 42% to
ih Shares 12%
Do., Branch to
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — to —.
Ditto. Extension (green)... 2% _ to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% — ...... to
.-
Leeds and Thirsk .......»..... 36
.. 20 . -
Ditto, New
Doo., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31. ....
•••••• to ....
Liverpool. Crosby, andSonth-
port.
Liverpool. Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2%
London 4 Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto New, No. 1,.
Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 9d.... ."..
to —,
to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ......
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
• .
De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 . -- to
......
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... ...... to
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... -- ...... to
Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... —... to
London & North Western.....loo,, 152% 21 to 152
Do. Quarter ......L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ... G. J. 25
Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15
Do. 401. Skares...M. and B. 40 ......
Do. 10/.... NI. and B. (A.) 71/2• ••••
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 71,4 —
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d... 55
Do. New Consolidated Bths. 40 -to ..../g
Ditto New 50/.......
Ditto New 40/.......... .. 26
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Copsolitlated) 40 ~•,., --,-• ..... to ..•
Ditto, Thirds 0 81. 8d ... —. ...... to
London, Salisbury, & Tom' 1% ...... to —.