The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1818

the quarter in this important item would exhibit'
a diminution in the resources of all those pos-
sessed of 1501. per annum and upwards,
either from realised property, or from their profes-
sional earnings, of more than 3,600,000 Z. per annum ;
but, as it is the merchants, traders, and professional
men generally who hare been the chief sufferers from
the general stagnation, we may easily conceive how
much those classes must have encountered. Indeed,
the property and income-tax returns may be looked
upon as the index which shows the amount of prospe-
rity enjoyed by the middle classes. The revenues of
the aristocracy will undergo little change, whatever
may be the sufferings of the people. The fluctuations
of the Excise will point out the condition of those
situate at the base of the pyramid, the changes in the
Income tax of those at the centre.

The Post-office returns also exhibit a falling off
both on the year and quarter, the latter, however,
only amounting to 1,0001., is more favourable than
could have been anticipated when the extraordinary
improvements that have recently been effected in the
department, and the additional facilities afforded to
the public generally in the transmission of their cor-
respondence, are considered. There is perhaps no
public department in which so much progress has been
made, or in which the managers merit more of the
public approbation. The decrease on the year
amounting to 73,0001. is attributable to the
payment of large arrears due to one of the railway
companies for the carriage of mails during the quarter
ending sth July, to an amount exceeding the whole
deficiency. The other items do not require any
extraordinary notice. There is a small improvement
in the Crown Lands, both on the year and quarter, of
24,0001. and 20,0001. respectively, and a falling off in
the Miscellaneous of 31,8391. on the year, and of
59,2031. on the quarter. On the whole, the returns
to which we have alluded afford good grounds for
congratulation, and lead us to think that the country
has seen its worst days, and that we may reasonably
look forward to a gradual and progressive improve-
ment in the national prosperity.

Hungary, that noble land to which the imagina-
tion of every thoughtful cosmopolite reverts with a
sense of such genuine homage. Hungary, that re-
gion of the Magyars, where every peasant has the
bearing of a nobleman, combined with all the manly
virtues and elevating qualities of civilized life—Hun-
gary has become the victim of the infuriated des-
potism of the Continent! Since the commencement
of the great revolutionary crisis in Europe, the
Genius of Monarchical and Imperial Tyranny has
been abased and violated. Democracy has knocked
even at the palace gates of Vienna and Berlin. Men
who were considered until February the most astute
statesmen cf the age have been driven forth from
the halls of Neuilly and Schoenbrunn in a
manner the most precipitate and ignominious. King-
craft has been mocked, or 'dandled, or destroyed, at
the pleasure of the mob. The prestige of royalty has
disappeared—the spirit which has awed mankind
during so many centuries has been laid—the people
have discovered it to be the veriest illusion that ever
scared a village schoolboy—they have handled the tur-
nip and the sheet, and the charm has vanished ! What
wonder if after this prostration of its authority before
the superior authority of that people which has been
created by GOD in the same mould, what marvel, we
say, if after this prostration ofits authority, monarchical
power has nourished in its breast the thoughts of
hatred to the " rabble," and.of vengeance for its
degradation ? Hitherto, by a merciful dispensation
of PROVIDENCE, the Emperor of AUSTRIA (a potentate
who must be regarded as the representative of this
infuriated royalty), has been prevented from grati-
fying his yearning for revenge by the extraordinary
posture of affairs throughout the length sad breadth
of his gigantic and heterogeneous dominions. The
people were predominant even in the metropolis of
the empire—what hope then for him to exhaust his
rage upon any portion of his subjects. To a candid
and undesigning intellect the answer would have
been obviously—" None." As it was, however,
the guile of the minions of the KAUAI%
have enabled them to triumph over apparent im-
possibilities. Seeing no opportunity, they made
one. Their dastardly and atrocious schemes have, up
to this time, been, unhappily, too successful.
Hungary became the point towards which all their
missives of hatred were directed, the pivot round
which their saturnine machinations revolved, the spot
at which all the threads of their conspiracies were
concentrated. We must acknowledge at once that
there is a certain sublimity in tie daring of this des-
perate venture. For ,of all the contingencies which
presented themselves to the mind of the po-
litician is consequence of the late revolu-
tions, that of the separation of Hungary
from the Austrian empire appeared for nearly four
months to be the most probable. It appeared net
only probable, but inevitable. And now, through the
wily and unprincipled manoeuvres of the Court party,
first at Innspruck, and next at Vienna, Hungary
seems to be again involved in the toils of absolute
authority, and doomed to the still further forfeiture of
its independence.

How this marvellous result has been accomplished
becomes, therefore, an inquiry well entitled to:excite
attention and to promote investigation. That
inquiry is very easily answered. The problem
is solved by coupling together an announce-
ment contained in the Breslau Gazette of the
Ist of October, and another printed in the
Wiener Zeitung of the sth of October. The for-
mer states that certain letters written by General the
Baron JELLACHICH, the leader of the Croatians, COM-.
plaining that the Court had failed to send him the
stipulated amounts of men and money, and compro-
mising in a decided manner the Archdukes Jouß and
FRANCIS CHARLES LOUIS, had been intercepted. The
latter proclaims the fact that his Imperial and Royal
MAJESTY las been most graciously pleased to
appoint the Baron JELLACHICH, the Ban of
Croatia, to the post of Civil and Military Go-
vernor of Hungary. The complicity is transparent.
From the effects we may trace our way, by the
simplest rules of Inductive Philosophy, up to the
causes. The whole contention between the Croa-
tians and the Hungarians was, then, contrived in the
council chambers of FERDINAND. JELLACHICH was
a mere instrument employed by Absolutism to wreak
an execrable vengeance on Hungary. His price was
so much money, but fortune has favoured his designs
even beyond his original expectations. Now that
the Archduke STEPHEN has been withdrawn from
the Palatinate, now that the unfortunate Count LAM-
BERG—who was appointed, a few days since,
his successor has been murdered in cold
blood on the highway, torn from his car.
riage, bludgeoned to death, and then hewn in
pieces by scythes; and bill-hooks—the Ban of
CROATIA emerges from his temporary character as
an adventurer, he stands before us as the stipendiary
of the EMPEROR, and is solemnly robed in vice-regal
costume as the Civil and Military Governor of Hungary.
When all things are taken into consideration we
very much doubt whether the result will be, even for
a comparatively brief period, for the advantage of
the dynastic party at Vienna. The whole pro-
ceeding is too base, too villanous, too unblushing,
not to recoil with a tremendous retribution
upon the heads of its originators. Hungary will
be avenged, and that, too, in defiance of the
almost unlimited power which has been given to the
buccaneering JELLACHICH. Contrasting the Go-
vernor (the Baron JELLACHICH) with the Palatine
(the Archduke STEPHEN), the Magyar population
will yearn for the return of the latter, if even in the
capacity of their newly and spontaneously.elected
Sovereign. It would be a glorious vengeance to ac-
company the expulsion of the Croatian adventurer
with the recal and the re-elevation of the generous
and patriotic ARCHDUKE.

DREADFUL FIRE.—A few minutes before five
o'clock this morning, the extensive premises known as
Holland's Flour-mills, Stanley-creek, near Cremorne
Gardens, were discovered on fire, and but a few minutes
elapsed before the entire property was in flames.
Nothing could exceed the speedy arrival of the brigade,
County, and West of England engines. Hopes were
entertained that some portion of the property could be
saved, but unfortunately the fire had taken too firm a
hold, and by six o'clock the destruction was complete,
the entire machinery, mill, &c., being entirely consumed,
and nothing saved but the engine and some little of its
machinery. The dwelling near is also destroyed. No
cause could be assigned for this great loss of property,
amounting to 5,0001., but insured in the Atlas Fire-
office. The fire was not entirely subdued till nine o'clock.
THE CONWAY TURE.—The second tube will be
floated to its station on Thursday next, the 12th instant,
commencing about two hours before high water.—Liver-
pool Mercury.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The National Assembly met at a quarter before
one, and there was a very full attendance of members,
as it was expected that some Ministerial explanations
would be made; none such however took place, although
General CAVAIGNAC was early in his place, and was
conversing very earnestly with a group of deputies who
were assembled around him previous to the commence-
ment of the business of the day. All the amend-
ments proposed to Article 43 of the Constitution, re-
gulating the election of President, having been either
negatived or withdrawn, the article itself was put to
the vote and was carried by a majority of 470. The
numbers being for the article 627 ; against it 130.

The 44th Article, which declares that if "no can-
didate shall have obtained more than one-half of the
votes given, the National Assembly shall elect the
President of the Republic by ballot, and by an abso-
lute majority, amongst the five candidates
who shall have obtained the greatest number
of votes," was then proposed and was [adopted,
with a proviso that if no candidate should obtain
more than half the votes given, and at least two mil-
lions of votes, the National Assembly shall elect the
President.

M. BOUZIQUE proposed, as an additional article,
that " the relatives and allieE, to the sixth de
gree inclusively, of the President in power, or of an
anterior President, whose functions should have
ceased for less than four years, should be interdicted
from being elected President," which was at once
rejected, as was an amendment proposed by M.
DEVILLE, that no General should be elected President
of the Republic.

The President then announced that he had before
him several amendments against admitting members
of the fallen dynasties to be elected President of the
Republic, and called on M. ANTHONY THOURET to
support the amendment of which he had given notice.
At the conclusion of his speech there were loud
calls for Louse NAPOLEON.

M. Napoleon Bonaparte—l demand permission to
speak.—(Agitation.)
At this moment M. Pierre Bonaparte was on the
point of ascending the tribune, when, on hearing his
cousin's voice, he stopped. Cries again rose for
" Louis Napoleon," which, however, were unat-
tended to, asi the Hon. Member had not been in his
place all day.
M. Napoleon Bonaparte then ascended the tribune,
and said—l had intended to make some remarks on
the amendment now under discussion ; but I learned
just before the sitting, that the Committee had taken
the subject into consideration, and had been unani-
mous in rejecting it.—(Sensation.) In consequence,
I leave to the Assembly the task of appreciating the
question.—(Hear, hear.)
M. Voirhaye, in the name of the Committee, stated
that the subject of the amendment had several times
been most carefully examined and unanimously re-
jected. The Committee were certainly of opinion
that both Royalist and Imperial families were not the
best calculated to give sound ideas on republican
subjects, but still to belong to such a family was not
a sufficient reason to cause a man to be excluded from
the place of President of the Republic.— (Hear,
hear.) The Committee were of opinion that the
admirable instinct of the people ought to be trusted
to in this matter. The democratic principle was too
deeply rooted in the country to cause any fears to be
entertained of what were called pretenders. In con-
clusion, he had to propose to the Assembly to reject
the amendment.
M. de Ludre supported the amendment, on the
ground of the danger that would accrue to the Re-
public were one of the members of the fallen families
to be elected President of the Republic.
M. Coquerel had to propose the previous ques•
tion, as the amendments ought never to have been
brought forward.—(Oh, oh.) If the Assembly were
to adopt such an amendment it would be forming a
law against a man—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—
and not a real part of the constitution.
M. Renaud-Lagardette supported the amendment
in a few words.
At this moment Prince Louis Napoleon, entered the
Chamber and took possession of his usual place.
M. Lacaze spoke strongly against the amendment,
arguing that the persons against whom the amend-
ment was directed were not to be feared.
M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte then ascended the
tribune amidst great tumult at first and deep silence
afterwards, and said that he must protest against the
name of pretender that was always applied to him.
In the name cf the 300,000 electors that had chosen
him, he considered it to be his duty to do this.
The short address which the honourable represen-
tative delivered was badly expressed, and caused
great agitation, the honourable representative not
being likely to obtain much credit in the tribune.
The effect produced by this break down of Louis
NAroLnoN was electric. He had evidently intended
to say more, but he stopped short, and, greatly dis-
concerted, left the tribune. Immediately 11,1,
ANTHONY THOURET rose, and in a tone of contempt,
which was not even disguised, he said, that after the
few short words they had heard, he was quite satisfied
that his fears from the pretender were exaggerated,
and that his amendment was needless, and that he
therefore withdrew it. The observation was received
with loud plaudits from all sides of the Assembly,
excepting from that upon which Prince Louis NAPO-
LEON and his friends were seated.

The article was then adopted, as was Article 45,
declaring the President elected for four years, and re-
eligible after an interval of the same extent.
The Chamber then adjourned.
The Ilfoniteur says that accounts have been re-
ceived from the French establishments in the Pacific.
' The Republic was proclaimed at Otabeite on the 24th
of June, in the midst of the unanimous adhesion of
the officers, soldiers, sailors, and functionaries, as well
as of the chiefs and native population."
Several meetings have been held of influential
Members of the various sections of the Assembly, in
consequence of the vote of Saturday. The members
of the club of the Rue de Poitiers sent a deputation
to General CATAIGNAC to propose that he should be
appointed Provisional President of the Republic, pos-
sessing all the powers of President, and being im-
movable until after the organic laws should have been
passed, and that the election of President should be
postponed for a year. The straightforward and
honest General at once rejected this insidious propo-
sition, declaring that the provisional state of the Go-
vernment had lasted too long already—that the pre-
sent position of France required the immediate forma-
tion of a permanent and firm Government, and that
immediately on the Constitution being voted, he
should propose that the election of President should
take place at once.

The continued malignant and personal attacks of
the Presse on General CAVAIGNAC are exciting the
disgust of men of all parties. The National, in allu-
sion to them, says :

" A journal, of which the violence increases in pro •
portion as its influence diminishes, yesterday directed
the most vindictive attacks on General Cavaignac. It
is well known that all personal considerations would
be of little consequence to us, compared with questions
of principle. Provided the idea to which we have
devoted our life triumphs, provided republican order
gains strength, what matters it to us by whom ?
And we are certain that the honourable men on whom
is imposed the heavy task of government share our
sentiments in that respect. We think of the Repub-
lic before thinking even of the Republicans who have
rendered the greatest service to our cause. And it is
precisely for that reason, that notwithstanding our
repugnance to interfere in questions of persons, we
believe it to be our duty to point out and combat
these side attacks, the secret object of which is the
overthrow of the Republic. That, no doubt, is a
system of tactics clever enough, which consists in
striking the Republican Government in the very men
whom necessity and an almost unanimous assent,
much more than their own will, have raised to power
—in striking an idea in the instruments of that idea.
Certain persons flatter themselves to get their hatred
against the: new order of things accepted more easily,
by disguising it under the form of a simple struggle
amongst men. But it is sufficient to point out such a
system in order to unmask it and brand it with re-
probation."

The Reforme, the organ of M. LEDRU ROLLIN,
which has always been
,most consistently opposed to
General CAVAIGNAC as a politician, and has never
been very nice in its choice of words while vituperat-
ing his political acts, is disgusted, as every person of
common honesty and of common decency must be, at
the unmanly outrages not only on General CAVAIGNAC
personally, but on every member of his family, and
even on the memory of his father, in which M. EMILE
DE GIRARDIN, with true reactionary ferocity, thinks
it decent to indulge. After alluding to the personal
attacks on General CAvAmNec himself, the Reforme
proceeds—" The Presse does not stop there. It
searches the Moniteur to insult, as much as depends
on it, General CAVAIGNAC, even to the memory of his
father a sad proceeding, a hateful speculation of
calumny, which is of no time, nor of any honour,
and of which those who employ it make, at times, an
abusive use with the more security, from the fact
that, owing to certain deficiencies of the Oat ciai4

they have no reprisals to fear." This last allusion is
most severe, and in any other case would be unfair;
but in the case of M. EMILE DE GIBARDIN it is richly
deserved.

The Corsaire says that M. GUIZOT is expected in
Paris next week.

M. WoLowsKl has presented to the Assembly the
following project for the establishment of a system of
paper currency founded on territorial credit :
" Art. 1. Each proprietor of landed property may
demand from the Treasury the delivery of a certain
amount of obligations hypothecaires equivalent to the
principal of the land-tax capitalised on the footing of
five per cent.
" Art. 2. No privileges nor legal mortgages can
take precedence of these obligations, which will enjoy
all the rights accorded to the tax, and the interest of
which, in addition to the sinking fund and the ex-
penses, shall be placed on the footing of five per cent.,
and become payable by twelfths at the same time as
the tax.

" Art. 3. These five per cents. shall be divided as
follows :-1. The obligations hypothecaires will enjoy
for each 100 f. an interest of one centime per day, or
3t. 65c. per annum, payable half•yearly to bearer.
2. One per cent. to be devoted to a sinking fund. 3.
Thirty-five centimes are to be paid to the Treasury
for administrative expenses, and to take the place of
the duties levied on loans and on mortgage inscriptions.
" Art. 4. There shall be every six months a drawing
of the obligations issued ; those designated by this draw-
ing shall be immediately reimbursed at par as far as
there are sums disposable for that purpose. The sink-
ing fund shall be augmented every six months by the
interests on the liquidated obligation.
"Art 5. The debtor may at any time pay off the
whole or part of the debt not yet sunk, by paying into
the Treasury an equal sum in obligations, which shall be
immediately cancelled. In all cases the sinking fund of
one per cent. will completely liberate the debtor in 42
years.
" Art 6. The obligations hypothecaires will be detached
from the Grand livre of the Dette fonciere opened at the
Treasury. They will be for 100 f., 200 f., 500 f., 1,000 f.,
5,000 f., and 10,000 f."

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
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and Lyons,47i.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, OCT. s.—His MAJESTY has issued the
following resolutions, in consequence of recent events
in Hungary :

" ROYAL ORDINANCE.
" I hereby appoint my General of the Ordnance,
and Lieut.-Captain of the Body Guard, Baron RESCEY
VON RICSE, my Hungarian Ministerial President,
with the commission to form a new Cabinet.
" FERDINAND.
" RESCEY.

" Schoenbrunn, Oct. 3, 1848."
" ROYAL ORDINANCIL
" To the Governors of all the Hungarian Juris-
dictions.
" Seeing by virtue of our Royal rescript, hereunto
appended and addressed to the Diet, the kingdom of
Hungary, until such time as the disturbed order and
peace be restored, is placed under martial law, I com-
mand you, by these presents, to make public our said
rescript in the dialects spoken in your respective
Jurisdictions, and to regulate your official proceedings
according to it under the extended responsibility.
" FERDINAND.
" RESCEY.

" Schoenbrunn, Oct. 1848."
" ROYAL RESCRIPT.

" We, FRANCIS 1., Constitutional Emperor of
Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the fifth
of this named, King of Lombardy and Venice, of
Dalmatia and Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria,
and Elyria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Loth-
ringia,, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Upper
and Lower Silesia, Grand Duke of Transylvania,
Margrave of Moravia, Prince Palatine of Hapsburg,
Tyrol, &c. &c. &c.
"To the Ecclesiastical and Lay Dignitaries,
Magnates, and Representatives of Hungary, the
Grand Duchy of Transylvania, and all the neigh
bouring Imperial Baronies, now assembled in the
Royal free city of Pesth, in the Diet convoked by us,
we hereby send greeting.
" To our deep sorrow and indignation the House
of Representatives has been seduced into very illegal
acts by LUDWIG KOSSUTH and his adherents. It has
even executed several illegal resolutions, contrary to

our Royal will, and has recently, on the 27th
September, formed a resolution, against the mission
of the Royal Commissioner nominated by us, for the
restoration, viz., our Field-Marshal Lieutenant
Count LAMBERG, before the same could exhibit our
full powers, in consequence of which resolution the
said, our Royal Commissioner, was cruelly attacked
by an infuriated mob in the public streets, and most
barbarously murdered. Under these circumstances,
we are compelled, conformably with our Royal duty,
for the maintenance of public security and of the
laws, to make the following decrees, and to command
their execution.
"1. We hereby dissolve the Diet, which, immedi-
ately after the publication of this our Royal rescript
is to close its sitting.
" 2. All resolutions and ordinances of the present
Diet, not sanctioned by us, we hereby declare illegal,
invalid, and void of all efficacy.
"3. We hereby subject to the command-in-chief
of our Ban of Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dalmatia,
Field-Marshal Lieut. Baron JOSEPH JELLACHICII,
all troops and armed bodies of men whatsoever,
whether consisting of National Guards or free corps,
in Hungary and the neighbouring countries, as well
as in Transylvania.

"4. Till such time as the broken peace and order
of the country shall be restored the kingdom of Hun-
gary is laid under martial law; and therefore all the
authorities are commanded to suspend the holding of
all county, civic, or district congregations.
"5. Our Ban of Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dal-
matia, Josarn:BaronJELLAcuicit, is deputed by these
presents as Commissioner Plenipotentiary of our
Royal Majesty, and we hereby convey to him full
Powers and authority, in order that in the jurisdiction
of the executive he may carry out those privileges
with which, under the present extraordinary circum •
stances, as the representative of his MAJEsTr, he is
invested.

" By virtue of our Royal full powers, we hereby
declare that all which the Ban of Crotia orders, con-
stitutes, resolves, and commands is to be regarded as
instituted, resolved, and commanded by our royal
authority ; and we hereby graciously command all
ecclesiastical, civil and military authorities, ambas-
sadors, dignataries, and inhabitants of whatever state
or rank, of our kingdoms of Hungary, Transylvania,
and all the neighbouring counties, that they execute
and obey in all things commands signed by Baron
JOsBPH JELLACHICH, as one of the Royal Commis-
sioners Plenipotentiary, like as they are duly bound
to obey our Royal MAJESTY.
"G. 'We especially charge our Royal Commis-
sioner to take heed that the assailants and murderers
of our late Royal Commissioner Count FRANZ LAM-
BERG, as well as all the movers and participators in
this atrocious deed, be proceeded against with all the
rigour of the law.
" 7. The general current business of the civil
administration is to be carried on for the present by
the appointed officers of the several Ministerial
departments as commanded by the laws.
" As soon as the security and conduct of the
common interests of the whole monarchy shall be
permanently re-established, the equal title of all
subjects be for ever guaranteed, and on this
foundation the mutual relations of all the counties
and people united under our Crown, be regulated,
whatever is most conformable will be debated and
legally consolidated by a Council of Representatives
from ell parts.

" Given at Schonebrunn, 3d Oct., 1848.
" FERDINAND.
" ADAM RESC EY, Ministerial President."
—Weiner Zeitung, Oct. 5.
The news of the defeat of the left wing of the army
of JELLACHICII is confirmed. On the afternoon of
the 3d a division of 8,000 Croats took possession of
the city of Raab and levied a contribution, as the
' city was not in a state of defence ; but the whole of
the surrounding country was in arms, and the Land-
strum was assembling at Weissenburg and at all the
neighbouring towns.
Letters from the Archduchess SormA to the Ban
of CROATIA having been found upon Counts OEDEN
and EUGEN 4 &CRY) they have been hanged as spies

in the Hungarian camp. Count °EDON was brother-
in-law of Prince METTERNICH.

There is a levy en masse of the Magyars throughout
Hungary. General MESSANO has joined the Hun-
garian camp with 6,000 troops, and a levy of 15,000
peasants is on its wayito join the Hungarian army.
Every preparation continues to be made at Pesth
to offer the most determined resistance to the BAN
and his Austrian mercenaries. The Hungarians have
intercepted and seized a quantity of specie, which
had been sent from Vienna to the BIN to pay his
army.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Om 2.
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2% per Cent. . ...
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Loan, 1834................
Ditto, 1839..............
Bank Shares ..............
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.. ....... . 105

Leghorn • • •• •• •• •• ••
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.......... 65

........•• 05%

PRIJSSI A.

In the sitting of the National Assembly on the 7th,
M. BENSCU proposed the following resolution :
" The Ministry is requested to propose to the King
a general amnesty for all political offences, as well
as those committed against the press since the March
revolution."

M. de Berg (one of the extreme Left), to the sur-
prise of all parties, opposed the proposition, as cr!lfu-
lated either to place the King in the odious position
of refusing, or in the no less painful position of ap-
pearing to yield the brightest j:;wel of his crown, the
prerogative of mercy, upon compulsion. The ma-
jority of the House were of the same opinion as M.
de Berg, for after a short but sharp debate the
urgency of the proposition was negatived. It is said,
however, that the King has already adopted the reso-
lution to issue an amnesty, and that it will appear
upon his birth-day. Let us hope that this act of
mercy will bear good fruit.
After this a most curious incident took place.
M. Pieper, a butcher from Feshhausen, rose and
said—" I hold it to be my duty, as a man of honour,
to state to the House that I was called out of my
committee-room yesterday. Well, when I went out
2,000 dollars were offered to me, with 300 dollars
travelling money, if I would vacate my seat.—
(Immense tumult.) The miserable fellow who offered
this is present.—(Name, name.) It is M. Damitz
—(lmmense tumult)—of Reuhenbach. lam a poor
man, but 10,000 dollars would not tempt me to for-
swear my duty.—(lmmense applause.) I do not
belong to the Extreme Right, nor to the Left, but to
the Centre. Woe to him who seeks to seduce me."

In the same sitting a motion for the total abolition
of all ;game-laws was carried by a majority of 271
to 69.

The cholera in Berlin is again on the increase.

FRANKFORT.

On the 6th a Bill was presented to the German
Parliament for the protection of the Assembly and
the officers of the central Government. All attempts
upon the Assembly are assimilated to acts of high
treason, and punishable with imprisonment for from
10 years, to:for life. All assemblages of people in the
environs of the Assembly which shall not disperse at
the first summons shall subject the parties to impri-
sonment for from three to twelve months. All
meetings in the open air within five German miles of
the Assembly are interdicted, under the penalty of
six months' confinement. All acts of violence, threats,
or insults against the Assembly, its members or offi-
cers, are to be punished with imprisonment for from
six months to five years. Some of these provisions
are made to apply also to the agents of the central
government. Several amendments were proposed and
discussed, and the debate was adjourned till the 9tb.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL PN1.1.;W4

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was
but a moderate demand, and the quotations were without
alteration. Sales, 4,000 bales. Railway Shares were
again lower.
The continental advices received to-day are not of
prominent interest, but there is an impression that Louis
Napoleon will have a good chance of being elected Pre-
sident, because each party hopes to profit by his inexpe-
rience and assumed want of tact. As far as we can as-
certain opinions and wishes in the city, they are almost
unanimous in favour of Lamartine, although there are
many who apprehend that a military dictatorship is ne-
cessary to " preserve the peace" among our neighbours.
More than the usual scrutiny has been going on to-
day in connexion with the revenue returns, but we must
say, that despite the cavilling of the Protectionists, there is
generally a feeling of satisfaction at the result ; and it
is fairly asked, " Could any country but England show
aqood a return, under similarly adverse circumstances?"
Surrounded by nations in a state of revolution or
open war, could any one imagine that our trade would
not suffer? As to the decrease on the year it arises from
the January and July quarters, the first representing
the effects of the failures in October, 1847, and the latter
of the Chartist excitement and foreign troubles in April
and June, 1848. The Post-office is making ex traor-
ordinary exertions to accommodate the public, and from
this the revenue of that department must at first suffer.
The year 1846, to October 10, produced but 100,0001.
more than the present year.
In reference to the Indigo sales now in progress, we
are informed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury
that they will comprise, according to the advertised
quantity, 9,210 chests, of which 3,015 chests will be
old goods that were bought in or withdrawn from
former sales, and 885 chests in second hands.
There are 6,778 chests of Bengal, Oude, &c., 898 of
Madras, 692 of Kurpah, and the rest is Manilla, &c.
The attendance is good, and, as regards the qualities,
the Bengal is about one-third good zted fine, and two-
thirds middling and ordinary. The Madras ordinary,
with a few chests good, but no fine. The Kurpah
two-thirds ordinary, and one -third middling and good,
with a few chests fine. The Oude ordinary, and the
Bimlapatam middling and ordinary. The sales opened
with a small parcel of fine Bengal, of the mark " J. and
R. W.," and were mostly bought in at July rates; these
were followed by a parcel of Kurpah, the finer sorts
selling at 3d. to 4d. per lb. advance; for the good ship-
ping qualities of Bengal there was but a limited demand,
but may be quoted 3d. to 4d. per lb. higher, the prin-
cipal competition being for the good consuming sorts at
July prices to 2d. per lb. advance; for the Madras,
which was ordinary, there was not much demand, and
it was mostly bought in at July rates.
The survey of the Halifax and Quebec Railway had
been completed at the date of our last accounts, and a
final report had been drawn up. The British Govern-
ment still continued most favourably disposed towards
the railroad.

The whole amount of Copper that has been shipped
this season from Lake Superior up to August 18, is
1,362,0001b5. of nearly pure metal.
There is a very flat market again to-day for the Public
Securities, and the quotations are weak, although they
were at the opening expected to advance a little. In
the remarks yesterday on the state of the Money Market
the abundance of cash in the bankers' hands should
have been stated as being probably never greater than
now instead of " never great," as printed. Transfers
have been resumed in the Stocks upon which the Divi-
dends are to be paid to the public on Friday, the 13th
inst. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised
841 to 4 ex. dividend, and the Three per Cent. Reduced
83k to 84 ex. div.; Bank Stock is worth 190 ex. div.;
Exchequer-bills have been 30s. to 335. premium for those
of June, and East India Bonds 335. to 365. premium.
The Foreign Securities are very quiet. but Mexican
have been rather higher, viz., 18i- to 194; Portuguese
Four per Cents. are 232 to 24. Dutch Two-and-a- Half
per Cents. are 44k. Spanish Three per Cents. ure no-
minally 22,i to 234.
Railway Shares have been rather better, the natural
effect of reaction, but sellers must be cautious and for-
bearing if they desire to see settled improvement.

BRITISH FUNDS 'TLS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85 84 83% x d
3 per Cent. Consols Anne 85 Vili
New 314 per Cent. Anus B4IA3A 1% x d
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 8 5-16 x d
India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 10001 36 p
Ditto under 1.0001
Bank Stock for Account 188% 190
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d.
March. June.
1,0001.
5001 37p 30 35p
Small — 30 35 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Mexican Bones, 1846, 5 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account... 231,E 24
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/8 per Cent.,l2 Guild 44%
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, Ike 4l/4 —
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 17% .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... .
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.148.... ..... to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
tioston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
. _

Bristol and Exeter -
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l4/. 4s to

,:aledoiiian
Ditto, Half Shares
to
Ditto, New 101. Preference 21/.2 1 ...... to %
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
uhester and Holyhead 471/ ----- —...— to
Ditto, Preference
Clarence. . 7814 — to
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
to
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35
Dundalk and Enniskillen .. 20
East Anglia 25/. L. & E..,
& 1)

*Hsi L. _ D •..
Ditto, 18/. •
E. &H. ...... 18 ...... ..
... to
Ditto, 31. 1,08., E. & H... 3%
Eastern Counties ....
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 7% 7%
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct.oN. . 13s. 4d... •••••• to
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... 1,4 dis.xd to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., 5 per cent.
...... .

Do., Quarter .... .......... 12%... .. ...,.. to
Do., New
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 20
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10
Ditto, ditto ........ ......... 20 ......
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... .......... ...• • 21
—•••-• to
Do., New Quarters
Quarter Share,' 414 ••••• • "•••• to
East Lincolnshire ... 23 - ...... to --.
Edinburgh and Glasgow SO
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares I2IA — ...... to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
..... to
Ditto, New ..... .. ...... ..... 64
Ditto, New port
Ditto, ditto New 33/ —••. to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% —.•
.. to =
Glasg.,
..
Dumfries, & Carlisle-84-60.8d ... to
...... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
......
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ...... • to
Great Northern.... .......... ... 17 - .. to
Do. % A Deferred ...- ... 12% 23i% ix, to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42%
Great North of England 100
Ditto, Nt w 40/.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Is, ew 301
Ditto, New 1R....—. l4 ...... ~
Great Western
Ditto, Halt Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171 l3 •• ... 9 ...... to
Eluddorsfield and Manchester 28 .. -.
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 50
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12l
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares - - 43
Ditto Quarters 17% ......

- -
Ditto fifths
Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6!L — ... . to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union... 7 ....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... to
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9%
Leeds and Bradford 5O .. ... ..... to
Leeds, Dewsbury, it, Manches
Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% —
...... to
....
Leeds and Thirak ..
Ditto, New
Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... 4 .. •
•••• to ...-
Liverpeoi. Crosby, an d Bout h-
port. 3%
Liverpool,
_Manchester, and

.
Newcastle Junction 2I,E —
London Pir Blackwall ......131. Gs. 8d 4
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9. .
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... 4 % ...
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... ...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London & North Western.....loo ...105 103... to 104%
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
D.). New
Do. Fifths
Do. 40d. Shares... „L. & M 25 — to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 9 ...• • 8% to
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 9
Do. 10/. ••. K and B. (C.) 1

London and S. Western...—. 50
Ditto, New 501........
Ditto, New 404 34

Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......

Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40

Ditto, Thirds ... .ll/. 13s. 4d ... ..... to
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls ......1/. 13s. 4d.... Mir die. to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 114 — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 271,4 — ...... to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8 ......
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100

Ditto 1/1 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18
Ditto, ditto (No. 2)
Ditto, 1/R Shares (No. 3)... 10

Do., Newlo.. Preference.. 10 ... .. 91y' to -
Ditto Grimsby -
Ditto, ditt0........,. ll - •....• to -
Ditto, ditto ... ..... - -
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 124-- - to -
Ditto, Grimsby Dock - to
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - -
Midland....
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - to -
Ditto, 501. Shares.... ...... 20 ...... 7% to 7
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 53 -
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 114
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. -
Ditto ditto 141.185... - -
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
oington (S per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - .
IQ idld. Great Western (Irish) 42% •
- to -
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar. - to -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - ...... t.)
Ditto Quarter Shares - ..... to -.
Newmarket - ..... . to -
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. - ...... to -
Newport Abergy., and Here& 6 - ..... to -
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...... to -
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor ...... ..............1200 - 0
Norfolk ......... ... . - ...... to ---
Ditto New 201.. lO .....• ---
Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 -
Do. Guaranteed 51,4 per ct. 6 - -
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - ... .. to --
Northern Counties Union ... 4 - ....... to -
North British -
Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12%..... 71,x...., to 7
Do. Quarters . 614 .. 3304... to -
Ditto, Extension
Ditto Thirds ... ........ ..... 814.... 414 -
North and South-Western... 2 .. .. - .. -
North Staffordshire..... l5 ...... -
8 734 to 8
North Wales 3% ..... ..... to --
North Western lO - •••• to ....
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton - •••• • to --
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 - ....• to -
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% - -
Scottish Central - to,. Midland ... ....... .... 25
Ditto,New 17% - to -
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole 714 - ...„ to --.
Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - -
hrewsbury and Birmingham 9 ...... 1!4, ox.n to 1
Ditto. ditto. Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - ••• •• to -
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W . Min.)
16 .0..11 •••• ...... to -.»Ditto Halves, Ditto 8.„.. _. ... to -
Ditto, Oswestry I6
Ditto .New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref...... 10 - -
Shropshire Union
4 ... •• - -
South Devon ..
50 ...... - -
Ditto, Preference ....... . ... 25
- •
South Staffordshire •• to -
•••
5% - -
South Eastern -
4 .. to -
Ditto, New, No. 1 - to -
Ditto, New, No. 2.......,..... 22 -
••••" to -
Ditto, New, No. 3 25 - to -
Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 -
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole 5 - ...... to --
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 - tO --
Taw Vale Extension - ••...• tO --
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway l7l - -
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 17% ...... -
Waterford and Limerick..... 45 ..... -
Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw,
and Dublin - •••• • to
....
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...... •..- 4234 ...... - -
Do. do. do. - ..... to -
Do. do. do. ...... .. 9 ... -
to -.
West Cornwall 6 - to -
West London....
- o -. t
..• ••
Ditto, First Class ... 2O - to -.Ditto, Second Class
Whitehaven and Furness IS ..... - ...„ to -
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western % ...... to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 -
York,--
Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. - to 22%
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 -
Do. Exten. No. I (Y. & N.) 15
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 -
Do. G. N. E. Pur, or Pref. 8 . 41...... to 3%
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 49
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and Iv estßiding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 5%%... to
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon) ...
to --.
Ceylon
% — ...... to
Demerara. - . .... to -
Dendre Valley
..... - ...... to -
Direct Bombay and Madras .ss. .... . - -
Dutch Rhenish
7 %.....• -- ...... to ....
East Indian - ••• •• to -
Great Indian Peninsular U - ......, to Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to -
Luxembourg --
7 ...... - ..... to -
Madrid and Valentia - • to -
Namur and Liege. -
...
Northern of France - ..... to - ..... .to
Orleans and Bordeaux ...
...... to
.....
Paris and Lyons - ...... to ---
Do. 1-)o. -
Paris and Orleans...
...... to
Paris and Rouen 2O ...... ""'• to
_. Paris & Strasbourg .......••• 8 ..... --
...... to
Rouen and Havre 2O ...... -_
to --. Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale ..... -
..... - ..„. to
Tours & Nantes ... .. ..... „ 9 ...... - ..... to -- Fournay, Jurbise, Landen,
Wand Hasselt ... .. 20 •••••• .... •••••• tO ••••
est Flanders .................. 8% ..... . -
British -
Australasia
North...A.j..Z
to -.-
...... . to .....
(CL2ooonml -.-
Colonialnearl cji.o.a.il.h.oisL:o.oca-kcio.n: ................... 25
•...
NlviVnteSitarroillAtOnr Westminster. .. 20
N t-
London--
National 1 andpro
--
National oNte - -
cli
American
IT.I
.a? c....
1:27:500 z.A...
N......iczisi • i
-
rcefil.Y. - -
P rno vi
ti nt
oe, i
Na 1
eowf
..... e. lf. (.1:
.....................
2102%...... -..._
........ ttco)
--- •• ••• to 1105
-
Union of Australia 25 - ..... to Dio New - to -
-
Union of L0nd0n........ 10 ••-•
Union of Madrid 4O ...... - ...... to -

Anglo /lexicon MINES.
_
to ..-•
Asturian Mining Company... 13 ......
Australian..." - ...... to
Blaenarvon Iron mad Coal ... SO - •••... to
Bolauos Scrip -
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial .... ..... 241,4......
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiabai 80
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15
Cobre Copper -
General Mining 28 -
Real del Monte, Unregistered „, .. .. ... to
Do. Black Debenture5......
Do. Red Debentures ..
Santiago de Cuba.
United Mexican ....... 211% — ...... to

COURSE OF
Amsterdam .....• • • • • 12 13i
Dit:/..), at sight • • .... 12 0
Rotterdam .... • • .. • • 12 2
Antwerp • ............. 25 80
Hamburgh .... • .M.B. 13 1114
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 50
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75
tiarseilles • ......• .. • • 25 75
Bourdeaux.... ... . 25 80
Frankfort on Maine.... 12134
Petersburgh, Sll. Rble.. 36%

EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar.. • • ......: ••
Leghorn ...... .• • 21 15
Genoa .. ••••• . • • •• 26 10
Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••••
Venice•• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Naples .......... 811%
Palermo, p0r0z........
Lisbon.... • • ..........
0p0rt0.... .....
Rio Janeiro • •
Messina ..............
Buenos Ayres .. .•
New York, 21 days'sight
Philadelphia .... • • ..

Vienna, elec. • • 11 6
Trieste, ditto.... • 11
Madrid • • ...... 47%
Cadiz •• • • ............ 48%
Bilbao.. •• .. • •
Barcelona .. • ........
Saville•• •• •• •• •• •• ••

Sl%
5114

PRICES Or BULLION, ?K2 of
Foreign Gold la bars.. £3 17 9
New Dollars 0 4 10%
l'Ortagal Gold Coin 0 • 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 •
Silver la bars 0 4 113 i

LLOYD'S SHIPP G--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON OCT.
, ll.—Wind, N.W., moderate breast'
and fine clear dry weather.
DEAL, OCT. 10.—Wind W.N.W. to N.W.—Arrd,
Iris, Ceylon; Henrietta, Ceylon; Blanche, Colombo;
Jessie, Manila;
Berwick Castle, Islay; Bride of Abydos,
Bahia; Panama, ditto; Agnes, Barbadoes; Barthes,
America; Brothers, Richmond; Jane, Sauvenay; Jer-
sey, Newfoundland. Arrd. from the river, Thetis,
Port Philip; Point, Jamaica; Velocity, ditto. Put back
Candahar, Port Philip.
LivEurooL, OCT. 10.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Earl of Lonsdale, Callao; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres;
Charles Joseph, Savannah; Isis, Savanilla• Parton,
Laguna; Neornie, Charleston; William Larreber, Bos-
ton; Liberty, Montreal. Put back the 10th Persian, for
Savannah. Off port Diana, Queen of the West, Maid of
the Mill, Berlin, G. A. Hopley. The John Bright,
Liverpool to Valparaiso, has put into Beaumaris Bay,
with loss of fore-top mast.
HARWICH, OCT. 10.—The Thyatira, Moore, of Wis-
beach, from Seahara to London, has been assisted in here
leaky, and with loss of bowsprit, anchor, and chain,
having been in contact off the West Rocks with the brig
Brotherly Love, of South Shields.

NEWBURGH, OCT. Logie o' Buchan, Thomp-
son, reported 6th instant as aground in the irear, has
been got off, and brought in here without apparent
damage.

DUBLIN, OCT. 9.—The Russian ship Mentor, from
Odessa, in coming up the river in tow of a steamer,
ran upon a bank at the entrance of the docks, and lay
badly, but came off next tide, making no water. 10.
The Mary Ann, from New York to this port, came to
anchor last night outside Kingston harbour, parted her
chains, and drove on the pier, where she lay very badly
all night, and is making water fast.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 9.—The Victory, Watson, from
London to Quebec, with loss of mizen-mast, fore and
top-gallant masts, bore up from the Banks of New-
foundland, having been on her beam-ends, and lost a
boy overboard.