The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-25 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—STJN OFFICE, Nov. 25.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and during file night.
48—this day at noon. •
BAROMETER-29.4--a fall of half •an-inch.
WIND, South-Easterly light, with mild weather. The
wind changed in the night, with some rain, which now
continues very slightly.

A great man has passed from amongst us. The

glorious memory of a true hero is now all that

remains to remind his countrymen of one of whom
they were justly proud, and on whose unquestion-
able skill, unflinching courage, and tried expe-
rience they might place implicit reliance in any
emergency. Lord LYONS expired at Arundel
Castle, after a brief illness. jle is sincerely
mourned, not only by his friends and relatives, but
by the entire community. The mantle of NELSON
had descended on his shoulders, and his death is
regarded as a national calamity of no ordinary
magnitude. _

From ten years of age he had 'been actively
engaged in the duties of his profession. There
were many opportunities afforded of distinguishing
himself in these stirring times, and young LYONS
speedily acquired the reputation of being a trust-
worthy officer, who faithfully and efficiently dis-
charged the duties, however arduous they might
be, with which he was entrusted. Like his great

prototype he regarded no numerical superiority

too great to be encountered. He relied on the un-
flinching pluck and daring hardihood of the gallant
tars by whom he was accompanied, every one of
whom would have encountered any risk, however.
desperate, in which the officer whom they loved
and respected participated. There is much in ac
quiring the affections of such persons. It
is the path to distinction ; for however brave or
skilful may be the officer, he can achieve but little
•or nothing, unless he is supported by the hearts as
well as the hands of his followers. Lord LYONS
possessed that happy fortune. There was no one
with whom be came in contact who did not look on
him with affectionate esteem. It was by this ex-

traordinary influence that he succeeded in capturing

Fort Marrack, defended by 5,1 guns, 180 soldiers,
• and two boats crews of sailors. Lord
Doss had but thirty-five men with him
but they were of the right stuff—true
hearts of oak, and with them he accom-
plished a feat which was justly declared to be
" beyond all comment."

This was one only of many brilliant exploits, but
it stamped the character of the young officer by
whom it was accomplished, and. who consequently
obtained the rank of post-captain in 1814, wken he
was but twenty•four years of age.
"The piping times of peace" reduced the dis-
tinguished sailor to a state of inaction. He remained
unemployed until 1828, when he was appointed to

the command of the Blonde, 46, in which he parti-

cipated in the blockade of Navarino, and the re-
duction of the Castle of Morea. He was more
engaged in escorting ambassadors or other great
personages from place to place, and he thus,
probably acquired the taste for diplomacy which
he subseqneutly had ample opportunities for gra-
tifying. Shortly after the frigate he commanded
was paid off. He was, in 1835, appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Athens, in
which he remained until 1849, when he was sent
to the Swiss Confederation, and from thence to

Stockholm, where he remained until November, 1853

when he was appointed second in command of the'
Mediterranean fleet, war being then imminent,
and the Government of the day rejoicing at being
enabled to secure the services of one whose very

name was a tower of strength.
It is almost a work of supererogatio n to detai,
his brilliant exploits in the Euxinc, where he
nobly won his Peerage—the only one of our com-
manders, by land or water, to whom his country-
men could point with just
He planned
and superintended the expedition Pride. to the
Crimea, and the debarkation at BuPatoria. At
Alma he brought his great guns to bear on the
left Hank of the Russians, and thus contributed
greatly to the triumphant results of that memo-
rable day. Afterwards, at the " opening of the
ball" at Sebastopol, he placed his ship in the fore-
most position, and if others had acted in like man-
ner, it is by no means impossible that the Russian
stronghold might have been more speedily reduced,
and that our allies would not have obtained the
" lion's share" of the glory.
But, perhaps, the greatest service that he
rendered to his country was one that has hitherto

bet mn scarcely hinted at. It appears nut Lord
RA.GLAN had been so far misled as to have resolved
on abandonding Balaklava, believing fir: t, after
the capture of the forts, from which the 'Turks so
expeditiously retreated, it could no longer be bene-
ficially occupied. The then Sir ED3II7YD LYONS
only heardjof this determination at the eleventh
hour, when he received instructions to embark as
many guns as possible, the intention being that the
remainder and the village should be suffered to
fall into the hands of the Russians. On his own re-
sponsibility—for, like NELSON, he possessed moral
as well as physical courage—he delayed the
execution of the order until he had an opportunity
of remonstrating with Lord RAGLAN, and pointing
out the fatal consequences that must inevitably re-
sult from such a course. Fortunately, his saga-
cious counsels were attended to, and the memory
of Lord RAGLAN was saved from that which would
ever after have affixed the brand of incapacity on

his military reputation.
As we have stated, Lord LYONS' was the only
peerage gained in either branch of the ser-
vice, from the campaign in the Crimea. The
community was satisfied that the distinction
was fully earned, and, moreover, that no one
else had cause of complaint in not achieving
a position amongst the hereditary legislators. He
did his work well, was a true-hearted British
sailor, and as such was valued and respected
by his compatriots. In any difficulty he
would have been selected by the nation to
defend its honour and interests; but although he is
removed, others remain who will show themselves
worthy successors. Peace to his honoured remains
—the name of " Lord LYONS" will long remain
enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen, as one of
" the bravest of the brave," of those cherished sons
who have earned their distinctions, and whom
BRITANNIA delighted to honour.

A few more suggestions in the matter of reform,
for the benefit of her MAJESTY'S Ministers ! This
time, however, neither from honourable nor right
honourable gentlemen—but from honest working
men, who, perhaps, in their secret hearts aspire to
be such. Particularly now that the last session of
Parliament has done away with one obstacle at
least to the realisation of any daring ambition of
the kind—namely, of course, by the abolition of the
Property Qualification. Recollecting that thus one
of the six points of the Charter has so very recently
triumphed, the champions of the old cause are not
unnaturally taking heart again for its more earnest
advocacy. Pity poor FEARGUS O'CONNOR went
mad and died in a lunatic asylum so lamentably.
Had he but lived till now, and, in every sense of
the phrase, kept his wits about him—hbre was
opportunity. How says BRUTUS in the tragedy ?
The familiar words ring home surely to the
hearts—starts ready to the lips of each champion of
Chartism :

" There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows; and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,

And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures."—Juurs eff,'SAR, A. iv. s. 3.
So evidentlythink our good friends (redivivus) sonle
of those enthusiastic Chartists, who assembled in a
great open-air reform meeting on Monday afternoon,
in Smithfield. Nay, some among them were ready
enough to cry out, if not in the words, distinctly
enough in the tone of Cassius, immediately after-
wards—words, the closing phrase of which having
reference, by a well-known quotation to the House
of Commons, figure conspicuously in the biography
of the right hon. gentleman, its ptesent leader :

" Then with your will go on ; we will along
Ourselves, and meet them at Philippi."

That is surely the significance, or it has.
none, of the assemblage alluded to, the
gathering of the clans of political discontent
on Monday, in the disused space of —in
cockney phrase—Sniffle. It can hardly be
wondered at, this open-air meeting about reform in
Smithfield. The fifth point of the Charter gained
in the Parliamentary session of 1858—another
comprehensive Parliamentary Reform Bill being
promised on all hands for the ensuing session of
1859—n0 wonder that the Chartists emerge again
into the light of day, and speak out boldly and
fearlessly for the five other points, not of the.
Magna, but we suppose we may call it the maxima
Charta. Gained, the abolition of the Property
Qualification, there remain now to be fought for
Ist, Universal Suffrage ; 2d, Vote by Ballot ; 3d,
Paid Representatives ; 4th, Equal Electoral Dis-
tricts ; and, sth, Annual Parliaments. That is
what we may term fairly—each in turn—coming
to the " point." The only difference, now-a-days,
in Chartism is the first point of all—designated
twenty years ago, on the first rise of the cause in
1838, Universal Suffrage, has come to be re-chris-
tened, in 1858, Manhood Suffrage. The popular
aim, in both instances, being now, as well as then,
according to the expresion accepted a s valid by
the Tory annalist, Sir ARCIIIBALD ALISON—to
have " a throne surrounded by republican institu-
tions."

Honourable gentlemen and right honourable
gentlemen from the House of Commons, Tribunes
of the People and ex-Ministers—nay, even for that
matter, his Civic Majesty, the Lord MAYOR, and
what Mr. TIIACKERAY has facetiously spoken of in
Vanity Fair, with a due regard to the presumed na-
tional appetite for flunkeyism and tuft-hunting, as
" noble noblemen"—these and others have expressed
their opinions pretty plainly of late in regard to
the paramount question of all just now to the
political world—that of Parliamentary Reform—
why not, then, a word or two upon the like subject
from some of the more intelligent members of the
working classes themselves ? Hence the meeting
of Monday at Smithfield—a meeting at which it is
especially noticeable that one of the ablest of the
speakers alluded, amidst derisive laughter, to the
recently expressed opinions of Mr. BRIGHT upon
Reform as unmistakeably Brummagem ! There is one
circumstance that ought to be a source of
some satisfaction to these shrewd, logical,
hard-headed Chartist tailors and shoemakers
decorative painters and engineers' machinists, that
their wants and wishes, their hopes and fears, have
long ago been perfectly well understood by two of
the principal members of Lord DERBY'S Conserva-
tive but reforming Administration. Otherwise we
should certainly never have heard of SPROT the
Tinker in Sir EDWARD LYTTON'S My Novel, or
of a whole swarm of Radical personages described
in the Sybil of the Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S
Exchequer. Altogether, in regard to the great
question of reform—among the Lords and the Com-
mons, in Parliament and out of Parliament, among
Ministers, no less than among the outer multitude—
the rallying cry might most aptly be the one audi-
ble in the streets of Paris during the Revolution of
February—" This time let there be no mistake."
Above all, we want no party job—neither a Whig
nor a Tory
compromise.

Sir John Ratcliffe, Mayor of Birmingham, Mr.
Alderman Phillips, and Thomas Standbridge, Esq., Town
Clerk of Birmingham, transacted business at the Home-
office this day.

The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford have
returned to town from visiting her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

THE SUN, LO

ANTI-OPIUM ASSOCIATION.

A deputation from this association, consisting of
the chairman and secretary, with the Rev. W.
Arthur, secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary So-
ciety, Mr. Huddleston Stokes, of the Church
Mis-
sionary Society, Dr. Hodgkin, and others, waited
on Lord Stanley yesterday, at the India-house, to
present a memorial, praying the government to
prohibit the cultivation of opium in India, and also
its transit through British territory from the inde-
pendant states of India.
Lord STANLEY listened to the memorial with
the utmost attention, and at once expressed his
full appreciation of the philanthropic motives .of
the memorialists, but went on to state that, as a
political question, it was one surrounded with diffi-
culties. He admitted the deleterious effects of
opium, and coincided with what the memorialists
said on that branch of their subject ; but he adduced
the deleterious effects of the use of spirituous
liquors as a somewhat analogous case, and yet no
government of this country would consent to pro-
hibit their production ; heavy duties were imposed
on them, and that was all that legislation Iliad yet
accomplished. He could not recommend the pro-
hibition of the cultivation of opium; but other
courses seemed to require consideration ; the trade
might be thrown completely open, but then the
evil would remain, and probably even -be greatly
increased, and the present revenue would be lost
without any equivalent advantage being obtained.
Two other modes of dealing with the subject had
been considered—the imposition of a heavy export
duty, and of an excise duty at the place of produc-
tion ; but he would not pledge himself, at present,
to either course. One thing his lordship said he
was prepared to promise, that no instruction
should be given to British men-of-war to support
merchants in smuggling operations, that whatever
ventures merchants might make in the smuggling
of opium should be entirely at their own
risk, and should receive no countenance or support
whatever from Government. His lordship thought
that the sentiments of the Chinese government, as
regards their prohibition of opium, were somewhat
misunderstood by the memorialists; he believed
that opium was openly sold in every town in China
without the government taking any decided steps
to suppress the traffic, thus inducing a suspicion of
the sincerity of the Chinese protests on this head.
His lordship concluded by again expressing his
sympathy with the present and similar philan-
thropic objects, and thought that the zeal with
which such objects were now prosecuted was a
distinguishing feature of the age.
Dr. Hodgkin and Mr. Stokes made a few obser-
vations in support of the prayer of the petition, and
the deputation withdrew.

BELFAST LINEN TRADE CIRCULAR.

(From the Belfast Mercantile Journal.)

BELFAST, Nov. 22.-Flaxseed-No further ar-
rivals last week. Riga advices report 40,000 bar-
rels shipped and in course of shipment for Ireland
up to 12th inst. ; navigation still open.
Flax.-The supply continues good at all the
country markets last week, but scarcity of water
prevents the scutch mills from sending out their
usual quantity of milled ; prices continue to creep
up. At Cootehill, Ballibay, and Monaghan, 100
to 110 tons appeared, which met a brisk sale at
advancing rates, say milled Bs. 9d. to 135., hand-
scutched 7s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per stone of 161-Ibs. At
Armagh, on Tuesday, 40 to 50 tons, also quickly
taken at Bs. 9d. to 155., and 7s. 6d. to 9s. 3d. for
milled and hand-scutched respectively, per stone of
1641b5. At Tandragee, on Wednesday, about 40
to 50 tons, which met a good demand, at prices
rano-ing from Bs. 9d. to 15s. per stone of 1611bs.
In Cookstown, on Saturday, about 50 tons, viz., 30
milled, and 20 hand-scutched, which realised 9s. to
12s. 6d. for the former, and 7s. 6d. to 9s. 4d. for
the latter, per stone of 1611bs. In the Northern
districts, the quantity forward at the several mill-
scutched markets, which include Derry, Strabane,
Newtownlimavady, and Letterkenny amounted to
about 120 to 130 tons; prices ranging from 675. 6d.
to 755., up to 90s. for very fine qualities, per cwt.
of 1241b5. In foreign flax little doing. Sales are
reported of 20 tons, 12 heads Narva, at £56, four
months ; 9 heads hold for £4B, four months.
Yarn.-At the reduction of 14d. per bundle
made by some spinners, as noticed last week, the
demand has increased for linen yarns. Home con-
sumption has been fair. Stocks in first hands are
reduced, and spinners seem determined not to make
any further concessions. Tow yarns are very firm,
and in more active demand.

Brown Linens in Country Markets.—ln Armagh,
on Tuesday, lawns for dyeing and for hollands un-
altered ; rough browns dull of sale at the prices of
the previous market. In Lurgan the supply of
diapers was very small for this .season, yet large
enough for the demand, and prices, in. serge cases
were rather easier. The same remailts apply to
lawns. In Ballymena, on Saturday, the supply of
goods was moderate, and, prices were unaltered.
Hand-loom Linens, with manufacturers continue
as reported last week. Power-loom Linens.—
Drills unaltered. In heavy linens little doing,
owing to the firmness of holders ; stocks are kept
low, however, by old orders. Light linens for
bleaching quiet, but firm ; stocks moderate. In
printing lawns more doing. Cambric handkerchiefs
working to order ; prices firm. Roughs are firm ;
stocks small, and demand good. Unions inanimate.
White Linens dull, as is usual at this season ;
tone healthy. Bleachers are preparing for their
sprinc, trade. Advices from New York note a
steady improvement.

LINES, BY AN OLD PUPIL, ON THE
FUNERAL OF THE DEAN OF ELY.

A phoenix' fate no good man seeks in vain,
He dies :—but only sure to rise again.
His earthly mourners bear the sacred urn,
With hopes for heaven as their lot in turn.
Farewell to one who shared our dearest love,
His loss is ours : his gain is God above.

Of active life, in steadfast wisdom spent,

His own Cathedral is the monument.

JAMES BROGDEN.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 21.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday comprised the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Aumale, the
Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, Lady Fanny How-
ard, the Comtesso de Coiffier, Major-General the Hon. C.
Grey, and the Hon. Lady Inglis.
The Queen walked in the Castle grounds this morning,
accompanied by Prince Arthur.
The Prince Consort went to the Wellington College,
attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.
The Princesses Alice and Helena rode in the riding-
house.

The Duke and Duchess of Aumale took leave of her
Majesty, and left the Castle, attended by the Comtesse de
Coiffier.

The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon.
Lady Inglis have also taken their departure.

His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh,
accompanied by Dr. Baker and -a numerous suits, has left
Claridge's Hotel for Vienna. His Highness proceeds from
the Austrian capital on a tour of several months through
Italy, Turkey, and Greece.

The Duke of Rutland arrived in town yesterday
from visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Norton at Elton
Manor, Nottingham. His grace will leave town to-morrow
for Belvoir Castle.

The Earl and Countess of Erroll are passing the
season at Slaines Castle, Aberdeenshire.

Lord and Lady Forester have arrived at their
residence in Audley-square, from Willey Park, Shropshire.

Lord Frederick G. Hallyburton has arrived at
Kensington Palace. Lady Augusta Gordon and Mrs.
Wemyss are expected from Scotland in a few days.
Sir John and Lady Shelley and Miss Shelley
have arrived at Woburn Abbey on a visit to the Duke of
Bedford.

The Hon. Mrs. Bertic Percy has arrived at
Claridgo's from Guy's Cliff, Warwick.

Lady Riall has arrived at the Queen's Hotel,
Upper Norwood, from Dover.
_ _

Captain Hall, son of General Hall, who not long
since returned from India, was married on Monday last to
Miss Moore, daughter of Col. Moore, C. 8., of the Indian
army. A very handsome dejcuner, at which between 40
and 50 members of the two families assembled, was given
on the occasion at Claridge's Hotel. Several toasts were
proposed, and early in the afternoon the young couple left
town for the Continent.

lit is rumoured, and we have reason to believe
not without foundation, that his Excellency Count Bern-
storff will, before long, quit his post as Minister of the
Court of Berlin. The Prussian Ministers at Park and
Vienna are, it is said, also to be superseded.
Count liarolyi has left Chandos-house for Vienna,
and is about to assume a higher diplomatic post.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24.—The screw steamship City
of Washington, belonging to the Liver Fool, New York, and.
Philadelphia Company, sailed hence to-day for New York,
with about 130 passengers, the United States' mails, and a
fair cargo. The Cunard Royal Mail steamship Persia takes
her departure for the same destination on Saturday. The
African Mail Steamship Company's screw steamer Arme-
nian sailed to-day with a fair cargo, a full cabin of passen-
gers (including Mr. Consul Hutchinson), and the mails. On
Saturday week, the 4th proximo, in addition to despatching
the Arabia for Halifax and Boston, the Cunard Steamship
Company will put on the screw steamer Karnak, as an extra
steamer, for New York, for the purpose of keeping up an
uninterrupted communication with that port.

LATE Sr NEWS..

SENTENCE OF M. DE MON-
TALI?,MBERT.

PARIS, Nov. 24.

The case of Comt e de Montalembert and. M.
Dounagre, manager ot:the journal, was tried to-day.

From 9 o'clook in, the morning a considerable
crowd surroumde d .-the doors of the Hall of
Audience, which -Was soon filled by persons pro-
vided with tickets. A great number of advocates
in their robes occupic%l the benches reserved for
the bar.

Proceedings cotumen,3k )d at 12 o'clock precisely.
M. de Montalemll6xt , formerly a peer of France,
who is said to intend speaking for himself, was
assisted by M. Ben Ter, kis defender; and M.
Dufaure will plead for the other defendant. The
Procureur Imperial .oet :upied the seat of the public
Minister.

The accused have been sent before the Sixth
Chamber of the Tribunal Correctional, on the
charge of having, b. y publishing in the Comes-
pondant, of the 25th a f October, an article entitled
Un Debat sur an de au Parlement Anglais,"
committed the four fol lowing offences :

1. Having excited ablic hatred and contempt
of the Governmei It of the Emperor, princi-
pally :-
1. In the pass ge (page (208) commencing
with these words, " Les Oreilles me tin-
tent;" and fin '
shing with these, " Un bain
de vie dans la . libre Angleterre."
2. In the passage, (page 209) commencing with
these words, " Am Canada une noble race
Francaise and'', finishing with these, "La
Compagnie de la; Gr&nde Federation Ame-
ricaine."
3. In the passage (p ago 215) commencing with
these words,'" Not is a,vons non seulement les
habitudes ;" and f finishing with these, " Les
idees de I'Autorit a ou celles du vulgaire."
4. In the passage (E cage 261) commencing with
these words, " Pei 'dant que cos reflexions se
faisaient ;" and fit tishing with these, " Stir
les times fieres et 1 es esprits genereux."
This being an offence I oreseen, and made punish-
able by Article IV. of the Decree of the 11th of
August, 1848.
11. Having attacked the respect due to the laws
notably-
1. In the passage (pt ige 215), cited above.
2. In the passage (page 252), commencing
with these words, ." J'en etais pour ma part ;"
and finishing with these, " On lea attend,
dans le baillon °IR ci el."
3. In the passage (page 262) commencing with
these words, " G arantie immense et trop
peu connue ;" and finishing with these,
" De ranger parm i les eonquetes de 1780"
Thiipbeing an offence foreseen, and made punish-
able
by Article 111. of the 25th of July, 1849.
111. Having attacked the rights and authority
which the Emperor possesses by virtue of the
constitution and the principle of universal suf-
frage, and principally-
1. In the pasage (page 206) commencing with
these words, "Je concede d'ailleurs a qui
vent;" and finishing with these "Si l'on
sent comme moi."
2. In the passage (page 206) commencing with
these words " En un mot la force morale ;"
and finishing with these, "En dehors de sa
virile et intelligente energie."
3. In the passage (page 266) commencing with
these words, " J'ai deja i adique, ici meme ;"
• 'find:finishing ,s!ittLthSse, "Bans les sacri- 1
-11-Ces
This being an offence foreseen, and made punish-
able by Article I. of the decree of the 11th of
August, 1848.
IV. Having sought to disturb the public peace by
exciting the hatred or contempt of citizens
against each other, chiefly-
1. In the passage (page 206) commencing with
these words, " Mais si par hasard elle a ete
ramasse ; and finishing with these, "De-
mentis par la reflexion."
2. In the passage (page 261) given above.

This being an offence foreseen, and made punish-
able by Article VII. of the decree of the 11th of
August, 1848..
The pleading lasted till half-past six.
The tribunal was one hour considering the
verdict. The sitting was resumed at half-past

seven.
The verdict sentences M. de Montalembert to
six months' imprisonment and 3,000 f. fine.
The editor of the Correspondant is sentenced
to one months' imprisonment and I,ooof. fine.

THE ELECTIONS IN PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Nov. 24.

Of the 332 deputies who have been elected,
the following arc at present known :-94 Liberals
for the new Ministry, 19 old Conservatives, 13
uncertain; total known, 126.
Among these, (Schwerin was three times,
Baron Auerswald (Staatsminister) four times, and
Burgomaster Grabrow three times elected.

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA
MAILS.

The Nemesis reached Suez on the 17th inst.

The Indus arrived at Malta on Tuesday, the
23d of November, at four a.m., and was to leave
for Southampton at noon:

The Vectis left for Marseilles at eight a.m. the
same day.

MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY.
Advices have been received from Constantinople
to the 17th inst.

General Said, the commissioner for Jeddah, em-
barked on Saturday last for Alexandria, accompa-
nied by Mahmoud Pasha, the new Governor.

Letters received say that discord is increasing
among the Turkish Ministers.
Political manifestations have been suppressed
everywhere in the Principalities. Frequent dis-
missals of functionaries have taken place. Clubs
have been prohibited, and in general the Democrats
have lost many chances.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 16.

The Ottoman Commissioners not having arrived
at Jeddah on the indication of Emerat, ten of the
principal merchants and the Cadi have been
arrested.

ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY.

On Saturday the Emperor received in audience
the new SWedish ambassador Baron W. de Carls-
berg, and the new Bishop of Montenegro, Nicanor.
The Turkish ambassador Riza Bey took his leave
of the Emperor.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

It is asserted that an Anglo-French fleet will
leave on the 19th December for the Gulf of Mexico.
The French fleet will have on board a battery of

4BER 25, 1858.

artillery, in order to oppose any enterprise of the
filibusters against Central America. '

It is said that Prince Napoleon, desiring to de-
vote himself exclusively to the government of
Algeria, is about to resign the administration of
the Colonies into the hands of the Minister of
Marin s.

The health of M. Boulay de la Meurihe, ancient
Vice-President :of the Republic, causes serious
anxiety to his friends. He met with an accident
on erntering his carriagea few days since, by which
his leg was injured, and the wound it is said shows
symptoms of gangrene.

M, Barrot, appointed to replace M. de Turgot at
Madrid, leaves Paris on Thursday for Spain.
At six o'clock yesterday morning the thermo-
meter of M. Chevalleir stood at 2 5-10ths below
zero Centigrade (27* F.), and at noon 4-10ths
below C. (31 1-3 d F.)

" Several foreign journals," says the Debuts
" a few days ago noticed a speech of the King
of Sardinia to his troops, which was of a nature
to make it appear that the peace of Europe
was uncertain. We have received no con-
firmation of this news, which has produced a
considerable sensation in Paris, and we are not
disposed to accept it as correct, for, if such
important words had been pronounced, far
from being questioned, they would, it is pro-
bable, have already made the tour of Europe."
BOURSE, Nov. 24.—The Bourse has been heavy,
and prices lower. Threes have been done at from
74f. 50e. to 74f. 35c. ; Mobilier, 1,030 f. to 1,015 f. ;
Austrian, 650 f. to 647 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,405 f. to
1,400 f.; Northern, 1,0b2f. 50c. to 997 f. 50c. ;' LyoUs,
882 f. 50c. to 880 f.; and Southern, 590 f. to 585 f.
The following are the last quotations :

41 per Cents. .... '97 75 Credit Fonder 675 ---
Do. end month .. 97 50 Belgian 4f —
3 per Cents '74 10 Piedmonteso (5) .. 9.5
Do. end month 74 25 oman '9s 50
Bank Shares 3155 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 1010 -- Spanish Threes
Do. Accounti..... 1015 -- Home Debt 42 26

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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1858.