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successful, and, whatever may be said to the contrary,
the influence of both Russia and France at the Ottoman
Porte has declined ever since. Renewed vigour, too,
appears to have been infused into the councils of that
weak dynasty ; European policy has more influence upon
their decisions, and even in the Lebanon, according
to the last accounts, a step has been taken
of the highest importance, and which MEHEMET Au
could not accomplish. By the spirited conduct of the
Turkish Governor, CHEKID EFFENDI, the inhabitants
of the mountains indiscriminately have been disarmed, and
thereby deprived of the power of ravaging and destroying
property ant: cutting each other's throats. This is a
movement in the right way, and holds out some hope
that TtArkey may be regenerated, and that a war for its
partition will not disgrace the annals of Europe. Had
the English expedition, in which Sir C. NAPIER per-
formed such a distinguished part, not been successful,
Russia would have mixed in the affray, and the downfal
of Turkey must have been the inevitable consequence.

The days of the corn-laws are numbered—the people
of Eagland have answered the demand of Mr. COBDEN
and of the League in a manner which it is impossible
to mistake. The national will has been unequivocally
expressed, and it is a matter of infinitely small im-
portance by whom, as Minister of the Crown, the offi-
cial registration of that will may take place. The mea-
sure, by whomsoever proposed and carried, is Mr.
COBDEN'S; and that it will be carried, and that with
out delay, there can be no doubt, for never have the
British people firmly expressed their determination but
what they have triumphed over all opposition. The
great towns in the north, those hives of industry, have
already spoken out, and now even Bristol, Sir CHARLES
WETHERELL'S Bristol, Mr. MILES'S Bristol, heretofore
regarded as the very Citadel of Monopoly, Bristol has
pronounced against the corn-laws. A free-trade soiree
took place there last evening, at the Public Rooms, the
spacious hall of which was crowded with a vast assem-
blage o: the most respectable inhabitants. The Eatl of
Doom was in the chair, and Messrs. COBDEN and
BRIGHT were present. The former gentleman made his
364th or 365th speech on the corn-laws, and an admirable
speech it was. It would be well that these 365 speeches
ehould be collected, revised, and published. A book
containing a free-trade lecture for every day in the year,
by Mr. COBDEN, would constitute an admirable " anti-
monopolist's manual." With regard to new arguments
on the subject of free trade, we feel with Mr. COBDEN,
" that now it is a work of supererogation to use them,
for the old arguments, which have stood the wear and
tear of seven years," are still unanswered. They have
produced their effect, and, thanks to their potency, we
shall at length get rid of that " alien" and enemy to
Britain—monopoly. "A lecturer upon the corn-laws,"
said Mr. COBDFN, in his speech at Bristol, " was ad-
dressing an audience in Wales, and in the course of his
speech he felt it necessary to translate the word mono-
poly into Welsh, but he found no little difficulty in the
attempt, for the ancient Britons, it appears, would not
stand monopoly—they fled to their mountains from those
old monopolists, the Romans, and they have no language
to express monopoly. The lecturer was so much at a
loss that he applied to a very clever Welsh scholar for
aid, and the way in which ho expressed the idea in
Welsh is so perfectly descriptive that I will repeat it
for you. The way in which he rendered it was, A one-
handed bargain.' Now, I don't think that a bad defini-
tion of monopoly. It is something like the definition
which Colonel THOMPSON somewhere gives of it:—Serv-
ing oneself with a bucket and another with a spoon.•
The " spoons" will be " spoons" no longer. Like the
ancient Britons, they will not stand monopoly. Instead,
however, of flying from it, they will make it fly from
them, and oblige the " buckets" to drink fair, repu-
diate " one-handed bargains," and live " cleanly and
soberly, as noblemen should do."

The Madrid papers of the 28th ult. bring no news,
On the Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 351- al
60 days, the Fives were not quoted.

The Stock and Share-market on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday was even more firm than on the previous day,
and a considerable advance, both in the Funds and on
the price of Railway Shares, took place. Indeed, there
appears to be now quite a mania for buying, while but
a few days since all were sellers. The settlement had
gone off extremely well. The papers contain no articles
of much interest, but we are glad to find that in one of
them attention is turned from angry discussions
about foreign politics, to constitutional reforms
and the improvement of internal government.
The affairs of the country cannot be well conducted
whether regards trade and commerce, or the army and
navy, according to the Commerce, without a full and
fair representation of the people. "The Parliamentary
reform in England," says that journal, " extended the
political rights of nearly a million of British subjects ;
in France 240,000 electors only are relieved from the in-
capacity which is suffered by the whole nation. The
moral consequences of this fact have not perhaps been
sufficiently remarked, and they explain but too fully the
inferiority in which for the last fifteen years we have
stood as compared with England. Under the restoration
with the Charter, which only recognised in France
100,000 electors, the nation was subject to no
debasement in the eyes of the world, for it
had not acquiesced in its own degradation. But
when, having re-conquered its rights, it admitted it-
self in the face of Europe to be incapable of exer-
cising them only excepting from this decree of incapacity
200,000 individuals; when at the same time England
has called into political life a number of citizens seven
or eight times more considerable, the whole of the world
must believe that from our own avowal France was in
the same proportion inferior to England, with regard to
moral and political fitness, and hence it was impossible
but that the latter should exercise a constant supremacy
in the alliance and entente cordiale established between
the two countries. Thus may be logically explained
that state of dependence against which France is vainly
indignant, and from which she cannot be relieved but
by a large electoral reform. Parliamentary reform was
the means of removing burthens from our neighbours to
the amount of 200,000,0001., whilst our budgets have
increased 500,000,000 f. This is a part of the ques-
tion which is not less deserving of examination."
We regret to learn from these papers that Lord
COWLEY, the British Minister at the Court of Versailles,
met with a serious accident on Wednesday evening.
His Lordship, on returning about three in the after-
noon from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he
had been transacting business with M. GuizoT, and,
having to cross the Boulevard at the part which is
higher than the road, descended the steps, and in doing
so missed his footing and fell. His Lordship's head,
being protected by the bat, escaped injury, but he had
the misfortune to dislocate both shoulders. He was im-
mediately taken up and conveyed in a coach to the Em-
bassy, where Sir R. CHERMSIDE, the physician, and
Mr. O'GRADY, the surgeon to the Embassy, were, with
M. BLANDIN, the surgeon, soon in attendance. The dis-
locations were reduced by these gentlemen with great
skill and promptitude, and his Lordship was fortunately
free from fever. During the night, however, the patient
experienced considerable pain; but we are happy to learn
that on Thursday morning the case was proceeding very
favourably. Thursday evening was the first of Lady
COWLEY'S soirees for the season.! In consequence of the
accident, her Ladyship prepared immediately for a post-
ponement, but Lord CowLEy desired expressly that her
Ladyship should receive her company. The party was
not very numerous; but it was attended by the elite of
the French and English society. Amongst the distin-
guished persons present were the Neapolitan, Austrian,
and Prussian Ambassadors ; the American, Dutch,
Swedish, and Saxon Ministers; the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and the Minister of the Interior. The accident
to Lord COWLEY, however, threw a great gloom over the
party. The inquiries on Friday morning at the Embassy
have been exceedingly numerous, and prove the high
esteem in which his Lordship is held by all parties.
The following are the miscellaneous extracts from the
papers:—

" In a report recently published on the operations of the
French in Algeria, it was said that it would be necessary to
have recourse to France for the subsistence of that colony.
This opinion is borne out by the following remarks, which we
find in the Coarrier d'Afrique) published at Algiers :
" The drought which still prevails in Algeria has not al-
lowed the plough to be put in the ground. Independently of
this circumstance, the Arabs appear to be less inclined this
year to sow corn than they have been in former years. Con-
trary to the usual custom at this season of the year, hey
bring a number of cattle to the markets, among which are
seen ft great many oxen for labour, which almost all come
from Kabylia. We point out this fact, because we consider it
significant enough to merit the attention of the government.'
"On Sunday morning, says a Marseilles journal, Ibrahim
Pacha received M. Suriau, the Deputy, and the President of
the Tribunal de Premiere Instance, with whom he held a
long conversation upon the constitutional form of govern-
ment, upon which he showed great information. Afterwards,
the flower-girls were admitted, to present nosegays to his
llighnes... In the afternoon he went to the Prado, and
visited the country seat of M. Pascal, the honours of which
were done by Madame Pascal, surrounded by a great
number of ladies. In the evening the Prince went to a ball
given bythe Count d'Hautpoul, where he remained a con-
siderable time, conversing with the ladies.
"The Augsburgh Gazette states, from Palermo,' 20th ult.,
that a grand gala was given on the previous day, at the
Court, on the occasion of the fête of the Queen-Mother. The
Emperor and Empress of Russia were present. They were
received by the King at the foot of the staircase. The sedan-
chair, without which the Empress cannot ascend the stairs,
not having arrived, the Emperor tool; her in his arms and
carried her up."
On the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, the Three per Cents.
closed at 83f. 15c. ; the New Loan, 82f. 90c.; the Five per
Cents., 117 f. 75c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,170 f ;
Rouen, 965 f. ; Northern, 720 t ; }lane, 75K ; Tignot; 875 ii

Vierzon, 645 f.; Bourdeaux, 610 f.; Boulogne, 505 L ; Troyes
and Montereau, 430 f.; Basle, 245 f. ; Fampoux 505 f.; Spanish
Three per Cents., 38; Ditto New Deferred Stock, 16.
The following are the quotations for other lines:-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 9f. premium; ditto
(Calon), 2; ditto (Ganneron), 2; ditto (Lapinsonni&e),
lf. 50c. ; Mornay, lf. 50c. ; Receveurs-Genereaux, 2f.; Messa-
geries, 2f. ; Snd Est, par • Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron),
par; ditto (Hinguerlot), par; ditto (Becket), par; Tours
and Nantes ( Mackenzie), 501 f • ditto (Drouillard), 501 f. ;
' ditto (O'Neill), 501 f. • ditto aefevre), 561 f. • Lyons and
Avignon (Talabot), 505 f. ; ditto (Le,cointe), par ; ditto
(Compagnie Meridionale), par ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac-
kenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Creil and St. Quen-
tin (Carette), 502 f. 50c.; ditto (Colbert), 502 f. ; Arnous, 501 f.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 28.-Marselles and Avignon, 800 f. ;
Boulogne, 510 f. ; Vierzoo, 680 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux,
585 f., end of December.
LYONS, DEC. 2.-Marseilles and Avignon, 795 f. ; Paris
and Orleans, 1,083 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 878 f. 75c. ; Orleans
and Vierzon, 593 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 5.

Anglo-Belgian —
Boulogne and Amiens B%
Bordeaux &Mediterran
Bordeaux and 'Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 114
Do. ( Mackenzie's)
Callao, Lima, and Pa-
cific Coast
Central of Spiv. .....
Ceylon .
Demerara ...
Dendro Valley
Dutch Rhenish ... 7l/2.
Dieppe & Paris Jtuict.
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
Fampoux & Ilazebrouk
Grt Northern of France
Constituted 12%
Do. Pepin le llalleur —
Great Paris and Lyons —
Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Jamaica& Mid. Junction
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemappe 2
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxembourg ...
Madrid and Valencia...

Mauritius
Namur and Liege
North Jamaica ...
Orleans and Vierzon
'Orleans and Bordeaux 10
Over Yasel ....... .....
Paris & Lyons (Laffitte)
Ditto (Ganneroi's). 3
Ditto (Calon's)....
Ditto (Sud Est)
Paris and Orleans 44
Paris aid Ronen .
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compe de L'Est)
Do. (Aymard's)
Paris and St. Queatha —
Row and llavre 27
Royal North of Spain —
Sambre mad Meise
Strasburg and Basle
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
De. ( Lefebvre's)
Do. (O'Neill's)..
Trinidad
Verona any? Ancona....
West Flanders

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1%

DEPARTURE OF SIR R.
WIGHT.-Sir Robert Peel 1
Osborne House, Isle of Wil
the Queen.

PEEL FOR THE ISLE OF
left town this morning for
;ht, to have an audience of

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 5,000
bales, with a disposition to buy at the decline noticed yes •
terday.—ln Shares not much was doing.
The following quotations were obtained at Messrs. Lamoad's
sale yesterday :
Description. Paid.
Dendre Valley ... 2
Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42s
Dudley, Madely, Brosley, and I. Bridge 2%
London, Warwick, and Kidderminster
Liverpool and Leeds Direct ... ... 2%
Northavnpton,Banbury, and Chelt'ham. 2
Great Western of Bengal ...
Ditto ditto ...
Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltenham
Goole, and Doncaster ...
Dutch Rhenish . .
North Staff., auraet, and Potteries
Ditto ditto ...
Buckinghamshire ..•
Calcutta and St. George's Point
Dudley, Madely, Brosely, and I. Bridge
Ditto ditto
Ditto ditto •••
Northam pton,Banbury, and Cheltenham
Ditto ditto •••
Calcutta and St. George's Point ...
Ditto ditto ...
Dendre Valley ...
South and Midlands Junction
Ditto ditto ...
Ditto ditto ... •••
Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries...
Ditto ditto ...
Liverpl., Preston, & North Union Junc.
Caledonian Extension
Ditto
Dudley, Madely, Brosley, & Iron Bridge
Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries
Great Western of Bengal ... ..•
Ditto ••• ••• •••"
Isle of Wight . . •••
Great Western of Bengal ...
Ditto
Dendre Valley ... 2
Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, !...1 2%
Buckinghamshire .te'w '42s
Surrey Grand unction ..„ .‘2`
Great Western-of Bengal ... ~„t•
Ditto .
Dudley, Madely, Brosley, and I. Bridge 2%
Leicester and Birmingham ... 22s
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... 1%
Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cette— Esplet a... 2
Ditto ditto—Mackenzie ... 2
Harwich—Eastern Counties ... 1
Irish North Midland ... •••
South Midland ...
Direct Norwich ...
Ditto ••• ••• •• ••• •••
Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester
Ditto ditto ...
Reading and Reigate . .
Leeds and Liverpool ...
Essex and Suffolk ...
Great Western of Bengal ...
Ditto ditto ...
Lynn and Dereham
Ditto ditto ...
The Bank Returns, upon a comparison with its predeces
sor, furnishes the following results :
A decrease in the Circulation of 302,7401., or to 26,733,810'.
A decrease in the Rest of 5,7831., or to 3,246,4261.
An increase in the Public Deposits of 307,4131., or to
7,670,381/.
A slight degrease in the item "Other Deposits ;" also in
" Seven Day and other Bills."
The quantity of Bullion in the hands of the Bank of Eng-
land is, by the present return, 13,236,8481., and by the pre-
vious return it was 13,559,501/.
There are accounts from Buenos Ayres this morning stat-
ing that the blockade had been commenced most strictly.
There was not any business of interest in the commercial
market.
The British Funds are pretty steady to-day. Consols for
the Account are at 94% to 95, and for Money at 95% %.
Exchequer-bills have advanced to; 20s. premium. Bank
Stock is heavy at 2001/2.
Very few bargains were made in the Foreign Funds to-
day. Dutch Four per Cents. are at 95 ; Russian at 112, and
Mexican at 29:N.
The Railway Share Market is more tranquil, but not much
business has been done to-day.

42s
2%

23
138
250

1%

- ONE
it ICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ... 2001
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Console Annuities 94N%
New 314 per Cents. .. • • 9541 i
Long Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years„Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO%
India Bonds, I,oool_ ...... 28 26
Ditto under 1,0001...
Consols for Account - ...... 94% 95
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d lB 20 pm.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

CLOSINo
PRICES
202
93
941,,4
95%

10 5-16
10%
26
30
95

oXIC
O'CLOCK

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

CLOSING
rincEll
30
30
1614
112
2814

Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto, Account 293/4
Ditto Deferred 1634
Russian Bonds ........ 1111/2 112
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4143 per Cent.
Dutch, 21A per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92S

95
591,4
92%

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
BAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen,Banff, 4 Elgin
Armagh, Coleraine, and
1%
Portrush
. .. ___.

Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & Count, Down 2% .
Bideford andTavistock... 1% —
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 122 ...
Ditto New 17% 30%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester
Direct
Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 22s —
Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... ..
Bristol and Exeter

30%
3;4

Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ... —
Bristol and Liver. June . 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambrian & Grand June 42s ......
Cambridge and Lincoln 11% 3l/
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% - ...
Canterbury and Dover.. 1,6 -
Central Kent 2%
Chelmsford and Bury... 1% —
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages ......225.
Cork and Killarney ... 21,4
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —.
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester..
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
Exeter
I 'erby and Crewe —
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby ... 1X ......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford
Direct Manchester

33/4

14%
2%

D(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's) 5 1......
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh l%
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine -
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dudley, Madely,. and
Broseley
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2
Eaqtern Counties 14/. 16s 2014 20 ..
Witt() New 61. 16s. 55 614 p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. ...6/. 13s. 4d. p
Ditto ditto, No. 2-41. 13s. 4d...
EastDereh'm andNoech 1
Eastern Union 25 .....

1%

20
614 P