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made known to the sitting magistrate. The relieving
officer, dispatched by this functionary to institute personal
inquiries into the case, confirmed the statement which
had been made in every particular. The attention of
some few charitable individuals had been drawn to the
case by the published reports, and they were not slow in
sending in some charitable contributions. Of these
contributors it is to be observed that their first care
seems to have been to give their assistance promptly ;
their second, to keep their own names secret. There is
no test that we can imagine of genuine benevolence so
certain as the absence of all ostentation in its exercise.
The last of the contributors, to whose case we would more
especially refer, was a gentleman who, having in person
addressed a question to the magistrate as to the truth of
the statement he had read of the misery of the MUNIK-
HUYSEN family and been satisfied on that head, drew
forth five sovereigns and begged they might be applied
to the relief of these poor people. Whilst he was in the
act of conferring with the magistrate, and de-
clining to give any name with his alms,
the bereaved mother made her appearance ; and it was
in the course of her narrative to Mr. BINGHAM that the
fact was learned, for the first time, of the other child's
apparently impending dissolution, the dead body of its
brother being still, after the lapse of a fortnight, un-
removed from the room in which itself was languishing
in mortal sickness. The generous stranger, overcome
by the tale of these accumulated distresses, presented
other five sovereigns for the use of this afflicted family,
and hastily quitted the office. After his departure the
funeral arrangements were immediately made, and it
may be, though we fear of this there is but slender hope,
that the other child has eot yet been snatched away to
share the same grave.

We feel so much and such pure pleasure in recording
these prompt responses on the part of the more fortu-
nately situated classes of society, that we gladly cite
them, as furnishing incontestable answers to those
sweeping imputations of apathetic and reckless
selfishness which aro too commonly cast upon
them. Such instances as these are by no
means rare, though few will, probably, be found
to surpass, in spirit and genuineness, the un-
ostentatious humanity of the anonymous Samaritan,
who, having " done good by stealth," may " blush to
find it fame." We owe .no apology for directing public
attention, however, to his good deeds. We have done
so in the earnest hope of inducing others who may have
hitherto forborne to "learn the luxury of doing good,"
in thus ministering to the wants of the most unfortu-
nate of their fellow-creatures, to apply themselves to
like active efforts of benevolence. We have done so
with a view of urging those who have already embarked
in a similar career of relief to that vast class of cases of
extreme domestic affliction and privation, which is sup-
plied from the more miserable quarters and suburbs of
this metropolis, to persevere unflinchingly in the pith
they have opened. We have done so in a sort of wil-
lingness to believe, if possible, that other declining ar-
tisans, such as poor MuzintrtuvsEre, may be encouraged,
like him, to face with constancy the most untoward and
continuous misfortunes, in the desire and struggle to
avoid that sort of self- abandonment which, we fear, is,
in nine cases out of ten, the first and the irretrievable
step towards social debasement. This social debase-
ment, for some reason or other, is always identified in
the idea of that most deserving class of the extremely
indigent who are most averse to enter the workhouse,
with the mere fact of the throwing themselves upon
parochial relief ; and the idea is, unhappily, but too well
justified by all observation and experience of that other
and more extensive class which most unhesitatingly
resorts to that source of subsistence.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the sth inst. One
of the papers gives the following extract of a letter from
Vittoria, of the 2d inst. :—" Individuals implicated in the re-
cently frustrated conspiracy are daily discovered. The ser-
geants have avowed all. It is said that next week some of
them and an officer will be shot."

The Three per Cents. closed at 334 for cash, and 341 at 60
days ; the Five per Cents. at 25i at 60 days.

The defeat of the French Ministry on the pensions forms
the leading topic in most of the Paris journals. The Oppo-
sition are rejoiced at the result, and regard it as another un-
doubted proof of the utter helplessness of the present Cabinet.
The Ministerial papers are greatly dissatisfied with the con-
duct of certain Conservative Members who deserted the
Ministry for the purpose of throwing out a Bill which, from
all accounts, would not have been pressed through the Cham-
ber of Peers. " A strong difference of opinion" says the Journal
des Debate, " had arisen in the ranks of the majority
relative to one of the clauses of the Bill. This dissent con-
tinued to the end, notwithstanding the chance which ex-
isted of the matter being fully re-argued before the Chamber
of Peers. For this we are most concerned, for assuredly the
satisfaction which certain Conservatives !nay feel in carrying
out their individual opinion, by separating themselves from
their friends on a secondary point, does not counterbalance
the inconvenience of affording the Opposition one of those
little successes which, for want of better, it makes the most
of, as loudly as it can." The Conetitutionnel, in fact, admits
that several of the Conservatives were hostile to the mea-
sure ; and their Conservative feelings, therefore, caused
the defeat. It Was not, however, considered a vital
question, the Conservatives, according to the Globe, only look-
ing at the law itself, and putting all political considerations
out of the question, voted for or against it according to their
personal impressions.
We regret to learn that a fatal duel took place in the Bois
de Boulogne, on Tuesday morning, between M. DE BEAU-
VA LON, one of the editors of the Globe (Paris paper), and M.
DUJARRIER, the director and principal proprietor of the
Presse. The parties fought with pistols, and on the first
fire M. DE BEAUVALOR'S ball struck M. DUJARRIER in the
right eye, and having penetrated into the brain the unhappy
man fell dead on the instant. The seconds on the part of M.
DUJARRIER were M. lab BOIGNE and the son of General
BERTRAND, and on the part of M. DE BEAUVALON, the Count
DE FLAIR and M. DE Quivimums. The cause of the me-
lancholy quarrel is not known.
The Revue de Paris states that the Duke de BROGLIE was
to leave Paris on Thursday for London, to enter upon a con-
ference with Dr. LUSIIINGTON, relative to the right of search.
It The right of search is to be declared suspended
for
and a certain number of cruisers of both nations
aa d d
time,s—
are to be stationed at the usual points of arrival and dept..
tore of the vessels presumed to be engaged in the trade."
The Constitutionnel contains the following paragraph rela-
tive to the affairs of Switzerland :—" We have received news
from Zurich to the 9th instant. The French Ambassador
had employed, more rapidly than was expected, the dis-
patches taken to him by Count CIIAPFEDELAINE. On the 6th
he informed the President of the Diet of a note from M.
GUIZOT, couched, it is said, in terms similar to that of Lord
ABERDEEN, of Feb.ll." The Diet was not to meet until the
10th, to resume the discussion on the free corps.
General SONNENBERG had disbanded a great portion of
the troops levied by Lucerne on the sth inst.

rruE BOURSE--TUESDAT, MARCH 11.
First Highest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French
irilyeepepreercnentsts........... 18175 3100 18175 3100 18175 3058
1175 1
300
New Loan •• •• •• •• 86 .. 86 .. 86 .. 86
Gouln Bank, I,ooof. Shares.. 1085 ..1095 ..1085 ..1088
Belgian Bank.. ..... •••.• •• 652 50 .. 652 50 652 50 .. 632 50
Belgian Fives, 1840 • . 104% .. 104% .. 104% 104%
1842 .• •••• •• 106% .. 106% .. 106% .. 106%
Four-and-a-Half ... 1031 •• 103% .. 103% •• 10314
Spanish Active •• •• •• •• .• 39% .. 39% 39% •• 39%
Threes ••• • • • .... 4074 .. 40% . • 4074 .. 40%
Passive . .. 6% 6% ..
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 67% .• 67% •. 67% 67%
Ncapolitan••••••••••••• .. 101 75 .. 101 75 .. 101 75 .• 101 75
Ro>e an . . . 105%
.1051.13 .. 105% • • 105%

RAILWAI SHARES. -
St. Germain .........1150 —ll5O ..1150 ..1150
Versales, R. 8............. 610 .• 627 50 .. 610 .. 625
LB. .. 400 400 .. 397 50 .. 398 75
Rouen ....
..
..
.... .. .. .. 1160 1160 ..1150 •.1150.
Rouen to Havre.• 950 .. 970 .. 950 .. 970
Orleans ...... .
Strasburg to Bale —• • .... 330 .. 337 50 • • 330 .. 336 25
Avignon to Marseilles.. • ... 1085 ..11.25 • .1085 ..1125
Bordeaux to Teate
Paris to Sceaux
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, 3lsaca 16.
St. Germain .••• • • • 1165 —ll7O ..1150 ..1165
Versailles, R.B 610 • • 635 • • 610 • • 635
L.B. 390 • • 400 •• 390 .• 400
Rouen .. • • ..... .
Rouen to Havre.• • • ........ 947 50 .. 975 •. 947 50 .. 970
Orleans •
Strasburg to Bale.. •....... 330 • • 338 75 • • 330 ' . 337 50
• • .. ..
Avignon to Marseilles •• • —.lOBO ..1130 —lO7O ..1130

We are assured, in a communication from what
(without mentioning names) we may call the highest pos-
sible official source, that the rumours which we published a few
days back of intended chan,,es in Sir Robert Peel's Government
are without foundation. We are authorised to declare that Mr.
Goulburn takes a statesmanlike, and not a religious view of
his position in respect of the Bill for admitting Jews to muni-
cipal offices. He is satisfied that the Bill will pass whether
he opposes it or not : he retains his position that the Bill is full
of mischief for the country ; but is that any reason, he asks him-
self, why he should inflict on his country the additional mischief
of the loss of his services as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Mr. Gladstone is to reunite himself to the Government, suc-
ceeding Lord Ripon as President of the Board of Control.
We regret to hear that the Right Hon. Gentleman's health
has been so far impaired by the frequency and zeal of his
late volunteer defences of the Government, that he is not
likely to be able to attend in his place during the discussions
of the Jew Relief Bill. The Right Hon. Gentlemen will
employ that time in recruiting his. health, that he may after-
wards apply himself more vigorously to the dispatch of the
official business which Lord Ripon has, for some time past,
been allowing to accumulate at the Board of Control.—

Chronicle.
TUE LITERARY FUND.--The annual meeting of the
members of this Institution was held yesterday in the chambers of
the Corporation, Great Russell-street, Sir William Chatterton,
Bart., in the chair. The
report stated that the sum dispensed,
during the past year, to distreSSed authors and their families, was
ety .wa
to announce that her s l .ISW. The Committee felt happy
9551., and that the total amount applied •to this purpose since the
formation of the soci
10140 y: liadiranted the Institution the privi-
lege of bearing the Imperial Crown as an addition to its armorial
bearings, with the title of the " Royal Corporation of the Literary
Fund." The Marquis of Lansdowne was re-elected President, and
the vacancy, caused by the death of the Earl of Mountnorris, was
tilled up by the appointment of the Archbishop of Dublin. After
the adoption of the report Charles Dickens, Esq., Fraser Tytler,
Esq., the Rev. Dr. Mill, Sir Harris Nicolas, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd,
William Brockeldon, Esq., and Edward Gandy, Esq., were elected
members of the Committee ; and, thanks having been given to the
chairman, the meeting separated.