The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-10 00:00:00

Hatay. It was impossible to control a large multi tude.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. CLARKE suggested, that if the meeting were not allowed to he held on Kennington•common, they should adjourn to Blackheath. Mr. CIIETAY said the car bad arrived, and as it was time to go it was useless talking any longer. After some discussion, it was decided that Mr. Clarke's suggestion ought not to be entertained. Ultimately some of the delegates became loud in their intimations that it was time to go, and the meeting taking the hint rose rather abruptly. Outside a large but orderly assemblage of people were assembled awaiting the appearance of the delegates. The following hand bill was freely dis tributed amongst them " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO TILE WORKING EI:ASSES OF LONDON. " Fellow Countrymen !—The time of your en franchisement is at hand! Nothing but the folly of Yourselves can prevent it ! If you would be success ful you must be peaceable. " The sacr e d cause o f Freed o m must not be tar nished by any act of violence ! The Convention declares that man to be an enemy who in any way commits a Violation of the Peace. "The Convention will be at ICE.NNINGTON 93MMON at Eleven o'clock on MONDAY morn ing, APRIL 10, and will proceed with the National Petition along the line of route already published, and will observe, in all its proceedings, the most sacred regard for life and property, and the Peace of the Metropolis. " The Convention assures the Special Constables and other Authorities, that they may rely upon the aid of the Convention in enforcing PEACE, LAW, and ORDER.--By order of the Convention, "PHILIP M'GRATH, President:" PROGRESS OF THE DELEGATES TO KENNINGTON-COMMON. The delegates at a few minutes after ten o'clock took their seats in the waggon which had been sent up by the NATIONAL LAND ASSOCIATION, and of Course their appearance was the signal for a loud burst of enthusiastic cheering on the part of the assembled multitude. The waggon was gaily deco rated with flags and banners bearing the usual mottoes of the Chartist body, such as " Vote by /340 4" " Universal Suffrage," &c., with afew others aPPlicable to the occasion ; amongst the most con spicuous of which were " Onward, and we conquer backward and we fall." "Who would be a slave if h' Gould be free." " We are the millions, and want our llghts." " Speak with your voice—not with the Musket." 'The waggon was preceded by an im mense truck for the petition to rest upon, and both vehicles were drawn by four exceedingly fine cart horses. Mr. Feargus O'Connor took up a position In the centre seat, supported on either side b y Mr. Ernest Jones, and Mr. M'Grath, the Chairman of the Convention. The procession b egan to move about half-past ten, and it is grati fying to state that it proceeded quietly and orderly down Holborn, along Farringdon-street, and across B lackfriars-bridge, being cheered most energetically by the people throughout the whole route. Not a policeman or soldier was to be seen from the point of starting to the bridge ; but it was stated that most of tke large inns, the vacant space whereon formerly stood the Fleet-prison, and the Bridewell, in Bridge street, were occupied with troops and large bodies of mounted police. KENNINGTON. COMMON. On our reporter's reaching Kennington this _Morning, at an ear l y h our , h e f oun d no t more than t roln 400 or 500 persons congre g ated in the vicinity of the Common. Very few, indeed, disported them selves on the sward, which was exceedingly soft and da mp , Owing to the torrents of rain that fell during the night--the majority preferring to await the event of the day outside the rails. All the shops in the vi cinity, with one or two trifling exceptions, were closed --even the public-houses were barred, and the thirsty of the multitude found it, therefore, far from an easy matter to gratify their desire for drink on the scene of the demonstration. It is right to state that at the time we mention, between 8 and 11 o'clock, the conduct of those who had gathered together was praiseworthy in the extreme; their demeanour was excellent and exemplary. There was no rushing to and fro, and thereby endangering the bodies, if not the lives, of the more peaceably disposed pedestrian. Piemen pursued their toils unmolested—bakers' carts, and bakers' baskets were spared from pillage; in fact the Proclamation of the Commissioners of Police, or rather of the Government, and the sen tences passed on Saturday at the Central Criminal Court on the pillagers of the pawnbroker's shop, ap peared to have awed the people, and struck terror into the breasts of the thieves, who were no doubt dis posed, almost at any risk, to turn a demonstration of the people into a melee for their advantage and profit. It was generally rumoured that Kennington Church, the Vitriol Works, and the Horns Tavern, contained detachments of military. With respect to the Horns, we may state that the house was closed and barred, and that the blinds were down. Very few police were to be seen, and the greatest order .and good feeling prevailed. Over copies of the letter written by the Convention to Sir George Grey, co- Pies of which were stuck about in all directions, the following words, in large letters, were inscribed— " The preservation of the peace and security of pro- Perty is the first duty of every citizen." " The National Convention will regard that man as an enemy, who in any way interrupts the peace of the metropolis." During the nicrning bands of special constables paraded through the streets, and contributed by their presence to allay, in a great measure, the apprehen sion that had been excited in the minds of the inha bitants. It was a remaakable fact that nearly all the pawnbrokers' shops that came under our obser vation were closed. About eleven o'clock a large procession from Fins bury, consisting of about one thousand of various trades, arrived on the Common, and took up their position on the south side, when they were arranged under the superintendence of their marshals, according to the various trades. In one part of the Common a considerable number of persons were assembled round a speaker, who was endeavouring to persuade the people from committing any acts of violence ; that all such proceedings would be attended with evil consequences ; and especially enforcing his arguments by the assurance " that God would avenge his own elect." About half-past eleven an immense procession from the Tower Hamlets and Spitalfields, who bad pre viously assembled on Stepney-green, proceeded along Bishopsgate-street and over London-bridge. They were joined in the Blaakfriars-road by a pro cession of the Irish Confederates. ICJ SSELL-SQUARE. The procession was headed by a band. The Irish confederates, who joined in the procession, carried the green and orange flag. There were numerous flags, among which—the tricolor was particularly con spicuous. " The cord wainers," who headed the procession, bore a flag bearing the inscription, " Let labour have its due, and never shall my heart repine." There were also numerous white flags bearing the inscription, " The Charter, and no surrender." The whole of the procession was arranged by mar shals. It was very generally reported that the Irish Confederates carne prepared for any collision that might take place. About the same time another large body ar rived at the Brixton end of the Common, also dis playing large tri-color flags, and severed poles carried surmounted by caps of liberty, and adorned with red, blue, and white ribands. A similar procession also arrived from Clapham common, composed of the men of Merton, Morton, Tooting, &c. At twelve o'clock the cheers of the assembled multitude, who by this time numbered' including those around the common, at least 150,000, announced the arrival of the ear, containing the peti tion, drawn by four or five horses, caparisoned with red, blue, and white ribands, followed by another open waggon, containing in the front Mr. F. O'Connor and the members of the Convention. The petition, which was of an enormous size, occupying nearly the whole of the waggon, was placed upon a kind of bier, so that it could be lifted out with facility, and conveyed into the House. Upon the car were a number of flags with various inscriptions, and down the front were inscribed " The Voice of the People,' " Vote by Ballot," "Universal Suffrage," " No Pro perty Qualification ;" and upon the sides were painted the words " We are millions, and demand our rights," " Who would be a slave who could be free ?" " The people are the source of industry, and ought to be the first to partake of its fruits." The waggons drove on to the common, and aNr travelling round, took up a position near the Horns. ARREST OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ. At this moment considerable commotion took place in consequence of a cry having been raised that F. O'Connor had been arrested. Upon proceeding to the spot, we found a dense crowd col lected, who from their cries and demeanour, evinced, that if such were the case, an attempt at rescue would immediately take place. In the midst of the crowd we observed Mr. Commissioner ti~ayne and Mr. Abel Smith, M.P., on horseback, addressing Mr. O'Connor, who was on foot in the road, accompanied by Mr. M'Grath. After the lapse of a few minutes, in which the greatest confusion prevailed, Mr. O'Connor mounted' the roof of one of " Hansom's Patent Safety's," which had been arrested in its course by the crowd, and having at length ob tained silence, said-- " My friends,—Nothing can be more civil than the authorities have been to me. They have given me a quiet message ; I am going back to the meeting. How foolish then it is for you to be irritated , to be ridiculous in your conduct, and try to jeopardize the cause which you and I has e at heart.—(Renewed confusion.) I am now going back to the meeting. The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded towards the meeting amidst the loud cheers of the multitude, while Mr. Commissioner Mayne and Mr. A. Smith proceeded down the Kennington-road towards the po lice-station amid the yells and execrations of the crowd. CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT THE EAST END OF LONDON.—(THIS DAY.) As early as seven o'clock this morning men and lads were congregating on Stepney-green. At nine o'clock it was announced that a procession of Chartists was approaching from the Bethnal-Green district, and in a short time they came in sight, a band pre ceding them. To every party of thirty or forty men there was a white flag, bearing the number of the section to which they belonged. There were numerous banners with the words " The Charter and no surrender " " The Bethnal-green National Land Company,"—" Live and Let Live.' We also noticed the tri-coloured flag being borne amongst the principals. The men walked arm in arm, six abreast, with pink and white ribbons at tached to their button-holes. They mustered several thousands. The parochial authorities, however, with their specials, were on the alert. Most of the shops were closed. The body was told to keep peace and order, and the victory would be theirs. At half-past nine they moved down the Whitechapel-road, over London-bridge, to Kennington. At the Docks, the labourers sworn in as specials were mustered at an early hour this morning, and were immediately placed on their respective posts. The Royal Mint had an accession of troops during the night, and was strengthened in every way to repel an attack. The arrangements for securing the for. tress of the Tower of London have already ap• peared. The Foot Guards, Royal Artillery, and Sappers and Miners had considcroble additions. Similar protection was afforded to the Trinity House, East India House and warehouses, Custom House, &c. A strong detachment of the 63d Regiment, between nine and ten o'clock, was marched into the Mansion House, ready to act in case of any emergency., The Royal Exchange was closed, excepting to mer chants. At nine o'clock between two hundred and three hundred pensioners, fully equipped, took pos session of the merchants' area, and now remain under arms. Similar precaution is also adopted at Lloyd's, South Sea House, the banks, and insurance-offices. The Electric Telegraph Station, behind the Brnk, is in the hands of the Government. A military guard is here on duty. Up to the time of this being written, the City be trayed no symptoms of disorder. Very few shops are closed, and there seems to be the usual amount of business going on. The City authorities, between two and three o'clock this morning, were alarmed by the out break of a serious fire in the vicinity of Gros well-street, which was followed by a loud ex plosion. The fire, which burned down several houses in the above street, was ascertained to be quite accidental. The flames extended to an oil warehouse, in which was stored 1001bs. of powder, which exploded. • NEWMARKET RACES. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Craven Stakes did not fill, Lola Montez walks over for the Riddlesworth, and the match between Con spiracy and Geraldine is postponed to Wednesday. The aces, therefore, for to-morrow, will be six in numbs r, which the following were made to-night:— Handicap, D.M. Clementina, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—C ,, sachia, 4 yrs, Bst Taifrail, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Sunnyside, 3 yrs, 6st 11b— Hussar, 3 yrs, 6st—Silistria filly, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Man tilla, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Handicap. T.Y.C. Spider, 4 yrs, Sat 71b ; Vert Vert, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; Cir cassian Maid, 4 yrs, Bst 31b; Carissima, 6 yrs, Bst. The extra train this evening brought a considerable accession of company, but from reasons too obvious to be notified, the attendance is likely to be far below the average. The Observer of Sunday, April 9, gave twelve folio columns of Chartist movements, including upwards of three columns of the Saturday proceedings of the National Convention. Mr. Feargus O'Connor's speech at length, preparations o f t h e G overnment, an d a ll t h e latest particulars of the intended demonstration. It may be asked, why is the Observer enabled on every po. pular occasion to do so muc h b etter t h an other journals? The reply is, that the es t a bli s h ment of the Observer is equal to that of all the other Sunday papers put toge ther; so far as regards edit ors an d reporters, the Observer is on an equality with nearly all the daily newspapers. The Observer gave a column of Saturday's proceedings at a meeting of surveyors at Freemason's Tavern, Saturday's Marylebone Vestry, &e. &c.--price of the Observer 6d. Monday's edition at Four Monday after noons. BIRTH.—On the 9th inst., at 3, Onslow-square, Brompton, Mrs. Hamilton H. Fulton, of a son. BIRTH.—On the Bth inst., at Conington House, the lady of W. Westwood Chafy, Esq., of a daughter. SUDDEN DEB.TII.—We regret to learn that Captain Sir C. W. Kent, Bart., Ist Life Guards, expired sud denly on Saturday morning last while at barracks with his regiment, it is supposed from the bursting of a blood vessel. The deceased baronet was the only child of the late Sir C. E. Kent, Bart., and Lady S. M. Lygon, third daughter of the late Earl Beauchamp. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in December, 1834, his mother having died in the previous month. Feb. Sir Charles completed his 29th year on the 15th of last. The baronetcy becomes extinct by his lamented death. The Earl of Beauchamp, the Hon. General Lygon, the Countess (Dowager) of Longford, Mr. and Lady Emily ilesketh, and several families of rank arc placed in mourning by his dissolution. LORD BROUGHAM.—The Noble and Learned Lord arrived at the family residence in Grraftou•street, yes terday evening, from Paris, in which capital his Lord ship made a sojourn of six days, on his way to London from Cannes. GRAY INN.—Nearly 400 special constables, con bisting of barriNters and students of the soeiet), occu• piers of chninbors in the inn, their clerks and s ervii,ts, were sworn in before Mr. Br, deri. , and Mr. k‘ alesby, at Gray's lon Pall, on Saturdny, land urrulig. clients ha., been ward" h,r e. , lbpiet 1) orguidzng their b , d). The Princess Lieven has left town for Brighton. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the sth, was the motion for the second reading of the Outgoing Tenants (Ireland) Bill. It was supported by the repetition of all the previous arguments. But the times are unfavourable to interference between the owners of capital and the users ; Louis Blanc has for the present put a stop to the Lurch of experiment in that direction. The feel ing was made apparent by a majority against the Bill, of 145 to 22. On Thursday Mr. Feargus O'Connor presented a p?tition from 49 delegates (50 being stated to be un lawful), professing to represent five millions of per sons, praying for the liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones. The Attorney-General demurred to its reception till he could look into precedents; which was agreed to. After a little intervening business, Sir J. Walsh rose and asked the Government a series of questions on the subject of the intended meeting of Chartists on Kennington Common, in the style so well understood by political tacticians when a fire is not to be allowed the chance of going out for want of stirring. The Government replied in a tone of moderation, that they had been advised the meeting and procession were illegal, and a declaration to that effect would be out in half an hour. Mr. O'Connor appealed to pre cedents, where similar demonstrations had not been opposed ; and Mr. Hume intimated that unnecessary evil might be the result of interference. With which the subject for the time was dropped. After a question had been asked on another subject (Mortality in Ireland) and answered by Sir W. Somerville, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment rose and gave notice, that on the following day (Friday), before the other orders of the day, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill fa the better security of the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom. Of course there were expressions of ap• probation from some quarters, but nothing like what is understood by " prolonged cheering," as given out in some of the public prints. Cool-headed men were probably engaged in ominous reflections, on the velo city with which mischief makes head when all par ties combine to send the ball aloft. Contrary to the expectation of the mover, Mr. Feargus O'Connor's motion for an address to the Queen for the liberation of the individuals named, came on in the course of the evening. It is impossible to deny that their counsel exerted himself ably and well. With the exception of the points unfavourable to his success, for which it is probable he was not respon sible, there was nothing which could irritate any party, or whieh would not have been approved by an experienced practitioner bent on doing his best for the cause in his hands. The Government answered with mildness and self-possession ; though an effort was made by an ex-Solicitor-General to give the House a taste of what such officers bad been, and might be again. An admission was virtually discern ible, that the case must at some time be looked into ; and on the whole a fair stand was made on the side of conciliation and clemency, though the numerical strength of its supporters was on division only 23 against 91. On Friday, the Secretary of State for the Home Department moved to bring in his Bill for the better security of the Crown and Government. There are tokens of genius in it ; and with the omission of half a dozen words, it might have been good. It begins with cutting the Act of 36 Geo. 111. into two parts. The first which relates to offences against the per son of the Sovereign, it leaves unaltered, and extends by name to Ireland ; on which last point it appears there were some technical doubts. The other part, which relates to such as shall " compass, imagine, invent, devise or intend to de prive or depose &c.," or "to levy war within this realm, in order by force or constraint to compel &c.," or "in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or to overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament, or to move or stir any foreigner or stranger with force to invade this realm or any other of his Majesty's dominions &c.," and " such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices or in• tentions, or any of them, shall express, utter or declare, by publishing any printing or writine., or by any overt act or deed," it first repeals, and then re-enacts in the same words with trivial variations to suit the time, but changing the punishment from "suffering pains of death, and also losing and forfeit ing as in cases of high treason," to "being deemed guilty of felony, and every person so offending, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of his or her natural life, or for any term not less than seven years." This might be well, if this were all. There appears no reason why Ireland should have any monopoly of treason; and there was genius in repealing the capital punishment of a number of not very distinct offences, and thereby multiplying the chances of their practical suppression. But there are precisely six words which mar the general effect. After the words "by any printing or writing" in the old Act, are introduced in the new one the words "or by open and advised speaking." Here then are all men made transportable for words, at the discretion of their neighbours who may hold a contrary opinion. For what is "open and advised speaking ?" Who are the man that say anything which is not open and advised ? Every man there fore, is to be transportable for saying anything for which a jury, in all times and seasons, can be got to convict. It is a sad reversion to the time, when a passionate man was executed for wishing a deer's horns in the king's belly; for it is presumable that in that instance, too, a jury was found to convict. The case is made worse by a succeeding paragraph on the punishment of necessaries ; which, though possibly nothing but what is common to all cases of accessaries, throws light on the dangers from the whole. every chairman of a public meeting, and every man who may have put his name to a requisi tion to call it, to be an accessary before the fact, to all that may be said amiss by any of the two or three thousand who may be present ? There will be a wonderful harvest of accessaries before the fact, if this should be discovered to be the law. The motion for bringing in the Bill was carried by 283 against 24. It was an error in the leaders of the opposition, to divide against bringing in the Bill; because any of their friends disliked voting against leave to bring in a Bill of which the contents were imperfectly known, and it was consequently display ing their party in a needlessly small minority. The Government also were imprudent in their declaration afterwards, that if the Bill was read a second time on Monday it should he committed the same evening. It was reviving the recollection of the' Tory times, when " breathless haste" was the order of the day whenever anything was to be done towards increasing the severities Of the law. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, April 10, 1848. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Bucking ham Palace in a carriage and four, at twenty minutes past ten o'clock on Saturday morning for her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Hon. Miss Kerr, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness, Lord Waterparit, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Colonel Wylde, and the lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. Four royal carriages and four followed, conveying their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Infant Princess, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Viscountess Canning (Lady in Waiting), Hon. Eleanor Stanley (Maid of Honour in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to the Prince), the Master of the Household, Lord Allred Paget (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Wait• ing, and Colonel Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. The august party was escorted from the Palace by a party of Light Dragoons to the terminus of the London and South-Western Railway, at Nine elms, and left by a special train for Gosport. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace, pre vious to their departure on Saturday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited their Royal Highnesses on Saturday, at Cambridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yester day morning, in St. Michael's Church. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray, honoured the performance at her Ma jesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her piesence. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the Fo reign -office. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lana downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey., the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. I'. B. Macaulay. The Duke of Wellig ton, Commander-in -Chief, and his Grace's military secretary, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, after wards arrived at the Foreign. office, and had an inter view with the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. The Cabinet Ministers again met in deliberation yes terday. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Howe-office, on Saturday, and also visited the Earl of Auckland at the Admiralty. Yesterday the Lord Mayor attended at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Marquis of Salisbury had an interview on Satur day with Sir George Grey. 'lll4-• Antall. y-General attended at the Home Office ye-sic-mu), unit on S.eturetely. The Principal civil unit milltary atohorijes of the metropolis also attended on Sa' Ca i" p d tn a ai il u ll ,( l l a y t7g st le e• s rda lienhm, 11 at Denham, 1 1 1 3., F '° .t.S e. ., had inter views on Saturday with Lord Auckland, at the Admiralty, and the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, to explain his plan fur steering a ship when on fire abaft, or in the event of twisting the rudder heal, or breaking the tiller short off in a gala of wind. ,;,,The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the Lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Archbishop of York. The anthem was 0 sing unto God" (Greene). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Dukes of Beaufort and Leeds, the Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Anglesey, Ladies Jersey, St. Germains, and Palmerston, were among the nobility present. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ARRIVAL OF . THE CAMBRIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison, arrived here this afternoon, with 46 passengers, 4,0001. in specie on freight, and the semi. monthly mails from Canada and the United States. The Cambria sailed from New York on the 25th ult., and Halifax on the 28th. Her news is therefore nine days later than that brought by the Fidelia. The United States steamer Herman, from New York to Bremen, put into Halifax, with machinery damaged, on the 28th ult. The Caledonia was at Halifax On the 26th ult. By the arrival of th e C am b r i a w e are in pssession of files of pap ers f rom N ew Y or k , P hil a d e lphia, Bal timore, Boston, W as hi ng t on, M on t r eal, and Halifax , which contain i n t e lli gence o f muc h interest. Fol lowing the subject s i n th e or d er o f their importance , we shall first notice the effect produced by the Cam bria's news, which took out accounts of the French Revolutiou. The Cambria sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 26th February, and carried out the first inti mation of the Revolution in France, the abdication of Louis Philippe, and the formation of a republic in that country. From a continued series of opposing gales, her voyage was exceedingly protracted, and she did not reach New York until the 18th, and no sooner was it known that the Orleans dynasty had fallen, the monarchy of France abruptly brought to an end, and a Provisional Government declared, than the utmost excitement prevailed all over the city. Everywhere the intelligence was received with symptoms of the most unbounded deligh'• joy, and satisfaction, by all parties and all classes. Public meetings of the most enthusiastic and ex citing character have been held in New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, to congratulate the French on their victory. At one of the many assemblages convened for that purpose, one held at New York was rather singular for its enthusiasm, and manifested an unusual degree of zeal without discretion. A Colonel Hart proposed to collect a large sum of money for the purpose of forwarding Republicanism in Ireland. The gallant colonel said he would keep the money in America, and when the moment for action had arrived, he would send it to Ireland in the shape of brass cannon ! He proposed the collection of a million of dollars ! ! and he was confident it would be realised ! ! The report says that " dollars were here handed to the Chairman in great profusion, some giving five, others three, and so on till over one hun • dred were collected)" • The news also created great sensation in Washing ton, and the matter had been mentioned in Congress. Mr. J. D. Cummings, of Ohio, having asked leave to introduce a resolution in the House of Representa tives, expressive of sympathy with France in her recent revolution in favour of a Republic, objections having been made, leave was not granted. It is said that the Cambria brings fresh instructions to the Ministers in London and Paris, in order to meet the new position of things in Europe. PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.—The Ten Regiments Bill had at length passed the Senate. That body has appointed a committee to investigate and ascertain the means by which the treaty with Mexico and the secret correspondence recently become public in the newspapers. The first correspondence with Mr. Buchanan and his department, in relation to the ne gotiation with Mexico, which ended in the recent treaty between Mr. Trist and General Scott, and both these gentlemen and the department, had been laid before Congress and debated. It shows that General Scott and Mr. Trist in the early part of • the negotiation entertained no great love or respect for each other but that they had become sworn friends. The ' Senate had. been for two days de bating the propriety of revealing the proceedings of that body on the treaty with closed doors, but had come to no conclusion. It was agreed that an ambassador should be sent from Washington to the Court of Rom e , an d G enera l Sbiels was named for that office. General Cassbad proposed in the Senate to raise an a ddi t i onal f orce , in order to pre pare, if necetsary, t o f orce M ex i co to accept the terms of the Ltreaty recently p asse d in that body. The proceedings in the H ouse o f Representatives -;- were un imrtant. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. --Later advices fr om Mexico had been received a t N ew Y or k , f ro m which we learn that there had been more guerilla fighting, the cap ture of the noted c hi e f J aran t a , and the succes sful issue of every affair in whi c h the American troo p s bad been engaged. T wo M ex i ca n schooners had been captured load e d merchan dise. Their cargoes were valued at 16,000 dolls. In telligence has been received from Yucatan of some horrible massacres. were well spoken of. It is GRNERAL Ns.ws.—The two great parties for the with cocoa and other Presidency had organized conventions to meet on the 24th of May and the 7th of June. Mr. Cl a y's pros pects Van Buren would be brought forward, but h a d no chance of success. The ship Oswego, Captain Gar rick, a new vessel, from Liverol for New York, with cargo and 327 passengers, bad been totally lost CANADA.—The reform party is on the 12th of February, in long. 53.34 W. The settled that Mr. passengers were saved, but five of the crew and the second o ffi cer were drowned. throughout the provinces. Under the new tariff grain and flour were to be admitted into that country free for exportation. A gold mine was said to have been discovered near Quebec, Canada. Out of the eighteen grand jurors for Montreal, ten make their mark—they cannot write. growing rapidly The news of a commercial nature does not exhibit much change from our last report. The intelligence from France had produced no sensible effect on the markets, which were dull. Prices of domestic pro duce were dull, and demand limited ; this was more especially the case in respect to flour._ IRELAND. DUMAN, APRIL B.—This is treason day in the the audacity of Iristeir metropolis, and the Jacobin wee kl y j ournals rival each other in the energy and seditious incitements. But as the United h h men has distanced all competitors, we shall have to draw largely on its columns to show how systematically and daringly treason is published within a few yards of her Majesty's Castle of Dublin, and almost upon the eve of the trial of the parties charged with sedition. There is a long letter addressed by Mr. Mitchell to the Lord Lieutenant, in the following form :-- " TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF CLARENDON, HER MAJESTY'S DETECTIVE GENERAL, HIGH COM MISSIONER OF SPIES, AND GENERAL SUBORNER IN IRELAND." The greater part of this missive is devoted to the subject of detectives and spies, and concludes as follows : There is no day fixed for taking the Castle; in deed you will know that day as soon as we, and in all probability, you will fix it yourself. You will not, I am sure, believe this plain statement ; you will conclude that there is some horrid occult meaning under it ; you will send forth your spies to the four winds, and cover the land with a cloud of witnesses. Yes ; I know that : I mean it. Our policy is to mislead you, and confound your politics, by telling you the simple truth ; and we will totally disconcert you at the last moment by doing the very thing you were always told we would do. As for me, my Lord, your Lordship' s humble corr espondent, —you have been told that I am mad —a dangerous lunatic, labouring under cacoethes scribendi. Do not believe it ; I am merely possessed with a rebellious spirit; and think I have a miss ion—to bear a hand in the final destruction of the bloody old " British Empire," the greedy, carnivorous old monster, that has lain so long like a load upon the heart and limbs of England, and drank the blood and sucked the marrow from the bones of Ireland. Against that empire of hell a thousand thousand ghosts of my slaughtered country men skriek nightly for vengeance; their blood cries continually from the ground , for vengeance! And Heaven has heard it. That buccaneering fia.--, that the world swell the nas braved so long the battle and the breeze, flie s al a head, Char tism ffrom roars i a n a d t shipu hned in distress ; t h e C harybdis of cursese r her o l l ee—the e—the br ea k ers o f R epea l hur ricane that rages round her, pirate and blood-stained slaver that she is, filled with dead men's bones, and with all uncleanness. Her timbers are shivering: at last— Quamvis Pontica pinus, Silvm filia nobilis-- she will never float in harbour more. On the day she goes to pieces, all the ends of the earth will give three cheers. " To help this grand wurk of necessity and mercy is my highest ambition upon earth ; and I know no better way to do it than to make Ireland arm for battle. To me it is a grateful and blessed sound, this cry—' The people are arming.' Thank God, they are arming. I. oung men everywhere in Ireland begin to love the clear glancing of the steel, and to cherish their dainty rifles as the very apple of their eyes. They walk more proudly; they feel themselves more and more of men. Like the Prussian students (when this work had to be done for Prussia), they take the bright weapon to their hearts, and clasp their virgin swords like virgin brides. " How long will your detectives, your swearers, your villanous back. stairs panders to the hangman, check this noble passion, this most holy crusade ? Think of it well. " I remain, my Lord, with profoundest contempt, " Your obedient servant, " JOHN MITCHELL." Next comes " our war department," li in which there is a chapt er c f instructions for rebellion " DRIL LING. —Trained rifle clubs, and other clubs, discharged soldiers, and decent people, who can afford to empl o y persons acquainted with military exercise, should now expe n d ac portion of their r e s ou r ces , and in he all their s kill , se greatest works of mercy to the Irish p eop l e — the drilling and ignora n t i n the e and practiceand arms. th But e poor t for those who have ,t such angelic monitors, we simple shall lay d own a few Ifi rules. regular armies a Generally speak ing, the rule s an d discipline oof en tirely unsuited to us.our forces were all disci plined, and made machines accustomed one to hang and wait and depend of, accustomed another—if they had lost that habit of pr m im a i n tive and .. natural courage, which grows of every man makm h g the best hand he can of his work,fighting is own corner— then we and the British Irelandarm u y mb in ers would be, excluding the question of numbers, an the fact, equal footing. But our great strength lies on in that we oppose to disciplined troops a system of war fare to which they are wholly unaccustomed which they are entirely unprepared. Adis , ci 'l p n lin d f e c d r army in Ireland can do nothing—it is hampered, ex posed, bewildered, and lost , amid the naturdefenc of the country. Its s y s tem is founded on the level es plain—ours must spring from the ditch -sid e and cross-road—from the dropping hedge and rocky hill side—it must be of the soil and its nature—of the men and their nature. 'lt was not by parade move ments,' said Napoleon, that Thermopylae was de fended.' There is no discipline like native love. Exact drilling, elaborate movements, and exercises turned neatly as a wedding brogue, are, therefore, not essential to our success—nevertheless, as a first general rule, we lay down this : " 1. Rifle and pike clubs should practise themselves in marching, countermarching, wheeling to the left and right, in slow march, quick step, and trot, in line, in files, by sections, &c., whenever and wherever pos sible. Any good old pensioner in the pariah can train a squad quietly, and they can communicate the craft to all their brethren. If no such mentor is amenable, the men must do the best they can. They may make one or two laughable attempts, but a straight eye and attention will secure eventual precision. The first lessons may be learned in-door, in a barn or hay-loft, or large room of any kind. Confederate clubs should march in regular files of three, four, or five deep, to all meetings and public places, just as the Dublin Confederates now do. " 2. Some drilling of this kind is essential to the well-being of pikemen. ' The pike,' said Emmett, is the weapon of the brave'—a pity, therefore, it should be used badly. We shall need it generally for these purposes—First, to charge, in street fighting, on columns of infantry. Second, to charge on artillery in a bog, or deep, miry field, or rutty, broken up, or blocked road, or where a horse or two is shot, or the drivers and gunners otherwise put out of countenance. Third, to hold a road across against retreating or advancing columns, while riflemen or musketeers throw in their fire from the ditches, or wooded or rocky hills, or other positions, on the flanks and rear, or flanks and front of the column. Fourth, mixed with riflemen and musketeers to defend the front of a ditch or rampart or wood, against a bayonet charge. Fifth, to defend the open flanks of a ditch or covered way in the line of which are riflemen or musketeers. Sixth, to meet a cavalry charge. Seventh, to charge in lines of greater or lesser length. " The first business, therefore, of pikemen is to learn to charge in line. This should be always done in a trot. The pike should be grasped in both hands —the right hand resting on the right hip, the hands from two to two feet six inches asunder, and the shaft quite horizontal. The files of pikemen accustomed to act together should be as nearly as possible of equal height, the line in charging should be kept with the most perfect precision, and the points all brought to bear a right line, and simultaneously. This is the perfection of a pike charge. If the line straggle, be come concave or convex, or even if the points show at irregular elevations, or irregular distances, or if the shafts be held at an angle upwards or downwards, or aslant to right or left, half the effect, and all the beauty, of the charge is lost ; but if the thing be rightly done, as we have explained, LIO column of in fantry can resist for an instant. " Pikemen, unless exquisitely disciplined, should never charge in lines of great length. The necessary length of line in charging must depend on the ground of advance, the position to carry, and the length of line of bayonets opposed to you. But it may be taken as an ami•m, that the shorter the front charging, the better for pikemen incompletely disciplined. In all cases they should never charge less than three deep. The pikes of the second rank should be passed between the men in the front rank, and the pikes of the third rank should be held in readiness, their points reaching over the heads of the front rank, and as low as possible—thus : a a a a a a a a C C C C C C c c The ranks being so disposed, the pike of each b is extended between two a a ; and, considering that a good pike is ten feet long, and that, therefore, the pikes of the second rank will extend five feet or so in front of the front rank, and so be equal to a gun and bayonet in the hands of the front rank—you offer to a line of musketeers of length equal to your line of pikemen double the number of their points—in other words, for every bayonet extending five feet, or so, they can bring to bear—(viz., those of their front rank), you bring two pikes —one extending between eight and nine feet in front (viz., those of the front rank), and extending four or five feet in front (viz., those of the second rank)—a capital disposition. The pikes of the second rank should be held horizontally on a line with those of the front rank. This order being observed, it is quite easy to protect the flanks of a column of pikemen charging three or four or six files deep. The men on the flanks hold their points sloped outward, on a level with the points of the front rank, while their shafts slope at an angle of from 30 to 40 degrees with the line of advance, thus— aaaaaa b b c c d d ee —the point of b protects the flank of a, c of b, b of c, and so on ; and in the same way as with the pikes of the second front rank, the pikes of the men next but one to the flank are thrown out between the flanking pikes. " With this practice, and the ordinary evolutions of bayoneteers, we should have a very decided and de cisive' public opinion' of pikemen. " It is seldom necessary to charge in extended lines. In street-fighting or road fighting never—in few streets, even the widest, can more than forty bayone teers be brought into line. To these we can oppose more than eighty pike points,' these at a rush, one half ten feet long, the other five, and where are your bayoneteers ? She is ' the queen of weapons,' that pike of mine. " But half her beauties, alas! must wait till next number." The following suggestions are given as to the de molition of public buildings during the street fighting : " ' A friend to the only resource wishes, as street fighting is apprehended in the city, to warn the people against injuring any of the public buildings.' There is not the slightest necessity ; the people would, in such case, respect all that should be respected, and tear down all that should be torn down. Nelson's pillar would walk, of course—the colonnade of the Post-office, with its Queen-of- England jim-crackery, may make an excellent bar ricade, and too good a use for it ; and so with the statues of English Kings, and the gaols—and if the people like to take a fly at the Castle, or Conciliation hall, we have no objection—not a bit of it. Nothing is too bad for a barricade." The Nation, on the subject of M. de Lamartine's reply, has the following:— '• FRANCE AND IRELAND.—Ireland is able to right herself. Ourselves alone' is her motto, as of old. But England may well pale to hear t hat the citizens the swords Paris, eager to aid her, offered t o her deputies 'well swords of fifty thousand Frenchmen. may She with pale to think what the Na tional Assembly, e Arthur O'Connor at its h ead, and Irishmen like D'Alton Shee among its leading me mbers, will speak in the name and with t he authority of France. They ia will be shackled by no courtly forms, o . necessities. Like the voice of Dumourierz,nthoeoirffleclo-i quince may be the lightning that precedes the thunder of battle " Th e Nation, however, rivals the United Irishman in the violence of its sedition. One extract must " TILE ASPECT OF THE Houa.—The Irish move ment for the first time in the memory of living man is becoming grand and terrible. It has suddenly changed from a procession to a muster. Arms glance through the scene. The blaze of watch-fires flash upon it. The ring of musketry begins t,) be heard. The words grow fewer, but they bear a new and piercing significance. Out of the grim anti ordered ranks into which the people fall, the only words indeed that would seem natural and adequate are the cry of the onset. To this it may come at last. The sword has been waved in our face er pointed at our breast till the people have come to re gard it as the only arbiter. Our enemies chose the ordeal, and we accept it. The people are arming openly, openly stating their purpose, and openly specifying the terms of peace—' These and no other, these or the sword.' The second letter from Lord Ffrench is such a one as could only go forth from an armed an determined people. It is distinct treason to the foreign Govern ment, but true loyalty and allegiance to the lri. h nation. Ireland, like Germany and Italy, shall rik.t want nobles to stand at the head of her ordered line, or sit in her councils. And her last council as an enslaved nation must soon assemble—the Council of Three Hundred. The Catholic clergy are coming into it in large detachments. The priests of Limerick, Cork, and Clonmel - are ready, if peaceful means are not quickly successful, to bless the banners of the people. If the priests desert the English Govern ment, says its leading London organ, then, indeed, our rule in Ireland is in peril. That fatal then' is come and past." TIIE MILITARY. The 31st Regiment of Infantry reached town this morning from Liverpool, by the Queen Victoria and Royal William steamers, and have taken up quarters at the Linen-hall. The 48th Regiment has been ordered from Ennis killen to Dublin, to be replaced by the 57th. Two troops of cavalry have been ordered to rein force the garrison at Kilkenny. The manufacture of pikes, as well as rifle-shooting, is openly practised in most parts of the country. The Cork Examiner says—" The owner of a timber-yard in one of the streets leading into this city has re ceived an order for 500 pike-handles, and is exe cuting it." THE SUN, LONDON, VIEWING: v s ~ T ^~ ~ .. __ MONDAY APRIL 10, 1846. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SSA P • The past week's imports of live stock, into London, have been seasonably good, as will be seen by the follow ing return : From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Harlingen Hamburgh Rotterdam . 166 ... 541 Calvet. ... ..- T0ta1..... «. e.... 11••• • 526 Corresp on di ng week in 1847 . ........... 220 ... 777 - 656 ... 61 Difference .. ..... . 306 more. 656 more. —6l more. At the outports about 500 head of each kind of stock have been landed, mostly in good condition, from Ham burgh and Rotterdam. Annexed is an official statement of the importations during the first two months of the present and past years:— 1847. 1848. Oxen Lows Calves Sheep Lambs 2 - 3 .................. Pigs .. 2 38 Total .................. 11,243 7,384 The number of Foreign Beasts on offer this morning were moderately extensive; those of Sheep and Calves limited. The demand for all kinds was active, at im proved quotations. From our own grazing .districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day were limited, but of excellent quality. Although the attendance of both town and country buyers was small, the Beef trade ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last of from 4d to Gd per Blbs. A few of the best Scots sold as high as 4s Bd, but the more general top figure for Beef did not exceed 4s 6d per 81b. A good clearance was effected. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, consisted of about 1,000 Scots and Short IIorns; from the Northern, Western, and Midland counties, 800 Herefords, Runts, Devons, and Irish beasts; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds; and from Scotland, 210 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep we were again scantily supplied. The Mutton trade was very firm, at Friday's advanced rates of 2d per 81bs. The primest old Downs sold peadily at 5s 6d per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight there were received 85 Sheep and 160 Lambs. The Lamb trade was again steady, at from 6d to 7d per 81bs. Prime small Calves sold freely; other qualities of Veal slowly, at last week's prices. The Pork trade was somewhat inactive, at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 6 3 10 .iecond quality 4 0 4 2 Prime large Oxen.. 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots ...... 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Primesinall ditto .. 4 s 5 2 Suckling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 10 4 , 0 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 2 Southdown Wether 5 4 5 6 Ditto eut of the wool Large Hogs ...... 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers .. 4 8 5 0 Quarter old rigs • .18 0 25 0 Lambs .. •. • ..... 6 0 7 0 NEWGATB AWD LEA.DErixt.ax.z.. The arrivals of slaughtered Meat from Scotland and various parts of England, since Monday last, have been moderately good, they having consisted of about 140 carcasses of Beef; 240 ditto of Mutton, 90 ditto of Lamb, 180 ditto of Veal, and 300 ditto of Pork. The supply of Mutton on offer killed in the metropolis has been small, that of other kinds of Meat good. Generally speaking, the trade has ruled somewhat active, and, in some instances, the quotations have had an upward tendency. A few baskets of Meat have arrived from Liamburgh. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i s. d. to s. d. Beef,inferior...... 3 0 3 2; Mutton, Inferior .. 3 6 310 - middling 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 - prime large .. 3 4 3 6 prime .... 4 6 4 8 prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 3 8 4 4 310 5 - small ........ 4 6 5 0 Lamb. 5s 10d t• Gs 10d. WOOL. During last week the imports of Wool into London were composed of 89 bales from Ha►nburgh, 281 ditto from Monte Video, 11 ditto from Antwerp, 14 ditto from Ostend, and 292 ditto from Taganrog. The stock, in the absence of anything like a healthy demand, is rapidly increasing, and, to effect large sales—which ap pears next to an impossibility—a decline in the quota tions must be submitted to. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. — Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by the Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, and Lord and Lady Malmesbury. There were also present the Hanoverian Minister, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and Lady Rachel Russell, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Gordon, the Earl of Munster, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Nevill, Lady Charlotte Denison, Earl Granville, Lady E. Bot tree, Lord Brownlow Cecil, Lord Suffield, Lord and Lady Compton, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Colborne, Lord Elphin stone, Lord Ossulston, Lord Hawley, Lord Hotham, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Anson, Lord Chief Justice Doherty, Mr. Justice James Parke, Sir Compton and Lady Doraville, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss I'yrwhitt, Lady Clay, an d t h e Miss Temple Bowdoins, Sir John and Lady hi'Donald ' Sir W. and Lady Molesworth , Sir Percy Shellep Colebroke, Sir John Edwards , Sir Graham Al Sir F ont o * : g P. mery, Sir H. Foley, Sir Henry Paulet, Sir W. de Bathe, and Captain de Bathe, Sir Thomas Har e , S it George Armitage, Sir H. Vivian, Sir %Archibald M‘Donald, &c. HORRIBLE ACClDENT. — Wednesday week a man, in the employment of Mr. White, of Toghill Farm, iu the parish of Doynton, while occupied in cutting hay, was precipitated to the ground, and falling upon the hay knife he was using, the instrument passed completely through his body. His death was instantaneous.—Batis Journal. WIQIN.—THE APPROACHING CRISIS.—An Irish man, on Thursday last, called at an ironmonger's in the town, and requested to know if he would contract for 150 guns. We believe there is an association formed for the purpose of purchasing arms for the approaching crisis.— Manchester Examiner.l THE MURDER AT TOULOUSE.—The trial of Louis Bonafous (Frere Leotade) for the murder of Cecile Combettes, terminated on the 4th before the Court of Assize of the Haute-Garonne. The prisoner was found guilty, but the verdict was attended with a declaration of extenuating circumstances, and consequently he was not condemned to death. His sentence is imprison ment for life with hard labour, to stand on the pil lor y, tati and to pay the costs of the prosecution. Leotade heard his sentence without manifesting any emotion. Tx President of the Tribunal announced that ainst the decide upon the civil action for damagnesteargen.oo of establishment of the freres without theenithie it would part were the jury. The arguments of counse l fixed to be heard in a week. The vessel Ondine, ROYAL CONSIGNMENTS. a t Dover on Sunday, Allen, commander , wh ich arrived , ac kages, addressed to from Ostend, had o n board tw th o e p Q ueen , and the steam her Most Gracious Majest y mmander, which arrived also packet Onyx, addressedr to her Majesty the Queen, aitryean,dOn Wednesday afternoon, had on bis Royal Highness Prince Albert. and one directed to instances of the same nature, from n r d Ostend, one pae package, t hed by kale railway to town, by immediately (lisps c f the authorities o the port, and duly deli direction of They were, as former deli vered TEMPLE.—On Saturday, notice was sent to members of the uekingham-palsce. Middle Temple to be in attend all the ance at the Hall at noon, in order that arrangements might be made for the barristers being forthcoming incase of any emergency. The names of numerous gentlemen who were ready to come forward and be sworn as "specials" were set down in a list, which, in the course of the afternoon was transmitted to the Home-office. Directions were further given, that all who were disposed should be at the Middle Temple Hall at half-past nine this (Monday) morning, when plans would be announced regarding the course desirable to be pursued in case of any disturbance of the peace in that neighbourhood. ST. IVES.—Boats on the drift during the past week have been taking from 100 to 5,000 mackerel per night, which have been sold at from sa. to 13s. per hundred of sin score.—Cornwall Gazette. MAGA ZI Es, . --(CONTIYUED) FRASER. " The French Revolution of 1848, its Causes and Consequences," is just such an article as one might have expected to have found in Fraser, in its early days, when rabid Toryism and more rabid personality constituted the staple of the articles. The next article, entitled " Reveries of a Gastronome," is a pleasant prolusion anent the affairs of the cuisine. " The Plague of Beggars" is an admirable paper, and the writer's suggestions for abating the nuiance are worthy of serious attention. The remedies which he proposes are as follow I. Let every man and woman who has hitherto pa tronised beggars, withhold all assistance from the whole race, whenever and wherever they encounter them under whatsoever form or pretence, whether selling trifling articles of manufacture in the streets, or from door to door, or standing with broom in hand at the crossings of our thoroughfares. Let them turn a deaf ear to every tale, refuse to read every petition, and adhere rigidly to the rule of requiring personal knowledge in all cases of individual charity. " 2. Let a liberal estimate be made of the money here tofore squandeted, and let it be devoted to some work of true charity, preventive or palliative, giving the prefer ence te , the former in the shape of wholesome houses for the or, it poor,th the and latter sch o b o e l s for he preferred, ttrinin selecting gof h which admit of least abuse, such as hospitals. " 3. Let the parochial authorities be urged to sub stitute for the street sweeper, nine-tenths beggar and one. tenth labourer as he is, honest workmen, fairly paid for keeping entire streets clean instead of crossings merely, and selecting for that duty such of the existing sweepers as may be willing to change their ambiguous employments for the new and more honourable occu pations. " 4. Let every traveller make it a point of conscience to observe the regulations of the railroads with regard to douceurs, and do all in his power to encourage the hotel keepers to substitute fixed charges for attendance, for the present degrading system of discretionary payments. " 5. Let the Government be urged to protect honest industry against dishonest idleness by flogging every man or boy convicted of begging, and every male parent whose child of tender years is found in the streets so employed; and let the police be instructed to bring befere the magistrates every person of either sex found giving money in the street, that the same fine which is now levied on the drunkard may be imposed upon the silly people who indulge in this unwholesome luxury." We have alreadygiven in cxtenso the admirable paper on the " Social Position of Governesses," which ap pears in this month's Fraser, and to which we would again fain direct the public attention. " Signs of the Times" is "a word in season" from Mr. F. 0. Ward, in favour of the preservation of peace, more especially between France and England ; and cordially do w• trust that the efforts now making by the great and the good, on both sides of the Channel, for the preser vation of peace, may prove eminently successful. In addition to these, we have an excellent paper on " Indian Railways ;" reviews of " Letters from the Danube, " and of Lord Campbell's " Lives of the Chancellors ;" the commencement of a tale, the scene of which is laid in Germany during the time of the Anabaptist outbreak, entitled " The Armourer of Munster—a page from the History of Fanaticism ;" and the usual current history of the month. THE METRUPULITAN. We are rejoiced to see, from an announcement pre fixed to the Metropolitan for April, that a reduction in price, accompanied by a commensurate improve ment in the arrangements of this publication, are pro jected. By this means it will henceforth be placed on a right footing with its contemporaries. " Claren don" and " Warfdale," the two serial fictions of the magazine, are continued with their accustomed ability. Mrs. Edward Thomas contributes a story called " The Adopted Son," and those who, like ourselves, have Mavourneen," w ill loved the s i mp l e but exquisite ballad of " Kathleen peruse with profound interest the song descriptive of the "Death of Kathleen," by Mrs. Crawford. Another paper calculated to ar rest the attention is entitled "Prospect and Retro spect." The title is modest, but the history of which the prospective and retrospective chapters constitute the epitome is the most wonderful this world ever witnessed. Although the name of the hero is not once mentioned throughout (and this very circum stance imparts much dignity to the theme), it is im possible not to recognise who is the hero—it is impos sible not to perceive that, in the language of Dumas, " Cet homme, c'est plus que Cesar ; c'est autant que Charlemagne; c'est Napoleon le Grand, le Jupiter Tonnant de la France I" A cltver comment upon the glorious revolution of the three days of February, from the pen of Ewing Ritchie, brings the Metropolitan to a conclusion. The writer well observes that the " So phist Guizot and sham King Louis" have received a righteous retribution ; and exclaims, with ineffable scorn—" Again has the sanctity that doth hedge in a king been found to be a pitiable delusion, and a lie !" We conceive, however, that the magnificent though erring lines, addressed to Napoleon by Byron, are scarcely suited to the ignoble and recreant monarch of the bourgeoisie— " The desolator desolate, The victor overthrown, The arbiter of other's fate A suppliant for his own." In the original text it will be observed that the passage is inaccurately quoted—though n'importe, for in a subsequent page the writer shows that he can transcribe with extraordinary effect from the stirring lyrics of Charles Mackay. One chapter in this ex cellent contribution we give as follows : it is a signifi cant comparison between the national expenditure of France under the Emperor and under Louis Philippe-- •` The expenses of Government had gradually swelled to the most enormous amount. During the Empire the war expenses, on the average, amounted to about 330,000,000 francs. In 1813, after the disasters of the Russian campaign, when the whole army was re organ ized, the total expenditure was 420,000,000 francs; but during the last sixteen years the average expenses of the Minister of tVar were 500,000,000 francs. Under the Empire the budget of the Ministry of the Interior, in which were included the public works, and agriculture. and commerce, was 15,000,000 francs. In 1847 it had been raised 70,000,000 francs. Under Napoleon, the total expenses for all the services of Government, be sides the army and navy, were 200,000,000 francs a year. During the last seventeen years the expenditure for the same services has exceeded 900,000,000 francs a year. Of this sum 500,000,000 were paid for salaries and sinecures, the rest was squandered away in jobs and corruption." Altogether the Metropolitan for April is of superior ability. THE IMAGE OF HIS FATHER. No. I. A Tale of a Young Monkey. By the Brothers Mayhew. Another comic serial from the indefatigable Mar hews—a serial which promises rare fun, has just commenced. Phi; the inimitable Phiz, the illus trator of Dickens, is the artist. Some of the little descriptive touches in the first chapter are capital, especially the account of the gentleman in the omni bus, clad in " a plum-coloured mackintosh, that rustled like brown paper every time he moved, and made the whole omnibus smell of india rubber." We cannot but regard the character of Doctor Vyse, the school master, as a flagrant plagiarism from Box, in the person of Doctor Blimber. There will surely be the very devil to pay with little Impey, the solicitor. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Angus B. Reach. The Man in the Moon for April is excellent. The only " original" account of the French Revolution is to be found in its pages, it is from the pen of our old friend Twitters. The Man in the Moon, like Moses, keeps a sharp look out for the main chance, and knows the power of advertising; accordingly we find the following : REFORM YOUR LEGISLATORS' BILLS. The Man in the Moon begs to intimate to the Re publicans and Revolutionists of the Continent, that he has just got up an extensi ve assortment of Constitutions, which he intends to dispo se of at the following unprece dentedly low figures:— £ s. d. ... Good Plain Consti tution ... 5 0 0 ... ... •.. 5 10 0 Ditto, Warranted w ith two Chambers , Very wi th an improved system of Ditto, with Superior 6 10 0 Suffrage ••• •• • ••• •• • 7 7 0 Ditto w i t h Colours warranted not to ru n 8 8 0 u at a Ditto,, ensu ring ensu ring National Wealth an d n l a o dv l a Cl oce o of articles m be a s d t e m t a o de -, measure, e Eus . re, ) pe r cent. ou the above prices. Nations waited on in their ow n t err i tor i es. Foreign orders punctually attended to. The l ja s P a P cs i n e e a s r s i h N.B.—Terms: Ready m one 3•. THE Friday, ents MANCHESTER R the Manchester Streiasslioonfsindonictm a rising th e e n o n n t r t of w t . h a e s r o i n c c t s u p n i n e d rr h w n ' i r t h s d t a h y e , the 9th ult. Henry Burgess, 18, and Edward Donahoe, 17, indicted for riot and an assault on George Hurst, a police-constable, in the execution of his duty, were ac quitted, there not being sufficient evidence of identity. The same Edward Donahoe, 17, was then indicted for a riot, and for an assault on Mr. Beswick and Inspector M'Alullen in the execution of their duty. The prisoner was seized by Mr. Beswick while descending a lamp post which he had climbed, just after he had extin guished the lamp. He was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.— Samuel Miller, 26, was indicted for riot and for an assault on Mr. Charles Johnson, oil-cloth manufacturer, Oak-street—guilty ; four months' imprisonment, with hard labour.—Martin Quinn, 20, Joseph Holmes, 17, John Jackson, 27, and Joseph Radcliffe, 29, were in dicted for rioting and for the assault on Mr. Superin tendent Taylor. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoners were severally sentenced to be impri soned. Quinn for two months with hard labour, Holmes for fourteen days, Jackson for two months, and Radcliffe for four mon ths.—Manchester Guardian. In order to avoid as far as possible any disagree able consequences which may arise from the meeting to be held on Kennington Common, the lessees of the Hay market and Princess's Theatres have thought it advisa ble to close their establishments this evening. The formefplace of entertainment will also be ;hut to-morrow . (Tuesday) evening.