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NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " COI 4 .IFESSIONFS OF A PRETTY WOMAN.? Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., 'I I IIE RIVAL BEAUTIES. A NOVEL. By Miss PARDON. Author of " The Court and Reign of Louis XIV.," " The City of tie Sultan," " Confessions of a Pretty Woman." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. It is respeoefulb, announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place at this Theatre on THURSDAY, the 16th of March, the particulars of which will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un the Manuement et Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe; Sir Walter Arayott, Mr. Jharles Kean; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Ilarringlon. Mr. Brin all ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. Sir Abel Handy, Mr. Farren ; Bob Handy, Mr. H. Farren; Sir Philip Blandford, Mr. Rogers ; Farmer Ashfield, Mr. Webster ; Henry, Mr. K. Vandenbc.ff ; Gerald, Mr. Tilbury ; Dame Ashrield, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Blandford, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Lady Handy, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Susan Ashfiehl, Mrs. Seymour. To eonclude with the Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. Stave Manager, Mr. Farsen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, be. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eammence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, A_DELPHI. Under the direction 6: Madame Celeste. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be perfbrined THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Mrs I'. Bed mid M Woolgar.eford, Sanders ; Ma eame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, . iss To conclude with a new Farce entitled TUE TIPPERARY LE GACY- 'rumens Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; ',silty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman, Mr. Sanders; Lizzy Chubbloc, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, is. -ors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. E ad A a T m ß e E yestris. AL s ns esmire. LYCEUMTH.RCtha o r f Ies 3 I Mhews. Under o ß l t o h O e Y T TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vestris, Mist; K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Slacnaulara. To ionclnde with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Dress Boxes, ha. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ;. Gallery, Is. o half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, OA Band-street. Oa FRIDAY NEXT, Will be presented CEQUEFE3IME VEiIT. Agathe Delaunay, Mdlle. Nathalie, After which, LA VICOMTES LOLOTTE. Le Comte de 310- rangis, 31. St. Mare ; Le Vicomte d'Herouville, M. Fechter ; Le Chevalier Tancrede, M. Mental ; Lolotte Bertin, Mdlle.lCathaLe. Doers open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes and Stalls may be obtain dat Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. MR. MACREADY AND MISS FANNY KEMBLE. O-MORROW EVENING Wlll be performed Shakepere's Tragedy of OTLIELLO. Othello, Mr. Maeready ; Desdemona, Mrs. Batler. After which, a new Farce entitled MICUAELMAS DAT ; a Ro mance of the Thames. To eonclude with the comic) Drama of " LADIES, BEWARE 1" Dres, Circle, As.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. tioYAL SURREY THEATRE. Les,e, Mrs. F. Davidge, s. 1, DAvidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. TO-31ORROW EVENING, Will be presented a serio-comic Barletta called THE BILL STICKER ; or, An Old House in the City. Bill Buzeiottle (the Bill Sticker), Mr. W. J. Mammond. After - which the Burletta entitled OTHELLO TRAVESTIE. Othello, Mr. W. J. Hammond. To conclude with a Drama entitled ROSE ASHFORD ; or a Woman's Love. Mr. Walton, Mr. F. Ede , Walter Maynard, Nr. F. Vining ; Ellen Walton Walton, Miss Daly ; Rose Ashford, Mrs. It. Gordon. _ _ _ _ I; Aes 21. ; Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Triumphant Success of the New Gorgeous Spectacle. TO-MORROW EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE lIATTLH OF THE AMAZONS, in which Mr. W. West will appear. new SecuLs in the Arena, 07 the talented Artl.tes •,! the ,; - i.iik!•ment. in the carious modes ot equestration, and in troducing Mr. Battv's highly trained steed, The Gent of the World. Concluding with THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE TIIIRD EDITIONS "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTAYIY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. 1. WEATHEII.—SUN ()PyicE. MARCK 8 Till IMO/OJT/31, Lowest, 31 ; 48 ; Noun, 41. BAROMETER, 30.26—,W1ND S. ; fine. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TN l ~ DAI. ‘lorninl. as minutes after 3. I Evening .. 15 -Tin:lutes ..W.er 4 5. 04sJUIN . ..- -..........‘,40 -, .. _ 4.'4, R , ,„. 0 ..i ,- ;""i,,,,,Li. .RDT ' . ' ' • ;.**-.-- AN , ra r i, -, v, 01 - billing atilt LONDoN. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8, 1848 Can Peace continue to prevail in Europe ? Is War inevitable ? Those are the momentous questions - which at this particular moment force themselves upon our consideration. In commenting yesterday upon the brilliant mani festo of Citizen LAMARTINE, we observed that, to our thinking, the aspirations of the new-born Republic 'm France appear to be eminently pacific. We not ' , only remarked that the sentiments expressed by the Provisional Minister for Foreign Affairs were in a peculiar degree conciliatory, but we maintained that the preservation of amity was the principal desire at present experienced by the different states throughout the Continent. We persist in the declaration of that opinion. We maintain that tranquillity is at this juncture more than ever essential to England, to France, to Belgium, to Italy, to Spain, to Portugal, to S witzerland, to Greece, to Germany, to Bavaria, and to Denmark. At the same time, however, that we regard the diplomatic circular of Citizen LIMARTINR as inaugurative of a pacific policy, we cannot but acknowledge that it is con ceived in a spirit of daring worthy of the dignity of the Young Republic. While he offers an open hand, in the name of France, to the nations of the world, he flings the gauntlet of defiance at Absolutism ; he tenders the olive to the people and reveals the glitter of a half-drawn falchion to the kings. Let but the rights of humanity be tampered with by royalty in any quarter of the globe, he exclaims, and the sword of the French Republic shall blaze from its scabbard ! "If," these are his words, "if the hour for the re construction of some oppressed nationalities in Europe, o r el s ewhere, appear to us to be annou nce d in the d ecrees o f P ROVIDENCE —if S w it zer l an d , our faithful ally, was constrained or menaced in the movement or growth that she is effecting within herself, to lend an additional force to the aggregate of democratic Gov ernments—if the independent states of Italy were invaded—if li m i ts or obstacles were imposed upon their internal t rans f ormat i ons — i f, by force of arms, their right should be disputed of form ing alliances among themselves for the consolidation of an Italian country, the French Republic would believe herself authorised to arm for the protection of these legitimate movements of the growth and nationality of those people." In other words, France proclaims herself the champion of liberal ideas —the beacon of liberty, and the incitement t o emancipa tion by her example—and ; if need be, the defender of nationalities, and the vindicator of popular independ ence throughout the world, by the strength of her glorious arms. In another paragraph of this memor able proclamation, Citizen LAMARTINE pronounces a solemn wattling to the European Governments by one significant ejaculation. " Happy France !" le cries, " if other nations declare against her, and com pel her into war—thus to increase her power and her glory in spite of her moderation !" Let that sono rous threat reverberate in these Cabinets which are tlft posed to be hostile towards the Parisians, let it wberate in the hearts of their statesmen—sounding to them like a Voice from the grave of the dead Em pire,, like an E c h o f rom t h e tom b of the warlike (eifondists! L e t it rem i n d t h e autocracies, and the aristocracies, and th e t h eocrac i es of Europe that the Sovereign Democrats of France are not to be scared by the military poll - Ts of despotism, however disposed they may be to remain in a state of international tranquillity—that they can evince boldness as well as humanity—that they can wield the brand of battle as TY _E ~ ;UN, LON DON, , vigorously as they can grasp thy fasces of repub -1 licanism. But, unless the Northern Powers coalesce in a tri partite alliance, and adventure themselves. upon a campaign against their neighbours, we see no proba bility whatever of _ an outbreak among the Euro pean dominions. If the torch of 'war again fire the population of the continent, it will have been ignited by the combustible jealousies of tyranny. Peace is essential to Europe ; and this fact is very easily demonstrable. ENGLAND REQUIRES PEACE, for the better main tenance of tranquillity throughout the United King dom ; for the conservation of order in Ireland ; for the calm deliberation of many social and political re forms, of an internal character, which are become absolutely necessary ; for the recovery of that com mercial activity which has been recently deteriorated by panic, pestilence, and privation ; and especially for the prevention of any additional increase to a National Debt, which presses upon her energies like an incubus, and which was accumulated to the enormous sum of 800,000,0001. sterling principally through her taking part in the hos tilities of the continental nations. Besides these, there are many additional motives which would impel England to preserve the peace of the world by every imaginable expedient; among others, there is the popular thirst for education ; there is the exigency of a sanitary innovation ; there is the necessity of leisure for the better improvement of the laws, and particularly for the organization of the Penal Code, and the remodelling of the different currency enact ►vents. Everything clamours for the maintenance of peace in these islands. There is a growing dislike to taxation, and an increasing deficiency in the reve nues; there was an appropriation of 10,000,0001. in the last two years to the starving peasantry of Ire land, and that peasantry still continues in a frightful state of destitution • our colonies are at the same time becoming troublesome, and the responsibilities entailed upon us by the vastness of our Indian empire are more than ever onerous. Of all periods in our his tory, therefore, this would be the very one in which war would be the most unpopular. FRANCE REQUIRES PEACE! It requires peace for he consolidation of that republican form of govern ment which (notwithstanding the experience of the interval between 1791 and 1800) is still a novelty. It requires peace, because the preservation of its sway in Algeria is sufficient occupation for its armies. It requires peace, because its aspiration is to become the Beacon of Liberty. The prestige of conquest, the glory of heroism, the magnificence of imperial autho rity are no longer essential to it. On the original foundation of a Republic by the Parisians, these were acquired in an abundance, and were in vested with a lustre so remarkable, as to render the French for ever memorable among the most extraordinary races of the globe. What France wants now is time for the re-organization of its legis l.►ture and the perfect development of its internal resources. Therefore France would be naturally in mioal to the idea of warfare. BELGIUM REQUIRES PEACE, because peace can lune enable the constitutional sovereignty of LEo r.:LD to survive the contagion of republicanism conse quent upon its contiguity to France. Already it ,-ould appear that the KING has recognised this inevitable circumstance, and has, in conse quence, intimated to his ministerial advisers his readiness to concede to any suggestion which they may deem advantageous for the coun try. With this assurance of comprehensive reforms, the Belgians would be insane to commit their destinies to the perils of a general conflict. ITALY REQUIRES PEACE perhaps more than any other portion of the continent ; it is only now beginning to recover, in some measure from the oppressive influence of centuries of despotism. Great, and almost miraculous, as its progress towards liberation has been, the rights of its people are still in embryo; a lapse of years is requisite to enable the leaves to germinate, and the fruits to ripen. Rome under Pius, Turin under CHARLES ALBERT, Florence under LEOPOLD, Naples under FERDINAND, all yearn for that safety from invasion or assault which can alone secure to their citizens the happiness of a well-digested constitution. Of the pacific tendencies of the other European nations we shall speak hereafter. To say that the day-dreams of philanthropy are approaching their realisation—that the reign of uni versal amity has commenced—that we are entering o❑ that glorious Utopia long since prophesied by the poet— " When man to man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be, and a' that," would perhaps be somewhat premature. Nevertheless, it is certain that never before were the hearts of na tions animated with such sympathetic sentiments as stir them now ; never before did the doings of each individual people awaken such earnest and anxious ) interest in all the rest. More especially is this evi denced by the breathless eagerness and heartfelt sympathy with which those nations who have hardly won their own liberties and asserted their own rights watch the struggles and rejoice in the successes of those inspired by a similar ambition and toiling for the same glorious goal. For example, how greatly has the interest and even enthusiasm of our own countrymen been excited by recent events which have transpired throughout Europe. When FREDERICK WILLIAM bestowed a Constitution upon the Prussians, the people of England exulted as though they them selves had obtained another reform When Pius stood forth as the avowed champion of liberty and the foe to tyranny and abuses, religious animosities were forgotten, even prejudice stood aside and Protestant England hailed the Reforming POPE. But it is France, emancipated France, that has aroused our most heartfelt enthusiasm and elicited our warmest sympathies. For some time past her retrograde policy has filled us with astonishment and indignation. When we saw the Citizen King following in the steps of the most legitimate of tyrants, our only marvel was how long such a state of things could endure— " Quousque tandem, Catalina, abutere patientia nestrar We are answered—it is over—and heartily do we rejoice. We rejoice in the glorious enfranchisement of a great people, we rejoice in the glorious assertion of a great principle. We cannot rejoice over the fallen, but neither can we fail to recognise in that fall a mo-t just and terrible retribution. A very brief period has elapsed since the tears of ISABELLA, wronged as a Queen and insulted as a woman, thrilled our hearts with horror and indignation. How speedily,and how awfully has her agony been expiated ! Those midnight tears have been responded to by floods of grief from the wife and the daughters of him who caused them. In answer to the insults he heaped upon her throne, his own has become tenantless, and been made the sport and mockery of his people. Can we fail to recognise in all this an awful and appalling retribution? Yet there are other and nobler sentiments with which the French Revolution should fill us. We must not only sympathise with—we must emulate the glorious spirit by which it was inspired. We must not only regard its retributive justice as a warning to king:— we must make its achievements a reason and example to ourselves. Not, be it understood, that we wculd imitate the doings of the Parisians, by destro3 ng railways or fighting pitched battles in the streets. Be it ours rather to emulate their spirit and endeavour to share in the results of their glorious achievements. inFor thi s no serv il e i m it a ti on i s requ i re d. Hith er to their revolutions the French seemed to have copied us. The corresponding dynastic changes of the two countries have formed the subject of an in teresting historical parallel. The resemblance, in (lced, is almost marvellous. The characters and for tunes of CHARLES I. and Louis XVI., their violent deaths, the subsequent government of their respective kingdoms by CROMWELL and NAPOLEON ' both successful soldiers, sagacious r u l t • rs , and men of amazing ability, different though they were in other respects—the temporal resto ration of the STUART and BOURBO N families, in the persons of CHARLES 1 1. and Lotus XVIII. each of these Kings being succeeded on the throne by his brother, JAMES 11. and CHARLES X., and in both instances the brother being expelled and the crown bestowed on another branch of the same family, in the persons of WILLIAM 111. and Louis Pituan-E—in every particular the similarity is most singular. But the resemblance goes no further ; the present Revolution is unparelleled. It had no need to look back for a pattern—it has nothing to do with I the past. " It is not," exclaims its eloquent and I energetic Statesman, " it is not a retrograde but an advancing movement." It required no precedent, and it has no parallel. It commenced its existence by a glorious innovation of established ideas. It is said that every great revolution, that every great popular movement, must be baptised with a " baptism of blood." But, in sublime defiance of such a doctrine, it was by uniting with the names of " Liberty" and " Equality" the loving word " Fra ternity," that the young Republic " invoked upon its cradle the blessings of GOD and man." We have said that with the accession of LOINS PHILIPPE and WILLIAM 111. the resemblance of English and French history is at end ; yet we might begin the analogy at another epoch, and show that the two nations have not only been in similar positions since, but are in a similar position now. In 1830, Louis PHILIPPE and WILLIAM W.—the " Citizen King" and the " Re former" ascended the thrones of France and Eng land. In each country Liberal feelings were agitating the minds of the multitude, in each county Liberal principles were predominant. In England they have slowly and surely progressed and prospered ever since. It is hardly necessary to search the pages of " Hansard" for a record of the glorious achievements of these eighteen years. It has been an arduous, in many instances a most arduous struggle, but it has been a triumphant one. It is not over yet, let us remember ; it is not over yet : we must not abate our energy, we must not weary in our labours, we have progressed, and we are pro gressing, that is all. France has acted differently ; after electing a Chartist KING, and proposing most li beral institutions, she withdrew from her labours, she suffered the King to undo all the people had done. Yet the liberal feelings of the people, the great prin ciples which had animated them formerly, were not dormant, nor were they forgotten. They ac quired increased vigour in secret, and have now made themselves manifest. In three days they have won back all ithey had lost in eighteen years, and more. They have acquired more power, more glory, than they ever possessed before. The result of their long apathy and sudden resolution, and of our long and persevering exertions, are nearly the same. At this moment England and Frtv:ce are peaceful and prosperous, and the people of each country powerful and free. In both countries there is without doubt much evil to ameliorate and much good to achieve—a hard struggle to endure and a great victory to gain, :but in each country the people have only to resolve and it is done. What does it matter if the one nation be called a Republic and the other a Monarchy, the time is passed when a name was a tower of strength. Republicans and Monarchists may debate upon the merits of their respective governments ; for us the best government is that which ensures " the greatest good of the greatest number," and whether the head of that government be "La Raison," as LA.' MARTINE has it, or her Gracious Majesty Queen VICTORIA, we have no doubt that the glorious prin ciples of " Liberty" and " Fraternity" may be gloriously and completely carried out if the people will it. While we leave to the young Republic— The young and strong Republic that shall fill I na world with fame"— the hazardous task of introducing these great inno vations which, according to LAMARTINB, only a re public can carry out, let us emulate its spirit and share in its reward by pursuing a steady and pro gressive course of I eform and social regeneration, such as we have already successfully commenced—let us, too, make a step not " en arriire," but "en avant." The Frankfort Gazette of the 6th inst., contains the following statement : "We learn that at the last sitting of the Diet the measures necessary for placing the frontiers of the confederation in a state of adequate defence were dis cussed. It was determined-1. To intrust to Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, and the Grand Duchy of Hesse the guard of the western frontier. 2. To call upon Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden to maintain the garrisons in the fortresses of Mayence, Luxemburgh, Landeau, Ulm, and Ristadt,'according to their federal duties. 3. To request of Prussia, Bavaria, and Baden, as the neighbouring states, to give notice to the Diet of any symptoms of attack from abroad. 4. To in vite all the Governments of the confederation to send the amount of their contributions now due to the Federal Treasury." The Suabian Mercury publishes the following letter, dated Stuttgard, 2d instant : " There was a numerous assembly of citizens hold here this day, at which a petition to the King was voted, praying him to grant a constitution conformable to the spirit of the age. Two thousand signatures were pre fixed to the petition. At this meeting it was said that the Sovereigns and people throughout Germany should join to contend in common against the Colossus of the north and against the pretensions of France." The Cologne Gazelle of the Sth inst. publishes the folloviing letter, dated Berlin, 2d instant : On tho 25th instant the Council of Ministers re olved to set in motion the 4tb, 7th, and Bth corps, but this resolution has been rescinded, and an order has been dispatched to the generals, commanding them to adopt all mea3ures necessary to enable them to march at two days' notice." The Minister of Nassau has issued the following proclamation : " Faithful inhabitants of Nassau,—The Duke has, hitherto, not returned. I will, therefore, no longer hesitate to declare to you that, for my own part, I un conditionally agree to the demands proposed to me, and further express my firm conviction that the Duke will also agree to them. "In the mean time her Royal Highness the Duchess places herself, together with her son Prince Nicholas, the only brother of the Duke, wh o i s pre sent, under your protection, and offers her person as a pledge and security for the same. "If the Duke should not concede your demands, I, the Minister, will, as I have already declared, imme diately resign my situation without a pension. " Inhabitants of Nassau, remain faithful! Citizens, protect our city! Be Germans ! Be united ! (Signed) " VON DUNGERN. " That I perfectly concur in the above declaration, I hereby attest my own sign manual. (Signed) " PAULINE, Duchess of Nassau. "NICHOLAS, of Nassau. " The undersigned citizens of Nassau hereby attest that her. Royal Hiligness the Duchess Pauline of Nassau, his Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and the Ducal State Minister of Nassau, Herr Von Dungern, formally affixed the above sig natures in our presence. " Wiesbaden, March 4, 1848, 10 o'clock A.M. (Signed) " HERGENHARN. " JOH. KINDLIMORR. " KRIEGER. " FRANZ BERTRAM. " Fit. W. KAMMER. " C. BUCRER. " Da. LEIBLER. " BUCHER, J. " C. MULLER. " REINHARD WEIL. " M. MATTHES. " BREIDBACH-BURRESHEIM." " B. Mar. The DUKE, who returned in the afternoon, ratified all that his Minister had done, and thus saved his throne. The following petition was presented to the Senate of Frankfort on the Maine : " Supreme Senate,— " In the country of our nearest neighbours we sud denly find a Republic substituted for the monarchy. One sentiment alone now penetrates every German heart, the necessity of maintaining the closest concord of all the states of our fatherland against any attack, from what side soever it may be made. We deem it a sacred duty to give utterance to this universal t.antiment. "Freedom, however, can alone inspire us with strength for self-defence. We must therefore declare what pledges of liberty are still wanting to the father land : " 1. Repeal of all the exceptional laws enacted since 1819. 2. Unconditional liberty of the press. 3. Trial• by jury. 4. Universal arming of the people. 5. I general German Parliament. 6. Civic equality without distinction of creed. 7. The free right of meeting in public. 8. A political amnesty, and the plenary restitution of civic rights. " The same sacred duty to the fatherland and the laws of right compels us, at the same time, to exhort S'our attention, in the most impressive manner, to the solemn warning of history. No war of agres sion against France on account of her form of Go vernment. " Whosoever will have liberty must also respect and secure the liberty of others. "Herein consists our demands, and those of the fatherland collectively. " 'We request the Supreme Senate, following the example of several Federal Governments, immediately to concede these demands, and where this is not im mediately practicable to labour with the utmost energy for the speedy assurance of the same. " Frankfort• on-Maine, March 3, 1848." (The signatures follow.) Madrid papers of the Ist inst., have arrived. There was a rumour in Madrid that MARIA CHRISTINA had fled ; it was, however, disbelieved. The Ministers had received several communications from France, the nature of which had not been, suffered to transpire. ,WEDNESDA'Y The following is the exposition and the project of law presented by N ARVAEZ to the Cortes, demanding extraordinary powers : " TO THE CORTES. " While events of immense importance are taking place in a great and powerful nation, our neighbour, and while in various states of Europe political com motions are felt, the Spanish Government cannot, and ought not, to neglect preparing itself for casualties of every kind. Neutral, amidst such events, it is bound to watch c.ver the throne of Queen Isabella 11., the institutions, and the independence of the country. Constant in the system of legality it has proclaimed, whist feeling and manifesting the neces • city of watchfulness, its first regards have been di rected to the assembled Cortes, that they may give it the force which, perhaps, may become necessary when they shall no longer be assembled, and which the Government is determined not to acquire by extra legal means. The Government entertains no fears for the des tiny of Spain, for the cause of liberty and of order. But its responsibility would be the greater if, through carelessness or omission of its duties, these sacred interests should be perilled. Faithful to the decla ration already made by the Government in the bosom of the Cortes, neither trifling motives nor unworthy considerations will induce it to vary the line of tolerance or legality it has adopted. It will avoid, as much as possible, an appeal to those means which the authorisation we now demand from the Cortes shall place in its hands. But when all the resources of prudence are exhausted, it will then defend itself with the strong shield of that legal authorisation ; and in any struggle in extreme cases, but which it hopes will not occur, it entertains no doubt of the complete triumph of the cause the defence of which is intrusted to it. " Such is the object the Government proposes in presenting to the Cortes, with the due authority of her Majesty, the subjoined project of law. It enter tains the hope that where the only question is to de fend the throne from all sorts of dangers, the institu tions, the independence of the nation, the integrity of the territory, and public order, there will be found to exist unanimity of opinion amongst all the represen tatives of the nation, who are alike interested in the preservation of such sacred objects : " PROJECT OF LAW. " ' Art. I. The Government are authorised— " 1. To adopt, should circumstances require it, such measures as they may consider necessary for the preservation of tranquillity and public order ; declar ing, in the case referred to, the susper.sion of the in dividual guarantees granted by the seventh article of the constitution of the monarchy, in conformity with the eight article of the same. " 2. To collect and expend the contributions in conformity with the existi•ng estimates, in virtue of the legislative authorisation of the 11th of the present month. "' 3. To raise, in case of necessity, and in the manner the Government may consider proper, the sum of 200 millions of reels, to be applied to the ex traordinary expenses circumstances may require. " ' Art. 11. The present authorisation to be con tinued from the present to the next meeting of the Cortes, when the Government will render an account of the use they shall have made of the said autho risation. " ' Madrid, Feb. 27, 1848.' " This proposal will be strongly opposed by the Progresistas, and in the event of their not succeed in their opposition, they will retire in a body from the Cortes, and thus the conflict would be transferred from the Chambers to the nation at large, in which case the inauguration of the Spanish Republic would not be longer doubtful, as the Louis Philippists, left to their own resource s, would be annihilated by the national Spanish party, formed by the union of Progresistas and Carlists, who would all accept a republic. The sitting of the Chamber on the 29th was so tumultuous in consequence of the concealment by the Government of the news received from Paris, that the President was obliged to employ soldiers to clear the public galleries. All letters have been de tained at the post-office since the 15th. Mr. BULWJR has demanded the immediate delivery of those ad dressed to British subjects. MADRID BOLSA, Mencff I.—The Three per Cents were done at 25i at 50 days ; the Five per Cents. at 15-, for paper ; and the Debt without Interest, at si. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The stoppage of payment by the house of GOUIN and Co. (late LATITTBS) had occasioned some alarm, and other stoppages were talked of. The effect of the suspension of payment by GOUIN and Co. will press hardly upon the small traders and shopkeepers of Paris, almost all of whom banked there. In order to obviate as much as possible the evil effects likely to result from this stoppage, the Provisional Govern ment has announced its intention of authorising the opening of a discount bank, under the guarantee of the Government, as was done in 1830 with the most complete success. The members of the Government are in constant communication with the merchants and bankers, for the purpose of organizing a system of administration for the discount bank, which it is supposed will be opened in a day or two. The bank of France approves of and supports the project. The Provisional Government has issued the fol lowing official communication on the subject : " Reports have been circulated about the causes of the suspension of payments by the house of Gouin. We say suspension,' for the Caisse of Gouin is not in discomfiture. It had made investments to the amount of 34,000,000 f., consequently it was impos sible for it to continue its circulation, and meet the 'demands made upon it for reimbursement. The Pro. visional Government is actively engaged in establish ing a discount bank. A meeting of competent men will be held to-morrow (this day) at the Minister of Finance's " M. GouIN has resigned the chairmanship of the direction of the Paris and Lyons Railway. The Havre Bank has issued a notice, that from Tuesday the offices will be open for receipts, dis counts, and reimbursements. The discount on all bills is fixed at 5 per cent. Until further notice the Bank will only pay 250 f. to each person, but will in crease the amount its soon as possible. Finding that the closing of the Bourse increased the panic, the Minister of Finances very properly ordered that it should be re-opened for the dispatch of business immediately, and accordingly it was re opened yesterday. M. GouncuAux, the ex-Minister of Finance, has addressed the following letter to the members of the Provisional Government : " Gentlemen,—l have to demand from you the execution of the promise which you made to me, and which alone determined me to accept, even for a very short time, the functions which I have filled up to this clay. The public wish called to these important functions one of the members of the Provisional Government whom his special studies pointed out to the confidence of every one. You are aware that my repugnance was overcome only by the difficult circumstances which required the presence of all the members of the Provisional Government at the Hotel de Ville. At present, thanks to your energetic activity, order is re-established, and men must resume their natural position. My republican senti ments are known to you, and you cannot doubt my very sincere devotedness to my country. If it were proved to me that my services were indispensable to you, I should, notwithstanding my want of ability, continue in the post in which I have been placed for some days past. That necessity not existing in any respect, I have to request you to restore me to liberty. I shall not the less remain at the disposal of the Pro visional Government in all that it can demand from me within the narrow sphere of my faculties." M. GARNIER PAGES has, as we stated yesterday, been appointed the new Minister of Finances, M. ARAGo is appointed Mayor of Paris in the room of M. GARNIER PAGES and is succeeded by Admiral BAUDIN as Minister of Marine. It was reported in Paris that an emeute had oc curred at Tours, and that the Orleans Railway sta tion had been burned. The fortifications of Lyons are in the course of destruction. , On Monday the Marquis of Iv ORMANBY had an interview with M. DE LAMAETINE, on the subject of the collisions which took place at Rouen and Havre between the French and Englibh workmen, the con sequence of which has been that many of the Eng lish workmen have been forced to leave their work, and embark for England, without even receiving the wages due to them. Lord NORMANUY also com plained o f the conduct of the inhabitants of Granville, who had prevented the exportation of French cattle to England. M. DE LAMAETINH stated that acts of violence and excesses of this nature were equally in jurious to trade, and contrary to the relations of friendship existing between the two countries, but that it was only the effect of emotion and want of reflection in those two places. He added that the Government would not fail to re-establish between the labourers and the sailors of the two countries the liberty, security, and friendship which ought to exist, EVEN I MARCH 8, pB4B. and be strengthened, I ",etween the two Governments. The persons who 'had possession of the Tuileries have been dislodged The Moniteur PI üblishes a decree of the Provisional Government abrogating the law of the 9th of Sep tember, 1835, relative to crimes and offences com mitted by means of the press, and replacing it, until the meeting of *lie National Assembly, by the laws previously in..6Aree. The verdict of the jury will re quire in fututv a majority of nine votes. In the cearrse of its leading article of Tuesday, the National makes the following just observations on the causes of the late Revolution. We entirely concur in everything that the National says on this subject ; in deed at the time the Spanish marriages were con tracted, we said that LOUIS PHILIPPE was risking the Crown of France for the chance of securing the Crown of Spain for his son The Spanish marriages," says the National, "contracted in accordance with the calculations of a merely personal ambition, have contributed their share to our revolution. They embroiled the Orleans dynasty with England—they threw it into the arms of Austria. They rendered it the enemy of Switzer land—they made it the adversary of Italy. In a word, they caused the adoption of that retrograde policy, so insane that it was impossible to explain it, and so odious that it raised a universal feeling of indigna tion; they were even the cause of the maintenance in office of the Guizot Ministry, and of the fall of the monarchy ; for Austria declared that if the least modification were made in the Ministry with a view of conciliating " the left," she would at once separate her policy from that of the French Cabinet, and in vade Italy. If the revolution had not occurred, the most serious consequences would have ensued from the Spanish marriages. It was determined by the Court party to send the Duke DE bIONTPENSIER to Madrid, in case the Queen of SPAIN should die or abdicate. England, on her side, %1 as determined to oppose any :arrangement which would place the Go vernment of Spain in the hands of the chief of the Orleans dynasty ; and Spain was far from being satisfied with the authority which the French Go vernment arrogated to itself. So that it would have been possible to see a new war of succession arise in the midst of the 19th century. Happily these com plications have been annihilated in their germ, by the proclamation of the French Republic." The Presse states that the Provisional Govern ment intends to place the tomb of NAPOLEON under the care of the EMPEROR'S brother JEROME, who is to be appointed Governor of the Invalides. It adds, that Marshal MOLITOR, the present Governor of the Inva lides, highly approves of the appointment, and was the first to give it his sanction. It is said that two more banking-houses stopped payment in the course of yesterday. The intelligence received in Paris from Italy is of a mixed character. The King of SARDINIA had de termined to be guided by the :example of England, and had ordered his Minister, if the Marquis of Noa- MANET acknowledged the French Republic, to ac knowledge it likewise. The POPE seemed disinclined to enter into diplomatic relations with the Republic, and had refused to make any further concessions to his own subjects. General PEPE had received an address from the National Guard at Naples, inviting him to place him self at their head. General PETE is to leave Paris for Naples o❑ the 15th inst. The Slick has the following on the sequestration of the private property of the ex-Royal Family : " By a decree of the Provisional Government all the personal and real property belonging to the ex- King and the Princes and the Princesses of the ex- Royal Family are placed under sequestration. As a provisional measure this is good ; but what is to be done with all this property ? We shall not disguise 'that this question is delicate ; but it is precisely on that account that we should take advantage of the present calmness of the public mind to lay down the bases of a solution. Confiscation is abolished by our laws; and were it not, it is not for the Govern ment, which has generously proclaimed during the excitement of conflict the inviolability of human life for political crimes, to be believed capable of making ,any attack upon the inviolability of property. At the same time, the estates belonging to persons .of the royal race cannot be restored to them without danger to the repose, if not to the safety, of the Republic. The solution of this pro blem, therefore, must be sought either in the consti. ,tution of the appanages and privy domains, or in the acts of the ancient royal family. Is there vested in the late King and Princes' property, legally called freehold, composing either the appanage of the House of Orleans, or the private domain ? In principle, 'appanage:, conferred upon princes of the blood by 'sovereign munificence, gave but a temporary and eventual title, returning to the State either by an ac 'cession to the throne of the prince who granted them, or by the will of the Sovereign. They were, indeed, granted only to support the dignity of the throne. There is no longer a throne, and therefore there is no longer any need of appanages to support its dignity. According to the very terms of the monarchical law, the sovereign, that is to say the nation, returns into the enjoyment of the property, the usufruct of which had been alienated for a political interest which no 'longer exists. The privy domain existed only by a derogation of the constitutional laws of the monarchy. By conveying over to his children on the eve of his accession to the throne the estates descended to him ,from his ancestors, or granted to him by royal muni ficence, the Duke of Orleans defrauded the State of a property which belonged to it by an immemorial title. Upon even the monarchical right the State is warranted in resuming the possession, and claim :in4 the arrears. We lay it down, therefore, as a principle that the Orleans family is no longer pro prietor either of the freeholds composing the appanage, nor of those which composed the privy domain. The re sumption, therefore, of these estates is not a confisca tion, and cannot be called an attack upon the inviola bility of property. But, independent of this legal question, and also as concerns the personal property of Louis Philippe, it must be inquired whether he is not a debtor to the State. Proceeding in chronological order as to public acts, we find that in 1830 the Civil !List received a surplus of 9,000,0001., to which must be added interest for 17 years • we also find clepre- Aations in th e f orests o f the drown and of the Civil List—depredations the amount of which must be 'ascertained. Relative to the conditions upon which the Civil List was granted, we have to notice the unfinished state of the Louvre, to which 2,000,0001. per annum were to be appropriated. In fine, there Must not be a confiscation—there must be a segues tration." BOURSE, PARIS, TUESDAY. Business was resumed here to-day, after nearly' a fortnight's interruption. The attendance at first was exceedingly limited, the public in general not being aware that the re-opening had been ordered; towards the close, however, the hall became better filled. As the hand of the clock approached the hour of one, great interest was expressed to learn the opening price of the French Three per Cents. At last the bell rang, and the first agent-de-change who spoke was M. BEZARD, demanding the Rente at 55 francs ; another agent-de-change offered it at 60 francs ; so that it was evident that the price would be between these extremes. The first official quotation was 58 francs, which was the highest price of the (lay ; the lowest was 55f. 50c., and the closing one 56f. The Five per Cents. opened at 97f. 50c., dividend detached (or at par with it), and gradually declined to 891., at which they closed. If compared with the prices of February 23, the last day on which business was done before the Re volution, the Five per Cents. will be found to have undergone a fall of 27f. 50c., and the Threes 17f. 70c. The Four per Cents., which closed to-day at 80f., and the Four-and-a-llalf at 85f., dividend de tached from both, have each fallen 16f. 50c. Some of the other stocks show a tremendous de preciation ; Bank of France Shares show a fall of 8401.; City of Paris Bonds, 335 f ; Bank of Algiers Shares, 155 f.; Quartre Canaux, 1501. In Foreign Stocks, Piedmont has gone down 651., and Roman 10F. 50c. In French Railway Shares the decline is very remarkable : thus Orleans closed at 950 E, or 230 f. lower ; Rouen at 525 E, or 333 E 75c. lower ; Havre, at 250 f., or 1671. 50c. lower; Northern, at 375 E, or 161 f. 25c. lower; Vierzon, at 375 f., or 126 f. 25c. lower ; Lyons, at 292 f. 50c., or 92f. 50c. lower; Bordeaux, at 405 f., or 70f. lower; Stras burg, at 337 f. 50c., or 631. 75c. lower; Nantes, at 325 t .., or 55f. lower; and Bale at 105 E, or 52f. 500 lower. No business was done in the Coulisse, as the transactions in the Parquet were, without excep tion, for Money. The official lists, it is true, give prices for the Account, but it was impossible to find amongst one's acquaintances any person able to say that he himself knew of any such transaction taking place. As soon as the bell rang for three o'clock almost all the coulissiers withdrew, contrary to their general custom. It was remarked during the day that M. ARCHDEACON. a most respectable ag-ent-de• change, was constantly a buyer ; he is said to bave laid out about three millions of francs in the purchase of French Threes and Fives. Nothing was done during the day in Bons do Tresor, it being almost impossible to negotiate them. There was no agitation whatever during the day, every thing being exceedingly calm and orderly. Several of the agens-de-chunge were in the uniform of Na tion.l Guards. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tilt LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MARear Boulogne and Amiens, 8 Ln 2 —Namur and i.iege, 4A ex int. —Northern of France, 4—Paris and Lyons, 2. THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY. We have received the following interesting history of the half-hour's reign of the Comte de Paris, from a gentleman who has been a resident i❑ Paris thirty years, and who was an eye-witness of the occurrences which he narrates : " Et quorum pars magna fui." PARIS, 'IARCH 1,1848.—0 n Thursday, the 24th ultimo, about a quarter past one, P I was in company with a friend, leaning on the inner rails of the terrace called Des Feuillans, near the Rue de Rivoli, and over looking the gardens of the Tuileries. .Keenly alive to passing events, I turned my eyes towards the Palace, when I saw a small cortege issuing from it, and proceed ing hurriedly down the grand central alley which leads towards the Place de la Concorde (now Place de la Revolution). I immediately ran to juin this party, when, to my astonishment, I found it was composed of the Duchess of Orleans with her two children, the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, all on foot, attended by a General officer, two or three aide-de-camps, and escorted by a few of the National Guard. The most profound silence prevailed, and every one pre sent seemed to be paralysed by an undefined apprehension. When we approached the grand gateway which separates the gardens from the Place de la Revolution, M. Dupin, the great friend and intimate adviser of his ex-Majesty Louis Philippe, came from the Chambers to meet her Royal Highness; he eagerly inquired from one of the aide-de camps if a carriage could not be procured to convey the Duchess to the Chambers; he answered in the negative, adding, that even if one could be had, it could not pus sibly proceed, so great was the crowd outside. Not being distant more than one pace from her Royal High ness, I narrowly watched her changing countenance; she appeared to me so oppressed by her awful position that I thought she would have fallen to the groand— maternal affection, however, supported her sinking frame, for she firmly grasped the hand of her eldest son, who is a charming boy. Amiability rather than in telligence strikes me to be the characteristic of this Princess. who is delicately formed, but not prepossessing in her appearance. I am assured that her mental powers are highly cultivated. Having said so much about the principal personage of Cie group, I shall continue my narrative. We pro. ceeded between two ranks of National Guards and troops of the line, to the Chambers; we were joined imme diately after by the Dukes de Nemours and Montpen• sier. The pressure here became so great, that I felt much for the Duchess, who must have suffered extremely. The I)uchess and her son were much cheered by the National Guards and people. The rush into the Chamber was tremendous. The persons, who, like myself, were anxious to witness the important proceedings in the House, presented such a compact front, that we bore down all opposition. When we had entered the salle, which precedes that in which the sittings are held, the officers of the House remonstrated with violence, but a man of gigantic stature cried out, that he was a repre sentative of the people, and as such he would enter in spite of all opposition, to maintain their rights, and " pour voir qu 'on ne lea trompe plus." No further diffi• cult) , was offered. The Duchess was placed in a large arm chair under the tribune, and near her were seated her two children. Her Royal Highness was well received by the " Centres," but a sullen silence reigned on the benches of the " Gauche " and " Centre Gauche.' This circumstance struck me to he ominous of evil to the hopes of the Court. The Chambers at this moment presented an indescribable scene. When silence was obtained, M. Dupin ascended the tribune, and brit fly stated that the King had abdicated in favour of the Count de Paris, and had named the Duchess of Orleans Regent of the kingdom. This announcement was re ceived with enthusiasm by the " Centres " (the Conser vative part), but with coldness by the Opposition and the public in the galleries. M. Marie, Member of the present Provisional Go vernment, a leading member of the ,Opposition, then rose; and fePresented tb the House that " would be guilty of a glaring illegality if it named a Regent, inasmuch as the Duke de Nemours had already been appointed to this high station, by all the powers of the state; that the moat prudent measure to adopt in the present critical state of affairs was to appoint a Provisional Government to stop the ffusion of blood and prevent a civil war. M. Cremieux, a distinguished lawyer, and also a member of the Oppo sition, spoke to the same effect; adding that the law which established the first Regency should be duly abro gated before a new one could be enacted, and he finally moved the nomination of five members to form a Pro visional Government. M. A. de Genoude and de La rochejacquelin, the chiefs' of the old Legitimist party, tried in vain to address the Assembly, but they were literally cried down. M. Odillon Barra entered the House at this moment, and being loudly called for, he ascended the tribune. His appeal in favour of the Duchess of Orleans and her son was most impressive. I never heard a more eloquent harangue;, he -called upon his colleagues . " de se ralleir cette doube representation do la Revolution de Juillet," and concluded a noble and most pathetic address by proposing, first, the regency of the Duchess of Orleans, secondly, a Mi nistry, to be composed of the most liberal and tried Members of the House, and, thirdly, a dissolution of Par liament. But the die was cast; the scene now shifted, and the real actors uppeared on the stage. A band, composed of National Guards, workmen in their smock frocks, and individuals of the lowest grades of society, burst in the doors of the Chambers. They were armed with all kinds of offensive and defensive weapons. They bore on high tri-colour flags, no longer surmounted by, the coq Gaulois—to me a most significant proof of what would next take place. Four of these flags were planted on the tribune. The Speaker, M. Sauzet, having put on his hat, cries of "Hats off!" ware uttered by the in furiated mob. Nearly' all the members of the House then withdrew; there remained only to the last M. Dupont de l'Eure, who occupied the' Speaker's. vacant chair, MM. Larochejacquelin, Cremieux, Ledru-Rollin, and de Lamartine. M. Ledru-Rollin, after having demanded silence in the name of the people, exclaimed " Irethe name of the - iffeople, I'protest'against that sort of GoVernment which it has just been proposed - to you to a tabliSh;,l demand the constitution of 1791 and a Pro visional Government." Here applauses burst forth from the galleries 'and benches, now filled by the populace, who brandished their weapons. Bedlam let loose could not have offered a greater scene of confusion, and this uproar was continued for nearly two hours. The Speaker's chair', the tribune, the seats usually occupied by the se cretaries and other officers of the time, were filled by a motley crowd. Papers, on which were written the names of the members of the Provisional Government were Thrown about, and received of course with great acclamation. Standing on-the flight of steps leading to the tribune, I looked at my neighbour, of whom the fol lowing is a faithful description: —He was a man about sixty years of age, with kvery long beard, almost white, falling upon his breast—his head would have been a model either.for a painter or a statuary--he had under one arm half a loaf of a pain de munition (soldier's brown bread), and in his right hand he held au enormous sword, the hilt of which would have suited the brawny arm of Brennus, or that of Brian Boru, the Irish King of Munster. At one time he brandished this fearful weapon, uttering a few gutteral sounds, such as Nous sommes aujourd hui les vrais representans du peuple"— in other respects be was the best, conducted man in the whole assembly. I have been since informed by a friend that be is, in reality, what is called a " modelle," that is a person who hires himself out to painters and statuaries. On the first irruption of these representa tives of the people, who filled the house with cries of " Vive la Republique," the Duchess of Orleans, see i ng that her hopes were blasted, hastily withdrew by a back door with her children, and attended by a few faithful friends. At five o'clock cries of' " To the Hotel de Ville" were uttered. Many then left the House to join the proces sion formed to inaugurate the Provisional Government at the Hotel de Ville. I proceeded into the salon called Salle de Diane, where a large crowd was collected, con sisting of reporters for the daily papers, and of persons warmly discussing the events of the day, I perceived a man attempting to climb upon the mantelpiece of the immense chimney, on which were placed two allegorical figures in marble, and in the centre a fine bust of Louis Philippe ; this he was on the point of throwing down when a voice exclaimed, " Respect the arts," upon which he took his pocket handkerchief and Put it over the head of the King. This conduct met with loud appro. bation. After my departure I was informed that a fine painting, which represented Louis Philippe holding his grandson, the Count of Paris, over the baptismal font, was fired at and much injured. Thus has fallen a monarch reputed the wisest in Europe; his fate is a warning to all, but particularly to constitutional princes, not to forget their true support, the affection of theippeople. He was in the fullest sense of the word a " cheat," his hypocrisy was only equalled by his obstinacy, for almost to the last five minutes pre vious to his flight from the Tuileries, he would not be lieve that the people dare to attack the Palace. • Those who indulge in fatalism will look upon his downfal as a remarkable instance of Divine retribution. I have mixed up with all classes of Frenchmen, and I have not yet heard one regret expressed for his fall, not one " God bless him." VERAX. SHIP ON FIRE IN THE IRISH CHANNEL. TO THE EDI I'OR OF THE SUN. Six,—On Friday night, 6.30 P.M., I came up with a vo:isel On fire in the Irish Channel, sev©n miles distance, Tasker light a it was a complete wreck, on l y part of her starboard side quarter deck out of water ; spars were flouting away on fire ; e v id ent l y a brig who a white streak; no name visible; took a small 21b. iron swivel off her quarter taifrail, ma r k e d "F." Saw nothing of the crew.—Yours, &e., THOS. J. ROCHFORT, Master of the Rose, screw schooner, Dublin to London. London, March 8, 1848. Captain Fitzgerald had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office, DRURY-LANE THEATRE. FRANCONrS EQUESTRIAN :TROOP. Franconis Equestrian Troop, whose performances at the Cirque National in the Champs Elysfs have been so long the delight of the Parisians, has been engaged by M. Julien for a month, and opened here last night. It is little more than a week since the opera season closed here, and in that time the in terior of the theatre has been so transformed that none of the old habitues would recognise it. The orchestra and the greater portion of the pit have been formed into an immense arena, between forty and fifty fert in diameter. The stage has been fitted up as an immense amphitheatre, with seats rising tier above tier to the roof, and which gives accommodation to 800 persons. The portion ot the pit not occupied by the arena is similarly fitted uP• The musicians are located in a gallery at the very top ot the house, at the back of the stage, over the heads of the occupants of the amphitheatre. The stage portion of the ceiling of the house is covered by $ ceiling of coloured calico, arranged in fluted columns. Numerous lights are tastefully er ranged, and the house and the whole sou) (Twit is very effective. The performances com• menced with La Lutte des Voltigeurs, in Which several wonderful feats of vaulting were performed with ease and neatness. Then came divers eques' trian scenes in the circle, performed by various gen' tletnen sad ladies, and enlivened by the witticism. of the two Auriols and Leclair, who we re the "clowns to the ring," and then some wonderfu feats with chairs by Auriol, whose quaint " La, La," at the conclusion of each feat, produced a very droll effect. The most wonderful performance of the evening was that of M. L e roy with the globe. Standing on a globe, he causes it to ascend an inclin e d pl ane , an d aga i n to descen d it, M. Leroy himself standing on it the whole time. But if this was the most wonderful, certainly the most interesting performance, was that of the little Marie Anato, a beautiful child, apparently not more than eight years of age, who, o n the back of a steed at full speed, danced the Me" nola, keeping time with the castagnettes, with en elegance, a grace, and a precision that nothing could surpass. Mademoiselle Caroline, whose per formances are already so well known and so highly:appreciated, managed her horse Jupiter of the high school in the most surprising manner, and the Spanish dwarf, Don Francisco Hidalgo, ap peared in a pantomimic scene; with M. Montero, who acted the part of an ape as though he had been to the manner born. At the conclusion there were loud calls for " God save the Queen," the meaning of which the musicians did not at first appear to understand, and were about to leave the orchestra. The matter having been explained to them they at once pr' formed the national anthem, and were honoured with an encore. The house was crammed to the ceiling. __- THE RIOTS IN LONDON. (THIS DAY.) Trafalgar -square may now be said to have resumed its wonted appearance. With the exception of a few extra policemen, and half-a-dozen idle spectators, there is nothing to denote that anything unusual has taken place. At an early hour to-day a gang of a similar class—if not the same—began to congregate at Charing cross; the police resolutely kept then out of the square, Their only object seemed to be either to participate is any " lark " with any of their more reckless compeer'', or to play their part in any system of plunder that Might be started. The authorities of Scotland-yard , being determined to put an end to such riotous proceedings as those which have taken place during the last two days, not only sent out additional police, but engaged two or three men with boards to carry about the notice which appeared iu our Third Edition of yester day. These persons were grossly insulted by the mob, notwithstanding they were protected by the police. ['hey were chased down the Strand, and the mob gain ing strength as it passed along rushed after them with renewed vigour. The boards were one moment -levated iu the air the next they were rattling on the heads of their pursuers. The bearer* were very roughly handled. At length they were res cued from the violence of their assailants, who, followed by the police, rushed towards Fleet-street. There could not have been less than 2,000 or 3,000 men and boys The bearers of some boards belonging to a weekly periodical were also badly used. Many of the shops is the western portion of the Straw' were kept closed during the morning, and the windows of a few of those kept open were broken by the web, partly accidentally and partly intentionally. A cry of " The mob is coming," ran down Fleet' street and Holborn like wildfire. A vast number of the shops in Fleet -street were iastautlY c losed. In Fetter-lane not a shop, save the public houses, was open. All the shops, with the same excep tions, from Middle-row, Holborn, to the bottom of the hill were closed. Scarcely a shop was closed at twelve o'clock ; by one the shops along the line we hare mentioned were shut up, and business nearly altogether suspended ; the doors alone were kept open. It is almost unnecessary to add, that the greatest excite ment and consternation prevails. Small detach ments of police are patrolling about theme places, all of which are inconveniently crowded by idle persons, boys, and children, who are looking eagerly for " the mob." A more insensate, a more unmeaning, or a more perposeless mob than that which has disturbed the quiet of the western part of the, metropolis for the last three days surely never congre gated. If they had any object they did not proclaim it; and if they had, they were utterly wanting in moi.al courage te_give even utterance to it in words. The en counters that took place between them and the police were just similar to those that take place on a smaller scale in the poor and densely populated neighbourhood' , every day of our lives. They were wanting in di g nity, purpose, and sense. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday, the 6th, the debate was on Alt. Hurne's motion to limit the income-tax to one year. Among other follies mustered is the course of the dis cussion, was the malevolent fallacy that to levy 8 smaller rate on the poor than on the rich, would amount to confiscation ; and a writer on political economy, eminent for mistakes, was quoted as sayiail that the man who would propose it was "a savage. The fraud is simply this. If it was proposed that A man of 2001. a year should pay three per cent., a man of 4001. a year six per cent., of 8001. a year twelve per cent., and so on, the result would be that a man of 6,5001. a year or upwards must pay all he had ; an insane termination, w h i ch because it was insane, was by nobody ever thought The utmost that has ever been put forward in a practical shape is the proposal, that in addition to the present freedom of incomes below 150/. per annum, every man should be charged only for the excess of his income above 1501. From consults tion of the return asked for by Mr. Moffatt, (or dered by the House of Commons to be printed 23d of July, 1847,) it appears that to do this and obtain the same sum from the tax as at present, would require the rate to be raised from 3 per r ent. to 41. In such case, the income on which the change would be of no effect would he 460/. ; those b e low it being relieved, while those above it are surcharged to an extent which, instead of confiscation, sr proaches, on an infinite income, to 50 per cent. Sir Robert Peel took the opportunity of ex pressing very pacific sentiments on the subject or continental politics. Lord George Bentinck followed with profuse compliments to the admirable eonduot of the French people, but endeavoured to hisert an inti mation of the necessity there would be for war if they should attempt to occupy the Rhenish provinces ; which was received with faint cheers from his own corner of the House, and loud groans from the o ther side. He also, in his list of taxes which he would propose, included doubling the postage on letters, con jointly %%ith continuing the Corn duties and restoring the Timber duties; so that we know now whence proceed the feelers on that subject in the public prints. No proposal could be more characteristic of the " part,' of the extinguisher," and more likely to destroy the probability of its own success. On Tuesday the principal debate was on Mr. Shar man Crawford's Bill of Tenant Right, which was finally brought in without a division, and the House adjourned at six o'clock. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, March 8, 1848. JIBE MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty's bo% was occupied last evening by Lord and Lady Blantyre , the Hon. W. Lascelles, M.P., and the Misses Lascelles. The general company in the boxes and stalls included his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Ma' demoiselle Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Si. d e Berg, M. de Brchmer, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Ductless of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesburyt the Marchioness of D,uro, the Marquis of Clanricarde. the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Countess Poulett and Miss Dormer, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Sey— mour, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Sandy a, Lady Frankl an d L ew i s, Lord Suffield, Lady Quentin, Lady Mary Howard and the Hon. H. Howard, the Count de Barke, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Major- General the Hon. C. Cavendish, the Hon. Mr. Wil loughby d'Eresby, Sir John Cam Hobhouse a nd the Misses Hobhowe, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir John and Lady Bayley, Mr. and Airs. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. Macke, M.P., and Mrs. PRl:ke Reading, Mr. and Miss Ewing, Mrs. Villebois, !Air. Baring, Mr. Cornewall, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, ike. ft