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

MAGAZINES, ~—(CONTINUED) ERASER. " The French Revolution of 1848, its Causes and Consequences," is just such an arti cle as one mi g ht have expected to have found in Fraser, in its early days, when rabid Tory ism and more rabid p ersonality 'const i tuted 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 nuisance are worthy of serious attention. The remedies which he proposes are as follow : " 1. Let every man and woman who has hitherto pa tronised beggars, withhold all assistance from the whole rue, 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 he made of the money here tofore squandered, and let it be devoted to some work of true charity, preventive or palliative, giving the prefer ence to the former in tho shape of wholesome houses for the poor, and schools for the training of their children; or, if the latter be preferred, selecting charities which admit of least abase, such es 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 douceure, 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 ou the drunkard may be imposed upon the silly people who indulge in this unwholesome luxury." We have already given in extenso 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 me trust that the efforts now making by the great and the good, on both sides of the Channel, fur 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 METROPOLITAN. We are rejoiced to see, from an announcement pre fixed to the Metrvolitan for April, that a reduction in price, accompanied by a commensurate improve ment in the arrangements of this publication, are pro jected. By this im ans it will henceforth be placed on a r'ght footing with its contemporaries. "Claren don" and " Wartiele," the two serial fictions of the rnagAzine, are continued with their accustomed ability. 3lrs. Edward Thomas contributes a story called "The Adopted Son," and those who, like ourselves, have loved the simple but exquisite ballad of " Kathleen Mavourneen," will 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 not once mentioned throughout (and this very .circum stance imparts much dignity to the theme), impos sible im possible not to reco gn i se who is the hero—it is not to perceive that, in the language of Dumas, " Cet homme, c'est plus que Cesar ; c'est autant que Charlemagne; c'e,t Napoleon le Grand, le Jupiter Tonnant de la France !" A clever comment upon the glorious revolution of the three days of February, from the pen of Ewing Rit c hi e, b r i ngs the M etropo lit an t o a conclusion. The wr it er we ll observes t h at t h e " 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 eonceive, however, that the magnificent though erring lines, addressed to Napoleon by By ron , 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 War were 5 00,000,000 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 THE IMAGE OF HIS FATHER. No. 1. A Tale of a Young Monkey. By the Brothers Ma .hew. Another comic serial from the indefatigable May bews—a serial 'Which promises rare fun, has just commented. 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 I3oz, 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 w e 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 extensive assortment of Constitutions, which he intends to dispose of at the following unprece dentedly low figures:--: £ 3. d. ... •.• Good Plain Constitution 5 0 0 Ditto, Warranted ... ••• ••• 510 0 Ditto, with two Chambers, Very Di Superior 6 10 0 Ditto, with an improved system of . . Suffrage „ 0 I)i pi t- t to u: , vv e it a h s _C9 a lourswarranted net to run 8 8 0 appneus:: the National Wealth and 10 10 0 best made ••• ••• The sarae articles (' 10 per cent. shove prices. ouo made to measure, at an advance of Nations eci,raditeerds io)eftliAtheir own territorie3. Foreign lially attended to. N.B.—Terms t Ready ,...._ THE 11AxcuEsTEa Rio Sessions on F r id ay, the court At the Ma nc hester trial of indictments a rising out ofw " occupied w ith th e the d ri ots on Thursday, the 9th ult. H enry Burgess, le, Edward Donahue, 17, indicted for riot and an assault Georged Hurst, a police-constable, in the execution °loll andirii dhiecitaesdp quitted, there not being sufficient evid ia "'el' wideernetiatcy: Inspector The same Edward Donahoe, 17, was th e e nc " of riot, and for an assault on Mr. Beswickn M`Mullen in the execution of their duty. was seieed by Mr. Besvvick while descending prisoner post which he had climbed, just after he ad a lan'ij guished the lamp. He was found guilty, and sentenced one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.— Samuel Samuel Miller, 26, was indicted for riot and fo;.—an assault on Mr. Charles Johnson, oilcloth 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 pri soners wer e severa lly sen t ence d to b e impri soned. Quinn for two months with hard labour, Holmes for fourteen days, Jackson for two months, and Radcliffe for four months.—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 former'place of entertainment will also be shut to-morrow Tuesday) evening, THE SUN, L Admiralty, and the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, to explain his pan for steering a ship when on fire abaft, or in the event of twisting the rudder heal, or breaking the tiller short off in a gale 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. Germaine, and Palmerston, were among the nobility present. THE UNITED STATES AND AIEXIC O. 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 semiamonthly 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 the Cambria we are in possession of files of papers from New York, Philadelphia, Bal timore, Boston, Washington, Montreal, and Halifax, which contain intelligence of much interest. Fol lowing the subjects in the order of 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 tile intelligence was received with symptoms of the most unbounded delight, 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 !! I 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 1" 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 ne w position of things in Europe. PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.—The Ten Regiments Bill bad at length passed the Senate. Tbat 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 Rome, and General Shiels was named for that office. General Cass had proposed in the Senate to raise an additional force, in order to pre pare, if necessary, to force Mexico to accept the terms of the treaty recently passed in that body. The proceedings in the House of Representatives were un important. MEXICAN AFFAIRS.—Later advices from Mexico had been received at New York, from which we learn that there had been more guerilla fighting, the cap ture of the noted chief Jaranta, and the successful issue of every affair in which the American troops had been engaged. Two Mexican schooners had been captured loaded with cocoa and other merchan dise. Their cargoes were valued at 16,000 dolls. In telligence has been received from Yucatan of some horrible massacres. GENERAL Naws.—The two great parties for the Presidency had organized conventions to meet on the 24th of May and the 7th of June. Mr. Clay's pros pects were well spoken of. It is settled that Mr. Van Buren would be brought forward, but had no chance of success. The ship Oswego, Captain Gar rick, a new vessel, from Liverpool for New York, with cargo and 327 passengers, had been totally lost on the 12th of February, in long. 53 34 W. The passengers were saved, but five of the crew and the second officer were drowned. CANADA.—The reform party is growing rapidly 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. The news of a commercial nature doe; 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. 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 Titchtield, 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 Ludy Domville, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss Tyrwhitt, Lady Clay, and the Miss Temple B ow d o i ns , Si r J o h n an d Lady M'Donald, Sir W. and Lady Molesworth, Sir Percy Shellep, Sir E. Colebroke, Sir John Edwards, Sir Graham Montgo mery, Sir 11. Foley, Sir Henry Paulet, Sir W. P. do Bathe, and Captain de Bathe, Sir Thomas Hare, S it George Armitage, Sir H. Vivian, Sir lArchibald M'Donald, &c. lIORRIELE ACClDENT.—Wednesday week a man, in the employment of Mr. White, of Toghill Farm, in 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.—Bath Journal. r e o T ta o d u e I. 5 T na l f i o E u l\ s (F luß r n e l r it e c)u fu s r ll.— the Th murder l o o ff Cecile Lou s Bo Combettes, terrainated 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 laboar, to stand on the pillory, and to pay the costs of tho prosecution. Leotade heat:d his sentence without manifesting any emotion. The President of the Tribunal announced that it would decide upon the civil action for damages against the establishment of the frores without the intervention of the jury. The arguments of counsel on this part were fixt.d to be heard in a week. ARRANGEMENT OP THE COMMITTEE-ROOMS IN THE NEW HousE OF COMMONS.—These rooms are, perhaps, in their present state, scarcely open to criticism ; but we may as well, while they are incomplete, suggest that, in finishing them, attention should be paid to rendering them well adapted for the auditory which they will often contain. At present, with bare, hard walls, the reverberation of sound in them often renders the loudest and clearest speakers 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 al 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 march 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 petition from 49 delegates (50 being stated to be un lawful), professing to represent five millions Williams,f per sons, praying for the liberation of Frost, its reception Jones. The Attorney-General demurred to 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 understcod 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 he 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 far 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 liberationlof 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 which 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 had 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 laaves 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 bcc.," 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 b o th H ouses or e ither 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 Sec.," and " such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices or in • tentions, or any of them, shall express, utter or declare, by publishing any printing or writinea 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 men 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 accessaries ; which, though possibly nothing but what is common to all cases of accessaries, throws light on the dangers from the whole. Is 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 many 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 ,he severities of the law. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, April 10, 1848. COURT CIRCULAR. Prin ce o f W a l es an d t h e P r i ncess R o y a l, left Bucking ham The Queen and Prince Albert, Palace i n a carr i age an d f our , a t tw e nty minutes accompanied by the 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 Waterpark, Admirr.l Sir Edward Codrington, Colonel Wylde, and the Hon. 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 Vi scountess Canning (Lady in Waiting), lion. Eleanor Stanley (Maid of Honour in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to the Prince), the Master of the Household, Lord Alfred 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 v i s i te d the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited their Royal Cambridge and Hi g hnesses on Saturday,. h at Cambridge b p ri n d e g h e ea ll s o o u r House. Divine service yester dayi morning, in l Highnesses . . Princess Mary, attended D Her Royal Their the R o).Royal Me Highness i t h h sers the Duchess of Kent, attend e d b y St. honoured the . James Murray, Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir e p o e r r g f e orin Co an u c p e er, at an h d er Le i r a d . A Cabinet Council 7 were—Lord John jesty's Theatre, on Satuarsdahyeledvennninsga,twuradha)h,eratptrheseenFcne: Russell, the Lord sct Palmerston, Earl reign-office. The presentChancellor,Ministers Lana downe, Sir George Grey, h the Marquis of Exchequer, the Earl of Grey, the Chancellor of t ght Auckland, Sir John Hobhousee, L B. Macaulay. The Morpeth, and the Right Hon. . Lion. H.Labouchere, the Marquis o o l r f , .dC Campbell,l anr ica r d e the Viscountili Duke of Wellig ton, Commander -in Grace's military secretary, Lord Fitzroy wards arrived at the Foreign. office, and had an inter view with the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. tst eTartEneeafroLlrootrhfd May • S h o i natse a t n , d afte h r is- The Cabinet Ministers again met in deliberation yes terday. 9 i rey, at the Heine-office, on Saturda, and also visited or had an interview with Sir George Aucklandeiiso orn fe Salisburya at Department.th e Admiralty. Yesterday the _ t d fog the attended at the office of the Secretary of The Marqui i tu t r h d:y. day with Sir George Grey. yesterday, andeYo; Th o Attorn G had an interview on Satur senaeral attended at the Home Office The metropolisP military authorities Captain 'Mangles Denham, RG.mNe. Office.Fß.S r i alsoneip Principal attended civil a o n n d Saturday and yesterday at the home (views OEI aturday with '' 9 had inter Lorc Auckland, at the AN gi Nt v . a 'k wo SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Cluck. KENNINGTON COMMON. About half-past two o'clock the waggons which had previously contained the petition and the members of the Convention were drawn off the common and for warded to a livery stable in the neighbourhood. We have been present upon various occasions of contested elections in the borough of Lambeth and elsewhere, and we are most decidedly of opinion that the number of persons present on the common did not at any time exceed that which we have seen upon other occasions. It is a matter of congra tulation that the demonstration has ended so peaceably. Too great praise cannot be bestowed upon the autho rities for the manner in which they have carri.d out their arrangements. There was not a single person connected with the police or military force present upon the occasion to offer the slightest disturbance or in duce the least provocation. A person on horseback, how ever,:rode several times round the common, and informed the people in the most courteous manner, that immediately upon the meeting breaking up the persons present would be expected to disperse quietly and peaceably. We believe that not a single accident worthy of note took place throughout the whole proceedings. At the conclusion of the meeting on the common it was announced by Mr. E. Jones, from the waggon, that a meeting woit'd be held to night at the South-London Chartist Hall, in the Blackfriars-road. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this afternoon at Five o'clock. ODD FELLOWS AND BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from Odd Fellows' lodges, praying to be admitted to the legal privileges of benefit societies. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was understood to present similar petitions. KENNINGTON COMMON. In answer to a question, The Marquis of LANSI)OWNE said that he was glad to inform the Noble Lord that the proceedings which had so alarmed the public, had been happily put an end to without the interference of the soldiery, indeed, without the appearance of the soldiery being required. He was glad to say that that meeting had been dispersed by the police, and the police alone. The petition which had been made the occasion of all this preparation, had been brought quietly across the bridges in cabs, he believed hired for the purpose, and had, in the other House of Parliament, received that attention which all petitions emanating from the people were entitled to have. Lord BROUGHAM thought some steps ought to be taken to prevent the recurrence of these meetings, whether in Ireland or in England. He thought that all monster meetings were illegal, and he trusted that en deavours would be made to put a stop to them. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that the City of London had, within the last few days, been kept in a state of alarm, which must have told seriously on the trade and commerce of this great city, and occu pation of every man in the metropolis. The present had yet been a short session, yet during its existence the metropolis had been twice alarmed and disturbed from this cause, once already at Kennington-common, and again at Kennington common they had been alarmed with a threat of holding a meeting of 200,000 persons. Now, this number could not be met for the purpose of discussion, and he hoped that measures would be introduced for the pur pose of preventing meetings of such dense nuir.bers for the purpose of discussing questions of policy, because he felt assured that the evil to the country, if these were allowed, would be greater than the good to the persons concerned. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON deprecated the gathering of large crowds in the metropolis, while he at the same time desired to preserve the full right of the people to petition. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE passed a merited eulogium upon the police, and assured the House that the middle classes had vied with the well-disposed of her Majesty's subjects in preserving the peace, while the admirable arrangements of his Noble Friend opposite, although fortunately they were n ;t required to the full extent, had the effect of overawin4 the masses that had been assembled. Heihad to give notice, on the part of a Noble Friend, that as he was in the country, he was to postpone making any inquiry on the subject of corn law retnrns till Friday next. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The House was exceedingly full of Members, an unthual circumstance at so early an hour. THE NATIONAL PETITION. The national petition, which had been previously brought to the House in three cabs, lay on the floor at the foot of the table. It consisted of three very large bundles, and was dragged into the House before the Speaker had taken the chair, by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, assisted by two strangers. NEW MEMBER. Mr. P. HOWARD took thct oaths and his seat for Carlisle. MANCHESTER CEMETERIES. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that it be an instruc tion to the Committee on the Manchester General Cemetery Bill, to entertain the petitions of purchasers of graves and vaults in the Manchester General Ceme tery, and of subscribers and holders of shares in the Manchester General Cemetery, notwithstanding that the same were zot presented within the time limited by the standing orders. The motion was opposed by Sir W. IIEATHCOTE, and ultimately withdrawn. HENEAGE'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill was read a secOnd time and ordered to be committed. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. - _ The following reports were brought up and agreed to:—Sufferance Wharfs (Southwark) Bill, Shrewsbury Market Bill, Oswestry Markets and Fairs Bill, Leicester Navigation (Sale of Lands on Forest Line) Bill, Wor cester New Gas - light Company (Additional Capital and Amendment) Bill, Morley Gas-light Company Bill, Southampton Gas-light and Coko Company Bill. PARLIAMENTARY REl'olfll. Captain PECHELCPreseWtedapetition from the inhabitants of Brighton, stating that it was the duty of all Governments to protect life and give security to property; to educate the people, and to make such laws as should provide for the happiness of the multitude; and the petitioners, therefore, prayed the Howie to make such alterations in the law that every class in the empire should be fully and fairly represented.—(Hear.) THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER. Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR, amidst almost breath less silence, said—Sir, I rise to present a petition, signed by 5,760,0 00 persons ; also another petition, signed by 100,000 persons, whose names are not appended to this large muster. The petitioners pray for Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, no Property Qualification, and Pay n.ent of Members. I beg, Sir, to state, that from the courtesy I have already received from the 'louse, I shall say no more than simply move that the petition be read by the Clerk at the table. The petition was accordingly read by the Clerk. At the conclusion of the reading of the petition, Lord MORPETII rose amid much cheering, and said—Sir, my Right Honourable Friend the Secre tary of State for the Home Department would have been in his place had he not been greatly occupied the necessary business of his department this mc,rning.— (Hear, hear.) I may, however, in his absence, state that, whatever may be his opinion of the sentiments contained in that petition, he does not that he should be considered by his absence as wanting in that respQct which a petition so numerously signed was un doubtedly entitled to.—(Hear, hear.) The petition was then removed from the floor of the House by four of the messengers. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad. ford in favour of the People's Charter. Mr. WAKLE V . presented a petition from Marylebone against the Biti fur the bettor protection of the Crown and Government, and praying her Majesty to dismiss her present advisers. Mr. lIASTIE presented a petition from Paisley in favour of the People's Charter. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle praying for a modification of the criminal code. Colonel MHR,F, presented a petition from Glasgow and other places, in favour of the People's Charter. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the delegates of Manchester in favour of the Charter, and praying for the establishment of local boards for the regulation of trade and payment of wages. COLONIAL EXPENDITURE. Sir W. MOL:ESWORTII gave notice that he woulA, upon an early di iy, bring before the house the question of the colonial expenditure of the country. ~...., expe., - B;?, WDLEY ELECTION. Sir F. HANYER gave notice that he would, upon the moving of the issue of the writ for Bewdley, move the delay of the issue , for the purpo se of affording on opportunity of inquiring into the state of the elective franchise in that borough. GREAT YARMOUTH DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that upon the second reading of the Bill he would move that it be read a second time that day six. months. vi THE CHARTER. Mr. LUSIIINGTON gave notice that on Friday next he wo u ld DM( the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment wh e th er he -would hold out any distinct hope that ho would, duri ng th e present session, introduce any measure for th e ex t ens i on o f the suffrage—(Hear, hear)— the abridgment of the duration of Parliament, the forma tion of electoral die riots, and the vote by ballot.—(llear.) PROTECTION OF CROWN AND GOVERNMENT BILL. Mr. G. THOMPSON gave notice . that upon the second reading of this Bill, he would move that it be read a second time that day six months. MEASU RES FOR IRELAND. Mr. F. FRENCH gave not i ce th a t he would b r i ng before th e not i ce of t h e H ouse th e necess ity o f repealing the pre s e n t penal poor-laws, and adopting somo measure t o p reven t the destruction of the pro perty of Irelaud„ in order to proyide for the desti• G, APRIL 10, 1848. tution of its people; the necessity of cdoptipg means for the employment of the people, to . assist co!oni zition to limited extent; that the medical chari ties of the country might be placed upon a different basis, and an adjustment of the clairni upon the counties for the re-payment of the moneys ativanced to Ireland during the lat.t two years ; and also the ex pediency of making a State provision for the Catholic clergy of 'MANUFACTURE OF PIRES(IRELAND). Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL gave notice that he would renew his question, upon Thursday next, upon the pike affairs in Dublin.--(Laughter.) HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. In reply to Mr. URQI.THART, Lord MORPETH stated that he feared he would be unable to bring in this Bill on Friday, in consequence of the an an , _!ements that had been made for that day. GOVERNMENT COERCION BILL. Mr. Una presented a petition against this Bill. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This Bill was read a third time. MUTINY BILL. This Bill was also read a third time. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill being read, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said he did not rise for the purpose of entering at length into a discussion on the details of the Bill, because he cared very little about them, and because he saw in it a desire to meet the claims of Ireland rather by coercion than by concession. (Cries of " No, no.") It was on account of that, and not of the technical for mation of the Bill, that he was there in his place to oppose it. He could assure the House, in all solemnity, that this attempt which they were making to coerce the people would prove utterly futile —it was an attempt to indict a whole nation, but it would prove, as he had said, ineffectual.—(Cries of " No, no.") Ho had a duty to perform, and he should perform it. In 1843, before he joined the Repeal Association, he felt it his duty to make one last appeal to the House for what was then termed justice to Irelaud—namely, a series of measures which were calculated to give satisfaction to the Irish people consistently, at the same time, with the maintenance of the union between the two countries. The House refused that appeal. They had now an opportunity of meeting that demand by granting a separate Legislature—Queen, Lords, and Commons for:lreland. I am here to tell:you, said the Hon. Gentleman with marked emphasis, that if you do not concede the rights for which the people of Ireland ask, you will have, in the course of the present year, a republic established in Ireland.—(Great surprise and cries of " Oh, oh," and "Order.") Unlike all the Govern ments of Europe, the liberal Government of England meet the just demands of a country intimately connected with this—by coercion and prosecution—(Cheers) —and this, too, at a moment when;the Foreign Minister was countenancing the efforts of every other people to obtain their freedom. He asked for no other example than that of Sicilly, which presented a parallel to Ireland. Ani what had the Noble Lord said, but that Sicilly was justified in what she had done? Charges had been brought against him, and those with whom he acted in his absence; he was there to answer them on their behalf and on his own—on behalf of his companions in the glorious struggle now going on.--(Roars of laughter.) Ho was proud to say that their motives were disinter ested.—(Cheers.) Now, with respect to himself, he had been called traitor.—(lmmense and continued cheering.) He was not disloyal to the Queen, but be was disloyal to that House; and if that was treason he was guilty of the offence. As long as he lived it should be his study to overthrow the dominion of this House in Ireland. He unhesitatingly avowed that to be his intention. (The Attorney-General here turned towards Sir G. Grey and Lord John Russell, and entered into animated conversation with them connected apparently with the words of the Hon. Gentleman.) With respect to himself he might undertake to say that no man in Ireland bore a higher public cha racter than he did.—(Cheers and laughter.) Ile did not deny that there were many entitled to far greater respect, but he believed he was justified in making the statement he had ; but since his election for Limerick he had never any but sincere votes. He challenged any man to state the con trary ; and now that he was to be arraigned as a criminal, he declared to that House that he would glory to receive the most ignominious death that could be inflicted upon him rather than see his country sub jected to the treatment he had seen during the last thirty years of his ilfe. He had not gone to France to seek aid; but if he had wished, he believed he should have come back with a tolerably large muster of troops. —(Laughter.) He only wished they had been in France when he was there.—(Laughter.) No, the freedom of Ireland must be won by the courage of her own sons—by Irish courage. It was not his intention to place his country under the protection of foreign bayonets. He went to France, at the request of a large body of his countrymen, as their delegate, to congratulate the Pro visional Government upon the reeent overthrow of a Throne which had long forfeited all claim to the respect of the people. He went there for the purpose of offer ing the Provisional Government the congratulations of the people of Ireland for having set an example to Europe which the world had already seen with what effect.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He had no hesitation in declaring that a great amount of sympathy for the people of Ireland prevailed in France, and it should be the business of those with whom ho was about t ) act to encourage that sympathy to the utmost degree, but that sympathy was not confined to France, but it extended itself to every nation and to every enlightened statesman and citizen in Europe. Every enlightened man in the civilised world looked upon Ireland as England looked upon Poland. Every enlightened man in Europe looked upon the con dition of England, in reference to Ireland, as analogous to that of Russia in reference to Poland.—(Hear, hear.) Could the House wonder, then, that Ireland excited so much sympathy in the minds of free and enlightened individuals.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to think that a very large amount of aympathy was evinced towards Ireland by the people of this country, and he was not ashamed to declare, although he did not agree with many of the views of the Honourable Member for Nottingham, that it gave him great satisfaction that the majority of the Chartist body felt for the sufferings and were most anxious to aid the cause of the people of Ireland.—(llear, hear.) The Chartists, litre Ireland, felt that they had been unjustly dealt with by the Parliament of this country, and he was not at all surprised of their availing themselves of a time when Government was involved with Ireland to press their complaints upon that House.—(Hear, hear.) But whether their sym pathy resulted from policy, or from their generous feelings, he freely accepted it on the part of Ireland.— (Hear, hear.) Now he owned—whether the senti ment be considered legal or not he did not know—that he had been instrumental in asking his country to arm.—(Sensation, and cries of " Order, order.") He conceived that under present circumstances of all coun tries of Europe, it was the duty of every man to obtain possession of arms.—(Oh, oh.) There was scarcely a nation in Europe which did not make it part of its duty to instruct its citizens in the practice of arms, and he con• ceived it to be the peculiar duty of the people of Ireland to obtain arms, when itwas openly announced by the Government that they intended to crush them, not by arguments, but with the aid of br ute force.—(Laughter) Let him remind the Hon. Gentleman of what took place in 1782. It was no crime then for them thus to arm for the protection of their own liberty, and :why, llet him ask, should they not be p -rmittcd to do so now ? Was ,it moreover not necessary that they should be in possession of arms to enable them to preserve order.—(Laughter.) The intentions, however, of the people of Ireland were mis understood, and in order to convince the House of this ho would just read the last resolution come to by those with whom he acted.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was to the effect that the Narionrl Repeal Association of Ireland denounced as gross calumny the vituperation which lied been thrown upon them by the Noble Lord at the Head of the Government as the object of the association was only to procure a repara tion from the English Parliament and they thereby declared that they were determined to obtain their national independence if possible. without civil war.—(Laughter.) A national council of 300 representatives was about to assemble in Dublin for the purpose of carrying out the spirit of these resolu tions, and he would recommend the Noble Lord to put himself in communication with that body as soon as possi ble. The Government relied upon what ? Why upon the assistance of spies. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord has been asked by the Honourable Member for Limerick a question upon the subject of manufacturing spikes. —(1-Tear.) Were the Government, he would ask, serious in thinking that they could govern Ireland by a system detective police.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble 'lord relied upon packed juries in Ireland, because if he had a fair one he could not get a verdict.—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord little knew the spirit that was abroad in Ireland if he thought he could put down the exertions of the Irish people for their rights by sending men to prison for en deavouring to serve their country.—(Hear, hear.) Did he not know that by the adoption of such a course he would increase the number of converts to the cause of the people, and against the Government. It was true that if some means or other 280,000 persons had been induced to place a sort of qualified reliance on the Go vernment, but such was tha state of things in Ireland at the present moment, that the Government would be in a great difficulty to save themselves even if their bayonets.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He believed that the principal Nobles in Ireland wh o supported the Government of the Noble Lord would not get a single relation or friend of theirs to support their views. If these matters were to be settled by resort to the most extreme measures which he trusted would never be the case. He felt no no doubt that the Irish gentry, to a man, w o u ld protect themselves and their property, and rare little what became of the Government.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Could it be supposed that the Irish people could have much affection for a Government that was about to deprive them of their inheritance and their means of subsistence.—(hear, hear.) The Government relied upon the orangemen arid the police force of Leland. Ile believed that - in doing so they would find themselbes in the wrong, for it was his firm be lief that the greater portion of the orangemen in Ireland were in favour of the Irish confederation.—Ccries of "Oh, oh.") The Government next relied upon the army—the army at the present moment in Ireland was but an insignificant part of the whole popula tion of that countay, and under these circumstances was it to be supposed, if they came to a struggle, that 30,000 men would or could offer much opposition to the attempt of the Irish people for freedom. It was utterly impossible for the cavalry to act in Ireland, and there could be no just reliance placed on the military there. Re believed tbey could not rely upon the army in Ire land.—(Oh, oh !) If there were to be a strw. , gle to morrow, he believed that the army would refuse to act against the people in Ireland.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh '.") The object of my engagement, said the Honourable Member, has been ths need not say that I treat w ith the most utter di, lain the attempts of the Government to put one down by their prevention. —(Laughter.) My object has been this, to show that if ever it is possible for these two great countries to come into collision the result would be extremely uncertain and could not he other;N ise than disastrous. It England were to fail she would henceforth stand alone; and it may not be unadvisable to consider what would be the condition of England with an independent Republic , upon one side for independent Republic upon ' upon the other side of her. (" Hear," and laugh ter.) If England were to be victorious, they would make a desolation, they would desolate the country which you have for a long period made discontented, and you are disgraced in the eyes of all mankind. Now, under those circumstanees, I do implore the House, be fore it is too late—before those ominous woord " too late," which have such porten tious meaninc , in other countries—has struck the knell of English power in Ireland, I do beg of the Crown to reflect and concede to the people of Ireland their national rights, those rights which they are resolved to possess, and which by every title human and divine they are entitled to claim. I have spoke hitherto without reserve, and as I did so at the beginning I shall not fail to do so at the end (Laughter.) When the Noble Lord tel:s me that I am a traitor to the Crown, I not only repel the charge but retort it.—(Laughter.) I say that if in the present position of Europe he attempts in regard to his own fellow-countrymen of this country, to crush all the efforts upon the part of the democracy of this country, to obtain those rigk is which the demo cracies of other countries are obtaining—if with respect to my country he refuses their demands for self government —if he plays towards this country the part of Guizot or Metternich in their respective countries, then I tell him that it is not me and mine, but he and his colleagues, who are traitors to the count r y. The Hon. Membr resumed his scut amid marks of dissatisfaction from all parts of the House. Sir G. GREY, who upon rising, was loudly cheered, said, Sir, after the long absence of the Hon. Gentleman from his place—(Cheers)—and now rising in his place upon the moment that the second reading of the Bill is now before the House, I certainly entertained some hope, albeit a faint one, that he had risen to disavow with indignation—(Cheers)—that indignation which all loyal subjects of this realm must feel at the imputations which have bi.:en upon his loyalty—(Cheers)—not only in that House, but by every newspaper circulated throughout this realm for some weeks past, and that he would, with that fervid eloquence which characterises his harangues elsewhere, if nut in this House.— (Cheers and laughter)—to disavow those sentiments and profess that, by virtue, ij of no better feelings, of that oath of allegiance—(Tremendous cheering)— which the Hon. Member has repeatedly taken—(Renewed cheer ing)—to the Sovereign of these realms, that he cast off the imputations which have been so frequently cast upon his name.—(Loud cheers.) What, then, was my astonishment, nay, what were my feel ings of pain and regret—feelings shared, I will venture to say, by every Honourable Member in this house—(Tremendous cheering)—when, with the miserable pretence of still pofessing loyalty a fain) shadow of loyalty to his Sovereign, not without that boldness and daring—(Loud cheers) —which has characterized his speeches elsewhere, repeating the sen timents which he has elsewhere uttered, and charging my Noble Friend in defending the constitution of the country with charges similar to those made against himself, viz., that of treason.—(llear, hear, and cheers.) The Hun. Member said that in is absence he had been called a traitor, perhaps the Hon. ;!ember will allow me to say, that I am not in the least degree responsible for the absence of the Hon. Member.—(Cheers.) The cause of that absence no doubt the Honourable Member is the best able to explain.—(Laughter.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) HAMBURGH MAIL. RUSSIA AND POLAND.—The Koniyshutg Gazette COD• tains the following account, dated March 20, which has every appearance of being authentic, from the Russian lrontier :—" The bridge at Kownow was finished on Sunday as the Emperor had com manded. In liownow three divisions of 240,000 men are stationed, who are to enter Poland next Sunday, for the Commander-in-Chief cannot come till these 160,000 men march to Warsaw and the Austrian frontier, and 80,000 men to the Prussian fron tier. The field artillery left fur Warsaw on the 26th. Five Cossacks are still stationed on every post, in order to escort a gentleman travelling incognito. The Polish peasants speak of a dreadful irruption of the French. The streets of Warsaw, where a terrible fire is still raging at this moment, are mounted by cannon. The Breslau Gazette says—" It appears from authen tic accounts that 16,000 Russian troops entered Czen stocbaw the day before yesterday, and that a further body was expected there and in the vicinity. The ma nifesto of the Emperor caused the greatest con sternation here. The Stadtholder was urged from all quarters to give an explanation as far as was possible, and, says the correspondent of the Silesian Gazette, I plecig.2 my word that the following expression was made, as if by the Prince Stadtholder, " Within eight or ten days Europe will witness the spectacle that three hundred thousand Russian troops will be concentrated in Warsaw."' Everything appears to be going on as usual, but this apparent calm of Warsaw is like the calm which precedes a storm." The leipzie Gazette contains a letter from St. Peters burgh, March 28, which says—" An Imperial ukase, of the 23d, forbids the issue of passports to Russian subjects going abroad, and that even merchants, who in that case are generally privileged,will not be allowed to leave the empire."— flamburgli Borsenhalle, April G. A letter in the Aix-la-Chapelle Gazate says—" That Sir Charles Napier has been commanded immediately to set sail with his whole squadron for the Baltic. The fleet had been lately recalled from the Tagus, where only a ship of the line is now stationed. It consists of six ships of the line, and a great number of steam-frigates and steam-vessels. If we may rely upon assurances from creditable quarters, the English Cabinet will act de cidedly on the part of Prussia on the Polish-Russian question, and the English fleet is in part destined to protect the German and Prussian harbours from Russian aggression."—Harnburyh Borsenhalle, April 6. ENGLAND AND PHYSICAL FORC CHARTISM. In a country where the right of petition and of public meeting, the license of printing and the li cen tiousness of speech are unlimited, where every e male adult possessed of' co mmand a county 201., may, by the existing franc vote, and the door of the constituli s on , is open to at least three times the number of those who choose to take the trouble of entering it, s edition must be supported by the credentials of the most disinterested patriotism, to m ake itself at all respectable. But at our p resent advan c e d stage of intelligence, and in the state of implicit mutual dependence, in which, in our artificial social condition, we all exist in this country, any man who proposes to accomplish any political good by means of disorder and violence can only command credit for his sincerity at the expense of his understanding. Order is the first law of nature—it is the very life and soul of civil society. To twenty•eight millions of human beings crowded together on two small islands, surrounded every where by rivals or enemies, and so broken into civilization that even the poorest and the meanest cannot be helped to the supply of his most ordinary wants without the assistance of many of his fellow-subjects, the peace, regularity, and security of the movements of' every part of the social machinery are as essential to the stability of the fabric on which all de pend, as the harmonious working of bees is necessary to the existence of the hive. Our soil does no. nearly support our population, increasing now at the rate of 450,000 souls every year. Our mere natural and physical resources are totally inadequate to our subsistence. Our very being depends on menu factures and commerce. We are the ministers of the artificial wants of the world. We cannot, like Antceus, fall upon our mother earths and gather our strength from that. Nut one-fifth part of our population find employ ment in the cultivation of our soil. In the present year we have fed nearly six millions of our people entirely on foreign produce. Three millions of Irish have been maintained exclusively at the public cost. The failure of a bank may make a whole county starve. Send half a dozen manufacturers into the Gazette, and tens of thousands will be reduced to ruin. A run for gold in 'Threadneedle -street, a fall of 10 per cent. in stocks, the bankruptcy of a score of merchants, consigns millions to beggary. And of all the sufferers, the poorest are the greatest. Those who have land can fall back upon that—those who have capital,can take flight with it so long as anything is left. But those who live from hand to mouth, and exist on wages, w he can get no food without money, and no money without em ployment, and no employment without capitalists, and no capitalists without credit, who so helpless uud destitute as these, when anarchy and distrust bring the social French en ginery to a st an d st ill ? If we grant t h a t the Revolution was necessary, we must a lso concede _t r h e at . it was only a necessary ev il. It has transferred the money m ar k e t o f the Continent of l Europeol, from Paris to London. It has driven whole available capital of France i nto our stocks. It has brought employment, and therefore the means of mere physical Republic. The heroic wages, and herefore existence, to a temporary close in that d men of France have lost their capital, and have no means of conducting manufacturing enterprise. Their powers of production are arrested by w a n t of money, and they have, consequently, nothing to sell. They have no current coin, and they can, there- fore, buy nothing. Cargoes of produce, chartered for French ports, have been sent directly to England to sell for what they would bring. Whole fleets of mer chantmen, laden with the raw material of manufacture, cotton, silk, wool, and leather, have turned helm at llavre, Toulon, and other Gallic harbours, the moment their captains heard of the disorders of the Republic, and steered their ships at once for Liverpool, Bristol, and Southampton. Upwards of 6,000,0001 of English money were annually spent in France by our absentees—as much more was yearly squandered in the oth er countr i es of Europe. rlii 12,000,000 L, and their owner s h ave a il been frightened. home. Hosts of wealthy continental foreigners, losing faith in the stability of their property from th e threatened violence off ere d b y the people, have col lected all their mon e y, i nvested it. in our, securities, and are trooping h ere to spendit among us Vast consignments of colonial produce intended f or th e continental market ar o sent onto us,:and large ord e rs for manufactures, originally destined for Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France, have been trans. ferred to England. Five millions of dishonoured bills have been returned t 9 the United *Wks alone from Havre. Trade has no lofty aspirations. Commerce bas no preference for one paper constitution more than an, other. Money is sordid, timid, and without wage°, ! mity. They look to profits alone. Liberty, Enea l ,,% Fraternity, are to them but sounding brass an t tinkling cymbal, unless they mean security, P t " payment, and sure profits. They fly from ~ Continent, because they cannot trust it. #l. , be f, come here because they think they are sate. T he e refuse to give 35i for French Three per Cents., beta for they cannot rely upon payment—they give 84 English Three per Cents., because they have confliles: ce , in their stability. S o t i m id i s ca pit a l, so ner vous a thing is trade, that in a few months we might be in poasesalol:l of that which made us great, omnipotent, during the vise —the commerce and m anu f ac t ures o f E uro pe. Intro duce order among us, shatter our credit by creating fears of violence, destroy confidence in our security by threats of rebellion, treason, or t h e su b ve rsion of o ut stability, and the golden opportunity will be lost, capi tel and trade will fly from us to the United States, a nd W. masses of our population will suffer an amount 0t 0 misery and permanent disaster, far greater a l % that which is the lot of any other country the world. The majority of the population 7 1 every other state, except Holland and Belgium , dependent upon the soil, which can never fail them' 0 whatever other changes may happen. The mess ii of our kingdom are as completely dependent upon ere , 0 and commercial security, as the price of Consols, or I rates of discount at the Bank. France, with ne t 6,000,000 of yeomen may survive a shock to credit. g land must sink irredeemably under it. At this monl ia , we have the ball at our foot. The fine weather is raP lu reducing the price of food. The returns of the revene. are less discouraging than was anticipated, exhibiting s; increase on the quarter ending on the sth of April, of less than 402,575.. In the next three months the crease of consumption from the influx of absent es o foreigners, and capital, must be materially enlargedi s , bo it is Just at this turning point in our fortunes tha t 11 01 . physical force Chartists do their best to frighten c o f prosperity away from us, by the open avowal of designs .. „ treason, disorder, and violence. They import the Cetic!'„l, of Meagher and Mitchell, and the cellar martyr (013ri e ",,, into the sober regions of the more calculating So t s and considerately warn us that if their Irish Pstr i l y become martyrs in Dublin, the whole Milesian PeP u ebs tion in England will rise en masse. and revenge on Its li r punishment the law inflicts on the heroes of the C OO e s deration. While we should be enjoying the 2(1,0°4 0 of our insular position, of our political n eu t ra lity, e' profits and the credit which are the material fruits of CO „ - t i viction among mankind of our stability, good faith , u t - 0 love of order, the most strenuous efforts are made by tur n - 0 who must inevitably suffer most by popular convillsw, to saw off the branch on which they are mounted ft°, the tree that supports it. Three months of tranquillikl harmony, and peace, would see us with the whole trade as the greater portion of the capital of Europe in our hands,„ ..... our revenue flourishing —our labouring classes in tulle";" ployment—our middle classes afforded breathing tinae„ devise and enforce needful reforms and extensive retretieni meat. Our internal distraction may not only deprive us °, 1. 7,1 these advantages, but encourage the violent and turbo; spirits of the continent of Europe to overbear the pear l tendencies of the Provisional Governments, by plea rt in i a our weakness as their o pp or t un i ty f or str iki ng a blow at our power, and pl ung i ng us w i t h I re l an d o 0 v' s hands into a war that must be paid for out of the 0 0 1, s s of our toiling masses, a n d w hi c h may so em b ar rass ° "d finances as to end in our ruin. The Reform Bill has phi% Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Annual ments, within the reach of the people by peacea bl e constitutional, lawful means. N ot hi ng can keep b$ Charter from them, if they ch oose pat i ent ly to PF2, O , the battle of the Constitution in the r eg i s t ra tion Co ` e The power which achieved Free T ra d e ca n aahi e % a Universal Franchise. There arc thousands of P e a loudest bawlers for the Charter, who are qttsl i ,.„,B to be registered under the existing law, but rei: o to take the trouble. There are tens of thousands s i s' o s who could buy a life-rent charge of 40s. for £ lo , e ts 15Z, but prefer to spout and plot, and pick the poe he ir of their gaping dupes, rather than to work out % is political salvation. It we are misgoverned, it is f oo r to deny that, with our present opportunities, it i s , - rs e own fault. We could point out many physical 0 ,0 Chartists in the large boroughs, who sold their Y°',l at the last election, for Tory gold. We know h 1 hundreds who were placed on the register th e the exertions of the Anti Corn-law League, is metropolitan boroughs, who hawked their franc'', to the highest bidders, and at last knocked th e- ; selves down to the monopolist candidates. I c y; time that all this tomfoolery were put a stop to. ho' the Irish, who are mai n t a i ne d i n E ng l an d, beware they abuse our hospitality, by putting into execution ss t ? a ttempts to create a di stur b ance among us, as t he sl o e pathisers of the Mitch e ll consp i rac y. If they ssu-011, stimulate the national animosities of John and the prejudices of the Scotch, they r ho▪ ! ! be the first to repent the r e taliation `„"- e ruffian bluster may pro vo k e . M eanw hil e , i t ie for the well-affected to be up and doin g . The best " a • j, to suppress disorder is to prove that it cann ot stirt - 0 0 If the Government is paralysed, that is no r e 7 e qs why the people should be unprepared to stlPP.„ e ' violence, or to concert measures to meet any cr a t• gency which may result from the state of Ire7te The cause of order is the cause of liberty. Tr e ss and thieves alone thrive by confusion. The ptql t ee of popular power is founded on knowledge, as' w et best fruit of knowledge is peace. It is kings „11 autocrats whose trust is in the bayonet, and whose 7, 0 0 faith is in the rifle and parks of artillery. Let the Pew:is. show they are worthy to be free, by practising the f'", tues of freemen—by a reliance of the power of r°7o; on the march of intelligence, on the force of pub opinion, opinion, on the justice of their cause, and the cer7a, triumph of truth and right, naked and uns l ; ll3 . t ie except in the panoply of virtue, and the Mar t o spirit of humanity. Let them look upon be moral miracle which Lamartine is working and o f ashamed at their own scepticism of the efficaei iir s moral forces. And let our middle-classes and role redeem this stirring time, and by timely reform Parliament o9'4- mea t s h u e re m s, o w re hi n c e h ce m ss a T re a l n ie d v p e r i e n s ci s as is . g tr v , merited revolution. Not an hour should be lost La P' o i popular contentment.firmness and concede redress W 'ing Dispatch. Let them mid g e ca p m on o a n s d n i c n y i plgirwaot conciliation 0 0 0n l e te s w o m t e h they enforce authority. While all Europe is refornno itself, or being reformed, it will not do for Englan d ' lag behind.— Weekly NEWNIARKET RACJ (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) • Match—Festus beat Lovelace. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. D.Ni St. Antonio walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs . eac h , for three yrs old no•t gaged in either RidciLsworth, &c. D. M. Dover walked over. .ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—On Saturday -h House was h onoured by the presence of the Duct:l6ol:3, Kent, wh o occup i ed the Queen ' s box. her Royal Higl; ness's suite comprised Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady A ll : Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord James Murr a y . d Sir George C ouper, and Mr. Bruce. The Queen 1)('; ager's bo x was occup i ed b y the Marchioness 01 O r raoro Lady Adelaide Paget, and Colonel Dixon and There were also present the Duke of Wellington, 1 55 Duke and D uc h ess o f M ontrose, t h e D u k e an d D u da% of Leed s , th e P r i nce G u li tz i n, P r i nce Louis Napcle°o' the Baroness d e B runnow , M u ffl e . Ol ga d o L eo h ne ., tL t Hanoverian Minister, the Swedish Minister, the Col e de Backe, th e S ar di nian Mi n i ster, M . d e Berg, tj Marquis and M arc hi oness o f D ouro, the Marquis °ie Marchioness of Ail es b ur y, t h e M arc hi oness of Ey, the Dowag e r o f Sli go, t h e Ladies Browre, the Marquis of Clanrica r d e , t h e E ar l of Chesterfied• Earl Spencer, the E ar l o f L ons d a l e, the Earl of 13°511,-; rough, the Earl of D arn l e y, t h e E ar l of Pembroke, Earl Granville, the Countess of Cardigan, tle Bruce, the Earl of Delawarre, Viscount o,sulstont Viscount Canterbury, &c. VISCOUNT AN D V ISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S GRAN D ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PRINCE of PPUSSIA . Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand e,O tertainment on Sat ur d a y even i ng , a t t h e i r roi idenoe f Carlton-gardens, to hi s R o y a l Highness the Prinee.,, ° , Prussia. The Prince arrived in compa n y w ith his x 4 ;7 cellency the -Prussian Minister and attend e d by th e Count Paurtales, shortly before eight o' c l oc k , and W e e received by the Noble Viscount with the distinction " ° f to his high rank. 'rhe following h a d the honou r h 0 meeting his Royal Highness at the banquet Prince Lowenstein, the Marquis A ng l esey a nd L ad s Adelaide Paget, the Marchioness of Clanricarde 93 1 Lady Emily de Burgh, Viscount and Viscountess ( ti ng e, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord a nd / L a dy John Russell, L or d and Lady Beauvale, i selectink the T m p l e e s . s e ni L b a l t y e . r in the 0 0- Visc the ountess o had a BIRTHS. On the 31st u lt., at Pakenham, near B ur y St. Ednstuld 'if Mrs. Stedm an , o f a daughter. ife On the 2d i ns t., i n K ing -street, Portman-square, the w • of David Fullerton, Esq., of a daughter. 'Ref' On the 4th inst., at Long Bennington, the wife of the --- G. E. Welby, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Camberwell, Airs. Stephen Spur ling ' of a son. On the sth i ns t., at Westbourne-park Villas, Bayswa t er' the wife of R. A. Routh, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st u lt ., at Wandsworth, the wife of Arthur Pl or, Esq., of a (laughter. 411.41tR1ED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Henry Muggeridge, Esq., of St. Andrew's-hill, Doctor's-commo" to Mary Ann, daughter of William Hoof, Esq., of madelef llouse, Kensington. On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Dunkin, Esq., P.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory at Green' wich, to Maria, eldest daughter of Samuel Joseph Radio" Esq., of Peckham-grove, Camberwell. p At Trinity Church, Chelsea, Mr. James L. Maheny, oft Russell Lipper Chels ea to Miss E. M. Cierlans Rop er , o f Great . street, l3lootusbury. DIED. On the 17th ult., at Worcester, Sarah, relict of Dr. Dole' Egan, LL.D., of Greenwich, aged 90. On the 31st ult., at Gainsborough, Captain Mattbeft Jenour, of the G9th Regiment, aged 60. On the 31st ult., at Chatham Barrack, hay Clara, younges t daughter of Captain IL Crickitt Tyler, 80th Regiment. On the sth inst. , at Leek, Staffordshire, John Sleigh, Eel"' aged 81. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 " ".1 Strand, in th e P rec i nct o f t h e S avoy, i n the mint y Dichday, April 10, lets,