The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

- - To be had at all the Libraries. .r H E NE W NOVELS JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN, I. ANGELA. By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." 3 Vols. 11. LEONORA. A Love Story. 3 Vols. —" In ' Leonora' Lady Boothby has proved the universality of her taleat in depicting cha racter, hoth.as a novelist and an actress."--Jerrold's Paper. JAMES THE SECOND. in 111,toriala Romano:). kilted by W. H. d tnaaor h, Esq. 3 Vols. IV. ADVENTURES of a MEDICAL 737 11. Douglas, Surgeon, R.N. 3101 A. V. THE BALL and the HAMLET'. I. By Wiliam iloVitt. 2 'Vols. VI THE JESUIT at CAMBRIDGE. By Sir George Stephens. 2 Vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW NOVEL BY 4. FENIMORE COOPER. In 3 vols. post Bvo., C APTAIN SPI K E; OR, THE ISLETS OF THE GULF By J. FENIMORE COOPER. Author of "The PHA" " The Prairie," " The Pathfinder," "Mark's Reef," &C., &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. It is respecifally announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take Ance at this Theatre on THURSDAY, the 16th of March, the rarticulars of which will be duly announced. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. O-MORR AN' EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera. IL BARDIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Tto,ina, lidlle. Sofia Cruvell ; 11 Comte d'Almaviva, Sig. Gardont ; Basilic), Sig. Bouche; Bartolo, Sig. F. Lablaahe; and Figaro, Sig, Deletti. To conclude with the highly successful Ballet, in Four Tableaus entitled FIORIT A, et la Rome des Elfritles, The music by Sig. Fugal ; the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall d ; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley an :>. r. Whales, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Princi pal pArts by Mdlie. Carolina Rosati, Mesffils. Esther Ausundon, The venot, Julienne, Lamoreux, Jenny, and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; 11M. Dor, Venefra, Gouriet, and DI Mattia. Applicat.ons for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. lllllct tho Mantwoment of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. EVE CHARLESKEAN. THIS NING Will be performed a new' and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Rowe ; Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. Jharles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. ll'adta* - ; Harrington, Mr. Brim all ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline lmyott, 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 Ashdeld, Mr. Webster; Henry, Mr, 11. Vandeniu,ff ; Gerald, Mr. Tilbury ; Dame Ashlleld, Mrs. Glover Miss Blandford, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham; .lady Handy, Mrs. W Clifford ; Susan Ashfield, Mrs. Seymour. To conclude with the Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. :,ionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs, Keeley. Sta ;o Manager, Mr. Fatten; Acttng Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Boxy-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; P t, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Thsors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction o; Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. To be rullo .ved by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA- TiONA L DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. PrinCipal cnaracters by atessrs. Lambert, Wright , P. Be dford, Sanders Ma• came Celeste, Miss Emma !larding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude wills a wAv Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Manyard ; L inty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullemford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders; Lizzy Chubblock, h hiss Woolgar. Boxes, 48.; Pit, 25., Gallery, Is. I nors open at Half-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Les THIS EVENING see, Mr. Ches Mathews. Will be performed a new comic D:ama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Marley, Ker ridge. Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mn. Macnamara. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Dross Boxes, Ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; ?it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No balf-price to any part of the house. The Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public ei,cry day, from Ten till Six. Tire Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bra,twell of the Cciossetim. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0:d Bond-street. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LA PREMIERE MALADE. After which, USE IMPRUDENCE. To conclude with a new Comedy, entitled UNE JEUNESSE ()RAGE USE • Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes, Us.; I'd, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee nda.nd Manager, Daehesa-street, Portlplace. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. PHIS EVENING Will be performed nhakspere's nay of KING HENRY VIII. King Henry the Eighth, Mr. Cooper; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Ma cready ; Cardinal Campeius, Mr. Wynn ; Archbishop Crammer, Mr. Gilbert; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Ryder; Queen Katherine, Mrs. Butler; Anne Boleyn, Miss Villars. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FaTHEit TIME; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 4s. ; l'it, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT, Under the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxl,crry. Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor. Last Four Nights of the present Company and Season. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with an Interesting Drama, cal;ed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Principal characters by Messrs. o x !.erry, Laws, Rogerson, i'ayne, and Montague ; Miss Love, Mrs. and Miss J. Coleman. ,liter which will be produced a new grand Ballet, entitled TILE ROSE OF CACIIMEBE ; in which Md.le. Blanche will appear, To bu followed by the New Grand Burles q ue Opera, by the Author of the " Adelphi Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER MOOR. Not with Mr. B'urn's or M. Jullien's, but with Uslierry's powerful cast—Lucy, Miss E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. ()sherry ; and Edgar, Mr. Yar..old. To conclude with MACBETH THAVESTIE. Macbeth, Mr. Ox berry ; Lady Macbeth, Mr. Yarnold. Tile performances, un and after .he ! 41h inst., will onsist of Opera- Comique, Ballet, and petite drama, for which first rate talent has been engaged. Private Boxes, 10s. 64 ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, GaUery, 4d. Half price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Triumphant Success of the New Gorgeous Spectacle. THIS EVENING, The New Georgeou.s Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. in which Mr. W. West will appear. uur y new Sew, s in the Arena, by the talented Artiste? , 01 the • sta PAW-Anent. In tl.c various modes 01 equestration, and in troducing Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World. Concluding w.th THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office open from II till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTAnY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•offce, 112, Strand. ILE WEATliEtt.—sus UrrICL, MARCH 5 TRERMOMETZR, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 42 BAROMETER, 29.82—W1ND E. ; rain. MARCII G. THERM IMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest. 40; Noon, 42 , BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND W.N.W. ; cloudy. ilit.i! WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. :!forcing.. 30 initiates after 2. I Evening .. mina' OS after 2. 41 •" . ' • ~/..... •-... . "-::' ) a& .v -s 0 ; - , eV I• mA .._ 41 n, 4 , r , : ,--,.. 1E..i,"- , ,4 0 70 ..,,.F .„ \ , \' • N - 4,1' „ 4m - e'.s . • ,- .; sr . .4 • ..- ~ , rr ~ ,it U. ~, ,r,, 'Z' i,,,, , ,. m o' , , 4 , ~,'" . 1,01 - 4 I - V I L " t• -'" _1 -,,, •*: '"•• .... pia rang i.nt LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1848. solicitous to observe, on the meeting of the National Assembly, on the 20th proximo, their immediate con firmation in those ministerial capacities which they have already rendered illustrious by their services, their activity, their wisdom, and their consummate daring. We would see, for example, such a one as Citizen LEDRU•ROLLIN definitively installed in the Re publican office for the administration of the Interior ; we would see again the interests of the operative ' classes permanently confided to Citizen LOUIS BLANC and to Citizen ALBERT, himself an operative; but, above all, we would see the diplomacy of Republican France entrusted to that skilful and reliant genius, which in the very crisis of the late volutionßeon proved the salvation of Democra c y , genius of Citizen ALPHONSB DE LAMARTINE, the instigator and champion of the recent movement. While, however, we acknowledge the capacity and integrity of several members of the new Administration, it is idle to regard it as other wise than an Administration of an essentially tem porary and provisional character. Before the ensuing April has expired a substantial Government will, in all likelihood, be inaugurated, the electoral assemblies being convoked for the 9th, and the National Consti tuent Assembly for the 20th proximo—that Assembly being deputed to decree the constitution, and subse quently, of course, to nominate the individual mem bers of the Republican Administration. Although the present Government of France is in this manner merely consolidated for the moment, the great Revolution of which it is the immediate embodiment has proved to be one of so triumphant and momentous a description, that it has already produced a wonderful sensation in the different capitals of Christendom. Even the revolutionary struggle of the three days of July exercised a visible influence over the destinies of adjacent states, and the immortal contest which commenced between the bar ricades of Paris and extended to the furthermost shores of the Mediterranean and the Baltic, was as nothing when contrasted with that still more glorious victory which has just been consummated within the circumference of the Boulevards. Europe was ripe for the catastrophe which only yes terday terminated in the annihilation of monarchical government in France. A multitude of extraordi nary circumstances had prepared the way for the insurgent populace. In Berlin, FREDERICK WIL HELM IV. had spontaneously granted a representation to his people, and Prussia, comparatively speaking, was free ! In Italy a concurrence of memorable cir cumstances had anticipated the revival of republi canism in the land of VERGINAUD and CONDORCET. Rome had shaken off its incubus of Pontifical repression, and had arisen in all the glory of its reborn liberty at the voice of the reforming Pius ! Tuscany had acquired its rights, and re- organized its Legislature, with the acquiescence of its Grand Duke LEOPOLD !—Lucca had been merged into the emancipated territories of the Tuscans !—Marino still looked down divinely and serenely from its hill top over the regenerated valleys of the Pontifical states !—Sardinia bad responded to the joyful cries which resounded among the mountains of Savoy, when the King of PIEDMONT sundered with his own hands the bonds of its population, and invested with the lustre of royal beneficence the name of CHARLES ALBERT !—Even the petty principalities of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, were by the demise of the ex •Empress MARIA LOUISA, afforded an opportunity of proclaiming their political independence, and of enabling themselves and the luckless Modenese to fraternize with their more fortunate fellow-countrymen !—Sicily had wrestled its freedom from the covetous grasp of the Bourbon, and had excited a sullen sympathy among the more sluggish Neapolitans I—Lombardy itself had raised the standard of rebellion before the Vice-regal Palace of Milan, and the blood of its citizens had attested the fact that their patrotism was unextin guished, and that their animosity towards their op pressors was inveterate 1 Such were the Italian antece dents to the French Revolution of 1848. In Greece a chance of the financial and political advance ment of the sovereignty had presented itself in the unexpected death of COLETTI—of that statesman who, by pandering to the pecuniary lusts of GUM; had jeopardised the authority of OTHO. In Bavaria the freaks of a wanton had infuriated the multitude to an assumption of supreme power, and King Louis had yielded to the demands of his outraged subjects, through his fear for the personal safety of the beauti ful and capricious LOLA MONTES. In Switzerland the Radicals had just _conquered the promoters of the Sonderbund, and pronounced in a popular Vorort the perfect emancipation of the several cantons. In Belgium the progress of constitutional reform continued as steady aril very nearly as pacific as in the islands of Britain. In Spain the return of ESPARTERO had but a moment before given the peninsula a gleam of hope, and in Portugal the national banners of DAS ANTAS, of SA DA BANDEIRA, and of BOMFIM, were only furled for a time, while the guns of a British fleet awed the population of Lisbon into obedience to MARIA DA GLORIA. If Poland was absorbed in the territorial greed of northern absolutism, its refugees were übiquitous and were in spired with a sterner resolve than ever for the ultimate vindication of their nation ality. Austria maintained a ferocious tranquil lity, but a tranquillity which rendered its vigilance still more conspicuous, for METTERNICH looked with jealousy towards Lombardy, towards Hungary, to wards Prussia, and towards Switzerland ! Denmark had begun to stir itself into legislative activity. Sweden and Norway stagnated into happiness : and the remote realms of the AUTOCRAT presented, as they have done for a century and a half, a gradual and almost imperceptible preparation. Before the three days of February had arrived this was the position of the kingdoms of the Euro pean continent. Everywhere the genius of demo cracy was proving triumphant except in the frigid regions, of which St. Petersbargh, Vienna, and Copenhagen, are the capitals. Everywhere there were visible the antecedents of the great convulsion which is beginning even new to affect the various Govern. ments of Europe. How those Governments are being affected we shall explain to-morrow. We have received a great many communications from various parts of the country, complaining in the strongest terms of improper detention of The Sun by the Post-office authorities. In some instances the covers have been forwarded to us, but unfortunately they give no clue by which the parties in fault may be discovered. That the detention is not owing merely to unforeseen accident may easily be judged, bfrcause it is invariably at the moat exciting periods, when intelligence of the most interesting character may fairly be expected, that such occurrences are most frequent. We have frequently communicated these complaints to the Secretary of the Post-office, and demanded that means should be taken to coun teract a practice so vexatious to our subscribers ; but, although our representations have invariably been received with courtesy, and answers have been re turned, promising that the subject matter thereof shall be attended to, no practical benefit has as yet re sulted therefrom, and day by day new accounts reach our office, either of the undue detention or total ab. straction of papers from the parties by whom they should have been received. Europe is already beginning to experience the effects of the third French Revolution. That is but natural—it was a necessity. Democracy could not prove victorious in Paris without exercising a pro found influence over th e diff eren t f orms o f govern ment in this hemisphere. Not merely was the esta blishment of a Republic by the Parisians an occur rence calculated to operate e ith er di rect l y or in directly upon the political constitutions of the conti nent, but a variety of coincident facts rendered that international sympathy inevitable. With the destruc tion of the monarchy of Lours PHILIPPE, the Charter of 1830 was destroyed ; with the destruction of the Charter, there was an end of the Treaties of 1815 ; with the destruction of those treaties the compact which had for nearly thirty-three years been regarded as the talisman of European peace was broken. Beyond all this it could not be overlooked that Frenchmen had not only repudiated all dynasties — the glorious dynasty of BONAPARTE, as well as the venerable dynasty of CAPET, and that faithless dynasty of the bourgeoisie, the dynasty of ORLEANS — but they had also jumbled the whole Legislature into a temporary chaos. The intolerable policy of GUILOT had already thrown the country into con fusion, but the revolt which caused the sudden anni hilation of his authority had made even that confusion worse confounded. Notwithstanding the exalted genius of the different members of the Provisional Government, notwithstanding the it unimpeachable probity, th e i r recogn i sed i ndependence, their in disputable courage, and their majestic and even sublime self-poss ess i on —i n spite of all this, beholding all this, recognizin g and acknowledging all this, it would be frivolous to pronounce the Republican 2flinistry recently installed in the Hotel de Ville as anything else but a Government of transition. From the extraordinary capacity evinced by several of those democratic leaders, we shall continue to be most We can most positively affirm that this grievance is not in any degree owing to any negligence or de fdult on our part. The utmost care is taken to have copies of our journal forwarded to all our subscribers who Post office, may a in y desire to receive them through the Post ample time for transmission by the earliest mail after publication. Not a single paper is delivered to the public in general, or sold over the counter at our office, until those required for our regular sub scribers have been set apart and dispatched from our premises. The fault must therefore rest either with the Metropolitan Post-office, or the local branches through which these copies pass before they are de livered to our provincial readers. And we cannot understand why precautions may not be introduced, by which the detection and punishment of the guilty parties may be obtained, and greater regularity insured for the future. There is no reason why newspapers should not be forwarded with as much certainty and dispatch as private letters. Yet it is notorious that such is not the case, and few persons, we believe, can be found in any part of the country who have not repeatedly been disappointed and de prived of their expected journal. This would pos sibly be avoided if the hour of departure from the office where posted was stamped upon every news • .... • it ft R . r \‘`2.,..._ ? i paper cover, as well as upon every letter. There ia- .• 4 1 .6 FRENCII REPUBLIC. no reason why this should not be done; a little ad- . —__........__.__ ditional trouble may certainly be entailed en the 'PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and authorities, but it would be as nothing in comparison to the safety which it would afford to the public of , . yes xrday ,Tl'.e Mon . tteur of yesterday publishes the following generally. A tax equal in amount to the postage of i ,4 sosre-zt ant circular from M. De LAMARTINE, the a single letter is levied upon every newspaper, which. t i I tarp sot Foreign Affairs, to the diplomatic agents of Secre must be paid before it can be issued from the press., The postal facilities that are given are the only r .nd the French Republic. It is a complete and most grounds upon which the charge can be justified , satisfactory explanation of the future foreign policy surely it is not too much to demand in return that of the great French Republic. every care and attention should be paid by the Post " CIRCULAR OF TUE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS office employes, that the property entru' sted to TO THE DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE FRENCH their hands should not be mislaid, or kept from those REPUBLIC. for whom it was intended. Soinethi.ng- must " Sir—You know the events of Paris, the victory speedily be done. The nuisance has 'become per- of the people, its heroism, its moderation, its pacifica fectly intolerable. If the parties entrusted with the tion, the order re-established by the concurrence of arran ements for the transmission of the mails cannot the whole of the citizens, as if, in that interregnum of g the visible powers, the reason of the public were alone introduce some better system, an appeal should be the Government of France. made to the Legislature to render the department " The French Revolution has thus entered into its more effective. The point i 4 one in which the definitive period. France is Republican. The French periodical press should cordially co-operate to procure 1 Republic has no occasion to be acknowled in order a reform, as their interests, and those of the public, to exist. By natural law as well as by the law of nations it exists—it is the will of a great people, are materially affected thereby. We trust thut this which does not demand its title but from itself. publio notice may at least produce some attempt to Nevertheless, the French Republic, desiring to enter remedy the acknowledged evil. into the family of governments instituted as regular powers, and not as a phenomenon coming to disturb the order of Europe, it is proper that you promptly snake known to the Government to which you are accredited the principles and tendencies which will henceforth direct the foreign policy of the French Government. "The proclamation of the French Republic is not an act of aggression against any form of government in the world. The forms of government have diversities as legitimate as the forms of character, the geographical situation, the intellectual, moral, and material development of nations. Nations, like individuals, have different ages. The principles which govern them have successive phases—monar chical, aristocratical, constitutional, republican go vernments, are the expressions of the different degrees of the maturity of the genius of the different nations. They demand more liberty in proportion as they feel themselves capable of supporting more. They demand more equality and democracy in proportion as they are the more inspired with the feeling of justice and love for the people. It is a question of time. A nation goes astray in outrunning the hour of that maturity, as it dis honours itself in allowing it to escape without seiz• ing upon it. The monarchy and the republic are not, in the eyes of true statesmen, absolute princi ples which are enatnies to the death ; they are facts which are contrasted to each other, and which can live face to face, while they understand and respect each other. " War, then, is not the principle of the French Republic, as it became the fatal and glorious neces sity of the Republic in 1792. Between 1792 and 1848 there is half a century. To return, after a lapse of half a century, to the principles of 1792, or to the principle of ccnquest and of em pire, would not be to advance, it would be to retrograde w ith the advance of time. The revolution of yesterday is a step in advance, and not one back wards The world and ourselves wish to march to fraternity and peace. "If the situation of the Republic in 1792 ex plained the war, the differences which exist between that period of our history and that in which we live explains the peace. Apply yourself to the under standing of these differences and explain them to those around you. "In 1792 the nation was not one. Two nations (peoples) existed on the same soil. A terrible strug gle still prolonged itself between the classes dispos sessed of their privileges and the classes who kad just succeeded in achieving equality and liberty. The classes dispossessed united themselves with the cap tive royalty and with jealous foreigners to deny its revolution in France, and to re-impose upon it the Monarchy, the aristucracy, and the theocracy by in vasion. At the present day there are no longer any distinctions and inequality of classes. Liberty has freed all. Equality before the law has levelled every thing. Fraternity, of which we proclaim the appli cation, and of which the National Assembly is to or ganize the benefits, is about to unite all. There is not a single citizen in France, to whatever opinion he may belong, who does not rally to the principle of the country before everything else, and who does not render, by that very union, all attempts impregnable to the attempt and to the fears of invasion. " In 1792 it was not the entire population who entered into possession of the Government. It was the middle classes only who wished to exercise liberty and to enjoy it. The triumph of the middle class at that time was egoistical, as the trjumph of every oligarchy must be. It wished to retain for itself the rights achieved for all. It was necessary for it to operate a strong diversion against the ad vance of the people by precipitating it (the people) on the field of battle, in order to prevent it from entering into the service of its own Government. This diver sion was the war. War was the idea of the Monar ehians and Girondins. It was not the idea of the most advanced democratics, who wished like us the sincere regards and the complete reign of the people itself, comprising in that name all classes without exclusion or preference, as the nation is composed. " In 1792 the people was only the instrument of the Revolution. To-day the Revolution is made by the people and for the people. The people is itself the Revolution. In entering into it, it carries into it its new necessities of labour, of industry, of in struction, of agriculture, of commerce, of morality, of prosperity, of property, of cheap living, of navigation, and, in short, of civilisation, which are all the necessities of peace. The people and peace are but one woid. "In 1792 the ideas of France and of Europe were unprepared to comprehend and to accept the great harmony of nations among each other to the benefit of the human race. The idea of the age which was closing was only in the heads of some philosophers. Philosophy at the present day is popu lar. Fifty years of liberty of thinking, of speaking, and of writing, have produced their result. Books, journals, and the tribune, have acted as the apostles of European intelligence. Reason spreading every where, and overstepping the frontiers of nations, has created that intellectual nationality which will be the achievement of the French Revolution, and the constitution of international fraternity all over the globe. " In short, in 1792 liberty was a novelty, equality was a scandal, and the Republic was a problem. The title of nations, which had only just been discovered by Fenelon, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, was so com pletely forgotten, buried, profaned by old feudal dynastic and sacerdotal traditions, that the most legitimate intervention of the people in its affairs ap peared a monstrosity to the statesmen of the old school. Democracy made the monarchs, and at the same time the founs!atious of society tremble. To day thrones and the people are accustomed to the word, to the forms, and to the regular agitations of liberty, exercised in nearly different proportions in all states, and even in monarchies. They will ac custom themselves to the Republic, which is its com plete form in all the ripest of nations. They will re cognise that there is a conservative liberty. They will acknowledge that there may be in the Republic not only better order, but that there may be more real order in that government of all for all, than in the government of the few for the few. " But besides these disinterested considerations, the sole interest of the consolidation and the duration of the Republic would inspire in the statesmen of France the thoughts of peace. It is not the country that runs the greatest danger in the war ; it is the liberty. War is almost always a dictatorship. Sol diers forget ins itutions for men. Thrones tempt the ambitious. Glory dazzles patriotism. The prestige of a glorious name veils the attack upon the sovereignty of the nation. The Republic desires glory, without doubt, but it wishes for it for itself, and not for Caesars or Napoleons. "Do not deceive yourselves, nevertheless. Those ideas which the Provisional Government charges you to present to the powers as a pledge of European safety, have not for their object to obtain forgiveness to the Republic for having bad the boldness to create itself, and still less to ask humbly the place of a great 1 right and a great people in Europe. They have a more noble object : to make sovereigns and nations reflect, and not to allow them to deceive themselves involuntarily as to the character of our revolution; to give its true light and its just character to the event; in short, to give pledges to humanity before giving them to our right, and to our honour, if they should be unacknowledged or threatened. " The French Republic will, then, not make war on any one. It has no occasion to say that, if condi tions of war are laid down to the French people it will accept them. The thoughts of the men who at the present moment govern France are these :—lt will be fortunate for France if war be declared against it, and if it be constrainedethus to increase in strength and in glory, in spite of its moderation. It will be a terrible responsibility for France, if the Republic itself declares war without being provoked to it. In the first case, its martial genius, its impatience of action, its strength accumulated during so many years of peace, will render it invincible within its own ter ritory, and redoubtable perhaps beyond its frontiers. In the second case, it would turn against itself the recollection of its conquests, which diminish the affec tion of nations, and it would compromise the first and most universal alliance, the spirit of nations and the genius of civilization. " According to these principles, Sir, which are the upon yourself the fellowing cool principles of F ranc e—principles she can pre sentfrienthwitahodutitmpr foearts,sermi asenNi e es—you will have the w i t h ou t suspicion, to her goodness to n declarations:.. . The canton of Neufchatd, in Switz.!rland, has just thrown off the yoI4P of the King of rat:SilA, and has named a Provisional Government. A letter from Carlsruhe, of the 29th ult., says : " At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Baden held this day, the Govern ment announced that it was about to present Bills for granting an entire freedom of the press, for arming the people, and for instituting trial by jury. The Bill on the freedom of the press has been a long time drawn up. The law on criminal trials is so con structed that nothing more is necessary than to in troduce the trial by jury, without any other essential changes. The arming of the citizens is commenced, and some of them already guard several posts and one of the gates of the town. Muskets have been given out. The defence of the city will soon be complete. A general enthusiasm prevails. At a late meeting at the Hotel de Ville, cheers were given in honour of the GRAND DUKE. Seven persona were arrested last night, but they are said not to Wong to the town. They had been watched several days at tempting to disturb public order. This evening patrols of citizens are paradirg the streets." The Prussian Uniimrsal Guze:le declares that Prussia will not interfer.? with France, but will re main upon the watch. The Prussian Government has sent a note to all the German Governments re commending them to put their co_tingents upon the war footing. The King of Pitussii has recalled his Ambassador (Baron AENIM) from Paris, leaving Baron lIATFELD as Charge d'Affaires. The Duke of HESSE CUSEL has been expelled from his dominions, and hl3 chateau has been burned. The Duke of NASSAU has fled, and the Grand Duke of BADEN has given a constitution. Great agitation prevails at Mayence, Saar-Bruck and Saar Louis. The King cf WURTEMBURCI has accorded to his pe'ple the liberty of the press. The Augsburg Gazette states that two additional regiments of Chasseurs and two battalions of Croa tians have been ordered by the Emperor of AUSTRIA to march into Lombardy. The whole number of Austrian troops on the frontier of I'ely is upwards of 100,000 and 600 pieces of artillery. A letter from Posen of February 24, in the Journal de Frankfort, states that the Russian Go vernment was concentrating considerable forces on the frontier of Austria, and that Prince PACKS WITSCII was to command them ; the whole body will consist of sixty thousand men. Part of them had, the letters state, already arrived at their des tination. The German Diet has been convoked at Frankfort, to meet immediately. Eighty thousand men are to be immediately re cruited in Austria. - Archduke John of AUSTRIA has taken the command of the division in Styria. Madrid papers of the 27th and 28th ult. have ar rived. The intelligence of the abdication of Louts PIII• LIPPR was known in Madrid on the 27th, although the Ministry in the early part of the day pretended that the state of the atmosphere was such that they could not rely on the information conveyed by tele. graph. The Eco del Comercio, however, announced the fact, but not until the Ministerial speculators had had time to conclude some most profitable bargains on the Stock Exchange. In the Chamber of Deputies the Minister for Foreign Affairs, on being ques tioned on the subject, admitted that grave events had occurred in Paris. Queen CHRISTINA was so affected that she was twice bled. She sent for CORTINA to endeavour to form some new Ministerial combinations, but he refused to un dertake the task. She then dispatched the Duke of AHIMADA to Paris, with an urgent request to the Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER to proceed at once to Madrid. On the news of the establishment of the French Republic being received, the Afrance sados were in a perfect ►tate of consternation. " What is to become of the unhappy woman CHRIS TINA ?" was asked by those who had heretofore been her staunchest supporters. She herself, meanwhile, was making most active preparations for immediate flight. A Council of Ministers was held, and NARVAER proceeded to the Chambers to demand a suspension of all constitutional guarantees, and a large increase to the army. A large army will, it is said, be imme diately a3sembled on the French frontier. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 28.—The Three per Cents. have fallen as low as 25, at which price they wet.r done to- day. This is a decline of nearly 5 per cent. since yesterday. THE WEST INDIAN MAIL. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Clyde, W. Symonds commander, arrived st South ampton this morning, bringing the West India mails. The mails came in charge of Lieutenant Percival. Her dates are—Nicaragua, Jan. 27; Chagres, Jan. 28 ; Charthagena, 31 ; Santa Martha, Jan. 19 ; St. Jago, Feb. 4 ; Jamaica, Feb. 7 ; Jacmel, Feb. 9 , Puerto Rico, Feb. 11 ; Demerara, Feb. 5; Tobago; Feb. 7 ; Trinidad, Feb. 7 ; Barbadoes, Feb. 10 ; Grenada, Feb. 7; St. Vincent, Feb. 10; St. Lucia, Feb. 10 ; Martinique, Feb. 11 ; Dominica, Feb. 11 ; Guadaloupe, Feb. 11 ; Antigua, Feb. 12 ; Montserrat, Feb. 12 ; .Nevis, Feb. 12 ; St. Kitts, Feb. 12 ; Tortola, Feb. 13; St. Thomas, Feb. 14; Fayal, Feb. 27. She brings on freight 530,000 dollars on merchants' account; platina, value 5001.; 149 casks of coffee, 3 bales of tobacco, 157 bales of sarsaparilla 45 serons of indigo; precious stones, value 1,6001. ; 297 packages of sundries, and 50 passengers. This steamer encountered stormy weather on the passage home. From the advises brought by her we learn that the West Indian islands were generally healthy, and the weather seasonable. The political intelligence is important and interest ing. A revolution had taken place on the 24th of January at Caraccas, the capital of Venezuela, where the Congress was in session. A violent debate oc curred, and a tumult arose in the Chamber of Depu ties, in which five members were killed. Some fighting afterwards took place in the city, which ended about nine in the evening ; but fresh outbreaks were expected. The commercial alvices by this arrival are impor tant. The trade of the British West India co!ooies is represented to be in a sad state of depression, and shippers are recommended to use the utmost caution in sending supplies of goods. DEATH OP SAM VALE —At eleven o'clock on Fri day morning, " Sam Yale," who for many years was a must popular comic actor at the Surrey, hadler's and other metropolitan theatres, died at his residence in lientiingtOn•lane. "Sam" had retired from the stage tir the last two or three years, and was enjoying his churn cunt dignitute. It seems that ho had been '• bre.:.k ing up" latterly, but his demise was sudden, fur he was out a day or two before his death. He was fifty years of age the 3d of October. FUNERAL OF THE LATE TOM COOK E.—The remains of the late Mr. T. Cooke were dep-sited in the green Cemetery on Saturday, attended by only a low relatives. Several of the musical profession were anxious to pay a tribute of respect to hi. memory, which, how ever, was respectfully declined, as the deceased had expressed u wish that his funeral should be as private as possible. APPOINTMENTS —Mr. Kindersley, Q.C., the emi nent Chancery barrister, will Int the new Master in Chancery, in place of Sir Griffin Wilson, resigns d. Colonel Herman is appointr.cl Vice Consul of Great Bri tain at Bengazi in Tripoli, in place of Mr. F. H. Gilbert, promoted to be her liitjesty'e Consul at Alexandria. NI WM MARC i 0, Mt " The treaties of 1815 exist no longer as law in the eyes of the French Republic ; nevertheless, the ter ritorial circumscriptions of these treaties are a fact which it admits as a basis, and as a point de depart in its relations with other nations. " But if the treaties of 1815 do not exist any longer excepting as facts to modify a common under standing, and if the Republic declares openly that its right and its mission is to arrive regularly and pacifically at those modifications, the good sense, the moderation, the conscience, the prudence of the Republic exist, and are for Europe a better and more honourable guarantee than the letter of those treaties, so often violated and modified by Europe itself. " Endeavour, Sir, to make this emancipation of the Republic from the treaties of 1815 be clearly under stood, and try to show that that freedom has nothing in it which is irreconcilable with the repose of Europe. _ " Thus we declare it openly. If the hour of the reconstruction of some nationalities, oppressed in Europe or elsewhere, should appear to us to have sounded in the decrees of Providence, if Switzerland, our faithful ally since the time of Francis 1., were constrained or threatened in the advance which she is effecting in her Government, in order to lend additional strergth to the taciite of democratic Governments—if the independent states of Italy were invaded—if any limits or obstacles were im• posed on their internal transformations—if the right of alliance among themselves, in order to consolidate an Italian nation, were contested by main force—the French Republic would believe itself entitled to arm itself in order to protect these legitimate movements of the greatness and the nationality of states. "The Republic, you see, by its first step, repu diates the era of proscriptions and of dictations. She is decided never to veil liberty at home. She is equally decided never to veil its democratic principle abroad. She will never permit any one to interpose between the pacific radiation of its liberty and the regard of nations. She proclaims herself the intel• lectual and cordial ally of every right, of every pro gress, of every legitimate development of the institu tions of nations which wish to live on the same principle as herself. She will not endeavour any immoderate or incendiary propagandism amongst her neighbours. She knows that there is no durable freedom but that which grows cf itself on its own soil. But it will exercise by the light of its ideas, by the spectacle of order and of peace which it hopes to give to the world, the sole and honest proselytism of esteem and of sympathy. That is not war, it is nature. That is not the agitation of Europe, it is life. That is not to embroil the world, it is to shine from its place on the horizon of nations, to advance them and to guide thein at the same time. We desire, for humanity, that the peace be preserved. We even hope it. One only citiestion of war was mooted, a year ago, between England and France. It was not Republican France which started that question of war • it was the dynasty. The dynasty carries away with it that danger of war which it had given rise to for Europe by the entirely personal am bition of its family alliances in Spain. Thus that domestic policy of the fallen dynasty which weighed for seventeen years on our national dignity, weighed at the same time by its pretentious to another crown at Madrid on our liberal alliances and on peace. The Re public has no ambition. t The Republic has no nepotism. It inherits not the pretensions of a fa mily. Let Spain govern itself, let Spain be inde pendent and free. France, for the solidity of this natural alliance, counts more on the conformity of principles than on the successions of the house of Bourbon ! " Such is, Sir, the spirit of the councils of the Republic. Such will invariably be the character of the policy, frank, firm and moderate, which you will have to represent. " The Republic has pronounced at its birth, and in the midst of the heat of contest not provoked by the people, three words which have revealed its soul, and which will call down on its cradle the blessings of God and men : Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. She gave immediately thereafter, by the abolition of the punishment of death for political offences, the true commentary of those three words at home ; do you also give them their true commen tary abroad. The sense of these three words applied to our external relations is this : the breakiug by France of the chains which weighed on its principle and on its dignity ; the recovery of the rank which it ought to occupy in the scale of the great European Powers; in fine, the declaration of alliance and amity to all nations. If France feels conscientiously its part in the mission of freedom and civilization in the present age, there is not one of those words which signifies war. If Europa is prudent and just, there is not one of those words which does not signify peace. "Receive, Sir, the assurance of my high esteem. (Signed) " LAMARTINE, "Member of the Provisional Government of the Republic, and Minister of Foreign Affairs. " Paris March 2, 1848." The Whole passport system has been abolished throughout the Republic. On Saturday the members of the Provisional Government met to determine on the plan for con voking a National Assembly. The Monilear of the next day published the following announcement on this subject:— " The Provisional Government of the Republic, in its sitting of last evening, the 4th of March, has fixed the convocation of the Electoral Assemblies for the 9th of April next, and the meeting of the Constitu tional National Assembly for the 20th of April. "During the same sitting the Government adopted as the general principles of the decree which it is about to issue,— __ "1. That the National Assembly shall decree the constitution. "2. That the election shall have the population for ita basis. "3. That the representatives of the people shal amount to 900 in number. 4. That the suffrage shall be direct and uni versal, without any limitation as to property. "5. That all Frenchmen of the age of 21 years shall be electors, and that all Frenchmen of 25 years of age shall be eligible. "6. That the ballot shall be secret " The same number of the Moniteur also publishes the following decree : " FRENCH REPUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government decrees : A Commission of national recompenses is estab lished. " It appoints Citisen Albert, one of its members, President of the Commission, which will sit at the Mansion-house of Paris. " Done at Paris, March 1, 1848. " The members of the Provisional Government— " DUPONT (De l'Eure). " LAMAR " CREMIEUX. " GARNIEE-PAGES. " MARIE. " MARCAST. " LOUIS-BLANC. " ALURT. " FLOCO N. " LEDRU-ROLLIN. " ARAGO." The Moniteur announces that the Minister of Finance has determined that from the 4th instant, and until further orders, the interest on Treasury Bonds at five months' date shall be fixed at 41 per cent., and on those at six months' date and upwards at 5 per cent. At Rouen and Honfleur there had been some rioting, but order was speedily restored. To Rouen belongs the unenviable notoriety of being the only city in the French Republic in which foreigners have been annoyed or insulted. The English and German workmen employed on the railroads have been at tacked, insulted, and, in many instances, driven from their work. The Duchess of OaLuau has arrived at Dusseldorf. The intelligence of the safe arrival of Louis PHI LIPPE in England had been received with satisfac tion by persons of every party. In fact, the ex-KING was never in any great personal danger, and had he chosen to travel openly, and without disguise, the probability is that no attempt would have been made to arrest or to annoy him. _ _ Nothing could exceed the order, the solemnity, and the pomp with which the funeral of the victims was conducted on Friday. The procession was formed at the Hotel de Ville, and proceeded from thence to the Madeleine, the ex terior of which was hung with black, and between the pillars were placed laurel crowns and wreaths of immertelks. Over the grand entrance, which was also similarly ornamented, was to be seen the inscrip tion of " AUX CITOYENS MORTS POV LA LIBERTE." Immense tricoloured flags floated from the centre point and sides of the architrave, smaller ones were disposed below in various places. The whole of the steps and galleries under the pillars were crowded with spectators. When the procession arrived at the church, the principal personages alone were permitted to enter; the friends and relatives of the victims had promi nent places assigned them, and the number of general officers present was altogether extraordiLary. The funeral service was performed with great pomp, the hymns, in particular, being sung most impressively. When all was over the various parties pruccerled to take their places in the corMge. The appearance of the Boulevards was mot extra ordinary. Along the whole distance from t!:e Eastile to the Madeleine (nearly three miles) the line of march was hung on both sides with tri-coloured dra peries, connected together by means of posts, bear'ng shields of black cloth, on which were inscribed the words— RE:iPECT AUX MANES VICTIMES DES DES 22, 23, AND 24 FEVRIER." Tri-coloured flags were floating from the public buildings and many private houses. At the end of every street leading to the Boule vards lines of National Guards prevented the pas sage of vehicles of every description, and when their own turn came to take part in the procession, they gave the word, the people opened their dense mass, as it by magic, and the vacant place in the corlese was occupied. About one o'clock the funeral ceremony at the Madeleine had concluded, and the procession began to move. A vast body of mounted National Guards led the van, with band at head and tri-coloured ban ner flying. The drums and trumpets were all covered with crape, and crape streamers were at tached to every flag staff used in the ceremony. Alter the above-named body came a squadron of the horse National Guard, a squadron of dragoons, and a squadron of cuirassiers each of these bodies played marches or the heroic airs of the day the masters of the ceremonies of the Pompes Funebres, the hands of the first six legions of the National Guard, headed by their drums, a company of the first and second battalion s of each legion, composed of National Guards in uniform and not in uniform, commanded by the colonel, and between each legion a company of infantry of the army. After these came the Or pheonists, a musical body, taught to sing in masses by the methode Wilhem ; they bore a banner with their name inscribed, and were followed by another with a flag bearing the words " Societe Musicale." Both of these parties sang occasionally during the course of their passage, and the effect was admirable. Next came the employes of the different railways, with flags. After them came the clergy of the Madeleine in -six mourning carriages, preceding six ,hearses, each containing several bodies of the victims. Immense faisceaux of tri- colored flags were displayed from each corner, and the cords from the four corners of the bier were held each by a National Guard. From each hearse floated a flag bearing the words Victimes de Fe crier." As this part of the cortege passed every head was uncovered, and the deepest silence was observed. A body of National Guards followed, and after them came a cabriolet drawn by a white horse, and bearing a flag with the inscription Victimes Politiques In the vehicle were seated two m'n, both evidently in bad health. One was said to be BARBEE, and the other a man naroed HUBERT. The former was an uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness and suffering. Behind the cabriolet followed about ten or a dozen men of various ages, all coming under the same category of political victims. No group throughout the day attracted so much attention as this. After them came a large body of National Guards, with immortelles at the end of their muskets ; then the representatives of the various trades and callings. Then came the municipalities of the arron dissements, preceded by the families of the victims, men, women, and children. Then advanced the judges and other heads of the various law tribunals in their black robes and red caps; then next the medical body ; the freemasons, with a variety of banners symbolical of their craft; the staff of the National Guard, of the Ist military division, and of the Place ; a company of the 3d and 4th battalions of each legion, composed of National Guards, com manded by the Lieutenant-Colonel, and a company of infantry of the army between each legion. After these came a part of the procession which excited universal interest—namely, the schools. They consisted of the pupils of the Polytechnic establish• ment, of St. Cyr, of the Marine, and the schools of Medicine and of Law ; the two last out of uniform. After these came along such of the wounded as could bear the fatigue of the day ; they were all, without exception, young men. They were followed by the triumphal car of liberty, drawn by eight white horses. It was a lofty vehicle, perhaps fifteen to twenty feet high, divided into several compart ments, placed on each other, and the whole sur mounted with a gilt hand, holding the index and second finger erect, and the rest closed. The lower part of the car was covered with crimson velvet, ornamented with gold, and bearing wreaths of laurel at the corners. Immense tri-coloured flags were hung out from each corner, and the centre compartment bore the word Patric.. Laurel was profusely dis tributed over every part of the vehicle, as well as on the harness at the horses' heads. The housings which the latter bore were of crimson velvet and gold to match the car. After this came a large body of mounted National Guards ; then a number of troops of the line, the horse artillery, the Fonts. et-Ciaaus sees, and at last the Provisional Government and the Ministers, preceded and followed by the fasces of the Republic. This part of the procession was most anxiously regarded, but nothing could be more simple than their appearance. M. GARNIER PAGES, in his quality of Mayor of Paris, and some of the other gentlemen, wore a tricoloured scarf, but the rest were without any distinctive mark. A squadron of the Horse National Guard and a squadron of cavalry of the army closed the procession. The National Guard which formed the line at each side, in the centre of the Boulevard from the Madeline to the Place de la Bastile, placed itself at the end of the procession, according as its turn came on. The whole time occupied by the passing of this immense cortege was within a few minutes of three hours. When the procession arrived at th Bastile the troops filed off to each side, and the ceremony of depositing the remains of the victims of February by the side of those of the victims of July, under the 'column of the Place, took place. Several orations were made by the members of the Provisional Go vernment and others, which concluded the ceremony. Not the least disorder occurred during the whole day. The Minister of the Interior has sent an order to the director of the museum of the Louvre for the opening of the exhibition of 1848 within a fortnight. All works sent in this year are to be received without exception. All the artists are to assemble at the Ecole des Beaux Arts on the sth, at twelve o'clock, to name a commission of forty members, viz., fifteen painters, eleven sculptors, five engravers, five archi tects, and four lithographers, to assist the directors of the museum in placing the works to be exhibited. The Moniteur publishes another decree, which will be read with universal satisfaction in England. Slavery is to be abolished at once. The following is , the decree : "FRENCH REPUBLIC. "LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government of the Republic, considering that no French land should any longer bear slaves, " Decrees..— "A commission is instituted under the Provisional Minister of Colonies and the Marine, to prepare, within the shortest delay, the Act for the immediate emancipation of the slaves in all the colonies of the Republic. " F. ARAGO. "Pari, , , March 4." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. illaucH 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Namur and Liege, 4:11 ex int. Northern of France, 5 1 4—Paris and Lyons, 2%—Sambre and Meuse, 6. FEARFUL CONFLICT AT TIIE FEEJEE ISLANDS.— EIGHT HUNDRED KILLED.—By the arrival of the Sydney mail we are informed of a most severe battle having taken place on the 4th September, at the Fetjee Islands, between the chiefs and the people of Albau and Rena, in which the latter were .defeated, but escaped with a number of their adherents to Juva harbour, abtiut seven miles west of Rena Roads, where they intended to settle, all the habitations of Rena being burnt to the ground by the chiefs of Albau. The number slain on both sides amounted to upwards of eight hundred, the bodies of whom still remained exposed there. Fortu nately for the missionaries, the scene of warfare occurred at some distance from their location. _ __ .... We are informed that the Emperor of Russia is serionsl7 indisposed.; _. , . ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LYME REGIS. The Lyme Regis Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Lurd Ashley in the chair. The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the following resolution, with respect to the point raised on Friday, in reference to the legality of the petition:—Resolved unanimously, that the Coo' mittee having seri"usly deliberated on the eorroPi relation existing between Mr. Attwood and she voters, whose names appear upon the petitios• and having ascertained that Mr. Attwood woe virtually the petitioner in this case, they hare considered the propriety of stopping the further progress of the petition, but have resolved unanimooli that, under the existing law, the Committee have not the necessary power to do so. Resolved unanimous l l that, in entering on the case of scrutiny, the Committee will first proceed to strike out the votes of those partie s against whom it has been proved, or shall be proved, that they have received loans from Mr. Attwood. The Committee then adjourned fora short time, to enable counsel to ch , cide what course they would adept in reference to the scrutiny. BEWDLEY. The Select Committee upon the Bewdley Election Committee reatsembled at the usual time this morning , Mr. Wrightson in the chair. St.veral witnesses were examined in support of ill allerations contained in the petition of treating all ° bribery. CARLISLE. The Carlisle Election Committee re. assembled ail morning; Mr. Divett in the chair. One additional witness was examined, which closed the evidence for the sitting Member. Mr. JAMES then summed up. Mr. S rgeant WRANGHA.M was about to reply, but WO interrupted by The CHAIRMAN, who stated that the Committee wet. unanimously of opinion that the election was void, but that Mr. Ilodgson was not disqualified from again be coming a Member. _ _ Mr. — Svrgentit WRANGRAM submitted that Mr, flodr son ought to be disqualified, or they would never be able to put down this ungracious system of bribery and treating. In fact, it Mr. Hodgson were not disqualified, the Committee would put him in , a position to go down to Carlisle, and take advantage of the illegal expendi• ture which had already taken place. ABOLITION of the INCOME-TAX. (THIS DAY.) TIIE PROPOSED MEETING IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE DECLARED ILLEGAL BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE. A meeting was called for one o'clock today, by Mr. Charles Cochrane, in Trafalgar-square, to consider the best means to be adopted to obtain the immediate and total repeal of the income•tax. Long before that hour the steps of the National Gallery, the raised platforms , the balustrades, and the body of the square were crowded by respectably dressed persons, the majority of whom were working men. In the square itself * gang of ruffians, who could easily be distinguished from the sober and industrious portion of the throng, amused themselves by insulting some of the more respectable portion by knocking their hats over their brows, plucke ing them off their h ea d s , an d toss i ng them, a midst boisterous laughter, into the air. The rushing too and fro of this knot of blackguards was rather irksome. A tight or two occurred. At length a respectable-looking young man, whose hat was knocked over his head by one et these scoundrels, turned upon his assailants, who forced him to retreat at a violent rate towards one of the basins; he, however, struck at them, and some respect' able persons joining him and keeping their ground, their amusements were in a measure brought to a close. Alto* ge:her there were about 500 persons present. Shortly' before the appointed hour Superintendent Pierce and Dr , spector artin walked through the square and round it, and the next minute a number of policemen, without the usual band on their arms which denotes that they are on duty, appeared at different parts of die square. Immediately after several men presented themselves, carrying the following placard :—" The Coanelisioners of Police having de- (flared that the public meeting to be held this day its Trafalgar-square, against the income-tax, is illegal, Mr. Cochrane respectfully, but earnestly, requests the publis will not congregate or remain in the square, but return quietly and orderly to their homes. He deeply regrets. , in consequence of the decision of the Commissioner', he has put the public to so much unnecessary income venience.— Monday morning, March 6, 1848." The writer of the placard did not present himself, and many of the people went .away at this intimation; but the aggregate number of the throng continued to increase rather than diminish, in consequence of large numbers of persons flocking towards the spot in the expectation that the meeting would take place as ati• nounced. A working man at this period got upon the balustrade of the terrace. The crowd flocked towards the spot. The man said," Brethren, members of the great human/ family," and the crowd composed itself and prepared tae hear him steak. He did not however address them, but produced a placard headed " The Revolution in France; and attc r stating that the " sceptre had fallen out of the bawds of 1.3 ranny in France," implored them to attend an open air meeting on Cterkenwell•green this evening. at five o'clock, to take into consideration the best means to be adopt&d to obtain the passing of the " Charter." Mr. U. W. M. REINOLDS then presented himself at the same part, and suggested, as Mr. Cochrane had not appeared, in coresequence of au intimation from theCom w.ssioners of Police that the meeting would be an illegal one, that those who had assembled should form them• selves into a inceting to congratulate the Parisians who had achieved so great and glorious a victory over tyranny and oppression. Thtiuppyarunce of both of these persona brought pariial cheers from the crowd, who seemed rather Iwo wailed at their hurdiliood. At this point not less than 10,000 or 12,000 Person were pie,,,ent. Mr: REYNOLDS, adverting to the purpose for which the first meeting had been called, declared the income tax to be pern►cious, and that nothing should be left undone to abolish it altogether. If no one would preside he would do so. The offer was received with great de• monstrations of applause. Several other persons, whose names we could not learn, addressed the meeting in favour of the Charter, against the income-tax, and in eulogy of the recent pro• ct,edirigs in Paris. Resolutions were then passed to the effect that the income-tax ought. to be abolished at once; and the com mittee was directed to write to Sir George Grey, ex pressing the opinion of the meeting, and calling upon the Ministers if they did not consent to repeal the fa% to resign. Time cheers were then given for the people of France, and the meeting separated. Mr. REYNOLDS, who is the author of the " My& teties of London," and several other works • then proceeded down the Strand, followed by some two or three hundred persons, whom he exhorted to commit no act of violet:4m, crying out "Bravo Reynolds." They followed him to his residence, in Upper Welling• toa-street, from the balcony of which he addressed then' for some time. The meeting in Trafalgar square separated on the understanding that a " monster' meeting should be held at twelve o'clock on Monday next, on Kennington.. Common. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—An inquest took plea on Saturday, before Mr. Bedford, the coroner for West minster, at the Charing-cross Hospital, respecting the death of a respectably-dressed female, whose death took place under the following circumstances:—A young woman, servant at 110, St. Martin's-lane, stated that on Tuesday night she saw the deceased sitting on the steps of the door, and, finding that she was in a weakened do• beat° state, she got the policeman to take her to the Charing-cress Hospital. She had previously informed the witness that she had a son living in the neighbour hood of Chelsi a. Mr. Steggles, the house surg e o n o f the hospital, stated th a t h e saw the deceased on her adage. shin, and she appeared dead, but as he considered it might be a ease of suspended animation, arising from wet and cold, he directed her to be taken up stairs, so that every means should be used to restore life. When he saw her there, however, it was quite evident she was dead. He had since made a post martens examination of the body, and found that death was the result of great disc ase of the lungs. The Coroner asked if any inquiry had been made to find out who the deceased was? The sergeant of police stated that information had been sent to all the stations, but no clue had been obtained which could lead to the identity of the deceased. The jury returned a verdict of “ Natural death," and the Coroner r,commended that the body should be kept at the hos pital as long as possible, and that the clothes should be retained at the workhouse, in the hope that some of her friends would come forward. THE PORTSMOUTH MANAGER DONE BY THE LON' DONER.—A grand concert was given at the Theatre Royal last night, under the direction of a Mr. Vaudrey; the vocal performers being Miss Poole, Madame F. Lablache, Miss Messent, and Signor F. Lablache; the instrumentalists, Mr. Prospere (ophicleide), Mr. Kiall mark (pianoforte), and our fellow-townsman, Ur. J. B. Chattel ton, the eminent harpist to her Majesty. Aeon• cert embracing such a combination of vocal and instrue mental excellence as this we are seldom treated with. It afforded great delight to a full and fashionable company. A curious scene presented itself at the close of the aude• enco. It then appeared that a person of the name of Vaudrey (a nom de guerrc, by the way), had engaged the performers for one hundred guineas —they supposing they were engaged on the respectability of Mr. Hogg. the lessee of the th ea t re; M r. Hogg, on the other hand. supposed it was a joint professional enterprise of the Ti. sptetable artistes who had Brformed, and that Vaudrey was merely the man of business; the performers re quested of Mr. Hogg the amount of their engagement. and Mr. llogg requested of them the hire of his theatre —at all event}, Mr. Vaudrey was called for, but he was not forthec ming; he had carefully collected every shil ling received at the doors, and for the tickets sold, but had not left a clue to his whereabout. At present. therefore, Mr. Hogg and the performers have a sorry laugh against each other—in which they are joined by the printer and the bill-sticker, and even by the poor wretches employed all day in sweating under a large placarded board. Of course, however, it is only a joke on the part of Mr. Vaudrey, who intends to return to give his friends the jollification that he had generously promised to throw in to-day, into the bargain.—Bants Telegraph. , We have to announce the death of Major-General Aitchison, of the Bow bay Army, and Lieutenant-General Cleiland Thomas Pollock, also of the Ella India Com• pany's service.—United Service Gazette.