The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last - Night but One before Easter. The Nobility. Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pub lic are respectfully announced that an EXTII.I NIGHT will ttke place en THURSDentitled AY neat, April 13, when w il l b e p erformed, Do w. aetti ' s Opera , LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lacrezia, Mdlle. Soda Cruvelli ; Orsini, Mdlle. Schwar`z ; Gen naro. Signor Garaoni ; Gebetta, Signor Lionche ; and Alfonso, Signor • Lablache. _. A ft er which a Divertissement , in which lltille. Rosati and Mille. _ Dilute ragliolii will appear. To be followed by Selections from Verdi's Opera of NLNO. Abigail, Mdlle. Abbadla ; Feneua. Mdlle. Vera ; Signor Coletti ; Idaspe, Signor Cuzzani ; and Oratesphe, Signor Beletti. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la Reine des Elfrldes, Frincipal parts by Mdlle. Caroline Rosati, 3/Idlles. Esther A usnndon, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, Jenny, M. Louis Dor, M. Di Ma:ea NM. Venafra, Gouriet, and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. r lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. THALBERG. GRAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and 3IISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It le respectfully announced that on MoNDAir EVENING, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, &c., on which occasion M. ThAlberg will execute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Concerto in C minor • • • • • • . Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello .• Thaiberg, 4. " Lied or Ohne Worte" • • .. • • .. Mendelssohn. The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadollnt, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelll. Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Roach& Signor Cuzzani, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Weber, Spontini, &c. and include a Grand Trio for Three Ba sees, b y Meyerbeer—signori., Belletti, and Celetti. RI/nor Gardont, Signor Coletti, Conductor, 3f. Balfe. Prises of Admission. Mddlle Vera, EIL. ....... .............. Pit Stalls ............. •••• • •• •.. 2 and 3 guineas 10s. 6d. each. Pit Tickets Gallery Stalls Gallery Tickets Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concert to commence at Might o'clock. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. The public is respectfully informed that a gratuitous performance Will be given in a few days, by M. dullien (the lessee) and M. Dejean, the manager of the Equestrian Troupe (from the Cirque National De Paris) for the benefit of the Distressed Operatives and the British Artisans who have been recently compelled to leave France. Full particulars will be duly announced. Private Boxes may be bad at Julllen and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but Two before Easter. THIS EVENING will be performed Verdi's Opera, entitled I DUE FOSCARI. Lucretia, MAlie. Soils. Cruvelli ; Jacopa Foscari, Signor Cuzzani ; Loredano, Signor Bouche ; Barbarego, Signor Guidi ; and 11 Doge, Signor Coletti. To conzluclo with the highly successfUl Ballet, in Four Tableaux, entitled FIORIT A, et la Re-Me des Elfrides, T he music by Sig. Pugni ; the scenery by Mr. C. 3farshall ; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley and sir. Whales, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Prine Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at 6he Box office of tke Theatre. Prices of Admission —Boxes—Pit Tier, Five Guineas ; Grand Tier, Six Guineas ; One-pair, Five Guineas ; Two-pair, Four Guineas; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. Pit Tickets, of which a limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-office as usual, 108. 6d. each. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST WEEK, PREVIOUS TO THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Tins EVENING, A Change of Entertainments. —The Manege on trained Horses by 31dlls. Caroline and 3lathilde. New and Original Acts of Equita tion by Millis. Palmyre, Anato, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Dueos, Le petit Anato, &c. Scc.— Extraordinary Equestrian Per: formances— Novel and grotesque Pantomimic representations by,3131. Adolphe Frauconi, Loisset, Newsome, Wehle, Auriol, Leclair, Auriol, Ills, le petite Loisset, Bcc. Performance to commence at Eight. Second price, flali'-past Nine THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET. Under the Mannement of Mr. it. Webster, sole Lessee. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. Sir John Lambert, Mr. Tilbury; Dr, Cantwell, Mr. Farren ; Colonel Lam bert, Mr. H. Farrell; Mawworm, Mr. Keeley; Old Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Glover; Charlotte, Mrs. N shell. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fortescee. To conclude witk THE CABIY BOY. Btase Manager, Mr. Fatten; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-kook keeper. Bozos, 58. Pit, 35. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is. Doors open at lialf-past Six, Periormance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal ctiaractors oy Messrs. H. Hulihe., Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM ZERWEr.r To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span fah War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Man vard, Peal Legrand, C. J. Smith, 10:yen, Miss E. Harding, &c. Boxes,Gallery, Is. c; en at lien-pest Six, Performanc e to commence at Seven. - - FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Join Mitchell, 33, 0:d Bond-street. TO-3IORROW EVENING, Will be performed the amusing Vaudeville of LA. CHERCHEUSE D'ESPRIT. Principal characters by MM. Henri Aliz, Josset, Tou lillon, Madame St. A.nge, 31dlle. Marot, and Sldlle. Celestine. After which, an entirely new co medie-vaudeville, entitled LA DERRIERE CONQUETTE. Le Baron de larefettille, M. Lafont ; Helene, Madame Paul Ermst. To conclude with L E CHEVALIER DU GUET. T. Chevalier du Greet, M. Lafont ; Le de Tarlis M. Cartigny ; Le Vicomte Amedee de Lune!, 3/. Montaland ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Baptiste. Boxes. 68. ; Pit, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, as. • Gallery, 23 Boxes and Stalls may be obtain'd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, $3, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. 3ladclox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland-place. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of 3fUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINS. Don Pedro, Mr. J. Vining ; Don John, Mr. Norton ; Leosats, Mr. Gilbert ; Claudio, Mr. Conway: Benedick, Mr. Cooper; Antonio, Mr. Neville; Berachio, Mr. C. Fisher; Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Verges, Mr. B. Cowell ; Beatrice, Mrs. Barrett ; Hero, Miss Villarers. To be followed by the Musical Piece et " NO." Sir George Doubt ful, Mr. Bodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville ; Maria, Miss To conclude with the Farce of NIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Courtney, J. Vining, S. Cowell, C. Asher, Wynn, Pa:mer, Stacey ; M 195 Emma Stanley, Miss Pillars, Mrs. I c.sbroke, Miss Somers, and Miss Taylor. Dress Circle. Ss.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, le. THE THIRD EDITIONS OF ""THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR POST. Order s rece i ve d by aII OF .Newsmen, and at the Sun-o9ice, 112, Strand. WILATHER.—Stat UPFICE, APRIL 11. raERNoIIICTRIL, Lewest, 35 ; Highest, 48; Noon, 45. 29.1' 9.—Wnrn W.N.W.; fine. WATER AT LONDON-BR Morning 36 IDGE THIS DAY. nainntee after 7. I Even'ng .. 10 minutes after a . ~ ~ , - i %t• - ------ v. vie , 4'S AOli lO im pii. , ...!... e •---. ,---,--, z -Am.- - 'I. • ~..f r z.,- -; ,. _ cs ,!...,,,, --,- '-- ....i.._.., -te v 1 / 4 .- ..,,.' of fi, . , i„t4 , 0•14.Ai , , `!:,,, , ,,e,',..".. : , 0 ' t. tivning 2'1111; LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL il, 1848. Yesterday was a day worthy of perpetual remem brance—not as the epoch of a Revolution, but as the occasion of a demonstration, a spontaneous and popular demonstration, of allegiance to the Govern ment, and of devotion to the Constitution of Great Britain. It becomes our bounden duty to express our acknowledgments to the Hon. Gentleman the representative of Nottingham for having, however unintentionally, provoked this ebullition of loyal and Patriotic enthusiasm. If the Chartist agitation has been Productive of no other advantage, it has certainly elicited icited from the inh a bit an t s o f our me tropolis tokens affection f or the political institutions of Great Britain such a s permanent must afford an universal and satisfaction. yesterday While we were writing an extraordinary movement was going forward throughout making in all directions for Preparations were for the maintenance of order and the w:ervation of tranquillity. A defensive system deliberately organized both by the civil and rnili:arwyerauthorities. Most of garrisoned. Sand the principal public offices aallramparts bags were heaped up into artificei roof of the Bank to enable the upon the Troops were comparative safety and precision° soldiers to fire with ac cumulated in rather formidable nu . mb A ers in the neigh bourhood of the Royal Exchange. before, the Court had judicio few evenings ev e c n he h v a a ve the ortoceeded to Os borne House, so that treason could not satisfaction of peeping at royalty over the de frieze of Buckingham Palace. Shop-windowsux\ barricaded by their customary shutters, and'''ecrie vilians paraded the different streets bearing the staves and wearing the armlets of the special constabulary. Occasionally an adventurous omnibus or a speculative cab straggled along the principal thoroughfares--but otherw!se the carriage ways were unobstructed, and gave ample space to the more in quisitive pedestrians. Citywards, and in the direc tion of Westminster, the capital presented the ap. pearance of a place stricken either by plague, panic, or bombardment. And all this commotion arose from the proposition of a Monster Procession in favour of Chartism—a procession which was to be the bearer of a petition, signed by 5,706,000 persons, from Kennington-common to the very doors of Parliament. In ordinary times we doubt not but that the delegates of the National Con vention would hare been permitted to carry their whim into execution, inconvenient as such a demonstration must inevitably have been to the more peaceable shopkeepers of the metropolis. At such an extraordinary juncture as the present it is not surprising, however, that the Government should have at once resolved to prevent a proceeding so imminently perilous, and that the loyal civilians of Middlesex should simultaneously have determined to co-operate themselves with the laudable exertions of the Executive. A 3 was explicitly shown in the first prohibitive proclamation issued by the Police Commissioners of Scotland-yard, the propcsed move ment on the part of the associates of Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR was in direct contravention of the statute 13th CHARLES 11., sec. 1, cap. 5. It was, therefore, in obedience to the law, and not in violation of the rights of the multitude, that the Government arrived at the determination to prevent the tumultuous assembling of petitioners at Westminster. With this patriotic resolution, the various regiments and troops of artillery were concentrated in London, and the ripened energies of the veteran Commander-in-Chief directed to the suppression of an embryo rebellion. It is almost a matter of humiliation to us, how ever, to remember the enormous force which reared itself between the Convention and the Constitution. The contrast was absolutely pitiable—the vast strength opposed to the miniature weakness, and a weakness, too, that actually melted away at the mere mention of opposition. Those who observed the braggart-banners of Kennington common, rolled up and tucked under the arms of the standard bearers of Chartism—those who recognised those standard-bearers skulking over the pavements of London-bridge—those who saw the petition igno miniously conveyed to the House of Commons in a cabriolet—must have almost lamented that efforts of such extraordinary magnitude should have been made for the purpose of quelling an insurrection, which in character might literally be described as vaporiform. Not that we would in any particular cast derision upon the cause of Chartism, in conse quence of the pacific termination of the pro ceedings of yesterday, but that we would hold up to continual obloquy and abhor rence those most criminal and most contemptible demagogues who would excite the people to sedition for the sake of rendering themselves conspicuous, and who would purchase notoriety even though it was at the expense of bloodshed. It is because the agitation in favour of Chartism has been disgraced by the ravings of a few political incendiaries that a certain degree of odium has been reflected upon the Chartists generally, and that the conduct of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Nottingham has been regarded with an unnecessary degree of suspicion. The course adopted yesterday by that honourable representative is of itself sufficient to show that the ambition of anarchy—that insanity of legislation !—has neither obscured his patriotism, nor dissipated his humanity, like that of his more ignoble and less influential colleagues. The discussion upon the second reading of the Crown and Government Security Bill —a discussion which happily followed immediately upon the pre sentation of the Chartist petition in the House of Commons—formed an appropriate and patriotic, be cause loyal and constitutional, close to the occur rences of yesterday evening. The unutterable scorn and indignation w ith which Parliament listened to the seditious language of Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, language which that gentleman had the temerity, not to say the indecency, to utter in the very presence of the SFEAHER—the acclamations which greeted Sir GEORGE GREY when he eulogised the majestic policy of LAMARTINE, and invoked the loyalty of the population of these islands towards the person of her Britannic MAJESTY—the contempt with which Mr. Hc.mE repudiated the notion of an insurrectionary outbreak against the SOVEREIGN, and the felicitous derision cast upon the morbid aspirants for distinction by the voice of the SOLICITOR - GENERAL—formed together a fitting ter mination to the sedate enthusiasm of yesterday. Altogether the 10th of April, 1848, will be worthily remembered as a warning to anarchists and as a triumph to patriotism. The revolutionary movement throughout Europe is assuming a more pacific character. Hostilities are almost invariably deprecated, and in a few instances the people have preferred to reinstate their old Governments in a modified form, rather than to retain the authority in their own hands. We are far, how ever, from inferring from these facts that an anti revolutionary spirit is prevailing, or that a general reaction is taking place. On the contrary, we are disposed to consider these events as having a more important and more satisfactory significance. They bear witness that in their simultaneous insurrections the various insurgent nations were not incited by a paltry ambition for notoriety, nor by a puerile desire of possessing themselves of the insignia of authority. Their ambition was to assert and establish their un doubted rights, and to obtain the enjoyment of liberal institutions ; but, at the same time, their desire was to establish those claims, if possible, without any tumult or bloodshed whatsoever, and to maintain public order and tranquillity. happily this laudable ambition has been in a great measure realised; these desirable results have been very generally obtained. Recent accounts from France are most encouraging. More especially are we rejoiced to find that the Provisional Government have ventured to redress a most intolerable grievance, and to perform an act of common justice towards ourselves. Foreign workmen have been declared to be henceforth under the protection of the Government and of the honour of the French people. We are peculiarly rejoiced at this declaration, because their conduct towards the English operatives has been constituted one of the chief blots on the almost immaculate character of the new Government of France. It was an act of hostility which our earnest symp a thi es an d anx i et i es f or t h e we lf are o f France had not m er it e d a t th e i r h an d s —th e w h o l e tenorof th e con d uct of the new French Government producing an earnest desire for peace, and especially peace with E ng l and. responded To thi;sndeveseirrteheltheses th En e gl e i x sh people h ave h eartily. pulsion o f their fellow -countrymen by the French do induced th e E nglish to doubt tthe sincerity o f th e protestations o f the French Government—that A to wr all iziE. the But pacific that expulsion was, in fact, demonstrationsan anomalous emphati c nega tive cours e ofl. DE Llut of action is now at a n en d. The insult c o e ffsered. to Eng land is repaired b y i ts voluntary sat English workmen now in F rance are ton. The confided the Government to the h onour o f the French p en . by ple ; the Government consid er th emselves responsi ble for their protection. All further tendencies are at en end in Paris, th e au th or i ty of the Government is stabilitated, and the Provisional Ministers are proceeding to exert their due influence in promoting the welfare, and, as in this instance, elevating the character of the people. In Prussia the revolution is, apparently, over, but its effects are becoming more developed and extended. The conduct of the regenerated Go vernment is said to diffu3e the most general satis faction. The movements of the various kingdoms of Italy are of a very uncertain character. Liberal institutions are daily gaining ground through out a ll Italy, but the form of government which each individual state may ultimately adopt is as yet undecided. The Italians seem divided be tween an anxiety to assert their national liberties and a desire of avoiding anarchy and ceedings dis turbance. For example, a letter from Chambery gives the following extraordinary account of pro republicans, and here ' at Savoy :—" Events succeed each other with astounding rapidity. We were yesterday more than twentyo.negm. to-day we have again become what we have be en so long, hTohuer s republic v 0 has , , not ln lived lik e manner,Venice, after establishing• 37. that decision, and resolved a republic, annulled wait and watch the progress of events. These to so far satisfactory ; in short, proceedings are u h i ey indicate the real wishes of the people to be the simultaneous eous conservators of peace and liberty. Theirtn indeci s i on i s occasioned b y th e i r fear of end one by t oo s t renuous l y promoting the the g the other. I n Lombardy, h owever, there • 13 no, such indecision. Liberty at any cost is the demand of the Milanese, and peace is, for a time, banished from northern Italy. In the southern portion of the Peninsula the Pori still pursues his liberal and beneficient career. It is rumoured that he has consented to the expulsion of the Jesuits from Rome, if not to their entire dis persion. If this rumour be correct, while it may afford matter of rejoicing for political reasons, yet certain reminiscences connected with the Society of JESti must render its dismemberment a matter of regret. Those, for example, who are familiar with the history of its founder, a history enthralling even to those who differ from its creed, because it portrays genius and enthusiasm sublimated by sanctity, it constitutes a chapter of the chivalry of Christianity. Those who are familiar with the history of its founder, and the high inspirations under which it was first established, cannot fail, on this ac count, to regret the dispersion of the Society of the Jesuits, even though for other reasons such an event may be much to be desired. But, whether this particular report be correct or not, it is certain that Pius is persevering in his laudable endeavours, and animated by his example and his influence there is little occasion to fear for the ultimate emancipation of all Italy. The epitome of foreign intelligence is not now so crowded with startling events as it was a few weeks back, but it is equally or perhaps even more satisfactory. For it is not of revolutions and insurrections that we desire to hear, but of the steady pnigress of liberty and unity among nations, which, as LAMA TINE has truthfully declared, is far more powerfully advanced by peaceful means and moral influence, than by pitched battles. Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived. Many of the persons arrested since the eineute of the 6th March have been set at liberty. A strange rumour has been in circulation in Madrid, that CHRISTINA, alarmed at the progress of republicanism, has entered into negotiations vdth the Carlists, and had proposed that Queen ISABELLA should be di vorced from her husband, and should be married to the Count DE MOcTEMOLIN, who, in that case, was to be acknowledged as King of SPAIN in his own right. The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER were very coldly received at Vittoria. The Ministers have, it is said, discovered a plot, set on foot by French agents, to produce a movement in the Basque Provinces, with a view to their incorpo ration with France. MADRID BoLsA, APRIL 4.—The Three per Cents., 22 ; Five per Cents., 13i. Exchange . on London, 43. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the French papers of yesterday. It is expected that the Moniteur will shortly con tain decrees by which the Provisional Government will take into its own hands the management of the railways and of the Bank of France. Reinforcements are being daily marched off to the army of the Alps. The National publishes a list of candidates for the National _Assembly, proposed to the army and navy by the Central Committee of Paris. Everything was quiet at Lyons according to the last accounts. The Siecle has an article urging the French Go vernment to seize the maritime provinces of Austria in Italy. The Moniteur publishes a decree appointing entre pOts at Bordeaux, Rochelle, Rochefort, Colmar, Alulhausen, and Rethel for the reception of bonded merchandise under the new plan adopted by the Government, for the purpose of giving facilities to merchants wishing to deposit goods in these depots to transfer the goods on simple endorsement of the receipts. The Aroniteur also publishes additional instructions to the commissaries in the departments, relative to the general election, but they contain nothing poli tical, and have mere reference to the way in which the ballot is to be taken. It also contains a decree issued by the Minister of the Interior regulating the uniform of the National Guards both of Paris and the municipalities. M. LEDRU ItoLux has appointed four inspectors attached to the direction of the National Museums, for the purpose of restoring to those establishments all objects of art " widely disseminated in the resi dences ci-decant Royal, and in any other edifice," and also for the purpose of uniting the museums ex isting in the departments with the central museum. The following is from the Democratie Pacifique "In some quarters of Paris a great number of tri coloured Maga have been hung out of the windows. Why so ? Because the tenants, refusing to pay the quarter falling due in April, have forced their landlords to give them a receipt without being paid. Many landlords were disposed to remit a part or even the totality of the quarter's rent to their tenants, who found th em selves in difficulties. But most generally it is these tenants who are least in want who have excited their neigebours, and dragged them into this turbulent coa lition. " We confine ourselves to demanding from the tenaits who do not pay to use some other flag, if they wish to celebrate their exploits. That flag is not intended to shelter acts of violence behind its glorious folds." The Legitimatists are, it is said, creating disorders in the French provinces for the purpose of endea vouring to bring about the restoration of the Due DB BORDEAUX. In the neighbourhood of Paris " bands of vaga bonds" were attacking all the corn-mills, and com pelling the owners to discontinue their works—a proceeding which was charged to the account of the Legitimatists. In the southern departments further demonstrations of that party have taken place. At Besancon also disorders have occurred. In the city just named the Commissioners of the Governmen t were compelled to withdraw by the populace, aided by a portion of the municipal authorities and a por tion of the National Guard. The situation of Bordeaux would appear to he par ticularly serious. M. CLEMENT Tuomas, the newly-elected Colonel of the Ist Legion of the Pari sian National Guard, has been appointed Commissaire Extraordinaire of Government to the city of B or deaux (of which he is a native), in the hope that h‘• would be able to calm the effervescence that prevails there. Some slight disturbances took place yesterday at Versailles. A parcel of poachers from ,Paris made their way into the park in the day, and coolly pre pared to drag the ponds for fish, with which thoy are plentifully stocked. The keepers immediately mus tered to prevent this robbery, but the fellows resisted, and the National Guard had to be called out. At length they were driven out of the park, the gates of which were closed. They, however, threatened to return with the Paris mob at their heels to burn the palace, a threat the accomplishment of which was thought so probable that the National Guard remained on duty all night in the palace. By the last accounts, however, they had not yet made their appearaace., and the excitement created by the affair was subsiding. AI. DE RUMIGNY, one of the two of Louis PiithippE's Aides-de-Camp, who followed hii into exile, returned to Paris two days ago. dates Three Io C 4No o lu r pi s s i A c RaN,T NAPOLEON for aL s e nE a do t in PIERRE,NthAe NAPOLEON, National OsLoEno oNf,Lsoun A c s io s E e fs. n: b t l no T ymi li z r . ee of the B onaparte f am i ly are now midi y BOTJRSE.--PARI S MONDAY, t APRIL 10. LotOhi iCeßthi:o—ermoTtehhreerefilhorasmnindng.:sast nued to-day, both the Five per Cents7aindheThltreenesteheoamninti ad at 411, vanced 4f., have fallen 30f., closing at 9601 Theo France S hares different results is said to be, that the holderscause o f these Ba.nl" f a E nd the latter Shares, being alarmed at the intention attrib o ted Bank the Provisional Government of absorbing the u Bank t of France (such is the term in use), and converting it into a " Banque N a ti ona l e, " have been selling their shares and investing the proceeds in French Rente ; hence the fall in the one and the advance in the other. Something of this kind hart undoubt edly taken place, but the decline in the Bank Shares is far smaller, in comparison, than the rise in the Fives and Threes; also railways have advanced, and no one supposes that the sellers of Bank Shares have been making purchases in them; hence the inference is, that the firmness in the Rente cannot be altogether attributed to the cause thus assigned; it is probably, in part, ono of those changes which sometimes take place at the Bourse, no one can say why. Bons du Tr6sor were . nominally f Bel gian Fives (1840) closed at 561. or 23- , . higher;Obliga tionsßailway at 43 per cent. loss, but nothing was done in them; de la Ville are 10f. lower, at b6st. In Shares the advance has been general. Rouen 15f. at 300 E., liavre 15f. at 160 f., Marseilles 12f. 50c. at 180 E, Orleans 101. at 4201., Bordeaux i of. 50c.. at 390 f., Northern of. 25c. at 3161. 25c., Lyons s f. at 305 f., Strasburg 1f.25c, at 3341; 75c. French gold is at not THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL I], 1848. more than 601.; change for the I,ooof. about 151.; the sovereign at 26f.; the English Bank-note at 25..50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Arun, 10. Boulogne and Amiens, s —Sambre and Meuse, 41/2. GREECE. We have received Athens papers of the 29th ult. The Courrier d'Athens, of that day, gives a list of the new Ministry just appointed. It is as follows : President of the Council and Minister of Marine, M. G. CONDOURIOTTI ; Finances, M. CURISTACOPOULOS ; Foreign Affairs, M. Daossos MANsoLAs; 'War, General RIIODIUS ; Justice, M. DIt'iNIEDES KYRIACOS; Public Instruction and Worship, General ANASTATIUS MAVROMICHALIS. EGYPT. Accounts have been received from Alexandria to the 29th ult. At Cairo a meeting of the leading natives was held, and a deputation sent to ABBAS PACHA, to interest him in the redress of their grievances. They were attended by such a demonstration, that fair promises were made ; but four of the principal speakers having been subsequently sent for, they were charged with treason, and hanged next morning out side the walls. Since then there had been great excitement and dissatisfaction. Commercial matters were quite as bad as on the departure of the last mail. Bills of any description were not negotiable. TURKEY. By accounts from Constantinople of the 27th ult. we learn that the differences between the Porte and Persia have been settled by mutual concessions of territory. The SULTAN has sent orders to the Am bassador at Paris to remain at his post. Lord Cow- LET was returning to England. There was great activity in the military and marine departments. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUST RIA. A proclamation was published at Vienna, on the 4th, prohibiting the exportation of gold and silver coin from Austria until the end of the month of June. The Wiener Zeitung of the Bth contains the fol lowing official announcement "In conformity with the duties which attach to the responsible Alinisterial Council of his MAJESTY, they have prayed of the EMPEROR. that his Imperial Highness the Illustrious Archduke Louis may be altogether withdrawn from employment in State affairs. " His MAJESTY, with the expression of his deep felt thanks for that distinguished devotion which has marked the conduct of his Illustrious Highness in the dispatch of affairs of State, has been pleased to give his assent to the request thus made to him." The Archduke Louts was the chief of the retro. grade party. The Wiener Zeitung, of the 4th April, announces that the EMPEROR has just suppressed the Council of State, and given to the parties composing it another position, which will not interfere with the constitu tional intentions of the Council of Ministers. The following letter appears in the Allgenzeine Zfitung " War has this day been declared against Sardinia. Prince Schwarzenburgh has offered to take the com mand of the Free Corps, which will go to Italy. This is the first day of the last ten, of the arrival of the malle-poste, direct from Milan. The proclamation of the King of Sardinia has caused immense excitement here. In the Cabinet Council, which was held yester day, orders were given for Marshal Radetski to march against Piedmont, and it was determined to countenance the order for the recapture of Milan by force. Marshal Radetski was to concentrate his forces on the Mincio, and to endeavour to effect an arrangement with the Provisional Government of Milan. If the Lombards agree to take upon themselves a part of the debt of the state, to preserve witheut obstacles their commercial relations with Austria, and to furnish a contingent of troops in case of a foreign war, they are to be left to do as they like. A meeting of opulent bankers, headed by Messieurs de Rothschild, Sins, Stametz, Meyer, has counselled the GOvernment to effect an arrangement with the Lombards. The different manufacturers of Austria and Bohemia have clone the same." The masons of Vienna struck for wages on the Gth, and attempted to make an emeute, but they were soon put down by the National Guards. BOHEMIA. At an assembly of the people held at Prague, a determination was come to address a petition to the EMPEROR, which was to contain the following points : "1. The indissoluble union of all the countries of the Crown of Bohemia as regards their internal legislation, and a guarantee for the close union with the whole Austrian monarchy. Perfect equality of rights be- tween the German and Bohemian population in all matters of instruction and administration of the country. 2. A national representation based upon the most ex tended scale of franchise, such representation to have commanded over the interests of the country, to pass all laws and imposts. A special Ministry for all the in ternal affairs of the country. Prague to be the centre point for the Ministry. 3. The prompt organization of the National Guard, and its complete armament. "4. The reform of the University. Reform in the mode of instruction ; this reform to be granted defi ❑itely and not merely provisionally. " 5. All authorities, both civil and military, to take the oath to the Constitution." There appears to be no doubt but that the Govern ment will at once accord all these points. Four thousand muskets have been distributed amongst the Civic Guard, who do duty in common with the soldiers. FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT, APRIL 6, —The meeting preparatory to the establishment of a Constituent Assembly has separated. The committee of fifty will hold its sit tinge ; it will decide in all cases of urgency, and is empowered to convoke the dissolved assembly should Republicans have placed t „ h o e o c tn a m se it r te e e qu o ir f e fifteenit. to watch over the proceed ings of the committee of fifty. The committee ,f fifteen is placed in relation with the Diet by the medium of seven members delegated by the Diet for that purpose. The first measure which has been unanimously agreed upon is the calling into service of the 9th and 10th corps of the army. The 9th in cludes the contingents of the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, of the province of Saxony, and of the Electo rate of Hesse ; these troops will reinforce the garri sons of the fortresses of Luxembourg and Mayence, and in case of need will defend the Duchies of Schles wig and Holstein against the Danes. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin of the 6th state that alarm was felt for the tranquillity of the city, in conse• quence of the failure of employment, and the increase in the price of provisions. The majority of the population are also much dis satisfied with the law promulgated by the Govern nent for the regulation of elections. We find the following in the Prussian States Gazette of the Bth of April : " An address from the provinces has been forwarded to the KING, saying that in consequence of the decla ration of his MAJESTY that he would gladly see the German Confederation strengthened by the incor poration of those provinces which do not yet belong to it, but were anxious to be received, the legal dele gates of the province of Prussia entreated his MA JESTY to facilitate the incorporation of that province, in its present boundaries, and without any diminu tion, to the Germanic Confederation. . - - - " To this his MAJESTY replied, that in pursuance with the wishes of the proyince he had commanded the Minister of State immediately to take the neces sary measures." Disturbances took place at Berlin on the evening of the 6th. They arose from a dispute between the workmen in some of the printing-cotton manu factories, but assumed so serious an aspect that it was necessary to call cut the military. Six lives were lost. HUNGARY. Letters f rom P esth, of the Ist April, confirm t h e news that H ungary has declared, itself independent. It is fe are d t h at this important evert% will be the signal for a c i v il war. In f ac t, out of a popu l at i on o f near l j v twelve milli ons, the race of the Magyars, which is at the pres en t moment the dominant power, which Aus tria has always treated with peculiar favour, and which is in possessio n of the intelligence, the richt s, and the most valuable portion of the landed property of the country, does not amount to more than four millions of people, The Sclavonic population num bers about six millions, and in some comitants it amounts to nine-tenths of the whole population. The Sclavonians detest the Magyar authority, and refuse to admit it. The provinces of Dalmatia and Croatia have already openly separated from Hungary, and are endeavouring to form themselves into an inde pendent state, BELGIUM. The diplomatic difficulty between this cour.try and the Holy See, caused by the refusal of the latter to receive M. LECLERQ, as Belgian Envoy, has termi nated in a manner highly satisfactory to the latter, and to those who appointed him. The .Nuncio Mon eig neur SAN MARSAN, has communicated a dispatch from Rome to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, wherein the Holy See recals its veto, expresses a flattering desire to receive M. LECLERQ, and apolo gises for delaying the announcement. M. LECLERQ, who is universally esteemed by his countrymen of all shades and parties, will therefore depart forthwith on his useful mission. SILESIA. The peasants have risen and are murdering the nobles and burning the castles. POSEN. A gentleman who has just arrived from Posen gives the following account of the state of affairs in that Duchy : " I left Posen on Monday (the 3d instant), and the territory of the duchy on the following day. Every. thing was proceeding then with order, and, under the existing circumstances, surprising tranquillity and ab sence of all violence prevailed in every part of the coun try. The Poles were continuing to form themselves into regiments, and preparing for war. War against Russia, fraternity and mutual assistance with Prussia, was the motto of the whole native population. There are about 30,000 Polish peasants armed with scythes, pikes, &e. Gentlemen carry muskets, pistols, sabres. Every dis trict has its cavalry. On the other hand, the Prussian Government has drawn together about 30,000 men, of whom 12,000 (all regular army) are at Posen. The military are behaving with the utmost forbearance, and do not in the least disturb the Poles in their proceedings. The latter are being drilled under the very eyes of Prussian authorities. In the town of Posen, under the very cannons of the citadel, about a thousand men muster every day to make evolutions under the immediate command of the Refugee Micro slawski. It is true that in certain parts of the Duchy, the German population, pretending to be in fear of the Poles, have also armed, and in two places have expelled commissaries of the Polish committee. It, is also true that a great animosity prevails where the German population finds itself in a majority. At Posen the numbers are almost equal, and it is the fear of collision between those distinct bodies and the frequent cases of desertion from the ranks of the Prussian army, that have obliged the authorities, acting with out any positive orders from Berlin, to pro- claim the town in a state of siege. But the Ministry in Berlin have blamed it, and no doubt by this time the state of siege must have been raised. All the time, however, the National Committee con tinue sitting at the Hotel de Ville, issue orders and proclamations, send emissaries, publish every day a Moniteur, as an official organ, collect money, in one word exercise every influence and enjoy every attri bute of legitimate authority. It has its delegate com missaries in every district, and chiefs to organize the army. General Willisen has been at Posen, and was expected at Berlin on the 7th inst. to make his report and to agree with the Government as to the ultimate re-organization of the Duchy. The three following points have, according to a report from a very good source, been already determined upon:-1. A separate and ex clusively Polish Administration. 2. Every facility and encouragement given to the development of Polish nationality, national schools, university, &c. 3. An army of the Duchy of Posen, composed mainly from the existing landwehr of Posen. The chief is to be a Prussian General, but all other officers are to be exclu sively Poles. All who served during the war of inde pendence in 1831 are to be admitted to the ranks then obtained, from whatever part of Poland they come. Among the Poles 1 met everywhere the highest d, gree of enthusiasm. Union, oblivion of all former diver gences of opinion, national independence, adjourning to a better season all questions about the future form of go vernment, the social and territorial re-construction of Poland, is the universal watchword among them. The peasant and the noble, the poor and the rich, are frater nizing, and have banished all distrust from among them. There has not been a single case of violence among the Poles themselves. The rumours of the pea sants burning the castles of the nobility, &c., are put in circulation by the German functionaries, and all those who have been fattening on the duchy of Posen, and been employed by Government as instruments for dena tionalising it, and who now see that with the new order of things they will be obliged either to remove, or to discontinue their nefarious proceedings." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The German troops are concentrating on the fron tiers of the Duchies, but have not yet violated the Danish territory, in consequence, it is said, of the interposition of England. RUSSIA. The news from Warsaw confirms the reports of the different movements in the kingdom of Poland, but the facts which appear most probable are those mentioned in the Prussian Gazette, of the arrival in Poland of five regiments, 20,000 strong, two of which will occupy the fortress of Novo Georgiewsk, Modline, and three will be stationed in the Govern ment of Lublin. Letters from Warsaw of the Ist of April state that no outbreak had taken place in that city, but that the inhabitants were in a state of great fear. The Breslau Gazette, of the sth April, announces that a moveable column of three battalions of infantry, three squadrons of cavalry, and four field batteries, under the command of General DE TRUTSCIILER, has been encamped between Thorn and Graudenz, to watch over and protect the frontiers of Posen. The same journal announces that the fortress of Pillau, situate in the neighbourhood of Konigsberg, has been placed in a state of siege, and that all the women and children have been obliged to leave, and that the Russians have formed three new bridges on the Memel, for the purpose of facilitating the passage of the troops. Russian Poland is in a state of great alarm, in con sequence of the measures taken by the EMPEROR to prevent the propagation of liberalism in his dominions. The Russian Government has given orders that no communication shall be allowed between Russian and Prussian Poland, and the strictest watch is kept on the frontiers of the two countries. Many pro prietors on the boundary are placed in a state of great embarrassment. In many cases they have got property on both sides, but if they cross the boundary, even to visit their properties, they are not allowed to return. The frontier is guarded exclusively by Cos sacks, in consequence of the prevalenee of desertion in the Russian army, and even among those employed in the civil departments. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT. Accounts from Brescia, of the 3d inst., states that a collision between the Austrians and Piedmontese troops was hourly expected. A letter from Razzato, of the 3d inst., says— " I am with a company, commanded by a Swi.s officer, at six miles from Brescia, and about two miles from the river Chitlie, on the opposite bank of which are the Austrians. We are every moment expecting an order to commence an attack. Two thousand volunteers are stationed on the heights near us, and in the plain on the right is the advanced guard of the Piedmontesc army, with the artillery, while the main body are advancing on Montechiari. " It is said that General Zucchi is advancing with a considerable body of sailors from Venice. The deser tions of the Italians who are enrolled in the Austrian army are less frequent, because the men are now distri buted amongst the different regiments, and narrowly watched by the Germans. In the confusion of combat, however, they will probably turn against their enemies, and spread death and consternation in their ranks. Brescia is well prepared for an assault, and it will re quire a force of not less than 20,000 men to attack it. At every angle of the fortifications is erected a l arge crucifix, surmounted by a tri-colour flag. Every band of patriots appointed to defend a bastion has an armed priest in its ranks. In an alarm which was given two days since I saw 1 nore than ten priests, well armed, march out to meet Ithe enemy. " The menks the inselves take part in the patrols, and at the first rising a.t Brescia one of them directed the manacement of tw o pieces of cannon with much skill and effect. Perseus the most distinguished by their birth, their weight, and their social condition, take part in the struggle. In o ur company we rec k on two priests, a monk, two members of a princely family, two countF, &c., &c." A letter from Mantua of the 2d inst. says— " The Governor demanded of the authorities of the commune that some of the churches and the seminary should be placel •at his disposal, for the accommodation of 8,000 troops which he expected. The Bishop offered him his own palace, but would not allow the churches to be desecrated." The Garetta a'i Milano of the 4th gives the follow ing official news of the same day :—" The six vessels laden with corn which had been seized on the Po had arrived at !Clain. At Verona are stationed about 8,000 men, comprising 1,000 esvalry and 7,000 Croations, under the command of General D'ASPER. The Milanese hostages arrived at Verona on the 28th and 29th ult., and were lodged in the two forts. The advocate GIANNI, of Mantua, is among them. The Venetian corps, 6,000 men strong, with friars, priest, and professors at their head, is between Vicenza and Montebello, under the command of SANFERMO. Before they arrive at Verona the number will be doubled. They have taken the title of " Crusaders." Gen. Zuccur is expected soon to join them with other bodies from Palmanova. The first columns of Pontifical and Tuscan volunteers have arrived at Rovigo under General DURANDO. A body of 12,000 Neapolitan infantry and 3,000 cavalry are on their march. The Austrian outposts are between Goito and Peschiera. An official report of General ALEMANDI informs the Minister of War that the volunteers under MANARA have occupied the whole borders of the Lake of Garda (Peschiera excepted), and have taken possession of the steamer. The Pro • visional Government of the province of Friuli has published a decree, prescribing the severest mea sures in case Austrian troops were to appear on the territory. The commissaries of districts and the priests, in such cases, shall immediately call the people to arms, and inform the Provisional Govern ment of it. The Viceroy is at Bolzano. The fortress of Legnano is in the hands cf the people. At Trieste the French Consul, having been insulted, imme diately left the city, and took his departure for France, after leaving his family at Venice. A rumour was current at Milan that an insurrection had broken out at Gratz. A decree of the Provisional Govern ment of Venice prohibits the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's from entering the ports of the Republic till further orders. The steamer Archduchess Sophia, however, is allowed to depart, having entered Venice under the faith of the Republic. The Sardinian Government has published the fol lowing manifesto : " Turin, March 31st, 1848. " Considering the hostile position in which Sardinia is placed in regard to Austria, it is necessary that the public, and especially the commercial public, should know the intentions of the Sardinian Government rela tive to the laws of navigation. " His Majesty the King of Sardinia does not purpose to avail himself in this war of the rights ordinarily claimed by belligerent powers at sea. " The Sardinian Government knows that the greater part of the officers and crews of the Austrian men-of-war consist of Italians, and that in a war es,entially Italian, and the only end of which is to drive away foreigners who oppose the country, it is not consequently necessary to fight against fellow -countrymen. " With this view, then, the Government has requested the Admiralty to order the commanders of men-of-war to limit thnmsolves simply to defend their ships in any case in which they may be attacked by Austrian men. of-war, but in no care to provoke a combat. " As to merchant ships sailin g un d er A ustr i an co l ours, the Government desires that they be respected in their voyages, and in no manner molested." NA PL ES. An insurrection of a serious character broke out in Naples on the 31st ult., in consequence of the people being disgusted with the bad faith of the KING. A letter from that city of the above date gives the following account of the state of affairs there : " Naples, March 31. " The new Ministry has not been able to form itself and we are ,threatened H ith a crisis of the most violent nature. " On the evening of the 29th the Virgile steamer left for Genes, having on board a great number of Lombards, and about 200 Neapolitans, who are gone to assist them. At eight o'clock large masses of the people surrounded the Minister of War, and accompanied him to the Pa lace, demanding that the King should give orders for the marching of troops for Lombardy. After a long hesitation, the only answer the King could give to the impatient people was that the finances of the country would not allow him to grant their request. The loudest imprecations then burst forth from the crowd. " Yesterday the city looked like a place besieged. At two o'clock the Swiss artillery, with matches lighted, went through the streets without any one being able to compre. hend the meaning of such a movement. The people were then calm. In the evening an intimation was given to the National Guard to discontinue their patrols and large bodies of cavalry and infantry assumed that duty. Serra Capriola and Boz'lli appeared determined with the King to follow at Naples the sad example of Louis Philippe, Guizot, and Neuchatel, at Paris. Every enlightened man foresees the most disastrous conse quences. The commandant of the citadel of Messina has demanded a fresh supply of powder and ball. " In spite of the ridiculous efforts of the Neapolitan Government; Sicily proceeds with its organization with calmness and energy. Ruggiero Settimo, who had bee❑ proclaimed Regent by the Chamber of Peers, and Presi dent by the Deputies, has been confirmed as President of Sicily by a mixed commission of the two Chambers. The Sicilian Ministry is thus composed :—Muriano Stabile, Foreign Affairs; Baron Riso, War and Marine; La Lumia, Justice; Calvi, Interior; Marquis Corda, Finance; and Prince Scordia, Public Instruction." ENIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twel;;O':lock. Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know from the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Govern ment had given any directions that the letters of the Repealers passing through the Post office shonld be opened, as he had received a letter which had evidently been opened, and he wished to know if such conduct had been authorised by the Government? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said most certainly not. Sir G. GREY said that he could give his most un qualified contradiction to any such orders having been isAied. No order whatever had been given to that effect, nor was it in the contemplation of the Government issue any such order. If the llon. Member had received any letter which he thought had been opened, he would advise him to send it to the Postmaster-General, who would state the circumstances, and cause an inquiry to he made on the subject. PROTECTION OF THE CROWN AND GOVERN- DIEN T BILL. On the order of the day being read for the House going into Committee upon this Bill, Mr. F. O'CONNOR rose to oppose the motion. The present was a base, bloody, and brutal Bill; and he be lieved if time were allowed the table of the House would be covered with petitions against the measure. He con sidered that the Bill was perfectly unnecessary; the people were perfectly loyal. He had always avowed himself in favour of an hereditary monarchy; but if thin Bill were passed he should immediately declare himself in favour of a republic. Such being his opinion of the Bill, he would give a most direct negative to going into Committee on the Bill. Mr. HORSMAN said that it appeared that there were several opinions with respect to the Bill, and he thought that it would be advisable for the House to come to a decision at once with respect to the retention of the words principally objected to. If the House declared itself in favour of retaining the words, he should not offer any further factious opposition to the Bill. Mr. HUME wished to know whether Hon. Members would be liable to come under the operation of the Act in consequence of anything they might say in that House. He also wished to know whether it was true, as stated by a Noble Lord in another place, that the meeting at Kennington-commt:,n was dispersed by a single policeman. He considered that the Government were to blame in not preventing the meeting taking place, instead of allowing the people to meet and then dispersing them. SIB'IIiORP tendered his best thanks to her Majesty's Government, and more especially to her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the firmness he had displayed in bringing in this Bill, and persevering in it, in spite of the factious opposition made to it. Ho hoped that the Government would not relax one word of it. He should have been happy to have seen the Bill even ten times more stringent than it was. With respect to the question asked by the lion. Member for Montrose, whether the Bill would apply to Honourable Members, he wished to say that should that Hon. Member at any time bring himself within the provisions of this Bill, he should rise in his place in the House and move that the Hon. Member be forthwith committed to the Tower for the remainder of his life. Mr. AGLIONBY deprecated the use of any warm and intemperate language in discussing a Bill of this import ance. He did not think that the opinions expressed by the lion. and Gallant Member were at all likely to con ciliate any party in the House.—(Hear n , d h e h a e r .) should lle cer tainly voted last night in favour of the Bilh li a protection necessary . for the GRATTAN opposed the motion for going into doso of ag th a e in p , e c o o p n l s e id o e f ri t n h g is t c h o e u ß nt i ry. Committee. He did not see why , if the people of Ire land were in a state of c omm ot i on , a law of this sort should be imposed upon the people of England. The Government, by pouring in troops into Ireland, were creating fears in the minds of the people that an insur rection was impending. He opposed the Bill because he believed that it would prove futile, and because the ordinary law was sufficiently stringent to meet the emergency fur which the Government had brought it forward. The Government were making war against opinion ; but such a mode of procedure had never suc ceeded. Fox said, in speaking of a similar Bill, but which kad not the words so much objected to in the pre sent measure, that if it were passed resistance would be offered by the people as a matter of course. He warned the Government that a sea was rising against them in Ireland whose flood would exteLd to this country and destroy it. Nothing but a domestic Legis lature would promote the prosperity of Ireland. Mr. REYNOLDS opposed the Bill. .After the divi sion of lust night, which showed that 453 Members sup ported the Bill, he had little hope of obtaining a modi fication of any of its objectionable provisions. He had heard the speech of the Solicitor-General with great pain. In the case of O'Connell and his associates, an appeal to the House of Lord., on the eround that tho, jury that tried them was packed, pr o v e d effectual, proy'e! successful ; but a conviction under this Bill would sh ut out such an appeal. After conviction there was n° e l ) ; peel, and the person convicted would have, perhaps„?,.,, spend years in a penal colony. The support of the . DT by the Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal, 101 °' he did not intend to lecture, reminded him of an and' dote of a p erson w h o spe l t sp i r i ts with t " es," becau se is was twenty -five above proot , •• , (Laughter) U n d er the present law of Ire land all the offences sought to be put down by the Bill wer! punishable. Why, then, did they want to punish th°, s ' , guilty of them more severely, by transportation for lin or not less than seven years? Why, even females reig n ' he transported under its provisions. lie hoped .t he y would show their galla n t r y, b y l eav i ng out th e ladles all events. What were the grounds on which the 13 n , 1' was proposed? First, becau se I re l an d was disturbed u and, secondly, because England was di stur b e d. Ile dent (a, n ite t that this Ras so. With the exception of the Irishman and the Nation, no violent language was use d i Nineteen-twentieths, or 99 out of 100, of the people °, Dublin condemned the wild and extravagant doctrines promulgated ,by the violent demagogues in Dublie: Cork was quiet, and so also was Lime r ick, B e lfast, water ' ford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, and the other large towns. Those who said the city was disturbed libelled it. The lion' and Gallant Member for Lincoln wished to promote the cold cold water cure. Let him take care in promoting it did not get into hot water and be p u nished undet the provisions of the Bill. Since the union Ireland had been retrograding hour by hour. During the famin e 1,900,000 died of hunger and cold. And latterly s man, who had been committed and sentenced fo r sheep stealing, was acquitted because his distress wa s so great that his wife ate the li m b s of he r dead child.—(Hear, hear.) If they adopted .e conciliatory policy, they might withdraw tht: 30,000 troops, and trust the prot ec ti on of the country to the people. He had hoped that the_ Government would have postponed th e Bill till a ft es Easter—(Laughter)—but as they did not he shot' move an amendment as to the third claus e . lie bad supported the Government, and su pp or t e d them woe' no one else would have ventured to do so.-- - ; (Laughter.) Well, his constituents, who numbere d 10,000, had all a bad word fo r th em —(L aug ht er )-0 he stood up, when no Member would dol so, and de fended them. He would give them another (Roars of laughter)—and he thought the best way be t could serve the country, was to absent hiresel ,. ~' from public meetings.---(Criesof " Hear, hear.') He was glad that the demonstration of the Hon. Member (Mr. O'Connor) had passed off quietly, and that he had not been guilty of any violence.—(oh, oh.) He was afraid he had offended the special constables—(Laughter) —but he believed he was right in what he had said. Mr. SADLEIR supported the Bill, because he coati' dered it necessary to suppress the seditious proceeding. of the " juvenile' men who were now disturbing Ireland- At the same time he thought it right to state to the House and Government, that since the time of Cromwell and the " Poyning's Act," this country had oppressed hie country. The greatest dissatisfaction and misery Pre" vailed, principally in consequence of absenteeism, front the physical degradation of the people, and the °been' ious provisions of the Irish poor law. It was a grea t , error to suppose that do ma i ns o f 60 m il es, an d e l ecto rs' divisions of 16, could prove otherwise than a delusion to the poor, and be looked;upon as anythingelse than a hot low attempt to mock their distresses, and to confiscate the labour and property of the industrious. Was the Noble Lord aware of the elective franchise in Ireland?—(Ques tion, question.) lie submitted he was in order in stat ing this, whilst discussing the necessity for such la measure as this. The Honourable Gentleman was pri,, ceeding to deal with the constituency of Tiptoe' rary, which had been reduced, he said, to 431, when he was stopped by repeated calls of Question, _OA resumed his seat. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down bad mistaken the nature of the motion before the House—(Hear, hear)—as he would have bad an i opportunity of making the speech a t a l a t er p er i o d ; and in making this statement he would simply submit to his consideration, and to the consideratiott of the House, whether if the Government should feel disposed to bring forward a number of measures with respect to Ireland, whether it would not be quite impossible to do so—whether any particular day could be devoted to them, if the time of the House was occupied in the way it had been to-day?—(Hear.) The lion. Gentlemen had referred to a statement made by him (Lord J. Russell) last night, which seemed CO have been very much misapprehended, and as was not unlikely that that misapprehension might extend to Ireland, he wished to say a few word' in order to set the matter right. He seemed 0 think that he (Lord John Russell) stated with, respect to the loss of life that had taken placer, in Ireland, that it was no part of the duty of the , Go vernment to interfere for th e p ur p ose o f sav i ng loss o f life from the ravages of hunger and disease. What he had stated was, that, generally speaking, i t was not the business of the Government t° interfere, but from what had been done be thought he could hardly have been plipposed to state that such measures were unnecessary with respect to the want of food in Ireland, beause last year the Government recommended to Parliament, aiad ob tained power to feed 3,000,000 of people so little was the Government disposed to be indifferent with respect to the suffering people of Ireland.--- . (Hear, hear.) With regard to the poor-Itsw, had any been introduced during the present year; the arrears of the sums required the consideration of the Government, as no doubt eases might atiae in which it was quite impossible, from their size, to supply the starving people with foe; and therefore not long since he sent a notice from the Treasury stating, ithat if any persons were starring inquiry was to be made whether the want of the neces- - sary funds was owing to the non-collection of the rates, and the reports received were in many cases to the stied that persons , fully able to pay had been favoured by the collectors, and that therefore the people_ for whose support they were intended, had been left, consequence, to perish.—(Hear, hear.) Where there were no means of relieving the distress, he directed that application should be made to the British Association and to the Government, in order that the people might be spared from starvation. He thought he had cleatedr up this misapprehension.—(Hear, hear.) If such state ments were made in Ireland they would be both libellouS, and calumnious.—(Hear, hear.) Sir DE LACY EVANS offered his hearty thanks to the Government for the admirable arrangements which . they made yesterday. He was happy that no disturb ance had taken place, and his firm belief was that it was prevented by the course pursued by the Govern ment. It was to the Government alone that the' thanks of the people were due for rendering the meeting of yesterday a contemptible meeting. Mr. MASTERMAN expressed his sincere thaeke, and that of the citizens of London to the Government, for the prompt and effective course they pursued yester day. It was alike honourable to themselves and the people. - Sir G. GREY, before the Rouse divided, felt bound to say a few words in answer to the question ,put to him by the Honourable Member for Montrose. • Lie had asked the Government, whether the meeting on Kennington-common yesterday, had been. forcibly dispersed by the police. In answer to ,that: question, he h a d to state that the meeting _ had not been forcibly dispersed by the police.:, The Police Commissioner under the dirEetion' of the Government had stated to the Honourable Gen tleman opposite (Mr. O'Connor), and the leaders of the meeting, that it an y at t empt was ma d e to h ave a pro -- ~ cession, and it was persisted in, force would he used to put it down.—(Bear, hear, and cheers.) . With respect to th e s t a t emen t o f t h e H onoura bl e Member for Montrose. that the preparations made " by the Government were useless and improper, he could not admit that they were useless, because he believed that in consequence of the preparations that !lad been made, the knowledge of them had struck error into the minds of persons who, but for them, would have been disposed to have created disturbances. —(Hear.) Nothing had been more meritorious than the conduct of the well disposed part of the people of the metropolia,and the spirit that animated them,was above all olaise.—(llear, hear.) He had no doubt that it would have its effect throughout the country.—(Hear.) Indeed it had already had its effect according to the information he had received that morning by the electric telegraph. By that means of com munication, he had received intelligence, that the occurrences in the metropolisyesterday, and their peaceable termination, had been received with great joy in many of the large towns in the country. M ear. The Government had, he was happy to say, b y t h e ) blessing of Divine Providence, been enabled to dis charge their duties fearlessly, assisted, as they had been, by the cordial co-operation of the people. After some observations from Mr. Humn and Mr. F. O'CoNNoR, the latter gave up his motion for pressing the House to a division; but Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD insisted upon the House dividing. Strangers wore ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee . 321 Against it 19 Majority for going into Committee --302 The House then went into Committee on the Bill, ?Jr. BERNAL in the Chair. • The preamble was postponed, and the first clause agreed to without any discussion. (LEFT SITTING.) JIPLOSION OF GAS IN A Sllll..—The Maria Agnetha, a Danish vessel, had her decks blown up and some beams broken on Friday, in consequence of an ex plosion of gas. One of the crew also was injured. She was lying at Tyno Main, and had been coal-laden two days. It seems the gas had accumulated in a part of the vessel which had been boarded off, and into which a candle had been incautiously introduced.—Gateshead Observer. BRTHS. On the Ist i ns t ., at Wolverton House, Bucks, the lady of Richard Harrison, Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., at Reigate, Surrey, the s ife of James C. Street, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., the wife of the Rev. William Haslam, Incumbent of Baldin, near Truro, of a daughter. DIED. On the sth inst., Isabella, Dowager Viscoantess Powers court, relict of Richard, fourth Viscount Powerscourt. On the 3d inst., at Ludgate-street, Wiliam Boyden, only child of W. H. Carlin, Esq. On the 4th inst., Airs. Atkins, of Allsop-terrace, New-road. 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