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

BEE, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last sight but One before Easter. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the pab lie ere respectfully announced that an EXTRA NIGHT will take fl en THURSDAY next, April 13, when will be performed, Doni setti's Opera, entitled LUCREZIA BORGIA. LUertaia, Mae. Sofia Cruvelli Orsini, Afdlle. Schwartz ; Gen 'sere, Signor Garton' ; Gebetta, Signor Bouche ; and Alfonso, Signor Lablache. After which a Divertissement, in which 14111 e. Rosati and Mdile. WOG ragUeni will appear. To be followed by Selections from Verdi's Opera of VINO. Abigail, Male. Abbadia ; Fenena. Mdlle. Vera; Ninns, Signor Colette ; Idaspe, Signor Cuz,..g.ni; and Oratesphe, Signor Beletti. To conclude with the highly suacessful New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la Refine des Elfrides, Principal parts by Mdlle. Caroline Rosati, Manes. EstherAusunclon, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, Jenny, M. Louis Dor, M. Di Mattia, MM. Venaera, Ctouriet, and Mdlle. Marie Taglionl. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THALRERG. GRAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and 3IISCELLANEOL'S CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It is respectfully announced that on MONDAY EVZNINO, 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 Thalberg. 4. " Lieder Ohne Worte" .. • • .. Mendelssolna. The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia CruveliL Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Bond* Signor Cuzzani, And Signor Lablache, And comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelssokn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Basses,by 31eyerbeer—Signori Lablache, Belletti, and Coletti. Signor Gardonl, Signor Colettl. Conductor, 3f. Balfa Prises of Adniision. Mddlle Vera, 2 and 3 guineas Pit Stalls • • .......... 10s. 6d. each. Pit Tickets •• • . ss. Od. each. Gallery Stalls • • •••.•••..• • • . • . • . • ss. Od. each. Gallery Tickets •. • • • 2s. 6d. each. Doors open at Half•past Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. T HEATRE 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. lullien (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 had at Julllen and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but Two before Easter. THIS EVENING will be performed Verdl's Opera, entitled I DUE FOSCARI. Lucretia, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvelli ; Jacopo Foscari, Signor Cuzzani ; toredano, Signor Bouche ; Barbarogo, Signor Guldi ; and 11 Doge, Signor Coletti. To conclude witlithe highly successfhl Ballet, in Four Tabl eauX . entitled FIORIT A, et la Reine des Elfrides, The music by Sig. Pugni ; the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall ; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Princ i- Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Prices of ♦dmission :—Boxes—Pit Tier, Five Guineas ; Grand Tier, Six Guineas ; One-pair, Five Guineas ; Two-pair, Four Guineas; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, 55. Pit Tickets. of which a limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-office as usual, 10s. Gd. each. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. LAST WEEK, PREVIOUS IS TO THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. TH EVENING, A Change of Entertainments. — The Manege on trained Horses by Mdlle. Caroline and Mathilde. New and Ori ginal Acts of Equita tion by 314115. Palmyre. Anato, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Dueos, Le petit Anato, &c.— Extraordinary Equestrian Per: f ortn ancto— Novel and grotesque Pantomimic representations by;MIL Adolphe Francon!, Loisset, Newsome, Wehle, Auriol, Leclair, Auriol, fas, to petite Loisset, &c. Performance to commence at Eight. Second price, ilalf-past Nine THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Manatement of Mr. ii. 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. Farren ; Mawworm, Mr. Keeley ; Old Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. GloYer; Charlotte, Mrs. Xisbett. Otter which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER THE PHY3IOGNO3fIST ; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Fortescue. T• conclude with THE CABIN BOY. Stale Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-e - ook keeper. Boxes, se. ; Plt, 3e. ; Gallery, 2s. ; tipper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-peat Six, Performance to commence at Bevan. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction o; Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING WM be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woo'gar, Mrs. Ezaak Matthews, Mies Turner, &c. After whieh DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM BERWELL. To conclude with TELE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Men rail, Paul Leiria& C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding, &c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, i s . Dnors open at Ha'f-past Six. Performance to commence at Seven. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed the amusing Vaudeville of LA CHERCHEUSE D'ESPRIT. Principal characters by MM. Henri Allx, Josset, Tou rillon, Madame St. Ange, Mdlle. Marot, and Mdlle. Celestine. After which, an entirely new corned's-vaudeville, entitled LA DERNIERE CONQUETT E. Le Baron de Virefeuille, M. Lafont ; Helene, Madame Paul Ern st. To conclude with L E l HEVALIER DU GUET. TA Chevalier du duet, M. Lafont ; Le Barom de Tariffs M. Cartig,ny ; Le Vicomte Amtdee de Lunel, M. Montalard ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Baptiste. ltioxe,, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. , id.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, U, Old Bond-street. PELICESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland• place. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ShAspeare's Comedy of Mt CII ADO ABOUT Don Pedro, Mr. J. Vining; Don John, Mr. Norton ; Leon.tts, Mr. Gilbert ; Claudio, Mr. Conway : Benedick, Mr. Cooper; Antonio, Mr. Neville; Berachio, Mr. C. Fisher; Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Verges, Mr. I. Cowell ; Beatrice, Mrs. Barrett ; Hero, Miss Villarers. To be followed by the Musical Piece of " NO." Sir George Doubt ful. Mr. Bodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville ; Marla, Miss Stauley. To conclude with the Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Courtney, J. Vining, S. Cowell, C. Maher, Wynn, Pal mer , S tacey ; Miss Emma Stanley, miss Viliars, Mrs. Fesbreke, Miss Somers, and Miss Taylor. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Goner'', Is. THE THIRD EDITIONS OF 64 TII E SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OP POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-og:ce, 112, Strand. 1 lIE WEATHEIL—Strx °mem Aran, 11. rHERNOMZTEII, Lowest., 35 ; Higll , est, 48 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.79.—W ND ; fine. ti 141 ti WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DST. m orn i ng as.. minutes sitter 7. j EverVmg .. 10 minutes after a • ' l 4 . • R.' , A 17 . ' 14 Inning gillt LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 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 allegianoe to the Govern ment, and of devotion to the Constitution of Great Britain. It becomes our bounden duty to express our ac knowledgments to the Hon. Gentleman the representative of Nottingham for having, howe ver patriotich unintentionally,ent provok e d thi s e bullition of loyal and been productive of nm.o If the Chartist agitation has other ad van t age , it has certainly elicited f rom the inhabi tants of our metropolis tokens of affection for the m po ust litical i ns ti tut i ons o f G rea t Britain such as permanent satisfaction, alffvohr-d an universal and yesterday a n extraordinary l e we were writing mo vement was g o ing forward throughout Lond on. Pr eparations were making in all directions fo maintenance of order and the preservatio n the organized A defensive system was deliberaetfely atr nquillity• both by the civil and military a r rris p o tt n r e ts d. up S on an t d h - e . authorities. the principal public offices were Most of bags were heaped up into artificia lg roof of the Bank to enable the soldiers em to fire with comparative safety and precision. Troopswere ac cumulated in rather formidable numbers in neigh bourhood of the Royal Exchange. A few the before, the Court had judiciously proceededevetonieje Os borne House, so that treason could not even have the satisfaction of peeping at royalty over the chevaux de frieze of Buckingham Palace. Shop-window s were barricaded by their customary shutters, and ci 1,. vilians paraded the different s t reets b earing the ' staves and wearing the armlets of the special constabulary. Occasionally an adventurous omnibus or a speculative cab straggled along the principal _ . thoroughfares—but otherwise 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. As 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'Cosesioa 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 rlled the braggart-banners of Kenningto n- common, o 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 with which Parliament listened to the seditious language of Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BaisN, language which that gentleman had the temerity, not to say the indecency, to utter in the very presence of the SPEAKER—the acclamations which greeted Sir GEORGE Guar when he eulogised the majestic policy of LAMIRTINB, and invoked the loyalty of the population of these islands towards the person of her Britannic MAJESTY—the contempt with which Mr. Hume 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 wurkmEn 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, beeause their conduct towards the En g li s h operat i ves h as b een const i tu t e d one of the c hi e f bl ots on t h e a l most i mmacu l ate character of th e new G overnmen t o f F rance . It was an act o f h os tility w hi c h our earnest sympathies and anxieties for the welfare of France had not merited at their hands—the whole tenor of the conduct of the new French Government r producing a n earnest desire for peace , and especially ppeeaonpele wh e En a rgtlid. Tothis desire the English pulsion of their fellow -countrymen by the the Fren c h induced the Engli s h to doubt Y theen sincerity of protestations of th e French Govern expulsion was, i n f act, an erniiment--that tive to all the pacific demonstrations a e t t !.e nega- LAIIARTINE. But that anomalous course M. DE action is now at an end. Th e i nsu l t offered toE R of land is repaired by its voluntary cessation. English workmen now in 'France ar e con fi ded by The the Government to the honour of the F renc h peo ple ; the Government consider themselves responsi ble for their protection. All further revolutionary tendencies are at an end in Paris, the authority 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 diffuse 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 all Italy, but the form of government which e ach individual state may ultimately adopt is as yet undecid e d . The Italians seem di v id e d be tween an anxiety t o assert their national liberties and a desire of avoiding anarchy and dis turbance. For example, a letter from Chambery gives the folio ceedings at sa vv v ing extra or di nar y accoun t of pro " Events succee d e ach other here with astoundinoy g rapidity. W e were y es t e rday republicans, and to a we have been s o long T y we h have again become what republic has not lived more than twenty-f our hours ,Savoy." In lik e tnanner,Venice, afte r establishingln that decision, and resolved to wait and watch the progress of events. These uncertain proceedings are so far satisfactory ; i n short, theyindicate the real wishes of the peopl e t o b e the simult.ineons conservator s of peace and lib er t y . Their indecision is occasioned by th e i r f ear o f endangering the one by too strenuously promoting the other. In Lombardy, however, there is 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 POPE 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 JEsus 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 r: port be correct or not, it is certain that Pius is persevering in his laudaisle 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 progress of liberty and unity among nations, which, as LAMARTINE 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 enzeute 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 with the Carlists, and had proposed that Queen ISABELLA should be di vorced from her husband, and should be married to the Count DE MONTENOLIN, 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 ; Fire per Cents., 13k. Exchange . on London, 43. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the French papers of yesterday. It is expected that the Afoniteur 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 Sieele has an article urging the French Go vernment to seize the maritime provinces of Austria in Italy. The Moniteur publishes a decree appointing entre pets at Bordeaux, Rochelle, Rochefort, Colmar, Mulhausen, 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 Moniteur 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 RoLLIN 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-derant Royal, and in any other edifice," and also for the purpose of uniting the museums ex isting in the departments with the central museum. 1 he following is from the Democratie Pacifique "In some quarters of Paris a great number of tri- coloured flags 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 land lords were disposed to remit a part or even the totality of the quarter's rent to their tenants, who found them selves in difficulties. But most generally it is those tenants who are least in want who have excited their neighbours, and dragged them into this turbulent coa lition. " We confine ourselves to demanding from the tenants 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 DE 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 Government 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 be par ticularly serious. M. CLEMENT THOMAS, the newly-elected Colonel of the Ist Legion of the Pari sian National Guard, has been appointed Comminaire Extraordinaire of Government to the city of Bor deaux (of which he is a native), in the hope that he 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 they 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 burrs 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 appearance, and the excitement created by the affair was subsiding. M. DE RUMIGNY, one of the two of Louis PHILIPPE'S Aides-de-Camp, who followed hint into exile, returned to Paris two days ago. Three of the Bonaparte family are now candi dates in Corsica, for seats in the National Assembly —viz., Louis NAPOLEON ; NAPOLEON, son of JE ROME BONAPARTE ; and PIERRE, son of LUCIEN. BOURSE.--PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 10. THREE O'CLOCH.—The firmness in the Rente conti nued to-day, both the Five per Cents. and Threes having advanced 4f., the f ormer closing at 58f. , and the latter at 41f. 50c. On th e o th er h and, Bank of France Shares have fallen 30f., closing at 960 f. The cause of these different results is said to be, that the holders of Bank Shares, being alarmed at the intention attributed to the Provisional Government of absorbing the Bank of France (such is the term in use), and converting it into a " Banque Nationale," 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 had undoubt edly taken place, but the decline in the Bank I ; I earl,sion railways compari son, B baanv Bank hasadhnvaatrnh advanced, e and in the n o one supposes that the sellers o f have c e is, been th a t I S , h iv a e r s es an is d cannot be altogether attributed the firmness in the Rente f l a ' r hr s e ra e probably, • to the cause thus assigned; it is in part, ouo of making purchases in them; hence the infer e e s n those changes which somet imes take p lace at the Bourse, du TrAsor were nominally ' at 43 per cent. loss, bat nothing was done in them; Bel gian Fives (1840) closed at 56f. or 2 ff. hig he r; Ohliga tions do la Ville are 10f. lower, at 865 f. y Shares the advance has been general. Rouen 15 f. at In Railway 3001., Havre 15f. at 160 f., Marseilles 12f. 50c. at 180 E, Orleans 10f. at 4201., Bordeaux 701. 50c. at 390 f., Northern 6f. 25c. at 316 f. 25c., Lyons sf. at 305 f., k Strasburg lf, 25c, a; 3391, 75c. French gold is at not THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1848. more than 60r.; change for the I,ooof. about 15f.; the sovereign at 26f.; th© English Bank-note at 25f. 50c. ./ 2 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL +e AYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. AP RIL 10. Boulogne and Amiens, s —Sambre an d M euse , 41/. 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. CIIRISTACOPOULOS Foreign Affairs, M. DROSSOS MANSOLAS; War, Goneral RLIODIUS ; Justice, M.DIONIEDES KYRIACOS; Public Instruction and Worship, General ANASTATITJS MAN - Roam usns. EGYPT. Accounts have been received from Alexandria to ,he 29th ult. At Cairo a meeting of the leading natives was held, and a deputation sent to ABBAS PACILL, 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- LEY was returning to England. There was great activity in the military and marine departments. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. A proclamation was published at Vienna, on the 4th, prohibiting the exportation of gold and silver coin from Austria until the and 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 Ministerial Council of his MAJESTT, they have prayed of the EurEnoa 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 Louis was the chief of the retro , grade party. The Wiener Zeitung, of the 4th April, announces that the EmrEaoa 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 Allgemeine Zeitung z— " War has this day been declared against Sardinia. Prince Schwarzenburgh has offered to take the corn wand 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 Kind 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 bis forces on the Almelo, 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 without 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, Sina, Stametz, Meyer, has counselled the Government to effect an arrangement with the Lombards. The different manufacturers of Austria and Bohemia have done the same." The masons of Vienna struck for wages on the 6th, and attempted to make an erneute, 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 c overof franchise, such representation to have commanded interests of the country, to pass s the 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 nitely and not merely provision a lly. " 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, ArRIL G.—The meeting preparatory to the establishment of a Constituent Assembly has separated. The committee of fifty will hold its sit tings ; it will decide in all cases of urgency, and is empowered to convoke the dissolved assembly should the case require it. The Republicans have placed a committee of fifteen to watch over the proceed ings of the committee of fifty. The committee Of 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 ment 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 bou n d ar ies, and without any diminu- . tion, to the Germanic Confederation. " To this his MAJESTY replied, that in pursuance with the wishes of the province 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 out the military. Six lives were lost. HUNGARY. Letters from Pesth, of the Ist April, confirm the news that Hungary has declare 4 itself independent. It is feared that this important ever* will be the signal fur a civil war. In fact, out of a population of nearly twelve millions, the race of the Magyars, which is at the present moment the dominant power, which Aus tria has always treated with peculiar favour, and which is in possession of the intelligence, the richt s, and the most valuable portion of the lansled property of the country, does not amount to more than four millions of people, Thp Sislqvcmin popillntinn mirn 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 country and the Holy Ste, caused by the refusal of the latter to receive M. LECLENQ, as Belgian Envoy, has termi nated in a manner highly satisfactory the latter, and to those who appointed him. The Nuncio Mon seigneur SAN MaasAN, 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 it awn 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 Miero 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 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 bo 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 I 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 o' 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 eonauquence of the prevalenee of desertion in the Russian army, and even among those employed in the civil departments. ITALY. LO3II3;A_RDY AND PIEDMONT. Accounts, from Brescia, of the 3d inst., states that a collision between the Austrians and Piedmontese troops was hourly expected. A letter i'rom Razzato, of the 3d inst., says— " I am with a company, commanded by a Swiss officer, at six miles fci )m Brescia, and about two miles from the river Chia - se on the opposite bank of which are the Austrians. TV e are every moment expecting an order to commence at i attack. Two thousand volunteers are stationed on th e heights near us, and in the plain on the right is the ad. vanced guard of the Piedmontese army, with the artillery, while the main body are advancing on Montechiar i. "It is said that General Zuechi is advancing with a considerable bi idy of sailors from Venice. The deser tions of the It: liana who aro enrolled in the Austrian army are less frequent, because the men are now distri buted among I the different regiments, and narrowly watched by ti ie Germans. In the confusion of combat, however, they will probably turn against their enemies, and spread. death and consternation in their ranks. Brescia is r /ell prepared for an assault, and it will re quire a force of not less than 20,000 men to attack it. At every as gle of the fortifications is erected a large crucifix, sun nounted by a tri-colour flag. Every band of patriots to ppointed to defend a bastion has an armed priest in its ranks. In an alarm which was given two days since I saw more than ten priests, well armed, march out to meet the enemy. " The monk s themselves take part in the patrols, and at the first rising at Brescia one of them directed the manazement of two pieces of cannon with much skill and effect. Persons the most distinguished by their birth, thei r 'weight, and their social condition, take part in the strul ;gle. In our company we reckon two priests, a monk, t% members of a princely family, two counts, &c., &c." A letter . from Mantua of the 2d inst. says— " The Gol vrßor demanded of the authorities of the commune tht tt some of the churches and the seminary should be pines 3 at his disposal, for the accommodation of 8,000 troops which he expected. The Bishop offered him his own pt dace, but would not allow the churches to be ( lesecrated.' ' I"he Gazed :a di Milano of the 4th gives the follow ing c Cficial r ,ews of the same day :—" The six vessels laden N vith. 'corn which had been seized on the Po had arrived *t , Milan. At Verona are stationed about 8,000 men, comprising 1,000 cavalry and 7,000 re.eo;enc, urvler the c-ern-7-:-.-1 ef B' A 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 SAN . FERMO. Betore they arrive at Verna the number will be doubled. 'f e% kive taken the titre of " Crusaders." Gen. Zucc In is expected soon to join then, 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 A LEMANDI 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 of 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 essentially 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 ♦iew, then, the Government has requested the Admiralty to order the commanders of men-of-war to limit themselves simply to defend their ships in any case in which they may be attacked by Austrian men of- war, but in no ca , ,e to provoke a combat. " As to merchant ships sailino. under Austrian colours, the Government desires that they be respected in their voyages, and in no manner molested?' NAPLES. 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 si ith a crisis of the most violent nature. " On the evening of the 29th the Virgile steamer left for Genoa, 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 conapro head 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 arid infantry assumed that duty. Serra Capriola and Boz4li appeared determined with the King to follow at Naples the sad example of Louis Philippe, Guizot, and Neuchatel, at Paris. Every enlightened man toresees 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 been 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; Alarquis Cords, Finance; and Prince Scordia, Public Instruction." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know from the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Govern went 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 ho 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 ts:ted. No order whatever had been given to that effect, nor was it in the contemplation of the Government to issue any such order. If the Hon. 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 be made on the subject. PROTECTION OF THE CROWN AND GOVERN MINT 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 hereiitary monarchy ; but if this 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. IlUalE 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-common 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. SIBTLIORP tendered his best thanks to her Majesty's Government, and more especially to her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, fur the firmness he had displayed in bringing in this Bill, and persevering in it, in spite of the factious opposition made to it. He hoped that the Government would not relax one word of it. Ho should have been happy to have seen the Bill even ten times more stringent than was. With respect to the q ue stion asked by the I Member for Montrose, whether the Bill w ou a l t d s a h p o p u l l yd to Honourable Members, ho wished to say that Hon. Member at any time bring himself t within the provisions of so m f t o h v i e s Bill, he h t e he sh ff ou o l n d . rise in be forthwith nhis place in the committed to the Tower for the remainder of hie life. t AGLlONBY int A e l m r.peratellanguage in ang deprecated the use of any warm and anee. He did not think that discussing heo a Bill of this import pinions expressed by b ; he House.—(Hear, hear.) He had ciliate any party. -n_t the Hon. and Gallant Mem er were at all likely to Bill the Bill,necessary and l he shuflodrctehre tainly do so again, t favo s u id r e o ri f n g the voted last nigh d the motion for going into Mr. GRATTAN oppose protection of the people con of this country. C o mmittee. He did not see why, if the people of Ire land were in a state of commotion , a l a w 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 for 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 lead 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. Ho warned the Government that a sea was rising against them in Ireland whose flood would exceed 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 last night, which showed that 453 Members sup ported the Bill, he had little hope of obtaining a modi ficetion of any of its objectionable provisions. He had heard the speech of the Solicitor-General with great pain. In the MO of Vcoonell gw.l his associges, an appeal to the House of Lords, on the ground that the lure that tried them tv3RPd. s-eyed , cfpnrtinl, r7" - ^ 4 . ; but a CollYleLloll unuer thiti Bill would shus, out such an appeal. After conviction there was no ap• peel, and the person convicted would have, perhaps, to spend years in a penal colony. The support of the Bill by the Hen. and Learned Member for Youghal, whom lie did not intend to lecture, reminded him of an anec dote of a person who spelt spirits with two " r's," because is was twenty•five above proof.--- (Laughter) Under the present law of Ireland all the ,nuces s 4 'ugh t to th.t pit , down by the Bill ~ker.4 punishable. W by, then, did they want to pu, , lsh those guilty of them more severely, by transportation for life, or not less than seven years? Why, even females might be transported under its previsions. Ile hoped they would show their gallantry, by leaving out the ladies at all events. What were the grounds on which the Bill was proposed? First, because Ireland was disturbed ; and, secondly, because England was disturbed. Ile denied that this was so. With the exception of the United Irishman and the Nation, no violent language was used. Nineteen-twentieths, or 99 out of 100, of the people of Dublin condemned the wild and extravagant doctrines promulgated .by the violent demagogues in Dublin. Cork was quiet, and so also was Limerick, Belfast, Water ford, Kilkenny, Cloi.mel, and the other large towns. Those who said the city was disturbed libelled it. The Iloa• and Gallant Member for Lincoln wished to promote the cold water cure. Let him take care in promoting it he did not get into hot water and be punished under the provisions of the Bill. Since the union Ireland had been retrograding hour by hour. During the famine 1,900,000 died of hunger and cold. And latterly A man, who had been committed and sentenced for sheep stealing, was acquitted because his distress was great that his wife ate the limbs of her dead child.—(Hear, hear.) If they adopted is conciliatory policy, they might withdraw their 30,000 troops, and trust the protection of the country to the people. He had hoped that the Government would have postponed the Bill till after Easter—(Laughter)—but as they did not he should move an amendment as to the third clause. He had supported the Government, and supported them when no one else would have ventured to do so.-- (Laughter.) Well, his constituents, who numbered 10,000, had all a bad word tor them—(Laughter)—and he stood up, when no Member would do, so, and de fended them. Ho would give them another trial (Roars of laughter)—and he thought the best way he could serve the country, was to absent himself from public meetings.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He was glad that the demonstration of the Hon. Member (Mr. O'Conaor) 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 consi dered it necessary to suppress the seditious proceedings 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 his country. The greatest dissatisfaction and misery pre vailed, principally in consequence of absenteeism, from the physical degradation of the people, and the obnox ious provisions of the Irish poor law. It was a great error to suppose that domains of 60 miles, and electoral divisions of 16, could prove otherwise than a delusion to the poor, and be lookediupon as anything else than a hol 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.) He submitted he was in order in stat ing this, whilst discussing the necessity for such measure as this. The Honourable Gentleman was pro ceeding to deal with the constituency of Tippe rary, which had been reduced, he said, to 434 when he was stopped by repeated calls of Question, and resumed his seat. - 170 - r - c1.1 7 : - RTS - S - ELL said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had mistaken the nature of the motion before the house—(Hear, hear)—as he would have had an opportunity of making the speech at a later period; a nd in making this statement he would simply submit to his consideration, and to the consideration 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 Nay it had been to-day?—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentlemen had referred to a statement made by him (Lord J. Russell) last night, which seemed S . O have been very much misapprehended, and as it was not unlikely that that misapprehension might extend to Ireland, he wished to say a few words in order to set the matter right. He seemed to think that he (Lord John Russell) stated with respect to the loss of life that had taken place, in Ireland, that it was no part of the duty of the Go vernment to interfere for the purpose of saving loss o f life from the ravages of hunger and disease. What he had stated was, that, generally speaking, iC was not the business of the Government to interfere, but from what had been done be, thought he could hardly have been supposed to state that such measures were unnecessary with respect to the want of food in Ireland, beause last year the Government recommended to Parliament, and O 1 tained power to feed 3,000,000 of people daily, so little was the Government disposed to be indifferent with respect to the suffering people of Ireland (Hear, hear.) With regard to the poor-law , had any been introduced during the present year; the arrears of the sums required the consideration of the Government, as no doubt cases might arise in which it was quite impossible, from their size, to supply the starving people with foods and therefore not long since he sent a notice from the Treasury stating, that if any persons were starving 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 effea 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, in consequence, to perish.—(Hear, hear.) Where there were no means of relieving the distress, he directed that application should ba made to the British Association and to the Government, in order that the people might be spared from starvation. H e t h ought he had cleare d up this misapprebension.—(Hear, hear.) If such state ments were made in Ireland th ey wou l d b e both libellousand calumnious.—(Hear, hear.) Sir BE 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 th© 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. AIASTERMAN expressed his sincere thanks, 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 House divided, felt bound to say a few words in answer to the question put to him by the Honourable Member for Montrose. He had asked the Government, whether the meeting on Kennington-common yesterday, had been forcibly dispersed by the police. In answer to that question, he had to state that the meeting had not been f orc ibl y di sperse d b y t h e police. The Police Commissioner under the direction of the Government had stated to the Honourable Gen tleman opposite (Mr. O'Connor), and the leaders of the meeting, that it any attempt was made to have a pro cession, and it was persisted in, force would he used to put it down.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) With respect to the statement of the Honourable Member for Montrose that the preparations made try the Government were useless and improper, be could not admit that they were useless, because ho believed that in consequence of the preparations that had been made, the knowledge of them had struck terror 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 metropolis,and the spirit that animated them,was above all inaise.—(llear, hear.) Ho 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, ho had received intelligence, that the occurrences in the metropolis yesterday, and their peaceable termination, had beenreceived with great joy in many of the large towns in the country.—(Hear.) The Government had, he was happy to say, by the blessing of Divine Providence, been enabl e d t o dis charge their duties fearlessly, assisted, as they had bean, by the cordial co-operation of th e p eop l e. After some observations from Mr. HustE 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 were 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, hfr. BERNAL in the Chair. The preamble was postponed, and the first clause agreed to without any dis cuss i on. ' (LEFT SITTING.) ---------- EXPLOSION OF GAS IN A SHIP.—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. On© of the crew also was injured. She was lying at Tyne 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. BIRTHS. On the let inst., at Wolverton House, Bucks, the lady of Richard Harrison, Esq., of a son. On the let inst., at Reigate, Surrey, the wife of James C. Street, Esq., of a eon. On the sth inst., the wife of the Rev. William liaslanb Incumbent of Baldin, near Truro, of a daughter. DIED. On the sth inst., Isabella, Dowager Viscountess Power*. court, relict of Richard, fourth Viscount Powerscourt. On the 3d inst., at Ludgate-street, Wiliam Boydell, only child of W. IL, Carlin, Esq. On the 4th inst., Aire. Atkins, of Allsop-terrace, New-road. O. the 4th inst., at Radcliffe-upon-Trent, Notts, Julianna, wife of William Taylor, Esq. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is Oa C9lllltY of laiddloges, Tuesday. Anril 1 1 1 PLR I