The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S T HEATRE. TUE;DAY, April 13, 1832. Madlle. D'ANGRI. First appearance of Signor BELLETTI since his return from America. It is respectfully announced that this Theatre will Reopen on TUESDAY next, April 13, when will be revived Rossini's Opera, L,ITALIANA. IN ALGIERI. Mustapha, Signor Belletti ; 'faddeo, Signor Ferranti; Italy, Sig. Mercurial' ; Lindoro, Signor Calzolari ; Elvira, Madlle. Feller ; and Isabella, Madlle. d'Angri. Between the acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tissement, L'AURORE. To conclude with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAILE DE CAYDIL, In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, La moureux, M. Di Mettle, and M. Mathieu will appear. Madlle. SOFIE CRUVELLI. On Saturday, April 17, Madlle. Salle Cruvelli will appear as Norma. Madlle. JOHANN WAGNER. In the easuing week Madlle. Wagner will arrive. A. new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. Madlle. CAROLINA ROSA.TI. A new Ballet is in preparation for the rentree of Madlle. Rosati. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Production of I MARI YRI. The Directors have the honour to announce that, on T UESDAY, April 13, Will be produced, for the first time in this country. Donizetti's MART OperaYßl,. entitled I As performed at the Academie Royal, Paris. With new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season),. at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musiesellers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. This Theatre will Re-open on EASTER MONDAY, April 12, with the Dramatic Romance of the CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which will be produced, for the first time, a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. On EASTER MONDAY Will be presented a new Opera entitled WHITE MAGIC. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Misses Fyne, and Louisa Fyne. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Course. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col lins, Caulfield, Honey, Sze. With a new Farce, in which Mr. Keeley will appear. THEATRIL ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. On EASTER MNNDAY Will be performed a. new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey; Mesdanses Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After wnich, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. And WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? ROYAL LYCEUM T.ELEATR.E. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. On EASTER MONDAY Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by MCSSIS. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAT —Morning 5 min. after 5 I Evening 27 min after 5 To-Voasow—Morning 48 rain. alter 5 I Evening 14 min after 6 THE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 9, THERstomErsr., 12 , 5 mu& 6.A.aar. 49-12:ghat ainca noon yesterday. 33—lowest this =QI - fling and during the night. 43—th!a day, at noon. _ _ BAlt war Rat, 30.33. WDID N.E.--cloudy, with occasional glimpses of sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the tollowirg places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.--The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Purmourn—Wind E., hard wind—partially cloudy. HASTMGSi—W ind E.N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. SouTIIAMPTON Wing! N.W., strong breeze—overcast. Fox.xsrorm—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. Tusnm3GE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind N. E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STSOOD.-Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YanatouTH—Wind E , strong breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LimatuacK—Wind E., calm—overcast. MuLurroAß—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. lArGErrox—Wind E., calm—overcast. HOLYHEAD—Wind E., gentle breeze very fine. LANCASTER — Wind N.W., calm—principally clear. WHITBY—Wind N.E. gentle breeze—foggy. DARLtroaTozr—Wind N., strong breeze—overcast. SHAD—Wind E., calm—principally clear. Bicarrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. M ~~ I \ S ~ , ' • i . ' .;;;- (4140) OVvitinit %-us Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1852. January was rendered remarkable in the history 0 Calamities at Sea by the burning of the Amazon, and February by the loss of the Birkenhead. It is earnestly to be hoped that the ten subsequent months of the year are not destined to be remembered by some similar catastrophe. Improbable though such a supposition may appear, there is, nevertheless, a very dreadful possibility that it may actually be realised, unless some better system of arrangements be forth with adopted by the maritime profession generally, and by them practically appl:ed to the science of na vigation. Additional measures of prevention, for ex ample, should be taken— [common sense tells us that] —proportioned to the facilities of locomotion obtained, in defiance of wind and tide, by the employment of the powers derivable from the steam-engine. What was activity under the old and sluggish system of crossing the ocean under canvas, days, with the aid of b ran weal; be indolence nowa days, stoker and regnl machinery, fed by new What might by the er, • eincer might have been s in the sailing vessels of the last century, woul d , on board the steam - ships of the present, be e ith er th e most dull-eyed stupidity or the most culpabl e negligence. C ompare t h e s p e ed calculati o n obtained on an ave rage under those re spective circumstanc es , an d then it be estimated how considerable ou ght may more easily be the in crease of alacrity, of ac ti v it y , o e r to of precautionary regulati ons of a :bo ug hs, an d kinds ima ginable, in regard to those splendi d structures which are being perpetually b o r ne over the deep more rapidly than on the win gs o f t h e • nd— Seas v eaided by the fins of the paddle-wheel or the worm screw. propeller. Tice velocity ac q ui re d of th e b y the in ternal, application of a motive-power, independent of all the ordinary operations of nature, necessitates relaSive increase of dangers to be encountered, or at any rate, under the most favourable circumstances, an increase in the repidity of their succession. The reasonableness of our remarks upon this head must, we conceive, be altogether tco obvious to re quire any very elaborate series of illustrations. Un fortusaittely, the frequency and magnitude of the evi dencea afforded of the aecuracy of such opinions as those here advanced would be circumstances sufficient of themselves to preclude us from the necessity of reverting to casualties long pas*, or nearly altogether forgotten. The Great Britain, it would scarcely be extravagant to assert, could never but for the steam speed with which she was traversing the Bristol Channel have run feui, or at any rate so far foul, on the coast of Ireland. The President, but for the weight of her engines, &c., coupled with her extraordinary length from stem to stern, could not hove broken her hick (as it is generally conjectured s ee did) and foundered, without leaving a vestige of aer floating on the surface to tell the world of her disappearance. The poor Amazon— as is tolerably notorious by this time, notwithstanding the doeabtful and even contradictory evidence adduced on two successive investigations, could not but for the fact of her being a steamer have ignited as easily or have consumed with as frightful celerity. Whether the ori g i n of the flames lay is the heat of the bear ings , sr in the d • ' ► ;"" • t°P"' o ' oil on the tarrad coal - sacks , it is c *ltem that the timber of the vessel round the en • gin ".e.als ha d been facilitiesdried up so as to hold out for the s pread o f combustion, while it is no less cert a i n that the engine w s themselves swamped the boats, and f anne d and horror t o the l a c the 114ca3:', ing death bearing them on a k t less cre w and p•l9scng,rs, by waves and the fall speed through t he almost to the very darknes scloseoftrorn the commencernmt Birkenhead, in like manner, bat rnfiag oba,bility, have ration. The of her being a steam-ship instea d o f circumstance eailing vessel would not, in all human pr 0 7 0 beaten her on the sunken rem. self to pieces southern coast of Africa, near P o i nt 17 1 " off the maintaining thie, however, we should an ger. Is grievously mistaken indeed if our „°Tac verny ts were suppaased to be antagonistic in any way the employment of steam as a moti ve power at see. All we would insist upon h, THE SUN, the necessity of multiplying precautionary mea sures proportionately with the increase of speed from the replacing of canvas by machinery. Soli citous as we are to witness the more effectual de velopment of the national capacities for navigation, we have long clamoured for the application of steam, even to the vessels of the royal navy, through the medium of the screw propeller. It would be preposterous, therefore, to imagine for an instant that we are now endeavour ing to depreciate the value of the steam-engine as a power for marine locomotion. Our purpose at this moment is to insist, not upon the advisa bility of foregoing the advantages of the mo dern principle, whether applied to ships of war or of commerce, heaven forbid ! but the absolute and imperative necessity of adopting many additional measures of precaution. Such measures, for example, as never permitting any vessel fitted up with new engines (like the Amazon) to make her first voyage before her machinery has got into proper play, so as to run no possible chance of over heating the bearings; or as giving mere attention to the efficiency of all the arrangements as to the boats, so as to facilitate the task of lowering them safely by their ordinary tackle; or as looking well to the discipline of the crew, so as to ensure their respectful attention to orders under any emergency. Essential we certainly regard these steps, in the way of improvement, to be—absolutely essential, if we would be spared the recurrence of disasters such as those we have too frequently had oc casion to recount of late years, disasters destructive to life as well as ruinous to property ; and because of our convictions as to this necessity we have taken occasion to refer in illustration to the recent loss of the unfortunate Birkenhead. LONDON, benefit of her testimony if favourable, nor could he be prejudiced by it if injurious. But she was ar raigned along with him, and, therefore, her un corroborated statements, made privately to her mother, and also to the Superintendent of the Surrey Police, without any caution as to the use that might subsequently be made of them, when her husband could give no explanation or contradiction, were brought forward nominally against her, but really against him, and it was solely by means thereof that he was convicted of the crime laid to his charge. It should not be forgotten that this confession or statement was not injurious to the female prisoner—on the contrary, if credited, it would, and most probably did, lead to her acquittal. Her able and talented Counsel (Mr. CHARNOCR) largely availed himself thereof, and showed that, if true, she could only be considered an " accessory after the fact," for which, in consequence of the nuptial bond between them, she could not be made amenable to justice. The state - ment, therefore, although nominally put in against her, was actually in her favour, and it was only against her husband—the unfortunate convict—that it really operated. Was this correct ? Was it in ac cordance with the constitutional law of the land ? We believe not, and we are satisfied that it only re quires that the attention of the HOME SECRETARY, a sound and experienced lawyer, should be directed to the question to ensure a wise and judicious decision on the subject, on which the life of a fellow- , creature depends. We feel greater confidence on this point, inasmuch as the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman has already acted upon the principle in the case of two other men—KEAMISH and AYERS—who had been convicted of murder at Winchester during the late assizes. We believe that the clemency extended to these parties was not cwing to any doubt as to their participation in the offence, but in consequence of the unsatisfactory nature of the evidence against them. Had it been otherwise, if any reasonable question could have ex isted as to their guilt or innocence they would have received a free pardon, in place of a commutation of punishment. But in their case the evidence was fairly admissible, and should be considered by the jury for as much as it might be worth, whereas on KEENE'S trial the inculpatory statement should have been altogether dismissed from the minds of the urymen. But—it may be objected—the illustration is un lucky, seeing that all reasonable precautions were adopted in the instance of the Birkenhead. Not so! It is true, that before the vessel struck on the rocks off Point Danger there was the man at the wheel, steering steadily according to directions, S.S.E. E., with a berth of about four miles from Cape Rangeliff. True, that the night being calm and starlight, with land visible from three to four points on the port bow, and with a long swell setting in on shore—look-out-men were placed and a leads man was on the paddle-box. But—the course itself was an evidence of grievous want of proper precau tions. They were hugging the shore too closely, for the purpose of making a " short cut ;" and this, moreover, still going at the rate of 8i knots. Besides—about the middle-watch the leadsmen sud denly got soundings in twelve or thirteen fathoms, thereupon informing the second master—yet the ship's course was not altered. What says Commodore Wvvria. upon this subject in his dispatch to the Board of Admiralty ? Writing from Simon's Bay, he says distinctly—" When soundings were first struck, had the helm been put to port, the ill-fated ship might have escaped the danger." As it was, no such ceder was given by the officer of the watch, and before the leadsman could get another cast the ship struck, and he found seven fathoms alongside,' ith two under the bows and eleven by the stern. Twenty minutes afterwards the noble vessel was completely broken up, her hull submerged ai: d her spar 3 floating over the surge, with 454 un hzippy mortals abandoned to a sudden and appalling destruction. Surely, then, there is an utter absence of the 7o zpE7rov in this declaration that sufficient precautionary measures were taken in reference to the management of the Birkenhead ! Of the heroism, the s elf-possession, and the dis cipline of the poor soldiers involved in this calamity, it is impossible to think without admiration. Admi rbble as the spectacle of their endurance is, however, in the remembrance, it is altogether too touching in its solemnity to be viewed otherwise than with emotion. Quis talia-fando temperet a lacrymis We are not the opponents of capital punishment in every instance. There are cases of wilful, premedi tated, and deliberate homicide, in whiob, according to our views, the extreme sentence of the law should be carried into execution. We know, how ever, that many amiable and estimable individuals, differ from us in this opinion ; we only now allude to this point to show that it is not owing to what has been—we think very improperly termed—a "sickly sensibility" or " morbid feeling" on the sub ject of capital punishments, that we have put forward these views, in which we trust we shall be supported by many advocates for capital punishment in extreme cases, as well Rs by its conscientious opponents, so that the result may be the preservation of the unfor tunate youth now enduring the r.nguish necessarily occasioned by the contemplation of the terrible tragedy in which be is to enact the leading part at Horsemonger-lane Gaol on Tuesday morning. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The memory of " the bravest of the brave" is at length to receive a testimonial of national honour. 50,000 francs have been granted by the Government fur a monument to the most brilliant soldier of the Empire—the gallant and ill-fated NEY. The distribution of prizes at the Grand Cattle Show at Poissy took place on Wednesday. The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce presided, and opened the business of the day by a speech, which, after ex pressing the warm interest which the PRINCE PRES' It is a legal pri nci p le, which we believe has never DENT of the Republic took in the prosperity of the agricultural interests of the country, and recapitulat been disputed, that no evidence can be received or, in i h ns the d different measures which had been adopted by fact, anything done indirectly or by a side wind, and comp li men ti ng anhis Govern t m h e e n d t iff t e o e pr t o e mo h t i e bi t to hose interests, Which would not be directly available without trick the re or subterfuge of any kind. The rule is indeed indis- suit of their efforts, he concluded ru as x follows r ? a pe nsable to the due administration of justice. If any " Thanks to this ensemble of ameliorations, and tothose relaxation were a ll owe d there would be no end to which the Government have still in contemplation, 1 there is reason to hope that ag riculture will hencefo rth the discreditable devices resorted to, and much time proceed with a firm and r apid p ate in the path of would be consumed in the arguments consequent progress. Th i s show,at which so great a number of upon such attempts. Matters are occasionally, as it breeders have disputed for the prizes, and where such „ re h m atrkabldy g re fine e animals have been exhibited, proves to is. termed, " thrown into the jury box, of perfection Franc e industry;has ai already which, although not legally admissible, may arrived in w hat we may callpastoral yst considerably affect the verdict ; but there is no b ra n ch of i ndustr y worth y of the highest enc a on lagement, for it is by it that not only the soil P ractice which the Learned Judges more severely i increased sdecreased n i r n e ase value, butin price , t hata t nd he nourishment of the censure whenever the object is apparent, or even in people arerendered animated more withsu b to caution the jury that they are bound to dismiss - any degree perceptible, and the utmost care is taken stantial. Rec eive, then, so noble an emulation f all you who or the agric u lt ura l d e stini es o f the country, the expression of the gratit u d e of the Go• such matters entirely from their minds, and not p er- r ernment. Be assured that it will not fail in findin it h its m ission ; nedt them in any degree to influence their judgme n t . be assured that agriculture will always If this be the case in civil suits, where £s. d. ar e most livel y and the most constant solicitude. A nd you , z e e e a n i tle n ni d en of the l juries, only concerned, how much more strictly should it boors, the have displayed so much acceptimpatrhtlea n les observed in criminal inquiries, where the th e Government for the part thtayniksthoef accomplishment th of your la liberties, or possibly the lives, of the parties which you have taken in this a S evfe.ral insults the d En l glish journals continue to be pro m:ay be staked on the result, and where every, even We read in the Pattie : R ca ep u u ra bl l ic ies doubtful, point should be decided in favour of the algal President of o e f te th a e e on A the Government of the prisoner. We find, however, one remarkable case in w hich a mere lad has been not only capitally con- hoods they affirm that entire m departmentsong other havegross b been e f n a lr e: vi4:ted, but is at this moment awaiting the extreme populated, and their inhabit an t s sen t t o Cayenne and penalty of the law—which will be carried into execu - to n enable the . ho lt pu blic t se ffi ee t o ment i on s uch allegations to suffice of the honesty of those who don on Tuesday next, unless some interference make them, a nd who thus play upon the credulity of shnuld take place in the interval—who must neces- the English people." sal ily have been acquitted had not his wife been joined silence letter from Orle ans s t a t es that, among the libe rae convicts who h ave b een ordered to fix their re in the indictment, and her confession or statement re - in that city, 16 have voluntarily inscribed cei ved in evidence and taken into consideration th eir names to be sent to Cayenne. Several others in against him, by the jury who returned the fatal the same category, but who are not under the sur verdict. We believe that in this assertion we shall not veillance of the police, have solicited to be sent to the only be corroborated by the ample reports of the new penitentiary. trill, which appeared in the public journals, but by ,I,Ve find the following in the Constitutionvel : the , opinions of every person present in court durin ; e rean A bur n s e e m m h e e n r t appeare d e the a re f d •ti n t d d h h o e l d m e u r e s h w a h t o a l b n a s cl s wdhe m at a t n a d d e d re a the , inquiry. We would even appeal to the different with their money. A certain number among them, be me mbers of the jury, to say whether their minds fore receiving what was due to them, asked the clerks at were not materially influenced by the confession of their r s d u e r w m y an h d e f t n h r er they might reinaharse e be allowed to withdraw reimbursement, con the f em ale prisoner, and if a single one of these version, and they appeared well satisfied onre to the eeiringan twelve gentlemen could say that had he not answer in the affirmative. Others before leaving the h ea rd that statem ent he would not have a g reed T r r e e a a s s u u r r y ibo i n a d v s est a a t d ha t l h f e t h m e e i n n e t y e re t sh;eyf t h h ad received in securitye to the verdict in the other testimony, which had refused, and so great was the demand fnr those merely established a case of strong suspicion against ondn ours s that l is t was th found necessary to keep the office open tie prisoner, the point is disposed of, and the execu- t wo cash to the c a nias r e r a k e s u re s t e r a a l ites, Others repaired with their the payments into which tion of the prisoner `viii be neither more nor less than have lately considerably increased." a j u dicial murder. It is not necess ary for the purposes enter into any discussion on the question of General CANRODERT, one of the Extraordinary of our argu- Commissioners sent out by the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic, has just applied measures , of clemency to upwards of 60 individuals in the ar the actual guilt or innocence of JOHN KELNE, or .o rondissement of Severs, and to six in that of Chateau whether consider ' his wife was the real delinquent, or , Chinon, all condemned to various degrees whether both participate •fearful crime. Ac-d in the portatice. In most instances, in place of the punish cording to c onstitutional • c ipla it is not su ffi cient meet to which they were condemned, surveillance that a m an ,houid h av e Frill - committed any offence. His will be merely exercised over those persons. In the guilt muse a l io i,,,, , clearl y eatablished by legal evi. another of the Extraordinary Commissioners, has also plaining of parties, respecting perions repeatedly cons- been actively engaged in using the powers conferred duct no passible dou b t ., respecting whose atrocious con - on him by the PRESIDEIST of the Republic. At could be entertained, escap- Montelimart, out of 71 prisoners, 40 were pardoned; inn with impunity, th ro w • l e and at Crest, out of 185, 78 were set at liberty. link in the chain of • r° ugh some defect in a slug evidence Wednesday was the first day of the Longcbamps in the indictment. The ,or some technical error , procession. The weather was remarkably fine, and principle, apparently carried to an absurd however, althougn the turn out of equipages unusually striking. vast importance. It Is founded on is really one of A letter, dated London, has been found (according trice that it is better that " ninet 011 the humane doc- to the Times' correspondent) in the house of a So should escape, than that one • y- nine guilty persons I cislist in the Marne, and was handed over to the I Nixed Commission in that department. Its contents, unjustly punished," a doctrine, the man should be the reaso ns f or have been so clearly and beautifully w hich 1 b r ew h the spirit of fraternity and philanthropy : put forw ar d 1 t e Si: SAMUEL RoMILLY, that w e cannot refrain by 1 oMy dear Friend,4 only this day heard . the unfortu quoting the very words of that disti n • from 1 rate result of your trial, and I regard it as a sacred duty reformer :—" It should be recollected, too" legal ito give you, GI a distance it is true, a cordial and fra '3o," said th a t I ternal shako of the hand. congratu l ate, rather than accomplished, amiable, and hi la • or having pro. g minded g entl eman I pity, you, my dear friend. A convictio n f " that the object of penal laws is the protectioneni6nll claimedthe no - vn of the - great Robespierre, the man and 1 re • security of the innocent ; that the punishment lwho comprehended and most desired the emanci of the Ipete best • ificent preee guilty is resorted to only as the means of attain- I d ent_ laa of• humanity, is oaor magnificent prece guilcy is reaurted to only as the means of attaja.. dent A long as our poor race of pigmies ing that object. When, therefore the guilty in- ..._,. As lon as ofutahatp giant we shall remain escap e , 1 i w n " a l d insult the . 0 and the Revolution will be the law bee merely failed of its intended effect • nonsense egraeled position, it has done no good, indeed, but it has done no I i as regards us. We must not suffer the adieus harm. ; ti radeso u r of the wretened beings of the present day against But when the innocent become the • • victims of the r fathers of 1793 to pass without a vigorous protest. law, the law is not merely ine ffi cient-1 does i not No, there(Tech; th e re was no crime committed . at that glorious mere:y fail of accomplishing its intended sublime actions — were only noble and object, it there was main injures the persons it was meant to protect ;it creates ten an „ of t t° emancipation of the world and the ranch nationality. The car of the Revolu tion will n destroys the se- worse for n ot Buffs:. itself to be stopped—so much the e urity it was made to preserve." The opinions of endeavouring who are crushed under its wheels whilst such a man must ever command respect, more espe- I themselves. gto arrest its progress! Their blood be on cially on subjects to which he had especially directed ' L ei immediately co my noble friend, his attention, and by means whereof he gained his 1. eLru-Rollin, the i mmunicated to . Etat letter that you did me tno onour to adores& t o brightest laurels. forthwith, and / trust he promised me to reply to . it rust 'hit his reply will arrive . in In the particu!ar case under notice, had JAN _ , time. I have seen ' duced him to Led-------- here, a end I have even intro- KEEINE not been placed on her trial along with her mated I believe ru Rolli n H' ' goo d fellow, ani ,, W i th • eis a husband, no statement of hers, although given on that he does not clearly intentions; but I fear oath, in his presence, and with a full opportunity o f movement in France. y l 4rlerstand the revolutionary , and what kfluence does h t do you my of him, ems-examination, could possibly have been received. he Possess in your country. • • . I trust that I sha l l In consequence of the relationship existing between and devote myself again fo t he soon return amongst you them her mouth was hermetically sealed against him, either for good or evil. Ile could not receive the ciatist ideas—the only post ° E Then we will forgot all those propagation of sound So , which I am ambitions. ; will for ge t t h em b it er h av i ne I lech.e persecutions; we I) t aken vengeance for She= 1 4 EVENING, APRIL 9 , 1852, Let that be well understood. For my part, Ido not un derstand granting a , pardon to reactionists, which they merit so little. This time, as in faet it always was, ge neroldty would be a folly. I knew no hatred—that sen timent was forced into my heart, and I shall be as im placable in that hatred as I was fervent in love. It would be too convenient for those gentlemen if they could gratify their passions at their leisure, and should after wards appeal to the good feeling of the people. Prudence is the mother of security, says the wisdom of nations, and revenge is prudence. . . . As for you, I again congratulate you on having rendered glory to the noble martyrs of Thermidor---cur immortal masters. In Lon don we do not forget any of the great dates of the revo lution, and we are about to celebrate the 10th ot August by a banquet. Believe, my friend, in all my sympathy, and receive my fraternal salute." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 8. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 22%—Laxem bonrg, 4 7 / s —Namur and Liege, 7 —Northem ot France, 23 a n d Rouen, 30—Rouen and Havre, 12— —O r leans and Bordeaux, 14 5 /sParia and Lyons, 11—Paris Sambre and Meuse, 4% s —Tours and Nantes, 111 / 4 —Western of France, 7%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLoCK. This being Good Friday is a strict holiday at the Bank of England and other pablic offices, the subscrip tion•rooms and similar places of resort are closed. The Cotton market continues dull. The supply of produce has been limited this week and prices have undergone no alteration of importance, though many articles, including coffee, tea, rice, and cocoa, have been somewhat cheaper. Cotton has been dull, and cochineal and dye stuffs have rather tended upwards. The markets closed this afternoon for the Easter holidays and will re-open next Wednesday. The transactions in bills of exchange were of yesterday afternoon, as customary the day preceding Good Friday, and the rates were fully supported, being 25 55 to 571 on Paris, 12 14 to Q. on Amsterdam, 13 11* to 111 on llamburgh, and on Trieste 12 50 to 55 for 90 days' paper. A very interesting letter has been addressed to Mr. Thomas Baring on the effects of the Californian and Australian gold discoveries by a merchant well known here, Mr. Frederick Scheer. After going into the ques tion, Mr. Scheer sums up thus:— " A hasty recapitulation of the foregoing suggestions may facilitate the inferences to be drawn from them. The large amount of new treasure admits of no dispute (II.); but we must not form our judgment on this single fact nor on the experiences of former times (III.) Abundance of money does not necessarily constitute a hgher range of prices (IV.), the purchasing powers of the precious metals seem to stand in no direct relation to their cost of production (V.), and these metals are but a small and indefinite part of the groat mass of circulating medium (VI.) Even if prece dent were to be our guide the records of former times are obscure (VII.), their correctness and the inferences drawn from them may be fairly questioned (VIII.), and analogy is not to be trusted when in our days very ano malous fluctuations of prices have run counter to popular opinion or theoretical deductions (IX.). Altered cir cumstances, though they do not militate against the ordinary principles regulating demand and supply (X.), exhibit society under altogether new aspects (XL). Pro duction, as it proceeds in modern times, is stimulated by demand into a kind of self-propagating power, fur nishing progressively more abundant and cheaper sup plies, not only of articles of manufacture (XII.), but of raw produce and food, by improvement and extension of culture (XIII.). Even the general and considerable increase of consumption in England beyond the nume rical growth of tho people has been accompanied by larger supplies and lower prices (XIV.) India and China add new producers and theretoro new purchasers of the precious metals to those that are considered to constitute the civilised world (XV.) Finally, the in herent worth of these metals, which is indestructibility (XVI.), and their use and waste in various ways (XVII.), must have considerable weight in this inquiry." Messrs. Schrceder and Mummy's Circular, dated New Orleans, March 13, and published by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool gives the following particulars of the state of the Cotton district:—" In our Circular of the 28th ult., we noticed continued activity in our Cotton market, at firm rates. The demand since then has again been good; the transactions, however, less extensive, in con sequence of extravagant pretensions on the part of factors. Within the last few days freights have mate rially improved, and there being some difficulty in secur ing engagements readily, the market now is rather lan guid, and prices to Ic. lower for some grades from the highest point during the fortnight. The sales amounted to 52,100 bales during the first, and 40,209 bales during this veeek, against 106,000 bales, receipts during the same time. All our streams being navigable now, the arrivals have been large, as might have been expected; this circumstance, we find, is made the pretext to large crop estimates, which we cannot endorse. On the contrary we consider them premature, and only cal culated to mislead the opinion of those interested in the trade. Our latest accounts from Liverpool are to the 28th February. We quote—ordinary to good ordinary, el to 6 3 ,,-; low middling, 7/ to 7i-; middling, 7i to 71; good middling, 8; middling fair, 8* to 8i; fair, 811 to Bi. Sales during the 2 weeks, 92,300 bales, Receipts at this port, 971,385 bales, against 744,809 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all ports, 268,793 bales. In crease of total exports to Great Britain, 129,264 bales. Increase of total exports to France 36,460 bales, and to other Foreign ports 1,319, against last year." MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) SMITHFIELD. As is invariably the case on a Good Friday, the sup ply of beasts on offer in to-day's market was limited ; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds was in a very depresied state, at barely stationary prices. The num ber of sheep was small. Primo Downs were in moderate request, at full prices. Otherwise, the mutton trade was heavy, but no decline took place in the quotations. We were fairly supplied with lambs, the general quality of which was good. The private qualities sold at late rates. Dorset and other kinds were a slow sale. Calves and pigs wore in short supply, and heavy inquiry, at almost nominal currencies. In milch cows, next to nothing was doing. Per albs. to sink the offal. e. d. to s. d. S. & to S. d Lai eller 80a5t5..... 2 2 2 4 Inferior Sheep 2 6 2 8 4econd quality •• •• 2 6 210 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 4 Prime large Oxen •• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto3 6 3 8 Prime Scots •• •• •• 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 310 4 2 Large ooarse Calves 3 0 3 3 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto •• 310 4 2 Large Hogs •••• •• 2 6 3 6 Suckling Calves ..19 0 24 0 Small Porkers •• 3 8 310 Lambs . •• 4 8 6 0 Quarter old Pigs ••16 0 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep, I Calves. I Pigs. I 6,900 110 I 200 YOREIGN SUPPLY. I iheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 230 48 Beasts. 509 B ?Ftsts. 113 NEWOILT2I AND LEADENELLILL. The supplies being large, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. At per stone uy the Carcase. a. d, to s. d. 1 s. d. to 8. d Beef, Inferior.. •• 110 2 2 Mutton, Inferior .. 2 4 2 6 -----middling .... 2 4 2 6 ......._middung.• 2 8 3 0 - primelarge .. 2 6 2 8 -- prime ••• • 3 2 3 4 - prime small .. 210 3 0 F0rk,1arge........ 2 4 210 Veld.. "•••• • • 3 0 4 0 small •• •• •• 3 0 3 Lamb. 4 s 6,1 4 * 58 81. "PLEASURE GROUNDS" ON KENNINGTON CONIMON. There is a Bill in the House of Commons (yesterday printed) to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to enclose and lay out Kee. nington-common as " pleasure-grounds" for the recrea tion of the public. The Bill was brought forward by Lord John Manners and the Marquis of Chandos. The Prince of Wales, in right of his Duchy of Cornwall, is seised of the manor of Kennington, in the parish of Lambeth :—" And whereas, the said pieces or parcels of land are now open and uninclosed, and it has been re p., s‘nted to her Majesty by the Council of his said Royal Highness that it would tend greatly to the comfort and benefit of the inhabitants of the district in the neigh bourhood of the said common if the same were enclosed and laid out as pleasure-grounds for the recreation and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the said district, and others resorting thereto, subject to such regulations as may be necessary for preventing nuisances and improper practices therein, and for that purpose, that the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings have caused a map or plan of the said intended improve ments to be made," There are eleven clauses in the Bill, embodying the spirit of the preamble. It is pro vided that the map or plan, after having been authenti cated in duplim.te by the signature of the Speaker of the House of Commons, shall be deposited in the office of the Commissioners, and in the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the map or plan so deposited shall remain at the said offices, to the end that all persons may at all Bea unable times have liberty to inspect and peruse the game at their will and pleasure, paying the sum of ls. for every such inspection. The Commissioners are to be empowered to purchase the toll-house, and the Commis sioners may accept subscriptions for the purpose of lay ing out and improving the enclosure fcr the recreation of the public. The common is to revert to the Duchy of Cornwall, if not maintained as pleasure-grouuds for the recreation of the public. ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S SocIETY.—A ge neral court of the governors of this charity was held yes terday afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The report of the committee had taken into consideration the cases of the orphans who were left destitute in conse quence of the destruction of the Amazon, and also of the orphan family of Mr. Cumming, lata surgeon at Buxton, and had resolved to propose the admission one child in each case into the asylum. It was also proposed to assimilate the mode of conducting the elections to that practised in the London Orphan and the London Infant Asylums. On the motion of Mr. Bernard, and seconded by Mr. Eagleton, it was unanimously resolved, that John Blake, son of the late steward of the Amazon, and henry Cumming, one of the seven children of the late Mr. Cumming, should be admitted into the asylum without being balloted for. Mr. Chaffers proposed, and Mr. Eagleton seconded the following resolu tion :—" That the rules of the charity be altered so that in future every subscriber, instead of voting for each of thir teen candidates, will only have one vote f,,r each guinea subscribed for one candidate." The court was then adjourned till Saturday. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Yesterday, a quarterly court of governors was held at the office, No. 74, King William-street, City, Mr. John Labouchere, treasurer of the society, in the chair. The lion. Captain F. Maude, R.N., John Wild, Esq., Captains Dixon, Farrer, Probyn, and Madden were among the governors present. The re port of the committee for the last quarter stated, that within that period 700 in-patients had been admitted, and 338 out-patients had received medical treatment; of the former twelve were from her Majesty's ships, and 528 from British and foreign merchant vessels. The number dis charged amounted to 585, and 107 now remained in the hospital. The financial account for the past three months showed the receipts, including former balance of 550/. 14s. 3d., donations and subscriptions, 6071. 19s. 9d., dividends, 630/., to be 1,9571. 7s. sd. ; expenditure, 1,2871. 12s. 9d. . leaving a balance in hand of 669/. 14e. Bd. Th e Duke of. Northumberland, who, it was announced, had consented to accept the office, was elected president of the institution been o'of the room of I. , rd Melville, deceased. The report h I , n been adopted, the proceedings terminated with avin ° thanks to the chairman. THE BRITISH COLONlES.—Yesterday a Nfurn, ob tained by Sir W. Blolesworth, was printed extending to 85 n ges containing an account of the value of the exports 'and a imports from and to each colony of Great Britain in each of the five latest years for which the same could be made up, and the quantities and declared value of British_ and Irish produce and manufactures, and the quantities foreign and colonial produce exported from the united u a kingdom to each colony, from 1846 to 1850. 'a cre l i n , mats of figures in the return, showing the quantities va _ ue _,, ported and exported. In 1846, the total deciared rt all from British and Irish produce and manufactures the United Kingdom to the British colonies ,, ,t e Et P : de P cies was 17.3t5,2201.; i n . 1817, 15,919, ': 1T - 1 - d, i n 1850, 13,611,483/. ;in 1649, 16,507,714 1. enden -19,432,559/. The quantities o i t o t , e 3 a 2 l" x ib P ._ ; .. i . s . 4G ia; 2,917,0331 b. in in the last five years, were 2, exported to the i c i o l lo 1 n 8 i 4 e 8 ;, in 1847 ; 1,914,3461 b. in 108; 2,456,1"11) 2,84,4341 b, iti 1850. TO THE ELECTORS OF 'TIE CITY GP NORWICH. ( - )inerley ton Hall, April 6, 1852, Gentlemoi,—l have bad the hon Air to raieivo, through the 11.layor, a copy o f th e reso lutions passed at a reemt meeting of the Liberal members of the town-council of the city of Norwich. I am also informed by the same authority that meet ings of the Liberal electors of the city will be shortly held, to consider the subject of your future represen tation. I therefore think it is due to your intelliger co to at once place fully before you my sentiments on the leading questions now demanding general attention, and I bee' your kind indulg, nen if I be not coin) so concise as I readily might be under circumstances not requiring so detailed an exposition of views. I have now had the gratification of representing you for five years. Though conscious of inability to dis charge the trust with conspicuous credit, I venture to assert with confidence that my attendance in Parliament has been assiduous, and that my votes have been in ac cordance with the principles on which I sought your suffrages in 1847. On no occasion since that time Las any important question of practical reform been sub mitted to the Legislature that I have not been, as was my duty, at my post, and I am proud to know that I have thereby secured a continuance of the confidence with which you originally honoured me. So much for the past;—now for the topics which immediately challenge our contemplation. The first, the paramount one—is, shall this country in its commercial legislation be progressive or retro grade? That is the issue upon which all men now await the judgment of the people. Of the character of the verdict I have no doubt. But as it is possible that the expression of that verdict may be thwarted or per verted by a Government hostile to popular instincts, it becomes essential to understand, if possible , how a po lic y confessedly the most advantageous can be pursued by those who have hitherto denounced it as most pernicious. I am as freely disposed as any person to recognise the doctrine " Measures, not men." But the present is a moment when the working value of measures must be estimated by the character of those who administer them. It was the certainty of free trade and the cause of re form generally being safe in the hands of the late Go vernment that rendered the country and its representa tivei comparatively indifferent to the rapid advancement of numerous reforms much needed; and it is the well founded distrust of those now in office that creates the natural fear that not only will commercial progress find no favour among them, but that a backward policy will be attempted. And how can it be otherwise if we accept the repeated and recent declarations of the Ministry, on the hustings and in Parliament, that free trade is and must continue to be hurtful to every great interest of the empire? From free trade and cheap sugar the Colonial Secretary deduces the ruin of our West Indian dependencies. The East Indian Minister tells the electors of Stamford that free trade in shipping has paralysed England's right arm—the navy. In the House of Commons he repeats the assertion, though refuted by the experience of the most competent authorities from all parts of the kingdom, and he im plies that he has some plan for virtually restoring the old state of things, though the First Minister uncocdi tioaaily admits that the navigation-laws are for ever abolished. The President of the Board of Trade dis cerns otherwise undiscoverable social evils, including Australian and Californian gold, in unrestricted imports. The Irish Attorney-General connects the calamity of economic justice with the misery of a cheap loaf, and laments both as a subversion of the constitution. While the Chancellor of the Exchequer contends that to save corn, sugar, and shipping, his budget is indispensable. Its meaning, probably, nobody will know till the coming appeal to the country shall be decided. At present, however, we may assume that it can not be free trade. It is for you and the electors of Ragland to say if it shall , be the reverse of free trade. Six years we have been living under a free trade regime, and with what result? George the Second's reign is usually referred to as an auspicious era hi British annals, and was one of long peace and plenteous ness. But it bore no comparison to the present, at least as regards the materiel interests of the population. Whatever be thought of other sections of the State, it is admitted on all hands that never before did industrial labour produce so great a command of substantial com forts. Prices have fallen, on the average, 20 to 40 per cent., while wages have scarcely declined; in many in stances they have greatly advanced, owing to the in creased employment which abundance of food never fails to occasion. If it were not that this abundance could be proved by unquestionable data, its vastness would be quite beyond belief. Exclusive of almost countless supplies of consumable articles of nearly every de scription under the modern tariff, our imports of corn, flour, and meal have averaged upwards cf ten million quarters per annum. This it is that as sures a " bold peasantry." This it is that is really make ing them " their country's pride." At the same time almost any large borough may be selected at random, as showing a corresponding improvement in the urban population. For instance, in the capital of the Midlands, Birmingham, last year 1,329 new houses or manufacto ries were erected—almost double the number of any pre ceding year, and entirely by the smaller class of trades people. Pauperism had fallen off by four-fifths; while the artisans alone had invested in freehold land societies 70,0001. Similar prosperity is recorded of Manchester, Leeds, and other hives of skilled labour. Ascending to the next grade in the social scale, the capitalist class, similar proofs abound. If our imports of grain have been large, our exports of manufactures have been larger still, exceeding all anticipation. Thus, in three intervals of five years we have : Yrs. I Imports. I OthoialV 1171 .-- i ------ v -ii eof Declared slue Exports. of Exports. 1840 £ 67,494,710 £ 116,481,015 £ 51,406,430 1845 85,297,508 150,877,782 60,111,082 1850 100,460,433 197,309,876 74,367,885 The duty on corn, as you aro aware, ceased in July, 1849, and our annual exports have increased by more than 21,000,0001. in 1851, as compared with 1848. Con sidering the :innumerable branches of industry affected by such works, it will be admitted that much internal prosperity must have resulted from the fact that, whereas in 1845, only 2,024 miles of r a il roa d had been opened, costing 71,649,0001., in 1851, there had been opened close on 7,000 miles, involving an expen di ture o f 236,841,4204 Now, whenee, I would ask, came this extra investment of 165,000,0001., in the six years, or twenty six millions the average per annum? Whence but from the unexampled prosperity of trade. Nor is it in this channel only that capital has been fruitfully flowing. The creation has gone on apace of mills, factories, docks, wharfs, and warehouses; not a little has also gone on in ship building; there was no neglect of Lord Derby's ad vice as to draining; and yet capital has continued to abound at 21 per cent. in all monetary avenues ; while nearly twenty millions of gold are lying in the vaults of the Bank of England. Again : At the commencement of free trade in shipping, in 1848, the amount of our mercantile tonnage was 4,050,190 tons, employing 236,906 men; in three years, at the close of 1851, the tonnage exceeded 4,300,000 tons, and the men 240,000. The Right Hon. Member for Oxforeshire lately im plied that free trade had increased vice ; but the answer is that in 1841 the committals were 27,760; in 1850 they were 28,813—a diminution, not an augmentation of crime, seeing that the population of the kingdom has advanced thirteen per cent. in the last ten years. There can be little doubt that the moral as well as physical well-being of the people has lately been in rapid course of improvement; and every man conversant with great towns is aware that the instance of Glasgow, cited with such unanswerable effect by Sir J. Graham, in a recent debate, is an average type of the actual position of all our manufacturing population. Intemperance has everywhere greatly declined, espe cially in the metropolis. In pauper maintenance there has been a saving of 11 per cent, in the latter half of 1851, as compared with that of 1850. In that one item alone there is a moat material direct relief to the landed interest, who, it is to be remembered, have likewise shared in the general benefit of reduced cost of living, and in the indescribable advantage resulting from a state of society where the masses, being employed, well paid, and well fed, are necessarily contented, and attached to the institutions which secure them against the encroach ments of others. The Income Tax returns show likewise th-at their as sessments in 1843 wore 2,419,3291., and i❑ 1849 2,656,796/. an inereaie of a quarter of a million in uix years, which, at 7d. in the pound, attests no small addi tion of revenue. But although .facts establishing the beneficial results of free trade are numberless, there is only one point further to which I will advert, and the more emphati cally, because it has not received the attention it szems to me to deserve. Ministers derigdeprtilacee poarovvphbloy:it,,,doautrheubaasledt of a ss. duty lest it should derange the commercial and general business of the country. But it is not b-c onlyadded to the existin future wheat would not thereby be enhanced "luletahten ror P ld reP' vv a Ou in la : foorrtrtehbeleEttagtlisahmomunati.kNeltuethhrootu. gth4eo: cease to find its way here. And it is not simply that the tax is levied on that which is imported, but upon ail that is consumed in the kingdom ; for, supposing the re Ireland 30,000,000 imported, virtually tax ' the aters of 13, in Great Britain and wheat and 5,000,000 bo 35,000,000, and though til t . d wilt ha levied on the wb , . 10 5,000,000 foreign Rein', been 8,750,0001. And 2 50,0001., the actual a 6 to revenue, amounting to uty be actually paid . onoth.e, 03.0tatt paid by the people . I edgy the mass of th napo laboured. sitiou we are fir/ht. who would pay this su e p eo ple. In p rev enting simplest right of humanity L Ing their battle [for for mUndoubt- But whilst the continuance of f reegreat, and I think -"toe right to eat the bread which it has strenuously advocating h trade, I am not insensiblo that has g e too sudden, commercial change,n necessarily been the landed interest, s ccompaniel by severo pressure passed off to a consider and though that pressate Which is borne unfairly by which land is liable is a fair mat ter degree, yet it is ou rd b u t a h t s y e P la to nd. rem a oy h e e w ir i l l y ol b e ur s d u e b t! sub ject of the taxation to laud to promote national objects, the land exclusively. ter of inquiry before th© Legislature, and if there are corn-tax be untenable, why should the If, then, a new , 1 , l b e u t r t d h e e n in s b}- taxation lon ge longer h e on ly)rne by nation be perplexed with (lotto, as to the mode, nature, and date of its imposition? What is there in the ante cedents of the men now in office that should entitle them to our confidence? Is it not a fact that the majority cf them aro known in public li'e only by prof,ty.ions of hostility to every popular tendency ? W hat cm be said to give them strength at the present time? Surely i t cannot be their well-known acts and long and Openly avowed opinions. It the Reform Bill of the late Cabinet failed to satisfy the just requirements of the people, lie,w is it possible that they case till iho void? Is it not truo that they refuse to admit that rainab,rs anti intellige ae , shall confer the franchise, if it be not distributed ae . cording to a geographical arr,ngement, originally in. defemible, nad now more than over objuctioaat)le? SPAIN. By the following telegraphic dispatch from Madrid of the sth, it will be seen that th e l ong-persecu t e d liberty of the press in that enlightened land has re ceived its coup de grace " A decree has been published b y t h e Government, regulating in a sweeping manner the press. The fun damental bases are—a guarantee of 2,000 ree l s of con tribution d e impo sed og o f n religion,the journals;largestforeign tax-p a y ers , f or t r i a l of the principal press o ff ences; supreme court of justice for offences against the Queen; and the ordinary tribu nals for other offences ; The Government ; can suspend journals." From suppress ournals. From the ordinary express, d a t e d th e 33, w e learn that there is no truth in the report that the QUEEN was in an interesting condition. MADRID Bounss, Aram 3.—Three per Cents., 401 ; Exchange on London, 50 85 money. GERM NA ss 174 x . The bulletin issued on the 4th inst., relative to the state of the Grand Duke of B ADEN , s t a tes that his Royal Highnee has passed several bad nights, owing to renewed attacks of cramp, and that his strength is grea tly diminished. The Gazette of Prussia o f th e 6 t h says, the fate of the German fleet h fixed. In the sittiag of the 2 d inst. the German Diet pron ounce d its dissolution. The College of Presid ents o f t h e B o urgeoisie of Hanover have carried b y a large ma j o rity the reso lution for an addres s . the KING to mainta in the Constitution intact, a n d to put i n f o rce the laws of o rganization of the country. a) A letter from Vienna seems to attribute t he death of Prince SCHWA RZENDERG to exc it e ment occasioned by certain politic a l contrarietes ; an d the coup de sang under which he suff ered fourteen o r fifteen days be fore the last fat a l stroke i s exp lained to similar causes. It was i n va i n that his nearest surviv in g relative, to w h om he was t en derly attached, endeavoured to ca l m him, an d to dwell on the weakness o f y i eld i ng to such violent irritation every t i me that he con sidered himself slighted by hi s I mperial mas t e r, or that he sus pected his influence was undermined by an older and more powerful statesman. The impatient and haughty temper of Prince SCHWARZENDERG could not brook such slights, and, whether real or fancied, they at all events deeply preyed on his mind. On Saturday last he is said to have been in an alarming condition, but yet his death was not so soon expected. Few doubt that the Policy of P r i nce METTERNI CH, now that no fur ther resistanc e is apprehended from a n y rival, will be completely adopted by the young EMPEROR, whose leaning to the counsels of the aged statesman was known to have deeply affected the deceased Prince. It is believed that the projected visit of the Emperor NICHOLAS to B er li n will not now take place, but that the two EMPERORS will have an interview before long. The Jesuits are establishing themselves in great force in Austria, and their so - ca lled " Missions" are very actively high and low. The desire t o em i gra te employed in maki n g p rosel y t e s, b ot h is becoming more pro nounced from day to day, and the true reason of ,this unusual phenomenon in Austria is the substitution of the arbitrary will of the employes and police for law and equity. In a leader dedicated to the probable consequences of Louis NAPOLEON'S elevation to the Imperial throne, the Wanderer advises Prussia to yield to Austria in the matter of the Customs Union, as she may soon require her aid. According to a telegraphic dispatch, the sunken wreck of the Marianna has been discovered twelve miles out at sea, between Porto Levante and Porto Maestra. She went down - in about six fathoms and a half of water (17i passi); her mast is upwards. The concluding passage of the dispatch will perhaps enable English naval men to give a shrewd guess whether the steamer was blown up or not :—" To judge from the position of the wreck, the Marianna must, after her upper deck was carried away, have sunk at once. It is also probable that the engines, uns, &c., will be found in the wreck." GREECE. The Athens journals of the 27th give a gloomy ac count of the state of Greece. In the sitting of the Chamber at Athens on the 21st ult., M. COUMOUNDOURAKIB said that the famine with which the country was afflicted, the bad crops of last year, and the failure of the currants, had thrown the people into a very critical situation. A want of broad was general, which proved that the resources of Greece were very limited. Money was also:very scarce, and produce was obliged to be sold at a very low price. The harvest of next year must be a very a bundant one in order to rep a i r all the misfor tunes w hich were now felt. Wh en i t is remembered that the incomes of the proprietors are not suffi cient to procure them the means of properly cultivating their land, it. -- may be expected f a mine of this y ear that the will have very extended consequences. The cultivation of the land will be necessarily imperfect for want of sufficient capital, a large extent will be left in fallow, and consequently the next harvest can only be a moderate oue. But suppose that it should be a bad one, the mischief would then be without bounds, and the Treasury would experienc e i mmense losses. Pru dence dictated the necessity of having recourse to im mediate measures of relief, and M. COUMOUNDOII RAKIS therefore proposed that the Government should assist the landed proprietors and the agricultural in terests by a loan. M. LTSANDR E , ILAETI, after ex amining the difference betw een the commercial ex, ports and imports, and observing that the resources of the country were eaten up by usury, insisted on the necessity of devising means for attracting foreign capi tal to Greece. He supported the proposition. The discussion was adjourned. A letter from . Patras states, that in addition to the Poles which had been expell e d f rom Greece, the Go vernment were devising me ans to remove the small number of Italians which still remained there, and some of them had already received an intimation to that effect. T ORK—E-Y-7 We learn from Bosnia that the new Vizier, VSLIED. VIN PACIJA, had arrived at Serajevo ; he immediately visited the prison?, and was greatly shocked at the scenes which be there witnessed, and the horrors to which the unhappy prisoners were exposed, and at once tried to make some a rrangements to amel i orate their lot. He found that during the last two months no less than 60 prisoners had di e d in consequence of the privations and wretchedness to which they were exposed. Others lost their senses ; among these was the Franciscan monk J ut. , Tscu, moved to the infirm ar y , who was then re .,, where he attempted to com mit self-destruction. untold. The misery of these prisons is Notwithstanding all the r umour s of conspiracies, tho Government h as not arrived at any clue, and the whole appears to he an invention, though unfortu nately it affords a pretext for momentary arrests. Tho feeling against Austria is strong, and every person who is suspected, h owever vaguely or un justly, of having anythin g t o do with Austria is summarily arrested and thrown into prison on the accusation of b in g a spy in Austrian pay. CO - -!T. , WE S - HF - SLu OE-WIGH'. k FRO M OU R OWN CORRESPONDENT.) REPRESENTATION the elect public meeting of OF T IBLE OF WIGHT. A the Town -hall 1., ii s a ot this district was held at , Nest Cowe s (l on Wednesday evening, when Edward Daw e2 E, 'ddressed his constituents. The hall was crowded to tl ex' a s and the worthy Mem ber was received in the warmestees manner, his past con duct was applauded and future support promised him. Colonel Harcourt has canvassed the electors, but with very little suocess, i n this neighbourhood ; he is op pcsed bath by b Le Liber a l s an d the Protectionists. The Colonel is for "Free -trad e and Lord Derby I!" The Protectionists call on their frioLds not to support him. The Liberals support Mr . D a wes. Tun NEXT ELEcTio:.any are of opinion that a dissolution of Parliament is' not so near as some pro fess to believe it is. It has always been the opinion of tho Tories that the P ; ; ...ev.sog B a rristers' Court is the place to fight the b attle in. They. a lways bring more cash and tact to bear on the se oc casions than the Libe rals. It is, th erefore , probable that they will , i f they can, put o ft t4e evil "' r d y ay till after the next regis tration. FASHIONALE brOvE3IENTS MOTO marine residences have been taken this week than ever before known so early in the s eas on, safely say tie think that we may thi:t double as any houses wilt he occupied here in May as there have be en i n a ny former year. Married, at Northwood Church, Y esterday, by the Rev, Mr. Seaman, Air. Thomas Wheeler, to Ehza, oldest daughter of the lat e Mr. J am es Pedlar, of Lymington. Wonc ESTER nor mAnKET ' A PR IL G.—We have , a very limited business Join g in our mar ket. Fine new hop s , at llos. to 126 5 . ; l ow and qualities, 100 s. to 112 s. ' • fine 1346 and 1847 (16;4. , 50a. to 60s. In low and i nferior, nothing FRIDAY Su - it ui I be, rilli te; ee..l po e you can think such a 'el :s.str3; can continue in offtee, not only without a mejoricy of the people's repre seotatives to suppert their genernl pretensions, but with out tiny ostensible policy whatever. Nevertheless, I be lieve that they will unintentionally be the occasion of much abiding national good. Already there have been evolved the elements not only of a still more liberalised Government than the last, but there has been a mutual re cognition among all sections of Parliamentary Liberals of the basis of a measure that shall go a long way towards remedying abuses that have been the scandal of our electoral system. This co-operation alone is wanting. Without it political improvement throughout the king dom will again he arrested for an indefinite time. Not only will there be no re-adjustment of the franchise, but there will be no security for the just enjoyment of what is already possesed ; and it is for you, and for all large constituencies, to say, whether you will permit any Go vernment to stand between you and the reforms you de sire? Of those reforms an extension of the suffrage is ono of the most pressing. It must also bo apportioned on a principle that shall give numbers and intelligence their just weight. I has lately been attempted to bo shown by a leading member of the Government that the electoral body bears a much larger proportion to the nore electoral than is supposed; that the privilege of voting is equitably dis tributed, or rather preponderates in favour of towns population as compared with the rural interest; that 130 re-distribution of the existing franchise is needed, and no increase in the number of voters ought to be looked for. The answer is, that the same thing was said be fore the Bill of 1832, and with little more reason. Whether the electors are to the non-electors as one in six, as contended by the advocates of extension, or as one in four, or even one in two, according to the state ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the fact is equally notorious that the present system abounds in contradictions, which ought to be altogether put an end to. It is within the cognizance of every individual who looks around him that a voice in the election of representatives is denied to large and varied classes who are most eligible for its enjoy ment, whether regard be had to their num bers, their information, or their independence of cha racter. It is equally well known that, from various causes, the present limited franchise is not fully availed of by those now possessing it; while many are coerced to exercise it in a direction the reverse of what their own impulses and convictions would naturally prompt. For the latter evil the protection of the ballot is the ob vious corrective; but I am persuaded that it would be rendered unnecessary with a judicious enlargement of the franchise, which would ensure the unshackled ex pression of the opinion of the whole electoral body; and such was the consideration that dictated my vote on Mr. Hume's Reform motion on the 25de ult. Entertaining these sentiments, gentlemen, and trusting that your approbation will enable me to give them effi cacy in Parliament, as well as to those numerous mew sures of social, sanitary, and legal improvement which so urgently demand Ipgislative attention, I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful servant, 8. M. PETO. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THORSDAY.—The additions to the Royal dinner party, yesterday, were his Serene Highness _ Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Lady Caroline Bar rington, and Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps. Tne Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and. Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took walking and t eny exercise. Hie Royal Highnes Prince Albert rode cut on horse' bac!i this forenoon, attended by Colonel F. H. Sey moors His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, lef,f, Windsor, to-d a} , for to, n. tyr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent viiiited her Majesty te.dey. Earl Somers had an interview with Mr. Seeretarf, Walpole, 3est er d a y, at t h e H ome - o ffi ce. Th e D u k e 0 1 Gentle -rests Buckingh am h a d a l so an interview with the R (P i r g sa h arl t rina H .bn) o itt e . . : left fur ve theirEx ch e s ci e u a s t r , and ad M en r h s a . Walpole yesterday. Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with Mr. Si lli l is e r: ta ee r il l iri Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, the Governor of Ceylon, and the Governor of WI'S, yesterday. Her Majesty's royal bounties were distributed Of; Monday and Tuesday to the usual number of aged arse meritorious poor, and yesterday (Maunday Thursday); the royal charities were distributed in Whitehall Chapel to 33 aged men and 33 aged women, with the customary' formalities. inglietttwaoyanadftetrwnoelovne o'clockeom ait i usher ins e (one carrying the alms on a gold salver), the Rev. Dr : Jeff, Sub-Almoner; Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and a procession,yeomen e f t h consist' on guardsiat Yeoman of the Almoury ; the Assistant, accompanied by six children (three boys and three girls), from the Na' tional Schools in Westminster, who had been selected for, good conduct to parricipate in this privilege, proceeded to the Chapel. The procession, was joined, at the entrance to the Chapel, by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Al' rnoner; also by the Sub-Dean, the Rev. Dr. Wesley; the Priests of the Chapel Royal; the Gentlemen and Choristers—viz., Priests —the Revs. Hall, Clarke, Ile• den, Povah, Repton, and Balfour ; the Gentlemen- - ' Messrs. Hobbs, Barnby, Bradbury, Shobridge, Chapman° Grey, and Benson. The clergy and officers having taken their respective' seats, the Church Service appointed for the afternoon r—ltsattironsa,lo3Confession, Absolution, &c. (the Grand Chaunt). cDoome E nc x e h d o4 : First Lesson, St. Matthew, chap. 25, from v, 14 to v. 31 ' First Anthem (41st Psalm). " Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble ................................. (Nero). 21. 15s. distributed to each vvotnan. To each man shoes and stockinns. " Hide not TS'heociotrlTdhAynftahceetnfr(oamp r u as 7o r). Lord and cast not off Thy servants in Thy displeasure ; for we confess!, our sins unto Thee, and hide not our unrighteouseeso.' our sins" .......................................... " For Thy mercy's sake deliver us from all (6th and 7th verses, and 18th verse of 139c1 Woollen and linen cloths distributed. Third Anthem (61st Psalm.) Each red purse contsining 21. 10 " 0 Lstd, grant the Queen a long life" - ...... (hares.) Purses distributed. 3., and each while age silver pennies 'corre spon ding • in number with the age of the Queen. The Second Lesson. (The 25th c hapter of St. Matthew, beginning at the 31st verse.) Fourth (Th ver e Ist a n d 16th ses o`Anthem.. 63rd chapter of Isaiah, and the 9:h verse of 21st chapter of Matthew.) Commencing with, " Who is this that coreeth from Rion)," and crncluding with, " llo earinah in the highest! Anaeo". ............ (Arnold) The dispsnsaticn coacluded with the two ,iollotving prap.rs, composed for the occasion greatness, and the power, au, d , " Oh, Lord, the Sovereign of the world, we acknow' ledge that Thine is the the glory, and the victory, and the majesty ; for all that is in the Heaven and in the earth is Thine. Thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all ; both riches and honour conto of Thee, and Thou reignest over all. In Thy hand is power and might, and in Thy hand it is to make gr eat and ' to give strength unto all. Now, therefore, aur God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glo rious name, that thou hest not only bestowed greatness and majesty upon our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, but hest given her a heart also to take compassion on them that are below her, and show mercy unto tho poor and needy. Accept, most Gracious God, of this tribute which she pays unto Thee, the giver of all good things, and make her still more fruitful and abundant in these, may be preserved, and her throne upholden by mercy. and all other good works, that by mercy and truth she And wit h kful unto Thee for takers of her bounty, to be l t ruly tan . ' praise Thee continually for set it and b oth , us. And also pray most , up the hearts of al those who have been par ting such a pious Princes i s ., over her charity with a earnestly that Thou woa n a in this world, and with a long and prosperou . s n r t e h i e g world to come, through Jesus heavenly kingdom. ' who art good, and doest good, and Saviour. Amen. ,° o l s i l l i Y that fear Thee and imitate Thy - lea l s o u ok down from Heaven the throne of Thy goodness, upon us, Thy servants, hero ' prostrate before ta Christkme 0 Ls tp o b a l r e ss Lord el,od i on n ot d: hl glory, 1 aukfully acknowled that we have nothing This, who , i e have receivsd from Th-e a nd therefore can but w hat w . . , . Thee nothing but what is Thine own. Fill our give hearts, we fatherly go , cdoess which bath bestowed so many benefits wi give us to understand the happiness T hee, with a lively sense of Thy beseech upon us that we are not able to number them, and like wiseth them, and assist us with the power of Thy holy Spirit, that we may be with stewards of Thy mani fold gifts and graces, following the steps of our Lord of doing good and Master Christ, whom Thou hest sent into the world, to be a pattern to us of humble go o d ness; unto w hi c h we pray Th ee to quicken us by the conside ra tio n that we are but strangers and s cjoers our f were, cur days on the earth u b rn eing as es a all shadow, athers and there is no abiding: That so nothing. may tempt us to be high mind e d, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in Tate, the Living enjoy, that we may do good, and be rich in good works, ready to disitibui e , wii) God, aho g,ivest all things richly t o ~-alag to communicate, laying up in store a gosd foumtation for the time to come, that we may lay hold i on eteraal life. And we most humbly • thoughts of her heart, beseech Thee in a Special manner to bless her Majestb whom Thou hast set over us; keep this ever in tha4 with the power which Thou halt given her, and thereby EaLl AnitY Thee exceedingly in the sight of all the people of these realms, and bestow upon ter such Royal M a .". to endeavour to do much good j e stY es hath not been on any Prince before her: All !which we beg fur the sake of Jesus Christ our most ) !e B sel Lora and S av i our , to whom with Thee and the. Amen. 1- " Y Ghost be all honour an d glory, world without end }BII M AJISTY'S THEATRE•--MADLLE. JOHANNA WikaNun.—The musical public, much occupied with the be it added, with the intentions of this will :Ton have an opportunity of !Its, .t . is she is to a;.pear in the week im mg Easter at her Mhjesty'4 Theatre, and jing m il ' i b ede , dga r iti a e nt a ged b l r o yoa a fn is t hu , aectrcice, and, n a der artiste, in her rucAt celebrated awl faYouritl part.