The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

T" FAVOURITE HIGHLAND CLOAK justly celebratal as a guarantee against wet and cold.— Have you got one of .3 . IA.CD')i:G LE: favourlie Highland Cloaks If not. you should at on :e order one; this' are most suits , le for the rail, the steamer. and for town wear. The size rounA chew, and height of person Is a sufficient measure. Patterns of what they are made can be sent by post. Price, from 255. to 4is 12, Fligh-street, Inverness. D. AIACDOUGALL. ROYAL opERA, DRURY•LANE. Laze.% Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be per brined LA DONN i DEL LIGO. Characters by Signor Flavios and Armandi, Mr. 11. Brabant, Miss F, Huddart, and Lucy Escot:. To be followed by tho I.Cew Ballet MIRANDA. Prices of admission:--To the two galleries, 6t1.; secon d circle 0 1 ce boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta Is, 4 s ; private boxes to no admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one gu i n ea. Box-o open from 10 to 6 daisy. r:11,..1 . (3t; Under the management of Mr. Buckstotte. TIIIS EVENING. 'ill be performed THE BUSY BODY• Marplot, Mr. Buck stone ; Miranda, visa Reynolds. To be followed bra Ballet. After which, BUCKSTONFIS ADVENTURES WITH A POLISH PRINCES... To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCEiVA VIRATRE, OXFORD-STRE.ET. - Under u te m a nagement of IT. Cruar.za Mum. THIS EVF.NINO, Wlll be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To•ceraelncle with KViti TIKINTRY THE 1.1t(1/1"11T. Queen g a . Vlarine, Mr,. C. mean ; Cardinal '•Volsey, Mr. C. Kean. • - TiIEATRP: ROYAL ADELP/1.1. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—arectress, 52:. - lime Celeste. TIITS EVENING}, ti p l il he petforrac3 FOREIGN AFFAIRS; or, The Court of Cluecn Anne. Followed by HELPfNG HANDS. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Etc. To conclude with THE CAMP AT CHOBPIAM. ROYAL. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leaded and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING, Will be performed PERFECT CONTTDENCE. Characters by Messl's. F. Robsankand G. lining; Miss Airsten and - Miss Itromley. To he follkiwed by Brum W ATETti ROg DEEP. Characters by Mcsrs: A. Wlgan, Emery, G. Yining, Danvers; Miss Maskell, sad Mrs. Nieltort. To conclude with POOR PILLICODDY; ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. - ' ender the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaac. THIS EVENING, , . Will be presented THE HONEST 7.AWYEII. yo,be 1011055%.1 by THE EIGII WO DEit OF TIE WORLD. After which, CHERRY AND FAIR S TAR. Principal character b; Miss ftebecca Isaacs. To conclude with I'VE r. kTEN MY FRIEND. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lu.ssee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooks. THIS EVENING, The highly sucees3ful Spectacle called, ENGLAND and FRANCE In the DAYS of CHIVALRY; or, the flrothers in Anne, with all the "and m and cirmmttance" of knighly valour' the array of k•ngs . courtly dames, and the phen,anena attendant uon a matchless Stud of Horses. p To conclule with the Seg;NE3 in the CIRCLE, by Equest7 lens or acknowledged merit. open ;rum Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Aethw %Tanager, Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, W. W. Cooke, inn. . --- 111 G WATER AT LONDON Btu Doc. T P.7:llllzz 9 filln..q , :er 4 I lz.vonie,g 35 min. aft. 4 ro- !.!.orIDI F I 51 . n , • ,- ,.aftiln 4 I Ev ning 25min at. t Vag WFATITER.—ux Orrlnt, July 3. THIONNONETIA, IN THE SUADIL. 77- 3 :ignest since noon yesterday. I. — evrest this` morning and d ur i ng th e n i g ht. 71 —this d„ y, n6:-. BAROMMER, 30'28. WIND, is T . W. — Moderate, with very fine weather, cooler than yesterday. Some heavy rain in the afternoon yesterday. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Henceforward an Unstamped, as well as a Stamped, Edition of The Sun will be issued. The price of this Journal will therefore be.— UnstanlPed Stamped,, ................... Copies of ThC Sum bearing the newspaper stamp, and folded so that the stamp shall be visible, wil be tranwlissible and re-transmissible by post fol fifteen days after the date of issue. ljnstamped Copies may also be sent through the post-by affixing a penny postage stamp. _ ~,,,,, • •• •• • - - L.' , - ' kt, " 1 4, 1 r • '--. Al ' , _ :L9nOIT, TUES DAY, SLILY 2, 1865. - - 11 ,€ , 1 3„e'lear thS:c: 'EMPRifOR - of - the Praia, ddes with Lord Ctaizr±inclr in think in; that the Proce . ' earngS'Oi Anstria d'e no: jus tify censure." Tho simple, straightforward, and ',adorned statement of our illustrious Ally must carry With it Conviction to every unprjudicet - ' mind as, to the duplicity and, insincerity of that "iiillating and slinfiline- power. The strongest vituperative language could not convey weightier condemnation than that plain narrative of facts. or a firmer resolution to insist on the perform aw.e of the solemn obligation from which tla Cabinet of Vienna have endeavoured to wriggle out. Tt was, indeed, a model address, appealing to th, patriotism of the country in the best possiblt manner, and, rising to sulalimity in its dignified s i m pli c ity. Th e moat elaborate state papers hav( not placed the real questions a t i ssue so clearl) and explicitly before Europe, so that " lie wit( runs•may read," and every min may form hi. own judgment as well on the conduct and demand of the Western Powers as on those of Austria. , His Imperial Majesty first deals with the Allies, and boldly inquires, " Were we wanting in mode ration in settling the conditions 'I" This questionh+ examines fairly, laying down incontrovertible facts; and drawing the legitimate, and, we might add, irresistible inferences. What was the state Of affairk• at the time that Austria, by false and fraudulent pretenSions, induced us to enter into the abortiv, Conferences, that reflected so much disgrace on Russia and on Austria ? The EMPEROR truly describes it. He says :—" One year already haf passed s i n ce the commencement of the war, an,:, already France an d England had saved Turkey, gained two battles, forced Russia to evacuate the Principalities, and to exhaust her forces it the defence of the On •ua We had, moreover. in our favour the e h a. es ion of Austria and the _moral approbation of the rest of Europe.' fleli was the course of, events --= such the eirouni- Bia noes of the time when Austria, in, the interest of P,tissia, as is now b u t too- manifest, though, prop el • to eontinued neutral ..believed-mattellr9s''lirnlld be concluder ' if 0 , that, and that Without her assistance or co-operation, she would be unabl e to stipulate f o r any peculiar advantages to herself, whi c h her greedy cuPidit) sought for, although her contemptible pie Vented he r f rom adopt" m the meansby tim cv i h d l i c ilY g ) they might fairly be obtained. to hold aloof, she could If she continuer; tot help th e tw i n d es pot• ism, or prevent the humiliation of Russia, or th t decided diminutio n of tne over -grow the AUTOCRAT.OORAT. Then it was she p ow er of interfe re d motion with deceitful heart and men d acious lipsand, herself i n t o a position t o w hi ch she had able claim. We shall again take the very wOO 0f our august Ally, His MAJESTY says that situation the Cabinet of Vienna asked u s i f five would consent to treat upon bases vaguely for mulated. Before our successes a refusal on our 'part seemed natural. Was it not to be supposed, .forsooth, that the demands of France and England , would increase in proportion to the greatness o, ,the,struggle anct of the sacrifices already made c. Well,"France and England did not turn their advantages to account, or even make the moat of the rights given to them by previous treaties, so ~much had they at heart to facilitate peace and to c give an unohallengeable proof of their moderation." fje then clearly and, distinctly explains the nature (4' ;of the Four Points, proving beyond the possibility daiibt or'aikpute, that_ the Western Power had no selfish objects, but that the two first points were conceived exclusively - in the interests of Austria and Germany ; the third in the interests of humanity, and the fourth in that of the Porto and of Europe. Well might he term these pro positions "magnanimous, from their disinterested ness.were unconditionally accepted by Rus " They s i a , a pproved of by Austria and Prussia, and yet R uss ia, notwithstanding that acceptance, has per ernptorily refused every limitation to her naval force, and "we have still to wait for Austria to fulfil her engagements which consisted in rendering our treaty o f fensive and defensive if the negotia tions failed." This is a significant sentence, and shows that the EMPEROR is perfectly aware of the just inter pretation of the Treaty of the 2d December, and resolved to insist on its strict and honourable ful fibnent. Austria must shake off her despicable neutrality--she must be either for us or against us —must complete her engagements or endure the penalties, of their violation. This is as it should be. This is setting a salutary example to our own Government. It shows that Franc, , will not submit to be made ridiculous for the sake of Germanism or Coburgism. Why should we do so, or refrain from pursuing an equally decided and honourable course ? It will be for Parlia ment to answer that question in the first instance. If the response be not satisfactory, the people must take the subject into their own hands at the next general election, or any earlier occasion that may arise. Should they be compelled to do so, it may startle the oligarchy and the " happy family of Downing-street." Although we cannot quite concur in Lord PANMITRE'S propositions respecting the contem plated alterations in the pay and condition of private soldiers, we rejoice to find that the atten tion of Government has been turned in that direction, and that there seems to be a decided inclination to hold out inducements to a better class of recruits to join the ranks. There is a. general feeling that we should behave with greater liberality to those who are not merely risking life and limb in the service of their country, but who have endured the greatest pri vations and sufferings, through the carelessness or inefficiency of some of the departments, and of persons of high rank and position. We do not believe that the nation will object to the re wards offered to its gallant defenders ; or, not withstanding its having made pecuniary sacrifices, will complain of the additional expenditure thereby occasioned. On the contrary, it will hail with in tense satisfaction the act of. tardy justice, and only desire to see that the funds, cheerfully voted, properly applied, in a manner are judiciously and alike acceptable and beneficial to the recipients. Having thus stated our gratification, at the proposition, we must say that we are by no means equally pleased at the manner in which it has been brought forward, or some of the incidental regulations. Oa the first point we have always been accustomed to regard the popular represen tatives as the recognised and constitutional guardians of the public purse that no expense can be properly incurred with out their sanction being first duly had and obtained. It is true that an emergency may arise during which Ministers must act on their own responsibility, trusting to the feelings of the House to confirm and sanction their acts or pro mises. But 'such steps should only be taken when ' the exigency is urgent, and there is no feasible opportunity for asking the opinions of the con ti•ollers of the national expenditure in the first instance. But here the House was actually sitting at the very time when the announcement was made, which, as if to. cast a studied slight on- the representatives of the people, to mark how slightly their. privileges were regarded by the re-; sponSible advisers, was deliVerecl in another branch of the Legislature.: This ,may be in accordance ,Vith - the new=fangled doctrines of Germanism, which would not allow the people - even to ques tion the acts or remonstrate at the conclusions of !ter MAJESTY'S Ministers, but we boldly aver that it is not consonant to the spirit of the British Jonstitutiou, nor with the popular rights and privileges which our forefathers have on many occasions so sturdily and unflinchingly defended. Turning from the objectionable manner which ,nay imperil a salutary measure let u 3 consider he propositions themselves, and see whether the trnount of money required therefor miL'ht not be more judiciously and satisfactorily applied. Che extra pay is not, it appears, to be given to the soldier, either on service or after his return 'some. It is to be invested in Savings Banks, and on its discharge paid over with the accumulations, and addition to any pension he may be entitled to ; >r, on his death, handed over to his representa ives. Now, we do not think that . soldiers will ike being deprived of the immediate control over , :hat which they have fairly and honourably earned. ' they may feel desirous not of squandering it in wanton and degrading dissipation, but in advanc- Log the interests of their families, or of improving their own positions, and rendering theniselves lualified for a more elevated station. Nor will they appreciate as a very high compliment the fact that they are to be treated as children, or convicts, not fit to be entrusted with 'the manage ment of their own earnings. To many it may render the service irksome. They will be anxious to gain the opportunity of spending their money, while many ot h ers will sell their claim s to Jews or speculative vendors of cheap luxuries for a tithe of their actual value But there is another part of the Noble Secre tary's plan that will more than counterbalance my supposed benefit, and in place of tempting he youth of the country to prefer the army as a orofession will decidedly deter them from so Thing. In place of enabling married soldiers to ive with decency by increasing the barrack accom (iodation for themselves and wives, he is " one )f those who think that the presence of women , _ _ in barracks may be altogether dispensed with." g o loes not see " why soldiers in barracks should not be able to do for themselves everything that is ne jes,sary." There is, in fact, to be no such thing as married privates at all. Now, we must earnestly orotest against this compulsory celibacy. We do lot want au order of military priesthood, which we do not think would be in any degree conducive either to morality or discipline. We trust that the nation may emphatically protest against this most unjust and intolerable suggestion. The soldier has already to endure sufficient restrictions. We must remember that we are dealing with ordinary flesh and blood, subject to the passions of humanity, and not mere machines, who will obey an y regulations which a commanding officer may think fit to impose. A Better l ate than never --t the 103 4 ; moment • prudent Llrd R OBERT GROSVENOR has deemedPd o giv e up hi s detestable Bill. HA he done before, the police atrocities in Hyde-park on Sub" f.lay could not have occurred given him cre di t for 'and we might ha ve having withdrawn gracefully what he had advanced foolishly, and for the pos session- of that true British courage which never ...)Olc.s nobler than while spontaneously admitting an error. All th a t can be said in his favour , he might have done wo rse , and out of -silly is or THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1856, wicked bravado proceeded with the Bill. He will lot be in n, hurry, w- 'i rnag ; n e, to lead the Sib oatarian van again. May his ignominious dis comfiture operate as a warning to legislative Lord lings for the future not to practise on the rights and liberties of the industrious poor ! Grievously to blame, however, as his Lordship is, the conduct of the Government, and more espe cially of the Premier and Sir GEORGE GREY, is still more reprehensible. Their political experi ence and presumed knowledge of their country men shculd have told them that so delicate a thing as Sabbath legislation ought not to be con fided to an inexperienced member, however well meaning. But even waiving this, the bill once introduced, instead of playing, as they have done, fast and loose, it was their duty to have distinctly pronounced their intentions with respect to it ; and by no chance ought a flippant remark, or any careless expression respecting the bill, to have escaped them. It is no exaggeration to say that the unprincipl e d vac ill a ti on o f Mi n i s t e rs had by no means au illegitimate, though most unconsti- tutional and disgraceful, issue in the police bruta lities of Hyde Park. The liberties and. comforts —nay, the means of living of hundred; of thou sands, were a matter beneath their serious consi deration, unless it could be converted into a means of securing political support. But let the people, the over-burdened, much-enduring people murmur, and meet to proclaim their impatience of further wrong, and into the pocket goes the ivory toothpick, away flies the insidious smile, and post haste the Police Marshal is sent for, and booked for the plan of a Sunday's campaign ! Heartlessness and vacillation are near of kin to cruelty, and we will not be surprised to find that the Home-office may fairly share the honours of the "Bludgeoning of the Serpentine " with Sir RICHAtD and his myrmidons. At all events the proceedings at the Marlborough Police-court lend considerable colour to this notion. The prisoners who had been savagely assaulted and token into custody for a word or a look, or for nothing at all, as the case might be, were kept waiting for several hours in a room, a sort of Blackhole, " crowded to suffocation," until the Home-office would condescend to appear by deputy and declare their intentions, the police outside agreeab - iy employing the interval in bludgeoning the excited crowd in front of the office. Anything more disgraceful to Government can hardly be conceived. It is quite evident they were unde cided to the last what to do, never troubling themselves with a consideration of the rights of the prisoners, and possibly puzzled by the trivial nature of the evidence—for with all their libe rality of detail the police chiefly succeeded in mak ing out a case against themselves. The stones thrown, we fancy, are generally speaking, still where they used to be in Hyde-park, or in what other arena policemen of Lila ination and taste disport. Our opinion, farmed on observation and general report, is only confirmed by the evidence, that the people, men, women, and children were reck lessly and brutally assailed, and that nothing but their good sense and good feeling could have pre vented a serious riot—a collision which the police bad adopted the most efficient measures to pro voke. Let the blame, however, ultimately be distributed as it may, one thing is certain : there must be a thorough inquiry into the affair, fur the more it is considered' the more serious it looks. DRURY LANE THEATRE. Last night Miss Lucy Escott, an American lady, made her first appearance at this theatre. The opera chosen for her : ,deout was Rossini's mag,nificent c imposition, La Don . na 4el Layo. The part sustained by her was tttht of Elena, and the manner in which she acquitted herself left. nothing to be desired. Her appearance is youthful and plea.ong. Her figure is small and slight, but very elegant, and her voice, a high soprano, em bracing three complete octaves. It is ieniarkably clear and flexible, and her intonation is beautifully true. The style in which she executed the first air " 0 matutini alhori at once secured her position, the audience were • completely carried away by her execution of this air, and from this point until the close of the opera the performance was one continued triumph. Miss Huildart's Gronne was remarkably fine. Signor Armandi and' Mr. H. Braham, as Roderick Dhu and Douglas, Were very good. The opera has been got up with reined kable care, and the gathering of the clans at the termination of the second act was as good as anything we have seen. The depth of the stage showed a ravine in the Highlands by moonlight, tilled with clansmen of the black R..derick, and the bard chorus of harpers produced an effect that quite electrified the audience. • At the terrninatien of the opera Miss Escott was called for, and was received with the most enthusiastic applause. The house was crowded to ex ce,i,Q, yet, notwithstanding the immense number of per sons c ,nctregated, not the least inconvenience was felt, so beautifully has this theatre been ventilated by the in defatigable lessee, who omits nothing that conduces to the comfort of ti,s patrons. His benefit, we observe, is fixed for to-morrow night ; the simple announcement of the fact will, we feel confident, be sufficient to secure him an overflowing audience. HAYIIIARKET THEATRE. To-morrow is an "Author's night" at this theatre. An author's night is nowadays quite a novelty, and the revival of the good old custom is to be attributed to Mr. Buckstorie, who, anxious to restore t , ) the writers of new plays the advantage of what was formerly termed an " Author's Night," has fixed to-morrow evening's entertainment fur the benefit of Mr. John Saunders, the acc9inplished author of Love's Martyrdom. We hope the public will second the indefatigable exertions of the lessee to revive the novelty. Tire bill of fare is most attractive ; it consists of the author's new play, the fas cinating Spagish dancers, and Mr. Buckstoue's last new farce. SURREY THEATRE. The success that has up to the present moment at tended the operatic season at this theatre is without pre oedent. Since the present season commenced we have had a succession of favourite operas, all executed in a style not to be exceeded. On Monday night the famous op-ra of Robert the Devil was produced, and created quite a furore. The celebrated scene, the resuscitation of the nuns, was beautifully managed, and the dancing of Ma'dame Auriol elicited the most enthusiastic ap plause. The greatest treat on Saturday evening was Flex more's irresistibly comic ballet, The. Dancing Scotchman, and each evening that it is performed the celebrated mime and his card spousa receives a perfect ovation. Flezmore keeps the house in a roar of laughter from be ginning to end. The performances close every evening this ,week with a farce, which embraces the talent of G. Yai:tiold and Miss Featherstone. We hear that various novelties are in active preparation, but, judging from the immense crowds that nightly flock to, this theatre, we should say novelty, for the present at least, is not needed. • ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. —His Ma jesty the king of the Belgians arrived at Dover this mauling by the Belgian steam-packet Topaz, and was received by his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, his secre tary, M. Delfosse, and the. Mayor of Dover. HEALTH OP THE KING OF ; , PRUSSIA.—The Pruss.an Moniteur states that the King had a slight attack of fever on the 27th ult. . THE LATE,; LORD BAGLAN.—The Hop. H. Fitzroy Somerset (now Lord Raglan) arrived in town yesterday morning from Hanover, having been summoned on re ceipt of the melancholy intelligence of his father's death. The Duke of Newc istle has sailed for the Crimea. The Princess Letitia Murat, with the Count and CguntessTaffinor, and suite, have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, Lower Brook -street, The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, Lady Susan Ennis Ker, and. Robert Prescott, Esq., have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. M. Horace Verret has arrived at Marseilles from Algiers..ir S James Graham is at Netherby. r'. The right hon. baronet's health is not go,d., It is said that he not a g to n u a i r w pe o a u r r in tryj io ul H y o 2. us . : T of il C e oromynallonysactillitiivseicstsoioriit.a and Albert was taken out of dock to-day, and to-morrow she will sail and cruise for five , days down Channel, for trial. , , • RaTIREMENT OF ADIIIRAL BERKELEY.—It is ru moured in professional circles that Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., is about to vacate his seat at the Admi ralty Board. Orcb , !ro were received yesterday from the Government to get rea'ly immediately the Candia and Indiana, which have just arrived from the Black Sea, to convey out cavalry to the Crimea. TROOPS FROM- INDIA FOR THE CRlMEA.—Orders have been for warded.to India tor the embarkation of the 14th Light Dragoons, quartered at Kirtlee, Bombay presi dency, for,Suex, from whence the regiment will proceed overland to Alexandr;a. CENTRAL CRIMIN.4L COURT. (TIITS .DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) William James Marden, 30, a genteel•looking young man, pleaded guilty to two indictments, charging him with uttering forged cheques knowing them to be forged. In answer to questions put to the prisoner by the learned judge, he stated that distress and poverty had driven him to commit the crime. lie had tried in every possible manner to obtain employment, but was unable to do so. The Recorder made some inquiries of the Rev. 3, K. Jennings, who was the prosecutor in one of the cases, and he stated that the father of the prisoner was a cler gyman and an old college friend of his, and on that account he took an interest in him and was induced to cash the forged instrument for him. He was assured from what be had heard that for the last six months the prisoner had got his living by passing forged cheques. The prisoner said that he bad been engaged as assist ant in a school, but latterly he had been employed to sell books on commission. The utmost he could earn at this occupation was half a crown a day, and this was all he and his wife had to subsist upon. He requested the Court to read some certificates relating to his conduct at college which he handed up to the bench. His lordship having perused the documents, said he should like to make some further inquiries before he passed sentence. MA.RLBOROIIGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.) THE HYDE-PARK DEMONSTRATION. This morning the excitement outside the court ap peared to be increased rather than diminished by the apprehensions which took place yesterday, and the crowds of people were overwhelming. The shouts whic r h arose from amongst them were in cessant, and assumed the form of derision whenever a policeman made his appearance. Some soldiers who wended their way through the concourse during the morning were saluted with the greatest enthusiasm. In the court itself, according to the suggestion of Mr. Hardwick, yesterday, that the prisoners should be classi fied according to the nature of their offences, the arrange ment was made as follows :-11 for being riotous, 5 for being riotous and obstructing the police in the executio❑ of their duty, 19 for throwing stones, 10 for assaulting the police, and 3 for attempting to pick pockets. The remainder of the prisoners were unconditionally dis charged last night. The night charges having been disposed of, which oc cupied until very nearly 1 o'clock, A pause ensued, during which Mr. Clarkson, the counsel fur the prosecution on behalf of the Treasury ; and Mr. Herring, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Ballantine, the advocates for the prisoners, entered the Court. The firt prisoners placed at the dock were—Wm. Reynolds, 19, George Carter, 18, John Hotham, 17, Jas. Caboro, 40, Geo. Pooley, 25, Richard Barnwell, 40, and some other prisoners, who were charged with being riotous in Hyde-park on Sunday. Mr. Clarkson, with regard to these offenders, said, that as those prisoners had not been guilty of individual violence, nor of assaulting the police, the Government, after what bad taken place in the House of Commons last evening—namely, the withdrawal of the obnoxious bill which bad, no doubt, led to the assemblage of people in Hyde Park—were not desirous of pressing any cha.r.,e against them. He (Mr. Clarkson) was, however, in structed to ask the worthy magistrate to point out to the offenders the impropriety, as well as the illegality, of persons assembling in such a manner fur such a purpose. Mr. Ballantine commended the course the Govern ment had taken in the matter ; but complained that so many respectahe persons bad been incarcerated in pri son for so long a, time without any charge being finally brought agains-, them.• He alio observed that he for one would never yield the right of Englishmen to meet in public places, if they conducted themselves decently, for the purpose )f expressing their opinions with regard to any legislativo enactment. Mr. Herring, 31.1 behalf of the prisoner Barnwell, said he had two wituoises in court to prove that he was ap prehended without having committed the sbghtest offence. Mr. Hardwick, after commenting very forcibly, not only upon the imtropriety, as well as illeg tlity, of large bodies at people assembling together for such purposes as those which actuated the populace on Sunday, and pointing out the evil consequences to which such gather. ings very frequently led, ordered the prisoners to be dis charged, with a caution as to their future conduct. Charles Preston, Lewis Brown, Jchn Chambers, Win. Sutton, Wm. Hiscott, Alfred Wright, John Hum phreys, James Wayle, Robert Garrett, George Bryce, Henry Lille, Morris Tobin, Thos. Leech, Charles Ward, Chas. Jones, Chas. Redford, Thos. Hamilton, William Smith, and Wm. Clement were next placed at the bar, charged with being riotous and throwing stones. Mr. Clarkson said the persons before the magistrate would have to be dealt with by him (Mr. Hardwick) in the usual manner, but the Government was not desirous of pressing the charge severely against them, With regard to the police, he wished to say, in justice to that body, that they never drew their staves until after they had made an entreaty to the people to be quiet. Mr. Ballantine said he was anxious that matters should now sub,,ido. He was glad the ezuse of the de monstration had been done away with, and with that he was desirous that its effect should also cease. There could be no doubt, however, that had not this excite ment taken place, the bill it was intended to condemn would by this time have passed into law. (Cheers in Court.) He was not saying this to create excitement, on the contrary—but at the same time the House of Commons had allowed the objections to the bill to be valid and reasonable, and the measure had been withdrawn. As this mattet had been substantially ended, and as the House of Commons had rather sanctioned than condemned these proceedings, he appealed to the magistrate, and not so much to him as to those conducting the prosecution, whether the matter had not now gone far enough, and whether the same leniency ought not to be shown to the prisoners at the bar, as had been shown to the others. Mr. Clarkson repeated what he had before said, that he did not wish on the part of the prosecution to urge anything unduly against the prisoners, otherwish than that the real nature of their offences should he pointed out to them. After some consultation, Mr. Hardwick commenced hearing the evidence of the police against the prisoners, which was being proceeded with when our report was despatched, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 3.—Wind 1,1118 day fit noon, N.W. ; mo derate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, July 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sir R. Sole (transport 88), from Constantinople. So TEIAUPTON, July p. —Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Indiana (s.), from the Crimea; Candia (s.), do. Sailed— La Plata, for the West Indies; Norman, Callao. FALMOUTH, July 2.—Wind. W.S.W. Arrived—George and Ludwig, from Illvannah ; Lydia, Port au Prince ; Laone, Havannah. Of port—Mercury, from Porto Rico, and sailed for London. HARTLEPOOL, June 2.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Chris. tian, for Rio Janeiro,. Amerika Port Wakefield. WARRENPOINT, July I.—Wind, S. Arrived—Brothers, from St. John's, N.B. WATERFORD, July I.—Wind, W:S.W. Arrived— Zante Packet, from Monto Video. OFF CAPE CLEAR,—Vixen, from the Mauritius, for Liverpool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. _ _ Arrived—Lomond, from Calcutta ; Tantivy, Akyab ; Kerr, Mauritius ; Pelican Stale, Callao ; Queen of the Ix; Buenos Ayres; Frances, Caera. DUBLIN, July 2. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Ernest, from Dautzic ; Louis Miria, Bilboa ; Dnmis, Porto liico; Frederic William, Memel; Media, Dautzie. QUEENSTOWN, July 1. Wind, E.S.E. Arrivad—Eldorado, Robert Costle, Banshee, Sterling shire, and Levonia, from Callao ; Ann Jane, Mauritius ; Robert, New York. Sailed—New City of Cork, for Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.43 a.m. Wind W. ; tide, low water ; weather fine. AB: A sgoa.o r tih, r l i ee v ßritA e ,a_ d ey , a. July 3—Margaret Evans, from New York ; Devonshi re , D emerara; Ar i el, Guernsey; Ellen Rawson, p b e b o o f tt a f o o o r a ;N H lo o n p t e e . Video ; Centurion, Sydney; Wind, N.N.W.• DEAL, Tuesday, 10.15 a.m. moderate. Passed —Hild a Charlotta, from London, for Buenos Ayres ; Sopelana, Sunderland, for St. Thomas ; Dolphin, London, for Hong Kong ; Alaidstone, Australia, for Lon don ; Emma Evigne, London, for Rio Janeiro; British Tar, for the Mauritius. LIVERPOOL.—SAILING OF THE PACIFIC. —The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye, sailed from Liverpool, for New York, with a full cargo, the usual mails, and 112 passengers, among whom was Mr. Van Buren, ex-president of the United States. THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during the montf , of June were as follows : 5,510 persons on the publ days, and admitted free ; 528 persons on the studentl days, and admitted as students on the payment of 61. each, besides the registered students of the classes and schools. LATEST NTIr7WQ OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. We have received the text of the speech de livered by the Emperor of the French on the opening of the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the 2d inst. It is as follows : " Messieurs les Senateurs, " Messieurs le Deputes,— " The diplomatic negotiations commenced during the course of our last session, _already made you foresee that I should be obliged to call you together when they came to a termination. Un happily the Conferences of Vienna have failed in procuring peace, and I come again, to appeal to the patriotism of the country and to your own., Were we wanting in moderation in settling the conditions ? I do not fear to examine the ques tion before you. " One year already had passed since the com mencement of the war, and already France and England had 'saved Turkey, gained two battles, forced Russia to evacuate the Principalities, and to exhaust her forces in the defence of the Crimea. We had, moreover, in our favour the adhesion of Austria and the moral approbation of the rest of Europe. " In that situation the Cabinet of Vienna asked us if we would consent to treat upon bases vaguely formulated. Before our successes a iefusal on our part seemed natural. Was it not to be supposed, forsooth, that the demands of France and Eng land would increase in proportion to the greatness of the struggle and of the sacrifices already made ? " Well, France and England did not turn their advantages to acoount, or even make the most of the rights given to them by previous treaties, so much had they at heart to facilitate peace and to give an unchallengeable proof of their moderation, " We restricted ourselves to ask, in the interests of Germany, the free navigation of the Danube, and a breakwater against the Russian flood which continually obstructed the mouths of that great river. " We demanded, in the interests of Austria and of Germany, a better constitution for the Danu bian Principalities, that they might serve as a barrier against these repeated invasions of the North. " We demanded, in the interest of humanity and of justice, the same guarantees for the Chris tians of every confession under the exclusive pro- tection of the Sultan. "In the interests of the Porte, as well as in those of Europe, we demanded that Russia should limit to a reasonable degree, sufficient to shield her against any attack, the number of her ships iu the Black Sea, a number which she could only maintain with an aggressive object. " Well, all these propositions, which I may call magnan!mcus from their disinterestedness, and which were approved in principle by Austria,' by. Prussia, and by Russia herself, have evapo rated in the Conferences. " Russia, who- had consented, in theory, to put an end to her preponderence in the Black Sea, has refused. every limitation of her naval forces, and we have still to wait for Austria to fulfil her engagements, which consisted in render ing our treaty of alliance offensive and defensive if the negotiations failed. " Austria, it is true, proposed to us to guaran tee with her by treaty the independence of Tur key, and to consider for the future as a- cams bel/i, an increase of the number of Russian ships of war exceeding that before the commencement of hostilities. "To accept such•a proposition was impossible, for it in no manner bound Russia ; and, on the, contrary, we shotild apparently have sanctioned her preponderance in the Black Sea by treaty. "'The war had to follow its course. "The admirable devotion of the army and navy will, I trust, soon lead to a happy result. It is for you to provido me with the means to continue the struggle. " The country has already shown what resources it has at its command, and the confidence it places in DJ e. " Some months since it offered me 1,700,000,000 f. more than I demanded. A portion of that sum will suffice to maintain its military honour and its rights as a great nation. " I had resolved to go and place myself in the midst of that valiant army, where the presence of the Sovereign. could not have failed to produce a happy influence, and, a witness of the heroic efforts of our soldiers, I should have been proud to lead them ; hut serious questions agitated abroad, which have always remained pending, and the na ture of circumstances demanded at home new and important measures. It is, therefore, with regret that I abandoned the idea. " My Government will propose to you to vote the annual Recruitment Bill; there will be no ex traordinary levy, and the bill will take the usual course necessary for the regularit4 of the admi nistration of a recruitment bill. " In conclusion, gentlemen, let us pay here, solemnly, a just tribute of praise to those who fight for the country ; let us mingle our regrets for those whose loss we have to deplore. " So great an example of unselfishness and con stancy will not have been given in vain to the world. " Let us not be discouraged by the sacrifices which are necessary, for, as you are aware, a na tion must either abdicate every political character, or, if it possesses the instinct and the will to act conformably to its generous nature, to its histori cal traditions, to its providential mission, it must learn how to support at times the trials which alone can retemper it, and restore it to the rank which is its due. " Faith in the Almighty, perseverance in our efforts, and we shall obtain a peace worthy of the alliance of two great nations." THE BALTIC FLEET. OFF CRONSTADT, JUNE 25. The Blenheim and Exmouth, and two gun-boats that left the fleet on the 16th to reconnoitre the mouth of the river Narva, returned on the 19th. The heavy firing I mention having heard when I closed my last letter proceeded from them. At the river's mouth they found a small fort which opened fire upon them, but which they soon silenced by lismounting two of the guns and throwing a few 121 b. rockets into it. The Exmouth was not touched, but the Blenheim received two shot, one in the main-top and the other in the mizen topmast head, a splinter from which, in falling on deck, slightly wounded Capt. Searle, R.N. One round shot glanced off the bow of the gunboat Snap, and another made a dent in her side and then fell into the water. There is a large village on the left bank of the river full of soldiers, but a sand bar, which runs across the entrance, makes it so shallow that only gunboats could cross it. The town of Narva is eight miles up the river, is strongly fortified, and full of troops. About 8 p.m. (19th) the Majestic hove iu sight, and was recalled from watching Cronstadt. 20th.—At 8 a.m. a general signal was made to prepare for sea, get up steam at slow speed, and shorten in cable. At 10 all the fleet got under way, and proceeded to the eastward, with the ex ception of the French corvette D'Assas, which parted company for —. The Commander-in-Chief keeps his own counsel so well that not a hint of any movement in the fleet is known until the mo ment it happens. Nobody had the least idea we were to return to Cronstadt so soon, but about 3 o'clock p.m., when we were over our old ai[i• choring ground, thre e m il es west of the Tolboukin Lighthouse, the fleet divided into two divisions, the first consisting of the Duke of Wellington, Ex mouth, Nile, Cressy, Orion, James Watt, Dragoon, Vulture, Merlin, and eight gun-boats, and French ships Tourville, Austerlitz, and Isis, continued heir course al ong th e nort h s id e of the Island until they anchored within five miles of the town and ;hipping cf Cronstadt and iu sight of the domes trui. spires of St. Petersburg. The. second divi sion, consisting of the Royal George, Cresar, Ma jestic, Blenheim, and Duquesnes (French) an chored as a reserve in mid-channel between the lighthouse and the opposite coast. The enemy, perhaps, never anticipated so bold a step as bringing line-of-battle ships up the north side and so close to the arsenal, but was in every way pre pared for smaller vessels. - Another of the infernal machines exploded under the Vtilture to-day, just as she was anchoring, and aifoilier'as she was swinging to her cable. The first was rather a severe shock, smashing everything in the galley, making the old cook run faster than he has done for many years, and throwing the 68 lb. shot out of their racks, but doing no further damage. The enemy has not been idle while we were away. Another two-decker has completed her rigging, and shows an enormous red funnel, but whether she has engines or not is doubtful, for no smoke has been seen - to come out of it. The steam gunboats have been increased in number from 15 to 21, another two-decker has been added to the line of hulks along the three-fathom bank to protect the northern entrance, and the earthern batteries along the coast have been completed, and look very great. As soon as we anchored the gunboats got up steam-, and continued for two or three hours car rying men from the town to the hulks, from which it appears they are not always kept fully manned. 21st—This morning each ship commenced sweep ing for the infernal machines, and before night gathered in a capital harvest of them. The way in which the sweeping is done is this—two boats take between them a long lope, which is sunk to the depth of 10 or 12 feet by means of weights, and held suspended at that depth by lines attached to small casks, which float on the surface at intervals of 40 or 50 yards ; the boats then separate as far as the rope will allow them, and pull in parallel lines until one of the casks stops behind, which tells them, as a fishing float tells the angler, that they have caught something ; the two boats then ap proach each other,-- keeping the rope taut, then haul it in carefully, and up comes the machine. The Exthanth found the first, the Nile the second, and then the catching became so numerous Viat in some instances two at a time were hauled up. Each machine. consists of a cone of galvanised iron, 16 inches in diameter at the base and 20 inches from base to apex : if is divided into three chambers, the one near the base being largest and containing air causes it to float with the base uppermost. In the centre of this chamber is another, which holds atuhe with a fuse in it and an apparatus for firing it. This consists of two little iron rods, which move in guides, and are kept projected over the side of the have by springs, which press them outwards. When anything pushes, either of these rods inwards it strikei against a lever, which moves like a pendu lum, in the fuse tube, and the lower end of the lever breaks or bends a small leaden tube, con taining a oombustible compound, which is set on fire by coming in contact with some sulphuric acid held in a capillary tube, which is broken at the same time, and so fires the fuse, which commu nicateg with the powder contained in the cham ber at the apex of the cone, and which holds about 91b.. or 101 b. At, the extreme apex is a brass ring, to Which is attached a rope and some pieces of granite, which moor them about nine or ten feet below the surface, so that the only vessels they could hurt, the gun-boats, float quietly over them, and now we know what they are they have been disarmed of all their dread. 23d.—At mid-day on Saturday the Admirals and Master of Fleet proceeded in the Merlin ac companied by the Dragon, to reconnoitre to the eastward. They approached so near the block ships that a gun boat at anchor between two of them fired two shots at the Merlin, which fell about 150, yards from her ; the Russians are -evi dently &kite that thi; is their weakest point, and it is a point which cannot be strengthened except by shipping. 24th.--7 The weather is very hot and sultry. Thirty-three of the infernal machines have been picked up, one of theth of a rather different con struction. A cluster of four were discovered to the bows of the Duke of W ellington. 25th.—This morning seven or eight two-masted vessels were observed creeping along the northern shore ; the Dragon and a gunboat were sent in to intercept them, and have not yet returned. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches has been received : "BE Ll.r, Ist.—The Invalide Busse g ives the followirig return of the losses admitted by the Rus sians themselv - es in.the affair of the 7th :—Number hors de combat, 2,947. The killed were, 1 general (General TimOfigeff), 4 superior officers, 27 sub altern officers, and 501 soldiers ; the wounded-11 superior officers, 69 subalterns, 2,334 soldiers. According to the journal, there were in the attack on Taganrog 11 inhabitants killed, 24 wounded, 69 houses destroyed; 148 burned down, and 1,224,000 tschetwerts of wheat destroyed. (This measure is 195 litres." " MARSEILLES, July 2.—A letter from Constan tinople of the 25th says : "'TheThabor met offTenedos theNavarin, hav ing the Great Republic in tow. 2,000 wounded have arrived here. Captain Lyons was buried to day with great pomp. A violent fire has broken out in the capital and destroyed 3,000 houses. Abd-el-Kader Las returned to Broussa ; shocks of earthquake were still felt there, but urgent busi ness required his presence. Colonel Termer has died at the hospital. The mail from Kamiesh of the 22d lias - not arrived. The siege against the Malakhoff Tower was still going on with great vigour. It is said that Capitaine de Fregate.l3on nard has been wounded.'" The Government demands a new loan of seven hundred and fifty million francs. It proposes an impost of one •tenth on produce, and on the revenue accruing from the carriage of passengers and goods by railway. 140,000 men of the class 1855 are called under arms. BOURSE, JULY 2.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. Fari of Mouth. 4} per Cents 92 —f. —e„ 3 per Cents GS SO 65 70 Credit Mobilier 9:2 50 Roman Credit Fonder 545 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B6 50 Home Debt 291 RAILWAYS -FOIL CASIL fr. c. fr. c. Orleans ... W.estern ' 747 50 Rouen (lotto . .. 637 50 Strasburg .. 875 Mediterranean 1175 Havre 635 Northern TURKEY. A supplement of the Journal de Constantinople of the 21st, says—" Aali Paella arrived here last evening, and went immediately to his country house on the Bosphorus. Ile will not yet have had time to decide on the part he will take with respect to his government appointment, but it is not thought that he will accept the post of Grand Vizir, to which he has been nominated. Letters from Eupa toria state that an attack from the Russians was hourly expected. Information had been received of the arrival at Sak of a considerable body of Russian infantry, amounting, it is said, to 30,00) mep, which, added to the infantry, and the 15 regiments of cavalry already in the neighbourhood of Eupa toria, would make a rather formidable force. No alarm was, however, felt by the garrison, and everything was ready to give the enemy a very warm reception." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of 23d ult. says : —" General Read has been nominated comman der-in-chief of the troops at Nicolaieff, who, it is now stated, amount to 65,000. Ismail and Bender arc being fortified. General Luders has returned to Kischeneff. Letters from Simpheropol represent that the road from Perekop to that place is literally covered by uninterrupted lines of vehicles containing stores and ammunition, and of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The letters, how ever, complain that provisions were dear, though they pretend that the Crimea has received supplies sufficient to last through the winter. As the Tartars now require 15 or 20 roubles a month for work for which they were formerly content with 5, 3,000 peasants have been sent from the neighbouring provinces to undertake the labours of the harvest. ' A. line of electric telegraph has been opened be tween Odessa And St. Petersburg, and before long telegraphic communications will be established between St. Petersburg and Sebastopol. Troops, consisting principally of regiments of the 2d, 3d, and sth corps d'armee, with artillery, are being sent incessantly from Odessa to Nicolaieff, and that town is full of soldiers. The corps of ,grenadiers has joined General Luders, and has made his army an imposing one. The Musical Union will hold its last meeting on Tues day next; • The Earl of Westmoreland, vice-president of the institution, is daily expected in London from Vienna. The Dzererre, line-of-battle ship, left Toulon on the 30th ult. for Constantinople with stores and ammunition for the army. The Piemonte of Turin announces that, on the 24th ult., the Tribunal of the Sacred Consulta at Rome una nimously sentenced Defelici (the man who attempted the life of Cardinal Antenelli) to death. A letter from Hayti, of the Ist ult., announces that the Eitipefbr Soulouque had been attacked with a grave malady, which left little hope of his recovery ; he had, it says, been given up by his physicians. The Piedmontese Gazette states that the Sardinian hospital at Damara is.::extremely well organised, and that th:i Coin inander-iriLehief has obtained some mar quees for the couva.lesaents, where they are better off than in huts. A DMINIST.RATIVE .REFORM. No. V. ,:::, THE SUFFRAGE. Vox populi vox Dei. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. .Sin,-In erecting a building for endurance there is nothing like the Egyptian style of architecture. The Pyramids have stood the wrack of ages be cause they are founded on a mighty base. It has often been attempted to liken our own political edifice to the works of the Pharoahs, but it is a mistake. A bastard order has been substi tuted for it, and therefore requires constant inter meddling. Ours is not built on the deep and broad foundation of an united people. There is no so lidity in its arcades and columns of all sizes and patterns—from the ponde_rous bulwark of the West Riding to the slender prop of Arundel or Wilton. It is hollow, irregular, wanting cohesion, and affording openings for further dislocations. The rats can riot in its cavities, and the moles have space to turn up their little hills, and loosen the soil in which the whole is embedded. Whereas, if unit touched unit, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, layer after layer, in ever-ascending gradation—no break, no hollow, until it terminated in the chief magistrate at the apex—the solid earth itself must be shaken from its centre before the superiucum bent mass could totter or fall. I do confess I love a consistent theory, and I though the action of the social compact is to a great extent a series of compromises, yet we must ever approxima:le towards sound principles to secure safety—as in nature everything tends to an equi librium, though there is frequent disturbance of the general balance. This is the vital, regulating principle we should strive to infuse into our con stitution—a capacity of self-adjustment and resto ration to order. Equal justice must b 3 the founda tion, and truth the cement for an abiding state. Where slavery is—where gross political inequality exists—where the unities are disregarded, there is and must be discontent, revolution, and overthrow. Will any one examine the present state of the suffrage, and say there is not gross inequality and social degradation antagonistic to contentment. Ashton has 29,791 inhabitants, and 937 electors ; Birmingham, 232,811 people, and only 7,936 free of the constitution. The same relative numbers are, for Bolton 1 in 36, Devonport 1 in 24, Exeter 1 in 16, Finsbury 1 in 15, Hull 1 in 16, Leeds 1 in 26, and Portsmouth 1 in 22—the proportions of free men to the entire population. Leaving out women and children, what is there in the fact of 1 man in 10 having a 40s. freehold, or r, rating a 101. house, that entitles him (logically) to say, or any one for him, to the other 9—Stand aside, for I aul worthier than ye ? It is an insult, an impertinence, and a 'crying injustice. If the injury were merely on paper it probably would be endured, so little are we prone to change ; but it is not—it touches the every-day things of life, and meddles with the Sabbath. It seals up to the people our museums and galleries, as it would the rail and the river. It closes the Crystal Palace, to whip the wearied mechanic or shop-boy to the drawling dullness of some apoplec tic vicar. And not content with all this, the nominees of the minority of a State, professedly representative, attempt to apply their power to the thraldom of nineteen-twentieths of those who have no part in them ; and with sneaking hypocrisy and disgusting cant, whine and drive over, curb a nd curtail the Sunday dinner and excursion, the necessary refreshment of the poor mechanic, worn, weary, and exhausted with the labours of a week ; while they tolerate Tattersall's betting in church hours, allow Hyde Park to be thronged with car , riages, the clubs to provide their costly dainties, and aristocratic luxury to be indulged unchecked in the eye of day, on that special one which they profess to be so sacred in the case of the poor. Woe unto ye, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites ! that bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, on the necks of the poor, which ye will not so much , as touch with your little finger ! No wonder that, exasperated with such sickly Agnewism, the spirit of endurance gave way, and the harassed multitude upbraided the self-convicted desecrators with their own defalcations. gc Go to church—go to church " ye sinners in Satin and Saxony : rest your horses, your men-servant s , air your maid servants ; eat cold mutton, or mortifY yourselves with fasting, and then come and tall to us about keeping holy the Sabbath day, and net till then. - In a representative state any thing that stops short of the full development o f the theory is at best a sacrifice to expediency, and may be au offer ing to injustice. 4 is said you must draw a line somewhere ; you cannot enfranchise worn .n and children. As to the first, I pass that with a query ; but the second is no parallel, as all childron.are treated alike. If one child of any age was allowed a vote, others would have equal right. It is because he is alb infant and presumed incapable that he is unen franchised, not because he is, as a child, rich or ,poor ; but among men the freedom is given no t to him as a man, but as a man of property. It is the donkey gives the owner his vote. There is clearly no analogy here. It is withheld from the child from wa nt of eye, which a little time will cure, and with lite will certainly arrive. It is linked with other privileges and disabilities, a s to make a will, or to prejudice himself by a contract. It is withheld from the man not from want of kV or capacity, but of fortune, which no time will necessarily bestow. Justice, then, not denying the boon of of parti cipation in self-government, what is the obstacle to its full enjoyment ? For my part lam content to be on the side of justice, but what does fear whisper ? " There is danger in enfranchising the masses ; they are ignorant, brutal, and untrust worthy." For their ignorance, whose fault is that ? generation has arisen since this matter was mooted, and your self-elected nostrum-mongers have been 20 years squabbling over schemes of education, secular and religious, and have adopted none ; refusing aU because each cannot be gratified with his quack specific. Will any one dare to proclaim now that the worker is not to be trusted with his own rights ? The poor Irish Catholic is in our armies, side by side with the sturdy Scotch Presbyterian and Eng lish Protestant, and neither is wanting to duty, in danger or in death. By land and on sea, at home and abroad, in the field and the factory, the sinews, the skill, and the heart of the poor mart is with his country—his ungrateful country, which says he is not to be trusted with the noblest rights of freemen. What if; in the year of revolution and continen' tal anarchy, the contagion of conspiracy extended itself to a few misguided men in this country! What if the mutterings of discontent, in periods of oppression and suffering, occasionally vent then' selves in factious assemblies and threatening de' inonstrations. Reinewber it is provoked by the sense of injustice, and under the goading of want and misery. But now they show their true nobility, and the generous soundness of their social sympathies. When the country is drained of its soldiers insur rection would be less hazardous, yet there is no rising to abate their alleged grievances ; they do not gather tumultuously together to threaten the Government, and wrest the management from the hands of usurpers. No, it is the comfortable middle classes, the rich citizen, the smug tradesman, who are noir banded together in peaceable alliance to set affairs on a sounder basis, to reform our administration, invigorate our executive, overturn nepotism, and purge the State of it s many u l cers . I t rus t th e y will this time reward with the communication of all .their long-withheld and dearly-deserved Iran' chiles, the lon°. suffering, the loyalty, the courage, and devotion of the masses, who helped th em be fore to win their own rights, without whose aid they will do little, ,against nothi ng ; an d tha , t , among all the efforts for " Admini s t ra ti ve Reform'' the extension of the suffrage will not be neglected. Whdom, prudence, justice, and strength, under the same banner, are omnipotent, and directed to one end they will soon find that " the voice of the people is indeed the voice of God." -- I am, Sir, yours faithfully, SL. CARTER. Exeter, 30th June, 1855. A MONSTER SIXPENNY EXCIIRSION.—Yesterday morn' ing many thousands of the poorer inhabitants of Christ Church and its vicinity, through the benevolence of the rector, the Rev. Mr. Brown, and a committee of ladies and gentlemen, left the South-Western Railway ternaino ° for Richmond, and other places, for a day's excursion, at the small sum of sixpence for each passenger, the rest of the expenses being defrayed by the rev. gentleman, the committee, and some wealthy inhabitants of the parish. BOILER EXPLOSION._ MEN KILLED.—AboIIt h a lf-past two o'clock on Saturday morning last a larg e tubular boiler in the ironworks known as the Dudley Port Field Works, the property of Mr. Frederick Giles' of Handsworth, exploded, k fling two persons on the f spot, and severely injuring about a dozen others, one , e whom expired i mmediately afterwards, and some of to' others are scarcely expected to survive, The cause the accident is at present unknown. 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