The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (rrovisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share F:r spectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo- Cffi - .tea of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap cileaton to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Second Appearance of 3ldlle. PARODI. Second Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACHE, The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect tiny informed that TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Pollione, Signor Gardoni ; Oraveso, Signor Lablache ; Norma, Mdlle. Parotii ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall )the cele brated Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist Mdlle Mario Taglion', an d I Mme. Pe , it Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Tagllonl, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Jallen, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, is in active prepa ration, Tltr. ROYAL, HAYMARKE : Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. EVENIN Wlll be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEAPRIL ROYAL. ADELPHI. Carter the direction o Madame Celeste THIS EVENING, will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, 3fun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woelgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which,. WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith -Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vest: Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma.hews. THIS EVENING Will bo performed a sew Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Poxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Is. No bolf-price to any part of the house. The ivew 131x-oeice, No. 2, Wellington. street, is open to the public ,vt,ry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S T HEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LITCLIL DI LAMMERMOOR. After which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOITREDDIN AND I'HE FAIR PERSIAN. 46TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Trad,:r me P itronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Immense Novelty fn* the lloli iays—Re-engagensent of Young Her nandez, who has gained the envied appellation of the " Wonder of the World." He will have the honour of appearing every Evening in his astounding feats of Equestrianism—Mr. Batty has also en gaged Mons Tournaire, Mons. Benedict, Herr Henri, Madame Teurnaire, and Mdlle. Adelaidini, together with their highly. trained Horses. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence witk a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN 07 CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRITER ; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. non-office open from Eleven till Five. , taze Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti ei,ted by the name and address of the writer. Ittejeteti c ommunications cannot be returned. r. WEATHER.—►SUN OFFTCE, Arm 13. Tu .a.l,o2flrrEn, Lowest, 38. Highest, 46; Noon, 4s. BAROMETER, 29.3. The barometer hr.s fallen 58 points since yesterday. WIND variable from S.W. to S.E.—showery. WATliat AT LONDON fltillY3E. This DAT --,Aornmg, ii-mtn,--aftey - 6 - f - LAventnt, ls min. after b To-Moßaove—Morning, 44 min. after 5 I Evening, 3 vain. after 6 struction of all their brightening anticipations, while that destruction is mainly attributable to their faith lessness, their ingratitude, and their pusillanimity. The Austrians have accused him of a perfidious and insidious ambition, although his recent pio ceedings were forced upon him by the grinding in fluence of their unnatural and repressive government. Between the two assailants, CHARLES ALBERT re mains the ruin and the execration, the victim and the opprobrium, of the glorious cause of Italian in dependence. Let us at least, let England at least—the land whose historical souvenirs cast a halo over the catastrophe of the Royal fugitive—let England at least be just in the midst of this general injustice, let her sympathy for the unfortunate render her generous in the midst of this universal ingratitude. Let her acknowledge this at least of the discrowned Sovereign of Sardinia, that when the courage of the most valorous appeared to be quenched by a succession:of adverse occurrences ; that when the more southern principalities of the Roman peninsula were rendered incapable of fighting for their emancipation ; that when even WILLIAM PEPE was pausing in doubt within the Venetian territories ; when JOSEPH MAZZINI was diminishing the earnestness of his cry to arms ; when VINCENZO GIOBERTI seemed for the moment to waver as to his ultimate decision CHARLES ALBERT had the courage to draw his sword from his scabbard, and the disinterestedness to place his all in jeopardy for the salvation of the fortunes of Lombardy, and for the conquest of the freedom of the Italians. Should the ex-King of SARDINIA by any accident seek refuge on the shores of Great Britain, English men will know how to receive him with the honour deserved by his heroism, and with the respect due to his misfortunes. The strongest arguments that have been advanced in favour of a continuance of the navigation-laws, have been based upon their effect with reference to the manning of the Navy. It has been asserted that our commercial acts as a nursery for our military , marine, ani that if the regulations which give a prac tical monopoly to British shipping, manned by crews three-fourths of whom, at least, must be British subjects, should be in any degree dispensed with, that naval supremacy upon which we have so justly prided ourselves, and which we have maintained untarnished through so many successive generations, would be seriously endangered, if not absolutely lost. The authority of ADAM SMITH has been relied on as fully bearing out this view of the question. That great man, whose opinions are entitled to the utmost respect, has undoubtedly justified the existence of that restrictive code—the only instance probably in which he can be found among the champions of monopoly. He fully recognised the injurious consequences of these laws to our trade and commerce, and their de teriorating influences on the national wealth, but he believed them to be essential to the security of the British empire, that they af forded the best protection against foreign invasion, and he therefore declared that " They were as wise as if they had all been dictated by the most deliberate wisdom." He added, and most truly— " The Act of Navigation is notfayourable toforsign com merce or to the growth of that opulence which can arise from it. The interest of a nation in its commercial relations to foreign nations is like that of a merchant with regard to the different people with whom he deals; to buy as cheap, and to sell as dear as possible. But the Act of Navigation, by diminishing the numbers of sellers, must necessarily diminish that of buyers, and we are thus likely not only to ouy foreign goods dearer, but tosell our own cheaper than if there were more perfect freedom of trade. As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the Act of Navigation is perhaps the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England." Here, then, is the distinct and only ground upon which the law can be defended, and that authority should not be lost sight of by those who desire to see the principles of free trade carried to the utmost extent. As "defence is of more importance than opulence," we must see that the manning of the Royal Navy is fully provided for; and if the supply of able seamen cannot be obtained for the national service without a continuance of those stringent regu lations, and the sacrifice of the countless millions of pounds sterling that are annually wasted in conse quence thereof, we must, undoubtedly, submit to the loss, and remain contented in our present condition. If, however, we consider the manner in which our able-bodied seamen are dealt with—by their " not very grateful Country"—we must imagine that there is some grievous mistake in supposing that any difficulty could exist in obtaining an inexhaustible supply of well-qualified volunteers. It would appear as if thousands would flock to our Standard at the first signal, and hasten to enrol themselves in the service of their Country, whenever occasion might require. Within the last few months no less than sin thousand experienced and well disciplined men have been discarded from our naval service, and permitted to suffer all the miseries and privations incidental to want of employment ; and this very day, or to-morrow, the crew of the St. Vincent, trained and disciplined by the gallant NAPIER, and prepared for service under his very eye, are to share the same fate. These are the men " brought 8p to the service, end who wish to remain is it," whose sufferings the late Secretary of the Navy so feelingly deplored when bringing forward the es timates, which consigned no less than six thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine of their number to dis tress and destitution, in order that a paltry saving might be effected of 69,9601. for wages, and 115,0411. for victuals, a considerable portion of the latter being ascribable " to the fall in the price of provisions dur ingthe present year." The total saving to the coun try is probably less than 140,0001,, and for that we not only commit an act of gross and heartless injustice to these gallant men, we not only evince a total disregard of the commonest principles of equity and humanity in our dealings with them, but we reduce our naval establishment beneath the level of that at the disposal of the CZAR, we sacrifice that maritime supremacy of which our ancestors were so justly proud, and we endanger that " security" which ADAM Sasiza believed to be of " much more importance than opulence." Is this wise ? Is it prudent ? Is it that true economy so urgently required by the nation ? or is it a re currence to the " penny wise, pound foolish " system, that financial rock on which Whig statesmen have so frequently cast the vessel of the State. We fear there can be no second opinion as to the answers that must be returned to these inquiries. Gigantic abuses are still tolerated. His Grace of GRATTON still receives his hereditary pensions charged on the Excise and Post-office departments. The heirs of SCHOMBZRG still rejoice, while expending in Rolland the large sums drawn from the British treasury. Nay, in the very navy itself, there is an increase on the non-effective branch of the service. Admirals or post-captains are not turned adrift to starve about our seaport towns, or to offer their services to our maritime rivals. No, it would be unjust to lessen their number. A post-captain could not properly be deprived of his chances of a " flag." Promotion cannot be arrested, or we shall not fi nd so many juve n il e mem hers of the aristocracy prepared to enter the service, but 6,962 men may be cast off without shame or re morse, save the indulgence of a passing expression of regret for their unmerited sufferings. What can they complain of? Are they not certaia of employment in other nations, where their skill and intrepidity, their discipline and eNterprise, will be duly appreciated? Their acquirements hare cost the country much, they are now permitted to carry those acquirements to other navies, and should be grateful ; or, if they should not possess the means of proceeding to those shores where their services are in request, are not the union workhouses open to receive them--that is to say, if they can prove their settlements ! The condition of such persons is beneath the notice of their country- men,abl none belo w th e ran k o f o ffi cers c a n reason ably look for recompense for past services, a in moment's if t they dismissed, at a notice,ar are unceremoniously seek un coeurte ttnhoenmioeuasil)ys of livelihood as they best We rejoice to find th at a can. mor n • contemporary has, at length, even at the eleventh hour, attention to this absurd conduct, which directed its An have so long and so energetically denou nce d . ar ticle on the subject will be found in ano n thr able a our impression, to which we would earnestlye iny - part in vite the public attention. If the press should generally take up the subject—if it should advo ca t e the cause f the neglected and ill-used seamen, these anomalies would be corrected, and justice and sound policy would be promoted. We should not turn adrift so many disciplined men " brought up to the service, and who wish to remain in it," in order to effect a saving of a few thousand pounds, or to divert the attention of the Financial Reformers from the monster abuses that have so justly excited their indignation. • THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In The Sun of yesterday we stated that M. EUGENE RASPAIL had struck M. POINT within the precincts of the National Assembly. The proceedings were suspended for ten minutes, in consequence of the com mission of this act of violence ; when they were re sumed the President read the following requisition from the Procureur-General of the Republic : " Whereas the citizen Eugene Raspail, representative of the people, has, within the precincts of the National Assembly, given a violent blow in the face to the citizen Point, also representative of the people ; and whereas the said blow is stated to have been given in conse quence of the evidence given by the citizen Point at the High Court of Justice at Bourges; and whereas said act is contrary to Art. 311 of the Penal Code, we, the Pro • cureur-General of the Republic, demand permission from the Assembly to prosecute the said Eugene Raspail, one of its Members, according to law. (Signed) " BAROCHE." The President added that it was now his duty to take the sense of the Assembly on this demand for leave to prosecute. M. FLOCON demanded to have the matter referred to the bureaux (great clamour). The PRESIDENT said he should entreat the As sembly to act with calmness, for they were now judges in a most important case. M. FLOCON proceeded to say that he thought the readiness with which the requisitory had been pre pared looked suspicious.—(Cries of " Oh.") He thought such a demand would, if granted, be a great blow to the independence of members. All prece dents were against such a proceeding. He would therefore persist in his motion. General LEBRETON protested against such language as that which had just been used. Happily for the honour of French Assemblies such an incident as that which gave rise to this discussion was without precedent. M. JOLT called on the President to read the proses verbal of the police, from which it appeared that without notice or provocation, M. Resrem struck M. POINT a violent blow in the face. M. RABPAIL gave for excuse that M. POINT had stared at him through an opergglass. On the blow being given, seneral Members rushed in:and separated the com batants. M. JOLT observed that the whole matter looked to him as if M. RASPAIL had been set upon on account of his relationship to one of the prisoners at Bourges. He would move the order of the day. M. RASP AIL rose and said, that M. POINT had been spying at him in a most impertinent manner through an opera glass, and that he had done so with such af fectation as that he could not bear it. M. POINT declared that he did not know M. Ras- FAIL by sight. It was true that he had looked round the Assembly through a glass, but not at any one member in particular. The PRESIDENT said he would now put the ques of reference, on which the Assembly, by a great ma jority, rejected the motion of M. FLOCON to have the matter referred to the bureaux. A ballot was de manded, when there appeared— For the motion to refer the matter to the bureaux Against it Majority . --95 The question then, of leave to prosecute, was put from the chair, and voted by an immense majority. The debate on the vote of censure on the Ministry, for the introduction of the police into electoral meet ings, was then resumed. The motion was as fol lows :—" The National Assembly, considering that there is no law to authorise the introduction of the police into electoral meetings, passes to the order of the day." The previous question was moved as an amendment on this resolution, and carried by a majority of 148; the numbers being—for the amend ment 409, against it 261. During the course of the sitting the result of the ballot, for the election of members of the Council of State, was thus announced by the PRESIDENT : Number of voters ... 710 Absolute majority ... ... 356 MM. Vivien ... ... 539 MM. Rivet ... 394 Macarel... ... 528 Carteret.. .. 394 Boulatignier ... 502 Gaulthier de Ru de Jouvancel ... 485 milly... Bethmont ... 478 Damian... CremiPux ... 474 Boudet Marchand ... 466 Landrin Boucheni-Lefer 456 Paravey Stourm ... 456 Havin Jules Simon ... 431 Boulay Meillaird ... 39 ... 386 ... 383 ... 381 ... 380 ... 371 ... 368 ... 365 The President—The citizens whose names have just been given, having alone obtained the required majority, are hereby proclaimed to have been elected members of the Council of State. Amongst the names which obtained less than the re quired number was that of M. Thibeaudeau, formerly member of the Convention, who obtained 171 votes: The Assembly being consulted on the proposition of M. Mortimer-Ternaux, to adjourn the ballot for the other twenty members of tile Council of State, was decided in the affirmative. ' The PRESIDENT of the Republic was thrown from his horse on Wednesday, while riding in the Boiz de Boulogne. Re, however, sustained no injury. The Pafrie says :—" A report was current to-day in the Assembly, that M. Luori FAUCHER had retired from the Ministry of the Interior, and was replaced by M. Duravas. This was a pure invention. The continuance of M. FAUCHER in the councils of the Government is the greatest guarantee of order and security." _ A grand entertainment was given at the Hotel de Ville on Wednesday evening, by the Prefect of the Seine, to the English visitors. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. THREE o'CLocx.—The business done to-day was very limited, but the Funds and Shares were all steady, and the French Five per Cents. closed at nearly } per cent. above the prices of yesterday. The news from Genoa was looked for with great interest. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 30, money; ditto (90 days), 25 17i, money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL [l. East Indian, 4—Namur and Liege, 8 ex in. —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3%—Rouen and Harre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 214. _ v .1 , 1 -A. , , i', ~, _,..,. P , • --:-._, , • 1-44-qr,i,. - A — ...,..tYi- 4. , , , A,,k...4. -;:s 40), , k, ~ . .- . 4, • c,.... -v ,--- . " 6,,,,,t .. 1 .-; ', .• • • lit -, 7,.. - Ai•4o' ~.' - _- ', 4 ". -; v.. • • , T ,A,1., ; ,- •At o'± .. ~,,... ..... it ort , 1 1,, ,.., ..,,,_ intl ' P: L f %,./1140": ••:,..tsre4,'-''• Vint LONDON. FRIDAY. APRIL 13 1849. A sigh for CHARLES ALBERT ! Lovers of liberty, of heroism, of generosity, have nothing more to offer that kingly fugitive in his misfortunes. Me has nothing more to receive. History will be his recompense. At this moment when the • rabble cries of execration follow him into his compulsory banishment, when the curses of an ungrateful race are hounding after him in the exile which he is suffer ing through his championship of their cause, when Lombardy preserves an ignoble attitude of lethargy, and Piedmont can only afford sufficient enthu• aim& to vote to the glory of her de parted SOVEREIGN the souvenir of a com memorative monument, that Royal unfortunate i if hi be only as far-seeing as he is unquestion ably courageous, will hear even through the din of adversity the voice of the future annalist, the voice of a second GIIICCIAILDINI, telling to after ages the touching story of his daring and his misery. According to the latest intelligence of his where about the ex-King of SARDINIA was passing through the Spanish Peninsula on his road to Oporto, whence, if rumour speaks truly, he purposes to cross the Atlantic, with the intention of burying in the American forests the recollection of his sorrowful destinies. Some few glimpses of ancient attachment are said to Dave gleamed across his path at Valladolid, where he is reported to have received an invitation to the Curt of ISABELLA, and whither the Sardinian ambissador had hastened from the capital. Imagine to yourself an attenuated man, of tall statute and of a bearing somewhat martial, notwith stan4Thg the weakness of his proportions—his body enveloped in an olive-green coat reaching almost to his ancles, and buttoned to the throat—his hair silverld, his attitude dejected, his features deadly pale and overspread with a profound melancholy : that is CIitARLES ALBERT. That is his appearance, given with miuute exactitude by those who have seen him 'since the moment of his last catastrophe ; that is thA' monarch who in 1848 drew his sword against the German oppressors of Italy, and drove the veteran soldiers of Austria almost back to the slope of the:Carpathians. It is the man so long vilified as the Mince DE CARIGNANO-40 passionately applauded as tl - e vindicator and champion of Italian indepen dence—so basely and atrociously forsaken in the ex tremltty of his chequered career by the men in wholg behalf he had staked his crown, his life, and i,..his reputation. A twofold sadness at tachei itself to the fate of this illustrious victik of patriotism. 'Wearing, as he does, the phantprn of the Crown of England—the shadowy successor of the Plantagenets—the last descendant of the chivalrous and once puissant dynasty of the Stuaita--his own individual sorrows seems to be:en hancects by the remembrance of his ancestral calami ties, ativi now, in the days of his flight and misfortune, the (tallness of his own personal exile appears (by its asso ciation with the past) to be deepened into the g looaiseurrounding the representative of many gene ratiahfof suffering. There is in the case of CHARLES ALBF..*T not one alleviative circumstance—not one circtrarstance which can cast a ray of consolation across the blackness of his catastrophe. His destiny is ac94,4lplisbed. The sa nds of his p ublic life have run oast to the last bitter grain. He has drained the cup 60141 is sovereignty to the dregs. His remembrance of thf , L7.ygone is not cheered by one gleam of hope— howtvar transitory —as to the future. In the ripeness of his manhood he is isolated from all power; from all Pump, from all obedience—from everything but sympathy, lie is like a man who, while yet alive, has gone down int o the tomb. And to add t(*flie solemnity of hi s fall, he re mains i n d ou bt as t r ,',t e light in which his name. niay be r egar d e d Jt) hereder. He sees himself the opprobrium of his co tearepsiraries at the very time he knows that all his adv , 4silie, - ; have originated in a sublime effort to drag his c - 4aTutry out of the abysses of political servitud e and —intellectual stagnation. His fate is the common target against which all the shafts of m al4tffi'y and misrepr esen t a tion are directed, both froir t tile right side and from the left, both from the aristocrats and the peoples, both from Democracy and 4 . '•• , •rn Absolutism. All the vices that have ever b ee ,i di 4 stributed over a succession of demagogues and despots have been imputed to the once lauded victor of Goff°. lie is as rash as RIENZI ;heis as hypocri tic4 a 4 FRANCIS ; he is as vain as PHILIP, as unscru puh:us7,as CORTES, as sinister as BORGIA, as treacher ous ,-aa l- ,,Tonst, and as unforgiving as TAMERLANE, F,vety•oele has visited upon him the consequences of their 4$,Tl folly, of their own sins, of their own atro ;The Lombards have charged him with the de . SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, the recently appointed Minister from the French Republic to the Court of Madrid, arrived in that city on the morning of the 7th. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 7. Three per Cents., 23 9-16 ; Account, 23 11-16 ; after Bolsa, 23 9-16. Fives, 11 paper, with coupon ; after Bolsa, 23 11-16 cash ; 23 f paper. Coupons, 6 cash. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 80 cash ; 82 paper. Treasury bills, 69} cash ; 72 paper. Exchange on London, 49.95. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 7th inst. says— " At the moment I am writing the destinies of the Magyars are being decided on the plains of the Theiss. On the 4th inst. the Magyar forces were posted between Balana, Gyormuth, and Estbackhazs. Their numbers were about 50,000, under Gorgey, Klapka, and Dem binski; the latter commanding the left wing, and ready to throw himself upon Czegled and Keckakemet; the former commanding the right wing above Hatvan ; whilst Klapka held his quarters in that town itself, forming the centre of the position. Prince Windisch grata left Pesth on the 4th, with his staff, and the Aus trian forces moved forward at the same moment, Field- Marshal Esonich moving first towards Elatvan. The army corps under Jellachich was concentrated near Gyongyos, in which direction a heavy cannonade was heard from Pesth on the evening of the 4th," The Hungarian Generals have, it will be seen, completely out-manouvred WINDISCHGRATZ. He was endeavouring to hem the Magyar forces in on the Theiss. They have broken through the circle, and have swept through Upper Hungary, re-pos sessed themselves of Yuchau, Eperies, Leutschau, &c., venturing to the borders of Moravia. They now press, on the other hand, upon the Servians in the Banat, who, resenting the harsh treatment they have received at the hands of General RUSCAWINA, are not indisposed to transact with KOSSUTH. The Magyars have made a movement against Pesth, and KOSSUTH has, it is said, summoned the Hungarian Parliament to meet in the capital on the 15th of this month. Indeed, it was rumoured in Vienna on the 7th that the Magyars had defeated WINDISCHGRATZ and JELLACHICH, and had in consequence entered Pesth as victors. The Impe rialists have also been defeated by BEm in several engagements. The troops of PUCHNER, who, after their defeat by BEM, took refuge in Wallachia, have all been disarmed by the Turkish authorities, greatly , to the annoyance and anger of the Austrian Govern ment, who have ordered their Ambassador to quit Constantinople, because the Turkish Government has willingofnations,anpdusEß a to s preserve strictly observed strictsery ed netuhetralwlaity, has acted by cn they would have acted by BEM had the cases been reversed. PRUSSIA. CAMPITAUSZ N arrived at Berlin, from Frankfort, on the Bth. It is stated, in a letter from Posen of the 6th, that th,. Prusoian Government had causad all the non - domiciled Poles to be expelled from tha Duchy. Their number is estimated at 20,000. The Govern ment has further ordered that no Pole, not belonging to the Duchy, shall be permitted to reside in it without special permission. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The Cologne Gazette of the 11th inst., in a letter from Altona, says—" We have received positive intelligence that the Danes have evacuated Hadersleben on the 6tb, and the German troops have again taken posses sion of that town. Another engagement ha s lik ew i se taken place on the Sundewitt, between about 5,000 of the Imperial troops and 10,000 Danes. The issue was undecisive. A Dalash vessel, bearing a flag of truce on the part of Eckernforde, came into port on the evening of the 6th, in order t o ascer t a i n t h e pre cise particulars respecting the two large men-of war which had been blown up, and the number of pri soners made. The latter amounted to 611, among whom were about 40 officers, 6 of whom are Swedes. The first account said above 900 men were taken pri soners, of whom only about 20 were officers and cadets. The Danish Envoy at Frankfort has called for his passports, and has quitted that city. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, APRIL 10.—The KING has appointed Major MEUES, of the artillery, as his aide-de-camp extraordinary. Lieutenant-Colonel EVASE RADIER, of the artillery of Turin, charged with a diplomatic mission for Brussels, and M. STELLA, the attache of the embassy of Brussels, have arrived here on their way to London. M. DUMORTIER, who has just come from Brussels, has arrived here. APRIL I.—Yesterday his MAJESTY held a grand review of the Arquebusiers and the battalion of Jagers at the garrison of Delft. His MAJESTY was accompanied by Prince HENRY of the Netherlands, Prince FREDERICK, and a briliant staff. The QUEEN, the Princess FREDERICA, and the Princess LOUISA, attended by a large party of ladies, honoured the review with their presence. After the review, his MAJESTY spoke of the painful loss which the army had sustained by the death of their KING, their Lieutenant-Colonel, Field-Marshal, and father, who had set them so glorious an example in arms, and whose example he, the KING himself, would strive to follow, though he had not achieved the renown over the field of Waterloo; and then presented to the regiment a small cross which was al ways worn on the breast of the late KING, among his numerous stars and orders, as a remembrance of the eventful and glorious days of his life. "I de sire," said his MAJESTY, " to present this venerated token to that regiment in which my late beloved bro ther, Prince ALEXANDER, served. It shall be pre• sented to you by my beloved brother, Prince HENRY, who serves with honour in the navy, and who desires by this act to testify his esteem for a corps which has carried the Netherland's flag with honour on all seas." The above -mentioned cross has been con signed to the ensign -bearer of the regiment. It is scarcely possible to describe the enthusiasm which this unexpected act has excited both among the army and the inhabitants generally. The KING has given notice that he intends to hold a levee on the 13th inst. _Netherlands Staats Courant, April 11. AMSTERDAM BOURSE, APRIL 10.—The Dutch Funds underwent no material variation to-day. Few transactions were made in integrals. The Spanish Debt was firm, but all the other foreign funds closed at a depreciation. Transactions in French and Mexican funds were, however, very animated.— Amsterdam Courant, April 11. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES The intelligence of Bsia's victory at Cronstadt has excited the general expectation that he will take the direct road to Bucharest, excite the Wallachians against their oppressors, and the Osmanli, who are quite ready for it, to take up arms against Russia. He is standing at the Rubicon, and if he crosses it, he will fling a - brand whose dames will extend to the Caspian Sea. The garrison of Galats, we know, has already left for Bucharest, and 6,000 Russians, with thirty-two pieces of artillery, ha ve e ntered Wallachia. BEM wrote to General Lunzus, and he hoped they should eat the passover cakes together at Bucharest. The relation of Austria to the Porte is very pre carious, in consequence of the position taken by Rus sia in regard to both Governments. The breach is as a Countor ambassador from e s Vienna,m ade a h T d h e t Porte he has Imperialrecalled i STURMER, has responded to it by quitting Con stantinople.its The Porte is said to be possessed of information that an alliance exists betwedi Austria and Russia, whereby the existence of Talkey is sacrificed for Russian aid. The Turkish Government has sent a note to the Austrian Government, stating that the Porte alone has the privilege of intervention in Transylvania, and that the intervention of Russia in a territory of the a Turkish kingdom in the internal conflicts of a third country cannot be tolerated. The position of the Turks is singular and painful in the extreme. They unwilling and dogged obedience to the com mand of their powerful neighbour, who can at any moment overawe them by a number of Christian rajas—a neighbour who has suddenly assumed the Danubian principalities as his t err it ory, and now br a e n nc d ao s trni t o h en e aaln transit aal llyly against againstti n h s e t Russia,D them.ard an andeNlleos Austria. Amussrtyreial htreeh was sree l f hg wd e h hasdthe their Gazettetaii nng s t the t the Christian Rs fore, if BEM finds friends in them, an d if we are wit nesses of the strange spectacle of se e i ng H ungarians, Pollaevs'onai n a a o d T f u T r kusrkcey, om b a i n n d e d sians and Austrians. Events are not sufficiently ri e to enable us to prophecy what the immediate future will bring forth ; but they will be se en ere we are aware. The haughty Czarina once sa id , " The way Bucharest to Stamboul and Tr is by ansChersonvania. ere lon g it may be by yl Sc r i pe Cologne, April 11. ITALY. The accounts of the surrender of Genoa to General LA MARMORA, which appeared in some of the Paris journals of Wednesday, were premature. There has been some desperate fighting at Genoa, and when the last accounts left the city had not surrendered, although it had been bombarded by the troops under General LA MARMORA. The latest intelligence from Genoa is contained in the following supplement to the N.uvelliste of Marseilles, of the 9th April : " As early as yesterday evening the report was cur rent in this city, as soon as the Ville de Marseilles steamer arrived, that another sanguinary conflict had taken place between the people of Genoa and the troops of the Government. It will be remembered that, in con sequence of an emente in which the National Guards and as was published by the people took part, the armed fo rce, composed of about I,oooista mistake, wasn, and obligednot ofto l.o,oevacuateoo,e town. B u t w hil e this was going on, the division of General de la Marmora, returning from Parma, and perfectly organised, sur rounded Genoa, and took possession of the maritime suburb. During two days, some murderous engage ments took place between the populace and the troops: the troops had taken possession of some new positions. " Such was the position of the belligerent parties at the moment when the Ville de Marseilles weighed an chor. There was a suspension of arms brought about by the Consular corps. "Fresh details have arrived this morning by the packet-boat Alexandre, commanded by M. d'Angeville, lieutenant of marine, which quitted Genoa at seven in the evening. " The attack by G e neral la Marmora was postponed, as we have alr ea dy sa id, f or t wo days. The to wn was defended with i nconce i va bl e or d er an d d e t erm i nat i on . Priests and women were to be . _seen hasteping, armed, to the barricades. No troops could have entered the town without being crushed by the' stones with which the houses had been filled, for the purpose of being thrown upon those making the attack. Many houses have been destroyed, and still more damaged by ball and shell. In the hospitals the sick Were struck by the projectiles, and the vessels anchored in the port have also suffered more or less. The French steamer Tonnerre and the French traders served as a refuge to our countrymen, as well to a crowd of all nations. Happily, at last, the Consular body succeeded in getting an armistice concluded for forty-eight hours. Below we give a copy of this con vention. "Three Members of the Municipal Council immediately started for Turin, in order to submit the arrangement to the King for his sanction, General la Marmora being un willing to assume the responsibility. These delegates were expected back to-day at Genoa. God grant that success may have crowned their mission, for we should have incalculable disasters to deplore, were the conflict to be renewed! "The Piedmontese troops have not ceased to make preparations for defen ce i n the interval. T h ey have taken possess ion of a fo r t and some heights, an d occupy, besides the Lantern, as far as the Doria Palace, which is on the borders of the sea. It is in this position that the engagement took place between the besieged and their assailants. " On the evening of the 7th, the Alexandre, on enter ing the port, was descried by the Piedmontese, who, taking the passengers she had on board for a body of Lombards, come to the Essistance of the Genoese, im prudently fired upon her; but the mistake being soon discovered, the Piedcaontese Commander made excuses to the Captain of the Alexandre. Fortunately, no one was killed, or even wounded. The British man-of-war now off Genoa had been seen making several manasuvres which appeared hostile to the Genoese, from which they concluded that she would act in concert with the P4dcaontese troops, should the armistice not be accepted. No one is allowed to quit the town; and it is only with the greatest difficulty that the French subjects were allowed to reach the squadron. The number of the victims is considerable on each side. At the moment of the departure of the Alexandre, a rumour was current that 2,000 Lombards had just en tered the town by the Tuscan road, and 4,000 more were expected. Among the passengers on board the Alex andre was M. Montanelli, one of the principal leaders in the Tuscan revolution. The following are the terms of the armistice, which was to expire on the 9th, at noon:— " Pr.p General la Marmot-1: )1 Cat, Council of Gmoa, to 1. General is Itsrtnora shall occupy the city and the forts with his troops. " 2. A full amnesty is granted and property gua ranteed. "3. The hostag and prisoners shall be mutually given up. 4. The National Guard will be reluced to the lege prescription; all the persons not belonging to it shal immediately give up their arms. " In the name of the Municipal Council, (Signed) " General AVEZZANA. " The Syndic PitoFumo. In the presence of the Consular body, " Geacral LA MARMORA. " Genoa, April 6, at 6.&.m." A' private letter from Turin, of the 7th, announces that the Genoese deputation has arrived, but that Government will hear of no conditions but a sur render at discretion. It was rumoured yesterday afternoo❑ at the Paris Bourse that Genoa had surrendered at discretion on the 9th. General Sir CHARLES NAPIER arrived at Naples on the 3d, on board the Ardent. Major and Mrs. NAPIER landed at Naples. The publication of news from Sicily is prohibited at Naples ; we therefore conclude that the forces of King BOMBA have already experienced some dis asters. The Ticino Gazette of the 7th states from Rome of the 31st ult., that the courier of Naples had not arrived on that day; and that intelligence had been received of the Legion of Garibaldi having entered the kingdom of Naples, and commenced hostilities. General FERRARI, who was at Rome, had proceeded in all haste to Terracina. The Prefect of Bologna, BERTI PICHAT, had been named Minister of the In terior at Rome. SICILY. It is said that the Sicilians have again demanded the Duke of GENOA as King, and have again been re fused. The Duke of GsNca is a descendant of the royal line of Sicily, which was expelled in 1734 by the BOURBONS for violating the Sicilian constitution, and whose right, therefore, is superior to that of the King of Naples, inasmuch as if a violation of the Sicilian constitution involves a forfeiture of the Sicilian throne, then has the King of NAPLES forfeited that throne by such violation; but if, on the contrary, such violation does not involve forfeiture of the throne, then is the descendant of VICTOR AMADEUS the legitimate King of SICILY, and the King of NAPLES an usurping intruder. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL OF DUFFY. DUBLIN, THURSDAY ETENING.-Mr. BUTT com menced his speech for the defence at the sitting of the Court, this morning, and, it is thought, will speak for about six hours, after which one or two witnesses will be examined, and the Court will adjourn until to-morrow morning. In the event of there being a disagreement in the jury -box, it is understood that the Attorney-General will have a fresh jury sworn, and immediately proceed to a third trial. The whole of the panel will, in that event, be called over, and the heaviest fines that can be inflicted will 134 imposed upon such jurors as refuse to attend. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) WORMESLEY V. DAILEY. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 151. There were several pleas pnt on the record, but the order for admissions on the hearing was only for the trial of the " issue." The COUNSEL for the plaintiff contended, on the au thority of the case "Dennett v. Hardy," Bail Court Cases, in which the facts were similar, that the Secondary had no jurisdiction to try the issues joined on the record. The Learned SECONDARY said he would try the case, but give leave to move the Court above on the point. The plaintiff's COUNSEL said, if the Learned Secondary was of that opinion, be (the Counsel) must be under stood not to be attending the trial. The defendant's ATTORNEY said, that in that case he should withdraw the record. ANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONILANQUE.) IN RE JOHN DE MONTE ARBUTHNOT. This bankrupt, described as late of Great St. Helen's and the Albany, Piccadilly, merchant, came up to pass his last examination. The bankrupt, it may be remembered, had been ex. tensively engaged in turf speculations, &e., and passed the Insolvent Court; but the present fiat was issued against him. The accounts—copies of those filed in the Inso!vent Court—having been now filed, Mr. STEELE, the solicitor to the assignees, said that he believed they were the best bankrupt could file. Indeed, he was surprised he had been able to file any at all. Mr. LEWIS for the bankrupt considered the object of the fiat was merely to add to the punishment of bank. rupt by suspension of certificate, if his Honour so decided, for there were very trifling trade debts and nothing bene ficial could result to the creditors. Mr. STEELE said something might be recovered under the fiat. Mr. laws said that the bankrupt had lost 40,0001. in less than four years. His HoNomt said it was a very lamentable case, but he would not now express his opinion on it. The bankrupt was then allowed to pass. --- CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. TRIAL OF MR. DROUET FOR MAN SLAUGHTER. Bartholomew Peter Dromet surrendered to take his trial, charged on the inquisition of the coroner with the manslaughter of James Andrews, one of a number of pauper children farmed out to him, at his establishment at Tooting, by the guardians of the Holborn union, and who died of cholera in the beginning of the presens year. The trial gave rise to considerable interest, and severs; !adios were accommodated with seats on the bench. The prisoner, accompanied by his bail, entersd the court a few minutes before ten o'clock. and shortly afterwards the Judges entered the court. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Clarkson ap peared to conduct the case for the prosecution ; and the prisoner was defended by Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Challoner Smith, and Mr. Crouch. The Clerk of Arraigns then read the indictment which was an exceedingly voluminous document, to which the prisoner pleaded not guilty, remarking at the same time that his name was not Peter Bartholomew Drouet, as stated in the indictment, but Bartholomew Peter Drouet. He was inform , d by the Clerk of Arraigns that the transposition of the Christian names was not material. At the suggestion of Mr. Baron Platt the prisoner was accommodated with a chair. Mr. M. CHARRERS proceeded to open the case for the prosecution. He said he appeared before the jury at the instance of a public body of mon for the purpose of pro secuting this inquiry, not with the view of pressing any thing unfairly against the prisoner at the bar, but of firmly standing up for the due administration of the law. He had stated that he appeared as •representing a public body. The prosecutor in this case was the beadle of the parish of St. Pancras, but the parties who instructed him (Mr. Chambers) were the governors and directors of the poor of the parishes of St. Andrew and St. George-the- Martyr, Holborn, who had deemed it their duty to insti tute that inquiry. He wished to be distinctly understood as representing the governors and directors of the poor of the parishes of St. Andrew and of St. George-the- Martyr, Holborn. This inquiry arose out of some very painful circumstances with reg ar d t o th e farming out of poor infant children; and the p r i soner was charged with the manslaughter of James Andrews, who was described in the indictment as an infant child, of the tender age of six years. In substance the prisoner was charged with the criminal offence of omitting properly to feed, lodge, and clothe the child in question, according to his duty. For seven years past the prisoner had kept an asylum at Tooting, called Surrey Hall, for the farming and main tenance of pauper children. In ]847 the guardians of the Holborn Union entered into a contract with Mr. Drouet for sending some of the children of that union to be taken care of by him in his asylum at Tooting. The children went thither from all the parishes of the union, and among others from those of St. Andrew and St. George-the- Martyr. Among those children the child James An drews was sent to the prisoner's establishment in the year 1848. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to state the circumstances of a visit to the prisoner's esta blishment in May, 1848, by a Mr. Winch and Mr. Mairs, when he was interruped by Sir F. THEISIGER, who submitted to their Lordships that the Learned Counsel was not at liberty to go into circumstances connected with the prisoner's establish ment previous to October, 1848, when the child, James Andrews, was received therein. Mr. Baron PLATT was understoed to rule that the counsel for the prosecution might go into a statement showing the condition of the establishment at Tooting previous to October, 1848. Mr. M. CliampEas continued—He deemed it abso lutely essential to the due understanding of this case, and to a correct conclusion being arrived at, that he should state to the jury all the circumstances connected with the management of that asylum. There had been a visit to this establishment in May, 1848, by Mr. Winch and Mr. Mairs, which had an important bearing on this case. Mr. Winch, who was a builder, was desirous of making useful inquiries with regard to the treatment of those children in Mr. Drouet's establishment. On that occa sion Mr. Winch and Mr. Mairs went through the house at Tooting, and it struck them that the building was not at all adapted or suitable to th 6 healthy treatment of those children, and Mr. Mairs took the opportunity to remonstrate with Mr. Drouet on that circumstance; also, on passing through the establishment and seeing a number of b o y s upstairs, Mr. Winch was desirous of in quiring of the children themselves whether they were satisfied with their treatment, and he desired those boys who were notsatisfied with their treatment to hold up their hands, on which a number of the boys held up their -., intimating their diseetisfaction. He muss: tell the jury that after that visit there was a second visit peid by a deputation to the establishment, and that di puta tion appeared to have been satisfied with what they saw on that occasion. It would appear from the statement of some of the boys whom he would call, that after the visit of Messrs. Winch and Main some of the boys were called to account by Mr. Drouett for the course they had taken, and some of them were actually punish ed. That was in the month of May, 1848. He would now pass on to the period when the fearful eslamity fell on the establishment. On the 28th of October in that year tr.e child James Andrews was placed in that esteblish inent, and was at that time in a good state of health, he (Mr. Chambers) believed, for a pauper child. About this time, or shortly afterwards, Mr. Kite, the surgeon, on visiting the establishment, found several of the children were infected with the itch, and were not separated from the rest, the consequence of which would be, he reported, that the rest would be contami nated. Mr. Kite would state to the jury that the house was badly ventilated, and that there was never sufficient space appropriated to the children's sleeping berths. He would also inform them that although there were then the seeds of disorder visible in the establish ment, and also some of the premonitory symptoms of cholera, Mr. Drouet took 200 other poor children from the parish of St. Pancras into his house, notwithstand ing that the dormitories of the children were previously over-crowded. Many of the children were infected with cholera, and no doubt could be entertained that there was a fearful calamity about to take place in the estab lishment. In fact, between the 29th of December and the 13th of January 150 children died of that awful visi tation. On the 31st of December one David Kelly, a pauper, who had two of his grand children in the establishment at Tooting, called there to see them, when he found that the younger of them was infected with cholera. In consequence of an in timation given to Mr. Drouet and others by David Kelly, inquiries began to be made respecting the appearance of cholera in the establishment, and, on the sth of January, Mr. Grainger, a medical gentleman of great eminence, was sent to visit the plaee. He saw the way in which the children were treated ; he looked at the building, and made inquiries with reference to the children's food, and their general treatment ; and Mr. Grainger came to the conclusion that, unquestionably, the course of treat ment of the children in that establishment had conduced to place them in such a situation with regard to their health, that they were liable not only to be seriously but mortally affected ifeholera should find its way into the establishment. He found the establishment in a very bad state. There was only one nurse to attend the children, and he re presented to Mr. Drouet, that, considering the awful state of the children, he ought to engage three or four additional nurses, and increase the accommodation of the building.. In a few days afterwards Mr. Grainger called again, but what was his surprise to find that, not only had his recommendation been disregarded as to the increas ing the number of nurses, but some of the larger children were performing the office of attendants on the sick, and be, therefore, felt it his duty to make a representation to the guardians of the Holborn Union, who immediately had their children removed, and those that were ill were very charitably admitted into the Royal Free Hospital, where it was found that they were in a most lamentable condition—that not only their dress, but the physical state of their bodies had been neglected; but he need not trouble the jury at any length on this part of the case, as it would be fully explained by medical evidence. He must now touch upon the nature of the dietary which these children had been subjected to. It would appear that it was the practice in Mr. Drouet's establishment to cut a small loaf into 16 parts, while the potatoes which had been served out to the children were generally in so rotten a state that they not unfrequently went untouched by the children. It would be proved by competent medi cal authorities, in fact, that the children had been literally starved, and that when they were removed from the esta blishment they i xhibited the usual signs of starve tion, such as swollen stomachs, thin legs, and pale features. With re gard to the state of the building itself, it would be proved that in a sanitary point of view it was sadly defective, while the mode of managing the dormitories was so defective that the utensils used by the children at night were con verted in the day time to water vessels for cleansing the floors, and the disease of which these poor children died could be traced almost to the filthy state of one of these articles of use. With regard to the clothing of the children, it would be shown that many of them when they entered the estab lishment were excellently well supplied with wearing apparel, but when they were found in the deplorable con dition be had already adverted to, the clothes upon their backs were not sufficient to keep them warm and resist the effects of the atmosphere. These were the principal facts of the case, which he could not conceal from himself was one of considerable importance to the public, and he now came to the law bearing upon the subject. Their Lordshios would tell the jury that if Mr. Drouet, by his mode of treatment, absolutely precluded the children from escaping from his custody, and that by their not escaping they died of a terrible disease, induced by neglect, he was guilty of manslaughter, if not of murder. In this ease, like that of the ill •usage of an apprentice, it was difficult to esta blish the malice of the master, but if the jury thought the children died from wilful neglect on the part of the defendant, for the sake of securing some pecuniary gain, then a sufficient motive in malice would have been made out to justify them of convicting the defendant of the capital offence. The evidence, however, would place beyond all doubt that he had been guilty of the minor offence of manslaughter, and, therefore, leaving the law of the case to be further explained and elucidated by their Lordships, he should refrain from troubling them further, and proceed at once to the examination of wit. nesses. William Robert James was then called and examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He said he was clerk to the Hol born Workhouse. In consequence of the overcrowded state of that workhouse the guardians entered into an arrangement with the defendant, with the approval of the Poor-law Commissioners, for boarding and lodging the children of the Holborn Union. This was in 1847, when he was requested by the guardians to procure an asylum for the children, and knowing that Mr. Drouet farmed the children, he sent for him, and after con • versing with him on the subject he requested him to go home and forward him a written communication of his terms. In consequence of that conversation he received a letter to the effect that the children he took under his care were well attended to, and brought up to indus- trious pursuits, and that his charge was 4s. 6d. a head per week. In reply to that letter he wrote to Mr. Drouet, stating that it was the opinion of the guardians that, as their boys were industrious and earned a good deal of money, they thought 4s. per week would be a fair price, but that, nevertheless, they agreed to his terms, and about 90 of their boys would be placed under his charge. In a few days afterwards Mr. Drouet attended at the workhouse, and 81 boys were handed over to him, whose ages varied from 12 to 15. They took care not send out children under six years of age. In about a fortnight afterwards some 30 more were sent, but he must explain that a sort of debtor and creditor account was kept, and as children went out their place was sup plied by others. He had understood from Mr. Drouet himself, that his establishment could provide accommo dation for 1,200 children, but at the time in question, October, 1847, he had only 800 in his custody. Mr. Baron PLATT —Did you ever go over the building or the wards? Witness said he did. Mr. Baron PLATT—WeII, did you think the place largo enough to accommodate 1,200 children? Witness said he did. Mr. Baron PLATT—Did the guardians never make any stipulation in the arrangement about the dietary of the children? Witness replied that before the children were sent a committee of the guardians inspected the establishment, and satisfied themselves that it was properly managed in all respects, including, of course, the dietary; and with one of the communications made to the guardians at the time by Mr. Drown, there was forwarded a printed copy of a dietary table. Mr. Baron PLATT—For 4s. 6d. a-week they were to be supplied with food, clothing, and everything. Witness—Everything. The deceased, Andrews, was forwarded to the establishment in October last, and he remained there until January in the present year, when he was removed to the Royal Free Hospital. It was the practice of the guardians to nominate a committee monthly to attend to Mr. Drouet's establishment and report en the condition of the children —the reports of these committees, from December, 1847, to January, 1849, nitproseing satibllte- Lion at the treatment of the children, and stating that their food was good, and that they were in a clean and healthy state. The last report was dated 4th January, 1849, and stated that at the period of the inspection the cholera was raging dreadfully, and it recommended that certain alterations and additions should be made to the dietary, clothing, and bedding of the children. The re port of the 9th May, 1348, stated that the inspectors had found the establishment in an unhealthy state, bad smells pervaded the building, and upon it being put to the boys whether they were satisfied with the treatment, about 40 hands ware held up to indicate that they were not, whereupon Mr. Drouet became very violent and called the boys liars, threatening at the same time to carry out a suggestion which had been made to him to thrash them. The report of the 30th of May was, on the other hand, favourable to Mr. Drouet, the inspectors expressing themselves well pleased at the state of the children and their treatment, and conveyed to the board, on behalf of Mr. Drouet, the expression of his regret that, at the previous visit of the monthly visit ing committee, ho had exhibited too much warmth in his behaviour towards the children. On the Ist January last, in consequence of a communication conveyed to him by the master of the workhouse, he wrote a letter to Mr. Drouet, and on the Wednesday following he re ceived a report in reply, which he laid before the board that evening. Subsequently he saw Mr. Drouet, but he did not learn from him how many of the children were sick, but on the Thurs. day morning Mr. Whitfield made a report to the board, and, in consequence of that report, he was sent down to Tooti ng with th e proper authority to re move the children. When he got down to Tooting he found Mr. Drouet surrounded by medical men and guardians of the other unions, and lie had not an oppor tunity of speaking to him. He, however, ascertained that fifteen or sixteen of their children had been at- - - tacked with cholera. At that time there were about 191 children of the Holborn Union in the establishment, 25 of whom were too ill to be removed. He took 155 of them away, amongst whom was the de- --- ceased Andrews, who was conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital, and died on the 6th of January. A report from Mr. Drouet, dated the 30th of November, was forwarded to him on the 3d December, stating that four of their children were suffering from a severe bowel complaint. Subsequently another report was received from Mr. Drouet calling attention to the forthcoming Christmas treat of the children, adding that it was usual for his parishes to allow him sixpence ahead for that purpose, and stating that the children were getting better. O,: c .tt;s . ex:...niu.a . iou by Sit. F. TuEs.tGEtt ibe wit t h.s.t prt.vi , z;s to this contr,tet with Mr. Drouet he 114:1 Stoll the Tooting estaiilishmtAit. The dietary supplied by Mr. Drouet was submitt,ll to the medical officer of the Holborn Union. It was in some respects supe rior and in others inferior to that used in the workhouse. In his opinion it was ample for all purposes. The boys had repeated opportunities of complaining to the inspec tu committee if they h a d w i s h e d to do so. For his own part he had only observed one little cause of complaint against the management of the Tooting establishment, and that rel.lted to some air gratings which had been been stopihd up, but the cause of complaint was after wards removed. The children removed from Tooting were those who were considered to be untouched with cholera. Ito-examined by Mr. M. CHAMBERS —The quanti ties in Mr. Drouet's dietary were in some respects doubtful. Mr. William Winch, one of the guardians of the Hol born Union, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS —On the 9th of May I went down to Mr. Drouet's establishment, and found the children at dinner. They had forms and benches. I looked at the potatoes, and out of 200 I could not find one good one. I told Mr. Drouet that I thought he ought to change the diet. I went afterwards over the whole of the establishment, and found the new sleeping apartments badly constructed and badly ventilated. I a+terwards saw the boys in the school-room. Mr. Reding asked the boys of Holborn Union if they had anything to complain of, and told them it they had they were to hold up their hands. About thirty then held up their hands. I thought them very much altered in their appearance; they were lean and haggard. Sir F. THESIGER objected to the examination, on the ground that the state of the other boys had nothing to do with Andrews. Mr. Baron PLATT —Why did the guardians not re move them at once when they were in such a state? Mr. CHAMBERS —I don't appear for the guardians, and I apprehend, however culpaple the other parties may be, that does not relieve the prisoner of responsibility. My Lord, I appear for the public. Mr. Baron PLATT—You appear for the beadle; and I must say again tha t th e guar di ans ought to have taken away th e children when they were seen to be in such a state. Mr. CHAMBERS considered that he was entitled to show that negligence existed before Andrews was sent there. Mr. Baron PLATT—The guardians were the respon sible parties Mr. CHAMBERS —The prisoner is responsible on his contract. Mr. Baron PLATT—Yes; upon his contract, but there was a dietary, and it was the duty of the guardians to see that it was carried out. Sir F. THESIGER briefly replied, and Mr. Baron PLATT said, in the present state of the case, it was impossible to allow this evidence to be given. The present inquiry related to the death of a boy in October last, and how could evidence with reference to a trans ac:ion in May have anything possibly to do with it, unless some connexion was shown? Mr. CHAMBERS —I will show the connexion. Mr. Baron PLATT—Then call your witnesses. I can not hear another observation from you. Sir Frederick Thesiger has replied, and I have decided that the evi dence cannot be received. A little boy named Sheen was then called. He said he was a poor boy belonging to the Holborn Union, and had been in Mr. Drouet's establishment at Tooting three times. He remembered the last time he was there be fore he left in 'January last. He slept in a bed— Sir FREDERICK. THESIGER again objected to this evidence. Mr. BARON PLATT said that th e w i tness ought to be examined only with reference to the treatment of Andrews. After some discussion, Richard Woodson was called. He said he was a boy belonging to the Holborn Union. and remembered the deceased Andrews. He did not sleep in the same room with him at Mr. Droll, t's. He went there about three months before last Christmas, and Andrews came after that. About two or three days before they Came away , they both slept in the same room over the surgery. Andrews slept with his brother and another boy. There were about twelve beds in it, and three slept in each bed. Andrews was ill when he came to the room, Andrews, himself, and other boys came together in a van to London, and Andrews felt sick ou the way. He (witnes) was quite well when he went to Tooting. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER—Andrews told me he felt sick. The van was a closed one, and it was a very cold night. The Court here adjourned for twenty minutes. On the re -assembling of the Court, William Derbyshire, a lad, was called and examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He was one of the boys sent to Tooting. He knew the two Andrewses. He slept in the same bed with them a short time. He did not know how many beds were in the room. The bedroom WSS net on the attic floor, nor did he know whether there were six beds in the room. He remembered James An drews being taken ill when he was removed from the room. He was sleeping in the same bed with him, but he did not know where he was taken to.: Th ere was a place called the Sick Ward, but he did not know whether he was taken there. He did not return to the same bed again. He remembered his coming to London ; but he did not know where he had slept the night before. By the COURT—He came up to the Free Hospital in a van. The van was full, and James Andrews came up in the big boy's van, William Macdougal, another lad, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—He was fourteen years old, and came up in months the van. James He was at Tooti ng b etween eight and nine . Andrews was in the sam with him; he sat on hi s knee. He said h e felt aice k van , and ap-, peared very He was at Mr. D rouet ' s all the time Andrews was there. The little ones was not along with the big ones. By the COURT—IIe was a big one. Examination continued—Andrews was one of the little boys. He never saw him in bed. The little boys were dressed in the same way as the big ones. When they went their clothes were taken from them, and kept till they went away again. The clothes sup plied to them in return kept them warm. Out of school hours they went into a yard, but they could not go in doors. Sometimes the little boys came in, but not often. They had their supper about six o'clock, and then went to bed. The big boys and little ones went into a separate hall to sup. They had different clothes on a Sunday to what they had on the week-day, which were much warmer. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER—When the came to the F ree H ospital they had a supper of brea d and cheese, but little Andrews did not eat the supper. Those who were well were put to bed early. Andrews was put in the same room with him. No doctor attended them that night. Joseph Andrew; the brother of the deceased, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—H o was eight years of age, and had been at Tooting. He slept with his brother and Derbyshire in the same bed. There were about a dozen beds in the same room. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) The grand jury, having concluded their labours, en tered the court with a number of true bills, two of whieli were against John Cutts fur forgery, who is at presest out on bail for 20,0001. THE CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. --The foreman said he was requested, on the part of the jury, to express their entire satisfaction with the conduct of those members of the police force who had been called before them. Th• C6urt was aware that a great number bad been sum moned before them, and they felt that they had ac quitted themselves with a great degree of intelligence and bad given their evidence in a most satisfactory way. The RECORDER said he had great pleasure in dis charging them after the performance of their duties which must have' :been very arduous, they having ad vanced into flit) fifth day of the session, and the Court could bear testimony to the diligence and atten tion which they had shown throughout their laboura. With regard to the police it was always extremely gra tifying-,to•hear from the grand jury their good opinion of tke conduct of that body, wh o h ad always much in their power and upon whom in a great degree depended the due execution of the law. The Court looked strictly to the conduct of the police and entirely concurred in the sentiment exprec‘ed by the jury; those who had the management of that large body were always very diligent in removing improper persons from it. The grand jury were then discharged. 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The soiree given to the English party at the Hotel des Princes last night went off admirably. A'oout 400 persons were present. Many of the French were in the uniform of the National Guard. The orchestra of Strauss attended, and played " God save the Queen," which was loudly applauded by the French. The " Mar sellaise" was then called for byithe English. A speech:to the English was delivered by M. Combier; and .Mr- Lloyd, in the uniform of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, addressed the French. The cries of " Vive la Fre,ncel" on one side, and " Viva l'Angleterre I" on the other, were loud and hearty. Refreshments, consisting of sand wiches and pastry of every kind, and of champagne with out limit, were provided. The party remained till a late hour in the morning. The Arabic saloon of the hotel, which bas been fitted up with great splendour by M. Privat, the proprietor, whose kind and liberal attentioi to the guests was the subject of general eulogium, was crowded. When the company broke up, the English said, " Adieu!" but the French cried, "No, no, au re voir!"—Galignani of Wednesday. THE ENGLISH IN PARIS. — Previous to the visit of the English to the Opera Comique on Wednesday even ing, it was proposed by one of the body that each person should take with him to the theatre a large bouquet of catnmelias to throw on the stage as a tribute to the ac tresses. The proposition was, however, abandoned on the advice of Mr. John Warton, of Stratton-street, Pic cadilly, that SOO bouquets thrown on the stage would totally prevent the continuation of the performance. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 13, 1849 T :t x t