The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-27 00:00:00

MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ma.dlle. PICCOLOMINY. LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINENTO. THIS EVENING (Friday), June 27th, for the BENEFIT and Last Appearance of Madllo. MARIE TAGLIONI, will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIXENTO. Marie, Madlle. Piccolomini ; La Marchesa, Madle. Borgaro ; Tonio, Signor Calzolari ; Ortensio, Sig. Baillon ; and Sergente • Sulpizio, Sig. Belletti. Between the Acts a new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LA BOITQUETIERE. "La Manfrina"—Corps de Ballet. "Le jeu deE Bouquets" —)addle. Marieglioni (her last appearance)and M. Charles, accompanied by fla Corps de Ballet. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. Pas de Quatre , —Mesdlles. Katrine, Lizerenx, Galby, and Pierron. "La Seguidilla"-3fdlle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance) and M. Charles. TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), June 28. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. I CAPULETTI ED I MONTECCHI. Romeo, Madlle. Johanna Wagner ; Juliet, Madlle Jenny laanr ; Tebaldo, Signor Reichardt ; and Capellio, Signor Rene 'eaten°. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement by Malame A. Itellou, Mesdlles. Boschetti, Katrina, Rosa, Clara, Lizercus, Pierron, Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. " THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Nlr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVEYING will be produced DER FREISCHUTZ. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. THEATRE ROYAL. lIAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Rneketon , : THI3 EVENING, MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. Followed by 'NUE LITTLE TREASURE. After which PEREA NENA and the Spanish Dancers will pair Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WROND3 OF WOMAN. To conclude with THE DOCTOR IN LOVE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KERN. TRI3 EVENING, A FRIN:T FOR AN HOITR. After whin,- TUE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THE A.TRE ADELPHI. Propriator and A:tanager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. TIM EVENING. TfIE FLYING DUTC MEAN. To conclude with LIKE AND UNLIKE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leuoe ant Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TIM EVENING A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL. After which. RETRIBU lON. To conclude with CAWIFIING A MUM tID. ROYAL SETIREY TrISATRE. Lessees, Ifessrg. Shepherd tad Crawls*. THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA (Ist and 2d Acts.) After which An Act of NOR WA. Followed by IL BIRBIERE DI SIVI4LIA (31 Act.) To conclude with A BALLET DIVER rIiSEIfEN r. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THI3 EVENING, The Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN', or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with the novel feature of the Italian Bandits on borse'lack, the Neapolitan Dragoons, and Ur. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. After which, The EQUESTRIAN Sc!ENE3 of ART in the CIRCLE, with Deseret's celebrated performlig Dog and Monkeys, as exhibited before her Majesty. To conclude with THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. Boa-office open fr)in F.'even till Fo ir. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEIIS DAT—Morn. 55 min. aft. B—Evening 25 min. aft. 9 ZA - MoRl3,oW—Morn. 55 min. aft. 9—Evening 28 Min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER—Sux OFFICE, JUNE 27. THERMOMETER, 7.N THE SHADE. 80 —highost since noon yesterday. 67—lowest this morning and during the night. 82—this day at noon. RAROWICTIER-30.20. WIND, W.—Light with fine, warm, sunshiny weather. e r,A; * • Al/1 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1856. The further correspondence relative to the alleged recruiting in the United States, and to the Central American questions, have been pre sented to both Houses of Parliament by order of her MAJESTY. The despatches from Mr. MARCY have already appeared in our columns, and we give, in another part of this day's impression, the important parts of the additional correspond ence, namely, the answer or defence of Mr. CRAMPTON to the accusations of Mr. 11/lARcY, and on which he was summarily dismissed from the United States, and bearing date the 19th June inst. ; and the letters of the Earl of CLARENDON to Mr. DALLAS, dated the 26th June, in refer ence to the Enlistment and the Central American questions. The latter are very important documents, ex hibiting the views which her MAJESTY'S Govern ment-have, after due deliberation, taken of the points in dispute between the Cabinets of St. James's and of Washington. On the former point they fully and completely acquit Mr. CRAMPTON and his fellow-sufferers of the charges preferred against them. They declare, that " having carefully examined the additional docu ments, they do not find in them any evidence worthy of belief which should shake the confi dence which they have reposed in the assurances of Mr. CRAMPTON, and of the Consuls ;" and add, that they " retain the high opinion which they have ever held of the zeal, ability, and integrity of Mr. CRAMPTON, and of the earnest desire by Which he has been animated to avoid all just cause of offence to the Government to which he was accredited ;" and that they " entertain simi lar convictions as to the conduct of her MA JESTY'S Consuls at New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati." The retention of Mr. DALLAS in this country, and the continuance of diplomatic intercourse is, we are bound to say, P l 4 in as graceful a form as was practicable under the cirour natanoes. Lord CLARENDON makes a much better excusefor Mr. PIERCE than he offered fur himself. R e aecevtis the formal and repeated declarations of the Pre, sident's belief that these officers had violated the laws of the Union, and, therefore, while regretting a proceeding, which, cannot but be considered as of an unfriendly character, t has not been considered necessary to suspend diplomatic intercourse with Mr. DALLAS. The best is thus made of a very bad job ; and although we believe that treating Mr. DALLAS in a similar manner would have been far more conducive to the honour and interests of - the United Kingdom, We may consider that the enlistment difficulty has been removed, and that no further questions will be direotly raised in reference thereto. The Central American paints, for three issues have been raised_those relating to the protecto rate of the Mosquitos, the district of Belize, and to Ruatan and the Bak Islands —are still greatly involved. The PIERCE-MAscY Government would be quite willing to submit to arbitration if quite satisfied that the award would be in their favour. Should'it, however, decide against their interpre tation, then it will be disregarded. This is the equitable and conciliatory spirit in which the PLERCE•MARCY Cabinet approaches the difficulty —a spirit which is in the highest degree insulting to the nation with which it is at issue. The answer of Lord CLARENDON is dignified and conciliatory, and we may add perfectly con clusive as to the merits of the case. It shows, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the offers of arbitration had been repeatedly made, and also, from the very terms of the article, that both Governments retained the rights which they had previously enjoyed, when those rights were not expressly limited or abandoned ; in other words, that the operation of the Treaty was prospective, and not retrospective. The protectorate exercised in behalf of the Mosquito Indians is plainly indicated in the Ist Article—" Nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford," &c. Surely when protection is thus expressly provided for, no difficulty can now be fairly raised in con sequence thereof ; nor can we be called on to act in a manner inconsistent with the national honour under the specious pretext that the obligation is imposed by a well-considered treaty. As to Belize, the only matter seems to be the fixing of boundaries ; while, with respect to Ruatan and the Bay Islands, there are two questions to be disposed of-Ist, When did our rights commence, whether in 1839 or 1852 ? and, 2dly, Whether is the Treaty prospective or otherwise? If no amicable arrangement can be agreed on be tween the parties, arbitration is the only remaining course. However trifling may be the matter in dispute, no nation desi rous of maintaining its prestige can afford to yield to a bullying demand, which endeavours to gain its object by bluster and bravado. We shall gladly agree to any reasonable solution of the difficulty, but will not surrender on compul sion a rood of ground to which we have a fair and reasonable claim. Notwithstanding all the threats of M. WALEW SKI against the Belgian Press, and the wrath of Austria with that of Sardinia, it appears pretty plain that tyrants do not find their repressive system all gain. Both in this country and that - of our noble ally, secret societies are, we may say, unknown, and Belgium also is free from them. So are Norway and Sweden, where the Press is free. Where all parties can utter their feelings, and advocate their views by argument, they have little or no temptation to conspire. The poig. nard is the offspring of a fettered, not a free Press. - Large numbers of men always prefer to advocate their views in public ; give them rope and they will use it. There may be plenty of enthusiastic folly, and of Utopian impracticable schemes con tended for, but the enthusiast and the visionary rarely do much harm in this world of hard facts. The conspirator, on the other hand, can make a negative revolution, at least, at any time ; and cm silence in a moment the counsels of a HENRY IV. or a WILLIAM of Orange. • The revolutions of France, and those of Europe in 1848, have also shown sufficiently how much secret and revo lutionary understanding may exist in countries where the Press is not allowed to be the channel of men's aspirations and schemes. At the present moment Italy (Sardinia excepted) and France are teeming with conspiracies. The patriot MAZZINI feels it necessary openly to warn his countrymen against the use of the dagger. The clerical party in Italy have a band of conspi rators sworn by a most horrid oath, the sansfedesti, whose duty it is to stab to order any man of liberal sentiments. This naturally stimulates to retaliation, and all re ttdiation of this kind paraded as proof of tl,- original and it riadness of liberals pr; ?les, and of thc.. ak e goaded to avongb companions. S pletely has the tyranny of Austrian Italy, brutalbravery of her soldiersagainst the unarmed, and the want of any legitimate means of proclaim ing grievances and seeking redress exasperated the Italians, that the great mass of the respectable portion of the population would think it no sin against GOD or man to plunge a dagger into the heart of every Austrian in Lombardy and the rest of Italy. Of course in Naples things are, if possible, worse. It is mortifying to Englishmen to see too much of the same state of things with our nearest ally. While we cannot wish to compare the French EMPEROR with BOMBA. of Naples and him of Austria, yet the fact is that his government is avowedly a pure despotism. His Legislative Body arid Senate are but the nomin - e's umbra; one will rules even more supremely than in Naples or Austria ; the worst is that will will bear no coun ter arguments. It dares not face discussion. The most vivacious and intellectual nation in the world—the modern Athenians, have no place where to make their thoughts and speculations known. Even the debates such as they are, are not permitted to bereported entire, but must pass asder the scissors of the Censor ! No meetings for political discussion are permitted, and th e newspapers exist on geod behaviour ; good be haviour consisting in squaring themselves to the views of the one sole thinker for the nation., Every man of p3litic intelligence is silenced, unless his intelligence conform to the mould pre pared for it. Every man of political activity is banished unless his activity he put in motion by Imperial spring 3. We do not discuss now the necessity or other wise of all this. We must leave that to France and her ruler. It cannot be doubted, however, that to this cause must be attributed the vigour, the number, and dark concealment of the Secret Societies, which, according to the best obtainable information, cover so large a part of France. Some few imprudent individuals are laid hold of by the police, but the vast affiliated body appears to have been untouched. Our readers will have seen in The Sun frequent advertence to their existence and secret activity. It cannot, of course, be easy to verify particulars, but the concurrent testimony of independent observers makes it pretty certain that, under various names, "La Militante," "La Commune Revolutionaire," " Les Enfants de la Liberte," and the well-known one, "La Marianne," an unknown host of So . cialists, Republicans, Levellers, and probably in dignant, though perhaps illiterate, Patriots, too, are tided together, in readiness for any oppor tunity Which may a - occur. Accordin g to some accounts there are, notwith standing, a kind of local independence, all more or less in connection with the formidable "Mari anne." Again, this would seem to be somewhat c omprehendi ng un d er i t many ofof a generictheothe name,rs,wih, it is Said, are given merely to put the authorities off the scent. Louis NA POLEON'S reliance is naturally the army; it brought him into power, and did not scruple t o shed in _ but it nocent blood to accomplish that object ; appears that the army itself is becoming fast pregnated with Socialist views. That this was the case before the revolution is well known, and the bravest portion of the army was that from which the " nons" predominated on the first ballet. Nor is there any sure means of knowing the extent of the mischief or of preventing it. The regiments are shifted as often as possible, if sus• pected, but the result may easily be only that of - _ spreading the infection yet further. A bad bar- THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY EYENINCI, JUN' E 27, MC vest, or some drawing of the rein too tightly at an injudicious time, or any impolitic move, might in 4. moment cause a fearful and fatal outburst. Numerous as the Bonapartists are, yet a little overdoing the dynastic policy might subvert in an hour the subverter of the Republic. A people so restless and excitable as the French, allowed no expression of opinion, and abounding in these secret societies, resemble nothing so much as a mine with the train ready for an explosion by the smallest spark. Is it owing to this similarity of position that the Emperors of FRANCE and AIISTRIA show such mutual inclination to co-operate ? And is it owing to his relation to Lmis NAPOLEON, that Lord PALMERSTON gave Sardinia the cold shoulder in the British House of Commons, and plays the part of Austria, the most detested by his country of all the Powers of Europe ? The Corporation of London have done them selves honour by their resolution of yesterday to present the freedom of the City to Gen. WIL LIAMS. It is characteristic of this as of other free countries that civic honours are not accepted with mere complacency, but are prized as much if not more than any other by our military and naval heroes. Only the other day Admiral LYONS hesitated not to inform the Corporation that to merit the like presentation had been one of the proudest, longest cherished, and most ardent aspirations of his life, and we doubt not General WILLIAMS will be found to have equally appre ciated the distinction. It is another characteristic of free countries that nowhere are tributes of gra titude and admiration to military and naval men more spontaneously rendered or so deservedly bestowed. The reason is obvious. The relations of these two classes of the community are, in the main, as they should be. The armies and navies of free countries are the champions and defenders of the citizens, and not rods of oppression, and the latter, conscious of their responsibility, have no motive to be otherwise than just in their awards. Hence they possess a value which the recipients are the first to recognise. The happi ness of such a state of things can scarcely be ap preciated as it should be, save by the subjects of military despotisms, who groan beneath the ex actions and brutalities of a faVoureci and most injurious class of hirelings. The corporation of London, we say, have done themselves honour by their resolution. The hero of Kars is not an every-daynora one-sided commander. To luck he owes exceedingly little. What glory he has achieved—and it is both great and im mortal—has been fairly earned. In peace he prepared himself for war, and in war he never for got that he was the servant of his country, and as such it was his duty to do the best he could for her under all circumstances, unfavourable as well as favourable. That his mettle was and is heroic is perhaps his least merit, though a legitimate source of pride and congratulation to his country men, and a title to superior respect. We will not trespass on our space by referring minutely to the incidents of his early life, or the circumstances which will hand down his name to posterity wreathed with undying laurels. To such as would refresh their recollection we recommend a perusal of the admirable speech of Mr. VAL LANCE, the proposer of the motion ; and, having done so, we would have them decide whether the proposition with which we set out is not amply substantiated—whether in resolving to present the freedom of the City to the individual of whom the noble MOURAVIEFF declared "he had made him self a name in history, and posterity would stand amazed at the endurance, the courage, and the disciplinA whia, that Siogo (vathor, we .Lould ml4sr, Gen. WILLIAMS') called forth in the remnant of an army," the Corporation of London have not done themselves honour. Vainly would Lord STRAT FORD DE REDCLIFFE or the Earl of CLARENDON look for such distinction in connection with the war at their hands. They have shown they have not forgotten how to appreciate distinguished merit, and to appreciate it worthily. The explanation given by Mr. WILSON, last evening, of the arrangement for postal communi cation with Australia made by Government will be read with considerable satisfaction both in this country and the Australian colonies. All has certainly not been done that could be desired ; but it is quite evident Government has at last taken up the matter in earnest, and has preferred incurring a certain extra outlay to having the communication in question any longer suspended. The contract entered on will insure, in the first instance, the departure of a duly-appointed vessel from Southampton to Melbourne direct, round the Cape, with passengers, in October, and its readiness to take up the service from Melbourne to Suez in January. In No vember another will follow, and a third and fourth in December and January, after which latter period the service is to be performed be tween Suez and Melbourne monthly, without in terruption, backwards and forwards each month by vessels of 2,200 tons burthen, and of not less than 500-horse power. The advocates of a more frequent and complete communication must bide their time, and there can be little doubt that when the above service is fairly re-established, no great difficulty will be experienced in ob taining an additional one by the Panama route. The interests of all parties con nected with the Australian trade entitle them to this additional service ; and the State, we are inclined to believe, will before then see sufficient reasons to establish it on its own ac count, independent of any willingness it may feel to do justice to the industry and enterprise of so spirited a class of its subjects. A trade so important, and carried on at such a distance, ought assuredly not to be dependent on the facilities for postal communication afforded by a solitary route, the safety of which might be en dangered by the events of a single fortnight. Nor ought 50 days to be occupied in what may be done in 40. ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.— We are sorry to hear that the Princess Royal has bustained some in jury from an accident which occurred to her Royal Highness on Tuesday last. The Princess was engaged about midday in her boudoir, and was in the act of lighting a wax taper when a spark ignited the sleeve of a gauze dress worn by her Royal Highness. The flame spread rapidly, and in an instant the whole sleeve from the wrist to the shoulder was in a blaze. Her Royal Highness manifested remarkable presence of mind under the trying circumstances, and succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they had communicated with the body of the dress. The Princess's arm was much burnt, and her Royal Highness has since been confined to the Palace, and was prevented by this circumstance from accompanying the Queen to Grosvenor•bouse last evening. Count Walewaki intends leaving Paris next week for Homburg, with the intention of being absent about three weeks or a month. The peace of the Papal States is now maintained by 14,000 Austrian, 6,000 French, and 12,000 (?) Roman troops. The administration of the Bank of France have de clared a dividend of 137 f. for the first six months of 1856, payable on the lst July. The Trieste Zeitung learns that a privilege for esta blishing a bank at Constantinople has been granted to Messrs. Ede and Co., in company with some Trieste banking) firms. FOAGED Eims.—Yesterday , at the Huddersfield Guildhall, Henry Leadbeater, a woollen-merchant, car rying on business iu the town under the firm of Wm,: Leadbeater and Son, on remand, was charged with ut tering two bills of exchange, well , knowing them to be forged. After thelearing of evidence the case was re manded fora week. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL TRIESTE, JUNE 26. The steamer America arrived here to-day at 7.30 a.m. She left Alexandria on the 20th of June. The India and China mails wore to leave Alex andria on the 21st, with advises from Calcutta to the 17th of May; Bombay, to the 27th of May ; Hong Kong, to the 10th of May ; Shanghai, to the 2d of May ; and Manilla, to the 6th of May. Pablia works in India are stopped. The Sonthals are again unquiet. An insurrec- tion is on foot near Vizagapatam. The King of Oude had arrived at Calcutta. Exchange at Bombay, 2 1. Freights have risen. The cotton market was active. Exchange at Calcutta, 2 li. Trade was quiet. Sugar was held at high prices. Saltpetre was in dinnand. Freights-were very low at Calcutta. A band of rebels was approaching Foochow, 80 miles distant from Shanghai. Exchange at Canton, 4'lo ; at Shanghai, 6•Bi ; at Manila, 4•74 : . Freights in China, 3/. 10s. to 4/. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 23. An Imperial ukase of the 16th announces the revision of the customs tariff of 1850. The duty on coffee imported by sea is reduced 70 copecks per poud (about 4 centimes per 20 kilogrammes). TURIN, JUNE 25. According to the Italian Correspendence, the Austrian General Crenneville was to quit Parma on the 22d, and the Duchess-Regent being de cided on supporting her Minister, was to raise the state of siege on the occasion of the anniver sary of the birth-day of the Duke Robert, her son. Somewhat disquieting news has been received from Lombardy. The lower clergy, who are in despair at the thought of being entirely in the power of their bishops, are suspected of favouring the plans of the National Italian party, and the probability is that the suspicion is not without foundation. Considerable political excitement prevails in Tuscany, and we learn by the Lom bardo-Venetian papers that the Tuscans are about to petition their Sovereign to resuscitate their Constitution. HUME MEMORIAL. Great City Meeting—(This Day.) This morning a public meeting of the citizens 01 London and others, the friends and admirers of the po litical conduct of the late Joseph Hurne, Esq., was held at the Mansion-house, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. The meeting was numerously attended, and amongst those present were—Earl For tescue, Mr. R. Currie, M.P., Sir J. Walmsley, M.P., Mr. A. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Sheriff elect Keats, Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Prout, Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Tite, M.P., Alderman Sir J. Duke, Bart., M.P.. Mr. Dakin, Mr. Nicholay, Baron Anthony RotWsehild, Mr. F. Bennocb, Mr. Wilcocks, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. J. Forster, M.P., Alderman Lawrence, M.P., A. Taylor, Mr. W. J. Hull, and Mr. J. S. Robertson. The Lord MAYOR briefly addressed the meeting, re marking that the conduct of the late Mr. Hume was so much appreciated, that it required but few words from him to bring before them the object of the meet ra-r, mud to urge on them that they ought to offer some tribute to the memory of that most excellent individual. (Hear, hear.) A more honest, truthful, and painstaking man than' Mr. Hume never existed. He: believed a man who bad done so much for his country was well worthy of such an everlasting memorial as would trans uait his name and services to generations yet unborn, (Hear, hear.) His Lordship said the subscriptions were limited to 10/., which would enable every one wh" admired Mr. Hume's conduct to contribute towards the proposed memorial. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DAKIN moved the first resolution—" That the disinterested services of Mr. Hume for above forty years in the House of Commons, his successful efforts to check the waste of public' money, his constant sup port of all measures conducive to the spread of moral and intellectual improvement, and bis unvarying advocacy of constitutional liberty, claim a last ing record of the gratitude of his countrymen." He said that Mr. Hume was always the unflinching advocate of economy and of public liberty and order. He was a great supporter of mechanics' institutions, and everything else that would bring knowledge and infor mation within the grasp of the people of this country. His name would live as long as the history of this country would be read and admired at home or abroad. - - Sir J. DUKE, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Alderman LAWRENCE moved the next resolution— " That a City subscription list be now opened in aid of the national subscription, for the erection of some me morial in honour of Mr. Hume, and to be limited to 101. from individual subscribers." He eulogised the conduct of Mr. Hume, and said he wished the reformers of the present day would followstrictly his public conduct. Mr. J. FOSTER, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously. Mr. P. A. TAYLOR, in moving the appointment of a committee, said it was not generally known that Mr. Hume assisted in drawing up the people's charter. Mr. W. J. HALL seconded the motion. He said it wan Mr. Hume's opinion that the Reformers would du no good until they enrolled themselves in one vast com prehensive association to carry one object at a time. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ANDERTON addressed the meeting on the reso'u tion, which was afterwards put and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. ANDERTON, seconded by Mr. T. WALL, secretary to the Working Men's Hume Memo rial, a vote of thanks was unanimously carried, thanking Earl Fortescue for originating this movement for a me morial to Mr. J. Hume, his late friend and fellow• labourer in the cause of reform. Earl FORTESCUE thanked the meeting for the compli ment paid him, and briefly stated what had been done by the committee appointed at the West end of London. Their exertions had been most successful, and he was de lighted to find that the memory of an old reformer still lived in the hearts of the citizens of London, and he trusted that the example set there that day would be largely followed by other cities and public bodies throughout the country. (Applause.) The noble lord concluded by proposing the thanks of the meeting to the Lord Mayor for calling the present meeting. Alderman WIRE seconded the motion, and adverted to the difficulties Mr. Hume bad to encounter in the early part of his political career ; but he never tired, notwithstanding, until he had written his name on the history of financial reform of this country, and he (Hr. Wire) believed he had struck a blow at that system which wasted the public money for the purpose of cor rupting public men. (Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR having acknowledged the compli ment, the meeting separated. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. A council of ministers was held at St. Cloud yes terday, at which the Emperor presided. The average price of corn for the month is higher by 2 francs 17 centimes per hectolitre than that of the preceding month. The Union publishes a letter from the Duo de Levis, with a communication addressed to the latter by the Count de Chambord, on the subject of the inundations which have desolated France, and towards the relief of which the Count has con tributed the sum of 20,000 fr. THE BOURSE, June 26.—The following were the closing quotations : Cash. ft. P. 4i per Cents 93 15 3 por Cents 7l New Loan 7l Bank Shares 3,915 Roman Credit Alobilier 1,555 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) '.2 Homo Debt .......« RAIL VATS—SOB. CABS. End of Month. —f. —o. 11.. C. fr. o. Orleans -4... i. P/0 Western , 930 gtkhe ; . rn1,,11,25 Strasbuig Ly ns ....tr........... I,4'r"; New Ditto Siediterri‘nean 1,& Grand Central Lyons Geneva 7B Tosto Cette THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna, in Voss's Gazette, says : "Although no definite result has been come to re specting the question of the union of the two prin cipalities, several other points of importance have been arranged. It has been decided, in the first place, that the tribute paid by the principalities to the Porte shall not be augmented. The Porte had at first demanded an increased tribute, but he has abandoned the dem an d i n f ace o f the objections raised by the other powers. The second point which has been settled concerns the organic rules that have been the primary cause of so many abuses. The powers have recognised the necessity of a radi cal revision of these rules. A third point concerns the consular establishments. With respect to the question of rendering the rule of the Hospodars hereditary, it i s h o p e d that the negotiations now pending will have a satisfactory result. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 22d, in the Augs burg Gazette, says :—" The Grand Vizir, Aali Pacha, left this morning with all his suite for Trieste, where he will embark for Constantinople. The day before yesterday he had the honour of dining with the Emperor at Luxen.bourg, and Count de Buol paid him a visit yesterday before his departure. The heads of the two Cabinets are perfectly in accord on the question of the Princi palities.''—" It is positively stated that the Em peror will go to Trieste about the end of thismonth and thence by Venice into the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. It is thought that his Majesty intends to have himself crowned at Milan, to extend on that occasion the amnesty which has been granted and 'to open personally the central congregations. Extensive military manoeuvres are also talked of as likely to take place between Milan, Como, and Varesa. ' GREECE. • A letter from Athens on the 18th, in the Consti tutionnel, says " The King !ewes this evening for Trieste by the Greek steamer Hydra. He is going to Vienna, doubt less to seek for some assistance in escaping from the bad position in which he is placed through his weakness. Although his Majesty may meet with a kind reception at the court of his Imperial ally, he certainly will have to listen to some severe counsels, for the Government of Austria is too wise to encourage him to push any fur ther his spirit of hostility against the western powers. It is, mcreover, said that the Bing int en d s to extend his journ e y as far,as Paris. The Queen will act as Regent during his absence. The Prussian Correspondence states from Wid din, 10th, that a collision took plaoe on the Bth, near the village of Rianosza, between the band of insurgents, under Petrowitsh and a det ac h ment o f the police force commanded by a brigadier. The soldiers lost one man and the insurgents six ; the latter made good their retreat into the mountains. The Pacha of Widdin does all in his power to pre vent the peasants from joining the insurgents. A letter from Florence, in the Corriere Mercan tile of Genoa of the 23d, states that a conspiracy to murder M. Baldasseroni, the Minister, has been discovered in that capit a l, an d that nu merous ar rests have been made in consequence. A letter from Berlin, in the Hanover Gazette, says :—" It is assured that the French Govern ment has asked from Russia, in consequence of the amnesty granted to the Poles, that the confis cated property of the refugees should be restored to them. But it would be difficult to accede to this demand, inasmuch as the greater portion of the confiscated property has been sold." GENERAL MINING ASSOCIATION.—The annual meet ing of the General Miniug Association was held to-day, when a dividend was declared for the half-year of 10e. per share, free from income-tax, making 20s. per share for the whole year. The prospects of the association were reported to be in a satisfactory condition, and a be lief was expressed that the operations of the current year will show a ve7 favourable result. CANADA. COMPANY.—At a meeting of the Canada Com pany, held to-day, Mr. C. Franks presiding, the divi dend declared was 31. per share, free of income-tax, pay. able on the 10th of July next. It was stated that the sales . of land are making satisfactory progress, and that the average advance in its value is well maintained. The financial statement shows a balance of 38,4841., and after the payment of the dividend there will remain 6,540/. At the close of the proceedings it was unani mously resolved to present Mr. J. Perry, the retiring secretary, in addition to his full salary, plate to the value of 150/., as a testimonial for services during a period of 28 years. THE AFFAIR AT TRE LEVEE. (From the Morning Post.) -ybody is by tbis time aware of an ociprrenee tha t . ,ce at her Majesty's levee on Werin.edy. ;7,6 evidently arose out of the indiscretion or ig• noraace of an individual, we abstained from giving pub- licity to this unpleasant affair ; and we are the more satisfied with having taken such a course, as we hare now reason to believe that the 'United States Minister lost no time in offering apo'Netic explanations, and that these have been accepted. (Front the Daily News) We understand that the facts of the case as to the contretemps at the Queen's levee on Wednesday are these : Mr. Dallas and his diplomatic subordinates were in their ordinary diplomatic costume. The United States Minister was accompanied by the Professor of Military Science in one of the United States professional esta blishments. This gentleman wore his ordinary and proper military uniform, consisting of a military frock coat, white waistcoat, and black stock, such as he pre sents himself in before his military superiors, and that he eepecialiy selected this as the proper costume in which to appear at her Majesty's levee, for presentation by the Minister of his Government. On being refused admis sion by the Master of the Ceremonies, Mr. Dallas retired with him, not in anger or disgust, but with great regret at the occurrence. It is proper to add that her Majesty, on being in formed of the difficulty raised by the Master of the Ceremonies, at once directed the admission of the gen tleman in question. ,Unfortunately, however, before the Queen's gracious directions could be delivered, the party bad left the Palace. HER MAJESTI'S VISIT TO GROSV.ENOR ROUSE. The queen honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with her presence last evening at Gros venor-house. Her Majesty came, accompanied by the Prince Con sort and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and at tended by a numerous suite, in seven of the Royal car riages, shortly after 10 o'clock. The Royal party entered by the garden from Park-lane, and were received at a temporary entrance prepared for the occasion by the Marquis and Marchionness of Westminster. Her Marquis was at once conducted by the Marquis of Westminster to the ballroom ; the general company, who had previously assembled in the drawing rooms, following the Royal party. The Queen having taken her seat upon the dais, where she was sur roun d e d b y the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, Prince Oscar of Sweden, and the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the mem bers of the Diplomatique Corps, and the general corn. pang passed before her Majesty and made their obeis ance. This ceremony concluded her Majesty opened the ball in a quadrille with the Earl Grosvenor, Prince Alb er t dancing with one o f t h e Marquis of Westminster's daughters. The ball was kept up with much animation—Her Majesty frequently joining in the dance —until half-past 12 o'clock, when the Queen and the Royal party were conducted . to the gallery in which a regal entertainment was served to the illustrious circle. The Queen took leave of the Marquis and Marchioness shortly after 1 o'clock, retiring by the Grosvenor-street entrance. The general invitations amounted to about 2,000. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mddle Piccolomini .appeared last night in the charac ter of Maria, in "Figlia del Reggimento." The part is entirely new to her, and'we have heard that she has been studying it for some time with the assistance of Madame Alboni. This, together with the superiority of the music to that of the Traviata, may account for the evi dent superiority of her vocal execution. Her perform. ance, indeed, was altogether charming, and wurthy of the splendid triumph which she achieved. Her recep tion was enthusiastic, rapturous. She was repeatedly called for during the piece, and when the curtain fell the whole house seemed to get into a state of rantic ex citement. They called her on, and no sooner had she retired than they called her on again --and yet again— cheering her, every time she appeared, with loud accla mations, while showers of bouquets flew from the box Ns. All these honours she received with much grace and modesty. It is, plain that La Figlia del Reggimento will be a principal attraction to the end of the season. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Rossini's ever fresh and sparkling "II Barbiere" was given here, last night, for the first time this season. There was no novelty in the cast ; but who would wish for any change when they can hear Madame Bosio as Rosina, Mario as Almaviva, Ronconi as Figaro, Formes as Basilio, and Tagliafico as Bartolo ? With such con suinthate artiste, Rossini's delightful music is given with all the verve and animation suited to character. Among the specialties of the evening may be mentioned Formes' singing of the air " La Calunnia," which he gave with the true pompous and didactic humour.. Madame Bosio's singing_ throughout the opera was coaracterised by that refinement of style and fluent vocalisation for which she has long been celebrated. Her singing -lesson scene, in which she gave some florid variations, a I Polka, by 'Alary, was a brilliant display of artistic which received an enthusiastic encore. The house was well filled, and "Il Barbiere" will doubtless prove at tractive at the Royal Italian Opera, SECRET SOCIETIES IN FRANCE. ( From a Correspondent of the Daily News.) PARIS, June 23.—1 have lately travelled through Franca Ciotti north to south, from west to east. I have seen things with my own eyes, and formed a judgment on them for ,nyself. I was present at the instructive trial of the "Marianne" conspirators at Angers ' and I afterwards saw the "Commu ne Be vo l u ti onna i re " at the bar of the court of Angouleme, and the "Militants" at that of Bordeaux. In the course of my tour, I have conversed on politics with many of the most eminent men in this country. The result of what I have seen and heard is a decided conviL• tion in my mind that France is at this moment sleeping, in false confidence ' on the brink of a vo l cano . Y es ; parties are mute, discussion is interdicted b o th i n th e rostrum and in the press • but poisonous ideas, w hi c h would vanish bef ore th e light of freedom, are rapidly and surely making their way under cover of the political dark ness that prevails. Yes ; the streets are quiet, but minds are agitated. Secret societies increase and multiply in all lirections. The Emperor is seriously uneasy at the irre fragable evidences of their progress which he receives daily from the prefects. Within the space of a few months there have been six or seven monster prosecutions, in the course of waich truly alarming revelations have been made. These societies are hydra-headed. No sooner does the Government fancy it has crushed them at one point than they start up at another, It is all in vain that a few straggling disciples are made prisoners here and there ; the immense majority of the ffialiated and almost all the ringleaders baffle research and defy pursuit. The utmost -that the most active surveillance and the most energetic Measures can do is to repress insurrection for a time. The Government is radically impotent to find out the living heart of the conspiracy. It is within my knowledge that a high personsge, who sees every morning the reports from the gendarmerie, has been heard t o con f ess th a t secre t societies have taken root in no less than 65 departments. But what is more terrible still for the Government is the certainty which it has acquired that " a very active pro psganda is going on in the ranks of the army." The "Hautes Ventes," as the central committee are called, know per fectly well that they can do nothing against the army, but they hope to do a great deal by and with it. In conse quence, their main efforts are now turned in that direc tion, and, as it would appear, not without success. Several privates of the " Douane" force were among the members of the " Milit an t s " t r i e d a t Bordeaux. But a much more serious fact is this :—lt'has been lately discovered that the leaders of the Paris central committees have secret rela tions with parties high in Government offices, and learn from them every movement of troops that is decided upon at the Ministry of War. For many months past not a regiment has left Paris for the provinces but the revo lutionary chiefs in the neighbourhood of its fresh quar ters knew that it was coming, and were furnished with a list of the names of all the men with whom :trey might communicate in safety for the purpose of con tinuing the work of propagandism. Since this discovery was made the most severe orders have been issued to pre vent the secrets of the War-office being betrayed—with what degree of success I am not at this moment able to say, It is impossible to state with anything like precision how many secret societies there are in Franca. They are continually changing their names, in order to thwart the unremitting efforts of th e police to track them. There are, however, three well-known principal societies, which are probably the parents of most of the others—l mean the " Marianne," the " Militante," and the " Commune Revo lutionnaire." The most considerable and important of these is beyond all question the "Marianne,"* which finds its recruits principally among the operatives in large towns. The " Marianne" professes those doctrines of com munism egalitairc which citizen Blanqui teaches, and would carry into practice if he could. Blanqui is the high priest, the recognised chief of this society of coupe tetes. All the old founders of oilTerent revolutionary sects have seen themselves deserted by their disciples. The " Phalansterians," the adherents of the "Atelier egali taire" of Louis Blanc, of the " Triade humanitaire," of Pierre Leroux, of Proudhon, and the " Icaaians" of Father Cabot, have all gone over with arms and baggage to follow the standard of Blanqui. His name is the only one which now carries authority among Socialists and Communists of all shades and distinctions. There are many reasons why Blanqui has attained this supremacy over all his rivals. In the first place, his long and hard captivity has enlisted sympathy in his favour. alext—and this is a very cogent reason—he has never been in power. But what more than anything else has contri buted to invest him with undivided authority over the party which he now wields is the fact that he is the incar nation of the revolutionary tradition of 1791. Blanqui is, so to speak, the apostolical successor of Babceuf, having received imposition of hands from his pupil Buonarotti. He is the direct heir of the master, the living depositary, the ordained teacher of his doctrines. The " Mariannistes" were the first who openly broke with all those revolutionists of the school of the Xational, who see in every popular movement nothing but an oppor tunity to get places for themselves. Whether the " Mari anne" people will be more virtuous when their day comes we shall, perhaps, live to see. However, they can find no terms strong enough to express their contempt fur those gants jaunts, those talons rouges, those " rose-water intriguers" who think everything is well as long as they have power in their own hands. The " Ma riannistes" profess to desire power not as an end, but as a means to establish their social system. As to what these means would be they are very frank. The poniard, the torch, pillage, and confiscation are all lawful in their eyes, so far as may be necessary to insure the triumph of the good and holy cause. The affili ated bind themselves by the most terrible oaths to shrink from none of these means. The form of the oath has varied frequently, according to circumstances. In the beginning the novice swore to strike with the poniard whoever he should be ordered to strike. It was afterwards considered that this formula was too vague, and a pledge in terms to " assassinate the chief of the state" was substituted for it. At a still later period the engagement taken yeas to "assassinate the governor" --meaning that any ma ,no matter what his title; whe ther Emperor, KiPg, or'President of the Republic, was to be devoted to death for the single reason that he personi fied supreme authority. The " Marianne" seems to have borrowed many of its leading rules from the Jesuits. The affiliated member ne longer belongs to hims e lf. P er i n d e ut cadaver is stri c tly the motto of the society. Join it, and you swear to become a piece of mechanism, obeying the hand that touches the spring. Think not to betray the secrets of this. new Velune. If you do, the poignard on which you have sworn will be surely pointed against your self. You are free to die, but not to betray the secret. An example of the working of this cruel alternative occur red at Angers the other :lay, A young apprentice cited as a witness by the President of the Tribunal appeared in court during the first two days of the trial, but n the third day, when he was to have been examined, he com mitted suicide. It was afterwards ascertained that he I was a member of the " Marianne." The " Militante" is a young swarm emanating from the parent hive, the "Marianne." It was founded in 1853, and in the sheet space of little more than two years it has extended its ramifications into every principal point of France. Its votaries are especially numerous in the west at Bordeaux, Nantes, Angers, Niort, Chateauneuf, La Rochelle, Angouleme, Cognac, &c. The very numerous members of this society are all under the orders of one su preme central con- mittee, whose headquarters is always in a large town. Subordinate to this directing committee there are many minor ones, called decuries or centuries, composed of either ten or a hundred original members of the society. Bordeaux, where only a fortnight ago ono of the many prosecutions lately instituted against suspected members of the "Militants" came to a trial, is the resi dence of one of the directing committees, which corres ponds with the central committee of Paris, and also with the decuries stationed in the country districts within a certain distance around Bordeaux. The correspondence is carried on either through trust worthy emissaries, or by letters couched i n commercial phraseology, according to a key agreed upon. It has been discovered that the expressions "merchandise," "tra vellers," " shares," &c., mean " arms," " emissaries" " subscriptions," and soon . Oft en on an emergency the electric telegraph is used, and the unsuspecting wires bring from Bordeaux and Paris an order for ribands or jewellery which is never executed according to the lette r , but never fails to be und ers t oo d according to the spirit. The "Militants," like the " Marianne," works with a view to the advent of " communism egelitaire." Its programme is shost but significant. Here are some of the principal articles :—Entire abolition of all existing laws; confisca tion of the property of every individual possessing 50,000 f.; arrest and imprisonment of every individual possessing more than 100,000 f.; dismissal of all public functiona r i es; overthrow of all established institutions ; death to all Cae sars. It would be a great mistake to suppose that these wild doctrines are professed by merely a few madmen. There are thousands of people whose pulses "temperately keep time," who hold them and are making converts to them every day. Before making their final professions, new members are subject to a noviciate, during which they are frequently examined by the elders of the society, to see that they hold fast the right faith without wavering. When at length reported apt for full admission, the novice is conducted blindfold to an isolated spot, and there an oath much less concise than that of the 'Marianne" is adminis tered to him. He swears, amon„; other things, t o " execu t e unhesitatingly all commands that he may receive from the committee, in order to accomplish the perfect eman cif ation of the working classes." it is needless to add that the most terrible imprecations are repeated by the new member against himself in case be should break his oath. I have little to say about the " Commune Revolution naire." It is much older than either the "Marianne" or the " Militante." But its importance has greatly declined, and it will probably merge in the two others. I will merely mention in passing the " Jenne France Socialiste," and " Les Enfants de la Terre," because I have reason to think they are merely aliases for the "M a . rianne," adopted to deceive the police. There are two other societies, the " Union," and the "Bureaux de tour du France," with respect to which I am altogether without details. . . A. society which bad a certain celebrity in the time of Louis Philippe, called "Les Droits de l'Homme," still exists. It consists of revolutionists of the middle class who do not "go the whole hog." Its influence is now in significant. Unfortunately at the present day there is no , vigour in any party but those representing two extreme principles. There is the despotism enthroned at the Tui leries, and the communism which conspires in the dark. A struggle will come. Who shall tell the event ? (From, the Daily News.) The article on the Regency in France, which we cited from the Constitutionnel on Thursday last, took everybody by surprise, and yet the suggestion it throws out is already more than half realised. The perv ers i on o f the lessons of history, the misinterpretation of the present time, and the very questionable kindness to the Empress, upon which E this project is b ase d, are ev i dent enough to nglish eyes, and need no explanation to Fronchmen. Everything is done at the French Court to revive the traditions of the ancient Monarchy, with a singularly absurd repudiation of the existing state of public opinion and the balance of pro perty, and with an omission of all notice of the laps.) of ages. If the Emperor and Empress were lineal descendants of the oldest monarchs on record in France, it would be abundantly foolish to argue from the one to the other— from any Clovis, Clotaire, or Childeric, to Louis N a p o . leon ;or from Batilda or Blanche to Eugenie. But, con sidering what has taken place within the last seventy years, and who the Bonapartes are, this project of a Re gency is singularly ill-advised. There is some tact, p er• haps, in th e C ons tit ut i onnel ' s d we lli ng on th e case of Ba tilda—the beautiful foreigner, of obscure origin, who rul e d so well during the minority of her sons, and submitted so du tifully afterward s as t o b e the.pet of the Chu rc h d uring life, and canonised by it a ft er her death. But wh en she is set up as a pre ce d en t f or ma ki ng th e Empress Eugenie Regent i n case of widowhood while her son is a Minor, there can be no doubt that the French people will turn from the resem blances to the differences of the two instances. As the case stood, with all the advantages of medivsl influences about it—when hereditary monarchy was as much a mat . * This word in Socialist slang weans tho guillotine, inas tor of course as the snprousaoy cf the Pope, and pat were the property of their ruters—Batilda c ould not FO. vein at all except through the bishops, and by ll Pure a.°olll' the support of the people against the nobles by the an tion of slave r y ; an d it was on ly f o r ten years tha t could keep up the strug g le. The Church and the poor e adored her ; and their wot ship, sustained by her p rofession ' of lowliness, kept her on her precarious seat for ten years_ By that time th e no bl es wou ld wa it no longer, but forced ' her into a conv e nt, where' it was her highest praise that she forgot th a t she had ever been loyal an d a niter. It was avowedly for thi s h um iiity, a nd not for her re g al function--as Abbess, and not as Regent of France —that Th e most J. she was canonised by Pope Nicholas I. ventive imagination in all France can hardly make such a parallel between Batilda and Eugenie as wi servo as an apology for a serious political arrangement. There was a very flattering speech of the Pope's recip e her the Empress when the golden rose was presented tob the other day. She is the "dear daughter, as her hue and !, is the " beloved eldest sou," of the Church ; bu"tre Church cannot carve out the fortunes and appoint , destinies of its favourites as it could in the days o f Cloys 11. and Batilda. As for Blanche of Castille, she Was ruler by idiosyncracy ; and she did not wait for the re gency to exercise her genius. She shared the governinit virtually with her father-in-law. When it came into h r hands as Regent she also (like every female regent Pe h r i al P s on record) governed by means of the clergy. S pet cardinal, like Anne of Au s t r ia, and was thus enabled to make head against the opposition of the nobles. "`' held the and d y thes e n: the hope 6 a Y n a c i l T at r t e a a c s h u people • yet with all these she had to take the:field in p o e s r sou, and to conduct a siege in the depth m ry e , n t t he af fa t in peril of the loss of everything from the proud and now distributing her sentences of death among them, or procuring their excommunication from Rome. Fle vi nd o h o e ur ba o r f as this a a. parallel can be established between a regency like that of the Empress Eugenie in the present condition n Rome and France, we must leave it to the Constitution of winter —L e v , el to show. being "ruled by the distaff"—that is, o f female se, e s. It is true that in the old times France had a horrorvof. reigns ; and that yet Fran ce p erm itted' female reg encle a s One reason was, the Constitutionnel states, that there vr danger of usurpation wh e n a man wa s regent, and none when a woman fill e d th e o ffi ce . It i s a l so tree, as alleged that the maternal affection was considered a safer g li b% rantee of good govern men t th an any other that c owl ordinarily ordinarily obtained. B a t th e otaission to state why this guarantee is not of the sort required in our day is a cu re ous revelation of the existing Imperial view of the natu of monarchy in Fr ance . A mother made the best rege nt formerly, as mothers now make the best guardians a hoes of estates, iu which the mother has no inheritance empire was in old days an estate, to be administere d wisely for the honour and profit of the heir. An auxiliary to this aim, the poace and prosperity of the eole landed to to be considered, in the same way as true ee p s o p f le e ., property now promote th e we lf are o f t enan ts and consiaerf the state of the labourers. The Corzatitutionnet speaks the difficulties and p er il s o f women i n t h e f eu dal and Inu i t ' tary period of soc i e ty, pe tti ng forward th e picture ] quarrelsome nobles, but keeping back that of the don It's armed Church—with it s spit itnal thunder and fly ' lightning of the s wor d, an d t h at o f t h e trusssee , always purchaseabl e by th e f u ll est treasury, wer e especial pleased to be protected by the Church, and the throne- The lady Regent of those days—whether her sphere sese,a i empire or Is baronial domain—was usually sufficien t ' l a informed of the few rule principles of government the known. With these in her mind, the key of the treasurY at her girdle, and the priest at her elbow with the law, ° ,l l his tongue and the pen in his hand—with the peopl e eyes waiting upon her, and all they had being more he rs the than their own—the l a dy o f th e cast l e or lady A v is palace held an offi ce , w h en th e h us b an d was in the Land or in Paradise, w hi c h, h owever di ff i cu lt, was entirely practicable, and suited t o the spirit and modes of t hought s of the age. Whether suc h an example is any fair precedenst for our time—and es p ec i a ll y i n F rance— i s a very dif fere ! 3 in matter, and we doubt w h e th er a man cou ld be found all France who could sincerely declare his opinion th at fl a precedent of a regency i n all history is applicable to t case of the Empress Eugenie, and the infant who was bar tised the other day. The hereditary quality is absent from the sovereignty to be guar.ad here ; and so is the possession sal a: istration of the em pi re as a property, an d the oa‘,,,hia acquiescence of the p eo pl e i n t h e sovere i gn ru le. child's great-uncle was a soldier of fortune, who raised himself to power by corrupting and perverting ap v.dution in which the ancient monarchy perished. Th child's father p re t en d s t o h ave b een seated en " he throne by universal suffrage. If the pretension 1" true, the succession must be essentially a matter of tiel l , ar : sal suffrage also, an d su bj ec t to the uncertainties of els' tive monarchy—uncertainties which are hardly likely, to weather the storms of a long minority If the pretener i n is not a true one—if the suffrages of the ench nation were not fairly taken- if there was (and who does not be' lieve that there was ?) a manufacture of " Ouis," an d suppression of " None—if there is at this moment se/ considerable number of Frenchmen disaffected to the 14 ” poleon of the day—where are the old securities of heredi• tary monarchy? The truth is, monarchy is now in EarePe the most insecure of all positions, except where it rests on the broad basis of constitutional Government. The!! is no ruler so secure as th e Q ueen o f E ng l an d, beesna her rule is the simpl e ex p ress i on o f t h e nat i ona l thong"' and will : and there is no ruler in Europe so inseour. as the Emperor of the French, because his position ie the furthest from constitutional, while it is not graced. 15 1 any charms of ancient t ra diti on . Th e f unc ti on is hard enough for him, even with his remarkable idiesynera s i . He can deport men by hundreds without trial to Cayenne, (" not sent there to li ve " as hi s agents say); he can V" the Boulevards cle a r e d b y cannon when it suits his con' venience ; he can stifle the press, put down thought with the right hand, a nd l oc k up f eel i ng behind his paten t pad' lock ; he can make and annul laws out of his own beat drive his finance aslyssausos 5, sis.s descruus Aso., aria race the prospect of years of difficulty and peril, discontent and famine; he can hold on his march over ground which he knows to be mined in all directions; but can he assume, while bal acing himself by a tremendous effort, on his footing of peril, that his posterity walk safely over this insecure grounds, or that his de* licate and beautiful wife can guard them on it ? can do all this, but it cots him some efforts If she can rule France without a constitution , without a parliament, without hereditary prestige, or popular support, or a foil treasuy, or the alliance of a n all-powerful priesthood, she will he such a woman as th e world never saw, and such an ono as the French nation will assuredly not tolerate; and if she cannot govern ur der such conditi ons , h er son cannot reta i n the throne- In any case, the function is not one for the Empress. French' men cannot but how this. All possible pains are taken to prevent the French people fiorn understandi n g the politics of their day ; but their history is their owes and the truths it records cannot be taken from them. J' Passable gulfs of revolution lie open between the Batik' of old and the Eugenie of to-day ; and mountains of diffi culty stand between the Empress of to-day and the future when she may be the dowager of the last of the royal NO' tives whose vicissitudes have made the Tuileries a lodging' house, and the French crown a popinjay tobe the boldest o r mos t s kilf u l archer in the pol i t i ca l gamey of the nineteenth century. Naval and Military Intelligence. The .rEtna steam-transport, No. 186, Captain embarked yesterday, at Portsmouth dockyard, the Jerry Regiment of Militia, a detachment of the 39th Foot, and one officer and 40 men of the 17th Lancero, for Cork, returning to Plymouth, and there embarking 2 ", men of the 13th Light Dragoons, and Captain Dove, °` the 94th Regiment. Eh.) sailed yesterday. Her Majesty's steam troop. ship Himalaya, Comman der B. P. Priest, R.N., having recoaled, left yesterday, for Malta and Constantinople, to bring wo re troops. Millar, The Niger, 14 guns, screw steam•sloop, Captain the Hen. Arthur A. Cochrane, passed the Nore yesterday from Woolwich, a t 9 55 a.m. for Plymouth, W h er e she will call for the ma il s for the West Indio, her future destination. The Mayflower g a un-boat, Lieutenant Commander Grenville M. Temple, was taken into No. 4 dry doc k et Sheerness yesterd a y, to refit for immediate service. - refitting will occupy three weeks. The Locust steam-vessel arrived at Sheerness yeste!:: day, at 9 25 a.m., from sea, after towing the Acorn , 12• gun sloop, i n t o th e Downs, on the way to Plymo uth. 1. The Elk, 12• gun sloop, Captain C os p a trick B. fla rni ton, at Chath am , is ordered t o b e at Sh eerne ss to•ra n ` ,, row, to have h er compasses adjusted, immed i a t e ly after which she will take on board ammunition, &c., prepara tory to her being inspected, and on Monday she t A ° future leave for Plymouth, there to await orders for her destination, Her Majesty's steam gun-vessel Alacrity, Commander Majendie, l e ft S p i t h ead on Wednesday evening, i br the west ward. Her Maj es t y ' s steam -vessel Avon, Secon d-gaster Palmer, left P ortsmouth for Plymouth, with meraries, yesterday. Her Majesty's frigate Meander, 44, Captain Baill ie ' was towed from Ilan-maze into Plymouth Sound ell Wednesday. The steam troop-ship Perseverance Commander Ai" . donald, moved from Ilamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday. Orders have been forwarded to Vie commanding ofd" cers of the newly-raised 3d battalions of the 60th R)Y Rifle Regiment and the Rifle Brigade to hold their re; speotive battalions in readiness for foreign service. Vie s , supernw battalions are forthwith to ba increased to 1,600 ran k and file. This number will include four depot cornro' flies of 80 men each, leaving the strength of the service companies of each battalion 1,280 rifles. One of thee! battalions is understood to be destined for Canada, and the other for the Cape of Good Hope. SUBSCRIPTIONS OF EXILES FOR THE SUFFERERS Bt THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—The proscrits in Guern sey have remitted subscriptions to the editor of the Siecle, accompanied by the following protest, to which we have been requested to give the publicity which none of the gagged French newspapers will be allowed to do "The mad war in the Crimea, the caprice of M. Bona parte, has cost France two thousand millions. With two thousand millions one might, social science proves it, have dammed in the streams, begun the embankmen! , restored the government of the waters, and rendered the inundations impossible. We restrict ourselves to undersign e d rrthiisserrieefise a c r tn eioti;ere}:e and th ndt e he re t. s x t il o e u o r ffe b r r s oth h e is rs suffrr, the mite.The prosclibed residents at Guernsey. —victor _Hugo, 100 franc s ; Ch ar l es H ugo , 5 f rancs ; Franelie Victor H ugo, 5 francs ; Th6Jphile francs ; Keder, 5 francs." THE NEsV B ISHOP OF B RISTOL AND G LO UCESTER.- - It was n ever b e f ore our duty to announce an ecclesias tical app o i n t ment w hi c h gave us grea t e r pleasure than th a t w hi c h we are ena b led to ma k e t o -day. The Itev. Charles Baring, late of All Souls Church, Lang , bam•place, has been appointed, by Lord Palmerston, to the vacant see of Bristol and Gloucester. The appoint ment will be hailed throughout the country, by all the best men in the church, with the greatest gratification. Mr. Bari ng i s no t on ly a clergyman of thoroug h ly evangelical views, but he is also a man of high h chliri.t.otf fair for personal p cn ietir the earnestness and abilityd his pulpit ministratis—and for his zeal and ass iltY wich the discharg e discharg e of th e various out-door duties volve on ministers of the Gospel. Lord. Palmerston could not have made a better choice, and he will soon find that Mr. Baring's appointment to the vacant see has contributed much to the strengthening of Ilia Min' istry.— Morning 4dvertiBer. and durin remai made but ductec lin were realise COM 1111 Ordim per stc fine qu the pro did not yet, dt press buyers and th, all parr Owit the lab is a slig tion, be al m( decline The irnprovi of a cot failures, been eff unsafe s and des are purl the saU affected ing cror The strong Yesterda Cent., al the mon there is 28 a disp tee, an( 95k. have bee owing tc are 95 i it al 217. The rig purchase per Cent 1051 for tut ,k per the last Russian BRITISH ?Bak Stoc] tPer Cent "vi 3 per indis Boni Consols fc Rschoqt £lOOO £560, Small •Ditto Bi Ditto, 1 PRIC 9tlateroala r Ornvian 1 Ditto 3 Aliasiao BI Ditto 4i S ardinian Sp aniet DI Turkish •cerkit,h B Ditto Ai Ditto Sc Ditto Gi Ditto A( Dutch Ex, LONDI The gn 1 40 (1, witl i t ,l preset 2.o% yiwith ng un W ing t ' is 1. N 2.. N .3. 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