The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, )853.

of specie in the banks' vaults was 1,500.000 dole.,
end the increase of liabilities 19,400,000 dole.—a
great expansion of hominess. Such a condition of the
banks of New York, now that the great increase of
trade caused by the gold discoveries, has to be out
np and balanced, and its prate brought td book
may, without any hurry to fame calamities, excite
lame anxiety.

FRANCE.

being always stopped out of it. So great is the im-
provement in his affairs in the short space of six-
teen months that he has now no creditors, keeps a
royal table, and buys estates.
- In consequence of the great demonstration made in
Paris on the occasion of the funeral of Madame
Itaspail, the Minister of Police has sent the follow-
ing confidential circular to the Prefects: .
Monsieur le Prefeet,—The socialist party appears to be
again in motion, and to seek the means of making a demon-
stration. Taking advantage of feelings molt worthy of
public veneration and the respect of government, they avail
themselves especially of certain funerals to organise mani-
festations of an egclusively political character. While the
government is fully disposed to allow the utmost latitude to
meetings inspired by family affections, or friendly relations,
it most in an equal degree be careful to hinder that sort of
profanation which makes the mortal remains of a person
ur.known to the crowd of followers the pretext (r a simu-
lated respect which is but a lie and a political demonstra-
tion no' to be mistaken by any one. We live no longer at a
time when people can alarm and agitate the public streets
without hindrance or repression and it is the duty
of government to prevent and punish everything
tending to compromise order and tranquillity. I
therefore request you, Monsieur le Prefect, to
take all necessary measures to put a stop to such manifes-
tations. The better way of proceeding will be to prevent
the assemblage of too great a number of persons at the
house of a deceased person, to disperse every following
having the character of a considerable crowd, to hinder any
large number of persons, not relatives of the defunct, from
entering the cemetery, end to prohibit all speeches. It is
in the highest degree essential to reconcile the respect doe
to the dead with the measures requisite for the public
safety. You will recommend to your agents the utmost
prudence and reserve in these delicate circumstances. I
beg you to keep me informed of all that may occur in your
department in reference to this subject. —Receive. &c.,
Da MaI:PAII.
Some of the political transports to Algeria, who
received a pardon on the occasion of the 'Emperor's
marriage, arrived at Avignon a few days ago, and it.
having been reported to the prefect that they spoke
disrespectfully of the Emperor,ls of them have been
transported to Cayenne without further investi-
gation.
M. Colm, the Secretary of Madame James de
Rothschild, and two Jewish bankers, have offered a
prize of 1,000 fr. for the best popular history of the
Jews, and a panegyric of the general morality of the
Israelite people. Ihe fact that the Jewish religion
is not more free than others from schism, is made
strikingly apparent by one of the conditions, which
prescribes that the essay must be " orthodox." M.
Color is in the habit of preaching "orthodox "
judaism to a select circle every Sunday; the day
being chosen, not of course with reference to the
religion of the congregation, but to commercial
leisure.

',Anis, SUNDAY Ersetso.
The Monifear of 'to day.aonounces & elypoint:
ment of General Count Ortimo, Oland nailer of
the Legion of Honour, to the Governor hip of the
Invalids.
The funeral of the Duke of Padua took place to-
day in the presence of the Emperor, Prince Jerome
Bonaparte, and several members of the Imperial
family.
The Moniteur contains the text of the budget for
1851, which was presented to the Corps Legielatif
on the 18th instant. You are already acquainted
with the substance of this document. The basin of
the estimated surplus of 1,384,4330 fr. is admitted to
be the expectation that the produce of the indirect
taxes will exceed by 42 millions the amount realised
in 1852. The expose Jr motifs relies upon that "re-
markable law of progression in the indirect receipts
which so constantly testifies the happy influence of
a strong and stable authority upon the move-
ment of business and the development of
consummation." I have before had occasion to
poiut out the fallacy of this reasoning. 1832 was
au exceptional year. Commercial operations had
been so long restrained by political apprehensions,
that the reaction, when it did occur, was naturally
very great. Immense orders, far exceeding an
average, were given, to fill empty warehouses and
replenish exhausted stocks. It is against all proba-
bility that any natural law of progression should
lead so speedily to a large improvement upon the
extraordinary receipts of 1852. Indeed, the theory
is already practically contradicted by the customs
returns for the last two months, which show a con-
siderable falling off as compared with January and
February in last year, ar,d those, it must be remem-
bered, were the worst months, because confidence
was not completely re-established till afterwards.
The Lorin Lege,latif, whose peculiar duty it is to
examine the budget, is as good as told that it is ex-
pected to vote it blindfold. " You will," says the
expose des Motifs, " vote with confidence the supplies
demanded from you after a ripe and contradictoiri"
examination by a government to which the country
itself has remitted so large a part of its destinies.
There is a sophism of a very immoral kind in this
sentence. Large as the power of the executive un-
doubtedly is, the settlement of the budget is not one
of its attributions, and it is clearly unconstitutional
to call upon the legislative body to vote " with con-
fidence" the result of other men's labours, which it
is their plain duty not to accept and become respon-
sible for save so far as their own judgment may ap-
prove it.
It is only this morning that positive intelligence
of the French fleet having left Toulon has been re-
ceived. A correspondent of the Courtier de Mar-
seille, of the 25th, writing from Toulon, on the 23rd,
says:
At last, after unforeseen delays, our magnificent squadron
has quitted the port of Toolun to the Archipelago. This
spectacle, always new, attracted • vast crowd of the
curious.
It is evident, therefore, that supposing it to be
true that Admiral Dundee is not to leave Malta, the
French government must have known the fact in
abundant time to countermand the sailing of the
'Coulon squadron. All the reports of M. de la Cour
having . left Marseilles are premature. Ho had
not arrived there on the 2atil, but was expected
on the evening of that day. I have no doubt that lie
has instructions to wait for the Egyptus, which, not- I
withstanding pretended news said to be brought by
I her, was circulated in Paris two days ago has not yet
been heard of.
Last night, when the" Petit Bourse" was about to
assemble after regular hours, the police dispersed the
meeting, pursuant to orders from M. Maupas,
and the usual Sunday Bourse at the Casino
Pagenini has not been held to-day. This mea-
sure has given rise to various surmises, and
of course it is suggested that some bad news must
have arrived. The panic at that irregular establish-
ment last Sundayis, however, quite enough to ac-
count for, and perhaps to justify the shutting it up.
The question is, whether it is possible effectually to
put a stop to what is called " coulisse" business.
The police have attempted it over and over again,
and always without any permanent result. About
two years ago the "little bourse" was driven out of
the Passage de I'Opera, but only to resume operations
shortly afterwards in another place. It is im-
possible to prevent people from transacting private
bargains in cafés and public places, and whenever
these bargains happen to be more numerous
and important than usual, "quotations" will find
their way into print.
I am informed that M. Duces has written to the
Mediterranean Packet Company at Marseilles to send
a return of the quantity of owl with which they
Could supply the government within two months of
the present time.
• At the conclusion of the business of the Bourse the
hallowing were the quotations :-For cash, the Three
per Ceuta., 791 90e.; and the Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 103 f. 700. For the account, the Three per
Cents., 79f. 95c.; and the Four-end-a-Half per Cents.,
103 f. 30c. Bank Shares, 2,660.
In railway shares the operations were not of an
ettesseive character;
• latest foreign quotations, received by telegraph :
-Berlin Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 r A PROTEST OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF
do., Four per Cents., 991 • do., Three-and-a-Half per SCHLESWIG.
Cents., 93. Bank Shares, 1091. Frankfort : Aus-
trian Five per Cents., 97 ; do., Four-and-a-Half per Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein Neer pre-
Ceuta, 77/ ; Four per Cents., 691; Two-and-a- sents his compliments to the Editor of the Er-
Half-per Cents., 44. Russian Four-and-a-Half per press, and begs the insertion of the inclosed docu-
Cents. (Baring), 1021. Spanish Three per Cents.. 441. ! ment. .
Sardinian Five per Cents. (Rothschild), 981. Ham- Combs House, near Honiton,
burg, 951. United States Six per Cents. Cons' March 26th.
reimb. in 1868, 1171. Exchange on London, short, THE PRINCE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN NOER
1191. Amsterdam: Dutch Two-and-a-Half per TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE DANISH DIET.
Cents., 65. Matalliques, Five per Cents., 81 11-16. United Service Club, London, March 24, 1863.
Belgium Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521. Spanish Sir,-I beg, through you, to lay before the Diet
N. One per Cent., 24/ • do., Interior, 431. Vienna : the subjoined statement:
etalliques Five per dents., 94M ,1; Loan 1831, 107 k. I have perused in the Altana Mercury, of the 10th of
March, a document purporting to be an engagement be-
Lomb. Ven., 991. Bank, 1423. - , tween the King of Denmark, on the one side, and my
brother, the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Augustestearg, on
PARIS, SiSITADAY EVENING. the other ; in which the latter, in consideration of a sum of
The latest news on Turkish affairs is contained in money, surrenders, in his own name and in that of his
the following telegraphic despatches: .. family," all rights and claims which may interfere with
' Comtantinople (vie Trieste), March 14. any disposition which the Kiag of Denmark sag maks in
"Affairs continue tranquiL Rifaat Pacha shows reference to the succession.
himself decidedly favourable to the demands of Apprehending lest by the use of that unwonted word
" family " that it may be supposed that. I amok included, or
Russia. Notwithstanding, at the date of the latest consenting, party to any such arrangements, I here make
intelligence received from the Black Sea, military the formal declaration, that I had ne. knowledge of them
movements continued at Odessa. General Leder* until I perused them in the papers. and that I conceive my-
was concentrating three corps darns& on the fron- self to be bound now by every leceful moans to preserve
tiers. Prince Menchikoff has sent to the Russian rights which an not mere die inctions of a family, but
which have arisen thief public necessities and for public
Consul at Jerusalem despatches relative to the ques- SPAIN, use, and of which the wisdom :and the value have never
tion of the Holy Cities. been more signally exhibited tb an on the present occasion,
a Vienna, March 25. A despatch, dated Madrid, March 21, states that in when on their masstensnee dfirends the maintenance of the
" The Porte appears disposed to settle the diffe- the Chamber of Deputies the ministry had that day indenandrnee of a eleven and the existence of a people.
rams with Russia amicably. The funds have presented • project of law, demanding an authorise- Mutualire A:fete:diet?. Arad rer pest for the hirair2Nustitutlohne
Amen." lion to continue the collection of the taxes, in antici- nod laws
talre of the
by which Ira'ariallitiangafdotmhewas heldattoagaetherY;
It was expected that news from Constantinople by Ration of the voting of the supplies. so sow, as the idea aro, e of abolishing them, confidence
the Egypte* would have been telegraphed from Mar- M. de Sidemen= had arrived from London. The was atestroyed, and stro• agth faded away. The part I took
in ttle movementof 11'
favourable intelligence which he brought respecting
wines to-day. No intelligence has, however, been
art th i represent'atives of the people innovated, and
received, and it is probable that the arrival of that the loan in course of negotiation caused an improve-
packet has been delayed by bad weather. went in the prices of the public funds. earthy attacked 'these imatitutions, I withdrew; and so '
soon as a hostile sr .iris sprung up between the King and the
The following. paragraph appears in the late edi- At the Stock Exchange the Spanish Home Debt people, I - quilt"... the country. While resolved to defend
tint of the Patric : rose to 441. the monarchies,. prerogative lam equally so to maintain ACCELERATION OP MAILS TO TUE NORTII.--Ott
The Anneal as DePaub publishes a correspondence from
Illaneillos, which gives incorrect details about the depar-
Sure of the squadron all evolution. The despatch of the
Minister of Marine eel] arrived at Toulon at noon on
Ste day, and not on Saturday ; the sqaadron put to sea and
Igorof the port an Wednesday, the 23rd, at daybreak.
was no unforeseen delay, and the preparations
ameba departure received no interruption. The Atbsts in list 0.
61MM number quotes an article irons the Cowrie,. ek Mar-
adbi disk glees incorrect details as to the victualling of ITALY .
AUSTRIAN ITALY.
The Imperial Lieutenant of Mantua has caused a lielifia a.
i 33 persons implicated in the late trial for high "iierr to
but absent as refugees to be published, with
treason, gees,
the All the sailing vessels have not two months an intimatirAn that they are excluded from the benefit
bat asedie provisions. The two steamers have provi- of the Imp
aim he lbws months. They carry as much as they have
seem Ar, sssi they have their full complement of fuel. It
es&d be difficult to descries the zeal and activity neces-
sary to obtata such results, which have scarcely ever been oriel amnesty, and that if they do not re- i- gawp,
tura and. submit to their trial, they will be judged
by defarAlt.
Uwa the circular of Count Strassoldo, Governor of historical pope Au right., and never um I submit to any the hat of April, a great acceleration of the mails to and
gement by which the latter should be sacrificed.
The trees',] of the Bth of May, against which 1 have
The
tbir ,day my protest with the English government, I
hold to sae one of coercion and spoliation; nevertheless,
there ht. one condition, to obtain which I would make every Lard canniag
It is, that an arrangement shall be come to
that which was made in respect to the crowns of
S:rak nd Fiume at the treaty of Utrecht, so that th
01.0. ens of Denmark and of Russia shall never be united on
tle e same head, and Denmark and the Duchies be thereby
rated in the Russian Empire.
I have the honour to remain, &C.,
(Signed) F. OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN NOER.
--- - from the north will take place, which will enable letters to
be delivered two hours earlier, and dispatched two hones
later than at the present time at York, Newcastle, and other
places. The Corporation of York have lately memorialised
the Postmaster-General, to have the mails to
that city, and. for places beyond, conveyed by the Great
Northern Railway ; but his lordship informed Mr. Milner
--e and Mr. Smith, the two members of parliament for that
cis that the exorbitant demands of that railway CoMPInf
3.,
dcompliance with k '
request. Thos charger
prevente t eir e
made in the times for collecting letters in the metropolitan
district on the hat of the present mouth, was a preliminary
step to the contemplated acceleration of the mails from
London.
readied at any former time. Lotnbardy, extending the operation of the Pre'l'ious NEW STAMP DUTIES ACT ON PATENTS.-An act
The name of the Russian envoy at Constantinople spoliator), decree (published in the Enpro.ss of Peru,4 AMBITIOUS SWIND.LE.R;.-Tho tradespeoplbe of ofoziarlitonarceentwhas ttltyutereLeived e oy I assent and d
p dtuhtiers fear fees on' pmfirig
has been spelt by various French and English joar- Saturday last), the Debuts remarks :-" le law, the swindled (a' am'in'tahrigetd betweenitrf
3.;a amned 4tOmyrearfi, whoe:- Iliettetempateni. for inventions, and to provide for the par'
eels in no less than six different ways-Menatloff, number of the victims of such measures ie. only a pressated himself es a Polish noble, and passed by the chew for the public use of certain indexes of specifications;
Mentrikoff, Menschikoff, Mentehikoff: Idenetelsikoff, secondary consideration ; the Principle 6 e verything. names of Prince de Schawolibog, the Duke de Paachali, All letters patent for inventions to be granted under tli
and Mentekikoff. The Almanach de GotAn, how- It is, however, not out of place to rem ark that this the Baron de Dombremil, and Count Deluck. He also I'atcot Law Amendment Art arc made subject toss%
ever, no mean authority, spells the redoubtable name confiscation or sequestration, whichever the Austrian I repr•rsented that he was a relative of the First Chamber- anee os non-payment of stamp duties expressedfificltons
Menchikoff, and this is the orthography which, with Emperor may please to call it, has ulready been ap- i ilestanwol:tuttaEmyeTioaryinof
oltiressnizaabdumhad been
aollisloigeedallat,l s:rheepdairreledolf,y t4er.prutcraocitt.."afheirleaes 0
purchaseda fur a sena
your permission, I shall adopt unto better advised. plied to the property of nearly one thousand families. I himself' at times Sir having Topal, and said that he had 1 nut exceeding 1,0001. for the oublic use. The new stamp
Marshal Magnan has bought a splendid estate at It must be added, that it extends not only to just arrived from India with immense wealth. lie got duties are as follows :-On petitions for grant of letters,
St. Germain en Luye which lately belonged to the individuals suspected of having participated i goods on creilit, and when the t. sdesmen went for their , patent, a; on certificate of record of notice to met
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Archbishop of Parte. That the commander-in- directly or indirectly in the recent troubles money they found that he had disappeared from his hotel, !SI. ;on warrant of law officer for later' patent. !r
PARTIAL CLOSING OF A GRAVEYARD.-A commu- chief of
the
army of l'aris should have been of Milan, but that it comprehends the exiles IL very thous, thereof,
and sold them otf. . Amongst other things, he pretended to specification, 51. ; ea letters patent, or a duplicate
nicotine from the Home-office bas been addressed to the be chapel ' his hotel, before the • • la• d5O/ •on letter
~ and to fitting up a in expiration of the t u year, • i .__
Hon. and Rev. M. Villiers, the Rector of St. George's, able to make this purchase is a very striking proof of 18,18, and even those of 1820. Thus, 'it Mantua, I and he ob;ained a quantity of all articles necessary for the patent before the expiration of the seventh year, 100i...7
81. oinsbury, is imating that the burial-ground belonging that the, So much vaunted prosperity brought about the authorities have seized the estates of Count ArTi- purpose. At last the paliee succeeded in discovering his certificate of record of notice of objection, 21. ;on cert ti is
icactry
to thfi- parish, situate between the Foundling Hospital by tho coup ircltat is not exaggerated --at leant in vabene, a pioseript of 1820, who since that year has rerid.m..e, and they went yesterday morning to arrest him. of every search sad inspection, Is.; on certificate of
.in,u.
and Regent-square, is to be discontinued for burials, with wirer, instances. It is well known that for many resided in Belgium, where, we believe, he has obtained When he saw them, he threw himself on his knees on aof assignment or licence, ss. ;on certificate of assifritaw!
the exception that they shall be permitted for the next two ~,,„ before Deeem. r
oe 2, 1831, Gen. Magnan never letters of naturalisation, and where as we know, he prie and Dieu, pretended to be absorbed in prayer. When lor licence, 51. ;on application for disclaimer, 51. i one l
years in that portion of the ground which has not been r 'they seized him, he cried:-" My body belongs to you, but' against disclaimer, 2/. ; and on race copies of documents.
der
need, on condition that it is used only for the burial
• of Acnew what it was to draw his full pay, the utmost has passed his time in study, and published works I
.my soul belongs to God!" A young TTOMMI who lived with for every 90 words, 2.1. The new stamp duties are under
e
parishioners. ' amount that the law allows a creditor to touch on economical subjects, which have procured for him ' him as his midress was also arrested. ' the management of the Commissioners of Inland liteenu'

TO-DAY is one of the few days in the year when
London suffers from an Exodus, rivalling in amount
I that which is threatening to depopulate Ireland. It
will half realise the words of the old song, "London
sow is out of town." " One-Tree Hill" is to-day
the British "Mons Sacer," to which the plebs of
England have seceded, although not in anger, but in
jollity. Some hundreds of thousands of the " work-
ing classes" will have rushed out of town, with a de-
termination inversely proportioned in intensity to
the rarity of the opportunity they have of exercising
it, to buy a few hours of pleasure at whatever cost.
If by some sudden convulsion of nature Greenwich
and its environs-and its scores of thousands of plea-
sure-seekers were swept away, London to-morrow
would be reduced or elevated—we won't decide
which—to the condition of America, or, worse still,
California. Labour and servitude would be at a
heavy premium. Servant-gal-ism would be some-
thing too serious for even .11r. Punch to laugh at.
Mistresses, instead of answering advertisements of
servants, would be advertising, in distress for "helps."
Masters, instead of taking labour at their terms,
would gently request labourers to make their own.
This, however, is a mere fanciful contingency. In
all human probability the "secession" of the British
plebs will terminate as it always has done. In three
days the workmen will have returned to their duties,
and in less than that time the servants to theirs.
Some few of the latter may be a little damaged in
character, and a large number of the former very
much damaged in health and in pocket. It is
not intended to be asserted, that this holds
of all who visit Greenwich or other less fre-
quented suburbs—it is not intended to be denied
that the
.proportion of those who enjoy the Easter
holiday* in a rational manner is increasing—all that
is meant to be asserted is, that the general features
of Easter at Greenwich, and its consequences, are
pretty much as we have described them. Very few
of those who have participated in it, will retain
many agreeable reminiscences of the great holiday,
at which they assisted so joyfully. Their pleasure
has been spasmudie—a convulsion rather than a na-
tural action. An English holiday is not a relaxa-
tion, it is &saturnalia. Instead of refreshing those
who share in it from the labour of the past, it tends
rather to unnerve them for the labours of the future.
These are scarcely pleasant thoughts for a holiday
which celebrates the high feast of Chtistendom. But
the knowledge of the way in which thousands will
spend this day inevitably forces upon us the convic-
tion that the English labourer—with increasing ex-
ceptions, we allow—does not yet know how a holi-
day should be spent. He looks forward to Easter
as the traditionary season when the hard labour of a
year is to be Wooed fur by the revel of a week. He
has been ill-taught, scarcely ever amused, and he
thinks that unlimited enjoyment may be produced
by the indefinite multiplication of those processes
from which he has received atoms of enjoyment
during the year past. He crams, therefore, as
many as possible of these into the short time that
is allowed to him. He drinks more glasses of ale
or spirits, smokes more pipes, sings louder, and
fancies that in proportion as he multiplies these
atoms, he multiplies his pleasure. He has not
learned from experience, and he is separated by too
wide a gulf from " the exclusive" classes to learn
from them, what some of them might teach him,
something of the true nature of pleasure:

Tho eon of the late M. Naundorff de Bourbon,
who pretended to be the eon of Louie XVI., enlisted
a few days ago as a private soldier in the 4th regi-
ment of Infantry of the King of Holland, stationed at
Breda.

The municipal council of Dunkirk has just voted
a sum of 30,000 f. to cover the expense of the re•
ception of the Emperor, who, it is said, will visit
that town at the eud of May or the beginning of
June.

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A telegraphic despatch from Hyares states that
Marshal de St. Arnaud is so much recovered as to
have entered into a state of convalescence. The

marshal hopes to be able to return to Paris in the
first fortnight of April. •
Letters from French Guyana state that the news
of the re-establishment of the empire in France

reached that colony on January 24And was imme-
diately saluted with 101 guns. The next day the
solemn proclamation of the imperial government was
made at Cayenne, in presence of the troops of the
garrison and of the various functionaries. On the
30th a Te Deana was celebrated, and public games
and rejoicings took place. The head of the colony
profited by the occasion to present to the negro Paul
Dunez the medal of the Montyon prize, adjudged to
him by the French Academy, for his good conduct
towards his master's family after his emancipation.
The typhus fever, these letters state, had not com-
pletely spared the Salutation Isles. For some days
it raged with a certain intensity, but soon yielded to
the hygienic measures adopted ; the consequence was
that there were but few deaths.

flow men would mock her flaunting shows,
Her golden prowls., if they knew
What weary work she is to those
Who have no better work to do.
A headache, and a collapsed frame may give him a
little hint of the truth in the morning, but it is onto
forgotten, and he is ready to go through a Binles.
process whenever an opportunity offers.
We have named the temporary migration of to-
day, an Exodus. Contrast this with another Exodus,
which will commence about July next and finish
about September—the Exodus of the middle and
upper classes—to the lakes, the watering places, sad
the continent. What is the prominent idea in the
minds of the vast numbers who will leave London
at this time? There Li no difficulty in answering—
relaxation. But relaxation as a means of health, of
the acquisition of knowledge, of indulgence in a more
interrupted state of family union. The small shop-
keeper takes his family to Margate, that ho and his
children may breathe a purer air, that he may enjoy
uninterruptedly the intercourse with his wife and
them. The merchant or professional man goes to
the lakes or abroad to refresh himself and his family
with the sight of a more beautiful nature than is
presented to them in town, and to open their minds
and his own with the knowledge derived from a
more extended experience. Of course there are
large exceptions. Still, however, the fact will not
be altered that the middle classes, as a rule, take a
holiday for some better purpose than riotous indul-
gence. What is the cause of this vast difference in
the two cues stated? How is it that one
class comes home impoverished and debilitated, after
an opportunity of relaxation, while the others return
with an increased stock of health and knowledge P
How is it that every one is delighted to hear that
Mr. Baown, the butterman, is off to Margate for a
month in June, bat gives a prophetical shake of the
head on hearing that Mr. BROWN'S man and Mrs.
inowN's maid have gone to Greenwich for half a
gay at Baster? Surely from no other cause than
that there are so few legitimate modes o! relaxation
kr labourers and servants, that there is great
moon to fear some illegitimate mode will
be resorted to: It cannot be denied that
the majority of employers, without being az-
tested by any selfish motives—do nevertheless
look forward with suspicion and fear to the re-
sults of an Easter holiday to those whom they em-
The restraints upon unlimited indulgence
which formerly administered some corrective to the
tendency to go beyond due bounds have vanielted.
Holidays are no longer remembered smart the '
masses as religious festivals. The rich have gradually
withdrawn from all outdoor amusements in whisk
the poor can join. Some absurd but harmless
superstitions which suggested reverential feellsipen
the occasion of holidays in times past have died eat,
and holiday makers are left to their own devises.
How they employ the occasion Easter often shows.
The groat cause of this vies in our social system is,
that in the wilderness of brick and mortar called
London, there are so few places where a legitimate
source of enjoyment is opened to classes of people I
without large means. Cooped up between high
walls, the labourer has no opportunity of seeing
what rational enjoyment sigaifiss. The Legislature
has forgotten in a great degree the fact that
man has other capacities than that of hard work. We
want more picture galleries, more peop'er's parks, more
stimulus to out-door happiness. We waist every
argument used, every legislative means employed to
favour the erection of " People's Palaces," and not
every facility afforded to lend a hand to bigrits to
destroy them. Increasing intelligence, and the• open-
ing of a few national institutions, has already done
much for the labouring class. The railway system
has done more. The proportion of those who take
riot for relaxation is less than formerly, but it is not
small enough. We must multiply the causes which
have produced the small improvement we have men-
tioned. We •must, as a means of national educa-
tion, increase all those means by which, while the
body is refteshed, the mind may become improved.
If we dee dily proceed in this manner we may pro-
phesy y certainly, that a time will come when
tens shr Al look forward with no less satisfaction than
workr 3en to the great national holidays, and when
Gree owich and Blackheath, and all our suburbs, shall
be called on those occasions with crowds, who will
re turn to their homes with mind and body refreshed,
And better able to continue the labours which they
have for awhile been released from.