The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-13 00:00:00

SUN,

ASSURANCE MAGAZINE, No. 6, is just meat of the metropolis, not in its extenqon of course,
published, price 2s. 6d., post free 3s.
• the article in the present nit . ber, cia the mode of rendering ,z.on- but in the devi-loprnPut of its internal oraaniz,;tion.
tangent rev, r-tons marketable, might be stn.-,led, we th'nk, by the
legat profession with considerable advantage. To directors of life,
life, and marine asstirance of3lceB, the work seems to us to be all but
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At fir- z it ingh,t naturally have teen leer, d that a
plan ot eucn fetnarkabie novelty, end of such extraor-
dinary magnitude, would prove on inquiry to be
altogether impracticable from two obstacles, such
as the most sanguine speculator might not
unreasonably deem insurmountable. It might have
dreaded, for example, that the enormous
expenditure would render the enterprise too extrava-
gant to be seriously entertained for an instant, and
that, in addition to this, from the circumstance of the
projected route traversing one of the most densely
crowded parts of the city of London, it would be idle
to dream of carrying. it out, interfering, as it must
necessarily so considerably, with public traffic and
private property. Such, however, is net the opinion
of the committee upon those points ot the
inveetigetion. Af er a due and careful in-
quiry, it has been decided by the report
that no evidence whatsoever is visible of any practical
engineering difficulty in the way of its execution.
The committee considers, on the contrary, that the
scheme is "capable of completion with only the
ordinary difficulties attending such a line through a
crowded part of the tiwn, and where so many streets
and thoroughfares are to he interfered with—but as
the surmounting those difficulties will afford fa-
cilities for improving many of the streets and com-
munications, they may in the result be rather
a recommendation to the plan than an objection."
Such is the decisive opinion expressed by the report
of the committee in regard to the obstacles supposed
to be in the way of the enterprise in consequence of
the crowded state of the localities which would have
to be traversed. As to the cost of the undertaking,
the amount has been estimated under compulsory
dealings in the total not to exceed 1,673,0001., and
this " after deducting the estimated value for '
surplus properties, the market sites, and
building frontages, and sites round the passengers'
station, and the intended streets, making, together
witb a sum of 750,000/. for works to be done, a total
of 2 423 0001." Now, considering the wealth of the
metropolis, and the inestimable advantages which must
accrue to it from the carrying out of the proposed en
terprise, that sum of 2,423 0001. must be allowed to
be one in no way extravagant.
Entering still further into the details sub-
mated to their consideration in the memorial of Mr.
PEAasoN, the members of the committee have
at length deliberately announced their conviction that
there would be every reasonable practicability, ac-
cording to his plan, of effecting a grand central junc-
tion of the trunk line with the Great Western, with
the North-We tern, with the Great Northern, with
:he Ei‘ttru Counties, and eulteeqm ntly with other
reilway, so as to bind together in one stupendous
atelstme et ,he extremities of ell the v lines
running from the capital to the different ‘-xtreenities
of England, Wales, and Scotland. When it is
remembered that an arrangement somewhat of this
description has already been effected in Paris by the
establishment of a regular communication with the
various termini at that capital through the medium
of rails running from point. to point outside the
eiaantic line of fortifications, it mu-t he admitted to
be at once desirable and reasonable, this scheme of
constructing a grand ceieral railway terminus in the
heart of the Bre ein metropolis. Having con .idered
the whole of the very startling calculations
made by Mr. PEARSON and by those who have de-
liberated with hint upon the possibility of effecting
these great improvements in the Fleet , the
Committee closes its report with these words :—" We
are therefore of opinion that the trunk line anti the
communicating lines are practicable ; and, without
expressing any opinion whether the Corporation at
London would or could with propriety embark in
coy railway ecl)eme, which we consider to be purely
a question for this Honourable Court, and not within
our province, we do not see any objection to the trunk
line only being carried to the proposed terminus,
provided it is to be executed with the consent and
he approbation of the Corporation ; and we consider
that it would be most desirable to secure if possible,
to the public and the Corporation of London, the
great benefits which will arise from such a terminus,
and the street improvements which will be the neces-
sary consequence of the coustruetion of the line may be
eecured without any rick beingiocurred by the Corpora-
tioe, bea ond that for which there will be an adequate
return." These assurances deliberately and dispas-
sionetely uttered by the report, cannot fail in the
rod to have very considerable weight wirh the Court
.f Common Council. They have been given to the
public, moreover, by order ot' the committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the subject, and on considera-
tions, without prejudice and without precipitancy.
Gigantic, therefor( , though the euterpriav undoubtedly
is, we may still not unreasonably look forward to
the prob.sbility of its commencement, satisfied as we
sre that the projector will not in any way relax his
efforts to forward its advancement, and relying as we
do in this instance upon the common sense and the
correct judgment of the Corporation.

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE,
ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND.
ConrinitOUS Novelties—Continuous Success--ContinuouS Applause—
and Overflowing Audiences.
Great Hit of the Bottle Imp.
The performances Tali EVENING and during the week will
commence with a new GRATULATORY ADDRESS, written and
delivered by Mr. Albany Brown.
entitled the MANAGER'S
Alter which, a new scene of Apropos,
ROO if , with Signor Bari Tone's new Scene, The French Commenta-
tor on Shakspere.
With a new Infinitesimal Operetta, entitled THE UNITED SER-
VICES, written expressly for the ivtarionettes, by Hugo Vamp, Esq.
a Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement,
T..) be followed nY with the surprising tours de
entitled A R LEC HIN 0 FORTUNATO,
force of Saltarello.
And the grand romantic spectacle of HE BOPTLE IMP.
A Moruirg Juvenile Performance on Saturday next, at Three
o'ebaok. boors open at Hait-past fwo.
Doors open at Had-past seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.
Private Boxes, IL Is.; Balcony 51,115,
35.; Lower Stalls, 2s. ;
Balcony, 25., Ara ph t Is.
private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam's Royal Library, St.
James's-street ; Mr C. 011ivie New Bond-street ;ai all the prin-
cipal libraries; and at the Box-othce of the Theatre, Adelaide-
street. West Strand.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be perf,rmed Meyerbeer's grand Opera of ROBERT THE
DEVIL. Robert, Mr. Fedor; Bertr..m. Mr. Drayton; R timbaut,
Mr. Manvers ; Alberti, Mr. Debaga ; the Princess, Miss Crichton ;
Alice. Marine. Evellna Garcia.
To conclude With a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called

HARLEQUIN HOGARTH ;
Or, The Two London 'Preotices.
Box-office open daiiy ltom 10 to 4.
Stage Manager, Mr. 5. M. MORTON'.
Director of Spectacle, Mr. W. WEST.
Th.) whole under the management of
Mr. BUNN, LESSEE.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
EvisuitN,
Will be performed an entirely new comic Opera, entitled AMINTA
THE COQUETTE. Don Tenorio, Mr. Weiss ; Fernandez. Mr. W.
Harrison ; Garcias, Mr. H. Corri ; Aminta, Miss Louisa Pyne.
To be followed by a DUEL IN THE DARK, in which Mr. Buck-
Stone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will appear.
To conclude with a Fairy Burlesque, called THE PRINCESS RI.
DIANr AND THE STORY OF MAYFLOWER. Characters by
Messrs. Buckstone, H. Bedford, J. Bland, Caulfield, Clark, Pllmmeri,
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, and Miss Collins.

THEATRE ROYAL, -IDELPIII.
Lesses, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste.
Enormous success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee.
EVESiNu,

Will be performed the Farce. of THE MOTHER AND CHILD
ARE DOING WELL. Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. Paul Bedford ;
Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Maxwell, Mr. Wor. ell ; Emily, Miss
Zmisaa Harding.
_ . . . . . .

To be followed by a characteristic sketch, called THE YANKEE
PEDLER ; or, 0 d Times in Virginia. Hiram Dodge, Mr. Silsbee ;
Norland, Mr. Worrell ; Miss Nancy Bantam, Miss Emma Haring.
After whlch MY PRECIOUS BETSY Mr. Bobtail, A;r. Wright.
la conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT-
TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (bur-
/lamed the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheis, Mr.
Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Mlas
Kathleen Fitz william.

LOYdL PRDECESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STISEET.
Under I"he Msnazementot Mr. C. Kass
Kir
Will be performed Shakespere's Historical Play of KIN l JOHN
(as acted at Windsor Cas le by iZo) Al Commansld). frolein .1 cha
racters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. ‘VigAti, Ryder, Aaison, Meadows, J.
Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, Wynn, J. Cooke, Everett, Stanton,
Cathcart, and Wbeatleigh; 21iss Plantes, 3.liss Robertson, Miss Mur-
ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Lilly, and Mr.. C. Kean.
With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, ent,tied 'HARLEQUIN
BILL! TaYLOR ; or, lime Flying Durehaian aid the King of Ito
ritongo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore; Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough.

11.0YAL LYCk;;_ra,
-Under the Management of Madame Vestrfa.
THIS EVENING,
bs performed
TUE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, B. Itozby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C.
Horn, and Miss M. Oliver.

ro ,011CiR,?, with

A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq.,
entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the
Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss :it. George, Miss
Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss tiosina Wri.;ht,
Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Balser, Suter, Horitcastle, Butter, and
Vernon.

YAL OL &VIC liiEALUE.

Will be presented WILLIAM William Tell, Mr. H. Far.
ren ; APiert, Miss Louisa Howard ; Geier, Mr. Diddear ; Michael
Mr. Hoskins; Emma, Mrs. Barrett ; Agnes, Miss I ulia Glover.
To conclude with RED i.:F US ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and
Fancy. Red Rufus, Mr. Shalders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin,
Mr. Forrest; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees.

create any feeling of nn n r once in the minds of those
who Irtve been per fits and nefas the ur flinching sup-
prt of our wry iiberal and refor:ni&+u MiNistry.
On the si-cond p int we find the PREIULEH resorting
to the eHursE, which he so energetically repudiated in
1832. Then everything was to be for the benefit of
the community—now, the balance of the Constitution
must be maintained. There must be no alteration in
the state of parties. Whig and Tory, Free-trader
and Protectionist, Conservative and Radical, must still
maintain their relative proportions. No change,
however urgently required, can be made unless
some corresponding alteration in the way of " addi-
tion" or " subqraction" be made on the other
side. Lord JOHN RUSSELL speaks of the
" large and wise diminution in the representation of
small buroughs, which did not, and could not, repre-
sent the people, and therefore were unfit to send
Members to be admitted into the House"—pro.
posed in 1832; but he at the same time declares
that, looking to the present state of affairs, he cannot
see that there is any ground of necessity to justify a
proposition for an arbitrary and absolute disfranchise-
ment."

Simple minded men, who have not been ad-
mitted behind the curtain, may not understand why
the PREMIER has so completely changed his views,
They may not perceive that in 1832 " the happy
family" were afraid of the Tories. The ultra-Liberals,
or Radicals were their good friends and allies—there
was no danger to be apprehended at their hands.
The Tories had the chief influence in the thinly
populated boroughs, and therefore they were
cut off without pity or remorse, while the
line of demarcation was so drawn, that the
constituencies whose Whig opinions predominated
were allowed to retain, either wholly or partially, the
right of representation. The Protectionists, how-
ever, have now but little chance of forming an Ad-
ministration. The " Manchester School" is to be
guarded against. The RussELLs and GREYS rule the
destinies of the country, and therefore " the general
balance of interest which was established at the time
of the Reform Bill," is to be preserved. If the
small boroughs, in which corrupt influences
prevai.ed, were to be disfranchised, and the " pri-
vilege conferred on the manufacturing towns in
the north of England, the landed interest would be
depressed, and the manufacturing and commercial
Interests raised in the scale." That is now to be
deprecated, and therefore the tactics have been
altered and the arguments of the old Tories
resorted to. It is therefore obvious that
the principles have been completely changed, and
that Lord JOHN RUSSELL no longer looks to the
interests of the community, but of his own
Party. He wishes to strengthen his own
handz, and to deprive his more popular
epp• • eats of any eene:•sten of atreegth.
ignore s " the ballot," because that might weaken
the influence of the Whig patrons. The simple dif-
ference then between the Acts of 1832 and 1852 is,
that the former was intended to strengthen the people,
the latter to sustain the Ministry—the one was for
the benefit of the community, the other for that of
the Whig party.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We hive received the Paris jourmili of yester&y.
Sever4l of them give an anal)sis of Lad JOHN
Rtn•sELL's new Reform Bill, but th-y tittle in

eba way of commentary. The Constitu tionne/ says—
.* Lord J. Russetl's f 311! is a hoiehoncie. There is
teque hing of every thing in the measure, and nothiu‘l
very striking. It would seem as if the Prime Minister
had taken up all the propositions of reform which have
been submitttd to Parliament during the lest twenty
years, and having picked out from them all the articles
which do not affect the principle of tree elcctoral system
in England, had endeavoured to transform them into a
law ad at once. The result is nut anything which strikes
tree imagination, but something which &es not discon-
tent absolute ly every one. The Radicals have not been
esle to oppose the measure which gives them a consider-
able increase in the number of elector.; the Tories have
t been able to take alarm at s. m. asure which pre
serves intact the agricultural circumscripuon, and which
even gives to the rural electors a certain share of influ-
ence in the elections of the small towns. No one an-
nounced a formal opposition to it except Sir R. Inglis,
who naturally opposed the new attempt to open the
House of Commons to the Jews. It is posiible, conse-
quflrly, that the adversaries of Lord J. Russell may
; lay him the trick of adopting his Bill, and so de-
priving him of every pretext for dissolving the Par-
liament, and taking from the Whigs- their rallying-cry
tur the elections."

The Assembles National comments, in highly fa-
vourable,. terms, on the explanations of the Earl of
GRANVILLE in the House of Lords respecting foreign
refugees.

Humours are still afloat as to the probable return
of M. DE MuEra to the Interior, and the transfer of
AI. DE PtItSIGNY to the Foreign-office, but the
Moniteur has nothing to confirm the report touching
Ilin6terial changes..

Tae different sections of the Council of State con-
tiuue to be occupied with current affairs. In its au-
tiul,c of Tuesday the Section of Finance decided on the
retiring pensions to be granted to General CA-
VAIGNAC and General LAWCESTINE, which are fixed
t 6,000!.

Ic in said that M. DUFAURE will be put up for the
first and General CAVAIGNAC for the third arrondisse-
ments of Pah.. There was au intention of putting
up some of the momentarily removed generals for the
city ; but the idea was given up, lest it should afford
an excuse for abothf.r coup defut.
The Constitutionnel complains with much asperity
of the blockade established on the coast of Africa, on
account of the aff,tir at Lagos This paper says that,
ina-much as the English trading settlement of Blida-
gry is exemptcd, the obj Pct is to ruin the French
.eqlement of VVlty (Li , where a ihurishing trade,
which excires English jealousy, is curried on.
Ttt,' Pays has a stuart attack on the Bmili of
Fr *Ewe un •ite"lliit of its last annual reporr, hick
.11.,ws • ha, its di,coun a bring confined to shor, paper,
t his e• tablistnneiv. is deparcuig In.in the prioclple of
the inatituiion, by refusing to give due aid to the
cum.nerctal to crests.

It is not very easy to ascertain the principle, if any,
ny which Lord Joae RUSSELL and his Ministerial
collesguee have 1;:e en influenced in framing the wee
~ure which they have been pleseed to dignify with
he title of a " New Reform Mt" (! ! ! ) Tney
live certainly compeely ignored toe decqines on
wnich the Act of 1832 was funded. Toe object
in -n was to secure a real bona file representa ien
"'f the PoPle, and to d-prive certain in-
;goiticant b troughs of privileges to which
cissy were not fairly entitled, and which
:,e‘y bad grossly end fl igrently abused.
Of course the hi/rouge/isomers and their various
toadies and dependents strenuously resisted the at•
inpf, insisting, first, on " toe rights of preps/4.y,"
and, secondly, that it was necessary to preserve " the
balance of the Constitution, or in other words, the
nelance of existing parties," and to enable a statesman
of ability and experience to procure a seat in the
House of Commons, although he might he unable to
obtain, the confidence of any large constituency.
These arguments were justly ridiculed. The
monstrous absurdity of supposing that any man,
however exalted his rank or enormous his wealth,
could have any actual property in the suffrages
of his fellow- men, who by a species of legal fiction
were denominated "free and independent electors,"
wes clearly and unsparingly exposed. If such cor-
rupt influences had sprung up during successive ages
they might at any moment be set aside; there was no
absolute certainty that the nominee of the reputed
pstron might not he rejected at any election. But
were it even otherwise, and that so many restrictions
could be imposed and such stringent pledges taken
from each person who might become entitled to the
franchise, that no possible doubt could arise GERMANY.
ai to the permanency of the existing relations, The new constitution for .Electoral Hesse will be
it must yet be regarded as a fraud upon the published in about six weeks, so that this affair will
Principle of ~ representation" and as no time can be terminated as soon as the Chambers shall be con-
sanctify a fraud, or give stability to a title founded
thereon, the point as to the "ri let of uropertv ' and sti,t iv ed.
The' First Chamber will be composed as follows :
the stile eel 41 eon,. • g , - ' . 1. The Princes of the elder branch of the Electoral
nscation," was speedily and &et- family. 2. A Prince of each of the younger
sively disposed of.
The second
breeches of the Electoral family. 3. The head of
argument advanced by the borough- each line of earls or princes formerly belonging to
mongers was scarcely
more tenable. " The balance
the nobility possessing seignorial domains in Elec-
of the Constitution" point
was in like manner toral Hesse. 4. The hereditary members nominated
easily got rid of. It was our duty rather to by the SOVEREIGN having at least a net revenue of
correct the blunders than to perpetuate the errors of '
6 000 dollars in the public funds. 5. The dean or
had bee, member
our forefathers. If they
on erroneous Principles, we se,
mistaken or acted functions of hereditary marshal. 6. Ooe of the
uld not be presidents of the Equestrian Order. 7. The Vice-
thereby precluded from making any effort for the im- Chancellor of the University. 8 The Roman Ca-
mediate iutroduction of a better system ; and
a for- lholic bishop; and the three Protestant. supe_r_inte.n-
Hot 4 if these evils had sprung up during ,h, 1 ,
~ A
, ....-n s. 10. One deputy, of the Ancient. H-s i n
its- °' Equestrian Order. 11. several other deputes of the
co vs to render the practical operation of the
y4-zir,
A to the original • . Equestrian Order,
law entirely oppokn. intention, 'it The 6 Ch I- er will be composed of 16
econd Mt /...-
. rltive duty of the Lew I
would be the impe , oli-ature to landed •t - who are not nominated to the Fest
proprie ors
provide ansaclequete remedy on the first fitting sg °epos,- Chamber, of 16 deputies of the teems, end 'of 16
'lcious views were adopted
tunity. Tberne PO-
the , and deputies of the rural communste .
modern The Federal COW/Ilit;SiOW-7, C'lliii, LEININGEN, !Aid
Ti'r. REFORM BILL of 1832,- .alogna
Cliarta rseeived the legisia tive sanction.' the Minister of State, VON iIADE,N, are said to have
alreed • • in tb 311 sion to this arrangement.
tout cell. No question e given . eir a( e .
But now noun changons to
A letter from Cassel states that the police are
has been put for- sh •
respecting the right of
property
showing great activity, and domiciliary visits are
ward, but that quasi-right has been respected. The takingh place every day at the residences of the persons
nomiGation boroughs will be retained in full vitality,
v'aero,
nare considered to be disaffected towards the Go-
and those which, like Caine, CAPP•'nham• Ittig'it*.' I In Ithnet. • • sittin nf the ►!' Chamber of the STates
Ripen/ TaviAoeis, -or Woods!oek, are prepared to !at Berlin othe ta h - Firs.
1 h
Count e'e, ti propositton was ..,roW.'ht for..
return tie footmen of their respective pstrons, will I Wardb by %donut ALVENELhlifirl and other desibers,
still send eight Members to the House of Comition4.4,
noelvtilieuglitTr object to confer on the KING tau right of
anti -are in no danger of being caught in the tree
re is rred nfogrthe roplibers of that Creenber. it was
in:,r) WiACII the more ;
abportant Ccnstitui-heies ('' , Two potitiones3""adEtti"
i, to the 14 h Committee.
--"ing the abr-gation of the
Sunety end St:. Albans have fallen. 0, thee ilelie- Constitution, eere reA. 'rk. '
...if! Coemittee Fropeied
queut ,borisughst however, the majority " belong" tO i to pass to
.ths. order of the day on those petitions,t on
Whig proprietors; and it 'would not do to the ground thattime ought to be given to the unn°

Tne Moniteur puf,li-hes a decree from the PR ES!.
Dh?iT of ine R-puble, taktirg away the service of
civil buildings from the department of Public Works,
and adding them tu that of the Interior.
The Bourse was firm at the coma:ler:cot:bent of busi-
ness, and public securities rose, but a reaction took place
subseqietiti), and the shares of the Bank of France
h..ving fallen 801. within two days gave ri,e to a belief
that trie Government would require further assistance
from that establishment. The censt quence was that,
the Five per 0-nts , which opened at 103 f. 85,r.,
and rose to 1031 90c ~ fell to 103 c. 45c., and
closed at 103 f. 50e. ter the end of the month; the
flare per Ceuta. closed at 651. 40c.; Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,150 f.; Rouen, 637 f. 50c.; Havre, 2621.
50c.; Greet Northern, 572 f. 50c.; Avignon, 228 t. 75c.;
Vierzon, 511 f. 25c.; Basle, 210`.; Bordeaux, 437 t. 50c.;
Paris and Strasburgh, 470'.; Tours and Name., 297 t.
50c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 297 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons,
577 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THK
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11;'4—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 20—Norttiern of France, 1834—Orleans
and Bordeaux, Bt4 - Paris and Lyons, 9;ii —Rouen and
Havre, 104—Sambre and Meuse, J. _