The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

MARCH 29,

•

MONDAY

on loans, acceptmices,:and so forth, leaving 7,1301. ap-
plicable to dividend on the preference shares. •
SHREWSBURY ANB Buistmatlid.—The half-yearly
meeting of the shareholders of the bompany took . place
at Shiershiiiy on TburdaY.i The report of the three-
teis, and the statement "Or 'aeoritinta, Were adopted, and
agr,eement with the Great Ngestern and ahrewsbiiry
and Chester Coin yam •acc4fed.

- • ASSIZE.-ik:NCE.
. .. .
.;--HOME CIRCUIT.---Kingston, March 26,
Mr. Justice Coleridge conolmiect tbircrimival bibiness
today, and hi then proceeded to atsist in &spooking of
the cause list. The following case Was tried by bis rd-
'
ship and a speCial jury :
. HALL V. THE 017711-wEsiEaft RAILWAY COMP NT:
This was ,an ap.ioti brought by a
_tat y named • all, to
recover c.ompertsation in damages for personal trijuties
sustained by her
~ while a passer upon the railway,
through the negligence of the servants of the company.
The defendants paid 250/..into court: . - -
- When the case %SA called on, • , .
Mr. M. CHAMBERS, Q C., who with-Mr. Bolin ap-:
, :peered for the plaintiff, said that the jury would not be
:troubled with the inquiry, as.the company hid conhented
to a verdict being taken against them for 2501, in addi-
lp
tion t
o the sum they had paid into .court; Ea the lain-
tiff having agreed to that arrangement, no evidence
would be.offered. , • , ' . !
Mr,.. E. JAMES, Q.C.', said that. he was. instructed, with
his Learned Fiiend, Mr. Roots,. to appear on behalf of
the company on the present occasion.. The acoidentout Pt
which the action arose took' place -on the 7th of 4ugust
last year, and the Company, feeling that some coMprn-
iation was due to. the, plaintiff for the injury she had
sustained gpon the 00CEI0i0U, had offered her a auto of
250/. They hid only very recently`had the opportunity
of obtaining the report of amedical man is to the talent
of the injury .she bad suffered, and upon that report.
• feeling that . the amount of compensation the
-offered wa !insufficient; the company had agreed
her a further sum of 250/._ , -

,41veriftct.elas then taken for the plaintiff—:Di
2501,Iti,iidditkort 'to the 246 L paid intecOurt:'

had
o pay

ages,

N difFOLK , CHIC 41 T.— Bury St. Eilnin
March ,: 44. . ; i
CROWN COURT—(Before.tord,CAMPszu
Milian Robinson,.aged 82, was indicted for tlie
murder of Ann Cornell, at Great Thurfoiv, on th
of Auitisthsst. • . • : ' .
i.
Mr. Worfledge sad M 'Bawer were counsel for the
presecutioo; 111!..,PosTer appeared fOr the defeuee.
*.rb4 prigmerwhO appeared in . the, dock ti pp tin , a
dying state, livid at Great Thurfow, near, Alewm 'let,
with his daughter,in,law, 34..ry asTriin*ou/ she idow
ot his deceased 6013, ~ G eorge, , who died in. 185 . In
1851,,one,Jermyn cenrted Mrs... Bollinion. and t Et old
Mato strenuously opposed the match, but iithieit fleet,
it being deteriiiietd'by the loveri that they wotildniarry,
arid rilmove Mrs. Roginson's furniture . 'from ' the pri-
soner% banes. Votlei, these. CircinnstanCei, it was
4tie wn that,one day in Augur, when Ain Cornell,-the
sister ot Mary Rol.fineen, game to 'dine with tli3r; they
were both taken ikl immediately after eating some purl-
.dingl,made of flour kept by Mary _ Rollinson in art open
trougb,..and eventually. Ann Cornell died, . and wa.s bu-
'Heck it being then supposed.by the. medical.' man attend•
jog her-that she, died- of English cholera. Before this
.imilar but net so fatal symptoms arose after Mrs. Rol-
limoti had partaken of dinner. In October Abe was
again token mostliiolently ill` after eating doMplings for
diener, as were a friend and me children. Suspicion ot poi-
eon Own arosel and by the advice ofa ftieud the dimn plig
which remaiued . uneaten were:given to , & eat
and s deg. 'The. .foriner, refused, tto :, do , more
than taste; hat. the -.dog • eat the whble , dump-.
- ling, and immediately . after - brought it ell _up
again. The remainder of 'theilunipling, the vomit, and
the flour in tbe.trongli and beim from which the dump-
Jings Were made.' vierd'anlysed, and round" tin contain
arsenic, in precisely the same proportions. , The conee
quence of kiese, picskter 64 was, that Ann Coreell's
body was exhumed, sad IDA eaamination by skilled sur.
geons little'. doubt remained that the poor woman had
fallen s sacrifice to arsenic. Alltharestof the parties;
who had at no fewer than four times been recently
affityad with symptoms indicative of 'the administration.
of arsenic, fOrtUnately survived ; tut.the old man was
,talrikioAits4 oestodyitan this.,eharge, in_ support of which,
boticlea,the abeve ;fact,,,,,, it was proved ,that tie had fre
tat h o titye
.hadbought.on n
arsenicoemeti theon village shop a
fofrrie mice,nd
of and
.
daughter4n.law not to eat or allow any _of her children
to
draidt.'arinnYt; of her
atilaitt,•mthioguhgthmhsbeeoithpreedsitehke.
match; he was ..unkind td Mary Rollinsoni• but onthe
niet tafore her last illness he certainly locked her. put
in,
persisted.
~,,..:::
hir.---Vowitsi•-hiving addressed 'the jury'-for the pri•
' agnodi
urge fouuste dt
to
jooilnethehrer sweetheart.i 1
because shella le

1w)
3i lof

soner, -
Ilia rioiskithrthOocee-ded to 6th up the °ale' to there;
and auk, a Ingthened•deliberation they found a verdici
ofti-uitty. .
Sentence of death4vas passed on the prisoner.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING- TB, WEEK:
(From the Registtrar^,Gsceral's Report.)
, .
A high rate of mortality continues to prevail in the
metropolis. In the last week of February the deaths
were 1,069 ; in the first two weeks of March they rose
successively to 1,128. and 1,232 ; and in the week that
ended last Saturday there were 1,208. In -ten corres-
ponding weeks of the years 1842.51 the average number
of deaths was , 1,051, which, if raised to a certain phi,
portion according to increase of population, will be
1,156. The pumber returned for last week, therefore,
exceeds the corrected average by 52.
It appears from a review of corresponding weeks
that last year alone (in which hooping-cough, Wits-,
en;s, bronchitis, Ste., were fatal .at this season)..ex-
hibits, a mortality greater than that of last week;
and it is remarkable how nearly the numbers of the
two weeks approach each other in all the leading
classes of fatal causes, except those which contain‘ the
diseases gIOW mensimed. In the same week of last year
e 47 persons died of " dropsy, cancer, and other diseases
of uncertain or .variable seat ;": indite week ending lest
of
cumber was 44; from " tubercular (lie-
f% eases" -the-respective numbers were•22B and 224; from
1 "diseases of tee 'nervous. system," 184. and 145; from
' , "diseases of the heart, Zco ~55 and 51; from " diseases
..of the` digestive organs", 75 and 74; 'from 6. atrophy"
- -
4i 25. and 31; fretn, 69 and 62.
" age" '
1% The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs'
-last week numbered 269 (the average being 2 19), and
• are thus distributed,—laryngitis 2, laryngismus strtdulini
-.6, pleurisy 3,; bronchitis 126, pneumonia 83, asthma gp,
'U and other diseases of the same organs not specified '20.-
i% Bronchitis was much more fatal teen in any correspond-
-04 in g week of ten years, except that .of 1851, when it
4 , carried off 156 persons. Phtbisis slab continues fatal,
though the number, • which was 182 in the preceding
week, bee declined tcelsl. •. • , ,
- The. zymotic class shows about. an average number of
tge. I cases; smallpox carried off 18 children and 4 persons of
mature age, 9 children died of-measles, 20 of scarlatina.
54 of hooping cough, 11 of croup, and 5 of thrush. _j2,
• persons died of diarrhoea and dysentery, 4of influenza,
44. 32.0 f typhus, am., lof rheumatic Nver' 12 of erysipelas,,
)% •and 2 children of syphilis.' 4 women died of peterp,ral,
as -,fever,-besides 3- others after childbirth.. . -

:44 STATE OF THE WEATHER DURUM THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.-The sky waa for the most part covered with
cloud th4ghout the day. Electricity—Positive, and ten-
% sion moderate during the morning.
MONDAY.—The sky was one-half covered, with ,cload
!„34 during the morning, and overcast during the remainderof
,oxi, the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during
pthe
d afternoon.
TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ;
Its cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout
the day.
scinraisDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud until the
evening[ after which time the amount of cloud was variable.
Electricity—Positive, and tension,variable daring the after.
1;.; noon.
Od THUILIMAY.—The sky was overcast till 6h Pat., and the
14 amount of cloud was variable afterwards; cirrostratus.
Electricity—Positive, and tension Moderate during the
I afternoon.

FtunaT:—.The clouds were slightiy broken -during the
morning and afternoon, at night the sky VMS' overcast ;
cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and
tension moderate generally during the day.
Exrunneir...-The shy was cloudless throughout the day.
Electricity—Positive, and tension strong generally through.
74 out the day.
aN The mean reading of a thermometer placed on tbap main-
-1 mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 42.80 ;‘ and LEA mean
reading at 96. PAL was 38.2°; the • mein readingi at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 41•6 k and 38.1°

re,spectively.
The reading of the barometer decreased from 3012,in.
,54 at the beginning of the week to 3011 in. by 10h. AM. Otl
If. the 14th, at about which reading it continued all the day:
then increased to 301 t in. by 9h. AM. on the. 15th; and
decreased to 29.99 in. by the end of the week.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-office
by the night—and St by the morning—dispatch.] •

When made up la
PLACZEL General ?wit-office
London.

From what
port dis-
patched. 1

When
due.

America (by Brit. pkt.)NTMarch 20 .. • •
America (by 17.5. pkt.) N4pril 6. .. • •
America (by U.S. pit.) M `Mareit 31
Africa'(West coast).. N 14th of the month
Ala Andris. •• •• N 19th & 30th of mo.
Belgian •• N Daily ..
Braid' •• •••• M Ith of the month
Bums Ayres bi 9th of the month
Callfornia(viaChagre.a)M 9dk 17th of month
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month
Constantinople .... 27 7th 17th 27themo
Central America .. M 24 le 17th of men.
Channel Isla NAon., Wed., &Fri.
Chili • • •• • M 'l7th of the man*
France • • .. M &N• Twice daily ..
Greece" N 7th 17th 27th of mo
Ilamburgh N Tuesday & Friday
Rolland .. Wednes. & Satur.
Honduras .. •.. . N 17th of the month
Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily ..
Inclia(via Southamp.) hi 20th of the month
ladia(viaMarseilles) N sth& 24th efmonth
Mediterranean (via
Southarrnfon) •• St 90th of the month
ifediten..nean (via
hihrsellles) Ith&24tkofmonthiDover •• jA PLII 5
2
IfeticA) •• .. Id of the month.. Sonthatnpt., April
Madeira If 9th of the month Southampt.' l5
„ f 7th,17tb.,19th,27th Dover March 25
y.k 30th of month j . April
'NAPIVaIk• 're, PP .e• sth 15th 25th ofme Dover
Papal atiteas N sth 15025th of mo Dover .22
13insular• • " 7th 17th 27th ef mo SouthamPu March-1,.- 20
Peru • .. ht 17th of the month Soethaine.t.•
Tuscany* N sth hth• GI of mo, Dover
west M 17th of the month. rotithanWs March "47
Wan 1.1141b5. (except . ,
4outtiamPt• April 5
4Taiusa & Masson) 31 9d of the mouth •• bv
-r.., 191 h ,F1Q111.41414 03$1/IPafkr,
fresi p• • via, rwitles , .
.99/L ,J 3 'Unit •
"ti 3 4'.70 IVatta
The Lord sacs for appOln e t e on. andsacs
Rev. Frank Sugden, M.A., Vicar of Adlioellet, TOrkshire,
to be hiwf LordObies domestic chaplain.

Liverpool .•
Liverpool.
Southampt.
Plymouth
Dover ..
Dover .•
Southampt.
Southampt.
Southampt.
Plymouth••
Dover ..
Southampt.
Southampt.
Southampt.
Dover ••
Dover ••
London
'London
Southampt.
Holyhead • •
gouthatapt.
iDover • •

March 30
April 2

igouttiatript.

♦pril 3
March 24
Dail's

Aprll
Iprll 16
March 20
April 3 -
March 30
March 20
Ta. Tl4.Bat
March 20
Twicedaily
March 30
Taies.l4st.
Maa.Thur
March 20
Twice:llllY
April 21
♦prii 2

!April 2

SPIRIT of the. PUBLIC JOURNALS.
-- , — ,
TIMES.—The power and independence of , a repre-
sentative assembly depends far wore on its internal cone
atitutiop,. on its Parliamentary privileges, .and its stand-
ing orders, than on the electoral i basis.' which may sup-
port it. The unreformed British House -of- Commons,
.with all its rotten boroughs and its pocket create, was
nevertheless' a great and powerful legislative body, be-
eitise eery Member of it was armed with the poster of
proposing and originating laws and amendments, be-
eine its freedem of dehate wile inviolable, and, iiboee
el's-lottcautte it was the absolute mistress and sole judge of
its own rates of proceeding. Without, those privileges
the moat democratic assembly in the world may be cow.-
'veined intO &mere machine for ministering the edicts
of a despot, and the most extended form of the popular
suffrage becomes a delusion and a snare. The d-cree
by which Louis Napoleon; has determined beforehand
the rights and forms Of preeeeding of the Senate abd the
legislative body in France, which are convoked tqr the
29th inst., under, the new Censtitution, is the most jeff-c-
-twit mode of repression which was ever applied to: each
assemblies. The mere fact that the Presidents Of the
Senate and the legislative body were appeinted by the
Executive ' Government before these assemblies them-
selves were fully constituted, was sufficiently indicative of
their subordinate position in 'the State. Accordingly, for I
one of these p sets the choice of Louis Napoleon fell on
his uncle Jerome, and for the other on M. Billault, a
man who has alternately lent his tongue to the most
factious acts of:opposition and the most culpable acts of
power. . But, in addition to this, the proceedings of
these assemblies are to be entirely regulated by autho-
rity; they have no will in the conduct of their own busi-
ness, and, instead of the head of the State repairing to
the palace of the Legislature to open the session by an
act of deference to the representatives of the nation, the
Spate, and theilegislative body .. aresummoned to the
Tisileries, humbly to wait upon the executive chief, and
to assume the badge of their servility by en oath lei* al-
legiance to his person.. Such is to.be the termination of
four months' dictatorship, and. the return to what is
henceforth to be styled in- France ." eonstitution go-
vernment." • The decree of the 23d of March proves in
the minutest detail's against every attempt- on thedart of
the Senate' or the legislative body 'to - msnifiet a
apitrit of iudapend-nee or of Opposition. The pecu-
liar (Unctions which were conterred by the...former
Consular and Imperial, cetestitiatioas _en the Tri-
bunate will now be exercised by, the members of
the Council of. State, whose duty it , ,will be to sup-
port the •disoussion. of • legislative measures as, com.
tnissioners' before the other assemblies. The Senate has
simplYthe power olopposiog or allotving the,proaiulga-
tiOn of a law; it eanpoevoteamendreeiSte. The p eoulter
poWer 'of deciding on acts denounced to the Senate as
unconstitutional' is its be exercised- on the report of a
Committee when theractia 'so denotinced bythe Govern-
ment; but when ttie act complained Of is elenouuced by
petition, or,,in other words, when the proceeding is ad-
verse to the Government,.-the,previous question may be
moved, which, if carried, quashes the wools complaint.
'Propositions to modify the Constitution may be proposed
by ten senators, and it is probable that one of the very
first acts of this body will be to propose the transforma-
tion of what remains of the Repuhlie into the more con-
genial ahape of the French Empire, The legislative body
will applaud, the Prince accept,. and another plebiscite
confirm the election. The legislative body is still more
. ciosely circumscribed than the Senate by these singular
and arbitrary regulations. No member can speak
-without having , asked • and obtained leave from
the-President, and then only from his place; so that,
by a 'happy innovetion in French assemblies,
,the
pompous tormality Of, the tribune for ()raters .is
eupPressed. A member. called to order for interruption
cannot be, allowed to speak. If the speaker wanders
from the question,_the President may call him back to
it. ‘No one can speak on the call to the question. If a
ispeakerawice recalled to the question still persists in
wandering froni it. he may be deprived of- -the right - of
speitking in that discussion bra summary vote of the
-Assembly.. ' Alt personalities and ' all signs of approba-
tion or disapprobation are interdicted. If a member
ritsturbs the order of the House, he mey, on the third
yffence, be exeluded from his, seat for any period not ex-
ceeding 'five days. When the previous question has been
moved, it is to be put ,to _the vote. before the general
question; but the previous question cannot be moved, on
use mpoeitioneof the Government. This last clause
is-prodably quite sufficient. to defeat the possibility of
offensive measures on
.the part of any opposing section
irettie.iissembly, and even to disarm all eff c,uai,resists
since: For,' in an assembly 'constituted se thiS legislative
body ie likelyyte,be, the previoue,,,mieetien.may always
be moved,'ancl carried to defeat propositions which
might esibarrais. the . Government; though ,the same
weapon_ " can never ,be used'. against , the executive
power, .But, as 'if . even this. power .did not suffice
to enchain the' furious emissaries .of universal suffrage,
alt other details for the administration of the legislative.
body are to be 'settled by regulations of its •President;
'who is himself a nominee of the Government ; • and, in
'the event of still more decided symptoms of revolt,lhe
Seniite and legtshitive body are pliced tinder I Military
guard, depending on the. orders of the Mihister of ;War.
We must do, Louis_Napoleon and his coadjutor, M. Bil-
lault, y the justiCe .to admit that no precaution which
despotic ingenuity could suggest has 'been neglected to
',educe these representative bodies into the veriest slaves
:tend iiittlese-ewe might add the eunuchs—of a seraglio i
`add that they haVe reconbilod the furthest 'extremes of
a democratic constituency and -Of absolute , Govern-
iiiient.. ilu
In cOnattecg this, whimsical edifice, which
ad Wo seem to be at lasst as well *dewed. to, the longi-
Jade cif Pekin
;as. to that of Paris, its authors 'have
omitted.but • one consideration. They. have tergotten
that the'vitality and, duratioa of political bodies is in
propertiondo the-respect they inspire, and that the
respect ' they inspire depends on ' their efficiency
- and- ledepehdende. - qtiestions of Iptivilege have by the
**sake of 7 Parlisment priority over all other business,
iliecausethey involve the character and exisii-nee of the
body to which they appertain,. : Withiint,privi4ge a poe
liticelassembly forfeits all jesiepentleticeieed originality.
of. action;, and if' it has been fer.c_ed in the first instance
to.subinit, isa own.interual regulations to the will of .:a,
master, it will seek in vain to assert its authority in.the
affairs of the country. its existence is. only tolerated as,
long as it Masks- the oppression 'of the Governinent, or
iftiervee, ap an implemenein the' hands-of the ruler; but
the rights'. it deriees from popular` election are held in
tentire SUbtirdinetten,teafis regulating liiithority of the
supreme power. The result is ieeiitable.. , Ice botteat
and independent memberees-it any such, have, the Misfor-
tune to .belong. to it---are insulted , and disheartened;
ita servile majority is, corrupt ,and omnipotent. In the
end, •the ~Government itself is the chief sufferer by
this , mockery .Of free--institutions,, for, instead- of
finding strength and support(ift such -assemblies , in. an
hour of datiger, it has to bear, in 'addition to its own
faults, the contempt which they inspire. That 'experi-
ment hasidieady.been iriedein France by 'Napoleon; and
eyenhefere the period of his , disasters began be bad
,learnt thatethe political bodies ,of the Empire vfOre a
source of internal weakness. Ina conversation with
,Princiii Metternich,: which took place in 1812, the 'Ere=,
peror expressed himself in the bitterest terms in speak-
,ing-tif ebese institutions. "My Senate," said-he, "is
rotren. My-legislative body is the derision of the World.
,Stich assemblies are a burden, not a support, to my Go-
'eerninent." Yet these are preei'Sety the bodies which
'6,6 'nephew has attempted to recall to lite, under eircum,,
stances.farimore adverse to their character and success;
and, after ,France has had 35, years" experience of the
rights and liberties. of constitutional monarchy, and be-
.fore ahese assemblies hive even, taken possession of the
palaces -assigned to them, or worn their new liveries,
they are condemned to submW to regulations *idol
would cause a riot in an' English boarding-school. Such
, is, the ootidition to' which 'the loss of freedotiimay:redude
' the repeAllstativea of a great Delimit , , • , i
',. D fkILYNEVVS.—!The anitlYsis of the division on Mr.
II:Intl:10'e metion,in (pour of electoral reform- is the best
ainswec.4): the elaborate mystification and, misrepresen-
station witiewhich. the plain. case on behalf of, .manifest
right was met by Me. Disraeli' and. his frieads who now
occupy the 'Treasury bench. On former oceseioni the
representatives of the greater'huMber of the large con-
stitheticiee eithe'eniPire' Worded their votes in support
of the'riatiOnal claim to an adequate' iniffeage and pro-
tection to the indiiidusl Voter. ;But there were added to
the list ,on last ;Thiereday. night; in, addition to
these,.sixtetin other names, of gentlemen representing not
less than a #ll.LieN AND A HALF of people; 10 fermer
years,!we,aavt_tha active and energetiu Members of 'most
of, the large towns arrayed on the :tide of popular jas-
like-, eßut-therb 'till Wereinany. omissions. 'To clay we
have the pleasure :to ''llii up several of the
iiaist ' -11" dicta ' of- there.' . 'Coventry, ' Bath, and
Clietteri' ' tii ei, iprottou4ed by !the lips of their
,_
represent" Os '„ that: .t ley , .concur:. with Manchea
(Jeri liirinieghttot ~ Sheffield and ,Glasgow .in repo-
.._ dietiog.the preset oligarchical syetero, while. a, number
, (Reeser towns, like Rochester, Lincoln, and .Hastinits
.have now for. the first-time joined, in swelling the d
an,awal, n-
mend. . Nor are there wanting symptoms of . awa
,k e
_ei
ink sense among the counties. North Lanceshtibree guivosi
in itritihettion through Mr. Heywood, and
codnty of'Hildare Itas registered lately eec l ted
of the democratic claim by the' vote of its
hich 'in the
member Mr., Coggin, 'Thep are . facts w
11l tsthe fiction and
nalticf. ef,the ,country , will. outweigh a
its assent the justice
, . in-
the ,
hour. Anonymous Aranteolnyy
from the frank re-
stitutions, and . garbled extracts .. instance, by an
- - tered in 'an is°lstec are lttle cal.
proofs
adult"'' f llow-eitizen .
heapedut)us letters together
atl:!gth.A.e
American statesman to,' his e
nest or • thoughtfnl men
ismN ocbaond ye
reivdeir.
tatinetnterito!
culated to shake the faith , eel
cinistittheeddr jegdh.tthflittliiejssly ocfo ntsbt ist i'f1:111' :V re's: acih:in. influence
-:cate'theleve of pv-!"YAVlrarice and ambition will continue
. : t
othe infestb re a iso
es PLeft
yinsfdd e.cr,f
severyeou ri co
go ntoce itvhaeb form.le
humble a
nTdhhe
arreda.l
'"hat ere she beat means of curbing their
question is.
'eolitical effects, es leastl amount (:)_f inteyrfeexrenencedea
dndsuiffiluerle
many
whollytT hbes hellos
e such cahti del: illr el
but doest
that 'prove
they, do not directly and necessarily tend to
-teir sphere of mischief? As Mr. llama'
f7trctr:soilisaginlYtiterall!c-thotlyeitn• pot it in his reply to Mr. Disraeli's scrap.
welvatiens from a speech of the Governor of New
huhaeltosiulbtisamytietthation of the suffrage as
yuck; ", Does he recommend the abrogation of the
ballot
t uocefinte,r eehrls,
:wane
TTreehrm.o
Thursdayedodinyds,n
unscrupulous
e Chancellor
soef:
tit the
sophisticalu Eg hXcithhieidi
t eo pi us er
'luitratione (we cannot call them arguments) of WE kind;
bht he • actuilly ct,ndescontled. to 'resort to a carefully
coinpilPdavries of mock statistics. by Web he attempted
to 6X the Imputation of wholesale ipaeeuracy on the
lea :era of the reform party. With a degree of effrone
tstry,,rerely exhibited by even a' Protectionist declaimer,
Mr. Disraeli Undertook to show that the proportion
Which the electors of the kingdom bore to the' male arfult
P"PufatiOnsietenet,. as-Suited by Sir•A Eli W I -....,/.___us ._ a.insi,y;
!hut of one in six, but really about one in four. With
all the pomp and circumstance of an official statement,
the Right Hon. Gentleman affected to enter into a serious
and sincere eximinotia of the demote of rho macula.

1852.

tion,striking off exceptional classes of various descriptions
in order to pare down the aggregate amount of unen•
franchised ct.ixins to the lowest possible point, and
then proceeding to divide this alleged total by the num-
ber of electors, he drew forth triumphantly the quotient
which he had promised to show. But the wretched
trick was instantly detected, and the conjuror caught
in the midst of his impudent legerdemain. The asser-
tion of the friends of reform, as everybody knew, ap-
t'lied to the population and electors of the United
Kingdom; and the LChaneellor of the Exchequer at-
tempted to juggle a refutation of that assertion by
substituting the figures applicable to Great Bri-
tain exclusivel)l Mr. llutne saw through the cheat
at once, and exposed it by the simple interjacu-
lation, " Yoa omit Ireland altogether." Where-
upon the unabashed jester coolly observed, " True;
but us the population in that part of the country has of
late been declitiiiig it would not m.ike so much cliff—
rence." Box, stand the fact!,? By the last census the
population of Ireland was ri turned at 6 500 000, whil,
the total number of electors for both towns and counties
—notwithstanding the boasted addition made by the 121.
I Franchise Act passed two years ago—did not exceed
I 163.546. Yet this huge element in the pretended esti-
mate of the electoral condition of the kingdom, Mr.
Disraeli sought with a wave of his juggler', wand to
cause to disappear. It is now for the country to say
whether it will submit any longer to the present make
believe system, and whether it will patiently hear its
wants and wishes turned into food for Parliamentary
joking of the sort we have been adverting to.

COURT CIRCULAR..
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princesses
Helena and Louise, attended by the Equerries in Wait-
log. visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park,

on Saturday morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-
Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon, rode out on horseback

un Saturday morning.
The Duchess d'Orleans visited her Majesty on Satur-
day at Buckingham Palac?.
His R.)yal Highness the Prince of Wales, attenAd by
Mr. Gibbs. took a drive in an open carriage on Saturday.
Her Majesty and his R.,yal Highness Prince Albert
did Sir George Hay ter the honour to inspect his picture
of the " Arrestation of Cardinal Wolsey, by the Earl ot.
Northumberland, at Cawood Castle."
The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company it eluded her Royal
highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency Monsieur and
Madame Van de Weyer, Earl de Grey, Lord and Lady
John :tanners, Lord and Lady nubat Grosvenor, Lord
Colville, the Right Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Balwer,
the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Colonel
Wylde, Lady Fanny Howard, and Lord William Paulet.
The. band ot the 2d Life Guards attended daring
dinner, and performed the following selections:—

March.
Overture " Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn.
watiz " Le Rose de Mafia" (MS.) Hochett.
Divertissement Prophets" Meyerbeer.
Quadrille " Grentda"... D'Albert.
Polka "Kassurd Kier" Grattan Cooke,

Galop • God save the Queen.
Her Majesty's Private Band as in attendance after
Dinner in the Palace, and played the following pieces:—
Overture " Der Kiffhauser-Berg" Marachner.
Pastorale "Le Prophi e" Meyerbeer.
Selection "Le Songe Wan° Nuit d'Ete" Thomas.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the
garden of Buckingham Palace, and the Royal family

took their usual exercise.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the erinee of Wales, and the Princess Royal, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the doniesiie household,
attended divine service yesterday morning in the private
chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev.
Gerald Wellesley officiated.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge went
yesterday to Kew.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing•street. Th. Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Longdal, the ,larquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secre-
tary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir J. Peking-
top, the Chancellor of the Exchi quer, the:Duke Of Nor-
thumberland, the Right Hon. J. W, Henley, die Earl of
Hardwicke,, the Right Hon...J. C! ami Lord
John Manners.
Toe Council sat two hours.
A deputatign consisting of the Lord Advocate, the
Solicitor-General far Scotland, the Rev. Dr. Simpson,
Mr. Eddington, and Mr. Tait, bad an intervtew with
Mr. Secretary -Walpole on Saturday, at the -Home-
office.
A depOtation',froin -the_ Railway Passengers As-
surance Company,
.consisting of the Marquis of Granby,
M.P., Mr.. clay, M.P., Mr. Harrison (Deputy Chairtaae)
Mr. Harvie Farquhar, Mr. W. G. Vtan (Secretary), Mr.
Holt (Solicitor), and Mr. Sudlow, jun. (Parliamentary
Agent), bad an interview on Saturday with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Down-

lug. street:
A deputation respecting the removal of the Crystal
Palace, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Harness (Minister
of All S 'Ws), Mr. Harford (Rutland-gate, churchwar-
den of All Stints, Knightsbridge), Mr. Baker (Princes-
gate), Mr. Godson (Rutland-gate). Captain Phibbs
(Rutland Bete), Mr. Auldjo (Rutland-gate), and M•r•
Jennings (Prioces-gate), had au interview on Saturday
with Lord Jahn Manners at the Office of the Commis-

sioners of Works and Public Buildings.
A deputation, consisting of the Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh, Baillie Morrison of Edinburgh, Sir W. Gibson
Craig, M.P., Mr. Tuffnell, M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P.,; the
Lord Advocate, and the Solicitor-General for Scotland,
had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the
Home-office on Saturday. •
A deputation on the suhject of the proposed repeal of
attorneys' certificate duty, consisting of Lord Robert
Grosvenor, M.P. for Middlesex, Colonel Sir W. Verner,
Bert., M.P., Armaghahire, Mr.Cowan, M.P., Edinburgt,
Mr. Scaollett, M.P., Dumbartonshire. Mr. Mailings,
Cirencester, Mr. Cobbold, M P., Ipswich, Mr.
Bremridge, M.P., Barnstaple, Mr. Sadler, ISI P., Callow,
Mr. Gregory and Mr. Coverdsle, the Presuleut and
Vice-President of the Incorporated Law Society, Messrs.
Austen, Barnes, Clarke, Cookson, ham.
Leman, Sudlow and
Tooke, Members of the Council, and Mr. Mang
Secretry, had an interviw with the Chancellor a' the
Exchear on Saturday,e at his officnal residence in
que
Downing-streets _
Tee Earl of.-Devon had an interview with Lord Col-
chester on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
A deputation from Liverpool, consisting of r.
vest Johnry-
son and Mr. Williams, overseers, and Mr. Har Mt,
clerk, accompanied by Sir Thomas Birch and M
ar.
Cardwell, Cardwell, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpol
on Saturday, at the Home-office.
• Mr. Muntz..M.P., bad an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday; Mi. Timm had
also an interview-with the:Right lion. Gentleman.
• The Oxford University Commission had a Meting
on Satinday, at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury. in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop
of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, , the Master of Pem-
broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor
Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A..p.
Stanley (Secretary).
Lord John Russell had a Parliamentary dinner party
on Saturday, at his residence in Chesham-place. The
company consisted of Sir Thomas Birch, M.P., Mr.
Sereeant Murphy, M.P., Lord C. Paget, M.P., Mr. Bass,
M.P.. Mr. Jacks.in, 51. P., Mr. Heald, M.P., Mr. Hind-
ley, M.P., Mr. Ogle, M.P., Mr. Martin Smith, M.P.,
air. Mattriew Wll4OO, M.P., Mr. Divett,
glee, M.P., Mr. Araistrong, M.P.. Mr. Pigott, M.P., and
Mr. Morgan M P.

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THE PEEms--or FAsatori, A. NOVEL —We 'ques-
tion if ever the perils of fashionable life were more affectingly
and vividly exhibited than in the charming romance before
us. In wounded feelings and affections, the defeated ai-
D'Arci, the heroine, we haves
pirationsand projects of nary
att. epitome of what existence is ia that charmed circle
sto itself the title of le grand: monde, The
which arrogate.
fashionable life here depicted is not that false ideal one stereo-
tynetl in ordinary. novels kit is the life drawn tromactual
who
being, by...
one experienced in its changeful aspect, and
posseses. a hand skilled in the limner's art. .the characters
are numerous, and are sketched with more than usual bold-
.
ness, and painted with truthful colours. The
ssntresusisc, robiard.
Lord Brandiston and the scheming Italian
Leigh, the clergyman, and S originals'ie,
.tsfien
are evident' portraits, from gdltiPtie albaet iriet:
cognise: i On the whole ~Thereris no; tdi
Fashion"cu is° a most
exciting novel, which we thinl will become very , popular.
—Glebe. . , ,i
ELKCTLON or HEAD voNsTABLE FOR LIVERPOOL.
i a these
att
eniwedreenze-
-The Liverpool watch committee met on Saturday to elect a
nu.mbercew,,ebruet for the A Originally
head constable in the room of *r. Dowling.
there were forty
adnudcewd
etroe.
fiinves.ucc'ession before the committee.le teTvhiet7Cchhdoeirre.,
TerediLadietsccd
however, virtually lay between Mr.
Bingham,
n ant
mari of the watch committee;
e pensioners of the iverpool district; an' d Lieutenant
of nth
'Bruce. The committee debated with closed doors for nearly
two hours; when a division took place, Alr, Binghatn receiv- I
lag seven, :Captain Greig six, and Lieutenant Bruce five
votes. Liientenant Bruce's
name, as lowest on the list, being
'excluded, the committee again
iiiajdFity of eleven votes to
divided, when Captain Greig
was elected head constablby a
seven. It may here be stated
that one of the forty candi-
dat
ef sent a plaster ca pt of
°his head, instead of the required
testimonials, and another seat his portrait, .
. ,
ST n it&e:COPICDAGUE
of Russia ha_ gaBoTYPIRS,"—The Emperor.;
3 recently transmitted to Mr. Claudet, the emi
neat photographer, of-Regent-street, street, a magnificent diamond
ring, in acknowledgmenteoeft.he pleasure which his Mojeety
has experienced in examining. by the aid of Mr. Wheat-
s.tone's ingenious invention, called the stereoscope, a series of
daguerreotype. views of the Great-Exhibition, taken by Mr.
Claudet, and forwarded :by hint to St. Petersburgh tor the
Emperor's inspection. 'The present is accompanied by a
very complimentary letter, in which it is stated that the
ar-
i Emperor has been enabled by these views, and by the m
i .valious.pbenomenon of plane surfaces producing representa-
tions of objects in. perfect : relief, "to form a correct idea' of
constant
't
the Great'Exhibition." It is also stated that
thepresent' is
'made in acknowledgment of Mr. Claudet's
en-
deavours ever since 1889 to improve the interesting art of
photography."
h THE NEW YORK ExinurrioN.—Notwithetteding
some Act e opposition from the American Institute, the
legislation incorporating the association for the
its E xhibition off
the Industry of all Nations at New' York, in final stage,
received the signature of the Governor -of the State on the
11th inst., Mr. Balcock, who presented the
remonstrance.of
the Institute, but who stated his impression to be favoizrable
to the Bill, having. after some discussion, withdrawn his.
motion. - The Bill was passed ' unanimuu
in ths'Assem).ly the usual forms were (11' penned the
Seisate.
account of the: importance of dispatch i Im
en'e4
' with
on.
.
_vast an midertaking,,and the Bill
read n carrying out so
i . . , e, nu in bersbae' lust,. second, and
third time, awl PlB6O th
sgainailit. ,S,l4quaepti k.44.„44 d . Mg 80 for, and 1
In the building, which i$ to have.' "If4n la to be carried out
the original. plan._ a transept inQaddition to

A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Com-
mission for the Exhibition of 1851, Rai ha 9 Monday at
r•lact 9f weSugalor,