The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Earl of Derby bad an audience of the Queen
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, arrived in town at half-
past eleven o'clock, yesterday morning, from her resi-
dence, Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness
visited the Queen, at Buckingham Palace, and partook
of luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the Royal Duchess
left her residence, Clarence Roust:, St. James's, on her
return to Frogmore.
The Duke of Wellington had an audience yesterday
afternoon, of the Queen, at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Family took their accustomed exercise
yesterday, in the garden of the Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon.

The Quoen had a dinner party yesterday, at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Duko of Wellington, bis Excellency
the Austrian Minister and the Countess Buol Shauen-
stein, his Excellency the Sicilian Minister and the
Princess Carini, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Earl and
Countess of Albemarle.
The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture
" Jubel," composed for the In-
auguration of the Statue of Frederick
the Second Conradi.
••• ••• ••• •••
Walzer " Narragansett "
Fantasiavviilie
”on..t.he Scotch air "
Spaeth.
Frederich Wilhelm's Quadrille Bilse.
Galop Militaire „ Fohrbsch.
Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham
Palace on Monday evening, and performed the following
selection:—

Overture, Op. 44 ... ▪
Kalliwoda.
Selection, " La Fille du Regiment" Donizetti.
Coro, " Nel Silenzio" Meyerbeer.
Air, " La Cheval de Bronze" ▪
Auber.
Mr. Entwisle and Mr. Peel (of Manchester) had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-
Office. Mr. Bellew, M.P., had also an interview with
the Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and
Malta. Dispatches were also sent to the Governor of
the Mauritius.

•Dispatches were received yesterday from the Go-
vernors of the North American Provinces, and from the
Governor of Bermuda, at the Colonial-office.

THE REFORM CONFERENCE.

The foliowTngieTteii;a;be;naddrcsTedtothe Presi-
dent of the National Reform Association

TO SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY, M P.
Sir,. . Sir,—Would i, uld you permit one wo has had some
experience conterences, end who takes great interest
in the
.one announced for March 2, convened by the
association of which you are president, to sugg
it es
ths!t
would be a great advantage if each delegate coulnd,all if
possible, present his report in writing? By .this pla
essential facts are told in the shortest time, and the
matter communicated ready for reference and use at once.
Yours, in political respect,
ONE WHO HAS ATTENDED MANY CONFERENCES.

NUNNERIES.
A petition to the Queen from the women of Cumber-
land upon this subject is now in course of signature, and
many hundreds of names have already been subscribed
enjoyed under her
Majesty's thut from
to it. The petition sets forth that the female inhabitants
of the county of Cumberland, deeply sensible of the
tuballessayisntgesmaraes wnriathc--
bmleasjseisntgys,soGf
ecriveirinarsnednrte, leighisoeurrseliwbcitrht
one
Irater of our class ofin
consequencetheir fello w- seufbjtehcetse
conventual
system altogether
ethipeslpeddo'siend
tGreate the
pßritainpure and
1 dand
benevolentlreland;
religion, and m
by.whnunnich Young inexperienced females,
when immured are stripped
perty, placed under unnatural restraini d of their pro-
intercourse with relatives and friend 9 eprived of free
plea-
sures of social life, exposed to s, and of the
confrom which, if they ehould repent of
dangers, and
of
"WS
taken in igno-
rance or rashness, or under the
persons, escape is nearly impossible. influence of designing
therefore humbly and respectfully The fair petitioners
to take such steps
as
are pectfully beseech her Majesty
of these lands, for consistent with the constitution
dissipating
the mystery which en-
shrouds these conventualinstitutions; for opening them
to the full inspection of
m the civil magistrate, so that no
individual may be receivedh into, or detained in, or dis-
missed from the
de-
priving them of them, without his knowledge; and for dc-
at character of constraint, and con-
cealment, and compulsion, which they at present posro
and which contrasts
so painfully with the precepts of he
Christian religion, and with liberty enjoyed by
all other classes
.ow. .
d 111/0119..--
cw.lisle P
in her Majesty's happy
aper.

COOKING WITHOUT FIRE.—We have partaken to-
day of a beefsteak, cooked without the aid of fire, by a new
invention of our ingenious townsman, Mr. John Macdougall,
cabinetmaker. It consists of a tin vessel, the under part of
which is a close chamber, over which is the receptacle for
the meat, or other material to be cooked, and this again is
covered by a lid to confine the beat. A quantity of cold
water is then conveyed, bY means of a pipe, to the chamber
beneath, and heat is generated sufficient to cook a chop or
steak in five or six minutes. Mr. Macdougall did not show
o:al
b agentisc cold
d which,water i
ste; pa n, and he keeps as
nits s theeer e It a
tbhoer acthoerrnyt
its combination with
the water, generates the heat, until his invention shall have
been registered ; but he says the expense is so trifling as not
to be worth considering. The contrivance is susceptible of
being adapted to a variety of forms and sizes, and must be
very useful and convenient to travellers, sportsmen, and
others. It will pack in the knapsack of the pedestrian or the
creel of the angler ; and when lonely bachelors come home
to their cold grates it will prevent much profane swearing'--
Kelso Jitti

NAVAL INTELLIGENCT.
THE NEW BOARD OF ADMIRALTY.

We have reason to believe thaithe-lTukeof Nor-
thumberland has formed his Board of Admiralty, most
of the nominated members of which had interviews with
the GE,Haut Duke at Northumberland-house yesterday.
As the public, unacquainted with the career of his
Grace,
merely may imagine that the Duke of Northumberland
is
a Duke, and no sailor, we have great pleasure
in publishing from O'Byrne's Naval Biography the fol-
lowing epitome of the First Lord's services in the navy,
by which it will be seen he has "roughed" it early, and
must necessarily be well acquainted with those details
and duties which cannot fail to constitute a good and
just distributor of patronage for merit:—
" This eilicer (then Lord Algernou Percy, but who
was raised to the peerage as Lord Prudhoe in 1816) en-
tered the navy in March, 1805, as first-class volunteer,
on hoard the Tribune frigate, Captain R. Henry Alex-
ander Bennett, whom ha followed as midshipman in the
ensuing September into tho Fame, 74. In those ships
he served off Shetland, Rochefort, and Cadiz, and in
various parts of the Mediterranean, until 1810. He
then joined the Hydra, 38, Captain G. Mundy, and
after having commanded a gun-boat in co-operation
with the patriots on the coast of Andalusia, be became
attached, in January, 1811, to the Christian VII., 80,
bearing the flag, off the Scheldt, of Sir Edward Fellow,
under whom, when again serving in the Mediterranean
on board the Caledonia, 120, he was confirmed in the
rank of lieutenant by a commission bearing date the 16th
of December, 1811. Prior to the receipt of the intelli-
gence of his official advancement to the rank of comman-
der, which took place on the Bth of March, 1814, his
Lordship occasionally acted as captain of the Scout and
Pelorus sloops, and also of the Caledonia herself, in
which ship he fought in a partial action with the French
fleet off Toulon, and witnessed the fall of Genoa. He
subsequently officiated for some months as acting cap-
tain of the Cossack, 22, on the coast of North America,
and at the period of his elevation to post rank, the 19th
of August, 1815, was serving at Portsmouth on board
the Driver sloop.'
The second Lord will be Rear-Admiral of the Red,
Hyde Parker, C.B.
The third will be Rear-Admiral Phipps Efornby,
C. 8., if he will accept the post. The gallant Admiral.
we are sorry to hear, is labouring under an affection of
the eyes; but it is to be hoped that it will not prevent
him from becoming one of the new board, and that in
the meanwhile, by the aid of skilful medical treatment,
he will speedily be rendered convalescent.
K.C.B.
The fourth will be Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert,

The fifth is Captain Milne, the junior member of the
present board. _ _

The civil member has not yet been appointed, but
The Secretary will be Mr. August Stafford, M.P. for
North Northamptonshire.
Two or three persons have been named as First
Lord's private secretary, and among them Captains the
Hon. F. T. C. Pelham (1840), and John Washington
(1842); but we may state that the post will be occupied
by a naval captain; and we have the best reasons for
believing that it will be the first named—the Hon. Cap-
tain Peihare, whose last service was in command of the
Odin steam-tiigate, in the Mediterranean.
It must be agreed on all hands that the new board
formed by the above members is a most promising one.
The position, services, and character of the individuals
meet every objection, civil or professional.
In his Grace the Duke of Northumberland we have
again an Admiralty authority in the Upper House. By
profession a sailor, and by service a senior officer, be
has just that experience which qualifies him beyond all
others who have filled the office for an age, to recom-
mend him as most fit and most eligible for the great and
responsible station he is called upon by his Sovereign to
occupy; whilst from the fact that be has not served
actively for a very long period, but has nevertheless in-
terested himself generally in all our national institutions,
the Noble Duke is free from the objection urged against
the appointment of a naval officer to be First Lord of the
Admiralty on account of the numerous followers for
whom he would be first bound to provide.
In Admiral Hyde Parker (the second senior Rear-
Admiral) we have one of the ablest and, most expe-
rienced officers in the navy. He is the son of the late
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, and grandson of Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. He has served on full-
pay for 31 years, his last ;service having been as superin-
tendent or Portsmouth Dockyard and Commander-in-
Chief of the Chafed' Squadron. It is well known that
his manners are most frank and his habits most prompt;
and whilst carrying on his duty with the utmost strict-
ness, he has been often considered rather a tart officer.
It is universally admitted that he has had the whole
service, as it were, at his fingers' ends, and he has ever
proved himself to be most upright, just, and fair.
A better third could nut be found than Admiral
Hornby, also a rear-admiral of the red. He has served
actively more than most men on the list, fa he has been
on full pay no less than 37 years. As we stated yes-
terday, he is one of the heroes of Lissa, having, under
Sir James Gordon, commanded the Volage, 22, in that
celebrated action, ho has served as Commissioner of the
Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, Superintendent of
Woolwich Dockyard, Comptroller-General of the Coast
Guard, and Commander-in• Chief of the Pacific station.
He is universally respected in the service.
Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert is a good fourth. He
has seen 22 years' service afloat. Ile won his steps by
his gallantry and wounds, and his honours in the China
war. His last service was as Commander-in-Chief of
the southeast coast of America station.

The fifth, as we have above stated, is a member of the
present; boatd. He is the son of the late gallant and
distinguished Admiral Sir David Milne, G.C.8., and
although a young man, has served afloat some 22 years.
The Secretary, Mr. Augustus Stafford, is well known
as an able and skilful House of Commons debater, and,
we doubt not, will make one of the most efficient poli-
tical Secretaries to the Admiralty after he has mastered
the routint duties of his new office. From his Parlia-
mentary experience, no doubt Mr. Stafford will well re-
present the board in the House of Commons. At pre-
sent he is the only member of the new board who is in
Parliament, but Sir Thomas Herbert is sure to be re-
turned for Dartmouth, and it tin scarcely to doubted
that if Admiral liornby were to ett-r himself for the
borough of Greenwich, that that constituency would
give Admiral Stewart for his colleague a worthy brother
officer.—Lierald.
PROMOTION OF Ct.MMANDER QUIN.- Three vacancies
having taken place in the list of captains, the First Lord
of the Admiralty has promoted Commander Richard R.
Quin (1846) to the rank of captain. This officer entered
the navy in 1834, passed his examination in 1840, and
for his services on the coast of China in the Conway, 28,
was promoted to be lieutenant; he served in the Belvi-
dera,
as, and Collingwood, 80, was promoted in No-
vember, 1846, and commanded the Waterwitch, 8, on
the coast of Africa for two years and a half, during
which time he made several captures.
The commanders commission it is reported, will be
Ip Ia
d o
w a rird Turner uwr no eo
i1e8h2,5),
the who bas
Merlin,
steam-packet, after three years and a halt's service in the
Mediterranean. This old officer entered the navy in
givenbrou brought home, hLoimeuet, andja mhea ss
1807, passed his examination in 1814, but served eleven
years as mate before he was promoted. Asa lieutenant,
he was employed in the Romney troop-ship; then in the
Ganges, 84; from 1835 to 1813 in command of the
Ranger, Falmouth and Brazil packet; and since then in
command of small stea
APPOINTMENTS.

92, Portsmouth.
steam-;ender to the Herald,
Clerk--W S. Ralph, to the Rodney,
service.
floi•rmlS:uusuntetkhr:S• 'Ae ct:sa itsshuticupTetaYsoc—irinreg.lTlt:.,lit'.isHraerpto,
tea,
ards, to
Assistant Engineers—J. husbands, J -
, J. 'Jell and W.
the Victory
ship, Woolwich ; and J. R. Rich to the Fisgard flag-
will be commis •
flag-ship, Portsmouth.
Antelope steams-p:
in a day or tv,o by Lie
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE P Lieutenant J. IL Young.
has given notice that the aiNTAL°°l4.—Mr. Wocdhead
arising from the capture of cecunt sale of the precreds
Pantaloon the slaver Revoama by the
, Commander
Novem-
ber, 1849, will be H.
Parker, on the 18th 'Novem-
rairalty on or alter registeredtl in the Digit Court of Ad-
miralty
Vesuvius,
,e sth day of March next.
6, stetin•slooP ,Commander Barnard, went
into Channel on
her rigging into iMonday, to try her engines and shake
the atternoun,place, returning to Plymouth Sound in
and
embarking her powder and other
ordnance stores.
'rho Asia, 84, in dock here, ' is b •
eing coated over her
copper with the composition Peacock and
of Messrs.
Buchan, of Southampton.
PLYMOUTH, MO
NDAY.—Ihr Majesty's steam-frigate
Vesuvius, Captain Barnard, went from Hamoaze into
the Sound to-day to try her engines, and returned into
Barn Pool, where her compasses are to be adjusted.
It is intended that the steam block ship Sanspareil
shall be ready by Friday, the 6th of March, to get up
her steam for tho purpose of trying her engines'.
WooLverca, FEB. 24.—The Undine Dover mail
steam-packer, Second Master John Warman (acting),
was taken out of the basin here to-day, and the Violet
Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander H.
P. Jones, taken in to be repaired.
The paying-off of the Cormorant steam-sloop, Com-
mander W. C. Chamberlain, from the coast of Africa,
which was intended to take place to-morrow, is post-
poned to Friday next.
Captain Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S., Commander
of the Herald, 28, and the Torch steam-tender, visited
Woolwich dockyard to-day to witness the progress of the
latter vessel fitting at this port to assist in surveying the
South Seas, the gallant officer being anxious to proceed
to the station for his surveying duties as early as possible.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., Commander-in-
Chiet of the Arctic Expedition of 1852, has been en-
gaged at the Admiralty during the last four days, where
rooms have been allotted to him for the reception of
officers, and transacting business connected with the
expedition. The vessels commissioned will be supplied
with officers fully competent to take the charge of
searching parties wben they arrive in the Arctic regions.
The Assistance (the flag-Aip) will have Captain Sir
Edward Belcher, Commander Richards, two lieutenants,
one master, and one clerk in charge.
The Resolute, Captain Kellet, Ca, will have three
lieutenants, one master, arid one clerk in charge.
The North Star, Commander Pullen, one lieutenant,
one master, and one clerk in charge.
The Intrepid, screw-steamer, Commander M'Clintock,
tender to the AssiSIiIIICO, one master, and two assistant-
engineers.
The Pioneer, screw-steamer,
Lieutenant-Commander
Sherard Osborn, tender to the Resolute, and
one master,
two assistant- engineers.
The Assistance and Resolute have taken on board a
large supply of coals instead of ballast , and the hands
on
are now busily employed in taking board the iron
of
water-tanks. The bows both
vessels have been
l
sharpened by attaching strong p'ecesoitimber, which
will be covered with iron, and they will bo much easier
to tow during their next than they were daring their
last voyage to the 4100,0 regions.

Vbirb

POSTSCRIPTUM TO SPORTING NOTES
No. CLXXVL
Owing to some unaccountable negligence the scratch-
ing of one of my fancy horses (Verax) in the Sutton
Steeplechase did not come to hand until this af
Generaternoon,
which obliges tree to take—Young Lottery, the l,
and Buscot as the FIRST, SECOND, and T}LIRD iII this
3190. SPIRIT OF THE TORE.
5 P.M. Feb, 25, 1852.

FRAN CE.
The President's second ball took place on Monday
night at the Tuileries, The number of tickets issued
was, I am informed, 3,500, and so numerous were the
applications that a notice was inserted some days since
in the papers to the effect that no more invitations
could be issued. It is stated, however, that not less
than 4,000 persons were present.
. The President
arrived at the Palace at nine o clock, and left at mid.
night. The Marshals present were Jerome Bona-
parte, Reille, and Excelmans. All the Ministers
attended except M. de Persigny and the Minister-at-
War—the latter was prevented by an accident which
occurecd to his son, whose leg was broken by a kick
from a horse. The Diplomatic Corps and Consular
body in Paris were nearly complete. A considerable
number of senators attended in their new official cos-
tunic, and M. B troche appeared in that of Vice-
president of the Council of State. The attendance
of military men was considerable, and several Com-
mandants of the reformed National Guard were pre-
sent in their new uniform. New arrangements bad
been adopted in order to prevent confusion. The
vestiare, for instance, was placed in the orangery,
which also served as the first salle d'entrie. Instead
of being admitted by one entrance, as on former occa-
sions, carriages arrived by two—the Pavillon de Flore
and the Pavillon de l'Horloge ; the former reserved
for the high public functionaries, the latter for the
persons invited. By this means order was main-
tained. The ball lasted till four o'clock in the
morning.

GERMANY.
The publication of the sentence of the District
Court in Hesse Cassell against the members of the
Permanent Committee of the late Chamber was
fixed for the 19th. Only two of the accused, M.
Schwarzenburg and M. Graft" appeared, M. Henkel
having escaped. They are convicted of attempting
to resist the execution of the decrees of September,
1850, incurring thereby the penalties of high trea-
son according to an ordinance of 1795. They were
sentenced to terms of two and three years' imprison•
went, with deprivation of civil rights. They have
bath entered an appeal against the sentence.
Oae of those fearful whirlwinds that occasionally
visit Vienna blew on Wednesday last, causing consi-
derable damage to chimney-pots and window-panes,
and the heads of passers-by. Nothing has been seen
like it since the winter of 1848-49, when a hurricane
shook the very walls of Vienna. The telegraph
suffered on Wednesday, causing a delay in the ar-
rival of the message conveying the substance of the
ministerial motion in the House of Commons respect-
ing the national defences. From Oderburg, the dis-
patch dated the 17th had to be forwarded by post, so
tbat it only arrived last night. With respect to these
defences, certain organs of the Government here pre-
t.nd to sneer at the idea of an invasion of England ;
Ve military preparations by land being merely in-
tended to keep down the disorderly and riotous at
Lone!

THE PRESS IN FRANCE.
(From the Literary Gazette.)
PARIS, FEB 18.—President telonaperte has this day
promulgated his long-expected law on the press. It is of
unexampled harshness and oppression. Old Draco
himself, if living in these days, would not have made
it so atrociously severe. It ruins newspaper end
periodical proprietors; it strips editors, and writers,
and reporters, of the means of obtaining their broad
by their honest industry; it altogether annihilates the
political press. And not content with this, it prohibits
the entrance into France of foreign political journals and
periodicals without the special authorisation of the Go-
vernment—a prohibition expressly levelled at some of
your daily contemporaries.
The principal enactments of this extraordinary law
are as follow :—No political newspaper or periodical can
henceforth be started without the formal permission of the
Government; neither can any change be made in the pub-
lishers, principal editors, proprietors, or managers of a
journal, without the said permission. Anybody introducing
or circulating an ucauthorised foreign newspaper is to go
to prison for from a month to a year, and is to pay a fine
of from 41. to 2001. The caution-money to be deposited
previous to the publication of any newspaper or periodical
is to be 2,0001. at Paris and Lyons, and less in some of
the departments. The stamp duty is to be six centimes
a sheet, and is to be borne by foreign as well as French
journals; and books on politics and political economy are
to pay the duty, whether foreign or French. Any
fraud or irregularity on this point is to be punished by
a fine of from 81. to 2,000/. The postage ou newspa-
pers is to be re-established. Any newspaper publishing
a report of parliamentary proceedings, other than that
authorised by the Presiden: of the Chamber, is to be
fined from 40/. to 200/. The publication or reproduc-
tion of false news (i. e., probably all news displeesing
to the Government) is to incur a fine of from 21. to
401.; if done wilfully, of from 20/. to 40/, with imprison-
ment of from one month to a year. Toe publication of
unauthorised accounts of the sitting of the Senate and
of the Coneloil of State, and of reports of trials of the
pros=, is prohibited under penalty of from 2/. to 200/.; if
the reports so published be designedly incorrect, there
is to be an increase cif fine and imprisonment. Every
newspaper is to be obliged to insert any article
of a public functionary under a penalty of
from 2/. to 40/., and of suspension for
fifteen clays. The law courts may prohibit
newspapers from reporting any criminal or civil case
whatsoever. A newspaper condemned once for what is
called crime, or twice for simple offences, is to be sup-
pressed. It can also be suspended without judgment by
the Government, and altogether suppressed by decree of
the President. Any attempt to revive it under another name
is to entail fines of from 201. to 1201., and imprisonment
of from a month to two years, on the editors, publishers,
and printers. No man condemned for what the French
law calls an infamous offence is to be allowed to:write
at all on politics, and any one printing or publishing
his lucubration is to pay from 40/.to 2001. The publication
of engravings, lithographs, drawings, medals, and em-
blems, is not to be allowed without previous authorisation
under pain of from 4/. to 40/. fine. Bookte!lers are to
be required to have special licencts to carry on trade,
and are to go to prison for from one month to two years,
are to pay from 41. to 200/., and are to have their
shops closed, if they neglect to obtain them. Finally,
all trials relative to effete:es of the press are no longer
to take plan - with the intervention of a jury, but Mere
the police tribute ats.
In presence of such enactments as these, it is clear
that the political press cannot exist in France. The
slithtest observation di 3pleesirg to the Govern-
ment, nay, even the inadvertent publication of a
aimPlo paragraph considered offensive, will not only
suhje,ct editors, publishers, and printers, to heavy
fine and lengthened imprisonment, but may cause
the suspension or even suppression of their journal or
periodical, and that, if the Goverment so pleases, with-
out anyttorm of trial or process. Under such a regime
the copyrights of newspapers which a few months ago
were wortu tens of thousands of francs, are now lite-
rally north nothing, and none but madmen could now
thP it of embarking money iu
newspaper speculation.
• will be observed that the new law does not ostensi-
bly touch literary periodicals; but yet it presses as se-
ver( ly on authors as on regular journalists. And itdoes so,
because in Frame° the newspaper has never been exclu-
sively a newspaper as ours are—it has always been partly
newspaper and partly literary periodical and magazine—
politic-el and news-giving in one part, literary and
eritical in the feud/don. What now can the poor author
do with his romance or his tale—hie sketch of manners,
his essay. his biographical etude, his revievi There willa
no feuilleton to accept it, because few newspapers will
exist, and those that do will no longer be able to pay the
expense. And as to the existing literary periodicals, they
too will suffer; for the enactments respecting " matters of
politics or social economy," will deprive them of all li-
berty in discussing the questions which now-a-days have
most charms for the reader, and will strike at that
portant portion of their contents which consists in the
exposition, in a popular form,
of the evils of the social
state.
As a free press is the first and clearest proof of the
liberty of a nation, a glance at Prince I3onaparte's now
law will shew every one that France is now in a state of
the most abject and most cringing slavery. It is a la-
mentable thing to say, but it is really the truth, that, in
point of view, there ism this moment
a politicalno great
difference between the intelligent and high-minded peo-
ple of this noble country and the black slaves of a sugar
plantation. One is almost driven to Plato's conclusion,
that mankind can be nothing better than the playthings
of the gods, when we see such a people subjected to such
number of daily political a law.
A few months ago the
news-
papers in Paris exceeded thirty; it now does not amount
to ten, and of these ten some are certain to disappear in
the course of a short time. It is a very moderate met_
putatioa to suppose that each one of the twenty and odd
suppressed journals gave regular employment at good
salaries to ten literary men, as editor:, contributors, re-
Porte', correspondents, or critics, and that each one
afforded occasional employment to at least the same
number of feuillatonistes. Here, then, we have
upwards of twice two hundred men, who, as regards
inteeligence, are of the elite of society, sud-
denly dsprieed of " tho means whereby
they lived,"
without any fault of their own. What is to become of
them? West of their helpless wives and families?
FP7a of them have any aptitude for any other calling,
tt-td even if they had, what chance have they,
is this overstocked world, of finding vacant places?
The contemplation of their misery must wring
every heart, and the more so, as, from a cer-
tain fierte they all possess, they feel it with
peculiar bitterness. But, after all, they are but a
small portion of the unfortunates who are ruined by the
ruining of the press :—there are the compositors, who
must exceed 2,000 in number ; there are the newsvendere,
who must amount
to hundreds ; there are the distribu-
tots, and the publishers, and the Clerks, and all the va-
jourtml, who must amount to
It"tkne dependents of
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