The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-03 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER, TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.

Prxxoura—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
Pk.)orx—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
EASTEIGS—Wind E.N E., gentle breeze—partially C101.1,1Y.
SOIITHAMPTON—W ind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy,
TUNBRIDGE—Winn E, gentle breeze— cloudless.
GitEENWICII—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Svmmox—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

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The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock :
Lrealwar—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CARr.ow-Wind N.W., hard wind—overcast.
tittriuxoen—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
Pools--Wind E., gentle breeze--cloudless.
l'Err maw:A—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
noun:sun—Wind S , gentle breeze- overcast.
wHrrny—Calm—foggy.
DJatmfG-rozi—Wind w.N. W., gentle breeze—frost.
sRAF —Wind E., calm—clear.
BE
Arr°c'("Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1852.

The explanation given last evening in the House
of Commons by the Right Hon. Gentleman the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEIWER must be deemed
ernad
2°
e
far satisfactory by the nation, that it sets at rest
all
doubt as to the intentions of her MaJaszz's Govern.
went. It will be remembered that considerable :-
certainty was felt as to the views really entertained
by the Noble Earl the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY,
in reference to the dissolution of the existing Parlia-
ment. The opinions expressed by him in March upon
that vitally important subject seemed so far contra-
dictory when compared with the opinions already
expressed by him in February,;that the country began
to dread the possibility of some extraordinary change
having taken place in the policy to be pursued by the
Cabinet towards the Legislature. It was feared, and
under the circumstances we cannot but think natu-
rally enough, that having at length obtained the sup-
plies on the pretext that, once granted, they would
inevitably lead forthwith to the general
election, the Ministry had ungenerously de-
termined to forget all those assurances,
and to postpone the dissolution of Parlia-
ment until such time as it might perfectly suit their
own convenience. This indeed was the impression
produced, by Lord 1)&1:my's remarks, upon the mind
of the Duke of NEWCASTLE : and contrasting those
remark,' with the observations already made by the
raimE BlemsTEß towards the close of the preceding
month of February, it must be confessed that the
judgment of the Duke of NEWCASTLE did not appear
very grievously warped in arriving at that conclusion.
Fortunately, however, lost evening a more explicit
declaration of the views cherished upon this matter
by the existing Cabinet was extorted from the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER by the Noble Lord
the leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Hitherto,
the course adopted by that Opposition, we have—
and that, moreover, from the very outset—protested
against et derogatory to the character of the House
of Commons, as at first, nothing less than factious,
and, as amounting at lase, almost to the cul-
pability of being unconstitutional. Happily the indig-
nation provoked even:arnongse• its supporters, by these
shameless proceedings of a party infuriated by its
'ignominious degradation, in-
very recent and very
duced them in the end somewhat to
modify their
tactics—more, however, it is manifest,
feelings
of shame than from iNtiees of magnanimity.
from
The
new Government, w had been summoned into
Enomeat
ivery remarkable and
existence in a V
emergepeyo found itself noll_on almost
podeampled ger ob-
structed at every turn by the rancour of die..
appointed ambition and the petulance of

irremediable defeat. The estimates were granted—
no less than 14,000,000/. of the public moneys
being voted, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed
yesterday, with a rapidity scarcely ever
paralleled. How this was accomplished in
spite of every interposing difficulty was significantly
indicated last night by the Leader of the new Opposi-
sition ;' for, said he, " relying upon the accuracy of
the reports which I heard, and being assured by
many noble friends of mine that what they had heard
was perfectly satisfactory to them, I did advise those
who act with me upon this side of the House not to
ask for any limited supply; or to delay the business
of supply, but to proceed at once to vote the money
asked in the estimates." It was, consequently,
with peculiar dismay that, after having thus
sacrificed their vengeance, in obedience to the dictates
of a bitter but salutary circumspection, the Opposi-
tion imagined that, in the recent allusions made by
the Earl of DERBY to the necessity for a dissolution,
they detected a rather unsatisfactory alteration
in the intentions of her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment. It was, therefore, with more than usual soli-
citude that Lord JOHN RUSSELL referred yesterday
to the matter under consideration, threatening that
on Monday next before going again into a Com-
mittee of Supply he should demand at the hands of
the Government still further and somewhat more sa-
tisfactory explanations.

Without waiting until Monday, Mr. DISRAELI
at once manfully vouchsafed an answer, which
must be allowed :to be sufficiently candid
to allay the anxieties of the most incredulous. The
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, premising that
the First Minister had of late been very la-
mentably misunderstood [marvellous circum-
stance! that obscurity should have dulled even for
a moment " the clear silver of that Saxon
style"]—declared at once, simply and boldly,
" that it is the intention of her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment, as it was the intention of her MAJESTY'S Go-
vernment, so soon as those measures are passed which
are necessary for the service of her MAJESTY,
and those which we consider necessary for the
security and good government of the realm,
humbly to counsel her MAJESTY to dis-
solve the existing Parliament ; and we do
so with the full intention of recommending her MA-
JESTY to meet a new Parliament during the course of
the present year under circumstances which will
give an ample and complete opportunity for
the new Parliament to decide on the cha-
racter and policy of the existing Government."
Than this nothing could be more clear or more
perfectly in accordance with the original avowal
of the Noble Earl the PRIME MINISTER of England.
After this, it is earnestly to be hoped that the
business of the session will be no more in-
terrupted by these unfortunate rnisapprehen-.
sions. By evincing somewhat more magnani-
mity towards the statesmen now presiding,
at a crisis fraught with more than usually prolific
sources of embarrassment, over the different offices
of administration, the leaders of the Opposition
will extend their own popularity, while they
can in no manner jeopardise the interests of
the country by so doing—seeing that the people of
these islands will very speedily be afforded an oppor-
tunity of deliberately weighing in the balance the
policy of the existing Government.

We are at last to have a real, stringent, searching
investigation into the proceedings of the Anglo-
Indian Government. A Select Committee of the
House of Lords, fairly and impartially chosen, was
last night appointed to inquire into the operation
of the Act 3 and 4 William IV., c. 85, for the better
government of her Majesty's Indian territories, and
to report their observations thereon. The whole
question of what is popularly termed the renewal of
the East India Company's charter will thus be sub-
mitted to that Committee. We may also infer from
the concluding statement of the PREMIER that
the step thus taken is not merely :an ingenious de-
vice to divert the public attention from the
subject, as was too frequently the case
in fiscal and financial matters, when Sir
CHARLES Woo presided at the Exchequer. lie
said, " By the reports of the Committees of this and the
other House of Parliament, her MAJESTY'S Government
are ready to be guided in the course they will pur-
sue ; and to those Committees must be deputed the
important task of considering how the affairs of
India shall hereafter be best conducted." This is as
it should be. If Ministers desire to divide their
responsibility with a Committee of either branch of
the Legislature, if they induce Noble Lords or
Honourable Gentlemen to devote much valuable time
and labour to the consideration of any subject, they
should not contumeliously ignore the results of their
inquiries, or show that their appointment was nothing
more or less than a discreditable " dodge"—the word
although vulgar, is expressive—to shelve a trouble-
some question until after the report of the Commit-
tee had been obtained. We, however, willingly
accept the pledge freely tendered by the Earl of
DERBY, and feel convinced that there will be no
mistake on the subject at any future period.
The question is indeed one of deep and almost
vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of a
arge proportion of her MAJESTY'S subjects. No
less than 150,000,000 of human beings—nearly
one-fifth of the population of the world—are
interested in the result. The great desideratum is
to bestow on that vast community the form of go-
vernment most suitable to their wants, and best cal-
culated to elevate them in the social scale. Have the
magnates of Leadenhell-street afforded evidence of
their fitness for that arduous and important duty ? or
have they shown themselves to be an assistance to, or
a clog upon, the Board of Control ? These are ques-
tions that have been deliberately asked, and which
must be seriously answered. We believe that the
truth will be elicited during the forthcoming
investigation, and that it will be clearly and
distinctly established that they are powerful only
for mischief—that they can do no good, although
they can oppose many formidable impediments to any
matters calculated to improve the condition of the
Asiatic subjects of her Most Gracious MAJESTY.
If, then, it can be shown that the services of the
Board of Directors are worse than useless—that they
render no practical assistance to the India Board, al-
though they retard and interfere with its efficiency
Wuen action is required, why should the
extraordinary privileges that will shortly be extin-
guished be renewed ? If there were any commercial
operations still pending, in which the capital of the
reason assigned fora
could
000rualladplahi nmoyi
wound
we
odauso concerned,
period,unpee. untiltut there is nothing of the sort.
the
continuation of the charter
ne-d, there might be some tan-
giblematters outstanding
commercial character.
The Company has since 1833
previously enjoyed—abolisb°end"o/y
which they had
completely lost its
ot only was the right of
exclusive trading—the m
DERBY, they were deprived'
erln
theirdeed obut, according to Lord
f.
a
aviltter of trivial im-
the privilege "of
tradingport e at w ahl
el .t'
h'
taken away or not, for it is certainthat e character Was
might be the interpretation of the Act °f whatever
the Company have long since • Parliament,
species of trading, and that it is totally
only, gatov up any
far
political functions are concerned, that an Y as their
mains to be disposed of. Point re-

The ground being then so far cleared,
w
there be any doubt or difficulty remainingh?y shwhy
ould
the affairs of the Eastern Empire to be
tram-
welled by the interference of twenty.fo
or thirty elderly gentlemen ? Is is merely
that they may have enormous patronage vested
in their hands, to distribute it according to their indi-
vidual caprices rather than for the benefit of the
community. As Lord ELLENBOROUGII truly re-
marked, such patronage divided into so many
channels, or rather " pooh," is only exercised in fa-
vour of the family or friends of the bestower.
Candidates relying merely on merit or on the services
of their forefathers, have but little chance of lucrative
employments. If we closely examine the nominations
to writerships or cadetships, we shall see numerous
cases of nepotism, and but few of public spirit.
There are, of course, some honourable exceptions,
but these are anything rather than the rule.
Now, is this to be continued ? Is the East India
House still to remain a close borough, or otherwise ?
We should say not. Objectionable as it may be to
transfer the patronafle,etothe Gthoevner,nornartht,etcheomexmisittitnege
system is far worse. trust,
last night appointed will diacharge iie important duties

without favour or affection, fear or prejudice. On
their decision will depend ►he well-being of myriads
of their fellow-creaturcs, and we cannot entertain
any doubt that their verdict will be an honest one,
in strict accordance with the evidence that may be
adduced before them.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
M. GIRARDIN makes his second appearance in the
Presse, and fills nearly an entire page with his remarks,
He concludes with as exhortation to those parties over
whom he supposes he has still a certain amount of in-
fluence to accept the Republic as it has been given to
them, and not to offer an opposition which would lead
to the re-establishment of monarchial absolutism. He
says—

"I conclude by saying to the Republicans, everything
examined and carefully weighed, you ought not to look at
the matter too closely, for that would be to play the game
of the Royalists ; you ought not to be more difficult to be
pleased than seven millions of electors, and you ought to be
contented with what still exists under the name of the Re-
public. To be content with it is the means of preventing a
restoration of monarchial absolutism, not only in France,
but in all Europe, in Belgium, in Switzerland, in Piedmont,
in Spain, and in Portugal. After the 24th of February, how
did the vanquished act? Did they protest haughtily against
the Republic? No; it was by making themselves humble
that they appeased and disarmed it, and that they succeeded
in a few months in again seizing on the political predomi-
nance which they had lost. Let this example, borrowed
from MM. de Monialembert, Berryer, and Thiers, suffice for
the Republicans, if they desire to preserve the Republic.
Let them everywhere accept, for want of something better,
and through fear of something worse, those words of the
speech delivered at the Tuileries on March 29, Let ns pre-
serve the Republic I' "
The Siecle, in signifying its approbation of the testi-
mony offered by the PRINCE PRESIDENT in support, ques-
tions, nevertheless, the justice of the condition affixed
by Louis NAPOLEON to the maintenance of the repub-
lican form of Government. "No doubt," says the
Siècle," that menace suspended over the country, would
be of a nature to force the most turbulent parties to re.
main at rest, if parties were reasonable. But if they
were reasonable, they would cease to be parties. Great
opinions can alone wait patiently; parties die if they do
not agitate. We do not certainly want to accuse any
one, but what, some fine morning, in the midst of general
tranquillity, is to hinder an abortive attempt from being
made on one of our frontiers, proving the folly or im-
patience of parties? Certainly, France would not be the
accomplice
suddenly
y wouldde p r
veeadr
the penalty a it, since oho would be
of a form of Government considered at present
marvellously adapted to her character and wants.
It is, in fact, rare that it can be said of any mo-
narchy what the PRESIDENT has said of the Republic:
'lt menaces no one, and re-assures all.' What! it would
be sufficient to see the secret manceuvres of some mal-
contents in order that the benefit of the present form of
government should be given up, and the country deli-
vered to all the chances of a new establishment? Be-
yond any doubt, the Government has not taken into
account the full bearing of such a phrase; it did not
perceive that it was by its opening a vast field to all
kinds of intrigue, to all political passions, and that the
prospect of a change depending on so small a matter, is
not calculated to re-assure men's minds, and tranquillize
general interests."
Thefisc
Nearly a page of the Constitutionnel is filled with en
article by M. GRANIER
at DE CASSAGNAC on the decree COE-
Rin'Tgitaer endeavours
rortionof
thet
to propertyprove t the the
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Orleans
decree
at
t
justice and duty on the part of the PRINCE
t
PoniteEeseaDhEaNeTt of .
On
of Thursday
Sta a e the
n d r PRINCEcei v :el th PRESIDENTeiro ah. addressed the
Council s
A dotation of 12,000,000 f. for the PRINCE PRESIDENT
was voted unaaniraouely by the Senate.
In the Legislative Aerembly, as on the preceding day,
the principal business before the House was the veri-
fication of election returns. After a considerable
number had been declared regular, the President
stated that, according to the terms f Art 46 of the
decree of March 22, the Legislative body must now be
considered duly constituted, and that intimation of the
same would be given by hira to the PRESIDENT of the
Republic. Some further returns having been verified,
the President informed the deputies that they had to
decide on the point of whether they would or would
not wear their official costume at their ordinary sittings.
The Chamber decided that it would immediately resolve
itself into a Secret Committee to discuss the point. The
public sitting then closed at three o'clock. The
decision of the Secret Committee, ie, it is understood,
that each deputy shall appear in uniform or in coloured
clothes, just as he pleases.
It has, it is said, been just decided that the Council of
State shall sit all the year, with the exception of the
two months' vacation, during which a Committee will be
appointed to transact the necessary business.
The Bill on monetary reform, which leas been ex-
amined by the Council of State, is to be presented in a
few days to the legislative body, as well as that relating
to the penitentiary system. It is said that this latter
Bill lays it down as a principle that all individuals con-
demned to sentences of an infamous character shall be
transported.
The members of the Court of Cessation and the First
Presidents and Procureurs-Garecaux of the Courts of
Appeal are to take the oaths before the PRESIDENT of
the Republic at nine o'clock on Sunday evening next, at
the Elyeea..

Thelidarshal President of the Senate has taken up
his residence at the Petit Luxembourg, where he will re-
main during the continuance of the session, and give re-
ceptions once a week. The President of the .Legislative
body has already given receptions.
The inauguration of the new Jewish Synagogue took
place on Thursday, with the greatest solemnity. The
Synagogue was brilliantly illuminated, and decorated
with the greatest elegance.
Public Securities; continued to rise at the Bourse. The
Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 95c., and closed at 10If. 30c•
for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at
71. f. 90c.; the Four-and-Half per Cents., 101 f. 75e. ; Orleans
Railway, Shares, 1,170 f. ; Rouen, 705 E ; Havre, 287 f 50c. ;
Great Northern, 66E1 75c. ; Avignon, 273 f. 75c.; Vierzon,
550 f. ; Basle, 2321. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 583 f. 75c. for money
and 585 f. for the account; Paris and Strasburg, 560 f.; Tours
and Nantes, 8131. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 603 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13,4 —Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 22—Dutch Rhenish, 4%—East Indian, 21%
—Luxembourg, 4%—Namur and Liege, 634—Northern of
France, 22—Orleans and Bordeaux, 14-V—Paris and Lyons,
10—Paris and Strasbourg, 221—Rouen and Havre,
Tours and Nantes, 10%—West Flanders, 2V2—Western of
France, 714.

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