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of these miserable coxcomberies of a profession
which has hitherto been manly and magnanimous.
Enough of these little piques and squabbles
more worthy of the waiting•women in " Tom
Jones," than of officers in the Royal Navy of
England. The dignity of the service is not in this
manner to be preserved. And if we may so apply
the phrase to the baubles of rank attainable in the
profession, we would exclaim—Non sic, non sic
itur ad astra ! For the abandonment of all such
despicable systems we look with confidence to
the present Lords of the Admiralty, and as affording
the most brilliant illustration of this we are sanguine
that CAPTAIN PENNY will very speedily find his
grievances rectified at the instance of the gallant and
noble sailor now presiding over that board—at the in-
stance of his Grace, ALGERNON PERCY, Duke of
Northumberland.

We have already declared that " so long as the
question of protection, and the re-imposition of taxes
on human food remained in abeyance, we were
by no means indisposed to afford a fair trial to the
present Government." The great cause of legal re-
form will not in any degree suffer by the elevation of
Sir EDWARD SUGDEN to the woolsack. That distin-
guished, we might without flattery say, " incompara-
ble" jurist, will we have no doubt introduce
measures of an enlarged and comprehensive
character, going at least as far as, if not much far-
ther than, any that has received the sanction
of men in authority. His thorough knowledge of
the subject under consideration which will enable
him to detect almost intuitively the existing evils,
will also suggest the fitting remedies. And we are
satisfied that under the auspices of the new LORD
CHANCELLOR the probabilities of the cleansing of the
Augean stable are as great as we could reasonably
anticipate under any living statesman. The purifi-
cation, too, will be effectual, although the stream may
not be sufficient to sweep away the ancient landmarks
but merely to remove the excrescences and fungi that
have sprung up during successive ages.

There is another change which we also hail with
unqualified delight BENJAMIN DISRAELI, the
talented, accomplished, and eloquent BENJAMIN
DISRAELI, has assumed the position formerly occu-
pied by Sir CHARLES WOOD !! ! Behold " the coun-
terfeit presentiment of two" Ministers of Finance—
the one as remarkable for brilliant genius as the other,
his predecessor in office, for his almost unparalleled
dulness and stupidity. "Major A.," the well-known
writer on short whist, declares that it is better "to
play on a bad principle than on no principle." So it
is in politics. We may differ in many points from
the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for
Buckinghamshire, we may consider that on many
points he has arrived at erroneous conclusions, but
better far to have a really talented man, who, although
mistaken, may be open to conviction, than a perverse
and obstinate blockhead, whose only claim to
office consisted in his unreasoning opposition to
every proposition—his extraordinary and almost
unnatural development of the vis inertia.
But from Mr. DISRAELI we may hope and look for
better things. He is for the people and of the peo-
ple. He has shown his perfect knowledge of the ini-
quities of the apportionment of the income-tax, and
the injustice of compelling the hard-worked profes-
sional man to contribute to the maintenance of the
national establishments and the liquidation of the
national liabilities in the same proportion as the for-
tunate possessor of a handsome sum inscribed in the
books of the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England, or of other accumulated and realized
property. He has, indeed, clearly and uneqivocally
expressed that opinion, and declared that it was im-
possible to maintain the impost in its existing form
without a considerable modification of Schedule D.
On the great and all-important question of currency
reform we cannot suppose that the friend, the asso-
ciate, the alter ego of the late Lord GEORGE BENTINCK,
will permit the bullionist fallacies to remain without
exposure, or the infamous monetary code founded
thereon to encumber the statute-book much longer.
But there is one point brought prominently under
notice by the important meeting of the Association
for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Know-
ledge, on Wednesday evening. Mr. DISRAELI, not
only as one of the most accomplished living authors
of the age, but as the worthy descendant of an
almost equally distinguished father, who had boldly
assumed and long maintained a prominent posi-
tion in the ranks of literature, must be well
aware of the grievances to which the frater-
nity are subjected. The tax may not have
proved very enormous, or materially checked
the circulation of his own works, but it has blasted
the hopes of many rising authors, and must oppose
the strongest, although happily not insuperable, ob-
stacles to many works emanating from the most
gifted sources.
Consider for a moment what CHARLES KNIGHT has
stated respecting the impediments to publications
arising from the paper-tax and the advertisement
duty. It is not merely the sum payable for the
paper duty, but the annoyances, the inquisitorial
visitations, and the vexatious obstructions interposed
in the way of the manufacturer, that increase the
price of the article of primary necessity to the
author and publisher. There is an accumulation of
grievances that amount to a very formidable sum
total, and for a beneficial arrangement on this point
we look with far greater confidence to the
writer of " Vivian Grey" and " Coningsby"—
th e son of the distinguished author of the
" Curiosities of Literature," than we could possibAy do
to any of the aristocratic dullards who have filled, or
might aspire to, the all-important office of Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.

The advertisement duty, too, will have many claims
on his notice, which will not, we trust, be overlooked.
The equality of charge—the imposition of the same
tax on publicity on the humblest servant seek-
ing for a situation, and the highest no-
bleman desiring to sell an estate worth
hundreds of thousands of pounds, is too ridiculous to
bear argument. It only requires mention to carry its
own condemnation with it, From Mr. DISRAMI we
anticipate on these points, and also on the 7,exata
questio of newspaper stamps, a fair and unprejudiced
decision, which is more than we could hope for from
a Whig of the ancien regime. We therefore, con-
sidering these various and important recommenda-
tions, are disposed to make every reasonable allow-
ance for the announcement of the intentions and
policy of the real founder, and bona fide leader, and
guiding spirit of the new Administration.

With profound regret we announce this day in our
columns the death from paralysis, at the ripe age of
83, of the venerable Dr. MURRAY, the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. Although a
Whig in politics and a Catholic in creed, the
departed prelate has, during the whole of a long and
honourable career, been both respected and beloved
by persons of all principles and of all religions. His
views were neither sectarian, nor of a partisan cha-
racter. His influence was at all times conciliattory•
His efforts were invariably directed to the allaying
of ill will, to the suppression of bigotry, to the dissi-
pation of fanaticism, to the discountenancing of agi-
tation. An advocate of education, he ever proved :him-
self a champion of enlightenment. And ag by
his candour and by his impartiality Dr. :Lim-
GARD secured to himself the admiration of all
intelligent minds in regard to his labours as a Roman
Catholic historian, Dr. MURRAY by his amenity, by
his serenity, and by the prevailing dignity and
sweetness of his temperament, won " golden opiixions"
from all classes, from all parties, from all
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Armi:nELLopausriaed till Monday
I.,BarEliamlßelnstHoncit: this evening will, it is ru-
moured, in all probability be adjourned Itreek.
to Lord. ChieiJustice
brought a letter from the Earl of Derby n
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Blac.kburne, offering him the Chancellorship.
understand, was sent by return of
post
Evening Nail. P° t accepting the offer.—
and the metropolis.--
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Join 71.(41.
and Carlisle Railway have resolved to lay
telegraph between this city .electric
telegraph on their line—thus. securing direct communication
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic
charges the Minister of the Interior to re-organiz3
prison-labour in such a manner as to render it more
profitable to the State. Under the present system,
the results, the decree declares, are quite insignifi-
cant, although with proper regulations labour in pri-
sons ought to be infinitely more productive. In con-
sequence, the prisoners, who are not employed di-
rectly by the administration in works destined either
in the service of the prison or in the public services,
may be employed in works of private industry, on
conditions fixed by the department of the interior.
Another decree orders that all offences of the press,
not comprised in the decree of Dec. 31, 1851, and of
Feb. 17, 1852, as being still left to the decision of
the jury, are to b e restored to the jurisdiction of the
Correctional Police, unless in cases where special en-
actments exist, in consequence of the functions or
quality of the persons accused.
The Moniteur contains a report from the Minister
of Public IVorks stating that the company of the
Belgian Railway of the Sambre and Meuse was
authorised by
.a royal ordonnance of May, 1845, to
prolong that line on the French territory as far as
Vineux-sur-Meuse, a distance of about 2} kilometres
(about 1k English miles). The Revolution of
February interrupted the works, but the company
is now willing to continue them provided the Go-
vernment allows it the same delay as has been granted
by the Belgian Government for the construction of
the part of the line which runs through the Belgian
namely, to December 31, 1854. The
i‘iinister
recommends to have the delay in question
territory,accorded. A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public follows, approving of the decree, and ordering
its suggestions to be carried out.
M. CASIMIR PERIER has written to the journals to
say that as his name has been mentioned as a candidate
for the first circumscription of the Seine, and in the
department of the Aube, he thinks it necessary to
declare that he cannot under existing circumstances
accept of any candidateship for a seat in the legisla-
tive body.
VAvIN has addressed a letter to the Debats,
thanking such of the electors of the 7th electoral
district of Paris as had expressed their intention of
voting for him at the approaching election, but ex-
pressing his intention of not accepting any candi-
dateship.
We read in the Patrie—
" The nomination of Lord Malmesbury. to the im-
portant post of Minister of Foreign Affairs is a fact the
importance of which cannot be too much noticed. It is
perhaps not known in France that this statesman is a
personal friend of the President of the Republic; that he
has not ceased for a series of years to keep up with the
Prince relations based on a reciprocal esteem and affec-
tion, and that he even visited him several times when a
prisoner at Ham. These relations have been long known
in England, and consequently a choice made by her
Britannic Majesty possesses, under present circum-
stances, a signification of a very peculiar character.
We desire, for our part, to see in this act a. proof of the
wish of the English Government to consolidate the good
relations between the two countries, and we believe that
it was impossible to manifest that desire in a manner
more agreeable to the Prince President."
The Bourse was not so firm. The Five per Cents.
opened at 104 f. 10c., rose to 104 f. 15c., fell subsequently
to 103 f. 70c., and closed at 103 f. 75c. for the end of the
mßaoinlytwha;thsehTarherse, i,5f.; Rosen,
Three Cents.peir4 closed at 65f. 60e.; Orleans
6501.; Havre, 265 f.;
Great Northern, 591 f. 25c.; Avignon, 228 f. 75c.; Vier-
zon, 527 f. 50c.; Basle, 221 f. 25f.; Bordeaux, 44.5 f.; Paris
and Strasburg, 485 f.; Tours and Nantes, 300 f.; Amiens
to Boulogne, 306 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 5781. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE

LONDON --Si6Cia6HANGE, FEB. 29.

Northern of France, 19%—Paris and Lyons, N—Paris
and Rouen, 25%—Paris and Strasbourg, 17 —Rouen
and Havre, lOLA—Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours and
Nantes, 834.

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 21st inst.
They contain nothing of the least interest except
some news from Lisbon, announcing the arrival there,
on the 16th, of the Count DE THOM AR, ex-President
of the Portuguese Ministry, who, it appears, it was
erroneously stated had been prohibited from returning
to Portugal. The Count arrived in the English
steamer, and on landing was warmly congratulated
by his friends.
The QUEEN assisted on that day at a bullfight, and
the PRINCESS ROYAL took an airing, accompanied by
her nurse and her Lady of Honour, the Marchioness
of POVAR.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 21.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 381 for time ; the New Three per
Cents. at 19 ; the Debt without Interest at G ; and
the Coupons at 9t.

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