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London, England, 1852-02-26 00:00:00

LONDON,

THURSDAY EVE

Tne principle was the same—the detail might be dif- have the coefidence of the Gie. erement, and wles
ferent." It is impwsibi,, then, after, such a speech, in its work of reparetion, would lend it a loyal and
that any follower of the Noble Earl should attempt dfior the grandeur an.4interett'cl supportd. The Government only wishes ,
prosperity of the country ; you
tha petty and paltry quibble, and more especially are
understood that on the 20th of December. Be,
we convinced that the new CHANCELLOR of the Ex.- therefore faithful to yourselves, in responding
CHEQUER, and Leader of the House of Commons, is not frankly to its appeal, and you will again act like good
the man who, under any circumstances, even if citizens."
urged by the head of his party, would consent to B
in ourse washafirrem, firm, wihthhlitltle business doing, es-
and
clloroses
de.
at Tloh3ef.F9isvoe. perhn.
introduce the topic on a basis so utterly un- cCeernts. openeadyat 103f.'90c.,1
tenable. No, the contest, if it should arise) the end or the month; the Three par Cents. closed at
will be conducted on fair and straight- 65f. 90c.; Orleans kaileray Shares, 1,140".; Rotten,
; Great North-,rn. 595 f.; Avig-
forward terms, such as may be expected from coo- 650 f.; 1-I.vro, 262 r. 50,3.
Hon, 218 f. 75c.; Virrzon, 528 f. 75c.; Basle, 218l'. 751.;
seientious and highminded belligerents. Bordeaux, 4451.; Paris and Strasburg, 4861. 25c.; Tours
But will it take place ? Is the conflict inevitable ? and Nance., 300 E; Amiens to Boulogne, 302 f. 50c. ;
Paris and Lyons, 5821. 50e.
By no means. If the Free-traders be true to them-
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
selves—if they follow the laudable example of their LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 25.
üßroanrdeaulxr 86
friends and collaborateurs at Manchester, and exhibit Boulogne and AmiedntlU% East Indian, 21S, Luxem-
bourg,Narlsrthane— F
unequivocal and irresistible evidence of their un- ore Rouen,ra ranee, 19
25%—
flinching resolution, the question will never be Parisl ana3nds—NSantrdasbourg, 171/4—Ro—uen and Havre, lulls.:
brought forward. Both Lord DERBY and Mr.
DISRAELI have repeatedly declared that with the
present House of Commons it was hopeless to moot
the topic, and the now PREMIER added to the effect—
we do not profess to quote his words—that
if the country did not at the next
general election unequivocally declare in fa-
vour of protection, the subject should be finally
dropped. We may, therefore, notwithstanding the
vauntings of some of our Protectionist contemporaries,
express our thorough conviction that until after the
dissolution the subject will not even be brought under
the notice of Parliament. The battle will then have
to be fought at the hustings, and it is there that the
point in issue must be decided," whether the English
people are deserving of the inestimable benefits they
have obtained, or whether they are prepared to sell
their birthrights for the sums that may be obtained
from interested parties for their venal suffrages."
So long as the questions of " protection" and the
re-imposition of taxes on human food remain in
abeyance, we are by no means indisposed to afford a
fair trial to the present Government. We freely
confess that we greatly prefer Sir EDWARD SUGDEN
to Lord TRURO; that there can be no comparison
between Mr. DISRAELI and Sir CHARLES WOOD; and

SPAIN.

The accounts from Madrid are of the 20th inst.
The Herald() states that the drawing-room held
by the QUEEN on the preceding day was more bril-
liant and interesting than any that had hitherto taken
place, the distinguished persons of all parties being
anxious to testify by their presence their satisfaction
at the recovery of her MAJESTY. The drawing-room
was followed by a ball, at which her MAJESTY danced
several times. On the 18th, when leaving the church
of Atocha, the QUEEN gave orders that no change
should be made in the decorations, and that the mag-
nificent illumination of the altar of the VIRGIN should
be continued until the presents which she intended to
make to it had arrived. At seven in the evening a
magnificent carriage drawn by eight horses, and
escorted by cavalry, arrived at the church. In
the carriage were the Camerara-Major, and the
Grand Major Domo of the QUEEN, holding in
their arms a large basket covered with a cloth
embroidered with the Royal arms. These func-
tionaries were received at the door by the clergy,
and having alighted, the basket was carried in pro-
cession into the church. The Count DE PINO HER-
MOSO then said that he had been commanded by her
Majesty the QUEEN to place at the feet of the Queen
of Heaven the dress and the jewels which her MA-
JESTY had worn that day, when she solemnly pre-
sented her dear daughter as a visible testimony of her
filial devotion, and her gratitude for the bountie-
which Heaven, in its powerful protection, had be-
stowed upon her. The basket was then placed upon
the altar, and the covering removed. The dress that
it contained was that which the QUEEN wore on the
18th, and which she also wore on the 2i, when sbe
received the wound from the poignard of MERINO.
Some marks of blood are visible on the cloak. The
jewels consisted of a necklace in brilliants. The
Grand Major DOlllO explained that the coronet which
had been worn by her MAJESTY had not been sent, se
it was undergoing some alterations, but that the
moment they were completed he would bringit to
the church.
Mr. LABORDE, the Spanish Consul, had arrived at
New Orleans on the 9.h, in the ship-of-war Colon,
from Havannah, and was received with a salute of
fifty guns.
MADRID BOMA, FEB. 20.—The Three per Cents.
were dotie at 38i fur time ; the New Three per
Cents. at 18 15-16 ; the Debt without Interest at 5-;
and the Coupons at 9i.

that even the respectable mediocrity—or, to go to the
utmost extent that has been asserted, the " incapa-
city" of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, is far better
than the meddling arrogance of the Earl GREY.
We would bear a great deal in order to get
rid of the family party who have hitherto monopo-
lised the most important offices of the State, to the
exclusion of better men. Thank GOD we shall no
longer have the impenetrable, thick-skulled
stupidity of Sir CH ARLES WOOD to
con-
tend with. Nor can we expect the stereo-
typed answer from his really talented successor
to every appeal to justice or expediency, that " the
impost produced so many thousands per annum, which
he wee not prepared to relinquish." We now look
forward to a more equitable ;apportionment of the
income-tax, the removal of some at least of the taxes
tin knowledge, and to the abatement of some of
tee most flsgrant fiscal grievances. Should any ob-
nexious measure be introduced we must resist it to
-tie utmost, but let us not rt ject at the hands of the
Tories the bona fide boons which we could not hope
for trom the Whigs, at least so long es the GREY
clique remained in office.
The. contest will, however, take piece at the
hustings, and there will the question be decided.
The Ministers will unquestionably have an advantage
in some respects, but under any circumstances they
cannot control the will of the people, clearly and dis-
tinctly expressed. The veteran chairman of the
Anti-Corn-law League has placed this matter in so
clear a point of view that we cannot refrain from
quoting his very words :
" If," said GEORGE WILSON, " they wentito an
election the Protectionists would poll thirty-three
boroughs, returning sixty-six Members to Parlia-
ment, every one of which possesses as much political
influence as the borough of Manchester did, though
their constituencies undoubtedly were scarcely equal
to that of Manchester. He knew that in these bo-
roughs they would have coercion, intimidation, bri-
bery, corruption, and all those influences the landed
aristocracy could wield at pleasure, and which had
for centuries made aristocratic Governments a thing
for pleasure and for profit, rather than for the pub-
lic good. He knew when they (the Free-traders) bad
polled the whole of the constituencies with above
10,000 electors, they would only send some 20
Members to Parliament. But be also knew this,
that if they (the Protectionists) obtained a majority
twice as great as they did before, and which repealed
the corn-laws, that majority would be impotent, if
the people of the manufacturing districts are prepared
to say to my Lord DERRY, Better the condition of
the agriculturists if you can—do what you can to
improve their condition, so that it is not at our ex-
pense—but the moment you put one penny of duty
upon the bread of the poor man, look to yourself,
Lord DERBY, and your order—for this question has
been settled once, and beware how you and your order
provoke the discussion of a question again which will
involve in itself the disposition of many things not
to the interest of either yourself or your order."
There will be coercion, intimidation, bribery, and
all those influences to which the aristocracy or money-
ocracy can resort at pleasure; but if the people be
true to themselves, the change in the nomination
boroughs can
produce no real result, nor subdue the
voice of public opinion.
We cordially concur in the resolution finally
adopted, viz., " That the gentlemen who formed the
Ex. eutive Council of the late Anti-Corn-law
League be requested to watch the proceedings of the
new Administration, and should the necessity arise,
to call together the parties who formed the General
Council of the League, and that this meeting stands
adjourned to Tuesday next." It is this " armed
neutrality" that we have recommended, an observanee
of the moat unceasing vigilance, but acting purely on
the defensive—not making any attack until they are
I themselves first assailed.
kd

GERMAN Y•
The elections for the First Cbatnher of the Duchy
of Nassau have terrnivai ed. The majority of the
deputies chosen are Conservatives. Only a small
portion of the electors, however, went to the poll.
The Carlsruhe Gazette, the semi-official journal,
contradicts in the most positive way the account
lately given in the Frankfort journals respecting the
arrangement about the German fleet. It states that
the Germanic Diet has decided that the fleet shall
remain federal property, and that all the states shall
contribute in fair proportions towards keeping it up.
The Prussian Government is about to establish a
general pension fund for aged persons, based on the
principles of the Belgian law of the Bth May, 1850.
A similar institution was established six months ago
at Aix-la-Chapelle, and the Government of the Duchy
of Luxembourg is about to establish one also.
A short time ago the police of Munich seized some
journals of that city, for having published a report of
the proceedings of the Bavarian Chamber. An ap-
plication was at the same time made for the pro-
secution of the editors, but the tribunal of Munich has
refused to take the affair into consideration.
On the 19th the Municipal Tribunal at Hamburgh
commenced the trial of the editor of the Mephisto-
pheles journal, prosecuted at the request of the French
Government, for having by articles and engravings
insulted the PRESIDENT of the French Republic,
timee
as
a c e ,
France being at the time in alliance with the
Hanseatic Towns. The defendant pleaded that, as
the Government of Prince. Louis NAPOLEON had not
at the time been officially recognised by foreign
powers, he could not, accoradlliyngeftoGetrhmeantrye.atiesThoef
to pronounce pronounce its judgment.
in Bohemia, states that some
when lately digging the
tribunalwo Ark Vienna,
lme letter
t nehbreensferr
ateoargmka
erphd eai l regarded
foundation of a house, came on masses of mineral ore
g eold . From some pieces gold was ex-
tracted containing
tb
value of 11 imperial ducats (130 f.).
.
The Government, consequence of this discovery,
has ordered the soil to be minutely examined.
that at the end of 1851 the number of
Austrian dominions amounted to twenty-
steh
Government,vel
eet
twenty-
seven millions.
appears,in
the
In the same from a statiitical return to the Austrian
year these animals fur-
nished 610,000 quintals or wool, of which 160,000
were exported, and the rest used by the native menu-
facturers.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.

The Constitutionnel contains an elaborate article,
from the pen of M. GRANTER DE CASSAGNAC, lauda-
tory of the new state of things in France. He dwells
on the great internal improvements in railway inter-
communication effected by the PRESIDENT since the
2d of December, and mentions other facts, all tending
to indicate Louis NAPOLEON'S desire for peace as the
only means of developing the resources of the
country, augmenting its prosperity, and ameliorating
the condition of the population, instead of those ideas
of military conquest and aggression with which
foreign journalists delight to represent him as solely
animated.

The Pays has the following on our new Protec-
tionist Ministry :
" When we see the Tories return to power it is diffi-
cult not to call to mind that for a long time they were
the very soul of all the dangers which threatened the
peace of Europe, and particularly of all the combinations
which were menacing for France! It is difficult to avoid
remembering Pitt, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Wellington,
acid that Tory Pleiades, which struggled against us
with such fatal obstinacy. God forbid that we should
wish to revive old animosities, the slightest sparks of
which, if still alight, we would rather extinguish. God
forbid that we should think thstthe English Cabinet would
wish to provoke fresh embarrassments abroad, and com-
promise, without very serious motives, the peace of the
world! But the presence of Lord Stanley in power is
the principle of a certain mistrust, which it is almost
impossible to completely get rid of, and which will re-
quire the greatest prudence on the part of the Prime
Minister of England to prevent its degenerating into a
cou flict." _ _

The Prefect of the Seine has addressed a procla-
mation to the electors of his department, recommend-
ing their support of the Government candidates,
usuaelp—MM- Guyard-Delalin, proprietor and cap-
tain of the National Guard ; Devink, ex-president of
the Tribunal of Commerce ; Duperier, member of the
Municipal Commission of the Seine ; Moreau (de la
Seine), ex-representative ; Perret, mayor of the Bth
arrondissement; Fouche Lepylletier, vice-president
of the Council of Prud'hommes ; Lanquetin, presi-
dent of the Municipal Commission; MAximilien
Kaenigswarter, ex-banker ; and Veron, director of
the Constitutionnel.

of the clear and decided attitude of
" Under existing circumstances," says the Prefect,
" and in presence
nominationi of any other candi-
the Government, the
past conduct, or what-
i attached to his name,
date, however honoumranbyle.h
smallestprt inconvenience
which you would give to
ever consideration
would
have
a
would be a disavowal
to chance.
on your
ryeosuurlstealvhneso. a Aasbdsitseansttiroonus
;'theelection,
would be to postpone the
compromise it, or at least to give it perhaps to
Government, Over
You wish for a strong
audurable institu-
iona,.aad a serious protection for
send, therefore, to the legialatiie bodyY°ur interests ;
men who