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sent advised, we are bound to say we see no legal
grounds. The authorities must be cautious and
just, as well as firm.

to see a man like Sir E A IIDLEY WILMOT, who has
a character to lose, standing up in his place in Par-
liament to defend that which he knows to be un-
worthy of defence. In the case of a hired advocate,
custom, if nothing else, has sanctioned the tempo-
rary displacement of the barriers which separate
right from wrong. He is allowed to defend his
client, however guilty he may know him to be, but
a Member of the Legislature is unfit for his office if
he swerve from his own convictions of the truth.
In the case in qnes:ion there is no room for doubt.

It appears that the day of a.ljournment of the
Commons has been altered since Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S announcement in the early part of Mon-
day evening. It stood for Friday, the 24th, but
it appears by the Votes of yesterday that Lord
JOHN RUSSELL is, to-night, to move " That
the House do adjourn till Monday, 27th May, on
which DAY the ELECTION OF SPEAKER WILL
TAKE PLACE."

It is not one of those difficult points of which the
mind cannot clearly discern the merits. Ad is as
obvious to the humblest as to the highest under-
standing. The people of Manchester, the com-
mercial capital of the kingdom, wish to shorten
their line of communication with the me:ropolis.
Instead of going round by Birmingham, they say
we will make a road for ourselves, which will
save us, everything considered, upwards of 30 miles
of distance, and all we ask is the authority of Par-
liament to carry our plan into effect. Now can
anything be more reasonable than this ? When
Parliament has been so lavish of its powers to rail-
way projectors as to countenance and sanction the
most wcn thless and empty bubbles that ever were
blown by speculator, what brazen impudence
does it not require to oppose an un-
dertaking of such importance, for the exe-
cution of which the funds are already sub-
scribed and ready to be paid up ! It is, we pro-
test, the most monstrous thing we ever heard of.
The reasons, too, which the opponents of this
measure assign for their conduct are of a piece with
their liberality in other respects. Sir EARDLEY
WILMOT, as the mouthpiece of the Birming-
ham Railway Company, rests his case on the
injury which the Company would sustain by the
establishment of the new line. The Birmingham
Railway Company, says he, have laid out an im-
mense deal of money on their line, and if a rival
one, or even a portion of a rival one, be made, the
concern in which they have vested their capital will
suffer. So, because speculators
.invest-woney in an
undertaking, they are to be protected by Parlia-
ment against all competition. They are entitled

Of course every true Reformer will be in his
place to ensure the election of Mr. SHAW LE-
riiiVRX.

In another part of The Sun will Ise found a
letter to Lord JOHN RUSSELL from Mr. ROBERTS,
of Bath, the Gentleman who, our readers may re-
collect, was so scurvily treated by certain Western
Justices of the Peace. The worshipful persons
alluded to first implored Mr. ROBERTS' assistance
in preventing popular disturbances, which they
apprehended, and when he had accomplished
their purpose, handcuffed him, and clapped him
under lock and key for his pains.
Mr. RotsEttrs having obtained his liberty, and
being the legal adviser of a gentleman named
POTTS, who, together with two other persons, has
been committed to Salisbury gaol fur having met
and assembled with many other persons, to the
terror of the lieges, feels it his duty to represent to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
the treatment to which the prisoners are subjected.
Let it be borne in mind that Mr. POTTS neither
met or assembled," or put any one " in terror ;" he
was peaceably walking unarmed towards a meeting,
which meeting never, in fact, took place ! Let it
be remembered, too, that Mr. POTTS is a druggist,
and, therefore, it is but fair to presume, accustomed
to the comforts, if not the luxuries of life. See,
now, how this Gentleman is treated. He is con-
fined in a cold stone and brick cell, with an iron
bedstead, a straw bed, denied the comfort of a table
to write upon,and the ordinary articles of a bedroom
or other furniture ; has nothing but the gaol allow-
ance to live upon ; is not allowed to see any friend,
except by. an order from a Magistrate, and then
only on one side of a grated door, while he
stands on the reverse side of another iron
grated door, with a man standing between
to listen to, and report the conversation ;
!nay not receive or send a letter without the pre-
vious perusal of the Governor ; is on the silent sys-
tem, and may not speak to any one in the gaol but
his keeper ; has neither fire nor candle ; may read
no books save a Bible and Prayer-book ; may not
see a newspaper ; is not allowed to purchase, except
certain articles, and then only at one particular hour.
Now, let any humane person peruse this list of pri-
vations—and there are others not included in it—
and say whether any thing can be more atrocious
than to subject a man to them whom the law consi-
ders as perfectly innocent, as it does every man un-
til he shall have been proved guilty by a jury of
his countrymen. What more could have been
done to a convicted felon ?

—for that is the drift of the argument—to a
monopoly ! These are the modest pretensions
put forth by the shareholders of the Birmingham
Railway. May we ask these gentlemen, who feel
so tenderly for their own interests, whether they
were equally considerate for the interests of others
when they laid down their railroad ? Did they in-
terfere with no undertakings in which capital to a
large amount had been invested ? Let them look
a little at home. Let them consider the ruin which
they have brought on canal -share-holders, coach-
masters, innkeepers, and many others, before they
talk of the injustice of interfering with their vested
capital.

The French papers of Monday announce the
suppression of the revolutionary movements in the
capital. King LOUIS PHILIPPE is again tri-
umphant. The loss of life appears to have been
by no means so considerable as was at first appre-
hended. Iu the afternoon edition of Galignani's
Messenger of Monday, we find it stated that only
thirty-seven wounded persons were received at the
Hotel Dieu, of whom eleven died, and five suffered
amputation: the wounds of all were severe. Twenty
dead bodies were brought to the Conciergerie, and
the Hotel de Ville. In the hospitals of La Pitie,
St. Louis, and La Charite, there were about 76
dangerously wounded. On a moderate calculation
about fifty lives may
be said to have been lost, ex-
elusive of those reserved to whet the edge of the
guillotine.
This is a trifle, when it is considered that blood is
supposed to be the best regal cement of most politi-
cal systems. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S system can, howe-
ver, boast of having almost had an annual sprinkling
since his accession. His MAJESTY'S laurels ale
all gathered in the streets of Paris. If he has not,
IikeNAPOL EON, crossed the Alps, or made war within
sight of the Pyramids, he has more than rivaled
that hero in his victories over blouzes and over-
turned omnibuses. •

We may talk as much as we like about English
ustice, but what must reflecting men think of that
ustice which, in cases like this, confounds all dis-

tinction between innocence and guilt, and actually
inflicts the punishment, and that of the severest
kind, before any investigation into the merits of the
charge takes place.

We trust that the appeal which the prisoner's
Counsel has so properly made to Lord JOHN
RUSSELL will not be made in vain. We have too

high an opinion of the Noble Lord to suppose
that he will put the applicant off with the stage
reply that the regulations of the gaol must be corn-
plied with. On the principle that it is better that
ten guilty escape than that one righteous person
perish, we would prefer seeing every gaol in the
kingdom razed to the ground to the alternative of
having them made the engines of such injustice
and inhumanity.

The explanations beins, now fairly concluded on
both sides and in both Houses,-the public are left
to form their opinion on the cause of the disagree-
ment between her MAJESTY and Sir ROBERT
PEEL. The organs of the disappointed party,
speaking in their mildest language, attribute the
cause to a misapprehension on the part of her MA-
JESTY, and to a conviction that it was the intention
of the Tories to remove all the Ladies of the Bed-
chamber, and possibly also to claim the power to
remove even those who held inferior stations in the
Household. This is the point at issue, and on it the
whole question of the break-up hinges. Sir It. PEEL
denies that such was his intention, declares that
there was a misapprehension on the part of the
QUEEN, and Lord MELBOURNE admits that this
impression on her MAJESTY'S mind, from what
had since transpired, must have been "erroneous."
Why? Because Sir ROBERT PEEL "distinctly
stated that no such intention existed, and he was
entitled to full credit for the truth and accuracy of
that statement." Lord MELBOURNE'S admission
springs entirely from the assertion of Sir ROBERT
PEEL. Does his Lordship hint at any other
reason ? Does he venture to sad• that a Tory
Cabinet would not have exerted the power
demanded to such an extent, if necessary,
or does he express the faintest belief that her
MAJESTY is not still fully convinced that her first
impression was the right one, and that there could

The .Monileur of Monday contains the official list of
the New Cabinet formed by King Louis PHILLIPPE,
not in the first hour of victory, as we stated in our
Morning Edition, but in the midst of the alarm pro-
duced at the Tuileries by the revolutionary outbreak of
Sunday evening. It has certainly all the -marks cf tre-
pidation about it. There is not such another piece of
political mosaic in Europe. lt is as follows :

Marshal Souvr—President of the Council and
Minister for Foreign Affairs.

General-sat:.

War.

Admiral DcfrEnnEMarini

M. TESTS-Justice.

M. DUCHATEL—InteriOr.
M. PALSY-Finance.

M. CUNIN GRlDAlNE—Commerce.
M. DUFAURE—PUbIie Works.
M. VILLEMAIN—PubIic Instruction.

The ad interim Minister for Foreign Affairs, the
Duke of MoNTLBELLo, is appointed Ambassador to
the King of the Two SICILIES ; and his late official
colleagues are all to resume the . offices which they
held when nominated to seats in the Cabinet. The ap-
pointment of MONTEBELLO is very happy. He has a
genius Ear petty intrigue, and Italy is just the ground
for him. There he will be sure to meet with statesmen
and diplomatists of his own calibre,
We yesterday published an account of the insurrec-

tionary movement; in Paris, from three o'clock on Sun-
day afternoon till midnight. The following additional
particulars are copied from the Afternoon Edition of
Galignani's Messenger of Monday
An account of what was going on was sent with all speed
in the afternoon to the Etat-Major of the National Guard,
but Marshal Gerard was dining out, General Jacqueminot
is at Pau, and General Itampon was in the country ; con-
sequently, Colonel Fulmont took upon him to order the
drums to beat to arms. At the same time this was done
spontaneously by several legions of National Guards. The
post in the Marche St. Jean was attacked, and one of the
soldiers killed; and we understand that four were killed
at the post of the Palais de Justice, besides the officer.
A superior officer of the line was at a later hour wounded
in the heel by a ball. Among the gunsmiths' shops for-
cibly entered, nearly all those on the Quai de la Megis-
aerie, and that of M. Armand, in the Rue du Roule,
are to be counted. The r ipidity with which the
barricades were formed was wonderful, and the most
formidable was that at the corner of the Rue aux
Fern in the Rue St. Denis. It was constructed of tables,
shutters, planks, and baskets, brought from the Marche de
Innocens. The damage done to the stalls in this market
is very great, nearly all of them having been carried off.
The Halle au Poisson, &c., is also much injured. At
nightfall several litters bearing wounded men were seen in
the immediate neighbourhood of the Porte St. Denis.
Most of the theatres remained shut. That of the Varietes
uas opened• but before eight o'clock it was cleared again.
The Opera and the Theatre du Palais Royal were th
only ones that continued their performances. It is rat de
that warning had been given in the morning to the Prefect
of Police that his hotel would be attacked during the day,
and three o'clock was mentioned. The Prefect, it is said,
did not attach much weight to the information, but took
notwithstanding measures of precaution, and had a quan-
tity of ammunition ready collected.
A great many of the rioters have been arrested with
arms in their hands. This morning there were ten con-
fined at the mayory of the third arrondissement, and six at
that of the fourth. Only one among theta appears to be a
man in easy circumstances. He vras taken in a cabriolet
with the weapon he bad with him. An officer of the 7th
Regiment of the Line sent with a detachment of his men
to reinforce the post of the mayory of the fourth arrondis-
sement was killed in carrying the barricade in the Rue St.
Denis, and three of the men were wounded. The 4th
legion of the National Guards had one of its Grenadiers
dangerously wounded, and others of the Guards were more
or less so.
On the Place des Italiens, close to the Boulevard des
Italiens, Lieutenant-Colonel Pelion, Aide-de- Camp to the
Minister of War, was attacked, about nine o'clock yester-
day evening, by a small party of insurgents, and wou..ded
by two shots fired at him.
The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, attended by a
numerous staff, at an early honr rode along the line of the
Boulevards, and through the central quarters of the capital.
We have no accurate means of ascertaining the numbers
killed or wounded on either side. 37 wounded persons,
we are informed, have been received at the Hotel Dieu—
viz,, 4 Municipal Guards, 2 National Guards, 8 soldiers
of the line, 2 women, and 24 workmen. Of this number
five have suffered amputation. In general the wounds
are severe. Eleven of the wounded have died. The sol-
diers belong either to the 28th or 21st Regiments.. The
last has suffered most. There are about 76 in the hos-
pitals of La Pitie, St. Louis, and La Charite. Eleven
killed remained at the Conciergerie, and nine at the lintel
de Vile.
This morning all the shops in the Rue St Honore to-
wards the Palais Royal, those along the quays, and in all
the quarters near the Marche des Innocents remain closed.
All the barricades have been removed, and most of the
troops had either been withdrawn to their barracks to rest,
or else did not appear. Some isolated shots were heard
near the centre of the insurrection this morning, but their
cause is not accurately known. A National Guard was
disarmed of his sabre in the Marche des Innocens, and a
Municipal Guard trying to get it back from the man who
had seized it was badly wounded. No further disturbances
that we have heard of, have occurred. The National
Guards are in strong force at the various Mairies and in
other parts of the capital.
Being Monday a more than ordinary number of the lower
classes are seen in the disturbed quarters, engaged in look-
, ing on, and discussing the disturbances, but, were it not
that vuluable lives have been unhappily sac, ificed in this
wretched echaufrouree, this attempt of a handful of despe-
radoes to disturb the public tranquillity cauld only be re-
garded with contempt; as it is, not the slightest appre-

not possibly be any mistake ? Nothing of the sort.
The public, therefore, independent of other circum-
stances, must believe that her MAJESTY retains still

he impression that to such a degradation she must

have submitted at last, and the speech of the Duke
of WELLINGTON last evening fully confirmed it.
His Grace, it appears, was not very distinctly
heard, but about the substance of his speech there
could be little doubt ; and in order to give the ac-
cusing party every advantage, we copy the report
of the speech from one of their organs, which re-
commends it to the careful attention of the reader.
His Grace said,—
" I cannot but think that the principles on which we
proposed to act with respect to the Ladies of the Bed.
chamber, in the case of a Queen Regnant were the correct
principles. The public will not believe that the Queen
holds no political conversations with those ladies—( Hear,
hear)—and that political influence is not exercised by
them, particularly considering who those persons are who
hold such situations. I believe the history of this country
affords a number of instances in which secret and improper
influence has been exercised by means of such conversa-
tions ; and I will tell the Noble Viscount that the country
is at this moment suffering some inconvenience from th•
exercise of that very secret influence."

Now, let any unprejudiced person read this
speech, and say whether the Noble Duke does not
to the full extent hear out the impression of her
MAJESTY. The Ladies of the Household were
to be removed, because the QUEEN would naturally
hold political conversations with them—that is the
sole reason assigned ; and would not the same rea-
son be assigned for removing those who held infe-
rior stations ? Of Milt use would it be to remove
the Marchioness of NORMANBY and the Mar-
chioness of TAVISTOCK, if my Lady This or
my Lady That (wives or sisters of Whigs),
though holding inferior stations, were al-
lowed to remain • and converse with her

MAJESTY on politics? The particular station
which they filled could not alter the influence of the
conversation one atom, and when the Tories were
once fully reinstated they could, if they acted on
their avowed principles, have turned out every
female Whig politician with whom her MAJESTY
could possibly associate—in 'other words, they
mould have turned out every companion of the
QUEEN, and surrounded her with strangers—a
condition which her MAJESTY justly described as
" repugnant to her feelings." The Duke of
WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL pay a high
►ribute to the discrimination and judgment of the
QUEEN, and her decidAl resolution on the main
point fully bears them out. She saw at once what
must be the result if she yielded, and with the

quickness, firmness, and also the spirit of her sex,
she resolved at once to reject the conditions.

The debate which took place last night in the
House of Commons on the Manchester Railway
Bill, deserves the attention of the public, chiefly
for the unblushing effrontery of the opponents of
that highly expedient measure. We venture to
say that a more indecent exhibition of self-
ishness—a more flagrant disregard of every
other consideration, hut that of clinching a memo-
poly in order to fill the pockets of individuals at
the public expense, never thrust itself upon the no-
tice of the country. If we did not know the dis-
tinction which men unhappily draw between that
line of conduct which moral rectitude requires them
to pursue in private life, and that which, as public
men, they may pursue, we should be utterly astonished

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY L 5, 183 D.

hension prevails of its instant repression, and the punish-
ment of the guilty.
From the commencement of the insurrection yesterday
the halls of the Tuileries were filled with Peers, Deputies,
and Generals. Marshal Soult came without being sum-
moned, awl on paying his respects to his Majesty, said,
" Having learned that musket-shots were being fired, I felt
that my post was by the side of the King. I called for my
uniform, and came immediately." The Marshal remained
at the Tuileries till late in the evening. Marshal Clausal
was also in attendance on the King.
nom THE PRUSSIAN POLISH FRONTIERS, APRIL 29..._
The complaints of the unnatural impediments to commer-
cial intercourse on the frontier are becoming louder and
louder, and the minds of the inhabitants of the frontier are
embittered and irritated; for it is incredible what a number
of inconveniences arise from the late measures of the Rus-
sian Government, and innumerable injuries it inflicts, es-
pecially on the inhabitants of this (the Prussian) side of
th, frontier. The double, nay triple cordon, causes such
infinite molestation even in the small remnant of commerce
that is yet permitted, that the intercourse with Poland
may be considered as wholly broken off; even the exchange
of letters is almost reduced to nothing by the enormous post-
age. Things cannot indeed long remain in this state; the
discontent increases and the disadvantages bear too heavily
on Prussia, for even the greatest predeliction for Russia can-
not willingly make the great sacrifices that are required.
We may be assured that our Government, convinced that
Russia cannot renounce the goodwill of Prussia, will hold
energetic language for the benefit cf our Baltic provinces,
for commercial negotiations can lead to no results at all
favourable to Prus-ia. It may easily be supposed that the
kingdom of Poland itself, likewise, suffers by this system.
VIENNA, MAY 4 —Count Munich Bellinghausscn, Pre-
sident of the German Diat, will leave Vienna in a few days
to return to his post.
It was rumoured on the Bourse on Monday, that te-
legraphic despatches had been received by the Govern-
ment, bringing accounts of the breaking out of the in-
surrection in Strasburg and Lyons. Hence it was sup-
posed by many that it was a BONAPAR:TIST conspiracy,
but by the majority it was attributed to the Republican
party.

- The correspondent of a contemporary rates the num,
ber of killed at 120.

The Chamber of Deputies assembled at one o'clock
on Monday. The new Ministry having taken their
places Marshal SOULT announced the formation of the
Cabinet in the following brief speech :
" Gentlemen, the Ministry is constituted. The King
has made me its President. lam confident that the names
will be acceptable, as they suit beforehand the wishes of the
Chambers. I honour myself by partaking of their respon-
sibility before the King and before the Chamber. The
act of these Ministers accepting office is a proof of their
devotion to the throne and to the King. We are all agreed
as to our political principles, which have been accepted by
the Crown. These are the free acts of a Council, which
is responsible and solidaire—peace compatible with the
national dignity, order founded upon law, active protection
for those interests on which reposes the prosperity of the
country, frankness and firmness in Ministerial relations
with the Chambers as the best means of reconciling people's
minds. As to myself, I need not speak of my devotion to
the King and to France. I shall always he found to en-
tertain the sentiments of the old soldier of the empire, who
knows that the country wishes peace, but a peace noble and
generous."

The Chamber then adjourned to wait upon the
KING to tender him its support in restoring order.
All the Paris Journals, without exception, denounce
the revolutionary movement in the strongest possible
ti rms. The Debats attributes it to the attacks of the
Opposition Press upon Royalty.
The Monitcur contradicts the reported death of the
Duke of BASSANO.
BOURSE, PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 13.

HALF-PAST THREE.—The news of the breaking out of a riot
did not reach Tortoni's yesterday until after post hour. Then the
Three per Cents. for the Account fell to 81f. 25c.., from which
thef rallied to Slf. 70c., again fell to Illt. 40c., and once more rat-

lied 'o 81f. 70c. To.day, when the extent of the riotous meetings is
better known, and the official publication of a new Ministry has
been made, the internal appearance of the Bourse has been as on
ordinary occasions, except that certain regular attendants were
absent. In front of the Bourse, within the iron rails, three corn.
patties of the National Guards are stationed—business has been
slack. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 60c.,
and closed at 81f. 80c., being 10c. lower than on Saturday. The
Five per Cents. from 11 If. 30c., advanced to 11 If. 45c., last price,
a fall of 15c. For Money the Three per Cents, are 5c., and the Five
per Cents. 30c. lower. The Bank of France Shares are unaltered.
The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares are sf. lower, and those of
5,000 f. have not been quoted. The Belgian Funds have not been
quoted. The Belgian Bank Shares 2f. 50c. lower. The Spanish
Active is lower, having from 20& declined to 20. The St. Ger-
main Railway Shares have declined 2f. 50c. The Versailles Right
Bank are 12f. 50c. lower. The Versailles Left Bank 2f. 50c. higher.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Cents
4 per tents lOl 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 9
3 per Cents Bl 50 81 ... 81 50 ... 81 60
Bank of trance
Laffitte Bask I,ooof. Sl). 1070 ...1070 ...1070
Belgian Lank 835 ... 8:37 50 ... 8-7 50
S Ac ive 1:0% ... 20% ... 20
Portuguese 3 per Cents
Neapolitan
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Gernsaio
Versailles, L B 737 50 ... 740 ... 737 50 ... 737 50
LB 240 ... 255 ... 2.is ... 255
Havre
Orleans ..

:*i..trasburg to Bale ..... 337 5 ... 337 50 ... 337 50 387 50

ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS.
Seyssel (A) 29 i 0 ...2900 ..40011

We are indebted to a Morning Contemporary (the
Herald) for the following account of a revolutionary
,utbreak in Greece. Unless measures be taken to
amend the policy of that most ridiculous of Royal
Noodles._lCing Orkso..,the whole country will soon be
involved in the flames of civil war:'—'
PATRAS, APRIL 28.
" The tyrannical proceeding of Colonel Feder, the
Bavarian lieutenant, who has been set over the Mainotes,
have at length driven the population of that wild country to
take up arms. On the 20th inst. a body of 300 Mainotes
seized the bArracks at Marathonisi (Gythium), disarmed
the royal troops there, seized on the Treasury and Custom
llouse, and all the provisions belonging to the troops and
issued a notification that no private person or
property would he molested ; that they had
Lund that their petitions to the King and the King's Go-
vernment against the tyrannic sway of Colonel Feder had
been disregarded • that they were subjected to the pay-
ment of taxes unknown to them in the time of the Turks;
and that they would hold their arms until a national as-
sembly be called, as they had no hope of redress under the
government as at present constituted. The government of
Athens is, as may be supposed, in great alarm, and has
sent off the two steamers with 500 troops, principally raw
recruits ; the Greek corvette also has gone, and 200 men
from the garrison of Navarino and Modon, which, how-
ever, being Mainotes, cannot be relied on, and may join
the insurgents.