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London, England, 1865-04-03 00:00:00

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LYCEUM THEATIE. -EASTER MONDAY,
April 17, will be produced a Drama, entitled THE
MOUNTEBANK, in which Mr. Pechter will perform the
principal character. Box-office open daily from Eleven till
Five.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher.
entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS.
After which, AMU NA POGUE : Messrs. Dion Bonet-
cault, J. Brougham, IL Vandenhoff. D. Fisher, D. Murray;
Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver.
To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee Old Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par-
selle ; Miss Palmer.
After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE.
Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swanborough.
To conclude with THE GRIN BUSHES. Mesdames
Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone,t&c.

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LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1865.

Yesterday one passed from this busy scene who
has done much in his life-time to impress his day
and generation. Mr. COBDEN will long be missed
by those among whom he played so striking a part,
and the historian of the last half century must
accord him a prominent place in the annals of his
country. De mortius nil nisi bonum is a time hon-
oured adage that has received universal honour, and
whose recognition reflects credit on human nature.
In the case of Mr. COBDEN, however, it requires no
great stretch of this feeling adaptation of this rule,
for in the course of a career that brought him into
contact with all classes he seldom or ever gave per-
sonal offence. He was generally calm and deliberate
in his words, however prone to follow the bent of
a particular course and carry out one idea to the
exclusion of others. Mr. COBDEN'S life is a good
epitome of an English career, and may be regarded
as a triumph to the principles of our Constitution
and the usages of our society. Mind is, after all,
the real distinction between classes, and whereas in
the case of the eminent man in question, one in a
comparatively humble sphere, can rise to a position
of influence, no further charge need be necessary,
however much the leveller may declaim, or the de-
magogue rant about it. Mr. COBDEN'S health has
been delicate for some time, which has been the
cause of his abstinence from public speaking. His
friends need have no cause to regret his death at an
earlier age than that to which our public men often
attain on other than private grounds. It
may truly be said that he had done enough,
and more than enough, to entitle him to rest.
He was intimately connected with the important
changes which have made the domestic history of
this country remarkable, and impressed their influ-
ence upon foreign nations. The Anti-Corn-Law
League owed its success, in a great measure, to his
exertions and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S tribute to the
effect of the " unadorned eloquence of RICHARD
COBDEN" is well known to all who studied the events
of those stirring times. It cannot be denied by
impartial observers that Mr. COBDEN was certainly
narrow in his views and prejudiced in many of his
notions ; it was this that interfered greatly with the
influence he might otherwise have exercised to a
considerable degree on many not exactly wedded
to his views and disciples of his particular doctrines.
In the question of the peace policy this was the
most striking ; this was evidently a deeply-rooted
conviction ; but the persistency with which he
advocated it, was carried to an excess damaging
alike to his own reputation as a politician and to
the cause he attempted to advocate. Now that he
rests from his labours, however, it is a more grateful
and genial task to dwell on those particulars of his
career which won for him the admiration of his
countrymen and spread his fame far and wide among
the nations of the world. As a Free-trader he was
most distinguished, and he had the satisfaction of
witnessing the success of many of his cherished
schemes. When the son of the Sussex yeoman held
a conference with the EMPEROR relative to the
Treaty which was materially to affect the interests
of both countries concerned, and to inaugurate the
introduction of free-trade into France, it may fairly
be said that he had reached the culminating point
in his career, and that no after-triumph could sur-
pass, if equal, the success of that time. Of
course, it was not the same struggle to achieve the
work of the French Treaty as it was to carry the
repeal of the Corn Laws, but side by side these two
works will go down to posterity as the triumph of
the principles, which it was the pride and boast of
Mr. COBDEN to profess in all times and places, and
of which he was such a zealous and consistent advo-
cate. Only those who were intimate with public
affairs at the time of the repeal of the Corn Laws
can appreciate the services that Mr. COBDEN ren-
dered to the cause of free trade. Others pioneered
the way ; others obtained the ostensible credit of
doing the important work, but they put the finish-
ing stroke to what would never have reached the
advanced stage at which they found it, but for
the incessant toil and the earnest endeavour of
RICHARD COBDEN. His firmness of purpose and his
unflinching perseverance were remarkable ; but it is
difficult, now that the temporary excitement has
passed away, to realise completely how hard and