The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-07 00:00:00

ITRE PROVIDENT
LIFE ASSURANCE ASS
'llendly Societies' Acts) and BE]
TRIM

Thon►as Baring, Esq., M.P.
4:nouison Hankey, Jun., Esq

CLERKS' MUTUAL
iOCIATION (Enrolled under the
KEVOLENT FUND.

;TEES.
1 W. G. Prescott, Esq.
1 Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.

TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq , M.P.
Every description of Life Assurance effected daily.
Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years
participate in Profits, either by an addition to the Policy, reduction
rreellum, or a Cash B mus. All parties assnr'ng during the pre-
sent year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which will
take place in 1852. Rights to nominate any I arty to receive the
amount of a Life Policy, free of legacy and pro-YiLe ‘:1-dy, or any other
erDense. No entrance fee.
Very Eighth Anna d Report, and detailed Prospectuses, showing the
peculiar advantages offered by this Association, may be hal
aPPlication at the office.

By order of the Board,
PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary,
42, Ifoorgate-street, March, 1849.

MORTGAGE LOANS.
LANCASHIREand YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
COMPANY,
, The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS'
ior LOA
forNS on MertgaTe, for periods of Thre ~ Five, or Seven years,
Wit, interest at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. per annum
-7 be allowed, payable half-yearly.
"tiler particulars may be known on application to Mr. S. W.
Rune ,
Finance Department, Company's Offices, Hunt's Bank, Mau-
eiter, By order,
J. S. HERON, Secretary.

MR. W. TYRONE POWER.
TUESDAY next will be published, in 1 vol., post Bvo., with Eight
Coloured Illustrations, from Drawings made en the spot by the
Author,
NEW ZEALAND SKETCHES in PEN and
PENCIL. By W. TYRONE POWER.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman..

AUPER I S M:
, Is It the effect of a Law of Nature, or of Human Laws and
ustoras which are in opnosition to Nature?
" Salus populi suprema lex."
London : Effingham Wilson, I I, Royal Exchange.

THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS-1547.48,
Just published, Second Edition of
THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS of 1847 48.
To which is added an Appendix, containing an Alphabetical
List of the English and Foreign Failures, with the Balance-sheets and
Statements of the most important Houses, and fable of Dividends
Paid.

By D. MORIER EVANS.
" A book which supplies a want that will have been recognised by
every one interested in commercial and monetary history, and likely
to Prove invaluable for future reference when the customary 10 year,.
'ball have elapsed for a new manifestation of the same tendencies."
--The Times.
Letts, Son, and Steer, 8, Royal Exchange.

ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITES, EACH OF INFALLIBLE
jATTRIBUTES.
OWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL is highly and
T universally appreciated for creating and sustaining luxuriant
errite"es ; ROWLAND'S KALYDOR is a preparation of unparalleled
it,e‘acY in improving and beautifying the Skin and Complexion ; and
beautifying
`'‘VLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, is invaluable for its
and preservative effects on the Teeth and Gums.
B._be august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, and the
t;tve_ral Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, ,nd the confirmation by
l° e r Vibee of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating spe-
,,e3
eeb.,,. nave characterised them with perfection, and given.them a
.vray unparalleled.
4** BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.
fi 8,.._
n_ ~e, are offered under the implied sanction of Royalty, and the
o",iniv rnment Departments, with similar attempts at deception. The
that ten,iline of each beim the name of "ROWLANDS' " preceding
301+ ' the Article on the Wrapper or Label.
ci.,.., by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable
uvirnsfs and Perfumers.

'RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
Do!!ession Themanlfold advantages to the Heads of Families from the
With
a medicine of know.i efficacy, that may be resorted to
a9nfidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness
that'll/1g in l
families. mor or ess, every day, arc so obvious to all,
huh" question can be ra'e sed f its importance to every householder
4i"gduou. From amoiv. namerouS testimonials, the following
espectfully submitted :
" To Mr. Thomas Pr mat, 229, Strand, London.
4. sg 13
'- 5, David•street, Regant- road, Manchester, March 12,1842.
stgt have much satisfaction in communicating to you thelre;
Y experience after reneated trials of Frampton's Pd o
, and I feel it ba. instice to state, that in the course of many
etonce trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results
re% 'o salutary aril efficient in the relief of the system from
Tore iwidant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there-
Waut_arranted in declaring that they supply to me a means lom,
elalf lig of being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe-
tnercantile mon, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
to Tri Valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
Proraelf lf, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
fi„, paws a snore generally known" and ap
WlLLpreciated.—l am,
'4l,lll'_ peztt any yours,lAM SMITH."
reee_e_euPrecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest
rottuTl
.ndations of the many thousands who have,dcrived benefit
are their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary.
.They
Put liable forth as a cure for all dis, &sea to which mankind
kn__Out for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many wellis
aftn,n
attenuants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pahl and Oppression
171/teals, Giddiness Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and
—417,-'DrowsineSs,Hea'rtburn. Loss of Ippetite, Wind, Spasms, &c.
efreeqo or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary
s' The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy
action of the Liver, Bowels and Kidneys will rapidly take place ;
et,,
lustead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
Will ."I. activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
eecem
somPanYing each box.
by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price 19.1,4 d. and 2s. 9d.
Der b 0 x: and y.the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
agdom.
21.421, for FRAIVIPTON'i PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
ale and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the
Zle_rnment Starnn.

TO AN OLD CHEST OF DRAWERS

Hail, ancient Chest t I never look at thee,
But 'various musings occupy my noddle ;
For the respected form was known to me,
Before my infant pegs had learned to toddle.
My daddy owned thee, and I think, the ra her,
Thou once belongedst to my father'‘ father.
Think not, old chest, that thou shalt e'er be sold,
Or chopped ant changed a say in foolish barter ;
To part with furniture so good—so old,
Would m ike me sorry both before and aster ;
Long in the family lia.t thotibeen of value.
And never h st thou once changed hands, nor shall you
When but a little fellow, newly breeched,
I owned a part of thee to hold my raiment;
Dress badly cut, and very badly a itched,
And badly purchased for a heavy payment.
Oh, when I think upon th- times departed,
How glad I feel that Moses ever started.
What different garments do.t thou now contain?
Thy drawers are now enriched by Messrs. Moses,
Who prove that competition in ♦ain,
In spite of what it va..ntingly proposes.
All thou containeA—Trowsers, Coats, etcetera,
Proves Moses' clothing infinitely betteser.
UST OF PRICES.

. - _.
y(Asi,' . , , INAPT MADE.
,mlf—Spring, ind'Summer Wrappers from za. 8 6
The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip-
tion of light Over-coats.. ••• • • • •• • 1 2 6..
Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand-
.,,, soniely trimmed ••••••••••• • • • " •" • ' • • • 1 1 0
'44 do. 'lined with silk.. •••••• • • • • 1 8 0
Do, do. superior quality ..—.•—. . . • 1 IS 0
..• 0 2 9
• .3'en and Holland Blouses. ••••••- • • • • • - •
• • r 0 4 0
ar!eY Victoria do. .. • • • •
Tweed d 0".... ...•'..: ••. • • •
, Dre.,s Coat ...•.. •• •• •••••• • • ••
••" • • 0 17 0
Frock Coat ...„, „ ... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 0 0
spring *end Sumhier Trousers ... • ... •••• • • • 0 4 0
Doeskin 7 and Buckskin d. 0:..... ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 7 6
- • 'eriog and .ummer Vests in every variety . • 0 1 6
Black. antl Figured Satin Tests...—. • • •:.. 04 6
Black da., superior quality .. • ••.. • ....... 0 9 6
White Marcella Vests •••••••••• • • • • • • . • • • 0 4 6
..4elfa Black Cloth Vests .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 3 6
')°Y•e Spring and Summer Tests ••••..• • • • • • 0 0 10
..°31.• ''asst and Tunic Suits ........ .... 0 15 0
Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ••.. • ... 0 4 0
MADE TO MIEASCILE.
Paletets made from a variety of material, fitted
for Summer wear .. ...... 1 1 0
De, very elegantly trimmed —••••.. • • • • • • 1 8 '.'
. Superior Cloth of a light texture............ 115 0
I)itto ditto Ditto Dress Coatlin with silk.. •••••• • • • • • 2 2 0
...ed . . • 1 12 0
•• •••• • ..
Mem. do ..... ..... •••• ••
• ...... ....... 2 15 0
Superfine s'rock do. .. ••• : ••
.• • 1 15 0
Best do. • • •••
. 3
3 0
••
• • .•••
• Fancy Doeskin. Trousers. ........ ~....... 016 6
' Black do. • •
1 6 0
Black Cloth Vests.....• •.••.••• • • •• •• ••• 0 8 6
0 13 6
aplervlid .iatin Test •. • • .... ——••• • .. • ... 0 14 6
Best d 0... .. .• .... ....... .••—...•• • •• • • • • 0 i 8 6
Hussar and Tunic suits ..—..——. . . . . . . . . I 5 0
Superfine do. ............................ 1 15 0
Men's White Marcella Vests ............... o 7 0
Fishing Coats in endless, variety from 0 10 6 -to 1 16 0
Elegant Dressing Robes in great
variety ...• .• •• ..... — from 0160 to 5 0 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
A Shit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s.
. The new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with full directions
.„..1" gelf-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post
"'e, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice— Tha Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with
",ery novelty of the season.
anz_schased, either ready made,or made to
,_ voserre.—Any- article
4",,Etsure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned.
•,.... ,• mos;Es and deli, Tailors, VVoodencirapers, Clothier., Hatters,
j':'sBlelß, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
Lona 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 44. 85, and 86 Al4gate, City
Astablishmallencrin. unicaiing with each other, and forming one vast
to guard the public
%gainCaution.--E. Moses atid Son regret having
falsehood
imposition ; but, having heard that the antradesman-like
d for obvious reasops,
uood of being connected With• them, or " It is the same concern,"
as bee,
11111'3' beg torCsiict'arttee that thheynahallYaveinsnot:aricOncensem'
/Its, 36, Far-
Gr out ..,,'anon wi.th any other house
tate „ ‘u London, except their Branch Establishments, k
tar .
rula '4"uerfield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, & should call
pt who clothing 0.•
at 0,, hose o require chefp and genuine _
don ;
Bradford, Yor s e •
or either of
114 -d• to the Minories and Aidgate, City, lion
Bran•ra,h Establishments, as above.
tin _ l'e Notice,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday,
~..............._unset aturday, when bus fleas is resumed till twelve o'clock.
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'ist s on Steel.
ON IllAstrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engra .I____
' PHYSICAL DISQHALICATIONS, GENEBAT VhIICCAPA.
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARBIAb.I6
2s. 6d., or
lge,s,
, Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price
eoat, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
laR SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
to„,„ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, frame ex:
._"ve indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mer ;Sys,
nth rernarks on Marriage and the means of obviating certain di s-
Lnalifications. Illustrated' by 26 Coloured Engravings. BY R. and .. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
lord-street, London. Published by the Authors : said by Strange,
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
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Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
FAIT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and centaisis explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by s.3eventeen Coloured
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PAST Iv. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
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reader's notice.
PART Y. is devoted to the consideration ,X marriage, and its
the
d 'ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, ant, Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tax t.,oRDIAL BALM or SI/mecum Is exclusively employed in treat.
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A K i 1 A E.
v Ono hall the worse are desolately single, and the other
•roposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
.Ise et right, dt.termixte the former, and miscalculatet4 hopes em-
-,r the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plta
..i.ation and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret 11L-
...,r,prosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper.. Physical incapacity,
.nd broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
:cm:mt. Honour and jrotice demand tr,t 'leant shoeldform au item
tho.compset ; it alone (lignites the alliance. Blighted_ hopes er

, .
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mialMterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
em. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curioNity,
eke closet perusal of those more decOy interested, to whom

•ey are offeredas antagonistic to the empiical trash put forth or
to _above subJects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
.i.;either, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
it, post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
void," and " Hoy to be Happy." They are not merely
pain 'blets, but equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere scribblings of the hour, hut the study of the author's
life will owes his present exisisnce, health, and position to this ob-
servance, of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—t..) live after natures laws—and to keep always
" sunny side of the way." The above work', may be had of
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v,se) from the anther (who may be conferred with personally,
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r,

ALABMING STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSlON.—Yesterday
rorenoion, shortly after ten o'clock, the numerous persons
who were 'on board the Waterman steam-boat, No. 8,
were alarmed by a body of steam and fire being seen to
issue from the engine room, and at the same time two
,nen,_the engineer and stoker, made their appearance at
the top of the stairs, terribly scalded and calling for as-
Astance. The general opinion then was that the vessel
had taken fire, and every one on board began to cry out
tor boats. The two men who had escaped from below,
on gaining the deck fell down, and it at once became
manifest that they were seriously if not fatally injured.
fhe captain who had charge of the Vessel leave directions
to the man at the wheel to " port his helm;" which he
accordingly did, and the boat ran alongside some dumb-
lighters near Billingsgate; but there being no one in the
engine room to stop the machinery, it was found impos-
sible to 'make the steamer fast, andshe continued her
course down the river as far as the Custom- house quay,
whore the captain ran her into the mud, where she at
length eopped. A great number of watermen put off
in their wherries, and succeeded in taking the whole
of the passengers out of the vessel. Some were so
frightened that it was with difficulty they could be pre-
vented from jumping into the water. A Thames police
e,alley went off to- the vessel and took the two men who
ere scalded on boas', and, having, rower_ them to the
opposite shore, they were removed to St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, when it was ascertained that the heads, faces,
arms, and other portions of both men were dreadfully
injured. They were immediately put to bed, when they
stated that the boat having taken in passengers at Dyer's-
hall-wharf, was preceding down the river for Woolwich,
when, as it was passing under London-bridge, a body
of fire and steam shot forth which knock46l them down
and filled the engine-room with a gulphurous vapour.
Fhey were positive that the steam was blowing off whilst
the boat was sto?ping at tho pier. Toe examination
subsequently made, shows that one of the supply tubws
had exploded, arid the steam escaping therefrom had
entered the furnace and blown the hot cinders about.
The names of tho two unfortunate men are Thomas
Boddington, the engineer, and Thomas Robert, the
stoker. A similar explosion, by which two other men
were scalded, took place on board the same vessel a short
time since. During the after part of the day the vessel
was towed away to the company's works to be repaired.
INQUESTS.—DBATH OF TWO SEAMEN FROM ASIATIC
Cb,ll,dojeLsEnot
t.--woOsn,
aTtnueens,dwa yMh
od
ire.
dßak
from
e h r
the
el
effectsi qeuthledoeas,lfptdspooaenttat Asiaticrtttehhh
appeared
ebKl,:idonlyge r(a,,,ffo boardnpwrui
tsiai
am. s
Thciypa
trwT.
rhiageghefit; sat2r
9einquest
si.wthafi:
that the deceased was cook on board the bar
Alterhop, on a voyage from this port to the
West Indies and back. • The deceased frequently
complained of pain in his stomach, and was ill
nearly all the voyage. On the ship returning home, the
crew experienced very bad weather, and the men were
lashed to the pumps to prevent their being washed over-
board. The deceased was very ill at this time, and was
compelled to work at the pumps for upwards of 40 hours
at a time. The cargo was thrown overboard to save the
ship, and all the clothes belonging to the crew, were
washed into the sea. The ship after some difficulty ar-
rived in Cork, a complete wreck, and the men were all
paid off. The deceased and several of the crew embarked
on board another vessel bound for London. On Thurs-
day last the deceased was attacked with all the symptoms
of cholera. He became worse, and died on Saturd ey
nxrdGourbatret
sheantdt.h e Md
or.
phewhaesd
nßrown,
last whena,
surgeon, hesaisdhi
ceased died from Asiatic cholera. Verdict in accordance
t
with this evidence. The second inquest was held at the
Cannon public house, Cannon-street,t. George's in-
the-East, on the body of Joseph Cresay, aged 52 years,
a seaman on board the ship. Wigr laam,slt the
yie in the Lon-
don-docks. On Saturday morning g
deceasedwas
attacked with cramp all over his body, while engaged on
board the ship. Ho was removed to his berth, and when
Mr. Brown attended, he said it was a decided case of
Asiatic cholera. The usual remedies were applied, but
the deceased died shortly afterwards. Verdict—" Death
from Asiatic cholera.".
BURSTING OF A GRINDSTONE.-0a Monday last,
as a man named Batchelor, a carpenter, residing in
Langley-row, Upper Stone•street, was grinding an axe,
the grindstone, which had a large fly-wheel attached to
:t, and was turned by two winches, suddenly burst into
six or seven pieces, one of which -struck Batchelor on
the head, causing a severe wound about 2i inches in
kngtb. He was immediately attended by a medical
null, who dressed the wound, and be is now in a fair
way of recovery.. There were four persons in the room
'at the time of the accident, who tortudately escaped
without any injury.—Kentish Gazette.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—If Mrs Hume did not make a case for his
charter, the disability was rather in his cause
than himself. He did little more than repeat the
generalities which may be advanced any year in favour
of any change in any system. He produced no reasons
_specially applying to the present year, or the pre-
sent state of thins, and his attempts to do so were the
weak points of his argument. Sach is the usual fate of
these annual detnonstraeions. They degenerate into a
mere political observance, and are liable to be as unfor-
tunate in their circumstances as an annual fete, which
may or may not be accompanied with a deluge of rain.
Undoubtedly there is much use in keeping up a prescrip.
tion. Charity would very soon grow cold without anni-
versary dinners. But the advantage of periodical recur-
rences is purchased at the expense of occasional mishaps.
The mishap in the present instance is that events are jest
now peculiarly decisive against all paper schemes of popu-
lar representation. This is a practical question. Mr. Home
so regarded it when he appealed to what Parliament
might do, and what the present Parliament had not done
to his satisfaction; so we may fairly infer that if the
Parliamentary history of the list seventeen years, and
particularly of the present session, can be defended, he
will snrrender his case for reform. Mr. Hume made
economy his test. We will take him at his word. The
estimates of this year show a considerable reduction, in
spite of some extraordinary charges, and in spite of great
temptations, not to say valid reasons, for an increase of
expenditure. As Mr. Hume has.appealed to other
countries, we will venture to ask whether any Govern-
ment of Europe has this year confined itself to its ordi-
nary expenditure. The British Government is the only
eine, to the best of our belief, that has dared
to retrench, and that is actually reducing its naval
and military establishments below its usual standard.
Even the Budget of the Uuited States is excessive com-
pared with the average of years. In the midst of
almost universal war, with arataments forming on every
side, with interventions and blockades springing up in
all quarters, we are reducing our regiments and putting
our ships out of commission. On this point, therefore,
the House of Commons can stand the test of economy.
As for our civil establishments and miscellaneous ex-
penses, though we shall always be glad to help Mr.
Hume in cutting down this branch of the estimates, we '
are still aware that it is the least objectionable and the
least reducible part of our voluntary expenditure. A
single war steamer will cost from first to last more than
we could possibly 'hope to save in our civil establish-
Inents for half a dozen years. From the estimates Mr.
Huine passes to the national debt. On this
' Point the reformed House of Commons has com-
mitted no greater delinquency than paying what
former Parliaments have promised to pay. It
is undoubtedly true that the debt is a terrible
incubus on the industry of the nation, and that what
We pay to the creditor would more than maintain all the
poor. But Mr. Hume cannot mean to condemn the
honesty with which we fulfil a burdensome obligation.
If so, let him at once plainly say that a House of Com-
awns elected as he would wish it is likely to retrench the
dividends, and put the Consols on a more economical
footing. If from economy we pass to other tests of
legislative efficiency, the House of Commons this year at
all events may lay claim to a popular character. Since
it met it has extinguished, for the public benefit, the
shipowners' monopoly; it has fixed on Irish property
the burden of the poor; it has done its best to divide
Irishthe
for removing all
new hands; and it has passed a
Bill all remaining restrictions on the
choice of a representative. To be compelled by the self-
imposed formality of an annual motion to call fit the
destruction of a House, and the substitution of a
more popular body, immediately in the face of such po-
pular measures, is at least a cruel mishap. The present
state of continental affairs is equally unfortunate for Mr.
Hums's purpose. The popular assemblies at Frankfort,
Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Naples have only, served to
show that Parliaments are things which grow, and can-
not be made. The two National Assemblies successively
assembled at Paris deserve more respect, and present
erne favourable results. Elected on Mr. Feargus
O'Connor's principles, they have proved Conservative
bodies; they have balanced the social democracy of
Paris; and have restored the State, after terrible storms,
,o something like stability and order. We speak •of
whit the Constituent Assembly did, and of what
the new Assembly promises to do, as far as we can
judge from the proportion of its ingredients. But
the results are still so mixed, so precarious, and,
in some respects, so deplorable, that they can only
be coMnaended with re`erence to the circumstances
of France. The purely and elaborately. esopulai public
character of the National Assembly has not prevented a
frightful insurrection on the part of the very classes
which called it into existence; it has not prevented the
necessity of an enormous armament alWays ready for
action; it has not yet been able to dispense with a vir-
tual state of siege, for such is, in fact, the condition of
Paris to this day; it has not obviated the need of an
i•xpense far exceeding the sources of France, driving
her still deeper into the pit of insolvency; it has not re•
s ored public confidence either in the preservation of
,mler or in the stability of the present Constitution.
While then, we acknowledge a remedial and reaction-
ary character in the French National Assemblies, of
great value in their own fearful crisis, we ask what
proofs have they given of that solid capacity for re-
gular government which we look for in a British
House of Commons? But there is another consider-
ation, which wholly destroys the parallel, and for-
bids us to copy so inapplicable a .model. To supply a
sufficient equipoise against a purely representative and
democratic Senate, it has been found necessary to elect
a President equally representative and democratic; and
it yet remains to be seen whether the one representa-
tive or the 750 will prevail over the other. In the Bri-
tish Constitution there is an hereditary Sovereign and
an hereditary House of Lords; and whatever the present
or the future results of the experiment now working
in France, they can never apply to the case of a Con
stitution so utterly different. The division last night
proved the danger felt by most sensible persons in a the-
oretical reconstruction of the Legislature: It did not
commit the majority against practical and gradual re-
form; and, if we read aright the Ministerial speeches,
such a reform is in contemplation. Of its nature we are
ignorant, but as hints of this sort have the invariable
effect of stimulating agitation and weakening resist-
ance, we presume that no such hint would have been
given but for some corresponding design. ' It is very
certain that the last Reform Bill would never have been
introduced into the House, much less passed into a law,
but for the obstinate resistance made to reform for so
many years, and by so many great men. It took a long
time to fill up the measure of public indignation; and it
did not overflow till it was full. The fatal obstinacy of
Canning, of Peel, and of Wellington accumulated those
arrears, which it took a " revolution" to discharge.
Without going to the projects of Mr. Hume, Mr. O'Con-
nor, or Mr. Bright, it is easy to point out various emen-
dations and enlargements of the constituency, purifica-
tions in the electoral system, and substitutions of the
must populous for the most reduced boroughs, which
would reform the House /Kiri passel with the changing
circumstances of the times. Unless some such gradual
reform is early initiated by the Government, it may pos-
sibly find itself deserted by moderate men, and left to
fight its own battles with extreme and revolutionary
reformeri.

ADVERTISER.—Mr. Hume's re-appearance in the
House of Commons after the illness which confined him
for some time to his room, has caused universal gratifica-
tion. The Member for Montrose is a great favourite with
men of all parties, He has not, we believe, a personal
enemy in the [louse, or out of it. But the Honourable
Gentleman possesses other qualities than those of good
nature and urbanity. Ho is one of the most useful
Members that ever sat in any modern House of Commons.
Ho the most useful Member in the present House. He
is unceasing in his efforts to bring about such reforms as
shall be of real benefit to the people. No sooner has he,
in this instance, recovered from his indisposition, than
he brings forward the motion of which he had given
notice some time ago, for those three great reforms in
our Parliamentary representation, which have been so
long advocated in this journal. In one motion he com-
prehends the three great principles of Household
Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parlia-
ment. The debate to which Mr. Hume's motion led
was much more animated and interesting than the
public were prepared to expect. The truth is, that
after the reception which Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt'a
motion for shorter Parliaments, and that of Mr. Berke-
ley for the vote by ballot, met with, the country did not
look forward with much interest to the motion of Mr.
Hume, enabracinx, as it did, the principles embodied in
the motions of the two Members whose names we have
sminenntinonnemd.r.
HThuemie,s motion,nterestwhichwaas in a greatttachedto t h
measuredis e u s -
owing to the manner in which he treated the subject.
lle made some happy allusions, which, it was to be ex-
pected, would call up Lord John Russell' and some of the
other leading men in the House. Mr. Hume's speech
was not altogether in accordance with the character of
his motion. On the subject of the suffrage, his motion
contemplated nothing more than the household quali-
fication; but a great part of his speech went to prove
that the, franchise ought to be universal. Here Ar.
Hume displayed a great want of tact. If he be in
favour of universal suffrage, he should have maintained
an unbroken silence on the subject, because the avowal
of his attachment to that principle was sure to be turned
to an improper account by those trimming, truckling
Whigs, who are always glad of an excuse for voting with
Ministers. He might, with a much less amount of
shrewdness than he possesses, have foreseen that these
"expediency" gentlemen would not fail to say, that the
household qualification was only intended as a stepping•
stone to universal suffrage, and that if the former were
conceded, Mr. Hume would never rest until he had ex-
torted the latter also. Mr. flume's advocacy of universal
suffrage was exceedingly ill-timed. He could not have
chosen a more unfortunate moment. It was just what
Lord John. Russell wanted. Hence the heartiness with
which he ironically cheered the Member for Montrose,
when he was expatiating on the beauties of a universal
franchise. France and Prussia have lately presented us
with some ugly illustrations of the effects of universal suf-.
frage as exercised in those countries. And yet Mr. Hume,
by some unaccountable blunder, was induced to speak
of universal suffrage as if it had .werked ill the happiest
a ni tts
oaf di
nodpgtinio ne onx hne r toh,
sr at continent.nfaokTnhoewrne
wasma a nnegr,resaintcwe
to all, refuted this part of the Lion. Gentleman's speech.

IThe fruits of universal suffrage on the continent have
been such as few would like to witness in this country.
Mr. Flume also committed a great error in framing his
motion in the way he did. He committed a similar
error last year, which we- pirated out at the time. We
are much surprised that. ho should have repeated the
blunder. main object was to obtain the consent of
the house to`the principle of household suffrage. Why,
then, not hive confined his motion to that one point?
Why have mixed up with the extension of the franchise
vote by ball .at and triennial Parliaments? The latter
two questions hail been already discussed this ses-
sion in the House of Commons—discussed al bin
a period of three or four weeks. It was, therefore,
a great error of judgment to associate these two
questions with the extension of the franchise. It was
just the thing which the expediency men wished. It
afforded them a convenient pretext for voting with'
the Government, against the motion of Mr. Hume. It
will enable them to hold to their constituents language
which is contrary to the truth. They will assure their
constituents that they were in favour of household suf-
frage, and that they reluctantly voted against the motion
of the Hon. Member for Montrose, because it included
the other two questions of vote by ballot and triennial
Parliaments=-to which they are opposed. Lord John
Russell's speech in answer to Mr. Hume was one of the
cleverest which the Noble Lord 'has' made during the
session. - He did not fail to make a good use of the state
of affairs on the continent. The Noble Lord talked in
gweansenr aolt
a single t erM a
sentencebou about constitutionalinhis l
ong
and
progress,
there
from which the advocates of further reforms can extract
one atom' of comfort. It was a repetition of the old
elaborateb t
speech
finality speech. The Premier dWelt on the tranquillity
which prevails in this .country, and on the ab-
sence of any revolutionary feeling, It is true,
that amid all the convulsions which, in the course of
the last eighteen months, have shaken the continent
to its centre, there has prevailed the moo profound
tranquillity in England. But he must be a very super-
ficial and short-sighted man, who would infer from this,
that the tranquillity which has hitherto existed will al-
ways last. Until the spring of IS4B, comparative quiet
prevailed in France, while, until April or May of the
same year, no one ever dreamt of disturbances in Prussia
or Austria. These were looked on as among the most
tranquil countries in Europe. So little, indeed, was any
revolutionary outbreak apprehended in either of them,
especially, in Austria, that when the insurrection took
place in Vienna, it was scarcely credited in this come
try. Nothing, therefore, could be more unwarranted
than to infer from the existing tranquillity in this
country, ._,the perpetuity of the prevailing calm.
Englishmen are remarkable for their moderation and
Patience. They endure long, but there are limits to their
forbearance. And in this case there will be bounds to
their patience. The day is not distant when • they will
demand their rights. It is notorious to all that the House
of Commons, as at present constituted, does not represent
the popular sentiment or the popular feeling. That
Hopse must be brought into harmony with public opi-
nien. The people of England do not ask for universal
suffrage; but they do insist on a household franchise.
That would be a safe measure to grant. It will not be
safe to go on year after year refusing it. If this course
of resistance to what is moderate and reasonable be per-
sisted in, the banner of universal suffrage will be un-
furled, and then, should household qualification be
offered, the people will say, as the French did in Fe-
bruary, 1848, when in the midst of the revolution an Or
leanist regency was offered to them—" It is too late."
TIMES.-The debate on Parliamentary Reform de-
serves, perhaps, more notice than is usually given to a
discussion terminated in one sitting by a decisive majo-
rity and at a reasonable hour.' On the one hand there
was an overpowering preponderance of argument against
Mr. Hume's motion; for *o cannot consider that any-
thing said by Mr. Hume, Mr. Bright, or Mr. Wood, in-
teresting and diversified as their speeches confessedly
are, will stand for a moment against the masterly sur-
vey,. the calm common sense, and 'the lucid exposition
of Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey. The debate,
too, was directed with singular force and precision to
the question at-issue. On the other hand there is the
fact—we cannot call it the disagreeable fact—that the
majority against Mr. Hume's motion is considerably less
than it was last year. At that time, titter two-nights'
debate, the Honourable Member fur Montrose muse
tered 84 votes for an extensive organic reform,
and was crushed by a majority of 351 against
him. On the renewal of the discussion he
has found his own friends very constant, so at least we
infer from their still numbering 82. But the majority
has fallen to 268, from which we must conclude that, for
one reason or another, there are 83 Members not so
anxious to record their opinions against a sweeping
alteration as they were a twelvemonth since. It is ob•
vious to ask whence this decline of constitutional zeal
proceeds. It is probable that, as in most human affairs,
the saealler class of reasons, some of them very small in-
deed, have something to do with it. Tuesday, for ex-
ample, was a great day at Ascot. The night was rather
too close for comfortable legislation. Perhaps many
expected an adjourned debate. Perhaps the Conserva-
tive furor excited by the continental revolution and our
own Tenth of April, has rather abated. Perhaps those
friends of good ord.=r who do not swear by Lord John
are rather more disposed to let him fight his own battles
and will not encounter the gratuitous troubles of a gra-
tuitous aid. Some of them possibly would have no
groat objection to see his Lordship turn out for a
field-day with the Chartists. But with so great and
so palpable a fact as a decline of 83 votes staring us
in the face against a reduction of only two votes in
the opposite camp, prudence suggests that we should
not rest too confidently on the smaller class of reasons.
It is prudent to suspect a common and a powerful in-
ducement; or, if not to suspect it, at least, to think it
possible. It is PoSsible, then, that a certain class—a
growing class of members—may be of opinion that when
Lord John Russell drops vague admissions in favour of
gradual reform, and betrays a lurking dissatisfaction
with the present state of things, yet gives no pledge of
actual legislation, he has forfeited his claim to their votes
against sweeping projects. It may be felt that much
reform is better than no reform, and that in the absence
of any moderate measures to interpret and justify a vote
against Mr. Htime's proposition, it will be set down by
the public to mere Conservative bigotry. The day will
come when every Member-7at least, every representative
of a numerous or a popular constituency—will be called
to account for his votes. " Why did you vote against Mr.
Flume's motion for Parliamentary Reform?" is a question
which will be asked under very trying circumstances,
and, may be, at a crisis severer than any we have known.
The answer will be that Mr. Hume's "reform" would
have been a revolution. Should the candidate then be
brought by a cross-examination
to confess that there are
some defects in the representative system, his foes will
fasten on him the imputation that in his general and un-
qualified opposition to the only reform actually sug-
gested, he did, in fact, declare against reform altogether.
Nor is this controversial danger the only one incident to
a purely negative 'course. A negative course has gene-
rally a positive development of its own. The party
which, from Pitt unto Peel, for forty years resisted the
Reformers of those days because they were extravagant
and dangerouS, acquired a positive antipathy and anta-
gonism to reform. They became slavish and supersti-
tious anti-Reformers. They would not even touch the
unclean thing. Their Conservatism ripened into a
monomania against all improvements of whatever kind
or degree. The party at last pushed on its chiefs,with
such an impetus that they were obliged to •`0 go
a-bead" at the risk of being trodden down by their
followers. Then ensued the Duke's famous declaration,
the catastrophe of the Reform Bill, and the long pros-
tration of the Conservative party. What, then, is more
natural than that members should entertain a timely
dread of another such suicidal career? and when, year
after year, they are asked to vote against a motion for
Parliamentary Reform, without being allowed the oppor-
tunity of expressing themselves on more moderate pro-
positions, should look before them a little, to see whether
it be not: a cul de sac into which their leader, or their
party, or their own zeal, is betraying them? Lord John
Russell not only admitted the demand for gradual im-
proveinent, but referred to a like admission on his part
last year, without, however, pretending that he had done
anything in the interval to tollow up his mental misgiv-
ings. Thus lie said—
There Is another very difficult question with which
we are not called upon to deal to-night, but to which I
way in passing allude. I mean the question, whether, in
conformity with the general principle of the Reform Act,
which I believe to be a just principle, there might nut be
a greater number of persons possessing the suffrage than
at present; whether, in fact, the working classes should
not be admitted more generally to hold the suffrage;
and whether in the great towns, in the counties, and in
the boroughs, there should not be another kind of fran-
chise introduced, to enable them to vote for the repre-
sinitatives of such places —(Hear.) I stated last year
my opinion, in: favour of such an extension. I stated
various modes in which it might be done; but the Hon.
Gentleman who makes the present proposition, and his
frieads, have always protested against any extension of
that kind. Ever since I started the proposition I have
seen ,it treated with ridicule by those who hold the
opinions of the Honourable Gentleman as a change
which would not be at all satistactory—(` Hear, hear'
from Mr. Bright)--and• which ought to be derided, and
not adopted."
And further en—

„,y, again upon this subject,
Old thr.re-
for© there is
” Therefore,l can only
nothing
I have ever h'eld,
notfore o::no i:viiesriiliiiigi
gthtaisdawsetlhl etop
Furtheri eo fu.
ptoo-uniigt,h
iu the lt4orm Act, and nothing in any opinion
or in any opinion I hold now, which
would debar we from seeing with satisfaction any plan
by which the admission of the working classes could be
still further extended, and the basis widened upon which
the representation rests.—(Hear.)"
Returning to. the sums opinion once more towards the
close of his speech, he qualified it only by his ob-
jection to so extreme a mature as that before the
Hons.? ....___ .

" The Honourab'e Member asks me-if I do not believe
in their virtue and integrity. I entirely give credit to
the great body of the working classes of this country for
their virtue and integrity. I believe from time to time
you may enlarge the suffrage,. that they will become
more and.more worthy of the franchise ; but, as far as
I can see and observe, i
ssy that if, you. were at the
present time to divide-the whole country into districts,
and give every man a vote, as the Honourable Gentle-
man proposes, the people would be liable to be misled

by artftil and designing demagogues—(Cheers)—and
that the representation of this House, so formed, would
not conduce to the welfare and good government of toe
people.—(Loud cheers.)"
Such confessions and such pledges unredeemed cannot
but embarrass the position of those Members who have
to defend the prrs,sit state of the representation against
the reforming instincts of popular constituencies. They
are eaaharrassin4 beeauF.,e they are founded in iustice
and truth. It is true that in these expres,ions Lord
John does not cinimit himself to any of those wild and
unreal principles on which the various "charter." of
the day-are actually founded. lie does not admit the
right of every " adult male" to a vote, or call every man
not possessed of this right a slave, or an alien from the
pale of the constitution. There is no principle of na-
ture, of constitutional law, or of historical fact, on which
such a claim can be advanced. His Lordship only ex-pres-
ses that wish every good citiz,n must feel, to see ail the
privileges of citizenship extvrid,d to every person really
competent to discharge them. His wish is suggested by
the fact that many of such persons are excluded. It is,
however, an admission in favour of Parliamentary re
form;and as such is a weapon in the hand of any party
which is allowed a practieal monopoly of the question.