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sible to estimate the improvement that would take s
place under a judicious management where the soil
would be brought to the highest degree of fertility
and all its natural capabilities fully developed. Some
of the cases of charitable trusts that from time to time
are brought Before the Court of Chancery afford the
best illustration of the enormous increase of value of
these prollages, the rentals at the present day
amounting to as many thousands as there were for-
merly tens of pounds sterling. It would manifestly
be contrary to public policy to bestow so vast a fortune 1
on a single individual. Mr. WAsoN therefore suggests
that the accumulated funds of each class should be
divided when so many lives had dropped off as would
leave the surviving parties entitled to estates of 1,0001.
per annum for every share of 100/. ; of 500/. per
annum for every half share ; of 250/. per annum
for every quarter-share, and 1251. per annum
for every eighth. There can be no doubt that
an undertaking affording such favourable promises as
a private speculation, exclusive of its vast public
advantages, will be eagerly sought after if
brought forward under the auspices of men
in whom implicit confidence could be reposed;
and we trust that Ministers and others, having the
welfare of the sister kingdom at heart, will not neg-
lect so valuable an opportunity of advancing the pros-
perity of a country that has suffered so fearfully from
the oppression and misgovernment of past generations.

It was somewhat amusing to notice the difficulty
with which, at the recent Cutlers' Banquet at Shef-
field, political discussion was avoided. The fact that
the assembly was in no way a political one was, how-
ever, strongly impressed upon all who beheld the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, seated near Earl FiTzwILLIAm,
receiving compliments from Mr. ROEBUCK The
latter, strange to say, was in a complimentary mood,

and commented on Lord FITZWILLIAM'S dexterity in
talking of politics, even while deprecating all allusion
to them, in very graceful and felicitous terms.
" There have been observations made by the Noble
Earl at this table with that dexterity which distin-
guished his artistic renown in the House of Lords—

touching without affecting, leading without seeming
to lead, directing instantaneously to the point without
incurring the responsibility of so doing. Various
suggestions of mighty import the Noble Earl dropped
with a sort of nice saving, that allowed him almost to
touch the rock, and yet turn round and sail away 011
another tack. I admired the dexterity ; I have wit-
nessed it,before." The raillery was certainly well-
deserved, for Earl FrrzwiwiAla s speech, with its
" I must not say this" and "I do not say that,"
while by inference he was all the time saying this
and that, and much more, was a compound of singu-
lar audacity. Yet, which of his hearers would have
wished it unsaid, and what stickler for the propriety
of " no-politics " at public dinners could blame such
political allusions as those scattered throughout Lord
FITZWILLIAM'S very admirable and eloquent dis-
course? When the Noble Earl declared that pro-
perty could not exist without industry, it might be
objected that he was only repeating a well-
known truism. It is, however, one of those
truisms which have need to be continually enforced,
and coming from the lips of a landlord and a peer it

carries double weight. " Industry," said Lord

FITZWILLIAM, "is that by which all the property of
this country has been created. I care not in whose
hands it may be, I care not whether it is in the
workshop of the manufacturer of this town, or whe-
ther it is in landed property, which is now enjoyed by
the descendant of some manufacturer. Tbis I venture to
point out to you, and to those out of doors, that no pro-
perty can exist but through the medium of industry.•
It is not the industrious that require this information.
It is on the owners of property that the fact has
need to be impressed—they who, enjoying the fruits
of the industry of others, would withhold from those
others their due participation thereof, and " muzzle
the ox that treadeth out the corn." The days of class

legislation are now, happily, drawing to a close. The
overthrow of the corn-laws inflicted a blow upon the
whole system from which no effort can recover it.
Did some such reflection cross the mind of his Grace
of Newcastle while he listened to these radical senti-
ments of his brother Peer ? If so, he wisely kept his
reflections to himself, and obtained the cordial compli-
ments of Mr. ROEBUCK. " I was delighted," said the new
Member for Sheffield, " with the suggestions of the
Noble Duke. Time teaches us many things; and there
are kind feelings raisedby time which I was delighted to
find had made their way on the present occasion. And,
finding myself here at a social board with the Noble
Duke, his most humble admirer on the present occa-
:•ion, I do admire the effect of time which has brought
us thus mutually here before you, a united body of
our countrymen. There is no victory but the victory
of truth. Time has taught it to us."

1 These public meetings, insignificant as some
may consider them, are most happily influential
in promoting feelings of mutual kindness and
cordiality among individuals of various political
parties and different stations. They give an
opportunity for the interchange of many sen-

timents and opinions which have no outlet in the
arena of St. Stephen's, and by promoting the " union"
of the various members of the commonwealth, they
serve in no inconsiderable degree to develop that
" strength" which is the basis of all popular power.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

The Paris papers of yesterday have arrived.
Wonderful to relate, M. DB FALLOUX is not only
still in the Ministry, but contrary to the expectations
of all, has accorded words of unconditional commen-
dation to the memorable " letter" of the PRESIDENT.
A decree of Louis NAPOLEON, published in the
Moniteur, re-instates M. DE FALLOUX, in his func-
tions as Minister of Public Instruction, his duties
having during his recent absence in the country
been performed ad interim by M. LANJUINAIS.
According to the Dix Deeembre M. DE FALLoux
approved of the letter of the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public in the warmest and most explicit terms when
it was submitted to the Council, and that he even
said, " I would sign such a letter with both hands."
Meanwhile General ROSTOLAN bas positively been
recalled from the chief command at Rome, the order
for his recall having left Paris on Monday.
The Presse states that, curiously enough, General
ROSTOLAN, himself ignorant that he was about to be
recalled, had sent in his resignation.

During the recent visit of the PRESIDENT along the
Lyons liailway he wore the uniform of a General of
the National Guard. He was accompanied by the
Marquis of DouGLAs. The following anecdote of his
journey, showing the enthusiasm of his reception by
the multitude, will prove interesting

At Fontainebleau a vast crowd was assembled,
who shouted again and again "Vive Napoleon I" The
PRESIDENT of the Republic passed the National
Guards (about 6,000 in number) and troops in re-
view ; among the latter was a magnificent regiment
of carbineers, which excited universal ad-
miration. The shouts of " Five Napoleon 1
Vive le President!" were even more numerous
and enthusiastic than at Melun. One fellow in the
crowd took on himself to bellow " Yive la Constitu-
tion I A. bas Napoleon !" but a carbineer soon
silenced him by a heavy blow on the face from his
clenched fist, and the people falling on him nearly
tore him to pieces.

General OUDINOT yesterday paid a visit to the
Minister of War, after having been received at an
earlier hour by the PRESIDENT of the Republic.
On the occasion of the review held by the PRESI-
DENT of the Republic on Monday morning in the
Champ de Mars, he was accompanied by the Marquis
of DOUGLAS, General CHANGARNIER, and a number
of other general officers. His arrival on the ground
was hailed with loud acclamations from the troops.
Before the filing off took place, the colonels
of the different regiments were called toge-
ther and complimented on the excellent appear-
ance of their men, and at the same time received the
thanks of the PRESIDENT for the zeal and devoted-
ness they had shown in maintaining the discipline of
their respective corps in the midst of the serious
events through which they have had to pass. As the
different regiments passed by the PRESIDENT, cries of
" Vive Louis Napoleon ! Vive le President de la
Republique !" resounded from all the ranks.
Before the announcement in the Itionzteur of yes-
terday of the resumption of his ministerial functions
t
by M. DE FALLOUX, there was a rumour abroad that
M. VICTOR HUGO would be Appointed Minister of
Instruction, and that General BEDEAU would be
Minister of War in the room of General RULNIERES.
All these reports are of course dissipated by this time
by the circumstance alluded to, showing that there is
no immediate split in the Cabinet.
The Constitutionnel has at length spoken out
upon the subject of the " letter" written
by
the PRESIDENT. One or twosentences, as convey-
ing the opinions. of M. TRIERS, we may briefly trans-
late. After remarking upon those among the
opposition who are disposed to draw the most
extraordinary conclusions from this memorable
document, the Constitutionnel remarks :—" The jour-