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London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

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COMMANDER FORBES, R.N.
Now Ready, in post Svo., with Ilb.strations. price 7s. CA..
SIX MONTHS' SERVICE in the AFRICAN
BLOCKADE, from April to Octol)er, 1845, in comtnand of
" Bone t ta."
BY Commander F0R817,4; R.N., Author of "Five Years in China."
Richard Bentley-, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

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1111"ORTANT • awl EXTENSIVE SALE of
D ipally OAIC, of unusual age and size, to-
g-A-etherUwNitphEsoltmWe°°o:l4i'. a-rirdlnoebt'ler TIMBER TREES, near to the towns
of Presteign, Kington. Pero_
_r_l(l,7e,lsalnd Leominster, in the minty of
Lots, on TUESDAY, the 13th
Hereford, which will be SOL )
1443, pursuant to an Order of the MGR COUltr of
February,
le a cause or PLCNKETT V. LEWIS, with the ap-
probation of .piA'CriCERT,,Ona---assau WILLIAM stou. Esq., one of the Masters of
SF _,„
the said Court.;
The
Underwood consists of above 260 acres, wood measure, prin-
cipally of Oak of mature growth, standing in the several woods called
Limebroo't. Pitchers Held, Mounds' Coppice, Coombe Wood, Astley
Vallett's Wood, Wichmoro Coppice, Road. Coppice., Nash Coppice,
Frith Wood, Downse3 Coppice, Mill Hurst. Coppice, Pokewell Wood,
Birch Coppice, an I Marston Coppice, lately the property of Lynden
Evelyn, deceased
- Tire co no:ises 899 Oaks, 53. Ash, and 8 Witch Trees
etio-cimf ;rain certain of the aforesaid woods.
Tile See 1:7! be so'd in 39 lots by Mr. WILLIAM
JAMES, 01 Ti'=:7,3AY, t-11 Feiy..!cry, 1819. at the Radnor Arms
Hoiel, in I 'Qo ri 0 '0 o.i 'o,';‘:in thie a ftra aoon.
Ip. !In I (4 'at) in London, at the said
Mir,ter's , r Chance-y
-lane ; of Mr.
win'am or, _Lim Eel l) .1
-row ; of Mr. Alexander
Dobie, Lr 'c ; and of Mes3rs. C. a-id J. Allen, Car-
lisle-street, St-0 ; anq 'a 1^ C0111!:1.1, of John Nixon. Esq., Priory-
street, Clielen ;of Met7rs. Mire end Sale, Leominster ; and of
Mr. Cccii raisons, P:cs!eiTa ; cod a'. the mincipsl inns at Hereford,
Leorrins:er, F trsi on, I' in, Pea.midge, and libigleton ; and of
Mr. Wiliam J2;:aes, Au; ioneer, Hereford.
The under.vood a'.d timber may be viewed on application to the
Woodkeepers, Civvies Everali, of folly Cottage, near Presteign, and
John Corbett, of li.nsha.m-court.

rrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
CIRQL NATIONAL DE PARIS.
EVERY EVEN IS.G.
M. Delean beta to a.,noutice tart a SECOND Grand JUVENILE
PETE will talle place on WEDNESDAY MORNIN,G next, on which
occasion the Boys of the Royal Military Asylum *With their Bands
Al attend.

CaILDREN AT REDUCED PRICES.
Extraordinary Perfwmances of the Equestrian Troupe from the
Cirque National de
Aid Us. Caroline, DOCOS, Aranlia, Ike.—The celebrated Match of 29
Vaulters—Deuce of the Four GlobE:7,h tes. Szc.
l'om-rence at o'clock.
'MORNING PERFORMANCES,
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
Doors open at Half-past O,ie, commence at Two o'clock.
The Performauces vi I 1 terminate about Five o'clock.
rarov.s OP ADMISSION'.
Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxv-, 3s. Upper Boxes, 2s.
Pit, Arena. and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, is.
Children, under twelve years of age, Mil ho admitted lt the fol-
lowing reduced prices :
Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dresl Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.
Fit, Arena, mid rrome:l2,l3, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d.
Tickets to be Irul of Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office ; and at
Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street.

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RO BERT II OIT D IN. - ST. JAMES'S
THE.UP.E.
M. It3BIHI.T HOU DIN will h.'ve the hormar to repeat his 'extra-.
Ordintry SiOIREES FAN I Qi) es, at this Theatre as folloyps:,--•
THIS EV EN .TC, Tuesday, January 30. ,
foTro--,W!.?:inesday 2.lmain't• •• 31.
ThmsOcy Evening. • • ... Februiry I.
Saturde v Even:,... • • • • „ 3.
Evening Perform • nce at Hai f-past Eight ; Day Petformanco
at
Hale-past Two.
Boxes, 4s. ; P. as.; Amphitheatre. Is. Gd.
and ,te s :or this cxtraordirtary Entertiitlnlarlt
may be a• cared at Miteheii's Library, s 3, Oil Bond-street ;
aid et the Box-onlee of the Theatre, which is open daily from ;.Leven
till Five o'cl,ck.

TiITATT;r. W)rAL., TIAYII.VRAST.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Mara;e-. Old lirompton.
The public ts respeetial'y tu:Jrrred that this Trestro has, during
the recess, undergone very e&i.cnsive repal9 and eleratlons and the
waole re-decorated.

THIS EVENING,
Will. be perfol mei, TilE STRANGER. 1 The Stranger, Mr. C.
Kean ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean.
After Wh'eh, TWICE KILT,EI).
To conclude with an Ar,dolatt. Nights' Entertainment, entitled
CA:VAR ALZA N AND BADoult.%; or, The Pert who Loved
the !rinse. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss
Horton, and Miss Reynolds: '

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RtoYAVigADELVIII.
f'nder the direction MadcnneXcleste
Durink ttiegithess"thit-lhefatte ha's Viten en-Jre,y re-clecorated, the
original designs. in IllgtipstVyntS Esq ..7exectited4y.4.l*-. Sang. A
new Stage, I:o7tain, Acj Drcw, and. Chanclelie%. ;An rpproved sys-
tem of Vent on, Sce. •Tho Trig te Boxesllkl.nged, Backs
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered ruel'e cox ".ortab'o..
11 LS EVENING:
Will be iv,"KforTed a rew D founded on Mr. Dickens's Chris'-
!nal Relok, Tr!liled MAN. Recline', Mr.
llcThos: the Inantchn„Mri, /%....,e'teroy and Co , Mr.
Wright ; tic Boy, Mine E. Cha:dinc Woolgar; Mrs. 'Rt.:-
• terhy,, MA. F. i.‘lattl4ews AND WIVES;
: -
F TW illy
To ht, bre '4
• To i‘E 0,2 I
,A
.zoaliki. Paul
Bedrora; uro.wero, T. 0 Nni-t • el JI, Cop .n.
• Ir' •tti
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Y's ROYAL. AM iIITHE AT RE.
•Proon,tor, lir. W. Batty.
Under P‘t romwe of her liajesty the (23ecn, his 'Royal Highness
.• Prince Nlbert, gcc.
En:x*lllmi* success of the Holiday Noveities, the most astounding in
the Metropolis.--A Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the
Mena.—A nev come Par ',,m11,1-e.
Tttr9 EVENING,
The curtain will rise at a fli,lrtcr to Seven o'clock precisely to the
ctacle of the
WARS OF THE JZIV3. or, Tic Val' of Jerusalem.
To t•-; followed' 1, t. i tnin,tta'le Oisp'sy of SCENES IN THE
Clitt2LE, Fupp or te3 the tirst Equestrian tal,nt of the ,lay.
To c,,noWe with a Pew Equestrian Pantomime, e:ttitled BOLD
ROBIN 11001); or, The Pretty White Horse. and Enchanted Prin-
cess of Sherwood Forest:
ltos-otlice o-'en from Eleven till Five.
'toner, W, Nest.

TO COURESPONOENTS.
fro conrrunication can be atLmtled to unless autheati.
t.l:ed by then and 2,!dress of the writer.
cominunicatiGni e•Annot be returned.

THE WEATILEE.--SuN OFFICE, JANUARY 30.
Lowest: 30; Highest, 39, Noon, 38.
BAP," 7.M.TF.P, 29.19.
WIND S. ; ro;n cnd isleet.

11.1611 'WATER AT lON 00ti
Tars DAY —Morning, 41 mtn. after 5 I Evening, 1 min. after 6
To-Moatow— ,25 nen. after G Evetru , 49 +n'%. atter 6

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1849.

Among the political engagements of last" session
it will not 1).-3 forgotten that, on
gave a the, 28th of August,
written notice of his
Lord DUDWIT STUART
sion which will be in-
augurate to move, LI the se;
i co T'nursday, for leave to bring in " a Bill
to limit to thz 7-7r3 the duration of Parliament."
That enga.727nent (liko so many others entered into
somewhere about th:-. same period by other represen-
be afforded an opportunity
tatives) will very Epeilily
for its fulfilment. We have no fear whatever that it
has been in any manner forgotten by the Noble Lord
the Member for Marylebone; neither do we antici-
pate that its importance will he overlooked by the
mass of the population. The notice of motion is
altogether too explicit t) be misunderstood, and
the nature of the proposed reform is in every
respect too simple i and vast n its character to be
easily banished from recollection. It comes within
the same category as the innovation projected by the
Hon. Representative of Bristol—that innovation which
wag so successfully advocated on the ii*h of August,
by a majority of five in a 'louse of 167. Triennial
Parliaments is :vs comprehensive and as comprehen-
sible a reform as the Ballot. It is a reform more-
over which, from its compact magnitude, oss
pes - se„n
advantage over the more elaborate possesses
schemes of im-
provement propounded by Mr. IIuNIE in reference to
the whole system of government, and by Mr. Coignsl4
in reference to our annual expenditure. Grand
a
. the latter schemes miquestionably are, their very
grandeur obstructs their progress with embarrass
,nents. Yet, if not in their complicated entirety, these
alterations in the mechanism of our polity may be
as3urcelly forwarded piecemeal. Stich is the reflection
tilt has evidently recurred to the (lon. F.IIENRY F.
BERKELEY and to Lord DUDLLY STUART, and has im-
pelled them to bring separately under the considera-
tion of the Monte two gigantic measures which con-
stitute comparatively minute portions of the
enormous p_rejcct ur.folded Feveral months since
Li VA* ; thes ' aNg-school in Albany-street, by the
4.,,,...,...liotictitilal—e'\idernber for Montrose. In acting
„. 0-.:,%,--thua/ilte
4t72...1'4. f •' • .
representalives of Marylebone and Bristol
• are orwtbrdirtg, in the mcst effectual manner the
~.
W, -,' glorious principles advocated half a century ago by
o\c ..4 - • . / y
0 \c„ ina Immo_ rtaLr'fornaer CHARLES_JAMES Fox, and are
(
sLib.fik same tithe offering no impediment whatever to
kti a S

the advancement of the cue with which their more
Sanguine contempor:lries are identified.
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Triennial Parliaments imply a modilicatien of the
existing system of the Legislature, such as is appre-
ciable by the most mediocre understanding. The
change is of a character as manifest as the
light at noonday. There is no mysticism about
the undertaking, no obscurity, no word-catching,
no political jugglery—as in the theoretical schemes
and glittering illusions of M. CADET or of M.
Paoupnote. In struggling to attain the self-evident
advantages which must accrue from the possession of
Triennial Parliaments, we are not wandering after
the mirage of some deceptive hypothesis, or
aspiring to reach the visionary gardens of some
Transatlantic Icarie. We are marching under a
banner which has led two preceding generations, and
are employing a watchword which has been articulated
by many illustrious reformers. Against the acquisition
of the Ballot there are undoubtedly a thousand specious
and ingenious arguments, though those arguments are
in reality as shallow as the arguments used by the
disciples of ARISTOTLE, first against the Cepernican
theory of the heavens, and afterwards against the
Baconian system of philosophy. Against the grant-
ing of Triennial Parliaments there are not two objec-
tions that can be raised, sufficiently valid, to remain
two minutes undestroyed. The whole question is
reduced to one affecting merely the interval of dura-
tion—not the mode of constructing the Legislature,
not the manner of working the Legislature—but,
simply, the period of its duration. The matter does
not possess the dubious merit of the agitation
in favour of adopting La Cloture as a curb
upon Parliamentary discussion. It is nothing more
than a question of convenience and propriety in re-
gard to the time which shall be declared as consti-
tuting the legitimate existence of Parliament. Sep-
tennial Parliaments, as at present, are considered as
affording too protracted an authority to protect the
St ate from the dangers incident to a marked discre-
pancy between the views of the people and the views
of the popular representatives. Annual Parliaments
are, on the other hand, except by a few eccentric dis
sentients, the ultra Quixotes of innovation, regarded
as a perilous remedy for a perilous evil.
Whereas Septennill Parliaments have been found
too long to insure a continued unison of sentiment
between the population and the National Council—
annual Parliaments are dreaded as too short for any
practical purposes. Nor is the brevity of the duration
of Parliaments elected annually the only bane certain
to result from suchan arrangement; the continual
effervescence of exata"eient arising from this per-
petual app. al to the Euitings and the palling-booths
could not fail to affect prejudioially the entire body of
the community. Between these two difficulties, there-
fore—between septenniel ParliEments on the one hand,
and annual Parliaments on the other—the juste milieu
advocated by the Noble Loral the Member for the
metropolitan borough of Marylesone appears to afford
the best security to the multituare. It is the course
dictated by the prir.ciples of enlightened mederation,
and is for that reason entitled to the fullest confidence.
It is sufficiently conservative to render it constitu-
I tional, and sufficiently boll to satisfy democracy. It
seems to afford the only rational solution to one of
the most problematic difficulties of the representative
system of government. For these reasons it
is deserving of support, of a cordial and
enthusiastic support, whether it be a single
point in a rejected Charter, a subordinate
portion of a project such as that adventured
upon by Mr. Hume, or the isolated reform em-
bodied in a notice of motion such as that an-
nounced oe the 28th of Aug%st, by Lord DUDLEY
COUTTi STUART.
Regarding the reform expres4e.a in the words—
Triennial Parliaments, as one most,• essential to the
proper working of the Constitution, -we look forward
with peculiar interest to the fulfilment of -the promise
tide last ----'on by the Noble Lord whose name is
Liberality in England, and with
Poland.

.ulations respecting th. management
Aso, to which we alluded yesterday
.ktietcfas the forerunners of a series of eco
•ms in the Naval, Military;, and Qrd-
lents. Retrenchment will be the order
although it may not be practicable to

,ns to the ex`ent of 10,000,0001. ster-
del by Mr. COBDEN, the is every
reesen to hope that the expenditure may be con fined
within the lieiits indrChted by gr. Mecaaeooa.
We musk, however, q&nphatically warn the Go-
vernment against falling . into the ordinary
mistake of ,c&finine their-entire attention to the
lower branchel of the tree oncr.4utfering the more
exalted to fl iiirish in unrestraine.rluxUriance. There
is not the. slightest necessity fur any *material reduc-
tion in the "effective strength of the establishments.
We de not desire foet able seamen should be dis-
charged from our service to seek employment under
the flag of our maritime rivals. We d's not wish to
iiisband the private soldiers that have zealously and
efficiently performed their, duties in every clime—
who have earned for themselves the national gratitude,
and at all times maintained their country's honour
beyond the reach of scandal or reproach. We do,
however, conceive that many admirals and generals,
post-cistains and field officers, might well be
spared, and if their feelings were as I,ttle thought of
as th )se of the humble shipwrights, seamen, or sol-
diers, there is little question but that we could indeed
hing the expenditure within the lowest estimates
that have hitherto le en framed by the most en •
thusiastic financial reformer.
We have, unquestionasly, a great excess of officers
of the higher ranks. If ten times the present number
of men were required to he called into active ser-
vice, we have generals and colonels sufficient
to command them all, and admirals and
post•captains more than enough to take charge of
the navies of all the nations in the world. And the
system still prevails ; the numbers are maintained at
the highest rate, every vacancy that occurs is most
religiously filled up. From the moment that any
person is fortunate enough to obtain a footing among
the privileged ranks his promotion proceeds with
the utmost certainty and regularity, he becomes
an object of the deepest sympathy to the Legislature;
his interests must be attended to---his claims cannot
be forgotten or lost sight of; abuses are to be
perpetuated, in order that he may reap the benefit ;
the pay and emoluments that are not di•
redly sufficient to reward his merits are to be eked
out by sinecures and perquisites, which, although
highly objectionable in themselves, are at length re-
garded as vested rights and matters of every-day
occurrence. Hence the naval and military sinecures,
the colonels in command, who, residing at Bath or
Cheltenham, never behold their regiments, and whose
only concern in relation thereto is to have an ade-
quate participation in the clothiers' profits.
The admirable letter from the respected
President of the Liverpool Financial Re-
form Association, which will be found in
abuse in so powerful a light that we are wholalgyran
r
another part of our impression, exhibits this fl
re-
another
lieved from the necessity of further comment.
We have in the navy, as we stated yesterday no
I less than 150 flag-officers, of whom 30 are admirals,
or 10 of each squadron, 45 vice-admirals, or 15 of
each squadron, and 75 rear-admirals, or 25 of each
squadron. This is in addition to 45 retired rear-
admirals, whose number is to be reduced to 25.
Thus we find no less than 195 admirals, of whom 13
are in commission, and 182 unemployed at this mo-
ment. Surely, one third, or even one-sixth of the
number,:would be amply sufficient fur every purpose.
We do not desire that those veterans should be de-
prived of their rank or of the pay which they now
receive. We would treat them with greater conside-
ration than is exhibited towards the humble ship-
wrights or ordinary seamen. But they are all well-
stricken in years; their numbers muet he con-
, aosiepdepeuorrintahetrgdly
etrinent were
reduced within a brief period. If only one
etrhe e innuam(leb for r
of evaedrymitrhailrsd vacancy
betterncythat
suitel to the exigencies ofk the service, this grievance
would speedily be removed, and a very considerable
But the
captainsand cannot be
Navy tells us that
o
mfluastgsbe set aside. 'What, are the
considerationtheir
other
heca,
rt cheated o f
course every
public interests, and the complaint
• s and murmurs of
those who exhibit " an ignorant impatience of taxa-
tion," to be weighed in the balance against the de-
sires of gentlemen possessed of such Nweriza

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a I.e "1„,,,,--1,1"."`71•;Ci tirel Mr ne • tr•
1 t.. t a-. i f ',1.111t-},VEilt•dS.- .. , :,, . - e 'proper working
; win Deic ....,'-try ed. a --tlevr.attd ~. ol,;;;Ipa! petite Coiledy,,elitiijcili with peculiar int,
cr,: •• . , • ,
' Ititra•‘,.'e.,,lfrr-Zetvgl4l.o3,Ccpiralaiz a(gent.qlM•TlYE KINGI OK, made last session
TII 4PE ' C Ki.A.:S. Cliitev-s by `Measrs. Harley, Johnatev,s,-, ~,.,1_.a,.. i ~
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pjoy
nem, `1.13 L. I`of:eil . "littil'. tin i.a, •NTS:s elafp.W.R, tilt L.• . '
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blarshall, .INZGa..detrrait: ' t no •1 '. - '''*all. ;,,e' - t.- ~..„-,
To c0:1tr...1% wl4ll 111,titit!FAVArTf) gill ' s:
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Ll:e.-: I toxe-, ,t., 3 I.,,ir,tr It,citteF, 41 ; ' '':, all -,* •_ • k-: • - ~,,, rem
&air-price to Pnv nra`:c4 tilt house. -,C -r , ~., 'l. A. ' _ "li 7icAlik ~ '- • r.
The Sew Elr..-of,le*, No. 2,, .;.• • , -"" ... : ' -''Az,...,A.t:' th : . oaktyati
public , very en y too Ten till-Sta. . • ' ./.47- ' 1 '''';" ',...'"•• ~ -Li
4- - ..:.. . _ .y, i° Tegarub
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Mr. ,1. 74. M..0.1.15,",!'01; ...,.:4-4. , ' . ,-'
Darin; the Pecass tl '-, Triep.trelf., i,--"V"i•i.•,- •
„„ ...' ;.:. , '.,, ;•.-11,! a
..:. veparLmi
lisped in it PIIPTb and co-Ilt- rn'tniif .• „ie,,,,,4,p-' q., -,,- , _,.. - _ ~,,.. ‘
defier has been fitted, and Ch.) btit, 4,7'4" •.--. fr.2..__;.q.--4.,-;',:„.., i: :". • ~. '. Y, and
the dne l'2ir:,l ...ion ot ,he it ell-re—:n.l dineo:4o -E-7".,-- ...;., '4'-. " +,r' rkaaction
, , .4,. . .. : ..... , -- .
of V.ll a',...1 ,iicn. . .
Tirrq BVENiNCI, Ting, as demaa,
Will be perfo-med a new Opera, entitled MARIE, TIIE FOUND-
rees )11 to hope 1
LING OF THE L kl:'. _
To cc,ieltula w'h a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF wi:hifi the liali
RING HAL; or, llztequin and the Chained Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Bologna; Paataloen. Mr. 1.•.•ulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexrnore ; Spr,te, WC musk, hovi
Mr. ha Barr; Coltvuhina, Miss Fawcett. vernmelit agal