The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-24 00:00:00

should be introduced by which due and fitting ac-
commodation would be provided for the sick, with
suitable medicines and medical attendance. ,The dead
should be properly and respectfully interred, and
every means of prevention had recourse to. Some-
thing must speedily be done, or many
valuable lives will be lost. A few days
would be sufficient to introduce the enac-
ments, and to organise the staff that might be
required. Every hour's delay may increase the evil to
a fearful extent. Local committees should be formed
without loss of time, and whenever the persons more
immediately interested put themselves in communi-
cation with the Executive, and show that they are
really anxious to help themselves, we doubt not but
that they will receive the most prompt, ready, and effi-
cient co-operation of the authorities.

Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived.
The Gagfta announces the appointment of General
RONCALI as Captain-General of Gallicia, in the room
of General VILLALONGA, who has resigned. Her
MAJESTY has nominated Luis Lopez Ballestero3,
Beltram de Lis, the Duke of Sotomayor, Joaquim
Fagoaga Mendizabal, Canter°, Carriquirri, Mariano
Miguel Reinoso, the director of the Sinking Fund
Board, the Accountant-General of the kingdom, and
the Director-General of the National Property, as
members, of a Committee to prepare a plan for regu-
lating the Public Debt of Spain.
It is said that the Marquis of GERONA will be ap-
pointed Ambassador to Rome.
MADRID BOLSA, Aram 17.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 31i for cash; the Five per Cents. at 20; the
Debt without interest at 6 ; and the Coupons at 17.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The motion of M. DE REMIISAT was negatived on
a majority of 49, the numbers being,
against it 219. It is said that
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the Ministers expected a'much larger majority.
The Address of the Prussian Diet, in answer to the
speech from the throne, is the subject of a very well
written article in La Presse. After stating that it is
to be hoped the draught of the address may be
modified, in order that too decided an opposition may
not alarm the good dispositions of the Crown, or
furnish to it a pretext for withdrawing the conces-
sions which are in the course of execution, the
Presse thus comments upon the personal situation of
the KING :

" The personal situation of Frederick William, as a man
and as a monarch, is serious. He will have committed an
imprudent act if he have not calculated all its bearings, for
be can neither accept the pretensions of the united Diet
without abandoning the absolute power which he is endea-
vouring to maintain, nor can he dissolve the Diet without
weakening his consideration abroad and the affection of his
people at home. Such a demonstration as that at present
made in Berlin is an irrevocable fact. Prussia wishes to be
a constitutional monarchy. She proclaims her will in that
respect by the organ of her Diet. This determination must
prevail, or it will be demonstrated that the Prussian mo-
narchy is no longer in accord with its people. We must,
therefore, hope that those opposite pretensions will be con-
ciliated—that the Diet will assume the initiative of the com-
promise—and that the King will lend himself to it."
The National has the following gunpowder article
on the dispute between Turkey and Greece :
" The diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey are
decidedly broken off. The Greek Cabinet has allowed the
period prescribed by the Divan to pass, without submitting
co the humiliating terms dictated by it. The Greek Charge
d'Affaires at Constantinople has no longer any official commu-
nication with the Porte. The Ottoman Government has made
known this state of things to the Great Powers by a memo-
randum, in which it explains the motives of its conduct, and
its determination to persist in its pretensions. Three English
',hips of the line, the Vanguard, Albion, and Spartan, have
entered the Pirwus, and are waiting the orders of the British
Ambassador at Athens. This force is evidently designed
to decide the fall of the Greek Cabinet. Thus will be ob-
tained, by the intimidation produced by the English can-
non upon the Hellenic. Government, the result which
had been hoped for from 'the fear of a rupture with
Turkey. The intention of Great Britain.is evident. It is
resolved to have, coute qui coute, the overthrow of the Coletti
Ministry, and, as a consequence, the admission into power of
men who would be under the thumb of Sir E. Lyons. To
establish the preponderant influence of England in Greece is
the avowed object of Lord Palmerston. Defeated on the
diplomatic ground, the English Ministry does not shrink
from making a warlike manifestation, and the three ships
now in the Pirteus testify that Great Britain is ready to use
force if it be necessary to ensure the triumph of its interests.
But, we will ask the French Government, do you intend to
submit to this state of things? Will you suffer England to
Arrogate to herself the right of imposing her will on Greece,
And by main force overthrow a Cabinet whose only crime is
having shown a degree of preference for France? Will it
allow a country placed under our protection to be violated
by a foreign power ? Does not the armed demon-
stration made against Coletti directly attack us ? If we
submit to it, will it not establish a dangerous precedent for
the future ? Let these questions he answered if they can be.
The question lies between England and us. If Coletti suc-
cumbs, we shall be vanquished. If the Ministry does submit
to this, we shall not be surprised. but is there no one in the
Chamber to call the Cabinet to account before the facts be
accomplished? In the presence of this strange daring of the
English Cabinet, the path 05 the French Government is
clearly traced out, that of first protecting diplomatically, and
of supporting its protest by sending immediately a squadron
to Athens. We know no other mode of proceeding. Great
Britain must be convinced that France is firmly resolved to
maintain the independence of a nation placed under her pro-
tection, and at the same; tine to defend her interests in the
Mediterranean.. The gauntlet has been thrown down—it
must be taken up 1'

With regard to this article, we would fain ask,
when, and by what treaty, Greece was placed under
the exclusive protection of France, as assumed by this
writer, and whether Russia and England have not
the same rights,' as protesting Powers, that France
has ? This assumption of exclusive protection is an
usurpation on the part of France, and the the de-
struction of French exclusive influence in Greece
will be merely a restoration of the status quo.
Four influential Arab chiefs, Si- Hamedi- el-Sakel,
Caid of Tlemcen ; Hamed-ben-Adri, Agha of the
Ouled-Soliman (nephew of General Mustapha, who
was killed in the service of France) ; Si-Brahim, son
of Osman, Khalifa of Mascara; and El-Chahat, son
of Zen-Bach, formerly Agha of the Beni-Amer, are
about to visit France.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on
Thursday, at 78f. 5c.; the Five per Cents., 1151. 75c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2351.; Rouen, 935 f. ; Havre,
678 f. 75e. ; Great Northern, 6271. 50c. ; Avignon, 777 f. 50c. ;
Vierzon, 5921. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5151. ; Boulogne, 420 f. •
Basle, 190 f. ; Dieppe, 317 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 43 le.
25e. ; Tours and Nantes, 422 f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 432 f.
50c.
304. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4551. ; Spanish Domestic Debt,
MARSEILLES, Arr,lL 17.-Marseilles and Avignon, 775 f.;
Northern, 618 f. 75c.
LYONS, APRIL 20.-Paris and Rouen, 895 f; Avignon and
Marseilles, 7631. 75c. ; Northern, 621 f. 25c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 425 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 23.
Anglo-Belgian, 3-Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Con-
stituted), 1%-Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15%
-East Indian, VB-Madrid and Valentia, 3/-Namur and
Liege, VA-Paris and Lyons, 5- Sambre and Meuse, 5%.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY'S BENEFIT AT THE
OLYMPIC Tit EATRE. —The amateur performance for the benefit
of the Printers' Pension Society takes place this evening at
loLLEa_
.The
Olympic Theatre. The pieces to be performed are, The
Poor Gentleman and Luke the Labourer. We understand that
his Royal Highness Prince Albert intends honouring the
performance
DING'S
c with his presence.COLLEGE.— e annual and general court
of the proprietors of this Institution, was held yesterday in
the hall of the building. The Bishop of Winchester presided.
There were present —Lord Radstock, Sir R. H. Inglis, M.P.,
Mr. Cotton, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, the
Rev. Dr. J elf, the principal, and the assistant masters and
professors. The business of the day was commenced with the
reading of the report, which spoke highly of the progress of
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the institution and the conduct of the pupils of the college
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efforts of the hospital attached to the medical department had
been instrumental in relieving a vast deal of misery; during
the year 17,823 patients had been relieved. To the list of
scholarships instituted in former years, a scholarship
called the " Daniell " scholarship had been added, intended
to encourage the science of chymistry. The progress of the
theological students had been favourable. A. Chinese pro-
fessorship
had been established. In closing their report the
council stated, that they could not omit the expression of
their fervent thankfulness to the Giver of all Good for the
prosperity he had vouchsafed to the college, and their 1
earnest prayers that he would be pleased still further to bless
their labours. The report having been adopted unani-
mously' the Rev. Dr. Spry moved, and Archdeacon Harrison
seconded, a resolution for the re-election of the retiring
members of the council, with the addition of Mr. Newell
Connop, in the room of the late Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. Alderman Thompson, the treasurer, was then re-elected,
after which a vote of thanks was passed to the Bishop of
Winchester for his conduct in the chair, to which the Right
Rev. Prelate having replied, the proceedings were terminated.
The receipts for the last year were, 30,3831. 4s. Bd. ;
the expenditure, 27,6481. 6s. 3d.—leaving a balance of
2,7341. 18s. sd.
FAMINE RELIEF FUND FOR IRELAND AND SCOT-
AND.—Yesterday the committee of the British Association
for the Relief of Distress in Ireland and Scotland made a
report of the sums received by them, which anlounts to
above 385,0001., of which 165,000/. has been received from
the Secretary of State foT the Home Department, being part
of collection under the Queen's letter. Amongst the donations
received during the past week are liberal sums from Nova
Scotia, Guiana, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, the Hague,
and from the Dutch and English gentlemen at Rotterdam.
THE GREAT BRIT AlN.—Advices from Dundrum
Bay state, that on Saturday last this noble ship, as soon as
the water was about three-quarters up, rose with it until
high water, when she appeared from the shore to be nearly
level. This is an encouraging circumstance, and bids us I
hope she may yet be got off once again into the proud waters I
of the Atlantic. We may observe that her stores, &c., are to
be sold by auction, by Messrs. Winstanley and Son, of Liver-
pool, in a few days.
THE REF. D. ROBINSON AND MRS. BARKER.—
It seems that the sum of 10/., being a portion of the 50/.
which the Rev. D. Robinson was compelled to pay as the
result of the late trial for a libel upon Mrs. Maier, was pre-
sented by her to the Wesleyan schools of Cheltenham ; but
the Rev. Burt and G. C. Taylor, the Wesleyan ministers,
have handed it over to Mr. Robinson, with au assurance of
their sYmPattby,—Worcester Chronicle.