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TUE SOLDIER AND SPATESM_LN.
By the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D.
Author of " Salathiel," &c.
licnry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mar;borough-ctmet.

a consideration of those political and sectarian attacks I
which have been variously levelled at this Society, feel-
ing them to be most singularly misjudged, and most
miserably ungracious. Because a body of men, anxious
fur the improvement of the million, steer between the
sand-banks of religionists and the sunken breakers of
party politicians, they are not surely for that reason
alone to be branded as the promoters of infidelity and
scepticism. The supposition is beyond all common sense.
Now, however, that the members of the Society have
terminated their labours, their retrospect must be pecu-
liarly gratifying, for their work is indeed done, " their
gr, atest object is achieved—fully, fairly, and per-
manently."

and corner of our social edifice. Nor is a greater
freedom of theological opinion the only boon insured to
us during that interval—slavery has been abolished by
our Legislature, it has been stigmatised as illegal, and
criminal, and unchristian by the language of our statute-
book. Besides this, a fundamental portion of our Go-
vernment has been remodeled—the system of represen-
tation in Parliament has been materially modified, and
with that alteration many grievous abuses have been
annihilated. Other evidences of a more generalised,
though of a not less conclusive character, display the
progress which the work of regeneration has already
achieved. Our multiplicity of mechanics' institutions,
our additional universities and normal schools, our won-
derful facilities of locomotion, but especially that gradual
laxity in our mercantile imposts by which the freedom
of commerce has been insured. These and other miner
circumstances testify the real and solid benefits which
have already, or must eventually accrue to the multi-
ude through that spirit of advancement, the existence
And indications of which we are now endeavouring to
elucidate. It is the omnipresence of this spirit which
has caused this to be identified as "an utilitarian age
e designation which is frequently (and we think erro-
neously) used in anything but a laudatory sense. Our
generation is, therefore, one of improvement ; it has
shown this in the deeds it has already accomplished, and
in the aspirations it is ever endeavouring to realise.
Slowly, almost silently, and without anything like osten
tatious parade, the instruments of the popular cause have
been labouring forward for the welfare of their common
race, animated by the greatness of their object, sus-
tained by the success of their different efforts, and
incited to yet greater exertions by their inherent
hopefulness and intrepidity. It is to commemorate the
-uspension, probably the temporary but possibly the per-
manent suspension, of one of the noblest and most
powerful of those instruments that we have been induced
to cast this retrospective glance at the social conditions 1
of our fellow-countrymen. We must acknowledge we
have done so with a mixed feeling of pleasure and regret
—pleasure at the great, and we had almost said splendid,
achievements of that instrument of good to the popu-
!ace—regret at one amongst the various causes which
aaveled to this suspension of its labours, and which
cause we shall particularise hereafter. The instrument
-,o which we allude has long since rendered itself illus-
-rious—we mean The Society for tie' Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge ; and it is from an " Address " just issued by
he Committee of that Society that we receive intelli-
gence of its intention to draw its efforts to a conclusion.
?or some latent but comprehensible reasons individuals
'lave occasionally had the temerity, and we may assur-
elly say the ingratitude, to asperse this very laudable
nstitution, and certain obscure portions of the press
lave recently echoed those imputations: hence we de-
Ave additional pleasure in according praise where it is
o justly merited. We would, however, have it particu-
erly understood that in whatever eulogiums we may
itter upon The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know-
'edge, we are actuated solely by a spontaneous sense of
luty as faithful journalists, and as an organ devoted to
the interests of the people ; and we would moreover re-
nark in all honesty of feeling that our encomiums upon
.hat Society are as unexaggerated as they nee conscien-
ious. For twenty years has this association been
eriving manfully and disinterestedly to promote the
velfare of the English public, and, by inference, to assure
te benefit of the whole human family. Looking at the
xtraordinary dissemination of knowledge among the
uillion since its establishment in 1826, it becomes un-
necessary to observe that the intentions of the So-
'iety have been realised almost beye lid their calculation.
Where units read in that time, hundreds, nay, thousands
-ead at the present time. The bookselling trade vouches
'or this—the multiplicity of periodical publications
vouches for it; so do the coffse-houses of the metropo-
is, and the subscription libraries in the provinces. How
ias this been accomplished? We may safely assert that
.he first conception and the chief portion of the success
if this noble scheme to render the humbler class of the
:ommunity a thinking class are attributable to the So
',iffy for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. We say this
.ender all correction, and we say it in all justice. Cheap
nooks had undoubtedly been published before 1826.
but, to quote the expressions used in the address, " those
nooks had been accompanied by a deterioration either
if print or of matter." The works, however, whether
separate or serial, which have been issut d by the Soci
ety were intended to combine cheapness with excellence
if typography, utility of material, and perspicacity of
,tyle ; their motto was, "a work need not be bad be-
cause it is cheap." We will not say that the publica-
dons which have appeared under the authority and su-
perintendence of this Society partake of those qualities,
Should any gainsay that such have been the charactei-
isties of those serials, the works themselves are their
refutation. Time and space would alike pre.
elude us from individualising the great hulk of
publications, instructive and amusing, scientific and
literary, historical and miscellaneous, which owe then
existence to the industry of the association. Two-
however, we must pause to commemorate, " The
Penny Cyclopcedia," and " The Library of Useful Know-
ledge." The latter from its having supplied the multitude
with " sound treatises on the principles of all branches
of human inquiry" at a reduction in price which enabled
thousands to revel in realms of thought from which
they were hitherto excluded. The former, from its
being without any question the noblest effort for the edu-
cation of the mass ever made in a single production.
That " The Library of Useful Knowledge" has entailed
, individual advantages upon our English community we,
ourselves, can avouch; within our own experience men
have risen to a great eminence in the scientific world
through the fostering influence of those treatises, with-
ut which the persons in question could never have at-
tained the requisite information. Nor has this "Diffu-
sion of Useful Knowledge," through their own instru-
mentality, been the only benefit accruing from thi-
society; their example has encouraged others to similar
efforts in the multiplication of cheap books. On this
'lead the address observes :—"1 he pow- rful contr:hie
tors to this great object, who have been taught by the
society how to work without the society, may almost be
reckoned by the hundred, and there :s hardly a country
n Europe, las in Russia to Spain, which has not seer,
the society's publications in its own language, and felt
their influence on its own system of production." Thus
far the efforts of this invaluable institution were re
sponded to in the spirit with which they were evolved:
but in one particular their endeavours have been unfor-
tunately attended with such indifferent success, as, com
bined with other considers' ions, has induced the commit
tee to suspend their hitherto untiring operations. A pro,
digious work, a "Biographical Dictionary"—a greater
undertaking, possibly than the "Penny Ce clopsedia"—
has been att mpted, and failed from want of patronage
from the public. This is the one amongst the other
causes for the suspension of the society to which we
have already alluded. Another, and an infinitely more
satisfactory reason, has led them to this determination;
end here we will gladly transcribe the language of
the "Address:"—" The Society's work is done, for its
greatest object is achieved—fully, fairly and permanently
The public is supplied with cheap AND good literature
to an extent which the most sanguine friend of human
Improvement could not, in 1826, have hoped to have
witnessed in twenty years. The committee congratu-
late all who feel as they do upon the spirit of improve-
ment now so actively displayed, and trust that it will
not tire until it has achieved the universal education of
the people. The time is coming, they trust, when all will
act upon what most now see—namely, that knowledge
though it adds power to evil, adds tenfold power to
good; when there shall be no part of the community
on which this maxim shall not have been verified; end
when The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
shall be co-existent with society itself." Surely these
sentiments must find an echo in the hearts Al all, and
afford an universal satisfaction at such reasons being
those which cause the retirement of such a body. The
words are grateful to us, because they are instinct with
philanthropy and hopefulness. Before, we terminate our
remarks, it would be unjust were we, not to individualise
one among the most assiduous and earnest of the pro-
moters of this admirable association. His labours, to
quote one of our own observations, have indeed been
peculiarly unostentatious, as they have been peculiarly
disinterested and peculiarly influential. However
parties may regard him as a politician, there
is no single individual but what must ac-
'snowledge the great genius of the ex-Chancel-
lor Lord Baotonam—that genius, and a brilliant and
liscurstve genius it is, has been devoted, since 1826 ue
7 0 the present time, to the interests of The Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and in consequence
ti the interests of the multitude at large. As the origi-
nator of the association, Lord Bnoteenam deserves the
gratitude of his fellow men, of whatever party in politics,
-Jr of whatever sect in religion ; while, as chairman of its
Committee, he has laboured for twenty years as nobly
and as unswerviugly for the good of the people as he did
anterior to its formation, when the name of lIENRY
synonymous with Patriotism. To his
BROUGHAM was sy
strength,''' are and
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iStsocci,eiraty.,
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dlt Mr. CH
I imany geminent Tm'
mittee. They have all emulated each other in
w the ad-
mirable scheme which they had undertakeundertaken,andwhich
they have fulfilled ; and on this account do they deserve
' the wood-will of their country. We shall not descend to

Ii.AILWAY PUIsLiC
MESSRS. LANI()ND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Anotioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Etc.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all
voltrc. coot Lining instructions, are respectfully requested te be
eddresscd.
scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa-
mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and
advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale,
and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions.
011!cei, slain of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

One of the French journalists, in a very fair article on
the late victories in India, concludes with these words :
"If the rights of nations and equity have often to com-
plain of the means employed by England to obtain her
object, it is only just to admit that no nation more ex-
tensively fulfils its providential mission. In one and the
same year she opens to herself China, establishes herself
in Borneo, and crosses the Polar Sea. The conquest of
the globe, commenced in the 16th century by Spain and
Portugal, is completed in the nineteenth by England I
Is it not time for France to have her turn?" The
writer cannot be serious in putting the question. France
has had her turn ten times, and in every instance abused
it. Few nations have had such opportunities of benefit-
ing the human race, and if we except, perhaps, the effete
Spaniards, the dominion of no people has ever been so
galling or insupportable, or attended by such fatal con-
sequences to the conquering power. At one time,
not more than a hundred years ago, she had
the finest opening ever possessed by any country
of creating anew empire in India, and anticipating Eng-
land in her gigantic acquisitions in that vast continent.
But she could not make use of her advantages ; she
built forts, landed armies, drilled soldiers, and displayed,
in her usual way, all the insolence of military g overn-
ment ; she failed to cultivate the affection of the natives ;
she did nothing to improve their condition by protecting
them against the tyranny and extortion of their Nabobs,
and by encouraging trade and commerce with their new
associates ; she would rule over them solely by force, and
thus, like all the conquests of France, her valuable set-
tlements in the East slipped from her on the first dange-
rous crisis. This brief outline of her policy will apply
to nearly all the attempts made to establish colonies. If
we come to times of more modern date, the same causes
will be found at work in obstructing every beneficial pur-
pose, and in undermining a power that seemed impreg-
nable. What European ever had such means of doing
good, or abused them with such wanton recklessness,
•is BONAPARTE ? During the Empire he was
master of the entire Continent. He bad conquered
Austria and Prussia, he had forced Russia into his
alliance—ail the other minor states he could dispose of
at his will—he ruled from Lisbon to Constantinople,
and from Sicily to the Gulf of Finland ; but it was a
military, despotic rule—he never acquired or attempted
to acquire the affections of the people—he invariably
hurt the feelings of nationality of Germans, and Spa-
niards, and Russians—he was detested alike by all, and
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-liEr. MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers, and te Public are respectfully informed
that this Theatrhe will RE-OPEN
THIS EVENING, Al RIL 14,
When will be performed (for thP first time this season), Bellini's

.
I PUKITANI.
Elvin, Madame Grisi (hsr first appearance this season) ; Arturo,
Signor 31ario (his first appearance this season); Riccardo, Signal
vorna:ari ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this

aeon).
To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by
Perrot. The music by Signor Pugni, entitled,
CATARINA ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT.
The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan,
.3loncelet, Cassan, Demellsse, and Madame Louise Taglioni;
M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mania.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfull y informed
that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on
THURSDAY, APRIL 16,
When will be presented Mozart's chef d'cenvre,
DON GIOVANNI.
Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Sanchioli ;
Zerlin t, Madame Castellan. Don Giovanni, Signor FOlliMart Dou
Ottavio, Signor Mario ; Comrnandatore, Signor Botelli ; Masetto,
Signor F. Lablache ; Lupo hl
Signor Lablache.
To conclude with the highly suecessful New Ballet, by M. Perrot,
entitled,
cATARniA ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT.
The principal characters by Madlle. L. Grahn, Madlle. P. Stephan,
and Marine. Taglioni ; M.M. Perrot, Bertrand, Di Matta, and
Gosselin.

UZAT.RE
THIS KOVAL, n
NG icult Y-LA.NE.
EVENI
Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS,
The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har-
rison, Horrani, Horncastle. S. Jones, Weiss, itretton, D. W. 111ag,
Romer, and Miss liainiorth.
After which, will be produced the Ballet d'Action, entitled
PFROC -E , or, The Desolate Island. Principal characters by
Madlle. Louise, Madame "iubilei, Mr. W 11. Payne, Mr. Howell,
sir. T. d atthews, Mr. Wieland, and Master F. Payne.

T EIEATR t‘, 1 tIYAL, tIA Y MARKIT.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. C) mon Foxall, Mr. Webster;
Coore-
cra;,, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury;
Ernewl-
Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schneerdale,
dermarn, Ar. J ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal; Lady
Mrs. ;lover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ;
Emmeline,
Mrs. Seymour.
The Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonic," and
Ne,ge ;" a Fantasia, " Era Diavolo ;" the "Yost Horne,al"
and Anti.inette," Cellarius Waltz.
After which (for the first time) an experiment will be tried upon
T r: I; iRDS OF ARISTOPHAN ES : on which occasion they will
be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new
Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. Jame;
aim 1, 'Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. ai athews, and
Miss I'. Borten.
To conclude wPh a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST.
ehAlat:tel, by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby. fitc. • -

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iIi.AIRE ROYAL, LYCEUM
t'NDF',R THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY:.
Unprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement
of :IENERAL TOM THUMB ! . .
Who having, on each appearance in the Burlesque of " Hop o' my
'I Numb," been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap-
plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an
Dimi-
elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost e
nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the 31anagemeni
has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every
Evening during the Holidays.
T litS EVENING
The performances will c.,mmence with a New and Original Comic
Drawn, in Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin-
cipal etlaracters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, wig„
Did,4ear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mr,. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley
After which, a New Extravaganza,
M entitled T
igaHn, MrsM. Keeley,
LI
14 Ai/ )r,lsr. Characters by Mr. Keeley, r. W
and Miss T.-data:v.
To conclude with an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en-
titled HOP 0' M Y THUMB ; or, The Ogre and Ws Seven-League
lloot. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb.
Stalls. as.; Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.

when the crisis came they rose like one man agams
hire ; the very Poles disdaining to aid him in the
depth of his distress, and his army of 500,000 men, in
the short space of three years, was reduced to 120,000.
What glorious opportunities be lost during his brief
reign I He might, and had he been possessed of a
particle of patriotism, he would have formed his native
land, Italy, into a separate, united, and homogeneous
kingdom : he might have regenerated Spain, he might
have improved the condition of the German
people, by destroying the league of the Great
Powers, formed only for their subjection. Hei
could with one word of his mouth, or one of those
lrs-
eon c sentences by which he delighted in signalising his
despotic power, have established Poland as an indepen-
dent state, and bound every nation to him by the
.trongest ties—those of interest and gratitude ; but; he
had not the magnanimity nor the grasp of mind—he. was
cursed with the spirit which unfortunately chiefly ani-
mates French generals and governors—he delighted
more in the display of power than in using it .for any
useful purpose. In the language of one of his .country-
men," NAPOLEON did not fail through the Governments
opposed to him, but through the people ; he had
,trangely abused his dictatorial power over Europe ; be
,rushed down nations by his treaties, and gave up the
populations to kings of his own creation. In Germany,
Lbove all, his policy appears most tyranni. al ; he takes
away a province from one monarchy and gives it to
another ; he plays with the masses as if they were chess-
'nen. His is an unparalleled despotism, without reasoa or
oxcuse. Add to this the French spirit, the French cha-
racter, which, in his pride of a founder of a great empire,
he wished to force upon all Europe." This was the
;nine which at last exploded and dashed him to pieces,
and to this very cause is to be attributed the utter failure
~f the French to establish col.;nies. They must change
heir nature, if that is possible, at all events their policy,
before the " time comes for France to have her turn."
It is needless to comment upon the government of Al-
giers, and the causes of its utter failure. The same
baneful spirit there prevails. No means are adopted for
conciliating the natives. The people are more cruelly
used than their rulers and the soldiers ; plunder, and
razzias, and murder by suff,cation in taverns, or in any
possible way, are the measures adopted by the French
to reconcile the people to their dominion. Success un-
der such circumstances would be a miracle, yet even the
noble and effective policy of England, by which she has
Lde herself mistress of India, and is looked up to for
protection by 100 millions of inhabitants, never seems to
enter into the conception of these military rulers. Why is it
" that no nation more extensively fulfils its providential
mission?" Because she protects the weak against the
strong, makes war against plundering Ameers, and
t rannical Sirdars, and treats the people as her own
countrymen; encourages trade and commerce, gives
security to property, raises moderate taxes, respects
native prejudices, and never by any incident makes war
upon the innocent and helpless population. Hence it is
;hat Sir CHARLES NAPIF.R is regarded in Sinde as a
protector, and that Sir HENRY HARDINGE has marched
to Lahore as through a friendly territory.

rAI t' ROYAL. ADEI,I-q1
A New Drama, and a New and agnificent Burlesque.
THIS EVENING
W i lie presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN-
DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE; or, The Orphan's I•egacy. St.
Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; S..nsonet, Mr
Wright ; ',con.4. Del :mare. Mr. Perkin- • Batifole, Miss Woolgas ;
Nini, Miss WeZys• er ; Cecile, Madame Celeste.
After which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER IVILKINS
The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters
by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr.
Paul Re Itord, Mr. Mon) ard, Bee.
To conclude with a Sew Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND
YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr
Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews.
Mrs. lioneybun, Miss Emma Harding.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Wit be perrormed a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The
prine;pal characters supported Stanley,eS. Cooper, Ws. Rack, Leigh
Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Miss May, Sze.
Aller which, the petite 'cmedy, named THE IRISH AktßAS-
s A-I,OR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Collins.
To oziclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY
GODIV.' AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY.
iss IR which
Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ;
M Taylor,
Miss E. Stanley, Mme. Fos voke, Miss Honer, &c., will a,mear.

AtilLt2.l ft. :1( AL ANI
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
?atronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen; Prince Albert,
and the Princess Royal.—Entertainments Extraordinary for the
}toad ty Visitors _
unctn Firt Amr
eal ance of the celebrated Clown
Wallet, in conj w th Bary and Rochez.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an entlrely new Equestrian Oiental Spectacle,
entitled, THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the
pearl „f ti;.l Euphrates. The Characters personified by the principal
mernbe-s,t ne Company and numerous auxiliaries.
New and Pocular Scenes in the Circle, by the Foreign and British

Professors.
To conclude with a favourite At? erpiece.
Box-oniee open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

ItuYAL SURIiEY HEATRE.
Holiday Attractions, once scale of N'ovelty, Talent, aud Variety
er before offered.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Burlesque Spectacle, entitled
THE GIANT KILLER. Supported by Messrs. Rogers, Cowell,
Lewis, Ileslop, 'Williams ; Mesdms. Hughes, M. Glover, &c.
ed, ON
,ti:er which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling,
entitl
Tilt •;11.F.S ; or, A Night at Greenwich.
To oe ifillowed by a Grand mallet of Enchantment,By called, DER
CHANIOIB TAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. the Deglin
Family.
A Tab eaux of the Great Indian Victory will be exhibited.
a New Meiodrama, called, THE RATS OF
To cone:uda with
EAT CASTLE.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
The most powerful and varied Entertainment ever offered to the
Public !
TRIS EVENING
Will he performil an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP
IN I'o ; r, Shark.; Along Shore. Principal
le, characters by Messrs
Fredericks. Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie, Star Bu ;
Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE RETHMENT ;
Georgette, Miss Vincent.
lude wito romantic Drama, entitled THE Drted b
EVIL'
To cooc S
DEN ; or, he Mint,a the Maize, and the Maiden. Suppoy
the entire strength of the Company.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
I.NTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS.
" La gaiete est la sante de fame,
La tristesse en est le poison."
PHILLIPPE, in returning his grateful thanks to his kin,'
Patrons, and recline anxious to merit a continuance of past favour..
SO Abe+ al: y bestowed upon him by the discerning Public of thi,
great metropolis, begs leave to announce that be will Resume hit
F NTr RTAI MEN T at tThe above Theatre,
HIS Elrf. NINO,
When ho will have the honour of introducing an ENTIRI-
CHANGE in his PERFORMANCE, which has been prepared at a
great expense and labour. The New Feats and Miraculous Scientific.
Experiments ae of the most extraordinary and astounding de-
scription, and must 1,....ecn to be believed.
M P LI. IPP E will connnence the Entertainment by Lighting
Two Hundred and Fitly Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot !
This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed b)
Mons'. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris.
During the Evening M. Phillippe will introduce his GRAND-
MOTHER'S CAP, with all i7s ..apid Transformltions.
During the Easter Week there will be a Morning and Evening
Performance cac It Day. The 3lorning Performance will commence
at Two o'clock ; Evening performance at a quarter to Eight.
Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. Gallery, 6d. Pr'vate Boxes,
1/. Is., and 10s. Gd.

At a most opportune pause in the Parliamentary ses-
sion, which is destined to render itself illustrious,
,nasreuch as from it the freedom of commerce will be
lated, a Membtr of the Upper House comes forward
with a spontaneous recantation of his former opinions
upon agriculture, and confesses himself to be an
earnest and conscientious disciple of the free-
trade doctrines. We believe him to be conscientious,
for reasons too numerous to individualise in detail ;
And the farmers, who listened to this startling announce-
ment of the Earl of ESSEX, the nobleman in question,
'bowed by their courteous and almost enthusiastic be-
naviour towards him personally, that they also attri-
buted his conversion to the views advocated by the
League to a sense of honourable conviction alone, not-
withstanding many of them took occasion immediately
after the Noble Earl had resumed his seat to express their
entire dissent from his opinions. These circumstances
transpired at a meeting of the Watford Farmers' Club,
.01 Tuesday, where the Earl of ESSEX presided as chair-
man. Now, let it be especially remembered that his
Lordship is president of this society, and that very re-
cently, at a similar assembly at St. Albans, he had
.poken in the most emphatic and decisive manner in
favour of what is commonly, and , ridiculou,ly called pro-

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tection to agriculture. A transformation of ideas so sudden
and so diametrically opposite may under a first casual con-
,ideration bear a very questionable and suspicions
ap-
pearance. That is but natural. Let us, however, analyse
the wherefores of the case, and we shall speedily arrive

at a conclusion s4mewhat different. As an unexpected
.ind really antithetical declaration, it must undoubtedly
gave been rather embarrassing to the nerves of the
Right Honourable Peer, addressing himself, as he
.vas through the medium of the press, to a party
furious from the very hopelessness of their
partizanship, and ready to place any construction
upon fresh seceders from their political faith. The
Noble Earl, indeed, acknowledged that he spoke " with
a feeling somewhat akin to shame ;" but—mark the co •
rollary !—it was not shame for his present conduct, for
that originated in the chambers of his reason, in his
sense of duty and justice, in the vitality of his c.n,cience
and of his honour; no, it was not a shame arising from the
nature of his present sentiments, or of the course which
he now purposed to adopt—it was a feeling of shame
fir having taken upon himself formerly to eulogise a
system, and to maintain it in operation, without having
in any manner considered its advisability, or without
having reflected upon the consequences it might have
upon the community at large. It was no mauvaise honte'
no paltry trepidation as to the constructions
which possibly might be put upon his beha-
viour, which agitated the thoughts of his
Lordship. It was a feeling of compunction
at a failing of omission rather than c,mmis•ion, a feeling
most creditable to his character, and one which exone-
rates him from every motive not strictly in accordance
vi ith honesty of purpose. The Earl of ESSEX then con-
fesses that his previous enthusiasm for the so-called
protective system was nothing but an unreflective
adhesion to those principles with which he found
himself associated by the accidents of birth and

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1848,

inheritance. He acted as an upholder of the country
party merely es a mater of course ; his ancestors h d
proceeded upon the same undeviating system ; he to, k
the excellence of its effects upon himself and everybody
else for granted ; and thus, with a kind of luxurious
indifference, or from a generous wish to co-operate with
his compeers, the Noble Earl had united his voice wi h
theirs in the laudation of protection and the depreciation of
the schemes for the abolition of all restraints on commerce.
" With that facility," says the Earl of ESSEX, " with
which most people are too apt to show in adopting opi-
nions that apparently favour their own interests, I tell
in with the views of those with whom I was classed,
and I take shame to myself that I did so without duly
inquiring into and fairly considering the subject." When. I
however, it became evident that the matter would very
speedily be produced before the Upper House of Parlia-
ment, and when, moreover, be observed that he would
quickly be expected to vote upon a measure involvieg
the ruin or prosperity of millions, the Noble Lord began
for the first time in his life to take the matter into his se-
rious coroideration ; and "then," says he, "Ifoundufter due
rejleeion and strict inquiry, that those opinions (which I
bad hitherto professed) were erroneous." Ile drew his
inferences with the most elaborate caution, bearing ever'
in his mind that, "as an honest man, it was his duty to
give an unbiassed vote ;" and those inferences were eon.
elusive enough. In them he perceived that all his pre-
vious fears as to the consequences likely to result from
the proposed commercial changes were altogether
visionary; but especially he felt convinced that, with our
wonderful increase of population, " a population increas-
ing at the rate of a thousand a day," home farming must
prove utterly ivadequate to satiety thewants of the coun-
try. For some novel and striking calculations as to the
good which must flow from the abolition of what he-de-
signates " the broken-reed., protection," we would
direct particular attention to, the address delivered
by Lord ESsEX, fully reported in another column.
And no single shadow of doubt can le hone. -
forth entertained as to the opinions of the
Noble Earl upon the question of unrestricted com-
merce after he has so emphatically remarked that
under the auspices of that system " agriculturists will
arrive, I think, at a rich of prosperity I. itherto un-
known." It is not, however, so much to congratulate
ourselves upon the alteration of the views of the Earl of
Essex sincerely as we do so that we have
uttered these comments upon the Watford meet-
ing. Our object was principally to demonstrate
a great fact by a great instance; to show that among the
most con-picuous champions of the Anti-Free-Trade
party there are men acting from no appreciation what-
ever of the justice of their cause, but simply as a thing
rather fashionable upon their patrimonial estates.
They inherit —that is the precise word—they inherit
their a ttachrnent to protection, just as they inherit a
title, c r a town-house, or a seat in Dorsetshire. They
have become imperceptibly habituated to the idea, as they
becane 3 imperceptibly habituated to the saddle and the
stirrup . It fell easily and naturally upon them, like a
favour ite rube de chambre, or a comfortable pair of slip-
pers ; reflection is irksome to them, an indolent acqui-
escene a in the petty fribbles of their leaders is the most
pleasa at and unfatiguing course they can follow. Such
are the bulk of the supporters of the protectionists !
The 'Earl of ESSEX has shown them a courageous
example ; let them follow it if they are men of sense and
p. obiay !

Letters from Vienna announce the intention of the
Austrian Government to e4ablish works for the manu-
facture of salt from sea-water at Venice. It is stated
that the Austrian Minister (if Finance will be able to
provide for the exigenci,s of the state from the ordinary
revenue, and that there will therefore be no Joan, as had
been anticipated.

at. a

The advices from Alexandria are to the 29th U.
the 22d the first wife of the Viceroy,ha I,:EHEMET
d died at Cairo, after a short illness. His Highness
-w as deeply affected at the loss. The funeral, which was
attended by the Viceroy himself, took place on the 23d.
The transit of the desert (except the stations from
Cairo to Su, z) has now completely changed hands. All
the tmpkyes of the o:d " Egyptian Company's Transit"
are retained by the new " Transit Adminitration," ex-
cept the directors. The following has been fixed as the

pasenger's tariff : 1
Fir-t Cla-s• from Alexandria to Sues, (and •E• s. d.
vice m 0 0
rsa) ••• ••, ... ... 12 10 0
Second Class 9
.. ...
2 10 0
Cairo •••
First Class, Suez to ••• ••• ...
ti
o Cairo to Alexandria ••• ... 910 0
Second Class, e. (and vice versa) 610 0
The tariff regulating the conveyance of merchandise
and luggsge will shortly be published.
On the 28th, at 45 minutes after 5 P.M., two violent
shocks of an earthquake, lasting upwsrds of half a
minute, had been felt at Alexandria. There had like-
wise been the,shock of an earthquake at Malta.

By the Levnnt mail. in addition to the news from
Con,tantinople, which will be found ehewhere, Malts
papers to the 3d instant, and Athenian journals, to the
30th ult., have arrived. It would appear that the Greek
Minister COLETTI was approaching to his fall. The
Exchequer was in a state of bankruptcy, none of the
employes of the Government having received any salary
since January. The Budget has not yet been pre-
sented, and having been beaten in the Chamber on the
question of the election of Questor, and out of the,
Chamber in the election of dayor of Athens, he dared
not ask for a provisional vote of credit, for fear of a

reftval.
The following letter, from the correspondent of the
Malta Gazette, exposes the present state of affairs in

Greece :
" The Ministry, strong in the protection of the Court
and the French anti Austrian Ambassadors, still main-
tains itself in power, notwithstanding the Ministerial
phalanx is daly diminishing, by throwing itself into the
ranks of the Opposition.
.‘ The state of the finances is very embarrassing to
Signor Coletti. The budget is not jet presented, and
he dares not ask for a provisional credit, fearful of a
refusal by the Chamber. The employes are without salary
since the Ist of January, and are in the greatest state
of misery.
" The Senate during the last few days have begun
the discussion of the laws upon cattle. The Chamber
of Deputies is discussing the laws upon penal punish-
ments. and the reports of the petition.
" The election for the Mayor of Athens took place
yesterday ; notwithstanding the efforts of the Ministry,
the Ministerial candidate was defeated.
" On the cecasion of the election of the Questor of the
Chamber, the Mini.sterial candidate had only 34 votes,
whilst the Opposi.ion had
The Athenian journals mention a debate which

haasdi taken k
of
nfthe Chamber ( f Deputies on the oc,
thejacein
commission on an Opposition Member of
c 0 e
the Chamber of one of those brutal outrages which have
become of almost hourly occurrence since the advent to
power of COLETTI. The Courrier d' Athens gives the
fol-
lowing account of the transaction :
" An odious attack was committed on Thursday last,
at four in the afternoon, in the Rue de Hermes, one et
the most frequented points of the capital, on the person
of M. Lysander Val4.is. Deputy for Elide. He was re-
turning from tha Chamber when four Maniotes came
up, and after aseertftining by inquiries that he was the
person they sought, they attacked him with stick., and
b. at him viotently on the head and shoulders. Fortu-
nately Some passers-by came to his succour in time to
save him from certain death. Two of the ruffians suc-
ceeded
making their escape, but the others were ar-
rested. The qurstions which they addressed to M.
Vibe is clearly prove that they did not know him, and
that they mu.t have been set on by others. This event,
caused great excitement amongst the inhabitants of the
capital. Both deputies and senators were in great corn
motion from it, and the sitting of the next day in the
Chamber of Deputies was wholly dedicated to this
affair. Nevenheleis, it is melancholy to say, that
though much was said nothing was done."
M. NI ETA XA had made this outrage the ground of an
attack on the Ministry in the Chamber, and had moved
" for the radical reform of the Government," which
motion had been rejected by 69 to 37. The offenders
had in the meantime been arrested. This was not the
only outrage that had been perpetrated in Athens. Fron
the same paper we extract the following
"Another tact has taken place of a suspicious charac i
c .
ter. One of our first hankers, M. Vouros, received
anonymous letter, in which he was called on, in the nam e
of twenty p.=rsons, under a threat of death, to place is
an appointed spot a sum of money. He concerted witl
the police, and then proceeded to the place name'), asade r
to place the money. A few momenta afteran m
his appearance, and went to take the sum deposited
The police agents at the moment rushed forward and
took him into custody."

d th

According to advices from Constantinople, date .e
27th ult., the independent Circassian tribe of the Ab-
bazes had declared for SCHAIHYL, having previously re-
jected overtures which had been made to them from
Russia. On the 26th, a steamer and several other
vessels had been launched from the Arsenal in the
presence of the SULTAN, the SULTANA MOTHIHt, an a
tl.e+ ladies of the harem.
Accourts had been received at Constantinople frc
Erzeroum, announcing that the difficulties which h td
hitherto prevent,d the setth went of the differences t e-
cween Persia an.l the Sublime Porte had been remov
The Malta Times publishes a letter from Con' Attu-
tinople, dated the '4sth ult., which states that R:c 03,Ew
PACHA iS doing all in his power to thwart the reform
principles Of REDSCHID PACHA, and that he ir , availing
himself of his return to office to increase his fortune b)
corrupt means.
The SULTAN has formally consented to the marriage
of REDSCHID PACHA'S eldest on with the sister of
MEREmET ALI PACHA, the Alinister of Marine, and the
brother-in-law of the SULTAN.
Tie news from Syria is satisfactory.

The intelligence from Gallicia is t( the 3lst ult. The
following un4pr that date is from t* Ale Universal German
Gazette, of the Bth instant :
" The peasants stlll continue to pillage. They are

,
mostly commanded by di*bunded soldiers. In the circle ing the public liberties and the Constitution from MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
of Tarnow, las, and not Sala, commands 12,000 pea- the coup de-main of Genersl •Narvaess, and from the in- (From The San er Last Niqht.)
sants well armed. He is penile:vied that lie is chosen trigues of the Absolutists. who flatter him for the pur• The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
by Pro,,idenee to be the ex(.entor of. the Laperial will.' pose of making use of him, was to change the Captains. 6,C00 bales, half of which were on sped icion, and half
He has carried his audacity Si) fir as to send a deputation I Gereral of Catalonia, Andalusia. Aragon, and New for exportation. Shares were steady generally.
to wait on the Ernp,,ror at Vienna. In the circle of I Castile, to renew in great part the posts about the poll- The communication received from the office of Corn-
Bochnia a peasant named Khrygo commands the incur- I tical chiefs ;and, lastly, to compose a Ministry with men mittee of Privy Council for Trade, by the Secretary or
eeeta, another named Janocha in Sandecz, and in l whose principles offs-r equal guarantees to the partisans Registrar of Joint Stock Company's Registry Office,
Przemyse and ?iamb° a now named Boschola. 'The Em- of the revt,s,lution and the friends of order and Conserva- stating rather precisely the intentions of Government
perces letter, thanking the peasants, was received with tire Weas. relative to abortive, or ill-conducted new railway pro-
contempt by the armed hordes. When one of the Its- Lord and Lady PALIvIERSToN, who are in weree jects, has been the subject of almost general converse-
perial Commissioners represented to the peasants, who with Marshal SEBASTIANI on Monday. They to tion in the City, among moneyed and commercial men.
now consider themselves to be the owners of the property
dine at the Tuileries on Sunday, and had .likewise ac- This important document will be found in ano-
of the late nobility, to ' consider that there exist widows
I elated invitations from M. Guazor, the Princess then column of The Sun, and it is worth the most
anti orphans to whom the property belongs,' they replied, attentive perusal. There may be many useful improve-
"N e have flayed the great does, anti we shall soon get LIEVEN. and Baron lt.....oulscfin.D. ments made in the Bill to be brought in by Government
rid of the little.' Each of the Imperial Commissioners The Courice Francais of Friday says—
in the course of its progress through Parliament. A
is accompanied by sic soldiers, notwithstanding which "It is confidently stated that Governor Bruat has ad- proposal, urged in some quarter is, that scripholders
protection two of them have been already murdered by dressed to the Minister of Marine a letter, in the form should be c-nsidered entitled to vote for the dissolution
the peasants. In the circle of Tarnow, one of the most of a secret report, in which he imputes to the English the of any project to which they have been allottees of
populous districts in Gallicia, there remain but nineteen gravest acts. Ile declares that it is impossible to do shares, from the day Sir Robert Peel gave the outline of
of all the proprietors ~nd their families." anything at Otaheite as long as the Protestant mis- the intentions of the Ministry, meets very general sup-
The following resolutions, adopted by the representa- sionaries inhabit thuntry. Re has not the means of port, as it is already known that many parties, who have
dyes of Russia. Prussia, and Austria, assembled at thwarting intrigues, whith assume'every kind of shape and paid their money, or are under a responsibility to do
r,--appear at every turn ! Queen Pomace has taken up her so, have been induced to sell their int, rest at a greatly
Berlin, on the subject of the republic of Cracow, appear
abode in one of the windward island, and holds there reduced value, the buyer of course in such instances
in the Cologne Gazette : a sort of Court. Tea) missionaries, Mr. John Knatch, coming in for all the profit that may arise from the opP-
"1. The republic of Cracow will continue to be a free and Mr. Adam Rowe, and a native chief, entirely de- ration. Very many other points, well worth a remark
state. . '. Not, dto the English, form her Privy Council. A print- or two on another occasion, to make the Bill as perfect
"2. This state, however, shall not possess the privi- ing-orlice is established in a cottage neighbourittg to her and stringent as possible, have been communicated. The
lege of reorganising her militia, or of insintaiming tr?ops.
residence, and there are fabricated withtut ceasing pro- great point to be gained is, that the intentions of Govern-
" 3. The three protecting Powers shall alternatively clamatieus destined to stir up the populations against ment should not be defeated by any underhand work on the
keep a earrison in the city of Cracow. France. All these acts are so flagrant that M. Bruat part of solicitors, of scheming managers or committee-
" 4. The ancient royal castle shall be transfscr,med into declares that he cannot remain a ith honour at his post men, who of course, if they can relieve themselves from
a citadel, to be defended by a park of artillery.it mea,ures be not taken to put down so great a scandal. responsibility, will drain the funds in hand, or calculated
It is wen said that the brave governor, now too well edi- upon, to the uttermost, before they consent to the Isbell-
By order of the President of the province of Silesia,
all Poles coming from France or Belgium, S.%.vditz rlan
'see reettoe to the energy and patriotism of M. Guizot, donment of projects, the continuation of which so well
or Italy, who have not their passports vise by thee solicits his conga and permission to return to France." filled their pockets. It has ben suggested that a public
Pius-tan Minister, and proceeding tap Breslau, are to be
The same journal, of Saturday, mentions as a rumour meeting should be convened, at which delegates from all
,etit back to the place where their assport was lastscripholders or allottees might attend, to take
eise'd, and under no pretext be allowed to continue their that Don ENTRIQuE had written from. Bayonne to the
means of compelling the winding up of doubtful,
Prince de JOINVILLE, liaising permission to serve on
bad, or other schemes, the parties connected with which
tourney.
boa: - - -

a e anxious to have such affairs brought to a speedy
termination Many difficulties, now in the way of the
b eneficial working of the Bill to be introduced by Go-
vernment, might at such a conclave of parties most
fully acquainted with the subject, be removed, and the
measure of the Ministers rendered more efficient and

and his ship as a volunteer.
It was reported in Paris on Saturday that a telegraphic
lispatch had been received from Bayonne, announcing
the arrival of General NARVAEZ in that city.
Algiers journals to the sth had been received in Pali-
Th y contain no news of importance in addition to the
last accounts. ADD- EL-KADERiS represented as a fugitive
abandoned by his former supporters, who are hastening,
say these j urnats, to make their submission.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE haw left Paris for Toulon,
where he will probably meet the Duke CONSTANTINE. The
Itus,ian fleet, under the order of the young Admiral, is
composed of five .hips—The Itigertnanland, of 74 guns,
on board a lych the Archduke has hoisted his flag; two
corvettes, of :37 and 24 guns; and two steam frigates.
The Courrier de Marseille, of Wednesday, says:—
"The news which we gave a few days ago from Naple,,
is confirmed Tile Grand Duke Constantine will be
here in a few days. '[he Goya! nrnent has given orders
to the Adiuir..l:y for his being reom-ived with all the
honours due to his rank. He will proceed from Toulon
to Bri,st, and visit successively the principal maritime
towns of France."
The IVloniteur publishes the law allocating an extra-
ordinary credit of 1,000,000 of francs for secret service.
purposes.
All the French papers have long articles on the sub-
ject of the debats in the House of Commons on the Irish
Coercion Bill.
The doctrines of free trade seem to be exciting can-
siderable attention in France. The Courier Francais
and the Con.stitutionnel have each long articles on the
subject. The Courier Francais advocates the principles
of free trade, while the Con.stituticnne/, without abso
lately taking the other side of the question, seeks to dis-
courage those who entertain enlarged and liberal views
on the subject.
The two cempanies formed under the auspices of
Baron de ROTHSCHILD and M. CHARLES LAFITTE to
bid for the Western Railroad had withdrawn the pro-
posals which they had deposited in the hands of the
Minister of Public Works.
The Journal des Chemin..? de Fer mentions that the
Amiens aid Boulogne Railroad Company had signed a
contract with Messrs. MacKetazrE arid BRASSEY for the
construction of the line, and that the works would
commence forthwith, and be carried on with the utmost

complete.
There are not any late arrivals from the British colo-
nies to day.
By an official return of the circulation of the Irish
Banks for the month, ending on the 28th of March, it
appears that the amount of bullion in the sister isle at
that date, amounted to about 2,500,0001. It has been
previously explained that when the late Act of Par-
liament came into operation, compelling all banks
in Ireland to have a certain amount of specie, according
to their issues, the stock of the precious metals in the
coffers of the Bank or England were lessened very
considerably but the effect of the new law has been to
give more stability, if possible, ti•an before existed to
the Irish banking business, a continuance of which must
of course have the most beneficial effects in increas-
ing confidence on the other side of the Channel. All
the banks chartered, as well as private or joint-stock,
seem by the present return to be doing a safe and *
lucrative business.
The Consol Market has been scarcely so firm this
morning as it was on Saturday, but the re-action in
value has been slight. Consols for Money, and for the
first transfer day, to-morrow, have been quoted at 9611,
for the Account at 961 and 2 ; Exchequer bills at 24se
to 275. premium; the Reduced Three per Cents. at 9511;
while the New Three and a Quarter per Cents. have re-
ceded from 972 to 961. India Stock has fallen from
2612 to 261; and Bank of England Stock from 2061
to 206.
There has been a slight reaction in Mexican Stock
this morning, the official notification of the amount re-
ceived by the Avon, on account of the dividends being
smaller than was anticipated. This is, however, easily
accounted for, as the Conductor had not arrived at 'Vera
Cruz when the mail left, supposed to have over 2,000,00.°
do tars, on merchants and other interests, with it
Mexican Bonds opened at 321, and are now at 31s.
In the Portuguese Bonds there is an advance to 571 ; 111
the Dutch Four per Cents., to 922 ; in the Two and-a'
Half per Cents., vi 591- ; but Sp .nigh Consols have gone
hack to 25. Old Brazilian Five her Cents. continue at
about 802.
In the Railway Share Market, the proposed measures
of Government, in order to enable shareholders and
scripholdors to comel the winding up of new projects,
c.ontinues the theme of anxious discussion. In the mean"
there is sot much doing in Railway Shares, but
prices are more firm.
BRITISII FUNDS

It appears that attempts hays been made to excite
disturbances in Brussels. We extract the following
from the Brussels Herald of Saturday :
" In the course of Friday afternoon numerous copies
of an inflammatory circular were distributed in this city,
chiefly amongst the working classes, and in the streets
where they reside. The plan adopted was as fellows:—
At vari?,us points of Brussels two or three individuals
dressed in blouses, under which they concealed large
packets of the obnoxious circular, awaited for convenient
opportunities to glide 3,1113 e copies into the hands of the
pass- rs-by, whilst other erni,,sAries were on the look out,
to give warning whenever any of the police authorities
appeared. Copies were also dropped in the public
thurotwhrares, thrown into shops, or thrust under doors.
Notwithstanding all the precautions which had been
taken to conceal the authors of the seditious circular,
the police soon got on their scent, and succeeded in dis-
covering rind arresting the printer. This first step led
to further arrests, and we have grounds for stating that
the authors of the circular are either already in custody
or that they are well known." .
The criminal tendency of this violent circular will be
seen by the following extracts:—
" The future inspires cruel alarm. You rich people of
the land, you aristocrats, are much to be pitied, notwith-
standing your pleasures and the material treasures which
you possess. Yeur hard-heartedness, your
lead selfishness,
your rapacity, yon: inhuman conduct, will to rob-
' bery, inc endtaristn, and assassina, ion !
" Thai; terrible prophecy will be realised, if a speedy
and efficacious remedy be not adopted for the distress of
those wfso are not beggars by profession, but of those
who know too well their dignity and their strength to
degrade themselves to such an extremity ; fur the pro-
verb stays, ' Hutg,ry belly has no ears.'
" Me.itary brothers ! your relatives, your brothers,
your fr i, nds are about to expose their state of distress
to the Government. We do nut wish to war agaiast you;
all we ask for is to have work met bread, in order that
we m,, .y net all perish by hunger. Do not he affienst us,
for you, soldiers, are also children of the people, and if,
by order of piiless or ignorant chiefs, you fire on the
peopl e your balls arid bullet brothers strike your own
fathv rs and mothers, yeur own and friends. Do
not fire on the people, but say to your.elves, ' We
sold ie-rs are also of the people ; we wilt not be our own
exec ,utieners.'
" In other parts of the circular it is stated that the
oel: • way to prove to th se who have sworn to attend
to the interests of the Belgian people that it is high
time to listen to the latter, is for a trueßelgians to
to
pre weed en masse, next Tuesday, the 1-111 B
instant,
the King and the representatives of the nation, in order
t( ) lay before Oem an account of the prevailing misery.
/ 01' true Belgians' are c tnsequenily invited to assemble
tin 'text Monday morning iu the great market-place of
Ghent, whence they are to proceed to Brussels, in order
that they way meet on the Grande Place of that city
at noon on the followlil4 day. It is stated in ill&
cimailar that 100,000 copies of it have been struck off.
rids is probably an exaggeration; hut it is quite cer-
tain that the document in question has been very ex-
I tensively read. The authorities are on the alert, and
our readers may rely upon the vigilance and zeal of the
Government. and the love of order of the overpowering
majority of t:te inhabitattts of Brussels and Ghent, for
the prevention of any serious disturbance."
On Saturday evening six prisoners implicated in the
above attempt were conveyed by special train from Brus
sell to Ghent.
.

activity.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 831. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., I2of. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares 1,232 f. 50c. ; It)uen, 1.045 f. ;
Havre, 747 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 766 f. 25c.;
Avg Son.
9201. ; Vierzon, 6801. ; Bordelux, 6331. 75e.; Boulogne,
5101. ; Troyes anti Montereau, 415 f. ; Basle, 2?5'. ;
Fampoux, 450. ; Dieppe, 4551. ; Paris and Strasburg,
5251. ; Tours and Nantes, 5451. ; Paris and Lyons.
5801% ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 561 ;
Spanish Domestic Debt 30-it ; ditto Passives. 51. •
The following are the qui.tations for the nt w lines:—
Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 5401.; Uordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 502 f. 75c.; ditto (Espeleta), 5091: 50c.;
Charleroi, 4951.
BUSINWS i)ONS IN FOREIGN RAILWAY!' AT THE;
LONDON STOCK E'XIIANGE, APRIL li.
=iioulogne and Amiens, 12 —Dutch Rhenish, 534 East Indian,
%—Great Northern of France Constituted, les —Great Western
Bengal, % —Louvain and Jetnappe, 1% -- Namur and Liege, 1%
Orleans and Bordeaux, 10% —Rouen and llavre, 291/2—Sambre and
Meuse, 3 —West Flanders, 2%.

isßankiir:ge Spteock.,
i; ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. pnICES•
206
.. • 95%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 9534 %
rjj 96%
56%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97% 96% %
i leBB6o. . .... 9-6
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 7-16
India Stock .. .. . . 261% 361
.. .. .. •
India Bonds, 1,0001. 25 24
• • .. .. • • • •
:'ousels for Account .. .. .. .. • . 96% %
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%cl.
1,000/. .. .. _.... 24 27 - - Inn. 27
5001. . _ '• • • 24 27 - - pm. 27
21
Ditto. Small - •••••••• 24 27 - - Pm.
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK, PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 80% Si%
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 95% .. . .. -
Annuities,.• ConsolsExpire :ltannll..s,
t, • 206% 206
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. ..
.. _
.. --
Ditto, Deferred .. .. ..
___ 44
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. - 31%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 321% 31% 31 S
Portuguese Three per Cents • • .. 57% 579(►
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. - 2534
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 25 2534
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. - 161
Ditts, Three per Cent .. .. .. - - 36
Dividends on the above payatile in London.
59%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 59 % % 92%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK, 2%
Aberdeen.. .. .. • • • • • • 10 •' • • 3 '• ••••• • ••
Amber., Notting., Boston, and 114
Eastern Junction .. • • • -2% •• •• 17i • ****** •• : ..5
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. 12 '5 .. .... ... ,;04
Ditto New (lased at 7% dis.) ~ 17% •• • 39% -; ;•''• ' '• s dis
.••%
CBaulce:rdionigiihaanmsh.tr. e .... .... .... ....
10 ... 7 6%• •••• • 1
425. .... Ti dis... •. • 6%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 254 .... 11/s .• • .... - ,il
Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 240 .... 14 ..........
__AZ
Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 20 .... 18 ex int.... 18% e.rii
%
Cornwall and Central Devon. .. 2% -.. 1% ..... .....
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... .. „ ......
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 254.... -
.......... 14
Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 21% %.14 ..., 21
Ditto New .. .. .. .. 81. 165..... 6%4 p...... 634 P
Di) Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6!. 13s. 4d. - .......... -•-'
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. IA 4 p...... 41
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 105..... - ..........
‘.,
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50
.... 714 72 •••• • • 7`4
Enniskillen and Sligo ... .. .. 2% .... -
Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,&c... 425•.... 1 dis .... • • '„O4
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 214 20% ...• 404.
Great North of England . ..100 .... - • • ...• •• • • "51.1
Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 5 .... 51 .• .......• ii
Ditto, New . .. .. .. 5 . ..
Great Western .. ..
17
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 16
......
Lancaster and Carlisle .. •. 35 .... -• • ..... • • i 0
~,
Ditto New .. .. .. • - • • 5 •• • • 10 --•••- • •
Leicester, Tamworth, &c.
Liverpool and Leeds Direct - .. -
a
London an Birmingham . .100 .. • . 224 223 224.. 4
• •, yi
Ditto Thirds .. .. .. .. 24 .... 614 ....... ::i
Ditto Quarters ........2 •• .. 28
Ditto Fifths .. .. .• • • 2 ....25
London and Brighton .. .• •. 50 .... 62% 63
London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15s 9d. 214 %%•• •••• /..6
London and South-Western,. 41/. Cs. 10d. - ••••• • • • • • ;14
Ditto, New . .. .. „,, 12% .... 2114 ...
London and York .. .. • • .. 2%.... 1% % ••• l% Ditto, Half Shares •• .• .. 2% • • • 1% ••••• • • • • •
Manchester and Leeds .. .• .. 82 ••• • - ...... •• '• --9
Ditto, Quarters .. .. .. 2..• • 9 lt Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .... II .. •••• • • • • toi
Ditto, Sixteenths .. .. .. 614 .. .• 8%
Ditto Extension .
Manchester arid Birmingham .. 40 -••-••' • • • ' • • • 931
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 •• • • 934 ••••• • •• • • 79
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 •• • • 734 ..... ••• • • psr
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... par •• .... if
Manchester and Southampton .• 2 ••• • - •••••• " •• •• 144
Midland .. .. . .. ..100 ....145 144...... .. 28
'74: . Ditto, New .. .. .. 18 .... 2934 29 ••• • •• 443
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 433 q 44 .. .... 8
Ditto, New . .. • . • • 1 •• • • 8 '' •" • 4O
Ditto, New, Branding .. .. 25 .... 42% • ...., lB
Newcastle and Berwick. .. •• 10 ••• • 18 ••',•• • • • • 24/
North British .. .. .. .. .. 20 .... 2434 • .
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 6 .. • • 8% •-•••• • • • • • ,li cil
Northamp..Bedford, &Cambridge 425..... 1% 'dis
North Kent aud Direct Dover • • 254 •• • • 1%, ••••• • • • •• 24
North Staffordshire .. .. • . 425. •• • • 234 P•••• • • • • 2'3!
Norwich and Brandon .. .. .. 18 .... 23% .......... 71
Ditto. New .. .. .. .. 5 .... .1%
.......... .
Oxid.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptu. 1230 .... 8
Rugby and Huntingdon .. .. 2 ..... 1% 1..
Scottish Central .. .. . .. 10 .. .. 1334 is . ••• •• • • 6
Scottish Midland .. .. .. .. 10 ..... 634
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. .. 2%.. .. - .
• I 4 6
7.. 4323%7.7.
35434d.xi5..3.5.5.....
n,
South„oDutoh.. lENtaiedswtl:(trnlddond3l.D:
67..8.rd
.)..N..
No. 2. 10 .... 10 ....... .. 11",
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... _
..........
• Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 .... ..._ .......... li,
South Wales .. .. • • • • • • 5 .... 1%
...... 1
Waterford and Kilkenny .. 8
Welsh Midland .. • • • • • . 2% .... 11A .
West Riding Union .. .. ..429.. ... 14 p. • •
Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20
.... 24%
ly'oorri, a
lc andtid Lancaster
~‘asteurdiau.d. ~.. .... gfi........ _..... ....:. .•
•••
1
Ditto. Extension . .. .. 15 .... 31% ••••• • • • • : Si
1
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.- I •• • • 8% ••••• • • • • •
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ..•
Bord., Tout., k Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... - •••• •• "
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 •• • • 2% ••••• • • • •• °
I)utch Rhenish .. .. ... .. 5 •• • • 514 %%•• •• • '
East Indian .. . .. .. .. ss. .... %% ••••• • • •
Great Western Bengal .. •• 58. ••• • - •••• • • '• •••• 1
li, one and Avignon .. ..• • 2 .... 2 . ..... ..... I
Namtu and Liege .. - - 4 .... 1%34••••••••• it
Orleans and Bordeaux .. • • 6 •• • • - ••••• • • • • -4(
ParisPa ri s
and Strasbourg SRtorassebnour•g• Constituted -
••
25° ••
:: : 450%4 4. :::• .• : ...• 21
Rouen and Havre . .. .. • •
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia .. • • • • • •

HOUSES OF OCCUPATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sire—The repose from polities during the recess,
hop-, will permit me to report progress in the task
have undertaken, which, considered in a social or poll
tical point of view, is of vast importance to society,
which is bound to protect itself, and by ,ffevention
diminish the number of criminals. From my humbl.
etloi ts to arouse the public mind, I have the flattering
results of a committee being formed, to impress upon the
Leeislature the necessity of a remedy, consisting
of—
The Bishop of London, R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P.
The Bishop of Norwich, The Lord Mayor,
The Bishop of Oxford, Earl of Denbigh,
The Bishop of Peterb.mough, Lord Kinnaird,
The Bishop of Gloucester Lord F Egerton,
and Bristol, Lord John Manners,
Colonel Wool, M.P., Lord Robert Grosvenor,
and a nu nerous body of influential gentlemen, who take
great interest in the matter ; and it is gratifying to find
that the Committee's request has been responded to by
nearly all the corporations in England and Wales,
heartily a? proving of the object, and sending and pre-
paring petitions to both Houses of Parliament, thus
showing the wishes of the people on the subject. I have
also further to state, that I have submitted the necessity
of a remedy to her Majesty, who takes much interest in
these poor outcasts, and who will not permit the de-
moralising system to continue to exist. The Duke of
Cambridee has kindly promised to support the measure
in the House of Lords. It can scarcely be imagined
that, at -this period of time, society should have made
no adequate attempts to reclaim so large a section of
our fellow-creature:' ; and when it is considered that
nearly 30,000 individuals are annually east out of prison
at the expiration of their sentence, to prey upon the
public, and of necessity causing a friehtful annual ex-
penditure, and no means adopted to avert such evils, is
a double reproach upon us as a nation.
Many antiqiiated notions have to be combated, many
inv. terate prejudices are to be overcome ; all agree that
sonitAing must be done, but that they see difficulties.
hy, where is the system that does not present obsta-
cles ? I well remember that it was considered ridiculous
to attempt lighting London with coal—to cross the
' with many others, have
Atlantic, or traverse the kingdom by steam, was road.ness—the emancipation of the slave population was con-
sbiedeenr esdu
ec
sfuim lel ry a a c
eyoeitn allpli
sthed
these
and shows what may be
d..re by co-operation and p. rseverance.
We have the fact of an institution of the kind required
having been estalslished in France, in 1840, with perfect
success, begun by a benevolent individual, Count Leon
d'Ourches, succour-•d by the King and Royal family and
the public purse. It not only imparts education, hut
has annexed a considerable extent of waste land, which
is cultivated by " the colonist..." Workshops are esta-
blished, trades are taught ; the form of discipline is
" persuasive, not coercive." The result is, that out of
every hundred five only have been afterwards re convict d.
This speaks volumes. A similar establishment in Hol-
land works well. Manchester can demonstrate what may
be done ; and the employment in such houses of occu-
pation, in providing their own food and clothing, the
cultivation of surrounding waste land, all point out a
complete remedy, and will well repay Government for
the outlay.
I am thus pursuing the course pointed out ; having
been responded to by the wise and good of the land,
with so powerful a demonstration from the various cor-
porations, sanctioned by royalty, and aided by a power.
ful press, to which the cause of humanity is much in-
debted, something beneficial must and will be achieved.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant,
JOHN LAURIE, Sheriff, &c.
f 1, Hyde Park-place, April 13. 1846.
ts of

,Madrid journals.-of the sth instant have arrived. The
Gaeta contains the royal decrees accepting the resigna-
ti ons of NARVAEZ, ORLANDO, and BURGOS, and ap-
p. )inting ISTURITZ as President of the Council, and
A.R3lEito as Minister of Marine, charged provisionally
with the War Department. The decree accepting the
resignations is countersigned by EGANA, who retains
his office as Minister of Justi:e; that making the ap-
pointments is countersigned by the new President of the
Council, ISTURITZ. The Under-Secretary of State for
the Finances is charged provisionally with the adminis
tration of that department. It appears that Colonel
ORTEGA. made an unsuccessful attempt, during
the night of the 4th, to get up a pro-
the
in favour of NAavAEz. ORTEGA,
MAZZERADO LoIGORRI, the Under Secretary-at-War
an d several other partizans of NARVAEZ have been dis-
t) issed. and G eneral PEZUELA. has bee 3 appointed Cap
gain-General of Madrid. It is believed that the retire-
ment of NARVAEZ is real on the present occasion, that
there exists an irreconcileable difference between him and
CHRISTINA and that he will be requested to leave
M.sdrid with as little delay as po,sible.
_EI Imparcial has been condemned to a fine of 500
rea Is, for not having, when it began, fulfilled all the for
ma titles required by the last decrees as to the liberty of

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

the press.
'The Duke and Duchess of SAXE COBURG GOTHA
et nbarked on the sth at Barcelona for Valencia en route
to Lisbon, aid Malaga, Gibraltar, and Cadiz.
MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 4.—Three per Cents., 314 for
inor,ey, 314- to April 28 ; Five per Cent., not quoted ;
Barak of St. Ferdinand, 170 ; Company of Probity,
18r; ; Bank of Isabella, 170 ; Company. of Iris, 125 ;
G,aneral Assurance, 83 ; Alliance, 170 ; Anchor, 170 ;
Ckas Company, 160. Exchanges—London, 37i; Paris, 165.

We have received Paris papers of Friday and Satur-
day, which are principally occupied with discussions on
the recent changes in Spain.
The Constitutionnel of Saturday states that the fall of
both the NARVAEZ Cabinets arose from the Stock-Ex-
change speculations of the Minister:—
" It must be confessed, painful as is that confession,
that the dissolution of the Mon-Narvaez Cabinet
el. was oc-
casioned not by a political, but a pecuniary qarr The
most influential person in the Cabinet had been formerly
connected with a bunker of Madrid in
The some speculatassociatesions,
but had lately quarrelled with him. two
became antagonists, speculated against each other on
the Exchange. The banker proved victorious, and the
Minister of Finance having refused to join in the ha-
zardous speculations of his ducal colleague, the Cabinet
was therefore dissolved."
" The second break-up was also on a Stock-Exchange
question, not of so serious a nature indeed as the other,
for as the point in dispute was merely whether fifteen
days or a month should be allowed as the delay for the
:;uppression of time bargains, the question could only
'nave been a pretext on one side, and a foolish piece of
rbstinacy on the other, it indeed that short difference of
time was not of importance to the pecuniary rote
the
Narvaez. Be this as it may, however, the re-
sistance of one tnemner of the Oabitiet to the wishes of
the President of the Council led to the overthrow of the
entire Cabinet."
With regard to the chances of the new Ministry, the
same journal observes:—
" How long will th sinew Ministry Minis of M. scurries out hold
office ? Not long, touss the new ter
all the projects'of his predecessor.
" Moreover the marriage presents the same difficulties
as ever. Tit-- Conte de Trapani can no longer bo relied
on, although Queen Christina persists in her refusal of any
other son-in-law. It may he seen by the manner in which
a son of the Infant Don Paulo has been treated, how far
the members of this Prince's family are from the throne.
Many of the Spanish, and perhaps even the French
Cabin 't, would possibly consent to receive M. le Comte
de Monternolin, who who has for some time past been
much more courteously treated by the Government, and
is almost freed from surveillance of any kind.
"The Liberal Prince is arrested—the Carlist Prince is
favoured—this is a counter revolution."
On this subject the Presse, which is looked upon as
the organ of CHRISTINA, has the following :
" M. Isturitz, it is said, has declared that he will not
committ the fault which produced the downfal of M.
Mir.flores. This fault was to have adopted only half
measures, to have deeply divontented the friends of
General Narvaez, and the A h,olutists of M. de Viluma,
without completely satisfying the great constitutional
and sincerely liberal fraction of the Conservativ--
party. M. Isturitz has not eo,fitiod Mims if to thes,
generalities. At a m- eting, which took place in his
house, he declared that the only means of protect-

Died, after a short at his residence in Albe-
marle-street, on Friday the 10th instant, deeply lamented by
a numerous circle of friends, Louis Eustache Ude, in the 78th
year of his age. Solemn mass will be performed for the re-
pose of his soul at the French Chapel in Little George-street,
Portman-square, on Thursday the 16th instant, and on the
same day his remains will be interred in the Kensal-green
Cemetery. _

10 7-16
261
96
20 •

40 •• • • - ••••" • • .•
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered ..

• .••

The Microscopical Society will meet on Wednesday,
at eight r.m.—Athenctunt.

HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST AN OFFICER OF THE
ROTAL ARTILLERY.—An action was tried, on the 4th of
March last, at the Court of Common Pleas, in the island of
Dominica, in which damages were sought for an assault—
Henry Ashton, Esq., a merchant in the Wand, being plaintiff,
and Alexander Caesar Hawkins, Esq., a first- lieutenant in
tine Royal Artillery, being d fendant. The assault on Mr.
Ashton arose out of a previous assault committed by Mr.
Hawkidi on a Mr. Crawford, described as " quite a little
lad—no match for Mr. Hawkins, at any rate." Phis assault
was committed in a ball-room, at the house of Mr. Crompton.
Later in the evening, as Mr. Hawkins was expressing his
regret at what had happened to some of the party, Mr.
Ashton said his conduct had been very ungentlemanly ; on
which Mr. Hawkins struck him. Mr. Letang, for the defen-
dant, stated that Mr. Ashton would not accept an apology
without exacting more from his client than, as an officer,
he could admit. The Chief Justice, in his charge, said that
plaintiff had done right to come before a jury rather than
have recourse to duelling. The jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages, 100/.
1 itoN MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—DUDLEY,
SATURDAY --The last of the usual quarterly meetings of the
ironnusters of South Saffordsli,re and Shro!ishire was held
this evening. The attendance at he hotel was nunieroos.
The prices adopted at Birmingham were " holstered up;"
but, as at the previous meetings of the week, there was an
inclination fur " a drop,"

•
On Wednesday next, being the first &ay of Pill
Term, the Lord Chancellor will receive chi,judgeL,"
Queen's Counsel at breakfast, at his house in
George-street.
CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN.—" TAO bottle contal oi
'ni
this paper was thrown from her Br;,tannic Majesol •
Erebus, eight P. 4th April, 1842, in lat. 53 59 sow°, f
lung. GO 47 west. Whoever may fiud it, is requested Ott
ward the paper to the Secretary of the Admiralty, l'fr
with the date, together with a notice of the
longitude %here found. James Ross, captain. Trrr,or,,isL
pally." [The foregoing paper was picked up at LAT s
trap, on this coast, about the middle of September les"'
parently only a few days on the beach. The figures
words marked by us in italics were in darker ink than t
document itself, and must have been filled in by the aliPci,
(whose signature is appended), a few minutes be for_
mitting it to the ocean. The writing appears as fry
just written.—ED. Port Philip Herad.]
latituu.
TAWELL'S CONFESSION.—At a` meeting of tne
Magistrates in quarter sessions, last week, a res°
moved by Dr. Lee, was carried by six to three real
calling on the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Cox, to give ,!2
dooument handed him by Tawell just before his exe.io
Mr. Cox. who was in court just before the vote vien,b h 8
said, " He had made up his mind from the first
vff 0/:
110
earthly power shall extort from him that which .1
muted to his custody, let the consequences be NO .
might. Ido not hesitate to say, that standing up a cl 3,
with a fellow creature on the brink of eternity,
being t•Applicated by him, I consented to hold, as P
and confidential, that which was committed tcp me.
' give that promk4e."