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had in view, but that it would increase the misery of the
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The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. Sidney Her-
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On the motion of Mr. CAREW, the debate was adjourned.
The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Oue o'clock.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THE LAST NIGHT BEFORE EASTER.
(BY DESIRE.)
THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, APRIL 4,
Will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera, entitled,
NINO,
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igloo, Signor Fornasarl ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor
Botelli ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli.
To be followed by the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS
LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlles. Lucile Grahn and Louise Tagliool
will appear.

In the coarse of the Evening, a New Pas de Trois, by Mdlles
Louise. Taglion', Petit Stephan, and M. Perrot ; and the admired
Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. Gratin.

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After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Arnina,
IlacLime Castellon.

To conclude with EOLINE ; ou, La Dryade. Arranged by bl
Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principal characters by Mdlle. Lucile
Grahn, M. Perrot, Mdme. Petit Stephan, M. Dl Mattia, &c. In the
course of the Ballet, a Vale Silessienne, by the Corypbees ; Pas de
la Flanc6e, by Mdlle. Lucile G-ahn, supported by Mdlles. Moncelet
and Ca.ssan ; Mazourka d'Extase, by Mdlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot ;
Grand Pas de Dryades, Aidlte. L. Urabn, and the corps de ballet.

rtIMA IRE ROYAL, OIiUUY-I,ANE.
The Last Night of performing before Easter, being for the
IiENEFIr OF MADLLE. MARIA.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS,
The principal charaoters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar-
Burdini, lionicastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King,
31iss Romer, and Miss Rainforth.
Between th,3 First and Second Acts of the Opera, Madlle. Maria
and M. Desplaces will introduce their celebrated PAS DE DEIIX,
from the Ballet of " La Tarantula." _ _

After which, ;tiew Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH,
In which Mons. Desplaces, 31.dlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Zgldme.
Giubilei, &c., will appear.

1113:ATR IC ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

The Last Night of performing before the Hotalus. ben for the
BENEFIT OF MRS. GLOVER.
THIS EVENING

Iv;11 he performed a New and Original Coll7edy, called, A
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Fox*ll, Mr. Webster; Mora-
craft, Mr. W. Ferree: Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest
Coverdale, Mr. 11. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Hudson ; Schnei-
denuar.n, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brind ; Lady Coverdale,
Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss JUN Bennett ; Emmeline,
Mrs. Seyraolr.

The Mind will perform the Overtures, La Symphonic.," an
Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop,
id • Autoinetto,"Cellarias Waltz.

Atter which, a CONCERT. In which Mr. John Parry will
the Romance of " Fayre Rosamond,. :" and Mrs. A. Newton, a new
Son 7, entit " Front an Orient CYane." Signor Sivori will perform
Le Tremolo," on the Violin ; "Mons. Godefroid, "Le Carnival di
Venls,-_,," with Variations, on the Harp Pianoforte, Mr. H. Glover.
To conclude with the Cornett., of rHE LOVE CHASE. Sir Wrn
I•ekilove, Mr. 'lll:airy ; Wilisrake, Mr. Webster; Master Waller
Mr. Howe; Trueworth, Mr. Stuart; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover
Con stance, Mrs. Seymour ?, and Lydia, by a Young Lady.

T ILEA TIC& ROYAL, LYeE UM •
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MIS. KEELEY.
GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each appearance in the Bur
kintio of " Hop o' my Thumb," been welcomed with most en
thusiaitic shouts of applause, and excited the astonishment are
a sprobation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his aimoc,
Ineredlble Dimi,tutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind
the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Per.
formatter for every Evening till further notice.
TillS EVENING

The performances will comlnencesviih; New and Original Comm
Drama, In Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prii,•
cl )31 characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, A. Wigs',
Diil4ear, Silver, ant Keeley; Miss Villars, Miss Howard, Mrs. A
Wigan, Miss Forster, and Mrs. Keeley.

To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en
titled HOP 0' MY TUUMB ; or, The Ogre and It's Seven-Leagw
P.oots. In which General Torn Thumb, who is engaged espressl3
for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance.
To conclude with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Cha-
racters by Messrs. V. Mathews, Meadows, Kinloch, and Turner ,
Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan.
Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL
THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years
Aga. In which Messm Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby.
Stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. E. Yarnoid, and Miss Woolgar
will perform._ . . _

After which the new interes!lng Drama, called THE CABIN
BUY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Lar.recettf, Mr. Paul Bed-
lord t Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar.
In the course of the Evening, a Tableau from the Drama of
J....CK SHEPPARD, with the favourite Chaunts of " Jolly Nose,"
ant " Nix, my Dolly." Blucekin, Mr. Paul Bedford.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEN I •
YOGI: WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr.
Wriwht ; Isaac Cratit, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews
Mr.a. Iloneybun, Miss Woolgar.

NuESS'S THEATRE, OXEMW-STMEE'r
Last Week of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS an(
Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS.
'fFIIS EVENING

Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE
FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count
de Drissae, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre
Pallioz, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess
do Chartres, Madame Vestris.

Ater which the favourite Comedy, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A
'am! val Ball. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary,
..:iillins ; Miss* Dalton, Madame Vestris.

To be followed by (ninth time) a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE.
DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Yining; Sir George
Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Cherie,.
Sed 1 ey, Mr. Harris; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling.
To which will be added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE
ILLER. Teddy Mullowney, Mr. Collins.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.

THIS EVENING, S kTURDAY, APRIL 4, M. PRILLIPPE
will give his extraordinary MAGICAL DELUSIONS. Being ti:r
the Benefit of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and positively the Last
Night of his perrormances until Easter.
. Doors open at a quarter past Seen, to commence at a quarter
before Eight'
Stalls, 31.; Boxes, 23. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64.; Fr'vate Boxes,

I/. Is.. and 11. I is. 6d

ASLLFY'i ROYAL AMPIIITHJLATIa.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
ro4itlvcly the last Week before the Easter Holidays. Immense
_Novelty, which will cemhino the attractive Entertainments ex•
pressly prepared by Royal Command, on the occasion of the V:sii
of her most gr./eons Majesty the queen, Prince Aihert, and tln
Princess Royal to the Amphitheatre on Tuesday, the 24th instant
The last Six Representations of " The Elephants of the Pagoda."
Tills EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF
AorOP.E ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which tht
a hole res.,urces of the F stablishment will be introduced.
Ilrilliant Scenes of the Circle, in which Mr. Baby will have tie
I.ononr of appea7ing with his celebrated Arabian mare Beda, on
•a•h.),p, performances Royalty has beeta pleased to bestow the most
in.trke,l encomiums.
The whole, taconc!ude with a Novel Afterpiece.

Sir HENRY HARDINGE and Sir HITCH GOUGH, as we
stated yesterday, are to be raised to the Peerage, and,
in accordance with the usual practice, they will be
tbrther rewarded with pensions for their own lives and
the lives, probably, of the two next heirs. To these
' honours and pensions the people of this country will
give their hi arty concurrence, and they would also be gra-
tified if a mark of royal favour, and something also more
substantial, were conferred upon Sir H. SMITH, fcr his
admirable generalship displayed at Aliwal, and the
striking influence which the remarkable victory gained
at that place had upon the military operations that fol-
lowed. The battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah wer.
as glorious in every respect as they could be un-
der such circumstances ; but the generals were
crippled for want of means : they had neither heavy
artillery nor a command of cavalry, nor a suffi
eiont quantity of ammunition to follow up their
victories, and the consequence was, that not only the
Seikhs, but the native population of India, began to
suspect that no advantages had been gained, and that a
renewal of the contest might lead to the most serious
results. The batte of Aliwal, however, left no doubt
whatever that a decisive victory had been gained, and
gained too, in a way which established the vast
superiority of the English General, as well as the in-
domitable bravery of the troops under his command_
This could not fail to have a powerful moral effect upon
the armies, Anglo-Indian as well as Seikh, which fought
at Sabraon. To this distinguished officer, as well us to
those who served under him, honours and rewards are
due, and the public will, therefore, be glad to see from
.he Gazette of Friday that promotions in consequence
have been granted to many of the commissioned officers;
but the people of England would like to see the system of
rewards for noble services carried much further, and the
humble soldier made to share in them, along with those
who led them on to victory. The devotion of the
men, natives as well as English, is admitted on all hands
to have been rarely or never equalled. In the battles of
the 21st and 22d of December, we are only astonished
that they were able to fight at all. They were fatigued
—worn out by long marches ; they were without
food, and almost faint from want of water ; they had a
formidable enemy to encounter, an enemy, whose fame
tad extended over the whole of Hindostan, supported,
too, by batteries of heavy guns in a strong position;
they fought at every disadvantage, yet, alike forgetting
their sufferings, and disdaining the bribes of the
nemy, they rushed to the contest, and achieved,
,hough with enormous loss, almost an unexpected vic-
:,ory. In these battles the stern firmness and daring
:ourage of the men did nearly the whole work, for
here was little room for the display of maracuvrea ; and
'n them, therefore, the country would be glad to ste
something more substantial conferred than votes of
thanks. The turn which affairs, too, have taken, attri-
outable in a great measure to the gallantry of the trot p„
enders some fair compensation of the kind more neces.
.ary. The chief city of the Punjaub, unlike that of
iinde, has escaped capture ; the treasures of gold end
Aver, and valuable jewels, of which such a large
amount was taken at Hyderabad, will remain Kith
the original possessors, and the victorious troop:
are thus deprived of a rich booty, to which
_hey were entitled. We therefore trust that the
East India Company, as wk 11 as -the Government, will
Ake these circumstances into consideration, and vote
ouch grants to the officers and privates as may be con-
adered a just compensation and a fair reward for'deeds
which have, to all appearances, brought a hazardous
.var to a speedy and glorious conclusion, and saved the
Company millions of additional expenditure.

Mr. O'CONNELL last night moved an amendment upon
the first reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill,
and made a long speech in support of it. The amcnd-
nent ;admits and deplores the existence of outrage ia
Ireland, and urges the eradication of its causes, in the
place of the measure demanded by the Government.
this eradication he considers may be effected by
various measures, such as, first and chiefly, will
prevent the abuses of property, and especially
.hose connected with the clearance system; and
next, others that will confer equal rights,
Franchises, and protectio❑ upon the Irish
with those which are enjoyed by the English, will give
a greater number of representatives to Ireland, an im-
proved corporation reform, as well as a more just distri-
bution of the Church temporalities, an alteration in the
;rand jury laws, and an impartial administration of
justice. The first thing that strikes us is, that assum

lig the efficacy of the—remedies here suggested for the
social regeneration of that country, their sweeping cha-
racter, and the importance of each is such, that before
all or any of them can become the law of the land,
much more before their anticipated effects could be
realised, the horrible crimes conceded by Mr. O'CONNELL
70 be now deluging five of the Irish counties will con-
inue unrepressed. It must be remembered that the
Government stands charged with the execution of the
taw ; they announce to Parliament that the law is vie-
ently outraged, beyond their power of vindicating it,
and demand increased means for effectuating the same.
If life is sacrificed both by night and by day, and this
through the confederation of midnight assassins, the
irdinary functions of the law being established
to be insufficient to suppress these outrage:,
v hat Parliament can hesitate to arm Go
vernment with means adequate for the purpos:! ?
Lord J. RUSSELL will not incur the responsibility o;
withholding the necessary appliances. Some or the
provisions may be too stringent, bat the fearful evils to
be grappled with demand no ordinary remedies. These
ire matters of detail, and are such as, we think, however
adhered to or modified in Committee, the Government
will feel it to be their duty to accept as Parliament may
decide. It should not be forgotten, however, that if this
stringency be too much paired down, so that the
sequel should prove the measure to be almost in-

THE WEATHER.—SU OFFICE, APRIL 4.
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)perative, much responsibility will be incurred by
.hose who suffer their legislative timidity to defeat the
lighest ends of philanthrophy. Such a result would be

ven worse than what we have at present to deal with ;
for the midnight assassins, when they learn that Parlia-
ment has legislated against them, yet ineffectually, will
imbibe a greater contempt fur the authority of the
law, and promptly spread their machinations, till
;hey involve the length and breadth of the lansl

in the meshes of the;r fearful organisation. At
the same time, we most fully agree with Lira
JOHN RUSSELL, that Government cannot too speedily
render Parliament practically alive to their sincerity in
removing any just cause of complaint the Irish may
have against us, by producing as well measures of a
healing and conciliatory spirit as those of coercion. In
?articular, we hold that the Bill announced by the Earl
Of ST. GERMANS, to be prepared for bettering the rela-
tionship of landlord and tenant, should be amongst the
earliest of those to be laid on the table of either
House of Parliament. This is a subject that
has now been long under consideration. The
clearance system is emphatically declared by
Air. O'CONNELL to be the mainspring of the Irish
crimes ; he stated that, in Tipperary alone, more than
one hundred and fifty thousand persons have been
evicted from their holdings within the last five years.
If such be the case, the state of that county is, indeed,

ttle to be wondered at. Sir JAMES GRAHAM has

paid, that if the landlords persevere in this con-
duct, the Legislature must interpose. Why, then,
has such procrastination been suffered, that pro-
bably not till after Easter will even the first
reading be given to any Bill affecting this
•übject ? The great struggle in Ireland is for laml:
exorbitant rents are demanded, proportioned to the
keenness of the competition and the extent of debt with
which the greater part of the landed property is encum-
bered, by reason of the improvident spirit that has fur
years characterised the higher, not less than the lower

orders of that country. The consequence is that the
tenant cannot cultivate and enjoy a fair and profitable
remuneration for his labuur. Ilence the produce which
he has, with; his limited means, reared is
exported to our markets, overflowing with
capital, and Ireland is left without the ineul
culabla advantages of home consumption. What
regard can the Irish peasant have in favour of our
legislation, when one moment he fiuds himself standing
in the midst of the overflowing bounties of the soil,
which he has helped to develupe, and the next sees
them carried to other shores, whilst he is left, with his
offspring, to exit on what amounts to little short of
starvation? If the agrarian system is, as we ourselves
believe, the prolific source of crime, no time can be so
opportune as the present for entering upon wholesome
legislation on this branch of Irish calamities, when so

largo a sum has been voted for the furtherance of wt rkt

of public utility, by which, in corm, stun with the, forma-
tion of railroads: a comiderab'e opet‘i, g wi;l he efforcl:-,d
for the employment of the redu dant population, till
the source of the ev:l we have pointed out is reached by
salutary

Parliamentary paper, No. 179, just issued by order of
the House of Commons, affords us a most harrowing
category of the recent homicides in Ireland. Most of
these atrocious deeds have been chronicled in The Sun
as they were perpetrated, together with their most im-
portant details, such as the causes of the different out-
rages, the suspicions as to the assassins, and the atrocities
which accompanied the assaults. Nevertheless, it cannot
but be productive of good in the formation of the most
effectual and appropriate remedies for the prevention of
such heinous guiltiness, if we cast a comprehensive,
though cursory, glance over the aggregate of such ini-
quities when presented to us in a simple and classified
cluster, such as this official document. The benefit to
our deductions by a retrospective survey of this
nature must be twofold. Firstly, it will el i-
dence more forcibly than heretofore the hideous

depravities, the general insubordination, and the
dangerous audacity which stimulate the most law-
less of the Irish population to the perfcrmance of mur-

ders the most ruthless and the most dastardly, and which
consequently places the lives of the more peaceable
members of the community in imminent peril; by which
means the necessity for some immediate and efficacious
interference on the part of the Government will become
more apparent than ever. Secondly, it will tend to en-
lighten us as to the social grievances from which these
efforts at assassination spring ; by which knowledge a
clue may be discovered which may conduct us to the
very root of the evil. Acting upon this principle, the
Legislature would instantly stay the progress of a

great moral disease ; it would not potter over the social

condition of millions by endeavouring simply to destroy
the ejects, while the causes were entirely overlooked.
The heads of the dire hydra would no longer be lopped
off to spring forth anew ; its heart would be assailed :
the further development of murder would be prevented
oy striking at the point in which that arch-sin
is germinated, and from which every successive
instance of its perpetration radiates. Our
object, therefore, is to assure ourselves
that a prodigious evil really does require eradication
in Ireland. Surely, if we are not convinced of
this grievous "fact" already, a moment's examination
of the Parliamentary document to which we have re-
:'erred will fill our minds with that most lamentable con-
viction. The paper consists of " Extracts made by
Colonel SPGREcon from the police reports, stating the
particulars of the principal homicides in Ireland in
the years 1845 and 1846, and forwarded to the
home-office by him." From these extraordinary
extracts upwards of thirty of tie most diabolical
assassinations, or attempts at assassination, may be
selected ; bludgeoning, shooting, strangling, drowning,
on the high road, in the daylight, and at midnight.
Sometimes the murderers are single, sometimes in
bands ; sometimes they have been discovered, some

times they have escaped ; but the cause of almost every
outrage has been surmi.,ed. One unfortunate gentleman
is shot dead while returning with his children from
church on a Sunday morning; another person is struck
down suddenly with a musket-ball chile seated with
his family at supper ; a venerable lady, nearly blind
with extreme age, is seized by a party of ruffians, a
pistol is snapped in her face, and she is beaten over the

head ; the corpse of another individual is dragged from
a ditch ; some are found by hedge-sides with their
brnins crushed out of their skulls, while others are

riddled through and through with bullets. Is it pos-
sible, after these terrific_ disclosures, to doubt the
exigent state of Ireland, And the absolute duty impose'i
upon Parliament fur some immediate interposition ? b
there not crime enough to arouse the most sluggish Go-

vernment to exertion ? Does not humanity,-does n
religion, does not human policy itself, call out for a
powerful preventative ? Our next object is to discern, if
possible, the reasons by which the marauders have been
actuated, as by so doing we shall perceive the incite-
ments there are to the commission of these whole-
sale murders, and, by inference, the - means by
which those incitements may be destroyed, or,
at the least, negatived. To these deduction:,

the Parliamentary paper before us affords a ready ac
cess ; and after a careful inspection of its particulars
we are induced to ascribe the generality of the homi.
cides to one or other, or occasionally a combination, of
the following causes:—Animosity excited by the pro-
ceedings of magistrates, police-officers, or other agents
of the executive—revenge against those who have given
evidence in courts of law by which peasants
have been convicted of any offence—hatred
inspired towards those landlords who have
ejected one or more individuals from their pro-
perty, or otherwise dealt harshly with their tenantry—
or, finally, from a feeling of jealousy on the part of a
tenant who has been ejected from his tenement, and for

the idle gratification of which jealousy the subsequent
occupant is assaulted. There are, undoubtedly, stray
casi:s to which no satisfactory reason can be ascribed, or
in which the assa-lant has been impelled to the
act by a complex or individual interest. But to the
mass of the homicides already reported in The Sun,
and recorded in this official document, one or other of
the four causes just enumerated are applicable. We
say this after a most careful consideration of the matter.
The murders in Ireland are attributable either to a feel-
ing of dislike as to the mode in which justice is ad-
ministered, or to some circumstance in which the interests
of landlord and tenant are placed in antagonism. Disease
and destitution tend, no doubt, to heighten the malady,
and to render its recurrence more frequent. Hence,,
the removal of sickness and penury must necessarily ac-
company any scheme that may be propounded by our
Legislators for the removal of this frightful evil. The
Government must be rendered more accordant to the
p )pular mind ; the question of landlord and tenant
must be thoroughly analysed. We could cull
many terrific proofs of what we have de-
clared from the pages of this " report ;"
this, however, would be a needless repetition of crimes,
with the particularsof which the public are already farni-

liar. The plan which should be adopted towards Ireland
should be animated by a faith in the resources and real
integrity of the nation ; a hope for her ultimate regene
ration, and a charity towards her people.

The Madrid Gazette of the 27th nit. contains a royal
decree, by which the kingdom is divided into electoral dis-
tricts, agreeably. to the provisions of the new Act for the
election of representatives. A general belief prevailed that
the Cortes would be forthwith dissolved, and that a general
election would soon take place. It was said that General
RoNcau had been appointed Governor of Cuba, in the roo.r
of General O'DoNNELL, who was to be Minister of War.
According to accounts from the provinces, the manifesto of
the new Cabinet was received with much apathy, and tran-
quillity prevailed.

On the 27th the Three per Cents. closed at 321 for cash,
and 32 9-16 fur the 30th of April. The Five per Cents. were
not quoted.

We have accounts from Lisbon to the 30th of March
On the 20th the Minister of the Interior bronlit into
the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for appointing the ICING
CONSORT, in the event of the demise of the QUEEN,
Regent during the minority of the heir apparent. This
Bill is in contravention of the 90th article of the Charter,
and met with strong opposition from a few Members, but
was ultimately adopted by a large majority. A special
Commission had been appointed for the purpose of re-
vising the tariff of import duties, and sugggesting such
alterations in it as may be thought expedient. M. FON-
SECA MAGALHAES, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs.
has been named President.

In the French Chamber of Deputies the debate on the
commercial treaty with Belgium was brought to a close
on the 4th, when all the articles were adopted by a
maj3rity of 209 to 36. The principal feature of interest
in the discussion was a speech of M. GUIZOT, relative to
the great commercial measures now before the British
House of Commons ; and we regret to find that he ap.
pears to be still much attached to the prohibitive system
or to very high duties, which have nearly the same result.
lie admires the comprehensive and mighty changes pro-
posed by Sir ROBERT PEEL; but, while he admits that
they are adapted for England. he can see in them little
or nothing for France to imitate. A brief outline of his
remarks will be read with interest. "I cannot," said he,
leave the tribune without dying a word or two on the
question alluded to on the previous day by the Minister of
Commerce. In the reform proposed by Sir R. PEEL there are
two distinct questions—a social reform, which is to bear
on the domestic constitution of Eng!and, and a manufac-
turing reform, which regards her relations with other
Powers. In England the manufacturing population is
far more considerable than the agricultural one, and this
disproportion goes on constantly increasing. The con-
dition of the English working classes is exceedingly
severe, as they with difficulty suffice for their (Lily
wants. This condition is, besides, exceedingly variable,
precarious, and subject to considerable oscillatitns. The
severity of this condition, and the perils to which it is
incessantly exposed, have for a length of time attracted
the attention of the English statesmen, and particularly
of Sir R. PEEL. It is the strong desira which he feels
to ameliorate the condition of the working classes that
has induced the Right Hon. Baronet to undertake the

work, the success of which all humane minds mutt 06-
sire to behold accomplished. (Here Ito was loudly
cheered by M. DE iiASPAININ .) law certain t thi, cheer
only cxpr• 5,.,s the sen. in ,•7-:t of the whole Cfinmher, for

every one must f,e aux Otis to see measures succeed, the
obj-et of which is to improve the condition of the work-
ing classes.—(t° Yee," exclaim. d a Mt mher, " if rot at
our expense.') Titere mee.ing in the Project of Sir
H. PEEL that is to be accomplished at our expense.
He has three objects—to lower the price of provisions,
to assure constant labour, and to set a curb en commer-
cial fluctuations. The plan imposes some :sacrifices
certainly on agriculture, but they are such as it can sup-
port. I am convinced, also, that Sir P. REEL desires to
carry out his measures, without altering the principles
'of the constitution of his country. lle is well aware
that the landed aristocracy, which has hitherto made the
grandeur of England, cannot be sacrificed to the manu-
facturing interests ; he has merely endeavoured to re-
store the equilibrium between these two influences, and
everything leads to the expectation that he wit com-
pletely succeed.—(Hear, hear.) The second part of his
plan aims at increasing the trade ef England with foreign
powers. Such art extension will add to the influence of
his country, will contribute much to preserve peace, and
will be advantageous to the consumer. Sir H. PEEL, in
effecting this second part of his reform, by no means
abolishes all protective duties ; he merely applies his
new plan to such branches of manufactures as can
support competition with the produce of other nations.
He has retained protection on all articles which re-
quire it. The first part of his plan is not applicable
amongst us—it is a noble spectacle, but it does not affect
us, for in what does our situation resemble that of Eng-
land ? Our manufacturing population is not perhaps as
well off as it might be, but it is not in the position of
the same class in England ; our working population, be-
sides, is principally agricultural, and this class, which is
more fortunate in its condition than our manufacturing
workmen, is also far better off than the English agri-
cultural population. We may, therefore, admire the so-
cial reform in Eegland, but it holds out nothing fur us to
imitate. As to the second part—the commercial portion
of the reform, we can only imitate it partially and gra-
dually. We must continue to protect such branches
of our manufactures as require support, and which a
sudden reduction in our duties would not fail to annihi-
late. I have signed eight treaties, and all are conceived in
this spirit. 'We shall persist in this course prudently and
cautiously, and you may be certain that we shall reap the
fruits of our proceedings. These doctrines seemed to
meet with the general approbation of the Chamber, and
we may therefore conclude that the Legislature, unless
driven to a more liberal policy by the sufferings and
losses of the vine growers, and by the continued decay
of the shipping interest, will for some years adhere to
the protective system. It is gratifying, however, to see
several of the journals displaying more knowledge of
commercial policy. The Journal des Debars is liberal
in that respect, and disapproves of the latter remarks of
the Minister, which refer to reform in the Custom-
house system. "M. GUIZOT," it says, "is of opinion
that within the last ten or fifteen years wo have pro-
ceeded sufficiently fast in the road of commercial liberty.
We hare several times expressed a different opinion.
M. GUIZOT'S conclusion is, that we ought to continue to
proceed in the same course ; we prefer, we state sincerely,
a more decided tystem."
The Moniteur contains a dispatch from Marshal Btr-
GEAUD, dated Algiers, March 2.5, but it contains no in-
telligence of interest.
We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the