The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY
_EVENENG, APRIL 27, 1846.

to run the chance of the general body again paying up
their deposits; they will prefer retaining the control of
the funds, although their so doing, in many cases,
may have the ofto
tavecarried into destroying the
effect—many
project they
are anxious
shareholders who, feeling the utmost degree of confi-
dence in the soundness and eventual success of the pro-
ject would be rejoiced if it could be suspended for a
given time, and an opportunity then afforded them of
deciding whether the scheme should be abandoned or
carried into execution, and in the meantime the amount
of money which could not possibly be required in the
interval be placed at their disposal, but who
from having no such option afforded to them
will now vote for the dissolution of the company
in order to get back a sum, important to them at the
present crisis. With this fei-lieg, on the first statement
of the intended legislative enactments, we suggested, in
The Sun of the 9th April, " that it would be desirable
if a similarcooflnpaaonsnypue,moadbnei
and getting
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tahreebh,:pci lkrdeearaesot t wotrehi
creee
(ga,
evper:nratmit:h)ine
power s
f the
of the depo.its, leaving a sUtlHent sum to meet
all the liabilities of the company, and a small sum in
nand for the trivial (xpenses x hich might be necessar)
hetween th.. present time and the next session of Per
Lament." There is little doubt that such an opportunit
would be hailed with the greatest delight in the cases o•
many of the pro'ected lines. A large sum would be at
once released, brought into circulation, and rt n-
dered applicable to tne general purposes 0
the country. In the event of a ruction in
the money-market, the schemes which have alread3
stood the test of Parliamentary inquiry will probably be
revived. Vast expenses have already been incurred in
the engineering and other departments, w hi2h, in the
event of a dissolution, will be wholly lost, or which ma.)
he made use of by parties who have already derived a
considerable profit, without the shareholders, by whom
they were sustained, reaping any benefit therefrom.
This would not be just or equitable. Was
there any prospect of ultimate success, the
„t Ivantage should be retained to those who
et present are heavy pecuniary sufferers, and
aho would, by the keeping alive of the company,
have a chance, however alight it might be, of obtaining
some return hereafter. We trust that some of our legis-
lators who have interested themselves in railway affairs
Bill turn their attention to this subject, and that when
the Government Bill comes before the House such an
addition will be engrafted thereon as to give the scrip-
holders such a power of suspension as we have here
advocated.

of this free-trade grain into England, be
prevented, since the mercantile intercourse be-
tween this island and her sister Ireland was unres-
tricted ? While supposing this secondary introduction
were obviated by obstructing that traffic across St.
George's Channel, how would the millions of people,
subsisting on the millions of Irish provisions,
which were acknowledged by the Noble Lord,
the Member for Lynn, to be exported annually
from Ireland for home consumption—how were
those millions to dispense with their accustomed
supply? The proposition was thus analysed by reason.
a d its delusive character most logically divulged. The
question then arose, what was the next proceeding to be
taken in order to remove the different embarassments
of the Legislature, and to bring the great difficultits.
of Government to a satisfactory issue ? Food, not
money, was the most fitting remedy fur Ireland—that
was obvious enough in itself : but the Hon. Memb.
for Stockport placed it beyond the possibility of contra-
diction, when he remarked that " if the people of Ire.
land had gold in equal proportion to their perishiea
potatoes, it would not supply them with provisions
With England, on the other hand, impediments must b.
removed from her commerce ; a state of perniciote
s agnation and incertitude must give way to activit,
end animation if a revival of her prosperit
were required. Both these very desirable, and. indee. ,
b, lute ly ft cessary e might be assursd and
expediting the final acceptance of the free .
!rade measure ; and by enrol'ing the free-trade princi
ales on the s acute-book as among the most prominer
features of the constitution. By acting thus, th
Legislature would realise its two most ruder,
wishes—a restoration of peace and plenty t.
Ireland, a revival of commercial activity are
confidence in England ! In endeavouring, by such argil.
:rents, to infuse a greater celerity into the movemen:,
of Parliament, Mr. COBDEN gave an additional evidence
of his statesmanship, and of his capacity for legislation ;
while he demonstrated in the same breath his unceasing
anxiety for the happiness and comfort of his fellow-
men. This is, indeed, a noble spirit of philan-
thropy with which to be actuated, in aiding
the political operations of a great empire ; any
even during the Easter recess the Hon. Member for
Stockport has given evidence that such a spirit of phi-
lanthropy is undeviating in his instance. "During that
recess," said he, "I was called upon repeatedly to hold
great public meetings in Manchester and in London, in
order to remonstrate upon the delay occasioned by this
debate, but the question I asked myself was—
Who shall we remonstrate with ? I did ne
know who to blame, nor do I now ; 1 can't blame the
Government, because if I were disposed to do so, I see
they are already blamed so much that I cannot add to the
load the weight of my censure. Then again, I have no
right to blame the Members for Ireland, for it is net for
me to judge as to the extent to which they deem it to be their
duty to oppose the first reading of this Bill. I leave them
to be the sole judges, because I should claim the same
right myself, of the course and policy which they ought
to adopt." That is a view of the actors in
the present sessional interlude most creditable
to the disposition of Mr. COBDEN, and
ully in accordance with his lofty reputation. There is
no acerbity in his nature ; he hopes that, notwithstand-
ing all the bickering; and squabbles going forward it
the Commons, gentlemen on his side of the House
" may manage to preserve good humour." He canner
precisely discover the motives by which certai.
Members are influenced in certain proceedings
and, though he deplores the consequences of thus
proceedings, he cannot arrogate to himself the privilee
of uttering their condemnation. Those arc, in fact
the only rational lights in which the still pending dis-
cussions ought to be regarded. We must, perfurce
lament the procrastireatie n which is goading Ireland en
possibly to fresh outrages, and certainly to more ex
ces•ive privations ; tut we must also endeaveu
to believe in the thorough integrity of the various par
ties concerned until time and circumstances shall mot
fully divulge their unseen influences and latent motive.
Such moderate and lucid speeches as the erne deliveree
by the Hon. Member for Stockport, we welcome wit.
xtreine pleasure, leecause we see in them arguments cal.
eulated to spur our legislators on in their Parliementsr
. ff.rts. and lene user. a minently suited ror smootlong SOD:
of tho asperities of cf. bate.

Marine, and brother-in-law of the Sultan„ was fixed for the
7th.

" The departure of the Sultan for Romelia has been fixed
for the Ist of May definitively. The Sultan is to embark for
Varna on board a ship of the line, which will be taken in tow
by two steamere."

Madrid journals of the 18th and 19th have arrived. The
Gazette of the 18th describes the insurrection in Galicia as
nearly at an end, General CONCHA having arrived before
Lugo on the 14th. But the Gazette of the next day pub-
lishes a dispatch from this very General CONCHA, dated Be-
cerra, the 15th instant, announcing that, " being convinced
'he insurgents of Lugo only intended to gain time by making
unacceptable propositions ; that being, moreover, unprovided
with artillery, and considering the trifling importance of the
olace, which must of necesity surrender in consequence of
the operations he was about to undertake against the insur-
:,,ents of the province of Pontevedra, he had ordered the bat-
, Anon of Malaga to march to Corunna. and had himself pr,-
-eeded to Becerra to place himself at the head of the divisirn
,f troops concentrated there, and advanced, on the 16th,
upon Sarria and Chantada."
The fact appears to be that General CONCHA cannot trust
ds troops. lie arrived before Lugo on the afternoon of the
l4tb, and summoned the insurgents to surrender, promising
.t free pardon to all the private soldiers, but, finding they
were determined to hold out, and that there was a tendency

41 the part of a portion of his tro,ips, particularly the hat •
-.llion of Malaga, to fraternise with them, he suddenly
,rdered that corps to march for G,runna, and himself pre-
,ared with the rest of his division to retire from before Lugo
Ton Vigo, the garrison of that place having pronounced on
he 10th.

The insurgent garrison of Santiago, which wag occupied
. . _ _

n the I Ith by General Pula-SA:urtr.n, evacuated the town
.n the night of the 10th, and retired, in good order, under the
'in-nand of Brigadier RUBIN DE CELIS, to Vigo and Pon-

evedr a.

With regard to the insurgents taken prisoners at Astorga
t has been determined that none but the commissioned and
ton-commissioned officers shall be put upon trial, and that
lone shall be punished capitally without the express sane-
ion of the Government.

EGANA assumed his functions of Intendiente of the Palace
rn the 18th.

General SANZ has taken the oaths of office as Minister of
War, and General RONCALI, his successor in the Captaincy-
General of Grenada, was to leave Madrid on th 20th to enter
on the duties of his office. El Clamor Publico says, "The
reports of a Ministerial crisis yesterday assumed stronger
grounds. It was asserted that the resignations of Senors
INTURITZ and CANEJA had been accepted. CASTRO Y
ONOZCO had been summoned by the QUEEN, and had a long
conference with her MAJESTY. It seems he had made certain
conditions the grounds of his forming a new Cabinet."
El Heraldo declares that " rumours of a Ministerial modifi-
'ation are at least premature; but it was generally believed
.hat the affaris could not long exist as they are. In order to
confirm themselues in power, a Ministry is required com-
posed of the leaders of the different sections of the Conser-
vative party, which can rely on a strong arm to put a bridle
on the efforts at revolution." In order that there may be no
loubt as to the possession of this strong arm, the Herald() in
another article, speaking of NAavarz, says—
"lt is his absence which has emboldened revolt. Brigadier
Rubin de Cells, who is at the head of the revolutionary
'orces, would never have betrayed his trust so long as he saw
hat strong and invincible arm beside the throne. If, how-
ever, it should be deemed a duty to appeal to the patriotic de-
votion of the Duke of Valencia, he would assuredly consent
to return to Spain to complete his tusk, viz., the destruction
.f the enemies of the throne and institutions. The intrigue
~hich has overthrown General Narvaez has nearly hurried
he country into the abyss of ruin ; in order to save it, we
nust have a strong Government representing the great Con-
servative party."
NARVAEZ, in the meanwhile, remains at Bayonne, watch-
ng the course of events.

Judging from every circumstance that may enable
he mind to form an idea of the result of appearances in
such a country as Spain, we can only come to the con-
clusion that the country is agaia on the eve of a revolu-
tion. Probably it will be a very short one, and attended
with little suffering ; but in whatever way it may end,
the people are not to blame. Ever since the return of
CHRISTINA from Paris they have displayed the greatest
patience and forbearance towards her rule—Ministry
after Ministry has been dissolved through her intrigues—
the constitution has been destroyed—a military system
adopted—the military system again abandoned with
the banishment of NARVAEZ, and a sort of heterogeneous
Government formed, in which no one can tell whether
the influence of France, or this restless and unprincipled
woman, or the Camarilla, or ISTURITZ prevails. Never
cas there a Government so undefined, or the army so
little under the control of any General respected fur
nilitary talents and decision. The Spaniards have sub-
mitted now for some four years to these violent and un-
constitutional changes, hoping that every week or month
eimething like 4 rational mode of government would be
teeelnped, but they have waited in vain, and affairs
now appear more complicated and mv-terieus than ever.
\To surprise. therefore, can he felt at the manifestations
.f discontent an l insurrection in Galicia, or at the con.
:iction entertained by well-infermed parties, that the
.pirit of disaffection will extend over the whole country'
['he army as well a,: the people have been treated with
mpercilieus contempt. NARVAEZ, so lung their fa-
.ourite, and apparently attached to their interests, has
eeen hurried out of the country Lice a felon ; they
ire left without a chief, and are at the mercy
e• an intriguing woman. guided by a cuncla,e
if priests and the least respectable of her sex.
.'he discontent of the lead'ng m n among the Nlede-
etoes and the Progressistas, so long represse I, can be
el longer restrained. They have all been used as mere
utomatons, and were kept down chiefly by NARVAEZ
tnd the army. They were afraid of irnprisenmeet,
ianishment, and death, end submitted till the power of
-he oppressor was weakened. Their eyes are now
,pened, and they find that they had been made
the victims of a policy concocted in a foreign
capital, and carried into effect by a single
her own interests; who is resolve to sacrifice
to these the young QUEEN, marry her to her uncle,
against the will of the Cortes, of every respectable
statesman, and of the people in general, and thereby
prolong the dominion of foreigners over a proud and
brave people. The latest accounts from Madrid lead to
the belief that the insurrection in Galicia becomes every
day more serious. Santiago was in the hands of the
disaffected troops and national guards, General Coucite
had been obliged to raise the siege of Lugo, and it
was firmly anticipated that Vigo and Corunna
would give in their adherence to the insurrection.
We should not wonder to see it spread like wildfire
through the country, for there is really no Government,
the army is under no control, the regular troops, in fact,
commenced the revolt ; and the provinces, after so many
Ministerial changes at Madrid, which have made the
country a bye-word, can place no confidence
whatever in the QUEEN-MOTHER and her satellites,
who seem bent on making the Cortes and constitutional
government ridiculous, in order to pave the way for
pure absolutism. It is hazardous to make any conjec-
ture as to political movements in Spain; but we believe a
despotic Government can be maintained there only by a
powerful army, well paid and attached to a skilful
commander. Neither of these circumstances exists
at present. The field is open for any party that
knows how to seize the opportunity. There is no hand
sufficiently strong, nor any authority at Madrid suf-
ficiently dreaded, to keep down insurrectien ; and
in a few weeks, perhaps a few days, we may hear of
general risings, with the watchwords, " The QUEEN
and the Constitution," " Death to CHRISTINA and TIZA,
PANI," which will probably end in the second expulsion
''rorn Spain of a mischievous and selfish woman, the
,nain cause of the present confusion and the determined
enemy of good government.

Several arrests of well-known Progessistas took place in
ladrid on the night of the 17th, by order of SABATER, the
.'olitical Chief.

It is st: ted that the Cortes will be assembled as soon as the
evolt in Galicia shall have been put clown.

Several of the journals have been again seized. The
3azeit, contains a decree of the Minister of Finance dinict-
,ig that the 9-12ths of the deferred foreign debt correspond•
•ig with the present year should he drawn on the Ist of May
MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 18.—Three per Cents., 314
,coney ; Five per Cents., not voted ; Bank of St Feriii•
and, 286 ; B ink of Isabella, 176 ; Company of Probity.
92 ; Company of Iris. 130 ; General Assurance, 85 ; Alli.
:nce,l69 ; Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 680. Exchanges:
hiblin, 371 ; Paris, 16 3.

We have received the PerisTmpers of Friday and Saturday.
On Friday LEcosITE underwent an examination before
he l'resident and Qommissioners of the Court of Peers.
The Armorican, of Brest, contains the following strange
ory

The news of the attempt at Fontein')frau has been at-
-tided with a singular coincidence, which has awakened the
t'ention of the authorities. In the morning of the same day.
'hursday, 16th, M. 8., who is employed on the staff of Ili,
arrison returned here with his wife from Morlaix, in a dili-
fence of the Messageries Generales. Seated with them wa,
mother passenger, who, in conversation, stated, in positive
erms, that the King had just been assassinated. On M. B.',
eplying that such a thing was not credible, and that the
.urnals bad not made any mention of it, the passenger
d, that it was too recent for that, and could orly be
mown through the telegraph. At that moment even the
?legraph could not have communicated an event which did
rot take place at Fontainbleau till the aftera,,on. However,
..,,,,, a Lic 1 1.11 ai I VCu 11,U UiBPa(Cli
ng the prediction of the day before. M. 8., struck with the
singularity of this connexion decided upon informing the
-nagistrates, who deemed it proper to institute an immediate
udicial inquiry. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the
:irophetic traveller, who bad again set out from Brest, but
whose trace there is little doubt of finding."
On Thursday, M. DEMESMAT'S Bill for reducing the duty
on salt was carried in the Chamber of Deputies by a majo-
rity of 240 to 26. The question of the concession of the pto-
;ected railway from Bordeaux to Cette was then entered upon,
Ind continued on Friday. The direct concession of this
railway, which the Ministry and Committee of the
Deputies propose substituting for the public ad-
judication proposed last year, was vigorously at-
.acked by M.M. L'H ERBETTE, LUNEA, and CRE -
miznx, and the last-named gentleman moved an amend-
ment in favour of a public adjudication. On a division
taking place the Chamber proved in insufficient numbers, and
the vote was adjourned to next day, when it was rejected
by a majority of 143 to 110. At the commencement of the
sitting the Minister of Public 'Works introduced a Bill rela-
tive to the construction of a railway between Bordeaux and
Bayonne.

Informers have ever been the Pariahs of societ:
hey are tolerated, and barely ;oltrat,d, as a sort
moral nightmare—disgusting, but occasionally usefu
Au amateur thief-taker is a very extraordinary the
racter, but an amateur informer may be considers,
almost unique. There is, however, one specimen at leas
extant in the person of Mr. HENRY IRABISAY FOSTE
alias THORNE, Hho calls h:mself the fashiumble rt port
for the Morning Post. and who. moreover, practises n

L_..l. ”onarity
has sent occasional communications to The Sun, whiel
for reasons, into which it boots not now to enter, have o
late been uniformly rejected. On the summons of thi:
gentleman, one of The Sun messengers was brought u)
this morning at the Guildhall, to answer a charge re
cruelty to a horse; and Mr. FOSTER, alias THORNE, swore
that he saw the horse proceed at a rapid ra.r.
up Fleet-street upon three legs for more than 200 yards!!:
Well might the magistrate's clerk ask how he cool,
proceed on three legs. "I could not believe that the
animal could so proceed unless I had seen it myself," re.
plied Mr. FOSTER. It is not the first time that Mr. FOSTER
has represented himself as having seen strange things.
He saw strange things, doubtless, and underwent strange
adventures, too, when he accompanied, or rather at-
tempted to accompany an illustrious personage,
on a certain memorable occasion, to the Isle of Wight.
However, we will not go into the antecedents of Mr.
FOSTER, alias THORNE. The magistrate dismissed thecase.
and the gentleman who rejoices in an alias, we beg his
pardon, a nom de guerre (he styles it so himself.
and it is certainly more Jenkinsian), was left to pay the
expenses, which we hope will be a warning to all rejected
penny-a-liners not to assume the character o 4
humanity-mongers, and intrude upon that province
which has hitherto been sacred to STOWELL
and his associates—or, if they should do so.
let them take care to conduct their proceedings in a less
slovenly manner than the " fashionable reporter " to
the Morning Post. Slip-slop may be suppose(
to be natural to one who rejoices in such an affair, and ii
such a slip-slop slovenly way was the summonsdrawn up
that bad we chosen to refuse to appear to it, the
" fashionable reporter" could never have com pelled our ap
pearance. We however, determined to me et him on the me
rite, and on the merits we beat him. That excellent magis
trate. Sir GEORGE CARROLL, who Was on the bench, toot
infinite pains to a%certain the true state of facts, alai
having done so, Iw, without hesitation, dismissed th
Summons.

BRAHIM PACHA arrived at Paris on Friday morning, and
ook up his residence at the Elysee Bourbon, in the apart-
ments which NAPOLEON occupied on his return from Water-
loo. All the young Egyptian students in Paris had met him
at Orleans. Court carriages, with the KING'S livery, and a
cortege composed of high functionaries, awaited the Prince
at the station of the Orleans Railniad. The PACHA on his
arrival took his seat in one of the royal carriages, and drove
to the palace of the Elysee Bourbon, where he was received
by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several officers of
the households of the KING and Princes.
The Royal Family goes to Neuilly for the summer, on the
ith of May. Marshal SOULT goes for the summer to
;oultberg.
The Moniteur states, that by an agreement recently con-
luded between the states of the Zollverein, the transit duties
an merchandise forwarded by the Rhine from Mayence and
lieberich, or from points above those towns, from Neuburg
o Saarbruck inclusive, had been reduced from 15i- kreutzers
o 81- per quintal (If. 12c. to 62c. per 100 kilogrammes).
The /1/intiten- publishes the returns of the merchandise im-
.orted into France in March last, from which it appears that
he taxes levied thereon amounted in that month to
12,355,628 f., or 885,400 f. more than in the corresponding
nonth of 1845. The proceeds of the first quarter of 1846
vere 36,221,0371., exceeding by about two millions the
•eceipts of the corresponding quarters of 1844 and 1845.
The following appears in the Gazette de France:-
" Reports relative to the illness of the Count de Chambord
Duke de Bordeaux) were current yesterday in Paris. We
hi ,k it right to tranquillise those who are uneasy on this
object. The Count de Chambord left Frohs lorft for Gratz
in the 14th. An attack of fever induced him to stop at
Brock, a town on the road. The physicians, who were called
in immediately, ascertained that the illness was serious ; and
the letters of the 17th, which arrived this evening, state the
'.yer had ceased, and the Prince had already recovered."
The Three per Cents. closed at 831. 60c ; the Five per Cents.,
20f. sc. ; the Orleans Relic ,ad shares, 1.240 f. ; Rouen, 1,047 E 50c. ;
levee, 7601. ; Great Northern, 7701.; Avignon, 9301. ; Vierzon,
;ssf.; Bordeaux, 6321. 50c. ; Boulogne, 3051. 50c. ; Tr yes and
,fontereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 2321. 50c. ; Dieppe, 4651. ; P.,ris and
,trasbur , 522 f. 50c ; Tours and Nantes, 546 f. 25c. ; Paris and
.yens, 577 f. 50c.; Spanish Actives, 32%; Ditto Three percents., 36%.
The following are the quotations for other lines:-
Lyons and Avignon Deflnitives, 533 E ; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ; ditto (hspelete), 510 f.; ditto, Definitives, I
5301. ; Charleroi, 495 f.
MansztLLEs, APRIL 21.-Marseilles and Avignon, 892 f. 50c. Northern, 7521. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f.
LYONS, APRIL 23.-Marseilles and Avignon, 920 f.; Paris and
Orleans, 1,228 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Lyons, 573 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK E CHANGE, APRIL 25.
Dutch Rhenish, 6% East Indian, 14-Great Northern of France
Constituted, 15%-Louvain and Jemappe, I % -Madrid and Valentia,
I-Namur and Liege, 1% -Paris and Orleans, 48%-Bens and
Havre, 30.

With his charaeterizaie p,rspicacity, Mr. COBDEN, on
Friday night, unravelled, in a few simples observations,
nany ideas wnich had become entangled in the cotme
,f the pres• nt prot•acted discussion. He interposed
etween parties who were on the eve of coalescing, or
• .f quarrelling amo,Tst themselves without reflecting
p,n the rationality of their behaviour ; he c4rried
.laek the wandering attention of the d• bitters to their
:riginal starting point, and rev,rted to the grand
I
u-.tion of this se.sion, the commercial alters
lo', and the effect uh'ch the Corn Bill u
ell as the Coercion Bill would have upon
.reland. Above all, however, he remind. d Pro.

It is announced from Rome that the Empress of Russ"
will not visit that capital, in consequence of the prevalent
of the measles there.

/According to the German papers., the insurrection i
Austrian Galicia is neatly at end. The Atigsburgh Gazeti
rf the 21st says that perfect tranquillity bas been restored it
that province, and that ZALA, the leader of the insurger
peasants has fled, with only ten or twelve followers, to tho
forest of Neopoloniree. Austria, it would appear, intends t.
adopt measures to relieve the peasants of Galicia from main
of their burdens. The Rhenish Observer of the 22d says--
" The conferences at Vienna on the measures to be adopter
in Galicia have come to a close The antic chancellor, Baro
de Pillersdorf, was reporter. The resolutions come to have
been adopted by the Emperor. The corvee of carts ant
vehicles has been suppressed. with the promise of abolishint
the other conies by redemption money. The imp"rial pro
clamations we. e issued on the 15th April. and sent off at once.
so as to be published in the different districts by the 19t1
April, the anniversary of the birth tf the Emperor."
According to the Swabian Mercury, the authorities at
Jassy had surrendered two refugee Polish noblemen to the
Austrian Government.

,ctionists, Mini-aerialists, Free-traders, quondam Opp°.
itionists, and representatives generally, of the relative
noiition in which they stood with regard to each other.
That point, indeed, appeared for the moment to be al-
most forgotten by some Honourable Gentlemen, particu-
larly when the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn and
the Honourable Member for Limerick seemed about
to join issue, With a thorough oblivion of the
abyss of opposite sympathies which otherwise prevented
the coalition of their principles. For that timely inter-
position on the part of the representative of Stockport
all sections of politicians should entertain towards him a
feeling of thankfulness, as in the event of such an unna-
tural compact having been consummated, confusion must
have become even " worse confounded." Mr. COBDEN
seized the difficulty just at the critical moment ; he re-
minded the gentlemen from Ireland, that the
legislators on their own side of the House
were as anxious for the welfare of Ireland
as the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. BENTINCK) and
his colleagues could possibly be—a reminder which we
feel had merely to be uttered to be acquiesced in by
those to whom it was addressed. Ile insisted that many
Hon. Representatives who had spoken that evening had
deviated considerably from the necessary line of the
matter then under the consideration of Parliament—viz.,
the policy to be adopted in our commercial relations
with each other and with our neighbours. It was
absolutely incumbent upon the Legislature to impinge
its faculties upon this point, as in it was visible, not only
the permanent welfare of the British isles generally, but
the amelioration of the deplorable scarcity in Ireland.
Nothing, he maintained, could be more fallacious than
the notion of the opening of the Irish ports for three
months, while the English ports remained as hitherto,
closed. This, he said, was a most illusory scheme, and
he fully demonstrates its insufficiency, even if it were
capable of being accomplished, and its impracticability, if
it were attempted. Suppose, continued the Hon. Mem-
ber, that this project were realised—that :he ports of
Ireland were free to import the coin nod provisions of
foreign countries, and those of England denied that
game importatitna.bow could a gecv udar Y
introductiou

The following letter, dated Berlin, April 16, appears in the
Weser Gazette :
" It is certain that the Governments of Austria and. of
Prussia have addressed notes to the Cabinets of the Tuilerirs
relative to the intrigues of the Polish propaganda in Paris.
and respecting the conduct of the Journal des Dehats. It is
known that the Journal des Debats receives its inspirations
from a higher personage than M. Guizet."
The Bremen Gazette publishes a letter from Berlin, which
states that the officers of the Austrian Guard have taken
such offence at the subscriptions entered into in France for
the insurgent Poles,
that, in revenge, they have broached a
proposition for entering into a subscription to purchase a
handsome sabre as a present for ABD-EL. HADER.
The Cologne Gazette states, "that a meeting will be held
at Mavence on the 28th of Apnl, relative to the duties on
the Rhine." It is said that all the States, without except-
ing Holland, are favourable to a diminution of the existing
duties.

TEE CABINET.—A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock
this afternoon, at the Foreign-office, DoWning-street. The
Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham,
and most of the Ministers attended.

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN DRURY•
LANE.—John Braham, the accused, was brought up before
Mr. Henry, at Bow-street, this day, charged with shooting at
and wounding John Blewitt, and endangering his life. The
prisoner was under examination when we went to press.
We shall give full particulars in our Third Edition.

It is stated, in the Correspondent of Nuremturg, under the
date, of Berlin, April 15. that " the constitution of the
States-General ofPrussia will be shortly published, the Council
of Ministers and the State Council having terminated
their deliberations."

The marriage of the Lady Mary Campbell, youngest
daughter of the Earl and Countess Cawdor, with Mr. George Gran-
ville Leveson Gower, is definitely fixed to take place on Wednesday
next. The marriage will be solemnised, by special licence, at St.
George's Church, at six •'clock in the evening. The venerable
Archbishop of York has consented to officiate en the occasion. •

Letters from Constantinople of the Bth and 9th announce
tilhoritANies Eatr:rzicelmrOuam
the arrest of 31Amstouu PACHA, the Pa master-General of
the army. He is charged with having embezzled 160,000/.
tree,ted a note to the
taken by the Russians, had been given up to the Turkish au-
He has, however,
escaped, and the Russian Mini‘ter 13-sd ad-
,lietuotebneansetntotfoSccohnaorntaynl,l who had been
Port, On the buhket.
P "The ittarriage of Slehoutt Jutr. tuu eldest bon a wehid
ath, with the ewe, of 4044a;,..ku..e,eae, mifliate; of

FAMINE SIGNALS IN CLARE.—On WedneAdaymorn-
ing three black flags were hoisted on poles at the Cross of Cratloe,
county Clare, to indicate the prevailing distress in the neighbour-
hood. The accounts from the provinces this morning, represent the
sufferings and destitution of the people as rapidly on the increase.
The Conservative journals are still labouring hard to mislead the
Government and the public, as to the extent of privation to,which
the poor are subjected. —Dublin paper.
The funeral of the late Princess William of Prnqsia
took place at Rerl n. on the 11th. After a funeral se monbyk
Ehrenberg, first preacher of the Court, in the throne r,x)a). anti
at
which the King and Queen were present. the Kin; walked beforu the
coffin to the church, and then accompanied it to the
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