The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-18 00:00:00

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FRENCH NrAVY CREDITS BILL:M. THIERS' SPEECH AT THE CHAMBER OF DE-
PUTIES ON THE 1521 r.
. fit. Titimsfelt it necessary to ascend the tribune,in Order
thinly to establish. some ideas whieh had been vaguely stated
doting the discussion. Thfee thing's were requisite to create
a Powerful navy—perseveranses tithe, and a firm will. Some
Hon. Deputies had spoken of faults that had been committed
in this department. Undoubtedly faults could be pointed
out easily; but when the general plan was good, mere errors
of detail were redeemed by the efficiency of the ensemble.
If he had found any evidence of such a plan in the report
sent to the King by the M mister of Marine, he should
not have thought it necessary then to address the Chamber.
The questions which it seemed chiefly desirable to discuss,
in tonnekion with the subject under examination, were
these:—Was the past history of the French navy a
:cause
of discouragement or of hope? What enemy was France
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fine position, as the commerce between the twit countries
must mostly fall to her share. But on what conditions
could she assume that position ? On no other than if she
possessed a strong and effective navy capable of making her
neutrality respected. France possessed the great colony of
Algeria, which would succeed in the end, in spite of diffi-
culties, but not unless constant relations could be kept up
between the colony and France. He was a great advocate
in favour of that colony, and not, therefore, opposed to the
existence of a strong navy, as had been wrongly stated of
him. Undoubtedly the army was the principal force of the
kingdom ; but it would be sometimes found useful to di-
minish it in order to augment the navy, and vice versa. At
one period of the English alliance it would have been allow-
able, perhaps, to diminish the navy in favour of the land
forces. He considered that alliance of great utility to
France, and was strongly in its favour. He deprecated war
as a great calamity; but he could not shut his eyes to the
fact that a collision might some day or other take place
between the two countries, as was nearly the case two years
back relative to Tahiti. As, therefore, the alliance was not
so sure that a war might not arise; care should be taken to
have France prepared fur such an eventuality: He, there-
fore, should say, "Increase the navy. Increase it with a
gradual increase, and zealously." Ought the past career of
the navy to encourage the couhtry to pursue that plan ?
He thought that the past was strongly in favour of the
developtnent which he recommended; for whenever an
energetic and patient attempt had beenthade to increase the
naval fo'r'ce of the kingdom it had fully succeeded. (The
lion, Deputy instanced various, periods in the history of
Prance in which this had been done, and always, he declared,
with success.) The navy had fallen off during the seven
years' war, and Voltaire had thought it worth while to
examine at great length the causes of that decline. Vol-
taire died in 1778, about the period of the American war,
and then the navy was in a sad condition. Yet by the
firm resolution of Louis XVI.--ill,rewarded for his exer-
tions—it recovered strength, and during that War it fought
not less than se\enteen battles, not one of which was lost
except the last. France had, in fact, held the Channel
free, and had sometimes gained advantages over England.
The French navy did not, it was true, resist altogether the
English power. but It Wade itself respected in all quarters.
What had thtre been to achieve all that? A firm deter-
mination I The French navy fell off during the revolution,
and Napoleon endeavoured to rbvii'e it. He lavished men
and treasure rot the purpose, but he wanted to prevail much
too qUickiy—he did not allow sufficient time, and he failed.
From these circumstances he came to the conclusion that
whenever the Government was Ceterniined to possess a
powerful navy--, it 1/1013t surely succeed ; not a navy
certainly; which was to rule over every see, but, a powerful
and effective naval force, such as it was Undo Louis XVI.
With. What Coinitil,Was Franke inset to be engaged iu
a maritime war? Not with Austria, or Russia, or Spain, or
Holland, but with England. But what force had that coun-
try to bring against her enemy? In the last war she never
had one hundred ships at Sea at tje Baffle time; and;,on an
average, tibt ifiore than eighty. rl'o oppose that number, the
force Of thirty-sil or even ferty ships of the line, spoken of by
the Committee and in the Bill, could not baregardedas deter-
mined on seriously. Itrfas trete that the quality of these vessels
had been insisted on; but quality, though excellent in itself,
was not sufficient; quantity was also indispensable, and at least
60 slips of the line Ought to be kept up by France. With that
numbers she eoltlh, he thought; hold head against the whole navy
of England. for the latter power; from the number of her colo-
nies was obliged to divide her fortes into many quarters.
But France must thus concentrate her forces as much as pos-
sible, and on no account depart from that system. It was
because he so clearly felt the importance of this system of
concentration, that be had disapproved of the establishment
of the Marque-as; *lid tubh distant colonies. No. If money
watt tb be laid out on colonies, let it be in the defence of
Algiers, Port Vendies, and the Port of Berra (ily. Bona.)—
(Movemeet.) Some persons hingiiled that large vessels
could be dispensed with altogether, and that frigates could
be happily employed in naval warfare., The ease of America
was brought forsvard in support of the present argument.
But phy did Amerika iisb frigates? Because she pos-
stsstd un others. She sometimes succeeded; it was true,
but at an immense edit~ In trdth, to Speak of the greatness
of a navy, and, to desire to pie Pate only for a war of priva-
teer; Was, in his opininion, absolute nonsense. Theremust
always exist a certain fitting proportion between the
larger and lesser vessels; and, .besidesc naval warfare with
squadrons seas far lest dettruCiiite than with small divisions.
It Wits said by some that France could not fit out 50 ships of
the line and 50 frigates. That he considered to be a great
error. Taking the Government tables, h 5 Round that the
maritime register; afforded 126,000 men. Out of that num-
ber there were 24,000 workmen; pilots, captains of coasting-
vessels, &c. Take away the cabin-boys and others who were
not able bodied seamen; and. the number left would be 65,000
seamen between. 18 and 50. It Was said that out of that num-
ber must be taken the men too old to continue in the service.
He believed that up to 50 a sailor was well able to perform
his duties, and it was quite a Mistake to suppose that many
did ntit remain to a greater age in the hairy. tilt, making
every allowance, the computation of the Minister of Marine
might be taken) and 46,000 chosen men be stated as certain
to be found in the number just mentioned. But if war was
to be carried oh With picked Men only, the armies of
Europe would be exceedingly reduced; and he should
increase the computation of the Honourable Minister to
50,000 at least. Mit in all crews tiee-tbirds Pete old sailors,
and one-third the new levy which would give 75,000 men,
and with that complement, according to the calculations of
the Hon. Minister, 50 ships of the line, 50 frigates, and 100
steamers Could be fitted out. Many personS thought that
free trade would tend to augment the number of seamen.
Such was not his opinion; he considered the protective
system more favourable to the development of the navy. He
was quite ready to discuss that question, and from the pro-
gress that the public mind was making on the subject, be
conceived that the Chamber Would be called on next year I
to examine the matter thoroughly. One thing, howeve, he
thought self-evident--that if they desired to increase the
maritime register, they must augment the number of vessels.
Whenever the vessels of the State were prepared for a
larger number of seamen, the latter would be
certain to be found, for they would proceed from the
me, chant service, which, in its turn, would take its new
supply from the population of the seaports. The mode in
which the French navy was kept up, until of late, was to
have a certain number of vessels in commission de rade, which
was a kind of half-allowance of men—=half A crew, about 350,
and a staff: In that state the crew could be exercised—
could make a voyage from Toulon to Algiers. By adding a
certain number of men the traw would be complete. The
Minister of Marine had changed that system, and established
the desponsibiliM de rade, in which case the vessel had no
staff. There was also no creW—tlamely, a guard of 100 men,
and the vessel remained always'in port- That measure ap-
peared to him deplorable, as there should be a crew or
nothing. He had inquired into the expense of keeping up a
crew. To have ten ships of the line completely armed and
provisioned; and ten dismantled, it would be necessary to
add to the Budget but 6,000,000 f. a-year ; and to have
twelve of each the augmentation would be 9,360,000 f. ;
atid flit fifteen of each the additional cost would be
14,000,000 f. He should, therefore, propose nothing
abrupt or immediate. He merely desired to see six, nine,
or fourteen millions added annually to the budget, and if the
Minister refused sums, so insignificant in comparison to the
soseboijiemocotossehitoo
fboherisctaharseried out, he (M. Thiers) must think him not
seorlteioonstoofhereaedminpeaetdo iinocrtehaesentahvey.navyHe.
S brieflyhould nowallude to the number of vessels. If a
state of transition was not now going on, he should consider
changest number of forty ships of the line as a puerility, but as
were in preparation, he could conceive that an un-
willingness existed to build all the vessels that might be
manned by the seamen whom theth State could furnish. Al-
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of great importance. Under these circumstances, he should
not oppose the number of thirty-six or forty vessels, bat, on
thecon full
quantity
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stores,timber,
if t h n umber sse s was kept down,
andv materiel, should be
carefully prepared.
A Voice—That was what the Committee desired.
M. Thiers.—No doubt; but what quantity of timber did
the Hon. Minister specify as the proper quantity to be kept
on band? 180,000 steres I Why, that was not a supply for
more than about two years, or three at most. The very
smallest quantity that ought to be kept up was 300000
steres. The lion. Deputy here criticised the mode of making
experiments in building vessels as practised in France, and
gave the preference to England in that respect. To sum
up, France, he said, ought to have a powerful navy, not to
rule over the seas, but to make herself respected ; and in
I fitted up, and a large quan-
titydof the Marine De-
partment vessels
tsconcentrate her forces, have a
which he did
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ought to proceed onThe Minister of Marine,
of stores of all kinds. Thea
not think could now be asserted.
fixedlieas
plan,
the Chamber insisted
Under such circumstances, besides, had no excuse for any inferiorityin
3,000,000 f. to his budget. if a hisdeopnaratmddeinntg,
for two or three years back
Minister did not do all that it was his
hissuduuhtyntofpew ersonserfoprm, he
incurred an immense responsibility,
would like to accept.—(Agitation.)

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The re-
turn of Lafont attracted a brilliant audience last evening.
There were present the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
Countess of Beauchamp, Lord and Lady Macdonald, Count
and Countess de Jarnac, Lord Chelsea, Lord Cowper, Count
Anthony Eeterhazy, Count D'Orsay, Countess of Blessing-
ton, the Misses Power, Lady Webster, Lady Slade, Lady
Wilson, Lady and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir John and Lady
Larpent, Lady Fitzroy Kelly, Hon. Mr. Pery, Count Kiel-
mansegge, Mr. Canofari, Hon. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Sir
Henry Webb, Sir John H. Lowther, Mr. Milner Gibson,
Mrs. Paul, &c.

IRELAND.

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STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH
ing AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
The
is a fuller report of the admirable speech de-
livered by Mr. Mark Boyd yesterday; at the meeting held at
the London Tavern, on the subject of steam communication
with Australia and New Zealand :
Mr. MARK BOYD in seconding the resolution moved by
his Hon. Friend, Mr. Scott, said he must congratulate Mr.
Waghorn on the large and influential meeting which they
had, and when he recollected that it was only a few days
ago, that a near relative of his own, prevented by indisposi-
tion from being now present, in conjunction with his friend
Mr. Samuel Browning and himself, consulted Mr. Waghorn
on the important subject for which they bad met, he felt
satisfied that whatever Mr. Waghorn undertook he would see
carried through, and that the great object would he achieved
for which they had assembled, viz., a steam communication
with the colony of Australia, vid India. For some time past
in consequence of the urgent entreaties of friends in Austra-
lia, this most important subject had occupied the serious
attention of the agent for Australia (Mr. Scott), and Mr.
Browning, a gentleman intimately acquainted with Australia
and her coasts, as well as the ditferent islands in the Indian
Archipelago. We well knew from experience that Mr. Scott
would urge the claim of Australia for this great commercial
boon with the Government, with his usual energy and atten-
tion, but it appeared to us that the initiative must be taken
iii fhe City, and that Government would wait for this : our
eye was immediately directed to that man, who
having brought Bombay within twenty-six days and
eight hours of London, might likewise bring Sydney,
New South Wales, within fifty-six days and eight hours
of the British Metropolis. Mr. Waghorn was of all men
the man to be consulted; he to whom all classes, com-
mercial and otherwise, were under so heavy a debt of grati-
tude. "Palmant qui meruit ferat.'' Some people had, in
reference to a steam communication with Australia, mooted
the idea of the route by Panama ; my bumble opinion differed
from theirs, coinciding entirely with my friend Mr. Phelps
Robinson, the Member for Melbourn, who so ably brought the
subject before the Legislative Council of New South Wales in
September last, when he moved an address to the Queen,
praying "Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to extend
to the colony the benefit of the arrangements under which
mails are dispatched by steam communication to India and
China on the same terms as other British colonies." By a
reference to Mr. Robinson's statement, the route from Point
de Gallo and Singapore to Sidney North and South, about
are distinctly shown. Mr. Waghorn, without any previous
knowledge of Mr. Robinson's views, had come to the same
conclusion. "Why, Gentlemen," he said, " the road is now
opened to you by that great and successful company the
Peninsular arid Oriental. Take your departure from Port de
Galle or Singapore—the latter if you follow my advice; but
do not tell me that tia South America, with an increase
of distance of two thousand miles, and no places to
coal at, is the shortest way to Australia." I hope
we shall ha enabled to enlist the sympathies of the
Earl of St. Germans, Colonel Maberley, Mr. Lawrence,' and
Mr. Campbell, the high authorities at the Post OfEce ; for
they may be assured that whenever a steafff communication
with Australia is established, the number of letters and news-
papers, under the present postal arrangements, will be vastly
increased. Ido not wish to detain the meeting by entering
into statistics; but, with their permission, I will give an
extract from Mr. Robinson's return, Which may not be unin-
teresting :—ln 1844, rec eived from London 66,818 letters,
105,087 newspapers ; from Liverpool 2.182 letters, 1,018
newspapers ; total letters received, 68,500 ; total newspapers re.
ceived, 106,105. Sent to London, in 1844,66,262 letters, 91,232
newspapers; to Liverpool, 2,890 letters, 3,202 newspapers;
total letters sent, 68,652 ; total newspapers sent, 95,134. Re-
ceived from Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, 2,855 letters; 651
newspapers. Sent to Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, and Ceylon;
2,491 letters ; 3,779 newspapers. To attempt to define a limit
to the advantages which the introduction of steam would
afford Australia is impossible, but there can be no question
as to the following. It would facilitate the investment of
capital for the gradual development of the bottndless resources
of Australia and New Zealand. It would establish much
greater confidence in all mercantile transactions connected
with the dolony by preventing loss from overstocked markets,
and also obviate the ineenvenience arisittg from the scarcity
of supplies of European merchandise. It would enable the
merchants and shippers in the colony to duly effect insurance
of their ships and merchandise in England. It would enable
East Ipdia invalids either to settle or recruit their health
in that moat congenial climate, the distance to Swaa
River only occupying 14 (Mpg to Sydney 30. It would lead
to a large emigration of a highly respectable class of capi-
talists, with their wives and families, who ate at present de-
terred undertaking the voyage from its tediousness. A deem
communication would therefore be of incalculable advantage
to the colony, both morally and politically. It would greatly
facilitate the pacification of New Zealand, by affording the
means of promptly introducing the requisite precautionary
measures in case of need. It would likewise produce the
same effect as in Australia, by eneouraging the introduction
of wealthy settlers, and the consequent employment of the
native population. It would be of the utmost advantage by
affording facilities for the further extension of the present
Pacific trade carried on from our Australian colonies, and the
civilisation of the inhabitants of the islands in the Pacific
ocean. It would enable us promptly to anticipate and frus-
trate any attempts of foreign aggression, either upon our
settlements or trade in those seas. It would accelerate the
introduction of numerous necessary reforms in the local go-
vernments of the Australian colony, and permit public
opinion in England to exert its salutary influence on the acts
of the colonial executives, and aid in preventing the colonists
suffering the most grievous wrongs to which they are at pre-
sent constantly subjected. In conclusion, by the establish-
ment of an Australian steam communication, the_entire link
between Great Britain and all the colonies will be complete,
as well as those colonies with each other respectively.

DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE—THE FOOD RIOTS.
Donpir, Aleitn. 16:-=The Tipperary Free Press, received
thii morning; after describing the riots amongst the starving
population of that town, gives the details of subsequent mea-
sures for affording relief to the famishing people. If those
nstoeppsophuaidarboeeunotraekaken:_in proper time there would have been
" A general meeting was held in the Court House, every
part of which was crowded to excess. On the motion of the
VeryaßpetvainDrosßbuorrknee: s3etio.prul.iedwbasy
called to acclamation,te chair, and
Alderman Hackett was requested to act as secretary.
" Several resolutions were adopted, and about forty gen•
tlemen then came forward, and subscribed upwards of 500/.,
which will be doubled before the sun sets this evening.
" The committee, after dividing the town into districts, and
appointing collectors thereto, adjourned to ten o'clock this
morning, to meet at that hour in the grand jury room.
" A number of our fellow-townsmen, enrolled as special
constables, patrolled the streets during the night, assisted by
the police and military, to preserve order."
Ad the accounts represent the military and police as
having acted with the greatest forbearance all through the
riots in the towns of Clonmel and Tipperary.
Those riots were caused by starvation, and when the
means of feeding the people were at length supplied, the
town of Clonmel resumed its wonted tranquillity.
A correspondent of the Evening Post of this evening gives
the following account of the outbreak in Clonmel :
"Clonmel, Wednesday, April 15, 1846.
" This town bears all the appearance of a beleagured
city....troeps are drawn tip in the different localities, and
cannon pointed down the main street ; as usual, the ' stable
door has been shut when the steed was stolen,' for all the
bakers' shops were entered and plundered early yesterday
morning by a mob, made up, for the most part, of women
and children, accompanied by a gang of men totally unknown
in Clonmel or the neighbourhood. They commenced their
depredations by an attack on the carts conveying flour from
the mills at Cahir, and seriously injured the policemen who
were escorting the carts ; the mob then proceeded to the
mills of a Mr. Banfield, on the county Waterford side of the
Suir, which mills they entered and sacked, before the attend-
ance of any magistrate for the county of Waterford
could be procured to accompany the troops ; after
having laid violent hands on all Mr. Banfield's
flour, they marched, in a body of about 1,500,
to the mills of Mr. James Hughes, and demanded admit-
tance. Meanwhile, intelligence had been sent to Mr. Os-
borne, of Newtown Anner, who had but just arrived from
England, and being a magistrate for Waterford, he hastened
to the mills, but unaccompanied by any force of military or
police. After addressing the mob, and cautioning them
against their outrageous conduct, he succeeded in averting
the threatened attack, and promised, if they forthwith de-
sisted from all violence, he would give them food at New-
town ; the promise was freely given, and they were fed with
bread and meat on the road side. Too much praise cannot
be given for the prompt and skilful manner which was
evinced by Mr. Osborne in saving these mills. The mob
dispersed quietly; in accordance with their promise, and a
large meeting was convened in the Town-ball of Clonmel,
to take the state of the country into consideration, at which
500/. was immediately subscribed, to give immediate employ-
ment to the peasantry. This fund will be much increased,
as the Mayor and most of the surrounding gentry were ab-
sent ; indeed, the gentry have been dilatory in this district,
in not meeting before to take measures of relief into consi-
deration ; but as the Lord-Lieutenant of the county (Lord
Donoughmore) never resides in it, there is a general feeling
of apathy, and, as all are well inclined, no one likes to take the
initiative step. There is rf report that other mills have been
attacked this morning. The country is altogether in a most
unsettled state, and it is impossible to foresee the results.
More anon. " AN EX-MAGISTRATE."
A letter from Clonmel, in the Cork Examiner, after de-
scribing the riots; thus concludes :
" To show the state of excitement and desperation to
which the people gale way; and the recklessness of life
which they exhibited, I may Mention that a number of
carts with flour—l believe fifty—were coming into town
from Clogheen, escorted by forty men of the 33d Regi-
ment; under the dommand of Captain Gough and a party
of police, when; at the workhouse at the entrance to Irish-
town, they,seized on four sacks of the flour, which they
dragged off one Of the cats ; And although the military
were loaded, and had received the word " ready," they
still refused to give it up, observing "that they may as
well be shot as starved !" The officer, seeing their deter

mination; &hose rather to leave it to them than take their

lives, although he was repeatedly struck with stones. Great
praise is due to Major Galloway, 33d Regiment, the com-
manding officer, for his steadiness and coolness during this
eventfttl day."
The accounts from other districts show that the sufferings
of the people are daily increasing; but they are appeased,
even by the promise of relief,
FOOD RIOTS IN CARRICR-ON-SUIR—THE TOWN

ALARMING FIRE IN TEE WESTMINSTER-ROAD.—
This morning, shortly after twelve o'clock, a fire, which at
first threatened very serious if not fatal consequences, was
die overed by police-constable 162 L, raging upon the pre-
mises in the occupancy of Mr. R. C. Gay, a tailor, carrying
ou business at No. 9, Mount-street, Westminster-road, Lam-
beth, next door to the entrance of the National Swimming
Baths. The discovery was made by the constable perceiving
smoke issuing from the door and front windows. An imme-
diate alarm was raised, and after a great deal of trouble the
inmates were aroused from their slumbers, but not before
the fire was ascending up the staircase in such dense bodies
as to cut off all means of escape by that quarter. The en-
gines belonging to the Brigade and West of England-office
were quick in arriving, and the Lambeth Water-works
yielded an immediate and an abundant supply of water, from
which the engines were set to work under the direction of
Mr. Connorton and Mr. Hamelton. After considerable
trouble the inmates managed to effect a safe retreat from the
blazing premises, but the fire was not safely extinguished
until the stock-in-trade in the shop was destroyed, and the
building much injured by the fire, water, and hasty removal.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but Mr. Gay, it is under-
stood, is fully insured.

it _E UN, I N ON, SATURDA Y EVENING. APRIL 18, iti4d.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE—FRENCH
PLAYS.
The saints have combined to afford us amusement—
St. James's and St. Stephen's open, on the same night
for the pose Paschal season, but while St. Stephen's only
gives us the dull old tragi comedy of Coercion, St.
James's gives us three new vaudevilles with a r ?vv actress,
a new actor, and the rentree of an old favourite. Com-
mend us therefore to the Mitchell in preference to the
Peel management. St. James last night was to the
full as edifying as St. Stephen, and infinitely more
entertaining. Lafont made his rent,* here last evening
in the Vaudeville of Fleur de Genet, in which he sus
tained the character of Felix Durocher. The scene is
laid in La Vend 64 where w e find a certain Mon. Ray-
mond, alias Comte de Lisieux, alias Fleur de Genet
(M. Rhozevil) a hybrid between a brigand and a noble,
" A perfect felon, yet but half a knight,"
lying perdu in a village hostlery awaiting intelligence from
a chateau in the neighbourhood ; which chateau is in-
habited by a rich manufacturer, who has hopes of be-
coming Monsieur le Marquis, his daughter Adele,
and
a certain Senora Gonzales, a Spanish royalist
and friend, and director of the family, who has certain
designs upon M. Le Marquis that is to be, and who is
moreover a political agent, having intimate relation with
Fleur de Genet. At this place Felix, who is a littera-
teur cs:ime, the hero of the feuilleton, arrives and meets
with his friend Raymond. Ile is on a tour in search of
the romantic and picturesque, and is desperately in love
with a fair incognita, whom he has seen at the
Theatre Francais. On his arrival at the Inn
he learns, to his surprise, that his friend
Raymond is the celebrated Vendean Chieftan,
discovers that he is carrying on a secret correspondence
with the Senora Gonzales and her protector, the manu-
facturer and would-be noble, residing in the neighbour..
hood, and that the daughter of the said manufacturer is
his own fair incognita. An alarm is given, and Fleur
de Genet finds himself in danger of arrest. He imme-
diately possesses himself of the passport of Felix,
leaving his own and his 'baggage behind him, and con-
sequently leaving Felix to be arrested in his
stead. But instead of arrest, Felix receives a
letter. offering bite, in his character of Raymond,
refuge in the castle ; he accepts the invitation, and uses
his time so well that he ingratiates himself completely into
the good graces of Adele, while the fact of his being
a Count secures the consent of her father, who is anxious
above all things for an alliance with nobility. In the
meantime the real Raymond arrives at the chateau, but
he finds it a difficult matter to make out his personal
identity. Felix, who has possession of his passports and
baggage, is by no means disposed to resign the honours
which have been forced upon him. The Senora Gonzales
is seen approaching, who _is personally acquainted with
Raymond, and he trusts to her evidence for vindicating his
claims, but unfortunately for him the Senora Gonzales has
obtained admission to the confidence of the manufacturer
and would-be noble, and also to that of Raymond under
false pretences. She is not a lady of noble birth, but is
recognised by Felix as a Madrid actress, who has been
employed in political intrigues. A hint from Felix 83
to her real station settles the question as between him
and Raymond, and to the horror of the latter she ad-
dresses Felix as the real Count de Lisieux. M. Pincette,
a huissier, a sort of modern French Dogberry, admirably
acted by M. Tourtois, who made his Milt last evening,
and who in eccentric characters will be a great
acquisition to the corps dramatique of the St. James's, now
enters, and demands M. Raymund. They both answer;
he still goes on with his questions for the purpose of
satisfying himself as to the identity, and both the real
and sham Raymond continue to answer in chorus.
"There are two," exclaims the utterly mystified
Pincette, "I want but one, and I want to arrest him on
account of an overdue bill." "It is my friend,"
instantly exclaims each. " There were two Ray-
monds just now," exclaims Pincette, completely
confounded, "and now there is not ore." At
length all is rectified, the manufacture having been
refused the title of Marquis of which he was ambitious,
becomes a hater of aristocracy and an admirer of talent,
and bestowes his daughter upon Felix. The Count is
arrested, but has three days given him to leave France.
He talks of sacrificing his life to his principles, but at
length takes refuge in the diligence, which will whirl
him out of danger within the three days, while the
Spanish lady accepts his offer of accompanying him, not
liking to live too near the neighbourhood of Felix, who
is intimately acquainted with her antecedents in Madrid.
Lafont, whose Felix was perfection, was called for at the
conclusion, and Fleur de Genet will, in the theatrical as
in the natural world, be, no doubt an evergreen. It was
preceded by the one act vaudeville of Mademoiselle
Anichon, in which Mademoiselle Juliette Raoul, a pupil o:

Mademoiselle Jenny Vertpre, made her debut. This
young lady does honour to her tutoress. We could re-
cognise in her style of acting all the espiegle poiats for
which Jenny Vertpr6 was so celebrated. She is worthy
to have been the pupil of Jenny Vertpre, and will become,
no doubt, a great favourite. The performances con-
cluded with Riche d' Amour, the original of the Lod
me Five Shillings of the Haymarket, in which M. Leon
Baisse sustained the part of the hero with great humour
and vivacity. The house was crowded.