The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

are these. The accommodations at an time available for '
inmates in the Philanthropic Society are small enough, GOD
knows ! They are horribly disproportioned to the multi-
plicity of children implicated in criminal acts; these accom •
modations amounting in the aggregate to not more than
one hundred. One hundred children for the thousands of
such children running loose about the streets and bye-ways
of the metropolis! Well, small as this number appears,
infinitely paltry as it is in itself, we observe that " the
pressure on the Society's finances compels them at present
to limit that number to fifty!" and those fifty of only a
single sex—females. Thus no assistance whatever
can be tendered by the Philanthropic Society to
the vast number of abandoned boys—destitute
in mind and body—who infest the capital of our rich and
civilised England—in themselves swarms, as it were, of
embryo crimes! May we not literally regard these facts
respecting the Philanthropic Society as an exemplar of the
veritable condition of philanthropy in society? May we not
receive them as an evidence that benevolence with the public
is very bountiful in tongue, but very stinting in donations—
that the public is a millionaire in professions of commiesera-
tion, but actually a bankrupt in charity ? We fear an
answer to these interrogations, unless some active movement
be made for their reversal.

The proceedings on Wednesdayi night at the London
Tavern, on behalf of the Provident Clerks' Association, and
which are fully recorded in another part of our paper, may
be looked upon in a national point of view. To see the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade patronising such an excellent
institution, which co much contributes to the moral and so-
cial welfare of the executive body which carry out all our
great commercial transactions, viz., the clerks, is at once an
evidence of his Lordship's nobleness of heart, and of the im-
portance which he attaches to means so legitimate as are
carried out by this Society. But to hear from the lips of
one of her MAJESTi'S Ministers, and that one the President
of the Board of Trade, that the sentiments he uttered in
recommending clerks to assure, were not merely " vox et
pratereanihil," but that what he recommended he personally'
practised, and had himself assured his own life, is proof po-
sitive that his Lordship not only approves of the general
principles of societies, such as the Provident Clerks'
Association, but that he is entirely satisfied with
the manner in which those principles are practically
werked out. The Earl of DALHOUSIIIC, by taking the
chair at the anniversary dinner of the Provident Clerks'
Association has borne most important testimony in favour
of the general utility of,that admirable institution—an in-
stitution which, to use the words of the Noble Ex], " has
this recommendation, that there are none whose means are
so small but may obtain advantage from it—no man is so
poor, no clerk so humble, but may join in order to provide
for the wants of the future by contributing towards its funds,
which will be fostered and cherished and paid to the utter-
most farthing." It is net surprising that an association of such
great value, and so ably conducted should increase in " pros-
perity with every passing year in great and rapid proportion."
It has gone on nearly doubling itself every year since its first
formation. The year 1P45 is stated to have been the most
prosperous since the first formation of the Society, and the
three first months of 1646 have been not only equally pros-
perous, but doubly so. The Society has increased, is in-
creasing, and will continue to increase. The infant of some
five years since is the giant of to-day, and the Provident
Clerks' Association now ranks among the first, if not the first
in this commercial kingdom.

A letter from Copenhagen of the 26th ult. says :
" The Prince Royal of Denmark has just made an appli-
tion to be divorced from his wife, the Princess Caroline of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he married in July, 1841 (his
second wife), and who in 1844, after a discussion with her
husband, withdrew to Neustrelitz to her family, where she
has since remained. The suit will be tried in our capital by
a commission composed of ecclesiastics and laics, partly
chosen by the King of Denmark, and partly by the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The application for dissolv-
iag the marriage is founded on the grounds of insurmount-
able aversion (odium invincible), which, according to the
Lutheran religion, to which both parties belong, is sufficient
to warrant the stimulation of the marriage. Tile Prince
Royal of Denmark had been first married to his cousin, the
Princess Guillemine-Marie, daughter of the late Frederic
VI. of Denmark, from whom he is also divorced. The Danish
journals announce that as soon as the divorce between the
Prince Royal and the Princess Caroline shall have been pro-
nounced the King will grant him a dispensation of the delay
of three years, before the expiration of which time, according
to our laws, persons divorced cannot again contract marriage.
The Prince, it is said, will marry during the present year his
cousin, the Princess Augusta, daughter of the Landgrave,
William of Hesse-Cassel, and of the Princess Louise-Char-
lotte, sister of King Christian VIII. of Denmark."

Madrid papers of the 29th have arrived. As the towns of
Lugo, Pontevedra, and Vigo, have surrendered to the
QUEEN'S troops, the Spanish Ministry consider the insur-
rection in Galicia at an end. Ronnt DE SOLIS and the
insurgent junta escaped from Vigo on board the ship of war
El Nen-ion, which, with a guards coasts, had joined the in-
surgents. They had sailed either for the coast of Portugal
or for Gibraltar. Of the prisoners taken the Government
had directed that all officers holding the rank of captain, or
any superior rank, should be shot, and that all other pri-
soners should be sent to the colonies. The Grand Duke
CONSTANTINE of Russia was expected to arrive at Cadiz
shortly.
MADRID, BOLSA, APRIL 29.—Three per Cents. 31% for
cash ; Exchange on London, 371 i.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the contents
of which are of very little interest.

The Western Railway Bill passed the Chamber of Deputies
on that day. _ _

The preliminary examinations of LICONTI hare nearly
terminated, and it is probable that his trial, before the
Chamber of Peers, will commence about the 20th of May.
Addresses of congratulation to the KING on hie escape,
continue to pour in from all parts of France.
The address of the Archbishop of Palm to the KING on his
jour de fete, has not been published in the Moniteur. On this
subject, the Journal de Rouen says :

" The King had received, the evening before his fete, the Arch-
bishop of Paris, who came to pay him the customary compliments. I
'rho Archbishop's address was little enough in conformity with the
necessities of the moment—with the tarn of men's minds—with the
ideas of the Court—and even so unsuitable in form, as to astonish all
who heard it. The King was much offended ; and during the even-
ing, in the midst of his family and household, he several times mani-
fested his displeasure and his emotion."
Paws Bouasz, MAT s.—The Stock Market has been again firmer
to-day, and both Threes and Fives may be quoted higher, the former
having been last•cailed at 84f. 25c., and the latter at I2of. 45c. for the
end of the month. The market closed as follows :—Throe per Cents.,
for cash, 84f. ; for account, 84f. 25c. ; Five per Cents., for cash,
120 f. 10c. ; for account, 120 f. 45c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,460 f. ;
Neapolitan, 10If. 50c. ; Spanish and New Loan not quoted.
Itathways,—The Share-market has been very heavy throughout
the day, and at the close the prices of most of the lines remained
within a shade of those of yesterday. For cash—Paris and
Orleans left off at 1,252 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,042 f. 50c. ; Rouen
and Havre, 760 f. ; Avignon, 9301. ; Vierzon, 685 f. ; Strasburg and
Bale, 225 f. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 515 f.; Northern, 770f.4 Paris
ai.d Lyons, 575 t. ; ti antes, 5421. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 632 f. 50c.; Dieppe,
455 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Fampoux not quoted.
BUSINESS DONEE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 6.

Boulogne and Amiens, IN —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
k Mackenzie), 21A—Central of Spain, % —Ceylon, %—Dutch Rhenish,
7—East Indian, %s—Great Northern of France Constituted, 15%—
Great Indian Peninsular, %—Great Western Bengal, —Jainaica
South Midland Junction, 214—Luxembourg, VA—Namur and Liege,
41,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, ll—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 81ii
—Paris and Rouen, 40%—Sambre and Meuse, 6%—West Flanders, 3.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The greatest attraction
this season, and one of the greatest ever offered in this
Theatre, takes place to-night. Madame Thillon will play in
the Crown Jewels and Les Danseuses Viennoises will dance
some of their most beautiful pas.
The Journal des Chemins de Fer announce that the
four companies which had united to form the company to
which the Chamber of Deputies had conceded the railroad
from Bordeaux to Cette, were respectively entitled to the
following nuber of shares—namely, the Espeleta Company to
one out of two, or 50 per cent. ; that of Baron Sarget and
Mr. Mackenzie, to one out of four, or 25 per cent. ; and the
other two companies (Casalle and Schneider), having only
issued the number of shares allocated to them in the fusion,
will effect no reduction in their promises. According to the
same journal, the Prefect of the Lower Seine bad sent engi-
neers to survey the country between Dieppe and Abbeville, to
establish a railroad between those two towns. The receipts
of the first section of the Paris and Bordeaux line, between
Orleans and Tours, had been during the Ist week, 13,196 E
60c.; in the 2d, 23,484 f. 70c.; in the 3d, 41,416 E ; and in the
4th, 43,957 f.—in all, 122,054 f. 30c. From the Ist of May,
all the stage coaches proceeding to and from the south of
France will employ that conveyance, and the administration
calculated on a daily receipt, for travellers alone, of B,COOf.
or 9,000 f. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad
during the week ending on the 28th ult. amounted to
170,407 f., exceeding by nearly 16,000 f. those of the corres-
ponding week of 1845. Those of the Paris and Rouen road,
during the same interval, were 150,397 f., or 20,000 f. more
than last year.
A RAILWAY " ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER."—Some
little time since the Directors of a certain Company ordered
of a certain fire . fifteen new engines, introducing into the
agreement of terms a condition, that unless ready by a cer
tain time a penalty should be inflicted. The time specified
for the completion of the locomotives nearly arrived, but the
steam-steeds were not in readiness, and the Company noti-
fied to the engineers that the penalty would undoubtedly be
enforced. Chewing the cud of bitter disappointment one
day, the principal partner of the firm beheld a moustached
and befrogged individual enter his counting-house, and,
being introduced, heard him speak about engines, pointing
to some half dozen in an unfinished state in the work rooms.
The principal explained the case, observing that however
his workmen laboured, the engines could never be com-
pleted in time; and the consequence would be that he and
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others adjacent. An attempt is to be made to eject Lord Granville
Somerset from the representation of this county at the first opportu-
nity, the Pi otectionist party being now busily occupied in searching
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of their proceedings, as will be found when the matter is put to
the fit;Bell s Life in London , Sunday, May 10.—Chester
Races.—Full and exclusive particulars. Every race timed and gra-
thoamount irstthSpritnkir Meeting, with
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