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Admirably, however, as the King of FAUNA. may
be disposed to aggrandise the Germanic Confederation,
by territorial encroachments, and by audaciOus lar-
cenies upon the states of ..,very contiguous monarchy,
we cannot persuade ourselves that he is so entirely
blinded by egotism, and so recklessly excited by
ambition, as to associate his name with a project so
extravagantly opposed to the laws of nations and to
the rights of nationality.
To prove the criminality of the proceedings of the
Duke of AUOUSTENBUUO and his rebellious con-
federates, it is nit necessary to dip very profoundly
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Jutland were already notorious throughout I -urope,
when he, himself was lyieg in his cr,.dle—before,
indeed, the possibility of his existence had been
conjectured by his ancestors. From these facts alone,
suillcient evidence might be obtained to show the
intimate and indissoluble connexion subsisting he-
tween Schleswig and northern Jutland—to demon-
strate, in short, the actual identity, as it were, of
those divisions of the peninsula. Even as far back
as the rise of the Carlovingian race, his-
tory declares that the river Eyder was the
southern boundary of the Danish sovereignty.
Eydera Germani terminus imperil was the
fragment of a distich among topographers many
centuries before COLUMBUS earned his bread by
Until,
therefore, maps in a garret at Lisbon.
therefore, that frontier-line of Germany can be
passed without a violation of the rights of sove-
reignty, it is necessary to show that the channel of
the Eyder has shifted like that of the waters of
Babylon, when BELSHAZZAR drank to the might and
the glory of the Gentiles. Geography, however,
still raises a stubborn obstacle against such sophis-
tries of rebellion—there the Eyder rolls on in its
eternal current, from its junction with the canal of
the Baltic to its diffusion among the billows
of the German Ocean—there the fragment of
the distich resounds from the distance of antiquity—
Eydera Germani terminus imperii ! A summary of
the occurrences which have illustrated the records of
Jutland since the establishment of the empire of
CHARLEMAGNE will demonstrate still more forcibly
the futility of any such sophistical reasoning as that
adventured upon by the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG.
Somewhere about 1450, Denmark, Schleswig, and
Holstein, were declared to be one kingdom under
the sway of the Oldenburg dynasty. Treachery
, among the minor branches of that family succeeded
fora moment in 1658, w hen, by the treaties of
Copenhagen and Roeskilde, Schleswig and Holstein
were formed into an independent sovereignty. In
he beginning of the eighteenth century Schleswig
was again incorporated with Denmark, and, in 1720,
according to the stipulations of Stockholm and Fre-
densborg, the Danish dominions were consolidated
by the agreement of the contracting powers. Hol-
,tein, on the other hand, it cannot be forgotten, was
originally one of the grand feofs of the Germanic
empire, was re-united to Denmark on the destruc-
tion of that empire by NAPOLEON in 1806, and
was at last once more, in 1815, declared to
be a portion of the Germanic Confederation. From
-he few hut indisputable facts here enumerated, it
v,ll he pereeiv. d at once that the attempted inc..rpo-
ration of Schleswig with Germany is an Cif .rt of
-iznal. crimivality. Any interference on the part of
- -1 - would be as infamous and tihjustitiable

seditious harangues and patriotic revolt in Ireland. i
The rights of the people can have no more appropriate
advocates, and the liberties of the people can have no
more constitutional defenders, than the popular repre-
sentatives in the House of Commons. From the re-
cent demonstration on the part of those representa-
tives, we are inclined to hope and believe that they
feel the responsibility of their honourable and onerous
position, and are prepared to fulfil its duties in a
manner worthy of themselves and of their consti-
tuents, in a manner demanded of them by the expecta•
tions of the country and the exigency of the times.
For their success in such endeavours they have our
most hearty and unfeigned good wishes.

We sail, some d Lys since, in speaking of the
manner in which the for ign affairs of this country
had been mismanaged by the Earl of ABERDEEN, that
it appeared to have been the height of the Njble
Earl's anibitien to be considered head clerk to M.
(siuizor. We were aware that throughout the whole
of his administration the President of the Society of
Antiquaries had invariably and systematically treated
the interests of the British people as actively subordi-
nate to those of the King of the FRENCH. We were
aware that he had neglected to vindicate the
honour of England in Otaheite, that he had
neglected to support the interests of England in Spain
and in Morocco, and that he had actively interfered
to ruin the British commerce in the Rio de la Plata,
in order to secure the ascendancy of M. GUIZOT and
Louts Phintrre in France, by enabling them to boast
that they had bullied and bamboozled England in
every quarter of the world. Of all these facts we say
we were aware, for they were unfortunately patent to
the observation of all mankind; but we never suspected
that any British Minister for Foreign Affairs
could be capable of receiving instructions from a
foreign power as to what course he should pursue as
regarded his relations with independent states, or
could so far forget what was due to the honour and
dignity of his SOVEREIGN and his country as to
habitually submit dispatches addressed by him to his
own diplomatic agents abroad to the approval of a
foreign power. Yet such it appears from the re-
cently published letter of Louis PHILIPPE to his
daughter the Queen of the BELGIANS, was the
custom of " cet excellent ABERDEEN"—a custom so
constantly observed that Louts PHILIPPE seems to
have considered Downing- street as a mere bureau of
the Hotel des Capucines, and the British Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs as mere Under-Secretary
to M. GuizoT. So rooted was this idea of the
subordination of British to French diplomacy that
Louis PHILIPPE actually makes it a subject of grave
accusation against Lord PALMERSTON, that he had
o❑ his accession to office ventured to send off a
dispatch to the British Ambassador in Spain
without having first submitted it to the French
Charge d'Affaires at the Court of St. James's, the
Count DE JARNAC, and through him to M. GutzoT
for approval and alteration before it should be for-
warded. " Procede," adds Louts PHILIPPE, with the
most engaging simplicity, " qui n'etait guire con-
forme a notre entente cordiale et a ce a quoi noes
etions HABITUES par nov rapports de confiance reel-
proques avec Lord ABERDEEN." The reciprocity was
of rather an Irish character—a one-sided reci
procity, We will venture to say that the dispatches
of Louts PtiILIPPE or of Al. GuizoT to Count
liairssoN were never suhtnitt,d to the sulArvi.ioo
•.f Lord ABERDEEN before they were sent off to

to one of the continental powers sent an army of
,!;:ante to a band of rebels in one of 'he shires of
`•Vales. Yet we have no fear whatever, either for the
lationaliry of the Danes or for the sovereignty of
FREDER:CK The resolution of the latter, and
the patriotism of the former, assure us that there is
no longer "something rotten in the state of Den-
:nark," and that the lust of power will very speedily
be expiated by the Duke of AUGUSTENDURG and his
royal accomplices.

their aestinattoo; nut that the interests of France
1-taye at all suffered by such a proceeding-, fur
the travk bed Thane " was too faithful and too dub
have, for one moment, been capable of attempting
to clif oar the intrigues of M. GuizoT, however

AIID

much the interests of " notre bonne petite Reine"
may have required him to do so. Sed non omma
possums omnes. If Lord ABERDEEN had not said
ditto to M. GUIZOT, during the whole period he was
in office, and thus saved himself the trouble of thinking
about foreign affairs, how could he have had time to
meddle in the Free Church squabbles in Scotland ?
True, we should not have had the Ashburton capitu-
lation, or the expulsion of ESPARTERO, or the invasion
of Morocco, or the seizure of Otaheite, or the Dutch
conquest of Bali, or the " little war" in La Plata, had
the Foreign Secretary attended to the business of
his department. But then we should never have had
the lucubrations of cet excellent ABERDEEN on the

At the present period, when liberal principles are
.riumphing in all parts of the world, it is in no wise
fitting that England, who has so long led the van of
liberalism, should in any degree relax in her exer-
tions in the great cause of progress and reform. On
the contrary, it is now more especially incumbent
upon us to exhibit fresh ardour and resolution, and
to emulate those struggles of philanthropy and free-
dom for which we have so constantly testified our
unfeigned sympathy and aCmiration. By an emula-
tion of those struggles we are far from intending to
signify an emulation of the republicanism of Paris, or
the revolutions of Germany. It is, however, the duty
of England now to emulate the liberal spirit
which has inspired those wonderful changes, and
to give very unmistakeable signs that her anxiets
in promoting popular liberty and reform is in no one
particular diminished. That liberal principles of the
most extreme, yet withal temperate and loyal cha-
racter, exist to a peculiar extent in this country is
undisputed; nevertheless, some especial manifestation
1,1-11il B.,(410, :::- of their exietence is just now wanting. Not such a
I manifestation as that which last week alarmed the
Government and agitated the country, and the result
of which has overwhelmed the true champions of the
people with intolerable shame and indignation. Not
such a manifestation as that is now demanded of us
Our liberal principles require to be manifested by ad-
ditional fruits. We are zealous for Reform, say we;
Tinder the pretext of organizing a compact and then let some new reforms (these are assuredly
colossal nationality throughout the Germanic Coil- sefficiently needed) testify our zeal. We
federation, a flagrant act of spoliation has been at- declare our solicitude for popular rights; then
tempted against the Sovereignty of Denmark. Re- Ist us evince that solicitude by according
hellion has risen in the capital and along the frontier some of the many just boons demanded by the people.
tosio..ria of ,s,hieswig, and a minority of the di affected We are rejoiced to find that some such sentitnetits as
inhabitants, abetted by their insurgent Princes, have these have recently influenced our Liberal Itepresen
proclaimed franc the place of their encampment the -atives. A meeting of the Reform Members of the
those incorporation of
provinces with Germany. House of Commons was held on Thursday last, at
ITeihf at this
That FREDERlCKit,l,Ztn.etl7usio should have aroused him- w;c
,us meeting an unahiinus opinion was expresse i
unprincipled
of rebellion was hut that " some more cerdial understanding AN as urgently
natural. A more itte:el adventure was never, required among such Members as were favourable to
perhaps, commenced under' sacredu name of Libe- an extension of the suffrage, an equitable arrange-
ration; for the sbueceenesshoet theattunder a.lr ing would ment of taxation, a reduction of expenditure, and
not only have
tehntatu!ti of the toe general advenee of Reform principle,
territories o Holetein, hut
i rtl. a., .1,- ' ~rrar,_ • eat Greet B; itein an• I lre I e d." I.
rnemberment of Denmark. Occur-Tee a,
then dui. ~..i, r to facilitate and pioinote tne aitaintnent
moreover, so s only after tit, coronation'
,et u
the outset n '•1 this desideratum of mutual co operation and cur-
monarch, it was manifest loin that dial understanding a committee was forthwith estab-
FRLDERIC would
~oyfully avail himself of the (
tuniiy fur vindicating the i„t,,gri.,y
oi,i4is
puss,s)psrooir, li,hed the liberal and satisfactory nature of which,
andth of the whole meeting, is fully demonstrated by
for revealing the energies of his own character, and
Reicfact that JOSEPH FIUME is to be chairman, and
for testifying to Europe by a signal effort of retri-
inish Billion in repelling iiiit'te:RDh.COßDEN, deputy-chairman of the coin-
bution the valour of the D
nwed le among those by whom the meeting was
the lawless spoilers of Jutland. With this right royal
s.u,lni°lo3GENTre such men as JOHN MACGREGOR,
and patriotic determination, the Sovereign of DEN- r A ~,,
ORNE, ceion,ei Lord DUDLEY STUART, RALPH Os-
MARK Sir WILLIAM MOLES.. MARK set out from the euhurhs of Copenhagen at the n
head of an army of 20,000 men, accompanied by WORTH, JOHN BRIGHT, GEORGE THOMPSON, THOMAS
fifty pieces of cannon, and bearing in the van of
the \VARLET, and innumerable others of similar
expedition the national and dynastic banners merit and distinction.
This demonstration on
of Oldenburg. After . entering the Island of the part of the Liberal Nlernberse n. not fail of
ience that
ha
oft
Alsen as a conqueror, and receiving an ac• affording satisfaction to the Liberal constituentsa of
cession of 2,000 ' volunteers - out
of its 27,000 the United Kingdom, being, as it is,
an evidence
inhabitants ; after having issued a majestic proclama- their representatives are not idle nor unmindful
tion to the Schleswigers from the bosom of his army, the peculiar duties demanded of them at this par-
sia it tarried for a brief interval in the vicinity of ticular period.
S onderborg, King FREDERICK embarked his forces We anxiously anticipate that this and all similar
for the peninsula,
ultimatelytr t d a landing at meetings of the committee may be followed by stren-
Ylensboand e ec e
TR+ where on the 9th instant, a detachment 1 uous and systematic endeavours on the part of the
of 3,000 Danes cut to pieces or routed the advanced. ' Liberal Members of the House of Commons to carry
e
Schles,.vi
troops of the in their places in Parliament, those g-1101stein notwithstanding out,
..
desperate resistance the 14th and 16th Regiments, patriotic principles to which they pledged themselves
and the heroic bravery of
had flacked from clvitterY displayed by the students, who 1 upon the hustings, and which they met to reiterate
parts of Germany to act as in St. James's-square. " Unity is strength," says
auxiliaries to the ins"uernt
declare that the victorious army Subsequent accounts the proverb, and proverbs are proverbially correct.
pushed onward by the coati of
to the Danes had By the unwavering co-operation and unvyeary-
before da -, break on the Schleswig, and that
the llth I
instant King FREDERICK morning
of
in exertions of our Liberal Representatives,
and the soldiers of inestimable benefits might, ere long be
underg the au.spices of a Liberal Government,
what
Whether or not these latter city in triumph,
accurate, it it; certain that the rebels
are strictlywhat innumerable abuses
conferred upon the community, what crying griev-
ances might be redressed, .
ni and that
extraordinary diicorotitura at Planeslb onlrget tli
an
-a might be reformed. 'Were this co-operation and cordial
the mutual _ .
that two
pieces of cannon were wrested from the'
much bleed was spilt on both sides, from
A similar reverse also 1848 might even
understandingat: effected, and the. consequent, exertions
ce entered upon, the session of . _
-Valour of the belligerents.
at the
J`t in the brief s pace still remaining for it almost
experienced. at..Bau ; end the consequeiseerLeswast
already \
been, that the influeace of the Gerinan functionaries
has. fulfil those rarely prealised anticipations indulged in
commencement of each Parliamentary year—
has. ' been succs:ssivtly rejected at Hadersleb 1 anticipationswhich formed for
were abundantly
e", tide, the first
Aabenade, Tondern, land the ni:jarity of the , 1 session of a new Parliament. Were the
-e:neneSneies. eye ~.,,,,
~,..,, e sur- Liberai Members
t4' '
..' `l4 11,0'6 . . torth •
with to put in practice the
v.v,m,
Ev ‘
,e-e.,1 reeolutim ..A t. ornietl in St. James's-square, and
toe- sesteena ies ite(:ss T., e ~e s: - son sit • - , •
cordial d en .ours db .
P•nprebatioPpor'et tar
c ge )
OW .neuit iniei eleible, is e ininiehr that ,i
e Is • nblie ri and CO o ration of
Duke of A UGUSTENEURG, the arch-rebel
atnot.g - P ..
generally, we should Pe
'
the revolting Princes, had just arrived from oortunity of Imelii„g with ti.
aii have lit;•le
liberal movements of j,' .ii,y . on tlio
Berlin with instrUctiont to the Prussian tr./4s to ad.. tour continental neighbeurs,
i we should have small occasion
vanes-to thiaisistanei of the Schleswig-.Holsteiners.
•—-.— - - ' • 1-ings and monster petition. . for Kennington meet-.
in this kingdom, or for

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discipline of the Scottish Church, or his immortal
mea sure for the regulation of patronage. Neverthe-
less, it is possible to " pay tou dear for one's whistle."

Rorke

THE SITIC, LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING, APRIL 15, _B4B.

in reply to a demand made for explanations as to the
views of France in assembling so large a force on the
Piedmontese frontier, bad received the most satisfac-
tory assurances.
At the interview which took place on Wednesday
between the Minister of Finance and the principal
railway directors, the intentions of the Government
with
R Nrailways was thus explained by M.
Gs:hoaddressed the meeting at con•
A rieEgrt a r
pd
Ato s
sG
siderable length :
" He had been kept waiting," he observed, " expect-
ing M. Marie, the Minister of Public Works, but as his
colleague had not strayed, he thought it better not to
detain the gentlemen present any !under, but at once
proceed to inform them of the motives which had tic-
tuati 11 him in coaling them together. He had no doubt
that th. y were already aware that certain parties con-
n. cited with the railways had already been treating with
bite relative to the expropriation of the lines by the
St site.— (Cries of •No, no, no one was entitled to do
that ' here burst forth.) At all events they must have
aintsdotwt hands was the intention
al
public report, that to
thaelta::d theat
rOl the Government. During the late revolution the
companies had suffered exceedingly from the excesses
theail w
al3; s u r
intose,
of certain brigands and ill-disposed citizens, and had it
not been for the exertions of some of the pupils of the
Polytechnic School, and others who were struck with
the enormity of the damage that might be thus
effected in a shirt space of time, they would,
in ail probability, have nearly disappeared altogether.
It any ether disturbance were to take place, he feared
that their lines might be again placed in a similar disas-
trails position, not having the power to prevent any
attack from the ill-intentioned. Owing to the present
troubled state of things, the workmen had, in many
cases, deserted the workshops of the companies, and the
latter had been obliged, in other instances, to make con
cessions to the men who still remained at their duty; the
Government had, in fact, already considered it necessary
to place one line under sequestration. As to the lines
still in course of execution, it was notorious that some
had not been able to repay to the State at the appointed
time the sums which it had expended in their works;
in others the companies would evidently not be able to
finish their lines, from the extreme difficulty which they
would experience in getting their calls paid up; whilst
in the lines that were finished and at work the companies
were not able to work them with certainty and safety.
—(Expressions of denial from several directors.) Look-
ing, therefore, at the general position of railway pro-
perty, he would put this question to the gentlemen pre-
sent : Was it not their interest to treat with the Govern-
ment to take the lines into its own hands? Were they
not, in fact, forced in self- defence to such a course? If
some such course were not adopted, he could not see how
the unfinished lines were to be executed, or the finished
ones worked. To guarantee complete security to rail-
way property, whether when tranquillity prevailed, or if
any new disturbance should arise, which, however, he did
not apprehend, he thought the only means to be adopted
was, that they should become the property of the State.
In the present situation of the finances it was impossible
for the Government to afford pecuniary aid to the com-
panies, and consequently there was nothing to be thought
of but the re purchase (rachat) of the lines. He said
that the question as to the resumption by the State
of the railways had come now to such a
point, that it was of immense importance not
only to the Government, but to the shareholders
of railways themselves, that it should be promptly
settled. For his own part, he thought that, in the pre-
sent circumstances of the republic, it became of urgent
necessity that the Government should take possession of
the railways, but he had no:wish that that should be done
on any terms, excepting such as would be perfectly fair
and perfectly equitable to all the part es concerned.
There were two propositions which he should propose
to the directors, and which he was willing to recommend
to the Provisional Government, if approved of by the
meeting. He would propose that the railways should be
taken at the prices of the present day, and paid for by
the Government in cash or 5 per cent. stock at the pre-
sent prices; and if that were not approved of, he should
propose as an alternative, that they should be taken
at the price or the 15th February last, and paid for in
5 per cent. stork at the price of that day. If neither of
these proposittons was approved of by the directors of
the the Provisional Government was not in •
(dined to force the measure upon the companies, but
Nould leave the question to be settled by the National
A-sembly, and by the definitive Government of the Re-
public when it should have been constituted. In the
course of r is speech M. Garnier Pages alluded to a plan
which had been proposed, and by which the Government
should take the lines which have already been opened at
a price to be fixed upon the average of the receipts for
the last six months ; but, in reference to that plan, he
said that railways were a new experiment in France•
and that he would not be inclined to recommend it to
the Provisional Government. Throughout his speech
he begged the meeting to understand that he was speak-
ing his own individual feelings and sentiments, and by
no means the sentiments or the determination of the'
Provisional Government. He concluded his address by
expressing a wish that any of the gentlemen present
who might .be inclined to do so would state their opi-
nions."

The speech of the Minister was very coldly re-
ceived, and the plan proposed was utterly scouted as
being nothing more nor less than confiscation of the
property of the shareholders.
A serious difference of opinion has arisen between
M. LEDRU RoLLIN and his colleagues. A deputation
came to Paris from Amiens, for the purpose of pre-
senting a petition for the removal of one of M. LEDRU
ROLLIN'S commissaries, on account of some violent
proceedings in which he has been indulging, in the
exercise of the unlimited powers with which he and
his colleagues are invested. MDE LAMARTINE and
some other members of the Provisional Government
are said to have admitted the misconduct of the com-
missioner, and expressed an opinion that he ought to
be recalled. M. LEDRU-ROLLIN refused to sacrifice
a functionary who, if to blame at all, was only guilty
of over-zeal in the cause of the Republic. A violent
scene ensued, and words passed between the mem•
hers of the Provisional Government which indicate a
wide breach in the councils of the nation
The Reforme, the organ of M. LEDRU ROLLIN,
thus alludes to the affair :
" A statement of grave tacts which have occurred in
the Cabinet of the Minister of the Interior has been
communicated to us. Those who know the citizen Le.
dru Rollin are aware that it is not of inertness that he
must be accused, but of placing too much confidence in
certain men well placed for deceiving him. We shall
have to explain ourselves with respect to these facts to-
morrow."

At length the regular troops have been suffered t 1
enter Paris. The Commerce thus relates the return
of the 61st Regiment :-
" The entry into Paris of the 61st regiment of the line
was attended with an incident worth relating. Consider-
ablewa eenrodemsail
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through
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du agi
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hptheiht tooßnp
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Upon this the column debouched by the Barriere du
Trone, with muskets shouldered and bayonets fixed
Cries were uttered, and some workmen seemed disposed
to surround the Colonel. He, however, with perfect
coolness, advanced, and said-' Citizens! Is the Provi-
sional Government overturned?' • No, certainly not!'
was the reply. a l'hen suffer me and my men to pass,
for here are its orders.' Ti,e assemblage immediately
bowed to the popular authority of the Government.
opened a clear way for the troops, and suffered them to
pass, amidst shouts of Vive le Colonel!'"
• Lyons has again been the scene of fresh dis-
turbances.
BOURSE.-PARIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 14.
THREE O'CLOCK.-The weakness manifested the day
before in the rente continued tosday, and the Three per
Cents. and the Fives have both fallen ; on the other
hand, Railway Shares have advanced. The French
Three per Cents. opened at 39f. and closed at 38t., being
a fall of It. 75c.; the Five per Cents. opened at 371.
57c.; and after being dune at 561. 25c., closed at 571., or
It. 25c. lower. Bank of France Shares are 13f. lower,
the closing price being I,llof. Bons du Tresor are not
so well to-day, the rate being 45 per cent. less. Roths-
child's Neapolitan was done at 49E, being If. 50c.
lower. The Belgian Funds continue firm, the tran-
quillity in that country being considered favourable
for investment ; the Five per
(1840) closed a
t 720f.a t;
60if or 3f. better; Piedmont are 201.
Obligations de la Ville 10f. higher, at 940 f.; Quatre
Canaux at sf. lower, at 655 f. Railway Shares continue
to be researched, the present prices being considered
altogether too low. Still the persons who are of this
opinion are afraid to purchase extensively, the deter-
mination of the Government relative to railway property
being so uncertain. Dieppe are 251. higher than when
quoted two or three days past, the price now being 105 f ;
Versailles (Right Bank) are 10f. higher, at 110 t.; ditto
(Left Bank), Orleans, Rouen and Havre, sf. each, at
105 f, 4551, 3201., and 175 f.; Vierzon and Bordeaux, 2f.
50c., at 2251., and 3901.; Strasburg, If. 25c., at 342 t.
50c. Nantes have fallen 2f. 50c , at 332 f. 50c.; and Lyons
251. 251'.7
0c 7.0, ca.
and
dTfhoer
exchange sovereign
on
ganodldNisorcthheearpne, fb.
being now
uaot
w3oaBtf.
a7bsocu.,tansdsl.3;3tshf.e
English French
three months 25f. 15c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. APRIL 14.
Londonat 26r.;
fao hrdt one h e
monthbank note
is
534 -Namur and Liege, 11A, -
Boulogne and Amiens,
Northern of France, 3-Orleans and. Bordeaux, ILA-Paris
and Lyons, 2-Paris and Strasburg, 1%.

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DARING BURGLARY AND SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF
TUE DEPREDATORS.—This morning, about tour o'clock,
pation of Mr. Jarmain,
as Pulice constable Ellstone 246 G, was proceeding on
his beat, in Old-street-road, St. Luke's, he perceived
that the front door of the Grapes Tavern, in the occu-
who was bar-
was ajar. The constable, on
.0u .-be. °ong
streets, examiningandthe t
lengthpavem cenatmcelonspe t too a thema
nd: or, discovered
some drops of liquor thereon. These, after arousing
the inmates of the " Grapes," he traced through several
z4ining with an itinerant vendor of coffee for a vessel to
ptiitetel:swwheorehaiddeauitdi:de
hold some brandy. The constable, at once took charge
"f 1110 individual and cc nvepd him to the station.house,
'her", on searching him, two bottles of brandy, a large
(I""tity of farthings, and other monies, and some
implements were touhd upon him. The
y • 1.
dthbe p‘rtis.onje6rism;vaallslcaapntduraeldi Bde:rip:lug-
the Da •
pouce,ornuag. Both the prisoners are known to the

" The First Chamber will be elective, like the Belgian

Senate.
Nearly all the articles of the treaty will be revised,
the provisional courts of justice will be diminished 'o
the number positively necessary for the course of judi-
cature."
The same journal states that M. LuzAR will quit
the Ministry of the Interior, which will be under-
taken by M. TEIORDICKE, and that M. DE KEMPA..
stAEa will take the portfolio of the Finance.
TBE Bounse.—The happy issue of the Chartist
demonstration having been made known, every in-
quietude ceased at the Bourse, which assumed a
favourable aspect, and all the funds improved more
or less. There was a good deal of business, chiefly
in national funds and integrals. The Russian funds
were in demand, and the Five per Cents. rose from
70 to 76 ; there was afterwards a slight reaction, but
they closed 8 per cent. higher than yesterday.