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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1346.

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Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are re.speettully Informed
this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug-
thented arrangements and increased accornmedaZon.
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TIIENTLE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed TILE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim.
Mr. Berrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Har-
rison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth.
Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera I'rsfessor
RNLEY and his SONS will go through a Series. of their Classical
and Popular Exercises.
To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic rantomlne, called
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin
Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Psntak)on, Mr. Howell
Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Mott.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

WV! be performed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET.
Rococo, Miss Cushman ; Rom mercutjo, Mr. Holl ; Beuvollo, Mr. Brill-
dig': Friar Lawrance, Mr. Stuart ; Peter, Mr. Buckstone ; Juliet,
Miss Susan Cushman ; Nurse, Mrs. (-liner.
Between the acts of the Drama the Band will perform the
Armen" and " Cerito Polkas," " LalC-taring , Cellarias Waltz,"
the Overture "Fills du Berger," and "Polka, Cricket on the Hearth,"
To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE
AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal
Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Blsuld, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs.
Stanley.

THEATRE ROYAL. AD.ELrus.
THIS Will be performed the DramaEVENING of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trials.
Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates,
and Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Mils
Woolgar, &c.
To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan-
tomime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWAN(I-
PLII3E D EEFLOBE EDE, BUSK EEI3 ; or, The King of the
pannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss
rieming ; Clews, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every
Evening until further notice !
TIT'S EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED
THE CRICKET ON THE HEAr.TII: A FAIRY TALE
OF HOME.
The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr.
F. Vininw, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove.
After which will be re,eated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza,
entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firma Schah of
Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Kecley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes-
dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c.
Stalls, 55. ; Boxes, ds. ; Pit, 2.%; Gallery, GI.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST/tEET.
THIS EVENING
W ill be performed the Tra;edy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr.
Macready ; Polonius, Mr. Granby; Laertes, Mr. Murray; Horatio,
Mr. Fisher; Osrick, Mr. James Vining; Ghost, Mr. Cooper; Ger-
trude, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophella, Miss Emma Stanley.
To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE
KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, FIAR,EQUIN AND THE FAIRY
BLUE DELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. 11. Harvey ; Columbine, -Miss
Bullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
IMMENiE SUCCESS OF THE NEW BURLESQUE.
THIS E VENING
Will ba performed a new Drama, called 01711 VILLAGE. Prin.
dpll characters by Messrs. Waldron, Boyce, Brookas, G. Wild
311.sses Melville, Hamilton, and Mis 3 Bromley.,
To be followed by a new BALLET by the Leclereq family.
After which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN
HEARTH. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Romer, Mr. Cockrill,
and Miss Kate Howard will appear.
And concluding, with the new Pantomime, unapproachable tbr glee
and grandeur, called FORTIDTATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP.
Fortnnatus, Miss Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy
Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr.
Charles; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw.

NEW .
M. PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS andTHEATRE incredible CHINESE DE-
LUSIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter-
past-Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight.
M. Phlllippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments
wilt be varied by the Amusing Performances of the Chlorin' Family
and astounding Feats of the American Brothers.
M. Philippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense
overflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a
Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing
at Two o'clock.

Stalls, 3e.: Boxes, 2e. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd.
On SATURDAY EVENING Neat M. PIIILLIPPE will not per-
form ; the Theatre being Let for an AMATEUR DRAMATIC EN-
TERTAINAIENT, in Aid of the Funds of the MINTERS' PEN-
SION SOCIETY.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITFLEA'rRE OF ARTS.
THE LAST WEEK OF TILE CELEBRATED BOG EMILE.
Mr. BATTY has much pleasure In informing his Patrons, that in
addition to his great performing Elephants, he has, after great re-
search, succeeded in procuring Living Specimens of the finest
Camels extant, which will, together with the Elephants, appear in
the New Spectacle.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed the novel Drama of Tim PYRENEES. In
which M. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per-
fart:lances at the etrpte Olymplque, Paris, has drawn crowded
houses for the last nine months.
New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and
English Artistes.
After which will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan-
tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA ;
or, Sancho Panza, and Dalcincn of Teboso, with new Scenery,
Dresses, Mechanical Changes, &e.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Immensity of Novelty, and doubled Attraetion.
THIS EVENIIia.
Will be, performed a new Drama, entitled, THE MARCHIONESS
DE BRLNVILLIERS ; or, The Poisoners of the Seventeenth Cen-
tury. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale,
and Miss Vincent.
To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courei, Mr.
Fredericks ; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent.
After which, Professor HEMMING and his SONS will give more
unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex-
hibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself.
To conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK.
Supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale, Higgie, Searle,
Derbert, Misses Vincent, Terry, Richardson, &c.

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( woes and sorrows, there is a co-existence also of sources
for their relief; and ultimately fur their extirpation--
wealth untouched, mines unworked, antidotes uncoiled,
and that, too, in the natural circumstances of the coun-
try itself. Cheek-by-jowl with the hovels of indigence
in that strange
.land there is a latent but certain
means of turning :that indigence to profusion. We
'" 2191 Wish us be •
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111 NOVEL BY MRS. GORE, AuthoreEs3 of " Mothers and the income of each bishop is greater or less than the in-
Daughters," "The Banker's iVife," Sec., entitled "PEERS ANI)
rAnermeers," will be ready for delivery in a few days. Orders comes proposed in the preamble of the Act 6 and 7
should be transmitted early. WILLIAM IV., cap. 77.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
Mr. CoLnE•rr thought that the bishops sitting in the
• House or Lords was the concentrated essence of all that
was objectionable and bad.
i6„The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. WonEnousE moved for certain returns with
respect to local taxation, which were agreed to.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to amend the laws relating to the civil depart-
ment of the navy.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Sir W.
JOLLIFFE, said it was not the intention of the Govern••
meat to bring in a Bill with respect to the consolidation
of turnpike trusts in England and Wales during the
present session.
Mr. EWART, at the suggestion of Sir J. GRAHA3T,
postponed his motion with.respcct to Van Diemen's
Land, which stood for Thursday, to a future day.
Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for a copy of the warrant, or
other document of euthority, by which H. S. CirePereN,
Esq., A ssistant-COlTlrilissiOrler under the commission
appointed to inquire into the condition of hand-loom
weavers, and acting in that capacity in the West llidirg
of Yorkshire in 1833, and was afterwards appointed
Chief Judge of the Supreme Court at Willington, in
New Zealand, in 18-13, and for other papers connected
with that .subject.—Ordered.
Mr. MILES wished to know whether Lord ASHLEY
had accepted any office under the Crown, us lie under-
stood he had resigned his seat.
Sir R. PEEL said the Noble Lord had, he had: ac-
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
Mr. MILES observed, that if such was the case he
should move for a new writ for Dorsetshire.
Sir R. PEEL said the Hon. Member could not do that
until certain forms had been gone through.
The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time
and passed.
Sir JA3IEB GRAHAM, in answer to a question, said that
it was the intention of the Lord Chancellor, on an early
day, to bring in a Bill with respect to Charitable Trusts
The House then adjourned.

The statements made by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, last
evening, respecting the militia are of a satisfactory cha-
racter. It appears that there is no intention on the part
of the Government at present to embody that force, and
whether it would be called cut even for training would
depend on circumstances. The Secretary-at-War made
an additional remark, which contrasts favourably with
the stern policy adopted under old Tory Governmjnts,
a hen the people were merely regarded as instruments
fitted for the use of the aristocracy—treated as
"hewers of wood and drawers of water," and made to
serve as soldiers and sailors to carry on wars often un-
dertaken for the profits of a particular class, or for the
divine rights of kings. " Hewes anxious,"he said, "to take
the opportunity ofstating that he trusted the public would
not proceed to put themselves to further inconvenience
or expense until, they had seen the nature of the measure
which he proposed to bring forward, add by which he
trusted a much less onerous and disagreeable method of
raising tho militia would be established. He trusted,
therefore, that all preparations on the subject would be
delayed until the Bill was cn the table." Humane and
corriderate language like this has the best effect upon ,
the people, and would incline them to submit with
patience to measures which otherwise they might be dis-
posed to view with the greatest hostility. If the English
are only treated like rational beings—if a reason is given
for any step undertaken by Government sufficient to
convince them that it is necessary, no people are more
willing to obey, or more anxious to aid the Executive.
They rebel only when they are ground down by oppres-
sion, when the higher classes make laws for them-
selves, forgetting the people, and when those
best able to pay are exempted from taxes
and municipal services, to which the middle
and lower classes are chiefly subject. When this ques-
tion, therefore, comes before Parliament, nothing can
be more easy than for the Government to place it in
such a light as to secure general approbation. A large
standing army has always been viewed in this country
with great jealousy, because it is an instrument of the
most dangerous description in the hand of a despot,
restrains the legitimate manifestations of public opinion,
and may for a time subvert the best principles of the
Constitution. If the citizens are armed, and if men who
have a real interest in the institutions of the country are
accustomed to training and the use of arms, they form
the best of all safeguards for the liberty of the
subject. The military force at present is barely sufficient for garrisoning our numerous colonies,
maintaining the power of England in her ex-
tensive and valuable Indian possessions, and pre-
venting any mad outbreak between Orangemen and
Catholics in Ireland. In Great Britain there are few
troops, and happily for the people as well as the
Government only few are welded, but we have powerful
neighbours on the other side of the Channel, restless in
their dispositions, many of them dissatisfied with the ex-
isting state of things, little attached to the present
dynasty, and anxious for another, and what they vainly
conceive, a final contest with England. In France
there are, independent of a standing army of 400,000
men, a million of armed citizens, willing and able to
defend their country on any sudden emergency. Our
relations with the United States are in the most
complicated and critical position, and no man
can tell how soon reinforcements of troops
may be required for Canada and for other colonial
settlements ! Some additions, it appears, are to be
made to the regular army in anticipation of unfortunate
results, but these are only trifling, and would not be
more than sufficient to supply any imperative and sud-
den demands. In such a case the country would bo
left to the protection of unarmed citizens, totally un-
acquainted with the merest rudiments of war. They
could not repel an armed force of twenty thousa.nil
regular troops, hut, after great loss of property and
life, and numerous disasters ; and incalculable sacri-
fices must be made, which might have been easily spared
by a little precaution, and
the usual means of self-
defence adopted in all other countries. The KING of
the FRENCH has, by his wonderful skill and firmness,
hitherto preserved peace, but his life is uncertain ; ra is
above seventy years of age, and should he be carried
off at such a crisis as a war between England and the
United States, it would require more authority than his
successor may possess to prevent the French from join-
ing with the Americans against England. Even under
the powerful government of Loeas PHILIPPE a display has
just been made, which shows what materials there are in
France for such a change. 21. BERRYER, by no means the
most violent of his party, made a long, and we may
justly call it a hostile, speech against England, urging
France, in case of a war, whether right or wrong, to
take part with the Arne:jeans, and in a house consisting
of 390 Members, he was supported by no fewer than 156!
The following brief extract from M, BERRYER'S speech
may be useful at the present moment, as it leaves no
doubt of the policy adopted by M. Dims and his
party :
" Do you suppose that England will engage in a contest ?
No. The past has given her in this respect tiro severe
lessons. For thirty years, whether after military mishaps,
or in consequence of negotiations, they have always yielded
to the United States. All the questions between the two
powers have been decided in favour of this latter power. In
1816, the English troops were attacked at New Orleans by
;Tackson, and success did not declare for England, and the treaty
which had been previously agreed to was at once ratified. In
11814, the question of Oregon was agitated; the principle of
occupation in common was agreed to, and at
.the same time
t,h,e English yielded mouth,r to the Americans; that
‘"43" restored the of the Oregon, which they had
seized on during the war. The question of the boundary of
"'nada arose and was regulated in the same way. Then
an e_t..he question of the independence of the nctional flag,
En,,,a(thve:lF.h.ta that ought to protect it ;h aid here again
present the
English G-o'v'e'rntinT!xas then occup;ed the attention of the
question. being
Americz,sanl(im this also England yielded. At
adopte(l. st on their. view of the Oregon
England, I feel convinced:rill negotiations will be resumed ;
1 here will he no arhitratt England will again give way.
also know how to resist? ile t•g4nl7ield. Why, do not we
language which, five years
to fling back on England the voouusl
.d” be sufficient
back, Lord Palmerston used resrpel:
Although Ireland requires art ina ed. to Alleviation of
privations
its distresses, and a promptlegislatiiinv intaterposition to sus-
nd
Panndgamaore intolerable,
tain its inhabitants amidst the a which are rapidly becoming more
a great and indubitable necessity exists for some far-
seeing and prospective policy being adopted in its behalf.
Four millions of the human race are threatened with
penury the most dire and helplessness the most complete.
Granted that the present is not an ordinary granted that it originated in a casualty of vegetetion calamity_
that could not be foreseen—granted the
pro-
visions in the abstract are attainable
to the multi-
tude in our sister island—granted all this
and possibly more, yet we maintain the Irish people are
not as prosperous as they might bo with adroit manage-
ment ; that to them the luxuries of life aro utterly un-
known, the comforts of life unattainable, the conve-
niences of life but seldom permanent, and the necessi-
ties of life doled out with a stinting and grudging hand.
e maintain, moreover, that with the existence of these

a dramatic turn to our periods—we may seem to doze
a few unsound assumptions. over with the bloom of
metaphors and the meretricious decorations of language;
but our sentiments are facts, our epithets are truths,
and our sentences are all animated with earnestness. In
Ireland, therefore, we persist, that poverty is general
and bitter—and we persist also that in Ireland there are
resources for her', own self-amelioration, if the Execue
tive authority will only excavate channels whereby that
hidden assistance may flow forth, and, as it were; irri-
gate with comfort all quarters of the island. On Mon-
day one among the principal of these buried succours
was broached in the Lower House by Sir THO3IAS
FREMANTLE—that Hon. Gentleman having moved for
leave to bring in a Bill "to afford encouragement in the
construction of small piers and harbours calculated to
extend the fisheries in Ireland." A more excellent pro-
position could scarcely have been conceived, or one more
calculated to afford immediate and enduring labour to
the unemployed. From the remarkable number of begs
end estuaries with which the Irish coast is indented
Sir T. FP.E3IANTLE argued the excellent opening there
Was for an undertaking of this description ; while, from
the smallness of the amount of larding places, he
maintained the necessity of its adoption. By con-
structing suitable piers in suitable places ; by affording
the fishermen facilities in cleansing their nets and curing
their produce; by devoting ril,ootil. of the national
money in instal :;eats of 10,0004 annually for the next
five years, which mcney should be appropriated to the
purposes already enumerated; by preserving the piers
in proper repair with the amount of rent obtained
from the fishermen's cottages and the local tolls which
would be levied, Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE proposed to
establish the Irish fisheries upon such a footing of se-
curity, that the progress of time would only tend to their
greater developement and greater prosperity. With cer-
tain minor modifications, and possibly an extension of
the proposed grant, the Bill is excellently planned and
excellently well-timed. When we reflect that upon all
the coasts of Ireland there are myriads of fish swarming
in the waters ; when we reflect that a provision of sus-
tenance so bountifully offered by GOD to his people
is permitted, so to speak, to accumulate •in the °cola
unnoticed, while the people—men, women and children,
young and old, the robust and the ailing—are habitually
supported by a meagre diet of vegetables; when we re-
fit ct upon these facts, we must be ready to confess the
requisite nature of a proposition like that made by Sir
T. FREMANTLE. Whatever quantity of fish is consumed
at present in that country is actually imported from
Scotland, while Ireland herself, if carefully conducted,
would furnish not only sufficient for home, but a consi-
derable surplus for foreign consumption. These matters
demand the most serious consideration, and every praise
is due to Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE for having brought
them before Parliament, more especially at this particu-
lar juncture. By a timely interference; nd a roper
arrangement, the diseased potatoes till givae place to an
abundant and wholesome supply of provisions, which
theusands at this moment regard as delicacies.

Even the gentlemen who advccate a persistence in
the present agricultural arrangements must now ac-
knowledge to themselves that their principles are be-
coming obsolete. Under their very feet the ground is
crumbling away vritit terrible velocity : the frozen
quagmire, upon which they have so long mustered their
triumphant force, is thawing fast ; and, according to
the witty commentator upon SHAKSI)ERE, the question
of monopoly is " dissolving itself into—adieu !" Al-
ready we have had the satisfaction of particularising
some among the numerous failures of those chivalrous
individuals who, under the cognomen of " Protection So-
cieties," have attempted to excite in their favour the
enthusiasm of all tenant-farmers in the province& And
each post only serves to confirm our previous conjec-
ture that those unfortunate adventurers would dwindle
to less than insignificance. Their endeavours are merely
like those of children who scatter peas and thimbles be-
fore the wheels of artillery wste.,e-ons in expectation of
obstructing their onward progress, little calculating
that the ponderous cavalcade would not be retarded by
obetacles of infinitely greater magnitude and importance.
In the meeting of these corn-law champions, held on
Saturday at a tavern in Hastings, with Sir CHARLES
LAMB, as chairman, and Mr. FP.EWIN, a would-be mem-
ber, as first spokesman, the frivolous character of the
proceedings was most miserably conspicuous. Some-
where about seventy supporters of the protection system,
clustered together upon the platform, proposed reso-
lutions, seconded resolutions, and passed resolutions,
with the most business-like sobriety, while the remainder
of a tolerably large assembly (fervent upholders of the
League policy) stood quietly in the body of the apart-
ment, listening with the most contemptuous apathy and
the most imperturbable gravity. These monotonous and
ridiculous externals of opposition continued, according
to our authority, for some time, without any in-
terruption, until the audience at last extinguished
the formalities with a premature wet blanket, by de-
manding three cheers for "free trade," the reverbera-
tion of which evidently disarranged the digestion of the
occupants of the platform, and finally scared them to the
seclusion of their several homes. In good sooth, a more
sorry display of their influence could scarcely have been
patched up by any other of the mongrel protection
societies scattered throughout the country. Sober expe-
rience, at the least, would arrive without hesitation at
this conclusion, and yet sober experience would be most
singularly mistaken ; for a yet more sorry exhibition
of a similar nature was made on Monday at: Hereford,
where a conclave of the local agriculturists had been
announced some days previously, under the presidency
of the Right Hon. Earl SOMERS. Well, at the precon-
certed rendezvous, "Monday" arrived almost in soli-
tude, some three or four gaping landlords having saun-
tered into the room, and then sauntered out again, after
the venerable example of the " Icing of Spain" and his
"forty thousand men ;" and thus terminated the pro
mired spectacle of protection strength, a most unmis-
takeable, and, verily, a most pitiable failure.
After such occurrences the establishment of New
Bond-street had better put up its shutters, and his
Grace the Duke of RICHMOND had better reserve his
rhetoric for something less like an impossibility. Every
careful spectator of events must perceive that the
Premier and the Member for the City of London are not
the only converts to free-trade principles; and the'. the
tenant-farmers, themselves, by their recent behaviour
give those principles their tacit acquiescence. The pit
is dug, the boughs and the leaves are spread over it,
and the monster " Monopoly " comes blundering forward
to be most inevitably engulphed therein, and entombed,
and forgotten.

A correspondent, whose letter appears in ITZlrter
column, calls the attention of the Government to a very
important subject, viz., the propriety of reducing, or
altogether removing, the heavy duty at present payable
oa insurances against fire. This tax is as unjustifiable
a mode of raising money for tho purposes of revenue as
the lottery itself. The lottery was a great encourage-
ment to imprudence—the tax on insurances is " a heavy
'blow and a great discouragement" to prudence; besides,
it is as impolitic as it is unjust. Many persons at the
present moment insure in Holland in order to avoid
paying the duty here, and thus the English insurance
offices are deprived of those advantagcs to which they
are justly entitled. It is now two years since
Sir IL PEEL reduced the duties on marine insurances,
alleging as his reason that the heavy duty had driven
away the greater part of the marine insurance business
from this country. In consequence of that reduction,
the marine insurance business bas, in a great measure,
returned. The fire insurance business is now rapidly
leaving us from the same cause. Let Sir !ZonEET PEEL
follow his own precedent, and, emboldened by the success
of his previous step in the right direction, remove,
or, at
all events, greatly reduce the duty now levied on fire
insurances.

A considerable fall (says the Courrier Francais) has
just taken place at Paris in the prices of flour and
potatoes. A great deal of business was done in the
Three per Cents. on Sunday, which closed at 83f. 85e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.
Dijon and Mulhouse, 2%—Dutch Rhenish, 7% —Great Northern
of France Constituted, 141i—Great Indhin Peninsular, 14—Luxem-
bourg, 2.74—Lyons and Avignon, 23i
—Paris and Orleans, 48!-,.
P.,.ris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's), Vi—Ditto (Compe de L'Est),
2!s—Rouen and Havre, 28% .

It is not correct, as was stated in a paragraph which
-we copied on Monday from a Contemporary, that Lord
Jocelyn has resigned his office. He keeps his office, but
is to resign his seat for Lynn, where he was returned by
the influence of the Duke of Portland, who disapproves
of the Ministerial measure.
Lord Arthur Lennox, also, it is now said, keeps his
place, but resigns his seat for Chichester. At this rate
half the members of the Government will be without
seats in Parliament.

Madrid journals of the 26th ult. announce that Mi-
nisters had at length made specific declarations respect-
ing the QUEEN'S marriage with the Count nE TRAPANI.
At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on that day a
large crowd had assembled, it being understood that the
affair would be brought before the House ; and after
the usual preliminary business had been dispatched,
Senor Alex, the Finance Minister, rose, end adverting
to reports of a disagreement in the Cabinet, said the
reports were entirely unfounded, as there had been
nothing contrary to perfect unanimity among Ministers
onilovernment questions. He made no mention of the
Mal riage, but General NARVAEZ immediately rose
arm 1 satisfied public curiosity. He declared that public
rim lour, and the assertion of the press, made it impe-
h fAJEl raf:7e on him to offer a solemn dec!aration respecting her
STY'S marriage. Nothing had talc( n place on the
$ übject in the C,)uneil of Ministers, and her MAJESTY
trseptioaa
itnito,linelvhehixapetleuvlsovirho ne
had not yet thought of choosing a husband. The Go-
anfnicriinnacitTwhoiniplg_l
wnthehevaetraeylleciisnstheo7e
Tho afe
yr
abny
be
longing to Europe or even to Africa 1 " For this
reznon," said the President of the
whatever may
we have
"
rer objected, and will always Council,
reject, whate
to ad to.restrict the liberty of her MAJESTY, the prero-
gr lives of the Crown, and the rights of the Govern-
or ent. But we declare that whenever this matter shall
be brought before the Council of Ministers, it shall be
cc mmunicated to Congress, and that not incompletely,
surreptitiously, or darkly, but in the light of
cls T, openly, and in such a manner as that the
Of it and du.
C Ambers may take cognizance ,

of about
.„.600 EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—By the great activity.ancl
kindness of our contemporary, The Sun, Sir R. Peel's speech
reached us by this morning's mail, a distance from London
Sin ISODERT PEEL TRANSPORT—MUTINY. -.—This
vessel sailed from the Downs last July, having nearly 200
miles, in fifty-six hours.—Ross-shire Advertiser
troops or, board, and arrived at Bombay towards the latter
end of November. We have seen a letter from a gentle-
man on board, mentioning that there had been very serious doings in the course of the voyage. After being
ship company,
about Six weeks at sea, tiro or three of the soldiers were put in irons for misdemeanours. They had, how-
ever, contrived to get hold of one of the carpenter's
tools, through the agency of some of their comrades, and were thus enabled toengcet free of their shackles ; these they threw overboard, and vowed to serve their officers
in the same manner. They were immediately seized, when
murmurs broke forth among the great body of the soldiers,
and at length they rushed forward to the front of the poop,
The
eusling and threatening vengeance to all who resisted them.
first man that
the poop
on the
tion of d 3t Vuiptotn of the storm, put themselves in a posi-
along with the military officers, however,
and fir efence by immediately securing the boarding pikes
e-arms'
Thus equipped, the gallant tars assembled on
onlear downti
ready for action. One soldier ascended the poop,
waving a long knife, with which lie threatened to stab the
diately charged, and ran through the body ; he died on the
approached him. This desperado was inime-
spot. Tbe soldier who fortunately were unarmed, brume
overawed hv the-:., s'determined attitude of the crew. The
more conspicuous of the revolters were then seized, and
Southern
muskets, were Placed over them. Discipline having been
thus restored, the vessel touched at the Isle of France, where
nine of the prisonerlanded, in order to be forwarded by
atio taehend2doben, w4tmheerreettaryc.hosen guard, with loaded
another vessel to Bs werea here to take their trial before a
COAX :ELEcTrorr. A second edition of the Cork
the Cork election on Santsurday, Mr. M‘Carthy, a repealer,
Murphy
elected Without opposition to succeed Mr. Sergeant
&Porter contai a full report of the proceedings at
a?-urPhY as one t *l, Waves in Parliament of the
city of Cork. ..0 . ...e representatives

CUSS it. The Government will do this, although
there may be no positive article of the Constitution re-
quiring it ; and though her MAJESTY may be so free to
select a husband, that no necessity may exist for a com..
munication of her choice to the Cortes or to the nation.
Further—in the event of Parliament not being in ses-
sion at the moment when such an event shall be con-
templated, the Government will call the Chambers
together, in order to make them acquainted with so im-
portant a subject. It suffices that the counsellors of
the Crown advised and defended the article of the Con-
stitution relative to this matter, to induce them not to
avail themselves of such an advantage. If I refer to the
page of my services in proof of my unswerving loyalty,
and if that be also insufficient, I will appeal to history,
and trust that pOsterity will do me the justice denied to
me by my contemporaries." This speech was followed
by general and loud applause. The result had a fa-
vourable effect on the Funds.
The Three per Cents. closed at 33k, and the Five per
Cents. at 2.31, both at 60 days.

The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on
BERIITER'S amendment relativ~ to a war between
England and America was brought to a close on Satur •
day evening after an able speech, in reply, from M,
GUIZOT. On a division the numbers were:—
For the amentment 156
Againstit
Ma' ority f

:y for Ministers
The remarks of M. GUIZOT displayed commen :sense
and sound argument, qualities very often wofully defi-
cient in the speeches of his violent opponents-
He declared that tho amendment referred to a
contingency, or hypothesis, and that the hypothesis
was improbable, even according to the showing
of M. BERRYER. There was no occasion for France to
make any manifesto en the law of nations. France, as
he had stated at the beginning of the session, would re-
main neutral, and no one could believe, should unfortu-
nately a coflict take place, that France would abandon
her maxims on the freedom of the ocean and the law of
neutrality. On these points the Government would
never change its policy. " His reasons," he added,
" for proclaiming beforehand the neutrality of France
were twofold. The first was, that he thought that if a
war broke out, the polioy of neutrality would be
more difficult to establish in the midst of the ex-
cited feelings which might have been raised.
He had acted beforehand, in order to be sure
of his fact. His second reason was still more serioas ;
it was, that a declaration of neutrality thus made befo:c-
hand was a means of preserving peace—a means of
weighing on the deliberations of the two people. There
were people in both countries who endeavoured to keep
up illusions with regard to France. For instance, he
knew there were some who say to the United States,
" What do you fear ? Let the war once break out,
France will range herself on your side." He was very
certain there were some who used such language as that;
and there were also others who said to England, "Do
not be uneasy, France is weak, and complaisant to aid
you; when war breaks cut she a ill unite herself to you."
He was anxious beforehand to give a contradiction to
these two statements. He wished to say that France
would neither take part with England or with the United
States. Ile was sure that this declaration would hare a
weight in the balance, particularly to the United States ;
and the reason was this—England wished to preserve
peace, and she would make every possible concession.
There was therefore no occasion for anything to weigh
with that power; but it was not the same with Americe.
There was in that country a very powerful party who
wished for war, and another in favour of peace ; and he
was anxious that the declaration of neutrality he had
made should give strength to the peace party in Ame-
rica. Such were the motives of their system of neu-
trality, and such were the reasons why ho had thus ex-
pressed them beforehand. This policy of neutrality
had its conditions, and it was necessary that the Go-
vernment which proclaimed it should be really neutral
beforehand. "Be certain," said the Hon. Minister, in
conclusion, "that an attempt will be made to draw from
you some expression which will deviate from strict neu-
trality. Beware, therefore. Do not allow yourselves to
be led astray. Convinced as I am that neutrality is
most advisable for the interests of France, I conjure the
Chamber not to be induced to consent to any act which
may compromise prematurely the policy of neutrality
which I recommend." These remarks were most favour-
ably received by a great majority of the Chamber. On
M. BE/111'4E13.'8 mischievous policy the Journal des Debats
makes these judicious comments :
" That any such amendment, as M. Gnizot very justly ob-
served, was perfectly useless, the very words of M. Berryer
himself proved. Had he anticipated any rupture between
England and the United States, his amendment might have
been justifiable, at least in his own eyes ; but he himself
declared that he did not expect hostilities would break out ;
what was therefore the use of taking up the time of the
Chamber by proposing an amendment the utility of which
his own words contradicted ? Hie of was simply to in-
troduce into the Address a species of indirect protestation
against the alliance of France and England. That the alli-
ance of England should not be agreeable to M. Berryer is
natural enough. It was England which was the first among all
the European Powers that concurred in the revolution of 1830,
and in the Government which resulted. from it. It is prin-
cipally by our alliance with England that the peace of the
world has been maintained since the overthrow of the Govern-
ment, which M. Berryer regrets, or ought to regret. It is the
union of the two great constitutional Powers of Europe hich,
more than anything else, secures the triumph and the pro-
gress of the principles and the ideas under which •M. Der-
ryer's party has yielded. It is therefore but natural that he
should be deeply pained at perceiving the consolidation of
that alliance. The amendment of M. Berryer, we repeat,
then, was perfectly useless, and this M. Guizot showed, as
well as M. Berryer himself. It is not necessary that the
French Government should make a fresh declaration of prin-
ciples which are elementary in national policy. France is
not disposed to abondon the maxims which she has sustained
in Atnnes, and which she will yet sustain in case of need.
The French Government, however, should hasten to pro-
claim its principles of neutrality, or, in other words, its
principles of independence. She owes this to herself—she
owes it likewise to the cause of the general peace. M. Guizot's
discourse produced a profound impression in the Chamber.
AL Berryer in vain attempted to remove the effect produced
by it, and the Chamber consecrated by a majority of 78 votes
the principles so wisely and so eloquently established by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs."
The same journal thus briefly contrasts the com-
mercial policy of Sir R. PEEL with that unfortunately
pursued by France:—" Sir it. PEEL reduces the duties
on all kinds of grain, while we, last year, by a con-
descendence to the producers of olesgenous grains, who
gain nothing by it, have laid an enormous duty on
sesame at the moment when it was beginning to offer to
our merchant navy, which we are anxious to encourage,
one of those bulky articles of carriage of which it is un-
happily destitute. By the same Custom-house law of
1845 we have committed the fault of laying an excessive
duty on the entry of English machinery, and that under
pretence of favouring our national industry; as if it
were not an advantage to our manufactures, par-
ticularly to the rising ones, to have machinery at a low
price. Can we wonder that our thread 'spinning should
be stationary?"

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