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London, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1848.

Yesterday was a day worthy of perpetual remem-
brance—not as the epoch of a Revolution, but as the
occasion of a demonstration, a spontaneous and
popular
demonstration, of allegiance to the Govern-
ment, and of devotion to the Constitution of Great
Britain. It becomes our bounden duty to express
our acknowledgments to the Hon. Gentleman the
representative of Nottingham for having, however
unintentionally, provoked this ebullition of loyal and
patriotic enthusiasm. If the Chartist agitation has
been productive of no other advantage, it has certainly
elicited from the inhabitants of our metropolis tokens
of affection for the political institutions of Great
Britain such as must afford an universal and
permanent satisfaction. Whila we were writing
yesterday an
extraordinary movement was going
rd throughout London. Preparations were
making in
all
of order and
sh
e
A defensive
t directions for the maintenance
pr, serv'stion o, tranquillity
syte
both by the civil and military deliberately organized
ietsary authorities. Most of
the principal public
offices
.nto arwtieje garrisoned. bags were heaped up ;
Sand-
roof of the Bank to enable theeial ramparts upon the
and ],recision Imidier3
to fire with
Troops were ac-
comparative safety
bers in the neigh-
cumulated in rather formidable nnurn.
bourhood of the
pArocieeewdeedvetonionT.
Royal umbers
before, the Court had judicious] evenings
borne House, so that treason coo' not even have the
satisfaction of peeping at royalty overshn the chevartx de
were
Palace.
frieze of Buckingham
P-wind"is
barricaded by their customaryshutters,b and ci-
vilians paraded the different streets the
staves and wearing the armlets a the special
constabulary. Occasionally an adventurous omnibus
or a speculative cab straggled along the p
p rinci al
thoroughfares—but otherwise the carriage ways Were
unobstructed, and gave ample space to the more in-
quisitive pedestrians. Citywards, and in the direc-
tion of Westminster, the capital presented the ap-
pearance of a place stricken either by plague, panic,
or bombardment. And all this commotion arose
from the proposition of a Monater Procession in
favour of Chartism—a procession which was to be

the bearer of a petition, signed by 5,706,000 persons,
from liennington•common to the very doors of
Parliament. In ordinary times we doubt nit
but that the delegates of the National Con-
vention would have been permitted to carry
their whim into execution, inconvenient as
such a demonstration must inevitably have been to
the more peaceable shopkeepers of the metropolis.

At such an extraordinary juncture as the present it
is not surprising, however, that the Government
should have at once resolved to prevent a proceeding
so imminently perilous, and that the loyal civilians
of Middlesex should simultaneously have determined
to co-operate themselves with the laudable exertions
of the Executive. As was explicitly shown in the
first prehibitive proclamation issued by the Police
Commissioners of Scotland-yard, the proposed move-
ment on the part of the associates of Mr. FEARGES
O'CONNOR was in direct contravention of the statute
13th CHARLES IL, sec. 1, cap. 5. It was, therefore, in
obedience to the law, and not in violation of the rights
of the multitude, that the Government arrived at the
determination to prevent the tumultuous assembling
of petitioners at Westminster. With this patriotic
resolution, the various regiments and troops of
artillery were concentrated in London, and the
ripened energies of the veteran Commander-in-Chief
directed to the suppression of an embryo rebellion.

It is almost a matter of humiliation to us, how-
ever, to remember the enormous force which reared

itself between the Convention and the Constitution.
The contrast was absolutely pitiable—the vast
strength opposed to the miniature weakness, and a
weakness, too, that actually melted away at
the mere mention of opposition. Those who observed
the braggart-banners of Kennington common, rolled
up and tucked under the arms of the standard-
bearers of Chartism—those who recognised those
standard-bearers skulking over the pavements of
London-bridge—those who saw the petition igno-
miniously conveyed to the House of Commons in a
cabriolet—must have almost lamented that efforts of
such extraordinary magnitude should have been
made for the purpose of quelling an insurrection,
which in character might literally be described as
vaporiform. Not that we would in any particular
cast derision upon the cause of Chartism, in conse-
quence of the pacific termination of the pro •
ceedings of yesterday, but that we would
hold up to continual obloquy and abhor-
rence those most crhninal and most contemptible
demagogues who would excite the people to sedition
for the sake of rendering themselves conspicuous,
and who would purchase notoriety even though it
was at the expense of bloodshed. It is because the
agitation in favour of Chartism has been disgraced
by the ravings of a few political iccendiaries that a
certain degree of odium has been reflected upon the
Chartists generally, and that the conduct of the
Honourable Gentleman the Member for Nottingham
has been regarded with an unnecessary degree of
suspicion. The course adopted yesterday by that
honourable representative is of itself sufficient to
show that the ambition of anarchy—that insanity
of legislation !—has neither obscured his patriotism,
nor dissipated his humanity, like that of his more
ignoble and less influential colleagues.
The discussion upon the second reading of the
Crown and Government Security Bill—a discussion
which happily followed immediately upon the pre-
sentation of the Chartist petition in the House of
Commons—formed an appropriate and patriotic, be-
cause loyal and constitutional, close to the occur-
rences of yesterday evening. The unutterable scorn
and indignation with which Parliament listened to
the seditious language of Mr. WILLIAM SMITH
O'BRIEN, language which that gentleman
had the temerity, not to say the indecency,
to utter in the very presence of the SPEAKER—the
acclamations which greeted Sir GEORGE GREY when
he eulogised the majestic policy of LAMARTINE, and
invoked the loyalty of the population of these islands
towards the person of her Britannic Maanyri—the
contempt with which Mr. HUME repudiated the
notion of an insurrectionary outbreak against the
SOVEREIGN, and the felicitous derision cast upon the
morbid aspirants for distinction by the voice of the
SOLICITOR GENERAL—formed together a fitting ter-
mination to the sedate enthusiasm of yesterday.
Altogether the 10th of April, 1848, will be worthily
remembered as a warning to anarchists and as a
triumph to patriotism.

The revolutionary movement throughout Europe is
assuming a more pacific character. Hostilities are
ahnost invariably deprecated, and in a few instances
the people have preferred to reinstate their old
Governments in a modified form, rather than to retain
the authority in their own hands. We are far, how-
ever, from inferring from these facts that an anti-
revolutionary spirit is prevailing, or that a general
reaction is taking place. On the contrary, we are
disposed to consider these events as having a more
important and more satisfactory significance. They
bear witness that in their simultaneous insurrections
the various insurgent nations were not incited by a
paltry ambition for notoriety, nor by a puerile desire
of possessing themselves of the insignia of authority.
Their ambition was to assert and establish their un-
doub!ed rights, and to obtain the enjoyment of
liberal institutions ; but, at the same time, their
desire was to establish those claims, if possible,
without any tumult or bloodshed whatsoever, and to
maintain public order and tranquillity. Happily this
laudable ambition has been in a great measure realised ;
these desirable results have been very generally
obtained. Recent accounts from France are most
encouraging. More especially are we rejoiced to
find that the Provisional Government have ventured to
redress a most intolerable grievance, and to perform
an act of common justice towards ourselves. Foreign
workmen have been declared to be henceforth under
the protection of the Government and of the honour
of the French people. We are peculiarly rejoiced
at this declaration, because their conduct towards
the English operatives has been constituted one
of the chief blots on the almost immaculate
character of the new Government of France.
It was an act of hostility which our
earnest sympathies and anxieties for the welfare of
France had not merited at their hands—the whole
tenor of the conduct of the new French Government
producing an earnest desire for peace, and especially
peace with England. To this desire the English
people have heartily responded ; nevertheless the ex-
pulsion of their fellow-countrymen by the French
induced the English to doubt the sincerity of the
protestations of the French
Government—that
et
ix,pe to all u n was, in
fa"
pacific den;aonnotaaltiasatraons of M. DE
id ',MARTINE. But that
emphatic nega-
the
action is now at an end. The insulotuosfferceodutroseEngo-f
c onfiilea Theby
land is repaired by its voluntary
are cessation.
English workmen now in France
the Government to the honour of the French
ple ; the Government consider themselves resp Pen.
ble for their protection. All further revolutionary "sl-
tendencies are at an end in Paris, the authority of the is stabilitated, and the Provisional
the
Ministers are proceeding to exert their due influence
in promoting the welfare, and, as in this instance,
elevating the character of the people.

In Prussia the revolution is, apparently, over,.d I
but its effects are becoming more developed
extended. The conduct of the regenerated &no.
vernment is said to diffu3e the most general satis-
faction. The movements of the various kingdoms
of Italy are of a very uncertain character. Liberal
institutions are daily gaining ground through-
out all Italy, but the form of government which
each individual state may ultimately adopt is as yet
undecided. The Italians seem divided be-
tween an anxiety to assert their national
liberties and a desire of avoiding anarchy and dis-
turbance. For example, a letter from Chambery
gives the following extraordinary account of pro-
ceedings at Savoy :—" Events succeed each other
here with astounding rapidity. We were yesterday
wu republicansh and to-day we hare again become what
.e been so lung. The republic has not lived
more tllan twenty-four hours in Savoy." In like
nannerXeniee,
after establishing a republic, annulled
that decision,
;resholved to wait and watch the
T
progress of events.
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so far satisfactory in s
real
people to be
wishes of the
liberty. Their
conservators
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Lombardy, however, t is
nocfcaspieoanceed by their ib
one by too strenuously promoting
endangering the
here is no such indecision.

Liberty at any cost is the demand of the Milanese,
and peace is, for a time, banished from northern
Italy. In the southern portion of the Peninsula the
POPE still pursues his liberal and beneficient career.
It is rumoured that he has consented to the expulsion
of the Jesuits from Rome, if not to their entire dis-
persion. If this rumour be correct, while it may
afford matter of rejoicing for political reasons,
yet certain reminiscences connected with the Society
of Jasus must render its dismemberment a matter of
regret. Those, for example, who are familiar with
the history of its founder, a history enthralling even
to those who differ from its creed, because it
portrays genius and enthusiasm sublimated by
sanctity, it constitutes a chapter of the chivalry of
Christianity. Those who are familiar with the history
of its founder, and the high inspirations under
which it was first established, cannot fail, on this 2c-
count, to regret the dispersion of the Society of the
Jesuits, even though for other reasons such an event
may be much to be desired. But, whether this
particular report be correct or not, it is certain that
Puts is persevering in his laudable endeavours, and
animated by his example and his influence there is
little occasion to fear for the ultimate emancipation
of all Italy. The epitome of foreign intelligence
is not now so crowded with startling events as it
was a few weeks back, but it is equally or perhaps even
more satisfactory. For it is not of revolutions and
insurrections that we desire to hear, but of the
steady progress of liberty and unity among nations,
which, as LAMARTINE has truthfully declared, is far
more powerfully advanced by peaceful means and
moral influence, than by pitched battles.

Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived.
Many of the persons arrested since the emeute of
the 6th March have been set at liberty. A strange
rumour has been in circulation in Madrid, that
CHRISTINA, alarmed at the progress of republicanism,
has entered into negotiations with the Carlists, and
had proposed that Queen ISABELLA should be di-
vorced from her husband, and should be married to
the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, who, in that case, was
to be avlthowledged as King of SPAIN in his own
right.
The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIBE were
very coldly received at Vittoria.
The Ministers have, it is said, discovered a plot, set
on foot by French agents, to produce a movement in
the Basque Provinces, with a view to their incorpo-
ration with France.

MADRID 80x.5.&, Aram 4.—The Three per Cents.,
22 ; Five per Cents., 13k. Exchange on London,
43.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS.

We have received the French papers of yesterday.
It is expected that the Maniteur will shortly con-
tain decrees by which the Provisional Government
will take into its own hands the management of the
railways and of the Bank of France.
Reinforcements are being daily marched off to the
army of the Alps.
The National publishes a list of candidates for the
National Assembly, proposed to the army and navy
by the Central Committee of Paris.
Everything was quiet at Lyons according to the
last accounts.

The Siècle has an article urging the French Go-
vernment to seize the maritime provinces of Austria
in Italy.
The Moniteur publishes a decree appointing entre-
pots at Bordeaux, Rochelle, Rochefort, Colmar,
Nlulhausen, and Rethel for the reception of bonded
merchandise under the new plan adopted by the
Government, for the purpose of giving facilities to
merchants wishing to deposit goods in these depots
to transfer the goods on simple endorsement of the
receipts.
The Moniteur also publishes additional instructions
to the commissaries in the departments, relative to
the general election, but they contain nothing poli-
tical, and have mere reference to the way in which
the ballot is to be taken.

It also contains a decree issued by the Minister of
the Interior regulating the uniform of the National
Guards both of Paris and the municipalities.
M. LEDRU RoLLIN has appointed four inspectors
attached to the direction of the National Museums,
for the purpose of restoring to those establishments
all objects of art " widely disseminated in the resi•
dences ci-devant Royal, and in any other edifice,"
and also for the purpose of uniting the museums ex-
isting in the departments with the central museum.
The following is from the Democratic Pacifique

" In some quarters of Paris a great number of tri
coloured flags have been hung out of the windows
Why so ? Because the tenants, refusing to pay the
quarter falling due in April, have forced their landlords
to give them a receipt without being paid. Many land-
lords were disposed to remit a• part or even the totality
of the quarter's rent to their tenants, who found them-
selves in difficulties. But moat generally it is those
tenants who are least in want who have excited their
neigiabours, and dragged them into this turbulent coa.
litiott.

'• We confine ourselves to demanding from the tenants
who du not pay to use some other flag, if they wish to
celebrate their exploits. That flag is not intended to
shelter sets of violence behind its glorious folds."
The Legitimatists are, it is said, creating disorders
in the French provinces for the purpose of endea-
vouring to bring about the restoration of the Due DE
BORDEAUX.

In the neighbourhood of Paris " bands of vaga-
bonds" were attacking all the corn-mills, and com-
pelling the owners to discontinue their works—a
proceeding which was charged to the account of the
Legitimatists. In the southern departments further
demonstrations of that party have taken place. At
Besancon also disorders have occurred. In the city
just named the Commissioners of the Government
were compelled to withdraw by the populace, aided
by a portion of the municipal authorities and a por-
tion of the National Guard.

The situation of Bordeaux would appear to be par-
ticularly serious. M. CLEMENT THOMAS, the
newly-elected Colonel of the Ist Legion of the Pari-
sian National Guard, has been appointed Co►nrniaeaire
Extraordinaire of Government to the city of Bor-
deaux (of which he is a native), in the hope that hi.
would be able to calm the effervescence that prevails
there.

Some slight disturbances took place yesterday at
Versailles. A parcel of poachers from Paris made
their way into the park in the day, and coolly pre-
pared to drag the ponds for fish, with which they are
plentifully stocked. The keepers immediately mus-
tered to prevent this robbery, but the fellows resisted,
and the National Guard had to be called out. At
length they were driven out of the park, the gates 01
which were closed. They, however, threatened to
return with the Paris mob at their heels to burn the
palace, a threat the accomplishment of which was
thought so probable that the National Guard remained
on duty all night in the palace. By the last accounts,
however, they had not yet made their appearance, and
the excitement created by the affair was subsiding.
M. DE RUMIGNY, one of the two of Louis
PHILIPPE'S Aides-de-Camp, who followed him into
exile, returned to Paris two days ago.
Three of the Bonaparte family are now candi-
dates in Corsica, for seats in the National Assembly
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tinailsatlrisemaieoddther hand, Bank of France S:e ares
advanced 4f., the former closing at 581., and the hitterg
diaffve falleu 30t., closing at 960 f. The cause of these
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the Provisional Government of absorbing the ]sank
of France (such is the term in use), and couveirting
it Into a `•Banque Nati,litile," have been se fling
their shares and investing the proceeds in Fr inch
Bente ; hence the fall in the one and the advance in
the other. Something of this kind had undoubt-
edly taken place, but the decline in the Bank
Shares is far smaller, in comparison, than the rise in the
Fives and Threes; also railways have advanced, and nu
one supposes that the st.ll..rs of Bank Shares have been
making purchases in them; hence the inference is, than firmness in the R. rite cannot be altogether attributed
to the cause thus assigned; it is probably, in part, one of
those changes which 50metitnes take place at the Bourse,
no one can say why. Buns du Ti6sor were nominally
at 43 per ct nt. loss, but nothing was done in them; Bel-
gian Fives (1840) closed at 56f. or 2if. higher; Obliga.•
tions do la Villa are lot. lower, at 865 t. In Railway
Shares the advance has been general. Rouen 15f. at
3001: Havre 15f. at 160 f., Marseilles 12f. 50c. at 180 f.,
Orleans 10f. at 420 r., Bordeaux 70f. 50c. at 3901.,
Northern 6f. 25c. at 316 t. 25c., Lyons sf. at 305 f.,
Strasburg It: 25c. at 33it: 75c. French gold is at not

more than 60f.; change for the I,OOOE about 151.; the
sovertign at 26r.; the English Bank-note at 25'. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. APRIL 10.
Boulogne and Amiens, s—Sambre and Meuse, 4%.