The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

NA VAL IN TE LLIGENCE.

commodore is deemed an officer sufficiently important to
fulfil the onerous task. We do not make these remarks in
disparagement of Commodore Collier's qualifications to per-
form all the duties demanded of him in his official capacity ;
we know him to be well qualified in every respect for the
post conferred upon him, but we object to the appointment
az inconsistent, end as an affront to every other active flag-
officer upon the Navy List. Commodore Collier is already
in possession of a lucrative and distinguished appointment
as superintendent of Woolwich dockyard. Why, then should
he be taken away from that to go to sea, when there are so
many other deserving men to whom the appointment of com-
mander-in-chief of the experimental squadron would be not
only a just compliment and tribute to their acknowledged
talents and efficiency, but also a welcome pecunia
We know that precedent may be urged in favour of Comm'Cboo mo-
dore Collier's appointment (to wit—Rear-Admirals Pym and
Parker were taken away from their respective dockyard com-
mands_ last summer to go to sea with the experimental
squadron of 1845), but that will not answer the charge of
inconsistency. In fact, it renders its truth more apparent,
as we well know Rear-Admiral Parker was confined to hin
cabin with gout nearly the whole time he was in the St.
Vincent, and his successor reported the best ship of the
squadron as " leewardly and crank I" With the appoint-
ment of Captain Sir J. J. G. Bremer we are sure every one
would be perfectly satisfied. He commanded the Bermuda
and Royalist in 1812-13, and captured several privateers, and
was actively employed on the north coast of Spain, particu-
larly at the defence of Castro. In the latter sloop, in com-
pany with the Scylla, he fought the French frigate Weser,
of 40 guns. He was also Commander-in-Chief with a broad
pendant, in the Wellesley, in the operations on the coast of
China, including the capture of the Bogue forts and Canton
in 1841.
Captain Sir Richard Grant, of the St. Vincent, 120, was
sent for by electric telegraph yesterday to attend at the Ad-
miralty this morning.
The Retribution steam-frigate has landed all her guns,
and about 400 tons of dead weight, in order to lighten her
sufficiently for floating over the coping stones at the entrance
to the basin to get her into dock. Her rudder, too, his been
unshipped, as her length would otherwise have prevented her
getting in. Having made every preparation she hauled off
from the jetty last evening alongside the Blake hulk, to
await a favourable tide.
The Contest new 12-gun brig was taken ont of dock yes-
terday, coppered.
The Nautilus, 10, Lientenant•Commander Macdonnell,
sailed this morning to resume her station off the Sussex coast.
to protect the fisheries.
The Lively navy-lighter shipped the effects of Captain
Moubray, late of the Victory, yesterday, and sailed with
them for Greenwich this morning.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant. Commander Prety-
man, left yesterday morning for Plymouth, taking supernu-
meraries, and the dispatches, parcels, letters, and supernume-
raries which had been previously put on board the Electra
14, Commander Maitland, for the coast of Africa squadron,
which she transfers to the Wanderer, 12, at Plymouth, the
destination of the Electra haying been changed from the
coo.t of Africa to the Pacific station.
The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, was at Monte Video on
the 3d of January. Movements uncertain.
Lieutenant J. H. Shairp (1844),-Who was midshipman of
the Speedwell at the capture of L'Aigle slave brig, of greatly
superior force, in the West Indies, in 1831, is appointed to
the Belleisle troop ship at Devonport.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., embarked her
marines yesterday morning. She has since taken on board
her powder, &c., and is ready for sea.
The Childere, 14, Commander Pitman, is nearly ready for
sea, and will go out to Spithead in a few days.
The Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, is ordered to
be ready for sea by Monday.
The Mercury tender returned from Plymouth on Wednes-
day, and the Rochester navy lighter sailed for that port on
the same day with victualling stores.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliot, was paid off yesterday.
She is expected to be recommissioned to join the experi-
mental squadron.

REMARKABLE LOCAL ANNIVERSARY.—OD Saturday
ast, the 11th of April, just sixty years had elapsed since the
frill of the western portion of Hereford Cathedral. It occurred
on Easter
ell.
iihyBai6dd,
rabenecedonl
iseocmt
expected,irecollection
n opersonsfhteh eenyboe building itl livingd li o r being‘%someit-
tnien,;seednaiend"rcetuar
girded
i)eidnaruwdnoaoedlf‘,rs
boys
stwowei
e,srsarutse(cmtlahvibetni etridigan
crumbling
lltwliaai
tkcthoeefeooaiwg-if
pahtslitoieeeeicie,d,raaoi
n)tf security
alas,i tiauntlhnwaadaelpaer.
ersr,
curiousltpile -ene hap-
pened
dot‘o'. et
br)le s severaleoAel old nihimleidi eni
bread. The juvenile spectators speedily scampered away, King-street and Broad-street were immediately
smothered in dust, which also extended to the Castle-green,
enveloping the few promenaders at that delightful spot.
When the cloud had subsided, boys waded up to their knees
in the rubbish, and it was curious to witness their search
after curiosities. At the same time cock-fighting and other
like elegant amusements were going on upon Widemarsh-
common. The year 1846 witnesses the restoration of the
Lady Chapel and the rest of the venerableedifice, and for
cock-fighting we have the useful recreations of the land-
al lotmen t system and the pursuits of science and literature.--
Hereford Paper.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICIL APRIL 17.—The
officers of the Royal Artillery gave a grand ball at their
splendid mess-room in the barracks, last night, in celebration
of the recent extensive promotions. The mess-room was
fitted up in a style of great splendour, and tickets were issued
to nearly 800 persons, including the officers of the Royal
Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Marines, and a few of the
leading gentry of the town and its vicTiniiotN._on
y.The ballThtl wass
opened a little after
c Il past
fivetenAßl in theL
T Aoß'cl o'clock, km;
xoasrnnTdilll
Tg.
u dancing kept up with
dgary"DeutVresepnißriiiEltgßti,si a 'l
special general meeting of the members and
friends of the above Institution took place at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Mr. J. Sharp, in the chair, for the purpose
loCconfirming resolutions passed at a previous' special meeting.
The chief objects under discussion were as to whether the
fancy fair, on the 30th of June and lit of July, should be
held at Walham-green (the almshouses)
gbylcailllganaryd,enwse,ualsalabset 3m'eaers.t The
or ai t the t
was
deemedZ o o 1 o -
hand, it was considered, by profitable ; but, en the other
that,
the asylum at Walhatn-green, ninladnuycinagubpsarlesertOs
were
gained. The question having been put to the vote, it
was decided by show of hands, that the fancy fair for this
year should take place at the Almshouses, at W lham
Some other routine business having been a
n disposedortt
meeting broke up.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—IMPORTANT
RZDUCTION Lee THE CARRIAGE OF GOOD,. —We have to
congratulate our fellow-townsmen on another important re-
duction which has just been made by the directors of the
London and Birmingham Railway Company, in their rate for
goods from Birmingham to London. We understand that
the charge for the conveyance of hardware and manufac-
tured goods for any distance over fifty miles is now reduced
to 2d. per ton per mile, including locomotive power, and All
charges except for collecting and delivery. We are also in-
formed that the company intend, by a Bill which they have
now before Parliament, to propose this as the maxima's rate
which they shall have the power of charging. The follow-
ing statement will afford some idea of the effect of a reduc-
tion in charges on the carriage of goods by railway. It ap-
pears that in the quarter ending December, 1844, the qu_iFi.-
tity of goods carried on the London and Birming!2ana line
corresponding quarter ending December, 1845 (a
was 85,520 tons, the receipts for which were 44,824 i.
interval), the
reduc-
tion having taken place in the charges in the
increase of
quantity carried was 129,560 tone, beinglarge nth e
ton-
nage during the latter quarter the receipts were wto answer the in-
creasedor an increase of 6,6601., scarcely sufficient 44,040 tons on the quarter, but in respect of
amount of business
ereathoenenlytsizo
'd of Thui ea '
NATIONAL DEBT.—Thuisiay a Parliamentary paper
expenses attendiag
relating to the National
printed, containing accounts
was It appears that savings'-banks
done.—From the .Midland COth:liel: Irrg eergi 3.
Debt and Savings'-banks.
and friendly
periodseci
etietsocotmhem2eontchedofonNtohvee6mthbeorflAasutgasthte,
grlBolsa7,
from which
caomuonutn to
fo fssauvr
negsr,..ecbeianvkesd
wa nads
4c r9e,2d7it6e,ds7%6withl6i.n.tei rdu.
,t
and on a-
count
of friendly societies 2,709,301/. 6s. Id.; making a
total of 51,985,8781.25. sd. An account is given of the stock
last the amount of stock
*standing in the names of _,__
purchased and the money paid. On the 20th of Nttoeverncom.
missioners on account of savings'-banks and frier.24l.7' mill;
was 32,388,6431. 19s. 4d., besides Exchequer-bill
mete and on the
savings'-banks were established in Seprstena
bad purchased stock
sth of January last the Commissioners
as deposits from soldiers
is.At o'er Easter fair, on Mon.
chAeeseitched did not quite amount to
f.,riztohmemsEtro
e11:14,93. 4ind.,a
day, the quantity of
nd during the early part of the day
hvaevryinsgh rac
orteipevertdl.4,B944 Is. lid.
the general *verge,
Toawards its close, however and on the
the eels was
dui considerable clearance was effected :—Best old
at 645. to 745.; good white, 58s. to 64a.; in-
ferior d halfskim, 425. to 545.; skim, 21s. to 365. In the
ferior an
t the supply of sheep and lambs was small, and
great prices were demanded and obtained; as was the case in
the liaise fair. Every department, indeed, was alike cbarac-
wind by (laicism and dame&
bite was
stocksewndm day,ar k
soalir

I THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRONS.
PoirrsmourK, FRIDAY.—We are informed that Commo-
dore Sir Francis Collier, K.C.8., Snperintendent of Wool-
wich Dockyard, has received his appointment to command
the squadron of line-of-battle ships in the forthcoming cruise,
and that Captain Sir James John Gorden Bremer (1814),
who an rree vciaspi oanb
loef
and ti ,e
who list
KOJI., wit] 11,)ist a eomiiiodore's broad
.endanSLalld. ----
take the command of 'lst
steam squaiffifir" it—iii—certainly
rleisitn soaka a
bpileaocfe,seirrn
ionrgdtehretior
country longer, when we see an officer taken from his com-
mand of an important arsenal and put in command of a fleet,
dbeigfihnetin
from which it would be but reasonable to infer that Commo-
dore Collier is the only officer upon the nary list, contain-
ing upwards of 150 flag-officers, capable of taking the tem-
porary command of a squadron for a cruise of exercise.
Where the necessity can exist for maintaining 150 admirals
at the country's expense after this we cannot imagine.
It would seem, toe, that while experimental squadrons
increase in power they decrease in importance, as here-
the command, but now a
tofore a rear-admiral has had

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP
IN PORT ; or, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs.
Nroderteks. Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie, Starle, Burton ;
XisaVincent, Mies Terry, &c.
'after which, THE BM I)E' JOURNEY; or, the Escapes of
4444411 of resden. In which Miss Vincent will perform.
To cementite with THE WRITE CROSS KNIGEIT.

ENTIRE 'euZ"W STRAND THEATRE.
FAN
AND MkUIC EFFECTS.
Litt
sete est la sante de lame,
" La. gal .
M.
T.lnttivpz
teur.iit.tesse en est le poison."
the Triumphant Succe,iii that 1? announ-e that, in consequence of
tended his EASTER ENTER-
TAT MENTS, they Rill be repeated
N 1..,!,,1 until further notice.
and Saturday Morning. and every"Lnrery Monday, Wednesday,
This Ev
traairent by Lighting
'M. PHILLTPPE will commence the F.
pistol shot I
;,pnerparnrted by
TWO Hundred and Fifty WAX Li/lA.lles
This mitre and brilliant Experiment was nrigi„TV
=ecutive, night4,—
Mons. Phillippe for upward, of 700 con
M. PhillipPo will also have the honer of introducing iip.,
GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all to la..ghable and sapid Trani_
formations.
The Enaintneate will be vatled y the Dan c.ng of the
CHIARIN I tert
FAMILY. and the 04mpieb i Gamboli of the AME.
RICAiq BRO CHERS.
The Morning Performance wi:l,ontalinice at Two o'clock ; the
Evening at a quarter to Eight_
Stalls, 35.; Roses, 2+.; ri:, ii. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr vote Boxes,
- It. Is., and 10s. 6d.

IT HE W )r,FICE, APRIL 18.
TRZRMuMETER, Lowest, 45; Iligheit. 59; Noon, 50.

BAROMETER, 29.95.
WND N.N.W.; morning, rain: afternoon, fine.

lj(n WATII.at AT LONIiON-B1111)01: THUD DAY.
Yarning 24 minutes attar 8. i Evenlng .. minutes after 9,

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against any dangerous revulsion. The death of this
Sovereign would certainly have these effects, but we
are not inclined to think that it could have any other
material influence upon the political state of the world.
The Republican party in France, at one time the most
numerous, excepting that which preferred the Orleans
dynasty, and certainly the most dangerous to the peace
and security of society, has fallen off much within the
last few years. The disgraceful events which have dis-
tinguished the great republic in America, the insolvency
of many states able to pay all their debts, and from
whose disregard to every principle of honour and good
faith France has suffered severely ; the want
on the part of the Executive of all control
over the populace, as well as the State Legislatures ;
the insolent manner in which the demand of a million
sterling was enforced upon the French Chambers, added
to the -senseless and destructive dissensions which have
prevailed in a neighbouring republic, have done much to
dispel the beautiful visions cherished in 1830, and to
raise in public estimation a representative Government,
guided with moderation by a constitutional and limited
monarch. The Bonapartists are extinct, thanks to the
absolute folly of the state prisoner at Ham; so are
the Bourbonists. TRIERS and his party may
still dream about the boundaries of the Rhine,
but that object is not to be obtained with-
out many victories and the compulsion of the great
European powers. What was done in the early
days of the French Republic, and during the reign
of BONAPARTE, it is said may be done again ; Belgium
would at once throw itself into the arms of France ;
Holland could be overrun a second time, and a few
great battles on the Danube and the Vistula would
bring Austria and Prussia, and perhaps also Ru-sia to
terms. Circum.eances, however, are much changed
since 1793. France then was very generally re-
garded as a model for other discontented and
misgoverned states. Her armies at first were
welcomed as messengers of freedom, and Germans
of almost every denomination except those in power
looked with complacency rather than fear at the pro
gress of the French arms. They have since that period
learned what French liberty means; and such horror
did the tyranny, the robberies, and the insolence of Bo-
NAPARTE and his myrmidons create throughout every
state, and kingdom, and empire to the east of the Rhine,
that any attempt on the part of France to re-establish
her dominion in. Germany would be resisted to
the death by the people as well as their rulers.
It would be impossible to obliterate from the
minds of the Prussians the fearful recollections of that
gelling yoke, of that system of military despotism
which weighed mere or less upon every country and
every nation, but which they were made to feel with
tenfold more force than even their bumbled and afflicted
neighbours. But, passing over the atrocious treat-
ment to which the successors of the Great FREDERICK
and his gallant ccmpanions in arms were sub-
jected, the general system adopted by this
merciless conqueror of the nineteenth century was
such as to alienate from France every sentiment of
regard and allegiance. It was absolutely a reign
of terror. It spared neither the conquerors nor the
conquered. His system literally carried into practice
in the zenith of his power was to throw enormous
masses into an enemy's country, without magazines,
without tents, without means of transport, without
hospitals, to depend entirely upon forced requisition and
marauding, shooting those who resisted or in any way
thwarted his despotic will ; and it was equally a part of
the system, a matter of arithmetical calculation, to ob-
tain his object at the cost of one-half of the conscripts
dragged, like felons, from their home to fill up his plun-
dering cohorts. One of his own generals has admitted
these facts. " Our countless armies," says General For,
"by their mere passage destroyed in a few hours the
resources of a whole country. They generally bivou-
acked, and where they happened to halt, our soldiers
demolished houses that had stood for a century, in order
to construct with their materials those long uniform
villages which were frequently destined to last hut for
a day or two. Where forest timber was not at hand
fruit-trees of the most valuable kind, such as the olive'
mulberry, and orange trees, were felled for fuel ; had our
soldiers waited for supplies, till the a dministration of
the army served them with rations, they might have
starved." ATTILA, the " Scourge of GOD," did not
create half so much misery and ruin as this " man of the
age." Can the Germans ever forget such scenes, or
permit, but with their death, the march of French
troops through their territory ? There are, besides,
other material points to be talt,,n into account. Al-
giers requires an army of at least 150.000 men. That
number, in the event of a continental war, would
not suffice ; and supposing that costly appendage given
up, what sort of an army would be let loose upon
Europe?—men ieurea to cruelty, glorying in rendes and
plunder of the worst description, and allowed by their
officers, nay, by the Commander-in-Chief himself, to
commit crimes which are a disgrace to the age, and
which have roused the indignation of all France. Would
the Russians welcome these as allies in compelling their
Sovereign to keep his word and grant them a constitu-
tion ? Would they be more welcome in Bavaria, or
Saxony, or even in Lombardy, where the dull, mo-
notonous, and modified absolutism of Austria has
become supportable ? But it is needless to dilate
turther on the small chances of success which
the enemies of the present French dynasty could have
in obtaining any one useful object in exciting France
against the rest of Europe. They are palpable to every
common observer, and are the best security that the
assassination of Louis PHILIPPE would make no mate-
rial change in the destinies of Europe. Using the
words of M. THIERS, with the necessary alterations as
applied to the Queen of ENGLAND, " His life is precious
to all ; and if fate, jealous of such proofs of prosperity
in France, should strike this aged Prince, his death
would eat:se profound regret—it would be a subject of
alarm to none."

Our worst fears as to the upshot of last evening's dis-
cussion upon the adjourned debate have been roost mi-
serably realised. The opposition of the Irish Members
to a mere first reading of a Bill for the Protection of
Life in Ireland continues, if possible, with more intole-
rant, unrelenting, and unaccountable virulence than
heretofore. From the procastinatiun of public busi-
ness consequent upon this opposition, we think
the parties in question are culpable beycnd
measure ; but for the increase of woes which
the delay must " per necessitate" entail upon their
fellow-countrymen they will be most grievously respon-
sible. What, however, is the precise nature of their
conduct ? They actually retard the introduction of such
proceedings on the part of Government as would apply
an instantaneous remedy to the evils at present devastat-
ing the population of Ireland, and they do this by an
intolerably fractious opposition. Ye,,, we cannot but
repeat it, the obstacles raised by the Irish Members in
the course of this discussion are dictated by a spirit of
absoluteinconsistercy and animated by feelings of the most
frivolous antagonism. That such is actually the case is
demonstrable by two questions. Do the Honourable
Gentlemen dread the consequences of such a Bill being
permitted to pass the first reading ? They cannot ;
the supposition is preposterous. Would there not be
ample opportunity for analysing its clauses and pro-
testing against its influence, upon the second reading—
in Committee—at the final stage of the enactments ?
Looking diepassienately at these facts, every one must
acknowledge that the promoters of this opposi ion are
i,.excueably captious ; and when we hear them announcing
their anxiety for the atnelioratien of the want experi-
enced across St. George's Chance I, and behold at the
same moment the terrible addition of poignancy which
must accompany those privations in consequence of
that same opposition, we cannot but accuse them of the
V;thc'y may consider as productive of a great re
ssest
inconsistency. Declamation against anything
na-
tional grievance is reasonabte
patriotic. But let that is alldeclamation
wbe .able,
ed at
the right time—let it tend, is noble,
is
if such b© possible,
to modify the operation of
- the enactment,
or even to cause its expulsion f"ora Parliam • ent' Let it
hot, however, in GOD'S name, interfere between a
people racked with the mad agonies of hunger and the
provisions by which that hunger might be allayed ; let
It not assume to itself an exclusive sympathy for the su-
ferers at the very instant it is the chief cause of the con-
tinuance and enhancement of their sorrows ; let it not,
with a mock aspect of susceptibility, place itself
as
a barrier between a population already goaded to des-
peration by a dearth of food and the means
by which the deficiency might be supplied ! Possibly
they would arrogate to themselves a certain commenda-
tion for patriotism on the score of their present pro-
ceedings. Patriotism, indeed ! a wrangling perti-
nacity upon a were question of conventionalities be pa-
triotism, then are they entitled to that amount of praise.
I Not otherwise ; as far at least as the present discussion is
' concerned. Does any one question the justice of this
declaration? Let him take a more comprehensive survey
of the matter. Here is Ireland afflicted with a triple scourge
—famine, contagion, and organised murder. Every
additional scrap of intelligence only adds another to the
previous instances of calamity from one or other of these
!I•efidful visitations. From Clonmel, where sacks of
it air were actually torn from their military escort by a
infuriated and reckless from extreme starvation,
ee, learn that the insurgoets dared thy' muskets of thp
soldiers, with the exclamation that " they might as well
be shot as starved I" while the Dublin Evening'

Post informs us that the town of Carrick-on-
Suir has been utterly rifled of its provisions by the
peasantry, the meal stores pillaged, the shops cleared of
their contents en masse, and that the town was, to em-
ploy the writer's expression, " just as if it had been sacked
by an army of Seikhs!" Yet it is for the benefit of this
population that the Irish Members are now compelling
Parliament to fritter away its time and energies
over a point of mere formality, instead of
combining with Government in forwarding such
schemes as would be most likely to alleviate
the real exigencies of their countrymen. Is not that a
second-hand species of legislative patriotism ? We think
so. But to analyse the matter still further :—What is
the object of Government in introducing the so-called
Coercion Bill ? Why, as the real heading of that Bill
indicates, for the protection of life in Ireland, the punish-
ment of agrarian marauders, and the suppression
of the most demoralising, the most bloodthirsty, the
most diabolical secret associations. That is a laudable
object, besides being a duty absolutely incumbent
upon the Legislature. But the next inquiry is,
can any reliance be placed upon the sincerity of the
Nlini:terial sentiments towards Ireland ? This is readily
perceivable from the measures already taken by Go-
vernment in her behalf. Those measures, scanning
them in retrospect, and coupling them with the engage-
ments already made, and the intentions already ex-
pressed by different member% of the Cabinet, testify the
utmost sympathy for Irish suffering, and the utmost
activity for its removal. Most of the Ministerial fluc-
tuations, most of the great commercial innovations by
which a strong " party" has been dispersed, hinge
chiefly upon the anxiety of Ministers for the bene-
fit of Ireland. All questions having reference to
her affairs have had precedence in the present session
—grants have been extended—and Indian corn, together
with American oatmeal, has been specially imported
for the consumption of her inhabitants. Mr. (non-
NELL himself has acknowledged the efforts made by
Government in behalf of his unfortunate country ; he
expressed his gratitude towards Sir ROBERT PEEL only
a few days since in Conciliation Hall ; and last night
he declared that " the Government had shown the
best intentions on this subject (namely, the allevia-
tion of Irish distress), and had successfully vindi-
cated itself from the charges preferred against
Besides which the Home Secretary announced his inten-
tion, " at a future period of the session, to apply to Par-
liament with cenfiC.ence for any advance which might be
necessary beyond the amount now specified in the Public
Works Act " And another circumstance which trans-
pired simultaneously, though in another quart-r, is the
recent departure of the Rhadamanthus steamer with 2.000
barrels of Indian corn, for the ports of Ireland. These
are the grounds for crediting the sincerity with which
the Ministry are actuated towards Ireland, and the in-
tegrity of motive which has caused the introduction
of the C etrcion Bill. As to the merits of that Bill it-
self, or the propriety of its application to a people
already infuriated by the stress of disease, hunger, and
eviction, we have already observed, and will here repeat
our observation, that the first reading is not the time in
which these questions should be mooted. We are in-
fluenced solely in these remarks by an earnest
anxiety that the dread shadows of famine, and her
sisterhood, may be exorcised out of Ireland, by
the application of judicious and speedy remedies. We
have no particular affection for the Coercion Bill; it
carries with it no prestige in our eyes. indeed we care
not one straw if it be never revived aft,r the first read-
ing. But earnestly and solemnly we conjure the Irish
representatives to meditate Bell upon the course they
are at present pursuing almost in defiance of all prece-
dent ; we implore them to bear in recollection
the devastation already made in their native land by
dt arth and sickness, and the certainty there is of its ex-
tension unless interrupted; and with these facts before
their eyes to behold the fearful responsibilities which
devolve upon them in their Parliamentary capacity.
Unless they view the matter in this rational light, we
dread to dream of the consequences.

The proceedings of the meeting which was held on
Friday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of hear-
ing the statement of Lieutenant WAGHORN respecting
the advantages of the overland communication with In-
dia, and thence by that route to Australia and New
Zealand, will be read with great interest. Lieutenan G-
HORN proposes to go to Australia by way of Singapore,
and he divides the distance, 4,450 miles, into fourstages;
first, from Singapore to a port in Java ; thence to Port
Essenden, in Batavia ; thence to Wednesday Islands, in
Australia ; and thence to ?ort Jackson. A committee
was appointed to report and take evidence as to the
merits of the plan, which it was stated had met with the
approval of the Government. It is impossible
to estimate too highly the advantages, social,
national, and commercial, which must accrue both
to the colonies and to the mother country,
from the carrying out of the propositions of Lieutenant
W.sortynN. Ahvedy hag he brought, India within ~ne
month of England. It is owing to the exertions, the
almost unaided exertions, of Lieutenant WAGHORN that
we are aware of the successful termination of the cam-
paign on the Sutlej, at a time when, according to the
old system, we should have hardly received infor-
mation of its commencement. It was entirely owing
to his exertions that we were enabled to repair the
disasters of Caubal, for had there been no overland
mail, the summer—during which Sir GEORGE POLLOCK
made his advance and relieved SALE, and retook Caubul
and released the prisoners—would have elapsed before
the intelligence of the destruction of ELPHINSTONE'S
army could have reached England and orders have been
transmitted out to ll:dia, and the Affghans would have
had twelve months in which to concentrate and discipline
their forces. And what has been his reward for services
which are above all praise ? The Government have given
him the rank of a lieutenant in the navy—that is
absolutely all that has been done for him. Now this
is really disgraceful to us as a nation ; and we call
upon the Government to wipe out this disgrace
by recommending to her MAJESTY to bestow
upon Lieutenant WAGHORN some substantial mark of
favour. But if it is disgraceful to us as a nation
generally, still more deeply disgraceful is it to
the commercial body of the nation. That body has
derived immense pecuniary advantages from the facility
of communication with India, which has been
opened by Lieutenant WAGHORN, and as yet they
have not shown their gratitude to their benefactor
in a manner befitting either him or themselves. Still he
continues hiseareer of usefulness, and is now about to add
to the obligations under which he has laid his country by
opening for her a safe and speedy communication with
her magnificent Australian colonies. Should he succeed, he
may with truth say that he, too, like CANNING, has
called a new world i ito existence. But while
he does his fluty, let us not neglect eurs ; and it
is our bounden duty to present Lieutenant WAGHORN
with such a testimonial of our gratitude as shall be
worthy a great nation, and which, while it discharges
a small portion of the debt due to him from his
countrymen, shall, at the same time, act as a stimulus
to others to follow his example. For our own sakes we
should do this, and do it quickly, for there cannot be a
doubt but that our ungrat •ful neglect of the services of
Lieutenant WAGHORN has already operated as " a heavy
blow and a great discouragement" to enterprise in other
quarters.

It would appear from the 1, •llowing extract of a letter
from Naples, dated 31st ult., that the Empress of Ri:SaIA
and the Royal Family of Naples have had a narrow
escape :
" Yesterday the Royal Family accompanied its Russian
guests, with the exception of the Empress, to Caserta, in a
special train Ivy the railroad. At Castelnuovo, the first sta-
tion, the regular train came up, the conductors of which had
been duly warned, but from mismanagement or some other
cause, a shock was not. entirely avoided. The last carriage
being still upon the rail
was struck by the special train, and
some of the passengers in it were seriously hurt. The occu-
pants of the royal train escaped with only the fright, al-
thongh the windows were smashed and the wheels slightly
damaged. The carriag, was not driven off the rail. This is
the first accident that has happened on the Caserta Railroad.
The Queen and the Queen-Mother of Naples have been in-
vested by the Emperor of i
Russia with the insignia of the
Order of Sainte Catherine, richly set n diamonds. It is said
that two horses of colossal size are being cast in bronze at
St. Petersburgh, intended by the Emperor as presents to the
city of Naples."

The draft of the new constitution for the canton of
Berne is published in the Ami de la Constitution. It
proclaims the sovereignty of the people ; the right of
vote by all persons of goon character, who have attained
the a,z,e of 21, and reside in the canton ; and the power
of dismis.al of the members of the Grand Council by the
assemblies of the people.

A letter from Rogasen, in the Grand Duchy of Posen,lace
dated the Bth, states that doting a fire which took p
there on the 7th, the cry of "Kill the Jews and the
Germans," was raised by the Poles of the lower order,
who committed great excesses, and dangerously wounded
several Jews. The respectable inhabitants, however,
acted with great energy. The mob was dispersed, and
six l'oles were arrested.
'The Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Commissioners
held their second conference on the affairs of Poland on
the Bth, at Berlin. The nature of their deliberations
has not transpired.

The Royal Commissione!s, appointed by the King of
SwEncN :?m, up a new eon• i,i,ution, held their first
nagetilig ai.Stuckholm, on the 31st, under the presidency
of tive bliaister of Justice, and decided upon diridiug