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THE gribr, LONDON, TITURSDAY EVENINTG MARCH 19, I.R 'S

passages from Genesis or the Decalogue can be
perverted in their favour. They are days of
purely human invention. Even were it true that
the New Testament consecrated Sunday as the
Old Testament sanctifies Saturday, yet no one
will venture to tell us that the New Testament
says one word of Good Friday, or even of Easter
—the single passage where the word occurs in
our version being notoriously the rendering of a
word everywhere else translated Passover. All
pretext fur a Sabbatarian observance of Good
Friday and Christmas-day is therefore utterly
wanting. Indeed as we read our New
Testaments we find not a word of Chris-
tian anniversaries at all. We admit the
reasonable inference from several passages
that a weekly day was, in a certain sense, ob-
served ; that the Christians, before "or after ,the
hours of usual employment, did assemble for wor-
ship on the first day of the week, pursuing, for
the rest of the day, their ordinary avoca-
tions ; but of any other observance of days, and
weeks, and new moons, &c., the Gentile Chris-
tians were certainly innocent. Those who at-
tempted even fmolt innovations were sharply re-
buked for it by an Apostle.

There' s not, tyerefore, the shadow of ' a pre-
text for,depriling all Who don't adoPt particular
ecclesiaStical views, of their amusements on these
two holidays. Let those who feel the obligation
of abiding by the institutions of Episcopacy, or
any other denomination do so ; but if the State
interferes to secure a holiday, let it be a holiday.
Let the poor pent-up millions who have no eccle-
siastical scruples enjoy themselves to the full ;
espaially let every place which can mi-
nister to mental and bodily recreation
be opened without restraint. If a plea be
set up for indulgence to the servants in these
places of amusement, we can heartily listen to it ;
but we reply, give them their turn on other days
which are not leisure days to the great public.
The many would thus get the full benefit of their
holidays, while the few would not lose theirs.
Nothing, in fact, but ecclesiastical lordliness
stands in the way of Good Friday and Christmas-
day being perfect holidays to all who have no reli-
gious scruples respecting them.
But why not have more State holidays for
the million ? In Catholic countries, which are
charged with laxity in regard to Sunday, the
saints' days and holidays are much more numer-
ous than in Protestant communities, and afford
proportionate relief to the jaded sons of toil. In
the manufacturing districts there are some half-
dozen statute holidays, and with great physical
advantage to the people. In Manchester there
is the voluntary half-holiday on Saturday also.
Now, what city in the world can need such
relief more than the one in which we
write ? Nowhere in England, we might
say in Europe, perhaps in the world,
are there so many acres of streets covered by such
au atmosphere of smoke. Nowhere has the
seeker of recreation further to go for green fields
and a sight of the sky, and nowhere is the din
without and the fog within so ceaseless and unre-
lenting. To those who quit it all every afternoon
all this may not be quite so oppressive, but to
the toiling many it must jade every faculty of
body and mind. For such we ought to demand
not only Good Fridays and Christmas-days, but
half-a-dozen other days at a better season of the
year.

The Great Tasmania, sailing transport, arrived at-
Portsmouth yesterday from the Crimea with nearly 400
invalids on board.
Letters from Stockholm state that the mixed corn-
mission charged, to pr pare the bases of a customs union
between the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Not-
way have just presented an internatienll bill on the
subject.
The Duke of Buccleuoh has abandoned his intention
to rebuild Montagu House, Whitehall, for the present.
The noble duke and family will occupy it during the
season. His grace has rented the late Earl Brownlow's
mansion, in Belgrave-square, during the last two yearr,
bleb, however, the ducal family have not risided
The noble duke has just made over the unexpired term
he held of that elegant mansion to Lord Evelond.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN DOCTORS' COMMONS.--Last

night, at a few minutes before ten o'clock, a fire occurred
at 4, St. Andrew's-hill, Doctors'-corntnons, occupied
conjointly by Mr. T. Guy, a tailor, Mrs. Hart, Miss
Clark, Mr. Busnall, and Mrs. Manley. The loss must
be very considerable, as, out of the many sufferers, only
two were insured. As to the origin of the misfortune
nothing could be gleaned. . _

Oa the' 15th inst. six Wallachian officers arrived at
Vienna, whero they are to remain until they have
YetifeetLabe system of exercising and manoeuvring prac-
tised by 'tile .Austrian army. Prince Gortschakoff left
for St. Petersbnirolc'ttierseight of 'the 15th, and it is
generally believed that he will not again return to this
city as the relsresenta.tiie of Russia.
SUICIDE IN AN HOSPITAL.—About a fortnight ago a
man named Edward 'Jones, of Windermere-terrace,
Boundary-street, Liverpool, jumped out of a window
while in a fit of delirium tremen4. He was conveyed to
the Northern Hoipital in that town, where he remained
under treatment until the 7th inst., when he jumped
out of bed and tan into a roam below. When over-
taken by one of thu,porters, who had followed him, he
was, wit) great flesp*aninn, sawing his throat with a
kra: fe He succeeded in making a frightful wound, which
'cased his death yesterday. An, inquest will be held
o the body to-day.
THE SUSSEX MEMORIAL AND THE ROYAL FREE Hos-
PITAL.—The committee for managing the Sussex Me-
morial Fund have decided upon having erectad on the
new wing of the Royal Free Hospital, in Gray's-inn-read,
a colossal statue of his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex, as a mark of respect to his memory. The
statue is to be executed in stone by Mr. John Thomas,
at his studio in Paddington.
THE ALLEGED POISONING AT HARTLEPOOL.—On
Tuesday the adjourned inquest on the body of Mary
Taylor was resumed, and Mr. Green, surgeon, spoke to
the results of the post mortern, examination. No trace
of poison was found in the stomach of deceased, neither
was she enceinte. The brain was in a congested state,
and his opinion was that deceased died from natural
causes. The frequent vomitinge might be ascribed to
sympathy with the brain. The jury returned a verdict
" That the deceased died from congestion of the brain,
,produced by natural causes."
-FATAL ACCIDENT OT MR. ORRIDGE, LATE GOVER-
NOR OF CAMBRIDGE COUNTY GAOL.—This gentleman,
we regret to say, lost his life on Tuesday evening in Grace-
church-street, by a heavy-laden coal waggon passingover
his neck. He had but a few minutes previously arrived
in town from Cambridge, and was in the act of crossing
the street, when be dropped his walking-stick, and in
picking it up it is supposed his foot must have slipped,
as he fell beneath the wheels of a coal waggon, laden
with two tons of coals, which happened at the time to
be passing, and almost instantly the hind wheel passed
over the unfortunate gentleman's neck and throat, caus-
ing instantaneous death. Yesterday the driver of the
waggon was examined at the Mansion-house, but Mr.
Alderman Wire considering it was an entire accident he
was discharged. Mr. Orridge was 76 years of age.
EDINBURGH ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH ESIPEROR.—A
special meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh was
held on Tuesday forenoon for the purpose of considering
the propriety of voting* congratulatory address to the
Emperor of the French, on the occasion of the birth of
an heir to the French throne. The Lord Provost, who
presided, proposed the following address, which was
unanimously agreed to :—"To his [rnperia,l Majesty the
Emperor of France. We, the Lord Provost, magis-
trates, and town council of the city of Edinburgh,
humbly approach your Majesty to offer our warmest
congratulations on the auspicious event of the birth of
an heir to the throne of France. We cordially sympa-
thise with your Majesty, your august consort, and your
people, in your joy. We hail with delight the advent of
a prince allied to our country by hereditary descent,
and destined, we trust, to draw still closer than even
hitherto the bonds of amity which have so long subsisted
between the French and the Scotch people. The efforts
to restore tranquillity which are now being made by
France and Great Britain, in conjunction with our allies,
will, we earnestly pray, be crowned with success, and thus
constitute the prince the harbinger of peace to the world.
It is our fervent hope that the prince may be spared to
realise the fondest wishes of his illustrious parents, and
that he may prove a signal blessing to the French na-
tion, whose prosperity and progress we shall never
cease to regard with anxious solicitude. Signed in name,
kc.. JOHN MELVILLE, Lord Provost.
EXECUTION AT LEICIISPER.—The execution of John
Fawkes for the murder of his nephew at Snareston on
the 25th of November last took place in front of the
Leicester County Gaol yesterday morning. For some
days after the prisoner's condemnation, on the 6th inst.,
by Lord Canepbell, he appeared to regard very little the
awful position in which he. was placed, frequently deny-
ing his guilt and uttering strong expressions on the con-
duct of some of his relatives. The chaplain (the Rev.
J. W. Fletcher), the governor, and schoolmaster of the
gaol lost no opplrtnnity of impressing on the mind of
the convict how hopeless it was for him to believe the

law would be stayed in its course, and when he found
there was no chance of escaping the dreadful sentence
he made a full confession of the teenier, also admitting
that he "intended to have shot his brothel. Bia if he
could have got them both in a line.".. It will be recol-
lected that the prisoner's brother received some of the
contents of the gun in his head when the shot was fired
through the window by the prisoner at his nephew.
The prisoner's brother turned round when he heard the
crash in the window, and hooted, "Why, that's
Butcher !" meaning the prisoner. After the convict
had made his confession he became much composed in
his mind, exihibiting the utmost repentance, and paying
great attention to the clergyman. He spent the greater
part of Tuesday night in prayer, and at 8 o'clock yes-
terday morning he was conducted to the scaffold, where
the preliminaries were speedily gone through by Cal-
craft, the fatal bolt drawn, and the convict died almost
without a straggle. There was an immense concourse
of people to witness the execution, estimated at upwards
of 20,000. The convict was 45 years of age, and has left
a wife and ei4ht young children.

THE RECENT RAILWAY COMPETITION.—A minute of
the directors of the Great Northern Railway has jogt
been communicated to the officers and servants of the
company relative to the recent competition between
the Great Northern, the London and North• Western,
the Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffiefd, and Lin-
colnshire Railway Companies, as follows :—" Read,—
Report of Match 3, from the general manager, enclos-
ing a statement showing that in the five days ended
Feb. 29,11856, during which very low fares were charted
in competition with the London and North-Western
CJinpany, 21,8431 passengers were conveyed by the
cheap trAins on the Great Northern Railway, pro-
ducing a total receipt of 3,756/. 155., and remarking
that the arrangements fur the accommodation of
_ _

the traffic were so well considered and carried out by the
superintendent of the line and his assistants that he, the
general manager, has not yet heard of a eiree complaint,
tier did any accident occur on the Great N orthern
way, though there was a slight one near Wcodhouse
Junction, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire

Railway, on the return of the last train of empty car-
riages.—Resolved, that the Board has great pleasure in
thanking the officers and men in the service of the Great
Northern Railway Company for the judicious arrange-
ments and the efficient manner in which the passenger
traffic was conducted during the late period of competi-
tion. J .R. MOWATT, Secretary. To Mr. W. Leith."
The superintendent of the line has much satisfaction in
making known the above resolution of the Board.
The Bereelona papers contain accounts of two strange
crimes just -vommitted in that city. A toreador named
Sevilla got into a quarrel with a butcher of the Plaza
de San Miguel, and struck him in the face, after which
be took to flight. The next morning he walked slowly
before the butcher's shop, and the butcher's rife seeing
hire, cried out that if ever he dared present himself loa-
fers her again she would make him repent his insult to
her husband. After a while, the toreador returned,
and said tauntingly, " You see, my fine lady, that Jam
not afraid of you !" The woman, making no reply,
seized one of the huge knives which Spanish butchers
use, and which are nearly as sharp as a razor, and with
one blow, skilfully applied, cut his. left arm completely
off. She was immediately arrested, and as she was being
conveyed to prison, exclaimed repeatedly, " I care not
what is done to me, as long as my husband is avenged !"
Before the emotion caused by this affair had subsided the
second crime was perpetrated. A young man of 20,
and a girl about 16, after walking arm-in•arm in the
Calle do Capellanes, proceeded to the Plaza de Ca-
lenque, where they faced each other as if about to
separate. After au animated but apparently not
angry conversation, the girl suddenly drew a poignard
front her pocket and stabbed her companion in the
breast. The young man fell covered with blood and
fainting into the arms of a labouring man who hae-
pened to be passing at the moment, and the girl trek
to (light and could not afterwards be discovered. The
man was conveyed into a druggist's shop, and there
a medical man ascertained that the dagger was poi-
soned. Means were immediately employed to coun-
teract the effect • f the poison, and the wound, when
dreseed, was declared, although serious, not mortal.
The young man refuses to divulge the cause of the
quarrel.
NUMEROUS DETERMINED SUICIDES Or FEMALES.—
Yesterday the Coroner, Mr. Baker, held the following
inquests upon females who had committed self-destruc-
tion :—Trio first was taken at the King's Head, White
Horse street, Ratcliffe, on the body of Mary Kelly, aged
42. She was foind on Monday morning suspended by
a handkerchief from the bedpost, and when cut down
life was extinct. The second was held at the Anchor
and Hope, Edward-street, Mile-end Old Town, on the
body of Mary Ann Scott, aged 60, the wife of a news-
vendor. She bad been for a long while in a desponding
state of mind. On Sunday morning, about seven o'clock,
she got up, leaving him in bed. Soon after, as she was
absent a long while, he went in search of her, and found
her legs projecting from the water-butt, in which were
her head and body. The third case was held yesterday
evening, at the Peacock, High-street, Homerton, on
view of the body of Anne Benham, aged 44. She was
respectably connected, and received assistance both
from her relatives and the parish. She bad inflicted a
desperate incision across her throat with a dessert knife.
A verdict of temporary insanity was returned in each
case.

LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Oeste.preichische Correbpondenz' has the fol-
lowing despatch, dated the 13th inst.:--
There is great mortality among the French in
the erimea.—
The health of the French at Constantinople is

improving.
•
General Luders ‘lias ordered all officers on far.

lough at Odessa to returu._

TRIESTE, MARCH 19.

Accounts from Constantinople to the 10th state
that throe Russian officers have entered the regi-

ments of Ottoman Cossacks. Fires continue o:

frequent occurrence in th© Turkish capital.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 19.

Ten nobles of Holstein have made the following

proposition :—" The Council of the Kingdom
shall request the King to cause an exavination to
be made into the constitution and the law of elec-
tion for the state of the duchies. In the event of

amendments being proposed, they are to be sub-
mitted to the examination of the Council of the

Kingdom."

MADRID, MARCH 18.

The discussion of the bases of the bill on admi-
nistrative organisation has bees brought to a close
in the Cortes. The Government has declared

that it will not make a Cabinet question of the
plan of finance presented by M. Santa Cruz.
General tranquillity prevails.

Commodore Watscn, C.B. The vesels, in their
cruise up the Baltic, had found much floating ice
along the coasts, and the cold was very severe.
With'iespect to any. Russian ships of war having
been seen at any time moving about the Gulf of
Finland or the Baltic Sea, such a thing had been
impossible, even had they wished to do so, on ac-
count of the great masses of ice seen on all parts. of
the coast.

The navigation of the Elbe, for some miles down
the river, has experienced a complete stoppage for
want of a sufficiency of water to convey vessels up
and down, in consequence of the easterly winds
which have prevailed for some days past. Even the
city canals cannot be traversed by lighters to con-
vey goods to and from the vessels in port, and
business is therefor& at a thorough standstill.
The wreck of the Hamburg ship Adolph, Captain
Henningson.. which took place some days ago in
the British Channel, on her voyage to Africa, has
created some sensation. She had a valuable cargo
in her.

The telegraphic despatch announcing the birth
of the Imperial Prince caused an extraordinary
sensation at Marseilles. All the vessels in the two
harbours, foreign as well as French, were in an in-
stant dressed with flags. The port of La Joliette
in particular presented the most,picturesque aspect.
The Caradoc steamer, of the Riglish Royal Navy,
distinguished herself by the richness and variety of
her colours, among which the flag of France occu-
pied the place of honour. At night the entire
city was spontaneously illuminated.

VIENNA, March IG.--The Oesterreichische Zeitung
contains a letter of the 13th, from its Kalisch cor-
respondent, which gives some insight into the
opinions of the Russians in regard to the Hatti-
Sherif recently published by the Porte. The pro
mised improvement in the position of the
Christians has considerably diminished the ardour
of the war party, " which feels that at the price of
the emancipation of the Christians Russia can
afford to make some few concessions."

The German, Journal of Frankfort states that
on the 16th the Minister of France accredited to
the Germanic Diet received the congratulations of
all the members of the Diet and of the Diplomatic
Body, of the Burgomaster of the free city of Frank-
fort, of the President of the Federal Military
Committee, and other distinguished personages, on
the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial.
A Te Deem is shortly to be sung iu the cathedral
to celebrate this event.

A letter from Berlin of the 16th, in the Reba ts,
says :—" Immediately after the arrival of the Paris
despatch announcing the birth of a Prince-Impe-
rial, a courier was despatched to Baron de Manteuf-
fel with a letter of congratulation, to be delivered
by him to the Einperor Napoleon. The closing
of the chambers will take place in the first
days of next month. The Prince-Bishop of
Breslau will arrive here to-morrow, to consecrate
the new Roman Catholic church.

By a decree in the Monitenr, M. A. Fould, Mi-
nister of State, and Admiral Hamelin, Minister of
Marine, have been promoted to the rank of Grand
Crosses of the Legion of Honour.

Admiral Penaud, Commander-in-Chief of the
Baltic naval division, has left Paris for Brest.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LON-
DON AND CONSTANTINOPLE.

VIENNA, March 16.—Major Bicidulph, who has
been here on business connected with the telegraph
between Constantinople and London, has left for
Berlin. While here the Major had an interview
with the Minister of Commerce, and explained to
him how it was that the communication between
Bucharest and Hermannstadt was so often inter-
rupted. Oa the Wallache-Austrian frontier is a
great deal of land which is uninhabited, and
whenever any injury happens to the wire there,
a long time generally elapses before it is dis-
covered and repaired. Another matter to which
the attention of the Minister has been directed is,
that copper wire is used in Austria ; copper is
a . better conductor than iron, but wire made
of the last mentioned metal is the more durable.
It is the wish of the British Government to estab-
lish an " instantaneous" correspondence between
Constantinople and London, and this may be done
by means of " Translatoreu" (transferrers), which
were, some two or three years since, invented by
M. Steinheil, the present Director of Telegraphs in
Bavaria. It is not yet settled whether the new
wire is to pass through northern Germany and by
the Hague, or through south-western Germany
and France. Experience has taught me that the
one line is no better than the other ; the former is
very slow, and the latter cannot be relied on. It
may be mentioned, that the electric cable between
the Crimea and Varna, which was broken in No-
vember last, is not likely to be repaired. The
French do their work very well between Varna and
Bucharest.

SOUTH LONDON GAS CONSUMERS' PRO-
TECTION ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of this society was called at the Eques-
trian Tavern, in the Black friars-road, yesterday after-
noon, for the purpose of forming a deputation to wait
upon the directors of the South Metropo!itan Gas Com-
pany, and urge upon them the propriety of making a re-
duction in the price of gas. It should be observed that
the four companies—namely, the one we have named,
the Surrey Consumers', the Phcenirc, and the London
Gas Company, which supply different districts on
the south of the , Thames—having entered] into an
arrangement two or three years ago to charge an
uniform price for their gas, the South London Protec-
tion Association has &ready sought an interview with
the directors of each of those companies separately ; and
yesterday was appointed for their meeting the directors
of the South Metropolitan Company.
Ten or a dozen gentlemen having assembled, Mr.
EVANS, the vice-president of the association took the
chair.

In the absence of Mr. Wingl am, la a secretary, a
letter from the directors, prornisiag to receive the depu-
tation, was read by Mr. Harris, who likewise read the
circular issued by the directors to every consumer on the
of January, 1854, which ran as follows :

":Sir,—The directors have instructed me to inform you
that in consequence of the unexpectedly large increase
in the price of coals and other materials connected with
the manufacture and distribution of gas, they have
been compelled very reluctantly to rai e the price of gas
61. per thousand cubic feet fi orn Christmas last ; and
they tru-t this small advance will be readily conceded
them by the consumers. When the directors issued
their circular in September last, ar nouncing the ar-
rangement for confining the company to a certain dis-
trict so as to enable them to conduct their works more
economically, the rapid alteration in the prices of almost
every article required for their business could not be
cmtemplated ; but that measure, by diminishing the
waste of gas and the cost of di,tribution, has prevented
a larger advance than sixpence per thousand cubic feet,
which is far from equivalent to the extra amount paid
for coals alone. At the iame time the directors h ipe
the advance will not be permanent, bir that a fall of the
prices of coals and iron may warrant a return to the old
charge."
The CIIAIBMAN then asked whether any of the gentle-
men present hal any fresh arguments to urge in addition
to those which they presented on the 12th inst. to the
directors of the Phcenix and of the London Gas Com-
pany ?
Mr. COCKAYNE observed that at this time the best
house coals might be delivered at 245. a ton, and the
gas manufacturers entering into large contracts would,
of course, get their coals for much less • besides, out
of a ton of coals they could make a chaldron of coke,
which was now worth 11s. or 125., and, so far,
would lessen the cost of the coal. The chairman of
the Phceuix Company, and the chairman of the London
Gas Company, told the Association the other day, that
in 1855 they had paid a larger sum for coals than for
many previous years, but if the companies had been so
injudicious as to eater into very high contracts, the
public ought not to suffer by then]. It had been said
that aeenuoh as from 9s. 3d. to 10s. a ton was paid for
freights last November ; but those high rates of freight
it was now to be hoped, would not continue.
After some remarks from Mr. Harris to the same
effect, the gentlemen present went together to the esta-
blishment of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, in
the Old Kent-road, where they were received by the
following directors of the company :—Mr. Alderman
Fern-comb, chairman • Mr. Simpson, deputy•chairman ;
Captain Heathorn, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Drew.
Mr. EVANS briefly and simply stated the objects of
the deputation.
Alderman FARNCOMB said that the directors would
give their best consideration to all that had been said.
The deputation thanked the directors for their cour-
teous reception of them, and then retired.

DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress gave the usual dinner at. the
Mansion•house on Easter Monday, and a distinguished
party has been invited to meet his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, who has intimated kis intention of
honouring the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress with his
presence on that occasion.

- A reward of 2001. has been offered by the authorities
to any person who will give such information as shall
lead to the discovery of persons who stole the Royal
plate chest and a recovery of the property.
GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—The Board of Trade have
awarded to John Anderson and James Newham, two
young seamen belonginc, to the port of Shields, the sum
of 504 each, as a reward for their noble conduct on the
occasion of the collision between the Josephine Willis
and the Mangerton, when they bravely, at great personal
risk, succeeded in saving the lives of 9 pers,,ns, who were
on the mizenmast, and, after rowing half a mile, blIC•
ceeded in rescuing a gentleman from a life-buoy.

THE NAP,)l,'.,),‘ DY AS7 Y. r
•
The :lioniteur of yesterday publishes the folio

lug :-

" On Tuesclay, at half-pa:-d 12, the Emperor re'
ceived all the Plenipotelviaries of the Paris Con:j
Gress, as well as the members attached to thel'i

mission.

"On this solemn occasion Europe was rOrel
seiited by the most eminent personages of aach'
respective country, all' of them Presidents of tilt!
Council, or Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and 80:1

joying the full confidence of their Sovereigns. i
" Count Walewski, President of the Congreol
selected as speaker on the occasion by his colleague
spoke as follows :
" The Plenipotentiaries of the Congress have thous
fit to select me, on this solemn occasion, as the rnoutl''
piece of their sentiments towards your Majesty.
elf
" lam happy and proud, Sire, at finding m$5-„f
called upon.to express to your Majesty, in the earn°
Europe, the sentiments, the hopes, the joy inspired 0'
all sides by the happy event with which it has please 3
Providence to bless you, and which, by assuring 01
consolidating the Napoleon dynasty, is a new pledge "
safety and confidence to the whole wort]:
" The Emperor replied :--
"' I thank the Congress for the well-wishes and ce
gratulations addressed to me through you.
" am happy that Providence has granted me A 6°l
at a moment when a new era of general reconcilistil
dawns upon Europe. I will bring him up imbued wilt
the idea that nations must not be egotistical, and thud
the peace of Europe depends upon the prosperity of 091
nation.'

" His Majesty then approached the Plenipoteri
tiaries and addressed words of thanks to each
them.
"At 1 o'clock his Majesty the Emperor recei/61
in the Throne-room the members of the Diplocl
tic Corps, whose President, his Eminence
Papal Nuncio, presented to his Majesty, in tbi
name of his colleagues, their warm congratulatid
on the happy event of the Empress's accouchementi
and on the birth of an Imperial Prince.
"At the wish of the members of the DiplonOti°
Corps his Majesty had them conducted to no
Prince.

"At half-past 1, in the Th -th•
peror received the congrAtql o the r.; -0:
the State on the birth of it . off •
"His Majesty was seated 'ea':
rounded by his Household, by e Maid
nisters, Marshals, and Grand Chtises ol' ,;
Imperial Legion of Honour. His Excellency' 0
Grand Master of the Oereuronies—iktroduced
cessively the great bodies of th* gistso.l
Emperor.
" His Excellency the President of the Sena
te
addressed his Majesty as follows
Sire,—Providence has gifts in store
princes who devote themselves to the greatness and PI
perity of their people. It hag just proved this to i?
Itlajesty by a most striking favour. By this greatr;',
which it gives.you by the birth of a son is also a isaPPt,l
news for the great family which gathers round r.
Already France breathes more freely by the birth oft
child ; she associates her future with his destinies.
0)
"' When he s'sall reign over this empire. will
Grating styled the finest under the kingdom of Heal
the 19th century, having reached its extreme period, cio
gather the fruits the productive seed of which have be_ j
sown by our generation in the present. Africa, fostePol
by your powerful hand, will have become one
the brightest gems of his Crown. The East and ,t,
West, which have been seeking each other since wo
Crusades, and are only coming in sight of each otlito
now, will, have connected their seas and coasts to )1,
forth the improving tide of the ideas and riches of eiril•
satinn. Let the future Sovereign of our children 011
in the steps of his august father ; let him call to neinuhf
reign where the genius of government is guided
moderation and justice ; and in this march of human'tl
France will still be, as she is now, a regulator of Enter
a lever of progress, a torch of intellect.
" 'Let tes bail, then, this son of the Empire, the plan
of so many great destinies ; let us greet likewise, 1314
thank his graceful mother. A wife already so endear
to you will be dearer still to your heart by this nr4
sideration of maternity.
" Allow the Senate, Sire, to place its.komager
at the foot of this throne, which she embellished b'
amiable qualities, and which she has cemented
happy birth.'
"The Emperor replied : cr•
" Monsieur' le President du Senat,—The Ffintl
shared my joy when it learnt that Heaven had gran
vie a son, and you have hailed as a happy eveotittwoc
birth of an Enfant de Prance. I purposely useske
this expression. In fact, the Emperor Napoleon,
uncle, who had applied to the new system created by tbl
revolution :11 that was great and noble in the °,ll
regime, resumed that old denomination of 'EnfanrW,,
Prance.' And, in truth, gentlemen, when an heir,cj
born destined to perpetuate a national system, that clw
is not only the offspring of a family, but he is t
also, the son of the whole country, and the name l'',
cates his duties. If this was true under the old monaterui
which more exclusively represented the privilege,
classes, with how much more reason ought it not to e'
so to-day, when the Soy: reign is the elect of the THAI
the first citizen of the country, and the representnt'l
of the interests of all ?
" 'I thank you for the good wishes you have exproPB4
for this Child of France and the Empress.'
" These words were received 'with unanirn°
shous of Viva l'Empereur ! Five l'lmperatrixes
Vice le Prince Imperial !'
" The Legislative body having then been inie,
duced, his Excellency the President addressed illo
Majesty.
"His Majesty replied
'Monsieur le Prd‘ident du Corps ISgislatif, —The
preiv-ion of your sentiments on the birth of the son +lbw
it has pleased Providence to grant me has touched n!1
nearly. You have welcomed in him the hope, which
is flattering to entertain, of perpetuating a system oiCti
is held to be the surest guarantee of the general inter''
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of the country ; but the unanimous acclamations ech,l„•
surround his cradle do not prevent me from relict;
upon the fate of those born in the same place and u$ •
similar circumstances. If I hope that his fate may I)°,,
happier one, it is that, first of all, confiding in Providene;
I cannot doubt of its protection when I see it resle_':,
again by an extraordinary combination of circemstann
what it was pleased to overthrow 40 yews since, 110'41
wished to mature by martyrdom and misfortune are
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dynasty issuing from the ranks of the people.
has, moreover, lessons which I shall not forget. It.te
me, on the one hand, that we should never abuse ill
favours of fortune ; on the other, that a dynasty has on
then a chance of stability when it remains faithful tai";
origin, and when it occupies itself solely with the p 0
lar interests for which it was created. This child, wb birth is consecrated by the peace under preparation, 1'
the blessing of the Holy Father, brought by electriell
an hour after he saw the light of day, and finally by tot
acclamations of the French people, whom the EmPerho°
so much loved—this child, I say, will, I hope,
worthy of the destinies that await him.
"The reply of the Emperor created considerable
emotion and was received with loud applause. ;
"The Council of State having then been callei.!l,
his Excellency the President spoke as followiti-",i'
" the midst of the rejoicings cat
throughout the whole of France by the birth of an
perial Prince, your Council of State feels happy in e":
pressing to your Majesty its warm and respectful Ow'
gretulations.
" Divine Providence, which sines the accession of te
Majesty has showered so many blessings upon this DIY'
pire, which, after crowning our arms with victori;
seems to be preparing so many glorious results to so
policy, could not have given you, Sire, a more strike d
proof of its protection than by granting to your wish
and to ours the birth of an Imperial Prince.
"'Around this cradle, the depository of so many heel
the new pledge of the future and of security, France 000
up thanksgiving and invokes heavenly blessings upon
you, Sire, who saved her,aud upon that august Prineeso
the object of our love and of our respect, so worthy „i
.a"
the happiness she experiences to-day as a mother and
Empress.
" 'Sire,—Your Council of State, while adding „s
voice to the accents of public rejoicing, could not snleif
a more solemn occasion for renewing to your Maiet'do
the assurance of its unchangeable devotion ; it belie'
in the Providential event which assures the happinesa °
France a new encouragement for its labours.
" 'Proud of the part your Majesty has reserved to„t
in the preparation of your noble ideas of improvenni
and progress, it will -double its efforts to show Wee,
worthy of your confidence, and to keep itself up to too
mark of a mission which appears to enlarge in proportio
with the prosperity of France, which, thanks to 9°,
Sire, and *with God's help, is increasing and is lons
developed.'

"His Majesty replied :
" M. le President du Conseil d'Etat,
" 'The Council of State, that intimate Council of the
Sovereign and of his Government, which is initiate
all his thoughts, and which associates itself with all
acts, would, I was sure of it, take a lively partioipet"
,
in the rejoicing of the present and in the hope of '-11,
future. None labour more than yourselves, gentlernem,'
towards the consolidation of that future. Strong io
grand traditions of the Council of State of the first ereP",;s
you elaborate the laws which, while they consecrate t"i.
grand principles of the revolution, pacify the ceigittlr;
consolidate the ruling power, curb factions, and prep%
the peaceful reign of a wise liberty. I count, therefor!,
upon the talents and patriotism of which you We 11,0
ready given me so many proofs to render easy to t.O
child who has just been burn the accomplishment of
future destinies.' "
The Moniteur announces that the health of her
Majesty, the Empress, and the Prince Iniperl-
continues to be excellent.
The Moniteur also announces that Prince Jer°'so
is convalescent.

The Moniteur states that Baron Manteuffely Prof
sident of the Council of Ministers and Minister.,
Foreign. Affairs of his Majesty the King of Prus9l
had been received at a private audience by the PI.
peror.