The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Caroline, of Inverness. for Liverpool, with timber, is
totally wrecked on West Hoyle.
A brig is reported on shore on the Reck Channel with
signals of distress flyicg.
Duke of Wellington, standing to the southward, on the
18th of November.
Collingwood, of Glasgow, for the Mauritius, on the
22d ult., in ht. 41 N., long. 14 W.
Prince of Wales, for Sydney, on the 20th of November,
in lat. 16 S , long. 29 W.
John Walker, from Liverpool for Calcutta, on the 21st
of Novenber, in Ist. 14 S., long. 29 W.
Louis, from Antwerp for Valparaiso, on the 3d ult., in
14 2 N., long. 21 W.
American ship Capitol, from New Orleans, on the 12th
ult., in lat. 11 N.. long. 27 W.

NEW NOTEIL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM.
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TIME, THE AVENGER.
By the Author of
" Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons," &e.
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By anguish aided. and adversity,
Wrought in my heart an inward change entire."
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRUP.Y-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andersen.
THIS EVENING,
Will he presented by her Majesty's Servants
_ _ _ _

AS YOU LIKE IT. Banished Duke, Sir. Cathcart; Jaques, Mr.
Tandenboff; Adam, Mr. Cooper; Eesalind, Mrs. Nisbett.
After which an entirely New Grand, Illstorical, Emblematical,
Aerogtatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal,
Municipal, Juvenile, Pastomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po-
pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled
HARLEQUIN and lIUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin
_ . _

and the First Lord Mayor of Luzfun.

Private Boxes, 31.35., 2/. 12s. 6(1., 2/. 25., 1/. 1 ls. 6d., and 1/. Is.
To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary,
St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and
Aleroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent-
street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New
Bond-street ; Bamford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and
Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First
Price—Dress Circle, ss. Otl. ; Boxes, is. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery,
; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress
lirele, 2s. 641. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, la. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or
].ower Galleries. The Box-office open front 11 till 4. It is respectiuliy
intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First
Act of the Play.

THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKk.T.
lir. S. Wcb3ter, Solo LCSSCQ and Manager, Old Brcitpton.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed EVERY ONE HAS lIIS FAULT. Lord
Norland, Mr. Rogers ; Sir Robert Ramble, Mr. Davenport ; Solus,
Mr. Buckstone ; Placid, 3lr. Howe; Irwin, Mr. Stuart; Lady
Elinor, Mrs. Warner ; Mrs. Placid, Miss P. Horton ; Miss Woobura,
Miss Reynolds.

Aftkir which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR
and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie.
Friacipil characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone,
Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss I'. lierton, and Miss
A, gomer.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE
GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, I'. Bed-
for•l, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
To be followed by a new Extravaganza. calle4 LA TARANTULA ;
or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright. P. Bedford, 0.
Smith, 31 iss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame
• Celeste, &c.
eoneucle with THE -_,:rir.nrED BACHELOR.

OYA L PRINCESS'i TIIEATIE, OXFOIII3-STREET.
Under the Management oh Mr. C. Kew.). and Mr. Keeley.
THIS 1,117 K NINO,

Niil he performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock,
31r. C. Kean ; Portia, Mrs. C. Kean.
After svEcli a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO
THE BRAVE AND THE EMU DIOGF.NE ; or, Harlequin and the
B:,ron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ;
Harle4uin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; ana Columbine,
Miss Carlott s Le Clercq.
i'rivete Roars, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Massfngham ; of whom also places may I,e taken at the Box-otEce,
Oxford-street, from Eleven till Faur o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestrls.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed

TEE HANDSOME HUSBAND,

After which an entirely new and original Fhlry Extravaganza,
to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Biwa Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, 'Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale.

To conclude ith

THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews,
Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
Groat hit of the Romance of the Nose.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed TIME TRIES ALL.
To be followed by PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the
Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farreu,
Jan., ; Mesdames Louisa Howard., Ellen Turner, and Roane.
Adele will appear.
To eoniude with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE.

STLEY'3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under tho Patronage of her bfajesty and his Royal Highness
Prineo Albert.
P7opr!ator and 3Enager, Mr. W. Batty.
Extraordinary series of attractive novelties.
THIS EVENING

The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILVt ORTII ; or the Golden Days

of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes.
Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing
the Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for
the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained
SteeLls, M. Nicolo Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bro-
thers Francisco, front the Hippodrome, Paris.
To conclude with an entireiy new and original grand hist•rlcal
Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre,
by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled
HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGIIUE ;
or, The White Horse of Killarney.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
One of the People," at Bristol, must furiish his name
and address before we publish his communicatioz.

111011 WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE
Taus DA: —Kondagl 6 min. after 7 I Evening 51 min. after 7
To-acoaaow—Mornina 9G min. after 3 Evening 1 mm. a.dier 9

THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, Jasuaror U.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
45—lowest this rooming and during the night.
47 this day, at noon.

BALOME.TER, 30'15.
Warp S.S.W.—dull, heavy weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
plans at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGsTow:s (DUBLIIi ) —Wind W.N.W., strong bret ze—
partially cloudy.
PLYMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Poor.E—Wind W., gentle breeze—scud, rain,
Barnum:l—Wind S.. gentle breeze—rain.
11AsriaGs—Wind S.W., fresh breeze—rain.
SouruamyreN—Wind S.. gentle breeze—rain.
FOLKZSTONE— Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
TeNnatuoz--Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain.
BASINSSTO:CE Wind S. W., gentle breeze—rain.
GREENWICH—Wind S., gentle breeze—steady rain.
SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
thcronp—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain.
LBIGIITON - Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain.
COLCHESTER. ind S.W., calm—rain.
CAISIBRIDGR —Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.
RUGBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
YAnmouvr—Wind-S.W., cairn—rain.
CREWE--Wind S., fresh breeze- heavy rain.
CONWAY—Wind S.E., strong breeze —cloudless.
OL,HEA D —Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
Livar.rooL—Wind S F., calm—rain.
ItiIANCIIESTE —Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.
SHAT'-•-••Willd S., gentle breeze--rain.
lik.vrtocK Wind N., gentle breeze—rain.
EDINBURGH -- Wind N.. gentle breeze—heavy rain.

The returns from the following places indicate the agate of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
c 'clock
light brecza—fresty.
lammuct —Wind W., calm—cloudy.
CAnLow—Wind S.W , hard wind—cloudy.
KliccisTowtN (1)LBIA;) _wind w.N, W., gentle breeze—
partially eloady.
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cLuziGAu— wind S, gentle breeze—frost.
POOLE W ilia W., gentle breeze—partially- cloudy*
CoNwAy— Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
1 io LYIIEAD—Wind W., Strong breeze—partially cloudy.

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On Thursday we called upon the " working classes"
to make some distinct and energetic effort in order,
at the same time, to secure the apprehension of Mrs.
SLoAxa, and to testify their own abhorrence. of the
atrocious acts laid to her ch3rge, and of the infa-
rwius eonduct systematicaliyptersued towards a help,
less and friendless orphan who had been consigaed to
her care and protection. We have no doubt that the
matter will be closely followed up, and that the
working classes" will ac`.: in a manlier worthy of
Engushmen,vvho have ever exhibited the utmo3t &les-

talon of all cruelty and oppression, a detestation
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4V. 14 which increases in intensity according to the weak-
rAess of the victim. We now invite the public attcn-
.o."-T.P.r.i.'. ti,m to another case, to wEich we briefly alluded on
The '24th ultimo, which may properly be taken into
consideration at the same tune ; the facts and circum-
..q.nces of which are fully detailed in a letter which
will be fund in another part of this day's impression.
The writer (Mr. MONTAGUE) exhibited the most
praiseworthy interest in the case. With the most
disinterested humanity hs took up the cause of the

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orphan child, and spared no exertions to bring her
infamous persecutors to justice. Led Diis aliter ci-
sarn. The fees for the indictment were not forth-
coming, and the clerk of the indictments, although
entrusted with the performance of public duties of the
most important character, could not stir without the
usual sop to the official Cerberus, which it appears
is absolutely necessary before the machinery of the
criminal law can be set in motion. When the police-
sergeant who had the management of the case applied
for the bill of indictment he was asked for " the fees."
He replied " that they could not be paid—the
prosecutrix is a child." " Where is her mother ?"
inquired the clerk. " She has no mother," answered
the sergeant. " Where is her father ?" " She has
none, she is a friendless child." The worthy official
manifestly thought if a gross piece of impertinence
for " a friendless child" to complain of any ill-treat
ment, however atrocious. 'What, seek the protection
of the law without paying the preliminary fees !
Never was such audacity heard of ; but he would
take care the practice should not be sanctioned
where he had any power. What though the unfor-
tunate child had been defiled at an age when, according
to the wise provisions of the law, she was deemed in-
capable of " consenting ;" though the prospects of'
her life were blasted and she was deprived of her in-
nocence—which could never be restored—by the
person who had taken upon himself the
duties of a parent and protector ; what though he
had added to his infamy by flogging the wretched
victim with a riding-whip and a cane, until "her
neck, shoulders, abdomen, and lower extremities"
were covered with wounds and scars, "as if pieces of
flesh had been cut out ! .1" and the miserable child
sought refuge in flight, taking refuge with her nurse,
the only human being to whom she could look for
assistance—it was all nothing to the worthy clerk.
He only knew that he did not receive his ordinary
fee, and he was quite resolved that there should be
no indictment. The witnesses were all in attend-
ance ; by a refined mockery they were kept in the
waiting-room. The insulted official would not con
descend to tell them that their cervices were not re-
quired, and that he would not stir without receiving
his honorarium. Had he mentioned his stern re-
solution, it is probable that something might have
been collected to satisfy the demand ; but he would
not condescend to give any hint. The insult must
be expiated, and the escape of ADOLPHE DE WER-
DINSEI facilitated, who, if the statements sworn to
before the police magistrate were established before
a jury, could henceforward only be classed with the
SLOANES and BIRDS.

We should scarcely have believed that any per-
son presiding on the bench of justice would have lent
himself to such a project. But by whatever motives he
might be influenced, whether anxious to render prose-
cutors more active, or clerks more expeditious, Ser-
geant ADAMS would make no allowance ; the grand
jury were forthwith discharged without any bill having
been submitted for their consideration, and ADOLPHE
DE `ti ERDINSKI was discharged without a trial, to
laud the impartiality of the British law and the equal
protection afforded to all classes of her MAJESTY'S
subjects, the poor as well as the rich.
Should such things be tolerated ? Do not the
matters above alluded to speak trumpet-tongued as to
the necessity for a public prosecutor. If we had
such an officer, ADOLPHE DE WErtpLesiet would have
had an opportunity of showing that the charge was
unfounded, if such were the fact, or, if convicted, he
would have expiated his offence by enduring a severe
although most inadequate punishment. He has escaped
owing to the cupidity of the clerk and the petulance
of the judge, but we trust that it is only for a time.
As no bills of indictment were disposed of, or even pre-
ferred, the matter may be investigated de novo. We
are quite convinced that the witnesses will readily-
encounter the annoyance, loss of time, and expendi-
ture inseparable from any attendance before a court
of justice, and also that the " working classes" will
provide the funds necessary for placing MARY ANNE
RICHARDS in a position where she may, by good con-
duct, earn an honest livelihood, and forget the sor-
rows, humiliation, and degradation of her youthful
life, and by which she may also be enabled to satisfy
the fees, without which, it appears, her oppressor and
defiler cannot be brought to justice.

" Truth is stranger than fiction." The experience
of every day confirms the truth of the adage. There
are matters of constant occurrence in the heart of the
metropolis, and under the very eyes of police and
detectives, which, if narrated by the novelist, would
be regarded as unnatural, and pooh-poohed by the
critics as strained and exaggerated recitals. The
villain of the tale, who excites the horror and disgust
of the readers, is by no means so thoroughly de-
praved, and does not exhibit such a degree of reckless
audacity in carrying out his nefarious projects, as the
villain of real life, some of whose actions are brought
to light before a judge and jury at the Central Cri-
minal Court. _

The case of Moses BARNETT, who was convicted
on Tuesday of receiving goods, knowing them to be
stolen, and who was on the following day sentenced
to transportation for ten years, is one of peculiar
atrocity, forcibly recalling the worst features of
FAGIN, one of the most powerful impersonations that
has ever emanated from the gifted pen of CHARLES
DICKENS. We see the tempter and instructor in vice
drawing his victim forward step by step, until he has
him thoroughly imbued in crime ; at first, before
the neophyte is involved in his meshes, inquiring into
his position with affected sympathy, and deploring
the lowness of his wages and the badness of the
situation, where " no perquisites were allowed," and
exciting the anger of his victim by speaking of
" younger and smaller boys who were getting a good
deal more money ;" then suggesting a mode of im-
proving his slender finances by bringing an ounce
out of each sample box of indigo in his master's
warehouse, adding that if " he brought a hundred
ounces the kind and tender-hearted Jew would
buy them of hire." There was much skill in the
mode in which the bait was concealed ; no direct rob-
bery was proposed in the first instance, nothing but
an ounce from each sample, which his position would
enable him to take without danger. As the tempter
put it, it could scarcely be regarded as a theft. The
boy answered him, in place of rejecting his proposals
with indignation, by uttering some common-place
about " an honest penny being worth a silver shil-
ling," in a tone which rendered the prisoner certain
of his prey. He did not declare his intention cf
giving information as to the proposition that had been
made, and therefore, the " worthy dealer " dogged his
footsteps with great pertinacity, al ways asking him
if he had made up his mind. If " the woman who
deliberates is lost," the lad who takes time to con-
sider upon a question of honesty or dishonesty, and
continues any intercourse with the tempter, is marked
for destruction. It is utterly useless to endeavour to
avoid the snare while he flutters about it, and
converses coolly on the subject. The moment that
he feels any particular want, that any strange fancy
(which the experienced tutor will take care to excite)
remains ungratified, he will walk deliberately into
the net. As soon as " the regular employment"
the boy SELLERS could no longer indulge
ceased,his tasteand
for "pastry, tobacco, apples, and nuts," he
was at the disposal of the complaisant and obliging
Mr. BARNETT. On the 6th of December he was
standing in a " brown study," or es he himself styled
it, "thinking," at Crutched-friars, when the prisoner
came up, who instantly saw that the time had ar-
rived when he was to profit by his labours of the
previous month. He accosted the youth with a
smile, demanding " what he was breaking his head
about when the golden boll IA
as 50 near his
hane," and again asked " if he had made
up his mind." On this occasion there was
no more hesitation, SELLERS at once answered
that he had, and said he would bring some down the
following morning ; but it was the prisoner told him
not to do so as it was his " Shabboth," and to call on
the following Monday, at the same time giving hi:;
address, the " spider's web" which the "silly fly" wi;s
to visit. The first fruit of this instruction was 51b. of
indigo, which the boy carried off. He had taken the
precaution of weighing it previously, to ascertain the
exact amount, entertaining a wholesome distrust of
his accomplice, and perhaps not placing full confidenc?
in the accuracy of the adage of " honour among
thieves." The result justified his fears. I.3anemr
pretended to weigh it, and said there was 31b., but on
being told there was more, he said he had made a mis-
take. lie then gave him 55., or ls. per pound, for
what was proved to be worth from 53. to 7s. The

amount of the "fence's" profits mayibe thus estimated,
even if the pa, ment h. ms-L, in ‘l-.- r!,7rert
realm, and without any " dealing" from which further
gain may be realized. The next day 41bs. more of
indigo were carried to the den, and the Jew wanted
his young accomplice to take " a meerschaum pipe'
for 6.4., or about three times its intrinsic value, offer-
ing "to trust to his generosity to bring 2lbs. more
indigo" in full payment. This handsome offer was,
however, rejected. Some cochineal was next pur-
loined and disposed of in the same manner, and at the
same price—viz., ls. per pound, the following day
slbs. of indigo. This activity excited the admiration of
the Jew, he applauded the talents of this juvenile
criminal, telling him" that he was going on any how,
and bringing it as a maid drinks," but tempering his
felicitations with a word of advice, that if he was not
careful he would "split."

This guilty career was, however, brought to a
speedy termination. SELLERS, emboldened by his
previous impunity, took 101bs. of indigo, and was
detected in the fact. On being questioned he revealed
the entire transaction—how he had been tempted, and
how he had fallen. An officer was sent for, and
as it was far more desirable to catch the tutor than
to punish the pupil, a portion of the stolen goods
were marked, and carried to the "fence." As usual
4s. were paid, which were handed over to the officer,
and immediately after BARNETT'S shop was searched,
and the stolen property discovered.
It is worthy of notice that the system only con•
tinued five days, from the 6th to the 10th of December
inclusive, and that during that brief period the pri-
soner received ISlbs. of indigo, worth from 51. to Cl.,
for which he gave his promising pupil 18s., thus
realizing for himself more than 4/. clear gain, be •
sides some "cochineal," the profit on which cannot
be exactly estimated. It is by no means astonishing
that there are parties found to ply the infamous trade
which brings in such handsome returns. Each youth
that can be seduced affords a handsome income, so
long as he remains unsuspected. Nor can we wonder
at the numbers who swell the thievish ranks when we
find the manner in which the tempter plies his vo-
cation, and follows up the victim from place to place.
Such an offence is the most fearful outrage against
society that can be perpetrated; we can never hope to
dispense with our prisons while there are so many re-
cruiting sergeants to enlist young men in the ranks
of thieving. If there were no receivers there would
be no thieves, and no exertions should be spared to
discover the FAGINS or to bring them to exem-
plary punishment on conviction. It is to this object
that the chief efforts of the " detectives" should be
directed, and any expense incurred in carrying
it out fully and efficiently would be gladly
defrayed by the country, for never was money ap-
plied to a better purpose than it would be.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

THE NEW MINISTRY.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.

The Ministerial crisis is over, and if the Bur rays
have tlr:e courage to carry out their announced inten-
tions, the conflict betwen tht: powers has begun.

The Moniteur contains decrees of the PRESIDENT of
the Republic, appointing M. Drouyn de Lhuys, to
be Minister of Foreign Affairs, in place of General
Lahitte ; Genera! Rey nand de St. Jean d'Angely, to
be Minister of War, in place of General Schramm ;
M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, in place of Admiral
Romain-Desfossoi ; M. Magne, Minister of Public
Works, in place of M. Bineau ; and M. Bonjean,
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, in place of
M. Dumas.—By another decree, M. Drouyn de
Lhuys is appointed to hold the portfolio of the
Marine ad interim during the temporary absence of
M. Ducos.—ln another part of the journal, the
iloniteur says :—" The resignation of MM. Baroche,
Fould, Rouher, and de Parrieu not having been ac-
cepted, the Cabinet is composed as follows :
M. Rouher—Minister of Justice.

M. Drouyn de Lhuys—Foreign Affairs.
Gen. Reynaud de Saint Jean d'Angely—War.
M. Theodore Ducos—Marine.
M. Baroche—lnterior.
M. Magne—Yublic Works.
M. Bonjean—Agriculture and Commerce.
M. de Parrieu—Public Instruction.
M. Achille Fould—Finances.

The following decree also appears in the Illoni-
teur :

Art. 1. The decrees of the 20th December, 1848, and
11th June, 1849, which unite under the same superior
command, Ist, the National Guards of the Seine; 2d,
the troops of all arms stationed in the first military di-
vision, and which appointed General Changarnier to that
command, are revoked.

Art. 2. General of Division Perrot is appointed to the
superior command of the National Guards of the Seine.
Art. 3. General of Division, Baraguay d'Hilliers, is
appointed Commandant•in-Chief of the troops of all
arms in the first military division.
Art. 4. General Carrelet, commanding the first mili-
tary division, will retain the attributions devolved on
him by the regulations in force.
Art. 5. The Ministers of the Interior and of War are
charged each as regards him with the execution of the
above decree.

Done in Council of Ministers at the Elyria National,
the 9th of January.
Louis NAPJLEON BONAPARTE.
Countersigned—BAßOCHE,
Gen. REGNAULD DE ST. JEAN D'ANGELY.

General BABAGUAY D'HILLIERS has published the
following order of the day, on taking the command
of the first military division :
" Soldiers,—Having been called by the confidence of
the President of the Republic to the command of the
army of Paris, I think it right to state to you sincerely
how I comprehend my mission. To maintain in the
army placed under my orders the strict and rigorous
discipline established by my honourable predecessor; to
preserve to each grade the influence and authority whish
devolve on it by the regulations; to respect and cause to
be respected on every occasion the rights of the powers
established by the constituti,n; to support with energy
the authorities in the execution of the laws—such are
our common duties. We will not fail in them, lam
well assured; your past career and mine are sure gua-
rantees of our conduct.

" Paris, Jan. 9. " BAnAGITAY D'EILLIERS."
It appears that M. DROUYN DE LIWYS exoibited
some hesitation in accepting office ; he had consented
to become a member of the Cabinet at three o'clock
on Thursday, he had withdrawn his consent at half-
after five, but ultimately consented to retain the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs. The Left have, and
will observe the strictest neutrality, if we may
judge from the following article which appears in the
National:—
" The attitude of the representatives of the Left an-
noys singularly the parties which seek to trouble by
their quarrels the public tranquillity. In private con-
versations the Left is reproached with its inaction, at-
tempts are made to conciliate it by caresses, to
irritate it against the adversaiies of to-day, the
accomplices of yesterday, the allies perhaps of to-
morrow. In the journals it is endeavoured to cause
our friends to declare themselves by accusing them
of coalition with the Legitimatises, or with the Ca-
tnarilla of the Elytio. But nothing can change the
reserve of the Republicans, and, in fact, what tart would
they have to take in the intrigues wbich now agitate the
official world? Is the question seriously about defending
Parliamentary prerogatives, or causing the free exercise
of the executive power to be respected? In no respect.
It is true that the different champions put themselves
forward as defenders on the one hand of the sovereignty
of Parliament, and on the other of the rights of the re-
:Tensible power. But they themselves divulge the real
state of the matter, by the public recriminations in the
journals of the majority. The press of the Elye3e
repeats each day that tee chief nen of the majority
are solely occupied with the interests of the exiled
dynasties. The one, pilgrims to Wiesbaden, and the
others, visitors at Claremont, conspire to overthrow
the Republic and the Constitution. They endea-
vour by disputes, constantly renewed, to render the
Government impossible, to excite alarm, to cause the
past, which they want to restore, to be regretted.
Masters of the majcrity of the Assembly, of all the high
military and administrative positions, ci the high mili-
tary commands cunningly obtained for their adherents,
they conceive that all that is wanted is a crowned head.
Tlio monarchical press on its side unveils the projects
of the caurarilla of the Elysio. Around the President,
political intriguers, impatient to. consolidate the high
fortune which they have obtained by the election of the
Dix le‘cembre, arc in movement. To preserve the sala-
ries and luxury to these men, a prolongation of powers
is necessary. As there is no hope of making the majority
an accomplice of an attack on the Constitution, they en-
deavour to fling the Government into a struggle which
may end in the prolongation they desire. So speak the
monarchical journals, and so are both parties
depicted by themselves. But how are the Repub-
licans interested in these di▪
sputes? After having
laboured in concert to overthrow the Republic,
after having gone together over the road of
the counter-revolution, the monarchical factions separate.
each seeking the path which it considers the readiest to
seize on the object of its desire. Are we to abridge the
distance fa: either of the competi▪ tors? The Republicans
of the Assembly have not for a moment mistaken the
grounds of these quarrel:, which the good sense of the
public has not allowed to pass the threshold of the dy-
nastic antechambers. Ready to support the rights of
the Assembly against every invasion of the executive
power, ready to combat the plots of the factious sheltered
under the principle of Parliamentary sovereignty, they
havelemained impassable to the spectacle of miserable
rivalities. 'their attitude has disconcerted the projects of
"Le Legitimatist, Orleanisr, or Imperialist conspirators.
Theindispensable addition of the two hundred Totes

of the lett has b,en vainly waited for, and vainly so-
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the spectacle of these divisions of the cc,untcr-revolu-
tionary parties. That calm and cold contempt in pre-
sence of the agitatioas of the official world prove clearly
enough that public cpinion is paying attention to higher
interests, and that, thanks to the progress of demo-
eratical ideas, the turbulent passions of the princely
familica have no more the privilege of moving the
people. Let the monarchical agitators then cease to
busy themselves about what the Left will do in such or
such a phase of their paltry competitions. The Left
combats tor principles, and it cannot mix itsef up with
intrigues and personalities. One-day, perhaps, it will
take pity on a man who, so long the object of base adu-
lations, will have been shamefully abandoned in his dis-
grace by the servile flatterers of his power, but it will
never consent to elevate a pedestal to an enemy of the
Republic."

At the sitting of the Assembly on Thursday Gen.
CBANGARNIER was present, but he eat alone on his
bench, every one seemed to have deserted him, and of
all the representatives present General LEFLo alone
had the courage to enter into conversation with him.
During the sitting the Burgraves adjourned to one
of the committee-rooms to deliberate. The Eveni.
anent says that the three following questions were dis-
cussed:—

Ist. Shall M. DUPIN resign his office as President
of the Assembly in order to make way for General
CIIANGARNIER ? To this M. DUPIN replied, " Thu
only thing certain in this case is that I shall vacate
the chair ;" and M. DUPIN is right, for the whole of
the Republicans would vote against General CIIAN-
GARNIER, and their 200 votes, joined to those of the
Ministerialists, would place him in a minority.
2d. Shall an army of 40,000 men be required to
watch over the safety of the Assembly, and shall the
command of it be given to General CRANGARNIER ?
3d. Shall an order of the day be proposed hostile
to the Ministry, and which shall indicate a want of
confidence in the PRESIDENT ?

The EviAgment adds that M. TIMERS was `one of
the most active of the promoters of these deliberations.

The Gazette de France says, it is announced that
to-morrow, at the opening of the sitting, MM. DE
REMUSAT and DUFAURE will demand explanations of
what is now passing. We cannot but congratulate
ourselves, should these explanations tend in any man-
ner to elucidate hove it happens that eight represen-
tatives assembled at the Elytee, by private letters
from the PRESIDENT, can have engaged the Assembly.
The National in expressing its belief in the truth of
this statement, adds, that a proposition will be for-
mally made to place the troops of the first Military
Division at the disposition of the President of the
Assembly.

The Princess LIEvEN is, it is said, taking an
active part with the Burgraves in all these intrigues
against the PRESIDENT and the Republic. The inti-
mate connexions of this lady with the Court of
Russia are well known, and the very fact of her tsk-
ing part with CHANGARNIER and the Burgraves is
sufficient to prove them guilty of complicity. with
the Cossacks.

The Burgraves, however, are not by any means in
high spirits. N. DE BROGLIE spoke in most discou-
raging terms of their prospects on Thursday evening ;
he said that the power of the Assembly was almost
annihilated, and that the PRESIDENT would, if he
acted with moderation, make himself entirely master
of the situation.

Admiral ROMAIN-DESFGSSES is appointed com-
mander of the Levant squadron, and Admiral MON-
TAIGNES DE LA RcquE or that in Mexico.
The Count DE MONTALEMBERT was elected a
member of the French Academy on Thursday, in
place of M. Drtoz, deceased.
There was very little business transacted at the
Muse. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 95c., and
closed at 94f. 65c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at
561. 75c. ; the New Loan at 941. 75c.; Orleans
Railroad Shares, 8481. 75c.; Rouen, 680 f.; Havre,
172 r. 50c. ; Great Northern, 468 f. 75c. ; Avignon,
187 f. 50c.-; Vierzon, 388. 75e.; Basle, 137 f. 50c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 352 f. 50c,‘. ; Tours and Nantes,
246 f. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 10.
Boulogne and Amiens, S7—East Indian, 1134—Luxem-
bourg, 2%—Maria Antonia, 64,:,—Ditto, New, 214—Namur
and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 15'/ Paris and
Roues, 27 Rouen and Havre, 103/ Sambre and
Meuse, 2%.