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London, England, 1851-09-03 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNES DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1851..

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

reosi THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The singular uncertainty of the reports
from Cuba, though forbidding any conclusions re-
specting the immediate destinies of that much-
coveted island, leaves the general aspect of its politics
substantially unaffected. The trutb is that the peril
is constant, though the moment of convulsion may
be undeterminable. Whether the actual Government
of the colony may or may not he presently over-
thrown is a question of mere conjecture, but it is a
fact beyond disguise that it exists from year to year
under conditions of incessant exposure to the very
same dangers which are menacing it now. The
island of Cuba is a possession of vast territorial value
dependent on a Power of declining rank and feeble
resources ; it lies contiguous to one of the most vigo-
rous and aggressive States of the world, and the cir-
cumstances of its internal politics are such as to
create in fatal abundance the elements of revolutionary
explosion. It is thus perhaps hardly probable that its
Government can long remain unchanged, and yet the
greatest difficulties are discernible in every proposal
for commuting either its tenure or its constitu-
tion. The parties concerned in the solution of
the problem are four in number—the Govern-
ments of Spain and America, the free inhabitants of the
island, and its slave population. The Spanish Crown
clings to this relic of its colonial dominion with the
combined tenacity of avarice and pride, and its here-
ditary rights are guaranteed by Powers which would
he bound to their duties by private interests no less
than treaty obligations. The American Government
is not perhaps disposed to wrong, but is powerless
against the American people, and the American
people are wholly undisciplined in the duty of sub-
ordinating national passions to public law. The white
population, in number about 400,000, is discontented
with the Imperial yoke, and impatient for political
freedom, but apprehensive, at the same time, of slave
insurrection, against which it recognises the only per-
manent security in the arms of the Imperial garrison_
The slaves amount to about 325,000, but of this
number nearly two-thirds ale adult males, so that in
the event of a collision their force would incontest-
ably predominate. On further inquiry, however, it
seems quite impracticable to discover into what com-
binations these several elements of power are
to enter—with what aims, or with what pros-
pects of success. The Americans are for up-
setting the existing institutions, and trusting for
the ultimate result to those laws of gravitation
and attraction which are operative in political no less
than dynamical science. Their cry is republicanism
and independence, and with independent Republicans
they profess themselves ready to fraternize against all
adversaries whatsoever. But this cry issues chiefly
from the slave States of the Union, so that all the co-
loured population of the island, whether slave or free,
would be enlisted from the strongest personal inte-
rests against these intolerant oppressors of the negro
race, and it is possible that for the time they might
even make common cause with the Spanish troops.
The party of Cuban independence, or, as they are
termed, the "patriots," could of course look to Ame-
rican sympathizers only for the aid which might be
found desirable against the forces of the Monarchy,
but their success, if obtained, could only be secured
by annexation, and to annexation there would on this
same score of slave institutions occur objections almost
insurmountable. Meantime the Federal Government
is sorely disconcerted by the conflict between its
manifest duties and its probable necessities. It
shares, perhaps, the traditional sentiments of the
Union regarding the prospective acquisition, but
it also acknowledges the obligations of public right,
and it is sensible in a greater degree than democratic
orators of the accountability of all Powers, great or
small, to European opinion. It is manifestly impo-
tent, however, to check the practical aggressions of
its own subjects, and few persons can anticipate that
in event of "a conquest" by such agency it could re-
sist the popular demand for securing the prize. As
an escape from these intricate liabilities it has been
some time since suggested that the United States
should deal by Spain in respect of Cuba as they dealt
by France in respect of Louisiana—that is to say,
conclude a regular bargain of sale. If the resources
of .Spain are inadequate to the preservation of the
colony, and if its honour revolts against a submission
to violence, what alternative more natural than to sell
for a fair consideration what is liable at any moment
to be lost without one ? Even the sum which might
reasonably constitute the purchase-money
100,000,000 dolls.—has been mentioned, and though
the amount seems large, yet as the annual revenues of
the colony are already computed at 20,000,000 dolls.,
and would undoubtedly admit of a large augmentation
under abler management, the bargain could certainly
not be disadvantageous to the purchasers. Against this
suggestion, however, it has to be observed, that there
is scarcely any party whose views would be met by
the transactions. The Spanish Government might
object to the compulsory tender, its allies would al-
most infallibly do so, the colonists might resist a
transfer in which they were treated as ascri pti glace,
while as to the Americans we are now plainly told
that this intelligent people might very likely be indis-
posed to buy what they have so fair a prospect of ob-
taining gratis. Over and above these considerations
it has recently been argued with some acuteness,
though singular tardiness of perception, that the ac-
quisition of Cuba would, after all, be prejudicial to the
interests of the Union, or to those, at any rate,,of the
States which have hitherto been most influential in
kindling agitation on the subject. The reasoning
given is as follows :—As slavery is only maintained
in the States by domestic propagation, and as these
means of increase have proved insufficient to aug-
ment, or occasionally even to maintain, the number
of the slave population, any speculation creating a
new demand for slaves to be employed in fresh
localities must speedily denude the slave States of
their negroes and assimilate them to their rivals of the
north. If California, for example, had been recog-
nised as a slave state, these unfortunate creatures
would undoubtedly hove been drained off to the north-
west coast of the Pacific, where their labour would
have been far more remunerative than on the partially
exhausted plantations of the south. Still more cer-
tainly would this occur in the event of the annexation
of Cuba. The novelty of the acquisition and the
allurements of sugar planting would for a time make
the people of the States "Cuba-mad," the value of
slaves would be enhanced 25 per, cent., and the drain,
as an inevitable consequence, would tend to the island
from the American main. None of the frontier
states, indeed, could be expected to resist, and it is the
opinion of a journal "sincerely anxious to preserve
slave institutions in the American Union," that,
" should Cuba be annexed, slavery will cease within
five years thereafter to have more than a nominal
existence in Delaware, Virginia, Maryland Ken-
tucky, Missouri, and perhaps Tennessee." "We
should receive," adds the article in question,
"an insular increase of slavery, it is true,
of over 300,000 head, hut would that com-
pensate us for the Congressional territorial
and numerical strength of which we shall indubitably
be deprived ?" These curious arguments are interest-
ing, as exemplifying the endless perplexities contin-
gent on institutions so unnatural as those of slavery,
and they may, perhaps, be not without weight in the
eyes of those to whom they are addressed. We can-
not, however, anticipate that any such considerations
will influence the desperadoes in whose hands peace or
war may prove to be lodged for the present. The
object of these marauders is plunder, and their pur-
pose piracy—scarcely disguised by pretexts of political
propagandism, and but poorly excused by that rest-
lessness of the national character which renders it
impossible for an American to remain contented at
home. The adventurers actually departed on this
flagitious enterprise aro not perhaps numerous, but a
little spark may kindle a conflagration in a commu-
nity so constituted as that of Cuba, and there is too
much reason to fear that means are at band to improve
the first successes, as well as to shield the offenders
in case of failure from the due penalties of their crime.
ADVERTISER.—The feeling of gloom which
has for some time past prevailed in Paris has not yet
subsided. Nor is it likely it will, so long as the
Presidential question remains in its present state. We
stated a fortnight ago that the belief in the
best informed circles in Paris then was, that the
Prince de Joinville bad withdrawn his pretensions to
the Presidential chair, and that, consequently, one
great cause of uneasiness had been removed. The
Parisian public reasoned in the same way. In the
refusal of the Prince to allow himself to be put in
nomination for the Presidency, they discerned a
marked improvement in the position of political
affairs, and the funds, as a natural consequence, im-
mediately improved. It appears, however, that both,
ourselves and the people of Paris were mistakenn
n
supposing that he had declined to become a candidate
for the seat which Louis Napoleon now fills. He has
since then been playing fast and loose—seeking to
run with the bare and hold with the hounds. He
does not openly avow himself a candidate for the Pre-
sidency of the Republic ; but neither, on the
other hand, does he disavow the fact of his being
in the field. He is attempting to please two
of the leading sections into which France
is divided those who think he ought to
stand, and those of the friends of his family who
think he ought not. To the former he will not admit
that be is not in the field; to the others be will not
acknowledge that
he is. Such conduct is disingenu-
ous and impolitic in the extreme. It displays a want
of candour and straightforwardness of conduct which
must very much lower the Prince in the estimation
of all those, in every part of Europe, who are capable
of appreciating honesty, ingenuousness, and manli-
ness of principle. No one can respect this scion of
the house of Orleans when they find him pnrsuing a
course so utterly unworthy of the position which he
fills, and so directly at variance with the universally
received netions of what constitutes high and honour-
able conduct. The very humblest peasant in France
would feel lowered in his own estimation were he, in

similar circumstances, to pursue a similar course.
The Prince de Joinville proclaims in stentorian tones
that he cares nothing for France—that self is with
him the great ruling principle—and that if he can
only thereby subserve his own private ends, he cares
not what disastrous results to the country may spring
from
the suspense which is felt as to what the course
of events under his inspiration will he. "He would,
and he would not." He would be a candidate, and yet he
shrinks from the open avowal of being a Presidential
aspirant. This undecided, unstraightfor ward conduct
must not only diminish but extinguish whatever
respect may have been hitherto felt for him. It must
also do great injury to the Orleans family. He is
compromising others, as well as himself, by the course
he
is
pursuing. lie is creating a prejudice against
the en tire Orleans family, which must prove eminently
prejudicial, if not fatal, to their pretensions to th
first magistracy of France, at any future period.
Even had the other members of the family disap-
proved of that course, they would still have been
sufferers from it ; but the injury which it will
entail on them will be doubly great when the fact
transpires, as it forthwith will, that they are parties
to it. They approve of it, and must, therefore, share
in the responsibility. They are not merely suspected
of concurring in the double-dealing of the Prince
de Joinville with respect to the Presidency ; but
the
fact is proved. They have been convicted of
crime—for
such we regard it—against France.
The
Times of yesterday, through means of a com-
munication from Paris, which that journal authenti-
cates, by the very form in which the communication
is ushered into the world, makes an unreserved
revelation on this subject. Our contemporary gives
the day and the dates of the conversation which
he describes. The circumstances, too, under which
the interview between M. Guizot and the Duke de
Nemours,
in the presence of a great many other
persons, took place, are given with a minuteness
which is a guarantee for their scrupulous accuracy.
The
meeting took place at Claremont, on the 27th
of August, the day on which a great many of the
most devoted friends of Louis Philippe had assem-
bled there, from all parts of France, to commemo-
rate the anniversary of his death. M. Guizot, in
the presence of them all, and in the presence, too,
of the ex-Queen, the Duchess d'Orleans, the Duchess
de Nemours, and other members of the exiled
family,
inquired of the Duke de Nemours the views
of the Prince de Joinville, and the members of his
family, with regard to the impending election for
the Presidency of the Republic. The Duke de
Nemours'
reply was, that the policy of the Prince
would be a policy of abstention. He did not mean
to move in the matter. The answer was deemed
unsatisfactory by Guizot, and by all who were
present. The question was then put in
plain terms, and it was intimated that the
friends of the Orleans family had a right to a
plain answer. Such a question, as our contemporary
remarks, addressed directly and firmly, though re-
spectfully, under circumstances so peculiar, could not
be evaded. The Duke de Nemours was compelled
to be more explicit. He was forced to admit, that
while he had not declared himself to be a candidate,
nor authorised any one to put up his name as such,
yet that, on the other hand, he had not prohibited his
friends from bringing him forward, nor disowned
their acts when they had done so. And be it ob-
served, that this course of procedure on the part of
the Prince is not only not repudiated by the Royal
Family at Claremont, but is directly approved of by
them. It was vindicated by the Duke de
Nemours, by the ex-Queen, by the Duchess
d'Orleans, and the Duchess de Nemours.
There is good ground, in the absence of actual posi-
tive proof, that the line of conduct pursued by the
Prince de Joinville has the special approval of all the
members of the Orleans family. France, at any rate,
will come to that conclusion, and she cannot be blamed
for doing so. The fact, then, stares us full in the
face, that in the intensity of the selfish views of this
son of Louis Philippe, he is quite prepared, should he
see any chance of success, to plunge his country into
a sea of the most frightful troubles, in his anxiety to
obtain the Presidency. Nor does he reck the means
by which the object he has in view may be
accom-
plished. He knows it could only be by an alliance
with the Socialists and Red Republicans, who would
b, e willing to abet his plans, not because they are
friendly to him, but because they cherish an intense
dislike to Louis Napoleon. They do not love the
Prince
de Joinville, but they hate the present occu-
pant of the Presidential chair. It is only, we repeat,
hs' an unholy and unnatural alliance with these
desperate
demagogues that the Prince de Joinville
could have the most slender hopes of success. And
yet he is quite ready, perfectly prepared, to form an GREAT PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Wo are informed that
odh fii
ds
associety,—the
ac father,ireetyn
alliance with the enemies alike of all morality and
,f—L thentnhiers
rriunrelenting
ht
ho enemies,uesgebc
itrhceum passivesmoreover,tane ees
,a
noi
-fs tshireeghreaalit pedestrian feat of 1,000 half miles in 1,000 succes-
uforusrctoeneenluddae,ss ttoh;env,ieehttiat six o'clock. Through-
out the fir sot asmost unpropitious,
Coates having to change his a'tjaelerthirty-threev
undaunted, he persevered against all difficulttilems
success would be tantamount to the ascendancy of
well calculated to create alarm in France, because its Up till
twelve o'clock on Friday he had accomplished 852 iialf miles.
success Breather having now taken a more favourableese.l3haSntgei.lesl,
Atheism and Anarchy, yet we feel persuaded that in little doubt of his accomplishing the feat. His bodily
the end, the thing will prove eminently adeaandtabgeeeene,sl health appears very little affected, further than pains in the
limbs, caused by the wet weather, and blistered leet.—North
to the cause of Louis Napoleon. If there h
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doubt before in any one's mind, as to the propriety f
re- electing Louis Napoleon, there can be none now.° JENNY Lien AT NIAGARA FA L A party
re from the Clifton Hotel states :—TheL societyS.
herearty
He will nut, in the coining contest, be opposed, as or
chillierEsbaohe ougorvison
Europe,
ei
,n
agdecidedly aristocratic. Sir Hugh Dalrymple, of the 71st.Rei-s
the last occasion, by a genuine Republican, and an l
ratters. Jenny
and suite,,i are here, and several other military cha-
ald.
shdearrived yesterday_ from New York, by
ingenuous honourable man. Instead of Cavaio 11 ac, rgelt
the stern and true Republican, his opponent this time way of Oswnegnoy. keepsoivn room. Last
and has her
will be a Monarchist, under the transparent guise of meals served in her
Mvre.nsi evening r sheenh was
amuing herself by singing, accompanied by
ix her own rooms, with closed doors. Soon a crowd eortge:
Republicanism—one. whom all, the friends of order
beuinndrehdeal,l
heard.
d gathereds She
sang
(I eroofrou
rn Ishel
aboutiert edil
halfop oerd,
atslisn' iatthntlt)lo, without
he
ia,
h.
ha el nl whisperfr
e
will oppose, and whose whole strength will be in the
support which the more desperate characters in the
sud-
faubourgs can render to him. What the worth of denlgy opening the
that support will be we need not stay to state. candle, and then you wou'ld haves iiilaughed
(li
noutrtilght to see the
people scamper, and she looking so
Neither need we mention what the result of a contest
_ . several aril
.beauties
.I,here—tireork ,
and
Misstw o
othat
of bearg
Brooklyn;
have
lattera re
with Louis Napoleon will be, should the Prince de
Joinville be so profligate and imprudent as fairly to sings and plays sweetly.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE —Upon the walls of the
embark in it.
DAILY NEWS.—A fearful visitation has befal- Fine Arts Court, slightly to the w
be found several Epecimens of typo-chromatic.est,len the kingdom of Naples. The villages and towns If)rrooincess which is deservedly obtaining much attpenrTiouna*L;tlai
of one entire region have been laid in ruins by the
marked
drtihsts
iatnidneiomnintoaits.eurs by reason of the great advance
sudden and repeated shocks of an earthquake. At
Torento many dwellings were overthrown in a few bited by by it
George.
artists' colourmen of
startle the casual observer by their remarkable fiardeel doubtlesseix hi-
Co., the well-known
moments. For many miles round, in the district of
Basilicata, the fatal convulsion of nature spread terror
tarty "The
The rustic figures, the more particu-
andtta dismay, while at Bari and Melfi whole streets " The Gleaners," are espe-
andise
ne7iheeoaf,lteoufct)hr so agreeable receoatrbeleetilny
featuresmthitat this really novel and ca t'
all the principal buildings were levelled to the chilly good, that' breadth and and
nr u t
t artistsob
water-colour
beingat
er.
e ehi
oe
ur here secured.execu
ground, hundreds, if not thousands, of human victims tterhimoeenhes.rlpaaienrAiiantstgecdatistrlkee,asymtocauhorlsedetssaolaifrki,oli,ee.uesn\artre
being overwhelmed in their fall. No previous pertur- '
rating process renders similes of the most costly masterpieces
calm, of the elements seems to have presaged the ap-
aist easy of aceess to a more extended circle of art-worshippers,
yuscleifraelcnteesssp.ecial attention to these elegant evi-
coarlomac,hanodfththeeclreealernwtlaeNs.se
brokefoe. Theupen suthneunsetrranaidr
asw
s
TION OF FREE NE
had
dweencecoehseNeevri:iitzll
dianapolis, and is occupied in delibs
saimouilsaerhodlidsatsitaiedrsitsioenze hadtii h
e indeedabout
yearved tlh7eB9t tai ebloi
tf
NEGROES IN INDIANA.—A.
the details of horror . had long since come to be re- convention of free people of colour
ernaot.7 in session at In-
garded as almost fabulous among an illiterate and )tosnasvaacrlaosuss
Tmialettreerissrseiliadting to the interests of its conisittueuni
Muchprovid
itnhgeythhaotpe
should "la,
hoab;ootn.
cey.
existthe amcng its members a strong inclination
a catastrophe is of itself so great, that simple folk
enjoying people. The difficulty of realising such
to remove' outtoof state of Indiana to some othercountry,
may easily be forgiven their practical incredulity•
the laws of the state
Ng,
arse aat edro steodcialhadvantages. Atter
debate a resolutijoany
Let any book-learned and unfeeling cynic try toahleacr,gme
become so
imagine or explain to others how the earth, without
presslive as to be intolerable, they would recommensdatlaieTr
I?eeroepnceetoteomLigirhaete to Canada, Jamaica, or elsewhere, in pre-
she had swallowed up the busy multitude that which there appears to be a opening her mouth, can suddenly seem as though
the
eainst
rio-
laugh and sing upon her bosom, so that in an in- lent prejudice irnipau'rposecoofnveennitii,ornastioenWhozdtehe countries
stant they go down into the pit—and we shall spoken of for the men-
tioned, are Mexico, New Granada, and CentratlhAamseoe.nrica; ,
Talhnedsoeenms at
ahne
rdeck northma\bvel
ine lsl side, will
then believe that it is possible readily to conceive
but Canada is generally regarded as most eligible,
ac-
the panic and consternation of those who have
count of o f its. accessibility. At last accounts the convention
escaped hurt or unhurt from such a scene. Nor let
underevhichnhisac
dusaiosnt
haeernesolutiodn somewhat contradictory to
the cold and sceptic temperament on which, perhaps, thatmentioned above. It
asserte, in substance, that itle free nasegrmoeenstlii
we are sometimes too apt to plume ourselves in thishave itrillit to re-
main, if they choose, in the United States, the land of their
nativity, and it accordingly recommends them to stay here,
ealned‘t,easdtt.iroinv.Ne
efowlrt
Yorktvhuesi moral,rer
expected s
toicliaatl ,t
he
resolution political,
wouldintellectual
h e de-
eve lraetliyt utdhee of
feelings
wherewith judge to o
the superciliously
circumstance
We have this weekerke had an opportunity of inspect.
e adverted to is dwelt upon, that it was at the
prolonged
visited
the convulsiontrembling
realm
of
t . fea
stcioolneftraacsthed to excavate a
southern Italy. Superstition, whether social or reli- ing the estuary
loikfethpeorte
and
B.
etOtsurharveaders are doubtless aware
new edNivs
tcahnaciemoefl
ffornormW miles.est Lynn
tienrtmeo
pious, is sad enough to contemplate; we are among that Messrs. fetow
the last that would say a word in palliation of the contract
Lincoln, for
blame justly ascribable to the systems of misrule that
twoeaxt
et
ahtveharbteioteitgnt hot
rt ht:l6lessfaif
ernsdt,
twoeo,omoiol
miles
willTh The h
ea average a
ft. ee. depthfeet;
the ofwi the
generate
width
wash
and forare forh
the first two miles through the land, 143,000/ ,
generate its existence. We can infinitely more readily
j cutting, at thhe top, feet. At the
forgive the constitutional perjuries of the court of
eltirsepmaertenefdtohfe-thetwillst Nest
bLrey2nBno,
nfeeeatr.
Caserta, and the baseness of its vassalage to trans-
ldent
excavation
alpine tyranny, than the deadening and demoralising
Fisher-street, and is continued in a straight system of ignorance in which it deliberately holds
athatvagstthe
NT`horeth Lynn St. Edmund, as far as the dryg landmeex
down its subjects. To tie or maim a people's hands isacrosstends.
exhctallation will be further continued for two miles
guilt enough ; but to tamper with its eye .sight is '
enseawnds of the Wash,
ll anftohdrecetheehnhce
and
dis efixopwecteolfl
the sin against the spirit of mercy, justice, and free- through
dom, for which there is no forgiveness. Nevertheless,
body
if so be that government and governed are thus per- chan-
nel for many miles through thae sv,t,raasiettohseea. The old circuitous channel, full of shifting sands, willthe
mitted to subsist, and that the gloomy shadow of
closedd up, and thousands of acres will be laid dry, and
intellectual darkness overlays the land, may not one
lbleen employed in the excavation
suppose that out of the depths a voice of conscience be me
below silth and menthstarne
naagve.
earthamou amount
haveof lbaebeonu
r. removed.
vlal,loabole for agriculturalh purposes. Since December
may perchance arise, warning despotism of its cep- last aboeuat
million and and a half of cubic yards of
pointed destiny, and " checking the exuberance of its work ; and more-
The soil is clay at the top, and
riot ?" If the King of Naples or his accompliceso that the cutting through
and removing such a vast quantity will require an enormous
councillors fear not the God who bath made all men
equally in his own image, and if they are deaf to the It is, however, expected that the first
shout of shame with which all emancipated Christen- two miles
largeof the new will be completed within a year,
and then
dom rings on account of their " cowardly and savageayaoboreotaroufohtthinetorthis port. What-
evercruelty' to the political dupes of their sworn profes- may be the benefitsra tade
ooff
reclaiming
town,
there can be no question as to the advantage
sions of constitutionalism, is it not conceivable that
a 30,000 acres of land; adding in fact, so much toeteh ae
I tme ri rni g-
rag of conscience may still be lett, that an indistinct
tonal extent of the country ;and from this beginning we may
and shapeless recollection of the fate which seventy
ti anticipate that in time a large part of the land now under
years ago befell their predecessors in oppression, waters of the Wash will be gradually laid dry.—Norlidk
recur to their minds, and that the physical calamityo'may
Chronicle.e
may have startled them from their day-dream
IMPORTANT TO SPIRIT MAND
generallyPonm-
knownthisEßCHANTS cass
of
trades.
irresponsible power, were it but for an hour 2 mNA° f 6AN S . —lt may not be
men that the practice of selling sweet
or
ro 0
m
h e-made wines,
venture not to preach to such impenitents f. - -re
front so unless protected by a licence, is illegal, and renders them
terrible a text. We loathe the dullpenalty. At the public office yesterday,
presumption liable to a heavy
that arrogates to itself the right of 'airifso,,rmeeattiwo,nins
ebso-altlleide
inscrutable visitations of Providence, and Judging
ia ir the severalioar 0F e rlsnol na
ns were
Re reevseunmo
emofonredsoysnot7.
them as special punishments for this or the eotheriug ginger wine, without being' empowered by licence so to do.
Three of the parties referred to pleaded guilty, and were fined
error of mankind. But it is nowise ine • 121. 10os.ede.ach ;_ but the others
with the humility and charity of the pr.nocnststent in the mitigated penalty of
eevdeirnagceontisieer
vendedence o
wastheir
ostu
gi n
geirrt i inne prhouvtin g that
question, that we should hope, even agelinsithes in ettceat
spiritg,ll:lisgearl--
s ette, which, as it contains a large proportion of
that a Sovereign whose ears are smitten with eth '
h ' l owed. to be sold under the ordinary spirit licence. The other
funeral dirge of myriads of his people, onAs the ob-
amidomd9 liquor, it will be .cellor!.(sovreentluleeTnbebri.,inis.excisable.
the hum of peaceful industry, the sun bathwthese easels forward
dents denly gone down while it was yet day—should be jest
isecitn
toefotdh: Board
dtoact more as a bringing
of
ffenders, who all pleadeldetribr iigentoraanneae
conscience smitten too, and driven to reflect, remorse- punishment of the o
of the law, the fines thus inflicted will, in all probability,
fully, on the course to which he has so long and reck- be commuted,o tharough the interest of the Excise, upon the
lessly given himself up. The King of Naples is a presentation d tfh a t proper t petitionf
Bourbon ; can any member of that doomed family ra
the trifling
s. c the licence for the sale of these
remembering wines amount* to tne
lay his head upon his pillow without
' steamed,

there are other earthquakes still more terrible and far
less rare than those that level palaces and peasants'
homes ? Of the various dynasties that boast descent
from St. Louis, which of them is there that we have
not seen by a sudden shock from beneath hurled
down from their high estate into the blood-stained
dust or into distant exile, since the memorable
day of warning in 1789 ? Four times has the dia-
dem bee❑ snatched from the brow of their kinsmen
in France during the last seventy years—once from
the occupants of the Spanish throne, and twice from
the family of Naphs. Already the mutterings of a
fearful storm are heard throughout all central and
southern Europe. Where does the wretched Sove-
reign of the unhappy Sicilies expect that he can look
for safety, when the ground under his feet shall once
more be upheaved ? It is said that the imperial, royal,
and ducal gaolers of Italy are about to be gathered
together at Verona, to consult and to confer. Gee of
the ostensible objects is alleged to be the formation of
an Austro-Italian customs-league ; another the com-
position and publication of a joint defence of their
reactionary proceedings since 1849. The former is of
course a scheme for the universal establishment of
monopolies throughout the greater portio❑ of the
Peninsula, at the expense of the community at large ;
in other words, a wholesale project for bribing the
chief capitalists and speculators of Italy into deserting
the cause and interest of their country. If one
wished the illustrious conspirators to add a new source
of popular hatred to those already existing, we could
not desire anything better suited to that end than the
execution of a design so directly infringing the com-
forts and luxuries of all dosses of society. And as
for the latter, Prince Schwarzenberg may dictate, and
King Bombe sign, but their extenuations and evasions
will be met wherever men dare to think and speak,
with one cry of scorn—" Did ye not swear three
summers since to observe the law of representative
freedom, and are ye not forsworn ?"

NOTES FOR STRANGERS.

INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, HYDE PARK -Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, admission, ls.
Friday, 2s. 6d. (from 9 till 6 o'clock each day); Sa-
turday (from 12 o'clock), 2s. 6d
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.-Divine service, daily at 8
A.M.; 9.45 A.M.; 3.15 P.M. Oa Sundays, 9.45 A.M.;
3.15 P.M. Admission daily. To view the monuments
and body of the Cathedral (gratis); the galleries, 6d.;
the ball, is. 6d.; the great bell, model room, library,
6d.; the clock, 2d.; vaults, 63.-in all, 3s. 2d.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-Divine service daily at 7.45
A.m.; 10 A.M.; 3 P.M. On Sundays at 10 A.M.; 3
P.M. Admission to view from 9 till past 5, gratis;
with the exception of the smaller chapels, for the
whole of which there is a charge of 6d.
HOUSE OF LORDS, WESTMINSTER.-Tickets issued
(gratis) from the Lord Great Chamberlain's office
(Abingdon 'street) every Wednesday and Saturday,
from 11 till 4, to view the House on Wednesday and
Saturday, from 11 till 5. When their Lordships are
hearing appeals the public are admitted without
tickets.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEsTMINSTER.-When the House
is sitting, admission is obtained to the Strangers' Gal-
lery by a Member's order. A limited number may be
accommodated in the Speaker's Gallery, but in this
case the name of each person must be inserted previ-
ously by a Member, in a list for a particular evening.
WESTMINSTER HALL AND LAW COURTS (when the
Courts are sitting).-Free.
THE TEMPLE, FLEET-STREET.-The Church may be
viewed daily, except on Saturday and Sunday, gra-
tuitously, and without a bencher's order, from 10 till
4. On week days prayers are read at 9; on Sundays
there is divine service at 11 and 3. The Middle Tem-
ple Hall is open to the public without payment or or-
der, from 10 till 4; also the Inner Temple Gardens,
from 6 till half-past 8 evening.
LINCOLN'S INN.-Admission daily, except on Sunday,
to the Chapel, Hall, and Library, gratuitously, by
bencher's order. Prayers are reed in the chapel on
week days at 8; on Sundays there is divine service at
11 and 3. The chapel may also be seen on applica-
tion to the head porter.
BRITISH MUSEUM, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOOMS-
BURY.-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday, from 10 to 5 (gratis). With the ex-
ception of Saturday the libraries may be viewed
without orders. Admission to the print room, medal
room, and botanical department, can only be ob-
tained by an order from Sir Henry Ellis, the prin-
cipal librarian, or the heads of the respective depart-
ments.
Mr. ROACH SMITH'S MUSEUM of LONDON ANTIQUITIES
may be seen by special appointment. Apply by letter,
to Mr. Smith, 5, Liverpool-road, City-road.
NATIONAL GALLERY, TRAFALGAR. sQuAKE.-Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 1U till 6
(gratis).
VERNON GALLERY, MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.-Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 10 till 6
(gratis).
NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE.-Tickets (gratis) to be ap-
plied for at the house on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday, from 10 till 2. The gallery, &c.,
to be viewed on Friday and Saturday, from 11 till 5.
BRIDGE WATER HOUSE, CLEVELAND-SQUARE, ST. JAMES'S
-Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 10
till 5, by tickets (gratis), issued by Mr. Smith, 137,
New Bond-street.
DUDLEY GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.-
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, without tickets (gratis).
MANSION-HOUSE.-To view the Egyptian Hall, Ball-
room, &c., Tuesdays and Fridays, from 11 till 2.
Visitors are required to leave their names on the Fri-
day or Tuesday previous.
GUILDHALL, KING-STREET, CHEAPSIDE, is for the pre-
sent closed.
THE TOWER.-Daily, except Sunday, from 9 till 5. The
armoury, 6d.; the regalia, 6d.
THE MINT.-Admission by special order from the Mas-
ter of the Mint.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-Apply by letter to the Post-
master-General, or the Secretary, for an order of ad-
mission.
ROYAL EXCHANGE.-Open to the public from 9 till
half-past 3, and from 6 till 8, every day except Sun-
day.
COAL EXCHANGE, LOWER THAMES STREET.-Gra-
tuitous admission, every day except Sunday, from
9 till 4.
CUSTOM HOUSE, LOWER THAMES-STREET.-Gratuitous
admission to the long room, every day except Sunday,
from 10 till 4.
THE Docxs.-The West India Docks, the East India
Docks, the St. Katharine's Docks, and the London
Docks, may be viewed gratuitously by an order pro-
curable at the offices of the respective superintendents.
In the case of the London Docks, the wine vaults may
be seen by presenting a " tasting order" from any
wine merchant.
BETHLEM HOSPITAL, OR BEDLAM, LAMBETH.-Apply
for an order to the president (Sir Peter Laurie), the
treasurer (Mr. John Edward Johnson), or the Home
Secretary. Visitors will also be admitted on the per-
sonal introduction of a governor; and it may be use-
ful to know, that the Aldermen of the city of London
are ex officio governors. The days of admission are
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, from
11 till 3.
MILLBANE PRISON, PENTONVILLE PRISON, &C.-Apply
in writing to the Home Secretary for an order.
Foreigners will procure tickets at the respective em-
bassies. Millbank may be seen every day except
Saturday and Sunday, from eleven till one, and from
two to four. Pentonvillo may be seen on the same
days from two to four. Admission to the Hulks, at
Woolwich and Portsmouth, are to be obtained by
orders procurable in the way already stated.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.-Admission by order from
the Governor or Dr puty-Governor.
THE MONUMENT, FISH-STREET-HILL.-Daily, except
Sunday, from 8 till sunset-3d.
DUKE OF YORK'S MONUMENT, CARLTON-HOUSE. TER.
RACE.-Daily, except Sunday-, from 10 till 4 on pay-
ment of 6d.
THAMES TUNNEL-Daily, ld.
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MUSEUM, LEADENHALL-
STREET.-Friday, from 10 till 4 (gratis). On Tues-
day and Thursday, by orders from a director.
UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM, WHITEHALL PLACE, SCOT-
LAND .YARD.-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, from 11 till 5, by members' tickets
or ambassadors' cards. On Saturday by personal in-
troduction or ambassadors' cards.
SOCIETY OF ARTS, JOHN-STREET, ADELPHL-Daily,
except Sundays, by members' orders and ambassadors'
cards, from 10 till 4.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDs,
-On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
from 10 till 4, by members' orders. Ou Friday and
Saturday, foreigners possessed of tickets, procur-
able at the various embassies and consulates, will be
admitted.
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.-Daily
by orders from fellows.
KENSINGTON GARDENS, HYDE PARK.-Public prome-
nade-military music daily, except Sunday, from 2
to 4.
HORSE GUARDS.-Guard mounting daily at half-pall 10
and 11, and on Sundays at 10.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE -For admission apply, by letter,
to the Lord Chamberlain. The days for viewing the
palace are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 12
till 4. There is no admission when the Queen is re-
siding in the palace.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE MEWS.-App y, by letter, to Mr.
George Lewis at the Royal Mews for cards of ad-
mission. The stables are on view every day except
Sunday, from 1 till 3.
WINDSOR CASTLE.-On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday, from 11 to 4; by tickets (gratis), issued
by Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street; Messrs. Col-
naghi, Pall-mall East; Mr. Ackermann, 96, Strand;
and Mr. Moon, Threadneedle-street; and at Windsor,
at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Winchester Tower.
The Private Apartments may be seen by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain, but only in the absence
of the Court. The North Terrace is open daily, from
8 A.M. till sunset; the Grand Parterre is only available
on Saturdays and Sundays; the Royal Gardens cau
only be seen by an order from the Office of Woods and
Forests, or any of the Queen's Equerries; the Kennel,
Dairy, and Aviary, may be seen by an order from
Major-General Wemyss, at Cumberland-lodge; the
Royal Mews are shown daily, except Sunday, between
1 and half-past 2, by tickets, to be obtained, not earlier
than 12, at the Lodge, near the Post-office.
KEW GARDENS.-Daily, except Sunday (gratis).,
HAMPTON COURT PALACE.-Daily, except Friday,
(gratis).
WooLwica-THE ROYAL ARSENAL.-Admittance
daily, except on Sunday, and without order (gratis).
from 9 till 11; and from a quarter-past I till 4, to
view the grounds, which contain upwards of
28,000 guns of various calibre, and 4,000,000
of shots and shells. Foreigners require a card from
the legation of the country to wbich they belong
and the name of every person forming a party must
be written upon it. A special order is required
orirefromd from
the Board of Ordnance, Pall-mall, London,
the office of the Commandant of the Garrison, to view
the interior of the departments. The Rotunda-Ad-
mission gratis, and without order, to view the ar-
moury and models daily, except Saturday and Sun-
day, from 9to 11, and from 1 till 4. Visitors give
their names at tbe entrance. The Dockyard-e-Admrs-
nay, and without orders, from 9 till half-
past t
11, and from half-past 1 till 4 o'clock. Foreigners
must produce cards from their respective legations.
the interior of the department,
To view
is required from the Admiralty et Whitehall,
a special order
or
.the
Commodore-Superintendent at Woolwich. Exercises
of the Royal Horse Artillery and Field Batteries on
Woolwich Common.-These generally take piece ohn
w
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, hen t e
weather is favourable ; but the assonhling. of the
troops depends upon the other duties they have to
perform in the garrison. Mortar and Howitzer Prac-
tice-Visitors have the best opportunities of witness-
ing this practice from balf-past 2to ha past 3 o'clock
on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursday s.
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.-Daily, gratis; picture gallery,
2d.; chapel, 2d.
CHELSEA HO`piTAL.-Daily (gratis).
DuLevica GALLERY (five miles from London).-Mon.
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
(gratis), from 10 till 5. Tickets to be procured from
the principal print-sellers in London.
THE Ii LAXMAN GALLERY, AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
GOWER-STREET.-(Free)-Saturdays, Irons 1 till 6.
THE MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, JERMYN-
' sraENT.--(Free)-Mondayt3, Tuesdays, and Wednes•
days. from 10 till 5.
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, LAMB'S CONDUIT.STREET.
-Mondays, from 12 till 4-(F
on Sundays at 11 and 3; a trifling lee.)Divine service
gratuity in silver
fa the bouofit of the charity,