The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

TO-MORROW, October 11.

A Yrrietrof Entertainments.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-ollice of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock.
Prices—Pit, ss. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. Gallery
Stalls, ss. Boxes—Two Pair, 215.; One Pair and Pit Tier, 11. lls. 6d.;
Grand Tier, 21. 25.; Box Seats, 55., Os., and 7s.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's
under the Direction of Mr. Barnum, of New York.
KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN,
(Orly Eight and Six years of ago.)
Last Week bat One.
THIS EN ENING,
The performances will commerce at a Quarter past Seven, with
PERFECTION. Sir Lawrence Paragon, Mr. Granby; Sam, Mr.
Artaud; Chwies Paragon, Mr. John Webster; Kate O'Brien, Miss
-Wars; Susan, Miss C. Tellett.
In addition to which wilt be produced an entirely new Petite Co-
medy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, "Le Marriage En-
fantin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled
THE YOUNG COUPLE,
Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman; Henrietta de Vigny, Kate
Bateman ; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss
Tillars.
La Manola by Melle. Therese Cushnie and M. Milano.
To be followed by
POILED the laughable
CHILD. Farce, entitled
THE S
Little Pickle (with Songs), Kate Bateman ; Tag, Ellen Bateman.
To conclude with LA VIVANDIERE. Principal characters by
Messrs. M. Ellar, T. Matthews, M. Milano, and Madlle. Therese
C ashy le.

Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is.
Private Boxes, Stalls, rid Ticlets may be secured at Mr.
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal
Lbraries and Music Sellers ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre,
which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock.
KATE BATEMAN'S Benefit,
On SATURDAY, October 18, 1851.
With the most attractive Entertainments.
Full particulars will be duly announced.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
mr. B. wow,. sole Lessee and Manager. Oi ‘J Brampton.
The Last Week of the Season.
1.1114 EVENING,
Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE QUEEN OF
A DAY. Sir Henry Vere, Mr. Stuart ; the Sheriff, Mr. Caulfield ;
Timothy Turnwell, Mr. Weiss; Walter, Mr. W. Harrison; Lucy
Lovelace. Miss L. Pyne ; Cicely, Mrs. Caulfield.

To be followed by a new comic Drama, entitled GRANDMOTIIER
GRIZZLE. Sir Oliver Pipp:n, M. Lambert; Percy linclibecke,
Mr. Parselle ; Fml Fuddle, Mr. Enckstone ; Mrs. Griselda Pinch-
becke and Little Steve, Mrs. Fitzwilllam ; Polly Willows, Miss A.
Vining.
. _

Af,Ce which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSHAW 1 BAG-
SHAW ! and BRA.DSHAW 1 Grimshaw, Mr. Bcckstone ; 3394-
shaw, Mr. H. BeJibrd: Towzer, Mr. Selby; Emily, Miss A. Vining-
With LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Golightly,
stone. Mr. Buck.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIEL.
Under the direction of Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING,
Will be pes.ormed the celebrated comic Opera, entitled GOOD
0001) NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofblo, Mr. Paul
Iledfo,7d ; Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey. ; Leib:), Miss Woolgar; Co-
lumbine, Miss Kathleen Fitawilliam.
After which, the laughable comic Drama, entitled THE FOREST
ROSE! and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY. Jonathan Ploughboy,
Mr. J. Silsbee; Bellamy, Mr. Worrell; Harriet Miller. Miss Wool-
ger ; Sally Forest, Miss E. Chaplin.
To be followed by a new and laughable Piece de Circoustance,
ntitled BLOOMERIsM ; or, The Follies of a Day. Mr. Agricola
jeep, Mr. Honey ; Mr. Flighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John
A e.y, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell , Mrs. Portia Ln-
crezia Green, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with the Farce of FORTUNE'S FROLICS. Robin
inughhead, Mr. Emery ; Rattle, Mr. Worrell ; Dolly, Miss Ellen

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
under the managem
TAN entot Mr. . Xearii and Mr. Koele7.
EV'ENIN,

shakespere's flay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Harley, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining; Miss Phillips, and
Mrs. C. Kean.
After wi'ch a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to
the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs.
Sc :'Cy appear.

venture wild a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
rum a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ;
or The Three 'Lloorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Meadows,
111ricy, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Fleamore ; Misses Murray, Vivash,
Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, MdLlo. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.
Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Immingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
Czford-street, from Eleven till Fear o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE.
Under the Management ot Madame Vestris.
We Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew%
Last Night but 3 of the Season.
nits VENING.

Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE GAME OF
PECULATION. Characters by Me3srs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews,
3 uter, K. Roxby, B. Baker, Oxberry, H. Horncastle, H. Butler,
Clifford; Mrs. C. Horn, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Ellis, and Miss Grove.
To conclude with

KEiG CHARMING. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter,
Hcrncastle ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. C. Horn,
Miss Lt. George, Misses Martindale, Kills, and Rosina Wright.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TiIEATRE.
Lessee and Meaager, Mr. W. Farren.
THIS EVEN LNG
Revival o: the Country Squire.
Great Attraction—Roars of Laughter at the new Farce.
Will be performed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE, 'supported by
Messrs. W. Farren, H. Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Clifton ; Mesdames.
L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner. and A. Phillips.
With, I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. Jellytop, Mr. Compton.
To conclude with THE DEMON GIFT.

PUNCH'S PLAYBOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool.
THIS EVENING,
THE ALDERMAN'S GOWN. Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davis. Mop-
ton, and Miss Maskell.
After which a new petite Comedy, entitled THE HOPELESS
rA,z,..tioN, by Messrs. Tilbury, Davis, Morton ; Mrs. Copeland, and
Mss Maskell.
To be followed by a new Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN ; or,
the Bloomer Costume, In which Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth,
and Miss Marshall will appear.
With CATCHING AN HEIRESS. Sally Giggle, Miss Saunders.
The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls,
4s; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is.
Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the pertormances to
Commence at Seven precisely.
A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock
—first circle, 25.; second circle, Is.
Prlvate Boxes One Guinea and a Half each.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
under the Patronage of her Maiesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The most successful and popular Theatre in London.
Another Week of Glorious Triumph.

'li'f'e most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the
ceiling nightly.
NoTicz.—Mr. Batty begs to announce to his patrons and the
public that he has succeeded hi making an engagement with the
renowned rip lan Brothers, the most surprising wonders ever be-
held. Theis performances surpass anythirw, that has been witnessed
in England. They will perform every evening during the week.

THIS EVENING,
Will be per"ormri the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ,
or the Wild Horse o: Tartary, which has been cont,nued, in conse-
caence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit-
nen the magnificen. Spectacle.
With Ratty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest
Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British
Male and Female Artists of superior talent.
To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece.
Tickets to be had at the liez-otilee from Eleven till Four daily.
--Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thcmpson.

Liiol7 WATER AT LONDON BRIDAM Tb:i DAY —Morning 59 min. after 1 'Evening 16 min after II
a'>..!dolmow—Mornmg 29 win. atter 2 Evening 45 min after 2

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Pt:mount—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain.
Citziantru.st —Wind W.— rain.
WORCESTER—Wind S. Yr..— cloudy.
PouTsaforn-t—Wind S.W.—cloudy.
G./SPORT Wind S
RtGIiTON—W i rid S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
HASTINGS—Wind S.W., fresh breeze—rain.
SOUTHAMPTON— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
FqLEILSTONE— W intl S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind E., strong breeze— rain.
BasruCiATOKE—Wind N., calm—foggy.
GKEh.llWlCH—Calm—rain.
Swurnos—Wind S. W gentle breeze—rain.
OxPoßu—Wind B.E.
GLoucEsTER-....Avind F, iy crempdspoun—Wind N. W. °ur(a.-in.
Coictinkrkut—Wind S.W.—
inßrumiwrirZku.dcts.* eez —ra
ge4brar-- —rain.
STA FFOli.n—Wind N.W.—rain:
YARmou'rti—Wind S., calm—fogy.
Now-vim—Wind S.W.—clondy.
N.W.— raln. -
DERBY—Wind S.W,—Very hazy.
OTTINGHAM—Wind M —rain.
Lux:out—Wind S.—rain.
.qor.YEtuan—Wind W.—rain.
cHtsr' Ea—Wind W.— rain.
SHEFFIELD—Wind W.S.W.—rain.
L.?•ErtrooL—Wind W.—rain.
111..s.ricti ESTE a—Wind S.—rain.
W.S.W.—cloudy.
Ls FITS Wind S.E.—rain.
Tong— Wind S.—tine
DILELLNGTON—Wind W.S.W.—cloudy.
NEWCASTLE —Wind W.—cloudy.
GrAsGow—Wind S.W.—cloudy.
EDINBURGII—Wind S.W.—foggy.

Toe returns from the following places indicate the state of
the a:nd and weather on Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock
I...awatck—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy.
iiut.ow—Virind N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
rooLTLI,EIV--Wind W, Gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PETEano 'Ad gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
cloudy. Wind S.W., strong breeze - partially

EATII tri .4ovv-STREET, ...,TATION-HOTME.
SUDDEN D -----------------1) Q
—Yesterday morning
thei
station-house were sgorne olacials employed at Bow-street
males' cells, when they La. I.' surprised on visiting the fe-
in an apparently lifeless stac(t)evere'i °°°
of
the
that the deceased woman, keZ, On examination it appeared
prisoners lying
quite 7nd
round the neighbourhood
as "The Captain," was;
She had some time
previous been brought into the sZttatdCon-house apparently fa- 1
tigued and intoxicated, from hay' g been visiting the Great
in
Exhibition the day before.
SUPPLY OF Gks FOR THE CITY. Great civity,
commencing at dusk and terminatin t darght, is now the
observable in Cheapside and throughout
ay, in conse-
uence of the necessity found to exist for enlaring th I
q
supply of gas to meet the increased demand, following 0- t 6 1
I.( duction of price in supply, many establishments hillyih:
adopted it for domestic uses, besides multiplying theirp
bu aers. Additional mains of larger diameter are now being
laid Town over the length of the City. The operation nu-
ce':sarily causes great obstruction to tee traffic, but it is only
carried on at night time, relays of workmen being engaged
a”tl the line of operations being lit up in the usual way with
I,mptirary gas-jets. Thee, operations are carried on simul-
taneously at both ends of Cheapside, and will consequently
be completed in a day or two.
Several of the journals announce the death of Don
Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace, at the age of 85 years.

TO CORRESPONDENTS
No communication can be attended to unless authen-
ticated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be returned.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1851.

We some time since directed the attention of our
readers to the complaints made by the Brazilian Go-
vernment and by the Brazilian shipowners of the
unjustifiable and disgraceful, not to say piratical,
conduct of the officers of certain British cruizers, who,
under the pretence of suppressing the slave trade,
were, in fact, annihilating the whole of the coasting
trade of the Brazils, by wantonly plundering of their
property the subjects of a state in alliance with our
own, and the Government of which was, according to
the admission of Lord PALMERSTON himself, ener-
getically exerting itself to honestly carry out by
every means in its power the treaties into which it
had entered with this country for the suppression of
the slave trade. The last arrivals from St. Helena
unhappily confirm, and more than confirm, all that
we had previously beard in relation to the unjusti-
fiable manner in wMch, under pretence of suppressing
the slave trade, the laws of nations are too often
violated, and the private property of persons engaged
in legitimate traffic made valueless by certain British
officers, whose zeal outruns their discretion, and who
think more of the plaudits of Exeter Hall, and, it
may be perchance, of that which BYRON has.declared
is especially dear to seamen—prize-money, than of
observing the rights of the subjects of other States
states. It appears that the Brazilian vessel Mag.
ano, bound on a coasting voyage from one port of
Brazil to another, was fallen in with by her MAJESTY'S
ship Geyser, seized by the British commander on
the pretext that she was engaged in the slave trade,
and sent to St. Helena for adjudication. After a
protracted investigation before a Court which may be
presumed to have been anything but favourable
to the Brazilian owner, the vessel was
acquitted. It might have been imagined, under
these circumstances, that some compensation
would have been awarded to the unfortunate
Brazilian for the detention he had undergone,
the damage which had been done to his property,
and the false imprisonment he had suffered. Such,

owever, we regret to say, was not the case; he re-
ceived neither costs of suit, nor damages for the loss
of his voyage, nor for the injury his vessel had sus-
tained, nor for the anxiety which he bad suffered,
and when his vessel was restored to him she was
completely dismantled, having been entirely
stripped, and all but broken up, by her captors in
the vain attempt to discover something either in her
fittings, her rig, or her build which would enable
them to transform an honest Brazilian coasting vessel
into an African slave trader. Under these circum-
stances the Brazilian captain has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the editor of the St. Helena Advocate,
and we commend it to the attentive perusal of all
those who are not so far gone in the " Black fever "
as to have lost not only their common sense, but all
feeling of honour, honesty, justice, and fair play. He
say s

" My vessel, the Magano, was seised by her Majesty's
ship Geyser, on the Brazilian coast, on suspicion of
being a slaver ; she was bound on a legal voyage from
one port of Brazil to another—with a lawful cargo of
Brazilian merchandise, duly cleared at the Custom-
house. The manifest of this cargo was on board, and as
I proved in my first letter there was no one portion of
her fittings or cargo which which was not common to
vessels of her class and sine. However, at the port of
destination, with every prospect of a profitable voyage,
we fell in unfortunately with the Geyser—and my vessel
was seised under the pretext of being engaged in the
slave trade, and sent to this island for adjudication.
" After a
.protracted investigation, and a lung pas-
sage to this island, the vessel was acquitted, but
though thus cleared of even the false imputa-
tion, it was strangely decreed that I should
receive neither costs of suit nor damages for the loss of
my voyage, the injury to the vessel, or the anxiety under
which I have for so long a period been left to suffer.
On resuming possession of the vessel, I found her com-
pletely dismantled—stripped to a gauntline—a quantity
of her standing and running rigging cut to pieces, and
entirely useless—the sails and a portion of the cargo da-
maged and spoiled, as well as the vessel herself seriously
injured for want of proper care while in the hands of the
English; and I am now reduced to the necessity of sel-
ling the cargo, in order, so far as it will go, to remedy
these evils, and to refit the vessel, for I cannot find any-
one willing to advance the large snm necessary for the
purpose.
" The English are a great people—they boast that
their nation is just—but is this not injustice of the most
cruel character, and will they allow me to suffer under
it? I hope not, and will make the trial—but lam
very anxious to show to all right-thinking Englishmen
what evils and wrongs are committed in their name
when they interfere with the affairs of other nations.
" Before my vessel was seized she was in perfect order,
and I was proud of her. Look at her now—a mere
wreck lying in these roads, exposed to a tropical sun,
wind, and rain, without any precaution or care for her
safety. Her cargo was known to be of a perishable na-
ture, and why was it not landed and sold while good, for
the benefit of whom it might concern?
" The question recurs—lf I was wrongly seined and
accused, why were not damages and expenses also
awarded to me for the pecuniary loss and anxiety of
mind I have had to endure? It would have been so in
my own or any other honourable country; and are the
innocent to suffer under English laws alone? After the
decree for the restoration of my vessel had passed, I
was obliged to pay for the decree itself before I could
obtain resessiou—and all this simply because I was
found guilty of looking like a slaver, not that I was one
in reality.

" I am told that one of the chief causes of this strange
judgment beingpassed upon me was, that water suckers,
as they are termed, were found on board. This I ad-
mitted on the trial myself, but I never for a moment
imagined that it could affect the case, for these water
suckers are used on board Brazilian and Portuguese
vessels just as dippers' are on board of English ones,
and it is ridiculous to suppose that a slaver would have
such things, which could be of no service to it, as if
Negroes on hoard were allowed to use them, there
would be no check on the quantity of water which each
consumed, and it would soon run short. These water
suckers are never used for other than steerage passen-
gers in our vt:ssels; and to assign any other purpose to
them is as ridiculous as the assertion often made and
sworn to here, that clappers are used for calling the
Negroes to meals.

'‘.l stand in this island, Mr. Editor, a stranger, and I
feel that all will say—a deeply ill-used one in a foreign
land. I have no friends here, but shall of course, when
I arrive in my own country, appeal through proper
channels for the redress to which I am entitled from the
English people, and to which, if their justice be not a
what
vain boast, they must lend an ear. I have before said
papers for”tlie may
sneetn'tly. object in now writing to you is not so much to
la redress for myself here, hut in the hope that
candid Englishman°.
any of
the stronger say
injustice inflictei be circulated through the English
information of a nation which sees not the
whether it would even'
country.
its name on a weak people. Let any
then the double hardship whether such could be done to
European nations with impunity—or
attempted—and he will feel
fworrohnagviinngthic.ntesdertbeyahmiey
iPorranle:ey case, and the double
I thank you, however,
that should
that you will again favour -nninniernaut nwiiciaitaiotn,onaenedihnsotpie.
(Signed) MkNoE yearGoisiEsttLd Servant,
ertlyawttielrl,naontd
l'sn.s. ISlA.calso.
We trust that our Gover
tthuetefaacntsinvestigation
s sintattoedthtihs
formal demand to be made on the wait for any
part of the B • lian Government, but will at once tender
to C teat-
MAGANO a most ample compensation for the warpt a i n
o
he has suffered. That, however, will not be
sults
cleat, nor nearly sufficient, to vindicate the honour of
Great Britain in the eyes of the world. The case of
Captain MAGAIIO is by no means a solitary instance : I
proceedings under the pretence of suppressing the
slave trade have taken place, both on the coast of
Brazil and of Africa, which can only be properly
designated as piratical, and the private pro-
perty of persons engaged in legitimate traffic
1184 in many instances been seir.4.-..d and
confiscated under pretence that they were engaged in
I should
slave trade. It is time that such a state of things
lild "c`,e, end we trust that at the very ocom-
mencement of the
next session of Parliament some
independent Meng her of the House of Commons will
suppression of the n i
slave
to consider the laws for the
office trade, end to investigate the
conduct of the offi
ra commanding her MAJESTY'S

ships and vessels engaged in the suppression of the
traffic. Recent events have strongly fortified the po-
sition of those who demand the suppression of the
African squadron.

A question of considerable interest is now depen d-
ing between the Board of Inland Revenue and tbe
different railway boards throughout the kingdom--
of interest not only to all persons who have made in-
vestments in railway stock, but far more so to the
hard-working operatives, who, cooped up in large
towns for the greater portion of their time, eve
anxious occasionally to get a glimpse of rural scenes,
and to breathe pure air, for a few hours during their
intervals of toil. From the excursions which the en-
terprise and liberality of the directors place within
their reach they return with renovated health and
spirits to their daily labours. They have something
to speak of during the week, and a legitimate object
for which to lay by such sums as may be set aside
from their daily earnings, after providing the neces-
sary subsistence for their families. In this respect
not all the temperance societies ever formed under,
the auspices of Father MATHBW have exercised so
salutary an influence in keeping working men from
the public-houses, and preventing them from applying
their surplus cash, be it much or little, in sottish
carousing, as the cheap excursion trains to different
places of public resort and interest, which have lately
been rendered accessible to all classes.

The enjoyment, too, is not entirely selfish. The
man who has expended a few shillings in a trip to
Dover, or Brighton, or the Isle of Wight, to Hamp-
ton Court or Windsor, will not rest until he is enabled
to bring with him his wife or sweetheart ; and if the
former, the baby is probably made the companion of
their trip. Every nerve will be strained to accom-
plish the desired object. Extra work will readily
be undertaken, every privation cheerfully submitted
to, if at the end of his probation he can
act as the cicerone, pointing out the miracles of
nature or art, which he has himself beheld for the
first time a few weeks previously. How will he enjoy
the wonder excited by the first view of the sea. Hew
will he rejoice in explaining all about " Shakesperia's
Cliff," or "the Pavilion," or " Portsmouth," or the
Isle of Wight, or Stonehenge. Possibly the great
Park at Windsor—the tamer and more cultivated
beauties of Virginia Water or Hampton Court, or the
artistic glories in the magnificent galleries may attract
his attention, but in any of these cases, whatever
may be the subject of his prelection, he will feel al-
most greater pleasure in detailing and explaining the
various attractions, than his attentive and admiring
audience will have iti receiving the coveted in-
formation.

Is it then desirable that these excursion trains
should be prohibited—that a stern mandate should
be issued, commanding the cessation of all such
traffic ? We believe that there can be no
second opinion on the point, that Ministers
would for once command unanimous votes in
both branches of the Legislature, and that
our most gracious and well-beloved SOVEREIGN, who
is at this moment conferring the most perfect gratifi-
cation on millions of her loyal and devoted subjects,
while visiting the commercial and manufacturing
capitals of her dominions, would desire to extend to
the utmost the facilities for such innocent amuse-
ments, so that they may be made available by the very
humblest of her people. Under such circumstances
it would seem that but little argument was required
in favour of these speculations. Unfortunately, how-
ever, the Board of Inland Revenue appear to have
arrived at a different conclusion, and to think that it
is their duty to drive men into the beer and spirit
shops, that the excise on malt and gin might be in-
creased to the highest degree. For that purpose, too,
they are resorting to a degree of petty quibbling
and hairsplitting that would disgrace a hackneyed Old
Bailey practitioner. They endeavour to pervert the
meaning of the Act of Parliament, and by an over-
strict interpretation of the letter, to completely set
aside the spirit of the law. _ .

If, unfortunately, they should succeed—if they
can induce any of the judges of the land to give a
decision in their favour, it would not in any degree
increase the public revenue. The only possible result
would be to annihilate the entire system of cheap
trains, to abolish the pleasure traffic for all except
wealthy travellers. If the tax is to be enforced,
it must, according to the recognised fiscal principle,
eventally fall upon the consumer. If a person can
be carried 80 miles, to Dover or Southampton, for
Ss. 6d., without any tax—if it is: remunerative, and
barely remunerative to the companies to take them
at that price, without restriction of any
kind or description, the addition of is. Bd.,
as Government tax on passengers, would necessarily
increase the price to 4s. ed., but as this addition
would prevent three-fourths of the pleasure-seekers
from taking tickets, and send the spare cash to the
public-houses, or far more objectionable quarters, the
companies could not afford to take passengers at the
same almost ludicrously cheap rate. The result,
then would be that the system should be completely
abolished, and for that the working men may thank
the Board of Inland Revenue. GOD knows
it has no superabundant popularity at this mo-
ment, and need not seek to incur additional
odium. SYDNEY SMITE( has, however, assigned sa-
ti %factory reasons why we are never to look for
anything lust or honourable from an associated body.
Each member might in his individual capacity
be ashamed to do anything disgraceful, but
as in his corporate character he is restrained
by no moral or physical check, he is but
too frequently guilty of the most indefensible
and outrageous acts. We are quite satisfied that
it is only necessary that the nature of the existing
dispute should be fully known to excite a popular
feeling that must be decisive on the subject. The
Whigs are made of squeezable materials, and must
yield on such a point.

The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, with the whole
of the establishment, are expected to return to Arundel
Castle, from Glossop, about the 10th instant. The new
lodge to the castle, at the top of High-street, is now nearly
completed • it has a noble appearance on entering the town,
through daltrkvers-street, the arms at the top are beauti-
fully carved, the unsightly pinnacles, or, as some persons
termed them, " extinguishers," have been removed. and a
continuation of the towers substituted. His Grace, in the
most handsome manner, gave the occupancy of the lodge to
our much respected townsman, Sergeant Major Gamble
_ _

(late quartermaster of the Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry
Cavalry), who took possession last week. The entrance is
not yet open for traffic, but is expected to be open in a few
days.—Brighton Gazette.

ROYAL ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IN SCOTLAND.--
Lieutenant-Colonel Phillpotts, Royal Engineers, has [suc-
ceeded Colonel Jones in the command of the engineer de-
partment in Scotland, and is stationed at Edinburgh.
DESTITUTE FEMALES IN THE
There is every prospect of a large number of the female po-
pulation in Skye being employed during the winter and
spring knitting stockings, socks, drawers, &c., for parties in
Glasgow and in Edinburgh, at a fair remuneration for their
labour. Under the management of the relief board the
price allowed for knitting was so small that the most expert
knitter could not make twopence per day. It is expected
that by the present arrangement the females who are acens-
tomed to knit will be enabled to make fivepence to sixpence
per day.—Northern Ensign.

COUNTY AND BOROUGII LUNATIC ASYLUMS.—Yes-
terday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that, in
the year ending the 31st of December last, there was
216,3081. 6s. 7d. received on account of county and borough
lunatic asylums in England and Wales. The expenditure
in the period amounted to 194,0071. 19s. lid., and on the
31st of December the balance in hand was 28,515/. 3s. 34c1.,
on which day there was 6,214/. 15s. Oid. due to the trea-
surers.

It is rumoured that Dr. Cullen, the Roman Catholic
Primate of Ireland, will viist London the latter end of next
month.

THE EARL OF DERBY.—We regret to hear that
the Earl of Derby has suffered so severely from recent attacks
of gout, that permanent ill effects are feared by the friends of
the Noble Lord.

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named Robert Hurd (alias Frome Bo
Wiseman.
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THE PROME MURDER.—
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for Hilton Grange, in company withi
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the deceased was taken, and also of a man named Watts,
who saw the prisoners, in company with others, going in the
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direction of the house where the murder was committed, on
the day of the murder. There are other circumstances of a
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suspicious nature against the prisoners, 'which must not for
the present be made public. Sergeant Smith applied for a
remand of the prisoners until Monday next, which was
granted.
M. and Lady Jane Peel are about to break up
their establishmeat at Brighton, and reside abroad for six
1 months. Mr. and Lady Jane Peel have returned to Kemp
Town from Butler's-green, and we believe their departure
for the continent has been delayed by the serious illness of
one of their sons.
M. De Savigny, member of the Academy of Sci-
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Versailles,known n
advanced agefor his works on zoology, has just expired

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
It is said that the PRESIDENT, feeling alarmed at
the consequences likely to ensue from the almost in-
sane lengths to which M. LEON FAUCHER is carrying
the system of repression, has determined, in order to '
get rid of that most dangerous Minister, to break up
the Cabinet and to form a new one, of which MM.
.ABBATUCI, ODILON BARROT, and DE FALLOUX,
will be members, and which will propose to the
Assembly the repeal of the Electoral Law of the 31st
May.
M. DE LAROCHEJAQUELEIN has just addressed a
long letter to the Gazette de France, in the course of
which he states that it is his intention at the meeting
of the Legislative Assembly to bring forward the
following proposition :
" The Legislative Assembly decides that the Constitu-
tion ought to be revised in totality (Art. 111 of the
Constitution).
" In consequence a Constituent Assembly, nominated
by the electors inscribed on electoral lists, to be imme-
diately drawn up, in virtue of the law of March 15, 1849,
shall assemble on the 28th of May next (Arts. 1, 24, and
25 of the Constitution).
" The electoral domicile of each Frenchman shall be
on the premises of his real one. It shall be decided by
the conditions stated in chap. 3 of book 1 of the Civil
Code, and shall be made public according to the forms
therein declared (Art. 27 of the Constitution).
" The elections for the Constituent Assembly shall
take place on the fourth Sunday of the month of April,
1852 (Art. 31 of the Constitution).
" The election of the President of the Republic shall
take place on the second Sunday of May, 1852 (Arts. 46
and 116 of the Constitution)."
The Revolution announces that a committee has
been formed to manage the funds, &c., of a subscrip-
tion of five centimes each for a medal to be presented
" to the workman of Marseilles who swam off to the
Mississippi to shake hands with KOSSUTH." The
committee consists of M. DEMOSTHENE OLLIVIER,
president : M. COPPENS, secretary, and the chief
editors of the Avenement du Peuple, National, Presse,
Siecle, Republique, Semaine, Populaire, Feuille du
Peuple, Feuille du Village, Bien-Etre Universel, Re-
volution, as members. The number of subscribers
whose names are published is 863.
General CASTELLANE hes prohibited, in the sth
and 6th military divisions, the sale of five democratic
almanacs—the Almanach du Travail, by Agricol Per-
diguier Leneveu, and V. Schoelcher ; the Almanach
du Village, by Joigneaux, Mathieu (de la Drome),
and Perdiguier ; the Almanach Populaire de la
France, by F. Bouvet, P. Duprat, &c.; the Alma-
nach des Opprimes, by Mayen ; and the Republique du
Peuple, authors unknown.
The Presse says —" A letter of M. SARTIN,
Representative of the People for the Department
of the Allier, addressed to the PRESIDENT of
the Legislative Assembly, sets forth that, being
at dinner in the house of M. DUBOUSSET, at Mont-
lugon (Allier), two non-commissioned officers of the
gendarmerie presented themselves, and declared to the
guests, fifteen in number, that the dinner and the
number constituted a political meeting, in violation
of the decree of the Prefect. They accordingly for-
bade any one to quit the room. The guests pro-
tested. M. SARTIN, although personally known to
the gendarmes, produced his medal, and showed it to
them. He was told that inviolability was without
effect during the prorogation of the Assembly. A
conflict ensued, and a lady received a stab from a
sword, which had been destined for M. SARTIN. Stich
a grave event requires the most prompt and the most
striking satisfaction."
121 The Boarse was agitated, and: public securities again
declined. The Five per Cents. opened at 91f. 55c., and
closed at 91f. 50c. for the end of the month; the
Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 860 f.; Rouen, 5651.; Havre, 2121. 50c.; Great
Northern, 456 f. 25c.; Avignon, 211 f. 25c.; Vicrzon, 425 f.;
Bask., 148 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 3831. 75c.; Paris and Stras-
burgh, 3511. 25c ; Amiens to Boulogne, 2601.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Our. 9.

Boulogne and Amiens, 10,4—Dutch Rhenish, 3—Luxem-
bourgh, %—Ditto, I%—Namur and Liege, PA—Orleans
and Bordeaux, 4—Rouen and Havre, 9—Sambre and
Meuse, 3%.

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