The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1851.

HER MAJESTY'S THEAT R E. tent tribunal we avoided any allusion thereto.
The LAsT Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous CON- There is, however, no loftgt-r any necessity for pre-
CE It ED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT of the Seasou will take
place on MONDAY MORNING, June 30. serving silence. Two it :guides have taken place be-
On this occasion will appear Mesdames Sontag, Caroline Duprez,
rid fore coroner's juries. We have also the official re-
Alaimo, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, Fiorentini, Marie Cruvelli,
Sole Cruvelli.
The valUable assistance of Madame Ugalde, of
the port of Captain LAFFAN, R.E the gentlemen ap-
Opera Comique, Paris, has also been secured. Signori Gardoni and '1
Calzolari, Mr. Sims Reeves and Signor Fardini, Signori Coletti and pointed by the Railway Commissioners to inquire
Ferranti, F. Lablache, and Lablache. I into the circumstances attending the melancholy

;Ion) will execute

Signor Sivori (engaged expressly for this occas
two unpublished Pieces of Paganini.
Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Salle.
The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely.
Boxes Two Guineas; Pit Stalls, 12s. 6d. ; Pit Ticket and Gallery
Stalls, 55. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d., to be had at the Boa office of the
Theatre.

transaction, and the reply of the directors thereto.
These latter documents, which may be considered the
charge and the defence, will be found in another part
of this day's impression, and it is for the public, on

ILE A 1.1,1 tihTY'S Tti EATItkl.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
FIDELIO.-3ladlle. SOFIE CRUVELLI.
LA. PROVA. D'UN OPERASERIA —Madame UG&LDE.
It Is respectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take
place THIS EVENING, when will be produced (for the last time)
Beethoven's Opera,

considering what has thus been alleged on either
side, to pronounce their verdict and to declare whe-
ther the directors are indeed worthy of censure, or
whether they had adopted the fitting precautions
which men of ordinary prudence would re-
sort to in cases where their own personal
safety and property might be at stake.
The directors confidently appeal to that
decision, they feel that they can come into court with
clean hands, that they have nothing whatsoever to
reproach themselves with either in the nature of the
directions issued for the guidance of their subordi-
nates or in the conduct of their servants, for which
they might,.be considered responsible ; and, although
they lament the frightful catastrophe, as every person
of common humanity must do, they consider them-
selves totally free from blame in respect thereof, be-
lieving it to be one of those accidents which no degree
of merely human foresight could prevent or mitigate.
While on the topic, they refer with just pride to the
fact that for more than nine years preceding the late
disaster, the extensive, and complicated traffic on this
important line, of which they have the control and
management, has been worked without a single fatal
accident to any passenger, and although this happy
result must in some degree be ascribed to great good
' fortune—for " accidents will; happen in the best re-
gulated families "—it also shows that the parties who
can with truth make such a boast could not have
been influenced by any sordid consideration as to ex-
pense, or actuated with reckless indifference as to the
safety of the passengers.
We are well aware that there is on every side a
tendency to condemn railway directors on any, the
slightest grounds. Many persons consider that every
advantage should be given to the community in
general, without reference to the fact whether it may
or can prove remunerative to the companies. L. is
proverbially impossible to please all parties, and per-
haps there are no classes so loudly and universally
attacked as the managers of railway traffic, and
that on the most trivial and insufficient grounds. If
a train travels slowly, one indignant passenger de-
nounces the conduct of the directors, which he con-
trasts with that of other boards, and the rapidity of
transit on other lines, so beneficial to men of business.
If the speed be slightly increased, some timid
valetudinarian protests against the dangerous ra
pidity, and in a whining epistle suggests the propriety,
of inflicting capital punishment, or at least per-
petual transportation, on some delinquent director.
Journals are to be found ready and willing to afford
a place in their columns to any complaints, even of
the most opposite characters, ns if a fling at rail
way managers would certainly attract notice, and be
received with approbation. We would, however,
venture to remind these persons that it is impossible
to attain perfection in this world, and that we cannot
hope to procure the services of men of superhuman
abilities and foresight, who could anticipate matters
that might baffle ordinary calculation. With
these cautions we shall proceed to consider
the report and answer, and, we are satisfied, that the
public will, after a calm and dispassionate perusal,
arrive at the same conclusion which we ourselves,
after a searching examination, have had forced upon

FIDELIO.
Leon ra, Madlle. Sofia craveili ; Ilzarro, Signor Coletti ; Rocco,
s
Signor Bahancht ; Jacquino, Signor Mercuriall ; Marcel/IM, Madame
Giuliani; 11 Ministro, Signor Casanova; Florestano, Mr. Sims
Reeves.
Previously to the Opera the Orchestra will perform Beethoven's
Overture to t,ldelio, and between the acts Beethoven's Overture
to Leonora.
After whin a Divertissement, in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris
will appear.
Grecco's Opera Bufra,
To be followed by
LA pROVA D'L'L OPERA SERTA.
Fiorilla, Madame Ugalde ; Fodavio, Signor Pardini ; Grliletto,
Signor F. L'ablache ; Camparione, Signor Lablache.
To conclude with a Divertissement from the admired Ballet,
LA SYLPH IDE.
La sylphicie, Madile. Marie Taglioni ; James, N. Charles ; sup-
ported by 1;o5a, Lamoureux E,per, Julien, Allegrini, Kohlenberg,
Aus-andon, Pasea:les Dantoine, Soto, &c.
Auber's celebrated Opera of 11 Prodigo will be repeated This
Evening and Friday next.

A-Praications for floses,Stalls, and Tl^kets to be made at the Box.
office of the Theatre. Doors op:mei at Seven, the Opera to coca.
mence at lialf•past Seven o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
WeNter, *me Lesser ana Manager, Oh. BromptCf•
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES or WINDSOR. Sir
John Falstaft, Mr. Hackett.
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
William, Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cai tam Crosstree,
Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr. 11. Bed-
ford ; Susan, Miss A. Vining.

111EATith itOYAL, ADELPIII.
Fader the direction or Madame Celeats-

THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY: Colonel Hardy',
Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith
Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
To be followed by a new comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT',
SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Iledforcl ; Signu
Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, 31Iss Woolgar ; Columbine, Miss Kath-
leen Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the laughable farce of A. NIGHT of HORRORS.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Keats and Mr. gea:e7.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET,
in Which Mr. and
Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear.
After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS.
" Visitors to the Exhibitidon may be accommodated."
To conelude with a now gran spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tar.e, by Washingtonlning), entitled THE ALIIAM BRA 4
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeler,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flekmore ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdile. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.
Private Boars, &c., to be had of all the Bookseliers, and of Mr.
; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
Oxford-street. from Eleven till Feur o'clock.

ROY THEATRE.
ruder the Management of Madame Vestris.
tkle Lessee, Mr. Claw'les Llathevr%
THIS EVENING,
Wiil be performed

ONLY A CLOD.

To be followed by

COURT BEAUTIES.

To conclude with

KING CHARMING

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farron.
Till EVENING,
Will be performed SECRET SERVICE.
After which FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY.
To be followed by DIOGENES and his LANTERN.
To conclue with the EA:sT COACH.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under Ile Vatroua;e ol Ler .viajesty and his Royal 11.101111184
Prince Albert.
'Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
THIS EVENING},
Will he performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR
THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England.
To be followed by new Scenes of ;he Circle, introducing an
iii-
tiralp r.ew Company of English, French, Italian, and American
Artiste.

our minds.
And first it appears that the immediate cause of
the accident was the fact that a sleeper had been
placed across the line, which threw the engine and
carriages off the rails, and that none of the servants
of the company could be charged, or even reasonably
suspected of being cognizant of the act. Tee jury at
Lewes, who could not be accused of any undue pre-
judice in favour of the company, declared that
" there was no evidence to show how the sleeper
had come on the line." The jury at Brighton, who
had additional evidence, and sat at a later period,
found that the sleeper had been " wilfully, felo-
niously, and maliciously, placed across the outer rail
on the northern side of the down line by some person
or persons unknown ;" and Captein LAFFAN adopts
the same view, es being established beyond the
possibility of doubt. The Gallant Gentleman, in
his report says :
" Oa reviewing all the evidence bearing upon the
subject of this inquiry, it seems evident that the imme-
diate cause of this disaster was the circumstance of a
sleeper being left resting upon one of the rails; and
that the act of placing the sleeper in that position cannot
be attributed to any cc the company's servants."
And with praiseworthy candour he adds—
" It is evident, also, that the company's servants can-
not, by any practicable exercise of vigilance, prevent
persons mischievoudy disposed and watching for an op-
portunity, from getting unseen upon the line."
This would clearly and completely exonerate the
company but for the addition to that paragraph, in
which he declares—
" But it is equally clear, that undue facilities for mis-
chief aro afforded to such trespassers by the practice of
leaving sleepers in secluded spots in such close proxi-
mity to the rails ; and, independent of this, there is
a strong probability, that had the traffic on the
Lewes branch been conducted with a proper regard
to public safely, the wanton act of placing a sleeper
on the rail would not have been followed by the fatal
consequences which actually ensued. It is quite clear
that the train, when it met with the obstruction, was
running at a speed which was imprudent at that spot;
and it is equally clear that the circumstance of the en-
gine miming tender foremost had a roost important in-
fluence on the result."
ilere, than, is the entire gravamen of the charge
compressed into the briefest compass. It may be
divided into three branches :—First, the fact of t he
sleeper being left on the line, so that it could be made
use of for an improper purpose ; secondly, the undue
rapidity of the train at that particular point ; and,
thirdly, the tender being plated before the engine.
A sufficient answer to the first point was given by
the workmen on the line who were examined at
the inquest. They showed that it was essential
to have the materials ready at hand for repairing the
defects that might arise, without a moment's unne-
cessary delay; nor could it for a moment be sup-
posed that any person would make use of them to ob-
struct the line. If such arguments were admitted,
stones could not be placed at a road side for necessary
repairs, lest some madmen might fling them at the
passers .by. A carpenter could not lay by his chisel
lest it might be used to stab a companion. There
would be an end to the ordinary business of life, if
such views were carried into practice. Any malicious
person could easily find means of obstructing the
line if determined on so doing, which might possibly
be even more formidable than that which was at
hand. Much weight is not attached to this
point by Captain LAFFAN; the two latter points,
the rate of speed and the tender being
foremost,rot are those to which the greatest im
P anceis assigned and these are fully answered by
the directorsat
Now,
' on the question of speed, the
entire evidence
is opposed to the conclusion arrived
no
at by
tainly tp In LAFFAN, that it was " cer-
On the Contras than 27 miles an hour."
the evidence not only
employes who were examined,
bofut aalllsothte mhactoofptabante3%
passengers who were examined,
proved that it was about twenty miles
will necessarily be dif-
ferences seventeen to twenty-
threean hour, or, as there
hour, which were the
f ces eren
mofilesopiniahon,
statements on oath of the persons present at the trans-
action,—;rom subsequent
w hiletheeGallant
eo.he facts are,
CaptaiTnformed his
opinion
there-
fore, in favour of the directors ; but were it other-
wise, they show that even 27 miles an hour would
not be an undue or dangerous speed, and that much
and that
greater rapidity is resorted to every day on some of
the beet managed lines of the kingdom,
without any unfavourable resuit.s. On the
third point their argument is no less satisf ctor y.
Thee- first show that there is a very great Difference
of opinion relecting the efffct that would have
been produced bad the engine been before the
tender ; and that the views of Captain LAFFAN
are totally opposed to those of Messrs. Woous,
PENTON, and CRAVEN, all competent witnesses, who
differed widely as to the probable consequences from
the Government official. It also appears that no acci-
dent has ever occur red from that cause, and that the
Railway Commissioners themselves have heretofore
considered it immaterial, from their sanctioning the

opening of the Ashford and Hastings line hfrfore any
engine turn-rani.• provid,,d,aud » 'nert conegozniiy
all trains must run of necessity oue way tenderfuremost.
On the whole, we think that every unprejudiced per-
son will agree in thinking that the directors have
clearly entitled themselves to the favourable verdict
for which they so confidently, and on such satis-
factory grounds, appeal to the community at large.

would think that it had been drawn no at Charenten. Tre
: Art. Preside ;
, iiqt in 1852 and ga she
his resides ce in a furnished hotel. Who would afterwards
be President? If we had such men as Washington, John
Adams, and Monroe, they would not be named to occupy
that important post. The Prince de Jcinville would
not lend himself to it, if the preposition of M. Creton
were to be adopted. Beyond the Princes, there was no
chalice, except for a democrat en blouse, who would
flatter the people in their misery, and promise them
wondersin Utopian reforms. An enlightened and 'Eno-
dast reptblicln could not be chosen by the present mode
of election. It has been said that the Constituent As-
sembly would probably be Bonapartist, like the petition-
ing whicl demands it, under the influence of the admi-
nistration M. de Broglie, judging by his department,
consideret that the character of the movement was en
immoderao desire for the status quo, an excessive fear
of revoluions. Nevertheless, he said, let us admit
that the movement is Bonapartist. If we were to re-
sist that inpetuooity of public opinion we should be
very unporular. It is evident that the party of order
which adoped such conduct would not be re-elected. If
it be a Bonapartist mo7ernent which is to create our suc-
cessors, they will go farther, and, under the circum-
stances which would then exist, they will drive out the
Assembly.' M. de Broglie declared that in that case he
would resisi without pretending to be a Brutus, nor
would he voti for an unconstitutional candidate. Our
will,' he added, would have no more value than that of
Louis XIV. vhen old and dying. In the month of May
it might be sad what Sieiycs said on the evening of the
18th Brumaire, Gentlemen, you have a master!' It is
to avoid this tad result that M. de Broglie advocates
the revision, he regular correction of the defects in
the Constiutioi which have led to such a sad state
of things. Wtat appeared to him singular is that
the continual (weal which the Constitution makes to the
Electoral Colleies for the formation of almost all the
bodies of the ?gate is admired, and yet it is refused to
consult the coLutry precisely under the circumstances
when that consthation becomes urgent to revise the Con-
titution. It his been said that we agitate the country,'
observed M. de troglie in conclusion, but it is the Con-
stitution which Nitates it. We have more than 100.000
elections to make; National Guards, 37,000 municipal
councillors, 3,61.0 cantonal councillors, 86 councils-
general, the legislative power, and the President, and all
this in one year; and because we demand the election of
a Constituent Assembly it is said that we are agitators.
The great agitates., the O'Connell of the country' is the
Constitution."

An amendment in the Patent Laws may at length
be confidently anticipated. It will be remembered
that already two endeavours have very recently been
made in this direction—the one by Lord BROUGHAM,
and the other by Lord GRANVILLE. These proposals
for an improvement having been referred to a Select
Committee, and that Committee having minutely in-
vestigated the evils complained of, a comprehensive mea-
sure has at last been introduced by her Allieeszv's
Government, the second reading of it being formally
announced to come on this evening. Remembering
the enormity of the grievances relating to the posi-
tion of scientific inventors, it is most earnestly to be
hoped that the debate, which will in all likelihood take
place to-night upon the questions involved in this Bill,
may demonstrate the fact of a searching investigation
having been adventured upon during the recent la-
bours of the Select Committee. Otherwise we fear
there can be but little probability of any very consi-
derable advantages flowing from the present effort any
more than from the previous attempts in the like
course by my Lord BROUGHAM and my Lord
GRANVILLE. It must be acknowledged, at the same
time, that the precise character of the evils to be dis-
sipated has long since become a matter of notoriety
to the general population. All the difficulty in their
regard at present remaining is to discover the exact
manner in which it would be most desirable that they
should be removed. That discoverers in chemistry
and inventors in mechanics should have the products
of their philosophic research protected by the laws
of the land, in such a way that the emolu-
ments arising out of the employment of their
ingenuity by the community may flow principally
into their own pockets, must be obvious to all men as
a matter appealing to common sense and to our con-
victions of the necessity of fair-play. Yet assuredly
it cannot be requisite that for this purpose a scarcely
numerable gang of petty officials should be fleecing
the unfortunate applicant for a patent before he can
shelter the fruits of his intellectual inquiries under
the shadow of that very desirable document. For
the advantage of science, and that necessitates
also the advantage of the country at large,
it is always to be hoped that facilities instead
of impediments should be placed in the way of every
aspirant for the privileges of a patentee, so that the
industry of the country may be promoted, and the
convenience of the multitude secured as readily as is
at all practicable. Precisely the reverse of this, how-
ever, would appear to have been the opinion of the
Legislature, if the system as it at present stands can
he regarded as any criterion or testimony. Aided by
the indignation felt by the mass at the long continu-
ance of this abuse, the Ministry, we are sanguine, may
at length be enabled to sweep away in one fell swoop
the whole of its intolerable concomitants. Legal an-
tiquaries will then, perhaps, be induced to examine
with the more complacency into the precise nature of
that unaccountable item in the old calculation, bight
the " Deputy chaff wax," and the astonishing
oddity of whose cognomen induced Mr. DICKENS to
inquire whether it signified a man or a process.
Nothing can justify us, we are rejoiced to believe,
in anticipating the perpetuation of an evil
so inimical to the interests of knowledge I
and civilization, an evil destructive of the spirit of
enterprise among philosophers, and derogatory to the
genius of our liberal and enlightened institutions.
What is principally required by inventors may be
readily particularised. First and foremost it is de-
manded by them that the mode of obtaining the pro-
tection of a patent may be very materially simplified,
and, secondly, it is insisted upon by the common
principles of justice that the charges of purchasing
these letters patent may be very considerably and
immediately reduced. That the preservation of a
catalogue periodically arranged would materially
benefit the public at large is, of course, unquestion-
able. That other and minuter arrangements of the
like description would be beneficial must be equally
apparent. But before any of these advantages are
looks d for it is assuredly much more to be desiderated
that the inventors should in the first instance have
their individual claims allowed, and their class
interests taken into earnest consideration. For these
benefits we look confidently to the two branches of
the Imperial Legislature ; the more fully satisfied
that the matter in question will obtain a
proper amount of attention froth the circumstance
of its being put forward simultaneously with the dis-
play of so many scientific marvels in the Palace of
the Industrial Exhibition. Confirmed by reflection
in these salutary anticipations, we await with some
eagerness the second reading this evening of the Mi-
nisterial Bill relating to the Patent Law Amendment.

The Committee of Revision met again yesterday,
and agreed to the following resolution by 9 votes to 6.
The LegislaCve Assembly, taking into consideration
the 111th article cf. the Constitution, expresses the desire
tor the revision )f the Constitution conformable to that
artich,.

The Committee then proceeded to the election of
the reporter to the Committee, when there appeared for
N. DE 770CQUEVILLE
N. DE IROGLIE
N. ODIL4N BAEROT 2

M. DE TOCQLEVILLE was accordingly chosen re-
porter hitherto, consequently the acts of the Com-
mittee have all tended to the consolidation of the true
Republic as contradistinguished from the despotism
of either Socialisn or Monarchical regction.

The National recommends the Rvublicans to ab-
stain from voting on the approaching elections for
Seine-et-Marne, the Dordogne, and the Haute-
Vienne.

The Journal ass D4bats has an admirably written
article from the pen of M. MICHEL CHEVALIER
against the Prottive system.
The PRESIDE;T of the Republic reviewed the
troops in the (.hemp de Mars on Tuesday. There
were some cries d " Vive NAPOLEON !" but the cries
of " Vive la Repiblique!" predominated.
M. DE ',ESSE'', head of the commercial office of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has just set out for
London, charged with a private mission.
A letter from dontpellier, of the 22d, states that
in consequence of a vioh-nt polemic which had been
carried on in the Echo du Midi and the Suffrage
Universel, a duel vith sabres had talon place between
M. DE GINESTOTJd and M. ARISTIDE OLIVIER, the
editors of those journals. M. OLIVIER was killed on
the spot, and h:s adversary seriously wounded.
Orders have been issued for proceedings to take place
against the seconds.
There was a slight decline in the price of Govern-
ment Stock at the Bourse, caused by the absence of
speculators. Eailroad Shares were more firm. The
Five per Centi.,opened at 93f. and closed at 92f. 85e.;
the Three per Cents, closed at 55f. 75c.; Orleans
Railroad Share, 850 F.; Rouen, 640 f.• Havre, 245 f.;
Great Northern,4B3l. 75c.; Avignon, 2151 ;Vierzon, 457 t.
50c.; Basle, liOt. ; Bordeaux, 398 f. 75c.; Paris and
Strasburg, 3701; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c.
tiusir:ESS DUN .14, IN FOREIGN RALL rte A Y AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25.

Boulogne and .miens, 9—Dutch Rhenish, 3—Great Indian
Peninsula, 37,-..—Narnur and Liege, 6 it,—Northern of France,
151/I—Orleans aid Bordeaux, 33/—Paris and Strasbourg,
10-Ai—Sambre aid Meuse, 3i/2—Tours and Nantes, 6ys ex d.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived.

The Gjceta publishes the Royal assent given to
the Bill passed by the Cortes, for calling out 25,000
men of the contingent of 1850. The same journal
publishes a decree authorising the works for sup-
plying the Spanish capital with water by means ot a
canal from tht- river Lozoya.
In the Chamber of Deputies Senor Sol. Y
PADRis, after criticising some parts of the concordat
with Rome, proposed that it should be carefully exa-
mined by the Chamber, and not sent to the Archives
as a matter of course; but this was opposed by the
Minister of the Interior, and was still under dis-
cussion.

MADRID Boma, JUNE 20.—The following are the
Prices of Stocks :—The Three per Cents., 37 to 37* ;
Five per Cents., with current coupon, 17 to 17*;
Coupons, 8i; Passive Debt, 7 3-16. Exchange o❑
London, 51.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Debats publishes the following analysis of the
speech of M. DE BROGLIE in the Committee of R.:—
vision:—

" M. de Broglie said that after so long a discussion he
should proceed direct to the subject, without making aay
profession of faith. The Republic and the Constitution
existed, but he had not made them. He had refused to
be a mayor in 1848, in order to avoid being compelled
to read the Constitution on the public place. As to the
Republic, he would behave towards it as a good citizen
ought to do. He demanded inenertiate revision
.in or-
der to avoid the misfortunes which might be forseen in
1852, not for the re-establishment of the monarchy,
but to emelierate the actual institutions; he was, how-
( ver, opposed to the expression of any wish in the re-
port, in the name of the Committee, for that ameliora-
tion. That desire would be vain in lace of the consti-
tuent powers nccessasily unlimited in their nature; it
mould, moreover, be a manner of proclaiming the
perpetuity of the repubiicau principle, a kind of act of
faith and an oath of fidelity; it would be to provoke tu-
multuous protestations; and, in shirt, would be to act
against the letter and spirit of the Constitution. It had
been maintained, said the Hon. Gentleman, that the re-
publican regime had been established by surprise, with-
out the country being consulted; it had also been said,
that the Constituent Assembly had not been freely
elected, and that, when once installed, it found itself
surrounded with the obsessions of the multitude
and enveloped with Emeutes. The Constitution was
deliberated on under the regime of the state of siege.
When the question of the two Chambers was raised, M.
de Lamartine was right in saying that circumstances
required the dictatorship of a single Assembly. Atter
the adoption of the Constitution the country was not
consulted. The demand for the revision has for object
to give to the new Constitution in a tranquil time a
character of liberty, which the present Consti-
tution had never had. M. de Broglie, there-
fore, adopts the principle which would limit
the constituent powers. He, nevertheless, opposed the
propositions of MM. Crkon and Bouhier de l'Ecluse.
The actual Assembly he considered had not the right
to change the established Government. Art. 111 es-
tablished two missions—that of the actual Assembly,
and that of a Constituent. The Legislative Assembly
could only characterise the evil, and put its finger on
the wound. The remedy belonged to the Constituent,
which would be useless if the Legislative were to go
beyond the expression of a wish. He wished to have a
resolution to the following effect:—' The Legislative
Assembly, in furtherance of Article 111 of the Coesti-
tution, expresses its wish that the Constitution should
be revised conformably to that article.' The report
should develope the motives of that wish. M.
de Broglie would, ho said, have wished to
have pointed out the defects of the Constitu-
tion; but on that point ho should adhere to what had
been so well remarked by M. Odilon Barrot. No an-
swer had been given to what that gentleman had esta-
blished. It had been objected, it is true, that the mis
chief came from the men charged to execute the Consti-
tution, and not from the Constitution itself. The insti-
tutions were made precisely to lead to a good choice and
to a good direction. It' they are conceived in such a
way that they excite passions, and cause divisions in-
stead of preventing them, they are bad. To speak the
truth, it is not men that are accused, but one man alone,
the President of the Republic. It was not his (M. de
Broglie's) mission to defend him ; he was neither his
minister, his adviser, nor his friend ; the only ac-
quaintance ho had with him was to send him to the fort
of Ham, when he had been called on to try him ; hut
t pn
as
de au
et sl,ha en d
shoulds
aa :J
uniqueeh
have
rtve
he felt bound to be just—he did not think there was
any
danger of an 18th Brumaire. Nevertheless, let us
tilorleistrt: bt Ithli eseh darger. What gave the President the
;oboe •
tex tutioe? What other Prescl ,nt would not be
rhboaealve, hs
a republic inp a country unitaryeaw even
e
il Chet, the President hnadael
reproaches
11:adh a been ebe res wished
If it had been wished President with limited
been
duff, rently. In-
steadmat de Cocagne, inviting every
and
de etuonscpuluinat abt.utph.e
top ohfada
been placed between a nullity
astonieb went had been felt that he would r iaitottonc,onasned yet
consent to
at man a t
the former. Puthe top of Notre Dame and
he would Nava a vertigo. 11. de Broglie demanded the I '
revision, in order that the conditions of the election of '
the President should be completely changed. All that I
portivu of the Constitution was an extravagance; Any one

TPE SHARP; MURKFTt4

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Aberdeen..
Ambergato, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. Juncion
Belfast and County Down
Woiverhamp.,
and Stoat* Valley ..
Birkenh., Lan., & Cheah
Jain late 331. 6s. Bcl..

Do. Chest & Birkenhi,
501. & 251. Consolidated
Do., do., 201.
Bristol and Exeter..
Caledonian ..
Chester and Holyhead ..
Direct Loud. and Portsm.
Dublin and Belfast Junct.
Dublin and Kingstown..
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee, Perth,and Aber-
deen Junction ..
Do., New ..
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) ..
Do. (181. E. & IL) ..
Eastern Counties ..
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. IT. shares
Do. do. do. ..

Do. do., B C shares
East Lancashire ..
Do. New quarters • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow'
Edin., Perth, and Dundee
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South-West,
Do. do. G. D. & C stock
Great Northern ..
Do. halves, A, deferred
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct,
Great Southern and
Western, Ireland
Great Western ..

Paid.

Do. New, 171. .. • .
Lancaster and Carlisle ..

Nonthtal Prima.

BnainesB d one
to-day.

Asturian .... •• . • • • . •
Australian • ..• ••• • • • •

II to lIX

10% 1 10%

Barossa Range .. • •
Blasnaryon Iron and Coal
Bolanos Scrip ........ • •
British Iron.. • • .. • • ....
Brazilian Imp. (is. 61: p.)j

4% --. 4%
•• ....• ..

Do. thirds ..
Lancaster and Preston ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Do. quarter shares ..
Do. fifths .. .

Do. West Riding Union
Leeds and Thirsk

Do. Cocaei and Ctdibal

Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .. .•
London and Blackwall
Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ..
London and N.-Western
Do. do. new quarters .
Do. fifths ..
Do. 101. sh., M. BGB (c)
Loudon and S.-Western .
Do. new 501. ..
Do. new 40/. ..
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock ..
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union • •
M idland
Do. 50/. shares ..
Do. Binning & Derby
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Do. quarter shares ..
N ewmarket

Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford ..
Newry and Enniskillen..
Newry, W arrenpoint, &

Rostrevor • •
Do. New 201. shares.
Northern Counties LTaion
North British.. .• • .
North Staffordshire ..
North-Western
North & Sth.-West. Jute.
,lxtord, Worcester and
Wolverhampton.. ..
Scottish Central ..
Scottish Midland
new
Shrews. & firm., Class A

Do. Class H..
.4hrews. & Hereford., Old
Do., do., New ..
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) ..
Do. tialves

1.0% - 10%

Do. Osevestry .. ..

• • -- • •

Do. Now..
Shropshire Union ..
Do., A, B, C, & D, fully
paid up at per cent ..
'outh Devon ..

17X
100

South. Eastern ..
South Wales.. ..
&outh Yerksh. and River
Dun
Shaft., Roth., and Geole,
South Divisloa
Stockton and Hartlepool
Swansea & Loaghor, Bc.c.
Caw Vale Extension ..
Thames Haven Deck and,

77 -79
11% - 12%
16 -17

Railway .. ..
Vale of Neath .. • .
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford, Wm., Wick.

and Dublin • • • •
West Cornwall ..
%Vest London ~
ViThitenaTen and Furness
York, Newcastle, & Ber-
wick ..
Ditto and Newcastle'
Extension ..

Ditto G.N.E. purchase
York and North Midland

Do. St. John del Rey• •
Cobre Copper ...... .• •
Copiapo ..... • • .... • ..
Mexican& S. American
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

1 1 0
100
8 6 8

1 18 4
47%
100

100
4234
34

4 2 0
100

100
4734
all

•• ..
22 —2O dis.

3 -3!(
2 -2%
6 -6;4

5 -5%

4 -4i
14 -144

27 -29
5 - 6
%- 3i

IN - IN
1231 - IN

38% - 8934
83 -84

14 -14%
78 -80

7% - -1-q4 P.

52 —52%
113( —IOA d.
8% —7% (1111,
12 —l3

6%
par S 6 P
94 —95
121 —121%
3 —3% p.
3 3Y2P.
2
81 —B2 P.
8 34 dip.
734 634 dip.

36 -3% AIR,

24% - 2534

3 2}4 die.
46 46%
nu, 18% die.
26 —2B

• •
• .... •
7% -7%

5 4 die.

17 -19

14 —l3 Ma,
8 —2% Ms.
6 —s%
9 B%die.
par 31, p

76%
is% li 11%
is%

Do. Black Debentures.

Do. Red Debentures ..
Santiago de Cuba ......
Tin Croft ...• • • • ..... ••
United Mexican— ......
JOINT

Australasia .........
British North America..
Colonial ..............
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.

6;i 63i

14% 14

all
all
all
I
6%

17% %
5%

38%
82) % 83

16 2-3
all
9%

In% 50% 51%

3 %

6% %

U 431,4
1 120%
19% 20%

81 82

24%
dls„
45 .%
15 % 16 5(

64 34
8%

15 [22%
2214 % 21%

8% 34 19

13% )6
534 )4
18% X. I!

Do. New ............
National of Ireland ....
Provincial of Ireland....
Union of Australia
Do. New ............
Union of London ......
Union of Madrid .
MX

Canada
Gen. Steam Navigation .
Penin. & Oriental Steam.

Ditto ditto
Royal Mail Steam ......
(We cannot be answer.

will not be influenced by