The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

REPORT of the DIRECTORS to the ORDI- Budget. Lord STANLEY had in the most candid manner
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EN WNEERS, MASONI GENERA
C, and UML MEET I.VERSALNG of MEMUTUALMBERS oLIFE f the informed the country of the line of policy he had in-
ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 1850. tended to pursue, and he hoped tho Noble Lord would do
The Directors have to report that during the year 1850 392 Pro- the same.
posais for Assurance have been submitted to the Board, of which
323, assuring the sum of 85,5251., and producing Annual Premiums to The Marquis of GRANBY admitted that Lord ST.: NLEY
the amount of 2,962/. 15s. 5d., have been completed. The Directors -
have deemed it prudent to decline 31 Proposals for the sum of proposed the imposition of an import duty on corn.
14,8farth00/.,er and 38 for the sum of 15,100/. stand over for the completion After a few words from Mr. MOORE, Mr. NEWDEGATE
or consideration.
The number of claims from death during the year has been flvo, and Mr. SADLEIR, the House adjourned to Friday,
and the amount paid upon these, and upon the claims which arose ..
In December, 1849, is 2,250/. In all cases, when requested by the re-
presentatives, immediate payment has been made, subject to the
usual discount. There are not, at the present time, any claims upon
the Society.

' the real state of feeling of the educated Roman Ca-
tholic inhabitants of this country. Many, like the
Duke of NORFOLK and Lords BEAUMONT and CA-
MOYS, have come forward most creditably to declare
their firm adherence to the Constitution and laws of
the country of which they are natives, and to
protest against the Ultramontane doctrines that
would render everything subservient to the absolute
authority claimed by the Roman See. Others, how-
ever, proclaim themselves the willing serfs of a
spiritual despotism, and would have the nation submit
itself to sacerdotal tyranny, not daring to resist in
anything.
This state of affairs is well expressed in the fol-
lowing
"EXTRACT OF LETTER, DATED 15TH FEBRUARY, 1851,
FROM AN ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC PEER.
"Mr. Henry Knight, Lord Clifford's ag.-nt, is a fair
specimen of the Ultra Party amongst the English Ro-
man Catholics • their number is greater than, I imagine,
is generally believed. With such people it is useless to
argue, and impossible to deal: they are prepared to
stand by the See and Court of Rome under all circum-
stances; their principles are consequently totally incom-
patible with those on which the Constitution and laws of
this country rest; they religiously bow in all things to
the absolutism of Rome, and condemn as heretics, deists,
and traitors, all who do not pay the same blind obedience
to the will of the Vatican.
" Dr. Ullathorne is another example: his teaching in- culcates disobedience to the State, and violation of the I
laws.

After a brief interregnum, the RUSSELL Ministry
have resumed office, without change or alteration of
any kind. As they cannot have received any great
accession of strength during the interval that has
passed since Lord JOHN RUSSELL applied to the House
of Commons for an adjournment of the debate on the
PRECIOUS BUDGET, having just before tendered the
resignation of himself and colleagues to her MAJESTY,
the continuance in office of the same parties must
be regarded as a mere temporary makeshift, until
the difficulties epasioned by the conflicting opi-
nions on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill can
be removed, and a combined Government be formed
from the various sections of Free-traders—the followers
of PEEL as well as of RUSSELL. It is, therefore, to
all intents and purposes, a "Ministry of transition,"
such as we have for several days past predicted ; and
no question of any magnitude, or on which any for-
midable opposition is likely to be offered, will be in-
troduced until the Papal Aggression Bill, in its
modified form, receives the legislative sanction and
becomes the law of the land, and till a new Cabinet
be formed with some pretensions to be termed "a
Govern ment."

The annual income derivable from premiums alone upon the
1,174 policies completed to the 31st Dec., 1850, is 10,076/. Is. 4d.
The Directors feel great pleasure in being enabled to submit this
very satisfactory statement, which cannot but enlist from the
public increased favour for the Society, and with the continued aid
of the members must advance its prosperity.
By order of the Court of Directors.
FREDERIC LAWItANCE,
Actuary and Secretary.
London, 345, Strand, opposite Waterloo-bridge,
March 4, 1851.

To-Morrow being Ash-Wednesday, the Theatres will be Closed,

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andc son.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented by her Majesty's S,!viuttll
KATHERINE and PETRI:CHI°. Petruchio, Mr. J. Anderson
Katherine, Mrs. Nisbett.

After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ AEL,
rH.E PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander-
son ; Amenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr.
Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia,
Madlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet do Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her
appearance every evening.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENBRY, INCIDENTS, &c.
ACT I.
INTERIOR of REUREN'S TEN!,
Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset.
The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael
with the Caravan for Memphis.
Camels of the Desert.
Aar 11.
The GREAT SQUARE of 3IEMPIIIS.
Arrival of Azael.
Sacred Procession of Apis. The Offerings.
Lia, and Troop of Ahnees.
Grand Pas do Fascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain.
:he ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Palser, Julie, and
Coryphees.

"Mr. Bowyer says, that the Letters Apostolic are
spiritual in their nature, and therefore binding in con-
science. No true Ronian Catholic can in his view refuse
to abide by their consequences, or refrain from carrying
out their injunctions; their consequences are the com-
mon law of Rome superseding the common and statute
law of this country, and their injunctions are to consider
null and void ordinances of the Crown of England,
though ratified by Parliament; Le Pape s'avisera has
more force with these slaves of Rome than La Leine
le veut.
"Hence it follows, that when the expressed will of the
See of Rome and the expressed will of the State of Eng-
land clash, as they now do, the Roman Catholic finds
that be cannot remain faithful to both powers, but
must choose one or other of the antagonists for his
master."

We have, in common with the great body of the
people of all classes and parties, viewed with
regret and disgust the resumption of office by Sir
CHARLES WOOD. At first sight it appears like a
deliberate insult to the community to restore that
most unfortunate and incompetent financier to a
situation of such importance. It seems as if the voice
of public opinion were slighted and despised, and
that Lord JOHN RUSSELL had obstinately determined
to force that bitter dose, "THE PRECIOUS BUDGET,"
on the afflicted and indignant nation. But the point
happily admits of another and more satisfactory so-
lution, and until we hear the explanations on the
subject of the "financial scheme," on which the
Premier maintained an unbroken silence, disregarding
all the fishing interrogatories that were addressed to
him from all sides of the House, we shall be disposed
to give him "the benefit of the doubt."
The appointment of a new and more popular
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who might merit the
public confidence by bringing forward fiscal and
financial measures calculated to relieve industry and
to promote the welfare and prosperity of the nation,
although it would be received with the greatest de-
light at the present moment, might possibly retard,
or even prevent, the formation of that combined Go-
vernment to which we are all looking forward with the
most intense anxiety. It is perfectly clear that several
seats in the Cabinet must be retained for the expected
recruits. Four or five offices at least, and those of no
trivial importance, must be reserved for the Peelites ;
and theaddition of any new members to the Govern-
ment who could not be readily got rid of at the
proper period, would only occasion increased embar-
rassment when the moment for action had arrived—
more especially if the new Ministers were persons of
any degree of talent or popularity. We must also
consider that if the nature of the arrangements
that may be entered into, when the sole obstacle
to a coalition is removed, be properly under-
stood, it cannot be supposed that any measures
of fiscal, financial, or monetary reform will be
carried into operation until all the members of
that, which we hope and believe will prove a power-
ful and long-lived Government, are in office to share
the honours and responsibilities of the alterations.
Under these circumstances, then, nothing should
he done in these departments for the present, and
Sir CHARLES WOOD has already afforded the most
powerful evidence of his aptitude for administering
the system which is appropriately termed the laissez
faire, or "do-nothing" policy.
The new-old Premier has demanded time until
Friday before he shall be required to state the
course which the Government intend to pursue with
respect to the other business before the House. He
will particularly refer to the Budget, the time at
which it is to be brought forward, and the line to be
adopted in reference thereto. Considering the diffi-
culties in which he has been involved, and the urgent
claims upon his attention, having to completely re-
model the only measures that have yet been brought
forward, we shall gladly accord the neces-
sary respite. This, however, we feel it an
imperative duty to declare—the country will
not submit to equal taxation of every description
of income, or to the classification for fiscal purposes
of the precarious profits of industry with the divi-
dends, interest, or annual produce of first-class in-
vestments, or of well circumstanced estates. We do
not however desire, under the peculiar circumstances
of the case, to insist upon an immediate
solution of the fiscal problem. As we long
since pointed out, the termination of the
law imposing an income-tax affords the most fitting
opportunity for a full revision and modification of the
entire system of taxation, a course that has been so
urgently demanded by all classes of the community.
If we are assured, then, that a stringent and search-
ing inquiry, such as we yesterday suggested, will
be instituted not only into fiscal matters, but also
into the financial and monetary subjects, that are
so closely and intimately connected therewith, that
one cannot properly be disposed of without the others
being disposed. of also, we shall yield our assent,
although a reluctant one, to the renewal of that ini-
quitous impost for a brief period. It should not,
however, be renewed for more than a single year,
and even half that period ought to be amply sufficient.
It must, however, be distinctly understood that the
concession will only be made on the distinct and po-
sitive understanding that a real and not a mock in-
vestigation is to take place, and that the delay is not
to be resorted to as a mode of shelving a dis-
agreeable subject for another year. And as
there will be a large surplus of at
least two millions and a half, we would also suggest
that one-half of the tax to be levied under Schedules
D and E should be remitted in the interval pending
the report of the Committee. This would require
about 900,0001. in round terms; and a similar sum
might be applied to the reduction of the window-tax
to one moiety of its present amount. These boons
might be conceded without any danger of occasioning
a deficiency, and they would afford the best evidence
of the bond fides of the Government in demanding
the delay.

The Gamester—False Dice
—Az
n ael's Prodigality—the Love Token
VIEW ear MEMPHIS.
Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend.
Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS.
Orgie.
Grand Pas de Poignards by the Coryphecs.
Azael recovers the Stolen Scarf—the Secret Spring—Azael surprised
in the Sacred Temple—the " Human Victim."
The Doom of the Prodigal.
ACT 111.
TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver.
Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the
False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal.
The Dream.
The VALE of AZ AEL'S BIRTH.
The Harvest Festival —Azael mourned as Dead—Retarn of the

t This bold and manly exposition bears in every
line the impress of the hand by which it was penned.
Although it is not openly declared, there can be no
mistake in the author—that the Roman Catholic Peer
is the Noble Lord whose admirable letter to the Earl
of ZETLAND excited so much attention at the period
when it was published. In giving to the public this
extract, which contains so clear a view of the desires
and objects of the plrties who insist on the patient
submission of the country to the Papal behests,
Mr. PurizoN COOPER has added to the many obliga-
tions under which we lie to him for his various pub-
lications, more especially those °Tithe "Common Law
and the Pope's; Apostolic Letters," and "The Act
of Settlement and the Pope's Apostolic Let-
ters." The little brochure* from which the
above quoted epistolary frag,neat is ex-
tracted, will be found eminently interesting at the
present crisis, and,a fitting, indeed a necessary, com-
panion to the pamphlet first alluded to. We earnestly
commend it to public attention—it will repay perusal.
" * The Ultra Partyamongst the English Roman
Catholics. Extract of aL' tter, dated 15th February,
1851, from an English Roman Catholic Peer to Mr.
Purton Cooper. London: V. and R. Stevens and G. S.
Norton, 26, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn; and W. Pickering,
Piccadilly.

Prodigal.
Appearanee of the Spirit of the Desert.
To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES.

ThEATRE ROYAL, lIATMAitKiII.
Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENLNG

Will be performed WILD OATS. Jack4Rover, Mr. J. Wallack.
To be followed by a new and original Comedy, called PRE-
SENTEE) AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Captain
Montague, Mr Bowe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla-
mer, Mr. Selby; Geoffrey, Mr. Buckstone ; Anne Franklyn, Miss
Reynolds , Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining.
_ _

To conclude with a new and original comic drama, called GOOD
FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Bnckstone ; Harry Collier,
Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.

T.tituTßz ROYAL, ADELYFII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled
13ELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth.
Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ;
the Chevalier de Roiac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel-
phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, MY. Wright;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini
Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woo!gar.
After which a new T.'arce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kltilyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Freeborn ; Air. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom Crop, Miss Woolgar.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA 1 P.E, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kam and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR.
Characters by Mr. C. Kean, sir. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half."
Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Alias
Murray.
To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS.

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

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.
Mr. James Wallack made his re-appearance here
last evening, in the character of Don Cesar do Baz.n.
It was his first appearance since his late long and severe
illness, and his reception was the enthusiastic greeting
accorded only to an old friend. He seemed in the highest
spirits, and his physical energies do not appear to have
been in the least impaired by his recent indisposition.
Don Cesar de Bnan is one of Wallack's very best
parts, and cates WallPek is the best Don Cesar de Bass❑
that has ever appeared, and this we say with a perfect
recollection of Frederic Lemaitre's personation of the '
same part. Great as Frederic Lemaitre is, he is not the
high-born and high-bred Castilian noble, while `Val-
lack, notwithstanding his recklessness and his degrada-
tion, imparts to the cbaracter of Don Cesar that indefin-
able air of refinement, which is inseparable from the true
gentleman, however depraved or degraded; therefore we
prefix. the Don Cesar of Mr. Wallack-to that of his French
rival; it is more true to human nature, and more especially
is. it more true to Castilian nature. He acted the part
with great spirit, great buoyancy, and exquisite humour
last evening, and at the conclusion was called before
the curtain and cheered enthusiastically.

A ROItANTIC IDEA.

After which an erltirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
to be called KING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Yestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
/Ms Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale.

To conclude With
THE RINGDOVES, In which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews,
Bain Baker. Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrell.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT' GOLD.
After which THE SOLDIER of 102.
To conclude with CHAMBER PRICTICE.

ASTLZY'S ROYAL AMP aITHEATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Loyal aighness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Extra,,rdina.l7 series of attractive novelties.
THIS EVENING
The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or.
leaps, with new and costly costumes,
Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with JONATIIAN; ,or, The Man of Two Masters.
Box-office open from Eleven tin Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.
Last night another highly interesting drama was
produced at this unique little house before a crowded
auditory. It is entitled The Camp Follower, or the
Mystery of Twenty Years; and with regard to scenery
at:d acting excells many modern productions which have
obtained considerable success. The principal characters
were very creditably sustained by Messrs. Willis, Dean,
Burford, Fitzwilliam. and E. Green, whose exertions to
carry out the idea of the author cannot be too much com-
mended. Mr. E. Green especially distinguished himself
as an actor of more than ordinary merit. The principal
female characters were undertaken by Mrs. C. Boyce
and Miss Hamilton, both of whom materially aided to
render the drama successt'ul. At the conclusion all the
principal artists were called before the curtain, and the
piece was announced for repetition every evening until
further notice. .

THE FUTURE.
(From the Lady's Newspaper.)
The mighty minister of joy I—.
The sovereign cure for ill,
From doubt, distress, despair, alloy,
The sanctuary still;
The bow of promise raised on high,
Unquenchable to blaze--
When clouds have gathered o'er life's sky,
Its lustre bursts the haze.

It is whirling us on to the wished-for goal,
Be it glory, or love, or pleasure;
For oh ! where breathed there ever a human sou:
But the future contained its treasure?
Oh ! the past is with mystical sanctity rife,
The present may pleasantness see;
But the stone of tha sage, the elixir of life,
Must be found in the wondrous—To BE.

For there the poet's Bay is twining,
The warrior's wreath put on,
The bridal crown of light is shining,
The cherished post is won.
'Tis there the weary is to rest,
The mourner to rejoice,
And every spirit to be blest
For ever in its choice.

Then can we wonder that each owns
Its magic more and more_
That sceptred monarchs leave their thrones
To fall down and adore;
That golden youth's bright drealins illume;
That silver age reveres;
That Beauty throws her smiling bloom
O'er the sunlight of its years.

No; where the worshipped idols are,
The heart must ever be;
O'er oceans wide—through deserts far,
It tracks the land and sea.
But only does it love aright,
Or can it gain the prize,
When it seeks its treasures of delight
In the future of the skies !

The first question to be brought forward by the
new Ministry, indeed, we may reasonably conclude
the only one on which serious differences of opinion
are likely to arise, is the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
On Friday next Sir GEORGE GREY, on moving the
second reading of that measure, will state the amend-
ments and alterations which it is intended to make
in it when it shall go into Committee. As it is the
only existing obstacle to the formation of a
Ministry adequate to the exigencies of the period,
capable of really governing the country, and carrying
out those measures of reform which are so urgently
required, we must feel a natural anxiety respecting
its progress. The general opinion appears to be,
that Ireland will be excluded from the operation of
the Bill, and that it will merely be directed against
the assumption or use of the titles recently conferred
by the POPE, and the creation of which constitutes
the aggression so loudly and so justly complained
of. We fear that this compromise will not
satisfy any party, while it will virtually acknowledge
the authority of the Vatican in an integral por-
tion of the United Kingdom. It will, in fact, be an
admission that he is justified, ex mero motu, in set-
ting aside the prerogative of the Crown, and invading
the independence of the British nation at the other
side of St. George's Channel when and so often
as he may think it advisable or desirable to snub
orinsult the British Government. His first ag-
gression—the contemptuous disregard of the elec-
tion 'of the Roman Catholic Bishops and clergy
of the diocese of Armagh, and his nomination of the
Rev. PAUL CULLER, who had for thirty years
breathed the atmosphere of the Papal Court, and been
innoculated with all its views and anti-English feel-
ings—must be forgotten, or such a course would
never be contemplated. The danger in Ireland is
is arias perhaps greater than
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t is Cher©anytbat cthoautldiengoisslyns
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this country, a
required.
At this period g is exceedingly desirable to know

CATHARINE.

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE DOWAGER COUN-
TESS
OF CHARLEVILLE.—Yesterday morning the mortal re-
mains of this lady were conveyed from No. 14, Cavendish-
square, for interment at the catacombs, Highgate Cemetery,
by the side of her son, who was intered a few years since at
the same place. In accordance with the desire of the late
Countess previous to her death, the funeral was as unosten-
tatious as possible, all applications to attend having been re-
spectfully declined. The mourners were Hon. Charles W.
Charleville, Lord Tullamore. Hon. John James Bury, Hon.
Alfred Bury, Hon. Mr. Moore, &c.
METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.--It ap-
pears from a report of the secretary of the Metropolitan
Commission of Sewers, printed and issued yesterday by order
of the House of Commons, that in the past year the receipts
amounted to 91,0701. 6s. Ild., of which 77,7841. 6s. 9d. arose
from rates, and 13,322/. 55. from contributions. The pay-
ments in the year were 94,554/. 10s. 11d. The total charge
for the year was 125,918/. 3s. 10d. The amount of assets on
the 31st of December last was 82,636/. 98. 4d., and the lia-
bilities 161,262/. 19s. Bd., of which 61,142/. is. 10d. was the
residue of the old debt of the Surrey and Kent Commission.
It seems that the Commission, in little more than twelve
months, have matured a comprehensive plan for the drainage
of the metropolitan districts, a part of which has been ear.-
ried out, and upwards of thirty-four miles of brick and pipe
sewers have been executed during the year. The Commission
has jurisdiction in and near the metropolis comprising an area
of upwards of 112 square miles. In the year the public
works of construction actually executed by the Commission
amounted to 69,511/. 45. 2d. For " cleansing" alone 17,523/.
14s. 7d. was paid. Extensive works of stelinage have al-
ready been executed, and others are to be carried out, ac-
cording to the report, by the Commission.
T LIE PAPAL AGGRESSION.—Mr. Andtrton has just
given notice of his intention to move, at the next Court of
Common Council, " that petitions be presented to both
Houses of Parliament against the late aggression of the
Pope, for preserving the supremacy of the Queen and
subjects."proeting inviolate the civil and religious liberty of her

THREE DAYS' SIGHT.—A Frenchman received a
draft payable at three days sight at a certain bank. The
first day he presented himself at the counter, and taking
the draft from his pocket-book, extended it before the
paying teller, and said, " You see that once," and, folding
the draft, he walked away. The next morning he appeared
again, and going through the same form, said, " You see
that twice." The third day he appeared once more, and
" YOU ice that three time. Na', by gar, Y 914 pay him."

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Orleanists are greatly disappointed at the post-
ponement of M. CRETOIS'S motion for the repeal of the
law exiling the Bourbons ; of that repeal it was well
known that the Comte DE CHAMBORD could not, con-
sistently with his principles, have taken advantage,
while the princes of the Orleans branch, who are not
restrained by the same considerations, would at once
have returned, and would have become, even in spite
of themselves, the focus of intrigues for a monarchical
restoration. M. TRIERS, M. PISCATORY, and General
CHANGARNIER were particularly vehement in their
opposition to the proposed adjournment, and M.
TRIERS went so far as to justify the defence, by M.
MARC DUFRAISSP, of the execution of Louis XVI.
"M. DUFRAISSE," said 111. TRIERS, "has an incon-
-1 testable right to state in the tribune his personal ap-
preciation of an historical ;act." We should scarcely
have expected such a sentiment from the quon-
dem co-conspirator with BERRYER and DE
MONTALEMBERT in giving to the Jesuits the
monopoly of the education of the people, and in de-
stroying universal suffrage ; but eccentricities and
inconsistencies such as these are permitted to the
members of " the great party of order."
M. DE MONTALEMBERT has written a letter to the
Journal des Debats to contradict the report that he
had in the Chamber of Peers, during a discussion on
the affairs of Poland, on one occasion characterised
the Emperor NICHOLAS as a crowned monster.
Seeing that this report has been in circulation for the
last ten or twelve years, and must have been known
to M. DE MONTALAMBERT to have been so during
the whole of that period—seeing, moreover, that the
circumstance has been frequently alluded to in
his presence, both in the National Assembly under
the Republic, and in the Chamber of Peers under the
Monarchy, this contradiction is somewhat of the
latest, and would seem as though intended to conceal
some arriere-pense:e.
In all the country districts of France " the owners
and Occupiers of land" are complaining bitterly of
agricultural distress.

D.Z. DUFIN, the President of the Legislative As-
sembly, has been confined to his bed for the last three
days by an attack of acute rheumatism.
Government Securities, which opened firm at the
Bourse, declined towards the close. There was very
little business transacted. The Five per Cents. opened
at 96f. 80c., and closed at 961. 65c.; the Three per
CAlte. closed at 57f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad Shares,
8771, 50c.; Rouen, 647 f. 50c.; Havre, 270 r.; Great
Northern, 4761. 25c.; Avignon, 191 f. 25c.; Vierzon,
4151.; Basle, 1581. 75c.; Bordeaux, 365 f.; Paris and
Strasburg, 3651. 75c.; Tours and Nautes, 255;.
BUSINESS I)();N1: IN FOBEIGN RAIL WA YS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DlAncx 3.
Boulogne and Amiens, 834 Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 16%—Luxembourg, 2X—Namur and Liege,
SI/A—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3j
Paris and Strasbourg, 10%—Sambre and Meuse 8
, 3;4—Tours
and Nantes, 5%.