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" The author, we are convinced, is yotlong, otherwise we could
hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be-
half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired
by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love
of the parest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan-
guage is which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions
on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in
which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays
on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha-
racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he
has marked Per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraeli.% Mau-
maraca. and Smythcs."—Observer.
... suwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed-
ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great
good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en
gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha-
racter of Amelia Ito!s we have already spoken, and the extract we
. .

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Lave given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have
said. The other ladles who play conspicuons parts in the tale are
Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and
impulsive genius, passionately foul of music and poetry ; and Julia
Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.

First Night of the New Opera, LE THE NOZZE.
It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will
take place on THITHSDAY EVENING next, May 1, when will be
presented, for the first time in this country Alari's new Opera Buffo,
in three acts, produced with the greatest success at the Italian Opera,
Paris, entitled

LE THE NOZZE.
Luisa, Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani; La Marchesa
di Forli, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor
Gardoni ; Cricca, Signor Ferranti (bis first appearance in this coun-
try) ; ii Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Labiache.
To be followed by the First Tableau of the admired Ballet,

-L'ILE DES AMOURS.
Madlle. Amalia 'Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamou-
reux, Allegrini, Kohleuberg, Dantenie, Pascales, and M. Charles.
The performances will commence with the Last Act of Belliru's
celebrated Opera,

LA SOIgNAMB UM A .
Amine, Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Count Rodolph, Sig. Coletti
and Elvino, Sig. Calzolari.
Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Bye.
To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. in which Madlle, Car.
lotta Grisi and Madlle Amalie Ferraris will appear.
Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-
office of tho Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to com-
mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. _

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Second Appearance of Mandlilse.
EVENT
will be pre-
.
It Is respectfully announced Umt T
slanted Donizetti's Opera.,
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Lucrezia, madue. Alaimo ; Maffeo Orsini, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ;
Gennaro, Signor Gartloni ; Levuratto, Signor Scott! ; Rustighello,
Signor 3ilercurialli; Gazello, Signor Casanova ; Gubetta, Signor
Lorenzo ; Astolfo, Signor Balanchl; Petrucci, Signor F. Lablache
Alfonzo, signor Lablache. ;
To conclude with the highly successful Ballet,
L'ILE DES AMOURS.

which Madlle. Amapa Ferraris, Madßes. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux,
Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Esper, Rosa,
MM. Ehrick, and Charles will appear.
ptl sAtuRDAY, May 3, Madame SONTAG will make her first
Appearance this season, as Maria, in Donizetti's admired Opera LA
FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box °dice of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, _Haymarket.
•

THEATRE ROYAL, DR URY LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented by her tajesty's Si;:vsu.ll4
A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ NEL. THE
PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Mr. 11. T. Cra-
ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper; Sethos. Mr.
Rafter; Jeobtele, Miss Viilars; Bette, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia,
tdlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion.
fo be followed by
A petite Comedy, entitled A MORNING CALL, in which Mr. J.
Anderson and Mrs. Nlsbett will appear.
To conclude with RAISING THE WIND.
Stalls and Dress Circle - - - ss.
First Price. Second Price.
Boxes
Pit - - - - - - 2s. Is. Od.
Lower Gallery - - 1s . 7 No half-price
Upper Gallery - - - - 6d. to Galleries.
Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d.
Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. Is. Od.
Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 1/. I Is. 6d.
Ditto 4 ditto 11. I ls. 6d. to H. Is. Od.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, 'Sole Lessee and Manager, 01d Brompton.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude 3felnotte,
Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss L. Addison.
After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of
startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi-
tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhelm, Mr. J. Bland; Count
Florestine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P.
Horton ; Devilshoof, Mr. 11. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H.
Bedford.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
trader the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, . .

Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original
drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE.
After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr.
Frank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk,
Miss E. Harding.

To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical
fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson;
Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwill:am.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
tinder the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. BeCoy.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN
A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley,
Addison, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C.
Bean.

To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ;
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Mash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestrls.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew%
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed
COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To be followed by
A'DAY OF RtCKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear
for the fifth time since her indisposition.

To conclude with a new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
called THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C
Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Homcastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed SIR ROGER DE COVERLET, or. the Widow
and her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H.
Farren, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender,
Kinloch ; Mesdames, Stirl ng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E.
Turner, and Bartlett.
To conclude with FRANKENSTEIN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Eader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highnella
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR
THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England.
To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en-
tirely new Company of French Artistes, amongst whom 3ladlle.
Clementine Soullier, the first Female Equestrian in Europe, will
appear.

To conclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON
or, The Cove of Cork.

Sox-ofnCo open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE
Tan DAT —Morning 49 rain. after 12 I Evening 8 rain. after •1
To•Moisow—Morning 25 min. after 1 I Evening 43 Hain. after 1

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, APRIL 29.
THEEmoxETER, ix THE SHAM.
47—highest since noon yesterday.
33—lowest this morning and during the night.
.5 0 thi a day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'59.
WIND W.S.W.—Morning, cloudy, with occasional sunshine
Afternoon, heavy fall of hail, with thunder and lightning.

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.
KINGSTOWN ( D ÜBLLN) —Wind N.N.W., strong breeze—

partially cloudy.
PLyliourti—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—Partially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind E. calm—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—WiII(' N. W. partially cloudy.
FoilcvsToNE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
, gentle b-reez
ItlillturDGE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BesnensvoicE —Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GktEENWlCH—Calm—overcast.
SWINDON —Wind N.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Co., LciaßsTza—Wind N'..l!: , gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
I ARSIOUTR---W ind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LYNX—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Convey—Wind E.
gentle breeze—cloudless.
IioLYHEAD—Wind N., strong breeze—showery.
LIVERPOOL—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
LANCASTER—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
WHITBY—Wind N., gentle breeze—rain.
aff,,p_Wind N. ~ gentle breeze—snow.
CARLIsix.--Wind N.E., min:L....partially cloudy.
BeArrocK—Wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
tho wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine
o'clock :
trßLDT)—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze—
partiallyKlNGSTOWN (Di
Wi d N.Et, gentle breeze—partially
ivincdlovvw.y,..
~ . d
yc.loudy.
roofs— . n N' W gentle breeze—cloud
LYNN— N. W., hard win overcast.
LEEDS—Wind
YoaK— --
Wind W., gentle breeze—partially Cloudy.
LANCASTER—Wind N.W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
~ _..,
% h strong breeze —rain.
WHITBY—Wind ... • •_t_
;,., d N. by W., strong breeze—rain.
DARLINGTON— TV.-- —,
gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BERWICK—Wind N ' *E'''

I timber and coffee duties could not be given up. The
Right Honourable Gentleman further stated, in reply to
Colonel Sinnionr, that it was his intention to go into
Committee on Friday.
Mr. MACGREGOR supported the motion for the second
reading.
Mr. DISRAELI advised his Honourable Friend to with-
draw the amendment, as he thought the objections made
could be more properly considered in Committee.
The amendment was then negatived without a divi-
sion, and the Bill read a second time.
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would move
that the House should meet at six o'clock on Thursday
next, instead of at the usual hour.
The House then adjourned at Seven o'clock.

The Bill for the renewal of the property and in-
come-tax for a further term of three years was last
night read a second time. The amendment of the
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwickshire was
negatived without a division ; but this course was
only assented to upon the distinct understanding that
the various details of the measure are to be fully
discussed in Committee. Sir CHARLES WOOD still
sticks to his " conclusion." He resorts to rather
a singular style of reasoning, that " as the tax is
inequitable in every particular, it may not be so
very inequitable on the whole." There is a beautiful
symmetry of injustice that should not be interfered
with. Any attempt at improvement would be in-
jurious to the general effect. This is a comfortable
doctrine, and one particularly valuable to a Financial
Minister. It may take its place next to the stereo-
typed answer to every case of hardship or injustice :
" The tax produces so many thousands per annum,
which lam certainly not prepared to relinquish." It
will in some respects have the advantage over that
brilliant response which entirely discarded every equi-
table consideration, and appeared to think any descrip-
tion of injustice justifiable or even praiseworthy,
provided it were only productive. It was the carrying
out to the fullest extent the injunctions of the dying
miser—" My son, make money, honestly if you can,
but make money." So the financial creed of Sir
CHARLES 'WOOD, so far as we can judge of it, by,
that oft-repeated rule, seemed to be to " fill the Ex-
chequer, and obtain a surplus honestly and equitably
if you can, but obtain a surplus." He can now,
however, assume a different tone. To any querulous
gentleman who may complain of the impropriety
of any impost, and prove its injustice and im-
policy, there will be the triumphant reply,
that the very injustice objected to constitutes
its chief beauty, for it is a part of the compensating
principle, the nicely adjusted balance that keeps
all things in order. It will also have the effect of
preventing grumbling when it is known that, no mat-
ter what case may be made out, it will only strengthen
the position of the head of the financial depart-
ment, and possibly induce him to increase the griev-
ance, in order to render the balance more equal.
Might it not be advisable, then, to double the adver-
tisement duty on poor sempstresses, or servants out of
place seeking situations, and to reduce it for noble-
men desirous of selling or exchanging large estates, or
to increase the duty on the cheaper descriptions
of teas, and to diminish it on the more valuable ? A
species of inverse ad valorem duties would be an in.
vention worthy of Sir CHARLES WOOD'S genius.
Indeed, his reputation can never be complete until
he brings in some such measure. He has certainly
proved himself to be the most incompetent financier
that ever held the seals of office ; but he should make
some brilliant move to prevent the possibility of com-
petition, and to leave all future occupants of the office
at an humble distance.
It would be impossible to bring forward more
striking instances of inconsistencies between " ins"
and " outs," or the same men in office and
in opposition, than were adduced by Mr.
SPOONER in the course of his speech. In 1845, Lord
Joni.; RUSSELL, in protesting against the tax, to
which he was always of opinion that " fraud, vexa-
tion, and inequality were inherent," declared that
" no man could say that a person who had an income
from a landed estate or from the funds, which he could
leave to his children entire, was in the same position
as a surgeon or an artist, whose bread depended
upon his health, and who by the loss of a limb or a
defect of sight might be deprived in a moment of the
means of earning an income at all ;" and yet, in
1851, the Noble Premier allows the Evil Genius of his
Ministry to bring in a Bill the object of which
is to perpetuate the injustice and inequality
which he so ably exposed six years previously ! He
showed the vexatious character of the tax to parties
engaged in trade, who might be compelled to produce
their books for the inspectio❑ of prying officials, but
no portion of the inquisitorial machinery is removed.
Sir GEORGE GREY, too, at the same time, said that
"If they had the melancholy prospect of looking to
this tax as a permanent tax, it would be their duty to
endeavour to diminish its vexations and inequalities,
but he, for one, hoping that the Right Hon. Gentleman
had some grounds for being sincere in what he had
announced as to its duration, certainly should not
be disposed by any experiment of this kind
to remove the vexations of this tax, for the more they
were felt the more likely they were to be got rid of
altogether." Does the Home Secretary now venture
to anticipate the repeal of this impost ? Is he not
well aware that it may be regarded as a permanent
charge upon the country ? And does he endea-
vour to " diminish its vexations and irregularities,"
or does he desire that they should be severely felt, in
order that they should be got rid of altogether ? Sir
CHARLES WooD, even at that time, gave promise
of that leaden crown of dulness to which he has since
succeeded, for he discovered that " the property-tax
pressed most severely on the working population,
by diminishing the means of giving them employ-
ment." How unfortunate is it that the Right Hon.
Baronet is a friend to the working classes. If he
were an enemy we might hope for the abolition of in-
direct imposts, and those various taxes that are sup-
posed to press on industry, and that the national
exchequer should be replenished by direct charges on
accumulated and realized property ; but this long-
headed statesman has discovered that the best way to
serve them is to cast a large proportion of the
public burdens on their shoulders. He has the
benevolence of FOGG, when remarking " that it is a
charity to heap costs upon the debtor--an industrious
clerk, with a large family and 255. a week—as it
would teach him not to run into debt a second time."
So the incomparable Worm discovers that it is well to
exonerate the rich man, in order that he may have
greater means to apply in employment, if so disposed,
while all the charges must be borne by the poor man,
whether he obtains employment or not.
It is unnecessary to recapitulate the speeches of
other members of the Government, or to draw a dis-
tinction between their " sayings" in opposition, and
their "doings" in power. _Hansard, unfortunately,
remains an existing record of their shameless ter-
giversation. Sir CHARLES WooD, however, seems
to think that he has hit upon an unanswerable argu

ment in favour of the tax, because the proposer and
seconder of the amendment adduce reasons of an op-
posite character in its condemnation. He thinks the
flagrant inconsistencies of himself and of his col-
leagues will be forgotten if he can prove that Messrs.
SPOONER and MUNTZ are not in unison. We can
easily account for the differences between the Hon,
Gentlemen, each of whom has brought forward the
objectionable portions of the measure which press
most severely on his own constituents. Why should
we wonder if the Member for Warwickshire com-
plains
of the absurdity of making the amount of
measure o
rent theof the tax to the farmer, so that the
higher the reonrte, b and
pro
consequently the lower the fit, te
m
is in thish , a gross ande
palpable
called on to pay. There
injustice that cannot
for a moment be defended, which requires altera-
tion. Even Sir CRARLE: and
`Noon cnntout
nassert tehsaut
pi.t
is one of the best parts of the system
porta it on the " compensating principle" above al-
luded to. Why, on the other hand, should we feel
surprised if the Member for Birmingham dwelt more
on the inquisitorial nature of the impost, and the
power of entering into a stringent investigation of
the books, accounts, and the entire transac-
tions of traders whom the worthy Commis-
sioners are desirous of surcharging. The objections
of both are valid and unanswerable; telling with im-
mense power against the tax, and their different
nature does not justify it any more than it
would entitle a man to an acquittal on an in-
dictment for feloniously wounding, if his advocate
were to show that he had also robbed his victim.

A more generous enterprize was never adventured
upon than that which has recently incited some of
our most distinguished men of letters to undertake

the foundation of a Guild for the less fortunate culti-
vators of Art and of Literature. Themselves excep-
tions, and, in some instances, brilliant exceptions to
the rule which generally associates the poet with the
garret, and affords the artist, not infrequently, a
home in the cellar—it was something. more tha❑
gratifying to witness the interest evinced by them in
behalf of their unsuccessful competitors, and to find
them sympathising in the sorrows from which they
themselves had been effectually screened by their ge-
nius and their popularity. Against an endeavour of this
kind, so spontaneous and comprehensive in its mag-
nanimity, one might think that no petulant sneer
would be directed. A benevolence so genuine and
disinterested, one might imagine to be removed beyond
the reach of derision—too noble for obloquy, and too
gentle for abuse. Yet such are the eccentricities
of the craft, that, already, the voice of calumny has
become audible from the Press itself, and the large-
hearted men who are devoting their energies for the dif-
fusion of benefactions among the necessitous labourers at
the pen and at the easel, are assailed as contuma-
ciously as though they were actually attempting
some fraud or larceny upon the members of their
profession We find ourselves incapable of ade-
quately expressing the indignation we feel at ma-
lignity so gratuitous in its display and so utterly
despicable in its character.
Throughout the whole of this interesting effort in
the cause of the disappointed, it has been remarkable,
and not less beautiful than remarkable, to observe
the cordiality with which the promoters of the
scheme have co-operated with each other.
Putting aside all thoughts of the trouble
entailed upon each individually, and the re-
sponsibility moreover cast upon all of them collectively;
they have striven to realize their hopes, in some mea-
sure at least, of setting on foot an undertaking which
may ultimately lead to the foundation of a noble and
admirable establishment. That Sir EDWARD BULWEK
LYTTON, the most various and in some respects the
most gifted writer of his age, should so far participate
in the enterprise as to produce a comedy in further-
ance of the projected guild, and to proffer a portion of
land adjoining his estates for the building of
the tenements proposed as places of refuge for the
more unfortunate among his contemporaries--is of
itself a circumstance sufficiently calculated, we might
conjecture, to screen him from ridicule, if it did not
elevate him to public admiration. Yet Sir BULWER
LYTTON has been especially singled out by the calum-
niator of himself and his fellow-labourers as the
object of gibes such as could alone proceed
from a mind jaundiced by jealousy, or from
the bilious recesses of a soured and acrimonious
temperament. Scarcely less ungraceful of their
kind are the derisive remarks passed upon those who
have generously undertaken to enact the play by
LYTTON, under the management of DICKENS. To
ridicule the dramatic powers of the playwright re-
ferred to is preposterous enough, when it is borne in
mind that he is no other than the author of
the Lady of Lyons and of Richelieu, two of the
most brilliant and masterly contributions made
for a long period to the treasures of our
dramatic literature. To mention as little
less than ludicrous the histrionic capacities of
CHARLES DICKENS and his amateur company, is in its
way no less idle and ungraceful, when it is remem-
bered that those capacities have only been displayed
i❑ furthering projects of benevolence, and when it is,
by this time at least, very generally known and re-
cognised that Mr. DICKENS, and one or two of his
amateur brother comedians, are actors of rare ability,
if not of consummate excellence. Apart, how-
ever, entirely from the merit of the players,
or the skill of the dramatist, there is in
their mutual solicitude to realize this dream o
a Guild of Art and Literature, an evidence of gene.
realty too signal to admit of a doubt as to its mag

nanimity, and too novel to be passed over without
eliciting some few, but genuine words of earnest
commendation. It is with sentiments of this nature
we rest assured that the majority are looking forward
to the representation of the new comedy, Not so Bad
as we Seem, at the princely town house of his Grace
the Duke of DEVONSHIRE. Under the auspicious
conduct of authors so illustrious as the creators re-

spectively of the " Caxtons " and of " Copper-
field," there can be little doubt but that the drama.

tic pnterprise will tend to the future security of the
new Guild of Art and of Literature; aided as the en-

deavour will be by the co-operation of the witty
chronicler of " Clovernook," the original biographer
of " Goldsmith," the most luminous and judicious
among all the luminous and judicious editors of

SUABSPERE, and, besides a variety of others,
the gifted writers of " Orion," of " An-

toning," and of the Patrician's Daughter.
Men of this stamp can afford to laugh at
the sinister shrugs and atrabilious jeers of the
Smellfungus of journalism, more particularly when
they are striving to build up a shelter for the bril-

liant but improvident toilers in Art, the ardent bui

impoverished labourers in Literature. Supposing
these endeavours turn out to be not altogether boot-
less, the student of the brush may no longer
be haunted by a dread of starvation when

painting the cornfields and vineyards of a
southern landscape : and the literary aspirant may
indulge in new dreams of "The Splendid Shilling"
without horrid presentiments of waking again at
once pensive and penniless. Viewing the enterprise
in this light, we look with sincere pleasure upon the
project of the Guild, confidently anticipating its
foundation.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The following is the text of the reprimand inflicted
on General D'HAUTPOUL, by the Minister at War,
and which is published in the Moniteur :
" An order of the day of the army of Africa, relative
to the capture of the village of Selloum, on the 10th of
Aril, has been published by the journals of Africa first,
and copied by those of France. This order of the day,
contrary to military usages and to the sentiment of dis-
cipline, inasmuch as it delivers to the appreciation of the
army the opinions of the generals who command it, and
the orders of the Government, has been, on the part of
the Nlinister of War, the object of a formal disapproba-
tion and severe blame."
In commenting on this document, the Presse says—
"lt is not for us to examine whether General d'Haut-
poul was right or wrong in censuring the conduct of
Colonel d'Aurelle; but we cannot but approve of the
Minister of War having recalled his subordinate to a
sentiment of discipline. General d'Hautpoul had a less
right than any other to forget it."
The facility with which the PRESIDENT of
the Republic has consented to the sacrifice of
General D'HAUTPOUL is eminently calculated to
eool the ardour of the adherents of the Elysee,
and to inflict " a heavy blow and a great discourage-
ment" on the future prospects of the PRESIDENT.
M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE himself is not, it
would appear, nearly so sanguine as he was a month
since, or he would scarcely have exposed himself to
a rebuff from General CHANGARNIER by seeking 'a
reconciliation withthat haughty bluff soldier; for that
such a reconciliation was sought by M.DEPERSIGNY
is true, notwithstanding that denial in the Paine of
the account which appeared in the .Evtinement. The
Evenement represented the interview as having taken
place in one of the lobbies of the Assembly, but as
it took place at the residence of General CHANGAR-
NIER, the writer in the Patrie, swearing by the card,
was enabled to give that statement a contradiction:
General CHANG ARNIER himself, however, declares
that the interview took place, and M. DE CHAMBOLLE,
in the Ordre, pledges himself that in the course of
the interview M. DE PERSIGNY made use of the fol-
lowing expression :—" The Assembly was vanquished
in your affair, and it must remain vanquished." The
terms proposed by M. DE PERSIGNY were haughtily
rejected. The Presse says,—
"It was in the small apartment occupied by General
Changarnier, in the Faubourg St. Honor& that the in-
terview took place. It is said that, on entering, M. de
like Persigny
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personageeeral
Changarnier is said to have modestly replied, lt is pre-
cisely because the apartment is so small that it makes
me appear great!' It is positively affirmed that the
advances of M. do Persigny were without success, and
those who affirm it are the friends of General Changar-
nier."

The Assemblie Nationale has the following :
" Several journals contain the recital of a conversa-
tion bete een General Changarnier and M. de Persigny.
he will not copy this account because M. de Persigny
as written to the .EvOnement to contradict it. But what
M. de Persigny does not dispute is that he requested an
interview with General Changarnier, which was granted,
on the condition that it should take place at his own
house. M. de Persigny, in tact,. went to the residence
of the illustrious General, and the conversation lasted
very long. We are not yet acquainted with the steps
taken by M. de Persigny, and the words exchanged
between the intimate confidant of the Elytee and the
ex-Commandant-in-Chief of the army of Paris; but it

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