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willing to believe that no preconceieed zni3aaures
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time the Court must show on the one hand that it
was determined to prevent such disturbanCes ; -
whilst, on the other, it did not wish to be more
severe than was necessary. The evidence was the
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Mallabond, who as a soldier above the rank of a pri- 7
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Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Suppers, den., until twelve o'clock.
Mr. Anousrus BRATIANE will make his first appearance on
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the same point ; and it is more than probable that
the Absolutist doctrine would not have been quite
so strongly developed but for that deplorable and
infamous attempt. It is only natural that consi-
derable political capital should be made there-
from—capital that will be readily accepted by
many of those who call themselves " friends of
order," but who do not take the trouble to inves-
tigate the true state of the case, or to take any
but a merely superficial view of the subject.
Louis NAPOLEON has done so. The shrewd tact
which he has frequently displayed was never more
clearly perceptible. He has thus been enabled,
without evoking a spirit of opposition amongst
his more enlightened subjects, to declare that
"danger does not exist so much in, the excessive
prerogatives of power as in the absence of repres-
sive laws ;" or that he could speak of the "liberty
which, in place of enlightening, of controlling,
and ameliorating, becomes in the hands of
partisans a weapon to overturn."

The doctrines of autocracy are breathed in
every sentence. " Opposition" is to be suppressed
in any form, and at any cost. The sic solo, sic jubeo
principle must be fully established. There is but
one dominant will that can be permitted
to have scope, or to obtain expression. All others
must yield. Even the tacit protest of an elected
candidate refusing to take his seat can no longer
be tolerated, and the memory of the illustrious
OAVAIGNAC is assailed by the allusion to " persons
who proudly boasted that they were enemies of
national institutions (that is to say, of despotic
authority), deceiving the electors by false promises,
and, after having fraudulently obtained their
suffrages, repelling them with disdain." This is
made the pretext to demand that the Chambers
should not permit such a scandal to be repeated,
and that they should " compel every eligible per son
to swear to the Constitution before he becomes a
candidate."

This is following the Kansas precedent, where a
solemn declaration in favour of " the domestic
institution" was required as an indispensable
qualification for a seat in the Legislature. These
oaths or declarations may be regarded chiefly as
the most convincing evidence of weakness. Any
Government based on public opinion could not
require them, and would allow the most perfect
freedom of action to the electors and to their
chosen representatives. It need not ask for aid
in seeking means " to reduce extreme and factious
opposition to silence."
It is said that another attempt is to be made to
establish a stringent alien law in the United King-
dom, and an Extradition Act, which will prevent
our country from affording hospitality to political
refugees from other lands. It may benade, but
it will not be successful. We shall gladly punish
the guilty, no matter whether English or Foreign-
ers ; but we will not destroy the sanctuary that
has been so long a place of refuge for the destitute
and afflicted of all nations. While in this coun-
try, there must be obedience to our laws and in-
stitutions ; but we shall not accept suspicion as
proof of guilt, or drive from our shores those
who seek it in good faith and honour. No
one should respect the principle more than the
EMPEROR. himself, who owes his present high
and palmy position to the firm and unyielding
adhesion of Great Britain, aye, and of Switzer-
land, to that sacred and glorious principle. All
the vigilance of his own police proved inadequate
to prevent the foul and dastardly attempt against
his person. Why then should we lend ourselves
to a fruitless onslaught, by which thousands of
innocent persons would be grievously injured, in
the vain effort to prevent conspiracies, or reach real
criminals by undue means. The EMPEROR himself
is too well acquainted with the constitutional laws
of England to suppose that such a project could
be carried out. The mere proposition would hurl
from office the strongest and most popular Minister
that ever directed the National Councils, and
whatever the toadies of the EXPEROP. may say in
depreciation of our English law, we tell them
fearlessly that we shall be prepared to defend them
to the last man, and the last shilling. Oa this
point we re-echo the cry raised by the Barons at
Runnymede—nolumus lege,s A nglice

The position of the Bank of England is still
improving. The returns show vast additions to
the stock of bullion and reserve of notes, and
Government Securities, combined with a large
reduction in the "other," or privat3 secu-
rities. This is the more remarkable as it cora-
' prises, the firit week after the payment of the
January dividends commenced, a period when
the demands on the Old Lady are generally
very heavy.

The bullion now amounts to 13,357,1071., and
the notes une►nployed to 7,540,6751., while the
other securities have fallen to 23,849,6621., a
decrease within the week of 1,811,4041., or nearly
ten millions sterling since the suspension of the
Bank Charter Act little more than two months since.
Nor is this so remarkable, as the addition to the
private deposits,which n ow amoun t to 19,124,733/,
is an increase of 4,278,8561. since the last return.
Nor is it in England only that the change is per-
ceptible. Money is becoming abundant in every
quarter. The hard calculators see that their
iniquitous game is up. They can no longer gra-
tify their cupidity by gaining possession of their
neighbour's property at less than its actual value,
and therefore their secret hoards are brought forth.
The bullion concealed, and which was no longer
discharging its functions as a circulating medium,
is at length permitted to see the light, and money
promises, ere long, to become a drug in the
market.

It was the suspension and virtual abrogation
of the Act of 1844 that produced this salutary
change. So long as its baleful operation was
continued the panic increased in intensity, Ind
matters went from bad to worse. Terrible were
the losses sustained by all but the hard calcula-
tors, who kept tight hold of their money, and
would not part with it except on the most
stringent terms. The tardy movement of the Go-
vernment, which effected a beneficial change, even
at theeleventhhour, excitedtheirindignation. But
it proved the mischievous effects of the law, and the
almost miraculous results of its practical abolition.
Surely no persons of ordinary intellect would
continue to lay themselves open to similar injury
in future times, when by energetic action they
could destroy the teterrirna cause mali at a single
blow.

Another matter is established beyond the possi-
bility of doubt. It is that a conspiracy must
have existed amongst the " hard calculators "
to ruin, or at least seriously injure, the trade and
manufacture of the country. It was impossible
that the money could have been destroyed, that
it should have been simultaneously wanting in
every country. According to the ordinary course
it may be taken from one place to another, but
while the stream of bullion was ebbing
from one quarter, it should be flowing
into another. But recently it seemed to
have vanished from the face of the earth. Surely,
then, this would alone be sufficient, if no other
proof existed, to show the inevitable evils of a
Purely metallic currency.
Gold is an (xcelltnit
servant, but a most despotic and tyrannical mas-
er. It is exceedingly valuable for the purpose of