The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

LES GRACES,

Euphrosyne, Mdlle. Carlotta Mdlle. Marie Tagllonl ;
Eglaia, 1.1.1d1 e. Amaha Ferraris.
To be followed by Selections from Rossini's celebrated Opera,
GUGLIELMO TELL.
Arnoldo, Signor Baucarde ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Coletti; and
Walter, Signor Lablache.
After which the TIRANTELLA, by 3facllle. Carlotta Grin! and
31. P. Taglioni.
With other Entertainments, in which Miss Catherine Hayez and
Sims Reeves will appear.

To conc,ude with thelastricene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M.
P. Taglieni,tentitled
LE:4"PLAISITiS L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box
Office of the Theatre.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW :EVENLNG
Will be revealed Bellini's celebrated Opera,
I PIJEITANI.
Elvira, Madame Sontag ; Georgio, Signor Lablache ; Riccardo,
Signor Coletti ; and Arturo, Signor Baucarde.
To conclude with the highly succesful new and original Grand
Pea de Trois (by MM. Paul Taglioni et Gosselin, the Music com-
posed by Signor Pagni), entitled
LES GRACES,
Euphrosine, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, Mdlle. Maria Taglioni
Egle, Mdile. Amalia Ferraris.
Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-orfice of tha Theatre.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
LES HUGUENOTS..
Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita dl Valois, Madame Cas-
tellon; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urbana Madile. de Merle ;
the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; II Conti di San Bris, Signor
Tagliatico ; Il Conte di Never& M. Massol ; De Cosse, Signor
Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi;
3faurevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ;
Marcella Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven, and the performances
commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the Bight
Or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which 13 open from Ten
till Five.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Continuation of M. Regnier and Madlle. Nathalie's engagement.
THIS EVENING

The Performances:will cOrTneiTce7tllalf -past Seven o'clock pre-
cisely, with
HELM ET MALHEUR.
After which will be produced a new Play, entitled

- GABRIELLE.—
Julien Chabriere, M. Regnier ; Gabrielle, Madlle. Nathalie.
To conclude with Alfred de Musset's favourite Comedy,
UN CAPRICE.
Madame de Lery, Madlle. Nathalie.
The Box-office of the Theatre Is open daily from Pleven till
Five

Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.
street.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoit.
TELLS EVENIN.,

Will be presentedd (2d time) an entirely new and original
Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, 'Willed THE CATSPAW. Captain
Burgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose,
Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby; Appleface, Mr.
Buckstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster;
Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs.
Peachdown's Servant, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds ;
Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the
newest improvements.

Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gttilbert, Mr,
Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck.
ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam
iLobecca, Miss P. Horton.

Tie L;(..x-o9ice is under the direction of Mr. LT. Archer.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madams Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

11711 be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called
TIIE 'WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers.
Ma or Slowman, 31r. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright ;
aptain Ginge,' Green, 11r. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Mun-
yard ; Madl e. de Tourville, Madame Celeste ; Susan Pockets, Miss
K. Fitzwilllams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar.
To be hollowed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled
PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss
Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs.
Arr.4.lt, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.

. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE
THIS EVENING
Will he performed NOT A BAD JUDGE.
To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by
Messrs. M .tthews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St.
George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs..Macnamara, Miss
Martindale, and Miss E. Bonner.
All to conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN.
applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft
15, New Bond-street.
opTi dailyhie.ox-oftice, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is
T F Bennett from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of
Mr. •F. ennett

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
TS VENING
WHI ill be presented the entirely neEw Opera (composed expressly for thiS
Theatre, by Signor F. Schira). entitled E OPHA N OF GENEVA.
Count do MerylllTHe, Mr. kilen; Carwin, Mr. Weiss ; Fontaine,
Mr, H. Cord ; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese,
Miss Louisa Tyne.
After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid
entitled nery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &c.,
THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar.
Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, honey, Craven ;
miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Inners.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITFIEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Brilliant Carew' of the Magnificent Easter Spectacle ofEnchantment.
Unequalled attractions in tha

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post 8 vo.,
I L W 0 0 D.
A NOVEL.
" The author, we are convinced, is young, 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, insp'l ed
by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable 11,
of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan-
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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 p3culiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man-
horses, and smythes."—Observer.
" Silwood' 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. 05 the cha-
racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we
have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have
said. The ether ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale ar e
Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and
impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia
Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,

Lately publist ed ,

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I Al R.— 0 D ; a Poem.
By E. W. JAMESON.
Price ss.

"Itis a work of power. Thirty years ago such a poem would
have made a reputation."—Ebenezer
" Many gifted spirits besides Bailey are working a good work . .
Among these we may mention the author of Nimrod,' a ork con-
tenting much One description and exquisitely c eveloped character."
" Gallery of Literacy Portraits." Second Series.
W. Pickering, I ondon ; R. Seton, Edinburge.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY —Morning 33 min. after 12 I Evening 58 min. after 12
To-Momow —Morning 18 min. after 1 I Evening 37 min. after 1

THE WEATHER.—Sux OF➢'ICE, MAT 10.
THERMOMETER.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
56 this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.07.
The mercury is rising rapidly.
WIND W.S.W.—fine warm weather.

all these considerations, in fine, it must be
clearly manifest that one man has a pre-eminent
claim upon the attention of the Government, and
that that man is Mr. JAMES MONTGOMERY. Entire
strangers to him, save in regard to our know-
ledge of the workings of his poetic genius, seeing
in him a purely English fame, a pure and venerable
name, and a bright and elevated reputation, we
direct the finger of journalists towards him in his do-
mestic seclusion at Sheffield, and call upon the Ad-
ministration to nominate JAMES MONTGOMERY as
the Poet Laureate in the room of WILLIAM WORDS-
WORTH.

Our readers will find in our columns to-day the
annual report of an institution, the National Loan
Fund Life Assurance Society, which from its
commencement we hailed, and during its progress
constantly encouraged. We have done this hereto-
fore from an intimate conviction of the stability of its
principles, and from the high moral character and
eminent attainments that characterised its managers
and actuary ; and as we have had from time to time
closer opportunities than the general public before to-
day of examining its annual transactions, we have
done so unhesitatingly.
The opportunities which we have had are now
common to the public, who will see in the published
accounts of this institution enough to show how much
may be really and solidly effected by great per-
severance and strict economy. Since last year
as we gather from the able speech of the Chairman,
while the amount of business has marvel-
lously increased, the effect of such increase in
lowering the average ages of the lives in-
sured, has given greater strength to the insti-
tution, and largely increased the reserve of future
profits. In this way insurers in the National Loan
Fund are entitled to look forward to results which
can alone be produced by that popularity which
attracts considerable numbers towards it. This
principle has been well illustrated on the year's
transactions, as while those who were insured at this
period last year have, in the course of nature, become
one year older, they have obtained an advantage,
from the influx of new insurers, which could not be-
long to them, from the return of their own individual
payments. If such momentum can be kept up,
it will neither be difficult or hazardous to predict
what may be predicated of an institution progress-
ing so rapidly.
We have always been ready to lend our aid to
similar societies, and encourage the exertions of
those who lend themselves to the promotion of habits
of foresight amongst all classes; and if some of them
do not attain to eminence, it has not been our fault.
We feel, however, that, like all other affairs of life,
success is not reached by all, but reserved to those
who join to a perfect knowledge of their business
indefatigable perseverance and heartiness of purpose.

The Commissioners for the Sale of Encumbered
Estates in Ireland have been compelled to adopt a
new rule on their own responsibility, in order to
prevent the fearful sacrifices that were taking place
on the occasion of every sale of property under the
new tribunal. They have ordered that henceforward
purchasers may be permitted to lodge one-half of
the purchase• money, retaining the remainder until
the Security for Advances Bill is finally disposed of.
This is a wise and prudent regulation, for which
these Learned Gentlemen are entitled to the
marked thanks of the community. It is an act
of justice to the puisne encumbrancers, and
also to the owners of property that may be submit-
ted for public competition. In the former it will
afford a fair prospect of payment, while the latter will
have a chance of some residue remaining for their
own use, after liquidation of all fair demands. It
must be manifest to the most superficial observer that
the effect of a sale, during the pendency of the mea-
sure introduced by the Solicitor-General, offering un-
precedented advantages to all future purchasers,
must necessarily be to depreciate prices for
the time being. Capitalists who were inclined
to invest their money in the purchase
of real property in Ireland, would naturally
wait until the Bill had received the Legislative sanc-
tion, or until it was decisively rejected. They would
husband their resources until they could see their
way clearly before them, and nothing could induce
them to come forward but sales at prices so clearly
inadequate as to more than counterbalance the bene-
fits to be derived by the great privileges about to be
conferred by the new enactment.
Tne biddings that had been obtained sufficiently
proved that this view of the case was taken by in-

tended purchasers. During the preceding week a

small property producing a rental of 691. 2s. ld.
was withdrawn, the only offer being 6501:,
or about nine and a half years' purchase. Another
producing 951 7s. lid. per annum, was knOcked down
for 9501., or less than 10 years' purchase. In like
manner, 2011. a year was sold for 2,4001., or for less
than 14 years' purchase, and 1281. per annum,
for 1,6001. The above lots were disposed of on
the 30th of April, the purchasers becoming en-
titled to the half-year's rents falling due
on the following day. Matters were still
more gloomy on the next day of sale, the 3d of
May—estates yielding a clear annual income of 6001.,
and situated in the barony of Fermoy, a
favourite part of the county of Cork, the
Yorkshire cf Ireland, were submitted to pub-
lic competition. The two first lots were
passed over sub silentio ; not a single bidding could
be obtained, notwithstanding the inducements of
au immediate conveyance, HO delay or investigation
being necessary, a Parliamentary title being offered
to the purchaser ; but all in vain, no person could be
induced to come forward. For the third lot there
was one offer, but it was so clearly inadequate that
the Commissioners refused to receive it, and ad-

,
journed the sale until the 13th of June. One lot,
and one only, of that property changed hands, and
fur that, which yielded 251. 13s. per annum,
2601., or just ten years' purchase, was
obtained. The Beersbridge Mills, situate in
the county of Down, were sold the same
day. This property, with the machinery, had for-
merly realised 1,3001., and without the machinery
6001. per annum! And yet they were knocked down
for 5,5001.!! ! Under such circumstances no alterna •

tive remained but either to suspend the operation of
the Commission, so far as sales were concerned, or to
afford an option to purchasers of retaining a moiety of
the price until the contemplated measure should be
finally decided, and the Commissioners, who have
much to do, and cannot afford to waste some months
in compulsory idleness, judiciously determined to
adopt the latter course.

The results were immediately perceptible. On the
next day of sale property to the amount of 54,0001.
changed hands ; and, although prices still ruled low,
there was a marked improvement on previous quota-
tions. The D'Arcy Estates, situate in the counties
of Meath and Westmeath, were first disposed of. The
prices realised were as follows :-Ist Lot, 4,000/., or
14 years' purchase ; 2d, 2,4001., or 16 years' pur-
chase ; 3d, 1,8001., or 13} years' purchase ; 4th,
1,100/., or 10 years' purchase ; stb, 3,5001., or
53- years' purchase ; 6th, 2,5001., or 17 years'
purchase. The last lot produced 18,500/., or
nearly 20 years' purchase. Ten houses in
the city of Cork were also sold, producing
an average of 440/. per house. We believe
they produced a gross income of nearly 600/. per
annum. From this it would appear that they were
disposed of for about 7* years' purchase.
A portion of the Portarlington Estates were then
put up. This property, producing altogether the
princely income of 32,000/. per annum, and admirably
circumstanced in every respect, has long attracted
public attention. It has been visited by persons
from every part of the country—from England and
Scotland as well as from Ireland. The part now sold
was situated in the counties of Meath, Kildare, Kil-
kenny, and in the Queen's County. It was dis-
tributed in seventeen lots, and produced alto-
gether 17,100/., or about twenty years' purchase.
on the entire, the lots varying from 16 to 25, and in
one instance (in a very small lot), 26 years purchase.
tlito
nmsuosft
this o,
t propertyhowever,
will
e forgottenprobably
increase that certain p o r-
consider-
ably on the felling in of old leases. It cannot, there-
fore, be regarded as affording a fair example of
have
joyouse
already p showncol
a hew little
faovueoradgaetioparictehse.re Wwae hs
for announc-
ingthe the sale on the 16th ult. of the lands of Duncor.
muck and the Hill of Bellany for 41
years'
purchase
On investigation it turned out that the rental would

be quadrupled on the death of an old gentleman
in his 72d year, and that 10:1 and not 41 years' pur-
chase was the amount really obtained. It is most
probable that many parts of the Portarlington estate,
those which realised 25 or 26 years' purchase, are
similarly situated, and that the rate for ordinarily
circumstanced property, which in this country would
readily command 25 or 26 years, purchase, may be
taken at 15 or 16 in Ireland, or about 3-sths of the
real value.

The above facts show the imperative necessity of
speedily passing Sir JOHN ROMILLY'S Bill, and
the equal importance, as a matter of equity and
justice, as well as of policy and expediency,
of extending its provisions to every description of
property. We may desire to serve the owners of
encumbered estates, but we should not do so at the
expense of their more prudent brethren. We may
desire to obtain bidders for the lands which must be
brought to the hammer under the Act of last year,
but in order to do so we should not render property
which does not come within the jurisdiction of the
Commissioners practically unsaleable. The Parlia-
mentary title constitutes in itself an advantage of no
ordinary character. Never before was such
an inducement held out to purchasers, but
even that is insufficient to tempt them.
Bold and comprehensive measures will alone meet the
urgency of the case. The Solicitor-General has taken
some :daring steps in the right direction. Let him
proceed vigorously in the path on which he has en-
tered. If Parliamentary titles can be conferred on
the purchasers of encumbered estates, why should
they not also be given to the purchasers of other pro-
perty? It may be necessary to increase the jurisdic-
tion of the Commissioners for that purpose, but that
can easily be accomplished. In like manner, let the
issue of debentures secured on real estates be facili-
tated, and the owner of landed property be entitled to
avail himself of the privilege, as well as the specula-
tive purchaser. If this suggestion be fully carried
out, Sir JonN ROMILLY will earn for himself the
thanks and blessings of the Irish community.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The new Electoral Bill has excited the deepest dis-
gust in the minds of the people of Paris. They will,
not, however, give to the reactionaries the opportu-
nity they so ardently desire of drowning the Republic
in the blood of its supporters by any premature at-
, tempt at outbreak ; they are at present in the right,
and their leaders are unceasing in their warnings to
them not, by any imprudent act, to put themselves in
the wrong.
The .National publishes the following warning
A man who is not, and who never will be,
either an orator, a diplomatist, or an administrator—
who is as ignorant as a petty officer under the old
regime, but who has, nevertheless, managed to
assume a high position in the political world,
and who aims at a position even still more exalted—a
man, in short, to whose existence a state of political
calm would be annihilation, and who, in order to
mount higher, has need of popular troubles, has for
the last few days been in the habit of openly saying—
' The impatient must be forced to come out into the
street ; if the Electoral Bill will not provoke them,
other projects must be presented which cannot fail of
effect it. We want an emeute, for the sake of carry-
ing measures requisite for the safety of society, and
we will have it.' We give this as a warning to the
people of Paris."
The most obnoxious part of the Bill is that which
requires three years' residence, and which, with regard
to workmen not assessed to the personal tax, renders
a certificate from their employers necessary. The
Foix du Peuple says—
" This three years' residence, which is to be proved
by inscription on the personal tax role for those who pay
this tax, cannot, with regard to domestics, workmen,
&c., be proved except by the certificates of their mas•
tern, who thus dispose as absolute sovereigns of the
electoral rights of their clerks and workmen. Now
amongst the few workmen who are domiciled three years
in the same commune how few again are there who work
three years under the same employer, so that the effect
is to strike off from the electoral lists nearly the whole
working population. The same observation applies to
artists, artisans, small dealers, and other moveable sort
of professions, who, not paying the personal tax, will
have no means whatever of proving domicile. In fact,
one-half of the whole body of electors will be cut off."
M. ODILON BAItILOT and his friends have deter-
mined to support the Government measure. This
important adhesion is thus announced in the Ordre,
the organ of the Barrot party :
" The committee and the Government have wisely
disdained both the suggestion of those who would have
them tear up the Constitution and the menaces of anar-
chists who pretended to interdict any sort of modifica-
tion of the confused, absurd, and dangerous regime
created by universal suffrage without rule or limits. The
new law may be amended in its details, but, taken alto-
gether, it bears the character of a serious and necessary
reform, while the preamble protests honestly against all
idea of attacking the Constitution. This is enough to
enlist our support; as we freely expressed our scruples
before we knew the resolutions of the committee, so do
we, now that the character of the reform is declared,
offer our firm and sincere concurrence. If it be true
that the factious are working in their secret clubs, and
that they pretend to intimidate the Assembly, they will
find the majority resolute, the two powers united, and
the nation ready to repress anarchical attempts directed
against their representatives—that is to say, against the
nation itself."
The Bulletin de Paris of Wednesday had the fol-
lowing :
" The President of the Republic intends to visit Fon-
tainebleau in the course of the week. A special train
has been commanded on the Orleans Railway, and verbal
invitations have been given to several members of the
Assembly, and to some superior officers cf the army,
through the medium of one of his aides-de-camp. The
hour of meeting is fixed for twelve o'clock precisely, at
the Elys
It was, however, yesterday officially announced
that the intended visit to Fontainbleau had been post-
poned.
The Presse states that five of the regiments com-
posing the garrison of Paris, that were to have
quitted the capital on Wednesday morning to occupy
other quarters, received a counter order as they were
preparing for their march. The troops were con-
signed to their barracks.
Yesterday was observed as a holiday at the Bourse,
but the following fluctuations in the price of stock
took place on Wednesday evening, in the Passage de
l'Opera :—Upon hearing that the previous question
had been rejected, and urgency voted by large majo-
rities, the Five per Cents. rose to 88f. 80c. ; when
the evening journals, however, gave particulars of
the new Bill, with a report cf the discussion that
followed, they ran down to 88f. 25c., but soon after
got up to 88f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. MIT S.
Orleans and Eourdeaux, 2A—Paris and Orl. ans, 29;i—
West Flanders, 114.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 4th inst. have been received.
It is said that Senor IsTuErrz will not take his de-
parture for London until the Spanish Government
shall have received the intelligence of the appoint-
ment of an English Minister to the Court of Madrid.
MADRID BULSA, MAY 4.--Three per Cents. 30i,
Five per Cents., 12 5-16, both paper. Exchange on
London, 50 45.

GERMAN Y.
A letter from Erfurt of May 6, published in the
Cologne Gazette, says :
—ln two days the Princes'
Congress will commence its sittings. The policy of
Cassel is decided ; the ELECTOR will attend. Thus
all the princes are now expected, and each will be
accompanied by a respon,ible Minister. After the
Congress a conference of Ministers will be held. The
attitude of Austria is meanwhile expectant. No one
thinks she will concede a single point. The right
of one state to transfer its mandate to another,
and the right of this state to represent its neighbour
in the Diet, and exercise delegated powers, is indeed
one which Austria cannot deny. In the preliminary
regulations of the Diet made 30th Oct., 1816, and
confirmed 14th November of the same year, the fol-
lowing passage occurs :—"Every plenipotentiary who
holds the plenary. votes of several states of the con-
federation shall give them singly and in the specified
order." This "specified order" is laid down in the
4th article of the Bundesacte, on which Austria
takes her stand in calling the present assembly.
Prussia contends, it is true, that this order is abro-
gated, but only in the same sense in which she de-
clares the other portions of the Act to be so, and thus
demonstrates the position of Austria to be utterly un-
tenable. She will only hear of a treaty cf a new
congress at which each state shall present itself, and
where all may approach to an agreement from indee
pendent positions. This is the only ground on which
Prussia can stand : concede but a finger-breadth to
the Diet and the union falls to the ground. A formal
protest against the circular note is prepared. It has,
however, been determined to take the votes of the
princes on this subject, and its publication is thus
delayed till the assembling of the Congress.
The Prussian Staats Anzieger publishes a declara-
tion, signed by the four Roman Catholic bishops of
the western provinces—viz., GASSEL, Archbishop .of
Cologne; ARNOLD!, Bishop of Trievee;..DREPPER,
Bishop of Padderborn ; and MULLER, Bishop of
Munster ; and addressed to the Minister for Religious
Affairs, relative to the taking the oath to the consti-
tution by those public functionaries who are ecclesi-
astics. The bishops state that they cannot permit
the priests to take any oath to the Government

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