The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-08 00:00:00

MARANIELLO.

Ferias, Mille. Bailin ; Pietro, Mons. passel ; Alpheus°, Signor
Mei ; Boren*, Signor Romani; Pescatore, Signor Bache ; Selva,
Signor Grrgorio ; Masanlello, Signor Tainber'dit (his third appearance
in England).

The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons.
Alexandre anti 31(1lle. Louise Tagliont.
Composer, Director of the Mesic, anti Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The Overture to Mos thiello will be played between the Operas.
The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform-
ances commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

...• FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
' "zits FAVING the Performances will commence at
V„
1.: .";,,', , Eight o'Clock precisely, with
„ 0-,
• -- ,:: L'ECOIE DES vrErLLARDs.
- sipwine, M. Samson ; Hortense, Millie. Denain.
' 44. To conclude with the popular Comedy,
Ltffr.tROJICTS DE MARRIAGE ; ou, Les Deus Milltaires.
The Box-allioe of the Theatre is open daily trom Eleven till
Five

Boxes and Stalls at Hr. Itttobell'a Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street.

rhhATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BroMptorl.
.1, • Great Aittaction for the Holidays.
THIS EVENIN; .
30/*'
aer ; Ilformed "INCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedict,
$ll r. 1.1 , -cn eatrir-es Mrs. C. Kean.
. . . . ...

To e'6llCiUdd with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with, all the
newestiniprovernents,

Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; 9lr Briant de Bore Crisilbert,lfr.
Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wombs, Mr. Rack-
ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Kee:ey ; Robin Hood, Mrs. ;
Rebecca, Miss P. Horton.
Tiso Box-oft:lse is tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

TIIEATttE ROYAL,
'Under the Oirectlon of Ma(lame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

• ..1 he performed a new domestic Drama, called TIIE MOTHER'S
. ?'; A.M. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
. , 9. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin.
followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled
VIXU Flrts r FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal
toter* ti Mvesrs. P. Bcdford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss
!gar, and Mies Fitzwilliaua.
which MY PRECIOUS BETSY_ Characters by Messrs.
Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
eoncln re with TOM NODDY :S SECRET.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
'nu:: EVENING,
WM be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
. .

' new and original Play, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled THE
;ENG CLOUD. Char.,cters Messrs. Vandenhoff, Cooper,
• ' ,tar, Vining, Eatery, Montatme. and Mr. J. Anderson.
er which fHE DEVIL'S RING; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and
a.. In Three Acts and Four Elements. -

The following are the principal Scenes.
ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE.
A beautiful View of the
CITY AND HARBOUR. OF CAFANIA IN SICILY,
With Mount Etna Sihoking in the Welt-ground'.
CH,LRACTER9 IN THE FIRST ELEMENT:

•nuph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodolpb, Mr. Frazer ' • Herman, Mr.
mes; C nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr.
• • • :le; Rupert. Mr. Abbov t ; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert,
r. Haidart ; Franer4 Mr. S. Artaud ; float of the World's
I," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted I'rincess Eveline, Miss H.
"t • :son ; t.oela, Mis 4 Rafter ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lofts-
-41,0 ; Whirliburg, Mr. Seymour ; Gu-dah, Mr C. Fisher.

CAVERNS OF TUE BRAZEN HAND,
TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING.

THE INTERIOa. OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE

THE REAMS OF FIRE.
ELEMENT VIE; SECOND-WATER.
FALLS OF NIAGARA IN TilE NEW WORLD.
THE CITT OF THE FOUNTAINS.
BREAKING TER SECOND CHAIM.

TIM ASCEND UPON TIIE BOSOM OF TIIE WATERS
CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT:

IrCiterti. Miss F. Ituddart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; American
Settler, Air. R. Romer ; ;radians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ;
Indian. Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil ; Queen
Of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher.

GLIND NVADE BALLET.
RIL EMENT THIRD-EARTH.

DTAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORI;TIA.

CDARACTRRI IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH TIAMIINTS:
Herbert, 11153 I'. Ifubhart ; Franco, Mr. S. Axtand ; The Black
I.thlht ; 3fucklow, Mr. Manderson Gnomes, Messrs.
Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne. Soc. ; the Princess Eyeline, 311se E.
Xeleen i Lula, Miss Rafter ; On-dah. Mr. C. Fisher.
• THE SICILIAN VINEYARD.
A TERRIFIC COMBAT
erifIFIRWHBRISRAT AND TIM &ABLY ;MUM
ELEMENT TIIE FOURTH—AIR.
THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS!
MALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS.
The Triumphal Entry of llerbert and Princess Eveline in
A, CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES.
GRAND MILITARY BAND,
'AND
GORGEOUS PROCESSION!
An original Play of domestic and powerful Interest, by Bayle Ber-
nard, Esq.. entitled

,zr../,

THE PASSING CLOUD
has been accepted, and will he produced on Monday next.
Principal characters by Messrs. Vandenhoff„ Cooper, Diddear, F.
Vining, W. Montague, J. Parry, llandersen, Emery, J. Anderson ;
.51fAs Vam/enhoff, Miss A. Lonsdale, &c.
The original Musical Farce, called TIIE CRICKET MATCH, Is
postponed uutil after the production of the Passing Cloud. Charac-
ter.; by Messrs. W. Davidge, R. Romer, Rafter, S. Artaud, Emery,
elitrird,'9.•Jonet; Mrs. Wlnstanley, Misses Rafter, C. Tellett, Fos-
ter, Ste.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will he presentA (first time at this theatre) a Ooznie Drama
iittled THE BARBER BRAVO.
After which (7th time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled
) Ai_oti and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text or David Garrick.
Chi:meter., by Messrs C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby
p. Cooke; Mits.ett. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Dickinson,
Humby, MIAs Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale.
To conclui.le with the original Fairy Extravaganza, called TH.
FLt);() OF JEWELL.
..*.ll applications for Private Boxes must 'be made to Mr. Alleroft
Bond-street.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING

111 be performed DON GIOVANNI. Don Giovanni, Mr.
, • %rrison ; Don Ottavio, Mr. Allen, Leperello, Mr. Weiss ; Donna
Mdtle. Nan ; Zerlina, Miss L. Yyne.
WI a New Grand Tale of Znchantment, with splendid
tier3.Costumes, and Appointments ; extensive Machinery, am,

)..,,cinaN.43l OF THE HOSES; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar.
`alanketers by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ;
~a Louise noward
94153 Saunders, and Jliss

ASTLXY'S ROYAL A
' 'lsToPrieter, Mr. Batty.
,alltly Successful.
ert‘hall's "Sew itnd 3i 31P/lIT
Nfonicent Spectacle HEATRE.
TriuniP ,
unequalled for
Acond Week of the Laster Holiday EntertahunentS,
• 4-"eltY and Attraction.
That wonder ofthe world, Young Hernandez, having been received
uz
"‘Vlth the utmost enthtliamtn, 'will have the honour' of appearing rit for
re w nights longer, Preetou‘ to his denartnre for Paris.
.. , TULS EVENING
Ti e Ertertamments will con,nt, 'lce at Seven o'clock, will'
ritzhair, new gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle 0
EuchantMtlit .
• untaled . • ~
~
• ill; Doug SONS OF AYMQX ; 6r 'Me bays of Charlemagne.
, • .;!t red a Ith great splendour, and intrgauelng the beautiful Stud
of t
cso Iluteesdrses,of thu Ltviv Cameblislunent. { ix the Desert; Zebra, and all the vast
• .ta
•
To he sue.reeded by an unequalled Equestrian Feats In the Arena.
To conclude with a FAVOURITE Fmccr
broked fl..r the
lti.x.ofilec t•pen Front Eleven till Four.
Stage. Manager, Mr. W. West.

,CAsmo im ArEmsz.--The season at this well-con-
(.l.icted establishment is rapidly drawing to a close, and to_
light 31r. Packer, the leader of the orchestra, takes his
benefit, when there will be a 1)11 masque and a variety of
new pieces of music performed, one of these will be front the
r a of Mr. O'Brien, whose compositions are daily becoming
more known and appreciated.
The Bishop of Winchester has presented the Rev,
A. S. Canney, 8.A., to the incumbency of the district of St.
Andrew, Landreth, in which a church is to be erected as soon.j
43 Cirell4l3t44Ce3 Will admit.

TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 8.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 63; Noon, 59.

WIND BAROMETER, 29'46.
S.W.—light breeze, with occasional showers,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tins DAY Morning 13 min.:after 11 I Evening 48 min. after 48
To-Moititow—Moi uing 0 min. after .0 I Evening 13 min. after 12

eUelliTtit
nt)P
LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1850.

England has been rather felicitously designated
he Ark of the World: it might more appropriately
still have been termed the Ararat on which reposes
the Ark of our Constitution. For within this ma-
jestic and liberal Constitution the types of every
class and the representatives of every opinion may
find shelter in the midst of the deluge of Revolutions.
Under the protecting shield of our institutions they
may escape from the perils usually attendant upon
political adventurers. The agents of Communism
and of Absolutism, the advocates of democracy
and of oligarchy, the leaders of the gauche
and of the droit, of the Mountain and of
the Plain, of the Red and. of the White,
may all flock to our shores in the periods of emer-
gency, confident of finding displayed towards them-
selves an impartial and undiscriminating hospitality.
They have done so—as may be recognised any day by
the loungers in Brompton and along the shady side of
Piccadilly. While such is the indisputable glory
and prerogative of England—the glory of independ-
ence and the prerogative of affording aid to the un-
fortunate and a home to the outlaws of continental
Europe—there exists, also, among the mountainous
regions of that great continent an inter-
mediate place of refuge, the maintenance of the in-
violability of which is a matter in the highest pos-
sible degree desirable. Yet such is the audacity
inspired to the reactionists throughout the different
European states and principalities by the recent suc-
cesses over their antagonists—successes achieved less
even by brute-force than by treachery—that the ab-
solute Governments are at this moment meditating a
flagrant interference with the rights of independence
and the advantages of neutrality, hitherto in the un-
disputed possession of Switzerland. For the revela-
tion of this sinister design we are not exclusively
indebted to the son-in-law of the Due DE BROGLIE,
M. le Comte D'Heussonynxe, but to the rumours
bruited about in most political circles during a very
considerable and protracted interval. Madmen that
they are, these aristocratic administrators are solici-
tous to close against political refugees those hospitable
cantons of the Helvetic Confederation which have
until now enabled so many thousands to escape
from the unnecessary horrors of the dungeon
or the scaffold, from the dagger of the
assassin or the blade of the guillotine—little reflect-
ing that the day may very rapidly arrive when they
will themselves yearn for a similar retreat in misfor-
tune. It is ever thus with the successful, when the
pride of au overweening confidence exercises its
despotic and paramount influence over their judgment.
Possibly, however, the circumstance of the
great electoral assemblage of the men of
Berne, holden on the 25th ultimo at
Munzingen, may prove effectual in restraining
the ardour of these intended violators of Swiss in-
dependence, for upon that occasion, au occasion
which will deubtless be regarded as memorable by
future annalists, there were collected together a con-
siderable majority of the moderates, or they may even
be termed the conservatives of the Confederation,
6,000 of the Radical electors being collected together
in . the meadow of the Bear, and exactly double
that number, namely 12,0001 conservatives,
in the meadow of the Lion, at Munzingen. In
consequence of the prospective change in the policy of
the Federal Government afforded by this unexpected
predominance of the moderates at Berne, now the
seat of the Central Administration, the Cabinets of
Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh may pause, in a
wholesome and judicious doubt, as to whether their
scheme of interposition should be developed or aban-
doned. That scheme arises from the terror
inspired among the Absolutists by the pre-
sence of so many powerful and celebrated
demagogues in a country which, from its
peculiar geographical position, may facilitate their
entrance at the very first opportunity, according as
circumstances may direct, either into France, Italy, or
Germany. Out of a pretence that such a posture of
affairs as the one just adverted to Must' be regarded
as inimical to the interests and ',the peace of the
European populations, the Absolutist Cabinets of
the Continent are endeavouring to extort a
guarantee for their future immunity from
punishment. They wish here, as others elsewhere,
" out of the nettle danger to pluck file flower safety,"
paying no heed to those portentous events which, al-
though occurring in previous centuries, should warn
them like tremendous precedents from the future
perils otherwise inevitable. Whether OCHSENUEIN
and his associates were justified or not in provoking
an internecine war among the Captons for the pur-
pose of more effectually crushing the Sonderbund,
whether the means adopted by the Radicals
with a view to infuse more of their political principles
into the Vorort, were laudable cer the reverse,
whether, in short, the " head and front of their
offending," namely, the forcible suppression of mo-
nastic institutions in Argau, were a proceeding en-
titled to commendation or condemnation, are ques-
tions now wholly apart from the settlement of another
inquiry furced.upon the attention of the vast majority of
European diplomatists, the question, namely, whether
Swiss independence is to be perpetuated intact, or
whether a violent interposition on the part of the
Absolute Governments of the Continent is to dissipate
the dream of Helvetic nationality ? When a matter
like this is opened to the discussion of arms we are

satisfied that the most democratic of all the cantons,
such as Tessin and Zurich, the Grisons, Bern;
Vaud, and Geneva will co-operate even with the

previous sections of the Catholic and Conservative
League called the Sonderbund, Lucerne, Cchwitz,

and Uuterwalden, Uri, Zug, Fribourg, and the

Valais—resolved at all hazards to defend with a

strong arm, and a proud heart, and, an undaunted
resolution, the ancient rights and inalien4ble: glory of
;
Switzerland.

There
.is, perhaps, no subject on which the great
body of the people are so uniuiformed and careless as
that which is of the deepest and most vital import-
anceon almost an
to their real happiY
question of general interest in a mixed
ness and prosperity. Speak
company, and you will find the great
lis-
teners perfectly majority of
competent to take part in the discus..
lion, and well acquainted with the chief features of
the existing system, its comparative advantages and
disadvantages, the objections that may be urged
forwardogainst in its
andsup pt hoer
t. a thatrßguutinineuitnceth
mayib ebg
subject of u
b
monetary code—of the unwise and impolitic toli currencybrought
laws that lead to such extraordinary fluctuations in
the value of money, and produce periodically a\com-
mercial crisis, forcing the country through the
" established cycle," which, according to Lord OVER..
STONE, consists of " quiescence, improvement, grow-
ing confidence, prosperity, excitement, overtrading,
convulsion, pensure, stagnation, distress, and ending
again in quie Scence," and all remain silent. Some
will candidly confess that they "do not understand
the subject," that it is so abstruse and difficult as to
be totally beyond their comprehension, and
tr at they lea ve it to wiser heads .to settle ; while
others, with an affectation of greater intelligence,
will declare that they prefer "gold" to " worthless
rays, end perhaps may murmur somethivg about
" assignats " invariable convertibility," or some of
the other b gbears with which the bullionists have
tr
been accus Waled to delude th© people into a tacit
acquiescent ,e with their quackeries and fallacies. Most
Persons'adza it the propriety of Parliamentary reform
;'they,eonce de the imperative necessity of an exten-
sion oftheft anchise—but they do not see that an
extension ,of the circulating medium, which would
afford full en I remunerative employment to every
men abt ncl willing to work, throughout
the - They will
ountry, is required.

shout for fiscal, or financial reform—for a different
mode of collecting the revenue and for a reduction of
the national expenditure, but they remain silant on
the still more important question of monetary reform,
wh:ch would enable every British subject to sustain
the heavy burdens imposed on bite, and also to pro-
vide the necessaries of life, and even some of the com-
forts, for his family.
Let it not be supposed that we are by any means
disposed to undervalue the beneficial results that would
be achieved by the concession of the Parliamentary,
fiscal, or financial, reforms, so urgently required by
the country, and which the voice cf public opinion
so loudly demands ; we have on many occa-
sions spoken out boldly and unhesitatingly on each
and every of these topics, and shown ourselves the
strenuous advocates of "progress." But we must
still emphatically declare the paramount necessity
of monetary reform, and our belief that the country
can never hope for permanent prosperity until the
iniquitous Act of 1819, and its still more objection-
able supplement of 1844, be repealed, and a just and
Equitable currency law be substituted in their place.
" The many," who are so deeply interested on this
point, should, by every practicable method, be en-
lightened, so as to be made fully acquainted with the
subject, which is by no means so intricate or unin-
telligible as the bullionists assert. They should also
be stimulated to enter upon a course of peaceful and
constitutional agitation, to organize their forces, and
to bring the " pressure from without, " so essential to
the successful issue of every demand, to bear upon
their representatives within the walls of Parliament.
There is no mode by which this great object can
be achieved but by keeping the subject continually
before the public by a constant recapitulation of the
evils resulting from our present laws, showing
how the interests of the industrious classes
" have been sacrificed, are sacrificed, and will
be sacrificed," to suit the purposes of some bloated
capitalists, and to enhance their already enormous
wealth. The millionnaire may applaud the system that
enables him to procure an artificial rate of interest for
his money, to obtain the labour of those who have no
other capital at less than its fair value ; but such
will not be the feeling in the cottage of the working
man, or in the gloomy and unventilated lodging of
the artisan or operative. 'Whenever these classes
are thoroughly awakened to the true na-
ture of the question, and the wonderful
influence which it must necessarily exercise on
their welfare and social condition, an outcry will
be heard, that. will reverberate throughout the
length and breadth of the land—from:the " Land's- end"
to " John O'Groat's,"—from " Cape Clear" to the
" Giant's Causeway ;"—that will arouse Ministers
from their lethargy, and convince them that the time
has at length arrived when, if they would retain
their places, they must abandon the laisser faire
policy ; that will even startle Sir CHARLES WOOD
from his balmy slumbers, in Downing-street, and
teach him that something more is required from a
Chancellor of the Exchequer than the obstructing of
useful measures, and the offering of an obstinate and
stolid resistance to every amelioration of the existing
laws. The proceedings of the "League" have shown
the mode by which such victories may be achieved,
and the people will not be :slow to profit by the
valuable and instructive lesson.
The National Currency Reform Association, al-
though
desire,
atheir h meansey hav
ea rne
tmaosr
ye
el itmriet
es
edi
vtehd
ecould
l
an
ewge
support to which they are so eminently entitled, are
proceeding steadily and energetically in the useful
path on which they have entered. They are in-
structing the public by means of a series of cheap
tracts, accessible to all and easily to be com-
prehended, on the fatal results of our pre-
sent system, and the nature of the alterations
that are required. The good seed is sown, which
will speedily spring up and produce its fruit in due
season. Other labourers also are working in the vine-
yard, whose efforts should be cheered and encouraged.
Many admirable little works have been published at
almost nominal prices, but which will be found well
worthy of perusal by all who desire to arrive at a
sound and unprejudiced judgment on the question.
Among these—our esteemed and efficient collabora-
tears —we would particularly allude to Mr. HAMER
STANSFELD, of Leeds, who, like Mr. S. A. GODDARD,
of Edgebaston, near Birmingham, and a host of
others, has long been known as a consistent
and enthusiastic reformer and free-trader—and who,
having succeeded in the abolition of the atrocious
corn-laws, now desires to extend the glorious principle
that then triumphed, by removing every species of
restriction that clogs the wheels of industry—who
demands a " free trade" in money as well as in other

commodities, and calls for relief from ti protection as

unjust and mischievous, as that which has been de-
stroyed—" the protection derived by the moneyed interest
at the expense of all other classes, from the operation
of our currency laws."

Mr. STANSFELD has just published a very
able but brief exposition of the enormous
evils arising from the protective and restrictive cha-

racter of our ;currency laws, and suggested a remedy
which he believes adequate to the disease. It is in
the form of a letter to the Representative of the West
Riding of Yorkshire,* the man who cheered on the people
in their exertions against the breid tax, but who un-
fortunately is not disposed again to take the field
against the bullion monopoly. This excellent brochure
may be obtained for one penny, so that the very
poorest of our fellow-countrymen may procure it
without making any very large sacrifice. This is a

great point, for to be really useful such publications
must be low priced, in order that they may obtain an
extensive circulation.
Mr. STANSFELD asserts :
" Ist. That * pressure is made on the money
market, in order to produce a fall in prices, whenever

gold leaves the country.
" 2d. That such pressure, when severe, leads to a
panic.

" 3d. That this panic inevitably leads either to a
general bankruptcy, or to a suspension of the law."

These propositions he sustains by clear and in-
controvertible arguments, showing that " the very

principle on which our system of currency is based,
and by which the currency is sought to be regulated
and maintained, involves the sacrifice of the commer-
cial and agricultural and all other classes to the mo-
neyed class ;" " that depression, not steadiness of price,
is the means resorted to for supporting our currency

system." Hear this, merchants and trader?, be atten-
tive, farmers, and learn that the value of the commo
dities in which, you Meal, of the crops which you
produce, is depreciated to suit the purposes of the
select few, and say whether you are prepared still to
bow down before the "golden calf" that has been set
up; to see your reasonable expectations defeated,
and your prospects in life blasted for such a cause ?
Can it be asse4ed that these are necessary
evils—that adequate remedies are not attain-
able ? Experience shows the reverse. When

war prevailed we were enabled to meet

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the enormous outlay then required to provide for
every demand on our resources, simply by what was
termed " the !uspension of cash payments," or, in
other words, by making an inconvertible bank note a

legal tender fur every purpose within the British

dominions, and it was sufficient.

Without it we

could not have maintained our opposition to the
armies of NAPOLEON. Why, then, should it not now be

resorted to ? li it not the distress and destitution of

British citizens, the bitterness of poverty, an enemy

as formidable and as much to be dreaded as the power
of the French Esossoit ? Most undoubtedly it is ;
and the nation should not be contented until they
obtain a Government that acknowledges that feet, and
is prepared to act on that knowledge and to meet the
just requirements of the people.

* " A Letter to Richard Cobden,
Esq., M.P., on our
Protective and Restrictive Currency
St 4ofeld, London: !Ingham Wilson; Leeds:
Baines and Co.; Manchester: Gadsby. 1850. Pp S.
Laws." By Hauler

A someabat serious case of insubordination has
occurred on board one of the convlet hulks in Portsmouth
harbour. A telegraphic dispatch from the Admiral Super-
intendent of the Dockyard at Portsmouth was received yes-
terday, soon after eleven o'clock, aannuncing that the con-
victs o❑ board the Stirling Castle, moored near the entrance
of the harbour of Portsmouth, had been in a state of insubor-
dination during the whole of Friday night, which still con-
tinued. Sir George Grey immediately dispatched Mr.
Ironies, superintendent of convicts, to Portsmouth to inves-
tigate the circumstances attending this proceeding, happily
so unfrequent. We believe that the convicts on board of
that hulk are amongst the most unrulyaf the able-bodied
portion of those condemned to various terms of transporta-
tion, who are placed there to undergo the preparatory stage
of their disciplined labour before they are selected for trail-
mission across the seas. The complement on board the Stir-
ling Castle is from 400 to 500.

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