The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

pIAMONDCAyEs

CHARICTERN.IN TITS THIRD AStDiotquil ItTAMENTS

Iterbelt, lille,s ; Franco,.Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black
ICnight ---; .Mucklow,, )J. Manderson: Gnomes, Messrs.
Abbott, Henry; Friar, BrAyne, &c.; the rrincess Evellne, Miss E.
jitizioh ;• Leda, ; (4.-dah, Mr. C. Fisher.
yu.,;EyARD.
A TRIO-LIM COMBAT
sigrwls/V4 rtEItEERT AND TCC iIABLE KNIGHT,
;fag FOUR.TII--ALII.. •
T NAB I'ALACE OF ItAINI3OW9I
TIN; TICNI4RED

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Triumphal Entry rd Herbert amt Princent Eyelino 1n
AL CAR, I)7:AWN BY 140TtSES.
(If:ANI) MILITAILT BAND;
ANDGORGEOTTS PUOCESSIONI

TUFATRE ROTAL, DAYMARKF.T.
Str. E. We!yster, Sole Lc see and 3lanager, Old Bronaptol.
THIS EVElfl ,
Will be poplin-pled a new drams, called
TIIF, VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
Dr. ?Mr:rose, Mt. Webster ; .`;quire Thornhill, Mr. 11. Vandeo.
Air..Burehill, Mr. Stuart; Moses, Mr. Bucitstone ; Mrs. Prim-
rose, mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss P
Horton ;,IttAs Skem, Mrs. Fitz williana.
Te conclude with the Last Edition of IVANIME, with all the
newest iraprevernents.
Cedric the Lsaxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir P-ia t de Bore Gallbert, Mr.
; WTlfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Kee le IV'tniba, Mr. Buck-
"'me Gr•Thi'lc, Mr. Keeley; Robineentody; , Mrs. Fitzivilliam ;
Rocetn, MISS P. Dorton.
Theyi :els under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

THENTRB ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Virliee the directton of Madame Celeste.
THIS ,EVENING,
win be perforrted the celebrated Drama of THE HARVEST
yIOIIE-.. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Paul
Belford, 0. flenith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar,
To be followed by a g and historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled
PLAYING F t' FIDLDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss
gyoolgar, and Misa K. Fitzwilliara.
dr, conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs.
pr Bedford, Worrell; Was llarding, and Atm. P. Matthews.

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ROT.AIA .bITEUM TIIEATRE .
' THIS EVENING •
will in repeated (13th time) a Lyrical, comical pastoral, entitled
If ayt, thleiwim s,
DRie livionason_.
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c yAION And IPHIGEN;A, altered from the text of David Garrick.b
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F,
*ad F; Cooke; 311ss St. George, isg en
JOS. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss MannersOF, and Mies
artlwaie.
To be followed by THE ISDAND JEWELS.
To conclude with TWO IN TlllO MORNING.
"An Itpplicatione for Private Boxes must be leads to Mr. Allereft
'ly, New Bond-street.
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'S THEATRE.
Vkllbi EVENING,
Will be preduaad (first time In this _country is its corn.
pleti form)Auber's Opera of GITSTAv u THE THIRD
Stirtavas, fir.•sr; fueriscn,; Oscar, Miss L. Fyne ; Anks.strom,
orii, Mr. R. Latter ; Christian
. eTl.3B •,Itabhing, Mr. G. earlier ; Dail
Air. Wynn ; Countesi A nkastrom. Nan ; Arvedson, Madame'
Mactarren • Principal Folle, Mae. Celeste Stephan (her first sp.
pearanee hers).
MIN. which' a Hew Crawl Tale of rnchantment, with splendid
f'eencrY, Costurats, and Appointments ; extensive Machinery, &c.,
entitled
'nth QT'l,,l•;/i OF THE HosEs ; or, The Sorcerer of Candaliar.
yrimno..l characters by Mes Ryder Forman, .Honey, Craven ;
11,v. bliss SLULnders, and MISS yillars.

• ISTLIWA ItOYAL AMPIIITLIEATIM'
Proprietor Batty.
Unciretalle! ouccees of the Wear grand` Easter Spectacle of Enchant-

triant.
kaet *reek but ono of that extraordinary .Anterlatn Equestri,
young "ornantlyz.. universally pronounced "the wonder of tanue
• world.

ICRIS EVENING
The Mal terainmento will commence at Seven o'clock, with
Mahal)"• new magnificent Spectacle entitled
THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne.
mogiaorgeously produced, and introducing a Living Camel of the
Mert,, Zebra, the beautiful Stud of Horses, and all the vast
and unequalled resources ofthis listablbmment.

To be asieceeded by a brilliant routine of Ekinestrian Wonders,
itwing wiish Young Dernaudez will appear in an entirely New Act.
sailed the rage Troubadour.
•To cvueluds with the in*resting :Vielodrama of
VIECI MTJRDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen.
Blax•oftlee (Ten From Elevett till Four. •
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

On Saturday we felt it our duty to remark in
FOILIII3N GRASS.—A vessel which has arrived in
strong but necessary t(rns upon ;the timid and vacil.
the oiler from Havre has brought several blades of an article lating policy adopted by the Whig Ministry, and
galled dogs' grass, as portion of her eargo, consigned to order. obstinately persisted in, notwithstanding the distinct
This appears to be a somewhat novel and remarkable article
of importation front France. A vessel arrived from Ham- qulvoca es =.
and une " 1 re .sion of public opinion, as well
burgh has also brought several bales of atiiirticle termed ' within the walls of Parliament as by the community
sea-grass, but as a later importation has taken place from in general. We are, indeed, deeply and bitterly dis-
J:1 anaburgh of a quantity of seaweed, and so called, we pre-
sume the previous one, from the Hanseatic States, was of tbe appointed at the failure of those who were once
bania characterralthough differently designated. j, styled "the Liberal Government," They may,

LONDON,

now be regarded as the strenuous opponents
of the great reforms so urgently demanded
throughout the length and breadth of the
lard by persons of all parties, of every shade and
variety of political feeling, and of every grade and
rank in society. Parliamentary reform cannot be ex-
pected-at their hands. They admit the propriety of a
considerable extension of the franchise. They cannot
summon sufficient hardihood to deny the grievance
under which so many of their countrymen are suffer-
ing, in being refused a voice in the election of le-
gislators by whom laws are to be enacted, by
which all, without exception—the unrepresented
as well as the represented—are to be bound. It
is but too painfully notorious that taxation is not coin-
cident with representation, that every man, however
humble his means and scanty his resources, must
contribute to the maintenance of the national establish-
ments and the liquidation of the interest of the public
debt, for which the labour of the working classes—
the only inheritance they derive from those by whom
that debt was contracted—is mortgaged ; but yet
they cannot bestow their suffrages upon those whom
they deem best qualified to promote the welfare and
prosperity of the country. One of the fun-
damental principles of the British Consti-
tution is thus violated ; but our rulers will
come to no practical conclusion, will decide
on nothing, will do nothing; nay, more, they
will not permit others to take the initiative. They
feel that such propositions should emanate from the
Government, and therefore they strenuously oppose
any independent Member who may intimate an in-
tention of bringing forward an adequate measure.
It is the same with respect to " the Ballot," the
" duration of Parliament," and " the property quali-
fication of Members." Indeed in these respects they
adopt the old Tory policy, and resolutely set
their faces against every amelioration—they will
stand or fill by the existing system, and as
they cannot possibly sustain it, diametrically opposed
as it is to the spirit of the age, they must make up
their minds to succumb, and to relinquish the posi-
tions they now occupy in order to make way for
better men. Their sole object now appears to be
to protract their existence to the last moment, to
procrastinate every important question that might
bring their inglorious tenure of office to a speedy
conclusion.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and
Sunday.
The Minister of the Interior, M. BAROCHE, has
taken upon himself to virtually prohibit any meetings
of electors in Paris, although such meetings are ex-
pressly permitted to be held by the Law on Clubs.
The National of yesterday thus describes the act of
the Minister, and the determination of the Republi-
cans not to permit themselves to be provoked into the
commission of any illegal act. It says :
" The Minister of the Interior has suddenly inter-
dicted the citizens of the 7th and 10th arrondissements,
of Charenton and Montmartre, to meet and discuss the
merits of the candidates who ask for the votes of the
electors. This measure, which nothing explains or jus-
tifies, is of a nature to cause much emotion. We hope,
however, that the patriotic good sense of the people will
give an example of moderation to those who use their
power so immoderately. The patience of the people of
Paris will not he worn out, and no pretext will be
given to the liberticide projects avowed each morning
by the organs of the reaction. The success of the
election of April 28 is now assured, and this intervention
of the police will only meet with calm disdain. In their
baste, the Ministers have not patience to wait for the
Assembly to interdict these electoral meetings, which
Dufaure declared in the discussion on the clubs to
be formally excepted. M. Baroche, ex.clubbitt, fore-
stals the vote of the majority. Be it so—there will be
room to examine if he has not outpassed his powers, hut
we affirm that the interdiction is inexplicable and unjus-
tifiable. Inexplicable, for unless it be affirmed that
there are to be no electoral meetings, it must be allowed
that the arrondisements still free are just as culpable,
their crime being the same, to have held Republican meet-
ings. Unjustifiable —and is fact we defy the Minister to
mention a single act of disorder which rendered necessary
in the interest of public peace, the close of the meetings
of the 10th arrondissement, Montmarte, &c. As to the
offences committed by word of mouth, could they
not be legally proceeded against ? Does not a commis-
sary of police attend to take note of any language which
ought to be prosecuted ? The Government was, conse-
quently,, and the ordinary means of re-
pression fully sufficient. We wait for
not o u
would
whavesa disarmed,
the Ministry to furnish us with explanations ; we have
a right to them. P.S. We are certain that everywhere
the electors will follow the example which was last
night given by the citizens of Montmartre. We have
just learned that the Members of the Bureau, the dele-
gates of the Socialist Democratic Committee, placed
themselves at the door, and informed the corners of
the interdiction, and recommended them to withdraw.
Order was not an instant troubled. For a moment
some agitation was perceived in a group, and it was
not without surprise that the citizens saw the commis-
sary of police of Montmartre commenting on the deci-
sion of the Assembly refusing the authorization to pro-
secute M. Michel (de Bourges). A few instants sufficed
to dissipate the group of the functionary of the Carlier
order."

The equalisation of electoral districts is also re-
sisted, and even the judicious proposition
of Mr. MONSELL, for increasing the con-
stituencies of certain Irish boroughs, by
uniting several of the smaller towns, as already prac-
tised in Scotland and Wales, and which was received
with almost unprecedented unanimity, is summarily
disposed of by the assurance that the House " may
have an opportunity of considering the question in a
future session, should it be deemed necessary to raise
it again."
Turning from Parliamentary reforms to the other
great questions that interest the public mind, we ask
what hope is there of sanitary improvement from a
Cabinet that peremptorily refuses the free admission of
light and air, the gratuitous gifts of an All-wise and
merciful CREATOR to his people ? Proper ventilation is
practically prohibited, and if the desideratum to be
attained was to render our towns as unhealthy as pos-
sible, and to abridge the lives of the less wealthy
classes, nothing better calculated to achieve the ob-
ject could be devised than the tax on windows, to
which our rulers are so devotedly attached.
The monetary code has no more strenu-
ous
supporter than the present Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Although compelled to assent to
the temporary suspension of the iniquitous Act of
1844, he spoke of it in terms even stronger
and more favourable than its very author could
have used. And there is, perhaps, no second person
in the entire community who, after having signed
the Ministerial letter, which was the greatest prac-
tical condemnation of that iniquitous and most im-
politic law, would have afterwards lavished such
unmerited praise on the atrocious enactments.
The Brick-dust Budget has exhibited in the
strongest light the nature and character of the
fiscal changes that will alone be tolerated by
Sir CHARLES WOOD. When, mirabile dictu,
a surplus happens to be at his disposal, he
partly truckles to the agricultural opponents of
his Government, and partly devotes his
balance to " the liquidation of the national debt" (! !!)
while the African squadron is maintained in full effi-
ciency, absorbing at least one million of pounds
sterling per annum, and the lives of thousands of our
gallant sailors; and in financial affairs, in place of
introducing proper measures of economy and re-
trenchment, a Committee is moved for on whom the
responsibility may be cast.
We confess that at all times we regard with con-
siderable suspicion the appointment of a Select Com-
mittee at the instance, and on the nomination of the
Government. This suspicion is materially increased
when the facts to be investigated and reported
on are clearly and distinctly understood,
and there can be no necessity for additional infor-
mation to enable Ministers to frame suitable mea•
sures, or for Parliament to legislate on the subject.
Such a reference is but too often an " ingenious de-
vice" to shelve an inconvenient question, to adjourn
its consideration, and throw it over to a future ses-
sion, when the public mind may have relapsed into a
state of quiescence, and become apathetic and in-
different on the. topic. Such tactics have been
pursued in the olden time, and the proceed-
ings on the virtual suspension of the Bank
Charter Act, to which we have already alluded,
proves that the present Cabinet are, quite willing to
adopt a similar subterfuge. To use a vulgar but
expressive phrase, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer " let the cat out of the bag" on that occa-
sion, and showed that a Committee might be packed
for the purpose, not of promoting, but of
smothering, or at least retarding necessary re-
forms. The Right Honourable Baronet abso-
lutely refused to assent to a fairly constituted
Committee. He obstinately resisted any alteration,
and insisted that no member should be selected but
those originally nominated by himself. Under such
circumstance the result of the investigation was but
a "foregone conclusion." There was not a
single Member of either branch of the Le-
gislature, or an individual at all acquainted
with public affairs, who could not have
declared the nature of the report that would ulti-
mately be agreed to, even before the Committee
had entered upon their labours, or a single witness
was examined respecting the subject-matter of inquiry.
Indeed, Sir CHARLES WOOD, with an unusual degree
of candour, acknowledged that he thought Government
would have been very wrong to have consented to the
appointment of the Committee unless perfectly certain
as to the result.

On Saturday the subject was brought under the
notice of the Assembly, and M. BAROCHE having
given utterance to the usual common-place claptrap
about " order," Etc., which never fails to elicit cheers
from the majority, declared that he took the respon-
sibility of these measures on himself. —"rile Minis-
ters, the agents of the executive power," said M. BA-
ROCHE, "are attacked by the orators at these meetings,
and whoever attacks the agents of the executive
power attacks society itself." Many an obscu-
rantist has proclaimed " the right divine of Kings
to govern wrong," but it was reserved to
BAROCHE to propound the theory of the di-
vine right of Ministers. M. JuLEs FAYEE, iota
spirited improvisation, recalled to the recollection
of M. BAROCHE the manner in which, prior to the
10th December, 1848, the supporters of M. LOUIS
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE had in all public meetings
praised up the virtues of their hero, and calumniated
the Chief of the Executive and his Ministers. " You
have," said M. JULES FAYRE, " profited largely by
the right of meeting, but now that the gales of
universal suffrage blow against you, you seek to con-
fiscate this right." In order to cover the retreat of
M. BAROCHE, who at each attempt at reply only
made matters worse for himself and his colleagues,
M. DumN adroitly put the question of the order of
the day, which was agreed to by the majority, a
voice from the Left prophetically exclaiming, " You
are closing all the valves, and yet continue to stir up
the fire under the boiler."

The state of the army continues to excite the greatest
uneasiness in the minds of the reactionary party.
At Angers the 11th Light Infantry, which was under
orders to go to Algiers, raised the cry of " Vive la
Republique Democratique et Sociale," and insulted
their commanding officers. This regiment was for-
merly under the command of General DAmEss&E,
who was killed in June, 1848. The 11th is not the
only regiment stationed at Angers (in the heart of
a Legitimatist district) which has exhibited a similar
disposition.
The Patric says—

With such a precedent before us, what can we sup-
pose but that the present Committee has been ap-
pointed merely for the purpose of amusing the public,
and evading all direct motions on the subject of finan-
cial reform, until a few bulky volumes be added to
the thousands of " blue books" that uselessly encuth-
ber the shelves of our public libraries, and which
might be disposed of for waste paper without the
slightest injury to any interest in the community?

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.-- This
morning, at twelve o'clock; a quarterly general court of this
society was held at the Thatched-house Tavern, St. James's-
street, St. James ; Rear-Admiral Law Radstock in the chair.
The Secretary, Commander Dickson read the• quarterly re-
port, from which it appeared, that the total receipts during
that term had been 2,1631. 155. 10s., and the disbursements
6661., leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer of
1,4971. 15s. 3d. There had been one bequest of 181., free of
duty. The report being unanimously adopted, a resolution
was cariied that 10/. 105. be annually given to the Adult
Orphan Institution. A vote of thanks was passed to the
chairman, and the meeting separated.
COMMANDER-IN•CIIIEr Or TUB MEDITER-
RANEAN STATION. There is no longer any hoodwinking the
fact that Rear-Admiral Dundas will succeed Vice• Admiral
Sir William Parker in the above appointment, Rear-Admiral
Berkeley moving up into the place of the senior naval Lord,
until the Pacific command can be conveniently filled by him.
—Portsmouth Times.

TnE HOLYHEAD STEAM-PACKETS.—The City of
Dublin Steam-packet Company, who have taken the con-
tract for conveying the mails between Holyhead and Kings-
town, are about to purchase two of the Admiralty steam-
packets for the purpose of carrying on their contract with the
same efficiency, celerity, and regularity that the service has
been performed under Admiralty management. This is a
very judicious arrangement, and will bear repetition in the
service between Dover and Calais.— United Service Gazette.
ST. CLEMENT DANES.—The contest at the election
of guardians for this union has been a sharp one, and has
terminated as follows : —Mr. Jaquet, 695; Mr. Scrivener, 688;
Mr. Cull, 644 ; Mr. Woods, 632 ; Mr. Bates, 634 ; Mr. Jud-
kins, 616; Mr. Dent, 587; Mr. Lane, 573 ; Mr. Score, 556;
Mr. Dobby, 547. The three following go out :—Mr. Wille-
ter, 396; Mr. Cluke, 210; Mr. Dickens, 124. The first
meetirig of the Aviv bpatd take 4 place ty•nwriviT (TueadegY).

" It was said this afternoon, just as the Assembly had
broken up, that the Minister of War had sent to-day, by
telegraph, orders to General de Castelane to proceed im-
mediately to Angers, on account of some acts of insubor-
dination manifested ,by the 47th Regiment of the Line.
It was also said that the following incident had occurred
as the President of the R4-public was leaving Paris for
Versailles. One of the horses of his carriage having
fallen at the Mond-Point in the Champs-Ely;iiis, a few
of those individwsls who seem to have for mission to
place themselves on his passage to make an appearance
of what they call popular demonstration, surrounded his
carriage, and uttered a seditious cry. The horse rose
again immediately, and the President was enabled to
continue his journey without this incident assuming a
more grave character."
The same journal says—
" We are assured that the Government has decided,
in a Council of Ministers, to withdraw the Bill on the
press. There will no longer, we hope, be any pretext
for the members of the Extreme Right to reject or mo.
dify the measures of order and of public safety presented
by the Ministry, with the co-operation of a considerable
portion of the majority."
It is said that M. -MILE DE C4EARDIN will be
brought forward by the Democratic Republicans for
the representation of the Soane et Loire.
The discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway
Bill has been postponed in order to enable the Mi-
nisters to make the alterations rendered necessary by
the passing of the amendment of M. Comneasr. DE
LEIVAL. It is rumoured that M. ACHILLE
FOULD will resign the Finance Ministry. M.
CHARAMAULE has proposed to the Assembly
to add the followinEgeAlaLu,seadtoepttheed amendment
on
Thursday
COMBAEEL DE Lyv
" The companies of the Northern, Centre, and
Western Railways shall not be allowed, either directly
or indirectly, to tender for the Paris and Lyons and
Lyons and Avignon Railways."
Baron one of the oldest Generals of the
empire, and TitiA
andCiltE'
Commander of the Legion of Honour,
has just died in Paris, in the 87th year of his age.
General TRIAIEE, who took part in the campaigns of
the Republic and of the empire, in Italy, and in
present in that of Russia in 1812,
GrinaunderetilTe, wasorde lsrasoof Prince EUGENE, to whom he was
Aide-de •Carrip• In 1814, he followed that PRINCE
to Munich, where he remained attached to his family
until 1882, when he returned to France.
The Marquis of NORMANDY gave a grand fete on
Friday, at which the Duke of SOTOMAYOE, the
upon as a Spanish Minister,
M ipnrisotof er,
thatwas pthreesent
This
differences visit
between
is
eel looked
British and Spanish Courts are arranged, as the
Spanish Minister has not before visited at the British
n th
Embassy since the interruption of the Diplomatic
relations between the two Courts.
The delegates chosen by the Democratic and
e
Socialist electors to nominate a candidate for the
representation of Paris, have nominated M. EUGENE
SUB by a majority of 143 voices.
The Five per Cents. were done in the Passage do
l'Opera at 88f. 45c.
Indian
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-F.XCHANGE, APRIL 13.
Boulogne and Amiens, 5X —Centralsi of:FranLast ce (Orleans
and Yierzon), 12%—Dutch Ithenisb,fi , 5%
—Great Indian Peninsula, 1
ys—Northern of France, 12%.

SPAIN•
Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived.
The Spanish navy is to be increased by the addi-
tionfrom St. Andero to
of six steam-frigates, two of which are to be built
in England.
9.—The Three per Cents.
The lately discovered lead mines in the province of
81 for paper ; and the
GrenadaivT MADRID
AIeD describedßwlaporrekßsoosfAt
hAe
APRIL
ILrailwayabounding
at
t closed I
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foron the
cas
h 9
Ata del Rey are suspended for want of funds.
Debt without Interest at 41
;thcaotu2p9onfosratcash ; the Five per Cents.
paper.

of the 10th,
tends to ,
state
sttehleagtrathpehipc
rucleisspiaanteGh
GERMANY.
ofvreormn
mEernfta r
intends
con-
voke a Congress of the Zolverein at Cassel in June
neat, to deliberate on the reforms considered neces-
sary in the Customs' affairs of the northern states of
Germany. The dispatch adds, that in the negotia-
tions which are about to take place with Austria for
the prorogation of the provisional central commission
of Frankfort, Prussia will lay down the condition
that the federal state of Erfurt shall be recognised.
A letter from Vienna of the 7th states that the
troops encamped in the Tyrol had received orders t.a
go to the Vorarlberg.
A letter from 'Vienna states that
Count MEDEM,
the Russian Ambassador, had presented a note to the
Austrian Cabinet inviting it to intervene in the
Schleswig-llolstein question in such a way as to pro-
mote the interests of Russia. The letter adds that it
was not doubted that the Austrian Ministers would
comply with the demand.
The Austrian Government has notified that it will
pay 20,000 ducats to the person who will construct
and deliver the best locomotive for the railway which
passes by the Scemmering, the mountain which se-
parates Styria and the Archduchy of Austria.
The Kolner Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch
from Erfurt of the 13th inst , stating that Baron