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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1850.

to obtain, and trusts that he may be able to propose a
measure to Parliament on the subject." This admis-
sion was, however, qualified by subsequent doubts
respecting " the difficulty of the question," and th
"serious consideration " that would be necessary
before anything certain could be decided on.

The Noble Lord is apparently dazzled, by the ancient
traditions connected with the office. The evil has
been endured for several centuries by successive gene-
rations; it has become

" An aged vice, a grey iniquity;"
and, therefore, a certain superstitious veneration
must be exhibited for its undoubted antiquity. Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, however, was not always accustomed
to yield to such feelings. He acted a bolder part
when he introduced the Reform Bill to the House of
Commoris, and, without remorse, consigned the rotten
boroughs to " the tomb cf the Capulets." If antiquity
could have preserved these monuments of the wisdom of
our ancestors, we should still have Gatton and Old
Sarum returning their representatives, and neutraliz-
ing the West Riding of Yorkshire and the county
of Middlesex. But, happily, the Noble Lerd then
looked to the existing exigencies of the country,
rather than to past recollections, and took- a bold and
comprehensive view of the national requirements.
We trust that the author of the heforin Bill will not
now disappoint public expectation, but that he will
act in a manner worthy of his former reputation.
If any Chancery reform is to be sanctioned, no
better opportunity than the present could be
anticipated. It is seldom that any political party are
not under peculiar obligations to some leading bar-
rister, which entitle him to demand the highest re-
wards that can be bestowed for past services. With a
party in actual possession, or with such a claimant, it
would be a most invidious and painful task to curtail
the emoluments, or even to abridge the duties and
responsibilities of the office. It would appear to be a
direct censure on a colleague, and one too who, from his
position and acquirements, would be well able to avenge
himself. Few persons once placed in possession
of 14,0001. per annum, and with the enormous
patronage attached to the office, would be willing to
relinquish a portion of either to a rival ; and, there-
fore, the mere proposition would excite a strong op-
position in the Cabinet itself, and perhaps a formid-
ahle split in the party. A man who had so many
good things to give away, either in possession or ex-
pectancy, could not be without a multitude of friends
and dependents who would feel directly interested in
any diminution of their patron's wealth or power.
Bat at this moment there is no such obstacle.
After many years of efficient and valuable service
Lord COTTENHAM is about to retire to the enjoyment
of the ()Hunt cunt di gnitate which he has so well earned.
the Attorney-General, who, according to the ordi- '
nary prefessional etiquele, is considered to have a
prior claim to any appointment that may become
vacant, is not an equity lawyer, and, according to the
precedent established with respect to his distinguished
predecessor, the present Chief Justice of England,
could not reasonably hope for the appointment.
i'he Solicitor-G 'nem', although he has already
distinguished\ himself as a legal reformer,
and although his very name attracts the utmost sym-
pathy, is still a young man, who would willingly
accept the situation either of Minister of Justice or
Chief Judge in Equity. There is no other candidate
for the situation with higher claims. The ordinary
difficulty is therefore removed, and any alteration,
however sweeping, may be easily effected
under present circumstances; but if the ap-
pointment be once filled, although on the
most distinct and positive understanding, an
almost insuperable obstacle will be raised,
the contemplated reforms will be postponed for many
!edious years, and the Court of Chancery will remain
" by-word and reproach to the nation," involving
in ruin all who are brought within its vortex. What-
soever may be resolved on should, therefore, be de-
cided on speedily. There is yet time to pass a mea-
sure within the present session, and nothing but
what we hare already styled a "superstitious vene-
ration for antiquity" can prevent its speedy intro-
•luction.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
As the discussion of the Electoral Law proceeds, so
do the reactionaries throw off the mask of decent
hypocrisy which they have hitherto worn, and openly
avow them3elves guilty of the crime for which they
nave condemned;M:LEnnu ROLLIN and his companions,
viz, an attack on the constitution; so impatient are
:-hey that, they will not even suffer any of the amend•
rents to be discussed, but demand la cloture at every
instant ; and, not content with stifling discussion, they
'ake every opportunity of wantonly insulting those
who differ from them in opinion.
We give the following report of the scene pro-
voked by the Legitimatist M. BERRYER, as a spe-
cimen of the polish and refinement which
the French Legitimatists have always claimed as
their exclusive and peculiar characteristic. It is neces-
sary to premise that General LAMORICIERE had been
previously speaking, and had designated the proposed
;aw as a violation of universal suffrage, and an attempt
to introduce a property qualification. " Not daring,"
said the General, " to revive your 200-franc electors,
you invent in despair franc-and-a-half electors."
Stung to the quick by this taunt, M. BERRYER rose
to reply, and had not proceeded far before he offered
the following wanton insult to the Republic, to which
he has sworn fidelity. Drawing a distinction between
honest and dishonest politicians, he said--
I do not here mean to allude to real Republicans—l
respect all sincere convictions; but as to the Republi-
cans of the veille, we know nothing about them but by
he acts of Louvel and Alibaud.—(Tremendous tumult
and interruption on the Left; a number of members of
the Mountain rose, gesticulating and crying with great
violoncr.)
M. Schcecher—lt is infamous!
On the Right—Order, order!
lid. Bauno descended from his place towards the tri-
bune, using the most energetic gestures, and addressing
he Hon. Representative in the tribune most loudly.
great vs as the noise that it was impossible to make
out what he said.
The President—M. Baune, I call you to order!
M. Baune, notwithstanding the call to order, went on
gesticulating in his wild manner.
On the Right--Tho censure! the censure!
M. Pascal Duprat, 11. Bourzat, and General Leydet
all went on, crying and gesticulating in the midst of
the greatest tumult. The last was particularly violent.
The President—General Leydet, I call you to order.
—(The agitation continuel)
M. Berryer—lt is impoisible, surely, for any persons
to suppose that I desired to give offence brinay language.
declared that I respected all sincere convictions, and
that in consequence mine ought to be respected also.
But I also said, and I repeat ,it, that until the day on
which the Republic was proelairned the opinions of the
Republicans were made known only by the most detest-
able acts.—(Loud applause on the Right; renewed ex-
clamations on the Lef:.)
MM. P. Duprat, Baune, Baudin, and others rose and
spoke together.

M. Bei.ryer—l speak frankly and clearly—you pro-
claimed the Republic, and I have not ceased to serve it.
I ask any man to point when I ever refused to take my
part, as a political man, in any of the acts emanating
afneeyhtnhgatofod.eiagmnistythfroorutghhe Ryoeupruibnlitcerirnufipntiitoenlys
from that form of. government ? Though not a Republi-
geinareLndleerhxactvhheamnaation._(Hear, hear.) It is because the
Committee feels like me that the dignity of theißepublie
ought to be upheld, that it excludes so sedulously every
man who is at the charge of the commune. It is said
that it is a Bill of monopoly. Strange monopoly, cer-
tainly, which includes nine millions of electors ! No,
the Bill is not one of monopoly, but a measure calculated
to serve the general its right
your Committee has re-
mained perfectly within right in maintaining the
.incerity of universal suffrage.—(Loud applause.)
The Hon. Representative, on returning to his place,
was received with loud clapping of hands and congratu-
lations by the members of the Right.
General Leydet and General de Lamo!iciare met in
the tribune; the former very unceremoniously took his
younger comrade by the shoulder, and pushed him gently
to the steps.—(Laughter.)
General Leydet—Citiaens—(Cries of " La cloture! la
cloture! great noise)."
The President—The close of the discussion being de-
mended, I proceed to put it to the vote.—(Exclamations
on the Left.)
The Assembly, being consulted, decided that the dis-
cussion was closed.

General de Lsmoriciare, on the steps of the tribune—
M. le President, I asked for permission to speak against
the cloture.

The President—The noise was so great that I never
heard you. Now speak.—(Noise on the Right.)
On the Right—No, no! The cloture has been pro-
nounced.—(Continued noise.)
General de Larnorieere ascended the tribune, and,
placing his back against the bureau, seemed determined
to speak. The noise having a little subsided, ho began
—Gentlemen—(lnterruption.)
On the Right—No, no! the discussion is closed.—
(Noise).

General de Lamoriciare—l merely wish to say a word
or two on the regulations.
Voices—We shall get to an end i❑ this way.
General de Lamorie had ail-.ed ter leave to
speak against the cloture but the noise prevented ray
defraud being heard. I hal, however, something furtht r
to say. At present you must decide whether you
will
hear me or not.

Voices on the Left—Consult the Assembly again.—
(No, no!)
The Assembly being consulted, the first trial was
declared doubtful. On the second trial the result
being the same, it was decided that the discussion was
to proceed, and General DE LAMORICIERE spoke in
avour of the amendment, which was of course re-
jected. It is sufficiently evident, however, that it was
solely owing to General LAMORICIERE'S " pluck" and
known character for courage that he obtained a hear-
ing. Had any man less known than General LA-.
MORICIERE attempted to speck, M. DuPIN would at
once have ordered him from the tribune.
The National has the following on the atrocious
attempt of M. BERRYER to establish a solidorite
between the Republicans of the vielle and Louvel :
" Against whom is this accusation of cowardly
assassination brought ? Against the Republican
party which has been seen sufficiently often under fire
not to be accused of cowardice. Against the Repub-
lican party which abolished the punishinnt of death.
Against the Republican party which did not sully its
victory with the blood of a single victim.
"Ah ! if we chose to make reprisals on you old
courtiers of the monarchy, how many assassins might
we count up in your ranks from the days of GEORGES
CADOUAL and Prince POLIGNAC downwards ? You
who calumniate are you not of the party of the Tat ES •
TAILLONS ? The chauffeurs of the west, those assassins
of women and children, what was their flag ? Do you
recollect ? Have the Republicans ever raised a monu-
ment to LOUVEL by national subscription ? The
monument erected by the Legitimatists in honour of
GEORGES CADOUAL still subsists under the lime
which covers it in the Landes of Britanny."
It has been a subject of remark that M.
ODILON BARROT has almost ostentatiously
abstained from either speaking or voting on the
electoral law. He is, it is said by his friends, not
such a fool as to follow the Burgraves in their mad
career, but at the same time he has not sufficient
courage to take his place among the defenders of the
Constitution.
The Ezninement has the following from Strasbourg,
dated the 26th :
M. Emile de Girardin is the chosen candidate of the
conclave of Strasbourg, by a very large majority. Emile
de Girardin, 45; Fiocon, 28; Leichtemb,rezer, 6."
The "got up" squabble with Lord PALMERSTON
having served its purpose, by the withdraw;ng at-
tention somewhat from the Electoral Bill, will
now, it is said, be suffered quietly to drop.
The Sicle has the following pungent observations
on this contemptible " thimble-rig" of the "honest
and moderate :"
"It war, after all, nothing but a comedy. It was said
so, but we refused to believe it. What! you talked of
the national dignity wounded, of the imperious necessity
of maintaining the honour of the Republic before an ally
who had forfeited his word and failed in the respect due
to a great people. Your journals authorised by the
police, while reproducing the virulent articles din eted
by the London papers against the Engitsli Cabinet, de-
nounced as a bad pa:oot whoever on tail si,le of
the Channel shout I even cast a doubt on tke reality,
of the complaints alleged by the Cabinet of the Elysee!
And all this was—what shall we call it?—nothing
hut an Eglinton tournament, after which each cone-
nst.ant set down to his supper, remarking on what
the effect of the blows given would have been if the
heads of the lances hnd not been covered with cork, or
with India rubber. Wo do not, however, r.'grct that we
have not allowed ourselves to t e led away by the fine
words which have been uttared. There might have
been something serious in it—something which de-
manded a reparation; we wished to verify facts with cur
own eyes. The organs of re-action already exclaimed:
It is nothing but a fit of tfe sulks sirnil,:r to that which
has existed between Spain and England.' fo that we
say that is what will be teen, a republic having a right
to be more punctilious than a monarchy in a matter of
national dignity. A diplomatist, M. do Ilaussonville,
took care to instruct us that from 1834 to 1848
Lord Palmerston, more or less, openly played with the
Orleanist Government, but that concerns us but Attic,
for it was not to recommence submitting to mystifi-
cations that France founded a government of univeisal
suffrage. But it is impossible for us any longer to re-
gard the affair as serious, when our great politicians
decidedly declare that the only object was to tease Lord
Palmerston, who teases all the world. So much, then,
for the imitation of the Spanish affair. What em-
barrassee us is to find any resemblance. Mr. Bulwer
hai assumed the att'tude of the head of a party. Has
the Marquis of Normanby done anything of the kind
in France ? The Spanish Cabinet sent his passports to
Mr. Bulwer. Not only has General Lahitte not sent
his passports to Lord Normanby, but instad of send-
ing letters of mall to D.Z. Drouyn de i'llnys, he simply
requested him to return to France, which he did on
such conditions that he would be well received in Lon-
don, if he were to return there to-morrow. But stop!
we think we do see one resemblance. The Cabinet of
Madrid, after having thrown Lord Palmerston into the
sulks, ended by making it up with the Noble Viscount,
who has not the less remained Minister of Foleign
Affairs of Great Britain. It is true that Queen Isabella
has obtained the removal of Mr. Bulwer, who displeased
her; but if a satisfaction of that nature is not permitted
to our Government, it may demand that Mr. Wyse
shall not be appointed Ambassador in the place of Lord
Normanby, who is to obtain leave of absence to visit his
estates. Serioudy speaking, the denouement of the
affair of Greece presented itself in a manner which au-
thorised our Government to demand explanations. These
explanations have been given in so cordial a tone, that
in our opinion they efface the wrongs which the Enrlish
Government might have committed in the abrupt solu-
tion of the Greek question. If any doubts could exist
in this respect, they would be removed by the dispatch
of the 19th May, addressed by Lord Palmerston to the
Marquis of Narrnenby, and by the summary of two
dispatches, dated the 4th and 6;h of May, of Mr. Wyse
to the Secretary of State. And nevertheless these same
men who, when they might have been considered to be
offended, sent by the telegraph into the departments—
' everything tends to assure us that notwithstanding this
incident, harmony will not be disturbsd between the
two countries,' persist in deferring the re-establishment
of that harmony, when all the real complaints appear to
have been set aside."

M. DE MONTALEMDERT anti the Burgraves com-
plain, it seems, of the hospitality offered to M. LEDRU
Rommi and his companions in England, and denounce
as a crime the encouraging persons who violate the
laws of their country ; yet this very M. DE MoNTA-
LEWBERT heads a subscription to present a cross to the
Archbishop of TURIN, who has been condemned for
violating the laws of his country. M. DR MONTA-
LEMIIERT thus holds himself forth to the world
as the champion of rebellion in Turin. Should
he again denounce the " fomenters of rebellion"
from the tribune, we hope that some one will remind
him of his own encouragement of the rebellion by
Monsignor FRANZONI.
The Five per Cents. opened at 901. 25e., rose to
90;*. 95e., anti closed at 901. 85c. ; the Three per
Cents. closed at 56f. 60c, ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
737 f. 50c.; Rouen, 5251.; Havre, 216 F. 250.; Great
Northern, 433 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 170 f. ; Vierzon, 330 F.;
Basle, 103 f. 75c.; Bordeaux,
388 f. 75c.;. Ps. and
Strasburg, 3271.50 c.; Tours and Nantes, 2171. 50c. ;
the New Roman Loan, 783.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCU-EXCaANGE, MAX 29.
Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1314—Dutch Rhenish, 2 —Ea,st ludiau, 7M
Natnurand Liege, 74—Northern of France. 13;4 - Orleans
and Bordeaux, 26—Paris and Orleans, 29—Paris and Rouen,
2112—Paris and Strasbourg, 6%.

h executors and committee of liquidation having
refused to admit these pretensions, by alleging that
they are not binding on the heirs of 'WILLIAM IL,
probably because the Acts on which they are founded
are not drawn up in due form, M. VAN KEMSSENEIt
has, by the Procurator of the Supreme Tribunal, cited
the executors to appear before the Court oa the subject
of these documents.— Journal Commerce d' Anver4.

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Do., New Quarters
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Quarter Share
East. Lincolnshire; gear. 6 per
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:dinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ......
Ditto, New port l5
Exeter, Ye;ivil,& Dorchester 2%
Exeter and Exmouth 2ls.
31asg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd — .. .... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated .... ..
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 14
Great Northern .
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Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 121/2 lO%. to
Gt. &pith. & West. (Ireland) 50
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Do. New 171
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Do. (Hudders. and Shell.) 50
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Do. ,do.,Prefer., C per Cent. 4% — dis. to
Ditto, ditto...
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Do. Pre!. quarters, 1848... 9
Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout-

614 — -

port.

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Do. (Juaranteed 5 per Cont. 9 „ .... - -
Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... - .... to --
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - ... to -
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Ditto Preference
to -
London h North Western.....loo 1031,4 105 ' 0 105
Do. Now Qaarters.. l2 -
Do. Fifths ... 12 ..... 12 11%... t.i 12
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 -
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Ditto, New 504-- ....... 42%...... - -
Ditto, New 401 34
Do., New Preference - to -
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - -
Do. Half Shares ...... ..... 5 ..... - .. -
Lonclonderry and Enniskillen 25 - ..... to -
Do., Half Shares
Liiorestoff, guar. 4 I;er ct 2O - • to -
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - -
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lianchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to -
Ditto '4 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - .. o -
Do., New 101. Preicrence.. 10 ... .. - to -
Ditto. Juan. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - els to -
Midland.— .... ........ ...100 -
Ditto, 50/, shares ..... ...... 30 -
Ditto, Consol. Preierence...loo
Midland, Birin„ and Derby...loo - ...... to -
'llidlanl, Consul. Bristol and
Birmingham. 6 per cent... 400 ll9l/2...... to -
11idland, Bristol and Glouc. 44 • -
Ditto ditto 26.1. Is, €d .. -
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Ilidland, Leices. and Swan-
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Newry and Enniskillen.
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Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2
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Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
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Preston sad Wyra - -
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Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 5 ... .. - ... -
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Paris and Rouen
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