The Express. — London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

Ell p+ 4 l eh bin th%t ndiro xmy body ,ard as to ica. a bark, cud mu )ught ! . of (/' cos , and ad lot, o ad h the ca l left. ra 011 , 4 as w" ,a upon ga rrief3 tits seized on the lake, by which a ant with two pieces of artillery were expedited to Itiva, at its northern extremity, with instructions to seize that place and march upon Trent. Letters from Cremona of the Nth say, that the son of the ex-Duke of Lucca was detected in the disguise of a servant, there taken prisoner and sent to Milan, where he was desired as a hostage. P.S. Advices received since the above was written say that the number of prisoners taken at the Bridge of Goito was greatly exaggerated. Another engagement took place on the 9th, at Borghetto, and at Nlezambano , to force the passage of the Mincio at this point. A Piedmontete column of Gen. Sonnay's division, under Gen. llroglio, obtained a complete victory. The Austrian batteries, placed between Mozambano at Valeggio, were dismounted, and the Piedmontese troops encamped on the left bank, at the place previously occupied by the Austrians, who were pursued by the tirailleurs. On the Nth the Provisional Government of Milan published two important proclamations. In the first it declares the dissolution of all the local provisional governments. Deputations of one, or at most three, members will be named, who will be united with the Provisional Government of Milan, and thus will be formed a Central Provisional Government of Lombardy. The second decree nominates a commission charged with projecting and immediately presenting a project for the regulating the convocation of the primary as semblies. From Florence, we learn that the Grand - Duke , after having recalled his representative at the Court of Vienna, has ordered paesperts to be given to the Austrian Chatter , d'Affaires in Tuscany. NAPLES.—We have letters from our own cor respondent at Naples, dated the Nth instant, giving an account of the enthusiasm excited there by, the war of independence against Austria—an enthusiasm in which the King was compelled to simulate a par ticipation. We give the following extract : Lord Minto left us pater iay morning for Rome. His mission has failed. Sicily is quasi-republicanist d, and the English have lo't favour here in consequence. A guard was again placiid before the embassy last night. It is a fact, that hod not the King made the recent con cessions (which, however, by one party are regarded as no concessions at all) the Calabrese, as they announced through a 1, tier to the King, would have declared themselves inde pendent. Nor is the idea laid aside—it is only dormant ;it would not surprise me if within a short time we see here an attempt to farm a federative republic which will embrace Sicily. I'.S.—D. Pietro Leopardi has been appointed envoy extra ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Sardi. Dia, and temporarily to the Helvetic confederation. The of the delegates appointed to carry out the new electoral law, and rebrganise the provinces are also gasetted ; they are to receive their instructions and leave directly. A most enthusinstic adders: is also published by his Majesty, call. lag on his people to rally round him and support the cause of Italy, which is to he decided on the plains of Lombardy. Ten thousand sucks have been ordered for the troops about to leave fur Lombardy. SOW minor appointments are gas tied, as secretary of legation, &c. The fleet will stiU sail today, if the wind abates. The following is all my news from Sicily: I have before me the parliamentary discussions for the 26th and 27th of the last month. The project of law presented by the general committee on its dissolving recommended die placing of the right of " veto" and " placet" in the hands of tee execu tive, and taking from the executive the right of choosing the mini ten., and placing it in the hands of the chamber; both suggestions were overruled by a large majority. This debate took place on the 26th ultimo, when Settleso was chosen president by acclamation. Oa the 27th ult. Rug giero Seuizro presented himself to the peers amidst great applause. and having thanked them for having elected him to preside over the government of the kingdom, went to the commons, accompanied by. a enmmission elected for that purpose. " Ihe Peer Caner& " gave notice of a motion to the effect " that the Sicilian nation shall send an address through the respective consuls of all nations, giving sn ac eouut of our revolution, and our rights asserted by our blood; we shall then know whit powers we have as friends, and what as enemies." In the commons Settime also pre sented himself, and was gr. eted with the utmost enthusiasm, and having taker, his seat by the side of the President of the Chamber, addressed the c.,mmona, thanking them far their toting chosen him to fill that exalted office. The President of the Chamber having replied, the President of the Government retired, having been accompanied to the door by the deputation amidst immense applause. The Lombard crusade is now the engrosaing subject—every man would be a hero, and wear a red cress upon his bosom. At Messina all WV quiet. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—We have received our files of German papers, together with our correspondence. The fol lowing letter, from our correspondent at Berlin, describes the state of affairs there, and the anarchy reigning in the Duchy of Posen : BEIM'S, Anti L 12.—Gue of the chief objects of the work ing classes is to obtain the appointment of a minister for pro- ' moting their interests conjointly with those of persons whose capital affords employment ; and it is very probable that ! such * minister will be shortly nominated. There is no lack of communist leaders and preachers in this capital ; but it is no exaggeration to state that the overpowering majority of the operatives are totally opposed to their plans. The first decisive step towuds getting too interests of the working classes properly represented and upheld was taken yesterday at a great popular meetimr, at which a provisional committee of twenty-eight was elected, " In order (as stated by one of the speakers) to conduct the general affairs of the working ChWiell. This committee has already i.ominateel a special one of eight members, who have been instructed to draw up the statutes for the trades unions. The employers in general are acting in a very in dulgent manner towards their workmen, and several manu facturer, agreed yesterday to dimiluisli the hours of labour to 10, and, at the same time, to raise wages. It is proposed that the committee be authorised to enter into negociations with the government respecting the general interests of the working claws, and in a particular manner to give the benefit of their advice to the future minister of industry and labor—for such, it is thought, will be his title. The Polish question —so far as " Pruss4n " Poland is concorned—is becianin. m •re complicated, end it may be added more alarming. The Prussian gor rnmeat itselt ap pears wavering and irresolute. All the accounts from the Duchy of Posen show that both the Polish and the German rates are unceasingly put ting forward their respective and conflicting claims to nation ality. N ither race is satisfied with the proclamation of the royal oommissioner, Oen. Von Willisen ; the former on the ground that he has not prowls sd enough, and the latter that he is not sufficiently anxious to keep them nada German and Prussian sway. It apps ars that a collision has already taken place between some armed Poles and thou Prussian troops near Opporow . It is stated that a body of thirty Polish cavalry, whilst on their way to the general tendezvona at Rogow°, were pur sued by n detachment of Blucher HIMITA, who, at , er the tome: ha'. first nem, on a gendarme oho tummoue,i them to surrender, fell upon the Pules, killed three, wounded seven, and took the rest prsoners. Some of the hussars were wounded, but only slightly. It is stated, moreover, that the Polish army, as it is calls 1, having been prevented by the Prussian troops from assembling at Rogowo, had been ordered to meet at Prirseno, to winch place the Prussians have also proceeded. A fug days ago acme popular orators were arrested by Prussian soldiers is Blastiorf (Silesia). An immense crowd soon assembled, and the authorities were obliged to release the prisoners. Major-G e . Von Wir. Nen, the royal commissioner, is makin g a tour of The duchy of Posen, in order to become thorouglity acquainted with the wants and wishes ../ the Poles. He is accompinied by the 1,111-known Mieroslawski. I w is informed by a gontleman who left Stettin this day, that s re-actionary movement has commenced in Pomerania, the La Vendee of l'rus , ia, and that the ultra-conservatives talk of marching on lkrlin. By decrees this capital will posersas many troops u—if not more than—it had within its walls bcf re the recent re volution. The town c. until has revolved t) take stt ps for recall.ng two more battalions, including the reserve guard. Bit Stratford Canning has left this capital for Vienna, en reielt tor Constaditiople Aran. 13.-1 , is r asserted in poliical quartets that England has &Coed to act as a no•el'ator Ivetwe , n Tkumark and Germany, and that the Hanoverian arid Brunswick troops will not march into Holstein before they are nude ac.mainted withthe intentions of the British cabinet. Them facts—for such I hove reason to believe they may be called—and the disastrous result of the entrance of the Prus sians into that duchy, hart placed the government of this kingtkin in a painful predicament. Ere... corps arc still being formed in this city, and subscrip tions 9 , ill raised, for the support of the Schleswig-liolsteiners and their partisans. It appears by a proclamation of General Von Willisen (under date April 12), that the armed Poles in Schroda, Wre.chen, Xions, and Piesehen have obeyed the orders of the above royal commissioner, and have dispersed ; and that four ether armed corps li.eve been voluntarily incorporated with the 10th division of the Prussian army. In the pro dilution alluded to, thy. general sets forth that this arming *lithe Poles could lead to no good, and that a victory at Posen —be does not state on what side—would be considered a de feat elsewhere, when the recently established cyder of thingi is eensklered. It is added that every , hot fired at Posen would resound throughout the " wide an ' broad" Father land, and throughout all Europe. The Posen Gazate, which has just come to hand, appears to think that the proposed and promised national remnant ution of the Duchy of Posen will include a ter ritorial din- 'ion which will unite th , German parts to the Germanic confesleratinn, and leave the rest to the Poles. On the other hand, the Polish Gazette (Gazeta Polska) publishes an article, in which this division is strongly objected to, and in which it is urged that, if the German settlers or their descendants are not willing to be placed under Polish domi nation, they should return to their original country, and not sow the seeds of discord in the Palish territory. The breaking up of the Polish array was, it is stated, vii.ct,d in the following way : it was divided into three see -6°,3 ; the het, comr,Sed of persons not subject by the law tot the land to military service, were sent back to their re- spective homes; the second. formed of men belonging to the landwehr, were despatched to the head-quarters of that force; and the third, which included thou, who were fit for military service, and who did not belong to the .0- wad category, were placed provisionally under Puli.h officers, and, without being disarmed, were provided with proper quarters until further orders were receivedtrom head quarters. It must be stated that no one who joined the Po lish army has been or will be called to account. Even Po lish deserters from the regular Prussian force will be for given. Since writing the foregoing paragraphs I have received in telligence from Posen, under date March 10 (night). to the effect that in T1TV1110 , 2,10, in the Bromberg circle, a regu lar coeffiet took place between the Polish inhabitants and the Prussian military under the orders of Colonel Lestock. Barricades were erected in the town, but they were caret d by the soldiery, after 138 Poles were shot. The ..olonel was proceeding to inflict exemplary punishment on the inhabit. tants when he received orders from Gen. Colomb to refrain from it, as measures had been taken to induce the Poles to lay down thi it arms. I have stated more than once that considerable apprehen sion respecting a Russian invasion exists on the part of the inhabitants of the Pruseo-liuesian frontiers. In order to remove those fears the chief president of the province of Silesia has issued a proclamation, setting forth that up to the 11th inst. Russian troops had not assembled in any unusual numbers on the frontiers. The leading merchants and tradesmen of Breslaw have appointed a committee to auoerintend the outlay of the 250,000 thalers &demised by government for the restoration of public credit in Silesia. It is proposed to give loans out of that sum on deposits of goods, or on bills of exchange when the latter are signed by two firms of acknowledged stability. As Silesia possesses numerous manufactories this sum will not go very far. According to the Breslaiter Zeitung of yesterday the fortress of Thorn has been put into a complete state of defence, even against a niece ; 1,000 troops are already posted in it, and more are expected. FRANKFORT.—At the sitting of the 12th of April of the seventeen delegates united to the Germanic Diet, occupied with the affairs of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, the deputy for Saxony informed them that lie would proceed that day to the publica tion which had been demanded of the decree of the Diet of the 2nd of the month, relative to the sup pression of the exceptional laws ; and also of the decree of the 4th of the month concerning the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. The discussion relative to the latter decree resulted in a resolution to the follow , ing effect : Schleswig, united indissolubly with Holstein, both politi cally and nationally, will be immediately admitted into the Germanic Confederation, and represented in the constituent assembly on en equality with all the other federal German state and represented by its deputies. The reading of the decree of the 4th inst. followed; and in the course of the discussion which ensued the, assembly adopted unanimously the following reso lution : The Germanic Dirt is entreated to invite the members of the Germanic confederation to recognise the Provisional Government of the Duchy of Schleswig-Huletein, in cell felinity with the requi st which it has made ; the Diet is also invited to hthe immediately the necessary measures for the incorporation of the Duchy of Schleswig it, the Germanic confedera , ion. To deter mine the mode of incorporation, the as sembly referred to the motion of the Provisional Go vernment of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, and to the publications which it has put forth. In the sitting of the Germanic Diet of the 12th April Professor Jordan took his seat as deputy for Hesse. Upon the report on the subject of Schleswig-Holstein being brought up, the Diet decided, in addition to its decree of the 4th inst. : 1. That, in the event of the Daniels troops net miming from hostilities nor evacuating the Duchy of Schleswig, force must be resorted to, and the right of Holstein to remain united to Schleswig—a right maintained by the con federation—must he preserved. 2. That seeing the German Dit t was convinced that the truest guarantee for this union would he obtained by the ineoeporatiiin of Schleswig in the German confederation, the Prussian government should hi invited, in the mediet iry mission confined to it, to take such measures as should bring al out this incorporation. 3. That the Diet recognised the Provisional Government of Schles wig-Holstein, forcibly established, subject to the pleasure of the Grand Duke, and that consequently the Diet ex:icete the Prussian government will protect the weathers of the said Provision Government and is p irtieans. AUSTRlA.—Accounts from Vienna reach to the 10th. Tile Archduke John is to go to Frankfort, and ther.ce by the Tyrol, to take the command of the vo lunteers, who, to the number of 20,000, are starting for Italy. Chanvaris still continue to be given to obu' sinus individuals. Archbishop Mild has been obliged by them to retire from the capital to his summer resi dence. The government has arranged a loan of 30 millions of gulden from the National Bank. The Emperor and Empress left on the 9th for Pressburg, to close the Diet there. The Archdukes Franz Karl and Franz Joseph accompanied them. The Emperor has been graciously pleased to address a cabinet letter to Baron von Pillersdorff stating that, as a proof of his warm interest in the kingdom of Bohemia, he makes known to his faithful subjects of Prague, in reply to the petition presented to him, that 1. The Bohemian language shall in future be equally valid with the German in all official branches of the legislature, and in public instruction. 2. To the Bohemian diet imme diately to be convoked all the states of the kingdom shall lie assembled, the following changes to be effected in the number of delegates : The city of Prague to send 12 dele rates of the burgher close ; every other city of the kingdom, I ; every city containing 8,000 inhabitants toisend two depu ties to the Diet ; the University of Prague to be repre sented by the rector, and every faculty of the univer sity by a deli gate ; every vicarial district to send two delegates from the other classes of the p.a.*. Every burgher may vote who pays taxes to the city and is above 25 years of age. The delegates must be natives and above the age of 30 years. No nevem can either be an elector or a de legate who is in debt, under guardariship, or amenable to the laws for some crime.-3. epeneible central authorities for Bohemia are accord. d in the city of Prague —I. The pe tition of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia shall be deliherated at the approaching Diet.-5. The abolition of privileged ind patrimonial tribunal., &c., shall be ref. rred to the Minister of the Interior. His Majesty nevertheless now concedes—the abolition of the robot; the free exercise of the protestant and Jewish religion, as well as the Boman catho lic. The admission of the Israelites to burgher privileges to be taken into consideration at the Diet.-0. Self-dependent religious communities with liberty of choosing their supe riors is also accorded.-7. A new law on the press will be fixed by the Diet.-8. Pereira' immunity against arbitrary imprisonment is accorded —9. Government office • in Bohemia shall in future be filled only by persons who are vetoed in both languages —ll. The abolition of the tax on provisions has been already in part conceded, and will he further Wien into consideration.-12. A new military law for the levying of r; emit s boa la en alre•rly prornu'gated.-13. Liber y of petition has been already accorded; the right of association will be regulated by the fundamental law.-14. Public semi naries, &c., for instruction, through the medium of the Bohemian I.nsruege, will be established under the ep'cial charge of the Minister of the Interior. The request that all the military and the civil officers shall take the oath to their constitution, can nes established only by the fundamental law. A letter from Pesth, dated April 6, says : " The political world continues quiet, but confidence is gone in the fullest sense as to money. The bank notes are PO much waste paper. No one will take them, and the branch banks which still prof. as to give silver in exchange are besieged from break of day until dark with crowds clamouring for silver, and, apparently front design, the bankers tell the money as slowly as 1-ossible. The shares of the Central Hungarian Rail way are down to 30 for 100 paid, and all securities of whatever description have deteriorated." lIESSE CASSEL.—Aocounts fiom Cassel of the evening of the 10th state that quiet still continues. The first attack made by the body guards is attributed to a mistake! The two unpopular ex-ministers have , left the town, and the elector has publish ed a procla mation, in w hich' he deplores tbe mistalte which led to such unfortunate results. The cause of the demon stration intended by the people before they were at tacked was that the elector wished to dismiss the, commander of Cassel, General de Lepel, but the Minister of War, Lieut. Col, Weiss, having opposed his dismissal, was requested to resign. Upon this the whole ministry gave in their resignations, which were not accepted; but the Minister of War was reinstalled in his functions. It was to testify their joy at this that the demonstration was got up. SAXONY.—A letter from Leipzig, of the 11th, says that Count Von Holzendorfhas , thenot Minister of Aar has resigned. His successor yet been named. ------ - EQUITABLE TAXATION LEAGUE.—A meeting was held ut the White Hart, Middleton street, on Friday evening, kr the purro'e of forming u district of this league for tor parish of Clerkenwell ; Mr. Hunter in the chair—Mr Matson recited the extraordinary success that had attended the movement. —Dr. Brown proposed the find resolution " That a society be sow formed for the purpose of obtaining equal taxation, to be called, ' The Chrkenwell Equitable Taxation League,' to cooperate with other societies. ' The re solution was seconded, and carried unanimously. Mr. Higham stated, that as the meeting were so unanimous with respect to the present unequal system of taxation, it was unnecessary to go into details, but he found that in refe oo rence to mortgag e e s tamps a man borrowinu 501. paid 16,01. per cent. mor than a nobleman who borrowed 200p001. Mr. usenet was appointed chairman for this district; Mr. M' o n cese secreap - tary (pro tem.); and Dr. Brown,arnsauren. The offi pointed returned thanks for the manner in which the meeting had been pleased to elect them, and promised to trie every ex. ertion to promote the objects for which they were assembled THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1818. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. The Borsenhalle, of the 13th, contains the follow ing :—A letter from Rendsburg of April 12 says: .• A Prussian deputation to the King of Denmark experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining access to that sovereign, passage having in the first instance been refused them by the Danish advanced guard. Orders however were eventually obtained for thek admittance, when the King replied, that as regarded Holstein, the Prussian troops might adopt what course they pleased, but that if they entered the duchy of Schleswig he would instantly declare war against Prussia. His Majesty was probably unaware that at that time the Prussian auxiliaries were in occupation of a portion of the duchy of Schleswig. MALTA APRIL 3. A soldier of the 97th, named O'Connor, who was committed by the magistrates for trod, at the criminal court, for wounding two persons during the riot and attack upon the main guard;on'the 24th of February, h is been tried and acquitted. The man was proved to be a most exemplary character, and in the receipt of an extra penny . a day in con sequence. Ile had, however, had 28 days' imprisonment among felons for doing his duty. Capt.Colville, of O'Connor's company, paid for his defence. On Sunday, the 2nd, about two P.m., a soldier of the 97th, by name John Fitzgerald, who was on sentry outside Porta Reale gate, was grmsly insulted by a Cales.e man. The sentry warned him off; he refused to go ; and struck the soldier with a piece of rope, and knocked off his shako. The sentry, being thus ' , wailed on hie post, made use of his mus ket, and stabbed his opponent in three places. The man was taken to the hospital. The soldier was relieved from gu claimed by the civil power, and taken off to prison. I should sot be surpri.ed to hear of some sin ckirg outlireak between the lower orders and the 97th. The Maltese are irritated a*. haying been proved iu the wrong in the late riot on the parade, and the 97th are continually meeting a ith abuse and insult wherever they go. The following day, the lird, the soldier was brought before the sitting magistrates, on a charge of stabbing Giuseppe Cilia with a bayonet. Ater au investigation of the cane, the ankh ir Fitzgerald was delivered up to the captain of his company, who became bail for his appearance when called for. Vbe Cow. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council, on Saturday afternoon, at Osborne. At the court the Hight Rev. John B. Sumner, D D., had an audience of the Queen, and did homage on being appointed Archbishop of Canter bury. Sir George Orey and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony.—The Right Rev. Dr. Hampden had an audience of her Majesq, and did homage n being appointed Bishop of Hereford. the Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Post master-General, the Lord Steward, the Lard Chamberlain, and the blaster of the Horse. At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury wva introduced and was sworn of her Majesty's most honourable l'rivy Council. His Grace took his seat at the Board. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer of Saturday, in Downing street. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere took his seat on Friday. at the Bsard of the Commissioners ul e, at their office in the Board of Trade. Despatches for the governors of the West India colonies were sent off on Saturday naming, from the Colo nial.ollice. Lord Patrick James Stuart, M.P., is appointed to succeed his lee • rother, the Marquis of Bute ns Lord-Lieu teunot of the county of Bute.—Mr. C. E. M. Talbot, for Glamorgan, will he the Lard-Lieutenant of that county, in the place of the Marquis of Bute, ceased.—Mr. lioustoo is appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court at Berbire, British Guiana.—Mr. W. Napier is to lie Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer et lions-li oug.—Observer. MARYLEBONE VESTRY: THE CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION,—ADDRESS TO THE Qt./res.—Saturday, at a vet; fully attended meeting of the vestry of Sc. Marylebone, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the slime, Sir J. HAMILTON laid before the vestry a communication which had been ad"ressed by the Secretary of State to Li. ut.- General Sit James Bathurst and himself with reference to, and in approval of, the exertions of the special constables of tilarylebone, and stated, in continuation, that Sir James Bathurst had taken steps for circulating some thousands of these letters to those who were sworn in, and to whose exer tions the peace of the maropolis on Monday last was so much indebted. Mr. NIcHoLAT moved "That the thanks of this vestry are due, and are hereby given, to Sir James Hamilton, Bart., to Sir Walter Stirling, Bart., and to Charles Elliott, Esq., members of this board, who as magistrates exerted them selves so efficiently for the preservation of the public peace on Monday lest."--Mr. liaise: , seconded the resolution, which was carried nem. con.—Sir J. Hamilton, Sir W. Stir ling, and Mr. C. Elliott, severally returned 'hanks, express ing their readiness en all such occasions to act again as they had done on Monday. Mr. STAN Pomo thought the time had now arrived when some notice should be taken of the very excellent and ener• getic measures taken to provide for the peace of the metro polis by her Majesty's government. [A cry of " No, no," burst from every past of the vestry.) He (Mr. Stanford) was perfectly astonished to hear such a response from a body which he believed to be the advocates of loyalty and order. (Oh, oh.) At all events he had prenared a resolution, and it he stood alone he would bring it before the vestry. (Oh, oh, and confusion.) 11. c begged to Mote the following : " That this vestry cannot but exoress their warm approval of the wise and energetic means taken by her Majesty's go vernment fur the preservation of order on Monday last, and beg to congratulate her Majesty's government on the happy result of their very judicious, and at the same time tem perate arrangements." (Loud expressions of dissent.)—The motion, not finding a seconder, tell to the ground. Mr. JOHN WILLIAM'S, said, had Mr. Stanford's motion been confined to an address to the sovereign, he would have supported it. The scene they had witnessed last Monday was sufficient to convince any one that there was pervading ell classes the highest esteem for the sovereign who now happily reigned over this kingdom. (Cheers.) He contended that last Monday exhibited but one feeling, and that was a fe. ling of 1 yalty and attachment to the throne, and to the institutions of the country. (Hear, hear.) In order to prove that •.he vestry of Marylebone participated is that feeling, hr would move " That a dutiful address be presented to her Mejeoty the Queen, assuring her Majesty that the loyal determination displayed by the metropohs on Monday last will ever be exhibited by every class of the in habitants of this parish, on all occasions where the dignity of her Majesty's crown or the tranquillity of the country may be assailed."—Mr. J. Betz seconded the resolution. Mr. SODEN thought that if the vestry passed such a resolu tion it would stamp the preecediugs of last Monday as an at tempt to dethrone the Queen, and to subvert all the institu tion+ of the country—au u'stimptien which he ut•erly ieliti oiuted and denied. Mr. STEVENS must express hie astonishment at the decla rations of Mr. Soden. He feared ho could not have read in the newspapers the speeches of Mr. Washerwoman Culfay— (laughter)--and the other anarchists, who declared that they were even prepared to go the length of committing murder.—After some 119CuRIliOn, during which more abuse was g i ven to the chartists by Sir W. Stirling, Mr. J. Wittliens, M.P., with great warmrh, said : I rise to order. I beg to call the hon. baronet to order. I will not sit clown quietly and hear the chartists as a body, and the working men of England, ,f which that body is composed, held up to scorn a. thieves, rocuts, and asses-1 .s. I belong myself to the worisitig elawes, and I have the pleasure of being known to, and to know myself, thousands of chartists, who, I will undertake to ray, are as loyal to the sovereign as the hon. baronet. I agree with same of the points of the charter myself, and I will defy him to say that lam not as loyal as he is. Sir J. HAMILTON—I beg to suggest to my hon. friend Sir Walter Stirling, that he should withdraw the exressions he has made use of towards any body of men. (Lo p ud cries of hear.) Sir W. STIRLING could do tin such thing, as his convic tion was th ,t the chartists who caused the excited state of the metropolis en Monday last were accessories before the fact to ns-assinatidn, murder, and robbery. (Oh, oh ; ~rider, order; and great contusion.) Ile believed they had no legitimate object in view, no real grievances to redress ,• but it was a plan to upset government and all peace and order, that they might have no government at all, and that they might make the consternation their proceed ings crested the o pportunity for robbery, plunder, and recesses of the very worst description. (The coufusion here became so general that no more of Sir Walter Stuling's observations could be heard.) Mr. J. Wittetue, M.P., in reply said, ea one of the work ing etemes he was well aware that neither he nor the class to which he belonged had or cou l d ex p ect to have any sym pathy from the aristocracy. If he wanted any proof he need only refer to the gagging bill of the government, upon which he had divided against the government on every divi sion during the previous night. He again repelled the un just attack which had been made by Sir Walter Stirling on the chartists as a body, and he could assure him acd the vestry that there were thousands of chartists who were ac tuated by the strongest feelings of loyalty. He hoped the question would pass unanimously.—The rev. Chairman here put the motion, and although there were several members who did not hold up their hands in its favour, none voted against it, and it was declared to be carried unanimously. ANOTHER MEETING OF LIBERAL MEMBERS OF TILE !lovas or COMMONS took place en Saturday, when Mr. Hume was requested and agreed to give notice of motion for an early day atter Easter—That he will bring under the con sideration of the House of Commons the present stste of the representation of the people. BREAD-STREET WARD.--011 Saturday a wardatote was held at Cordwainers'-ball for the purpose of electingg, an ' alderman, in the room of William Hughes Hughes, Esq., who had resigned in c onse q uence of his bag residence I abroad throuan ilnra, Mr. William Lawrence, builder, mai elected unanimously. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The anniversary of this excellent charity was celebrated on Saturday by a dine-r at the Freemasons' Tavern. The chair was taken by Henry T. Hope, Bsq., M.P., who, in proposing the health of the Queen, announced, amidst loud cheers, the annual royal donation of 100 guineas. The toast of the evening, Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Fund," was prefaced by the chairman in a speech in which he urged the claims of the institution to the sympathies and support of the community at large. It was but an act of justice to those men who had devoted their talents and their time to pursuits which tended to enrich their country, and who pro duced works which afforded pleasure and gratification to others, that the wealthier portion of the public should come forward to relieve them front the cares and necessities to which the failure of health or the other accidents of life exposed them. The toast was responded to by Mr. folly. Mr. Cabbell, M.P., propeeed the health of the chairmon, whom be eulogise.' as a member of a family that ought to be dear to Briti,h artists, for devoting a considerable portion of that wealth which they acquired in the honourable pursuit of commerce, to the patronage and encouragement of Bri tish art. The subscriptions and donations amounted to 3081. MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.—Yeaterday morn ing, about one o'clock, a murder was committed in Regent: street, Westmiinter, on the person of a female about 22 years of age, named Maria Haywood. The person charted as the murderer is a man named Thomp4on, about 26 years of age, a brewer, in the employ or Mr. rhyme, of the Horse fei ry-road. At the hour above stated police constaqe Wnght observed the accused and the deceased in converse ti m, and from the tone of their voices they appeared to be quarrelling. A short time after, on repassing the spot, the female was alone, lying on the pavement, end blood flowing profusely. She was conveyed isto the shop of Mr. Pearce, • surgeon, who found • wound in the right breast two-inches and a half in depth. Every effort was adopted to stop the liremorrhase, but she expired shortly after entering the surgery. The body wee then conveyed to the workhouse in Great Smith street. Search was immediately made after Thompon, and in a short time he was apprehended at hie father's house, in the neighbourhood of Regent-street. He was in bed, and when the policeman entered he feigned to be &Bleed. It is said he acknowledged that he had in dicted the blow, and a large clasp knife stained with blood Was found in his waistcoat pocket. Some weeks since the accused and deceased took apartments in Dacre.street, Westminster, as man and wife, and until within the last three weeks appeared to live happily. Daring the last three weeks the landlady of the house says that Titomps in appeared rather jealous of her conduct to wards a soldier. On Saturday night Thompson and the deceased had been driLking together in a public-house at the end of llacre-street with some friends, and were not then observed to he bad friends. The murder was commit. ted within only half-a-dozen yards A the spot where the late Mr. Bellehambers lost his life. INQUEST, SATURDAY.—SUPPOSED CHILD Mull- DER.—By Mr. W. Carter, at the King's Arms, Camberwell, on the body of a female child,which was found in the Surrey canal. A lad named Wengrove stated that on Wednesday last, about dinner time, he was passing along the banks of the Surrey Canal, near he bridge, when he observed a bun dle floating on the water. lie had a dog with him, which he sent in, and the animal swam with it to the shore. He could then see the head of a child is it, and hying alarmed, called to a woman, who opened it, and discovered it conrained the body of • child, which was taken to the above house. The jury returned a verdict " that the child was found dead, but thew had no evidence to show whether it was born alive or not." IRELAND. DUPLITI, APRIL 15. THE TRIALS FOR SEDITION. This being the first day of term, and also the day of initiatory proceedings against Messrs. S. O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher, the hall and court were unu sually crowded. A large number of the idle congre gated in the outside court and in the hall, who were not suffered to pass the temporary barrier, which was strongly guarded by police. Of that force a very large body was present, not only in the hall, but in all the avenues leading to the courts, while some com panies of infantry were stationed in I lome's hotel, on the opposite side of the river. It was thought a de monstration would take place before the rooms of the confederation, and accompany the accused to the Four Courts; but all was quiet in that locality; and Messrs. O'Brien, Mitchell, and Meagher found their way to the Queen's Bench without any popular manifestation, and quietly surrendered in discharge of their bail. Messrs. Mitchell and Meagher sat together in the side bar, while Mr. O'Brien took up a position beneath the crown solicitor, and els ut the leisure hours in reading the Nation. All were of course eyed with much curiosity, and various comments passed on the observed of all observers. At twelve o'clock Judge Crampton, the senior judge, entered the court, and the city grand jury having been sworn, with Sir Edward Burrough as foreman, the charge was opened. It was not very long, but sharp and pointed to the oftence perhaps a little too rhe torical. But of this you will judge, as I append a report. The jury retired, and returned at a quarter to three o'clock, when Sir Edward 13urrough handed in the bills "found" against Mr. Mitchell. After having been formally arraigned, the Attorney- General rose and stated that the traverser would have four days to plead, and was entitled to a copy of the indictment, which was accordingly handed to him by the Clerk of the Crown. Mr. Mitchell received the portentous document in silence. The grand jury were then handed the bills against Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher. The foreman asked a postponement until Monday ; but the Attorney- General interposed, and observed that the day was arly, and no time should be unnecessarily lost. The jury withdrew, and retu-ned again at half-past four with the bills found against the remaining tra versere. The same proceedings then took place as in the case of Mr. Mitchell, and the court rose. All the traversers appeared by their solicitors, but each will conduct his own defence. In any legal difficulties which might arise they will have the advice of Messrs. Holmes, O'llagan, and O'Loughlin. The four-day rule does not include this day or to morrow (Sunday), so that it will not expire until Thursday, and as the court will be up on that day until after the Easter holidays, the rule runs until the following Wednesday. After leaving the court the traversers were received outside with a shout of welcome, and proceeded toge ►her to D'Otier-street. The trial which will take place in the after-sittings of this term, will not be a trial at bar, but an ordinary trial conducted by Chief-justice Blackburn. The crown might have made special application to the court for a trial at bar, but not being considered of sufficient. importance, the usual course will be adhered to. Snow of Mr. O'Brien's Meal friends arc cngagcd in searching over the state and other less remarkable trials, to supply him with materials for his address to the jury. The chief object is to ascertain where ac quittals have taken place, with language as strong and apparently seditious as Mr. O'Brien had used. There was a meeting in Sligo, on Wednesday, of the friends of Mr. Somers, to prosecute the petition against Mr. Towneley. About 2001. wag subscribed, of which one half was contributed by au alderman of the town. Within the last fortnight the trustees of the Cork Savings Bank have sold out 45,0001., to meet with drawn deposits. The defalc dions in Tralec arc stated by the Southern Reporter to amount to 30,0001., which most be an exaggeration. The real deficiency is supposed to be about 10,0001. The constabulary continue to pour in declarations of their perfect loyalty to the authorities and of con travention to the rumour of a contrary nature. De clarations from the portions of the force stationed in Carlow county, Queen's county. and Longford county, are contained in the loyal journals of those districts respectively to-day. The latter declaration, it is added, bears the signature of every man in the force in that county. Taking advantage of the tranquillity which happily reigns throughout Tipperary, evictions are commenc ing there. The Vindicator, local journal, gives to day an account of 46 on one property. CHARGE OF MR. JUSTICE CRAMPTON. 1 Mr. Justice Crampton, after referring to the usual topics I on the duties they were assembled to discharge, said he bad been informed that on the part of the crown it was their ' 1 inUntion to prefer bills of indictment against certain parties, wbo were charged with seditious practice., tending to the disturbance of the public peace. The term sedition was a comprehensive term, and seemed to include all those attempts to disturb the public peace which came short of high treason, but the natural tendency of which was to incite insurrection and rebellion in the country. In the earliest period of the law sedition was held to be allied to high treason, because it always tended towards it, and was punishable by the law as a felony. At present sedition was a misdemeanor, punishable oaly by fine and imprisonment. But it was a high misdemeanor, because its tendency was to bring the administration of jus tice and the sovereign authority of the law into contempt — to excite dissension amongst the people, and bring tumult and civil war, and rebellion upon the country, with all their evil consequences; in short, it was a species of civil mu tiny by raising discontent and disaffection amongst the people. There could be no indictment in the abstract against sedition, except as • mi lemeanor committed by speaking or wnting ; _ end the, codaideration of the jury should be confined to the writings and speeches with which the parties were charged, and although the A y were they were calculated to produce sedition. seditiouspecch or a seditious press might raise up thousands of the people to combine far the destruction of the commonwealth. It was well known that liberty was always the pretext with which the week mad the ignorant were deluded, and by which they were made to believe they were slaves to a foreign power, and by which they were taught to believe that they ought to sup press the power under which they lived. In no part of the world did liberty exist to the same extent as under the abet. Mr of the British monarchy, and in no pert of the world would writings or speeches such as were laid in those indict ments be tolerated except in this country, where the liberty of speech and of action was the right of every subject in the United Kingdom. But that liberty of speech and of action was regulated by la., and had its necessary limits. In our free country the press was free—every tongue was free—every man was free to speak end to write as he pleased; but he was responsible fir what he wrote and spoke, end he should not use the liberty which the laws afforded him, in making it a cloak for treason and rebellion. lie should not disturb the public peace, nor invade the constitution, which was the protector of his own person and property, and the persons and properties of the public, end if he did so he was a traitor to the laws, and should abide the consequences. Political libels and speeches firmed the sedition to which he alluded. Whilst political writings and speeches were con fined within lawful limits they Wit re not only justifiable but entitled to respect and praise. A man might, by discussion, I induce the adoption of measures by the Queen's ministers which would be beneficial to the state, provided be did so quietly and peaceably, without imputing corruption to them who are in charge et the government of the country. A man might comment upon the proceedings of the House of Com mons, the courts iii justice, and the administration of the law; he might do so in a free cou"try fairly and boldly, as long LS he did not transgress the bounds of free discussion ; and even in that respect—even though be should resort to intemperate language—the law would not hold him account .ble fur every sentence be might use in the warmth of debate, when he might be tarried beyond the limits of discretion by a pregnant whit ct and the flood of his own eloquence ; but if he passed the limits, if he trespassed the broad bounds of law, then it was that sedition became manifest, and that was literally the matter the jury had to consider. Thus, from the whole scope end tenor of them speeches and writines which were labd in the indictm , tat, it it appeared t at the object and ten ency was to alienate the feelings and affections of the people from the laws end the Queen—to teach them to believe that they were oppressed by those laws and government—to bring the admi nistration of justice into disrepute, and to stir up the people to contend against the law and the constitu tion by force of arms, contrary to that law—to tamper with the fidelity of the Queen's otfieers—to invoke foreign aid against the state—to encourage the disaffected to the practice of arms for the purpose of inciting to civil war against the government—to excite tumult by large assem blages of the people—all end every speech tending to these things was clearly seditious, and all such writings were clearly seditious writings—they came witidn the category of sedition, end although they did not amount to high trea son, they were elm, ly allied to it. He hal stated enough to describe generally the character of the crimes detailed in the bills of indictment which would be submitted fit their consideration. He knew there were some who disapproved of all prosecutions, especially of state prose cutions -some who exhibited a morbid tendency towards sympathy with offenders of the clans he had de scribed, and without consulting fir the public safety, or their own safety, there were some people to be found who looked with a favourable eye upset off. nders on public grounds. But for his part he owned he could not so those things as those philanthropic persons saw them. — He looked upon high treason to he the highest mime that could be committed sipiinst the law, end he viewed seditious words and seditious speeches caletieted to excite the multi tude to insurrection and rebellion, to be closely allied to the crime of high treason. The motives of the persons using those seditious writings and speeches might not be treason — it might be from a love of low popularity they were induced to use them et the expense of degradation, or from a mis chievous propensity and restlessness of mind but whatever the motives were by which the parties were actuated, they wete dangerous to the peace of the country—they were et variance with the Gospel of truth. lie knew that such practices had not received any countenance from the great constitutional law), n at former days—from the Hales, the Holm, and the Manaflelds, nor from the Downes, the Blushes, and the 'inflow; of our own time—end if ever there was a time when the application of such incentises to disorder were dangi runs, that time was the present, when popular commotion unpirellelled is the history of the world, hail swept the governments of several countries in Europe from their insecure foundation. He did not entertain any apprehension about the security of the institutions of this country, ha-ed as they are upon the British constitution, and protected by British valour—under those glorious in stitutions there were abundant guarantees fur our safety.— After referring to the nature of the evidence by which they would be guided in the considersti•n of the bills about to be sent up to them, and the nature of their jurisdiction so com pared weha petty jury, the learned judge concluded by say ing that the determination of the guilt or innocence of t e parties rested with the grand jury in the first instance, and if they were satisfied that the writings and the speeches charged in the indictment were written and spoken by the parties charged, with the views and motives imputed to them, were libellous and sedition. in character, they would find true bills; but if not satisfied in that respect, they should ignore them. CONFIDENCE Ix Louu CLAKENDON.—Addresses from important bodies, having influence undoubted in their lo calities, continue to pour into the Castle. The grand jury of Cork have not inaptly closed their labours by a combined and unanimous declaration in lavour of law and order. And an important address from the presbyterian clergy of the synod of Antrim has been torwsr.led to his excellency. IMPORTANT MEETING IN BELFAST, IN SUPPORT OF TUE GOVERNMENT. This day, a meeting, called by the mayor of Belfast, was held in the Court-house, in accordance with a requisition, signed by a large number of the magistrates, bankers, mer chants, &c., of the town. The objects of the meeting, as set forth in the requisition, were : First,—To declare the public abhorrence of the wicked and rebel lions spirit so baldly mantle/gel in the capital and certain ;tango( the south of Ireland, and at the same tune copraesa confidence in the wis dom, energy, and power of the executive to suppress the seditious movements now in ',roger.. Secondly,—To express our unabated attachment to the throne of these realms and the Icglolative union of Great ttritain and Irchuul. Thirdly,—To lager our united rem - ices to his excollenty the lord- Aeutenant, in any way which may tend to uphold order an -I pro mote pea* and good-will among all chow-. of her majesty's subjects. The Courthouse was crowded, and large numbers of in fluential gentlemen, anxious to be present, were unable to find room. Liberals and tories were alike eager to press for ward for the purpose of testifying their attachment to the throne and constitution, their determination o support the integrity of the empire, and their abhorrence of the seditious and rebellious teachings of the disaffected party in Dublin anti elsewhere. The leading bankers, merchants, manu facturers, and professional men of both parties came forward w.th determined enthusiasm on this occasion. Resolutions in the spirit of the requisition were passed unanimously, and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the lord-lieutenant with an address.—. Northern of Saturday. detachment SCOTLAND. EDINBURGII, APRIL H. Last week the cost to the Glasgow Parochial Board for transporting Irish paupers back to their own country amounted to 271., and the previous week to W., being, according to the chairman, an average rate of 1,0001. a year ; but before a yearly average excites alarm we should be informed how many weeks in a your this cost is incurri d. After considerable discussion it was resolved that the town councillors in each ward should make such arrangements for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the address as they might think lest, and that the sheets should be for. warded to Mr. Cloy.—Rev. J. Clay said, he wished to have them as early as possible, in order that ne might make an analysis of the occupations of those who signed the ad dress. It was further agreed that the addresa should be entrusted to the mayor for presentation, after which thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting seperated. CHESHIRE APPEAL AGAINST AN ORDER OF AFFILIATION UPON THE VICAR OP MOTTRAM.—The very extraordinary evi dence produced before the magistrates et Hyde on the 10th January last, when a factory girl and church Sunday-school teacher named Mary Green arylied far and obtained an order of adi.iation against the Hew. David Seddon, vicar of ?domain, was given in the Express at the rime. and it will be recollected that notice was given on behalf of the vicar that he would appeal against the orde r a the quarter sessions. These sessions commenced on Thursday last, at Knutsford, and the appra' tame on for hearing early on Friday morning, before Trafford Trafford. li-q., anti a very full bench of magistrates. Mr. Leigh Tr..fford and Mr. Townsend were the counsel engaged by the appellant, and Mr. M'lntyre conducted the case for the reepundent. The respondent's case occupied the whale of Fndity. Mary Green herself, who appeared in court with her child, was under examination four hours, and her testimony was similar to that given on a form ,r occasion, but in the course of her orosa-examination it was weakened by the admission, after a stout denial for • quarter of an hour, that the vicar had shared her favours with a rival in humbler circumstances. The corroborative evidence of the vicar's frequent visits was as strong as before, and of a character in some of the scenes described too gross for publication. A good deal of evidence was given with a view to showing that a treaty had teen attempted of a pec.iliar nature. The girl had been asked (if the evidence is to be believed) to affiliate the child on a former lover, and also on the son of Mr. Ralph Sidebottom, a surgeon. Mr. Sidebottom was called, and de scribed a scene, at the vicarage, where he had been in duced to meet the lieu in the presence of Mrs. Seddon and the vicar's attorney, when the vicar said, " This is • life and death care to me, as a clergyman, hut you, as • medical man, it would not harm." On Saturiley morning the appellant's ease was opened, and upwards of a dozei witnesses were called and examined at considerable length, with a view to throwing discredit on the girl's evidence, by showing that she had made statements in private inconsistent with her present evidence, and with a view to showing that the Tien could not, from the nature: of his rngagtments on the 24th December, 1847 (about nine months before the birth of the child), have been with her at the place describt el The trial lasted till six o'clock in the evening of Saturday, the second day, when it ended in the order beteg quashed. BERKsHIRE. A CHARGE OF ASSAULT Has heard at the Pollee court, Reading, on Monday last, its which Mr. Richard Welsh, the editor of the Ber4shire Chronicle, was prose cutor ; and Mr. T. Wilsbin, Isle a therms'. in that town, defendant. The transaction arose out of two articles which had appeared in the plaintiff 'a paper, reflecting on a trans action in which the accused had been coneerned, and with respect to which be had demanded an explanation from Mr. Welsh, who not immediately complying with the demand made upon him to give up the home of the author, the de fendant shook a whip in his face, end created a disturbance in the front of his house. Alter a mass of evidence had been given on either side, the presiding magistrates decided, inasmuch as Mr. Welsh merely wished to show that such conduct was net to be tolerated, and did not press fur • se vere penalty, that the defendant should pay a fine of 305., including costs, with the usual condition of imprisonment in , sue of default OLOUCE-aTERMILRE. ONE OF THE MOST ENT V.NSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS that has taken place at Brutot or the neighbourhood fur many }ears occurred in that cite yesterday morning. The tiru broke nut at about two o'clock in the wholesale ware houses of Mr. Davh, tea-dealer,which form the corner of Old Market-street and Lower Dastl,-street. The male in which it originated can not be ascertained, but the cmtlsgration spread with great rapidity, and soon wrapped in flames not only the warehouses and store-rooms of Mr. Davis, bat the pledge depositories and other parts of the premises of Mr. Stone, pawnbroker. Engines were speedily on the spot, but the fire was not subdued until nearly the whose of Mr. Davis's and Mr. Stone's premises had been destroy.d, together with the valuable stock of the former, and about 1.2001. worth of pro perty belonging to the latter, including some thou s ands of pledges by poor persons. Premises in which there is an exhibition of wax models were jrcipardimd; and the pro prietor, deeming it prudent to remove his figures, consider able merriment was (despite the terror which prevailed) excited among the crowd to see.the omen mullet's way in which the "great ono of the earth" were handled. Her Majesty and Prince Albert wrez, MAIM' in the arms of two lusty policemen, and carried to and deposited in so adjacent beer-house, the Duchess of Sutter rlsod h d to submit to the rude embraces of a sweep, while S:r Hobert led was unceremoniously thrown from a one-story window to take his chance of bang caught in a blanket which was spread out below. fine iiTtile NEW SOCIETY OF - PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. The private view of the fourteenth annual exhi bition of the New Sosiety of Painters in Water Colours took place on Saturday. and, notwithstanding Vie desertion of Metiers. Topham, Duncan, Dorlgson, and Jenkins to the d society at the other end of the street, the exhibition isf ally equal, and in some respects superior, to any that the society has as yet put forth. The PnilihitiOn consists of 413 works of art, contributed by 52 exhi'iitors, eight of whom are ladies. The president, Mr. Warren, contributes "The Return of the Pilgrims from Mecca," a large camel picture with an Egyptian sky (which no sne succeeds more happily in), and pilgrims and asses and erieutal tteppings suitable to the country and the particular occasion. With all its merits, and it has many, we prefer another picture by the SUMO artist (No. 393), " The Seven Ages of Women," a lunette-shaped picture, representing " Infancy," " The Student," " l'resentation," " The Bride" (the central picture), "The Mother," " The Matron'," and " Old Age." Some of the grouping is particularly good, and many of the heads extremely simple and gentle and Stothard-hke, and yet without any servile imitation. Mr. Warren, however, has materially injured the effect of his very poetic picture by inserting a tea-tray border of open worked gold round the seven subjects, giviog . ir. this way a gaudy appearance to representations simple in themeelt es. Mr. Regne, hitherto content with sending a single plc' ure, contributes three very characteristic works on this occasion. The largest ectided " Capuchin Monks at Matins, in their Cenvent at Bruges" representing twelve or thirt,en monks grouped about a read ing desk, lighted by a large lantern with a side shade. The effect of light thrown full upon the beads and figures ct the monks is quite a triumph in water-colour art ; the grouping, ton, is good, and the picture itak perhaps the hest in the ex hibition. A second picture by the same artist r pre sents an " Interior of the Town Hall of Mons," with an ample fireplace of the olden time, with one group of pea sants warming themselves at the tire, and (Wail, at their side with smoking soup. The third is entitled " Michael Angelo attending on his sick servant, Uthine." The servant is re presented in bed clasping the hand of the mighty artist and indulgent master, who sits by his side with hi. crayons and isortbilis. The head of Michael is finely conceived, and, like the whole picture, full mei tielily coloured. Mr. Wehnert sustains the expectstiens of his friends in a large picture re presenting " Sebastien Gomez (the el ive of Murillo), dis covered by his mister at work." Murillo has just entered his studio, and startled at peeing his slave seated at his' easel, painting in the ear of a child, is a picture with some preten sions, puts its band out to keep the students in his train trim disturbing the patient industry of the youthful artist. The scene is well imsgined : the slice is intent on what he is about, and Munllo equally surprised and pleased • while the studio of an artist has allee:est the introduction of nurse rous accessories ' which materially mist in relievin g and enrich ing the general grouping and effect. Another picture by the same artist (No. 332), " A Light liurtlen," a peasant cross ing a shallow streamiet pith a pretty laced girl upon his shoulder, though with little in is is not se successful. M r . Edward Corbould has nothing better then (No. 11), " The Lily of the Valley," a hare- tdoted girl, with a pitcher at her feet, and a piece of lily of tee valky in r hand. It is arch and pretty, Slid in rs way .lifisitely superior to his mere ambitious efforts. Me. Weigad exhibits n wcP-cou sidered and in some reap eta a weil-printed picture, from " The Rape of the Lock ; ' Mr. Ahsolon, a triptick or pic ture, in three compartments, from Tristram Shandy • ?dr. Chase, a clever imitation of Liaghe (No. 297); and Mr. Hardwick, a clever imitation of Nash (No. 336). In the landscape line the palm of excellence belongs to a new ar tist, Mr. Charles Davidson, who ext.ibita A Country Village" (No. 120), and " houlswood Cum—on" (No. 401), both egoentiallydiff. rat and both ,ery bee stiful. The country village is a Lee-like English landeel,e , an.; teen-13101Mo seme thing between Viotti and De W Mr, Pi nl y exhibits a '• Scene nr ar Flambornughllsail," h gaol, but too yel low • Mr. D'Egville, frost-like v;,..y Vimice,eapitall:i and broad and characteristic in its touches; sad Mr. Vacher, a triptick of Venice, large and somewhat hard, though pompous and faithful, but not at all tonal to a much smaller picture he has here (No. 368), " Catopazna of Itome—the Sabine Mountains is the Distailee—Sunset," where there is nothing hard, and all is beautiful and true. We have pur posely reserved the lath, s to the last, though in real merit they deserve a very different position.—Mrs. Mergetta ex celimg, as heretofore, in gioupiao and iurtraying carved ivory cups, rich purple grapes, and hne l u ll trusses of scarlet geranium" ; Miss Fanny Curbaux, in her " Leak " and her " Rachel " (though somewhat undivine), maintaining her old character for representing sec etfaced mothers and pretty children; and Miss Sarah Setehell, after a long illness re tender, we are glad to think, to her favourite art, and in a touebing picture from the well known song (unfortunately by an uuknown author), And yc shall wall in Pik attire, maintaining the reputation she acquired from her engraved picture from Crabbe of "The reacher, or the Momentous Question. " Her present performance consists of two figures, an old woman, offering silken gowns to a young and pretty girl to consent to be the bride of another, ~ : nor think o' Donald main ." The wee .-- • • titude of the girl Gray " to beorigine., picture, and in pa:m(4 care in colouring wb; RWMAIEfiTT'S performed on Satart l 3) Schwartz, the our Cr Th:s lady,.as her riv horn Berlin, when Per forusance was t Mene I • F. be woman is somewhat bulky, and tke at- too like the girl in %Venue's " Duncan nal ; but there is a char ...„,...: e whole sta(slseaeeessori... a = 7 :,M . f i vi which li fts it up 4 • l ' — ' -'7 ' " • - -s e , '% - r ,A. ,, i v 01 flits( s u c-0 gif 4 'TitaIIZATRE. 1• ~ + .` •:r . ' i.turdii evouix . K ew contra/to, at • • ORA name inclicetes, , • . ‘. „ .. ~ .re she h.o. gripe , r , eSet ‘ ~ r I emiuen 1) I,ucc , , z ..,.. . ..... a ,, , . 0 I 019 Ppm among • —' ` ' 111114 PROVINCIAL. LANCASIURE. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A FAMILT.—On Saturday the metropolitan police received information of an attempt made at Wigan to destroy the lives of William Stopford and his family be an explosion of gunpt)wder. It &poems that Stopford resides in a small house near the Star Inn, and within a hundred fret of the North Union railway station. A few days ago, a tarn-out of the hands at one of the col lieries at Stai.dish took place. Stopford was employ ed by the owners to make arrangements with some of the men as to their resuming work. This proceeding Bare oft:glee to most of the men, and they were not i.ow in saying that they would one day pay him out icr not joining the ranks of the disaffected. Shortly after midnight on Thursday lest a number of persons were observed standing round Stoptord's raidenee, and aeon after they had left a terrific explosion occurred, which forced the roof partly off, and lifted the floorings. Fortunately the whole of the inmites escaped. Upon making an examination it was tunid that one of the squares of glass had been removed from the lower window, and a glass vessel, fill-d with gunpowder, had been placed in the parlour, f , Ann which a train of p. ow r had extends d a trocei , erable ditdance. the latter was then tired. A re ward is offered lot the ap e rehension of the guilty parties. PRESTO:C.—ADDRESS TO LORI) J. RUSbELL.—A meeting of the town council and magistrates of Preston was held on Thursday last, for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting an address to Lord John Russell, ex prea-ive of the loyalty of the memorialists, their attachment to the present constitution, and their gratitude to govern ment for their energetic measures for preserving the peace of the country.—Mr. I. Miller in the chain—Mr. T. B. Addi son, in a speech eulogistic of tire conduct of Lord J. Russell and the government, in reference to the measures taken by them at the recent crisis, raid he considered it would be an honour to the town of Preston to take the initiative in an ex pression of this kind, the more particularly when he remem bered that a few years since the tide of outrage and r tbellion had been rolled back by the energy of their first cilia r, now no more. lie had great pleasure in moving the address, which, if adopted, would be useful in inducing the government to obtain still greater facilities and powers for the protection of life and property. Mr. Barstow seconded the motion.—The Rev. J. Clay sug gested the appointment 0 1 a committee for t he more efficient obtaining of signatures.—Mr. German expressed his belief that not only the middling and higher classes, but even the operatives would willingly sign such an address. The pre sent government were entitled to great credit for their en deavours to maintain order, teed promote the welfare of the people. There were several plans maturing for the im provement of the condition of the working classes, such as the sanitary measures : and he thought it was a remarkable fact, that whilst the rest of Europe was in a state of inter national agitation, England was quietly maturing measures for the amelioration of the COUChtion of its people. lie did not wish any man to be solicited to sisa the memorial, for he felt assured that it would be signed by all. His operaive brethren be believed would be as ready as any class, and he was convinced that 6,000 oe 7,01)0 of their name, would In appended to it, 10, 4 4 1 1 i i