The Express. — London, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

t rt - '1 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1849. No. 859.] [THREEPENCE. A SCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN RAIL. • WIT.—ELTILS TRAM veUl nes Wiwi. PADDING 0I( a l WINK Corgerne. stawey pswingurs ass Witw ate. be Maim le tie b mugs. it IMOD NW I= r ln o ismlsass &be tat et it Mixt& 10 17 0 alse• learlim4weeM i trra4 w o mi, perisiess el *ilk 11x, see piss ts sew r ei T ho mb. um Is MA as spollosisa .4 We railway sta. ro▪ ulesio lllMMUstlet (. ---- 11r -. HI 1 " 7IIILDREN'S COTS.- ise cur ei tz thee, to en the begasege et lbe gesurannt any le si den anilin sedenst e, sad e ther wag be negeeddlity of dissent sal dvtl war. The Pork informs its readers that for one week, eaniosseing to-morrow, the price of its daily numbers will be Weed from 5 to 10 centimes, to enable it to tz the Gees imposed on it. Of these Bun the P eu pi e tatslo,9l*. 50e. ; and it owes 38,705 fr. 90 e ., a sms 8,000 fr., es a supplement of caution y fat sfacesesse of the respoesible editor, who is is rim ; and there are besides the incidental ex =; die total due being 47,000 fr. To this a moun t, We have already contributed about 16,000 fr., sad the Peuple has in hand 7,000 fr. The Peuple Waists. that the Increase of price will enable it to pay the difference. " Our readers," adds the Pettpk, " have at this moment an infallible, and not costly means of proving that they are satisfied with us. It is for them to make known by reading our journal, if esr r6lo he finished, or if we must pursue our task." In the course of '.te appeal to the public, the Peuple intimates that the execution of the project of the Banque du Peuple will be resumed as soon as the general state of affairs shall permit. The Potrie of yesterday evening sae: " Colonel Cauvia, Governor of the Palate Legislatif, was to have been replaced to-morrow in the lucctions which he has exercised for the last eight months, but it appears r that he will hold the command until further DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, MAT 23.—A letter from the camp ba fore Fredericia reports that a Danish parliamentary envoy from Frederica has appeared at the head of the Schleswig Holstein troops to demand an armistice, which shall continue in force until the commander of the fortress shall have received an answer to a mes sage sent to Copenhagen. General Von Bonin has granted the armistice, but the purport of the message to Copenhagen has not transpired. COPENHAGEN, MAY 23.—The negotiations for pesos are now being carried cn in two places: on the Danish aide, in London, by the conference counsellor, Treechow, and in Berlin by the Chamberlain Bette, who has been attended by M. Quads, page of honour, as secretary. It appears that Lord Pal merston has prepared the conditions of an armistice to the plenipoteiriaries in London, which have been accepted by the Danish negotiator, but were rejected by Chevalier Bunsen. There is no doubt that Prussia desires peace ; and what Chevalier Bunsen could not concede as plenipotentiary of the central power, will probably be accepted now in the pending negotia tions at Berlin. There will be no separate peace con cluded with Preemie ; it will only be entered into in conjunction with Hanover, Mecklenburg, and the other northern states, which are agreed with Prussia on the German question, for a continuation of the war with the South German troops only wonl4, be out of the question. .WomKau.— "nee inearlimit 411 rw 1211wesal Is Iw sod brem _a 17a ft web. mol Ow Wm SY. ode. BMW deb &NV c, Wall h e 1 1 1 24 , 4 nu ° N 2 1 1 4 I 43=8 „ i d W. 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It sass ss • way spoisslOs • Ors ssitllApe. • mu& of WA siama. Noir • mod oil pe arls = la d reedies .. p is its • wilier dr blued this saddles Is masons& he It So Irbil looly Ilho a taro, sod shoos as Impurity eltbs mins; MI els sissers, Sons Sew who as aIkWHIS a bin*, • issil ssopiszko sioall las. • Ma. Ms pasftikre al Mr. Abssuilky's mi. I :4• 4ll Z= e seinsi rood ads bar. The Issmitipriss be: is 45.01. Wbolimels spats: SMICLAT, Paniaidersbest; IMO, lluisr.drest lleal•m; mil 11,4140116 ISSMIOIowd. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 6 30 r x. To-day, lx fore the opening of the legislative assem bly, large crowds of men in blouses assembled in front of each face of the Caamb• r. At first, everything was perfectly tranquil, and the utmost geed humour ap peared to prevail. There were no troops beyond the mud guard to be seen any fine day lounging under the peristyle above the grand entrance. Inside, the first thing that attracted attention was the extreme thincess of the attendance in the public tribune,. In fact, up to twelve o'clock, the hour offi cially announced for the opening of the proceedings, scarcely more than the first two benches were filled ; nor throughout the eay were the public tribunes folly occupied. The in. inhere of the fair sex were in a very decidi d minority, the Chamber presenting in this respect a marked contrast to the elegantly-dressed crowd which graced the opening sittings under the monarchy. The representatives began to arrive about half-past eleven. Amongst the earliest arrivals were Sergeant- Major Boichot and Sergeant Rattier, both in the uniform of their reeptctive regiments. Sergeant Boichot took his seat on the left, precisely below the spot where the present President of the Republic generally eat when only a pimple repreeentative. Later in the day M. Lagrange took his seat between them, and continued conversing with them to the close of the proceedings. Marshal Bugeand and General &thereto entered a little before twelve, and conversed together for some time. The marshal after wards eat for some time near General Chanprpiee, talking to him most earnestly. M. Odilon Barrot and the other ministers took their seats at twelve o'clock, at which time the greater number of wpm ',rotative' had taken their seats. M. Ledrußollin oc cupied his usual place, as did M. C'remienx, M. Ta.chereace. M. Dufaure, M. Thieve, C. MTh', General Cavaignac, &c. M. Degousee, one of the firmer quettors, though not re-elected, wet seen in the chamber. M. Penes also, though not sgsin returned, made his apprentice for a moment in his former place of secretary of the National Assembly. M. Carbon, who has not been re-elected, was totted in the President's tribune. We did rot perceive either General Lamorici4re or Gene ral Rideau in their plane. At ten minutes past twelve one of the ushers called out fur silence, and the moment after M. de Keratry, the senior repressetative, entered, and took the chair as provisional president H. was followed by the six youngest representatives, who are to act as secretaries pro tem. A short pause then ensued, during which the re pressabtives took their seats. When silence was perfectly restored, The President rose, and declared that the sitting was open. Ile then read a short address, in which he said : _ _ _ (lentlemen,—lleaven, in troloneing my days beyond the limits ordinarily granted to mortaS, and the suffrages (Amy friends of Finisvere, w►o for thirty years have ha mmed me with their suffrages, have called spas se to pre ►;ds owe the Beet labours of the Assembly. I feel all the obligation imposed is a by t►is duty. I shall try, sad hope to aimed in my eadeavour, to eitute and regularise the Assembly, and give it theme Mews with whom it is to ex ercise its powers regalarly. This would be effected in the bares= in the usual way. If the preparatory labours were sufficiently advanced, the sitting would be resumed in the even- Wf M. Bonet, the President ciao Council, stated that as sees as the Assembly was regularly constituted, he would bring forward a statement of the affairs of the republic. M. Lacrosse, the Minister of Public Works, stated that, some repairs being necessary in tho present chamber, the Assembly would meet in the old cham ber until the repairs were effected. The representatives then withdrew to their bu resux._ the latter part of the sitting tries were heard from the crowd outside. A Tut number of census were by this time assembled, arid were crying out " l'Amnestie" to the air of " Les Lampions." They also cheered the representatives whom they receg lied. A vest number of police agents had meanwhile reached the spot, and a battalion of infantry entered the precincts of the Assembly. The crowds gradually becoming more turbulent round the Assembly, squad rons of cavalry swept the Place de Bourgogne, and up to the Pont de la Concorde, and in a short time all crowd had disappeared, and the spot assumed its wonted gee*. It was rumoured that a duel had been fought this morning between MM. Considersnt mid Pierre parts and and that the latter had been killed. This must be taken as a mare rumour. With regard to the intentions of the socialists in the saw Chamber, the Cblestastiassiel maw TIM occialisis will aresed rebbehely floss die Legidative Amnesty—ohs esdomisa of all taut upon utilise of ma. semedsa W ibeksbaastog damn, sad the laspallisa ef s pro loemire tax Men Pesterry sisvery kind, with a omit api Wien to: tor envy dla s teem Frames ; the rebellion of an solaries . 10 rift a aim, with a einem= •114121 b. pie leaks be seat tab babe MA*. blur; tie establishsteet et sorb slyness si peps messy with a breed we wesey, est bails. es Istreelef may 2 pir uni t ; the eitillell of capital to ems ellese f whim wpm Seir i =g essarity ; the abandon siebeely Ibs ebb le of whatever led, sea seets=tle ova la lA, eke- I tioe or alllbe ebb labs ib oss bomb clew .a y bevesese elbee as is orb, Ibet Nebel meg be of lb bosun Is sake, sed imeies, lee le i : the babel ben pereebil snivel dl Wilms legend 24 yews et rio t ebb en le be ediestel pub; eibeek nri t Sys soNNI7I lea 'Wk., Plbo4W g low The mond Paris spring race meeting took place yesterday. Ta attendance of spectators, though eery large, was ow the whole not so numerous u might hue been expected, owing, probably, to the great heat. The tribunes, however, were hilly and fashionably occupied, and the gathering of uniages outside the ropes wu as great as usual. There wu a atrong muster of members of the Jockey Club. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby were t presen. At the Bourse the rumours of a reaction in Rome was not believed; but the intelligence of mumble aunts about the chamber kept the funds down. navy Item IL—New Loan. ; Three oar Drain, 53 75; Flee par GAM, 55 70; Lon Loan, —; Pours.— —; Belgian Pim, Mk 69 --; Do. 1543, 69 —; Do. Yonreed.a.Half, —; Da Teoerad.a.lialf, —; leapita Runes, • licma Lou, 69 ; Tim da Timmy Donde, 6. Dunk Sham 2700. Itaineaga ria Lasko, ye. Itrammrs.—Paris sad Orisons, NO; Pasta and laws. 530; Soma sad 253 ; Avignon and llandlLs. 194 Stria. being sad Bak, 100; Ondre (elenron), 302 ; Amiens and Dordogne, 400; North, 422 ; Paris and annabours —; iiii - s ; end Kanto. —; Dontarour andTroyao, SPAIN. The Madrid mails cf the 23rd inst. have reached us. The following are the principal points of the project of reform of the tariff voresented by the minister of finance. Mon establishes, as the buis of his system, that articles of which the manufac ture is unknown in Spain, mast pay an entrance duty of 15 or 20 per cent., and that ad manufactured articles which compete with native produce most pay a duty of 25 to 30 per cent. The kng list of prohibited articles, which in the present tariff is almost as long as that of articles admitted, is reduced to a few productions of art. The same fact appears in the list of exportt. M. Mon proposes the creation, as in France, of bonded warehoaece, where all kinds of merchandise will be admitted. No change is made in the earn law as at present existing. With regard to cotton, M. Mon proposes to admit No. 60 thread and upwards, and all stuffs considered as fire, mach as Holland, muslin, cotton velvet, cotton stu ff s, ard handkerchiefs of 20 or more threads. But all they articles most pay an ad valorem entrance duty of 35 per cent. The produce of foreign colonies, and even of the Spanish West Indies, is excepted from the present tariff, and M. Mon intends even to increase the duties at present levied. Our correspondent writes as follows : MADRID, Mar 23. The Tariff Bill has produced various effects upon the public mind. The free traders consider it as puny and inefficacious. It has alarmed the cotton monopo lists and as it really does not admit the importation of any other than the superior elseses of cotton goods, and even these with duties of 35,40, and 60 per cent., the consumers will reap no practical advantage. The manufacturers on their aide, either through cunning or fear, will give up manufacturing certain articles. which, by rendering them dear, will increase their price. So that,while the consumer will be disappointed the workman whose employment fails him, will clamorously attribute it to the Tariff Bill. Besides, the corn-law here, prohibiting the importation of grain, is one of the causes that keep up the rate of wages in Catalonia, for it k-eps breaddear, and bread is the principal article of food among Catalenian workmen. If, instead of this mere shadow of reform, a complete change were made, although English cot tons should come to compete with home manufactured ones Odessa Wheat would furnish the Spanish workman with sufficiently cheap food to enable to take a smaller salary for his labour, and, the expenses of trade being diminished by the ob stacles being taken off it, Spanish production would become infinitely cheaper. With respect to the new Tariff Bill, the practical results of its unimportant modifications will produce all the evils of change, without the good that would result from complete freedom. Nevertheless, the free-traders hail this bill as an auspicious omen of the possibility of something better hereafter. From Aranjaez, where our youthful queen is lead inga ac merry hfe of it, we receive a daily budget of p gossip, which is too similar to that elsewhere to be worth mentioning. In the discussion of the budget two amendments were adopted, one to augment the sum consecrated to the telegraph service, and the other for the print ing of the codes of law. The deputy Machette, in proposing an amendment on the naval budget, made a fearful expose of the dirty work done in that de partment, and of the money uselessly squandered away. Meadizabel proposed an ameadment of the debt, and an amortization is 40 years. KAMM. KAT 2.l.—Tiree per Oate., piper. Flve pee Cats., Ipaper. Omar, papa. Bank 9t. Fentlased..77. Izeiange Lealca, 30.30. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—The intelligenee from Rome is of the 20th inst. The terms proposed by M. Lesser, have been rejected by the Constituent Assembly. This occurred in the sitting of the 19th inst., of which the following is a report : After reedia - g a letter framed like a preamble, from M. de Lessem the French savoy, the three cuttirei”iourre aimed by the Roman Assembly presented the following project of a convention proposed by the French represen tative. The Roman States invoke the protection tithe French republic. tad. The Roma populations have the right of declaring freely the form of gavraumt they prefer. 3rd. Rome ahell naive the Freer army u an army of broke'. The series of the city shallmilitary bo dose is oosjoactices with the Meepa, mud the civil sad tit.* Iss est assnllag M their Leg detionsauthorities shall coa . Theo peopealle. eamearmisolled le the Assembly, elicited, after a siert illemdest, the tailowing answer, which was anaalaseudy adapted The MOM* regrets it comet admit the project of the extreautioey arm of the Pima gewareaseat It topetweestbe trianvlse w =pieta the =tins, sad to esstim tbe iteemeary ussellitleme he eatablishing the beet soiwolowilm Wyss! die two stpolills. The Ware fres Item, ap to the 19th , i s th a t the remanent the Bolognese army had arrived there, and that Garibaldi, at the lead of 12,000 men, was in paiwidt of the Neapolitans, who had begun t o re treat Eros Albano to Velletri„ The French 'any was still encamped near Rome, and the triumvirs had not come to a satisfactory un derstanding with 21. de Lamps. Our correspondent writes : ROMII, MAT 19. The attention of all Rome is new earnestly directed to the molt tithe expedition will' the Neapolitans. I 7t weed thepelacipaUnalisler lieseiready mesa hie amps ftcen die jut vsegemass tithe ens =pd Iteseans. King Pardiend me emir ob tidings of the hemblebie sertsi prepared airainst his, than he absnimed the eulrisin hghts of the Pope's palms at Oadel Gandolfo, e left his "faithful and hocourable soldier." (u Pins IX. teemed them in his c:lebrated benediction at Gaeta) Is get out of the scrape as well as they could, and IA en the wings of terror to Porto d'Anso, where be embarked for his own happy land, resolving, I presume, not to furnish Europe with such a spectacle as that of a conquered monarch led captive, more =forum, through the streets of the Eternal City. We expect to receive, either this evening or to morrow morning, offici al accounts of the military operations of the Roman army ; and I can therefore es yet only furnish you with such intelligence as is brought in by the ountry people and by the warier. continually despatched to and fro. It appears that, after driving in the Neapolitan outposts, Garibaldi succeeded in working his way, by Valmontone Cori and the southern base of the Albin hill, to Cistern, where he immediately commenced breaking up the roads, and cutting down the trees which form that majestic avenue, twenty-four miles long, leading across the Pontine marshes, to Temecula. Being thus imprisoned, as it were, at Velletri, with Garibaldi in their rear, and Roselli in their front, the Neapolitan forces will either have to give battle on very disadvantageous terms, or to lay down their arms and retire immediately from the territory of the republic. It is rumoured that a considerable body of the troops had time to effort a retreat before the arrival of Garibaldi. and that the corps &armee in Velletri does not amount to more than 7,000 men. Certain it is, that the Swiss battery, with six ;pieces of artillery, which left Rome this morning for the scene of action, returned to the city ea an hour's absence, having met a warier, two miles and a half on the toed to Albano, bringing orders for the commanding officer to stay his march, as his pretence was no longer ne t emery.. Two rich farmers of Fres' Senni and Jscobiai, have been fined 70,000 scudi, f r giving intelligence to the King of Naples, and thus enabling hint to get off to the sea-side in time. The French are still in the same positims, and the officers are very anxious to be allowed to visit Rome. If matters ere satisfactorily arranged he permission will not only be granted to them but t) the priva'es also, provided they come in small parties and unarmed. The tii-colound banner of France hqt been again hoisted at the Patens Colons, the residence of the ambassador (when in Rome), is well as at the Hotel d'AUemagne, where the Commissary Lesseps is at prevent residing. The truce is to last, according to the latest acoonats, until another deputation can go to Paris and return; but ()moral Oulinot is stated to have declared, in the conference at VillaP4mfili, which took place yesterday, that, should the orders of his go vernment oblige hem to march a second time agait.st Rome, he should come well provided with heavy artillery, bombs, and rockets, aid effect an entrance by all the moyena militaires afforded by the sciecce of modern warfare. - Bologna causes great uneseituss here, and the sol di,rs of Romagna now in Rome are with difficulty withhold from rushing back to its &finer. Military discipline is being enforced strictly. Four privates were shot this morning opposite the Temple of Vests, being tte first t;me that the condemnation to death has been carried into execution. TUSCANY.—By a decree of the 19th, the com miasioner extraordinary Serriotori hoe imposed a sum of 390,000 lire npon the commerce of Florence, in fulfilment of the law of the 28th of March, 1848. The pentifical extraordiusry commissioner fir 80- 1 logna, Monsignor &dial, has issued a proclamation from the head quarters 0! the Austrian guvernor-ge neral Gotzkowslti, at Villa Spada, 19th in.t., in which he regrets the evils brought upon the city by the late obstinate defence, and advises t'e Bolognese to join with him in restoring tranquillity and obediecce to the Pope, soon to be reinstated on his throne. The Corriere Mercantile of the 23rd inst. states, at the hour of geing to prey, that the Austrians entered Florence on the 21st. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—The following is the letter of our cor respondent: BERIp, MAY 26. I mentioned some days ago that a dip lomatic note had been presented to the government on the part of requiring the immediate evacuation of Den mark by the Prussian troops. It is now certain, not only that such a note has been sent in, but that it lays down distinctly a emus belli. It is equally certain that to support the demand of Russia the fleet of that power in the Baltic has made a move southward, and the Russian troops have advanced toward' the Weichsel. Unfortunately the pretensions of Russia are not confined to the evacuation of Jutland, which all but the Schleswig radicals would be glad to see. She also puts in a protest againt the Bundes at a , and insists upon the m.intenance of the old confederation. Here, then, at last, we reach a clearer definition of the state of things. Austria has distinctly rejected the exter nal union with the federal state; and Russia, the pro tector of Austria, declares there shall be no federal state at all answering the wants of Germany better than the old confederation. Prussia is call. d on to de:lare herself. Frederick William IV. is challenged by the Czar, in that peremptory tone which there is no mistaking, to give up the shuffling, intriguing game which he has been pay ing with Petersburg and Frankfort, inelning now to steal from the shelf the imperial diadem, and put it not on his head, but in his pocket, and now, in a fit of terror at the republicans, seeking refuge at the feet of the Russian emperor. Thus pp eased to choose his part, it is clear that the Bing of Prusria will use the occasion to demonstrate his patriotism to Ger many, Lis sufferings for the cause of fatherland, the painful position into which he is driven to break with a powerful ally like Russia, because be serves the German cause with so mulls zeal against Denmark, and to quarrel with a confederate German land like Austria, h. canes be insists uponthe G. rman anion. He will ask what Germany has to give him in return f.‘r such sacrifices; he will point out the danger to Ger many of a war with Russia; and then he will pro pose his olVmatum, which may be summed up in one word—the abolition of universal saffrage in Germany ; for it is evident that this, and not the veto question, is the great, the immense difference between the sove reigns and the people. Let the German people accept an electorel law at the hands of H. von Radowitz, the changes which this minister makes in the Frank fort constitution are of comparatively small impor tance; for there is an article in the constitution which provides that the same constitution may be altered in the same way as any other law is made, by a simple parliamentary majority. The great difficulty, however, in making this appeal, which ought to be addressed to the German people, lies in there being at this moment no representation of that people to whom the appeal can be made. For the Prussian government, lutving disavowed the Frankfort Assembly, and declared its commission ex tinct, now regards the authority that was vested in the Assembly as having passed into the hands of the German governments. Therefore, the appeal, which might have been attended with a splendid result, can no longer be made to a angle and popular body, but must go the obscure channel of diplomatic notes round to the sepa rate governments. Of course the consent of Austria might be dispensed with; and it is not probable that Bavaria would brave the odium of refusing her con sent to the only possible conditions of a strong Ger man union, with Prussia at the head, in the face of a Russian crusade against German liberties. Still, supposing that the German governments, Austria ex cepted, accept the terms of Prussia, the great popu lar sanction, which, under the new conditions induced by the Russian note, might have been gained, will be missed, nor is there any means of replacing the loss. It may be asked why Roma interfered so late in the Danish war, and also why Prussia pushed so far her attacks against a power whichshe had no interest in hurting, and seems(' disposed to protect, in further ing the cause of German radicalism, which had grown to the king so hateful. I shall attempt to answer these questions; and upon the facts which I shellefete in so doing you may place complete reliance. To be gin with the latter question. At the moment in which the antral power gave ceders for 12,000 Prussian troops to march for Schleswig, the King of Prussia was in the habit of talking ot the King of Denmark as a dear personal friend. It is notorious hat at the dinner given to the Frankfort deputation at Charlottenbarg, one of the royal remarks that was least palatable to those delegates was, that the King of Denmark, who had behaved ID ill and rashly in plucking down the war upon his head, was a charming person, and his very dear friend. This is a trifle ; but the fact is notorious that the expedition was distasteful the King of Prussia, and his mi nisters only reconciled him to it by assuring him that it would be an excellent opportunity for keeping the Schleswig radicals in order by the military. So little was a serious war dreamed of, that it is less than a week agi that the order was issued for the, confiscation of Danish cargoes in the Prussian ports. It was not until the Prussian troops were at the frontier ot Indeed that things seemed going far. The I government then gave ceder■ that the Prussian I troops should not cross the frontier. Of this fact yes may rest assured. General Prittwitz wrote to Berlin to say that he was under the orders of the central power, and could not obey the commands of the Prio aim government so long as they did not coincide with those of the central power. He and other Praia officers at the same time sent in their resiguation.l But ha represented the spirit of the Prussian troop ' to be such that it was perfectly impracticable to keen; them from_ grossing the Jutland border, and that the onlj tquence world be mutiny. Now, fidelity of the army at this moment was a matter of such immense importance in face of the bottle atti tale which the Prussian government assumed towards the people, that it was thought at this critical moment too dangerous to risk the revolt of a single regiment, much less so large a force, which would be the signal fir a military prontenciamento at once throuzhout the kingdom. This f ar, and co•hing else, p ted the Prussian government from insisting on keeping the troops on this side of the Jutland frontier. General Von Prittwitz's resignation was not accepted, and his opinion was allowed to bear sway. Everybody knows the consequerces. As to the other wades, why Russia did not insist before, the lateness of the hour compels me at this moment to break off. Bat the main reason was the Czar's faith in the promisee l of the King of Prussia, in his desire not to pot any difficulties in the way of the Prussian government while it was occapied in waging war against the revolution, and no doubt partly in the absorbing affair of Hungarian intervention. The Kiog of Prussia has sent, it is said, an auto- graph letter to the King of Bavaria on the subject of the German union. AUSTRIA.—We have Vienna papers to May 24. Janitschek, the celebrated Slovack chieftain, known by the name of Ziska 11., who commanded a free corps for the Magyars, and who was one of their most important adlerrnts in the north-west counties, his been captured ty the imp'Tialists, and brought in irors, under the escort of six cuirassiers, to Hohen manth. Colonel Lang, a staff-officer of the Austrian army in Hungary, was brought in fetter., on the 21st, to Prague, and is chargct with having maintained a tressmable correspondence with the Hungarian commander.. Tne following order, posted up in the streets of Penh, will show what the insurgent government thinks of Lynch law : Several instances have occurred in which people taken for spies have not only been seized, but also ill. used and robbed. We therefore ordain that person.. who have given cause fi r such saspicion be brought, without the least ill-usage, directly to the civil or military authority ,• and that any citizen, civil or military, who, in infraction of this ordinance, lays violent hands on the poison or property of a presumed spy, shall be tried before the court-mar , sal for assault and theft. After the government has issu. d the severest edicts against traitor*, it will not permit individuals arbitrarily to meddle with functions which belong to the police and courts of law, nor allow security of person and property to lie at the mercy of a so-called people's i'.stice.—May 14. General SCHWEIDEL. DANIEL I/tANGI, GOT. COM. The General Schweidel by whom this ordinance is signed is appoint. d, by the ad interim war-minister Klapka, COMMEL dant of Pesth. The Debreczin news will in future be more regular, as from the 12th for w trd, as long es 'he seat of government is there, there will be communication by post with Pesth twice daily. On the 15th all communication with Ofon, except by persons in the employ of the government, was prohibited. - - - - - - - - - The latest news from Debrecnin is of the 7th inst. On that day a letter from Ko-suth was read in the National Assembly, declaring that he had appointed Get eral Arthur Gorgey minister of war, and General Klepka, head of the general stsff, minister of war ad interim, during ths absence of Gorgey, to superintend the military operations. Here then falls to the ground the misrepresenfations which General Welden had the meanness to insert in his bulletin of the 21st, from Presburg, that Gorge) , had been summlned to De breezin on account of dissensions, and by the intrigues of Bem and Dembinski. When the commander-in chief of the Austrian army can stoop to disseminate officially lies of this sort, what are we to expect from his newspapers. Private letters state that the Austrian troops on their much from Bologna to Imola, fell in with a free corps of 2,000 men, whom they pat to flight, taking from them four cannons. They occupied Imola on the 17th. An English war steamer dropped anchor before Trieste on the 20th inst. She brought several pas sengers front Ancona and Venice. Ancona was de scribed by these as a prey to all the horrors of civil war, fire, plunder, and slaughter. Only ships of war under English colours dared approach the port. The battering of Malghera continued. Venice was greatly distressed by the blockade ; all their fire-wood supplies were consumed, and they were burninz any thing that came to hand to cook their dear victuals. According to a note addressed by Baran Haynau to the English and French consuls, all foreign skips of war were to leave the port of Venice by the night of the 20th, from which time forward all vessels, without distinction of flag, would be excluded. It was cal culated that Venice could not hold out beyond a fort night. FRANKFORT.—Our news are to May 25. It was reported that the King of Prussia had offered the castle of Stolzenfels as a temporary residence to the Grand Duke of Baden. The fugitive Baden officers intended forming a Baden legion, so as to co-operate with the imperial troops. Prince Frede rick of Baden, accompanied by the ministers Bekk and Dosch, h ad arrived. Preparations for the for mation of a camp at Bergen, quite close to Frankfort, had already commenced. The sitting of the National Assembly was opened at half-put 12 by Reb. About 160 deputies were present. Four members announced their resignation. The president communicated to the chamber that there was still a nominal amount of 292 members, and that in the 14 divisions only the fourth was nomi nally incompetent to pass resolutions. A hundred members were absent without leave, and consequently new arrangements must be made, to consider which the members were invited after the close of the sit ting. New elections would be ordered u heretofore, the more so u the imperial ministry had declared its readiness to act u hitherto. Those &bigot without leave were to be summoned to appwW within ten days. Uhland read a project, amid the profoundest silence of the house, bat its contents have not Tot reached us. The voting respecting the "Proclamation to the Peo ple " was postponed. Ludwig Simon moved, in the name of the committee of thirty, the following motion, am urgent: The troops of those states whose goverameab no Isom =lg ie th e ff ue Netiewil Assembly or be decrees es lawfully are imesedleirly le be tumid set of their difficult sal Mist the oath of fidelity to the estelledirmarCellialblea Ile ismilory of the stales Su *do IL The Netball Assembly explode a draft deelmeties *ea the imperial RUM:7 moseraing the corwelea el Ilia decree. Thendisa was carried by 97 against 60 vote. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. ESSE-C.—The heavy rains of the week, especially on Sunday tight, have worked havoc in some i arts ofthis couaty, the waters, in consequenoe,rthing higher than has been known , for some time at this period of the year, and flooding the , meadows and lowlar.ds. At Rayleigh the rain fell in • per fect deluge, and it is said that severe I small fishes were after wards picked up in the street. The roads and watercounes in that district bear deep marks of the working of the tor rents. In the neighbourhood of Sudbury much damage is expected from the flooding of the meadows, the depaaturing for the cattle of the free-burgesses having commenced only last week. About three o'clock on Monday morning, the inhabitants of Saffron Walden, and particularly in the vici nity of East-street, were alarmed by the rushing of water into their dwellings, sad on examination it appeared that in oonsequeaee of the inoessant tall of rain, the water had IWM to such a height as not only to drive up the ground and inky, the lower part of the house", but to endanger the lives of the inmates. Several sheep were washed away, and have not been recovered.—Chstenaford Chronicle. Ifito-Kmen.—The wheat plant is looleng well, and the same remark. we are happy to say, applies to barley, oats, and beans. Peas hay! suffered much from the effects t f the slug, the ravages of which 'save exceeded anything almost ever before known, leaving the plant very thin on the ground. Cherries are very much blighted, but there will be some black hearts and Kentish reels. The gooschcrries are entirely destroyed. Currents and apples promise a good crop. There is every appearance of an abundant crop of grass. Clover and seeds general:y lout well.—Manisfone Journal. OXFORDS/MlL—The weather during the week has been a little variable, though upon the whole highly favour able for vegetation, being marked by frequent sheens •ioas from bright unshine to a cloudy alive of tl e sky, with light shewees, although the retarding irfluence of a backward spring is in many instances 'WM.) in the appearance of the young crops as compared with their condition at the same period in former years ' • the aspect of the whole may be considered satisfactory. The young wheats, in particular, hear for the most part as pro mising an appearance of health and vigour as could be de sired, and the other wain crops seem to thrice equally well. The late tract of cold weather has, however, had a visible MEM upon the fruit trees, especially those of the peach, plum, and apricot tries , which in numerous instances have suffered severely.—Orford Herald. YORILIIHIRE.—The state of the weather continues to be highly favourable to the progress of vegetation. The quantity of rain already descended has been very croions; and the earth, having received this bounti ful supply, presents an appearance of remark ab le luxuriance. It is almost a matter of Impossibility to wish for finer _growing weather than that which at present prevails. The remarkable change daily presented on all hands in the growth of the several corn and grass crops, as well as in the various productions of the garden, is highly gratifying to behold. Na doubt the wheat plant, which now looks well, would, especially on some soils, flourish better with a succession of ary days and genial nights, than with a further come': uance of moist weather. The megrims have made very great proems, and the pas. tures afford an abundance of heritage. The immense amount of good which has recently been roceived and which is manifested in all directions. ev n in the luxuriant foliage of the woodlands, the replenishment of the springs, and the augmentation of the river streams, would, if possible, be reredere I more manifest by the caintinusnce of a sunny and genial atmosphere. At the present moment, however, the whole face of the country has the appearance of, as it were, an immense garden of luxuriant vegetation, which, in the lurther development of every description of produce, pro- Multi all the innumerable blessings of abundance in due season.—Shefseld Independent. EDINBVIIOII.—Under the influence of the present genial weather vegetation is making rapid proirese, and probably never did the crops look better than at this: moment. There are no exception., for wheat, barley, on's, and beans have all a very promising appearance. The recent showers have rather interrupted the preparation of land for turnips, mad, as it is impossible to clean wet land, dry weather will for some time be of the greatest consequence. In agriculture, so much depending on the weather, the proverb, " where there is a will, there is a way," unfortunately does not al ways hold good.—Scotsman, FALKIRK —There is a general report current that a good deal of the fallow wheat has given way in some places in this locality, owing to the frost in the spring, and tbat iu consequence some of the farmers have been obliged to Vough down some of their fields and re-sow them. From personal observation, about twelve days ago, it was evident there were great blanks or. some field, the crown of the ridges, in some places, being entirely tiue. We are happy to state, however, with regard to wheat after green crop, that it is at present most luxuriant, indeed, perhaps too thick. With regard to the bean fields, they look uncom monly well and healthy. The copious showers that we have had for these last eight days have brought up a fine healthy breird of oats and barley. The late change in the weather has come very opportunely to the aid of the hay crop, as it was very stinted in general. The pasture lands were sadly in want of moisture, having long severely felt the baneful influence of the long protracted cold and drought. —Stirling Journal. FBABERBUROII.—The weather has again become cold and inconstant. The country looks much improved this week oat brand is rising up rapidly ; grass has a very healthy pearance.—John o'Groal Journal. OWENBY —KiaxwALL.—This is the eoldeet May ever remembered by the " oldest inhabitant" Vegetation is coosequently going on at a slow rate in the fields. Gardens look better ; potatoes are coining up ; blowouts on fruit trees promise well ; but caterpillars, grub, aphis vastaton, and others of like character, are commencing their devasta tions. A great breadth of land is this year occupied by potatoes in Orkney, in consequence of the high prices ob tained last year for that article, and the low price of grain. John o' Groat Journal. RENTREW6IIIIII.—SiIIOO oar lilt we have had abundance of wet weather, and vegetation of allkinds basin consequence made rapid strides. The fields in most parts of Renfrew shire look well. The wheat has brairded luxuriantly; oats have come well forward, and potatoes are shooting up with every appearance of health. The grass we have seldom seen better ; m fact, the promise of all descriptions of green crop is good. In the orchards we have also a goodly promise. The small fruit has not suffered to the extent which was anticipated from the late frost. The bushes show abund ance both of fruit and foliage. We are sorry, however, to observe that the fly and este rpillar are already at work, and the magnums of their destructive labours may be serious. The fruit tuts have flourished largely, and on some of the early kinds the fruit is setting well. This season we have every prospect of a large and early crop of strawberries. We do not remember ever having seen the plants so loaded with blossoms. Raspberries, and other descriptions of garden produce, look equally well.—Renfrewhi►e Advertiser. THE POOR LAw.—A retom moved for by Mr. Wodeltouze, 34. P., states that the total number of officers of all classes employed in 591 unions of England and Wales for the year 1844-5 amounted to 8,290, and their salaries to 419,9011. There were 690 clerks, 415 chaplains, 2,680 medi cal attendants, 1,267 relieving officers, 1,238 masters and matrons, 284 sheolmsetere, 423 ithoolmistresses, 347 porters, 171 name, 28 Imimaralm, 499 deaden, or aseistant-overn sees, 62 treimenee, end 204 ether officer. The total ex pense of the peer-law eagagaimicia for the year ended the Mot of Mink 1849, 11•1111111111111 to 34,3661. 'The rate in the peso& whet the charge he educating the poor, together whit het if neeiked relief to he poor, bears to the annual nine of mil property assemail to the property sad income tar In 1843 (viz., 85,002,7351.) is p-100tha of a penny in the pound, or one farthing 3- 25ths of a farthiing:n the pound. CLOSING A GILAVBTABD.—In wnsequence of re pieemalatiseis made to the Bishop of London by the inhabit ed. of ER Martin's, respecting the crowded state of the Eaddinoson graveyard, end the horrible effluvium betting from It, a prodemetion has been boned by the bishop, di viding the churchwardens of the parish to prevent any more graves being dug, or bodies being buried within that yard Wit !mem Gam SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN pre emie—The anniversary festival of this institution was held last night at the London Tavern, where nearly 200 gentle men sat down to a banquet provided in the best style of that eseablightnent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, the patron of the society, presided, supported by his Excellency Count Kielmaniegge, his Excellency Baron Rehausen, the Marquis of Westminster, Count Harden. berg, Baron Knesebeek, Chevalier Tottie, Consul- General May, Consul. General Zobrab, Rev. Dr. Kuper, and a number of other friends of the society. The eerie. of touts began with " The Queen and Prince Albert," " The Queen Dowager," "The King of Hanover, the Prince of Wales, and all the ether members of the royal family," "the foreign sovereign., protect or s of the society," and " the Army and Navy." The toasts were drunk with great en thusiasm. The Marquis of Westminster, in propostng " the health of the Duke of Cambridge," took the opportunity of making a strong appeal on behalf of the society to thine who had travelled in fe reign lands, and who, whether they had experienced the warm affection of the south or the open hospitality of the north, must feel their hearts burn within them to show kiadeing in return to distressed strangers here. The Duke of Cambridge, who was very much cheered, f :pressed his deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of the society; this, he said, was the eleventh year of his presid ing at the anniversary dinner, and, as long an he was able to attend on these occasions, he should be most happy to dose; he trusted his eon would inherit his s•l in this noble cause. The " Health of the Duke of Wellington, the President," followed, and then " the foreign ministers who have honoured the society with their presence." Count Kleiman ' lenge acknowledged this toast in appropriate terms. After the " Health of the Vim -Presidents," the secretary read a list of contributions received on the occasion, amounting to upwards of 2,0001. The following were among the an nouneemcnts The Queen, 1001.; the King of Hanover, 601 t Bee Duke ef Cambridge, 201. ; his Ezeelleney S. Van de Weyer, 101 ; the Chevalier Bunsen, 301. ; the Turkish Ambassador, 20/. ; Count Co'loredo, 101. 10s ; Admiral Cecille, 151.; the Menne of Westminster, 251; Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, 30/.; F. Huth, Req., 501.; blesses. Rothschild, 301. The annual report was distributed among the company; it appeared that the society had, during the year, ex pended 1,0911. in giving casual relief in 2,653 instance.. and in assisting 236 individuals to return to their native countries; 9431. in weekly pa. meets to 80 pensioners, and 3431. in regular allowances to 93 aged persons. It was stated, however, that, owing to the circumstances of the yen, the directors had been camp, bled to nil a portion of the funded property, reducing it from 10,4001. to 9,400/. ; the contributions col this evening had therefore been looked for with some aexiety. After tee secretary had read his list, the Duke of Cambridge retired, and the chair was occupied by Mr. E. H. Sieveking, under whose presidency several other toasts were drunk and the entertaiument was conducted to its conclusion. INSOLVENT POST-OFFICE OFFICIALS.—The Post master-General intends inning a notice that persons in the employ of the Posenlice will be dismissed if they take the benefit of the Insolvent Act. In peculiar cam, however, where a person bas become insolvent through sheer mis fortune or from the treachery of .there, the Postmaster- General reserves to himself a power to reinstate such a per,on in office. This notice has, been rerdered necessary in conse quence of the frequent appearance of the clerks at St. Martin's:le-Grand on the insolvent newts, and the almost perpetual blockade of the points of it geese and acres' of the General Post-office by sheriffs' officers. Some of the strata gems to elude the vigilance of the blockade are exceed ingly comic, and are oftentimes very ffectual, owing to the numerous avenues to the interior of St. Martin's le-Grand. WILLIAM HAMILTON, NM° FIRED AT THE QUEEN. —William Ilamtltou is about ttfi years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches in height, stout make, and fair complexion. Ha milton is an orphan, and was reared se such in the poor-school of the Protestant O. phan Society at Cork, until he was ap prenticed front that institute to a farmer named Philip Br ined, at Graigne, near Mare, about 10 years age, and in consequence ef Rynard and his family having emigrated to Am nth on or about the time of Hamilton's apprenticeship having expired, Hami ten went as a land servant to Mr. John Berkman, who kept a shop in the town of Adare, and in whose employment he lived two years', and left him for England about lour years since, for the pur pose, as he then said, of seeking a livelihood and bettering his condition in life, and from the expe rience he acquired in beading term walls and ditches, he bound himself to a bricklayer since be went to England for further improvement, but tin profess on did not equal hie expectations in making a rapid livelihood. During the time o f W. Hamilton's being in the service of Mr. Berkman, and about which time the Queen was then fired at by Oxford, Hamilton made use of an expression on that ccrasion, "that it was not right to serve under petticoat government," and accompanying the expression with further disrespectful re marks. From that until the periel of his leaving Mr. Bark man's service, it was almost a customary thing with Mrs. Barkmen to tell Hamilton. by reproof, in his own remark able words that he was Still "serving under petting . go vernment': Hamilton is a native of Cork, and no relative of any person at or near Adare.—Limerich Chronicle. FIRE NEAR OXFORD-STREET.—Leet night, shortly after nine o'clock. a fire, which was not extinguished until nearly midnight, broke out in B'enhern street, Oxford street. The premises w, re formerly in the tenure of the celebrated Dr. Brsokes, but at present in the occupancy of Messrs. Aideesin and Sone, the lead merchants and pewteren. The Wanes originated, frem some cause at present unknown, in the warehouse adjoining the Blenheim Dispensary, which, containing a vast quantity of oil, turpentine, and other in flammable articles, caused the fire to prozress with unusna swiftness; en that, before an engine had time to reach the place, the warehouse and all it contained were on fire. The firemen, however, set their engines to work, and did all that was possible to save the letter building from the ravages of the ft Imes. Another warehouse, be longing to Messrs. Al derson', running under the dispensary, also became ignited, end as the water was scattered upon the blazing oil and spirits, it caused the flames to rise still higher, until the whole neighbourhood was in danger. The firemen, finding that no good could be accomplished by working the engines upon the vats of oil on fire, had the hose from the several engines conveyed round the burning premises, a: d by that elegies they were enabled to encompass the flames on every 'hie; but at Was not until 12 o'clock that they could be sub dued, and not until the exten , lye warehouse in which they originated was learned out, the contents corsumed, the building under thidithensiry, and the lecture room of the dispensary injured by fire, the flooring in several pieces being obliged to be cut away, so that the men could discharge the water on the fire. CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE FROM EXCESSIVE DlUNstso.—Derore Mr. Baker, at the Adelaide public house, Hackney-road, on the body of Elisabeth Taylor, aged 33. It appeared that the deceased was the wife of a cab proprietor, and was unfortunately addicted to very intem perate habits. Her favourite liquor was gin, and she was in the practice of drinking half a pint of that spirit every morning before breakfast, and as much as 10 half-pints during the day. On Friday last she returned home in es state of intoxication, end about two hours afterwards she was discovered lying in bed apparently in a dying condition. On the table was found a phial, labelled ' laudanum, poison," which was quite empty. Mr. Langley, a surgeon, was called in, and recognised the deceased as having pur chased laudanum at his shop that morning. Verdict— : " Temporary insanity from excessive drinking." ap- MONEY MAREBT. MONDAY EVENING. The English fonds have been very steady to-day, with a very quiet market. Consols opened at 911 to 4, and were tolerably steady at that price throughout the day, leav'ng off rather flat at 911 to The Three per Coats. Re duced were done at 891 and 90, and the New Three and-a-Quarter per Centa. at 901,, 90Z, and 901. Bank Stock 'was done at 1931 and 1941. 'Exche quer Bills at 451. to 48s. ; the advertised bills at 435. to 46a; and India Bonds at 69a, 705., and 71e. premium. In the Long Annuities or India Stock there were no dealings to-day. The foreign market was particularly depressed; some large sellers of Mexican stork were on the mar ket, and the price declined to 271 ex coupons at one period of the day. The actual business reported in the official lists is confined to the following, viz., Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds at 913 ; Mexican with coupons at 291 and 30, and at 28, 271 271, 271, and 271 ex coupons ; Portuguese Four per Cents. at 27; Russian at 102 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 49, 491, 481, and 481; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 761. The market in the Co'n Exchange was more than usually dull, and the continued large imports of foreign tend to keep it from manifesting any ani mation. Prices of all sorts of foreign wheat, except very choice parcel, were to-day decidedly in favour of the buyers; but the quantity of home-grown being, as of late, very small, the factors were enabled to ob tain the rates of last Monday. Barley, oats, beans, and peas were all somewhat lower than last week. The Flanders mail received in the City to-day brings the same unsatisfactory accounts of the state of business in the south of 9ermany ; many people are leaving Frankfort under the fear of an outbreak on the breaking up of the assembly ; bat others, and among them gime monied men of note, are determined to stand fast, and trust to the strength of good feeling and right principles among the respectable portion of the community. From Hamburg the dates are to the 25th inst., and they report an improved tone among business people